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June 21, 2019 4:40 pm
You've got questions, we've got answers to the stage for the line of fire with your host activist and author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH. That's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown, a friend welcome to today's Friday broadcast on line of fire Michael Brown blessed and delighted to be with you.
I have a stack of twitter questions that I solicited only on Fridays. Phone lines are open we take your calls as many as we can get to every so often we give folks over at twitter a chance to get their questions answered. We also do exclusive YouTube has a new Facebook cats. This is my time to get your twitter questions answered. I solicited the sum of days ago, but if you were connect on Twitter we've notified you that today is the day when were answering these in the order in which they came and I rented a divan from Dennis who is the angel of the Lord in the Old Testament. I sure hope you say most likely pre-incarnate appearances of Jesus because they preach about this retirement home. Sunday will that at Sunday's pass now but will let them know that he's on the right track.
If you disagree please let me know ASAP and why okay. I cannot say that every time the angel of the Lord appears in the Old Testament. It is the son of God. It is a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus.
I cannot say that in every case but certainly in clear cases where this angel is identified with the Lord. With this angel speaks of the Lord, you can make a good case and say yes these are theophanies or Kristof in these this is God appearing through his son in the Old Testament.
Many scholars believe that and point to that and I believe there is good reason for it.
So Dennis preach away. All right, George, Dr. Brown, could you address the appropriate use of tongues in corporate worship.
In light of the specific instructions in first with his 14 especially verses 2225 versus 27, 28 thanks, just for context. I believe the tongues are for personal notification for corporate worship� Interpretation this NOC scriptural evidence reducing corporate worship without interpretation. I guess that counts as a challenge.
The reason he stated it like that. As I said put forth questions or challenges to me. Okay so we agree that the primary use of tongues is between a believer and God and asked to. It was used in a certain way so that the people hearing at Pentecost and shovel at the feast of weeks that the Jewish ears to hear the praises of God in their native languages so once hearing them in an Arabic and another in Farsi and how these men will know those languages. How are they speaking them so yes that was the purpose then asked to, but there's no other reference in acts where a message is being delivered to people through tongues.
Rather, the tongues was a sign of the Holy Spirit coming upon the mess and asked Hannah next 19 but in first with his 14 Paul lays out guidelines other a lot of things that were out of order and current doctrinally, morally spiritually in terms of their congregational practices as well and what was that tongues is being abused out. Notice always clear the tongues is very good and positive. He said that one speaks in tongues edifies himself. He said that we speak mysteries in our spirit to God. He said I think I speak in tongues more than all of you is that I think I speak in more foreign languages. Many of you know I speak in tongues more than anything. So Paul prayed in tongues a lot. We ought to follow his example explicitly says in prescriptions 14 not for bid time is unscriptural for bid tongues all says don't permit it and use any says we can pray in the spirit we can give thanks in the spirit we can worship sing in the spirit our minds don't understand what were saying right. But our spirit is praying and edifying way or praising or worshiping all that's good and positive. But he says in public.
I rather speak five words an unknown tongue than 5000 words in an unknown tongue with 10,000 words in an unknown tongue so in public. If I'm here right now. This is public ministry right I'm on teaching speaking on Internet radio, etc. so if I was to deliver a message in tongues right now unless there was interpretation it serves no purpose. Rather it makes is that what's going on the sky. We're what is that now, if I just began to do the quote in Hebrew denial of human alignment llama shock of the note you have a sign of being flush Connie etc. know so Isaiah 61 the spirit of the Lord's army because he's anointed me to preach good news, etc. is he sent me and I stop there unless I translate that doesn't do any good. The same with tongues, so public service it if a message is given in tongues. Unless there is an interpreter, you will give the message all right and it would be the exact same principle if you got someone they speak Spanish got an amazing testimony your variation only speaks English and you have no interpreter there no use for them to give their testimony to his nose and understand it even if there blessed in sharing it was good understand what's the same principle or what about if rural worshiping together right as one voice. You have the worship team leading okay this is. Let's just sing a new song to the Lord. Praise the Lord and charismatic Pentecostal circles were used to write were all worshiping in a blended voice so if I Spanish speakers next to me but am worship in Spanish and Israeli next millennium worship in Hebrew media worship in tongues. Those weird words, bringing one voice to God. But if a message is being delivered in tongues. It should only be delivered with interpretation what if I'm at a prayer meeting with 10 believers were all believers and nonbelievers there ever was charismatic Pentecostal pray together and we say let's just get our heart and mind in tune with the Lord. Let's pray in tongues for a while. Why not, why not post concerns about an unbeliever or someone doesn't understand Paul's concern is that we edify ourselves and identify others but here the whole goal is let's get our hearts and minds into with the Holy Spirit but see with the Holy Spirit saying and then after praying in tongues begin to pray with you, understand why not see nothing wrong with it all right. Marie are Gentiles required to keep the feast of the Lord and Sabbath.
Galatians 4, nine, 10 be interpreted literally.
How can we tell which commandments in the Old Testament apply to the new okay number one number one you know Gentile believers are not required to keep the seventh day Sabbath or all or follow the biblical calendar. They are not. Nowhere in the New Testament is that laid on them.
They are free to their free to say hey we join together with Israel and the Jewish people and we find this life-giving.
We find that we learn a lot through participation or find it edifying.
God bless you Mrs. you can, but there is no requirement to do with that someone number two Paul writes in Galatians 4.
Now that you've come to know God, or rather to be known by God. How can you turn back again to those weak and worthless principles you will be enslaves them all over again. You observe days and months and seasons and years. I fear few that perhaps I've labored over you in vain out every body observe some type of calendar somewhere right if your typical Christian church you observe Easter observe Christmas you have.
Sunday is a day of worship. You may follow a more liturgical calendar and this is a season of Lent.
This is season of this or that right. Here's a special fast day, you're feast day and then in a secular way. You might July 4 is a holiday.
And Thanksgiving is a day of celebration. We focus on spiritual days.
Everybody does that in Paul writing to the Corinthians in prescriptions five. The release metaphorically says let's keep the Passover is not even encouraging them to to do it again is not a binding thing on believers to keep all of that. The command that the feast of the Lord of the Sabbath and in the in the New Testament, but analyses it really doesn't first within five I believe you need to look at that in the larger context of what Paul teaches about believers in the law, etc. but in short what Paul's warning against year is obviously a legalistic observance of days and months and seasons and years and observance of it in a way to obtain righteousness or salvation. And that's what he is absolutely critical about what the think that there are no days set apart a medicinal post in Romans 14 that the person that sets the daypart does it for the Lord. That's honestly not the issue. It's the way it's done. If this it's the spirit in which it's done, it's whether it's liberating or enslaving.
Ultimately, how do you know which Old Testament commandments apply in the new easiest way is the repeated in the is the easiest way are they repeated in the New Testament or everyone all right.
If not, then you have to question at this for everyone there plenty of Old Testament laws that were Old Testament Israel here does anyone question we supposed to be stoning adulterers now we supposed to be burning witches we supposed to be stoning unrepentant, disobedient, rebellious teenagers parts of we recognize those were laws under the Sinai covenant. We are not under those laws. We have certain moral principles installed reporting people to death for them observance out of nowhere, not to clear without under the Sinai covenant. So is the commandment repeated in the New Testament is the easiest thing or is a given in the Old Testament were all humanity. If it's given in the Old Testament for all humanity� A universal moral principle and is stated as such. So a lot of the teaching Proverbs is universal moral principles that work for everyone, so either it's a universal moral principle or its reiterated in the New Testament otherwise is not binding on believers in the New Testament brother to Moses you still play drums like to jam with me sometime on the Emma basis. I still play when I can Chi, who works daily and are on our broadcast is a drummer and will sometimes watch drum videos together mark in our shipping department and does all of our graphic Caesar drummer so will often compare notes. Now, I have not played seriously in 45 years is ace to play hours every day. Growing up I started playing drums at eight and as a teenager I was as good drummer for my age I'm played seriously decades but when I can play I just your love to play and I do have sticks around so the spell amount he my rudiments sharpen things like that. But if you're in the area body and you got a good drum so I could use and you have a good basis will damn all right Mel Gibson is the screen name where Jews only different spirits in a positive way.
But it's anti-Semitic when the Jews running countries are different and negatively recall the evil Jews were destroying European racial and cultural identity is so your question is not anything. I believe the words are not single-user, only different spirits in a positive way know quite the contrary. I'm saying that Jews have a calling by God to be world influences world influencers world changers, but we get it right. It's awesome get wrong is terrible. I'm so I say that's what I believe what we call evil Jews having a destructive influence on moral evil Jews, evil Jews are Karl Marx was an evil Jew believe the things George Soros stands for again so many things are important, as I probably was an evil Jew, the regal Gentiles in the world are evil Jews sought this with our so again I'm not saying the Jews are only different lien, the Jews, the Jews are really smart Jews are really spiritual Jews are that but if I say the dues are that are as anti-Semites is not only the broad sweeping statements, other than to say that God's call Jewish people of the world changed the world influences get things right. It's beautiful and powerful for the benefit of the whole world to get them wrong.
It's terrible and destructive but speak it as it is a truth. The line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown, the voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution there again is Dr. Michael Brown will come back to this Friday addition of one of our you got questions. We got answers today. I'm answering a bunch of Twitter questions. I solicited these Sundays back and cinnamon to answer them on a Friday so this is that Friday and of course we've notified folks on twitter that this is when were answering those questions. So don't call in liking at the number of but I trust to be edified and help and I'm answering these in the order in which we got them all right. Cassie, since Jesus died to forgive us all our sins. Why would that include our future ones. We know that we need repentance and occurs in our lives by conviction. The spirit within Scripture tells us that we do so by that same spirit that produces fruit within us. Yet, Cassie Jesus died to forgive all of our sins past, present, future, Jesus died to purchase our forgiveness.
The blood of Jesus pays for the sins of every human being that ever lived or will live every sin they have committed, and never will commit it's all paid for the cross and we put our trust in Jesus to save us and forgive us, he forgives us for every sin we have committed up to that moment in the provision for the forgiveness of our sins is in that same blood right differ. Cassie is with hyper grace. Teachers who say that the moment you are say Jesus pronounces your future sins forgiven.
Therefore, the Holy Spirit will never convict you of sin. Why is ready forgiven. Therefore, you don't need to confess your sin.
Why because you're ready forgiven.
Therefore, you can't grow in holiness and sanctification by his ready-made, perfectly holy, and a ready been completely forgiven. That's where I differ. So yes he died to forgive all of our sense, but why is it that if I derisive father forgive me.
Is this wrong, wash me clean. While I do that it's because forgiveness is appropriated once a sin is your forgiven debt beef before he created the debt right. It does anyone get saved in and come to the Lord and say but I'm asking you I'm asking you to forgive me for all the sins on the commit tomorrow when you when you came to faith, Lisa Gautama Rochford to be elbowed so many wrong things that an forgiven formula directs.
No, no one thinks that that's a severe error of hyper grace is the fundamental error to say that your future sins are ready forgiven when you get say that is the fundamental error so is provision for a sin at the cross.
Yes or all of our sins already paid for. Yes, but forgiveness is given when sin is is committed and when we asked for forgiveness. All right, let's go here is Zach. Can you give your thoughts on the American gospel film is Zach.
I only watch parts of it, and from what I watched this would be my perception. I deeply affirm the serious critiques of many abuses in the American church, especially the American charismatic church and maybe have written about those abuses more then most other evangelical authors, and even most other critics and I have been a prominent critic of abuses within the charismatic Pentecostal movement as a charismatic Pentecostal myself unashamedly so 47 years ago Smith there was a time late 70s early 80s I tried to deny with the Scripture said about the gifts of the spirit for today and I was ashamed of my Pentecostal roots, but the word of God convicted me and the Holy Spirit worked in the eye and braced with the word said the spirit was doing so I would deeply affirm many of the criticisms wall based on the. The little I watched would say that it goes too far and I may be wrong, but based on the little but I watched I would say that it it goes too far in his criticism. It paints with too broad a brush.
It paints exaggerated scenes know someone was concerned. I understand browsable.
Why are you justifying animal noises and weird laughter.
The were no animal noises and weird left who we were. That's not what we were about never been in the night that my life a bit of thousands of meetings, thousands of Pentecostal charismatic meeting, I would know I was an eyewitness over 800 services in the Brownsville revival and then's all probably couple thousand additional day teaching sessions and classes with our ministry school. I and then countless services on the road. During that time and never once saw any of the weird stuff all the power God came down people touched.
They were overwhelmed by the Spirit's presence. Sometimes they fall to the ground shake you have got no scriptural issue with that whatsoever in the big issue to me is the God of change but a lot of times things are just, are you just about as I don't never sought the room considered the people hear rumors false reports things exaggerated right and then pay with a broad brush again. I only watched parts of the movie. Okay, a Superdome at the same movie. So if I'm misrepresenting in any way, I apologize, but when I saw that's what I saw coming right on John since Jesus died for sins. Is there a need for Yom Kippur, what young people. The day of atonement, the 10th day of the seventh month of the biblical calendar for traditional Jew.
Of course it's a crucial day of the year for them. It's the holiest day of the year. Even nontraditional Jews will often spend that they fasting and praying.
It's very important for them but for those in, and obviously we say there is no forgiveness outside the cross of their praying for mercy to pray for forgiveness. I say it's a great time to pray that God opens their eyes that there is no forgiveness there is no atonement outside the cross, but for us believers in Jesus young people know we do not need a special day. As for forgiveness, what I would say is that's a great day to intercede along with Jewish people around the world and say all got open their eyes show them than the convict them of their sin show them something's missing, shoving the need the blood of the Lamb. I will, I would pray that way or or if you felt that was healthy to take that as a day of of introspection and reflection and examining your heart. As Paul writes in second with his 13 examine yourselves to see with you in the faith really look at your heart and and and confess we've fallen short, so is a day of personal purification and growth. Great, but is a day of old W forgive me and write my name in the book of life for another year as a traditional Jew would know know know we relate totally differently to the day of atonement been how you describe what healthy masculinity is her femininity is to a child or same as gender was mean to be a bore girl. Aside from obvious physical differences going try to teach children say in an elementary school if years were, I would lean into the most typical behaviors of boys most typical behaviors of girls. The most typical sensitivities of boys and girls.
The most typical blind spots of boys and girls. That's, that's right would do that all right.
I I would yet it's not gonna be 100% okay. It could be a little stereotypical, but you know if I was raising a boy and I and he had sisters us and I look boys can be rougher than girls gotta be careful when you play with your sisters. It's not like he's got your brother he's got two sisters and up when you're wrestling with your brother.
It's one thing to be careful with your sisters now. Maybe there's a delicate brother, and maybe there's a real rough-and-tumble sisters of his. Gotta be a little stereotyping that doesn't apply to everyone, but I said, what is the normal patterns you know of maybe girls are to be more thoughtful and boys less thoughtful Meir with one of the normal patterns with a man and a woman. The father is going to be more, let's go out and take a risk in the mother more carefully concern the father everything gonna be all right in the mother seeing the needed just generally speaking look at male-female behaviors and without telling your son out of your real boy. Gotta be rough and tough and you can never cry and you are never sure you're feeling the up beat somebody up if they look funny to us and nothing to do with being a man. I another do with being a man, but you may want to tell your son hey you, gotta watch out for your sisters, your protectiveness during the you're the man on the head of the on the man of the house you and you know I protect mommy and I watch over things that I can't make sure that everybody's taken care in the you need to do that. So you nurture that sense of responsibility in him and strengthen him and was a girl you know that the they got sensitivities that guys don't have an they've got ways of seeing the world. The guys don't have an the mom wants to cultivate that. So again, just look at the broad categories in real firm. Those without saying it would be a girl you got a have the perfect body and perfect air and this and that you were to be a God, he got a bit of muscle might know those those are just worldly caricatures but the fact that there are distinctions between us. I look at Scripture and see strengths of women and strengths of men I'd I'd sit down with the spouse and say okay what will I do well as a man, but I don't do well as a man leader was a woman you don't, it was a woman.
What are your strength as a mother. My strength as a father, and let's try to communicate the good things into her kids and warned against the bad things in and do it in general terms that are generally true, all right. Susie what your understanding of women leaving in the church based on Scripture I we get asked this question constantly. So go to my website Esther to Brown.org SK dear Brown.org and just type in women or women pastors and you'll see short videos we've done on it and hold broadcast we've done. In short, women can preach, teach, minister do all kinds of things that men do, but I do not see women called to primary governmental authority. In other words, as I see things in the home and the male responsibility as head of the home see the same in the church and ministry is not to be oppressive to women. Women are liberated to serve in many ways, and when you look in the New Testament. You see the examples in the way Paul addresses other women leaders with the steam. There were gifted and anointed and call and should have great release and outlet in the church but I do not see women as primary call primarily called the senior governmental headship. So are there women pastors have been raised up and are used by the Lord, yes, but I see that as exceptions to the rule and all of us have been raised up to be used by the Lord thought somewhere was something missing somewhere something imperfect in our doctrine or character somewhere. So in that sense God is very pragmatic, using us where we are but just like Deborah was one woman in the Old Testament and was not the primary model for judges and leaders. I see it the same in the test clearly all prophesies ministry used by God in all sizes of gifts and power voice of the Lord, I come right back more of your twitter question don't go anywhere. The line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH dear Jim is Dr. Michael Brown thanks for joining us on the line of fire Michael Brown delighted to be with you on this Friday broadcast. You got questions. We got answers, but pick up the phone.
This is one of those days where I'm answering questions that we solicited before the show.
These are absolute questions that were solicited on Twitter don't post requester. There is we've already gotten these days in advance with the printer to have for this show.
Of course, we notified you on twitter today that this is the day that we answered the questions that we solicited actually weeks earlier. All right. Patrick asked this with the apostle Paul had a Trinitarian view of God's similar to 21st-century Christian, I would say yes, and I would say no. Yes, in that all clearly affirmed the eternal deity of Jesus clearly referred to him in a couple of occasions as God, he made clear that just as the father is God, that the son is Lord and that they are both worship and that the sun is involved with creation many speaks of the Holy Spirit, often in a personal way. The best text. Of course, second Corinthians 1314 where he wishes the Corinthians, the love of God, the grace of the Lord Jesus and the fellowship. The communion with the Holy Spirit and a fellowship with the power you can have fellowship with the fourth fellowship with a personal being all talks about the gifts. The manifestations of the spirit which included wisdom and knowledge in various speech. If so the Holy Spirit is personal and therefore Paul speaks of second Corinthians 1314 is an excellent Trinitarian formula speaking of God, Lord, spirit. The father is Lord and also God's spirit right.
We know that to be true. The sun is also God and spirit thing with hysteresis lowers the spirit that the spirit is God and Lord. And yet, each with a specific function so God the father, the Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit. So in that sense, yes we got our views from Paul and the rest of the New Testament in terms of Trinity. However, it's possible that we developed our views beyond what Paul would teach beyond what Scripture teaches. I cannot say that Paul would've affirmed every word of the Nicene Creed or the Athanasian Creed that that the way they're articulated there is an exact expression of what Paul taught and believed. I cannot guarantee that all right so and some of us may have misconceptions about God's tri-unity but did Paul hold to Trinitarian view of God. Certainly understand Scripture. Yes, right. Simon in Exodus 21 versus 22, 23 whom is the harm party of speaking up the mother of the baby think you would agree with me that is the baby but is there anything in the Hebrew text that would lean towards this interpretation.
So Exodus 21 versus 21 to 23 on the first read in the okay 22 and 23 Sartre on their first read in the ESV and you act actually Valery the ESV that are read in the new Jewish version.
Women strive together and hit a pregnant woman's that her children come out with his no harm. One hitter shall surely be fine as the woman's husband shall impose on him and he shall pay as the judges determined that if there is harm and you ship a life or life. I fry tooth for tooth hamper Hanford for the birth of running from one drive per stretch this down to verse 25 to the controversy. There is, is it saying so. Two men fight in a pregnant woman is in the stomach and it causes her to deliver the baby but the babies healthy the babies healthy right then that's one thing but if the baby is harmed. That's another thing or is it saying they fight the to the woman.
This carries but if there's other harm to the woman, then it's I fry tooth for tooth, etc. that's that's the controversy. In other words, is this a verse that supports the pro-life position, or the so-called pro-choice position. So reading from the new Jewish version. New Jewish publication Society version.
Women strive together had a pregnant woman's that her children come out, but there is no harm will appear shall surely be defined as the woman's husband shall impose on him and he shall pay as the judges determined that there is harm the nuclear club, etc. so this is a great debate. This is a debate among interpreters.
This is a debate among jurists deciding cases.
This is from a Jewish perspective.
This is a debate between the the pro-life crowd in the so-called pro-choice crowd houses understood. Is it saying if you miss carries just fine but if if there's harm to her, then it's I fry tooth Richard is it saying if she delivers prematurely right. She delivers prematurely, but there's no harm to the baby. Then there's a fine where she delivers prematurely and the babies harmed the baby dies, the man dies that struck her. I believe the best argument of course on pro-life but I believe the best argument is that it's not talk about miscarriage soma delivering a child if she delivers a child. The child is healthy than the man pays a fine if she delivers a child and the child is unhealthy and the punishment is more severe.
There's debate about this afflicted the debate.
I believe this is the best way to understand us. Susan I've heard pro-abortion people use the ordeal of bitter water is an argument for God being pro-abortion therefrom again!
A bizarre ritual found in numbers. A catcher can explain it, yes. So in numbers.
The fifth chapter, a woman who's accused of committing adultery by a jealous husband goes through a ritual and she has to drink this bitter water. And if she's guilty then she invokes a certain curse over herself. Okay. And if she's not guilty, then nothing happens to her. So verse 19, the priest shall make or take an oath saying if no man has lain with you and if you've not turned aside to uncleanness while you're under husband's authority be free from this water bitterness that brings the curse right. Verse 20. If however you gonna scrape your husband if you become impure had sexual relations with a man other than your husband than the Keohane.
The priest is to have the woman swear under this oath of a curse and say to the woman then let Adonai, the Lord cause you to be cursed and announced among your people one on ally causes your thigh to rot and your belly to swell with this water which brings a curse into your body and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to rot was to say amen I made okay. Another my pregnancy. Nothing about pregnancy. Not a syllable says that the woman is pregnant. Not a syllable.
All right. And if she was pregnant and they knew she was pregnant then okay let's wait and see if you prayed so so we know you're pregnancy. Her husband was away on a journey, no fruit for six months and and and you're now a three months pregnant. Okay you only ritual tell you slap a summative but pregnancies never mention all right. It doesn't say that pregnancies mentioned in the baby dies.
Okay it says that this woman will invoke this curse on herself that your thigh will will will follow in your body swell. That's all. That's the curse. As a result of pregnancy.
That's a curse in its judgment and its outward sign that she's been on faith and by the way, even if God chose to judge a woman of for committing adultery and take the baby that set abortion its divine judgment from God the son of a human being doing anything. But here, this ritual has zero to do with pregnancy zero to do with losing a baby not syllable about okay John a question is why man is Angels have free will and can choose to worship him and not just like us. What is in God chose to create man when if you want, he could be to create more angels or left the number of angels the same answer would be that angels are different than human being that human beings are uniquely created in the image of God and that human beings are uniquely capable of having fellowship with God forever because remember he created us, not just to be glorified among us forever, but to have fellowship forever as confessions point out that God's goal is that we glorify him and enjoy him forever. So there's something different about us. So the Angels play their role, but the Angels freedom of choice is different than our freedom of choice. They send and those that send her forever. Dan and know that those that did not sin or forever righteous and there was no possibility of repentance for the Angels or anything like that. All right to free will was given to them. But in a different way than given to us because we could turn away from God and then through the cross turned back. Why didn't Jesus die for the Angels and why didn't God incarnate his son is an angel is Angels were made differently than human beings and only human beings are capable of having the type of fellowship we have with God and relationship you have with God.
Hence, unique and creative. It's a great question.
That's the simple answer. Chad is there rapture are not, yes, but it's one of the same as the second coming is not a separate rapture seven years before 3 1/2 years before the second coming rapture as part of the second coming, which happens is Jesus is after the tribulation of those days. So with the end of whatever tribulation. There is on the earth. Jesus returns in the clouds for the whole world to see. We are caught up to meet him in the side of the whole world. It's been persecuting us and butchering us and attacking us recall up to meet him in the side of the whole world. Think of it is quite extraordinary.
Recall up to meet him those who have died in the Messiah previously raised from the dead before us recall up to meet them and to gather we escort them back to their rights. There is no pretrip rapture with all respect my preacher friends if you want more data on this the book that Prof. Craig Keener and I wrote called, not afraid of the antichrist is only one second coming.multiple second comings, not second comings and phrases separated by years.
One second coming, recall up to meet the Lord as he returns. We escort him back to earth. John dear pastors, child, be a believer or just faithful to parents command yup. First Timothy three says that that is a leader, a senior leader's children must be in order. He must govern his house right so obviously if the verse five of first Timothy three, he must manage his own household well with all dignity, keeping his children submissive. However, in Titus the first chapter he says if anyone is above reproach restricts the husband of one wife and his children are believers, not open to the charge of the Boucher insubordination that that one can be installed. It would be difficult to say that the children of every pastor or leader must all be believers at all time.
What about kids that go through a phase of rebellion but the father deals with them correctly and they turned back around to the prodigal son being an example. What about when they're older and out of the house. You could argue that all of them happen must be active believers, there was a certain authority in the ancient world, then we don't have today were you can basically we are all following this faith in the is always there in the house. They had to do it that makes it more easily done that but without question.
If a man does not have control of his household, his children are out of control. If he's unable to keep them from living wild lives and getting in trouble. While there under his room, then yes, that makes questionable visibility, the church effectively. That's what the word of God says God being very practical effect on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown hard time getting to as many of your twitter questions as I can on the special edition of you've got questions.
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But to be technical. Calvin did not so much teach once saved always saved as as much as perseverance of the saints. Now understood rightly there the same thing, but once saved always saved for many means that if you pray a prayer and asked Jesus into your heart to forgive you that you are forgiven. No matter what. From that point on, you can live like the devil you can show no evidence of change in your so say a Calvinist to follow John Calvin would say no if you're truly saved your persevering holiness to the end. If you fall away, it will only be temporary because you come back all right. That's what Calvinist would delete why did Calvin say that because he believed that God predestined certain people by his choice and his will, not based on anything in us but just his love and why you choose one pastor with others. His businesses what Calvinist would say so.
He chose people from before the foundation of the world and secure their salvation with the blood of Jesus and destined them to go on this path from here to eternity with the Lord. So there is no deviation from that, the moment you're saved its fixed impact was fixed in God's mind from before the foundation of the world the beginning and the end God racing the end of the movie you could say and and and he's established to be as is. That's why Calvinist would hold to that, they would say that the infallible gracefully to save those God chose to save you infallibly save you that he will infallibly keep you until the end and it's all his grace. That would be Calvinist answer AH and you give an example of a situation in which a divorce Christian can marry again taking consideration.
Matthew 532 right first, you must work this through for yourself to be 100% sure you need to read Matthew five Matthew 19 first Corinthians 7, but you also need to read in Mark and Luke where they mention divorce with no possibility of remarriage while the spouse is living or Roman seven as well. You need to be sure before remarrying after divorce. My understanding of Scripture is that there are legitimate cases where the spouse breaks the marital covenant. The spouse commits adultery. The spouse will not repent and come back. Perhaps the spouse remarries for the spouse falls away from the Lord and abandons you, refuses to come back as I understand it in those situations of reconciliation is impossible, then it is possible for believer to remarry even wall the ex-spouse still alive. Other say as long as the ex-spouse still live there is no possibility of marriage.
That's one saying study it for yourself. My understanding is there are cases where it would be possible to remarry and gobble bless that remarriage of a strongly different based on Scripture as they understand it. Just be sure before you take a step that you feel confident that what you doing is according to God's word and will counsel others if you like but ultimately come to a definite conclusion. Cobra was Jesus Christ actually God on earth. Yes, he was he was brave and was I and that is the eternal son speaking and in point of fact, if he is God.
He was intense cease to be God, your God or not God might did he take on human form that he pitch his tent among us was the divine nature joint to human nature in a unique way. While he was on the earth. Yes, absolutely. Did he choose not to use all of his divine prerogatives and power. Yes, absolutely. It was fully man and fully God at one of the same time, the word which in the beginning was with God, but in the beginning was God.
The word became flesh the word pitched his tabernacle, his tent among us. That word is God.
Colossians 29 that in Jesus the fullness of the deity dwells in bodily form yes absolutely got on earth but not using his divine prerogatives to the fall as we see in Philippians chapter 2 verse six through 11 Josh dual to biblical inerrancy.
Yes, I believe that the original manuscripts Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The original words were perfectly inspired and were given to us without error.
But there is error in transmission, so we may have discrepancies with numbers and things like that. And there are things in Scripture which they seem to contradict each other and we may not have an explanation of the moment. However however I do hold to scriptural inerrancy.
The word of God is God breathed and if you're going to say their errors than on what basis do we determine error, according to whom and what criteria and and and how is it that we don't now become arbiters of what's true and what's not true, as opposed to the word sitting judge on us. We now sit in judgment on the word of Lance that ran curious why Jews to accept Jesus as the Messiah.
Thousands of first and Jewish eyewitnesses, Jesus miracles is the sizable salt for 40 days after his crucifixion and death. Old Testament filaments messianic references with Jesus obviously filtered using denial of Lance. I love your question because you see things so clearly through the eye of faith. The traditional Jew would think that that your delusional traditional Jew would think that your disbelieving myths and fables from the past. The traditional Jew would think that your reading things into Scripture that aren't there that that only someone could read and if they were looking for them.
Traditional Jew would say what about all the persecution of Jews in Jesus name through history about the horrors of church history. How can you possibly be Christians and and how can Jesus possibly be the Messiah and look at world history when the Messiah comes in the peace on earth and there's been nothing but warm trouble in disaster +2000 years Jesus refilled.
None of the prophecies and said that that would be traditional Jewish people that we have answers to all those things but I encourage you to to watch some of my debates on YouTube by debate rabbis and see what they have to say and and see how I answer them. And then if you want to find a more go to real Messiah.com real Messiah.com or Jewish website go there and start to scroll through the objections and see how we answer those objections and then I got five volumes on answering Jewish objections to abuse. Is there a lot of objections, but by God's grace we have answers for every single one of them.
Jordan, could you explain how you hold the dispensationalism I know you're not pretrip at alloys you hold to a very Darby-esque eschatology, even though it's a lesson 200-year-old doctrine given your knowledge of theology in church history.
Thanks, I will respect toward you got an opposite the first believers, the disciples of the apostles were millenarian bait. They believed that there would be a thousand year reign of Jesus on the earth. Yeah that they did in acts one Jesus doesn't deny God's future purposes for Israel disciples ask in acts 16 you and that will you not restore the kingdom to Israel and Jesus doesn't say you buffoons you idiot you fools Sangha John Calvin said that there were more errors than words and their questions.
No he says the stuff you know the times and seasons, the falls appointed by his own authority you receive power the Holy Spirit comes on you. You'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem today is merit to the ends of the earth. What he says great question of the kingdom will be restored.
This a great question, but is that your focus, your focus is being witnesses and preaching the gospel right so so I hold through them once the Scripture teaches it in the earliest believers. They were not millennial. They never heard of it will not post millennial and never heard her there, absolutely not.
Prior arrests for sure the disciples of the apostles believed in a literal reign of Jesus were thousand years on the earth. I believe God keeps his promises. Didn't Peter say that heaven must receive Jesus in the time comes for the restoration of all things spoken by the prophets when they speak about read Isaiah to realize a lot more this week about Jesus literally come the first time, the way he said yeah we literally come the second time I could yeah the words of the prophets literally be fulfill the properties a double scatters people regather them and then restore the kingdom.
Yeah, nothing I'm not dispensationalism Darby-esque. I believe God is working simultaneously in an among the Jewish people, and in the church leave the church consist of saved Jews and and and Gentiles one in Jesus and he continues to propose promises Israel. Romans 15 78 Jesus the Messiah confirms the promises to the patriarchs. He does not cancel them all right.
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