May 1, 2025 • 44 mins
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Do you have a question?
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Question I've always had about the Bible is are miracles
and the ability to perform miracles possible in this day
and age?
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Do you have a question?
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Is the Bible inerrant? Can we trust the Word of God?
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What did Jesus mean when he said, judge not that
you be not judged.
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What is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
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Does God know with absolute certainty what will be the
free will choices of men and women?
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What is legalism?
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Can a Christian lose their salvation?
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Can God ever change his mind?
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Could Jesus have sinned.
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If and when a baby dies? Do they go to heaven?
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Are Christians obligated to tithe?
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Should all Christians speak in tongues?
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What can we know about the existence and activity of Satan?
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Are demons real? What can we know about angels?
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Can a Christian be demonized?
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Will people that have never heard the name of Jesus
be condemned for not believing in him?
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Are miracles and the ability to perform miracles possible in
this day and age?
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Do you have a question?
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If you do, you have come to the right place.
Hi friends. Welcome to In the Market with Janet Parshall.
That opening is reserved for one person and one person only.
That is Doctor Sam Storms. He is in the house
and he's with us all hour long, and we have
opened the phone lines so that you now can ask
any question you have about the Bible or Christianity. (877) 548-3675
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these are always robust hours of conversation, so get in
line early. Get your call in. If you remembered your
question from the last time Doctor Storms was here but
wasn't able to get on. Now's your chance. Eight. 7754.
Eight three. Six. Seven. Five. Here comes the formal invitation.
Although he's a friend to so many of us in
our listening audience. Doctor storms, pastor at Bridgeway Church in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for 14 years. He's the founder of
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Enjoying God Ministries Ministries, plural. He serves as a member
of the Council of the Gospel Coalition. He's the past
president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He was a visiting
professor at Wheaton College for four years, teaching theology. Wouldn't
you love to sit in his class? Wonderfully prolific author,
written all kinds of books. I've got many of them
listed on our information page. But even better, I have
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a link to his website where not only will you
find his books, but he is a prolific author not
just of books, but of articles as well. And very
often the questions we ask here sort of create an
interest to know more, to dig more. And so often
Doctor Storms will refer you right back to his website
to get as Paul Harvey said, the rest of the story.
So it's all there on our information page, and it's
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out of his writing that this idea of having these
kinds of conversations with Doctor Storms emanated. He wrote not one,
but two books called Tough Topics, and they were both
about biblical answers to challenging questions, 25 in each of
the books. So there's a tough topics, and there's a
tough topics, too. And he could have gone on and
on and on and on. He's still writing about other things.
I can't wait to talk to him soon about his
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newest book on prayer. But today it is all about
you and your questions. (877) 548-3675. Now in Washington, DC, when
you have a panel, a committee hearing, you have all
kinds of witnesses that sit in front of the panel
made up of representatives of both parties. But there's always
a chair of the committee. The rules are that there's
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lights that flash, and you will often hear the gavel
come down and the chairman will say, uh, the member's
time has expired and they have to move on. But
when you're the chairman of the committee, you get to
speak first, last and in between anytime you want to.
And there's is no boundary to how much you can speak.
And I'm not going to do that, but I'm going
to take one privilege of the chair, and that is
I get to ask the first question. So, Sam, I've
been really looking forward to this, and I bet some
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other people have thought about this as well. So we
often refer to Jesus or the scriptures more to the point,
to be more accurate, refer to him as the Son
of God, but they also refer to him as the
Son of Man. And what's very interesting about that is
the Son of Man is used by Jesus 80 times
as a way to refer to himself. And then it's
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also interesting because the Old Testament also uses the phrase
Son of Man, best known Daniel 713 and 14 I
saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds
of heaven, there came out one like the Son of Man.
And he came to the Ancient of Days, and was
presented before him. Now, I think this is an important
question is because, particularly in these latter days, when people
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are falling away, the righteous are being deceived, and we
see the ascendancy of apostasy and heresy. I have seen
this phrase son of man be a way of diminishing
the messianic lordship of Jesus Christ. We'll see. He was
fully human. He's just like you and me. And they
end it there. And so the Son of Man becomes
a tripping point, if you will, for people to think
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somehow this diminishes the fact that he is God incarnate
and he's not holy man and holy God. But it
does raise for inquiring minds that want to know why
Jesus would refer to himself so many times. And then prophetically,
we read about it in the Old Testament as well. Three,
so many times, 80 times. Jesus uses that phrase son
of Man. What does it mean? Why does he call
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himself that?
S16 (06:32):
Well, that's a great question, Janet. Um, it's interesting. There's
some there's a measure of irony here because you said
that people appeal to this self-designation as a way of
diminishing his identity as God, when in fact it enhances it.
He is directly alluding back to Daniel chapter seven, where
he's where we read about the Son of Man coming
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to the Ancient of Days. It's to the Son of
Man is given dominion, glory, and a kingdom that all peoples, nations,
and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion.
His kingdom is one that shall not be destroyed. So
when Jesus identifies the Son of Man, he's speaking to
people who are well versed in the Old Testament. And
they knew that this description in Daniel seven was of
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God Himself, the coming messianic King. So I think, in fact,
Son of Man, far from diminishing the deity of Christ,
highlights it and shines a spotlight upon it. Now, others
like to say that, well, maybe he uses that designation
to affirm that he's also fully human. That's entirely possible.
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But for people to say that to be fully human,
you can't also be fully God misunderstands the nature of
the incarnation. You know, we go back to John one
one in the beginning was the word, and the word
was with God, and the word was God. And yet
in verse 14 it says, and the word became flesh.
But when he became flesh, he didn't cease to be
the word. He is both word God and man simultaneously, 100%. Obviously,
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it's a mystery. I don't know that anybody can plummet
any more deeply than that, but in fact, Son of Man,
I think is a very conscious effort on the part
of Jesus to announce to the people of his day.
You remember that that scene that Daniel had in Daniel
chapter seven, you remember that glorious portrayal of the Ancient
of Days and the Son of Man being given an
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eternal kingdom that was talking about me. So I think
it really is a reaffirmation of his, of his deity,
not a diminishing of it.
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Exactly. So it's really the antithesis of how it can use,
be used as a cudgel in some ways. I also
heard it said once that the Son of Man, Ben Adam,
which I think is interesting, and he son of Adam, right.
The first and second Adam, that's scripture talks about that,
but he is the only one. It is said that
both descended and ascended to heaven again, another mark of
distinction and an underscoring of his divinity. Okay. That's it.
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I could keep going one on one with Sam for
the rest of the hour. That would be utterly selfish.
And I want to give you a chance to do
the same thing. But I exemplified how this wonderfully learned
man of God, who loves the word, can answer with
clarity and with authority, right out of the Word of God.
Now it's your turn. 87754836758775483675. We'll take your questions when
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The list goes on and on. What a joy to
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are privileged to be able to ask him any question
about the Bible or Christianity. All you need is a question.
And this 87754836758775483675. All right, Bonaventure, you're in Illinois. You're
first up on deck. Thanks for joining us. Your question please.
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Oh, thank you so much. Uh, my question, you know,
is like a double barrel, um, during the millennium. During
the millennium, 1000 years reign of Christ, those with mortal bodies,
when are they going to have their own resurrection? Because
people will die and people will be born. So when
are those, you know, born in during the millennium? When
are they going to have their own, you know, resurrection? And, uh,
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during that time to the glorified and the mortal will
be sharing the same kind of environment. So is there
going to be a distinction between the two?
S16 (10:57):
Yeah. Janet, can you help me? It was a little
bit hard to understand. Can you clarify for me the question?
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I can Bonaventure, let me make sure that I've summarized
this correctly. So first of all, he wants to know
that in the millennium, for the living people that are
saved during that period, if they come to faith in Christ,
do they have their own resurrection? And Bonaventure, can you
tell me the second part of your question again? I
didn't quite catch that.
S17 (11:20):
Okay. The second question is that, um, the the glorified
and the the motto, you know, bodies will be sharing
the same environment. So is it going to be, you know,
a distinction because they glorified, they will be living with,
you know, um, yeah. Is it going to be a
distinction between the two?
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Yeah. This it's interesting you should ask that question because
this is one of the main sticking points between those
who are premillennial and those who are millennial, the premillennialist
as you have just described, believe that some people will
survive the Second coming of Christ and will enter the
1000 year kingdom in their natural physical bodies, and they
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will go through the normal processes of life. They will
give birth to children. They will die physically. The question
you ask is if that is the case, how are
they going to be raised? When are they going to
be raised, especially those who come to faith during that
period of time? There's a lot of lot of sticky,
sticky problems with that. First of all, you read the
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end of revelation 19, and it seems as if all
unbelievers are killed at the second coming of Christ, so
there wouldn't be anybody left to populate the kingdom in
their natural bodies. Then you have the also the question
of is it really the teaching of Scripture that there's
a possibility for salvation subsequent to the Second Coming? It
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would seem as if, as I read Scripture, that at
the time of Christ's return, all hope for salvation has
come to an end. And then, of course, you ask
the question, will they have their own resurrection? Um, if
in fact, you know, you think for just a moment
about the teaching of Paul that immediately upon death, the
spirit or the soul of the believer goes into the
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presence of Christ. So are we going to have in
the in the millennium, assuming there is one? Of course,
the Amillennialist would disagree, but is it going to be
the case that people are dying and their spirits are
immediately in the presence of Christ there in the millennium,
mingling all also with glorified saints? Where do they go?
When would there? Would there resurrections follow instantly? Would they
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wait until after the 1000 years? So there are a
multitude of problems, uh, in my opinion, in the premillennial
reading of the Millennial Kingdom. And again, I know that
I'm in the minority here. I know Janet probably disagrees
with me on this, but in my understanding, um, the
millennium is a reference to the resurrected Christ, even now
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reigning and ruling together with his saints and will be
consummated by the Second Coming. So I don't have a
problem with those questions. It's one of the reasons why
I am a millennial rather than pre-millennial. But I have
a good many friends who are pre-millennial, and they say
they have answers to all my questions, but to this
point I haven't been persuaded by them, so I hope
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that helps a little bit.
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And thank you for an excellent, thought provoking question, Bonaventure.
I very much appreciate it. (877) 548-3675. James, welcome. I'm glad
you're joining us from Indiana. And we'd love your question please.
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Yes, I'm a new believer, been a believer about a year,
but I'm a little confused about when I pray. Am
I praying to God or am I praying to Jesus?
S16 (14:37):
Yes, that's the simple answer. Remember, God is triune. There
is only one God, but he exists eternally in three
distinct persons who share the same glory, the same divine nature.
So yes, the standard prayer is. In fact, I addressed
this in my new book on prayer that is being
released next Tuesday that we'll talk about next month. I
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assume on this program, the standard approach in Scripture is
you pray to the father in the name of the son,
through the power of the Holy Spirit. So I don't
think that that is so rigid that we think, well,
if I didn't do it in precisely that way, I
guess God isn't going to listen to me. Well, no,
of course not. Uh, there are places where, in fact
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prayer is directed toward Jesus. Specifically, I even have an
appendix in my book on prayer asking the question, is
it okay to pray to the Holy Spirit? And I
think the answer to that is yes. So we must
remember when you say, are we praying to God or
to Jesus? Jesus is God. The Holy Spirit is God.
When you pray to one person of the Trinity, you're
praying to all and to the one God who exists
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in three co-equal persons. I hope that isn't didn't. Confusing.
But if we'll keep in mind that father, son and
spirit are all equally God. Prayer to one is prayer
to all.
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Mhm. If I can piggyback on your excellent question and
welcome to the family of Faith, by the way. So then, Sam,
why is it so often that when we hear prayers
we pray in Jesus's name? Does that have significance? Is
it just tradition? Why that that ending?
S16 (16:11):
Yeah, I've got a whole chapter on that one in
the book, Janet. So we're going to talk about a
lot of this next month. Good. Yeah. We need to
remember that tagging on the line in Jesus name is
not like a rabbit's foot or somehow a mantra that's
going to guarantee that our prayers are answered. You can
pray in Jesus name without ever even mentioning the name
of Jesus. To pray in Jesus name is, you're saying,
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the only basis on which I can come to the
throne of grace and ask God for anything is the
person of work of Jesus his sinless life, death on
the cross, bodily resurrection? It's on the basis of all
that Jesus is and has done for us. That I
know that I have access to the father, and I
can bring any and every petition to him.
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Amen and amen. James, thank you so much for the
great question. Really appreciate it. (877) 548-3675. Now you see how
this works. Doctor Sam Storms is our guest and it's
an open door. Any question you have about the Bible
or Christianity? 87754836758775483675. And I just have to tell you
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on a personal note why I love these conversations so much.
It gets me thinking deeper about so many biblical issues.
In fact, it drives me into the word. I bet
it doesn't. For that for you to more with your
questions right after this. We have the privilege and boy
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do I count it as such to spend the hour
with Doctor Sam Storms, the founder of Enjoying God Ministries.
Wonderfully prolific author. Again, I have a link to his website.
Real Easy to remember. Sam storms Stormzy doesn't get any
simpler than that. Sam. Stormzy. And again, this particular hour
and Sam, as I noted earlier, is such a prolific
author we could talk about from A to Z, all
things theological. But today it's your chance to ask any
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question you've got about the Bible or Christianity. So Dan,
I welcome you from the great state of Minnesota. Your
question please.
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Yes. Uh, in the new millennium, the thousand years, uh,
is that specifically for the Jewish people to fulfill the, um,
or the promise that that Christ would come and rule,
rule with them for a thousand years? And if there's
people living outside of the, uh, outside of New Jerusalem, uh,
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who gets in, who gets to live there and who
gets to live outside?
S16 (18:35):
Yeah. Okay. That's a kind of follow up on our
previous question. Um, many premillennialists specifically who are also dispensational
and we probably don't have time to go into that.
But people who basically believe in a pretty strict distinction
between God's two peoples, Israel and the church. Most dispensational
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Premillennialists do believe that the purpose of the millennium, among
other things, is primarily to fulfill the promises made to Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob. They say they haven't been fulfilled, and they
will be fulfilled literally during that 1000 year period. Other
premillennialists they're usually called historic Premillennialists who are not dispensational
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would not argue for that. They would say that the
promises made in the Old Testament are inherited both by
believing Jews and believing Gentiles, who together constitute the one
new man, the one olive tree that we read about
in Scripture. Um, the other question you ask about those
outside Jerusalem. Um, now, again, this is a disputed point,
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but I'm just going to show you my opinion. I
don't think that John intends for us to understand that
here are all the people of God inside the New Jerusalem,
and unbelievers are outside. I think he's trying to draw
a picture for us to to tell us that if
you do not believe in Jesus, if you have not
trusted him, you're excluded from the blessings of the eternal
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kingdom that is coming to this earth. So I don't
I don't think we should envision in our minds, you know,
people milling around on the outside, maybe even trying to
get in or carrying on in life into eternity future.
We know that isn't the case, because we're told in
Scripture repeatedly that all those who do not believe in
Christ will be excluded and will be in hell. So
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they can't be milling around the New Jerusalem. I think
that's his simpler way of saying they will have no part.
Those who reject Jesus will have no part in the
blessings of the coming kingdom. Now, again, somebody else may
want to interpret it a little bit more straightforward and literal,
but I think we're pressing it too much if we
do that. I hope that helps. Dan.
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Dan thank you. Appreciate you being a part of this. (877) 548-3675.
Kelly in Ohio. Thanks for being here. Your question now, please.
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Thank you for taking my call. My question deals with forgiveness.
The Bible says that if you want to be forgiven,
you have to forgive others. I feel like I have
forgiven some things that have happened, but I it keeps
coming up, and I feel like I'm worried that I'm
not forgiving enough that Christ won't really forgive me. My
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life is in vain.
S16 (21:15):
Yeah, Kelly, that this is a question that many people ask.
And let me just say this as clearly as I can.
I think the reason why people are reluctant to forgive
those who have offended them is precisely for the reason
you've just mentioned. They know that they will never be
able to forget the sin that was committed against them.
They continue to live wounded by it. They continue to
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live with the trauma and the pain of the offense
that was committed against them. And so they don't want
to be a hypocrite. They don't want to say, well,
I forgive you, but I know that I'm going to
continue to feel the pain and the wound of what
you did to me, and therefore it means I really
haven't forgiven that person so they feel hypocritical. But you
need to remember to forgive somebody does not mean that
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you will cease to hurt from what they did to you.
It does not mean that the pain will go away.
It doesn't mean that you give up all hope for
justice being applied to the situation. It doesn't mean that
you will somehow forgive and forget, as if the memory
of the offense committed against you will go away. We
need to get that idea forgiveness out of our minds.
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That's not what forgiveness is. Forgiveness is you saying I
revoke any revenge on my part to this person? I
will not seek vengeance. I will not seek to make
them pay. I'm making a promise to them, and to
God and to myself, that I will never again bring
up the offense, to use it against them, to hold
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it over their heads or in some way to keep
them hostage to what they did to me. So that's
the nature of forgiveness. It's the release of a person
in such a way that you can move on in
life without constantly having to worry about that individual, or
the wound they inflicted upon your heart. So again, the
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idea of forgive and forget, it's psychologically impossible. You try
to forget something, especially something as horrific as being sinned against.
And that's the only thing you're going to be able
to remember. So we need to put that out of
our minds. I, I actually have written on this in
my book on spiritual warfare, and I have an extended
extended passage or several pages there where I unpack this
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in more detail. I also have something on my website.
If you just type in in the search bar, uh,
what is forgiveness? Uh, it should take you to the
articles that I wrote on that.
S1 (23:39):
Yeah. Excellent. And if I can throw this in as well,
The book that you wrote about God's love and the
things that he's done for us, 12 things that God
does with our sin and what he doesn't do. I
think that's just a tremendous book as well, because I
think inherent in that question, and I know you picked
it up, too, Sam, is the question of can I
really be forgiven? And it's also the idea of feeling,
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thank goodness, it's fact, faith, feeling in that order. It's
about proclaiming what God has already told us about forgiveness
as well. Let me take a break and come right back.
Doctor Sam Storms is with us the entire hour. Eight. 7754836758775483675.
When we return right back to the lines. Right back
to your questions. More after this. As a Christian, how
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you just love it when Doctor Sam Storms comes, every
line is lit, which means when you hear me say goodbye,
then there's an open line and then get on. And
I'm so glad that you appreciate Doctor Storms as much
as I do. He is the founder of Enjoying God Ministries.
He was a visiting professor, an associate professor of theology
at Wheaton College for several years. He is a member
of the Council of the Gospel Coalition, past president of
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the Evangelical Theological Society. And I'm using the word again
because prolific means produces, produces, produces, produces. And that's exactly
what Doctor Storms does. If it's not books, then it's
articles that he writes. And again, Sam Storms dot o
r g. There is a myriad of issues that are
that are covered for your perusal. By the way, of
the many, many books that Doctor Storms has authored. Don't
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forget tough topics and then tough topics too. It really
represents what we're doing right here. These are challenging questions
with biblical answers, and those are the kind that Doctor
Storms provides always. By the way, I hate it when
people slaughter the title of a book, because a book
is a lot of hard work and it's a lot
of dedication. So let me go back and say the
title correctly, because I think this is a very important book.
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There's the one that Sam's written that I wouldn't recommend,
but this one is extremely important. A dozen things I
know a dozen and 12 are the same, but if
you Google 12 things, it's going to be harder for you.
A dozen things God did with your sin and three
things he'll never do and why I brought that up,
Sam again is because there's an inexorable connection between sin
and forgiveness. And one of the things I loved about
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that book is you really do remind that remind us
that the work was done by him, not by us.
So thank you again for your writing. But that book
in particular.
S16 (26:37):
You're very welcome.
S1 (26:39):
(877) 548-3675. Jonathan, you are in Michigan. Thanks for stopping by.
Your question please.
S21 (26:47):
Hello. Thank you for having me. I just want a
little clarification. So a lot of forms of Christianity, they
pedestalize Virgin Mary and they say they want her to
intercede for them in prayer. Is this technically idolatry?
S16 (27:04):
Jonathan. Uh, it it comes pretty darn close to crossing
the line into idolatry, you know, um, certainly we are
to recognize and honor Mary as blessed. The New Testament
clearly says that. I mean, after all, she was chosen
to be the mother of the Messiah. And she submitted
to that, uh, that task in, in faith. And so, yes,
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she is a model of faith and of submission to
the will of God. But nowhere in Scripture do we
have even the slightest hint that she is somehow, uh,
giving us access to the father, or that somehow she
hears our prayers. Uh, and can do anything for us. Um,
I in fact, my tendency is always just to ask
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a person. Now, seriously, think about this. Why in the
world would you want to go to Mary to get
an answer for your prayer? When God says you can
come directly to him at the throne of grace? I mean,
I want to go directly to the father through the
son and the power of the spirit. I don't want
to go to one who was simply a human being.
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Jesus was human, but he's also God, and he intercedes
for us, and he beckons us to come boldly to
the throne of grace. Now, sadly, um, there are some
in certain sectors of the Roman Catholic Church who idolize
Mary to such a degree they hold her up as
really the focus of faith. Um, you know, they make
offerings to her. They bow down in her presence. They
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do all sorts of of things that, uh, that we
find simply unbiblical. Um, so to be technically idolatry, it
would almost have to require that a person worships her
as God. Now, again, there have been times in the
history of the Roman Catholic Church when she has been
portrayed as a co-redemptrix, that is, that somehow she contributes
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to the redemption that we experience from Jesus, from our sins.
But that's a very minority view in the history of
the church. But yeah, I would just caution people to
be very careful. Honor her as we ought, but never
pray to her. You know, why in the world do
we think that Mary could listen to the prayers of
millions of people simultaneously? She's not God. Go to the
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Lord Jesus Christ. Go to the father in the power
of the spirit. That's how we pray.
S1 (29:22):
And then what would you do with the Scripture that
declares that there's one mediator between God and man? It
didn't say he's one of many. It said there's one.
It goes back to the verse you referenced before about
boldly approaching the throne of grace. And not only that,
but if you subscribe to the idea that Mary has
to take your prayers. That has to theologically and necessarily
open the floodgates to believing that you could also pray
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to the saints who would likewise somehow take your prayers.
So again, why would you want to go to any
other alternative path when you have absolute, total direct access
to the King himself through Jesus Christ.
S16 (29:55):
You ought to be on the one answering all these questions. Janet,
that is absolutely perfect. I completely agree with you.
S1 (30:01):
Thank you for that. And that means a lot coming
from Sam. (877) 548-3675 Theresa in Alabama. Thank you so for
being here. Your question please.
S22 (30:11):
Uh, yes. I was wondering in, uh, first Timothy chapter three,
where it's describing the, um, qualifications for being a bishop
or a pastor. Can you explain to me what the
first one of being blameless in entails?
S16 (30:29):
Sure. Yeah, it depends on the translation you're reading. Um,
the ESV renders, it must be above reproach. Now, that
doesn't mean that a potential elder or bishop or overseer
has to be sinless. We know that that is not
the case. What I think it means is that there
is no justifiable basis for an individual being accused by somebody,
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either in the church or outside the church. In other words,
this is a life that is lived in the power
of the spirit in such consistency and conformity to the
Word of God, that there simply are no grounds on
which somebody could bring a charge or an accusation against them. Now,
that doesn't mean that people won't accuse an individual, a
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potential elder or overseer. Doesn't mean that they won't launch
slander and other forms of of rejection against this person.
But it simply means that if they do, we need
to carefully make sure that there is no basis in
fact for that. So I think it's a pretty high qualification,
needless to say. And in light of the fact that
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we're seeing so much scandal in so many pastors fall
into sin of a variety of sorts. We need to
really think more deeply about this and hopefully be able
to ward off those kinds of situations.
S1 (31:47):
Good word. Teresa, thank you so for the question, I
appreciate it. Gill, I want to welcome you from New York.
Thanks for being here. And your question for Doctor Storms, please.
S23 (31:55):
Yes. Hi. I'm also a blind and visually impaired, and
I'm learning the Bible. And I came to know the
Lord in 1992 of March. So just bear with me
on this question. Um, I know that Protestants do not
believe that the Apocrypha books, the seven books, um, are
not part of the canon. Um, does he believe the
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same thing? And I know that in revelation 22, verse
19 says, if anyone adds or takes away from the
book of this prophecy, I shall add to him the
plagues written herein.
S16 (32:28):
You. Yeah. The question about the Apocrypha. No, I do
not believe that the Apocrypha is considered inspired scripture to
be included in the canon. Now the Apocrypha, the apocryphal books.
I think Christians should read them. I think they're very insightful.
They give us a perspective on the life of the
Jewish people at that particular time. They're historically fascinating. But
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we should never look to the Apocrypha for an authoritative
doctrine or an authoritative ethic on how to live and
how to believe. That is reserved for the canonical scriptures.
So although and it's interesting, um, the Roman Catholic Church
did not officially declare that the apocryphal books were part
of the Bible until the 16th century at the Council
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of Trent. Uh, now they might say, well, we've always
believed that through the many centuries preceding. But it never
became official Roman Catholic dogma until the Council of Trent.
So read the apocryphal books like you would any other
history book, uh, or any other document from that time.
But do not give it the authority over your life
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to dictate to you what you believe and how you live.
S1 (33:37):
Thank you. Gil. Glad you've been a part of this conversation.
Susan in Ohio. I appreciate your patience so much. Your
question please.
S24 (33:43):
Oh, I'm so excited. Well, my question is, um, we've
been dealing with Trinity. Um, I happen to be, um,
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saint,
but I'm my husband's a Catholic, and I'm trying to
understand Trinity, but I don't understand how Jesus, when he
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was being baptized by John and the the skies opened
up and Heavenly Father said, this is my son, and
whom I'm well pleased. And the dove comes out as
the Holy Spirit, and also Jesus throughout the his life
would talk to God. When he's performing a miracle or something,
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he would ask God or talk, pray to God before
he would do that.
S16 (34:31):
Yes. Now explain to me real quickly, Susan, what is
the question that comes out of that?
S1 (34:36):
So the question, if I can summarize it, Susan, is
how could God speak to Jesus at the baptism since
they are a Trinity?
S16 (34:44):
Well, of course, Jesus is the God, the Son incarnate,
the three persons of the Trinity co-equal, all sharing the
same divine glory, the same divine nature, one God existing
in three persons, and the second person of the Triune
God the Son, came to earth and took upon himself
human nature. So he is fully human and fully God.
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That's the mystery of the incarnation. And as a as
a man, as also, we might even say the God-Man,
God man as the God man. He would, he often
would say, I only do that which I see my
father doing. Uh, he always did that. The will of
his father. He said, I have come to do the
will of God. We read in John chapter six. So
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the father and the son were in constant communication with
each other because they are one God. Now again, if
it's hard to understand how that could happen from someone
who's also human as Jesus seriously was. Again, that's a
mystery that probably exceeds our capacity to understand. But we
know that the father and the son and the spirit
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were all together. One God, only the son took upon
himself human flesh. He is God incarnate in human flesh.
And the Savior of mankind.
S1 (36:01):
Thank you. Susan. (877) 548-3675. That's our number here on in
the market with Janet Parshall. Doctor Sam, Sam storms is
our guest. This is your chance, by the way, to
ask any question you've got on the Bible or Christianity.
Let me give you his website again. It's all there
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Sam storms storms a ton of information about a wide
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Let me go right back to the phones where you
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are asking questions of Doctor Sam Storms, the founder of
Enjoying God Ministries. Wonderful author and teacher, Sam Storms. And
don't forget there are two tough topics. Books. Two tough.
Excuse me? Tough topics. That's a tongue twister. Tough topics
and tough topics two both contain 25 answers to some
challenging questions, just exactly the kinds you're asking. (877) 548-3675. Patrick,
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thanks for stopping by from Florida. Your question now, please.
S25 (37:13):
Yes, doctor. Sam, I think about, um, when Jesus was
in the garden and he was praying to God about
possibly taking the cup away from him and sweat and blood,
I go, oh my God, who does that? And follows
through with that fear factor when you're sweating blood like that,
it's like, how do you wrap your head around that?
S16 (37:37):
Um, very cautiously, because what it reveals to us, again,
is this mystery that we've been talking about this whole hour,
how in the one person of Jesus we find a
fully human and fully God? And I think it is
in his humanity, as Jesus contemplated the horror of suffering,
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the wrath of God for sinners, that which awaited him
when he would be nailed to a cross from his
human nature, he was simply saying, is there another way?
Now I think deep down in his heart and his mind,
because he is also God. He knew there wasn't. But again,
you and I have never faced that kind of a prospect,
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that kind of a future. We don't know what, how,
how pressing and how horrific that kind of feeling would be.
So I don't think that Jesus is second guessing the
father's purpose or plan. I don't think he's saying I
kind of like to bail out of this, but he's
simply saying, um, Lord, you know, just before we put
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this thing in motion, if there were another way and
I think he's basically saying, and I know there isn't.
May it be so. And but then remember he then
qualified it yet not my will but thine be done.
So he submits his will to the father while acknowledging
the horror of what awaits him as he goes to
the cross. And by the way, Susan, if I'm. Excuse me, Janet,
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if I may, if Susan is still listening in my book.
Tough Topics two, not one, but Tough Topics two. The
very first question I answer is if God is triune
or if God is Trinity, do Christians believe in three gods?
And I go into great detail, looking at all the
biblical texts and answering all the objections so she can
somehow get a copy of Tough Topics to, uh, she'll benefit,
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I think, greatly from that.
S1 (39:28):
Wonderful. Thank you so much for that, Patrick. Thank you
for the question, I appreciate it. (877) 548-3675. Sean in Illinois.
Thanks for stopping by. Your question please.
S26 (39:38):
Hi. Yes, I had a question concerning my my fiance.
She was married for 16 years ago and has been
divorced for 16 years. And if her and I were
to get married, would we be living in sin? Some
say we would be committing adultery.
S16 (39:59):
Sean, that is a very complicated question. And the fact
of the matter is, depending on who you're asking, solid,
Bible believing evangelicals, you'll get different answers. In my opinion,
I think there are three grounds for divorce and the
legitimacy of remarriage. One, obviously is adultery. Secondly, it is abandonment.
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If a person in some capacity or completely abandons the marriage,
abandons the covenant vows they took, and thirdly, The severe abuse. Um,
in other words, physical, emotional, sexual abuse that puts a
person's life in jeopardy. And if any of those three
conditions occur, it doesn't require divorce. But I think the
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Bible says it is permitted. And also remarriage is permitted.
So again, in order to answer your question more directly,
I would have to know what were the grounds on
which your, um, I don't know. Are you are you
married now or are you just contemplating getting married?
S26 (41:00):
I've. I've been divorced for 16 years. She's been divorced
for 17 years, and she was divorced on the grounds
of her husband was committing adultery and basically abandoned her.
S16 (41:14):
Yeah, well, that would that would give her the freedom
to pursue a divorce and also the freedom to remarry.
So she doesn't have to. But certainly I think the
Bible permits that. So again, it would all depend upon
the grounds on which both of you got a divorce.
And then also it depends on what has become of
your former spouse. So let's say, for example, that let's
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just hypothetically say that she got divorced based on what
we might call incompatibilities, which I don't think is biblical grounds.
But in the aftermath, her husband goes and marries another.
And by doing that, he effectively severs the former marital relationship.
I personally believe that that frees her up to marry again.
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And of course, the same thing would apply to you. Now,
as I said, there are solid biblical scholars on both
sides of this issue. I try not to be dogmatic
about it because I know there are complex biblical texts,
but that's the that's the best answer that I can
give to that kind of a question.
S1 (42:17):
Sean, thank you very much, I appreciate it. Kobe, let
me welcome you from Florida. Your question please.
S27 (42:23):
Uh, hello. Um, my wife asked me the other night, uh,
in the Bible where it says where 2 or 3
are gathered in my name, I am with them also.
Depending on what translation she was asking me, if does
that mean that when she prays by herself it is
he not there to listen? And I told her no.
He can listen to her prayers, but I just want
clarification that I'm right in this.
S16 (42:45):
Yeah. First of all, I don't believe that text is
talking about prayer. I think it's talking about church discipline.
Read the context in Matthew 18 where that appears, and
you'll see that he's giving instructions on on church discipline,
where 2 or 3 who have come together in agreement
on a matter dealing with an unrepentant fellow believer, the
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Lord ratifies and approves of the decision they reach. Now,
as for the second part, you know she needs to
be assured the the single saint praying to the Lord
has all access to the father, and she should never
think that because she prays alone that somehow her prayers
won't be answered.
S1 (43:24):
That's an encouragement. Thank you so much, Sam. Give our
friends again some of the sorts of things they'll find
at Sam's Storms, because I've said it again, but I
want to hear it from you. Sometimes the question will
be asked and you'll often referred them back to your website.
Talk us through how we can best find resources at
Sam's Storms.
S16 (43:42):
Yeah, just right up at the top of the homepage
it says resources, and you click on that and there'll
be articles. There'll be sermons. I've just recently posted verse
by verse studies of first Peter and first Thessalonians. I
cover most of the New Testament books that way. Several
of the old, all sorts of theological topics, controversial issues
like the things we've been talking about, it's all available
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there free of charge. People can make use of it
in any way that they please.
S1 (44:08):
Thank you so much for that. On many levels, Sam.
Sam storms, sandstorms, and if this particular kind of conversation
you find fascinating, don't forget two books. Tough topics. Tough topics,
two in each book there are 25 answers to some
challenging questions. My heartfelt thanks to Sam Storms and you friends.
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for 14 years. He's the founder of
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Enjoying God Ministries Ministries, plural. He serves as a member
of the Council of the Gospel Coalition. He's the past
president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He was a visiting
professor at Wheaton College for four years, teaching theology. Wouldn't
you love to sit in his class? Wonderfully prolific author,
written all kinds of books. I've got many of them
listed on our information page. But even better, I have
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find his books, but he is a prolific author not
just of books, but of articles as well. And very
often the questions we ask here sort of create an
interest to know more, to dig more. And so often
Doctor Storms will refer you right back to his website
to get as Paul Harvey said, the rest of the story.
So it's all there on our information page, and it's
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out of his writing that this idea of having these
kinds of conversations with Doctor Storms emanated. He wrote not one,
but two books called Tough Topics, and they were both
about biblical answers to challenging questions, 25 in each of
the books. So there's a tough topics, and there's a
tough topics, too. And he could have gone on and
on and on and on. He's still writing about other things.
I can't wait to talk to him soon about his
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newest book on prayer. But today it is all about
you and your questions. (877) 548-3675. Now in Washington, DC, when
you have a panel, a committee hearing, you have all
kinds of witnesses that sit in front of the panel
made up of representatives of both parties. But there's always
a chair of the committee. The rules are that there's
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lights that flash, and you will often hear the gavel
come down and the chairman will say, uh, the member's
time has expired and they have to move on. But
when you're the chairman of the committee, you get to
speak first, last and in between anytime you want to.
And there's is no boundary to how much you can speak.
And I'm not going to do that, but I'm going
to take one privilege of the chair, and that is
I get to ask the first question. So, Sam, I've
been really looking forward to this, and I bet some
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other people have thought about this as well. So we
often refer to Jesus or the scriptures more to the point,
to be more accurate, refer to him as the Son
of God, but they also refer to him as the
Son of Man. And what's very interesting about that is
the Son of Man is used by Jesus 80 times
as a way to refer to himself. And then it's
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also interesting because the Old Testament also uses the phrase
Son of Man, best known Daniel 713 and 14 I
saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds
of heaven, there came out one like the Son of Man.
And he came to the Ancient of Days, and was
presented before him. Now, I think this is an important
question is because, particularly in these latter days, when people
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are falling away, the righteous are being deceived, and we
see the ascendancy of apostasy and heresy. I have seen
this phrase son of man be a way of diminishing
the messianic lordship of Jesus Christ. We'll see. He was
fully human. He's just like you and me. And they
end it there. And so the Son of Man becomes
a tripping point, if you will, for people to think
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somehow this diminishes the fact that he is God incarnate
and he's not holy man and holy God. But it
does raise for inquiring minds that want to know why
Jesus would refer to himself so many times. And then prophetically,
we read about it in the Old Testament as well. Three,
so many times, 80 times. Jesus uses that phrase son
of Man. What does it mean? Why does he call
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himself that?
S16 (06:32):
Well, that's a great question, Janet. Um, it's interesting. There's
some there's a measure of irony here because you said
that people appeal to this self-designation as a way of
diminishing his identity as God, when in fact it enhances it.
He is directly alluding back to Daniel chapter seven, where
he's where we read about the Son of Man coming
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to the Ancient of Days. It's to the Son of
Man is given dominion, glory, and a kingdom that all peoples, nations,
and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion.
His kingdom is one that shall not be destroyed. So
when Jesus identifies the Son of Man, he's speaking to
people who are well versed in the Old Testament. And
they knew that this description in Daniel seven was of
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God Himself, the coming messianic King. So I think, in fact,
Son of Man, far from diminishing the deity of Christ,
highlights it and shines a spotlight upon it. Now, others
like to say that, well, maybe he uses that designation
to affirm that he's also fully human. That's entirely possible.
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But for people to say that to be fully human,
you can't also be fully God misunderstands the nature of
the incarnation. You know, we go back to John one
one in the beginning was the word, and the word
was with God, and the word was God. And yet
in verse 14 it says, and the word became flesh.
But when he became flesh, he didn't cease to be
the word. He is both word God and man simultaneously, 100%. Obviously,
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it's a mystery. I don't know that anybody can plummet
any more deeply than that, but in fact, Son of Man,
I think is a very conscious effort on the part
of Jesus to announce to the people of his day.
You remember that that scene that Daniel had in Daniel
chapter seven, you remember that glorious portrayal of the Ancient
of Days and the Son of Man being given an
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eternal kingdom that was talking about me. So I think
it really is a reaffirmation of his, of his deity,
not a diminishing of it.
S1 (08:33):
Exactly. So it's really the antithesis of how it can use,
be used as a cudgel in some ways. I also
heard it said once that the Son of Man, Ben Adam,
which I think is interesting, and he son of Adam, right.
The first and second Adam, that's scripture talks about that,
but he is the only one. It is said that
both descended and ascended to heaven again, another mark of
distinction and an underscoring of his divinity. Okay. That's it.
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I could keep going one on one with Sam for
the rest of the hour. That would be utterly selfish.
And I want to give you a chance to do
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man of God, who loves the word, can answer with
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And this 87754836758775483675. All right, Bonaventure, you're in Illinois. You're
first up on deck. Thanks for joining us. Your question please.
S17 (10:24):
Oh, thank you so much. Uh, my question, you know,
is like a double barrel, um, during the millennium. During
the millennium, 1000 years reign of Christ, those with mortal bodies,
when are they going to have their own resurrection? Because
people will die and people will be born. So when
are those, you know, born in during the millennium? When
are they going to have their own, you know, resurrection? And, uh,
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during that time to the glorified and the mortal will
be sharing the same kind of environment. So is there
going to be a distinction between the two?
S16 (10:57):
Yeah. Janet, can you help me? It was a little
bit hard to understand. Can you clarify for me the question?
S1 (11:03):
I can Bonaventure, let me make sure that I've summarized
this correctly. So first of all, he wants to know
that in the millennium, for the living people that are
saved during that period, if they come to faith in Christ,
do they have their own resurrection? And Bonaventure, can you
tell me the second part of your question again? I
didn't quite catch that.
S17 (11:20):
Okay. The second question is that, um, the the glorified
and the the motto, you know, bodies will be sharing
the same environment. So is it going to be, you know,
a distinction because they glorified, they will be living with,
you know, um, yeah. Is it going to be a
distinction between the two?
S16 (11:38):
Yeah. This it's interesting you should ask that question because
this is one of the main sticking points between those
who are premillennial and those who are millennial, the premillennialist
as you have just described, believe that some people will
survive the Second coming of Christ and will enter the
1000 year kingdom in their natural physical bodies, and they
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will go through the normal processes of life. They will
give birth to children. They will die physically. The question
you ask is if that is the case, how are
they going to be raised? When are they going to
be raised, especially those who come to faith during that
period of time? There's a lot of lot of sticky,
sticky problems with that. First of all, you read the
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end of revelation 19, and it seems as if all
unbelievers are killed at the second coming of Christ, so
there wouldn't be anybody left to populate the kingdom in
their natural bodies. Then you have the also the question
of is it really the teaching of Scripture that there's
a possibility for salvation subsequent to the Second Coming? It
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would seem as if, as I read Scripture, that at
the time of Christ's return, all hope for salvation has
come to an end. And then, of course, you ask
the question, will they have their own resurrection? Um, if
in fact, you know, you think for just a moment
about the teaching of Paul that immediately upon death, the
spirit or the soul of the believer goes into the
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presence of Christ. So are we going to have in
the in the millennium, assuming there is one? Of course,
the Amillennialist would disagree, but is it going to be
the case that people are dying and their spirits are
immediately in the presence of Christ there in the millennium,
mingling all also with glorified saints? Where do they go?
When would there? Would there resurrections follow instantly? Would they
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wait until after the 1000 years? So there are a
multitude of problems, uh, in my opinion, in the premillennial
reading of the Millennial Kingdom. And again, I know that
I'm in the minority here. I know Janet probably disagrees
with me on this, but in my understanding, um, the
millennium is a reference to the resurrected Christ, even now
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reigning and ruling together with his saints and will be
consummated by the Second Coming. So I don't have a
problem with those questions. It's one of the reasons why
I am a millennial rather than pre-millennial. But I have
a good many friends who are pre-millennial, and they say
they have answers to all my questions, but to this
point I haven't been persuaded by them, so I hope
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that helps a little bit.
S1 (14:13):
And thank you for an excellent, thought provoking question, Bonaventure.
I very much appreciate it. (877) 548-3675. James, welcome. I'm glad
you're joining us from Indiana. And we'd love your question please.
S18 (14:26):
Yes, I'm a new believer, been a believer about a year,
but I'm a little confused about when I pray. Am
I praying to God or am I praying to Jesus?
S16 (14:37):
Yes, that's the simple answer. Remember, God is triune. There
is only one God, but he exists eternally in three
distinct persons who share the same glory, the same divine nature.
So yes, the standard prayer is. In fact, I addressed
this in my new book on prayer that is being
released next Tuesday that we'll talk about next month. I
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assume on this program, the standard approach in Scripture is
you pray to the father in the name of the son,
through the power of the Holy Spirit. So I don't
think that that is so rigid that we think, well,
if I didn't do it in precisely that way, I
guess God isn't going to listen to me. Well, no,
of course not. Uh, there are places where, in fact
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prayer is directed toward Jesus. Specifically, I even have an
appendix in my book on prayer asking the question, is
it okay to pray to the Holy Spirit? And I
think the answer to that is yes. So we must
remember when you say, are we praying to God or
to Jesus? Jesus is God. The Holy Spirit is God.
When you pray to one person of the Trinity, you're
praying to all and to the one God who exists
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in three co-equal persons. I hope that isn't didn't. Confusing.
But if we'll keep in mind that father, son and
spirit are all equally God. Prayer to one is prayer
to all.
S1 (15:56):
Mhm. If I can piggyback on your excellent question and
welcome to the family of Faith, by the way. So then, Sam,
why is it so often that when we hear prayers
we pray in Jesus's name? Does that have significance? Is
it just tradition? Why that that ending?
S16 (16:11):
Yeah, I've got a whole chapter on that one in
the book, Janet. So we're going to talk about a
lot of this next month. Good. Yeah. We need to
remember that tagging on the line in Jesus name is
not like a rabbit's foot or somehow a mantra that's
going to guarantee that our prayers are answered. You can
pray in Jesus name without ever even mentioning the name
of Jesus. To pray in Jesus name is, you're saying,
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the only basis on which I can come to the
throne of grace and ask God for anything is the
person of work of Jesus his sinless life, death on
the cross, bodily resurrection? It's on the basis of all
that Jesus is and has done for us. That I
know that I have access to the father, and I
can bring any and every petition to him.
S1 (16:53):
Amen and amen. James, thank you so much for the
great question. Really appreciate it. (877) 548-3675. Now you see how
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In fact, it drives me into the word. I bet
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Wonderfully prolific author. Again, I have a link to his website.
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and Sam, as I noted earlier, is such a prolific
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things theological. But today it's your chance to ask any
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question you've got about the Bible or Christianity. So Dan,
I welcome you from the great state of Minnesota. Your
question please.
S19 (18:06):
Yes. Uh, in the new millennium, the thousand years, uh,
is that specifically for the Jewish people to fulfill the, um,
or the promise that that Christ would come and rule,
rule with them for a thousand years? And if there's
people living outside of the, uh, outside of New Jerusalem, uh,
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who gets in, who gets to live there and who
gets to live outside?
S16 (18:35):
Yeah. Okay. That's a kind of follow up on our
previous question. Um, many premillennialists specifically who are also dispensational
and we probably don't have time to go into that.
But people who basically believe in a pretty strict distinction
between God's two peoples, Israel and the church. Most dispensational
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Premillennialists do believe that the purpose of the millennium, among
other things, is primarily to fulfill the promises made to Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob. They say they haven't been fulfilled, and they
will be fulfilled literally during that 1000 year period. Other
premillennialists they're usually called historic Premillennialists who are not dispensational
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would not argue for that. They would say that the
promises made in the Old Testament are inherited both by
believing Jews and believing Gentiles, who together constitute the one
new man, the one olive tree that we read about
in Scripture. Um, the other question you ask about those
outside Jerusalem. Um, now, again, this is a disputed point,
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but I'm just going to show you my opinion. I
don't think that John intends for us to understand that
here are all the people of God inside the New Jerusalem,
and unbelievers are outside. I think he's trying to draw
a picture for us to to tell us that if
you do not believe in Jesus, if you have not
trusted him, you're excluded from the blessings of the eternal
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kingdom that is coming to this earth. So I don't
I don't think we should envision in our minds, you know,
people milling around on the outside, maybe even trying to
get in or carrying on in life into eternity future.
We know that isn't the case, because we're told in
Scripture repeatedly that all those who do not believe in
Christ will be excluded and will be in hell. So
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they can't be milling around the New Jerusalem. I think
that's his simpler way of saying they will have no part.
Those who reject Jesus will have no part in the
blessings of the coming kingdom. Now, again, somebody else may
want to interpret it a little bit more straightforward and literal,
but I think we're pressing it too much if we
do that. I hope that helps. Dan.
S1 (20:42):
Dan thank you. Appreciate you being a part of this. (877) 548-3675.
Kelly in Ohio. Thanks for being here. Your question now, please.
S20 (20:52):
Thank you for taking my call. My question deals with forgiveness.
The Bible says that if you want to be forgiven,
you have to forgive others. I feel like I have
forgiven some things that have happened, but I it keeps
coming up, and I feel like I'm worried that I'm
not forgiving enough that Christ won't really forgive me. My
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life is in vain.
S16 (21:15):
Yeah, Kelly, that this is a question that many people ask.
And let me just say this as clearly as I can.
I think the reason why people are reluctant to forgive
those who have offended them is precisely for the reason
you've just mentioned. They know that they will never be
able to forget the sin that was committed against them.
They continue to live wounded by it. They continue to
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live with the trauma and the pain of the offense
that was committed against them. And so they don't want
to be a hypocrite. They don't want to say, well,
I forgive you, but I know that I'm going to
continue to feel the pain and the wound of what
you did to me, and therefore it means I really
haven't forgiven that person so they feel hypocritical. But you
need to remember to forgive somebody does not mean that
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you will cease to hurt from what they did to you.
It does not mean that the pain will go away.
It doesn't mean that you give up all hope for
justice being applied to the situation. It doesn't mean that
you will somehow forgive and forget, as if the memory
of the offense committed against you will go away. We
need to get that idea forgiveness out of our minds.
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That's not what forgiveness is. Forgiveness is you saying I
revoke any revenge on my part to this person? I
will not seek vengeance. I will not seek to make
them pay. I'm making a promise to them, and to
God and to myself, that I will never again bring
up the offense, to use it against them, to hold
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it over their heads or in some way to keep
them hostage to what they did to me. So that's
the nature of forgiveness. It's the release of a person
in such a way that you can move on in
life without constantly having to worry about that individual, or
the wound they inflicted upon your heart. So again, the
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idea of forgive and forget, it's psychologically impossible. You try
to forget something, especially something as horrific as being sinned against.
And that's the only thing you're going to be able
to remember. So we need to put that out of
our minds. I, I actually have written on this in
my book on spiritual warfare, and I have an extended
extended passage or several pages there where I unpack this
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in more detail. I also have something on my website.
If you just type in in the search bar, uh,
what is forgiveness? Uh, it should take you to the
articles that I wrote on that.
S1 (23:39):
Yeah. Excellent. And if I can throw this in as well,
The book that you wrote about God's love and the
things that he's done for us, 12 things that God
does with our sin and what he doesn't do. I
think that's just a tremendous book as well, because I
think inherent in that question, and I know you picked
it up, too, Sam, is the question of can I
really be forgiven? And it's also the idea of feeling,
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thank goodness, it's fact, faith, feeling in that order. It's
about proclaiming what God has already told us about forgiveness
as well. Let me take a break and come right back.
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you just love it when Doctor Sam Storms comes, every
line is lit, which means when you hear me say goodbye,
then there's an open line and then get on. And
I'm so glad that you appreciate Doctor Storms as much
as I do. He is the founder of Enjoying God Ministries.
He was a visiting professor, an associate professor of theology
at Wheaton College for several years. He is a member
of the Council of the Gospel Coalition, past president of
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the Evangelical Theological Society. And I'm using the word again
because prolific means produces, produces, produces, produces. And that's exactly
what Doctor Storms does. If it's not books, then it's
articles that he writes. And again, Sam Storms dot o
r g. There is a myriad of issues that are
that are covered for your perusal. By the way, of
the many, many books that Doctor Storms has authored. Don't
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forget tough topics and then tough topics too. It really
represents what we're doing right here. These are challenging questions
with biblical answers, and those are the kind that Doctor
Storms provides always. By the way, I hate it when
people slaughter the title of a book, because a book
is a lot of hard work and it's a lot
of dedication. So let me go back and say the
title correctly, because I think this is a very important book.
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There's the one that Sam's written that I wouldn't recommend,
but this one is extremely important. A dozen things I
know a dozen and 12 are the same, but if
you Google 12 things, it's going to be harder for you.
A dozen things God did with your sin and three
things he'll never do and why I brought that up,
Sam again is because there's an inexorable connection between sin
and forgiveness. And one of the things I loved about
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that book is you really do remind that remind us
that the work was done by him, not by us.
So thank you again for your writing. But that book
in particular.
S16 (26:37):
You're very welcome.
S1 (26:39):
(877) 548-3675. Jonathan, you are in Michigan. Thanks for stopping by.
Your question please.
S21 (26:47):
Hello. Thank you for having me. I just want a
little clarification. So a lot of forms of Christianity, they
pedestalize Virgin Mary and they say they want her to
intercede for them in prayer. Is this technically idolatry?
S16 (27:04):
Jonathan. Uh, it it comes pretty darn close to crossing
the line into idolatry, you know, um, certainly we are
to recognize and honor Mary as blessed. The New Testament
clearly says that. I mean, after all, she was chosen
to be the mother of the Messiah. And she submitted
to that, uh, that task in, in faith. And so, yes,
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she is a model of faith and of submission to
the will of God. But nowhere in Scripture do we
have even the slightest hint that she is somehow, uh,
giving us access to the father, or that somehow she
hears our prayers. Uh, and can do anything for us. Um,
I in fact, my tendency is always just to ask
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a person. Now, seriously, think about this. Why in the
world would you want to go to Mary to get
an answer for your prayer? When God says you can
come directly to him at the throne of grace? I mean,
I want to go directly to the father through the
son and the power of the spirit. I don't want
to go to one who was simply a human being.
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Jesus was human, but he's also God, and he intercedes
for us, and he beckons us to come boldly to
the throne of grace. Now, sadly, um, there are some
in certain sectors of the Roman Catholic Church who idolize
Mary to such a degree they hold her up as
really the focus of faith. Um, you know, they make
offerings to her. They bow down in her presence. They
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do all sorts of of things that, uh, that we
find simply unbiblical. Um, so to be technically idolatry, it
would almost have to require that a person worships her
as God. Now, again, there have been times in the
history of the Roman Catholic Church when she has been
portrayed as a co-redemptrix, that is, that somehow she contributes
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to the redemption that we experience from Jesus, from our sins.
But that's a very minority view in the history of
the church. But yeah, I would just caution people to
be very careful. Honor her as we ought, but never
pray to her. You know, why in the world do
we think that Mary could listen to the prayers of
millions of people simultaneously? She's not God. Go to the
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Lord Jesus Christ. Go to the father in the power
of the spirit. That's how we pray.
S1 (29:22):
And then what would you do with the Scripture that
declares that there's one mediator between God and man? It
didn't say he's one of many. It said there's one.
It goes back to the verse you referenced before about
boldly approaching the throne of grace. And not only that,
but if you subscribe to the idea that Mary has
to take your prayers. That has to theologically and necessarily
open the floodgates to believing that you could also pray
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to the saints who would likewise somehow take your prayers.
So again, why would you want to go to any
other alternative path when you have absolute, total direct access
to the King himself through Jesus Christ.
S16 (29:55):
You ought to be on the one answering all these questions. Janet,
that is absolutely perfect. I completely agree with you.
S1 (30:01):
Thank you for that. And that means a lot coming
from Sam. (877) 548-3675 Theresa in Alabama. Thank you so for
being here. Your question please.
S22 (30:11):
Uh, yes. I was wondering in, uh, first Timothy chapter three,
where it's describing the, um, qualifications for being a bishop
or a pastor. Can you explain to me what the
first one of being blameless in entails?
S16 (30:29):
Sure. Yeah, it depends on the translation you're reading. Um,
the ESV renders, it must be above reproach. Now, that
doesn't mean that a potential elder or bishop or overseer
has to be sinless. We know that that is not
the case. What I think it means is that there
is no justifiable basis for an individual being accused by somebody,
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either in the church or outside the church. In other words,
this is a life that is lived in the power
of the spirit in such consistency and conformity to the
Word of God, that there simply are no grounds on
which somebody could bring a charge or an accusation against them. Now,
that doesn't mean that people won't accuse an individual, a
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potential elder or overseer. Doesn't mean that they won't launch
slander and other forms of of rejection against this person.
But it simply means that if they do, we need
to carefully make sure that there is no basis in
fact for that. So I think it's a pretty high qualification,
needless to say. And in light of the fact that
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we're seeing so much scandal in so many pastors fall
into sin of a variety of sorts. We need to
really think more deeply about this and hopefully be able
to ward off those kinds of situations.
S1 (31:47):
Good word. Teresa, thank you so for the question, I
appreciate it. Gill, I want to welcome you from New York.
Thanks for being here. And your question for Doctor Storms, please.
S23 (31:55):
Yes. Hi. I'm also a blind and visually impaired, and
I'm learning the Bible. And I came to know the
Lord in 1992 of March. So just bear with me
on this question. Um, I know that Protestants do not
believe that the Apocrypha books, the seven books, um, are
not part of the canon. Um, does he believe the
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same thing? And I know that in revelation 22, verse
19 says, if anyone adds or takes away from the
book of this prophecy, I shall add to him the
plagues written herein.
S16 (32:28):
You. Yeah. The question about the Apocrypha. No, I do
not believe that the Apocrypha is considered inspired scripture to
be included in the canon. Now the Apocrypha, the apocryphal books.
I think Christians should read them. I think they're very insightful.
They give us a perspective on the life of the
Jewish people at that particular time. They're historically fascinating. But
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we should never look to the Apocrypha for an authoritative
doctrine or an authoritative ethic on how to live and
how to believe. That is reserved for the canonical scriptures.
So although and it's interesting, um, the Roman Catholic Church
did not officially declare that the apocryphal books were part
of the Bible until the 16th century at the Council
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of Trent. Uh, now they might say, well, we've always
believed that through the many centuries preceding. But it never
became official Roman Catholic dogma until the Council of Trent.
So read the apocryphal books like you would any other
history book, uh, or any other document from that time.
But do not give it the authority over your life
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to dictate to you what you believe and how you live.
S1 (33:37):
Thank you. Gil. Glad you've been a part of this conversation.
Susan in Ohio. I appreciate your patience so much. Your
question please.
S24 (33:43):
Oh, I'm so excited. Well, my question is, um, we've
been dealing with Trinity. Um, I happen to be, um,
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saint,
but I'm my husband's a Catholic, and I'm trying to
understand Trinity, but I don't understand how Jesus, when he
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was being baptized by John and the the skies opened
up and Heavenly Father said, this is my son, and
whom I'm well pleased. And the dove comes out as
the Holy Spirit, and also Jesus throughout the his life
would talk to God. When he's performing a miracle or something,
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he would ask God or talk, pray to God before
he would do that.
S16 (34:31):
Yes. Now explain to me real quickly, Susan, what is
the question that comes out of that?
S1 (34:36):
So the question, if I can summarize it, Susan, is
how could God speak to Jesus at the baptism since
they are a Trinity?
S16 (34:44):
Well, of course, Jesus is the God, the Son incarnate,
the three persons of the Trinity co-equal, all sharing the
same divine glory, the same divine nature, one God existing
in three persons, and the second person of the Triune
God the Son, came to earth and took upon himself
human nature. So he is fully human and fully God.
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That's the mystery of the incarnation. And as a as
a man, as also, we might even say the God-Man,
God man as the God man. He would, he often
would say, I only do that which I see my
father doing. Uh, he always did that. The will of
his father. He said, I have come to do the
will of God. We read in John chapter six. So
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the father and the son were in constant communication with
each other because they are one God. Now again, if
it's hard to understand how that could happen from someone
who's also human as Jesus seriously was. Again, that's a
mystery that probably exceeds our capacity to understand. But we
know that the father and the son and the spirit
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were all together. One God, only the son took upon
himself human flesh. He is God incarnate in human flesh.
And the Savior of mankind.
S1 (36:01):
Thank you. Susan. (877) 548-3675. That's our number here on in
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Let me go right back to the phones where you
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are asking questions of Doctor Sam Storms, the founder of
Enjoying God Ministries. Wonderful author and teacher, Sam Storms. And
don't forget there are two tough topics. Books. Two tough.
Excuse me? Tough topics. That's a tongue twister. Tough topics
and tough topics two both contain 25 answers to some
challenging questions, just exactly the kinds you're asking. (877) 548-3675. Patrick,
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thanks for stopping by from Florida. Your question now, please.
S25 (37:13):
Yes, doctor. Sam, I think about, um, when Jesus was
in the garden and he was praying to God about
possibly taking the cup away from him and sweat and blood,
I go, oh my God, who does that? And follows
through with that fear factor when you're sweating blood like that,
it's like, how do you wrap your head around that?
S16 (37:37):
Um, very cautiously, because what it reveals to us, again,
is this mystery that we've been talking about this whole hour,
how in the one person of Jesus we find a
fully human and fully God? And I think it is
in his humanity, as Jesus contemplated the horror of suffering,
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the wrath of God for sinners, that which awaited him
when he would be nailed to a cross from his
human nature, he was simply saying, is there another way?
Now I think deep down in his heart and his mind,
because he is also God. He knew there wasn't. But again,
you and I have never faced that kind of a prospect,
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that kind of a future. We don't know what, how,
how pressing and how horrific that kind of feeling would be.
So I don't think that Jesus is second guessing the
father's purpose or plan. I don't think he's saying I
kind of like to bail out of this, but he's
simply saying, um, Lord, you know, just before we put
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this thing in motion, if there were another way and
I think he's basically saying, and I know there isn't.
May it be so. And but then remember he then
qualified it yet not my will but thine be done.
So he submits his will to the father while acknowledging
the horror of what awaits him as he goes to
the cross. And by the way, Susan, if I'm. Excuse me, Janet,
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if I may, if Susan is still listening in my book.
Tough Topics two, not one, but Tough Topics two. The
very first question I answer is if God is triune
or if God is Trinity, do Christians believe in three gods?
And I go into great detail, looking at all the
biblical texts and answering all the objections so she can
somehow get a copy of Tough Topics to, uh, she'll benefit,
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I think, greatly from that.
S1 (39:28):
Wonderful. Thank you so much for that, Patrick. Thank you
for the question, I appreciate it. (877) 548-3675. Sean in Illinois.
Thanks for stopping by. Your question please.
S26 (39:38):
Hi. Yes, I had a question concerning my my fiance.
She was married for 16 years ago and has been
divorced for 16 years. And if her and I were
to get married, would we be living in sin? Some
say we would be committing adultery.
S16 (39:59):
Sean, that is a very complicated question. And the fact
of the matter is, depending on who you're asking, solid,
Bible believing evangelicals, you'll get different answers. In my opinion,
I think there are three grounds for divorce and the
legitimacy of remarriage. One, obviously is adultery. Secondly, it is abandonment.
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If a person in some capacity or completely abandons the marriage,
abandons the covenant vows they took, and thirdly, The severe abuse. Um,
in other words, physical, emotional, sexual abuse that puts a
person's life in jeopardy. And if any of those three
conditions occur, it doesn't require divorce. But I think the
(40:43):
Bible says it is permitted. And also remarriage is permitted.
So again, in order to answer your question more directly,
I would have to know what were the grounds on
which your, um, I don't know. Are you are you
married now or are you just contemplating getting married?
S26 (41:00):
I've. I've been divorced for 16 years. She's been divorced
for 17 years, and she was divorced on the grounds
of her husband was committing adultery and basically abandoned her.
S16 (41:14):
Yeah, well, that would that would give her the freedom
to pursue a divorce and also the freedom to remarry.
So she doesn't have to. But certainly I think the
Bible permits that. So again, it would all depend upon
the grounds on which both of you got a divorce.
And then also it depends on what has become of
your former spouse. So let's say, for example, that let's
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just hypothetically say that she got divorced based on what
we might call incompatibilities, which I don't think is biblical grounds.
But in the aftermath, her husband goes and marries another.
And by doing that, he effectively severs the former marital relationship.
I personally believe that that frees her up to marry again.
(41:58):
And of course, the same thing would apply to you. Now,
as I said, there are solid biblical scholars on both
sides of this issue. I try not to be dogmatic
about it because I know there are complex biblical texts,
but that's the that's the best answer that I can
give to that kind of a question.
S1 (42:17):
Sean, thank you very much, I appreciate it. Kobe, let
me welcome you from Florida. Your question please.
S27 (42:23):
Uh, hello. Um, my wife asked me the other night, uh,
in the Bible where it says where 2 or 3
are gathered in my name, I am with them also.
Depending on what translation she was asking me, if does
that mean that when she prays by herself it is
he not there to listen? And I told her no.
He can listen to her prayers, but I just want
clarification that I'm right in this.
S16 (42:45):
Yeah. First of all, I don't believe that text is
talking about prayer. I think it's talking about church discipline.
Read the context in Matthew 18 where that appears, and
you'll see that he's giving instructions on on church discipline,
where 2 or 3 who have come together in agreement
on a matter dealing with an unrepentant fellow believer, the
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Lord ratifies and approves of the decision they reach. Now,
as for the second part, you know she needs to
be assured the the single saint praying to the Lord
has all access to the father, and she should never
think that because she prays alone that somehow her prayers
won't be answered.
S1 (43:24):
That's an encouragement. Thank you so much, Sam. Give our
friends again some of the sorts of things they'll find
at Sam's Storms, because I've said it again, but I
want to hear it from you. Sometimes the question will
be asked and you'll often referred them back to your website.
Talk us through how we can best find resources at
Sam's Storms.
S16 (43:42):
Yeah, just right up at the top of the homepage
it says resources, and you click on that and there'll
be articles. There'll be sermons. I've just recently posted verse
by verse studies of first Peter and first Thessalonians. I
cover most of the New Testament books that way. Several
of the old, all sorts of theological topics, controversial issues
like the things we've been talking about, it's all available
(44:04):
there free of charge. People can make use of it
in any way that they please.
S1 (44:08):
Thank you so much for that. On many levels, Sam.
Sam storms, sandstorms, and if this particular kind of conversation
you find fascinating, don't forget two books. Tough topics. Tough topics,
two in each book there are 25 answers to some
challenging questions. My heartfelt thanks to Sam Storms and you friends.
We'll see you next time.
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