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Vince welcome to the line of fire during your people talk about your right. I know you look at numbers working 8 to 1900 and could chuck 25 bucks about the talk about number of passages in terms of visiting the data go down okay. Minimum Ezekiel and Jeremiah.

It talked that thing thing that is no more right so I was wondering what your… First, let's understand what the text is saying then let's understand what was going on with the cecum. Jeremiah then last asked the question has it apply to us today. Okay, so we know the 10 Commandments that God says that he visits the sins of of those who hate him to the third and fourth generation that shows kindness to thousands or to the thousandth generation of those who love him. Let's concentrate on the curse part so it's for those who hate him so generation, a sins against God. Dear judge for that generation.

Be now takes things even further, so also the judgment and their tendency to go further and so on and so forth. Was it becomes more deeply entrenched with each new generation that continues in the footsteps of their their parents at the judgment from God goes accordingly and we can even see that just in terms of when something is generational. In other words, when when this is how you've always lived and you learned from your father's letter from their fathers, etc. ancestors become more deeply entrenched in the consequences as well was happening in the days of Ezekiel and Jeremiah is the people are saying well. We are just suffering for what our parents did we just suffering from previous generations over. Sometimes things accumulate right God waits sees patient is merciful and finally gets to the breaking point. Judgment comes in like we didn't deserve this. We like like Lamentations 5, nor are our father. Sin and the other judgments fallen on us. God's not saying that that is gonna stop in the Old Testament is not reversing the 10 Commandments be saying all right will bring judgment more swiftly you send your to suffer so it it's not a matter of God rescinding that it's a matter of God saying you won't be able to say that anymore because I'm hastening the judgment. That's for example, what Ezekiel 18 is all about the same of the fathers ate sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge. Gotchas will be of the say that anymore because you swiftly be Ronson. The big question right. The big question for us is that apply to us as believers in other words, if you're grandparents were guilty of some type of murderous crimes and an and now your your parents hid it and now you come to faith system, judgment that's going to hang over you. Are you going to be more complicit in doing what they did dancers know in other words, if you truly make a break with the past. If you truly make a break with you. Let's say you have generations of alcoholics in each new generation, the kids are drinking younger and getting exposed younger and that you get radically born again and make a break. To the extent you make a break with the past, you make a break with those past tendencies. On the flipside for not.

I don't believe God is actively bringing those things on us as believers but there are things that are kind of inherited like for example genetically if you're a child of alcoholics. You are more predisposed to become an alcoholic yourself or forget genetically just by upbringing. So there are things the only way that I can look at this Derek Prince wrote a book on blessings and curses. Nancy and I read it many years ago and Derek Prince is a brilliant Bible teacher really knew the word well in Hebrew and Greek. But when we read it. Just like how can you figure it out almost everything. This is a blessing is accursed. We couldn't wrap our minds around that. But we did know certain people, and it seemed that quote bad luck followed them everywhere. It seemed that I remember 115 led to the Lord in high school and now in college together and he decided all crazy things would happen to him. So he decides well, I'm not taking my car into school today. I'm going another way. This way, nothing can happen to the car he gets home and streetlamp had just fallen, loose and crashed through the window of his car like the story of his life. That kind of thing, or just when it's constant sickness all unrelated all attacking in this been like a history of that okay is there something going on. That's when I step back and say, is there some demonic activity is a some type of curse that needs to be broken, so I need to see some kind of clear evidence that something wrong is being passed down happening in the spiritual realm Lord has to reveal it at that point, then I would deal with it.

Otherwise, if I will see evidence of it. I understand when I surrender to the Lord.

He washed because we, to the extent I made a break with the past. To that extent, the past is not can follow me, so hopefully that's helpful to real quick follow-up, so the person who currently getting banged up with you Segundo when he was a believer. Solid leader you all so so so so person did have a generational thing long ago, it would automatically break yet. Look, I I cannot claim to give you decisive New Testament scripture in this. Maybe someone has more insight than I do what I what I do understand is that some of these things, for whatever reason, things going on in the spiritual realm. Things have been passed down generationally, but by habit or lifestyle. Things will be failed to make a break with the past.

Maybe demonic stronghold.

It's been entrenched for whatever reason. If I see that it's there then will address it now. I have friends that when some of the lead someone to the Lord baptize him. They they break all generational curses.

In Jesus name or those that just something they do in case there's something in the background. For me I have to be confronted with something wrong. At that point I will then deal with it and we we may ask the Lord to show us what's the root of this or just say something wrong is going on here. Let's address it prayer, fasting, spiritual authority, where was call for events. Thank you for the questions of sure others have had them as well. 86634 we go to Chuck in Seattle, Washington. Welcome to the line of fire. I got a court regard judges make you mother helping her follow through all the weight to the day night that I don't believe so.

I mean it's it's one of the darkest passages in the Bible because like everything is wrong. Everything about is wrong. You know the idolatry the compromise, the treachery, the it's just Everett but judges tell you hey this is what was going on.

This is how life was at that time I I don't believe that you can then trace it out, you know, in the history of of the Dan-ites.

Some might say it's implied, you know, by the curse. That's was there but when I read it.

I've never had that that understanding that that we would we would see the curse falling on the Dan-ites and then following them after that's that's not been my own impression reading it through what I believe the Lord find the right data point word but sure of all that the curse of the yeah I wouldn't see when see a connection there.

It's always good to dig and think and wonder. But the person that no I would not make any connection there between those texts are those this concept take Chuck, thanks for for studying the word. Let's keep digging 866342. Let's go to Jesus in Chicago welcomes the line of fire. Hello Dr. Brown thank you for having me on. And thank you for your your ministry and you being able to put your experience with the Lord out there for everyone to know. Learn from you and very welcome. Thanks for sharing my my question has to do it heresy wanted is considered heresy nowadays and I have two specific examples for this really bothered me because on one hand we say there are many people who would say all like annihilation of them will hell eternal suffering for the dinner that they'll suffer mentally and but that they will die like you noted that the many people who like one couple i really respect you know that they know that paramedical parenting and then you have.

this is fine, but then day and but ended another one from a very popular, that i would name but they say things like biker for calvinism, but extreme calvinism and i would think you know god is the one who put evil intent, the desire to rape children and murder into the people and then he hate like he personally make it so that he does amount of like brought their kill and blake every everything right that every everything that that any human being does is ordained by god and that you somehow actively behind it so that god is ultimately responsible for the rape and murder of of a little child set heresy. okay, we got it a break coming up and i can answer in full on the other side of the break, but the immediate answer. when we speak of heresy in an orthodox historic way, we mean something that is outside the pale of fundamental faith that if you hold to this who are outside the body.

this is not a dispute within the body. this is something that would disqualify you being in the bottom that would be a technical understanding of heresy. most tend to use it more loosely than that her plan and it's the light a fire with your host dr. michael brown your voice and more cultural and spiritual revolution. here again is dr. michael brown veterans for joining us on fire.

866 the you got questions your best to give you solid answers so back to jesus in chicago. so in the bible. the greek word from which we get heresy simply means divisions were differences, then it is come to have a technical meaning say in english release say that is heresy. most people use it, broadly, meaning that's dangerous teaching or a bad teacher something i differ with. i try to use it in a more historic sense saying okay if we're calling this heresy missing. if you hold to that you are not saved, if you hold to that you are outside the historic body. so, for example, when jehovah's witnesses teach is heresy, but the debate about the nature of eternal punishment. say annihilation versus eternal conscious torment that's been something that's been debated for centuries within the body or debates about the exact nature of communion that's been something that's debated over the centuries. so if someone holds to transubstantiation a catholic friend. i absolutely do not hold true based on scripture but i would not say that's heresy, meaning they are disqualified from being in the faith, the worship of mary is heresy right so it. in other words, it's where we draw the line which is requested, so what i would look at is that the fundamentals of the faith or early creedal truths things that are been held to us as the, the foundations of all things, and if someone violates that there is outside of that we would recognize that belief as heretical.

so extreme calvinism that with attribute acts of evil to god's own nature is terribly dangerous wrong view is as if somehow he was complicit in evil that he was somehow ultimately responsible for for evil, so that rather than condemning wickedness. he was the source of wickedness that would be a terribly dangerous belief and certainly deeply on biblical now what i call it heretical.

if it was someone's philosophical conclusion based on being a calvinist.

they simply went too far. philosophically, i urge them to step back from that and make clear statements about scripture and the nature of god. if it's something they held to is a fundamental dogma than that. we concerned that that would be something that would would misrepresent who god is and didn't look there are many calvinists that would absolutely say without hesitation that an open theist is a heretic because it open theist says that god doesn't know certain things that that human choices and things that lie ahead. god does not know everything that that of the future holds and they would say that's a heresy because it fundamentally changes the nature of god.

this would be in the other direction so thank you for the question. biggest thing to me is this really examine what scripture says in him and let's really challenge others to hold what scripture says and to abandon any traditions we have that are contrary to look to me it's very serious that people reject the work of the holy spirit for today.

i find such an abundant overwhelming testimony. scripture about this i find to be so important and i see the amazing things god is doing around the world.

it deeply grieves me that fine brothers and sisters in jesus say no, these things are not for today and the things that we attribute to the holy spirit are really not the holy spirit that if the greaser but i can call them heretics because the secessionists i would say let's look at the word again with examine it fresh.

thank you for the call. let us go to laura in california.

welcome to the line of fire around. i am now actually covered or not, but yesterday i am of the crap that you had with a rabbi about whether or not i like doing it, or how many contact 30 break the letter quoted at the lord and looked it up and it was actually melted thinking that basically what that's about how to text right now it and everything that the laws given at the beginning, not you heart brat fail. it is not your heart you you you obey on and i have zero background at all and any hebrew language or anything like that on the back that i don't have any at any who, at the creek technical enough and on and why is it that that the parent obeying the law, and i don't. i didn't really know how can we put that into context ahead of thing that are like how to recognize it to darren.

i guess it's kind of yeah great question appreciated in this one that's often come up in the in the jewish debate over the over the decades and through the centuries. so first in context of deuteronomy 30 it's talking about inaccessibility. okay that's that's the key thing so to reach you get on the third universe.

11. from the new jps translation with respect to the mid-eighties. surely this instruction which i enjoy you this day is not too baffling for you, nor is it beyond reach some of the heavens that you say who among us can go to the heavens and get it for us and imparted to us that we may obey it, observe it, neither is it beyond the sea that you should say who among us can cross to the side of the sea and get it for us and imparted to us that we may observe and note the thing is very close to your mouth and your heart to serve it. see, i sit before you this day life and prosperity, death and adversity, etc. so, in context, it's not talking about ability to do it but ability to understand it and have it accessible. it's not some mysterious thing this is so far out. i don't know. i know i do know is right here is right here is right in front of you. you can do it now make a choice. so that's the context. so, in context, it's not emphasizing the ease with which israel could do it, but rather the accessibility an effective and straightforward right in front of them as you keep reading, which i encourage you to do. keep reading into deuteronomy 3132 3334 repeated theme is but i know you're going to disobey moses and i know you miss if this what you doing now while i'm here. what you doing but i know you got disobey. so the thing that i would emphasize is to any jewish person nobody stopping you from doing nobody stop you from keeping the commandments nobody stopping any of us and theoretically we cut we could except we choose not to. it's been our history that we chose not to. which is why some instructions come on us it's it's been the history of every human being to fall short in the more you press things with a religious jew who tends to be very scrupulous in his or her lifestyle.

the more readily though. so yes, i fall short here for sure there are false are there no one's making you know once you you have the complete ability to do everything written and yet you don't, which is why we need a savior.

so rather than that. being a negative to me something that that is hard to overcome in my witness, i lean into its absolutely is right here at the end that we don't do it that we don't obey it. we fall short proving or need for a savior you you are very welcome and your questions are always welcome. god bless 866-34-TRUTH. let's go over to tyler and kansas city.

welcome to the line of fire. i got about hey eight. i committed more time to find something that imparted the commitment of my mistake back in an argument.

lgbt christians lately and i am not able to fit a mile in my usual train people and transitioning. it's pretty clear the bible said about the meticulous explanation that's pretty clear to me. i don't quite know how to get into bk and to act on for transitioning.

i excitement. so many people who work were christian in their tight not looking in their integration are trained in the eight a struggle with that unity can't translation it can't be sorted, tortured, and there is going on in their souls with the with the medical procedures, and i just antagonizing it's there to agonize like dragon for them and for me trying to help them pass fully understood and fully understood. since the limit before we go to scripture. let me ask you this. you know anything about the iid body identity, body integrity identity disorder is that when were you be clear to you and your body is wrong income way, other than gender. basically right, exactly, exactly.

so you are tormented by the idea. should that have a right arm. it's like yes weird thing grow your mind map tells you shouldn't either. okay, the, the, the suffering, the agony, the ability and ability to help people like this is very similar to the torment and agony that that many trans people speak of will be okay for that person to amputate a limb. it's perfectly healthy. i was there but is perfectly healthy but they would really have peace of mind if they could just be a cat limb. it would be in credibly weak through an destruct would be a thin, thinking god as god gave us these bodies and called us to be stewards of them there if would be right to hack off part of her body simply to give us peace of mind or would you say look, we've gotta find a better way.

i'm sure somehow in god. there is an internal help for this. rather than copping off a healthy part of your body and right okay so i want to pause there and then i want to dig in scripturally and philosophically into the question of whether it is a sin to physically alter your body and in major ways major ways amputating changing shopping of healthy breasts in order to get peace of mind right that the line of fire with your host dr. michael brown get into the line of fire now by calling 86. here again is dr. michael brown thanks friends for joining us on the line of fire.

last night i tweeted out pastors. if your kind congregants are not totally sure about where you stand on homosexuality and same-sex quote marriage when you're not teaching the scriptures and you doing a disservice to your people say that because every congregation, people are hurting every congregation people have friends, loved ones or they themselves are struggling with issues having to do with homosexuality or transgender identity, and for us to not be thoroughly clear in the scriptures and for us to not be there in a pastoral way is both failing to teach the word and failing to care for our flock you so i don't want to raise controversial issues with these issues.

are they already and the kids are facing these issues in school, or on social media or media.

this is everywhere around us to not be clear is to be negligent as shepherds 866-34-truth you've got questions, we've got answers want to go to tyler and kansas city.

so the question tyler as to whether someone who identifies as trans and then say young lady gets a full mastectomy or a man get surgery to change his private parts into female private parts, and i was going to be on hormones for life. here's why say that is sinful and wrong i'm not saying i guarantee that this person is hell bound in order to say i can guarantee if someone denounces jesus refuses the cross to live how want to live and dies as an atheist unrepentant serial killer.

then we know that person is lost i can say for sure that these are sinful and destructive acts suit number one we go back to being created in god's image where he creates us mail female throughout scripture. it only knows mail female. we also know that all categories historically in scripture were identified biologically little is there is no category of being a female in a male body or male and female body, which means throughout biblical history.

if someone was struggling on the inside. they were still in either the male or female category just just be blunt about that.

that's the first or the second thing i always look for his trajectory.

everything reproduces after its own kind. the idea that gender is what you perceive it to be versus your biology or that sex is what you perceive it to be.

i am of the male sex with a female sex is what you perceive it to be versus biology not only to set violate the simple biblical norm, but it now violates the gender binary. because you have countless gender you have endless numbers of genders and you have you have people for example a a a woman who's attracted to men, but believes that she's actually a man will now transition to become a gay man is so you you have these endless variations and if you just get online and in search for gender identity since endless minutes.

it's it's scores and scores of them. why because you have not redefined so this tells me of a trajectory level. this is wrong, then there's the fact that that our bodies are temples of the holy spirit that were told to be stewards over our bodies. sexual morality is one thing but be stewards over a bodysuit to to hack and amputate and change things simply based on mental perception then to go on hormones for life that are now going to fight against what my body really is. so there is the setting on the stewardship level and the one explicit verse, but it's quite explicit the challenge is how do we apply it today as is universal. but deuteronomy 22 five.

a woman must not put on man's apparel, nor shall a man wear women's clothing for whoever does these things is apparent to the lord your god. so it's explicit.

it's is black and right in the text deuteronomy 22 five. the question as well that's under the sinai covenant that is that one of those things like leviticus 18 which is under the sinai covenant that god made clear these are standards for all people of all times, because god judge the canaanites for incest god judge the canaanites for adultery go judge the canaanites for homosexual practice, so that's a universal moral principle. he said that the land will vomit you out with it the way it vomited them out. if you follow in their footsteps. the best way to trace this out is to take that phrase at the end of the toy phot other than that i did testable to the lord and to see every time that occurs in scripture and see is that also a universal principle if you can which i believe you can that will that will further underscore the fact that this is a a crossing of a line that's dangerous because god specifically and you say will and in our days all women wear pants right right but women wear pants thirds. that's not a big issue.

you can go to another if if i came in to the office wearing the dress everywhere would not wear women's clothes and i was man don't wear dresses know if i was in the southern part of indian men were these gowns, but it's different outfit right so this would underscore the importance of gender distinctions.

the last thing is that a large percentage of people who then go ahead and have these radical surgeries end up with terrible regret and a large percentage still remain suicidal and struggle because the issues were not cured by by maiming the body have you watch the documentary that i hosted in his image.

no i have not okay.

tell her that we really help you go deeper than i just did. now you can go to in his image.movie in his image.movie you put your email address camacho or just go to youtube and type in in his image movie american family studios did it. i had the privilege of hosting it.

but you'll get it. there's a lot about transgender issues about the image of god about what it means. so compelling stories great theology. some modern wake-up call scripture. you're asking the exact right questions, and those we have clear biblical prohibitions about homosexual practice. someone can struggle with same-sex attraction and love jesus and say no to that attraction between walk in it willfully is to disqualify ourselves from the kingdom of god.

does the bible make the same statement in the same way about transgender will know was having sex change surgery.

udo but the principles must be deduced and the pain he feels the pain you should feel, because these people struggle mightily. i can't relate to and i felt the pain in prayer for them, but i can't relate to living with that the torment of it so all all the more reason to me that we really dig deeper to try to get to the underlying reasons why people are tormented and bring them home is through the gospel. that's what compassion would do and i'm i'm 100% sure for any believer struggling that if they will throw themselves wholly on god, he will help them so that they don't have to commit suicide so that they don't have to destroy marriage. he will give embrace.

i interacted with the a gentleman some years ago. he identified his woman was actively involved in churches, transgender, etc. and i said what have dramatically was married 37 years. the civil effectively destroyed my marriage and lost my children. i said, but what about the call to lay down your life or your wife. he said it was either a changed transition or suicide. i don't believe that's the option i don't believe it's ever the option i i either mutilate my bodies on hormones for life that are going to go contrary to how god created me. i'm going to have to do this or suicide.

god will give grace and not saying it's easy i'm saying his grace is sufficient. so friends if you haven't watch this.

this is incredibly important movie we've heard of tremendous fruit and feedback on great feedback not just for adults with children. children have watches will hey thank you tyler god bless 866-34-truth by the way, oh what is about 35 minutes from now really back on youtube sk dear browser room watching live for 15 eastern time again be back on youtube, answering all your youtube questions you just post them their and we answer them all right. so join me, and asked her to brown on youtube for 15 eastern time. okay we go to luis in chicago. thanks for holding welcome to the line of fire load paintball quicker on hack chapter 8, wayne talked about the author helen talked about how many men and equipment, but he and jeanette the name of jesus christ baptized it out that simon himself believed and was baptized which is the poster, questioning because a little more about that peter laid hands on people. my altar Asked what he gave a believe all people. yes, thank you for the question. so if you go back earlier in the chapter, luis, you'll see that philip is preaching samaria, samaria. this great joy in the city people being healed would be delivered from dimas.

many are being saved. the being saved or being baptized but it says they had not yet received the spirit so there is an understanding that there is some empowerment of the spirit the day that you received it explains paul's question and asked 19 when he meets believers in ephesus and says did you receive the spirit when you believed or since you believe so those of us were pentecostal believe that upon salvation. you are immediately indwelt by the holy spirit. the motor saved your born from above in the holy spirit now indwells your spirit, but that there is an empowering of the spirit, something tangible, something often comes with speaking in other tongues that you have that in and ask tenant asked 19 along with asked to do something tangible and clear where people receive the spirit so the apostles came in when the apostles came peter and john. they lay hands on the people and they received the spirit so something happened. either they were and speak in tongues prophesy, but something happened so that simon said well look at this i can. i can't pay to get this gift so that when the people believed they did everything nothing nothing empowering. they were indwelt by the spirit, that they did not receive the empowering of the spirit, the spirit had not come upon them at at at pentecost in the book of acts. the holy spirit came upon them.

it is the endearments of power, many christians through the centuries have come to points in their walk with a note.

there's got to be more. there's got to be more and they sought god earnestly and in receive power from on high be at ba and ra torrey were dl moody and these were not tongue speakers, but these were people who said there must be more so the holy spirit did not come on them in power for so i understand they work.

they were born again. they were believers they were indwelt by the stripper they had not received the human the empowering of the spirit service and that's what we were pentecostal still hold to valid for today it's the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian dr. michael brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 6643 here again is dr. michael brown thanks friends for joining us on the line of fire. this is michael brownie 6634 truth. let's go to joey and north dakota.

welcome to the line of fire. there are techniques like we lost joey. we go over to know we don't go there. i let's go over to matthew and apex, north carolina. welcome to the line of fire will i okay i don't know if we just had some that happen with our calls. looks like we may have a connection issue. so for for those who are like yeah i'm here i'm here again you not hear me will will do our best to sort that out 866-34-truth in the meantime, let me encourage you friends in your own study of scripture to not be afraid of digging deep and asking honest questions i want to encourage you in that regard, i want to encourage you to to trust god enough and and to trust your relationship with him much about falling everything on the internet.

listen to all discusses some interesting theories don't devote more time to scripture, but not everything in every one of our church traditions are messianic congregations or personal spiritual backgrounds is accurate right and i was over the decades have been in the lord just about 50 years now of modified certain things that i believe within the faith i have of throwing out certain things.

i held two trips of end times braced others i've held to one view and then shift away from come back to it and then there are other things row super dogmatic about.

i'm not as dogmatic about another things where i am more dogmatic so i'm not i'm not saying that i am now perfectly right arby's no no no, but there certain things the hills of zion and other things. i'll say their different ways of looking at things that some people attack me because i'm not dogmatic on a point they think is is as essential i can give reasons both ways within scripture and within the church within the body, but many times we are very locked in our focus.

in such a way that we are afraid to explore make a determination. i want to follow you and your truth to make an adjustment here or there i have to make a major adjustment within the lord. i want to follow dobbins truth don't just be locked in by the traditions that you raised in or by your current surroundings dig in the scriptures daily and ask god for insight, wisdom, and do it with humility committed to follow the truth the matter what. all right, we try to reconnect will start with joey and north dakota are you there i'm here all right sorry sorry for the hookah problems but glad your back on big thank you, wondering they knew i what you mean by that statement. well, tell me why you think you're not saved joey." i have been a lot lately. okay, do you do you consider yourself a follower of jesus. i do all right and have have you so you've asked him to forgive you and save you from your sins and you put your trust in him alone as your savior correct writing and you believe that the bible is god's word and that in that we have we have wisdom instructions and how to live, but you're struggling on living it out because of that you're feeling lost or are you much you much of a reader. joey not particularly okay. i would love to send you the book that i wrote on holiness call go and sin no more.

a call holiness which gives us his practical steps, as will the scriptures talks about grace talks about how to live free from condemnation. let me assist you have if you much of a reader. have you taken scripture on an earlier all right to listen on audio books or do you think you okay, got it will can i strongly encourage you to on a daily basis. listen to the bible on on audio and to spend time doing that because the key thing is to get to know god in a deeper way.

you to pray much for every night. okay, do you do just like ask god to help in certain ways did you feel like you have a relationship with him all god they click on it right. okay if it interesting. ascertain what you limit. let me suggest a few things to art number one, it's essential that you get to know god more deeply. i could use through the day to talk to him honestly talk to him honestly just like you talking to me got understand this was going on here. the questions here this one though you please this first thing second thing is better than listening to me listen to the word of god three times that limited otherwise, make a daily habit so many ways to to get the bible on audio i'm sure you're you're capable of find that out. otherwise, discover christian book.com and download something. there are audible.com and download a contemporary translation of the bible's was in english that you understand and listen to it on a daily basis. i would recommend you start going to the new testament if you're newer things and take it in.

take it in. take it in.

it will help you to turn from sin. it will help you to live a holier life that some folks may be listening and say can you tell discusses cranking you, etc. up well on the take undertake our calling to take joey at his word. maybe this is for someone else as well get to know god personally. the word of god and prayer that will help you live a godly life. may the lord work whatever whatever is needed. enjoys life. god knows may bring it to pass. thank you for the call. let us go to matthew in apex, north carolina. sorry for confusing that we got your back on what's on your mind map how are you sorry if i say that yes go ahead okay.

my question to you is either first or second thessalonians. it's about the spirit of antichrist that paul was in the world. even today, and i was just wondering. the rabbi i like to listen to. that's an orthodox rabbi and so he that bleated jesus as the messiah, but they do teach the first five books of moses, so i do know what your take on the on that one right. so you're thinking. second thessalonians 2, which mentions that the man of sin describes enterprise in first john two that says that the ready. many antichrists in in the world so every generation has people who deny jesus. every generation has those who come against the faith every generation has heretical doctrines regeneration is false religions, regeneration has people who fall away from the faith. regeneration has its own set of temptations were in an extreme situation today where a situation today where there is a lot of apostasy, a lot of testing, so this is this is a uniquely dark time.

it's a time when the church is suffering public humiliation so it's it's a time of of us being humble this well good can come out of the so this can be the time that we really press into got to know god more deeply as a solicitor rabbi teach about torah that's you don't you'll get. you get insights number one as to how religious jew reads the bible and sees things differently than we do so as me as a messianic jew.

he was a gentile christian. so that would be the first thing you'll see how they read things differently. that's a value of the other thing is that that you will you will see where they're missing things and you'll get all kinds of other traditions added in that are not part of the bible so test everything that you fear based on the rest of scripture. if it's wow i never saw that before.

that's an interesting insight. great if they're basing it on an unwritten tradition, then you have to examine is there truth to that tradition because many of the traditions just come centuries later and they give all kinds of insight, the text, but they're not actually with the text to say that they are later tradition so you listen, but with caution. you take things in, but you're careful hey friends, we are out of time, but i would encourage you to come back and join me 15 minutes from now. well 16 to be tactical on the astor to brown youtube channel. this is something we do every week we announce on social media. the day that we do it we spent 45 minutes or an hour on youtube, answering your question so that's what we will be doing yesterday on youtube channel.

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