I started watching your videos when I wanted to know the truth about infant baptism. I was a member of a baptist church but I couldnd't be there anymore when I understood I need to get my child baptised. She will get baptised this sunday in a lutheran church. Thank you and greetings from Sweden!
I grew up LCMS, went K-8th grade at the church school, and contemplated going into ministry at least twice in my life. Was WELS through my first marriage (sadly, that ended badly) Studied, and found a few bible teaching pastors/ministers that I learned a lot from. However, in the last few years, I have been having a bit of a crisis of faith.... I sometimes tell people the God and I are having a "spat"... but honestly, these 10-15 minutes that pop up in my feed nearly every day have taught and encouraged so much. Thanks!
The gift of the Holy Spirit was being abused in Paul’s day and still he didn’t stop preaching about God’s gift of the Holy Spirit. Without God’s Spirit we couldn’t know him or even want to. Praise God for his Holy Spirit to bring us to the foot of the cross in repentance.
God be praised! Rom 8:11 (ESV) If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
My earliest memories of church include hearing of the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And for the life of me, and I'm now a septugenarian, I have struggled with the concept of the Holy Spirit. We know that God has dominion over all things, we pray in the name of Jesus as our faith in Him will give us salvation, but what is the Holy Spirit and how is it we do not pray to the Holy Spirit? I admit to times I have had a wondrous feeling wash over me and I feel I am in the presence of God. Is this what it is? I find your UA-cam theology to be quite refreshing and they do feed my spiritual needs.
Thank you for sharing your perspective. As a former baptist now pentecostal, this was something I had not heard before about Lutheranism. Definitely different than how I had seen Lutherans in the past. I will have to look into the faith more...
But the thing is, it's not just the Benny Hinns of evangelicalism that abuse the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Even in churches not officially classified as "charismatic" or "pentecostal," I've seen people who confuse the Holy Spirit with their own emotions or thoughts (including myself at one time while in evangelicalism).
Well I was almost persuaded to join my Pentecostal background with Lutheran teaching. This pastor makes a lot of sense though. I enjoyed it in spite of the innuendo of my craziness for my background which I cherish also. Godspeed
As a person raised in methobapticostalism... I feel your point, but, I cherish the Holy Spirit as comforter, teacher, and elector/butterfly net for sinners. Faith comes from hearing, hearing the Word's of Christ. Blessed are the feet that bring the word! That includes pastors, parents, friends, but, especially the Holy Spirit
I have been reminded so many times of Scripture passages I may have studied 35 years ago. I always attribute this to the work of the Holy Spirit pointing me to the true Word and away from the false wisdom of the world. Is this correct theology? I always think the Spirit works overtime keeping me out of the weeds. I love your UA-cam lessons! Thank you, Pastor
I advocate, all are theologians...a few theology geeks, but, next to Child of Christ, husband, and father...UA-cam Theologian is one of my favorite and cherished vocations.
I've never been Lutheran (except in the sense of being protestant) and my dad never was Lutheran either but his dad was Lutheran until the 1920s. I think my understanding of this subject similar to my dad's and that his understanding was similar to his dad's understanding. "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." John 16:13 This passage can be understood to mean that the Holy Spirit only teaches us what he receives from our heavenly Father as Jesus only taught what he received from our heavenly Father. The passage can also be understood to mean that the emphasis of the Holy Spirit will always be on the person and work of Jesus. Symposium on the Holy Spirit". I suspect, when he was Lutheran, my grandfather would have declined any similar invitation.
That's why it says "test the spirits" and Satan/Lucifer will also "present himself as an angel of light and his followers as workers of righteousness." (Paraphrase... See 2 Corinthians 11 verses 14 and 15). When people allow into their churches praise bands playing stairway to heaven, and are rolling on the floor in what they think is the holy Spirit.... They have accepted another spirit. We have to be very careful. Next step is to examine what you mean by "belief." Repent. Trust God and obey him. ❤️
The faithful of God were praying long before Jesus offered what we refer to as The Lord’s Prayer as an example of prayer to the disciples who requested it. “ Teach us to pray” sounds to me like the Apostles had begun to understand that a new time had come. A time not reflected in their present day worship rituals. I think it’s good to remember than the Jews communicated with God by offering up prayers from the beginning. So, I would imagine that the disciples of John continued the traditional prayers recorded in the Torah. It is also known that Jews prayed personal prayers, just as we do today. And remember that John’s ministry was a ministry of repentance for sins , not of salvation in the way that we associate with Jesus. But, of course , the day came when Jesus approached John as a candidate for baptism , He who had no sin! No wonder John felt unworthy to baptize Jesus who had no sin for which to repent! So much to reflect on. So much to learn. God bless you as you continue to study the Bible. Imagine living before Bibles were so available that everyone could have their own copy!
So the Father is the ground of being, the soil of the soul. The Son is knowledge of the Father. The Holy Ghost is ecstasy. It is wordless transcendence and revelation. If we speak of the Holy Ghost then we have spoken falsely, for the Holy Ghost speaks to us in silence where no others can hear or understand.
What ? This is beyond my ability to comprehend. “ If we speak of the Holy Spirit , then we have spoken falsely “. To embrace the Comforter that Jesus Christ said would be sent is false? Please elaborate.
Could you speak more (or link previous videos if you have) on the gifts of the Spirit (1 Cor 12-14). I think Lutherans get misunderstood as cessationists. But how do the miracle gifts and such fit into the current church? How do we rightly divide those gifts which were for the apostolic era and to validate the spread of the Gospel, vs what is operative today? i.e. tongues and the gift of healing seem not to be operative, but is this specifically in Scripture anywhere?
This is Theresa Grice--I enjoyed your message, but I would also like to say that although self-control is a gift from Jesus' Holy Spirit, King David displayed such great love and joy while worshipping Yahweh that he leaped and whirled as he and the Levites were bringing back the Ark. I would say that Jesus' Holy Spirit moved King David to behave in an "un-self-controlled" way, but certainly in a way that pleased the Lord. If we cannot be passionate in loving and worshipping the Lord because we must exercise self-control, what does that say about us?
You say it is better that Jesus left so we have the Holy Spirit, but your description of what it means for us to have the Holy Spirit falls short of it being worth it for Jesus to leave. In other words, it is not about trusting that the Holy Spirit is at work, but seeing that He is at work. Yes, there are abuses in people claiming the Holy Spirit is doing things when He is not, but it is unwise to throw out the baby out with the bath water regarding how the Holy Spirit works in our lives.
Bryan, all three of the things the Spirit is going to do here are directed the world, which I understand John to use primarily of the unbelieving world. So this is not so much what the Spirit is going to do to us, as it is what he is going to do on behalf of us as our advocate against the accuse, vindicating Christian people and their ruler over and against the world and its ruler. Therefore I wonder if all three of these things are not Law against the world. When he speaks of righteousness, he is revealing that there is no righteousness unless you have Christ, who is so righteous he can enter heaven on his own accord. Since the world reject this, they are condemned by this speech also.
Jesus said that He came into the world to seek and save that which was lost, and to lay down His life a ransom for many. I'm glad that I'm not a Lutheran, I think the theology is a little mixed up. I could say more, but I digress.
14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
you mite want to make a video brother sent the holy spirit not breathe the holy spirit you mithat clean that up. od tri theres a fight about it od a debata about it.
@rickhuntling7338 0 seconds ago I and most law enforcement officers would say it is prideful and narcissistic for an arrogant man to produce UA-cam videos while driving. Bryan puts self before others safety and I'm guessing he even answers text while driving. So why would you trust him in your journey with the LORD, when he cares less about others on their journey to the supermarket or going to pick up their children from school? Look who long and often Bryan is distracted by the camera.
Thanks for reminding the Lutheran Church a about the Holy Ghost 👍🏼😍 we Lutheran only have the brain knowledge of the Spirit of God and not experienced personally because our Seminary's faculties are not Born Again believers 😂 only on the feast of the Pentecost our pastors speak about Holy Ghost 👍🏼 then all through the Sundays just blah blah blah 😂
sad how misconstrewed you see things. The NT is all about Jesus, the HOly Spirit testifies of Jesus, the pastors eVERY Sunday talk about Jesus. What more do you want?
The Spirit of God the Father is OMNISCIENT, OMNIPOTENT and OMNIPRESENT..these attributes encompass all as in all in all in Revelation 21..yet your DOCTRINES from Luther teach holy fuzzy math division into thirds or half?? How does OMNI divide and stay Omni?? Is Omni only when son,spirit and Father are together yet all are OMNIPRESENT??? How is the only man in heaven OMNIPRESENT and is the Father's OMNIPRESENCE LESS ALL IN THAT MOMENT?? WHY DOES REVELATION SAY THEY WILL REIGN AS PRIESTS AND KINGS WITH CHRIST AND GOD FOR A THOUSAND YEARS BUT YOU TEACH THE SPIRIT IS ANOTHER OMNIPRESENT PERSON BESIDES THAT RISEN MAN IN HEAVEN?? JESUS SAID NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OR HOUR HE WILL RETURN BUT THE FATHER.. YET YOU TEACH HE AND THE SPIRIT PERSON ARE OMNISCIENT KNOWING ALL THINGS?? SO WHO IS THE FATHER IF NOT THE ALMIGHTY OMNIPRESENT OMNISCIENT OMNIPOTENT FATHER GOD WHO WANTS NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM WHO DIVIDE HIS PRESENCE, POWER AND KNOWLEDGE BUT ALMIGHTY FATHER GOD?? HEAR YE OMIGHTY BUCKLAND THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE OVER ALL EARTH AND HIS SON IS COMING TO REIGN AS KING ALL WILL BOW TO SOON-AMERICA'S LAST HOPE MITZVAH SAY ALOUD DAILY FOR BLESSING BEFORE CURSES COME..REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE??
There isn't much mellow stuff coming for most of the church but hey dude I'm okay if your okay it's just easier to wake up religious zombies using all CAPS when most are too comfy getting ears tickled to hear truth sorry to upset you dude I will try to chill out but I want to wake up some to the Karma King coming to make all good soon and remove goats
Be at peace. Sometimes any one of us can read the words of another and come away having differing interpretations of what was written. I am a Lutheran and I can tell you that I fully embrace the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. I believe he guides me, supports me in times of need, and so much more. As I read the Bible I am continually blessed by the words God has given us through the work of the Holy Spirit. I accept Jesus at his word. He said quite clearly that he would send believers the Holy Spirit. That sounds real personal to me. The work of the Holy Spirit is so profound that it is difficult to imagine day to day existence for a Christian without his presence.
I started watching your videos when I wanted to know the truth about infant baptism. I was a member of a baptist church but I couldnd't be there anymore when I understood I need to get my child baptised. She will get baptised this sunday in a lutheran church. Thank you and greetings from Sweden!
Holly Spirit is who ghive the life and ghift of vocations.Probably exist in Heaven
For the record Baptist dedicate babies. Not baptize them.
Praise the Lord! :)
@@joyceelmer131 yeah, baby dedication is just the unbiblical man made replacement for infant baptism....
Praise God Sanna!
I grew up LCMS, went K-8th grade at the church school, and contemplated going into ministry at least twice in my life. Was WELS through my first marriage (sadly, that ended badly) Studied, and found a few bible teaching pastors/ministers that I learned a lot from. However, in the last few years, I have been having a bit of a crisis of faith.... I sometimes tell people the God and I are having a "spat"... but honestly, these 10-15 minutes that pop up in my feed nearly every day have taught and encouraged so much. Thanks!
When I started watching tour videos, I was not a lutheran yet. Now I am a lutheran.
The gift of the Holy Spirit was being abused in Paul’s day and still he didn’t stop preaching about God’s gift of the Holy Spirit. Without God’s Spirit we couldn’t know him or even want to. Praise God for his Holy Spirit to bring us to the foot of the cross in repentance.
It is. UA-cam Theologian is absolutely an official office. Look at your outreach. ❤😊
I wish we still said “And with your spirit” 🕊 🕊 🕊
We do!
We do in my LCMS Congregation.
God be praised!
Rom 8:11 (ESV) If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
My earliest memories of church include hearing of the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And for the life of me, and I'm now a septugenarian, I have struggled with the concept of the Holy Spirit. We know that God has dominion over all things, we pray in the name of Jesus as our faith in Him will give us salvation, but what is the Holy Spirit and how is it we do not pray to the Holy Spirit? I admit to times I have had a wondrous feeling wash over me and I feel I am in the presence of God. Is this what it is? I find your UA-cam theology to be quite refreshing and they do feed my spiritual needs.
Thank you. I love how enthusiastic you are when you teach.
Thank you
Thank you for sharing your perspective. As a former baptist now pentecostal, this was something I had not heard before about Lutheranism. Definitely different than how I had seen Lutherans in the past. I will have to look into the faith more...
But the thing is, it's not just the Benny Hinns of evangelicalism that abuse the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Even in churches not officially classified as "charismatic" or "pentecostal," I've seen people who confuse the Holy Spirit with their own emotions or thoughts (including myself at one time while in evangelicalism).
That is so true.
I's easy for the carnal flesh (aka each person) to be in love with its own emotions.
@@judithtaylor6713 I's easy for the carnal flesh (aka each person) to be in love with its own emotions.
Thanks!
Thank you for Law&Gospel
Well Done
Really nic talke, When we confess "We believe in the Holy Spirit", let's stop making it mean "We pay lip service to the Holy Spirit".
Well I was almost persuaded to join my Pentecostal background with Lutheran teaching. This pastor makes a lot of sense though. I enjoyed it in spite of the innuendo of my craziness for my background which I cherish also. Godspeed
As a person raised in methobapticostalism... I feel your point, but, I cherish the Holy Spirit as comforter, teacher, and elector/butterfly net for sinners. Faith comes from hearing, hearing the Word's of Christ. Blessed are the feet that bring the word! That includes pastors, parents, friends, but, especially the Holy Spirit
I have been reminded so many times of Scripture passages I may have studied 35 years ago. I always attribute this to the work of the Holy Spirit pointing me to the true Word and away from the false wisdom of the world. Is this correct theology? I always think the Spirit works overtime keeping me out of the weeds. I love your UA-cam lessons! Thank you, Pastor
I advocate, all are theologians...a few theology geeks, but, next to Child of Christ, husband, and father...UA-cam Theologian is one of my favorite and cherished vocations.
Good stuff!!
"...It must be the Holy Spirit, 'cause it's crazy..." lololol
LOL
But we do, Pastor.
I've never been Lutheran (except in the sense of being protestant) and my dad never was Lutheran either but his dad was Lutheran until the 1920s. I think my understanding of this subject similar to my dad's and that his understanding was similar to his dad's understanding.
"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." John 16:13
This passage can be understood to mean that the Holy Spirit only teaches us what he receives from our heavenly Father as Jesus only taught what he received from our heavenly Father. The passage can also be understood to mean that the emphasis of the Holy Spirit will always be on the person and work of Jesus.
Symposium on the Holy Spirit". I suspect, when he was Lutheran, my grandfather would have declined any similar invitation.
7:37 great help to identify churches without.
That's why it says "test the spirits" and Satan/Lucifer will also "present himself as an angel of light and his followers as workers of righteousness." (Paraphrase... See 2 Corinthians 11 verses 14 and 15).
When people allow into their churches praise bands playing stairway to heaven, and are rolling on the floor in what they think is the holy Spirit.... They have accepted another spirit. We have to be very careful.
Next step is to examine what you mean by "belief."
Repent. Trust God and obey him. ❤️
It appears that Lutheran had one too many Katie Beers in the back seat lol!!
I wonder how John taught his disciples to pray.
The faithful of God were praying long before Jesus offered what we refer to as The Lord’s Prayer as an example of prayer to the disciples who requested it. “ Teach us to pray” sounds to me like the Apostles had begun to understand that a new time had come. A time not reflected in their present day worship rituals.
I think it’s good to remember than the Jews communicated with God by offering up prayers from the beginning. So, I would imagine that the disciples of John continued the traditional prayers recorded in the Torah. It is also known that Jews prayed personal prayers, just as we do today. And remember that John’s ministry was a ministry of repentance for sins , not of salvation in the way that we associate with Jesus. But, of course , the day came when Jesus approached John as a candidate for baptism , He who had no sin! No wonder John felt unworthy to baptize Jesus who had no sin for which to repent! So much to reflect on. So much to learn. God bless you as you continue to study the Bible. Imagine living before Bibles were so available that everyone could have their own copy!
Thank you for your kind and helpful reflection.
So the Father is the ground of being, the soil of the soul. The Son is knowledge of the Father. The Holy Ghost is ecstasy. It is wordless transcendence and revelation. If we speak of the Holy Ghost then we have spoken falsely, for the Holy Ghost speaks to us in silence where no others can hear or understand.
What ? This is beyond my ability to comprehend. “ If we speak of the Holy Spirit , then we have spoken falsely “. To embrace the Comforter that Jesus Christ said would be sent is false? Please elaborate.
Could you speak more (or link previous videos if you have) on the gifts of the Spirit (1 Cor 12-14). I think Lutherans get misunderstood as cessationists. But how do the miracle gifts and such fit into the current church? How do we rightly divide those gifts which were for the apostolic era and to validate the spread of the Gospel, vs what is operative today? i.e. tongues and the gift of healing seem not to be operative, but is this specifically in Scripture anywhere?
This is Theresa Grice--I enjoyed your message, but I would also like to say that although self-control is a gift from Jesus' Holy Spirit, King David displayed such great love and joy while worshipping Yahweh that he leaped and whirled as he and the Levites were bringing back the Ark. I would say that Jesus' Holy Spirit moved King David to behave in an "un-self-controlled" way, but certainly in a way that pleased the Lord. If we cannot be passionate in loving and worshipping the Lord because we must exercise self-control, what does that say about us?
Because Lutherans listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to them! :)))
Lol
Are you suggesting that the Holy Spirit only speaks to Lutherans ? If so, that is a rather arrogant position.
@@sharondoan1447 Because Lutherans listen ... :D
Liked your talk but if all that's so then what does Communion accomplish? I Got the Holy Spirit. Isn't that enough to live in Christ?
what do you mean? Not sure I understand your question. Can you re-phrase it?
You say it is better that Jesus left so we have the Holy Spirit, but your description of what it means for us to have the Holy Spirit falls short of it being worth it for Jesus to leave. In other words, it is not about trusting that the Holy Spirit is at work, but seeing that He is at work. Yes, there are abuses in people claiming the Holy Spirit is doing things when He is not, but it is unwise to throw out the baby out with the bath water regarding how the Holy Spirit works in our lives.
Why don't Lutheran talk about escatology
They do
They do. Chec out Article XVII in the Augsbru Confession. Blessings.
Bryan, all three of the things the Spirit is going to do here are directed the world, which I understand John to use primarily of the unbelieving world. So this is not so much what the Spirit is going to do to us, as it is what he is going to do on behalf of us as our advocate against the accuse, vindicating Christian people and their ruler over and against the world and its ruler. Therefore I wonder if all three of these things are not Law against the world. When he speaks of righteousness, he is revealing that there is no righteousness unless you have Christ, who is so righteous he can enter heaven on his own accord. Since the world reject this, they are condemned by this speech also.
Jesus said that He came into the world to seek and save that which was lost, and to lay down His life a ransom for many. I'm glad that I'm not a Lutheran, I think the theology is a little mixed up. I could say more, but I digress.
Sorry, I get carsick watching these types of videos from inside a moving car. (made it only to the 3:47 mark)
14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
there should only be one type of Christians not catholic Lutheran Baptist
you mite want to make a video brother sent the holy spirit not breathe the holy spirit you mithat clean that up. od tri theres a fight about it od a debata about it.
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I and most law enforcement officers would say it is prideful and narcissistic for an arrogant man to produce UA-cam videos while driving. Bryan puts self before others safety and I'm guessing he even answers text while driving. So why would you trust him in your journey with the LORD, when he cares less about others on their journey to the supermarket or going to pick up their children from school? Look who long and often Bryan is distracted by the camera.
You know what's crazy? Not paying attention to the road when you're driving. Best to make your videos somewhere other than on the road.
Thanks for reminding the Lutheran Church a about the Holy Ghost 👍🏼😍 we Lutheran only have the brain knowledge of the Spirit of God and not experienced personally because our Seminary's faculties are not Born Again believers 😂 only on the feast of the Pentecost our pastors speak about Holy Ghost 👍🏼 then all through the Sundays just blah blah blah 😂
sad how misconstrewed you see things. The NT is all about Jesus, the HOly Spirit testifies of Jesus, the pastors eVERY Sunday talk about Jesus. What more do you want?
The Spirit of God the Father is OMNISCIENT, OMNIPOTENT and OMNIPRESENT..these attributes encompass all as in all in all in Revelation 21..yet your DOCTRINES from Luther teach holy fuzzy math division into thirds or half?? How does OMNI divide and stay Omni?? Is Omni only when son,spirit and Father are together yet all are OMNIPRESENT??? How is the only man in heaven OMNIPRESENT and is the Father's OMNIPRESENCE LESS ALL IN THAT MOMENT?? WHY DOES REVELATION SAY THEY WILL REIGN AS PRIESTS AND KINGS WITH CHRIST AND GOD FOR A THOUSAND YEARS BUT YOU TEACH THE SPIRIT IS ANOTHER OMNIPRESENT PERSON BESIDES THAT RISEN MAN IN HEAVEN?? JESUS SAID NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OR HOUR HE WILL RETURN BUT THE FATHER.. YET YOU TEACH HE AND THE SPIRIT PERSON ARE OMNISCIENT KNOWING ALL THINGS?? SO WHO IS THE FATHER IF NOT THE ALMIGHTY OMNIPRESENT OMNISCIENT OMNIPOTENT FATHER GOD WHO WANTS NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM WHO DIVIDE HIS PRESENCE, POWER AND KNOWLEDGE BUT ALMIGHTY FATHER GOD?? HEAR YE OMIGHTY BUCKLAND THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE OVER ALL EARTH AND HIS SON IS COMING TO REIGN AS KING ALL WILL BOW TO SOON-AMERICA'S LAST HOPE MITZVAH SAY ALOUD DAILY FOR BLESSING BEFORE CURSES COME..REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE??
Dude…are you ok? You seem kind of upset.
Why all tHIS yelling dude? Are you okay? Do you need a doctor?
There isn't much mellow stuff coming for most of the church but hey dude I'm okay if your okay it's just easier to wake up religious zombies using all CAPS when most are too comfy getting ears tickled to hear truth sorry to upset you dude I will try to chill out but I want to wake up some to the Karma King coming to make all good soon and remove goats
Be at peace. Sometimes any one of us can read the words of another and come away having differing interpretations of what was written. I am a Lutheran and I can tell you that I fully embrace the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. I believe he guides me, supports me in times of need, and so much more. As I read the Bible I am continually blessed by the words God has given us through the work of the Holy Spirit. I accept Jesus at his word. He said quite clearly that he would send believers the Holy Spirit. That sounds real personal to me. The work of the Holy Spirit is so profound that it is difficult to imagine day to day existence for a Christian without his presence.