20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 49)

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• SA

  @sarahfaith316 · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E">0:00</a> - Introduction <br>1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=10">0:10</a> {How to Support a Recovering Spouse} My husband is a recovering alcoholic, now beginning to attend AA meetings. As a wife, what are the most practical ways I can support him while encouraging him to begin leading our home in a biblical way without overwhelming him? <br>2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=420">7:00</a> {Where did Lazarus Temporarily Go?} Where were people who died and later got resurrected located in that period? Do they go to Heaven or Hell and get snatched back to Earth after they’re resurrected (e.g., Lazarus, Dorcas, Eutychus etc.)? <br>3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=650">10:50</a> {Our Own Thoughts vs. the Holy Spirit} In something like pursuing a relationship, or even in general, how do you tell the difference between the Holy Spirit and your own anxiety telling you not to do something? <br>4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=1122">18:42</a> {How to Biblically Grieve Painful Loss} My only son died from an overdose last year. I was angry at God and walked away from Him for a bit. I told Him “If I am to serve you, I want the real God.” Isaiah 43: 18-19 says to get over it. How do I get over it? <br>5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=1408">23:28</a> {Can Horror Movies &amp; Secular Music Invite Demons?} What are your thoughts about Christians having to be careful so that they don’t invite demons into their lives through watching horror movies or listening to secular music? Is this biblical? <br>6. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=1670">27:50</a> {About Evidence &amp; Belief} Imagine if someone asked you, “Would you be willing to disbelieve in God if the evidence led there?” What would your response be? Are we obligated to say yes? Does that dishonor God? <br>7. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=2047">34:07</a> {About the “Golden Rule”} Is the Golden Rule objective or subjective? For example, I tease my friend and he teases me back because we think it&apos;s funny, but I won&apos;t do it to others because they don&apos;t think it&apos;s funny. <br>8. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=2158">35:58</a> {Are All of God’s Actions Infallible?} How do I approach a conversation with someone who doesn&apos;t believe God is infallible? He believes in the God of the Bible, but he doesn&apos;t think all of God&apos;s actions are &quot;good,&quot; like in the book of Job. <br>9. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=2624">43:44</a> {Identifying &amp; Rejecting False Teaching} What&apos;s up with all the bad hermeneutics out there? How can those of us without formal training avoid bad interpretation/application of Scripture by ourselves and be able to spot them in sermons, etc.? <br>10. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=2781">46:21</a> {Does God Hate Satan?} Does God hate Satan and the demons? <br>11. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=2881">48:01</a> {What Did Jesus Mean by “Be Perfect”?} What did Jesus mean when He said, &quot;Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect&quot; in Matthew 5: 48? Wouldn&apos;t that mean we&apos;re all condemned since we sin every day/week? <br>12. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=3279">54:39</a> {About Jacob &amp; Esau} Why didn&apos;t God punish Jacob and his mother for stealing Esau&apos;s birthright and blessing (Genesis 27)? In fact, why does He love Jacob and hate Esau (Malachi 1)? <br>13. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=3473">57:53</a> {About “Unknown”/ Tongues in 1 Cor.} What do you make of the added word “unknown” in 1 Corinthians 14:2-3, which is not in the original Greek? Could it mean that it is not a different sort of tongues, rather, that no one understands them? <br>14. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=3627">1:00:27</a> {A Difficult Passage – Ezekiel 45} Is Jesus offering sin sacrifices in Ezekiel 45? <br>15. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=3803">1:03:23</a> {Should we Worship Using Instruments?} Should we use instruments in congregational church worship? Why or why not? The early church did not use instruments. <br>16. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=4074">1:07:54</a> {What to Do When a Church Member is Out of Line} What should I do if a member of my fellowship with some mental issues has been making several false prophecies every day, saying literally &quot;hear me for the lord speaks”? <br>17. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=4167">1:09:27</a> {Book Recommendations?} What are some good books for important topics like systematic theology, hermeneutics, complementarianism, etc.? <br>18. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=4310">1:11:50</a> {About the Subordination of the Son} How do you explain the subordination of Jesus (1 Corinthians 11:3; 15: 28) to the Father within Trinitarian theology? I explain it via incarnational subordination (Philippians 2:5; Hebrews 29; 5:8). <br>19. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=4514">1:15:14</a> {Were Any of Jesus’ Bones Broken?} If the nail of a crucified victim was inserted through the heel bone or ankle bone, how should we interpret John 19: 36? Wouldn’t a nail cause the bone to break? <br>20. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fimxto67E&amp;t=4791">1:19:51</a> {When to be Kind vs. Aggressive} When trying to be biblically based, how do we know when to be kind, and when to be aggressive?

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  @FRN2013 · 5 years ago

  {How to Biblically Grieve Painful Loss}<br>My adult daughter died in an accident <i>while I was laboring as a missionary 8000 miles away.</i><br>I believe the thing that helped me more than anything else is that I decided to love God more than I love my daughter.

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• RA

  @RaptureReadyPam · 4 years ago

  I’ve been through that with alcoholic husband. AA became his new drug and we had tremendous problems in our marriage because his whole focus of time became all about him attending meetings and getting sober. This went on for two years. He was never home and AA became his priority over our family. My husband became a leader in our home when he got into a mens Bible study group that held him accountable and they disciples him. Without this group of men, our marriage would have been doomed. God must be a big part of his recovery!!!!!!!!

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• ME

  @melodystepp1762 · 5 years ago

  The anonymous wife of an alcoholic. I&apos;ve been there and Al-anon books and groups were VERY helpful to me. The church didn&apos;t know how to help me at this level and Al-anon wouldn&apos;t like you to publicly announce God as my help. Going back and forth between the two helped greatly. Prayer was my greatest help.

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• TO

  @Toadzx · 5 years ago

  &quot;everything around you, in you, and thought by you is evidence for God&quot;<br><br>There&apos;s a t-shirt in there somewhere.

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• MO

  @moosechuckle · 5 years ago

  MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING!!!<br><br>“Put some Windex on it.” We quote that all the time.

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• DR

  @Dr_DrewSo · 5 years ago

  In regards to the crucifixion question, the nail can go through the foot between the metatarsal bone without breaking bones. Another possibility is the nail was pierced slightly above the ankle joint, it can go between the tibia and fibula without breaking a bone

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• MA

  @majun77 · 5 years ago

  Holy cow I enjoyed that analogy of people thinking they know better than God to all of us who always see younger, less experienced people and can see how foolish they are but can&apos;t see how foolish we are in comparison to our future selves who has learned and experienced even more.

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• CR

  @crimewavbeats5532 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Mike really is blessed with wisdom, &nbsp;he really has helped me with my daily walk with God as far as scriptural basis, and I like the fact that he&apos;s humble enough to say he doesn&apos;t know, when he doesn&apos;t know.Its amazing how much he&apos;s able to answer though, &nbsp;God is good.

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• EM

  @emilyronning2208 · 3 years ago

  regarding Q5 about deliverance ministry, i got caught up in all that, thinking everything was demonic and obsessing over needing to be delivered from demonic spirits and items. i prayed one night and said God if i&apos;m following any teachers or teachings that are false show me, expose it. and that same night i had a super clear concise dream where Isaiah saldivar was like an evil person kid napping me. he came to my house looking for me 3 times. the second time he said &quot;i&apos;m going to come back and take you tomorrow, you can either leave or i will come and take you away&quot; and i didn&apos;t head the warning and the 3rd time he came back he said &quot;did you really think i wouldn&apos;t take you?&quot; it took me like a month to finally understand the dream. God is giving me opportunities to stay away from false teaching, but if i don&apos;t i will be punished. and isaiah being the evil person in my dream led me to come to the conclusion that there is a falseness in deliverance ministry. they&apos;re demon obsessed. and we need to be Jesus obsessed! if we were Jesus obsessed we would not need to worry about demonic influence. Just love the Lord and obey him, he is enough and what should be on my mind and in my thoughts, not worrying about demons 24/7

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• MA

  @mahkaimaldonado4471 · 5 years ago

  you’re awesome mike, love what you’re doing for the kingdom !! may you abide in the Lords grace and love &nbsp;❤️

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  @odonnelldenise · 2 years ago

  Wow. As usual I think &quot;I&apos;ll only listen for a few minutes&quot; &nbsp;then 2 hours later the time flew by and I am better for it. Thank you for taking the time to teach us

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