TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - Jan 19, 2026 - Proverbs 19:25-26 - Cost of Scorn and Consequences of Shame 11-2026

Episode Date: January 19, 2026

Proverbs 19:25–26 contrasts the outcomes of correction and contempt. When a scoffer is punished, others gain wisdom by observing the cost of pride; when a discerning person is rebuked, understanding increases. The passage then turns to the tragedy of a child who brings shame and reproach—driving away a father and dishonoring a mother through reckless behavior. In today’s Morning Manna, Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart examine how correction instructs both the individual and the community, and how unchecked scorn and disrespect fracture families and invite lasting disgrace. Lesson 11-2026 Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart You can partner with us by visiting MannaNation.com, calling 1-888-519-4935, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961. MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today! www.megafire.world Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves! www.AmericanReserves.com It’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today! www.Amazon.com/Final-Day Apple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books! www.books.apple.com/final-day Purchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today. www.Sacrificingliberty.com

Good morning. Welcome to Morning Mata. Dr. Burkhart and I are just delighted that you're here with us to study the Word of God. You are part of a virtual worldwide Bible study group that meets every Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. Eastern Time at manna Nation.com. We also have a channel on YouTube. It's under my name Rick Wiles Today. The Rick Wiles Today channel. on YouTube. And it also streams a live Bible study Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. Eastern time. So if you're able to join us, we'd love to have you join in with the class. If not, just watch it. On video on demand, a lot of people listen. And throughout today, while they're driving or working, doesn't matter. You know, it's morning somewhere in the world. And we know that we know that they're There are places, it's midnight right now and people are logging on to be with morning matter right now. It's just, well, it's morning, Doc. If it's midnight, it's morning.

That's right. It's just there. It's the earliest morning. Well, anyhow, we are in the book of Proverbs who were in the 19th chapter. They were looking at verses 25 and 26. So we only have two verses, but there's a lot. I had to restrict it to just two verses because we have so much the teeth. And then on tomorrow's lesson, we're going to finish chapter 19.

And then Wednesday we move into chapter 20. Let's pray, invite the Holy Spirit to lead this Bible study. All of us here need the Holy Spirit to enlighten us and teach us the Word. So let's pray. Almighty God, our Father in heaven. Father, we thank you for this wonderful, beautiful day. We woke up alive. we woke up blessed our sins are forgiven our names are in your book of life your holy spirit is in us

your son is our king we are blessed father we're hungry to know more about your son and his kingdom we're hungry to know more about wisdom and so father you promised that if we ask for wisdom you would give it liberally so we are here for a liberal dose of wisdom from your holy spirit Spirit. Holy Spirit, take charge of this class, lead us, and enlighten us, give us revelation and understanding of the book of Proverbs. In the name of Jesus, amen. Amen. I'd like you to read their two verses, Proverbs 19, verses 25 and 26. Yes. We welcome you, no matter how you're watching us today. If you're watching us on faith television across the U.S. or Africa or Europe, welcome.

Today's lesson is number 11-2026. 11-2026. We're reading Provert, Chapter 19, verses 25 and 26. So read along with me. I'm reading from the King James this morning, and it reads, Smite a scorner and the simple will beware, and reprove one that hath understanding,

and he will understand knowledge. Verse 26, He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bring its reproach. God bless the reading of his word today, Rick. And sir, okay, if you're new, the way that we teach is that we break the verses into segments. And we study each segment, and then we put it together to get the full context of the scripture. Also, when we're in the Old Testament scriptures, we've,

We also rely on the English translation of the Greek Septuagint, because that's the, that's really the, the official version of the Old Testament for outside of Hebrew. So we're going to start with verse 25. the King James says, smite a scorner and the simple will beware and reprove one that hath understanding and he will have knowledge. Look at the Septuagint. It says when a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser. And when a wise man is reproved, he will receive knowledge. we don't talk

this first part when a pestil up character is scourged the simple man is made wiser and first when you think about this so wait a minute it's the rebellious guy who's getting the beating

right why is this simple guy over here becoming wiser it's like shouldn't it be the guy that's getting the whipping shouldn't he be the one who's becoming wiser

instead it's the guy who's watching him be whipped Yes. Okay? Let's see what Solomon was teaching us about wisdom. He's teaching that consequences imposed on the hardened sinner often serve as the instruction for the inexperienced observer. This is why there are still nations today in certain parts of the world that carry out public punishments. I'm thinking of Singapore. Yes.

Doc and I, we've been to Singapore several times. It's a beautiful city-state. There's no crime there. There's just no crime. I mean, there probably is, but you could walk the streets at any hour.

But then during the middle of the night, there's nobody out on the street. There are no cars. There's no people. You know what? There's law and order in Singapore. You know why? For certain crimes, they will tie you up to a stockade in the city, public square and beat you with canes. Yes.

Okay. Now you get the understanding of what this scripture is about. Solomon identified this hard-hearted sinner as a soul. scorner. Lutz. L-U-W-T-S, pronounced l-U-T-S, is the Hebrew word for scorner. It means someone who is a mucker,

who openly rejects correction and mocks wisdom itself. So the scorner ridicules truth and authority. King James. The King James translation says, smite a scorner. The world English Bible says flog a scorner. The Greek Septuagent says when a pestilic character is scourged,

so they're smitten, they're flogged, they're scourged. Pick any one of them, Doc, it hurts. Right. I guarantee you it hurts. So regardless of which translation you use, the message is to say, the action represents severe punishment in the public view.

This could be court-ordered punishment including public whippings, scourgings, canings, imprisonment, severe fines, any other harsh, visible judgment that falls upon

such a man or woman classified as a squirder. Doc, in the United States, we have something that's called the perp walk. Right. And I think Rudy Giuliani is the guy who invented this concept. And what he would do when he was the prosecutor of New York City is that when he would arrest a high-profile criminal, they would do what they called the perp walk. They would, the law enforcement officers would bring the arrested criminal through a public passageway at a building or a street sidewalk, handcuffed, shackled, for a purpose to be humiliated.

The news photographers were there. There were people jeering and yelling names. It was for the purpose of inflicting humiliation on this. person and for telling the public this is what we're going to do to you if you do the same thing this guide notice in this verse that the audience for this severe whipping is the simple not the not the hardened center the audience is the simple this phrase the simple refers to people who are naive, young, and experienced, or maybe the uncommitted who are teetering

on the edge of folly. It's meant for them, Doc. Yeah, you're right, Rick. So this harsh whipping is not for the sake of this corner itself, at least in this proverb. The verse is implying here that this corner may be beyond redemption. Now, whether he is or not, side the point. The lesson is to reach the symbol, to teach them. The simple in this case are not

necessarily wicked, but just unformed. And they can learn by observing the situation, observing the outcome of the squarer. So hopefully, the idea is that when the simple see the scorer punished, that they are scared straight. Remember those videos and others that came out back in the 80s and 90s, the scared straight videos, taking kids into prisons and letting the convicts, you know, explain how bad a life of crime is. So that public accountability, if you will, restrains that foolishness by revealing its costs.

So as King of Israel, Solomon, was the chief law enforcement officer and the Supreme Judge. He was responsible for law and order in his kingdom. And what he's demonstrating here is that justice can educate beyond just punishment. And he observed and recognized that sometimes different herds require different forms of correction rate. So therefore, if you follow this out to this logical conclusion, discipline, when it's rightly applied, protects the entire community. And there's a reason why God sets up authority, legal authority in our lives, in order to, if you will, administer justice in the community. Okay, now we're going to take another step.

Because as you're pointing out, this is being done. The discipline is being applied publicly to protect the community. The Septuagin translation emphasizes the corrosive nature of the squirner, calling him, pestilent. Pestolent is a verb that means to produce a contagious disease, to be destructive to public morals and the peace of the community, to be troublesome, to be annoying, even deadly to society. Therefore, Solomon is telling us that scorners will infect other people with their rebellious spirits. the leaders and parents must realize that allowing a scorner to go unpunished endangers the simple of a community.

Again, simple doesn't mean dumb, stupid. It means they had not yet formed a God-centered worldview of morality and behavior. So to spare the wolf is to endanger the sheep. So the wolf gets punished in public for the sake of the sheep. You cannot argue with a scorner. You can only restrain him.

A rebuke rolls off the scorer like water off of a duck's bag. Only a smiting in public penetrates his arrogance enough to signal to others that sin has a cost. So the smiting of the scorner is a quarantine measure to stop the spread of the infection of sin to the simple. Therefore, the scorner is harshly punished,

excuse me, harshly punished. In public, not for his sake, but for the sake of the audience, the simple and the impressionable people who may be captivated by the bold and audacious personalities of scorners. The public discipline has a ripple effect. It deters others from the same errors. So this is why Solomon is teaching a smite of scorner and the simple will beware. He knew it may sink into the simple.

those who are naive inexperienced still teachable they may see that the scorner's life will lead to a disaster so the simple watches and learns from the scorner's punishment the squarner doesn't change

the squirder will double down doc they'll just say bring it on bring it on and whip me again I'm not going to change but letting the simple see the scorner be whipped may change the course, the direction that the simple one is on. So this is vicarious learning.

The simple sees the consequences of folly and hopefully chooses a wiser path. Wise men and women recognize that divine love is not sentimental softness. God is willing to make a scorner an example if they, thereby the simple are saved. You've got to understand that concept. God is willing to make a scorner a public example if that's what it takes to save another soul from being lost. Right.

So let's take a look at the segment two. King James says, And reprove one that hath understanding and he will understand knowledge. And reprove one that hath understanding and he will understand knowledge. Solomon now contrasts the scoffer with the man of understanding

to show how people with teachable hearts respond differently. The entire proverb says, smite a scorner and the simple will beware. Reprove one that has understanding and he will understand knowledge. Note the difference between the scorners, the simple, and those who have understanding. You got three classes of people here. Right. Squirner, simple, and those with

understanding. The scorner does not change. As I said, he'll take the whipping and double down on his rebellion. He'll just become more stubborn, more hardened. The simple, watch the scorer get whipped and become aware. It doesn't mean that they have embraced wisdom and understanding, but they are aware that rebellion will get you whipped in public. However, those with understanding will understand knowledge. What is understanding? It is the practical knowledge of how to apply the principles of wisdom in daily life.

So what is this knowledge? Knowledge here refers to discernment, refined by humility. Reproof offered to the wise is not resistant but received. See, when you correct the wise, they receive the correction. The scorner double downs. He doubles down on this and says, I'm not going to change. the simple look at it and go, do I want to do that? But the person with understanding, when he or she is corrected,

they receive the correction and receive knowledge. So, Scripture presents correction as nourishment to a soul that is open and receptive. The wise man does not merely accept rebuke. but gains knowledge from it. Wisdom makes life less painful. The wise man learns from a whisper, but the fool learns only from a whip.

Yes, I like that. Wisdom makes life less painful. And that's so true. I speak to that from personal experience. So, you know, this phrase here, reprove one that hath understanding. What is saying there, it means to gently correct the wise. The discerning person who already fears the Lord,

they're going to observe the situation and say, what lesson can we derive from this and how can I apply it to my life? So resistance to correction reveals the foolishness of individuals. Openness to correction revealed wisdom. And really the only way that wisdom can grow, wisdom grows fastest when pride is its weakest. You can tell a man's character by how much force is required to correct him. If he requires a sledgehammer to correct somebody, you can pretty much guarantee he's a fool.

If he responds to a nod or to a gentle word, he's wise. So the man or woman of understanding is teachable. welcome reproof because why they value grown. It goes on to say there he will understand knowledge. And knowledge here is referring to that discernment refined by that humility. He or she gains deeper insight, wisdom increases, and grows an understanding. And this is really the beauty of reproof to wise. The wise welcome it as a gift.

It's not resisted as an insult. the squirt might take. And so this phrase here, the second part of this verse here teaches correction is a blessing actually to the home. It refines and actually multiplies wisdom. The wise person,

the wise man or woman, sees reproof his love. He doesn't defend his ego, but seeks to improve. The Bible clearly teaches, we'll give some examples here, that God reproves those that he loves. Proverbs 312,

We taught many months ago now, for whom the Lord loveth, he corrected even as a father, the son, and whom he delights. Hebrews 126 in the New Testament, quoting this, says, for whom the Lord loveth he chasteth, and scourgeteth every son whom he receiveth. And so, as believers, as followers of Jesus Christ, we should welcome and receive correction in our lives with humility. it's actually God's gift to make us wiser. Ultimately, Rick, to reprove one that hath understanding is Christ.

You know, the Bible says, I know this is hard to understand, but He received, Jesus Christ itself received reproof from the Father and grew in wisdom as a boy. How do we know this? Luke 252 tells us this. The Bible says, and Jesus increased. how, in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man. And the only way to increase in wisdom is in humility and observing the world around us. Yes. So, Doc, Jesus the child, Jesus the little boy, Jesus the teenager showed us the way.

He had to increase in wisdom. and as he did, he received more favor with God, his father, and with humans around him. Before I start continuing my teaching, I want to say to the people who are watching us on Faith TV in America, the UK, Western Europe, Africa, that we're only on Faith TV for 30 minutes every Monday through Friday. This lesson may continue for another 40, maybe 60 minutes, much longer, okay? You can watch the rest of it at manna nation.com.

Mananation.com. The lesson number for today is 11-26. You go to manna nation.com or I have a YouTube channel Rick was today on YouTube and just look for Lesson 11-2026. So, Doc, you know, we often quote Bible scholars and theologians and Bible commentators from centuries ago. One of my favorite men to read his writings is Albert Barnes. Yes.

He was the president of the Pennsylvania Bible Society from 1858 to 1870. He was also the pastor of the first Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. Reverend Barnes taught his congregation that Proverbs 1925 reveals the different moral soils of human hearts. The same son, and basically I'm paraphrasing him. He said something like this, that the same son that hardened. clay, softens waxed, and the same rebuke that enrages a scoffer, enlightens a saint. Yes.

The saint who has understanding is already inclined towards wisdom. You don't have to push a saint towards wisdom. They're going there automatically. We learn through this proverb how a godly person responds to a proper rebukes. to a proper rebuke. They will understand knowledge. They do not merely endure the correction, but they use it to deepen their grasp of truth

to improve their lives. This is evidence of true grace. The wise man or woman not only accepts correction, but loves it. Yes. They are thankful for it. They're grateful for it, because it helps them see themselves and their path more clearly.

Therefore, reproof, we're talking about godly reproof, is one of the chief instruments by which a godly person's wisdom grows. It makes them more cautious and circumspect. A word to the wise is accepted, and that word, when taken to heart, yields fruit, a teachable spirit is one of the clearest marks of saving grace and of real spiritual maturity. Here's a word to parents. Do not treat all children the same.

The strong-willed or rebellious child may need strong measures, but the understanding child may be crushed by those strong measures The understanding child needs only a quiet talk with his or her parents. So discern the child that you need to correct. Don't use the same method of correction on each child. Right. Likewise, in church, the tender conscience of a believer trembles at the word of God. That's what Isaiah said.

just a mere conviction of the Holy Spirit is enough to bring him to his knees Isaiah 66-2 for my hand made all those things thus all those things have come to me says the Lord but to this man I will look even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembles at my word amen the wise that people with understanding will tremble at the word of God. I want to go to the quotations. Matthew Henry said, reprove one that has understanding and he will understand knowledge. A gentle check will go further with a wise man than a severe stright with a fool. Yes, Charles Bridges said this wreck.

The scorner may be hardened, yet the penalty inflicted upon him may be a wholesome terror. to the simple. We must strike the wool to save the lamb. Cheryl Spurgeon said smite, a squarner, and the simple will beware the chastisement of the proud teaches the humble.

Yes. And William Arnaud said this, when the judgment of God falls on the proud, the open-minded observer takes the hint. He learns the lesson at the expense of another. One man's fall may be another man's lesson.

Okay, now we're going to move to verse 26. Matthew 19, verse 26. King James says, he that wasted his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causes shame and bringeth reproach. The Septuagint says he that dishonors his father and drives away his mother

shall be disgraced and shall be experienced and shall be exposed to reproach. The English translation of the Aramaic Peshita is he who plunders his father and drives away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace. So we have waste. The world English Bible says Rob.

The Aramaic Pesitas says plunders. And the subtuagin says dishonors. Yes. Your parents, your father, and drives away the mother. This proverb going to be a tough one to teach. Not that it's hard for me to teach it. It may be hard for some people to receive it because it might just, it just might be too real in your family.

These things may have happened in your family. or your extended family or somebody close to you. And I think this, what we're going to teach is going to give you spiritual understanding to deal with something that might be going on right now, or maybe it happened years ago and you never got over it. And you've been troubled by it. Solomon exposes one of the gravest forms of folly. An adult child, a son or daughter, who exploits rather than honors his or her parents.

As I said, the King James uses the word waste. The World English Bible uses the word rob. The Paschita uses the word plunders. The Septuagint uses the word dishonors. It all means the same thing. Shaddad is the Hebrew. Hebrew word. It's very strong and in duck, it's violent. Yes, it's a violent word. It means to ravage, to rob, oppress, ruin, spoil, devastate, destroy somebody or something. The Holy Bible,

consistently, from the old covenant to the new covenant, presents the honor of parents as foundational moral order and social stability. The unacceptable behavior of a rebellious, ungrateful adult son or daughter is a direct assault on the Fifth Commandment. Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord your God has commanded you that your days may be prolonged

and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. The Fifth Commandment is the only commandment that comes with a promise. Things will go well for you in life if you honor your father and mother. Amen. So the reverse would be true

if you dishonor your father and mother. Things will not go well for you. Apostle Paul expanded on this promise in his epistle to the church in Ephesus. He said, and I'm reading Ephesians chapter 6, verses 2 and 3, honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth. pull at it that you may live long on the earth

so doc the way I see this is that there are people living into old old age their late 80s into their 90s maybe a hundred because they honored their father and mother and I believe that there are people

who left this world at a fairly young age because they dishonor their father or their mother. So it says things will go well for you and you will live long on earth. So Solomon is showing us that disrespect and dishonor towards parents is a direct rejection of God's divine order in the universe. We're back to that divine order. Yes.

And Rick, you said that Hebrew word there. translated as waste is a strong word. Well, it's more than strong, actually. It's a violent military term that means to assault or to devastate or to spoil a foe. The son or daughter here, Rick, is not lazy. It's not slothfulness here. He or she is a predator. I say that again, he or she is a predator.

They treat their family's estate and honest. honor like a sit to be conquered and eluded for personal gain. And so the adult child in this proverb is not only robbing his father, he's chasing away his mother too. This is just just pure cruelty here. And this cruelty paints a horrific picture of a son who makes life so miserable for his widowed or elderly mother that she's forced to leave. Think about how cruel that is or one who literally evicts her to gain control the house. Proverbs 1926 here, Rick, is reminding us of that prodigal son who,

if you recall, wasted his father's substance. However, the son, in Proverbs, worse, he doesn't leave the house, he stays and drives the parents out. And so Solomon here, King Solomon is addressing the ancient equivalent

of elder abuse. That's simply what this is. In a society, without pension plans, parents depended entirely on their adult children. And so the implication here to waste them or to chase them was effectively a death sentence, Rick. So to spoil a waste of father refers to squandering his substance, squandering his strength, his reputation,

rather than stewarding it with gratitude. This adult son or daughter robs, plunders, waste, where even violently takes from his father, often through greed, deceptive maneuvering, reckless living, even with court orders. and now we're starting to get where we can get hitting close to home for some people where you're going to go

oh, it happened in my family maybe it happened to a cousin or a friend and now you're going to start to understand spiritually what was taking place right the son or daughter consumes

his father's wealth his inheritance, his labor, his savings, his retirement, without regard for his father's lifetime labors and his legacy. The next phrase, chases away his mother, intensifies the offense. It describes cruelty towards the most vulnerable figure in the household. This greedy, conniving, scheming, plodding son or daughter drives the mother out, rejects her, abandons her emotionally and physically,

expels the one who bore him or her, and nursed this son or daughter, and raised them. The mother is chased away from her own home by this, adult child's harshness and gratitude, ungodly behavior, greed. She is forced out either physically or emotionally. Often, this behavior is rooted in an impatience for an inheritance. In other words, the son or daughter just isn't willing to wait on his parents to die and leave their estate.

So he helps the process along. Yes. The son views his parents not as people to be honored, but as obstacles to his wealth. He strips them of their dignity long before he strips them of their asset to attack those who once protected you

and to pray on those who are now weak, meaning the elderly parents is really just one of the most stunning examples moral cowardly what are some of the ways this behavior is carried out today

it could be through legal oppression we call it now we call it law fear the adult the adult son or daughter uses the courts to obtain legal custody of their parents' estates and affairs.

They place their parents in a nursing home. They sell their property. They keep the financial gains. Doc, I am going to tell a true story. And I'm going to be very cautious not to say names or even give clue. And this is a true story. It's an old story for me.

Most of my stories are old, Doc. You know? You need to do it. Hey, don't laugh too hard, okay? I know. I know. I know. I know.

It works too. You're bound. Oh, all right. I'm 72. So this happened. The beginning of the story goes back to when I was 18, 19, 19, 20, early 20s. And then the next part of the story, I probably was in my late 20s when this was. when this I'll tell you when I get there.

So it's been a long time ago, okay, a long time. The man that I'm talking about in this story, I don't know if he's still alive. He would have to be, I would say, in his mid-80s if he's still alive. But it's a true story. I first met this man, like I said, when I was about 18, 19 years old,

I was very active in my, community. I was active in a lot of community affairs. And, you know, it was a small county, rural county farming community. I knew a lot of people. I knew the county commissioners. I knew the mayors. I knew the sheriff, you know, the judges. I know a lot of people, Doc. It was just one of those places where it was easy to know everybody. It wasn't exactly Mayberry but it was, you know, it was kind of on that level. And anyhow, I had met this man, and he was probably, I'm guessing, 12 to 15 years older than me.

And he also was active in community affairs and it's how I'm medic. We weren't close friends or anything like that, a big age difference. But, you know, from time to time, I would see him, okay? and how do I tell the story? His parents owned a lot of real estate in the community and they were retired. They were both in poor health. They were retired, but their wealth was from the apartment buildings

that they owned. They collected rent from a lot of apartments that they owned. And I don't know how wealthy they were. I just know that they owned a lot of property in the community. Right. And anyhow, what happened was, first, this man's father passed away.

A sudden death passed away. He was in poor health anyhow. So he passed away. And then shortly after his death, and it seems to me like it was only a couple months, his mother passed away. And, you know, she was in a wheelchair here and so nobody thought anything about it though.

It was an older couple, both of them in declining health, and they passed away within months of each other. Nobody suspected anything. But the son, this man that I'm talking about, after he acquired all of their property, he sold everything and he moved away. He just left, left the community. where he'd been born and raised

and moved to another state. And I had no idea. You know, it was like, I didn't care. But from time to time, he would contact me, Doc. And he would tell me how great things were going for him in this new home, this new city he was in another state. Okay. Told me he had been elected a county judge.

told me all kinds of things yeah now I'm probably giving away too much information where things started to change for me is I got saved when I was 25 filled with the Holy Spirit and after that

salvation and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit for some reason the Lord started to show reveal things to me about this man even though he wasn't living in the community anymore but maybe once or twice a year he would call me just to keep the relationship going

and I don't recall how this happened but I discovered that the job that this man had in our community for years was a lie what do you mean well he his employment was in another state Where I lived in Western Maryland is you had Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland side by side.

You could be in another state in minutes. And so his employment was in another state. It wasn't a big deal that he's driving across the state line to go to work. It's not a big deal. A lot of people did that back and forth. I never thought anything about it. But I think for some reason, I think what I did is I went to, I had some kind of suspicion, and I went to that place of employment in that other state inquired about his previous work,

and they said, we don't have any record of any employee with that pain. Really? Yes. Well, he had left that job. at one point and got a similar job in another state, which again was across the state line. Right. And so I went over to the other institution and asked a place of employment.

And I said, do you have anything in your records of this man working here? They said, no. No such person has ever worked here. So now I've got two very reputable large employment organization. organizations both saying no such person. So I'm a young man. I'm in my, you know, at that time, maybe 27, 28 years old. Right. I'm like, Lord, what's going on here? What are you showing me? And the Lord was showing me, stay away from this man. Do not, do not accept his calls anymore. Avoid this man. That's what I heard the Holy Spirit saying, avoid this man.

Okay. Okay. So now I'm going to take it to the next level. I don't recall how her time span months could have been a year. I don't recall. Okay. Been so long ago. Susa and I met a woman and she and her husband used to attend the church where we were saved. and they were about 15 years older than us and from time to time we would see them at community events or other church we no longer went to that church but we would see them you know

at county fairs or you know city parades things like that you know where you run into people you know and so we always stay friendly terms with them and anyhow I was talking to this woman and I don't recall why I brought this man's name up in the conversation and she looked at me and she said, Rick, are you aware that he's my cousin?

Really? I said, no, I had no idea you were related. She said, oh, no, he's my cousin. And I said, well, can I tell you something confidential? And she said, sure. And I said, I have reasons to believe that he's a deceiver at a high level. She goes, what do you mean by that? I said, well, you know where he told all of us where he worked. And then when he left that place of employment, he went to another place of employment. She goes, sure. I said, I went to both of them. And they said, there is no such person on record of ever working at those two organizations.

And so this lady was stunned. She believed just as I did and everybody else that this man had a long career at those two different places of employment. Then she got very quiet. She goes, okay, I'm now going to tell you something. This is, I've not told anybody else. I said, what is it?

She said, I think he murdered his parents. was his cousin yes I was stunned she said it was very suspicious and I said well did you ever

did you ever talked to anybody about it she said no I was a I was very afraid that I was going to create a family you know disruption I did talk about it she said I talked to several relatives about it

and they became very upset and said, please do not make accusations like that. You know, we don't. The family doesn't need a police investigation. Okay. You know, the parents don't, the relatives don't need to be exhumed from their graves and an autopsy done. Right. And she said, but I believe he killed his father first and then killed.

killed his mother, sold all the real estate, and moved away with the money. Okay. That's a true story in my life. Again, this happened, you know, over 40 years ago. I thought about that story, Doc, when I was preparing my notes for this lesson. Okay. Go back and look at what does it say. Okay.

he who plunders his father and drives away his mother, plunders his father, drives away his mother, okay? How many people watching us right now, you're thinking right now in situations and families that you know about where old dad got sent to a nursing home, okay, mom got committed, all right? She lost the right to take care of herself. Right.

an adult son or daughter got legal papers that said, Mom can't make decisions. I'm now in charge of the bank account. I'm in charge of the real estate. I now manage the county, you know, the farm or the business. That's what this first is talking about. Yeah. Wow.

Doc, it's still happening today, but it's just done in a different way. Let's take a look at quotation. Did you have anything you wanted to add before? Yeah. As I was preparing for our lesson today, what I was reminded of, Rick, was the interchange that Jesus had with a young man.

And this, it's actually told twice in the gospel, told Matthew 8 and in Luke chapter 9. Remember the young man that came to Jesus said, I want to follow you Jesus. And he said, But I must first go and bury my father. Yes. No mention of the mother at all there.

No mention of the mother. But let me go and bury my father as if there. You know, you read that first following. He said, well, how honorable. How, you know, oh, here's a son that loves his father. But now, in light of this passage, I'm looking at those passages in Matthew 8, Luke, Chapter 9, in a whole new light.

This young man wasn't doing something out of nobility. He was taking as much wealth as he could from his father and couldn't give that up to follow Jesus. And there's no mention of the mother, is there? Oh, let me go and bury my father. What about your mom? Are you going to take care of her? Are you going to bury her, too?

Or are you just forgetting about her? And so I have a whole new perspective on those passages now, Rick, that Jesus was flat out Colony Mount. He said, listen, I know your stick. I know your modus operandi here. You don't care about following me.

You only care about what you can get out of any particular station. And right now, you're just sucking your dad dry, you're going to leave your bomb behind, and you'll just do the same thing with the gospel. Okay, so you're, you're, I've never thought about that verse from that perspective.

I learned some years ago, and I think it was through G. Campbell Morgan's writings, that the perspective that he had on that verse, on that rich young man, was the young man who said, let me go bury my father. And Jesus said, let the dead bury the dead.

Yes. You know, I, for years, I thought, man, Jesus, you're tough. Man, you're tough. Man, the guy's dead and dying, yeah. Well, the one thing is his dad's already dead. He died this morning, you know? And Jesus says, let somebody else bury him. I used to think, Jesus, there's some things you say, I don't, I just don't understand.

that's harsh, but it, your Lord, and I don't really understand it. But then years ago, I think it was Gee Campbell Morgan that revealed this to me in his, in his writings. And, and he said that, that really what was being said was, the young man was saying, I can't follow you until my dad is dead. Right. All right. I have to stay until he's dead.

and then I bury him, then I'm free to follow you. Right. I'm a good son. Yeah, so pop was in good health. Okay. If you wouldn't talk to pop about it, he was like, hey, I ain't dead. I'm still getting out there in the garden. I can still hoe, okay, what are you talking about?

The young son was saying, I can't leave my father until he's old and he dies. And I bury him, okay? But you just threw a different, a completely different view on this thing. Yeah. That this guy was maybe extracting his father's wealth and saying, I can't leave until I have all of it. And I can't get all of it until he's dead. And what was Jesus' response?

Let the dead bury their dead. And what he was saying was, you're dead. You're just as dead as waiting for your dad to die. Yeah, he's seen to him. You're dead. Okay, let's look at what the commentator said about this verse. Yes, Charles Bridges had this insight. He said, it's a fearful spectacle when he, who ought to be the staff of his parents' old age,

becomes their oppressor and their scourge. Charles Spurgeon, and this is a paraphrase, he said, when children make the evening of their parents' life stormy and dark, they are writing their own title as children of the devil. Yes. And then William Arnott had this to say, To waste a father and chase a mother is to tear up by the roots those very plants who shaded fruit God meant to be thy comfort.

Wow. Fascinating study today, just two verses, Rick. Two verses. It was a full lesson today. I felt the Lord telling me, don't go beyond this today. Just do these two verses today. The audience, the class needs time to meditate on what they've heard today. And you need to process it and apply it in your life.

And maybe this hasn't happened to you, but maybe it's in your future. Yes. And in your family. and suddenly you're going to realize that's what's happening. I understand what's happening now. I see it. And you're able to deal with. That's what wisdom does for you.

That's why we study wisdom. That's why we seek wisdom. And understanding is having the practical knowledge to apply the principles of wisdom in daily life. And you know, this really is a message for our generation today too, Rick, because you've got a generation of young people who are looking at the boomer generation and Generation X and saying, look at everything that they have. Look at all the wealth and everything that they have.

We have nothing. And this is something to really consider at a generational level in that at some point in time, this younger generation is going to say they don't need that wealth anymore. They don't, you know, we need to bury them. We need to make sure mom and dad sunset. I'm of the conviction that at some point in the future, Rick, that there's going to be people who are going to be compelled to commit suicide in order to provide means for the next generation.

Oh, I'm going to take it to another level. I'll take it to another level. I think there's a day coming when the elderly will be euthanized. Oh, yes. I'm saying it in a nice way, but yeah, you're exactly right. I have seen, I have seen on social media.

I've seen postings from young people saying these old boomers need to get out of the way. Yes. They've got the money. They've got all the wealth, and we have nothing, and they need just to get out of here. Okay?

There's a growing resentment towards baby boomers. Yes. In New York City, the election of Mr. Madame, the young communists, Doc, it was Genzi and millennial voters who turned out in high numbers to vote for communists. Right. Right. The danger here in the United States is communism is going to be voted in, You're right.

By genomes and millennials. Yeah. And that they, and you can already see it. The person that he appointed for housing, I don't know what the title is, a woman, she's a Marxist communist, and she has openly said, we're going to confiscate.

We're going to confiscate property from, from, basically, she said, from white people. Yeah. Well, this attitude is in the country right now. And it's interesting that Solomon, the hearts of men never change, do they, Ray? The hearts of men do not change. And Solomon observes this in his day, and it's as applicable today as it was during King Solomon's day. That's right.

But it's the Word of God that speaks against this. It calls it out as sin, which is what it is, and calls it. and calls out that deception, this class warfare that goes on, and not just between white and black, but rich and poor, old and young, where there are just those who seek division, Rick. But there's a kingdom that unites all believers in one, isn't there? That's right. So, if you want to share this lesson with people,

then you want to go to manna nation. or Rick Walsh today on YouTube. The lesson is 11-26. Yes. We don't have any subscriptions anymore, so anybody can see the classes, and we would like you to share it with people. Tomorrow we will wrap up chapter 19.

We have three verses, 27, 28, 29. It's going to be a long lesson tomorrow. Got a lot of it in there, because one of the verses I had to teach I'll say we have to teach from two points of view, the King James and the Septuagint, because the differences were too big that we will have to recover one verse tomorrow from two standpoints. But any, we'll finish up chapter 19 tomorrow, and then on Wednesday we'll open up with chapter 20. Thank you so much.

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