April 24, 2020 Show with Joseph Jacowitz on “Coronavirus: Pandemic, Pestilence & Panic (What Does the Bible Say?)” (Part 7)

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This is Chris Arnzen your host of iron sharpens iron radio on the Friday edition

of the program on April 24th Where we provide every week

coronavirus updates with my guest pastor Joe Jackowitz.

He is the pastor of Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, California and founder of first love radio

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is not as energetic and bubbly and happy as It normally is

every single day when I open up the program.

Well, I heard some very sad news that requires prayer.

I hope that all of you who are Faithful believers in the Lord Jesus Christ will

pray for my oldest brother John he has critical stage emphysema and

He was rushed to the hospital yesterday and My sister -in -law and my

niece his daughter Don't believe he's going to make it this time

out of the hospital.

He has been He is in a an induced

coma right now, I'm not sure why they did that the doctors.

So, I don't know When they he will come out of that if at all,

but I would appreciate your praying about this Pray that

He regains consciousness.

Enough for one more visit from my friend Pastor Mac Tomlinson who lives

in Justin Texas which is just about 10 minutes from

Denton.

I'm sorry.

He lives in Denton, Texas, which is just about 10 minutes from Where my

brother's hospital is which I can't remember right now the name of the city.

It may be Justin.

But Pastor Mac Tomlinson visited my brother once before and

My brother Although was protesting before Mac got

there.

He was protesting having any visits by Mac and he didn't even know why.

But thankfully this time That I had Mac visit him I didn't

tell him.

So Mac showed up unannounced and my brother was very pleased with the visit and all's I can tell you is that

Mac Pastor Mac told me that my brother gave a hearty.

Amen to everything.

He prayed with my brother and he seemed to

Pastor Mac seemed to believe that the Amen was coming from a sincere heart,

but I'm hoping that My brother has one more visit from Pastor Mac

and this would be more for my clarity's sake and my peace of mind because we know

that God is in control of salvation and My brother's

eternal destiny is not in the hands of a minister who visits him.

But it would be obviously an enormous blessing to have confirmation of a saving

faith After a more thorough visit a more thorough conversation

From Pastor Mac Tomlinson, so just put priest pray about that even pray that my brother is

healed and and or at least recovers enough that he has You know

more time on this earth with us.

But one of the things that has me very upset right now that I need your prayer about me.

I need a prayer about my anger is that the hospital is not even allowing

my Sister -in -law and niece To visit my brother

that they couldn't even accompany him when he went into his room and it's just infuriating

because of the coronavirus hysteria.

There's no reason why if strangers wearing hospital gowns and masks and everything else they wear

and gloves, etc.

There's no reason why the family of somebody that may be on their deathbed Could not be wearing the same things

it just doesn't make any sense at all.

So please pray with me because I'm very angry about that perhaps pray that the governor of Texas

Lifts this ban on Visiting people in their hospital rooms, especially on their

deathbed in time for my My sister -in -law and my niece to

see him and even God willing to speak with him but a lot of things to pray

about and Pastor Joe Jackowitz.

It's always a pleasure to have you on the Friday edition of honor trip and Zion radio and Why don't you

once again, let our listeners know about the Christ Bible Church of Pleasanton, California?

Well before I go into that, would you mind if I encouraged our listeners to take a minute right now

other job?

Absolutely.

Go ahead

brother.

Okay.

I

again

I

encourage

our

listeners

and

also.

Brothers and sisters, please pray.

For my brother's other children, he does have a second daughter and

he has two boys so Please pray for them as well.

Well now you can let our listeners know about Christ Bible Church.

Okay.

Well, I've been pastoring Christ Bible Church since 1990.

Which

is just done

right now and

show three

of

them

find

out

more

about

it at a

radio station.

Launching his program to

reach out

with

the

word and the

gospel.

Five years.

Well, thank you Joe, and I know that you usually have a specific

topic under the umbrella heading of a coronavirus update.

You usually start off obviously with updates that you're aware of and then you go into a

Biblical application that usually has a specific theme.

Do you have that for us today?

Yes, our theme today is going to be the sympathy of Christ.

But

I

want

to

give

an

update

first on the

coronavirus

and if

there

ever

was

a time

where

the

u

.s

equity

markets

and

then

any

more

details

we in

the hundred ninety

wide Represent and

there are a lot of

hurting people right now be to pray that

number one God would lift the impact upon

people when

he people and see Emotionally

doesn't

have a

large

amount of Christians wondering about the future and it's at a time like this Chris that

the knowledge of Scripture and our relationship with Christ It's

all about him and

we need

to be reminded our listeners and believers and

churches He reminded

just of our Lord Jesus far away from any

of us salvation.

He's the Lord of our

lives as of our life and preserving us and providing for us in

spite of our Emotional struggles and our doubts and our thing

for us.

So I want to talk

today Chris because there are all kinds of

people who are struggling Many of our listeners

among the 27 million

Unemployment checks in the last four weeks.

Think about it Chris 27 million people I read the other day that

Luckily that were made since 2008 until now

all of the gains

in the last 12 years and it just so happened I was in my reading

Reminded

that in the

last in a way suddenly and I'm not

saying we're we're there where

I recover.

What I am saying though that this could be a harbinger.

It could be a microcosm of Things to come whereas we draw closer to the second coming

upon the world economy.

Will so upset the lifestyle others who have

enjoyed

possessions first financially

we see that in before the second coming of Christ, there's going to be a

sudden shock of Economies of the world where the rich

and those who have been

taken away

from there

like

disasters for revival.

I pray that that God will use this type

priestly

prayers through his love for his church his sympathy for us

serve us

and this

is a beauty and

the Emphasis

there

besetting sins and

providing for our

talking about

a very

high

priesthood.

Well, I think now would be a good time for us to take our first station break.

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Anyway, sorry if I'm getting distracted here.

I keep getting texts Related to my brother, so please forgive me for that.

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pastor Joe if you could pick up where you left off.

Sure.

We're talking about the sympathy of Christ

and how his

ministry as our

tree of our Lord

Jesus

I priest and

before the

foundation

of the world that our salvation.

This will be

added to

us from time to

time

did not

go very well technically.

Chris had some problems technically that he's never had before and he and I were tempted to.

Be shocked beyond program but

praying for us that we would be able to uncorrect it and

Chris also.

We were in

now.

We're

talking

about the sympathy of Christ and

our humanity our

suffering.

He experienced our temptation and so he's worthy to be our high priest

and the perfect sacrifice.

For our sins because he

is perfect

physical deprivation.

We see them in

Jesus.

Suffered it

says

there

for

example

and

on

the

contrary

the

flesh

and

of

blessed

is

the

man

tempted.

I am temp

enticed he

phrases it

when

he is

drawn away

for the

grace of God

pray

for

God's

strangle.

But will with the temptation if you have this

memorized and we need

to look for he may be.

Maybe a law of that temptation.

Vanity

of

that

about

how

Christ

would an

eye

to cry

you

will

find very now.

Remember, this is important for today because many of us are tempted.

Effects that you've

not been to

remember that we have a high priest who is touched.

With the feeling of our infirmity

to those ways

of it to God

resist the

devil and he will flee

from you.

Ephesians 4 27

take advantage first.

Peter 5 8 walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.

Same sufferings

my brethren be struck that

you may be able

to stand against the

wiles of the death

take up

the whole suggests

Salvation work of God

right now.

You're experiencing see

how

God will provide for us how God will deliver us

but we need to be assured that the prayers and intercessions the

Compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ the love of Christ for you and I as Christians

has never waned or diminished.

One iota he is praying for us.

He is praying for us.

He is helping us.

That's why we are still

well, we do have a

listener question.

When let's see the the listener is John and banger, Maine and

The question is when When the scriptures tell us that Jesus was

tempted in all ways as we have What does that exactly

mean.

Because It seems like if somebody is being tempted They want to

sin, but we know that that could not be true of Jesus because even wanting to sin is a

sin.

Yes, I think that that is probably a lot to do with the way that

we I think very often wrongly think in our modern ears

or our modern eyes How the

term tempted is to be used or Interpreted we could because we when we think of tempted

We are automatically thinking of somebody Rubbing their chin and fantasizing about something

that they want to do.

That's that's wrong and Either they give in to that temptation or they don't.

In fact, there was some very famous Evangelical minister very highly respected

on the radio network.

I used to work for and Although I didn't hear it myself There were

about six or seven people who independently approached me And said did you hear so -and -so

say this and they said that Jesus at times wanted to

sin, but he never yielded to the temptation and that that's up absolutely ridiculous because Obviously,

you know wanting to sin is a sin itself.

So what would be the listener I think is a very good question

and Because you know the Bible does say that Jesus was

Tempted in all ways.

That we.

Yes.

Well wanting to sin is another way of saying lust.

It's another form of love and

that never entered.

I'm sorry.

From Hebrews chapter 4 verse 15, right?

Hebrews 4 15, which

we

though

he was

tempted but

his his

and

James

1 that God can.

Now don't you think that that is.

Referring to the external temptation that

was being Used to harass him like like for instance

if the devil were to come and try to lure me to do something and

I completely resisted and never even gave one second of

Enticing thought To what he was trying to lure me to do.

I was still being tempted, but that does not mean That I was tempted in the way that we use that very

commonly in our modern language.

Yeah, it's not simple to be tempted.

It's sin when you fall into the temptation, right?

And then when what I mean is though as you know we use that term

like I was tempted to have that third hot fudge sundae, but I

I said no two was enough.

You know, I mean because in that case the person is mulling it over in their mind.

They're fantasizing about it and Jesus never did that.

Well, it did enter his mind, but it did not cross.

Oh, you know what?

I meant why he didn't mull it over in his mind as if he was.

It's not like he was debating in his mind.

Should I give in to this sin?

No, because the scripture says God cannot be tempted, right?

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And if you just tuned us in.

Our guest today for the full two hours with a hour about a little less than an hour to go

is pastor Joe Jackowitz of Christ Bible Church and Pleasant in California.

This is our weekly Friday update on the corona virus with biblical

application to follow and Before we return to that discussion with pastor

Joe Jackowitz, I just have a few important announcements.

I repeat the first request That I made at the outset of the program.

I asked for prayer from all of my Christian listeners.

For my brother John, he's my oldest brother John and he is

Perhaps on his deathbed.

He's on life support now due to critical stage emphysema he was rushed to the

hospital yesterday and Unfortunately and tragically the hospital will not even

allow his wife and daughter who live in Texas

with him.

They will not even allow them to be at his bedside with him.

So pray for a miracle, obviously pray that my brother recovers pray that he makes

a clear profession of faith in Jesus Christ and Pray that

Something eases up with the restrictions In Texas at that hospital specifically

so that his wife and daughter can be by his side no matter what happens also

folks I Want to let you know that next week.

We've got a great lineup of Guests, we've got my former pastor before moving here to

Pennsylvania Pastor Mark Romaldi of Grace Reformed Baptist Church of Long Island,

which is located in Merrick, New York.

He's on Monday and then on Tuesday and Wednesday the 28th and 29th of April

pastor Mac Tomlinson who I mentioned earlier.

He is the pastor of Providence Chapel in Denton, Texas.

Which is very close to where my brother lives and where to where my brother is in the hospital.

He visited my brother on a previous Time in

the hospital right before the corona virus broke out or at least before it was known

to have broken out and And He had a very good time of

visitation with him, which was a Pleasant surprise for me because my brother was apprehensive to

have Mac visit him because my brother is not a believer.

At least he wasn't then.

I don't know what the Lord is doing in his mind and heart now.

But pastor Mac Tomlinson will be on the 28th 29th.

I've got a first -time guest Michael Hammer a Jewish believer.

He's going to be giving his testimony on how a Jewish believer came to

Not only become a Christian first and foremost, but also became theologically reformed.

Which is a minority to be sure today of being a Jewish Christian itself is

a minority.

But to be theologically reformed on top of it just like my guest today Joe Jackowitz Is

even a more rare phenomena, so and then of course Joe comes back next Friday

for our next edition of the corona virus update.

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Remember folks if you are not a member of a Bible believing church, and you're not even prayerfully looking

for one.

You are living in rebellion against God now.

I was lovingly chastised by a listener who heard me say that and

I believe that she has a point that I have to be sensitive and compassionate because there are people

Who have been really burnt badly burned by being in a church.

That was a horrible church.

There's all kinds of things that could happen to a person.

Either in a false church or it could be even a biblically Orthodox Church as far as theology

and doctrine and practice is concerned, but you may have a Wicked man who is the pastor

or whatever the case may be.

You could have people who have been greatly harmed mentally emotionally spiritually and

physically.

I mean It's a tragedy when we hear about people being sexually molested and and so on in

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is no license to Disobey God and to never search for another congregation again.

Because there's no such thing in the New Testament as a person who never attends worship services

at any church or Just bounces from church to church to church.

But never joins any of them.

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So I just want to be as sensitive as possible about that.

But if you need help finding a church Send me an email to Chris Ornson at gmail .com because I do have lists of biblically

faithful churches all over the world including Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, California and

So I've already helped a lot of people find churches where they they where they either have joined them or they

have visited them on vacation or they have Asked for these churches because

their family friends and loved ones in different parts of the world don't have one Don't have a church that they're aware of

near them.

So please send me an email to Chris Ornson at gmail .com.

But I need a church in the subject line and I may be able to help.

That's also the email address Where you can send in a question

to Pastor Joe Jackowitz, and that's Chris Ornson at gmail .com.

Chris Ornson at gmail .com and as always give us your first name your city and state and your country of

residence if you live outside the USA and only remain anonymous if your question

involves a personal and private matter and We do have a question

from Andrew in Dalton, Georgia and Andrew says dear brothers Chris

and Joe.

I wanted to first say that I am praying For all these things mentioned especially for your brother Chris

Brother Joe.

As I drive a truck for a living and go through different states I see a lot of

panic and fear and people like when I stop at a truck stop How might I best

minister in this usually rushed Situation for example handing out tracts

or a short word about the Lord.

How might I make best use of this opportunity?

Well,

I

would

answer

that the

prepared spirit.

Conversation.

We need to have fear taken away and replaced

by the moment.

So have you're

pulling off on the road and be praying about

God giving you

the grace

unsaved people and

relaxation.

And comfort to be able to share with anybody

Grace from you're

walking in this you're paying a bit.

Be doing that.

That might be if you only have a

minute or

two heart or mind about the situation.

The most important part of the whole process is spiritual preparation and usually the rest will take care of itself.

Well, thank you Andrew and keep listening to iron sharpens iron radio and spreading the word in

Dalton, Georgia and beyond.

About the program.

Well, if you could pick up where you left off Joe and continue.

Blessing

us

with your

biblical

application.

He's

panicking

concern

for his

people.

We've talked about the fact that Jesus suffered and so he can identify with us in our

humanity.

When we are tempted he himself was tempted with all of those Physical

temptations

that he never

entered

empathize with us.

For

example,

he

was died

during

his

you

ain't of

death.

Imagine directly or

indirectly

and our Lord suffered so much

more

Recondition in order to become

Lee today with the

vibe.

No one ever came close to

tame

them

though.

He was

fully man

with

a

human

spirited by the

devil.

Disciples we suffered in

many

and

the

backdrop

is because he

suffered.

Because he was tempted.

Because

of

these

things

will

not

We just e39

says

it's

a

high

priest

was he

learned in

Hebrews 4.

He stands apart from any earthly high priest who died.

Passion any pastor who lacks in areas because

he's harmless

right hand of God

because he helps us.

He prays for us

time to time.

Jude 24 says

God our Savior.

Amen.

We have a question from Harrison and mechanics for Pennsylvania and He

asks.

I understand that there has existed for centuries a debate

amongst Christians over a teaching known as the impeccability of Christ.

Whereas all.

Bible believing faithful and Orthodox Christians Believe Christ was

sinless from his conception.

Through his death burial resurrection and Ascension at the same time there

is a difference as to whether There was a theoretical possibility for him to sin.

Some say that if there was no theoretical possibility for him to sin.

He was not fully human.

Others say that that is just an impossibility because he was the God man, even though

the natures are not Mixed and Coincide a hundred percent God and a hundred percent man.

It still would be an impossibility because of him being Deity, can you please

settle this debate for me?

Well, I think it's very clear from Scripture.

The Scripture is very clear on it.

Oh,

there

are

great

hype

able

to

reconcile.

How can he been and fully and fully

and fully human and yet be?

Impeccable in his role as our high -priest in

Sympathizing for us on our behalf so he could relate to

us where there's the slightest.

There's not

even the

slut by

the way

Harrison when I

chuckled after reading your question.

I wasn't chuckling because I thought it was a bad question.

It was the way you asked him to settle the centuries -old debate in a matter of minutes was.

It's kind of interesting The.

The issue is though Can you be and are there

biblically Orthodox Christians who?

Believe that Christ was peccable.

Not that he ever sinned but that there was a theoretical possibility.

Is that something that a An Orthodox Christian and of course, I'm not speaking of Eastern

Orthodoxy.

I mean a biblically sound Christian.

Is that something that he or she could believe?

No, well,

so

yeah.

A person

could

be a

Christian

but be

caught up

in a.

God

began

to draw

theoretical.

There's no way that his full deity could be maintained.

If there was a theoretical possibility for sin.

And

the

full

weight

of Scripture

comes down on identify with us.

That's

how close

he is to

us.

That's how far

if I'd

human a

priest

in with

us.

Sympathize with us in his prayers and in his.

God wanted him to and that's how we so

much more.

Deeply amen.

Well, we have to

go to our

final

break right now,

and it's

a lot briefer.

Than the other breaks.

So, please if you have a question Send it to us immediately at Chris Arnzen at gmail .com

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And Joe We have about seven minutes left.

So I want you to first summarize what you most want etched in the hearts and minds of our listeners before we

take any Remaining listener callers or should I say listener questions?

Thinking of the old days when we took phone calls.

If we have room for any of the Listener questions before we go off the air.

Well, I'll try

to quickly

summarize

talking

about the forget

for us

to sanctify us on

the cross.

Or even before he

will

never leave us

nor for

surety.

That is card

serve

ourselves.

Amen

and.

Let's see here.

Let's try to take one or two questions while we still have time.

We have Arnie in Perry County, Pennsylvania and He

He says there are people who think that those best suited

to minister to someone with a specific sin or problem in their lives is

a person who Experienced that very same thing before they were saved, especially if we

are talking about a sin.

But not necessarily if it's just an experience.

But is this actually true.

Because obviously Jesus Christ was the ideal picture of the perfect minister and

He committed no sin and he did not experience every single thing that humans

experience in regard to specifics.

And I understand what the Listener is saying.

Yeah, you know Jesus never had his wife cheat on him because Jesus never had a wife, you know.

I mean, so obviously there were there were there are specific details.

Even though he was tested in all ways just as we are there are certain details of experiences

That Jesus didn't go through personally and yet, of course, he's omniscient.

Yeah, so it's not like something is beyond his his scope

of being completely Understanding.

Well, the Bible was written to us as an objective such all

things

the teacher and

preacher of the

experience.

What we teach or preach especially as a regard to sin now.

It does help the dimension to our ministry and to our

counsel and teaching if we've experienced something ourselves.

Insights

there

the word man woman doesn't matter who it is.

Have experienced

never experienced.

Naturally.

Reject

or didn't experience it.

And sometimes they'll think in their minds Well, who are you to tell me this because you've never experienced it.

Well, they're not looking at the Word of God objectively as coming from God himself.

We have to look past a messenger to the message itself

because a question

about marriage and he gives them the answer from the Bolified to be able

to to give them that answer because he's not married.

No, we just share the scripture and we remind people

work not to me.

Amen.

Well, Joe, we are out of time.

We don't have room for any more Messages, I'm sorry questions.

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I'm sorry.

I think I got something.

What is the what is the website for first of all publications?

Okay, all right great sorry about that.

Well, thank you so much Joe and I hope That you have a blessed and refreshing weekend.

Continue to pray for my brother John pray that he recovers so that he does have some more

time on this earth with his family and hopefully that time will be spent as a newly

born Christian on fire for the Lord.

But may I be give a quick invitation and we will definitely be praying for your brother John.

Especially on Sunday at

your thank you so

much Joe.

I want to

thank everybody.

Who has listened to the program today, especially those who took the time to write in.

I want to thank everybody who's been reaching out to me with Your reassurance that

you are praying for my brother John and for our entire family.

And I just want you all to have a blessed and safe and happy and healthy

weekend and Christ honoring Lord's Day.

And I want you all to always remember for the rest of your lives that Jesus Christ is a far far greater Savior

Than you are a sinner.