I apologize for the funky sound on this one. I (unknowingly) had two different microphones going and they blended together in the recording into a weird "echo" effect. I have corrected the issue and it shouldn't happen again!
@Amy3.16
3 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite video in the series so far. Nasser you did a great job expounding on the depth of this passage and with such clarity. I love how you explained the part about forgiveness.
@NasseralQahtani
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! It was a very impactful lesson for me as well.
@salviaprezzemolo2165
Жыл бұрын
I'm watching this again, and I was about to ask you something. Imagine my surprise to find our old conversation from a year ago here! This time, though, what left me confounded was what you said about fasting. I listened to that bit on repeat, but after 4 or 5 times, I gave it up. It's at 55:00 if you're amenable to explaining it again. I learn so much from you. Thank you for doing this. And I thank God for leading me to you. Many blessings.
@NasseralQahtani
Жыл бұрын
Just listened to it. Yeah, that's a lot of thoughts poured out over 5 minutes! 😂 I think my point was that the text seems to suggest (in my interpretation) that the value of fasting is not what it does for your body (discipline) but what it does for your heart (mind/will/emotions) in bringing you into a vulnerable place to draw near to God from. Does that make more sense?
@salviaprezzemolo2165
Жыл бұрын
@@NasseralQahtani It sure does. Thank you. If I may, how's your friend doing? His name is Yaqoub, I think, but my memory is not what I would like it to be. I remember him in my prayers. I just can't believe that I woman from Salmiyah, Kuwait could end up having such a great need for the instruction of a man of God ... from Saudi Arabia. God *does* work in mysterious ways.
@NasseralQahtani
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for remembering my friend! He is in our "home country" and struggling spiritually (understandably). Please continue to intercede for him.
@salviaprezzemolo2165
3 жыл бұрын
I greatly appreciate your scholarship. Thank you for pointing out so many things that I would otherwise not notice. I really struggle with forgiveness. It's very hard for me, and I don't know what it really means. I understand it from the don't-hold-a-grudge perspective, but essential forgiveness, I don't quite know what it is. :(
@NasseralQahtani
3 жыл бұрын
I hear you on forgiveness. I think it's like love. Do we really know what love is? Unselfish, others-focused love? Is that even possible or do we just pretend? I'm of the opinion that these are practices that come from the character of God and that, like learning to walk or ride a bike, it's okay to just keep trying, failing, and trying again until it becomes part of who we are, just like it is part of who He is. And the whole time we are practicing, our Father is right there, helping, cheering us on, and picking us up again when we fall. Without condemnation or judgement, just enjoying being with us.
@salviaprezzemolo2165
3 жыл бұрын
@@NasseralQahtani Thank you. The truth is this is the 1st answer you've ever given that hasn't quite satisfied me. :) I think I get love, others-focused love. I know what it entails (lots of great sermons from NQ, AM, etc.). Love is work, and I'm willing to do it in some instances and part of that work - per my estimation - is accepting the inadequacies in others as we do in ourselves. Whether I completely understand it or not, I don't know. I've never had a child. I think that's when love becomes real, and it's an experience that I've not been able to have. But I have a definition, a starting point for love. It's not as difficult/ephemeral for me as forgiveness. I know people who've been abused by both parents and are yet able to say, "I've forgiven her." That's what I can't wrap my mind around. But I appreciate your encouragement. :) I've been deleting some of our discourses. In the 1st, you said some things in response to issues about human trafficking that I brought up, and I wanted to delete it to preserve your privacy and mine although not very much had been said. I wanted to offer that clarification. Many blessings on you and your ministry. And if I may ask, could you please remember my family in your prayers? You remember I'd said that my family was nominally Catholic. My sister is an atheist. My brother's wife had been deathly ill a couple of years ago, and that experience moved my brother (from wherever he had been) closer to God. My mother has had a huge health crisis and is now dependent on health care workers in a skilled nurse facility. I could ask that you pray that the staff be good to her, but what I want - and feel so bold as to ask - is that you pray that she feel the nearness of God because that's a blessing beyond any other. Thank you for always taking the time to answer my questions.
@NasseralQahtani
3 жыл бұрын
I will definitely pray for you family! Thank you for inviting me to. And I'm glad my answer didn't satisfy you. It doesn't satisfy me either, but it's all I have right now and so I keep pressing in, trying to understand this incredible forgiveness I see in the heart of God, not fully understanding it, but wanting to and wanting to practice it. I think I know what it means sometimes, but I'm not going to pretend like I have this all figured out. I've often been the one declaring, "Oh, I've forgiven this person that hurt me terribly!" But have I? If it still hurts, have I forgiven them? Do I really want the best for them or would I secretly enjoy hearing they've gotten what's coming to them? It's ugly stuff. Messy. Some days I feel like I get, I'm living it, other days ... not so much. But I keep trying, keep "practicing" and I hope, from God's perspective, I'm learning and growing, as much from my failures as my successes.
@karenbenn7680
3 жыл бұрын
Also, I was thinking about the do not murmur law....how is it different to say when in the OT, God commanded disobedient children to be stoned to death....just one example of many in the OT of murder which God commanded... Is it the motivation of the heart....when the law says you shall not murder....was it meaning...out of hatred/anger...? Appreciate your thoughts..👍☺️
@NasseralQahtani
3 жыл бұрын
Another great question! So I'll put on my Socratic hat and answer a question with a question: Is God allowed to break any of the commandments that we are given in the Torah? In other words, we're not allowed to make images of God, but is it morally okay for Him to making an image of Himself? We are not permitted to take a life just because we want to, but is He allowed (morally) to take (or order the taking) of a human life? And so on. (By the way, there's a whole other can of worms that is opened when you look at how "law code" was understood and applied in ancient near-east cultures vs. how Western legal systems work. But's that's for another time!)
@karenbenn7680
3 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for this! I was expecting a “Luke, I am your father” to come out with the sound effect 😂 But seriously....Nasser do you recommend a resource for learning about the culture/rabinnical teachings/background etc at the time Jesus was teaching?
@NasseralQahtani
3 жыл бұрын
Great question (and one I get a lot)! My own knowledge on this subject comes from growing up in the middle east, 20 years of reading books that touched on this topic in various ways, and (most significantly) spending time with and really listening to our Jewish brothers and sisters as they share on their cultural traditions and perspectives. While I am hesitant to recommend resources that I haven't read myself, I have it on good authority that Ray Vander Laan and also Lois Tverberg are excellent reads. Their books are on my reading list, I just haven't gotten to them yet (and when I do, if I find they are excellent, I will definitely recommend them officially on this channel).
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