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You are beautiful, Jeff. Preach on. You have such an important and needed and love gift of teaching our Beautiful Holy Trinity Truth. God bless you and your family and ministry. Amen Hallelujah ❤
@@andrewclemons8619I wish God would have written the Bible himself. He could have made it perfect, without errors or translation mistakes. He could have made it in a language understood by anyone who read it
@@andrewclemons8619 he could have written in a language that we could understand but that we could never speak or use with one another. He's God, he could create anything
I would love to hear Jeff talk about his thoughts on free grace theology. From what I can gather free grace doesn’t believe in repentance (or at least the free grace folks I’ve talked with say so)
Indeed! The Hebrew Bible is also very much concerned with the circumcision of the heart. Judaism in the first century became legalistic and hence hypocritical.
Coveting is a sin. Adultery is a sin. But they are not the same sin. Watch the entire exchange Durbin has really done a bad thing misrepresenting, purposefully it appears, Mr. Prager horribly with choosing to reply in this manner to this tiny clip.
@@iacoponefurio1915 Very kind and thoughtful attempt at a reply but I’m not sure what your point is. Prager argues that adultery is a sin of action not that there aren’t other sins of thought like coveting. Durbin attempts to equate the two to call Prager a hypocrite. Watch the entire exchange Prager in no way is saying what Durbin suggests. Why Durbin does that is very disconcerting.
Thank you for addressing this. Sadly I lost respect for Mr Prager when I heard his views on porn, etc. You are so correct, Pastor. keeping the inner self as pure as possible is the biggest struggle of all! It’s impossible. So thanks be to Jesus and the Holy Spirit for doing for/in us what we can’t do ourselves to make us right with Him.
@@MisterManTheBestMan Wrong, there is no conceding to sin. You follow Christ or man. Prager is an unbeliever and is in desperate need of salvation and renewal. We shouldn't be admiring sinners.
Have you guys ever been wrong about something? I mean, if your kid thinks you believe something they don't, do you expect them to no longer respect you either? Prager is clearly not an evil man, and has spent a lot of his life trying to teach morals other than the one on display currently. "We shouldn't be admiring sinners" - brother, we're all sinners. The only absolute truth is there in the bible and the only perfect man who gave us those same truths is Jesus Christ. The rest of us are human, some trying our best to follow those rules. Even we mess up and misinterpret, so let's humble ourselves to give each other a chance to sharpen our theological axes before we go slicing off others' tongues with them.
Amen. Everything We say and do flows forth from the ____. ..hmmm, i think it might be the thing that is more wicked and deceitful than the devil himself, and more than all things! wow -Jer. 17
This has been on my heart since I watched it. I grieve for Dennis and those like him who despite their intellect and education can't see this beautiful, simple truth when it's right before them. I recognize that I can only see it because my eyes were opened for me by the Holy Spirit, through no merit of my own. We are fallen creatures, body and mind, and our minds are darkened until the Light is brought to bear upon them.
Bruh! That was amazing. Thank you brother Jeff. I love this channel. Thank you for serving the Lord. I learn something new every time I listen to you. Blessings and greetings from California.
Amen. I cannot speak for mr. Prager, but many people that have such theology do so in order to justify their own sin. If I can construct a form of obedience that allows me to continue in my sin while simultaneously getting me off the hook so to speak morally and Soothe My guilty conscience, hey that sounds great! May the Lord have mercy on Dennis Prager anddraw him to his Messiah.
Well said Jeff. From out of the overflow of your heart, your mouth speaks. That just comes to mind. If our heart was good, our behaviors would reflect it. And even if we could refrain from outward sin, our heart and mind are still evil. The outside of the cup is clean and the inside is full of filth. And we cannot separate or justify our actions by claiming that our mind and heart have nothing to do with sinning. Jesus referred to this.
When I was a Christ-less conservative, I loved the content that Prager U and The Daily Wire put out because there was so much truth being shed in the darkness atound the time of the election, etc. Then it was lacking the light if Jesus it just felt like we were without hope. Then I found Jeff and Apologia Studios and gave my life to Jesus after hearing the gospel for the first time on the Mormon Evanglism Videos because I grew up Mormon. Mormonism is very much a white washed tombs religion and you have no hope in that kind of law keeping religion and your missing the relationship with God. I'm so glad God used your channel and the internet to his glory in my life. I cant imagine the anxiety I would still be living in without hearing the gospel. Thanks for all the work you guys do!
I seem to recall the essence of the judgment of God on Israel and Judah had to do with them offering sacrifices according to the prescription of the law. They outwardly did what was commanded, but God told them to stop doing it! Why? These people honor me with their lips (and sacrifices, etc.) but their heart is far from me. Prager is sadly confused in this regard. Good analysis Pastor Jeff- thanks for taking this on.
Jeff speaks and teaches with an apparent loving heart. As a Catholic Christian, even though we have some different understandings, I respect Jeff and value many of his apparent attitudes, words and thoughts processess.
He's completely right makes me think that they have hate in their hearts and one day what's stopping that becoming an act sooner or later? You've got to stop it in the heart and thought life. Am I incorrect?
Listened to a Bible study today on John 8:1-11 led by Hal Lindsey and he spoke about this subject exactly and He mentioned The tenth commandment against covetousness to show the truth of how God was always concerned about sins of the heart!
I would love to hear Jeff on Pints w Aquinas. Would love to hear that conversation. Especially in light of your mutual perspectives on porn and abortion
Infidelity and lying destroyed my first marriage. My ex hid so much from me including the dating sites he was on, naked pictures of women on his phone and hidden credit cards and money he was spending etc. Adultery, pornography and lust are all sexually immoral. I'm now remarried and my husband knows what I went through and we are honest with each other and don't keep secrets.
@@redrum6316 so agree. I never really watched his show, only his abortion debates. But once I watched one of his shows and he used Gods name in vain like 8 times in 45 minutes. I was in shock. Not saying, that can’t happen, especially in the beginning (former atheist turned Christian here), but Ben claims to be soooo to the "law" but can’t even respect God. Idk, seems more like traditional to me than actual love. But again, this is the feeling I get. Perhaps I’m totally wrong here. It’s just hard for me to understand how he can do that over and over again (I think it was a trans or abortion video he commented.)
Today I sat in on a radio show at the National Religious Broadcasters convention. Dennis Prager and Metaxas discussed this very question that was brought up by Dennis Prager. He brought up the issue in a way where he had not come to a firm conclusion on it and was seriously contemplating the pros and cons. Metaxas did a pretty good job of answering his questions, firmly disagreed with Prager’s point of view but not as concise as you have done. I doubt he was able to see this as of yet since this discussion was just today and your video is only one day old. It would be nice for Dennis Prager to hear this perspective, as it is very concise.
Lev 19:18, "love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord." Is lusting after someone (the way prager excuses himself) who is not your wife/husband loving them the way God would want you to?
It certainly is not loving the person who you are using the image of as you lust after them (in your mind, in photos or on a screen) to gratify your desire with. ... it’s also not loving or respecting your spouse either (husbands are to love their wives, and wives are to respect their husbands - so essentially it is breaking the covenant of marriage).
Also, when we are Saved, God circumcizes pur HEARTS❤! It doesn't get any more seriously inner than that!!! Very simple. The Bible is so amazing. It is all we need. Jesus plus nothing equals EVERYTHING. Yes, we also MUST have Truth Preachers and Teachers. Amen. They have the most important job in the world. TRUTH is the key word. You got it Jeff. Love your dogmatic, loving presentation of the Holy Scriptures. God bless
There are a lot of great Scripture quotes in this comment section already, but I wanted to add these from the Psalms that make it very clear that God is actually more interested in your thought life than your outward appearance. "For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." Psalms 51:16-17 LSB "Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way." Psalms 139:23-24 LSB Seems to me that our God has always detested unholy thoughts, He didn't just start that after the cross.
I like Dennis Prager, but I did not know he had this value and I am surprised. I appreciate that you cleared this up pastor and now I know where he stands on this issue. Doesn't look like the Jews have changed a bit since the first century. You know, God didn't bring the Jews back to Jerusalem for their sake, but for his own honor. We should not forget that.
Ask Dennis Prager if our thoughts are important to God or if we can just outwardly confess to love God while harboring hatred for Him in our heart! ROMANS 10:10 "for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. Matthew 23:25-28 God is so good 👍🏼
As a Messianic Jew, I love this. I always kind of knew this false Judaism is just an echo of what Yeshua encountered, but it never really struck a cord like this.
I watch Prager’s fireside chats and I even took my daughter to see his speech in Visalia, CA years ago. He’s got a lot of wisdom and he’s a great orator. I don’t agree with many things as a Christian but I’m not the most articulate person in the world. I agree with Jesus because He’s God and He said. He is the Word.
He is a wannabe pharisee. Whitewashed tomb with dead mens bones inside. JESUS specifically addressed his whole empty dead inside philosophy. Jeremiah 17 the human LEBAB, Will affections inner person- wicked deceitful above all things, who can know it? Cursed is anyone who trusts in man. Who cares if you get outward human approval? You dont need to follow any religion for that. What a bizarre outlook below a 2nd grade Sunday school education. 🙄🤤🤪
Lazy dead inside human works worshippers look for a guy like this every generation because you never have to have a real relationship with God who is a Spirit (john 4:24) and never have to get right with him and repent!. You had better get some sound doctrine and real knowledge of God for your precious children! They and you Must be born again. You should not have time for clowns like him there is too much in the way of sound teaching and resources out there!
I sit under plaster begg from truth for life, listened to Dr Sproul and Keller whom have now past on. I often wonder who will take the helm of such great men. The more I listen, the more I feel I have found at least one.
I've come across this issue in my conversations with people. They point out the difference between "Do not commit adultery" in the Ten Commandments and Jesus' "lust of the heart" and they say that Jesus took the Ten Commandments too far. I have been told that the Ten Commandments are not interested in your inner thoughts but your actions. I just ask them what they think of the Tenth Commandment.
I repent and ask for forgiveness of what rolls around between the ears. In doing so, the outward actions don't come to fruition. When I dwell on ugly sin, it gives it root. I don't compare myself to others, I look at God's Word and I always fall short, so I'm never right unless I'm in line w His Word and commandments. Jesus knocked the Pharisees and scribes for a loop when He destroyed their phony outward "goodness" Praise God, thank you Brother Jeff.
This is such a good explanation. Thank you. However don’t the Orthodox Jews only believe in the first 5 books of the bible? Or am I mistaken? Because if they don’t even believe in all the Old Testament that would mean they wouldn’t believe in the Proverbs and other OT scriptures addressing the heart
Denis Prager never read Isaiah 29,13? "And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men..."
Matthew 15:16-19 And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
See how a man can be relegated to a fool when they do not understand the things of God? Dennis is lost. Pray for him. Circumcision is of the heart. Let us not make the same mistake as the children of Israel in the wilderness, who disregarded, tested, and ultimately rejected the word of God because their hearts were far from Him.
Dennis Prager needs to re-read Isaiah. "Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person HIS THOUGHTS" Isaiah 55:7 (emphasis added) We need to take every thought captive and make them obedient to Christ.
“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees, for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”” 1 Samuel 16:7
To an extend i get the behaviorist approach of what Judaism and Islam prescribe; exactly because the heart is deceitful and wicked and thoughts can be sinful and evil, it's important to ignore and battle against the heart and thoughts by ignoring them and primarily act. The pedophile can think about abusing a child but he can decide not acting upon it. Also, somewhere i heard something to the extend of phrase 'Act as if you do love your neighbour even when you don't and that may transform your heart towards him or people in general'
This is the 'heart' of a legalistic/ works based religion. Saying the Shema every morning is more important to them than actually believing it. And is why Jews like Prager are so common today because it is not about faith to them since they were 'chosen' by God. And when Jesus revealed the judgment that was about to fall upon them because of their hypocrisy, they wanted to kill Him. Then the Rabbis continued to justify themselves even after their temple was destroyed which doctrines also crept into Christianity.
WE shouldn't be surprised of Mr. Prager's view. He used to routinely speak on marriage issues on his radio show; he would address the differences between men and women; his view is utterly perverse. He would propose that men are visually predisposed to deviant behavior and thereby it appeared to women as perverse. In his view, erratic fantasies are very normal and acceptable behavior for men. It is no wonder that he has been divorced and remarried multiple times. We definitely lack integrality with conservatives and we put up with it.... look at how evangelical are enamored with Trump, Matthew Gaetz, and others.
Before I was saved I was (and still am) right leaning, I caught one of Prager U's videos where Dennis talked about what you state here, his view's on men's visual theatrical brains when it comes to attractive women. Around the time I became born again I discovered Living Waters RUclips channel, I heard Ray Comfort continually reference Matthew 5:27-28, when evangelizing to people. That really overtime has helped me to see that Jesus is concerned about the root of the action which begins at heart. Guess what? I'm a guy, I wholehearted disagree that simply looking isn't dangerous, looking leads to porn, then pictures aren't enough, then simply watching one man and woman isn't enough, things like that can steam role. I also would take a little extra time in the shower...doing something, almost everyday. Jesus is a game changer, the bible has a healthier way of life, abstinence until marriage and keeping away from a certain self act is HEALTHY for men, these things are better than Oh..it's just looking". Jesus is Lord, I can't work my way into Heaven, Mr. Prager thinks he can. The bible offers truth about Holiness in that if God where to allow sinners into Heaven, he'd be corrupt, and he would not be set apart from us morally. Hence io make it into Heaven you must be morally spotless in thought mind and deed, and none of us are. Thank the Lord that you and I will have the righteousness of the Son accredited to our accounts on judgement day.
Not only. In our hyper-sensitive, twisted and "politically correct" West someone's words, exempt from any actions can have massive consequences for them if they don't comport with the "accepted" rhetoric of the day. Words and thoughts, for better or worse, absolutely matter and are a pre-cursor to action so can be sin of themselves.
There’s passages in the Talmud that say that a jew can tell a gentile who has fallen into a pit that as long as they say they’ll go get help and the gentile believes them, that they can just leave them there without actually getting help and it isn’t sin. Whitewashed tombs indeed.
I don't think the Nazi analogy works. If Heinrich (who is a member of the Nazi party) gives a Jewish person sandwich on Tuesday and a job on Wednesday, but he rounded them up and imprisoned them without cause on Monday, the actions on Tuesday and Wednesday wouldn't negate what happened Monday. On the other hand, if Heinrich imprisonsoned them Monday, the Hans (also, hypothetically a member of the Nazi party) came and fed Jewish people on Tursday, Hans's good action isn't "tainted" by Heinrich's bad one. I am not saying Prager or Judaism is right, I'm just saying that his line of reasoning would not require Prager to give a pass to "all Nazis" just because one or a few of them did one good thing. It would only require him to give a pass to a Nazi who never himself did a single bad thing...and that is not a crazy thought. Also, typically, "hypocrisy" isn't thinking one thing (of the nature of having an intrusive thought) but then _not acting_ on that thought oneself...it is actively _acting_ in a certain way, then telling _other people_ not to do that same thing.
I’d love to see this debate live almost as much as a live debate with Neil DeGrass Tyson. If I’m not mistaken, there is chastisement for an “unholy” inward life in Judaism just as in Christianity but in both Religions, the physical act is the notable greater foul of the two.
I was just reading Matthew when Jesus was calling the pharesess and seducees hypocrites. This truly helped me clarify what he meant by the whiteashing of the tombs. Thank you God bless you!
Deuteronomy 30 It is best to read the whole chapter in context. V6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. V14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. V17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, V18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish.
The instrument that Jesus died on was just that, a torture instrument, and all the evidence points to the fact that Jesus did not doe on a cross but rather a "upright pole of stake" ! An important reason is that Jesus Christ did not die on a cross. The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau·ros′. It basically means “an upright pale or stake.” The Companion Bible points out: “[Stau·ros′] never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle . . . There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] even to imply two pieces of timber.” In several texts, Bible writers use another word for the instrument of Jesus’ death. It is the Greek word xy′lon. (Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24) This word simply means “timber” or “a stick, club, or tree.” The most convincing proof of all, however, comes from God’s Word. The apostle Paul says: “Christ by purchase released us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: ‘Accursed is every man hanged upon a stake [“a tree,” King James Version].’” (Galatians 3:13) Here Paul quotes Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, which clearly refers to a stake, not a cross. Since such a means of execution made the person “a curse,” it would not be proper for Christians to decorate their homes with images of Christ impaled. So if there was a chance that this is true it means that people are putting Jesus onto a pagan symbol!
Prager isn’t even a practicing Jew. He doesn’t represent Jewish thought. If you study Orthodox Judaism, especially from the Chabad side, they preach a lot about the intentions of the heart and the yetzer hara.
Well said. Just because you profess to subscribe to a biblical ethos in line with the teachings of Moses doesnt mean that you truly are. Those who live with faith in the Mashiach of God are fulfilling the law by that faith.
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You are beautiful, Jeff. Preach on. You have such an important and needed and love gift of teaching our Beautiful Holy Trinity Truth.
God bless you and your family and ministry.
Amen
Hallelujah ❤
The white washed tomb statement by Jesus.
@@andrewclemons8619I wish God would have written the Bible himself. He could have made it perfect, without errors or translation mistakes. He could have made it in a language understood by anyone who read it
@@andrewclemons8619 he could have written in a language that we could understand but that we could never speak or use with one another. He's God, he could create anything
I would love to hear Jeff talk about his thoughts on free grace theology. From what I can gather free grace doesn’t believe in repentance (or at least the free grace folks I’ve talked with say so)
"You shall not covet." How is that an 'outward' command? It deals directly with the heart.
Indeed! The Hebrew Bible is also very much concerned with the circumcision of the heart. Judaism in the first century became legalistic and hence hypocritical.
Coveting is a sin. Adultery is a sin. But they are not the same sin. Watch the entire exchange Durbin has really done a bad thing misrepresenting, purposefully it appears, Mr. Prager horribly with choosing to reply in this manner to this tiny clip.
@@SaltShack you are incompetent 🤦♀️
@@SaltShack total fake with bizarre anti logic
You live in a goofy fantasy world
@@iacoponefurio1915 Very kind and thoughtful attempt at a reply but I’m not sure what your point is. Prager argues that adultery is a sin of action not that there aren’t other sins of thought like coveting. Durbin attempts to equate the two to call Prager a hypocrite. Watch the entire exchange Prager in no way is saying what Durbin suggests. Why Durbin does that is very disconcerting.
Thank you for addressing this. Sadly I lost respect for Mr Prager when I heard his views on porn, etc. You are so correct, Pastor.
keeping the inner self as pure as possible is the biggest struggle of all! It’s impossible. So thanks be to Jesus and the Holy Spirit for doing for/in us what we can’t do ourselves to make us right with Him.
It's okay to disagree with someone you respect, the two are not mutually exclusive.
@@MisterManTheBestMan I definitely wouldn't tell my enemies kids that it's okay.
@@MisterManTheBestMan Wrong, there is no conceding to sin. You follow Christ or man. Prager is an unbeliever and is in desperate need of salvation and renewal. We shouldn't be admiring sinners.
Have you guys ever been wrong about something?
I mean, if your kid thinks you believe something they don't, do you expect them to no longer respect you either?
Prager is clearly not an evil man, and has spent a lot of his life trying to teach morals other than the one on display currently.
"We shouldn't be admiring sinners" - brother, we're all sinners. The only absolute truth is there in the bible and the only perfect man who gave us those same truths is Jesus Christ. The rest of us are human, some trying our best to follow those rules. Even we mess up and misinterpret, so let's humble ourselves to give each other a chance to sharpen our theological axes before we go slicing off others' tongues with them.
@@johnfal1849 exactly
Seemingly A little dead equals totally dead
Job 31:1 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
The 10th commandment in both Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 start, "You shall not covet [lust, desire, etc] your neighbor's wife...."
Amen. I was thinking the exact same thing concerning covetousness. At the heart of every action is a thought.
He argues it’s different but he’s confused.
@@AString95 "different", how?
Where does he make this argument You are referring to?
Amen. Everything We say and do flows forth from the ____.
..hmmm, i think it might be the thing that is more wicked and deceitful than the devil himself, and more than all things! wow -Jer. 17
This is like kindergarten sunday school logic
How did this prager zombie fraud ever become famous 😅😅😅😅😅😅
This has been on my heart since I watched it. I grieve for Dennis and those like him who despite their intellect and education can't see this beautiful, simple truth when it's right before them. I recognize that I can only see it because my eyes were opened for me by the Holy Spirit, through no merit of my own. We are fallen creatures, body and mind, and our minds are darkened until the Light is brought to bear upon them.
perfectly put
Wasn't Nebuchadnezzar punished for thinking too much of himself and had to live as an animal? Wasn't that what he was thinking in his heart?
That's certainly what Scripture says
Yes and he Said
MY hands have done all this
Thats when he got zapped. He spoke from the blind arrogance on the inside.
Bruh! That was amazing. Thank you brother Jeff. I love this channel. Thank you for serving the Lord. I learn something new every time I listen to you. Blessings and greetings from California.
Good for you
I appreciate this so much. It answered a prayer i made recently. God bless you for all you do for the faith. Praise God
The more you think about a sinful act the closer you are to it and the easier it is to carry it out.
Amen. I cannot speak for mr. Prager, but many people that have such theology do so in order to justify their own sin. If I can construct a form of obedience that allows me to continue in my sin while simultaneously getting me off the hook so to speak morally and Soothe My guilty conscience, hey that sounds great! May the Lord have mercy on Dennis Prager anddraw him to his Messiah.
you perfectly described OSAS protestants!
You nailed it, brother Durbin.
Very helpful clarification, Pastor Durbin. Thank you.
Well said Jeff. From out of the overflow of your heart, your mouth speaks. That just comes to mind. If our heart was good, our behaviors would reflect it. And even if we could refrain from outward sin, our heart and mind are still evil. The outside of the cup is clean and the inside is full of filth. And we cannot separate or justify our actions by claiming that our mind and heart have nothing to do with sinning. Jesus referred to this.
When I was a Christ-less conservative, I loved the content that Prager U and The Daily Wire put out because there was so much truth being shed in the darkness atound the time of the election, etc. Then it was lacking the light if Jesus it just felt like we were without hope. Then I found Jeff and Apologia Studios and gave my life to Jesus after hearing the gospel for the first time on the Mormon Evanglism Videos because I grew up Mormon. Mormonism is very much a white washed tombs religion and you have no hope in that kind of law keeping religion and your missing the relationship with God. I'm so glad God used your channel and the internet to his glory in my life. I cant imagine the anxiety I would still be living in without hearing the gospel. Thanks for all the work you guys do!
Oh yeah I’m sure marriages where they are lusting after others outside the marriage are super healthy lol
Good point lol😅😅😅😅
Pornos are fine with his cult apparently 😖
He also thinks that calling trans people by their preferred pronouns is a “decent” thing to do
He is a typicl works based cult non thinker dead inside and ok with it
@@iacoponefurio1915 Agree. He is spiritually blind.
Such a great reminder, thank you!
I seem to recall the essence of the judgment of God on Israel and Judah had to do with them offering sacrifices according to the prescription of the law. They outwardly did what was commanded, but God told them to stop doing it! Why? These people honor me with their lips (and sacrifices, etc.) but their heart is far from me. Prager is sadly confused in this regard. Good analysis Pastor Jeff- thanks for taking this on.
Perfectly said, thank you Pastor Jeff
Thanks SO pastor Jeff.
This video was very needed. Yes, the sin action starts in the mind or heart if you entertain it long enough.
Fantastic response to this. Great job!
Really well done, Jeff.
Thanks.🙏
Excellent! Thank for this video.
Jeff speaks and teaches with an apparent loving heart. As a Catholic Christian, even though we have some different understandings, I respect Jeff and value many of his apparent attitudes, words and thoughts processess.
He's completely right makes me think that they have hate in their hearts and one day what's stopping that becoming an act sooner or later? You've got to stop it in the heart and thought life. Am I incorrect?
Its where it starts, from the core
Through Christ, Jeff is a JUGGERNAUT! .....He cant be stopped!
Man this series is awesome
“Rend your hearts not your garments “ - Joel
Listened to a Bible study today on John 8:1-11 led by Hal Lindsey and he spoke about this subject exactly and He mentioned The tenth commandment against covetousness to show the truth of how God was always concerned about sins of the heart!
Would you mind posting the link please?
@@irvingfr33 just search Hal Lindsey the book of John! EZ is the channel!
@@irvingfr33 I think it was part 38 or part 39
@@irvingfr33 Hope you found it Irving! It's on RUclips!
Sin is first born in the mind.
Well said!!!🙌🔥👏👏
Id argue and I think you’d agree that in a post fallen world, we are all born into sin.
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your mind." Mathew 22:37
You will have no other gods before me
Thank you for turning the music down! Much more enjoyable level.
Amen thank you!!
Did not God see Davids heart?
"Judaism is more behaivior based. Christianity is more", Dennis Prager.
"Checkmate" - Dennis Prager
@@OniiChanPls🙄🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@OniiChanPlstell me any propaganda to justify my own evil
= you.
@@iacoponefurio1915 huh? Are we not on the same side here? Idk if you're understanding my comment lol
Good evening everyone.
I would love a discussion btwn Prager and Jeff. It would be interesting to hear Prager's rebuttal.
As a man thinketh in his HEART so is he.
I would love to hear Jeff on Pints w Aquinas. Would love to hear that conversation. Especially in light of your mutual perspectives on porn and abortion
Excellent!
In the OT wasn't there something about the hidden idol in their homes? I think that would be a good comparison too.
Infidelity and lying destroyed my first marriage. My ex hid so much from me including the dating sites he was on, naked pictures of women on his phone and hidden credit cards and money he was spending etc. Adultery, pornography and lust are all sexually immoral.
I'm now remarried and my husband knows what I went through and we are honest with each other and don't keep secrets.
hey jeff, if your church has some sort of ministry internship program, i would love to look into it
Beware of false teachers: Prager
and Ben Shapiro.
@@redrum6316 so agree. I never really watched his show, only his abortion debates. But once I watched one of his shows and he used Gods name in vain like 8 times in 45 minutes. I was in shock. Not saying, that can’t happen, especially in the beginning (former atheist turned Christian here), but Ben claims to be soooo to the "law" but can’t even respect God. Idk, seems more like traditional to me than actual love. But again, this is the feeling I get. Perhaps I’m totally wrong here. It’s just hard for me to understand how he can do that over and over again (I think it was a trans or abortion video he commented.)
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Shapiro is an establishment shill. Knowles is MUCH better than him
@@Arimus_ God is not a name
@@iacoponefurio1915 Exodus 20:7
Today I sat in on a radio show at the National Religious Broadcasters convention. Dennis Prager and Metaxas discussed this very question that was brought up by Dennis Prager. He brought up the issue in a way where he had not come to a firm conclusion on it and was seriously contemplating the pros and cons. Metaxas did a pretty good job of answering his questions, firmly disagreed with Prager’s point of view but not as concise as you have done. I doubt he was able to see this as of yet since this discussion was just today and your video is only one day old. It would be nice for Dennis Prager to hear this perspective, as it is very concise.
Lev 19:18, "love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord."
Is lusting after someone (the way prager excuses himself) who is not your wife/husband loving them the way God would want you to?
It certainly is not loving the person who you are using the image of as you lust after them (in your mind, in photos or on a screen) to gratify your desire with. ... it’s also not loving or respecting your spouse either (husbands are to love their wives, and wives are to respect their husbands - so essentially it is breaking the covenant of marriage).
@@adamzappia2213 Agreed brother! Thanks for making sure my comment is understood, God bless you!
Also, when we are Saved, God circumcizes pur HEARTS❤! It doesn't get any more seriously inner than that!!! Very simple. The Bible is so amazing. It is all we need.
Jesus plus nothing equals EVERYTHING.
Yes, we also MUST have Truth Preachers and Teachers. Amen. They have the most important job in the world. TRUTH is the key word. You got it Jeff. Love your dogmatic, loving presentation of the Holy Scriptures.
God bless
Great Talk 👍
There are a lot of great Scripture quotes in this comment section already, but I wanted to add these from the Psalms that make it very clear that God is actually more interested in your thought life than your outward appearance.
"For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."
Psalms 51:16-17 LSB
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way."
Psalms 139:23-24 LSB
Seems to me that our God has always detested unholy thoughts, He didn't just start that after the cross.
Praise God, great presentation of OT scriptures.
"stiff necked and hard hearted"
I like Dennis Prager, but I did not know he had this value and I am surprised. I appreciate that you cleared this up pastor and now I know where he stands on this issue. Doesn't look like the Jews have changed a bit since the first century. You know, God didn't bring the Jews back to Jerusalem for their sake, but for his own honor. We should not forget that.
The Tenth commandment refutes Dennis Prager's claim concerning action vs. inner condition.
"Take every thought captive"
Ask Dennis Prager if our thoughts are important to God or if we can just outwardly confess to love God while harboring hatred for Him in our heart!
ROMANS 10:10
"for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."
Would Dennis not mind if his wife was always thinking about sleeping around 🤔
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Matthew 23:25-28 God is so good 👍🏼
My personal feelings dont matter.
Praying for this man is the best effective tool i can use.
God does it all anyway...shalom and grace
As a Messianic Jew, I love this. I always kind of knew this false Judaism is just an echo of what Yeshua encountered, but it never really struck a cord like this.
I watch Prager’s fireside chats and I even took my daughter to see his speech in Visalia, CA years ago. He’s got a lot of wisdom and he’s a great orator. I don’t agree with many things as a Christian but I’m not the most articulate person in the world. I agree with Jesus because He’s God and He said. He is the Word.
He is a wannabe pharisee. Whitewashed tomb with dead mens bones inside. JESUS specifically addressed his whole empty dead inside philosophy.
Jeremiah 17 the human LEBAB, Will affections inner person- wicked deceitful above all things, who can know it? Cursed is anyone who trusts in man.
Who cares if you get outward human approval? You dont need to follow any religion for that. What a bizarre outlook below a 2nd grade Sunday school education. 🙄🤤🤪
Lazy dead inside human works worshippers look for a guy like this every generation because you never have to have a real relationship with God who is a Spirit (john 4:24) and never have to get right with him and repent!.
You had better get some sound doctrine and real knowledge of God for your precious children! They and you Must be born again.
You should not have time for clowns like him there is too much in the way of sound teaching and resources out there!
Look up Voddie baucham and Steve Lawson
Rc sproul
JM Boice
Alistair Begg
There are many. Durbin is great 2
W3 MUST BE BORN AGAIN
On the INSIDE!!!!
@@iacoponefurio1915 yessir I know . I listen to them all.
“for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.””
1 Samuel 16:7
That’s Old Testament.
When informed of this video, Prager was heard to respond "Jeff *who*?"
I sit under plaster begg from truth for life, listened to Dr Sproul and Keller whom have now past on.
I often wonder who will take the helm of such great men.
The more I listen, the more I feel I have found at least one.
I've come across this issue in my conversations with people. They point out the difference between "Do not commit adultery" in the Ten Commandments and Jesus' "lust of the heart" and they say that Jesus took the Ten Commandments too far. I have been told that the Ten Commandments are not interested in your inner thoughts but your actions. I just ask them what they think of the Tenth Commandment.
Truth..
Amen brother
Very interesting
I repent and ask for forgiveness of what rolls around between the ears. In doing so, the outward actions don't come to fruition.
When I dwell on ugly sin, it gives it root. I don't compare myself to others, I look at God's Word and I always fall short, so I'm never right unless I'm in line w His Word and commandments.
Jesus knocked the Pharisees and scribes for a loop when He destroyed their phony outward "goodness"
Praise God, thank you Brother Jeff.
This is such a good explanation. Thank you. However don’t the Orthodox Jews only believe in the first 5 books of the bible? Or am I mistaken? Because if they don’t even believe in all the Old Testament that would mean they wouldn’t believe in the Proverbs and other OT scriptures addressing the heart
Behavior starts in the heart
Judaism being “behavior based” while disregarding the heart ignores critical OT verses. E.g., 1 Samuel 16:7, Hosea 6:6, Isaiah 29:13.
There are 50 thousand different judaisms 🙄
Every prominent rabbi has 1
Like catholics and their 50 thousand pedophole priests
As many personalities lead churches or sects are the different spectrums of the deviant blasphemous cults. Only 1 is the Narrow Way.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. -Psalm 19:14
Denis Prager never read Isaiah 29,13?
"And the Lord said:
“Because this people draw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men..."
Prager doesn’t understand the Old Testament at ALL.
Matthew 15:16-19 And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
You're act is determined by your heart...
See how a man can be relegated to a fool when they do not understand the things of God? Dennis is lost. Pray for him. Circumcision is of the heart. Let us not make the same mistake as the children of Israel in the wilderness, who disregarded, tested, and ultimately rejected the word of God because their hearts were far from Him.
Dennis Prager needs to re-read Isaiah.
"Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person HIS THOUGHTS" Isaiah 55:7 (emphasis added)
We need to take every thought captive and make them obedient to Christ.
Wish to see you debating Trent Horn.
“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees, for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.””
1 Samuel 16:7
Amen!
To an extend i get the behaviorist approach of what Judaism and Islam prescribe; exactly because the heart is deceitful and wicked and thoughts can be sinful and evil, it's important to ignore and battle against the heart and thoughts by ignoring them and primarily act. The pedophile can think about abusing a child but he can decide not acting upon it. Also, somewhere i heard something to the extend of phrase 'Act as if you do love your neighbour even when you don't and that may transform your heart towards him or people in general'
This is the 'heart' of a legalistic/ works based religion. Saying the Shema every morning is more important to them than actually believing it. And is why Jews like Prager are so common today because it is not about faith to them since they were 'chosen' by God. And when Jesus revealed the judgment that was about to fall upon them because of their hypocrisy, they wanted to kill Him. Then the Rabbis continued to justify themselves even after their temple was destroyed which doctrines also crept into Christianity.
WE shouldn't be surprised of Mr. Prager's view. He used to routinely speak on marriage issues on his radio show; he would address the differences between men and women; his view is utterly perverse. He would propose that men are visually predisposed to deviant behavior and thereby it appeared to women as perverse. In his view, erratic fantasies are very normal and acceptable behavior for men. It is no wonder that he has been divorced and remarried multiple times. We definitely lack integrality with conservatives and we put up with it.... look at how evangelical are enamored with Trump, Matthew Gaetz, and others.
Before I was saved I was (and still am) right leaning, I caught one of Prager U's videos where Dennis talked about what you state here, his view's on men's visual theatrical brains when it comes to attractive women. Around the time I became born again I discovered Living Waters RUclips channel, I heard Ray Comfort continually reference Matthew 5:27-28, when evangelizing to people. That really overtime has helped me to see that Jesus is concerned about the root of the action which begins at heart.
Guess what? I'm a guy, I wholehearted disagree that simply looking isn't dangerous, looking leads to porn, then pictures aren't enough, then simply watching one man and woman isn't enough, things like that can steam role. I also would take a little extra time in the shower...doing something, almost everyday.
Jesus is a game changer, the bible has a healthier way of life, abstinence until marriage and keeping away from a certain self act is HEALTHY for men, these things are better than Oh..it's just looking". Jesus is Lord, I can't work my way into Heaven, Mr. Prager thinks he can. The bible offers truth about Holiness in that if God where to allow sinners into Heaven, he'd be corrupt, and he would not be set apart from us morally. Hence io make it into Heaven you must be morally spotless in thought mind and deed, and none of us are.
Thank the Lord that you and I will have the righteousness of the Son accredited to our accounts on judgement day.
Judaism being behaviourist is the whole point, actions stem from the heart, and it's a very shallow reading of the bible that allows for this.
I don’t think DP would agree with your interpretation on the ‘inward’ man. I think you took it to the extreme.
Wonder how he reconciles 1 Sam 16:7?
Faith in God's Truth establishes the heart and mind
Meanwhile in the real world people are judged by their actions, as it should be. What you believe is not important, it's what you DO.
Not only. In our hyper-sensitive, twisted and "politically correct" West someone's words, exempt from any actions can have massive consequences for them if they don't comport with the "accepted" rhetoric of the day. Words and thoughts, for better or worse, absolutely matter and are a pre-cursor to action so can be sin of themselves.
There’s passages in the Talmud that say that a jew can tell a gentile who has fallen into a pit that as long as they say they’ll go get help and the gentile believes them, that they can just leave them there without actually getting help and it isn’t sin.
Whitewashed tombs indeed.
I don't think the Nazi analogy works. If Heinrich (who is a member of the Nazi party) gives a Jewish person sandwich on Tuesday and a job on Wednesday, but he rounded them up and imprisoned them without cause on Monday, the actions on Tuesday and Wednesday wouldn't negate what happened Monday. On the other hand, if Heinrich imprisonsoned them Monday, the Hans (also, hypothetically a member of the Nazi party) came and fed Jewish people on Tursday, Hans's good action isn't "tainted" by Heinrich's bad one. I am not saying Prager or Judaism is right, I'm just saying that his line of reasoning would not require Prager to give a pass to "all Nazis" just because one or a few of them did one good thing. It would only require him to give a pass to a Nazi who never himself did a single bad thing...and that is not a crazy thought. Also, typically, "hypocrisy" isn't thinking one thing (of the nature of having an intrusive thought) but then _not acting_ on that thought oneself...it is actively _acting_ in a certain way, then telling _other people_ not to do that same thing.
I’d love to see this debate live almost as much as a live debate with Neil DeGrass Tyson.
If I’m not mistaken, there is chastisement for an “unholy” inward life in Judaism just as in Christianity but in both Religions, the physical act is the notable greater foul of the two.
I was just reading Matthew when Jesus was calling the pharesess and seducees hypocrites. This truly helped me clarify what he meant by the whiteashing of the tombs. Thank you God bless you!
Deuteronomy 30
It is best to read the whole chapter in context.
V6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
V14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
V17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,
V18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish.
The instrument that Jesus died on was just that, a torture instrument, and all the evidence points to the fact that Jesus did not doe on a cross but rather a "upright pole of stake" !
An important reason is that Jesus Christ did not die on a cross. The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau·ros′. It basically means “an upright pale or stake.” The Companion Bible points out: “[Stau·ros′] never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle . . . There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] even to imply two pieces of timber.”
In several texts, Bible writers use another word for the instrument of Jesus’ death. It is the Greek word xy′lon. (Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24) This word simply means “timber” or “a stick, club, or tree.”
The most convincing proof of all, however, comes from God’s Word. The apostle Paul says: “Christ by purchase released us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: ‘Accursed is every man hanged upon a stake [“a tree,” King James Version].’” (Galatians 3:13) Here Paul quotes Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, which clearly refers to a stake, not a cross. Since such a means of execution made the person “a curse,” it would not be proper for Christians to decorate their homes with images of Christ impaled.
So if there was a chance that this is true it means that people are putting Jesus onto a pagan symbol!
Based.
Prager isn’t even a practicing Jew. He doesn’t represent Jewish thought. If you study Orthodox Judaism, especially from the Chabad side, they preach a lot about the intentions of the heart and the yetzer hara.
Commandment 10, You shall not covet is a “heart” problem. No different than lusting after a woman, it needs to be discouraged.
Well said. Just because you profess to subscribe to a biblical ethos in line with the teachings of Moses doesnt mean that you truly are. Those who live with faith in the Mashiach of God are fulfilling the law by that faith.