30 Years of Contending for the Faith

Produced in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Albert Mohler's presidency at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Albert Mohler traces the need in every generation for an unapologetic commitment to stand for the "faith once for all delivered to the saints."

[joaocavalcanti]

Thank God for men like Dr. Albert Mohler and so many others leaders of our denomination

[TheJDSmith]

Good Word Dr. Mohler. Your steadfast devotion is an encouragement to us all. I am thankful for this Institution, its faculty, and leadership.

[SuzanAtito]

Thank you for your many years of faithful leadership Dr. Mohler. Soli deo gloria!

[glteel]

Thank you, Dr. Mohler, for your steadfast commitment to Christ and His Word. God be praised for your fine leadership. May your tribe increase!

[dougmanderson]

Thank you Dr. Mohler for your faithful proclamation of truth and challenge to several generations of us to stand strong on God's Truth in the face of opposition and attempts to subvert the work of Jesus Christ, our Savior and King!

[davidhiramreyes]

Love, love, love God’s word!
Thank you Jesus for saving me!

[joshuaneace]

Are you retiring? I hope Southern remains faithful but because I want a specific major in my bachelors and not just a Bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Studies, it will be a few yrs before I can come as a student.

I would like to get my MDiv in Great Commission Studies at Southern.

[voiceofBridegroomandthebride]

Who should get the tithe?
You need an understanding of the law of tithe. You said tithe came before the Law of Moses. The truth is the Law of Moses already existed before the heavens and earth were created. It is the personality of God, which means it has been with Him from everlasting. Before Moses came, the Law existed only in the hearts of the children of God like Abel, Noah, and Abraham.

Genesis 4:4
Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering.

Genesis 26:5
Because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.

Paul said the Law of Moses made the world exceedingly sinful. When the person tells a thief that stealing is a sin, and the thief refuses to repent, it makes him very sinful. The physical appearance of the Law of Moses made the world very sinful because they refused to obey it. For instance: Under the law of tithe, the Lord God commanded the eleven tribes to tithe to the Levites. Then the Levites will take 10% of the tithes and give it to the Lord God. Christian leaders required their followers to tithe ten percent of their earnings, while the Law of Moses commanded that ten percent applies only to the Levites. What makes Christian leaders sinful is they who require tithes are the ones who reject the teaching of the Law of Moses.

Numbers 18:26
Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: ‘When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heaven offering of it to the Lord, a tenth of the tithe.

John 5;47-47
For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?

Under the teaching of Christ, the believers sold all their houses and lands and gave the proceeds to the apostles. These apostles did not keep the money for themselves but distributed them to the poor. The Christian leaders gathered all the tithes for themselves and did not give to the poor. What makes Christian leaders sinful is they use the name of Christ for their religious agenda and do not obey His teaching.

Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, shepherds, and cry! Roll about in the ashes, you leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; You shall fall like a precious vessel.

Acts 4:33-34
Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and LAID THEM AT THE APOSTLE FEET; AND THEY DISTRIBUTED TO EACH AS ANYONE HAD NEED.

Christian leaders twist the words of God. They define His words based on their fleshly understanding and not based on Christ's mind. The words 'It is finished' mean He accomplished the mission He was sent for and not to remove the Law of Moses from His people or the daily sacrifice in the temple.

Daniel 8:12
Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered.

John 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work."

John 5:36
But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—BEAR WITNESS OF ME, that the Father has sent Me.

John 17:4
I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.

These things that you Christian leaders are trespassing will bring you to Hell if you do not change your ways and obey His words accordingly. You are more into tithe than saving the souls of your flock. These people who follow your teaching are condemned to be destroyed because you do not teach them that obedience to God's Law is better than sacrificing 'tithe.' Paul made it clear that faith without deed is dead. Since ancient times, the only deed that God requires from everyone is to follow His ways. This 'ways' He is talking about is obedience to the Law of Moses with love and mercy.

Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people— The fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My words nor My law, but rejected it.

Zechariah 11:5-6
Thus says the Lord my God, “Feed the flock for slaughter, whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt; those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do not pity them. For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land, ” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”

James 2:19-22
You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

The Spirit and the bride
Gabriel, an angel of the Lord
Daughter of Zion
Mount Zion, Heavenly Jerusalem