The article I quote from Christianity Today in this video is titled, "Jesus was the God-Man, not the God-Superman." It is one of the worst articles I've ever read by theologians who claim to be Bible-believers. They argue Jesus had doubts because, temporarily, Jesus believed the Devil, He doubted God's plan, and He must doubt in order to save us. Ironically, the authors host a podcast called "Slow Theology." You got that right! And, another irony is that the article was published on April 1, 2021, which is April Fools Day! But, unfortunately, they weren't joking. You can read the full article here, https://web.archive.org/web/20230404023007/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/april-web-only/jesus-god-superman-doubt-temptation-holy-week.html#christianitytoday #christianitytodaymagazine #christianity #holyweek #doubt *If you enjoyed this video, hit that subscribe button. **If you'd like to support my ministry, you can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user/membership?u=16977519 ***This video is an episode of my podcast, All Truth is God's Truth. You can search for it wherever you listen to your podcasts.

According to 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12, How does Hell glorify God? Hell glorifies God because it shows His. . . v.3-5 – 1. Retribution. Hell shows God’s vengeance against His children’s enemies. "3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. 5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—" Hell glorifies God because it shows His. . . v.6-10 – 2. Relief. Hell shows that God provides relief for His children from their enemies. "6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed." Hell glorifies God because it shows His. . . v.11-12 – 3. Reputation. Hell shows God’s, Christ’s, and the Church’s glory. "11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ." *If you enjoyed this video, hit that subscribe button. **If you'd like to support my ministry, you can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user/membership?u=16977519 ***This video is an episode of my podcast, All Truth is God's Truth. You can search for it wherever you listen to your podcasts.

How does Hell glorify God? Hell glorifies God because it shows God’s. . . v.19-25 – 1. Justice. Hell shows the world’s injustice and God’s justice. 19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. Hell glorifies God because it shows God’s. . . v.26 – 2. Power. Hell shows the world’s weakness and God’s power. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ Hell glorifies God because it shows God’s. . . v.27-31 – 3. Grace. Hell shows the world’s selfishness and God’s grace. 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’” *If you enjoyed this video, hit that subscribe button. **If you'd like to support my ministry, you can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user/membership?u=16977519 ***This video is an episode of my podcast, All Truth is God's Truth. You can search for it wherever you listen to your podcasts.

According to Matthew 25:31-46, Why does Hell glorify God? Hell glorifies God because it shows His. . . v.31-33 – 1. Sovereignty. Christ separates the righteous from the unrighteous. 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. Hell glorifies God because it shows His. . . v.34-40 – 2. Salvation. God’s children are blessed. 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.’ Hell glorifies God because it shows His. . . v.41-46 – 3. Seriousness. Christ is serious about righteousness and sin. 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.” *If you enjoyed this video, hit that subscribe button. **If you'd like to support my ministry, you can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user/membership?u=16977519 ***This video is an episode of my podcast, All Truth is God's Truth. You can search for it wherever you listen to your podcasts.

According to Isaiah 66:15-24, why does hell glorify God? Hell glorifies God because it is. . . v.15-17 – 1. Judgment. Hell is God’s judgment.

“15 For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire will the LORD enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh; and those slain by the LORD shall be many. 17 “Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the LORD."

v.18-21 – 2. Just. God is just. Hell is just.

"18 “For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord." v.22-24 – 3. Justice. Hell is what God’s enemies deserve. Hell is justice.

"22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your offspring and your name remain. 23 From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the LORD. 24 “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.” This is Part 1 of 8 total parts, in the series, "How Do Hell & Heaven Glorify God?"

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Dean Inserra, Lead Pastor of City Church in Tallahassee, FL and SBC Executive Committee Trustee, says, "...the goal for the Christian with same-sex desires is not heterosexuality, but holiness." But is this biblically accurate? Absolutely not!

My Response: 1) Dean's big issue is that he's practicing anthropology and calling it theology. He has asked, "homosexuals," "Can you stop being gay?" and based on their answer, he has formulated his empty rhetoric, "God has called you to be holy not heterosexual." But, there is no other holy sexuality except for heterosexuality. Every single person who has ever been created, based on God's design of male & female, is a heterosexual. But some suppress this truth in unrighteousness. Yet, our feelings do not define our sexuality.

Our Designer, God, defines our sexuality. And Genesis 2:20-25 says that God made Adam, and then made Eve from Adam for Adam, and for this reason, "a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh" (Gen 2:21-24). God's design is clear: male and female sexuality in its entirety is for the pursuit of biblical marriage. And telling Christians whose flesh tells them they're "gay" that they are not heterosexual is unbiblical and is a denial of God creating them male or female.

2) God's design, not our fleshly desire, is the only prerequisite for marriage. Christians who desire sexual and/or marital intimacy should pursue biblical marriage regardless what their flesh tells them. For, "It is not good that the man should be alone..." (Gen 2:18). God literally created males and females for the two to become one flesh, to come together in the covenant of marriage.

3) The Bible says that singleness is good to pursue for the sake of Christ's kingdom, but it takes a gift from God (Matt 19:11; 1 Cor 7:7-10). The Christian who is having same-sex desires does not have the gift of singleness. Therefore, he or she should reject the flesh & cultivate desires for God's design, & should pursue opposite-sex friends, in hope that he or she will one day marry an opposite-sex Christian. Why? Christians should hate their flesh and love God's design. Christians should order their lives according to God's design. And desiring marital intimacy means God's design for you is to pursue biblical marriage.

4) Dean is treating the sin of homosexuality as a special sin, for he would not apply his logic to other sins. For example, imagine saying to a Christian who is having trans desires, "Your goal is holiness, not living according to your God-designed sex." Or, telling a Christian who has desires to steal, "Your goal is holiness, not working hard." Not only should Christians who have same-sex desires totally reject them, they should also seek to cultivate desires for opposite-sex Christians, to lead to biblical marriage. *By "cultivate," I don't mean lust. Rather, I mean cultivate desire for one day cutting a sexual covenant of marriage with an oppositive-sex Christian.

In other words, the goal is holiness, but this holiness, for the Christian who is having same-sex desires, includes cultivating heterosexual desires and pursuing heterosexual marriage, because it is God's design for us, since He created us male or female, and these Christians do not have the gift of singleness. If they had the gift of singleness, they would not be talking about their "same-sex attraction" or struggling with it.

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SOURCES:

1) ERLC Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8VS4c_X1S4

2) Pure Book: https://amzn.to/3IGtvT1

3) Florida Baptist Witness Article: https://cdn.coverstand.com/9717/118555/118555.1.pdf

Sources

[1] Bart Barber, “What Do You Think About Slavery?” Accessed June 10, 2022, https://web.archive.org/web/20221202072353/https://www.fbcfarmersville.com/bartfaq.aspx.

[2] Bart Barber, “The Bible and Slavery,” December 15, 2014, Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210512011554/https://sbcvoices.com/the-bible-and-slavery/.

[3] Bart Barber, “Why the Slavery Question is Important,” December 20, 2014, Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210613145146/https://sbcvoices.com/why-the-slavery-question-is-important/.

[4] Barber, “Why the Slavery Question is Important,” Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210613145146/https://sbcvoices.com/why-the-slavery-question-is-important/, Comment Section.

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[6] Bart Barber, “How You Begin and How You End Up: Two Different Things,” October 3, 2008, Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220601193723/https://praisegodbarebones.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-you-begin-and-how-you-end-up-two.html.

[7] Bart Barber, “The Dawning of Emancipation,” December 19, 2014, Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210509015921/https://sbcvoices.com/the-dawning-of-emancipation/.

[8] Bart Barber, “I’d Rather Be Abraham’s Slave Eliezer Than,” December 16, 2014, Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210613134807/https://sbcvoices.com/id-rather-be-abrahams-slave/.

[9] Barber, “I’d Rather Be Abraham’s Slave Eliezer Than,” Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210613134807/https://sbcvoices.com/id-rather-be-abrahams-slave/, Comment Section.

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[21] Michel Martin, “Slave Bible from the 1800s Omitted Key Passages that Could Incite Rebellion,” December 9, 2018, https://www.npr.org/2018/12/09/674995075/slave-bible-from-the-1800s-omitted-key-passages-that-could-incite-rebellion.

1 Corinthians 10:16 - "The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?"  We partake in the blood of Christ and the body of Christ when we partake of the Lord’s Supper with faith. The big debate in church history has been over whether we literally (transubstantiation taught by Roman Catholicism), half-literally (consubstantiation taught by Martin Luther), spiritually (spiritual presence taught by John Calvin), or in memory memorial view taught by Ulrich Zwingli), partake of Christ.

Both the Memorial view and the Spiritual Presence view are permitted based on our church's confession of faith, the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.

Although, I do not like the phrase “means of grace” because Rome teaches that the sacraments actually save those who partake of them. The proclamation of God’s word indeed saves sinners due to the Holy Spirit’s work with the proclamation of God’s word, transforming their hearts and their faith. And the Holy Spirit also uses the proclamation of God’s word to strengthen the faith of Christians in their hearts and minds. In other words, the word of God is different from the words of men. And the Holy Spirit takes this Word, preached through the Lord's Supper and baptism, and saves and sanctifies sinners, beginning and bringing to the finish, salvation in them.

Furthermore, you do not have to participate in the sacrament to be saved or sanctified because God saves by grace through faith in Christ with the preaching of the word. God does not save through the Lord’s Supper or Baptism or the Word. Rather, God saves with the Word. The Holy Spirit takes the word and applies it to those who have faith in Christ. However, participating in the Lord’s Supper with your brothers and sisters in Christ on a regular basis, helps to sanctify us. As does hearing the word preached, praying the word, memorizing the word, seeing new believers baptized, etc.

The Word is preached through the Lord’s Supper, because it’s a drama given to us by God to communicate truth! The same is true of baptism. The Lord’s Supper preaches the word of God, and the Holy Spirit applies that word to those who participate in faith, believing the word preached, and He sanctifies us, matures us—whether that Word is preached through preaching, singing, the Lord’s Supper, Baptism, reading the Word, praying the Word, etc.

To summarize, the Lord’s supper is an ordinance or sacrament that reinforces our faith, joins Christians together, and sets us apart from the world who does not observe the Lord’s Supper with us. And as we partake, we preach to one another 1) We all need Jesus. 2) We all have received Christ through faith. 3) Christ is returning soon to wage war on His enemies and set up an eternal kingdom in the New Heavens and New Earth.

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