Christianity and History

[@GraniteSoundtrack]

Thanks David. I use your commentaries daily for my classes and messages. I have my BA in history too so always appreciate these helpful resources for the Bible teacher/student.

[@ruthnovales880]

This is amazing! Thank you for coming out with this series!

[@kassahungmariam3688]

true

[@r.e.jr.1152]

Glad to hear you mention the book of Acts. Most historians start their version of history from the second century.

[@culbered]

Re: your quote about not ignoring the known facts, I asked "Copilot" the AI search. This was their response: "The phrase you mentioned is often associated with the French historian Marc Bloch. Bloch was a prominent figure in the field of historical studies and emphasized the importance of rigorous research and factual accuracy in understanding the past. His work, including his influential book “The Historian’s Craft,” underscores the idea that history should be based on verifiable evidence and not veer into speculation or myth[2]." So the answer would be Marc Bloch as the source of "History is an art that must not ignore the known facts."

[@1949chefjojo]

Thank you Pastor David for clarifying and revealing the History of the Catholic Church. It gives me a clue of how the First Nation Indians of the Americas were treated and converted to Catholicsm. My Bible Study Group uses your studies. Excellent Content. Thank you.

[@CP-dl3ct]

God continues to Bless & impart His Wisdom you, over the decades since we first met in SB, Guzik! I enjoy listening to you teach, my friend!

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

Thank you and blessings!

[@krystallynnart]

I’ve already watched this series, but I’m watching it again because it’s so interesting and there’s so much information!

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

Wonderful, thank you for sharing and for your support. God be with you!

[@lynnscott162]

Thank you fo filling in some of the blanks for me. I’m so much more interested in history as I’m getting older.

[@PatriciaCuozzo-v6v]

Thank you so much for this historical study of church history. Thank you! Thank you!

[@adriennedyke]

Pastor David, thank you !!!!!!!!!!!

[@Franquie]

This study was awesome. I especially appreciate the information you provided from particular sources. I have a few more books I need to add to my library now.. 🙂 Looking forward to the next one. Thank you! 👍

[@Ada20246]

THANKS David. God Bless you sir.

[@kvelez]

28:12 Amen. 54:06 Amen to that.

[@rocklee9818]

Looking forward to this series

[@jamesoncross19]

The foundation of our faith is based on historical events: the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ which reveals He is the Son of God. It's crazy to me how some believers and preachers challenge this.

[@demibahague399]

I am interistingabout history of christian or about church this is great to know espicially to my fellow christian our church is pionery of my husband and me

[@andrecummings13]

**** VERY IMPORTANT ***** You did a wonderful job !!! A lot of these preachers and so-called preachers that The Word warns us ; Mathew 12:36; But I say unto you, That EVERY IDLE WORD that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. In Deuteronomy, chapter 12 God clearly explains why tithing is and how to give it then at the end of the chapter, he gives us a warning !!! Deuteronomy 12:32; What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Teaching the people that The “ NEW COVENANT CHURCH “ is to pay a tithe in the form of money ( mammon) is ADDING to God’s Word. And at the same time teaching the people that the church building is the storehouse which there is no scripture for that but yet they deposit that same money into the bank so in reality, the bank is become the store house ???? it is nowhere in the Scriptures were God’s storehouse is a pagan financial institution/system !!!! Which is also adding to God’s Word. You see when you tell a lie you have to tell another lie to cover that lie.

[@johnrodrigues7015]

I always wanted a study on Church history. As the saying goes "History is a great teacher". Looking forward for further episodes. Amazing content

[@mapuche888]

Thank you. This is so compelling

[@demibahague399]

I am listening your messages and Im enjoy you speaks great easy to understsnd clear

[@philobailey5627]

My history class in high School (parochial) , our professor began by saying that history shows that God desires all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the Truth. I've never forgotten that in the 55 years since that first class. I'm looking to this series.

[@notofthisworld0]

Great teaching! I remember sometime back some years back goingcto my local library and reading some of the book Antiquités of the Jews.

[@hallbless3292]

I did church history in Bible school, I think the church needs to teach church history

[@paulw317]

Thanks David I enjoyed this and look forward to these teachings God bless ❤️

[@nuggetoftruth-ericking7489]

I teach church history and found this interesting.

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

Glad to hear that! Blessings

[@songsgardensbyjenniferlynn3242]

This was so good, thank you!

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

You are very welcome!

[@richardselby6663]

Awesome! Thank you so much

[@theway7675]

Very informative initiative sir Pakistan

[@cynthiasagar542]

Gbu bro and sis Today let's study about blessings through tithing.....when we study the history of the garden of Eden..we come to know that Satan tempted people to go against god's Will..with the power of darkness .Whose command should we follow..god's command or Satan's???... Whose command is the law of Tithe?...Malachi 3:7..Tithing us a command of God.., Satan deceives people so that they cannot practice tithes...if we are deceived by Satan and do not Tieth it's results is pain and death... To give us eternal blessings and lead us to the kingdom of heaven... God has given us the law of Tithe.Whose command should we follow???..To whom should we give this precious tithe???... Leviticus 27:30... A tithe of everything belongs to God, so it must be offered to God not to Satan...what should we do in order to give tithe only to god?? We should follow the teachings of the Bible..(The Bible teaches us to give tithes to Melchizedek)..…Whom does the Melchizedek represent???..Heb7:1.. Melchizedek represents god without beginning of days or end of life..(He blesses us through bread and wine).. Inorder to present offerings to the true God, we must know who the true God.Only when we present offerings to the true God, we can receive the true blessings..thr offerings given to Satan are nothing but materials which cannot bring us blessings...there fore only when s tithe is offered to melchizedek, it can be regarded as s true offering and brings us blessings..lets practice tithes correctly and receive blessings from God...

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

Love this ! So needed in the church

[@jeffross8676]

Below is what is considered to be a more accurate translation from Josephus. It is an Arabic translation that does not have all of the added text that the Church put in. at this time there was wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and he was known to be virtuous. And many people from among the Jews and the other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. And those who had become his disciples did not abandon his discipleship. They reported that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive; accordingly, he was perhaps the Messiah concerning whom the prophets have recounted wonders.

[@nicholaspaz]

This was awesome. Thx

[@Clubbedcashew50]

Amazing stuff David, your rendition of these historical foundations is just as good as Lee Strobels book the case for Christ.

[@theresavoomadaffore9466]

Steven Pierce,by the time you see this, my race against time might be over as I lead you by 4 years.

[@semvlogs399]

What is the origen christian alliance church in the world

[@stevenpierce4359]

I believe you sir

[@marysslave913]

Anyone who goes deep into history with and honest heart will cease to be protestant...

[@jamesj2022]

The best way to interpret Scripture is to compare Scripture with Scripture. Can we do this with Acts 2:38? Yes, we can! Note Acts 10:43-48 where we have a passage that matches Acts 2:38. Comparing both passages phrase for phrase, you will conclude both offer salvation by faith only. Notice that the result of salvation in both passages is the remission of sin and the gift of the Holy Spirit. The two conditions of salvation are also the same in both passages. First, both Acts 2:38 and Acts 10:43 demand a change of mind about who is Jesus Christ. Acts 10:43 says He is one to whom all the prophets gave witness. What Peter says demonstrates the same truth in Acts chapter 2 by quoting the prophets Joel and David to prove his point. Secondly, Acts 10:43 has "�through His name whosoever believeth in Him" as a condition of salvation. This is equivalent to the condition of Acts 2:38 to "be baptized (washed) in the name of Jesus Christ." So we find the phrase "Be baptized (washed) in His name," which means the same as "through His name believe in Him." Also, please notice that Acts 2:38 tells us the Holy Spirit is received as the gift of God. If we had to do anything of ourselves to receive the Holy Spirit, it would not be a gift. Remember Ephesians 2:8-9, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." To insist upon repentance which in any sense includes a change of conduct either toward God or man is to add an element of human effort to faith. This would contradict all clear Scripture on this matter such as Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 4:5; Galatians 2:16; and others. To insist upon water baptism in Acts 2:38 would make the remission of sins and the receiving of the gift of the Holy Spirit dependent upon the human work of water baptism. This would be inconsistent with Acts 10:43-44, where the remission of sin and the gift of the Holy Spirit are received as the result of faith only. The Bible would contradict itself and we would be left confused. Have you recognized Jesus Christ as the Savior which died for your sins, was buried and was raised from the dead? Have you been washed of your sins in His name? (See I Corinthians 6:11). If not, then trust Jesus Christ as your Savior today and receive the remission of your sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit.

[@walterwong1847]

What about the real life application on this? The main stream church goers subscribe to the idea that it's the pastor's job to teach, not the parents. We are not learned to know the Bible. Most get upset when l tried to sit down with then to read the Bible. They think that we should be ignorant but only pastors know the texts. This is the first roadblock I encounter mostly among so called believers whom I can't reason why we must dive into the Bible firstly for our own growth and then to teach our children. This is one thing we can't talk about over a dinning table. It's rare to have the opportunity to do this. Having said this, there is opportunity to do so with a very few in my circle. Most do have their fixed view rightly or wrongly. Most have severe difficulty to discuss ideas that differ from their already adopted view. I think the church goers are at large very uncomfortable to dive into the texts.

[@sankarvanka5661]

Good sir

[@stevenpierce4359]

I just want to know Jesus Christ

[@danberres2133]

very good

[@jamesmcmi]

in the Septuagint, the old testament translation of the 70 jewish scholars, at psalm 78 , verse 4 "οὐκ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν, ἀπαγγέλλοντες τὰς αἰνέσεις Κυρίου καὶ τὰς δυναστείας αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ, ἃ ἐποίησε." it doesn't say anything about powers or strenths "δυναμεις" in greek. it talks about dynasties "δυναστείας".

[@stevenpierce4359]

I am running out of time 70 years old

[@emf49]

God called Moses when he was 80 years old and revealed Jesus Christ to the Apostle John when he was 95! There’s still lots of hope and opportunities to serve for we aging ones! 🤗

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

All humans are immortal, lost or saved, you are immortal. The only time you MIGHT be running out is moving from lost to saved.

[@kimmanning2913]

"The Importance of history."

[@tomcollins3972]

The truth is no one-not even you WILL teach the truth about the first century church as the ONLY example of what the church of Christ should only be about!

[@dwilliams8187]

There's no such thing as CHRISTIANITY. to prove me wrong, show me or tell me where in the Bible it is.. Am waiting!!

[@fernandomarquez3131]

How do you know what you are looking for in the search of history, when in fact history is tainted by the interpretation of the author.

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

We do our best to have spiritual and intellectual integrity. We look at as much historical data as we can, and then we seek to come to a logical and probable conclusion.

[@dwilliams8187]

You can not teach me nothing about any church history!!

[@garystanfield2274]

This guy is a nut.

[@garystanfield2274]

Christianity has never been the truth and pagan to the core.

[@royhiggins7270]

I will ask all Christians, specifically for those that believe in hell, to please, as a thought experiment to try to believe in something that you don't? For example take vampires, fairy's, big foot, santa, anything you honestly don't believe in...and then consider if asked to believe in that thing to keep yourself from eternal torture could your really do it? It is literally impossible to believe in something that your brain will not allow you to believe in. One could always say they believe...do you believe true belief isn't required? 75% of humanity burning in torture for eternity is the one of the most evil beliefs anyone could ever have.

[@jerem18h]

As a further thought experiment, try to reject something that you currently believe in, such as your own parents. think of how diluted and how willful you would have to be to deny the existence of your parents. that is what happened with everyone who denies the Lord, they aren't being forced to believe in something they don't, they are being punished for willfully denying and defying the Lord they know to be good, and the Judge of all the earth. Even after all our willful rejection of Him He still made a way back to Himself. but there is coming a time where everyone will stand before Him, whether they like it or not. you can go on with your life rejecting Him, it's your privilege. but I would suggest turning to Him while you've still got breath. He spoke to me back while i was on heroin, making fun of Christians and their ' AI in the sky' but i was sternly warned to repent and the Lord woke me up to the lifelong deception i was living in. hopefully you make the right choice man

[@royhiggins7270]

@@jerem18h It isn't a thought experiment to know you parents...they exist in reality and I know them personally. I am sorry that the only way you could overcome your addiction weakness was through delusion...but I guess that is better than nothing. However, I am neither weak nor a coward.

[@jerem18h]

@@royhiggins7270 well that is what im praying, that you know the Lord personally like i do.

[@Syed_12]

( Do Christians And Jews and "OTHER" non-Muslims go to Heaven? ) Quran 2:62 '' Those who believe (in the Quran) and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures) and the Christians and the Sabians->ANYAllah< Is The Protector Of Monasteries, Churches, Synagogues And The Mosques ) Quran 22:40 [They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, " Our Lord is God " And were it not that God checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of God is much mentioned. And God will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, God is Powerful and Exalted in Might. Note: Why did Allah protected Churches and Synagogues if they worship false Allah ? ( Why Are There So Many Different Religions In The World ? ) Quran 5 48 ''...... If God wanted He could have made all of you a single nation.( ie single religion ) But He willed otherwise in order to test you in what He has given you (ie Scriptures) therefore try to excel one another in good deeds. Ultimately you all shall return to God then He will show you the truth of those matters in which you '' >DISPUTE verb < not noun like other religions Islam mean "submission" to God ( The above verse saying is that God will not accept a religion from the >MUSLIM< and the Non-Muslims but total "submission" to God ) Question: How Can Muslim And the Non-Muslim "submit" to the God? Answer: Be kind to other human beings and Do not lie, Do not steal, Do not cheat, Do not hurt others, Do not be prideful and Do the charity work. Note: If you obeyed all the ABOVE Allah-God's moral laws "YOU" submitted to God.( ie Islam mean "submission" to God ) The only people who will enter Paradise those who '' Submitted to God '' ( ie by Good Deeds ) God does NOT accept your religion of birth but only ''Your Total'' Submission to Him. ( God Allows Interfaith Marriages And Eat Food From the Christian And Jew And Vice Versa ) Quran 5:5 ''This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture (ie Christian and Jew) is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And lawful in marriage are chaste women from among the believers (ie Muslim ) and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture (ie Christian and Jew) before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] lovers. And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless and he in the Hereafter will be among the losers.'' Note: > Only < Islam allows interfaith marriages (>14 hundredsSame God< but They are >ALL Corrupt< more or less, some more than others from their original foundational teaching. The older religion are MORE corrupted than newer religion. Question to Muslim and Christian: Does God / Allah only answer your pray ? And God / Allah does not answer non Muslim / non Christian pray? Did Allah '' Canceled '' all other religions Judaism and Christianity? Quran 5:48 '' And We have revealed to you [O Muhammad] the Book in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture ( ie New and old Testament ) and as a criterion over it. So judge between them by what Allah has revealed and do not follow their inclinations away from what has come to you of the truth. >>>TO EACH OF YOU WE PRESCRIBED A LAW AND A METHODone nation>differ qualified < for to enter Paradise ) On the day of judgement God will ''NOT'' judge humanity bases on Sunni Muslim sect VS Shia Muslim sect ''NOR'' by Muslim VS non-Muslim >but< Doer of Goods VS Doer of Evils. '' YOUR " birth in the Muslim's family is NOT a > qualification < for to enter the Paradise. '' YOUR " religion / sect / foot long beard is NOT a > qualification < for to enter the Paradise. The > qualification < to enter Paradise is > Faith in God and Good Work

[@sampilgrim7839]

Do you still believe in the false prophet Mohammed? He married a 6 year old baby. He married his daughter in law. He was poisoned to death by a Jewish lady.

[@lizmonard]

Very interesting, thank you. Jewish, Islam and Catholicism all teach you must act righteously to attain eternal life with God, all the Protestant sects believe you can do whatever evil you please, but as long as you have faith, or have been ‘saved’ you are good to go. 🤔

[@Syed_12]

@@lizmonard God bless you my sister !!!

[@jaysanders1794]

Thank You David, very interesting.