Do We Need to “Go to Synagogue”?
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- As I am uploading this video I realize there's a confusion that could easily arise. I'll try to clear it up here.
The NT does not teach all believers to actually attend literal synagogues. Nor do we have any examples I know of where Gentile converts to Christianity ever attended, or were told to attend synagogues literally. I am speaking here of the common practice of evangelism where we seek out public opportunities and locations to tell people about Jesus and the gospel. This is an area where Christians in general could use a lot more boldness and intentionality. Go for it!
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God is like oxygen: we can't see Him but we can't live without Him.
Live eternally, that is.
Interesting! I was just reading in Genesis that God breathed the breath of life into Adam.
Physically either!
@terfybrown9349 Are you a new Christian? I'm saying this because you're reading Genesis, but you could also just be rereading it, too. Thanks in advance for the answer!!!!
God Bless!!!!
@eliasgarcia6576 Nov 2022! So, Yes! But I was actually watching Mike Winger Video about that verse in Genesis. I have read all the Bible except for the major prophets. I just started Isaiah. Reading through the N.T. again now too!
Posting this in a totally random spot but wanted to share with Mike. Today my 10 year old grandson asked me for a CZcams recommendation. He's very spiritual and interested in the Bible. I've tried to interest him in your videos before but I think they're too deep for him. Today, I told him to find you in my subscriptions, then go to your shorts. He listened and listened. Then two times later today, in different settings, I heard him listening to more of your shorts. Blessed my heart so much. I asked him if he liked your videos and he said he did. Love that so much.
Christ is risen!
How do you know ?
He is risen indeed! Hallelujah! 😃
Amen, soon rapture!
1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 👑👰♀️
“After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.”
@@jasonnoble7302The Holy Spirit and prayer....just give it one honest try 🙏
@@justonetime112
I’m believe I have given it an honest try
I’m still an atheist
Does that mean my try wasn’t honest ?
On my snapchat stories and instagram I try to share different verses and my thoughts on it, not many people interact with it but I have seen people message me sometimes that what I've said is what they needed praise God for that
If someone opens your offering they have heard of Jesus. That counts whether they respond or not. the drip system works do one of two things; move toward Jesus or reject Him. Once that is done they will reap the results of what they decide. And you have done what Christ told us in the Great Commission! keep it up until you cannot. At least when Christ wants to know if you talked about him, the answer will be yes!
Yea same with me, but I would receive some slander and negative attitudes because of it but I would have to remind myself to 2 Corinthians 4:4: "In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."
Not sure which "older generation" you're familiar with. I'm 71, and maybe I just never got the memo, but I have not been at all reticent to share my viewpoint on social or religious issues. In fact, I am always reminded of the story of when Winston Churchill was invited to a dinner party. The hostess assured him that her guests were warned not to bring up religion or politics in order to avoid argument. He then replied, "Then I shan't come, for I would feel as though I had Nothing to talk about."
Most Christians, by their attitudes and actions, end the discussion before Chist is presented. We are also guilty of not being in the places of discussion but, more importantly, not ready for the discussion in which we most represent our side.
That’s why we surround ourselves with wise council and allow ourselves to be deciples by biblically solid “older” brotheren, so we can become trained as soldiers! The battle is REAL! Don’t make excuses, don’t rationalize what others are doing wrong, put on the armor and fight the good fight!💪🏼
Sharing the gospel is certainly challenging sometimes, but I think we have to keep in mind what is our responsibility versus grown adults and thier responsibility unto the Lord. Putting the ball in their court is an important test to see if they will bounce back. You ask questions and prod gently to see if there is receptiveness. Sometimes it's best to just plant seeds and keep moving....
Ray Comfort with Living Waters ministry has really helped me with his Evangelical videos on how to properly and better share the gospel
Going to AA meetings and NA meetings and evangelizeing them. Is really good!
no its not.
thats not what those people go to those meetings for. maybe sharing your own personal experience is a good testimony, but if you are singling anybody out or pontificating or making cross-talk, that goes against AAs rules and isn't a good look. it makes Christians look bad. please don't do that.
@@maxonmendel5757 those meetings were set up by God. Jesus Christ is God. It is a sin and unlawful for you to discourage evangelizeing the meetings. Please don't be a coward.
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AA actually recommends religion as you need to rely on something stronger than yourself to break addiction. There are actually complaints about this and some demanding secular AA despite it being demonstrable that Religious and Spiritual beliefs reduce substance abuse. The only government program to recommend God.
It took me a moment to notice how young you are here... then I realized you have repeated this. Good for you. A good message needs to be repeated. Your faithful creation of videos is heartwarming and reassuring. Consistency wins! As a fledgling YT creator it is amazing how even a newbie can touch thousands of lives ... each one you touch has the name of Jesus in their head and they cannot undo that! It all counts.
" Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together"....🙏❤️🕊️✝️
Wow I’ve never considered the difference between synagogue and temple!
Samething
Preaching the word, that which we learn about, builds our own spiritual strength too. It is heard by those who can identify with this need, to learn more about our God, His Kingdom, and an Everlasting life. Truth strengthens us and also implores others to seek it also!
Yes! It's the WORLD WIDE WEB! I feel particularly called to fulfill the great commission here!
It's definitely a good place to learn how to turn the other cheek and to Love and Bless and Pray for your enemies too.
1 Corinthians 9:26 ESV
So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.
Appreciate the video. I was pretty sure the temple and the synagogue were different things but I appreciate you defining them a little more clearly.
Amen! Thank you for your ministry brother!
Thank you for the video. Commenting for the Algorithm.
Loving God is like being in love with someone when we love someone we can't stop talking about the one we love we don't even check if the place is the right one or not so if we love God we should talk about God ❤
Let’s talk about God ❤
How does a God predict the creation of this world over one made of cheese ?
@@jasonnoble7302 How does a world made of cheese handle space travel?
@@dagwould
No idea
Why did God desire to create a world that permits space travel over one that doesn’t ?
Are Gods desires arbitrary or do you have an answer ?
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Thanks for clearing that up pastor Mike.
Great teaching. WINGER FOR DA WIN.
Excellent evangelistic application - thank you
Thank you for this!
✋🎯❔🦢Finally Mark 3:1-5 Jesus makes this distinction very clear 🙌
5:02 I can confirm that with older generations they have that idea. My dad has a friend who's a Jehovah's Witness and they've been friends for ~40 years but he told me they've never actually had a conversation about religion. That baffles me especially considering my dad used to be a gospel singer and gospel radio dj.
I've heard about that, as well. I think it's strange because older folks grew up during a time when US was more "Christian" as a society, yet people were more politically correct in avoiding religious talk outside of church. Strange.
@mbrown4778 Strange indeed. Perhaps because America was more "Christian" it was kind of assumed that everybody already heard the gospel and knew the word of God or at the very least understood the importance of knowing God and His word and living right. And if people weren't living right, well then "they know what they're doing is wrong. They'll repent and get it right eventually."
@@davidbassjr.7909 Good points. I didn't think of that; there was no discussion to be had because it was just taken for granted. More interesting time today because of the various debates w/people because of all the different worldviews.
Thank you. God bless you !
I pray that if zealous believers actually do go into synagogues that they speak using OT scriptures to point to Messiah. And pray their ears would be open and hearts ready.
Once again thanks Mike
God bless 🙏
Pastor Mike could you please make a video about your past experiences as a new Christian...fears, things that helped, advice etc. Appreciate your ministry ty!
Great encouragement!
Good topic.
I would also suggest that a good/acceptable place to discuss spiritual truth would be at a funeral/memorial.
Maybe if you have opportunity to speak, or eulogize. After all most people are probably contemplating what will happen to them after death. Eccl. 7:2- Funerals remind us that we all must die.
Thank you Brother Mike for always sharing your insights, always helpful
I Agree, some of these things I didn't know about the Synagogues, Thanks and Bless!
My understanding of first century synagogue was that once the interpretation of scripture was finished and the person was done giving of their interpretation on the reading, the rest of the congregation could comment on the reading as well. The lines between the person leading the service and those in the audience was more porous.
In the recovery community, spiritual debate is very much alive and well in many different spaces.
Amen brother- all of us need to fight the good fight- Jesus is Coming Soon!
Jesus dwells in us and in this world as the Holy Spirit. We just wait patiently for his 2nd coming in flesh.
@@BibleBound333True believers/followers!
@@BibleBound333 perhaps you can feel the presence of God!
@@BibleBound333what do you mean by saying the scriptures are clear on how many are sealed by the Spirit?
1 Chronicles 28:9
... my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts
Revelation 2:23
...and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Psalm 44:21
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart
Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 29:13
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts
2 Samuel 1:26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You were very sweet to me. Your love for me is more wonderful than the love of women.
Speak up. Share the truth. Be loving while you do so. 👍🏻
St. Clement of Alexandria, the core of Christianity, is a sublime housing
"Every woman should feel ashamed when she remembers that she is a woman."
Good message
(The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand) Gospel of Matthew 22-44
Meaning: God said to God
Come, God, sit next to me on the right
He said to go out into the world, that includes any media type you are engaged in. However, we must remember that if someone is offended by what we say, it is because they chose to be offended. It should have no bearing on our message. Did Yeshua stop speaking when the Pharisees took offense at His words? No. Nor should we.
Amen.
The tricky thing about the internet is that its a constant stream of information, so it’s easy for any given message to go missing in the flood of information…. But you make an excellent point.
Do it anyway! You never know what dark corner someone might find themselves and you might just be the only lamp stand they find! ❤✝️❤️
@@PUSH2Tim you are correct 💜 thank you for that encouragement! 🙏
Spot on Mike! Spot on.
God bless you mike winger! Thanks for the Word!
3:35
We can take a lesson from Paul.
He did a great deal of his proselytizing to people who had signaled a readiness and a desire to learn about the Christ.
We know from other passages, the Father works at the consciences of unbelievers, in order to prepare them for the seed that is the word of God.
It seems, they signal when they are ready.
I would like better skill at recognizing the signals.
Amen be encouraged to spread the Gospel on your social media, rapture is imminent.
1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 👑👰♀️
“After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.”
They didn't have also churches in those first years. The did meet up in people's houses to have fellowship and communion together
You mean they didn't have church buildings. Churches are groups of Christians, not bricks and mortar. We really need a better word for our church facilities: eccleseum anyone?
@@dagwould exactly, I forgot to write it down for buildings
Acts clearly shows that the first Christians met in temple services(2:46-27). The whole "they didn't meet in churches" narrative is perpetuated by ppl who reject what Paul says in Hebrews about assembling together. It wasn't until the Orthodox Jewish leaders became increasingly more hostile against the apostles that they started meeting in Christians' homes instead of the temple.
💜Paslms 122:6🛐Pray for the peace of Jerusalem✡️they will prosper that love💜
Mike, have you seen the video of Troy Black's revolution about you from our Lord?
You are doing well and others like you, keep up the good work, for you are walking the golden path, brother.
Ugh. I just got a commercial advertising “California Psychics.” 🙄 I know it’s not Mike’s doing but it certainly is ironic.
Sharing Christ in Al-Anon is a great synogogue!
If anyone has The Holy, then He will manifest Himself in them, and show them things to come.
Ah yes Adam Jensen from Deus Ex teaching the word of God, love to see it
My dear brother Mike this sermon was indeed Holy Spirit inspired the Lord has pointed out the exact same interpretation to me , I love the fellowship of the Spirit. My beloved brother your an elder that is worthy of double honours. All glories to the Lamb of God.
I love it
Hello Mike, I wanted to ask if you’ve ever thought to do a video on Anabaptists? For example Brethren in Christ Church? I wondered how closely they agree with your own views as a Christian? Where do you feel that the groups such as Mennonites and Amish get it maybe not entirely accurate?
I’m just gonna ignore the fact that you said ‘older’ people don’t put Jesus stuff on the internet. 🤣🤣
I’m definitely older….. and yup!
I put it out there all the time. I also have several grit D’s even older than I, who do the same.
You spent too much time in youth ministry. 😂🤦🏼♀️
Oh, and I still teach kids (at church) and they like to hang out with me too.
But yes!!! Use your social media for Jesus!
And yes, I’m just kidding you.
I mean I really do use my social media for Jesus, but I’m not offended by your perception in the least.
I love you and I watch you allllll the time!
And CZcams needs an edit choice because I definitely show my old in typos!
Thank goodness my social media time lines let me edit. 😂😂
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I cast my pearls before so many swine in the comments sections.
I generally try to give them about three tries, so they can ask or argue a certain amount.
After two or three, it becomes obvious they will not hear, but only seek to attack.
On those two or three witnesses, I try and remember to knock their dust off the feet of my mind, and instead to remember them in my prayers.
Mike had a great breakdown on knocking the dust off their feet. In the context of this passage the Son of Man would return for them before the gospel reached all the towns of Israel. The point being made in this instance was that time was absolutely of the essence so in their mission, in that season, if a town rejected them they were to hurry to the next as Christ would be coming to collect them all again shortly.
The prodigal Son is a great example of how we are not to pursue those who flee from God, but warmly welcome them if they repent.
So, how is a disembodied 'cool' (in McLuhan terms) conversation between strangers neither of whom have demonstrated humble commitment to or interest in the other amount to evangelism? It's like target shooting by waving a shotgun at the side of a barn: utterly pointless, IMO.
We need more pastors who teach the entire Word of God, chapter by chapter and verse by verse, the way the late Pastor Chuck Smith (Calvary Chapel) did.
You mean the pastor that gave out a false date for the rapture?
Don’t be distracted practice righteousness.
1 Corinthians 9-11
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 1And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”
It also came in the Book of Exodus in more than one place that Pharaoh said to Moses and Aaron, “Pray for me” (Exodus 8: 25-29, and Exodus 9: (27)... Thus, the Bible claims that Pharaoh wanted good and wanted Moses and Aaron to pray him.. and he was eager to do good.. but the Lord is the one who hardened.
Fry it!! God far above that . 18 God complains to Moses an insult. Israel to him: It came in the Book of Numbers (chapter 14): “And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people insult me!!! Until when will I forgive this evil group that grumbles against me?! And he pardoned the children of Israel and gave them all their requests, and he regretted what he had done to them and wrote a new covenant to give them the land of Yeni.
Canaan.” 19 The deceived Lord - Moses’ wife deceives the Lord - the Bible depicts that Zipporah, Moses’ wife, was able to deceive the Lord. The Bible claims that the Lord was very angry with Moses because Moses, like the rest of the children of Israel, was a coward and refused the Lord’s command to go to Pharaoh in fear and division And the Lord announced that He would descend to kill the firstborn son of Moses, because Moses refused to save the children of Israel from the hand of Pharaoh, and the Lord descended, according to their claim, to the road and began looking for the firstborn son of Moses to kill him.The son of Moses was a small child playing in the alleys and alleys of Egypt...and the Lord God attacked But Zipporah, Moses' wife, was faster than him, and quickly took the child, and since she knew that the Lord wanted to kill her son, she deceived him, and cut the boy's foreskin with a knife that she had with her, and took the blood, and touched the Lord's feet with this blood, and Zipporah cried out, "You are my bridegroom of blood!" So the Lord spared the boy - then Zipporah said: “A blood bridegroom for circumcision” (See the full story in Exodus chapter 4).
The beginning of the synagogue was probably in 2 Chronicles 17:7. Jehoshaphat sends teachers to the major cities of Judah to teach
Thanks Mike! I’m learning a lot from messianic Jews!
Be careful because not all of them have sound doctrines.
Amen.
Hey Mike, not related to this video at all, but had a question regarding some teachings from
Chuck smith, in regards to you referring to us being temporarily unembodied spirits in the Lord’s presence, it was my understanding listening to Chuck Smith expound on 2 Corinthians 5: 1-4, is that we are going to be given our new bodies after we leave this body to be present with the Lord, not being unembodied spirits, but further clothed. If you could help me understand if I’m missing something!! Thanks, love you brother!
This was one of the first distortions that occurred in the Christian religion with cunning from Paul, then Paul returned with Barnabas to Antioch again, and after a not- so- short companionship, they began an intense dispute, because Paul announced the abrogation of the provisions of the Bible! And he saw and said to him (that it was a curse that we got rid of forever), and his claim that (Christ came to replace an old era with a new era), and to borrow from Greek philosophy the idea of God’s connection to the earth, through the word or the Son of God or the Holy Spirit, then all of this resulted in saying The innovated doctrine of crucifixion and redemption.
God is alive. Paul disputed with Peter, who opposed him and attacked him. Thus, deviation and distortion began in the books revealed in the Torah and the Gospel, and the deviation continued in them, and additions and decreases are still taking place in these books revealed by God Almighty. Among the most important texts that were distorted in the Bible; Those texts that call for the worship of Him alone, and that show that God, Glory be to Him, is Ever- Sustaining, Self- Sufficient, Creator, Owner, Ruler, He has no girlfriend or son, and among the most important texts that have been distorted in the Bible are those that refer to the coming of the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - and call to believe in it. As for the purpose of the distortion, it differs according to the desires of the distorters. Some of them were distorting the Bible because of their enmity towards the Jews, and among them were those who distorted it for the sake of the desires of kings and sultans, and among them were those who distorted it because of their hatred of Islam, Muslims, and the Prophet of Islam, the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace. .
Hey Pr. Mike, hope you are doing well! I have a quick question, recently a girl started going to the church I go to and she has a pretty religious mindset and got her to agree to sit down with her sister with me and a friend of mine to talk it out and go through scripture but I'll be honest, I'm going to need help. Would you be able to help by sending me some references or attending the call when the time comes?
The Lord our God is one!!!!
One what?
@@dagwould Deuteronomy 6:4 , Jesus the son quoted this verse
Re-posting stuff online is about the baseline for me, to be honest. It feels a lot safer to do it behind a screen, then in person.
I like your analogue of internet with synagogue. However, the internet is vast. Are there certain places on the internet where it is more likely that people want to listen to you when you bring the gospel? A digital areopagus so to speak? I have tried to bring the gospel in new age groups on Facebook, either by commenting to posts or by posting something myself, but often I do not get more than a thumbs up, not a real conversation. I am wondering what your experience is; and maybe you have a recommendation for me.
"After the scripture reading they would have an interpretation...because it was to help those who were present who didn't know the Hebrew."
Wow. This guy will literally lie about anything,
Very interesting.
Why so short!!! 😢we miss your sermons
Amen amen amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
What church was this recorded at? Was this a regular Sunday morning service or some sort of speaker series?
When is the next "Women in Ministry" video going to drop? Thank you
There was only 1 Temple , I always found it interesting in some translation , especially in the Book of Revelations , they use Synagogue, instead of church and vice versa
Amen
@mikewinger could you please make a video about the heresies of the book The Glories of Mary? Thank you!
Mary is the greatest woman to ever live and the Theotokos. the Church Fathers agree. being anti-Mary was a debate the church had in the 300s and it was established that Christians were to honor Mary. this didnt change for 1000 years following, until the Protestant radical reformation.
i haven't read the book you mentioned, but it was written by a doctor of the church. I would be careful with how you think of the Mother of our Lord.
@@maxonmendel5757 if you have read the book you remember the author(among all things he affirmed) calling her as saviour, or considering her as omnipotent.. I am concerned about people reading it and believing this heresies are true, aren’t you? Mary is a human being created by God as you and I, she doesn’t have any privileges, more blessed, or more loved by God.. she was an virtue woman that God chose to use to birth his human body, but sinner as she declare that Jesus is her saviour. My fornecer is spreading false affirmation that doesn’t confirm with Gods teaching in the Bible.
God always existed, he doesn’t have a mother, just used a human being so he could be born as human.
@@maxonmendel5757 Please repent. Your idolatry is sinful. Mary is not God. Worship only the father, son, and Holy Spirit
@@jidoorifalcon i dont think you guys really understand marian doctrine.
no one is saying Mary is omnipotent or that she should be worshiped. we are in agreement that Mary is created by God and is a human and not a part of the Trinity, and that only the Trinity should be worshiped.
we disagree about the role of Mary in our salvation as mother of God, and about her place as "blessed among women."
The Angel Gabriel at the annunciation calls this to her, "hello Mary! blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb!"
later at the visitation with her cousin Elizabeth, the woman exclaims, "what an honor that the mother of my Lord would come to visit me!" and Marys song or the "Magnificat" might be familiar to you. Our Lady says, "my soul magnifies the Lord!" and also, the important part, "surely every generation will call me blessed!" this is the basis for the rosary prayer known as the Hail Mary. its scripture. it is not idolatry and its not worship to Mary.
to insist that Our Lady isn't God's Mother is to insist that Jesus isn't fully God. this is the Nestorian heresy and it was declared heresy in the 300s.
Mary is not the origin of the Godhead, because the Godhead has no origin. but Mary is declared the Theotokos or "God-bearer" or "mother of God" because she carried the Divine Infant in her womb. (She carried in pregnancy the fullness of God's Nature, for her Infant was indeed God).
Read some church history on this, brothers. God bless you 🙏 ❤
For me personally I wouldn't go for the sake of having to go as there's no clear-cut requirement within Christianity for Christians to go to a synagogue. However, some Christians may choose to visit a synagogue to gain a better understanding of Judaism, considering Christianity originated from Judaism, as Larry Hurtado notes in his book How On Earth Did Jesus Become A God?: Historical Questions About Earliest Devotion To Jesus "Given that Jesus and his first followers were Jews, lived in a Jewish culture, and interpreted their faith in light of Jewish Scriptures, one cannot comprehend early Christianity outside its Jewish context."
hey Mike what do you think of the book of Tobit in the catholic Bible?
While gathering in small orderly meetings let's scrap the monologue and let every member of the body express Jesus Christ by the moving of the Spirit.
1 Cor 14
"If each person has a teaching, song, revelation, interpretation...."
The writer of 1 Kings 1 1 says:
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King David grew old. He advanced in days. And they covered him with clothes, but he did not get warm. So his servants said to him, “Let them search for our master the king for a virgin girl. Let her stand before the king, and have a bosom for him, and let her lie in your bosom, so that our lord the king may be warm.” So they searched for a beautiful girl in all the borders of Israel, and they found (Absheg) the Shunammite So they brought it to the king.)
That last part is always where I have problems. Not a problem with it, but it is one. The fact I have to spell that out with a second sentence, evidences that point.
I speak respectfully to those around me, not pastor rushing, but the lay people. Often, this is returned with a judgment. Maybe they thought I was judging them or pointing it out to them because I wanted to get them to stop. Often it is not recieved for debate. So, within a church, this atmosphere often leads to a lack of an ability to debate without getting ostracized. They start to find out everything you are doing, in hopes of stopping the debate. *Social pressure over substance.*
Outside the church, no one wants to hear it. Some of it is due to people forcing their opinions on others. Some of it is the changing society. Like it or not, Christianity has a reputation here. That is what you are fighting, even if you personally have never done anything. That is more similar to Paul than many Christians seem to think.
Still, spilling tea is the fastest way to discredit an enemy in todays world. The tongue is a dangerous weapon. Facts are much slower & often ineffective. You can use them. Rhetoric is far more impactful than facts, unfortunately. My opinion, but it seems so.
I find it leaves me with looking to live with them, not against them. I am not telling you how to act, as everything I say is up for debate, but that is what I am doing. If you bring Hell, you have it in your heart. A man brings out only what he has.
The funniest thing is, I said this to the general, "you", but I am sure some will take it personally. If it isn't you, why apply it? Something to think about, as we all do it.
Jesus is God!
My favorite thing about sharing my testimony online is I have no idea how many people I am impacting.. I'm like the johnny appleseed of sharing my experiences with God or my interest in prophecy. On my youtube channel I noticed a vacation video went a little viral, 3/4 million views on a tour of a nuclear silo and control center. So in the description I entered the closest ancient description of nuclear war, which happens to be in revelation and by my estimation is something that happens immediately after the abomination of desolation / falling away and immediately before the rapture. So if these people can't pay attention now, maybe they will pay attention later and the verses I shared will help.
As a creator on the tube we have a limitless format to share with. It is too easy to ignore. Each person who sees your words is deprived of a claim to not know about Jesus or God. Keep it up. Never forget that Jesus watched thousands walk away. He never stopped and neither should we.
(14) How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the construction of the Temple? A- Three thousand six hundred (II Chronicles (22) b- Three thousand three hundred (I Kings (16:5)
(15) How many broadcasts were there in Suleiman's building? A- Two thousand (First Kings (267) B- Three thousand “He will take three thousand” (Chronicles of Ayam Yasa’ II (5:4)
(16) How many Banu Pahath- Moab were freed from the Babylonian captivity? A- Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:8) b- Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah (7:11)
(17) How many sons did Zato have? A- Nine hundred and forty- five Ezra (2:8) B- Eight hundred forty- five (Nehemiah (7:13)
I think you are missing the point of Paul teaching in the synagogues. What is very apparent to me is that Paul directly disobeys the other apostles when he goes in and teaches. The church in Jerusalem instructed Paul to go to the Gentiles. But Paul, who desperately wanted his fellow Jews to come to faith in Christ, went to them anyway.
I know this is a few days old but I have a 2 questions about Jacob.
In Isaiah 41:14 “‘Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,’ declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.”
Why does God call Jacob a worm, yet in an endearing way? And, 2nd question, how did Jacob and God wrestle, when God broke Jacob's hip? Was that Jesus on Earth??... and maybe related to Jacob's name? As he wanted to be born first? (The hip and trying to be the 1st, with his foot out of the womb) I'm so curious about this. Ty
* My Dad calls us worms now “‘Do not be afraid, you worm"
John 4:23-24.
*Miracles and Apotheosis in the Ancient Mediterranean World*
*"It should first be noted that miracle stories are not uncommon in the literature of this period.* Ancient people believed in a world permeated by the supernatural and readily accepted stories of miracles and believed in stories of visions and visitors from the world of the divine all the time. *Even very sober and sometimes sceptical historians like Tacitus will pass on accounts of miracles that he clearly accepts and expects his audience to believe as historical.*
So when we read stories of how the emperor Augustus was miraculously conceived by the god Apollo, or how his birth was presaged by a new star in the heavens, or how Julius Caesar was seen ascending into the heaven after his death or how Vespasian healed lame and blind people who asked him for a miracle, we accept that these stories represent the kinds of things ancient people genuinely believed about great men. Or we accept that they are at least told to indicate that the man in question was great. *What we don't do is accept that simply because people believed these stories they must mean that they really happened.*
And this is even when the stories are presented to us by a very careful historian and given to us as verified fact. Take Tacitus' account of the miracles of the emperor Vespasian:
"In the months during which Vespasian was waiting at Alexandria for the periodical return of the summer gales and settled weather at sea, many wonders occurred which seemed to point him out as the object of the favour of heaven and of the partiality of the Gods. One of the common people of Alexandria, well known for his blindness, threw himself at the Emperor's knees, and implored him with groans to heal his infirmity. This he did by the advice of the God Serapis, whom this nation, devoted as it is to many superstitions, worships more than any other divinity. .... And so Vespasian, supposing that all things were possible to his good fortune, and that nothing was any longer past belief, with a joyful countenance, amid the intense expectation of the multitude of bystanders, accomplished what was required. *The hand was instantly restored to its use, and the light of day again shone upon the blind. Persons actually present attest both facts, even now when nothing is to be gained by falsehood."* (Histories, IV, 81)
Tacitus was closely connected to the court of Vespasian's sons and successors, Titus and Domitian, and so in a position to know the "persons actually present" and to consult them long after Vespasian's death "when nothing is to be gained by falsehood". He was also a very careful historian who scorned those who took rumour and stories as fact without checking them against sources and eye witnesses and who condemned those who "catch eagerly at wild and improbable rumours in preference to genuine history" (Annals, IV,11).
*Despite this, I don't know anyone who would read the account above and conclude that the emperor really had magical healing powers and genuinely used his supernatural abilities to heal people.* The fact that even a judicious and often sceptical analyst like Tacitus accepted this story shows us just how readily people in the ancient world accepted claims of the miraculous.
*One form of miracle that was widely believed in was the idea of apotheosis, where a great man is physically taken up in to the heavens and raised to divine status.* It was claimed that Romulus, the founder of Rome, underwent this process and later appeared to his friend Julius Proculus to declare his new celestial status. The same claim was made about Julius Caesar and Augustus, with supposed witnesses observing their ascent into the heavenly realm. Lucian's satire The Passing of Peregrinus includes his scorn for the claim that the philosopher was taken up into the celestial realm and was later seen walking around on earth after his death. The Chariton novel Callirhoe has its hero Chaereas visiting the tomb of his recently dead wife, saying he *"arrived at the tomb at daybreak"* where he *"found the stones removed and the entrance open. At that he took fright."* Others are afraid to enter the tomb, but Chaereas goes in and finds his wife's *body missing* and concludes she has been taken up by the gods."
If you want to read how the resurrection legend grew over time, read the below article by Tim O'Neill who is a former Christian and has been studying the scholarship for over 25 years.
*Answer*
What-evidence-is-there-for-Jesus-Christs-death-burial-and-resurrection/answer/Tim-ONeill-1 - Quora
You can also read the below article by a former Christian apologist on how he agrees with the mainstream scholarship that Jesus was a failed apocalyptic prophet.
*"ex-apologist: On One of the Main Reasons Why I Think Christianity is False (Reposted)"*
Also, how cognitive dissonance possibly explains early Christianity.
*“The Rationalization Hypothesis: Is a Vision of Jesus Necessary for the Rise of the Resurrection Belief?”* - by Kris Komarnitsky | Κέλσος - Wordpress
*"How do we know that the biblical writers were* ***not*** *writing history? -- by Dr Steven DiMattei"*
*"How Did The Gospel Writers Know? - The Doston Jones Blog"*
*"Yes, the Four Gospels Were Originally Anonymous: Part 1 - The Doston Jones Blog"*
*"Are Stories in the Bible Influenced by Popular Greco-Roman Literature? - The Doston Jones Blog"*
*"Gospels Not Written By Matthew, Mark, Luke or John - The Church Of Truth"*
*"February 2015 - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"* - Isaiah 53
*"Jesus and the Messianic Prophecies - Did the Old Testament Point to Jesus? - The Bart Ehrman Blog"*
*"Jesus did not fulfill any messianic prophecies - Reductio Ad Absalom"*
*"Jesus Was Not the Only “Prophet” to Predict the Destruction of the Temple - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"*
Does anyone know what Bible he is using? Where does he get his information from, what doctrine is he teaching from?
He mentioned a historical account of synagogue practices but did not say who the historical writer was. His other observations about Jeses, disciples, Paul and Apollos doing this is in every transition of the Bible. An observation of practice is not the same thing as doctrine. Doctrines are clear teachings .
Exodus
17:9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose men for us, and go out and fight Amalek, and tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill, with the staff of God in my hand. And if Moses raised his hand, Israel would prevail, and if he lowered his hand, Amalek would prevail. 17: So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword
14:17 And the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in the book, and put it in the ears of Joshua, for I will blot out the remembrance of the Amalekites from among them.”
under the sky
And we find too
Jeremiah (10-48): “Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord lavishly, and cursed is he
Who prevents his sword from blood
1 Samuel (315) Now therefore go and strike the Amalekites, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them, but kill a man and a woman and a child
And suckling cows and sheep, a camel and a donkey.”
Joshua (6-21) And they gathered all that was in the city, man and woman, young and old, even cows, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.
Luke (19-27): “As for those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them, bring them here and kill them before me.”
One of the teachings of love in the Bible
"And when you advance against a city, call on it
For reconciliation first. 11 If it comes to you for peace and surrenders to you, all the people who live in it will become slaves. 12 And if it refuses peace and fights you, besiege it. you, so kill all its males with the edge of the sword. 14 And as for the women, and the children, and the cattle, and all that is in the city of spoils, keep them for yourselves, and enjoy the barrenness of the enemies. How much is mine and in it the Lord is yours. 15 This is what you do with all the other cities, PBUH, which are not among the cities of the nations inhabiting us.
Deuteronomy 20 life translation
I have a video idea of a question I have been struggling with. “Does a man make choices or do choices make a man?”
Am I more than the sum of my past mistakes. Am I more than the choices I have made
And how can one find redemption for things
Hey there, your question reminded me of this verse: "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life." (Prov. 4:23)
Scripture also says: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
(Jer. 17:9-10)
We have "all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." (Rom. 3:23) ever since the fall of humanity when Adam and Eve chose to rebel against God, every human heart is inherently bent away from Christ - producing in us SIN. sin is anything we think, say, feel, or do that is not honouring to God. Our whole beings are corrupted by sin, so that "all our righteous works are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6) before God. It says in that chapter and in Romans 3 that no one seeks God - all have turned away from Him. Who can save us now?
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS that Jesus took upon Himself the just punishment for ALL the sins of the world through His willing, sacrificial death on a cross. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 6:23) you don't have to stay where you are, haunted by your past, and plagued by your guilt, sin, and shame. JESUS has come, and because He fully paid the price for your sins and defeated sin, Satan, and death forever thru His resurrection, you can have eternal life in Him if you put your trust in Him as Lord and Saviour. BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE AND ACHIEVED ONCE FOR ALL (WOOOO PRAISE THE LORD) YOU CAN BE MADE A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS!! God offers you forgiveness bc of what Jesus has done sacrificially, reconciliation with Him, and NEW LIFE through Him and His Holy Spirit that He gives to everyone who puts their trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, bc only Jesus could pay the price for our wrongdoing and wicked behaviour - only in Him is there life - and life to the FULLEST. (John 10:10) this not based on the world's standards but on God's standards - He is God and life and true joy and peace are found in Jesus alone and in following Him - not for the sake of the joy and peace but for HIM Himself, for He is so good, and He loves you unconditionally (bc that's who He is! Though He is also perfectly holy, perfectly wise, sovereign, powerful, beautiful, kind, gentle, lowly, perfectly good) and desires for you to be in loving relationship with Him, who created you.
If you put your trust in Christ, your identity is no longer in who you were BEFORE you came to Him - that's dead and gone. It's in Jesus Christ alone and what HE did for you - living the perfect life we never could and being the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Put your trust in Jesus alone and come humbly to the throne of grace. We do not deserve God's love or grace at all, but He freely offers it to all who would come to Him through Jesus and surrender their lives to Him.
I want to encourage you to not lose hope!! TURN TO JESUS for the forgiveness of sins and resurrection of the body and spirit! "in Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it."
"I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God."
Ezekiel 11:19-20
^ this miraculous heart change and becoming a TRULY new person can only come about by the power of God that raised Jesus Christ, the Son of God, from the dead. You cannot find identity or worth in and of yourself - we are all corrupted by sin :( but turn to JESUS for in Him is life! I'm being repetitive haha but I cannot stress it enough. Only Jesus can save us from ourselves.
And in Christ, God will slowly but surely continue to make new and perfect those who He has redeemed with His blood. This is a lifelong process but the One who "began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 1:6). He will not give up on us. Turn to Him. We cannot do anything on our own strength to save ourselves or make us holy in God's sight or really truly fix things. And though this world is still stained by sin and we will still struggle with sin while on earth, God has the power to redeem our situations and lives for His glory and our good.
May you find healing in Jesus's Name and peace that passes all understanding, whatever may come your way. You will find this thru trusting in Jesus Christ alone. Yes we don't deserve it, but turn to Him anyways, bc He is our only hope and He is gracious and good.
Forgot to add - we need to repent - turn from - our sins and find Christ Jesus
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Lmk if that all makes sense or if you have any questions! (response times may not be the best though haha. Would also encourage you to talk to a pastor of a Christ centered, Bible-teaching church or someone you trust abt all this, someone who can help and guide and journey with you appropriately in Christ)
His grace, forgiveness, redemption is not smth just theoretical but it's REAL and more powerful than death itself! I've experienced God's grace in my own life, especially last year when I was in a really really bad place due to my own bad decisions and sin against God :((( despite my brokenness, God forgave me, cleansed and renewed me, and did what only He could do and made all things new. There were still consequences for my sin, but I look back and see not only the self inflicted bad part, but a beautiful story of God's faithfulness, grace, and redemption. 🙏🙏
Even His discipline is done in love, so that we can have the grace of being made more like Jesus! ❤️ He is truly so good. All praise be to God!
We are where we have decided to be. Once saved that does not negate your choice to follow Christ. He is here for the failures and the wounded and the victims alike. So, you are what you decide to do. Repentance is a decision, letting the door open to Jesus is a decision. It is where you have decided to be. You become more than you were because once you believe Christ lives within you as the Holy Spirit and you are a new being. Step up and take all you want. You are not ever the same as you were. Embrace that concept and set your self free.
Unfortunately, I have a hard time talking about much of anything but God... I need to work on my 'small talk' skills! 😂
Why do you have a pagan hexagram on your profile?
(7) How long did Jehoiachin rule Jerusalem? A- Three months (2 Kings (8:24) B- Three months and ten days, 2 Chronicles 9:36)
(8) When the chief of the triads raised his spear, how many men had he killed?
lump sum ? -- a- eight hundred (2 Samuel (8:23) b- three hundred 1 Chronicles 11:11)
(9) When David brought the ark of the Lord to Jerusalem, was that before or after the defeat of the Philistines? A- After the second Samuel, chapters 5 and 6. b before First Chronicles chapters 13 and 14).
(10) How many clean animals did God command Noah to take with him in the ark? a- Two (Genesis 6:19 (20) b- Seven (Genesis 27). However, despite this command of the Lord, Noah brought in only two of each kind (Genesis 7:8-9)
Can you do a review on Toyuk by J Pauls
2 The Lord commands to take the rain:
(Deuteronomy 23 (19) You shall not force your brother to be innocent... To a foreigner you may lend usury. But to your brother you shall not pinch usury, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you place your hand on in the land that you are entering to possess it. Deuteronomy 15 (1) This is the judgment of innocent release Every owner in his hand of what he has loaned to his owner does not demand from his friend or his brother, because he has promised to exonerate the Lord. Judges chapter 1:19 God could not expel them because their chariots were iron, and the Lord was with Judah, so He ruled the mountain, but He did not expel the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron, the Lord condones him and grieves and forgets and grieves in his heart, according to their claim
The Bible portrays the Lord Almighty as a very penitent person. “When the sons of God - i.e. the sons of Adam and Eve - began to marry the daughters of men - i.e. the daughters of Adam who committed fornication with Satan Lilith and the daughters of Eve who fornicated with a group of devils, as they claim - the Lord was very angry because of the faults in the lineages and decided that his soul does not remain in man, just as he decided to exterminate Whosoever land on it, and regret it
Man's work is creator!!! It came in the Book of Genesis (Chapter 6): And it happened when people began to multiply in the land, and he was born, and then he was born. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were good, so they took for themselves wives of all that they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not abide in man forever. For his falsehood is human, and the Lord saw that the evil of man had multiplied on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of the heart of the mother was evil. Earth - by the Flood, except for Toh, who was from the offspring of God's sons and God's daughters!!!
Let the daughters of men entertain - the Lord also introduced: “And the Lord said in his heart: No
The difference of each gospel in the death of Jesus reveals the distortion of the gospels
There is a discrepancy between the three Gospels regarding the death of Jesus on Saturday, April 15 (according to Matthew 17:26 and 1:27).
And between the Gospel of John, which confirms that Jesus died on Friday, April 14 (John 1:13 14:19 - 21:19), and this is not consistent at all with the concept of absolute revelation of God.
He saw the women at the grave an angel in the Gospel of Matthew (2:20), and he was a young man according to Mark (5:18), except that they saw two men at Luke (424) and at John (12:20) two angels
So are synagogues the same as small group ministries today?
This is my question as well. I interpret it as it being basically the church building where your church is located and does its services. I could be wrong though and have the same question as you.
Probably the synagogue is more formal. Pastor Mike mentions they were used for praise (songs and hymns), scripture readings, and a message. Most small groups I have attended don't offer specific praise time and are more of a "get to know your fellow church goers" and maybe a book study from a Christian author or topical discussion (i.e. Christian marriage, raising kids to be followers of Jesus).
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So synagogue would be like "mini-church".
It's just the church.
Ok so the temple was just a place to be reconciled and have communion with God but the synagogues were a place to learn more of God? Also if that is true, how can anyone know more about God outside of communion with Him?
Mike's point is the 'synagogue' today is any place where you can 'gossip the gospel' and bring the light of Christ to the world. It's anywhere where people are listening.
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An example a friend of mine who in his philosophy degree would constantly and ably challenge the lecturers from a Christian understanding of reality. He was always polite, demonstrated wide reading and deep understanding of contrary positions, and had a couple of invitations to give short talks during lectures on his viewpoint he was so articulate. He remained friends with many of his professors, sharing meals with them, having a drink at the bar...because he studied hard, thought hard and could discuss, not just 'lay verses' on people.
(23) How many singers were with the audience who were liberated?
a Two hundred Ezra 65:2) b Two hundred forty- five (Nehemiah 7:67)
(24) What is the name of the king's mother, Abiyya? A- Micahiah, daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah, 2nd Chronicles (13:2) b- Maacah, daughter of Absalom (2nd Chronicles 11:20), but Absalom had only one daughter, Tamar (2Samuel 14:27).
(25) Which of the sons of Zerubbabel was one of the ancestors of Jesus? A- Abihud (Matthew 13:1) b- Risa (Luke 27:3)
But the sons of Zerubbabel were seven, and they are - 1 Meshullam - 2 Hananiah - 3 Haswiya - 4 - Ohel - 5 Berechiah - Hasdiyeh 7 - Joshab (1 Chronicles (3:19,20) We do not find here any of Abihud or Resa.
You should read schrodingers book called genesis n the big bang n compare it to traditional views in a video or something.