Bibleline Radio Show – 2007-08-06

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We’re going to get right into the Bible and if you have your Bible there, you might want to take a look at what we’ll be talking about. Acts 2.38 seems to be a verse that is misunderstood more than most any other and is used by those who teach water baptism for salvation. So perhaps there is no other verse in the New Testament so misinterpreted and misunderstood as Acts 2.38. Those who would add works to salvation, that is by faith alone according to the Bible, seem to use Acts 2.38 as their proof text, especially those who teach water baptism is necessary for salvation.

What does Acts 2.38 really say? Well, let me quote the verse. It says, Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Well, a couple things that need to be done here. The word repent must be defined. Repent comes from the Greek word metanoia, or metaneo, which means a change of mind. We’ve talked about this numerous times, but it never seems to get corrected.

People just seem to fall back on the wrong meaning. But meta means change. Noa means mine. The two Greek words together, metanoia, mean a change of mine. So it doesn’t mean to turn from sin or sorrow for sin as is so often taught. Repentance and salvation means a change of mine from any idea of religion that man might have and accepting God’s way of salvation. Nowhere does every Easter pray, the fissed earth press repent of sin, of sin, of to be saved.

What the scripture does say in Acts 20, 21 is repentance that is a change of mind toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Saving faith includes that change of mind which is called repentance. When you do trust Christ, you do change your mind from whatever you were previously trusting in to trusting in Christ. In Acts 2.38, the repentance is clearly a change of mind about who is Jesus Christ. Peter had concluded his message in Acts 2.36 by saying, therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.

The point being made was that the Jews had crucified Jesus because they thought he was a fraud. A counterfeit, not the Savior that the Scriptures had promised. So Peter is saying that the very same Jesus that they had crucified had proven by his resurrection that he was both the Lord, that is, he is Yahweh or Kohova, and that he is Christ. That means he is the Messiah. When Peter asked for repentance, he was asking them to change their mind about Jesus and acknowledge Jesus Christ is gone in human flesh and that the promise he is the promise Savior of the Bible.

It was afterward that Peter said be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins. Now this is another problem because this is not I don’t believe water. Most people when they see the word baptized, their minds lock up and they seem to say water, water, water, water, water, water. Did you know that there are ten different baptisms, at least taught in the New Testament? Let me just list some of them. There’s the baptism of John the Baptist, Matthew 3.11.

There’s the baptism of fire, Matthew 3.11. There’s the baptism of death, 20 verse 22. There is the different diverse baptisms of the Old Testament, Hebrews 9 verse 10. There is the baptism of believers, Acts 8, 36-39. There is the baptism of Jesus himself in Matthew 3, 15-17. There is the baptism of Moses, 1 Corinthians 10-2. There is the baptism, Believe it or not, of pots and pans, Mark 7.4, and then there’s the baptism in the name. We believe the tenth one is the one mentioned here in Acts 2.38.

You’ll notice it says here, it’s not water, it says note carefully the verse says, be baptized every one of you in the name, in the name, in the name. You need to underscore that in the name of Jesus Christ. It doesn’t say be baptized in water. It says be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. In other words, what it really literally says is, repent, change your mind about who Christ is and be baptized. That means to be washed or cleansed or fully wellmed.

Every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ. their cleansing power in the name of Jesus Christ and the answer of course is yes. You know over in 1 Corinthians 6, 11 it says and such were some of you but you are washed. That means baptized, you’re washed, you’re cleansed, you are sanctified, you’re justified and it says in the name, in the name of Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. So we know there There is a washing a cleansing that occurs in the name or in the authority of Christ’s name.

The Bible tells us that phrase throughout the Bible, it talks about the name of Christ. Peter says in Acts 4, 12, neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. Peter tells us in Acts 10, 43, to Jesus or Yeshua give all the prophets witness that through Through His name, whosoever believeth in Him shall receive the remission of their sins. And on and on and on it goes.

In other words, basically it’s like there’s a check that is made out to whosoever believeth in Christ. And it’s drawn on the Bank of Heaven in the amount of eternal life, and Jesus Christ has signed His name at the bottom of the check. In the authority of his name, you can draw on the Bank of Heaven the gift of eternal life by simply trusting Jesus as your Savior. If you give somebody a check and they fill in everything but you don’t sign your name, the bank is not authorized to dispense any money.

When Jesus Christ gave his name, he gave his authority to your salvation that would come through faith in Christ alone, when you trust Him as your Savior, you become the recipient of that gift of eternal life. It says in the Bible, who so ever believe it in Him. That word believe means to trust. When you trust Christ, God says you become his, you become forgiven, you become baptized or cleansed or washed in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 230 is not talking about water at all.

It’s a baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus. I have several sheets or articles I’ve written on baptism. And you can have those, you can go to my website and pull them down for free. You just go to BibleLineMinistries.org. And in the bottom right corner, it will say, Documented by Dr. Lindstrom’s articles. And you’ll click there and you’ll be able to see all the articles that I’ve written. And you can print them out on your computer. So hopefully you would do that and that would be wonderful.

Alright, well we’re going to go ahead and go to the live phone lines here. I’m not carrying concerns from Mrs. Bibleline. We’re coming to you live from Tampa, Florida from our studios right here at the Calvary Community Church where I’m the pastor. And we hope that you’ll give us a call. We have several callers waiting right now and we’ll get you up on the air as quickly as we can. Call that number again, 1-800-576-3771. 1-800-576-3771. alright we’re going to go right to the phone lines and we have uh…

caller here uh… where you who are you what is your name uh… loy loy and what were you calling from uh… clear water clear water thank you so much what is your question today Okay, well a big Well one thing the first thing is a seven-day advantage Where to stand on that there? Christians right I mean is french and am is a there there there uh… their cult group they don’t believe in hell uh… they don’t believe in uh…

ln g white said that jesus is my color arch They broke off from the same group that started Joel’s Witnesses, so they have a lot of similar beliefs as Joel’s Witnesses do. They believe in salvation by works. They say they’re believing in salvation by grace, but they came up with this idea of what is called the investigative judgment, where they say that Christ is in the holy of holies and he is investigating our works and weighing them in the scales to determine whether we’re worthy of grace.

And it goes on and on and on and on. They believe that anybody who worships on Sunday has the market of beast and will be annihilated. That the only ones that will make heaven are the ones that worship on Saturday, that’s the seal of the living God to worship on Sunday is the mark of the beast. So they have just tons of strange doctrines and it’s it’s craziness. Okay, very good. One other thing if you got a minute. I’m sure I’m not in a unique situation, I’m a grandfather of six and they’re being brought up to Talicism.

I’m very good friends with the other grandfather who is a strict Catholic. We have great discussions. Of course, I don’t I don’t want to become a wedge and I don’t want to confuse the grand… grandchildren. Magic pill. Well, the magic pill I spoke on earlier this week is that you have to get them to trust Jesus Christ. The Roman Catholic is trusting the church and trusting the baptism, the confirmation, the penance, the mass, the Eucharist, the priest, and the whole church system to get in the heaven and you have to bring it down to Christ as the Savior and I think with children especially they are more likely to grasp this in the vultures that keep going back in their mind and relapsing back to the work system that they have been raised with.

But Christ is the way. Christ is the Savior. John 3 16 says it so simply for God’s love of the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth or trusteth in him should not perish. I would just approach it very simply, put Christ at the center of it and make sure that they understand that it’s not trusting the church that saves you. It’s trusting Christ that saves you. When you trust Him, you become saved. That’s what I always talk about when I’m with them.

I don’t denounce Catholicism, of course, but Jesus, that’s all I focus on. I think that’s the right idea. If they grasp the truth of the gospel, they’ll be able to see the error because the The other is obviously works based and it’s pretty obvious once you see the truth that it’s not a works. Right. It’s like how they believe that Peter was nothing more correct me if I’m wrong please. The rock is nothing more, nothing more urgent. But it’s correct.

No it’s Christ. Christ is the rock. Okay. And Peter tells us that if you read Acts 4 and verses 10 through 12 he says that Jesus is the stone that was rejected. He says, in the first Peter where Peter talks about this whole thing, he says that Jesus Christ is that cornerstone was rejected by Israel and he doesn’t claim that himself be the rock. And then there are other verses that are even clearer, ex, rather Ephesians 2, 20 says that were built upon the foundation of the Lord.

the apostles and prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone first Corinthians 3 11 is another great one it says that for other foundation can no man laden that which is laid which is Jesus Christ so Christ is the foundation stone okay very good that’s an and Ephesians yeah Ephesians 220 first Corinthians 3 11 acts of 4 10 through 12 and and lots of other passages Christ is the rock Okay. Thank you very much. You’re so welcome. Tremendous job.

Thank you. Thank you Lloyd. And it was Lloyd in Clearwater floor. We have Adley. I think I’m pronouncing it right in Hudson, Florida. If I haven’t got it right. Hello? Yes. You’re there. What did you have a pronunciate? Adele. Adele, I’m sorry. The way they spelled it up on the screen, I wasn’t too sure. Thank you. You have a question? Oh, yes. Thank you for taking my call. On Tuesday, I heard part of your program, and it was about teaching being forbidden by women.

And I needed some I’ve been asked my husband and I have been asked to teach a Bible study at our church and were Methodists, and I mean husband and wife teach them all the time. I heard you speaking about how women aren’t allowed to teach men. I think a husband and wife team is wonderful. I like that. I think especially if you’re teaching children’s classes, it’s wonderful to see. Sometimes we separate everybody out. We separate the girls and the boys and the women.

This is an adult class. But it’s only a minute to be the real teachers. If you read 1 Corinthians, in particular 1 Timothy’s verse I used, it says that women were not to teach nor do you serve authority over the man. So we just really don’t see women Bible teachers in the New Testament. But certainly women can be used greatly. Obviously women lead people to Christ. I mean we see the woman at the well in John 4 and she gets saved and she runs back to the city and she tells everybody to come out and meet Christ because he had to be the Messiah and as a result of her testimony, many men in the city there got saved, which is wonderful.

I wondered, I mean because I have, you know, all my life I’ve taught my kids and teenagers and other people that are involved and people that have been in relationships and things with me. I think that another important part there is that you don’t usurp authority over the man. In other words, if you are given permission to speak or to share your testimony or whatever then I think as long as it’s under the male authority of the church that you are following the scriptures.

But if you usurp that position and say I’m calling the God to do this, then it’s a different ballgame. Okay. Thank you very much. Welcome and thank you for calling in today and we have now Wesley in plant city and Wesley welcome to Bibleline you’re on the air Hello, hello. You’re on the air What’s it? Can you hear me? Don’t listen to the radio is 20 seconds behind I can’t hear you sir. What you say? I said don’t listen to the radio because it’s 20 seconds behind you’ll really never be able to have a conversation with me Let’s just stay on the phone with me Okay, I was just one I just wanted him to explain first Peter, read and explain first Peter 3 and 21 to me.

All right. That has to do probably with this issue of baptism again. A lot of people love to go to this verse in its first Peter chapter 3, and I’m turning there now. And it says here in verse 21, the like figure, we’re into even baptism death also now save also now save us, not putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Now I believe the baptism that’s talking about here is not water.

It’s talking about The baptism of the Holy Spirit. I think you have to drop back up to verse 18 where it says, Christ also have once suffered for sins. The just for the unjust. In other words, Christ was righteous and He died to pay for us who are unrighteous or ungodly. That He might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. So there you have His death and you have His resurrection.

So you have the death barrel and resurrection of Christ. In verse 18. First 19 and 20 are parenthetical. You could pull them out and not lose anything. And you jump right to verse 21 where it says, the light figure of what? The death, the burial, the resurrection. Notice the light figure where unto baptism, all of that also now save us. The baptism of Holy Spirit places you into the body of Christ. And therefore, positionally, God sees you in Christ’s body.

when Christ was crucified, you were crucified. When Christ was buried, you were buried. When Christ rose from the dead, you rose from the dead. So it is this like figure where Christ sees you in Christ that saves you. Then He’s telling us in verse 21, it’s not water. It says it’s not the putting away of the filth of the flesh. Now if you are immersed in water, water is such a wonderful solvent, it would take away some of the filth of your flesh, And if you didn’t attempt to scrub yourself for use, so water would do that.

But it’s saying it’s not taking away the filth of the flesh. It’s not talking about water. But this is the answer of a good conscience or God. You can know that you’re saved because God sees you crucified with Christ, buried with Christ, resurrected with Christ, because according to the Bible, when the Holy Spirit takes you, the same Holy Spirit that raised Christ from the dead and places you into Christ’s body, Physicianally you are then seen as crucified bear and raised again first Corinthians 1213 is a great verse Wesley to write down it says For by one spirit are we all baptized in the one body?

Whether we be bond or free whether it be Jew or Gentile and have been all made to drink into one spirit The result is given there in first print is 1227 where it says now you are the body of Christ and members in particular. So we’re seen as members in the body of Christ and what happened to Christ happened to us and therefore like Paul said in relation to 20, I’m crucified together with Christ nevertheless I live. So it’s not talking about water.

Now most people go to verse 20 where it talks about the eight that were saved through the flood in the ark but verse 21 is not referring back to verse 20, it’s referring back to verse 18. It’s referring to the death barrel resurrection of Christ and the light figure of that which is pictured to us in the Spirit baptism is the one that saves us. It’s not water, not putting away the filth of the flesh, but it is the answer of a good conscious door God.

I can go to sleep every night and know I’m saved because I was crucified with Christ at the cross. I sure hope that helps. Thank you for the call Wesley. We now have Craig in Tampa, Florida and Craig welcome to by the way you’re on the air hello there Craig yes you’re on the air okay I’m sorry go ahead what’s your question yes I am I’m asking a question about Hebrews where it says it’s impossible to restore someone and what what relation that has to do with eternal security okay it’s a wonderful eternal security What it’s saying is it’s impossible and then it gives five marks that show that this is talking about a safe person.

It’s one that has been enlightened, one who’s tasted of the heavenly gift. I’m able to give the gift of salvation, is the heavenly gift that it’s talking about, and so on and so on. It says it’s impossible if they fall away, which is not falling away from salvation because that’s impossible. The phrase is used in other places to fall from our steadfastness, to fall from our confidence, to fall away from serving, but never from salvation. So it’s saying if they are to get away from the Lord, it’s impossible to renew them again under repentance.

That’s the word that means the change of mind that occurs when you got saved. And that change of mind can never be repeated. you trust Christ, you are saved forever and it says if you attempt to go back and become saved again, then you are simply crucifying to yourself. The son of God of Fresh and putting him to an open shame. What you’re saying is that his one-time death was not sufficient to save you eternally and that you have to go back and try to become saved again.

The Bible says, no, that’s not true. Once you’re saved, you’re saved forever. Now, there are some people who teach this means you can lose your salvation. I’ll never forget one lady in particular that I spoke to who believed that. She told me she had lost her salvation seven times and I told her what verse would you use? She’s disappointed. She said this verse here in Hebrew 6 and I put on my sad face and I said, oh, I feel so terrible I’m so sorry.

I just don’t know what to tell you and she said, what do you mean? I said according to this verse if it means what you say it means It’s impossible for you ever to become saved again. So you’re going to hell. There’s nothing I can do about it Nothing you can do about it. There’s nothing anybody can do about it. Then she said well I didn’t really lose it. I just came close so she kind of changed her her whole presentation But it doesn’t mean that, and if it did mean that you could never get a back period.

But it means that you need to get serving again. You don’t have to go back and try to crucify Christ all over again to be saved because He was crucified once and He saves you once and for all once you trust Him. So it’s forever. Well that’s a great explanation to that particular verse, and that’s really probably the only one that I guess I could ever say that I really had a hang up on. But I do have a question now.

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Would you like to call Bibleline and ask Dr. Lindstrom a question? You can. Just pick up your phone and dial 1-800-576-3771. Now here again is Dr. Hank Lindstrom. Alright, we’re back from that break and this is Bibleline. It’s great to be with you and our previous caller couldn’t hold over the break. So hopefully we answered that in Hebrews chapter 6 for him. That is a passage that seems to scare people when they first see it, but if you read it in the light of the whole book, in chapter 10, you see that the one sacrifice that Christ made saves us forever.

Hebrews 10, 14 says, by one offering, he hath perfected forever those that are sanctified. So once you’re saved, you’re saved forever. And if you get away from serving the Lord, you don’t want to go back and try to become saved again. Nowhere is the Bible saying you must be born again and again and again and again and again and again. You’re only born again once. There’s no provision for a believer to ever become unborn. Anyway, I’m Dr. Englund from We’re Coming to You Live from Tampa, Florida.

From our studios right here at the Calvary Community Church. We’re on the pastor and by the way, tonight is our TV night. We are going to be on Direct TV at 630. nationwide on channel 321 direct with direct TV World Harvest Television Channel 321 at 7 we’re all over the West Coast on the Christian television network join us would you for our TV programs tonight and of course you go to my website and catch these programs as well click on the television set good to be with you I hope you’re enjoying the programs we’re teaching on Tuesday nights right now the Gospel of John, we’re halfway through and you can also call in and sign up and get that on the internet.

You can also come by in person and sit here while we teach it on Tuesday nights. This fall will probably teach some of the classes. What’s wonderful is that we can teach it to students around the world by turning to the internet. Alright, we’re going to go to a caller from Jacksonville, Florida. Colleen is on the line and tolling welcome by one year yes i called yesterday uh… at the end of the show and i didn’t really get up uh…

i didn’t really hear the answer to well i have to think this morning actually now hang up and take the answer off air because i can hear you better off air uh… the person was uh… yes i’d ask you about this uh… here camping who’s teaching uh… somewhere i don’t know where in the bible he’s getting this for all the people to come out of church is a ball of the domination he’s saying that if we belong in any denomination that it is of the devil and it’s a Satan’s truth.

So I guess my question would be where does he get to from the Bible that the church age has ended to be my first question. It’s kind of scary that he has access to the radio and he’s preaching this all over even the Asian countries and I’m afraid for these people that they’re listening to this man. And so where does he get this from? My second thing is it came up with the conversation the other day. Somebody asked me and I couldn’t answer myself.

They He said if Jesus was really God, we know he’s trying to witness it to somebody. They said if nobody knows the hour of the day or anything, only the Father in heaven knows the time when Jesus will return. Even Jesus himself said he does not know. So when they say to me, well if Jesus was God, then why he does himself not know when he’s coming back. So I was not able to answer that. They said it seems like there’s two gods sitting there.

Jesus on the right hand and the Father on the left. So Jesus is really in a human form. I was trying to witness this to somebody the other day. I couldn’t answer. why does Jesus not know himself when he’s coming back? So that would be my two things and I could take the answer off the air, sir. I appreciate it. Thank you, Colleen. It’s up in Jacksonville, Florida and we’re new in Jacksonville. They’re listening on WYMM 1530 on the AM dial.

Well, great questions and Harold Camby, I don’t know where he pulls this up. It’s got to be out of the sky. It’s certainly not out of the Bible and the church age began at Pentecost and will not end until the Holy Spirit is taken up and we believe that’s going to be very soon. When he goes we go because he dwells on us permanently. He’s the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2 that will depart and when he departs we depart and then the Antichrist will be revealed and will be in the tribulation period.

But I think we’re getting close, but yeah, I think his teaching is terribly wrong and I agree with you about that. On the other in Mark’s Gospel… Let me quote what it says here. Jesus says, of that day in that hour, no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the son but the Father. And you know, that troubled me as well as a new believer. I happened to go to the amplified Bible which has the Greek and the Hebrew right defined in the text.

And I just happened to stumble on it. I think the Lord had to be stumbled on it. But I was shown there and I’ve done my homework since that the word neither can be translated if not. And so I think that is the correct interpretation in Mark 1330. If you translate the word neither, if not, it should read, but of that day in that hour, no man, No, not the angels which are in heaven, if not the Son, but the Father.

So it’s really, if not the Father, in other words, the Father is the one and the Son both equally knowing. That’s a good question because Christ knows all things that the Father say. If you read John 5, there are numerous verses that say Christ is omniscient, he’s gone, he’s equal with God, he knows everything the Father knows, and so he would know when he’s coming back. I’m sorry, I got that wrong here. The word but is the word that should be translated if not.

So the angels don’t know neither the son if not the father. So they all know when he’s coming back and we just don’t know the date. I hope that helps. The word but, excuse me, should be translated if not. And the amplified Bible, you can, if you have one of those, you can look it up and it’ll show it to you there. The word but should be translated If not, all right, Colleen, thank you so much for calling in.

We have Jimmy in Pinellas Park, Florida, and Jimmy, welcome to Bibleline you’re on there. Oh, pretty good, and you’re fine? Good, good. You have a question? Yes, I do. My question, I just heard a sister call a few minutes ago, and she was one to know about women teaching. and i can’t disagree with your net because uh… the bible uh… does not teach their women shouldn’t preach or teach but not a fact if you look over and uh… and uh…

correct in run about the seventh chapter paul begin to act question he’s asking questions i was acting and it is now concerned that things were you wrote on to me now paul advance and he’s asking questions of what people are writing to him And Paul and the one of the first questions was, I suffered not a woman to teach. And his reply was, what? Did the word of God come to you men only? That was his reply. And he’s asking questions for the rest of the chapter.

And there’s another script that says that a woman shouldn’t teach where if you read the whole context, there’s talkin’ about a home setting, that a woman should not usurp the authority of a man in the setting of a home. If in fact the man is a Christian, it ain’t talkin’ about a woman shouldn’t. And if a woman shouldn’t, it should be quiet. That means she’s got to be quiet in the church period. And that’s what it means. It don’t mean that a woman shouldn’t teach.

And more over, I got one more thought. And when Jesus did the Great Commission for them to go you’re there for all the earth. And he also gave a command that if you tear in your roosings, you should be able to do the powerful on high. And whenever the Holy Ghost failed, there was women in opera room to there was also women in opera room so if we didn’t get the same command of the commission and how come they were the opera room i think that you can’t let you explain that to them all right uh…

thank you so much that you can be more wrong let me uh… go back to first print in since you want to go there and uh… verse thirty four of first granted fifteen talks about not the home setting the church setting it says the first grant is a fourteen thirty four Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted unto them to speak. That’s pretty clear, I think. Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted unto them to speak.

I think that’s pretty plain. And thank you for that question, Jimmy, in Finell’s part. First Corinthians, look it up, chapter 14 verse 34. We’re now going to go to Adam and Adam welcome to Bibleline this I’m the vine and you are the branches. and he’ll bear much fruit. The pro barber me can do nothing in the men’s chest. If any does not abide in me, he’s thrown away like the branch that withers and the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire and burned.

So it appears that the branches which are believers could actually be burned if they don’t bear fruit is that wrong. I’ll hang up the question. All right. Very good. This is talking about fruit bearing and not about salt. salvation, and it’s talking about the conditions for bearing much fruit. If you’ll notice verse 6 carefully, it’s talking about men gatherer of the branches that do not produce any fruit, and men cast them into the fire and they are burned. It’s talking about your testimony has no value with men if you’re not living for Christ and serving Him, and you’re not going to be able to bear fruit.

The Bible uses that phrase numerous times and it talks about for example something similar over in Matthew 6 in the Sermon on the Mount that as believers that we need to recognize the value of the fact that we are the salt of the earth and that we are the means by the light of the world, that we are the means by which The Gospel is given out. Let me just turn to Matthew 5 and show you something equally equivalent to that.

Where it says in verse 13 of Matthew 5, you are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost his saver, wherewith shall it be salted? It is therefore good for nothing but to be cast down and be trodden under the foot of man. So here’s talking about your testimony. It’s just worthless. It’s to be thrown out and cast out and so on. But a believer, as far as salvation is concerned, has never cast out. If you look at John 6, 37, Christ says, Him that comes to me, I will know why it’s cast out.

So Christ doesn’t cast you out. This is really men who are receiving what you have to say, rejecting what you’re having to say. If you’re not living the talk by your walk, then the Bible is saying that people won’t respond to you. They won’t listen to you. And they’ll reject what you have to say. And they’ll just cast it under the dump pile and burn it and just walk away. So it’s not talking about loss of salvation. It’s not talking about Christ casting you out, talking about men taking these branches and casting them into the fire.

And I think it’s also probably a picture of what happens at him at the Judgement sheet of Christ when your works and my works that have not been done for the Lord will be burned up. It says in verse 15 of 1 Corinthians 3, if any man’s works shall be burned he shall suffer loss, that’s loss of reward. But he himself, but he himself shall be saved. So you’ll still be saved. But it says yet so as by fire, in other words, you’ll have no reward, you’ll suffer loss, but you won’t lose your salvation.

So men will reject your testimony, men will trample on it, it’s good for nothing, it says it’s Matthew 5, 13, and doesn’t bring about any reward and you’ll suffer loss of reward as well. But it’s the men that cast them out, not God. This never does not ever cast you out is talking about loss of reward here not loss of salvation I sure hope that helps you Adam and thank you for calling in we have David in green Cove Springs, Florida Sounds like a beautiful place to live.

He says please explain acts 22 16 and I’m heading there right now acts 22 16 and here it says As the white terriers arise, be baptized and wash away your sins calling on the name of the Lord. Well, what is interesting here, this is in verse 16, the comma, after sins shouldn’t be there. It should read, arise and be baptized, and then it should read, wash away your sins, How? Calling on the name of the Lord. When you call on the name of the Lord, that’s how you get saved.

It says in Romans 10-13, whose whoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. When you call upon Jesus to save you, and you trust Him as your Savior, God saves you. And here Paul was told by Ananias who led him to Christ. Paul’s giving his testimony here in Acts 22. And he says, a rise of me baptized and then it says wash away your sins, how? We’re not saved by being baptized. We’re not saved by any means except by calling on the name of the Lord.

Jesus is His name. It is actually the contraction of two Hebrew words. It’s Yeshua in English. It’s Jesus. It literally means God who came and took on human flesh. God who would save you. The Messiah of Israel. Israel. And of course, he is Jesus. And he saves you when you call upon his name. Hopefully that helps David. Good question. And you have to realize that the Greek language doesn’t have commas periods, exclamation points. And this was obviously an error in the King James Bible.

They should not put a comma there. It should read as a straight statement. Wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Okay, Jerry in clear water calls in and he says if I had no choice But to be in the be born in the state of being condemned Why should we have to choose to be saved from the state of condemnation? Well, the whole point is That the whole human race was condemned because of Adam sin Obviously sin passed upon all of us and we don’t have to do a thing to go to hell But just die and if you die without Christ you’ll go to hell but God provided a Savior and you must choose to trust that Savior in order to be delivered.

There is no other way. For God so loved the world, let you that He gave His only begotten Son Christ, why? Because you were headed for hell, but He says if you will believe in Christ, if you will trust Him, whosoever believeth in Him should not perish. That is the course sure on right now to perish and be cast into the everlasting like a fire. But it says you would not perish, but you would have everlasting life. Jerry, if you do nothing, if the human race did nothing, the whole world would go to hell.

God has provided a Savior, and when you receive that Savior, God saves you. Jim and Tampa calls in and he says, I heard a vu preacher say every one of us was a spirit before we were born, and we are waiting a waiting for a body is this true the answer of course is no sounds like Mormonism they claim that they are spirits coming here from the planet cola and they have come here because uh… elohim set up a plan for manufacturing bodies here on the planet earth and that’s where uh…

jesus came as the atom god back in genesis adam was really jesus and that at the atom god started having uh… babies and the earth began to be filled with people so that the spirits from the planet Colicoot and 12. So the Mormons are really aliens visiting here on the planet. They’re taking over bodies that were created by Jesus the Adam God and Genesis. A really bizarre and crazy story. Don’t buy an Amormonism. They are really, really way off track and they by their own admission if you read their history are aliens visiting here from the planet cola lookout.

There might be a Mormon nearby. All right, we now have Tony in Largo, Florida. And Tony says, during the 1,000 year reign, who will be having children? Good question. The millennium begins with only believers. And those believers are the ones who get saved during the tribulation period. And they, excuse me, they survive, they don’t die. They’re still in their mortal bodies. Now you and I, as believers, Tony, will come back and rule and reign with Christ during that thousand years, but the actual subjects of the millennium are people in their human bodies, mortal bodies that have not died, and they will have children, their children will grow up and marry and have children, and their children will grow up and marry and have children, and so on.

And so the earth’s population will become great by the time of the end of the thousand years. Tony, the ones having children during the millennium are those that are saved still in their mortal bodies, have never died and will move into the thousand years and have children. Thank you for that call. All right. We have George in South Carolina. Can you explain John 931 in the line of the first few verses of the Acts 10, the story of Cornelius?

Well, let me go to John 931 and see what it says. And George is calling in from South Carolina. Somewhere there in South Carolina. It’s a fairly good size state. So somewhere. I’m turning. I’m turning. I’m turning. I’m almost there. And here we are in John 9 and verse 31. It says here. Now we know that God hereth not sinners. If any man be a worshiper of God and do with his will, him he hearth. Now we’re talking about, you know, you have to rightly divide the word of truth, George.

And God hears everything. He knows everything. There’s nothing that escapes his eyes. But for a lost person who is seeking the truth, their prayers were heard by God. Cornelius was lost, but he was seeking the truth. And God, of course, revealed to him that his prayers had been heard. He was told to find Peter. Peter would tell him how to be saved. But then after you become saved, the key to having your prayers heard in the sense that they’re answered by God in a positive way.

You know, you can say, every day God, give me a million dollars today, give me a million dollars and I have no answer as a believer. Obviously, you have to recognize that God puts limits. He doesn’t just give you anything you want. Nor would you, if you’re a parent, you have children, if your son, your child says, look, I would like a cobra for a pet. You wouldn’t give it to him. They might beg every day, give me a cobra, give me a cobra, give me a kobra, give you a kitty cat or a hamster, but you’re not going to get any cobra as a pet.

The parents are wiser than the child and God is certainly wiser than we, and he obviously separates out. So there’s a difference between hearing the prayers of the lost and hearing the prayers of the saved. Some saved people aren’t going to have their prayers heard or basically the answers answered because they’re asking a miss. James says you have not because you asked not, and also you have not because you ask a miss that you may consume it upon your lusts.

So James gives us warning in James 4 how to pray correctly so we can get yes answers. We’re gonna go to Gene in Tampa, Florida, and Gene, welcome to my blog, you’re on the air. Good morning. This morning you started the passage in 1st Timothy, chapter 2 where it’s talked about the woman, should not teach. That’s correct. That’s really little. Why don’t you teach also the woman will not be saved because it says that in the next verse, will not be saved unless they bear children?

That’s not what it’s saying. It’s saying that when they have children they’ll have a lot of pain and a lot of difficulty. And a lot of women, of course, today, a lot of women died in childbirth. Today we have these C-sections where the, when the baby is going to have difficulty coming out through the birth canal. They kept the woman open, taking be out in both the baby and the mother lives. But prior to modern surgery, a lot of mothers died in childbirth.

And I know that I’ve heard stories within my own family of mothers dying way back when in the past by that very means. And it’s talking about that was part of the curse upon the woman back in the book of Genesis and is talking here about a physical salvation, about eternal salvation that God would save them from death when they bore their child. You want to read it? Because I think that’s exactly what it says. Okay, I’ll go back and read it for you.

But that, I’m telling you, is what it’s talking about. It’s talking about childbirth and being saved in childbirth. I’m headed there. I’m headed there. And sometimes the pages don’t turn quickly. It says Adam was not deceivers 14, but the woman was being deceived, was in the transgression, notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing. And that’s what it’s talking about. In childbearing she will be saved as the Lord will obviously deliver her through that if they continue in faith and charity and hold in us in sobriety.

So there is a blessing there if the woman is obedient and serves the Lord that he will take care of that. But women can die in childbirth. And that’s why you’d like to have a doctor involved and you’d like to do it in the hospital to make sure that the mother and the baby survived. Thank you for the call, but it’s talking about a physical salvation there, not talking about women going to heaven. He’s talking about them being saved in childbirth from the curse.

The curse was they would have pain and and travail in the the. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. And here we are. It says here about the Jewish traditions about ritual baptism and how they would wash before they eat. And actually the Greek word there is Babtizmas. The Greek word is translated by baptized in English. And here it talks about how they would baptize the cups and the pots and the braids and vessels and tables.

So literally, whenever you wash the dishes, you’re baptizing the pots and pans. That’s right. And that’s what it’s talking about. I don’t know if I got the full question of what you’re really trying to get out here, but that’s an interesting passage about the baptism of pots and pans. One of the 10 baptisms I list when we talk about baptism that actually literally it means to wash of the cleanse. And the Greek word is the same word. It means the bad times, pots and pans.

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