Bible Bibs and a Prayer Season 3 Episode 67

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: Yeah, 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: Howdy ho neighbors.

Brother Jim: Guess what it is time for Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: So good morning family, good morning friends and good morning

Brother Jim: to the whole wide world.

Brother Jim: Welcome to your daily start and

Brother Jim: your local funny farm wherever

Brother Jim: you are joining us from this

Brother Jim: morning.

Brother Jim: We are so glad you are here with us today.

Brother Jim: 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: Plus, there's a bonus here.

Brother Jim: Just enough madness and offbeat humor to keep things just a

Brother Jim: little bit interesting.

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

Brother Jim: waiting for you.

Brother Jim: Whether you're sipping your

Brother Jim: first cup of coffee, rushing out

Brother Jim: the door.

Brother Jim: Sitting in traffic.

Brother Jim: Trying not to go crazy.

Brother Jim: Driving through construction there on two fifty.

Brother Jim: What a joy that is.

Brother Jim: Or just trying to wake up enough to remember what day it is.

Brother Jim: We are thankful you are spending part of your morning with us.

Brother Jim: Or afternoon or evening.

Brother Jim: So settle in, wake up, laugh a

Brother Jim: little, and let us help make

Brother Jim: this morning, this afternoon or

Brother Jim: evening, count.

Brother Jim: You know, folks, my wife and I always laugh at how competitive

Brother Jim: we both are.

Brother Jim: But if the truth be known, I laugh a whole lot more than her.

Brother Jim: Actually, that's not true.

Brother Jim: She laughs a lot more than me,

Brother Jim: because every time she looks at

Brother Jim: me, it brings a chuckle to her

Brother Jim: face.

Brother Jim: All right, how about first off,

Brother Jim: let you and I thank God for

Brother Jim: another day.

Brother Jim: We did not have to set the alarm for because we are already awake

Brother Jim: and we are blessed.

Brother Jim: Welcome to the show.

Brother Jim: Let us turn this in from a conversation into an experience,

Brother Jim: and today I decided to not go with the bibs.

Brother Jim: We celebrated Pentecost Sunday this past Sunday.

Brother Jim: Now you can wear red to help represent Pentecost.

Brother Jim: But I thought, you know what?

Brother Jim: We're going to go with the nice little vest, David, and the red

Brother Jim: tie trying to match here.

Brother Jim: So yeah, we'll put the bibs, uh, to rest today.

Brother Jim: Now, if you want to see me in bibs, you can go to our Facebook

Brother Jim: there under his abilities.

Brother Jim: And David, I got a little bit of and this was a shame.

Brother Jim: We had a game there the other night where, uh, you had a

Brother Jim: clicker and it had a hand.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And they had this delicious whipped cream on it.

Brother Jim: Not cool whip whipped cream.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And me being the glutton that I am, once I got my whipped cream

Brother Jim: in the face, most people wiped it off, but not me.

Brother Jim: Oh, no. In the mouth it goes.

Brother Jim: Why would you want to waste it?

Brother Jim: Why would you waste?

Brother Jim: Good.

Brother Jim: That's right.

Brother Jim: Are you one who shakes it up and sprays it in your mouth?

Brother Jim: Oh, absolutely.

Brother Jim: One of those little guilty pleasures.

Brother Jim: Absolutely.

Brother Jim: I love the canned whipped cream.

Brother Jim: But in saying that, allow me to bring in my co-host.

Brother Jim: In my world, every funny farm needs someone to help keep the

Brother Jim: rain on track.

Brother Jim: The rain and it is raining out there, let me tell you.

Brother Jim: How about we keep the train on tracks?

Brother Jim: Or at least help explain why it

Brother Jim: came off the track in the first

Brother Jim: place?

Brother Jim: Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together.

Brother Jim: Yes, put them together.

Brother Jim: Come on now.

Brother Jim: Woo woo woo woo.

Brother Jim: For a man among men, a true broadcasting pioneer.

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

Brother Jim: And even the minister said

Brother Jim: occasionally she needs a moment

Brother Jim: for that.

Brother Jim: This guy threw at his own kid and father.

Brother Jim: Son the ball game.

Brother Jim: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. David Keener.

Brother Jim: Plus, he is one of my very, very

Brother Jim: best friends in the whole wide

Brother Jim: world.

Brother Jim: Good morning sir.

David: Good morning.

David: You have to throw at your own kid.

David: It builds character, right?

Brother Jim: Oh, yes.

Brother Jim: Now, before we go there, David.

Brother Jim: I was watching this guy on YouTube.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: He's supposed to be the best hitter on YouTube.

David: Okay.

Brother Jim: Short little chubby guy.

Brother Jim: And he's in all these batting

Brother Jim: cages, and he had like five

Brother Jim: different pitchers, each

Brother Jim: representing like, uh, softball,

Brother Jim: fast pitch, major league

Brother Jim: baseball.

Brother Jim: But they had these special wiffle balls.

Brother Jim: Mhm.

Brother Jim: Have you seen them?

Brother Jim: That you can do the crazy?

David: Oh, yeah.

Brother Jim: Yeah. The dude was throwing one hundred and five, one hundred

Brother Jim: and seven miles.

David: With a wiffle ball.

Brother Jim: With these wiffle balls.

Brother Jim: Now, these are the ones that.

Brother Jim: And I forget the name of them.

Brother Jim: But you can do all kinds of tricks.

Brother Jim: But can you imagine throwing that fast?

Brother Jim: Now, I think they're a little bit more weighted.

Brother Jim: And he even had a rugby pitcher in there.

Brother Jim: Now I'm not rugby.

Brother Jim: Uh, uh, England's baseball version.

David: Uh uh.

Brother Jim: What is that where they got the board?

David: Yeah, I can see.

David: I can't think of the name of it

David: because, you know, we're

David: America.

David: Yeah, we'll play that America.

Brother Jim: Yeah. But oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: The ball hits in front of the batter and comes up.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And they got all kinds of different balls he was throwing.

Brother Jim: And that poor guy he.

Brother Jim: And when he did connect, it didn't go very far because it

Brother Jim: simulates how far, you know.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: If it'd be a base run, home run, whatever.

Brother Jim: So kind of interesting though.

Brother Jim: But what amazed me, they brought

Brother Jim: in a pro softball female

Brother Jim: pitcher.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: She was bringing the heat.

Brother Jim: Now it wasn't as fast as a baseball, but what she could do

Brother Jim: with the curves and everything was just amazing.

David: And how do they do that?

David: Underhanded too.

Brother Jim: I don't know.

Brother Jim: I don't.

David: Know. I would throw it behind me somehow.

Brother Jim: But. And her biggest pitch was coming in high and just.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Inside coming right at you.

Brother Jim: And just drops across.

Brother Jim: That poor guy didn't have a prayer.

Brother Jim: He said, throw one across the plate.

Brother Jim: Throw one across right down the middle.

Brother Jim: And finally she did.

Brother Jim: And he whiffed it.

Brother Jim: So it's like.

Brother Jim: But yeah, it was entertaining.

Brother Jim: So anyway, sorry to go off on

Brother Jim: that, but, uh, yes, you're

Brother Jim: right.

Brother Jim: Why wouldn't you throw at your kid?

Brother Jim: You gotta establish the dominance.

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: That's right around here.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: How was the weekend, sir?

David: It was good.

David: It was raining, of course.

David: Uh, my grass is about five feet tall.

David: If I can't mow soon, I'm going

David: to have to buy goats or

David: something.

Brother Jim: But I went out and tried mowing the other day.

Brother Jim: It was just.

Brother Jim: And I had forgot.

Brother Jim: I got my tractor stuck and I

Brother Jim: used a logging chain with a

Brother Jim: truck.

Brother Jim: That's how bad I got it.

Brother Jim: Well, a smart man would take the chain and put it back.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: No. I'll remember it's there.

Brother Jim: Well guess what?

Brother Jim: I forgot it was there because of the growth.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: So off I went.

Brother Jim: Had to unhook the chain and then

Brother Jim: reset the belt and everything

Brother Jim: else.

David: So you and your belts, you just have more trouble with belts.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: I tell you, and that belt is expensive.

Brother Jim: So yes.

Brother Jim: So yeah, the grass is just out of control.

Brother Jim: Uh, you're leaving mud marks anywhere you mow.

Brother Jim: It's just.

Brother Jim: Why even bother?

Brother Jim: We got some good weather coming up, so.

Brother Jim: But of course, with heat and

Brother Jim: sun, that's just like grass on

Brother Jim: steroids.

David: Yep, yep.

Brother Jim: And again, not all of us can

Brother Jim: have those beautiful manicured

Brother Jim: lawns like the city dwellers,

Brother Jim: Mr. David.

David: That's true.

Brother Jim: Yes, but did you do anything fun?

Brother Jim: Interesting.

David: No. Not really, I did.

David: I did learn something

David: interesting, though you may not

David: be aware of this, that we're you

David: know, we're big fans of desserts

David: here, right?

David: So in Jamaica, a slice of pie

David: costs three dollars fifty cents,

David: right?

David: Mhm.

David: In Bahama, in the Bahamas, a slice of pie costs five dollars

David: and fifty cents.

David: These are the Pirates of the Caribbean.

David: Uh.

Brother Jim: He is not the best jokester in the world.

Brother Jim: That is great.

David: Pirates of.

Brother Jim: The Caribbean.

Brother Jim: You should have done a little Jack Sparrow imitation there.

Brother Jim: Yeah, um, that just answered my question.

Brother Jim: Have you come across any good dad jokes lately that just blew

Brother Jim: it out of the water, my friends.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: Uh. I'll never match the master.

Brother Jim: I, I can tell you that he is in a league of his own.

Brother Jim: My friends, how about you?

Brother Jim: Have you got any good dad jokes?

Brother Jim: Somebody did drop off someone.

Brother Jim: A church desk the other day.

Brother Jim: I need to try some.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Yes, but, uh.

Brother Jim: And the word came out, David, that your mother has not been

Brother Jim: watching us lately.

David: Really?

Brother Jim: Your dad has?

Brother Jim: Yes, because he let her know

Brother Jim: that we've referred to the

Brother Jim: little monkey.

Brother Jim: You did not know?

David: You didn't know it, did that?

Brother Jim: Yeah.

David: Oh, yeah.

David: That's a big feature of him.

Brother Jim: So grumpy Lynn. For her sake is now Happy Lynn.

Brother Jim: So we got the Happy Lynn right here.

Brother Jim: Lynn.

Brother Jim: Hope you're watching.

Brother Jim: But yes.

Brother Jim: But hey, around here we believe

Brother Jim: terrible jokes are part of the

Brother Jim: healing process.

Brother Jim: So stick stick with us and you soon will be healed.

Brother Jim: So. But yes, another sunrise

Brother Jim: means another chance to shine,

Brother Jim: another opportunity to smile,

Brother Jim: another opportunity to encourage

Brother Jim: somebody.

Brother Jim: So lift your head up.

Brother Jim: Take a deep breath, grab that coffee if you need it.

Brother Jim: And let us make today count together.

Brother Jim: But family, let us remember something this morning.

Brother Jim: Let's you and I just take a

Brother Jim: moment and thank God for another

Brother Jim: beautiful day and how blessed we

Brother Jim: are.

Brother Jim: You know, here on Bible Bibs in a prayer we admit life.

Brother Jim: It does get chaotic, Crazy, a

Brother Jim: little bit ups, a little bit of

Brother Jim: downs.

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

Brother Jim: because we have Jesus.

Brother Jim: Yes, you have Jesus, we have Jesus.

Brother Jim: So come on and join Mr. David and myself, along with all the

Brother Jim: farmyard here as we say.

Brother Jim: Thank you, Lord, for another day.

Brother Jim: Rejoice that you are alive.

Brother Jim: And when you look in that mirror today, remember, hey, you're

Brother Jim: beautiful, you matter.

Brother Jim: You have purpose in this world.

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

Brother Jim: Now, last night I accidentally superglued my thumb, thumb and

Brother Jim: my pointing finger together.

Brother Jim: It'll be okay for a while.

David: That was pretty.

Brother Jim: Good. I thought that was pretty good.

David: That was good.

Brother Jim: I thought that was pretty good.

Brother Jim: All righty.

Brother Jim: And we are not endorsing you.

Brother Jim: Take superglue and put your thumb and trigger finger to make

Brother Jim: an okay sign.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: But if you do, please send us a picture.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: Our thought of the day, the

Brother Jim: cross proves that God wants to

Brother Jim: save people, not to condemn

Brother Jim: them.

Brother Jim: Now, We've been talking about hell here.

Brother Jim: Uh, you know why people laugh at hell?

Brother Jim: Who goes to hell?

Brother Jim: And we're going to continue that today on Who Goes to hell.

Brother Jim: We look at Matthew twenty five

Brother Jim: thirty one to forty six, along

Brother Jim: with revelation twenty eleven to

Brother Jim: fifteen.

Brother Jim: Now, let's be honest, folks,

Brother Jim: many people avoid talking about

Brother Jim: hell today.

Brother Jim: Some say it's too harsh, too scary.

Brother Jim: Others say, as we've touched on

Brother Jim: this, a loving God would never

Brother Jim: allow it.

Brother Jim: He would never send somebody to hell.

Brother Jim: But Jesus spoke about hell more

Brother Jim: than anyone else in the Bible,

Brother Jim: because he wanted people to

Brother Jim: understand the seriousness of

Brother Jim: rejecting.

Brother Jim: And that's a big word here,

Brother Jim: rejecting God and the greatness

Brother Jim: of salvation.

Brother Jim: Hell.

Brother Jim: And hear me on this, friends.

Brother Jim: Hell is not something to joke about, to ignore or celebrate.

Brother Jim: And yes, unfortunately, many celebrate hell celebrate Satan

Brother Jim: in our world, in our country, and yes, even in our area today.

Brother Jim: David, it blew my mind.

Brother Jim: I can't go into a lot of detail,

Brother Jim: but how would you feel about

Brother Jim: going into a situation where you

Brother Jim: have a good witch and you have a

Brother Jim: bad witch?

David: I mean, I'm not aware of any witches that are good.

David: I mean, I thought they were

David: technically bad, but what do I

David: know for.

Brother Jim: Pointing that out and my

Brother Jim: understanding there is no good

Brother Jim: witches.

Brother Jim: But could you imagine going into a situation where you have

Brother Jim: you're dealing with a person who's a good witch and a person

Brother Jim: who is a bad witch.

David: I mean, I guess if you believe

David: in those type of things, I could

David: imagine it would be kind of like

David: a catfight type situation, I

David: don't know.

Brother Jim: But imagine trying to help in that situation.

David: I don't even know where you start.

Brother Jim: Serious demonic activity, just in my opinion.

Brother Jim: Going on in a household.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: So but again, you look at

Brother Jim: entertainment, we've encouraged

Brother Jim: that, you know, good witch,

Brother Jim: wasn't that a show good witches

Brother Jim: or.

David: I mean, even all the way back to The Wizard of Oz.

David: Wasn't Glinda the Good, the Good Witch or what have you?

Brother Jim: Yeah, the good witch.

Brother Jim: And then that poor old nasty looking witch.

Brother Jim: And they actually said the wicked, wicked witch of the.

Brother Jim: Was it the East or.

David: The West, I believe?

Brother Jim: Yeah. She was actually a very nice person, very nice person.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: But that that persona followed her the rest of her life.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: You know, she always had to fight that in any other type of

Brother Jim: character she would take on.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: But I heard she went out of her

Brother Jim: way to try to say, hey, no, I'm

Brother Jim: not what I played on The Wizard

Brother Jim: of Oz.

Brother Jim: But, uh, again, hell is something not to joke about,

Brother Jim: ignore, or celebrate.

Brother Jim: It is a warning from a loving God who desires people to repent

Brother Jim: and come to him again.

Brother Jim: Hell was never God's desire for for humanity.

Brother Jim: Jesus said in Matthew twenty

Brother Jim: five forty one that hell was

Brother Jim: prepared for the devil and his

Brother Jim: angels.

Brother Jim: Did you hear that?

Brother Jim: Prepared for the devil and his angels.

Brother Jim: God created people for fellowship, not destruction.

Brother Jim: The Bible tells us that God desires people to turn to him

Brother Jim: and live a life for him.

Brother Jim: He offers mercy, he offers

Brother Jim: forgiveness, and he offers

Brother Jim: salvation through His Son, Jesus

Brother Jim: Christ.

Brother Jim: The cross proves that God does not delight in judgment.

Brother Jim: Now, as a father David, do you

Brother Jim: delight in punishing your

Brother Jim: children?

David: Absolutely not.

Brother Jim: Did you set them up to hurt themselves?

David: Nope.

Brother Jim: No. You try to nurture them.

Brother Jim: You try to give them the tools.

Brother Jim: Correct?

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: To set your sons up for a

Brother Jim: future, you want to mold them,

Brother Jim: nurture them so they can have

Brother Jim: prosperity.

Brother Jim: Do the right thing.

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Love. Have joy.

Brother Jim: Not set them up for destruction.

Brother Jim: Because I would really question you as a father, correct?

David: Absolutely.

Brother Jim: So there you go.

Brother Jim: God is the Almighty Father.

Brother Jim: He doesn't want us to go to hell, but he loves us so much.

Brother Jim: Again, he lets you and I, David, have a choice.

Brother Jim: Viewers, he lets you have a

Brother Jim: choice on who do you want to

Brother Jim: serve?

Brother Jim: Do you want to serve the world, which to me equals Satan?

Brother Jim: Or do you want to serve a loving God?

Brother Jim: And again, he does not delight in judgment.

Brother Jim: If he did, there would have been no need to send His Son Jesus to

Brother Jim: suffer and die for our sins.

Brother Jim: And yes, he did do that now.

Brother Jim: Sin separates people from God, and we've talked about that.

Brother Jim: The problem is not that God is cruel.

Brother Jim: The problem is sin.

Brother Jim: Romans three twenty three says, for all have sinned and fall

Brother Jim: short of the glory of God.

Brother Jim: Now wait a minute, David.

Brother Jim: I'm a pretty good guy.

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: I don't sin like all them other folks.

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: MM. But it says here.

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

Brother Jim: But David, I come to church every Sunday.

Brother Jim: Yeah, David.

Brother Jim: I lead the congregation.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: I put my money in the tithing plate.

David: You don't appear on the Mount Rushmore of sins.

Brother Jim: Oh. Somebody's listening. Amen. Yes.

Brother Jim: Yes. Either you believe the word of God.

Brother Jim: Word of God, or you don't, right?

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: We cherry pick too much.

Brother Jim: And I know I've seen it, David.

Brother Jim: I love to see facial expressions, especially when you

Brother Jim: say, for all have sinned.

Brother Jim: I'm talking to you, brothers and sisters.

Brother Jim: And especially talking to the guy, looking back, looking at

Brother Jim: you right now, and we fall short of the glory of God.

Brother Jim: Sin separates us from a holy God.

Brother Jim: Pride, hatred, greed, jealousy,

Brother Jim: unforgiveness, lying,

Brother Jim: immorality, and rebellion

Brother Jim: against God.

Brother Jim: All damage damage our relationship with him.

Brother Jim: David, did you ever damage a

Brother Jim: relationship with your mom or

Brother Jim: dad?

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Usually it was your fault, right?

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Exactly.

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Yeah. We're the knuckleheads.

Brother Jim: We screw up because a lot of

Brother Jim: times we think we know better,

Brother Jim: right?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And as a loving father, have you.

Brother Jim: Will you let your kids sometimes?

Brother Jim: Hey, I told you not to do it, but you go ahead and find out.

Brother Jim: Sometimes we gotta learn the hard way.

David: Unfortunately, yeah.

David: It's true.

Brother Jim: Now there is that limit.

Brother Jim: Now, son, I'm not going to let

Brother Jim: you go out and play in the

Brother Jim: street.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: But here's the reasons why.

Brother Jim: Look at that dead squirrel laying there on the street.

Brother Jim: This is what happened.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: You know, again, there's that fine line, but sometimes.

Brother Jim: All right, I think, well, I know it in my own life.

Brother Jim: God said, alright, you go ahead.

Brother Jim: You're going to do what you want to do and then you come back.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: Should have listened to you, God.

Brother Jim: Sometimes people compare themselves to others and say, I

Brother Jim: am not as bad as that person on the Mount Rushmore.

Brother Jim: Tune in to Sunday morning.

Brother Jim: We talk about that a little bit, but salvation is not based on

Brother Jim: comparing ourselves to others.

Brother Jim: It is based on whether we have been forgiven and transformed

Brother Jim: through Jesus Christ.

Brother Jim: Those who reject Christ remain separated from God.

Brother Jim: Yes, those who reject Christ remain.

Brother Jim: Let's say that word together, separated from God.

Brother Jim: Jesus said in John fourteen six,

Brother Jim: I 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: So again, David, our work is going to get us in.

David: Nope.

Brother Jim: Being a good person going to get a sin?

David: Nope.

Brother Jim: Ah!

Brother Jim: Come on.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: I stopped and helped that little

Brother Jim: old lady across the street the

Brother Jim: other day.

David: That's nice, but it's not going to get you into heaven.

Brother Jim: Get me into heaven!

David: Really?

David: Nope.

Brother Jim: Oh, man.

Brother Jim: Again.

Brother Jim: Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

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

Brother Jim: Pretty straight, isn't it?

David: Yeah, I think pretty straight.

Brother Jim: I mean, that's pretty simple English.

Brother Jim: The Bible teaches that salvation

Brother Jim: comes through faith in Jesus

Brother Jim: Christ.

Brother Jim: God freely offers grace, but people must choose.

Brother Jim: Here we go again that free will.

Brother Jim: People must choose whether to accept or reject him.

Brother Jim: So in saying all that, it's your choice, my friends.

Brother Jim: Do you want door number one or door number two?

Brother Jim: Pretty simple.

Brother Jim: A person does not go to hell

Brother Jim: because God refused to love

Brother Jim: them.

Brother Jim: They go because they refuse the forgiveness and salvation

Brother Jim: offered through Christ.

Brother Jim: This should not make Christians proud.

Brother Jim: It should make us compassionate

Brother Jim: and urgent about sharing the

Brother Jim: gospel.

Brother Jim: Religious activity alone cannot save anyone.

Brother Jim: Jesus warned that some people would claim religion but never

Brother Jim: truly know him.

Brother Jim: Do we have that in our world today, David?

David: I think we do.

Brother Jim: Do we have that in our pastors?

David: Sometimes, yeah.

David: Yes.

Brother Jim: Do we have that in our churches?

David: Absolutely.

Brother Jim: Even the ones that have been

Brother Jim: keeping them warm for sixty,

Brother Jim: seventy years.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Has done it all, done it all, man.

Brother Jim: Served on every board, taught

Brother Jim: Sunday school, you know, lay

Brother Jim: leader.

David: A pillar of the assembly.

Brother Jim: A pillar of.

Brother Jim: I like that, yes.

Brother Jim: But did they truly know him?

Brother Jim: Church attendance alone.

Brother Jim: Oh, church attendance alone cannot save us.

Brother Jim: Tuning in to Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: Newsflash cannot save you.

Brother Jim: Good works alone cannot save us.

Brother Jim: Being raised in a Christian home cannot save us.

Brother Jim: God looks at the heart.

Brother Jim: A true relationship with Christ

Brother Jim: changes a person from the inside

Brother Jim: out.

Brother Jim: Now we have.

Brother Jim: God's grace is available right now.

Brother Jim: Ladies and gentlemen, right now.

Brother Jim: And guess what?

Brother Jim: There is no time that this is

Brother Jim: going to expire until God says

Brother Jim: enough.

Brother Jim: So you're kind of playing with

Brother Jim: the old game of Russian

Brother Jim: roulette.

Brother Jim: Let's spin the chamber and see how many pulls I get.

Brother Jim: Excuse me, I get one of the

Brother Jim: greatest truths in Scripture is

Brother Jim: that no one is beyond God's

Brother Jim: mercy while they still have

Brother Jim: breath.

Brother Jim: So, David, do you think the person lying there in a coma,

Brother Jim: their last breaths coming.

Brother Jim: Do they still have an opportunity?

David: I mean, if they're still conscious and able to think.

David: Yeah, sure.

Brother Jim: I am a firm believer Jesus will work on you to the very end.

Brother Jim: Yeah, to the very, very end.

Brother Jim: Maybe we can't communicate with

Brother Jim: you, but I truly believe in my

Brother Jim: heart.

Brother Jim: Christ will work.

Brother Jim: But again, why wait?

Brother Jim: Right?

Brother Jim: Why wait?

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Do yourself, do your family a favor and accept Christ now so

Brother Jim: they don't have to worry.

Brother Jim: Because one of the worst things in the world for a pastor is to

Brother Jim: stand there at a celebration of life, doing the eulogy, and in

Brother Jim: the back of your mind thinking, wow, did they really make it?

Brother Jim: Yeah, because here's a newsflash.

Brother Jim: I've said it and I'll keep on saying I can't pray into heaven.

Brother Jim: David can't pray into heaven.

Brother Jim: We can't do it.

Brother Jim: I can light candles.

Brother Jim: I can recite scripture.

Brother Jim: I can pray over you.

Brother Jim: I can even anoint the body.

Brother Jim: It's not going to do any good, my friends.

Brother Jim: The thief on the cross turned to

Brother Jim: Jesus in his final moments and

Brother Jim: found forgiveness.

Brother Jim: No matter what someone has done, God can forgive.

Brother Jim: God can restore.

Brother Jim: God can save you.

Brother Jim: That is why the church must continue preaching hope, truth,

Brother Jim: repentance, and grace.

Brother Jim: Again, Pentecost Sunday and tune in.

Brother Jim: This is our second Sunday on

Brother Jim: talking about the Great

Brother Jim: Commission.

Brother Jim: Basically God said, don't hang around.

Brother Jim: Go, go, go, go out into the world.

Brother Jim: Imagine standing outside during

Brother Jim: a terrible storm while someone

Brother Jim: inside opens the door and says,

Brother Jim: come on in, David, where it's

Brother Jim: safe.

Brother Jim: If a person refuses to enter, the shelter was still offered.

Brother Jim: Jesus is the open door of salvation.

Brother Jim: He invites people to come to him before it is too late.

Brother Jim: So let me ask you something.

Brother Jim: The question is, is not am I better than someone else?

Brother Jim: The question is, have I truly

Brother Jim: surrendered my life to Jesus

Brother Jim: Christ today?

Brother Jim: My friends, today, no matter where you are, what part of the

Brother Jim: world you're in, today is the day that you can repent.

Brother Jim: You can believe, and you can

Brother Jim: choose to start following him

Brother Jim: because God's desire is not

Brother Jim: condemnation.

Brother Jim: His desire is salvation for each of his creations.

Brother Jim: Think about it, my friends.

Brother Jim: You know, I pray you think about that.

Brother Jim: I really do.

Brother Jim: David and myself, again, we're not on here trying to fill time,

Brother Jim: air time with just gibberish.

Brother Jim: There's a point to all this because that clock is ticking.

Brother Jim: And again, as I said Sunday morning, David, you don't know

Brother Jim: what tomorrow holds.

Brother Jim: I don't know what tomorrow.

Brother Jim: Now we can hope.

Brother Jim: We can have plans, but we don't know.

Brother Jim: Something to think about.

Brother Jim: Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

Brother Jim: If you were to die today, tonight, tomorrow, where would

Brother Jim: you spend eternity?

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

Brother Jim: Tuesday, May twenty six, twenty twenty six.

Brother Jim: Mr. David, my friend, any closing thoughts or comments

Brother Jim: before we wrap this thing up and send those these fine folks back

Brother Jim: out into the world.

David: Now, as you were speaking about, the clock is ticking.

David: There's a the folks can't hear

David: it because of the way the

David: equipment works.

David: But there's a clock right over

David: my shoulder here, and it's

David: ticking.

David: And I can hear it every.

Brother Jim: Time a clock.

David: Tick tick, tick.

David: Yeah. And you know, nobody is guaranteed tomorrow.

David: I'm reminded, you know, here, here recently we lost, uh, the

David: race car driver.

Brother Jim: Oh yeah.

David: Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch.

David: And, you know, forty one years

David: old, two young kids and, you

David: know, went from having a cold

David: turned into pneumonia, turned

David: into sepsis.

David: And, you know, in a matter of a week, he was gone from fame.

Brother Jim: Fortune.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: To now return to the to the earth.

David: Yeah. Tomorrow is promised to no one.

David: So I, as I said, I think last

David: week, we don't want just fire

David: insurance.

David: You don't want that last.

David: Oh, Jesus saved me.

David: Right before you go out, I mean.

David: Right.

Brother Jim: Get a lot of people.

Brother Jim: I used to be that way myself, I got time.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: When I'm older, I'll get right with God.

David: Yep. Tomorrow's promised to no one.

Brother Jim: So, David, looking back on my life, there's been a lot of

Brother Jim: close, close moments.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Playing with fire, my friends.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: Well, to all our friends listening this morning.

Brother Jim: This afternoon, please remember this before you go.

Brother Jim: You.

Brother Jim: Yes, you you have meaning.

Brother Jim: You have value.

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, guide you, strengthen you, and

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

Brother Jim: And may you and I continue to thank our Lord above for all the

Brother Jim: blessings he has given us.

Brother Jim: And yes, that we take for granted each and every 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 we will rejoice together.

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

Brother Jim: Thank you for joining David and

Brother Jim: myself here on Bible bibs and a

Brother Jim: prayer.

Brother Jim: Until next time.

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