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20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 43)

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Taking live questions from the YT live chat! Every Friday at 1 p.m. Pacific time. While I don't pretend to know all the answers, I hope to offer some thoughts that will help you in the direction of thinking biblically about things. The BibleThinker mugs can be found here. $5 per mug will go toward supporting different ministries I choose. For the time being, it's supporting refugees driven from their homes by ISIS.https://www.zockollpottery.com/product-page/new-bible-thinker-mug Here is Restoring Faith, the ministry helping refugees in the name of Christ: https://www.restoringfaithinc.org/ My website: https://BibleThinker.org1. 0:17 {Did Jesus Consider the OT to be Scripture?} You said in a past Q&A session that Jude references Enoch, and your best explanation is that it's just to make a point, not to say that Enoch is canon or inerrant. But that's also my conclusion about when Jesus refers to the Old Testament. Isn’t it the same for when Jesus refers to the Old Testament?2. 5:18 {If I Don’t Read Scripture, am I Still Accountable?} Romans 1:8-2: 16…Responsibility? I'm afraid to read/not read the Scriptures. So I read/don't read, sometimes feeling physically ill/deeply anxious/even empty. Is it normal to feel like this?3. 10:16 {Discussing a Confusing Verse} What are your thoughts about Matthew 26: 13? You taught earlier that this specific action is not even recorded in all the Gospels, so what does Jesus mean?4. 13:42 {How did OT Punishments Display God’s Love?} What was the point of capital punishment in OT, which was way too harsh to the point that it was not strictly followed back then? How does it display God's love when people are killed for not obeying?5. 22:19 {Reconciling Two Verses} How does Ecclesiastes 9:4-6 reconcile with Paul’s statement that “to live is Christ and to die is gain”? Am I misreading it?6. 27:01 {Overcoming Condemnation/Embracing God’s Grace} I have a good understanding of God’s Love and forgiveness in my head, but I have trouble living as though I believe it in my heart, and I still feel condemned at times (1 John 4: 16-18). Any advice?7. 32:36 {About Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh} What is your opinion on Paul's thorn in the flesh? I heard it was his eyes, maybe from his encounter on the road to Damascus? 1) He had Luke, a doctor, with him during his travels 2) He had others write his letters.8. 40:00 {How to “Walk in the Spirit”} From Galatians 5, what is does it mean to “walk in the Spirit”? And do you have any pastoral advice for a new disciple on this subject?9. 47:46 {Difference: Doubt vs. Unbelief} What is the difference biblically between doubt & unbelief? Are either of them a sin?10. 52:48 {How is the Holy Spirit Received?} How does receiving the Holy Spirit work? In Acts, there are two times the HS is poured out: Jews (Ch. 2) and then Gentiles (Ch. 10), but every other time is passed by laying on of hands (Acts 8: 14-18, 19:6, etc.).11. 56:27 {Advice for a Difficult College Situation} I have to read “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” for school, but Oprah did a movie on it. Since she denied that Jesus is the only way, I don’t know if I should drop the class. Thoughts?12. 58:24 {About the Timing of our Death} Are our deaths appointed to us in both time and manner? If a person dies being hit by a car on the corner of Times Square, was it always going to end that way?13. 1:02:20 {How to Handle Online-Only Congregants} How should churches handle their local online only congregants? This is a big dilemma in my church's leadership right now. (Let's assume that it is safe to return to in-person church.)14. 1:04:13 {About the “Day of the Lord”} What is the day of the Lord?15. 1:06:16 {Was Jesus Created? Answerin

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0:00.0

I am Mike Winger, a pastor in Southern California, and this is 20 questions with Pastor Mike.

0:07.8

What we do is take your questions live from the YouTube chat, which are pouring in at an

0:12.2

alarming rate, a concerning rate at the very moment right now.

0:16.1

And I will answer 20 of them today, but I do have the first one ready to go already.

0:19.9

And that is from Doatails, or Doatails, who asks, you said in a past Q&A session that

0:27.0

Jude references Enoch, and your best explanation is that it's just to make a point not to say

0:32.9

that Enoch is canon or inherent, but that's also my conclusion about when Jesus refers to

0:38.4

the Old Testament.

0:39.4

Isn't it the same for when Jesus refers to the Old Testament?

0:43.0

So just to clarify the background of this question, we're going to answer the question of what's

0:46.8

Jesus' attitude about the Old Testament, and he think it was like inspired scripture.

0:52.6

But for the background, the Enoch question, I dealt with this earlier, but Jude speaks a reference

0:59.0

to the book of Enoch, which is not included in the Jewish canon of scripture or the Christian

1:03.5

canon of scripture.

1:04.5

Like we don't see this as scripture.

1:06.1

It's an inter-testiminal book.

1:07.3

It's kind of complicated.

1:08.3

Basically, I think Jude, we can say, is making an illusion that does not call out Enoch

1:13.2

as scripture.

1:14.2

And one of the reasons, I gave several, but one of the reasons I made this case is because

1:17.3

he doesn't call it scripture.

1:19.1

When Jude uses this reference, he doesn't say scripture says.

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