Matt Slick Live: August 30, 2024

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I actually met a guy for coffee this morning, and he's traveling through and he said hey I'd like to meet

you and have coffee and and so we did we had coffee and He actually asked me goes

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love hate mail, and it's really.

It's just it's just.

You know what's the point?

I forget where Jesus says beware when the everyone says you know good of you like okay?

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There oh my goodness oh Boy, I wonder how many of you just yawned.

I always wonder that when I'm on the radio and I yawn.

And how many people are yawning out there?

Matt don't do that.

I make me on you never know all right.

I think that's it.

We do have some questions though radio comments and questions that people have given me so I'll get to some of those right

after.

Right after we get to Luke from Washington Luke Welcome you're on the air,

buddy I.

Met happy Friday.

Happy Friday, that's right.

Well.

It reminds me.

We won't be on the air live on Monday.

We'll not be doing radio.

Just gonna give that message out a few times, but okay, buddy.

What do you got man?

Can you explain to me the Presbyterian church.

How did the Presbyterian church start.

What makes Presbyterian different from other Christians.

Why did Presbyterian?

You know why did this Presbyterian split from the Catholic Church, etc. Etc.

Some people ask me I don't know.

Can you give me a brief?

When was it started?

Sure, it was started by the Reformers.

Presbyterian is from the Greek Presbyterus, and it means elder.

So the Bible teaches elder rule.

It's a let the elders who rule.

Well first Timothy 5 17.

So Presbyterianism is the the Let's see the

generic Position that a church has has to be run by elders

one or two or more elders.

And basically it started in I believe In the 1500s.

Okay with the Reformation.

So that's what I would say.

Okay 1500s is when it started in Scotland went to England and then

here we are in North America.

Okay, what is the difference between Anglicans and the Presbyterians and Baptists?

The I don't know too much about the Anglicans, but the Baptists are generally Armenian though.

You can have reformed Baptists, but the Presbyterians are elder rule and most of the Baptist churches are too.

So I Just don't know all the specific differences, but the Anglican.

The Anglican let's see.

I try to remember because You know I can't remember there's I know there's something in the back of my head,

but I can't can't recall it.

So anyway.

Okay, sorry wish it could.

One more.

What about the Puritans.

The history of Puritans and Presbyterians are the same or different?

The Puritans were England.

The Puritans were Calvinists who came over their Presbyterian.

The Puritans came over in part to escape persecution but mostly to establish

a Christian nation and when the death rate Survival rate of moving from

Europe to America back in the 15 1600s Was I heard someone

say 50

So I don't know if that's accurate, but it was really a dangerous journey.

And I also heard that no Presbyterians no Puritans ever died in that process.

They came over here, and they wanted to start a Christian nation.

Here's a little bit of interesting trivia.

I Forgot the name of the Indian, but the the Presbyterians the Puritans had built a town I

forgot where on the east coast someplace you know in the 1500s and it was winter and they didn't have food they were in a

lot of trouble and They what they did was they gathered in the church that they had built and they were praying

and asking God to deliver them and Someone said look look outside

and there was an Indian walking down the center area towards the church a single Indian and

they let him in and the Indian in English said the Lord has sent me

to help you and He saved their lives by telling him show him how to survive

etc and what it Happened was that 15 years earlier?

He had been captured I think by the British or somebody and And sent

over to England as a slave and of course England got rid of slavery but in the

meantime the Indian had learned English and became a Christian and

Set free and came back to the Americas and Said this is why God put me there and went through all this stuff in

order to help you anyway, and so the other thing a lot of people don't know is that and I

recommend you read the Constitution and the preamble of The preamble United States preamble to the Constitution

and the Constitution a lot of people have never read it read me read them I read a mirror interesting and you can see

Christian principles woven in but the reason I'm bringing this up is because the Puritans when they were

established and they were surviving they wanted a system of government to rule over them and

they asked the ministers to go into God's Word and Look for the

principles that they would then live under and the Puritans are the ones who developed a representative

form of government and voting and the right to bear arms

the right of self -defense Witnessing trial by peers and representative and stuff like that.

And so then it it became part of the culture that then became

part of the Constitution of the United States Etc.

Okay, a lot of stuff there.

So the Puritans and Presbyterians are close.

Yet Puritans were Presbyterians there were Calvinists.

Okay.

All right, who are the main Calvinist?

Congregationalist or Puritans or Presbyterians.

The first one the Presbyterians from what I understand.

No, I'm not a history buff on this stuff.

There's a lot of guys who and girls who know more than I do about this.

So that's what I understand it.

They're the ones who who did this first because there was persecution by state

religious systems the Catholics and.

When I'm I don't want to say that a certain another one.

But I don't want to say it because I don't want to misrepresent history and.

They fled and or came over here to start a Christian nation risking their lives to do it.

So that's what I understand.

Okay.

Any book you recommend to read all this history?

I don't know about the theory and physics.

No, I don't I don't know I don't have any books that I've read about that now if anybody has a book that they would recommend

that goes over this the early History the beginnings of it, you know, I'd love to to to see that or even some

articles because it is worth Researching and writing on but you know, I do apologetics mostly

not just history.

But you know, that's a good question.

And that's what I know about it.

Okay?

So why then a Presbyterian church as pastors now, they have elders and pastors.

Wait, wait, wait what I can understand you.

Why what?

You said for the sweet rose means elders.

What's Timothy five or something?

Then I Go to Presbyterian Church, but we have faster and

teaching elders ruling elders.

How come?

Yes.

Yeah, because the Bible says if I go to first Timothy 517

It says this the elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor.

Especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching so right there.

You see that there's a group of elders.

Among whom are those who do preaching and teaching this is out of

Ephesians of 411 which says that God gave to the church some Apostles

it literally says in the Greek the Apostles and the prophets and the evangelists and the pastors and

teachers so the pastors and teachers the pastors are the ones who do the preaching and they're also

teachers so the first Timothy 517 Reflects out of that those who work hard at

preaching and teaching and so generally considered there them to be a single office.

So there's others other offices and out of that they derive the Presbyterian ideas of teaching elder,

you know Digitation elder and things like that.

Okay.

Thank you.

All right.

Okay, Luke.

God bless buddy.

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And we've got some good radio questions that have come in.

So I'm gonna get to some of those I've already done that one.

So let's go here.

Let's see.

Now can Satan put thoughts in a Christian's mind?

I don't believe so I've written an article on that and Nothing that I'm aware of in

Scripture says that as possible.

Now, you know, we sometimes ask well what's going on?

Because you'll be praying and all of a sudden I'll just all of a sudden you'll have this weird thought.

Well that the devil now, you know, what I would say is that

I don't know if the devil can so to speak whisper Influence you or whatever.

He cannot be in you not if you're a Christian.

So when we ask this or answer the question, it's kind of difficult to answer because we really don't know exactly how everything

works so best I can do is say It does not appear that he can put any thoughts into your mind

because he had to be in you to do that and that Can't happen are there ways for him to

have external influences upon you in a negative way.

We would definitely say yes, where then do these weird thoughts come from that you get they come from your own nature

your own sinfulness.

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All right.

So I was going through some of the hate mail not hate mail.

But the email questions and things like that and I saw one I got a big kick out of it.

Because we have no callers.

I'm gonna spend a little time on it.

Please give me a call if you want.

But it's the email is defending the Catholic faith against the Matt slicks of the

world.

Yeah, this is awesome and so I would go through.

I'm gonna take a look at it.

Let's see.

Well, let's see.

Let's see so Let's see, I was a Protestant Christian

from childhood well until the 40s I Get the Protestant position.

Anticatholicism it exists.

Matt slick is only one of many examples.

Hey, I feel honored.

He's one of the key individual names that I come across as I began to research Catholicism.

It didn't take long to figure out that it a lot of things wrong.

That he cherry -picks to attempt to make a point his interpretations in many instances are just that his

interpretations.

He's very anti -catholic in my opinion.

That is true.

I'm not anti -catholic.

I should say I'm anti -catholic ISM.

Okay, this tone is not as bad about Catholics as I've seen some.

Okay now I'm waiting for something good.

Let's see mass that has written plenty about Catholicism as you can see right here and he puts a link.

Well, thank you for that.

It's content its content like this that causes me to want to know more about

Catholicism.

I want to defend the Catholic faith.

Why it's idolatrous false stuff.

Anyway from people like Matt slick because it was.

Because it sickens me to see misuse of Scripture.

Oh, I wish he'd called me.

Oh, it'd be great.

Let's see, John Martin Noni.

That he has a lot of respect for.

The thing that I like about Catholic apologists is at the foundation's position of the Catholic Church.

Not just a free -for -all Cherry picking a few Scriptures to

attempt to prove the point.

There's a lot of apologists.

He lists Got in position to be far better than the match slicks.

Of the other why do I get a kick out of this what is with me that I enjoy stuff like this.

I just do so someone wrote An article Matt slicks

false teachings and I can even click on that and see what happens.

It's like a tree of things.

Let's see.

I'm taking all this stuff.

Any rate it's way too long, of course can't get into it.

I was hoping for something of substance.

Let's see.

Hey, did you know that Catholicism is not Christian according to Matt slick?

Yeah, it's easy to just grab one line from anything that is out of context and not sure well, it's not

Christian.

But we could go into that.

So he's not saying anything.

It's just just repeating what I'm saying without any any response.

Spend time on Catholic comm.

Yeah, right.

How should Catholics combat the match slicks of the world.

I Guess I'm a whole category now pray for starters.

Well, who is starters?

Just pray for starters.

Who is that?

However, we're in the Catholic faith better would be.

Better would be very helpful get a copy the catechism of the Catholic Church.

You who man?

Oh, I think so full of heresy download the the app from the.

That's right from Catholicly and Here's an idea start a Bible study group that dives into the anti -catholic

rhetoric like people of Matt slick in other words break it down.

To see the real Catholic position and how the anti Catholics twist what they he hasn't said one thing.

One thing he hasn't said.

That I've done wrong.

Yes, I he says it's wrong, but he's he's wrong about that.

See that's what gets me.

It just he doesn't defend anything doesn't give me anything solid.

He just kind of says go to other churches.

Yeah, he's got pictures of you know, just sacerdotalists.

Sacerdotalists.

Yeah, I've I've seen some of the stuff that that's on the web.

Bad news.

Yeah, just so you know, ladies and gentlemen Roman Catholicism is not Christian.

It's an apostate of false church.

It teaches works righteousness it Elevates Mary to a position that is just basically a goddess.

That's a false priesthood and a false Eucharistic view.

So anyway, there's a lot of stuff there.

Let's get to Pearl from Rockville, Virginia.

Pearl welcome.

You are on the air.

I just want to.

Praise God for you, sir.

Matt slick.

Okay.

Thank you.

I'm kind of hard to satisfy when it comes to spiritual things.

My favorite is Dr. R. C. Sproul and

He's good and McDonald I can't think of his first name.

Anyway, what I want to ask you sir is Isn't it true?

That's the and I don't I'm not I don't know of another Adjective to

just describe God in this way.

He's not a thing, of course, but isn't it true that The only

thing that satisfies God Almighty is God Almighty.

Ultimately, yes.

Because only he is good enough for his own Perfection and holiness he requires

nothing.

So that's right, sir.

Mm -hmm.

Yes now we can say that, you know, he indwells us and

We can please him by seeking even in our failures and our Imperfection as

we seek to honor him and to live for him and that that pleases him but even that

has to be Filtered to the blood of Christ.

So yeah, okay good stuff and.

That we are saved through the most precious priceless powerful substance

That ever touched planet earth and that's the precious blood of the Lord

Jesus.

Amen, that is absolutely true.

It's absolutely correct.

Yep.

Pastors don't teach the blood very much.

Well, maybe they don't teach very much.

That might be the case.

And let me ask you this sir, isn't it true that God

alone is love and he is

Teaching those that belong to him every day

Closer and closer to being lost In his

love because that's the only love that there is.

That's only true love that there is.

Yeah, he's the source.

I didn't hear you sir.

Yeah, he's the source of love and.

His nature is to be all he is love.

Yep.

Yes.

First right for eight.

He's love.

He's the source of all love.

He's the standard of all that is loving and good.

That's him.

Okay.

Yeah.

Well, I just want to ask you sir, because you I thank God for you.

I praise God for you.

And that you I hope you don't get off the radio because it's.

You delve into the I would say the deep things of God is what I love and you don't often hear that

in the church.

Churches.

Thank you.

The Lord Jesus brought you a dear wife to me today when I was in prayer that he would heal her.

Well, there's a thanks a lot Pearl.

We really appreciate it.

There's a break.

Let it go.

So god bless and thanks for calling.

Okay, when he put something else in my mind, I'll call you.

Okay.

Okay.

Hey folks be right back after these messages.

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Here's Matt slick.

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Welcome back to the show.

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So last night I did something interesting I went to Oculus, you know, it's a it's a thing you put over your

eyes.

You can go into The virtual world and I have it in order to witness

and that's what I do.

Now the one I have is old, but it gets it done.

It's blurry and not that good.

But I wish I had a new one, but that's okay.

I went in and The funny thing is I wasn't even thinking

about it.

I was just Working on something and all of a sudden pop in my head real clear.

Good go go in there I literally just stopped what I was doing and I put it on and I

went into this room and within just a few minutes I'm there and this I go into this

place and it's a Room and there's like ten people in it that are avatars and

you can see 3d.

It's really cool and This guy goes.

Oh, hey, you're Matt slick and he we interacted before he says everybody look listen.

This is Matt slick.

He Answers questions and teaches and stuff like that.

It was really nice.

You know a nice opening and people started asking me questions and I ended up teaching for about 45 minutes and

answering questions.

Now the reason I'm bringing this up Because of what Pearl said and Pearl said in the last caller.

She said that people the pastors aren't really teaching much very deep stuff anymore.

Okay, so that would cause me to think about what happened last night because In the oculus

you have a device in each hand and you can move you can go forward backward.

You can go up and down you can jump you can do all kinds of stuff and you have these things you can raise your hand you can fingers and

So I said, okay in the room here, how many of you here are Christians.

This is you know after 20 minutes of talking and stuff and you know, the majority of the people wrote raise their hand.

I said, okay for the Christians.

I'm gonna just ask you a question.

And I said is Jesus a man right now and the ones who answered all said no.

Which is false.

And I didn't jump on him.

I just said, okay, and you know, what's Trinity?

And I think I remember saying that would ask that and they didn't know.

Now these are Christians and it reminded me What Pearl said reminded

me of that encounter which is surprisingly Very typical in Christian

churches where they don't know stuff now.

I'm not saying that pastors are horrible.

But it's just that the Christians across the board Can't even tell me what the

Trinity is or how many natures Jesus has or what's it the difference between?

Justification and sanctification now.

I know Christians who can I know some guys and girls who they could they can articulate it very well.

But they're very very few.

They're the people who kind of float to the surface in things and you get to know them.

But for the most part when I go to seminars when I go to stuff and I ask questions.

Do some teaching Christians just across the board don't know anything.

That's a concern it is a big concern and

It's concern I think Christians need to be taught not only What it means to satisfy God

in your walk with him and turn to Christ, but it also Requires pastors should be teaching what the doctrines of

the faith really are.

And I don't think they do that very much and I don't know why.

I just don't know why.

In first Timothy 6 1 it says all who are under the oak as slaves are to regard with their own masters As

worthy of double honor or excuse me of honor so that the name of our Lord and our doctrine will

not be spoken against and In first Timothy 6 3 if anyone advocates a different doctrine that does

not agree with the sound words of etc and he says in the

first Timothy 6 3 again, he says with doctrines conforming to

godliness and Second Timothy 4 3 for the time will come when they will not endure

sound doctrine.

But wanting to hear their ears have their ears tickled.

In first in Titus 1 9 it says that the the elder would have

pastors an elder is supposed to be able to exhort in sound doctrine and refute those who contradict and

Titus 2 1 but as for you speak the things which are fitting for sound Doctrine in

Titus 2 7 and all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds of purity and doctrine.

Titus 2 10 Is to put showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God

our Savior In every respect so it's there in Scripture

I'm just puzzled.

I am why is it pastors aren't Teaching it or are they I don't know.

Let's get to Jacob from Missouri Jacob.

Welcome.

You're on the air.

Hey Matt, I had a Analogy for the Trinity that I wanted to

run by you.

All right, go ahead.

So it it helped me kind of under Understand it and grasp it.

It's so imagine God being Being like water that's surrounding

the world and then Jesus is like a droplet of that

Of God of the water that came down into human form.

Is that kind of a good analogy for that and like the Holy Spirit kind of mist that surrounds everything?

I can see a value in that illustration when you want to say that Christ has divine

quality in nature and Became one of us and that the presence of God around us is there like

that water and then he drop came down.

That water bite that drop by definition is just as much water as the whole and became one of us.

I could see that.

But It has a potential of Denying

then where the Holy Spirit fits in.

Because how would you then fit him right in in this?

So that's why I would I wouldn't use that one what the analogy that I found that is the

best that I've heard of Is Relating it to time.

Time is one thing and it's just nature's time.

But time has three aspects.

Don't say parts don't say parts, but say aspects past present and future.

Each one of them is distinct from the other.

But is by nature.

Still time and we have we are aware of their distinction as they relate

to each other.

So the past Happened before the present the future happens after the

present.

So there's a relationship between them and that's where we draw their distinction.

The same way God is one substance with three and we sort of aspect here.

We'll say persons and we discovered their relationship or their identity their distinction in their

relationship to one another this way.

The people can get what time is and see the equality of all by analogy of all three persons

and that They are differentiated by their relationship to one another.

Okay?

Okay.

Yeah.

Wow that that helps and that's perfect.

It's time with the three.

Yeah, you said aspects not property.

I Don't want to say properties.

Properties emanate out of the out of the on toss and for someone who might be knowledgeable about difference between properties and on toss

You might get into some trouble and that's why I say aspect because it's vague enough.

That they can't just jump in if they say what do you mean by aspect?

You say well, you know, I just go back to what that what time is.

It's past present future and then sometimes I'll even say it's time has we could say it has parts.

But I don't want to.

I'll say to them, but I don't want to use the word part because that's not what Christian trinitarianism is.

But I'm just giving you an analogy how one thing could have three aspects to it past present future

all be one substance but they you'd understand them in relationship to one another and.

Then it's revealed to us and that's how it is in the Trinity.

Okay.

All right, I love it.

I appreciate it.

You're welcome.

Well, God bless.

All right.

Okay.

All right.

Now, let's get to Laura from Utah.

Laura welcome.

You're on the air.

What's that I.

Thought I had to sneak outside and run for a minute because I got so many computer screens going and noises so I could

call.

Yeah, all right.

Remember this Laura.

She works with us.

She's great.

So, what do you got.

Oh, you know, it's a blessing to work with Carmen.

I'm gonna throw it out there.

Everybody needs to go to calm dot org.

Map has written so many articles that are just so important for us to to

read and to glean and to learn so that we can We can know the truth.

But my question is I keep seeing with so many so many people keep saying

that we need to leave politics out of church and They just adamantly against and we've had

people leave church if politics are brought up and just wanted to know your take on

that.

Yes politics does need to be in the church.

The pastor needs to talk about issues that relate to politics because all things are under the subjection and sovereignty

of God and if a Christian thinks that politics is excluded from that then the Christian does not have a good

biblical theological position.

We don't want to say that God should stay out of our kitchen.

Of course, you should be in our kitchen.

Our bedroom, of course, you should be there now I'm not talking about him person and being in or being a bed.

But I mean the idea of the sovereignty of God in all areas of our lives how we drive how we work

everything now, why would people then say politics has to be the exception and the Christian who would say such a

thing has to defend the position that politics is something we should not do and In from the

pulpit and so I can't see that as being biblical and there you go, okay.

Amen, I agree Matt.

Thank you.

All right, Laura.

God bless.

Thanks for calling.

Hey folks.

We right back after these messages, please.

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two seven six, I'm gonna be at Your Belinda in Southern, California.

Speaking at a conference on it'll be two weeks.

I'll be down there on the Friday the 13th.

I'll be flying in.

So I'll be speaking on a panel on Friday evening and I'll be speaking three

times.

Doing three workshops or whatever it is on the 14th and in preaching at Norco Calvary Chapel

Norco on the 15th two sermons so there you go and Be doing that

and next week.

Check this out in next week.

Yeah, next week.

I'm gonna go down to Provo, Utah To hear Ed left as a friend.

He's a good guy.

I'm gonna go down there and see him preach.

And I always tease him.

He's a good guy.

I've always teased him like I'm gonna sit in the front row and just Bug out my eyes like you said what and give him a

hard time.

But no, I'm just gonna sit in the back and just enjoy him preach the Word of God.

So that'll be you know on the 7th and 8th.

I'll be down there doing that.

We drive down on Saturday come back on a Sunday.

You know just stuff.

So there you go.

And maybe I'll say hi to Terry if she's listening because a lot of times I know Terry

she's at her kitchen or Doing stuff for the family and I mentioned her name and she always smiles and so she's great

you staying over there so Ed prefers me

over James White for what looks or buffoonery.

So it just depends.

It just depends well, what's he looking at?

Or am I more humble?

Yeah, yeah more humble than James you.

That wouldn't work either so anyway, just having fun, okay.

So humble clay, you're gonna hit Newport or Huntington Beach, Matt.

You should hook up with Banana man, I have no idea who what that is.

I haven't been to Huntington Beach in a long time the last time I was down there though the last time in a

second last minute anyway was years ago.

I was down there and Ray Comfort was preaching and I go.

Hey look, there's Ray, you know and So I'm in the crowd just watching and he sees me and long

story short.

He goes come up here your turn.

So I started doing some open -air preaching.

It was fun.

He's a good guy.

All right.

Now, let's get back to let's get back to some of the comments and questions.

You know looking for the the Catholic stuff though.

I was hoping I was hoping that that they would do something more but

besides just Just talk in circles without getting any substance, let's see.

Here's a my next email coincidentally is better.

Matt's my question is on Roman Catholicism and Suppliant

Omnipotence suppliant Omnipotence they dedicate a day to Mary and they oh I see to

supplication.

Subtle content should be not suppliant dedicated a day to Mary and they say

Supply suppliant.

I gotta check to see that's the right word omnipotence.

Please explain this.

I I don't know what that is.

I don't know what that I'm gonna look that up and see.

There's an actual phrase because I'm still learning about Catholicism.

I don't have all the all the stuff down on what it is.

Let's see if there's a phrase that works like that.

Yeah Suppliant Omnipotence

Is a paradoxical concept that posits a being who is both all -powerful and also in need of

supplication.

What?

This idea often arises in religious or philosophical context.

Paradox.

Being wish all -powerful in need and in need creates a logical contradict what let's not Christian

thought.

So I'm not sure what?

What that is about, I'm not sure what that's about.

Hey folks, I'd want to give me a call eight seven seven two zero seven.

Two two seven six.

I just had a thought.

And the reason I'm thinking about something here.

I'm thinking about the three online schools.

I've just found out before the radio show that there's a problem with the

schools and our web guy is in contact with

the Firm that produced the software in which the the schools run and that there's

a problem and they're working on solving it.

I mean, it's I don't know what the problem is exactly.

I've heard people say they sign up and then there's a little problem.

They can't see the schools.

We have to give them access.

It should already be there automatically.

I think that's what the problem is.

But if you have Taken the schools.

I want to hear what you have to say if you don't call me up really fast.

Let me know but I'm also interested in something else.

Maybe people could let me know you could even email me or call up and say, you know I'd like to see a Karma

school on a particular topic because I have I have schools on

theology on apologetics and I have schools on a school on critical thinking

and I've thought about writing one for Biblical interpretation and I've also

thought about doing stuff like How to learn to witness to the Catholics or learn what Catholicism really teaches and

have a school like here's what the premises are.

Here's this here's this and you go through and you take you do questions and answers as you go through.

Like 50 lessons or something like that and I could do that.

So I am curious so those who are listening on rumble or and or

those who are listening on YouTube and Facebook you can let me know.

I Want to know I want to know and I think Laura said hermeneutics, which is how to interpret

scripture.

Written on that before I could teach on it.

So anyway, that's a thought.

It's a thought I guess so much to do.

Let's see.

This person the email says asked a Catholic brother question about it and got skated around with

no answer.

Instead he attacked my own Interpretation I.

So, I don't know what the question is.

So I'm sorry.

Okay, let's can't can't answer it.

Okay, let's try this.

I Have some concerns regarding your article about the concept of audio for up

now audio for ladies and gentlemen is the Teaching is the that there are doctrines

that are not Essential to the Christian faith that you can affirm or deny certain aspects and you're still a

Christian.

That's what audio for is.

All right.

Like you explain audio for first to believe some practices that are non -essential, etc.

He agrees.

What's confusing me is you also say in the article that preacher rapture poster rapture

would be a non -essential.

So it would be audio for while it is true.

Some Christians might consider it to be audio for I don't think it is Accurate to say is definitely

audio for I'm confused because how he just defines it properly and

Then says that it's not audio for oh, but preach a post -trib rapture debate both are acceptable

Within the Christian worldview and does not negate someone's faith in Christ.

Because of either one anyway, he goes on because if a Christian sincerely believes pre -tribulation rapture is the scriptural view.

It wouldn't be audio for in their eyes.

It would be the scriptural.

Okay, no.

Audio for is that person has a view they believe is biblical.

But it's not.

But it's an opinion.

Like for example, there are people who believe that the scriptures teach.

That will be raptured out before the tribulation others like myself teach.

We're going to go through the tribulation that we raptured out after it.

Both of those positions cannot be true in the same time in the same sense.

But if I hold to post -trib and someone else holds to pre -trib, it doesn't mean they're a Christian or not a

Christian.

It just means they hold to a position which is not stated as being an essential doctrine of the Christian faith.

Essential doctrines are those things that are stated as being essential like Jesus says in John 8 24 unless you

believe that I am.

You will die in your sin.

So you've got to believe he is the I am Johnny 24 or his physical resurrection

in John.

First Corinthians, excuse me, first Corinthians 15 14 and 17.

Paul says he repeats himself.

He says that if Christ be not raised our faith is in vain.

So that's an essential doctrine of the Christian faith the resurrection of Christ.

But nothing in the Bible says thou shalt believe in pre -trib rapture.

Otherwise thou shalt go to hell.

There's nothing that says a statement like that, which would then declare it as being an essential.

No, it's an adiaphora.

It is a non -essential.

Which means there's a range of doctrines that people can believe in and have this is differences of opinion on

and it still be.

Okay, so be true.

That's what's going on.

That's what it means.

And so adiaphora includes the rapture Millennium

and things like that.

Okay, hope that helped so now let's see if we can get to another one.

You please answer this question on the radio.

Are there any examples in the Bible of God Jesus changing his mind?

None, I'm aware of Jesus, but there are places in the Old

Testament where it says God changed his mind and.

So what do we do with those?

Well, the I have a whole section written on this kind of stuff dealing with open theism.

Open theism is the position That the future is open because God can't know what

your free will choices are going to be.

Because if he knew what they're gonna be then you're not free any well anymore.

That's illogical, but that's what they hold.

And so one of the things they will do is cite Instances where God says, you know, he repented of this or he

changed God's mind.

It does this and that.

So the general response to them is simple God is speaking to us in human

terms not in the divine Relationship that he will do something

and then alter what he said he would do for example, he said he was going to destroy Nineveh and

He didn't well that mean that God made a mistake.

No, it does not because when you go to for example of Jeremiah 18 8

God says if that nation against which I have spoken turns spoken turns from its evil I

will relent.

Concerning the calamity I plan to bring on it so God can say to a nation.

I'm gonna destroy you I'm gonna do this to you.

I'm gonna do that to you and Then that motivates them to turn from their sin.

They repent and God says, okay I won't so God knew the ultimate truth that they were going to repent.

But part of the requirement of their repentance was God saying what he did to get him to repent.

So then God can say that I'm gonna do this and then he says, okay well Then but he gives the

conditions why and this is dealing with the issue the now the not yet and some other

Theological perspectives.

That's the the first level answer.

All right.

So let's try this one.

Here's a question listening to the show right now in Clubhouse.

This is from when is this.

Oh While back my question for you.

Is this what are your views on Lordship salvation versus free grace?

Theology.

Lordship salvation is the idea.

There's a bit of a variation in its teaching Understanding but it's the idea that Jesus has to be Lord of every

aspect of your life in order to be a true Christian.

It's saved free grace theology Generally says you're just saved by grace through faith and you got in

sin and it's okay.

Both of those have their problems obviously and we're running out of time here to go to get to them.

But we don't have to make Lord of Jesus Lord of everything in our lives in order for him to be Lord or be our Savior.

We don't make him Lord of every single area of our life enough.

But upon that condition that we do he becomes our Savior.

That's not true.

He is that automatically which is even including government.

We've got to be make sure that free grace theology Violates first John 2 for

you say, you know him but but don't keep his commandments.

So the truth is not in you and you're a liar we don't want to say that we're just saved by grace and then we go sin and

actually go out and do it and then Deny the truth of God's Word and what he requires of us.

That would be a mistake both of those Exaggerations would be error and heretical.

Alright, so there you go.

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