Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference: 0:00 - Introduction 1. 0:13 I'm a follower of Christ, and I have several major illnesses which makes me uninsurable, and I can’t afford a funeral plan. My family will likely cremate me, but I’m REALLY troubled about this. Can only buried bodies be resurrected? Will I miss out on eternal life and go to Hell if my body is cremated? When I asked a pastor nearby, he said cremation is Pagan and only burial is biblical. Is this true? 2. 8:10 How do you see God when you pray? My mind wants to envision a person. 3. 10:29 Is there a possibility that “Lady Wisdom” in Proverbs 8 is actually the Holy Spirit? Is there ever any definitively male or female pronouns used in the Hebrew or Greek to know? 4. 13:26 Romans 11: 25-32 seems to say that the Jewish people will turn back to Christ. Do you have any thoughts on that or see a connection between that and the rising number of Messianic Jews is Israel? 5. 18:59 I am a new Christian, formally LDS. Many LDS folk have been very active at challenging my new beliefs (the Trinity, etc.) I want to share the Gospel with them, but I recognize I'm still learning. Do new Christians have an obligation to defend our beliefs and evangelize, or is it o.k. to ask these challengers to give me space? 6. 22:02 If God is timeless, how could He have sequential thoughts, especially before time was created (e.g., His decision to make time and creation)? 7. 25:36 What are our "non-negotiables" as Christians? What doctrines do we unapologetically plant our flags on and refuse to back down from? 8. 32:33 To what extent do we expose works of darkness? (Ephesians 5:8-14) A family member who claims to be a Christian is openly selling food w vulgar text & images and I found out she’s supplying alcohol to minors as well, through her business. The 1st part was bad enough, but I can’t stay silent anymore. She is already unhappy with me and another family member calling her out on behavior that endangered her child & our family, but admitted at the time that she “should be a better Christian.” How do we handle this? 9. 34:12 Is the Paradise mentioned by Paul in his vision of being taken to the third Heaven, Jesus to the thief on the cross, and in the account of Lazarus the same place? 10. 37:11 How can God love the whole world while hating sinners like in Psalm 5:5? 11. 41:23 Any advice for a wife whose husband has admitted he is not as spiritually mature as the wife? She doesn’t want to lead *him,* but is more spiritually mature. 12. 44:07 If a born-again Christian dies suddenly with an unconfessed sin (not a lifestyle) like momentary lust or deceit, will this lead to Hell? Or does Christ's sacrifice cover all sins (past & future)? 13. 49:05 Where are we when we are judged? On Earth, in Heaven, or somewhere in between? 14. 50:51 In Matthew 27, who are the people coming out of the tombs when Jesus rises? Did they continue earthly life and die again, or ascend too? 15. 54:22 How can I get close to God and overcome demons I have and oppression? 16. 57:31 My wife and I think we are called to move to Alaska for missions (to Remote Alaska). How can I know God is guiding us there? 17. 1:01:47 Would you please explain Matthew 10: 23? What is meant by “before the Son of Man comes”? Mark does NOT state this in his rendition of “Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles” (Mark 6:7-13). 18. 1:05:04 Have you ever read anything on the Eastern Orthodox view of the Holy Trinity called the Monarchy of the Father? If you have, do you have any thoughts? 19. 1:06:22 I think I'm getting diagnosed with Covert Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Proverbs 16:5 scares me. Am I unsavable? I want to be saved and truly converted, but fear is my motive. 20. 1:13:22 My heart has become hard due to continued rebellion which led to a problem trusting Christ and resting in Him. How do I know if I’m repentant when I’m not “sorry” anymore? I miss living near to Christ.
@Mike Winger. Pastor Mike, thank you for taking my question (question 17 in the video). I think the character cap limited me from being able to ask the full question in clarity. Luke 9:1-6, Mark 6:7-13, and Matthew 10:5-15 are all parallel passages to each other. However, Matthew then adds Matthew 10:16-24. This passage is almost word for word what Mark says in his Olivet Discourse (Mark 13:9-13). Why is Matthew adding this passage from the Olivet Discourse concerning the “Signs of the End of the Age” to the passage concerning the sending of the 12. I think it’s clear Matthew is taking Mark’s passage from his Olivet Discourse and applying to his sending of the 12, but why? Thank you.
About question 3, I think their point was to try and make the Holy Spirit a female. As in the mother Type of figure. The father. Holy Spirit being the mother. And Jesus being the son.
Quick question pastor Mike, how can one identify churches that are operating u see the kundalini spirit? These days seems there’s so many “revival experience “ churches and meetings where people fall under the “power” or act weird lol. Sorry if it’s a trivial question but please provide any guidance. Thanks.
Could you do a study on sex outside of marriage? I think it could be of great value given that you look at the Hebrew and Greek words and what they meant given the context used in many instances. This is especially important with the sex outside of marriage topic, given that a negative command that forbids it is never explicitly stated. It is now assumed, for some reason, that sexual immortality and fornication means sex outside of marriage, but that is never stated. Sexual immortality and fornication could have meant prostitution, incest, sodomy, unclean sex during menstrual cycle, orgies, homosexuality, rape, etc. The Hebrew and Greek words for fornication are associated with prostitution in many instances. I believe it is incorrect to tell people that God was speaking about sex outside of marriage when speaking about sexual immorality and fornication. He told us not to kill, He told us not to steal, He told us not to lie, He told us not to bear false witness, He told us to honor our parents, He told us specifically which animals to eat and which not to eat. I believe that with an issue as important as sex that He would have explicitly stated "Do not have sex outside of marriage" if it was a sin in and of itself. Now, I do believe it can be displeasing to God depending on how you go about it, and it can cause one to be unrighteous in many ways, and I'm not promoting being sexually promiscuous. But I've been with my finance for four years. We have a son together. I love her and she loves me. I absolutely do not believe that I am committing a sin every time I have sex with her, or that I was even before we got engaged. And I think that is a dangerous idea to promote. I'm a new believer in the Word of God. Not a new believer in God, but in the Bible. If I stopped having sex with my finance because I believed that I was committing a sin every time I did it, I imagine our relationship wouldn't make it to the marriage. Good thing I don't think it is a sin for us to make love. Because I don't think God would want me to do something that would break up our family, i.e., suddenly stop having sex with my fiance, or even if she was my girlfriend, because I now believe in the Word of God and I mistakenly trust the misinterpretation of some men. And I believe that is why He never plainly stated that sex outside of marriage is a sin. Because He knew that one day it would actually cause damage if people believed that. But obviously He doesn't promote it and He would encourage us to be married. But that is vastly different than saying it is a sin.
How many bodies over the years are intact? Sailors lost at sea, people burned to death and left in ruins, and so on. I have planned to be an organ donor after death and have no fears that God will reject me because my body is not intact.
In response to the last question. When I decided to give my life to Christ, while repenting of my sins I didn't truly feel bad either. I was very aware that my repentance was not from the bottom of my heart at that moment. Nevertheless, I started sobbing, something spiritual was happening to me. That was in the middle of the night. I was then very sick the next day. From then on I started changing, mentally and physically I did not want to sin anymore. We just have to go through the motions, like Mike said. Do what's right, pray about it, even if initially it feels like you are faking it. I think it is about making a conscious decision. I know my feelings were numbed initially as a result of my sinful lifestyle and beliefs I chose to adopt. God started pulling the scales of my heart once I decided to surrender.
Reminds me of the story in C.S. Lewis Narnia book "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" where Eustace Scrubb encounters the Lion and tries to shed his dragon skin. At the end, only the lion is able to do it. Such a poweful analogy to the deepness of our sins, and the short coming of our own struggle in ourselves. I belive your experience, patisha1, is one of the things God wants the most from us. Our willingness to confront sin, and let Him change us towards His glory. I am on that road, but self deceit is strong and I struggle with letting Him have it all. Please pray for me if you read this.
@@tormodundheim259 . I keep hearing comparisons of Christianity with Narnia. I should read it one day. I should certainly keep you in my prayers. It's a process. 2 steps forward, one step back. Don't forget we should keep asking God to help uproot our iniquities. It's nearly impossible to do it alone.
48:00 Thank you for talking about our position in Christ. We are “in Him”. According to Colossians we are dead and hidden with Christ in God. This reality changed my Christian walk years ago.
I am always blessed when I take time to come and listen to these Q&As. Often I hear answers for myself in the answers to other people's questions, even if mine isn't specifically asked. Mine was asked today, though, and I'm feeling encouraged to keep talking with my Mormon friends who are unhappy that I've left Mormonism. They definitely do the whole "ask a question, get an answer, and then ignore the answer and ask another question" tactic, though, and maybe that's part of why I have been feeling discouraged. Their efforts usually feel much more like an attempt to get me to go back to Mormonism than it does an honest conversation. There's no way I could go back, though, knowing what I now know about Mormonism, and certainly knowing what I now know about Christ and the truth of His divinity. I praise God daily for bringing me out of the falsehood of the Mormon Church. There's still a LOT to unpack, and God is working with me daily to help sort truth from falsehood. Living in Utah, with all of this all around me, can sometimes just feel overwhelming. But THANK YOU for the encouragement to "answer according to your capacity." There's a lot I don't know the answer to yet, but there's a LOT of truth the Lord has already helped me to see in a few short weeks. He is so gracious and so good.
So happy to hear your lovely approach and that you are encouraged!:) God is really good, He will take care of you! I’m really glad that you are our sister in Christ♥️Stay in the Truth and hold on to the hope that is in Christ.:) His mercy is sufficient♥️May God lead you and I pray that your friends will get to know Him and His mercy too.
God bless you, and good luck. I hope that you feel encouraged to, at least, have other Christians to share how you feel with online. I’m sorry you’re feeling overwhelmed in Utah
Having an online community of believers is immensely helpful to me. I also HAVE been able to get involved with a local Bible-based Christian church which has also been such a blessing. 🙌
Good! I’m so so happy for you! I can’t imagine how hard it is having so much different theology going around. I’m happy happy you’ve got a local church Stephanie 💕
Accord made me smile. I'm the congregant that always laughs out loud at preacher jokes. I always appreciate good humor for the sake of trying to bring joy to other's lives!!
The first question was so heavy, I hope all goes well with the person asking the question. I admire your desire to please the Lord even in that detail.
I am Karl Smit From South Africa. I have recently (like 5min ago) subscribed to you channel.. Thank you for your humbleness when speaking. i have now watched the last 5 days a couple of your videos and DUDE, well done !!! Thanks for trying yout best and speaking out of the word. The Word Is Life !!!!!
@@smi9324 It's ongoing. I'm going to just keep going and going to God. I can't tell anymore if it's always there & I don't see it or I haven't forgiven/dealt with it. Like, am I REALLY trying to not hate the politicians? Am I mad because scared/frustrated? Confusing. Mike's advice was spot on. Keep confessing it to God. Even if it's a hundred times a day. Considering I've been being convicted on this for a bit....best thing I've heard today. LOVE YA MIKE!!!
I find that most of the Christians who think cremation is ungodly, do not acknowledge the pagan roots of embalming. Thanks Mike for your answer on cremation.
Lol. Both embalming and modern cremation developed disconnected from any pagan tradition, but you are 100 percent right. One is just as "pagan" as the other. I'm opposed to embalming but not specifically because it's pagan but rather because it seems exploitative of grieving families.
"Society never gets rid of bigotry, it just picks new targets". This is pretty accurate based on the short life experience i had before and after i became a Christian. Gives the Pendulum Model for society that much more credence
Kinda tired of hearing about red heifers being born in Israel. Mike you are right. People are just over predicting the second coming and seeing signs everywhere. We have to let God be God and calm down and serve Christ day by day. Love the Q and A. Love your ministry!
1:06:12 'But do you guys have any -ites that you would add to that list?' A: "Socialites" "Vegemites" (Sorry, I'm from Australia) "Dynomites" "Kilobytes" "Copyrights" "Candlelights" "Fahrenheits" "Black-and-whites" "Human-rights" "Traffc-lights"
I really like the dust to dust answer, but would add that our atoms and molecules are continually being replaced, with the bone marrow cells having the longest turn over. After seven to ten years, all the cells of our bodies are completely replaced, so yo don't even have the same matter you did ten years ago. What is the same is the pattern or information contained in your DNA. That's what makes you physically unique and who you are. Your DNA pattern exists in the mind of God and God can take the necessary raw ingredients, which he made in the first place, and reassemble them in the pattern of your body whenever He wants.
I love the Boaz jokes. I think I will tell them to my Grandchildren and hopefully they will ask who Boaz was. What a wonderful way to talk about the Bible❗️
Thank you for another great Friday. I always learn something important that makes me think deeper about the scripture you talk about. unlike other pastors/preachers/men of God. you lay it out. There is no sugar coating or lies.
For question 10: You can love someone but hate who they’ve become. I think it’s similar to how God hates, as in not the person but instead who’ve they become which can make it sound like it’s them.
I voluntarily plan to be cremated, I just want to be as little of a burden as possible on my family. I don't believe our physical body has anything to do with our salvation. I don't want to sound insensitive or anything, but I never visit my grandparents graves. Not only do I not live by them, but I do not believe that they are even there to "listen" to me, I wouldn't try to communicate with them, and I believe I will see them again and have no need to visit their burial sites. We had great memorial services, we praised God for their lives then moved on, I still miss them deeply but have no connection to their bodies. And our daughter was cremated and I have no concern for her salvation, I know we will see her again.
@about 16.56 he is talking about Jewish people getting saved. he mentions the fact that once they get saved, they are more Jewish. I am a Jewish believer and I appreciate this comment so much. My mind was so blown my first Passover after my salvation recognizing that it all came to Christ, and at that point I wasn't even going to Sunday morning church. Good job, you got it
@@johnernest1207 @John Ernest that's right, there is no difference between yJew nor greek. We are all equal under christ. We are all worthless sinners with no chance of salvation and NOTHING good in us and that's why Christ had to die on the cross for us. But you see, most Jewish people have never heard the gospel because of the Christians. Yes I said because of Christians. Many Protestants follow the Catholic teaching of replacement theology, as a church has replaced israel. You have guys like Martin Luther who literally wrote a book called "On the Jews and Their Lies". The Catholic and most Protestant churches have actually gone out of their way to persecute Jewish people (ever hear of the crusades or the Spanish Inquisition). So the average Jewish person doesn't want to hear about Christ because of how many times people have persecuted them in the name of Christ. I remember one time as a kid my friend brought me to I think it's called a youth rangers or Christ rangers or royal rangers or something like that meeting. As an elementary school student, they had a man there telling me "you know the Jews killed Christ". (Historically, it wasn't the Hebrews, it was the Romans). While we are all equal under christ, we have not had equal evangelism under Christ. So as a Jewish Christian, I have been hated by Christians and hated by Jews and that does leave a Jewish person to be left in the state of isolation. We sometimes get treated like we're novel. We don't quiet fit in the normal christian mold. Today is Purim, we celebrated last night by eating sweets and reading esther. Some Christians get offended when I celebrate the Passover. Yes, Jews and gentiles are all the same under christ. My pastor is actually greek. I love going out to him and telling him how I have to get served first because t's to "the Jew first and then also the Greek." Here are two things I want you to learn from this. First, you are called to evangelize Jewish people.Acts 1.8, Luke 24.47, and Romans 1.16 to name a few. When was the last time you were able to present a clear gospel presentation to a Jewish person? Most Jewish people have never actually heard the gospel, they just have heard Christians hating them.we see whenever Paul went into a new city, he first went to the synagogues. Are you following that example of going out looking for Jewish people to believe like the apostle Paul himself did? We need to reach every last soul with the gospel. But they are too many churches who ignored Jewish people. And by the way, we have too many people of winning Muslims nowadays as well. They believe in a complete false religion based off works that's an abomination to god. But are we out there trying to rescue them from hell, or we too afraid to present to them a clear concise logical gospel presentation. The second thing I want you to realize is that some people have had to pay a price to take the name Christian. There are plenty of Jewish people that once they get converted they have to cut full family ties. Obviously this is not just a uniquely Jewish thing, I have a great friend from Bhutan who had to leave her family because she would not worship her ancestors anymore. She had a fleet of India as a refugee. so when somebody can turn around and say look at the great thing God did in my life, don't just play them down. instead of just yelling what we're all the same, you should praise the Lord that someone else became a Christian.
I’m so happy to find Jewish believers. You are right that Christians have treated Jews so horribly in the past that there is a large barrier Christians have to overcome. I didn’t know this for a long time... I assumed all Christians loved Jews because of what the Bible says. One of my Jewish friends told me her ancestors fled Russia and they wore crosses around their necks so Christians wouldn’t persecute them. Another one of my Jewish friends saw I had a Bible and was worried. Luckily they understand now that those Christians were not following Jesus. Both are open to the Gospel.
There’s no such thing as “replacement theology”, that’s just a strawman invented by dispensationalists. Believing Jews and Gentiles are brothers in Christ. Jews who reject Christ will face the same destiny as all other non-Christians: hell. That’s the plain truth.
@@johnernest1207 Was that comment necessary??? Come on think about how this can affect a new believer. You could have said: “The Lords feast days are signs to humanity.” He was just expressing a personal moment with God. You were a kill joy. I was so happy for his comment and then I read yours. My heart fell. Have some Christian love. He was not stating anything that was theologically wrong. It was just his beautiful realization that something he probably celebrated all his life meant so much more. PS I haven’t read his response.
Don’t think I ever heard the Pharisee part of that joke but the Sadducee part I’ve heard better; “ The sadducees didn’t believe in the resurrection and that’s why they were sad you see”. There is also the mosquito bites, the uptights, and the out of sights. I think my favorite joke I’ve heard from a pastor is the one that I’ve heard as either the Lone Ranger and tanto or Watson and Holmes (I prefer it as the Lone Ranger and tanto), but it goes something like this; “They are camping out and LR says to tanto as they are lying on the ground looking up at the stars ‘do you know what this means?’ And tanto responds with a bunch of different things from astronomy and astrology to the weather and asks ‘what do you think it means’ and LR responds ‘It means someone stole our tent’. Not a cheesy joke but still good.
The inerrancy of scripture is the most important hill to die on. Without reliable scripture we know nothing about Jesus, the death & resurrection, creation, we are saved by grace only by Christ alone..... To say scripture may have some little errors runs counter to the Christians faith and will condemn anyone who doesn't accept it this critical fact because it's the whole manual for the Christian faith.
Pastor Mike I would like to hear your input on the current situation happening in Canada resulting in the arrest with Pastor James Coates. I'm struggling with understanding it and I really trust your opinion and research. I have to admit I need some help with understanding this. Thank you.
The reason the apostles were in 1 accord was because that was all the money they had after they realized they should have bought a Honda but bought a Kia. Joke on speaking in tongues. Also Co-ca-cola and I can't tie my bow tie he tie my bow tie. I was raised in Pentecostal church of God.
That question about moving to Alaska really moved me - thank you for your wisdom, Mike. I'm currently passionate about using my writing for the Lord; I've written screenplays, musicals and songs, waiting for God to tell me 'this is the one I'm going to bless'. But your word about not expecting God to give me a sign of success and 'to just do it' is a massive encouragement. Even if nothing but worship from my soul to Him is a result of my efforts, then that is more than enough!
Mike excellent teachings. Im a messianic jew and more Jewish then ever.Before i was saved i could care less about Jewish Religion or Hebrew Bible.All i cared about was marijuana and Rock music.Thank God for Yeshua HAMASHIA Evangelist Roger Mansour missionary to HAITI
Mike, Thanks so much for your passion and dedication to this Ministry. I look forward to Q & A segments!! BTW....those jokes had me laughing...not because they were funny but because of how you laugh at them. The Boaz/Ruth one was a good one though! Thanks Sarah😄
Mike, Can you explain why nowadays prophets, apostles, fortune tellers and medicine men can do all miracles except for one? What I mean is their 'god' can do anything except for creating money and they need their followers to make it happen? Is it a miracle?
If our eternal destiny could be so easily forfeited by being cremated, Christ would have mentioned it. He was clear on the conditions for eternal life. It's such a shame that people get into bondage over this.
Oh no!!! It’s so very upsetting that some people carry the belief that cremation is not acceptable to God. How utterly ridiculous!! What about Christians who, in example, die at sea and their bodies are never recovered? Are they doomed to hell? Absolutely NOT! Mike is so patient and kind to us all. If someone asked me this question, I would want to laugh in their face! 😤
King Saul and his three son's bodies, including Jonathan, David's friend, were burned. Their bones were retrieved and burried. "But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days. (1 Samuel 31:11-13, ESV)
Knock knock. Who's there? Dishes. Dishes who? Dishes a very bad joke. ... The jokes in the video and thinking of "God sans the universe" made me think of this, and I thought I'd share.
Regarding Question 12, even as Christians, we still have sinful nature. We are born in sin so, in that sense, we will all die in sin BUT positionally righteous and redeemed in Jesus Christ. It's not possible as a human to die without sin but it IS possible to die with our sins covered and redeemed.
My pastor definitely uses the accord joke! He drives an accord and our associate pastor does not, so our pastor always jokes his car is more biblical 😂
Yesss! I grew up on that Pharisee and Sadducee joke!!! It’s corny, but it definitely helps you remember their differences lol! 😃😄 Love your channel, Mike! I am hooked and am almost done watching your Mark series. Thank you for all the thorough research you do about such difficult topics.
@Simply Put, my wife and I live in remote rural western Alaska. Please send me a message and I would LOVE to talk to you about the mission field!! 57:30
From what I've seen as soon as you see a Christian cherry picking the Bible you're watching someone on a big slippery slide that will end with a bump, not to mention confusion. Who's the arbiter? What parts are true and which aren't? Ooooh, think I will hold to the inerrancy of Scripture within appropriate contextual understanding. Actually, I find literal interpretation easier, of course within the particular literary genre. Blessings to all 🙏✝️
The way you answered 16 was something I needed to hear ! Instead of feeling more confident making choices based off of our walk with Christ , we wait and hope for a clear cut sign because we want a guarantee of success. Exactly what I think I was doing. 🤯
Hi Pastor Mike! Thanks for being one of our pastors! We are blessed to listen to you and how God speaks through you. Simply thought QA 16 was well answered... real, Godly, and right! Blessings! Rick
I try hard to use the app but there’s no comments... lol. That first question though!! Mikes strong answer made me laugh and he is so right. Hebrew Roots (my parents still are) don’t believe in cremation so that’s how I ran into that kind of question and yikes...
@Mike Winger. Pastor Mike, thank you for taking my question (question 17 in the video). I think the character cap limited me from being able to ask the full question in clarity. Luke 9:1-6, Mark 6:7-13, and Matthew 10:5-15 are all parallel passages to each other. However, Matthew then adds Matthew 10:16-24. This passage is almost word for word what Mark says in his Olivet Discourse (Mark 13:9-13). Why is Matthew adding this passage from the Olivet Discourse concerning the “Signs of the End of the Age” to the passage concerning the sending of the 12. I think it’s clear Matthew is taking Mark’s passage from his Olivet Discourse and applying to his sending of the 12, but why? Thank you.
Cremation question - You can rent a casket and have a service with all friends and love ones, then the body can take away. Also get a cremation plot there family can bring flowers and get a head stone. Pastor Mike said it best dust to dust
A friends mother was so scared of burdening her family she donated her body knowing they would bury her when finished with a Christian burial. Your option sounds like a good one. Casket prices are crazy, not that we use them here, we go for coffins. I've seen wicker ones which are very cheap and eco friendly and embalming is no longer seen as necessary which will cut the bill down too.
Love this Q&A I know Pastor jokes are not for everyone but I really enjoyed them. But more seriousness, I to had a very dark season in life while in full time ministry living at a Children’s home that I live in such darkness than I Th ought it would never end. My sin took over I was ready to run away and live with a man that got kicked out of the Ministry. I remember cleaning the little boys bathroom looking in the mirror begging God to take this away, but it didn’t end there. I had to physically stop all contact with this man ask for forgiveness but still my heart didn’t change right away. Until one day I heard the radio playing in one of the kids room about a hard heart! At that moment God said this is you! I broke right there in the middle of this empty room at this children’s ministry. And I have ever been the same and never looked back. I’m saying IT IS A CHOICE You have to make and never give up because God has a work in you enough to know you will never turn back. I know I wouldn’t have learned this hard lesson if he just fixed me on the spot of me asking. He had work to do first. Love this Pastor Mike!
I enjoy this channel a lot and Mike Winger really does what he sets out to do - make you think Biblically about things. I love that! I don’t understand the question days, though. I only tried to submit a question once, but I couldn’t even ask my entire question because of the character limit. The entire time people wait for the live feed, people are constantly seeing messages explaining that their questions will not be answered if they are submitted before the live feed. Yet, there is usually a question or two (usually the first one) that is extremely long and detailed. That’s great, but how does that happen with the character limit? Where do those longer questions come from? Just wondering.
(Admin) Hi Jamie! Thank you for your note - we're so glad to hear you're enjoying our content! We're so sorry that the Q&A process can be difficult. We are always thinking of ways to streamline our process, but the reality is just that we receive thousands of questions and we are only able to answer about 20 within the allotted time. We recently began to have Q&A sessions every week rather than just once in a while as we were previously doing, to try to help with this. We agree that the 200 character limit adds an extra layer of difficulty, but it is unfortunately outside of our control - TH-cam applies that rule to all live chat comments, even for moderators. The reason there are occasionally questions longer than that limit is if the team member compiling questions for the day chooses to allow a 2-part question to be submitted, and then they combine the two parts before sending the question list to Pastor Mike. In order to be as fair as possible to all, we ask everyone to try to send only one-part questions, but we will occasionally allow a 2-part Q in rare circumstances. I hope this helps! Many blessings.
My Pastor said this... 😢 about cremation and One more confirmation for leaving that Church, praising God but so grieved in spirit. It's horrible how much it costs to put someone to "rest"
Don't grieve. If the Shepherd (pastor) of God isn't feeding his flock the bread of life, then you need to move on. I hope you find a good pastor. But remember that God is the good shepherd!!❤️❤️
Reliability of SCRIPTURE ??? Tell her to make that same statement AFTER she has her Doctorate in Christianity…….has got a PERSONAL relationship with Jesus……….and has literally STUDIED each and every PROPHECY in the BIBLE. Reliability, my hind leg !
Who, in Christianity, will fix this? (long, but very relevant & timely post) Atheist: there is no God. Christian: God created everything. Atheist: then who created God? Christian: God always was. Atheist: the Universe always was. Christian: No. God created the Universe. Atheist: then who created God? ....and 'round and 'round it goes. What would Frank say? He didn't. or did i miss something? Another Gigantic problem in Christianity to day is: 1. a Christian writes a book on how Christianity is true. 2. a Skeptic writes a rebuttal-book. 3. the Christian does NOT out-argue or disprove the skeptic. They avoid. They stop. Instead--- 4. some NEW apologist will come along, and not disprove this last skeptic, either. He/she will simply write a new book, RE-stating how Christianity is all true, all over again. Some years back, Christians had LEE STROBEL. Then, Robert M. Price writes "the Case AGAINST the case For Christ" -- but-- WHO WILL DISPROVE Price?!? Instead...(drum roll please)...meet J. Warner Wallace (did i get his name right?). Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, he hasn't said squat about Robert M. Price. But here he is, the latest "new apologist" saying how its all true, all over again. . .and the cycle repeats. Also, WHO WILL WRITE the point-by-point counter-rebuttal to Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am Not a Christian"?!? Avoidance isnt an answer. There are people far, far more qualified than me, to do this. I have read the entire New Testament, but have NO degree in Theology, History or New Testament Studies. The skeptics still need to be counter-argued, not avoided. In the meantime, more people leave the church. . .its the UNANSWERED QUESTIONS that are the big reason for "deconstruction" and falling away. NOT "the Enneagram", (good gaawwwd!! why is anyone at all WASTING 5 seconds of time on youtube at all, saying anything about this, other than: "it has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity! TELL them that. Then Move On!) ...Neither does "understanding the Black expereince" (or even the white experience). Not Poverty. Not Racism. Not social justice. These are all new side-distractions. The Church is not your state capitol. Many so-called "issues" today never were the Churches job and still aren't. People want answers. They want to know that their Faith can and will and does stand up to skeptical objections - not to just be told in a new book or youtube video that its all true (again) and ignore the skeptical critiques...i.e...Price, Russell, Sam Harris, Dan Barker. Who will SHOW that they are wrong? Copy/share this post freely. Permission granted.
Mike, The problem with post-tribbers, who must place the Bema Seat of Christ on earth, is that they miss the purpose and significance of the Rapture altogether. I agree we should use our common sense. So here are some common-sense questions: 1) Is Jesus the only bridegroom who is not entitled to some private time with his bride? Where do post-Tribbers place the seven days Jewish newlyweds had to consummate their marriage? Paul calls this spiritual oneness with Christ a "GREAT MYSTERY." I used to think the Rapture was of the Church, but now I know it is of the BRIDE. Yes, it is still us, but the Church won'tt be fully Christ's until the Rapture (1John 3). We will be celebrating our spiritual honeymoon with Jesus in heaven while the unrepentant world goes to hell -- quite literally. This is Jesus' (and our) long-awaited day. He's coming down to get us b/c He's not going to allow any stinking devil anywhere near his heaven-bound Bride. 2) When do we get to see and enjoy the mansions Jesus said he was preparing for each one of us in his Father's house? Wasn't He, like any Jewish bridegroom of his day, expressing his pride and joy at the thought of building his bride a home? But according to post-Tribbers, Jesus is putting it off a thousand years, b/c He's too busy setting up his earthly Kingdom to take his Bride to his Father's house. He's going to lift us up in the air only to swing us around back to earth where most of us were beheaded. REALLY? 3) Finally, when will the Bema Seat of Christ take place? Like any king, Jesus wants to lavish his Bride with jewels and crowns He has stored in heaven, but unfortunately, post-Tribbers want to deprive Him of that joy too. They'd rather endure the judgment of God together with the unrighteous. Conflating the Rapture and the Second Coming means that Jesus will have to make a U-turn back to earth and put his reign on hold to squeeze in the Bema Seat of Christ, b/c He can't assign us Millennial-reign jobs until our works (not us) have been judged. So I guess God's angels will have to speed things up by handing out reward packages with name tags to all deserving Christians (Calvanists and Preterists will get a matchbox). Then they'll have to go out and gather the elect of God and the Lamb, as per Isaiah 65. Now II am going to contrast concepts, starting with the difference between a rapture and a gathering (assembling). Raptures are supernatural events where human beings are bodily snatched from the earth UP into heaven for an indefinite period of time. Some examples are Enoch, Elijah, Paul(?), the Church (TBA) and, in case you didn't know, Jesus! While it is true that Jesus ASCENDED to heaven as the Perfect Offering (Firstfruits) UNTO GOD, with regard to death and the grave Jesus was "harpazõed," i.e., He was raptured (Rev. 12:5). The Rapture of the Church is quite unique in that it includes other things besides being snatched from earth to heaven. Our Rapture will also involve the resurrection of the dead in Christ, the changing of our mortal to immortal bodies if we are alive, and a gathering/assembling of this glorious Bride in the air where our heavenly Bridegroom awaits. We call it the Rapture, but this succession of events is really the UNITING OF CHRIST WITH HIS BRIDE, and it is second only to the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the most awesome event in human history. This is the note I am leaving To Whom It May Concern: "In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” (Gospel of John, The Bible)
Hey Pastor Mike.. I've been hearing a lot about spiritual husband and spiritual wives.. Somehow this concept is connected to "soul ties" could you find time to elaborate on this topic? Thank you.. and btw.. Moses used a manna-fest to guide the isrealites through the dessert.. unfortunately this one was not clear and resulted in them wondering the wilderness for 40yrs. They kept asking themselves "WHAT IS IT?!?!? 😂😂😂lolol (My corny joke for the day 🤷♀️)
Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:
0:00 - Introduction
1. 0:13 I'm a follower of Christ, and I have several major illnesses which makes me uninsurable, and I can’t afford a funeral plan. My family will likely cremate me, but I’m REALLY troubled about this. Can only buried bodies be resurrected? Will I miss out on eternal life and go to Hell if my body is cremated? When I asked a pastor nearby, he said cremation is Pagan and only burial is biblical. Is this true?
2. 8:10 How do you see God when you pray? My mind wants to envision a person.
3. 10:29 Is there a possibility that “Lady Wisdom” in Proverbs 8 is actually the Holy Spirit? Is there ever any definitively male or female pronouns used in the Hebrew or Greek to know?
4. 13:26 Romans 11: 25-32 seems to say that the Jewish people will turn back to Christ. Do you have any thoughts on that or see a connection between that and the rising number of Messianic Jews is Israel?
5. 18:59 I am a new Christian, formally LDS. Many LDS folk have been very active at challenging my new beliefs (the Trinity, etc.) I want to share the Gospel with them, but I recognize I'm still learning. Do new Christians have an obligation to defend our beliefs and evangelize, or is it o.k. to ask these challengers to give me space?
6. 22:02 If God is timeless, how could He have sequential thoughts, especially before time was created (e.g., His decision to make time and creation)?
7. 25:36 What are our "non-negotiables" as Christians? What doctrines do we unapologetically plant our flags on and refuse to back down from?
8. 32:33 To what extent do we expose works of darkness? (Ephesians 5:8-14) A family member who claims to be a Christian is openly selling food w vulgar text & images and I found out she’s supplying alcohol to minors as well, through her business. The 1st part was bad enough, but I can’t stay silent anymore. She is already unhappy with me and another family member calling her out on behavior that endangered her child & our family, but admitted at the time that she “should be a better Christian.” How do we handle this?
9. 34:12 Is the Paradise mentioned by Paul in his vision of being taken to the third Heaven, Jesus to the thief on the cross, and in the account of Lazarus the same place?
10. 37:11 How can God love the whole world while hating sinners like in Psalm 5:5?
11. 41:23 Any advice for a wife whose husband has admitted he is not as spiritually mature as the wife? She doesn’t want to lead *him,* but is more spiritually mature.
12. 44:07 If a born-again Christian dies suddenly with an unconfessed sin (not a lifestyle) like momentary lust or deceit, will this lead to Hell? Or does Christ's sacrifice cover all sins (past & future)?
13. 49:05 Where are we when we are judged? On Earth, in Heaven, or somewhere in between?
14. 50:51 In Matthew 27, who are the people coming out of the tombs when Jesus rises? Did they continue earthly life and die again, or ascend too?
15. 54:22 How can I get close to God and overcome demons I have and oppression?
16. 57:31 My wife and I think we are called to move to Alaska for missions (to Remote Alaska). How can I know God is guiding us there?
17. 1:01:47 Would you please explain Matthew 10: 23? What is meant by “before the Son of Man comes”? Mark does NOT state this in his rendition of “Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles” (Mark 6:7-13).
18. 1:05:04 Have you ever read anything on the Eastern Orthodox view of the Holy Trinity called the Monarchy of the Father? If you have, do you have any thoughts?
19. 1:06:22 I think I'm getting diagnosed with Covert Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Proverbs 16:5 scares me. Am I unsavable? I want to be saved and truly converted, but fear is my motive.
20. 1:13:22 My heart has become hard due to continued rebellion which led to a problem trusting Christ and resting in Him. How do I know if I’m repentant when I’m not “sorry” anymore? I miss living near to Christ.
@Mike Winger. Pastor Mike, thank you for taking my question (question 17 in the video). I think the character cap limited me from being able to ask the full question in clarity. Luke 9:1-6, Mark 6:7-13, and Matthew 10:5-15 are all parallel passages to each other. However, Matthew then adds Matthew 10:16-24. This passage is almost word for word what Mark says in his Olivet Discourse (Mark 13:9-13). Why is Matthew adding this passage from the Olivet Discourse concerning the “Signs of the End of the Age” to the passage concerning the sending of the 12. I think it’s clear Matthew is taking Mark’s passage from his Olivet Discourse and applying to his sending of the 12, but why? Thank you.
About question 3, I think their point was to try and make the Holy Spirit a female. As in the mother Type of figure. The father. Holy Spirit being the mother. And Jesus being the son.
Quick question pastor Mike, how can one identify churches that are operating u see the kundalini spirit? These days seems there’s so many “revival experience “ churches and meetings where people fall under the “power” or act weird lol. Sorry if it’s a trivial question but please provide any guidance. Thanks.
Could you do a study on sex outside of marriage? I think it could be of great value given that you look at the Hebrew and Greek words and what they meant given the context used in many instances. This is especially important with the sex outside of marriage topic, given that a negative command that forbids it is never explicitly stated. It is now assumed, for some reason, that sexual immortality and fornication means sex outside of marriage, but that is never stated. Sexual immortality and fornication could have meant prostitution, incest, sodomy, unclean sex during menstrual cycle, orgies, homosexuality, rape, etc. The Hebrew and Greek words for fornication are associated with prostitution in many instances. I believe it is incorrect to tell people that God was speaking about sex outside of marriage when speaking about sexual immorality and fornication. He told us not to kill, He told us not to steal, He told us not to lie, He told us not to bear false witness, He told us to honor our parents, He told us specifically which animals to eat and which not to eat. I believe that with an issue as important as sex that He would have explicitly stated "Do not have sex outside of marriage" if it was a sin in and of itself. Now, I do believe it can be displeasing to God depending on how you go about it, and it can cause one to be unrighteous in many ways, and I'm not promoting being sexually promiscuous. But I've been with my finance for four years. We have a son together. I love her and she loves me. I absolutely do not believe that I am committing a sin every time I have sex with her, or that I was even before we got engaged. And I think that is a dangerous idea to promote.
I'm a new believer in the Word of God. Not a new believer in God, but in the Bible. If I stopped having sex with my finance because I believed that I was committing a sin every time I did it, I imagine our relationship wouldn't make it to the marriage. Good thing I don't think it is a sin for us to make love. Because I don't think God would want me to do something that would break up our family, i.e., suddenly stop having sex with my fiance, or even if she was my girlfriend, because I now believe in the Word of God and I mistakenly trust the misinterpretation of some men. And I believe that is why He never plainly stated that sex outside of marriage is a sin. Because He knew that one day it would actually cause damage if people believed that. But obviously He doesn't promote it and He would encourage us to be married. But that is vastly different than saying it is a sin.
How many bodies over the years are intact? Sailors lost at sea, people burned to death and left in ruins, and so on. I have planned to be an organ donor after death and have no fears that God will reject me because my body is not intact.
I told my husband the manna jokes and he said “ so that would make Moses the mannager.”
That’s good.
@@MikeWinger What do you call an ocean of noodles? A pasta sea!
@@MikeWinger Joke: Did you hear the one about the bear that had a heart attack in the woods? He went into kodiak arrest!😂😂😂😂😂!
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The manna jokes had me singing Keith Green
Another cheesy joke: When was tennis mentioned in the Bible? When Joseph served in Pharaoh's court.
nice one
nice
Oh no!😂
In response to the last question. When I decided to give my life to Christ, while repenting of my sins I didn't truly feel bad either. I was very aware that my repentance was not from the bottom of my heart at that moment. Nevertheless, I started sobbing, something spiritual was happening to me. That was in the middle of the night. I was then very sick the next day. From then on I started changing, mentally and physically I did not want to sin anymore. We just have to go through the motions, like Mike said. Do what's right, pray about it, even if initially it feels like you are faking it. I think it is about making a conscious decision.
I know my feelings were numbed initially as a result of my sinful lifestyle and beliefs I chose to adopt. God started pulling the scales of my heart once I decided to surrender.
I enjoyed your description!
I concur with Brother Derek
Reminds me of the story in C.S. Lewis Narnia book "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" where Eustace Scrubb encounters the Lion and tries to shed his dragon skin. At the end, only the lion is able to do it. Such a poweful analogy to the deepness of our sins, and the short coming of our own struggle in ourselves. I belive your experience, patisha1, is one of the things God wants the most from us. Our willingness to confront sin, and let Him change us towards His glory. I am on that road, but self deceit is strong and I struggle with letting Him have it all. Please pray for me if you read this.
@@tormodundheim259 Sure. You should also pray in turn for others struggling like you. We're all in this together after all.
@@tormodundheim259 .
I keep hearing comparisons of Christianity with Narnia. I should read it one day.
I should certainly keep you in my prayers.
It's a process. 2 steps forward, one step back. Don't forget we should keep asking God to help uproot our iniquities. It's nearly impossible to do it alone.
How tiny was Peter?
He slept on Jesus' watch.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH🤣😂🤣😂
That was good
Ok I love this one 😂
And I thought Bildad was small. He was a shuhite.
It could have been a "Son"Dial.
48:00 Thank you for talking about our position in Christ. We are “in Him”. According to Colossians we are dead and hidden with Christ in God. This reality changed my Christian walk years ago.
"If God tells me who to marry, then I'll have a good marriage." Like Hosea, right?
Love it 😂
Oof!
I was thinking the same thing !
Nothing is Promised, anyone thing can be used, as to refine anyone as Gold through the fire 🔥
I am always blessed when I take time to come and listen to these Q&As. Often I hear answers for myself in the answers to other people's questions, even if mine isn't specifically asked. Mine was asked today, though, and I'm feeling encouraged to keep talking with my Mormon friends who are unhappy that I've left Mormonism. They definitely do the whole "ask a question, get an answer, and then ignore the answer and ask another question" tactic, though, and maybe that's part of why I have been feeling discouraged. Their efforts usually feel much more like an attempt to get me to go back to Mormonism than it does an honest conversation.
There's no way I could go back, though, knowing what I now know about Mormonism, and certainly knowing what I now know about Christ and the truth of His divinity. I praise God daily for bringing me out of the falsehood of the Mormon Church. There's still a LOT to unpack, and God is working with me daily to help sort truth from falsehood. Living in Utah, with all of this all around me, can sometimes just feel overwhelming. But THANK YOU for the encouragement to "answer according to your capacity." There's a lot I don't know the answer to yet, but there's a LOT of truth the Lord has already helped me to see in a few short weeks. He is so gracious and so good.
So happy to hear your lovely approach and that you are encouraged!:) God is really good, He will take care of you! I’m really glad that you are our sister in Christ♥️Stay in the Truth and hold on to the hope that is in Christ.:) His mercy is sufficient♥️May God lead you and I pray that your friends will get to know Him and His mercy too.
God bless you, and good luck. I hope that you feel encouraged to, at least, have other Christians to share how you feel with online. I’m sorry you’re feeling overwhelmed in Utah
Having an online community of believers is immensely helpful to me. I also HAVE been able to get involved with a local Bible-based Christian church which has also been such a blessing. 🙌
Good! I’m so so happy for you! I can’t imagine how hard it is having so much different theology going around. I’m happy happy you’ve got a local church Stephanie 💕
"All in one.... accord 😏" THAT KILLEED ME 😂😂😂😂😂 it was so bad but hilarious at the same time
Accord made me smile. I'm the congregant that always laughs out loud at preacher jokes. I always appreciate good humor for the sake of trying to bring joy to other's lives!!
The first question was so heavy, I hope all goes well with the person asking the question. I admire your desire to please the Lord even in that detail.
The pastor jokes were terrible but Pastor Mike cracking himself up over them made me laugh anyways😆
Thats what made it good 😂
I’m surprised Comedy Central hasn’t called yet
Be careful laughing at Mike! You name may be in the obituary! Mike is speaking the truth!
I enjoyed his jokes ❤️!
Can't thank you enough for doing these videos. They are a blessing!!
Your wife sounds so lovely of a person and I’m so happy that you have each other to share your lives with!
I am Karl Smit From South Africa. I have recently (like 5min ago) subscribed to you channel.. Thank you for your humbleness when speaking. i have now watched the last 5 days a couple of your videos and DUDE, well done !!! Thanks for trying yout best and speaking out of the word. The Word Is Life !!!!!
Question 21: My wife and I gave up cheese for lent. Based on the thumbnail can I still watch this video?
This is why I listen! Been trying to deal with anger, a lifetime thing. Your words really helped. Thank you!
@@smi9324 It's ongoing. I'm going to just keep going and going to God. I can't tell anymore if it's always there & I don't see it or I haven't forgiven/dealt with it. Like, am I REALLY trying to not hate the politicians? Am I mad because scared/frustrated?
Confusing. Mike's advice was spot on. Keep confessing it to God. Even if it's a hundred times a day. Considering I've been being convicted on this for a bit....best thing I've heard today.
LOVE YA MIKE!!!
Your manna jokes reminded me of Keith Green's song "So you wanna go back to Egypt"
I love his stuff
Ba-manna bread, filet o'manna
@@MikeWinger Is there a way to contact you through email?
@@heresyhunter2649 check his website
I find that most of the Christians who think cremation is ungodly, do not acknowledge the pagan roots of embalming. Thanks Mike for your answer on cremation.
Lol. Both embalming and modern cremation developed disconnected from any pagan tradition, but you are 100 percent right. One is just as "pagan" as the other. I'm opposed to embalming but not specifically because it's pagan but rather because it seems exploitative of grieving families.
Yay!! Mike Winger q&a on my Birthday 🎉.... The jokes make this special... Thank you pastor Mike
Happy Birthday!
Awweeee!!! Happy birthday and happy Sabbath!!❤️❤️😊
@@littleboots9800 thank you😀
@@hopelovegood8131 thank you😀
I’m sorry I missed the live broadcast. Good jokes. The last one was the best! T
"Society never gets rid of bigotry, it just picks new targets". This is pretty accurate based on the short life experience i had before and after i became a Christian. Gives the Pendulum Model for society that much more credence
The jokes were actually borderline funny. I laughed in my Spirit 😂
Ouch!
I’m just glad I know what kind of car the disciples drove
@@samanthajeffers9339 I actually chuckled a little at that one. I thought it was cute lol
@@patisha1 i agree, It was really cute
@@samanthajeffers9339 LOLL!!! ME TOOOO!! maybe now I want an accord.
Sara Zimmerman's joke was the best. Thanks for changing it up a bit. Always enjoy these Q & A sessions. :)
@Belinda Saenz-Dunne Haha! Thanks, sister! :D
I always catch my self feeling better when I pray with my eyes open it made me happy Jesus also prayed with eyes open looking up thank you 🙏
Thank you for number 11 definitely needed to hear that I have not been the most loving or encouraging. Lord forgive me and help me.
Kinda tired of hearing about red heifers being born in Israel. Mike you are right. People are just over predicting the second coming and seeing signs everywhere. We have to let God be God and calm down and serve Christ day by day. Love the Q and A. Love your ministry!
Woosh.. I felt a bit bad because I didn't see God in my spirit time, what a relief!
1:06:12 'But do you guys have any -ites that you would add to that list?'
A: "Socialites"
"Vegemites" (Sorry, I'm from Australia)
"Dynomites"
"Kilobytes"
"Copyrights"
"Candlelights"
"Fahrenheits"
"Black-and-whites"
"Human-rights"
"Traffc-lights"
What about the Marmites? I’m shocked you left them out.😜
My youth pastor used to add leotard-tights to the list!
Fahrenheits.....hands down the best one I’ve heard
Kryptonites?
Electrolytes
I really like the dust to dust answer, but would add that our atoms and molecules are continually being replaced, with the bone marrow cells having the longest turn over. After seven to ten years, all the cells of our bodies are completely replaced, so yo don't even have the same matter you did ten years ago. What is the same is the pattern or information contained in your DNA. That's what makes you physically unique and who you are. Your DNA pattern exists in the mind of God and God can take the necessary raw ingredients, which he made in the first place, and reassemble them in the pattern of your body whenever He wants.
I love the Boaz jokes. I think I will tell them to my Grandchildren and hopefully they will ask who Boaz was. What a wonderful way to talk about the Bible❗️
Those gummy bears in the background are actually triggering a craving for gummy bears right now.
Do you know Tactics by Gregory Koukl - ways to evangelise without feeling the need for knowing huge passages of the Bible
It’s a great book.
Thank you for another great Friday. I always learn something important that makes me think deeper about the scripture you talk about. unlike other pastors/preachers/men of God. you lay it out. There is no sugar coating or lies.
For question 10: You can love someone but hate who they’ve become. I think it’s similar to how God hates, as in not the person but instead who’ve they become which can make it sound like it’s them.
I voluntarily plan to be cremated, I just want to be as little of a burden as possible on my family. I don't believe our physical body has anything to do with our salvation. I don't want to sound insensitive or anything, but I never visit my grandparents graves. Not only do I not live by them, but I do not believe that they are even there to "listen" to me, I wouldn't try to communicate with them, and I believe I will see them again and have no need to visit their burial sites. We had great memorial services, we praised God for their lives then moved on, I still miss them deeply but have no connection to their bodies. And our daughter was cremated and I have no concern for her salvation, I know we will see her again.
@about 16.56 he is talking about Jewish people getting saved. he mentions the fact that once they get saved, they are more Jewish. I am a Jewish believer and I appreciate this comment so much. My mind was so blown my first Passover after my salvation recognizing that it all came to Christ, and at that point I wasn't even going to Sunday morning church. Good job, you got it
That shouldn’t even matter. There is “neither Jew nor Greek” in Christ.
@@johnernest1207 @John Ernest that's right, there is no difference between yJew nor greek. We are all equal under christ. We are all worthless sinners with no chance of salvation and NOTHING good in us and that's why Christ had to die on the cross for us.
But you see, most Jewish people have never heard the gospel because of the Christians. Yes I said because of Christians. Many Protestants follow the Catholic teaching of replacement theology, as a church has replaced israel. You have guys like Martin Luther who literally wrote a book called "On the Jews and Their Lies". The Catholic and most Protestant churches have actually gone out of their way to persecute Jewish people (ever hear of the crusades or the Spanish Inquisition). So the average Jewish person doesn't want to hear about Christ because of how many times people have persecuted them in the name of Christ.
I remember one time as a kid my friend brought me to I think it's called a youth rangers or Christ rangers or royal rangers or something like that meeting. As an elementary school student, they had a man there telling me "you know the Jews killed Christ". (Historically, it wasn't the Hebrews, it was the Romans).
While we are all equal under christ, we have not had equal evangelism under Christ. So as a Jewish Christian, I have been hated by Christians and hated by Jews and that does leave a Jewish person to be left in the state of isolation. We sometimes get treated like we're novel. We don't quiet fit in the normal christian mold. Today is Purim, we celebrated last night by eating sweets and reading esther. Some Christians get offended when I celebrate the Passover.
Yes, Jews and gentiles are all the same under christ. My pastor is actually greek. I love going out to him and telling him how I have to get served first because t's to "the Jew first and then also the Greek."
Here are two things I want you to learn from this.
First, you are called to evangelize Jewish people.Acts 1.8, Luke 24.47, and Romans 1.16 to name a few. When was the last time you were able to present a clear gospel presentation to a Jewish person? Most Jewish people have never actually heard the gospel, they just have heard Christians hating them.we see whenever Paul went into a new city, he first went to the synagogues. Are you following that example of going out looking for Jewish people to believe like the apostle Paul himself did? We need to reach every last soul with the gospel. But they are too many churches who ignored Jewish people. And by the way, we have too many people of winning Muslims nowadays as well. They believe in a complete false religion based off works that's an abomination to god. But are we out there trying to rescue them from hell, or we too afraid to present to them a clear concise logical gospel presentation.
The second thing I want you to realize is that some people have had to pay a price to take the name Christian. There are plenty of Jewish people that once they get converted they have to cut full family ties. Obviously this is not just a uniquely Jewish thing, I have a great friend from Bhutan who had to leave her family because she would not worship her ancestors anymore. She had a fleet of India as a refugee. so when somebody can turn around and say look at the great thing God did in my life, don't just play them down. instead of just yelling what we're all the same, you should praise the Lord that someone else became a Christian.
I’m so happy to find Jewish believers. You are right that Christians have treated Jews so horribly in the past that there is a large barrier Christians have to overcome. I didn’t know this for a long time... I assumed all Christians loved Jews because of what the Bible says. One of my Jewish friends told me her ancestors fled Russia and they wore crosses around their necks so Christians wouldn’t persecute them. Another one of my Jewish friends saw I had a Bible and was worried. Luckily they understand now that those Christians were not following Jesus. Both are open to the Gospel.
There’s no such thing as “replacement theology”, that’s just a strawman invented by dispensationalists. Believing Jews and Gentiles are brothers in Christ. Jews who reject Christ will face the same destiny as all other non-Christians: hell. That’s the plain truth.
@@johnernest1207 Was that comment necessary??? Come on think about how this can affect a new believer. You could have said:
“The Lords feast days are signs to humanity.”
He was just expressing a personal moment with God.
You were a kill joy.
I was so happy for his comment and then I read yours. My heart fell.
Have some Christian love. He was not stating anything that was theologically wrong. It was just his beautiful realization that something he probably celebrated all his life meant so much more.
PS I haven’t read his response.
Don’t think I ever heard the Pharisee part of that joke but the Sadducee part I’ve heard better; “ The sadducees didn’t believe in the resurrection and that’s why they were sad you see”.
There is also the mosquito bites, the uptights, and the out of sights.
I think my favorite joke I’ve heard from a pastor is the one that I’ve heard as either the Lone Ranger and tanto or Watson and Holmes (I prefer it as the Lone Ranger and tanto), but it goes something like this; “They are camping out and LR says to tanto as they are lying on the ground looking up at the stars ‘do you know what this means?’ And tanto responds with a bunch of different things from astronomy and astrology to the weather and asks ‘what do you think it means’ and LR responds ‘It means someone stole our tent’.
Not a cheesy joke but still good.
Imagine a martir going to hell because he died burned at the stake...
Exactly.
The inerrancy of scripture is the most important hill to die on. Without reliable scripture we know nothing about Jesus, the death & resurrection, creation, we are saved by grace only by Christ alone.....
To say scripture may have some little errors runs counter to the Christians faith and will condemn anyone who doesn't accept it this critical fact because it's the whole manual for the Christian faith.
Pastor Mike I would like to hear your input on the current situation happening in Canada resulting in the arrest with Pastor James Coates.
I'm struggling with understanding it and I really trust your opinion and research.
I have to admit I need some help with understanding this.
Thank you.
The reason the apostles were in 1 accord was because that was all the money they had after they realized they should have bought a Honda but bought a Kia. Joke on speaking in tongues. Also Co-ca-cola and I can't tie my bow tie he tie my bow tie. I was raised in Pentecostal church of God.
That question about moving to Alaska really moved me - thank you for your wisdom, Mike. I'm currently passionate about using my writing for the Lord; I've written screenplays, musicals and songs, waiting for God to tell me 'this is the one I'm going to bless'. But your word about not expecting God to give me a sign of success and 'to just do it' is a massive encouragement. Even if nothing but worship from my soul to Him is a result of my efforts, then that is more than enough!
My pastor always threw in "the Flashlights", lol.
Mike excellent teachings. Im a messianic jew and more Jewish then ever.Before i was saved i could care less about Jewish Religion or Hebrew Bible.All i cared about was marijuana and Rock music.Thank God for Yeshua HAMASHIA
Evangelist Roger Mansour missionary to HAITI
Mike, Thanks so much for your passion and dedication to this Ministry. I look forward to Q & A segments!! BTW....those jokes had me laughing...not because they were funny but because of how you laugh at them. The Boaz/Ruth one was a good one though! Thanks Sarah😄
Mike, Can you explain why nowadays prophets, apostles, fortune tellers and medicine men can do all miracles except for one? What I mean is their 'god' can do anything except for creating money and they need their followers to make it happen? Is it a miracle?
If our eternal destiny could be so easily forfeited by being cremated, Christ would have mentioned it. He was clear on the conditions for eternal life. It's such a shame that people get into bondage over this.
Or you could make sure someone goes to hell by burning their bodies!
Love your approach in sharing your insights and knowledge of Christianity❤️
Oh no!!! It’s so very upsetting that some people carry the belief that cremation is not acceptable to God. How utterly ridiculous!! What about Christians who, in example, die at sea and their bodies are never recovered? Are they doomed to hell? Absolutely NOT! Mike is so patient and kind to us all. If someone asked me this question, I would want to laugh in their face! 😤
Love listening to you! Your jokes may be cheesy but they made me smile 😊
King Saul and his three son's bodies, including Jonathan, David's friend, were burned. Their bones were retrieved and burried.
"But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days. (1 Samuel 31:11-13, ESV)
My favorite bad joke...
Who should make the coffee in the family?
It tells us in the bible the husband... He Brews.
In Australia, listening to this is my Saturday 9am ritual. Love your teaching brother Mike.
Haha, It's my Friday PM ritual :P...I'm in Quebec, Canada
Another corny joke you can use (you have my permission):
What do you call an ocean of noodles? A pasta sea!
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Dishes.
Dishes who?
Dishes a very bad joke.
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The jokes in the video and thinking of "God sans the universe" made me think of this, and I thought I'd share.
Love these sessions Pastor Mike! Here's my cheesy joke. Who's the shortest man mentioned in the Bible? Bildad the Shuhite. 😎
The corny jokes are preventing me from hitting the like button Mike. 🤔
Really? Haha, I had some good laughs, its Friday after all ;)
Regarding Question 12, even as Christians, we still have sinful nature. We are born in sin so, in that sense, we will all die in sin BUT positionally righteous and redeemed in Jesus Christ. It's not possible as a human to die without sin but it IS possible to die with our sins covered and redeemed.
Thank you for question number 20 and the answer ❤️
My pastor definitely uses the accord joke! He drives an accord and our associate pastor does not, so our pastor always jokes his car is more biblical 😂
Mike, have you ever considered adding your videos to Rumble?
Great video!!! I personally really enjoyed these little Pastor jokes 😂😂
Thank you for sharing them! God bless 😊
Thanks brother Mike! This was awesome. May God bless you
Yesss! I grew up on that Pharisee and Sadducee joke!!! It’s corny, but it definitely helps you remember their differences lol! 😃😄 Love your channel, Mike! I am hooked and am almost done watching your Mark series. Thank you for all the thorough research you do about such difficult topics.
I like the jokes. 🤣😂
Ruthless... HAHAHAHAHA!!! Did you spit your coffee at the last sec?
God fired them? HAaaaa!! That's great , that one's good!
8:03 I’m watching this two years later, and I busted a gut at that terrible joke! 🤣
@Simply Put, my wife and I live in remote rural western Alaska. Please send me a message and I would LOVE to talk to you about the mission field!! 57:30
Don’t spend so much money on death . Give that money to the poor .
From what I've seen as soon as you see a Christian cherry picking the Bible you're watching someone on a big slippery slide that will end with a bump, not to mention confusion. Who's the arbiter? What parts are true and which aren't? Ooooh, think I will hold to the inerrancy of Scripture within appropriate contextual understanding. Actually, I find literal interpretation easier, of course within the particular literary genre. Blessings to all 🙏✝️
Cheesy pastor jokes are great! Here is one. What was Pharoah's least favorite cat's name? ...Meowses.
The way you answered 16 was something I needed to hear ! Instead of feeling more confident making choices based off of our walk with Christ , we wait and hope for a clear cut sign because we want a guarantee of success.
Exactly what I think I was doing. 🤯
I couldn't resist the 'ites' list...stalagtites, stalagmites, skintights, mighty tights, dance tights, and of course sleeptights!
Hi Pastor Mike! Thanks for being one of our pastors! We are blessed to listen to you and how God speaks through you. Simply thought QA 16 was well answered... real, Godly, and right! Blessings! Rick
I try hard to use the app but there’s no comments... lol. That first question though!! Mikes strong answer made me laugh and he is so right. Hebrew Roots (my parents still are) don’t believe in cremation so that’s how I ran into that kind of question and yikes...
And oh man I love your answer! So much more reasoned biblical and thorough that even the solution I came to when first confronted with that question.
Why did God call Eve ...woman?
Because, when Adam first saw her....he said...."Whoa Man!"
😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭!!! Yesss
Your jokes are awesome :)
If God is timeless, is He in a sense already living with us in heaven? 🤔
The best joke was the last one about the type of man Boaz was :)
I was literally drawing a giant mushroom tree when the user "giant mushroom tree" was introduced
Mike is ready to be a Dad. He has the terrible jokes down pat.🤣 Jk Mike, loving your ministry, awful jokes and all.
@Mike Winger. Pastor Mike, thank you for taking my question (question 17 in the video). I think the character cap limited me from being able to ask the full question in clarity. Luke 9:1-6, Mark 6:7-13, and Matthew 10:5-15 are all parallel passages to each other. However, Matthew then adds Matthew 10:16-24. This passage is almost word for word what Mark says in his Olivet Discourse (Mark 13:9-13). Why is Matthew adding this passage from the Olivet Discourse concerning the “Signs of the End of the Age” to the passage concerning the sending of the 12. I think it’s clear Matthew is taking Mark’s passage from his Olivet Discourse and applying to his sending of the 12, but why? Thank you.
Mike Winger you handled that question/comment at the end of the video regarding narcissism with much grace. Be blessed in the Lord brother.
Sense of humor goes a long way. Don’t mind the jokes or the 🐈
Cremation question - You can rent a casket and have a service with all friends and love ones, then the body can take away. Also get a cremation plot there family can bring flowers and get a head stone. Pastor Mike said it best dust to dust
A friends mother was so scared of burdening her family she donated her body knowing they would bury her when finished with a Christian burial. Your option sounds like a good one. Casket prices are crazy, not that we use them here, we go for coffins. I've seen wicker ones which are very cheap and eco friendly and embalming is no longer seen as necessary which will cut the bill down too.
I appreciate that you post so often! Bless you mike.
Love this Q&A I know Pastor jokes are not for everyone but I really enjoyed them. But more seriousness, I to had a very dark season in life while in full time ministry living at a Children’s home that I live in such darkness than I Th ought it would never end. My sin took over I was ready to run away and live with a man that got kicked out of the Ministry. I remember cleaning the little boys bathroom looking in the mirror begging God to take this away, but it didn’t end there. I had to physically stop all contact with this man ask for forgiveness but still my heart didn’t change right away. Until one day I heard the radio playing in one of the kids room about a hard heart! At that moment God said this is you! I broke right there in the middle of this empty room at this children’s ministry. And I have ever been the same and never looked back. I’m saying IT IS A CHOICE You have to make and never give up because God has a work in you enough to know you will never turn back. I know I wouldn’t have learned this hard lesson if he just fixed me on the spot of me asking. He had work to do first. Love this Pastor Mike!
I enjoy this channel a lot and Mike Winger really does what he sets out to do - make you think Biblically about things. I love that! I don’t understand the question days, though. I only tried to submit a question once, but I couldn’t even ask my entire question because of the character limit. The entire time people wait for the live feed, people are constantly seeing messages explaining that their questions will not be answered if they are submitted before the live feed. Yet, there is usually a question or two (usually the first one) that is extremely long and detailed. That’s great, but how does that happen with the character limit? Where do those longer questions come from? Just wondering.
(Admin) Hi Jamie! Thank you for your note - we're so glad to hear you're enjoying our content! We're so sorry that the Q&A process can be difficult. We are always thinking of ways to streamline our process, but the reality is just that we receive thousands of questions and we are only able to answer about 20 within the allotted time. We recently began to have Q&A sessions every week rather than just once in a while as we were previously doing, to try to help with this. We agree that the 200 character limit adds an extra layer of difficulty, but it is unfortunately outside of our control - TH-cam applies that rule to all live chat comments, even for moderators. The reason there are occasionally questions longer than that limit is if the team member compiling questions for the day chooses to allow a 2-part question to be submitted, and then they combine the two parts before sending the question list to Pastor Mike. In order to be as fair as possible to all, we ask everyone to try to send only one-part questions, but we will occasionally allow a 2-part Q in rare circumstances. I hope this helps! Many blessings.
God loves sinners...He hates the sin 🙏💕
Pastor Mike you would Love me! I have Great Jokes that Nobody Laughs At! Great Answers! God Bless You!
Your jokes are typically «groan..» jokes and I love them!
My Pastor said this... 😢 about cremation and One more confirmation for leaving that Church, praising God but so grieved in spirit. It's horrible how much it costs to put someone to "rest"
Don't grieve. If the Shepherd (pastor) of God isn't feeding his flock the bread of life, then you need to move on. I hope you find a good pastor. But remember that God is the good shepherd!!❤️❤️
He made references to Old Testament verse about pagans who burned there dead.
Reliability of SCRIPTURE ??? Tell her to make that same statement AFTER she has her Doctorate in Christianity…….has got a PERSONAL relationship with Jesus……….and has literally STUDIED each and every PROPHECY in the BIBLE. Reliability, my hind leg !
Who, in Christianity, will fix this? (long, but very relevant & timely post)
Atheist: there is no God.
Christian: God created everything.
Atheist: then who created God?
Christian: God always was.
Atheist: the Universe always was.
Christian: No. God created the Universe.
Atheist: then who created God?
....and 'round and 'round it goes. What would Frank say? He didn't. or did i miss something?
Another Gigantic problem in Christianity to day is:
1. a Christian writes a book on how Christianity is true.
2. a Skeptic writes a rebuttal-book.
3. the Christian does NOT out-argue or disprove the skeptic. They avoid. They stop. Instead---
4. some NEW apologist will come along, and not disprove this last skeptic, either. He/she will simply write a new book, RE-stating how Christianity is all true, all over again. Some years back, Christians had LEE STROBEL. Then, Robert M. Price writes "the Case AGAINST the case For Christ" -- but--
WHO WILL DISPROVE Price?!? Instead...(drum roll please)...meet J. Warner Wallace (did i get his name right?). Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, he hasn't said squat about Robert M. Price. But here he is, the latest "new apologist" saying how its all true, all over again. . .and the cycle repeats.
Also, WHO WILL WRITE the point-by-point counter-rebuttal to Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am Not a Christian"?!? Avoidance isnt an answer.
There are people far, far more qualified than me, to do this. I have read the entire New Testament, but have NO degree in Theology, History or New Testament Studies. The skeptics still need to be counter-argued, not avoided. In the meantime, more people leave the church. . .its the UNANSWERED QUESTIONS that are the big reason for "deconstruction" and falling away. NOT "the Enneagram", (good gaawwwd!! why is anyone at all WASTING 5 seconds of time on youtube at all, saying anything about this, other than: "it has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity! TELL them that. Then Move On!) ...Neither does "understanding the Black expereince" (or even the white experience).
Not Poverty. Not Racism.
Not social justice. These are all new side-distractions. The Church is not your state capitol. Many so-called "issues" today never were the Churches job and still aren't. People want answers. They want to know that their Faith can and will and does stand up to skeptical objections - not to just be told in a new book or youtube video that its all true (again) and ignore the skeptical critiques...i.e...Price, Russell, Sam Harris, Dan Barker. Who will SHOW that they are wrong? Copy/share this post freely. Permission granted.
First Ice Cream - "Walls" of Jericho
First Motorbike - David's Triumph was heard across the land...
I'll get my coat...
Mike, The problem with post-tribbers, who must place the Bema Seat of Christ on earth, is that they miss the purpose and significance of the Rapture altogether. I agree we should use our common sense. So here are some common-sense questions:
1) Is Jesus the only bridegroom who is not entitled to some private time with his bride? Where do post-Tribbers place the seven days Jewish newlyweds had to consummate their marriage? Paul calls this spiritual oneness with Christ a "GREAT MYSTERY." I used to think the Rapture was of the Church, but now I know it is of the BRIDE. Yes, it is still us, but the Church won'tt be fully Christ's until the Rapture (1John 3). We will be celebrating our spiritual honeymoon with Jesus in heaven while the unrepentant world goes to hell -- quite literally. This is Jesus' (and our) long-awaited day. He's coming down to get us b/c He's not going to allow any stinking devil anywhere near his heaven-bound Bride.
2) When do we get to see and enjoy the mansions Jesus said he was preparing for each one of us in his Father's house? Wasn't He, like any Jewish bridegroom of his day, expressing his pride and joy at the thought of building his bride a home? But according to post-Tribbers, Jesus is putting it off a thousand years, b/c He's too busy setting up his earthly Kingdom to take his Bride to his Father's house. He's going to lift us up in the air only to swing us around back to earth where most of us were beheaded. REALLY?
3) Finally, when will the Bema Seat of Christ take place? Like any king, Jesus wants to lavish his Bride with jewels and crowns He has stored in heaven, but unfortunately, post-Tribbers want to deprive Him of that joy too. They'd rather endure the judgment of God together with the unrighteous.
Conflating the Rapture and the Second Coming means that Jesus will have to make a U-turn back to earth and put his reign on hold to squeeze in the Bema Seat of Christ, b/c He can't assign us Millennial-reign jobs until our works (not us) have been judged. So I guess God's angels will have to speed things up by handing out reward packages with name tags to all deserving Christians (Calvanists and Preterists will get a matchbox). Then they'll have to go out and gather the elect of God and the Lamb, as per Isaiah 65.
Now II am going to contrast concepts, starting with the difference between a rapture and a gathering (assembling). Raptures are supernatural events where human beings are bodily snatched from the earth UP into heaven for an indefinite period of time. Some examples are Enoch, Elijah, Paul(?), the Church (TBA) and, in case you didn't know, Jesus! While it is true that Jesus ASCENDED to heaven as the Perfect Offering (Firstfruits) UNTO GOD, with regard to death and the grave Jesus was "harpazõed," i.e., He was raptured (Rev. 12:5).
The Rapture of the Church is quite unique in that it includes other things besides being snatched from earth to heaven. Our Rapture will also involve the resurrection of the dead in Christ, the changing of our mortal to immortal bodies if we are alive, and a gathering/assembling of this glorious Bride in the air where our heavenly Bridegroom awaits. We call it the Rapture, but this succession of events is really the UNITING OF CHRIST WITH HIS BRIDE, and it is second only to the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the most awesome event in human history.
This is the note I am leaving To Whom It May Concern:
"In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” (Gospel of John, The Bible)
I loved the accord joke❗️
Hey Pastor Mike.. I've been hearing a lot about spiritual husband and spiritual wives.. Somehow this concept is connected to "soul ties" could you find time to elaborate on this topic? Thank you.. and btw.. Moses used a manna-fest to guide the isrealites through the dessert.. unfortunately this one was not clear and resulted in them wondering the wilderness for 40yrs. They kept asking themselves "WHAT IS IT?!?!? 😂😂😂lolol (My corny joke for the day 🤷♀️)