Its amazing what important role were as fathers play, is it not? I am 45 and still struggling with what my father made me believe about my self, when I was a child. Still struggling to grasp it, that God is different as a father…
I am a child of God, my Savior is Jesus. I am also a mom to 3 beautiful girls. 2 still here with me on earth and one that ran ahead to heaven in an accident late last year. She was 10 and it has been so difficult to trust God's will in her passing. Mr. Bridge's book on God's sovereignty and His teachings help me to keep trusting. Thank you so much for having these teachings available all these years after his talks.
exposition is a wonderful gift but to miss the example of God manifest in the Flesh is a tragedy, who said the foxes have holes and the birds of the air have their nests but the Son of man has nowhere to lay His head, and He also said to the rich man in Matthew 19, who wanted to have eternal life , go and sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven , and come and take up your cross and follow me, and when Peter asked His Lord who can be saved, the Lord said is impossible very for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven, and Peter asks, what will the Apostles have who have forsaken all to follow Him, the Lord said, they will receive a hundred times more when He comes in His glory, and eternal Life Notice , God manifest in Flesh, teaches about Salvation, Eternal Life, Entering the Kingdom of God, and their Treasure in Heaven
I have recently started to read Jerry Bridges books, and I'm loving them. I intend to read them all eventually, my pastor is looking to do a Bible study from a book and I suggested one of Jerry's books, so hopefully he will choose one of them.
Amazing!! I have not heard a more clear understanding of this passage of scripture. Very powerful. Praise God! I truly have a heart for our persecuted and struggling brothers and sisters. Let's never forget our struggling Christian family in prayer and practical action. In helping them we learn so much from them and are equally blessed. It is a privilege for all of us to be Christ's hands and feet. Again thank you!
50:00 If I found the correct interview, the question posed by D.A. Carson was: "Among Evangelical leaders, you two, if I may say so, represent a handful of those who have consistently maintained the broad view, the strategic view, without giving in to either bitterness in the midst of many struggles, or eccentricity in the midst of many bad examples, while still holding unswervingly to basic Christianity. What has helped you to achieve this balance?" Carl F. H. Henry's response, "Christ died for our sins. That ought to hold anyone in balance, I should think, between these things. There's no reason for pride in that, and there's no reason for bitterness towards anyone in that." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bVsMivgWXXQ.html 44:00 Remember the Lord. It's so simple yet so profound. Each time we've gone astray, thought we could do it our way, "prone to wander, prone to leave the God I love", because we forget His Word, His promises, His teachings. It's no small wonder the Bible repeats what we're to remember in different ways, through different perspectives, calling us to contemplate His Word afresh as we grow in the grace of God.
The reason most get this wrong is because of 1- dispensational teaching of end times (2 people of God - Jews and Church, they see "the least brethern" as Jews only) and 2- free will (false) doctrine (they believe God loves the whole world and Christ died for everyone, and therefore they must perform good works to overcome/influence/manipulate the free will of unbelievers, i.e: "get them saved"). Meanwhile, the true church is neglected at best and used & abused at worst!!
If I am understanding Carson’s description of the sheep and the goats correctly, the charge to believers (sheep) is to care for other believers (sheep). This is because Jesus only uses the terms “brothers or sisters of mine”, uniquely specific to the sheep and not of the goats. Therefore, since Jesus only identifies with his people (sheep), he said it was done “to me”. Alternatively, because he did not use the terms “brothers or sisters of mine”, concerning the goats (unbelievers), that means he does not identify himself with the goats? That clearly doesn’t make sense at all. Is he saying that the goats are cursed because they did not care for the other goats? No, because the separation has just occurred. Up to this point, the sheep and goats were together (think of Jesus’ words in the parable of the wheat and the tares: “Let them both grow together”). The wheat and the tares were not separated until the end just like the sheep and the goats have not been separated until this moment when The Son of Man has come. And while he is addressing those on his left (goats), Jesus still uses the exact same language, except in the negative: “Because you did not do it to one of the least of these, *you did not do it to me*”. Using the language as written, he clearly identifies himself with both groups - which prior to the separation were only one group. I am confused why Dr Carson spent time who Jesus’ “brothers and sisters” were when to both groups he uses the same crescendo of, “to me”.
Wake up you fools, just because it's not prefaced by words indicating it's a parable doesn't mean it's literal history. Do you really think there's conversation possible between the two extremes of the eternal state? Do you really think that hell's suffering serves as a sideshow for those in heaven?
MATTHEW 25:31-46 The Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as the New Messiah. Like Moses, Jesus also promulgates the Law of God. As with the ancient law, the new one, given by Jesus, also contains five books or discourses. The Sermon on the Mountain (Mt 5:1 to 7:27), the first discourse, opens with eight Beatitudes. The discourse on vigilance (Mt 2:4, 1 to 25, 46), the fifth discourse, contains the description of the Last Judgment. The Beatitudes describe the door of entrance into the Kingdom, enumerating eight categories of people: the poor in spirit, the meek, the afflicted, those who hunger and thirst for justice, the merciful, the pure of heart, the peacemakers and the persecuted because of justice (Mt 5:3-10). The parable of the Last Judgment tells us what we should do in order to possess the Kingdom: accept the hungry, the thirsty, the foreigners, the naked, the sick and the prisoners (Mt 25:35-36): At the beginning, as well as at the end of the New Law, there are the excluded and the marginalized. Matthew 25:31-33: Opening of the Last Judgment. The Son of Man gathers together around Him the nations of the world. He separates people as the shepherd does with the sheep and the goats. The shepherd knows how to discern. He does not make a mistake; sheep on the right, goats on the left. Jesus does not make a mistake. Jesus does not judge nor condemn. (cfr. Jn 3:17; 12:47). He does not separate alone. It is the person himself/herself who judges and condemns because of the way in which he/she behaves toward the little ones and the excluded. Matthew 25:34-36: The sentence for those who are at the right hand of the Judge. Those who are at the right hand of the judge are called Blessed of my Father! That is, they receive the blessing which God promised to Abraham and to his descendants (Gen 12:3). They are invited to take possession of the Kingdom, prepared for them from the foundation of the world. The reason for the sentence is the following: I was hungry, a foreigner, naked, sick and prisoner, and you accepted me and helped me! This sentence makes us understand who are the sheep. They are the persons who accepted the Judge when he was hungry, thirsty, a foreigner, naked, sick and prisoner. Because of the way of speaking about my Father and the Son of Man, we can know that the Judge is precisely Jesus Himself. He identifies Himself with the little ones! Matthew 25:37-40: A request for clarification and the response of the Judge: Those who accept the excluded are called just . That means that the justice of the Kingdom is not attained by observing norms and prescriptions, but rather by accepting those in need. But it is strange that the just do not even know themselves when they accepted Jesus in need. Jesus responds: Every time that you have done this to one of my brothers, you have done it to me. Who are these little brothers of mine? In other passages of the Gospel of Matthew, the expression “my brothers” indicates the disciples (Mt 12:48-50; 28:10). This also indicates the members of the community who are more abandoned and neglected who have no place and are not well received (Mt 10:40). Jesus identifies Himself with them. In the broader context of the last parable, the expression “my smallest brothers” is extended and includes all those who have no place in society. It indicates all the poor. The just and the blessed by my Father are all the persons from all nations who accept and welcome others with total gratuity, independently of the fact that they are Christians or not. Matthew 25:41-43: The sentence for those who were at the left hand side. Those who were on the other side of the Judge are called cursed and they are destined to go to the eternal fire, prepared by the devil and his friends. Jesus uses a symbolic language common at that time to say that these persons will not enter into the Kingdom. And here, also, their is only one reason: they did not accept or welcome Jesus as one who is hungry, thirsty, a foreigner, naked, sick and/or a prisoner. It is not that Jesus prevents them from entering into the Kingdom, rather it is our way of acting that is our blindness which prevents us from seeing Jesus in the little ones. Matthew 25:44-46: A request for clarification and the response of the Judge. The request for clarification indicates that it is a question of people who have behaved well, people who have their conscience in peace. They are certain to have always practiced what God asked from them. For this reason they were surprised when the Judge says that they did not accept Him, did not welcome Him. The Judge responds: Every time that you have not done these things to one of my brothers, the little ones, you did not do it to me. It is the omission! They did not do anything extra. They only missed practicing good towards the little ones and the excluded. This is the way the fifth Book of the New Law ends! In the saints and Church Fathers we have a lot to learn about virtues and vices. It is not enough to just avoid vice, or sin, but to also work toward attaining virtue and virtuous behavior. To do no harm is not the same as to help. This is what we are called to do: to not just avoid doing wrong or harm, but to go out of our way to do good as well. Do I focus my life more on avoiding harm or on doing good for others? Psalm 19:8 (KJV) 8 The Statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the Commandment of the Lord is pure, Enlightening the eyes.
My friends will not be bewildered by the fact that DA Carson is my most favorite theologian if they will listen to his sermons and lectures such as this one. I really admire Carson's scholarly intellect and Christian heart.
Hell or Hades is temporary as recorded in Rev 20v13 for the dead are raised out of Hades/Hell to be judged according to their works. The lake of fire is permanent though.
Are those flowers behind him fresh? If so, he must have preached for hours -- so many messages on parables, all with the same floral arrangement in the background. Wow! I'm new to DA Carson, and I'm enjoying his insight so much!
I was wondering that same thing, but I'm pretty sure I've seen him in front of those same flowers in a different year :-) And Don Carson is quite brilliant and I highly recommend all of his work.
36 "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 47 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed,' 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know 51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 1 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' 12 But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.' 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. 14 "For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.' 21 His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.' 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.' 23 His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.' 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.' 26 But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' 40 And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' 41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' 44 Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' 45 Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." - Matthew 24:36-25:46
Sorry to say but listening to this 'sermon' on 'Lazarus and the Rich Man' is like waiting in vain for u to get to the 'Elephant in the Room'. U bypassed paradise and Hades.
16:19-31 "there was a rich man" This is the fifth in a series of parables in Luke 15 and 16. It is a highly unusual parable because 1. it has no introduction 2. it has no explicit application 3. a person is specifically named. However, the context demands that it be interpreted in light of Luke 16:8b-13. It is a parable. One cannot force the details to give believers theological answers in the area of the intermediate, disembodied state of the dead or a description of hell (because the text has hades, not Gehenna). Luke often introduces parables by tis ("a certain _____," cf. Luke 15:11; 16:1,19). OT Professor- Dr. Utley
