Sept. 17, 2024
Does God Give Us the Desires of Our Heart? | 3 Min Challenge
Bonus Episode 3
Zach attempts to answer a common challenge from the so called prosperity gospel while Michael takes a 3 minutes ice cold plunge!
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OK, we are live outside Zach's
home.
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A couple weeks ago Zach was
deceitful and tricked me into
3
00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,120
agreeing to taking this cold
plunge.
4
00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,240
So today is going to be
fulfillment of that.
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You may have seen our video last
week, our cold take on the
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00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,520
universe.
Today Zach is going to be
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filling in with his freezing
cold take and I am going to be
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in here and he's going to do it
in 3 minutes or less.
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That's right.
You just keep it up a little bit
10
00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,720
speed.
Up all right, we'll see I'll.
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Start.
I'm going to do my best here.
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All right, Michael, Mike, get
into the cold plunge.
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Great.
I'm going to go ahead and start
14
00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:44,680
the timer and the take.
So the nice, so the take is
15
00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,680
this.
You might hear this at times if
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00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,440
you love God, if you're a
Christian, but God's going to
17
00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,640
bless you with an easy life,
you're necessarily going to have
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00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,040
good health and be financially
prosperous.
19
00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,840
Many times this is referred to
as the prosperity gospel and
20
00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,440
proponents of the prosperity
gospel will look at passages in
21
00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,160
Scripture like Psalm 37 for to
justify this line of thinking.
22
00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,440
This Psalm says delight yourself
in the Lord and he will give you
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the desires of your heart.
When you read a verse like this,
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you might think, OK, if I
delight myself in the Lord, if
25
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I, if I do things like go to
church and love God and read my
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Bible and pray, then he will
give me whatever I want.
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He'll give me the desires of my
heart.
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He'll give me things like a nice
house, like a Ferrari, like a
29
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perfect family, or he'll fix
every single problem in this
30
00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,640
life.
And this would be the wrong way
31
00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,320
to look at this verse because
essentially this reduces the
32
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Christian faith to some sort of
karma that you prove your
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devotion to God and in return
you get an easy life.
34
00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,400
So here's a couple problems with
this take #1 it doesn't line up
35
00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,920
with the rest of Scripture.
We don't find God as a
36
00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,560
proverbial vending machine where
input equals output.
37
00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,520
Instead, we see a sovereign God
who is jealous for his glory.
38
00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,120
He is working throughout all of
redemptive history to prove that
39
00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,080
he is a great God and to show
himself glorious.
40
00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:02,560
That's even the purpose of you
and I.
41
00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,360
That's the purpose of humanity,
to glorify God.
42
00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,360
Paul says that whatever you do,
whether you eat or drink or
43
00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,680
whatsoever you do, do all to the
glory of God #2 we take a look
44
00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:13,760
inside at our own hearts.
We'll see.
45
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,160
This is a really bad idea.
Jeremiah is right when he tells
46
00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,600
us that the heart is deceitful
above all things and desperately
47
00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,320
sick.
We were to get everything that
48
00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,080
we want.
We get the wrong things, we're
49
00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,880
selfish, we're sinful.
And me personally, sometimes I
50
00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,520
want ungodly things to happen
because I'm angry or upset or
51
00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,040
frustrated with others.
And these would be things that
52
00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,880
would go against the very
character and nature of God.
53
00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,400
It's like a kid who wants just
to eat junk food all the time.
54
00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,440
He thinks he wants that until it
actually happens and ends up
55
00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,920
sick.
So instead of all this, this,
56
00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:46,120
this first, what it's saying is
it's calling us to pursue the
57
00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,200
God of the Bible and delight in
him with our very being.
58
00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,520
Because when we do this, which I
do think includes things like
59
00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,400
prayer and reading scripture and
obedience, God will mold you and
60
00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,520
shape your heart to conform to
the image of His Son.
61
00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,640
Your desires are going to
change.
62
00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:05,000
You'll begin to see things like
God does, and your desires will
63
00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,560
align with his desires.
This will result even seeing
64
00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,080
suffering at times as a good
gift from God.
65
00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,640
Your focus will be eternity, not
on the temporary things of this
66
00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:15,440
world.
As Christians, our goal is to
67
00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,320
glorify God.
We do that in part by changing
68
00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,880
our thinking, having our lives
transformed through the renewal
69
00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,480
of our mind by God's Word.
So we learn to love and desire
70
00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,880
what God loves and desire. 2
minutes and 45 seconds, Michael.
71
00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:32,280
We feeling pretty good.
I I think I've reached steady
72
00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,240
state.
It was pretty.
73
00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,760
Bad at first.
I don't know that I'm as deep as
74
00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,720
you were, but I want to conserve
some of your water in here so.
75
00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,600
I'll take it.
That is our freezing cold take.
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00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,080
Thanks for listening to Take
Two.
77
00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,440
Find us wherever you find
podcasts and on YouTube for
78
00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,160
those who want to watch our
video cast.
00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,440
OK, we are live outside Zach's
home.
2
00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:09,160
A couple weeks ago Zach was
deceitful and tricked me into
3
00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,120
agreeing to taking this cold
plunge.
4
00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,240
So today is going to be
fulfillment of that.
5
00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,240
You may have seen our video last
week, our cold take on the
6
00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,520
universe.
Today Zach is going to be
7
00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,600
filling in with his freezing
cold take and I am going to be
8
00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,160
in here and he's going to do it
in 3 minutes or less.
9
00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,080
That's right.
You just keep it up a little bit
10
00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,720
speed.
Up all right, we'll see I'll.
11
00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,240
Start.
I'm going to do my best here.
12
00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,600
All right, Michael, Mike, get
into the cold plunge.
13
00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,160
Great.
I'm going to go ahead and start
14
00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:44,680
the timer and the take.
So the nice, so the take is
15
00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,680
this.
You might hear this at times if
16
00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,440
you love God, if you're a
Christian, but God's going to
17
00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,640
bless you with an easy life,
you're necessarily going to have
18
00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,040
good health and be financially
prosperous.
19
00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,840
Many times this is referred to
as the prosperity gospel and
20
00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,440
proponents of the prosperity
gospel will look at passages in
21
00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,160
Scripture like Psalm 37 for to
justify this line of thinking.
22
00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,440
This Psalm says delight yourself
in the Lord and he will give you
23
00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,720
the desires of your heart.
When you read a verse like this,
24
00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,160
you might think, OK, if I
delight myself in the Lord, if
25
00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,560
I, if I do things like go to
church and love God and read my
26
00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,320
Bible and pray, then he will
give me whatever I want.
27
00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:24,040
He'll give me the desires of my
heart.
28
00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,040
He'll give me things like a nice
house, like a Ferrari, like a
29
00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,720
perfect family, or he'll fix
every single problem in this
30
00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,640
life.
And this would be the wrong way
31
00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,320
to look at this verse because
essentially this reduces the
32
00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:38,320
Christian faith to some sort of
karma that you prove your
33
00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:42,120
devotion to God and in return
you get an easy life.
34
00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,400
So here's a couple problems with
this take #1 it doesn't line up
35
00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,920
with the rest of Scripture.
We don't find God as a
36
00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,560
proverbial vending machine where
input equals output.
37
00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,520
Instead, we see a sovereign God
who is jealous for his glory.
38
00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,120
He is working throughout all of
redemptive history to prove that
39
00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,080
he is a great God and to show
himself glorious.
40
00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:02,560
That's even the purpose of you
and I.
41
00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,360
That's the purpose of humanity,
to glorify God.
42
00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,360
Paul says that whatever you do,
whether you eat or drink or
43
00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,680
whatsoever you do, do all to the
glory of God #2 we take a look
44
00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:13,760
inside at our own hearts.
We'll see.
45
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,160
This is a really bad idea.
Jeremiah is right when he tells
46
00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,600
us that the heart is deceitful
above all things and desperately
47
00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,320
sick.
We were to get everything that
48
00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,080
we want.
We get the wrong things, we're
49
00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,880
selfish, we're sinful.
And me personally, sometimes I
50
00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,520
want ungodly things to happen
because I'm angry or upset or
51
00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,040
frustrated with others.
And these would be things that
52
00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,880
would go against the very
character and nature of God.
53
00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,400
It's like a kid who wants just
to eat junk food all the time.
54
00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,440
He thinks he wants that until it
actually happens and ends up
55
00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,920
sick.
So instead of all this, this,
56
00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:46,120
this first, what it's saying is
it's calling us to pursue the
57
00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,200
God of the Bible and delight in
him with our very being.
58
00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,520
Because when we do this, which I
do think includes things like
59
00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,400
prayer and reading scripture and
obedience, God will mold you and
60
00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,520
shape your heart to conform to
the image of His Son.
61
00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,640
Your desires are going to
change.
62
00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:05,000
You'll begin to see things like
God does, and your desires will
63
00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,560
align with his desires.
This will result even seeing
64
00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,080
suffering at times as a good
gift from God.
65
00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,640
Your focus will be eternity, not
on the temporary things of this
66
00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:15,440
world.
As Christians, our goal is to
67
00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,320
glorify God.
We do that in part by changing
68
00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,880
our thinking, having our lives
transformed through the renewal
69
00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,480
of our mind by God's Word.
So we learn to love and desire
70
00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,880
what God loves and desire. 2
minutes and 45 seconds, Michael.
71
00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:32,280
We feeling pretty good.
I I think I've reached steady
72
00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,240
state.
It was pretty.
73
00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,760
Bad at first.
I don't know that I'm as deep as
74
00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,720
you were, but I want to conserve
some of your water in here so.
75
00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,600
I'll take it.
That is our freezing cold take.
76
00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,080
Thanks for listening to Take
Two.
77
00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,440
Find us wherever you find
podcasts and on YouTube for
78
00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,160
those who want to watch our
video cast.
