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“I only watched the first class and found that though Dr Martin is entertaining and convincing, some of what he says is untrue. It seems that he may be a historian, but his actual knowledge of scripture is suspect. You should look at his work as critically as you would any other work.
Take these courses with a grain of salt. They are taught in a university that is no longer a religious institute which has God's best interests in mind. If you watch this you should also balance it with courses from Dr. Darrell L. Bock at Dallas Theological Seminary (on itunes as well) or other Christian institutes. This will give you both both a secular and Christian perspective on New Testament history.
The errors are subtle and you need to know scripture and have a keen ear to catch them. Here is one example; the good doctor said (paraphrasing) that the concept of our souls living eternally is not a Biblical Christian concept, it is a concept that came from the Greeks.
The concept of having a soul was always one the Hebrews held. The first commandment is "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your SOUL and with all your strength." Paul wrote, "1 Thessalonians 5:23 "May your whole spirit, SOUL and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." Let's not forget Jesus himself made it clear man has both body and soul. Matthew 10:28 "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell." (Also: What both Paul and Jesus, both are Hebrews, said suggest the soul is eternal.)
2 Corinthians 4:16 speaks about the immortality of the soul. He wrote about the “outward” man and the “inward” man, a contrast of the body and soul. In the same verses he says the body is temporal and the other is “eternal.” The implication obviously means that the “inward man,” (the soul), is eternal.
This was not a concept that was influenced by the Greeks, eternal life was know to the Old Testament Hebrew prophets as well. Daniel 12:2 "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt." Jews today still teach that the dead will be resurrected and live eternally. If there is a resurrection of the dead and the resurrected have a new body, it is the soul not the physical body that passes from this life to the next.
Peter wrote of how the soul can be saved, "1 Peter 1:8-9 "Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your SOULS."
In the book of Revelation Jesus speaks of men having both body and soul. He speaks of how the souls of martyrs will be glorified in heaven. Clearly if these souls are in heaven they must be eternal.”
spage via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/23/12
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