You have just listened to one of the greatest intros in the history of youtube them wonderful intro wonderful intro Anyway, how are you all doing? Hope you all doing well. We haven't I it dawned on me that we haven't been live live live in I don't even know when when was the last time that we were live it's been a And normally what do we do two live streams of the day something like that? So it's it's been a while Uh, I want to say the day before or the day after thanksgiving. I'm not sure It might have been it might have been the day before thanksgiving. I'm not I'm not sure so Feels weird it actually feels weird and uh, I had a busy busy week I have been busy busy busy busy busy Getting some things prepared been a week Sheila. Okay been a week.  I've been off. So anyway Anyway, let me go ahead and jump into some of these uh the questions I I took three from That were submitted earlier. So let me go ahead and jump into those. This was this is from Uh, you're right cg cg You see you too hadn't been the same. Yeah, it's been it's been wonky, but You know, it's funny. I don't do less work. It's not like that.  So actually the live streams are actually easier to do So anyway, uh, do me a favor also guys as as always I am going to go and I'm going to mark some of your questions But I'm not going to be able to mark them and see them all as I'm reading these questions So I would say for the sake of you if you want me to answer your question to get to them Then I would go ahead and wait till after I finish. There's three I'm gonna undo Uh, one by spider monkey Michael yearwood and chat with Grant and then after that I'll come to yours So that being the case spider monkey asked a question Uh, is there a contrast in verse four of revelation 20? Where it says I also saw those who had not worshiped the beast As to say that these were unbelievers apart from those that uh, that had got to someone So let's go to the passage in this particular passage revelation 20. That's where I am 24 and here it is This is one of those passages where it makes me Let me just see how how how it's structured because Uh, if you if you take a course on greek, if you learn greek, they're going to tell you they're going to show you how Part of symbols and possible phrases are something else And all throughout the new testament you're going to see them and how to identify them and make sure that you're not Um, seeing something as stating something different Make make sure that you understand that that they're just giving some extra descriptions to What's being stated in this case though? It's not Verse four then I saw thrones and they sat on now. This is after a matter of fact. Let's go back. Let's go to chapter one I mean chapter 20 verse one Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand Uh, and he laid hold of the dragon, uh, the serpent of old who was the devil and satan bound him for a thousand Let me just say this while while i'm here this word right here. Killia eche How you how do you not get a literal thousand years? this is I think you really just have to read into the text your doctrine It says a thousand years. There's no there's no other reason on the planet No reason in the bible I should say Where you should not take it for a thousand years, but let me digress And he threw him into abyss and shut him and sealed it over him So that he would not deceive the nations any longer until the thousand years And then we we get the here's how you know, it's also still a thousand years. I'm sorry I've got to say on this how you know, it's it's actually a Literal thousand years or I think what could be a good key is that you have the definite article that's referring to what it's speaking of The thousand years the one i'm speaking of Ta Killia eche, which is the thousand years. But anyway, I digress We're completed. So when when these thousands were completed at the end of the thousand so there's a completion to the thousand years I'm sorry. That was not your question spider monkey. Anyway, after these things after what things the thousand years I'm sorry. Uh, he must be released for a short time. Now here is where it's vague in terms of time This word right here micron, which is a short time small little where we have the word micro micron microscopic so Now he must be released for a short time. Now here comes spider monkey's question Then I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them The question is who's the them will come back to the who the them is in a second And I saw the souls now here is a different set of people so It's not a contrast, but I guess you can take it as a contrast But it's a separate this is a separate set of people than verse than the first part of verse 4 And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded Because of their testimony of jesus and because of the word of god And those who had not now this is the part of this is a long participle And those who had not worked with beaks or his image and had not received the mark on their forehead And on their hand and they came to life and reigned with christ for a thousand years. So that part right there That is one long Participle phrase And they came to life who came to life. Well, these people who had been beheaded You also have those that had made it through The tribulation.  I am not hating on. I'm I'm ill. I'm not I just listen If if if we're going to be so la scriptura Dog on it. Let's be so scriptura. But to your point spider monkey Those are different the the people who who are being spoken of let's go to where am I speaking? Dog on it That need Okay, hold on. Oh the they Let's go to revelation 3 21. And so we can see who the they are that pop up Notice what he says. Let's start in verse 20. Behold, I sent the door and not If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come to end to him and will dine with him and he with me He overcomes the overcoming ones I will grant to him to sit down with me on my throne as I also overcame and sat down on my father On his throne now. He's speaking of what is going to be happening in the end And so all of those overcomers are the theys Okay, but then the contrast so to your point. Yes So those people that are the beheaded ones, those are different The overcomers aren't the same as those that have been beheaded. They overcame also They just lost their life Literally in the process. So there you go The next question Was if I can pull it up Michael yearwood What does the bible mean by a dog returns to his vomit in light of one saved always save and I believe you're referring to That first Peter first one of the peters first Peter. I think it's first Peter If I can type it right, I think it's the first Peter two Or is it one? I'll figure it out. I'll figure it out. I think it's 220. Maybe that's what it is Uh, no Where's the second Peter? What passage is this guys? What passage is it? I know it's one of the peters Second Peter Yeah, there it is. There it is. There it is And verse 22 is what he's alluding to and it happened to them according to a true proverb A dog returns to its own vomit. Well, that's letting you know who the person is or the people are that return to their vomit They're dogs. They're not believers. They're never called. They're never considered believers or A sow after washing returns to wallowing in the mire. This is not a person who was a believer remember All the pet we don't have a passage of someone actually believing Being a believing one We don't have that where we know definitively that this person was a believer and left You would think that that would be the case if that's what the bible is trying to get us understand There are those these people who are believing have the holy spirit of them and then left You would think the bible would be a little bit more Open and more clear about that but we don't see that in the bible So there is no such thing as someone losing their salvation and he's telling you who these people are though They might look like christians. They might sound like christians. Uh, they say all the christian things to say But they're not what are they in reality dogs and they will return to their vomit Uh, and the last one will be Chadwick grant In john 514 was jesus saying that sin was the cause of the man's sickness or was he warning him?  So the question is here's the question Can sin? Cause sickness. Well, sure Sin can cause a lot of different things Is it to say that everyone that's sick though? They're sick because of sin. No, that's not no. That's not the case at all either Remember the person that jesus heals of his blindness He was he was born that way why so that god can show his power in him So there are those that can that can get sick that can die a lot of the things that can happen and it's not because of sin but sin can bring about sickness But notice what that happened what it says though. It says that so that nothing worse put it back on the spring so that nothing worse In order that not and the worse to you Uh, nothing can become or happened Well, it's not necessarily that it's be a sickness also that will come the person was healed and so now Uh, does that mean if they go back to sin, they'll be that they'll receive sickness again? No, they could just be killed or they could just be thrown in jail or they can be persecuted in other sorts of ways so Uh, we don't want to say that that that sin brings about sickness and that sickness is a result of sin But they but sin can bring sickness sin can bring a lot of other Uh, what's the word a lot of other circumstances? Just like, uh, ghaazi in the old testament his sin led to him having and his family having leprosy so All right. Now what I'm going to do is I am going to go through here and mark some of the questions Now as always guys, I am not going to be able to get through all of these questions Uh, I'll do my best I'll do my best I can see when people give me a thumbs up or thumbs down. I said, I'm not going to be able to go through all these All of these questions and I got a thumbs down I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Maybe it's not what it's for. Maybe the thumbs down was for something else Maybe Maybe somebody who has who has hair and doesn't like the fact that I have mastered life without hair. Maybe that's what it is Okay, I'm just marking some of these questions so we can go ahead and move Uh, by the way, make sure guys that you put a gigantic cue in front of these so I can so I can get them by the way Uh, I I received a a text today I received a text today and Jay j mick j mac j mick So studying why sol tried to kill david. Well dog on it j mick j mick j mc We just literally covered this stuff in the uh In the saturday morning bibles, so I would say this go back to the bible studies the last few as a matter of fact And we cover those we cover what was going on what god was trying to do through sol What god was trying to do samuel what god was trying to do through david and the whole point and purpose of all that He was doing so All right, let me that being stated. Let me go ahead and Mark a few more and jump in but anyway, I got a text today They got a text today from from from jesson peters. He's he's He saw a picture of me He saw a picture of me and I'm going to use this picture I think this was this this would be a wonderful picture to use He got a picture of me while I was at the dallas mass uh deliverance I thought it was I thought it was cool. Let me put on the screen. This is me Uh, oh, this is me enjoying myself at the dallas mass deliverance. This is me really, uh exemplifying what every christian Who understands or has a bible should feel like when you're in the middle of one of these mass deliverances This is that's that's me.  So I saw that and I just I absolutely I haven't seen that before. I know they kind of panned the crowd Uh, quite a few times but to see that. Yeah, that that's me. That's my I think that pretty much sums up the whole the whole feeling of Me at the mass deliverance that was that and again that was What Eight hours nine. I don't remember how many hours it was. It was a lot of hours a lot of hours So anyway, that being the case, let me go ahead and start jumping into questions. They are already marked I will let me let me get to as many as I can get to starting off Ron the servant says any new good reading recommendations No No, um You know what I am doing though and so I might you might you might be better off asking me that me that question Uh, probably in a week or two. The reason why is because The software that you guys see me on right now this software this is Uh Accordance someone's going to ask a question. This is a cordon software But I also have logos most of my study material is actually on logos I got a lot. I got a lot of language material on on accordance But a lot of my study material is on logos. The problem is I'm not all that versed in how to use it as a matter of fact Alan parr and the guy from logos actually hosted this little Training deal, you know, let me go ahead and let me go ahead and do it Um, and so I went ahead and he had actually given me Um access to his to his his training thing And so I I I've had it but I just haven't used it And so I said, you know, this is gonna be a good kick in the butt to kind of get me to start Using this thing. It's a lot. It's a lot of good stuff a lot of good material Here I am. I'm doing my my sermon. They have a sermon builder. I've never used it. I said, well, honey I could use a sermon builder, but I don't know how to use it. So I can't use it now Because I need to learn this thing. So in about a week or so I will understand more and I got a ton of books on this thing. And so maybe I'll see some stuff on there and I might start reading. So Uh, I've heard you say you're not a cessationist, but what do you consider yourself? That is a good question I consider myself Bald and lovely. No, I'm kidding. I consider myself to be what I would what the bible I think would hope for all us all of us to be that is a biblical continuationist meaning this And it may it may look as though in practicality that I am a cessationist I'm not my wife and I we've had this conversation before well, Cory, are you because it seems like sometimes you say it It seems like you're a cessationist. I'm not a cessationist. I'm not Problem is or no, we were talking about tongues. We were talking about tongues Uh, I'm not against tongues. I'm not listen ladies and gentlemen. I am not against tongues at all Not against tongues at all. Nope. I'm not. I'm sorry push the wrong thing Not against tongues not against any any outward manifestation of the spirit So Oh, I will I will chess. I will I will I'm going to read it. I'm going to get it But there's there's a the computers put it in order. So I'm going to get to them I'm not against tongues I'm not against prophecy I'm not against Healing I'm not against any of those things. I promise you I am not what I am against is anyone manufacturing Something contriving something that is not biblical and then calling it the holy spirit The bible gives us descriptions of what the holy spirit is and oh by the way I think there's a fundamental misunderstanding of what the gifts are The bible doesn't even call them spiritual gifts There's one time in the bible where it puts the phrase together spiritual gifts only one time in the bible But when we start reading the spiritual gifts, it's not called spiritual gifts Really the best we can hope for it that it's called is or the best we can see is called Numitikon the things of the spirit spiritual things What does that mean that what that really is is the spirit moving the spirit moves as he wills And so you do not you do not go after or seek any particular gifts He does say but uh desire it seems like he says desire prophecy That is not what he's saying at all to go and desire so don't seek after spiritual gifts But seek after this spiritual gift That's a contradiction right in that verse. So he could not mean that what it is He's saying desire them in order that you would Prophecy in order and not and not the gift of prophecy, but the meaning of it, which is to give a revelation What is the whole point and purpose of us as believers to bring about a revelation to the rest of society So that our light can can can shine and people will therefore glorify god in every spiritual gift thing So now me as not a cessationist, but a biblical continuationist I believe that however god wants to move and it's always up to him So if the lord all of a sudden causes me to start speaking in a language Then that's him. I have no control over that if I did then it would be up to me would be my will I don't know why Charismatics or continuations don't get this point If it were me speaking in tongues if it were me Prophecy or laying on hands that would be my will Why don't we read the bible the bible says it's as he wills He the first time that we see tongues. It was as he gave utterance not them And it wasn't some goofy. Uh, let me I'm doing my prayer language out in public No, the bible never calls a prayer language. No, no, no language of angels No tongues of angels and so we need to stop that. So what I am is I'm going to stick by the scriptures And so if if someone is being healed because someone touched them Amen, even if they touched them with a scalpel If they touched him with some sort of medical uh procedure God does the healing amen so I'm not I'm not a cessationist because I believe that god can still move as a matter of fact There are prophets and prophecies Future foretelling prophecies that are left to come that we know of because revelation tells us They're going to be at least these two prophets going to show up and prophecies are going to be given So that part hadn't been done away with Is there a pause in but we also need to remember that Throughout the bible we haven't seen a whole lot of signs and wonders at the hands of people We see them in different stages for certain reasons But it's not like the majority of people have those things and then even then We see that even the apostles themselves Could not utilize the the spirit to work in certain ways on command It's as the spirit moves. Amen. So that's what I am. I am a biblical continuations meaning that I believe that when the spirit moves He'll move. I don't have to because here's the thing And I heard something. I'm gonna I'm gonna steal it too I'm gonna steal it because someone used this and just misunderstood it the whole way Justin Peters made a statement where he said that If if the gifts were in effect today Then there'd be no debate now the point he's trying to make and and folks missed it I thought it was a clear point that I've said it before if there's a legitimate move of the spirit Everyone will know it How do I know because every time in the bible and I mean every time in the bible There was a legitimate move of the spirit and people were supposed to see it They saw it believers and non-believers and there was no debate about it Matter of fact, even his non even his haters the non-believers also said we can't deny that something has occurred So when I see it, we'll know it and there won't be a debate An actual demon being cast out When a demon was cast out in the bible the people who weren't even believers knew that person had a demon When someone was healed even the non-believers knew there was a healing so Anyway, let me go back to the to the questions And it just so happens chest champ that his question is next The 2nd Timothy 2 13 proved that a christian can stop believing in the gospel for salvation The implication is that if that happens they can deny christ is god be a muslim and still be a believer So let's go to it. Query courting 2nd Timothy 2 13 Okay, I see I see your point Matter of fact, let's kind of keep it in context. Let's go to Verse 8 remember Jesus christ risen from a dead descendant of david according to my gospel for which I suffered hardship Even to imprisonment as a criminal But the word of god is not in prison for this reason. I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen For the sake of those who are chosen All right the elect So that they also may obtain salvation which is in christ jesus and with it eternal glory It is a trustworthy statement for if we died with him We will also live if we endure we will also reign with him if we deny him He also will deny us if we are faithless He remains faithful for he cannot deny himself So the question is can that be used in some sort of way to kind of port? Eternal security does it does it disprove or prove it? The his point is neither is neither and and it can't be stated that this is to show that You can lose it because of this You said let me read the latter part of what you said the latter portion But you said the implications is that if that happens they can deny christ is god Be a muslim and still be believer no If a person is faithless He remains faithful now this can be taken a couple ways If a person is faithless Faithless may mean it could mean that someone is faithless in terms of i'm safe I place my faith in christ, but how I live It's as though you have no faith in other words I'm not I don't trust him like I should and everything and truth. Let's just be honest truth be told A lot of us will have to say i'm guilty bad at times I trust him for my salvation But there are things that are happening in my life that i'm just not sure he's going to deliver me from but he's going to Take me out. He's gonna keep i'm i'm i'm i'm concerned god i'm worried Has that person lost her salvation? No So it could mean that or it could mean That if he's faithless doesn't matter if the person is faithful I mean faithless you don't have faith doesn't matter. He is doesn't mean that person It's not also to say that person is going to be safe either so Because it says that in that same vein he says if we deny him He also deny us if we endure we will also reign so he's just throwing out things But his whole point is to speak about God Who he is remind them of these things and solemnly charge them in the presence of god Not to wrangle about words, which is useless to lead to the ruin of the hears By the way, I heard someone say this and I thought this was just a horrible take On this path. I think it was the day as a matter of fact where someone said we shouldn't worry too much about the words The Hebrew the Greek just the words that's not that's not false point here. False point is you get into these these fruitless conversations about words and if i'm trying to talk about words Words have meaning and a person is not willing to listen. Well, then I'm going to have that particular conversation Wrangle about words, which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hears be doesn't present yourself approved as To god so he's speaking to the believer Understanding that they are believers But his point is that even if a person is this way god is still that way. That's that's his whole point Okay, let me see Do you believe Jesus is the word of god and also the word which was already present at the very beginning pretty sure Yes, he was the he was He's the word of god now I should have a bible here so I can actually I've got two of them one two I've got two behind three behind me I should have it here so I can just use my analogy. He's not the words the pages. That's not him But he is he is the word of god that's spoken in john one and he was in the beginning In genesis one So, yes, I do I do agree with that Okay, uh, she festo. Oh I was reading it wrong. I was saying she festo of sinners. So chief of Chiefest of sinners. Okay I gotta slow down my reading. Why is it that christians argue like jesus needs a yes man Matthew 2653 and could this not be a stumbling block for unbelievers. Matthew 2653. Let's go to it Or do you think? Yeah, or do you think that I cannot appeal to my father and he will uh at once put a disposal At my disposal more than 12 legions of angels How then will the scripture be fulfilled wishes to say, okay? So you're asking since jesus has the ability to call on Whomever he wants to call or call on these angels to defend him Then we should we sure we should here's the reason why because we're told to we are told to one content for the faith Jude tells us that paul says that we should do the exact same thing as a matter of fact paul says to expose Uh, the deeds of darkness We are to peter says to give a defense to the hope that we have innocence So our job our job is to do just that the reason is because we are the ones uh, we are We are the ones that god is using god is using us as the mouth. He's remember he says How shall they hear now? He's speaking of the jews, but the same Applies for us. How shall they hear without us without a preacher?  So someone's gonna have to reprove That's not a nice thing to do to try to reprove somebody or something to rebuke someone. That's certainly not a nice thing Um to exhort that can be nice with all long suffering great patience So you don't do it just one time core you've covered that once you've dealt with this person one time Why not leave it alone because he says do it with all long suffering that means keep doing it If there if there's a if there's a continual violator of something, please don't stop You if you get arrested once you can get arrested twice We can keep putting you back in jail. We can keep sight siding you and so that's our job He he is he's called us to do so now because it's truth be told How often will we laud our family members your son your daughter goes off and does something you You're gonna brag about them and so I most certainly will I boast as paul says about our god Judges 6 14 is the angel is that the angel guy? Let's see Judges 6 14 Okay, uh, let's see So your your question is is the angel is the angel of god Yeah The angel of god is is god is the lord the angel the lord the angel of god the lord god I am They're god. That's god. They're god. I mean I didn't mean to say it like that but All of those titles all of those names are god Verse 14 says the lord looked at him and said go and go in this your strength and deliver israel From the hand of midian. Have I not sent you? Yeah Let's see And by the way, we know this is him This is the angel of god. This is god. This is the lord thanks to the lord Because verse 12 says and the angel of the lord appeared to him To him and said to him the lord is with you o value warrior Then gideon said oh my lord if the lord is with us And now he makes sure that he knows that he's a lord verse 14 The lord the lord looked at him. So the angel of the lord is called the lord and then gideon actually realizes Wait, whoa, whoa, this is the lord so uh There's there's more to put on this, but I don't I don't want to spend too much time I want to get some of these other questions But yeah, the the short answer that is god that is the angel of the lord that is the angel god that is god That's a free incarnate christ Please Go in detail what is meant by we are made in god's image in the hebrew Well, I can't go in too much detail because I don't want to spend too much time But I think I'll be able to say something that will suffice Genesis Here we have And let us make man in our image according to our likeness these two words We'll let's do with the like this part the likeness refers to the function form refer The word image this word here, uh, slam, which is image Deals more with the form of god and I don't mean when I say the form I do not mean the physical form of god because we are certainly not like that Some people take it to mean that well If we are made in his image, then we must we must look like him or he must look like us we he has two arms Two eyes No, no The the other part likeness is his function To be kind of unified is the goal just like they are just like and I said they use in plural because it was used here The plurality the fathers and the holy spirit They are unified they are together to be as one and so Made in our image according to his form meaning as a spiritually We operate differently than other animals do The bible doesn't really speak about matter of fact it doesn't speak about shouldn't say really but the bible doesn't speak about the soul of an animal How they're made spiritually we have no idea because it doesn't tell us we are certainly not the same as angels And so we are different And so it would have to be said that our difference Is closer to the likeness of god than let's say even angels are we are more like in terms of how we're created more like God than even the angels are because the bible doesn't tell us if they are didn't tell us That angels are made in the image of god and tell us that and so That's really what it means Not that we look or resemble anything like him physically at all. Amen Okay, okay, what? Okay, hold on. This is goofy. Let me just say that variable. What what do you mean? We'll save people all be together in heaven if so, I hope not can I ask your question? I I want to answer this question Why why don't you hope not? Why is it? Why do you hope not? Who is it that that's saved that might be saved or you're hoping maybe you're hoping not to be saved that you don't want to be around What what I'm I'm confused. I'm confused. So Please please please Barry What in the world are you talking about? No, I haven't skipped your question shining rivers. I'm ignoring your question now. I'm I'm I'm deleting your No, I haven't skipped. I haven't skipped your question Let me even see if I even saw your question. Nope. I haven't seen you question yet.  So sometimes I just Can't see all the questions y'all forgive me, please You all forgive me. I'm gonna answer that question too. See you. That's a good question His name is his name is Brandon I only want to be in heaven with safe people who I would have like that. Okay. All right, Barry I'm not I promise you Barry. I'm not being mean. I promise you.  I got to I I've got to ask a question First of all, what makes you think that someone wants to be around you in heaven First only safe people are going to be in heaven They will be better versions of themselves in heaven. Why because they will have glorified body The sin nature will be gone all the idiosyncrasies the the simple things just gone Just just just they won't be there. So Barry You don't want to be in heaven with people who are who will behave likes come. Well, that's all of us That's that's all of us Barry including you including you your best day.    All right. Continue on. Let's go back to it My ball hit brother van says If this isn't losing salvation, what does it mean? Okay, revelation 2219 Revelation 29 this is about the tree Revelation 2219 This is about people not having their their names taken out of a book of life But it's the tree of life and all intense purpose is the same thing the difference is there's one huge difference Let's put on the screen Now in some versions would say a book of life Especially those who hold to it by the way, this is there are those that would hold to king james version only The king james version is a wonderful version wonderful version as a matter of fact new king james version Just as what the exact the exact same text. It's the same text just in a more modern english translation So whether you like the king james version If you if you like the new if you like the king james version But you don't like the new king james version something's wrong something's off Because it's literally the way you speak you don't speak like the king james version You speak like the new king james version the same Greek texts are used for the new king james version But that being the case If someone were to say that the king james version is the superior pure Perfect word from god stop it right now Because here's a text that will show that's not the case In revelation 2219 the king james version will say and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy God will take away his part from the and the king james version will say the book of life But in this case the the actual translation. There's no doubt about it is the tree of life So that is an error that is in the king james version Does that mean the king james version? No good. No the king james version is fine wonderful Just just as good as any other but any other translation we have just as good as any asb any esb or what have you But what does it mean though? The reason why it's important to note that it's not the book of life because someone will say well Now that person's been taken out of the book of life And I thought we were saying that you couldn't be blotted out of no because so it's not the book of life But the tree of life now if you're if you're not in the tree of life either you can't live forever So the the person who was in the whose part is in the tree of life And from the holy city which are written in this book. This is a person that is going to die Now it can be taken that this is that this is meaning for all eternity Which is how I take it which means the person was never saved We don't have we don't have to say that a person was saved because notice this hasn't happened yet This is John making a statement that if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this Tao taste this particular prophecy The king james i'm the king i got king james version from the from the book of revelation If you take away from this Then he will remove you will not have a place in the tree of life Okay, now is that this is that to say that the person actually Was ever ever had a part in it? No, not necessarily No, just said that you won't have that you won't have you won't have a place in the tree of life Meaning you're not going to be saved And it shouldn't be taken up that they were ever saved because again With the other many passages that we have that person was never saved to begin with We can't find a password person was clearly saved and then lost but that's a good question though Um Whether it be the book or the tree you're still not going to be saved Uh, but the book part is say we use it to say that they were once in the book and in their name We plot it out. They're taking out. So that's not the case Okay How can I know i'm going to happen? Did you place your faith in christ? Do you believe that he died on the cross for your sins? Do you believe that you needed someone to die on the cross for your sins? Do you believe that you are sinful? Do you believe that you deserve hell?   I can't imagine a person to watch this channel and not be saved I'm i'm kidding. I i'm i'm so kidding I'm kidding some of Yes, I will uh bernard. I'll get to your question. I'll I'll get to your question just a little bit I'm sorry somebody's gonna get me for that anyway Tips on overcoming depression philippians 4 just read philippians 4 Uh, whatever thing is not whatever things are good. Whatever thing is good. No, but just think about jesus Now here's a good way to overcome depression As I said and by the way dog on my sermon got cut off I would say this Think about what think about what you're depressed about Think about all the other this won't sound kind of counterintuitive But think about all the other things that you have reason to be depressed about you don't understand quarry This bad things happen and that's happened and that's happened and that's happened list them all List all the bad things that's happened And then all you've simply done is listed all of god's accomplishments in your life All the things that he has delivered you out of he will deliver you out of And he will deliver you out of all of those things such as that he has He has delivered you from everything and so whatever it is you're going through now Whatever it is you're depressed about now or that might be bringing you down Have you considered that god is even allowing that so since you haven't not not you but maybe you and others If you haven't learned your lesson to praise him yet, then fine. I'll give you some more reasons to praise me I'll give you some more examples As I said before check the record check the record of all that I've done in your life You still don't believe he will find how about I I demonstrate some more things How about as god could probably say I can show you apparently God will have to show you better than he can tell you because some of us Hardheaded we don't get it yet. God. I know what you did for me last week I know what you did for me a month ago I know it and like children what we do you never delivered me out of anything lord You never protect me lord. I've been protecting you all my life all your life I should say I all I've ever done would show up and sometimes We we we fail at checking the record.  Hold up. Hold up. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second Stop the presses You just okay. Where do you okay? You got a channel If you have a channel, I put that in it put the the put the link in so I can go ahead and and pop it I don't you had a channel. I didn't know you I want to hear you preach So yeah, put put that put that in the deal so we can so we can go see amen Also while I'm thinking of it guys make sure you also go check out my brother the love agenda Go check out him as well. Check out his channel. Good brother as well All right, let me go back to yes. Check the check the record. Check the record. Check the record Let's go back and answer some more questions. Okay Why do people say People didn't listen to Noah to get in the arc then I'm sorry winning the text in gen 6 7 doesn't express I should say what do you mean? Okay, let me see if I can see what you're talking about Are you asking for the entirety of all of chapter 6 chapter 7? Uh, did people get into the boat? Well, obviously no, uh, did they ask to get in? At the end it was too late. I'm not sure I'm not understanding your question though Can you do in favor of divante? Can you ask either ask a different question or ask another or ask that same question differently? What kind of camera am I using and streaming software? I'm using some sony camera and and and You guys can't Maybe you can see it It's behind me the lens that's supposed to be on that thing. I don't even have it on it I should have I should put the lens on there. The lens is actually a pretty good lens too Um, but some sony a something. I don't know what it is. But also the oh the streaming software that I use is Ecamp If you're gonna do live streaming, I think you ought to use ecamp. I think you ought to use ecamp Do I think kane is still alive? You mean you mean it's like in heaven But do I think he's alive walking? He's not alive walking the earth. That's for sure. And do I think that he's in I think he went to heaven. No No, I don't I don't think he did Okay, let me go find shinning rivers question. I just marked. Did I skip shinning rivers question? Let me go find it How are we to rejoice in suffering that God allows? I know we are to rejoice in our suffering because we share in christ's suffering But how do we say with a genuine heart? Thank you lord It's not so much. You're saying thank you for the suffering It's that you're saying thank you bringing me through the suffering. I'm kept. Let me ask you a question Let me ask you guys a question all of you wonderful awesome people even you people with hair Let me ask you guys a question While you're suffering Is there something on top of the suffering that could make it worse? Maybe even make it unbearable I think probably so I think there's probably some things that you could probably Imagine and think about that would make whatever the suffering is that you're going through make it even more unbearable When I was at my worst that was suffering but What what got me through or what helped me was one Thinking it could be worse It could be worse. There's a lot more happening And man, it could be worse And so To live as christ, that's for christ to die is gain. So me dying that would be to gain that would be my my benefit to go to be with him But to live that's for christ Meaning that's how he uses you even through the suffering you are going to suffer How so? Don't know Some are going to suffer differently and sometimes we might even try to measure the degrees of suffering This person's suffering more than I am or I'm or I've got it worse than that person We think sometimes we think that some things are adding ain't too bad What are you crying for no no big deal and something lord? That's that's hard some things That a woman can go through that some men can't go through and vice versa The issue is though who has you I remember being put this way kind of a portrait of What peace is what peace and what joy is? and the and the painter painted a painting Duh He painted a drawing he painted a painting There was a storm And as as much as he could depict in the painting Uh a lot you can't really show the wind but he could show the you could see the wind and the lightning it just looked you could see the rain coming down and In this the cleft the the wind was beating down at the edge of this the sea and some rocks at the edge of it and Tuck inside the edge of it was a bird singing In the midst of the storm just singing And so we want to do our best to god thank you that you have me here That you see that there's a purpose that can be served. I'm yours. I know I'm yours And so thank you for having me to display you in me through my suffering Because I know that's what you want to do I know that's what you wanted because you said that's what you want to do And you want to if I can magnify you in my suffering Is that an opportunity for I don't know greater rewards. I don't know is that an opportunity to magnify you more certainly Think about the people have you met someone that seems to be suffering a lot more than you But are taking it even more in stride than you are And I wish I had that well now here's your chance And so while you're going through that you still the focus has still got to be on him How many how many people is god giving you the opportunity to Bring to him Share his word and that just resonates with him Because of what you're going through You might have a physical ability Disability you might have something going on financially Something that's happened with your family All these different things and for them to see you which are with your head up smiling praising him If that person can do it then so can I so what does he mean in some senses let your light shine Well, that's it That's it. So it's hard. I wouldn't I'm not gonna say that you're going through all these different things Everyone in the world's left you and so forth and I'm not gonna say it's not hard. It is hard But in cases like this is why you need family To just remind you of how good it is and this is why you need to be Constantly feeling yourself with his word because when you do that It's just easier to look past what you're going through. Amen. Alrighty, let's see Moving on down the road if you haven't seen the leos wonderful I'm coming to you next bj after this one. Let's see What's the tide may specifically for the uh, the Levi the tide was made but there was certain There was different uses for the tide now by the way The tide did not just have to be for the Levi's but for israel The mains the two specific purposes was for the house of god the storehouse of god to have For the for the common good of everyone and also for the Levi's they didn't have a land Remember when the kingdom was divided between two and you had those in the northern kingdom and judah Where were the Levi's well, they were in the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom They didn't have their own land and so we were to provide we were they were to provide for Them as well But also so that the house of god could have as well Could have things so when someone needs that everyone could have something in kind of that's what would malachi three is speaking about But that's it. But now going forward by the way, and you could pay a tithe to someone else It wasn't it you you could pay. I mean a tithe is simply a tenth Melchizedek got a got a tithe Was he commanded to not that we know of but Abraham just gave it to what why out of gratitude? Yes, I guess For appreciation. Yes. Was that Jesus could be could be not I won't go into that right now But the point is There is no tithe today. That's the main thing. So All right, continue now go to bj. Let's see Find this question Well, I see one question says brian chess. Will you ever show your face? I know that's not the question you're asking If you if you ever see chess chap, I would say that that he kind of looks like his voice But you don't know you guys don't know what his voice looks like but Does he look like the the? Chess champ either rightly or wrongly has a reputation to be a little tough, which is which is fine I don't he doesn't mind it at all He does not look like his reputation then if that's the case So let me just say that He does have too much hair though. I will also say that as well if I invest in an ATM. Where should I put it? Oh, well shoot. If you want to invest in ATM, then put it at a at a uh, deliverance ministers church You get use of that bad boy. You will get use of that bad boy That's your question. That's your question No, it doesn't know it doesn't reggie that that's a question Well, I know the people who I was who I love my loved ones and so forth when I get to heaven We don't I don't know I don't know that you will or won't there's no way to say that No, we won't know any of them or we will know them. I have there's no way to know I'm going to assume though. I'm going to assume that that you will Know them and recognize them. There are some folks that say that I don't think that you're going to know the people who who died Because how painful will that be to know that Mama didn't make it or grandpa didn't make it or my friend or the you know, that that would be hard, right? But I don't think we're going to be oblivious. We'll know we will know that people did not make it to heaven we'll know that And so I don't I don't think we're going to be oblivious I think there will be a such a state though that it won't bother us because it is what it is We won't maybe this is just me just imagining things Maybe we'll be uh, we'll recognize that even the person that's not physically Our relative or someone that we cared about We won't care any we won't care any more for them than we will for all the other folks All the other saints are in heaven. I don't know You know, I don't know. I'm just I'm just I'm throwing out stuff I have I have no idea but the point is the bible didn't tell us the bible didn't tell us if we'll recognize or not recognize what sort of If we'll have if we'll remember that this was my neighbor. This is my cousin, but I would imagine we would I don't know I don't know I got you. I I got you qwerty qwerty. I got you. I will get there celebrating Christmas And we're gonna we're gonna cover this too this whole issue about uh Christmas and the whole issue about pagan holidays and Can I just tell you guys this? Let me just say this Let me drink some I got a drink some coffee for this guys And I'm gonna take my multi vitamin 2 I'm gonna take these awful tasting awful smelling Gummy multi as if if they're because they're gummy they're better, right? I'm gonna make somebody mad Don't care though. I do care I do care I don't want you to be mad But please stop calling all these days pagan holidays Which pagan holiday is christmas? Did someone tell me so I so we can go ahead and debunk this right now. What's the pagan holiday? Stop it. Do y'all realize that every day is literally A pagan holiday Some pagan holiday Occurred on every day And the things that we talk about the the christmas tree the candy cane All the the gift giving they don't date back as far as you think they do They really don't the oldest of them dates back to the 18th century. They're not pagan holidays now So now your argument's got to be well, is it wrong to Set aside a day and to think about Or to or have it in reverence of this or that this is nothing wrong with that at all There's nothing wrong. The bible does not speak against it The bible doesn't doesn't say that and oh by the way, there were feast days and holidays in the bible Now do we hold any of those days above? Anybody else? No, there's no day that's more special than the other day and so Celebrating christmas, which guess what I am you had a problem with that fine fine I know you guys Here's what I here's what I do know As far as I know as far as I know people that uh, don't celebrate christmas And I know plenty of them. I've never seen them give a gift back Never never seen him give a gift back I'll never forget this we were in prison and the muslims had a problem with christmas But in christmas, I mean in prison they gave these these christmas bags These bags with all these goodies and stuff like that And they had cookies they had cakes they had some drinks they had cocoa mix and and stuff that it makes want and the atheist the pagans the The muslim These big christmas bags they never they never turned them down I never saw a person turn them down. I saw one muslim eating they had these christmas cookies The cookies had christmas trees and Santa Claus and reindeer and they was eating It's like the irony you hate christmas, but you're sitting there eating christmas cookies so The issue is It's not a sin It's not the bible doesn't speak against it so I'm gonna we are going to we celebrate christmas We know the whole point of it Is just thinking about the fact that he our savior did come in the form of a man Now was it on the 25th don't know Don't know that it was Don't know that it's not no one can say that he was he definitely was not born on December 25th Just like you can't say that he definitely was born. We don't know. We have no idea And by the way, there's a reason why we had that date December 25th. We'll cover that in the future We'll also talk about There's a there's a Oh god, has anyone ever seen the movie? It's a it's a little documentary type movie Um, I think it's called star bethlehem or starting star bethlehem And he's a lawyer, but he becomes an astronomer Because he wants to know what is this shooting star this this star this movie? um And and in doing so it he he goes and investigates and he goes to this to this, um What do you call it? He looks up where you can see what the position of the stars As it relates to us how they work every day and you can go back as many days as you want to And so what was happening? Uh, I what was happening at the time that the wise man Were walking what was that they saw because stars don't generally move and then stop And so they just so he describes where they were what was happening in the in the stars in the solar system That caused what what did they actually see that moved as such an arc and got to a point that it stopped It didn't stop it just was going away from them and it looked like it stopped and then kind of went down so He goes over all that stuff now. Is that actually what happened? I don't know, but it's That's some actual scientific evidence that kind of points to something that that was happening There as well because we also know that even in the bible the bible talks about Celestial bodies talks about pleases and talks about Uh, uh, ryan been calling Ryan but talks about that right? And he is the one god is the one in genesis that says that he gave us gave us the stars And the sun and the moon so before he gave us those things these other stars all those Stars that you see out there. What are they for the bible says he gave those gave those to us as for signs and for seasons You know what signs could possibly well, maybe that's one of them so Something was happening around about that time. That's for sure. When did it happen? When did he die? I don't know December cooks it. So do you charge for questions now? Cory? No, I do not. No, I do not Let me explain that fact. This is a good time to answer this to cover this People can give a a super chat or sticker. What have you The overwhelming majority of those that would give a super chat or super sticker Don't ask for anything. Don't even ask questions. They just do thank you. Great. I appreciate that If a person does so and they ask a question, I'm going to answer the question But here's kind of what I do If one person gives I don't know if y'all if y'all seen this I didn't want to tell you guys this because I didn't want to kind of give my secret away But if if let's say one person gives Uh, and then they put and they you know, they uh-oh They donate something and they have a question And I'll answer that question But you know what I'm also going to do if I if I answer a super chat or a super chat with a question I've already determined that I'm going to answer Some more Questions that have that that no one gave right? So someone gives Uh, let's say 10 people give 10 people give there's one day I'll never forget I said, okay So there's a lot of folks that were asking questions this one particular day and okay You want to you want to you know be mindful that someone took the time to go in their pocket And ask I'll get this question monkey moves go in their pocket and and ask a question. Okay, fine I'll answer the question But I don't want to just answer just those there are some folks that only talk to the people that give super chat I don't want to do that And so there's one particular day. They were like 10 or 15 10 maybe so 15 super chats with questions And so I was going to answer at least two questions That were not super chat related to theirs And oh, we were here for a long. I mean we were here for a long time We I was tired The modder was like hey go home core. No Because I don't want people who don't give if they can't give or don't want to give To feel like you have to give to get a question asked. It's not why I do this I don't do it because I want you to give No No, uh, we we there are times when people do give time people don't give it It's it's not an issue with me. It really I promise you guys It's not an issue if a person gives or doesn't give I'm not going to answer Um, any more questions than if a person gives or any less questions So, uh, so no you don't have to give to get your questions answered So and the more there was one guy who was just kept giving and giving and giving and I didn't answer answer one of his questions Because I can't let you Mon monopolize monopolize. Yeah monopolize or manipulate the time because you're given I can't I can't do that either So anyway Alrighty And by the way, there's an order that's already put into the that's put in to where if a person gives Gives they're not next in line So, okay. What did you say? Um, I think I had do I have is Wow, wait a second. I'm so you know what I thought I had is marked Okay, okay. Your question is What what are my thoughts on? New test and professor robert plumber robert plumber. Would you vouch for him? Um, I don't know anything about him. So I couldn't sorry. I don't know anything about the guy Uh Kai or an what is the basis for not playing instruments? There is none the basis and you see this Maybe well, let's say church of christ Now there are some church of christ that actually have instruments But uh, you don't see Them having instruments in and I'm there's more argumentation for them But There honestly, let me just say this. There is no basis. There is no scripture That tells us not to now we do even the bible see instruments being used Talked about we see in the new testament and in the old testament. So there really is no biblical basis to not To not have that There really is none if you want to if you want to have instruments Have instruments if you don't want if you want to sing acapella sing acapella if if you to not have microphones because the bible doesn't say don't have microphones and don't have microphones You wouldn't have microphones. If you want to have lights have lights. You want to have a podium have a podium Doon map you don't have choir ropes have choir ropes so There is no there is no biblical basis for it whatsoever. Amen I think I'm gonna do that. I think I'm going to do that one day because I Didn't have a pretty good background in it with money I Was a some you don't know I was a securities principle What does that mean Corey? Well a securities principle. I was the managing Principal of an investment firm. I keep pushing the wrong button stop doing that And so I was over an investment firm. So all of the things handling people's Accounts and so forth Investment planning State planning all those things so we kind of cover that looking at the different markets Look at the economies and so forth. So I was I did that I Have moved away from that because I don't want that's not me anymore But do I still know and understand it and are there some difficult principles that we should apply from the scriptures? Sure, and so maybe we should cover it I've been hesitant to do that because I don't want to make it look like oh there he is He's back at it again. He's he didn't learn his lesson And there's always gonna be somebody that wants to try to you know, I look at him He's this needs that or whatever again all the folks at a very and I'm not bothered by them because anyone that ever has a question or Charge about my charge or about my past I've said the same thing come talk to me. If not, then you ought to be quiet You know that you all know the one who just kept wanting to say something but The super tough guy would never call me. Oh, well fine, and then you get nothing answered You could literally come on on this on the live stream when I'm having won't be this Friday probably next Friday When I'm having the Friday live streams and people can come on Because I put the the link in the chat and I'm putting out there.  Listen Beating me in that kind of conversation. You're not gonna win So Anyway but I do need to go ahead and and Have one, but I want to be careful because I don't want to think you know thinking I he's talking about money again And so anyway, she's interest our Baptist church. I'm gonna go back to the question that I have mark Let me answer our Baptist churches generally good churches.  I don't know that there's More nuances in any one denomination than there are Baptist There's all types of Baptist and it seems like there's a new type of Baptist coming out or there's putting with another group of Baptist There's all sorts of Baptist Are they generally good church assure just like most churches? I'm gonna go out on them and say that most churches generally are good churches We hear about the bad churches and some of the larger churches can be some bad churches But there's some good large churches also So there there is no one you can't make the statement that Baptist are good or bad. They're just there It's a case-by-case basis so Anyway, could we talk through zoom? No, here's the reason why I don't have the time People have asked me can I talk to you through zoom? Can I do they people listen? Let me just say this also Let me America Stop trying to contact me through Facebook instant messenger. I am never gonna answer a Facebook instant messenger. I don't I don't do a whole lot. You know why? had a thousand two thousand whatever followers I had just thought on Facebook and grew and if y'all recall you all remember I even did it one Saturday morning where Facebook got hacked And how to get hacked through an instant messenger call Or through an instant message so I don't besides if I some people I just don't know and Could you imagine? I want you to think about this for a second Because people get bothered when I don't respond to a comment 1200 comments that have been given so far and I just put it on slow mode Which would have been a whole lot more? But I can't see all the comments and I can't even if I were to see all the comments I couldn't respond to all the comments. I can't respond to all the message chats I can't respond to all the comments that are on all the videos. It's I can't do it I cannot see or respond to all the emails. I can't see respond to all the Messages or tags on Facebook or messages on instant messenger. I need to do a better job though of Responding to those on on Facebook. I'm bad at that. I really bad at that but People get upset have been asking this question for the last six seven eight months. I haven't seen their question I'm sorry, so forgive me forgive me because could you imagine if I took time and answered all of those questions? I Would have no time for anything not my wife not my kids not for anything. I Can't do it. And so I'm not going to do zoom calls something as you But I just I just can't so the best bet is listen Reach out to me on email. I know it can be difficult But understand that I'm talking to a lot of different people And I'm also trying to just live my life and spend time with my kids and my grandkids By the way, I'm gonna have me a grandpa day Coming up real soon. Just me and all four my grandkids All for my grandkids and they are so different all four of them are different the two oldest of girls are two young boys The youngest boy is rough Cory is the youngest boy. He's rough.   They are girls. They are girliest girls can get the 12-year-old She is she's got a she's got a cell phone. She's probably on it right now. I know she's on it right now and That little that little 12-year-old about turn 13 year old attitude y'all and y'all had little girls Right below devil and demon and Saddam Hussein and Hitler all those right below those is a teenage girls attitude. Yep That's right there. It's what you got to deal with that and you got to deal with it gently so We have to deal with that That we see them all the time because they go to my wife's school. So anyway, get back to these questions Thank you and that I appreciate that. There's a super chat that she gave with no question Okay, most most superchats that are given don't have questions tied to him I And guys, I can't tell you how much I Love you guys how much I'm thankful for you guys Not for the super chat, but just the kind words Why do you have so many cowboy fans as mods? Well, here's why You want to help people up, you know, you want to help a person up It's kind of like the good Samaritan, you know, he goes by and sees his brother falling and beating so for you want to help him up That's what that's all that's all But by the way, this is a related story. Do you all know my my most memorable and really my worst Thanksgiving ever There was a I had a cat I Had a cat at the time and the cat was missing And I'm looking for her on Thanksgiving Can't find you know why you know, I can't find her to why I can't find her because my mother she wouldn't save at the time Went out with her friend went out with her friend and on her way back. She ran over the cat Ran over the cat. She didn't have the heart to tell me she ran over the cat. So I'm looking for Phi Phi Her name was Phi Phi. I'm looking for Phi Phi Couldn't find her. She didn't have the heart to tell me that she ran over the cat Why do I bring this up? Because at that time my wife my mother was a die-hard Cowboys fan Yep She's a die-hard cow. The reason why I got a problem with you Cowboys fans because she was like a lot of you Obnoxious cat not just a regular cow. Just hey, yeah, go team cow. No, no, no She was like in your face Cowboys.  Yeah, that's how she was That's how that's how she was And so nope could not stand Cowboys could not stand the Cowboys and you know grown up You were a Steelers fan, which I was at the point I was a 49ers fan and when the 49ers played the Cowboys the Cowboys were leading that game and that 81 championship game And she was rubbing in my face and then when I got a chance to rub in her face She threatened to give me a weapon. Yeah, so for as long as we're alive I'm gonna be on you Cowboys fans But listen, you guys are used to not having Success so it's not gonna bother you, right? Anyway Asked about McKenzie in my understanding who was no Kezadec You don't have to ask I'm broke. Sorry guys, you don't have to Don't do that. But who was no Kezadec don't know it doesn't say that he was actually Jesus if someone wants to make a case that he was the preacondite Christ, that's fine That's fine the hard part to make the case that he was he's called King of Salem and He seems to be an earthly King and the Lord is not raining was not raining in that capacity So I don't think that he was I think he's just a man And the Bible says that he was a man without Genealogy about father mother didn't mean that he didn't have one. That's that's it That's idiomatic to mean that we don't know who it was not stated That's not the point that he didn't have a mother father that is of any kind of report Repute someone that's special So that's why All right Thank you, Jeff of super chat Bernard says do you turn from sin to be saved or gradually after being saved? You turn from your sin As you're being saved while you're saved after you're saved Now you can turn from your sin as a Muslim As an atheist you can I don't want to say and I don't want to do the bad things in life You can try to live a good life But when we talk about turning from your sin our opinion life that as is is as a result of a new Spirit in you that's as a result of you having a new heart you have a new disposition and so therefore Therefore It can be progressive There's not a person in the Bible that you know that has turned Completely away from sin saved Jesus that he didn't turn away from he never had to begin with he was never a sinner So that so that been the case as Christians our heart compels us to not want to sin We fail sometimes sometimes we succeed we live life because it should bother you What you have turned away from is from sin being a desire From it being a thing in your life. I hate it. I can't stand it even when you do it It should be you should be bothered by So in that capacity in that was in that in that regard you do turn away from sin in terms of actual not sinning She's gonna be hard Don't be hard. Oh, I didn't read the whole one. Let me read the whole one. Let me read the whole one Let me read the whole one Trusting Jesus didn't turn from all your sins saved by trusting in the blood sacrifice Yours okay yours your salvation is as a result of you placing your faith in what Christ did on the cross His blood sacrifice you're not saved because you believe that Jesus is a son of God You're saved because you believe that he died The son of God died for your sins that he shed his blood That's what caused you to be saved and as a result of that then The sanctification process is kicking in Amen The only thing I would say Melvys is that even if you were to ask the Jews They'll tell you who they're not they don't believe in in Jesus Like we do but they'll tell you that the statement that had no beginning that that is a statement that is used as an Idiom that it doesn't refer to that. He literally didn't because it's just it's just a idiom of that day just like Prior to 26 so That doesn't necessarily mean that he did now again if he did then he's functioning in ways that we've never seen the son Operate he's he's got a kingdom really and he's got subjects on the earth No, this was an Indianapolis. No, okay No, we wouldn't Dallas chooses a Cowboys friend Cowboys fan in Indianapolis Back in those days in those days. We didn't have 47 or a thousand different channels You had ABC CBS NBC You have one little local station and then you had the you the UHF where you had we turn up the Channel 40 channel 50 what have you so we didn't have a lot of stations and so we got Two games a day one one on Sunday two on Sunday and then one night football and we couldn't wait to see the halftime highlights That's the only way we knew who won or who did what we didn't have a ticker wasn't scrolling across the bottom So we can know what the score was every two three four minutes Let's see. How can you explain Zechariah 13 to let's go to Zechariah 13 to take a few more questions It will come about in that day declares the Lord of Hosts that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land And they will no longer be remembered and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirits from the land So now is that to say that was your question? Does that prove that demon possession and prophecy is not for today? No, no, no, um, I Will cut off the names of idols from the land by the way, this hadn't happened yet. This hadn't happened yet What Zechariah speaking of is when Israel will be the Israel that God wants her to be Cut off the names of the idols from the land and they will no longer be remembered which that hadn't happened in Israel yet And I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirits of the land now this right here this unclean spirits This does mean uncleanness, but does it necessarily mean that these are Demons could be it could just be kind of how we are Um That had happened yet that hadn't happened yet And so could can I say that this is to prove that demon possession and prophecy is not for today now remember guys I'm not one that says that that there is no sort of demonic activity or even demon possession today I'm I don't even say that I Say that it's not present in Christians Excuse me so But there's gonna come a point in time where you won't have prophecy in the sense that we need people to reveal The revelation of God remember one one the thing the guys is gonna happen is that You will know the Lord for yourself And no one is gonna have to tell you about him So when in 1st Corinthians 13, this is where this is where I depart from my cessation of friends Or he says that we will know in part and prophesied in part But when the perfect come all those things will cease will go away with including prophecy We won't have to worry about Someone telling us about him will know him for ourselves all of us from the least to the greatest Not even to the point like even now we know him But we still we still need teachers preachers and so forth Complaint in time where we won't have to know we'll know him for ourselves And you won't have to say to your neighbor no know the Lord because he will know also that has not happened yet guys So and that's one of the things that we need to look at when we look at prophecy Look at all of it Look at all of we have this tendency of taking prophecy snippets of it And making it fit into what we think take all of it every single word that God said Yeah, I meant that God as they say stand 10 toes deep what have you well, that's God He means every single word. There's no reason for God to say a word and to kind of change Well, what I really meant God doesn't do that didn't have to do that And I reject people that say that not reject them But I reject them saying so that what God really meant was that no God literally How can God mean what he says as it relates to what you believe but what you don't believe I he didn't really mean that or he meant in a different way. No Because it's well fine. Well, then he didn't mean that you will be when he says you'll have Life forever. He didn't really mean forever. What he really meant was no, he meant just how he said it and so All of these prophecies as they regard Israel, they're going to come true And again, I said this before the reason why you want to know that the prophecies for Israel are Are literal and will come to fruition Because it also helps us understand that the prophecies about us Are literal and come to fruition Amen, if if he if we can't trust what he said about Israel, why would we want to trust? Why don't we think we can trust what he says about us? But we can trust what he says about us and Israel so okay Till he says as Zechariah 13 1 is referring Uh to the same day that the verse 2 speaks about as Zechariah 13 1 was fulfilled. Look what it says Let's go back put on screen in that day A day of fountain will be open for the house of David and for the inhabitants So this this hasn't till it hadn't happened just yet This is a prophecy for the future. It hadn't happened in that day when that day come about It will be in matter of fact. It says in matter of fact It says in verse 2 it will come about in that day. So it has not been fulfilled yet Okay, and I'm gonna say this again for far you guys Now we've missed the last two weeks Uh for the bible study, but come to the bible study or just go back and watch them Go back and watch them and notice how we're because what what you're going to find is even the people that disagree with me um On how we're reading or or or some of my conclusions that I come to later in the new testament Hey, let me ask you guys a question. Let me put let me put it on the on the chat on the screen How many of you guys are actually coming to the bible study? I want to ask you guys a question I want to ask you guys a question. I want you guys to help me out How many of you guys are coming to the by or watching the bible studies either live or watching them on replay Now the bible studies because their bible studies is nature They don't they don't get nearly the number of views that other videos get But how many of you guys are watching have been watching them? Matter of fact, especially in the live stream chat I'm gonna prove a point not me. They're gonna prove it for me Let me give us give the chat a minute to kind of populate and go through because I want I want to see I want you all to see something for all you guys that are watching that have been watching the videos They haven't been Super duper profound in a sense that oh wow He just he read into this and then just just weren't like that was really really deep No, we just went to the scripture everything that we've read and everything that we every conclusion We've come through come to in the bible study has literally been in the scripture Now, let me ask you guys a question. This is a question. I want to ask In the in the live stream chat and we've got folks of different persuasions We've got those who are Calvinists. Those are not Calvinists. We've got different types of Calvinists Do we have very many disagreements in the in those videos in those in those studies? I don't know that we do The biggest disagreements that we've that I've ever seen Has been for the trend the non-trinitarians coming in And wanting to make make it seem as though that that's not jesus Usually there is a there's a good amount of agreement The reason why is because all we're doing is reading it as it says what it says I can literally ask a question and I'll I'll I'll do the exact same thing this saturday. I'll ask a question And I'll say well, well, how do we know this and I'll show okay Do y'all do y'all see the same thing? Are you getting the same thing? Now I was doing this before I shared with everyone the hermeneutics that we've been using and then even after that still the same thing No one has departed Yeah, but corba, what about when we get to the new testament? We hadn't gotten there yet because what I want everyone to see is This is how we read it. And so how did the people as they're reading it? How do they take it as they're reading it? How did the person that's saying it? How do they intend it? How do the people that are hearing it? How do they how do they take it and so? We have been for the most part unified in our beliefs and I probably I messed up how I asked the question but We have been pretty much on the same page. I haven't gotten a whole lot of pushback. Hey, you're I don't know about this Cory, what about that? What about this right? And you can ask questions during the bible study now We haven't had it the last two weeks. We'll be back this this saturday lord willing and so That being the case, uh, I still say guys, I still say there. There you go, Jeff I still say until someone can beat it. The literal grammatical historical hermeneutics is top notch I'm still and I'm still waiting for all the folks that disagree Jeff, do you know, I the only the closest I've gotten to a Defined hermeneutics from someone is a Christo centric around though. I still don't know what that means For the life of me. I have no idea what that means No, I did what that means that that is It's a vague term that anyone can latch on to a charismatic and say I'm Christo centric a presbyterian can say I'm Christo centric Uh, a dispensations can say I'm what does that mean? What's the lie that someone is honoring? What what what lie if you don't want to celebrate Christmas don't celebrate Christmas fine. Don't celebrate it You're not condemned for nor is anyone condemned for doing it. So I don't I don't get your point But what's not gonna happen is Uh, well, he wasn't born on this day. That's a lie Please but Let me just say it this way save for someone that cares because I that is it's not it's not even an issue It is not an issue Thou shalt not celebrate a holiday. We'll find that in the bible Now we don't esteem any other day above any other day and don't let anyone look down on you for your festivals and your celebrations as the bible says So guess what I am going to if I want to um have have Christmas and have a tree and have presents And record my grandkids and kids and so forth then guess what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do it Melville's we don't know what day was born on so you can't say that him being born on December 25th was a lie You can't say the truth either because we don't know for sure You can't say that you we know that we more than likely was born after Or during the time of the winter solstice, but Don't know don't know can't tell you for sure So There really was a commission to figure out what day he was born on and they had acting this was this was The second or third century where they actually trying to figure out when when They're Melville stop it. Please stop it. Stop it. Stop it grow up on this. Please Please grow up on this if someone had I know folks that celebrate someone's birthday and they don't know when their real birthday was Is that a lie? Kid was adopted Don't know his real birthday and so they picked the birthday that was that they know was not his real birthday But they celebrate is that a lie? Stop it. No one it'd be a lie if we said he definitely was born on this Who do you know says he was definitely born on December 25th? Come on Argue about something that matters And then send me a christmas gift And you can listen you can send the christmas gift on december 4th. It doesn't matter Do I believe that the that the um Pharisees had a hermeneutic as well, but still couldn't under listen hermeneutics not to be all the end all I'm not saying that having a hermeneutic means it by the way by the way. Can we be honest about this? a hermeneutic I mean not hermeneutic, but but the Pharisees were never known for Knowing the word of god At least not by god when jesus Where's the pastor where jesus says you know what you guys? You Pharisees, you know all the word no no he never committed them for their knowledge of the scriptures He he got on them for their twisting of their misunderstanding of the scriptures And then supplanting the scriptures with their tradition Their man-made tradition that that was the Pharisees issue For being overly legalistic and being legalistic about the tradition that they made So no now What was the jews hermeneutics would depend remember You had those that believed in the sardises the Pharisees Oh lord, they all had different belief they all had different hermeneutics so The Torah was taught since their birth Yeah, the Torah was taught since their birth fine First of all the point of a hermeneutic For us versus them is they were literally there on the ground Okay They literally spoke the language on the ground The writings of the scripture hadn't occurred They were part of what was being written in the scripture. So They they had a their herm now truth be told their hermeneutic was literal So what was the Pharisees hermeneutic literal well, well, but guess what what was the prophets hermeneutic literal What was every what was everybody else's hermeneutic in that day? And I find I would love for someone to disprove this. What was the hermeneutic in that day? It was certain literal was it not Who who did not take the scriptures literally at that day find find the the apostle or the prophet that did not quote an Old testament passage literally And understand it. So yeah It was it was at least literal the historical grammatical part is where we come in because Guess what? We don't speak. We don't speak Hebrew. We don't well. No one no one speaks Biblical Hebrew on the planet. No one speaks Korean a Greek on the planet. No one We don't speak air make at least air make of that day And so we have that's the grammatical portion of it The historical part is keeping things in the chronological order the chronology the history of it They were there we weren't so therefore we have to add that oh by the way they even had the historical aspect of the hermeneutic because When they talk about this was said that was said they're speaking in terms of the the historical aspect of it as well so therefore The the hermeneutic of the day which by the way is what you have the hermeneutic of your life right now is a literal grammatical historical hermeneutic. You don't believe me Find your your final menu Find a A recipe Find directions You read it literally grammatically historically You do everything else with a literal grammatical historical hermeneutic And you do most of the bible that way not necessarily you but i'm sending everyone you do it that way so The reason why most folks the reason why people don't I can promise you it goes back to their doctrinal stance And even if 99 percent of their doctrine is correct It still needs to be based off something show your work as a teacher would say the math teacher show your work well Six plus six is 12. How did you how do you know that show your work? Well Johnny had on his paper so I copied it Okay, you're right, but you're wrong in how you got to be right so anyway Let me take one More question Which probably means two more questions, but i'm tired now These are the most draining ones because I don't know what you guys are going to say and we're all over the place Uh, so one asks a question about genesis. I'm going to ask a question in malachi So when I ask a question revelation, so Um I'm late, but can you talk about israel palestine war going on? What does this all mean? In the grand scheme of things In the grand scheme of things, let me just mark this as well in the grand scheme of things What it really goes to show is what god has stated is true speaking of our hermeneutic God has determined that the people that are the enemies of israel Who by the way israel acts like an enemy to god? But those people that are there He said they will be there I'm going to keep them there. Why are why do you have the palestinians there? Why has there always been this this turmoil in that land because when he tells them to get rid of them And they don't we've covered this before He said well fine since you didn't remove them. They will be here forever and they will always be a prick and a thorn in your side They will always be and matter of fact when when we talk about the thorn in the flesh And somebody won't say that paul had a thorn in the flesh and that was a devil No The the first time that we see this is when god is talking about these enemies of israel staying in israel Because you don't want to get rid of them the first time they'll be there And they're going to cause you to cry out to me At some point time he will get rid all of them But in the in the middle of all of this israel will have hardened their heart turn their back on the messiah Actually god has given them a partial hardening and a spirit of stupor And so what we see israel doing right now how they're behaving Towards god That was that was prophesied what's happening with other nations as they deal with israel That was prophesied a lot of that is just because of punishment for israel's disobedience You cannot disobey god and think that you're going to get away with it Get get away with punishment He is going to as he says he is going to save them But we don't know when and who doesn't mean that all the folks in israel like all the folks right right now If he doesn't come back for a thousand years or if he doesn't come back for a hundred years Those folks over there are going to him So in regards to those people Right now it might not be them specifically But there are some people that he has chosen That are of that nation at some point in time that he is going to save so that that so that so the prophecies can be fulfilled As a matter of fact he even says so That that that his name will not be defiled or defamed or profaned And that they'll know that there is a god in israel So he's going to bring about his prophecies and remember his covenant that he had he said he says he's going to remember his covenant And he is going to do so And so we won't be able to say well, he didn't really mean them. He's changed. No, he didn't change anything. He hadn't changed a thing He's going to deal with them And so what we see right now is just really just kind of a fruition of what he has prophesied to happen and a result of their hardheadedness Um, am I familiar with Kevin la ewing and if so what I don't know I've heard the name Who is he? Who is he? Should I be familiar with him? Should I be from yeah, yeah, uh, monkey move who's worse from a christmas christmas tree? Um, our tree is in the storage It's in the storage. So we can't be worse than right um People do say some funny things sometimes. So but no, I don't know who he is though. Uh, layla. I have I have no idea Should I should I know who he is? I maybe I should maybe I should Um Faith makes one rich channel. Hello, my friend. You okay. You get it says channel So I'm assuming you got a channel talking. Well, let's do this. Let's do this real quick. Hold on. Let me type it in right quick Faith makes one rich. Uh, oh, I spell if I could type right One rich let's go to it. There you are. There you are All right, how you doing brother? Okay, you got a channel. I've never I've never I honestly I've never heard of your channel before But uh, I'm gonna go check it out. How about that? I'm gonna go check you out. Don't know when though. Don't know when Uh, I saw oh, I'm sorry. There was another question that that I said I was gonna take I saw this other question. Um That's that now roddy I want you to follow this logic I want the rest of you guys to follow this logic better. I want you all to go back and watch There's a video that I did. What is it called? Let me find the name of this video um Hold on hold on Is it selfish? Bible reading I think that's what the video was called Hold on. I I want you guys to watch this video What's the name of this channel smart christians? smart christians Maybe it's her. Okay. Maybe it's hermeneutics. I'm trying to figure out what is the name of this.  I want to find out what it there I know how to find it. I know exactly how to find it. Excuse me one second There's a reason why I went I want you guys to do me a favor.   Let's go to There click on this I can tell you exactly what this thing is called There it is What's the wrong way to read the bible? Okay, let me see type Wrong way to read the bible Is that it? Yep, that's it. What's the wrong way to read the bible? The reason why I want you to go check it out There is an actual scholar with me dr. Christopher kohn And we're talking about language Words do have meaning Now because you're making the statement That's what makes the word of god special. You can't compare it to everything else like you're saying Nicodemus thought the same. No nicodemus did not think the same nicodemus use the word Again when nicodemus is asked Or to say that you must be getting at they know them Well, the words literally mean to be born again a second time and we mean born above So he gets it. He gets it wrong the first time But what did jesus say Jesus said we're fine. You should know this stuff because I I literally told you this You a teacher of israel and don't know this So no nicodemus is supposed to know this stuff He is absolutely supposed to know this stuff. The problem is he doesn't now How does god communicate to us? Because roddy, would you agree that if god spoke to us outside of words then Us understanding him would be very very very subjective It'd be it'd be whatever however someone sees it well to me God is saying this to me that When you communicate And in every society that's ever lived on the earth Every society that we know of unless we believe in cavemen Their words had meaning Their writings had meaning You do not write you don't communicate you don't type you don't text Thinking hoping for people to find the hitting meaning you want them to know what you're saying Same thing with the scriptures when god gave us his words think about it when moses is telling the jews How many days did it take god to create the earth? Six days he used the number six and he used the day to use day They understood what six was and they understood what day was They didn't have to spiritualize it. They didn't have to read into it. They under six days When they tell you something they could understand it No, no righty pay attention, please pay attention pay attention stop typing and pay attention The worst thing that you can do I don't care if you're four or you're 40 the worst thing you can do is not listen Just listen there's time for you to give a comment later But this is even more than more than more so for you than I'm more so for other folks than is for you When we communicate there are rules to us communicating It just is and I communicate in the way that I hope that you can understand God does not think highly of your intellect righty or anyone else He doesn't think that your your ability to understand is so great So much so that he has even even spiritually infuse people at times to give them an ability to understand So the point is this There it is.  I'm not calling that You would not like that And if I came back to that's not what I meant, but that's what you said, but that's not what I meant But that's what you said That's how we treat the bible We know what he said what he meant about by what he said Now are there sometimes where it's not as clear? Well, sure But then you know, he does he ends up explaining those things the things that seem so un that seems sort of unclear initially Typically and through progressive revelation. We see what he means He's not trying to confuse you why because we are easily confused I've told you as Jesus said, I've told you earthly things. You don't understand those things. I'll think until you have any things All the things I could tell you I can't tell you because you don't even you're still struggling with the basic stuff We're still strong. We are still to this day struggling with spiritual gifts Why Why You don't speak in tongues where it was not my fault. That's God's fault. He's the one supposed to cause me to speak in tongues You're supposed to desire for them. Am I really? Really? Is that what the pastor says? so guys You you can you can read into it all you want to I promise you you can't be consistent So now all you're doing is you're taking your your opinions and reading through the scriptures And and I've been saying before I've been been saying it for the longest even those folks that disagree with me Let me just say this on my way out the door. I just want to I want to see I want maybe it's just me Let me put the chats back on the dog on screen someone help me Layla you've been here for a minute monkey moves dutch jeff Sean all you guys y'all've been here. I've been asking this question for the longest I've asked it for the for the friends that are on the chat to come here for the other channels that watch For the other people that have disagreed with me or that I disagree with I've said Let's talk about your hermeneutics. Tell me how I ought to read this thing Let's hear your hermeneutics. Stop. Stop. Give me your opinions They never do they never and we go over specific examples. All right. I see what I see what right is doing You're funny. I'm gonna say you're funny Uh, you're not listening brother. You're leading to your own Understanding by a language and grammar knowledge, brother. The spirit gives understanding that you're not hearing. Okay So I can't I can't understand unless the spirit tells me.  Have I hit in my heart? I've guarded in my heart So I won't sin against you. Nope. Nope rely on the spirit rely on the spirit Yeah, yeah, yeah the very same spirit that gave us these words I don't know how silly if you probably don't know how silly that sounds, but it's silly. It's it's It's acid nine. It's acid 10. It's acid level. It's just it's just as backwards. It could be No offense. I'm I promise. I'm not trying to offend you But I'm trying to bother you what you just said was just not good Not and people always say that You're not using the spirit. How do you know? Fine.  It just really is It's a silly statement Because you don't know if what you're feeling is a spirit or just your own emotions But those words don't change do they? And that's the point That's the point So you keep relying on the spirit Um And thinking that by the way when you say so you act like I'm not relying on the spirit Okay I know you're not not you but I know a person's not relying on the spirit when they say things like what you just said Because the spirit gave us the words the the whole point teach what a course would sound doctrine We need to rightly divide this thing He talks about don't don't uh depart from or exceed from what's written in the text But then you come back and say yeah, you gotta lean on the spirit. Okay. All right Anyway, guys, I love you guys so much I love you guys so much manual lucero. How are you doing brother? How are you doing my friend? I can't recall the last one. So I think I may have seen your name a few days ago. But anyway, how are you doing? guys, um Where can you confirm that the holy spirit as god go to acts five?  I love you so much and I will definitely definitely see you Live tomorrow if the lord didn't come back the lord says the same I am uh not dead or in jail, which could be a possibility, but I will see you all tomorrow