𝚋𝚢 𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚒 𝙱𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚢 | 12/16/24

A Note from the Editor: We are happy to introduce our brother Levi Bailey as our guest for the blog today. He is a dear friend of mine and the team is thankful for his contribution and insights given today.

“𝖶𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝗈𝖾? 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐? 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌? 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀? 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾? 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌? 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖾; 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗆𝗂𝗑𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖾. 𝖫𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎 𝗎𝗉𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝖽, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗎𝗉, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗍𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍. 𝖠𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗋. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗎𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌. 𝖸𝖾𝖺, 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖺, 𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝗎𝗉𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗍. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄; 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍: 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖨 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾? 𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗂𝗍 𝗒𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇.”

𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗌 23:29-35, 𝖪𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖡𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾

𝖬𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝖻𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗁𝗈𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗄𝖾𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝗐𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾. 𝖥𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗀𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗌.

• 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗂𝗇

𝖲𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌, “𝖠𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗌 𝖨’𝗆 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀’𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾.” 𝖲𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌, “𝖨𝗍’𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗍…” 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗈𝖻𝖾𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖽𝗈𝗆’𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋: “𝖡𝗎𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗍𝗁, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍; 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖽𝗈𝗆, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀.” 𝖲𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗉 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝗍, 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗂𝗋𝖽, 𝗐𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾. 𝖲𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌, “𝖣𝗈 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗍.” 𝖲𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌, “𝖥𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍.” 𝖲𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌, “𝖨𝗍’𝗌 𝖬𝖸 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇’𝗍 𝖨 𝖽𝗈 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗇 𝖬𝖸 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾? 𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗅, 𝖨’𝖬 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾, 𝖨’𝖬 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾!” 𝖲𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌, “𝖨 𝖽𝗈𝗇’𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗌𝗌, 𝖨’𝖬 𝖬𝖸 𝖮𝖶𝖭 𝖡𝖮𝖲𝖲.”

• 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗂𝗇:
• 𝖧𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝗑𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌
• 𝖧𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇
• 𝖧𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋
• 𝖧𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖾𝖼𝗁
• 𝖧𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿
• 𝖧𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗎𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗇

(𝗏. 29)

𝖶𝗁𝗒 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗒? 𝖧𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈! 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗎𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖽𝗈, 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖺𝗏𝖾𝖽 (𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝖾𝖽), 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗂𝗇, 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖦𝗈𝖽’𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝖦𝗈𝖽 𝖳𝖧𝖨𝖲 𝖰𝖴𝖤𝖲𝖳𝖨𝖮𝖭 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖧𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆: “𝖶𝖧𝖸 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖣𝖮𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖬𝖤, 𝖫𝗈𝗋𝖽???” 𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝖾’𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖽 (𝖱𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗌 3:23), 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗐 𝗎𝗌 𝖢𝖫𝖮𝖲𝖤𝖱 𝗍𝗈 𝖦𝗈𝖽, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖿𝗎𝗋𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋! 𝖣𝗈𝗇’𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗍, 𝗐𝖾 𝖢𝖠𝖭’𝖳 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖫𝗈𝗋𝖽!

𝖨𝖨𝖨.   𝖦𝗈𝖽’𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗇.