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Why does the Bible say that? That's the question today on Truth Talk Live. I would love your. I really would. I absolutely am trying to learn.
I would love your answer. 866-348-7884, 86634-TRUTH. So why does the Bible say that a woman should not be in authority over a man? And the Bible does say that, and it actually says it in 1 Timothy 2-12, it says, and I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence, for Adam was formed first, then Eve and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived fell into transgression.
Nevertheless, she will be saved and childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with self-control. And I think, actually, that Paul had been studying something similar to what I had been studying, because actually I was getting ready to do a sermon this week at our church, Ashboro, West Ashboro Baptist Church, on the election, and some of the things about the election, and one of the biggest of being that we gotta get out and vote. We gotta, you know, whatever it is you do think, by all means, we need to vote, and here's where the Bible tells you to do that. I don't know if you knew, but in Deuteronomy 1.13, it says, clearly, choose, choose wise men with understanding. This isn't like a suggestion, it's a commandment. And so if you're gonna choose, you gotta vote.
You know, you gotta make your choice known. So it says, choose you wise men and understand it. Known among your tribes. I love that line, that's actually known, somebody that, and the word there in Hebrew is yada, so that that person would actually be very, very familiar to you, that you would be able to trust them, as far as their wisdom and understanding, and make them rulers over you. And so, you know, the Bible gives us this unbelievable opportunity, as, you know, obviously, many, many forefathers did. But, you know, if we believe the Bible, and we believe that all scriptures God breathed, and, you know, you're a Christian and you're out there, and somebody might just come to you with this question of, you know, why does the Bible say that and that can't be true, or whatever it is that they might say to you, what might your answer be? I would love, I really would, I would love to know your thoughts. You know, for, against, whatever you got, I would love to hear it.
866-348-7884, the number to call in and share is 866-344-TRUTH. And so, you know, from my standpoint, men and women are gigantically different. Thank goodness, right?
I mean, I'm really grateful for the difference, I'm sure you are too. That, you know, and it even says in Genesis, right? In the beginning, God made them male and female, right? And so, you know, we each, in my opinion, represent, we actually are made in the image of God in very unique ways. Obviously, men are in the image of God in a masculine form, and they're expected to bear masculine fruit. And women are wonderfully, wonderfully made in a feminine image of God, and are meant to bear feminine fruit.
And there are differences, I'll bet you that you can relate to what I'm gonna say. That if you, right, have children, and one of them is a very energetic young son, and that young son decides, for whatever reason, as young sons do, and I can picture myself doing this, that they want to jump off the roof, right? Can you picture that, Nick? Now, that young son decides he wants to jump off the roof. Now, does he go to his dad and ask, Dad, is it okay if I go jump off the roof? Or does he go to mom and say, Mom, is it okay if I jump off the roof?
I'm gonna bet you, not all the time, but in most households, right? He's gonna go to dad, right? His dad's gonna be a little more adventurous, a little more, let's go do this. However, now once he jumps off the roof, and he breaks his leg, or he gets hurt, whatever, he ain't running to dad like just a flesh ruined son, right? At this point in time, he's running to mom, because mom has that compassion, and she has those kind of thoughts. And she has that ability to warm, in other words, when men are dying out there in the battlefield, they're crying for their mom.
Or you may have heard the famous story of the prisoners that all wanted Mother's Day cards, but when it came to Father's Day, they just didn't have the same sentiment. And the idea is that what I'm sharing is that clearly there are differences. I've been thinking about this and trying to come up with my own answer, something that I would go, okay, that seems to hold water.
But for you, what would you tell, I mean, honestly, what would you tell someone that asks you, like, Robbie, you're a Christian, and you don't understand the Bible, and you say that all scriptures God believed and God breathed and useful for teaching and rebuking and all that, what do you do with this piece? Exactly what do you do with why does the Bible say that women should not be an authority over a man? And so, you know, I just pictured this, can you imagine, right, if you were Adolf Hitler, right, and I hope you can't imagine that for very long, but say you were, for the illustration of what I'm talking about, and you had a choice, like, you were gonna face up against Margaret Thatcher, or, right, oh, his name escaped me, how could that happen? The man he actually did face up against, Winston Churchill, right? Like, in this particular situation, would you want Margaret Thatcher running England, or would you want, right, Winston Churchill, as the case would be?
Or you can imagine that, you know, if you're up against Putin, right, now who is Putin going to respect, and, you know, who is gonna carry more regard from that evil despot's point of view? You know, somebody that is strong, and not saying that a woman can't be, I'm just saying from that despot's point of view, you don't want him to think, well, you know, they're being run by this, you know, that whole situation, and that idea of, I'm just trying to understand, I know the Bible says that I believe it, and I'm gonna go with that, but what would you say? What would you teach me? Because obviously, I would love to learn, I hope you would too, and we need your calls, because I don't have a whole lot, you know, other than I need you to come and help me, 866-348-7884, 866-34-TRUTH. We'll be right back with what would you tell someone who asks you, why does the Bible say that?
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Welcome back to Truth Talk Live! In today's question, we would love for you to probe with us, love for you to teach me, as I'm always trying to learn something, but you know, I hope you're like me, and you totally believe the Bible is God-breathed, and every word of it is meant for instruction, and it's true. So why does the Bible tell us that some, why would the Bible tell us that women should not be in authority over a man? Why, you know, and again, especially with the current election situation, why would the Bible say that women should not be in authority over a man? And believe me, I'm open to whatever it is you think, and I would love for you to call and tell us, 866-348-7884, 866-348-7884, and again, I'm going from 1 Timothy 2-12, in case you wonder where that is in the Bible, it's in 1 Timothy 2-12, and it says, and I do not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man, but to be in silence, for Adam was formed first, then Eve, and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived fell into transgression. And so, fortunately I have another pastor with me, might help me out a little bit, but he also has a big announcement what's going on in his church, but before you do that, pastor, help me out here. What do you say about that? Can you hear me?
I hear you great. This is Pastor Taylor with, is it Bible Fellowship? Tell me the name of your church again.
Elsie Taylor, and it's Bible Fellowship Baptist Church in Pottown, North Carolina. There you go. So, what say you about why the Bible says that? Well, I had someone bring this up before, and they said, well, was God a male or female? And this person said, well, when you get to heaven, you can ask her. Did you get that?
Yeah, I got it. Well, I think that God has a rule. I believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible word of God, and it provides for us the principles that we all must live by. But I do believe there have been times in history, and I believe there are times currently where there have been no men to stand up and be leaders, and God did use women. He used Esther.
He used the other, what was the queen's, not the queen, but the other lady's name, Deborah. He used her, and I know in my ministry, had it not been for women stepping up to the plate, having been a missionary and starting two churches, had it not been for the women in our assembly, we could have done very little. So I think there's the rule that if you have those people available, we need to follow that precisely.
But sometimes, just like in a single family home, a mother would find herself having to teach her son because there was no father available. So I think there are some situations where it's justifiable and probably needful that ladies be used in that capacity, but I think the rule is is that every church ought to be pastored by a male, and honestly, I believe that our country, no offense to any woman listening or any previous leader that was a lady or that's handling a leadership position, but I do believe that there is a special place, a particular place for men in leadership, and also there's a place for women as well. I do believe that we need to follow God's word. If we get away from that too much, we're gonna get in big trouble, and I think that's part of the reason churches are in such a dilemma today. People have begun to create their own interpretations and actually versions of the Bible to make them comfortable with their own personal choices.
So I don't know if I've said anything that helps or if that money's the water. No, it's all, I'm on the same page with you, and I think absolutely that women have stepped in our church as well and in my life in so many different ways that, oh my goodness, we definitely need them, and they definitely, when men don't step up, God provides somebody. He raises them up, obviously, and arguably, Queen Esther was the most powerful Jewish leader ever, 127 provinces. She, we had a lot more people under her rule than Solomon, so I don't know. And Robbie, I had a lady missionary that we supported for years. She had never married, but she had gone to Africa to minister, and she literally trained pastors to take over churches. She would not do that, but she would train pastors, because there was really no men there to do the training. Years ago, we had more people ready to go to the mission field, like male characters, like Hudson Taylor and so forth. But now, not only are we seeing many churches deserted by people, but we're seeing many ministries deserted by pastors, and I can only imagine some of the great needs there are in mission fields for people to just go and train leaders for the churches.
That's a great point, that's a great point. But you also, since you're gonna make a great point, your church has got some stuff going on to help Western North Carolina, right? I really appreciate the opportunity. We are a small congregation, but I believe every little bit helps.
We're located at 4950 Warner Road, that's just behind Reagan High School off of Highway 67. But what we're doing from October the 12th to October the 28th, we'll be collecting non-perishable items for the victims of Helene, and it looks like now we may have people for Milton as well, but for right now, we're focused on the Carolina Mountains and the people in that area, it's a very catastrophic event that's taken place, and we wanna do our part, so we're inviting the community, and we have a few people in our community helping us, so we're inviting the community. Anyone on Facebook or in your audience that are hearing or about this, if they'd like to donate, they can call me personally at 336-462-4844. We can have them bring the items by the church and drop that off, and if they call me, I can arrange a special time to collect that for them. But we just wanna help in any way we can with non-perishable items. This Saturday, we have a chicken stew at five o'clock, so we're gonna start it then and have a big container where if people come for the chicken stew, they can also bring some items to donate to that cause.
But that's what we're trying to do, Robbie. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Again, why don't you give that phone number one more time, Pastor? It's 336-462-4844.
It's Bible Fellowship Baptist Church, and we have a website, bfbcnow.org, that they can get some information from our website about our church. That is wonderful, that is wonderful. Again, thank you, Pastor. I appreciate your call so much today, your wisdom. And so apparently- Well, thank you, brother, for all you do, and thank God for the radio station. Yeah, thank you. It's an amazing thing to have that, where it's reaching so many people with the truth.
I appreciate it, we really do. God bless. All right, what would you- God bless you, brother. Thank you. What would you say?
Why would you tell someone to ask, why does the Bible say that women should not be in authority over a man? Victoria, call back. We didn't get a chance to get to you. You're listening to The Truth Network and truthnetwork.com. Welcome back to Truth Talk Live. We're so glad that you tuned in today, and we would love your input.
We really, really would. I would be very anxious to hear what your thoughts are on the whole idea of, what would you tell someone who asks you, why does the Bible say that women should not be in authority over a man? And, you know, we had Victoria calling in.
Unfortunately, we couldn't get to her quick enough, and I hope she'll call back. I would love a woman's perspective. I'd love a woman's perspective on this. And I think that what Pastor had said is clearly the case, that so many times in the Bible, you know, men didn't step up, and when they didn't, God raised up a woman to kind of embarrass us.
Or however it's supposed to be, I don't know. He definitely raised them up, and they were some of the greatest leaders out there. And so, along those lines, you know, I would love whoever has a view on this to call in and share and give us some idea, because I think it's important that we are prepared. We are ready for someone who comes to us that says, well, you believe everything in the Bible. Why do you believe this?
You know, what's behind that? Or what are your thoughts? We would love to hear you.
866-348-7884. And so yesterday we did this show on, you know, what if we were as burdened by spiritual needs as we are physical needs, talking about, you know, both and. In other words, yes, we absolutely need to be on the way to the Western North, with water, everything in the world we possibly can, but what if we also did that in Jesus' name?
What if we also found a way to share in that given situation? And we just had one of the most remarkable calls come in from a lady by the name of Kaelin, who is with Christ in Crisis Ministries. And talk about a woman who has stepped up, you know, as she had talked about, going into war-torn Ukraine, and to set up this soundbite I got, and we're gonna play it here in a minute, because it looks like we got a caller, which I'd really like to get.
But this lady that she had met in the Ukraine had unfortunately been sitting at this house with her husband at the table, when they blew out the wall, killing her husband, filling her back with shrapnel, breaking nearly every bone in her body, and, you know, how she responded to that will show amazing leadership, no doubt, and we'll get to that in a minute. But right now we have Jennifer is in Ohio, who has an answer for my question. Jennifer, you're on Truth Talk Live. Hi, how are you? Good, how are you?
I am wonderful. I'm excited to hear what your thoughts are. If it says it in the Bible, you listen. That's the way you live.
That is, that is, that's it. And so have you ever had that situation, Jennifer, where somebody asked about this particular topic? Oh yes, and they want to argue about it, and just like, I don't know if you want to call me old school or whatever, but I also believe women should be at home raising their children, and that's why the world and the situation it's in now, it's a mess.
Yeah, I would agree, it sure is tragic, all that's gone on with so many different situations. And, you know, it's an interesting thing, you know, I, you know, many marriage conferences you would go to and that kind of thing, where they're trying to help men and women get along, and the office say that, and it says in the Bible, right, that women are to respect their husbands, but men are to love their wives. In other words, men, in order to feel safe or whatever, need to feel like they're being respected, to feel appreciated, to have, you know, like somebody has regard or respect for them, where women, in order to feel like they belong and where they need to be, need to feel loved. And so you can see where, if you got, you know, somebody that wants to do some evil needs to have some respect for their enemy. Exactly.
And so that's part of what I've been thinking through. I don't know, I'm just so grateful for your call, and, you know, keep up the good work out there. Thank you.
You too. Thank you, God bless. So what say you, what is your thought?
866-348-7884, 866-34-TRUTH. And why does the Bible say that? Why does it say that women should not be in authority over a man, and how does that work practically? As the pastor said, sometimes there are no men to step up, and so women do that beautifully. And I have this sound bite that we had yesterday that I know is worth repeating, because, man, when you do something in Jesus' name, this lady did it so well. Have we got three minutes to play it?
Okay, let's play it. Well, I think of a story that kind of answers the question. When we were in Ukraine, and we were in O'Reihof, O'Reihof handing out all the aid, I met this one woman, this older woman. She had crutches and a wheelchair, but she sometimes would use her crutches, and I just came up to her and was giving her the aid, and we started sharing. And I asked her, you know, how are you?
How have you been? And before I knew it, she started sharing about her being in the middle of dinner with her husband and a bomb falling right next to her house and completely blowing up the side of her home, killing her husband and shooting her back. And she broke almost all the bones in her body. And so when I had met her, she's been under recovery, and so she finally can do a little bit with her crutches, but is in constant pain. And, you know, she's sharing this with me.
Her name's Sweet Liva. She was sharing this with me. And, you know, you have no words. What do you even say to that? Like, oh yeah, me too.
In America, when I was riding my bike, I fell off of it. You know, like, what do I even have to say to that? And so I just looked her in the eyes and I said, you know, I'm so sorry that this has happened to you. Do you know that there's someone that's taken on the pain of the world, that's taken on all this pain? And she was like, what do you mean?
Who are you talking about? And I was like, well, Jesus. And she kind of made a face and was like, what do you mean he took on all the pain? And so I was able to share the full gospel with her, that he died for her, that he took the pain on the cross, and how you can have a personal relationship with him. And when I was done sharing, I had a translator with me, and when I was done sharing amongst, you know, the bombing and everything going on, I was like, did she even understand what I said?
Like, did the translation? Well, when I'm done sharing, she says, can I receive this, like, can I start a relationship with Jesus? Like, I want to ask for forgiveness of my sins. And I, of course, said yes, yes. So she prayed, she prayed to receive Jesus with me.
We had three ways going on. I said something, the translator, then her. So she prayed to receive Christ.
And I opened my eyes, oh sorry, something I didn't mention. Ever since I had seen her from the very beginning, her hands wouldn't stop shaking. She just, they wouldn't, and she said they'd been shaking since the war broke out. And once she prayed to receive Jesus, I opened my eyes, and she is crying, and she's smiling for the first time. I hadn't seen her smile yet. And I look at her hands, and her hands are completely still. And she goes, she looks at me, and she says, I have a peace I've never felt before. And you would think, you would think she would have had this peace, right, when everything was good, there was no war, everything was happy.
Yet, she has a peace she's never experienced before in the midst of a war. And I think this just points to the realness of God. Because to give you peace that you've never experienced before, when everything is awful physically, yet in your heart and in your spirit you have peace, that points to how real Jesus is. Yeah, how real Jesus is, for sure, and that soundbite was from yesterday's show that we did on, if we were as burdened by people's spiritual needs as their physical needs. And that was Kalyn with Christ in Crisis.
It's an unbelievable ministry. But as we're talking about this today, what would you tell someone that they ask, ask you, why does the Bible say that women shouldn't be in authority over a man? And we were talking about the differences between men and women, and when you listen to Kalyn in that situation, you hear the compassion that she had for that lady in that situation. And for such a time as this, God had her there. She had been obedient to go over there in a war area, right?
I mean, how courageous could she be? And then with complete compassion for that lady, for that moment, right, it comes through absolutely beautiful with the gifts that God had given her. However, men are different, right? And you know, we don't have the same gifts of compassion and other things in the way that God made women, but we have other gifts. And you may have heard that, you know, I think I'm trying to think out how they put it.
Men, women are spaghetti, and men are something else. In other words, women have all sorts of neurons in their brains that are connected. And so if you were to talk to my wife, she always is thinking about four or five things kind of all at the same time. And she has got a lot of things that are relationally going on that she's thinking about.
And then the idea of that is, I think as a mother, you need to know, oh, the baby's out, you know, the baby's sleeping or whatever they need to know about. But men, their brains can get on one track, and you can't get them off, right? You know, he's trying to watch TV, and you're trying to talk to him.
That ain't working so good, because his focus is on the TV, because his brain is a little bit different than that. And they will even tell you that men have what they call a nothing box. In other words, I can just be sitting there thinking about nothing. And my wife is like, you're there, aren't you? I can't get through to you, because you're in Nothingville, whatever.
But that has a benefit if you're in the middle of a war, and you're trying to block out all the other stuff going on so that you can go attack. All those things are, you know, I don't know, but I would love your answer. What would you tell someone who asks, why does the Bible say that women should not be an authority over a man? We'll be right back.
You're listening to the Truth Network, and truthnetwork.com. ["Truth Talk"] Welcome back to Truth Talk Live, with today's topic slash question that I would love, love, love your input on, is why, you know, somebody comes up to you, and they know you believe the Bible, and you believe, you know, what it says, and they say to you, you know, why does the Bible say that a woman should not be an authority over a man? In other words, quoting 1st Timothy 2.12, and they're trying to get your understanding of that, what would you tell them? I would love your thoughts. We got Mike and his wife. So we have a couple's perspective.
I'm very excited about this. So Mike, let's take your wife first. I'm, I'm... So I, what's your wife's, is it Mrs. Mike?
I know it's not, so it's... It's Tammy. Tammy, oh, I love that name.
I remember that now. Yes, we have wives with the same name, so I can relate. Tammy, how are you? Fine, how are you? Good, good, so let us have it. Tell us what, tell us what you think. I feel that a woman should not be president. That's how I feel.
I just feel that, I don't know. I just feel that a man should be running the country, not a woman, even though I'm a woman, but I just don't feel that a woman should be doing that. Well, thank you for your perspective. I appreciate that, and interestingly, the other caller we had from Ohio had the same similar idea.
The Bible says that I believe it, and that settles it, so to speak, but... Yeah, that too. Well, and Robbie, it's Mike, and, you know, we've been discussing this, and I really believe that the woman, or my wife, should be in charge of the home, you know what I mean? She should take care of our house, and she make the decisions on the colors of the wall, and the flooring, and make it her castle, and I should love her for doing that, and I think that's biblical, don't you think? Oh, well, Proverbs 31 is pretty clear that that woman is picking out all the purple, and so, you know, I'm totally with you, and I know that when it comes to those kind of things, oh, my wife is fantastic, and I am hopelessly, like, I would keep that same chair since I was a kid. But, you know, she loves doing that, and, you know, obviously, it's a real gift, but the thing I was, you know, thinking that, and tell me what you think about this, that if you were a burglar, and you were going down a street, and you saw a big, burly man in this house, and a big, burly man in that house, and a big, burly man in that house, and over here was a woman, even though she looked like she was fairly fit, which house would you be most likely to rob? Right, now, this is a person with evil intent.
I'm not talking about me, but just, he's looking over the situation, and under the circumstances, you know, it has to do with the regard that the burglar has for men versus women, not anything else, and so, when you have enemies, and we do have enemies in this country, whether we want to admit it or not, and they're looking over our country, and they see this situation, they have a different perspective if they don't have the same idea that, man, that guy in the White House is not anybody to mess with, and I would hope, I would hope, you know, whoever we elect as president, and I'll support him 100%, I can assure you that that person would have that idea of the people that would come against us, that that is not somebody I would want to mess with. Yeah. Yeah.
And nobody messes with Trump. Yeah. That's what, yeah, yeah, I really believe that, too, and so does my wife. I mean, I believe that women could teach in the church, and teach, and be all that stuff. We both agree. We've been discussing this the whole time you've been on the radio, and, you know, what the rules of women are, what the rules of men are, you know, and... Oh, I can assure you that women stand up in the gap, many, many, and they did biblically. Yeah. And that's absolutely marvelous, and some of the teaching I've received has been spectacular. Yeah.
Because they can have insight that only they can have. Right. You know, men and women have unique gifts.
Believe me, I've been married 38 years, and I don't know if I could go through life without my wife. You got me beat by two years, Mike. Well, no, no. All right. Well, that's good. I'm with you. Yeah. I'm with you, but you couldn't be more right. That every single person, every single person, is got something very unique and special in a way that they reflect God, and actually, if they don't reflect it, no one else can.
Right? And so every woman has something to offer in their perspective, their insight in worship, their insight in Bible understanding. I don't know if you've ever heard this, but Leah, who was Jacob's sort of second wife, but really the first wife, they said that she had weak eyes. Have you ever heard that?
Yeah. In the book of Genesis, and what the Jews teach about that is the reason that she had weak eyes was that she never came out of the tent because she was always studying Torah, and she was fair-skinned, and so Rachel carried, you know, watched the sheep and that kind of stuff because Leah was studying the writings of Adam and Seth and whoever they had at the time, I don't know, but that was her deal, and so you can imagine that, you know, for Jacob to have, you know, that kind of Bible understanding, somebody that was constantly studying, and I, when I was, and I still do, do a devotion at a retirement home in Mocksville, and I had this lady, I met her when she was about 80 because that's about the time I started doing devotions there, and she died when she was 104, and she read the Bible through at least twice a year her whole life. Oh, wow. And she was a Leah from a standpoint of, you know, I can tell you that I've never met anybody with a Bible understanding that she had, and I've never met anybody that could rebuke you in such a kind way. I'll tell you a story about it. I, you know, had done this devotion, and she comes up to me afterwards, and she says, you know, Robby, you're such a gifted, anointed speaker.
I can tell you that you are gonna do great things for the kingdom of God. I just love you, love you, love you. So why, when you have all those gifts, would you use a word like golly? I was like, really? I'm not supposed to use the word golly? And she said, oh, no.
No, that's a euphemism for the word. You would never, ever, ever take the most holy of names, and she rebuked me in such kindness. I mean, you could tell it was just purely because she loved me, and purely because she was trying to encourage me, and, you know, where do you get that kind of friend, you know?
Where do you? Right. It's a great story. I asked my wife about things about the Bible and different things and what I should do with my neighbor, how should I be? You know, there's, you know. Well, since we got it right here, Tammy, what should he do about, is it Chris? Yeah, Chris. Your neighbor that we prayed for yesterday?
What do you think, Tammy? Yeah. Oh, about talking about God?
Yeah. Oh, well, he should keep doing it, you know? Just be over there and be a friend, right? Yeah, be a friend. And, you know, and keep talking to him about it, because I'm sure that he's like listening to him and stuff he might really, you know, accept Jesus, you know? So he's talking to him.
Right. And my wife has given me advice to, you know, even though, you know, he's not a Christian, you know, that I should go over and be friends and sit on the porch with him and talk to him about politics. And that's what we're gonna do. So, you know, I did ask for my wife's advice about this and she's, you know, she's there for me. That's what God has designed, that the wife should be there, you know?
As a helper, right? Like right by your side with, you know, because believe me, I don't know if your wife's like mine, but, you know, I forget to do this and I forget to do that. She's laughing. About a thousand times a day, you know, she's like, did you forget to like, did you forget, you know, thank goodness, man. I mean, like, oh my goodness.
So, you know, it's an amazing thing. We are, you know, as Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, you know, that we're to be salt and light. And I don't know if you knew this, but, you know, when the Jews would do an offering, it always had to have salt on the meat, right? And the whole idea of kosher salt is the reason why it's called kosher salt is it makes meat kosher, all right? They got it coated in that salt. But salt, amongst its many qualities that you may have heard in many sermons, one of them is it decomposes blood, right? In fact, they're not allowed to put water on meat before they put the salt on it because they want the blood, because they don't want to eat any of the blood from the animal.
That was the commandment. And so, when you think about it, when you're over there being salt, you're helping him point towards the place where he really can dissolve that blood situation he's got and take on Jesus' blood, which would be totally cleansed. Isn't that cool? Yeah, that is cool.
That is very cool. And the other thing that I... And the light as well, yeah. The thing I understood this week from that same study was that the Jews, after they put the salt on the meat in the temple back in the days of the temple, what they did was they would take that salt after it was decomposed of the blood and they poured it on the steps so the priest didn't slip. So that's what happened to the unsalted salt.
It got under the feet. Anyway, we have that opportunity out there this week as people come up with these tough questions. Thank you, Mike. Thank you, Tammy. I appreciate you so much. God bless everyone. Another program powered by the Truth Network.
