Hello, and welcome back here to the channel. I'm evil rabbit definitely a big deal coming into HTC round 3 round 3 is in the books with the 350s handled it fairly well. There was some hitbox issues and things of that nature I believe with snacks and his runs so unfortunately he was at a little bit of a Offset and I think the nerves may have gotten a little bit to him But he still was able to come in with a top 5 myself coming in with the second place finish in round 3 Definitely when this was an amazing round with the round 3 being done that ends the points for section 1 So we're gonna get into my run and give you a little bit of an overview about how the series progressed from round 1 And 3 and the overall points I'm happy to say evil rabbit drift team did take two of the three top spots in the overall drift championship For HTC for rounds 1 through 3. It's definitely an amazing accomplishment for myself and snacks So let's get into the runs and we'll get a little bit more detail after the run. So may she found me on social media Are you gonna go with me or modus? I guess we're starting with me Oh man, that is so hard That is so hard So with HTC round 3 in the books We end the first section of points for the HTC series It was three rounds for the points for the first section now we go into 4 through 6 which is going to be a different style of competition So with the first three runs done and out and the overall points done Myself and drift next could not be happier I speak for myself and I believe him as well with coming in with a second and a third overall in the points in HTC for the first three rounds. So it's definitely super exciting I was able to take second overall drift next close behind me by I believe two points in third overall So definitely excited to see him take a overall podium win in the first three rounds of HTC Because it's his first type of competition. So it's definitely a very great thing disease Definitely, we're a good car to pick but we're gonna be switching up cars for rounds four through six and I don't know more power maybe some different grip but once again, I cannot express the excitement I have for drift snacks coming in and Never competing before to get behind the wheel of my car for these three rounds and being able to come out with a Top podium spot in round two and able to take the third overall spot in points I was able to come out with a second place podium around to third place podium around three and a second place in round Three third in round two. So it was definitely a very consistent Set for me was not able to clutch one of those top spots But you know what sometimes consistency is a good thing So once again can't express how excited and how happy I am that drift snacks was able to Come out with that here in HTC in a car that he was never really prepared to drive and To show that he can get in the car and learn it and drive it I mean giving him a prepared car that I'm comfortable competing in is one thing but giving him a prepared car that He could handle was definitely a very big stretch So definitely looking forward to the next rounds and the change-up in competition format So definitely gonna be getting a couple more of the evil rabbit drift team in on four through six So there's gonna be more of us more chances to maybe take an evil rabbit drift team sweep in some of the rounds So I can't thank Hexer and Kevin and all the guys over there in the HTC for putting on an amazing first three rounds It was definitely a lot of fun. This is kind of a Final farewell drive to this 350 not that I'm not gonna drive it again But got something new in the works for the next competition So something new a little more power little more finesse a little bit nicer of a car and something that is all around better for multiple styles of competing so Look forward to that coming to the channel here shortly as well as drift snacks We'll be walking his own car that he's comfortable in and if I can get Christmas to get in he'll be rocking a car himself And we're gonna go hit HTC round four through six by storm with all evil rabbit Trying to take those top spots a lot of good competitors in there a lot of great drivers so definitely looking forward to bettering myself as a driver and my team members as drivers because Doing these little competitions is definitely increased driver skill of say Drift snacks going from just a fun style driver to now he can hop into a comp car and actually throw down and be able to Make himself known and you know stake claims and it's definitely a great thing to have a team that I can Ping pong ideas off of and practice with and you know go toe-to-toe with and they can also challenge me I mean just snacks has challenged me in these three rounds and you know not only am I out there to beat everybody else I'm also out there to beat my team And you know what if I get outperform like I did in round two where he was able to take top spot and I took third Good on him I'm glad that my team can actually give me a run for my money and actually put me in my place sometimes because you know It's always you know You may think that you know you may be the best driver out there, but Nerves get to you and nerves got to snacks a little bit in round three I believe and there was some mess ups and mishaps, but you know what still able to come out with a top three finish So make sure you guys follow me on all social media all of which found the description box below I hope you guys enjoyed this HTC round one through three endeavor more coming with new car testing New layout styles and new types of driving so make sure you follow me on all social media I'll try the description box below as always. I think guys coming back and watching. I'm evil rabbit. I'll see you guys on the track


Welcome to the last set of news to get top stories in crypto and bring on a bite-sized piece It's today. Everybody's been talking about how a traditional legend Bill Miller has put 50% of his personal wealth into Bitcoin But I want to show you the flip side of that same coin by taking a look at another billionaire Who's calling for the exact opposite a little bit of balance So we'll take a look at those two stories also and take a look at other traditional or trad-fi legends Who have already gone on just actually get it as far as Bitcoin and why they did and later We're gonna talk about a little meet-up. So we'll do all those things but first take a look what's going on into the market So today it is I think it's the 11th. It's a Tuesday beautiful day here in Puerto Rico and the mark caps up a little bit today Looking pretty good. I mean, we had a pretty big slide, but now we're at 1.94 trillion Bitcoin price is almost at back to 42k. So I mean everybody's congratulating themselves But remember we're pretty far off from the all-time high of around 69k So not a big celebration right now But hey take the wins for what they are because we didn't slide back down to I don't know 20k or 11k like some people were calling for sure And if we take a look at the prices overall just to see what's going on as far as like the market itself Bitcoin's up 4% Ethereum is up 5% almost 3100. It's pretty good Binance coin everything's up across the board in the last 24 hours only anything's anything should be down And I say what's the which one's the big winners 10% for Cosmos 18% for near protocol man's on our tear fall almost 14% for polygons So things are pretty good and like I've talked about before This is not financial advice just financial opinion I know people like Rob. You talk about buying hold then you but then you talk about buying the dip and selling look 95% of my portfolio is just buying and holding but on the days when we see like these massive dips I like to actually buy a little bit over here and then as it goes up 10% Just sell off a little bit because then I just accumulate that little dry powder on the side Now do I do this all the time? No because guess what I run out of money just like you do I mean, I have bought so many damp dips. I'm all dipped out and right now I'm just kind of just kicking back besides had a lot of personal finances to actually pay off Including this house which I'm going to go over a video this week That explained how I actually purchased this place 100% on cash using crypto. So we'll get to that later on but what I really want to talk about today Is a couple of different billionaires fighting over not really fighting It's just two different separate articles and two different sets of opinion about Bitcoin and the crypto market in general and what I'm going to talk to you about real quick is billionaire bond king Jeff Gundlach, I think I said his name right probably probably nailed it rings the recession alarm says bitcoin is hugely overvalued and war is against investing into china So here's what we got for this article just to break it down Jeff here says that the federal reserve could cause a recession if it tightened its monetary policy, which they are going to do They've already talked about raising the rates at least once JP Morgan thinks it's going to be up to four times We'll see double line capitals billionaire boss at only speculators would buy bitcoin at its current price. That's right That's us But we have a thinking and a logic behind it and then gunlach trumpeted emerging market stocks And explains why he didn't invest in china rnft's emerging markets emerging countries Which is weird because like I think that's where a lot of the gains are going to come from a little bit risky china india those types of places So moving down He states and remember his his nickname is the bond king So take it with a grain of salt, but we have to take I like to to Get difference of opinions just to see what people are saying because to To really articulate your case you need to know both sides of the same story So that when people come to you and ask you like well, what about gold? What about the intrinsic value? What about other markets? You can say well, I understand, you know, your concerns But here's why bitcoin and crypto is better. Pa pa pa pa And that's why I bring this information to you So he states the bond market is already suggesting an economic slowdown The economy keeps blackling at lower and lower interest rates So I think the fed only has to raise rates four times and you're going to start seeing a plethora of recessionary signals That could be true But uh, like my friend james over vest answers says he goes, you know I think that they're going to raise rates and then they're going to you know hint at raising them But they know that they can't do it over time because it's just going to you know cause everything to go into recession So they're going to do like a little head fake They'll make me a little uh, you know raise the rates initially and then just go We were going to but now we're going to kind of lay off Also, we're going to do a stimulus package and blah blah I think it's going to be the same thing over and over again, but But you have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best Uh, he states for the faint of heart at some point 22.2 I think you're supposed to buy emerging market stocks. Sure And if you want to put crypto in that category, you know, they're not stocks I would definitely do so And even though some people say that's not emerging. It's already here. Sure, whatever Bitcoin is for speculators at the present moment I would advise against buying it and this is interesting because like the way the article was stated It sounds like he's like don't ever buy it, but he does say like hey It will be volatile as people get out. Maybe you should buy it at 25,000 So you have to understand that there is in there's a story behind the story And you have to really dig into it to get it this guy Jeff isn't uh hypothesizing that you should never buy bitcoin He's just the guy that likes to buy cheap stuff, which makes a lot of sense to me And I could totally appreciate that. So if he's like buy at 25,000, sure if it goes down there But uh, as we're gonna see uh, bill miller, he bought at 30 and keeps buying all the way down and up Uh, lastly to finish up. I like this quote. He says bonds fit my culture of cowardice. At least he's honest I'm sort of an anti-momentum investor and bitcoin is for momentum investors only Just like fang stocks. Look, we're in big we're in good company fang stocks We got facebook, apple, amazon Google and uh microsoft are now it's called Are not microsoft's uh facebook or now it's called meta. So sure, uh, and then he's lastly The valuation is not good. I like buying stuff that's cheap like we talked about and if you're a momentum investor It's like playing roulette with a strategy that works as long as the wheel doesn't come up the zero or double zero You're making money making money and then eventually you get a double zero in your busted momentum investors tend to go out in a blaze of glory Potentially however, you have to understand that some of the biggest investors of our time Have taken a look and some of the smartest people have taken a look at different opportunities And they've really gone all in and uh, you can see it with amazon You can see it with meta or what was called facebook You can see it with uh tesla what's going on right now And I think you're seeing right now with bitcoin. So that is one side and when he talks about going to zero You have to remember that he's not the first one that said it's going to zero and as a matter of fact This is great website. I would like to bring up.  I'm just pretty funny actually And this has been written out 440 times, but I want you to notice one thing The price of bitcoin when everybody said it was dead. This is at 23 Jesus 23 cents Wow, and then uh that three bucks by bitcoin will fail and on down the ride down on the line on down the line And up and of course, yeah, it's definitely going to fail here And then of course, what does it do does this and does this so of course It uh, it eventually could fail and go to zero, but history doesn't show that to be true Which leads me to my next point bill Miller and When somebody talks about going to zero and there's a recession going on is also a way to kind of get out of it Remember, you're not a victim of circumstance. You have the power to change anything that you have Uh, within your environment. So in this situation, I think bill Miller took a look at different things and say, you know what? Uh, I think that I should look at this asymmetrical bet and go from here So if you don't know who bill Miller is bill Miller, I personally didn't I'm not big into hedge funds and stocks and things like that. I just not but bill Miller Uh holds the mutual fund record for being the s and p 500 for 15 consecutive years So remember a couple like a week ago or so We showed you that all the out of all the hedge funds in existence right now four Out of the hundreds that are out there only four beat a basic buy and hold strategy of being the s and p 500 of bill Miller here was smart enough to be in 15 consecutive years in a row. So kudos to him And what we're going to talk about there's three different Snip bits we're going to talk about first. We're going to talk about why He's buying a 30k and what'll happen in the future. Then we're going to talk about which I think is the most interesting The environmental impact because you're going to hear a lot of different people like the kevin oliri's and The elan must talk about well bitcoin is really environmentally dangerous Well, here's bill miller's way around that and it's beautiful the way he said it and then lastly We're going to talk about gold and it's intrinsic value. So let's just take a listen the first one of why he's buying it 30k Check this out. Let's come back and this shoot this time. I started buying it again at $30,000 down from 66 And my reasoning was there's a lot more people using it now There's a lot more money going into it in the venture capital world There are a lot of people who are skeptics who are now at least trying it out And uh, and I thought maybe maybe 50% is a good stopping point for it But if it goes back down 80 85, I'll buy it all the way down Well, it did stop right around 50% and slowly started its way Back up again, but I bought a fair amount at you know at the $30,000 range and have been adding to various bitcoin related Uh investments since then and yeah, great makes a lot of sense He bought at 30k and actually beforehand he had bought it like at 300 400 dollars before we just I just uh Skimmed over that but one thing he says is really ringing true right now He's like well before not too many people were really using it was really speculative He goes but now there's a lot more people into it a lot of hedge funds a lot of different people that probably he knows Pushing over to a bit So I think it's a it's a lot safer than what it was like in 2017 like when I got into it or 2013 when a lot of You guys got into it So I think that there is one thing to say about that and the next part The way to talk about as far is the environmental impact again You're going to hear people like Elon Musk and you can hear people like uh, mr Wonderful kevin oliri talk about how you know, we got to make sure it's really environmentally friendly sure, uh, and what he says here Is I think the great workaround of what they're trying to do so just take a listen So, uh, there's a company that you know that we own in our in our income fund called stronghold digital Which is a bitcoin mining company Where the ceo owns 35% Looks like they could make you know, six to eight dollars in a couple of years and they're very low-cost minor of bitcoin and all their energy that they're using the electricity usage is all renewables Or or it gets credits for cleaning up abandoned coal mines So it's one of those things that, um It as much as I like bitcoin, you know, I've added to bought a strong stronghold in here and own it also via the fund Yeah, so on top of that. I mean he just says like look, we're just going to bypass that whole issue Just going we've got a company that uses a hundred percent renewable resources Everybody can get on board on top of that and also just if you'd have it known I'll sell it or just put a little piece out. They're going to add more geothermal energy source to power the bitcoin city And uh, presidente bukele explained that the power coming from the volcanoes. That's what's Powering the whole thing managed to maintain by a state company called uh, lageo lageo produces more than a thousand gigawatts For the nation nation yearly he states it'll be clean cheap and renewable energy From a source that will last at least a couple of million years and I gotta be thinking i'm like What's a thousand gigawatts because I have no idea if there was a great article from energy.gov What's a gigawatt and it look it says this at the end of 2018 there were over 163 gigawatts Of solar pv and wind power in the united states combined So when they're talking about this they're talking about a thousand gigawatts and we take a like like well, how much is one gigawatt? 3.125 million pv panels are photovoltaic 364 Utilities scale wind turbines, which are actually not environmentally friendly to actually produce I might remind you and 110 million leds roughly 1.3 million horses 2 000 corvettes 9 000 Nissan Leafs That's just one remember you got a thousand being produced over here So that's just one of the things that I I think they can we can combat that environmental Discussion and then lastly What he says here about gold I think is important for all the gold bugs first of all I own gold I own gold and a little bit silver and I own a lot of it going that a lot I mean comparatively and what he says here is like a good reminder like when people talk about well, you know you know Gold's a great hedge. Yeah, well it can also be confiscated just like it was in 1933 Well, you know, there's no intrinsic value because gold you can use it on your cuff links You wear and gold diamonds and all our gold watches and that yeah, okay Well, there's a here's a great suggestion that bill miller talks about as far as the intrinsic value We how we can combat that argument as well. Take a listen Right and gold is what people typically fled to when the governments tried to uh You know inflate them out and in the united states frankly the erosive all confiscated everybody's gold in 1933 You had to turn it in or you went to jail So they can't confiscate your bitcoin because there's nothing that you hold it securely It was long as you have an internet connection. You can you can send it somewhere instantaneously at very low Very low cost and the reason I the reason I I like the insurance company analogy Is because if you think about people talk about the intrinsic value bitcoin This is a Warren Buffett argument that bitcoin has no intrinsic value. It doesn't have any earnings It'll never pay any dividends And so it's how do you even think about something like that? It is a new technology is something that couldn't be done before But in any case the the answer that I have to that as well I mean, what's the what's the intrinsic value of that? Mickey mantel baseball card that sold for five and a half million dollars It's just cardboard and it doesn't even have a legend. It could be counterfeited very easily Or what's the intrinsic value of a Picasso painting which just canvas and paint? And you know, maybe a frame The people will pay millions or tens of millions of dollars for it And so it comes down at the very basic level for supply and demand So, yeah, great. I can totally get on board with what bill is saying I'm just it's just another person to kind of add to the repertoire of repertoire of who is coming in as far as like with the Traditional finance space because some of the smartest people on the entire planet Are finally figuring out that bitcoin Crypto and digital assets are a pretty good bet. So let me know what you think about that in the comment section and then we'll also just finish up with Traditional finance legends who are actually here as well as with bill miller before I talk about that Crypto taxes are coming up Use I use crypto trader tax from the time that actually signed up the time that I imported all my trades and everything else Which wasn't on many but there was a lot of things all over different Different places took me 30 minutes. There is a link in the description looks just like this And you get 20 off and also I did a deep dive into how to actually use this software Oh, and also they integrated this year with voyager So if you use voyager like myself all your trades go that way and you don't have to wait for a csv file So anyhow, lastly the legends and this is just a small little snippet of people Billionaire hedge fund investor Drunken miller I used to say I'm drunk in a lot of people. That's not right Says he owns bitcoin a cnbc interview again another legend who just kind of gets it Then also you got paul titter jones who had first talked about how like he's just had a little bit Now you got a lot of bit and now all of a sudden he's trying to get a little bit more heavy Then he also had uh, ray dalio who's who at first said that bitcoin will be banned Then he said bitcoin's okay.  You know what 50% ain't bad And lastly, we're going to do a meet up here in Puerto Rico And we've been talking about this so over the course of a couple of weeks or so, but tonight is the night So it'll be from 4 to 6 p.m. The address will be in the description below and just so you know The requirements here for covid are pretty strict So just so you know, you got to wear the mask and also have to have your ID and you also have to have your vaccination card Hey, how to make the rules I just live here and that's it for today So look if you found a little value in today's video, give it a thumbs up I'll consider subscribing while things be talking about our time sensitive and that's it for today So thanks so much for watching. I appreciate it and I'll see you on the next one


So here we are. John chapter 19. We're going to look at the first 16 verses. We're rolling to a conclusion of our study in the Gospel of John. We've only got a couple of chapters to go. And I've already begun thinking what book we'll be looking at. And I'm really not sure yet. I'm starting to be, starting to concern myself with what are we going to look at next and all on Wednesday night. But we also are about to close our study in 2 Corinthians. We've got a couple of more studies to do in 2 Corinthians. And we'll be looking at chapter 13 for two weeks. We'll open it up this upcoming Sunday. We conclude the book on the following Sunday, the end of the month. So just letting you know in advance, I'm really considering this. I began to look at the possibility of teaching a book on Sunday morning that I haven't taught this particular book in many, many years. And I would venture to say, I don't know if anybody in this room ever went through the book with us. But I quote it fairly often, the book of Job. And I think that that would be probably a good book to look at. We're going to, whether it's going to be on a Wednesday night, which is a possibility, or Sunday morning. But I was going through the first two chapters today and I was looking at it and I was thinking, you know, these are things that the church right now could probably benefit from spending time looking at. And so we're considering, I'm considering that. We are going to look at the book of Job, whether it's Wednesday night, which it may be, or Sunday morning, which it may be. But we will be looking at Job. And I don't know the other book yet that we're going to be looking at, but obviously I'll let you know. With that said, let's begin reading here in John chapter 19. I'll be, excuse me, I'll begin at verse one. I'll read to verse four and we'll get into our study. John chapter 19, beginning at verse one, reading to verse four. John writes, so then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on his head. And they put on him a purple robe. Then they said, Hail, King of the Jews.  Pilate then went out again and said to them, Behold, I'm bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no fault in him. So Jesus has been delivered to Pontius Pilate to be judged. And he's being judged as an enemy of the nation of Rome. As we've been going through the verses previous to chapter 19, we know that there's a charge that has been fabricated. He's been accused of the crime of insurrection as he was standing before Pilate. And as Pilate is there judging him, Pilate is unconvinced of any guilt on the part of Christ. And it's obvious to him, as we've already seen, it's obvious to him as to why he's been brought before him. He knew that the Jewish leadership wanted to retain their standing in Jewish society. Matthew 2718 says that Pilate knew that Jesus was handed over to him because of their envy. And so because of this, Pilate didn't desire to charge Jesus with any wrongdoing. This is taking place.  It seems that Jesus has been taken to his mansion and as that has happened, a crowd is beginning to form. And they began to ask him to release one of the prisoners. They were beginning to ask him, save one of them from execution. Mark 15 verse 8 says the multitude crying aloud began to ask him to do just as he had always done for them. So we asked the question, do you therefore want me to release to you the king of the Jews? Now surely they're going to desire somebody like Jesus Christ. And if they request Christ, that's going to solve his problem. So he's asking him, should I release to you a robber or should I release to you a rabbi? Well, instead, the religious leaders began stirring the people up against Jesus and began to demand for the release of Barabbas. And they began to influence the others to request Barabbas' release. Mark tells us in chapter 15 verses 11 through 13 that the chief priest stirred up the crowd so that he should rather release Barabbas to them. Pilate answered and said to them again, what then do you want me to do with him whom you call the king of the Jews? And they cried out again, crucify him. Pilate didn't believe that Jesus was guilty of the charges brought against him. When the people cried out for him to be crucified, he quickly responded. Matthew 27, 23, he said, why? What evil has he done? He's completely innocent. Well, Isaiah tells us in Isaiah 53 verse 80, an Old Testament book that was written over 700 years before the birth of Christ in prophecy related to Messiah. Isaiah 53, 8, speaking of Messiah says he was taken from prison and from judgment. Who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living. For the transgression of my people was he stricken. And so he's speaking to them and he's arguing with them and they're demanding Barabbas and the release of Barabbas. And this is all taking place. And so as this is happening, remember verse 39 and 40, I'll read that and then move into verse one of chapter 19. Remember how we had said, you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the king of the Jews? They all cried again saying, not this man, but Barabbas. Barabbas was a robber. So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him. Scourging, I've shared with you many times concerning this. It was extremely severe. It was actually referred to as what was called the intermediate death. The victim would be tied to a post. His hands would be tied over his head, his head exposing his back. His face, his neck, his back, his chest, his midsection, his loins. His legs were exposed and unprotected. There were two torturers. They called them lictors. Two torturers struck him. So one would be on one side, the other would be on the other and they would take turns. And the amount of stripes determined was determined by the commanding officer. Now Jewish law said an amount of stripes a guilty man could receive. It's found in the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy 25 verse 3 where it says he must not give him more than 40 lashes. If he's flogged more than that, your brother will be degraded in your eyes. So 40 is the number in Scripture representing judgment. And so what they would do is they would normally give him 39 lashes, 40 minus one, because 39 represented mercy. Now as they would do this, they were, it was such a terrible torture, but it would hurt and mutilate the body so badly that the body eventually looked like hamburger. You see, Pilate didn't believe Jesus was guilty of the charges that had been brought against him. And when the people had cried out for Jesus to be crucified, Pilate had responded. He had said in Matthew 27, 23, would evil see done? He's innocent. But they insisted and so he decided to do something that might provoke them to a sense of compassion. And that's why he had him scourged. And as he was whipped and all, they would use a whip that had a short wooden handle and it had leather straps. The straps were embedded with bone, with acorn-shaped bits of lead, with sharp spikes. And each stroke would cut into the flesh until the veins and the entrails were laid bare. Often the scourge would strike the face, it would knock out eyes, it would knock out teeth. It usually ended in the victim fainting and sometimes they even died. Now the scourging of Jesus Christ fulfills a prophecy concerning Messiah Psalm 129 verses 2 and 3. It says, many a time they have afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. Isaiah 53.5 says, he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him with his stripes. We are healed. And so they scourged him. Verse 2 says, the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns, put it on his head. They put on him a purple robe. They said, Hail, King of the Jews.  Well, Matthew gives us again greater insight in Matthew 27 verses 27 through 30. The soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium, gathered the whole garrison around him. They stripped him and put on a scarlet robe. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and a reed in his right hand. They bowed the knee before, mocked him saying, Hail, King of the Jews. Then they spat on him. They took the reed and struck him on the head. My granddaughter, Zoe, who is six years old, was in my office today. She runs the show. We call her Boss Baby. But anyway, my Boss Baby was in my office today.  And she was doing that today. But she saw I have in my office on my bookshelf, I have a crown of thorns. And she asked me about it today. She said, Papa, what is that? Is that the crown of thorns? And I said, yes. And I said, that's the kind of thorns they put on Jesus's head. Now, sometimes we, when we think of a crown of thorns, we may be thinking of thorns like you have on your rose bushes and all. You know, half an inch at the longest or whatever, quarter an inch. The thorns that they used to fashion into the crown were about an inch and a half long. They were very thick. They were sharper than needles. And I was handling the crown of thorns today as I was showing it to my granddaughter. And I found myself saying to her, honey, don't even touch these thorns because they can pierce your hand. They can, I told her, they're like a needle. They can pierce your hand. It'll hurt you.  And I said, yes, they did. I said, they put it on Jesus's head. And she said, oh, and she said, did they just put it soft? And I said, no, mama, they didn't put it soft. I said, they took a stick, a staff. And as they put this thorn, these thorns upon the head of Christ, I said, when they put it on Jesus, they took the staff and they pressed it in so that the thorns went through his skin. And the thorns were probably breaking off when they made contact with his skull or were possibly even piercing. I said, but as they pressed it into him, I said to her, and she's six years old, and I tried to make it as delicate as I could. I don't want to to horrify her. And yet at the same time, I want her to appreciate, and it's kind of difficult to draw that line and know how much to share and how much detail to give. But I said to her, I said, is the blood poured out of his head, baby? I said, because your head has a lot of blood, a lot of blood vessels. And so when when they're broken, it pours down. See, when we think of Jesus and the crown of thorns and the whipping and all of that, we have sanitized it so much over history. We have never seen an actual depiction that is accurate concerning what happened to Jesus. The closest thing that I've seen that has accuracy was was when the movie was brought out by Mel Gibson.  The fact that his body was broken, that his his his face was was was pummeled, that the blood was pouring from his from his head, matting in his hair. And the mockery and the lack of humanity as they're kneeling before him and they're saying, hey, oh, King of the Jews, they spat on him. And they took that reed and they struck him on the head. They openly did this. They were doing it before a garrison of 600 soldiers because these these soldiers had been gathered to be entertained. And then they as they stripped him, they put the scarlet robe on him by putting the robe on Christ. They were mocking him because he's the King of the Jews. Let's give him a scarlet robe, a symbol of authority and kingship. His back is an open wound. But there's no sympathy. There's no mercy. Isaiah 50 verses six and seven says, I gave my back to those who struck me my cheeks to those who plucked out the beard. I did not hide my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me. Therefore I will not be disgraced. Therefore I have set my face like Flint. And I know that I will not be ashamed. And so as they were beating him and and mocking him, and he gave himself voluntarily over to them. This is what was taking place. They twisted this crown of thorn according to verse two. They set it on his head and this crown of thorns was intended to mimic Caesar's wreath. It was something to to mock him in his authority. But as he has a crown of thorns, it reminds us of the curse that was placed on the earth when Adam and Eve succumbed to the enemy and his work against them. How that God had said that the ground that at one time was going to was flourishing will now produce thorns. And so he took those upon himself. And as they put the staff in his right hand and they knelt in front of him, they began to mock him. They said, Hail, King of the Jews. Again, notice I mentioned this a moment ago. They spit on him. They struck him. His head was swollen, lacerated from previous beatings that he had received earlier. John tells us in verse three that they struck him with their hands. They had already hit him before. We saw that in chapter 18 verse 22. And there he is. He's being beaten. He's being mocked. He's being scourged. And this is all being done for us. He did not hide his face from shame and spitting. And Pilate in verse four, Pilate then went out again and said to them, Behold, I'm bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no fault in him. And Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Behold the man. I can't imagine what that moment would have been like to see Jesus as he's being let out. To see the open humiliation that they're putting him through this, the Savior, this righteous man, this good man, this loving man, this merciful man, this kind man, this powerful man, this loving man, and all these people. You know, sometimes when we read our Bibles, we don't get an idea of what it would be like. But if you're watching the news at all, if you're watching it at all, then perhaps you're seeing what the mob could have been like. I mean, some of us saw the film of that man who was beaten up just, was it yesterday? And somebody ran up and did that kick on his head and all. And you hear the yelling and the anger and all of that. That kind of envisioned that kind of anger in a mob, trying to envision that and then maybe we'll get an idea of what's taking place with Jesus because we can sanitize it. We can begin to think, oh, you know, this is just a historic kind of photographs, snapshots.    And he finally says, behold the man, look at him, look at him. He may have been attempting to arouse their sympathy. Isaiah tells us in Isaiah 52, his visage was marred more than any man is formed more than the sons of men. Take a look at this man. Maybe you'll have some pity. Behold, he claims kingship. But in fact, look how helpless he is. He poses no threat. Look at him. Take a moment to look at this man. Again, sometimes we just don't. We don't look. Sometimes we don't see. Our eyes are held back. Our minds are made up. And we don't see. It reminds me of how when that woman was there with Jesus at Simon's house, Simon the Pharisee's house in Luke seven and how that woman had come and wept and began to minister to Christ. And Simon's watching this take place as she's wiping the feet of Jesus with her hair as her tears has washed his feet. And he's saying, he's saying, if this man truly were a prophet, he would know who and what manner of woman this is who's touching him. She's a sinner. And remember again, I've pointed this out before, how Jesus at Simon, you see this woman. We don't always see. We, our eyes sometimes for whatever reason refuse to see what's before us and and that's what's taking place here. Behold the man. Look at him. He's helpless. There's nothing he can do. He's not resisting. It would seem as if he's trying to draw out of them some compassion and sympathy. He poses no threat. But as is common, he underestimates the power of religious zeal. Misguided religious zeal can result in acts of violence. You see the proper motivation for serving God will always be love for God. That will always be the proper motivation. You don't do things for God. In other words, we know this. You don't do things for God to try and get them on your side.  We don't do good things simply to be seen by men and we don't do good things to try and purchase something from God, some favor from him. We do good things because God saved us and what motivates us to do those good things is love for him. That's what it is. In 2 Corinthians 514, the love of Christ constrains us. Why do you do what you do? Why do you get up and read the Word? Why do you pray? Why do you fellowship? Why do you share with other people about Jesus Christ? Why did you get up and come on Wednesday night? The Dodgers are on. Why did you do that? And why are you home? Anyway, I would hope because you love him. I would hope that you do what you do because he's loved you. And I would hope that because the love God showed you is so overwhelming that you can't help but talk about him. You can't help but tell others about him. You can't help but live for him. The love of Christ constrains us. The love that God showed us when he said to us, behold the man, when he said to us, see him for what he is and understand what he's done. There's never been another man that was that gave up what Jesus gave up. He left the splendor of heaven. He didn't have to come. He didn't have to take upon himself our sin. But it was God's plan for him to do it. And he did it as an obedient son, as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. He took upon himself my sin. And God even today would say to me, remember to look at the man, behold the man, behold what he did for you. There's nobody else who's ever done anything like that. And he's drawing people's attention to Jesus Christ. And he's saying, look at him. I find no fault in him. And he presents Christ. He says, behold him. But notice what happens in verse six. Therefore when the chief priest and officer saw him, they cried out saying, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, you take him and crucify him. I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, we have a law.  And therefore when Pilate heard that saying, he was more afraid. And he went again into the Praetorium. He said to Jesus, where are you from? But Jesus gave him no answer. Pilate said to him, are you not speaking to me? Do you not know that I have power to crucify you and power to release you? Jesus answered, you could have no power at all against me, unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin. So instead of arousing sympathy and compassion, it inflames him. And as they're demanding and making these demands, again, you take him, Pilate said, you crucify him. I want nothing to do with this. I don't have a legal charge against him. Remember that Matthew tells us that earlier Pilate's wife had sent a message to him. It's found in Matthew 27, verse 19. Matthew said, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him saying, have nothing to do with that just man. I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him. And perhaps the dream that he had, she had, was from the Lord reinforcing the innocence of Jesus. And so Pilate says in verse 6, I find no fault in him. Well, verse 7, the Jews answered, we have a law. According to our law, he ought to die. They're outraged. He's not our king. He's a blasphemer. He needs to be put to death. You see in the Old Testament book of Leviticus in chapter 24 verse 16, the law said, whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. And all the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who was born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the Lord, he shall be put to death. They said, we have a law and the law that they were using is the law of blasphemy. Now they had presented a legal charge against him of sedition. But the real reason they wanted him put to death is, according to their law, that Jesus Christ, making himself as the Son of God, declared himself for who he is was a blasphemer. Well, as this is taking place, Pilate hears this and he's now more afraid. This isn't a problem that's going to disappear, in other words.  I can't calm them down. I can't slow them down. They're bent on this. They're going to do this. It's not going away. What if he really is divine? What if what he's saying is actually true? You know, remember, Israel's not a large country. You can go from the top to the bottom pretty much in a day in a car. It's not a very big country whatsoever. It only takes a couple of hours to go from the West Coast, from the sea, to the East Coast, to the very border of it. It takes no time at all. You can do that in two or three hours. It's a small, very small country. And so Pilate would undoubtedly have heard what's going on. You have two regions that are major regions. You have the North called Galilee. You have the South of Judea. And the Galilee, Jesus did a lot of works, a lot of miracles, and people knew of him. And his fame had followed him down South, as he ministered in Jerusalem, various places. How do you keep it silent when somebody was raised from the dead? And Jesus raised three different people from the dead. There's no doubt that Pilate has heard that this is a man who has done marvelous things. There's no doubt that this governor has information that has taken place of Jesus doing miracles, of walking on water, of Jesus healing the sick, of multitudes that would gather to hear him. Thousands at one time would listen to him. They would follow him when he came into Jerusalem. They were just a week before shouting out Hosanna. This is a man who is aware of what's taking place. What if the things that had been said about him, what if those things are true? What if he's actually performing these miracles? What if all of this actually has happened? And that's why in verse nine again he says, where are you from? Notice Jesus remained silent. Why did he do that? Well, he'd already responded. Pilate had enough information to make a decision. You know, sometimes God does remain silent. The time comes when nothing more can be or needs to be said. You have to make a decision. What are you going to do? Have you ever shared your faith with someone? Shared the faith of Christ with somebody? And you share with them, then you share with them, and then maybe another time you share with them again? And eventually what happens is, I've done this, eventually what happens is you say, so what are you going to do? What are you going to do with the information? I have a short story to tell you. It's story time. I'll try and condense it. Right now my friend that I'm going to speak of is probably watching because he watches on Wednesday. So Bill, I'm going to mention your name, and I know you're real happy right now because you love your name being mentioned. He's such a creep. I have a friend of mine that I have known since I was very little. We actually were in the same kindergarten room. He went to the same kindergarten with me. I have somewhere, I have our kindergarten picture, and there's me and there's Bill. Bill lived across the street from me. And we became friends when we were probably in fourth grade, fifth grade. And he became like a brother to me for a long time. And we were rascals together, got in trouble together, got drunk together, did drugs together, got arrested together. And in many ways for a long time we were inseparable. I went one way, he went another. Hadn't seen him for a while. He started going to a church called Calvary Chapel when he did. He started trying to bring me to church to hear the gospel. I was raised in the Catholic faith. And so I had no use for him preaching this Protestantism to me. Had a problem with it.  And you Protestants are late comers. And I would argue the little Catholic theology I had received as a child, I would argue it with him. And he was a brand new professing believer at that time. So he would try to argue with me. He couldn't win the argument because I refused to listen to it. But he's the one who took me to Calvary Chapel for the first time in the summer of 1970, 50 years ago this month, right around this month, 50 years ago, went to Calvary Chapel, 20 years, 19 years old, yet to turn 20. So I'll speed it up a little bit. Eventually he's the one who went with me, took me, actually kidnapped me. So I could go and hear the gospel at a Marinatha concert December 27 1970. And I got saved at that concert. Now he and I were both recipients of, well we were winners. I won the California lottery. I've never told you probably that. You may find that interesting. But it was the draft lottery. I won the lottery. And there's so many things I could be telling you right now about that. But I started dodging. I received my induction notice. I was supposed to go in August 25 1970. So August 24 1970, the night before, because my birthday is the 23rd. I have a friend of mine who was birthdays the 24th. We combined our birthdays and we partied all night. Got totally, totally inebriated, loaded, you name it, that's what we did. And so I went into the service. I was supposed to go in the service August 25th. I went, but they rejected me because when I was 18, I had burglarized a jewelry store. And so they saw my record. They said, this is a felony account. Now I knew that it had been removed from my record. It had been expunged. I knew that. So they said, we can bring you in today. Or you can come in at a different time. What's your choice? So I said, I'll see you later. And I left. I went home. Now I developed the pen pal relationship with Uncle Sam. He kept on writing me saying, you're here by order to be inducted. And I kept writing him letters. Sorry, I can't come today. I'm going to the doctors because you could do that to dodge the draft. So I started dodging the draft and continued doing that. Now I got saved. What am I going to do? Because I really don't know what to do. And I'm a brand new Christian. I'm going to Calvary Chapel. I'm growing as a Christian. I want to serve the Lord. I don't want to go into the military.  And also I really had a real conflict of faith. And so what I did is I started reading the Bible. And I was trying to find the answer. And I'm a brand new Christian. But I happened to be at my aunt's house watching a movie called Sergeant York. And Sergeant York is there on some mountain saying, I don't know whether I should go in the military or not. And he reads, render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar and unto God, the things that are God. And that's what caused this man, Sergeant York, to go in. He served in the 82nd, by the way. And he went in. And that's what convinced me. So I volunteered for the draft. And my friend Bill and I, because both of us had won the lottery, he and I were both going in. So we went in together. I just got a note two days ago from a guy named Bill Godwin. And Bill Godwin was telling me, I haven't seen Bill in years. I gave him my first Bible. He came to my parents' house. And I shared the Lord with him. Now he writes me. And he says, I used to listen to you on the radio when I was living out in that area. And before you know it, he's writing to me, I'll be having lunch with him next week. This is a guy I haven't seen in many years. But anyway, he writes me.  I want it back. So he says, I remember, he said, March 15th, he said, I remember when we went in, he said, how you were standing next to your bunk. And we had a corporal who came in and he saw books on my rack, on the rack there. And he said, on the bed, and he said, this corporal says, what kind of books are these? He thought it was porn. And so I showed him the books and they were devotional. So there were Christian books. And then he turns, this big old corporal turns to everybody and he says, this man's a religious man. You don't bother him. You respect this man. That's how it used to be even back then. You respect this man. He's a religious man. But Bill said, I remember when you told the corporal that these are God Christian books and the guy told people, leave you alone. Well, all of that to say that I went one way, Bill went another. I did my basic, Bill did his. Bill went into what is called AIT. I went to jump school in North Carolina. We separated, hadn't seen each other for many years. I'm doing a baptism here about 11 years ago. Hadn't seen Bill often sporadically. Hadn't seen Bill. And then Bill, I'm walking and some guy says to me, as I'm going to the baptism to the pool, some guy says to me, wear your Speedos. And I look at this guy and I said, I said, I'm not wearing them. He is. And I pointed to the guy next to me. He's got his Speedos on. I don't wear them. And I thought that's kind of a funny thing for somebody to say. So I go and I do the baptism. And when I'm walking back, the same guy's still there. Now, that's not a good sign, usually. When somebody kind of hangs around like that, kind of creeper or whatever. And so I'm looking at him and I'm pushing the guy in front of me. So you know, to protect me so I can look around him. And the guy says, hey, have you seen Bobby Trujillo? And I look at this guy and I said, and I stopped. I said, you know Bobby Trujillo? Bobby Trujillo. I met Bobby when I was 14, a freshman in high school. Come back. You know Bobby Trujillo? Do I know Bobby Trujillo? I look and it's my friend Bill. So I said, Bill, I got somebody was standing when I saw him. I hadn't seen him in years. Somebody took a picture of me shaking his hand. And I've got it in my office.  Trying to give you a real fast story here isn't working. Is it? So Bill says he was Bill, Bill retired as he was a training officer undercover and various other things for LAPD. 32 years on the job. He had retired and he was kind of bored and he does all kinds of training for people and all for officers. And he knows how to do a lot of different things that the military can use. And so he actually signed a contract to go to the Middle East to work with a military group. And so he was under contract. He said it was 120 degrees. I'm carrying around 60, 70 pounds of armor and he said, I'm 58 years old and I'm saying to myself, why am I doing this? He said, I hadn't thought about God. He said, I hadn't thought anything for a long time. And I was laying in my tent 100 and whatever outside. And he said, and I prayed for the first time. And I said, God, he said, if you get me out of here, I'll go see David. He said, I don't even know why I did that. He said, but I'll go and see David. And so he said, that's why I'm here. Because he said it was like a miracle. He says they allowed me out of my contract. So the first thing I wanted to do was to come and see you.  And so he started coming. This was about 12 years ago. And he would come to see me on a monthly basis. And so for a full year, Bill was coming to see me and he was bringing Bobby Trujillo. Bobby Trujillo got right with God. Bobby's serving the Lord. So Bobby comes with Bill and Bill's sitting across from me for a year, every month. And I'm talking to him about the Lord, reminding him of various things for at least a year. And not pressuring him, I'm just talking to him. And then finally one day I said to him, so what are you going to do? What are you going to do? And I said, where are you now with the Lord, Bill? And Bill said, I believe I've come back to him. I believe I've come back. That was about 11 years ago and for 11 years since then. So for the last about 12 years, I have been meeting with Bill and Bobby, not only as a friend who's known them since I was a kid, but as a man who ministers to them and shares with them. And in many ways Bill will bring two pages of questions every time he comes. He says, what about this? And when I read the Bible, it says that. And I've been spending time with my friend. And why did I tell you that story? I just felt like it. No, I tell you that story because what are you going to do with Christ? What is it that you're going to do? The question can be asked. What about him? Behold the man. What is your response to him? We as believers, we will minister to people, but eventually what happens is they have to answer that eternal question. What if the things Jesus said, what if they're true? What if the works that Jesus has claimed that he performed? What if that's accurate? What if he really did die on the cross? What if he really was buried? What if he really was resurrected? What are you going to do with Christ? Behold the man. What did he do for you? I'm telling you that you get to the point where nothing more needs to be said other than what are you going to do with him? And when Jesus is speaking here, he's remaining silent because the time has come when nothing more can be or needs to be said. Where are you from? But Jesus remains silent. You already know I've already told you. You have enough information. What are you going to do? So Pilate verse 10 says to him, are you not speaking to me? Do you not know that I have power to crucify you? Power to release you? This is no time to be quiet. Your life is at stake. It's in my hands. But Jesus answers, you could have no power at all against me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore, the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin. Remember John 3.27, a man can receive nothing unless it's been given to him from heaven. So the one who gave you authority because it's not your own is God himself. But when it comes down to guilt, well, the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin. You see, Pilate, you see me only as an innocent man getting a bad deal. But on the other hand, Judas has a greater sin to answer for because he sinned against knowledge. You see, Jesus had prepared his men in advance. We can see it. I could give you so many scriptures, but let me give you a couple. John 13.21, Jesus, when Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit, testified and said, most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray me. In John 15.22, if I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Luke 12.48, everyone to whom much is given from him much will be required. Pilate, you really don't know me, but the one who delivered me to you, Judas, he is the one who has the greatest responsibility. Well, as he hears all of this taking place, verse 12, Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out saying, if you let this man go, you're not Caesar's friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. You're supposed to remove pressure from Caesar, not increase it. We're going to report you as incompetent. Caesar himself will deal with you, and Caesar will consider you a traitor, because you have supported an insurrectionist. So you're going to get it. You're going to get in trouble. Pilate, therefore, verse 13, when Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the pavement, but in Hebrew, gavata. It was the preparation day of the Passover and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, behold your king. But they cried out, away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, shall I crucify your king? The chief priest answered, we have no king, but Caesar. And he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and let him away. Verse 14 says it was preparation day. It's the day before the Jewish Sabbath. And as Jesus has brought out, notice what he says in verse 14, he says to them, behold your king. There's nothing more that I can do, but I'll try one last time. Behold your king. Once again, trusting in the goodness of man, perhaps they will pity him. I was watching a commercial today and they have this commercial where there's somebody who's kind of, he's reading a script where you have pictures of various people and everything. But the center of the commercial as I saw it and understood it was, and they basically say this, that men are basically good. And they're saying that men are basically kind. People are basically good. But we don't do as much evil as we can potentially do. And there are not that many people who actually rise to the occasion of being the most evil. But we certainly aren't good either. From the time that we're little, we believe that the world revolves around us. From the time we're born, we act as if the world revolves around us. And there are obvious reasons as to why babies are so demanding and why babies cry when they're hungry and they're helpless and all.  Because within them, what is bound up in the heart of a child is rebellion, is anger. And that's why it takes training. That's why it's important for us to train up a child in the way he should go so that when he's old, he doesn't depart from it. It requires training because we don't do things that are good naturally. We do things that suit our purposes naturally. When people say we don't love ourselves, that's really not true. We love ourselves so much that we put ourselves first and that's why we're supposed to die to self in order that we might live unto him.  Well, there's an inference there that you love yourself. No, it says love God with all of your heart, strength, mind. And then love your neighbor as yourself. There's only two commands, but they've made three out of those two. And the third command is love yourself, but the Bible doesn't teach us to do that. Why is that? Because Paul said no man has ever hated his own flesh. He loves it, ignoreshers it, and he cherishes it. No, we put ourselves first. You know, and I know that there are some perhaps watching right now, none in this room would ever think this. But if I took a picture of this audience right now, who's the first person you look for? It's not gonna be the person next to you. It's gonna, I'll be hearing you say, no, look, I had my eyes closed. No, you're gonna be looking at yourself. Why? Why do we take care of ourselves? Because it's the instinct that we have. Skin for skin, all that a man has, he will give for his skin. Satan said that to God when he was asking for permission to take and to try Job. Because we within ourselves are always putting ourselves first. That's what we do. And that's why the Scripture teaches us to die to self. That's why the Scripture tells us that within us, inherent within us is a sin nature, a nature that needs to be dealt with. And the only way it can be dealt with it, it has to be put to death. We have to be crucified with Christ. Like Paul said, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me in the life that I now live in the flesh. I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. That's how it works. I am crucified with Christ. I'm alive.  I'm dead in Christ, but now I live. So the life I now live is to bring glory to Jesus Christ. That's how it works. And so God would have us work within ourselves through his power to live in a way that brings glory to him. And when Pontius Pilate is watching Jesus there who refuses to speak and he says to him, I have power to kill you. Jesus' response is you have no power unless it's given to you. You don't have the authority you think you have. My God, my Father, every good gift, every good gift comes down from above from the Father of life with whom there is no variableness, neither shadow nor turning. James tells us in chapter 1, every good gift, every perfect gift comes from God. It comes from him. Man can receive nothing unless it's given to him. So you have no power. But the one who betrayed me, I trained him. He was with me three years. He saw the works. He heard the words. He knows the message. But he betrayed me. He has greater responsibility, Pontius Pilate, than you. Pontius Pilate is there. I don't know what to do. Let him go if this man is, this man is in this. I have no charges. If you let him go, you're not a friend of Caesar's. So what's he do? He delivers him. And they take Jesus according to verse 16. And they lead him away. Matthew 27, 24 says, when Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising. It was going to be a riot. He took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I'm innocent of the blood of this just person. You see to it. So at that point, Pilate actually brought judgment on Jesus. But the next time they see one another, Jesus will judge him. Think about that for a moment. Pilate judged Jesus. But the next time they see one another, Jesus will judge him. For we all shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ. And Pilate has this tremendous responsibility. And he will be held accountable for it. And so will those who are crying out for the death of this just man. I don't know about you. I'll close with this thought. But I am certainly blessed and I can't help but praise God every day for the fact that in the midst of all of this, Jesus did embrace that cross.  It's the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. But on the third day he rose from the dead. And he ever lives to make intercession for us. He is our Savior. And what we're watching is the drama of what led to his death. But I always like to remember that it didn't end in the grave. But he rose from the dead and he lives. And because he lives, we live. Let's remember that.


In this video, we provide the solution to question number 15 for practice exam number three for math 1210, in which case we have a related rates problem. A ship is traveling due north six miles east of the Maryland coast at a constant speed of 15 miles per hour on the shore is a lighthouse at what rate is the distance between the ship and the lighthouse increasing when the ship is eight miles north of the lighthouse. When I confess, these are not the best graphics ever, but this is our boat. It's a triangle and this is our lighthouse, which is a circle. Looking from above, it might not be so unreasonable. I mean, this is probably not what most boats look like nowadays, but hey, it worked. It's sufficient. It doesn't have to be a great picture. It just has to be an understandable picture that we can use to help us solve the problem. So what are some things we know about this coastline? So we're able to assume from the picture that the coastline is just is abstractly a straight line. There's going to be wiggles in any real coastline, but we don't have to worry about that. We can just pretend like it's a straight line for the most part. We're also relatively speaking, assuming the lighthouse is on the coastline. Clearly, that's not the best place for a lighthouse, put a little bit off. But when you're measuring thing in miles, that difference of a few hundred feet is not significant enough to worry too much about it. So our model is sufficient for our purposes. What do we now know? Well, for a typical for these, what we know is that the boat is going north here. It's traveling north along the coastline. So the distance, the horizontal distance here between the coastline, the boat doesn't actually change. This is constantly going to be six miles the whole time. So that is not a variable. That's going to be a constant. What is changing, though, is as time elapses, the boat's getting farther and farther up the coastline. And therefore the distance between the two is enlarging. And that's actually what we're asked about, right? What at what rate is the distance between the two increasing? That's the derivative we care about. Let's give some names here. Let's call the horizontal distance, which would be the east-west distance here. Let's call that X. Let's call the north-south distance. We'll call that Y. And then the distance between the lighthouse and the boat, we'll call that Z. So we get X, Y, Z, this and this is a right triangle here. This is useful because this gives us a relationship. These things will be related to each other by the Pythagorean relationship that X squared plus Y squared equals Z. Now, some things we're going to be aware of. Of course, if we take the derivative of this thing, we can do that. I'm not going to do that yet. I want to first plug in the fact that X is always going to equal 6. Because there's no variability to X, that means its derivative is going to be constant. So if you plug that in, you're going to get 36 plus Y squared equals Z squared. If you take the derivative of both sides, 36 plus Y squared prime is equal to Z squared prime. When it comes to related rates problems, we're taking the derivative with respect to time, which is not any of these variables X, Y and Z. The derivative of constant will be zero. The derivative of Y squared will be 2Y, Y prime. The derivative of Z squared will be 2Z, Z prime, for which we can cancel out the two, just divide that from both sides. And what is it we're looking for? We're looking for the rate in which the distance between the ship and the lighthouse is increasing. That's going to be Z prime. That's what we care about right here. So solving for Z prime, we see that Z prime is going to equal Y prime over Z. So what can we plug in here now? Well, Y, we know, is going to at this moment, we're looking for the moment where the distance is eight miles north. So we get Y equals eight. We can plug that in for Y. What about Y prime? Well, Y prime would be the speed, the boats going up the coastline, which that was also given to us as 15 miles per hour. Notice that Y would be increasing over time. So that's a positive 15 miles per hour. So we get positive 15 right there. And then the last thing is Z, what's the Z coordinate here? We don't actually know it, but we can figure it out from the original equation right here, right? So we see that when Y is eight, we need to figure out Z. So we get 36 plus eight squared is 64. That's equal to 100. So Z squared equals 100. Take the square of both sides, you get Z equals 10. So we make that substitution in over here. And let's see, I could actually simplify that one right here. 10, of course, is the same thing as two times five. Five goes into 15 three times, two goes into eight four times. We get four times three, which is 12. And so therefore we can conclude that the derivative of the change of Z with respect to time at the moment that Y equals eight is equal to 12 miles per hour.


Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the Everton News Daily. Everton have announced that their amber kit revealed last Friday was the fastest selling away strip in history. Fanatics who deal with the orders said that there were more than double last season's away kit on launch day. This follows on from the launch of the home kit which became the fastest selling kit ever in Everton's history. So fantastic news for the club, fantastic news for Hummel in their debut season at Everton and a big thumbs up I think from the majority of Evertonians for both of the designs for the kit. Obviously the amber kit has caught a lot of people's imagination as well with it being traditional everton away colours. So great news there that the kits even in these difficult times have broke all kinds of records so long may that continue. Good for everybody, certainly good for Everton Football Club. Everton are apparently still deep in the running for Lill Defender Gabrielle as the saga continues. There's been reports over the last couple of days certainly from the independence saying that Napoli still wants Gabrielle but are waiting to sell Coole Barley first but there's been no bids for him. And the independence even when as far as saying that there's no bid from Manchester United or Arsenal although both have registered their interest. Meaning that evidence bid is actually the only one that's on the table. Then there's a report today as well talking about Lill having to comply with FFP. They've failed the FFP guidelines and have had to agree a deal with UEFA to sort that out. And that kind of throws more petrol onto the fire of them bringing other clubs into the reckonance so to speak. We've done a video actually on this detailing things that have gone on so far in our opinion on that so make sure you check that one out as well. But again this saga continues doesn't it each day. Report of Everton targets John Clare Tadebo the Barcelona defender has revealed these tested positive for COVID-19. He was due to return to training today and it took the pre-training tests but has tested positive and will now have to self isolate. He hasn't been involved with any of the Barcelona squad who have due to take part in the Champions League games. So that's not going to affect anything to do with that but Tadebo will go and self isolate. He's been linked with Everton for a while obviously spent the second half of the season on loan at Schalke. Barcelona thought to be ready to sell him for a fee of around £23 million, interest on one. Everton today being linked with a move for Rangers midfiel player Glen Camara, the Finnish international. A fee of £10 million being quoted for that one. Whether there's anything in that. And apparently Fenerbahce Sporting director Emery has been speaking to Marcel Brands regarding the return to take here for Schenck Toten. Toten it was revealed yesterday as a target for Slavenbillit at West Brommerdy Albion and now today's Spokes in take he's saying that Fenerbahce are desperate to take Toten who is training again or be himself at the moment following knee surgery for an injury he did while on loan at Crystal Palace. So teams as though Everton's taken a striker as a couple of suitors and may well be out the door before a transfer window finishes. That is it make sure you subscribe, make sure you give the video a thumbs up. If you want more videos including live videos every day click on the Patreon link in the description below and join us on Patreon other than that see you later.