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And Peter says good morning to everyone. And so good morning to you, Peter, and thank you for that greeting. Always appreciate seeing that. All right, we've got Don, AC7KW. Yep, already got him checked in. Jim's checked in. Just going through the list here, seeing if there's anybody new. Keith and Joyce, yep. David KK from PDI, yep, got him checked in. All right, we are doing pretty well here. Yep, see Peter over there on Half Moon Bay also. Okay, we're taking voice check-ins. Please come down with your call, sir. Kilo 2, Kilo, Juliet X-ray. I've had so much going on and Phil not like doing much so I don't have any updates on anybody we're praying for but I also Don't have any bad news. So thank the Lord for that back to you Mac All right, real good. Yeah, I'm glad you could eat commercial bread that stuff just a chemical dump. I And when you look at the ingredients, it's like, what is all that in there for? My wife makes our own bread, Mike, and it's like she takes the wheat and grinds it and makes flour, you know. And then it's like eggs and milk and yeast and salt, you know. And that's all that's there. And you think, what are all these other chemicals doing in there? So I'm glad to hear that your body responded well. to getting off of that chemical food. So, boy, I'll tell you, you know, we've got to be so careful about what we eat these days because they put so many additives in there that just aren't good for us. I used to think the FDA was looking out for us, but we've got to look out for ourselves. So good news there, Mike, and thank you for that. All right, Darrell, WB7AOT in Ham Lake, Minnesota. Come back to me. Good morning, this is WB7AOT in Amarillo, Minnesota. And, uh, here's the gear. The sun is just rising just on the horizon, and it's -1 here. A bit high. So, this is WB7AOT. All right, minus one degrees. Wow, that's cold, Darrell. All right, real good. It's good to hear your voice and good to have you with us. All right, other check-ins to the West Coast Follow Study. Please come down. WB7VZL, thank you for your prayers yesterday. She's still, of course, enjoying the exhilaration of no pain, so to speak. But thank you for your prayers. and we got her on our list there, Roger, so thank you for that report. Now there was another station alongside Roger that was trying to check in. Other station, please come now. Kilo 7, November Echo Bravo. Okay, we got Kilo 7, November Echo Bravo. That is Keith in Sandpoint, Idaho. Good morning, Keith. How are you doing? Well good, glad you're doing well and good to hear your voice. And we got you checked in, alright, that is Keith, K7NEB. Alright, any other check-ins, please come now. M7BKE, just want to tell Keith, this is November 7, Bravo Kilo Equus, born and raised in Sand Point, Idaho. K7NEB, you have traffic from Jim N7BKE. Jim N7BKE, who's on the net here with us this morning, said he was born in Sandpoint, Idaho. Over. All right. This WB7MAX... Let me go through my STRs here real quickly and make sure I got everybody and then we'll get started with Annette. Just give me a second. Okay, we need to check in Carol, KK7TPO. Carol, come back to me. Alright, he's still getting his cup of coffee, but we've got him there on Half Moon Bay, so it's good to have Jeff with us. Alright, we're going to get started with our... Are there any more voice check-ins? Last call for voice check-ins. Okay, I heard W6, Romeo, Lima, Juliet. That's Doc. Good morning, Doc. How are you doing? Good morning. Good morning. Good to hear your voices and the prayers and just to get a point for the day. All right, real good, Doc. Good to have you with us and we got you checked in. Any more check-ins, come now. Papa Alpha, Papa Alpha, go ahead. Papa Alpha. Papa Alpha, go ahead. Yeah, Brian's been trying to get in there, man. Thank you for that, Brian. KJ7PWM. Scott in 7-8, heard your signal. Come back to me, Brian. KJ7PWM, that your check. Okay, Brian, heard your voice there, we got you checked in. Thank you for being here. Any other check ins coming out? Okay, we're going to get started with the West Coast Bible Study. Band isn't perfect today. It's still a little rough. But thank you, Scott, for that relay regarding Brian KJ7PWM. That was Scott in 7NPA with the relay. Okay, we are in 1 Corinthians 7, verses 17 to 24 today. Verses 17 to 24. And so those are some of the questions he's been talking about. And now today he's going to talk about the issue of what changes do we need to make once we become saved and what changes are unnecessary to make once we become saved. W6YSI reads to us. I'm going to ask George, K2KJX. George, would you open in prayer for us this morning, please? Roger, Roger. K2KJX, Heavenly Father, thank you for your love and kindness and patience and mercy with us for providing a way for redemption through the Lord Jesus. And I pray, Lord, that our leaders, our political leaders would make better decisions, good decisions that honor you. I thank you for our speaker who, he says he's a believer, and I pray that you work in his heart to grow closer to you. Interesting passage here. Any comments on this passage? Please come down to call sign. ZXN? Kelly, KB7ZXN, go ahead. Turn down a speaker here. Yeah, you know, what we're looking at here, is Paul is addressing spiritual contentment. And this is really an important principle for all of us to understand, I think. In other words, wherever we are in the providence of God and in the... blessed to be slaves of God because we are bought with a price. And so none of that restricts us from serving God. And now that doesn't mean if opportunities don't arise for changing ministry, but you know, there's a temptation of man to, well, you know, I need this to happen, or I need this circumstance to change before I can serve God. And well, I don't know enough. Well, I I'm not, you know, where I should be. Well, no, Paul is emphasizing no matter where, you know, as I've talked about before, bloom where you are planted. So there's more there, but let's start with that. The principle of contentment, KB7, is that acceptable? Thank you. Yeah, Kevin, really well said. Bloom where you're planted. And, you know, that was the question they have is now that we're saved, what should we do with the external situation of our life where we're at? And as you said, you know, nothing needs to change. You know, notice verse 17. He says in verse 17, He says, He says, but as God has distributed to every man, as the Lord has called everyone, so let him walk. And then notice verse 20, let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was. And then verse 24, brethren, let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God. And so don't need to make big radical changes in your external circumstances when you get saved. Whatever you were doing before you were saved, well, just keep on doing that after you're saved in terms of your external, non-moral circumstances. And so, as you well said, Kevin, learn contentment where you're at. And so, if you're married, stay married. If you're single, stay single. If you have a job, stay in the job. If you're a slave, be happy being a slave. If you're a freedman, be happy being a freedman. no need to radically change your circumstances unless, of course, your circumstances are horribly sinful. Like if you're working as a hitman for the mafia and you get saved, obviously you've got to change occupations, right? But otherwise, no need to change. And as you well said, Kevin, bloom where you're planted and learn contentment where you're at and be a light in the circumstances in which God saved you and don't start looking for radical change. You know, Kevin, I... I ran into some folks one time who said, well, if you get saved, you've got to quit your job, you've got to go join a commune, you've got to wear a white robe, and you've got to pull a cross around all the time, right? Because you're supposed to take up your cross daily and bear it. And so that kind of cult-like behavior is not what we are called to be or do as Christians. All right, other comments on this passage? Come now. Follow-up? Follow-up. Kevin, please go ahead. Well, and I look forward to others sharing as well. And I think as we contemplate this, there's many examples that we can see in our lives and those around us too. And I think you made an excellent point too in that there's not, you know, the change that takes place in us as believers once we are saved is, is the internal change. So we can be a good faithful witness by that change in our daily lives. If you're a logger, you can stay a logger. If you're whatever profession you're in, that witness inside you, or that transformation that takes place inside you can become a witness in where you are. And people around you will recognize that change. Your secular job or place may not change. Your socioeconomic status doesn't need to change. But sometimes, you know, you'll find that sometimes the people you hang around your friendships sometimes change. No longer are you maybe interested in hanging out at the bar. or maybe you're not interested in hanging around the guys, telling them dirty jokes and what have you. So those things will affect your witness, and your practices, behavior, your desires, your priorities will certainly change in you, and that will reflect in your life. So also you'll find that you'll be drawn toward the Lord's church, the Spirit of God will always lead you to a good local church or a local church there. to have that fellowship with one another, but also in His Word. So by the nature of that transformation, there will be internal things in your spiritual life that will change, and consequently, you know, those kind of changes. But we don't need to force those changes, as you say. You know, Paul talks about it in the sense of, putting off the old man and putting on the new. Well, that's a spiritual thing. We take off our old things in our life that were offensive to God. Now we're walking in newness of life with Christ. Those are things that take place internally, but our outwardly circumstances, not so much. KB7, FedExM. Yeah, Kevin, really well said. Thank you for articulating that. You know, in verse 18 it says here, Is any man called being circumcised? That means they're a Jew, right? Let him not become uncircumcised. Don't change your nationality. Don't try to throw off your previous identity. is that he called in uncircumcision, there's a Gentile, let him not become circumcised. You don't got to become a Jew once you become a Christian. And then in 19, circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God, that's something, that's what matters. And so as Kevin well said, it isn't about your national identity. It isn't about your external situation. it's about what's going on inside. And if yo have faith, and if you have a godly character, you can live out that faith, and you can demonstrate that godly character, whether you're a Jew. Whether you're a Gentile. Whether you'r French. Whether you're American. Whether you're black. whether you're white. Whether you're rich. Whether you're poor. Whether you're a slave. Whether you're a bond. Whether you're a woman. Whether you're a man. It doesn't matter. Those external things are irrelevant in Christianity. What's relevant is, I'd really love to hear from some of you others there, because I know we've got some good thoughts out there. One of the illustrations of this, I think, I was thinking of, is the book of Philemon and Paul's letter to Philemon. And regarding a slave that is found salvation, he clearly stole some things from his slave owner, his boss, if you will, his slave owner, and then took off. that, hey, now Anesimus is a brother in Christ. And so let's have that fellowship and let's restore that relationship based on that regardless. Of course, that brings forgiveness. And this is one of the things that we'll see develop in our life as believers as well because we are the beneficiaries. stealing from your master, and the other is escaping from underneath his authority. And so he sends him right back into slavery. And Paul says, regarding what he stole, I'll make that up to you. And so Paul didn't say, well, now that you're a Christian, you know, you can just forget about being a slave. No, you were a slave before you were saved, and now that you're saved, go back to that position of slavery. Now then, Paul says, if you're Nevertheless, it doesn't mean you're free to do whatever you want. Jonah, even though he was a freeman, wasn't free to do whatever he wanted. He was the Lord's servant. He was the Lord's slave. And you see Paul, every time he opens one of his letters, he says, Paul, a servant, a slave of Jesus Christ. And so even though Paul was a freeman, he was a servant. That is, he was under the authority of a master. And the master in this case, of course, is Jesus Christ. Excellent point there, Al, in illustrating how that a free man was not free. He had a duty to obey his master, in this case, the God of the Scriptures. All right, other comments? Please come down. Paul Balfour. Paul Balfour, please go ahead. and our slavery to sin has been broken. It says in Romans 6.22, but now being made free from sin and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life. Now, understand what you're saying because we still have the flesh. We still struggle against the flesh wanting to re-enslave us back into the practice of sin. We have to fight all the days of our life, and we have to fight that good fight of faith. And sometimes it feels like, man, the things I don't want to do, those are the things I do. The things I want to do, I don't do those things. And you can feel like a slave. But the good news is that even in that wretched condition of struggling hard against sin and failing so often, the promise of the gospel is that the power of that sin has been broken. The dominion of that sin, we're no longer under it. We've been freed from its penalty. Christ is in the process. Lord and Savior. Two different functions and roles really, or two identifying characteristics of our Lord and our Savior, Jesus Christ. And here in this text we see one of the few areas where the Greek word for slave is actually translated as slave. Oftentimes we see the Greek word for slave translated as servant or bondservant, doulos, which is not a correct translation. Yeah, you know, the idea there, Kevin, as you well said, is one of complete and total submission and ownership to the Lord Jesus Christ. You know, we're either in bondage to sin and Satan, or we're in bondage to Christ Himself. He gives them the mandate of work. He gives them the mandate of marriage. He gives them the mandate of not eating the tree, of the knowledge of good and evil. He gives them the mandate of the Sabbath there in Genesis chapter 2. So there's lots of commands being given to Adam and Eve before they were ever felled. And so we were designed to be under authority. And so in that sense, we are, as Kevin Wells said, bond slaves to Jesus Christ. But I just want to draw out this contrast. If someone genuinely is a bond slave, if someone really is in slavery, and there is a ton of slavery across the world today, by the way, especially in Islamic countries. So that's the reason why there's no need to change external circumstances, because the same principles apply to the slave that apply to the freedman. The same principles apply to the poor man that apply to the rich man. The same principles apply to the Jew that apply to the Gentile. And that is that we serve and follow the commandments of Jesus Christ. That's the nature of a disciple, whatever his external condition is. So the point of our passage today is don't worry about changing your external condition necessarily. You can serve Christ in whatever external condition you're in, because serving Christ involves our inward worship and our outward service and our vocal witness. And those things can be done if you're living in a communist country or if you're living in a Western civilization country, whatever your circumstances are. We can, as Kevin said, learn contentment. And we can also recognize that we're not our own. And so I have a mission in life, and my mission in life is to serve my Master. and to ask myself, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? That was the big question of Saul of Tarsus, right? We got struck down in Acts chapter 9 on the road to Damascus. Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And then you remember the thief on the cross. Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdoms. And so, as Kevin said, Christ is both Savior and Lord, and we need to recognize that He not only delivers us from the penalty of our sins and bondage to Satan, but He also then begins to run and rule our lives. And I'm so thankful He does, because I would make a mess out of running my own life. Whatever I run and I have made a mess out of it. So praise the Lord for the fact that He always guides us in the paths of righteousness, by the still waters and the green pastures, through the valley of the shadow of death, with a life of goodness and mercy. Why wouldn't we want to follow someone like that? Why would we want to run our own lives when we make very foolish decisions? All right, any other comments before we go to prayer? Please come down. Just click follow up. Kevin, follow up, go ahead. Yeah, thank you for that, Max, because that was my follow-up, basically, is that in slavery to the Lord, it's really freedom. We're free from the bondage of sin, as you point out. We're free from the consequence. But we're also free to enjoy the hope, the fellowship, the joy, the peace that being a slave to Christ brings. So it's, you know, slavery has a negative connotation, and sometimes rightly so. But in Christ, it's a true blessing. Thank you. Give me some of that example. Yeah, slavery has a negative connotation. We have a bad master, but we have a good master. Slavery is wonderful. You remember in the Old Testament that when the seven years came around, or the year of Jubilee came around, and the slaves were all to be freed? There were some slaves that said, I love my master. I love his household. Stick it all through my ear. I'll be his slave forever. And that's our attitude. If we look at our slavery to Jesus Christ as a bad situation, man, we love living in his house. We love being under his authority. He's a benevolent, kind master who guides, who provides, who leads. What a blessing. And so verse 23, I just want to close with that. Verse 23. He says, If I'm in prison, visit me. If I'm hungry, feed me. If I'm naked, clothe me. If I'm sick, visit me. And so he directs us as to how we're to serve other people, but we receive our instructions from him. So all of you, all of you on the radio today who are Christians are slaves. to Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord for having a benevolent master. You used to be the servants of Satan who was determined to destroy you, and you couldn't get away from him. And now you're a servant of Jesus Christ who's determined to bless you, and you don't want to get away from him. You want to draw near to him and be like him. and to serve Him. So blessed servitude! Let's continue to serve Jesus in whatever external circumstances we are in. All right, we are done. Our time is gone. This is a great passage, and I really have enjoyed the comments today. All right, any final prayer requests before Jerry leads us in prayer? Please come now with your prayer requests. All right, well, I've gotten a couple of text messages here that I want to bring to the group, so give me a second to call those up. Jerry, AE70R, be ready to copy here, because these prayer requests will come in via text message. Okay, so this first one is from Keith, K7NEB. So that's Keith, K7NEB, and he says, "I have a prayer request for the recovery of my father. And he collapsed when he was at a funeral, and the doctors determined that was due to low blood pressure and irregular heartbeat. So they put a pacemaker in him. And so this morning, he's flying from Nevada to his home in Florida for recovery. And so let's pray for K7NEB, his father, for his recovery from the implantation of a pacemaker. Copy there, Jerry? Copy. Okay, real good. Thank you for that. All right, and then the other prayer request is really a praise. And this is from Brian KJ7 PWM. He says, "We had a chimney fire last night, pretty bad. He even called the fire department. But it turned out everything was fine and it was out by the time they came, so they just checked it all out. Praise the Lord that it was not a big deal. It could have been a lot worse. Well, amen, Brian, KJ7PWM. Chimney fires are no big deal. I saw a guy's house burnt down from a chimney fire. So praise the Lord for that. So we're praising the Lord that God preserved Brian's house. He was a very prominent ham here in the Sacramento Valley. Prayer for his family for peace. So Jim Earl passed away, and we're praying for Jim Earl's family, for God to give them peace, and for God to minister to them in this time of sorrow. Copy there, Jerry? Yes, sir. Okay, all right. Any other prayer requests? We got these three off the text messaging. Any other prayer requests? Come now. Okay, so that was Kilo Tango Zero Delta Delta. His name was Todd. So Todd died, and his wife, Tanya, needs prayer regarding the death of her husband, Todd. Copy, Jerry? Okay. All right, real good. Any other prayer requests? Come now. All right, Jerry, AE7ER, please go ahead and close in prayer for us. Jeff, AK6OK. Rob Durst, recovered from tongue cancer surgery. Lord, may that be successful, clearing him of cancer and give him support when he is learning to have a good speech again after losing part of his tongue. Also, peace recovery from pneumonia. Bert, W7RKD, insomnia with health issues. Danny, Bert's wife, pray for remission of her multiple sclerosis. Mike, W7TWO, Mike's lower back pain. Temporary arthritis has returned. We pray for healing. Pete's aunt, she's 98. She fell. She wasn't injured, and we give you praise and thanks. K7WKI, Dave's wife, home safe from a trip, and we give you thanks for traveling mercies for her. K7NEB, Keith, recovery of his father's. Earl, he passed away. We pray for our family, a family for peace and comfort. And KT0, Delta, Delta, wife's calling you. After losing husband, Tao died and we thank you Lord to touch his wife. and then pray for grace and mercy to live it out 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 use. This is WB7MAX. I'll be clear and standing by. Thank you. George, K2KJX, this is WB7MAX, are you still there? Roger, roger, K2KJX. Yeah, George, talk to me about winter field day. Tell me, what did you guys do, over? Well, we were going to have four, and it was actually in my front yard because there's a lot of older hams that... Yeah, it worked out good, and then we played around. I tuned up a couple of hamsticks, and we worked on that for a little while. And it turns out that you can't just slide them down into the hamstick. You got to cut them. So we cut the hamsticks. Got them tuned up, and then I tried using it, tuning it up, and it worked great. So that was one issue. And then I spent-- spent mostly on bar AC. I don't know if you're familiar with that, but it's more like digital. And then I did a lot of voice checks over the radio, and that was kind of fun. It was people all over 20 meters. 80, 75 and 40 were terrible, but once I got up into the higher frequencies, I got a lot of contacts and it was pretty far away, but I had a good time. How was your time, Uber? Yeah, copy that. Kathy and I, my wife, KB7KTY, and I went over to the Sunnyside Park, which is over by Foster Reservoir. It's about a mile from our house. And they've got these gazebos over the top of picnic tables. So that's where we set up our radio. And then, of course, our antennae were out in the field. It was 21 degrees when we got started, so everything was frozen. Had to use my rubber mallet to drive all the stakes into the ground. But we put up a center-fed dipole. It's called a SOTA beam, S-O-T-A beam. Summit on the Air sells it. And anyway, we did as well or better with the vertical than we did with the dipole, so that was good. And then the other thing I did is I had a new set of solar panels that were -- that folded up. You know, you can fold them up, put them in your backpack. And so I unfolded all of those, and I had a charge controller, and I was able to charge one of my batteries, so it demonstrated that worked. So basically what we were doing is not trying to gather a bunch of contacts, we did have 30 contacts, but I wanted to test out all the gear and make sure that everything was working properly. I had a couple different batteries I worked with, solar charging, two different antennas, antenna tuner, and then I made some two meter contacts through the local repeater. I know those don't count, but we wanted to test the HT out there in the field and see how well it hit the repeater. So basically for us, it wasn't about multiplying contacts as much as it was about testing gear and trying different configurations and seeing how we could make contacts. Over. Yeah, roger, roger. I forgot. Also, a guy here who does soda called P-P-7-S-E-8, he went up to Blacktail Mountain, which is pretty high up there. His hands were freezing. I was able to call him on single sideband, and then he went to 40 meters, which he barely heard me, and then 20 meters. And then he said, I got to get off the mountain. It's freezing up here. But yeah, I have a Chameleon M-Com 3, and said, Yeah, real good. That sounds great, George. Yeah, we do, we have a single sideband net every Saturday here on 2 meters. I think it's 14429, as I recall. Don't quote me on that. But anyway, every Saturday we have a single sideband net. and it works quite well. And of course, you know, it's pretty much line of sight type stuff, but yeah, two meter single sideband is a wonderful mode of communication. So, familiar with that, and yeah, you just have to go in and find the setting on your radio and And so I packed that to the top of my mountains, and I figured what's an extra two pounds for reliability and it works out real well for me. Yeah, Kathy made hot chocolate. She made chocolate chip cookies. We had some cheese. We had some dip and chips. So she took care of the food end of it, and that was nice. We did have one visitor who came by. And that was Terry, KB7WCP, who is also a member of the Eastland County Radio Club. So he stayed out there for a couple hours with me, and so he was trying to learn about how all that goes. And so that was good. I didn't advertise our location. I did tell all the people in the club about it, and he was the only one who showed up. So, anyway, it was a good time and really enjoyed it. being there and it sounds like you guys had a good time as well. And you know the ability to operate ham radio under challenging conditions is a real confidence builder because we know and we've proven that if there's ever a disaster we can set up in the yard or we can set up at a park or we can set up on a mountain top and we can facilitate communications, which is one of the reasons why we're allocated the bands that we do. But anyway, George, good talking with you. I appreciate the report, and it sounds like you guys had a great time, and everybody kept all their fingers and toes intact, which is what's important. All right, back to you there, George. Yeah, Roger, Roger. It was pretty cold. We were down in the single digits and then most of the day. But I brought out my fire pit and plenty of wood. And we always had a fire going. But it was probably better inside. We have a little craft sea camper that my buddy slept in the front. I slept in the back bedroom. But it was kind of nice staying in the warm. And then another guy was going to bring his tent. camp out in his tent and he said, "Oh, well, he's used to cold weather camping," but he decided, I think one of his friends had just died and he wanted to stay home, but my buddy said, "Why don't you just come here and it's kind of a good place and just relax." But Yeah, he didn't come, and so we had three of us, and then a lot of visitors, I think about eight or nine, and it was fun. I had a good time. We did it last year at a friend's farm who was... They were selling the farm. It was his grandfather's, so we couldn't go there. And then the other place they wanted to go, which is where we do summer field day, was off the road, off the beach path, and it was, like I said, about 45 minutes for anybody to get there. This was easy. We had a great time and learned a lot about ham radio. Yeah, real good. Yeah, when I was younger, I used to do snow camping, and we would intentionally go out under the worst of conditions and figure out how to survive out there in a tent with a topper sleeping bag, and we'd build a shelter and a snow cave and all that stuff. So I knew about cold-weather camping, and it's an exercise in survival for sure. So I'm glad that your friend... is experienced in that and understands how all of that works. But yeah, all right, George, well, I'll let you go. Good talking to you and appreciate the report on Winter Field Day. Just want to encourage other hams to take up that challenge and you know, you can do it in your front yard, you can do it at a park and it's just a fun exercise and it's not about, you know, making maximum points. It's not a contest. It's more of a test my gear and test myself and see what you can do. All right, George, good talking to you. K2KJX73, WB7MAX, I am clear and standing by. That's our Alpha 5 Yankee joke of the day. All right, let's hear the joke of the day there, Beck. What word can you make shorter by adding two letters? What word can you make shorter by adding two letters? Boy, I don't have a clue about that one. Short. Okay, shorter, yeah. You add the "er" and short becomes shorter. That was obvious. I just didn't have it figured out there, Vec. That's good. Thank you for that.