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Pastor Tyler explains replacement theology, clarifies why Israel and the church are distinct, and affirms God's ongoing plan for both people.
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0:00 Alright. We're back. We've got some questions we're gonna answer. Some of these are in regards to alcohol. We've got some that are gonna be, in regards to divorce. He's got some that who knows where he's going with this.0:11 But before that we do that, I wanna say thank you to our joy partners, those people that support Unspeakable Joy. And this broadcast every single month, it's your faithfulness that makes this0:23 possible. We wanna say thank you. If you wanna become a joy partner, you can go down the link below. Avery will put it there. Alright, Avery. Let's go.0:31 Alright. So several questions. I'm gonna put these up on the screen so that people can see them as well. Michelle says, brother Tyler, I have a question. What is your view on Israel? Do you think God has turned his back0:43 on Israel? Has the church slash Christians taken the place of Israel? Some pastors say that the Christians took Israel's place. Could you all address this in a video?0:53 That's actually a good question. I actually just had this conversation last night. So that is not a new thing. That that mindset has been around, but it's flared up here1:05 recently. The exact theology that she's talking about, it's called replacement theology and the belief of it now again, I'm gonna I'm gonna give you the1:18 15 cent version here.1:20 Yeah.1:20 Is that when Jesus cried in the book of Matthew and said, oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how I would have gathered you as a hen gathers her chicks. When1:32 he did that, when they rejected him, that he turned his attention, turned his back on Israel, turned his attention to the Gentile church. And that for these this dispensation, this
1:44 time period, that now the new entity is the church and Israel is done away with. That's called replacement theology and that the church has all the promises of the Old Testament, the church has all
1:56 of the the things of the Old Testament, so on and so forth. That's the basic premise. Now the reason it stayed so popular so long was because
2:08 there was no nation of Israel. But in 1948, when the nation of Israel was rebirthed, it created a problem. Now what a lot of people will say is that this Israel
2:20 today is not no. That was a prophecy that Ezekiel said the dry bones would come together. Okay. So let me let me answer. I gave you some background. Let me answer the question. Did the
2:31 church replace Israel? No. The nation of Israel and the church are different. Now where do they get the verse for that that
2:43 mindset? They get it out of the book of Galatians. Okay? There is 1 little phrase that is used in Galatians that I'll read to you in the in the King James here.
2:55 It's in chapter, if I'm not mistaken, it's on chapter number 6. And the apostle Paul says to the church at
3:07 Galatia, he says, you are the Israel of God. I wanna make sure I I get this. There it is. Yep. Chapter 6 verse 16. And as many as walk according to
3:19 this rule, peace beyond them and mercy upon the Israel of God. They take that verse to mean to to believe that the church is now the
3:31 chosen people of God. K. The problem is multifaceted. Number 1, okay, if that is the case, you've drawn an entire doctrine off of 1 word.
3:43 We don't do that. You don't draw doctrines off of verses. So to answer her question, no. The church is not Israel. Israel's not the church. They're 2 separate entities. Now with that said, okay,
3:55 the church is the program today that God is focusing on. During this time period, this dispensation, this age, God is focusing on building a people called out,
4:07 a people of his name, the gentile bride. Now, God will turn his attention back. We know that because Paul says in Romans 9, 10, and 11 that God is not done with the nation of
4:19 Israel, that he will again revisit those people. When will he do that? We've talked about this in the tribulation. Yeah. Now that goes into the rapture question. We'll do another episode on the on the rapture to answer
4:30 some of those questions. But I'm actually thinking about doing let me ask you. I'm thinking about doing a bible study. Okay? A live stream bible study and let people, get on it where we just talk about the rapture. I
4:40 think we ought to do that. There's a lot of questions. Now, let's say that they're together. Alright? And maybe if I go too long on these questions, tell me.
4:48 Okay.
4:49 Okay. If Israel and the church are together, you have a big problem in Revelation. Because the book of Revelation from chapter 1 to
5:01 chapter 3, it talks about church. Mhmm. It says it uses church over and over. K? Chapter 4 or excuse me, chapter 4 5, it goes to heaven and we get this heavenly scene. But from
5:13 chapter 6 to chapter 19, the word church is not used 1 time, but there is a word used. Guess what it is? Jerusalem. Israel. Jerusalem. Babylon.
5:23 Yeah.
5:23 Israel. Israel. Israel. Israel. Israel. Why the change? If if Israel is the church and the church is or you see what I'm saying? Yeah. Why would God change? That's because they're separate. So good
5:35 question. No. They're separate.
5:36 So if they are the same, we have a problem. We are gonna be in the tribulation is what you're saying.
5:40 And again, it it raises that I had this conversation just last night, and it's a great conversation to have because a lot of people believe and we'll talk a little bit about this, in the rapture video. A lot of people
5:51 believe that the rapture was a late 18 hundreds doctrine. Okay? And it's not. The early church fathers believe now. The wordage was starting to be used in the late 18 hundreds,
6:03 but the early church fathers always believed in the rapture. They always believed in 2 different systems. Now there were some that that did not hold to that. Charles Spurgeon, he believed in that. Church fathers believed
6:14 in that. But, yeah, you're exactly right. If Israel and the church are the same, there's massive theological problems.
6:20 Yeah. We I don't wanna say on this question too long, but when did people start getting so we talked about, was it when he cried, oh, Jerusalem, oh, Jerusalem that, people started believing?
6:32 Like, when when did the mindset of them being the same thing?
6:35 The the I don't know. I I'm not sure the the exact history of that. But with that said, even the disciples were confused about this program. Here's how you know that. Acts chapter number
6:47 1, Jesus is risen from the dead. He takes him to the Mount of Olives, and they look at him and they say this in Acts chapter 1. They say, will you at this time restore the kingdom? They thought Israel was about to rise.
6:59 He said it's not for you to know the times or the seasons of that. Okay. If if the church was about to become Israel or Israel's about to come to the church in the next chapter, wouldn't he
7:11 have said, just hold on. Hold on. Just he said, no. It's not for you to know when I'm gonna do that.
7:17 Yeah.
7:17 I'm about to do something else. 2 separate systems.
7:20 Very interesting. Yeah.
7:21 Good question, though.
7:22 Yes. Very good. So, Scotty asked, is watching church online the online service the same as going to church? If you are watching, giving, and worshiping from home, does that make you a bad Christian?
7:32 Does it make you a bad Christian? No. But it doesn't it it makes you a Christian that needs to take the next step. Now there's some caveats here. The apostle Paul said in the book of Roman or, Hebrews
7:44 chapter 10, k, that we are not to forsake this assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is. K? So much more as you see today approaching, we're to gather together. So I'm gonna be very kind
7:56 on this, and I'm please don't I'm not blowing anybody out. I understand the caveats, but church on a screen is not new. Yeah. It didn't start with online streaming.
8:08 People were doing this on television back in the fifties and the sixties and the seventies and the eighties and so on and so forth. Okay? Doctor Adrian Rogers put out a video the other day that I watched on, I watched
8:20 on YouTube or something where he was addressing those people that watched his services on television years ago and were using that as their church. And he said, you are not to forsake the assembling of yourselves
8:32 together. K? So to answer Scotty's question, there are some caveats to this. I understand now in the last days and these days, there are people that do not have church near them.
8:44 Yeah.
8:44 They really do. And I understand that. We need to work to get those people grounded with other believers. Yeah. We've got people that watch our ministry, in Australia. We read that letter the other week.
8:56 They watch all over the country. I understand the caveat, but no. Just because you can watch online does not mean that you're doing everything you
9:08 ought to be doing.
9:09 Yeah.
9:09 K? I believe this is my personal opinion. Now, again, I'm not knocking people, please. I I know the battle. They're they're shut ins. They're widows. Yep. Avery, they can't get out of the house. That's what online church
9:21 was made for. That's what television church was made for. Yeah. It was made for those people that could not leave. It was not made for those people that just didn't wanna leave.
9:31 Exactly.
9:32 Okay. What I would say to those people that if you say to me, okay, Tyler, I don't have a church near me. Okay? What we need to do is we need to get on our face
9:44 and say, God, will you raise up a church in my area? And God will be faithful to do that. Yeah. Alright? Now we're not gonna broad brush anybody. We're not gonna make swipes with a sword and say, oh,
9:56 everybody that watches online is just like no. No. Some people truly, people that are at work, people I understand, but the principle of the Bible is that we are to gather together with other believers
10:08 because church is not just about hearing preaching, singing songs. It's the fellowship of the saints that builds the body. It's also, Avery,
10:20 it's a testimony that you are a part of these people. I am a member of the body of Christ. I'm testifying of that gathering together. When when people drive by, the property
10:32 here on Sundays and Wednesdays and they see people coming in, what do they think? They go to that church. Yeah. It's a testimony.
10:40 Yeah.
10:40 So, Scotty, I would tell you, that I appreciate that, but if if there's something stopping you from going and that there's not another church around, then we need to do our
10:52 best to pray and to seek the face of God. Let's get God to raise up a church. God will be faithful to do that. Yeah.
10:57 It's very easy to feel alone as well when you're not, associated with a church and
11:01 a church body. Segway. We're living in a digital age where a lot of people now, most people I don't wanna say most people, a lot of people now, all they've ever known is this.
11:13 True. And so this feels comfortable. They understand this. They, I had to set my phone on a dinner party. They they that's what they're used to. So they're comfortable. Hey,
11:25 I'm doing good. I'm watching. I'm giving. I'm k. That's great, but that's not what we're supposed to be doing. Yeah. So that's the answer. Dropping my phone. Sorry.
11:34 You're good. Alright. So, fish I'm gonna butcher a lot of a lot of these names. Fishers or Fisher Simmons. That's what it is. This was on the suicide podcast we did Yeah. Most recent.
11:47 He said, Satan comes to steal joy, peace, happiness, kill your body, and wants to destroy your soul in hell, but Jesus gives abundant life. God is pro life and in no way okay with you taking your life when he died to
11:58 save you. And then he goes on to say, to anyone reading this this who is contemplating suicide, do not hurt yourself. Please seek help. A lot of people disagreed with the suicide
12:10 podcast. Okay. And on the premise of 1 of the 10 commandments is thou shall not kill. Does disobey because I know the Bible also says if you break 1 of the commandments, you've broken
12:22 them all. Does breaking 1 of the 10 commandments, does that sentence you to hell beyond redemption?
12:27 No. And I think that's where where, the confusion is probably coming in. We're not saying that it's okay to commit suicide. Yeah. We're not saying that. Nobody said that. I didn't say that. I didn't say that, did I? No.
12:39 No. Nobody I don't know of anybody that's saying that. If they are, they're wrong. K. The question that was posed is, does suicide condemn somebody to hell? And
12:51 the answer to that is no. K? Because we don't go to hell because we sinned. We go to hell because we reject Jesus Christ, John 3 36.
13:00 Yeah.
13:00 K? That that's the answer to that. So, no, God is not okay with that. God doesn't want us to do that. It is not God's will to do that. So the answer to that is no. Now to answer the
13:12 commandment questions, he's not specifically talking just about the 10 Commandments. He's talking about all 613 of Moses' laws. And the point that James is making, if you have broken 1, you've broken them
13:24 all. He was trying to show that we're all guilty. Yeah. We're all sinners. So yeah. I don't know about that, but no, nobody's ever said that.
13:34 Okay.
13:35 I don't know where people got that from.
13:36 I don't know either. They were not happy with the the the answers, but it's okay.
13:40 Is what it is. It's okay.
13:43 I, Hunter said, I have a question I'd like to know the answer to. If a preacher slash pastor sits down from preaching and decides he's not going to do it anymore, then years or months later, he decides to start preaching
13:53 again, is it possible that God will stop using that person and stop preaching through them? This could apply to teachers and singers as well.
14:02 I don't think so. I mean and, again, you've gotta you gotta look at reason and motive and why did that preacher step down. I think we have to go back in the Bible. There were a
14:14 few instances where some preachers you know, I'm thinking about Elijah getting under the juniper tree.
14:20 Yeah.
14:20 God still used him. Thinking about Jonah, you know, when he went under the gourd. I think that I think preachers and teachers and singers and moms and dads and whoever else, Brother, you can
14:32 get discouraged.
14:33 Yeah.
14:36 So, yeah, I think I think there's mercy with that. Now there are some people, preachers and pastors specifically, that through sin, they'll disqualify themselves.
14:44 Yeah.
14:45 So we'll kindly put that over there. But to answer his question specifically, if a person has just gotten so discouraged or gotten beat down or even fallen away from the Lord, there is
14:57 mercy with God. You know, there is great mercy with our Lord, and so he will still use you. Now that doesn't mean there's not gonna have to be some repentance. That doesn't have doesn't mean there's not gonna have to be
15:07 some trust being built back up. But, I mean, I know a lot of guys, not even the sin part, just are tired and they take a sabbatical. Yeah. Take several weeks and months to rest. I don't think there's anything wrong with
15:17 that.
15:18 Do you think so people's calling or their gift or their talent that's been given to them by god, whether that's, you know, singing, preaching, whatever it may be, do you think that if you stop using that I know
15:30 I know we just talked about discouragement and stuff like that. But if you were to just throw in the towel 1 day for, like, let's say, 2 years, does is there any, biblical references where God removes his hand off of
15:40 someone's talent?
15:42 Yes and no. You've got some old testament references where Saul was disobedient and the Bible says he wist not that the spirit had departed from him. Kindly a different
15:54 theological mindset. Yeah. So I would say that the call of God is without repentance. When a man is called, a person is called, a woman is is gifted, those
16:06 gifts are without repentance. My mama used to scare me to death. She said, Tyler, if you don't do this, God's gonna take it from you. I wish I'd known way back then, but that use that's just not the normal pattern of
16:16 God. With that said, Avery, I do believe, and I've preached on this before, that while the call and the gifting of God is without repentance, I do think that through sin, disobedience,
16:29 becoming a prodigal, I do think God will remove his anointing for you to use that gift.
16:35 Yeah.
16:36 So I would I would agree and disagree with that.
16:39 Okay. Just call me, sir, said, pastor, can you do 1 on NDE? I know that's that that name. On what? NDE. It's near death experiences.
16:47 Okay. At least
16:48 I hope that's what it is because I'm pretty
16:50 sure that it's Was that the suicide 1?
16:52 I believe so. Okay. So I said, I don't know that we have enough to do a full podcast on this, but what do you think about the near death experiences? There are several people who, you know, their heart stops, talks
17:03 about, you know, they saw things whether they saw God or, came up from above their body. What what is your opinion on that?
17:10 On a near death experience. So I will give a very broad do I believe in them? Do I believe that you can
17:22 see things? Yes. I'm probably a little more mystical in that stuff than, you know, than other people. I do believe in that. I don't think I have a really hard time believing
17:34 that some of these people that have seen these things and then write books and sell them. Yeah. And I'm gonna tell you why. The apostle Paul in the book of 2nd Corinthians, he dies, has a near
17:46 death experience. He literally died and he goes to heaven. The Bible says this about Paul. He says, the things I saw, I cannot even speak about. Okay? Here's my question.
17:59 The question is, if the apostle Paul, the greatest Christian outside of Christ himself, the greatest preacher outside of Christ himself, the greatest church If he wasn't even
18:11 fit, he said, to speak about those things, I have a really hard time believing that these people have these experiences and write books about them. Yeah. Now, do I think that you can have a near death
18:23 experience? I think we'd have to define what that means, but I yeah. I would tend to believe that that God will take you down to the river of death and let you see some things. I had
18:35 a lady in my church years and years ago. It's probably been, it's probably been 19, 20 years now. Okay? She had a car
18:47 accident. And if I called her name, people that were watching would know her. She she had a car accident. And she I don't think she died, but she
18:59 said that she had a she said I saw things. She said I can't talk about them. But she stayed in a wheelchair the rest of her life. And I'm gonna tell you something, She was different.
19:07 Yeah.
19:08 It changed her. Yeah. Now what was that? I don't know. There's some things I don't understand. So can a near death experience happen? Yes. Do I think that the people that have written
19:20 about those things and put them in bookstores? I have a hard time believing that. I don't wanna just broad brush and say no, but I'm pretty sure if the apostle Paul couldn't do it
19:28 Yeah.
19:28 We're not gonna do it. Yeah.
19:30 That's a very interesting thing to talk about that Paul couldn't couldn't even mention the things. Yeah. That's very interesting.
19:36 Again, I'm I'm not trying to be cynical, but I mean, I do have a hard time, I I do have a hard time. Yeah. Okay. I got a question for you. Jesus, Luke chapter 16.
19:50 Lazarus and the rich man. Lazarus goes to the bosom of Abraham, heaven. Rich man goes to hell. Jesus tells that story. I believe that's a real story. Yeah. That's a near death exp
20:02 quote unquote. But who told it?
20:05 Jesus. Yeah. Did Lazarus ever come back and ever speak of the things? Yeah. He didn't speak of the things.
20:10 Even Lazarus okay. That's another good 1. Good point. You're gonna be a theologian.
20:14 There you go.
20:14 John 11. Lazarus comes back from death. He never we never seen him speak about it.
20:19 Yep.
20:19 So I have a I'm I'm a little cynical toward the the people that make money off of it.
20:24 Yeah.
20:25 I don't know about that.
20:25 That's I've never thought about that before. That's very interesting.
20:28 You know, leave it to me to open the mind. Yes. Yeah.
20:32 Heaven Bound says this is, once again, something to
20:34 stress. Line.
20:36 Heaven Bound with the hammer down. Yes. There you go. We need to make that put that on a hoodie. Yeah. Says once again, taking life murder, taking your life murder. Suicide shows no faith. Do you believe I mean, I feel
20:47 like there's multiple things that show no faith. I feel like you could get discouraged and be like
20:52 things do.
20:53 Yeah. So to say suicide would send you to hell because you have no faith, I feel like Yeah.
20:59 They keep saying that thing. They they you know, I keep, you showed me a couple of those comments about that. Again, it to me, that's making a connection. I don't I'm not
21:10 sure, what they're trying to say or what they're getting at, but that's a that's a broad stretch. You had no faith. You took your life. You know, I don't I don't see that.
21:21 Yep.
21:21 Yeah. I'm not I don't even think we need to respond to that 1. I'd say let that 1 roll. That unless we get some more clarity on that question, that's kinda I don't even think that's a question that's
21:30 accurate. Some of them are statements. Yeah. I'd I'd have some statements in here.
21:33 Okay. Great.
21:34 This one's also a statement, but it's interesting. They're they're from? Ice White Ice.
21:38 Ice White Ice.
21:39 Yes. 22. Ice White Ice 22.
21:41 Nice.
21:41 Vote for neither. Political neutrality is what believers should be. We talked about in our, voting podcast how we are charged and we're as United States citizens, we are given the
21:53 responsibility to vote. Can you go into that 1 more time?
21:57 So, actually, we just did the video. It's on here, on how should a Christian vote. Yeah. So government comes from God. That's Romans chapter 13. Alright? Government
22:09 comes from God. God put us in the government system that he wanted us. Now again, how that's a harsh thing to say because there's some that are in communism, so God does what he desires.
22:18 Yeah.
22:18 Okay. We're in this. Our system of government that God has set up is that the people elect the leaders. That's what God's put us in. So if God's put us in that, we have the responsibility to participate
22:31 in that system of government. I do believe, like I said and I preached, that both systems are incredibly flawed.
22:40 Yeah.
22:40 K? But they are not equally flawed. Yeah. 1 is perpetrating doctrines of devils. True. 1
22:52 is not perpetrating doctrines of devils. So political neutrality, I'm okay with that, but political isolationism doesn't exist, and that's what he's talking about. They what
23:04 what they're saying is we're just gonna take our hands off of it. It. That's isolationism. That that doesn't work. Yeah. You can only stay isolated so long. True. You know what I'm saying?
23:12 Would you agree that a vote, a vote not cast is a vote for the wrong for the, not opposing, but, you know, the least moral side like we've talked to.
23:20 Maybe. I don't know that I would say it like that. I would I I wouldn't argue with you, but I would say a vote not cast is a disobedient decision. Yeah. God put us in this system of government. Yeah. I didn't
23:32 put myself I wasn't born here, or I I wouldn't make myself born here. Right? I God allowed me to be born here.
23:38 Yeah.
23:39 This is the system that's in place. So why would I just say I'm not participating? God, you do things. You know what God's gonna say? Yeah. I do things. I put you in that. That's what I did. So no. They're not talking
23:51 about being politically neutral. I'm politically neutral. I don't politic and, you know, go to campaign stumps and stuff like that. I don't care about any of that stuff.
23:59 Yeah.
23:59 But I'm not a political isolationist.
24:02 Yeah.
24:02 We stand for right and truth and principle. So that's that's how I feel.
24:07 Very good. A more important question, Dusty asked. Okay. Does 1 have to be baptized to save? No. To be saved. Sorry. March 16 16 says he who believes and is baptized
24:19 will be saved.
24:20 Yeah. March 16 16 is an interesting verse, in that when you go back okay. So there's a couple of things there. There's another verse that they use in the book of Acts. Okay? Just to get it to you right
24:32 quickly. Yeah. So to answer the question, no, a person does not have to be baptized in order to be saved. Now, before people lose
24:44 their minds, you know, that that make these comments, let me show you a couple of things. So Mark 16, Mark 16 is a verse and then, Acts
24:55 chapter 2, the apostle Peter is preaching verse number 38. Listen to what this says. Then Peter said unto them, repent and be baptized every 1 of you in the name of Jesus for the remission of sins.
25:08 Repent and be baptized for the remission of sins. Okay. What does that sound like? That doesn't sound too that sounds like the problem is that's a
25:19 bad translation. When you study in Greek where it says repent and be baptized for the remission of sins, it's actually the Greek word which literally means repent and
25:31 be baptized because of the remission of your sins.
25:35 Yeah.
25:36 Because it's been done. Repent. Go change your walk. Go be baptized. Mark 16 is different. Mark 16, and if you'll I'll let you in that Bible right there,Show more
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