Well, good evening everybody, and welcome to Bible Line Live. I'm your host, Pastor Jesse Martinez. It's good to have you with us tonight. Give us a call at 813-565-3771. We are live. Our screener, Ashley, is ready, willing, and able to take your call and screen you in. We've got people calling in, looking forward to talking with you. Got an off-air question? Send it to us, questions at BibleLineMinistries.org. If you'd like to support the ministry, check it out here at BibleLineMinistries.org. Donate, and then also you can subscribe, like, and share this live stream. Subscribing to the channel, hitting the big red button if you're watching on YouTube there. Lots of people listening from all different places. We are incredibly thankful to be able to serve each and every one of you. If you are interested in the work that we're doing at Calvary Community Church and you are in the area, come check us out, 4811 George Road. Our service times are 9.30, 10.30, and 6 p.m. on Sundays, and then we have a midweek service at 6.30. This midweek, the 26th, we do not have a service in preparation for the holiday, but every Wednesday at 6.30 we have a prayer meeting. Come and check us out. I'd love to shake your hand and talk with you and encourage you, and you can be an encouragement to me. We can encourage one another as we serve the Lord. Let's go ahead and jump over to Fort Lauderdale, our first caller today. This is Mark in Fort Lauderdale. Mark, thanks for holding and welcome to the show. Hi Jesse, how are you? I'm doing well. How are you, my friend? Good. I've called before. This is my second time calling. Yes, sir, it's good to have you back. I see that you're a repeat caller. Yeah, my question tonight is from 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 7 and 8. It says, For the mystery of iniquity doth already work, only he who now letteth will live until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming. My question is, there's been a controversy over who the He is. There are some Bible scholars that say He is the Holy Spirit, that when the church is raptured, the Holy Spirit leaves. And some say, I've heard a teaching where it says He is Satan, you know, which doesn't, which to me doesn't make sense. uh, in this context of scripture, you know, so I was, I was, you know, because Satan, why would Satan restrict iniquity? He's the one that works iniquity. Great question. Usually, at least in my circles, as far as what the people that I'm close to and talk with talk about, I usually believe that is the Holy Spirit. And in some other translations, it's actually a capitalized he. The H is capitalized because the emphasis is there. But that word let, we understand that word today as allow. It was actually used differently. It means to restrain. And I believe that there is a restraining work of the Holy Spirit, and I build that off of some verses in John 16. We'll go there. This is the versing question. Yeah, this is the versing question. Well, you know, before we go to the John reference, for the mystery of iniquity doth already work, only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way. I think that is talking about the departure of the Holy Spirit. I am of the position of the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church. Did you know that's more of an uncommon view today? One of the more popular views is a post-millennial, post-tribulation rapture. Not only is the Church going to be raptured at the end of the Tribulation, Jesus will not come back until the end of the Millennium, which is such an interesting discussion. Well, it may be popular, but it's not scriptural. Oh, I agree 100%. Yeah, I agree 100%. Scripture interprets Scripture, and you know that the rule of interpretation is you have to keep it in context. Take all Scripture literally unless the context allows you to take it symbolically. And it hurts me when people don't rightly divide the Word of God. That's why I got upset, Pastor, when he was saying that this is talking about Satan. Whether it's capitalized H or small h, it doesn't matter. Keeping it in context, it's the Holy Spirit here. You know, and the Holy Spirit is still going to work in the earth, just like he did in the Old Testament. He'll be working in the earth in the New Testament until the Lord comes back. Correct. You know, but he's the one that's restraining evil now. Well, and I think— I just wanted what your take is on it, you know. And usually when I—by the way, Mark, thanks for all of that. That's all very encouraging and accurate. And when He has come, He will reprove the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Jesus here is talking about the Pentecost event, where the Holy Spirit came down, descended on the disciples. And I believe that work is still happening through the Holy Spirit today. I do not believe this is what we would call the conscience of man. I believe the Holy Spirit uses the conscience of man to convict of these three things, mainly each one pointing them to Christ, who is the solution of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Sin, because they believe not on me, of which they will be held accountable for sin. Righteousness, because they lack the necessary righteousness in their unrighteousness. And coming judgment, All of these things—sin, righteousness, and judgment—are solved through the indwelling and sealing of the Holy Spirit, which is after a person believes. So in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, verses 7 and 8, I think the one who is letting or restraining right now is the Holy Spirit through the Church. I believe the Church is going to be taken out, which will allow the world to get to a position where they will believe the Great Delusion, God will allow them to believe that. And because, you know, by the way, I want to point that out, the reason they believe is because they believe not the truth. Look there in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 12, that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. This is why when I take what's going on—when a person rejects the Gospel, I take it very seriously. My prayer is that they will trust in Christ as their Savior before the Tribulation period starts, because it's very unlikely that they will afterwards. Not to say they won't. It's not impossible, but yeah. All right? Yeah, it's going to be very hard. And I agree with you. In John 16, he says he will convict the world, not the believer, the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment until they are saved. You know, we are not the world, we are the believer. Yes, sir. Hey, great stuff, Mark. Yeah, so thank you for confirming that for me. I just wanted to get your take on it, and I appreciate your ministry. I also got some of the tracks that I'm using that I got from BibleLine, and I'm giving that out. It's very, very good. Oh, thank you. That's great to hear, man. That's great. God bless you, brother. The same to you. That was Mark in Fort Lauderdale. Appreciate it, Mark. That's something that I've been studying a lot recently, eschatology, the study of end times. There's a lot of discussion around the... And you know what's interesting? There's a lot of discussion around when the Lord comes back, not necessarily the timing of the rapture. That is actually a premillennial discussion. So a lot of people who believe the Lord will come before the millennium and establish it, they are the ones who are going on this discussion about, you know, when the Church is going to be raptured out. I keep Israel and the Church separate. I see them in Scripture as two distinct things. Specifically, there's a timetable for the judgment on Israel, and I believe that timetable has stopped. The Messiah has been cut off 483 years of the 490. That's where we get the last seven years from the tribulation period. We might be able to pull this up, Trent, but we did a series on—I think we did a series on—the rapture called Keep Looking Up. We pretty much covered over five sermons. It was like an overview of the premillennial view. in the summer, or maybe early January next year. I don't really know, because the church is going to be going through a refresh, so we're going to be streaming out of our back building, so we might wait until the summer when we're back in the sanctuary. But I'm very excited to go through all of the major views on eschatology. It's very interesting, and don't let that word eschatology kind of puff you up in knowledge. It's just a timing as to when the Lord comes back, and I think it's a great discussion. It's always a good discussion to let the word say what it says and study it. All right, we're gonna go to North Carolina. This is Jessie, not to be confused with your host, but we have a guest, first-time caller Jessie, calling in from North Carolina. Welcome to the show. Hi! Oh my goodness. It's such a pleasure to talk to you, Pastor Jesse. No problem, Jesse. You remind me a lot of my older brother. He's the one who introduced me to Jesus. Praise the Lord. Yeah, thank you for having me. It's a great pleasure. Yeah, no problem, my friend. How can we help you tonight? Um, so I guess I'm trying to see how I can word this, but, um, so I accepted, uh, Jesus as a teenager. And, um, uh, over the years I turned away, um, from, um, God and decided to live in like a, uh, an awful sinful life. And, uh, uh, kind of just, uh, I would say maybe like just forgot, uh, to live for God, and about two years ago, Phil, God reached me through a YouTube video, believe it or not. I believe it. I was living, I've done so many bad things, a liar, a thief, I cheated, you know, I had I'd gotten a divorce and remarried and, um, um, God, uh, reached out to me and I feel like, uh, it was, you know, through the video, some, uh, it was a video about a near death experience. And, you know, I, um, I just, uh, I felt so lost in, um, uh, I was full of depression and anxiety. Um, I, uh, Uh, I prayed to God and I, and I was like, you know, if you're real, please like help me change. You know, uh, I can't do this life on my own. Um, I've been living horribly and I don't know what else to do. And, uh, you know, God, I started telling a change and, um, I started feeling like, uh, like, uh, forgiven. And, um, uh, when I felt forgiven, I just wanted to forgive everyone else for, you know, there's, things that I felt that I was wrong. So I just wanted, I felt like I wanted to forgive everyone else. And it was just like, like this wave of, uh, of just, uh, difference and change. And, um, uh, I guess what I'm asking is, um, um, once you accepted Jesus, uh, you know, and I felt, I felt this before, I feel like, uh, uh, you know, I had the Holy spirit with me before, but, um, What, what would, I guess, how would you describe like the feeling that I, uh, was going through or how, what was going on a few years ago where, um, uh, you know, I just felt different. Like I've never, I don't think I've ever loved God as much as I do now. Um, I've, I'm, I'm so grateful, uh, for Jesus and, um, you know, that he, you know, died for my friends and, Was resurrected on the third day and you know, I have this chance and opportunity To follow his commands and live for him. So um, I guess I'm just trying to think like A good way to ask this question because I feel like I'm a little all over the place. That's all right, brother Okay Whenever I hear, you know once saved always saved I I really truly believe in this because throughout my life, when I was living sinfully, I felt a deep sadness. I guess I couldn't really explain it, but I guess I was grieving the Holy Spirit. Well, we're going a lot of different directions, but I think we can get on a common, and don't worry, my friend, I understand calling in to a call-in show can be a little overwhelming, but I don't want you to feel bad about this, but I think I have a common answer for you. If you have put your trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior, that if you believe that His death, burial, and resurrection has paid for your sin, you are now born into the family of God, and as such, God moves from your righteous judge, you are now justified because of the blood of Christ, and you are now adopted into God's family. This is what Jesus means when he says you must be born again. Nicodemus didn't understand this. He thought, How can I, being old, return into my mother's womb?" And that's where Jesus says, you're born of water, we've all experienced a physical birth, we have to be born of the Spirit, something that we do not necessarily see. Here's the thing. You become a child of God, and God now becomes your Heavenly Father. And as such, He has a responsibility with the title of Father. He has the responsibility to discipline His children. And I think that anybody who rejects this notion is not grounded in Scripture. As a result of that chastening, it's not gonna be fun. As a matter of fact, I remember times when I was a kid where I got disciplined for my behavior. And my father, this is not a knock on my father, he knows this, if he were on the show he'd say it himself, disciplined me out of anger. to satisfy what he was feeling. He's upset with his son because his son's being a knucklehead, all caps, knucklehead. And so he took it out on me. I earned that chastening, but he did it out of anger. The Lord never does that. He never smacks around his kids and then says, you know what, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. He's perfect. And as a result of that perfection, his discipline is going to be very sore, I believe. In Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 11, this is what I believe you are feeling, "...no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." That's the emphasis. The only person who gets the peaceable fruit of righteousness—not your standing with Christ, but your fellowship— are those who are exercised by the discipline. And in your case, Jesse, if you're continually rejecting the Lord, well, His chastening is going to get more and more severe until it gets your attention. And if it doesn't get your attention, then I believe Romans 1 is put into effect, which is the reprobate mind. where he says, "...because that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened, professing themselves to be wise. They became fools and changed the glory of the incorruptible God." I think I started a little too much. "...Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lust of their own hearts to dishonor their own bodies between themselves." Now, in context here, I think he's talking about unbelievers, but I think this can happen to believers too. You just serve the flesh so much that the Lord gives you over to it, and it's going to become increasingly unlikely that you'll change your mind, repent, get back in good condition with the Lord, which is where I believe 1 John 1-9 comes in. But it's not fun. Discipline is not fun. Here's another thing that I believe is a reality for a lot of Christians. They're not adding to their faith, and therefore, they that lack these things—the people who do not add to their faith, by the way, that's substantiated starting up in verse 5—but in verse 9 of 2 Peter 1, but he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore, though rather, we are called to do the opposite, give diligence to make your calling and election sure. Not sure that you have eternal life, but it's rooted. You're not easily...you're not blind. You're not forgetting what you've been delivered from because you're serving it. You're serving the Lord, therefore your calling and election is made solid. For if you do these things, ye shall never go to hell? No, no. Never fall. And the sad thing is, believers fall all the time, and you may have experienced that. So the first thing, I know we're going on kind of 10 minutes here with this call, and we've got a lot of people on hold, but I do want to take the time to ask this question. Jesse, are you sure that if you were to die today, are you 100% sure that you would be in heaven? And can you give me how you have that assurance? Yes, I'm absolutely sure. And the reason is because Sorry, brother, take your time. I get emotional when I talk about this, but I just, because I know that, you know, I've accepted that I'm a sinner and I need a Savior, and that Jesus is that Savior. And I've accepted that I can't get to heaven on my own, and that I need him to get to heaven. And to me, it's not really so much like, oh, I want to be in heaven and not go to hell. It's like, I can't wait to glorify a deity in heaven. Brother, let me tell you something. First of all, that sounds like a good answer. It sounds like a good answer to me, but let me tell you, you can bring honor and glory to the Lord today. You gotta obey what He says. That's how we bring praise, honor, and glory to the Lord today. So whenever, as a teenager, I feel like I felt like I tried to start reading the Bible, but I would fall back into, you know, worldly things. But now, I have this, this such a strong desire to read, read the Bible. I never read it before. But I've already, you know, since the two years from when I feel like God reached out to me, I read all of the New Testament, and I'm in the Old Testament now. And second, or first Kings. It's just, The Bible is so amazing. It's really cool. I never thought, I never really realized how much I would love reading it. And, um, it's so, um, it's just so fulfilling to read. And, um, I feel like things are way, way more different than before. Listen, I'm grateful for that. Yes, absolutely, brother, and I'm glad you called, and I want you to have the assurance of your salvation, because that is exactly what God has given us, assurance. He's given us a promise. The ones who believe, they'll never come under condemnation. They've been passed from death unto life. They have everlasting life. That answers all tenses, past, present, and future. You know, the struggle is, and I think you and I have covered this, but you're probably facing the chastening hand of the Lord. Now, He loves you, okay? And He's ready to forgive you, and in a sense it seems like you're back in a good step in fellowship with the Lord. So I just want to encourage you, Jesse, from one Jesse to another, be encouraged from one believer to another. Many members, one body, is what the Scripture teaches us. So I appreciate you being a first-time caller and calling into the show, Jesse, okay? Yes, thank you so much, Adam. I just wanted like also because I feel like other people may be experiencing the same thing. And if they can hear, you know, how, you know, I fell away. I feel like I fell away or I turned away and I came back. It can inspire someone else. You never lost your salvation, but certainly you can lose your effectiveness, you can lose your testimony, and I'm just glad to hear that you're doing right now. So be blessed, brother, and I appreciate you calling in. 813-565-3771, 813-565-3771. We are going to go to another first-time caller in North Carolina. This is Elizabeth in Charlotte. Elizabeth, thanks for hanging in there, and welcome to the Bible Lent Show. What's your question tonight? Yes, Pastor Jesse, I just wanted to say hello, first of all, and just tell you how impactful your ministry has been on me personally. I don't have a question this evening. It's more of an encouragement. I heard you say today, you were talking about a lot of people online are treating Calvary Tampa as their church, and I am treating it as my church. It is really difficult to find a good gospel preaching church that stands on 100% truth. Um, I was born and raised in a Catholic church, Catholic school. Um, I came to know or get saved or I thought I was saved in my early twenties where I went into an independent Baptist church. And I know that they were big supporters of, um, John MacArthur. Cause I know they would go on different trips. Yeah. Things of that nature. And, you know, as I got older, kind of, Same thing as the prior caller, you know, went astray, you know, didn't reconnect until God chastened me. I had something, I had a relationship with somebody that came crashing down. I didn't expect it. Things were going great. Everything in my world was going great. You know, as far as being successful in business, the whole nine yards and it brought me to my knees and It was the worst thing that ever happened to me, but it was the best thing that ever happened to me because I came to the closest relationship I've ever had with Jesus in my life. And then I stumbled on Bible line and it is a difference maker. You have no idea how impactful this is to me and anyone that I actually got a bunch of your tracks. probably about a year ago, I ordered them from your store, and I need them everywhere. That's awesome. And I have, and I point a lot of people to your ministry. As a matter of fact, you know, anybody that I meet that I know is a believer, I give them, you were kind enough to give me the copy in the back of the handmail of what your church, you know, is grounded on. I remember that. I remember that. That's cool. Yes. So I just wanted to say that I know that I did reach out earlier and probably prior to that and said, are you sure you're not taking, you know, that we can't be members of the church, even though we're, you know, online. I know that at the time you said the church can't really support that, but we are desperate out here. There's no place to go. I actually went to a independent Bible Baptist church around COVID, right before COVID. And then the pastor retired. It was like, I think I was the youngest person in the church. I didn't mind though. I thought, you know what? Church isn't about what the church can do for me, right? I want to serve. Just amazing. I can't get enough of your services. I mean, Bible study on the morning service, the evening service. And if I can't make it to this service on Sunday night, I listen to them. Oh, listen, Elizabeth, I greatly appreciate it. That's very, very encouraging. But, you know, I'll tell you this, too. I said it, I said it in the evening service. I don't know if you caught it, but, you know, many members, one body. One of the things that really struck out to me when I was in India was ordaining these men into ministry and through a translator, hearing the things that I, the same things that I read in my Bible. They're reading it in a different language, but they're coming to the same conclusions. And it really encourages me that there are pastors, strong men, that I've had the opportunity to shake hands with and pray over who are doing the same work I'm doing here in Western Florida. They're doing that in Northern India. It's great. Many members, one body. So when I say the Church cannot accept online members, it's because we're all members of the body of Christ, man. At least that's how I see it when it comes down to the Scripture. Elizabeth, thanks for your help. Yeah, and real quick, my younger sister went to Philadelphia School of the Bible, I guess. She went to school for learning the Scriptures. And I actually called her after listening to your Bible line for a while, and I said, you might not be comfortable with this, and I'm just going to say it. I think a lot of the services we were going to, they were all work-based, and I have a different position now, and I wanted to be bold about it. And she said, no, I agree with you. And I said, okay, well, I'm glad you do, because it wasn't clear. And I stand clear on this. It's a gift. So thank you so much for your ministry. Thank you. Oh, thank you, Elizabeth. I greatly appreciate it. Wow, what a call. Thanks, Elizabeth. That's awesome. 813-565-3771. If you're on hold, hang in there, we will get to you. We've got another first-time caller in the great state of North Carolina, Ryan. Thank you so much for holding, welcome to Bible Line. What's your question tonight? Hello, Pastor Jeffy. It's my first time calling and I've only recently discovered about your church and also about, you know, true faith, faith in Christ alone and being eternally saved a few months ago. Amen. And, and, and it was kind of an epiphany because when I first, when I obviously first thought it was through works or backloading through works, But then when I understood, but I also saw contradictions, like do you just emphasize it's not your words and they tell me how to show it. So I'm like, it's just, it has me very confused, but now it, now it actually all makes sense in the Bible. It feels just so much more clear now. And the question I wanted to ask was. What God, we pay for, there are sins that we do, and then we face the consequences for those sins. But I also am curious, because God tells us that he will, now that we are a father and child relationship, that he will chastise us, like you mentioned a few, a while ago in Hebrews. And I want to ask, what is the difference between, how do you know the difference between when God is chastising you for doing wrong, and when you're just facing the consequences for the sin that you've done? Well, I think there's natural consequences. For example, if you drink and you drink too much, you get drunk. And as a result of that, there are natural consequences. You're going to be under the influence of alcohol. Proverbs talks about it. You know, you get marks on your body. You don't know where they got from. You have redness of eyes. Everything looks like you're in a ship. You know, the instability of that. So I think there are natural consequences. And then I do believe there's divine consequences. Those are not expressly stated in Scripture. We have examples, and Israel is really the biggest example. For example, you know, the sons of Korah, they were swallowed up by the earth. When Israel complained about the manna and said they wanted quail, I believe God gave it so much to them that it was coming out of them. you know, all of these different things, wandering in the wilderness when they said they wanted to go back to Egypt. If you follow the map, they literally went back to Egypt and then made a circle back to the Promised Land, and that whole generation died 40 years. So we can see some of those divine consequences on God's people. Whenever someone asks this question, and believe it or not, Ryan, people do ask this question a lot, it's really hard for me to give exact biblical examples. I think what we lose when we are disobedient is the joy of our salvation, We do not lose our salvation, but we are in a position of peace with God, but our condition is poor. We're walking against Him. We are grieving the Holy Spirit. I do believe those are things people feel. No one ever is going to admit that, but we all know when we are sinning, and we know it's wrong, and we're choosing to do it, it's not a great life. You feel sick, and the danger is you start to become seared to the sickness. It just starts to not impact you anymore, and you become bitter. That's where I wanted to get. I think the only thing that we could see is bitterness. Because some people, you know, I heard this on a podcast a year ago now and it's just stuck with me. The man in front of you at the grocery store could be celebrating the biggest promotion he's ever gotten or he could have just buried his daughter yesterday. You just don't know. And I don't know. I can't look into the soul of a man through his eyes and know what's going on. I can hear from his experiences, and maybe if we're close in church, I can fellowship, and I believe the Holy Spirit gives discernment. But I can see when there's bitterness. And bitterness manifests itself in a lot of different ways. Anger, wrath, malice, shortness, disobedience that is completely excused each time, a lack of obedience, murmurings, disputings. I mean, the list could go on. But bitterness is really where everything is at. And I believe that's scriptural because we see here in Hebrews that bitterness is described right after there's a lengthy discussion on chastening. It says... Boy, I should probably know where this is if I was going to go to it. Let me see here. Is it higher? Is it lower? Hang on just a second here. Ah, here we go, 15. Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled. And Israel's a great example of this. Moses, we want to go back to the fertile deltas of Egypt. Moses, we'd rather have the leeks and the onions. We'd rather be in unfair bondage and slavery. Moses, take us back. Then, when they get to the promised land and the spies go in, ten of them say, guys, there's giants in the land, as if they did not just experience deliverance in three ways. You could even say four. The pillar, the wall of fire that stopped the Egyptian army from getting to them, the deliverance from the Red Sea, second, the cloud by day that guided them, or gave them shade, and the pillar of fire by night that gave them light as they walked through the wilderness. Then they get to the land of Canaan and they're like, there's giants. We can't do that. Only Joshua and Caleb said, the Lord has promised it, let us go and get it. And as a result, there was wandering, bitterness. I'd rather have what I had before. So whenever I see that personally in somebody's life as a pastor, as a counselor, as a fellow brother in Christ, it's always an alert to me. Bitterness is not natural. I don't think it's a natural outcome. Can I be honest? I struggle with bitterness. especially being saturated with online, there is always somebody that wants to take a pot shot at me for something. And if... Believe me, I have read the comments. Oh, yeah. I've seen what you've been doing. People think I'm disqualified because I'm heavy. They think I'm disqualified. All sorts of stuff, all sorts of mocking. But let me tell you, the thing that helps me is I'm serving the Lord Jesus Christ, and I want to serve even those who come against me. We're not going to be buddy-buddy, but the opportunity should be there. But bitterness, that's the way I combat it. I look past the temporary things. All these things are temporary. Even whatever subject we get from the comment section and all that, and sadly it happens in real life. But I can never go to the Lord and say, I'm bitter, and know that He will say, yeah, I get it, man. I get it. You should be. He's not going to say that. He's going to show me, I know what the Lord will show me, Hebrews 4. Tempted in all points as we are yet without sin. Let us approach the throne of grace boldly. As a matter of fact, Ryan, this is worth looking at. Hebrews chapter 4 here in verse 16. Let us therefore boldly come unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. So that might be the difference between consequences and chastisement. I see you have a second question here and we have a little bit of time. So if you have a question, do you want to ask that second question? Yes, please. Go ahead, my friend. So as you just mentioned a moment ago, how once you know, you know, you do wrong, you know, you, you know that, you know, you're not supposed to do it and that when you do do it, it doesn't bring, You know, it takes away the joy and grace from salvation. I still have struggles with pornography. When I first came to understand the salvation and the gospel became clear to me, you know, Jesus' sacrifice, it actually seemed very easy to take away from it. For a few weeks, I didn't even touch it. I didn't even want it. But then after a while, then the thoughts started coming back. And then I did indulge in it. And even when I did indulge it, it didn't feel as good as it used to. So then I tried to abstain from it again, but then it'd be a period where I'm away from it. The thoughts come back and I do it again. And I'd always know it's wrong. And I always know that it does me no good, even after whether I'm, even when I'm doing it or after I'm done, but it just, it keeps coming back. And I want to ask, is there any advice you can personally give to help? take away the thoughts or just battle against it. Yeah, Ryan, great question, and I get this question a lot, whether it's in person in our ministry here or whether it's online. Pornography is pervasive and permeating. It has saturated almost every area of life. You're dealing—men are dealing with so much temptation today. It's everywhere. I never realized it more until I had a daughter. And it's like, man, it's everywhere. But anyway, I don't have to tell you that. I don't have to tell our audience that. We understand that thoroughly. The question is, you're struggling with it. Here's the thing. First of all, pornography is a cyclical, it's a cyclical repetition of shame. So when a person uses pornography and, well, first of all, when they're tempted and then they use, it's usually concealed and then they have more shame and that drives them into, well, I'll just keep using all that kind of stuff. So you have to not remove the shame, because there is shame in doing it, but you have to recognize we have a different choice, and these women are not being used as God intended them. They're actually victims. Even if they're doing it of their own selves, they're victims. They are sold a lie, and they're choosing to use their bodies in this way. So second thing outside of that is you got to know your triggers. 80% of men are engaged in pornographic activity when they have nothing else to do. So eight out of 10 men, when they are bored and they know how easily accessible porn is, will go and find it. So if, and that's just an example trigger. If you can identify that, then you need to put up what I call roadblocks or checkpoints to stop that. When I am bored, I will do these things. Make that commitment before you're in the temptation. And the rest of it, we have a playlist. I made a playlist specifically on this, dealing and combating pornography. I believe it's about—I can't see it on the monitor. How many videos is it, Trent? It's three videos. There's another one there on mental health or spiritual health that I think will be helpful for you, too. But pornography is something you can break out of. You gotta see these women for who they are. They are not sex objects. They are selling themselves as sex objects, but they are created in the image of God, and God has designed their bodies for honor in the bedroom under marriage. They're being sold, I believe, a satanic bill of goods that your value is in your sexual promiscuity. That is... Nope. And another stat, too, that most pornography on the internet today is trafficked. So that should change too, how we view pornography. When you're viewing pornography, this woman might be doing this against her will, through a captor. Terrible. So Ryan, you still there? Yes, I'm still here. All right, my friend, let's have prayer for you, okay? Can we pause the chat for a sec? Let's have prayer for Ryan. Lord, I thank you for Ryan and bringing him across our channel here. If he has put his trust in Jesus Christ, he is a part of your family. But we all still struggle with that old man within us. Many sin. Ryan here is saying he's still struggling with pornography. And I just pray, as he looks at the Word and rightly divides and puts things into practice, that he would be strengthened in his moments of temptation. And when he's not tempted, that his strength would continue through you. In Jesus' name, we pray these things. Amen. Thank you so much for being a first-time caller and participating in the show tonight, my friend, okay? Thank you for answering my call. Oh, you are very welcome. You are very welcome. 813-565-3771. It is 841. We're going to go up till 855 for calls, so keep calling. We will get to you. Got a first-time caller here in Ohio. This is Paula. Paula, thanks for holding, and welcome to BibleLine. What's your question tonight? First off, I just want to thank you for your ministry, because you have helped my husband and I so much come out of a workspace kind of thinking. Praise the Lord. Another church that we used to go to, Wesleyan Holiness Church, that reached sinless perfection and workspace things. Oh, wow. Because of you, and after reading Secure Forever by Pastor McCucuzza, I mean, it's just life-changing for us. That's awesome. Yeah, Secure Forever is a great book. I love it. It was great. I just couldn't put it down. And the fact that I went into the Bible myself and just started looking up every passage after passage of just showing the free grace that God's given us for our salvation and not to lose it, I was always struggling with that. It's like, oh, if I don't do enough, I'm going to lose it. It was a life changer. Praise the Lord. It's like God intended. We serve out of a pure conscience. Yes. Thank you for your ministry. And I also ordered your Heaven Bible tracts so that I can give them out during the holidays and then leave them places because it's just You know, I think it would free so many people. Amen. It will. It'll at least give them the opportunity to believe. So that's awesome, Paula. So how can we help you tonight? So I was reading John 15, The Vine and the Branches, and reading through it, it kind of like was, was Jesus just talking about his disciples, or was it, you know, does it apply to us as well? And if it does apply to us, when he said that, um, if you keep my commandments, you know, you will remain in my love. Um, my question was, you know, I grew up Catholic and we've had a lot of following this rules and everything. What are Jesus commandments? Is it, man, what do you have to like continue reading, reading through the Bible to find all the commandments that he, gave us, or you know... No, no, as a matter of fact, so we're in John 15 10, that's where we see this instruction here. John 15, if you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my father's commandments and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is exactly what John later writes in his first epistle. This is the Gospel of John. Same writer wrote 1st, 2nd, 3rd John. In 1st John chapter 1 in verse 4, I want you to stay with me because I know we're bouncing all over the place, but he says, Jesus specifically gave a commandment in John 15 right after he says that in verse 10. He says in verse 12, this is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. And that is one of those statements where it's singular in instruction, but it's all-encompassing. And the New Testament, I believe, expounds on that statement. Jesus demonstrates His love in verse 13, Now remember, Judas is in the audience here. Judas has not believed on Jesus Christ. He's actually, I believe at this point, he has fully rejected Christ, because Jesus made some statements in John 13 similar to this. But the classification goes from, you know, when you trust in Jesus Christ, you're a believer, now there's an opportunity to be a disciple, which requires obedience to his commands. His command is singular. Love one another. that is fleshed out fuller in more detail throughout the book of 1 John. You know, for example here, Let's see, 1 John chapter, I'm just trying to pick a place here. Here we go. 1 John chapter 2 and verse 3. And hereby we do know that we know him, we're in fellowship with him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar. Not, I've trusted in him, but yeah, I have intimate knowledge with the Lord. I have intimate fellowship with him. closeness. You're a liar. The truth is not in him. Why? Because you're not doing what he says. I mean, do you have children, Paula? No. Okay. Well, I use the parent-child relationship because I think it's a good example. A child can say that they love their parents, but that's not going to be evidence unless they're obedient. And if they're disobedient, then they do not love their parents. They may prefer them, But to love is to will the good of another through, you know, the, um, I forgot that definition, to will the good of another, the detriment of another, detriment to self, possibly. It could be that definition. But if I love my parents, I'm going to obey them. The relationship is not going to get better as I disobey, but I'm just saying, I love you. I love you. I love you. But then I'm not obeying them. I'm not bringing them honor. That relationship is going to become frayed at some point. And anybody would look at that and say, if somebody just accepted the verbal statements of, I love you, without obedience, that's abusive. That's being used. So I think it's the same thing here in 1 John 2, 4, He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, he's a liar. But to whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected, as we obey, love one another, follow the Lord's commandments, which he gives us all throughout the New Testament. the love within us that's first there of God, because He's the one that saved us, is matured. That's the classic, you know, talk-to-talk, walk-to-walk. A lot of Christians out there today, born-again children of God, say they have fellowship with God, but their heart is far from Him. They really have fellowship with God by their definition. And John is really, it's kind of like a spiritual weightlifting book. It's a test of fellowship. It's not a litmus test for salvation. But that's why I believe the commands of Jesus Christ are emphasized and expounded really from that statement in 1 John 15, 12, and then into 1 John, or excuse me, John 15, 12 into, you know, the whole book of 1 John. Okay, so the command of love each other as I've loved you is kind of, like, all-encompassing, but, you know, as I read, you know, the words in red kind of thing, you know, as Jesus talks about, especially, like, the Sermon on the Mount, so those kind of, those are, like, His commands as well? Would those be? Based on the context, who he's speaking to, yes, he does give commands throughout the Scripture, but most of what Jesus is talking about in the Gospels is directed to Israel. Not to say it's unprofitable for us today, but most of it contextually is trying to bring Israel to a position to show them that he is the fulfillment of prophecy. But in John 13-16, that's real good meat for the believer, absolutely. And like I said, all of it is good. Contextually, some of it is not to us, the Church. Paula, I appreciate you. You're very welcome. I appreciate you participating tonight and calling, and I praise the Lord that He has used our ministry to impact you and your husband. Yes, thank you so much. You're very welcome, Paul, and God bless you. 813-565-3771. It is 850. So we are about five minutes away from closing the call queue. If you are on hold, stay on hold. A lot of repeat callers, but we've also had a lot of first time callers tonight. So I appreciate your patience as you hang on there. We are now in the great state of Louisiana. Drew, thanks so much for holding and how can we help you? Thank you. I have a question about Hebrews 1-2. I know it says that He speaks to us in the last days through the Word, I mean through His Son, which is the Word, and I'm curious because I've heard so many things like the church I went to about, you know, speaking through dreams and signs and speaking through people and then, you know, so many different things. I'm just curious about You know, how does He directly speak to us when I'm not confused? I know God is not confused, so is it just through the Word? Hey, listen, you already got a good foundation there. Yeah, this is what I say, as far as what I have experienced and what I have heard from other ministries. Can God speak through visions, dreams, and people? The answer to that is yes. And the Scripture shows us that. Can God give somebody a vision, dream, or, you know, speak through somebody else that would contradict His Word? No. So I always encourage people to know and trust the Word first. The other thing too is any kind of vision or dream, it's all, it cannot be verified. None of it can, especially if it's coming from somebody who it's all a personal experience. So we can only hold it against the word of God. This does not necessarily pertain to your question because you already brought up Hebrews 1, 2, but there's actually an interesting principle in 1 Corinthians chapter 14. And I want to show that to you. Paul is talking about the Church and its function. And at the time, there were gifts that people had, and I'm a cessationist in that I believe those gifts have ceased. But there is rules that he sets up for these gifts. Here's one of them. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding also and I will sing with the spirit and sing with the understanding also. Actually, hang on here just a second. Got to find this here. Here we go. 1 Corinthians 14, 27. We'll start in verse 26. How is it then brethren, when you come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying, which demands orderliness and clarity. If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two or at the most by three and that by course and let by one interpret. So he's saying, I believe, first of all, if Paul were to come and see the modern-day movement, the charismatic movement of tongues and signs and stuff, that's all, I think, demonic. It's demonic. But even this, Drew, someone's got to be up there interpreting. Nowadays, people just get up in Shambhambhubala, and everyone's like, praise God. Like, what'd you say? Where's the interpretation? I should at least have two and no more than three. That's what the scripture says. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church." I think that's profound. If there's no one to interpret a gift of tongues, which I think is a known language, if nobody there speaks it, Don't speak it. Let him speak to himself and to God. Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge." So if someone comes up and gives a prophecy, they speak in order. And this, "'If anything be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.'" Where does it say this? Okay, here we go. And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. That means that they have to—whatever is prophesied in the early Church cannot violate what was already said by the previous prophets, period. That restricts every charismatic movement today. Because people are just getting up there and, I saw a sign! I saw this! And I thought, none of it can be verified. None of it even matches up with what the Scripture says. But it's a way to control people. That's my belief. It's a way to control people and keep them in a certain ministry under a certain teacher. I'm not thinking of anybody in particular, I'm just saying, keeps them there. If the Lord is going to speak through signs and visions, he cannot violate what he's already said. So that tells me I need to know the word first. All right. I just want to ask, because you probably know it more than I do. I've seen someone say in Acts 2.17 where it's talking about, I'll pour your spirit and know your sons and daughters shall prophesy. He's going down. And I've heard someone say that he won't give dreams. Until like the sun is turning the darkness and you know all these other like the blood and fire the vapor of smoke We won't get dreams until that happens. Is that is that biblically accurate? That's a prophecy from, I believe it's Zachariah, and some people think it was partially fulfilled. And yes, to your point that it'll happen in the millennium, the second part about your old men shall dream dreams. To be honest with you, I haven't done a lot of research that in a while, so I can't speak clearly on it, but I can definitely look at it and, and, you know, take a look. Alrighty. All right, my friend, Drew, thanks for being a first-time caller. We really appreciate you participating in the show, and call back anytime. Call queue is closed, so if you're looking to call us, call next week. Just a couple of things, too. December 14th will be the last show of Season 2. December 14th will be the last show. of season two. So make sure that you mark that and then we'll be taking a break and we look to come back even stronger and with more to offer for you in season three in 2026. All right, the call line is closed. So we are going to go to hang on just a minute here. Got a lot of calls on hold here. Want to make sure that I get to the first time callers first, but we had a couple people drop. So I just want to make sure. All right. We are going to go to Virginia. This is Paul. Paul, thanks for holding, and sorry for the technological difficulties there. What's your question tonight? Oh, thank you, Jesse. I appreciate you taking the time to go ahead and answer one more question. So I was curious about Luke 99, just because I haven't really heard that verse be interpreted from like a free grace perspective. I know it's not saying that you have to repent of your sins to be saved, but I, you know, yeah, I'm just curious how you should approach that verse. You know, this is so interesting, Paul. I really appreciate calling because I was random, and I tell you that it's not random, but I was going through Luke chapter 9 a few weeks ago specifically because of this situation with Zacchaeus, and a lot of commentators seem to believe that he was saved because of his effort here. I don't think that's what that means. I think what, well, if we look at the context, Luke 19, and Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have given anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation. Come to this house for as much as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man is coming to seek and to save that which was lost. And I think people improperly tie this to his giving of half of his goods, taking anything from any man by false accusation, he's restored him fourfold." Most of the commentaries I see seem to go in that direction, but that would mean he's saved by his works, and God never justifies a man by his own works for eternal life. Can Zacchaeus's faith be justified to others? Can he be showing his faith through his works to others? That's what I believe is coming here. And I think what is happening is Jesus is saying that salvation has come to this house not because of Zacchaeus doing those things, but because he has accepted Jesus as the Messiah. So I usually parry this up with James chapter two, where it talks about faith without works is dead. That's a dead faith, not that God no longer recognizes it or takes away the eternal justification on the believer, which he promised all through the scripture. But that faith has no profitability. There's nothing that it profits. And that's exactly what is discussed in James chapter two. Does that answer your question? I think that kind of makes a little bit of sense. I mean, I thought it was like, Zacchaeus believed, and then I think he offered that to Jesus because he thought he was the Son of God, or something like that. Well, he definitely wanted to see Jesus. I mean, he was climbing into a favorable position in the tree to see Him. But most people use verse 8 to say he was saved because of his, you know, his faith was genuine because of his works, and I don't Yeah. Yeah, that's just backloading. The scripture is against that. I think there has to be a different explanation there. Yeah, that's where I was trying to figure out what's the explanation behind that. And I feel like he believed Jesus was the Son of God like before he said that, before that came out of his mouth. I agree. Yeah. I wasn't sure what you thought of that. So you're saying that he, at that point, he kind of believed Jesus was the Messiah, right? I would say his belief...I don't want to read into the text, but I'd probably say it happened in verse 6. Yeah, I mean, he could have believed Jesus, and he was just seeking him out for fellowship, for an opportunity to spend time with him. Also, I think this is a national commentary, too. You know, when he says here, salvation has come to this house for as much as he is also a son of Abraham, I mean, the Jews' salvation was right in front of him. So, Paul, I appreciate you calling in and participating tonight. Yeah, thanks. I appreciate your explanation. No problem. No problem. You too. All right. We are going to go rapid fire here because I'm pretty sure everybody on hold now has called before. But we are very much into overtime. Buckle up. We're probably going an extra 30 minutes here. So get ready. All right. John in Ohio. Welcome. Welcome back. What's your question? Actually, I was wondering, my pastor today was teaching about the Sermon on the Mount. And, you know, he said, you know, once you receive your salvation, you can't lose your salvation. That's what he told us. But also, what I'm confused about is this. When Jesus was talking about, like, if you're... Now, I mean, I know He's not talking about, like, actually, you know, removing limbs, okay? But when He says, like, if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out, it's better to go into eternity with one eye than to go into the fire with both. Or something along those lines, okay? Yep. What I was wondering about is this, okay? Now... If once a person receives salvation, they never lose their salvation, then how would the person wind up going into the fire in the first place? Who is he talking to at the moment? Well, I'd have to look up the text, but I know we did a video on this, and our producer Trent is going to put it on the screen right now, and we're going to put it in the chat as well. Cut off your hand, pluck out your eye, or go to hell. That's Matthew chapter 18, so let's go ahead and take a look at that there. I believe he's speaking about the results of sin. Ultimately, all of the unbelievers who end up in hell, they're going to be in everlasting fire because they didn't have a covering for their sin. They were found naked, so to speak. I don't think this is talking about the believer being cast into hell. I think Jesus is using hyperbole to emphasize the seriousness of sin, and so we need to treat it just as serious. Okay. So once a person accepts Jesus Christ... Oh, a hundred percent. Of course they still need to go ahead and, you know, steer your head and represent Him in a positive way. And we also need to go ahead and kind of stay away from secular music and anything that won't, you know, what do they call it? Anything that won't, you know, kind of... Anything that is a stumbling block. or causes a grievance against the name of Christ because of sin, we should avoid it. We should deal with it seriously. And the New Testament talks about this. We talked about this in our evening service tonight. Mortify, therefore, your members in the flesh, and then he goes on to fornication, uncleanness, evil concupiscence, all of that stuff. And then we're to put on the new man. You need to find out we are saved. You are eternally secured. Yeah, you are eternally secured. In order to show our respect and love towards Him, for what He did for us, you know. Yeah, well, if you were... If you're a disciple, it's going to require you to obey, and that is going to require you to avoid sin on a daily basis. I mean, I, I, you know, I, you know, three and a half years ago, I mean, I was, I was, I was listening to, I've changed a lot over the past three and a half years. I used to listen to secular music. I used to, I was, um, you know, me and my wife were in a relationship in which we were, in which we were living together, you know, you know what I mean? You know, before marriage and, you know, all this other stuff. And, um, So, you know, in, in, you know, when, after I accepted him, you know, I kind of found whenever I'm on Facebook and I want to go ahead and, you know, post a slide comment, like what I made before in the past or whatever, I would feel like a nudging on my heart kind of telling me, you know, don't do this, you know? And so, you know, I've come around to, in my, even my wife notices, It changes in the pattern of my behavior from when I started following Jesus, you know? Yeah. As we obey the Lord, there's going to be fruit. And that fruit is on display. I mean, men see it. That is exactly what is talked about in Titus. Works are profitable for others. But we're not saved because of those works. I want to make sure you understand that. Those things do not prove that you're going to heaven. The only thing that proves you're going to heaven is Christ died, was buried, and rose again to pay for your sins. You have believed on Him, you have accepted the record of God. Which means that we receive salvation. We are going to heaven, right? Going to heaven, regardless of how you behave. Yes, going to heaven regardless of how you behave. That doesn't mean we get to behave ungodly, but that means our behavior does not change our position in Christ. It does affect our condition, namely our fellowship with Him. We'll be walking against Him instead of with Him. I know that, and I realize that. All right. Well, I appreciate it, John. Thank you. You're very welcome. You are very welcome. And thank you so much for calling. Let's go to Aroma in Florida. Thanks for holding. I know almost an hour and I know John on there was almost an hour or two, or a little over an hour. So Aroma, thanks for holding. And what's your question tonight? Hey Pastor, I got a question I'm relating to. Can you hear me? Oh yes, I can hear you. There's a delay, so I greeted you and it probably sounded like I couldn't hear you. How can I help you, Roma? Hey, you know how babies are aborted. In America, we abort a lot of babies, right? Yes, it's a tragedy. And, um, like, well, like I got family in Georgia and Alabama, not anything about the state, but like, there's a big percent of black abort babies in Georgia and Alabama. I looked it up because, you know, I got family there. Well, my question is related to like, you know, from the teachings of you guys, you know, on a list, I mean, you, those babies go to heaven. Right. I believe that. Yes. I believe that. Right. Well, I saw this kid. he looked like he was like in his late twenties. So he wasn't a child. He was, but he looks like he was on that high autistic spectrum, you know, like his development of stage diagnosed might've been what, maybe three, but he was like, he looked like he was 29 and he was in the pool, you know, and he had a guardian there, you know, to care for him. Would he be in that same position? Because he probably will never, trust Christ, you know what I mean? I don't think you'll ever reach the age of accountability. Well, it's not really for us to say, and I wouldn't be able to say without knowing the details of that person's understanding, you know, how much they understand about sin and their accountability. I have emailed and dialogued with people who are high-functioning autistic, And they understand very much so. They understand their sin and that it's wrong, and when they sin, they're choosing to do it. And I believe that's knowing you're left from your right, and they are accountable. So I'm not going to make a blanket statement that every person who identifies as autistic is excluded from, you know, having to understand the gospel, but it would be on a case-by-case basis, and I don't even feel comfortable about using the phrase, excluded from believing the gospel, but if a person doesn't understand it, you know, I think that there's a provision for that individual. But I think if there's an opportunity to give the Gospel, it should be given. We never fully understand where a person is at. I mean, there have been shows that have come out about people faking those conditions, you know, and I'm not saying that individual you saw is doing that, but you never know. So always give it lovingly and clearly, and I think the Lord will bless that effort. All right. Thanks a lot, Pastor. You're welcome, Aroma. Hope to see you soon. All right, we're now going to go to Independence, Missouri. Bill, thanks for holding, and welcome to the show. Thank you for holding. I see 56 minutes here, so thank you so much. What's your question tonight? Hi, Pastor Jesse. So my question is, if I go to try to find the meaning of Pueyo on the internet, and you know, the internet, everything's true, but anyway, if I do a search for the word poeo and what it means in 1 John 3, 9 in Google, or if I do it in Chad GPT, that it all comes back to the word poeo can actually mean to practice, or it can also mean a single act. And so it says that it's in the context of the context of the passage. is about an ongoing event, then the word koweia was actually translated to practice. But if it's a single act, like, for example, if Jesus did a miracle, well, that miracle is done and over with, so it would be translated as a single act. And so the reason I'm asking is because, you know, I was teaching in Bible study that it's a single act, but I know maybe some of my people are gonna start looking stuff up, and they're gonna go, well now wait a minute, you know. Great on you, man, that's good. Are you sure? Yeah. So have you heard that before, or any information on that? No, actually, I'll be straight with you here. I have not heard that. I've always understood this to mean a one-time, you know, you cannot commit any sin at all, And the reason why is because the other word that would have been used would be proso, which is to do continually. But I believe if you had somebody—which, this is great, I'm glad that you're teaching, and I'm glad that you want to keep yourself accountable—I think the he cannot sin is the emphasis there. So commit is a single act, he cannot sin because he is born of God. I was talking about their new nature. And here's another thing, too. If somebody were to challenge that, I'd go, all right, well if we go to chapter 2, 1 John 2, 2, or 1 John 2, 1, my little children, these things write unto you that you sin not, and if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. How would that be possible if a true believer will not ever commit sin? Well, that's a good point. Yeah, and the highlight there is we do sin, but there's a nature within us that cannot sin. There's a nature within us that only sins, and we have to make a choice each day. I think 1 John 3 and verse 9 is more of a statement than it is an encouragement, because he's saying, y'all, You want to have fellowship with the Lord, you're walking against him. Right, and it also says in 1 John 3 that his seed remains in him, and he cannot then referring to the seed, it seems like. Yes, that's a great point too, yeah. I haven't gone about it that way. Yeah, well anyway, I just got, I looked it up, and I got a little confused, and then I thought, well, I'm just going to call in on the show, and then here you are. I appreciate it. Let me just tell you this, too. Something that I realized with Chat GPT, and I'm just telling you this teacher-to-teacher, Usually, ChatGPT sources from forums. So whenever you're seeing that, there should be a little link and you can check it. And you can actually tell the AI model to no longer source from forums. But I have found sometimes when AI... I don't, I hardly use chat GPT anymore because I just feel like it's, it's hard to check it. It's, it's hard to check it. But like Google, when you go to Google now, it's the first result. It's all AI generated. Every time I go to those links, it's always from forums like Quora and Reddit, which I think is crazy. It's just crazy. But I mean, cause Reddit is just a place where the truth goes to be mutilated. So for that to be, You know something that's used there, but just you know always check that and also a great dictionary here Can we go back to my screen for a second? Um, I want to I want to see if this comes up. Uh, does this come up when I click this here? Can y'all see that? Yeah, it's off the screen though But there's a couple dictionaries. I recommend one is mounts He has a great list here. I've never seen this before because I just put mounts on here recently Strong is another one, but I kind of feel like strong is a little Light and and and the way he lists his definitions are complicated like he uses this X To indicate well you guys can't see this, but he ended he uses this X to indicate a Break and like a less common use translation and some people use that as a first base And then there's Thayer. So I would recommend those three. Thayer, T-H-A-Y-E-R, Strong, and Mounts. My personal favorite is Mounts. I like him a lot. But Poiot was used 568 times in the New Testament. Pretty interesting in the Greek form there. Yeah, do you know if that's what Yankee used on his, because I got a, I mean I don't have it in front of me, but earlier in life when I was looking through this, I saw like a graphic and not like an image of a picture of one of the Strong's dictionary pages that Yankee was using. I was gonna try to maybe get a hold of that concordance and take a look at it. You can buy those concordances, but if you get Esword, if you have a PC, Esword is free and Strongs is a free dictionary that you can download. Oh, okay. Yeah, or there could be an online apparatus too. You just have to go check it out and you could look at it there. What you need is the Strongs number and that is G4160. G4160, and you can look that up in Mounts, Strongs, Thayers, really all Bible dictionaries use the Strongs numbering for Greek and Hebrew. So, all right? Okay, all right. All right, thank you, and good show. Thank you, Bill. I appreciate your support from one teacher to another. Tennessee Hunter, thanks so much for holding. How can we help you tonight? Hey Pastor Jesse. Um, I was going to ask two different questions, but this has been heavy on my heart recently. Um, so I was adopted and when I was a kid, my mom, like growing up, she would tell me that she and my dad always thought there would be like a war over my soul growing up. And, um, when like two years ago when I would say I was like really starting to walk in the faith, um, this is going to sound crazy, but. Um, I was asleep in my house, okay, and I woke up and I saw three super dark, like, shadow, like, people in my room, and I don't have, like, any mental health problems, like, this has never happened to me before. And I thought it was funny at first. I was like, what the heck is this? Like, this is crazy. And then it started to feel like, like evil and scared me really bad. And I went under like, just under the blankets. That's kind of like embarrassing, but it scared me. And then I went to bed, didn't think about it. It didn't happen for a while. And then, um, I had felt like I was at work and then I had just been feeling like this urge, like this, like calling to me to like, go to the mountains, like, and There was this trail near me, and I was like, oh, maybe I'm going to have an encounter with God or something. And I went up there, and I could see my whole town. And I started to think about when Satan tempted Jesus, and I heard the trees and the brush moving. And I saw something dark and just black, like blacker than black. It was darker than night. I could see it. And it started to like move towards me, like right after I had that thought and immediately like I yelled, like, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus. And they like disintegrated in front of me. And it scared me so bad that I like drove all the way home, just terrified. And I told my friend about it who wasn't really a Christian. And we were talking about spiritual warfare and stuff. And this black crow and these white birds were fighting above us and it creeped him out. And. It's just like, it was just a lot of weird stuff and I just wanted your opinion on that. Well, first of all, I'm sorry you experienced that. The first thing you described sounds like a common sleep paralysis moment. I'm not saying that's what you had. It's hard for me, Hunter, to really kind of make a strong judgment on these things, because I do believe in spiritual wickedness in high places. I do believe that people can bring themselves into positions through exposure to demonic things, but... Um, I forgot to say this one, like I used to be really into like ghosts and paranormal stuff and my mom would tell me to stay away from it because it could open doors to you. And it never happened again after that. That's never happened again. But like, I want that to be a part of my testimony, but I don't want to say if it's not true, but I just like, I know that that happened. I know that that happened. Here's what I would say. When it comes to your testimony, your testimony is three phases. Number one, what you thought you had to do to get to heaven, how you heard the gospel, and why you believed. That's the testimony. I would leave anything that's extremely personal and can't really be verified, like what you're talking about, you know, away from, you know, a testimony. Well, I mean, I don't want to say, like, that, but some people will. But if you just keep it with, I thought I had to, like, my testimony is fairly simple, as an example. I was raised in a Baptist church where I was taught I had to give my life to Jesus, turn from my sin, and give my life to Jesus, turn from my sin, and ask him into my heart. And I came across, through my uncle sharing the gospel with me, that Jesus Christ is the one who paid for all my sins. I'm not saved by any good deeds of myself. So, in response to hearing the gospel, I put my trust in Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God, whose death, burial, and resurrection paid for my sin. And now I know I'm going to heaven because Christ died and rose again for me. The Scripture guarantees that I have everlasting life. that is all verifiable with Scripture. A lot of what you've talked about now can't be verified. And I'm not...that's not discrediting it, but I would...either way, Hunter, person that...believer to believer here, I wouldn't really put a lot of stock in that stuff. That's me. Because I have felt an evil force around me before as well, but I'm not going to play into that. I know who I am, I know I've been redeemed, and I know I have the truth. Now, I'm also not going to go to hell. I didn't think it was like something was going to happen to me or like go to hell or anything. It was just like, just scary, that was all. Yeah, trust in the Lord, and let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity. That's exactly what Second Timothy 2.19 says. I have one more question. Yes, sir. So my dad, he used to be a missionary and stuff, and raising me, he was super strict about Christianity, like if I said, OMG, he would like make me brush my teeth out with stuff. Like he was super strict about it. And, um, now that I've like really grown in it by myself, when I try to talk to him about it, or like, cause he's like a Calvinist and we disagree a lot, he gets just like super angry and won't talk to me about it. And I long to speak to him about it. Like, I just want to talk to him about it. And he just does not want to talk to me about it. Cause he doesn't. He doesn't agree with me a lot, a lot of stuff. And, um, like he, the stuff about Jesus rejecting, um, like the Pharisees and stuff. My dad doesn't think like any Jews or like the synagogue or state or anything like that. And he says he's not into anything like that. And I don't really understand what that means because Jesus said it. So it's just weird. Well, when you're dealing with somebody who is not accepting the truth, I understand that that can be angering. But we have to recognize, I remind myself of this verse in 2 Timothy. Chapter 3 in verse 13. It says, "...but evil men shall wax, and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." Anyone who's caught up in a false doctrine, they are deceived from the truth. They are the victim of deception. I want to lovingly, with meekness, patience, and kindness, I want to speak the truth to them. That doesn't mean that I keep my voice low all the time. Sometimes you raise your voice. I don't think that's wrong per se, but if you're angry with that person, I always try to remember they're being deceived. Let me be compassionate as I communicate my position. And I have found the more that I'm focused on being compassionate while I speak the truth, even though we may have hard conversations, usually people respect that. And it opens up an opportunity either in that moment or in the next conversation to have some productivity shown. But pray for him. Oh, um, and last thing about the guy who said the thing about Chet GBC, I wouldn't even discuss biblical stuff with it because I've had to, I've literally corrected it and use Romans four or five against it. And it's been like, Oh, I was incorrect. So like, I wouldn't, I would just recommend people not even do that. Yeah, I agree. And there's an app called Bible Chat that's like AI, where it only uses scripture. Yeah. I'm suspicious of AI as a whole, but, you know, listen, Hunter, I appreciate you calling in tonight and waiting. I really do. Okay. You're welcome, my friend. Call back soon. Pennsylvania, this is Chris. Thanks for holding. How can I help you tonight? What's your question? Hey man, it's Goonies Chris, if you remember me. I do remember. I do remember. What's up, my friend? Well, actually, I actually had two points, but then the last call made me have three points. The first point, I tuned in halfway through the broadcast and the guy with the problem with pornography, And, uh, you stated that it all comes down to boredom and I have to wholeheartedly agree with that. And if he's still listening, I would say, I would suggest like making a list of movies or if he's a video gamer, uh, make a list of video games that you wanted to play, but never got through, make a backlog of things that you can do aside from, you know, engaging in pornography. That's. That helped me after I came back to Christ. I'll admit, I had a little bit of a thing with pornography myself, but after I found Christ again, I kind of slowed down. I don't know if it was naturally or just subconsciously. I just don't do it that much anymore. I mean, I still do it here and there, but not as much as before. Yeah, so I just want to be on the record as saying, I think if we're going to... If we're going to replace sin with something, it needs to be with something that is godly. And I don't think that necessarily just a different action is good. In that series on pornography, I strongly suggest that you memorize Scripture and then recite that Scripture. specifically about fleeing fornication, and every man goes through this temptation. It's very common to man, but we need to flee from it. And I also advocate for Christian service. So I think if a person is bored, Yankee says this, don't be bored, serve the Lord. Find a way to become an evangelist, make a plan to share the gospel with people. So it's hard for me to say, You know, and I appreciate you calling and letting us know your advice with things, but I'd like to point people towards replacing it with something godly and God-honoring, and I believe there's power in the Scripture, too. Well, I was just saying that because I have a bunch of...I have a neurological disorder and agoraphobia, so going out and doing stuff like that, The backlog of video games and the backlog of movies that were shows that I would like to watch has helped me refrain from that particular action. Everybody's different and everybody's case is different. I understand that. I have been trying to evangelize my D&D group a little bit here and there, but they are not as receiving as I would hope. I like to think I've slowly been picking at them. Well, plant the seeds, man, and the Lord gives the increase. But Chris, I appreciate you calling and hanging on tonight. We're going to get to our last caller, okay? All right. Can I just say one more thing, though? Yes, sir. In regards to the previous caller, I've had sleep paralysis before, and when he described is exactly what I experienced whenever I'd had it. Yeah. Yeah. Sleep paralysis. Yeah. I wouldn't put too much stock into that being anything like paranormal or anything like that, or like the devil attacking him or anything. Yeah. That's, that's good advice. Yeah. If he's still listening, I was like, he's not, he's not learning that. And, uh, I'd suggest to like do some research into it. And yeah, it's nothing. You're not being attacked. It's something that the brain does, you know, so you don't flare around in your sleep. And sometimes people wake up when that chemical is still going through their body. All right, my friend. Well, listen, I appreciate you greatly calling and the advice there too. It was Chris in Pennsylvania. Last call tonight. This is in Texas. Liddell, welcome back. And how can we help you tonight? This is going to be quick so you can go to bed. Okay. No problem. No problem. Take your time. Can we just go back to being a childlike status where we just love Jesus and Jesus loves us? I'm not, I'm not a teacher. I'm not an evangelist. I do service and I don't mind doing that. But the more I try to learn as much as I possibly can, the more upset I'm getting because it's, I'm getting confused. So can I just be, love Jesus, thank Him every day, repent when I say, you know, and I know not doing good works, because you told me that last week, but I just can't. Here's what I would encourage you with. All throughout the book of Hebrews, there's talking about entering into the rest, entering into the rest. We have security in Christ. Dwell on that. Serve out of the security that He gives you. Don't worry about figuring everything out in one day. Just be found faithful with what you know to do. And I usually break it down into four things, Liddell. Number one, God talks to me. He does that through his words. So I'm going to study the Bible. Not definitions and all that kind of stuff, but just reading for comprehension, not for completion. What does God's word have for me? Number two, I talk to God through prayer. So I want prayer to be something I do every day. I have gotten into the habit of doing this. When I drive, I will pray. I'll talk to the Lord out loud. I'm sure someone could look over on—while I'm driving—cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. I'm not animated or anything, but I talk to the Lord. I talk to Him, I thank Him. There are some times where I weep, just thanking God for everything, and being overcome, not with sorrow, but with the joy of my position in Christ, the opportunity to be a husband, to be a father, to be a pastor, to be a friend. That's all good. That's number two. Number three, I talk to other believers, and I do that through my service in the Church. And as a pastor, that can be very hard for me because it's hard to fellowship with people, because sometimes people have ulterior motives, all that kind of stuff, but I still fellowship with people. I feel like I'm fellowshipping with like-minded brothers and sisters in Christ when we take the calls on the show. But the fourth one is, I talk to the lost. That's evangelism. I want to find a way to get the gospel into somebody's ears or into their brain through a tract. I do that in my own way. I'm not like you. I don't have the words, I don't have the knowledge. That's okay. But just remember, I've been serving the Lord, and I've had an understanding of the gospel for 15 years. So I've just been doing it longer, but that doesn't mean I'm better than you. We are different members of the same body, and God can use you, Liddell. But focus on those four talks. Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and evangelizing. Sharing the gospel, okay? I'm going to let you go, but I'm going to have you next Sunday because I've got a whopper for you next week. Oh, good. What a great cliffhanger. That's great. Thanks, Liddell. I appreciate it. All right. It's 934 and I was just about right. We went about 30 minutes over. Before we end the show tonight, I just want to thank everybody involved for David with the troubleshooting, for Ashley who was manning the phones tonight. for Trent and Joshua, the show producers. I greatly appreciate you guys. As a reminder, you can come and check us out, 4811 George Road in beautiful, sunny Tampa, Florida. We have services on Sunday, 9.30, 10.30, and 6 p.m. Our midweek service is at 6.30. There is no midweek service this week because of Thanksgiving coming up at the time that we're recording this. And if you've yet to put your trust in Jesus Christ alone, do so today. Don't wait. Don't wait. You know, when we talked to Liddell last week, she had yet to trust Christ her Savior, and last week she did. I praise the Lord for that. And thank you to all of our callers. You make the show possible. I'm Pastor Jesse Martinez and okay. Yes. Hang on, Jesse. Hang on. Hang on. The chat knows what tomorrow is. So we got to sing to you. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, Pastor Jesse. Happy birthday to you. Oh, okay. No, I appreciate that. And thank you, everybody. I feel very loved and encouraged. Thank you. Until next time, keep looking up. Jesus Christ is coming soon. Thank you. God bless you. I'll see you here same time, same place next week. If you enjoyed today's episode of BibleLine, make sure to subscribe to the channel and share this video with a friend. Do you have a Bible question? Send us an email, questions at BibleLineMinistries.org, and we'll do our best to get you an answer. Or you can leave your question in the comments of this video. Be sure to check the links in the description for more clear Bible teaching.