Matt Slick Live: June 27, 2024

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All right.

Oh, man.

So I talked to a guy in Turkey today, and it looks like I'm going to be going to Turkey

later this year, so it's going to be fun.

And so it'll be fun meeting him, probably, he's a pastor, a Christian pastor out there.

Went to the same seminary that I did, and we just had a conversation, his English is.

Really good.

So, hey, it'll be fun.

No big deal.

I've been doing a lot of work on some studies and learning some interesting stuff about some interesting

stuff, but we'll get into that at a better time.

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Let's get on the air with Travis from North Carolina.

Travis, welcome.

You're on the air.

Man, sick.

I know you get a lot of calls, brother, so you are probably not going to remember me, but I got

out of prison last year and I called you like the day I got out and I kept calling you for a while.

Okay.

Yeah.

I think I've ever seen that.

And through a series of unfortunate events, I ended up...

Ended up a series of unfortunate

events.

I ended up...

And then it's gone.

So he's probably back inside.

I don't know.

We'll see if he can handle it because it sounded like it was an echo.

So it's probably...

Are you there?

Hey, we lost you.

Are you there?

Can't hear you, buddy.

Are you there?

Can you hear me?

Now we can't. We lost you there.

Okay.

So a series of unfortunate events.

You ended up what?

I ended up back in prison.

And I was trying to minister to a friend and she was bad off on fentanyl and luckily I was

there, but she ended up overdosing.

This call is from a North Carolina correctional facility.

And talk to her and I was there to save her.

I ministered Narcan and saved her, but all my parole officer cared about was that I was in the presence of a

known drug user, so they violated me.

So I'm calling you from prison right now, but I had my nephew free for you, but I didn't know if you remembered me or not.

I got out last year and I called you for a while.

It brings back some memories.

I remember talking to somebody out of prison, so it must've been you.

All right.

So, okay.

Yeah, I ended up, but it was only, they only gave me a nine month post -release violation.

So I'm only doing nine months, I'll be home pretty soon.

But yeah, I was just desperate to talk to you.

These are only 15 minute calls and actually my tablet is about to die anyway, but I just,

I had a question for you real quick about Islam.

And I also wanted to ask you, is there any address or something where I can correspond

with you by mail since I can't call all the time?

Yeah.

I don't know if you have the access to the internet, but I can give you the PO box for

Connor because it's on the bottom of the website and it's on every page, but it's

PO box 1353 in

Nampa, N -A -M -P -A, Nampa, Idaho, eight, three,

six, five, three, eight, three, six, nine, three,

five, three, eight, three, six, five, three.

Okay.

Okay.

All right.

All right.

Well, yeah, my question was, um, in prison, there's a lot of people in

here claiming to be Muslims.

And I really think it's just part of some kind of prison culture that they want to be part of, but they're not really Muslims.

But I, I think I remember hearing you say something a long time ago

when I was in prison.

A long time ago.

I'm listening to you.

Did you say something about, um, there was some kind of evidence of support that, I don't know if it was

Mecca or Medina or one of those things that Islam claims to have some kind of sacred

sanctity or something that wasn't even established when most Muslims arrived?

You're very muffled.

You're very muffled.

It's very hard to understand you.

So it's strange to hear, but evidence for what?

I thought that I remembered a long time ago, you saying something about

Medina or Mecca or something like that, that Islam or Muslims

claim to have a, uh, some, some kind of foundation in that it wasn't even established as

a city or a culture at the time of Muhammad or something like that.

I'm trying to, I'm trying to come up with some like basic to the point argument to give Muslims.

Yeah.

That's not going to work.

Uh, okay.

It's, there's just some conjecture by some people doing archeology and there's some timeline

differences.

It won't really matter.

So what you want to do is something different.

Okay.

And you go to, uh, if you have a, get a Quran and go to Surah four, chapter four,

start reading four in the one hundreds, about one fifties, one six seventies,

because in there it says the one 57.

Surah four one 57 it says that Christ was not crucified, but it was made to appear that he was crucified.

Well, I asked Muslims who made it appear that he was crucified.

They say it was Allah.

Then Allah deceived people.

Then how can you trust Allah if he's a deceiver, especially about this issue of Christianity?

Man, I love you, man, you are something else.

Well, I don't know about that, but, uh, here's two other ones.

If you got a pencil, you're writing this down.

Okay.

Yeah, I do.

I do.

Right.

So also you want to write down Surah four 82, okay.

Because it says in Surah 42 that the Quran won't have any discrepancies.

If there are discrepancies, that's not from Allah.

Okay.

So Surah four 82 and then you want to cross reference that with Surah 84

or 84 five.

Uh, man, I do, I do it different ways.

Okay.

Eighty five, six through seven.

So you want to go to Surah 85 six through seven, uh,

no, 84 five.

How can I do it that way?

Yeah.

Here we go.

Eighty six, five through seven.

Sheesh.

Uh, and it says this, let man, but thing from what he's created, he's created from a drop emitted

proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.

So this, uh, Quran 86 five through seven says that, uh, a man's seed comes from his chest.

That's a problem.

That's a discrepancy.

So if there's a discrepancy, the Quran can't be true.

So you, you do those and it'll, it'll cause a lot of, uh, conversations.

There's other things you can do, but okay.

Okay.

I have, I have a book right now that is absolutely amazing.

It's called Paul meets Mohammed by Michael Wicona and they're kind of like

simulating the debate between the apostle Paul and Mohammed.

It's amazing.

Yeah. Good. Yeah.

He knows his stuff.

Uh, so it'll be interesting.

There's a lot of people who are really good with Islam.

Those are the basics right there.

Get a Quran and just start reading through it and start asking questions and Surah 23.

This is the question I'd like to ask Muslims in Surah 23, one Oh one to one Oh three.

It talks about, uh, salvation, how to get your sins forgiven.

That's what I asked them.

Uh, and I can give you some other ideas before the, you know, your time's up, but, um, one I'll

do is I'll say, Oh, how are your sins forgiven?

And in Surah 23, one Oh one, okay.

It says, uh, that basically one.

Oh one to one Oh three, you have to do good works to.

Be saved.

You ask them, are you doing enough good works?

And you compare that with the salvation, you know, you have in Christ and you ask them, why should I give up what I

have guaranteed salvation for what you had, what you have, which is, you don't even know if your sins are forgiven.

So there's lots of different ways.

Okay.

I love it.

All right. You have 30 seconds remaining.

First letter.

I will put a letter in the mail.

My name is Travis again.

And, uh, just, just keep me in your prayers and I'll do the same for you.

And it'd be great to talk to you again.

All right, man.

God bless buddy.

That's Travis from inside.

I used to do nine.

I did nine years of prison ministry going inside different prisons up and all over California and, uh,

did that for nine years.

So, yeah, I know what it's like to, to, uh, you know, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to have a, uh, minister to those on the inside.

And, um, it's interesting.

It's an interesting life in there.

Anyway, let's get to Buskman from Dayton, Ohio.

Buskman, welcome.

You're on the air, Buskman.

I think we lost him.

Cause as soon as it did, this went dead.

Let's get to Tony from Massachusetts, Tony.

Are you there?

Hey Matt.

Yup.

I'm here.

A longtime listener, first time caller.

Um, just had a question for you.

One of my friends was talking about this, well a heresy I guess known as

modalism, and he has a friend who's a one that's Pentecostal, and I was just wondering if you

could just kind of lay out what they believe, why it's a problem, and what are some of the things that I can

say to him about that.

Yeah, modalism teaches that, there's slightly different views, but it teaches that there's one person in the Godhead,

and that the one person takes forms or manifestations at different times.

So it used to be what's called modal monarchism, is that the mode of the Father then

became the mode of the Son that became the mode of the Holy Spirit, where it's one person, the three

consecutive modes.

Now there's a slight variation that's happened in the past 20 years that I've noticed, and they will just

say that there's one person who takes different manifestations at different times, and they kind of leave it at that.

Now there's problems, so what I'd recommend you do is go to John 6 37

through 40, John 6 37 through 40, and

I have to explain this, we're probably going to hit the break here soon, so I'll go through this slowly and give you what to do

and stuff.

Now see, what you do is you go

to John 6 37, all that the Father gives me, and you ask Him, who's the me?

Now they're going to say, depending, but they'll say it's Jesus, okay, will come to me, that's Jesus,

right?

But wait a minute, the Father, wait, wait, what?

So Jesus says that all that the Father gives Him, so is He the

Father?

They'll have to say yes.

Well, if He's the Father, then how does He say the Father gives me?

Who's the me?

Now they probably will say the human nature, so then you say that the Father is a divine

nature giving to the human nature?

Is that what you're saying?

So that's what I'll do, I take these four verses, and I'll explain more, I take these four verses, and I have them

printed up, and actually do it on a computer when I'm talking to them, and I have brackets

behind the word me, the word Father, the word me, I, and things like that through the

whole text.

And I want them to tell me which nature of Jesus is talking.

And this is how it goes, it's a problem.

All that the Father gives me, so the Father is a divine aspect of Jesus, gives me the human aspect, will come

to me, the human aspect, right?

Human nature, all come to me, the human, I will not cast out, that's probably the human, for

I've come down from heaven.

Now who's the I?

Oh, that's the divine nature.

Well, wait a minute, Jesus has come to me, so me and the I, are they the same person?

Because if they're not the same person, now you have two persons, right?

But now you're saying that the Father is Jesus.

He says the Father gives me, will come to me, the human nature, I came down from heaven.

Did the human nature come down from heaven?

No.

Well, then who came down from heaven?

Well, the Father.

So the Father is Jesus?

Yes.

So I, the Father, came down from heaven not to do my will.

What?

Which will is he not doing?

His own will?

Who's the will he's not doing?

You see how this becomes a real problem for them.

Okay, we've got more to talk about, but it's called Nestorianism, and it's a heresy.

So hold on, buddy.

Hey, folks, we'll be right back after these messages.

We'll continue talking about this issue, and.

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All right, and welcome back to the show.

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We have two open lines.

Let's get back on with Tony.

Tony, are you there?

Yep, still here, Matt.

So let's continue with this a little bit more with this pericope of John 6, 37

through 40, because when you, if you were to type this up,

and you put in what they say, which nature is talking, it starts to get really ridiculous

from their position.

And I've done this many times with oneness people, and it trips them up every time.

Okay, so I came down from heaven has to be the divine nature, because the human nature didn't exist

in heaven.

They'll say, that's correct.

He says, not to do my own will.

Wait a minute, if the I is the one who came down from heaven, not to do my own will, how does that work?

Well, they're stuck.

Well, it's the human nature, but he says he came down from heaven.

So the human nature is in heaven.

You see, it's a problem right now.

It's a serious problem.

He says, but the will of him who sent me.

So who was sent?

The human nature was sent?

Or was, did he send himself?

Oh yeah, he.

Sent himself.

R1S Pentecostal saved, because he said he went to one of their services, and he said

the presence of the Holy Spirit was definitely there, and his argument was that Christianity is bigger than right and.

Wrong beliefs.

Christianity is bigger than right and wrong beliefs.

That's in the book of 2nd Moronicles, next to 3rd stupidification.

Okay, so yeah, it's it's bad, and they can

say all the things they want to say, but 1st Pentecostal theology is a non -christian

cult.

Yeah, it's a cult.

All right, they deny the doctrine of the Trinity.

They ultimately, let me tell you why this is so important, okay, about this issue here, because as I go through

this pericope of John 6 or 7 through 40 with them, they have an alternation between the natures.

It's like hopscotch.

Go back and forth, back and forth.

Which nature is it?

And it's talking.

Okay, well, I asked them, is Jesus one person?

If he's one person, how is it that he's talking like two persons?

This is a question they're gonna have to answer, and they can't do it.

But here's the theologically significant reason.

I'm gonna ask you a question, and I'll teach you here a little bit.

So which nature of Christ died on the cross?

Remember, he has a divine nature and a.

Human nature, so which one died on the cross?

Yeah, I would say definitely his.

Human nature.

All right, good.

If only the human nature died, how is it then that the sacrifice is of divine value?

Okay, it's a good question.

Yeah, honestly, I've actually never thought of that.

It's a really good question.

It is.

Well, the solution is found in the doctrine called the communicatio ideomatum, or the

communication of the properties.

And this is really significant, and this is why the sacrifice is true and

works for us, but not for them, and I'll explain.

Because the communication of the properties, the communicatio ideomatum, the communication of the

properties, it says this, that Jesus is one person, and that the properties of both

natures are ascribed to the single person.

So Jesus would say, I am thirsty, in this John 19, 28.

And he would say, I'll be with you always, even at the end of the earth, Matthew 28, 20.

So he's claiming the attributes of humanity and divinity for himself.

I will be with you always, and I thirst.

So the I is the one person, and he's claiming attributes of both natures.

And there's more verses like this, but those are the two that I used to demonstrate this.

So when Jesus died on the cross, the person died on the cross, the single person.

The one person died.

The one person has the attributes of both natures.

So therefore, we have the sacrifice being of divine value.

So when we go back to John 6, 37, all the Father gives me, that's me as the person of Christ,

will come to me.

Jesus has two natures, the divine nature and a human nature.

And the one who comes to me, that's the person.

You don't say the human nature or the divine nature, you say the person.

He says, I will certainly not cast out, for I've come down from heaven.

Ah, so now we can understand why he can say, I came down from heaven, because the

divine attributes are ascribed to his personhood.

Not to do my own will.

Now this is interesting.

I won't get into dithelitism, monothelitism, but this is dithelitism, and it gets more complicated.

Not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.

And Jesus says in Luke 22, 42, says, not my will, but your will be done.

He's praying to the Father who's in heaven.

Now to a oneness, how's that possible?

The human nature is praying to the divine nature.

Well, wait a minute.

If the human nature is praying to the divine nature, then it's two persons.

And if it's two persons, then only one of the persons died on the cross, and therefore,

only the human nature died.

The human person died, not the divine, because the attributes are not ascribed to the single person, because they divide the

person.

Therefore, the sacrifice is not of divine value in one that's Pentecostal.

Does that make.

Sense?

Yeah, it does, and making that distinction between person and nature,.

Yeah, that's very helpful, definitely.

Yes.

Then it gets more, there's deeper stuff, and we won't get into it right now, but go ahead.

Okay, and just really quickly, if you.

Don't have anyone else on the line, another argument he made was about that being baptized only in the

name of Jesus.

Do you have any response to that?

And what you do is you go to Acts 4 .7.

When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire by what power or in what name have

you done this?

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and the elders and people, if we are in trial today for

the benefit done to a sick man, as to how he is made well, et cetera, et cetera, he goes on, whom God raised from the

dead, by this name, this man stands.

And he goes, I skip the part where he says, by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified.

The phrase, in the name of, means in the authority of.

So when you baptize in the name of Christ, that's in his authority.

So they'll say, it's never the case that you baptize, quote, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, close quote.

It's always in the name of.

And I say, that's right, but Acts 4 .7 and through 4 .7 through 10 is the

answer to that.

And then you go and you ask them, well, then, in Matthew 28,

when Jesus says, baptize him in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, why are you not

obeying Christ who gave the specific command and how to do it?

They'll say, well, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all his one name.

Really?

So the name of Jesus is the Holy Spirit?

You can go to Isaiah 7 .14, excuse me, 9 .6, all

right.

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us, and the government will rest on his shoulders.

His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Now, it doesn't say his names, it says his name.

So in Hebrew culture, Jewish culture, it's similar to American Indian names.

Where's Running Bull?

He's down there with Flying Eagle because those names mean things like that.

So my name in Greek means gift of God.

Nathan means to give.

His name represents the characteristics of him.

That's what's going on in the one that people don't know it.

Does that help, buddy?

Okay.

That does.

I appreciate your time, Matt.

Thank you.

All right, man.

God bless.

Call back anytime.

I love talking about one house.

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All right, everyone, welcome back to the show.

Hope you enjoyed that previous segment on oneness stuff.

I like discussing oneness.

I've debated many, many, many, many times.

There's a lot there to learn and go through.

All right, let's get to Rusty from South Carolina.

Rusty, welcome.

You're on the air.

Hey, how you doing, Mr. Matt Slick?

I'm doing all right, man.

Hanging in there.

Okay.

On the follow up my question yesterday.

Okay.

What happens after the thousand years reign of Lord Jesus Christ?

Do we go back to heaven and earth is destroyed?

And when Satan is released after the thousand years, how long will he roam the earth

until it's over?

Well, there's different views, but the ultimate position is that when Jesus

comes back, the new heavens and new earth are going to be made.

This is not in the premillennial view.

The.

After the thousand years in that view, that's what the new heavens and new earth are made.

Okay. All right.

All right.

Yeah. Okay.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

So that's that's it.

And that's how the second Peter to the computer to three.

Yeah, let me get to it.

It's a good second Peter three.

Okay.

I got all these verses in my head.

Sometimes if I don't just say I'm quick.

Yes, sir.

I mess up, but it's it's second Peter three ten.

Okay.

Second Peter three.

Yes.

But what that says is a day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense

heat and the earth and its works will be burned up.

So the day of the Lord comes like a thief.

Right. Yes.

Right.

Yeah.

Well, what's interesting is that in second Thessalonians four, 16 through chapter five, verse

two, the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night is the rapture.

Are they the same day that they will come to visit the day of the rapture?

Also, the day that new heavens doors are made, because if that's the case, then there's no literal one thousand year.

Right.

Uh huh.

Yeah.

Uh huh.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

So with the so with the Passover, I noticed a lot when

Jesus came, he fulfilled prophecy from the Old Testament, like

with the goat blood and lamb blood that they had to put on the

doors of the first pass over.

That's for their flesh and for their obedience, for death won't

take them.

I couldn't quite understand everything you said.

So what was the what?

What was it?

Tell me again.

So with the first Passover, when when God told them to put

goat blood and lamb blood on the door to protect their

flesh, what was it to protect their flesh?

The Passover was there were three posts that formed a door

in the Hebrews houses, two posts to the left and a wooden post to the over the

top.

So three pieces of.

Okay.

Jesus was crucified on three pieces of wood.

Jesus says he's OK.

Yeah.

Jesus says.

Jesus says he's the door.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so they pass through the door and they're saved.

And the blood of the lamb was put on the doorpost.

Okay.

And also on in past in the Jewish home, there was a little thing that

would nail to the doorpost symbolizing the law.

That was the law.

They did that later on this stuff.

But so it's all typological of Christ.

He's the Passover lamb.

That's what was put there.

Okay.

Man, there's the.

Okay.

So, okay.

Oh, man.

So, okay.

Okay.

With the.

Okay.

So in the Old Testament, you you answered my question already, but you have

all the like the books of the scriptures that come up,

lead up to the prophecy of Jesus coming.

And I'm not sure I'm following you, but.

Okay.

Like like with Isaiah, I already wrote one book and I heard when he was on the radio, talk

to the other gentleman, Isaiah nine, six.

Yes.

Yes.

From my understanding, there are more books on that talk about Jesus coming and how it's going to be true

in the Old Testament.

Well, the prophecy in Isaiah nine, six,.

The child to be born, his name, his one name is wonderful counselor, mighty God, eternal

father, prince of peace.

And he's not called any of those in the New Testament, those specific names, because that's not the purpose of

Isaiah nine, six.

It's not saying his name is Bob Smith.

No, his name, it represents the characteristics of his nature of his calling.

Wonderful counselor, mighty God, eternal father, prince of peace.

He's representing all of that.

And I can get into the theology behind each of those.

But this is this is what's going on.

Okay. Okay.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

All right, buddy.

There you go.

We got to call her.

So we get going.

Okay, buddy.

Keep.

All right.

Yes, sir.

You too, man.

God bless.

All right.

All right.

Now, let's get to Ebenezer from California.

Ebenezer, welcome.

You're on the air.

Hey, how are you, Matt?

I just had one question.

Like I was talking to some Muslims online and I heard it from

like some Christian circles, how they say that the Islamic religion,

Christianity and Judaism are part of are part of

the Abrahamic religions.

And I was like, yeah, that couldn't be so because because I was like,

I was like, yo,.

Is this radical?

Wait, wait, wait.

Hold on.

Hold on.

What are they saying that the God of Abraham is?

Well, let me tell you what they generally say.

They'll say that Abraham was a Muslim, that he served the Muslim God, as did Jesus, David,

Moses.

They'll say all of that.

As they say, they claim it.

And I say to them, that's not true.

It's not true at all.

I said, did you just claim it doesn't make any sense.

You just say that Abraham was a Muslim.

No, no, no, no.

I forgot what the reference is, but I won't get into other stuff.

Side track.

And I say, so Abraham served God.

Right.

And in Genesis 19, 24, it says Yahweh, rain, fire and brimstone from Yahweh out of heaven.

Why is God speaking of himself in a plurality?

And what they'll do is they'll say it's the royal we say that's never how it is in the Jewish scriptures.

Never.

Furthermore, this is here.

Try this one.

This will be a little bit easier for you.

Say this.

See, you're saying then that Moses and Abraham

served that Allah, it was the God of Islam, right?

OK, what's the name of Islam, of the God of Islam?

What's his name?

Just ask him what's his name.

OK.

And yeah, they're going to say different things, but there's a point.

OK, they're going to say different things.

And, you know, they might say, well, he has 99 names.

OK, well, what's his name?

What's his personal name?

Because when God spoke further to Moses, you know, he spoke to him.

He called himself Yahweh.

So God identified identified himself as by the name Yahweh.

And I say to them, if I remember correctly, it's to be let's see three,

no, six thousand five hundred seventeen times that Yahweh's name is used in the Old Testament.

That's a true God.

Why is it that Yahweh's name is never mentioned in the Koran?

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Exactly.

Yeah. And also times. Yeah.

Oh, go ahead.

I apologize.

No, there's a question to ask him.

OK, go ahead.

Yeah.

And also these Muslims say that, you know, because I was

like, I can't be God because I mean, if it's part of the Abrahamic religion, he

had no son.

And even in Judaism is prophesied that Jesus will, you

know, will be, you know, come.

Well, not they don't believe in Jesus, but prophesied that someone will come from that line, which

is Jesus.

But you don't see it in the Koran.

You don't even see it in Islam.

You know, he never had a son.

You know what I'm saying?

Yes.

And if you go to what I would do if I were you is I would go to Karm .org forward slash

cut.

OK, I'm doing it right now.

Karm .org forward slash cut.

That's for cut and paste.

And you'll see a page come up and you can go to Islam, the link on Islam, and you can go in there and look

up the issue.

Can God have a son?

And in one place in the Koran, it says no.

Another one says yes.

Why the contradiction?

And the references are there.

OK, buddy, got a break.

We got to go.

All right, man.

God bless.

All right.

All right.

Thank you.

OK.

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Let's get on with Jay from Ohio.

Jay, welcome.

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Hey, Mr. Slick.

How you doing there?

Oh, hanging in there, man.

Hanging in there.

So what do you got?

Good.

Hey, I was just on Rumble and I got booted off the live chat.

I just wanted to explain what I was saying.

So in case anybody got mad at me or anything, there's a commercial that

plays on Truth Network between breaks on your show.

And it's this dad who is like explaining teen language, basically.

And he's giving an example of a kid saying you're the goat, like the greatest of all time.

And there's this really cool reformed clothing company called Righteous Wretch.

And they have this shirt that says the lamb is the goat.

And it says in the lamb is the greatest of all time.

And it's like, you know, like a play on words kind of thing.

I said the lamb is the goat in the chat.

And I just feel like people thought I was like blaspheming or something.

So I just wanted to clarify that.

Well, they're listening.

To you.

So good.

You know, it happens.

Yeah, we do get wackos coming in saying things.

So Laura's pretty good about getting them.

So she's probably chuckling right now.

It's.

Monotonic.

OK, no big deal.

So, yeah, for sure.

I just wanted to clarify if I upset anybody.

Yeah.

Laura's cracking the whip, as they're saying in there.

Hey, that's good, though.

I'm sure you guys get a lot of a lot of stuff.

Yes, we do.

In fact, it reminds me to read something because we do have wackos that

let's just say they're pretty bad.

And so I need to read something because, you know, on our show, we receive

inappropriate chats from individuals.

Now, let me ask you.

Yeah, I don't know if that's.

No, I'm sorry.

Not you, but Laura.

What if she mistook you for him?

Anyway, our corporate attorneys and law enforcement will file a formal complaint if this continues.

The VPN offers no protection.

So, OK, taking care of.

All right, buddy.

All right.

Yeah, no problem, man.

I appreciate it.

All right.

Hey, thanks for calling.

Yeah.

God bless.

God bless.

All right.

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Now let's get on with.

Let's see.

Arthur from I mean, Nevada.

Arthur, welcome.

You're on the air.

Hey, man, how are you doing?

Doing all right.

Hanging in here.

All right.

Yes.

In here.

My question is regards to Jesus Christ.

And when we die, we're Christians.

We go to heaven.

Who are we going to see?

Are we going to see Jesus Christ?

Yes.

Yes.

A glorified body.

And the second part of the question is, what why is it that pastors and everybody else,

they're always saying that we're we're all going to heaven, but they never mentioned that eventually we're

going to end up on earth with a glorified body.

Is that correct?

Am I correct about saying that?

Yeah, there's debate about it.

It's we don't know exactly.

But generally speaking, there's going to be a new heavens and new earth that's prophesied in 2nd Peter 310.

So that's not a problem.

Yeah.

And paradise, earth and stuff like this.

And so we have glorified bodies and we're just

there's debate, let's just say some say we're going to be on earth and walk around and

enjoy nature and everything as it was meant to be by God.

And OK, we have no there'll be no oceans.

That's one of the theories.

I don't affirm that myself, but it's just so it's not really clear

in Scripture.

And that's probably why people don't really talk about the whole bunch.

OK.

Oh, that's interesting.

I didn't know about the oceans.

And did you say about Jesus Christ?

Is he the only one we're going to see when we get there?

I'm sorry.

I completely missed it.

No, we'll see other people, but we won't see God the father.

He was an unapproachable light,.

No man has seen or can see.

First Timothy 16.

Oh, never, ever.

Oh, OK.

And in the Holy Spirit,.

God got the Holy Spirit.

We're not going to see him either.

Well, I don't know, because the Holy Spirit manifests in the Bible in

fire, wind, things like that.

So will we see something like that?

The manifestation of his presence as a wind or as fire?

I don't know.

If we do, there would be saying all the manifestation, but we will be able to spend time with the Lord Jesus.

OK, OK.

That is great.

All right.

All right.

All right, Matt.

I appreciate it.

God bless you.

OK, good.

God bless.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you.

Bye bye.

Bye.

All right.

Now let's get over to Nick from Virginia.

Nick, welcome.

You're on the air.

Hey, how are you doing?

Hanging in there.

What do you got, buddy?

Yeah, I just have a question.

We've lost you. So I'm sure you would try it again.

We're not hearing anything.

OK, there you go.

OK.

OK.

All right.

Sorry.

Yeah, I just have a question in relation to 1 Corinthians chapter seven, verse 40,

obviously taken into reference to the wider context, but where he speaks that if this

person doesn't marry, that they're happier.

And Paul's judgment that they're happier.

And throughout, he kind of gets at the reality that a person would be happier.

And the better option is if they're not married to not seek marriage.

Trying to understand the context of that.

I know just to a something currently in Corinth.

Or do you think that that's Paul's judgment like widely for all all time?

Well, let's read a little context because.

We're starting at verse twenty five.

It says now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who, by

the mercy of the Lord, is trustworthy.

I think then that this is good in view of the present distress,

that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Are you bound to a wife?

Don't seek to be released.

Are you released from a wife?

Don't seek to be to have a wife.

So there's something going on in the Corinthian context where there's problems and distress.

And he's Paul's recommending that you don't change your status in this difficult time.

So it looks like that's what's going on is that the present distress, wherever that is.

Okay.

Okay.

Impending.

It could be impending distress.

But if any man thinks he's acting on becoming towards his virgin daughter, he goes on.

And so he's giving a set of commands and stuff

as his opinion is and his recommendation considering that context.

And that's what it is.

That's why he says, I want you to be free from concern.

One who's in verse 32, one who's unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, that he may please

the Lord who's married him.

If you can see the concern of the things of the world.

So this is the overall, if you're going to be married, you've got responsibilities with your family.

But if you're not married, you're free to serve God a lot more.

And so in this present distress, he's saying, you know, stay as you are.

And that's the whole overall context.

Okay.

Okay.

And I guess should, so I know there are others, you know, within

the, maybe the controversy of that passage that would say that the present time is the reality of the, just the end

times, the grown, very short.

And then in verse 31, the world is passing away.

So you, you don't think that those two are linked.

Well, they relate, but how do they relate?

And to what extent?

So what he's, if you go to 39, he says, a wife is bound as long as her husband lives.

But if her husband is dead, she's free to be married to him.

She wishes only in the Lord.

But in my opinion, this is what he says.

In my opinion, she's happier if she remains as she is.

I think also by the spirit of God.

So he's giving an opinion that it's single being

single frees you to serve God more.

That's what he's talking about.

Now, is he single?

Well, he's a Pharisee and Pharisees were off.

We're married.

So does his wife die?

It's not mentioned or what we don't know, but he's just giving his opinion.

Okay.

Well, I guess I might've been unclear, but I definitely agree that he's given his opinion, but I guess my question more so,

do you think that that, that judgment holds true for all time?

Like I've heard that his judgment is only applicable for that current situation at that.

Current time.

He said in the present distress, stay as you are, but he's also saying, uh, look,

it's better to be single to serve God.

So that applies to any time, you know, if I'm married, I've been married for 36 years.

If I become single, uh, whatever, as life throws us curves and you know, my wife could become

single.

So they have me, I don't have any plans to, uh, to, to get remarried.

I would rather serve God and, uh, more fully.

So it just makes sense.

And that's fine.

Okay.

And I had one other question kind of in the context.

If you had.

Time, if not, that's fine.

Sure.

We've got one caller waiting, but let's do it in 30 seconds.

Here.

What do you got?

So do you think there's any correlation between like Matthew chapter 19, verse 10,

uh, as far as the Pharisees coming to the conclusion, uh, when Jesus spoke about

divorce that in, in light of everything, Christ said that it's better to not marry.

Do you think that there's any similarities between the conclusion that they came to and kind of what Paul is saying.

Here?

No, the context, what Jesus is talking about is those who, uh, are, are getting divorced and he says,

except for immorality or porneia and marriage to another woman that commits adultery, the disciples said that the

relationship to the man of his wife is like this is better not to marry.

Yeah.

If it's so bad that, that this kind of sin is going on and it's bad, it's better not to marry.

It's that's what's going on.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

All right, man.

God bless.

All right.

Now let's get over to Cole from Virginia.

Cole, welcome.

You're on the air.

We've got about two minutes.

Mr. Matt, I'll, I'll make it quick.

How are you doing, sir?

Good.

All right.

All right.

What do you got?

Uh, it's about, I'm traveling, so I don't know exactly where it's at, but in, at the end

of revelation, it says that God, Jesus is going to turn everything over to God, the father, and he's

going to come to the earth.

Can you look that up?

It's, it's in revelations at the end.

It says, God, God's going to come down to the earth.

So I.

Guess we're going, we're going to see him, man.

No, it doesn't say those things.

Uh, so you're talking about first Corinthians 15 when Christ hands.

No, it's in revelation.

It's in revelations.

At the end of revelations.

The last book of the last chapter of revelation, it says, Christ will turn everything over to God, the

father, and you'll be all in all.

He's going to come to the.

Earth.

Okay.

I'm trying to answer you.

It's in there.

Oh, okay.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

I'm trying to answer you, but you're not listening.

Okay.

You need to go to first Corinthians 15 and start reading there and see what it

says there about Christ reigning until, uh, uh,

let's see.

First Corinthians 15, he says, most of whom remain until now.

And he goes on, he must reign until he's put all enemies under his feet.

And it says, uh, subject to him.

Then the son will be subject to the one who's subjected all things to him so that God may be

all in all that's first 28.

I think you're mixing up verses.

So if you have a specific verse in revelation,.

Wait, wait, wait, hold on.

It is.

It's at the end of revelations.

So wait, so God will let the devil see them and not us.

It's the last chapter.

What verse is that?

I don't know.

It's the very last.

In the revelations, the very last, the last chapter.

So, okay.

Then you need to show me the verse.

It says that I'm not familiar with that.

Okay.

Maybe you can call tomorrow.

I'll call you.

I'll call you back tomorrow.

But listen, another thing to think about, Matt, why would God let the devil see him?

Because you know, the devil saw him, but he wouldn't let us.

God's going to let.

Us see him.

No, he's not the father.

No, he's not.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

We will not see the father call back tomorrow.

Whoa.

Anyway, I hope the guy gets actual scriptures for that.

Amen.

The Lord bless you and by his grace, we'll be back on the air tomorrow.

We'll talk to you.

Have a good evening, everyone.

God bless. Bye.

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