20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)
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0:00 Introduction
1. 0:09 If aliens do exist, how would that affect the faith of Christians? Would aliens disprove Christianity?
2. 16:19 Regarding 1 Corinthians 7: 14 where it speaks of sanctification for the unbeliever if married to a believer, I have found it hard to understand that passage and was wondering if you could help me.
3. 20:11 Have you heard of the Documentary Hypothesis, and if so, can you tell me your thoughts about it?
4. 22:00 I believe in Christianity, but I have major doubts about Heaven & a fear of death. Can I know for sure while here on earth that it's true?
5. 27:00 How is Hebrews 13:2 to be interpreted? Have some people literally entertained angels without being aware? Do angels actually interact with creation in a tangible sense?
6. 30:39 I often hear Christians say that when we face big struggles it's because good things are coming. Is there any Biblical truth to this, or is this just a different version of the prosperity gospel?
7. 32:04 Is “revival” biblical?
8. 33:42 Why does Isaiah 9:6 call Jesus the “everlasting Father”? Oneness Pentecostals keep using this verse against me and I haven’t seen a good response. I don’t want to twist the Bible.
9. 34:56 I have such a sensitive conscience that I feel it’s a burden sometimes. People can’t even remember what I’m apologizing for! How can I change this? Not to be free to sin, but to live.
10. 37:36 Are women allowed to speak at all during Bible study? Such as read the Bible, pray the opening/closing prayer, or give commentary, and just not teach? Or do we have to be completely silent the entire time?
11. 38:07 What are your thoughts on Judges 11 and why Jephthah made his vow and followed through with it, even after God's Spirit was on him?
12. 43:35 Why don’t we celebrate Jewish holidays? God says in the OT to observe them forever. During the 1,000 year reign with Christ, we all observe them. Why don’t grafted-in Christians observe them now?
13. 46:00 I am trying to disciple my dad and he says he believes in Christ, yet wants nothing to do with Him. What do I do?
14. 47:53 How would you recommend determining credible commentaries, studies, & pastors? I am a new Christian & have concern about being inadvertently led astray by unbiblical interpretations & viewpoints.
15. 49:20 Mike describes himself as “charismatic” a lot. I’m just wondering if he can clarify what he means by that. Does he or his church practice the “gifts of the Spirit,” like tongues, prophecy, etc.?
16. 54:00 How can you know for sure that a loved one went to heaven?
17. 54:44 I have heard the range for Jesus' death to be between 26-36 (A.D.) with 30 and 33 being the most agreed upon contenders for Jesus’ death. Can we know for certain the exact year He died?
18. 55:58 If God said He would rid all creatures with a flood, what happened to the fish? And if they died, how did they multiply, because fish can’t be on an ark?
19. 56:29 Are "white lies" ok, to spare your spouse’s feelings? For example, when they ask what someone said and you say "I'm not really sure," but you do remember.
20. 59:09 How much freedom do we have in the marriage bed? Are some sexual acts prohibited even for married couples?
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Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:
0:00 Introduction
1. 0:09 If aliens do exist, how would that affect the faith of Christians? Would aliens disprove Christianity?
2. 16:19 Regarding 1 Corinthians 7: 14 where it speaks of sanctification for the unbeliever if married to a believer, I have found it hard to understand that passage and was wondering if you could help me.
3. 20:11 Have you heard of the Documentary Hypothesis, and if so, can you tell me your thoughts about it?
4. 22:00 I believe in Christianity, but I have major doubts about Heaven & a fear of death. Can I know for sure while here on earth that it's true?
5. 27:00 How is Hebrews 13:2 to be interpreted? Have some people literally entertained angels without being aware? Do angels actually interact with creation in a tangible sense?
6. 30:39 I often hear Christians say that when we face big struggles it's because good things are coming. Is there any Biblical truth to this, or is this just a different version of the prosperity gospel?
7. 32:04 Is “revival” biblical?
8. 33:42 Why does Isaiah 9:6 call Jesus the “everlasting Father”? Oneness Pentecostals keep using this verse against me and I haven’t seen a good response. I don’t want to twist the Bible.
9. 34:56 I have such a sensitive conscience that I feel it’s a burden sometimes. People can’t even remember what I’m apologizing for! How can I change this? Not to be free to sin, but to live.
10. 37:36 Are women allowed to speak at all during Bible study? Such as read the Bible, pray the opening/closing prayer, or give commentary, and just not teach? Or do we have to be completely silent the entire time?
11. 38:07 What are your thoughts on Judges 11 and why Jephthah made his vow and followed through with it, even after God's Spirit was on him?
12. 43:35 Why don’t we celebrate Jewish holidays? God says in the OT to observe them forever. During the 1,000 year reign with Christ, we all observe them. Why don’t grafted-in Christians observe them now?
13. 46:00 I am trying to disciple my dad and he says he believes in Christ, yet wants nothing to do with Him. What do I do?
14. 47:53 How would you recommend determining credible commentaries, studies, & pastors? I am a new Christian & have concern about being inadvertently led astray by unbiblical interpretations & viewpoints.
15. 49:20 Mike describes himself as “charismatic” a lot. I’m just wondering if he can clarify what he means by that. Does he or his church practice the “gifts of the Spirit,” like tongues, prophecy, etc.?
16. 54:00 How can you know for sure that a loved one went to heaven?
17. 54:44 I have heard the range for Jesus' death to be between 26-36 (A.D.) with 30 and 33 being the most agreed upon contenders for Jesus’ death. Can we know for certain the exact year He died?
18. 55:58 If God said He would rid all creatures with a flood, what happened to the fish? And if they died, how did they multiply, because fish can’t be on an ark?
19. 56:29 Are "white lies" ok, to spare your spouse’s feelings? For example, when they ask what someone said and you say "I'm not really sure," but you do remember.
20. 59:09 How much freedom do we have in the marriage bed? Are some sexual acts prohibited even for married couples?
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I've never understood the problem. I've got the Bible & pretty sure aliens would have one for them.
Aliens are demonic beings. Please have steve bancarz as your guest. He can talk more about this
Aliens? I've heard a general view on the possibilities of Satan (and his demons) being able to disguise themselves as angels of light. How much more easier would it be to disguise themselves as aliens? They are spiritual beings but are able to do some crazy stuff that we humans can't, like possess other people and animals and control nature (think Job) and have a first hand knowledge of the past and even are able to be with you right now as you sit there in order to grab intel since they are spiritual being. Yes our God is far greater but you should be aware of this. I personally doubt that there is other legitimate life out there, but as mentioned a demon could pass off as such. Christ dying once and for all for us and then dying once and for all on another few planets seems messed up.
It would mean that the mission field has massively expanded..
They same we need to abandon our faith because of dinosaurs....NO DISCOVERY should cause us to abandon our faith ,only cause appreciation for another of God's creations.
Dinosaurs were described in the book of Job
True, but there is legitimate debate on the dating methods of fossils. Did you know they’ve recently discovered accidentally DNA, tissue, blood in dinosaur fossil? (In particular a tooth of a T-Rex)
They can’t explain this at all because it should be impossible. Tissue, blood, DNA cannot exist for the amount of time that the fossils are dated for. They decay way too quickly. It’d still decay before the dates attributed to these fossils even if the fossils had been frozen solid in winter conditions all those years.
But, those fossils weren’t frozen, they were unearthed in hot climates.
I recommend looking at creation ministries international website for information on this type of thing.
Basically, it’s still possible for the fundamental/traditional interpretation of the Bible to be correct.
Aliens is speculated by some that it might be deceptions by fallen angels. Some Christians have interviewed people who claim to have encountered aliens or had been abducted and they found every description was a negative experience and also very disturbing to all who experienced it. But, one thing really interesting they found was in some experiences the person believed in Jesus and the only people who successfully avoided them. In these interviews these people said they cried out the name of Jesus and immediately the aliens left.
So yeah, if you ever encounter an alien call out for Jesus is my recommendation.
earth is flat and has a firmament over it. Planets are actually Wandering Stars which is not the same as the Earth that we are in. Dinosaurs and Evil lution is a Lie from Freemasons who secretly run the world and at the top worship lucifer.
@@jeremiahlewis9288 No they weren’t. Those creatures are meant to be personifications of chaos
@@debbieholts7369 It’s closed minded thinking like this that makes people leave Christianity. You need to leave that camp behind
C.S. Lewis wrote a wonderful fiction trilogy called “out of the silent planet.” It’s worth a read just for the gospel side of it but it puts a lot of this alien stuff into a fun fiction Christian perspective.
CS Lewis really went there - add THAT to the reading list :)))
Such an awesome trilogy!
It was so fantastically done! I love the "Blessed Be He" passage in Perelandra.
Amazing series of books!! A space series that also managed to get Merlin in there as well, it’s a masterpiece.
Our of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength.
I agree with your assessment of lying to an Alzheimer patient. Imagine what it would be like if the person forgot every single day that their spouse had died. They ask where he is and when you tell them he died they grieve like it's a new and recent loss. Repeat this scenario every single day. Now let's say you respond with "I think he's at work." Or something like that. They'll ask again the next day but they aren't grieving through intense loss on a daily basis. I think to tell them the truth would be extremely unkind.
This actually happened with my elderly Mother who was I’ll with Alzheimer’s and completely forgot my father had passed many years earlier. We would tell her “He’s at work right Now “
Hebrews 2:4, describes signs and wonders from God like the famous crop circles. 1Timothy 4 warns of seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, And no, you can't believe aliens are real or you will go to hell. We are required to have the Holy Spirit for discernment. John 14:16-17
There is a cure for Alzheimer's, to regrow/replace damaged brain cells. It's not a disease that is contagious or caused by trauma. Dementia is the result of malnutrition. Olives, berries, nuts, avocados, hard boiled eggs will reverse Alzheimer's.
The most unfair thing is that jar of gummy bears in the background. We know you put it there on purpose
Haha! I need to pay better attention to them because I always wonder if he eats them...I mean, does he just fill it up before shooting or does he have the ability to resist the gummy?! 😆😆
@@ClarifyingChrist fruit of the spirit is self control. This man is a true man of God
The jar was the first thing I noticed and then I got a huge craving!
I wonder what kind of "gummy bears" those are?
look at Mike, leading people astray. :).
I appreciate how fearlessly you answer these questions.
The analogy of trusting your wife because of good reason, evidence and experience is like our faith in God and the gospel was really awesome!! Well done Mike!! God bless!!
I think you handled that aliens question masterfully.
As a gentile, I celebrate some Jewish feasts. I don't feel like I have to. But celebrating Passover, the feast of first fruits, etc, really drives home the story of the cross and resurrection of Jesus, as well as clarifying a lot of old testament imagery. It's good for the kids as well. Love the channel also!!!
@@veritasmuy2407 I don't think it's that deep. The unleavened bread that is pierced and broken can serve as a reminder of Christ and His sacrifice. He is perfect and sinless, His body was pierced on the cross. The unleavened bread is a reminder nowadays. The Bible says to remember the work of Jesus. God bless and keep you 😊
I’m a gentile
Next time you should start the video with the X-files intro song.
Good way to get a strike 😆
Hilarious.
Alien conspiracy is the spirit of the Antichrist, the world’s deception.
2 Timothy 2:16
2 Corinthians 4:4
A missed opportunity here
I'm more old school outer limits intro got to shake up this new generation.
That was my first thought when he paused and looked around. 😁👍🏻
It would've been perfect there.
I was 5 years of chronic illness! I was Semi Housebound, lost my health, job, finances and my fiance left me. I couldn't even look at electronic screen for 5 minutes, or hold a 10-minute conversation.
But God did an amazing work. And if he can do this, he can do it in you also. 👍🏼
I now have a Christian Channel where I encourage people and show them what God did in my life and that there is hope for you also. ✝️🔥☺️
*Keep believing even when it's hard* 🙏❤️🔥👆🏼
*All things are possible with God*
Keep praying. I prayed for my mom for 40 years. She trusted Christ several months before she died.
I really appreciate your ministry! I love the "think biblically" tag-line, I love the in depth bible study you do. I don't agree 100% all the time, but I think that's OK and I think you'd think the same! Obviously you're still a brother in Christ - we agree on all of the essentials. You're doing a great work with these videos. I've turned my sister's on to your videos, too, and they've been helpful for them as well. I love it, and love you brother Mike! Please keep up the great work!
Thank you for speaking the truth in love. Spiritually is not based of speaking in tongues, prophecy etc.
Agreed, but is the speaking in tongues used to preach to people ?
@@TKUA11 it depends what you mean by "tongues." Tounges means languages. So the ability to speak in a different language than you know, to spread the gospel. So it may still be used today or it may not. But it is not some holy gibberish- it is an actual human language. And there always has to be a translator. But it is not the sign that a person is saved
Who said a person can be saved by speaking in tongues? That's a little strange!!
Question 15 where you talk about tongues was very helpful. I received tongues nearly 47 years ago, but encountered teaching about how you've got to speak in tongues at least an hour a day if you want to see the Holy Spirit move in power in your life. That just put me under a heavy burden, and I was too weak-willed to even try. My son was saved in his early teens but fell away after several years. He's now in his forties, and I lately found out that his youth group was pressuring him to speak in tongues and he just wouldn't fake it, so abandoned Christianity altogether. Thank you for pointing out that some of this tongues teaching is very abusive.
Mike, thank you for your ministry and your thoughtful answer to #15
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is *the only message in the world* that has the power to transform hearts 💔-> ❤️
By God’s grace 🙏
And for God’s glory 👆🏼
Isn’t the qualifier there important? “In the world”. What world do you think of? Isn’t this a reference to life on earth? I’m not saying God’s love isn’t preached anywhere intelligent life is in existence. Rather that there may be a different way of saying He loves them. If I show my son I love him, he can feel it; however the actions I do with my son do not transfer automatically to my daughter. Though I love her just as much and she needs my actions of love (different, yet from my same will, purpose and heart).
Thanks Mike your such a very helpful teacher and I appreciate it !
Thank you for these - they're a blessing to me.
Keep up the great work!
Hebrews 2:4, describes signs and wonders from God like the famous crop circles. 1Timothy 4 warns of seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, And no, you can't believe aliens are real or you will go to hell. We are required to have the Holy Spirit for discernment. John 14:16-17
Question #9 I have struggled my entire life with. I'm so glad that I am not the only that struggles with that, but also that there's a biblical way to handle it. Thank you so much for answering the question!!!!
"Controlling information for other people". What a great, illuminating way to express that. Hope you don't mind, Mike, I am totally stealing that one!
God bless your ministry and it's cool the plethora of scripture you cover as well as q and a from other Christians etc etc keep the videos coming brother
Pastor Mike first off your ministry has been a true blessing to me and is inspiring my ministry and motivating me to continue to do what I do.
Also mad respect for being humble enough to recommend seeking an answer else where. Just being honest saying you are not ready to answer a question makes it easier to trust what you say when you do answer. As always we trust but verify with the Word of God but this says a lot about you as a teacher!
Thank you for what you do Brother!
Great stuff. I had always thought Aliens must be impossible (or devils) until I heard CS Lewis Space Trilogy. He does a great job not requiring another incarnation. Narnia is more analogy/parabolic to help kids understand Christ; Space Trilogy is for older teens and adults and really broadened my mind to Christ being the same while still having possibilities of life on other planets. I expect Lewis explanation would be similar to yours theologically.
Aliens ARE impossible. If C.S. Lewis is making you think otherwise, he's not one to be listened to. Mormonism is a great religion if you want to think about the universe like this. Earth starts spinning in the book of Mormon too, so you can have your spinning ball lie.
Love you Mike.
I wonder, in the Bible the people who spoke in tongues used it to preach to people, but the tongues spoken in the churches today are not understood by anyone. What would be the point of them if they aren’t used to serve the lord
They're either people pretending, or demons giving fake tongues. The gift of tongues is being able to speak another language like Spanish or Japanese. A.k.a an established language that some people can understand
I feel like struggling times brings good, to me with my experience of my struggles, is the "good" that has come out of it has been that my faith/trust in God has always strengthen more then the last struggle each time. Its always opened my eyes to the way he works everytime, and how good that it is. I can look back and see why I went through it to be where I am today with him. Thats pretty good I think yeah?
I get so much out of these videos. God bless you ❤️
THIS was AWESOME!
Thank you pastor. I’ve been thinking about this lately.
Thank you for your videos!!
Thanks Mike
Interesting thoughts and discussion on the alien concept, Mike. I especially thought the last comments on "sightings" and your input on that.
Excellent answer on Q. 4! I often encounter people with this issue and struggled to explain why I “don’t” doubt God’s existence despite our many questions. Very good examples. Thank you 🙏🏼
I do my best to not try and put any limitations on God other than the self imposed ones in scripture. I have my own take but am mindful that it really doesn't matter what I think. His thoughts and ways are above ours.
Mike, I love your ministry! So glad you mentioned Hugh Ross. I love his books and videos on Astrophysics and his humility. I can see his great love for Jesus in his presentations and you remind me of him. Your love for Jesus and your humility is very evident in your presentations. So thankful for you!
As for alien life in space, C.S. Lewis deals with this wonderfully in the first two books of his Space Trilogy (actually a terrible name to call it considering Lewis's ideas on cosmology, but he didn't call it that, publishers do). Out of the Silent Planet, and Perelandra, are the first two novels. The third is That Hideous Strength.
In the first novel there is a fallen world (Malacandra) but it's Oyarsa (sort of an overseeing angel) did not fall, as Satan did. So the world there is mostly peaceful and is follows the Oyarsa's directives from God, though there is still death there. But things like death are seen rightly, from God's perspective, not from a fallen one. (It's complicated to explain here).
The second world, Perelandra, is unfallen and has just two inhabitants, it's version of an Adam and Eve. Satan tempts the Eve of this world, and a human named Ransom (the main character) tries to fend off his temptations, though this proves difficult in the extreme. At the end of Perelanda, the Eve tells Ransom that if that world had also fallen, then Christ would not have come to die there as He did on Earth, but a higher/deeper means would have been necessary, because He does not do the same thing twice, but always better, (or something like that). So Lewis seems to agree with your reading of Romans that there would be no second crucifixion. A great trilogy to read, I highly recommend it. Lewis and Tolkienn (great friends in real life) challenged each other to write a Sci-Fi story, but only Lewis was able to complete his before his death.
My favorite professor is a Lewis fanboy, and I ended up taking an undergrad class in the literature of Lewis and a grad class in the theology of Lewis. He also felt that "Space Trilogy" was a horrible name for it, and preferred to call it the "Cosmic Trilogy" or the "Ransom Trilogy".
I particularly love the "Blessed Be He" passage from Perelandra. It has such a beautiful picture of our place in the universe.
#15 LOVE LOVE LOVE your answer. :)
This is a fun thought experiment that I have thought through several times when writing science fiction stories :D
Preach it!
Thank you for the fire analogy with sex. I was harassed and I am slowly undoing that harmful mindset in order to see sex in a godly way. And I totally hear what you're saying on the last question.
Thanks. Wonderful video
"Or hes not charismatic enough"
That's bad Judgement that's undermining your brother or evil surmising, suspicion, and speculation and doubtful disputation.
Good teaching Pastor Mike.
Good sound doctrine.
"Ctrl+Z" on The Resurrection being negated by the existence of aliens -- hilarious! 🤣So nice to hear some Christian humor. Bless you, Pastor Mike & the BT Team! 🙏🤗
If Jesus had a hockey team.. Mike, you'd play.... WING!! Lol. Love you brother!
Love that! Lol, what's your team?
ONCE for all!!
l love listening to you, and you are a blessing to so many including myself. l want to thank thank you for all you do, but l would also like to simply say that Ministering Angels do walk amongst mankind daily... just because one does not see numerous accounts in the bible, does not stand as evidentiary witness to those things God does not choose to readily make known to fallen, mortal man. We are called to walk by Faith, not by sight...
I was literally trying to ask the Isaiah 9:6 question since like last month but school kept getting in the way and last Friday and the one before that I forgot to tune in and knew that the 20 questions would’ve already been in by the time I got on the video. I’m excited to see you answer it mike winger. I’ve never had a oneness use that against me but as I was reading scripture I saw it and in my own thinking I thought maybe this is just proving that people would call Christ Father in the future and in turns could be talking about the oneness people 🤷🏽♀️😭. Idk, I’m going to finish watching to see how you tackle this question.
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!! That fire analogy is exactly the way I’ve always explained sex to my teenagers!! It’s so good! I appreciate you so much because you are able to put things I’ve always known into succinct, coherent explanations in a way I’ve always struggled with. Thank you for your ministry!
Hi Mr Mike Winger 😀,
I am 100% in agreement with everything you said about speaking in tongues. It is not like a club a person belongs, it's a holy gift for the purposes of the kingdom of God. Apostle Paul did need to teach the Corinthians the proper use of using the gift of tongues. Thank you for saying what you said so naturally, as it is a natural part of our spiritual life. It is never to do with salvation.
Late SF legend Isaac Asimov in his book "Is there anyone there?" has expressed doubts on UFO sightings. A good resource for this theme.
I love that your first thought is wondering if aliens could be saved :) Perhaps, that is all we should worry about.
Oh my gosh Mike, the sex-fire analogy is literally the BEST analogy I've ever heard. Awesome!!! 👍👍👍
Watch Howard Storms near death testimony, he was an atheist who met Jesus when he died. He got the chance to ask Jesus a lot of very interesting questions, if there is life on other planets and if Jesus had to die and resurrect for them as well.. God bless
Sadly, my family is in that circle of hyper-charismatic/WoF who think if you don't speak in tongues, you don't have the Holy Spirit and so you can't have a true understanding of scripture. I used to have a fake gift of tongues, but since the Lord woke me up and led me out of that whole mess I went through a journey to cessationism and then back to continuationism, but not what I would call charismatic. So often it feels like an utter waste of breath when I try to talk to my family about the truth of scripture because they've determined I'm no longer spirit-filled and therefore I don't have the truth. It's sad and frustrating.
I'm in a similar situation, but usually call myself a Pentecostal. I typically define Charismatic as people who are more concerned with the Experience. The biggest issue I have with Pentecostal denominations like the AoG is that the Gifts are not contingent upon a person speaking in Toungs first, which they teach. I also disagree with both types of denominations in that I don't think it's Biblical to teach that a person can control the Gifts. We don't "own" them, and the only choice we have is to be open to God or not.
God bless you, and Maranatha ! ! !
@@padillas4357 Exactly. I've put a lot of study into the gifts, and where I've landed is that it's God who controls them, and He distributes them when, where, and to whom He pleases, to accomplish His purposes. I don't believe that God is a cessationist, but there's so much misunderstanding, misapplication and outright abuse of the gifts in charismatic circles that I really hesitate to identify as a charismatic (and the church I attend is hardline cessationist. I pray for them to be more open to spiritual gifts). Bottom line is, God is God and He can do what He wants.
@@JeanMarieBauhaus Amen sister! I tried to attend a church that broke away from General Baptist, after the Pastor and his wife were "baptized in the Spirit", but there is still much resistance to the operation of the Holy Spirit in their congregation. I had to explain what it means when I call myself a Pentecostal, they have a hard time understanding the difference between the Biblical type and the Unbiblical extremists. There is too much division there, so we left. It is so hard to find a Biblically solid congregation in these days of the Apostasy.
Salvation to them would be the same as it is for us if they need salvation. A price for sin has been paid.
I liked your answer about being charismatic. I can remember as a 16 year old, just saved, visiting with another new Christian teen. She asked me to speak in tongues for her so she could hear it, lol! I do pray in tongues quite often, (in my private prayer time) but I don't think it should be a performance thing. (Though it could be done in church if there's an interpretation. I go to a Baptist church right now, where it might not be the best idea.) I even knew that 50 years ago when my friend asked me that question. I'm very bothered about the hyper-charismatic movement, though I somehow didn't question it too much for years. When I watch them now, laying hands on someone who then flops around on the floor, all I can think is, that looks more like someone who is experiencing demonic possession, not infilling of the Holy Spirit. Something which Paul taught should be done in an orderly manner in the church has become a show.
I believe that the Isaiah 9 reference someone had inquired about, Jesus (everlasting father) is describing His character and attributes NOT that He IS the father... thats how I take it anyway..
Love, love this ministry..thankyou and GOD BLESS
Regarding time stamp 27:00
My best friend and her sister was coming to see me when we were about 18. It was approximately an 8 hour trip. They got a flat tire IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, ON A FLAT ROAD (could see for miles) WITH NO TRAFFIC AROUND. A man pulled up behind them. Helped and got back in his car. A minute or two later my friends looked in their rearview mirror and the man and car was nowhere to be seen, and of course not in front of them either. I believe God, through an angel was watching out for these young girls. 💖
That's a lovely story, have you read 'Where Angels walk' by Joan Wester Anderson? Fascinating stories.
Anything in existence is our family
Be fruitful....
Had to go back and listen after the recent whistleblower! We might need a 10 part study on extraterrestrial theology soon.
On the issue of speaking in tongues: back when I was in high school I was preparing to go on a mission trip to Romania, and the group I was going with as well as myself, we attended this service somewhere which I don't recall. The church decided to pay over us, which was normal, but some of the people praying were "speaking in tongues." Well, I didn't understand any of what was being said, no interpreting whatsoever was given, and more than just feeling awkward about it, it felt wrong to me. I've heard people do this before, so it's not like I didn't know what was going on. Anyway, I prayed for protection because of how wrong it felt, I wanted nothing to do with it in that instance. Health wise, getting the finances together, and getting everything else necessary for the trip, I had no problems, I almost didn't have to put forth any effort. I had to do things like physically go out and get my passport photo taken, and the forms filled out, but there were no issues that needed correcting in the process. Everyone else going was having problems getting funding, or they were dealing with illnesses, or other problems. I don't know if the tongues thing had anything to do with it. I feel it very well could have, as we have no idea what was being said, or where the words being spoken were coming from. It could be that I didn't have problems because of how much I trusted in God to get to Romania, and I'm certain that's at least part of it. I can name other examples of when I just knew it was time for me to do something and nothing went wrong, and it happened just when it needed to happen. At any rate, I offer this post just to say that we should be respectful of spiritual gifts, we shouldn't, as Mike points out, abuse them or use them abusively. I'm thankful that he says as much. That's not how God works, that's not how our faith works. That said, I, like Mike, also believe that the gifts are still active, so I'm not saying speaking in tongues can't happen, just that I don't think it really happens as often as many charismatics believe it does.
I agree...I don't speak in tongues...nor have I ever..... I don't think I have to but I am a born again believer...it isn't a salvation issue....HE hears your prayers whatever language you speak in .
GOD bless and keep you
Grace and peace to the Christian family
Gilly wife of Mark
shouldn’t the interpreters be as plentiful as the talkers?
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Hi Mark, speaking in tongues or not believing in it, has nothing to do with salvation.
Yes you are off the Clift
That was great, thanks Mike.
I believe the evidence points strongly towards aliens being fallen angels and or demonic entities.
Easy thing to have a look at 'ancient aliens' on Netflix, replace alien with fallen angel and it still works, and the movie/documentary 'the fourth kind', the real footage in the film is rather in your face.
Another tid bit, abduction accounts are overwhelming negative and often quite horrific.
If anyone wants to chit chat about this, that could be fun😊. Note: I won't talk with angry argumentative pains🙄.
I saw the fourth kind and also thought that when the woman is getting abducted or whatever seemed like a demonic possession even if you listen to what is being said the being is claiming to be God and it just seems demonic
My Husband is a retired Truck driver and said he & his partner views a UFO very very up close. Later he found out that many others viewed it too.
I've never heard a satisfying answer to the Isaiah 9 question either. My own thinking, which isn't wholly satisfactory, but it's the best I've got, is that the Father and the Son are one. That is to say, the Father is in the Son, and the Son is in the Father, and to see the Son is to see the Father because He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature; and in Him, all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in bodily form.
The Trinity is not three separate Gods, but One God revealed in three Persons, and I think sometimes we separate them too much in our minds. Scripture says that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.
Love ❤️. Lala
It’s true.. my unbelieving husband does not swear or speak in a certain way at home because of me being a Christian and hating it and because of the children. At work is another story 😬 but at least I don’t have to listen to it haha
56:33.A dear friend of mine used to answer "I don't want to repeat that because it wasn't edifying"
I absolutely dig the aliens topic. When I was younger I was given some teachings (based on these exact same verses) that were presented as concrete end-all-be-all evidence against the possibility of alien life. Me being a huge engineering/science/scifi/space nerd who knows how big the universe truly is, that stumped and frustrated me for a long time.
As I got older my own personal passions led me toward writing science fiction, and since I wanted aliens in it, I always did it under the understanding that it was non-biblical or faux-biblical at best. Now that I'm much MUCH older, I think I'm starting to understand the purpose and limited scope of the Bible (as a model for life not as a scientific textbook) so I know longer consider it a closed case, and am fully prepared, even hopeful, for the possibility of alien life. But the serious questions about how sin and Christ interact with humanity (if humanity suddenly becomes a less-than-100% cross section of what we consider 'people') will always remain. And I think until we actually meet aliens, and exchange stories with them about the nature of own relationships (or lack thereof) with God, I don't think the questions will ever disappear in any way. Having conversations like these are a awesome way to start.
But the good news is that such questions are perfectly irrelevant until such day as we meet aliens, so there's no reason to lose sleep over it. :)
If believers were truly CONVERTED; NEW heart, NEW mind, the fire of the LOVE of GOD poured into them, Christianity would be a TRUE success. Satan wouldn't have a chance against that!
Thank you pastor Mike for your willingness to address questions concerning aliens from a christian perspective, but please answer these questions as well: what if aliens make themselves visible to all on earth? What if they perform supernatural miracles and tell people the God of the Bible is a lie? It’s crazy sounding, but what if this is the enemy deceiving many? Please also address this line of thought.
If they make themselves visible to everyone and tell people that the being we know as GOD is a lie...then we will know they are from satan .....because they are anti - Christ ...only satan would do that.
Grace and peace to the Christian family
Gilly wife of Mark
Of course it's the enemy deceiving many. I'm convinced Satan will use aliens to explain the end of the world. He will keep everyone in the deception until the end.
CS Lewis did a great essay on this called Religion amd Rocketry. Worth a read.
If you are wondering more about the Alien question, some of the points that Mike brings up which would be important i.e. their relationship to God, are explored in C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy. Go read them, they are quite good.
On the alien question, I once read an intriguing short story on the topic in the anthology book “Eat My Martian Dust.” In the story, a starship crewed by humans and various aliens finds a planet of beings who never fell and were still living in their version of the Garden of Eden. In it, each race other than that one has its own incarnation of Jesus and salvation through him. I think your reasons as to why that is theologically problematic are very compelling, and I am inclined to agree with you. Just thought that the story was very interesting, really made me think deeper about this issue when I read it as a teenager. The rest of the short stories in that book are great too, all written from a Christian perspective. Worth checking it out if you enjoy science fiction.
🔥🔥🔥 53:29 that sir is spiritually abusing I love it ima snagg that !!!
Love your dedication to His Word our hope. Please explain Jude 1:3 common salvation, Hebrews 2:3 great salvation and Hebrews 5:9 eternal salvation. Looks like a progression of a sort? Can you help me understand?
A book called 'Alien Intrusion' by Gary Bates addresses the alien question from a Christian perspective. Excellent book.
Bates presents a thoughtful case with logical evidence.
I'm currently battling this type of doubt in #4. I can't stand when my brain produces these thoughts. I REBUKE them, but these types of psychological doubt gets me to question my salvation. Any more words of wisdom? God is so good, and I know he's patient with me. I feel like He keeps using Pastor Mike to speak to me.
It sounds to me like you don't really believe deep down. I was like that for a while. I grew up with an atheist worldview, then I tried to be Catholic and tried to believe, but I've come to the conclusion that belief is not a simple thing at all. You can't actually force yourself to believe something you don't believe. I think you've got to do the work to truly believe the Words of God. Once you believe the Words of God, then you will believe what it says because you will know it's God speaking them to you and God doesn't lie. John Kostik is a youtube channel that shows just the many many ways that God proves his word is from him and not man. Might help. For me, I became a born again Christian after 6 months of intense research into flat earth. It just all made sense as the most likely reality that the bible is true once I knew the earth is flat and stationary. So I would try to prove the bible as much as we can. Don't run away from hard questions.
@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr I've always believed. Belief is a choice through faith. The enemy was attacking my overthinking brain. Psychological doubt and "feeling" to not equate to true faith. I trust in Jesus and what HE did... not my own works. I don't buy the flat earth narrative at all, but it's also a non issue for salvation. Fix your eyes on Him alone. In the book of Mark when the man says to the Lord, "I believe, help me in my u belief" is such a beautiful scripture to show how a lot of believers feel from time to time.
31:18 Revelation 3:21 If we have nothing to overcome, how will we become overcomers?
On question 15, I would like to understand your view on what tongues are. There are different views and definitions of what speaking in tongues means. To me the only biblical view is one where God gives a person the ability to speak in a language that is meaningful to another person, and not just unknown gibberish that nobody can understand or interpret.
This my exact view to. That these are meant to be translatable🙌🏾
Every time I watch Mike I start thinking of Ned Flanders.
@Simply Put why is that a bad thing?
I never really saw how the existence or nonexistence of alien life would have any effect whatsoever on Christianity or religion in general.
To me it would simply mean God had created more critters. That's it.
Nice intro
If whoever had the Q on number 4...I only recently stopped fearing heaven. Yeah I know, sounds crazy. Both the good and bad of the Christian supernatural view equally scared the 💩 out for me until I discovered Dr Mike Heiser! I don’t know what it was about his study of angels and demons that gave me peace. He was able to explain them so well that it all clicked in my mind. I look forward to heaven now. A year ago I would have been terrified to die. I know my fears are different from your questions, but maybe look him up too!
there's an SF novel, James Blish's A CASE OF CONSCIENCE, written from a Catholic perspective, about contact with aliens, on their planet, not Earth, who don't have religious beliefs and, as I remember, seem incapable of them. I enjoyed it, and I'm not only not Catholic, I was an atheist when I read it.
There is less than zero evidence of any other intelligent life in the universe so I don't see much of reason to discuss it beyond this. You covered it.
1 Corinthians 15:39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. // Loved the Aliens Hypothesis for Testing Bible Knowledge. Although it's really akin to "arguments about angels". // Great Marriage Bed answer. // White-Lies to spouse? The Two Shall Become One Flesh - Don't Lie to yourself ! Use great wisdom ... work to grow the relationship to get past your fear causing you to want to Lie to your spouse. Educate each other. Talk a lot about this before your feeling to need to lie, to work it out and not feel need to lie.
Just a thought, and I realize 'going to the store' was just an example. With the Alzheimer patient, maybe. " let's get a pen and paper and make a shopping list" would work, or "which is your favorite store?"
Sometimes asking what they like about whatever it is can divert.
Read Dr Michael Heisers book called Unseen Realm..life changing.
Absolutely explains it perfectly and 100% makes sense. Fallen angels are the aliens
@Blaise Start with Genesis and keep reading.
@Blaise
The idea of one third of the angels falling from heaven is found in Revelation 12:4: "His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth." This passage is often interpreted to mean Satan and a third of angels were removed from heaven to earth. Interpreters differ whether this refers to a past event (referring to Satan's original rebellion against God), a future time during the tribulation period when Satan and his angels will be sent to operate on earth, or involves aspects of both (one third fell in the past, yet will not be not sent to operate on earth as Revelation 12 states until the future).
It is clear angels have existed since the beginning of creation (Job 38:7). Sometime prior to Genesis 3, Satan (then a leading angel) rebelled against God and was judged (Ezekiel 28; Isaiah 14). It is believed many other angels rebelled with him during this time, becoming the fallen angels or demons mentioned throughout the Bible.
A close look at Revelation 12 does clarify some aspects. It is clear one third of the angels are fallen or have become demons. Since the number of angels is "innumerable" (Hebrews 12:22), one third includes a vast number of demons who have rebelled against God. In Mark 5 Jesus met a man possessed by so many demons that they called themselves "Legion." Jesus allowed the demons to enter pigs when they left the man; the herd of about 2,000 pigs rushed off the steep bank and drowned in the sea (Mark 5:9-13). Mary Magdalene was freed from seven spirits (Luke 8:2). Jesus also mentioned another account of seven spirits together at one time (Matthew 12:45; Luke 11:26).
Ephesians 6:12 acknowledges these demonic powers and the difficulties they can present: "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Believers are called to "wear" the full armor of God to protect against these forces of evil.
Though powerful, believers need not fear these many demons. As Peter notes, "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment" (2 Peter 2:4). This verse, part of a larger argument about God's ability to rescue, shows that every fallen angel will one day be judged along with Satan. Their power and time are limited
@Blaise Now look, I can see that you don't believe that. I am not going to set here and try to convince you different. The Bible does not specifically call them aliens. You have to remember when the Bible Scriptures were written. If there were real aliens they would not have been hiding for thousands of years. Some are free to roam in this universe and do things that look wonderous to us. You wish to call them ET's because you are stuck on science fiction books, tv and movies.
A dutch pastor I know thinks that UFO's might mislead a lot of people, because apparently a lot of people who are into the occult have seen UFO's. So, seeing these flying objects probably have something to do with the occult. He wrote about this in a christian magazine about escatology. I thought it was very interesting.
Not that anyone asked for it, but I felt compelled to add to Mike's answer concerning question 19.
I found this to be a hard subject to breach, especially when I got married. My wife would ask if I liked a particular outfit she was wearing. I didn't want to lie, but I didn't want to tell her the truth either. This, however, was a situation for us both to grow. I had to learn to tell her the truth in love, softening the possible insult, and she had to learn that just because I didn't like her outfit did not mean I didn't find *her* beautiful.
Second, consider in other circumstances, to tell the honest truth about how you *feel* considering the answer, and not the answer itself. So rather than a white lie, saying, "I dont want to tell you what I think/feel because it would be damaging" or, in reference to the example question ("do you know what they said") you say, "yes, but it won't be helpful so I don't want to tell you".
Obviously, there is a LOT of wiggle room in every scenario we run into, but remember that you don't have to answer the question asked with the blunt truth, but rather answer ABOUT the truth.
Mike I know you get a million questions, please consider answering this one lol 🙏🏼 what kind of lighting do you use for your videos. My ring light glares so bad in my glasses.
Love these topics
May I please make a request
Could you do a video on Nephilim
Hey Mike, just wanted thank you for your faithfulness to the scripture and also throw out a possible recommendation for Revelation (maybe?). Michael Heiser is going through Revelation on his podcast right now, and he might be a great guy to call with respect to the Old Testament in Revelation (and any possible errors towards that in TPT) if you're looking for that angle. Anyway, God bless you and your ministry!
Edit: I'm seeing him now that I've looked at the comments... Aliens, duh. Still, he could be worth pinging about Revelation in TPT if he has the time.
I actually asked him to be part of the project a while back. I was hoping he would do Genesis. He told me that he was very interested in it and he wanted to be part of it but that he just didn’t have the time. Which is understandable, it seems like he’s very busy.
One of the first Qs that comes to my mind re. whether or not that are "highly-intelligent" aliens:
Do they bear the imago dei?
The first thought that comes to mind for me is no one has seen an alien lifeform. Its only been encounters with flying objects in sky not, lifeforms. So there is very possibilities that government or demonic beings are involved in it because they can theoretically do the same thing.
I also feel is abusive to ask how much one reads the Bible and how often you pray. The last church I was a member at went as far us asking for a yearly spiritual health assessment with a church leader. In left because I felt like I was being judged all the time.
Sounds like love to me, reproving exhorting correcting, teaching, with long suffering seems like the biblical thing to do. Build more discernment.
David said in Psalm 141:
“Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.”
To read the bible and to pray at all times, or when you can, should be a joy to all of us, to do it for ourselves and to others. To pray is to have a relationship with Father, our God YHWH.
with intelligence life while there is nothing stopping God from creating other intelligent and more importantly moral beings it does raise some interesting questions like did the fall of men affect them? If they did fall why? Does the sacrifice of Christ also cover them?