FINALLY, after learning of your great work from Pam and Charlie, I've gotten to see you at work on-line! Great video! Great theology! God bless you and Meridith, who, as they told me, is involved in your video production. I still have the little frog she gave me years ago, and pray for great success for both of you in your service to our loving Lord. What a blessing you have been to many people, with the promise that thousands more will check out what you have done.
I'm going to have search Scripture, Kittel's Theological Dictionary, and other sources re: baptism to understand better the position you're positing here. Would you take a similar view of the Scripture 1 Timothy 2:15 - women "saved" through childbearing? Thanks for considering my question.
@DailyThread2 Great question. Short answer: yes *and* no. Yes: the word still means what it means as used in the sentence. "She will be saved [in the midst of] childbearing" No: "childbearing" is not the subject of the sentence, but the object of a preposition. In the end: woman (generally) is saved (the normal way: "continuing in faith") in the context of her vocation as wife and mother, and not through the abandoning of that role. But the words on the page still mean exactly what they say.
Thank you for the kitten with frog ears, covering up a view I didn't want to see. I knew what it was from the sidebar distraction every time I'd watch your video. (Yes, I enlarged to full screen each time to avoid that.) But perhaps that distraction from her own message is, in part, why she got 400,000 views.
Also, I think it's just bad to say people are always claiming "Baptism doesn't save" when they reference the theft. The point being made is that man can still be saved without baptism, although they should make every effort to be baptized because that's what we are commanded to do. God commands us to do many things. Not receiving baptism could just as equally be a sin like breaking any of God's commandments, but it's not going to cost you to lose your salvation....only rejection of belief will.
Doesn't Jesus also say "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies". Just because He directly spoke to the theft doesn't make that instance any different from the countless other times Jesus directly preached salvation by faith to others. Baptism saves. Faith saves. It's the refusal of belief that condemns. Sounds like a pretty easy way to explain things right?
@Wanttoknowabout Lifeguards are an analogy. Baptism is Jesus promise. Either you trust Jesus or you don't, but it's rather silly to say, "I trust Jesus so I don't trust baptism because then I wouldn't be sure if I could trust Jesus." Plain illogic.
Rev. Fisk: How would you respond to someone saying that: if baptism saves, but doesn't always save, in the same sense as Jesus telling the theif on the cross that he is saved, then the theif couldn't really trust it since he wouldn't know if he actually was going to be with Jesus in paradise. If Jesus only means that through him it is possible to be saved, how can we have assurance? Or that we can't trust that baptism saves because we know that it doesn't always. Thanks for great videos!
@Wanttoknowabout If the thief chose not to believe Jesus, then we wouldn't be saved. Salvation is always received by faith. Your assurance is that Jesus has promised you will be saved. If you don't trust his Word on that, that's on you. Baptism always saves. It always delivers the promise. The one who refuses to believe throws salvation away. If you throw away a gold coin that doesn't make the coin any less valuable.
All theology is ultimately Christology- it's truer every time I hear it. By rejecting physical means of grace in the sacraments I think a lot of evangelicals unwittingly dismiss the significance and necessity of the Incarnation in the process.
Excellent video as always, Pastor. I do, though, have difficulty dogmatically asserting that the thief on the cross was not baptized. We don't know that he was, but we don't know that he wasn't. He could, of course, have been one of those John baptized earlier. St. Mark 1:5 - "Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins."
Thanks for your videos. I'm a captain I work out to sea for long stretches (like a month at a time) and your videos are often my only connection to hearing the word. ... and my company frowns on wine aboard so there is no communion, or partying either but that's another complaint.... Anyway, thanks. OH- you'd be surprised (maybe not) to read that your videos more often then not directly relate to subjects within religion that pop up aboard. Coincidence probably not :-)
I was talking to a fellow the other day, he refuses to be baptized and yet identifies as Christian. To the thief on the cross argument I told him this:
"You need exactly what that man received, you need to die with Christ. This man actually died with Christ on a cross, receiving then also a resurrection promise for his salvation (which he received by faith), you need what this man received. Baptism is the same thing, salvation delivered to you by God's Word with water rather than nails."
Rev. Fisk, my initial comment was saying how baptists view what Lutherans believe. Many Baptists view baptism as a work of man (I know it isn't), and so when you say "baptism saves" we see it as you saying that we are saved by our works. I know you don't believe this, though. Recently, I have been struggling to weed through my baptist roots and better understand the Lutheran view. Do you have any videos explaining the Lutheran view of Baptism to Baptists, or people with our presuppositions?
@7:26: "Of course he doesn't need the water to save you, but he decided to use the water to save you." Or from last week's pericope, "My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?" 2 Kings 5:13.
FINALLY, after learning of your great work from Pam and Charlie, I've gotten to see you at work on-line! Great video! Great theology! God bless you and Meridith, who, as they told me, is involved in your video production. I still have the little frog she gave me years ago, and pray for great success for both of you in your service to our loving Lord. What a blessing you have been to many people, with the promise that thousands more will check out what you have done.
007TruthSeeker 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
You're figurative when you say atheism isn't in their vocabulary, right?
MCulpa 1 week ago
Pastor Fisk how do I send you emails?
Cameragirl1399 2 weeks ago
@Cameragirl1399 it's best to submit a question/comment via the website at worldview everlasting . com
Revfiskj 2 weeks ago
I'm going to have search Scripture, Kittel's Theological Dictionary, and other sources re: baptism to understand better the position you're positing here. Would you take a similar view of the Scripture 1 Timothy 2:15 - women "saved" through childbearing? Thanks for considering my question.
DailyThread2 2 weeks ago
@DailyThread2 Great question. Short answer: yes *and* no. Yes: the word still means what it means as used in the sentence. "She will be saved [in the midst of] childbearing" No: "childbearing" is not the subject of the sentence, but the object of a preposition. In the end: woman (generally) is saved (the normal way: "continuing in faith") in the context of her vocation as wife and mother, and not through the abandoning of that role. But the words on the page still mean exactly what they say.
Revfiskj 2 weeks ago
Thank you for the kitten with frog ears, covering up a view I didn't want to see. I knew what it was from the sidebar distraction every time I'd watch your video. (Yes, I enlarged to full screen each time to avoid that.) But perhaps that distraction from her own message is, in part, why she got 400,000 views.
DailyThread2 2 weeks ago
what was that song you played at 8:30 ish
11webekl 3 weeks ago
This is fantastic! Thank you pastor!!
11webekl 3 weeks ago
Thank you pastor Fisk!
tamzerian1 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Awesome job! Love to hear ya preach sometime!
Luther9621 3 weeks ago
Why does it seem that us Protestants like to make the exception to the rule the rule, rather than keeping it as the exception? Hah. Sinners we are!
christhelutheran 3 weeks ago
Also, I think it's just bad to say people are always claiming "Baptism doesn't save" when they reference the theft. The point being made is that man can still be saved without baptism, although they should make every effort to be baptized because that's what we are commanded to do. God commands us to do many things. Not receiving baptism could just as equally be a sin like breaking any of God's commandments, but it's not going to cost you to lose your salvation....only rejection of belief will.
bswearer 3 weeks ago
Doesn't Jesus also say "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies". Just because He directly spoke to the theft doesn't make that instance any different from the countless other times Jesus directly preached salvation by faith to others. Baptism saves. Faith saves. It's the refusal of belief that condemns. Sounds like a pretty easy way to explain things right?
bswearer 3 weeks ago
does your baptism ever become invalid?
nickrials214467 3 weeks ago
what's your theme song?
chazjohannsen 3 weeks ago
I enjoyed this one a lot.
DHEV100 3 weeks ago
... (one more thought). So like saying that lifeguards save, but how do I know that he indeed will actually save me in a particular situation?
Wanttoknowabout 3 weeks ago
@Wanttoknowabout Lifeguards are an analogy. Baptism is Jesus promise. Either you trust Jesus or you don't, but it's rather silly to say, "I trust Jesus so I don't trust baptism because then I wouldn't be sure if I could trust Jesus." Plain illogic.
Revfiskj 3 weeks ago
Rev. Fisk: How would you respond to someone saying that: if baptism saves, but doesn't always save, in the same sense as Jesus telling the theif on the cross that he is saved, then the theif couldn't really trust it since he wouldn't know if he actually was going to be with Jesus in paradise. If Jesus only means that through him it is possible to be saved, how can we have assurance? Or that we can't trust that baptism saves because we know that it doesn't always. Thanks for great videos!
Wanttoknowabout 3 weeks ago
@Wanttoknowabout If the thief chose not to believe Jesus, then we wouldn't be saved. Salvation is always received by faith. Your assurance is that Jesus has promised you will be saved. If you don't trust his Word on that, that's on you. Baptism always saves. It always delivers the promise. The one who refuses to believe throws salvation away. If you throw away a gold coin that doesn't make the coin any less valuable.
Revfiskj 3 weeks ago
Glad to watch this video on the 4th anniversary of my own Holy Baptism :)
MrPreacherman94 3 weeks ago 2
All theology is ultimately Christology- it's truer every time I hear it. By rejecting physical means of grace in the sacraments I think a lot of evangelicals unwittingly dismiss the significance and necessity of the Incarnation in the process.
Lithilic 4 weeks ago
Excellent video as always, Pastor. I do, though, have difficulty dogmatically asserting that the thief on the cross was not baptized. We don't know that he was, but we don't know that he wasn't. He could, of course, have been one of those John baptized earlier. St. Mark 1:5 - "Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins."
jamesmbraun 4 weeks ago
Thanks for your videos. I'm a captain I work out to sea for long stretches (like a month at a time) and your videos are often my only connection to hearing the word. ... and my company frowns on wine aboard so there is no communion, or partying either but that's another complaint.... Anyway, thanks. OH- you'd be surprised (maybe not) to read that your videos more often then not directly relate to subjects within religion that pop up aboard. Coincidence probably not :-)
Keep it up!
DannyTaddeiTube 4 weeks ago 4
I was talking to a fellow the other day, he refuses to be baptized and yet identifies as Christian. To the thief on the cross argument I told him this:
"You need exactly what that man received, you need to die with Christ. This man actually died with Christ on a cross, receiving then also a resurrection promise for his salvation (which he received by faith), you need what this man received. Baptism is the same thing, salvation delivered to you by God's Word with water rather than nails."
antsterr3 4 weeks ago 7
@antsterr3 ........Awesome! Love your comments.
EchoRevelation4Jesus 4 weeks ago
Everybody knows there is only one reason that girl got 400k hits. It was for the froggy kitty.
aggierev 4 weeks ago 6
I love how you explain how the Western paradigm of rationalism is the lens through which many protestants interpret Scripture.
rodgerbroome 4 weeks ago
Watched the full video, it helped my understanding. I'll keep reading! =)
JohnMichaelMatta 4 weeks ago
Rev. Fisk, my initial comment was saying how baptists view what Lutherans believe. Many Baptists view baptism as a work of man (I know it isn't), and so when you say "baptism saves" we see it as you saying that we are saved by our works. I know you don't believe this, though. Recently, I have been struggling to weed through my baptist roots and better understand the Lutheran view. Do you have any videos explaining the Lutheran view of Baptism to Baptists, or people with our presuppositions?
JohnMichaelMatta 4 weeks ago
@JohnMichaelMatta . SInce Jesus is the one saving us in Baptism. It is his work not ours. Hope that helps.
EchoRevelation4Jesus 4 weeks ago
Great stuff Pastor Fisk, staying faithful to God's Word! God Bless! Yo, yo!
karlfehn 4 weeks ago
@7:26: "Of course he doesn't need the water to save you, but he decided to use the water to save you." Or from last week's pericope, "My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?" 2 Kings 5:13.
Scottydog1756 4 weeks ago
Another Awesome video Pastor Fisk!
EchoRevelation4Jesus 4 weeks ago
Nice censorship! A kitten in an angry frog hat's much cooler than the original video.
ForgivenLutheran 4 weeks ago 3