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Mike Winger idea 2018-02-07

Q&A: The Bible supports both sides — go out and pray for healing confidently, AND Jesus warned that false healers will claim to have cast out demons and healed in his name while he never knew them.

Viewer question about whether fake healing is condemned in the Bible.

Matthew 7:21-23 discernment healing Matthew 7:21-23

Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Reason 2: Future prophecy is extremely challenging — Revelation requires knowledge of the whole Old Testament

Second reason people are vulnerable to false predictions.

Revelation Isaiah Jeremiah hermeneutics Old Testament prophecy interpretation

Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

Q&A: The LDS church is already beginning to change its doctrine — prioritizing organizational health over theological integrity, which started with polygamy and race issues.

Viewer question from 'Rob Donahue': Will the Utah LDS church change its doctrine due to the information age?

LDS doctrinal evolution LDS polygamy LDS and race

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-29

Psalm 22: David was not a prophet? Mike rebuts and notes Psalm 22 clearly speaks of future events

Ra argues Psalm 22 is not messianic because (1) David was not a prophet, (2) the Psalms are in the 'writings' section not the 'prophets,' and (3) David never experienced anything like what's described

Q&A: The Bible supports both sides — go out and pray for healing confidently, AND Jesus warned that false healers will claim to have cast out demons and healed in his name while he never knew them.

Reason 2: Future prophecy is extremely challenging — Revelation requires knowledge of the whole Old Testament

Q&A: The LDS church is already beginning to change its doctrine — prioritizing organizational health over theological integrity, which started with polygamy and race issues.

Psalm 22: David was not a prophet? Mike rebuts and notes Psalm 22 clearly speaks of future events

Prophecy has multiple functions: some is short-term (credentialing for contemporaries), some long-term (evidence for distant generations), some purely theological.

Ra's appeal to Quranic prophecy is self-refuting: the Quran's 'best' examples either copy Old Testament passages Ra already called invalid, or are too vague (Donald Trump in Surah 68).

Modern prophecy is not equivalent to Scripture: not all prophecy becomes canonical; personal/local words from God are not universal obligations on the whole church.

Sye reframes 1 Kings 18: Elijah was not convincing people of something unknown but displaying God's glory to suppressors of truth; the event was judgment, not persuasion

Both men discuss the aftermath of 1 Kings 18 — the people and prophets respond differently; suppression-to-profession vs. unbelief-to-belief

Zahnd claims the Bible contradicts itself and that the Psalms/Prophets argue against the Torah — both claims are false

Luke 16:16–17 and Matthew 5:17–18 show Jesus's own high view of Scripture — he came to fulfill, not edit, the law

1 Thessalonians 2:14-15 — Paul identifies the Jews who killed Jesus as the same people persecuting the early church

Old Testament pattern: Israel claimed to believe God but rejected his prophets — same dynamic with Messiah

1 Kings 18 — Mount Carmel contest as evidence-based faith: Elijah's challenge to prophets of Baal

Deuteronomy 18:22 — false prophecy as test for identifying true vs. false prophets

Prosperity preachers and false prophecy: prophets whose utterances focus on wealth and success are false prophets.

Matthew 23:34 — Jesus sends prophets and scribes who will be killed, crucified, and flogged as evidence persecution was an expected norm

Twitter response 5 continued: demands 12 angels, 12 prophets, 12 languages simultaneously — unreasonable historical expectation

Q&A: Is a particular heart condition needed to see the reliability of evidence? — Luke 10:23-24 discussed

OT prophets (Amos, Jonah) judged Gentile nations on moral grounds, not Mosaic Law violations

Matthew 11:13 — "All the prophets and the law prophesied until John" — indicates a new era beginning with Jesus

Paul preaches in the synagogue in Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:14) -- his standard method is synagogue first, then the broader city. His message presents Jesus as fulfillment of the law and prophets.

Acts 15:12-18 -- James's speech: endorses Peter, cites Amos 9 as prophetic basis for Gentile inclusion under God's name. His judgment: do not trouble the Gentiles.

Hebrew Roots response to Acts 15: it was only temporary, with full Torah teaching coming later. Winger demolishes this by pointing to the years of prior discipleship at Antioch.

2 Peter 2:1 — Christ bought even false prophets who deny him and face destruction, proving atonement extends beyond the elect

Rebuttal: the inscripturation claim for prophecy and knowledge is unsubstantiated; New Testament prophets generally did not produce Scripture.

Verse-by-verse: vv. 9-10 — Paul includes himself in "we know in part," undermining the inscripturation reading; even apostolic knowledge is partial, not completable by writing.

Q&A: Distinguishing personal prophecy from adding to Scripture (1 Corinthians 14:30)

Ezekiel 33:11 — God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked

Assessing modern prophecy claims: consistency in future fulfillment is the test

Jesus affirmed the Hebrew canon (Law, Prophets, Writings) — which excludes 1 Enoch and the Apocrypha

Near-death / heaven-visiting accounts: deep skepticism warranted; Paul's 2 Corinthians 12 model shows the right posture is silence, not book tours

Vague YouTube prophecy channels are the perfect environment for false prophets; real prophecy requires verifiable fulfillment

Kenneth Copeland and 2020 false prophets — April 15 COVID prophecy debunked

Bereshit Prophecy in Genesis 1:1 — Mike strongly dismisses as fabricated

Wars, famines, earthquakes, and pestilences in Matthew 24 are NOT signs of the Second Coming — they are warnings that the end has not yet come

During the Tribulation, false christs will appear — the real Second Coming will be unmistakably visible to all

God's choices of Jacob, Abraham, Moses, prophets — not favoritism but purposive grace for non-salvific roles

Hebrews 1:1-2 does not prohibit God from speaking to individuals today

A rearview mirror test for Spirit-led claims: look back at past "God told me" moments and evaluate their accuracy

Though gifts cannot be taught, believers can grow in their expression and use of already-given gifts

False signs and wonders: miracles do not authenticate a religion; Satan has real but limited supernatural power

Hosea's family as prophetic type; Ezekiel as the strongest Christ-type prophet who bears Israel's iniquity bodily

Christians must stop following those who prophesied falsely about 2020; those prophets should repent and abandon their prophetic status

The biblical canon is a human list identifying inspired books; God's inspiration and providence guarantee we have the right books, with the OT ratified by Jesus himself.

Political prophecies, false prophets in 2020, and the antichrist

Sharing a stage with false prophets does not necessarily constitute endorsement; guilt-by-association logic can lead to unfair heresy-by-proxy labeling.

Why is Esther in the Bible? Self-defense in Esther 8-9 is not problematic

Ephesians 4:7-16 overview: gifts given to the church equip saints toward unity.

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