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- čas přidán 12. 08. 2024
- You asked and I answered! Here's a LIST of all the questions along with a link to where each one is answered.
0:00 Intro
#1 01:40 How can a teen witness to their family?
#2 08:13 What does it mean to be in “eternity with God”?
#3 13:25 Is there a paradox in believing God is omniscient and man has free will?
#4 18:39 What happens when we die, and what’s up with 1 Samuel 28 and 2 Corinthians 5:8?
#5 30:44 When should you leave a church?
#6 38:03 When someone leaves a cult, is it normal for them to still have some bad theology?
#7 41:28 How can a young person deal with theological ignorance/arrogance in their elders?
#8 46:09 How do I help someone out of the prosperity gospel?
#9 50:05 Are we under Law or under Grace?
#10 50:45 Should we give tithes to the church?
#11 57:19 What should I do when God feels distant or silent?
#12 1:03:00 What’s my opinion of Hugh Ross’ approach to the Bible?
#13 1:06:29 Which promises of God are for today, and how do we evaluate Old Testament promises?
#14 1:14:47 Is it a problem if a former JW continues using the New World Translation?
#15 1:18:54 Did Jesus break the Sabbath?
#16 1:23:54 How is weed different from alcohol?
#17 1:33:10 Did Jesus only come for the Jews?
#18 1:36:18 Do we need to learn Hebrew to understand the Bible?
#19 1:38:26 Was there baptism prior to John the Baptist? If not, do we know how the Jews viewed baptism prior to Jesus' resurrection?
#20 1:42:42 Could you cover the Catholic Church, if baptism saves, and celebrating holidays?
Links I mentioned:
Teachings exposing or dealing with the prosperity gospel: • Prosperity Preachers D... • TOTALLY NOT the prospe...
How to Understand the Old Testament Law: • Understanding The Old ...
What The Bible Really Says About Alcohol: • What the Bible REALLY ...
Book of Romans playlist: • Book of Romans Overview
Catholicism playlist: • Catholicism: Worth Arg...
Is Christmas Pagan: • Is Christmas PAGAN? In...
Christmas Myth busting: • Debunking Christmas Myths
Using Halloween for Jesus: • How Christians can use...
*Timestamps for people on mobile*
How can a teen witness to their family? 01:40
What does it mean to be in “eternity with God”? 08:13
Is there a paradox in believing God is omniscient and man has free will? 13:26
What happens when we die and what’s up with 1 Samuel 28 and 2 Corinthians 5 verse 8? 18:39
When should you leave a church? 30:44
When someone leaves a cult is it normal for them to still have some bad theology? 38:03
How can a young person deal with theological ignorance/arrogance in their elders? 41:28
How do I help someone out of the prosperity gospel? 46:09
Are we under Law or under Grace? 50:05
Should we give tithes to the church? 50:45
What’s my opinion of Hugh Ross’s approach to the Bible? 1:02:56
Which promises of God are for today and how do we evaluate Old Testament promises? 1:06:25
Is it a problem if a former JW continues using the New World Translation? 1:14:42
Did Jesus break the Sabbath? 1:18:50
How is weed different than alcohol? 1:23:49
Did Jesus only come for the Jews? 1:33:02
Do we need to learn Hebrew to understand the Bible? 1:36:13
Could you cover the Catholic Church, if baptism saves and celebrating holidays? 1:42:40
Wow..you are awesome!!!
I had missed one question in the time stamps and I just updated it. Here it is!
What should I do when God feels distant or silent? 57:19
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I thought you were giving us Bible verses because of the numbers you had, then I realised these were time values of the video, I should have read it properly, silly me, 😅😅😅well done God bless you all
@@MikeWinger Do not put images of people in your videos without first warning the viewers nor show the profile pictures of youtubers in your videos. You can lead someone into temptation doing that. We only need to see you, not immoral people's photos.
My Mom just went thru a time where she felt God was far. She had to stop smoking. She'd known that, but was putting it off. She quit with God's help & she's doing great!
I am always amazed how exact your sermons deliver answers to the most urgent issues in my life, bless you, Mike!
It isn't rocket science that knowing the future and having free will are mutually exclusive. It's extremely basic common sense. We're all dominoes rolling along under the fundamental rules of reality. This is the foundation of logic.
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.....
Hi Mike Winger, thank you very much for your answer. I'll do my best to follow those 9 guidelines, i appreciate it very much
Awe, look the first Q&A video! The now-weekly Q&A videos are a highlight of my week. :)
I appreciate this extra lengthy video. I enjoyed every minute of it. I can never soak up enough information about Jesus. I’m glad that there were so many references to JW. Thanks Mike for taking the time to do this.
Question 5:
Your answer was so spot on. I had to leave a church last year and it was so hard!
I ended up with the pastor emailing me asking this, "I'm not going to change. You are not going to change anything. Why are you still here?"
It broke my heart.
This is so true! I am a new believer and I just realized that it’s these blessings is how I know if I am doing he right thing by God. The more I walk with Christ, the more blessings I feel. Every time I figure out something new from the Bible, I feel the living waters flowing through me. In fact, I felt these living waters before I learned about them from the Bible and this is how I now that they are real and God of the Bible is real.
tim spangler I was born and raised an atheist in the former Soviet Union. Came to US at 20. I was immediately “attacked” by Christians. I even started believing but it only lasted a year. I went back to my atheists roots. Looking back I understand that I didn’t fully repent back then. Now at the age of 50 I am a believer again. First I got into reincarnation. While researching it I came across the video “shroud of Turin”. By the end of the video I was a believer. A couple of months later after I started reading the Bible myself I experienced the baptism with the Holy Spirit. I felt it physically spiritually and intellectually. I felt the electric tingling and hot honey in my chest with indescribable bliss and presence of God and I just Knew that it was in fact the baptism from Jesus the Bible talks about. My parents think that I put myself in trance and imagined it. My spouse thinks that it’s my hormones. I think my friends think that I went slightly crazy. 🤓. Then these “living waters” started happening. After they started happening I found it in the Bible. Let me tell you, I really did believe in reincarnation, but I never felt anything like this in those years. I just thought that it was cool that life will continue.
Tell me yours if you don’t mind.
@@dellahendrickson3353 wow that’s awesome 🙏🏽
God knowing ahead of time what you will do makes freewill even more humbling in realizing that He knew all I would ever do and still chose to forgive.
Hi Mike, I’m loving your videos. I do have something to say about marijuana, though. I recall in your alcohol video, you pointed to scripture where it says not to use it to the point of stumbling, wounds you can’t recall, and generally being sober minded etc. Speaking from my own antecdotal experience (for better or for worse), the intoxicating effects of weed are much different than alcohol, and I do think it’s possible to use it in moderation. Even if today’s weed is much stronger, I think it’s still possible to use it and (contrary to popular belief) think logically and clearly. It takes a lot to affect you to the point of being “drunk” (ie stumbling, incoherent speech, “blacking out”). And I think in moderation it can be similarly used to be glad in the Lord, so to speak. Of course it can be very problematic if it’s a frequent habit, or if your use goes into the realm of “drunkenness”, but I don’t know if it’s fair to completely write it off as completely harmful. In fact, I think it can be very beneficial in some circumstances if used with strong caution. Just some thoughts, and I certainly don’t want to be affirming poor choices of others (or myself for that matter). I’d love to hear more from you about it, and I’d love to elaborate if necessary. God bless
Yeah I’m honestly conflicted on this issue. I have been a smoker for about 8 years going through high and low periods where I was abusing it and moderating my use. I realized that I needed sativas and not indicas so I only used those (they’re lower thc if you didn’t know) but I got to doing it too frequently, like all day every day. Well, about 3 weeks ago God started convicting me about it. I asked him if I could just finish my stash and I’d give it up. And that’s what I did. But unlike every other time where it was always on my mind for over a month after quitting, this time was easy. My relationship with God felt better than ever and I also managed to quit tobacco as well during that time. I’m not going to lie, the tobacco was way worse than the weed. I haven’t had the desire for weed until the other night when a skunk was in my back yard and my house smelled like weed inside. Then yesterday I was sitting outside and my neighbor was smoking weed and I could smell it. Idk, part of me feels as if doing it about the same frequency I use alcohol would be fine (1-3 beers a once or twice a month, if that) but I really don’t want to let God down. But at the same time I feel like he made it for our use, we have the specific receptors in our brain, and I’m almost fully convinced that it’s mentioned in the Old Testament, just mistranslated. I also usually have this weird thing where I really care about my Christian walk and focus on God more when I smoke.
Did you ever change your mind on it?
#6 thank you soooo much for this question & the answer- having been raised a jw for 46 years, this has been one of the largest issues I've dealt with & even written in about... Always thankful for the clarifications & reassurance!
God bless you Mike. Q&A video worth watching entire content. Glorifies God. Please keep educating biblical truths. Praying for your ministry.
Thank you Mike, every time I listen to you, {today it was while I wrapped Christmas cookies for my granddaughters class}. I am so blessed by your video's. May the Lord continue to use and bless you and your family. The word of the Lord is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, thank you for following the calling on your life, a clear concise understanding of the bible is what is needed by all.
Great video, really liked how you broke out the times! I’ll hang onto this video and will share with others! Thanks for the video!
Great answers to great questions, thank you Lord for using this ministry. To show your divinity and love.
57:19 was a blessing. Thanks bro Mike 🙏🏼
Stayed with you start to finish my friend. Much love and support and I am happy to have you as a brother. :)
Mike you are a blessing. Thank you
I'm skeptical of pot claims. Anti-drug advocates also profit of pharmaceutical drugs.
Appreciate your answers.
I have listened to Hugh Ross & Answers in Genesis for hours and hours. i agree with AIG hands down, because of the scientific evidence
Slowly working through this (Thanks for the videos). I'm at the question of free will. I heard an expression that is apparently a Jewish saying (which I think helps here). "All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given." To me, it is like I have the choice to turn left or right. I can choose either. The thing is, God already knows which way I will choose (chose).
I am glad I found you on CZcams! I used to watch TV for hours after I came home from work. Now I come home and watch you for hours. I have been so blessed, and enlightened about things in churches, movements, translations and more. I pray for your ministry.
On the tithing issue....due to many situations converging that had dropped my income and raised my obligations, I was struggling to keep a positive balance in the bank. My church preached quite frequently about the verse in Malachi that talks about people robbing God by not bringing their tithes, and how the windows of heaven will pour out great blessings when we do give a tithe. At one point the tithe check would be what cashed through my bank and brought me negative. I tried to talk with my pastor about it. He just got very critical of my situation and how I was managing things. I cut back the amount for a while, and he has never been the same with me. I am in a better place now, and have my tithe automatically transferred from my account to the church. He still avoids any conversations with me, and has a different facial expression when he passes by me and has to say hello.
He preaches good messages, and does not compromise God's word to fit society. There are great people in the church. I just hate that my financially time seems to have driven a wedge. I am by nature a very giving person. Anything I have is from God. None of it is my own. I like to live with a cheerful and open hand. Thank you for addressing that topic.
Please pray that I have wisdom on how to handle the wedge for the last couple of years or so.
Thank you for all you do. I work second shift, so I can't join in on the live broadcasts.
Thanks, for listing the questions
Love your teaching. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for answering these questions.
Cannabis was outlawed in Canada 70 years ago, prior to that was an accepted plant and rejoiced for benefits it provided for centuries. Refer to 1Tim 4:4 in the later context and Rejoice. God Bless and I Praise the Lord for working through you and your ministry By the Grace and Peace only he can provide
Such good advise about emotional confirmation! We have all been there at some point.
Thanks Mike you are a blessing :)
LOVE YOUR QUESTION AND ANSWERS. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS. JUST DISCOVERED YOUR CHANNEL A FEW DAYS AGO.
Hey Mike
Little add to Q-3 free will. 1 Samuel 23 (Saul pursues David) So David is in Keilah when he finds out that Saul is coming. David realizes that this would mean he would be trapped, so he requests that Abiathar bring the ephod. David asks God two questions. David is given an insight on what would happen if he freely chose to stay in Keilah. He then leaves therefore what God said would happen did not due to God allowing Davids' free will to alter the future.
Thank you for all your videos, you have helped me so much...
Pastor Mike this was very interesting, Thank you for taking the time to make this video
I am the child of a pot addict. Mike is correct in all that he said. Domestic violence, schizophrenia manic depression and bipolar disorder as well as other mental issues overshadowed my life and the lives of my three younger siblings through my father for years. That nasty habit that my father would not kick for his sake or anyone else’s still runs his life and prevents him from seeing clearly.
Hi, Mike - very excited about coming across your YT page and website. Looking forward to contributing to the conversation.
I love the surprise of your questions....I love your answers Pastor..very interesting life study...
Thank you wonderful teaching Pastor
Ty for your teachings
That was excellent!!
Pastor Winger, I appreciate your teachings sermons and messages. I did want to address question 16 on marijuana use. You asked if you were wrong that someone should prove it. I won't claim to be THAT informed, but I think it warrants more discussion.
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Thank you for your question Miriam! I was directed to this specific question by Mike’s wonderful assistant who has answered me on a couple of occasions. I plan to ask something very specific in regards to Lazarus so it’s funny to me that he mentions it at the end of his response to you! I also have been raised as a jw & have been on a bizarre spiritual journey this year. After losing my son a few months ago, this question about what happens to us when we die has become even more crucially important to me. I had chills as he was reading your question. It’s also a good reminder that we come out of the organization more confused about everything & we’re not alone. I just had to say something & thank you for your question!
And to Mike, this is a couple of years later but I intend to ask for more detail on an upcoming Q&A regarding Lazarus so I guess this is a heads up?! Lol thank you for all you do!!
Oh Please do give another(or detailed) teaching on giving/tithing.
Dear Mike,
Thank you so much for your teachings, I am a pastor in Spain ^ I listen to your casts every week..... Our church is in a street where we also have a J.W.s, and a mosque. One of the groups that is the Jesus only. We do have some problems with them, they are quite active here in Spain and have many areas of false teaching. Do you have a teaching that deal with them or could you do one?
The Lord bless you SOOOOOOOO much...
GOD BLESS YOU PASTOR...THAT IS AWESOME💝
I would take the 5 pot smokers because if they are equally qualified while smoking pot then the five non pot smokers need to step it up.
I honestly wish I found your channel sooner. Your content is fantastic.
The local flood argument is making God a liar, because parts of the world have been flooded since.
This is an important issue for those who support a local flood. I've heard some of their explanations on that issue but I haven't personally been satisfied by them.
How long would it take noah and his family to move away from a local flood? Noah built the ark for 120 years.
💝💝💝💝 be blessed 💝
Great response Mike: How can a young person deal with theological ignorance/arrogance in their elders?
How do you mean?
Hey Mike, I just found you a couple weeks ago on CZcams. I really enjoy your stuff. I was wondering if you could give an opinion on IHOP KC, maybe add some quotations too, appreciate it
Hi Mike, Can you give some of your time to explain in details about creating mankind in Gen 1, and forming Adam in Genesis 2. Love your teaching.
Thanks Pastor Mike! I do have one clarification also to make and I know you can shed some light on this as well. Matthew 5:27 "You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery. But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." A lot of people applies this verse even to single men and women, but I think this applies to married people. This is basically how I understand this text as well. Adultery is when a married man/woman have physical/sexual relations with another person but Jesus seems to be saying here that married do not need to have PHYSICAL relations to commit adultery because even by merely looking lustfully with another is already adultery. I am not saying that lusting after a man or a woman even if they single is right but I just don't think that this verse is for married people. Any thoughts? Thank you ad God bless!
Help... I go to a pretty small church but I have been doing some reading on Hillsong worship music which is the main worship music played at my church. There are several articles out on the dangerous of this music that is flooding churches worldwide. I just sent my Pastor the articles and inquired about it, which hopefully will be taken warmly as i am just trying to make sure what i am following and singing is in accordance to the Father. Any thoughts on Hillsong?
The Ken Ham versus Bill Nye debate told me everything I needed to know about Answers in Genesis.
Good or otherwise?
That debate told me everything I need to know about Bill Nye. He lied or miss represented many know archaeological finds. Most of his claims were untrue. Ken ham on the other was a weak debater. They both lost that debate in my opinion.
Regarding the NWT: A lady I go to church with uses the old version (the green one), she never was a JW. She said her non denomination church in the midwest used it (she's in her 70's).
It is very upsetting the gross denial of so many people that marijuana can be very harmful to people. Embarrassing to say, but much of the time I used to smoke pot was due to peer pressure -- because people seemed to believe that if you "couldn't handle your pot" it meant you were psychologically unstable. It made me paranoid ALL THE TIME, and therefore I did NOT really enjoy it, but I smoked it for a long time. Later, after I quit smoking it for six months for some crazy reason I smoked it again one time -- and it is clear that opened a door that the demonic knew had been closed for six months and might not be opened again, and I went through a TERRIBLE hour of demonic thoughts coming into my head as if they were my own. While they were in my head I was believing everything they said (which was basically that people were coming to kill me). It was like being paranoid on steroids and THEN some. I believe that had that continued all night I would have been dead by morning, possibly by suicide. These devils would come into my head for several minutes, then I would be in my right mind for several minutes; and this pattern repeated for something close to an hour before the moment, while in my right mind trying to figure out how to make the terror and madness stop, it occurred to me that this was like demons and I remembered that Christians believed in demons. I did not like Christians, but I knew that a nice lady across the street was a Christian and near my age which was 29 at the time. (Leaving out the long story here, a Christian neighbor commanded the demons away and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.) I repented for having smoked marijuana that night and have never smoked it again. I have made a LOT of mistakes since that night 36-plus years ago, and big ones, regarding my Christian walk. MAJOR mistakes. Even so, I NEVER experienced anything like that again. But people who don't want to know refuse to give up the idea that marijuana is safe. It is very frustrating.
Regarding weed, I was addicted for 11 years. The first 5 years I smoked weed everyday. It was destroying my marriage and my career as a stockbroker. I didn’t want to be a pothead anymore and turned to alcohol to get off it. I quickly became addicted to alcohol for years as it was destroying my life as well. At the end of the 11 years of addiction U turned to pain pills where I accidentally overdosed twice.
God rescued me. BUT HERE’S WHAT EVERYONE MUST KNOW. I’ve been sober completely for 13 years. When I go through periods of cravings, IT’S ALWAYS POT THAT I CRAVE. Many of my friends agree!
I went to a Christ-Centered program in Cumming, GA for men (12 month program). That’s where God rescued me and my family. I and many others agree that Pot is every bit as harmful as any of the other drugs over time.
God Bless!
When born again Christians die and go to be with Jesus in Heaven and wait for the resurrection to receive their new bodies it is like a waiting room at a doctor’s or dentist office?
God bless you Pastor for your teachings I’ll keep you in my prayers!
Amen
Hello pastor mike, speaking of sabbath or rest day, can I ask you if i understood hebrews 4 wrong. I thought entering God's rest is like resting from works. Appreciate your help here, thank you. I've been watching your vids for a while now and I thank God for this channel, especially on the video of psalm 73, it's amazing how a book in the bible already knows what's happenning today.
I believe everything is necessary. ot say otherwise goes against The principle of Sufficient Reason.
Here is my advice about learning Hebrew since English is my second language. There is no direct translation and it would be amazing to be able to learn Hebrew, however, unless you are a genius it takes many years to learn a language and it’s not enough to learn it from a book, you really need to live in a country and communicate with natives to really learn a language which would be a problem with learning ancient languages in which Bible was written. You are better off with either English or whatever your first language is. I didn’t understand the Bible fully until I read it in my first language even though I’ve lived in US for 30 years.
Mike wow! I was just reading about the 144.000 in revelation
@Mike Winger I just found this channel. Very interesting topics. A bit disappointed very your hugh Ross answer. I would pray on it and look into it a bit more
Hello Mike I am new to your channel. Watch your video at least one of them I did on bethel Church in Redding. I have a question about chanting.is it ever appropriate for a Christian to chant is there any good chanting ?
Which Bible translations do you use mostly? (For example, which do you use in this video?)
Mixed wines often had other psychoactive chemicals on them, which would have been consumed as regular “mixed wine”
The psychedelic drink consumed at Ephesus would have been considered a mixed wine.
You pray. PRAY pray before speaking to your family..take it to god before hand..🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏
Will be gathered together with them to meet the Lord in the air. Then we shall be forever with the Lord.
A semantic thought for the omniscience vs free-will 'paradox' (note I concur with your discussion on the subject).
I think the verbiage of "God knows what I'll do before I do it" is misleading. The premise of the paradox is that God is *not* time-bound, he exists without time (having existed without a beginning). As such, he knows all of my choices, with no real relationship to time, so it wasn't "before I chose it".
An error-prone analogy would be like me saying I know what roads I'll cross on a drive to Florida before I drive...because I have a map; my knowledge is not bound to the 2/3-dimensions of the Interstate freeway system.
I'm not sure 2 cor 9 is referring to tithing as much as it is responding to the love offering they were to give. any insights on this?
The longer , the better
Question @MikeWinger - Any UNBIASED inights on the 3Mormon debate with James White and Jeff Durbin in ApologiaStudios? It got heated up.
- Do you think James and Jeff spoke in "authority" over the Mormon?
- Do you think he was attacked?
- Was he acting on self-defense or was he just ignorant and close-minded as they say?
I almost forgot: the word 'yom'. It can be and is used in all the ways that we use the word 'day', but in the Genesis account we are faced with a forcing context: 'evening and morning, day one', etc. If the days are epochs, then the seventh epoch is the Sabbath, which makes no sense whatever in terms of how everyone has understood theses passages until very recently, when scientists came up with their alternate world-view, which, by the way, has many fatal flaws in it. Not good to put our eggs in that basket.
Mike can you give me some suggestions on the Hebrew Bible translated into English.
Mike Winger. Would you pray about doing a teen centered Bible study. I’m having a hard time finding a Biblically sound one. I really appreciate your teaching. I do a Bible study with my granddaughter and a couple other teen girls. I want something deep Biblically but interesting enough for teens to follow. Thank you for considering
I know you replied a long time ago and your teens are older, but I have not held anything back from my teens. I've never given them my full testimony, but I've given them the pg-13 version. The Bible is R-rated in content.
My recommendation is give them the full Bible, not holding anything back, but be available for questions. If you don't know, be honest and tell them I don't know. Then research together.
You will be surprised what they have already been exposed to and they will respect your honesty. That has been my experience with my teens. God bless.
Pastor Mike, please please explain Daniel 12:2 and Daniel 12:13
It seems to elude to soul sleep.
So the thought of eternity is something that causes me so much anxiety I can’t even think about it and honestly it steals my joy a lot of times when I think about heaven. I like the way you explained this in this video but I’m still confused….are you saying that you think we will live forever but we will still have “time” or are you saying we won’t as individuals live forever? Idk why this topic gives me so much confusion and anxiety - but I literally wake up in a complete panic because of this multiples times a week since I was a child
What are your thoughts on hillsong church?
Giving to the church is tricky for me and tends to be minimal because my husband is the sole breadwinner and he's an unbeliever 😔
justKenzie I just wanted to encourage you and say that God sees your heart. I believe, the amount that you give is not what matters but your heart when giving it. I pray for your husband and pray that you may be the vessel that helps him find the light of Christ. And one day you may be able to freely give. God Bless you.
Shannon Bakhsh thank you, Dear Sister... that means so much. God bless your heart 💜
Jeremiah Tassinari It seems you missed the point of my comment...
Mic you confused me about Lazarus and the rich man . You said there was compartments where souls was kept before Jesus death. I though Lazarus was carried off in the bosom of Abraham (to heaven) and the rich man woke up to fire and agony (hell) are you saying there was some type purgatory before Jesus death ? Please answer!
Okay. The Bible clearly says that when we are absent from the body, we are present with the Lord. But didn't David say, If I ascend to the heavens, you are there? (Psalms 139) So wasn't God with Samuel when Saul resurrected him?
Hi Mike, how about your perspective on birthdays and holidays? I researched differing viewpoints on birthdays and couldn't get it conclusive answer.. What Bible do you recommend to a newbie, I also need your feelings on the Trinity, I haven't found clear evidence in that either way and how do you know what God's telling you to do when? What do I do when God's feeling bitter with you? Take care and thanks!
Jeremiah Tassinari No I haven't, my faith's really wavering! That's soo sweet, thanks!
tim spangler That's highly likely I admit!
What is the meaning of Matthew 16:19 ... Did that mean Peter as the first Pope? Did that mean Peter can make up his own rules? Is Peter the foundation of the church or Jesus? What scriptures can i use to support this verse?
I have yet to find a church in my area where I feel in the Spirit and I don’t have any friends who are interested in a Christian fellowship.
Are you still searching for a fellowship or a bible study to go to?
Hi Mike, re "when to leave a church"! You did not mention spiritual abuse by "pastors", heavy shepherding etc! When the "leader" expects you to call him Pastor, or The Pastor, and be expected to obey him,in all things!
Great video, Mike. Thanks for it. Re: Hugh Ross. I love his scientific expositions, but his Biblical exegesis not so much. For example, suppose that the words 'whole earth' can be taken for something local in the case of the flood... How do you cover all the mountains with water without involving the actual whole world? Why would it take 150 days for the waters to lower enough just to land in the mountains of Ararat, as opposed to down in the lowlands? Why the need to load the ark with all the animals when most of the world won't be flooded? The flood wouldn't have killed off the people living outside the flood zone either. Just some thoughts.
The Hebrew word (‘har’) rendered “mountain” is rather generic and the Old Testament seems to distinguish one from another using size modifiers (e.g., ‘high hill’). Many of us think of the Himalayas, Alps, Andes, Rockies, etc. when we read “mountain” but ‘hill’ and ‘rise’ are also possible meanings. The “high hills” Genesis mentions may be regional hills that are high for that locale but nowhere near the height of a modern mountain located outside that locale. Also, account of Noah’s Flood also includes heights in cubits, which will give a decent ballpark idea.
i seen people in my own family pot has hurt them and now they are destroyed.
I believe it says when we die we are waiting for the second coming to be taken from the grave. Paul was an apostle we are not so naturally he was with our Lord.
Which church I should join? Where I can find the church where I can find someone teaching from Bible like you are teaching verses from Bible.
Dead Sea and independence was almost simultaneous. Scrolls were found in 1947.
Hi mike what is your opinion about oneness Pentecostalism aka upci ... they say Jesus said to bapatise in the name of father son nd Holy Ghost but apostles baptized in Jesus name ... all their theology start from there
Why this contradiction in baptism ?
Does anybody deal with Calvinism vs Arminism (spelling?) I'm just asking because I don't know.....
May I ask all the God fearing believers to please give me your definition of grace as written in the New Testament I’d really appreciate it as I study the extreme differences in how people interpret scripture.
After you answer please look up strongs G5485
Thanks so much
Hi there mike, i am curious about god speaking to humans. what is your understanding in that area. Do god speck directly to humans or is it just imagination?
I'm a physician and there is little to no evidence that marijuana helps medical conditions there are far far better ways to treat any disease you can think of then marijuana. I had a kid asked me if he could have marijuana for his glaucoma. I said the only thing the marijuana would do would make him not care that he was going blind.
Because those pharmaceuticals that my grandfather was prescribed, the 15 a day that devoured his liver, killing him with non alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver at barely 65, is the answer to all right? As a physician, you are only taught pharmaceuticals and have no knowledge on herbal treatments. But you’re a Dr. so I should just shut up and trust you right?
“ Creation Facts”.
Q when you see the word evil in the bible should i think as that word being really calmity or one of the other meaning s you talk about in the other streams tis word has becoming confusing to me
I smoke pot and i dont disagree with any of the points you.. pointed out.
Hi Mike. Enjoy your content. I discovered you some time ago searching for non Calvinist preaching and the Lord led me your way. God bless.
Anyway, my girlfriend is skeptical toward Christianity and she has raised concerns with the problem of evil, subjective morality, Jesus vs other gods, and others of which I have tried to help her work through these issues. She attends church with me and she is open to the faith but needs answers. I can see God working in her.
Her recent issue is this, "how can we know the historical trustwortiness of biblical accounts?" Basically, how can we be certain of biblical history or is history knowable? Her argument is that, "we weren't there, therefore we don't know." How would you approach this reasoning? Thank you.
Watch Lee Strobel's true story.. A Case for Christ with her. Its a blockbuster (entertaining) while very educational.
Biblical prophecies. Look up 300 prophecies fulfilled Jesus on CZcams. Jesus prediction of the Jewish Temple being destroyed and not a stone would sit on another stands to this day 2000yrs later
Jorge, in all of recorded history, we only have one God on record claiming the glory of creation, asserting the authority of being AUTHOR of life and all the world, and speaking directly, in the first person to all mankind, demanding their submission and obedience to His revealed will. He clearly says He will not share His glory with another (Is 48:11 and 42:8) and He instructs us to search from one end of the earth to another to see if there is any competition to His claims (Deut 4:32-36)... because God said He will not give His glory to another and because there is NO OTHER GOD on record in all world history to glorify for creation (and good luck "glorifying" a big bang, the next closest competitor for the glory of creation) then an intellectually honest person, specifically in THIS day and age, with OUR access to such a cumulative view of history, has to answer the very simple question: how could Isaiah the prophet have made such a good guess that there would NEVER be another "God" on record to glorify? Once the title work to creation has been easily established.. it's clear we are to submit to the authority of God, the Author of life, as He revealed Himself in the 5 books of Moses, then the prophets, then Jesus Christ.
False prophets are ruled out by their anachronistic error and contradiction to the existing chronological revelation already on record in the day the false prophet arrived: example: Mohamed, Joseph Smith, and Ellen White all came contradicting all books of the bible and Jesus Christ long long after the full revelation of GOd's word had been received.. (Deut 18:22 thou shalt not be afraid of him.)
DO you know what happens in the Noah-s tent ? Why is Cannaan cursed ?
What did the new testament say about tithing?