1 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the best of the Bible answer Man broadcast 2 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,320 with your host, Hank Anagraph. The Bible answer Man is 3 00:00:14,359 --> 00:00:18,440 the radio ministry of the Christian Research Institute, designed to 4 00:00:18,519 --> 00:00:22,359 equip believers to defend their faith and become true disciples 5 00:00:22,399 --> 00:00:26,559 of the Lord Jesus Christ, because life and truth matter. 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,079 Our phone number is eight eight eight seven thousand CRII. 7 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,039 That's one eight eight eight seven thousand, two seven four. 8 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,520 You can find us on the internet at equip dot org. 9 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:44,000 That's equip dot org. The following program was pre recorded 10 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,520 and now to begin today's broadcast, here's Hank Canagraph. 11 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Randy. Our contact information on the 12 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,799 web equipped dot org and via the mail AT's box 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,479 eighty five hundred Charlotte, North Carolina, zip code two eight two. 14 00:01:01,399 --> 00:01:05,400 This month we're moving into the category of reading. During 15 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:08,040 the summer, a lot of people do what they don't 16 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,079 normally do, and that is read, and we have some 17 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,319 good resources available for those who support the ministry. This 18 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:20,400 month the Last Disciples series. It's a trilogy. It's historical fiction. 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,719 What it does, though, is it gives you a handle 20 00:01:24,239 --> 00:01:28,840 on the logical truth propositions that are part and parcel 21 00:01:29,239 --> 00:01:34,280 of a healthy worldview on eschatology. I think you'll find 22 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:42,040 the books incredibly insightful, stimulating their page turners. Again available 23 00:01:42,079 --> 00:01:44,879 for those who support the ministry, check it out on 24 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,680 the web at equip dot org. Should also mention that 25 00:01:49,879 --> 00:01:55,519 June is a very significant month in our history. Each 26 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,519 and every year, December is the most critical month, and 27 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,159 lagging not far behind is June. This is the end 28 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:08,080 of our fiscal year, not obviously the calendar year, but 29 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:11,439 the fiscal year, and so if you can support the ministry, 30 00:02:11,479 --> 00:02:16,159 it would be deeply appreciated, used for God's glory and 31 00:02:16,159 --> 00:02:19,439 for the extension of his kingdom. Getting back to reading, 32 00:02:20,439 --> 00:02:25,120 the numbers of people not reading is simply staggering, and 33 00:02:25,159 --> 00:02:28,800 I hope that you will become the exception to the rule. 34 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,840 A full quarter of the population did not so much 35 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,719 as read a single book in the past year. But 36 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,599 the good news is that, as with technology, all of 37 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,240 us can get hooked on reading all over again. There 38 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,159 are so many benefits to reading it's hard to know 39 00:02:47,199 --> 00:02:55,199 where to begin. Reading improves discipline, vocabulary, it improves memory, creativity, 40 00:02:55,759 --> 00:03:01,039 and even relaxation. Plus it can even stave off diseases 41 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:07,479 such as Alzheimer's. More importantly, reading engages you with another mind, 42 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,280 and when it comes to reading scripture, the implications are 43 00:03:11,599 --> 00:03:18,120 simply staggering. By its words, we are brought into direct 44 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:23,240 communication with the mind of God, and not only so, 45 00:03:24,199 --> 00:03:29,319 we have access to the minds of writers directly inspired 46 00:03:29,879 --> 00:03:33,520 by the Divine. Thus, in the pages of the inspired 47 00:03:33,599 --> 00:03:38,120 text we have mind to mind connection with minds that 48 00:03:38,199 --> 00:03:42,680 were awash in uncreated energy. Well as much more I 49 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,080 could say about reading, and maybe I will, But we 50 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:48,960 have a number of books, as I just mentioned available 51 00:03:49,039 --> 00:03:54,520 The Last Disciple trilogy has God spoken Muslim. These books 52 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,560 available as my other books available for those who support 53 00:03:58,599 --> 00:04:02,840 the ministry. All this the critical month of June. It 54 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:09,360 is so important that we achieve a financial stability as 55 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,840 a result of the month of June. Each year you've 56 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:14,560 given a safe, secure fashion on the web equipped dot 57 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,639 org or as I mentioned, via the mailbox eighty five 58 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,839 hundred Charlotte, North Carolina, zip code two eight two seven 59 00:04:21,879 --> 00:04:24,759 to one. Let's go to the phone lines. Judy listening 60 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,000 in Oklahoma. 61 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:30,319 Speaker 3: Hi, Judy, Hi, thank you for taking my call. It 62 00:04:30,399 --> 00:04:32,279 was told to me to call the babl answer man 63 00:04:32,319 --> 00:04:36,360 to get the solution to our discussion here. In Duterominy 64 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,879 twenty four, it talks about a couple being married, the 65 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,279 husband divorces the wife, he remarries another, and it says like, 66 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,879 if she dies or they divorce, he's not allowed to 67 00:04:48,879 --> 00:04:52,720 go back and marry the original spouse because that was 68 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:57,360 an abomination to God. So is that true for today? 69 00:04:58,079 --> 00:05:02,639 Is that just are we under grace that God redeems 70 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,519 and forgives or for the abomination is a huge word. 71 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:10,639 Speaker 2: So well, there's a historical context, and you're right in 72 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,639 pointing that out. Divorce was wide spread in the ancient 73 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:19,480 Near East, and therefore the commands given in Deuteronomy were 74 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:24,480 given in order to regulate an existing practice. And in 75 00:05:24,519 --> 00:05:29,519 the context, remarried to her former husband would be tenemount 76 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:36,000 to legal adultery, and therefore it was detestable to the Lord. 77 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,000 But if you look at what Jesus Christ says in 78 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:44,439 the Sermon on the Mount, it has said anyone who 79 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,639 divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce. 80 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,920 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife 81 00:05:50,959 --> 00:05:56,920 except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress. 82 00:05:57,079 --> 00:06:03,639 And anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery, gives 83 00:06:03,639 --> 00:06:08,959 you the intent of what the law was. And furthermore, 84 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:13,240 Jesus Christ makes clear that what's going on is a 85 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:18,800 detestable practice for the reason that men would put away 86 00:06:19,399 --> 00:06:24,680 women for any or every reason. In other words, they 87 00:06:24,959 --> 00:06:29,360 use the lever right law. They used the laws given 88 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,879 within the context of an ancient theocratic kingdom as the 89 00:06:33,959 --> 00:06:37,040 basis to do what they wanted to do. So it 90 00:06:37,079 --> 00:06:40,199 was tantamount to tithing your mint, but neglecting the way 91 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,439 to your matters of the law, justice, righteousness, and equity. 92 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,160 And that's what really is at the heart of this. 93 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:50,879 We are not to see the other sex as an 94 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:56,040 object for our own enjoyment or use some kind of 95 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:00,240 legalistic prescription to do what we want, but we are 96 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:05,439 to treat another person self lesslie as opposed to selfishly. 97 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,360 So there's an intent behind the law. The law originally 98 00:07:11,079 --> 00:07:14,600 to protect a woman in the Old Testament, but ultimately 99 00:07:15,439 --> 00:07:19,439 to subscribe to that which the Bible ultimately appeals to, 100 00:07:19,519 --> 00:07:24,240 and that is complete ontological equality and not the abuse 101 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:25,160 of another person. 102 00:07:26,199 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 3: Okay, So is that just are we under grace now 103 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:35,120 that that can happen? Or you know, like if they repented, 104 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,000 got right with the Lord, wanted to get the original 105 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,040 family intact, are they allowed to do that or not? 106 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,079 Speaker 2: Well, if in fact there is a door to reconciliation 107 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,600 that is open, yes, we must always walk through the 108 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:56,160 door of reconciliation because that is the ultimate goal. The 109 00:07:56,279 --> 00:08:02,639 ultimate goal is reconciliation. Reconciliation and always requires two parties. 110 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,000 There's someone who is willing to forgive and someone wanting 111 00:08:06,079 --> 00:08:09,560 to be forgiven, and so that is the ultimate good 112 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,959 that we should always strive towards. And there are some 113 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,920 cases in which that door to reconciliation simply isn't open, 114 00:08:17,319 --> 00:08:20,279 and that is because someone has married someone else and 115 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:24,800 then unscrambling the egg leads to a multiplicity of problems. 116 00:08:26,399 --> 00:08:28,839 Speaker 3: Right, So I can see that. And I didn't know 117 00:08:29,079 --> 00:08:30,839 if it was like in the Old Testament that they 118 00:08:30,839 --> 00:08:35,039 didn't want wife swapping, you know, back and forth to this. 119 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,519 But I thought, well, if if a wife was never 120 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:42,399 married again and the other marriage ended, I just didn't 121 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,600 know if that would be an abomination to God in 122 00:08:44,639 --> 00:08:47,080 this day and age to consider that. 123 00:08:47,799 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 2: So the question becomes, you get divorced, and the question 124 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:57,000 is is an abomination to get remarried to. 125 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,399 Speaker 3: The original one. If that the marriage that he was 126 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,679 in doesn't work out. 127 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 2: Well, again, there's a whole lot of conjecture there. I mean, 128 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,200 there's a lot of explaining to do. Why did the 129 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:16,720 marriage not work out? Ultimately, the intent here is love 130 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:24,000 and reconciliation as opposed to using every reason possible to 131 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:29,120 do something that becomes selfish instead of self less. I mean, 132 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,600 that's the intent. So the intent is the protection of 133 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:35,559 a person. But you can't look at a situation where 134 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,399 a man is married to a woman, then the man 135 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,399 gets out of that marriage and marries the original person 136 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,399 that they were married to. That's the metaphor I was 137 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,480 using with respect to unscrambling the egg, which can't do. 138 00:09:47,519 --> 00:09:53,159 So if someone gets a divorce, that's one mistake. They 139 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:57,679 get remarried. Now they're going to compound the error by 140 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:02,039 getting divorced again and marrying the original person. No, you 141 00:10:02,159 --> 00:10:05,440 have to move on and be faithful to the commitment 142 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:06,679 that you have at that point. 143 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, I found, like you know, said in the Bible, 144 00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:13,320 if that spouse dies, if there's. 145 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 2: Anod well, if that spouse dies. I mean that's why 146 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:17,000 I said there's a lot explaining to do. There are 147 00:10:17,039 --> 00:10:20,279 a lot of converging factors that are possible. Certainly, if 148 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:25,240 that spouse dies, it would not be an abomination if 149 00:10:25,279 --> 00:10:28,559 the Lord led you to get remarried to the original person, 150 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,320 you know, in other words, if there's no obstacle in 151 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:36,600 the way morally or ethically in doing that. I don't 152 00:10:36,639 --> 00:10:39,240 see anything that would preclude that. But I do think 153 00:10:39,279 --> 00:10:43,120 that that has to be done in concert with prayerful 154 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:47,000 consideration before the Lord and good counseling within the context 155 00:10:47,039 --> 00:10:48,279 of a healthy, well bounced church. 156 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 3: Right, all right, well, thank you, I appreciate it. 157 00:10:51,919 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 2: You got it. Thank you so much for your call 158 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,759 coming to the station. 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Hi Jeremy, Hi Hank. 226 00:15:45,399 --> 00:15:46,159 Speaker 4: How are you today? 227 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:47,919 Speaker 2: I'm hanging in there. How are you doing? 228 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 5: Oh wonderful? Thank you. Just got a fork a little 229 00:15:51,519 --> 00:15:53,039 bit of good so it's a good day. 230 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,759 Speaker 4: I've got a question, and I've asked people this in 231 00:15:56,799 --> 00:16:01,440 the past, and the answer that I get is that bentually, 232 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,679 it's from more than one's point of view. So I'm 233 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,480 hoping you don't give me that kind of answer. But 234 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:10,720 my question is in the Book of Matthew, I guess 235 00:16:10,759 --> 00:16:16,080 docter a jolly one that says two men. But for instance, 236 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,759 in Luke, whenever Jesus cast out the demon named Legion, 237 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,159 h how come in in all the other books there's 238 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,559 only one man at the tunes. But in the Book 239 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,679 of Matthew there's two men. 240 00:16:30,639 --> 00:16:33,039 Speaker 2: Sure, And that's a good question. And I think you're 241 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:37,000 referring to the two demon possessed men, right, and they're 242 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,799 healing in Matthew chapter eight. Yeah, So yeah, Matthew says 243 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,759 there are two. Well, Mark and Luke say one. And 244 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:47,840 critics have for some odd reasons suggested this to be 245 00:16:47,879 --> 00:16:53,879 a contradiction. But obviously, wherever you have two people, there 246 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,720 is always, always, always, one hundred percent of the time 247 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:03,200 one person. So if Mark or Luke said there was 248 00:17:03,279 --> 00:17:08,160 only one person present, there'd be a contradiction. But the 249 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,599 text does not say that. So what you have is 250 00:17:11,759 --> 00:17:17,200 Matthew focusing on two demon possessed men that were healed, 251 00:17:18,279 --> 00:17:21,400 and then you have Mark and Luke, for their own reasons, 252 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,000 focusing on one. And this is what you have with 253 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:30,640 the synoptics in general. If the Synoptics gave all the 254 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,559 details of every story in exactly the same way, the 255 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,680 first thing we would say, especially if this was presented 256 00:17:37,759 --> 00:17:41,279 in a legal sense, we would say, there's collusion here. 257 00:17:42,079 --> 00:17:46,160 So they all present the story from their own perspective, 258 00:17:46,279 --> 00:17:49,839 with their own purpose, as they're led by the Holy Spirit. 259 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,960 There's no reason whatsoever for each gospel to communicate events 260 00:17:55,079 --> 00:17:58,720 exactly in the same way. Now, if there was a contradiction, 261 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,559 that would be a problem. This is obviously not a 262 00:18:01,599 --> 00:18:06,000 contradiction unless you have, as I just mentioned, Luke and 263 00:18:06,079 --> 00:18:10,680 Mark saying that there's only one demoniac and therefore Matthew 264 00:18:11,279 --> 00:18:13,720 was mistaken when he was talking about the healing of 265 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,400 two demoniacs. Obviously, this is not what's going on. 266 00:18:17,599 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 4: So we're looking at the word femian. It's just Mark 267 00:18:22,039 --> 00:18:24,799 and Luke just chose us talk about the second person. 268 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 2: That's exactly right. And again that's why you have the 269 00:18:28,039 --> 00:18:33,960 Synoptic Gospels, because reading them in unison, as it were, 270 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,400 you have the rest of the story, or you have 271 00:18:36,559 --> 00:18:41,359 the complete story. If you would have the story told 272 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:46,519 in exactly the same way by one witness Matthew, and 273 00:18:46,599 --> 00:18:50,599 another witness Mark and yet another Luke. Again, in a 274 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,920 legal situation, you would immediately suspect collusion. That's the one 275 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,319 thing you don't find in the Gospels. You find harmony, 276 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:01,279 but not collusion. Hopefull that helps. Let's go back to 277 00:19:01,319 --> 00:19:04,279 the phone lines. Stephen fort Worth, Texas. 278 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 5: Hi, Stephen, Hi, Hank, appreciate what you do, Hank. The 279 00:19:09,039 --> 00:19:12,240 other day I was listening to the radio and this 280 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,880 well known preacher was talking about our God and he 281 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,640 said that in part of the contact, he said, God 282 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,839 is in control. But God is in control. Well, if 283 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:28,200 God is in control, this world is chaotic. And I 284 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,599 don't think our God is a is a god of chaos. 285 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,839 I know there have been times in my life as 286 00:19:34,839 --> 00:19:38,359 a Christian that he hadn't been in control, because I haven't, lady. 287 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:43,799 And also in Genesis, does it not say that He 288 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:48,480 gave created man and woman and gave them demion. I 289 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,759 guess that's kind of a control of the animals and 290 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,359 over all the world. Kind of your comment on that, 291 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,759 I know ultimately he is in control. 292 00:19:59,279 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's an antinomy. There's a tension here, 293 00:20:02,039 --> 00:20:04,160 isn't there? Because on the one hand, we know for 294 00:20:04,279 --> 00:20:10,640 certain that God is in sovereign control of every detail 295 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,039 of our lives, that not a hair falls from our 296 00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:17,599 head that our heavenly Father does not know or care 297 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:22,960 about it. On the other hand, what we do really matters. 298 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,400 So we can't just live in some kind of a 299 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,000 magical world and say, you know, my hands are dirty, 300 00:20:28,039 --> 00:20:30,599 but if God wants them to be clean, then he'll 301 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,759 make them clean magically. Now you go and wash your hands. 302 00:20:33,839 --> 00:20:36,160 God works through means. So I think there is a 303 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,720 tension here on the one hand. But look, the world 304 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,400 is in a mess, not because God created the mess, 305 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,599 but God created the potential for a mess. Why did 306 00:20:46,599 --> 00:20:48,680 he create the potential for a mess? Well, he gave 307 00:20:48,759 --> 00:20:52,839 us freedom of choice. If we did not have that choice, 308 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,880 then there would be no genuine love. Our lives would 309 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,559 be fatalistically determined in the sense that the atheist believes 310 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:04,200 that everything is determined by brain, chemistry and genetics. 311 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 5: Sure, thank you, appreciate it. 312 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 2: Thank you, you got it. Back to the phone lines. 313 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,079 Talk to Michelle. She's listening in Fadville, Arkansas. Hi. 314 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 3: Hi. 315 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,559 Speaker 6: First of all, I want to thank you for your ministry. 316 00:21:17,599 --> 00:21:20,160 I am a monthly supporter and I just appreciate all 317 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:20,559 that you do. 318 00:21:21,039 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 2: Bless you, Thank you. 319 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,279 Speaker 6: I was listening to the broadcast when you had Joe 320 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:30,759 dallas on regarding his article is gay Christian an acceptable identity? 321 00:21:31,559 --> 00:21:37,039 He used the comparison which I have long used to alcoholism. 322 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:41,440 As far as you know, ultimately, regardless of your desires 323 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,079 or your tendencies, you choose whether to act on them 324 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,319 or not. My question is regarding the labels that you 325 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,000 put on yourselves. And because I was thinking about as 326 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:58,119 far as drunkenness and alcoholism. When people go to AA meetings, 327 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,319 even if they've recovered from it, they still say, Hi, 328 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,160 my name is SO and so I'm an alcoholic, So 329 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,039 they are putting that label on themselves based off of 330 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:12,880 actions that they had. Is that a fair comparison to homosexuals? 331 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:18,160 Maybe saying I'm a recovered homosexual or do you understand 332 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,119 what I'm sure? 333 00:22:19,279 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, And Joe actually addresses that in one of the articles. 334 00:22:22,279 --> 00:22:24,960 But you know, context is very, very important, because if 335 00:22:25,039 --> 00:22:29,880 you're in an AA meeting, introducing yourself as Hi, I'm Joe, 336 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,119 I'm an alcoholic is perfectly acceptable. But you wouldn't do 337 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,279 that in a church situation when you're introducing yourself because 338 00:22:36,319 --> 00:22:42,079 we all recognize intuitively and rightly that every one of 339 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,440 us has a besetting sin and in many sins, so 340 00:22:44,519 --> 00:22:47,319 we don't enumerate those sins. We just assume that the 341 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,079 other people know that we're sinners and that the church 342 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,319 is a hospital for sinners who have come to faith 343 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,599 in Christ. The other thing I think that's important to 344 00:22:55,640 --> 00:23:01,160 recognize is that homosexuality is a behavior, not an identity, 345 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,240 and you have to always keep that straight. And I 346 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,640 think Joe therefore says in the article, and again I 347 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,880 agree with what Joe says on the subject. I don't 348 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,200 know if anybody that knows the subject better. He says 349 00:23:13,279 --> 00:23:16,880 that homosexual is a word best used as an adjective, 350 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:22,079 as in I experience homosexual temptations, rather than using it 351 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:26,559 as a noun, I am a homosexual Because the result 352 00:23:26,599 --> 00:23:30,880 of the latter usage is labeling, and with labeling comes limitation. 353 00:23:31,079 --> 00:23:35,480 The former offers a broader, more biblical self view. Okay, 354 00:23:36,319 --> 00:23:39,279 and again Joe talks about this in length in the 355 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:43,039 article is gay Christian unacceptable identity? 356 00:23:43,599 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 6: Okay, Well, I appreciate your answer. Thank you very much 357 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:47,920 for taking my call. 358 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 2: You got it. My pleasure Back to the phone lines, 359 00:23:50,519 --> 00:23:51,640 Al Washington, d C. 360 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 7: Hi, L how you doing, hank A pleasure to speak 361 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:59,880 to you. I've been having some conversation that's an atheist 362 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:04,200 on a social media website, and the answer that they 363 00:24:04,279 --> 00:24:07,400 always give me for you know's not a God is 364 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:08,839 that we don't believe. 365 00:24:08,559 --> 00:24:11,759 Speaker 5: God due to lack of evidence. And I don't really know. 366 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 3: How to. 367 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,279 Speaker 7: Come back on that, because I mean, it's obviously gods. 368 00:24:19,319 --> 00:24:21,720 You can't touch it. And I think that's kind of 369 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,559 what it's saying is we can't touch them, we've never 370 00:24:23,599 --> 00:24:24,119 seen them. 371 00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 5: I'm just trying to get some better answers through how 372 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,480 I can address that statement. 373 00:24:28,519 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, quite frankly, as the irrational to say that God 374 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,759 doesn't exist because you can't touch or feel him. There 375 00:24:32,759 --> 00:24:34,559 are a lot of things you can't touch and feel 376 00:24:34,599 --> 00:24:38,240 that you know exists, including gravity and black holes and 377 00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:41,119 many other things that we could talk about. But the 378 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,880 reality is is that there's plenty of evidence for God. 379 00:24:45,559 --> 00:24:50,839 If you were stumbling around on a desert island and 380 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,200 you happen to bump into a basketball, you would immediately think, Ah, 381 00:24:55,920 --> 00:25:00,440 someone made that basketball. There is a basketball maker. Maybe 382 00:25:00,839 --> 00:25:04,279 he inhabits this island. I don't know, but the idea 383 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,839 that there would be a basketball mate would be foremost 384 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,920 in your mind. And when you look at the universe, 385 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,880 the universe is absolutely clear. The heavens declared the glory 386 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,400 of God, the skies proclaimed the work of his hands, or, 387 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,839 in the words of the apostle Paul, God's invisible qualities, 388 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,640 his eternal power, and divine nature have been clearly seen, 389 00:25:24,079 --> 00:25:27,200 being understood from what has been made. Not only that, 390 00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:29,599 but there's something else I think important. God has written 391 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,920 a knowledge of himself on the canvas of our consciousness, 392 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,759 and therefore we are without excuse, and the more light 393 00:25:36,839 --> 00:25:39,319 we respond to, the more light we get. The problem 394 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,839 is atheists want to remain in darkness, oftentimes saying that 395 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,839 nothing creates everything. 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