00:03 Sam explains his journey from being a Calvinist to changing his position on predestination and free will. 02:02 God desires the salvation of all but has decreed salvation only for the elect. 05:59 Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, uttering words directed by the Holy Spirit. 08:03 Understanding the concept of visitation and salvation about free will. 12:34 Judas had the potential for salvation despite betrayal 14:40 Judas had the same authority and promise as the other disciples. 19:02 Persistent rebellion leads to being blotted out from The Living Book. 20:45 Importance of understanding the true context of Biblical passages 24:21 Interpretations of water concerning the spirit and birth explained 26:18 Jesus and his disciples baptized people in water before his death and resurrection. 29:55 Baptism is essential for being a good Christian. 31:45 Importance of obedience to God's law in determining true Christianity 35:20 Criteria for a true Christian - obeying the law of Christ 37:03 Listen more than you speak, especially to fellow Believers. 40:34 Seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit and being open to being corrected 42:26 Explanation of the unity of all things in Heaven and Earth through Christ. 46:19 Explaining the purpose of repentance and hell for those who reject Christ 48:08 Avoid rushing to judgment and settle for the first opinion. 52:13 Predestination and free will in Christianity 54:06 You have the freedom to act within the limitations of your nature. 57:58 God's knowledge of all possible universes and choices. 1:00:01 Explaining God's foreknowledge concerning free will and predestination.
@@olanrewajuadagba955 look into Sam. He has changed his religion and relationship with Christ way too many times. He shouldn’t be leading anyone. He is now a Roman Catholic. Strange man. I think he has become too full of himself and thus blinded.
@@JC_SGD the first sign of a believer is child like rest/faith. I find it hard to believe the Spirit would lead any man into anything other than mercy and truth and grace(Jesus). It’s all harlotry. Robes and priests and Mary and anything besides Christ in us and the way Paul/Jesus said to run things Is the whore. She doesn’t keep mercy and truth and has no grace(power of God to do his will/love). But wipes her mouth and says I have done no wrong. Proverbs warns about the whore churches a lot. “The whore church cannot say gold and silver I have none for she is rich beyond rich. But neither can they say get up and walk” money with no power.
@@Rileyed I have looked into Sam for many hours and I find his knowledge and insightfulness into religious texts full of wisdom and understanding. He may be a Roman Catholic and changed his following a lot but that is his journey. You can take inspiration from someone else's Journey, but why would your judgement of their Journey apply to your belief and your own Journey so heavily? You place too much of a task and weight on this one man and forget he is fallible like the rest of us; doesn't mean he doesn't have some knowledge or understanding of the truth that no one else has and you can learn! Everyone is blind to a certain extent and I would argue he is not leading people he is speaking to them and sharing his insight and understanding relative to the text. Instead, place it in Jesus for that is what his purpose was. Think for yourself and speak for yourself and your own interpretation of belief instead of someone's else's; just to attempt to prove or say they are false...
Sam has been instrumental in my walk with Christ. After being born again, most questions i have he has answered. I love when he gets into Apologetics and the fire he lights in my spirit... may God bless him more than he has already. 🙏
Thank you lord Jesus, for pouring out your knowledge and wisdom in this last days, God bless you and guide you always, Hossana, Hossana, Hossana to the Highest!!!
Sam, thank you for your passion for the Lord. Thank you Father, Son, Holy Spirit for bringing Sam into our social media to cleanse us from sins and convict us for our wrong doings. Thank you God for not giving up on us even though we are sinners. Praise and glory to you our Lord Jesus for dying for us, sinners, your slaves. 🙏🏻😔
Jesus cleansed you from your sins the moment you believed in Him as your Savior. Conviction of your lost and depraved state comes from the Holy Spirit at work in your life in response to God’s calling. You made it sound as if Sam was doing this through social media! I doubt you intended to say that, but it needed clarification in case an unbeliever read what you said.
I have debated on this topic for more than 15 yrs. I went to a Christian college and predestination was THE theological view. I wrote several thesis on this matter. One of my simple arguments has been, is, and will be the fact that in the Bible, the word IF is over 1600 times (Obviously not all are used by God) yet, if we are pre destined and I do not have a say, the word IF should not be used by Gods PERIOD. If we are predestined, God cannot say "If you obey", "If you love me", "if you follow by decrees and commands". If is a CHOICE. I have the choice of doing or not doing something.
Yeah it’s basically if we always come to Christ for life and abide in Him(mercy and love) we will be made to be like Him; faith to faith; grace to grace.
@@chrisneeds6125 soil? What you are not understanding is that when something is IRRESISTIBLE, when something is PREDETERMINED there is no CHOICE. It does not matter if it seems as "an act of benevolence" (turning what is bad to good) which REGARDLESS, that change from a bad heart to a good heart has NOTHING to do with you. That bad heart cannot resist turning into a good heart therefore the use of terms that imply an option, a possibility, should not exist. Under predestination the only terms that fit are "this is what is going to happen", "this is what will happen" "you will obey" or "you will not". Basically there is no struggle. There is no battle. I am exactly what in his sovereignty he wants me to be. I believe as much as he wants me to. I pray for as long as he wants me to. I minister as he programmed me to. I sin as he directs me to, I harm and destroy because he commanded me to. There is NOTHING that I can do that is not by his design. He hates and loves without cause and effect. I cannot serve a God under those terms, that is EVIL.
@@chrisneeds6125 as Paul claims in Romans 8. For those he FOREKNEW, he PREDESTINED to be CONFORMED to the image of JESUS. the key is not that WE are predestined, the key to that verse is that the PATH, the PLAN, the way (through and by Jesus, to become like Jesus) to be transformed has been set. Meaning, the plan of salvation. Even more than that, it begins with FOREKNOWLEDGE. As in the case of Esau. He was rejected/hated by God before his birth (as God proclaimed) because he KNEW that Esau was going to reject God and would never truly care about his birth rights (which were a command instituted by God and were very important). Foreknowledge and predestination are 2 different things. I can already know what u will do but I am.not direction it, I'm not the one making u. Actually, go to Genesis 4. God reasons with Cain (under predestination and our inability to choose) and tells him, "hey, if you did this the right way, wouldn't I accept it"? And then tells him that sin is near him, tempting him but that he can resist it. Under the notion of everything being pre ordained, how does that make sense??? See, he is not telling Cain, u have a bad heart and u will do what u were meant to do. He tells him U KNOW what is right and if you did it I would accept you. Evil is around you but you CAN resist it. Those are all OPTIONS, CHOICE. Calvinism is just a philosophical interpretation and it doesn't fit scripture. It only fits if forced arbitrarily.
I was nervous clicking this video, but when you started with 1 Timothy 2:4 I praised God outloud! I'm so glad I've found your channel, I've tried to explain this to many people. In love he predestined us, because in his foreknowledge he sees all of our choices beforehand. Some will choose to love him others will reject him, he is sovereign and knows not just what will happen but what will happen under any and all circumstances. 1 Timothy 2:3-4 ESV [3] This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, [4] who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Peter 3:9 ESV [9] The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
So many questions can be answered correctly if one knows the character of God as well as the word. Often times the character of God can reveal what the word doesn't say explicitly.
great video here bro you inplode my faith exponantialy being new and just started reading bibal few months a go was a bit hard to read not understanding thanks for this one
I struggled with this question for years. Without knowing what Sam will say here, I've arrived at a conclusion and it's this. God truly wants all of us to be saved but he will also respect the free will He gave us at the same time. So He gives us every opportunity to choose Him, to return the great love He has by obeying Him and worship Him alone. God is also not bound by time and space so even before Creation, he can see from beginning till the end, including all our choices to His opportunities. He thus knows who will be saved and who will not and those who will not make it will have their choices to blame, not God. After all, haven't we all been reminded and warned often enough? Every generation comes with prophets and evangelists. The Holy Mother herself has appeared many times to warn and lead us back to her Son. Yet many stubbornly disbelieve. Eternity is at stake, make no mistake. Repent now and turn back to God while you can!
I think the important thing is to obey God and his laws, accept Jesus as your savior and seek the kingdom of heaven. There are so many interpretations and as you said, we'd never be able to reconcile. Maybe it's not for us to reconcile but instead it's our job as Christians to live by his name and not worry about such questions. I too am struggling with my Calvinist faith.
This is why i follow sham even though he threw insults here and there because he admitted it that he in fact has an issue with his temper.You can see it in this session.I like how how i am becoming attentive to everythinhg he say.His temper is his cross.Let us pray for Sham.
My theory is that God is the Shepherd and a Shepherd knows where his flock is going but sometimes we act on our own, and He comes and leads us back to His will. I can make it make sense in my head.
YEHOVAH THE EVERLIVING GOD, LORD, KING, WORDGIVER, LAWGIVER, COVENANTGIVER, TESTIFIER, JUDGE, CREATOR, FATHER, SAVIOUR AND MOST HIGH IS EVERLASTING. The Godship of Yehovah is everlasting The Lordshp of Yehovah is everlasting The Kingship of Yehovah is everlasting The Wordgivership of Yehovah is everlasting The Lawgivership of Yehovah is everlasting The Covenantgivership of Yehovah is everlasting The counsellorship of Yehovah is everlasting The testifiership of Yehovah is everlasting The Judgeship of Yehovah is everlasting The creatorship of Yehovah is everlasting The Fatherhood of Yehovah is everlasting The Saviourship of Yehovah is everlasting The mosthighness of Yehovah is everlasting The word, law, commandments , ordinances, covenant, counsel and Testimony of Yehovah are everlasting Whoever is blaspheming, contradicting and rebelling against or inciting, speaking, prophesying, preaching, teaching, singing or writing blasphemy, contradiction and rebellion against the word, law, commandments, ordinances, covenant, counsel and Testimony of Lord God Yehovah and against Lord God Yehovah is an agent of serpent the tempter the inventor of the antillaw, anticovenant and antiyehovah gospel seen in different ungodly religious sects, denominations, cultures, traditions and customs. Isaiah 33:22 ASV For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us. Isaiah 40:8-10 ASV The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever. [9] O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God! [10] Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. Psalm 119:89-91 ASV For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven. [90] Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. [91] They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants. Psalm 33:11 ASV The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations. Proverbs 19:21 ASV There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand. Isaiah 14:24 ASV Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: Lamentations 3:37 ASV Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? Deuteronomy 4:2 ASV Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you. Deuteronomy 12:32 ASV What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Deuteronomy 5:32 ASV Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Deuteronomy 13:4 ASV Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. Deuteronomy 29:9,29 ASV Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. [29] The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 30:11-14 ASV For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. [12] It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? [13] Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? [14] But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Isaiah 42:8,21 ASV I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images. [21] It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable. Malachi 3:6 ASV For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. ANTILAW GOSPEL IS ANTITRUTH THE LAW OF GOD YEHOVAH IS TRUTH TRUST IS BASED ON ASSURANCE ASSURANCE IS BASED ON TRUTH THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS TRUST IN YEHOVAH THE TRUE GOD THE GOD OF TRUTH
I really love hearing your views on things that the Christian church today debate over. Have you done something similar to this on the topic of the spiritual gifts? Thanks
@@ernie-rz9iv No, absolutely not! Water baptism was a requirement of the Kingdom gospel that was preached by Jesus to the Jews during His earthly ministry. Jesus clearly states that He was sent by the Father to the lost sheep of the House of Israel - NOT Gentiles. When Jesus was on Earth, the Old Testament law was still in effect. Ever since the conversion of Saul in Acts 9 when the resurrected Lord Jesus appeared to him on the road to Damascus, the gospel of grace (not of works) is what saves us today, not the Kingdom gospel (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). We are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9).
@@GayleHallAZ You make a good point. God's intention was that all nations be saved. John 3:16 God so loved the world... Jhn 12:32 If I be lifted up I will draw ALL MEN unto me. No mention that you have to be baptized. The Thief on the Cross, Luke 23: 43 Lord remember me when you comest to thy kingdom. He wasn't baptized . Remember that the Kingdom was taken from the Jews and given to another nation the Gentiles. Matt 21:43 Therefore say I unto you. The Kingdom of God SHALL be TAKEN FROM YOU, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. Plain and simple Jesus rejected them because they did not believe in him. He came as a fruit inspector and found no fruit. They had the oracles of God and the Prophets. So the Gentiles were grafted in and when he comes back he will find the fruit he always wanted. Believers of different nations. By the way are you a catholic? Just curious. Have a great day friend.
1 Timothy 2:3-4, John 3:16 and 2 Peter 3:9 = case closed. God's intentions and plan is clear, He died for the salvation of all who accept His free gift of that salvation
God indeed made people for Hell,He said He did.Proverbs 16:4 (ESV): 4 The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
Romans 9 19-21 "One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ” Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use? Paul poses questions, not a statement, but the entire chapter of Romans 9 suggests fate being determined at creation of the soul. I know this seems counterintuitive to logic, but I believe that our fate is predetermined, and we have free will to choose. God is the beginning and the end. He is omnipotent and omniscient through all time. We have free-will to be responsible for our own decisions, but God created us knowing the decisions we would make. If we choose to place our faith in Jesus, then God created us for salvation. If we choose to not follow Jesus, then God created us for destruction. Humanities knowledge is limited temporally, but God's knowledge is not.
Sam refused to explain why I was wrong about what the Bible says and didn't give a reason. I'm a trinitarian who meets all of his criteria for a brother according to him but he didn't want to treat me like one. He literally did to me exactly what he complains Matt did to him at 51:04. He poisoned the well against me and refused to deal with the plain text of several passages.
Yes, God predestined some for salvation, others for his wrath, but is also true that GOD SO LOVED The WORLD…and that is an invitation to all people to believe that Jesus Christ die to pay for our sins. Accepting or Rejecting is A HUMAN CHOICE.
1 John 12 'But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God- children born not of blood, nor of the desire or WILL OF MAN but born of God. God draws His sheep to Himself and His drawing is irresistable...He makes us willing.
@@mytwopennorth7216Where does it say IRRESISTIBLE? The passage you quoted says THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN HIS NAME. Get your man-made TULIP doctrine out of here.
If He created some for His wrath then He cannot be all loving. The calvinist god doesn't love the world my friend, and you don't seem to understand at all the disgusting moral implications of your vile doctrine. It's utterly blasphemous for you to think He caused people like Adolf Hitler or Epstein do what they did. That's not the Christian God. That's Satan.
@@noybiznatch Obvious isn't it that the those who believed in His name did not resist, indeed they were drawn to God by God, they couldn't save themselves, God had to draw them. Like Paul who was such an enemy...God set His sights on him and broke his resistance by opening his eyes to the truth. 'All that the Father gives me WILL come to me'...not maybe will come and the word 'all' means that ALL those the Father gives will come so that rules out that any given by the Father will refuse to come. And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. Any initial resistance they may have had was overcome, indeed had to be overcome because God had appointed them to receive eternal life. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. His sheep will not resist but WILL follow Him. In the final analysis God makes us willing, He breaks down any resistance. Shame that your final comment reveals such an angry person.
I have an issue with your conclusion of LUKE 10, Messiah sent out "ANOTHER 72" Judas was among the first 12 not the 72. So when you ask if Judas was one of the 72 when Yahusha commented about "their names written in heaven" that wasn't said regarding Judas in that occasion.
My only verse to counter the predestination argument is: “Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” - John 6:70 In Gods foreknowledge he knew he was a devil at the beginning.
Sam please expound on this if you may. Jesus baptizing was it not unto repentance as was John the Baptist and not unto salvation. Jesus was baptizing under the old testament . But in the New it's by faith in Jesus or is water baptism still necessary
1.debunked with zeus and Jesus is not the same in greek language. 2. Stop care about this bad joke and make you lose sleep because you are thinking they got us with this stupid joke. Cleary Jesus is not Zeus. In greek Jesus name is Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs. Zeus is Ζεύς. The ancient Greek version of Zeus's name is Zef, while the more modern version of his name is Dias. 3. Jesus borned out from a virgin woman. Zeus parent chronos and rea and borned out from them sexually. Very different. The atheists can imagining things like muslim profit that was bewitched all they want. Stop losing your mind / "your sleep" because of this ridiculous joke.
God created everything in reverse from the end to the beginning .God said I know all things from the end to the beginning there is none like me I will do my pleasure ,A small piece of proof in Genesis And so endeth the evening and the morning of the first day shouldn't that have been and so endeth the morning and the evening of the first day ?
No. The Jewish day begins each evening. Ours begins at midnight. Day to me begins at daylight. Go figure. I really don't like this guy. He's not soft-spoken in the least. Comes off authoritarian. A know it all. In that sense, very God-like. He has nothing to learn. He never responds to my comments, probably because he can't, and is scared to lose face. The big ego. Usually what free will boils down to. People don't want to give up their big egos.
On water baptism: John 3:5 was very clear, *Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. (NKJV)* There are no exceptions according to Jesus. Scriptures have shown multiple times that God doesn't violate his own rule to benefit certain individuals. Jesus will not break his own word just so this thief will be saved. Thus, this verse cannot be referring to water baptism, it must be something else. The thief is not saved if this is water baptism. Babies who died infants are not saved. Those who are mentally challenged will not be saved. Majority of the population of modern North Korea will not have a fair chance to be saved. Saying this is water baptism directly contradicts the rule that God desires all his creation to be saved as well as the the declaration of Jesus using the word "unless".
Yes God desires all be saved (2 Pet. 3:9), but that does not negate man has a free will. Since God is outside of time, man's limited decisions is only confined to man in his own time. God's omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence transcends this. Meaning, though man can make a decision against or contradicting God's will, it will still over time fall within his providence. Just my view on this. I think the word "predestination" does not fully grasp the entirety of God's salvation plan. "Foreknowledge" is again another word that needs proper unpacking. If I have to use this word "predestination" my view would be different. God's "desire" is different. I agree that God desires that all be saved, but if man is defined by his free will, the man who is Not born again is unable to choose right from wrong (John 3). I believe the unpacking needs to be between God's "predestination" and "desire", because we as humans apply subjective meanings to an objective platform and this can always seem contradicting. But I guess that's where God will always be right and we wrong.
An apostate will continue to be an apostate no matter in which denomination he is. We are God CHOSEN ONES because we inherit is kingdom , we do not chose we INHERIT , !!! WE TAKE the kingdom prepare for us since the beginning of the world.... Matt.25:34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. This is destroying MEN CHOICE AND WILL .
I thought the story of the cross and the 2 thieves represtented the story of the whole world saved by grace or not saved and Jesus being in the middle acts a sepration between both so we are all sinners thives and not by work we are saved but by grace only its not a bad example its the story of the whole world
Sam; yes, it does, because one Thief believes and repented, but the other Thief didn’t believe and mocked God. And this the story of All human kind, believe and accept Jesus or don’t believe.
@@kiwiburciagaactually both thieves mocked Jesus, not just the one who didn’t believe. From your perspective, what was the cause of the change of heart that the thief who repented had, and what was the cause of the continued mockery on behalf of the other thief who did not repent?
Universalism is true because God knew the beginning to the end. His entire creation will return to him. Eventually there is punishment in that there is a purgatory however, God does not punish someone eternally God‘s punishments or corrective in nature he would not punish someone who does not have the ability to correct their behavior that would just be torture and that is not God. God is love. God is Jesus Christ, William Tisdale changed the meaning of the word Aeon which meant for a time to eternal to scare people and control them. Fear is a great controller and what is scarier than eternal hellfire. Lucifer, the first created being will be the last one in God’s holy Kingdom due to the karmic debt he hast to burn off. Crazy concept I know, but this is the truth. God is good.
@@chrisneeds6125 "Are you being facetious?" ---- No. ---- Christians claim that god's free will is that I go to heaven, so if my free will is leading me to hell, then LOGICALLY my free will supersedes god's free will. ---- It is the same as a dude who freely wants to rape a girl who freely doesn't want to be raped. If the dude succeeds, then his will overpowered the girl's will. ---- And that is how EASILY free will is debunked.
It is impossible for omnipotence to mean "absolutely no limits". Absolutely no limits, IMMEDIATELY and in every way, leads to complete contradictions. Free will ALSO can not mean "absolutely no limits". As a matter of fact, humans don't experience their will as perfectly limitless. For example, their will is limited by their human identity, time, intellect and more. So, we haven't got perfect definitions of "omnipotence" or "free-will".
Sam Open Theism is True...And since Open Theism is True Calvinism CANNOT BE TRUE...The Future has NOT happened yet and God does NOT know Counterfactuals as Fact...God knows ALL that is possible to know...Since we have Free Will both the Present and Future are OPEN...Open Theism is the Foundation of Free Will Theology...Both God and Man are Free...
@@chrisneeds6125 The Scripture your are employing for your Metaphysical Understanding of how God experiences Time or Reality does NOT teach that God knows the Future in an Exhaustive Sense...You just think that it does because Leadership is the Body of Christ see or understand it that way...Peace...Be Well...
@user-zs2ly5qu3f Peace to you my friend. And may Holy Spirit give you "exhaustive" comprehension of His timelessness, of being outside of time which is a created entity, soon to be destroyed and remade.
Sam i agree with your anti TULIP stance but not with regeneration thru water baptism simply because it will tantamount to good works. The reasoning that there are “exceptions” (like in the case of the thief on the cross) is actually proof against your reasoning , by means of deductive process, that baptism is not a requirement unto salvation. 99.9999% of old testament believers were not baptised yet they were saved. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved” is another proof that Baptism is not a requirement. Remember, God is not in the business of giving people reasons to be excused. If A+B = 100, and A=100, therefore B is not needed to get a 100 result. B is needed to show that you have 100, not to get 100.
Jesus did baptize the thief on the cross when blood and water came out of the wound He received from the spear the soldier inflicted on Jesus. This water baptizes everybody who is unable to be baptized graciously.
Creative, but the problem with this thought is the soldiers went to Jesus and found He was already dead. However, to be sure, they thrust in a spear, & the blood & water flowed out. This occurred after the thieves legs were broken & they died. So, if that was supposed to be some type of baptism, it would seem to have happened a bit too late! imo
@@remedyministries Leviticus 17:11 For the life H5315 of the flesh H1320 is in the blood: H1818 and I have given H5414 it to you upon the altar H4196 to make an atonement H3722 for your souls: H5315 for it is the blood H1818 that maketh an atonement H3722 for the soul. H5315
@@remedyministries with the water of baptism we are reborn. So we need the blood and water of Christ. We must be purified so that we can live the life of Christ.
I have to disagree Judas being saved and his name being written in the lamb book of life and then being taken out. In John 13:10-11 10 Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.” CLEAN here is a representation of salvation. Jesus is saying All of you who believe in me as the Messiah and accepted my salvation are now clean except Judas. I also disagree about the blotting out of the name. In Revelation 3:5 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. -It's not a statement of possibility of removing ones name from the book. It is an affirmation that if you are truly saved then I guarantee you eternal life which means your name will never be removed forever for it is a gift ETERNAL. Jesus said "NO ONE" Can take them of my Father's Hand and my hand. No people can take your salvation from you, nor demons...not even your ownself. Those who have been truly born again, the Holy Spirit will abide INSIDE of them. Not with them but inside of them FOREVER. Infact because of our sins we are all supposed to go to hell thus saying that not all of our names are witten in the book, no!. It means that it is either your name is already written in the book or not written at all. Revelation 13:8 is clear about this 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have NOT BEEN WRITTEN in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. So, here it says our name were written in the lamb book of life before the beginning of time. Not because God choose who will He save but because these are the people who will really accept Him and not reject Him in the future. And this is God's point of view. That is why we still preach the Gospel to anyone and everyone because we do not know who can still be saved. God knows that and we don't. That is why He removing of names was never mentioned happening in the Bible, the possibility yes, but the actual action of someone's name bwing removed was never done. Because the Truth is it either you are written in it or not. So, if you die not having Christ in your life that means that your name was not written in it, Did God decide it? No, you decide it yourself. God only happens to show us somethings outside of timeline. He loves everyone to save them by giving His Son our Lord Jesus...but sadly...not everyone will love Him.
(1) In Reality, free will does not exist. Events are either random or they are determined. In either case, there is no free will. (2) In Christianity, free will does not exist. God's will is the only will that has cause and effect. In the Lord's prayer, does Jesus Christ say "let your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven?" Human free will has ZERO impact on God's free will. If human free will could impact God's free will, then this would mean God is not omnipotent.
You are a fool. If God created man to have a truly free will, then he cannot override it. But he did create us with truly free wills. Otherwise, what is the point of advice and correction?
The title defeats sam😂😂😂 If God predestines one single event or purpose He must predestine every surrounding event so that it occurs as He Wills! If you argue any other point you are a wicked deceiver! Right Sam that’s the language you like! 2EZ 😂
For all of Sam's interpretations and explanations , the truth is Jesus rebuked Nicodemus (a teacher of Scripture to the Jews - but yet ignorant or one who did not understand the significance of the prophecies of Ezekiel that will be fulfilled at the 2nd coming of Jesus). Ezekiel 36:21-24 > For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell "in the land that I gave to your fathers"; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. Note - "in the land that I gave to your fathers" includes much more than the land where the Jews in Israel presently live. That's why 1948 is not yet the fulfillment of the Ezekiel 36 prophecy; that's yet in the future. The world will have to acknowledge that God who is sovereign over all things and Creation will prevail. Prophet Ezekiel was addressing the Jews and Israel as were all the prophets of Old Testament times. Note - born of the spirit and water are both to be fulfilled within the next 50 years. Water baptism is highly exaggerated by some denominations and ignores specific pronouncements by Apostles e.g. Mathew 3:11 > I (John the Baptist ) indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: (Note the above is not referring to water baptism). 1 Corinthians 17-18 > For Christ sent me (Apostle Paul) not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us (who believe in Christ , because of preachers and teachers) which are saved it is the power of God. (Again, it's not water baptism but belief in the Word of God that saves believers from the Second death). Sam is wrong when he reaches that Enoch did not die. Read the following verses and know the truth from the Word of God. Did Enoch die ? Absolutely - but he did not see death because he was taken in his sleep. Besides, at 365 years of age, he was too young to even think of death especially when his ancestors lived to be 895, 905, 930 , 962. Hebrews 11:1-13 > Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report... By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please HIM: for he that cometh to God must believe that HE is, and that HE is a rewarder of them that diligently seek HIM.... "These all [obviously includes Enoch] died in faith", not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Numbers 23:19 > God is not a man, that HE should lie; Note - Therefore when the Word of God states that "these all died in faith" - listing Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah it is the truth. Note - when Enoch was taken in his sleep (when God took him) he did not see death but below is the summary of what happens on death. Enoch's spirit returned to God and HE holds it somewhere below the heavens [most likely in paradise] to be resurrected at the appointed time Ecclesiasties 2:7 > then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Moses died and in his case, God had revealed unto him aforehand about his death as recorded in the scriptures. Deuteronomy 34:5-6 > So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And HE buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. Was Elijah taken to Heaven by God. No, but he was moved from one location to some other until his mission was accomplished, similar to Philip being moved from one location to another as revealed below : Acts 8:38-39 > And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. Shalom From a gentile believer in Christ Searching for the truth from the Word of God.
Oh there is definition choice, but there is no free choice. If you define free as uncaused or not influenced. Defined that way, only God has free choice. He knows the end from the beginning. Every detail. The hardening of Pharoah's (probably the most powerful human alive at the time) heart. Nebuchadnezzar made to graze with cows for seven years. We are mere clay in the hands of the Great Potter. Does the word responsible even exist in Scriptures. Ditto free will. Romans 12:3: God parts to each the measure of faith. John 12:39: Therefore they could not believe. You will be held accountable for your actions. Think of the weatherman. He has to give an account of the weather but he is not responsible for the weather. But why are we still judged. Because this is His world and that what He wants.
One subject i am waiting for Sam to speak about. Those who do not know Jesus, or have heard about Jesus. Small unborn babies, children from none Christian lads and others. What does Christ do with these, send them to hell. I need to know Sam
Those children that never heard about the gospel of salvation, or unborn babies, or babies that were born and later die, are under the innocent covenant, they immediately go to Heaven. The kingdom of heaven belongs to the children. Matthew 19
@@Rileyed What you said has not addressed the issue of children and as far as I can see, there is nothing in the bible regarding children with no life or those with too young to know Jesus. Sorry your reply is poor to say the least.
Did God create evil? Isaiah 45:7 is a lie. 7. There is God and there is a creation. The creation is the visible part of God we call light. Before God created the light He was darkness, through His creation He emerged from the darkness. The darkness back then was not evil because good did not exist, nothing existed other than God's thought by His Spirit. His desire was and is still today to become brighter still in all His Glory. Well you may ask is God not already omnipotent, yes He is but that does not stop Him in becoming greater still. There is no other God to compete with Him so there is no competition to become greater. He is becoming greater out of love for Himself who is His creation. Growth in the light stops decay, which is backsliding. The moment He created the first kindle image of Himself-the light-He at the same time became good. There was then the possibility of evil to exist which is backsliding back into the darkness. The moment God created the light which is good the possibility was there for the light to be switched off again which is the concept of evil. There is a tremendous gap between the darkness and the light and we who are the light have this constant tendency to want to know the darkness because we only know the light. God on the other hand knows both the darkness and the light. God never goes back into the darkness but we who are the light have the free will to choose if we want to be God's loyal subjects and continue in God's light or become evil and return to the darkness. Evil just means returning to the darkness. We can never return to the full extent of darkness because it will become too unbearable for us, which is hell. That does not stop us from trying but God knows we can never succeed, He allows the will of the light to experience evil so that the light can understand it can never succeed and therefore will continue in the light. The reason why we have free will is because we don't know God, we can only have faith in God, which means believing in God without fully knowing Him. How can we fully know God when we don't know the darkness nor do we know the full extent of God's brightness. Whatever brightness we may know God knows more. So because we don't know God we cannot blame God for the predestination caused by His omniscience. Faith in God does not prove God exists, it is just a belief without knowing the existence of God. This gives us “who are the light” the concept that we have a free will to choose between good or evil, continue in the infinite greatness of the light or return to the infinite depth of darkness. So just because we may believe in God does not give us the reason to blame Him for the choices we make, if or when we choose to pursue the darkness. We are God's creation “the Light” therefore we are the best part of God which excludes the darkness and for that reason also we have free will just like God has free will being a part of Him. It's a simple concept really, we are part of God's body let us not become cancerous, every cell has a free will to grow well for the benefit of the whole body or rebel and become cancerous to bring the body down where both cancer and body will burn in hell-the cancer will burn-be surgically removed-not God's body because God's body has immunity, it immerged from darkness. God has made thoughtful surgical provision for this by the way of hell. If we choose the darkness we create our own hell, God never created hell we create it if we choose to pursue it by backsliding. The prohibition to take the apple in the garden of Eden represented the darkness and we should never backslide to try to be like God. Only God has this knowledge of being the darkness. God was never evil even when He was alone in the darkness because the light did not exist then. He was just a thought in the darkness and He emerged from it, so God was never evil. Only we who are the light and who try to go back to darkness become evil because we lose faith in God and stop being God's loyal subjects by pursuing the darkness. We must let God give us the prohibited fruit not take it ourselves because we don't know how to digest it. Only God can present it to us in a fruitful way for the benefit of the greater light. This is why Abel was killed by his brother Cain. Abel did everything good for the light and Cain chose to pursue the darkness to the point that he killed his brother so that the light could be extinguished. However the light can never be extinguished, it can only be removed from where the pursuit of darkness is. Darkness is the absence of light, at any point those who have chosen to pursue the darkness can repent and turn towards the light again. The light may seem far just like when we look up in the night sky and see the stars far away. The light who is God's loyal subject can never be destroyed because they are who God wants them to be and have remained faithful to Him. So God has no part in evil those who where the light have chosen to become dark or evil not God. God made the light but the light can choose to be extinguished as far as they can bear. It will become very unbearable for them because light is life and darkness is an endless death in hell. We can be born again-meaning-we as the light can experience death by sinking into darkness but can be reborn by accepting God's light again. God the Father through His Spirit emerged from His darkness and became His Son who is the Light of the Universe, we all are THIS LIGHT if we choose to follow Him. So did God create evil? We who are the light and choose to backslide create evil and we who are part of God the Father are responsible for the evil we create. God the Father and His Spirit are not responsible for our backsliding simply because our faith in God cannot prove God exists. This is how God can allow us to believe in free will so that we can share in His creation, God remains anonymous by His Omniscience. God's desire is for the light to become like Him so that we can become fully aware that we are Him. God became man so that man may become God. Only a God can know God, which is what God wants. Then we will know for sure it was our will all along.
The dumbest long explanation ever all creation is from god you are so arrogant and prideful of your own understanding a sign of the Antichrist spirit Matt ch 7 v 23 shows the predestination he never knew them never
Question: Dows GOD CREATED ALL HIS CREATURES ROBOTS? Because if we don’t gave a free Will, then why did SATAN CHOSE TO REBEL AGAINST GOD? Why 1/3 OF THE ANGELS CHOSE TO FOLLOW SATAN? Why Adam CHOSE to eat the fruit that Eve gave him, KNOWING THAT GOD SAID NO TO? The world for many centuries has taught us, specifically in this ages that WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS( No free will) that we murderous, Rapist, thief acted like that because of society or they have hard life, and please Give me a break; that is trash talking, because it doesn’t matter if you a prostitute as mother, or your dad is serial killer, you still have a choice to decide who do you want to be. Simple as that.
@@kiwiburciaga I'll tell you why Lucifer sinned. Even the angels have not seen God, they also need faith to believe in God. Lucifer was a mighty angel because he had lots of faith and did everything God told him to do through the Holy Spirit. In fact Lucifer was in charge of creating the universe. Because Lucifer did everything by faith God gave him all the power to create the universe. As long as we do God's will God gives us whatever we ask of Him. The scripture says whatever you ask in My Name I will grant it, but it needs to be in God's name, meaning for His Kingdom. The problem is the more power we get the more top headed we can become and because we can't see God we may start to believe it's not from God that we are getting this power but from ourselves. How many pastor do you know that the same fall from grace has happened to them? The moment we stop having faith in God God has to stop giving His power or else He becomes the evil one. God never backslides, not that He has no will to do it, if He did the whole universe would revert back to how it was before God created anything. He's been there and knows what it's like and there is a reason why He created the light, my above comment about "did God create evil" explains it. So because Lucifer started to think he was God it was an act of turning his back on the true God to become satan the devil and he fell to the earth and never repented. Satan still thinks He created the universe from his own efforts, not from a God who can't be known because He is the almighty. If Lucifer had remained humble as we have to remain humble I believe God will eventually reveal Himself to us as His equal, which is God's plan to begin with. For God became man so that man may become God.
Work your way out of every bible except of the concordant ones. All your bibles have hell and eternity written in them. While in fact the bible does not EVER mention that
It starts with Adam. Did God determine Adam must sin as a predestined individual. No,😮 Adam exercised free will. No need for further confusion or debate.
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00:03 Sam explains his journey from being a Calvinist to changing his position on predestination and free will.
02:02 God desires the salvation of all but has decreed salvation only for the elect.
05:59 Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, uttering words directed by the Holy Spirit.
08:03 Understanding the concept of visitation and salvation about free will.
12:34 Judas had the potential for salvation despite betrayal
14:40 Judas had the same authority and promise as the other disciples.
19:02 Persistent rebellion leads to being blotted out from The Living Book.
20:45 Importance of understanding the true context of Biblical passages
24:21 Interpretations of water concerning the spirit and birth explained
26:18 Jesus and his disciples baptized people in water before his death and resurrection.
29:55 Baptism is essential for being a good Christian.
31:45 Importance of obedience to God's law in determining true Christianity
35:20 Criteria for a true Christian - obeying the law of Christ
37:03 Listen more than you speak, especially to fellow Believers.
40:34 Seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit and being open to being corrected
42:26 Explanation of the unity of all things in Heaven and Earth through Christ.
46:19 Explaining the purpose of repentance and hell for those who reject Christ
48:08 Avoid rushing to judgment and settle for the first opinion.
52:13 Predestination and free will in Christianity
54:06 You have the freedom to act within the limitations of your nature.
57:58 God's knowledge of all possible universes and choices.
1:00:01 Explaining God's foreknowledge concerning free will and predestination.
@@olanrewajuadagba955 look into Sam. He has changed his religion and relationship with Christ way too many times. He shouldn’t be leading anyone. He is now a Roman Catholic. Strange man. I think he has become too full of himself and thus blinded.
Calvinist to free will and to catholic, don't know tomorrow
@@JC_SGD the first sign of a believer is child like rest/faith. I find it hard to believe the Spirit would lead any man into anything other than mercy and truth and grace(Jesus). It’s all harlotry. Robes and priests and Mary and anything besides Christ in us and the way Paul/Jesus said to run things Is the whore. She doesn’t keep mercy and truth and has no grace(power of God to do his will/love). But wipes her mouth and says I have done no wrong.
Proverbs warns about the whore churches a lot. “The whore church cannot say gold and silver I have none for she is rich beyond rich. But neither can they say get up and walk” money with no power.
God forbid a man be willing to change. @@Rileyed
@@Rileyed I have looked into Sam for many hours and I find his knowledge and insightfulness into religious texts full of wisdom and understanding. He may be a Roman Catholic and changed his following a lot but that is his journey. You can take inspiration from someone else's Journey, but why would your judgement of their Journey apply to your belief and your own Journey so heavily? You place too much of a task and weight on this one man and forget he is fallible like the rest of us; doesn't mean he doesn't have some knowledge or understanding of the truth that no one else has and you can learn! Everyone is blind to a certain extent and I would argue he is not leading people he is speaking to them and sharing his insight and understanding relative to the text. Instead, place it in Jesus for that is what his purpose was. Think for yourself and speak for yourself and your own interpretation of belief instead of someone's else's; just to attempt to prove or say they are false...
I like the way Sam explain the scripture with clarity and simplicity
Sam has been instrumental in my walk with Christ. After being born again, most questions i have he has answered. I love when he gets into Apologetics and the fire he lights in my spirit... may God bless him more than he has already. 🙏
Sam is also a Catholic. Did you know that?
Thank you lord Jesus, for pouring out your knowledge and wisdom in this last days, God bless you and guide you always, Hossana, Hossana, Hossana to the Highest!!!
Excellent clip, keep it up, God bless 🙏
JEEZE ... THE MEMORY OF SAM IS SO IMPRESSIVE. Pentium chip 😊
The Holy Spirit is beyond quantum computing!!
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Sam, thank you for your passion for the Lord. Thank you Father, Son, Holy Spirit for bringing Sam into our social media to cleanse us from sins and convict us for our wrong doings. Thank you God for not giving up on us even though we are sinners. Praise and glory to you our Lord Jesus for dying for us, sinners, your slaves. 🙏🏻😔
Jesus cleansed you from your sins the moment you believed in Him as your Savior. Conviction of your lost and depraved state comes from the Holy Spirit at work in your life in response to God’s calling. You made it sound as if Sam was doing this through social media! I doubt you intended to say that, but it needed clarification in case an unbeliever read what you said.
I have debated on this topic for more than 15 yrs. I went to a Christian college and predestination was THE theological view. I wrote several thesis on this matter. One of my simple arguments has been, is, and will be the fact that in the Bible, the word IF is over 1600 times (Obviously not all are used by God) yet, if we are pre destined and I do not have a say, the word IF should not be used by Gods PERIOD. If we are predestined, God cannot say "If you obey", "If you love me", "if you follow by decrees and commands". If is a CHOICE. I have the choice of doing or not doing something.
Yeah it’s basically if we always come to Christ for life and abide in Him(mercy and love) we will be made to be like Him; faith to faith; grace to grace.
How can a soil turn into good soil? When sinners are being saved? The soil is already good when the seed/word landed.
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Your analogy fails because human hearts are not soil, they are hearts and bad ones can and do turn into good ones.
@@chrisneeds6125 soil? What you are not understanding is that when something is IRRESISTIBLE, when something is PREDETERMINED there is no CHOICE. It does not matter if it seems as "an act of benevolence" (turning what is bad to good) which REGARDLESS, that change from a bad heart to a good heart has NOTHING to do with you. That bad heart cannot resist turning into a good heart therefore the use of terms that imply an option, a possibility, should not exist. Under predestination the only terms that fit are "this is what is going to happen", "this is what will happen" "you will obey" or "you will not". Basically there is no struggle. There is no battle. I am exactly what in his sovereignty he wants me to be. I believe as much as he wants me to. I pray for as long as he wants me to. I minister as he programmed me to. I sin as he directs me to, I harm and destroy because he commanded me to. There is NOTHING that I can do that is not by his design. He hates and loves without cause and effect. I cannot serve a God under those terms, that is EVIL.
@@chrisneeds6125 as Paul claims in Romans 8. For those he FOREKNEW, he PREDESTINED to be CONFORMED to the image of JESUS. the key is not that WE are predestined, the key to that verse is that the PATH, the PLAN, the way (through and by Jesus, to become like Jesus) to be transformed has been set. Meaning, the plan of salvation. Even more than that, it begins with FOREKNOWLEDGE. As in the case of Esau. He was rejected/hated by God before his birth (as God proclaimed) because he KNEW that Esau was going to reject God and would never truly care about his birth rights (which were a command instituted by God and were very important). Foreknowledge and predestination are 2 different things. I can already know what u will do but I am.not direction it, I'm not the one making u. Actually, go to Genesis 4. God reasons with Cain (under predestination and our inability to choose) and tells him, "hey, if you did this the right way, wouldn't I accept it"? And then tells him that sin is near him, tempting him but that he can resist it. Under the notion of everything being pre ordained, how does that make sense??? See, he is not telling Cain, u have a bad heart and u will do what u were meant to do. He tells him U KNOW what is right and if you did it I would accept you. Evil is around you but you CAN resist it. Those are all OPTIONS, CHOICE. Calvinism is just a philosophical interpretation and it doesn't fit scripture. It only fits if forced arbitrarily.
@ Sam Shamoun, I look forward seeing your Bible commentary. I will buy it
I was nervous clicking this video, but when you started with 1 Timothy 2:4 I praised God outloud!
I'm so glad I've found your channel, I've tried to explain this to many people.
In love he predestined us, because in his foreknowledge he sees all of our choices beforehand.
Some will choose to love him others will reject him, he is sovereign and knows not just what will happen but what will happen under any and all circumstances.
1 Timothy 2:3-4 ESV
[3] This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, [4] who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Peter 3:9 ESV
[9] The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
Wow hallelujah my lord these are some massive revelations for us Yong people.Sam my brother thank you
So many questions can be answered correctly if one knows the character of God as well as the word. Often times the character of God can reveal what the word doesn't say explicitly.
This was amazing to watch and learn x Sam you do great works keep it up 🙏 ✝️ much love and admiration from the 🇬🇧 ❤
great video here bro you inplode my faith exponantialy being new and just started reading bibal few months a go was a bit hard to read not understanding thanks for this one
I struggled with this question for years. Without knowing what Sam will say here, I've arrived at a conclusion and it's this.
God truly wants all of us to be saved but he will also respect the free will He gave us at the same time.
So He gives us every opportunity to choose Him, to return the great love He has by obeying Him and worship Him alone.
God is also not bound by time and space so even before Creation, he can see from beginning till the end, including all our choices to His opportunities.
He thus knows who will be saved and who will not and those who will not make it will have their choices to blame, not God.
After all, haven't we all been reminded and warned often enough? Every generation comes with prophets and evangelists. The Holy Mother herself has appeared many times to warn and lead us back to her Son. Yet many stubbornly disbelieve.
Eternity is at stake, make no mistake. Repent now and turn back to God while you can!
❤Thank you Jesus for Sam who explains everything So Easily & I Love how so spike of protecting the Flock from the Wolf ❤❤ BEAUTIFULY PUT 😊 amen
Sam is CATHOLIC are you?
Great analysis & interpretation...
I think the important thing is to obey God and his laws, accept Jesus as your savior and seek the kingdom of heaven. There are so many interpretations and as you said, we'd never be able to reconcile. Maybe it's not for us to reconcile but instead it's our job as Christians to live by his name and not worry about such questions. I too am struggling with my Calvinist faith.
This is why i follow sham even though he threw insults here and there because he admitted it that he in fact has an issue with his temper.You can see it in this session.I like how how i am becoming attentive to everythinhg he say.His temper is his cross.Let us pray for Sham.
Wow, Sam brought up scripture that I have never seen it in this light
38:12 Sam is a true strong Christian. He just gain so much more respect from me by what he says here.
My theory is that God is the Shepherd and a Shepherd knows where his flock is going but sometimes we act on our own, and He comes and leads us back to His will. I can make it make sense in my head.
20 minutes in and im crying
We have a choice to make maybe some haven't had a choice like the Pharaoh of Egypt and Judas but we can choose life through faith in Jesus.
YEHOVAH THE EVERLIVING GOD, LORD, KING, WORDGIVER, LAWGIVER, COVENANTGIVER, TESTIFIER, JUDGE, CREATOR, FATHER, SAVIOUR AND MOST HIGH IS EVERLASTING.
The Godship of Yehovah is everlasting
The Lordshp of Yehovah is everlasting
The Kingship of Yehovah is everlasting
The Wordgivership of Yehovah is everlasting
The Lawgivership of Yehovah is everlasting
The Covenantgivership of Yehovah is everlasting
The counsellorship of Yehovah is everlasting
The testifiership of Yehovah is everlasting
The Judgeship of Yehovah is everlasting
The creatorship of Yehovah is everlasting
The Fatherhood of Yehovah is everlasting
The Saviourship of Yehovah is everlasting
The mosthighness of Yehovah is everlasting
The word, law, commandments , ordinances, covenant, counsel and Testimony of Yehovah are everlasting
Whoever is blaspheming, contradicting and rebelling against or inciting, speaking, prophesying, preaching, teaching, singing or writing blasphemy, contradiction and rebellion against the word, law, commandments, ordinances, covenant, counsel and Testimony of Lord God Yehovah and against Lord God Yehovah is an agent of serpent the tempter the inventor of the antillaw, anticovenant and antiyehovah gospel seen in different ungodly religious sects, denominations, cultures, traditions and customs.
Isaiah 33:22 ASV
For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.
Isaiah 40:8-10 ASV
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
[9] O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God! [10] Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Psalm 119:89-91 ASV
For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.
[90] Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. [91] They abide this day according to thine ordinances;
For
all things are thy servants.
Psalm 33:11 ASV
The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Proverbs 19:21 ASV
There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
Isaiah 14:24 ASV
Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Lamentations 3:37 ASV
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Deuteronomy 4:2 ASV
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
Deuteronomy 12:32 ASV
What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Deuteronomy 5:32 ASV
Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy 13:4 ASV
Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Deuteronomy 29:9,29 ASV
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them,
that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
[29] The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever,
that we may do all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 30:11-14 ASV
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. [12] It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? [13] Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? [14] But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Isaiah 42:8,21 ASV
I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images. [21] It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Malachi 3:6 ASV
For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
ANTILAW GOSPEL IS ANTITRUTH
THE LAW OF GOD YEHOVAH IS TRUTH
TRUST IS BASED ON ASSURANCE
ASSURANCE IS BASED ON TRUTH
THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS TRUST IN YEHOVAH THE TRUE GOD THE GOD OF TRUTH
No choice in salvation. This is clear
I really love hearing your views on things that the Christian church today debate over. Have you done something similar to this on the topic of the spiritual gifts? Thanks
He did. And he said God’s gifts are not for everyone.
Thank GOD! Someone who agrees baptism in water is important!
So to be saved you have to get baptised?
@@ernie-rz9iv No, absolutely not! Water baptism was a requirement of the Kingdom gospel that was preached by Jesus to the Jews during His earthly ministry. Jesus clearly states that He was sent by the Father to the lost sheep of the House of Israel - NOT Gentiles. When Jesus was on Earth, the Old Testament law was still in effect.
Ever since the conversion of Saul in Acts 9 when the resurrected Lord Jesus appeared to him on the road to Damascus, the gospel of grace (not of works) is what saves us today, not the Kingdom gospel (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). We are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9).
@@GayleHallAZ You make a good point. God's intention was that all nations be saved. John 3:16 God so loved the world...
Jhn 12:32 If I be lifted up I will draw ALL MEN unto me. No mention that you have to be baptized. The Thief on the Cross,
Luke 23: 43 Lord remember me when you comest to thy kingdom.
He wasn't baptized . Remember that the Kingdom was taken from the Jews and given to another nation the Gentiles.
Matt 21:43 Therefore say I unto you. The Kingdom of God SHALL be TAKEN FROM YOU, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. Plain and simple Jesus rejected them because they did not believe in him. He came as a fruit inspector and found no fruit. They had the oracles of God and the Prophets. So the Gentiles were grafted in and when he comes back he will find the fruit he always wanted. Believers of different nations. By the way are you a catholic? Just curious. Have a great day friend.
1 Timothy 2:3-4, John 3:16 and 2 Peter 3:9 = case closed. God's intentions and plan is clear, He died for the salvation of all who accept His free gift of that salvation
God indeed made people for Hell,He said He did.Proverbs 16:4 (ESV): 4 The LORD has made everything for its purpose,
even the wicked for the day of trouble.
Romans 9 19-21 "One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ” Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
Paul poses questions, not a statement, but the entire chapter of Romans 9 suggests fate being determined at creation of the soul.
I know this seems counterintuitive to logic, but I believe that our fate is predetermined, and we have free will to choose. God is the beginning and the end. He is omnipotent and omniscient through all time. We have free-will to be responsible for our own decisions, but God created us knowing the decisions we would make. If we choose to place our faith in Jesus, then God created us for salvation. If we choose to not follow Jesus, then God created us for destruction. Humanities knowledge is limited temporally, but God's knowledge is not.
Evil has no problem destroying itself. This is clear this os its nature.
NIV Not Inspired Version haha thats legendary 😂😂😂😂
I would have liked Sam to dive deeper in scripture about predestination. Like Ephesians 1:1-6.
Sam refused to explain why I was wrong about what the Bible says and didn't give a reason. I'm a trinitarian who meets all of his criteria for a brother according to him but he didn't want to treat me like one.
He literally did to me exactly what he complains Matt did to him at 51:04. He poisoned the well against me and refused to deal with the plain text of several passages.
Yes, God predestined some for salvation, others for his wrath, but is also true that GOD SO LOVED The WORLD…and that is an invitation to all people to believe that Jesus Christ die to pay for our sins.
Accepting or Rejecting is A HUMAN CHOICE.
1 John 12 'But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God- children born not of blood, nor of the desire or WILL OF MAN but born of God. God draws His sheep to Himself and His drawing is irresistable...He makes us willing.
@@mytwopennorth7216Where does it say IRRESISTIBLE? The passage you quoted says THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN HIS NAME. Get your man-made TULIP doctrine out of here.
If He created some for His wrath then He cannot be all loving. The calvinist god doesn't love the world my friend, and you don't seem to understand at all the disgusting moral implications of your vile doctrine. It's utterly blasphemous for you to think He caused people like Adolf Hitler or Epstein do what they did. That's not the Christian God. That's Satan.
@@noybiznatch
Obvious isn't it that the those who believed in His name
did not resist, indeed they were drawn to God by God, they couldn't save themselves, God had to draw them.
Like Paul who was such an enemy...God set His sights on him and broke his resistance by opening his eyes to the truth.
'All that the Father gives me WILL come to me'...not maybe will come and the word 'all' means that ALL those the Father gives will come so that rules out that any given by the Father will refuse to come.
And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. Any initial resistance they may have had was overcome, indeed had to be overcome because God had appointed them to receive eternal life.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. His sheep will not resist but WILL follow Him.
In the final analysis God makes us willing, He breaks down any resistance.
Shame that your final comment reveals such an angry person.
I have an issue with your conclusion of LUKE 10, Messiah sent out "ANOTHER 72" Judas was among the first 12 not the 72. So when you ask if Judas was one of the 72 when Yahusha commented about "their names written in heaven" that wasn't said regarding Judas in that occasion.
My only verse to counter the predestination argument is:
“Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” - John 6:70
In Gods foreknowledge he knew he was a devil at the beginning.
By his mannerisms and disposition, I am pretty sure that Sam is a Yankee, but I think that I like him and trust him anyway.
i dont think im ever going to use NIV again
13 36, Lord Lord... 😮
NOT one of us can call the fate of one who is not found or one who is found FOR risk of being found to be at fault
He said he kept all but the son of perdition
Sam please expound on this if you may. Jesus baptizing was it not unto repentance as was John the Baptist and not unto salvation. Jesus was baptizing under the old testament . But in the New it's by faith in Jesus or is water baptism still necessary
No, just like Pharoah you have a choice, but God knows your choice so its only a perspective argument
Please debunk the theory that jesus means zues! Tired of people saying it
Yes please. I hate it because Zeus is satan basically.
Zeus = Canaanite god Baal. Same demon / God but different time on earth (200-500 years later ??) and different location (Greece).
1.debunked with zeus and Jesus is not the same in greek language.
2. Stop care about this bad joke and make you lose sleep because you are thinking they got us with this stupid joke.
Cleary Jesus is not Zeus.
In greek Jesus name is Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs.
Zeus is Ζεύς.
The ancient Greek version of Zeus's name is Zef, while the more modern version of his name is Dias.
3. Jesus borned out from a virgin woman.
Zeus parent chronos and rea and borned out from them sexually.
Very different.
The atheists can imagining things like muslim profit that was bewitched all they want.
Stop losing your mind / "your sleep" because of this ridiculous joke.
@@busrifin4142 i dont care about this its just someone i was debating with keeps saying this even though i know hes wrong😂
@@chxkariread my previous comment
Why does it look like there's no audience LoL
God created everything in reverse from the end to the beginning .God said I know all things from the end to the beginning there is none like me I will do my pleasure ,A small piece of proof in Genesis And so endeth the evening and the morning of the first day shouldn't that have been and so endeth the morning and the evening of the first day ?
No. The Jewish day begins each evening. Ours begins at midnight. Day to me begins at daylight. Go figure.
I really don't like this guy. He's not soft-spoken in the least. Comes off authoritarian. A know it all. In that sense, very God-like. He has nothing to learn. He never responds to my comments, probably because he can't, and is scared to lose face. The big ego. Usually what free will boils down to. People don't want to give up their big egos.
God's. The only Ego that matters.
John, where is the love?
Thanks for the reminder, John.
@@johnirish989 God set the sun to rule the day and the moon to rule the night so the day starts at sun rise and ends at sun set
Yes. Read the Bible.
I thought Calvin changed his theology for the good before he died
On water baptism: John 3:5 was very clear, *Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. (NKJV)* There are no exceptions according to Jesus. Scriptures have shown multiple times that God doesn't violate his own rule to benefit certain individuals. Jesus will not break his own word just so this thief will be saved.
Thus, this verse cannot be referring to water baptism, it must be something else. The thief is not saved if this is water baptism. Babies who died infants are not saved. Those who are mentally challenged will not be saved. Majority of the population of modern North Korea will not have a fair chance to be saved. Saying this is water baptism directly contradicts the rule that God desires all his creation to be saved as well as the the declaration of Jesus using the word "unless".
LUKE TWENTYONE THIRTYSIX
Yes God desires all be saved (2 Pet. 3:9), but that does not negate man has a free will. Since God is outside of time, man's limited decisions is only confined to man in his own time. God's omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence transcends this. Meaning, though man can make a decision against or contradicting God's will, it will still over time fall within his providence.
Just my view on this. I think the word "predestination" does not fully grasp the entirety of God's salvation plan. "Foreknowledge" is again another word that needs proper unpacking.
If I have to use this word "predestination" my view would be different. God's "desire" is different. I agree that God desires that all be saved, but if man is defined by his free will, the man who is Not born again is unable to choose right from wrong (John 3).
I believe the unpacking needs to be between God's "predestination" and "desire", because we as humans apply subjective meanings to an objective platform and this can always seem contradicting.
But I guess that's where God will always be right and we wrong.
An apostate will continue to be an apostate no matter in which denomination he is. We are God CHOSEN ONES because we inherit is kingdom , we do not chose we INHERIT , !!! WE TAKE the kingdom prepare for us since the beginning of the world....
Matt.25:34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
This is destroying MEN CHOICE AND WILL .
I thought the story of the cross and the 2 thieves represtented the story of the whole world saved by grace or not saved and Jesus being in the middle acts a sepration between both so we are all sinners thives and not by work we are saved but by grace only its not a bad example its the story of the whole world
Sam; yes, it does, because one Thief believes and repented, but the other Thief didn’t believe and mocked God. And this the story of All human kind, believe and accept Jesus or don’t believe.
@@kiwiburciagaactually both thieves mocked Jesus, not just the one who didn’t believe. From your perspective, what was the cause of the change of heart that the thief who repented had, and what was the cause of the continued mockery on behalf of the other thief who did not repent?
Universalism is true because God knew the beginning to the end. His entire creation will return to him. Eventually there is punishment in that there is a purgatory however, God does not punish someone eternally God‘s punishments or corrective in nature he would not punish someone who does not have the ability to correct their behavior that would just be torture and that is not God. God is love. God is Jesus Christ, William Tisdale changed the meaning of the word Aeon which meant for a time to eternal to scare people and control them. Fear is a great controller and what is scarier than eternal hellfire. Lucifer, the first created being will be the last one in God’s holy Kingdom due to the karmic debt he hast to burn off. Crazy concept I know, but this is the truth. God is good.
If God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent, and his free will is for all humans to be saved, then why can't God fulfill his free will?
because He gives you free will: choose this day...
@@chrisneeds6125
" because He gives you free will: choose this day... "
--- So, you are saying my will is greater than god's will.
@francmittelo6731
Are you being facetious?
@@chrisneeds6125
"Are you being facetious?"
---- No.
---- Christians claim that god's free will is that I go to heaven, so if my free will is leading me to hell, then LOGICALLY my free will supersedes god's free will.
---- It is the same as a dude who freely wants to rape a girl who freely doesn't want to be raped. If the dude succeeds, then his will overpowered the girl's will.
---- And that is how EASILY free will is debunked.
It is impossible for omnipotence to mean "absolutely no limits". Absolutely no limits, IMMEDIATELY and in every way, leads to complete contradictions. Free will ALSO can not mean "absolutely no limits". As a matter of fact, humans don't experience their will as perfectly limitless. For example, their will is limited by their human identity, time, intellect and more. So, we haven't got perfect definitions of "omnipotence" or "free-will".
Christ was betrayed and crucified, and God willed it and prophesied it. If the jews accepted Jesus there will be no crucification and salvation.
Sam Open Theism is True...And since Open Theism is True Calvinism CANNOT BE TRUE...The Future has NOT happened yet and God does NOT know Counterfactuals as Fact...God knows ALL that is possible to know...Since we have Free Will both the Present and Future are OPEN...Open Theism is the Foundation of Free Will Theology...Both God and Man are Free...
Our future is NOT future to God, "Who knows the end from the beginning"...
@@chrisneeds6125 The Scripture your are employing for your Metaphysical Understanding of how God experiences Time or Reality does NOT teach that God knows the Future in an Exhaustive Sense...You just think that it does because Leadership is the Body of Christ see or understand it that way...Peace...Be Well...
@user-zs2ly5qu3f
Peace to you my friend. And may Holy Spirit give you "exhaustive" comprehension of His timelessness, of being outside of time which is a created entity, soon to be destroyed and remade.
Sam i agree with your anti TULIP stance but not with regeneration thru water baptism simply because it will tantamount to good works. The reasoning that there are “exceptions” (like in the case of the thief on the cross) is actually proof against your reasoning , by means of deductive process, that baptism is not a requirement unto salvation.
99.9999% of old testament believers were not baptised yet they were saved.
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved” is another proof that Baptism is not a requirement.
Remember, God is not in the business of giving people reasons to be excused.
If A+B = 100, and A=100, therefore B is not needed to get a 100 result.
B is needed to show that you have 100, not to get 100.
Jesus did baptize the thief on the cross when blood and water came out of the wound He received from the spear the soldier inflicted on Jesus. This water baptizes everybody who is unable to be baptized graciously.
Creative, but the problem with this thought is the soldiers went to Jesus and found He was already dead. However, to be sure, they thrust in a spear, & the blood & water flowed out. This occurred after the thieves legs were broken & they died. So, if that was supposed to be some type of baptism, it would seem to have happened a bit too late! imo
@@remedyministries well they both had to go to hell to be saved after all the blood and the water spilled onto the ground.
@@remedyministries Leviticus 17:11 For the life H5315 of the flesh H1320 is in the blood: H1818 and I have given H5414 it to you upon the altar H4196 to make an atonement H3722 for your souls: H5315 for it is the blood H1818 that maketh an atonement H3722 for the soul. H5315
@@remedyministries with the water of baptism we are reborn. So we need the blood and water of Christ. We must be purified so that we can live the life of Christ.
@@remedyministries in fact Jesus made it possible to baptize all the dead who believe in Him, He is omnipresent.
I have to disagree Judas being saved and his name being written in the lamb book of life and then being taken out.
In John 13:10-11
10 Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”
CLEAN here is a representation of salvation. Jesus is saying All of you who believe in me as the Messiah and accepted my salvation are now clean except Judas.
I also disagree about the blotting out of the name. In Revelation 3:5 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. -It's not a statement of possibility of removing ones name from the book. It is an affirmation that if you are truly saved then I guarantee you eternal life which means your name will never be removed forever for it is a gift ETERNAL.
Jesus said "NO ONE" Can take them of my Father's Hand and my hand. No people can take your salvation from you, nor demons...not even your ownself. Those who have been truly born again, the Holy Spirit will abide INSIDE of them. Not with them but inside of them FOREVER. Infact because of our sins we are all supposed to go to hell thus saying that not all of our names are witten in the book, no!. It means that it is either your name is already written in the book or not written at all. Revelation 13:8 is clear about this 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have NOT BEEN WRITTEN in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. So, here it says our name were written in the lamb book of life before the beginning of time. Not because God choose who will He save but because these are the people who will really accept Him and not reject Him in the future. And this is God's point of view. That is why we still preach the Gospel to anyone and everyone because we do not know who can still be saved. God knows that and we don't. That is why He removing of names was never mentioned happening in the Bible, the possibility yes, but the actual action of someone's name bwing removed was never done. Because the Truth is it either you are written in it or not. So, if you die not having Christ in your life that means that your name was not written in it, Did God decide it? No, you decide it yourself. God only happens to show us somethings outside of timeline. He loves everyone to save them by giving His Son our Lord Jesus...but sadly...not everyone will love Him.
(1) In Reality, free will does not exist. Events are either random or they are determined. In either case, there is no free will.
(2) In Christianity, free will does not exist. God's will is the only will that has cause and effect.
In the Lord's prayer, does Jesus Christ say "let your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven?"
Human free will has ZERO impact on God's free will. If human free will could impact God's free will, then this would mean God is not omnipotent.
You are a fool. If God created man to have a truly free will, then he cannot override it. But he did create us with truly free wills. Otherwise, what is the point of advice and correction?
The title defeats sam😂😂😂
If God predestines one single event or purpose He must predestine every surrounding event so that it occurs as He Wills! If you argue any other point you are a wicked deceiver! Right Sam that’s the language you like!
2EZ 😂
He doesn't know, nobody knows, he has an ability to make you think he does.
For all of Sam's interpretations and explanations , the truth is Jesus rebuked Nicodemus (a teacher of Scripture to the Jews - but yet ignorant or one who did not understand the significance of the prophecies of Ezekiel that will be fulfilled at the 2nd coming of Jesus).
Ezekiel 36:21-24 > For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell "in the land that I gave to your fathers"; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Note - "in the land that I gave to your fathers" includes much more than the land where the Jews in Israel presently live. That's why 1948 is not yet the fulfillment of the Ezekiel 36 prophecy; that's yet in the future. The world will have to acknowledge that God who is sovereign over all things and Creation will prevail. Prophet Ezekiel was addressing the Jews and Israel as were all the prophets of Old Testament times.
Note - born of the spirit and water are both to be fulfilled within the next 50 years.
Water baptism is highly exaggerated by some denominations and ignores specific pronouncements by Apostles e.g. Mathew 3:11 > I (John the Baptist ) indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
(Note the above is not referring to water baptism).
1 Corinthians 17-18 > For Christ sent me (Apostle Paul) not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us (who believe in Christ , because of preachers and teachers) which are saved it is the power of God.
(Again, it's not water baptism but belief in the Word of God that saves believers from the Second death).
Sam is wrong when he reaches that Enoch did not die. Read the following verses and know the truth from the Word of God.
Did Enoch die ? Absolutely - but he did not see death because he was taken in his sleep. Besides, at 365 years of age, he was too young to even think of death especially when his ancestors lived to be 895, 905, 930 , 962.
Hebrews 11:1-13 > Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report... By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please HIM: for he that cometh to God must believe that HE is, and that HE is a rewarder of them that diligently seek HIM.... "These all [obviously includes Enoch] died in faith", not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Numbers 23:19 > God is not a man, that HE should lie;
Note - Therefore when the Word of God states that "these all died in faith" - listing Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah it is the truth.
Note - when Enoch was taken in his sleep (when God took him) he did not see death but below is the summary of what happens on death. Enoch's spirit returned to God and HE holds it somewhere below the heavens [most likely in paradise] to be resurrected at the appointed time
Ecclesiasties 2:7 > then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Moses died and in his case, God had revealed unto him aforehand about his death as recorded in the scriptures. Deuteronomy 34:5-6 > So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And HE buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Was Elijah taken to Heaven by God. No, but he was moved from one location to some other until his mission was accomplished, similar to Philip being moved from one location to another as revealed below :
Acts 8:38-39 > And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
Shalom
From a gentile believer in Christ
Searching for the truth from the Word of God.
Oh there is definition choice, but there is no free choice. If you define free as uncaused or not influenced. Defined that way, only God has free choice.
He knows the end from the beginning. Every detail. The hardening of Pharoah's (probably the most powerful human alive at the time) heart. Nebuchadnezzar made to graze with cows for seven years. We are mere clay in the hands of the Great Potter. Does the word responsible even exist in Scriptures. Ditto free will. Romans 12:3: God parts to each the measure of faith. John 12:39: Therefore they could not believe.
You will be held accountable for your actions. Think of the weatherman. He has to give an account of the weather but he is not responsible for the weather. But why are we still judged. Because this is His world and that what He wants.
Jesus didnt baptize John 4:2
Luke 3:21-3:22
One subject i am waiting for Sam to speak about. Those who do not know Jesus, or have heard about Jesus. Small unborn babies, children from none Christian lads and others. What does Christ do with these, send them to hell. I need to know Sam
Those children that never heard about the gospel of salvation, or unborn babies, or babies that were born and later die, are under the innocent covenant, they immediately go to Heaven.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to the children.
Matthew 19
@@kiwiburciaga What the heck does that mean, please explain if you can
@@kiwiburciagaAgree.
He judges all with the measure they used to judge in their life. Many are judged by works at revelation 20. None are “believers” on judgement day.
@@Rileyed What you said has not addressed the issue of children and as far as I can see, there is nothing in the bible regarding children with no life or those with too young to know Jesus. Sorry your reply is poor to say the least.
Did God create evil? Isaiah 45:7 is a lie.
7. There is God and there is a creation. The creation is the visible part of God we call light. Before God created the light He was darkness, through His creation He emerged from the darkness. The darkness back then was not evil because good did not exist, nothing existed other than God's thought by His Spirit. His desire was and is still today to become brighter still in all His Glory. Well you may ask is God not already omnipotent, yes He is but that does not stop Him in becoming greater still. There is no other God to compete with Him so there is no competition to become greater. He is becoming greater out of love for Himself who is His creation. Growth in the light stops decay, which is backsliding.
The moment He created the first kindle image of Himself-the light-He at the same time became good. There was then the possibility of evil to exist which is backsliding back into the darkness. The moment God created the light which is good the possibility was there for the light to be switched off again which is the concept of evil. There is a tremendous gap between the darkness and the light and we who are the light have this constant tendency to want to know the darkness because we only know the light. God on the other hand knows both the darkness and the light. God never goes back into the darkness but we who are the light have the free will to choose if we want to be God's loyal subjects and continue in God's light or become evil and return to the darkness. Evil just means returning to the darkness.
We can never return to the full extent of darkness because it will become too unbearable for us, which is hell. That does not stop us from trying but God knows we can never succeed, He allows the will of the light to experience evil so that the light can understand it can never succeed and therefore will continue in the light.
The reason why we have free will is because we don't know God, we can only have faith in God, which means believing in God without fully knowing Him. How can we fully know God when we don't know the darkness nor do we know the full extent of God's brightness. Whatever brightness we may know God knows more. So because we don't know God we cannot blame God for the predestination caused by His omniscience. Faith in God does not prove God exists, it is just a belief without knowing the existence of God. This gives us “who are the light” the concept that we have a free will to choose between good or evil, continue in the infinite greatness of the light or return to the infinite depth of darkness.
So just because we may believe in God does not give us the reason to blame Him for the choices we make, if or when we choose to pursue the darkness. We are God's creation “the Light” therefore we are the best part of God which excludes the darkness and for that reason also we have free will just like God has free will being a part of Him. It's a simple concept really, we are part of God's body let us not become cancerous, every cell has a free will to grow well for the benefit of the whole body or rebel and become cancerous to bring the body down where both cancer and body will burn in hell-the cancer will burn-be surgically removed-not God's body because God's body has immunity, it immerged from darkness. God has made thoughtful surgical provision for this by the way of hell. If we choose the darkness we create our own hell, God never created hell we create it if we choose to pursue it by backsliding.
The prohibition to take the apple in the garden of Eden represented the darkness and we should never backslide to try to be like God. Only God has this knowledge of being the darkness. God was never evil even when He was alone in the darkness because the light did not exist then. He was just a thought in the darkness and He emerged from it, so God was never evil. Only we who are the light and who try to go back to darkness become evil because we lose faith in God and stop being God's loyal subjects by pursuing the darkness.
We must let God give us the prohibited fruit not take it ourselves because we don't know how to digest it. Only God can present it to us in a fruitful way for the benefit of the greater light.
This is why Abel was killed by his brother Cain. Abel did everything good for the light and Cain chose to pursue the darkness to the point that he killed his brother so that the light could be extinguished.
However the light can never be extinguished, it can only be removed from where the pursuit of darkness is. Darkness is the absence of light, at any point those who have chosen to pursue the darkness can repent and turn towards the light again. The light may seem far just like when we look up in the night sky and see the stars far away.
The light who is God's loyal subject can never be destroyed because they are who God wants them to be and have remained faithful to Him. So God has no part in evil those who where the light have chosen to become dark or evil not God. God made the light but the light can choose to be extinguished as far as they can bear. It will become very unbearable for them because light is life and darkness is an endless death in hell. We can be born again-meaning-we as the light can experience death by sinking into darkness but can be reborn by accepting God's light again. God the Father through His Spirit emerged from His darkness and became His Son who is the Light of the Universe, we all are THIS LIGHT if we choose to follow Him.
So did God create evil? We who are the light and choose to backslide create evil and we who are part of God the Father are responsible for the evil we create. God the Father and His Spirit are not responsible for our backsliding simply because our faith in God cannot prove God exists. This is how God can allow us to believe in free will so that we can share in His creation, God remains anonymous by His Omniscience. God's desire is for the light to become like Him so that we can become fully aware that we are Him. God became man so that man may become God. Only a God can know God, which is what God wants. Then we will know for sure it was our will all along.
The dumbest long explanation ever all creation is from god you are so arrogant and prideful of your own understanding a sign of the Antichrist spirit Matt ch 7 v 23 shows the predestination he never knew them never
Question: Dows GOD CREATED ALL HIS CREATURES ROBOTS?
Because if we don’t gave a free Will, then why did SATAN CHOSE TO REBEL AGAINST GOD?
Why 1/3 OF THE ANGELS CHOSE TO FOLLOW SATAN?
Why Adam CHOSE to eat the fruit that Eve gave him, KNOWING THAT GOD SAID NO TO?
The world for many centuries has taught us, specifically in this ages that WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS( No free will) that we murderous, Rapist, thief acted like that because of society or they have hard life, and please Give me a break; that is trash talking, because it doesn’t matter if you a prostitute as mother, or your dad is serial killer, you still have a choice to decide who do you want to be.
Simple as that.
@@kiwiburciaga I'll tell you why Lucifer sinned. Even the angels have not seen God, they also need faith to believe in God. Lucifer was a mighty angel because he had lots of faith and did everything God told him to do through the Holy Spirit. In fact Lucifer was in charge of creating the universe. Because Lucifer did everything by faith God gave him all the power to create the universe. As long as we do God's will God gives us whatever we ask of Him. The scripture says whatever you ask in My Name I will grant it, but it needs to be in God's name, meaning for His Kingdom. The problem is the more power we get the more top headed we can become and because we can't see God we may start to believe it's not from God that we are getting this power but from ourselves. How many pastor do you know that the same fall from grace has happened to them? The moment we stop having faith in God God has to stop giving His power or else He becomes the evil one. God never backslides, not that He has no will to do it, if He did the whole universe would revert back to how it was before God created anything. He's been there and knows what it's like and there is a reason why He created the light, my above comment about "did God create evil" explains it.
So because Lucifer started to think he was God it was an act of turning his back on the true God to become satan the devil and he fell to the earth and never repented. Satan still thinks He created the universe from his own efforts, not from a God who can't be known because He is the almighty. If Lucifer had remained humble as we have to remain humble I believe God will eventually reveal Himself to us as His equal, which is God's plan to begin with. For God became man so that man may become God.
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This was good BUT... this only made me believe in predestination even more.
Listen again and again.
Who cares if it strengthens your position.
@@collinssheen8462 you.
@@malakiyahamari8448 Get thee behind me!!!
How so?
Work your way out of every bible except of the concordant ones. All your bibles have hell and eternity written in them. While in fact the bible does not EVER mention that
le'orech yamim means what then?
@@chrisneeds6125 no idea never seen those words before. What do they mean?
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It's Hebrew, it's the last words of Psalm 23. Make a study in the Hebrew and explain why it does not mean eternity.
@@chrisneeds6125 yeah you're going to need to be more specific. Which verse? I dont see the word eternity being used there?
@@chrisneeds6125 i found it. It means length of days. It doesnt mean eternal, really this is the best you could come up with?
It starts with Adam. Did God determine Adam must sin as a predestined individual. No,😮 Adam exercised free will. No need for further confusion or debate.
Yet God knew, from before the world's foundation, that Moshiach would have to come to save man (Adam) from his fall...
It's really simple predestined and free will CANNOT!!! co exist. Eph1:11 is pretty clear. You cant figure that out then you're blinded it really is