Well, hello and welcome to today's video where I'm talking about art materials. Yes. Hello art materials So I'm specifically talking about what art materials to take with you when you're traveling Now if you watch my previous video that I'll have links to below this one And if you like a card up there as well That was all about how to travel with your art business But now we want to get down to the nitty-gritty of what we've made the decision to get traveling What should we take and why so in today's video? I'm going to share what I have specifically brought with me from Australia to the UK why I chose those items and What I bought once I got here Well, hello and welcome or welcome back to my channel My name's Sophie and I just love to help artists like you to set up market and grow a highly successful Profitable art business on this channel I share all things art business related and maybe now a few art videos as well If you'd love to learn more about how to build that art business, then you're in the right place Don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell to get notified every time I post a new video Okay, let's get to it. What did I bring and why so first off we're gonna start with my trusty kind of giant pencil case that is actually artwork from an artist In northern WA and I can't exactly remember the name So if you're looking at this and you're the artist, please make sure to let me know in the comments My daughter bought it for me and I absolutely love it. It's my color and it just holds a good number of things So let's take a look what I've got inside So initially, of course, I've got a good old a5 notepad nothing spectacular Nothing reasonably expensive just nice paper that I could do some on-the-go sketching with Then I've also got and I newly purchased and I'm in love with these Beautiful chroma flow colored pencils now I could have and I would like to have bought a much bigger tin But I stood looking for quite a while and I thought well this again is roughly the same size and fits together With the sketchbook so it's easy to travel So inside this it has two levels of pencils So as you see, it's nicely stacked. Now. These are not watercolour pencils. They are really rich in colour And when you use them, I could do a quick demo or a quick Show a quick picture that I did actually on the aeroplane It's just a bit of a sketch that you can probably see even just the colour there. It's really rich It's really vibrant and really easy to use So I prefer this type of pencil over watercolour That's my preference because at the end of the day I'm an acrylic painter and I had to leave the acrylics behind More on that in a moment. So I have these things Then I have see I'm really loving the little tins here. So these are Karen dash Neocolour 2 now these are water soluble, but what I really love about them and these have not been used actually But they're in a little tiny tin super easy for traveling and really easy just to give again some Vibrant colour to what you're doing. So you notice now my pile is like that But it's still not very large and it all fits in here. Then I've got one of my favourite collapsible That's making a big noise Water containers so I can just take that wherever I go Then I've got a little dish and in the little dish. I've got a really nice rubber and I've got a pencil sharpener two sides So they just kind of sit in there and then it's like another it's like a merry Poppins bag, isn't it? I've got just a Cloth for wiping up any spills It is actually covered in acrylic paint because I haven't got that with me and then one of my favorite Watercolour stacks now. I'm not a watercolour artist. I'm an acrylic painter But I'm going to talk to you in a minute about why I made the decision I made to bring what I brought and you can probably see so these are just great if you haven't seen these before They're just a stack. So I've got kind of reds on the top I've got some greens and blues under there and they probably stuck together They've stuck together in the heat So we'll open those later But there's some browns and there's all the colours of the rainbow in there be where to clear them up properly So they don't stick together just like that. So if he's going to have to unstick those Right, so all of that just fits in this trusty bag So I also brought some other things just because I thought what if I really want to expand and actually want to paint something a Bit larger and I really want to dive into watercolour Well, I bought these in Florence maybe three years ago So these are Schmincker watercolours and again, I'm not making any money off any of these I'm just sharing with you my preferred Tools of the trade So here's a full watercolour set that I bought and I can mix the colours in the palettes and it all just Clips away now. Here's the downside to that It's a little bit heavy and I did leave it to one side and I thought I wasn't sure should I shouldn't I? But when I have been doing a little bit of painting I have actually gone to this Over this this is great on the go, but there's some beautiful quality colours These are in a whole different level of color and quality, so they went over there Then you might be thinking to yourself. We haven't even talked about pens Sophie. So here's a little pencil case Overstuffed with pens and pencils. I need to let you know I didn't need to bring all of these I have used a vast number of them So in here is a whole variety and I'm not going to go through don't panic every single pen There's a good selection of pencils Lyra. I really love a Lyra pencil. I've got some Ecoline brush pens I've got the Posca Uni pen for white I've got I think what have I got here? Copic markers here and then good old art line pens in various thicknesses I've got a couple of gray kind of again colour wash things and What else have I got my firm favorite at the moment and this is another Copic multiliner and it's kind of in a nice kind of coppery brown and it's a 0.3 and I absolutely love it So I've got all of those in there. Let's talk about brushes if I'm going to do watercolor painting What am I working with? Well, I've got these so these I've got three of these With different sized brushes at the top and I'm sure if you have traveled at all or you like to work your watercolor You're familiar with these you fill that with water Make sure to empty before you get on the plane if you've got me in your hand luggage Because they will count as liquid and they might ask you to throw them out So make sure you've emptied those if they're in your hand luggage So this is really easy on the go But because I knew I could bring a fair amount of stuff with me I was only coming to the UK. I did bring something else as well And that is a little selection of brushes and again I went through my studio and I just chose a few different brushes some Sort of large or wash watercolor brushes a nice round one Then I've got a variety a couple of flats I've actually got for memory my mother's sable watercolor brush, and I probably will not use it because it's very old It's a little bit rough around the edges, but it's a Kalinsky sable and my mother painted with it So it's my little good luck charm And right down the end of course, I've got some super small brushes And I've even got a nib in case I pick up some ink somewhere Because I used to really love doing pen and ink And then of course I've got little tiny diddly brushes Not at all what I paint with when I'm at home in my studio So let me just share with you one other thing and then let's talk about why I made this choice So I'm pretty fussy with my paper So a lot of you watching are going to go oh, you're not doing sketching on that. So for you So I've got Fabriano watercolor hot press paper here And I've chosen hot press because I do like the flat surface I'm not a watercolor painter as I've said several times. So therefore I'm not looking for that watercolor finish I'm looking to potentially do Something that I could perhaps then go home and work on And produce into a finish painting perhaps then on canvas, but I want the good quality surface So oh, yes, I have got the good quality paper So again, if you'll notice I could have brought a smaller one but I find that really Constricting so I landed here. I got this and I did go shopping But before I show you what I bought, let me just explain why I made the decisions I made So I chose these items because I knew primarily I would be sketching Primarily, I would be doing line drawing likely. So I wanted pens and pencils So I could specifically just pull a few of these out take my sketch pad a couple of pencils in a pen And I can pop those in a handbag. So that way I knew that was easy Obviously the water color choice is because I haven't got the mess I couldn't bring it didn't want to bring acrylics because then suddenly I've got to get them out somewhere and Then there's they're drying quickly and then I've got the brushes that need cleaning and just that general You know now I've got a palette full of wet paper and I've got a painting that's perhaps wet Whereas water color drives pretty easily. I haven't got the mess I haven't got the worry that I'm going to spill acrylic on my friend's couch It's easy to clean, right? So that's kind of why I made the decision However for me it has been a bit of a challenge because I'm not getting the color intensity and I'm not getting of course the finished Picture that I like so I'm probably going to be thinking differently when I travel again I might look at bringing more pens like thick colored pens to get something a bit more similar to acrylics But I made that decision because I knew primarily I would be sketching and maybe just a bit of color in there to enhance the sketch All right, what have I bought and why? So I went into cast art So I love cast art because it's just a great place to get affordable Materials and I go into the Brighton store. So hello to the Brighton store if you're watching this I've bought several things from you and taken the back with me In fact, I think even those those empty the water the brushes that I bought from you many years ago And I have a feeling I bought this from you on my previous visit as well So I brought these little bought these little set these little collections of sketch pads because I get through sketch pads Really quickly who would agree with me? Don't forget to leave a comment below this video by the way with what your favorite materials are for traveling or Going out and about sketching and why you choose them because I'd love to get some other ideas So I went and bought these because I thought they're lightweight I can take them home with me or I can leave them here whatever and then I bought also the a3 I bought them a little bit bigger and I've just done a couple of Simple water color sketches in here and that's what made me realize It's kind of not giving me a result that I really want but it's it's enabling me to capture a sense of something So I'll probably get through one of these on this trip and then take the others home with me And then because I knew I wanted to maybe paint something a little bit larger I did splash out on a watercolour pad now I Initially looked at the fatter one because obviously there were more pages But it was so heavy and everything weighs when you're traveling you have to make a weight decision So in the end I just got this one. I believe it's got 12 sheets. It's 140 pounds Again, it's hot press. Obviously. It's a different paper to the Fabriano, but great to just get started on So I just played around With a bit of a semi-abstract design on there and then I will continue because I've got 12 sheets Which means I can do 12 kind of ideas for paintings before I get home Ideally I like to work really large even being constricted to this I find a bit challenging But my main aim for traveling with my art and choosing my art materials is to go home with a plethora of sketches and ideas I've taken hundreds of photographs already as reference points So I don't paint from a photograph But I use them as a reference just a mark or a shape or a color or a tone or something that will help me Create the images that I'm creating So I hope you found this little reveal Exciting as I said, don't forget to let me know below this video Art materials that you like to travel with and why because I'd love to hear from you And don't forget as I said if you've loved this video to give it a thumbs up because it really helps the growth of my YouTube channel Thank you so much for watching happy painting and creating and I'll see you on another video


Welcome back to The Tiny Herd. In today's video we're going to be going over the basics of rabbit care including everything you need and basic things you need to know to keep pet rabbits. I will be mentioning a lot of products in this video. I will link everything below in case you want to find any of these items for yourself. So first up we're going to talk about cages. When it comes to cages for rabbits the main thing you want to remember is that rabbits need a lot of space. They are large animals and can have a lot of energy. So regardless of what type of cage you choose you likely will have to give your pets time outside of their cage to get enough exercise. Pet store cages are not big enough for rabbits in most cases. Most of them are not even big enough for rabbits to turn around in comfortably and there are a lot of much better options for housing your rabbits so I do not recommend just going into a pet store to get a cage for your rabbit. So here are some options on good cages so you can use an extra large dog crate. They can work well as they are large and they are easy to clean. They are really good for setting up a home base area for your rabbits. You can also get an x-pen meant for dogs. So this is basically a large playpen that can be used to create an enclosure for your rabbit. It kind of just blocks off a separate area that you can use as your rabbit's little home base area to give it its own space. Just make sure they're at least three feet tall because rabbits can jump over anything lower than that. You can also build a CNC cage for your rabbit. CNC stands for cubes and coroplast. I personally would not use coroplast with rabbits because they tend to chew on everything but using the storage grids to make a cage works pretty well. You can make a base for a CNC cage for rabbits out of wood. I made mine out of melamine when I had a CNC cage when I first got my rabbits and it worked really well. Just make sure that you put something on the floor that will keep your rabbit from slipping all over the place because it is a pretty smooth surface. You can also choose to free roam your rabbits. This is my personal favorite option and what I do with my own rabbits. My rabbits are allowed to roam the entire first floor of our house with their home base in my pet room. We do have a baby gate on our pet room in case we need to keep them out of the rest of the house for some reason but in general they're allowed out 24-7. Free roaming allows your rabbit the space it needs to explore and exercise. Just make sure to bunny proof your house if you go this route. Cords and shoes are bunny favorites for chewing. I've even had my work backpack chewed up by Andy. Another important item you'll need for your pet rabbits is a litter box. Rabbits can be litter trained which is great since they need time outside their cage to explore. Cat litter boxes work well for rabbits as well as low storage bins. You want to put your litter box under your rabbit's hay rack to catch the excess hay and because rabbits mainly go to the bathroom while eating their hay so this cuts down on mess. I have a hay rack litter box combination that I found on Etsy and it's really great because the plastic tray comes out for easy cleaning and it keeps the hay contained in the wooden hay rack area. I will link it down below in case you're interested. It was a little expensive but I've had it for two or three years now and it's been really great. Whatever litter box you choose make sure it's large enough for your rabbits. Small pet litter trays from the pet store are usually way too small for rabbits to use comfortably and if you have two rabbits you want to make sure that they both will fit in it at the same time so that they're not pushing each other or arguing to both get in the litter box or to get to the hay. For litter in your litter box you can use a variety of different options. You can use paper-based bedding like Carefresh or Small Pet Select which is what we use. You also can use wood stove pellets or horse doll pellets. These work well for keeping the smell down. I tried these for a little while and my rabbits really just didn't like the texture of them and didn't really like going into their litter box as much so we switched to the Small Pet Select paper bedding. Cat litter can also be used just make sure it's paper-based and unscented only. No clay-based bedding. I also like to put a puppy pad down in my litter box before the bedding to make cleanup a little easier and so that it soaks up the pee. Next up you'll need a hayrack. Rabbits need access to hay 24-7 so a nice hayrack that is easy to access is a must. There are tons of options to choose from for this. Along with my litter box hayrack combo I also have made my rabbits a hayrack out of CNC grids that works really well. I have also seen people use wooden hay boxes, metal hay racks, and other types of wooden hay feeders. Again putting your rabbits litter box under the hayrack will encourage them to eat more hay while in the litter box. Along with the hayrack you want to provide the best quality hay you can find for your pets. Timothy hay is the most common choice for rabbits as it's easily found and it's healthy for them. I feed my rabbits bluegrass which is very similar. Just make sure the hay you choose is nice and green, leafy, and not too dusty. Next up we're going to touch on a couple different things having to do with your rabbit's diet other than hay. So for your rabbits water bowl you want a large heavy bowl or dish that your rabbit can't tip over. Bowls are the more natural option for rabbits and are usually recommended to help ensure they're drinking enough water. Rabbits can drink as much water as a 20 pound dog so you want to make sure they can have easy access to water at all times to make sure they're drinking enough. I personally use a gravity feeding dog water bowl. It holds about a gallon of water I think and fills up the bowl as the rabbit's drink and it works really well because it keeps their water clean and they're not able to tip it over and it's also really easy to clean itself. Next up let's talk about fresh vegetables. So they are an important part of a rabbit's diet. You'll want to provide vegetables to your rabbits every single day to keep them healthy. I usually feed green leaf lettuce, cilantro, bok choy and a little bit of kale to my rabbits every day and then add in a couple other things for a variety every so often. I'm going to link the house rabbit society website below that has a list of safe and healthy veggie options for your rabbits. Pellets should be the smallest part of your rabbit's diet if you choose to feed them. Some rabbit owners don't feed them at all. I feed my rabbits Sherwood Timothy adult rabbit food because it's considered one of the healthiest options for pet rabbits and it's pretty easy to find. You can really use whatever pellet dish you want for your rabbits. Just be aware that some rabbits will flip them over or throw them if they are light and easy to get a hold of. You might want to use a heavy dish similar to the water dish if you don't want your rabbits to throw their pellets everywhere. As for how much you should feed the general rule is a fourth of a cup max for a five to seven pound rabbit. There will be a link in the description box to the house rabbit society's information on feeding pellets as well if you want to learn more about that. In your rabbit's cage or home base area you'll want to provide them with a place to hide. This can be as simple as a cardboard box with a door cutout. You can find a ton of different options for rabbit houses online for different sized rabbits especially on Etsy. There are a lot of really cute wooden rabbit houses that you can find for a variety of different price points. Rabbits are very curious animals and they love to play so you'll want to get your rabbit some toys that will keep it from getting bored. Rabbits love to chew, shred, and throw things. So getting toys that work with these natural instincts is really great. My rabbit's personal favorite toys are a packing paper that they can shred, a cardboard, and anything made of willow. They also have a puzzle house that was made for hamsters that we stack up that they love knocking down and throwing the pieces around. You'll quickly learn what your rabbit's favorite activities are and which toys are their favorites. Spending time with your rabbits is also just a great way to give them some enrichment and interaction. Try letting your rabbit out for some free roam time and then sit in there with them. It's a great way to bond with your rabbit and give them something to do. Usually they enjoy coming up and sniffing you poking you with their nose and generally just kind of seeing what you're doing and why you're there. Finally the last thing you will need is some grooming supplies for your rabbits. The main grooming that needs done for rabbits is brushing and nail clipping. Rabbits shed three to four times a year and during the shedding period it's important to help your rabbit with its grooming by brushing it regularly. Rabbits clean themselves like cats so brushing them during shed helps remove some of the fur that they would otherwise be licking off. Rabbits cannot cough hairballs like cats can so you want to keep as much of that extra fur out of their system as you possibly can. Rabbits nails grow constantly so they will need clipped every few months. You can do this yourself or if you're not really comfortable doing that you can take your pet to the vet and have them do it for you. If you choose to do it yourself you'll need a good pair of pet nail clippers to get this job done. I will link some of my favorite grooming products down below in case you need some ideas on the things that you need. I hope this video was helpful and you learned something new about taking care of pet rabbits or it helped you get ready if you are going to be getting some pet rabbits soon. Hit that like button if you enjoyed this video and make sure to subscribe if you haven't already. I upload new pet related videos every Friday. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you in my next video. Bye!


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Hey stampers welcome to another week of watch it weekly Wednesday I'm Aubrey part of the stamp and Jill creative team and today I'm excited to share with you a project idea when we sent out catalogs to some of our customers for the new annual catalog We wanted to give them a little gift that they could use with the catalog This is the type of gift you could give to anyone really but my thoughts come to like a co-worker or somebody close to you in like an office type setting Because it's used with post-it notes. We got some basic post-it notes. Just like this. This is a three by three pad of post-it notes and then we actually cut them down with an industrial sized Guillotine cutter and made them little one by three little tabs like this so that when they go through their catalog and find all The fun things that they want to buy in there. They can just tag it with a cute little post-it So what we did was we took this size and we made a little a little project form So let me just show you kind of what I did. We took this paper This is the forever greenery DSP from the forever fern suite in the catalog and we thought it was so pretty So what I did was I took my little post-it and using the stamp in silk plus This is the new adhesive that's in the catalog This is the adhesive that's extra strong and I just adhered right on the back of the post-its and then I Adhered it right to so that there's a little edge around each side Just like that and then I took the rest of the DSP and I just folded it up So it made it kind of like a little book looking thing Okay, and then I took more of the stamp in silk and put it on the bottom. Isn't that amazing? It's so nice On there and it's really sticky. So once it's down it's down But then I took another piece Just to give it a little more Strength and weight on the bottom and I just adhered that to a bottom Of my little book here Just like that Okay, and then this little flap likes to kind of Pop up. So I would just take a glue dot and just on that top piece of post-it I Would just stick it down So that it stays closed Okay, now let me bring in the completed project that we did Here it is. This is using that forever fern suite of products So cute and so fun to a friend that makes me smile So this was really fun a fun project to send to all of our friends that we gave our catalogs to so I will give you the Dimensions that I cut the papers to on this the DSP I cut to one and a quarter by six and five eighths and Then the back piece was three and a half by one and a half So not all post-it notes are created equally equally that measurement may not fit every post-it that you use but For this project, that's what I did in general. I'll just tell you the back piece I cut to be a half inch around the post-it And then I cut the DSP accordingly to fit in between that size So you can kind of go from there once you measure your your post-it notes Okay, one other that I wanted to show you I wanted to do another project using a full package of post-its because That might be a fun gift to give somebody Maybe you have a co-worker that's having a birthday or somebody that could use post-its all the time I don't know I use them all the time, but maybe that's just me. I took some of this DSP This is the artistry blooms DSP from the catalog and I'm just gonna do the exact same thing I'm gonna adhere the post-it down onto the DSP just like that and then again, I'm gonna just wrap it around Like a book and kind of fold the edges so that it stays and then put some more Stampin' still stampin' still plus on the back and then adhere it to my back piece Just like that and again, I will put another glue dot down Come on just to hold it down there Just like that so fun And I'll bring in the finished one and I use the hand-drawn bloom stamp set here on this one I thought it was so pretty and I just popped some of it up and colored them with blends and it turned out so fun so Just a fun little project for you to try give it a try and let us know what you think We have loved playing with all the fun new products in the new annual catalog If it's something you're interested in and you don't have a demonstrator Make sure to let us know and we'd be happy to send you a copy Thanks so much for watching. We'll see you next time for another watch at weekly Wednesday


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Echu'r Rhaeddyd Professor Sally Poblatt, ac yn venue o'r lle yn geurig hwnnw hefyd i'r Unedde Bwysigol A'r Gweithrethau Yn ein Chaeliau yn eistedd i'r unionid mewn coelaboraeth mwy forbodaeth i'r unionid hefyd i'r unionid hefyd, y oliad y meddwl, ac y hwnnw'r bobl gyfly�les. Y unionid hefyd e'r unionid hefyd wedi gwcadnebu gwirig i llyniad ynghyd, ac mae'r最 pentyn nhw'n deall i'r unionid, ac yn ymdegonol allwch y ffan yn ei fod. Mae gennym i'ch gwneud â'r gyfwysig o gyfrinwyr, o gyfrinwyr, o'r ymdegonol, o'r gyfrinwyr. Y cyfrinwyr ymdegonol yn ymdegonol yn gwybod nifer o gyfrinwyr. A'n dweud y rhan o'r rhoi'r rhannig o'r ffan ymdegonol yn yr hyffordd. Mae'n dweud yn ymdegonol llawer o'r ymdegonol a'r oedd yn ymdegonol. Yn mynd i ddim yn ymdegonol, The first way is around the causes of obesity. Why do a lot of people struggle with their weight? And secondly, we're very interested in the consequences. So if somebody becomes overweight, there's a number of diseases that increase risk, particularly type 2 diabetes. In terms of some of the causes of obesity, ourselves here at the unit and also many researchers worldwide believe that probably the most important thing in terms of major driver of weight gain is appetite and appetite control. How hungry do you feel? How full do you feel? How much would you like to eat? What sort of foods do you choose to eat? Is there a relationship between your genes and your diet and also your environment? We're particularly interested in the dietary aspect. Our appetite trials are some of the most interesting things that we do and to do those we ask participants to come to the unit and go into one of our booth rooms. While the participants in the booth are concentrating just completely on eating the meal and we're interested to know when we serve somebody a meal in the booth. Are they feeling hungry? Are they feeling full? How much from the meal would they like to eat? When would they like to request another meal? Some of our very interesting trials recently have been around trying to target different areas of the gut with different nutrients to see whether stimulating pieces of the gut can make you feel full. One of my PhD students, Hyun Sang Shin, did a really interesting study where he asked participants to come and stay here for five days and we introduced an incredibly long tube, a three meter long tube, down through the nose, down into the stomach and down all the way through the intestines right to the very far end of the small intestine and then infused nutrients down the tube and we showed when we did that that if you put carbohydrates into that far end of the small intestine so a very specific part of the gut that you can induce satiety. If you can determine which parts of the gut are really important in terms of what stimulates then potentially you can target that with a food you might take a particular nutrient and put a very clever encapsulation method around it so that you could take the nutrient, it would travel all the way down, doesn't need the tube, goes down on its own and when it gets to this piece of the gut it could be a timed release and that may make you feel full.


How will you respond to Christ? Opposite the way they did Opposite that example think about it Put yourself in the context of the wilderness wandering Jesus Christ is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world in that sacrificial lamb The Lord Jesus Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of the Passover. He fulfills the Passover He is the fulfillment the ultimate Passover sacrifice Jesus says he is the bread of life which comes down from heaven Being the ultimate the perfect fulfillment of God providing for his people bread manna from heaven in the wilderness So in the same way that Jesus fulfills the Passover the people of God coming out of Egypt coming out of Exodus Right the exodus coming out of bondage He's the fulfillment of that the same way God delivered and provided bread for them in the wilderness Jesus Christ is the bread of life the ultimate fulfillment of that picture God provides the wilderness Israelites water from the rock at Maraba to save their life and Jesus Christ now comes I am a fountain of living water. He is the ultimate fulfillment of that picture in the Old Testament so in the same way that they walked a trackless desert wilderness Depending upon God for everything You and I today walk a trackless desert Godless wilderness and Depend upon God for everything We depend upon God for our bread and not bread only but every word that proceeds from the mouth of God we provide from Depend upon God for his provision of spiritual bread of spiritual water to assuage our spiritual thirst He is the ultimate rock that will sustain you in the wilderness Just like the Israelites were redeemed by God from bondage in Egypt. You and I if you're safe You and I have been redeemed by God from bondage to sin Just like they wanted a trackless wilderness. You and I live today in a trackless wilderness and just like they were commanded to avoid all the sin of the nations around them You and I today are commanded to be in this world But not of this world avoiding the sin of the godless culture that surrounds us not to be like them Not to be like them to live separate from this world Just as God kept them alive by providing bread from heaven and water from the rock Listen you and I we're kept alive. We're persevered preserved by God With the bread from heaven the bread of life and the water of life And just as they were told to go in to trust God to holy follow the Lord just like they were told in to go in and possess that land Which God has promised You and I are commanded to be diligent to strive to enter in at the narrow gate and go and Possess that which God has prepared for us as believers There remains a promise of rest to God's people. We need to go in and trust God and take it So how are we supposed to respond beloved?  It is a trackless wasteland It is a constant dependence upon God as we build our little booths, right our little tents and we don't live for God Centering our encampment around God himself at the center We walk this wasteland depending upon him for everything When we're thirsty, we have to go to the fountain and drink when we're hungry We have to go for bread. We're speaking in spiritual terms But we have to depend upon God for everything. Is that what your life looks like?  I've got to wake up and get my spiritual nourishment from the Lord I need water from the Lord. I need bread from the I need life from the Lord And I'm gonna be walking through this wilderness all kinds of pits and holes and traps and snares And I need to trust Christ Don't complain as they did don't disobey as they did. Don't be faithless as they were. This is a short time Don't fall in the desert That's a category of those Convinced by truth, but in fact are faithless. They quote-unquote believe and yet they don't believe, right? Don't respond to Christ as they did the second point. There are those that are convinced by error We give verse 41 the second part of verse 41 there They're convinced by error and they are unmovable immovable in their deception immovable in their error I know many of you have talked to people just like this You'll hear them say well, this is just what I believe. No one's gonna convince me otherwise This is my opinion. This is what I think and you're not gonna be able to convince me otherwise Verse 41 the second half there, but some said will the Christ come out of Galilee and the way that's constructed in the Greek It expects a negative answer. No in other words verse 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem Where David was is that not what this Bible says Yeah, we know that they knew their Bibles So we know in Micah chapter 5 verse 2 the Lord Jesus Christ is gonna come out of Bethlehem. We know from 2nd Samuel 7 from Psalm 89 from Isaiah 9 from Isaiah 55 that Jesus Christ Would come from the line of David you can go to the Bible and see that so there actually D. A. Carson calls this an instance of superb irony. This is ironic here the Jews end up Confirming with their words the very thing they want to reject right the very thing that they oppose And if you notice those in this category if you've ever talked to someone in this category They love to use the scripture. They love to quote the Bible. So they'll quote the Bible Partially read misunderstood taken out of context and twisted to their own description destruction But they'll quote the Bible to support the very thing they reject Which is the most important thing faith in Christ in order to have their sin To live in their unbelief and so that no one messes with them They quote scripture to support their false theology, which will send them to hell just like others Now I received a letter from a guy. I get letters all the time You know stuff all the time in the mail received a letter this week from a guy who is apparently he heard us on the radio, and so he was writing a letter to explain why my theology is all wrong and every step of the way twisting the Bible to justify what he believes and completely Deceived off base doesn't see it at all But twist scripture to do it happens all the time. They're convinced by error He's basically saying here these convinced by Aaron verse 41 and verse 42 we're saying to those guys in verse 40 in verse 41 You guys have it all wrong Everyone knows the Messiah is not gonna come out of Galilee. He's gonna come out of Bethlehem He's gonna be of the line of David. We know that to be true, but they're thinking their Conception of all this Jesus doesn't fit it.  He's gonna be if he's coming in it from anywhere He's gonna be from Bethlehem and he's gonna be in Jerusalem And so he didn't fit their ideas and that which they reject is Actually affirming the truth, but they're so convinced. I don't even bother to check facts. They assumed They have their own ideas their own beliefs their own opinions Outwitnessing yesterday with a brother and we witness to this young lady Who like many many many that you witness to kept saying well, I believe well, I think well, my opinion is Listen, it doesn't matter not one shekel What you believe what your opinion is what you think it only matters what God says Does the truth actually any truth at all actually I asked her I said you think all the known the knowledge in the universe astrophysics and Science and planets that are light years away, you know all the known how much of that do you know? Well a sliver of it. Well, that's true next to nothing, you know, and I know one one millionth of that and You're presuming that the truth By which you are protecting your own soul You can have an opinion about or believe or understand apart from the revelation of Almighty God that created you and walled you accountable It's absurd right. It's just rank ignorance This is what I believe listen don't confuse me with the facts That's what they'll say they're convinced and yet they're convinced in error All these folks had to do was go right to the temple temple records at this point in time in Jerusalem Temple records existed that would show that Jesus Christ came from Joseph and Mary and Would trace their lineage back to David? They could have easily checked that out temple records would have shown where Jesus was born He was born in Bethlehem. They just needed to go and check, but they're not willing to do that This ignorance here is a willful ignorance. They're determined to be comfortable in their unbelief And so this is a willful ignorance This is one of the ways that people suppress the truth of God in their unrighteousness Notice two things here though. You notice they didn't ask Jesus. They weren't concerned to ask him They didn't want the truth, but also notice Jesus didn't respond to them Jesus doesn't commit himself back to John chapter 2. He doesn't commit himself to that kind of wicked hard-hearted unbelief He didn't commit himself to them because he knew it was in in their heart So what happens next verse 43? There was a division And this is not surprising at all, right? There was a division among the people because of him some of them wanted to take him But no one laid hands on him the Greek word here for division is the word for which we get our English words schism Schism it means opposing factions Luke chapter 12 verse 51 Jesus says these words listen. Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you not at all, but rather division For from now on five and one house will be divided three against two two against three Father will be divided against son and son against father mother against daughter daughter against mother mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law some of you in this church that know that to be true Men divided from wives wives divided from their husbands Divided from sisters and brothers divided from family divided from friends I've lost so many friends for the cause of Christ and praise God for it Christ came and Christ Causes division when you are changed your very nature changes your affections change your values change the things that you Wants love now you hate the things that you once tolerated now You're shamed by and wouldn't dare tolerate and that kind of change in this wicked world will cause Division Christians I've said before oftentimes you'll walk into a room and just knowing your Christian life It is a walking rebuke to unbelievers in the room There's gonna be division get used to it all who desire to live godly in this present age will suffer Persecution it comes from the division that Christ said would happen any time you go and you're gonna confront anyone in their Individualism right there post-modern individualism my ideas my thoughts my belief you know my belief is just as valid as your belief God it's gonna cause division. It's gonna cause division. These folks are Convinced and they end up reacting to the division in verse 44 with intended violence They wanted to take him but his hour had not yet come so they didn't so so far our categories of unbelief We met those who are convinced by truth We met those who are convinced by error take a quick look at the unconvinced verse 45 The officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees who said to them Why have you not brought him the officers answered no man ever spoke like this man You know that the arrest warrant was issued in verse 32 And so they went out to accomplish their duty. They were told to go arrest Jesus Christ, but these weren't just mindless thugs Okay, these were the temple guard were Levites. They were religiously trained They were thinkers themselves and they wanted to obey God and so these guys went into the temple and they Heard the Lord Jesus Christ Preaching and it struck them. This was not a mere man. These weren't merely human words He spoke as one having authority. This was direct revelation from Almighty God and something about it They just couldn't arrest him. They just couldn't take him Spurgeon said this While the constables who had mingled with the throng were waiting for an opportunity of arresting the Lord Jesus They themselves were arrested by his earnest eloquence. They could not take him for he had fairly taken them They had themselves a difficulty for explaining why they couldn't arrest him No one spoke like he spoke. They had a hard time explaining it themselves, but it was true They couldn't argue that they weren't They weren't necessarily this point convinced by Jesus, but they were certainly impressed They were certainly caught. They were captured by him and raptured by him But they certainly weren't convinced by the lies that the Pharisees were spewing otherwise. They would have arrested him So they were just unconvinced unconvinced people and oftentimes you run into people just like that.  You see those convinced by tradition Convinced by tradition 47 the Pharisees answered them. Are you also deceived how they're mocking them, right? This is demeaning belittling. Are you also deceived? You notice they didn't reprimand them for not carrying out their duty The reprimand is in the form of are you so stupid? You're gonna be seduced by this imposter, right? It's it's a It's a snobbery. It's a sanctimonious smug Prideful self-righteous kind of response. Are you also deceived? Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd that does not know the law is a cursed these convinced by their tradition are Relying upon their own authority verse 48 They rely on their own authority of any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him. They don't go to the Bible They go to their tradition They think they're the real thinkers. They're the religious snobs. Have you ever talked to one of these before? they exist they saw the people as Not knowing the word of God and because they don't know it they don't obey it and so they view them as both ignorant and Immoral that's the way they view the people. In fact, they had a saying they called them the people of the land Basically, they would have thought these temple guards. Are you deceived? Are they like are you people of the land like these people are? if someone Knew the scripture knew the law of God, but did not know the mission of their rabbinic law the 631 laws they added to the law of God if you knew scripture, but did not know the mission or you were uneducated Okay, you were a people of the land. You were uneducated if you didn't know the scripture and you didn't know the Mishnah Then they thought you were no better than cattle the Bible says or they say I saw the house of Israel in the house of Judah with The seed of men and the seed of cattle So they thought this seed of cattle applied to these people who didn't know God's law or their law They were uneducated. They were no better than a cow. All right. This is elitist snobbery people do the same thing today Don't they hear people all the time those backward Christians? Right, they don't believe in science But what does all this creation nonsense? We don't want that in our schools Don't bring your prayer. Don't bring your creation.  Isn't that what people say that's that that's that elitist snobbery. It's sanctimonious It's it's it's disgusting and that's this category. It's the way the Pharisees were that comment in verse 49 This crowd is accursed.  You can't come They're accursed Paul says in 1st Corinthians chapter 1 verse 26 I see you're calling brethren not many wise according to the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise that day is coming The day is coming where those that believe themselves to be wise will be put to shame He's chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put Shame things which are mighty the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen Listen the fifth category are These who are invincible. They're able to be persuaded with this is Nicodemus Listen to verse 50 Nicodemus he who came to Jesus by night being one of them that little phrase there being one of them is a dig against the Pharisees from verse 48 the Pharisees said have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him Yes, Nicodemus He being one of them right Said to them does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he's doing You notice here Nicodemus is is not all the way yet He doesn't stand up on the side of Jesus Christ against the Pharisees But he he's making his way right he's getting there We're gonna see Nicodemus later, and we'll see where he ends up, but he's making progress his humility Remember in John chapter 3 when Nicodemus went to Jesus. He was humble wanted to know wanted to understand So he goes to Jesus to ask questions to hear him out They wouldn't listen to him and he's saying listen shouldn't we hear him before we pass judgment? Nicodemus has heard him. He's able to be persuaded. He's humble And he stands up and uses their own law to favor Christ even though he doesn't directly defend him John chapter 7 verse 17 remember that the Bible says if anyone wills to do his will He shall know concerning the doctrine whether it is from God or whether I speak of my own authority and Nicodemus is gonna know not yet There yet, but he's certainly not one of these secretive believers like people try to paint him to be He's gonna come to faith in Christ. We'll find that out later Humility here pays dividends 52 the wicked snobbery religious elites show up again Are you also from Galilee to Nicodemus? Are you also one of these uneducated people to the land search and look it's the typical word for looking at the scripture They needed to search and look he says search and look for no profit has arisen out of Galilee Is that a true statement? No, the prophets have come from Galilee Jonah was from Galilee Nahum from Galilee They need to search and look at the scriptures But they are so stubborn so hostile. They don't even listen to reason. They won't listen to reason They just lash out with contempt. Have you ever noticed that when you talk to someone you're trying to explain to them you're trying to help them understand the Bible and You have truth on your side. You're fishing in a stock barrel. They have no truth And so what do they do they just lash out with contempt lash out with hostility often the way that it goes We need to remember the Lord's offer if anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink He who believes in me as the scripture has said out of his heart will flow rivers of living water thirst understanding your sin Coming turning to Christ all your hope. He is your only source of salvation and Drink fiducia faith following him acting in accord with what you believe. That's what it means to believe in him So how will you? Respond to Christ if you're here and you're lost Hope in Christ turn to him turn from your sin if you're here and you claim to be a Christian We're in a wilderness. Let's live like it trusting God Let's not fall there following that same example of disobedience. Let's serve the Lord heart soul mind and strength. Amen. Amen


We are training out here. We hit some of the motor transport wickets, some of the basic skills, conduct motor transport operations, conduct tactical convoy operations. But we tried to do all of those with a flair for tactical proficiency, staying alive on the battlefield, and trying to acknowledge a future operating environment which we might find ourselves in. So we really focused on dispersion, cover and concealment of our vehicles, individual immediate and remedial actions, and other tactical skills to include Kazaback. Convoy Ups are so important specifically on the ground side of the Marine Corps because that's our chosen method of transportation. These trucks are what get people and things from point A to point B on the battlefield. If we exist to provide medium and heavy tactical lift to supported units, we have to stay alive on the battlefield in order to do that.