Bible Treasures

Foolish Pride

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

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Series Code: BT

Program Code: BT170006A


00:02 It's time to go on a journey,
00:05 a search for treasure.
00:08 This is no ordinary treasure though,
00:11 this priceless discover contains God's Word,
00:16 including secrets from the past and future
00:20 that will change your life.
00:23 Welcome to Bible Treasures.
00:32 Where is Tim?
00:33 Tim, where are you?
00:35 Henry. Oh! Hey, Sam.
00:36 You need a water bottle? Yeah, thanks.
00:38 I was really thirsty other day,
00:39 so I'm glad you thought about it.
00:40 Yeah, it was high really the other day.
00:42 Have you seen Tim?
00:43 I've been looking all over for him.
00:45 Hey, guys.
00:46 Oh, hey, Tim, I've been looking for you.
00:47 Do you know where I can get my sheep's face shaved?
00:51 Oh! I know.
00:53 Where?
00:54 The barber shop.
00:56 The barber.
00:58 Hey, guys, how is it going?
00:59 Good to see you guys again today.
01:01 Good to see you.
01:02 Come on in, guys, let's get busy.
01:04 Man, I am so glad you're with us today
01:06 on Bible Treasures.
01:07 My name is Rich Aguilera,
01:09 and there's an awesome crew set up to work today.
01:11 Let's meet them.
01:13 I'm Tim, and I'm the computer op guy.
01:15 Awesome.
01:16 And I'm Sam, your historical documenter.
01:19 Hi, and I'm Nori,
01:20 and I'm glad to be working
01:22 with some pretty cool artifacts today.
01:23 Awesome.
01:24 And you know what, before we get started, guys,
01:26 how about we sharpen our brain?
01:27 Good idea. Yeah
01:29 All right, well, I got a cool brain teaser here for you guys.
01:31 What is it? That's a good idea.
01:32 Let's see if you guys can get it.
01:33 Pay very close attention. Okay.
01:35 This could be a little sneaky.
01:37 What is it? All right.
01:38 My seas have no water, my mountains have no rock,
01:43 and my land has no grass.
01:45 What am I?
01:47 That's a hard one.
01:48 That's super hard, I know.
01:50 Yeah, you guys can think about it,
01:51 see if you can get it.
01:53 Oh, did we get a notification?
01:54 Oh, cool. Yeah.
01:56 Could be a new message from headquarters.
02:00 One of my best friends
02:02 that I've known since we were kids,
02:04 he's been changing a lot.
02:06 He's been bragging, always has to be first voice,
02:09 always has to win.
02:10 And it's been getting really frustrating.
02:13 So I don't know what should I do?
02:17 That's a tough question.
02:18 Yeah, I feel that.
02:20 He seems so sad.
02:22 Well, that's called being prideful.
02:24 Sometimes people change,
02:26 and sometimes it's not for the better.
02:28 Yeah, so how do we respond?
02:30 Well, you know, first things first,
02:32 let's get this question in our journal.
02:33 Good idea. That's a good idea.
02:34 It's a really good question.
02:38 A problem with pride.
02:43 Good question. Yeah.
02:45 You know what though, I think I have an idea.
02:47 What? But we need an artifact.
02:49 Oh, yeah. Nori, can you get one for us?
02:50 Yeah, what? That one? I think it's 17D.
02:52 17D? Yeah.
02:54 I think that will help us.
02:55 I love how we bring our little props along
02:56 and our little treasures along
02:58 and they help us teach these lessons.
02:59 Sound good. Yeah.
03:01 Awesome. Here it is.
03:02 This is a building.
03:04 It's called the Burj Khalifa.
03:06 And it's located in a city called Dubai,
03:08 in a country called the United Arab Emirates.
03:11 Oh!
03:12 Isn't it the tallest building in the world?
03:14 It is the tallest building in the world.
03:15 Yeah.
03:16 Hey, Sam, can you show us on the map where Dubai is?
03:18 Sure. Yeah, I want to know.
03:19 It's right here.
03:21 There it is. Yep. That's it.
03:22 It's a neat modern city. And you know what?
03:24 It might be a good idea for us to see a location brief.
03:27 I got one. Tim, you got one?
03:29 Awesome. Let's check it out.
03:30 It's a great idea.
03:32 Right there.
03:33 I see it. There it is.
03:35 Yeah.
03:36 Location brief, Dubai.
03:41 The United Arab Emirates
03:43 is a country in the Persian Gulf
03:46 bordering the countries of Saudi Arabia and Oman.
03:51 As the name says,
03:53 it's made up of a group of seven emirates
03:57 or kingdoms that have come together
04:00 to form one country.
04:03 There are hundreds of miles of shoreline
04:06 with the Persian Gulf.
04:08 But a large part of the land is vast rolling sand dunes
04:13 that stretch for hundreds of miles.
04:16 During the winter, the climate is warm
04:20 in the United Arab Emirates.
04:22 But in the summer, it can become blistering hot,
04:26 with normal daily temperatures
04:28 climbing up to 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
04:33 The capital of the United Arab Emirates
04:36 is Abu Dhabi.
04:38 It's the center of politics and industry.
04:42 But the largest and most modern city is Dubai.
04:48 And Dubai is also a major center
04:50 for business and tourism.
04:53 Dubai has attracted a lot of attention recently
04:57 due to its immense construction projects,
05:01 including the world's tallest manmade structure,
05:05 the Burj Khalifa with 163 floors
05:11 and 57 elevators.
05:14 An example of some of the
05:16 unique construction achievements
05:18 include a huge indoor snow ski area.
05:23 You can also find
05:24 some of the largest and most modern hotels,
05:27 water parks, and sports venues.
05:31 Another major achievement
05:33 is the construction of huge new areas of land
05:36 that have been built up in the Persian Gulf,
05:39 such as the Palm Jumeirah and The World Islands
05:44 allowing for new buildings and cities to be built
05:48 where before there was just water.
05:52 This concludes this location brief.
05:56 Wow! Dubai is a beautiful city.
05:58 It is. It really is beautiful.
05:59 Really cool, very modern.
06:01 They've built most of that city
06:02 just in the last couple decades.
06:03 Wow! Really?
06:05 And this building is kind of like the centerpiece now
06:07 because this is the tallest building in the world.
06:10 Wow! What is it called?
06:11 It's called the Burj Khalifa,
06:13 which means the Tower of Khalifa,
06:14 which is the name of one of the president's there.
06:16 Really? That's a good name.
06:18 And I'm not sure how long it took to build it.
06:20 And it's just an amazing building.
06:22 Now the cool thing about this for us and for our family is
06:25 my younger son was fascinated when this was built.
06:28 He thought, "Wow, tallest building in the world."
06:31 And it really is tall because if you've ever been
06:32 to New York City,
06:34 just think of the Empire State Building,
06:36 it's about half as tall.
06:37 Oh! Wow! That is so tall.
06:39 It's amazing.
06:40 Yeah, it's cool. It's amazing.
06:43 Now this last summer, we got to travel
06:45 to the United Arab Emirates.
06:47 And we all got off the airplane.
06:49 And when we left the airport,
06:51 this thing was so tall, we can see it from the airport.
06:54 It's about 160 something floors.
06:56 Really? Oh, my goodness.
06:57 Yeah. So we were so excited.
06:59 We could see it in the distance.
07:00 And so the next day, after we had checked in,
07:02 we took a car, and we went over to the base.
07:05 And that's where we bought our tickets.
07:06 So the next day,
07:08 we can go up to the observatory.
07:10 Really? Yeah.
07:11 What floor up is that? How many floors?
07:13 I think it was on the 124th floor,
07:14 so something around here.
07:16 Twenty fourth? It's incredible.
07:17 So we got our tickets.
07:19 And the next day, we showed up on time.
07:21 And we took the elevator up,
07:22 and it was like this super crazy high speed elevator
07:25 that took us all the way up.
07:26 I would have loved to be on that.
07:27 It was like less than a minute.
07:29 It was amazing.
07:30 So we went all the way to the observatory.
07:32 And we got out, and it was cool because we can see...
07:34 It seemed like we can see for miles around.
07:36 I bet. Wow.
07:37 Now the interesting thing is
07:39 when you walk up around in the observatory,
07:41 there's all sorts of cool displays
07:43 that talk about all the facts
07:45 and pictures of how they built it
07:47 and all the materials they used.
07:48 Oh!
07:49 But then of course, they would be cool.
07:51 It's really cool.
07:52 There's just one display though that was kind of interesting,
07:54 it caught my eye...
07:55 Because the whole thing was all about the records
07:58 that were broken by this building.
08:00 Really? How many records?
08:02 It's the biggest, it's the tallest,
08:03 it's the everything.
08:04 They built it the fastest, the fastest elevator,
08:06 and all this stuff.
08:07 Oh, wow!
08:08 You know what, I got to think of these people here
08:10 in the United Arab Emirates
08:11 are really proud of their building.
08:13 And they were just telling everybody,
08:14 "Look at our awesome building.
08:15 Look how great it is.
08:17 Look at this awesome thing we built."
08:18 Yeah.
08:19 But the interesting thing about that
08:21 is that this story reminded me of another tall building
08:24 that the Bible talks about.
08:26 What tall building? Which one?
08:27 Is it The Tower of Babel?
08:29 That's the one. The Tower of Babel.
08:30 Oh, I didn't really think of that.
08:31 Some people started building this building,
08:33 and they thought it was going to be the best.
08:35 And you know what they actually said,
08:36 "Let us make a name for ourselves
08:40 by building this cool building."
08:42 And it kind of reminded me of this
08:44 'cause they were really proud of their building
08:46 just like the people in the Tower of Babel
08:48 were proud of their building.
08:49 But if you remember the Bible story,
08:51 that story didn't end very well...
08:52 Oh, it did.
08:54 'Cause pride can destroy people.
08:55 Really.
08:57 And there's actually a Bible verse
08:58 that can help us understand this.
08:59 You want me to look it up for you?
09:01 Could you please, Sam? Sure. What is it?
09:02 I've got a perfect one for you.
09:03 It's Proverbs 29:23.
09:08 Proverbs 29:23.
09:09 Yeah, Proverbs 29:23.
09:11 What does it say?
09:12 I think I found it.
09:15 Okay, here it is.
09:16 That is it.
09:19 "A man's pride will bring him low,
09:21 but the humble in spirit will retain honor."
09:25 What does that mean?
09:26 It's interesting
09:27 because there's two parts to this verse.
09:29 It says that the people that have pride, low,
09:33 and the people that are humble, honorable.
09:36 Oh, yeah. That makes sense.
09:38 That's a good verse, isn't it? Yeah, great.
09:39 We got to write this down here so then we can remember this.
09:41 Yeah. Good idea.
09:43 So that really wasn't a good idea
09:45 to make their city seem so big.
09:46 Yeah. Yeah.
09:48 Proverbs 29:23.
09:50 Because pride could bring it all the way down.
09:52 Yeah.
09:54 Do you have any pictures about that?
09:56 Yeah, actually, you know what?
09:57 I did bring some pictures back,
09:58 and I think they're on the file.
10:00 Oh, yeah, I think I saw a picture.
10:01 Yeah. Check into the file. I have to see that.
10:02 Maybe it's called Dubai.
10:04 Oh, look.
10:05 I see it.
10:06 I see that. Wow!
10:08 That's such a cool picture.
10:10 That's awesome. Look at it.
10:11 I love that one too. Oh, yeah.
10:13 You know, in Genesis, the Bible says
10:15 that the folks building the Tower of Babel,
10:17 they wanted to make a name for themselves.
10:20 And it's the same as saying they wanted to be famous.
10:23 Pride is a dangerous thing.
10:26 It's interesting that oftentimes
10:27 people don't even realize
10:29 that they're just going on and on
10:30 bragging about themselves
10:32 without noticing that it's making them
10:34 kind of look foolish.
10:35 Yeah.
10:37 Just as our treasure text says today.
10:39 I don't think anyone wants to look foolish,
10:41 so it would seem
10:43 like this is a pretty good and amazing advice
10:46 when the Bible helps us to be honorable instead.
10:49 Yeah.
10:50 Here's a fun way to help us remember
10:52 how to best not be foolish with pride
10:55 and instead be honorable.
10:57 I want to draw something for you.
10:59 Really?
11:00 I'm going to draw a person.
11:02 Now here's the head, and here's the eyes.
11:07 Oh!
11:09 Pride makes us want to look at ourselves.
11:11 Oh, that's true.
11:12 Instead, let's look at God first and then others.
11:15 Yeah.
11:17 And when we look at others,
11:18 it's not to point out their mistakes.
11:20 Now here's the mouth.
11:24 Pride makes us brag about ourselves constantly.
11:27 Oh, yeah.
11:28 Let's instead use our words
11:30 to help and build others up.
11:33 Yeah. Yeah.
11:34 Here's our ears.
11:36 Oh!
11:38 A proud person doesn't like to hear anyone correct him
11:41 or tell him he might be wrong about something.
11:43 That's true.
11:45 We need to realize that
11:46 sometimes we make mistakes or hurt others.
11:49 So we need to listen and apologize when necessary.
11:52 That's totally true.
11:54 Now here's the hands.
11:55 Oh!
11:59 Pride causes people to get into fights.
12:02 The reason he's fighting
12:03 is because he never gets what he wants
12:06 or he hates being corrected.
12:08 Instead, let's use our hands
12:10 to do good things for others instead.
12:12 Yeah. That's good.
12:14 And here's the feet.
12:16 Pride makes us stomp our feet and lose our temper
12:19 because everyone has to do things his way.
12:22 Let's instead use our feet to go and serve others needs,
12:26 even without being asked.
12:29 I hope you will decide today
12:31 to take God's amazing advice and resist pride.
12:34 Instead, let's ask God
12:36 to help us be a person of honor,
12:39 just like it says in today's Bible Treasure.
12:42 Hey, you know what?
12:44 We should pray. Good idea.
12:45 Let's bring our crew in. We got to bring our crew in.
12:46 Hey, guys, come on in.
12:48 Come on in. Come on back in.
12:50 Would one of you like to offer prayer for us?
12:53 Yes, I would. Awesome, Sam.
12:55 Let's all bow our heads and Sam will pray.
12:59 Dear, Jesus, help us to be a better person like it says
13:03 in our Bible text today.
13:04 Help us not to be filled with pride,
13:06 and help us to always know You are the one
13:09 who's given us everything that we have,
13:11 so we should not be prideful.
13:13 In Your Son Jesus' name, I do pray, amen.
13:15 Amen. All right.
13:17 Hey, do you guy want to see the answer
13:19 for today's brain teaser?
13:20 Yes!
13:22 I have a feeling you guys have been scratching your head
13:24 trying to figure out the answer to this one.
13:26 Definitely. All right, here we go.
13:27 What is it?
13:28 My seas have no water, my mountains have no rock,
13:33 and my land has no grass.
13:35 What am I?
13:39 I don't know.
13:40 That's a tough one, huh?
13:42 Is it a map?
13:44 It is a map.
13:45 Good job, Sam, a map.
13:47 I get it. I definitely get it.
13:49 I'm so glad you joined us today for Bible Treasures.
13:52 Don't forget to search for treasure every day.
13:57 See you next time. Come on, guys.
13:59 Let's go. Yeah.
14:00 We learned something today, guys.
14:02 We're gonna find some cool stuff
14:03 and then we just gonna ahead.
14:04 Let's see if we can find something.


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