2021 Q4 Questions & Answers Index

2021 Q4 Questions & Answers Index

Each timestamp link takes you directly to our weekly Q&A video where the question is asked.

 

Q4 Q&A #12

T = 00:32 What can we say to those that are suffering from losing their jobs, family animosity, barred from church, shops, hairdressers, attacks on their personal self-worth etc. due to no jab?
T = 02:40 How do you respond to being barred from church? How do we respectfully challenge the elders’ decision, while they feel they are doing the right thing by following the rules?
T = 06:42 What is symbolism of the high priest leaving the most holy place, carrying the blood, and cleanses the holy place of the tent of meeting and the altar?
T = 09:40 Could we consider centrifugal force as part of the gravity design law and without centrifugal force the planets would be drawn toward the sun without resistance?
T = 10:27 It seems that you were saying that we will be sinless when Jesus comes again. Please clarify.
T = 14:07 How does Christ’s victory work in reality with our lives?
T = 19:22 In regards to John 16 : 26 and 27, I have read in several versions that this means we don’t end the prayer in Jesus name, because we pray directly to God.
T = 24:10 How could the book of Deuteronomy be lost for so many years?
T = 25:13 How do people from other Christian belief systems love and trust God, even though they have the classic legal penal understanding of believing that he will burn them if they don’t make it into heaven?
T = 30:36 Is perfection total trust in God to transform us then we are sealed? Then what is meant by Ellen White’s comment that we must be sealed and have a perfect character in order to be able to live without a mediator?

 

Q4 Q&A #11

T = 00:15 In the bible, are the words, sorcery, witchcraft spells, potion, magic, enchantments, poisons metaphors for Satan’s lies, false light, temptations, bribes, and apparent good?
T = 02:30 Why did God promise Noah not to destroy the earth again with a flood, but then went on in Revelation and say that the whole earth will be destroyed?
T = 04:17 Do all babies that have died, miscarried, or aborted go to heaven, even though the parents are not going to heaven?
T = 06:13 Do you have any tips for helping people find healthy balance when they have extremes in their emotions?
T = 08:53 What would be the impact of having you in the audience while others give the Sabbath School?
T = 09:38 How would you respond to someone using the scriptures stating, thou shalt not tempt the Lord your God, when discussing the vaccine, i.e. if you didn’t get the vaccine, you are tempting God to protect you from the virus that you should have protected yourself from?
T = 12:03 John 5 : 38 – 40. How can we come to him and avoid the Pharisee pitfalls?
T = 15:34 What is your favorite story about Jesus and why?
T = 16:34 Would it be acceptable to ask a guest staying in your home from out of state to not smoke during their stay? If so, how would you ask them?
T = 18:41 Could justification and sanctification be described as a locked door, where justification is unlocking the door and sanctification is the Holy Spirit coming in and cleansing?
T = 23:08 Jesus cursed the fig tree and by force, according to some, drove out the temple traders, how do you explain this in light of God’s love?
T = 25:57 As a massage therapist, should I be concerned for my own safety, having such close physical contact to those who have had the covid shot?
T = 27:17 What is a carnal Christian?
T = 28:00 What would the Greek word pharmakeia be about in biblical metaphor?
T = 29:09 Jesus said some are born eunuchs. Can this be biological lesson about being born gay?

 

Q4 Q&A #10

T = 00:13 Why was Moses punished for striking the rock twice?
T = 03:28 Do we have prophets today? If so, where, and if not, why was Ellen White our last prophet?
T = 05:33 With the threat of termination of my job I am being asked to write a statement detailing the religious basis for my vaccine objection. Could you briefly explain how you might respond to such a request?
T = 08:44 If you were CEO of Advent Health and this mandate came down from the federal government, what would you do?
T = 14:26 What are your thoughts about ecumenism?
T = 15:15 How can a group of believers organize for service and carry the gospel to the world, while avoiding the trappings of manmade organizations where men will Lord it over each other like Gentiles?
T = 17:30 Are all of the events that have happened to us in our life God’s will?
T = 18:37 Does God have a plan for us, or are we supposed to choose for ourselves?
T = 19:37 Are our lives supposed to be everything that God wants us to do, or do we get to plan out our path while praying to God for guidance?
T = 23:44 If everything in our life is God’s will for us, is it really our free will?
T = 24:21 God looks at the heart like in people with down syndrome etc. What about people like pedophiles or psychopaths, do they have a heart for God?
T = 24:54 Please elaborate on words or quotes like God’s wrath, God’s judgment, etc.
T = 26:23 Could you please put up the CDC link that states the vaccine was not designed to prevent covid but to lessen symptoms?
T = 27:24 Does the mRNA type vaccine go against God’s design laws of health, because it uses a man-made message to create an immune response. Could this not be a valid religious exemption used to claim a liberty of conscience?
T = 29:17 Do you have a prediction on what they will do with the thousands of military members who have refused to get the shot?

 

Q4 Q&A #9

T = 00:51 If Satan, being an angel, does not eat earthly food like us, how would he be given the power to know our body functions and produce disease, sickness, and pestilence in mankind, as we often blame Satan for its cause?
T = 03:04 Where will God be in the metaverse?
T = 03:46 I don’t understand why God would require the killing of a lamb sacrifice. I don’t know if I could slit a little lamb’s throat. Please explain how a loving God would ask people to kill.
T = 09:51 According to Proverbs 21 : 1, does God does control people? ‘The king’s heart is in the hands of the Lord He directs it like a water course wherever he pleases.’
T = 11:02 Any news update on the new building?
T = 12:02 Are there any downloadable online materials for prison ministries, like the ‘Could It Be This Simple’ workbook, etc?

 

Q4 Q&A #8

T = 00:06 Young adults, aged 13 to 30, would love design law versus imposed law messages and real life tangible reasons why scripture is a living document, however, why aren’t there more youth or young adults in your class?
T = 02:10 What is the mature way, if at all, to teach the restrictions and or regulations associated with Sabbath they found in the inspired word? (duplicate from #7)
T = 03:47 Isn’t the only way to get God’s peace that passes all understanding to pray for it? (duplicate from #7)
T = 04:41 God couldn’t let Lucifer die or the angels would have worshiped God out of fear. Doesn’t that mean there was a trust issue between God and angels to begin with?
T = 06:02 Which element in our society fits the description of religious power found in this great controversy quote? ‘In order for the United States to form the image of the beast the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish its own ends.’
T = 08:39 What do you think the end time pouring out of the spirit on all flesh from Acts 2 looks like?
T = 11:20 Last week your discussion seemed to lead to the belief that God does not punish, correct, or discipline, but only impresses, leads, encourages, guides, and loves.
T = 14:44 Based on the previous question, does the destruction in the Old Testament conflict with this?
T = 19:55 What are your views that the new heaven and new earth will make any difference to the remnant people, because we still carry the sinful nature? Will eradicating the people and angels really eradicate the sin problem?

 

Q4 Q&A #7

T = 00:12 If we consider all that the mark of the beast is supposed to accomplish is there anything the vaccine mandate is not doing?
T = 13:29 I know Ellen White mentioned that a time will come when we should move to the country. What are your thoughts if that time has come?
T = 14:34 If asked, based on the Bible, the reasons for not taking the jab, what would you say is best way to incorporate God’s design law to use this opportunity to witness effectively?
T = 18:08 You say that we get a new body, that God doesn’t need our old body. Why did the angel need to fight with Satan over the body of Moses? Why are we resurrected from our graves and not just recreated in heaven?
T = 19:33 If only loving others is the basis of being saved, does it matter if we keep the Sabbath or not? How does it relate to the mark of the beast of the third angel’s message?
T = 24:54 What is the mature way to teach the restrictions and/or regulations associated with Sabbath as found in the inspired word?
T = 26:54 Explain Isaiah 58 about keeping from doing your pleasure on my Holy Day? It seems to be something you shouldn’t do on the Sabbath.
T = 27:56 Why do people, who wouldn’t think of going to their regular job on Sabbath, go to a restaurant and buy food on Sabbath?
T = 28:40 So can you do whatever you want on the Sabbath? Can you go shopping?
T = 29:33 Does smoking affect someone’s ability to reason?
T = 30:34 Isn’t the only way to get God’s peace that passes all understanding to pray for it and to be led to people, publications, and experiences that will give us the peace he wants for us?

 

Q4 Q&A #6

T = 00:25 In ‘Covid Crisis: A Biblical Worldview, 12 Lies Inciting Fear and Dividing Society,’ powerpoint slide number 78 discusses why so many doctors are wrong. Please give us some insight into virtue signaling and why it is deceptive?
T = 08:12 What is your view of why God only communicated with Moses when he went up on the mountain? Why would God want them to be totally dependent on Moses rather than God himself for direction?
T = 10:56 What is appropriate for Halloween? I understand the principles of Romans 14, but how should that work with divided opinions in the home or church?
T = 16.27 Clarify the difference between the moral law versus the 10 Commandments and could one argue they are the same?
T = 17:41 How can we share with others the importance of keeping the Sabbath or should we? In a nutshell what is the message for these last days in relation to Three Angels message?
T = 25:08 If Jeptha had known God the way Abraham did would he have sacrificed his daughter after making a vow to God that he would sacrifice the first thing to come out the door?

 

Q4 Q&A #5

T = 0:05 What can I do to participate in getting young people attracted to the design law messages?
T = 1:39 I have a friend who left a ‘christian’ cult and takes drugs to tame her anxiety. She became a Buddhist, because she said Jesus didn’t help her when she was suffering and cried out to him. What can I do to help her fall in love with Jesus?
T = 3:14 I am struggling with explaining Ezekial’s avenging angel on a specific mission compared with a loving and gentle God. How do I word it for a punishing God believer?
T = 5:53 Psalms 110 : 3 in the Remedy translates, ‘Your people voluntarily surrender in trust to you on the day when your power of Truth and Love is fully revealed.’ What results in increased submission to God in the end times and how can we encourage people toward this submission?
T = 7:47 Explain Satan being bound and cast into the abyss (the burnt up Earth) with no one to tempt for a thousand years. This sounds like all living wicked are asleep during this time, but where are the fallen angels?
T = 10:12 I don’t understand why you keep saying that the Pfizer vaccine has not been officially approved by the FDA because of the naming game. The letter on the FDA web page it says that the vaccine has been approved.
T = 14:45 Do you think that once the Beast system of Revelation 13 has implemented the mark it will be a decision we will have to make as to whether or not we will get it? Isthe seal of God something that is naturally placed upon us from God? Will both the mark and the seal be visible for all to see and how will it affect infants and children?
T = 18:20 Regarding the parable of the ten virgins (symbol of the church having truth), who then is awake to give the Midnight Cry?
T = 21:07 Please explain Revelation 19 : 10 where the testimony of Jesus is called the spirit of prophecy.

 

Q4 Q&A #4

T = 0:17 Considering God’s truth in Philippians 3 : 10, how do we suffer like Christ, sharing in his death and how does that relate to knowing him?
T = 2:43 In 2 Samuel 6 : 6, is there a reason for striking Uzzah dead for merely touching the ark and are there other offenses that we will be struck dead immediately for?
T = 12:48 Does forgiving someone mean that you should totally forget what that person has done or the pain that they inflicted?
T = 16:41 If you believe as an Adventist, but do not have an Adventist Church anywhere near you, do you recommend going to a church with others whose biblical beliefs do not align with yours or watch sermons online from home?
T = 17:36 What are your thoughts on the multi-faith Abrahamic house complex?
T = 19:44 How does one differentiate and/or appreciate design law, as taught by Come and Reason, from universal and/or natural laws, as taught by others, like new age movements and social science theorists?

 

Q4 Q&A #3

T = 0:43 In the book of Leviticus chapter 21, why is God so fussy about not having persons with physical blemishes serve in the sanctuary?
T = 2:55 Do you have any advice or words of encouragement for military members facing possible dishonorable discharge because they won’t get the vaccine injection?
T = 5:53 What are your thoughts on the government coming out and saying that there are UFOs?
T = 7:29 Is the light or fire of God’s unveiled glory materially different from the fires that consumed the elements in the book of Peter?
T = 8:44 Could you please run through the chronological events of Daniel 7 : 10 – 28 and explain the reason and logic of the order of the successive scenes.
T = 9:20 How would you explain to someone that homosexual activity for humans is not God’s design? Or is it, in the face of supposed scientific evidence that some animals practice this?
T = 12:43 What is your understanding of how COP26 (related to climate change and climate legislation as proposed by the pope) fits in with end time events and intense mind conditioning?
T = 17:27 If we are giving in to the Beast system by getting vaccines against our will, shouldn’t we stop paying taxes, which help pay for abortions?

 

Q4 Q&A #2

T = 00:13 If decisions need to be made concerning the character of God and Satan how would a Sunday law allow for this? Would it not be better to have a non religious event?
T = 04:05 Please share your ideas about how EGW seems to not directly reject the penal legal, substitutionary idea in Desire of Ages, pg 540.
T = 07:40 Why is it that when God ends a human life it’s putting them in sleep mode, but if we end a human life it’s considered killing? Is wounding or killing someone in self-defense considered a righteous use of power because it is restricting evil?
T = 12:48 What are your thoughts after the majority of a nation is vaccinated and people continue to die from the infection of the mutated virus?
T = 23:51 In Revelation 2 : 20 of the Remedy you describe Jezebel as a person who imposes law, inflicts torture, and must be appeased. How does this spirit most commonly manifest today?
T = 25:41 If someone doesn’t want to take the ‘vaccine,’ but will anyway to show they love others and because they’ll loose their job if they don’t, even though they already had COVID, does going along with the authorities demonstrate God’s love or Satan’s cunningness?
T = 27:58 Adventists say we cannot shop on the Sabbath, even produce at a farmers market, but when I look for verses myself, I cannot find any. Can you help with this?
T = 30:58 At what point of memory would a person who died in dementia or any other memory disease wake up in the resurrection? if they were abused under someones care while alive, would they remember the abuse?

 

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Testimony 18

The Healing the Mind DVD set tarted me on a journey that has changed my relationship with our loving God more significantly than any other study, and brought me to your book and Bible study podcasts, which I now listen to daily, thanks to the availability of archived content on your site and on iTunes.

Anonymous

 

Testimony 38

Since November 2015, when I started studying Gods word from this God Is Love point of view, my life has been transformed. My troubled marriage of 15 years has been healed and my husband and I are truly happy for the first time in 15 years. Now When I read the word of God I understand it so much better and I can’t help but see Gods love radiating through the pages to humanity. Gods word is living and active and I am blessed beyond measure to be having this amazing experience. God has given me a beautiful understanding of Jn 3:16 that amazes me more and more each day. Thank you again for your ministry.

Helen D., London, England

 

Testimony 42

I am just writing to say that I have been so blessed by the teachings of Come And Reason Minitries recently. I watched last week’s bible study lesson on Youtube and am thankful that the error in the printed lesson guide you use was pointed out and this week’s study was of equal benefit, if not more so. My understanding of God’s nature has been very confused of late and I am so grateful for clarity in this matter. I have never really fully understood previously how a good God can cause bad things to happen and now I realise that He doesn’t, it’s a natural consequence of sin. May the almighty Father and His Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, continue to bless your ministry.

Laura P., United Kingdom

 

Testimony 5

We listen to your bible studies lessons in our class in Montana. You actually were the main reason I decided to get a laptop, so I can go to your site and listen, read, learn, and print the class notes. I am so grateful to learn the correct view of God and his character. Now, to just have others have an interest in knowing, so I can share it with them. Good thoughts your way.

R. N., MT, USA

 

Testimony 63

I’ve been very blessed by “The God Shaped Brain” and this ministry, through video and podcast, over the last few years. It’s truly opened up my eyes more to the truth about God and the importance of that truth in the present world. The message is so inviting, freeing and enlightening and MORE people need to know about it. I believe it is the last message that can truly, not only prepare a people for salvation and translation, but vindicate the character of God.

Michael V., Yonkers, NY, USA

 

Testimony 59

I’m a native Ghanan, but am currently in France for my master’s degree. Prior to this, during my final years at undergraduate studies in Ghana, I was introduced to your ministry and I’ve been immensely blessed by what you share, especially about the Design and Imposed Laws. God richly bless you for that.

One of the first things I did when I arrived in France was to buy all four of your books. They not only helped me, but those I shared them with. I shared the message with an atheist student and I marveled at how God worked mightily in his life. Today this person shares the Love of God with others and debunks theories of who God is not. I want to share what you present in your “Heavenly Sanctuary and Investigative Judgment” pamphlet, because the message brought rest to my soul and I live today as a healthy person.

God bless you so much and your ministry.

Michael A., Ghana

 

Testimony 32

The message [of Come And Reason Ministries is] for all Christians (and those who may become Christians) and not just Adventists or any other group. It is difficult to imagine why any [anyone] with intellectual and spiritual honesty could find fault with the way you explained the healing substitution concepts and the truth about God’s character, though I know some will reject and criticize. On behalf of those in our group near Tacoma, WA, thank you and your staff for all of the hard work and for sharing the Gospel in this manner. God’s message of healing love will be carried to the whole world and then Jesus will come – He promised it.

Terry U., Tacoma, WA, USA

 

Testimony 30

God lead me to your book “The God-Shaped Brain” while I was searching for another book about the brain and then to your interview about your book on HeartWise Ministries [where] I found out about [Come And Reason Ministries]. I’m now devouring the webcasts of your Bible studies. I have been so greatly blessed and I thank God so much for your courage to speak the Truth in love no matter what. Listening to you contrast the two opposing systems (laws) and digging deep to unearth the hidden treasures in the Bible makes me so incredibly happy and I feel very blessed to be part of your Bible Study Group although I live far away. I am just so excited that there is a group of people that is spreading the Truth about the character of God and it saddens me how few realize what our Father in Heaven is really like.

Kessy B., Australia

 

Testimony 40

I was brought up in a different faith and have been petrified my whole life of God. I believed that I would burn in hell for eternity. When I was 12 I started pursuing the things of this world, but for the next 45 years the Spirit was always calling me, as I knew there was a God through nature. I could see the vast sea of stars in the universe and knew there was something bigger out there. Five years ago, through a Revelation seminar, I was blessed to learn about God’s character and government.

Then I found Come and Reason Ministries and have come under some extreme pressure when I speak about the ministry. One time a member sent me an internet article titled “Whats wrong with Tim Jennings?” I asked her what she thought of it and she said “I don’t know, I didn’t read it.”

I have always wanted to find out for myself the truth about God, so I stayed with the Design Law construct and have been liberated to understand the big picture. Once we consider Design Law, all other Bible stories and prophecies seem to fit perfectly. It is truly beautiful to see people grasping how God operates this Universe of Love and the liberation it has provided in their lives. It blows my mind to see how consistent Design law is with what our founders believed. I hear statements like “This makes so much sense.”

Tom W., Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA

 

Testimony 71

When I was 9 years old, I remember setting at our devotional table with a hunger and thirst for God that wanted more, deeper, BETTER. I can remember literally crying and pounding on the table, “I know these teachers didn’t mean to give us error. They taught what THEY had been TAUGHT, but didn’t ANYBODY READ THE BOOK?!?!?” It mattered to me then. It mattered to me as a teenager. It matters now as I teach bible classes. It didn’t have to be so hard as I watched so many give up and lay God’s great plan and gift of salvation aside as being “impossible.” Then, a friend sent me a link to Come And Reason’s website. I grew excited. YES! FINALLY! Then another friend told me to stay away, saying her son had just broken up with a girl because she was involved with Come And Reason and that “Tim Jennings preaches a false gospel.” But, AFTER many years of developing an authentic and, dare I say FUN relationship with Jesus, through the Holy Spirit I see this message has been around a LONG time, since the apostle Paul, Ellen White, Graham Maxwell, Ray Foucher, and yourself (though I admit, you’ve made me back up, rewind and replay the clips, and get out my well-worn Bible on a few things.) I’m so thankful I have found LIGHT during these DARK days. I am not alone.

Vicki DiNitto

Testimony 15

I have been sharing Come And Reason Ministries Bible study lessons with several folk. You have such a beautiful view of the plan of salvation. If we had this message preached when I was young, my generation would still all be in church.

H. R., New Zealand

Testimony 57

You have helped make sense of thirty two years of confusion. The material you freely provide reorganized so much of my life into such a beautiful pattern that has always been hinted at from within, but misguided with my training and what I was experiencing externally. My filipno parents, who were converted from Catholicism to SDA, were sincere and did their best to raise me the right way and I have deep respect for them. However, being immigrants and not understanding the language made for a difficult transition as I was growing up, which also applied to my spiritual growth as I learned the patterns of religion. I have been listening to as many bible study classes and reading blog posts as my time in a work truck will allow, searching for the practical applications of where spirituality and reality meet, and I thank you for helping me find that. You have helped me reach a point in which I can truly say that I love God, that I believe He loves me, and, like David, I delight in His law. God bless.

Emmanuel V., Calgary, AB Canada

Testimony 65

I have been tuning into your weekly study classes for a while now and wanted express my appreciation for the teachings that ha been a huge blessing in opening up the true message of the word. Viewing scripture under an imposed law theory always, without fail, raised more questions, concerns, and conflicting scripture interpretations that were discouraging at the very least. Looking at scripture through the design law lens has brought more truth to light for me personally and an understanding of our Heavenly Father that places Him “above all others,” where I am now more than thrilled to witness and serve Him.  I “stumbled” across this ministry a year or so ago and would only watch a few minutes at a time. But the more I listened and the longer I paid attention, the more my spiritual eyes were opened to the ever present truths of scripture. The comprehension of the great controversy and it’s origin by the lies perpetrated and perpetuated throughout the Bible on the attack of God’s character and government is truly priceless. Keep up the Good Work! Your servanthood is desperately needed in such a time as this!

Jeff D., Reading, MA, USA

 

Testimony 62

I would like to express my thanks to the C&R team for creating a platform from which people can learn to trust in God and grow. My life is a witness to the effectiveness of this ministry. Without believing the truth about God as you have shown, I don’t know what my life would be like. I had given up on God helping me with certain sins – it was all useless. Given that the scripture is clear and God is so good, how could I have betrayed him so many times? I was a yo-yo christian; spinning up and down. My faith and enthusiasm was driven by discoveries/threats that prophecy is about to be fulfilled. But when I watched your “Healing the Mind” seminar, it was like a light finally went on. I could see God had no plan to hurt me, the danger came from sin, and that He is working to protect me and strengthen me. Thank you for allowing God to use you. The message God gave C&R saved my life!

Antony N. – Hobart, Australia

 

Testimony 17

The blessings of clarity and understanding you and your class inspire me to take from the word of God have impressed upon me so greatly the true, loving character of our Creator. I have found amazing freedom and joy through building a stronger, more intentional relationship with Him. What is new is that this is now a relationship built on love, reverence and respect rather than fear and obligation, and as such my eyes have been slammed OPEN as I am continually impressed by the manifestations of God’s true character in His provisions for fallen man.

T.E.H., Salt Lake City, UT, USA