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That's a great report. I'd really appreciate that about Macy. And we'll continue to pray for Dad Thomas, for him to get some work. And, yeah, your voice still isn't right, but it's better. So I'm glad to hear that on your end that's your perception as well, and we'll continue to pray for you. And thanks for that update on Macy. That's really encouraging. We'll continue to pray for her healing. and for her improvement, and God willing, she'll never need surgery. That would be wonderful. All right, real good, Ed. All right, other check-ins, please come down. All right, and now we'd like to acknowledge Phillip, K6HSV. Good morning, Phillip. See you there on Half Moon Bay. Always appreciate seeing your call sign and having you with us. Yeah, Peter KJ7BA says 37 degrees where he's at. Well, hey, if you're above freezing, you're in like Flynn. So I imagine over there in Ham Lake, Minnesota, it's probably 85 below zero or some ridiculous thing. I don't know how those guys stand it, but they're tougher than me, I guess. I see Will, K5F, Will are you on the microphone? AM5M here, copy that. Alright, copy that, no new prayer requests, so we got you checked in there Will, thank you for being there, appreciate that. Alright, let me continue to look here, I'll take voice check ins while I'm scanning, any voice check ins coming out? Thank you. . This is WB7UMX, Net Control for the West Coast, Bible Study. We're continuing to take check-ins. We'll get started here in a couple of minutes. Any more check-ins, please come out. WB7VZL. And good morning, Roger. How are you guys doing? Doing better than we deserve, as we know from Romans 3. And thank you for the discussion that I was able to get in on yesterday about the relational bonds in the early church that Paul was promoting. Okay, I had a double there, but I think I heard Will. Will, go ahead. Yeah, it's not just what people produce, it's the people who produce it through them. It's the guys producing through them, or is it producing through them that came from them? Yeah, Will, thanks for that comment. I couldn't agree more. There was another station, another station, please come out. In fact, really you don't need to worry about getting Bibles to the military. We have it covered. And I totally ignored them and said, I'm glad you do. The more Bibles we get out, the better. And two million Bibles later, I didn't think they had it covered. is ridiculous. A true minister welcomes people who want to serve, people who want to get in and build up and bless the kingdom of God. And so, Jeff, I'm glad you ignored that, and I'm glad you continued to carry on. Clearly, they didn't have it covered. All right. Real good, Jeff. Thanks for that. Other comments? Come now. Okay. I think I heard W6RLJ. Roger, is that you? Give me Roger, Roger. I'll get two more. The first one is I always have a biker in my back pocket. They didn't really wish too much about cleaning it up. What really is the chance of a mobility line. So I took to myself, which one of my bikes is the most likely to be the most likely to I'm commenting fast. The military seems to play it more. They're saying, "This is the only hope that they have." Because they're there to protect us for life. Yeah, Roger, great comment. Roger was talking about the fact that when he was in the military in Desert Storm, The chaplain said, "Oh, here's a Bible if you think you might need it." And the idea was that he was treating the Bible as though it was dispensable. And Roger was saying, "That's the only hope that soldiers have oftentimes. They're going out there to lay down their life, and if they don't have hope of life after death and reconciliation with God, they're hopeless." And to have a chaplain treat the Bible as an optional thing, And it's something that, well, you know, if you want it, fine. If you don't want it, fine. It's a manifestation of someone who doesn't believe the gospel and doesn't believe in the essential nature of the Word of God. So once again, Roger, by their fruits you know them. And if somebody is casual and indifferent about the scriptures or plays fast and loose with what they teach, makes it up as they go along, then you know you've got a problem on your hands. So, Roger, W6RLJ, great comment. Okay, other comments, please come now. Pop Alpha. Pop Alpha, please go ahead. Well, what I see here, Max, what jumped out at me is what I refer to as bookends. You know, bookends are what we put on the bookshelf to hold the books in between. And so we have here God's presence in between these bookends. of the end of chapter 9. One bookend is I want you to be wise in what is good. And we continually pray for God's wisdom. And this wisdom is the same wisdom that God gave King Solomon. And there's a difference between wisdom and worldly smarts. And with God's wisdom, we can navigate through life and make wise, sound decisions. Then the other bookend, when you have wise wisdom, you will do what is good. And the other bookend is innocence in what is evil. And being as we are wise in what is good, we are going to be innocent into what is evil there, Max. And 70 P.A. Amen, Scott. Well said. And that's what he was saying here in verse 19. The last phrase of verse 19: "But yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple or innocent concerning evil. So, Scott, thanks for pointing out those bookends. And, you know, Christian virtues are always about putting on the right thing and putting off the wrong thing. And, you know, a lot of sanctification is not just separation from sin, as important as that is. It's also cultivating the opposite positive virtues. You know, for example, in Ephesians 4, it says, Let him that stole, steal no more. So there's the putting away of the sin. He says, But let him labor with his hands, working the thing that is good, that he may have to give to those that are in any need. So not only do we stop stealing, we work and we earn money and we start giving. We cultivate that office of positive virtue. So, yeah, we cultivate God's wisdom, and we're not wise at all. in the ways of the world, the thinking of the world, the attitudes of the world, or the behavior of the world. So thanks for pointing out that phrase in verse 19, Scott. Well said. All right, other comments. Come now. PDI, follow up. PDI, follow up. Go ahead, David. Yeah, Matt. One of the other points I'd like to bring out here is these kind of decisive type people that do filter into the churches. You have to be always mindful. You know, when Jesus went to the temple and saw them, they're good for doing this and that. He overturned the tables. This is a house of prayer and worship. And they needed a place of business and what have you. That's why you have to be careful in the church of that too. Because I have seen it over the years where brethren try to conduct business within the church when worship is to be the focal point. And so they're trying to sell goods. They're trying to sell some kind of a business of their own and get you involved in it. And there's a time and place for that, but it's not within the worship being of God's people. And the reason that we're there is to give Him all praise, honor, and glory. But they'll turn it into selfish. of their own and we have to be constantly mindful of that and be on guard for that. And I've had to correct them because of that. And that's not a place. That is not a place. And Jesus, I think, makes that clear. We're to worship Him and the true and living God and give our worship to Him and not to man. Teal, teal, O seven, Papa, Delta, and we'll get back to you, Matt. Yeah, David, as a pastor, I've experienced exactly the same thing. People come into church for the purpose of finding customers for their business. I personally knew an individual who left a good church and went to a bad church because it had 6,000 people in it, and he wanted to build his insurance business. He wanted to find customers. So yeah, and that goes along right here with verse 18, when it says, for they that are served not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, that is their own desires, their own lost after, in this case, money. And so, yeah, people see churches as a place to recruit people for their multi-level marketing business or for their customer base or whatever. That's not what church is for. And so it's really important that we have discernment about what is the motive of this person coming into the assembly. And, you know, verse 17 is real clear. Now, I beseech you, brethren, mark them. Mark them out, which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them. So while we welcome anyone and everyone into the church, we also watch them as to what are they teaching, how are they behaving, and what is the influence that they're having. And if they come in and they are just wolves that are tearing the sheep and destroying their faith and their walk and their doctrine... then you have to mark that person out. And you have to say, that person, you mark them out by name. We see Paul doing this. He says, Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil. The Lord reward him according to his works. He marked him out by name. He said, that guy, Hymenius Alexander, a different one he names in the New Testament. And he says, those people... are divisive, those people are destructive, watch out for them, avoid them. If they show up in your assembly, send them right back out the door. And so, people say, oh my, that's harsh, that's unloving. No, it's harsh and unloving to the sheep if you let them in and you let them wreak havoc. I was just talking with a wife the other day about these judges that let these horrible criminals out on the street, and then they go out and murder some innocent person. And, you know, by that judge letting that criminal go, they just sentenced that innocent person to death when they should have sentenced the criminal to death, right? And so it is. A pastor who does not protect his sheep from false teachers and from false teaching and from corrupt influences, is not loving his sheep. And so sometimes the most loving thing you can do is tell somebody, you're not welcome here, your influence is destructive, you need to repent. And if you're not going to repent, there's the door, go out it. WB 70 Max. All right, other comments, please come down. K4VCL here. K4VCL, Bruce, go ahead. Ah, yes, this is Patrick. I was just trying to read this verse from the perspective of an unbeliever. I tried to put myself in the place of an unbeliever, and I tried to read this verse. on these verses. And it's just very evident to me that this is scripture that really points to the Bible being written to us as believers. Because as an earthling, how could you be able to understand that? Back to you, Matt. Yeah, well said, Bruce. And indeed, it says in the scriptures that the scriptures are foolishness to the unsaved mind in 1 Corinthians. And And so the result of that is that the unsaved cannot understand or receive the scriptures. It says in 1 Corinthians 2 and verse 14, the natural man, that is the unsaved man, receives not the things of the Spirit of God, their foolishness to him, neither can he know them because they're spiritually discerned. So you're right, the scriptures were not written for the unsaved, they were written for the saved. Now, the unsaved read the scriptures, and as God works in their hearts, they're brought to saving faith in Jesus, you know, we're born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which lives and abides forever, the Bible says elsewhere, in Romans 10, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. So the unsaved need to be exposed to the scriptures, the scriptures need to be proclaimed to them, but as long as they're dead in trespasses and sins, You're right. They can't understand them, and it makes no sense to them. I remember talking with an individual once, Bruce, who said to me, you know, I've read the Bible, but it doesn't make any sense to me. And it's like, well, of course not. When you're blinded by the God of this world, when you're dead in your trespasses and sin, and when you love darkness rather than light, the scriptures aren't going to make any sense to you. And so what you need to do is hold yourself down, pray to God, ask Him to open your eyes that you might understand the Scriptures, as it says in Luke chapter 24, and pray that He has mercy on you and gives you the ability to see, understand, and embrace the message that's there. But yeah, reading this from the perspective of an unfazed guy, it's going to be all conviction, and it's going to be all confusion, unless the Spirit of God brings them to humility and salvation. Go ahead there, Bruce. i just believe it's uh scripture is written for us and uh it's it's hard for people who are not christians to understand in fact this scripture here tells us to go the other way when we run into people who are trying to teach us the wrong thing. And, of course, a lot of times we rely on our pastor to let us know those things that are wrong. But these kind of Bible studies that we're doing, like here... teach us the things that are wrong. And that's why I see that Bible studies are just as important as going to church on Sunday. So going to church on Sunday is a no-brainer. You've got to do that. But Bible studies are just as important like this one this morning. And I think we all need to know that we get something from these things. So I pray for you for conducting these final studies. Max, Max, you came forward with your seal. All right, Bruce, real good. Yep, we need to take in Scripture as much as we can. So certainly, like you said, going to church is a no-brainer. And going to Bible studies that are sound, that teach the Bible, that's a no-brainer. Because the more we eat, you know, it's like Bert W. 7 RKD says so often, I'm here for my daily bread. The more we consume the scriptures, the healthier we're going to be. You know, I'm reminded of this passage in Ephesians chapter 4, where it says that he gave pastors and teachers... for the perfecting of the saints, and that we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the flight of men and cutting craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive. And so you're right. That's the job of a pastor, is to protect the sheep from false teachers, just like a parent protects children from, you know, dangers. Because a young child, well, they're not aware of all the dangers that are out there in the world. And so the older look out for the younger. And it's the same way in the kingdom of God. Newer believers, younger believers, maybe those who haven't been taught very well, even though they've been believers for a long time, are not aware of the spiritual dangers and the subtleness that false teaching can take. and the deceptive cunning craftiness of those who teach it. And so they could be swept away. And that's why we need shepherds, pastors, elders in our churches, if you will, as John says, the fathers in the faith who look out for the young men and the little children. And so that's what Paul is doing here. He's looking out for the younger believers He's saying, "These are the folks to watch out for. These are the folks to separate from. This is what they are doing, and this is how they operate, and here's what you need to do in relationship to them." All right, other comments on this passage? Please come down. YSI. Steve, W6YSI. Go ahead. Yeah, I'd like to read three verses here from Hebrews 5, and it pertains to the importance of God's Word. starting in verse 12, it says, "For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God, and you come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness." See, that means the Bible, for he is a babe. "Solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to do what? To discern both good and evil." And that's a very important scripture to me. That'd be 6 YSI. Yeah, see, so a couple things there. One is that, you know, we need to be studying the Word of God, learning the Word of God, so we can grow up. And, of course, there are those who have done that and have grown up. And, you know, he uses the illustration of milk. Well, when a baby is brand new born, he can eat solid food. He just eats mom's milk, right? And then as he grows up, he's able to have the steak and the potatoes as an adult. And, you know, it's the same way. When we start out, you know, just basic Bible studies, basic Bible doctrine. And then, you know, as we grow in our understanding, you know, we can go a little deeper into each of those doctrines. and we can build up a better and fuller and more comprehensive understanding of those doctrines. So, yeah, a greater expectation there, Steve, to get going in our learning and study and growth and a great encouragement that we can have those around us who have gone down that road and who can help us find and consume that knowledge. more mature understanding of the Word of God. All right, other comments, please come down. PDI, follow up. PDI, follow up. Go ahead, David. Yeah, I remember when I went to college, Max, and studied and got my degree in criminal justice, I sat at the feet of those who had knowledge in the field and taught me what I needed to know so that when I actually got in the field, I was ready to serve and to do my job. And so you say that you learn. And as you learn, then hopefully when it comes time and you've learned it well, you can then teach it to others. But you don't want to teach what you don't know. I've always used that saying. You cannot teach well what you don't know well, and you can't know well what you haven't studied well. Kilo Kilo 7, Alpha Delta India, that's UMass. Yeah, David, well said. And thank you for bringing out the importance of having an educated ministry. That is, pastors need to be well-educated. There's a reason why they need to have seven years of college and seminary, because the Bible is a big book, and it's a complicated book, and it requires, as you said, thousands of hours of study. to be able to have mastery of it and of its teachings. You know, you don't want a paramedic doing brain surgery on you. You want a guy who's gone to medical school for 12 years and has been mentored under someone who has been doing that for a lifetime. And, you know, doing surgery on the soul is an awesome responsibility because if a brain surgeon gets it wrong, he just kills the person. He ends their life on this earth. But if the pastor gets it wrong and teaches somebody a false gospel, he condemns that person to hell for eternity. And so it's way more important to be a good physician of the souls Roger says this, "Many times as I have gone to a church, I have found even pastors that are flippant with God's message, and the message is secular, rather than pointing to a great God. I have turned out and walked out in disgust and feel badly for those worshipers that may have got some sort of a blessing, but missed the real deal. That is the main truth. It takes constant observation and knowledge of God's Word to discern the impostors that have sold their souls to worldliness. Then grab onto those teachers to show by example in their walk with the Lord and assist those needy souls... are great pastors, but as a general rule, it requires some sort of formal education for someone to be equipped to be a good pastor. All right, other comments. Please come now. 5 Yankee? 5 Yankee, go ahead. Yeah, I'd like to let somebody know out there that's calling. This frequency is in use. I'm hearing people calling for other people. Alpha Alpha, 5 Yankee. Thank you for that, Beck. Yep, whoever's on this frequency, it is in use. Thank you. All right, any other comments? Please come now. PDI? PDI, go ahead. Yeah, I appreciate Will's comment. That is a very, very good comment that you made, Will, and I appreciate that very much. And, of course, the passage here, again, that we're reading from tells us to avoid those But we need to be around those who are in Christ and doing what is right. I remember when I went to Florida College, and I went there for a Bible get-together teaching that went there with the eight professors that I had the privilege to sit at their feet and learn. You're not supposed to double-clutch it, Bill. They're more knowledgeable than me, but I learned greatly from them. But what impressed me with all eight of them is all eight of these professors that I met knew the word of God by heart they could go anywhere in the Bible you talk about something they could go there and they could show it to you and explain it to you they literally literally and I've never seen that before in my life they got the Bible memorized that's how much they studied the word of God so but I agree the apostles were those who were uneducated and unlearned. And then, of course, as Max mentioned, they went and they learned from Jesus. And that's the best learning you can ever have. And we have that same learning in his word of God just by simply reading it every day, studying it, you can gain the same insight and knowledge that Paul had. because Jesus crushed him under his feet, and we are simply implementing the victory that Jesus obtained at the cross when he destroyed the principalities and the powers and the forces of darkness. And so we understand that Jesus is trying to build his church, and Satan is trying to destroy the church. And that's why there's controversies in the church. I've had people come up to me, you know, as a pastor, and they come up to me and they say, Pastor, can't we all just get along with each other? You know, because they see these controversies in the church. And I said, no, we can't get along with each other. What communion has light with darkness? You know, we're not going to get along with everybody. We're going to get along with those who serve Jesus. We're not going to get along with those who serve Satan. And so Satan is always trying to get into the church through his people with false practice and false teaching and divisive behavior. And as pastors and people, we have to recognize that for what it is. It's a satanic assault, and that satanic assault has to be crushed. One more explanation. And what that means is we mark out and identify false teaching and false teachers and divisive behavior that's destructive to the peace and unity of the church. We call those people to repentance. If they won't repent, then they are to be put out of the church. And this is spiritual warfare. This is a battle between Satan and Jesus. We have to recognize this is normal. It is something that's going to go on all the days of our life. And the only time we're going to have freedom from spiritual warfare and conflict is when we are in the new heavens and the new earth and Jesus has cast Satan into the lake of fire and all of his people. And what we will have in the new heavens and the new earth is a pure church where no one sins, everyone does what is right, everyone believes and acts according to what is right, and then we will have that peace and unity. the church is going to be a bit of a battlefield. It's going to be a place of edification and growth, encouragement, as we have good and godly pastors, but it's also going to be a place where wolves in sheep's clothing are going to be around, and they've got to be identified and dealt with. So, uh That's the norm, and we need to understand that and not be discouraged when there are things like church divisions and those kind of things. All that's doing is showing the division between those who serve Jesus and those who serve Satan. All right, we are about out of time. Do we have any final prayer requests before we go to prayer? Please come now. All right, well, let's go to prayer then. Father, we thank you for this passage that we've been able to study today. the comments that have been supplied and the encouragement and the illumination that has been provided to each of our minds. Father, we're so grateful that you have given us churches within which to grow up into conformity to Jesus. who would be able to lead us into those green pastures and by those still waters and in the paths of righteousness for your name's sake. Father, we just want to offer our thanks today for our sister Carol, KK7TPO, and that her daughter got the tractor started up in Alaska. Father, thanks that somebody stopped by and helped out. And we're grateful, Father, for your kind providence to Carol's family. Father, we just want to pray for our dear brother Cody, KX7TRF, And also, Father, for Glenn, KJ7UMW, these guys are not sleeping well. And Lord, I thank you that they're able to just go and lay down, take a nap, and get refreshed and rejuvenated. Lord, I know there's others on this net that struggle with insomnia. Father, give your beloved sleep. And Father, may you be pleased to bring the rest of their bodies and their minds to the Father, I just pray that you would resolve those. We think of our brother Scott in 718 as well, that they would just have peace and proper function in their bodies. And, Lord, I pray that you give them patience with the process. And, Lord, may they just trust you and find from you grace and mercy to resolve these situations. Father, we just rejoice. over the good report from Ed in 660H about little Macy with the Chiari malformation disease. Thank you that the scan showed that she is doing so much better and may not even need surgery in the future. Lord, continue to heal little Macy's brain. Father, I just pray that you would heal his vision. Lord, we pray for their father Thomas, who needs a job. Father, perhaps you would open a door for him to go back in the military, but Lord, this man wants to support his family, meet the needs of his wife and children, and I just pray that Thomas would be able to get some employment. Father, give him deliverance from this pneumonia. And Lord, I just pray for his wife, Ronnie, that you would give her clarity of thought and quickness of recall and memory. And for Harriet, Father, that she would have grace and strength as well. Thank you for the way she cared for Ronnie while Keith was in the hospital. Continue to give her strength to be able to do so as needed. Father, we pray today for Lisa Medina, Steve W6YSI's daughter. Father, help her to just... Father, I pray that you would send someone to preach the gospel to her. I pray that you would send the Holy Spirit to work in her heart and awaken her to her danger. And, Father, cause her to see the need for reconciliation with you through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus. Father, we continue to pray for James, K7OAO. And this gal, Judy, is a family friend. Lord, she had a procedure done on her brain. And, Lord, I pray that you would heal her brain. Give her a good recovery. Father, enable her to have full function in her brain. And may it control her body properly. And may she return to a normal life. Father, we continue to pray for... Will Keenelike 5 Foxtrot, his friend Keisha, who needs a liver transplant. Lord, we pray also for her salvation. May you meet the need that is in her life. And, Father, we just thank you that Will was able to have some hernia surgery and a throat procedure. And Lord, we just pray for your blessing on both of those, that there would be full healing and complete recovery, and that Will would know the ability to swallow well and the ability to function without any pain from that hernia procedure. Father, we just continue to pray for Glenn KJ7UMW. We've already talked about his need for sleep, but Father, he and his wife Vicki both have chronic pain. We just pray, Lord, that you would continue to heal them of that. Thank you that Glenn continues to be faithful in quitting smoking. Lord, I just pray for his continued strength, that he would never go back to that and the negative health effects that has. Thank you, Lord, for his faithfulness there. Lord, we just want to pray for our brother Eldon, KF7FIA, who has back pain. Lord, we just pray that you would bring healing to that chronic issue. But now, Father, we just want to thank you for your goodness, mercy, and grace to each one of us. And thank you for the gift of your son, Jesus Christ. Father, without him, we could do nothing. But we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Father, may we love him. May we walk with him today. May we be like him. in our behavior and conduct. Father, we ask all of these things in Jesus' name. Amen. All right, this is WB7MAX, Net Control for the West Coast Barwell Study. I want to thank all the stations who checked in and those who stood by to give us a clear operating frequency. We meet here seven days a week at 6 a.m. in order to read the scriptures, understand their meaning message and application, and then to pray for grace and mercy to live out what we learn and for God to meet the needs of those that are in our circle of fellowship. I'll be returning this frequency now to regular amateur youth. This is WB7MX. I'll be clear and standing by. KM5S. KM5S. Will, go ahead. Yeah, you can take me off of the prayer list for the hernia surgery. That's doing fine. But I will be having the throat stretched another 2 millimeters on this coming Tuesday. KM5S. All right, well, copy that. Thank the Lord that the hernia is healed. We'll take that off the list and continue to pray for the opening and stretching procedure in your throat. Thanks for that, Will. Appreciate it. WB7MX. 5 Yankee. 5 Yankee, go ahead. Yeah, I gave my handyman a to-do list, and he only did jobs 1, 3, and 5. Do you know why? Uh, because he was just doing odd jobs. Oh, very good. You got it. Yeah, I just figured that one out on the spot. So, yeah, good. Thanks, Beck. That's great. Well, thanks for playing. Yeah, do you know why nobody can trust the king of the jungle? No? Because he's always lying. Ah ha ha ha ha ha! What does a skillet eat on its birthday? What does a skillet eat on its birthday? I don't have a clue! Pancakes. Pancakes, yeah right, pans. Pancakes, got it. That's good, Vax. Thanks. You take care, Pastor Max. We'll talk with you later. WB7MAX, AA-5Y. Alright, Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee, you and Sandy have a great day today. Love you both and we'll see you tomorrow, God willing. AA-75Y-73, WB7MAX, clearance standing by. *applause* *Rain* This is WB7MX, we'll be clearing QRT. Thank you. Thank you. *Rain* Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you