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Great video. One thing you missed is that around 30 AD the Great Sanhedrin moved from the temple to the stores around the temple. They also never heard a capital case again. It has been suggested that since Yeshua identified as a Pharisee the other groups of Pharisees pushed back and demanded justice. This may have gotten the Sanhedrin Hagadol kicked out of the temple. This information about the Sanhedrin being removed from the temple can be found in the tractate in the Talmud entitled Sanhedrin. That tractate also catalogs their rules for gathering and holding trials. They broke their own rules to put Yeshua on trial. This was probably more because of the Sadducees rather than the Pharisees.

Another good presentation! Well done. I find it fascinating how the Old Testament principles resonate throughout the New Testament!

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Very helpful 👌. Thank you so much.

Very blessed by your words of wisdom. Do you have a website?

Jesus avoid pharises because he didn’t have respect for the Torah, HaShem and pharises. He constantly sinned of Lashon Hara, lied and didn’t respect Sabbath. A shame. The “hard heart” is the one of the guy kicking the guys outside the Temple. Nobody “hated”, he hated everyone. You’re lying.

Thank you so much! Very helpful

Was the citation of Amos 5:26 in Acts 7:43, which made a general reference more specific, possible because of the oral tradition? Does this mean that the oral tradition was/is of real value?

Very well done video sir.

Preaching unbelief you should be proud of your faith God still does miracles. REPENT

Very useful and enjoyable video

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One thing about the heart that I understand is that, the heart an aspect of the mind, since the mind is a part of our soul. For example... A scripture in Proverbs says whatever a man thinketh in his heart so is he. You right when say Jesus Christ was teaching us that we must love God with everything we have. So when we read, we must read the Biblical Text completely, for full understanding.

Well, here is a book written by a saint on the subject - “Spirit, Soul, Body” by Saint Luke of Simferopol (or Crimea). You can find it online.

I have wondered about this as I've listened to theologians and philosophers talk about scripture. Which view is correct, the two or three part? But I have come to believe that the passages that describe these components are typically aimed at emphasizing the whole person must be devoted to God. I think they probably adjusted the way this wholeness was expressed based on the audience that was hearing them. An old testament version of the Shema is addressing a Mosaic generation that was influenced by Egyptian thought. Jesus' account of the greatest commandment is coming at a time where a lot of Judea was influenced by Greek and Roman culture. I agree a dichotomous view seems more consistently defendable. And even studying the Greek words soma, pneuma, sarx, nous etc doesn't reveal a consistent use of 3-part or 2-part humanity.

Is it possible to get people to value truth? * truth is the set of facts about reality * it's only reliably known by detections of reality called "evidence" * we don't have evidence of a soul or spirit * we do have evidence the body exists, and what we've seen seems to fully explain human capability * so if we value truth, we have no reason to believe in either a soul or spirit. We appear to just be bodies. If someone tells you they know of more than just the body and they aren't pointing to strong evidence documenting observations of reality indicating they know what they know...then they're simply spreading a falsehood.

I agree with you sir. All flesh made on the fifth and sixth days are made of two parts: body and spirit or body and soul or body and breath or flesh and the breath of life. Genesis 2:7 KJV And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 6:17 KJV And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. Genesis 7:15 KJV And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. Some translations may say “spirit of life.” Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man a. living being b. living being (with life in the blood) c. the man himself, self, person or individual d. seat of the appetites e. seat of emotions and passions f. activity of mind So even the animals that fly, swim, crawl, creep, hop or walk on for legs are “living souls” or things that breathe and move. They are “nephesh.” God has given his life giving breath to things to move. Job 12:10 KJVS In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Job 27:3 KJVS All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; Job 33:4 KJVS The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. Man is a breathing thing because God has shared his breath of life. Job 34:14-15 KJVS If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; [15] All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. The two different words “ruach” and “neshâmâh.” The first as an indefinite breath or wind of a living being or breath belonging to someone and the second term is spirit or breath of creature ultimately belongs to God. Psalm 104:29-30 KJVS Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. [30] Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. Here we see a repetition of the theme that God is a life giving spirit. He gives something of himself so that he has moving creatures that breathe. His creatures are made of “dust” that have “breath.” Elsewhere we read that the difference between the first Adam and the last Adam is the first was a “living soul” and the last is the “quickening spirit.” See the parallelism in 1 Corinthians 15:45: “living” vs “quickening” and “soul” vs “spirit.” The 1828 Webster’s Dictionary says, “QUICKEN, v.t. quik'n. 1. Primarily, to make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state. Rom 4. Hence flocks and herds, and men and beasts and fowls, with breath are quicken'd and attract their souls. 2. To make alive in a spiritual sense; to communicate a principle of grace to. You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Eph 2.” The first soul on earth was made to have the breath of life. Sin came into the world through disobedience of this living soul. God gave his only begotten Son who was a “being in the form of God” obeying his Father and “took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.” Here Jesus is the only soul who has two natures. He has the nature of God and the nature of men. He is the only being apart from his Father who can give life because he too is divine. God made Adam and thus all men to have two main parts: a being of dust and the breath of life. Later God prepared a human body for his Son who gives life. God raised his Son the Christ from the grave. “Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father” Romans 6:4 NLT and this glory was “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.” Romans 8:11 NLT. This same spirit, breath, power and glory he gave as a down deposit upon the disciples after his resurrection and before God raised him to sit at his hand. John 20:21-22 NLT Again he said, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you." [22] Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Take note of the word “emphusaō” for the “breathed on” expression. Thayer's Definition: to blow or breathe upon The Greek word here used is employed nowhere else in the New Testament, but is the very one used by the Septuagint translators of Gen 2:7: 'And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.' There, man's original creation was completed by this act of God; who, then, can fail to see that here in John 20, on the day of the Saviour's resurrection, the new creation had begun, begun by the Head of the new creation, the last Adam acting as 'a quickening spirit' (1Cr 15:45)!" (Arthur W. Pink, Exposition of the Gospel of John, p. 1100).

God created man (Body) from the dust of the ground and breathed into him the breath of life (Spirit) and man became a living (Soul) Spirit should have control over soul and body but since the fall, soul has control since our spirit is dead in sin Good book to read is 'The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee'

What’s the difference between soul and mind?

Body, Soul (Mind), and Spirit (Nous). Soul and Spirit remain after death is what I've always been taught. Interesting video. Thank you.

Hebrews 4:12 King James Version (KJV) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

I still don't get it why this matters. "To avoid confusion" is not it for me. What are the consequences of thinking it's 3 instead of 2 or vice-versa? I wish you gave some examples of a theological idea built on top of this concept, and why it's important to really understand the difference

In Luke 1:46-47 I understand the modern interpretation of the interchangeability of the words soul and spirit; however the words in the original text as well. So I believe it is safe to assume the first line of Christian’s whom wrote the Greek manuscripts understood that the soul and spirit are different. They use the words Psyche(mind/spirit) and Pneuma(soul)

Sadly you are wrong. It’s clearly 3 throughout the Bible.

Way strawman of the trichotomous view. I was interested to see what you have to say, but you assumptions on the trichotomous view are extremely wrong, and this leads to all your conclusions also being wrong. I don't mean to be unduly critical, but the trichomous view is usually taught in a simplified format. If one is interested in nuance, one has to explore the matter much more deeply. I have my own studies on the matter that I am willing to share. (Though my study on the spirit is still a work in progress, and in my study on the soul I do not particularly delve into the cartesian model.) I guess my big issues with the two-fold model (some of which also applies to the monistic model) are 1. They do not give proper exposition on the differentiations in 1 Thess 5 and Heb 4. Neither did yours btw. 2. They are by and large based on sympathetic parallelism in the Psalms and Proverbs between soul and spirit, which no one denies. They however ignore the use of parallelism juxtaposing and associating soul and body, our spirit and body, or heart and soul, or heart and mind. Why does the use of parallelism mean 'much of a muchness" in one context, and then suddenly in all these other contexts it does not mean that the faculties are the same, just that they are related? 3. Why does the Bible's use of language applied to soul, spirit, and the other faculties such as heart and mind remain so very consistent and different from one another? Why would the Bible waste words, and why would our common everyday language waste words if everything is just the same? 4. Yes there are degrees of overlap between soul and spirit. As are there between soul and body - they are both conscious. As are there between heart and mind and every faculty between them. If one throws them into a common soup of figurative language, so much of the Bible just stands to lose meaning. This is much worse irt to the monistic / integrationalist model, but the dualistic model does not fare much better. Your definitions of soul, spirit and body could also all do with some significant tweaking and correction.

There 2 substances. Matter and spirit. Soul arises from the incarnation of spirit as an epiphenomenon. Think about glossolalia in 1 Cor. 14

In my case 3. Overall though- as ONE.

1, just one part.

I am going to blow your minds here, but I am a monist. I think we are beings, or individuals. How the individual is expressed is materially or spiritually or intellectually. We encounter the other in a variety of ways however this encounter is unified by one's identity. In the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the author states that I am one seeing myself divided. And of course the authors of this text finds that the individual is made up of MANY parts or bodies. I would argue that when scripture talks about soul and body and spirit it is talking about these expressions as well as expressed IN the embedded cultural and philosophical trends of the time. But hermeneutically we should look past these cultural biases towards what God is doing through them NOT what the individual necessarily thinks about what God is doing through them.

3 Parts. I think that your Soul is your entire essence; ‘You are a living Soul or Being.’ - Mind (conscious and autonomous/unconscious), Body and Spirit. Assuming that we have a spirit that carries us on to an afterlife.

But with respect to how God created us, we’re actually all the same. The Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 that we were all created with three parts-a spirit, a soul, and a body: “And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”But with respect to how God created us, we’re actually all the same. The Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 that we were all created with three parts-a spirit, a soul, and a body:

Great video, but I hope the discussion can be opened because the argument from the other side is quite strong. Of course you do not have unlimited time to read the references I would recommend, but would you be open to hearing the other side?

what can you say about these verses? 1 Cor 2:14 The natural (soulish in greek) person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Cor. 14 Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. 15 What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. So this verses show that one can have a relationship the word in the mind (soul) but not with our spirit ... and here the distinction is no emphasis, it's plainly stated that you can praise in spirit but not having the sould engaged... it's not that simple of a subject. What can you say about this? I think the Bible does teach we are body, soul and spirit, but soul and spirit can be very much overlaped and should If the Lord is actually in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22) and we want to let Him do His work in our minds, emotions and will. So the spirit uses the soul to express Christ. Then our spirit can be contrited, rejoice, be troubled. Agreed that soul and spirit are so similar or related but the point is that, can be separated. Not the same "you yourselve said it" things that are very much alike, but not entirely the same. I understand that we are born again in our spirit, Christ is in our Spirit, and that is our inner man (but the inner man is hidden in our heart) ... you can't really say thery are separeted but seems to be a disctinction Just to expand conversation...

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God. -excerpt 1 Corinthians 2 “These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you. -excerpt John 14 -words of Jesus Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well pleased.” -excerpt Luke 3

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Thank you. Very helpful and easy to understand

Welcome back. Very helpful, thanks!

Thanks to Roman control of literature, we have Jesus hanging on a tree for 2000 years, for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" Galatians 3:13. You ignore the moral problem of indoctrination & the vocabulary of fantasyland. Faith is worthless as prayer. Nothing fails as perfectly as prayer in a children's hospital. Faith is worthless as a mustard seed. The interpretation is correct & supported by "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" Galatians 3:13. Your apologies for faith have only begun to cover what is in my comment. Jesus Christ is a curse, propaganda, Freud was correct: "The antidote to Christianity is literacy". You ignore the fact, not all of us can pretend prophesy & God exist. That is why Jesus Christ says, "Think not I come with peace, but sword". It is amusing to hear the profound arrogance of someone knowing of God, as if He were known outside of fiction. The believer & the literate are separated by the vocabulary of fiction: Blasphemy, God, faith, prayer, prophet, scripture etc. Matthew 17:20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” I like asking believers how they can possibly think their faith is respectable, given Jesus said faith is worthless, since you can't expect obedience when ordering mountains to move? Freud wrote, "The antidote to Christianity is literacy". "Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall". What is The Catholic faith? Organized crime, indoctrinating children with a fantasyland vocabulary? When men are free of religious notions they write, "The antidote to Christianity is literacy." "My sheep hear My voice" is the mindset of slavery. Once free of it, there are no suggestions we all travel better by having one foot in a stranger's fantasyland or Garden of Eden. A mind free of religious text is not tortured by pretending Divinity made Mormons so Christians would know how Jews feel, having pasted their books on to them both. Those looking for the sign of a resurrection, are a vile, "Wicked Generation" seeking signs, led by "wolves in sheep's clothing". "The only sign is that of Jonah"; a believer murdered by other believers. Chained to the slavery of faith, they write: "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree:" Galatians 3:13 One must be insanely arrogant to suggest knowing something of a God. It is by boldness, Moses became the world's worst navigator, by having one foot in some fantasyland. There is a fine line between fishing & standing on the shore, looking like an idiot. Fail to get the Jews to buy it for 2000 years & they should know who their Messiah is. Jesus is a fake, to immortalize the war against the Jews. Jesus Christ is crucified for all time in literature & the subjects of Rome are illiterate. Freud wrote, "The antidote to Christianity is literacy" & the joke is in the scriptures. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" Galatians 3:13 An improvement on your God & faith; would outlaw indoctrination & abuse of the vocabulary of fiction on children. CREATING CHRIST - Official Documentary

They even decide the fate of the world to this day

Very informative. Thank you.

Why do you call him Jeus and not say Jesus?

There is no Matthew 23:45, that chapter only has 39 verses

Thank you

Piper’s writing is so rich, but can be so dense sometimes we get lost in it, thanks for helping summarise the high level points for us!

Bullsh*t Go watch The God Culture

Thank you. I just discovered your channel, and your recommendations are awesome.

Excellent overview of the Pharisees.

Best video on the web for background on Pharisees.

The Sanhedrin was a theocracy, plain and simple