I read Josh’s first two versions about 40 years ago, and was greatly blessed. This is probably outstanding!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpw9Bv7x7Kg
SERIOUS!
I have a different take on why the Philippines’ leader Duterte has distanced himself from the USA. But other than that, take heed everybody!
Real Christianity needs to happen soon.
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This previous video by Jesse is also amazing, where he goes into this more. I transcribed many of his excellent, words, summarized here:
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Jesse writes in his notes under this video (spell-checked by me):
You can change. There’s another reality within all of us: the kingdom of heaven within. The scripture says: Seek first the kingdom of God, and his right way, and all things will be added. You will have perfect peace, with no anger, and be free. You’ll deal with the world and overcome issues. There is a spiritual battle for control of your life — one of good (God within), and one from evil, from your father the Devil.
Most are in a fallen state, born into a messed up family, where fathers and mothers are not a living examples of what you need to watch and see — how to deal with life.
The voice of Satan in your head doesn’t want you to be still and discover the true God within. He’s constantly trying to deceive you, feed you doubt. Instead, practice doubting every thought, and believe in the Voiceless Voice, the revelation of God — bring every thought into captivity, because every thought is a lie, and you’re overreacting in darkness. After a while, you become mentally ill, psychotic, thinking of suicide, sick, out of it, angry, frustrated, fearful.
Before you enter, you must forgive.
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“Churches often go from being a movement of God to being an organization, to being an institution, to becoming a museum.”
– Unknown pastor
[quoted by Christopher Frost at 20:22 – Seven Messages in Revelation 6/8: Sardis]
Powerful!
21:00 “Most of the time, the word of the Lord is…what the people don’t want to hear.” … Most of the time, if people are Amening you and patting you on the back….”
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Most Christians that I have ever met and talked to openly confess that they are sinners. They sin every day, so they say, and they have no problem with it because they THINK that Jesus’ salvation means just saving them from the consequence of their sins.
Jesus came to set sinners FREE FROM THEIR SINS. And if you don’t believe it you have believed the old devil’s lie. You CAN stop sinning if you want to stop sinning. Jesus came to set sinners free, and if you put your trust in Him, and if you start walking with Him, if you start following Him and obeying Him He will set you free from your sins.
The problem is most Christians LOVE their sinful life MORE than they love the light of Jesus Christ.
Are you ready to follow and obey Jesus and leave your sinful shameful life behind? Or have you bought the easy false gospel that says, if you just believe upon Jesus He will save you from the consequence of your wicked sinful life.
If you continue to sin you are NOT saved from your sins. If you continue to live wickedly, you will perish in your sins.
Repent of your sins today, follow Jesus, turn from sins or perish.
May the grace of Jesus be with you.
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Harmony of the gospels — shows consistency in all four texts written by different authors at different times in different locations — led by the Holy Spirit!
Ample time for them to be copied many times, directly into many manuscripts.
Screenshot:
Video starts at 4-minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-nyH65qepA
Sean’s father is Josh McDowell, the famous author, Christian apologist.
Longer version:
(vid) If God, Why Evil? – Sean McDowell
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Mostly really good. But I’m not sure what Sean is getting at in his conclusion. I would say:
God works everything for good, Romans 8:28 only applies to real Christians (whom Paul described clearly in verses 1-17):
“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.”
And that doesn’t at all mean that God manipulates everything for those who really do follow Him. I believe that God is mostly hands off, allowing people to freely decide what they will do. Where He does intervene a lot is in the spirit world, where angels fight demons, often in response to Christians’ prayers. And God also empowers Christians to overcome sin, as the Holy Spirit leads those who follow Him.
God will sometimes clearly intervene, but this is rare, like with Saul on the road to Damascus, making him temporarily blind, which gave Saul some quality thinking time so he repented from persecuting the Christians, and then become Paul, one of the greatest Christians ever!
God really has given us free will, unlike some Calvinists who believe free will is only an illusion, because God controls everything everyone does in order to be able to predict the outcome. That is pure hogwash, but one of my seminary professors actually taught us that.
Sean’s father is Josh McDowell, the famous author, Christian apologist.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH8hJ8V4sTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QlLqvI2E_U
http://www.facebook.com/DSouzaDinesh/videos/1794459587247355
We must distance ourselves from this unholy, reverse-Christian, TalmudVision driven fad.
Paul’s warning in 2 Thessalonians wasn’t meant to be a blueprint:
Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ…. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God. 5 Don’t you remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things? 6 Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season [not Christian assisted]. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way. 8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming; 9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqkOSGJYCd4
peacemakers = children of God
“Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS, for they shall be called the CHILDREN of GOD. …
LET YOUR LIGHT so SHINE before men that they may SEE YOUR GOOD works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
– JESUS in Matthew 5:9, 16
By J. Warner Wallace
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I also believe this gospel was written early; within the lifetime of people who witnessed the events it records. This is important, because the early dating of the Gospels helps to establish their reliability as eyewitness accounts. Here is a very brief summary of the evidence establishing the early dating of the Gospel of John:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLcSQppERKI
“Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.”
– Jesus in John 15:20
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Many good points, and mostly true, like: we don’t need a church leader to baptize us in water, and we all should be baptized after we’re born-again.
But: following righteous, biblically qualified leaders as they follow the Lord and help us be led by the Holy Spirit would be a good thing — if there were any. There will be….
Also, we don’t have to wait to speak in tongues, just do it. It’s really simple once we’re born-again. Just speak the words that are in your mouth whatever they are.
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