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20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 52)

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:0:00 - Introduction1. 0:48 {Does Scripture Promote Evil Things?} I’ve been challenged with the accusation that the Bible “promotes killing, rape, and slavery,” quoting Numbers 31: 15-18. I don’t want to simply prove them wrong; that doesn’t address this person’s heart. Would you please help?2. 18:36 {About the Death Penalty} As a follow up to your teaching on the death penalty, this question is from my skeptic brother: "Isn't it better to rehabilitate offenders in hopes that they may come to repentance and give their lives to God?"3. 22:32 {About the Apostles & Judas’ Position} I’ve heard it taught that the Apostles were being presumptuous when filling Judas’ empty position. Why did they choose to apply Psalm 69: 25 and Psalm 109:8 to the situation?4. 30:38 {Can we See God’s Face & Still Live?} Exodus 33: 20 says "no one can see my face and live.” How do we reconcile this with Exodus 33: 11 which says, "the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as to a friend"?5. 36:02 {About the 70th Week & Seven Seals} Is there any biblical evidence that the beginning of Daniel's 70th week and Jesus opening the first of the seven seals in Revelation will occur roughly at the same time?6. 37:44 {Why Didn’t God Rewrite Difficult Passages?} Can you explain the Holy Spirit Inspiration Doctrine? I struggle with understanding why God did not rewrite controversial Bible passages. I know I am only a man, and I seek to understand.7. 41:35 {Advice for an Unequally Yoked Marriage} My wife is an unbeliever. The more I attend church, the more strain it puts on our marriage. Is it right to continue going to church, or should I stop? (1 Corinthians 7: 14) I pray for her every day.8. 44:40 {About the Book of Numbers} What is the best way to read the book of Numbers? What’s some really cool stuff about it and how it ties to JESUS?9. 47:36 {Is “Deliverance” / Demon Casting Biblical?} I'm wondering about your thoughts on deliverance. Would you consider calling and identifying demons biblical, or is it not?10. 50:43 {Reconciling 2 Important Verses/Worldly Christians?} Can you explain Matthew 7: 21 vs. Romans 10: 13? Also, how do you spot worldly Christians (1 Corinthians 3:1) from those who are unsaved but have good works (Matthew 7: 22-23)? Shouldn't we have grace for sanctification?11. 55:15 {Advice for Christian College Students} What advice do you have for Christians in college?12. 59:12 {Is there Hope After Death for the Unsaved?} Can the Gospel be preached to the dead? According to 1 Peter 4:6, is there any hope for people after they die? Also, in 1 Peter 3:19-20, what does “preached unto the spirits in prison” mean?13. 1:03:43 {About Assurance of Salvation} How can I be sure that I am going to Heaven when I die?14. 1:06:35 {How is Satan the World’s Ruler?} Can you explain how Satan became the ruler of this world?15. 1:09:48 {About Salvation by Grace vs. Our Efforts} If we don't have to do works to get saved, why does Jesus tell us to "make every effort to enter through the narrow door" in Luke 13: 24?16. 1:13:07 {Help for Anxiety over Unsaved Loved Ones} How do I combat anxiety about my newborn daughter’s salvation? It’s a difficult topic for me due to my younger brother walking away from the faith as a teenager.17. 1:16:10 {About God’s Omnipotence & Non-Contradiction} Since God can’t contradict Himself, does that mean that His power is limited in a way? I know God is all powerful, but what is the logical reason behind Him being powerful and non-contradictory?18. 1:20:06 {About Vaccines & Aborted Fetal Tissue} What are your thought on vaccines using aborted fetal cell lines for development? I’m about to lose my job at big MN clinic if I don’t get the vaccine and struggle with this issue.19. 1:26:26 {About being Satisfied in God} How can you know that you are satisf...

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0:00.0

Here we are. Welcome to the Friday live stream, Q&A with me, Mike Winger, a pastor in Southern

0:11.4

California, answering your questions about Jesus, God, the Bible, Christianity, all that

0:15.1

stuff. The questions are flooding in. If you're new here, this is where you put a question

0:18.8

in very quickly, and we grab 20 of them at the beginning of the stream. And you just

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put a cue at the beginning of your question, if you've never done this before, or A in

0:28.2

Q, if you want your question to be asked anonymously. And I will get to 20 of them. We obviously

0:33.5

can't get to them all. Sometimes we get questions that I've answered recently, so we may skip

0:37.8

over your question, in which case you can check BibleThinker.org, my website. You can search

0:42.9

our Q&A there, and you can actually find places where I've answered maybe your specific

0:46.4

question. That's our website. And I'm going to get to the first question today before I tell

0:50.7

you more about any of that stuff. And that is this one, quite a challenging one. I've been

0:54.6

challenged the anonymous question. It says, I've been challenged with the accusation that

1:00.5

the Bible promotes killing, rape, and slavery, quoting numbers 31, 15 through 18. I don't

1:08.1

want to simply prove them wrong. That doesn't address this person's heart. Would you please

1:13.2

help? And I guess, you know, sometimes it's good to just throw the hardest question you

1:21.3

got at me. And the thing that makes this hard isn't the issue. So I mean, the issue is

1:26.5

challenging. It's the heart. It's the person's heart. That's the challenge. So let me say

1:30.7

there's two things going on here. We're going to read the passage in numbers, but there's

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two things going on here, at least in my opinion. And the two things are one, understanding

1:39.5

things in context. That is actually knowing what the Bible says. Because for someone to

1:44.5

say that the Bible supports killing, rape, and slavery is manifestly wrong. It's just not true.

1:55.7

It's not a fact. That's not true. So that you can do. You could show the passages in context,

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