You Can’t Just Call Yourself King | Season 4 Ep 11
December 3, 2025
Even if you have horses and chariots and a priest
This week on Nothin’ But Fine we will explore how empty words and forgotten promises reveal the dangers of pride and complacency, reminding us that true faith requires integrity—letting our ‘yes’ be yes and our ‘no’ be no.” Let’s dig in!
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Wouldn’t it be nice if you could always trust what people say to you? What happened to the sentiment that you are only as good as your word? Can you be trusted?
They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the fields. Hosea 10:4
This passage from Hosea is interesting. Israel has strayed from the Lord. They’ve gotten too comfortable. A symptom, or a side effect I should say, of the complacency and faithlessness/disregard to the Lord is that their words no longer mean anything. They are taking credit for all their good fortune. Not only that, but they are also thanking and building altars to other gods. This is a real slippery slope. One of those situations that starts as a small snowball but ends up being as big as an elephant careening down a mountain taking out everything in its path. Moses warned of this way back in Deuteronomy. (8:11-20) He told the Israelites to not forget what God had done for them. Forgetting the lessons from the wilderness opens the door to pride. When you forget you allow room for the false idea that maybe it was you that did it all. You made it by your own strength and intelligence. You are a great problem solver. You are independent. Look what you did!
Matthew Henry says, “Israel is a vine that is luxuriant, full, and fruitful, but is producing all the wrong things. It is an empty vine using his wealth in the service of his lusts, and not to the honor of God who gave it to him.”
When you forget the point or the reason or the purpose of what you do you lose credibility bit by bit. If you only care about the bottom line and having a good time, then chances are you are willing to say whatever it takes to get there. Whether you mean it or not.
Jesus says that our yes should be yes, and our no should be no. And that out of the abundance of your heart, your mouth speaks.
Mean what you say.