Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference: 0:00 - Intro 1. 0:09 {AI - Image of the Beast?} What are your thoughts on Chat GPT (and AI in general)? As Christians, should we be concerned about this type of technology? Is it OK to experiment with, or should we "steer clear"? 2. 27:13 {Worshiping at Work: Divided Attention?} Is it bad to listen to worship music when you're working? I prefer it over secular music, but I also feel guilty for not giving it my full attention. Is this treating it as entertainment? 3. 31:34 {Speaking Over Our Lives} Is “speaking something over your life” a biblical concept? A Christian said something like, “If you were going to die in one week, how would you live? I'm not speaking that over your life though!” 4. 38:36 {God Sent an Evil Spirit?} 1 Samuel 16: 14 and 1 Samuel 19:9 speak of an “evil spirit from the Lord” tormenting Saul. How could a holy/righteous and loving God give him a tormenting spirit? 5. 46:07 {Disqualified from our Rewards?} Since sanctification is a work of the Holy Spirit, and we will never be fully sinless in this life, how do we not become disqualified from/lose rewards in Heaven (1 Corinthians 9: 27)? 6. 52:56 {The Biblical Way to Get Married} Why do we have to have an ordained pastor to get married? Is there Scripture to back this up? If two people make a commitment to each other and God, is that enough? 7. 58:53 {What Does Evil Music Sound Like?} If we took away the lyrics from music, would there still be such a thing as “bad music” or “evil music”? If so, what does evil music sound like? 8. 1:01:04 {Do We Still Have a Sin Nature?} Does flesh = sin nature? Adam & Eve sinned, even without a sin nature. After salvation, we still have the flesh (Romans 7: 18), but we’re dead to sin/not slaves to sin (Rom 6:2-7). Does this mean we no longer have a sin nature? 9. 1:06:34 {Can We Go Outside of Scripture for Context?} I've heard 1 Corinthians 4:6 used to say not to go "outside" of scripture (e.g., learning history to help interpret biblical context). Your thoughts? 10. 1:14:34 {The Origin of Sunday Worship} When is the earliest, in church history, that we see Christians worshiping on Sunday instead of the Sabbath? Did it begin with the Catholic Church, or was it before? 11. 1:19:23 {What Makes “Drag” Wrong?} Drag queen culture is championed by the LGBTQ movement, and therefore feels immoral by association, but I find it hard to put a finger on why drag by itself is biblically wrong. Any thoughts? 12. 1:24:09 {Eating Meat After the Flood} In Genesis 9:3, why did God allow us to start eating meat after the flood? 13. 1:27:28 {Using Cannabis Before Quiet Time?} I take mild cannabis edibles for my ADHD. On them I have wonderful quiet times in prayer and Bible study. Would it be rightly dividing Scripture to say this is how I personally am being “sober-minded”? 14. 1:32:42 {John 15 - Will I be “Taken Away”?} What are your thoughts on John 15:2 and the Greek word for "takes away"? I've heard that it would be more accurately translated as "raise up." This word seems to change the meaning of the verse. 15. 1:39:07 {Do God & Satan Talk?} Is the devil talking to God in today’s generation like in the book of Job? If angels are warring with demons, can we assume there is communication? 16. 1:43:20 {Which Faith is True?} How can I know I have the right faith? I've been watching many apologetics videos since I first found your videos over four years ago, and many Catholics, reformed believers, and evangelicals all have convincing arguments. 17. 1:49:02 {About the Shroud of Turin} What are your thoughts on the Shroud of Turin? 18. 1:52:13 {Leading Others to Biblical Teachings} My family member LOVES Joel Osteen. What are some thoughtful questions I could ask that would naturally lead them to a more biblical, Christ-centered understanding of the Gospel? 19. 1:55:08 {Rulers & Authorities; Manifold Wisdom} Can you explain Ephesians 3: 10 (ESV)? Who are the "rulers and authorities in heavenly places," and how is the "manifold wisdom of God" made known to them through the church? 20. 2:00:10 {1 Jn. 2:2 & Limited Atonement} Doesn't 1 John 2:2 blow the Calvinist doctrine of Limited Atonement straight out of the water?
5) Believers are sinless and spiritually perfect in Jesus Christ not in ourselves. All who have repented sincerely in believing in Jesus Christ are perfect in Jesus Christ (spiritually). Colossians 2:14 “having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!” Acts 3:19 “Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away” Romans 4:22-25 “And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.”
“The gospel is that I am so sinful that Jesus had to die for me, yet so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. I can’t feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone.” - Tim Keller
I think that God Knows what in man so if you was put up there the same place where Adam was you would have did the same thing too cuz my God knows man and from what his understanding is you ain't no different than Adam and would have failed behind that woman that woman Eve told you to bite that fruit you up there by yourself don't have no woman nothing up there you would have been that fruit 100 times so say what you want you would have did the same thing as Adam for somebody else's sins you would have did the same thing man
@@ydzz3478 Why do we pay for someone elses Sins? It's like today- we are paying for forefathers decisions on slavery- yet none of us alive today (except for the elites and government) are keeping slaves. Why do WE have to pay for others sins?
@@jett888We don't. The consequences of sin is death. Jesus won our intended everlasting life that humans had before Sin, back. That is why we hope in Jesus death and his resurrection. That the promises of God are unbreakable, we will live again after our death with Jesus eternally. Because Jesus paid the price for sin. The disease of sin has far reaching consequences, why we needed the ultimate sacrifice. Repentance is key.
Congrats on 100 QandAs! Your channel has been a huge blessing for me. Started watching as an atheist, have my baptism scheduled for June 11. Jesus did all of the work but He did a lot through your channel. ❤
I appreciate your answer, and I believe it is the biblical answer, about dressing in drag. My husband wanted to do this, and I told him in no way was I comfortable about it. His rebellious nature came out fully then when he came out of the closet as a bisexual trans gender. He could not understand how I divorced him. He blamed me for the divorce, calling me immoral. After the divorce he went on to get breast implants. I'll spare you the rest of the story. Bottom line, it wasn't as simple as just wearing women's clothes. That was the tip of the rebellious iceberg.
This is the first time I have listened to you Pastor Mike. I like what I am hearing here. I am not pumping myself here, believe me, I have a Bachelor of Religious Education which God used to open a door in my heart to show me more about Him. I never had this kind of understanding of His Word. What you are doing here is honest. It is open with discussion and evaluation. You bring it back to the text and are keeping it simple to help more u derstand and see. Thx Dayrl
First time I’ve heard Pastor Mike, he speaks super deep stuff, + doesn’t shoot anyone else’s opinions down. He is saying things that I didn’t think anyone knew about!!!
Thank you for sharing this! I am not a pastor. I am a Christian wife, mom woman. I do strongly agree. If it’s not coming from the heart, it’s not from the Holy Spirit. I pray those who need to hear this do in the name of Jesus! Let it be so!
Really appreciate your balanced take on AI. I’ve spent a lot of time around it for years, and it’s far more nuanced and complex than most realize. Like you also hit on, most people don’t realize it’s already everywhere in the air we breath. It’s also vastly more powerful than most even realize, and what most people have access to now is only the tip of the iceburg. The good news is, there are countless applications that will positively change things in ways formerly impossible. Conversely, there are some very legitimate risks that are terrifying. People would be wise to familiarize themselves with the intricacies, so they can understand what to watch for and how to use it wisely. This isn’t the first technological advancement with this kind of potential for good and evil though. Read your Bible and history books. You’ll quickly be able to predict what we can expect to see in the coming years. Just expect it all to happen at a pace we’ve never seen in human history. Fortunately, God’s ultimately in control, and this is far from His first rodeo.
@@mambamentality9886 A lot of my learnings come from the conversations I regularly have, so not a lot in the public domain. However, to help people navigate it, I've done multiple videos and livestreams with more to come over the next few months. I've tried to break it down and make it as easy as I can for folks. Feels weird plugging my own stuff, but I made it to help people, so hopefully it accomplishes that.
AI is like any other tool; there is potential for good or evil depending on the skill and intentions of the hand that wields it. I've been experimenting with ChatGPT, asking it theological, apologetics, and philosophical questions. I even told it a theological joke as a metaphor, and it accurately interpreted it. It does seem highly focused on providing both sides of any issue and providing disclaimers ad nauseam. You can coax it into giving you a definitive statement, but it will still tack a Disclaimer on the end. I think it could be useful as a sort of sparing partner to test arguments on. I would treat it like Wikipedia; however, let it suggest in layman's terms, but always check other scholarly resources.
Mike, I discovered you on TH-cam a week ago and I already have a problem with you. You’re preventing me from getting my work done. I start watching one of your Bible studies or 20 Questions and I am hypnotized, mesmerized, “slack-jawed” and can’t stop watching. And some are 2 hours long! Seriously, God has given you wonderful gifts - discernment, teaching, wisdom beyond your apparent age… I used the ellipsis so as not to offend you by overlooking some I haven’t discovered yet. (To put what follows in context, I confessed and believed at age 11, and have been in one Baptist church or another all my life. I have taught “Sunday School”, as it was once called. In 2014, I did a months-long self-directed study of pain and suffering. As you can surely guess, if not know directly from your own studies, that study led to a better understanding of many attributes of God, clarified my thinking on many doctrines, and was, in short, very enlightening and fulfilling. What I view as the culmination of that study was that in February, my beloved wife of 50 years journeyed to our Heavenly home. That event put all the scripture study in vivid perspective.) I have started watching your 100th episode of 20 Questions, and have some thoughts about Q 8. And to keep your pride in check following my earlier comments, hunger was able to pull me away from your video. As I understood your comments, I have a slightly different interpretation of “the flesh”, “nature”, “sinful nature”, and “temptation”. As you frequently say about your answers, I can’t claim my interpretation is correct, but it is simply mine. I’d like your thoughts on it. I view the creation garden story as being a vital source of guidance on the whole domain of temptation, sin, pain and suffering. Regardless of whether one believes Adam and Eve were two actual humans or not, the story is a metaphor for mankind. Adam and Eve are God’s pattern for us. We are of the Adam and Eve type to use a metaphor from object-oriented computer programming. There are truths to be gleaned from the story that are fundamental, and just as fundamental as “God is just.” No interpretation of scripture, including yes, Romans 5, can conflict with these fundamental truths. Truth 1 - Adam and Eve were created perfect, or in perfection. Like Adam and Eve, every time God gives the blessing of a new life to a family, he gives them a perfect little human being, innocent of any sin and incapable of sinning (yet). I do not serve a God who’s going to ask me to account for my sins committed before I was born or before I knew right from wrong. Truth 2 - God sent Satan to tempt Adam and Eve. To accept this in no more difficult than accepting Mat. 4:1 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Temptation was a necessary element of sovereign God’s plan for mankind and his ultimate glorification at the cross. Like Adam and Eve, we must be tempted, else our choosing Christ has no meaning, and would thwart Gods’ ultimate will and plan. Truth 3 - Adam’s and Eve’s disobedience in eating the fruit resulted in their immediate banishment from the garden, and their spiritual separation from God. Similarly, when we reach the age of moral agency and disobey God, the results are our spiritual separation from God. The penalty for our sin is spiritual death. Truth 4 - God accepted the animal sacrifice (in providing their coverings) as atonement for their sins and restoration of their spiritual connection to God. The analogy: This scene is symbolic of Christ’s sacrifice of himself for all mankind, and the restoration of our spiritual relationship with God. Concerning Romans 5, surely this is what Peter had in mind when he commented on the difficulty in understanding some of Paul’s writing. That editorial comment aside, what can we learn from the creation story to come to bear on interpreting Romans 5? There is no mention in the creation story of a “sinful nature”. That phrase in Greek is translated many places and by most translations everywhere, as “lusts of the flesh”. I think “sinful nature” was an unfortunate translation, perhaps encouraged by those ancient Bible scholars who wanted to believe we are guilty of sin at birth. (Calvin?) “Sinful nature” suggests some substance which can be inherited, which is incorrect. Use of the word “inherit” is also misleading, to me. To achieve God’s divine ultimate purpose, he necessarily and directly imbues us all with the ability to be tempted and provides the tempter to ensure we are. The propensity to sin is not an attribute that must be inherited from generation to generation. Many Christians I meet have a hard time accepting this fact of God and God’s plan, i.e. the tempter was a purposeful creation of God, and so also the temptation which Satan brings. This understanding and subordination of “lusts of the flesh” and “sinful nature” to “temptation” resolves some matters of doctrine which create dilemmas for many. For example, this understanding makes it meaningless to ask if Eve had a sinful nature before she sinned. Certainly, she was able to be tempted, else she would not have eaten the fruit. This understanding also makes mute the question I’ve heard: “Did Jesus have a sinful nature?” We don’t have to answer that - as a human he was capable of being tempted. Certainly, no human has endured the degree of infinite temptation Jesus experienced in the garden - the temptation to not go to the cross. Mark, may God continue to bless your wonderful ministry. In Christ, Alan
Pastor Mike, Thank You for allowing Christ Jesus to use your meek temperament in teaching His people to remain faithful to Him and His Word!! The Christlike demeanor you display is so very encouraging!!
Mr. Winger I have been going through a lot of your studies and I am impressed at how much you must study and how careful you are to get things right. Don't get a big head but you should have at least 2 million subscribers. Keep it up and stay humble.
I doubt you will read this Mike, but you really have succeeded in your goal of providing useful material that helps us all think biblically. I have been immensely blessed by your channel, you and John pipers ministry have been monumental in creating who I am today, a Christian not shaken by the culture or deconstruction culture but founded on the rock. God willing this message find you, and I sincerely thank you and pray for your continued fruitful ministry and success as you continue on the road, running the good race.
I was told by a good Christian lady that there’s no such thing as being “married without papers”. My boyfriend and I had a little “comittment ceremony” and he said that God married us, but he wanted to keep it a secret! So, I figured we were just committing fornication and stopped seeing him. He refuses to marry me legally. So I refuse to see him anymore as repentance from fornication and it is helping me spiritually ❤
If you love and respect him and he you and you had a ceremony in God's presence then it might be alright, but, if it was me I'd marry you legally if not in church and it wouldn't be getting kept secret, all the best from Edinburgh Scotland UK, just my humble opinion, I'm not perfect either, far from it @@GrandmaKnightLife
RUN. Run fast, run far. There are alot of guys that want to play 'pretend marriage'. Dime a dozen, getting all the benefits of a good wife, with NONE of the benefits to her of a good husband. And believe me, your's is not the 'special one', and deserves NO concessions from YOU, trying to be a Godly woman, following God's rules. You need to get out, and find a Godly man that respects you, and marriage as God intended. You are unequally yoked. Christian, and a non Christian. Cuz no real Christian would say, pretend to be my wife. BTW....maybe he already has a wife in his closet, and CAN'T get married....@@GrandmaKnightLife
Rewards… About 35 years ago, I read a story about someone who did a good deed for a neighbor and God was proud of her. Then she proceeded to another neighbors house, and told them what she had done. When she got home she called her friend and also told of her good deed. This may God sad. Was it not enough that God saw what she had done and knew he was happy with her that she needed to tell others for the recognition. Ever since then, I have kept my good deeds to myself.
The Bible actually teaches about not letting your left hand know what your right hand is giving ...and also the "rewards" will be for us in heaven as opposed for us in this present time...not to mention the many Bible verses that disdain pride and a haughty heart!
There is virtually NO CHANCE that AI won’t play a major role of some kind, in what’s predicted in Revelation. But what’s important is being “well spoken” & not viewed as an “embarrassment” to Christianity, tho u can count on it that they will make SURE we’re viewed as embarrassments no matter how hard we try to please them. And that’s already begun wide-scale. And AI is aiding that evil effort, too.
I sub to a lot of sites that have Q & A shows once in a while, but yours is the only one I wait for and make sure I watch. I even went back through all your Q & A videos to watch them all. I love them.
Thank you so much! Your answer about marriage is a huge comfort. I was with my soulmate for 23 yesrs but cus she was on disability they would have taken alot of her check away and we were dirt poor. We planned to be married when i started to be able to afford to support us but saddly she passed away do to her disability unexpectedly. We considered ourselves married cus we loved each other so much and ive often felt that if we wernt officially married we may not be together in the afterlife. But im faithful as was she so we were very very close and heaven to me will be when god brings us together again to praise god.
I read Revelations a lot growing up, it was by far the most interesting and, well, action packed. It was just boom-boom-boom, hitting point after point. As I grew older, and with a bit of wisdom, as Christians we are allowing our fear cloud our judgement, time and time again. We can guess about signs and interpretations all day, but we need to understand where our fear is coming from and give that up to God. When Revelations happens, all I pray for is that God gives me the strength and courage to make it through.
Dear Pastor Lawson many thanks for an eye opening word it is greatly appreciated coming from a Catholic background now saved and born again God bless you sir Brian Birmingham UK
26:26 No clue who is going to see this, but I am constantly watching/listening to these. I have decided that I need to walk my dog more in the evenings and this is the perfect style of video for it. Pastor Mike explains questions Christians have and I get to listen to such a wide range of topics while walking my dog in the cool breeze.
I think the question was about not giving full attention to the worship, not giving full attention to (or being distracted from) your work. The concern was about working while worshiping/listening to worship music.
Congrats on 100th Episode,!!!!!! I love your channel, I'm a student of the bible, I love how you get me to think biblically more and more, May God continue to bless your ministry Pastor Mike!!!
Thanks Mike, your content has really helped me as I haven't found fellowship yet after being saved for 13months and being sanctified daily, we get rewarded in heaven heaven is not our reward alone, it makes sense to me, thankyou Jesus for this messenger of the truth 🙏 listening again after 10 months
1 John 3:2-3 “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”
Your cat ain't wrong. 😁👍 Love you, brother. Thanks for answering 2,000 Qs (plus the occasional bonus questions!), as a supplement to all the study series you've done! And thanks to the folks that have helped along the way!
This reminds me of Michael Heiser. He was the first guy I ever heard teach end times prophesy from all different points of view, showing the strengths and weaknesses of each viewpoint. Before him I’d only been exposed to Hal Lindsey-esque guys who “had it all figured out.” Thanks for this!
I have always appreciated your practical way of looking at things. While I may not totally agree with everything you say, we must remember that this Christian life is a PERSONAL relationship with GOD. GOD may not allow me to do things others do and allow me things others can't. While we may be solid on basic doctrines, we may differ on the more gray areas. Keep teaching, brother.
Hello Mike Winger. My name is Mike Adkins and it’s a pleasure to watch your video. You have a level of intelligence and objectivity concerning the Biblical side of associating AI with Biblical scripture. It is in the Bible and I give this much thought on a daily basis. God Bless You Brother. I’ll stay tuned into more of your future videos.
Cannabis micro-dosing is incredibly common. I never touched the stuff until RA had defined my life as one of pain, anger, and dealing with ptsd/adhd. Honestly, a 1 - 5 mg does a lot to sober the brain from actual ADHD, PTSD and pain. I like what Mike says about being aware of its effect. That is ultimately the main idea. If I pop 5mg, I can write software, poetry, stories, and complete work better. If I over do it, I am a sloth. So like any medicine, it can help, but it can debase ones' sober mind.
God gave man dominion over animals and plants. But the devil fiddles with science to create it into things unclean, example being concentrates that really mess with people ability to function. Good for you for moderation. Many Christians are told it's bad and can't articulate what their reasoning is.
Thank you Mike for your hard work in studying the Word and sharing your knowledge with us so we can study and equip ourselves to be good students and disciples. 🙏🏻
You did great on your 100 th Q & A Pastor ! God bless you , you always come up with those answers I been dealing in my own life, asking God for the answer ! He spoke through you many many words I have been searching on ! Sending you prayers from India ! May Jesus be with you 😇
Thanks for not going beyond what's written in your answers. I appreciate your gracious, scholarly yet humble responses to the mark of the beast and cannabis questions - all 20 of them, in fact. Congratulations on the milestone of 100 Q&A episodes!
All glory to god. Jesus has shown his love to me and I feel so humbled. "Let those who have ears listen" If anyone is struggling in life, ask god for guidance and have faith. For god feeds all the birds in the sky and his love for you is much more than the birds. In Jesus name god bless you.
Thank you for your teaching Pastor Mike ! Question 16’s answer was much needed. I struggle against certain beliefs (Calvinism)that my brothers and sisters in Christ do affirm and it can become something I dwell on. “Am I not as theologically sound because I don’t see this in scripture ? …etc” It has made me realize I still can place the opinions of man over the opinion of God. Long winded way of saying thank you !
The 'opinions' of god were all written by devious bitter old men. The NT is a pack of lies. There is nothing sound about the quite ugly "christian" theology that worships both a death cult and a part time virgin.
"It has made me realize I still can place the opinions of man over the opinion of God." The various epistles are letters from men; and thus contain their opinions. Presumably these opinions are inspired, but they also speak to specific persons and situations and I suspect it might be straining at gnats to suppose every word or sentence is applicable to you or to me.
Dear Mike, thank you for your excellent Ministry work. I hope to help clarify The Sabbath; sixth day our Creator worked creating/building all that there is. On the seventh day, The Sabbath, HE rested from all HIS work. He DEMANDS that we do the same. Marry went to Jesus/Y'Shua's tomb on Sunday to prepare HIS Body with oils and spices, because The SABBATH is The Rest Day from ALL works; except in a matter of life or death ... situation. Many of us Christians are still confused or disobedient of this Commandment. As much as we can, all foods and works must be completed by Friday's sunset. Lots of Y'Shua's love to you!
Yes seems honest but also hangs his hat on many common ideas without depth in studying scriptures but assuming a concept bc it is more popular like did Jesus change the Sabbath (God says He "changes not") because He came out of the tomb on the 1st day? Do disciples of Christ meet on other days to study=to break bread? That is not assumed communion. Definitions of a reformer (reformed from what is the qustion) is not Calvinist as he talks & assumes. Nothing to do with Calvanists but it is those who diligently study the Holy Bible scriptures in context & apply to life what is learned to better follow what our Creator teaches. Who we worship by our actions is of dire importance. Man & the entities working through many pastors deceptively that mislead the majority or our Father in heaven through Jesus & the true holy Spirit given for wisdom of "rightly dividing the word". Jesus always said, after He forgave, " Go and sin no more". What did Jesus do is the question & how did He worship, what did He teach? Know that many popular evangelicals & the Roman system power (power of a nation is depicted as a beast= man w/o Jesus Christ but acting s an animal) the USA will speak as a Dragon (through laws which reveal character) and mandate/force worship of a god-=false worship ignoring or rearranging God's law which does not change as it reflects His character, Who He is, Gal 5:22-23 & Exo 20. & that His power of reforming ones' heart & mind (frontal lobe where moral decisions are made vs the fleshly, wordly, animalistic brain that Hollywood, etc.feeds so that whatever man's desire is, serves as "his truth") brins us into Truth. Anything of man usurping God's power for self glory & rule is not of our Creator. Jesus asks, "Who do you say that I am?" After the Sunday laws are made in the guise of improving climate change & endorsing family time under a world wide leader ( you can ask now who is the current religious political nation leader serving as head of the world council of churches), then as history repeats, persecution & death will follow. Just s before Paul was converted & just as in the dark ages. Elohim is for freedom of choice & is Love not a god of force as all things are being revealed. The Sabbath never changed. Our Holy God does not change. We can count on Him & His Word. Pray for discernment as you personally study & be blessed in the Word. Dark times are ahead, deceptions, laws, death, but Jesus is now shedding His light on the false truths of this world & Satan at work and us soon coming to gather His faithful ones that believe in Who He says He is & follow Him. As He brought the Isrealites though the desert, He will bring us through the plagues & temptations of this world. He is the Word as "it is written". We cannot compromise to man over God who loves us first.
Jesus is coming soon & no, He will not set His feet upon the ground but will lift up His faithful people restored/transfomed into His Holy image sealed (not a beast image) with bodies made new. There will be and are false Gods on earth & more deceptive ones arriving to fool the people claiming it is Christ (mainly RCC). 1 Thes 4: 11-18. May God help us in our continued pursuit to know Him intimately as He works in our hearts, for Him to transform us. (Today, the "three frogs" are now here & speaking)
@@DoyuLoveMe Yeah the more i read the bible and look at historical events in history as well i can clearly see that the historical view that the papal power is the best is revelation is accurate, there was no other politically religious entity that was wounded and healed then the Roman catholic church. It received its deadly wound in 1798 during the French Revolution. General Berthier, at the head of a French army, entered Rome and declared the end of the political rule of the papacy. Thus, he took the pope captive to France, where he soon died. This was done under the direction of French leader, Napoleon Bonaparte. Their wound received a healing in 1929 when the Lateran Treaty gave back temporal power to the pope. He was also given the rule of Vatican City, a section of the city of Rome about 108.7 acres in extent, which is the smallest nation in the world now. The second beast is the USA who will be the military might of the first beast and will make the world look towards the papal power to worship him , who will in turn be worshipping satan. The mark of the beast will be a National Sunday Law. Not many even look back in history but those who do will find that the papal power was cruel and persecuted many christian's and had them branded as heretics and killed, many groups like the waldensians had to flee to the mountains and forest to survive, because they didn't pay homage to the Pope of Rome and rejected many of their blasphemous teachings, including idolatry/image worship, bowing to priest, confessions to priests(when the bible clearly states their is only one mediator between man and the father and trust us Jesus Christ 1 Timothy 2:5) and remained faithful to Jesus christ.)
This is my second '20 Q's with Pastor Mike' today that I'm listening to while working - so good - if I find I did get distracted and missed a bit of the clip I just go back a bit and start again from where I was last concentrating :)
Sunday worship was well established, even in the 2nd century, according to the church father Justin Martyr in his First Apology. Here's what he said: "“And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the overseer verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things. Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the overseer in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability, and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons. And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the overseer, who provides for the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need. But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead.”
You should do a deep dive on the Sabbath. Forget what man says and study what God says all throughout His holy Word. The first Christians met every single day. They lived and breathed Christ's mission. They also kept the Sabbath. Christ Himself said not one letter will be removed from the Law until heaven and earth disappear. Christ argued about what was permissible on the Sabbath, not whether the Sabbath was intact. Christ spoke of how woeful it would be in the end days if you had to flee on the Sabbath. In the OT, God tells us several different times the Sabbath is His sign to us forever, and to bind it in our head and hands. God preserved the Sabbath from the beginning, wrote it in stone with His own hand. Man changed it, not God. When you begin your research, empty your mind of all things taught by man. Ask God to show you His truth only. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide your every step. And KNOW it's ok if we are wrong, even with something this big. What matters is when we see it, we act on it. There is no shame in not knowing. God will make a way. For me, it's surrendering to His perfect will, obedience to God for all He's done and shown me. May God bless you abundantly in your walk with Him! LOVE BOLDLY ❤️✝️
Eclipsesonic. Sunday sacredness is part of the deception that the New Testament repeatedly warns against. Paul warned that error was already creeping into the church in his day. I surely would not listen to early church fathers or any man that goes against the clear teaching of the Word of God. Matt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 2 Thess 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
@@josephjohns4626 just because mike said it unfortunately it doesn’t make it truth. AI hasn’t been invented yet, things he was talking about like google maps or “the algorithm” are not AI. Simply programs doing what they have been programmed to do. AI isn’t just a simple program like google maps using a gos locator to show where you are on a map, not even close. It has the ability to actually think for itself not just execute a piece of code. Nobody is using AI as a part of their everyday life and the whole comment about “you would have to go Amish” to avoid AI is simply Mike not actually know what AI is
@@KevinNordstrom as in? you think AI will be invented in the next 3-4 years? Considering they haven't figured out consciousness which is required for AI it is impossible to put a timeline on it but there isn't anything that points to it being invented within 3-4 years.
I am convinced of Post Mil eschatology, but appreciate Mike’s openness on this subject. We really shouldn’t be a “die on this hill” people when it comes to apocalyptic scripture. When are you going to finish the “women in ministry” teachings?!? Love you brother!
Those who hold to postmillennialism believe that this world will become better and better-all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding-with the entire world eventually becoming “Christianized.” After this happens, Christ will return. However, this is not the view of the world in the end times that Scripture presents. From the book of Revelation, it is easy to see that the world will be a terrible place during that future time. Also, in 2 Timothy 3:1-7, Paul describes the last days as “terrible times.” Those who hold to postmillennialism use a non-literal method of interpreting unfulfilled prophecy, often interpreting prophetic passages allegorically. The problem with this is that when the normal meaning of a passage is abandoned, its meaning can become entirely subjective. All objectivity concerning the meaning of words is lost. When words lose their meaning, communication ceases. However, this is not how God has intended for language and communication to be. God communicates to us through His written word, with objective meanings to words, so that ideas and thoughts can be communicated. A normal, literal interpretation of Scripture rejects postmillennialism and holds to a normal interpretation of all Scripture, including unfulfilled prophecy. We have hundreds of examples in Scripture of prophecies being fulfilled. Take, for example, the prophecies concerning Christ in the Old Testament. Those prophecies were fulfilled literally. Consider the virgin birth of Christ (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23). Consider His death for our sins (Isaiah 53:4-9; 1 Peter 2:24). These prophecies were fulfilled literally, and that is reason enough to assume that God will continue in the future to literally fulfill His Word. Postmillennialism fails in that it interprets Bible prophecy subjectively and holds that the millennial kingdom will be established by the church, not by Christ Himself.
@@johntrevett2944 It may be inadvertent, but you're badly misstating the postmil view in at least two critical ways: (1) none of its adherents--not a single one--believes that the world will constantly get better and better in a straight line without any setbacks. Rather like the course of individual sanctification, there will be ups and downs, but the general trajectory will be of improvement. And it's undeniable that this world has gotten much better, in many important ways, in the last 2000 years (for one important yardstick, we've gone from a few hundred Christians to roughly 1/3 of the population of the planet). (2) none of its adherents--again, not a single one--believe that "the church" will establish the kingdom without Christ. Rather, the belief is that Christ will establish his kingdom through his church--it's a critical distinction. As to prophecy, it's certainly true that much prophecy was fulfilled literally. Other prophecy was figurative. Did Christ literally crush Satan's head? No, that's metaphor. Or for a more relevant comparison, did Jeremiah see the earth become without form and void, the heavens without light, and the mountains shaking (Jeremiah 4:23-24)? No, he didn't--once again, that's figurative, and it was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 BC. In fact, much of the imagery in Revelation is used in OT prophecy to describe (and foretell) the fall of Judah to Babylon--which gives reasonable warrant to admit at least the possibility that its use in Revelation is also non-literal. OTOH, if you're going to take the cataclysmic language in Revelation as literal, you have to take the very first sentence in the book as non-literal, in that two thousand years later, it still hasn't happened--and no reasonable literal interpretation of "soon" (or of "the time is near", 1:3) includes a delay of two thousand years or more. You also have to take non-literally the statement in 1:7 that the eyes of those who pierced Jesus will see his return, as once again, they've been dead for nearly two thousand years and it still hasn't happened. So the disagreement isn't over whether to take Revelation literally nor not--rather, it's over which parts to take literally and which not.
"there might be a time for music that is scary" Mike, have you been outside lately? This entire world is a time for scary music! lol God bless you Mike for posting these videos. They really help me and my family when we watch them. I pray anyone watching this video that is unbelieving in Jesus be drawn to God by the Holy Spirit so that they might realize the gift waiting for them. Stay safe out there guys.
" Have you been outside lately? .." Scary "music" is here--so true!!..Moses came down from the mountain & it was called "noise". Last days as in the time of Daniel, the general population of people bowed to the music to worship man & wordly satanic powers. Good lessons to learn in Daniel. Be blessed!
This was a great topic for the increase in eschatology vs. Teaching the love of Our Father. Not saying minus the hellfire and brimstone but the focus of trying to predict the end steals us from spreading the gospel and this explains it great
35 years ago my husband was the youth pastor at a church. The senior pastor had him sit on the platform while he preached. My husband realized one Sunday that the pastor was preaching out of the notes that were included in the front of the Bible they were using. My husband was turning to the next scripture before the pastor mentioned it. The pastor saw that he was doing it and afterward told him, “Don’t ever do that again.” He was afraid the congregation would catch on. Our time under that pastor was a good lesson in what not to do…in so many ways.
Thankyou Pastor Mike! I remember your very first episodes of your “Question and Answer” videos. I found every 100 of them to be so extremely helpful. I look forward to the next 100 😊❤️
0:35 oh ive worked extensively with this tech, and let me say we should not be concerned *generally.* Its actually been a great tool for me personally, its a really good thing to bounce ideas off of, I think of it like bouncing said ideas off a wall, because AI cant actually think, but it can repeat words in a different way. Which is helpful. Ive come up with a pretty neat videogame idea with it I hope to get started on soon. If you want a summary of the basic idea, its a game where you collect the armor of God, to fight manifestations of temptation. Which, was like mostly my idea but the initial concept of it being based around the armor of God was a suggestion I got from the AI. Which is a pretty basic concept to begin with but it really got the ideas flowing. } All that being said there is one small concern to be had. By the nature of an LLM, it literally doesnt know fact from fiction. Its fed what people say and spits that back out. The example people tend to use is if you ask it "what happens if I break a mirror?" it will say "seven years bad luck" because that's something people say, though it isnt factual. What people have to do is then manually go in and tell it to *not* say that. Problem being, if there's a bias in this process, the AI will have a bias in that respect. Luckily, they have had no reason to specifically mess with biblical concepts, so it'll give you those without it being weird. Use your own judgement though. Just if you, say ask it how you tell people homosexuality is sinful it will essentially respond with "no its not!". 7:00 oh yeah I have to agree that's... a little dumb? I'd rather use it as an aid, not a replacement for actually doing it. I hate not having control over the final product, I love to mess with the little details. Just some things i'd rather not labor over and its great to have AI do it. Its a tool, and that's that.
Do you not know that God's going to separate the sheep from the goats and the goats will be destroyed in the fire this is not a good thing to be considered a goat but the world who loves wickedness uses the word go as a good thing
8:49 I had an experience at a previous church with multiple campuses where I understood that they collaborated on their sermons, and I’m not sure it was more than that, but they would each preach the same basic sermon at different locations, and again, knowing this didn’t bother me terribly until one point where I decided to watch recordings of the campus I was not at and even the personal anecdotes were almost identical. It was very unsettling. Also, the good news about GPT sermons is that just by playing with it and asking it theological questions, I have found that unless you specifically prompt it for something heretical, it seems to default to sound Christian doctrine when prompted to write a sermon.
59:25 there are definitely bad sounds... I've asked people of religions that use music for spiritual rituals and incorporations.. in Brazil we have music that most certainly make people think about sex regardless of lyrics and they all take the drummer beats from tribal religions
Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:
0:00 - Intro
1. 0:09 {AI - Image of the Beast?} What are your thoughts on Chat GPT (and AI in general)? As Christians, should we be concerned about this type of technology? Is it OK to experiment with, or should we "steer clear"?
2. 27:13 {Worshiping at Work: Divided Attention?} Is it bad to listen to worship music when you're working? I prefer it over secular music, but I also feel guilty for not giving it my full attention. Is this treating it as entertainment?
3. 31:34 {Speaking Over Our Lives} Is “speaking something over your life” a biblical concept? A Christian said something like, “If you were going to die in one week, how would you live? I'm not speaking that over your life though!”
4. 38:36 {God Sent an Evil Spirit?} 1 Samuel 16: 14 and 1 Samuel 19:9 speak of an “evil spirit from the Lord” tormenting Saul. How could a holy/righteous and loving God give him a tormenting spirit?
5. 46:07 {Disqualified from our Rewards?} Since sanctification is a work of the Holy Spirit, and we will never be fully sinless in this life, how do we not become disqualified from/lose rewards in Heaven (1 Corinthians 9: 27)?
6. 52:56 {The Biblical Way to Get Married} Why do we have to have an ordained pastor to get married? Is there Scripture to back this up? If two people make a commitment to each other and God, is that enough?
7. 58:53 {What Does Evil Music Sound Like?} If we took away the lyrics from music, would there still be such a thing as “bad music” or “evil music”? If so, what does evil music sound like?
8. 1:01:04 {Do We Still Have a Sin Nature?} Does flesh = sin nature? Adam & Eve sinned, even without a sin nature. After salvation, we still have the flesh (Romans 7: 18), but we’re dead to sin/not slaves to sin (Rom 6:2-7). Does this mean we no longer have a sin nature?
9. 1:06:34 {Can We Go Outside of Scripture for Context?} I've heard 1 Corinthians 4:6 used to say not to go "outside" of scripture (e.g., learning history to help interpret biblical context). Your thoughts?
10. 1:14:34 {The Origin of Sunday Worship} When is the earliest, in church history, that we see Christians worshiping on Sunday instead of the Sabbath? Did it begin with the Catholic Church, or was it before?
11. 1:19:23 {What Makes “Drag” Wrong?} Drag queen culture is championed by the LGBTQ movement, and therefore feels immoral by association, but I find it hard to put a finger on why drag by itself is biblically wrong. Any thoughts?
12. 1:24:09 {Eating Meat After the Flood} In Genesis 9:3, why did God allow us to start eating meat after the flood?
13. 1:27:28 {Using Cannabis Before Quiet Time?} I take mild cannabis edibles for my ADHD. On them I have wonderful quiet times in prayer and Bible study. Would it be rightly dividing Scripture to say this is how I personally am being “sober-minded”?
14. 1:32:42 {John 15 - Will I be “Taken Away”?} What are your thoughts on John 15:2 and the Greek word for "takes away"? I've heard that it would be more accurately translated as "raise up." This word seems to change the meaning of the verse.
15. 1:39:07 {Do God & Satan Talk?} Is the devil talking to God in today’s generation like in the book of Job? If angels are warring with demons, can we assume there is communication?
16. 1:43:20 {Which Faith is True?} How can I know I have the right faith? I've been watching many apologetics videos since I first found your videos over four years ago, and many Catholics, reformed believers, and evangelicals all have convincing arguments.
17. 1:49:02 {About the Shroud of Turin} What are your thoughts on the Shroud of Turin?
18. 1:52:13 {Leading Others to Biblical Teachings} My family member LOVES Joel Osteen. What are some thoughtful questions I could ask that would naturally lead them to a more biblical, Christ-centered understanding of the Gospel?
19. 1:55:08 {Rulers & Authorities; Manifold Wisdom} Can you explain Ephesians 3: 10 (ESV)? Who are the "rulers and authorities in heavenly places," and how is the "manifold wisdom of God" made known to them through the church?
20. 2:00:10 {1 Jn. 2:2 & Limited Atonement} Doesn't 1 John 2:2 blow the Calvinist doctrine of Limited Atonement straight out of the water?
This needs to be pinned to the top
@@Berean_with_a_BTh It will be soon. Thanks!
thanks for pinning lol
5) Believers are sinless and spiritually perfect in Jesus Christ not in ourselves. All who have repented sincerely in believing in Jesus Christ are perfect in Jesus Christ (spiritually).
Colossians 2:14
“having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!”
Acts 3:19
“Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away”
Romans 4:22-25
“And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.”
@@ekb9845 I had heard about this, it’s pretty creepy, ain’t it?
“The gospel is that I am so sinful that Jesus had to die for me, yet so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. I can’t feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone.”
- Tim Keller
How are babies "sinners"?
It starts out with us being responsible for something someone else did.
I think that God Knows what in man so if you was put up there the same place where Adam was you would have did the same thing too cuz my God knows man and from what his understanding is you ain't no different than Adam and would have failed behind that woman that woman Eve told you to bite that fruit you up there by yourself don't have no woman nothing up there you would have been that fruit 100 times so say what you want you would have did the same thing as Adam for somebody else's sins you would have did the same thing man
@@jett888 ..everybody born dinners including babies because of Adam + Eve.
@@ydzz3478 Why do we pay for someone elses Sins? It's like today- we are paying for forefathers decisions on slavery- yet none of us alive today (except for the elites and government) are keeping slaves. Why do WE have to pay for others sins?
@@jett888We don't. The consequences of sin is death. Jesus won our intended everlasting life that humans had before Sin, back. That is why we hope in Jesus death and his resurrection. That the promises of God are unbreakable, we will live again after our death with Jesus eternally. Because Jesus paid the price for sin. The disease of sin has far reaching consequences,
why we needed the ultimate sacrifice. Repentance is key.
Congrats on 100 QandAs! Your channel has been a huge blessing for me. Started watching as an atheist, have my baptism scheduled for June 11. Jesus did all of the work but He did a lot through your channel. ❤
Congratulations Stephen. May your faith be strong and true.
Woooooo!!!🎉🥳! Rejoicing w you!
Wow! That is so awesome! Praise the Lord ❤️
God bless you sir!
Wow! How wonderful ❤. Enjoy the blessings. My heart is so happy for you. God bless you
I appreciate your answer, and I believe it is the biblical answer, about dressing in drag. My husband wanted to do this, and I told him in no way was I comfortable about it. His rebellious nature came out fully then when he came out of the closet as a bisexual trans gender. He could not understand how I divorced him. He blamed me for the divorce, calling me immoral. After the divorce he went on to get breast implants. I'll spare you the rest of the story. Bottom line, it wasn't as simple as just wearing women's clothes. That was the tip of the rebellious iceberg.
It's unfortunate. It really is a slippery slope. I was able to save myself from that path when I realized that God created me as a man for a reason.
oh my,that sucks!
@@truehalixon6356 I'm so happy to hear this! ❤️
@@hfrt29 yeah, it bent my brain.
Thanks for sharing your story. Indeed you're right.
This is the first time I have listened to you Pastor Mike. I like what I am hearing here. I am not pumping myself here, believe me, I have a Bachelor of Religious Education which God used to open a door in my heart to show me more about Him. I never had this kind of understanding of His Word. What you are doing here is honest. It is open with discussion and evaluation. You bring it back to the text and are keeping it simple to help more u derstand and see.
Thx Dayrl
How ? 😂Why do you call a person “Pastor”? Matthieu 23:6-10 does not sound to you, friend ? 😂
First time I’ve heard Pastor Mike, he speaks super deep stuff, + doesn’t shoot anyone else’s opinions down. He is saying things that I didn’t think anyone knew about!!!
God bless Mike Winger
Amen.
Yes!!
Amen. God bless Mike Winger and his wife in Jesus' name.
*YES* Amen 🙌
Amen
Thank you for sharing this! I am not a pastor. I am a Christian wife, mom woman. I do strongly agree. If it’s not coming from the heart, it’s not from the Holy Spirit. I pray those who need to hear this do in the name of Jesus! Let it be so!
Really appreciate your balanced take on AI. I’ve spent a lot of time around it for years, and it’s far more nuanced and complex than most realize. Like you also hit on, most people don’t realize it’s already everywhere in the air we breath. It’s also vastly more powerful than most even realize, and what most people have access to now is only the tip of the iceburg. The good news is, there are countless applications that will positively change things in ways formerly impossible. Conversely, there are some very legitimate risks that are terrifying. People would be wise to familiarize themselves with the intricacies, so they can understand what to watch for and how to use it wisely.
This isn’t the first technological advancement with this kind of potential for good and evil though. Read your Bible and history books. You’ll quickly be able to predict what we can expect to see in the coming years. Just expect it all to happen at a pace we’ve never seen in human history. Fortunately, God’s ultimately in control, and this is far from His first rodeo.
AMEN!
Any recommendations for where we can start more in depth understanding of it?
@@mambamentality9886 A lot of my learnings come from the conversations I regularly have, so not a lot in the public domain. However, to help people navigate it, I've done multiple videos and livestreams with more to come over the next few months. I've tried to break it down and make it as easy as I can for folks. Feels weird plugging my own stuff, but I made it to help people, so hopefully it accomplishes that.
AI is like any other tool; there is potential for good or evil depending on the skill and intentions of the hand that wields it.
I've been experimenting with ChatGPT, asking it theological, apologetics, and philosophical questions. I even told it a theological joke as a metaphor, and it accurately interpreted it.
It does seem highly focused on providing both sides of any issue and providing disclaimers ad nauseam. You can coax it into giving you a definitive statement, but it will still tack a Disclaimer on the end. I think it could be useful as a sort of sparing partner to test arguments on. I would treat it like Wikipedia; however, let it suggest in layman's terms, but always check other scholarly resources.
@@shj723Remember who is behind it...
Mike,
I discovered you on TH-cam a week ago and I already have a problem with you. You’re preventing me from getting my work done. I start watching one of your Bible studies or 20 Questions and I am hypnotized, mesmerized, “slack-jawed” and can’t stop watching. And some are 2 hours long!
Seriously, God has given you wonderful gifts - discernment, teaching, wisdom beyond your apparent age… I used the ellipsis so as not to offend you by overlooking some I haven’t discovered yet.
(To put what follows in context, I confessed and believed at age 11, and have been in one Baptist church or another all my life. I have taught “Sunday School”, as it was once called. In 2014, I did a months-long self-directed study of pain and suffering. As you can surely guess, if not know directly from your own studies, that study led to a better understanding of many attributes of God, clarified my thinking on many doctrines, and was, in short, very enlightening and fulfilling. What I view as the culmination of that study was that in February, my beloved wife of 50 years journeyed to our Heavenly home. That event put all the scripture study in vivid perspective.)
I have started watching your 100th episode of 20 Questions, and have some thoughts about Q 8. And to keep your pride in check following my earlier comments, hunger was able to pull me away from your video. As I understood your comments, I have a slightly different interpretation of “the flesh”, “nature”, “sinful nature”, and “temptation”. As you frequently say about your answers, I can’t claim my interpretation is correct, but it is simply mine. I’d like your thoughts on it.
I view the creation garden story as being a vital source of guidance on the whole domain of temptation, sin, pain and suffering. Regardless of whether one believes Adam and Eve were two actual humans or not, the story is a metaphor for mankind. Adam and Eve are God’s pattern for us. We are of the Adam and Eve type to use a metaphor from object-oriented computer programming. There are truths to be gleaned from the story that are fundamental, and just as fundamental as “God is just.” No interpretation of scripture, including yes, Romans 5, can conflict with these fundamental truths.
Truth 1 - Adam and Eve were created perfect, or in perfection. Like Adam and Eve, every time God gives the blessing of a new life to a family, he gives them a perfect little human being, innocent of any sin and incapable of sinning (yet). I do not serve a God who’s going to ask me to account for my sins committed before I was born or before I knew right from wrong.
Truth 2 - God sent Satan to tempt Adam and Eve. To accept this in no more difficult than accepting Mat. 4:1 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Temptation was a necessary element of sovereign God’s plan for mankind and his ultimate glorification at the cross. Like Adam and Eve, we must be tempted, else our choosing Christ has no meaning, and would thwart Gods’ ultimate will and plan.
Truth 3 - Adam’s and Eve’s disobedience in eating the fruit resulted in their immediate banishment from the garden, and their spiritual separation from God. Similarly, when we reach the age of moral agency and disobey God, the results are our spiritual separation from God. The penalty for our sin is spiritual death.
Truth 4 - God accepted the animal sacrifice (in providing their coverings) as atonement for their sins and restoration of their spiritual connection to God. The analogy: This scene is symbolic of Christ’s sacrifice of himself for all mankind, and the restoration of our spiritual relationship with God.
Concerning Romans 5, surely this is what Peter had in mind when he commented on the difficulty in understanding some of Paul’s writing. That editorial comment aside, what can we learn from the creation story to come to bear on interpreting Romans 5? There is no mention in the creation story of a “sinful nature”. That phrase in Greek is translated many places and by most translations everywhere, as “lusts of the flesh”. I think “sinful nature” was an unfortunate translation, perhaps encouraged by those ancient Bible scholars who wanted to believe we are guilty of sin at birth. (Calvin?) “Sinful nature” suggests some substance which can be inherited, which is incorrect. Use of the word “inherit” is also misleading, to me. To achieve God’s divine ultimate purpose, he necessarily and directly imbues us all with the ability to be tempted and provides the tempter to ensure we are. The propensity to sin is not an attribute that must be inherited from generation to generation. Many Christians I meet have a hard time accepting this fact of God and God’s plan, i.e. the tempter was a purposeful creation of God, and so also the temptation which Satan brings. This understanding and subordination of “lusts of the flesh” and “sinful nature” to “temptation” resolves some matters of doctrine which create dilemmas for many. For example, this understanding makes it meaningless to ask if Eve had a sinful nature before she sinned. Certainly, she was able to be tempted, else she would not have eaten the fruit. This understanding also makes mute the question I’ve heard: “Did Jesus have a sinful nature?” We don’t have to answer that - as a human he was capable of being tempted. Certainly, no human has endured the degree of infinite temptation Jesus experienced in the garden - the temptation to not go to the cross.
Mark, may God continue to bless your wonderful ministry.
In Christ, Alan
Pastor Mike, Thank You for allowing Christ Jesus to use your meek temperament in teaching His people to remain faithful to Him and His Word!! The Christlike demeanor you display is so very encouraging!!
Mr. Winger I have been going through a lot of your studies and I am impressed at how much you must study and how careful you are to get things right. Don't get a big head but you should have at least 2 million subscribers. Keep it up and stay humble.
I doubt you will read this Mike, but you really have succeeded in your goal of providing useful material that helps us all think biblically. I have been immensely blessed by your channel, you and John pipers ministry have been monumental in creating who I am today, a Christian not shaken by the culture or deconstruction culture but founded on the rock. God willing this message find you, and I sincerely thank you and pray for your continued fruitful ministry and success as you continue on the road, running the good race.
Awesome comment! God bless you!
Blessings to you Pastor Mike
I was told by a good Christian lady that there’s no such thing as being “married without papers”. My boyfriend and I had a little “comittment ceremony” and he said that God married us, but he wanted to keep it a secret! So, I figured we were just committing fornication and stopped seeing him. He refuses to marry me legally. So I refuse to see him anymore as repentance from fornication and it is helping me spiritually ❤
Well, I saw him again. It seemed the more loving thing to do and I did commit to him. I hope God understands.
If you love and respect him and he you and you had a ceremony in God's presence then it might be alright, but, if it was me I'd marry you legally if not in church and it wouldn't be getting kept secret, all the best from Edinburgh Scotland UK, just my humble opinion, I'm not perfect either, far from it @@GrandmaKnightLife
RUN. Run fast, run far.
There are alot of guys that want to play 'pretend marriage'.
Dime a dozen, getting all the benefits of a good wife, with NONE of the benefits to her of a good husband.
And believe me, your's is not the 'special one', and deserves NO concessions from YOU, trying to be a Godly woman, following God's rules.
You need to get out, and find a Godly man that respects you, and marriage as God intended.
You are unequally yoked.
Christian, and a non Christian.
Cuz no real Christian would say, pretend to be my wife.
BTW....maybe he already has a wife in his closet, and CAN'T get married....@@GrandmaKnightLife
I hope you're doing well
I haven’t seen him since December but he insists on talking with me online. He’s trying to wear me down but so far I have been faithful to God!
Rewards… About 35 years ago, I read a story about someone who did a good deed for a neighbor and God was proud of her. Then she proceeded to another neighbors house, and told them what she had done. When she got home she called her friend and also told of her good deed. This may God sad. Was it not enough that God saw what she had done and knew he was happy with her that she needed to tell others for the recognition. Ever since then, I have kept my good deeds to myself.
That’s giving alms in private, good stuff🙏🏼❤️!
The Bible actually teaches about not letting your left hand know what your right hand is giving ...and also the "rewards" will be for us in heaven as opposed for us in this present time...not to mention the many Bible verses that disdain pride and a haughty heart!
Very well spoken. The difference between “could be and is” is crucial for us Christians to not be deceived
There is virtually NO CHANCE that AI won’t play a major role of some kind, in what’s predicted in Revelation. But what’s important is being “well spoken” & not viewed as an “embarrassment” to Christianity, tho u can count on it that they will make SURE we’re viewed as embarrassments no matter how hard we try to please them. And that’s already begun wide-scale. And AI is aiding that evil effort, too.
I sub to a lot of sites that have Q & A shows once in a while, but yours is the only one I wait for and make sure I watch. I even went back through all your Q & A videos to watch them all. I love them.
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Congratulations🎉 Praise Our Savior and Lord for the work done here in your ministry.
Thank you so much! Your answer about marriage is a huge comfort. I was with my soulmate for 23 yesrs but cus she was on disability they would have taken alot of her check away and we were dirt poor. We planned to be married when i started to be able to afford to support us but saddly she passed away do to her disability unexpectedly. We considered ourselves married cus we loved each other so much and ive often felt that if we wernt officially married we may not be together in the afterlife. But im faithful as was she so we were very very close and heaven to me will be when god brings us together again to praise god.
'The power of the power of the power'. That was pure gold!
Thank you Mike. God is given you great ability to understand and teach the word. There is lots of wisdom in your answers.
I read Revelations a lot growing up, it was by far the most interesting and, well, action packed. It was just boom-boom-boom, hitting point after point. As I grew older, and with a bit of wisdom, as Christians we are allowing our fear cloud our judgement, time and time again. We can guess about signs and interpretations all day, but we need to understand where our fear is coming from and give that up to God. When Revelations happens, all I pray for is that God gives me the strength and courage to make it through.
I want to shine my light brighter...i feel a duty to spread Gods word. Praying for guidance. Thank you for your content Mike.
Brother Mike winger u are speaking the truth📖
GOD BLESS YOU Mike WINGER🙋 and Thank you for this powerful video,and keep on brother 📖
Yes being frank and open about the word is fantastic in my opinion
Dear Pastor Lawson many thanks for an eye opening word it is greatly appreciated coming from a Catholic background now saved and born again God bless you sir Brian Birmingham UK
26:26 No clue who is going to see this, but I am constantly watching/listening to these. I have decided that I need to walk my dog more in the evenings and this is the perfect style of video for it. Pastor Mike explains questions Christians have and I get to listen to such a wide range of topics while walking my dog in the cool breeze.
I think the question was about not giving full attention to the worship, not giving full attention to (or being distracted from) your work. The concern was about working while worshiping/listening to worship music.
Congrats on 100th Episode,!!!!!! I love your channel, I'm a student of the bible, I love how you get me to think biblically more and more, May God continue to bless your ministry Pastor Mike!!!
If you're a student of the bible you wouldn't be following Winger and his corrupt bible.
Mike thank you so much for your ministry and thank you for being a faithful servant and most obviously a close friend of our Lord Jesus☺️🙌🏻
Thanks Mike, your content has really helped me as I haven't found fellowship yet after being saved for 13months and being sanctified daily, we get rewarded in heaven heaven is not our reward alone, it makes sense to me, thankyou Jesus for this messenger of the truth 🙏 listening again after 10 months
Thank you, trusting Jesus. ❤❤❤
1 John 3:2-3
“Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”
Your cat ain't wrong. 😁👍 Love you, brother.
Thanks for answering 2,000 Qs (plus the occasional bonus questions!), as a supplement to all the study series you've done! And thanks to the folks that have helped along the way!
This reminds me of Michael Heiser. He was the first guy I ever heard teach end times prophesy from all different points of view, showing the strengths and weaknesses of each viewpoint. Before him I’d only been exposed to Hal Lindsey-esque guys who “had it all figured out.” Thanks for this!
There is only One (in Three) who has it all figured out!
Greg Bahnsen does a great job of explaining the postmill view, and he does a fair assessment of the other views as well.
do any of those men have a say in your salvation? Acts 4:12?
Michael Heiser was the man. I was thinking about his approach while listening to this. RIP
Thank you. A lot of this is common sense but a lot of believers don’t have common sense today. Thanks for helping people think for themselves.
I’m a 66 YO woman and I’m so proud of you pastor Mike🙏🏼❤️
20 questions is my favorite thing to listen to while I’m working around the house.
God bless you Pastor Mike and your ministry!
I have always appreciated your practical way of looking at things. While I may not totally agree with everything you say, we must remember that this Christian life is a PERSONAL relationship with GOD. GOD may not allow me to do things others do and allow me things others can't. While we may be solid on basic doctrines, we may differ on the more gray areas. Keep teaching, brother.
God bless you brother Mike Winger
Hello Mike Winger. My name is Mike Adkins and it’s a pleasure to watch your video. You have a level of intelligence and objectivity concerning the Biblical side of associating AI with Biblical scripture. It is in the Bible and I give this much thought on a daily basis. God Bless You Brother. I’ll stay tuned into more of your future videos.
Cannabis micro-dosing is incredibly common. I never touched the stuff until RA had defined my life as one of pain, anger, and dealing with ptsd/adhd. Honestly, a 1 - 5 mg does a lot to sober the brain from actual ADHD, PTSD and pain. I like what Mike says about being aware of its effect. That is ultimately the main idea. If I pop 5mg, I can write software, poetry, stories, and complete work better. If I over do it, I am a sloth. So like any medicine, it can help, but it can debase ones' sober mind.
Try Bee Venom therapy for your RA. It works. And eliminate sugar and processed foods from your diet. Keto is anti inflammatory !!!
God gave man dominion over animals and plants. But the devil fiddles with science to create it into things unclean, example being concentrates that really mess with people ability to function. Good for you for moderation. Many Christians are told it's bad and can't articulate what their reasoning is.
Sativa strain is energizing and more on point thinking. Indica is the sloth like strain.
Thank you Mike for your hard work in studying the Word and sharing your knowledge with us so we can study and equip ourselves to be good students and disciples. 🙏🏻
Thank you for what you’re doing!! You make so much sense and you’re humble which is much needed and appreciated!! 🙏♥️
Bless you all in the name of Jesus Christ AMEN
You did great on your 100 th Q & A Pastor ! God bless you , you always come up with those answers I been dealing in my own life, asking God for the answer ! He spoke through you many many words I have been searching on ! Sending you prayers from India ! May Jesus be with you 😇
I can't thank you enough for your videos and sound biblical teaching!! God bless
Thanks for not going beyond what's written in your answers. I appreciate your gracious, scholarly yet humble responses to the mark of the beast and cannabis questions - all 20 of them, in fact. Congratulations on the milestone of 100 Q&A episodes!
“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
John 8:36
All glory to god. Jesus has shown his love to me and I feel so humbled. "Let those who have ears listen"
If anyone is struggling in life, ask god for guidance and have faith. For god feeds all the birds in the sky and his love for you is much more than the birds. In Jesus name god bless you.
Thank you for your teaching Pastor Mike ! Question 16’s answer was much needed. I struggle against certain beliefs (Calvinism)that my brothers and sisters in Christ do affirm and it can become something I dwell on. “Am I not as theologically sound because I don’t see this in scripture ? …etc”
It has made me realize I still can place the opinions of man over the opinion of God.
Long winded way of saying thank you !
The 'opinions' of god were all written by devious bitter old men. The NT is a pack of lies. There is nothing sound about the quite ugly "christian" theology that worships both a death cult and a part time virgin.
"It has made me realize I still can place the opinions of man over the opinion of God."
The various epistles are letters from men; and thus contain their opinions. Presumably these opinions are inspired, but they also speak to specific persons and situations and I suspect it might be straining at gnats to suppose every word or sentence is applicable to you or to me.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations on your 100th episode🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 every question is thoughtfully and biblically answered. Thank you 🙏
100 episodes!!
Thank you brother Mike for all your commitment! 🎉
Dear Mike, thank you for your excellent Ministry work. I hope to help clarify The Sabbath; sixth day our Creator worked creating/building all that there is. On the seventh day, The Sabbath, HE rested from all HIS work. He DEMANDS that we do the same. Marry went to Jesus/Y'Shua's tomb on Sunday to prepare HIS Body with oils and spices, because The SABBATH is The Rest Day from ALL works; except in a matter of life or death ... situation. Many of us Christians are still confused or disobedient of this Commandment. As much as we can, all foods and works must be completed by Friday's sunset. Lots of Y'Shua's love to you!
Excellent job. I've been saying this along. Great informative God bless you
Evangelist Roger Mansour
Thank you for your ministry, I watch a lot of your videos. Appreciate all the studying and thought you put into every subject. God bless
Pastor Mike winger your Q and A has blessed me and my son . Much appreciated ☺️ many blessings to you and your family ❤🙏 GOD BLESS 😊
Great vid. Dr. B here. I love that Mike started in youth ministry.
This is very good, I used to be way too judgmental, the white throne judgment is reserved for Jesus, work the great commission and seek Jesus. 🙏
Always a pleasure to learn from pastor Mike. 👍🏼
I wish my cats thought I was cool. Thanks for the video Pastor Mike!
I know, me too.
I wish my cats thought i was cool too!! Two of them ran away😫
Aww, that's awful. 😣
@@Elijah24553 Yes I was very sad. I just pray for them.
@@susanmaxwell9269 yeah, I suppose thats all you can really do. I pray there ok as well.
Thank you for being honest and showing others how to come upon conclusions thinking and not just believing what someone else says.
Yes seems honest but also hangs his hat on many common ideas without depth in studying scriptures but assuming a concept bc it is more popular like did Jesus change the Sabbath (God says He "changes not") because He came out of the tomb on the 1st day? Do disciples of Christ meet on other days to study=to break bread? That is not assumed communion. Definitions of a reformer (reformed from what is the qustion) is not Calvinist as he talks & assumes. Nothing to do with Calvanists but it is those who diligently study the Holy Bible scriptures in context & apply to life what is learned to better follow what our Creator teaches. Who we worship by our actions is of dire importance. Man & the entities working through many pastors deceptively that mislead the majority or our Father in heaven through Jesus & the true holy Spirit given for wisdom of "rightly dividing the word". Jesus always said, after He forgave, " Go and sin no more". What did Jesus do is the question & how did He worship, what did He teach? Know that many popular evangelicals & the Roman system power (power of a nation is depicted as a beast= man w/o Jesus Christ but acting s an animal) the USA will speak as a Dragon (through laws which reveal character) and mandate/force worship of a god-=false worship ignoring or rearranging God's law which does not change as it reflects His character, Who He is, Gal 5:22-23 & Exo 20. & that His power of reforming ones' heart & mind (frontal lobe where moral decisions are made vs the fleshly, wordly, animalistic brain that Hollywood, etc.feeds so that whatever man's desire is, serves as "his truth") brins us into Truth. Anything of man usurping God's power for self glory & rule is not of our Creator. Jesus asks, "Who do you say that I am?" After the Sunday laws are made in the guise of improving climate change & endorsing family time under a world wide leader ( you can ask now who is the current religious political nation leader serving as head of the world council of churches), then as history repeats, persecution & death will follow. Just s before Paul was converted & just as in the dark ages. Elohim is for freedom of choice & is Love not a god of force as all things are being revealed. The Sabbath never changed. Our Holy God does not change. We can count on Him & His Word. Pray for discernment as you personally study & be blessed in the Word. Dark times are ahead, deceptions, laws, death, but Jesus is now shedding His light on the false truths of this world & Satan at work and us soon coming to gather His faithful ones that believe in Who He says He is & follow Him. As He brought the Isrealites though the desert, He will bring us through the plagues & temptations of this world. He is the Word as "it is written". We cannot compromise to man over God who loves us first.
Jesus is coming soon & no, He will not set His feet upon the ground but will lift up His faithful people restored/transfomed into His Holy image sealed (not a beast image) with bodies made new. There will be and are false Gods on earth & more deceptive ones arriving to fool the people claiming it is Christ (mainly RCC).
1 Thes 4: 11-18. May God help us in our continued pursuit to know Him intimately as He works in our hearts, for Him to transform us. (Today, the "three frogs" are now here & speaking)
@@DoyuLoveMe Yeah the more i read the bible and look at historical events in history as well i can clearly see that the historical view that the papal power is the best is revelation is accurate,
there was no other politically religious entity that was wounded and healed then the Roman catholic church.
It received its deadly wound in 1798 during the French Revolution.
General Berthier, at the head of a French army, entered Rome and declared the end of the political rule of the papacy. Thus, he took the pope captive to France, where he soon died. This was done under the direction of French leader, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Their wound received a healing in 1929 when the Lateran Treaty gave back temporal power to the pope. He was also given the rule of Vatican City, a section of the city of Rome about 108.7 acres in extent, which is the smallest nation in the world now.
The second beast is the USA who will be the military might of the first beast and will make the world look towards the papal power to worship him , who will in turn be worshipping satan.
The mark of the beast will be a National Sunday Law.
Not many even look back in history but those who do will find that the papal power was cruel and persecuted many christian's and had them branded as heretics and killed, many groups like the waldensians had to flee to the mountains and forest to survive, because they didn't pay homage to the Pope of Rome and rejected many of their blasphemous teachings, including idolatry/image worship, bowing to priest, confessions to priests(when the bible clearly states their is only one mediator between man and the father and trust us Jesus Christ 1 Timothy 2:5) and remained faithful to Jesus christ.)
This is my second '20 Q's with Pastor Mike' today that I'm listening to while working - so good - if I find I did get distracted and missed a bit of the clip I just go back a bit and start again from where I was last concentrating :)
This is how it starts...slow...otherwise people will not go along will they....??
LET'S ALL KEEP GODS GUIDANCE IN OUR LIVES FIRST🙏
Allowed.
Praise God He is in control!
Sunday worship was well established, even in the 2nd century, according to the church father Justin Martyr in his First Apology. Here's what he said:
"“And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the overseer verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.
Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the overseer in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability, and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons.
And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the overseer, who provides for the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.
But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead.”
You should do a deep dive on the Sabbath. Forget what man says and study what God says all throughout His holy Word. The first Christians met every single day. They lived and breathed Christ's mission. They also kept the Sabbath. Christ Himself said not one letter will be removed from the Law until heaven and earth disappear. Christ argued about what was permissible on the Sabbath, not whether the Sabbath was intact. Christ spoke of how woeful it would be in the end days if you had to flee on the Sabbath. In the OT, God tells us several different times the Sabbath is His sign to us forever, and to bind it in our head and hands. God preserved the Sabbath from the beginning, wrote it in stone with His own hand. Man changed it, not God.
When you begin your research, empty your mind of all things taught by man. Ask God to show you His truth only. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide your every step. And KNOW it's ok if we are wrong, even with something this big. What matters is when we see it, we act on it. There is no shame in not knowing. God will make a way. For me, it's surrendering to His perfect will, obedience to God for all He's done and shown me. May God bless you abundantly in your walk with Him! LOVE BOLDLY ❤️✝️
Eclipsesonic. Sunday sacredness is part of the deception that the New Testament repeatedly warns against. Paul warned that error was already creeping into the church in his day. I surely would not listen to early church fathers or any man that goes against the clear teaching of the Word of God.
Matt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
2 Thess 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Congratulations!! 100! I’ve watched so much Winger, Ive had moments of being winged out😂. I love you brother!! Keep speaking the good word!
I don’t use AI, but sadly have gotten lazy in my study. Thanks for the straight talk reminding me of its value.
According to Mike, you literally used it to get here. Lol. Passive v. active use is inconsequential. Use is use is use is use.
@@josephjohns4626 just because mike said it unfortunately it doesn’t make it truth.
AI hasn’t been invented yet, things he was talking about like google maps or “the algorithm” are not AI. Simply programs doing what they have been programmed to do.
AI isn’t just a simple program like google maps using a gos locator to show where you are on a map, not even close. It has the ability to actually think for itself not just execute a piece of code.
Nobody is using AI as a part of their everyday life and the whole comment about “you would have to go Amish” to avoid AI is simply Mike not actually know what AI is
@@IhaveaDoghouse LMAO let's see how this comment goes in the next 3-4 years
@@KevinNordstrom as in? you think AI will be invented in the next 3-4 years?
Considering they haven't figured out consciousness which is required for AI it is impossible to put a timeline on it but there isn't anything that points to it being invented within 3-4 years.
Misinformed or a fool? Go research
Great Video. Thank you for sharing! All Glory to our Lord-King and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen!
GREAT TOPIC ON THE DRUG, AND PRAYING. LOVE YOUR WORK, MY BROTHER. GOD BLESS.
Congrats on the 100th ep! You're doing God's work!
"You're doing God's work!"
So what is God doing?
It means you're doing God's will or living in His will. Didn't think I would need to explain that 😂
Congratulations on your 100th episode! Thank you for this ministry!
Yeah, thanks Mike, for 100 episodes of mind rot, ugly theology and cruel dogma. Well done. The phony "christians" applaud you.
Happy 💯 episode! Appreciate your ministry and love Moxie😻!
Good balanced view! Very refreshing Mike. Thank you.
God bless you Pastor Mike!
The funniest thing I've used AI for is retelling the book of Job in the style of Dr. Seuss
i love book of Enoch. whats a serious character to sound that book?
@@embracedchimera5886 The book of Enoch is pseudepigrapha.
@@nostalkingzone
>Book of Enoch is pseudepigrapha
So it would be narrated with stereotypical Jewish parlance
I used AI to compose a song from my poem. It did and the song is nice but it's scary how it composes
@@nostalkingzone the vast majority of the Bible is pseudepigrapha.
I am convinced of Post Mil eschatology, but appreciate Mike’s openness on this subject. We really shouldn’t be a “die on this hill” people when it comes to apocalyptic scripture. When are you going to finish the “women in ministry” teachings?!? Love you brother!
Is "should" a typo there?
@@StrategicGamesEtc it was. Thank you!
@@danielwolfe7682 I figured. :)
Those who hold to postmillennialism believe that this world will become better and better-all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding-with the entire world eventually becoming “Christianized.” After this happens, Christ will return. However, this is not the view of the world in the end times that Scripture presents. From the book of Revelation, it is easy to see that the world will be a terrible place during that future time. Also, in 2 Timothy 3:1-7, Paul describes the last days as “terrible times.”
Those who hold to postmillennialism use a non-literal method of interpreting unfulfilled prophecy, often interpreting prophetic passages allegorically. The problem with this is that when the normal meaning of a passage is abandoned, its meaning can become entirely subjective. All objectivity concerning the meaning of words is lost. When words lose their meaning, communication ceases. However, this is not how God has intended for language and communication to be. God communicates to us through His written word, with objective meanings to words, so that ideas and thoughts can be communicated.
A normal, literal interpretation of Scripture rejects postmillennialism and holds to a normal interpretation of all Scripture, including unfulfilled prophecy. We have hundreds of examples in Scripture of prophecies being fulfilled. Take, for example, the prophecies concerning Christ in the Old Testament. Those prophecies were fulfilled literally. Consider the virgin birth of Christ (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23). Consider His death for our sins (Isaiah 53:4-9; 1 Peter 2:24). These prophecies were fulfilled literally, and that is reason enough to assume that God will continue in the future to literally fulfill His Word. Postmillennialism fails in that it interprets Bible prophecy subjectively and holds that the millennial kingdom will be established by the church, not by Christ Himself.
@@johntrevett2944 It may be inadvertent, but you're badly misstating the postmil view in at least two critical ways: (1) none of its adherents--not a single one--believes that the world will constantly get better and better in a straight line without any setbacks. Rather like the course of individual sanctification, there will be ups and downs, but the general trajectory will be of improvement. And it's undeniable that this world has gotten much better, in many important ways, in the last 2000 years (for one important yardstick, we've gone from a few hundred Christians to roughly 1/3 of the population of the planet). (2) none of its adherents--again, not a single one--believe that "the church" will establish the kingdom without Christ. Rather, the belief is that Christ will establish his kingdom through his church--it's a critical distinction.
As to prophecy, it's certainly true that much prophecy was fulfilled literally. Other prophecy was figurative. Did Christ literally crush Satan's head? No, that's metaphor. Or for a more relevant comparison, did Jeremiah see the earth become without form and void, the heavens without light, and the mountains shaking (Jeremiah 4:23-24)? No, he didn't--once again, that's figurative, and it was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 BC. In fact, much of the imagery in Revelation is used in OT prophecy to describe (and foretell) the fall of Judah to Babylon--which gives reasonable warrant to admit at least the possibility that its use in Revelation is also non-literal.
OTOH, if you're going to take the cataclysmic language in Revelation as literal, you have to take the very first sentence in the book as non-literal, in that two thousand years later, it still hasn't happened--and no reasonable literal interpretation of "soon" (or of "the time is near", 1:3) includes a delay of two thousand years or more. You also have to take non-literally the statement in 1:7 that the eyes of those who pierced Jesus will see his return, as once again, they've been dead for nearly two thousand years and it still hasn't happened. So the disagreement isn't over whether to take Revelation literally nor not--rather, it's over which parts to take literally and which not.
Congratulations!!! 🥳🎉 Happy 100th episode!!!!! 👏🏼😆🙌🏼
I ♥️ watching your videos!
That is something we don’t necessarily think about; God speaking and action happens. Really enjoyed this program!
Thank you for the revelation of the Word of God. Let the Lord bless and strength you 🙏
Agree 100% with you on the trans movement! Nice summary of the depravity of it!
These videos are awesome and immensely helpful. 👍 Keep up the great work!
Just found you and im so excited that I have 99 more of these to watch/listen to!! Very interesting questions and answers!! 🙏❣️
Me too
Mike you’re so wise! I enjoy your QAs and I’ve really been blessed by your ministry. Thank you for doing what you do!
Focus more on repentance and salvation thru our Lord & Savior!
"there might be a time for music that is scary"
Mike, have you been outside lately? This entire world is a time for scary music! lol
God bless you Mike for posting these videos. They really help me and my family when we watch them.
I pray anyone watching this video that is unbelieving in Jesus be drawn to God by the Holy Spirit so that they might realize the gift waiting for them.
Stay safe out there guys.
" Have you been outside lately? .." Scary "music" is here--so true!!..Moses came down from the mountain & it was called "noise". Last days as in the time of Daniel, the general population of people bowed to the music to worship man & wordly satanic powers. Good lessons to learn in Daniel. Be blessed!
Thats awesome congratulations on 100 episode anniversary ❤
Congrats on your 100th Q&A. God bless you🙏
This was a great topic for the increase in eschatology vs. Teaching the love of Our Father. Not saying minus the hellfire and brimstone but the focus of trying to predict the end steals us from spreading the gospel and this explains it great
35 years ago my husband was the youth pastor at a church. The senior pastor had him sit on the platform while he preached. My husband realized one Sunday that the pastor was preaching out of the notes that were included in the front of the Bible they were using. My husband was turning to the next scripture before the pastor mentioned it. The pastor saw that he was doing it and afterward told him, “Don’t ever do that again.” He was afraid the congregation would catch on. Our time under that pastor was a good lesson in what not to do…in so many ways.
John Lennox’s book 2084 is a great book about A.I. and talks about if the image of the beast could be AI.
Thankyou Pastor Mike! I remember your very first episodes of your “Question and Answer” videos. I found every 100 of them to be so extremely helpful. I look forward to the next 100 😊❤️
0:35 oh ive worked extensively with this tech, and let me say we should not be concerned *generally.* Its actually been a great tool for me personally, its a really good thing to bounce ideas off of, I think of it like bouncing said ideas off a wall, because AI cant actually think, but it can repeat words in a different way. Which is helpful. Ive come up with a pretty neat videogame idea with it I hope to get started on soon. If you want a summary of the basic idea, its a game where you collect the armor of God, to fight manifestations of temptation. Which, was like mostly my idea but the initial concept of it being based around the armor of God was a suggestion I got from the AI. Which is a pretty basic concept to begin with but it really got the ideas flowing. }
All that being said there is one small concern to be had. By the nature of an LLM, it literally doesnt know fact from fiction. Its fed what people say and spits that back out. The example people tend to use is if you ask it "what happens if I break a mirror?" it will say "seven years bad luck" because that's something people say, though it isnt factual. What people have to do is then manually go in and tell it to *not* say that. Problem being, if there's a bias in this process, the AI will have a bias in that respect. Luckily, they have had no reason to specifically mess with biblical concepts, so it'll give you those without it being weird. Use your own judgement though. Just if you, say ask it how you tell people homosexuality is sinful it will essentially respond with "no its not!".
7:00 oh yeah I have to agree that's... a little dumb? I'd rather use it as an aid, not a replacement for actually doing it. I hate not having control over the final product, I love to mess with the little details. Just some things i'd rather not labor over and its great to have AI do it. Its a tool, and that's that.
I’ve worked with it extensively and I think it is something that we should be concerned with
@@not_milk how so?
I love your righteous firey passion w this sick agenda I am with you
Love your format and genuine search for the truth
Mike is the GOAT. I can’t wait to give him the biggest most loving hug when I meet him in Paradise, I’m sure there will be a long line
Do you not know that God's going to separate the sheep from the goats and the goats will be destroyed in the fire this is not a good thing to be considered a goat but the world who loves wickedness uses the word go as a good thing
You should never invade another man's personal space. You are saying that you plan to assault him.
Love your down to earth commonsense approach to life and the Word Mike. Tku, I learn from you all the time.
Oh, BTW, you're a cool cat 😂
✝️🙏🦘🌏
Hahah 😅
8:49 I had an experience at a previous church with multiple campuses where I understood that they collaborated on their sermons, and I’m not sure it was more than that, but they would each preach the same basic sermon at different locations, and again, knowing this didn’t bother me terribly until one point where I decided to watch recordings of the campus I was not at and even the personal anecdotes were almost identical. It was very unsettling.
Also, the good news about GPT sermons is that just by playing with it and asking it theological questions, I have found that unless you specifically prompt it for something heretical, it seems to default to sound Christian doctrine when prompted to write a sermon.
Thannks so good Pastor Mike
59:25 there are definitely bad sounds... I've asked people of religions that use music for spiritual rituals and incorporations.. in Brazil we have music that most certainly make people think about sex regardless of lyrics and they all take the drummer beats from tribal religions