The Consider Podcast
The Consider Podcast
Examining today's wisdom, folly and madness
Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Hosts: Timothy and Jacob
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#96 November 2025
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For your contemplation, we have:
- The Carried Cross Barbershop
- The Persecution of Emily Bickford and her daughter Ava
- King County Prosecutors of Seattle, Washington, and Thanksgiving holiday recommendations.
- Russell Brand and Jelly Roll considerations.
In this, the year of our Lord, November 2025
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The landing gear is up, the engines are humming, the Consider Podcast has taken flight. For your contemplation, we have the Carrie Cross Barbershop. The persecution of Emily Bickford and her daughter Ava, King County Prosecutors of Seattle, Washington, and Thanksgiving holiday recommendations. Russell Brand and Jelly Roll considerations. Feel free to unbuckle and move about the cabin. In this, the year of our Lord, November 2025.
SPEAKER_06:Welcome to the Consider Podcast, where we examine today's wisdom, folly, and madness. More information can be found at www.consider.info. Now, here are your hosts, Timothy and Jacob.
SPEAKER_12:Well, I'm sad for you today, Jacob. Why's that? Well, I had offered you a business opportunity of a lifetime. You turned it down. So I'm not going to offer it to you again. There's been too many business opportunities. I know, but this one I said we would run or whatever. You know, you're a barber, right? Yeah. So I'm going to open up a chain around the world, and if we ever go to Mars, I'm going to attempt to go there. And this called the Carried Cross Barber Shop. Okay, yes. It's a little bit different than your barber shop. Go ahead and play the clip and let me introduce it, and then let's talk about the Carried Cross Barbershop.
SPEAKER_09:Grand opening opportunity. Announcing the grand opening of the Carrie Cross Barbershop. Where your comment is his cut, the Consider Podcast. Examining today's wisdom, folly, and madness. www.consider.info.
SPEAKER_12:Isn't that a beautiful graphic? It is a nice graphic, yes. It looks good. I mean, the guy does great work, but that that one just like shined. You can tell he put some real detail on that. That wasn't just thrown together. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:This is no AI. This is not AI generated.
SPEAKER_12:Oh, no, no. I tr no, I don't do AI. Sometimes the voice is for scripture, but rare. I like real human beings doing real work, reading the scriptures. And usually people can tell. But that's just my personal opinion. All right. So you're you're a barber, right? People come in, they sit down, and what's the first question you ask them?
SPEAKER_02:My cheesy line is somewhat something about how uh how short are we going to go today, or what do you want to do today, or something like that. All right.
SPEAKER_12:So it's totally up to the person sitting in the chair. And by the way, you are a great barber. You're one of the few barbers I know that I can actually say, well, when I had hair, this is what I want done. Anymore, I just sit down and go, well, cut what's left. But uh any I I've told you before and I've gone to other barbers because you weren't around, you deserted me and didn't uh cut my hair. And I would say to them, you know, they'd go, What do you want? And I'd go through my routine, I can tell, I go, Well, just go ahead, you'll get it. And every single time it just comes out the way they want to. Correct, yeah. Whatever they want to do. Side beef. That's not what this podcast is about. All right, Mr. Barber. So a man comes in, he's got hair, obviously. What constitutes long hair on a man, Jacob?
SPEAKER_02:Oh, well, we've we've talked about long hair, short hair. So uh long hair, I mean, if it's if it's touching his shoulders, right? If it's hanging over past his ears down to his shoulders for a man, that's getting pretty long. That's like long hair.
SPEAKER_12:Okay. All right. I you know, it's a generic answer because we debate it out and we go all the way, but the truth is that's really not even the point. A carried cross means you no longer do what you want to do, long or short. Now, first 1 Corinthians 11 14 is very, very clear, though it does not seem to reflect in the church. Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him? So we got we kind of got that. And what people usually turn to me and say, Well, how do you know what's long? Or how do you know what's short? Well, since they can't decide, I'm gonna decide for them because I've been picking up my cross a long time. I've been hating my opinions a long, long time. I've been suffering with Jesus Christ like Carry Across a long time. So what a carry across barber shop is, since they cannot hear from the Lord, clearly they come in, they sit down, and they go, okay, and then I instruct you or a barber to cut what the Lord is saying they should have. Yes. They don't get a choice. That's that's right. Because they're Christians. And so they always ask the Lord, what should my hair be? How should it be cut? Right? Yes. Okay, so that's the career opportunity.
SPEAKER_02:You think I'm gonna make a bunch of money? I'm pretty sure you will not make a bunch of money. I'm pretty sure I believe you said you were gonna go worldwide with this. And uh I don't think yours. Yeah, yeah, I don't think you're going uh this world uh to the next planet. All right. They're gonna probably send me to the next planet. Yeah, they might do that.
SPEAKER_12:Carried cross barbershop's not gonna go over too well. Now, this is gonna be important later on. It really fits in. We're gonna be talking about Russell Brand if we can get there, who needs a haircut and a new shirt.
SPEAKER_02:I do like your saying, by the way, uh in the graphic that's on the screen, you know, carried cross barbershop and a cut from above. I do. From above. That's pretty good. Amen. That's uh yeah, I like it.
SPEAKER_12:Okay, well, let's go. Let me I'm gonna dive into this just a little bit, which means I'm gonna go longer than I need to. Let's go to Leviticus chapter 19, verse 27, because it it's atrocious out there. Yeah, I I was talking to somebody the other day, they, you know, they're wearing a cross, and it was obvious they were a Christian. And I said, You're a Christian. Oh, yes, saved by grace. No, you're saved by mercy, but grace is the power to say no. But I I didn't get any doctrinal debates. But then he shows me his arm and he has his, he called it the life scripture tattooed on his arm. Obviously, we're looking at a violation, a disobedience. I'm trying to Okay, Leviticus 1927 says, Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. Correct? Correct. All right, so it's not just long hair that's the issue. It's that we should be reflecting the holiness of God in the way that we're created, in the way that doesn't draw attention to ourselves. Now, Leviticus 1927, people go, well, that's the Old Testament, right? Isn't that the Old Testament? So that doesn't apply. And then, of course, I always love the other one. Well, Samson had long hair, and we must have an awful lot of Samsons running around. But that that means, of course, they're gonna be taken captive and their eyes are gonna be plucked out, but they don't ever seem to go there. Correct. Well, read Leviticus 1928. Go ahead and read that one.
SPEAKER_02:Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord. I am the Lord.
SPEAKER_12:You think he's serious about that one? Yes. But people would say, oh, well that's the old testament, right? Yes. So so it doesn't really apply. We're we're I don't know. Do you know the lingo free and grace? We can do all these things.
SPEAKER_02:Free grace. Yeah. I mean, well, we're talking once saved, always saved. You already you're a Christian, you accepted Jesus, so it doesn't really matter.
SPEAKER_12:Well, and then that well, they're acting like it's a holy thing to mark their body. Yeah, like it's a good thing. Correct. Oh, yeah, because you're like, fancy with their hair, it's totally missing what the gospel call is. Correct. And, you know, it's Satan looked at himself and was amazed at his beauty, and then became the devil. In the same way, when we do things that draw attention to ourselves, I mean that's why women are supposed to dress modestly, and men should reflect the holiness and the reverence of God. So you shouldn't see marks on the body, you know, little tattoo marks, and I don't know. What do you call those things when you go like, give me a design or a cut or whatever? I don't know what you call them. Like a style? You mean a haircut style? Yeah, you know, the design. It's got like ridges or something.
SPEAKER_02:Well, you it's just a design and it's like shaved into the side of the head. You shave that part in down to the skin. But that's all Old Testament, right? What do you mean that's Old Testament?
SPEAKER_12:Well, I mean, we're reading Old Testament, right? And so they don't have to live any of this, so there's no need to apply it. I mean, you you you don't really have to go for it because we're free in Jesus. Correct, you're free in Jesus. You can do whatever you want. Okay, so then verse 29 is okay to do. Go ahead and read that.
SPEAKER_02:Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness. I that's okay to do, right? Because it's old testament. Uh-huh. Well, he's saying don't degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute. So most people Oh, oh, I think. Yes. That's Old Testament. We're using the logic. Correct. Nowadays it would be okay. That does not apply. I'm afraid that anyway. Yes, so would my reverse 30.
SPEAKER_12:Does that apply that we should observe God's Sabbath and have reverence for his sanctuary and the Lord?
SPEAKER_02:That does apply, right? Yes. Everyone, all the Christian circles agree you should go to church regularly.
SPEAKER_12:Okay.
SPEAKER_02:All right.
SPEAKER_12:So if if we agree with that, then what about do not cut your hair, do not cut the sides of your head, or clip off the edges of your beard, do not cut your bodies, do not do tattoos. You think it all goes together?
SPEAKER_02:It all goes together.
SPEAKER_12:Well, but since it's old testament and I'm being just an old fogey and I'm legalistic, then verse 31 must be okay to do, right? No, that's not okay to do either. Well, read it to everybody. Because you're free in season. And we want like Saul, we want to seek the Lord. So we're gonna do this because the New Testament's very clear.
SPEAKER_02:Jesus never says anything about haircuts. Correct. Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
SPEAKER_12:Okay, what do you think, Jacob? It's old testament. Should it be lived or not lived? Uh, I think it should be lived. Okay, all scriptures are useful. And I'm gonna read one more, but there's uh I have a little personal bias in this. I need to admit this. Go ahead and read verse 32.
SPEAKER_02:I think this should be lived out. Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly, and revere your God. I am the Lord. Amen.
SPEAKER_12:Amen. Amen. All right. Enough on that topic. I think I made it clear. Carry across barbershop, you're going to want to invest now. Give me a call. If you don't know how long, short, or clean or decent your hair should be, give me a buzz. I'll be glad to seek the Lord. In fact, you look around, there was a you know, a Seattle protest up there. Christians went there, they interviewed the Christian, and he's got this, you know, a mohawk. It's just sticking straight up. And then you look at preachers preaching, they're dressed like they're going to some casual event or something t-shirts. I mean, it may be clean or whatever, but there's no reverence for God. And this is what happens when you start tattooing your body, bringing attention to yourself, people get lazy, there's no even thought of the cross. But that's not really the point of the show of the day. But wanted to start moving in that direction. All right. So do you want to invest in it? I'll I'll be glad to take your money. Yes, I'll invest. Sure you will. Okay. It's been a really, really, really like really good week or month actually for King County prosecutors. Oh, it has? They've had a good month. Oh, let's go to Luke chapter 11, verse 50. There is persecution against Christians breaking out everywhere. They have to be ecstatic. Prosecutor Simmons has to be thrilled because they're gonna, they're lumped together with all of this that's going on. In Luke chapter 11, verses 50 through 51. Let me read that. Therefore, this generation, this is Jesus talking, therefore, this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. And as if he didn't emphasize it enough, Jesus goes on to say, Yes, I tell you, there's authority in this from Jesus Christ. This generation will be held responsible for it all. When King County prosecutors label this as a cult, when they framed an innocent man in order to take down the cult, they are part of this whole generation since that, beginning with Abel, and they will be lumped together when it comes to judgment day. And I and you know what, just on a basic level, let me explain why Jesus is saying that. King County prosecutors don't do not even have to look far back in history. All you can do is look at what the Nazis did. All you gotta do is look at the injustice that was down south. I mean, there are literally untold numbers of injustice. And for them to turn around and do what they did to Sound Doctrine Church, to me, to other individuals, to those young in the faith is reprehensible. There's no excuse. That's why Jesus says you're just going to be put in the same pot and set down to where it is very hot. Any comment on that so far, Jacob? No. Again, as I said, it's been a really good time for prosecutors of Seattle King County. Remember, the um uh the Christians had the event down there at the park, and they they there are literally police records of the those that opposed the Christians being there saying they were going to kill them and their children, and yet no hate crime charges were filed. Were ever filed, yeah. So they're all just a part of it. They just excuse it, they're just overlooking it. Indeed, looking at Detective Grant McCall as he literally live in court groom somebody for a false accusation and and the prosecutors and everybody just ignore it as if it's nothing. No wonder the jury thought it was nothing because of the prosecutors and the current people in charge to just look at that and go, eh, it's no big deal. Cops always groom and they always lead people into accusation. That's the only thing a jury could assume, correct? Correct. All right. Well, a judge ruled that all the Ten Commandments in 14 public schools had to be removed. That's that must be good news to King County prosecutors because there's more of just removing, you know, all those evil aspects of the Ten Commandments. We wouldn't want anybody actually being confronted with those, right? So those are being removed. Uh there's a link there if you want to point to it, but I don't think anybody doubts me. Okay, yeah. Then if you really think there's a problem, go to Europe and look at what's going there. They're literally persecuting heavily handed Christians in England and Europe and that whole area. You can't you can't say, think, act. You can't even go outside an abortion clinic and stand there and be quiet and do nothing but stand. And it's only going to get worse. All right, now let's move on. Play this next clip, Jacob. And this is a mayor who's a Muslim and listen to what he says.
SPEAKER_05:I think it's quite hypocritical to know that you're approaching this podium when you yourself have videos on YouTube standing in front of my mosque, saying the cruelest of things about Muslims, about the religion of Islam. Because you are a bigot and you are a racist, and you are an Islamophobe. And although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here. And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of the city. Because you are not somebody who believes in coexistence. Uh, you're somebody who tries to preach it, uh, but in fact, you do everything uh but that. So I just want to put that on the record. Okay.
SPEAKER_12:Uh yeah, well, it's on record, all right. Okay. That is a mayor in the United States of America. In the the the that is the most complete hypocrisy I've ever seen. He's getting a Christian had gotten up and you know, voices, concern. Obviously, it's a legit concern. If that's the attitude of the mayor, that's going to translate all the way down into every aspect of that city, the police department and everywhere else. I mean, all you can do is look at the city of Eamonclaw, for an example. If one bad cop can manipulate the whole situation to run everybody out of town and destroy everybody that they can, and the police chiefs that have come along said, Oh, yeah, that's all good. You think this is going to turn out well? No. The hypocrisy is many. I chat I typed into Chat DP because I wanted to know, you know, a little bit of who he is and what's going on.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah.
SPEAKER_12:And somebody needs to clean that up because it totally whitewashes what he does. It started by saying, Well, everybody says things they don't, and it was a heated conversation a little bit, and I'm going, wow, this is so I keep debating. I never kind of stop with Chat DP till I've gotten where I need to go. So I finally get to go, I go, that's just whitewash. It's just hypocrisy. And then it goes on to say, yes, it is hypocrisy. Uh-huh. And then it goes on there. So you can win the argument, but the initial layer is always a justification against Christians or a justification against others. Any comments on that particular comment, Jacob?
SPEAKER_02:Well, only uh you said it like it's hypocritical because the guy I've never seen the clip. That was the first time I've ever seen it. Uh, because the guy is saying that the mayor is saying the other guy doesn't want to coexist. But then, well, clearly the mayor doesn't want to coexist because he's gonna throw a parade when the guy leaves. So clear you don't want to coexist either, but you're saying he doesn't. Yeah, it's like it's it's totally hypocritical.
SPEAKER_12:Oh, law enforcement needs to be checking this mayor out because the there's no way this is not translating to action behind the scenes. You know it is. No way. You know it is, and of course the rest of the city council just in fact, I we don't want to play the whole clip, but the the there's another guy that says, as the Christian speaking, look, we don't want to do personal attacks, and we don't want to do this, and you need to talk nice when you're here, but then the mayor does this little speech. Nobody says a word up there. They act like, well, that's just fine and dandy. Um my concern really here is the persecution is coming. Yeah. We could be here hours for each podcast going through all the things that are happening. I'm concerned about the children of those who claim to be Christian because they are not prepared for what these people are gonna do, and they're gonna do it. Yeah. I mean, the current I can't pronounce his name, the current uh I think it's a mayor of New York.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, the socialist guy. Go ahead. No, yeah, the social yeah, I can't zerami. Zerami. That's better than I can do. Something like that.
SPEAKER_12:He wants to replace the police with social workers. Now, the reason he wants to do that, of course, is because social workers don't follow the Constitution. Correct. They don't even follow the law. They just neither do cops. So convoluted. Um, it is something that needs to be done away with, or certainly there needs to be laws passed that it's not a civil matter. Everything falls under from the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. Every government agency should be required to obey the Constitution. Man, isn't that radical? That that's just bizarre, isn't it? It's bizarre that they don't. Oh, yeah, I'm being sarcastic. No, correct. I know, yeah. You can go. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah.
SPEAKER_12:Um, this is bad enough. Yeah. What this mayor is saying. And and then again, the mayor in New York, he wants to replace police with social workers, and he also despises Trump and the whole bit. It it's it's bad news, people. Bad damn. Um the church needs to wake up. And you know, when I say wake up, I don't mean protest, although God might lead that. I don't mean all this stuff that you see going on. I mean get back to the Word of God, pick up your cross, learn to start hearing from the Holy Spirit, because that's the only way that you're going to quote unquote survive. That's a whole different topic. So you have to be taught by the Holy Spirit to hate your own life and to surrender your family to God. That takes some real discipleship and discipline from the living God. All right, so that's bad enough, right, Jacob? Yeah, that's pretty bad. Okay. Hang on to your hat. And speaking of social services and family court, which is a total lie. It's not family court by any means. Play this next clip and listen carefully. It's a little bit long, but listen to what this judge did. And by the way, they don't list the name of the judge. I couldn't find the name of the judge. Um I don't know, are they cowards or whatever? This judge should thoroughly be investigated by law enforcement. That's how far it is. Now, this this particular issue has gone to the main Supreme Court, but there's no way they're going to come back and go, this guy needs to be fired, um, he needs to be investigated, possibly even prison time. Go ahead and play it and you'll see why.
SPEAKER_01:Child custody disputes can often involve challenging and unexpected circumstances. But a recent ruling from a judge in Maine has raised concerns about discrimination against Christians. Emily Bickford has a daughter named Ava, who will turn thirteen in January from her relationship with Matt Bradine. While Emily has primary custody, Matt has visitation rights. Emily, as a Christian, has sought to instill a foundation of faith in Ava, which Matt, the non-custodial father, opposes, reportedly harboring negative views towards Christianity. Matt took the matter to court, seeking the help of a former ACLU president, who is now a judge, igniting a conflict over religious beliefs. The judge's custody order has been criticized as overtly antagonistic towards Christianity. The ruling prohibits Ava from associating with her church friends, attending church services or Christian events, and even restricts her from studying the Bible, engaging in religious philosophy, or discussing her faith with her mother. Additionally, Ava is barred from participating in Christian holiday celebrations, such as Christmas. According to Liberty Council, Emily and Ava had been attending Calvary Chapel, an evangelical Christian church in Portland, Maine, for three and a half years. Trouble arose when Ava expressed her excitement about her upcoming baptism to her father. Instead of sharing in her enthusiasm, Matt sought the court's intervention and produced a former sociology professor from California as a witness. This witness claimed that Calvary Chapel and any church adhering to biblical teachings is a cult that inflicts psychological harm on children. While the judge acknowledged that Emily is a fit parent, this was negated solely by her Christian beliefs, stated Matt Staver. Stated Matt Stavar, founder and chairman of Liberty Council. Stavrer pointed out, Staver pointed out that the judge even mocked Ava and Emily's faith by deliberately refusing to capitalize the word God into a peculiar and unprecedented action. The judge reprimanded Emily for allowing the church pastor to pray for Ava and ruled that Emily could take Ava to no church without Matt's approval, which he has consistently withheld. The order's restrictions are extensive. Ava is prohibited from associating with any of her church friends or any members of Calvary Chapel Portland. If Ava befriends someone outside of Calvary who later starts attending the church, she must sever ties with that friend. Ava cannot participate in any Christmas, Easter, or Christian celebrations at any church, including weddings, funerals, or hospital visits involving anyone connected to Calvary Chapel. Ava is barred from engaging with any religious organizations which encompasses groups like the Salvation Army or any food banks, homeless shelters, or crisis pregnancy centers. There are also strict restrictions against Ava reading the Bible or any religious literature or being exposed to religious philosophy. Furthermore, Matt is leveraging the court ruling to prevent Emily from reading the Bible or imparting any knowledge about the Christian faith to Ava in a troubling situation. This order has severed a crucial source of emotional support for Ava, causing her to lose friends at a formative time in her social development, and the situation has persisted since December 2024. Last Thursday, Liberty Council presented oral arguments before the main Supreme Court, seeking to overturn this alarming custody order. The majority of justices suggested that the order demonstrates hostility toward religion and represents an extreme measure by stripping decision-making authority from a clearly competent parent regarding her daughter's religious upbringing, Staver concluded. Staver concluded. Emily and Ava are now awaiting the main Supreme Court's ruling on the matter.
SPEAKER_02:What about you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_12:Let you doubt not. You better believe it, wouldn't, or a gay couple. The ruling prohibits Ava from associating with her church friends, attending church services, or Christian events, and even restricts her from studying the Bible, engaging in religious philosophy, or discussing her faith with her mother. Additionally, Ava is barred from participating in Christian holidays, celebrations such as Christmas. Oh, there's joy in King County prosecutors' offices. They don't celebrate Christmas. Right?
SPEAKER_02:Uh I'm it has to be celebrated their way. Well, yeah, so Ava can't celebrate any Christ. Wait, so so then shouldn't shouldn't the dad be like arrested for not doing Christmas presents? Uh-huh. Uh this whole thing is it's completely man, it's illegal.
SPEAKER_12:It's super illegal.
SPEAKER_02:Where's Trump and the old DOJ? Whatever happened to religious freedom at all.
SPEAKER_12:Let's go further. Where are all the ministries, the Billy Graham ministries, all these big time ministries? What where? Where are they at? They're completely silent on this stuff. This should be an overwhelming reaction. The wording here may be part of just what's being written, but the mainstream court found this troubling. Yeah, you think you think this is way out on the extreme. Now, the problem here is this stuff's going on all the time. This guy just happens to push it further than we normally see. Correct. And this happens because King County prosecutors got by. I mean, they got by with what they did. At least this would have been an honest fight. You know, if King County prosecutors were to come on and we had this kind of ruling, okay, fine. That's a clear fight. We'll go at it. No, they were worse off. They went and found somebody they could frame and took down the church. So there's no difference here in terms of the effect.
SPEAKER_02:No.
SPEAKER_12:And you especially love the uh sociologist professor who determined that all Christianity is a cult. Oh, yeah. All of it. All of it. Says Matt sought the court's intervention and produced a former sociology professor from California. Oh, there's a shock as a witness. This witness claimed that Calvary Chapel and any church, any church adhering to biblical teachings is a cult that inflicts psychological harm on children. Oh, Prosecutor Simmons is salvating. This may be his nighttime reading that helps put him to sleep at night. It may be. Staggering. I I know we're just kind of repeating this, but that you know, that if she has friends and those friends later decide to go to that church and they become Christians and tend that church, she has to sever her relationship with those friends. This is this is a talk about psychological harm. Yeah. Christians, you better wake up because this is the kind you're gonna start seeing this more and more.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_12:The main Supreme Court, let me let me give you isn't this not prophecy? I'm just telling you what. Courts normally do. They're going to come back going, Yeah, it's a little bit in the extreme, you know, this shouldn't happen. Either go back and review it, or they're not going to strip the whole thing. They're going to leave this, whoever this judge is, man or woman, they're going to leave them the freedom to stay in their job and do what they're going to do. Correct. When the Maine Supreme Court should slap this down with every legal avenue they can calling for every investigation. No telling how many other families this judge has ruined.
SPEAKER_02:Correct, already, yeah. Massively. Where's Tucker Carlson? Tucker Carlson's in Maine. He's hanging out in his cabin in Maine. Where sold Tucker boy?
SPEAKER_12:We're too busy in conspiracy theories. You know, if Christians concentrated on the small things, and I'm putting this in quote with this, instead of all these big conspiracy theories, far more good would be done for Jesus Christ. Correct. Far more good. You don't wait until it's so big that it's a conspiracy theory, and that's what happened. We can talk about UFOs and we can do all this and we can do all that over here. And at the end of the day, the aliens are going to land in their flying saucer and give the world the philosophy that it wants and do all kinds of amazing things. Nothing that Tucker Carlson is saying is going to make a bit of difference. It's not going to help. Correct. The only thing that would help is if he actually became a true disciple of Jesus and began to preach that to people, but that's not what's going on here. So Emily suffers, and they're the quiet ones in the land that are destroyed, just like us. The reason why we don't get any help is because it seems like we're too far in the fringe. We don't totally agree. It's not interesting. It's got you got to get into details. You actually have to get your hands in the dirt. You actually have to bleed. You actually have to do some work to bring about justice. But you can talk about I can talk about aliens all day long. You want to talk about aliens, Jacob?
SPEAKER_02:No, not really.
SPEAKER_12:No, I'm not talking about illegal aliens. I'm talking about, you know, no, I'm not sure. You know that asteroid out there that maybe spaceship that's heading our way to the body. Let's talk about that.
SPEAKER_02:It's not actually it's not fun. It's the least of my concerns.
SPEAKER_12:Really? You're not worried. What happens? I'm being told in the news all the time this is earth shattering. This is like we we don't know whether they have good intentions or bad intentions, and they could be landing and all kinds of things. Um you're not worried about that, Jacob? No, I'm not worried about that. Yeah, well, I'll worry about it when it actually Did you see the um movie called Signs with uh Mel Gibson? I did, yes. Well, I've got my bucket of water ready and what do you got a baseball bat, right? Baseball, water and tinfoil hats. Aluminum tin four. Tinfoil hats, yep. But you can't baptize them because uh the water kills them. So I've uh I posted a thing on there. Look, people, the whole universe is a fallen universe. Everything within our universe, our whole universe, is fallen, is corrupt, is evil, is sinful. So here's what's gonna happen. The aliens are gonna land and they're gonna give us all kinds of good hope. They're gonna be able to heal people and they're gonna be able to stop wars. They might even bring a quasi-human DNA. Hey, we put this together. They'll claim that Jesus was, you know, a space alien and he landed, he just kind of went rogue and he misunderstood. I they'll have all kinds of various philosophies, and they'll take control of the whole world, and the whole world will go for it. And only those who know their God, or rather, God knows them, and they've been picking up their cross, hating their own life, willing to sacrifice everything, including their family, not to mention boats, cars and everything else, and to hate and despise money, will be given the grace, the power to say no to space aliens. Sounds kind of reasonable, right? Yes, it does. All right, in the meantime, Emily suffers, and it reminds me of the scripture in Jeremiah chapter two, verse thirty-four. Jeremiah chapter two, verse thirty-four says, On your clothes men find the lifeblood of the innocent poor. That's Emily. That the court system would cave to such a radically hostile quote unquote father is absurd. It says though you did not catch them breaking in. That's social services. You know, they don't come breaking in, they're not thieves. It's not obvious. It is the termites of society. They come in, they have destroyed parental authority. All family court does is divide families and pitting people against one another. They don't have a clue what's going on. On your clothes, men find the lifeblood of the innocent poor. That's Emily's situation and her daughter Ava. It it's just absurd. Um, and then of course, now you know you have this court presidents, right? And since this social worker from California has determined that all Christian churches are a cult that inflicts psychological harm on children, now you have a president. So the Washington State Prosecutors Association or organization, whatever it's called, can say, Oh, yeah, yeah, that's in the law books now. We have a president for that. Just like setting up Malcolm Frazier is now approved because Judge Laurie K. Smith came along and stripped every single right of a defense. In fact, it should have never gone to trial, should be thrown out. You got a cop sitting in a room deleting evidence, you know, grooming, stroking, moving things forward. And we had all the backstory evidence of the hate crime that was going on. It's not like she threw it out. She went right for it. She did what's listed here. There's no there's no difference.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_12:Uh there are also strict restrictions against Ava reading the Bible. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Not not even to be tolerated. All right. Anything else on that, Mr. Jacob?
SPEAKER_02:No.
SPEAKER_12:And by the way, Jacob, where are all the other judges in the United States and prosecutors and police and other social workers and every government official saying that this particular judge, whoever she or he is, should be fired minimum.
SPEAKER_02:Well, m well, I haven't heard of anybody saying that yet.
SPEAKER_12:No. Yeah. Nobody's saying it. So by their silence, they're approving. And you know they're doing it. Which, by the way, this would be a really good point to. I need to do a warning. This is a special service to society and that and uh especially Washington State. You need to be sure you film and take pictures of your Thanksgiving celebration. Play the warning clip and let's talk about it.
SPEAKER_09:This is not a test. This is not a test. The following public warning is not a test. Warning. Washington state prosecutors and judges will punish Christians who do not celebrate Thanksgiving their way. According to Judge Laurie King Smith, do not obey Jesus. Repeat, do not obey Jesus. Or prosecutor Jason Simmons will punish. Jesus said to his host, When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, or relatives, or your rich neighbors. If you do, they may invite you back, and so you will be repaid. Luke 14, 12. The Consider Podcast. Examining today's wisdom, folly, and madness.
SPEAKER_12:But you also remember how Jason Simmons and Judge Laurie case Smith and all these fine false witnesses that testified salivated to make it sound sinister, evil, and cultish. Do you remember that?
SPEAKER_02:Uh yeah, except I remember I thought it was more Christmas. I thought they had their their versions of Christmas. Wasn't that their main issue?
SPEAKER_12:Oh, it was. It was. They they threw in Thanksgiving what Simmons would do, he'd throw out it was a tactic. He'd throw out five or different things at once, and then you answer the one question at the end, and he would think he's getting the answer he wants, and so a jury's gonna fall for it thinking, oh, well, then all the other questions must have been true too. So in other words, you throw out a bunch of doubts, like, yeah, it's sunny outside, or it's dark outside, or it's this over here, and it's that over here, and then I go, Jacob, how are you doing today? And you go, fine. So you you it's a ta it's an evil tactic instead of one question at a time and letting the witness answer to get to the truth, you bunch this all together so that when the person finally has to answer the last thing you're saying and they forgot about the first thing you're saying, you've planted all these evil suspicions. It's very wicked. It's not it shouldn't even be legal. It may not even be legal because Judge Laurie K. Smith violated like every principle of law in her courtroom. Got sidetracked a little bit there, but now here's the problem with this warning. No Christian's gonna support me in it. True. And why is that? Why is no Christian gonna support me in this warning?
SPEAKER_02:Because they love turkey.
SPEAKER_12:Well, that's a goddess their stomach. That's right. Go to Luke chapter 14, 12, Jacob, and you tell me, have you ever, ever seen or heard anybody obey Jesus in this?
SPEAKER_02:Uh should I read it first? Sure, go for it. Then Jesus said to his host, When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors. If you do, they may invite you back, and so you will be repaid. I I think that's a pretty clear commandment, don't you? Yes, it is. Have you ever seen it lived out? Uh no. They uh people always invite their friends, their relatives, uh, neighbors in general, and then they always love to get invited back.
SPEAKER_12:Right. And certainly rich neighbors you'd invite. So Thanksgiving's coming up, holiday, which is also supposed to mean holy day, but Thanksgiving is there, right? So Christians everywhere are not going to get together because it's a prime time to set the example, if nothing else, by not inviting your family. Isn't that what Jesus said? That is what Jesus said. When you give a luncheon or a dinner, Thanksgiving would apply apply to that. Do not, do not invite your friends. So Christians all in churches everywhere this Thanksgiving are not going to invite their friends or their brothers or their relatives.
SPEAKER_02:Right? Uh no, they will invite all of those people.
SPEAKER_12:So now all the Christians are sitting there thinking, well, you deserve to be prosecuted. You deserve to be drug into King County courts and made to appear as a cult. Let's explain people to exactly what we did do. I know you remember. It was called wineskins, wasn't it, Jacob? Mm-hmm. Yep. And we it was a tremendous amount of joy for those that don't understand joy. It was a lot of fun, wasn't it? Mm-hmm. We got together. Um nobody was forced to come. It wasn't a requirement. Everybody wanted to be there, correct? Correct. And in fact, we would have invited friends, family, anybody else was welcome to come also, correct? Correct. All right. So all of these people that slandered and had concerns and contacted King County prosecutors and this is a call. Did they ever come to Wineskins to observe? Uh no, they did not. Did they ever come to church to observe and to look around?
SPEAKER_02:Uh I don't remember them coming to church.
SPEAKER_12:Yeah. It would have been they so you get the point. I get the point. So what you need to do is Christians, since prosecutors in King County Court, Judge Laurie K. Smith, the current prosecutor, and it doesn't matter who changes who's voted in, they're all doing the same thing because they've done nothing, absolutely nothing, to correct the illegalities of what Detective Grant McCall and the co-conspirator did. Nothing. Nothing whatsoever. So you can be sure what you need to do is make sure you videotape, take pictures, show all the pagan things you do so that when you're drug into court and your church is called a cult and you didn't celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas exactly to how prosecutor Jason Simmons wanted it done, or King County courts, or judges, or police or whoever, you can pull out as evidence, no, I was there for the turkey cutting and I was there for the gravy. And I don't know, Jacob, is there a lot of there's parades that go on? Be sure you film that that's going on. Talk about how the good time you have. Make sure you have your evidence, keep that on file. Put it in a safe somewhere because they will and have gone for Christians who don't celebrate Thanksgiving according to their beliefs. That's correct. Play the public warning one more time, Jacob, and let's get into the next topic.
SPEAKER_09:This is not a test. This is not a test. The following public warning is not a test. Warning. Washington state prosecutors and judges will punish Christians who do not celebrate Thanksgiving their way. According to Judge Laurie King Smith, do not obey Jesus. Repeat, do not obey Jesus. Or prosecutor Jason Simmons will punish. Jesus said to his host, When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, or relatives, or your rich neighbors. If you do, they may invite you back, and so you will be repaid. Luke 14, 12. The Consider Podcast. Examining today's wisdom, folly, and madness. www.consider.info.
SPEAKER_12:Again, just to summarize, Jason Simmons said, So, did you celebrate any holidays where he lumped it all together? Did any of that ring a bell, Jacob? Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_02:He was fishing on holidays.
SPEAKER_12:All right. Let's go to the next topic, and this one is very concerning in a very serious kind of way. Um go to 1 Corinthians 3 10 first before we play the clip. You know, as I've watched the cultural Christianity slide from the Word of God, and it's kind of weird. The more they slide from the Word of God, the more they say the Word of God. But it's not the same old lukewarm cherry-picking this scripture here and this scripture, and there's no foundation anymore. I mean, there there used to be looking back, I'm gonna have to go 15, 20 years or at least was a foundation of sand and that kind of thing. But now we're at a point when those who claim to be Christians, there's just no foundation whatsoever.
SPEAKER_02:First Corinthians 3 10, go ahead and read that, Jacob. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds.
SPEAKER_12:Amen. There's no need to build on that. You you need people that know how to lay a foundation as an expert builder. It's not just asking Jesus into your heart. By the way, that's that's not even the salvation call. It's not asking Jesus into your heart, and then just going on your merry way. Colossians 4, verses 5 through 6. Let me set the tone here. Colossians 4, 5 through 6 says, Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders. That seems pretty obvious, correct? Yes. I mean, that's not even a deep foundation, that's just part of the foundation. Make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, always offering mercy, always offering repentance, full of grace, seasoned with salt. Oh, there's a tone there. There there's there's there's a solidness there with what's being said, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Well, let's talk about Russell Brand and see what foundation is being laid, and play this next clip. And this just happened on InfoWars recently. Go ahead, Jacob.
SPEAKER_11:Colossians 4, verse 5, verse 6. Be wise the way you act toward outsiders. Make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
SPEAKER_08:Look at that! You mad old silverback!
SPEAKER_07:You mad old conspiracy theory, silverback, you Elon! You let him back on X! You caused this Musk! You caused this! Thank you, Rumble! Thank you! All of you revolutionary radicals! This is the only bit people are gonna see. All that stuff about G. I use a lovely beef tallow to keep Alex Jones' nipples fresher than ever. If you tallow those nipples good, then Bill Gates can suck upon those teats like Romulus and Remus. Bill Gates has millions of acres now of land. What's that with that farm land grab? Bill Gates wouldn't survive in nature. I say we release Bill Gates back into the wild and see how long he lasts.
SPEAKER_12:What exactly changed with Russell Brand now that he became a Christian, Jacob?
SPEAKER_02:Uh uh. I d maybe he doesn't quite cuss as much. I I don't know because I don't follow Russell Bland, but uh clearly he still has a lot of uh antics.
SPEAKER_12:Maybe there's no foundation there. Correct. The hair is long, the shirt is open, the well he's not on drugs.
SPEAKER_02:He used to do hardcore drugs, and we can assume that he's probably only on prescription drugs now. But other than that, there's not much difference.
SPEAKER_12:Uh well, you bring up another point. You know, his he's being charged with some very serious crimes. And I don't want to get into that, but his lawyers have to be kind of like turning over a little bit here. This is not the kind of behavior you want to be having on a legal sense. But by the way, and the reason that I bring that up, if God really loves Russell Brand, he's going to have to discipline. He's gonna have to pull this attention away, he's gonna have to stop the weeds that he's around. You know, Jesus warned about this the word of God or the seeds that fall among weeds and it gets choked out. He needed to stop what he was doing and just go seek the Lord and lay a good foundation, find somebody that can do that. Clearly, I think he's uh claims to be Catholic. They're not laying a good foundation. There is no foundation there. It's a bad foundation at best. Yeah. That's why Paul will say, I laid a foundation as an expert builder. But this is not even a this there's no difference here between when he was not a Christian to where he is now. And in fact, he doesn't thank God. Who does he thank? Uh Rumble. Rumble. Yeah. So he's not even praising God. There's just there's just nothing there. And that's why I say if God really loves him, he's gonna have to do something to pull this away. And no discipline seems pleasant at the time, so it's gonna be tough. Proverbs 9-13. Let's read that. Proverbs 9-13. You saw how you know he's pulling off the shirts and he's pointing to his body and how fitty is and all of those things. Scripture is very clear do not let the wise man boast of his wisdom, nor the strong man of his strength. Pointing back to yourself like this is of Satan. It's of the sinful nature. It's not of Jesus Christ, it's not the new creation. Proverbs 9 13, Jacob, go ahead and read that.
SPEAKER_02:The woman folly is loud. She is undisciplined and without knowledge. That's exactly what we witnessed, didn't we?
SPEAKER_12:The woman folly is loud. He's voiced all over the place. And his podcasts are like that. Um she or he is undisciplined and without knowledge. Clearly, there's no reflection of Jesus Christ. Otherwise, he'd had a haircut. 1 Corinthians 11, 14. That's why he didn't enter the Carrie Cross barbershop. Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him. He's walking around with a disgrace. But then if a woman has long hair, it is for her glory. Play it one more time and let's let's talk about something a little bit more.
SPEAKER_11:Colossians 4, verse 5, verse 6, be wise the way you act toward outsiders. Make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
SPEAKER_08:Look at that! You mad old silverback!
SPEAKER_07:You mad old conspiracy theory, silverback, you Elon! You let him back on X! You caused this Musk! You caused this! Thank you, Rumble! Thank you! All of you revolutionary radicals! This is the only bit people are gonna see. All that stuff about G. I use a lovely beef tallow to keep Alex Jones' nipples fresher than ever. If you tallow those nipples good, then Bill Gates can suck upon those teats like Romulus and Remus. Bill Gates has millions of acres now of land. What's that with that farmland graph? Bill Gates wouldn't survive in nature. I say we release Bill Gates back into the wild and see how long he lasts.
SPEAKER_02:Uh it would not.
SPEAKER_12:Would not. It's just the usual worldly banter, cut each other down kind of routine. Where's the weeping or the praying? If you're gonna bring up Bill Gates and you're gonna discuss all that, then where's the fasting and praying for Bill Gates? The weeping for him. He's got a lot to pay for on multiple levels. We all know that. This is this is just going to harden him against anything. In fact, he's at best gonna not pay attention to it. At worst, it's just gonna harden him because Russell Brand claims to be a Christian. So, for that matter, so does um who's the InfoWars guy? Alex Jones. Alex Jones. Alex Jones. Yeah. Um, so let's go to Jude verse 23 and see if the clothing that Russell Brand wears is a reflection of that and his attitude. You gotta understand how how we dress and how we have our hair is a reflection of what's in our heart, and it also transfers out to our behavior. You know, if I see someone with a shirt that has a marijuana leaf on the front of it and their jeans kind of hanging low, and they've got a keychain with, I don't know, what a dooby holder or whatever they call it, right? What what would I assume, Jacob? They're a pothead. They're a pothead. That's what I would assume. And that's reasonably so. Never mind. That's why Satan screams as loud as he can. Don't judge by outward appearance and all that kind of thing. Jude verse 23, it says, snatch others from the fire and save them. If you're going to talk about Bill Gates, or for that matter, anybody, then you need to consider, well, how do I snatch them from the fire? You're gonna have to reach into the fire and grab them. It can be a very painful experience to try and save someone. It's not an easy thing. Snatch others from the fire. Some people you can't snatch, but for those that the Holy Spirit tells you to go for, you're gonna get burnt. You're going to feel the heat and the fire. With many of these kinds of people, it's not an easy kind of like just come to church, come down forward, ask Jesus in your heart, and everything's fine, or you want to clean up your life and get rid of your drugs and you know help everybody get along and all those things and be blessed like ten lepers, but only one comes back to praise God. But the other nine go on to enjoy their life. That's not snatching others from the fire and saving them. Am I clear on that? Do I need to be build on that a little bit more? Uh it's clear to me. All right, that's good enough for today. To others show mercy. But what does it say, Jacob? Mixed with fear. Mixed with fear.
SPEAKER_02:You see that in the church? No. No one's afraid in the church. No, but they certainly talk about mercy, don't they? They do talk a lot about mercy.
SPEAKER_12:Come be forgiven. Oh, you know, I hate a strong word. I drive by a church that says Jesus loves you, this I know. Okay, that's not mixed with fear. Correct. Jesus loves you, this I know. You better repent because you're gonna burn forever in hell if you don't accept the love. That's the message. But I'm not even up to the point that I'm trying to get to. Russell Brand needs a haircut and a new wardrobe and a new creation that's calmer and at peace by the grace of God and by picking up a cross. Read the next part of what Russell Brand should be living.
SPEAKER_02:Hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
SPEAKER_12:Hating the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. Need I say more on that? The white open shirt, chung off the muscles, leopard pants or leopard shorts.
SPEAKER_02:Leopard shorts.
SPEAKER_12:Whatever yeah, whatever that was. Whatever that was. Um that doesn't ring of hating even the clothing stained by corrupt flesh, does it? No. There's no foundation being laid. I mean, none whatsoever. In fact, really just a trap. You'd be better off not claiming to be a Christian and just going on your merry way than to think you're a Christian and do this.
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SPEAKER_12:Jacob, do you know who Jelly Roll is?
SPEAKER_02:I do. Tell me a little bit about him. What do you know? Uh he is a rapper who was in prison. He is married to a bad lady. And then I think what we're going to talk about is I'm pretty sure he claims to be a Christian, I guess. He talks about God sometimes. Didn't he go to the Dove Awards? The Dove Awards, yes. He was, yeah, there was this like controversy thing. He was at the Devil Warbs hub bubbinit up on stage with I'm using air quotes, Christians. So he very much then claims to be a Christian, right? Or is Dove awards now inviting pure pagans up there? It's I think somewhere in the middle. And the only reason I say that is because I don't actually know. Again, he talks about Jesus or whatnot, but he I've I ne until the Double Ward thing, which was, I think, pretty recently, I never knew he was supposedly, you know, yeah, like like, you know what I mean? Like saying he's a Christian or or or that kind of image. He would talk about God, but never like, oh, I'm a Christian too.
SPEAKER_12:In short, he's the country and Western singers who claimed about God, Jesus, my girlfriend, breakups and all that stuff. Is that what you're saying? That's what you're saying. I'm not saying you're right or wrong. I just mean that's your take. See, my take on it is that he claimed to be, of course, I'm out of the loop that he claimed to be this Christian, wrote this Christian song, Doves Give Him an Award. So he he really had the stamp of approval that he is a Christian.
SPEAKER_02:Well, I don't know. You know more than me. I didn't even know it was a Christian song. I th he was a worldly rapper. I mean, he he he's literally that's his roots is rapping, as in like rap at, you know.
SPEAKER_12:Okay, well, let's do a check because that's just my impression, but I can't go type Grok and ask if Jelly's a Christian. Jelly Rolls a Christian. Okay, hold on a second. I gotta I gotta go there. I think I looked it up, but you know, I the truth is they mix all the I'll keep talking here. They they mix all this stuff up. Do they claim, not claim, in between claim? I don't know. The the real question is not whether you claim to be a Christian, but whether Jesus claims you.
SPEAKER_02:Oh no, here you go, it's copping up. Uh the answer is yes.
SPEAKER_12:Okay, good enough. Then we can let's move forward then and play jelly there and let's talk about what he's saying.
SPEAKER_01:Jelly Roll has reached a critical moment during his music tour. While on the Australian leg of his tour, the country artist expressed that he is currently experiencing one of the most challenging times in years, far from his family and support network. The 40-year-old, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, spoke openly during an episode of the No Filter with Kate Lambroke podcast, describing how the distance took a toll on him in unexpected ways. I'm falling apart. It's been a terrible week. I'm not doing well mentally. The worst I felt in a long time, shared the artist known for I Am Not Okay. Jelly Roll performed a series of six shows in Australia from October 25th to November 4th, marking his first tour in the country before he was set to conclude with a concert in Auckland, New Zealand, on November 8th. However, he had to cancel the Auckland performance at the last minute due to health problems, an uncommon situation for him. On the podcast, Jelly Roll elaborated that his physical health issues significantly impacted his mental health as he continued with the demanding tour schedule. He revealed that his overseas trip had messed up my stomach, explaining that these health challenges quickly affected his overall well-being. When my stomach isn't right, nothing feels right. My mind isn't clear, everything's off, he remarked. The singer confronted his lowest point in years while in Australia, sharing revealing details about his health struggles and longing for family support. He also mentioned that the logistical aspects of touring Australia, particularly the absence of tour buses, intensified his feelings of isolation. I'm having to be really isolated. It's not enjoyable, he admitted. I miss my family dearly. He noted that he was employing breathing techniques to manage his anxiety and talking myself through the sickness, but confessed that every part of him craved a return to Tennessee. Everyone wants to go home when they're unwell. That's just natural, he stated. I just don't feel good. So I want to go home. The demanding tour also included another distressing moment during his travels. Jelly Roll recently recounted an incident where employees at a Louis Vuitton store in Sydney treated him like a criminal while he was shopping, sharing the experience through a video on social media. He described how the staff regarded him as if he were about to rob the store. Hey man, the Louis Vuitton in Sydney literally treated us like we were going to rob the place. The musician, donning a backward baseball cap, explained in the footage. I've never been looked at more suspiciously. The last time I had such looks, it was back when I was involved in actual criminal activities.
SPEAKER_12:You want to weep? Yeah. Going he looks like a criminal. He looks like a criminal.
SPEAKER_02:He was a criminal.
SPEAKER_12:He was a criminal. He has that behavior. He has the tattoos, and some of those tattoos he got after becoming a Christian. I looked it up anyway. That's what they said. So, yes, if he walked in a store with his entourage, which I'm assuming kind of dresses like him or whatever, I would assume I'm going to be robbed. I'd be on my guard. Yes. Now you'll notice he said that when his stomach's not right, he's not right. Man, what gospel? There is no gospel to this. Read Philippians 3.19. Jacob, he talks a lot about, you know, my stomach's not right. I'm not right. I'm alone. You know. There's so many things that where's scripture? Where's God? Where's Jesus Christ? It's nowhere in this. Philippians 3.19, Jacob. Go ahead and read that. And this is Jelly Roll's answer. This is what his problem is. He needs to let God deal with his sin.
SPEAKER_02:Go ahead and read it. Their destiny is destruction. Their God is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. I couldn't say it any clearer.
SPEAKER_12:It's pretty solid. Yes. Their destiny is destruction. It's obvious that he's not been born again. He's not a Christian. He shouldn't claim to be Christian. In fact, he's going to be judged for singing Christian songs while not being a Christian. Their destiny is destruction. Their God is their stomach, and their glory is their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. And that's just one aspect of what we're looking at here. He goes, I'm falling apart. It's a horrible week. I'm doing the worst mentally I have done in a long time. I am not okay. Man, at best it's a scream for help. At worst, who are the false prophets and teachers that are informing this guy? Where is there no cracking over in the Bible? You know what? Turn the hat around right or take the hat off. I know he recently just shaved his beard, but it had nothing to do with the gospel. He said he was doing it because people would look at him because he's fat and he's good. He's just trying all kinds of different outward things. But he's still a criminal against God because he will not repent. But let's get on to the main thing is that he misses his family. He wants to go back to Tennessee. You can tell this is an idol. This is huge. This is why Jesus said if you're going to follow him, you have to hate your father and your mother, your brothers and your sisters, and yes, even your own life. That's why 1 John says, do not love anything in the world, which would include the state of Tennessee. This world's going to be burned up. It's going to be judged to claim that you want to. Look, I don't feel at home either. But my home that I want to go to is in heaven. Yeah. There's nothing in this earth that I go, well, I want to live there, or I miss this, or I only miss heaven. I only miss seeing the face of God. There's nothing, absolutely nothing in this world that attracts me. There's an old hymn that says the things of this world go strangely dim. They do if you fall in with Jesus Christ. But that's any comment before we actually look at our final scripture here and move on? No. Let's go to Ephesians chapter 3, verse 12. And you, as we're going to play the clip here, just listen to the scripture. This is what jelly roll is missing. And I don't know who's teaching this man and who's presenting the gospel. I don't he's sitting alone in his hotel by himself, and all he's doing is wallowing in self-pity. What about being alone with God, cracking your Bible and getting on your knees, weeping over your sins, crying out to God that you have this loneliness that's a sin, and you have all of this judgmental against other people who are looking at you realistically who you are. You need to wear a shirt that says, I'm no longer a criminal anymore. I'm a Christian. Clean up your face, cover the tattoos as best you can. Let Jesus Christ give you a new creation that reflects the joy from the inside, and you have that smile on your face and that confidence that comes from God. Or if you're weeping and sad about your sins, you have hope in all of that. Yeah, yeah, I know. The governing authority is going to come for you, but it's worth it. Let's play Ephesians 3 12 and then let's talk about it a little bit.
SPEAKER_10:Ephesians 3 12 through 21. In him and through faith in him, we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
SPEAKER_12:Amen indeed, Jacob. There's an look at what he's missing. He either doesn't want it, he either just wants the world and you know, self-pity, likes to wallow in self-pity, and you want people just you don't want to repent or give everything up to God. So this may be a futile conversation. But jelly roll, this is what you're missing in him, and through faith in him, we may approach God with freedom and confidence. Freedom and confidence. Now, there's a good chance God doesn't even want you on tour, so you're probably way off track even touring around. But we can't go there. Verse 13, I ask you therefore not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. There's going to be sufferings if you're going to follow Jesus Christ. Believe me, I know what I'm talking about. For this reason I kneel before the Father, kneel, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. You have to understand there are two families in this world. There is the family of God, and there is our earthly family. The earthly family is controlled by the evil one. That's right. Little old grandma, who's lived her whole life, not really a Christian, or even claiming to be a Christian many times, is under the control of the evil one, influenced by the evil one. That doesn't mean you hate them in a worldly kind of way. It doesn't mean you try to do them evil or, you know, look down on. This means you are filled with a love for them. Did you catch that, Prosecutor Simmons? It's a love for them. In fact, scripture will go on to say that here just shortly. But there are two families, and you have to decide which family you want to be a part of, or rather, your life and your obedience or like of obedience to the living God is going to determine which family you are assigned to. But there is a family of God. In this world, I have brothers and sisters around the world. I have a sense of family all the time, even though it's not my physical family, my DNA family. For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth arises name. I feel a sense of family in heaven. I'm never alone. I live alone, but I'm never alone. Verse 16, I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his spirit in your inner being. Nothing about what you have said shows that the power of God is moving in your life. But you'd have to learn to be obedient to the Holy Spirit, which, like I said, is going to be giving up fame, is going to be giving up touring. All of your friends are going to disappear. You're going to wind up more alone than you probably have ever been before. But you will never feel alone because you're part of the family of God that is in heaven and earth. Verse 17, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. To have this is to have Jesus dwelling, living in there, in our hearts. He's doing the work, he's bringing the love, he's bringing the comfort, he's bringing the power. He's also bringing the sufferings of being crucified. It says, being rooted and established in love. And I pray for you, Paul says, being rooted and established in love. Everything that is done is done by the power and the love of Jesus Christ. The world won't look at it that way. You'll have evil judges persecute, prosecute. You'll have old sociological professors who don't have anything else better to do than to slam Christianity out of California. Like we already know that's a problem. But you will be rooted and established in love for all of those people. Any comments so far, Jacob, before we wrap things up? No. All right, let me read 20 and 21. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine. You could just meditate on that for a year. I can ask a lot, and I can imagine a lot, and he will do more than that. According to his power that is work at work within us. And there's the key. Only according to his power that is at work within us. Translation, you have to obey the Holy Spirit. You have to surrender to the Holy Spirit. You have to surrender to the grace of God. You have to actually allow God to put a cross on your back, to walk a narrow road after walking through a narrow gate. And as you mature and as you grow, to the degree that you're emptied of yourself and your sin will be according to his power that he can work within us. That's why you want to grow. That's why you want to keep pressing on. No wonder Paul says in verse 21, To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. This is a glorious, glorious promise, and you're wallowing in self-pity and your old sinful nature in a hotel room by yourself, being judgmental about those who judge you correctly by your appearance. To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Amen.
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