What Is Your Favorite Spring Time Color?

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There's no doubt about that. And like it says in the Song of Solomon, right? At the time of the singing, birds has come. And oh my goodness, when you look out your window right now, I bet you see all sorts of fabulous spring colors as new life just seems to jump out all over the place in technicolor, right? So you've got all sorts of amazing colors.

What's your favorite? And what do you think that color promises, right? The idea of fruit from the flowers and all sorts of things.

But I don't know if you ever put this together. There are seven colors in the rainbow. And the rainbow being God's promise, right?

His covenant that He made with Noah. And those colors, you know, when you use a prism and you separate light, you get these seven colors. Do you think it's just an accident? And the whole idea of Roy G. Biv, right? Red, orange, yellow, green, and then your biv, blue, indigo, and violet. What do you think that violet, like man, that's my favorite springtime color. I'll be honest. I love all the purple that I see as I look out my window and I think about all the things that that may promise and the scriptures that have to do with that. And so here we are with Dr.

Date the Word. Well, let me give you the number again, because you've got the springtime color and you know what you think it promises. 866-348-7884 is the number to call in and share. And oh, I can hardly wait to hear what you're saying. What are you thinking? 866-348-7884.

What's your favorite color? And what do you think that promises from a standpoint of fruit as we come into this Easter season? As I said, we have our own personal rock star in front of us, you know, Dr.

Date the Word Carson. And this being 4-3, right? And it also is, you know, the 20 days leading to Easter. How exciting is that? 4-3 itself, it adds up to 7, just saying. Just saying. How you doing, Robbie?

I am wonderful. It was a joy to be with you today on April the 3rd. Right.

You know, there's some great verses on April the 3rd, but the verse of verse for me right now is Psalms 4-3. David says, but no. And that just grabbed my attention. But no, there's something I need to know. And listeners, there's something you need to know. Know that the Lord has set apart for himself him who is godly. The Lord will hear when I call on him.

What a promise. God says, I'm going to put you close to me and I'm going to hear you when you pray and I'm going to be right there for you. And whatever storm you're going through, we're going to go through it together. And David was going through a storm in Psalms 4.

Oh, yeah. Horrible storm. Horrible storm. Great Psalm.

Horrible storm. He has had to deal with his own family trying to take his throne. And, well, he starts, God, I got to have your help and I got to have your help now. And by the way, guys, I'm just letting you know, I know how long I keep wondering how long do you think this is going to go on. I'm letting you know God has set apart the godly for himself and he will hear my prayers. And that's not arrogance.

That's confidence. And today we can say with all confidence, God answers prayer. God hears our prayers.

God keeps his promise. And when you think about that rainbow, I got sent this today, a quote that goes like this. Rain and sunshine to have a rainbow. And that rain sometimes, it doesn't make life pleasant. Oh, man.

It messes up plans. But you got to have the rain, but then you got to have the sunshine. You put those two together and you get this beautiful rainbow. And it's so beautiful to look at.

I love the double ones. Oh, yeah. And you started, how close can I get to it? And they're so bright, but it always takes us back, Robbie, to the promise God made to Noah. It's a promise. It's God's covenant of what he's never going to do to the earth again. And God is reminding himself, I've made a covenant. And when I see a rainbow, I'm reminded immediately, God has made a promise. And one day, he's going to keep a promise to me, to you, to you listeners who have accepted Jesus.

We're going to be spending all eternity in a place called heaven. 86, the number to call in, by the way. 866-348-7884. You got to comment. Maybe you have some thoughts on these lines. The promises of God, the colors, you know, springtime, all these things that we're talking about, we would love to hear from you. We really would.

866-348-7884. I love what we were talking about before the show that, you know, the good kid seems to sit closer to the teacher. The kid that is planning on some shenanigans, he tends to sit in the back row just saying. However, you know, because, you know, the good son sits right next to his dad, right? And the one who's a little bit ashamed or whatever, he backs off always, right? But the neat thing is if you're close to the teacher, she obviously is close to you and understands your needs a little bit better. And you understand what she's looking for a little bit more. And if the idea is that we're to serve God, right, the closer we can get.

And I love that promise that he's going to set us apart, which means literally he's bringing us in. Yeah. And, you know, one of the difficult things, Robbie, on the aspect of prayer is we can do things that hinder our prayer life. No, or not do things that hinder our prayer life, like listen to our wives.

That's right. 1 Peter 3-7, Psalm 66-18, God says, I'm not going to hear. I will not hear the prayers of those who harbor sin in their lives. We have an avenue as we get close to God. Our sins become revealed. Well, we can run or we can confess. We confess our sins. He's faithful and just to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. And now that fellowship is so close. Which is part of the promises of Easter and all those colors that we see, which one might be red, just saying.

866-348-7884. We'll be right back. What's your thought? What's your favorite color? You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com. Hello. How fun today on Truth Talk Live. Spring has sprung. It's beautiful out there. And the question that we would love for you to call in and share as we're thinking about, like here it is spring and here it is 17 days before Easter. Yes. The countdown has started in Lent in so many different ways, right?

We're getting there. And so you see these colors. What's your favorite? What is it that you just love to see? And what does that represent to you? What are the promises perhaps?

Or what are the things that roll around in your mind, the fruit that might come from those flowers? 866, the number to call in and share your thoughts. 866-348-7884.

866-348-7884. And one of those all-time favorites here in North Carolina. And I'm told by the man sitting across from me, Dr. Date, the word Carson, that it's actually the state tree of Virginia that I know a lot of. I had a member of my church send me the whole legend of the dogwood. The legend of the dogwood. And Dr. Carson's been dogging me over here about Robbie, we got to talk about the dogwood.

It is one of the most beautiful things to see. You are not barking up the wrong tree. We're going to leave this whole subject. But anyway, no, the dogwood. Yeah, it's big. It's huge.

It's so beautiful as that flower comes out, white, the purity. So what do you know about the legend of the dogwood? Well, I've read it in Wikipedia now because my member sent it to me. I'd heard it before that the dogwood legend was that it was the tree on which Jesus was crucified. And as a result, those flowers that it gives out every spring about Easter time and often aligns with the spring solstice. And that they have these marks on them that would represent the nails. And as I recall, there's lots of things about the flowers, like the indents. It has like a crown. Right.

I'll let you do it. This is a state flower. No, I don't want to argue, man. It's a state tree of Virginia and you being a Virginia native. The dogwood doesn't grow straight. It says that's part of the curse because it was used as the cross being. So you'll never see any straight pieces on a dogwood. Everything's crooked.

That's a part I never heard, but I would say that's true. Yeah. When you look at a dogwood, you see how kind of crooked every limb and as it's growing up. I have one right next to my deck and it's I'm just watching. That's what when you said something about what's your favorite flower? Like, well, my favorite blooming tree is the dogwood. It's just so beautiful.

Love watching it just come out. And it's a reminder again. Jesus Christ came back to life. And that's something about spring. Just new life. I've got strawberries right now. They're starting to bloom. And I know we're going to have some good strawberries to eat because new life is coming. And for all winter, those they're just late.

They look like it's time to just throw the thing away. No, no, no, no. And then here it comes and you get that new life. Yeah, it's interesting. I was in my backyard yesterday and my blueberry bushes bloomed like crazy. I'm like, oh, man, this is inviting. And I was just thinking like, man, it's going to be like that's a delightful time when those blueberries come in and those flowers are telling us of fruit. And obviously there's a big idea of fruit when you think through what Easter is all about and the first fruits and those kind of things. And so I know you've got something.

Maybe there's something about the dogwood tree that you've been wanting to share. You're thinking, Rob, you left us out. Good, good. Call us. 866-348-7884.

866-348-7884. And I love that. I don't know whether they're purple and they hang down from all kind of trees this time here.

You know what I'm talking about? I see it. I don't know the names of them. I know. I try to know the word, but I don't know trees and things like that. I do know what a dogwood is. But those purple. I don't know if they're lilacs. I don't know what they are, but I do know that they are drop dead gorgeous when you come across. You know, here's all these fruit trees that are, you know, tend to, you know, Bradford pears are white and the cherry trees are somewhat pink. And then you've got these other big beautiful tulip trees that are very pink. And then here's this like, man, here comes all this purple and the red buds are, you know, it's just gorgeous.

Well, I love seeing crosses that are being put up around churches right now. And they have that white robe. But on Easter Sunday, they switch it over to the violet robe, that purple robe. And he's the king and the king has conquered, conquered death, grave, hell, the devil.

He's got the keys, Robbie, and he's alive and he's alive forevermore. And I just, I love how that then switches over and we go from one that has been crucified to one that has risen from the dead. So when you think of the violet, right, or that last color, right? And you go, OK, well, there's seven colors in the rainbow, which is the promises of God that we talked about. And there are seven days of creation.

And so you would go, OK, purple would be what? The day of rest. That's the Sabbath. That's kind of the holy day that God, you know, did that. And so you get that idea. But you can't help but note it.

And actually, Stu taught me this first. And it was the first time I started to make the connection to all the sevens, is that into your hands I commit my spirit. Well, if that isn't resting, right, and the whole idea of Sabbath right there, I don't know what to tell you. I mean, you get the idea of there he is going into his hands. I'm going to commit my spirit.

I'm resting totally on my father. Right. And so there you see the purple lines up with Jesus is the Sabbath, right?

Hebrews chapter 4 will tell you who is the Sabbath. That would be Jesus, right? And you get the picture again of that last color of the rainbow.

I mean, it's really spectacular. And when you think about the final, you know, in Isaiah 11, you have the seven spirits of God. Right. And the final one is what? A fear of the Lord. I don't know if you've ever given it any thought about it, but if you really understand a fear of the Lord, you can rest there. Because your dad is so big and so bad that you don't have to worry about anything. It's like, who's going to snatch you out of his hand exactly?

And how all that, you know, so, you know, you think about how cool that is of the final rest. And even in Exodus 6, you will see the six cups of redemption, which, by the way, if you want to come to our Passover Seder that we're having at my church, Kildee Church, we're having that and Dr. Carson is going to be there too. You can meet Dr. Date the Word himself in person.

He will be there at Kildee Church in Ramsboro, North Carolina, on the 12th, if you go to ChristianCarguy.com, by the way, you can get tickets for that. But we're going to go into all, now, most Seder's you go to, they'll have at least four cups, right? Right. But there are two more cups that are also listed in Exodus chapter 6, which is just like the Magna Carta of Passover. I love the idea that it's Exodus chapter 6 and Jesus was crucified on the sixth day, and obviously that whole idea of rest is coming as a result of all that. So, again, purple, rest, into his hands, I commit my spirit, all those things, all connected. And all the colors have a huge spiritual significance, as we'll talk about, we would love your calls. Right now, some of you are going to lose this, but you can come back and listen to the podcast. The rest of you, we'll be right back with a whole lot more Truth Talk Live. You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com.

Welcome back to Truth Talk Live. Today, it's spring and spring is, oh, it's so amazing this time of year to see all the beautiful colors and all the different flowers and all that's going on. And with that comes the idea of the rainbow.

And so with that, what is your favorite springtime color or flower or that kind of thing? What do you think it represents? What are the promises that it brings to your mind? And that whole Easter theme, as we are here, right, just 17 days before Easter, and for those who go by the Jewish calendar, Passover is on the 12th, and that's, you know, it's all right here. And all of this is just, you know, if you look in Exodus 12, I think it's verse 14, he says, This is an everlasting ordinance, which that word ordinance could be a translated statute. In other words, this is the high holiest of commandments right here. It's a statute that you celebrate this particular thing. And so it has been celebrated for over 3,000 years. The very first feast that was instituted is this that we celebrate now over the next couple, three weeks. Why is that so important to God?

866-348-7884, 866-348-7884. And really cool, isn't it, that this is, on your 20 days to Easter, we're doing a book of John. Yeah, April to Believe.

Right. And so this is a beautiful, beautiful chapter of John. Most people probably know a little bit about it. I bet they could even quote one verse out of it. Today being the third day, and you got, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. And if someone wants to follow us on this, they just go to the Date the Word app, download the Date the Word app, go to your app store, and we have an April to Believe.

And each day, if you put the notification on, about I think like 7 o'clock or something, you get a notification. You'll see a Bible verse. Today we went with John 3.30, that he who believes in the Son has everlasting life, but he who does not believe remains in their sin, and the wrath of God abides on them. It's that reminder of, you know, I think we said this, I don't know if we said this earlier, but you and I were talking, all roads lead to God, but not all roads lead to heaven. Every person on this earth is going to stand before God at some point. Man's appointed once to die, then comes the judgment. But there's only those who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, will they have everlasting life, that they're going to have a home in heaven. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared person, and Amos said in Amos 4.12, prepare to meet your God. We need to be prepared, and so part of what we're trying to accomplish this Easter is an April to Believe, reading the book of John, hopefully for most listening, it reinforces what we do believe.

But there could be someone right now who's needing to read John to strengthen their belief that John wrote this so that we would believe that Jesus really is who he said he was, did what he said he was going to do, and will accomplish what he has promised to accomplish. So I encourage people, read each day the book, a chapter out of John, tomorrow be John 4, the woman at the well, Jesus is the water of life. Yeah, the living water is beautiful.

The living water. As we were talking about the Seder supper, there's seven cups actually, but the six that are listed in Exodus chapter 6, there is a cup for Elijah, and there is a cup for Miriam, and that cup for Miriam, they're all wine, and Elijah being coming as John the Baptist when you think it's a messianic prophecy, and it's kind of cool that the name John means grace, right, and that John the Baptist was this entering of the idea of grace, which is that actually fifth cup that is in Passover Seder. The sixth is the cup of Miriam, and the cup of Miriam is water. See, I learned so much, I did not know about this cup of water.

Tell us more. Okay, so when you said a Passover Seder, there were two extra place sittings. One, they actually leave the door open for these prophets to come, and one is the setting for Elijah, and there's a cup that's a cup of Elijah that we just talked about. It's a prophetic cup that the Messiah is coming from their standpoint.

They're looking for him. They don't realize Elijah came as John the Baptist, right, and the second one is Miriam, and Miriam was Moses' sister, but for those who speak Greek, it's Mary, okay? So here we got John and Mary's cup, all right? Let's just look at it. That's actually whose cup they're setting, every Passover Seder, and here on Mary's cup is water.

Why? Because Miriam was responsible for singing to the stone which brought the water, right? If you study the whole Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers story of what Miriam did, and you'll see that the water stopped after Miriam's death, and all of a sudden they had to be told, look, you got to sing to the rock in order to get the water to come, but the idea of Miriam's well, she was very much connected to water in that she was the one that followed Moses down the Nile to make sure that he got picked out of his ark, and it's really a beautiful study, but her name in Greek is Mary, and so do you think it's an accident?

It's certainly not because there are so many Marys in the New Testament because here's Mary that is the mother of Jesus, but then also who was the first woman to see, who was the first person to see Jesus in his resurrected state was Mary, and that idea of living water is that sixth cup at a Passover Seder, which, again, we're going to be talking about all that on Passover, which is coming up April 12th at Kildee Church. We'll have that, and believe me, we're going to have this unbelievable lamb that we always cook, and we're going to have my mother, my wife, I wish my mother was there, but my wife makes the most amazing handmade matzah, and so it's not the matzah that you get like cardboard out of the grocery store. This is matzah that we grind the wheat, the barley, and the rye ourselves, and Tammy makes this amazing matzah, and it is a gourmet meal. I mean, there's roasted eggs. They're not just hard boiled. They're also roasted because that's the Jewish tradition, and we have, of course, the bitter herbs, and this here because there's some people that are a little concerned about the lamb. They don't know about lamb.

They've never eaten it. They don't know how delicious it is if it's fresh, and so we're going to have some chicken too on the grill for those of you who are concerned about the lamb, but anyway, there's a lamb bone on the seder plate, and you've got all those things that are all connected to spring as is the egg itself, and so it's kind of neat that we have, at a seder is for the whole family, we have songs to sing that the kids would love to sing, and then we hide the middle matzah, which is called the afikoman, which, you know, they set that aside. You know, you talk about that things are going to be set aside. Well, they set aside the middle matzah, and it's hidden. It's kind of neat, and so we have a middle matzah like you would have an Easter egg hunt. We're going to have a middle matzah hunt for the kids, and there are cash prizes for the kids that find that middle matzah, and the picture of Christ in that, of course, he is the bread of life, and so you can't help miss the, you know, the puncture holes in the matzah, et cetera, et cetera, all picture of all that's going on there.

So, you know, to me, it's just a spectacular season. A time to remember. Do this in remembrance of me, and we get so busy, Robbie. All the things of life, they begin to consume us, and God comes along and says, on our calendar, we're going to have some moments where you get refocused on who I am and what I've done for you, and I find Easter to be a time of recommitment. Isaac Watts wrote the song, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, and you get to that very end, it demands my soul, my life, my all, and as I look to Easter, I'm always thinking, okay, is he getting my all? Jesus paid it all, another one of those great hymns, all to him I owe. I want to be at a new level coming out of Easter.

If we talk about New Year's being, okay, what are we going to do? But really, coming out of Easter, when you've had that fresh look, behold the lamb, behold your king, Pilate said, behold the man, and you behold him and realize this he did for me. What have I done for him? That's really cool to me, as I hear you talking about your all, right, because the word in Hebrew is meot, and so when you hear, like, the famous prayer in Deuteronomy 6 that's called the Shema, right, hero is real, the Lord your God, the Lord is one, and you will love the Lord your God with what? All your heart. Now all your soul and all your strength, but actually it's all your all. All your all. Yeah, you all. All in. You've got to be all in, and we need you all in. We're not getting any calls. Somebody call us, 866-348-7884. You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com. Welcome back to Truth Talk Live, and it is spring, and we are talking about the colors of spring, and what's your favorite springtime color or springtime flower or tree, or as the case may be, interestingly, during the break, we did have one listener call in, or excuse me, texted me, and say that they thought that perhaps the state tree of North Carolina was also the dogwood. Maybe you know about that. Maybe you know what those purple flowers are that's hanging all over the place that maybe they're lilacs, or maybe you know what they are.

866-348-7884. According to the Internet, now I don't know if it's official, the state tree from North Carolina. As you think about it, it makes more sense, perhaps, why that might be, but the state tree of North Carolina, according to the Internet, is the pine, and the reason being that it's an important, huge important part of our economy in North Carolina, not only because of the lumber, not only because of its beauty, but also because we export a whole lot of Christmas trees. Lots of Christmas trees.

And, you know, it's sort of a tradition in many places to have a North Carolina Christmas tree, and so, you know, it's kind of cool to think that that is more of a Christmas holiday, but I don't know. We got Mike is in Dayton, Ohio, so we're excited. Mike, what you got for us? What's your favorite? My favorite color is purple. Oh, yeah. I always bought my mom lilac flowers.

I don't know. Now I'm curious if she really liked them, but I like them, you know? I like the color of the purple, and especially on Mother's Day, I used to buy purple flowers for her as well. My favorite color, my personal favorite color, I like the purple flowers. My personal favorite color is blue. I had a blue room when I was a kid. I painted my whole room myself blue when I was a kid, and my dad said it was okay to paint. I was really surprised back then, but I painted my room blue.

Even the ceiling. Well, Jesse will know that the color blue, right? It's the fifth color in the rainbow, so to speak, if you count it down that way.

You know, Roy G. Biv, so to speak, and when you look through it, and the meaning of that color is usually considered both truth and authority. True blue, you might have heard that. It was on that particular day, when you think about it, that the fish were created, you know, kind of out of the blue. Out of the blue.

Just saying, anyway. And, you know, the whole idea of blue, you know what the fifth word from the cross was? See, if you know Doc, Stu would know it, because he wrote a whole chapter on it.

Yeah, he wrote a whole chapter on it. It's I thirst. Say that again? I thirst. I thirst.

I was like, I'm trying to remember if that was the sixth. He didn't say that out of the blue. I'm just saying.

No. He said that in the dark. And then interestingly, that when you go through the seven spirits in Isaiah 11, so you're lining up with all these different sevens, and it's the spirit of power, the spirit of might, is the fifth spirit. And again, at the Jewish shader that we're going to have here shortly, it's Elijah's cup. And it's very much connected to the idea of grace. Because, again, Elijah would signify, John the Baptist coming, his name means grace. But also that when Jesus came, John 1, right, he was full of?

Truth and grace. I got that one right. I knew you would. John 1.14. I think you're the one who told me.

Somebody told me. He was not only absolutely full of truth, but he was absolutely full of, in other words, 100% truth. It wasn't 50-50. Yeah.

Yeah. He wasn't torn between the two either. So sometimes we feel like truth and grace gets into a tug of war. No, Jesus was both. Completely 100% truth, 100% grace. Isn't that crazy how the truth network is part of the whole thing?

Is that why they have a lot of blue background on their symbol? And Stu's daughter is named Gracie, so it just fits. Oh.

Yeah. He named all his kids by these wonderful virtues, right? His oldest daughter's name is Hope, right? And his second daughter's name is Grace. And then he has Joy. And then he has Joy, and then he has Faith. You know, he has a handful. Oh, he did.

He did. We always thought he was looking for a boy. But interestingly, when Hope had children, guess what she had?

Two boys. And so you better believe Stu's a proud granddad, you know, that whole situation. It's absolutely beautiful. But yeah, there's no doubt that true blue is connected to that idea of blue. And it's always been my personal... If somebody said, Robbie, what's your favorite color? I would tell them blue. And my wife would say, yeah, it's blue. I don't like blue, but Robbie's favorite color is blue. So I used to have a lot of blue clothes. Other than my truth wear, I don't have much blue anymore, because my wife is just not her color, whatever you can say. You know, she likes green, and she likes red. But all those things mean something. They really, really do. And I think it's powerful stuff.

And I wish I could come down to North Carolina and come and eat some lamb with you, and that would be awesome. Yeah, it's not bad. It's not bad at all, I'm sure.

I don't know. You know, I know my wife... Don't be sheepish, man. I mean, you go... I know you've heard this all before right now. Oh, I... Yeah, and it's bad. You're bad, but you're bad.

Well... If you don't like lamb, you could come down and have some chicken. And have some chicken.

Bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk. The Truth Network and you, Robbie, and Dr. Carson, and all the people that speak on this radio show, they're on my prayer list, and I pray every night and pray every morning. And you guys bless me.

You make me cry. And thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you, Mike. You are a blessing to us in our prayer list as well.

It is an honor. Isn't that cool, right, that God put us together wherever you're listening? You know, that all of us have a connection here through the airwaves that God gave us that we may not meet till we get to heaven, but I'm really looking forward to that. But, you know, there's just a connection for every caller, for every listener. It's just unique, right? Very unique. Amen.

I have another thing, Robbie. Today, God led in my heart that there's no sin too big for God. For some reason, God's put that in my mind today, and he wants me to share that.

Yeah, that's a great... I just felt like, you know, felt like that's important, that everybody knows that God can heal you. God can take care of you. God is the answer. You know, I've been thinking about it similar to that all day, Mike, is that at the beginning of Exodus 6, it says, I'm going to take you out of Egypt with a mighty hand, right? And if you think about that mighty hand, just picture it there on the cross, and there's a Roman soldier with a great big old stake and a hammer, and he's fixing to strike that right straight through Jesus' hand, and he looks at him, and he says, Father, forgive him, for he knows not what he's doing.

And the point of that is, of course, we all drove those nails in our own way, right? But he saw something in that Roman that day that was a reflection of his father. And if you're alive, and you're breathing, and you're human, you too have that God spark inside of you. And when God looks at you, he sees that as this phenomenal potential of what he created you to be, and we desperately need his blood, that red color, in order to get taken out, because the whole idea of the satyr, the whole idea of the cross, is to be taken out of our sin, out of bondage, taken out of Pharaoh's control, right? Taken out of Satan's control, and being taken out, and then being saved. Isaiah 1.18, Mike, I couldn't help but think of that, when you said there's no sin too big. God invites, Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.

How do you take scarlet, stain, and get it turned white as snow? And though they are red like crimson, they should be as wool, and yet there is no sin that God cannot forgive, and that is the beautiful message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. And you don't have to do penance. You don't have to do all these acts of work to try to get rid of your guilt, your sin. You confess it. You agree with God, and you say, You're right. I'm wrong.

I'm sorry. And 1 John 1.9 gets activated. He cleanses us from all unrighteousness. What a good word, Mike.

Absolutely. Right, and the other huge element is you gotta believe. We talked about that throughout the show, is that do you believe he is who he says he is? As he would tell Martha, as John would tell you, if you believe, but that's the key element, is everybody believes something about Jesus if they're familiar with who he was. Then the question is, Do you believe he really was the Son of God? Do you believe he really did die to take away that crimson stain? And the beautiful thing is, Oh, baby.

Yes, he did. You know, it's absolutely gorgeous. It should make us all cry, Mike.

It really should, my friend. Well, thank you for listening to Truth Talk Live. Looking forward to tomorrow. We got a lot coming up. Stay tuned.