Matt Slick Live

The following program is recorded content created by the Truth Network. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the show. It's me, Matt Slick.

Today's date is April 8th, 2024. Sorry about not making it yesterday. We had a power outage here at the house. And my wife had a doctor's appointment to combo. Long story short, didn't make it. And here we are. So, if you want to give me a call, it's easy.

877-207-2276. Hope to hear from you. And let's see. Some of the stuff I've been working on recently. Let's see. Because, you know, I work.

I work a lot. And I just did a lot of research. Did an article on preterism and did Jesus die for an infinite number of sins, praying for the dead biblical, and things like that. And today, I released an article.

It's humongous. The Orthodox Confession of St. Peter Mogilla. Now, remember, Karm is a research ministry. It's an apologetics and research ministry. So, I do a lot of research. Sometimes what I'll do is I'll take a word and research how it's used in the Bible. A phrase, to see how it's used in the Bible. And I've discovered that God uses words differently than we do. And, you know, I just do stuff like that. Well, I also did stuff on the Orthodox Confession of St. Peter Mogilla.

It was done in 1642. Now, I waste my time with something like that. Well, the reason I'm doing this is because the Eastern Orthodox Church is growing.

And people are succumbing to its lurid temptations. And so, I've been researching their official documents. I've released the document research on Sithius and now this one.

I might do one more. I don't know. But I've got a lot of information. And so, on this one, for example, this is something like this. Check this out.

What do you think this means? What does it behoove an Orthodox person to believe and do that he may have eternal life? What should you do to have eternal life? Well, it's simple. Write faith and good works. That's what it says. Write faith and good works. Check this one out, too.

This is another one. So, on that day of judgment, everyone shall receive a full and everlasting reward according to his merit. Some receive the sentence coming to the kingdom and some into everlasting fire. So, it's merited that on that day, everyone shall receive a full and everlasting reward according to his merit, heaven or hell.

That's what it says. I mean, you know? Or how about this one? Let's see. How about this one here? Okay. How about this one? If we persevere with constancy and faith and good works, we shall finally become partakers of salvation and stuff like that. Okay.

And how about another one? This is official. It's official heresy is what it is. Let's see. We can ourselves wipe out our sins here on earth. Did you know that in the East Orthodox Church, you can do the Eucharist for the dead? Oh, man. Let's see.

How about this one more and get to the caller? It is certain that many sinners are freed from the chains of Hades, not by their own repentance or confession, as the Scripture says, in the pit who shall give thanks to the dead, praise not the, et cetera. It says, but for the good works and alms of the living. You're freed from the chains of Hades. You're freed from the chains of Hades when you die, if you're not a good whatever. You would have Hades for a while, not purgatory Hades.

How do you get out? But for the good works and alms of the living and for the prayers of the church made in their behalf, but chiefly for the sake of the unbloody sacrifice, that's the Eucharist, which the church daily offers up for the dead. This is paganism. It's paganism. It is. Let me say it again in a different way. It's paganism.

It's the high, nasally, whiny voice. It's paganism. Let's get to Devin from Romans 11, from North Carolina. Welcome, Devin.

You're on the air, man. Hi, so I just had a question. I was reading Romans 11 earlier today, and I was just kind of on exactly what Paul meant in this chapter, because there's like one point he was saying there's nothing that we can do to remove our salvation, but then we can also lose our salvation at the same time. I was just kind of confusing seeing if you could figure it out. What verse in chapter 11? Let me see. I can't remember right exactly, but I know he was saying to the Gentiles to not be boastful because he can cut us off of the tree just like he did to the Jews.

Yeah. It's verse 19. But if some of the branches were broken off and you, being a wild olive or grafted in among them, became partakers with them in the rich root of the olive tree, don't be arrogant for the branches. But if you're arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

And some branches broken off, you could be ungrafted. So what's going on here is not that you lose your salvation. Paul is speaking covenantally. He's speaking to people who understand what it means to be grafted in.

It's grafting. And it says in Romans 11 tells us quite right, they were broken off for our unbelief, or for their unbelief. But you stand by your faith.

Do not be conceited, but fear. This is covenantal language familiar to the Jews where the vine is likened to Israel. That's in Isaiah and Ezekiel.

So he says he will not spare you either. He's speaking to the Gentiles at large, not individuals, and warning them to stand firm. So if you, you know, if I were, hypothetically, say I'm speaking to a group of a thousand people in a church and we're talking about salvation, the requirement of salvation, and making sure you're in, I said, you've got to make sure you're in the faith. And how do you make sure you're in the faith? Well, one of the ways is to have good doctrine. The other one is make sure you're doing the right things.

Because if you're saying you're a Christian and you're out committing adultery and murder, you're not a Christian. Oh, someone said Matt Slick. Matt Slick just said you're saved by your works. That's not what I said. And so a lot of people, what they'll do is they'll take verses, they'll take texts, and they will, well, he's saying you're going to lose it. He doesn't say that. He says you're grafted into the vine of Israel as a whole.

You can be taken out. Don't be arrogant about your position. Because a lot of times the Gentiles would then lord it over the Jews and say, well, we have salvation.

You don't. And they'll say, well, don't be so arrogant. So he's not talking about individuals. He's talking about groups of people. And that's how you would speak to groups of people.

You would speak like that in generic terms. Okay. That makes sense?

That makes sense. Thank you very much. Okay.

It's really simple stuff. So just remember, he's speaking to the Gentiles, not individuals, saying you lost your salvation. They said you make sure you're okay. Make sure you're right. All right.

As a whole. Okay. Okay, buddy.

Thank you. Okay. Okay.

God bless. All right. Let's see.

Let's see. Let's get to Alexander from Virginia. Alexander, welcome. You are on the air. Hi, Matt.

It's great to be here again. Hey. Good, man. Good.

So what do you got? So I wanted to ask about this verse from Genesis 6. I want to read a little bit. It's verse 4. It says, There were giants in the earth in those days. And also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them. And I'm reading from the King James Version. And I just wanted to know, what does that mean exactly? Is this talking about angels coming down to earth?

Yes, it most probably is that. That's what the Jews taught. That's what the Christian church taught till about the 500s, and then it was attacked, that view was attacked.

So the Jews always understood it to be the Nephilim, the half-breeds. And that were before. Okay. Yeah. And so there's also in Jude 6, not in Jude 6, I don't know if it is Jude 6, let's see where it is. Yeah, that's right. Jude 6.

Wow. And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, he is kept in eternal bonds. So some think that that might be a reference to the Nephilim of Genesis 6-4. And also. So what does that word mean, Nephilim?

It just means giants. Okay. Oh, okay.

Yeah. And so, so also if you go to, it's interesting, if you go to verse 8, and Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord, and these are the records of the generations of Noah. He was a righteous man, blameless in his generations.

His heritage was not messed up. That fits the model of the idea of the angelic realm having relations with women producing offspring to dilute the messianic line and thwart it. Wow. Okay.

And also when you go to, let's see, where is it? Oh, man. Ezekiel.

Oh, come on. Daniel. Daniel 2, 42, I think.

It's been a while since I've been to this one. 43. Daniel 2, 43. This is at the issue of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar, which is four metals, you know, gold, silver, bronze, and then iron mixed with clay. And most people think that the iron mixed with clay is, you know, the last period of time with the rebuilt Roman Empire.

Okay. And this is what it says. And in that, you saw the iron mixed with common clay. They will combine with one another in the seed of men, but they will not adhere to one another. What? They will combine with one another in the seed of men.

Oh, what does that mean? Something that's going to go on in a sexual kind of a thing that's mentioned and prophesied. Well, also when you go to Luke 17, 26, just as it happened, the days of Noah, still should it be the days of the coming of the son of man, they were eating, drinking, marrying, giving merch till the day that no one entered the ark, the flood came and destroyed the ball. It's the wicked who are doing all this stuff. And it's the wicked who are going to be taken. And so, as it was in the days of Noah, the wicked will be taken out, which is consistent with the flood because the wicked were taken out of the flood. And people think, well, wait a minute, that doesn't make sense. That's the rapture.

No, it's not. That's not the rapture. And then I'm going to quickly, cause we're almost out of time, go to Matthew 13, the parable of the wheat and the tares. And Jesus says, you know, they said, Hey, can we tear up the tares?

He goes, no, you might tear up the wheat also. Allow them both to go together till the end of the age. And I'll say to the reapers, first gather the tares. The first ones gathered are the wicked.

And it's consistent with Matthew 24 and Luke 17, that two in the field, one is taken, one is left. And it's going to be consistent with the idea that this kind of perversion will be going on again in the last days. Okay.

A lot of stuff. Yeah. Yeah. And just to ask one last thing, is this the same type of giant that like David defeated?

Yes. The Nephilim are the same giants that he defeated, but there's been some conjecture about this. If there's a continued breeding program, some people get this, I'm going to throw this out for fun.

Some people, some Christian theologians think that the Nephilim might actually be aliens because it's impossible mathematically for life to form anywhere in the universe. It just can't happen. And if you wait, I'll tell you some stuff about UFO theology that's taught. Just put it all together for fun. Okay. Hold on.

Okay. Hold on buddy. Be right back.

We got a break. Hey folks, we'll be right back after these messages. Please stay tuned. It's Matt Slick live, taking your calls at 877-207-2276.

Here's Matt Slick. Hey everybody. Welcome to the show.

Welcome back. If you want to give me a call, the number is 8772072276. So give me a call.

Let's get back on with Alexander. Are you still there? Yeah. Yeah. All right.

So I'll give you a lot of info. I know, you know, one thing's led to another. Yeah. So, um, uh, so two things. One, I got some about UFOs, right?

Yes. I got some information from Chuck Missler. Uh, he passed away in the, you know, a few years ago. He was a brilliant, uh, researcher. And he, some of the information I'll tell you in a second, after I tell you a story first, is, uh, dealing with the theology of UFOs. The research has been done on what the abductees, uh, say that aliens teach them.

Not everybody is taught this, but the ones that are taught, there's a similarity. Well, before I tell you that, years ago, before I, I was, uh, really doing much research of anything. I was, you know, a little nerdy and I liked a lot of stuff. I would read articles and do stuff on science and UFOs. I always thought it was interesting.

I didn't know if they were real or not back in the day. I read this article by a secular psychologist who did hypnotherapy and regression, whatever it is, therapy with people who claimed to have been abducted by UFOs, by aliens. So I said, okay, I'm gonna read this. And it was interesting. And, uh, he made an interesting comment that, uh, several of the abductees had been taught theology and the theology that he was, that they were taught is the same theology that Chuck Missler, uh, says that, uh, the aliens have taught and other research.

So it's consistent. And it is that Jesus is not God. We are all divine. Reincarnation is true.

And so, um, let me put it together for you. Uh, it's certainly possible that the Nephilim are still around, that they're just a different style of breeding program. They might be connected to the UFOs, to the alien scheme, particularly, uh, in light of the theology that's being taught and then the prophecies of scripture, which says they'll be taken out of God's kingdom.

They'll be removed. And that's Matthew 24, Luke 17, two men to feel one is taken, one is left. That's not the good, it's the wicked who were taken. And, uh, Matthew 13, the terrors are the ones who were taken first. And so this is all interesting stuff.

It's right there in scripture. Okay. So you're saying it's possible that some of us are Nephilim? No, no, no.

Uh, no, those would be, um, if it's true, if it's, if it's the case, they, um, would be those who are demonically, uh, possessed and demonically enforced. Okay. Okay. Yeah.

Yeah. So, I mean, I know I got a friend, uh, lives in Portland and he's about six foot 50 and 8,000 pounds. And when he walks out outside, you know, the, the, the Sasquatch, uh, uh, you know, visitation numbers or sightings go up now, maybe he's a Nephilim.

And, uh, you know, he's just a huge guy. But, uh, so no, it's, uh, there's been a lot of conjecture about this. I actually talked to a, uh, uh, uh, let's just say in incognito, I talked to a Christian ufologist and he opened himself up to me because he heard me speaking, um, online.

And for a while knew I was trustworthy. We had a private conversation and I ran all this by him, a theory that I developed from doing all my research. And he said, it's the same theory that they, his group has come up with that the UFOs may very well may, we don't know for sure, may very well be, uh, demonic manifestations. And I've been hearing, they're teaching Jesus as a God.

Yes. And I've been hearing more ruminations of things like this coming from other sources. So I need to track some of those down and check them out. But, you know, he started hearing echoes of something. You start wanting, what's going on, you know, where'd that original sound come from?

Hearing the echoes of something. And, um, that's what seems to be the case. So, you know, definitely I know some Nephilim for factor here, like Pelosi is one of them and Schumer. I mean, they're obviously, you know, Nephilim. Wow. That's a joke. I would think being the son of an angel would make you more righteous.

Well, these are fallen angels, fallen, wicked angels. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Hence Pelosi, you know, Schumer. I'm just taking a jab, having fun.

So, uh, yeah, I consider the democratic party to be the party of the anti-Christ by the way. Yeah, I do. Okay. Sorry for bringing such a strange topic. No, no, it's, it's, I've been doing radio for, you know, over 20 years and, uh, it's a common topic.

Many people over the years have asked. That's like I'm gonna have this stuff in my head. Okay. Yeah.

Look at this, you know? All right. All right. Well, thank you, Matt. Hey man, no problem.

God bless. Okay. We'll talk to you later. All right. Hey folks, we have nobody waiting right now.

If you want to give me a call, you can 877-207-2276. Now I know I went over this quickly. I'm going to slow down.

I know some people are probably squinting at the radio going, I don't know. I don't know what he says could be true. Cause my church has always taught that the two men taken that's the rapture. Well, I'm sure churches have taught that, but it's not biblical and I'll prove it. Okay. And let me tell you, I've done this and a hundred percent of the time people have gone, Oh my goodness, that's what it says. So let's check this out. Look at this. Look at this. Just as it happened in the days of Noah, this is Luke 17, 26.

Okay. Starting there as just as it happened in the days of Noah. So will it be also in the days of the son of man for who's the, they, they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. That's who the they is. The ones who were destroyed.

They're the ones being given in marriage. That's what it says. And then verse 28, it was as the same happened in days of Lot. They were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planning, they were building the day that Lot entered. And, uh, you know, he, uh, went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. This is the wicked, the wicked.

Okay. And then they asked Jesus, Oh, wait, let me hold on before I get to there. He says, Jesus says in verse 34, two men will be in the field. One will be taken, or two men in one bed. One, uh, one will be taken, another be left.

Two men will be, women will be grinding. One will be taken. One will be left.

Two men will be in one field. One will be taken. One will be left. And then he asked where, and he says where the vultures is, the body, the body scattered. So Jesus is telling us that, uh, it's the wicked who were taken. It's the wicked.

It's right there. Okay. I know I'm really messing people up. And then when you go to Matthew 13, 30, the parable, the wheat and the tares, and they said, should we tear up the tares? Allow both to go together until the harvest. In the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers, first gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.

Whoa, wait a minute. Just like Matthew 27, uh, Matthew 24, Luke 17, the ones who were taken are the wicked. Two men in the field, one is taken, one is left. That's the wicked. And in Matthew 13, verse 30, the first was taken are the tares. And then in verse 40 of Matthew 13, Jesus says, just as the tares are gathered up with and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age, the son of the man, son of man, I'm having trouble talking today. The son of man will come forth with his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom, all stumbling blocks and those who commit lawlessness. That's who's taken.

They're taken out of the kingdom of God is already here. Whew. Boy, that could really get you thinking. I know I just messed a bunch of people up. They call up and tell me, you messed me up. Hey, we'll be right back after these messages. Please stay tuned. Welcome back to the show.

The lines are all filled up. Let's see if we can get going, get through them. Let's get to Scott from Spokane. Hey Scott, welcome buddy. Hey, how's it going?

Oh, it's going just doing radio. You know, what's up man? Hey, so I had a question. Well, I actually have two questions, but they're both in the same chapter. So first Corinthians chapter 15. Okay.

And, um, I'll start with the easier one or the simpler one. Anyway, um, Paul says, uh, in verse 32, that he fought with wild beasts at Ephesus. Can you tell me what he means by that? Oh, in verse 32, uh, he says he fought with wild beasts at Ephesus. It means that he fought with wild beasts at Ephesus. I mean, is that literally animals or is he using it as a term to describe men? Well, um, it says a wild beast, uh, to fight to fight with wild beasts used figuratively as an illusion in Acts 19 29. They said it was filled with the confusion and they rushed out one according to the theater, dragging Gaius and traveling companions from Macedonia. Uh, uh, that's a good question.

It seems to be that, uh, it looks like it's a real beast, real, real stuff. Interesting. Okay. Um, my second and last one is, uh, verse 29. Um, it just rings strange to me. Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead?

So that one's common. First Corinthians 15 29. Uh, it doesn't say why for we who baptized for the dead or our people are baptized for the dead. He's talking about the universality of the resurrection. Even the unbeliefs believe in the resurrection. Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead, the dead are not raised at all. Why are they then baptized for them? So he's not including it in the church practice. He's just citing something just as Paul cited Erastus and Menander, uh, pagan philosophers and quoted them, referenced them. He's just doing the same kind of thing, referencing pagan practices where even they believe in a resurrection of the dead.

That's why they do that. Okay. Okay. Well, great.

That's all I got. Okay. Well, good buddy. All right, man. Yeah.

I'll talk to you soon. All right. God bless.

All right. Now let's get to Phil from South Carolina. Phil welcome.

You're on the air. Hi. Welcome. Thanks for taking my call. Actually, the previous caller asked the same question I was going to ask, so I'm good. Thank you.

Well, that's okay. Um, baptism of the dead or praying for the dead or something else or what? Uh, well, I, I at first thought it was, uh, praying for the dead. Then I finally found the reference, uh, and it was verse, um, 29, just as he had said. So yeah, you answered, you answered it very well.

Thank you. So what were you asking about? Cause the note says praying for the dead.

Is that what you were talking about? Or just the baptism of the dead? Um, no, I, I had misunderstood and not misunderstood, but not remembered correctly. I thought, um, the verse was talking about praying, but then when I looked it up, I saw that, Oh yeah. Verse 29 does talk about baptizing for the dead. So I didn't mean to do a switcheroo on your call or call screen or there.

It was while I looked it up that I realized, whoops, I said, prayer and then baptized. It's okay. It's perfectly fine. All right. We got any other questions or anything that I can think of, but, uh, thank you very much. Sure. No problem, man. God bless. Okay. All right. That was, uh, that's good. And let's get to none other than Alberto from Georgia.

Alberto welcome. You're on the air. Uh, good evening, Max. My question is how do you know when the pastor or the congregation are trying to put you in a category of stable, which save all of your practices in reality or not? Wait, not understanding you. What's your question?

Okay. Imagine if I come in and say they automatically the church members or the pastor will want to categorize you in a category of safe or we say, or basically say, well, you're practicing a lifestyle same way. In reality, you're not, or they try to manipulate you through a psychology on you to persuade you. You are also a lot of church members. Sometimes believe everything the pastors say that face value.

And sometimes the pastor teach a bunch of heresy people. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on. Hold on.

Hold on. Uh, so I don't know what your question is. My question is, how do you know, how do you know when somebody are trying to categorize you into a stable, we say practices in reality, you're not practicing that.

So how do you know? So you're talking about people who are saying you're saved or not saved. Yeah.

Oh yeah. Or you try to categorize you by your stable. We say, you know what I mean? Young people say, they say, they say that they say so false doctrine.

Reality is not stable. I think you're talking about the differences of opinions and people who may or not may or may not know what you're talking about and various issues, which, which would then mean that you'd have to politely, lovingly, patiently confront them with the scriptures and say, well, what about, they're not willing to listen. You may decide screaming or they won't listen. You haven't tried to explain to them, but they're not willing to listen by screaming and yelling. They wouldn't not want to hear you out or not. They shouldn't be screaming and yelling at you if they're Christians.

So you're talking about stuff like that. So I'm not sure what, you know, this isn't true. Like for example, sometimes pastors say a lot of things in the pulpit and people automatically upset because he's the man of God. They don't even know what he's saying. If he's really correct, if that could be false teaching and it is so automatically accepted because he's the pastor. You know what I'm saying?

It's not true. Sometimes that does happen. And what we do is we pray for them.

And if need be, uh, when the opportunity arises, confront them with the, with the word of God. Okay. Yeah. But when you're in there in that situation, trust me, it's a totally different story. Yeah. You know, that's, that's a, you know, it's, it's hard to say what to do in situation without knowing all the conditions or sufficient conditions or, or what said, who said things like that. So it's hard to, hard to say.

Okay. It's because the church members automatically back up their pastor because he's the man of God. It's because you're one member alone.

And I'll tell you, you probably teach all the truth, but they're going to back it up because he's the man of God. So they're not wanting to hear you at all. You know what I'm saying? Get my point. Yeah. They, people are like that. They often, yeah.

Uh, and most of the class are blindly, you know what I'm saying? Basically. Okay. I'm not sure how to respond to all that because I just don't have all the details. So, um, okay. All right. All right.

Thank you. Okay. Alberto. All right.

That was Alberto. Now let's get to Patrick from North Carolina. Patrick.

Welcome. You're on the air. Hello, Matt. How are you doing? I'm all right. Thanks for asking.

So what do you got? My question is, um, in first Corinthians one, 13 to 15, Paul says, I'm thankful. None of you baptized me baptized in my name.

What is that all about? He's saying he's grateful that people didn't use his name to baptize him. Okay. Well, that's my question is back then with people being baptized in other people's names and names and Jesus.

Oh, I think what he's doing there and, uh, first one is he's trying to teach, um, unity in the body of Christ and not be so divided, be baptized in different people's names and things like that. Okay. It's just savior of Christ, not of Apollos or Paul. Okay.

Okay. So if I asked you who baptized you, what would you, what would your answer be? Chuck Smith, the founder of Calvary Chapel baptized me. So you were baptized in the name of Chuck Smith, right? No, you didn't ask that. You said, who baptized me? Didn't ask me what the name was. You said, that's why you asked me.

Look, you must, you must do this. You must, when you call me, make sure you haven't recently banged your head up against a sharp corner. Okay. All right. You need to, you need to understand that Patrick, Patrick, Patrick, you asked me who baptized me. That's a person.

The answer is that's the person who baptized me. Okay. Here we go. See that Patrick, I didn't hang up on him. Patrick does not have all his paws in the litter box. Okay. There's some issues there. For those of you who do not know, he, he and I have been having conversations for years on radio and in chat rooms and things like this. And let's just say that he does not have all his paws in the litter box. Okay.

That he uh, he couldn't argue his way out of a wet paper bag if it was, uh, on a NASA centrifuge with the open end out when he was in it going up. So, uh, just stuff like that. A lot of fun, but, uh, Hey, look, you're going to give me a call for the last segment, 877-207-2276. We'll be right back. It's Matt Slick live taking your calls at 877-207-2276.

Here's Matt Slick. Hey everybody. Welcome back to the show. Hope you're enjoying the show.

And, uh, Matt, you and Pat, this ribs hurting somebody who says laughing. Let's get to LP from Florida. Hey LP, welcome. You're on the air.

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Working is worthy of his hire. So if you like the idea of the radio continuing and you like hearing it when you're driving or whatever is the reason, well, please consider supporting us because it does cost us. We don't get paid for this. Um, just so you know, we don't get paid by the station to do this. We had to pay to be on the air. That's the nature of Christian radio.

Um, that's how it's always been. And it does cost, um, it's not cheap. And, uh, but is it worth it? Well, I think so, because we could talk to thousands of people. A lot of people get to hear and, and, uh, hopefully by God's grace, they get to hear the word of God's truth. And when, you know, uh, Laura and, uh, Joanne and I and Charlie before the radio show, we always meet, you know, a couple of minutes beforehand. We get things set up and we pray. We just pray for the callers, pray for the listeners, pray for the people, pray for myself, you know, that I'd give wisdom, uh, good answers and things like that. And, uh, we pray for the radio station sometimes and the producer, even that guy, that's right, Keith, ever heard that? And, uh, we lift up, uh, you know, all this up in prayer because that's what we need to do.

We want to be able to reach people. So, um, and I don't know, I don't do this very often either, but, uh, for those who might be tuning in new, you might be wondering about me and stuff like that. I'll just give a little, uh, short, short, short bio, but, uh, my real name is Matt slick. It's my real name. S L I C K it's on my driver's license, on my passport, et cetera. And happens to be a good radio name too.

And people say have a face for radio. So that works out really nicely. And so, uh, I have been doing, uh, theology or studying it, uh, directly indirectly, uh, formally, uh, off and on, well, not off always on never time. I didn't, uh, that it wasn't, but since 1980, so 45 years and went to seminary of masters of divinity and, uh, written several books and written about 4,600 articles on the carm website, uh, do debates and stuff like that.

So, uh, that's it. And, uh, we've been doing radio for over 20 years, five days a week and two, uh, two years of one day a week. So, you know, I guess you could say 22 years of radio. I've already done it in my 23rd and enjoy radio. It's a lot of fun. Usually, usually it's a lot of fun.

Sometimes you get some obstreperous individuals and it's difficult, but, uh, I've learned a lot doing this and been able to do it for quite a long time. So praise God. So there you go.

If you want to call and talk, well, the number is 877-207-2276. And, uh, just let you know that if you were to go to carm.org forward slash NC for North Carolina, I'll be going out to North Carolina in August. I think it's the third weekend, but the weekend of the 17th, 15th, 16th, 17th, I got to speak at a conference. I'll be speaking on the essentials of Christianity on Yahweh versus Allah, the Christian Trinitarian God examined in depth.

What is apologetics and how do you do it comparison between Jesus and Muhammad and practical approaches with Muslims. So it's at a conference that's dealing largely with Islam and I'll be there with Anthony Rogers and another pastor who I forgot the name of, but I'll be out there and that'll be in Kannapolis, North Carolina and Kannapolis, which I think is near. Where is it?

It's near something. Anyway, let me see. Wait a second. Get right here and click this URL. And so, uh, if you were to, you know, the reason I'm telling it is if you want, you want me to come out to your church out there while I'm out there to speak, or you want to meet at a restaurant, let me know. Um, and we can do that.

And Kannapolis is just North East of Charlotte about, uh, looks like about, I don't know, 40 minutes or so on the map. And I'll be driving to also to, uh, Winston-Salem because I want to go see the radio guys and, uh, some other people that happen to live out there. So I'll be out there for an extra day or two or three, whatever, just depending. If you want me to speak, let me know. We can arrange it. All right, let's get to Jacob from Utah. Jacob, welcome. You're on the air.

Hey, how's it going, man? My question is like, what's your thought on like the apostles kind of have more power or authority than we do nowadays? Like I know we have healing and like, we can still do miracles, but I kind of felt like they had more say so back then. You know what I mean?

Yes, they did. The apostles, uh, there's different kinds of apostles in the Bible. And in fact, there's seven kinds of apostles. Let me see if I can go this different kinds of apostles. I can find it quickly.

Uh, there's an article on what did the research. I looked at all of the words that have the issue of the word of apostle in it. And, uh, maybe Charlie will beat me to it. We're studying the Greek word apostolos. Let's see if I got it. Um, and anyway, he'll find it for me.

He always does. He's pretty good. So, uh, the apostles, there are different groups. There's apostles that wrote scripture. There's apostles that did not write scripture. For example, uh, there's apostles who are just sent because apostolo in Greek means to send. You have false apostles too. And Jesus is called an apostle. Believe it or not, he's called an apostle. But anyway, so, um, the apostles who wrote scripture obviously had great authority that we don't have. They could on command, uh, cast out demons, perform miracles. We can't do that. We don't have any apostles like that today. Okay.

Okay. So like, where do you think that, like, what gives them that authority? Other like other than us, you know what I mean? Like, why don't we have that authority? Because we're not apostles. It was given to the apostle apostolic authority. Was that to the apostles?

Actually, it's a different article. Charlie, what is it? Where's the apostles?

Let's see. Yeah. It's a different word. Um, so, uh, they were the ones who were there with Christ who, uh, were evidence of, or are watched what he did were with him. And that's the apostolic, uh, type that we're referring to.

And I think it's in first Corinthians nine, Paul says, am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus, our Lord? So there's the apostles that certainly appears to be the case. You have to have seen Jesus. If you've seen him, he's in his earthly ministry. That's one of the qualifications for the apostle. And according to Matthew 10, Jesus gave the disciples who became apostles. Uh, he gave them authority to tread over, you know, I mean, to cleanse lepers, raise the dead, heal the sick, cast out demons, et cetera.

And that's, uh, we don't have that today, but it can, all those things I believe can be done, but not by an apostolic authority that someone can just wield at his or her, uh, whim. Okay. Okay.

I appreciate it. All right, man. Good. Sound good. All right, buddy. God bless. All right. All right. Hey folks. Uh, let's see.

Eight seven seven two zero seven two two seven six. Let's get to Tisha from North Carolina. Welcome. You're on here. Hi, Matt. Um, my name is Tisha and I'm calling from Charlotte, North Carolina. I have been listening to you for a while and I noticed that you really don't have very many females that call in. It's a lot of males, which is, that's good, but I have noticed that you don't have a lot of females that call in and I wish they would call in more and ask more questions, especially about the women in the Bible. Um, my question to you, um, because I know that, you know, what you're talking about and I would really appreciate it when people, certain people call you that they would, uh, be more respectful and, and, and just, you know, believe in what you're saying and not question what your answers are. Yeah, but, but how could you just trust me? Because I know that you wouldn't be able to stay on the air as long as you have with the Holy Spirit prompting you and in you, there's no way you could do that.

Speaking with people. Uh, but what I, my question is that I've had for a long time is from, uh, Matthew 2016 when it says that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. The first two, those who hold themselves up. So I want you to give me the true meaning of that. Well, what I think the meaning is, is that those who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who are humbled before God considered themselves last. Those are the ones who are going to be raised up and exalted and praised. Okay.

Okay. The idea of humility before Christ means our humility before people. A lot of people don't know that. They say they want to follow Jesus, but they don't follow him by being humble with people and kind and patient and loving. And so many of the people who are haughty, arrogant, boastful, and we all have degrees of that, even as Christians, uh, those two, you know, look at me, look at me, look at me. Well, make it to heaven. Well, you can be out there in the outskirts. Okay. And those who are humble and just rely on Christ and didn't boast or anything, they're going to, you know, they can do better.

They'll be the ones who'll be first. Okay. Okay.

Yes. Thank you for explaining that to me. And I appreciate it. And, and I'm listening on a daily basis and I pray that more women will call in also.

I like the way the ladies call. I do. Exactly. Well, thank you. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you. All right. God bless you and everyone. Thank you.

All right, Tisha. You know, that is a good question. How come the ladies don't call in as much? Um, I don't know. Maybe the ladies can call up and tell me why. Boy, I could insult myself with an open door. Well, I can tell you why.

Cause you're a doofus. You know, I don't know, but, uh, who, who knows? Okay. So, um, let's see, there's seven categories of apostles. I'm trying to find the article and, uh, the 12 apostles. Paul was a distinctive apostle. Barnabas was an apostle.

Jesus, uh, the sent ones, witnessing of Christ ministry witnesses. Uh, there's different ones. Uh, I've got an article that is in there. It's, it's in there. And, um, so, uh, but I can't find it.

Oh, there's the music too. So now we've got to go. Well, there you go. May the Lord bless you. And, uh, by his grace, we're back on there tomorrow, unless something else happens. We had a power outage yesterday and stuff.

Um, so the house here. All right. Well, may the Lord bless you. Have a great evening and by his grace, everyone will be back on there tomorrow. We'll talk to you then. God bless. Another program powered by the truth network.