Unashamed with the Robertson Family - Ep 1011 | Jase Hacks the Entire Insurance Industry with a Single One-Liner

Episode Date: December 20, 2024

Jase’s one-line response to his insurance agent referring to an “act of God” left him speechless and could result in the coverage outcome that Jase was after. Zach has figured out the difference between rednecks and hillbillies. The guys compare the two options available to humanity with the choice of following the flesh and finding death or finding peace and life in Jesus.  In this episode: Colossians 3; Isaiah 2, verses 3-4; John 14, verses 25-27; Romans 5, verses 1-2; Philippians 4, verse 6; Revelation 21, verses 1-7, 22-26 -- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am unashamed. What about you? Welcome back to Unashame. We were on our way down here to the southern layer this past week, and we stopped in New Orleans on our way back, because that's where we said, her surgery. And we did our six-month oncology follow-up, is what they call it. So, you know, they wanted to check you a fairly regular. when you've had cancer like that. And just wanted to report all good, all clear. Awesome. After said, everything looks great. So again, thanks, Unashamed Nation for all the prayers.

Lisa is doing amazing. It's been, people ask me how she's doing all the time. I'll get notes from people. How's Lisa do it? And I always say supernaturally well. Because that's the only way I can figure that she's dealt with it as well she has, is that obviously God is blessed her with that. So anyway, I just want to let y'all know that the prayers were appreciated,

and it's all good. Zach, what have you been doing? What have I been doing? You know, we have, and people have actually asked about this, about the up, like what's going on here in our area since the storm. Because I still see, like, follow-ups and reports and stuff. Oh, yeah. It's like, I mean, and some people are still intense, which is crazy to me.

Like, I mean, and it's like so cold up here right now. but we've been engaged in an effort. By the way, One Kingdom has raised, I think they've committed to four total rebuilds that they're funding. Onekingdom.org. Oh, I actually contributed to that, so please tell me what I contributed to.

And by the way, did you name that? Did you name that? Name what? Did you name One Kingdom, One Kingdom? Actually, that was Ben. But you know what? I would like to think that maybe that was my influence in his life. You know, you know what, Jason?

Now that you mention it, yeah, I did name that. That's all me. You should write a book on the kingdom. We're so in that, which we are excited about that. I actually recently had a seven-hour Bible study with a tea. We're going to write a book. In 2025, we're going to have a book on the kingdom, and it's going to be a lot.

awesome. But yeah, so they're built rebuilding these houses and then World Vision has come in and they're supplying all of the materials for, so we've, as a church, we're up to, we're doing, redoing eight houses. So it's pretty cool. And then it's just, there's just, we just been, so what have I been doing? We've been really focusing on, you know, helping folks out, get this stuff up and running here in the mountains. It's been a, It is a long-haul recovery. Yeah, there's still people living in hotels and who have no home. Yeah. I just wanted to bring that up. I mean, it's happened weeks and, I guess, months ago. Yeah. Yeah.

And, you know, we tend to move on. And even with my house, you know, in the Nashville area, I mean, a tornado hit it six months ago. And we just got to the slab. we've been deconstructing and cleaning up and the rebuild is just now. The worst part is, Jason, you can testify to this, is you quickly learn that insurance doesn't necessarily mean insurance. Yeah. And that's the shock around here. Everybody's like, well, yeah, you're not covered because your place flooded.

And then people are like, but I'm not near a river or a creek. So how did it flood? Well, you know, that's, I mean, and it, they, it is. It's actually kind of stuff. Well, you know what they always fall back on, which is kind of interesting being that our podcast is discussing about spiritual matters. They always just say, look, we can't do anything about an act of God. In other words, you know, whether you believe or not, when we can't pay, we're just going to give God all the credit. Yeah, we're old school.

We think everything is an act of God. Well, so you all are bringing up something that I said, and I'll let you determine whether I should have said this, because in one of my meetings, the insurance agent and I quote he said well because we were having a disagreement about what was covered and he said well we can't do anything about an act of God and I said without hesitation well how do you know it wasn't an act of the evil one that'll breach and look he literally turned pale when I said that and I don't think it was a positive I think he thought that I may be crazy, because he had just never heard that line.

And then after a lot of stammering and, Jace, I'll do the best I can. So I think it actually was a pretty good line the next time you hear that line. But I've actually talked about when you treat Jesus and what he promises as in insurance, that's not a good thing. It's more of an inheritance.

and what you're doing now. And so, you know, there's a difference in viewing it as, and you know where I'm going with that. It's like, yeah, I believe in Jesus, just in case this happens to be true. I would think that would be an immature way to walk with the Lord. Yeah, and look, we're not down, you know, on insurance. They do what they do and they don't.

A few weeks ago, someone killed this guy that was, you see, the Zach was he? in charge of the largest insurance? I think he was a CEO of, was it United Healthcare? Yeah. I mean, it's the big boy.

And so obviously there are people that go to those extremes, which are saying, don't do that. Just argue your claim and let's, let's don't try to take matters into our own. Well, yeah, and I was just, yeah, I'm not down on intro.

I'm glad we had it and they do a good job. But I was just saying, you know, we live in, we live as a part of a world in another world as disciples of Jesus and members of his kingdom. And that's why I think when you see one kingdom get involved, I like their motivation better.

I mean, we're all helping each other. But there's earthly insurance and there's heavenly insurance. Well, let me clarify too, because I just, as you said that, I was joking about naming one kingdom. I did not name. I don't want, so that was sarcasm. note, a disclaimer that was sarcasm. Since it was your brother-in-law who kind of was there during that name change and brand change,

you may have had some influence. I'll give you credit for that. Well, I mean, I do love the name. I think it's like, I kind of wish we had it. It's a pretty good name. Well, look, you get your best idea. I've always said that because I'm not the brightest bulb on the planet. And I'm doesn't embarrass me to say that.

When you look at me, you don't think, well, there's a real smart guy. No, but I'll tell you this, walking with Jesus and having his spirit makes you the smartest person on the planet. Amen. Think about it amongst yourselves. And the reason, I'll tell you exactly, because I'm one of the elders on our kind of our board of one kingdom. And when we, when Ben first approached us with this idea, he was the director at the time, it was great because the idea was it expanded the concept. of what we were doing because we had WFR relief, which was kind of what Zach is doing there now in relief work. We had a relief organization that went around the world and provided hurricanes

and famines and things like this. But then also there was a branch of it called World Radio, which has been basically putting the gospel out on radio through speakers around the world, over 100 different speakers and 100 different countries. And so the idea was, we take all that and you put it together because the world changes radio is still impactful but now we have the internet what are we going to do with that and you know as we as you just talked about Zach relief work becomes much more integrated through churches which is the best way to reach people and i want to say this about the folks in north carolina where zach is because as you know i talked about in the podcast i was literally there when it all happened and one of the things i was impressed with

right off the bat, literally the next day, there were people coming together to help their neighbors. I mean, I was at Ben, Melissa's house, and there was a neighbor there with a skid loader getting trees off their driveway, you know, three hours after the thing it hit. And so the concept is we pull together. It's our job to help each other. Sitting around waiting on the government is turned into a bad. You're going to be waiting a way. You're going to be a bad way to do. business. Don't wait on the government. Jump in there and go. Here's the lesson that I learned from all

this is that there is a fine line between rednecks and hillbillies. Really? Boy, this is, are you representing Phil today in this analogy? That sounds like a Phil Robertson analogy. What is the difference in a redneck and a hillbilly? The difference is this, and you've probably never heard of it, but here's the difference. It's called Livermush. That's the difference. That's that's the difference. They eat this thing called liver mush. Everything else is the same. I mean,

it's like, like my buddy Kevin Toops. I'm like, you, you're from the hills of North Carolina, but I swear you could be from Baccomville, man, you are,

you are our kind of people, man, except for the liver mush. They eat liver mush, but we eat things like hoghead cheese and some of that's, you know, that we got our own little,

I don't need chitlins, but some people do. Roadkill. Some people eat roadkill. Yeah, but I mean, we got our, Y'all are car balls and buffalo.

You call it roadkill, but now it's all about when it became roadkill. Well, I know. We were training the assessment of roadkill. When was the time of death, I mean, because it can turn, you know. No, there's a CSI department to the rednecks, and because you see that every day where I'm from on the sides of roads. It looks like there's an investigation trying to figure out the time of death because that's really important to whether you're going to put it in the back of your truck or walk away and keep moving. And leave it for the buzzards. Well, you know, it's funny because it's so ingrained in us and we don't even realize that I was watching videos of dad doing duck and dressing because we talked about this back in Thanksgiving.

And I love the way dad said, you know when the duck is just. right when you reach in there and you pull on his leg just a little bit and it just begins to move off the rest of the bite that's that's perfect that's the way you want it right there and i thought who would have that becomes your professional chef description of when the duck just when it just pulls off the body just but you know if you've eaten duck and you've had the duck and you know what that means say yep that's about right exactly that was a good description like only dad could give which was pretty good. Well, let me give you all a question to get to our segue in Colossians.

So if you read Colossians 3, 5 through 7, and you read Colossians 3, 12 through 17, there's two categories. And if you just imagined that these were two cities that were known for these things. And you asked yourself, which city would I rather live in? That's the question.

So I'll read it. In verse 5, it says, put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature. So this would be the description of the city. Sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, greed, which is idolatry.

And then verse 9, do not lie to you. Starting in verse 8. Yeah, verse 8. Let me put my glasses on. But now you must rid yourselves. Yeah. So here's the next qualities. Anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

And don't lie to each other. So there's one city where that's known for. And the next would be this and just the qualities after he said, you know, described the new therefore as God's chosen people, holy and dearly love, clothe yourself. Well, here it is. Compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, bear with each other, forgiving whatever grievances you may have against one another.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them together. And then the first part of 15 says, let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. So what do you think? No, that's a great one. I'll take door number two. I'll take door number two.

I knew you would say that, but I think if you put that worldwide, and without the context, without the Bible, if you just put the qualities, I think it would probably surprise you at how many people would choose to live in door number one. And they would have reasons for that. because I think some of it would be, well, I want to be free to do whatever I want to.

And I would think door number two, what they would say, I mean, who wants to be around a bunch of weak goody goodies who are apologizing all the time and telling me how much they love me? No? No, I think you're right. In fact, it's the old saying, I would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven. Yeah. You know, I mean, there's some truth. to that day. It's funny because I, in the last podcast that I did on,

now a podcast, I ended with a story of similar to, not, there actually was two cities that I was talking about. One of the cities and asked that question, I didn't think about the Colossians passage here, asked the question, which,

which city would you live in? The first city was Las Vegas. And I painted the picture in the story of, imagine you go on a four-day bender to Las Vegas. and it's exciting, it's fun. You got everything that Vegas, the Vegas trip has to offer. And you think about going and partying there for four days straight, just on a bender. And then you wake up that last day and it's time to go home and you survey kind of what you've just been into.

And then you juxtapose that to a scene up in the Smoky Mountains in a cabin somewhere. And I imagine myself at 70 years old, you know, married my wife, Jill. and we're on the front porch watching the fog rise up off the creek below us as we're sitting on this front porch and we're sipping on the hot coffee that we you know, French pressed out of an organic locally sourced and roasted coffee. And then the grand kid rolls out and then the next one rolls out and then Lela comes out and then the bacon and the eggs and the biscuits are going. The whole families together. I said, what scene do you want at the end? And one of them, yes, it has its excitement.

It has its version of freedom. but if you understand freedom as the Bible talks about it when you're when you're a slave you think they promise themselves freedom while they themselves are slaves of depravity to live in that world of what you think is actual freedom a lot of time just to be a slave and to survey the scene of that vagus scene the morning after you look up I don't know anybody that says man that is the good life but you do think about that scene of serenity and peace and tranquility and I'm with my family I'm with my people I'm I'm looking at my legacy and we're having, you know, this time together. There's a family. There's something about that that's beautiful. And that was the two pictures of the city that I got when you were reading that and asking that question. Well, when you think about exactly what you just described, one seems so temporary.

Because if you live the way that is described behind door number one in the first city judge described, your time will be shorter because everything in the, that list shortens your life. I mean, whether it's the emotional part of that, that whole attitude thing, or just the sensual part, it has an effect on you. You talk about a four-day bender in Vegas, you just cut years off the other end. What you described in the beautiful Smoky Mountains is an idea of longevity, it's peace, which is the word that comes out when you get to verse 15. I mean, so the idea that the Bible tells us about temporary versus eternal is very descriptive in these two cities and the two ideas, even in what you would experience here, while you're on Earth. Yeah, yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking.

I think all of those things, you know, are rationalized into under freedom or they use the same word, love. And they'll say, you know, love is whatever you want to. to, you know, and freedom. And so they take the same principles. But I think the main reason people would pick City 1, which we're viewing that is, you know, where the, where the evil one really runs roughshod, is because it's way more difficult to live in City 2. It's hard to have compassion. It's very difficult to forgive grievances, truly. I mean, it is, that is just difficult to do.

And there's an amount of humility that has to happen, vulnerability, working things out. It's just way easier to just medicate with whatever vice that's out there and forget about it. And so I think, you know, the context of this whole thing is putting off the old and putting on the new because of your experience with Jesus. And so I really what stood out to me about this passage is when he got to verse 15, which something we haven't really mentioned, is he says, let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. And then there's a little phrase there.

And I didn't really notice that this keeps coming up, not only in Ephesians, but Colossians as well. And it says, since as members of one body, you were called to peace. And it's kind of a throwback to when he said that Jesus, you know, in the chapter one where he's the head of the body, and then in chapter two about these people coming in, introducing these things that didn't have Jesus at the center,

human traditions and hollow philosophies and trying to have a rule-oriented system, he said this person who's introducing this in verse 19 has lost connection with the head from whom the whole body supported held together by its ligaments and sinews grows as God causes it to grow. And so I think before we even get into the peace, because we know that this city one promises freedom and a kind of love that is temporary and go whatever feels good do it. You know, there's a famous feel quote, which he said, you know, he lived the first 28 years of his life.

But part of that piece of, you know, having relationships, because when you think about the categories of the one city, unbridled, you know, speech and passion. Yeah, yeah, and any kind of sex with any, with no restrictions whatsoever, well, those two things are probably the two biggest relationship killers on the planet, whether you believe in God or not. Those, yeah, those two things lead to, if you look at your own trauma and drama, I guarantee you that most of us would look back and say, yep, that was in the mix. And the one word that won't come out of that lifestyle is peace. I can promise to that. Well, we know the result of those lifestyles, which I wrote a few things down. It results in you being lost.

You're not sure what to do with your life. Loneliness, confusion, hurts, bitterness, you know, self-indulgence based on lies. and ultimately destruction. I mean, that's where it leads, and that's kind of how the evil one works. And so I think for us, you know, when it says there's one body, I think the biggest problem the city of God has within this city,

because that's actually the picture of the Bible. We're not from this world, you know, post-participation in the city. the blood of Jesus and his resurrection and having his spirit. We're a world within a world. There's numerous passage. We're the temple of God. We're the kingdom of God. We're the body of Christ. We're the bride of Christ. Even when Jesus, you know, had that famous line where he's like, my kingdom, you know, I'm not from this place. And I think the biggest struggle we have is we do look at sometimes in the city without Christ and you do see successful people. You see people with

lot of money and you think well how's this happening and uh i had an interesting bible study recently that lasted about seven hours and that that came up because it was like well how come all these people who are in the world there are a lot of people who are successful and i gave the point that well god created everybody and people use their god-given talents whether they believe it came from god or not and they're successful but when you think about the evil ones that and how he would go about captivating people in his entourage, I think he does use success in the world. And they feel comfortably numb.

They got plenty of money, you know. So then you see in the church, and you say, what's the biggest, how does he work in there? Well, you have sex scandals among leadership in a given church. Or you have all this speech, lies, gossip. all this thing that happens in churches all over the world. And that's why I think when you kind of put that in context of verse 15, where he says, let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.

Because we tend to think of all these qualities individual. But he lumps them in together of letting this peace of Christ rule in your hearts sense as members of one body you were called to peace. And so it really made me think about how the denominational world, what we've done, even in North America, but in other countries, you just think, we have so many different groups that you realize, you know, peace is a problem. And there's so many fights among so many different groups. And I think the whole purpose of this letter was to use Jesus as a filter. Even that verse I read in chapter two about the decapitated from the head. When you think about it, because we all were raised eating chickens, and I saw that process firsthand,

but you know, when you look at a chicken that's lost its head, it will flop around. And this is a morbid thought, but I think it's a great illustration for what happens when as members of one body in Jesus, we lose connection with the head. A flopping chicken looks alive. they're just thus the phrase he's running around like a chicken with his head cut off exactly and when you apply that to the context he's saying with all these groups that don't have peace and you're supposedly supposed to be connected to the head of

Jesus Christ and in that seven-hour Bible study I was talking about that was my whole point to this teacher I was like what are you teaching on you know we were just talking about this and what I realized is he was teaching the Bible and you're like, great. I said, but look, what I'm noticing is if there's, if there's a disconnect with the Bible being about Jesus, some of your lessons are going to fall on deaf ears. And he was like, well, how do you, how do you always have Jesus running through that vein? And that's what led to a seven-hour discussion, which we pretty much went from Genesis to Revelation, showing the power of that and how you do have Jesus in all your sermon.

He is, because he was talking about doing the different characters of the Bible. I said, well, all those characters, and I referred to Hebrews 11, needs to run through the main character of the Bible. I said, just try doing a show that is successful and take out the main star of the show. What usually happens to those kinds of shows? They don't make it. They're canceled. There's a reason the show was successful, and it's probably due to the main star of the show.

And if you're in the Old Testament, and you're like, well, they didn't talk about Jesus in the Old Testament, well, then flip forward to the New Testament to see how the New Testament reinterprets the Old Testament to show, I mean, even Jesus himself said he opened up the scriptures to show them why the Christ had to suffer and be raised from the dead. So I love that, Jayce. He's through the whole thing. When you're talking about these two cities, I could not help but think of probably one of the most famous works in Christian literature, which is City of God by Augustine. And there's a couple of quotes I pulled up thinking about what you just said. More or less, like, why are more people attracted to the city of man versus the city of God?

And what are the not necessarily problems? I mean, the city of God has no problems. but like what is it that prevents people from coming into the city of God and wanting to remain in the city of man? And Augustine says, thus a good man, though a slave is free, but a wicked man, though a king is a slave, for he serves not one man alone, but what's worse as as many masters as he has vices. And he also says in another place that God is always trying to give good things to, us, but our hands are too full to receive them.

And I think that's the reason why we don't want to come into the city of God, because our hands are too full with what C.S. Louis calls mud pies. You know, we can't fath them a better city. So we're, I'm sorry, I can't take your, your holiday by the sea, because I've got, my hands are full right now holding these mud pies. And God's like, yeah, but they're mud pies. And you know, yeah, but I can't, you know, but they're my mud pies. And he's like, yeah, but I have a holiday by the sea waiting for you.

like, well, I'd love to go, but I got this other thing right here that I'm going to hold on to. And it's just half-hearted creatures we are. I think that's what prevents us from coming in. I'm glad you brought that about the Kings, because I was somebody that when Jason was mentioned that earlier, one of the things that people will look at and say, man, I wish I was powerful. You know, then I would really know peace if I just had power. It's the people in power that seem to be, you know, have everything going on for them. But the biggest fear for people in power is how do they stay in power?

That's why there's very little peace among the powerful because the whole thing is about losing that. And that was the Augustine quote you just mentioned, is this idea that somehow I have to hold on to it. I want to read this because I'd done a little bit of a sort of an arch to Jason's point about all the scripture. So this idea of peace comes up way back in Isaiah, chapter 9 in verse 6. And we recognize this language is messianic. It says, for to us, a child is born. To us, a son is given. And listen to this.

And the government will be on his shoulders. So you're talking about power. He will be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father. And here's where the phrase first pops up, Prince of peace. Of the greatest of his government and peace, there will be no end. So this is the, he's not trying to maintain power. He is power. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. And so I love it that this idea of Jesus being in peace and the bringing together, whether it's you and Gentile, male or female, one race and another, whatever. the two that's dividing where there's no peace where there's all this you know idea that we can't get alone that we can't do this he is reigning his government is an everlasting government

that says there will always be peace and you're you're you're proving my point because if people read you know isaiah is about this conflict between assyria and the nation of israel and you're like well what does that have to do with anything well there's going to be conflict among nations when you say that and you fast forward because there was a prediction there there's a king coming that's going to bring all nations together in peace and people like whoa what what does that mean and of course we know by the blood of Jesus and the resurrection and him pouring out his spirit and being an exalted king of kings at the right hand of God, that happened on this planet, and we're all part of that. So if I was going to do

a character study on Isaiah, I would get into Isaiah 9 and Chapter 11, by the way, and pretty much 40-60, the whole section. Because there's one coming. You know, you remember Isaiah 53. It's the suffering servant. Yeah, I'd like to add a little place called Isaiah chapter 2, because I'd love thing. This is a picture right here that I was thinking of. For out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations and shall decide disputes for many peoples and they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations shall not lift up sword against nation. Neither shall they learn war anymore. You think, well, what does that mean?

Well, the things and the tools and the instruments that we use for power, swords, and weapons, those weapons will be beat down into weapons of cultivation. I mean, that is the picture of the kingdom right there, if there is one. It is the things that you think are weapons or utensils for power to take people over by force, those things in the new kingdom will be beat down and turned into instruments to cultivate Christ. and to cultivate civilizations and create new things. It's such a more beautiful picture, and it's a picture of peace. And when you were talking about, when I mentioned that quote from Augustine about

basically kings being servants to however many vices they have, I was, that's, the picture is that, right? You come to downtown Asheville, which is inundated with people who are addicted to heroin and fentanyl and all kinds of opioids and all kinds of tranquilizers. I mean, like the streets are littered in downtown Asheville with people who are so free to do whatever they want to do and they are pursuing pleasure at all costs. But I don't think anybody walks the streets of Asheville or Portland, Oregon or San Francisco and sees this and says, man, that is freedom. No, what do you say? That looks like slavery.

Yeah. That looks like the worst form of slavery. And that is the opposite of peace. Peace doesn't come through being able to accumulate. and acquire everything that you want. True peace, true freedom actually comes from creation and cultivation. And so why? Because that's how we resemble who our God is.

And so the picture in the book of Isaiah that he's unfolding is we're all coming up this mountain to worship God. He's going to teach us the right ways. And he's going to make our paths straight as all these people are coming up. And we're going to lay down our swords and lay down our utensils. We're going to lay all these down. and then we're going to turn them, God's going to turn them into instruments to cultivate a beautiful kingdom. Yeah, and the reason why people aren't addicted to fentanyl for very long, Zach,

is because fentanyl was invented to be an end-of-life drug to help cross people over to the other side. And now people are in their youth are becoming addicted to it. And guess what happens? It becomes an end-of-life drug for them as well, which is terrible. And we lost a cousin, our first cousin. Exactly. And at 52. So let me read this. I want to say this, this idea of following the thread from Isaiah 9 that I read, listen to what Jesus says when he gets here, because that was pointing to Jesus. Here's what he said in John 1425. All this I have spoken while still with you. But the counselor, because this is how the peace got here for us, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name. name. So now he's looking to the near future. We'll teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. And listen to what he says in verse 27, peace I leave with you.

My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. There's that distinction. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. Where's that? That's in John 14, 25 through 27. him. And it's interesting that he uses those same words. You want to know what the Prince of Peace looks like? That's what the Prince of Peace looks like. He gives us what we need. We don't have to go to drugs. We don't have to go to these vices you were talking about, Zach. When you have the Holy Spirit of God living in you, that brings about this peace that everyone desires. That shows you how you live. That gives you the desire to want to live in the city of God. And it changes everything for you. You know what happens too?

So often is that when you critique that, when you actually point out the fact that these lifestyles lead to this, like the press, for example, they'll pick that up. And they'll say something like bizarre state. They'll call it bizarre. They'll call it odd. They have all these. Yeah, weird. But I'm like, but look at the free. It's like you can't critique it.

You can't critique, I've said it before. You can't critique P. Daddy. until something happens and then now everyone's critiquing. But I'm like, if you were to go back and critique the lifestyle four years ago, they would say, oh, you know, Unashamed Host makes bizarre statement. You know, but now it's acceptable. But I mean, it's like, just look at it. And see, does this really yield anything other than death and destruction?

Yeah. Yeah, I wanted to say, Al, because we were going in the same vein. You know, before when he said in Colossians 1, 18, he is the, head of the body, the church. And then, you know, I made that illustration about the chicken with his head cut off in Colossians 2 in verse 19. He has lost connection with the head.

And then now he's revisiting it in verse 15 of chapter 3. Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart. Since as members of one body, you were called to peace. You know, I love that John 1425 because if you really analyze that section, in verse 25, he says, all this I have spoken while I was still with you. So when he says, peace, I leave with you,

that's what he was referring to. Correct. And then when he said, But the counsel of the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name will teach you all things or remind you of everything I've said to you, that's when he addresses in the second part of 27,

I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. And I think that ties in to when it says that in verse 19 of chapter one of Colossians, for God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him. And then when he got to chapter two in verse nine, he says, for in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form. and then it makes that magic statement in verse 10 of chapter 2, and you have been given fullness in Christ,

who is the head over every power and authority. And so when you read all that, and you just kind of take a time out and say, what exactly does this mean? That's why the first time I said that the denominational world in North America should unite in Jesus. And let's work the rest of the stuff out later.

Well, I didn't know that was controversial because I'm reading these types of text. And as I refer to that seven-hour Bible study with a teacher, well, we kind of came from two different brands of church. You know, he was raising a totally different segment. And so that's what caused the discussion. to be so lengthy because I noticed once we kind of disarmed the denominational

baggage that we all bring forth like these subtle differences that made the different churches and just read the Bible with a focus on Jesus it was amazing to me how open-minded he became to the scriptures yeah and I really think if you want to have peace that that's what we all have to constantly remind ourselves is that you know the Bible is the Bible and he wrote it and when you have Jesus as the filter it kind of breaks down a lot of these disagreements that we have that it that has caused the opposite of peace which is what I would say would be division and bitterness and just just think how we got here with I don't know how many denominations there are in North America. The last number I heard was like 10,000.

And that's just in people who believe Jesus is the son of God. How did we get 10,000 different groups who tend to kind of argue with each other? And meanwhile, this other city that's out there that we're living in desperately needs to hear about Jesus. Yeah. And you pull things out of that other see these descriptions and inject them into this conversation. And that's what you'll start to see. I want to continue down my thread in Isaiah 9 to John 14 and read Romans 5 because here I think Paul shows you now once Jesus has left and sin his Holy Spirit, which by the way, if you want to see what that looks like, that kind of piece, look at Acts 2 and look at Acts 4.

There's a Greek word called Coenia or Coenonia. which is a spirit among the spirit-filled people. And you'll see what it should look like. And to your point, Jay's, it shouldn't be divisive. It should be very unifying. But here's what Paul said in Romans 5. And look at the word he uses again. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,

we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. So that's the ultimate peace that we're talking about having this idea of being one with Christ, fullness as you described jays first two through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of god yeah and that's what it looks like that's why that gaining access now just think about this you surrender to christ you bury the old self that we're you know we're talking about coloshans 3 that you now have a new self that part of a body of a head who's representing us in heaven. That's why my favorite definition of the Bible is Genesis to Malachi is Jesus is coming. You mentioned it in Isaiah 9. Matthew through John,

we have a picture of Jesus while he was on the earth and what he did. And then you have acts to the revelation which i'm going to amend this definition that i heard that i've used a thousand times it's what jesus is doing now through spirit-filled people and a promise of him coming back which is the title of your uh podcast there zach now not yet in the way i said it but yours is actually not yet now so maybe you maybe you could have meant that that is what i was going to lead up to that definition of the Bible and Jesus being the filter. I think you should now rename your podcast. I plan to do this.

It's too late now. No, no, no, look. All you have to do is add something. Not yet now, now, not yet. Now that. That rose out of the tongue. Yeah, not yet now, not yet. That's good.

And so then people all over the world. could say, look, well, it's kind of like a takeoff the how much wood could a woodchuck, Chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck would. You're like, hey, have you heard that new podcast not yet now, now, not yet? They're like, wait, what? It's so confusing. I have to go listen to it. I want to have to make sure I'd get all the search engine optimization stuff purchased

for any possible variation of that phrase. Now that I can buy into. Let me give you this last thought that I had about this idea of peace. Because what does the result look like or what should it look like? And there were two other passages. One was in Philippians 4, which is a famous passage. But think about it, Dad calls it peace of mind, which he says is the rarest of all commodities. And he's right.

But this is what it looks like. He says in Philippians 4, verse 6, do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving, present your request to God. And here's what will happen. Verse 7. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, you can't really put your finger on it because it's bigger than you, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. And then Paul says in Romans 12, 17 through 21, as far as it depends on you live at peace with everyone.

So what happens is when you have this peace of mind, the rarest of all commodities that can only come from being full in Christ, it therefore affects how you live towards other people. And that starts inside the body of believers, but it goes to everyone. And he says as far as it depends on you, you live at peace with everyone. And that means inside the body and outside the body. So it does change at a fundamental level who you are. And so I just, I love that, you know, Paul says in that one verse in Colossians, but really when you go back and look, this theme is throughout the entire scriptures about what peace looks like. And what if everything you did, what if that was the question?

You said, does this lead to peace or does this lead to restlessness? Yeah. And what if we just said, I'm not going to do. I'm just going to get rid of the stuff that leads to restlessness, and I'm going to take on the stuff that leads to peace. What if we did that? And I'm going to say this. This piece that we have in Christ ruling,

it's based on a promise, and that promise is based on a certainty. And I introduced that idea about the two cities, so I just wanted to read this in closing. In Revelation 21, I know I read this often, but just with the idea of the two cities, in chapter 21, it says, I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth that

passed away and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride, beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, now the dwelling of God is with men. And he will live with them. They will be as people and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe away every tear. There will be no more death, no morning, crying, or pain. For the old order of things has passed away. He who was seated on the throne, which is what he's doing now,

I am making everything new. And you say, what about the other city? In verse 7, he says, he who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be His God, and he will be my son. but the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murders, the sexually immoral, those who practice witchcraft and magic arts, the idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. And then he goes on to verse 22, and he says,

I did not see a temple in the city because the Lord God, Almighty, and the lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on, it for the glory of God gives it light and the lamb is its lamp the nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it on no day will its gates ever be shut for there will be no night there the glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it i just thought i needed to read that since we set it up that's so good and it's a clear choice makes me want to go of 22 because that very next chapter it talks about the tree of life, come this restoration of Eden. And I love it how it talks about the leaves of that tree will be a healing

bomb for the nations. And I just think, man, that's a beautiful picture. That's what we need. Clear choice. I'd say we all think door number two is a much better. Well, and I say the next time somebody asks you, you know, where you're from, don't give them the city on earth. That would be a good way to introduce Jesus. Yeah, the city of God. I love it. All right, we'll see you next time on Unashamed. We'll pick it up. Thanks for listening to The Unashamed podcast. Help us out by rating us on iTunes. And don't miss an episode by subscribing on YouTube and be sure to click that little bell to get notified about new episodes. And for even more content that you won't get anywhere else, subscribe to Blaze TV at blazed.com slash unashamed.