Brooklyn's Dad Talks About the Bible

We finish our look at a few of the commentaries featuring big names like Calvin, Spurgeon, Henry, and Sproul as they pontificate on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. We notice that, when we fail to rightly divide the word of truth, no amount of seminary training or voluminous writing will help. God has a plan for the earth and when we miss that and try to cram everything into a saved/lost split, we lose so much truth.

In fact, whether they realized it or not, these big names crossed into denying Christ territory. Our interpretations must match the context of the passage in light of God's plan and purpose and it should match what we see around us. When those extolling the virtues of poverty are themselves comfortable and without a financial care in the world, we must step back and ask where they went wrong.

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As promised (I need to stop promising things), I read a few excerpts from commentaries from the some of the big names in historic Evangelicalism / Protestantism regarding the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. We can quickly see that despite some degree of wordiness, they still base their interpretations on the heaven/hell and saved/lost paradigm and don't say much IMO. Having to cram every verse in your Bible into one of those two dichotomies will seriously damage our ability to see and discern God's different plans, different hopes, and different ages. #theology

We will see that The Gospel of the kingdom is not what we either preach or believe today. Nor should we.

I hesitated to disagree with Calvin after what he did to another Michael!

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We head back to the Sermon on the Mount as recorded by Matthew. We walk through the Beatitudes and step away from tradition and the restrictions of the "heaven/hell" and "saved/lost" paradigm and try to understand what the Lord is really saying and to whom and for when. Most of scripture concerns God's plans for the earth and for his earthly people. Matthew is especially focused on the gospel of the kingdom and the plan for Israel. #theology

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We come along side Peter as he addresses "Ye Men of Israel" in Acts 3 and offers them the promises made to them by the prophets. We challenge pastors to try and preach this chapter as it is written, in its context, to its audience, with the plan of God clearly displayed. Israel and Jews remain Israel and Jews all through the Acts age.

For those keeping score at home, Acts 3 comes after Acts 2 (the Jewish feast of Pentecost)

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One of the things that really grinds my gears is being told what I believe, being stuck in a category of someone else's choosing. We explore modern thinking in light of Satan's strategy and man's reasoning. A colossal error many believers make is thinking someone (pastor, etc.) or something (denomination, local church, etc.) will stand with them (or in their place) at their judgment of service. Nope. We need t seek enlightenment from God as individuals. #theology

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We take a look at how Satan is able to infiltrate the marriage of believers. In the Acts Age, believers wrote to Paul asking for his guidance. Paul's advice for that age was to not get married (if you could handle that). The Lord added in Matthew 24 that in the coming Tribulation in Israel it was better if you did not have children. But if you must marry, don't give Satan a foothold in the name of piety. Paul's instructions after the end of the Acts Age differ quite a bit from what he wrote to Corinth.

For all those preachers who claim First Corinthians for themselves in our day, how many are unmarried? How many of their wives hope to not have children? Precious few (if any), yet they boldly teach that both 1 Cor 7 and 1 Timothy are both for them. We must "rightly divide the Word of Truth."

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We seek to rightly divide the of-quoted promise in Philippians 4:19 by putting it in context of the chapter, the book, and the age in which it was given to our Apostle Paul. #theology

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"In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency." -Tom Seaver... In theology, we must also strive for consistency. We never want to get far from our Apostle's final words to us, we must strive to "rightly divide the Word of Truth." And when rightly divide, it applies to ALL of scripture! Context, Comparison, and Consistency is what we strive for. Not to please men, not to fit a system, but to "show ourselves approved unto God [alone]." 2 Tim 2:15.

Then we walk through the topics from Season 1 in case anyone has an interest in any of those topics. From music, to the Parables, to my personal testimony, to the politics of the day (2020-2021), it's all there (plus references to M*A*S*H!).

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We seek to break down 2 Corinthians 11 and Satan's ministers who are "the ministers of righteousness." Scripture doesn't teach us that Satan is in the brothel business, it teaches he's in the righteousness business. But what kind of righteousness? What's wrong with those who preach righteousness? Plenty if the don't rightly divide the true source of righteousness.

Note: We had a few audio glitches, but mostly the sound is fine.

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We look at the beatitude in Matthew 5:6 in context. We then move on from the "all things" of Romans 8:28 and look at the supposed promise of protection for believers today in Jeremiah and then compare the threats of no protection and ask how Christians can just pick one and not the other. Finally we review yet another false (unbiblical) concept of Satan's methods.

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