Yes he does he is bringing into disrepute the wonderful Word. The name above all names he is making a mockery of. And he knows exactly what he is doing. Ain't he a cheeky devil.

“Unbiblical Emotions”-great phrase. And so rampant. Thanks for this.

@@1badplayer Where is the proof of that accusation?

@@malachi7948 Where are your eyes to see or ears to hear. Anyway all egotists are devil's, it's in the description.

@@1badplayer You are very wicked for saying these things. Repent of your sin!

Nah. Post mil thinks things are going to progressively get better. Pre mil thinks thing are going to get very, very bad., before Jesus comes back. The Bible supports pre mil.

Yeah it’s super funny when people joke about something that lands you in hell. “But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬-‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Let NO ONE deceive you with empty words!

@@abideintheWord So you’re saying the Bible is sinful?

@@justchilling704 huh?

@@abideintheWord The Bible has words that today are socially considered curse words. So based on your logic of cursing somehow being a sin, that would mean the Bible is endorsing sin. The reality is that cursing in and of itself is not sinful, it can be, but isn’t always.

I’m in the same boat. I’m 30 and this is all new stuff to me though when I look back at my church life as a youth I can spit the dispensationalism all over 😅 I was told its all going to burn!! 😊

Nah. Post mil thinks things are going to progressively get better. Pre mil thinks thing are going to get very, very bad., before Jesus comes back. The Bible supports pre mil.

Ok but... Premillennialism isn't dispensational. Historic Premillennialism was the eschatology of the church before Constantine. I repeat. Premillennialism IS NOT Dispensational. Dispensationalism just made its own version of it. And it's really sad to see the overreaction to it lead to a rejection of premillennialism.

Many of us have the same story. All I can say is keep reading that Bible and come on home!

​@Joshua Bigbee Thank you! Very tired of having that label placed on Pre Mill

I'll never understand in a million years how anyone can read the NT and Revelation and bevievel in Post mill. That has to be the hardest sell in the universe, its the complete and total opposite of everything written in the NT and Revelation. Its clear to me people embrace it because they just have a really difficult time believeing the prophets. Its not about not understanding them because the words are pretty clear, its about struggling to accept what they say. SO they latch on to the idea that none of them actually mean what they say. And of course if they don't mean what they say then they can mean anything to anyone.

(((( don't inhale .. just taste ))))

As soon as i read, 'I even grow a beard', im like, oh no.. wait, i thout the YR&R Died Off/Out!-)

lol-)

LOL.

Pipes is where its at!

Nah. Post mil thinks things are going to progressively get better. Pre mil thinks thing are going to get very, very bad., before Jesus comes back. The Bible supports pre mil.

@@skinnie2838 It amazes me, that while most dispensational preachers understand that the events foretold to occur in MT 23 and 24 center around, and come to completion, at the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 70ad; then have the misguided fortitude to suddenly jump 2000 years into the future when Jesus includes his coming and the gathering right there within the very same texts! And it expressed as being IMMEDIATELY after the events in the previous verses! Because of the rise of Dispensationalism in the Church in the early 1900s, with its futuristic perspective of the New Testament prophecies; are we supposed to accept their premise that the first century believers, all the New Testament writers, the Holy Spirit, Jesus the Christ Himself, AND even God the Father, ALL got it completely and totally wrong, as to the timing and nature of the events foretold in holy writ? Especially when they ALL held to the perspective that their fulfillment was to be in that first century? Well, I am not persuaded by spiritual blindness! All of the New Testament writers, inspired by the Holy Spirit, wrote their texts to their first century readers, prophesying that the resurrection and the coming of the Lord were to occur in that generation then living and breathing at that time. There was no confusion or misunderstanding on the matter! Now, here is what we MUST conclude: Either the resurrection and the coming of the Lord did happen when and how they said it would; or God just flat out lied to them! And if God did lie; what else might he have lied about? And can you really trust the bible which you don't believe is actually true and accurate, since you don't believe those prophecies have happened? Do you see how your believing that the bible, with its prophecies, are both true and accurate is the paramount of your faith? You must choose one way or the other! God requires that you believe what he has preserved. Choose..........

@@makarov138 The Bible is very clear in revelation that its going to get really bad. If you havent noticed things are getting progressively worse. The leftist woke brigade are getting hungrier every day the more and more people they get to apologize to them. Its going to get bad. Buckle up and trust in Jesus.

@@skinnie2838 But that's the problem. You only think you are trusting in Jesus. You really don't believe what he both said and taught to his disciples! He said and taught that his coming would occur before they all died out. MT 16:28. And before THAT generation passed away. MT 24:34. Your misunderstanding other scriptures, and then applying them to what Jesus said, inferring that they are incorrect. You must put the words Jesus said FIRST! And then understand those other scriptures based on what Jesus said. Then you can truly trust in Jesus. Right now, you actually only believe some things he taught, but not the whole. You need the whole.

@@makarov138 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. (Matthew 24:12) At some point, the “lawless one” will come, and he will come in power, with false signs and wonders. He will be so impressive, so powerful, that many unbelievers will be deceived by him. The wickedness promoted and perpetuated by the lawless one will be on a colossal, sickening scale. It’s already bad, and it’s going to get worse.

I'll try it!😂😂😎😎

Not JUST NOW BUT FROM ALL ETERNITY.. (JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY,TODAY AND FOREVER) ALPHA AND OMEGA.

He is on a sense. But not until Satan is removed can he AND his bride reign. The Bible says we will reign with him for 1000 years.

@@Sirach144 Except a man be born again(GK.Literaly BORN FROM ABOVE-SPIRITual rebirth-regeneration) HE CANNOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD..(JOHN 3:3) WHY? BECAUSE THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS SPIRITUAL.. HOW ABOUT IF I AM NOW BORN AGAIN?OR REGENERATED?THEREFORE, THEN I AM NOW "IN" OR ENTERED INTO THE KINGDOM of God,RIGHT? WE ARE A (HOLY NATION) A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD.. TRANSFERED FROM THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS(KINGDOM OF SATAN OR DEVIL) INTO WHAT? KINGDOM OF LIGHT..(PAST TENSE) (JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD) MARK 1:14 JESUS PREACHED THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM.. REPENT (JOHN THE BAPTIST) FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS "AT HAND"(JESUS)IF I CAST OUT DEMONS THEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD "IS UPON YOU." (PRESENT TENSE) REPENTANCE IS THE PRE-REQUISITE IN ORDER FOR A MAN CAN ENTER INTO THIS PRESENT KINGDOM..(RULER-KING) (SPHERE OF RULE-KINGDOM) FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD..(ADAM OLD CREATION-ROMANS 5-12-19/UNDER SATANS DOMINION-KINGDOM) BUT NOW INN CHRIST(THE KING IN PARTICULAR) NEW CREATION (2 COR.5:17-NEW CREATION,EPH.chapter 1 and 2:14-19) RECONCILLING ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. (ONE SPIRIT) TO OUR FINAL GLORIFICATION.. LORD'S prayer LET YOUR kingdom come let your WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. THY KINGDOM COME-WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FINAL CONSUMMATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.. GOD (OLD TESTAMENT-NEW TESTAMENT) IS THE KING OF ALL CREATION.. GOD RULES OVER ALL THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.. FROM ALL ETERNITY.. (IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD-AND THE KING IN PARTICULAR JESUS CHRIST-NEW TESTAMENT(PRESENT KINGDOM) HE REIGNS AND RULES OVER HIS CREATION-BELIEVERS (COMMUNITY OF THE SAINTS-CHURCH-SHEEP) AND UNBELIEVERS(COMMUNITY OF UNREGENERATE-REPROBARES-GOATS) IN THE FINAL CONSUMMATION of THE THEO BASILEIA(KINGDOM OF GOD)THERE WILL BE A "ETERNAL SEPARATION" OF THE GOATS AND THE SHEEP. THE CHURCH-'BRIDE OF CHRIST.(SHEEP)-NEW HEAVEN(OURANOS( AND NEW EARTH(COSMOS) FINAL RENNOVATION!!! AND THE GOATS (UNBELIEVERS-REPROBATES) TO HELL(LAKE OF FIRE)

If Christians are ruling and reigning with Jesus on earth now, then how come the secular kingdoms excerpt force and death over Christians and those that share the gospel?

It actually a warning sign to me. Jeff Durbin and the New-Calvinist movement appear to be taking Christian liberties too far. This isnt legalism. We should present a conservative image when preaching the Gospel.

​@sanders194539 like the Jewish leaders did? It's his conviction to smoke cigars. whether people like it or not we each have our own sanctification to focus on.

@@alanbanfield3884If Jeff Durbin never opened his pie-hole, based on his physical demeanour and the places he likes to hang out with his buddies, I would have guessed he is a 1 percenter member of the Hells Angels or Banditos!

Since our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, I really don't think we should be doing anything that degrades our bodies; smoking causes cancer.

@@Mike-qt7jpYou are citing a passage about sexual immorality, but I didn't see him do anything less than gentlemanly to that cigar.

Are you smoking crack? Cause you're not reading the bible and filled with the Spirit yourself to tell you he's a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Nah. Post mil thinks things are going to progressively get better. Pre mil thinks thing are going to get very, very bad., before Jesus comes back. The Bible supports pre mil.

I'll never understand in a million years how anyone can read the NT and Revelation and believe in Post mill. That has to be the hardest sell in the universe, its the complete and total opposite of everything written in the NT and Revelation. Its clear to me people embrace it because they just have a really difficult time believing the prophets. Its not about not understanding them because the words are pretty clear, its about struggling to accept what they say. SO they latch on to the idea that none of them actually mean what they say. And of course if they don't mean what they say then they can mean anything to anyone.

I was thinking the same! It’s obviously a Maduro 😂

Yes, the New Calvinist movement is taking Christian liberties too far

​@sanders194539 not sure I agree. One pastor smoking one cigar hardly constitutes an entire movement. I've been reformed for years, and this is the first time I've seen anything like this. But yes, a total disregard of the Romans 14 instruction given about not being a stumbling block to the weaker brother or sister. These liberties should be done in private between them and God .

Well said Steven

Smoking is sin my brother. I am going to prove it live tomorrow at 6pm on my channel. The apostles teaching ministry

This is a common feature of the theonomic postmillennialism bearded Calvinist crowd. It is meant to appeal to the rebel counter culture young male, and seem like a cooler more masculine form of Christianity. For too long, the weak, feminine American evangelical form of the church, with its “felt needs” and psychological therapeutic religion, created an environment where men coming out of adolescence didn’t feel like they belonged in the church. This new form (going back to the “Young Restless Reformed” movement with Driscoll and others like him) is the “equal and opposite reaction” to that unbiblical imbalance. But Christ never flaunted his liberty in the face of the weak and spiritually needy. He only went out of His way to offend people when they were self-righteousness and placing themselves in spiritual authority over others (scribes, Pharisees…). Biblical manhood has the masculinity of Christ as its standard. 🙏

How could you say this?.....how could you admire the sinful thing that you have been doing when you weren't saved?

@@YabetsMesfin-ld4cf I don't think he is "admiring" it. The truth is, as sinners we LOVED our sin. But while a faint whiff of cigar or pip smoke smells pleasant, ciggies smell rather dirty?

@@YabetsMesfin-ld4cf how is it a sin?

@@codyalexander3290 Smoking causes cancer. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Bad to his health

That is my problem with Durban, as I understand him. He seems to make political activism the method for spreading Christ's rule.

@@thenowchurch6419 100% agree.

I'll never understand in a million years how anyone can read the NT and Revelation and believe in Post mill. That has to be the hardest sell in the universe, its the complete and total opposite of everything written in the NT and Revelation. Its clear to me people embrace it because they just have a really difficult time believing the prophets. Its not about not understanding them because the words are pretty clear, its about struggling to accept what they say. So they latch on to the idea that none of them actually mean what they say. And of course if they don't mean what they say then they can mean anything to anyone.

Yeah just pretty off putting … seems like he just wants to look so cool like “hey guys look at me I’m smoking, I’m so cool” … but aye maybe we can’t judge …

@@Muzicboy3 You sound like a whiny, petulant leftist. Having a cigar is like having a cup of coffee.

@Albert E yes. Pastor Durbin isn’t sinning by smoking , if so please provide a verse, concept or a example of inductive reasoning?

@Samuel Lev please explain to me how smoking , tattoos & martial arts remove blamelessness?

@Samuel Lev so you can declare things without explaining them? Wouldn’t that make you God?

1 Corinthians 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. Galatians 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

How is the book of Revelation explained in a post-mil view?

New heavens and new earth is covenant language and applies to the new covenant era where the old covenant is no more in existence and force.

Nah. Post mil thinks things are going to progressively get better. Pre mil thinks thing are going to get very, very bad., before Jesus comes back. The Bible supports pre mil.

I'll never understand in a million years how anyone can read the NT and Revelation and believe in Post mill. That has to be the hardest sell in the universe, its the complete and total opposite of everything written in the NT and Revelation. Its clear to me people embrace it because they just have a really difficult time believing the prophets. Its not about not understanding them because the words are pretty clear, its about struggling to accept what they say. So they latch on to the idea that none of them actually mean what they say. And of course if they don't mean what they say then they can mean anything to anyone.

@@Orange6921 i used to think the same way.

Spurgeon gave up cigars after they started using his name in their advertising.

@@yakapo999 I think Jeff’s safe in that regard haha 😂

indeed, its actually quite pathetic that people are so fragile that they will disregard what someone has to say because of a cigar

Exactly.

@@angelakatsapas7894 I don't think it is about being fragile. Whatever he is doing is not credible. Let's close our eyes and think about Apostle Paul smoking or drinking while preaching to possible pagan or Christian, I don't see that happening. 🤔

I agree, incredibly sad thing to have done.

We also have to be carful of preaching in support of the tyranny of the weaker brother.

Sounds like dispie IFB cope. Stop being legalistic.

Sucking on the cigar was distracting from a powerful message.

@@YSLRD honestly, that sounds like a childish complaint. You know what you do then? You put it the video on and you don't look at the screen if you're that much of a baby that just the sight of a Christian demonstrating freedom in Christ bothers you.

The spirit of religion is exhausting!

Witnessing to mormons is not what justifies Jefg Durbin nor does it take away his sinful ungodly example to others. This man is a fool of fools and is storing up heaps of wrath fod himself. If you love or even just like Jeff Durbin you should pray his eyes be opened to his gross errors in regards to his ungodly unbiblical conduct.

But why stop at a cigar? Why not a blunt? Smokes in teachings, cusses in sermons, not realizing holiness is the supreme form of rebellion in a fallen world.

Meh.... don't care really.

Bro, i struggled with this sin every day. It is My battles, it torna me apart. Smoking.. and now that i click no this and se le Jeff with a cigar... I'm very confused. Very confused very very. It would take los of scripture to reconcilie how i struggled with smoking and brothers in christ Ok with smoking. I am so confused.

What's your point?

@@toddcote4904 point is Jesus isn't a pharisee.

@@thundergrace That's true, but how does that tie into what Jeff is talking about?

@@toddcote4904 I'm kinda busy....I'll try to reply later...

@@thundergrace A year later and you're still too busy?

It’s definitely helping the video get more comments! lol. I just came out of a legalistic group so I find it very humorous. Really don’t have any opinion on this cigar, but I will admit I’ve stopped listening to the message and started reading the comments. They are very entertaining. I do plan to listen to the message eventually.

So a glass of scotch with the next video!

He’s not smoking a cigarette, that’s different. Take it easy on the pastor.

@@joeluna2930 what he is really smoking ?

i would agre even i don't think that smoking a cigares is "big sin " ,but think it's destructive for a weak and would make some people stumble over the message . I love Jeff's teachings but my opinion that here is big extraggeration especially when it comes to sharing bible message ..

@@vitaliiukraine4662 I can see if he was drinking or smoking pot. That’s way different

You need to really question your views on your faith if you're going to be that swayed from listening to sound theology because of the mere sight of a cigar. Also, do you really believe that somebody would be so impressionable that they would see this video and decide to go out and try smoking because they saw someone else do it?

@@Antnj81 his idea is right, maybe wrong execution. There may be spiritual babies, very probable because its the internet and anyone can see any video. I love jeff durbin and his techings. But u dont think its wise to smoke a cigar when brothers and sisters can be swayed o tempted. Like when paul says that we shouldnt drink withe a brother who may struggle with wine.

@@Antnj81 When you claim to be a Christian, you immediately open yourself up to people watching to see just what this means to be a Christian. The Bible says to shun the very appearance of evil. Anything that causes health issues with our bodies, which are temples of the Holy Spirit, should be shunned. I guarantee, Jeff smoking will tell some that smoking is okay, even for a Christian.

If anything, it provides a great role model for avoiding legalistic heresies, especially given how prone Baptists historically have been to that error.

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@@oakgrovebaptistchurchnacog5897 jeffery does amazing work.

@@oakgrovebaptistchurchnacog5897 it is Jeffrey rice rebind, but I’m pretty sure pastor Jeff reads from an HCSB -Holman Christian Standard Bible

@@taylordavidson5199 ESV

Well Matt Walsh is a catholic so he has much bigger problems than liquor.

"I drink occasionally, but I don't flaunt it". You are super spiritual.

Do you understand that Matt Walsh can one day be a non drinker and smoker? You do realize that God comes to us at different stages of our life? The important part is if this person believes the Son. Do you think God won't take that from him at any point and that the sins you've caught us in or the projections of something you find as imperfect cannot be overcome? Or were you instantly brought to perfection?

Matt Walsh is a Roman catholic (pagan)

@@salpiccolo9089Many Christians still smoke marijuana carried over from their hippie days.

The majority of people I've heard quote this verse referencing smoking were fat. I do hope you don't eat fast food and are not overweight. That would make you a hypocrite.

@@greg7384 Absolutely. I think this brother maybe checked himself after typing that. There are a TON of things one may do daily that fits into the category he presented.

@@greg7384 Personally, I think Op is misusing that verse. As long as Jeff isn't having sex with that cigar, that verse is irrelevant. The context is about adultery and sleeping with prostitutes, not any of the many other things people misapply.

I guess we can't eat cake anymore :/

Thanks for the comment. I agree with you. I attended a church with a reformed pastor, but I’m not a Calvinist. I just can’t get away from the idea of God giving us the freedom to choose. I also like the reformed preachers, for the most part they tend to be really good teachers. I’m a little concerned about their ability to do outreach work. it seems like Christians that are not Calvinists tend to be better at outreach. Personally, I am not familiar with Jeff Durbin’s ministry. Thanks again for a thorough comment and I’m glad to talk to another believer who is not a Calvinist and yet appreciates the reformed preachers/teachers.

Jeff is a Calvinist. chill. he's got this bro

Who says Christian couldn’t smoking?

So, whats wrong with smoking and drinking? I don't understand. I have noticed however, that the same Christians who have a problem with others smoking and drinking, they themselves engage in gossip, criticism, sarcasm, complaining, nagging, arguing, excuse-making, gloating, arrogance, fear, worry, anger, bitterness, hate, revenge, money lust, impatience, cowardice, irresponsibility, and thoughtlessness, among many other sins. So who are they to judge others? Maybe they should get the log out of their own eye, so that they can see to get the speck out of their brothers eye.

@@mbassett11so? All those things aren’t good.

@@sofiabravo1994 The point is that many people think that smoking and drinking are sinful. Show me where the Bible says that smoking/drinking is wrong. The “religious” Christians “judge” people for actions that are not a sin! Religious Christians like you. Christianity, good! Religion, bad!

Amen, the only thing that could have beer worse would be his eating a piece of cake. There are waaaaay more fat people in the pews then there are people trying not to smoke. If he ate a sugary snack he’d be responsible for fat Christian’s around the world downing stacks of Oreos.

“Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭14:3-4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Luckyal, sin is defined as transgression of the Law. Not your perception of irreverence. If we get away from that definition, it becomes a slippery slope. Whosoever commiteth sin, transgresseth also the Law: for sin is the transgression of the Law. 1 John 3:4 Geneva Bible 1599

I don’t know about it being a sin but I agree 1 cor 8:13 is a perfect verse for this

Okay I will be honest this 🚬 feels like a 🚩 to me I really hope not I love pastor Jeff and being an aplolgia member but this from our elder pastor seeing he obviously dose not see smoking harmful tobacco as a sin against our own bodies because he is on social media speaking the holy word of God puffing on a cigar makes my temptation to smoke 🚬 harder especially since I recently quit but I am reminded the reasons I did quit smoking because it was killing me I was being a bad example to my children and other believers were effected by it 1 cor 8:13 Titus 1:6 Titus 2:8

So, whats wrong with smoking and drinking? I don't understand. I have noticed however, that the same Christians who have a problem with others smoking and drinking, they themselves engage in gossip, criticism, sarcasm, complaining, nagging, arguing, excuse-making, gloating, arrogance, fear, worry, anger, bitterness, hate, revenge, money lust, impatience, cowardice, irresponsibility, and thoughtlessness, among many other sins. So who are they to judge others? Maybe they should get the log out of their own eye, so that they can see to get the speck out of their brothers eye.

@@mbassett11 yea I mean getting high or drunk to the point if intoxication I get the criticism on that. But cigars and cigarettes the main argument for that is to take care of your body cuz it’s Gods temple. So don’t act like you take that seriously when you eat bad food and don’t exercise that’s my take. I agree w you to an extent also, we need ti be careful when judging others that we aren’t guilty of the same. Some of those things you mentioned are worth pointing out because they are blatantly sinful. But we must be humble when we criticize.

@@gavinfortin1584 I’m glad your not my neighbor. I’m glad your not around my children. I’ve only got one thing to say to you… First remove the log from your own eye, so you can see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brothers eye.

@@mbassett11 what do you mean? What am I judging incorrectly? If the Bible says it’s wrong, it’s wrong it has nothing to do w my judgement. That’s a very weak and traditional view on Christianity where we don’t call sin what it is cuz it’s “judging”. God tells us to judge rightly

@@gavinfortin1584 @Gavin Fortin cigars and cigarettes are not the same thing. You don't inhale cigars and it's not an addiction. You're being legalistic, man. The Bible even says if it's in for you then don't do it, but it may not be a sin for someone else, so you shouldn't try to profitize your own Gospel according to your personal do's and don'ts regarding freedom in Christ

Why do we have anal swabs for Rona and Drag Queen story hour??? Tribulation is HERE!

The distraction is your problem not Jeff’s. Be in joy with the Lord. Smoke up and abide in Him.

"... and the temple was filled with smoke". Revelation 15:8

@@kcmerced9512 and Peter said "smoke that boof"

@@cockroachv He can do what ever he/He/Cool wants? How about he has in his hand a porn magazine? Would that prove his "freedom in Christ" then? No its not a distration. Rather it is an InYourFace/distration. Drug up and abide in Him/him, kids.

@@cockroachv did that make sense in your head? Fascinating.

Because he can...

That's he's cool and edgy 🤢

Liberty. Enjoy what is not sin. Grace. MM

he does it extremely rarely, I think the constant junk food you eat is probably much more detrimental then this (if u do eat junk food)

@@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx junk food is bad, but smoking is much worse if you do it regularly. We all have cells in our bodies that can be triggered to start destroying us. Like cancer and injury can run on the cell to morph and attack. Junk food with lots of sugar makes cancer cells grow out of control as cancer feeds on carbohydrates. But smoking just a little for one person can be detrimental. For the next person it doesn’t. So we gamble with ourselves when we run amuck! Amuck amuck !

@@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx junk food is bad, but smoking is much worse if you do it regularly. We all have cells in our bodies that can be triggered to start destroying us. Like cancer for example, an injury can cause a cell to morph and attack. Junk food with lots of sugar makes cancer cells grow out of control as cancer feeds on carbohydrates. But smoking just a little for one person can be detrimental. For the next person it doesn’t. So we gamble with ourselves when we run amuck! Amuck amuck !

@@williewiner4161 it's all bad

Yes it's wrong because of what people are thinking. Not because of smoking the cigar itself.

Smoking is a filthy, disgusting habit. It turns people off of the message, no matter how good it is. It creates a roadblock to the Gospel. It is as wrong as teaching while taking swigs from a bottle of beer.

@@gregb6469 what was Jesus’ first miracle? What did his public drinking and eating get him called? How was his drinking viewed by the legalistic Pharisees? Mathew 11:19

It's wrong becuase he is drawing attention to himself not the message. He should lose the beard too. Why is that those who claim God as sovereign and The Bible the inerrent word of God act and look as though they worship John Calvin more.

He is not a Christian. True Christians do not live in wilfull sin, as he is doing by walking after the flesh, which is what he is doing when he is smoking tobacco. Tobacco is a drug, and he is controlled by it, and is not led by the Holy Ghost.

Sorry, I'm not sure I follow. The first resurrection you are speaking of is verse 4-6, right? Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were: 1. those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw 2. the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and 3. those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. *They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.* First off, I note three groups of people in this verse, and only group 2 are martyrs. I never understood why premil speaks of this verse as being only martyrs. I think verse 5 is explicitly calling what happens to these groups the first resurrection. It seems to be setting aside everyone else, the "rest of the dead" as not part of the first resurrection. "The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection." Verse 6 says: Blessed and holy is the one *who shares in the first resurrection!* Over such the *second death* has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. The ones who experience the "first resurrection" are the ones: 1. for whom the second death has no power 2. they will reign with Christ for 1000 years And what is the second death? The end of the chapter explains it in detail: 12ff "And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. _Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire._ *This is the second death, the lake of fire.* _And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire._ " If I use premil categories and try to understand who ends up in the lake of fire according to this chapter, it sounds like only people who experience the first resurrection, which are usually reduced to just people who are martyred, will escape the lake of fire, all others, including genuine faithful believers, are thrown into the lake of fire. But we can see from this text that it's specifically those whose name is found in the book of life, not merely the martyrs, who escape it. So something is off about the premil take on verse 4. The Bible speaks of two deaths and two resurrections elsewhere, but it explains them a bit differently. The first death is sin, where we are separated from God and are condemned for our wilfull rebellion against him. It's isn't merely a physical condition, but primarily a spiritual condition that leads to physical death. The first resurrection is regeneration, where we are dead in sin, but are raised in Christ with the sacrament of baptism being a picture of Christ's work in bringing us to life in him. Those who experience this first resurrection, a new life, spiritual rebirth, regeneration, etc, are the ones for whom the second death has no power. The second death and resurrection is explained well in Rev 20. The condemned are sent to the lake of fire, the second death. The saved are glorified and live eternally with Christ on a renewed earth, the second resurrection. But applying these categories from the rest of scripture immediately creates another problem, those who experience the first resurrection reign with Christ for 1000 years. Here the church is that kingdom of God that is in the world though not of the world, and the entire church age is Christ's saints ruling with Christ as the head of the church and king of kings until the end of the age. But now premil can get a jab in; the church age has lasted for over 1000 years. What gives? Yet Peter, in speaking of the timing of the final judgement (also spoken about in Rev 20) claims God isn't being slow or delaying, but applies the principle that a day is like 1000 years and 1000 years like a day for God. In that way, it doesn't seem like the 1000 years is meant to be taken as exactly 365250 days to the hour, but rather a very long period of time that is none the less "soon" in God's timeframe. (I personally think Christ will return before the week is out, so in another 4000 to 5000 years, but I don't hold to that dogmatically.) I hope that gives you some things to reflect on and a better understanding of how Postmil approaches Rev 20.

“the belief that the return of Christ will take place after the millennium, which may be a literal period of peace and prosperity or else a symbolic representation of the final triumph of the gospel.” - Dictionary of Christianity in America "According to postmillennialism, in the present age, the Holy Spirit will draw unprecedented multitudes to Christ through the faithful preaching of the gospel. Among the multitudes who will be converted are the ethnic Israelites who have thus far rejected the Messiah. At the end of the present age, Christ will return, there will be a general resurrection of the just and the unjust, and the final judgment will take place." - Keith Mathison - Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope Note: I'm quoting these as found in an article by David Schrock titled "Postmillennialism and Theonomy", which is critical of the position. I don't find it to be a great critique (he seems to miss the mark of what postmil holds, sometimes with concessions hidden away in the footnotes), but I do appreciate that he is trying to be very fair to the position and his opening remarks about it are pretty spot on in my view.

He ‘cuts the crap’???? Really??? This guy is adamantly opposed to abortion yet believes in a version of God who sends BILLIONS of his own children into a lake of fire, to be burned and tormented for all eternity. What a joke this guy is....

Jesus came to give us eternal life and save us from our own consequences of disobeying the creator of the law of gravity creator of every scientific law we have discovered as humans .. the creator is the one that makes the rules.. not his creation

@@JS-gz2nw God does not send any of His children to hell. People in general are heading for hell on their own. God seeks His children out and rescues them from hell. But not all people are His children only those who believe in Jesus are ADOPTED as children of God

@@jlgoodwin9856 You are kinda missing my point. Jeff Durbin and his 'end abortion now' group are trying to emphasize that we as humans must care for our children at all costs, and NEVER to sacrifice their lives. This said, he has NO problem believing in a God who doesn't do the same. If God is as good and all-loving as we say he is, then there would be a VERY small portion of souls who would be separated from him for all of eternity in a fiery furnace. God would keep working on souls long after this life-time. Otherwise literally BILLIONS of his children are being tortured right now, and the number will only grow exponentially in time. That is a SICK understanding of God. And if you - as a Christian - don't like the concept of a bigger and more loving God who rescues a greater number of his kids from eternal torment, then there is something seriously wrong....

@@JS-gz2nw I don’t know you but I want you to know I love you and care about you. I know I personally I have a tendency to come off cold and blunt but please know that’s not my intent. But the argument behind that statement is one of emotion and not of an understanding of how God has revealed himself or how he operates. Not everyone created by God is his child but there’s a group that are (John 1:12, Romans 9:8). The reason being for this punishment isn’t some bloodlust or some sadistic pleasure in watching people burn. It’s justice, it is the warranted because we are all guilty of cosmic treason against an eternal being. The same God who punishes the guilty is also the same God who loves so much that he takes away the wrong doing of His people. This is an incredibly over simplified version of the gospel I just want you to know that I’m not giving you everything. You may call it “sick” but I assure you if you put any of us under a microscope, or if you could even take a gander into the mind of a person (myself included) you would see that the heart apart from God is wicked and Hell would be justified. In fact this God that demands justice is so merciful to humanity that he has not just wiped us out, and he even made a promise not to do so. Now onto the topic of abortion we’ll simply of God is desiring justice in the land and will call for justice in eternity then we as His people are to hate what he hates and love what he loves and in this case that’s to fight for the right of those who bear his image to even exists. As I stated above God has made a promise not to wipe out humanity and that justice that he seeks would be the same if for both the children of God and those that are not his children. I know this was posted months ago but I do hope to strike up a dialogue with you. I will be praying for you

I like to drive aimlessly on the weekends but people get in car accidents and pollution.

@@docbrown7513 Yeah, so what’s your point?

Hi Brother, Mr Durban, along with the other speakers in this conference affirms the future final return of Jesus to earth in His resurrected body based on Acts 1:9-11 and other scriptures. This is not to be confused with the “coming in judgement which the first century Jews saw in the sky during the war with Rome in the late 60s AD. Such “comings in the sky” are a common occurrence in the Old Testament. God bless.

70 AD at the destruction of the Temple. Cross reference the language Jesus uses regarding his comping and judgement and the timetable he gives with OT judgement language. It’s one of the things that really pushed me towards a post mil view

The blind leading the blind and both will fall into the ditch. "Come out from among them and be separate. Touch not the unclean thing then I will receive you" KNOW ye not that your body is the temple (dwelling) of the Lord. If any defile that temple, him will I destroy." This is not a good witness for Christ!

Know better what?

@@johnf6267 Just because one feels at liberty to smoke a cigar, maybe one shouldn’t do it whilst teaching scripture. Especially when the whole world is the potential audience. Many Christians don’t believe anyone should smoke, so why risk offending them when you can smoke off camera and not distract from your teaching? Not a sin issue as much as a wisdom issue.

@@drewbysdad9697 good point.

Respectfully, I think that's a personal issue on your part.

@@jacobgarcia4826 I will not argue with you about that. It is a personal issue.

Isaac, I just have to say that was a mature response. It’s one thing to say is not your jam but something entirely different to accuse him of sin like many are doing. Good one you for not conflating your preferences with sin.

Then divert your eyes.

I don't think that verse is all that relevant to how many people are actually saved. Let's crank it up to 11 for sake of argument and say that so few find the gate that the number is zero. After all, Romans 3 says no one seeks after God, all have fallen short, etc. Is salvation by what man seeks and finds, or is it the work of God? To say that man on his own unaided by God cannot find the narrow gate does not by itself mean that few or zero people will be saved, because salvation is of God, not man's finding. Since God is mighty to save, there is no reason he couldn't chose to save a vast majority of all people who will ever exist.