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SwordPlay - S4E8 (ep.98) - Questions and Answers - 1

- Introduction

- Do you believe we have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us and that we received it at baptism? I know some who do not believe that the Holy Spirit dwells in us at all. They say the Holy Spirit is nothing but the word of God, i.e. the Bible.

- Some people don't believe in a literal personal indwelling of the Holy Spirit. They say the Holy Spirit was only for those alive during the time the Bible was being written. They also say I’m taking verses about the Holy Spirit out of context.

- I'm being ridiculed for preaching the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and excusing those who are in minor errors in their understanding of lighter matters but live their lives right in obedience when it comes to the weightier matters (Matt. 23:23).

- Some say we can't directly sing/pray/talk to Jesus because he is not God. Matt. 28, Acts 7, 1 Tim 1:12, Heb 12:2, etc. suggest that we can and should.

- If God is spirit and his worshippers worship him in spirit and in truth, then why do we only call Sunday morning assemblies "worship?” Clearly Jesus implied in John 4 that worship will not be the same as it was in the Patriarchal and Mosaic age. God's presence/His dwelling is within us, therefore we worship him in spirit, which is internal, instead of external acts. Why, then, are some congregations so opposed to that idea and say that we only worship Him on Sundays for those 2 or 3 hours? How are we only inherently in a state of worship on Sundays when we can be doing the same things on any other days (except of course the breaking of bread). "Opening worship prayer" and "closing worship prayer”...aren't these ideas foreign to the NT?

- For those that sincerely live righteous lives but believe that they were saved when they initially believed and were baptized as a form of obedience, I think it's wrong for someone to claim with absolute certainty that those believers are going to hell. Likewise, those who were baptized for the right reasons and live righteous lives but believe it's okay to use instruments while singing... is it our’s to judge them and say they're doomed?!

- I believe it's our job to practice and teach truth and not to worry about others who follow Jesus sincerely according to the best of their knowledge (although in misunderstanding/error), cf. Jn. 21:21.

- What do you think of the CSB (Christian Standard Bible)?

- Can you recommend any books on marriage?

- I’m deep in your archives, listening to season 1. In the episode on 2 Peter chapter 1 (ep.5), there was reference to the morning star, which is associated with Jesus. In Isaiah 14:12, though, the same term (morning star) is used in reference to Satan. Can you help me sort out why two beings who could not be more different are given the same title?

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SwordPlay - S4E7 (ep.97) - 1 John 5

- When is one born of God? What does it mean to believe? (v.1)

- How do we grow in love towards the children of God? (v.2)

- How are God’s commands not burdensome? Don’t we bear one another’s burdens? (v.3)

- What does it mean to overcome the world? (v.4-5)

- Why does John stress the water and blood? (v.6, 8)

- Why does John mention three things that testify, adding the Spirit in addition to the water and blood? (v.7-8)

- Do new Bible translations erase the Trinity from verse 7?

- When did God testify concerning His Son? (v.9)

- What does it mean for the believer to have the testimony in himself? (v.10)

- What is eternal life? (v.11-12)

- What does it mean to believe in the name? (v.13)

- How do we know if we are asking according to God’s will? (v14-15)

- What is the sin leading to death & the sin not leading to death? (v.16-17)

- Are we supposed to ask for forgiveness on behalf of our fellow believers? (v.16)

- What does it mean the evil one can not touch the one born of God? (v.18)

- To what extent is the evil one allowed/able to empower the world? (v.19)

- What does it mean that Jesus is the true God and eternal life? (v.20)

- Why does the letter end with a random note on idolatry? (v.21)

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SwordPlay - S4E6 (ep.96) - 1 John 4

- What do spirits have to do with prophets? (v.1)

- Are there a plurality of spirits from God? What are they? (v.1)

- How did John’s audience test the spirits? How do we test the spirits today? (v.1, 6)

- What is the spirit of the antichrist? (v.3)

- What does it mean to be “from” God? (v.4, 6)

- Who does John refer to by “he who is in the world?” (v.4)

- Who are the ones from the world? What does John mean by “the world listens to them?” (v.5)

- Which comes first: the Christian’s ability to love & know God or being born of God? (v.7)

- What does it mean that God is love? (v.8, 16)

- What is the love of God? (v.9)

- What does “only begotten Son” mean? (v.9)

- Why did God first love us? (v.10, 19)

- How does God’s love show us to love one another? (v.11)

- Has no one really ever seen God at any time? Aren’t there examples of people seeing God in the Bible? (v.12)

- Why does John mention God’s abiding Spirit again? (v.13; cf. 3:24)

- Why does John emphasize the Son as the Savior? (v.14)

- Why would anyone say that Jesus is not the Son of God? (v.15)

- What will give us confidence on the day of judgment? (v.17)

- What is perfect love? (v.18)

- Who or what do we love? (v.19)

- Why is loving God dependent on loving your brother? (v.20-21)

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SwordPlay - S4E5 (ep.95) - 1 John 3

- Why does being a child of God make the world not know us? (v.1)

- What does John mean by “it has not appeared as yet what we will be?” (v.2)

- How does our “hope” result in purifying ourselves? (v.3)

- What does it mean to “practice” sin or righteousness? (v.4, 7-10)

- Why does John need to emphasize that sin is lawlessness? (v.4)

- Is John teaching that Christians never sin? (v. 6, 9)

- Grammar Hammer: Righteousness (7, 10)

- What were false teachers saying to deceive them? (v.7-8)

- What does it mean to be of the devil? What are the works of the devil? (v.8)

- What is God’s seed? (9)

- What makes someone a child of the devil? How is Cain of the evil one? (v.10, 12)

- Why were Cain’s deeds (his offering) considered evil? (v.12)

- What world is John referring to and why would they hate us? (v.13)

- What does it mean to abide in death? (v.14)

- Why does hating your brother make you a murderer? (v.15)

- What does it mean to lay down our lives for the brethren? (v.16)

- How do we assure our hearts before God? How is God greater than our heart? (v.19-20)

- Does God know all things? (20)

- How does John relate the condition of our heart to our prayer life? (v.21-22)

- What does it mean to believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ? (v.23)

- What is the Spirit given to us? Does the Spirit abide in us? (v.24)

- Why does having the Spirit confirm that God abides in us? (v.24)

- What are all the things that John says “abides” in us? Are each of these distinct or the same?

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SwordPlay - S4E4 (ep.94) - 1 John 2

- Why does John call them his “little children?” (v.1)

- Is it possible to not sin? (v.1)

- Grammar Hammer: Propitiation (2; 4.10)

- How is Jesus propitiation “for the sins of the whole world”? (2)

- What does it mean to “know” Him (Christ)? (v.3-4)

- How do we walk in the same manner that Jesus walked? (v.6)

- What exactly is the new and old commandment John refers to? (v.7-8)

- What does it mean to love and hate your brother? (v.9-11)

- What does John mean when he calls the fathers, young men, and little children? (v.12-14)

- Why does John alternate between past and present tense for his writing to them? (v.12-14)

- Why do John’s purpose statements seem redundant? (v.12-14)

- Why does John say not to love the world but also that God loved the world? (v.15-17)

- How is the world passing away? (v.17)

- What is the last hour? (v.18)

- Who is the Antichrist? (18, 22)

- How did these (antichrists?) go out from them? (v.19)

- What is the anointing? (20, 27)

- What does it mean that these Christians know all things/have all knowledge? (v.20)

- Why is confession of the Son connected to having the Father? (v.23)

- What is John referring to regarding what they heard from the beginning? (v.24)

- What does it mean to abide in the Son and the Father? (v.24, 28)

- If they need no one to teach them then why do they have teachers? (v.27)

- What is John referring to when he says, “when He appears?” (v.28)

- What does it mean to be born of Him? (v.29)

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SwordPlay - S4E3 (ep.93) - 1 John 1

- What beginning is John referring to? (v.1)

- How was eternal life manifested to them? (v.2)

- Why does John emphasize what he has seen and heard? (v.1, 3)

- Who is the “we” writing? And why does it complete the writer’s joy? (v.4)

- Grammar Hammer: Fellowship (3, 6, 7)

- What does John mean when he says, “God is light”? (5)

- What does it mean to “walk in darkness”? (6)

- What are the results of walking in darkness? (6b)

- What does it mean to “walk in the light”? (7)

- What are the results of walking in the light? (7b)

- Why would someone say they have no sin? (v.8, 10)

- How does John use the term “confess” in his letter? (v.9; 2:23; 4:2; 4:15)

- How should we go about confessing our sins today? (v.9)

- How does a denial of our sin make Jesus a liar? (v.10)

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SwordPlay - S4E2 (ep.92) - 1 John Introduction

- Author: Who wrote the epistle of 1 John?

- Why wasn’t John named in this epistle?

- Date: When was the epistle of 1 John written?

- Audience: To whom was the epistle of 1 John written?

- Occasion: What situation precipitated John’s writing?

- Purpose: Why was 1 John written?

- Main Emphases: What are themes that are emphasized in this epistle?

- Audience Q&A: How does Psalm 83:4 play into the whole Palestine-Israel conflict? How do you distinguish Israel as a sovereign state today from the ancient biblical nation of Israel?

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SwordPlay - S4E1(ep.91) - Psalm 151

- Where can I read Psalm 151?

- Recap: What is the LXX?

- Recap: What is the Apocrypha?

- Content: What is in Psalm 151?

- Author: Who wrote Psalm 151?

- Date: When was Psalm 151 written?

- Canonicity: Why isn’t Psalm 151 in the Bible? Does Psalm 151 belong in the Bible?

- Why do you think Jesse put young David out alone to tend the sheep? Wasn’t that dangerous?

- Why was David concerned of having no witnesses to his worship?

- What makes for a good king?

- What is the connection between David’s anointing and his subsequent slaying of Goliath?

- Audience Q&A: In Luke 9:49, how did that random guy have the authority to cast out demons when it was only given to the 12 (Luke 9:1)? How does that apply to us today since many claim to have that same power?

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SwordPlay - S3E27 (ep.90) - Theosis

Season Three Finale

- What is theosis?

- Theosis in the Old Testament

- Theosis in the Second Temple Era

- Theosis in the New Testament

- Theosis in the Church Fathers

Send us questions so we can kick off season four with a Q&A episode!

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SwordPlay - S3E26 (ep.89) - Malachi 4

- Which day will burn like a furnace? When will this happen? (v.1)

- What does it mean to be left without root or branch? (v.1)

- Who are the ones who feared Yahweh’s name? (v.2)

- What does it mean that the sun will heal them? (v.2)

- Who will trample the wicked? How? When? Where? (v.3)

- Why mention “Moses My servant” when exhorting them to keep the Law? (v.4)

- Where is Horeb? (v.4)

- Did Yahweh send Elijah back to earth? When? (v.5)

- What is the great and terrible day of Yahweh? (v.5)

- What does it mean to have the father’s and children’s hearts restored? (v.6)

- Who restored the hearts? Did the restoration prevent the land from being cursed? (v.6)

- Final Thoughts

- Future Plans for SwordPlay

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