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Hope you all are doing well Let's go ahead and jump into it as always what I shouldn't say as always, but we'll cover the pre-submit or some of the pre-submitted questions on the on the community page what I try to do is Put them up early enough so that you guys could if you want to put the questions out that you may want to have answered I'll always pick the first one or two and then try to pick some as I go along I'll try to pick somewhere between nine or ten and then after that then I'll pick some of those from from the live chat So I'll go over the first When I get to about the seventh or eighth It's probably best then that you start asking your questions that way. I'll concede them makes that you put a cue a Big gigantic cue or questions. That's the one time that you can put a a capital Use all caps when you're doing question but not the entire question just the word question Also moderators and I meant I'm sorry. I forgot to do this my moderators. There is one particular lady who She has any I won't say her name just yet but she has an issue she has a What's the word some a bit of a sight impairment and so she uses caps all caps to Actually see I can understand that because I can listen I can I can barely see the shape of this camera here You also see me when I'm driving It's a combination of skill and the Holy Spirit what I'm on the road So get out the way, but it's one particular lady. It's a lady So if you see her using all caps, I told her that I would let you guys know and I didn't get the chance to let you all know so So no, I don't think it was Joan, but if it's Joan then fine But anyway, let's go ahead jump into it around the seventh or the eighth question guys that I get into That's when I it's probably best for you guys to go ahead and submit your questions As always, I cannot answer all the questions that were pre-submitted and I cannot Answer all the questions that are going to be in the chat I'll do my very best and in some in some cases some of the questions that you guys have presented in the past They are on the sheet to become Videos not just videos here, but also a video on the upcoming website, but that being the case. Let's go ahead and jump into it Ethan Raymond says are there any distinctions between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven? Are there any distinctions between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven short answer? No, there's not as a matter of fact if we go to what I think is Matthew 19 Let's put on the green Matthew 19 I think it's I think it's 20 23 or 22 Yeah, 23. We're gonna see in this short span Jesus is going to use both of them. So they're used interchangeably in Matthew 19 23 He says and Jesus said to his disciples truly truly I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven So here we have the kingdom of heaven here, but then he says again I said you it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle then a rich man to enter the kingdom of God So they're used interchangeably Some people might think that there's a distinction there is no distinction the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven are One and the same do not let someone say or to kind of spiritualize or to read deeply into it They're literally the exact same thing. Remember You'll find in the Bible Trying to say one thing different ways Just like we say the time the time if it's it can be 1215 we can say 15 after 1215 somebody might say Well, you know what let's let's pick another number. Let's say 115 Someone can say 15 after one someone can say 115 someone can say 13 15 1315 I don't know some kind of way, but we're saying the same thing different ways And so the Bible does that also Trying to convey something to someone and so oftentimes you might see the Bible describing one thing Two or three or four different ways we see that often when when it deals with salvation You might see him use this word or that word of that word It's not that you have to do four or five different things You simply are doing one thing, but he might describe it a different way. Are you with me? So when we talk about the kingdom of God the kingdom of heaven, this is God's rule In our lives, but and ultimately How he rules in heaven? It's ultimately how he's going to rule not just in our lives, but here on this on this earth now I was gonna be a new earth, but That being the case the the short answer and the easy answer see from that passage is that no There is no real distinction between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven Next question from Elijah Bowman says Corey in Roman 7 Paul talks about his struggle of sin Even with the Holy Spirit, which we all can relate to he says that he practiced what he shouldn't I understand I believe that we are saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Ephesians 2 but for example intrusive thoughts. How do we deal with that? If you are a Christian You all understand you all know this there are always going to be intrusive thoughts Always as a matter of fact, what does the Bible say the Bible says that we take all of those thoughts? And we we take the matter of fact, let's go to it rather than me saying in one passage second Corinthians I think it's 10 10 something I want to say around the five or four mark There it is. Yeah So we are destroying speculations and every lofty things raised against the knowledge of God and we and are taking Every thought all the every thought every thought every thought Captive to the obedience of Christ now question. How do we do so? First of all before we deal with how do we do so? Let's just acknowledge that there are things being whispered to us the things being spoken to us from the outside That happens all the time just because you are Christian does not mean that the enemy is is going to stop all of a sudden People that talk about Demons being cast out and so forth don't really understand how demons work You would think they would because they say they do but the truth is We see how demons work because we see how the chief demon Satan himself works. He is a liar He is the father of life. Well, how does he do so? Well, he speaks to people He speaks to non-believers and believers alike principally how he speaks to believers is not necessarily directly although The bible doesn't preclude the enemy a demon from speaking to you I think one of a good example that's really not too far from being biblical Is when you see in the cartoons a little devil right here in a little angel right here You have that happening in the spiritual realm, but the best way that the enemy can speak to you is this They can talk to someone who's not a christian They can we believe that people who are not christians can have a severe demonic influence Now what happens when a person or persons Multiple people with a severe demonic influence in their lives Are in our presence and in our presence oftentimes might be a family member might be a co-worker might be a colleague might might be a Another student with you A classmate who knows might be someone in on the same few rows as you don't know But they might say something Demons The devil is not going to tell you hey listen. Here's my plan to take you down My plan to take you down is to do this that no Subtle remember they've been around a lot longer than we have And so they understand they know this world better than we do They know what we like what we don't like they know what moves us and what doesn't move us They know what tickles us and what upsets us And so their job is to do anything to move us away from god or To give us a defeated life here satan desires to sift us like we what does Jesus say? I'm gonna stop him. No. He says I've prayed for you. And so what are we supposed to do? The bible is clear. It's pretty clear. Matter of fact, so clear. He does not deviate from it. James says it Paul says it Peter says it we are to resist him when when the demon or the enemy comes like a lion a roaring lion Seeking whom he may devour What does Peter say in first Peter? He says to resist him And we're also even reminded that others have That out there other believers are also resisting. You're not you're not the only one that's going through it And james says to resist him also resist him and he will flee Resist him and he will flee now. There is one where he says don't resist He didn't bring up the option to resist That is when it deals with sexual immorality sexual thought he says flee from it So when someone is bringing some sexual thoughts or anything, you know what move away Don't stand there like your superman with your chest, you know No, don't do that. Matter of fact, what you want to do is what paul says to do in philippines for Whatever things are noble of a good thought what all these good wholesome godly thoughts think of that when I was younger And I was in college and I was trying to be a good guy There are a lot of good-looking young ladies on the college campus. And so what do I want to do? I want to be a good guy. I want to you know, I don't I'm trying to not Mess up my testimony. I was a brand new christian I failed a lot, but I was a brand new christian. And so you know what I did I I said, I'm going to have a new thought in my head now This thought wasn't a godly thought but it was my way Of trying to ward off those things so good-looking girl comes by and I'm trying to be on my best behavior What do I think if I think of grandma? I think I think of grandma Yeah, that listen if if that wouldn't kill the thought I don't know what will I thought a grandma But as I matured and I'm reading philippines for he says these are the thoughts that you want to think on think of these things yes, so Kind of silly, but it's all I knew until I found a scripture Until I found a scripture that okay. Yeah, good thoughts now He didn't mean those good thoughts like grandma and apple pie and so forth, but Sometimes it did the trick So but I thought about the lord. I think about his goodness Wake up in the morning these intrusive thoughts. They are non stop non stop even when you are asleep Even when you're at church praying you're in a you're you're praying for your neighbor or you're praying And I don't know maybe the preacher is he's on one of this one of these 20 minute prayers And so your mind gets distracted or you're just trying to pray for whatever at home It's easy for thoughts as a matter of fact, it seems like that's when the enemy really wants to start Turning up the volume in terms of trying to say something something's going off something's happening You need to be infusing your mind with godly thoughts all day all day long The word of god Songs and praise and worship god speaking to someone Just ingesting digesting and ingesting Content that is godly and wholesome And that's what paul tells us to do and that's how you that's how you deal with some of these intrusive thoughts Amen. All right. Sorry for bringing up grandma guys Uh Famillion question and situation me and my wife have given our lives to the lord praise god for that And we've been baptized in his name and also live our lives in repentance But the church that we attend and a few family members say we do not have the holy spirit because we have not spoken in tongues I can really I've I've been there before Well, I have I have but I feel that I was questionable That I was pressured to do so which happens a lot I feel that it has created a major stumbling block in our walk in the faith Could you clarify this for me? Please a couple things People who will pressure you because by the way, I think you're right I think I think where your heart or the spirit is leading you is in the right direction The problem is though if you know to do the right thing And other folks feel another another way It's going to be hard and you're going to be left to feel uncomfortable if you don't have the word to go with it When people know that you know the word They don't push some of these thoughts. I don't I've got charismatic and pentecostal Family members and friends and they do not push on me. Why because what are they going to get back? They're going to get back a heavy dose of you're reading this wrong You're you you're coming at this in the wrong way. Now the bible tells us that every person Every believer let's put it on the screen. Let's go to first Corinthians for the first Corinthians first Corinthians 12 All right, let's put that on the screen first Corinthians 12 and I believe around the 13 verse 13th verse Let's start in verse 12 for even as the body is one and yet has many members and all the members of the body Though they are many are one body So all of us are one body though. There's though. There's many of us one body Look who he says verse 13 for by one spirit We who's the we all of us who are parts of the body all of us christians All of us we were all there's that word all Ponte's let's pull this up a little bit further so you all can see that word all ponte's that means all of us Each one of us were baptized into one body whether you agree with the slave or free We were all made to drink of one spirit That means this that every single person who was a christian whether they were christian from for one minute For one hour one day one week month year decade doesn't matter if you are an actual believer You have been baptized in the holy spirit You have the holy spirit There is no way to not be a christian and not have the holy spirit as many as are led by The spirit those are the sons and so sons of god And so make sure that you know that even if your family didn't know that because you don't have to suffer Because your family members are ignorant of the scriptures. I'm not being mean But because someone close you doesn't know the scriptures or they've been taught a certain way Don't let that frustrate your walk. It can't again. It's like When i'm talking about guys who are working out you working out and then you are going back and you're eating all sorts of stuff Or you work out and you go back and sit and lay around all day long You are literally driving with the brake on now. Have you all ever done that you're driving like wait a second What's happening? Well, I've got the emergency brake on the same thing here There are people that will frustrate your spiritual walk And it's just like you're driving with a brake on this is going to be frustrating You do not have to speak in tongues And if you're going to speak in tongues, it needs to be biblical, which is which by the way is an actual language Tongues according to the scripture every time we see them are an actual language The only time that we see that tongues are not an actual language is when paul is in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14 rebuking Them for doing something incorrectly. Well, what's the one thing that they're doing incorrectly? The only thing that's brought up here are tongues He said that you prophesying is for the edification of the body But the way you guys are doing this this tongue thing that no one understands including you which is kind of how we see tongues today He says don't do that because that only all that does is build up yourself And there is no spiritual gift that is set aside to build up yourself now that I can think of So hopefully it helps by the way cheap plug I believe it's next thursday. I gotta go back and check and make sure and verify but next thursday I think it's I can't even remember the time two three four o'clock p.m. Central time. I'm not sure I cannot remember But we will have a friendly discussion between myself and dr. Michael brown about this very issue about tongues. So That being the case, let's go to the very next question Emilio ask I believe in internal security, but I have struggled to answer the question If we are already going to heaven, then why does satan tempt us? The only thing I can think of is satan tempts us to fall away But this idea goes against internal security. I need your thoughts on this question. That is a good question Why does well actually there's two questions that need to be brought up One, why does satan tempt us to? Even bigger question that we don't get an answer for is Why does god allow satan to tempt us? That's the that's the bigger issue. So let's go to The bible, uh-oh Okay, let's go to we'll see what satan is trying to do And I don't know why lately. I've been covering this this passage a lot just it just keeps coming up in certain ways and so Remember the parable of the soul Jesus is speaking about the sea that fell on ground and then some sea fell by the wayside and so forth But now I want to just focus on When he is trying to explain To the disciples what this parable means and so verse 11 chapter 8 he says now the parable is this the seed is the word of god The seed is the word of god. He says those beside the road are those who have heard Then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart so that they will not believe and be safe Now remember we've said this before an actual true believer is some who is not signified by the eras uh active indicative meaning that they believe duh in the past this kind of temporary belief But a true believer is some who is a hot pistol on someone who is in the present active or present Or in this case present active participle believing they are in a state of continual belief Christians continually believe non-christians might believe they understand what's happened. They understand that they're a sinner And the only way for them to be saved is someone pay the debt Jesus pays the debt and all we have to do is have faith in that There are people that actually believe all of those the same things that you and I believe but aren't saved Now let's see what satan is trying to do. He says Then the devil comes Why he comes and takes away the word from their heart so that they will not believe Now look at the word for believe over here. Let me pull this up a little higher So you guys see the word for believe so that hen I may pistol santes So now this word here is the eras active participle meaning so that they will not have been believing That's kind of a rough way of putting it so that they would not be of the believing ones So what does satan want to do he wants to make sure especially for and they can't do for those that are actually believing We'll see in a second why satan can't do it for true believers But what he's helping to do is to kind of identify Who is and who's not those that are falling away so to speak those that are leaving that are departing the faith That's these people. He says that he takes it from their heart So that they would not believe and be saved Those on rocky soil those are those who when they hear Receive the word with joy And these have no firm root. Look he says they believe for a while They believe for a while and in time of temptation they fall away Look at that. They believe for a while, but in time of temptation falls away Who's a who's a tempter satan? And so these different things come and and what they actually end up doing we see this kind of being spoken of in first john too It helps us to identify now all people We don't see them actually falling away or leaving or departing or going back into the world But there are those that we do see that and it becomes evident to us that they were never really among us But they were with us Among us they were never really with us and so the seed which failed verse 14 among the thorns These are those these are the ones who heard and as they go on their way They are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to maturity And so the enemy is busy With people around us trying to affect things around us as well But then look at 15 but the seed in the good soil These are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart That's the key an honest and good heart. Well, who prepares the heart Who fixes the heart because these ones with the honest and good heart They hold it fast and bear fruit with perseverance So what are the what are the the seed that falls on good soil the soil being the heart the word the seed being the word of god That heart who prepares that who fixes that? Well, that's none other than Jesus Christ or I should say the holy spirit people who are born from above their heart is born from above And so for us who are act who are truly saved He can't do anything To those who are not he will do just those things that are that are displayed So now that's what he's trying to do the other question is why does god allow that? We don't know if it were me if I were god I know big stretch, but if I were god there'd be no Satan If I were god, there'd be no Satan. There'd be no devil. There'd be no enemy. We would all be We would all be in the garden today Matter of fact, if I were god The cults would win every year The Pacers would win every year My different college football and basketball teams they take turn winning Now if I were god, I'd also meet the cowboys exactly like they are which is That's working in my favor A train wreck for the NFL, but other than that If I were god, there would not be a Satan, but it is why we don't know We don't know he goes to god and says About about job and god well god says have you considered my my servant joe Yeah, I considered him god, but I don't I don't yeah He's only serving because you're blessing him But what if I don't bless him and so maybe one of the things is for god to put on a display? I don't know. This is me speculating. I can't say for sure We don't we just don't know why lord would you even send him when you cast him out of heaven? Why would you send him down to the garden to earth? Why would you even create him in the first place? We don't know So that question can't that part of the question can't be answered but in terms of what he's doing he's trying to separate those who really aren't and then also to Fort bother the people who are actually believers because that he's still going to try to do what he's going that it notice the pastor doesn't say that Temptation and the cares of the world won't come to the actual believers. It's still coming It's still coming so Am I saying this right sundro says why did jesus add commandments? Well, you got to think about I think we get hung up sometimes on the word commandment and we think that the word commandment Always refers to the same thing It doesn't when we hear the word commandments. We think oh 10 commandments No, so when jesus says about the person who keeps my commandments. It's just keep my teachings Keep what i'm saying. Well, what did jesus say? Well, dude, did we see jesus come around saying hey guys make sure you keep the law? He didn't say so make sure now people who who were saying that they were keeping the law He would challenge them to see and they said well, what do I need to be do I need to to have to have eternal life? I've kept the law Well, first of all jesus is probably thinking okay, whatever but before that let's just check your heart Because the whole point about the law is to deal with the heart that I can promise you is not fixed He says go sell all your stuff No, I'm sorry about that jesus. You must you must be you false christ because I got too much stuff I ain't selling that the lord gave me all this stuff. I'm not so he's going to check your heart He's not adding new commandments per se Except that follow him he's emphasizing loving god Which is the same as loving him And then loving each other as you love yourself And so everything that god has ever wanted you to do both in the past Also now and in the future is all taken care of if you do those two things Amen Bob asks a question. He says who is the stranger that the sheep don't listen to and run from Let's go to one of the passages in john chapter 10 I want to say or is that around verse three. I'm not sure I'm not sure Okay verse four But let's start in verse four No, let's start in verse three to him the doorkeeper opens and the sheep hear his voice and he calls his own sheep By name and leaves him out when he puts forth all his own He goes ahead of them and the sheep follow him because they know his voice Why do us sheep follow the shepherd? He says so We follow him this way. I told you all to remember this word this this greek word that's highlighted hati Because that's what the word hati means because it's telling us why because they know his voice So we follow him because we know whose voice his voice the shepherd's voice a stranger though A stranger they simply will not follow and it is an emphatic negation I call it uses I call it using which is they will never ever ever under any circumstances follow But will flee because they do not know and there's a word again because hati Why will we flee from him or the stranger's voice because we do not know him? So the question is Who or what is the stranger the greek word that's used here is a la trio, which is a stranger Someone belonging to another So anything that's going to pull you away from the word of god from god is a stranger We obviously know who the actual stranger is We know who's behind the voice of the stranger The god of this world the enemy The great accuser Hasatan the satan That's the one and any voice Even if he disguises it meaning if he puts that disguise in the voice of jahovah witnesses If he puts that voice and disguises it disguises it as mormons If he disguises it as some sort of new world way of doing things for rest activism We don't hear that Atheism whatever it is. You know what even if he disguises as as some Watered down version of christianity No, if it's some legalistic version of christianity, which is no, which is not christianity, which is not the gospel He'll still describe. Oh, he'll disguise himself his voice in in every sort of ways But it's still the voice of a stranger someone that we don't know. I don't recognize what you're saying and so Basically anything that anyone that's not god Anyone that's not the lord that voice. That's a stranger. Amen The master's call says why or how did abraham have faith So good question one of the questions that was brought up before Is when we're speaking about was there regeneration in the old testament? If not, well then how did the people in the old testament? Follow god. How'd they hear god? How do they believe? Again, we see earlier just from looking at luke 8 that it's possible to believe except the facts And internalize it to make sense. I believe that It's possible to do that as a matter of fact it happens all the time matter of fact There are more non-believers that believe it that then there are believers who actually believe it We both believe the same thing So how was it possible for Abraham? Well, what did Abraham believe? Abraham did not believe in any tenets of the law He did not believe in christ He didn't or what christ would do on the cross. There's no way he could have he didn't know anything about it now All he did believe all he could believe was god What did abraham get from god that? I don't think we get now. There's something that will say that no it still happens fine I'm not gonna argue that point But do you all think that if you are somewhere? I don't know. Let's say You're in tennessee You're in nashville, tennessee And you're at work No, no, no your in nashville, tennessee, and you're leaving home and as you're leaving home god's voice Thunders down from heaven And tells you to get in your car and drive to new mexico What new mexico? Why am I moving to the me? I don't know, but I want you to go Or you god wouldn't say that but what would you do if you literally heard if you literally heard God's voice not in your head, but thundering down and it's clear What would you do? I'm pretty sure you're putting your keys in ignition You're turning it and you're driving It's the albuquerque's in the house you're going to hang out with seafast rock You're going to hang out with seafast rock in albuquerque new mexico Because you are again when god's voice shows up you mean to tell me something doesn't happen Oh, you're in most being you're going to quake You're going to shut god said it Not someone coming to you and telling you god said the lord told me to tell you no god himself spoke to you And then oh by the way as the journey occurs god is doing other things and oh by the way God actually takes on flesh and comes down with you to be with you Oh by the way, he also brings some buddies some some angels and they go and do work over there in lot I mean in Inside him in gamora And oh by the way when you didn't trust god When he wasn't physically in your presence abraham when he wasn't physically in your presence And you weren't believing god like you were supposed to believe god and you were fearful of man You said hey honey, sweetie pie. I love you but pretend like I don't love you like that pretend like you're my sister and That way they won't they won't kill me because of you You Sarah had to be thinking wait a second wait a second joker. What about me? Yeah, this is abraham. This is who's a human being abraham at that moment is looking out for number one numero uno me me. How do you All right, how do you say me in spanish? I it was i took four years of spanish. Don't even remember But however you say me in spanish me Somebody help me out. I know I know they're a spanish speaker How do you say me in spanish because that's who that's who abraham was looking out for Sarah yo, yo, you my sister whatever happens whatever happens. We're gonna we're gonna trust god. Yo, oh yo me, okay We're gonna we're gonna trust god for you, but for me. Hey, you're not mine So while he's not trusting god What does abraham get a chance to witness? Couple of things he gets a chance to witness what god said that hey your old wife and your hotel yourself are gonna have a baby Wait, she's too old for that. I'm too old. I'm old and she's cold or vice versa. She says i'm old and he's cold either way God it ain't happening Ain't no more fun left to be had in this relationship not that way We can read and tell stories and reminisce about you know how the the sheep ran away or what have you But that's it. We can't get it done So what does god do? He closes the womb of a beamelex household Nobody's getting pregnant. So what happens? After he releases it After he releases him boom Everybody's getting pregnant now. We've got a full on A full on baby boom in a beamelex household. So abraham sees that Abraham sees what's happening inside him He's talking to him and ask him. Hey Your wife is laughing. Let me go talk to her for a second. She's like, why'd you laugh? I didn't let yes, you did you laughed and I heard you laugh because i'm god. I can hear what you said You laugh and so I tell you what you and your chuckling Uh cackling husband. I tell you what name the son name your name your baby Ha ha name them name them something hearty hard hard name them cackling name them chuckles Yeah, or just name mysica So It's not as though that abraham walked his entire walk and didn't had no doubt no no level of of of belief All the time so there were times he didn't he did doubt there were times that he did doubt Ultimately, he believed well Abraham can say something we didn't have we didn't see what abraham saw I think that goes a long way in terms of hey, you're gonna follow me Does the bible state that they had the holy it doesn't say not not to that degree Not to that degree So that being the case I hope that helps brother The berean apology says bless you corey and bless you as well My question is from john 2022. I know the holy spirit was given at the day of pentecost, but this This seems to contradict what that seems to contradict that could you explain? I sure could because this comes up quite a bit in john 20 Jesus does something And let's be honest guys There are some times that people in the bible do something that's just weird to us That'll make you that'll make any sense Jesus does something And the guys had to be looking around like What's up lord? What are you what are you doing? Jesus? This is what he does Let's let's start in verse Let's start in verse 20 This is when jesus shows up to the apat to the disciples After his resurrection and when he had said this he showed them both his hands and his side The disciples then rejoiced when jesus when they saw the lord. Hey, this really is jesus. This really this really I can hear them now guys I listen. I can hear peter saying dawg going and I can hear thomas saying gosh dawg it That's what they were saying This really is jesus. So jesus said to them peace be with you as the father has sent me I also send you I also send you I am sending you the word pempton I'm sending you Then what does he say and when he had said this he breathed on them and said to them receive The holy spirit now this word receive it is an imperative. It's a command Receive the holy spirit So did they receive the holy spirit now? Or did they did they receive it on the day of pentecost pentecost? Or should we say they received it then and as some would say There was a second infusion a second baptism of the holy spirit. No, it was not For two for for two verses for the for the same reason or let me just put this way There's two ways to prove that it didn't happen john 15 26 says this when the helper Comes whom I will send to you from the father that is the spirit of truth proceeds from the father He will test five me and and you will test five me because you have been with me from the beginning Let's go to I think it's 16 What is it 16, okay Let's go to 16 7 I tell you the truth It is to your advantage that I go away That I Jesus that I go away For if I do not go away the helper who's that the holy spirit the holy spirit will not come to you But if I go I will send him to you And he when he comes will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment. So what does he say? You're going to receive the holy spirit. He gives a little more detail in chapter 16 That he's going to come when I go he's not coming for them It's to your ad your advantage that I go. So when I go he's going to come Then We go to acts one Acts one Hey, Jesus makes this statement famous statement He says speaking to them in a few days He says But you will receive power when the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses Which is him just iterating what he said in john 15 and 14 Also in john 20 what he's saying he gave them a command in john 2022 to receive the holy spirit They had not received it yet Even though he blew on them. They hadn't received it yet because Acts says you will receive the holy spirit Jesus has already told them that you will receive it once I go in john 20 Jesus hadn't left yet So he's going to leave the holy spirit going to come behold He didn't say exactly what date the holy spirit would come on But sometime after he leaves he sees him in in acts one And tells them that you will receive the holy spirit and be my witnesses And then in acts two we see the holy spirit being poured out. And so this is not a second Baptism or a second outpouring. This was the first Outpouring the only outpouring that they ever needed by the way So that's what that is. Hope that helps I often in search of truth says in search of truth 41. I need to correct I often hear the statement question What happens to the people who don't get to hear the gospel because they are in some undiscovered area of the world But doesn't the lord answer this in romans 10 9 18 Verse 18 he quotes, but I say to you Surely they have never heard have they indeed they have their voices have gone out into all the earth and they're oh I see what you're doing. I see what you're doing and let's go there Matter of fact, let's go to romans 10 all of it not all of it, but let's start in verse nine That if you confess With your mouth Jesus as lord and by the way This is clearly the lord And believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead You will be saved for with the heart a person believes resulting in righteousness and with the mouth He confesses resulting in salvation for the scripture says whoever believes in him will not be disappointed So you must be believing so in the word whoever is pos hot pistol on remember we said earlier that A believer is identified as the one who is believing the believing present active parcel and as we see here pos hot pistol on in him will not be disappointed for there is no distinction between Jew and greek for the same lord is lord of all abounding and riches Verse 13 whoever or the one that's calling on the name of the lord will be saved So you must call upon the name of the lord to be saved But here it is verse 14 how then will they call on him in whom they have not believed How then will they believe in whom they have not heard and how will they hear without a preacher now This applies to everybody All of this applies to everybody the person that that's calling on him and believes on him will be saved But we got to keep in mind who paul is is bringing up in chapters 9 and 11 verse 15 How will they and how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written how beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good tidings verse 16 Look what he says However, they did not all heed the good news Question who is the they that paul is referring to? Who is paul says? However, they did not all heed the good news Who could the they? Possibly be that paul is referring to well remember paul in chapter 9 Continuing in 10 and 11 paul is is bothered upset distress about an issue concerning israel. They're not believing anymore When the spirit first came it fell on jews first now and jews are not not so much There are some in paul brings this up, but there is a partial hardening over israel. There's a spirit of stupor over israel Okay, and that's going to be until the fullness of the gentiles. So what he says in verse verse 16 However, they did not all heed the good news. That is the jews. Why do we know they says for isiah says Lord who has believed our report? I co-aid who has approved who has believed our report? So faith comes from the by the way, that's not a verb hearing This is the now the report faith has faith comes from that report and the report By the word of god and the reason why I say the report versus the hearing because I don't want to confuse you Even though it says the hearing it's not the verb hearing It is the noun hearing which refers to report which is easier for for us. I understand Look what he says verse 18. This is the part that you brought up But I say surely they have never I'm sorry, but I say surely they have never heard have they and then what's the response? they uh Indeed they have they have heard their voice has gone out into all the earth and their words to the ends of the world But I say surely israel did not know did they first moses says I will make you jealous by that Which is not a nation by a nation without understanding. Well. I anger you so his point here is about israel I understand what you did you were thinking of what about the people in all the world surely they've heard too This is not saying that all of the people all over the world have heard about the gospel Now it's becoming harder and harder to make that statement as we move further and further along more and more people Are going to hear the gospel more more folks going to reject it What happens to a person who is? Somewhere where they haven't heard the gospel they're in the they're in the far reaches of the world Some place out in fairy tale land where they have simply not heard the gospel You know somewhere in california where they haven't heard the gospel or new york or washington dc Somewhere where the gospel has not reached i'm kidding, but someplace where Maybe they worship another god. Maybe they don't speak a language that we know And no one has ever shared the gospel they never heard about a jesus They never heard about needing to have be repentant of sin and so forth and that there's a debt owed to god They never heard that what happens to them when they die Here is the honest to goodness answer We don't know All we do know is that you must place your faith in christ for salvation Now here is where the controversy comes up one that's not fair. What do you mean? They didn't have they didn't have a chance they didn't have an opportunity Well, so the way this works is some people will start trying trying to construct How this stuff works? For example, what about I don't know a baby A baby doesn't have the opportunity to make a decision one way or the other And then there are those that are gonna believe that hey if this baby dies God is going to sovereign out of his love bring them in because they just didn't know didn't have the opportunity Same thing with those that are severely or mentally handicapped. They don't have the ability to choose They don't know they're left from the right There are people out there that'll like that. What about them? Will god will god save them as well? Does their soul matter? And so there are those that believe it. Yeah, they'll be saved also Okay Well, do you apply that to people who also just as though that they are older? They had no opportunity to say yes or no And that's where people started. No, I don't know about them well It depends on what you think happened at the cross If you think what jesus did on the cross paid for original sin In other words that the and there are there are some that believe so and there's a good case to believe so That on the cross The debt prior was taken care of and that you did not inherit Your fathers or your forefathers sin though you may have inherited his nature or his propensity to sin You didn't inherit the debt the reason why that might come up for some people or believe that is because in jeremiah When when they're saying that's not just in jeremiah. Also, it's also in his he goes Well Other places where there's his proverb that said that the children's teeth are set on edge because the fathers ate sour grape And because of that what they're saying is that the children are dealing with the sins of their fathers And then it goes on to say that no longer will that happen So there are some that says that because of that what he does on the cross means that everybody's sin Is their own sin and their father's sin. So they're not they're not imputed with sin anymore from adam or from anyone else But there are passes that seem to kind of negate that that in adam All die because adam sin So you've got passes that might seem to if you have that tack or don't take that tack There are some passes that we got to kind of wrestle with And so what will god do with a person? Over in the backwoods of some place that we have no idea. They don't even know about us. We don't know about them What does god do? Does he in turn does he? Give them some sort of special means of grace some sort of dispensational So as tony evan said this trans dispensational. We don't know This is him pontificating that this might happen But there's no scripture to say so But you know what the scripture also that there is no scripture that even brings up if a part If there's no scripture that that that lays it out just like we just laid it out I believe you could also say that hey if that person's over there and never heard the gospel You could also say that Even if he heard the gospel He still wouldn't have because who determines when you're born god Who determines where you're born god who determines under what circumstances and what family and so forth that you are born god You all could have easily been born in afghanistan, which by the way would suck. I'm just gonna be honest with you I'm glad I'm not born in afghanistan or living there But how vastly different would your life be maybe even your profession of faith? There versus here Who determines where I'm born when I'm born into whom I'm born to God does that he gives life and he takes life and so someone can say hey, they're over there God knows what they will and what they won't do So in the end you can Posit different hypotheses you can Ultimately, there's no hard and fast answer. I do know this though That you must place your faith in christ All of you here that are listening and everybody here in america and the uk and and everywhere else that we know that That's civilized enough to know and heard the gospel You have no excuse according to paul paul says you oh man have no excuse And so I would personally treat treated as though everybody needs to hear the gospel Even children so as often and as early as they can hear it Give the little child the gospel give the the three-year-old the two-year-old the five-year-old the six-year-old the gospel The bible doesn't say that you have to fully understand the gospel in order to be safe. You just have to believe the gospel Well, what about how jesus exists to the four-year-old? Yeah, the the four-year-old needs to understand how the trinity works He won't she won't the four-year-old needs understand how the holy spirit works. He don't he won't she won't so All I do know is that you grown folk who have the ability to think and understand make sure you have understood it And then share the gospel with others. Amen That was a long answer to that question That was a really long answer that question last question on this and then I'll start answering your questions Andrew Cook says what are your views on sensationism? Continuationism and which one is more biblically sound and support in the context of scripture All right, this is going to bother some people. This is going to bother some people. Why is it going to bother some people because You have probably you all are probably in some sort of theological camp Uh, that is probably a sound theological camp. You must be in a sound theological camp a theologically sound church How do I know that you're probably how do I know that you are probably in a sound a biblically sound Doctrally sound church Because you're smart christians. That's why you're here I'm kidding But it's a good chance that you may have that you may be at a church that has that has adopted sensationism meaning that Not all gifts have ceased but certain gifts have ceased the problem is Unfortunately, it there is no real biblical basis to say so. Here's where it comes from in most cases First Corinthians let's go to 13 our good old buddy paul And I'll also talk about why we have people who lean so lean on sensationism But let's go to Verse Four let's start there verse four. Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not brag Love is not arrogant. Love does not act becoming love does not seek its own Huh, we gotta we gotta write that stuff down Love is not provoked. Love does not take into account wrong Love does not keep remembrance of what you've done or said wrong Huh, we're gonna do that love does not rejoice in unrighteousness But rejoices with the truth bears all things Believes all things hopes all things and do it and here it is Love love love love love love never fails But there are gifts of prophecy Put my finger in the string gifts of prophecy They will be done away with if there are tongues they will cease If there are if there is knowledge it will be done away with Those three things remember the three things that he's bringing up For we know in part and we prophesied in part, but when the perfect comes the partial will be done away with now. Here's the issue There are those who will focus on the gifts That are abused today Speaking in tongues Prophecy also healing which by the way is not mentioned there So if we're going to be consistent, why do we say that tongues and Prophecy are done away with but we also have an issue with the fake healings People being slain in the spirit Those things why do we say because we want to include those as well We want include include all the foolishness that we see Lumped in with the other two that are named Well, you can't do that. Can you you can't say you can't say that healing the gift of healing is gone because Paul brings up prophecy and tongues Well, wait a second. I would say if I'm going to be soul scripture Where is that in the scripture that gift isn't brought up? As a matter of fact, what about some of the other gifts that we that we see other people abusing And that's the issue sometimes we see people abusing it so badly that our knee jerk response is if there's so far this way I want to compensate and in many cases overcompensate to this side to say None of that is true The problem is if you believe that certain gifts have ceased You got to give a pastor's because this pastor doesn't say that If you're going to say that that the that which is perfect has come and we'll come back to this passage But if you're going to say that the that which is perfect has come Is the scriptures and once the canon was closed First of all a couple things there was no official announcement That said here ye hear ye the canon is closed We don't have that what what date was that? Secondly Once the final ink was added to the last word in the bible How many people actually had the canon of scripture? How many people had not just a complete bible But just one book of the bible one scroll Not a lot of people did Not a lot of people did Are you with me? I think that that which is perfect is Jesus and here's why people who are a cessationist shouldn't be up in arms We still have a standard hold people to the standard You all have heard me say before I am a biblical Continuationist what does that mean? I believe if you believe in the gifts of the spirit let them if you believe they've continued make sure they're biblical Meaning make sure they look just like how they look in the bible Your prophecy should be just like it was in the bible Your tongues should be just like it was in the bible actual languages your healing should be just like it was in the bible actual healings Not take to go here. Let me leave my hands on you then go to the doctor Let him take your medicine later run his course and then I get the credit for you. No No, it should be just like it was in the bible If we do that and hold folks of that standard a lot of this stuff would just go away rather than saying they cease We don't have a biblical scripture to say they cease but The reason why they haven't gone away If I ask you enough I've asked cessationists What does tongues mean? They'll say tongues mean languages Well, do we still have languages? Is there still a need for us speaking in different languages? to other people Well, yeah, okay, but it must be a supernatural occurrence. Tell me why it has to be a supernatural occurrence Tell me why Just the ability to speak in a different language to give the gospel magnify christ Secondly now, what do you think about this this these languages think about what tongues or languages were used for in the bible secondly Prophecy what does prophecy mean i'll ask a continuationist a cessation I'm sorry. What does prophecy mean the greek word profite means to give a revelation There's two types of revelation foretelling and forth telling. Don't we still give the fourth telling revelation? Sure. By the way, do we also still give a foretelling revelation? We absolutely do don't we talk about what jesus is going to do coming in the future? We absolutely do. Is that a foretelling revelation? Sure Now that foretelling revelation is based off of a fourth telling which is thus say at the word the indicative We haven't written down. It's the same thing. That's what the word prophet what they mean Do you think that when he says that he's going to pour out his spirit and all these folks will be prophesying that? Everyone's gonna be out there telling the future. No, there will be given a revelation which is why Paul says the church is built on the foundation of first apostles and then the prophets Not the old testament prophets But these prophets of the new testament that god has gifted to bring about a revelation to all these different Locals that are needing to hear the gospel because there is no canon for them to read There there must be someone there who is giving them the word of god Are you with me and then the other one that's tied there? Let's go back to the passage because no one says this is cease Love never i'm sorry verse verse I'm sorry. Yeah verse eight If there are gifts of prophecy, which is given a revelation it will be done away with If there are tongues languages it will cease and if there is knowledge it will be done away with So are we also saying that knowledge? Because it's grouped together all three of those are grouped together So we can't say the two we don't like are gone and the one we do love is still here. No, they're grouped together I didn't group them together Paul did under the inspiration of holy spirit. And so why are these three grouped together? What's the purpose of these three being grouped together because these three bring the exact same thing and understanding of god His word meaning one if you're speaking in these languages What are you doing magnifying christ and what happened with these tongues in those days? The body was added to because the gospel went forth in different languages Just like an ax Jesus says you my witnesses in Jerusalem and Judea We all speak the same language here But what about in Samaria for the most part as well? But what about to the uttermost parts of the world? Well, that's where this different languages comes in why because we're trying to spread the gospel second thing We also must have Prophecy Somebody's got to hear the word of God and we don't have a book to open up and give it to them So now we're giving this revelation So the same thing the tongues are doing just in a different language you're doing it So let's say let's just pretend they all spoke English. No, you know, let's be biblical They all for the most part for the most part spoke greek. That was a lingua franca. So we can speak greek In Jerusalem and Judea But when we get out of the greek speaking world and we need to speak more Hebrew or more Aramaic Or more Mandarin or whatever other languages that are out there What are we going to speak to them about? What the prophets are doing this revelation and in the fourth what are the prophets and those in tongues doing? They're bringing about this knowledge is understanding But when christ comes there will be no need for any of those three things That's why those three things are grouped together for that very reason So to say cessationism is biblical you got to have a biblical passage So I would say as the holy spirit wants to use someone for any particular gift He still can he didn't say when they're going to be a done away with or anything like that or whatever But all we've got to do is judge Correctly paul says that if you've got this gift in roman swell well then use it According to the measures of faith that you've been given and you better do it right because we're going to check So if you're out there Nope, that's not how tongues look in the bible if you're out there Slapping folks on the head and trying to knock them over nope That's not how the spirit moved in the bible if you're given a prophecy and it's not true It's not a hundred percent. It's not specific. Nope. That's not how it was in the bible And so that's all we got to do just hold them to that standard We don't have to come up with anything new because now it impunes our integrity because now we're Throwing out rules that the bible never gave Amen Alrighty That that was an hour Okay. Now, let me go back through and Let's let me go ahead and start grabbing some questions I'm going to work my way up and see who asks what question remember or make or make sure make sure That you have put a cue or question in front of your question that way I can see Sometimes guys ask a question I don't know if you're asking a question to me or your speaker someone else So that way I need you to ask put a cue or big question or something to get my attention so I can know what it is That you're speaking to me Although I am looking for some some of the questions that don't have the cue in front of them. Oh, uh-oh Okay, give me one second guys. I'll try to get a few of these questions. I already answered that one Okay Answer that one answer that one Here's a question. You still taking new questions. Yes All right, let's start answering some of these questions This guy right here, he's no good He is no good. This guy is trouble trouble trouble But he is a colts fan But this guy has known me most of my life There's one of my best friends from high school Um, let's see he says Go to mark 115 the only problem with the guy is he doesn't listen to me all the time Which is his downfall Does the greek translation of mark 115 shed any light on when the king of god will be and saying the time is fulfilled And here it is kyle gong, which is and saying hot tea that um paper they wrote tie which is it has been fulfilled and the time has been fulfilled. This is a single perfect middle indicative So this is a completed act in the past And the high kairos which is oh, i'm sorry. I'm sorry guys. I'm sorry. I'm sitting and doing all this. I didn't know I didn't have it on the screen I apologize This word right here. It's a paper row tie, which is it's a perfect tense. It is a middle tense all middle voice This is a completed act in the past to be fulfilled So it has been fulfilled the time has been fulfilled And the king of god is at hand At hand now this word right here These two gammas beside each other makes a sound and so is weird saying so Anga came it has come near the kingdom of god Now It hasn't happened, which is why this word is here. It's come near. It's at hand It does not mean it's here right now unless we're speaking. Well, I take it back. I take it back. I take it back Salvation well when he's saying it it's come near. It's at hand guys. It's upon us It's upon us. Well, what's the it that's upon us? It's obviously speaking of what christ is about to do That's his whole point not to make let's make this world a better world As diana ross would say some y'all don't know who diana ross is you know her daughter and son But let's make this world a better world. Let's make this world a better world if we can No, it's not what god is doing. Um, but he said it's near. It's at hand. So does it shed Uh Any light on when the kingdom of god will come no, it doesn't No, it does not Which it did But if it did then He said that no man knows that they are at our time and that he's coming back If you hadn't known when he's coming you would get ready okay According to here's a good one According to the scripture should it be a deal breaker attending a church That has women deacons and elders or should it be considered a secondary issue? I want to get us out of the habit of thinking that it's something because it's not the most important thing that it's not important Secondary issues in the bible are important more important than what you got going on in life. How about that? But it would depend on what you mean by deacons and elders and what they do. I don't I wouldn't do it Because it it kind of confuses and muddies the water When you say deaconess or deacons The bible uses a term to describe women who are deaconess, but it means that they are serving It's not a an official capacity I mean they are in the office of like Phoebe like she's in the office of a deacon Just as this is what she's doing sometimes what we do though We'll take things and just make them into more than what they really are She is not a deacon. How do I know because she's not enough because paul gives us the criteria for a deacon And it's it's only a male Now if you want to say fine, we've got these lady servants here at the church And you want to be specific the lady servants at the church or the greek word for servant Or ministers or deacons as long as it's clear that that woman these ladies aren't in authority over me Which is why I probably wouldn't use the term because now you're And you're gonna confuse a awful lot of people and give and give the wrong implication So I would not do that at all. That's just me But if they're saying, okay, they're they're doing things to help around the church and they're not they're not up teaching and leading Okay, fine But then it's the other one that you get into the elders. There is no such there's no such thing as a female elder Not not even in a generic sense where the word Uh comes from present to which which is an older man So even in that case They just cannot be now. What should you do if you're at a church that has that? I would reproach the church if you depend on how much you love the church I love the church so much that I want us if we could make it right The likelihood is that the church is probably going to be too entrenched in that and if they're messing up on that I would wonder I would venture to guess if there's some other things that they're also kind of gray on or flushing the lines On doctrine Lee as well. This isn't this guys. This isn't a hard thing The the bible literally does us a solid God does us a huge solid by giving us the criteria Some of you guys have applied for jobs and the job might say that that you need yet you must have a masters in XYZ Well, I've got a bachelors So I don't qualify no need to apply or I've got a masters in this Let's say they want you to come work with this prestigious law firm And I have my uh doctorate But they're asking for a jurist doctorate a JD. I I've got this in law Yeah, but I've got this medical doctor degree in dentistry Don't apply because there are standards There's criteria given for this position Incidentally to me it does it also means that all men cannot apply either So he does us a solid by giving us a criteria and then what do we do? Forget that Well, if they're doing that that might be an indication a key indication of might be time to leave, honey Hey, let's let's you know that church. We've been passing and thinking hey one sunday. Let's go check it out. Let's go check it out All right, so anyway What is wrong with this? What is wrong with this over here? Why is it not showing up? Oh, there it is. Okay. I'm sorry Let's see That's a good question Do you think that god will have mercy on someone who gives their life for someone else considering there is no greater love He's really speaking terms of christ So if a muslim goes and falls on a on a grenade for another muslim person, he's going to hell He's going to hell with a hole in his chest because he because He still has denied the gospel. It's an easy. It's an easy route to take and he didn't take it So yet dying for someone else. Hey, good job. You'll get you a plaque will remember you every You know every year the newspapers will celebrate you, but you will not be never so now But that's a good question. No, that's a really good question It's a selfless thing to do Uh-oh, I've got to take a drink. I've got to take a drink because how do they say it? It just got real Funny thing though when we talk about masturbation, we always think we what's the what's your first thought? People tend to think man Well, the males do the ladies the ladies know better How can a single christian overcome masturbation? Simple it's easy Just don't do it solve your problem That was easy next question. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding How you overcome it Those thoughts aren't just there because you woke up bam right there. I got these thoughts in my head My mind's playing tricks on me and I'm seeing listen. I'm looking at everything I'm a guy and everything I look I look at reminds me of some part of a woman's body I got issues. I got all I got issues. I got all sorts of issues. I need some help Josh said a cold shower, but dawg on it after that cold shower wears off you dried out You're thinking about again. You ain't got enough cold water in the world to stop you You don't have enough cold water in the world to stop it because because what happens um when You leave the house and wow, did you see her? You do a double take matter of fact you you get your phone out you let me put to me Yeah, so I can I can remember that thought I want to lock that thought in What do you do? The reason why these things are there Is because They got there because you looked at something you heard something you were talking about someone about the same thing. That's why That's why so we can just do a simple science test Today when you get through go put some milk in a cup I recommend you get you a prison issued cup Wonderful sturdy I've had this thing for since 2007 has never failed me Take you a prison cup or any cup doesn't really matter pour some good old No, I was gonna say put some cow milk in there But no don't waste the cow milk get you some oat milk or some soy milk or some tree milk or some grass milk Whatever that little trans milk that you guys drink put that in there Put the milk in there What I want you to do then Well, I don't have any milk but dawg on it go get you some milk It ain't that difficult get you a pint of milk put it in there Ask yourself a question. Yeah trans milk anything that ain't cow milk is trans milk. Let's let's let's quit fooling ourselves If a man can't be a woman and a woman can't be a man Then soy can't be milk. Oats can't be milk almonds can't be milk Howls or goats if you in some other country can be that's Keep it real now put the milk in the jug or in the cup Then stop there and ask yourself a question How did the milk get inside the cup? What's the answer guys? How does the milk? Get in the cup in my cup I put it there. I put the milk in my cup That matter why That matter how it doesn't matter how long the milk has been in the cup I don't care if the milk's been in the cup for a minute an hour a day a month Doesn't matter. I don't care you put that milk in there. It's going to stay in there Now it's going to change his form the longer that milk is in there The farmer is going to change going to harden next thing you know is become part of the milk I mean part of the cup But how did the milk get in there? I put it in there How am I going to get the milk out that's the question those are the intrusive thoughts How am I going to get them out? so now Get you a good old-fashioned colts cup Make sure it's a colts cup now I can promise you if it's a cowboys cup is going to leak That part I can assure you as well get you a colts cup You can really get any other team any other teams cup will work Cowboys cup I can promise you they're gonna work Take the water Pour it into the cup And just keep pouring If you run out of water Fill it up and pour some more Yeah broncos cup jets cup all that stuff work cowboys cup. No bueno. No bueno. That's my spanish I know some Spanish no winning or keep pouring in that cup Guys, what is going to happen to the cup with milk in it? As you keep pouring water in there. What's going to happen? What's going to happen? Pretty soon the cup the cup full of milk will go away And now you'll have a cup with water now You'll notice there's still going to be a little bit of milk residue in there I don't want that in there though. I don't want that milk residue there. So what am I going to do? Keep pouring water in there Keep pouring water in there and keep pouring water in there Matter of fact now my cup is just clear water But what happens with that cup after a while? Set that cup to the side with water come back the next day. Would you want to drink that water? Probably not it's probably got some contaminants in it. So what I'm going to do pour some more water in there And pour some more water in there and pour some more water in there and keep you know what it's tuesday I've been pouring water in there now. It's friday. What am I going to do? Keep pouring water in there Keep next week. Well, what will I be doing to this cup next week? Pouring water in there. What about next month pouring water in there? That's what you're going to do. That's how you get rid of these entries of thoughts So what is the water the word of God? Keep putting it in Keep taking it in It should be difficult for you to hear the word of God to think on the word of God and then to go masturbate It should be difficult It should be extreme now. It might not be Why is it? Why is that? Well, you got too much milk in there You got too much almond milk soy milk tree milk bear milk Cactus milk spider milk whatever But you want to pour some water living water in there. Just keep pouring in there And then the more the more you pour in there the more you put the word of God in you It's be that much harder for you to even think those things. They'll see they'll see keep coming back But you got to be honest with yourself Be honest with yourself the milk got in there in the first place because you put them there How do I do that? I kept watching some stuff I went to facebook. I went to tick tock. Tick tock is horrible by the way Tick tock is you know, I mean times I have deleted tick tock off my phone But then someone will send me something and it's only on tick tock Now I got to do that and so and Tick tock is horrible Tick tock is horrible, but it's not just tick tock tick tock is meeting the needs of the people who want to see stuff But Stop going in certain places. Stop watching certain things. Someone actually did give a tip to Get rid of that stuff every single way that you can tell them to not do it do it block that stuff. I'm not interested in that stuff So now I look at workout stuff you look at workout stuff and It doesn't take but two or three more reels after that to show women working out and then You're looking at the women working out and the men working out for me and my wife Next you know they got women with you know doing all kind of ridiculous. Okay I can't do that But the it got in that cup because you keep putting in there Even even if it was harmless intent. I was just going to look at that. Well, you know what I saw that Exchange that thought that idea that that's in your mind with something godly pour some more water in Be just as intentional as you were either unintentional or intentional about putting the milk in Be just as intentional by putting the water in by putting the water got in That's how you deal with those thoughts. It is possible to not succumb to those things. It is it is But it may take some work Amen Amen, I'm gonna take that and make it its own video. I actually I actually I like that I'm gonna take that and make it its own video Because that's one more way that I can kind of uh say something bad about the cowboys Christian says can a woman teach in a bible study with men including let's say 10 men three This is where you might be okay Biblically A woman can say something kind of can kind of give correction or something like that But she's not to be in leadership to usurp or have paul says I do not allow I forbid a woman to teach or usurp authority over those two go together She can't teach over man or usurp authority. And so if she's leading the bible study That's just not biblical It's just not biblical now if if if something comes up It's a bible so everyone's there and she adds her two cents to it And it's like wow, we didn't think about that. Okay. She doesn't have to stop that But she is not to have authority over that so That part wouldn't be okay christian Thank eve for that Somebody gets mad at me Regarding female elders, what about second y'all that's about women today What what about second john one one? What does it read in the greek? You guys are asking a lot about greek too. Let's go Second john One one, okay second john one one by the way, this is one of those ones where you had to First john second john third right john first second and third john You have to read the entire thing in greek and translate and parse it But it's cool because john is one of the easier books to read in greek. Let's put it on the screen It says high presbyteros which is uh to the elder Uh elect a which is the chosen curia lady Ah, there's the issue right there The elder to the chosen or to the elect lady and her children whom I love in truth who in the world is the elect Lady That's weird That's weird It cannot be an actual female Then fit and her children whom I love in truth and not only I but also Um who know the truth for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be in us forever He's speaking about the church That's all and so this is about an actual woman The elect lady would be the be the woman because you'll see this this imagery that that comes up Um Because sometimes we for example, uh, we might call a country her Well, the country is her sovereignty We might get we might we might ascribe a gender to the to the pronoun Well, our country Or we might call a car a girl or boy Then have an actual gender but we might do so and so that's just kind of in keeping with some of the speech Figures of speech and so forth. So no that's not to say that uh, it's speaking of an actual woman I see there's let me answer this because this is kind of keeping Uh, if pastors if a pastor passes away, can his wife continue to pastor? No, she cannot no she cannot she can She's gonna have to uh, what are they, you know, give her a plaque Thank you for serving as first lady or whatever it is and you're in your position But we are now actively looking to replace you. No, she cannot Now you see that happen a lot though You do see more and more women taking over because and the reason why that happens is because some of the in some of these churches the man himself is The man himself is the one who is kind of ahead He's put himself at a point at a position to where it's about him not training others to come alongside And because he don't have other strong men beside him underneath him that he's training which we're told to do Then the next in line is going to be his wife She's got the keys everything the the passwords of the bank accounts all that stuff We get a couple more questions Hey, young brother. How are you? How are you doing? He says seeking soul says can you Formerly recognized can you explain what does biblical leadership look like today program teaching? Relational Well, biblical discipleship Make sure Marie's biblical discipleship What interestingly enough we just got to talk about that Biblical discipleship is you or someone pouring into someone else Underling a man pouring into a man or a woman pouring to a woman or A godly man pouring into people One the word of God The word of God but then two how to act With the word of God You know the word but you don't know how to act Do you know how many people know the word but have no clue no earthly idea on how to act how to conduct or comport themselves? Just say anything do anything Um cuss folks out with the word Yeah, I had there was somebody on on on facebook Tagged me in something. I just had to look at it Well because he's talking about me And then just go to cussing. I don't want to hear the rest of you. I don't hear. I don't care what else you got to say I could care less whatever else you got to say because you don't even know how to control your mouth What grown man? Let me pause Because i'm about to say something and I need the aid of my Indianapolis Colts Cup I expect you men and women but particularly men To be able to control what comes out of your is your mouth Now what comes out of your mouth? bears witness of what's in your heart But we get a little bit a little bit Fly and loose with our tongue sometime And when I say tongues, I don't necessarily just mean just coming out because what's the new tongue nowadays The new tongue nowadays is I can't type this. Yeah, let me put it over here. The new tongue is this typing stuff texting stuff Posting stuff You are to be godly Forget everybody else, but you are to be godly I don't know what's happened though nowadays nowadays a lot of men tend to be more What we would categorize as the stereotypical women a lot of gossiping a lot of this a lot of that you Am I wrong? There needs to be a man to show another man how to be a man. I don't care if you're 20 years old or 30 years old You a 30 year old man who hadn't been 40 yet who hadn't been 50 it hadn't been 60 yet And so it helps to have a man a good godly man who's been there and understands how to traverse the world Hey, young brother, this is gonna happen to you. Somebody's gonna say the wrong thing to you. What you're gonna do Oh, you're bigger than him. So you want to slap him? Okay. Okay. Come on and sit down I will say this one of the cool parts about And I this again 13 years in prison I saw one of the one of the things that I saw was Older guys the ogs Uh, we'll talk to the younger men These guys are bigger stronger More adrenaline and we'll just and then the old guy come here for a second. Come here. Come here And we'll talk down to him address him May and put some hands on him You know what happened? You know what the young guy does falls in line He falls in line. Why why does he fall in line? Well, first of all He still appreciates a man The reason why he's acting that way is because he has never seen a man Never Plus he also knows if he does something to disrespect the og everybody else in the car is gonna beat the living day lights out of What should happen? I think should happen here. Not that we go around beating people up or whatever but the point is Sometimes the old guy will say amen. Why don't you why don't you do me you your mama and everybody else's favorite? Why don't you shut up? Uh That goes a long way true discipleships helps a person to be quiet sometimes Can you you know what peter's one of peter's problems was back in the day peter could talk it Oh, peter could talk it But what peter was broken over was like man, I said all that and I wasn't about it most men most immature men Aren't about what they say you can say it but until it gets hot and heavy until it gets hot and heavy and so Men can show younger men how to be men Godly men show younger men how to be godly men. Are you with me? A godly man can also help a young woman out sweetheart What you're wearing ain't good I don't need to see the the slits or the cracks of your of your chest that does something to other men Don't do that as hard enough as it is. I don't need to see a little panty line or the fact that you ain't wearing panty I don't need to see all that stuff I need to see more fabric than skin Yeah ladies godly ladies can disciples can disciple another lady Lady should be and we don't do that enough Godly discipleship starts with the word of god and then secondly how to act with the word of god Godly discipleship make sure that you recognize your own faults your own failings Keep that in mind when you're dealing with other people man. Look at how he is. Look at how she is Look at how you were look at how you are Just two things Just two things What did Jesus give him the word and a pattern of how to live? That's what godly discipleship should look like There is no set program or anything like that now what I do is what I would say is And I I've I've got to admit I have failed of late with some of the guys I was supposed to be disciple Because I just got to get my my organization skills down But what I have done in the past is I want to make you pick out an image How do you want to look like how do you see yourself? Pick the man that you want to be name a man now if you're born in my area you you you would say I don't know Tough man like a John Wayne kind of guy whatever, you know, not a whole lot talking, but he's gonna he's gonna take care of his business Neo Bailey why'd you put that up there? Wow? But You kind of write down imagine the kind of man that you want to be it's not who you are But how you want to be same thing for a woman. I want to be this kind of a woman I don't care how far out that that this idea is even if you think it's unattainable same thing for a man I want to be this way when we built this way. I want to act this way with my house. Look this way I want all all of that And then we start making constructive godly steps to getting those which one of these things aren't that important Now if you're godly all of those things don't be important, but you might prioritize it Well, I want to be in shape that there's nothing wrong with being a man or woman want to be in shape That's your body. You only got one of them So take care of What about your attitude how you talk to people? How would you like to say I would like to think in this situation? I would control myself that way Okay, so thinking about now you might not be there But you give us a standard Something to shoot for And then let's find some scriptures to deal with that and let's make sure that we hold each other accountable for that That's true. Sometimes sometimes Christians The worst advertising dining to your point the worst advertising for Christianity often is Christians or people that profess to be Christian There are some folks man that I do loves the Lord. She loves the Lord good godly person And we shouldn't be shocked when when we all in line going in that person. They way you where you going? I didn't make it I didn't make the cut because your heart Betrays you You can tell you should be able listen be around a Christian long enough if he's a true Christian if she's a true Christian What's on the inside? Will come out. I've said before If you squeeze a lemon, what's coming out? If you squeeze a lemon, what's coming out some of you guys are going to say lemonade or lemon juice. Nope Nope, that's not the right answer. If you squeeze a lemon, what's coming out? Not lemon. No, whatever's on the inside Now it should be lemon should be lemon juice Trans milk. It should be that But what if somebody put something else in there? Whatever's on the inside whatever if you get squeezed some of y'all doesn't take much to get squeezed and you see what's coming out of your heart Venom and hatred and gossip and backbiting and this and that whatever and I'm talking about because Something other other than doctrine we fight for doctrine. We fight for the word of God, but we there's a way to do it so There is no set way of discipleship But i'll say this It's got to contain those two things the word of god and how to walk handle or to use the word of god and to my in your life so Let me do this because I I miss this I apologize. Hold on. Let me let me push a button over here. I think I did something One of these days i'm actually going to figure out how to work this thing Nope, that's not that Nope, that's not that either. I don't know what I just did. I'm sorry. I have no idea what I just did I'm pushing buttons One of these days i'm gonna learn this stuff In the meantime, Karen bell. Thank you for the super chat. I really do appreciate that. Thank you so much Uh miguel Thank you also for the super sticker God bless you for that. I want to make sure that I that I acknowledge the folks that that did And typically Because for some reason this software didn't do that. It should it should it should be a button like in potency Push your man. Thank you so much as well for the super chat Um, I think there's one more. I think I saw one more. I was trying I said, I normally hit them as I go But I did not I did not about 1200 comments. So i'm having to move up this thing quite a bit to find it Wow There's got there's got to be an easier way Um for me to not look so dumb on this on this software There's got to be there's got to be a way that I don't look like I don't know what I'm doing on this software Somebody help me because I'm Let me just say this because I can't find it I because I can't find it and I'm about to because I almost deleted the whole the whole thing pushing buttons For those of you that did Give a super chat or whatever a super sticker. Thank you so much. I appreciate that Now what I want to do is guys I've got to leave because I've got to prepare for this evening This evening will be a little bit later than five o'clock. It'll be six o'clock I may have to change my Clock on there that says five I want to discuss something tonight And then next week we're going to have a panel discussion about it as well You all have seen what's been happening in the world pretty bad out there pretty bad out there And I am wondering Out loud How much of this generation? This young generation have we lost We have and when I say lost I mean They ain't coming back We can go ahead and write them off There are people Just like there are demons who are in chains who yeah, you know what stay over there. You can't come out There are human beings Who are like that And all too often a lot of these human beings who are who we are going to write off And we don't need to wait until they do more damage Our young folk more and more so A lot of these young folk Are black Now this this is happening also with with white folks as well and Hispanics Hispanics aren't too far behind But I can just tell you this and this is this is the this is the cry and I've asked a lot of black Let's just give me your give me your opinion. It's the unscientific unscientific You're walking down the street Would you like to see a group of five or ten? You got to choose five or ten whites coming your white kids coming your way Five or ten asian kids coming your way Five or ten hispanic kids coming your way or five or ten black kids coming your way Which one of those crowds would you not want to see which one would you be okay? I'm pretty you know what five or ten asian kids coming my way What a stereotypical but what what we got a math project going on. We got a science fair happening White kids Hispanic kids I don't know black kids Like just like Jesse Jackson said I'm going the other way. I might cross on the other side because we'll talk about what's happening And then we will get into this this uh discussion on uh on next week So yeah, fathers are important Fathers are important. God is important. The legal system is important church. I am one Who believes that we when someone does something bad you do something bad to them It should be commiserate and you should you should want to Have some grace of mercy built in there But there should be some triggers to do so If this is your fifth time in the last week. No, you're not getting bond. You're not getting billed. You're 17 good What did Richard prior tell judge when he uh didn't pay his taxes he said y'all know I forgot judge said you'll remember next year so When you hit someone it does just like kids Little kids they go throw in a tantrum Back in my day, you had one tantrum to throw. I don't even I don't even recall little kids story I don't recall little kids. Some of you older folk with me. Do y'all recall little kids story? I don't recall chess champion. Do you run? Do you recall? I don't recall little kids throwing tantrums when I was little Yeah, one time one time and it was unimprivate. Bam. You bet I do it in public Mom and dad will make an example out of you really really quick so At least I didn't see it Yeah, I can't say the next no Chess champ. I can't say the next part. I can't say the next part Y'all look it up and see what he said you remember next year than something else. Yeah, but this is Richard prior He wouldn't say but it's that part though No, can we didn't go get this? No, listen You would go get the switch if if if you know what mama or grand mama somebody got to sit down and whoop you But if you just right there bam, ain't no I gotta my hand is good enough. Come here If I said something bad, come on boy, take your lips out and pop your lip. That was that So anyway All right guys, I've got to run gotta get ready. I got a few other things I got to do I got I got to try to make a phone call um handle some Handle a few things take care of a few things and I will hopefully see you guys again This evening also remember tomorrow the world's greatest and I mean the world's greatest bible study Take care guys. I'll see you later