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[00:00:02] I'm Rich Young iii and this is an amazing thing.
[00:00:18] I am here to facilitate learning the word of God on a fundamental level.
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[00:00:30] And that starts now.
[00:00:38] Hello everybody. Welcome to the show. This is an amazing thing. Thank you for joining me today. I'm glad you're here. This is our end of the week show where we answer your questions that you've submitted through email, voicemail, or even traditional mail. If you want to submit questions, the number of our voicemail is and I'm going to give you this several times so that you'll have time to get pencil and paper write it down. But it is area code 214-699-9045 is our voicemail number. Our email address would be questions amazing thing.com or if you prefer traditional mail not only to answer questions but to correspond with us. That is an amazing thing. P.O. box 260234, Plano, Texas. That's P L A, N O Texas and that zip is 75026. And so thank you for joining me. We'll jump right into these. This has always been a favorite part of any show is when the people called in or send their questions in.
[00:01:48] And by the way, we're not taking calls live, so you have to leave the message and we'll answer them on an upcoming show.
[00:01:56] Okay, Our first guest today is Reshawn and he is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. And his question is, is it possible to change God's mind on a matter?
[00:02:08] The answer would be yes, it is. If it is not a something that is already prophesied to happen, something that's written in God's word, that's that he says a concrete stone kind of a thing. Or if you're asking him to give you something that is of a sinful nature, or he knows that it's not something that it was in his will that he's given us in his word to do. And so we know in several places, like one of the places in Second Kings, chapter 20, verse 1 through 6, also in Isaiah 38:1 through 8, God sends a messenger to Hezekiah and he lets Hezekiah know that you're about to die and get your affairs in order so that when you get ready to go, you'll have everything in place, I guess, for your family and so forth.
[00:02:59] And we know that that Hezekiah prays to God, he cries and ask him to change his mind. And God did end up giving him 15 more years to his life.
[00:03:11] But a lot of times, if we're in good standing with the Lord and living our lives the way we're supposed to do, and you know, and you're about to go off into eternity and you have a good relationship with him, you know, that's not a bad place to be.
[00:03:27] Romans 8:28 says that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord who are the called according to his purpose. And we all have a specific purpose here, to do a certain thing and to enter to help further God's kingdom the way he asked us to do it. So when it's time to go, death is not a destination, it's a doorway. And if I'm in right standing with God, death doesn't have to be a bad thing.
[00:03:58] Okay, our next guest is Tracy from Grand Prairie, Texas. Her question is, do you think Christian people of God should participate in voting elections? If not, why? If so, how do we know what candidate to choose?
[00:04:16] Well, first of all, I do believe that Christians should vote.
[00:04:20] There is a saying when good people do nothing, that's how the bad people get a hold of things.
[00:04:26] And so we should do our best to know how God sees certain issues.
[00:04:33] And so that certainly should be a guideline to how we vote and who we vote for.
[00:04:40] I don't think we should be swayed by a particular tradition that we have, our particular culture. And that seems to be something that has taken over in today's societies to where we always did this and we're going to fight to keep it this way or keep this particular party office, and we should not do that.
[00:05:02] So I don't think we should be swayed by tradition or culture or anything like that. We should be led by the, by the word of God, and whatever candidate aligns mostly with that word is the one we should vote for. And I hear a lot of times when people talk about these things, they always say that, you know, he's not a Christian or he did. Well, I doubt you'll see too, God called ministers running for something. And so we'll have to try to choose the one that is closely, more closely aligned with what the word of God says.
[00:05:35] And so that's the way I see that. That's my own personal opinion about that. And so I think we should use the word of God as a light to our feeding of lamp to our path. And certainly that's what it should be.
[00:05:48] And so I hope that answers your question. If not, and all to everybody, you know, when we are answering these questions, if it's not answered to your satisfaction. Let us know and we will expound upon it as we realize what it is that you're asking. More clarity.
[00:06:04] This guest is Jimmy from Royce City, Texas.
[00:06:08] The question is the show, you talked about Iran's fate. You mentioned the Farsi language and the purse perspective, Persian language.
[00:06:18] What's the difference in those two languages? Well, there's very little difference in it. The Farsi language and the Persian language is very closely aligned. And we know that within their country, they refer to their language as Farsi.
[00:06:37] In the mid-1900s, their leaders thought that the word Persian was too colonial sounding and too western sounding. So they wanted to take that back and control the narrative of how they should be perceived by the world. And so within their country, they, they say it's Farsi, and we refer to it as.
[00:07:00] As Persian. And we know that Iran was called Persia until 1935, and Iran is the Farsi word for Persia. So there's no difference in it.
[00:07:13] It's just their. Their way of viewing themselves to what they consider a more positive way. And so I don't know enough about their culture to see why Persian would be a negative to them. But they don't want to be perceived as Western and, well, at the very least, colonialized. And so that's why they did that.
[00:07:38] Okay, Our next guest is Jonathan Bream, and he's calling from Kansas City, Kansas.
[00:07:46] Okay. His question is, can you explain the unforgettable, the unforgivable sin that Jesus spoke about?
[00:07:54] Yes, I can.
[00:07:57] There was a man that was brought to Jesus who was a demoniac. He was possessed by a demon, and Jesus cast the demon out of that man.
[00:08:07] Well, the Pharisees of that time, who were the upper echelon of the spiritual community, didn't like Jesus. They saw his ministry growing and their ministry was diminishing. He came and seemed to break the rules that they.
[00:08:25] That they thought Moses had established for 1500 years.
[00:08:29] So they were trying to discredit Jesus. And they said that he cast the demon out of the man by the power of Beelzebub. Beelzebub is a Hebrew word or a Greek word for Satan or devil. And so they were accusing Jesus of casting out a demon by the power of the devil. And in Matthew 12, verses 20 through 22, 32, Jesus goes ahead and explains to them, a kingdom that is divided against itself cannot stand.
[00:09:02] Satan is not going to divide his kingdom because his kingdom is united.
[00:09:07] We can still see that today. All we do is turn the news on any given day and we can see that Satan's kingdom is united beyond anything we could possibly imagine with all the evil and wickedness that's going on all around the world.
[00:09:21] So Satan's kingdom is certainly intact.
[00:09:24] And so Jesus further let them know that when you attribute something of the spirit of God, which is what is in me that caused me to be able to do these things, anytime you attribute something that is the Holy Ghost or the Holy Spirit to a devil, you're perilously close to committing the unpardonable sin or the sin that you can't be forgiven for.
[00:09:54] We know that a lot of times people do and say things in ignorance, but he didn't say if you know what you're saying. He said, if you, any man that blasphemed the Holy Ghost, it would never be forgiven. You in this life are the one to come.
[00:10:09] And so we certainly don't want to take any chances like that. And I don't even like discussing it because talking about it, you know, brings us closer to what it actually is talking about here.
[00:10:22] So not just for casting out a demon, but to attribute anything that the spirit of God is doing anywhere that is in the word of God, that God has ordained us to do, to be. To put that in the same context as a devilish thing, you. You're. You're close to that. And if you don't know any better, I just shut up.
[00:10:43] And so that would be the thing to do. And I don't even feel good talking about it because it's such a dangerous thing.
[00:10:49] And there are people who go about looking at people who are doing things that the Bible talks about, speaking in tongues is one of them. They can. They will cast the same aspersion on that thing, and that certainly is of God.
[00:11:04] So anything that you attribute to God's spirit as being a devil would be very, very close to committing the unpardonable sin. That's certainly what would certainly want to not have anything to do with that. Our next guest is Colin. He's from Fullerton, and it doesn't say what state you are from. But thank you, Colin, for, for sending your question. You said in one of your previous shows that we should believe God and what is written in the Bible, even if we don't agree with it. Can you explain?
[00:11:37] Yes, I can.
[00:11:40] What we believe, no matter where in the world we are, is based on a culture, sometimes a tradition and other things of a religion and other spiritual aspects of the way we live and what we've been taught by others.
[00:11:56] And a Lot of times the Bible will disagree with what your culture says. And so we sometimes believe that by me saying, I don't believe it, I'm relieved of the responsibility of that truth in my life. I don't believe it. I just, I just couldn't believe it. As if I'm off the hook. Now. That is a thing we commonly do in our physical world here, where that certain is not something God will, will accept from us. We know In John chapter 3, verse 21, the Bible says that they that do with truth cometh to the light.
[00:12:31] Well, by that statement alone, it's possible for us to not understand why we're doing this. But God will show us if we are obedient to His Word and try to believe it. Jesus used to say to his disciples, stop believing that and believe this. And he going on as if that's that easy to do. Because belief is a decision that we make.
[00:12:53] And a lot of times too, we think about a decision that we're making and what's going to happen and how that's going to be a ramification in my life.
[00:13:02] And if it looks like it's going to result in me having to do something that I don't want to do, then the I can just say I don't believe it. And us, our human beings, thinking what is going to relieve me of that because I didn't believe it. That is not true. God will not allow that to be a part of it. And we have to remember In Revelation chapter 21, verse 8, it lists a lot of abominable sins, idolatry, murder, whoremongering, and a lot of other things. And it says all liars and the unbelieving.
[00:13:38] So we see something that to us seems like a minuscule thing. I just didn't believe it. But God sees that as a very, very powerful thing. And you certainly will be. And to continue the scripture, in Revelation 21:8, it says, all those people, the unbelieving, the murderers, the, the liars and unbelievers shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone.
[00:14:05] So the result of my not believing is going to be a eternal damnation situation. So we certainly want to start to train ourselves.
[00:14:18] If it's in God's word, I need to believe it, accept it, even if it's something that God has to show me in the future is what I should believe.
[00:14:26] And so that is what helps us. And we know that God instructs us to do this.
[00:14:32] And so we know that there are many, many repercussions behind the things that we believe, because we know belief always has a corresponding work connected to it, which is what God's definition of belief is.
[00:14:46] So if we say we believe something, we have to be doing a physical thing that corresponds to what we say we believe, because that is the definition that God's. God's definition of belief. Our definition of belief is to come to a conclusion in our mind, while God's definition goes far beyond just that.
[00:15:08] And so, and also too, a lot of times I see people, you can tell them something that the Bible said and they'll say, well, that's one thing about the Bible I don't believe.
[00:15:19] As if that takes them off the hook.
[00:15:22] And also, when you look at things that way and make statements like that, you're putting yourself on equal footing with God. And that's certainly not something that any rational minded human being should all should do, you know, if he wants to be a part of the kingdom of God.
[00:15:41] And so that's the way I see that. Belief is a decision that you have to make whether it's something you agree with or not. Even a lot of times we'll find ourselves something that we believe for a long period of time. And God has straightened us out and told us that that's not a godly thing.
[00:16:00] And we're like, well, my granddaddy told me that's difficult.
[00:16:04] But I have to.
[00:16:06] What does the scripture say? Let God be true and every man be a liar. So what God said is the truth. So we certainly should believe that with all our mind, hearts and spirit here. Our next guest is Domingo and he is calling from Flower Mound, Texas. And his question is, when the trumpets sound, will there be an actual sound of a trumpet?
[00:16:31] My answer would be, I believe that five of the seven trumpets have already sounded and all of them were world events, you know, and also by the time the trumpet started to sound, we already had apparatuses on the earth that could almost immediately spread that news around the world.
[00:16:56] I believe that the first trumpet was World War I.
[00:16:59] We know 8 million people died in World War I. That certainly was something that no matter where in the world you were, you heard about that.
[00:17:06] The second trumpet was World War II. And certainly the same thing would be the case because 52 million people died in World War II.
[00:17:14] The Chernobyl accident of the nuclear accident that happened, you know, that affected the people in the Ukraine and Russia and throughout Europe, even, they say on the east coast of the United States of America, a very, very weak amount of that nuclead was there.
[00:17:37] So that certainly was something that everybody in the world heard about.
[00:17:42] So that's the third trumpet that certainly would be a world event. And certainly by that time we had instantaneous ability to report that around the world.
[00:17:53] We know that the fourth trumpet was the shortening of the days and that happened around the same time as the Berlin Wall came down. Well, the Berlin Wall was certainly a world renowned thing that everybody in the world heard about. This 29 mile wall that was torn down that separated Europe east of Europe from West Europe, we certainly heard about that. And of course all the news sources were instantaneous at that time. Then the fifth trumpet was the Gulf War of Desert storms, Desert Shield, when Saddam Hussein went and captured the oil wells in Kuwait back in 1991.
[00:18:33] That was certainly something that was watched around the world because that was the first time we actually were able to tune into war on television.
[00:18:41] So that's something that is instantaneous.
[00:18:45] And so certainly the sixth trumpet that is just ahead of us is about to sound now.
[00:18:51] And the end result, the Bible says, will be one third of mankind being destroyed.
[00:18:57] So whatever amount of human beings are left after that catastrophe certainly will know that happened. And so I think from the beginning of the sounding of the trumpets, we had means and capabilities of reporting that almost instantaneously throughout the world. I think that's probably why the God chose to call them trumpets.
[00:19:19] Because through our time a trumpet has been a thing that most societies have used to let the people who are far away know what we're about to do. Reveling, we're charging, we're when we have fallen comrades in war, we put we taps and all those kinds of things. So I believe that we certainly wouldn't know that. And also we have a show that we did, it was called the Trump Administration and a War of a third that we did back. That's certainly available on our audio outlets now. We had it up on YouTube and the video outlets, but we had some technical difficulties with that. And so that's something we're gonna have to rerecord to make sure that's up. But it's still available for you to listen to on Apple or Spotify or however you get your podcast. And it will soon be back on the video platforms. So you certainly will be able to go back and listen to that or watch it shortly, but certainly listen to it on the audio outlets. Okay. This is our guest Apollonia. She is sending her message from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
[00:20:30] Hi Rich, I am Enzo. Enjoying your show very much and her question is, you were a guest on a show a while back.
[00:20:38] I didn't get to finish listening. Could you tell me the name of the show and how I can find it?
[00:20:46] Hi, Apollonia. That's a beautiful name, by the way. Yes.
[00:20:50] The show you're referring to was a show called Just Because.
[00:20:55] It's a show that's hosted by two cousins, Elliot Gibson, the second, and Theedra Price and their cousins. And so the name of the show is Just because. And it's J, U, S, T, the letter B and then C, U, Z, Z. And it's easy to find on most of your platform outlets.
[00:21:14] And so I was on that show. It was back in May. They have, they usually do a show once a month. And I think that was in the middle of May that I was on the show. It certainly would tell you in the description. And they were doing a series called Church Hurts.
[00:21:29] And they were talking about the different things that people have suffered being hurt in church and by different assemblies and whatnot. And it certainly didn't just wasn't just because that it was talking about Hurts in general.
[00:21:41] And that was a fantastic show. And I certainly enjoyed being on that show. And you should probably listen and subscribe to it because they have a lot of interesting topics on that show and I listen to them every time they upload an episode and so they certainly can be found. And, you know, maybe you want to subscribe to that show and keep listening. And I thoroughly enjoy that show.
[00:22:03] Our next question comes from our guest John. He's calling from San Mateo, California.
[00:22:10] And his question is if Jesus left the keys to, to the kingdom to Peter, who has them today?
[00:22:17] Well, Peter was the leader of the early church, and he was the one who was in charge of pushing the gospel of the kingdom forth after Jesus was ascended.
[00:22:32] And so there were at that time God recognized three different ethnicities, if you will, on the earth. You have the Jews. And Peter had to be the first to talk to each of these people and preach that gospel. So in the book of Acts, or Actions of the Apostles, Peter, Peter talked to them in chapter two and he preached to the Jews. And we know that there were 3,000 people that day who received what he was preaching.
[00:23:00] We know that in Acts chapter eight, you have the Sumerian people. The Sumerian people were the people who 700 years before this time were taken into captivity in the Assyrian.
[00:23:16] When the Assyrians ruled the world, they came and took them into captivity. And they were brutal people. And so the, the Jews that from the northern tribes went into in there. And they weren't able to maintain their heritage fully.
[00:23:29] And so they were violated and came back a biracial people. And some of the people who considered themselves Samaritans probably weren't Samaritans at all anyway because their heritage had been lost. And so Philip jumped the gun and preached the gospel to them, but the Holy Ghost fell on none of them.
[00:23:50] So they sent to them Peter and John. So Peter had to go and affirm what Philip had been preaching. And then the Holy Ghost fell on all of them. So they became a part of the family of the kingdom of God. And then we get to Acts chapter 10 and Cornelius and his household, they were Gentiles. So the Gentiles would be any other ethnicity on earth.
[00:24:15] So you'd be considered, considered a Gentile. At the time of this was going on. If you're from China, you would be a Gentile. If you're from Africa, you're a Gentile. If you're from America, you're a Gentile or from, in this case, Rome.
[00:24:29] These were Romans that, that, that, that he went to talk to in Cornelius House.
[00:24:35] Now the Gospel had been preached in G and Peter had used those keys.
[00:24:41] Every ethnicity on earth when he did to those three different kinds of people.
[00:24:46] Now any Holy Ghost field person has those keys. And I use those keys on a daily basis and I'm in the post office or wherever it is, I get the opportunity, I'm going to talk to people about the kingdom of God and use those keys here. So the keys belong now to any born again Holy Ghost filled believer can use those keys of the gospel of the kingdom.
[00:25:10] And so I hope that answers your question. And that's such an important question. Thank you for asking it.
[00:25:15] Our next guest is Sharon from Brownsville, Texas.
[00:25:20] Her question is, you said in one of your midweek shows that the reason Cain took the life of Abel was because of pride.
[00:25:29] Please explain what this means.
[00:25:31] Okay.
[00:25:32] We know that Cain and Abel, of course, were the children of Adam and Eve.
[00:25:37] They were instructed by God to bring offerings for sacrifice, for worship and for the, for the remission of sin. And so God told them what to bring. Now I doubt that they could understand the full story of, you know, what you had to bring and what the, the ramifications is and that kind of thing. But he was able to give them what they needed to do and how to do it. And so they did that. And it required the shedding of blood. That's why they had to bring a lamb for a burnt offering. The first things of your flock. In Hebrews 9:22, it explains to us that we have the Bible now what this meant. And that tells us without the shedding of blood, there can be no remission of sin.
[00:26:29] So blood had to be shed in order for Cain's enable sin to be pushed ahead until the next time they brought the offering. Well, Cain is a farmer, he doesn't have any animals.
[00:26:42] Abel is a rancher and a herdsman. So that means Cain would have to get the offering, had to buy from his brother, trade with him for some vegetables or however he had to do that. And he just thought it was too much trouble to ask his brother that. And you know, and so God tells Cain, says, Cain, what you brought is unacceptable to me.
[00:27:07] So if you do well, you go back and do what I told you to do and you'll be accepted. Well, to answer your question that you asked, why was it pride?
[00:27:16] Well, we know that that story is in Genesis chapter four, well, verse seven. God lets us know what it is about what he says to Cain.
[00:27:25] He explains to him, says, if you do what I asked you to do, you'll be accepted and he'll have to look up to you and do what you say.
[00:27:35] So obviously God wouldn't have brought that up if that wasn't the reason Cain didn't want to do it.
[00:27:41] So he was filled with pride. And anytime, you know, pride is something that the Bible refers to that as living and it puffs up. And God can't work with us if we're full of pride. So pride has to be something that God has to work out of our lives and we have to be willing to give that up.
[00:28:01] And so pride, when pride is in our lives, sin lies at the door. And this certainly shows us this seeing lies at the door. And, and it's amazing too, we run into that a lot when we talk about spiritual things and being saved and you know, people. That is one thing that people will certainly fight over is you tell me I'm not baptized, right? Or what I'm doing is not good enough. And again, that's a fighting word. And, and even today it stirs up that type of vitriol. I mean, I don't think we murder somebody over there like Cain did, but we certainly would cause strife and separation in families and different things like that.
[00:28:48] But that is a fantastic question that shows that you're studying the Word and wanting to learn the answer to that.
[00:28:54] That is a wonderful thing. In all of our lives, we have to study the Word to make ourselves Approved.
[00:29:00] Again, let me give you the, the way that you can contact us and ask your question. Our voicemail number again is area code 214-699-9045. And I'm going to give you this several times before this show is over or through email, questions, amazing thing.com or if you prefer the traditional mail. That address is an amazing thing, P.O. box 260234, Plano, Texas. And the zip code is 75026. And so that's the way you can get your, your questions in so that we can answer them. And all the questions that you ask us, somebody out there had that same question. And so we're able to grow together in the word of God. Our next guest is Samir and he is from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
[00:29:55] His question is, do you think a regime change in Iran will help develop friendly relations between Iran and Israel?
[00:30:07] I personally don't think it will because the present regime, along with their ideology that they have, has been since the late 70s. You remember when they took those hostages in Iran, that was when this regime and the ayatollahs took over.
[00:30:23] Well, in order for you to have any memory of a time before those people were in charge, you'd have to be 70 years old.
[00:30:30] And so most of those people are elderly who remember what life was like before they took over. And so I don't believe they will. So even though the younger people might not like the things that this prison regime is doing and teaching and propagating, it's still a tradition that they've grown up in.
[00:30:51] And so a tradition takes hold.
[00:30:54] And like we said many times in these shows, a tradition is anything that you've been believed or been presented with for a long, long period of time. And I use the example to give a definition of what tradition is.
[00:31:08] I believe that four times 10 is 40. That's been a tradition of Mass since the fourth grade.
[00:31:14] And so therefore it's gonna be hard to change my mind about that.
[00:31:18] And so that is why I don't believe that. And we know that In Ezekiel, chapter 38, it names the countries that will come down against Israel at the battle of Armageddon. And one of those countries is Persia, which is Iran.
[00:31:33] So in modern day warfare and certainly Iran, the Bible tells us we will be a part of the one world government that will rule at that time. To be a part of that, you're submitting yourself to it. But usually people will participate in that war or a war that is propagated by a world government. You don't have to go yourself. Some people can give money, some people give bullets, some people will give armaments like they did when the world went against Saddam Hussein and Desert Storm. So but these people choose to go. They want to go because they want revenge against Israel, especially now because that although the, the things that are just ahead of us, Armageddon is a very, very short time ahead of us. And so certainly they'll want revenge for destroying their armaments that caused them to be able to shoot down missiles and things. And of course their nuclear ambitions were afforded by that. So I don't think that, I think probably most of Iran probably has some pride in the way they see how that turned out. So I don't believe that Iran will ever have a friendly relationship with Israel at all. I could be wrong, but I don't see it.
[00:33:00] Our next guest is Shauna from Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Do you believe that the original Hebrews were in the Bible were black people?
[00:33:12] Thank you Shannon for the question. Thank you for listening. I don't believe that because if the, the original Hebrews were black people, we know in Numbers chapter 12, Moses Sister and his brother criticized Moses because he was married to a Ethiopian woman.
[00:33:33] And if they were all black folks, I don't see how that could be the case in the word of God. And when you go back to numbers that goes back, you know, from our point of view at least 3,500 years.
[00:33:45] So that would be mean that the Abraham is only, only, you know, is only 4,000 years. So I just don't see that being the case there. And I know that's becoming something that is taught in a lot of places today.
[00:34:00] And I've never heard anyone who was challenged by the fact that they criticized Moses because he's married to a dark skinned woman.
[00:34:09] I never heard them have a reasonable response to that that I would accept. So I don't believe that that's so. And furthermore, you know, I don't see what benefit it would be that they would whatever ethnicity those people were because the time that we live for the last 2,000 years, we become members of the kingdom of God one way we know that there's, we are one faith, one God, one baptism under one name. There is only one name given under heaven given to us whereby we must be saved. So it really doesn't matter what ethnicity we are.
[00:34:50] We know we had to be born again the same way. So as long as we willing to follow the word of God, if a person wanted to believe that, as long as it didn't Cause them to do something out of the will, you know, so be it. But I don't see that being the truth.
[00:35:03] And that's my opinion about that. And thank you for the question because that's a question a lot of people have, and I've heard a lot of people teaching that and asking questions about it.
[00:35:13] Our next guest is Colleen from Hearst, Texas.
[00:35:17] What is an archangel?
[00:35:19] An archangel is the ranking of an angel. It's the highest rank an angel can achieve. At least what I've been able to see in the Bible. And the scripture that refers to archangel is Jude, chapter one, verse nine. And that scripture refers to Michael being the archangel. And so with it stating it that way, the archangel to me denotes that there's only one.
[00:35:46] And so I haven't been able to find any scriptures that would change my opinion on that.
[00:35:50] So that is the highest ranking angel that is described in the Bible, at least to my level of understanding.
[00:35:57] And so that's a great question, too.
[00:36:00] Our next guest is Ruth, and she's calling from Benton Harbor, Michigan.
[00:36:04] Why should Christians witness?
[00:36:08] Well, the answer to that would be Ruth. That. Thank you for asking that question, too. That's another fantastic question.
[00:36:15] That is fantastic.
[00:36:18] There's several reasons. The first reason is to help people be saved.
[00:36:22] The only means of salvation we find in the Book of Acts. Like I just stated a minute ago, there is only one name under heaven given whereby we must be saved. Well, somebody has to preach and teach that lesson or that message.
[00:36:39] We know there's one name, one God, one baptism, and one. And so even in our interactions on a daily basis, we come in contact with so many different types of belief systems.
[00:36:54] So we are there to explain to the people in our sphere what that means.
[00:37:00] I can talk to someone who grew up in a similar circumstances that I grew up in, much easier than I could somebody in a foreign country.
[00:37:09] So we have a sphere of people that we come in contact with all the time. And we should let those people know exactly what it is that saved us, as well as what can save you and your family. And witnessing at least spreads that news to them now they don't have to receive it.
[00:37:28] We tend to take issue when people don't believe us. But our job is to witness, to give them information.
[00:37:35] We know another one is to grow the kingdom of God.
[00:37:38] When we become a part of the kingdom of God, that is our family. And our family has a business that we are in. You know, you start talking about the Walton family. Well, Walmart is their number one business.
[00:37:54] So now when we become a member of the kingdom of God that becomes our family business is to build up the kingdom of God. And that's another reason why we witness another reason is to justify Jesus, what we believe and the kingdom of God.
[00:38:13] The Bible teaches us in Ecclesiastes 9, chapter 9, verses 11 and 12, how that shows us that we have a limited amount of time on this earth and we certainly should help propagate the, the word of God so that people can receive it. Because we don't know when we're going to walk through that door. I catch that morning train. Some people say we need to know what it is. And we know the Bible tells us the time and chance comes to all.
[00:38:45] Well, we don't necessarily know how much time we have or how many chances we are going to have. So we certainly want to be a part of what the Lord God has put us here to do and that is to spread the word of the kingdom of God.
[00:39:02] And that is our primary purpose here. Once we become saved ourselves, we want all of our family members and people we know and love and, and even strangers. That becomes your family business. Walmart don't care who buy them peaches or who shops there for toiletries or whatever it is.
[00:39:19] So we have to do the same thing to propagate the gospel of the kingdom.
[00:39:23] And that is an amazing thing there.
[00:39:26] This is our guest Julio. He's sending asking this question from El Paso, Texas.
[00:39:32] What do you think about prejudice and racism in the church?
[00:39:36] Well, I think that we are all in heaven, inhabitants of the world and the traditions of the world, the culture, all the things that we grow up in are a part of our lives and including racism and prejudices and things like that. So we know that God doesn't condone that kind of thing. The Bible says that God is not a respecter of persons, neither should we be.
[00:40:05] We know that God says if you, if we are a respecter of person, we do sin.
[00:40:11] But it's hard to remove something overnight from somebody who believes something for 60, 70, even in some cases 80 years, especially as long as the people are living now. And so that's been a part of someone's life for a long period of time and they grew up in a situation where that was taught to them and they believe it.
[00:40:29] So sometimes those things don't come out of people as quickly as we would like them to, but just as those things are part of their lives and they need to overcome that, we need to be tolerant and have patience on people that God is working with.
[00:40:48] You know, and so that's how we should look at. And sometimes too, you know, people come and they still believe in some tradition that they believe in racism and prejudice. And that kind of thing is a part of that.
[00:41:00] And I will say this too, that when we come to God and he's working with us on changing our lives, some things that are in us are more of a detriment to our relationship with him and our salvation, then something like this would be, you know what? I'm gonna get the racism out of you. But this over here is what in your life is gonna separate me from you. So I'm gonna work on that and I'll get back to the racism at a later date, because to you, this is something that is going to cause you to be separated from me. The right eternity.
[00:41:37] And so finally, I would say to that God is working on all of us. We all got something wrong with us. And we can't deem one sin as being more egregious than the other because it affects us if we happen to be the people who that hatred is toward you. So it's a whole lot of things that God is working on in us. And we have to have patience to allow God to work on those things in others as well as ourselves. And also, one other thing to that note is that if someone is showing that to you, whether it be in church or at your job or whatever that is, he's shown you what you need to pray for him for.
[00:42:22] So you get that he knows he dealt with. Lord, this is a person who obviously he's dealing with this situation. I'm praying, Lord, that you will help him to get beyond that so that he can overcome that. And that is our responsibility, being a part of the kingdom of God as well. So we have a responsibility for those people who are doing something that we may deem as a disgusting thing, but they're our brothers and sisters in Christ. And so we have to be forgiven, forgiving of them, patience of them, and to be able to pray for them.
[00:42:56] And so that brings us to the end of our show here.
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