Hey, everybody. We are gonna be doing something right now. That is all my fault.
If it fails, it would be god’s idea if it works.
And that is we’re gonna be doing the shotgun, uh, episodes.
Um, shotgun episodes of You guys having sent us questions. I’ve not seen the questions.
Only our our production team, they’ve seen the questions in unrehearsed. It’s raw.
And, uh, I’ve got 60 seconds to answer the question the best I can. And then we’ll be moving on.
And so, um, once again, I probably bit off more than what I could chew, but, I had this idea.
Uh, and, again, if it flops, it’s on me. If it blesses you, then it’s on god.
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So I don’t know coming up. I don’t know what the questions are.
Um, at least one of you know out there because these questions have come from you.
And so, um, we’re gonna do the as promised, the one minute answer. So ready.
321 Question.
What is your morning routine?
What is my morning routine?
My morning routine is about 4 AM. 4 AM is the time when you get up and, uh, from 4 AM to about 6:30.
The world is perfect. Quiet. the ability to focus and pray, uh, is so crystal clear.
I have to tell you that after, after that time period, my day, uh, is just doing.
It’s just doing from about 7 o’clock on. It’s just doing. from 4 to 6:30 is just god time.
I might read a book. I might read a a that is a a book of the Bible.
I might sit in the dark and do nothing, but think about him. I might sing him a song.
I might pray. Um, but I I just spend that time And I know that when I do that, then everything else for the rest of the day, I don’t worry about it.
No matter what happens, I don’t worry about it.
4 AM Uh, you said, Jack, 4 AM, you’re gonna go to bed early. Yep.
You’re gonna wind up that that’s just gonna happen. Oh, man. I got 3 seconds left.
So do it and see what happens. Do it for 30 days.
Alright.
Alright. cremation. cremation.
Divacle. Um, what’s your thought?
Okay. Start cremation. Uh, cremation doesn’t matter to god for this one reason.
Number 1, there are many who have perished by way fire tragically.
We’re doing this right now just a few days after the horrific fires of Lahaina and Maui.
and believers burned to death, said to say, worst to say that unbelievers burned to death, but cremation is something that when a believer is burned to death in a car or burned to death in a home, uh, what’s the problem?
There is no problem to god. ashes to ashes dust to dust.
Listen, what what burning or cremation does in about 33 minutes uh, the earth does to us in a casket in about 35 years.
Uh, so it’s not a factor. However, it is a factor based upon your your convictions. It’s personal.
It’s personal. So don’t be bound by any religious mandate that that’s what you have to do.
No matter what anybody says, because believers get Next question.
Next question. Why did god create the whole universe if he only used it for us?
Why did god create the whole universe if he just used it for us. I have no idea.
Uh, all he does is he tells us in the Bible to go outside and look at it and praise him and give him all the glory.
However, I will add that god knew that in the 21st century, we would have deep space technologies to take, uh, telescopes like the Hubble, and I forget the name of the newest one that replaced the Hubble and look deeper.
The deeper we look into space, We learn a lot about number 1.
Space is a lot younger than we thought. Scientifically, it’s younger than we thought.
And, also, it’s much more beautiful than what we thought by looking out.
So science has led us to see god’s creation, and I think it’s, um, Psalm 19 where it announces to us, uh, that the heavens give glory to god.
And, um, but by all means, uh, Christ died on this planet, which means we are the ones that he’s focused on and he loves you and he loves us.
Next question.
Are there still profits today? Do you have any scriptures back it up?
There are not profits today as there were in the Old Testament. Why? The book of Hebrew says, no way.
chapter 1. Jesus is the last voice that god has given when it comes to uh, prophetic revelation, prophetic revelation.
But you might say, but Jack, in the Bible, New Testament, there’s the gift of profit or prophecy.
That’s correct. the word means a harolder. There are those who harold forth the word of god.
So for example, under the office of prophet, it could be a pastor teacher who operates in the prophetic sense.
There could be an evangelist like Billy Graham or Greg Lohrey who operates in the prophetic sense.
but there are no prophets today that foretell the future.
There are prophets today in the new testament church that 4th, tell the word of god.
So don’t let anybody tell you. God’s called me to be a prophet.
I had this happen to me last night.
Some prophet tried to tell me what I’m supposed to do next when god already told me in the Bible what I should do.
So don’t let anybody be fool you.
If god is a god of love, then how come people are sick, dying, and there’s so much terrible destruction happening.
If god is a god of love, why is there so much junk going on in this world?
Because he’s the god of love, watch this number 1, because he’s the god of love, you know, that what you see is wrong.
accidents, murder, mayhem, violence, evil, sickness.
You know what’s wrong, don’t you? The reason why you know it’s wrong is because you know what’s good.
And the reason why you know what’s good is as god has taught you in your heart.
He’s written it upon your heart. What is good?
So the evil that happens, we need to start putting blame where blame is due.
This is Satan’s realm right now, everybody. Satan is the prince of the power of the air.
Remember that Jesus Christ in the second coming is coming back to take possession of the earth.
when something happens in your life, you need to say Satan stinks.
And I know he hates me, but god loves me.
And that’s why we’re suffering like we are right now because Aidan is running around, and it’s gonna get worse, by the way.
He’s got a long leash right now, but, listen, Christ is gonna come back and fix it.
I’ve heard a lot of children ask this question. Where are dinosaurs in
the Bible and what happened to them?
Read the book a job. Dinosaurs in the Bible. uh, what happened to them?
We know that what happened to them probably was the flood.
The flood probably took care of the dinosaurs as we know them.
Um, remember this that the structures of dinosaurs, which are awesome, bones of dinosaurs, which are awesome, I’m not sure right now to date if we have an actual full dinosaur intact.
So a lot of, uh, dinosaurs that you and I know and love our conjecture regarding what they look like.
However, dinosaurs are real. Their bones are real.
Uh, but the flood, when you examine the effects of the flood, like in the Grand Canyon and in, uh, Peluxi, Texas, uh, and in other places, Nevada, Utah, other parts of the world.
Uh, notice that we’ve got dinosaur bones intermingled with human bones. That’s fascinating. Why? Cause they perished in the flood.
And, um, so, yes, on dinosaurs, read the book of Job. He talks about the behemoth that swings his tail.
and knocks down the forest.
How do you find people who believe their good works will get them to heaven?
You’re going to help. Uh, how do I respond to people who think their good works are gonna get them into heaven?
You’re going to hell because if good works could get you to heaven, then what in the world was Jesus doing on the cross?
The Bible says he died for the all the sins of the world that, uh, the book of Galatians, the book of Romans tells us that by the works of the flesh, by the works of righteousness, no flesh shall be justified in the sight of god.
don’t fool yourself. If you think you’re good enough, then you’ve got a really bizarre god who tortured himself on the cross.
Well, guess what? a very, very, very good god came to die for a very, very, very bad person, including you, because you and I cannot save ourselves.
And that’s why he came. So don’t think for a moment. Uh, let me add this.
Good works should follow those who believe, but don’t ever put good works in front of your belief.
That’s works, unacceptable to god, and that’s hell. Don’t do it.
What is the age of accountability?
Oh, man. I there it is. Next question, please.
What is the age of accountability?
We don’t know. Now in the Jewish tradition, ba Mitzvah or bar Mitzvah for the young boy or the young girl age of thirteen, that’s when they become like, a young adult.
Uh, so some people will equate that to accountability. You can’t do that.
Accountability is based upon each individual’s age of being able to process, understand right and wrong, the gospel, conviction of sin, and the need for salvation.
Accountability is when your child is predominantly going through teen rebellion.
You know how your teenager drives you nuts The reason why they’re starting to drive you nuts is because they’re departing from your faith covering and they’re going out now and they’re they’re testing authority they are re resisting authority because why they’re moving out from your faith and they’re searching for their own.
So don’t despise that. Pray for them. but we can’t set the
Will we all live in Jerusalem when we rule and reign with god, or will some of us live in other countries?
Uh, read Revelation chapter 21 because Jerusalem is gonna descend out of heaven and it is gonna sit upon the new earth and it is a city.
not the one in in Israel today.
The new Jerusalem comes down out of heaven and it’s 1400 miles squared. That’s just the city.
And the Bible says that we will go in and out of that city. And where will we go?
We will go to book a revelation says nations. there’s gonna be nations in the world in eternity.
And, in fact, the Bible says that the kings of the world will bring their wealth into the city.
It’s gonna be awesome. By the way, I think you should look at great paintings, oil paintings that depict places like, uh, Yosemite Valley or Yellowstone.
the the it’s all gonna be renewed. Think about the Garden of Eden on steroids.
It’s gonna be awesome, and you’re gonna love it gonna be amazing, but Jerusalem is gonna be new, and it’s 1400 miles in Square.
Does the Holy Spirit habit us the moment we become believers, or do we ask the Holy Spirit to come upon us daily.
Yes. Number 1, the moment you accept Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell inside, and you are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption.
That means when your body is, uh, resurrected or raptured.
So the moment you accept Christ, the Holy Spirit moves inside. Okay?
The second thing is every believer from that moment on, we don’t ask the spirit to move inside of us from that moment on.
We’re only saved once. We ask the Holy Spirit to come upon us. Here’s the difference in the words.
Indwelling is the Greek word e n to indwell.
The Holy Spirit coming upon you is the Greek word epi epi.
And the Holy Spirit, we ask, Lord, come upon today to live a life with your power to your glory, to give you honor and praise and, uh, walk with me, with power.
He’s in you already, but you asked for the power from above that he might lead and guide you.
So you wanna look at Ephesians chapter 1 on this? um wow.
John chapter 15 to John chapter 17 as well.
Why did god create the earth in humans if he knew we would fail him all the time?
The answer is in ephesians chapter 1.
Believe it or not, he says there that in the dispensation of the fullness of times, he will show forth his grace toward those who believe forever.
So if this is the amazing thing, don’t ever think that god doesn’t love you in light of that great question.
He knew because he can’t learn anything. He’s god.
He knew that when Adam and Eve were given the choice to exercise free will, he knew in advance that they would rebel against him.
And he went through with the deal anyway, Would you?
I wouldn’t. I would have just flushed the whole thing down the toilet, but not god.
He is a god of restoration, redemption, and renewal.
And so he is going to display his love factor for you to you for us all, for all eternity.
That’s why he went through with it.
doesn’t make sense to us now because we cannot relate to that depth of love.
Look at that.
Next question.
Did Jesus create the world or the father?
God created the world.
Genesis 11 in the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth. The word is Elohim.
El is god. I am is plural. A singular plurality created all that there is.
However, they did this in tandem. The Bible says the holy spirit brooded upon the waters of the deep.
Right? The Bible tells us in numerous places, book of Hebrews, colossians, and, uh, other portions of scripture that Jesus Christ is in fact the creator of angels and the material universe, which makes sense.
He’s a carpenter. Right? Makes total sense to me. So look at it this way.
The 3 of them worked in unison as the construction company of all that there is both spiritual uh, and physical.
Jesus is the builder and maker. He’s the creator. He was the contractor.
but all of it was in perfect unity with the godhead, the trinity.
Who were the sons of god in Genesis 6 to?
Genesys 62. People are gonna freak out, but there’s no way around it. There’s just no other argument.
I don’t care what anybody says. They’re wasting their time. And that is this.
The sons of god in the Old Testament are strictly referred to angelic creations.
And Genesis 6 uh, talks about the sons of god saw that the daughters of man, the daughters of mankind saw that they were beautiful, and seized them, captured them, took them.
Now against their win against their will, seemingly, by the way, and cohabitated with them.
These are fallen angels, 1 third of the heavenly host, uh, jude And Peter tell us that these these are specially held under chains of darkness because why they, as angels, went after strange flesh, isn’t that creepy?
And so it by the way, it’s gonna happen again according to the Bible.
We’re gonna talk out on a Sunday sermon coming up real soon, but they are fallen angels that cohabitated with human females.
For those who die without accepting g us, is there a chance that they may still go to heaven once god judges them according to their deeds?
Absolutely not. Hebrews chapter 9 Verse 27 says it’s appointed unto every man once to die and then comes their judgment.
The question, I’m guessing, is very rooted in mormonism or Catholicism.
There’s no such thing as purgatory that was made up by the Catholic church.
And Mormons believe that they’re gonna be judged from Revelation chapter 20 but tragically Mormons are not reading their bible chapter 20 carefully enough.
All those who are judged according to their works in Revelation 20 are condemned to hell. read it carefully.
When the books are opened and you are judged, uh, by your works, everyone after the judgment’s cast into hell.
The judgment for the unbelievers is to determine the level of punishment.
Listen, the believer is written in the lamb’s book of life. We’re not judge by our works.
We’re rewarded for our faithfulness regarding our salvation and our love for Christ. That’s a very important thing to remember.
make sure you know the difference because there’s an eternal destination at stake.
How does the Sabbath apply to us Christians?
Uh, the book of colossians, read the first three chapters to the Christian.
Listen, when I say Christian, can I say Christ follower instead? that includes Jew.
If you’re a Jew, if you’re a Muslim, if you’re a Hindu and you you decide to make a decision for Jesus, you you accept Christ.
Um, the Sabbath, the Bible says written in the 10 commandments was only a symbol or a shadow or a or a a type of that which was to come.
And colossians says that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the Sabbath.
So every day of my life is a sabbath just because you take the day off and you don’t, uh, press the elevator button because you can’t do any work on the sabbath doesn’t mean your whole Uh, it’s ridiculous.
The Bible says that Jesus fulfilled the law. You can’t.
And by the way, if you’re gonna keep the Sabbath, why don’t you keep all other nine of them?
The answer is you can’t. That’s what Jesus is for.
So I have a Sabbath every day because he’s my eternal rest. Make sense?
I don’t I don’t rest one day of the week. I rest whenever I get a chance and what
Do you think the beast in Revelation is actually technology?
Um, remember there’s Satan.
There is the beast, which is the antichrist, and then the image of the beast.
One’s a machine, the image of the beast.
One is a man the antichrist, and the other one is Satan, an unholy trinity. Okay?
I believe that AI, okay, I I confess. I’m gonna hurry. I gotta add one answer this.
I hold this view myself, so I’m to blame if it goes wrong.
I believe the image of the beast is mechanical.
The Bible says power is gonna be given it that it can both speak and discern who’s got the mark of the mark of the Antichrist.
I believe that AI is going to be this image, but I believe a demon is going to bring its bring that image consciousness.
It’s gonna appear to be so human like even though you know it’s not, it’s gonna be so convincing and it’s gonna have power because it’d be demonic consciousness possessing an AI machine.
What should we say to Christians that don’t
vote in elections that think we should stay out of politics.
Thanks for messing everything up. Christians who don’t do the right thing have just messed everything up.
That’s how this nation got to where it is today. Sir Robert Burke? No. No. Sir, something.
Anyway, sir Edmond Burke, thank you. and parliament said it right.
All that evil needs to do to try and fish for good people to do nothing.
All that America needs to do is to keep people like Biden and lunatics in office including a lot of Republicans is for Christians to say, I’m not gonna vote.
I’m just gonna let evil continue because I guess my vote doesn’t matter. Boy, you’re gonna get shockaroni.
When god judges you in heaven as a believer for the opportunity he gave you to make a difference and you didn’t take it.
You were faithful at nothing. because you didn’t get involved.
You’d hit you had a light and you hit it under your basket.
And that’s not gonna go well for you.
I vote every time for a biblical worldview, if I win or not, I still win no matter the results of the election.
That’s what happens.
Next question. 5 more.
When the rapture happens, will the dead in Christ bust the ground open, or will they be like Jesus after he rose?
He was walking through wall.
I have often imagined that so many times, and I want to be at Forest Law doing a funeral.
when we put somebody in the ground and the trumpet blows and they pop in. The good dirt goes everywhere.
No. I don’t think dirt goes anywhere. Why?
Because exactly what, uh, we’ll have the re the resurrected glorified bodies such as Christ.
We will come out of that c or out of that mountain side or out of that riverbed or wherever our our dust is at.
And, uh, we won’t disturb any rocks or trees or whatever because that doesn’t make any sense.
We’ll have a glorified body because the bible tells us that when Jesus was resurrected, we’re gonna have a body just like him.
He walked through walls, but he ate fish. Remember that on the morning after the resurrection?
He, uh, on the north shore, uh, of Galilee, he had fish tacos for them for breakfast.
And he cooked it himself, and they came, and they ate and Jesus was with him, but the food didn’t fall through and hit his hit the ground.
Uh, it’s amazing. You’re gonna have a glorified body, which is gonna be incredibly
Can a person spend eternity in heaven if they take their own life?
Yes. Jesus died for all manner of sin. don’t think for a moment. Listen, Catholic friends.
You’re being told by the Catholic church that somebody could be in fact, Catholic church people, you know this.
If mother Theresa would have committed suicide 2 minutes before she died, she would have gone to your purgatory, which doesn’t exist or hell.
guess what? That’s false. I am not endorsing suicide.
That’s that’s wrong to do, but Jesus died for all manner of sin. So here’s the thing.
When somebody is either suicidal because of depression, hormone, overwhelmed by issues, whatever it might be, grief, and you can’t judge them in that situation.
You know what that’s like. Uh, the blood of Christ has taken care of that. He died for all sin.
There is no unforgivable sin except 1, and that is never receiving Jesus Christ as lord and savior.
Don’t be lied to about this terrible uh, manipulation that it’s it’s automatic hell for you.
It’s not, but by all means, Don’t take your life. That’s not your business. You don’t have that authority.
Since Jesus paid the price for our sins,
how does the law of reaping what you sew still play out?
Uh, because I can be completely born again right now as I am.
and I can decide to disobey god in one direction.
And I’m gonna, uh, for example, I could backslide today, get drunk, drive down the freeway, crash the car, and wind up spending a year in the hospital.
What’s wrong with that message? Nothing. I’m reaping what I’m sewing. I was stupid and I did stupid.
And so now I’m feeling the pain of stupid. Okay? Doesn’t have anything with my salvation.
flip that around. As a born again, Christian, if I obey god today and do the right thing, then I can count on god to wind up blessing my obedience to him.
Because why? Because he says he bless his obedience. Uh, Galatian 6 verse 7. Be not deceived.
For god is not mocked for whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. So think about that.
Do the right thing. Be blessed. best way to live.
Will we have memories of our loved ones after we are rapture?
Will we know if they have ever existed?
It’s believed by theologians I have to preface it that way.
I have my my conviction on this, but it is believed by theologians and throughout church history that in heaven, there comes some point in time where you have no knowledge of those who were never born into the family.
So if you have a husband that’s not born again, you’re not gonna be walking around heaven saying, oh my gosh, I miss him so much.
He was never born. You get that? He was never born again into the family of god.
Now at this moment, in this time zone right now, do people in heaven have an idea of what’s going on here on Earth.
The book of Revelation seems to suggest they do.
But remember, they live in a state that is not like us.
They see things differently than and I do now.
However, there will be a time when that loved 1 or person that was never born again They’ll never be remembered.
There’ll be no remembrance of them because they were never born again into the family. You’ve you
Last question. Is water baptism required for salvation?
No. But it’s awesome for public display. Did you know that?
So what’s equivalent to this is kinda weird, but what’s equivalent to a Jew in Circumcision?
Circumcision is an outward display to a Jew that they’ve that they’ve been committed to Yahweh.
But the Jews trust and circumcision, and god says from old to new testament, you made a big mistake.
and trusting in outward circumcision. He says, in Isaiah, I want your heart circumcised. He says it again in Romans.
We get water baptized after we’ve been born again.
When we’ve repented of our sins and given our lives to Jesus Christ and we confess Christ as lord and savior, the the next thing is to publicly make that display.
Remember what Jesus said? If you acknowledge me before men, I will acknowledge you before my father, which is in heaven, Water baptism is a is a public display of an internal commitment that you’ve made.
That’s how people know you’re a Christ follower. Go get baptized because why? Cause you are already saved.
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If you could say, Jack, How can we encourage you? We’ll pray and then share.
Sharing is the most important thing. Uh, but, uh, listen, It’s time for us. This is part of it too.
It’s time for us to live out what we believe in.
It’s time for real life, and that’s what we’re about. God bless you guys.
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