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God makes promises. He

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gives Himself an every good gift to us with

0:04

a word, a pledge. That's a promise. And

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faith is born of these promises. Hope

0:09

comes alive. We live in joy and

0:12

peace in the confidence that God cannot

0:14

lie. So His word of promise

0:17

is our life. Pastor Brian Wolfmiller

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talking about his presentation at the 2024 Issues,

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Etc., Making the

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Case Conference. Talking

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on the faith that sustained Jacob in exile,

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Luther says, we are absolved from our sins.

0:31

We have the word which is founded and stands

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firm on the promises of God. So

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we walk by faith and not by sight,

0:38

knowing that the God who makes promises has

0:41

given those promises to us. You

0:43

can meet and hear Pastor Brian Wolfmiller

0:45

making the case for trusting in the

0:47

promises of God at this year's Making

0:49

the Case Conference Friday, July 12th and

0:51

Saturday, July 13th at

0:54

Concordia University, Chicago. Find

0:56

out more and register at Issues,

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Etc.,org. You've

1:02

got all these great answers to

1:04

all these great questions. You've

1:09

got all these great answers to

1:11

all these great questions. Since

1:17

Judas' betrayal of Jesus had been

1:19

predicted not only in Scripture but

1:21

also by Jesus Himself, did Judas

1:24

have free will in the matter?

1:27

What if your relatives won't take your

1:29

God child to church? What should you

1:31

do? And what are those creatures called

1:34

Nephilim in Genesis 6?

1:37

Just some of the questions that we'll be

1:39

responding to in the next hour of Issues,

1:41

Etc. Greetings and welcome. Live

1:43

on this Friday afternoon, May the 10th. I'm Todd

1:46

Wilkin. Thanks for tuning

1:48

us in. Pastor Brian Ketchum, myron Pastor

1:50

Brian Wolfmiller will be alongside to answer

1:52

your unanswered Bible questions and then it's

1:54

this week in pop Christianity today. A

1:57

sermon preached by new apostolic Reformation

1:59

Pastor Bill Johnson titled

2:01

Mandate for Miracles. Pastor Chris Roseborough

2:03

will be our guest. Pastor

2:06

Brian Catrellmeyer is an associate pastor of Crown of Life

2:08

Lutheran Church in San Antonio, Texas. He's author of the

2:10

book, Reading Isaiah with Luther.

2:12

Brian, welcome. Good to

2:15

be here, Todd. Pastor Brian Wolfmiller

2:17

is pastor of St. Paul and Jesus Deaf

2:19

Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. He

2:21

posts theology on the YouTube channel Wolfmiller1. And

2:24

he's author of several books, including His American

2:26

Christianity Failed. Brian, welcome to you. Thank

2:28

you, Todd. Question from Heather

2:30

in Rapid City, South Dakota. My

2:33

husband and I are Godparents to our

2:36

wonderful two-year-old niece. However, my sister-in-law and

2:38

brother-in-law do not take her to church. And

2:40

as far as we know, have no intention of doing

2:43

so. My question is, as

2:45

her Godparents, when, if ever,

2:47

does it become our responsibility to have

2:49

the conversation with them about getting our

2:52

niece to church and into the church

2:54

community, they live out of state, or

2:56

we would offer to take her ourselves. Thank

2:58

you for considering my question. This

3:01

is exactly the reason why we

3:03

have Godparents, and that is to

3:05

not only be witnesses of the baptism

3:08

of those that they are sponsoring,

3:10

but especially to encourage the parents.

3:12

Now, the whole congregation has that

3:14

responsibility. The whole Christian church on

3:16

earth has the responsibility

3:18

of gathering around Christian parents and

3:21

encouraging them to be Christian parents, to bring their

3:23

children to church, to raise them in the faith,

3:25

to be pouring the gifts

3:28

of God's wisdom and spirit into their

3:30

hearts and minds and consciences by the

3:32

Word of God. But especially

3:34

that belongs to the Godparents. So the

3:36

Godparents have promised to pray for the

3:38

children. That's our first work as Godparents,

3:40

to bring the children into

3:43

the Lord's face and consideration by our

3:46

prayers. But then secondly,

3:48

to hold the parents accountable to

3:50

that work. So it is already

3:52

that responsibility. It's sometimes tricky

3:54

just because the conversation is

3:56

not as healthy as it could be, or

3:58

there's awkward things to... talk about when it

4:01

comes to spiritual things with family. But as

4:03

God parents, God be praised that you have that

4:06

vocation, that God has given you this God

4:08

child to pray for and to care for, and

4:11

yep, you are authorized by God, in fact,

4:13

appointed by God for this duty. And

4:16

so may the Lord bless you and fill

4:18

what you are unable to do with His

4:20

mercy and kindness. Brian

4:22

has a question. What happened to all

4:25

the meat that was sacrificed in the

4:27

Old Testament? Was it shared amongst the

4:29

believers, similar to the Passover, and is

4:31

it connected to the body and blood of Christ in

4:33

with and under the bread and wine

4:36

in communion? Well,

4:39

great question, Brian. The complication here

4:41

is it's rather complicated. That's why

4:43

you have the entire book of

4:45

Leviticus so that the priests can

4:47

make sure that they're following all

4:49

of these rituals to the tea.

4:51

Exactly how God has instituted these

4:53

rituals, these ceremonies that are enacted

4:55

so that we can be assured

4:57

of the promised presence of Christ,

4:59

the second person, the Holy Trinity,

5:01

who assures us that we are

5:03

holy because He is holy. He's

5:05

there and He is approving of

5:07

us because of His work.

5:10

But so these sacrifices are always

5:12

pointing to Christ, to the atoning

5:14

work of Jesus, that without the

5:16

shedding of blood there is no

5:18

forgiveness, sins, that we stand constantly

5:21

in the need of cleansing. And

5:23

the animal sacrifices obviously cannot cleanse

5:25

totally. They can only cleanse the

5:27

body on the outside, but

5:30

they need to be sacrificed again and

5:32

again and again. Jesus Himself is that

5:34

all-a-velling sacrifice one time and He cleanses

5:36

the conscience. So His blood, of course,

5:39

is a speaking blood. It's a blood

5:41

that we actually drink. We take the

5:43

blood of the New Testament for the

5:45

forgiveness of sins, trusting in

5:47

the promises of Jesus. Now, so remember

5:49

the blood in the Old Testament, you're

5:51

not going to eat, you're not going

5:53

to drink that blood. So there is

5:55

a definite distinction there, a difference, that

5:57

that blood of the shedding that's poor,

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out upon the altar is not consumed by

6:02

the individual but consumed by the flames on

6:04

the altar. So I

6:06

think that's how we really want to

6:09

approach this is that the flames on

6:11

the altar itself is consuming that which

6:13

is offered. And so in the book

6:15

of Leviticus, especially like around chapters six

6:18

and seven, this is where you see

6:20

all this laid out, the different types

6:22

of offerings that are being offered up

6:25

to God. And so you have ultimately

6:27

the biggest one is that whole burnt

6:29

offering, the whole animal is placed upon

6:32

the altar. And that's going to be

6:34

that lamb. There's a lamb in the morning. There's a lamb

6:36

in the evening and the whole animal

6:38

is placed there. The blood drained, of

6:40

course. And then you have the whole

6:42

animal consumed in the fire. So the

6:44

fire eats up the animal if you

6:46

will. But then you have

6:49

other offerings that are given. You have

6:51

the gift offering to the Lord, which

6:53

there's all these offerings are producing this

6:55

pleasing aroma to the Lord. So these

6:57

are gifts of the Lord, the pleasing

6:59

aroma, assuring us that God is happy

7:01

with us, that He is giving

7:03

us His favor, His assurance of

7:05

His favor, because we're enacting what

7:07

He has instituted. So you have that promise. And

7:10

so when you have like a public grain offering,

7:12

this is going to be a little bit different.

7:14

So some of the grain, a portion of it

7:16

is going to be placed upon the altar. So

7:18

think of the flame as consuming that portion of

7:20

the grain. And then the other portion of the

7:23

grain is going to be given to the priests

7:25

that are on duty. And they're going to consume

7:27

it. So they're going to eat a portion of

7:29

that grain. And so that's a grain offering. Of

7:31

course, if the high priest gives a whole grain

7:34

offering himself, the whole thing is burned and consumed

7:36

in the flame upon the altar. Or

7:38

you have also the understanding of holy

7:40

bread that's made from these grain offerings

7:43

that's consumed by the priest. You have

7:45

the understanding of holy meat. Now this

7:47

is going to be the sin guilt

7:49

offerings where a portion is placed upon

7:51

the altar. And because the altar is

7:53

holy, that meat is holy. And then

7:55

you're going to have the priest are

7:57

going to consume from that sin. and

8:00

guilt offering. They will also consume the

8:02

other portion because it will be holy meat for them.

8:05

But you also have peace offerings, where it's

8:07

a holy meat where portion is consumed in

8:09

the flames on the altar, a portion consumed

8:11

by the priest and a portion consumed by

8:13

the laity. So you really

8:15

have to go through and look

8:17

at this in Leviticus, especially in

8:20

chapters six and seven to kind

8:22

of lay it all out. But

8:24

think of the flames as consuming,

8:26

giving that sweet aroma, the assurance

8:28

of God's favor. And understand

8:30

also these portions sometimes are consumed by

8:32

the priest. And then ultimately that holy

8:34

meat, there's that portion that's consumed by

8:37

laity. Doris

8:39

has another question here, and this

8:41

is, how do we explain the

8:43

apparent contradiction of the many

8:46

times holy scriptures calls upon the reader,

8:48

do not fear, while at the same

8:50

time saying, we should fear the Lord?

8:52

I love this quote. It's like Doris

8:54

was reading my mind to say, what

8:56

is the perfect question to ask Pastor

8:59

Wolf Mueller and asked it? I'm so

9:01

happy, I'm kind of giddy about this

9:03

question. So let's maybe start by this

9:05

way, that when we

9:07

consider the first commandment, that

9:09

we should have no other gods, we know

9:11

that that means that we should fear, love

9:14

and trust in God above all things. That's

9:16

how Luther unfolds that for us so simply

9:18

and beautifully in the catechism. And

9:20

I used to think when I, in

9:23

fact, maybe till a few years ago, I

9:25

used to think that what that meant was, here I am

9:27

and here God is over there, and the thing that should

9:29

be between me and God is fear and love and trust.

9:31

Maybe there's lots of other things that are happening, but it

9:33

should be fear, love and trust. I think

9:36

that's wrong. I think what Luther is saying in this

9:38

commandment, the insight that he has, is

9:40

that the human heart is

9:42

a fearing, loving, trusting thing.

9:45

This is part of what it means to be made

9:47

in the image of God. It's grabbing a hold of

9:50

something, and the way that it grabs hold of things

9:52

is by fear, love and trust. And

9:55

what the commandment is saying is that

9:57

your fear ought to be in God.

10:00

Your love ought to be in God. Your

10:02

trust ought to be in God. He is

10:04

the right object of all of

10:06

these acts of the heart, and that's worship.

10:08

When those three things come together, fear, love

10:10

and trust, that's what it means to worship.

10:13

So we should hold onto God and to

10:15

God alone. What that means, and

10:17

especially when it comes to the fear of God, because

10:19

I think love is a little bit

10:22

different. Love is not as exclusive. The Lord

10:24

says, �Love me above everything else, and so

10:26

much that everything else or your other love

10:28

seem like hatred, but when you love me

10:30

you are showing it by your love for

10:32

the neighbor. So love is a bit inclusive,

10:34

but fear is exclusive in this way. When

10:37

the Lord says, �You should fear me,'

10:39

He's saying, �I am not authorizing you

10:41

to be afraid of anything else.� So

10:44

the Scriptures are constantly fighting

10:47

against the idolatry of fearing

10:49

anything that's not God. �Death?

10:51

Don't be afraid of death!� Jesus says, �Look, three days I

10:54

was done with it. Don't be afraid of death!� The devil?

10:56

You're not to be afraid of the devil. Resist

10:58

him and he will flee from you. Sickness,

11:00

poverty, shame, condemnation, you're

11:02

not supposed to be afraid of any

11:04

of these things. You're supposed

11:06

to fear the Lord. Jesus says it like this, �Don't fear the

11:08

one who can destroy your body,� which is

11:11

I suppose anyone with a stick

11:14

and the devil. �Don't fear them.

11:17

Fear the one who can destroy both body and soul

11:19

in hell. In other words, fear the

11:21

judge of the world. Fear God and fear Him

11:23

alone.� Then when

11:25

that happens, all the other

11:27

things that we are tempted to fear in

11:29

this life are taken away from us. There's

11:32

only one thing left. There's the Lord Jesus. We

11:35

say, �Well, Jesus, my heart has to

11:37

fear something. I'm going to fear you.� Then

11:40

he smiles and looks at us and says, �Don't

11:42

be afraid.� The

11:46

command to fear the Lord is the

11:48

command to not fear anything else. Then

11:52

when we give our fear to the Lord, the Lord

11:54

says, �Got it!� Now I am nothing to be afraid

11:56

of because of the death and resurrection of Jesus. You

11:59

should not fear my God. wrath. You should not fear

12:01

my condemnation. You should not fear my power because

12:03

it's all for you. So

12:05

this is why these two things actually, they seem

12:07

at first to contradict each other, but it's a

12:09

beautiful harmony in the way that the Lord is

12:12

calling us to a faithful stewardship of

12:14

our fear and then He deals with

12:16

us as His dear children in the midst of that. Dr.

12:19

Brian Wolf Miller is our guest along with

12:21

Pastor Brian Ketchamire responding to your unanswered Bible

12:23

questions. A question from Timothy on

12:26

the Lutheran doctrine and

12:28

practice of closed communion next.

12:41

The church has a proclivity to follow after

12:43

trends and fads and be led away by

12:45

things that are super popular in the moment

12:48

and only fall away from it. Pastor

12:50

Chris Rosebrough talking about his presentation at the 2024

12:52

issues, etc., making the

12:55

case conference. You

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can meet and hear Pastor Chris

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Rosebrough making the case against the

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the Case conference Friday, July 12th

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We are responding to your unanswered Bible questions

14:58

with Pastor Brian Ketchelmeyer and Pastor Brian Wolfmiller.

15:01

Pastor Wolfmiller, Timothy has a question. This is more

15:03

of a synod question. Does the Lutheran Church of

15:06

Missouri Synod commune visitors, if

15:08

they're not Lutheran but believe in the

15:10

true presence of Christ in, with, and

15:12

under the elements, is it acceptable practice

15:14

to announce that the supper

15:16

is available for anyone who believes in

15:18

the true presence? The

15:21

answer is no, at least it ought not

15:23

to be. The Church of the Missouri Synod

15:25

promised to practice closed communion and there's a

15:28

lot that that involves, including the

15:30

idea that coming together at

15:32

the Lord's Supper is an act

15:35

of fellowship. And so while

15:37

a lot of churches will say, hey, the

15:40

determining factor ought to be, do you

15:42

believe the body is there, the blood is there,

15:45

that's not the only constraint. And we

15:47

could see that, for example, by the

15:49

fact that I think every Missouri Synod

15:51

church would say that even the

15:53

children who believe that ought not to come to

15:55

communion until they've been confirmed or admitted to the

15:57

table or something like that. We

16:00

want to make sure that there is

16:02

a faithful practice of closed communion, and it is an

16:05

understanding of two things. First

16:08

that in the supper the

16:10

Lord Jesus is giving us His true body

16:13

and blood for the forgiveness of

16:15

sins. So He who is worthy

16:17

and well prepared is the one who has faith in these

16:19

words, given and shed for you for the

16:21

forgiveness of sins. That's a

16:23

worthiness that comes from repentance and faith,

16:25

knowing that we're sinners that need the

16:27

Lord's forgiveness, knowing that the Lord Jesus

16:29

is giving us that forgiveness there in the supper.

16:32

This has to do with especially

16:34

pastoral care. There would be ways

16:36

that people, if they're living in

16:38

open, unrepentant lives or whatever, would be excluded

16:40

from the table because they're showing fruit of

16:43

indicating a lack of repentance. That's one thing.

16:46

But there's another thing that's happening at the

16:48

Lord's supper, which is

16:50

that there's a public confession being

16:52

made of the faith

16:54

that's taught and connected to the

16:57

altar. This is very difficult

16:59

for us. It wouldn't have been so difficult in the

17:01

ancient world because in the ancient world you had the

17:03

idea that the altar where you

17:05

worship is a confession. It says something so that Paul

17:07

can talk to the Corinthians about, hey, we can't be

17:09

partakers of the altars of demons and the altars of

17:11

the Lord because where you go to the altar, that's

17:14

where you're saying, hey, here's what I believe. Here's what

17:16

I stand for. Here's what I confess. Here's what I

17:18

know to be true. It's

17:20

basically lost in the modern world. We don't think

17:22

of these things. Everything's an opinion.

17:24

There's no real confession at all. The

17:27

idea of an altar is totally lost. We're

17:30

going against all modern sensibilities when

17:33

it comes to this practice. I think that maybe the easiest

17:35

way to say it is this. If

17:37

you're walking down the street and someone comes up to you

17:39

and they say, hey, could you sign

17:42

this petition for me? We

17:44

would say, well, what's it say? They say, well,

17:46

no matter. It doesn't matter what it says. Could

17:48

you just sign it? You say, well, no. I

17:50

want to know what it says first. Before I put my name on a

17:52

thing, I want to make sure that I believe it. Maybe

17:55

I'm all right if you want to go and save the

17:57

whales, but maybe I'm not going to sign a petition. Kinda

18:00

to tear down the statue or whatever. I want

18:02

to know what it says before I sign onto

18:04

it. With. This is how. The.

18:06

Scriptures and that She Missouri Synod understands

18:08

going to the altar. When you go

18:11

to the altar, it's like you're putting

18:13

your name on that confession. We want

18:15

to actually give people a chance to

18:17

understand what the confession is. And

18:19

to publicly say yes, I belong to

18:21

that concession. Before. We come to

18:24

the table. So we were still fighting for

18:26

that unity of faith, fighting against divisions of

18:28

doctrine, citing for that clear confession and that

18:31

shows up by this practice of close communion

18:33

which says that coming to the altar together

18:35

is an act of theological fellowship. It's and

18:37

more than just the this is the true

18:40

body and blood but but all that the

18:42

Lord would have us to confess from the

18:44

scriptures. Has

18:46

to get to my are Mercedes says why

18:48

does the church believes in Adam and Eve

18:50

are forgiven seen since they never seem to

18:52

confess their sins and repented. What

18:55

against This is wonderful because a kind of

18:57

flows offer the same understanding when we look

19:00

at the creeds and we have the second

19:02

article. Were talking about the person: a work

19:04

of Christ who years in what he's dance,

19:06

that he's the one who was conceived by

19:08

the Holy spirit born of the Virgin Mary,

19:11

skis, the one who has suffered the punches

19:13

pilots T, someone who's crucified, dead buried, and

19:15

he's when he descends into hell, raised again

19:17

and he ascends and a husband for us.

19:19

So the second article is all about the

19:21

person work of Christ, what he does and

19:24

it's in that third. Article where we have

19:26

the forgiveness of sins and were faith

19:28

as work it. So when you go

19:30

back to Genesis chapter three, focus on

19:32

the second article here. So the emphasis

19:34

is that the second person of the

19:36

holy trinity he's the one who comes

19:38

to seek in the saved the last

19:40

suisse going after Adam Eve. He's going

19:42

after them because the devil is the

19:44

one who's cause this rift send separates

19:46

from god but god his life and

19:48

he's gonna go find them and bring

19:50

them out of death into his life

19:52

Giving him the word of promise. The

19:54

word that's. Heard and that's where the holy

19:56

spirit is gonna be at work in that work

19:58

in. So when the second. Personal Holy Trinity

20:01

goes out to speak to them. They're

20:03

hiding. They're hiding in. the question the

20:05

got asked is where are you because

20:07

his undoing the questions of the double.

20:10

The double saying. Did God really say

20:12

that? It's a question of reflection. It's

20:14

of meditation contemplation. Why are we hide

20:16

it So he? The whole point here

20:19

is not the the great remorse of

20:21

Adam and Eve. It's not the great

20:23

actions of Adam and Eve. or even

20:25

they're great thoughts. Are they're great words.

20:28

Everything is about the person and work.

20:30

Of the second person, the holy trinity who

20:32

comes to seek in to save the last

20:35

skis the one that goes out to seek

20:37

them. He's someone to find some, and he

20:39

assures him of the promise that it's the

20:41

seed of the woman that's gonna crush the

20:44

serpent's head. So it's about God's mercy. It's

20:46

about God's love for us. It's not about

20:48

how Adam and Eve are love football, or

20:51

who they are friendly in. So therefore, God

20:53

chooses them to be friends or that they're

20:55

lovable and God chooses to love them instead.

20:57

This is all about the love of God.

21:00

Is about what God has done for

21:02

them. And so Gods speaking and say

21:04

I'm the one who's going to put

21:07

this hostility between you and between the

21:09

serpent. He speaks to the serpent, between

21:11

the woman because he's separating the serpent

21:14

from us. Sen separates us from gods,

21:16

but the gods. the one who separates

21:18

us from the serpent and separates us

21:21

from our sin and brings again this

21:23

whole reconciliation. So Adam and Eve and

21:25

their action. They're trying to cover their

21:27

sin. They're trying to make God merciful.

21:30

With their man made method of clothing

21:32

with the leaves are God is gonna

21:34

give them the one thing that they

21:36

need which is that animal skin because

21:38

again the shedding of the blood without

21:40

the shedding of the blood. There is

21:42

no forgiveness. It's teaching the substitution area

21:44

torments that one has to die instead

21:47

of you. You cannot make yourself right

21:49

with God. It's not about your actions

21:51

which you've done to cover your sense.

21:53

It's not about the level of remorse

21:55

that you have the to really really

21:57

meant it's it's not even about this

21:59

special. Prayer that you said or anything.

22:01

it's about the mercy of God she's

22:04

the one who have verse them with

22:06

the animal skins and this promise that

22:08

seat is going across serpents had. So

22:10

that's why we want to look at

22:12

the in this way that immediately when

22:14

Sen happens. We're. Not gonna look

22:17

at the centers and see what their

22:19

action is to remedy it's but instead

22:21

we're gonna look at our savior and

22:23

look at what his action is to

22:25

rid remedy the said. He saves us

22:27

from our sense. So that's the whole

22:29

points. Not about confessing sin but about

22:31

confessing the savior. Been

22:34

has a question. He. Says

22:36

this is on Christian morality in

22:38

relationship to politics since twenty twenty

22:40

or so. There's come about

22:43

a popular slogan on the right in

22:45

the U S: Let's Go Brandon. This

22:48

is a code phrase for another slogan

22:50

which consists of a profanity address to.

22:53

President. Joe Biden. It. Seems to

22:55

me the com actually speaking the underlying slogan

22:57

is the same thing as frivolously asking for

23:00

a curse from God or wishing the worst

23:02

possible thing on Joe Biden to. Seems to

23:04

me, the Christians shouldn't approve of this phrase

23:06

in either of it's forms. Of

23:09

think we ought rather to speak in decent

23:11

terms such as Joe Biden is a wicked

23:13

Ruler or to pray that God remove him

23:15

from office Or to pray to the impressive

23:18

Tories arms against him. thereby.

23:20

We can maintain respect for the office

23:22

he holds while also keeping ourselves from

23:24

speech which degrades ourselves in shorts. I

23:26

think this phrase is on be sitting

23:28

of Christians Am I correct in this

23:31

thinking. What? would you do if

23:33

one of your professors uttered and the above

23:35

saw that are displayed in some ways thanks

23:37

for your consideration and keep up the good

23:39

work it sounds like this is less of

23:42

an abstract question for been pretty realistic but

23:44

i think is right in the general idea

23:46

that this is not the rinse their way

23:48

to phrase came about i think it's pretty

23:50

funny but it is not that the the

23:53

christians should have their speech season with salt

23:55

we should be careful that know unfruitful speech

23:57

comes from your mouth or any filthy speech

24:00

And this would include this phrase as

24:02

just a cover-up for filthy speech, and

24:04

that's right. So we should be

24:06

sanctified in the way that we think and the

24:09

way that we speak, and I don't think this

24:11

is sanctified speech. He's right also

24:13

in this, that we

24:15

are called to pray for those that

24:18

the Lord puts into government. In fact,

24:20

Paul says to Timothy, let men of

24:22

God raise their hands, praying especially to

24:24

kings and for people of

24:27

all stations, but it's especially the kings

24:29

that are receiving the prayers of

24:31

the church. God be praised for that. But

24:34

Luther makes a really important point. He says, look, when

24:36

we pray for the king, we're praying

24:38

that God's will would be done through that

24:40

king, and if that king is busy thwarting

24:42

the will of God, then our prayers for

24:45

them actually become prayers against them. And

24:47

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24:49

of our nation, we pray for wise

24:51

and faithful rulers. We pray that they

24:54

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24:56

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24:58

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25:00

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25:02

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25:04

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25:07

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25:09

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25:16

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25:18

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25:21

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29:52

crucifixion of Jesus was

29:54

prophesied and therefore pre

29:56

determined. To. Judas have free

29:58

will to betray him. Or not.

30:01

It. Pilot have a choice than to follow through

30:03

with the terraces demands. Do think Judas is in

30:05

hell for what he did. Jesus said it would

30:07

have been better for that man if he had

30:09

not been board which is absolutely true. I just

30:12

wonder the had a choice of the matter. If.

30:14

It was all predetermine. This

30:17

is a said Pressing Questions Jesus addresses

30:19

it directly in Luke twenty to Twenty

30:21

Two and he says for the Son

30:23

of Man goes as it has been

30:26

determined, But. Woe to that

30:28

manned by whom he has betrayed sox

30:30

were going to get up to a

30:32

couple of mister is here that simply

30:34

cannot be answered. But here I think

30:36

is the main thing is that in

30:39

the scriptures determination and guilt or not

30:41

exclusive categories we just tend to think

30:43

well either. Judas. Was

30:45

gonna do it and therefore how could

30:47

he be? Guilty. If he

30:49

didn't have a choice, Or. He

30:52

had a choice and then it was a

30:54

determined because we think if I can't do

30:56

something that I shouldn't be guilty for not

30:58

doing it. But there's two Princes isn't scriptures

31:00

that I think her especially important. So first

31:02

from Romans eight. It's gonna talk

31:05

about how. We. Can't keep the law

31:07

and we don't keep the law same. And

31:09

first, for instance One Fourteen we can't receive

31:11

the things have got and we don't receive

31:13

the things of God the can't speak to

31:16

our. Inability. And

31:18

the don't speak to our guilt. And

31:21

they're both truce aromas. Eight for the mind that a

31:23

Set on the flesh is hostile. The God. For.

31:25

It does not submit a god's law.

31:28

And. Is therefore guilty. Indeed, it

31:30

cannot submitter God's law. So.

31:33

We are both unable to submit a god's law

31:35

and we'd also don't at the same time, so

31:37

we don't have the ability to do it. But

31:40

it's almost like even if we did have the

31:42

ability to do it, we wouldn't do it so

31:44

were guilty even though we don't have the capacity

31:46

for sprint. It's one. Fourteen says the natural person

31:48

does not accept the things of the spirit of

31:51

God for their followed him and he is not

31:53

able to understand them. Because. They're spiritually

31:55

discerned, So that just because we.

31:58

Can't. Do something doesn't mean. When. That.

32:00

That we're not guilty of not doing it

32:03

at the same thing is to just because

32:05

we must do something that doesn't mean we're

32:07

not guilty for doing that sauce. So the

32:09

scripture will say that it was determined it

32:11

was preordained that Judas would. Betray.

32:13

The Lord. And yet that does

32:16

not take away the guilt of his

32:18

action in doing it. This comes up

32:20

a lot in looters bonded to the

32:22

will and he's gonna kind of dig

32:24

in to the point of free will

32:26

and how it's connected. And but he'll

32:28

say, i mean just as an example.

32:30

Judas. Betrayed Christ through an active as

32:32

will I affirm that this will was about

32:35

to be in this very Judah. certainly and

32:37

infallibly. if God for new, it. With.

32:40

What I affirm be not yet sufficiently

32:42

understood. Less refer one sort of necessity

32:44

of violence to the work, and another

32:46

sort of necessity infallibility to the time.

32:48

You know. There's ways that we can

32:50

kind of dig in there and think

32:52

about how our free will is showing

32:54

up in connection with God's. Sovereignty

32:57

and his determination of things.

33:00

And. Then again, that's kind of the had

33:02

cracking point. But the point is that

33:04

just because it must have been done

33:06

by judas. Does. Not take away

33:08

the guilt of doing it. Taught.

33:11

If we could just bring in for

33:13

knowledge to this I mean when we

33:15

talk about the distinction between for knowledge

33:17

and election or what we would call

33:20

predestination, what we were wanna say this

33:22

predestination is pre determination so we want

33:24

to make that clear distinction. But when

33:26

we talk about for knowledge as we

33:28

do in the form of Concord article

33:30

A Loving we make this clear distinction.

33:32

the for knowledge as God knows all

33:34

things before they happen. But this is

33:36

not the cause of the evils of

33:39

that sin which compels somebody to do

33:41

something rocks. The The Source of course

33:43

ultimately as the dow both who enters

33:45

into Judas and of course mans wicked

33:47

perverse will. So this is not the

33:50

cause. God does not cause this because

33:52

he knows this is gonna happen, but

33:54

it's it's what the doubled and does

33:57

and and Judas himself in league with

33:59

The Doubt. Or goes against

34:01

God's Christ. Has

34:04

to get to eye. Marvin says when poll

34:06

introduces his letters with grace and peace to

34:09

you from God the Father and Our Lord

34:11

Jesus Christ. why doesn't he mentioned the Holy

34:13

Spirit. All. I.

34:15

I think this is wonderful Marvin because

34:17

I I've been pondering a lot on

34:19

the Book of Seasons lately and I

34:21

think that if you look at the

34:23

book of If he says this letter

34:25

to the converted baptized gentiles and actresses

34:27

seat, you can kind of see what's

34:29

taking place here. So notice of the

34:32

letter is going to be addressed to

34:34

the saints. That's those who have been

34:36

sanctified down who does the sanctifying work

34:38

well. When we we split up the

34:40

creed, we understand that third article of

34:42

the creed. the Holy Spirit is the

34:44

one who sanctified. By calling, gathering in

34:46

the lightning, and keeping people in the one

34:48

true faiths. And so when you're talking to

34:51

the saints, these are the ones who have

34:53

been sanctified by the work of the Holy

34:55

spirit. Open eyes to see and ears to

34:57

here and hard to believe. So you're writing

35:00

to those who are in the church where

35:02

the Holy Spirit is. It works. When the

35:04

third article the creed, that's where we're talking

35:06

about the forgiveness of sins. Okay, this is

35:09

where we have the gift of faith from

35:11

the Holy Spirit working through that word of

35:13

truth. So when you. You look at

35:15

a fetus. Chapter One you have that

35:17

greeting to the saints those who are

35:19

sanctified that you would have grace and

35:21

piece from God our Father and the

35:23

Lord Jesus Christ sorts to those who

35:26

are in the body of Christ those

35:28

were the church. The Holy Spirit is

35:30

it working So that's why. Later on

35:32

adverse thirteen and that first chapter we

35:34

can be assured as saying she says

35:36

in him in Christ's you also when

35:38

you heard the word of Truth okay

35:40

the gospel of your salvation of believed

35:42

in him you were sealed by the

35:44

promise. Holy Spirit. So that's where the

35:46

person in the work of the Holy

35:48

Spirit is in the church through that

35:50

word calling, gathering in the lightning and

35:53

keeping us in this one true faith

35:55

in So if you're you continue in.

35:57

That whole first chapter of Seasons were

35:59

talking about. The blood of Christ that

36:01

gives us the forgiveness of our trespasses

36:03

in his the Holy Spirit who is

36:05

it works for this his why you

36:07

will then later on of or seventeen

36:09

say that the God of our Lord

36:11

Jesus Christ the Father Glory may give

36:14

you the spirit of wisdom in revelation

36:16

in the knowledge of him having the

36:18

eyes of your heart enlightened that you

36:20

may know what the hope is to

36:22

which he has called you. What are

36:24

the riches of his glorious inheritance in

36:26

the Saints Go against those who are

36:28

sanctified by the Holy Spirit. The Holy

36:30

Spirit is the one who makes fully

36:33

so efficient ends. On this whole note,

36:35

the Christ himself is raised and he

36:37

is seated in the heavenly places with

36:39

the Father. He is the head in

36:41

the church, is the body and so

36:43

it's You See this flow into the

36:46

next chapter. The Christ is the one

36:48

who's making peace so remembered As letters

36:50

written to the body of Christ to

36:52

the people of God to the adopted

36:54

sons of God who have the hopes

36:56

of the bodily resurrection found a crisis

36:59

in So in chapter. Two, when you're

37:01

speaking to the baptized where the Holy

37:03

Spirit is it works, you're saying that

37:05

Christ is our peace. She's the one

37:07

who came to speak peace because he

37:09

makes reconciliation to God in one body

37:12

through the cross And so this is

37:14

what he comes to do. He came

37:16

in, he preached peace to those who

37:18

far off in those who are near

37:20

For through Christ we both have access

37:22

to in the one spirit to the

37:24

father. So this is where you're seeing

37:27

the work of the Holy Spirit here

37:29

in the life. Of the believers through

37:31

this words that has given to them

37:33

from parts because with Paul of course

37:35

is inspired by the holy spirit. And

37:38

so that's why Paul can rejoice and say

37:40

that we have access to the Father through

37:42

the sun, in the Holy spirit, the Holy

37:44

spirit, the one who brings us to the

37:47

sun, and the sun is the one brings

37:49

us to the Father. So that's the whole

37:51

idea here. That's you get to the end

37:54

of chapter two and were being built up

37:56

into this temple. You're. Being built up

37:58

an attempt to the lord a dwelling. Place for

38:00

got by the Holy Spirit by the spirit.

38:02

So this is where the spirit is and

38:04

then later on like in a fusions Chapter

38:07

four, that's where you have that confession of

38:09

faith. The kind of coincides with the three

38:11

articles of the creed, but notice that it

38:13

works backwards. You start off with the third

38:15

article. First you say one body in one

38:18

spirit just as you were called to the

38:20

one Hope the belongs to your call and

38:22

then you move up to the second article

38:24

one Lord, one phase, one Baptisms And then

38:26

you're going to move up to the first

38:29

article in One God. And Father of

38:31

was All who is overall and through

38:33

all and and off. So again. I

38:35

think the key here is that the

38:37

Holy Spirit is at work in that

38:39

ladder proclaiming Christ proclaiming piece which gives

38:41

us that reconciliation with the Father because

38:44

of the blood of Jesus. So that's

38:46

why you have peace coming from God

38:48

the Father and the science. But it's

38:50

the Holy Spirit who's working that peace

38:52

in our lives. Not like the Sons

38:54

of Disobedience when we were dead in

38:57

our trespasses. And you have the prince

38:59

of the power. Of the air, the

39:01

spirit. The evil spirit does it work at

39:03

them, but the holy spirit is it work

39:05

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from wounded tomb, and every student,

41:08

parent, and teacher is created in

41:10

the very image of God. There's

41:13

right and wrong, and we know

41:15

which is which. From the ten

41:17

commandments, her only two sexes, male

41:20

and female. he created them. marriages.

41:22

the lifelong union. Of one man and

41:24

one woman. There's. Such a thing

41:27

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41:29

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41:31

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41:33

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has to Brian was Miller says

42:03

or was Miller A question from

42:05

Daniel. God. Says be

42:07

wholly as I am holy as God

42:09

above the law. How can

42:11

see command Abraham to kill his son

42:13

when murder is clearly a sin. Or.

42:16

The Ten Commandments Intent only for

42:18

humanity By a God who is

42:20

fine ordering Abraham to violate a

42:22

clear commandments. It's.

42:25

Wonderful question and it leads

42:27

us into a deep reflection

42:30

of of God and Man

42:32

because. We. We do have

42:34

the prohibition against murder in the fifth

42:36

commandment, which is the unauthorized taking of

42:38

human life. God. Is. The.

42:41

One who is in fact authorized take

42:43

human life and he shares that authority

42:46

also with us, even according to the

42:48

fourth commandment when he gives the sword

42:50

to those who rule, so there is

42:52

an authorized taking of human life. Which

42:55

would be. Capital. Punishment or

42:58

in an act of

43:00

war? That that is

43:02

not murder. In fact,

43:04

that's. Of it just in

43:06

that commandment. For example, when the Lord. Is.

43:08

Talking to Noah after the flood and he

43:10

says whoever takes the life of a man.

43:13

His. Life shall be taken from him and

43:15

will. What's the difference Once murder and then

43:18

you follow Islam with more. More Know what

43:20

is murder and the other is the punishment

43:22

of murder. Capital punishment so that the Lord

43:24

does have the authority to take. Human

43:27

life. So when God. Takes.

43:29

A life. Either through

43:31

the natural means or. A

43:34

human means or even. Through

43:36

Hims just when he does it. For example,

43:38

when the fire consumes Nate Ebner by who

43:40

from the Temple that is not breaking the

43:43

commandments to murder The So we don't say

43:45

that God is breaking the fifth commandment when

43:47

someone dies he murdered because he's the one

43:49

and the only one who's was arrested. Take

43:51

a license part of the work of the

43:53

Ten Commandments as to distinguish between what God

43:55

is authorized to do and what Man is

43:57

authorized to do. We would say that God.

44:00

Then his unholy but a specific

44:02

incident of the command that God

44:04

gives to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac

44:06

and it. We need to take

44:08

a little bit of time and

44:10

understand what's going on there. As

44:12

the scriptures would have us understand

44:14

it's we often think of it

44:16

as. A. Test of. Abrahams

44:19

obedience to God. In

44:21

other words, God comes to Abraham and just

44:23

gives him something very difficult and unnatural to

44:26

do. He to take your son, your only

44:28

son, the sun that you love to first

44:30

time. The word love is used in the

44:32

Bible when God is talking to Abraham about

44:34

Isaac. Take the sun that you love so

44:37

much and he says only son even though

44:39

ethos around it. He. Got his

44:41

he saw off the table it specifically. we're going

44:43

to come back to that. It's as this Isaac

44:45

I want you to off from as a sacrifice

44:47

to me. And we

44:49

see it is sort of the

44:52

Lord saying hey, you just have

44:54

to can abandon all reason, abandon

44:56

all morality, abandon all. The.

44:58

Everything that I told you before. And.

45:01

And everything you know about my character and

45:03

with and abandon all that and go and

45:05

do this thing. That's normally how we think

45:08

of it, but that's not how the scriptures

45:10

present the sacrifice of Isaac. It must be

45:12

understood. In the context of the

45:14

promise. So remember the

45:17

big drama with Abraham is

45:19

that. He has that promise

45:21

that his seed is going to

45:23

bless the nation's He has the

45:25

promised continued from Genesis three. That.

45:27

When the lord speaks to Adam and Eve

45:30

in the garden that promise to pester capture

45:32

my are mentioned that proceed will crush your

45:34

head. And you will crush

45:36

his heels. So the seat as on

45:38

the waist and to Abraham as given that

45:40

promises a seat even those old. And he

45:43

doesn't have any children. So he tries to

45:45

make the seed promised come true by going

45:47

into Haggard having a child. And the Lord

45:49

excludes Ishmael from the promise sorry said he

45:52

saw Earthers excludes Ishmael from the promise. Sarah's

45:54

gonna have a child. And Sarah last remember.

45:56

But a year later she's pregnant and Isaac

45:59

is born. And it in Isaac

46:01

that the Lord says the promise will be

46:03

kept, that his children will be as many

46:05

as the stars in the sky in the

46:07

sand on the seats. and that from this

46:10

family will come one who will destroy the

46:12

Devil, the Messiah himself. So Abraham and Sara

46:14

or to look at Isaac as the child

46:17

of the promise And then the Lord says

46:19

now I want you to take that one

46:21

and sacrificing. So

46:23

Abraham has two things that he has to

46:25

fight against. He has to fight against the

46:27

promise of God that Isaac will have lots

46:29

of children and that one of those children

46:31

to be the Messiah amd. The. God

46:34

is asking for Isaacs life. And

46:37

he's has to say well, how in

46:39

the world can this be can God

46:41

keep his promise? Even if Isaac dies

46:43

and Abraham says yes, God must keep

46:46

his promise, Isaac must be alive and

46:48

must be able to have children so

46:50

that I can offer up Isaac and

46:52

the Lord will raise them from the

46:54

dead. And that's what

46:57

Hebrews teaches us to think about. the

46:59

test of Abraham and Isaac. That Abraham

47:01

do that even if he offered Isaac

47:03

that of the what would raise him

47:05

from the dead, even if he burned

47:07

Isaac, he would raise up the ashes

47:09

so that God would keep his promise

47:11

from Isaac. And so the story of

47:13

Abraham and Isaac is not just of kind

47:15

of role obedience, but it is. Do

47:17

you believe that God keeps his promises.

47:20

Are. Just happens that god. Seemingly.

47:22

Always is working in our own lives against

47:24

his promises and this is the same thing

47:26

to do. We believe that God can keep

47:28

his promises, that our sins are forgiven, that

47:30

we will live forever and we'd have looks

47:32

like words, sinners, condemned and dying. but the

47:34

Lord's s know whoever believes in me will

47:36

not die forever. You will live in recounts

47:38

the glories of Aboard The Lord is kind

47:40

to us, our sins are forgiven and so

47:42

were called to trust the promise in spite

47:45

of what's in front of us. And

47:47

that's what's going on with Abraham and Isaac

47:49

and I And I think that's really important

47:51

to understand that God is not somehow immoral,

47:54

But. That he is. In. Fact

47:57

Good And he. Always.

47:59

Been. Bringing us into that goodness

48:01

by face and the loved it follows.

48:06

A question for Pastor Kettle

48:08

My or from tripped us.

48:12

What? Is the Lutheran view of

48:14

Isaiah Fourteen, Twelve through Fifteen and

48:16

as He Killed eight? Twelve.

48:19

To Nineteen in reference to having

48:21

any insight into the origins, aims,

48:23

and mindset for main adversary, the

48:25

devil. Also, I've heard the dame

48:28

Lucifer. Is. A result of

48:30

a mistranslation, light of such an

48:32

error and the metaphorical sense of

48:34

the previous passages dealing with a

48:37

human residence spiritual entities. Is this

48:39

the typical Protestant even self reliance

48:41

upon these misinterpretations and the zealand

48:44

which they proffer This narrative. A

48:46

proof against. A lot of this

48:49

except and. Church Ducks. What?

48:52

Passages is referring to their pester.

48:55

Well I think that what we have to

48:57

do first of all is just look at

48:59

the bigger picture itself. Would you look at

49:02

the Old Testament and you have the kings

49:04

of this earth. The kings of this earth

49:06

are always and animosity against God and his

49:08

kingdom out as God's kingdom com it's through

49:11

the hearing of the word of God in

49:13

the work of the Holy spirit. With that

49:15

words God gives the word gives the gift

49:18

of the holy spirit again which opens eyes

49:20

to see years to here and. Hard

49:22

to believe, but the Kingdoms of this

49:24

Earth do not want that to happen.

49:26

The Kingdoms of this Earth are always

49:29

trying to prevent the Kingdom of God

49:31

from comics. So what are they always

49:33

trying to do? It is they're trying

49:35

to stop the preaching and the proclamation

49:38

of God's work. That's what they do.

49:40

And when you see the Kings of

49:42

the Earth, they are representatives of Satan.

49:44

Okay, because that's exactly what cited as

49:47

a it's a war of words. The

49:49

Devil is always putting doubt in question.

49:51

Did. God. Really say that. Always try

49:53

to take us astray and away from

49:55

God's words and especially his word of

49:58

promises fulfilled in his son. So. You

50:00

look at the kings of the

50:02

Earth, you see this league with

50:04

the Devil. They're in a league

50:06

with the Devil. So when you're

50:08

in Egypt, Pharaoh will not let

50:10

the people of God go. Why?

50:12

Because in, they're gonna hear the

50:15

word of God, they're going to

50:17

rejoice in the sacrifices that God

50:19

institutes which ultimately points to the

50:21

all availing sacrifice of Christ on

50:23

the Cross rights. And so when

50:25

Moses is confronting Pharaoh, Pharaoh is

50:27

going to reject the word and

50:29

resist. The work of the Holy

50:31

Spirit. So you have the spiritual

50:33

battle going on where the kingdoms

50:35

of this earth are trying to

50:37

prevent God's kingdom from coming. So

50:39

Pharaoh Himself, the King of Egypt

50:42

is a tyrant and he represents

50:44

the tyrant of tyrants. Okay, so

50:46

that's gonna be the issue that

50:48

you're gonna see in Isaiah chapter

50:50

fourteen where you have this picture

50:52

of what's going on with the

50:54

King of Babylon. So now you

50:56

go from what took place before

50:58

in slavery in captivity. In Egypt

51:00

to now slavery in captivity in

51:02

Babylon. and so now the King

51:04

of Babylon is just going to

51:06

be exactly like the King of

51:09

Egypt's Keys in league with the

51:11

Devil trying to prevent God's Kingdom

51:13

from comics. So you will see

51:15

the similarity with Satan in so

51:17

the actions in the way that

51:19

he's working as a tyrant. he's

51:21

working as a puppet of the

51:23

tyrant of tyrants and tried to

51:25

prevent God's kingdom from coming by

51:27

preventing the hearing. So that's why.

51:29

And Isaiah. Fourteen, you have the promise

51:31

that you're going to be delivered out

51:33

of this. you're going to be deliver

51:35

out of this oppressors. And so it

51:38

was shall happened in that day that

51:40

you always gonna give you rest from

51:42

your pain and your turmoil and your

51:44

hard labor which you had to perform.

51:46

So this is all very similar to

51:48

that slavery in captivity in Egypt, not

51:50

being in the land of promise waiting

51:52

for the promised seed of the verge

51:54

and to crush serpents. Had the baby

51:56

boy of joy born in Bethlehem worth

51:59

Jesus who was. Crucified outside of Jerusalem

52:01

given up as that all availing sacrificed

52:03

in. So you're going to be released

52:05

from this captivity and you're going to

52:07

set your eyes on the Kingdom of

52:09

God, The Kingdom of God coming. the

52:11

promise. So that in that day you're

52:13

going to take up a taunt against

52:15

the King of Babylon. You're going to

52:17

mock him. You going to make fun

52:19

of him because you know the God

52:21

is the one who is in control

52:23

here. I mean, this is like Som

52:25

to the Kings of the Earth's They're

52:27

taking council together, they're plotting, and they're

52:29

planning against. Ya away in his Christ.

52:31

but what does? yeah we do. He

52:33

laughs. He lasted ten hut. Going to

52:35

do twenty six I'm it's like us.

52:37

a little and tail and your backyard.

52:39

Think that they're going to just over

52:42

your whole entire house. Well they're not

52:44

gonna win their little answer. Gonna get

52:46

squished rights. And so guys is mocking

52:48

God is laughing at this joke. Have

52:50

an idea? They're going to prevent God's

52:52

kingdom from coming. So that's the times.

52:55

And. You're going to say how the oppressor

52:57

has seized his insulin says seized your

52:59

way has broken the staff of the

53:01

wicked, the scepter of the rulers of

53:03

struck down the people in his wrath

53:05

And so this is what's God is

53:07

gonna do to deliver. And so you

53:09

have that same idea or did you

53:12

have how you are fallen from have

53:14

an old days star son of dogs

53:16

so that's that terms that we we

53:18

have here the Yes from the latin

53:20

this is where you get Lucifer but

53:22

just understand that that means light bearer.

53:24

Okay so. It's not that it's because

53:26

of the latin is confused us but

53:28

what what's happening is just that we

53:31

we forget the Old Testament and that

53:33

behind these kings of the Earth is

53:35

the devil who's that tired of tyrants

53:37

so in his equal you'll see that

53:39

same understanding with the King of Tire

53:41

that you're gonna have this lament over

53:43

the King of Tire. Thus says your

53:46

way you were a perfect model of

53:48

an example So gets remember the in

53:50

this life a king is supposed to

53:52

be God's representative on earth. So God

53:54

is placed. Things in to order to

53:56

that the king is gonna give gods

53:59

good gifts. That's why Luther will

54:01

say that the King's coat of arms

54:03

should be a loaf of bread or

54:05

maybe some weed because the King is

54:07

the one who's supposed to provide for

54:09

the well being of those and is

54:11

kinda gonna give to them the physical

54:13

sustenance that they need. So the kings,

54:15

even the evil kings God puts in

54:18

place so that God can give his

54:20

good gifts of food, the gives his

54:22

good gifts of protection in this life.

54:24

But what happens is that the kings

54:26

of this earth turn away from God

54:28

and then they go in. Rebellion with

54:30

Satan so that it's a picture of with

54:32

Satan. Did Satan originally was a messenger and

54:35

the heavenly places his have fallen messenger who's

54:37

trying to prevent the kingdom to com. So

54:39

those who are his puppets those who are

54:41

in league with him are doing the same

54:44

type of the thing. So that's why this

54:46

picture here goes all the way back to

54:48

the Garden of Eden you were in Eat

54:50

in the Garden of God. This is equal

54:52

twenty eight and so you're going back to

54:55

Worth. The Devil originally tried to prevent God's

54:57

kingdom from coming to Adam and Eve and

54:59

he continues. To do that in the

55:01

kingdoms of this earth. So that's why

55:03

the New Testaments. We will call him

55:05

the Prince of the power, the Air's

55:07

or even the God of this world.

55:10

The so called God of this World

55:12

school blinds the unbelievers from the gospel,

55:14

but it's the Holy Spirit who opens

55:16

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58:00

The questions was going to really catch

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a Wolf Miller, here's question from loop:

58:11

I was wondering what is meant in

58:13

first Corinthian Six Three about judging angels.

58:16

Also. How should we understand second

58:18

printing size ten and others like it? That.

58:21

Speaks of appearing before the judgment seat of

58:23

Christ and giving an accent. Yeah,

58:26

these are some tricky questions because

58:28

we have this idea. Jesus in

58:30

fact will say it. Don't you

58:32

know that you will be the

58:34

ones who will will judge the

58:36

angels And the Lord's kind of

58:38

reflects that as as well. So

58:40

maybe here's one texts that we

58:42

can look at a Seasons Three

58:45

Ten. It says that through the

58:47

Church, the manifold wisdom of God.

58:49

Might. Now be made known to

58:51

the rulers and authorities in the

58:53

heavenly places. It's a pretty amazing

58:55

text to reflect on and thinking

58:57

of us that the angels and

59:00

we get this even though the

59:02

the good whole the angels are

59:04

marveling to look in to the

59:06

works that the lord is doing.

59:08

They. Marvel to look into the to the

59:10

love of God and Christ to the and

59:13

to the mysteries of the faith is or

59:15

even mysteries to them that the goddess become

59:17

a man that the angels like of. Luther

59:20

talks about this with Jacob's Ladder when the angels

59:22

are going up and down. He says the incarnations

59:24

kind of disorient the angels to their use the

59:26

looking up to see the son of God. They're

59:28

in heaven. but now they're gonna look down to

59:30

see him in the manger and on the cross

59:32

and they marvel at these things so that the

59:34

works of God. Especially for the children

59:37

of Adam and Eve are a marvel to

59:39

the angels, but to the fallen angels as

59:41

well. That. They are

59:43

also learning about the works that God

59:45

is doing. the merciful and kind works

59:48

of God. Through. The

59:50

church. So this again this

59:52

of reasons three texas the through the

59:54

church the manifold wisdom of God is

59:56

now known to the rulers and the

59:58

authorities in the heavenly place. Now

1:00:00

I think from that text we I

1:00:02

we go back to loose question say

1:00:04

how is it that the Christian would

1:00:07

judge the angels It's not that we

1:00:09

going to judge the whole the angels

1:00:11

the angels who are righteous and who

1:00:13

keep God's law who's behold his face

1:00:15

day and night but rather we will

1:00:17

be judges of the fallen angels so

1:00:19

that part of their condemnation. Will

1:00:21

be in the failed attempt to overthrow

1:00:24

our faith and to dissuade us from

1:00:26

believing in the promises of God and

1:00:28

the the Lord will give us the

1:00:30

privilege of being a being part of

1:00:32

that condemnation. and that's probably what's indicated

1:00:35

by. You. Will judge the angels.

1:00:37

So. I think that's right, the ought to

1:00:39

the broader question of judgment. Your How do we

1:00:42

understand these. Texts. That say

1:00:44

that we're going to appear before the

1:00:46

Judgment seat of Christ and given account.

1:00:48

I think that maybe the most important

1:00:50

thing here. Is to

1:00:52

see that for Paul the judgment.

1:00:55

For the christian. Is. Not.

1:00:58

A. Frightful thing. But.

1:01:00

Rather, a joyful thing. In

1:01:03

other words, when Paul says. We. Must

1:01:05

all appear before the judgment seat of

1:01:07

Christ. That's. Not bad news

1:01:09

for Paul. That's. Good news

1:01:11

that's hopeful news he says so that each

1:01:13

one may receive what is due for what

1:01:15

he's done in the body. what's good or

1:01:18

evil he says it like here's the whole

1:01:20

contacts to so we're always have good courage

1:01:22

for we know that while we're at home

1:01:24

and the body were away from the board

1:01:26

for we walked by faith and not by

1:01:28

site where of good courage and we would

1:01:30

rather be away from the body and at

1:01:33

home with the lord So whether what homer

1:01:35

way we make it er waits our aim

1:01:37

to please him for wish all appear before

1:01:39

the judge receipt of Christ. So

1:01:41

that we understand the judgment for the

1:01:43

christian in the context of. Romans.

1:01:46

Eight And John Five. So Roms Eight says,

1:01:48

there's no condemnation for those who had Christ

1:01:50

Jesus. or maybe even more clearly, these words

1:01:52

we have to carve into our hearts what

1:01:54

Jesus as And John Five, Twenty Four. Truly

1:01:56

Truly I say to you Whoever here's my

1:01:58

word and believes it. Who sent

1:02:00

me has eternal life. He does

1:02:03

not come into judgment. But.

1:02:05

As passed from death to life. So

1:02:07

that judgment for the christian. Is.

1:02:10

Not a day of condemnation. There's.

1:02:12

No more condemnation for those who are

1:02:15

and christians, but a day of confirmation

1:02:17

and reward. If

1:02:19

we do have a fear of the Judgment day. We.

1:02:22

Should I suppose thank God for it in

1:02:24

this sense is that the holy spirit is

1:02:26

working in us, contrition or discussed for our

1:02:28

own since and we rejoice in that sorrow

1:02:30

for arson and we fight against it. But

1:02:32

we don't lose heart because we know that

1:02:35

soon the flesh will be put off and

1:02:37

will be further clothes in the glorious haven't

1:02:39

and it finally in the resurrection the body.

1:02:42

So so the Judgment Day is

1:02:44

for the christian a day of

1:02:46

of of of hope. A. Day

1:02:48

of Glory A day of peace or

1:02:51

day that we long for because Christ

1:02:53

is already made the judgment on our

1:02:55

eternal. Life in his death and

1:02:57

Resurrection that our sins are forgiven. Susan.

1:03:01

Asks what are the beans in

1:03:03

Genesis? Six one through four. Yeah.

1:03:07

Sexual Ethics. Thanks for asking this

1:03:09

question. That this question seems to

1:03:11

come up by quite a bit

1:03:13

because everybody wants know this mysterious

1:03:15

things are. I mean it hits

1:03:17

hits best are one of Miller

1:03:19

nine for years as talked about

1:03:21

this long long long time ago.

1:03:23

The ideas your people say these

1:03:25

are aliens or something like that

1:03:27

at but what we want to

1:03:29

do is we we just what

1:03:31

I understand clearly from the text

1:03:33

that these are those who are

1:03:36

mighty men. Okay, so they're mighty

1:03:38

man and they're doing something contrary to

1:03:40

God's work. And I mean that's really

1:03:42

the key here. And what we want

1:03:45

to see is this contrast between the

1:03:47

sons of God on the one hand,

1:03:49

those who are believers interesting in a

1:03:52

promise and then the daughters of men,

1:03:54

those who were rejected because we we

1:03:56

we've talked about before where you see

1:03:59

that this whole. The distinction between those

1:04:01

who call upon the name of your

1:04:03

way and those who don't. So that's

1:04:05

where we are. where with people who

1:04:07

continue to grow and hear the word

1:04:09

of God. And then there are those

1:04:12

who refuse. They they reject the word

1:04:14

and resist the work of the Holy

1:04:16

spirit. So that's the whole key here.

1:04:18

So that's why you have this contrast

1:04:20

of the Daughters of men. They're going

1:04:22

in the way of the world. They're

1:04:25

acting like Adam in Rebellion Against Scots.

1:04:27

That's the old man. That's the old

1:04:29

way of doing. Things but those who

1:04:31

are being renewed who are sons of

1:04:33

God who are adopted by God into

1:04:35

the family have the work of the

1:04:37

Holy Spirit. Okay the Holy Spirit is

1:04:40

in asked working these things so that

1:04:42

we have new thoughts, do desires, new

1:04:44

actions, new words. I mean that's the

1:04:46

newness of life And so noticed that

1:04:48

in the context you have my spiritual

1:04:50

not abide and man for ever for

1:04:53

he has flashed. So this is that

1:04:55

the issue Really hear you you have

1:04:57

the spirit is not going bite forever.

1:04:59

So now. You have this this distinction

1:05:01

between those who are listening to the

1:05:03

Word of God and those who rejecting

1:05:06

the Word of God. If you reject

1:05:08

the Word of God, the Holy Spirit

1:05:10

is is not going to be at

1:05:12

work in your hearts and that's why

1:05:14

we want to see later on in

1:05:16

the New Testament in the Baptism of

1:05:18

Jesus. When the Holy Spirit remains in

1:05:21

abides on Jesus in his baptisms being

1:05:23

anointed by the Holy Spirit in the

1:05:25

form of the Dubs, the Jesus is

1:05:27

the one who's given the Holy Spirit

1:05:29

without measure. According to his human

1:05:31

nature of course according to his divine

1:05:34

nature is already in this the this

1:05:36

unity of acid. So with the father

1:05:38

of. In the Holy Spirit.

1:05:40

But it's Jesus who then pours out

1:05:43

the Holy spirit. That's the significance of

1:05:45

going and preparing a place for us

1:05:47

in the Ascension stances are high priests

1:05:49

and then he pours out the Holy

1:05:51

Spirit on the the day a Pentecost

1:05:54

which we will celebrate shortly in which

1:05:56

the Holy Spirit is it works, opening

1:05:58

our eyes so that we. See

1:06:00

the promises of Christ and the scripture.

1:06:02

So that's why the whole Book of

1:06:04

Acts as all about the work of

1:06:06

the Holy Spirit bringing this understanding first

1:06:08

to the Jews and then later going

1:06:10

out to the gentiles. So yeah it's

1:06:13

you say that this is fulfillment of

1:06:15

what George after to said that the

1:06:17

Holy spirit be poor doubts and immediately

1:06:19

you have Peter proclaiming som sixteen clearly

1:06:21

about the person work of Christ and

1:06:23

Psalm One ten clearly about the person

1:06:25

work Christ. So that's where we really

1:06:27

want to go here. We don't want

1:06:29

to speculate. Where These aliens Or. How

1:06:33

big are these giants? I mean these

1:06:35

are mighty men And the issue with

1:06:37

the mighty men is loser will say

1:06:39

is these are guys who become tyrants

1:06:41

So they use their power in this

1:06:43

life to overpower others into a press.

1:06:45

others and a nap becomes a picture

1:06:47

of what the devil is trying to

1:06:50

do. Who is a tyrant of tyrants.

1:06:53

A question from came pacific.

1:06:57

I'm wondering if these two accounts is

1:06:59

kay, are. Talking about seems

1:07:01

that massive Nine, Eighteen, Twenty Six, and

1:07:03

Mark Five. Twenty Twenty Twenty four.

1:07:05

What the hell Yeah, these are the

1:07:08

when Jesus is going to a certain

1:07:10

ruler since for Jesus my daughter is

1:07:12

dying, my daughter's or six my daughter's

1:07:14

dying. And as is going, there's a

1:07:16

woman who has a disease of blood

1:07:18

and she reaches and touches the gamut

1:07:20

of Jesus. It's very interesting that there's

1:07:23

some subtle differences in the text and

1:07:25

when we see those we we've said

1:07:27

what. Maybe it's happening at two different

1:07:29

times, but I think in this case

1:07:31

with talking about the same event and

1:07:33

in the same. Story of Jesus

1:07:36

and we're getting a slightly different perspective from

1:07:38

Matthew and Mark. This brings us into that

1:07:40

kind of the wonder of how the Gospels

1:07:42

are presented to us as witnesses. So we're

1:07:44

getting different angles of the same event, but

1:07:47

I think it's It's pretty good to say

1:07:49

in this case that it is the same

1:07:51

story that's happening and we're getting it's from

1:07:53

a slightly different angle cause it has to

1:07:56

the differences has to do with didn't really

1:07:58

say she's dead or she's die. And

1:08:00

we have those to accounts, but it seems like

1:08:03

from one perspective it's almost like she's as good

1:08:05

as dead and then the other is kind of

1:08:07

filling in the story that while the ruler was

1:08:09

they're saying she's dying she had actually already died

1:08:11

and that details being sealed and later. But the

1:08:14

I think it's the same account. That's

1:08:16

brambles. Miller is passed from St. Paul

1:08:18

in Jesus' Death Lutheran Churches in Austin,

1:08:20

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1:08:25

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Brain thinks thank you to. Pass.

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of Crown of Life Lutheran Church and

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