Day 290 of Heart Dive 365. I'm your Bible study friend Kanoi. Welcome to the Heart Dive podcast.

Well, today we come to the abrupt ending of John the Baptist life, and we continue to see

the workings of Jesus drawing nearer to his crucifixion before we get into God's word today. If you could please help us out, if you're part of the Heart Die family, by hitting a thumbs up button, that's your roll call button. And if you're new to this Bible study, please let us know in the comments where you are, where you're watching from, how you found us. And please make sure to check out the show notes or the description box or head to our website, heartdive.org. There's a lot of information for you there about this Bible study. And I think a lot of the questions that you might have can probably be answered there. We have a frequently asked questions section. And I assure you, if you have the question in mind, somebody else probably already ask it. So make sure to check that out.

But don't hesitate to ask questions in the comment section. We don't want that to hold you back by any means. We've got a wonderful family here, brothers and sisters who are willing to help out. So thank you for those of you who do go into the comment section and answer anybody's questions. We are grateful for you. We are doing this together. we are one heart, one mind, one church, one purpose. So keep that in mind always, because we are doing this life together to be able to spread the gospel, spread the good news, get people into God's word. So we're going to go ahead and do that. We're going to jump on in. But before we do, as we always do, we're going to go ahead and pray to prepare our hearts and

invite God into this space that we're in.

So Heavenly Father, we honor you, we love you, we glorify you, and give you all the praise.

We thank you so much for being here with us.

Holy Spirit, thank you for allowing us to open up the daily bread, our daily manna, and

receive the nourishment and the feeding

that we need. Lord, you always give to us exactly what we need, but you also give more.

You are that kind of God who gives exceedingly and abundantly more than we could ever ask for,

think, or imagine. And so we're just grateful for that. I pray that we'll be open to it. Sometimes

we miss the overflow because we're too focused on that. I pray that we'll be open to it. Sometimes we miss

the overflow because we're too focused on something else. We're too caught in the weeds or the

thorns of distraction. You're like, over here, guys, we're doing this. And yet we're trying to

focus on something else that we think is a problem. And so I just pray that you will draw our eyes

to you, Jesus. Help us to hear your voice today, especially through this reading. I pray that you'll minister to us so personally, Lord. Even in the words that I don't speak, Holy Spirit, I know that you will. And so let it not be me, my words, God, but yours so that you can be seen. I don't ever want to draw any glory away from you. It's all about you, and we want to bring it back to you. And so please forgive us now for our sins. I pray that you'll purify our hearts, cleanse out any gunk that might be in there. Show us, Lord, where we may not be aware, where we might be falling short, where we might be doing too much, where we might not be doing enough. So whether it is the sin of commission or omission, Lord, we want to know about it so that we can make it right. Help us to forgive others. Please don't lead us into temptation, but delivers from evil. For yours is the kingdom and power and glory forever in Jesus' name. Amen. All righty, buckle up. There is a lot to cover today. We are starting off in Matthew chapter 14, reading from the ESV by Crossway translation. Starting off here in verse 1. At that time, Herod, the Tetrarch, heard about the fame of Jesus, and he said to his servants, this is John the Baptist. Okay, wait, what is going on here? Well, first of all, let's stop on who Herod the

Tetrarch is. This is Herod Antipus. Who is actually Herod the great son? So Herod the great was

the ruler whenever Jesus was born. Remember, he's the one who went and had all of the children

under two years old killed. So notice that he does not have the name King. He was actually denied that title. And so he is a ruler

over a certain region. That's what a tetrarch is. A tetrarch would usually be someone who ruled

over four districts. That's where we get the tetra from. And so Herod the tetrarch was one of

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