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Your voice is more 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 thank you much friends for joining us today on the line of fire. This is Michael Brown delighted to be with you on this Friday.

As always you got questions, we've got answers, 86634878847 or call 866342 something that is really important for us to remember as followers of Jesus is that it's perfectly fine to have questions.

It's perfectly fine to read the Bible and wonder about a passage it's perfectly fine to say Lord I'm confused about things that have happened. It's perfectly fine to be sharing the gospel with someone, perhaps from another faith and and they they raise questions to you and you go, whom I never thought about that. That's an interesting question.

I would have to study it, that's perfectly fine it's perfectly fine to experience something in life as a believer and you wonder why why did that happen.

That doesn't seem to line up with what I believe work. Where was God. And you wonder that's perfectly fine. We have books like Job and Ecclesiastes in the Bible to raise questions if we haven't raise them to challenge our faith.

If life hasn't challenged our faith.

The thing that you can rest secure in is that there are always answers in God and and sometimes in the most difficult pressing situations. The most faith challenging situations. God himself is the answer. In other words, it's not the information that we get that so important. It is the transformation. It is the divine encounter. If you know sometimes you have a friend or loved one that's grieving and you just put your arm around them and that's all you can do but that's what they need at that moment while in a very real way, when spiritually speaking God puts his arms around us. It's not just human comfort. There is something supernatural that happens there is there is God himself saying to us. I am really with you there is God himself saying to us, there are answers to all your questions in me and it's really interesting that there are things that I have lived through that seemed like tremendous crises. At that moment and real challenges to my faith. At that moment, but then afterwords when I look back months later. Years later I can't even believe that this thing ever presented a challenge at all. I can't believe that this ever raised an issue at all. So I want to encourage you to not be afraid to ask honest questions. I will encourage you to not be afraid to wonder at times were to look at passages that trouble you. Don't be afraid. Don't think, although my whole faith is rising or falling on this instead put your trust in the living God, who never fails and you'll see he brings you out, he will make the rough places smooth in the midst of a difficult time you won't know how you got through. But you see he got youth right this is a day for questions. Couple things in the news I want to comment on as well. The phone lines are open 866-348-7884 the number to call. Hey, friends. There's only one more day to do this today and tomorrow and that's it. When you order a copy of breaking the stronghold of food through stronghold food.com go there, go to the Amazon link in order to get the e-book free. It's a special offer for the publisher, but only one more day related use or take advantage of that friends don't want to miss this stronghold food.com file the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get another minor fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown running off on the line of fire. 887884 number to call any question of any kind that you want to ask me any area where you need clarity reading the Bible theologically, spiritually practically still have a political issue that your you're trying to sort out would like to talk to me. Phone lines are open again 866-34-TRUTH 87884 adjusted an interview before with a religion news group on on the web is putting on a major article before the inauguration of of Donald Trump as our president and the reporter wanted to know why evangelicals believe that some evangelical cigars raise Donald Trump up what exactly does that mean, so we had a really interesting talk. It was helpful for her to gain perspective and hopefully we can be of help to you. 866-34-TRUTH 87884 the number to call before go to the phones. Let me answer some email questions here, let's see. All right, this is from Eddie hi Dr. Brown have quite a few of your books have been using quite a few posts on Facebook, appreciably do have a question. How you respond to a comment like this if you don't abate on a bakery and don't want to bake a cake for a gay couple. You not only paraphrase think your hypocrite because you probably sold the thousand cakes to adulterers since I have a point here for you, probably dealt with this question by now.

Thanks for your time and consideration. The other, asking you a completely bogus question because the bakers have bake cakes for gay couples and they bake cakes were adulterers and they bake cakes for fornicators in the bake cakes for alcoholics in a big case for gamblers and they bake cakes for Muslims and for atheists and for Jews and for Christians and for hypocritical Christians and for self-righteous people and on and on and on and on and on.

That's at issue noses. The end and no Christian Baker has had a problem with that, the issue is baking a cake with a message that they have an issue with. So here's the question. Would you expect I gave Baker to bake a cake that said on it. Marriage one man one woman only. Would you expect a Muslim to bake a cake that said Jesus is the son of God, would you expect an Orthodox Jew to bake a cake on the Sabbath. For some, in other words, it's when you're asking for someone to violate their beliefs or their convictions.

That's the issue.

Would you go to a a a black Baker and asked him to bake a cake celebrating the KKK obviously not so everybody gets served. Everybody is treated equally. But when you're asked to to produce a message. Contrary to what you believe. That's we control on so you go to Christian photographer and you you asked the Christian photographer. I hear you the best photographer in town and work were opening a new magazine starting a new magazine with with with porn and would like you to do some of the suits in the heart of Christian I can do that. It's not that you wouldn't serve a stripper who came in there who said hey I want to take a picture of me and and my husband and my kid or or you know me in my care. Whatever my boyfriend and I sure just areas, but often I like some pictures taken short that she comes back and says I'm auditioning for some points of her like you to take pictures of me tickets I can't do that. That's the difference serve everybody but if you're being asked to serve someone in a way that now violates your beliefs and your convictions. That's the issue so ask your friend whoever posted this, should I gave Baker be required to bake a cake that says homosexual practices sinful.

Should they be required to do that.

Should they be required by law and punished if they don't comply to the be required to bake a cake that says marriage is the union of one man and one woman only know I say they shouldn't be nor should there be a legal penalty if they choose not to their business. That's their choice dislikes and fashion designer said when I can design anything from Alana Trump, that's their choice. That's their call and let the public respond to it accordingly. So that's where people have obscured the issue and gone with a false talking point all the bakers far as the photographers they all served all people without hesitation when they were asked to participate in something that violated their religious beliefs.

Of course they said no. That's why freedom of religion is right at the top of our over Bill of Rights and of our fundamental rights as Americans. 866-34-TRUTH. Let us go to chase in Lake Wylie, South Carolina chaser online a fire in the room while thanks regulator Bible question mark in the Bible on COTA King James version of the original Bible but really the Hebrew version in the original is what the Bible originally printed but I know a lot of people talk to me about the Bible. Actually, not being the whole Bible, and many people have told me that the Catholic Church is taking a lot of the information out of the Bible you know that a lot of the secret in order. I have been in and ran the Catholic Church actually got no no that's 100% myth. That's when these conspiracy theory myths and all of the historical and archaeological evidence. The actual facts 100% contrary to that first just a few corrections what you said when we speak of aversion where speaking of something that is not the original. Talk about a translation so there's no Hebrew version.

There is the Hebrew original of the Old Testament and the Greek original of the New Testament and then you have translations like the King James version, which is good, but there there modern translations or even better, so there many translations excellent translations be the King James of the new King James in the new American Standard of the ESV order there. There many okay that are excellent translations or version so you have the Hebrew and Greek original, and we have thousands and thousands of manuscripts of copies of with those original manuscript said or something very close to that right.

Thousands of them and their ancient right. Some of them go back to before the time of Jesus.

We have manuscripts from them. So when you read a Bible like the King James or another Bible that is a translation of those Hebrew and Greek documents and we know exactly what they say we have them.

Nobody is hidden anything the Catholic Church is not hidden things.

Nobody is hidden anything we have the the the documents. The Hebrew degree can we go straight from there, we translate them into English in our Bibles you your your your very welcome look chase there lots of myths that circulate and lots of claims about the original old Gospels are lost. All we found no those are later the, the, the weird stuff comes later. The so-called secrets. That's all later stuff. The original stuff that the apostles wrote, or that Moses or the prophets wrote. That's what we have in our Bibles. And that's completely reliable right thanks for asking. 866-34-TRUTH.

Let us go to Adrienne in Wyoming. Welcome to the line of fire. I got a bracket afternoon and wanted to call you while about? No, I'm microbial get all my question better today so I'll probably call back in several weeks and but pathways do you grasp the car questioned about Hebrew roots type movements that you you gave what you say real economists that set of steps you see people go through that and eventually maybe even stated they did not cry, but you know I couple years ago I read the book pagan Christianity not reviewed at the author before your friend Nyla yes really created some, Patrick care, Methodist Church and account laughter direct from other, but it also struck me is kind of sad worried looks like there's a lot of stuff we taken into our campout church is that I've often wondered about over the years and 50 years old and in the past couple years off, wondered about the guy I used to hate to read that I didn't like it.

Like most churches I went to kind of spirit away from it because of the Hebrew root and also understanding the importance of Israel listening to your show. I've written some of Mark Bill Bill Plaut, but some of those folks really interesting because they get into the Hebrew word don't dissect their talk about Scriptures and into me. It has excited me so much about getting them to deal AND I can hardly put it down, but I am cautious about no. Do I have to eat kosher no I don't play that exists because of the Christmas off their appreciated questions, a solid response regularly on her plan by the Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown your voice and more cultural and spiritual revolution.

Here again is Dr. Michael Brown in a very commonly on Fridays are swamped with calls and try to get to as many as we can, but there many we can't get to. We got some open lines now so it's a great time to call in 866-34-TRUTH 784 you've got questions. We got answers anything under the sun that I can help you with any area of expertise. I have give me a call. Also Adrienne a few things I want to go back to to your questions number one when Frank fellow wrote pagan Christianity and then came at the new addition co-authored with George Barna. Interestingly, he was even thinking about Jewish roots that was out of focus of his. He was more focused on just general customs, practices that he felt were added on by the church after the New Testament times that detracted from our mission as we all know traditions been developed and customs are to develop, that's perfectly fine.

The question is are the traditions, customs, neutral or the negative are they positive in Frank's view, many of them would've been detrimental and then he and I've interacted on that some things I think are neutral. If you might've felt were detrimental, something Smith felt didn't have a New Testament basis that I did that I thought was great to challenge a lot of this and get us to really look back at Scripture, but the whole issue of Jewish roots. That's that's another issue. On top of this, and to what degree did the church cut itself off from its Jewish roots from its biblical Israelite foundations that were detrimental and harmful, and to what extent has just been positive growth in the new messianic faith. What I have seen is many people who get fascinated with Jewish roots who get fascinated with Jewish identity begin to wonder, could I be Jewish is the Jewish blood or something like that. What happens is that little by little they get drawn into a Jewish focus, rather than a a Jesus focus and they'll get more excited about the latest teaching about Jesus, the rabbi in Jewish background to the New Testament and less concerned with intimacy with God and the steps I've seen is that first this whole temptation to be more Jewish is supposed to be closer to God, and there can be different if it will fascinate stimulate complicate suffocate. So the fascination is why never knew this before and it's amazing to be great stimulate manager so interested in reading the Bible now and you're going to hear. Might my pastor teacher morale.

I teach.

I can so excited messianic rabbi so fascinate stimulate the next complicate site retinal. I'm Gentile but I'm required to keep the 77 what about when the ritual fringes over my month, my wife, and a monthly cycle. He went there we let Leviticus 15 refile the rabbi's traditions there at again on my family's bacon. Should I 90 with my family anymore and suffocate. Before you know it all, all spiritual life is gone and that's than the negative and the dangerous, the positive is reconnecting with biblical Jewish roots that greatly enhances the faith makes the whole Bible, wonderful and interesting and deepens one's devotion to the Lord. So that's the difference and obviously the fruit will tell which direction someone is going�] I'm very cautious not to hurt or warning several time I now acutely very much marked belt or build cloud, but they they often you will look at how I get outmoded help bring different things than a look at Scripture. No, look at the Hebrew word travail intermediate me. It really excites me to realize that even God can speak through the Hebrew word an academic manual, document to refer and I don't feel all that somebody might say they don't know they don't keep the feast and stuff like that. However, I purchased a port. If it empower your Q you don't condemn the rest of the Gentile church and it can be a good thing and that's what I'm really trying to struggle with because I struggle sometimes with what I hurt you or others with commercialization of Christmas without little boy think of change so much in the same thing with Easter about each dragnet anything like sometimes we dilute the genuineness of really what it was. Matt, what if we go back Jewish ops are particular that more powerful and not try to condemn my people that I love. It might, it could be Outlook.

But why, why make that the alternative, the commercialization of Christianity or Jewish observances. In other words, there are plenty of Christians for whom a celebration of Christmas is a wonderfully devotional thing and centers around Jesus and as nothing to do with commercialization.

But let's put that aside, if you not just go back and celebrate the Old Testament feast and holy days, without a full New Testament Corporation then know why is that an improvement those if you can submit the Passover without having as the central point, the death and resurrection of the Messiah during the Passover season, then how is that better than an Easter service where you may have. If you can forget Easter eggs and those kind of things, but just say this is the big weekend when we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Member's death on Friday is resurrection. On Sunday, so that's the whole thing.

Jesus can never be a casualty. In the midst of this, Jesus cannot be a casualty or an appendage.

He must be the center of it. Also, be very cautious. A lot of people quote he bring different things in money, maybe not Hebrew scholars and when the Scripture according rabbinic literature never this is the literature of rabbis who lived hundreds of years after Jesus and didn't believe in him so you have to use it wisely and rightly. Otherwise it can, it can mislead and have you ever read by Booker hands are stained with blood all year right so there you you you see my appreciation for Jewish roots and and the emphasis there. What about the book 60 questions Christians ask about Jewish beliefs and practices not working� But I will get it. Yeah, I encourage you to to get that agent of of of gutter run gets some other calls but I strongly encourage you to get that in as long as you put devotion to the Messiah, the son of God in the middle of everything you do. Intimacy with God in prayer sharing the gospel with others walking in the spirit. If you do that, then the other things will enhance and deepen and enliven your faith if they become the focus that's that's the danger sign and that's what that's what I would encourage you to look out for.

Alright, so again the book 60 questions Christians ask about Jewish beliefs and practices.

I do believe you'll find it very very helpful.

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This Michael Brown you've got questions, we've got answers hey Jake, you just give me a thumbs up if you got my message there 866-34-TRUTH 87884 I went to go to the phones in a moment. First I want to comment on something in the news before I go to the phones. All right, that Rachel Maddow was interviewed recently and made an extremely odd comment about Donald Trump when she was asked what she would say if she interviewed.

Listen to Rachel Maddow's response to USL viewbook Donald Trump on your show. What would your first question, are you going to send me or anybody that I know to a Okay there was no explanation for the common all right he's I can send it to a summer camp like you may have gone to with your friends as kids.

But what she must be saying is you send me to some type of internment camp, some type of concentration camp. You lock me up somewhere. Many people I know will is she thinks she's a womanand Casey's white know it must be sync issues lesbian if you must be saying are lesbian friends are, even if she's being lighthearted and joking about even to ask that question is to say that the liberal left is now reaping what it so it has created such hysteria around the presidential run of Donald Trump and now his his impending presidency. It has created such extraordinarily exaggerated stereotypical statements and viewpoints literally hysteria people are wringing their hands, lowering his regular hands were negative. I understand how Donald Trump can look to some and I understand the concerns it is misogynist or or concerns that these anti-immigrants resenting Muslim are things I understand the concerns are coming from but the left has created this hysteria and now there reaping what they said they're actually believing the reports.

It's as if they spread false reports.

Another believer them at all now is go lock us up but is in a camp so I'm not an advisor to Donald Trump. Donald Trump is not a personal friend and colleague of mine, but I want to say Rachel Maddow be assured, Trump is not going to put you and your friends in the I assure you all right 866-34-TRUTH want to get that off my chest and with that, let's go to the phones with EN and Fort Worth. Welcome to the line of fire around though I've been really got a go now you talking right into the phone.

That would be on speaker. There I touch a what where have you sounded better and said he did something Howard check with EN find out what's up there. Sounded fine on RN. Then I started to lose him, let's go to Ajay and Boston. Welcome to the line of fire. Matter. Hey, happy new year. Thank you back I learned on my nightmare and I will refund you and me, later.

I do not think a little training.

Our and I have. I want that question about out.

I know that negative mania when you explain in another related like typical comforting doing right now just how old you Ajay 2011 on the week in and what's causing the greatest friction with with your relationship with your dad right now we get together and it is that I think that between 11 and that because I thought business as it is that I thought I Illinois clearly started with you is that we can finally I know those instances, its management agent address that in the side rake. Thank you so much: stay like this is the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown on the line for you. Got questions. We got answers want to go to Ajay and Boston, so Ajay your 27 years old Jewish and a believer in Jesus with some tension in your relationship with your data.

I'll gladly explain what happened with with my dad and me as a Jewish follower of Jesus, but Ajay how long is it been now that you've been a believer in Jesus the Messiah fire. I asked my mom how are my leg read a manner that I believe it likely. I am still more relentless.

Yes, the same the same with me. I had no consciousness of Jewish roots.

When I came to faith the age of 16 and many of my friends who now live in Israel. They made all the live immigrated to Israel. They lived there for years and years with their with their families or their kids fought the IDF they were told the secular, and it's through faith in Jesus the Messiah that they reconnected with your Jewish roots in their Jewishness so your experiences is my experience in the same with many many Jews who follow Jesus as the Messiah.

What your dad was he religious at all to confirm, you are yes about that I might like me working through me with him because I have my I like lightning amendment nor can you own conversations he had yet so so obviously if he's reformed you very liberal posted secular that that your Jewish observance is to be much more Jewish than his new Jewish consciousness much more than his. So what happened with me went when I came to faith at the age of 16.

The big concern. My mom and dad had was that I was a heavy drug user.

So the first thing was that they were thrilled to see me off drugs and then my dad said okay were Jewish.

We don't believe in this and he asked me to talk to the local rabbi, but our relationship remain strong through this time because he loved me in an unconditionally loving way, as my mom that they were exceptional and in that respect. And they were so deeply concerned about how bad my life was that when they saw this transformation for the good and saw that it's stuck and saw how serious and deep. It was with rolled in over period of time. Ajay my dad began to appreciate that. I believe it was Jesus who change my life that he was God's agent of salvation in my life and my mom and I became very proud of me and after my dad's sudden death in 1997 at the age of 6306 22 up to that time he he would actually come in here.

We preach because he was proud of his sonic on a smile. The varieties a Christian now, but he was a proud of the neck.

She started to read the New Testament and was wide open of the before he left this world.

What I will say though is is two things Ajay first. Jesus didn't warn us that his coming would bring division within the family and my words. Justices always happen through the Bible. Following God are not following God believing the profits and offering the prophets that's brought division right within the home and and Yeshua warned us that this would happen telling us that we had to love him more than son or daughter more more than father or mother.

On the flip side. He also says blessed are the peacemakers.

They are the children God and Paul said that we have the message of reconciliation. So the best thing to do is to build relationship with your dad and not push things on there just be a great son enjoying a great relationship with your father, and then as he asked questions then you you pursue things.

Sometimes we can be so excited. I definitely speak for me. I was so excited about my faith in my early days that I deftly was too pushy with people and even with my dad.

He asked me a question about why I behave a certain way or why act a certain way to my new lease I would just quote Scripture that many slick were having a conversation I will hear from US civil dad. This is what I believe it was it was true religious into spiritual and not relational enough. So don't feel pressure to push something on your dad you want to cherish that relationship that you have with him.

If he pushes you away because your faith you.

It's painful but that's the rejection that we experience in the Messiah. We understand that and and we take that we pray for the people.

But when he asked questions take that as an open door, and when you see that that he's not asking anymore that he now feels you're intruding you step back just use wisdom in an interpersonal way to love him and honor him as your dad and if you feel terribly burdened one day that you gotta reach out to him do that. Otherwise, just be a son enjoying time with his dad and when he asked you questions or things come up, then speak freely and honestly and and see if the Lord opens up for the door. From there many times it's the children come to faith and leave their parents to the Lord. So perhaps the Lord will will usually do that with your mom and dad as well. What one last thing, Ajay. You have my book, the real kosher Jesus break down okay.

You think your dad would read that I remind Charlotte I wish I'd shown a term of four all right just go ahead Karen, did you think he he want to debate of a rabbi in the Orthodox rabbi in the eye. I could try to ask you think it how does he react when you show them the real kosher Jesus or you want to recover Matlab metallic agreement yet. Okay. All right will tell you it I'm going to send you a video it's entitled did Jesus die for our sins and it's it's me debating an Orthodox rabbi woman Orthodox rabbi about Isaiah 53 so the debate on the send you. Did Jesus die for our sins's rabbi should smooth mate and I debating Isaiah 53.

I will send you that you can watch it you'll enjoy it and then asked her dad.

Hey, I just watch the debate with this Jewish rabbi in this messianic view maybe will watch it. If he says no thanks. Okay. Hasn't hurt regrets us and that she was a gift, but perhaps you be willing to watch because it gives both sides and and maybe that'll get him to further look at Scripture and discover who Jesus issue is hey HA. May the Lord give you grace and may he richly bless your mom and dad that together you can all worship God with one Spirit, one heart, thanks so much for calling all right 86634. Let's try to reconnect with Ian in Fort Worth.

Thanks for holding. Again, welcome to the line of fire. I don't know what happened.I'm I'm also Jewish. My my mom not my guarded and I will my grandma got away recently at the at the wasn't like it was never stop something up to the funeral, but there is an import that I can't remember but it was a rabbi or someone else.

I got up at the start you start talking about you know that there waiting for a temple to begin sacrifice begin and there waiting for macchiato waiting for the Messiah and I've heard that in the common bad. It talks about a like they have an eschatology where it others Miss Jacob and Joseph and Miss Jacob and David and that Miss Jacob in Joe's dies in them Miss Jacob and David, a man, but comes back to life and like almost feels like our version of the antichrist.

I've never read the Calvary payout laundering that that accurate about that through close thereto to all right Judaism outside of Reform Judaism liberal and secular Judaism Judaism believes in the coming of Messiah son of David. They believe that he will come and establish the messianic reign on the earth that he will destroy the enemies of Israel that he will rebuild the temple that he will regather the exiles that he will bring Israel into obedience to God and the nations will then submit to God, and you'll have the time that I say to Isaiah 11 speak of that many Christians look forward to is a millennial reign of the Messiah where the nations beat their swords into plowshares and there's universal knowledge of the board during that period, and that's who they they pray for and confess faith in the God would send the Messiah. There are Jews minority, but still widespread who believe in two messianic figures, Messiah, son of Joseph and the size and of David. There's one reference to the Talmud one and one only in the tractate supercar. There are two different figures not the same. Figure 2 different figures 1 Messiah son of Joseph, who will fight the battles of the Lord and then die in the final battle and then Messiah son of David will raise him from the dead and then will rain afterwards to assessing Joseph is a secondary figure and according to some traditions.

These are unworthy of the coming of Messiah son of David that the Messiah son of Joseph will come home to comment on the side of the great line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown for joining us on the line of questions we've got answers to just one less point in Fort Worth.

If you get online and just typing Jewish encyclopedia Jewish encyclopedia. It's in entirety in its entirety available free online.

It is a classic work of Jewish scholarship about 100 years ago. Once you're there you will see the subjects just typing Messiah and you get a town of detail about rabbinic views of the Messiah and things like that. If you like it more simplified in my book.

60 questions Christians ask about Jewish beliefs and practices.

I have some material in their answering questions about the Messiah, but when the traditional view speaks of the Messiah. They are speaking of the Messiah, son of David, but there are those who believe into messiahs, especially in the more orthodox circles assessing Joseph a shift in your safe with us. A dies and the final great war of liberation for Israel. So he's a hero. He's a warrior figure. He's not principally seen as an atoning figure or priestly figure.

He's a warring figure like a general but who fall short in his mission who is then our raised up by Messiah son of David. All right, so just wanted to be a clear on that. Is it antichrist type of set up. I mean, anything is possible except the more you read about Messiah son of Joseph. It doesn't really fit with the biblical description of of antichrist. All right appreciated. 8663 freight 7884. Let's go to Michael in Alexandria, Virginia. Welcome to the line of fire all your when you're walking ahead. I heard good couple that were very dear friend they currently are about Mary and and we found out that the preacher bill is a gay minister and where were instructed in the Bible, Lloyd B. The people at. I'm not sure I can make it a company go to the go to the wedding couple because I really don't know I don't think that lesbians and gay have that I I would avoid let me ask you this question Michael first yet to be treated on conscience before the Lord. This is couple claimed to be a Christian couple. By then, and what kind of Christians Bible believing Christians. I'm not sure that you and our church but now they get another jerk ugly you know anything personnel are great finger are generally defame online right.

I'm not sure what you do, do they go to a gay affirming churches that some to say correct okay right so that's that's the bigger issue. What if, what is the pastor was heterosexual, but he was liberal and didn't believe in the resurrection of Jesus didn't believe that Jesus was the only way to God. How would you feel about going to that wedding got it, are the only got it right well yeah it and that level okay then it has nothing to do with gay, lesbian specifically has to do with whose real Christian or not and if someone was is practicing homosexuality. Obviously they're not a true disciple, following Jesus. If someone denies the resurrection of Jesus. Then that I was either not to follow Jesus and we understand it now. My my mom passed away November 18 and my sister wanted a rabbi to preside at the gravesite ceremony and so that what I said whatever you want is for you and your son that will be attending. That's fine Dominus unlimited giving a eulogy. But whatever you want to know so my sister Esther and the rabbi that the this the funeral.

The cemetery provided the funeral services. There was actually a rabbi and did matter to me because this was a service for my sister as a Jewish person.

She said Reform which is very close to in a very liberal coast secular. That's who they provided in the rabbi and I've been in touch if I could just reached out to say hi again today. I sent them agriculture Jesus to read and and we both were there were differences are to treat each note but also want to reach out to each other is as neighbor Jews of so again if if it was a secular couple right and they said they were getting married. They didn't claim to be followers of Jesus and they were getting married and it was a liberal minister who denied the resurrection he was performing service. It was an atheist judge performance service across whatever you're just going there for their wedding and it's a secular thing in your eyes if they're making a Christian wedding then you have to act according to your conscience if if you can follow that the difference there. So if if it's just a secular affair. And it so happens it's a gay person presiding was it matter if it was a justice of the peace you know was matter on. On the flip side if it's claimed to be a good Christian wedding and it's in a church and its people of different faith, then you have to act according to conscience VFT's wisdom because you want to reach out your friends and you can either just tell them it will work for you to be there and if they ask why you can just say we love you and will be friends and we will glad to take you out for dinner after the lecture married and stuff but we don't.

We don't believe in XYZ and you know we don't want there to be no and you want to be uncomfortable when we're there we don't want to be uncomfortable.

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Welcome to the line of fire that I ran down. Thank you so much and order. But now I a lady at Camden right now I'm reading it all terrific. Excellent.

I hear how it impacts you so's name was Nancy granting gay men to get some feedback from you on how ministry and prayer started a prayer, From Dale Johnson church, Karen California and I guess recently when doing some reading online and that and then I heard Connecticut thing that it fell kinda stopped me and my track pursuing anything I wanted it now but you tell that when you see pursuing it.

What specifically when you refer to social prayer were you pursuing or considering pursuing on finding a person X area or lack at that time traveling things in my drafting got it right. So in short anything that comes from ready Californian pastor Bill Johnson. You will see tons of wonderful reports and tons of critical reports of the results can be controversy know that often happens with good things.

Okay, so if you if you go to my radio website. The line of fire.org and just click on digital library and search for Johnson you'll you can listen to the interview I did with Bill Johnson this you can get to hear the man himself. He had respond to honest questions here his viewpoints and his beliefs okay. That's the line of fire.org is click on digital library and search for for Johnson to Bill Johnson, and it will take you right to a link where I have a the full interview with him. He put up of the audio we put on YouTube. That's one from secondly the Greek word sold so simply does need to save or deliver in many would point out it can refer to physical deliverance, like physical healing, spiritual deliverance deliverance from demonic power of spiritual deliverance in terms of salvation can even refer to some of the race from the data rescue from drowning.

You know it's it's save save in a holistic sense and that would be the counseling approach a holistic type of counseling approach that look for the spiritual as well as the emotional and the psychological and that really is going to come down to the individual counselor that you find in if you find that their approach is is hold your responsibility responsible for your actions, but recognizes that things in your past can bring wounds and bruises that can stay with you over the years Jesus speaks of broken hearted right that sufficiently feeling of interbeing God to help us feel things are passed as long as it's practical, biblical then I would step forward with but thoroughly talk through things because that's the key error on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution there again is Dr. Michael Brown joining us on the modifier you got questions and answers 866-348-7884 is the number to call something reading in the Bible you're struggling with whether some theological issue whether conversation of the believe you've had whatever it is, struggling questions, one of your best to help you with solid answers and if you differ with me on something. Give me a call 866-34-TRUTH 87884 him go back to the calls in a moment. There is something in the news very troubling. We need to address it together Facebook live video where there are four black individuals torturing abusing a white individual he happens to be mentally disabled as well. And amazingly, it was posted on Facebook and any Midstate up. I think for 1/2 hour afterwards. Amazingly, people were foolish enough to post their horrific actions on Facebook and in the midst of it. There was a F Donald Trump in an effort white people and things like that.

So the questions come opposite a hate crime. How should it be viewed so there is dialogue on on CNN and and you've got to hear this misspeaking and and then Don lemon is going to come on you. You've got to hear what Don Lemmon had to say hi minutes man's inhumanity to man. It's just it's brutality is what it as and I think the fact that this is a vulnerable person who was probably duped into sort of going along with them and it appears as somebody who was mentally disabled I think makes it even more sickening. But you know donning a the end of the day we just try to wrap your head around evil.

That's what this is as evil as it's brutality, it's man's inhumanity to man and I don't think it's evil I don't think it's evil. I think these are young people, and I think they have bad home training Don Don lemon that Lewis said commentator before is absolute right. This is evil is evil is man's inhumanity to man.

Maybe they did have bad home training the grandmother of one of the people in the video young lady said I raised her from birth. That's not who she is no maybe some of my bed training. But even with that training you make evil choices that is evil that is categorical evil that is man's inhumanity to man, but what makes me wonder about all of this is what you have said this in a different context. If it wasn't F Donald Trump an effort white people and for black people attacking a white person. If it was the reverse, and they were sent F. Barack Obama and F black people and it was for white people. Torturing is over 24 hour period of disabled black young man, would you said the same thing this this is an extraordinary statement, a shocking statement a shameful statement and submit seems far below Don Lemmon who obviously Sir you you want to present yourself as a caravan. I believe you are carrying them anyways. Why can't you recognize this is just evil. Sir, you need to look in the mirror and ask yourself if the tables were radically turned would you have had that same, not not listen to Democratic standard strategist Simon Sanders talk about whether or not this is a hate crime. When cannot California go about classifying think of a hate crime motive here matter. So what is best for hate Donald Trump. The President-elect because I think they get better. Whether this were pure hate white people that matters because if we start going around and anytime someone says something or does something really egregious really bad and sickening as incense in connection with the President-elect, or downtime, or even for that matter, because of their political leanings is slippery territory. Crime hate crimes are because of the present, racial, and neither religion and gender disability.

It is in your political leanings because someone doesn't like a political rating. Maybe something that you will want to use it then for for for so many free for years for eight years now. The moment we disagree with Pres. Obama as president in respectful terms called racist that were told were wrapping an issue because he's black were totally speaking against him as a black man because we don't like a black man in the White House.

I'm not Bob Bennett. It's a bit of minority who insulted me with that garbage for years now. It's garbage.

This is the last thing on my mind. I was thrilled to see a black couple in the White House just was upset that it was Barack Obama because I thought he was the wrong guy, but I actually wanted. I wanted to be able to have the privilege of voting for first my present I just couldn't of conscience, knowing what his views and positions were on things that were very critically important to me as a follower of Jesus, but that's the whole problem with all respect, Simon Sanders yes you can't jump at everything and call it a hate crime absolutely truth about what we are for years and again you're telling me if if it was white people sing F Barack Obama and F black people and torturing a disabled black person.

The whites torturing disabled black person sing F black people F Obama that that you would not just jump up and immediately sets a hate crime and see that's hatred for Barack Obama's easement black and outtakes are being poured out on that young person a disabled person because thereby people would jump to that. Look, there's a whole question about whether the whole hate crime categories constructive or not it was it was set in motion for certain reasons. It can be abused and yes just where ever we could expose racial hatred and ethnic hatred, religious hatred, let us expose it. Let us shout it from the rooftops together.

Absolutely let us do that, but this is bogus.

This absolutely bogus to say well we have to really make sure okay if you had been doing that for eight years I go along with it, but we've heard the opposite for eight years and now suddenly when there's more video evidence of black on white crime and things like that in the knockout game it's been played for several years now only black on white. We have video evidence of that. So let's yes hold up the video evidence were white cop shoots an unarmed black person wasn't fighting back was no threat.

Let's hold out for the world to see and let justice be done and let justice be done here. How about equal balances and scales. An older Pres. Obama now has referred to this in the context of a despicable hate crime. Initially the White House was slow to address is listen to what Josh earns the White House press secretary says about that the proper way of proceeding with this. I believe it's important for us to defer to the important work that local law enforcement must do investigating these kinds of incidents so that was a whole lot more than that, but is a this is a something it's got a lot of attention, and for good reason. Yeah. And when he was pressed he would not say was a hate crime. Okay, once again, I agree. Let local law enforcement do its thing. Yet we have the video evidence right right five.

Let's get the whole story. Let local law enforcement Jewish right where was that same mentality when a white policeman arrested a black professor in the Boston area. Prof. Henry Gates, who was thought to be breaking into a house of his own house. He was trying to get into why did our president immediately said that the police acted stupidly, in point of fact, the officer was exonerated. Later, Barack Obama reached out to him to sit have a beer together and that the officer did not have a racist bone in his past and and he acted in a way that seemed to be correct based on the neighbors reported based on the professor's response he did with a police officer would do and should do. He did not act stupidly, but the White House weighed in and over and over over these eight years now the White House has weighed in without hearing from local law enforcement with one case after another Department of Justice is weighted and it is further exacerbated racial tensions in America. So what gets me here is the hypocrisy of yes I'm glad that the concerns of many African-Americans about injustice and and and and bad treatment by the legal system by police. I'm glad more evidence of that is coming out so others can share in the outrage where it needs to be pointed and where justice needs to be done, but they hypocrisy the double standard seer mine boggling.

Absolutely. Let's use this as a teachable moment. I wanted to say that and get that off my chest. 6634 truth.

Let's go to Vesper in New Jersey. Welcome to the line of fire. Hi Dr. Brown, I went for a minute or not.

A great night on the caller to called earlier about not being able to underwriting with the gate after Yahoo also said that the pastor was a liberal pastor who didn't believe in the resurrection of Jesus than he wouldn't attend for that reason either right and I personally would not daylighting actually difficult marriage yet, but I wonder about. Even if you are saying about secular marriages being defined to attend because they were on not claiming to be anything overtly Christian or whatever but I just wonder like if we start slashing and burning about who the real question is not the issue. I take it that marriage is something from the garden and not a Christian patient Chris K.

And if it's a man and one getting married. I don't buy that.

The problem, no matter what good officiating.I'm wearing. I like the couple believe I have no argument that whatsoever.

Zero. The problem is that this was the man's own conscience.

I totally agree with you. I advise sure that perspective and I have no problem with.

I think this is genuine Christians getting married wherever they get married, landless, Buddhist, whatever. I'm there to celebrate than the marriage, but it's because the man had this conviction that's was his conviction for cleansing and gives the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown, the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown Vesper just one last comment on. I am totally with you in terms of my own viewpoint and call the last hour who said that he's got good friends heterosexual couple these to go to their church. The negative another church. It's a gay affirming church and are having getting married and the pastor will be performing ceremonies is as practicing homosexual and they did feel that they could go because of that, and I asked him what if the pastor was heterosexual of the liberal pastor and deny the resurrection of Jesus would be able to that, he said no because the man's performing Christian ceremony, etc. so I mentioned that the Rabbi who presided my mother's funeral ceremony and my sister asked have Rabbi there was in an openly gay man and I had no problem with that fact.

I was glad to reach out to him and he's been very cordial reach back out to me and can continue our our dialogue and that I'm glad that happened and it was fine with me. My bigger issues were actually that is a liberal Jew, he would have very different perspective on God and the Bible that than I with I have more in common in that respect with an Orthodox Jew, a little text you would have much less come with me because my faith in Jesus. But all that being said I would look at a wedding then lists these people were devoted believers who, without backslid and were now in some other compromise state that that was troubling, and perhaps that was the perspective of this man at least be part of our church now to gay affirming church with a gay minister is part of a larger saying that I cannot. I cannot affirm. However if it's just a general wedding if some people I knew that I didn't think were believers getting married.

I wouldn't ask anything about it.

Whatever ceremony was.

Even if I thought it was stupid ceremony or didn't like the person's theology or they were in the name of the mother God of the habit.

Whatever, it's their their wedding is no different than standing for judgment. You know I need to see them come to the Lord. I'm just there is a friend, but if someone has conviction that they can't do something that gotta be true to the conviction I thank you for weighing in this important part of the conversation, 866-348-7884. Let's go to the all right of Philadelphia and Raleigh but I won't buy what you can you can call in the comments on my my take on this whole hate crime issue.

I I think we have to be very careful referring to hate crimes in general. Again, I understand why I hate crime laws were put in place understand the additional heinousness of a crime if his heinousness word well you know what I mean. The additional heinous nature of the crime that if, for example, you suck some guy it is indiscriminately targeting people to to steal from them right and and in the midst of it.

If he's got a shoot to kill. He does it.

It's evil that's wrong, it's despicably Scott goes to jail for his crimes. But if he was specifically targeting someone is targeting a black person because they're black or Hispanic person because they're Hispanic or Jew, consider Jewish it, it could potentially lead to Mr. larger plague.

You know people are attacking a group because of a certain aspect for the other skin color or their ethnicity or their religion or things like that. But what we've seen now that that hate crime legislation can now be used as a tool that muscles Christians that if you differ with gay theology or gay practice. If you differ with gay quote marriage and things like that that you are now branded as hateful and that even certain theological positions or moral positions or lifestyle convictions can be branded as as hateful. So we've seen how the hate crime think and be bandied about, but that look. I I am all for calling on injustice wherever it is, and trust me, trust me for years now. When people have called in African-American callers and have talked to me about injustice they've experienced.

I listen and I learn rather than try to argue here. I was flying back from Orlando yesterday fluid in the morning flew back at night. The gentleman gets on the plane, sitting across from you so I asked if they could switch seats as it was sitting next to me and he was African-American man and I first looked at him seem like big muscular.

This is how he appeared to me I thought I wonder if he's an athlete as a professional athlete.

We always upgraded your free upgrade to first class because of a fly so much.

He was in first class and I wonder that he was absorbed doing some stuff it towards him. He started chatting and turns out he's university president with a PhD and a JD and we had a great talk about injustice about hurdles that African-Americans have to overcome about unfairness in the society and it even said look when he's there traveling first class. People wonder what he doing in first class and I said you wonder if the person was athletic.

That's the first thing I want to see it is in Africa that very mind was in his black but because he was he was the way he looked. He looked like an athlete to me okay and if I saw a white guy big like that. I might've wanted the same thing, but he's telling me you people wonder what it is he says it's just that here's someone who's a university president all right with PhD and a JD college present university president and and still he's talking to me about injustice about misperceptions that so he confirm what so many of you have told me of your own experience.

I said look I learned so much. My because I've never been racially profile and and he understood my assessment that a blind spot for whites is we often don't see racism when it is there a blind spot for Blacks is that they often see racism when it isn't there is white perspective. Having grown up with this.

I was racially profile. I don't see it doesn't like my criticism brought about them and was raised talking Bruce erases the race there but there somebody instances where race is involved.

I wouldn't see it on the flipside on the flipside there's a question that black Americans have been subject to the racism so much through the lies that they'll see it perceiving what is not there again. The cat we all have blind spots. Don't tell me you don't don't tell me I'm the only blind spots that that's a blind spot you have, so I I'm sensitive to and I think those even regular listeners for years of like listeners you know I'm a friend and an ally when it comes to justice when it comes to raising sensitive issues tackling controversial issues, but when you have people who are so reluctant to legs of a hate crime is white on black. That then strikes us with double standards that what what is that. And trust me I have not come back with example after example after example of black on white crime over the years or or or acts of hate because that's not the issue once and was talking about when they got racially profile they got pulled over for no good reason with a thought. Her life was threatened simply because they were black and I don't need to talk about the situations that doesn't touch on the fact that they were subjected to injustice and racial profiling is wrong, but when you have people especially in the administration, especially media people who don't immediately call this as a heinous hate crime. By the way, good for Montel Williams for blasting this you Montel supposed to join me on the air.

Got a follow-up again. Never heard from as is also never heard from about Carolina HB two and things like that and he related to this strong terms. Why can't John Lennon. I will be back with it's the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 86643 here again is Dr. Michael Brown. It is my joy to be with you today was Friday on the line of fire. You've got questions, we've got answers the phone lines are open 866-34-TRUTH 7884. Any question under the sun that you want to ask me any question under the sun that I can be of help to you with.

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I have a question about one current and 14 birth wondering were added in some translations quote unknown before the work term that wanted their call. Yet now just a generalization. Before we look at the specific verse. Sometimes a word is added for the because the translator is trying to clarify things right and sometimes it's necessary to add the word only, or something like that to do so. There other cases where the issue is a a a different text that's being followed.

Okay. And numbers we have different Greek texts and sometimes it's a it's a manuscript difference. So in in this case here and in when you say unknown.

If you look at the King James. That's what has unknown you'll see if you're reading it from actual written Bible maybe on your cell phone. It has the word unknown in italics. That means it's added. That means it's not in the Greek right so in that case, it's telling you we added this word for clarity, the new King James does not have it. The new King James is for he who speaks in a tongue. Some translations say another tongue just to explain or talk about a different language, but know to put unknown. There is adding something in additionally that the Greek does not have.

So for example new King James, for he who speaks in a tongue, ESV, for one who speaks in a tongue NIV for anyone who speaks in a tongue NET for the one speaking in a tongue so as you read the context it's clearly talking about a non-human language that is by the gift of the Spirit and that requires a translator that is also gifted by the spirit and interpreter literature is not a matter of okay I'm going to pray in Hebrew and you don't understand Hebrew, so we we need another Hebrew speaker. Are you gonna pray in Spanish and on and understand Spanish swinging of the Spanish-speaking.

This is obviously speaking of the tongues that Paul referenced in first Corinthians 12, the gift of the spirit of to speak in of this new language. If you want to call it a heavenly language or spiritual language, and that's why if you keep reading in the in the context here. Look at what it says. The person speaks in a tongue is not speaking to men but to God. Since no one understands him every speaks mysteries in spirit. No one understands because it's not an earthly language. So the King James is clarifying and explaining, but it is adding something that the Greek text doesn't have and it's best not to add that so interestingly, for those who think that the King James is the perfectly accurate translation that never adds anything yet does and and in this case it's telling you it's in italics that it's added but is not helpful.

It may be accurate but should be part of the translation so best to not have it submissive woman speaks in a tongue speaking of that gift of tongues.

Pray in tongues in the spirit that requires to be edified by spiritually but if it happens in the public assembly regular message. I shouldn't, unless someone is there was the gift of interpretation. Thank you sir I file the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the minor fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown know if live on Facebook for two straight hours the entire broadcast on our normal studio, but on the road with our on the road hook up and had a live audience. There just a great time together and we talked about breaking the stronghold of food we talk practically we took some great calls. We talk to folks who edited the book and work on its was really enjoyable if you're on Facebook you can find it on our Facebook page asked Dr. Brown as Katie around and just want to remind you today and tomorrow. That's it that the special free e-book offer. This is the end of it. It's a special offer from the publisher. When you order on stronghold food.com stronghold of food.com. It will take you to Amazon or you can order their get the particular 40% off and then you do follow through on the link and get you the e-book free so the paperback 40% off in the e-book free extraordinary offer, but it ends tomorrow rights. If you haven't ordered yet. If you have the book I get some front is going. Stronghold food.com and remember soon as you're done reading the book of it's been a blessing to post review on Amazon does not belong. But if you been positively impacted.

Let others know as well 866-34-TRUTH we go to Tim in Arlington Texas. Thank you sir for calling the line of fire. This Tim, go ahead.

What would need to blaspheme the Holy Spirit's or the baby are.

If you think that you may have blaspheme the spirit. What what would make you think that what have you done that would make you think that all have you ever knowingly when you knew the Holy Spirit was working that the Holy Spirit was touching lives and working and working miracles that you knowingly said that is not the Holy Spirit. That is the work of Satan and rejected have you know.

Okay then you have a class environment know you haven't possibly dangerous or that is talking about such a deep rejection of the spirit that there's no turning back.

That is talking about such a deep hardening of heart that the last time I'm doing is calling me on the radio to ask about it because you have no interest in God.

No interest in Jesus and you can care less what you done in your heart. That's why it's it's the unforgivable sin.

It crosses a certain line and and and and goes past the point of no return, but Paul said of himself in first Timothy one that that he was actually a blasphemer blasphemer of God, but that God forgave him (Jesus because he acted ignorantly and in unbelief. So there many people they hear tongues and they don't think it's really think that's the devil that's because they don't understand.

Maybe they see some guy praying for the sick on TV and I think man is not the spirit, and actually it was their direct their speaking in ignorance or based on outward appearance, but when Jesus talks about blaspheming the spirit in Mark three. Context is as you said he was healing the sick and working miracles by the power the spirit and the religious leaders who knew better who fully knew better. Said he's doing it by the power of Satan.

So that's the big issue there. To knowingly attribute the works of the Holy Spirit to Satan, and in perhaps even in a public way of rejection. That's going to the point from which there seems to be no return because of the degree of hardness of heart involved in that he Tim, thank you for the call grow in the grace of the Lord recognizes love with is wrong. He lovingly convicts us.

We respond to that if we reject it we repent and turn back 866-34-TRUTH we go to Sean in Jacksonville, Florida hey Sean. Welcome to modifier well thank you good good object on the dog got a couple? If so, what trouble been doing a little bit of research into, figure out exactly what the oral law, war, and during my research I actually pointed in their beds. You may have given from hypercritical work or upheld the law.

Yes, let me try to explain as simply as possible. A traditional Jew today believes that when God gave Moses the written law on Sinai. He also gave an oral law which included explanations of the written law and principles of interpretation of the written law that could then be passed on through the generations through traditional Jew believes that many of the things he's doing today he's doing because he learned from his father learned from his father all the way back to Moses in an unbroken chain of tradition. That's what a traditional Jew believes today. In point of fact, we know that many traditions developed over the centuries, and that many things traditional Jews today may follow would have been unknown in the days of Moses the days of Ezra, Nehemiah, etc. from best we can tell a beginning in the second century before Jesus. A group called the Pharisees rose up and they had their distinct traditions which Jesus refers to as the traditions of the fathers in the New Testament.

For example, Matthew 15 or or Mark seven you'll see him dealing with the traditions of the fathers, so the Pharisees began to institute these traditions.

And some of them were good, and Jesus participated in, for example, the development of the synagogue.

That was a pharisaical development because it was read the temple in Jerusalem and people go to the temple in Jerusalem three times a year there required to do that. The males were required to do it and that have their observances in their homes, but they did have something local for prayer and and teaching of Scripture in in all the cities and the Pharisees developed the custom of the synagogue, so they had existed different meanings in different places, but they really develop that and we know that Jesus Yeshua went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, so that's a pharisaical thing that that he participated in his as many Jews did in that day, but there are other aspects of their tradition that he differed with that.

Remember the whole concept of an oral law going back to Moses on Sinai was probably unknown at that time, but as the centuries were on the traditions that the Pharisees had developed that went back to their founders.

It was pushed back as if it was by all the way back to Moses. If you do something today. You don't know what it's like a family tradition. You can trace exactly 2 generations while it started somewhere, but sometimes we like we have a spiritual practice that we may do it in yet we we learned from our elders where they learn from all that light goes all the way back to the God knowledge started a certain point time so the Pharisees a certain point. Once this became that the teaching of the rabbis, the belief began to circulate.

None of this didn't just go back to the Pharisees this month all the way back to Moses and its pushback on him.

So the traditions that became part of what we know is the oral law today those traditions that were good and healthy. Jesus participated in and they were part of the the life of it of an ancient Jew. Those that he found unhelpful. He critiqued and spoke against.

That's also reflected in a major passage like Matthew chapter 23 now people similar Matthew 23 starts with saying, the scribes and Pharisees, sit Moses seats or whatever they teach do it but don't do what they say and some would say that was Jesus acknowledging that the Pharisees were the religious leaders of the people. Some say that Cedar Moses referred to a special seat in the temple for teaching and either way he same do what they say don't do what they do seem to acknowledge them as the spiritual leaders of the people, but at the same time saw their hypocrisy, even in some of their teaching, which he referred to the leaven of the Pharisees elsewhere and what I understand is that that was the situation than they were the spiritual leaders of the people, and there was a certain level of of submission to their teaching, but Jesus is soon to replace that with his new and better covenant and rather than the Pharisees race of the apostles to be the spiritual leaders of the people, so their authority was transferred over to the apostles, who were the rightful heirs of that but Sean it's it's similar to church tradition. Why most Christians meet on a Sunday. That's not taught in the New Testament the church tradition arrived, why, why do we celebrate certain holiday certain times in your church tradition. What we have a certain order service tradition. If it's healthy if it's good and positive great if it's negative bad. So it's not the tradition itself. It's the nature of it and it if you want to get into a large study.

Sean of the issue of the oral law and what traditional Jews believe and why we don't believe in the authority of the oral law today and why we don't accept the teacher. Traditional Judaism today. Get volume 5 of my series answering Jewish objections to Jesus. Volume 5 answering Jewish objections to Jesus.

That'll get into it and in great depth. If you want a shorter version, shorter version get my book 60 questions Christians asked what usually some practices, 60 questions Christians asked what usually some practices right give more backgrounds with the law.

I just don't refute it. That identifies five thank you sir for the call number plan by the Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown.

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You bet hi Mr. Brown I had a quick question I have heard people talk in the church or about having a personal private prayer language. I was just wondering if you could maybe give me some Bible references to it and maybe briefly explain sure the. The concept of a private prayer language is taken from first Corinthians 14, where Paul talks about the proper order of speaking in tongues. There was no question among the Corinthians that there was a gift of the spirit whereby people could speak in tongues and we know in the book of acts that when the Holy Spirit came upon of the hundred 28 in the upper room that they spoke in tongues in this case. These were languages that were understood by people there but supernatural for the speakers themselves to speak, but we also know that Paul teaches in first Corinthians 14 that that the tongues that the Christians are speaking are languages that are not known to man because he says no one can understand them. So what is the proper place.

Then of speaking in tongues should be public, while if it's publicly delivered, then there should be interpretation. Otherwise, if, if, for example, if I started to to speak in Hebrew. Now if if I started to took to quote from Isaiah 40 Nazca monopoly on media Marla jefe MAA future lime etc. while I might be edified. Speaking it but doesn't help anybody because they don't understand itself is going to speak in Hebrew that I should say here's a translation so the same way. If a message is given in tongues in a public assembly and there is no interpreter, then they should keep silent.

Don't you speak in tongues because it does identify, however, you are personally edified. As you speak in tongues because you're speaking to God.

So here's the way Paul says it first Corinthians 14 one beginner pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, and above all, that you may prophesy, why for the person who speaks in a tongue is not speaking to men but to God. Since no one understands him however he speaks mysteries in the spirit so it's it's not a bad thing. It's a good thing you're speaking to God speaking mysteries in the spirit but it's not for the public because they understand the person prophesies speaks to people for edification, encouragement, consolation, so hit that has the public benefit of helping others. That's why it's preferable.

It seems that the Corinthians were sold to tongues that they were thinking. Wait, wait, this is not edifying people and then you have someone comes in who's a nonbeliever who is not familiar with these things in the what's on are you guys crazy now that what he says. The person who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but he who prophesies those of the church. They said I wish all of you spoke in tongues, but even more that you prophesy and then he goes on to say later I speak in tongues more than all of you and ends the chapter by saying don't forbid speak in tongues, but pursue prophecy. So what is he say the person who speaks in a tongue praise to God speaks to God speaks mysteries in the spirit and edifies himself. So for many years now that has been a primary part of my prayer life is to pray in tongues and I could literally spend hours at times, praying in tongues you say what your brain doing because your mind doesn't understand. Sometimes I'm meditating on Scripture is in praying in tongues.

Sometimes I'm meditating on questions and prayer issues before the Lord as I pray in tongues.

I begin to get insight and then from there I begin to pray with my understanding that I can now pray more effectively. So many times my praying in tongues is then help me dramatically as I go to pray in an English and that would be the clear scriptural reference for thinking you are.

You are very welcome.

Much appreciated. Listen II yes I've had wonderful experiences in the spirit. Yes, I speak in tongues is generally 2472, but my primary reason for believing things is what Scripture says many years ago III reacted against some of my my Pentecostal upbringing in the Lord and questioned it in question tongues and read books against tongues and things that I do just to get away from the fact that the biblical evidence is too strong and the attacks simply do not work, a drive time for arthritis high-tech Brown team befriend the show thing for your ministry. I wonder if you comment on the biblical Unitarian movement and the angel of the Lord passages.

It seems when I read that visit Unitarian citizen angel solely an agent of Yahweh will is not Yahweh that is an ontological difference between them. However, they do consider the same to the skull, Yahweh. Nonetheless, this is essential is to be an agent, and cannot be no assistance because he always spirit and can't be seen. What I don't understand is this are not regular angels, also spirits. Hence they can only be seen with her senses either.

That's why take physical bodies what he needs to be seen by humans and I've not seen any unitary arguments that are visible and visible manifestation of a regular ancient Scripture means that with the person's always that essentially what an angel is therefore why can't the visible angel of the Lord of Escoto IBM strict process always essence is what yes your your argument is correct. Your reasoning is correct in terms of the why can't I agree with also. I would say this biblical Unitarian should be commended for their emphasis on the oneness of God's many Trinitarian's can lose sight of God's oneness in their celebration of his tri-unity. They can lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming message of Scripture is God's oneness. That being said this, this angel, this messenger would not be called God in a direct way as as the word is in John 11 called deity in this the word that is made flesh, and some of our text in John 118 is actually referring to the, the only begotten God, the God who himself is God in you comes forth from the father of he would not be called mighty God in Isaiah 96 and all the tolerances they saw the God of Israel.

Exodus 24. Yahweh appeared showing two angels in visible form in Genesis 18.

Yes, that's clearly the Lord and not just an angel. Isaiah 6 the Lord sitting there as well with Thomas says of Jesus my Lord and my God was just saying that to him as a messenger so there many passages that break down.

There are passages that refer to Titus two. It's a computer. One hour God and Savior Jesus Christ of these overtly identified as God, both the father and son referred to as the Alpha and the Omega, beginning in the end, so that means uncreated in Revelation. In Revelation 5 all creation. Everything in creation worships God and the Lamb, meaning the Lamb himself must be defined otherwise, there is idolatry in that type of worship. Now angels could be seen in different ways that Yahweh and that he he dwells in unapproachable light, that would be different from an angel.

It's just a spirit of life. The father has never been seen as the son who makes him known. One God and if he was one radius on their different divide reflect the bottom line today digging. Keep studying with the riches of the word unfold