Ep 62: Salt and Sugar

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This is episode 62, Salt and
sugar.

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Let's go to church.
Are we there yet?

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Have you ever heard the phrase
salt and sugar look the same?

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Now, I'd never heard it until
recently, but it's true.

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And if you've ever reached into
your pantry and grabbed the salt

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when you were meaning to grab
the sugar, it'll be a jolt to

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your taste buds, especially if
it's an ingredient for cooking

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or baking.
The end result just isn't going

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to come out quite right.
And while they might look

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indistinguishable, their nature,
their purpose, and their tastes

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are completely different.
And that isn't to say that 1 is

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better than the other, but
they're just both intended for

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different things.
You can't just swap one out for

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the other when you're in a
pinch.

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Here's an example.
During the COVID years, it

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seemed that people got into one
of three things.

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You either made bread, you were
either getting chickens, or you

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were watching Tiger King.
I'm never going to financially

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recover from this.
I got the 1st and the last one.

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One of those times I was trying
to make bread.

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I was using this recipe and I
happened to mix up the salt and

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the sugar.
It wasn't great, but salt and

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sugar look the same.
So how was I to know?

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If you pay attention, that is a
pretty easy thing to solve.

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But how do we solve this problem
in a more spiritual sense?

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Well, it it's solved through
discernment.

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And I think there is some
spiritual, if not some practical

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application that we can take
away from this old saying not

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everything that looks good is
good for us.

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And this can take all kinds of
forms and it can manifest in all

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different kinds of ways.
For instance, in our

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relationships, someone might
look kind and trustworthy and

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even supportive, but they turn
out to be manipulative and

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harmful and sometimes even
hateful when out of the public

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eye.
And that's not just in our

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romantic relationships.
That can unfortunately even take

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hold and happen between
brethren.

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Or we look at the opportunities
that might open up to us.

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Something that looks like it
could be or a step in the right

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direction could just be a bad
decision in disguise.

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And of course, spiritually,
something might sound churchy.

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It might have a Christian tone
to it.

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It might even be spoken with
authority or with confidence and

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the individual that speaks.
It might even have a lot of

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followers.
But we got to be careful.

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We have to have discernment
because that thing that sounds

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really good to us in the moment,
it could be the snarl of a wolf

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instead of the bleeding of a
sheep.

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Matthew Chapter 7 verse 15 says
Beware of the false prophets who

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come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly are ravenous

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wolves.
You will know them by their

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fruits.
Grapes are not gathered from the

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thorn bushes, nor vigs from
thistles, are they?

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So every good tree bears good
fruit, but the bad tree bears

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bad fruit.
And a good tree cannot produce

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bad fruit, nor can a bad tree
produce good fruit.

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Every tree that does not bear
good fruit is cut down and it's

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thrown into the fire.
So you will know them by their

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fruit, fruits just like that
bread, salt and sugar might look

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the same, and so might a wolf
cause plain as a sheep.

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But their fruits, their taste,
their results, that's where the

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true measurement is.
And of course, don't necessarily

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trust your own intuition, either
your own conscience or your own

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wisdom, unless it is tempered by
the Word and the wisdom of God.

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Proverbs chapter 14, verse 12.
There is a way which seems right

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to a man, but it's end is the
way of of death.

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We've all been there.
Something might seem right, it

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might look right, it might even
taste good.

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But if our discernment is not
guided by the Word of God, we

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just won't come out right.
We might even be salty when we

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should be sweet and sweet when
we should be salty.

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Isaiah chapter 5, verse 20.
The end of that verse says woe

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to those who substitute bitter
for sweet and sweet for bitter.

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Be wise, be careful, and learn
the difference between salt and

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sugar with godly discernment.
Well, those are my thoughts for

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your Sunday morning drive.
Now it's time to hear yours.

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Our discussion questions for

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today are how do we go about
acquiring godly discernment in

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terms of salt, sugar, and
unintended consequences?

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What has been a time in your
life where you got one when you

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expected the other?
And how did you learn from that

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going forward?
And what scriptures come to mind

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when you you think of having a
discerning heart?