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The following program is recorded content created by the Truth Network back in the studio will live the questions we've got answers. Let's do it start for the line of fire with your host activist all the international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael grow your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the direct coalition of conscience, the president of fire school of Ministry of the line of fire by going 866-34-TRUTH 866-34-TRUTH your job is Dr. Michael Brown welcome to the line of fire today.

Boy it's been a while, spend since last Friday that we were live with you. I hope you enjoyed the call, the shows that we specially recorded put some extra time and effort into those praying and hoping that the real blessing to you based on feedback receiving online they were, but it's always wonderful to be life.

Nothing like it. That's our preference day in day out welcome to the broadcast Michael Brown delighted to be back and had a very very fruitful time of ministry and interaction in these recent days. So again, keeping busy, but missing being with you. I've so phone lines are open any question of any kind that relates in any way to any material that we cover on the line of fire that I've written about spoken about anything that intersects with my life our ministry in any way recall, we actually have a couple lines open which we often don't.

At the beginning of the show so give us a call now to get on the line of fire, 866-348-7884 with that we start off in Mobile, Alabama. Brian, welcome to line of fire on the one quick bring about did I get when we say that they are one of the Bible in Daniel and Revelation about me know our perspective, the God indeed you there. There got a man can't prevent something is either the bill being so that's where you coming I'm not and I believe they are one out there. One I know both of you so so Brian, it's a perfect cleavage of the question and you're one of countless millions of people that's asked. It because God's nature does transcend our understanding footprints and give you a very very interesting text, actually two very interesting text in a moment. Okay, but I know for fact based on reason and based on Scripture that God always existed and has no beginning and yet my brain can't wrap around that because a kid you when you find a God made everything you ask your parents but who made God so it really is something to tell you something. How to start is like how could you always exist.

I know it's true, but it transcends my understanding so we know that there is one God and one God only.

We know that we know him as father son and Spirit so the sun makes the father known the spirit draws attention to the sun so it's this this this wonderful cycle of life. But look at these two passages I'm first going to read to you from from first Corinthians chapter 15 first Corinthians 15 and and look at what's was written there officer typed it incorrectly. We get it right there we go. Okay, so Paul. Paul says this for as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

But each in his own order and he goes on from that Jesus must reign until he is put all his enemies under his feet.

The last enemy to be destroyed is death, for God has put all things in subjection under his feet, but once is all things are put in subjection, it is plain that he is accepted put all things in subjection under the snow was the father puts all things in subjection under the sun but the father is not in subjection to the sun then look at this verse 28 when all things are subjected to him, meaning the father then the son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all. So the sun subjection to the father and now just one God. All in all, another one it's it's even more interesting is in Revelation chapter 22 Revelation 22 and it's it says this okay we get you the key verses here, here we go. The Angel is showing John the water of life, brightest Crystal, etc. through the middle of the street. The city also I need the side of the river.

The tree of life, then verse three Revelation 23 no longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will begin.

It okay so it starts off by time of the throne of God and of life. So it's one throne of God and the Lamb. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city and his servants will serve him whose him God and the Lamb. They will see his face, who is his God and the Lamb and his name, who is his God and the Lamb will be on their foreheads.

So ultimately the fullness of the revelation is there is one God and we see him versus seeing them so how works out exactly as God's business, but ultimately will recognize there is one God and and yes there is reference to Jesus and be with Jesus forever.

Will we see the Holy Spirit is a distinct person was the Holy Spirit always involved in destroying attention to the son to the father can answer those questions but what it does talk about seeing him.

It just talks about seeing him messing them so it's mysterious but that's the ultimate revelation just to chew on those other unexpectedness. I got it. Got it. You and is okay. The other question I okay you reported God about not on the old blog banner go and I know you a billion. But what what what the bill written by what the book reading, writing and no problem. I read I get there yeah you you you even know the Lord is no commandment and I will double overwhelmed right right so you first a simple thing again Brian I visited millions of times because millions of people have the questions and I've I've wrestled with the many times over the years to so your questions are very legitimate sir. So first thing is if you just remember that everything that came before Jesus is building to him right.

Think of all the laws and the Calgary with this, like the scaffolding of a building and when the building is done. The scaffolding is taken down because the building stands on its own, so that which is central is built on the foundation of Old Testament Revelation, but it finds its fullness in New Testament so you go by what's taught there for your life. As a follower of Jesus, but if you get my book 60 questions Christians ask about Jewish beliefs and practices.

60 questions Christians ask, but usually some practices you can get it on our website Esther to Brown.org or you can just get online review all your books and get it 60 questions Christians ask about usually some practices the last quarter of the book deals with these questions, believers in the law, how these things apply to us today so that should be very helpful and is written in a way that should be understandable and edifying to God bless thank you for the questions 866-348-7884 let us go to John in dreary Missouri. Welcome to the line of fire.

Dark brown have a question about the mark chapter 1 verse two all the textual variant between you and Isaiah the prophet, and in the prophet and what I can learn from online Isaiah the prophet is the oldest version and or leases, that is, from the oldest and best manuscripts, but I know that verse goes to Malachi and Isaiah right so my question is, is very tradition when referring to the prophet that you would name the most recognized profit. What is the discrepancy between a yes so fervently just to follow the question mark 12 you see almost all of our Bibles.

This is written Isaiah the prophet, and then he quotes Malachi 3 that includes Isaiah 40 there are variants that say written in the prophets plural, but that is not as common. You will see that normally so there the normal explanation is exactly what you said that if you're citing a couple of different prophetic books that you simply reference the more major one. The better-known one and and then with that people will get whatever comes afterwards.

So if I'm quoting Charles Spurgeon and somebody else that that lived in his day, and I quote a few of them under Spurgeon that's that's how it works. Let's that's one explanation, and some say that's perfectly legitimate and an ancient reader would understand. That's you quote the best known one and then the lesson on one falls under that a second argument which is possible but there is no specific proof for this is that if you are let's see you having a scroll like the minor probably 12 minor prophets were put together and in a scroll, you have the full scroll of the book of Isaiah and Dead Sea Scrolls are some thoughts that you might have had a shorter book added to the end of the scroll of another. So if you quoting from the scroll of Isaiah and associate Malachi the end that then you could add that in and that the explanation for the variance would be that when scribes realize what it says Isaiah, but it's really quoting Malachi also then let's let's correct that and just say in the prophets, but it's the less likely reading and that's why virtually all will say Isaiah again Mark took a lot of time to write his gospel and some like he was ignorant of where these came from. So the best explanation is the one that you suggested. We can't say it with 100% proof, but feel pretty confident that that's the case that you quoting a better-known prophet and a lesson on profit a larger book and the smaller books he just mentioned the one and include other prophetic words with it.

After all, recognizing it's the same Holy Spirit speaking through them so that's the this the best explanation and common sense would tell you that Mark is lucky to spend all this time putting together gospel getting sources in order telling the story the way he feels best and like all I had no idea books if you knew it he said that's the best! Thank you for the question right back home I opened 86634878841 mile line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the minor fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH dear again is Dr. Michael Brown right before or at the show saw the announcement that the jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin found Kyle Rittenhouse guilty of all charges as as I saw the case and followed it that seem to be the right right decision based on the charges brought about him. She gave ever been there with the gun in the first place is a whole other issue. Was it a race thing. Not my view.

Know that my view he was going there there to help and protect businesses that were also largely by African-Americans and the people he he shot were yeah I should guilty us to go to sorry not guilty thank you guys got my back that not guilty, not guilty of all charges but the way he was pursued pretrade as a white supremacist, and so he didn't kill African-Americans the people he killed, and the jury found in self-defense were without African-Americans again.

Businesses that were being destroyed there.

Some of them rolled African-American so I never saw this is as race issues, assesses other issues. If you been my son or grandson, but I've wanted him there with a gun. Of course not, absolutely not. Absolutely, categorically not was the not guilty of the charges against as far as I can tell, yes, is not guilty. As far as I can tell this was this was race issues in the NT for people protesting and writing in streets. To me they were they were hurting racist is more than more than anything bring businesses down and all of this not helping the local community at all. Anyway, just for free differ with me or agree with me 866-34-TRUTH let's go to John in Williamson North Carolina. Thanks for calling the line of fire. Dr. Brown just want to say I really appreciate you and your ministry will be major impact on the pastor and it would be for all sorts of wisdom the verses I was calling about was first Peter chapter 3 verses 18 to 20 for Christ also 71% of the righteous and the unrighteous. But you might bring us to God, being put to death black made alive in spirit. Verse 19 in which he went proclaim to the spirits in prison because the foreman did not obey God's patient's weight in the days of Noah while out. So I what is Peter referenced in your listen to Mike Wingert, John MacArthur a lot of different God. They tend to say what this is referenced in Genesis 6, the sounds of God had relations with the daughters of man, and I believe you tend to go along the train of thought that the sons of God, or the godly line of that and they're not in a fallen angel that possessed man and had relations with women and produce the net that correct. Actually, my view is this similar to others in that it is fallen Angels that that possessed manner or took on human form that had to be able to procreate.

So there's some uptake in uniform, I don't accept the godly line of Seth that the distinction between sons of God and daughters of men that are in Genesis.

I don't believe you can make an argument that some of the godly line versus the the ungodly line and then sets versus man that's not even a right contrast theory of headsets were spraying or something like that, you know, the sons of Seth versus the daughters of Cain. That would be a way to say it potentially but no III take it is fallen into. So, for sure, is not a second chance is we really from Scripture that Jesus descends into the netherworld after after death. Is it immediately after death and before the final ascension to heaven. Your the order of things. It's that seems to be the case. Obviously, this great mystery.

With this, but he does descend into the netherworld. As you know from the Greek it doesn't say that he preaches the gospel, but it is that it makes declaration and my understanding is it is done, you're just a success on the cross. It is finished because is fulfill everything the father gave him to do in the relevant prophecies he descends into the netherworld to say it is finished that Satan is defeated utterly and finally whatever the declaration is and Ephesians 4 which references him leaving captives captive could well be in Colossians 2 references of public display and in the heavenly's that he actually and some level parades. These fallen spirits as defeated for the the spiritual world to see for the angelic host to see it. Somehow he makes a public display of them, or public showing of them and that could be the leading captivity captive.

That's my understanding it's the spirits that fell in the days of Noah that we could just be other fallen Angels, but the best case would be especially was so widely believed in the ancient Jewish world reflected in Enoch and things like that that that is what took place. That is the proclamation fate is sealed. Public list display made and then Jesus ascends to heaven and cleanses that the heavenly things with his blood. In order to get whatever the order is or is it a physical ascension later that can all be argued.

But yeah that's that's ugly so I don't know what pest MacArthur teaches audit just talk to Mike Wingert the other day but don't know what he teaches, but could be we all say the same thing on that yet you do that. I don't know why. For some reason that I was gone up in the air, really late and heavy and what you were saying not a lot where I got thinking you have the other view, but it to me what you're saying. It fits in with the context and with second Peter 24, and in back with Genesis and Angelica I like your spine. I think it's better yet that definitely does.

Thank you for the kind words with you to be help to you and strengthen you in your ministry so come to us with immediate help were here. Amen thank you preset goblet and hear something sweet. Pest MacArthur and I see the passage the same way. I'm sure there's much more we agree on the different rock of the summons Misty thank you John for the call 866342. Let's go to Mark in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Welcome to the line of fire.

Dark brown bricks click my call bet the question I have a question about a post from Oscar Machida on the Christian Post website last week for whatever spin he is a frontline missionary in Africa and he goes into very dangerous areas and and witnesses clear and he pursued an article where he was really concerned about Matthew 721 through 23 where Jesus to depart for me. I never knew you and what I read this article I was really disturbed because it will ease up the front lines of really dangerous places. And if he's worried about Jews rejecting what hope the rest of rights also because Jesus said, many will say we did all these miracles in your name.

We drove out demons. We prophesied José depart from you workers of all the since I never knew you, and he starts her same as essentially what 720 when that everyone says to me Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven but of those who do the will of my father let me answer this in a couple different levels. First, sometimes there are men of God. Women of God who are acutely aware of their own weakness and come under the fear of God and say I don't want to fall short. But I dread falling short. If that's their own heart or their own humility. God bless them, but don't let that rattle your own security because unless we are living in lawlessness and living in rebellion and wickedness and actively rejecting God's grace we should rest in the assurance that we belong to the Lord. We should rest in the confidence that that he's our Savior. That is, his blood paid for sins that he's our advocate that he standing up on our behalf, and appealing to the father on our behalf and out liberties, got our back to understated dramatically so we should rest in the deep assurance of knowing that we know that we know it will save that were forgiven that if we die this moment we be in the father's presence.

However, there is a very strong warning for those who simply made a profession of faith or call him Lord and live however they want to live. They should be very concerned and those who may be once were used in the power of the Spirit and charismatic gifts, but are fallen away. They can put zero confidence in the fact that they were used to bring miracles before. If there are living in rebellion today or worse still, if somehow these gifts still operate in them and anointing still works in them based on the principle of Romans 1129 for the gifts and calling of God are revocable in context about Israel, but perhaps can be applied to spiritual gifts as well if they are not living right and it being used miraculously. That passage should terrify them when Jesus said I never knew you could mean straightforward. You've never been mine.

I never knew you or it could be in keeping with the Jewish formula of excommunication that was widely used at that time. From what we know where when you are excommunicating someone you would say I never knew you. This complete rejection, but either way if this brother is writing with great humility and see saying no matter what signs and wonders. We see I'm concerned about my own life will God say that to me on that day the Lord's doing something and hammer purging hammer bring him deeper but don't let that mess with you at all the other hand, don't put confidence in the fight will God use me to heal the sick, why speak in tongues. Why have an accurate prophecy.

None of your assurance does not lie in that your assurance relies first and foremost in the blood of the cross and the resurrection of Jesus and in harmony with that. A life that seeks to honor and please the Lord, you have that be assured walking piece and with that there's a further incentive to love God and serve.

But God forbid, the day that that the believer says longest going to do what I want to do and I don't care what Jesus has to say about this. You know you want to do. You better be afraid. You better be terrified because God gives no promises to the rebels. None other than if you repent a forgiving but gives no assurance of blessing or salvation someone in open rebellion and denial of the sun will be right back here on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown thinks for joining us on the line of fire Michael Brown delighted to be back live in the skill you got questions. We got answers hey being away for a few days I got back to the office and there was my latest shipment of my stinger health supplements together a few different ones I take, and with my healthy diet. The supplements it's been a real blessing to me.

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All right we go to Sam and Raleigh, North Carolina. Welcome to the line of fire really appreciate all you bring word and clarity. The church all the great work you're doing.

Thank you, thank you. Go ahead, so you okay so I'm calling about the new book are not Walmart.

Robert Anderson: operating in the course of heaven very familiar with that. Okay, I'm super familiar with the fact that it's a really really well-known book in recent years since become kind of a charismatic bestseller and that Rob Rogerson is really well-known for teaching on it. I've never read the book or hurt his eye. I've heard people describe the teaching, but I've never actually heard him teach it so unfamiliar but not intimately familiar while breaking clarity yes… Specifically, okay here here's the deal will be fair, having not read it things so I want to ask you want to ask you a specific question in a moment but doingas far as I can tell there are no secrets that when you learn the secret everything chives. As far as I can tell right right so I mean they're in there things I can pass along. I've learned over the years, but it's not so much a secret. It's kind like okay when you put the hands together like this. You have a class but when you put them together like knuckle to knuckle. They don't quite assign the seekers just like all I do request that like simple common sense or an insight. So if the book gives you some good spiritual insights. That's one thing if it is, here's a secret we learn this secret. Then your prayer has a special power. Those things always question of their terms like the magical shortcut. What is it about the book that has raised a question for you while my wife I wrote about comfort YouTube video only long and one young God. Your prayer life. You plead your case before requesting your prayer before you click what you do your case for God in the courts of heaven and were there also is that's so, I will be totally fair to Robert Henderson. I don't know personally at all if you represented things accurately. I totally disagree with that so I can be a blessing to haven't, but you understand have to be sure because I didn't hear it myself not cricket right so again I've heard other people talk about, but I never got it straight from the horses mouth that hear from God's looking at a heart more than anything right and if insincerity of heart you are pouring out your heart to God and you don't know this special key and and you don't get your prayer answered because that every real problem with that, theoretically, it's number one and number two Ivan basically never done that my life now maybe have done it without consciously doing it the way he says it was. Maybe I agree more that that. I understand that that that's what I do, naturally, but I've never ought when I print the thing that the devil Atul. I don't like is the power to stop my prayers into my prayers and I believe that if I cry out to my father right just if you pray the Lord's prayer Alecia Jesus prays in John 17 just weep all praise in Ephesians 1. Ephesians 3. These are just father would support our heart and sometimes even just going out correctly. Jesus and I've seen God answer those prayers gloriously and wonderfully for 15 years now without knowing or the special technique, so maybe he has an insight on something that can be a helpful concept, but when it becomes the thing the mess that you do it like this, no, I don't buy it. All special revelation of God and for God that Satan is a legal contract with God. It so many words that because he said he can use it against us and all at work that legally the court of heaven for God. Admit that where with Edward Barrett by going through this process, which you make right you got permission at your prayer. So again, Sam.

If you represented it accurately. I 100% reject that such an extent live presented accurately. I wanted so feel free to your maybe your wife must call them or they just have to say I'm Sam's life. The call for Raleigh comfort and and and say which is got out of it or why she she feels it's accurate or no and encourage her to listen to our interaction and see if she leaves things up and said accurately, but to hear what I'd really encourage his meditation on Romans 828 to 39 meditation on Romans 828 to 39. Especially with what Jesus doesn't have on our behalf. He he's got us covered when someone brings a charge.

He says no I covered that can bring the arts right my my my past sins have zero power over me, because they been washed away by the blood of Jesus.

Now if I committed a crime. I robbed a bank right and was convicted for went to jail and got saved in jail while I'm doing my time, a human level but I'm 100% forgiven free in God's sight. First John two. I write these things to you so that you will not sin, but if anyone does said have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous one and he is the propitiation for our sins, not for ours only but also for those of the whole world now. Perhaps Robert Henderson was serious, although I know all that I making another point so in fairness, maybe there's more to it.

But as you represented it. I categorically rejected. I am not conscious of my sin.

I am conscious of the cleansing blood of Jesus and fellowship with my father. If hear if I can enjoy intimate fellowship with God. If I could be a way to prayer retreat this past week and pouring my heart out and tell you how much I love him, receiving his love without having to know the special message I can assure you that he's attentive to her prayers and was Galatians 4 rose tell us the cusp of the Spirit of his son within our hearts, by which we cry, Abba father. So hate send me the Lord give you wisdom out your wife may be deeply spiritual, loving the Lord and getting good things out of the seats. If there's a way to really have a discussion and maybe review what our little conversation herein have a follow-up work you interact with her.

She interacts with me and we can go from there and and those that read the course of heaven and enjoy the books and think that something was missing in the conversation. Sam and I had feel free to call you for the call.

I thank you sir, may the Lord blessed your household richly, 86634 regarding Jonathan in Newport, California. Welcome to the line of fire brigade product around question in regard to Malachi 1 Romans 913 when encountering Calvinists who tend to use these verses to say that God hates individuals from the foundation of the world. Citing those messages Angie and Jacob.

I love you so I hated my question is what you typically respond to that. When you encounter these individuals can't possibly be what Paul was saying because Malachi 1 statement nations Jacob of a loved it. Esau have I hated that's talking about Israel and Edom whole nations does not mean that God hates and before the foundation of the world dams to hell all descendents of Esau through Edom and ordains to heaven and eternal salvation. All descendents of Jacob Israel can't be.

Thus, the first thing what's he actually quoting is going. Malachi 1, which is about home nations so that's the first is that what's he saying so much for service. He called what he called one to serve him in and through Jacob, the sins of Israel comes the Masai was a light to the world and Israel calls me light to the nations, and he rejects utterly rejects Esau Edom.

Thus, that's the first point I would make the second point I would make as well. Don't stop reading their but let's keep reading all the way through Romans 910 11 right so we get to get to Romans 11 and Paul. Paul says this, verse 32 okay lately backup for just as you Gentiles. Verse 30 were at one time disobedient to God. But now have received mercy, because of their disobedience, Jewish disobedience so they Jewish people.

They too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you. They also may not receive mercy. Verse 32. For God has consigned all the disobedience that he may have mercy on all.

That's where Paul ends. That's his emphasis.

He wants to have mercy on all the cabinets was that it just means Jews and Gentiles will. Who else is there are certain Jews and Gentiles as a whole world. So then I would go to the many verses that speak of Jesus dying for each of us. Jesus dying for all of us.

Jesus dying for the sins of the world. Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. Passages like Ezekiel 18 regard since he has no desire that the wicked perish, but rather that they repent and live and I was a house. God say it. It speaks of each all the world the whole world. Jew and Gentile, not just us but everybody.

The Jesus dies for God's love for the whole world. God's desire that the wicked repent and and whose he forgiven the Old Testament a personal level. The two most wicked kings Ahab and the NASA when they repent. He forgives them on a personal level. I mean that's that's a bit of a side issue, but that's his desire that we can repent. So number one. The text can't mean that because of speaking on a national level in Malachi 1, number two, Paul concludes his discussion by saying God's completed all meant together and disobedience so that he may have mercy on all who is in disobedience. Everybody who does he want have mercy on everybody and that's how it all falls into place so you have to keep reading is not talking about individual salvation. He's he's talking about specifically calling to service Israel's purpose Edom's purpose, etc. so hopefully that's helpful. This S keep readings… Not stop here.

Let's get to the end of the discussion. Hey, Jonathan got a break here, but thank you for the call. Hopefully that is helpful if the line of fire with your host activist and author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 6634 through here again is Dr. Michael Brown joining us on the line of fire. Each go right back to the bones.

That's good one to answer the question from Agnes Huckins will be a Christian Jew both a Christian as a follower of Jesus, and Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. The thing to do if a Jew only mean someone who practices traditional Judaism Christian owning someone who practices traditional Christianity then it's an oxymoron but just like I am a male follower of Jesus. My wife Nancy is a female follower of Jesus and kind Chris run the show today are Gentile followers of Jesus and Nancy are Jewish followers of Jesus, yes the way to be a Jew is to follow the Jewish Messiah. All right, let's go over to Dave in Salt Lake City, Utah. Welcome to the line of fire by Dr. Brown. Hey, I got a question about yesterday show yesterday, so yesterday for those who are watching. We once again debunked the idea that there are hidden pictographic meanings that still here in the Hebrew language in the Hebrew Bible, yes, go ahead a bit of confusion because there are certain teachers out there that are well-respected and trusted him on main drop of your name all Chuck Mesler and he kinda lays out that same around the same sort of meaning in the text by using the Hebrew pictograph pictograph and so my question is I'm trying to understand it. We want at what they were in the United States, which I am an I want to get away from the traditional evangelical all Pentecostal movement here and I wanted I want to go deeper into the root of the faith I mean what are good resources to do that because I'm getting conflict information in my earnest speaking to do that very thing to study first with all respect to Chuck Mesler.

He was an evangelical teacher received his he was that the visa Christian teacher I'm sure with a lot of excellent content but he said that he was scholar if if he did teach that. Then he was an era minutes is really simple it's it's as simple as is. If I tell you that your action on Salt Lake City, Utah that that that and and and that I knew you camping so the kitty city, Utah, because because it's actually a lake filled with salt and the human beings live there. You say I don't know what you talk about. This is basic and that was his. There's no one that is solid. He was scholar that for a split second with with your to these views. That's what you don't find it among Hebrew scholars I mean. Give me a name of your top three people that teach this all well that I might but I may be out being controversial, but wanted Chuck Mesler another one is the publisher of the F pepper as horrific as horrific stuff. It's just so misguided that this is why it's frame stuff. This is what you will not find a major solid here it was going to stand is at a major solid act solid academic publisher evangelical publisher. They mimic everything right, but they're not going to publish the real nonsense that that's why it's a self published things you know and and people. It don't know Hebrew or that you learn it out on their own in some different way. It's just what you want to do is not try to get away from evangelical Pentecostal beliefs but keep digging deeper and in that sense it'll get yourself some good study Bibles. It only just just get some get yourself some good scholarly commentary here. Here's a good place to start. You want to get you want to get background that would give you real background into the ancient world. Get the Zondervan and cultural background study Bible, Zondervan, and cultural background study Bible use that this can be something I'm working on the future is going to be tremendously helpful, but at some years down the line, but that'll give you legitimate background about the ancient world from which the Bible came the ancient languages. The first century Jewish background all kinds of things like that.

It would give you lots and lots of reliable info all in one Bible from top scholars in the field that are getting going digging behind creeds and beliefs and is going back to the ancient texts themselves so that it's the cultural background study Bible, and you get all the notes in one Bible tons and tons of great information in Old Testament and New Testament start their you have it right there in your Bible, and then from there you can you can build a good library, but the ones that are fringe the ones that are just making name in the on Internet or their popular preachers and teachers within Hebrew, Greek scholars, you need to need to avoid that.

In terms of getting the special insights and revelations. It's that and I think any good, but I warn you about is trying to get away from the one. Don't try to get away from the one dig deeper and then when you come away differing with evangelical Pentecostal belief I become try to get away from it. Try to dig deeper into the text and you'll find a ton of stuff affirming and agreeing other things we might see a little differently. Okay yeah I'm with you. I did have one kind of point of contention, I may yeah it's what gold actually goes on in light of the Pentecostal and evangelical churches died at odds with. I honestly don't believe that it's the fruit of the spirit that played out in Scripture. I believe it antithetical it. What I witnessed in Bible church and not likely got it. Oh yeah, so here's the thing Dave I'm not going to deny your bad experience and that there's a lot of junk out there on the other hand, I've I've been in this for 50 years and seen extraordinary devotion to the Lord great love sacrifice heart for Jesus people trying to raise their kids right try to be witnesses in their jobs and the junk I have five seeing the junk I've been hurt by the insurer been part of it so not denying that for second Sir but ask God to show you some of the good is well in a messenger deny that. So I'm not downplaying bad experiences you've had and there's a lot of bad fruit and a lot of egg on our face. I agree with a lot of find people who been transformed that love the Lord. Maybe the little bring among more of them. That will give you more encouragement as well and you see some of that for the spirit that you are legitimately looking for fair enough. I can guarantee this. You, on the fringes and the culture will see if there at all.

Hey, thank you, thank you very much for the call right we have time for another call Joe in Los Angeles. Thank you for looking to light a fire background regarding the need today.

Thank you, thank also have my question is regarding needed and and the book of Matthew when there would be the man with the legion of demons and immaculate full of them yet but I remember that in the goblet that that there was one and fell. My question is a beacon coming on then, and it is an apparent contradiction digging out. How can I address it and I might so so yeah Mark and Luke talk about one man and Matthew mentions to you have this a couple times were were Matthew will will give you a detail that the others don't. So they all have in harmony that there's one main guy and one guy called legion and one main guy that Jesus interacts with Matthew just happens to tell us there was another one there. For example, Matthew tells us that the two thieves on the crosses on either side of Jesus reviled him right. But Luke tells us that one of them then repented Methodist give us the detail.

That's what we have all the Gospels.

If someone asked you about it, just say it's the standard account.

If you have a crash to cars crash on the road in an intersection and the police are interviewing witnesses and your interview people in the car, then you interview the bystanders in the each give you a different account of the same thing.

Based on the perspective and emphasis. When you put them altogether get the whole story so there's no contradiction if Lou said and there was one only want to Matthew says thereto that the one thing but it's very common for one to be emphasized. So's you get that the main character and then the lesser character.

The others don't even mention the lesser character some mention one detail of his mention another detail and remember that these were all received by the remote early believers is carrying authority so you can ask a friend you think that before the taking these altogether is God's words, if they were so obvious and contradictory notice if your see the contradiction now somebody would've seen in the first century and yet Matthew Mark Luke John early on answers received as to Scripture by the followers of Jesus. So again, one just gives extra data. By the way, that's very common in the Old Testament, or read through numbers in Joshua Deuteronomy as well. We will mention Joshua and Caleb came back with a good report, and the other 10 spies a bigger port than other times it only mention Caleb only Caleb and this is an the same context and then a few verses later, it will mention Joshua Elsa only Caleb and you think Wilde's only Caleb and little bit later mentions Joshua so it's just a matter of emphasis what was being put forward in its common throughout the Bible, even within the same book of the Bible the same author.

I do that emphasizing point a to the point you think that silly point there is an and also mentioning point B. Hey, hopefully it's helpful if you check out some of the writings of Jay Warner Wallace, who came to faith as an atheist detective. This was some of what helped him. Seeing that the reports were slightly different because if they all said in exactly the same way without deviation of variation he would've question whether they are accurate. The little different nuances to him as a detective indicated these are the blessing and smile more young another program powered by the Truth Network