Josef M. Urban
Josef M. Urban
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What is the Gospel? A Simple Definition
The gospel is not what you do. You contribute nothing to it. It's not even about God making it POSSIBLE for you to be saved. It's rather about God ACTUALLY saving His people from their sins. We can define the gospel as the good news of what God has accomplished in the Person and through the work of His Son Jesus Christ to save sinners from His holy curse and wrath. #whatisthegospel #gospelofjesuschrist #thegospeldefined #definitionofthegospel #salvationbygrace
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The Transfiguration: Spiritual Warfare, Typology, and Hope
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Visit my website: josefurban.org What happened on the Mount of Transfiguration? And why did Moses and Elijah appear on the Mount where Jesus was transfigured? The answer to these questions might surprise you because what was happening is actually much more significant than most people assume. #Moses #Elijah #biblicaltheology #michaelheiser #mountHermon #gospelofmark #gospelofmatthew #gospeloflu...
Justification by Faith According to the Apostle Paul
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What did Paul really teach about justification? Is the New Perspective on Paul correct? What do the writings of Paul himself actually say? The Apostle Paul’s doctrine of justification answers to the question, “How can I, as a sinner, find a gracious God?” He’s not merely addressing the issue, as the New Perspective on Paul has claimed, of how gentiles can become a part of the covenant community...
What is Deism? (Deism vs. Christian Theism Explained)
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In the 17th and 18th centuries, a philosophy known as Deism arose as skepticism clashed with traditional faith in our Western world. Deism was spawned by rationalistic approaches to spirituality by the likes of John Locke, Thomas Paine, and Voltaire. And the common assumption nowadays is that Deism simply was phased out in the modern era by other philosophies like Romanticism, Transcendentalism...
The Baptism of Jesus Christ: A Picture of His Redeeming Work
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Why was Jesus Christ baptized according to Mark's Gospel? This video traces out some of the canonical connections that most Bible readers tend to miss. With the first coming of the God-man, the eschatology of the Prophets dawned in its initial fulfillment. The eschatological salvation-presence of God became manifest on earth in the Person of the incarnate Son. This initial in-breaking of God’s ...
Does Christianity Hinder Human Flourishing?
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For more resources visit josefurban.org. Transcript: One objection that has been raised against Christianity by non-Christians is that gospel call to repent is an imposing straitjacket that limits or constrains human flourishing. After all, the word “repent” suggests there’s something wrong about us that needs to be corrected. It implies there is an authority above us, namely God and His unchan...
Lessons from John Calvin's Preaching on Predestination (Ephesians 1)
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For more resources like this, visit josefurban.org. This video draws insights from church history on how the Bible has been viewed, interpreted, and preached. I share some thoughts about John Calvin's approach to biblical inspiration, interpretation, and preaching with a view to his use of Ephesians 1:4-6, from which he preaches the doctrine of election with experiential application for the sak...
14 Mistakes about Repentance (Beware of Unbiblical Teachings)
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14 Mistakes about Repentance (Beware of Unbiblical Teachings)
"Are We Saved by Faith Alone? - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon" RESPONSE
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"Are We Saved by Faith Alone? - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon" RESPONSE

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  • @Mydixiewrecked-l6l
    @Mydixiewrecked-l6l День тому

    Christianity is completely irrational

  • @samvm186
    @samvm186 16 днів тому

    Brother you are such a blessing for the church. I miss your teachings in spanish Bendiciones 🙌

  • @mirkacihlar8110
    @mirkacihlar8110 Місяць тому

    True..

  • @markschneider8103
    @markschneider8103 Місяць тому

    Josef is my pastor and I am blessed of God to sit and listen to his uncompromising exegesis of The Word of God. Preach it brother !

  • @clayratliff9795
    @clayratliff9795 2 місяці тому

    Every story in the Bible can be found in pagan mythology sometimes over a thousand years before the Bible the Greeks version of a virgin impregnated by God and had savior sons ,800 years before Christianity so we saying that God that Almighty copied Greek mythology?

  • @clayratliff9795
    @clayratliff9795 2 місяці тому

    In the last 10 years I have introduced deism to just about every person that I have met and 90% of them had never heard of deism,but we're quick to admit that would be their choice of religion or philosophy. The belief as our creator of the vast universe has a chosen people plants the seed of all envy hate bigotry and hypocrisy God doesn't have a chosen people anymore than he has a chosen fruit or a bird. God didn't give you the winning lottery ticket you bought it God didn't give you the biggest piece of cake today it was your turn in line, do you know why the next dudes a piece of crap? because he's a piece of crap, it doesn't have anything to do with a God or a devil. Good work young man

  • @lauramurray9816
    @lauramurray9816 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing smile😊

  • @thomasg627
    @thomasg627 3 місяці тому

    Deism is what remains of religion once the people realize how bad religious organisations behave. Problem with deism is, it multiplies the most basic problem of organized religion over a million times. There are 6,000 religions on earth today, pretty much all making the same claims, none of them having any evidence, pretty much all of them incompatible with all the others, meaning ifffffff there is a god, anyones chances of believing in the right one are 1 in 6,000. Among 8 bln people on earth there are roughly 6 bln who believe in some kind of god, but without an organisation on top deists all make up their own individual god, and again it's the same story, nobody has any evidence, almost all of them are incompatible with all the others, meaning ifffffff there is a god, anyones chances of believing in the right one are 1 in 6 bln, a million times less likely than under organized religion.

  • @samvm186
    @samvm186 3 місяці тому

    🙌 amén

  • @samvm186
    @samvm186 3 місяці тому

    Esa no me la sabia hermano esta buena 👌

  • @GabirElbakri-b3v
    @GabirElbakri-b3v 4 місяці тому

    I am deism play yoga ...

  • @eduardocobra6159
    @eduardocobra6159 4 місяці тому

    Josef, tu canal sólo es en inglés; y tus prédicas en español? Hermano saludos desde Florida 🙏🏻

  • @scotthullinger4684
    @scotthullinger4684 4 місяці тому

    Deism is illogical because it depends upon people to define God, rather than allowing God to define himself via the written word of his representative chosen prophets. There's NO reason to believe in anything - or anyone - whose characteristics are based upon the self appointed understanding, or the lack thereof, of human beings. At the very least ... Deism is FAR more valuable and serviceable than atheism.

    • @scotthullinger4684
      @scotthullinger4684 4 місяці тому

      @KMartin-jf5kw - Oh? And yet you can't / won't explain why it's "utter nonsense."

    • @youarenotme01
      @youarenotme01 4 місяці тому

      i’ll wager my net worth versus yours i can prove god (deism) with mathematics. either way, it will topple your religion whether you wager or not. The apocalypse of your religion has come.

    • @scotthullinger4684
      @scotthullinger4684 4 місяці тому

      @@youarenotme01 - You have far fewer brain cells than I thought - Mathematics can no way in hell prove or disprove anything within a spiritual realm such as GOD. Religion is not a science project, even though atheists and simple minded desists somehow believe it is. And let's keep in mind that a theist is not the same thing as a desist.

    • @jeh45345
      @jeh45345 2 місяці тому

      God defines God, by the universe about you. No man can do this. I don't really know what your talking about.

  • @VoidHeart696
    @VoidHeart696 5 місяців тому

    I Understand Your Words Completely However Ive Got a Question, Would Immanuel Kanta Critique of Pure Reason Have a Kind of Psionic or Supernatural effect on a Hyper Believing/Faithful/Spiritual _Psyche/Mind? Like Say for instance I'm a Unconscious Christian and that means I believe in Christ in faith even without the guidance of the written text of the bible, yet I never act like a stereotypical Christan with Charity and Prayer Just Pure Faith One Could Say... #parapsychology

  • @irontaylor9992
    @irontaylor9992 5 місяців тому

    this sounds interesting your sound and video are not lineing uo there brother

  • @HecBv2003
    @HecBv2003 5 місяців тому

    Brother i was thinking about you weeks ago. How are you? Hope u r doing better! Te he seguido desde que andabas en Guadalajara 😊... brother u helped so many believers!

  • @timunderwood4314
    @timunderwood4314 5 місяців тому

    Deism is what you are left with if you were raised in a religion and intellectually become secular. The reason is you were thoroughly indoctrinated as a young person. You can't overcome your early development that easily.

  • @georgiapeach3109
    @georgiapeach3109 5 місяців тому

    Deism...or more commonly referred to as "reality" is and should be the preferred religion. Christianity appeals to Miracles that CANNOT be verified. Ignores the problem of evil. Believe that vicarious sacrifice is a virtue!!!! Homopobic misogynistic and racist! Teach eternal suffering in HELL. No, ill take the Deist God ANY DAY over your god. My God may be hands off, but at least he isn't a failure "Jesus came to SAVE THE WORLD". 😂😂😂

  • @JamalBaruch
    @JamalBaruch 6 місяців тому

    Who authorised Paul? Trinitarians would rather follow the opinions of a man many thought was a charlatan than the words of Jesus himself. All of which Paul contradicted, quite comedically.

  • @garyedson1673
    @garyedson1673 6 місяців тому

    Jesus never knew he was dying for our sins. That whole theory wasn't even developed until decades after his death. Jesus thought he was preaching an apocalyptic message that God was going vanquish his enemies and form a new kingdom on earth. Thus, people ought to prepare for his coming by being more righteous. Jesus and his 12 disciples were to rule that earthly kingdom including its 12 tribal territories. He was not of the belief that people even had separate souls, that also was a concept developed by the Greek philosopher, Plato, much later and integrated into Christianity at least a dozen decades after Jesus died on the cross. People of today wouldn't know this history because its been all mixed together over the 20 centuries of endless editing and rewriting of all scriptures and the creation of confusing edicts changing whole belief systems as ordained by the Catholic Church.

  • @rstevewarmorycom
    @rstevewarmorycom 6 місяців тому

    A deist god doesn't DO ANYTHING, HAS NO EFFECT in the world, and thus is suspiciously like something that DOES NOT EXIST!! In this real world, there is absolutely no evidence that any god exists! Books written by anonymous ancients or modern posturers just don't cut it!! For me to give credence to one of them I would have to believe them ALL, and they contradict each other!! And *I* KNOW my imagination far too well to let it talk me into believing a god is trying to talk to me inside of there!! I KNOW I could make up an imaginary god and converse with it!! The imagination does anything you tell it to, THAT'S the problem with it!! If a god existed, it would KNOW FAR better, than any human believer who might claim that I just don't WANT to believe, PRECISELY what could make me believe! And so far, it has EITHER, NOT chosen to do so, OR, IT REALLY DOES NOT EXIST!! IF any god really did exist, EVERYONE would KNOW it did, and as a CERTAINTY!! ---- Nature and Evolution only produces things that can add a part or disable a part randomly to improve the "pseudo-design", and it has NO "design-goal", it does NOT plan ahead, it has NO direction or ultimate desire, it cannot go backward or totally change the design completely like a designer can with conscious overview! Evolution is an unthinking process requiring random copying mistakes in reproduction, and then environmentally caused survival or death to filter out the bad "pseudo-designs"!! Natural Evolution manifests ONLY this simple process of random change surviving or not surviving, and NOT any thinking design by aware overview!! And yet, in stupifyingly enormous amount of deep unfathomable time, it has produced all the ever expanding ever improving sprecies of every animal and plant on earth!! And it did it by killing 99.999% of them!!! ---- You can't disprove god for the exact same reason that you can't disprove something that does not exist!!! There is NO evidence of any god existing or having any effect. Cosmology operates under the laws of physics, no god apparently needed. Genetic Evolution operates under the laws of chemistry, no god apparently needed. ALL lore about gods comes ONLY from human myths and lies. Humans are ALL nasty little dishonest pathological LIARS seeking to manipulate others!! Therefore, NO god can reasonably be believed to exist!! ---- The Universe has a Designer!! The Designer is Mindless Random Chance & Circumstance!! Chance makes the Changes by Error, and Using Nucleic Memory, Circumstance Retains the Improvements in the Successful, and Kills the Failures, which the Successful get to EAT!! The Mindless Designer *IS* EVOLUTION!!! The Universe has a Mindless Designer!! The Designer is Mindless Random Chance & Circumstance!! Chance Makes the Changes by Error, And Using Nucleic Memory, Circumstance Retains the Accumulated Improvements in the Successful, And Kills the Failures, Which the Successful Get to EAT!! The Mindless Designer *IS* EVOLUTION!!!

  • @DaddyRules-b3w
    @DaddyRules-b3w 7 місяців тому

    No prophet created a religion.

  • @bob-e5z
    @bob-e5z 7 місяців тому

    "The philosophy of Darwin has ransacked the American mind" I can not imagine having to live my life hiding from the truth.

  • @kelleyratliff4262
    @kelleyratliff4262 7 місяців тому

    Just another fellow who does not understand Deism.

  • @pablodechia4405
    @pablodechia4405 7 місяців тому

    En los institutos de la religión cristiana, Calvino dice que Dios no ama a todo el mundo, solo eligió a un grupo de personas pasando por alto a las demás, a las que decidió no salvar.. Eso no es lo que dice la Biblia hermano, Cristo murió por todo el mundo. La gente se pierde por no aceptar el evangelio que Dios ofrece de manera gratuita a todos. Eso es lo que enseña la Palabra de Dios hermano. Espero que el Señor ilumine tu mente y salgas de estos errores mi hermano, que Dios te bendiga, y perdoname si de alguna manera este mensaje te ofende. Yo seguí muchos estudios tuyos en el pasado que estaban en español y aprendí mucho hermano Urban. Ojalá nos encontremos un día juntos con el Señor.. oraré por eso

  • @pablodechia4405
    @pablodechia4405 7 місяців тому

    hermano, hasta ya te pareces a Juan Calvino con esa barba😁😁

  • @oscardariopaz3779
    @oscardariopaz3779 8 місяців тому

    Brother, please, they should be translated into Spanish.

  • @gustavofontalba
    @gustavofontalba 8 місяців тому

    Brother It sounded like you were actually rapping! Lol. God bless you brother Josef, I have been confronted by many of your sermons from the times of Cristianismo Bíblico

  • @1korincanima151-4
    @1korincanima151-4 9 місяців тому

    Salvation is by grace through faith without works, Ephesians 2:8-9, faith in Christ's finished work to crisis, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4

  • @gjhartist3685
    @gjhartist3685 9 місяців тому

    I've been saying for months now that most American Agnostics would technically be Deists if they were aware of that belief system. Also Deist here. Much happier living out my little life without constantly having neurotic thoughts about your Judaeo-Christian God.

  • @kenhoyer8601
    @kenhoyer8601 9 місяців тому

    Deism is the belief in a creator that doesn't intervene. And that's it! The bible is not my text. Christians seem to believe it is the universal truth. No, it's man made, written and interpreted .

    • @josefmurban
      @josefmurban 9 місяців тому

      If the Bible is not “the universal truth,” then what is? Your opinion? Your interpretation of nature? Or what? How do we discern what the Truth is?

    • @kenhoyer8601
      @kenhoyer8601 9 місяців тому

      @@josefmurban What is God and truth? Truth is whats constructive and instructive. Sin is whatever is destructive to yourself and others. Understanding God and his origin is an ongoing quest.

  • @TrevorEmptage
    @TrevorEmptage 9 місяців тому

    Thank you brother, do you have a recommendation for a clear and concise teaching on what is the new birth

    • @josefmurban
      @josefmurban 9 місяців тому

      If "clear and concise" is what you're looking for, Pink's little booklet is pretty good: www.monergism.com/regeneration-or-new-birth-ebook Steve Lawson's video series with Ligonier on the topic also comes to mind.

  • @CORAM-DE0
    @CORAM-DE0 10 місяців тому

    Praise God!!!

  • @TonyShumway-ke7ik
    @TonyShumway-ke7ik 10 місяців тому

    Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. The darkness of this world in Ephesians 6:12 that the Apostle Paul has to be the same damnation of Hell that Jesus Christ tells us of in Matthew 23:33. And Hell since its called that word damnation being the place of torment it truly is fits the words that is associated with it being death and darkness. Just thinking about the place would make one shudder and tremble with fear and think of it as a nightmarish horrific nightmare. Amen to Grace the only thing that can save us from the stuff that would make one become so lost they would wind up in that place of eternal torment and bring us to the place God wants us to be in His Heavenly Kingdom that is Heaven.

  • @deborahvalko2491
    @deborahvalko2491 10 місяців тому

    Very uplifting poem!

  • @GusyJc1
    @GusyJc1 10 місяців тому

    Amen 🙏🏼

  • @CORAM-DE0
    @CORAM-DE0 10 місяців тому

    Praise God!!!

  • @tearsintherain6311
    @tearsintherain6311 10 місяців тому

    I’m not particularly theist but this poetry moved me, I have to admit it’s beautiful

  • @CORAM-DE0
    @CORAM-DE0 10 місяців тому

    Hallelujah to YAHWEH.. what a Savior!!!

  • @samg5555
    @samg5555 10 місяців тому

    What’s up with all of those words that I’ve never heard of before?

  • @DCMikeAviationFun
    @DCMikeAviationFun 10 місяців тому

    I admire your passion

  • @BigB932
    @BigB932 10 місяців тому

    You are wasting your life. All that time devoted to some BS story from 2000 years ago. My stomach sinks thinking about the loss of precious time. But if it works for ya and you can get through your whole life without realizing the life you've wasted. Good for you. Should stop trying to spread your beliefs. The way atheists don't advertise not believing. Just go to church put aside what happened in back rooms and be happy there.

    • @db2631
      @db2631 10 місяців тому

      He is doing what he feels and knows he is called to do! Believing in God and knowing our life was created out of love and has meaning, feels you with purpose and love. And can't you see the hypocrisy, aren't you on a Christian post trying to oppose your beliefs? But you condemn him doing the same. Hopefully, one day, you will open your heart!

  • @TrueLight1611
    @TrueLight1611 10 місяців тому

    Amen.

  • @lilbucko
    @lilbucko 10 місяців тому

    Could Jesus twerk?

  • @GusyJc1
    @GusyJc1 10 місяців тому

    Amen 🙏

  • @ArrieSmith-n5r
    @ArrieSmith-n5r 10 місяців тому

    Amen in Jesus Christ name Amen ❤❤❤

  • @CORAM-DE0
    @CORAM-DE0 10 місяців тому

    Very insightful.. thank you for the hard work you put on into it,and all for the edification of the church and the glory to God.. many blessings from south Florida, press on... CORAM DEO!!

    • @josefmurban
      @josefmurban 10 місяців тому

      Thank you brother for taking the time to listen and for giving feedback. I’ll have to give you a call soon to catch up and see how you’re doing. It’d be great if you and the family wanted to visit us this summer or maybe even in the fall. The trees and foliage becomes gorgeous up here when the colors change. We could visit some historic forts in northern Michigan and a historic island that we’ve been wanting to go to. Keep pressing on!

    • @CORAM-DE0
      @CORAM-DE0 10 місяців тому

      @@josefmurban we'll love to so brother. I'm going to start working on timing and organize it... Love from The highest to you and yours.. we'll be earnestly praying before the throne of grace!

  • @juliabautistahdz
    @juliabautistahdz 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for this message. I hope you are well and your family.

    • @josefmurban
      @josefmurban 10 місяців тому

      You’re welcome sister. Good to hear from you! We are well and pressing on by God’s grace. Hope you’re well. Greetings to Edgar.

  • @mcsdg1689
    @mcsdg1689 10 місяців тому

    Hello dear brother, how can I get in contact with you? I’ve been following you since Cristianismo Bíblico.

    • @josefmurban
      @josefmurban 10 місяців тому

      Send me a FB message and I’ll be sure to check my inbox later.

  • @SELAHPAUSE
    @SELAHPAUSE 10 місяців тому

    I noticed you do not preached that much at Grace Fellowship 😢

    • @josefmurban
      @josefmurban 10 місяців тому

      Hey brother, thanks! I've been on sabbatical and plan to resume the pulpit next week, Lord willing. I'll be picking up in Mark 12 where we left off. AMEN to your comments about how the transfiguration pointed to the transition from the old covenant to the new. I alluded to that in the video but maybe I should have said it more clearly. I don't think the psalm you quoted rules out the apostasy of groups of angelic beings but simply is referring to holy angels who have not fallen. Other texts need to be consulted to weigh in on that as well (Genesis 6, Job 1, etc.). But if you know of any resources that are helpful that think "outside the box" I'd be willing to take a look. I appreciate the work of Dr. Hesier but I don't agree with everything he says. I'm familiar with the work of John Walton. His book on "Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament" is helpful. But I disagree with him on a quite a few issues. While doing comparative studies is needful, his conclusions are sometimes unwarranted (if not a bit extreme). Many scholars have critiqued him by pointing out that sometimes his conclusions come "dangerously close" to undermining the veracity of the biblical testimony. That may be the case when he argues that the biblical authors do not necessarily assert the literalness of Satan or demons as supernatural entities with personality who are literally at war with the saints "behind the scenes." But I haven't read his book on the topic, so my knowledge of what he says is secondhand. I'll check it out soon. Thanks for the recommendation. It's always helpful to have iron sharpening iron.

    • @SELAHPAUSE
      @SELAHPAUSE 10 місяців тому

      @@josefmurbanyes you did mention the transfiguration pointed from the old covenant to the new covenant but unfortunately I made my comment in live time to it was before you mentioned it. From my layman mind of understanding basically bad angels like you alluded to came from the book of Enoch along with watchers I have read plenty of books dealing with the non existent of demon and devils and I am satisfied with those teachings. Looking forward to you being back in the pulpit praying that all will be well with you🙏🏾

    • @josefmurban
      @josefmurban 10 місяців тому

      @@SELAHPAUSE Thanks so much for your prayers brother. We’ve been through so many trials as of late but the Lord is sustaining. On another note, where I can access your sermons? Would love to listen to some of your preaching.