I absolutely LOVE how gentle Eric is with his friend, Dennis, and vice-versa. Imagine if Dennis became a Christian! How powerful of a testimony he would have?!?
Messianic Jews are a thing. Prager is obviously pretty knowledgeable, and I feel it's useful to Christians to inherit the way Jews understand scripture in order to help us in our own understanding of it. Jew and Gentile have much to teach and learn between one another, and we need more conversations like this to discuss interpretation and doctrine.
Hitler had evil thoughts, dwelled on them, thus brought them to fruition. When Dennis says I don't care what one thinks, it's how one treats people, well Dennis how can you separate them?
I think you misunderstand. There are good fruits when obeying God (the Holy Spirit) and we can’t care about the criticism we get for it. Lots of examples of that in today’s godless world. Hitler contemplated evil, which he carried out, and those results (fruits) were anathema to God’s law.
As a Christ Follower, I CAN'T separate the God of Creation, that included Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and the God who sacrificed himself in Human form, to allow the sinful Mankind, a pathway back to God. A Holy God cannot abide sin. When Mankind sinned, God ALREADY had a plan of Salvation. Genesis 3:15. When you are caught up in the rules and regulations of your "Religion", you do not honor God, but Man. When you accept the Gift of Salvation, knowing your "good works" alone, DON'T save you, {so no one can boast} you Honor God by doing those good works. God alone has planned for your life, the things that honor HIM. Our helper, The Holy Spirit, guides us, and pricks our heart when we do wrong. We feel joyful when we do right. We know the voice of our Lord.
God knows the intent of our hearts so if our heart really isn't into what good we're trying to do God sees right through that and He said it's like dross and will be burned up on the day of Judgement. Evil thoughts dwelled on lead to sinful actions.
I don't understand why it's so hard for Dennis to understand what it means that God understands the heart (mind). God knows the intent of our hearts. Read Gen 6:12.
Eric, I hold you and Dennis both in great esteem and appreciate you discussing your thoughts on this most critical area of everyone’s life (mind). Might I ask how the two of you reflect on the statements of David in the Psalms; “Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Also, keep back Thy servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; then I shall be blameless. David seems to share this position with several of his peers (other prophets); Are we not able to understand our own minds completely? Are we just so perverted by our sinful nature we have difficulty seeing how dreadfully sinful our minds and behavior our natures are? When I reflect on the numerous encounters Jesus had with his disciples regarding their thoughts it appears so. Some are told they are thinking like Satan, get behind Him (focused on living vs God’s plan for X to die). Others he explained how flawed (temporal) their thinking was because they wanted reward for service after death. He then shared He didn’t control this and the structure of God’s reward system was almost diametrically opposed to human (again temporal) thinking. What has always intrigued me was Davids comments, after many years of struggling to simply survive king (Saul) trying to kill him and he himself needing to turn down multiple opportunities (tests) to kill Saul not to thwart Gods plan. Yet, he was lying and deceiving gentile kings (acting crazy and appearing to be a partner, yet not) and committing genocidal acts on raids (killing all children, women and aged men [non-combatants], to not leave witnesses). Then later Paul gives direction as to what we ought to think on and what not to meditate (reflect) on (good vs bad). Capturing our thoughts and bringing them captive to Him. I do ok some days, but when fear permeates my noodle and worry overwhelms me (usually when I perceive my troubles are beyond management), I find it near impossible to capture, surrender, manage anything much less my thoughts.
On pride: But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of ADONAI did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah. 2 Chron 32:26 The change in pride thoughts caused a change in ADONAI's response.
Lust is not of God. Lust is self-focused, meaning that one's primary objective is to satisfy their own physical desires. Love, on the other hand, which can include physical affection, is of God. Love is others-focused, meaning that one's primary objective is to do what will make the other person happy. There should be no place in a person's heart, either before or after marriage, for lustful feelings and desires.
Would love to see you and Prager together in a SitC session; that's a great idea! The discussion y'all were having definitely could've went on for hours if it were allowed to. There was yet a whole 53' moving truck of knowledge and debate sitting out in the driveway awaiting to be unpacked. The thought-sin is something I frequently struggle with, unfortunately. There are thoughts I have that I know good and well aren't good to have (some relating to other sins of the 10), although I try to keep my mind such as these kinds of thoughts don't creep in, and if they to, to send them on their way before they set in. Now, in regard to the lust thoughts, I'm glad this came up. Covet and lust are two entirely different things, and part of the struggle I've had when it comes to the maidens is if lust = sin, then desiring even a single gal would be a sin by that definition. It's an unfortunate conceptual translation of God's Word, because it leads Christians to believe that one shouldn't even think about or desire in ANY kind of special intimacy before marriage [obviously we're not to DO it], but... attraction is an inherent thing, and hence, the struggle I think Christians face. Honestly, this may also be why there is a high rate of teen pregnancy (esp in the South) among Christians, likely with the mindset of if it's a sin to even think about it, may as well do it. Maybe something along those lines could be addressed in another talk/video. In my own case, it may be a 20% of the reason why i'm in my mid-40s and single [but there's a lot more reasons in my personal case such as modern female desire for fashion and other consumerism, the looks aren't "all that" to attract them, and the risk of a lady can leave at ANY time after marriage, and the courts simply are going to take her side no matter what, which gets additionally problematic and painful when younguns are involved].
this is a question of trying to understand the Word of God with your natural mind when Jesus said you need the Spirit of Truth in you to understand the Word of God
I LOVED this conversation! For most of my adult life I have been disenchanted with religion. I now realize that was because most of the teaching I received was so watered down. Conversations like this one are what was missing. My own 2 cents: the reason Jesus said that lust (covet is a much better word) is equal to committing the act is that coveting leads to jealousy, anger and resentment, which are all opposite of loving our fellow man.
The Word is very clear about how to deal with unholy or unGodly thoughts. If it’s any thought that could never come from Gods heart then it possibly exalts itself above God and must be cast down.
After all the times pragur has spent with true born again Christian pastors he stubbornly and pridefully refuses to accept the true messiah, Jesus Christ. They need to warn him not put him on a pedestal.
This is the third comment during this broadcast. I just can't help it! It's about a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Jesus, God, Holy Spirit! You can't EARN God's love!
The closer you get to the Father, even our thoughts are important to Him. He wants pure, holy sons. The road is narrow, but totally worth it. He is so wonderful, His love is incredible.
Our Thoughts are the source of our actions, That why we need a mind and heart transplant, as our thought are often unholy Only God is able to make this possible for our thoughts to be purified.
Good intentions that are not examined for their effects is a form of pride - you refuse to look at the results in a humble way. You may think you understand the situation but what if you are wrong? There is an inner laziness to unexamined good intentions - not being willing to look at results or contrary evidence is not having a deep-seated good intention. Loving truth is the only valid ground for good intentions.
the whole point Jesus is making is that the thought alone is enough to make you guilty of the whole law to show the insufficiency of the law for salvation. He was not giving a moral sermon but a sermon to show that no one is moral enough to please God on their own. the point is no one is good.
I personally don't see anything in the mental realm to be a sin. The sin to me would be in knowingly acting upon compulsions that will disrupt the continuity of peace and prosperity of yourself or others.
I would love to hear Dennis’ perspective on these scriptures: “And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.” 2 Kings 14:3-4 KJV All of their actions were right, and yet something was missing.
Dennis Prager, you actually made Jesus's point regarding his statements in the gospel of Matthew about man lusting in his heart. Men's sinful nature keeps him separated from God. God sent his only son to be the perfect sacrifice to atone for our sins. We have a sin debt we could never pay, but Jesus paid it in our stead. Re read John 3:16 through 18. Then choose to believe, and put your life in Jesus' hands, Who is The Perfect Jew, the Jewish Messiah, and be saved and forgiven from all your sins. Every Jew that has come to Faith in Jesus said it was the most Jewish thing they had ever done in their lives, and the Bible exploded and opened up for them in ways they had never known before!
Fun conversation. To speak on the part of Judaism, Rabbis in the mussur movement articulate and differentiate between cognitive changes and changing ones thoughts as means of changing your demeanor vs following the rule of the law in order to better yourself. Both are actually integral components to character development. Nonetheless the Rabbis teach us that good actions which are done with non altruistic intentions will eventually lead to good actions being done with altruistic intentions ....
Nah, his ego is way too big. Love him, have listened to him for almost 20 years, probably not gonna happen. God has changed harder hearts, so I hope I'm wrong.
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flows the spring of life. Proverbs 4:23. I’m sure there are more verses speaking of thoughts.
I'm a DP fan but I don't care too much for EM as his humor is a bit dry and he doesn't allow DP to finish his thoughts in most cases. But hey this is just one man's opinion.
And the word translated "woman" in Matt 5:28 would better be translated "wife" so it is consistant with the 10th commandment "thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife" Exodus 20:17
Dennis missed this one when writing his bible. There is no 'good' thought: Gen 6:5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually
Genesis 6:5-6 (5) The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (6) And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
Jesus in Matthew 5:27-30 mentions the issue with lust. What Jesus did, was showed us even if we think and contemplate these things and other negative and destructive thoughts we elevate it onto a SPIRITUAL PLANE. That's why it's SPIRITUAL WARFARE (in Ephesians) and we called to put on the ARMOUR OF GOD - EVERYDAY. Jesus does not want us to contribrute to this even via our thoughts. When in Jesus, we pray for purity and being transformed by our Lord and Savior - day by day. And this is why we strive for His transformation in us. God bless.
You cannot entertain evil and sinful thoughts. You will gravitate towards your thoughts, so you must guard those extremely closely! Shemp was the funniest stooge though
We can never be good enough since our righteousness is as filthy rags. God standards are much higher. Therefore He went to the cross for our punishment of sin. We can never be good enough.
if the circumstances of ones life are GOD's blessing on them then to covet those circumstances are the ungrateful rejection of GOD's blessing on your own life and wanting to take them away from someone else is sinful.
What you THINK is what you ACT. The mind is a very dangerous place, therefore it should be renewed with the Word of God. The heart is deceiving & evil if one is not regenerated & the Holy Spirit does not live in him/her. Check the O.T. prophet, Jeremiah 17:9
God knows every thought and intent of the heart..in saying that, God knew Satan's thoughts when he thought before he acted, that he would be like God..iniquity was found first in Satan by God..also the Bible says all of our righteousness is as filthy rags..Jesus Saves us from our sin!
We are God's Home which He created. Jesus was a carpenter, He built our home to house His Holy Spirit this is why we must receive Him as Lord and Savior with our own free will to believe He is Lord. His Spirit will lead us to repentance because His Holy Spirt working in us is truth so we can walk in truth and live in freedom which aligns with His Word. Sin is not freedom. Those who do not love Jesus do not love God the Father because if you have seen Him, you have seen the Father. Such a beautiful mystery even in the 1st 5 books of the Bible.
Zechariah 8:17 NKJV - 17 Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor; And do not love a false oath. For all these are things that I hate,’ Says the LORD.” Jeremiah 6:19 NKJV - 19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people- The fruit of their thoughts, Because they have not heeded My words Nor My law, but rejected it. "FRUIT OF THEIR THOUGHTS?!"... That is why we need MESSIAHS SACRAFICE DENNIS. Oh how my heart longs to see you embrace HIM Who they pierced Zech12:10
How sad erik can't tell him PROV, 23: 7 IT TOTALLY MATTERS TO GOD HOW WE THINK! PRAY FOR DENNIS HE IS NOT BORN AGAIN BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST! HE IS ONLY TRING TO BE INTELLIGENT! HIS OWN MERIT!
1828 Webster Dictionary definition for the word: LUST, noun 1. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain. My lust shall be satisfied upon them. Exodus 15:9. 2. Concupiscence; carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure. Romans 1:27. 2 Peter 2:10. 3. Evil propensity; depraved affections and desires. James 1:14. Psalms 81:12. 4. Vigor; active power. [Not used.] LUST, verb intransitive 1. To desire eagerly; to long; with after. Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deuteronomy 12:15. 2. To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite. LUST not after her beauty in thy heart. Proverbs 6:25. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28. 3. To have irregular or inordinate desires. The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. James 4:2. LUST not after evil things as they also lusted. 1 Corinthians 10:6. 4. To list; to like.
The carved images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to ADONAI your God. Deut 7:25. Here the reason not to covet is the damage it does to you, not the fact that it belongs to someone else.
Yup, Isaiah 53. My Jewish dentist told me that years ago when I asked him about it. He said, "we just ignore it". That will not serve you well in the end sir.
First of all, there is no such thing as Judeo Christian concept of God. Throughout the Old Testament, there is the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. If the jews were ever to read the Old Testament, they would believe in the true God. But they don't. They read the Talmud instead. There is no Father without the Son. That is why they have a different religion. Isn't this guy that said his father used to watch porn and he had a successful marriage? Why do you think he said that? There are two reasons. If you were a truthful person, you would address it.
Eric, i see you are a big supporter of Dr. Tour and creation, but at the same time you also seem to believe like him in the infinite universe and everything space related, as a given afterthought. I will give you the benefit of the doubt , however i have a simple question for you: If i have never seen a real photograph of the earth taken from space and neither have you, even if you prefer to deny it or claim ignorance or be indifferent, then how can we be sure that the space "they" are teaching us is a real thing just because it looks real, all the evidence or lack of points to the possibility that this hoax is all made up. Hope that if you are sincere you will have an answer or maybe the photographs, it will really solve for me a lot of the mysteries of life, probably more than debating who created this, without even knowing if this is real or a simple construct.
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.,”-Prov 23:7
I love listening to Dennis. May God continue to bless you.
The banter between these two is thought provoking, humorous and priceless!!👏🏼👏🏼😂❤
I absolutely LOVE how gentle Eric is with his friend, Dennis, and vice-versa.
Imagine if Dennis became a Christian! How powerful of a testimony he would have?!?
Messianic Jews are a thing. Prager is obviously pretty knowledgeable, and I feel it's useful to Christians to inherit the way Jews understand scripture in order to help us in our own understanding of it. Jew and Gentile have much to teach and learn between one another, and we need more conversations like this to discuss interpretation and doctrine.
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Hitler had evil thoughts, dwelled on them, thus brought them to fruition. When Dennis says I don't care what one thinks, it's how one treats people, well Dennis how can you separate them?
I think you misunderstand. There are good fruits when obeying God (the Holy Spirit) and we can’t care about the criticism we get for it. Lots of examples of that in today’s godless world.
Hitler contemplated evil, which he carried out, and those results (fruits) were anathema to God’s law.
Awesome. Love you both.
I heard someone say, "we know what we don't believe, before we truly know what we do believe."
Dennis and Ben are brilliant intelligent people who are our partners in promoting conservative values and righteousness in this godless country!
As a Christ Follower, I CAN'T separate the God of Creation, that included Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and the God who sacrificed himself in Human form, to allow the sinful Mankind, a pathway back to God. A Holy God cannot abide sin. When Mankind sinned, God ALREADY had a plan of Salvation. Genesis 3:15.
When you are caught up in the rules and regulations of your "Religion", you do not honor God, but Man. When you accept the Gift of Salvation, knowing your "good works" alone, DON'T save you, {so no one can boast} you Honor God by doing those good works. God alone has planned for your life, the things that honor HIM. Our helper, The Holy Spirit, guides us, and pricks our heart when we do wrong. We feel joyful when we do right. We know the voice of our Lord.
God knows the intent of our hearts so if our heart really isn't into what good we're trying to do God sees right through that and He said it's like dross and will be burned up on the day of Judgement. Evil thoughts dwelled on lead to sinful actions.
God said,no one comes to the Father but by Me!
I think Jesus point was that none of us are able to be perfect, and that’s why we need His mercy grace and salvation.
Jesus said, what you THINK in your heart, so is he!!!!
Thank you Lord for these two men.
Dennis says over and over that he doesn't care what someone thinks. The point is that GOD does care what people think.
All that matters is what God thinks. Seek the kingdom first. It's not seek your brother first.
Ha! I kept saying that to the monitor as I was watching this!
God does not want us to covet. Ex 20:17 So I don't get Pragers point, it's ok to covet because it doesn't mean lust. Weird
But God didn't say he cared what you think. You put your faith in the King of England, not God.
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That's not what he said.
To obey is better than sacrifice.
great discussion
I don't understand why it's so hard for Dennis to understand what it means that God understands the heart (mind). God knows the intent of our hearts. Read Gen 6:12.
Most enjoyable interview , thank you
Eric, I hold you and Dennis both in great esteem and appreciate you discussing your thoughts on this most critical area of everyone’s life (mind).
Might I ask how the two of you reflect on the statements of David in the Psalms; “Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Also, keep back Thy servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; then I shall be blameless.
David seems to share this position with several of his peers (other prophets);
Are we not able to understand our own minds completely?
Are we just so perverted by our sinful nature we have difficulty seeing how dreadfully sinful our minds and behavior our natures are?
When I reflect on the numerous encounters Jesus had with his disciples regarding their thoughts it appears so. Some are told they are thinking like Satan, get behind Him (focused on living vs God’s plan for X to die). Others he explained how flawed (temporal) their thinking was because they wanted reward for service after death. He then shared He didn’t control this and the structure of God’s reward system was almost diametrically opposed to human (again temporal) thinking.
What has always intrigued me was Davids comments, after many years of struggling to simply survive king (Saul) trying to kill him and he himself needing to turn down multiple opportunities (tests) to kill Saul not to thwart Gods plan. Yet, he was lying and deceiving gentile kings (acting crazy and appearing to be a partner, yet not) and committing genocidal acts on raids (killing all children, women and aged men [non-combatants], to not leave witnesses).
Then later Paul gives direction as to what we ought to think on and what not to meditate (reflect) on (good vs bad). Capturing our thoughts and bringing them captive to Him.
I do ok some days, but when fear permeates my noodle and worry overwhelms me (usually when I perceive my troubles are beyond management), I find it near impossible to capture, surrender, manage anything much less my thoughts.
On pride:
But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of ADONAI did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah. 2 Chron 32:26
The change in pride thoughts caused a change in ADONAI's response.
Lust is not of God. Lust is self-focused, meaning that one's primary objective is to satisfy their own physical desires. Love, on the other hand, which can include physical affection, is of God. Love is others-focused, meaning that one's primary objective is to do what will make the other person happy. There should be no place in a person's heart, either before or after marriage, for lustful feelings and desires.
Dennis Prager is so open.
Would love to see you and Prager together in a SitC session; that's a great idea! The discussion y'all were having definitely could've went on for hours if it were allowed to. There was yet a whole 53' moving truck of knowledge and debate sitting out in the driveway awaiting to be unpacked. The thought-sin is something I frequently struggle with, unfortunately. There are thoughts I have that I know good and well aren't good to have (some relating to other sins of the 10), although I try to keep my mind such as these kinds of thoughts don't creep in, and if they to, to send them on their way before they set in.
Now, in regard to the lust thoughts, I'm glad this came up. Covet and lust are two entirely different things, and part of the struggle I've had when it comes to the maidens is if lust = sin, then desiring even a single gal would be a sin by that definition. It's an unfortunate conceptual translation of God's Word, because it leads Christians to believe that one shouldn't even think about or desire in ANY kind of special intimacy before marriage [obviously we're not to DO it], but... attraction is an inherent thing, and hence, the struggle I think Christians face.
Honestly, this may also be why there is a high rate of teen pregnancy (esp in the South) among Christians, likely with the mindset of if it's a sin to even think about it, may as well do it. Maybe something along those lines could be addressed in another talk/video. In my own case, it may be a 20% of the reason why i'm in my mid-40s and single [but there's a lot more reasons in my personal case such as modern female desire for fashion and other consumerism, the looks aren't "all that" to attract them, and the risk of a lady can leave at ANY time after marriage, and the courts simply are going to take her side no matter what, which gets additionally problematic and painful when younguns are involved].
Love you so much Eric love listening to you thank you for your courage integrity honesty to The Bible and your family
this is a question of trying to understand the Word of God with your natural mind when Jesus said you need the Spirit of Truth in you to understand the Word of God
I LOVED this conversation! For most of my adult life I have been disenchanted with religion. I now realize that was because most of the teaching I received was so watered down. Conversations like this one are what was missing. My own 2 cents: the reason Jesus said that lust (covet is a much better word) is equal to committing the act is that coveting leads to jealousy, anger and resentment, which are all opposite of loving our fellow man.
Yes, and Jesus said to hate is equivalent to murder, and that will be judged.
Dennis needs a personal encounter with Jesus, it will clear everything up.
The Sermon on the mount exposes the nature of our heart and our great need for Jesus
The Word is very clear about how to deal with unholy or unGodly thoughts. If it’s any thought that could never come from Gods heart then it possibly exalts itself above God and must be cast down.
44:20 personal relationship through Jesus is the way to that love
"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" Proverbs 23: 7
After all the times pragur has spent with true born again Christian pastors he stubbornly and pridefully refuses to accept the true messiah, Jesus Christ. They need to warn him not put him on a pedestal.
Love Eric
God bless both of them
I pray for Dennis
❤🙏☝️👍😊
This is the third comment during this broadcast. I just can't help it! It's about a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Jesus, God, Holy Spirit! You can't EARN God's love!
The closer you get to the Father, even our thoughts are important to Him. He wants pure, holy sons. The road is narrow, but totally worth it. He is so wonderful, His love is incredible.
Our Thoughts are the source of our actions, That why we need a mind and heart transplant, as our thought are often unholy Only God is able to make this possible for our thoughts to be purified.
Good intentions that are not examined for their effects is a form of pride - you refuse to look at the results in a humble way. You may think you understand the situation but what if you are wrong? There is an inner laziness to unexamined good intentions - not being willing to look at results or contrary evidence is not having a deep-seated good intention. Loving truth is the only valid ground for good intentions.
There should be thousands of likes on this video. Shadowbox?
the whole point Jesus is making is that the thought alone is enough to make you guilty of the whole law to show the insufficiency of the law for salvation. He was not giving a moral sermon but a sermon to show that no one is moral enough to please God on their own. the point is no one is good.
Hey, you're back on RUclips! What's up with that?
I personally don't see anything in the mental realm to be a sin. The sin to me would be in knowingly acting upon compulsions that will disrupt the continuity of peace and prosperity of yourself or others.
Dennis is doing a great service to Christianity with these insights.
Essentially debating “Concupiscence”?
Need to discuss Mark 7
The discussion before this must be on total depravity
I would love to hear Dennis’ perspective on these scriptures:
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.”
2 Kings 14:3-4 KJV
All of their actions were right, and yet something was missing.
Dennis Prager, you actually made Jesus's point regarding his statements in the gospel of Matthew about man lusting in his heart. Men's sinful nature keeps him separated from God. God sent his only son to be the perfect sacrifice to atone for our sins. We have a sin debt we could never pay, but Jesus paid it in our stead. Re read John 3:16 through 18. Then choose to believe, and put your life in Jesus' hands, Who is The Perfect Jew, the Jewish Messiah, and be saved and forgiven from all your sins.
Every Jew that has come to Faith in Jesus said it was the most Jewish thing they had ever done in their lives, and the Bible exploded and opened up for them in ways they had never known before!
Fun conversation. To speak on the part of Judaism, Rabbis in the mussur movement articulate and differentiate between cognitive changes and changing ones thoughts as means of changing your demeanor vs following the rule of the law in order to better yourself. Both are actually integral components to character development. Nonetheless the Rabbis teach us that good actions which are done with non altruistic intentions will eventually lead to good actions being done with altruistic intentions ....
I think it was Luther who said “You can’t stop the birds flying overhead, but you can certainly stop them making a nest in your hair.”
Dennis Your Heart is Not With God!
Getting saved at 25 is late in life? Cmon Eric that is fairly early in life!
This great conversation needed to be from the pulpit of the church.
Wasn’t it Dennis Prager who said it’s ok to watch pornography!? Why aren’t Christian pastors not calling this out?!
I think Dennis is on his way to getting saved.
Nah, his ego is way too big. Love him, have listened to him for almost 20 years, probably not gonna happen. God has changed harder hearts, so I hope I'm wrong.
Denis you must care about what people think, because you know out of the heart come out actions
אני אוהב את דניס אבל הוא טועה כאן❤
Death, burial, and resurrection of Christ is payment for our wrongdoings.
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flows the spring of life. Proverbs 4:23.
I’m sure there are more verses speaking of thoughts.
truly good thoughts are only from God
I'm a DP fan but I don't care too much for EM as his humor is a bit dry and he doesn't allow DP to finish his thoughts in most cases. But hey this is just one man's opinion.
Not good work! How would you know if you had done enough!!
Eric! I covet…… your brain! You big ox!
Dennis missed the point about Lust/ desire.” Kinda fun. No one is perfect
Faith is believing what God says, not a way to manipulate a way to get to heaven.
And the word translated "woman" in Matt 5:28 would better be translated "wife" so it is consistant with the 10th commandment "thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife" Exodus 20:17
Dennis missed this one when writing his bible. There is no 'good' thought: Gen 6:5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually
Jesus is the bridge to communicate to God.
Works are as dirty rags. You can't get to heaven by just being good.
Host, let the guest talk for a few minutes, let him finish a point FFS
Genesis 6:5-6 (5) The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (6) And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
Jesus in Matthew 5:27-30 mentions the issue with lust. What Jesus did, was showed us even if we think and contemplate these things and other negative and destructive thoughts we elevate it onto a SPIRITUAL PLANE. That's why it's SPIRITUAL WARFARE (in Ephesians) and we called to put on the ARMOUR OF GOD - EVERYDAY. Jesus does not want us to contribrute to this even via our thoughts. When in Jesus, we pray for purity and being transformed by our Lord and Savior - day by day. And this is why we strive for His transformation in us.
God bless.
You cannot entertain evil and sinful thoughts. You will gravitate towards your thoughts, so you must guard those extremely closely!
Shemp was the funniest stooge though
Guarding is "doing", it isn't passive by no means
We can never be good enough since our righteousness is as filthy rags. God standards are much higher. Therefore He went to the cross for our punishment of sin. We can never be good enough.
if the circumstances of ones life are GOD's blessing on them then to covet those circumstances are the ungrateful rejection of GOD's blessing on your own life and wanting to take them away from someone else is sinful.
What you THINK is what you ACT. The mind is a very dangerous place, therefore it should be renewed with the Word of God. The heart is deceiving & evil if one is not regenerated & the Holy Spirit does not live in him/her. Check the O.T. prophet, Jeremiah 17:9
God knows every thought and intent of the heart..in saying that, God knew Satan's thoughts when he thought before he acted, that he would be like God..iniquity was found first in Satan by God..also the Bible says all of our righteousness is as filthy rags..Jesus Saves us from our sin!
Jesus is the way and the truth.
🌺SHALOM ❤
We are God's Home which He created. Jesus was a carpenter, He built our home to house His Holy Spirit this is why we must receive Him as Lord and Savior with our own free will to believe He is Lord. His Spirit will lead us to repentance because His Holy Spirt working in us is truth so we can walk in truth and live in freedom which aligns with His Word. Sin is not freedom.
Those who do not love Jesus do not love God the Father because if you have seen Him, you have seen the Father. Such a beautiful mystery even in the 1st 5 books of the Bible.
Zechariah 8:17 NKJV - 17 Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor; And do not love a false oath. For all these are things that I hate,’ Says the LORD.”
Jeremiah 6:19 NKJV - 19 Hear, O earth!
Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people-
The fruit of their thoughts,
Because they have not heeded My words
Nor My law, but rejected it.
"FRUIT OF THEIR THOUGHTS?!"...
That is why we need MESSIAHS SACRAFICE DENNIS. Oh how my heart longs to see you embrace HIM Who they pierced Zech12:10
I am suspecting that Eric is more than a bit ADHD.
So again how did you come to faith in Christ??
How sad erik can't tell him PROV, 23: 7 IT TOTALLY MATTERS TO GOD HOW WE THINK! PRAY FOR DENNIS HE IS NOT BORN AGAIN BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST! HE IS ONLY TRING TO BE INTELLIGENT! HIS OWN MERIT!
1828 Webster Dictionary definition for the word: LUST, noun
1. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain.
My lust shall be satisfied upon them. Exodus 15:9.
2. Concupiscence; carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure. Romans 1:27. 2 Peter 2:10.
3. Evil propensity; depraved affections and desires. James 1:14. Psalms 81:12.
4. Vigor; active power. [Not used.]
LUST, verb intransitive
1. To desire eagerly; to long; with after.
Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deuteronomy 12:15.
2. To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite.
LUST not after her beauty in thy heart. Proverbs 6:25.
Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28.
3. To have irregular or inordinate desires.
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. James 4:2.
LUST not after evil things as they also lusted. 1 Corinthians 10:6.
4. To list; to like.
Christ > Dennis
The carved images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to ADONAI your God. Deut 7:25.
Here the reason not to covet is the damage it does to you, not the fact that it belongs to someone else.
Why don't you ask this guy why the rabbis removed one chapter from the Old Testament that prophesied Jesus? You know, witch one.
Yup, Isaiah 53. My Jewish dentist told me that years ago when I asked him about it. He said, "we just ignore it". That will not serve you well in the end sir.
@@christinemccloskey7429 is that you in the videos?
First of all, there is no such thing as Judeo Christian concept of God. Throughout the Old Testament, there is the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. If the jews were ever to read the Old Testament, they would believe in the true God. But they don't. They read the Talmud instead. There is no Father without the Son. That is why they have a different religion.
Isn't this guy that said his father used to watch porn and he had a successful marriage? Why do you think he said that? There are two reasons. If you were a truthful person, you would address it.
Eric, i see you are a big supporter of Dr. Tour and creation, but at the same time you also seem to believe like him in the infinite universe and everything space related, as a given afterthought.
I will give you the benefit of the doubt , however i have a simple question for you:
If i have never seen a real photograph of the earth taken from space and neither have you, even if you prefer to deny it or claim ignorance or be indifferent, then how can we be sure that the space "they" are teaching us is a real thing just because it looks real, all the evidence or lack of points to the possibility that this hoax is all made up.
Hope that if you are sincere you will have an answer or maybe the photographs, it will really solve for me a lot of the mysteries of life, probably more than debating who created this, without even knowing if this is real or a simple construct.