Truth & A Square Deal

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I say I'm fine, yeah I'm fine, oh I'm fine, hey I'm fine. Truth and a square deal today on the Christian Car Guy show. That's a good topic for a ride, a Christian Car Guy show. Truth and a square deal. So at the beginning of that, you may have heard Teddy Roosevelt. Isn't that cool that we have a recording of Teddy Roosevelt talking about his square deal that made him very, very famous? And of course, when it comes to a car deal, everybody was, you know, I sold them for 40 years. I heard more than once, I'm looking for a square deal. So what does that exactly mean, and how about truth? What does that exactly mean?

And of course, I love Matthew West's song, I Hope You Do, Truth Be Told, right? And the truth be told, the truth is rarely told in a lot of situations, and unfortunately in many car deals, it's that way. But I don't know if you've ever really thought about it, but it's only at the end of the story that you really know if you got a square deal, right?

And by that, you know, think about this with me for a minute. You know, when you're selling cars, right? You know, at the end of the story, you've had that car for six months and you couldn't make the payments. It might have been a great car, but you couldn't afford it, so it wasn't a good deal for you because it hurts your credit. It certainly probably wasn't a good deal for the dealer because they took a big loss on it, and it wasn't a good deal for the factory because they end up, you know, losing all this equity. It's a bad deal. Or, you know, if obviously it was a bad car, that makes it not such a good deal. Interestingly, sometimes you got such a good deal, it hurt the dealer, and later they weren't able to service your car because they were no longer in business.

So a square deal ends up being something that not only is good for all the parties, that's the idea of a square deal, but then it actually has to, you know, go the whole end of the story. So when you look at the word truth, and this is really, I think, that God keeps teaching me this lesson. Of course, I work for Truth Broadcasting, so the word is extremely important to me.

I hope it is to you. Obviously, Jesus, maybe not obviously, Jesus is the truth, right? He made it very clear in John 14 that he's the truth, and he's going to make it in some ways that you have not thought about as we talk about this idea of truth and the square deal. So the word truth in Hebrew is a significantly, I mean, you could study it, I imagine we will be studying it for eternity. But the way that it is spelled is fascinating, and I know I'm going to try to go slow here so that you can understand what I'm trying to convey. So without going into tons of detail, there's 22 letters in the Hebrew aleph-bet. In fact, whenever you said aleph-bet, you're actually saying Hebrew, because if you're saying alphabet, that's more Greek, right? But aleph-bet is actually what the Hebrew one is. And so the very first letter is the first letter of the word truth, which is the aleph.

Not surprising. What's cool about it is that the middle letter is also in the word truth, so it's the first letter, the middle letter, and the last letter. And so the truth is the truth, whether it's in the beginning or it's in the middle of the story, or it's at the end of the story, it's the truth. In other words, truth stands regardless of where you are in the story, which is really, really the reason for hope as we begin to think through this.

But the whole idea of from the beginning to the middle to the end is that idea of the word truth. So, Nick, have I got you so far? You with me? I haven't lost you? I'm keeping up.

I'm keeping up. Okay. So, Wright, you would agree at the end of the story you really know whether you got a good deal? Yeah. Yeah, in the middle of it you should know, but sometimes we don't know so much in the beginning.

We're going to get to that. But, you know, it's interesting that in Psalm 119 it says, Thy word is true from the beginning, and every one of thy righteous judgments endures forever. In other words, truth is truth for eternity, which is what Jesus is, right?

And it's really, really cool. And so you can just be absolutely certain that truth will stand up the test of time. However, lies, they simply won't. And so when you look at the Hebrew for the word lie, you're going to see some very interesting things. Like, when you look at all the Hebrew letters that make up the word truth, they all stand on two legs. The aleph stands on two legs, the beginning, the middle, and the end, all three letters stand on two legs. Interestingly, in the case of the word sheker, which is lie in Hebrew, all of them are tippers.

They all stand on one leg, which is telling you that they can't stand. And interestingly, very interestingly, from my standpoint, the letter aleph, which is the very first letter in the word truth, often means the Father, it means God. Well, if you take the aleph away from the word truth, you know what you get? Death. Those two letters alone, the mem and the tav, the middle and the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, means death. So you take the Father away from truth, and guess what you get?

Death. Right? Well, interestingly, the very furthest three letters that aren't involving the first, middle, and last are the three letters that make up the word lie. So not only are they tippers, but they also are the furthest from the aleph. In other words, you can't get any further from God than sheker.

Right? It's like a lie is an anti-Christ, and it just cannot stand. And so that's the really cool thing, and it really gives me hope, the more I really understood this, is that at some point in time, a lie will break down. Now, me being the liar that I am in heaven on many occasions, you know, unfortunately, even the least little that, you know, like my wife asking me, did you wash your hands? And I don't know if you know this, but a half truth is a lie.

Okay? And so I always like to use what the, I don't know if you remember the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but I always liked their answer when Snow White asked them if they washed their hands, and they said, recently? And so, you know, when she asks that and you begin to say things, then all of a sudden you've got to do stuff to cover it up, right? And as you're covering it up, the lie begins to break down, and it's just tilted.

It just will not stand. And it is really, it's a serious situation because it's like you are betraying Jesus because he is the truth, and so it's that kind of deal. And so when it comes to car dealing or dealing with any other person, you're looking toward trust them, right?

And you can trust them based on whether or not all the things that they're telling you seems to come to pass. And so, you know, very cool, in Revelations you might remember that Jesus told us in Revelation 1 to 8, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, sayeth the Lord, which is and was and is to come. And so when you see what he did with the second part of that verse, he says, which is, that's the middle, right? That's what's going on right now, which was, that's the beginning, and which is to come, that is, right?

That's the end. That's the eternity part of it. And so he's saying that by being the Alpha and the Omega, or by being the beginning, the middle, and the end, he is the truth, because that's the way that that works, right?

And so whether it's a cardio or, you know, any kind of a transaction that you have in life, right? There's this concept of is it square? And so very, very cool that the idea of square numerically, you know, if you take, and in Hebrew this part, I don't want to confuse you, Nick, so just stick with me a minute. In Hebrew, letters are also numbers. Did you know that?

Okay. And so not surprisingly, that aleph is number one. And so they all have a numeric value as well as they have a sound value. So the aleph being a one, if we count up the value of these letters for the word truth, right? You're going to get a one for the aleph, but then the mem, which is the middle letter, it gets the number 40, and the last letter, which is tav, gets 400. And so if you add those all together, you get 441, right? Well, you know that the square root of 441 is 21.

In other words, it's a number that can be squared. And 21, a significant Bible number, especially in the sense that guess what? You know how many chapters are in the book of John?

21, you guessed it. And what book is it that Jesus said he is the truth of the way in life? Right, it's in the book of John. And so it's not surprising to me at all that if you take that number and you square it, you get 441, which is a numeric value of truth. But the idea of being square, in other words, when things are square, they stand the test of time.

In other words, when you want like Jesus is the cornerstone, you see how that comes into that connection? All right, well, we've got a question. We're all going to get in where you get a chance to call.

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I say I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine, oh, I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine. Truth and a square deal today on the Christian Car Guys show, trying to analyze, you know, square deals. And it's a very important idea when you think about car buying and that kind of stuff, but it's even a bigger deal when it comes to your faith. And so we've been talking about, you know, you'll know how good a deal it was kind of at the end of the story, just like the word truth is the last, has the last letter, is the last letter in the aleph bet in Hebrew, and that meaning the truth is what it is at the end. And so, you know, Nick, you bought a Chrysler, you got a beautiful Chrysler out there, right? I have a Chrysler now, yes. And you've had that for?

I've had that for years, I can't put an exact pin on it, but I've had it for a good minute, yeah. And so it's been a good car. And so it appears in the middle of the story here that it appears to be a good deal. Yeah, absolutely, yes.

Right, right, right. And so apparently you could afford the payments because you still got it. The payments are off, I don't have any payments anymore. It's been paid for.

It's been paid for, yes. Sweet, yes, yes. All right, so, but your previous car, what was that? A Pontiac G6 or something like that? It was a Pontiac. Yeah, it was a Pontiac. We'll just call it a Pontiac, which, Pontiac doesn't exist anymore so we can't harm their name. So I hate that because I was a Pontiac dealer at one point, but anyway, I was also a Chrysler dealer last. But what happened with the Pontiac?

How would you refer to your Pontiac, as you told me a few minutes ago? My Pontiac, it started off good. Like, the car started off good.

I was like 16, 17, that was my first car. But then, you know, it started having problems that, you know, that just having problems. So it had a sunroof, but this, when I was trying to turn the sunroof, like have it go back, it wouldn't turn on. Like, and that was just like, that was the very, very first problem I had with the car. And then over the years, I had problems with the, forgive me for the, I'm not the best with a car vocabulary, but it was a steering fluid. I had a steering fluid leak. And then, I guess there was some, the sunroof was about to work, but it didn't all the way.

So it didn't close all the way, and we live in North Carolina where it can rain at any time. So my car would get flooded when it rained. It smelled wonderful afterwards, too.

It smelled great. And so what fruit would you describe your car as? My car was a lemon. And you had never heard that term until you saw the guy that sold you the car. His son said what to you?

Yeah, his, I was telling him like all that was going on with my car, and he said that the place I got it from, he didn't work there anymore. But I told him like all the problems that I got, and his son was like, oh, you sold him a lemon. And I didn't know what that meant at the time, but you know, I got sold a lemon. Yeah, his idea was it leaves a sour taste. Yeah, left a very sour taste and smell. Yeah, in that case, less than a square deal. And so I'm guessing that you weren't able to get a whole lot for that car when you traded it, sold it, whatever the situation would be, being that it didn't smell good and it leaked. Yeah. But it's all good because, you know, the Chrysler that I have now, you know, that's a great car.

I love that car. Yeah, it turns out that, you know, things really change. Well, if you take this concept all the way out, right, and you take it past cars a minute, and you really think about it, that God gave you, right, and there's a transaction, he gave you life. And the more I have thought about this, that some of the worst things in my life have turned out to be the best. That when I knew the end of the story, when I started out in the story, it looked bad. Like when I got cancer, that looks bad. It looked horrible.

It looked horrible. But as I was cured from cancer, you know, as I've told the story many times, I'll tell it one time again really quickly. I had what was called killer cell lymphoma by my sister who worked at the University of Michigan Hospital. And she said, oh, my goodness, Robbie, you're only two people who've had this, and they both died within two months. And so it was a real scary thing from when you get diagnosed with something like that.

And about a month into my illness, I had tumors all over me because this particular type of lymphoma came out in my skin. And I was back in my office at the dealership because I looked kind of like a freak, and I didn't want people to see me. But I still ran the dealership, and so a priest, not a priest, a preacher by the name of Richard Little, a pastor Little here in Winston-Salem, he said that the God that he'd heard from the Spirit, that there was somebody at Bob Neil Chrysler Plymouth Jeep Eagle that needed to be healed. And so he comes into the dealership not knowing who. He happens to know our finance manager, Joe Falls. And he says, Joe, the Lord has told me somebody's here that needs to be healed. He goes, oh, that must be Robbie. He's sitting back in the office.

So he comes back there at the time. I'd been a Christian maybe five years, and I didn't really know much about what was going on. He anointed me with oil. Never had that done. Then he laid hands on me.

Never had that done. And then he prayed. And I, of course, have always said I didn't really have the faith to think that this was going to do anything, but I certainly am not going to stop him.

And so, but I did feel something as he prayed. It was remarkable. The real remarkable thing is, in fact, I was covered with tumors on Friday afternoon. Well, come Monday morning when I went to go get my chemotherapy treatment, guess what?

Not a single tumor. Wow. Like, every time you tell that story, it's a great story. Yeah. It is. It is.

So it sounded really, really bad. But as it turns out, do you know how many people I've shared that story with over the years and prayed with other cancer folks that I also know were healed from cancer as a result of what God did? Not my prayer, just like it wasn't Pastor Little's prayer. Pastor Little was doing what God told him, and he got to be the instrument to see what God would do. And sometimes that happens for all of us when we get a chance to pray for somebody.

But, you know, God comforts us with a comfort that we may comfort others with. The point of it all is, is what I'm hoping you'll do today, is you hear this idea. Like, man, the worst thing that ever happened to me was, but how did the end of that story end up being absolutely spectacular? I would love your story for that. 866-348-7884.

866-348-7884. When was it? Something that just looked absolutely horrible, but then, oh my goodness, God turned it into something spectacular. What's your story?

Call us. Truth and a square deal today on The Christian Car Guys Show. When did the worst, what just appeared to be an absolutely horrible thing that happened to you? And then when you saw the end of the story, you saw where, man, God is good all the time, all the time. God is good. All things work together. Like, man, the truth is, right, that at the end of the story, we win.

However that works. We got Rebecca is in Dayton, Ohio. I'm excited to hear your story.

Rebecca, you're on The Christian Car Guys Show. Good morning. Well, good morning. And how are you today?

I am excited. I really am here to hear your story. Well, it's a little scary, but I'll make it quick. I was a young girl in my late 20s. I'm older now.

I'm in my 60s. And at work, I was a person who showed apartments. And long story short, I'm showing the apartment to this man. And when I'm giving him my spiel, you know, as you will notice, here's a cable hookup, which I got to tell you, back in the day, that was a big deal.

Right. And he pulled this gun out of his pants, you know, and he went into his little speech. And his countenance had changed so much that my first thought was, of course, I went into shock, but I went where, where, where? I was trying to say, where did the other guy go? And he proceeded to tell me what he was going to do and stuff.

And he, he, he rapes me. But then I was freaked out and shocked. And all of a sudden, this off-white shaped cone shape came down out of the corner of this room and peace came over me immediately.

And I'd never heard anything like that. I was a Christian. I went to church, but I didn't have the Internet and I didn't know a lot about spiritual things.

The one thing I knew when that peace hit me, it was like a cold glass of water. I said, that's God, you know, Jesus is here. And, you know, immediately in my mind, he said to me, you know, do what I say. And he said to me the craziest thing, I want you to tell him about me. And I said, Lord, this person who just, and he is like, he said, listen to me, tell him about me. So I said, what have I got to lose? He's going to shoot me anyway. So I might as well tell him, that's what I do.

We witnessed. So I told him, I said, I know you're going to kill me, but I got to tell you first. Jesus just told me to tell you that he loves you. And then he died for you. And this young man screamed out, oh, my God, oh, my God, you know, it went on like the word God went on forever. And he started crying and holding his head. And he said, what have I done? What have I done? You know, and at that point, I just said, it's fine.

You didn't hurt me. And the rest of the story is he made me go out and get in the car and dump him off somewhere else. And, you know, they never found out who he was.

Because back in those days, you know, things didn't happen quickly with fingerprints and all that. But, you know, I thought about it for years. Of course, I had some problems after that, you know, trauma and all that. But God saw me through that. And he showed me, I saved your life that day.

Yes, it was horrible. You're OK. I had two little children. And to some people, you know, they may think that's a little crazy, but I've never had to go through therapy because I had Jesus and I had God. And I'm thankful I'm alive and got to see them be raised and have grandkids and all those things. And I still pray for that person. And I don't need them anymore.

I actually can actually pray. I do say, God, this is your bad little child. You need to do something. Help this child.

Right. What a story, Rebecca. I mean, that's you. I'm sure you've heard of the cross and the switchblade.

Yes, I have. And it reminds me of that scene, you know, where he says you can cut me in little pieces, but every one of those little pieces was going to love you. And what a remarkable faith. But, you know, God gave you, I guess, that sign and he gave you that gift of faith in that moment.

I mean, that's just I mean, talk about boldness. You know, I could tell you some people are probably going, well, why would God do that to a Christian? I should tell you one last thing. Weeks before this happened, which it was the day after Christmas and we were poor. God had given me a dream and he said, quit your job. And I thought, what? I don't make much.

I only made five dollars for every apartment I rented. And I said, OK, God, I'll quit it. Well, I had the same dream again. Like, you know, a week later, I said, OK, God, I hear you.

That's you. I told my husband at the time who he wasn't spiritual at all. And he said, you know, that's weird you'd say that because I had the same dream to tell you to quit your job. So I bargained with God. I said, God, we hear you. I'll quit this job the day after Christmas. But I want to make money to buy my husband a gift.

It's kind of like that story where a lady cuts her hair. But I didn't obey God. That's one thing I want you to realize.

I really believe, you know, of course, had I quit my job, it wouldn't have happened. And God was merciful to me because I disobeyed. So just to throw that plug in, it doesn't mean all Christians are going to have a horrible experience that, you know, the other thing is bad things do happen to Christians and people need to realize that you can pray. Prosperity and wonderfulness and all that. But we were poor Christians and something bad happened. All right.

And Christians have a target on their back that Satan is going to try to break down their testimony and all those things. But as I think about, you know, that angle of, you know, A, that you recognize that is really remarkable. I also got an ask because I know every listener is wondering the same thing. What did you get him? Do you remember? Oh, I don't even remember. He had bought me, I think I bought him a watch or something.

You know, those little tying with the chains that were like, what, ten dollars back then. Right. But the other thing that occurs to me is in the story is that, like, because it was you that day showing the apartment and not some other young lady, right?

Yeah. Well, it's even weirder than that. I was taking turns with somebody, an older lady at the time, and it was my turn when he walked in the door. And I need to tell you, he wasn't, you know, some people think rapists would look like, oh, you know, scars on their face, teeth missing.

No, he was a very handsome, short haired man. And he told me his name. And the weird part was, he said, I killed in Vietnam so I can kill. So he let me know right away I wasn't going to bother him to kill me. And I'm looking down the barrel of a gun.

So that's why. And, you know, God didn't let me know at first when he told me to witness to him and telling me loved him. He didn't say, and then you will live. He didn't tell me that. I didn't have peace about that.

But I knew this. If he pulled that trigger, I said to myself, first of all, my head's going to be pretty much off my neck. And I said, but the worst part would be my family happened to find me like that. That was that was the only thing I thought about too bad. I'm going to have this body lay in here with no clothes and no head.

That's a horrible thing to think about. But that's how much peace I had. I said, I'm going to be with God.

So it's not going to matter. You know, and he didn't let me know until the man had me driving and said, pull over, let me out of here. Because I kept praying in the car and I just started saying glory to God and all kinds of stuff. I guess he couldn't stand to hear it anymore or the Holy Spirit was moving in whatever realm. And the purpose was for that guy that when he got out of the car and I seen him in my rear view mirror.

You know, I will admit my normal man kicked in and I was like, you know, I could back this car over and kill this guy. But the Lord said, no, you will not. You know, I am the same God yesterday.

Yes. And he said, I'm the same God yesterday, today and forever. And I will choose who's to be saved and who is not. And he told me I was not. And I could have killed the guy very easily.

I could have easily ran my car backwards. And I just said, no, I'm not going to do it. Did he use those words? I'm the same God yesterday, today and forever.

Yes. And you do not make this decision. I am the same God yesterday, today and forever.

And I save and I take away and I choose, not you. And it was it was like he said, shut up and get just go on your way. Of course, I had to go back to the office and call.

Oh, my gosh. I can't even imagine what the hospital was like. They said to my husband, your wife has lost her mind. She thinks God was in the room because I was telling them off. And they really thought I was crazy. And of course, some of the family members at the time that already thought I was a little nutty because of the prayers and the dreams. And what do you do you see that when he said yesterday, today and forever is Emmett, it's truth.

It is true, but I didn't think about I know I know at that moment, obviously you're relating. But again, since I've you know, I'm the story is just blowing my mind, but it's so amazing. Oh, I got courage and faith. So tell us, take us back to the cone that you saw in the wind. I mean, oh, we got to go to a break. But can you can you hang on, please, please, please.

Yeah. And also, if you've got a story out there where the worst seemed like the absolute worst, but ended up being that God made it, you know, an ending that was just blowing your mind. Eight, six, six, three, four, eight, seven, eight, eight, four. We'll be right back. Truth and a square deal today on the Christian Car Guy show. And oh, my, if you missed Rebecca's story in the last segment, you're just tuned in. Let me just tell you, if there was ever a Christian Car Guy podcast, you need to go back and listen to this story.

It's one of the most remarkable I've ever heard in all sorts of ways. But anyway, Rebecca, unfortunately, was attacked. But then God told her to share Jesus with her attacker. And she's been telling that story. And and to go back for a moment, you said that you saw.

And it's so cool that he brought that piece over you. But you said you saw some kind of a cone. Yeah, because, you know, when the dirty deed was going on, all I'm freaked out, I'm in shock. And all of a sudden out of the corner of the room, it's a cone shaped off white white that I can't describe. It was light. It was like down out of the ceiling. It was light then. It was like a cone shaped whiteness. Like, I hate to say it, but kind of like someone being transported.

You'd see on those Star Wars or something like that. It was a misty cone shaped off white colored white that we don't have. It was very weird. But what came down out of the cone was the peace of God and the Holy Spirit, I guess. Because I said to myself, I'm suddenly calm.

This doesn't make sense in my mind. And then because I was in the process of saying the twenty third Psalm, you know, thinking this is it in my mind. And that's when the Lord said to me, I want you to tell him that I love him and I died for him.

And, you know, basically the story. And I was like, Lord, it's probably I was thinking into talking to God in my mind. I'm like, this is not a good idea right now. I was going to argue with him, kind of. And he said, tell him, you know, I could tell hear him saying, tell him in a calm voice that forceful that you're to listen to me.

So I did. And of course, as I started telling the young man, like I said, he started, you know, holding his head and shaking it and crying. And I remember, like, what was your opening word? So you probably had not said a lot to him. Yeah, my opening words were, I know you're going to kill me, but I have to tell you something first.

Really? Jesus just told me to tell you this. Yes, because I was positive he was going to take that gun. He had it laying right by my head, you know.

So I was positive in my mind. There's he has to kill me. I see him. You know, he said what his name was, his first name. And I just thought to myself, he's got to kill me because I've seen too much. He said too much.

He said he killed in Vietnam. His fingerprints were on the dashboard. Later, I thought about surely the police will capture him. But no, you know, me and my husband both would call every day and ask the detectives, you know, did you catch him? And finally they got mad and said, quit calling here.

It's not like TV. And so at that point, you know, again, the Holy Spirit kind of took over. And I said to myself, you know what? If God wants him caught, he'll get caught.

If he doesn't, then he won't. And I just let it go and started living my life. And, you know, I had nightmares and all kinds. I had little kids. And I just depended on God and said, God, you're going to save my life for a reason. Then you're going to get me through it.

Because the kind of therapy the world wanted me to do back then was put me in a mental institution. You know, told my husband she'll never be the same. She saw a cone. She won't shut up. You know, they were saying that she's in there.

I could hear him talking about me. He said, God saved her. You know, and I was just kind of like, I'm alive. Thank you, God. I was praising God all over the place. Well, yeah. Well, yeah. And so, you know, again, I'm just like, you know, what a testimony.

So, again, as these words come out of your mouth, you know, God told me to tell you that Jesus loves you. Oh. I'm trying to imagine the look on his face. And you said at that point in time, he just went to tears? Well, he started like choking like something was. And by the way, as that was happening, has me telling him and he started choking, holding his head and rocking it back and forth, screaming out. And when he would say the words, oh, my God, the word God was just like it went on forever. And then when he started weeping and he looked up at me, it was like the same young man was back that got in my car originally.

They can show the apartment because when he when I turned around and saw him with a gun, when he pulled it out of his pants, he did not look like the same guy. His countenance was so evil and he was so methodical. I have killed before, you know, I was in NOM. And he went into a speech which later I found out, you know, they told me, you know, how lucky you are to live because most rapists come. It's not the act, it's the violence and, you know, the control.

But they normally do kill. That's why they tell women, you might as well fight and run. So, I mean, it's just a miracle I'm alive and always it just it really is. And and I know had I obeyed God weeks before when my husband even told me to quit the job because he had the same type of dream. When I told him about my dream, you know, to quit the job, he said, I don't normally say these things.

It is weird, though, you know, I had a dream that in my dream God told me to tell you to quit your job, too. He'd never had any experience like that with God in our whole marriage. He never said God told me this or I was praying for that. Did he come to Christ?

Did he become one? Well, he claimed to be a Christian. That's another whole story.

But no, he he wasn't walking with God. And it's a sad story. But we end up getting divorce years later.

And I kind of think back. Was it because of that? Because he was very disturbed by that happening to me. Men are very funny.

Some men, you know, I can't explain it. I guess if he was on or he could tell you that it was sad. It's sad.

It's really, really, really sad that it hurts your marriage. You know, obviously. Well, he was superficial. He would say things in our marriage like, you know, if you ever was in a car accident or got burned and it distorted your looks, I would divorce you.

So you know where he was coming from. He wasn't the best Christian. There's a lot of men like that that walk.

They go to church with their wives every week and think like that. And it's sad. But and I don't know that he's he's been saved truly yet.

I don't know. I'm not judging that. But I pray for him even. You know, I pray for a lot of things in my life, enemies that we would say are people that hurt us. And I say again, like I did for that guy, God, that is your child, not mine. It's going to be hard for me to say I love them, but I will say it in my mind and pray it. But more than that, God, I pray that you give them their spanking so they can go. They need to see that, take the blinders off their eyes, bring down a ball of fire, a conviction on their art.

So they need to see who they really are. Have you ever have you ever seen that or felt that peace again since then? Oh, yes, I've had many, many experiences.

I mean, I could talk for hours, but I'm older. I've had things happen to me. I've seen things. My my daughter in law died and she in front of us. I got there right when the ambulance did. And I told everybody to stop laying hands on her right now.

And I don't even know why I did that. I mean, I believe. But it's like the Holy Spirit kicked in and took over and we laid hands on her. And I said, Lord, in the name of Jesus, she's not three scored. Did please save her, God, in the name of Jesus. And she came back to life and she'd been dead about 19 minutes.

And a funny thing about that, she had to go through therapy, was in the hospital for months because it caused all these problems. I hate, Rebecca, you believe me, we will talk again. We will. The music is telling me that our show is over.

But oh, my goodness, this show is never over. As we've discovered, like, man, what what what a wonderful, wonderful testimony you have and we will talk again. I'm so grateful for your call and I hope a lot of people go get the whole story.

Listen to the podcast. It's a Christian car guy dot com. Thank you so much. Thank you. And for all those. God bless you. And for all those listening. Right.

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