As a Christian, I gave him an A++ for that sermon because he only focused on our Lord Jesus's scripture/words. I can't get my head around how a lot of Pastors focus on scriptures of the Old Testament or Paul's Testament/scriptures as if they will bring us to God, instead of focusing only on our Lord Jesus's sacred words/scriptures in his Testament/gospels because our Lord Jesus EXPLICITLY says in his scripture No one comes to the Father(God) except through me... Not through the Old Testament(or anyone in it) or through Paul's Testament, only through our Lord Jesus's Testament/scriptures. I think that's how a lot of Pastors end up in the News involved in sexual immoral scandal court cases, they're usually preachers who focus heavily on Old Testament scriptures or Paul's Testament/scriptures. Maybe our Lord Jesus's scriptures are too strict for them especially his scripture saying If your eye causes you to sin pluck it out or if your hand causes you to sin cut it off, which we know as Christians that he is only illustrating the seriousness of sin rather than meaning it literally. He also said if a man so much as looks at married woman with lust, he has already committed adultery in his heart. He also rejected fornication which is any sexual activity outside of marriage. He is a very very strict teacher if we read all his gospels properly, but at the same time he is also forgiving and compassionate. Glory only to God and our Lord Jesus Christ... 🙏
@K P I don't claim to be a perfect Christian but I'm improving and evolving. I used to have a lot of unChristian ideas in the past and realized our Lord Jesus would not agree with them so I rejected those ideas, therefore I am still learning and evolving as a Christian, realizing what our Lord Jesus expects of me, not the world or my old unChristian self. Glory to God heavenly father Lord Jesus Christ for ever and ever...
Sorry about that. We have found that most people prefer the music. However, if watch any of our podcast videos, you'll find that they do not have any music.
People (even some Christians) for some reason think of this as some clause up for debate, some are really out here thinking he'll give mercy to others that don't abide by this for some reason....because " He is nice and very forgiving ".
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You have hit the nail on the head! A little bit more to it though! 1 when In the time of Mosses and the old testament. Blood sacrifice to a priest. Like Aaron and Elazar the only way the people of Israel could have salvation was a offering for their sins and trespassing and that was the law! The law isn't bad people are bad if a person broke just one command of the law Exodus chapter. 20 he or she broke all of them! And there was only one time of the year that began the civil year was the day of atonement! When the. High priest places his hands on a goat and then was led away into the wilderness that took the people and priests sin away from the previous. Year;;!! But when Jesus Christ. Was nailed to the cross was made the sacafice. For all time he took all the blood sacrifices and oradances. Nailed them to the cross! To make Jesus Christ our passover lamb took the stripes and we get the healing! When Jesus died and went into the tomb Jesus on the third day was and is risen to defeat death and Satan when he also took the veil at 300 pm right after he gave his spirit back to FATHER he went into the temple where the high priest was making the evening sacrifice took the veil and ripped it from top to bottom telling us that you need no man woman or priest to go to get forgiveness. But you can March right into GODs arms and ask for forgiveness !
But what gives the Bible authority? I don't care what the Bible says, per say, and nor do I care what the Torah, talmud, or quran says. Any religion can make a claim and it's just a never ending cycle by using your holy text to prove that what your holy texts says is true. It's self fulfilling
Here are some articles that start to answer your questions: www.str.org/w/is-the-bible-authoritative- www.str.org/w/how-natural-theology-helps-strengthen-the-authority-of-the-bible
@@thepubliusproject Every passage in Tanakh that talks about G-d permitting killing certain nations was justified as they were evil and harmed other people. Freewill comes with accountability. You cannot blame G-d for the evil man does. When one comes to the knowledge of the ONE TRUE G-d of the universe, they will not have the heart to hurt others. May this day come soon when the whole world comes to know how loving and forgiving G-d is.
@@yedduprasadwhether or not killing was justified, which God could have prevented if he had wanted to, doesn't change that he does it a lot, does it? Since he absolutely _does_ have the power to resolve these issues without committing mass murder and he chooses not to, his actions contradict his words.
@@thepubliusproject A just G-d is not going to take away our freewill because we did evil. Yes he could have stopped all the evil that goes on. But that will mean he has to contradict himself by taking away freewill from us. G-d does protect his children from evil if we live according to his ways. I am witness to so much harm he has saved me from.
@@yedduprasad Why would a just God grant free will and then punish people for using it? That still doesn't answer the question of why he kills people when he could find an unlimited number of other ways to stop them from defying him. He chooses to murder them instead. Seems to me, if he didn't take pleasure in it, he'd use a simpler, easier, and non-murdering solution. Did he fail to think of any? Perhaps he lacks the ability to implement any of the other options? Which of these explains why he chooses to kill when he doesn't actually need to do so?
He has the nerve to call unbelievers '' arrogant '' when his arrogance is stupefying. He can speak for a god, '' god is angry, judgemental, tolerant, loving''... and for jesus. Jesus said ? We don't have any proof for his existence much less for what he said. Everything '' jesus said '' was said by people who never knew him. He left not one written word, had no eyewitnesses and there is not one contemporaneous account of him in the bible or anywhere else...and everything I just said is 100% factual but will have absolutely no effect on true believers, right ?
No it's your idea we do not know who is actually God or if there is one now we know we have energy in the soul when we die that goes somewhere now whether it's Jesus God Allah Buddha and so on none of us know we just reading something that we believe in and maybe we're right maybe we're wrong but we won't know till we get there and that's a fact the rest isnt facts
I liked how this man talks. He doesn’t mince words.
I like this man because he is 100% spot on, they are the words of Jesus himself,Amen!
Amen!!!✝️😊
As a Christian, I gave him an A++ for that sermon because he only focused on our Lord Jesus's scripture/words.
I can't get my head around how a lot of Pastors focus on scriptures of the Old Testament or Paul's Testament/scriptures as if they will bring us to God, instead of focusing only on our Lord Jesus's sacred words/scriptures in his Testament/gospels because our Lord Jesus EXPLICITLY says in his scripture No one comes to the Father(God) except through me... Not through the Old Testament(or anyone in it) or through Paul's Testament, only through our Lord Jesus's Testament/scriptures.
I think that's how a lot of Pastors end up in the News involved in sexual immoral scandal court cases, they're usually preachers who focus heavily on Old Testament scriptures or Paul's Testament/scriptures.
Maybe our Lord Jesus's scriptures are too strict for them especially his scripture saying If your eye causes you to sin pluck it out or if your hand causes you to sin cut it off, which we know as Christians that he is only illustrating the seriousness of sin rather than meaning it literally. He also said if a man so much as looks at married woman with lust, he has already committed adultery in his heart. He also rejected fornication which is any sexual activity outside of marriage.
He is a very very strict teacher if we read all his gospels properly, but at the same time he is also forgiving and compassionate. Glory only to God and our Lord Jesus Christ... 🙏
@K P I don't claim to be a perfect Christian but I'm improving and evolving. I used to have a lot of unChristian ideas in the past and realized our Lord Jesus would not agree with them so I rejected those ideas, therefore I am still learning and evolving as a Christian, realizing what our Lord Jesus expects of me, not the world or my old unChristian self. Glory to God heavenly father Lord Jesus Christ for ever and ever...
@standtoreason this is great - but the music is really distracting!
It makes it hard to focus on what he’s saying!
Sorry about that. We have found that most people prefer the music. However, if watch any of our podcast videos, you'll find that they do not have any music.
People (even some Christians) for some reason think of this as some clause up for debate, some are really out here thinking he'll give mercy to others that don't abide by this for some reason....because " He is nice and very forgiving ".
True
Yep
John 3:16 the only begotten Son
What happens to people who didn't hear the gospel or didn't get the opportunity to know Jesus? Will they go to hell?
See www.str.org/w/the-heathen-and-the-unknown-god-part-1 and www.str.org/w/the-heathen-and-the-unknown-god-part-2.
Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:3…
“One must be born again” to see the
Kingdom of God!!! This transformation
from death to LIFE in Christ Jesus makes you
Rapture/HeavenBound!!! If you haven’t made
your Eternal decision, do so today…
Jesus is waiting!!! ⚓️⚓️⚓️
If He's the "only" way, then what about Jews today who follow Judaism, but not Christ?
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You have hit the nail on the head! A little bit more to it though! 1 when In the time of Mosses and the old testament. Blood sacrifice to a priest. Like Aaron and Elazar the only way the people of Israel could have salvation was a offering for their sins and trespassing and that was the law! The law isn't bad people are bad if a person broke just one command of the law Exodus chapter. 20 he or she broke all of them! And there was only one time of the year that began the civil year was the day of atonement! When the. High priest places his hands on a goat and then was led away into the wilderness that took the people and priests sin away from the previous. Year;;!! But when Jesus Christ. Was nailed to the cross was made the sacafice. For all time he took all the blood sacrifices and oradances. Nailed them to the cross! To make Jesus Christ our passover lamb took the stripes and we get the healing! When Jesus died and went into the tomb Jesus on the third day was and is risen to defeat death and Satan when he also took the veil at 300 pm right after he gave his spirit back to FATHER he went into the temple where the high priest was making the evening sacrifice took the veil and ripped it from top to bottom telling us that you need no man woman or priest to go to get forgiveness. But you can March right into GODs arms and ask for forgiveness !
But what gives the Bible authority? I don't care what the Bible says, per say, and nor do I care what the Torah, talmud, or quran says. Any religion can make a claim and it's just a never ending cycle by using your holy text to prove that what your holy texts says is true. It's self fulfilling
Here are some articles that start to answer your questions:
www.str.org/w/is-the-bible-authoritative-
www.str.org/w/how-natural-theology-helps-strengthen-the-authority-of-the-bible
Ezekiel 18:32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. *Repent and live!*
Then why does he kill so many people? And why does he allow so many murders?
@@thepubliusproject Every passage in Tanakh that talks about G-d permitting killing certain nations was justified as they were evil and harmed other people. Freewill comes with accountability. You cannot blame G-d for the evil man does. When one comes to the knowledge of the ONE TRUE G-d of the universe, they will not have the heart to hurt others. May this day come soon when the whole world comes to know how loving and forgiving G-d is.
@@yedduprasadwhether or not killing was justified, which God could have prevented if he had wanted to, doesn't change that he does it a lot, does it?
Since he absolutely _does_ have the power to resolve these issues without committing mass murder and he chooses not to, his actions contradict his words.
@@thepubliusproject A just G-d is not going to take away our freewill because we did evil. Yes he could have stopped all the evil that goes on. But that will mean he has to contradict himself by taking away freewill from us. G-d does protect his children from evil if we live according to his ways. I am witness to so much harm he has saved me from.
@@yedduprasad Why would a just God grant free will and then punish people for using it?
That still doesn't answer the question of why he kills people when he could find an unlimited number of other ways to stop them from defying him. He chooses to murder them instead.
Seems to me, if he didn't take pleasure in it, he'd use a simpler, easier, and non-murdering solution.
Did he fail to think of any?
Perhaps he lacks the ability to implement any of the other options?
Which of these explains why he chooses to kill when he doesn't actually need to do so?
He has the nerve to call unbelievers '' arrogant '' when his arrogance is stupefying. He can speak for a god, '' god is angry, judgemental, tolerant, loving''... and for jesus. Jesus said ? We don't have any proof for his existence much less for what he said. Everything '' jesus said '' was said by people who never knew him. He left not one written word, had no eyewitnesses and there is not one contemporaneous account of him in the bible or anywhere else...and everything I just said is 100% factual but will have absolutely no effect on true believers, right ?
Im batman
No it's your idea we do not know who is actually God or if there is one now we know we have energy in the soul when we die that goes somewhere now whether it's Jesus God Allah Buddha and so on none of us know we just reading something that we believe in and maybe we're right maybe we're wrong but we won't know till we get there and that's a fact the rest isnt facts
Not True!
True and I as a ex-cultists /ex-atheist life and many other lives are testimony to that as well