This a a great video. I just discovered your channel. I lead a bible study and the Calvinists hate it when I point out that we are called to be faithful, holy, and perfect. They say we sin all the time and usually use 1Jn1:8 as their proof texts.
@@Panegyric123 tell me about it. 🙄 It’s so frustrating when they seem to pluck that ONE verse out of 1 John and COMPLETELY IGNORE the rest of the book where it says he who sins is of the devil, he who is born of God does not sin, if you sin you have not known Him, if you don’t keep His commandments you’re a liar and the truth is not in you. Which passage is right? Do they get to pick and choose which ones to accept and which ones to reject?
@@abideintheWordmy pastor told me that I needed to go to seminary and learn the Greek. But I thought that John said we need no one teach us but the Holy Spirit Jn 14:26 and 1John 2:27. What do you think?
@@Panegyric123 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were 👉uneducated and 👉untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with 👉Jesus.” Acts 4:13 NKJV “And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never 👉studied?” Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If 👉anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the 👉doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.” John 7:15-17 NKJV “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.” I Corinthians 1:26-29 NKJV “At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.” Matthew 11:25 NKJV “And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.” Luke 16:15 NKJV
@@Panegyric123 essentially you have to flip everything upside down from the way the world does it in God’s kingdom. Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. You must become a fool to become wise - “Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.” I Corinthians 3:18 NKJV God’s ways are not our ways, they are higher than our ways - ““For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 NKJV
That clears things up. People often misinterpret this word "perfect" and think about it as something super ideal and unattainable. Even robots are not perfect in this sense, everyone of us has some room to grow, but we can be faithful and we have to. I am glad that you mentioned the necessity of longsuffering. Of course, every believer has to be patient and show mercy, we cannot quarrel or be angry but have compassion trying to help others to obey Jesus commands God bless!
I suppose now that you mention it about the robots only being perfect in a sense, when we refer to things as being perfect we only mean in the sense they are useful for what we need them for. If we say something like “this lawnmower is perfect”, we may be referring to the fact it does exactly what we need it to do - mow then lawn - and it does it well. I guess we could look at it like that - another way of looking at being perfect is are you useful to God for your intended purpose? Or are you not useful to God? In other words, the Bible says the disobedient servant is WORTHLESS! Meaning he isn’t USEFUL to the master - “And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’” Matthew 25:30 NKJV “And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’” Luke 19:22-23 NKJV
Hello 🤗 thank you Jesus for another great and wonderful day 😊 Thank you for sharing this, I really enjoyed it, and you explained it so well 😊 And I agree, we don't have to know everything to be a good Christian, you just have to be willing to learn and willing to grow and be faithful with what little you know. ❤️🎈💋🍁 I made a mistake babysitting one time, I left the kids alone for a few minutes to go talk to someone, and the kids were being good and not getting into anything and they are really mature for their ages. Now I'm not saying that was a smart decision I made, but the woman's brother told on me and was rude about it and the mom was saying, "everyone else said they wouldn't have paid you at all." And I apologized and said I was sorry and everything, but I noticed how there was no grace or mercy in the situation. Everyone else I talked to said they understood and felt like they were taking it a bit extreme, and that they can understand being worried about the kids, but they don't have to be rude about it. God bless you ❤️
I wonder how should I think to please God when it comes to future? I feel thinking about future is required of me to grow in my psyche, to be able to explain who am I and what I want. Yet in Spirit I feel I should be totally insane to be wise. That makes me desperate.
What you said near the end really did something. Where you mentioned the church that had no negative critique. One question: Some people who believe in faith alone that object to those that deny their doctrine make objections such as “What makes your gospel different from the mormons and catholics?” So my question is if we believe we are justified by works, and so do the catholics and mormons, do we have that one similarity or do catholics and mormons have a different belief on being justified by works?
@@holaamigo3084 the question is what works? Works of the Mosiac law? Works that the Magisterium tells you? Works that Joseph Smith made up? No, but JESUS’ works - “And he who overcomes, and keeps 👉My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations-” Revelation 2:26 NKJV
@@abideintheWordDon’t worry, I know you’re not yelling, haha. Thank you for the comments! And thank you for talking about this very important issue on perfection. If the Lord wills, may you make a video on original sin or even the doctrine of the afterlife (hades, paradise, heaven, hell)?
I wrote before and said I highlighted every single verse in the NT that conveys to one degree or another that we can and must completely cease from sin. I intend to make arrangements eventually to make this eBible with highlights accessible to everyone but I have had other issues getting in the way. However, I'd be happy to email it to you and you could offer it on one of your videos ? I'd like to see what changes or improvements you make to it too.
Jesus died on the cross not only so you can be forgive, but so you can be truly healed from sin. "By his stripes we have been healed" Its mind blowing how many Christians put Jesus's ministry and sacrifice in vain because they use it to justify sin, not be set free from it
@@doulos5815 amen. Why did He die? “who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed.” I Peter 2:24 NKJV “and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” II Corinthians 5:15 NKJV
How dare you make this applicable to reality. Do you realize how you just destroyed most people's beliefs? What do you want? Do you actually want people to obey the simple word? Unbelievable.... That would require people to be authentic.
Yes this is a true and faithful saying. Beautiful and blessed video! 🙏 1 Timothy 4:10-16 KJV [10] For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. [11] These things command and teach. [12] Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. [13] Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. [14] Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. [15] Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. [16] Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
@@abideintheWord basically straightforwardly I'm looking for fellowship.. Was wondering if you have a church/assembly that you or whoever oversees it would allow me to visit
@@blueeyedfolk oh I gotcha brother. Sorry. No, I don’t have my own fellowship or anything like that. I fellowship with whoever I can around the city and online.
Please pray for me. I was walking well with the Lord but out of fear fell and was unfaithful to the Lord. I was an adulterer to the Lord. I’ve promised not to ever do it again. I’ve repented but worried the Lord won’t forgive me. 🙏😢
The Lord will forgive you if you truly mean it and come back to Him like the prodigal son. Remember, the prodigal HUMBLED himself before his father, came back to him, and wanted to SERVE him - even the lowliest position he could find.
@@abideintheWordoh thank you so much for your comforting words. I’ve always got condemning thoughts about this… I’ve vowed NEVER to fall again even if it means I am persecuted. Please pray for me.
If you worry will he forgive you you probably have hidden sin and that is what is making you doubt forgiveness. And that hidden sin is always following men.
@@carolineshenouda8453 I made sins out of fear of men before coming to Christ and still suffering consequences. I pray for you in Jesus name that you can walk in Jesus' courage.
I don’t think it’s overly complicated like people like to try to make it out to be. If Jesus said all things are possible, well then all things… Mark 10:27 NKJV But Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible."
@@SacredFaithVoyage amen!!! Do these people interpret this to mean all things… except stopping your sin? What kind of God is it who is all powerful but yet can’t or won’t free you from your sin?!?
@@abideintheWord AMEN! Ikr? I have often thought about that, but it just further proves how true Revelation 12 is when it says Satan deceives the whole world, and in 2 Corinthians 4 where he has blinded people.
1 Peter 4:17 ; Judgement begins at the house of God. Peter speaks that if the righteous are scarcely saved, where shall be the UNGODLY and the SINNER. That way of writing is a an apparent distinction between the three. The righteous who keep the Word, the unrighteous who don't keep the Word, and the sinner who doesn't even know the Word. This is why obedience is greater than sacrifice, because the sacrifice is made holy by the altar on which it is burned. You're made holy by Christ through his sacrifice. His blood cleanses you from all sin, through faith, belief baptism. But if you allow yourself freely to partake in sin, to be disobedient, it desecrates that sacrifice (your body) to which your own soul bears witness against. I may be off on this explanation, but as I see it, The Spirit helps us to walk in the ways of Christ according to his commandments. It's not "Once Saved Always Saved", it's "Once Saved Always Sanctified". It's a daily effort, we all fall short, but the difference of the three above is that the righteous will repent and continue to live towards being made perfect in Christ.
For SURE! No doubt. So many people think they ceased from their sin and that’s it! No!!!! That’s just the very baby basics! That’s like equivalent to learning how to walk!
@endtimesareuponus8930 Where are you getting that idea from ? The Bible? I don't think Philip 3 depicts Paul admitting to continually sinning. It looks more like he is admitting to not being everything Gd planned for him. Ceasing from sin is only the basics of the faith(Heb 6: 1) but we are called to do and be way way WAY more than just the basics.
@endtimesareuponus8930 I can give you many many scriptures that directly state and almost perfectly directly states believers can and must cease from sin. Just ask and I'll give ?
This is why at the end of the day, we will need HIM everyday of our lives, until we die.
May God bless you brother.
@@wajoo2358 amen! We must continue eating His flesh and drinking His blood to abide in Him!
Great video my brother, we can definitely be "FAITHFUL" to God. I Love your passion for the truth of God. Keep preaching truth my brother
Praise God! Thank you for your encouragement.
Again, Great teaching Brother!
All glory to God! Thanks for reaching out.
This a a great video. I just discovered your channel. I lead a bible study and the Calvinists hate it when I point out that we are called to be faithful, holy, and perfect. They say we sin all the time and usually use 1Jn1:8 as their proof texts.
@@Panegyric123 tell me about it. 🙄 It’s so frustrating when they seem to pluck that ONE verse out of 1 John and COMPLETELY IGNORE the rest of the book where it says he who sins is of the devil, he who is born of God does not sin, if you sin you have not known Him, if you don’t keep His commandments you’re a liar and the truth is not in you. Which passage is right? Do they get to pick and choose which ones to accept and which ones to reject?
@@abideintheWordmy pastor told me that I needed to go to seminary and learn the Greek. But I thought that John said we need no one teach us but the Holy Spirit Jn 14:26 and 1John 2:27. What do you think?
@@Panegyric123 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were 👉uneducated and 👉untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with 👉Jesus.”
Acts 4:13 NKJV
“And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never 👉studied?” Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If 👉anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the 👉doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.”
John 7:15-17 NKJV
“For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.”
I Corinthians 1:26-29 NKJV
“At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.”
Matthew 11:25 NKJV
“And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.”
Luke 16:15 NKJV
@@Panegyric123 essentially you have to flip everything upside down from the way the world does it in God’s kingdom. Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. You must become a fool to become wise -
“Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.”
I Corinthians 3:18 NKJV
God’s ways are not our ways, they are higher than our ways -
““For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9 NKJV
That clears things up. People often misinterpret this word "perfect" and think about it as something super ideal and unattainable. Even robots are not perfect in this sense, everyone of us has some room to grow, but we can be faithful and we have to. I am glad that you mentioned the necessity of longsuffering. Of course, every believer has to be patient and show mercy, we cannot quarrel or be angry but have compassion trying to help others to obey Jesus commands God bless!
@@arkadiuszdec2493 amen and amen brother! Thanks for sharing!
I suppose now that you mention it about the robots only being perfect in a sense, when we refer to things as being perfect we only mean in the sense they are useful for what we need them for. If we say something like “this lawnmower is perfect”, we may be referring to the fact it does exactly what we need it to do - mow then lawn - and it does it well. I guess we could look at it like that - another way of looking at being perfect is are you useful to God for your intended purpose? Or are you not useful to God? In other words, the Bible says the disobedient servant is WORTHLESS! Meaning he isn’t USEFUL to the master -
“And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”
Matthew 25:30 NKJV
“And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’”
Luke 19:22-23 NKJV
@endtimesareuponus8930 be careful you don’t speak against the Bible brother. You are headed for very dangerous territory.
We are servants unto righteousness
Beautiful breakdown brother,,you should do a part two
Possibly brother. What about?
Hello 🤗 thank you Jesus for another great and wonderful day 😊
Thank you for sharing this, I really enjoyed it, and you explained it so well 😊
And I agree, we don't have to know everything to be a good Christian, you just have to be willing to learn and willing to grow and be faithful with what little you know. ❤️🎈💋🍁
I made a mistake babysitting one time, I left the kids alone for a few minutes to go talk to someone, and the kids were being good and not getting into anything and they are really mature for their ages.
Now I'm not saying that was a smart decision I made, but the woman's brother told on me and was rude about it and the mom was saying, "everyone else said they wouldn't have paid you at all."
And I apologized and said I was sorry and everything, but I noticed how there was no grace or mercy in the situation.
Everyone else I talked to said they understood and felt like they were taking it a bit extreme, and that they can understand being worried about the kids, but they don't have to be rude about it.
God bless you ❤️
Praise God sister!
Good teaching all very true
@@Emma1111loveismyhighestgoal praise God! Thanks for reaching out.
I wonder how should I think to please God when it comes to future? I feel thinking about future is required of me to grow in my psyche, to be able to explain who am I and what I want. Yet in Spirit I feel I should be totally insane to be wise. That makes me desperate.
@@godhelpsandfrees I’m not sure what you mean exactly, but Jesus told us not to worry about tomorrow as today has enough troubles for itself.
What you said near the end really did something. Where you mentioned the church that had no negative critique.
One question: Some people who believe in faith alone that object to those that deny their doctrine make objections such as “What makes your gospel different from the mormons and catholics?” So my question is if we believe we are justified by works, and so do the catholics and mormons, do we have that one similarity or do catholics and mormons have a different belief on being justified by works?
@@holaamigo3084 the question is what works? Works of the Mosiac law? Works that the Magisterium tells you? Works that Joseph Smith made up? No, but JESUS’ works -
“And he who overcomes, and keeps 👉My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations-”
Revelation 2:26 NKJV
Obeying God is NOT a Sin!!! Works of the Spirit Done in Love and Faith are NOT Filthy Rags!
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Btw the above post is the title of the vid. I’m not yelling at you. Lol.
@@abideintheWordDon’t worry, I know you’re not yelling, haha. Thank you for the comments! And thank you for talking about this very important issue on perfection. If the Lord wills, may you make a video on original sin or even the doctrine of the afterlife (hades, paradise, heaven, hell)?
I wrote before and said I highlighted every single verse in the NT that conveys to one degree or another that we can and must completely cease from sin. I intend to make arrangements eventually to make this eBible with highlights accessible to everyone but I have had other issues getting in the way. However, I'd be happy to email it to you and you could offer it on one of your videos ? I'd like to see what changes or improvements you make to it too.
Jesus died on the cross not only so you can be forgive, but so you can be truly healed from sin. "By his stripes we have been healed"
Its mind blowing how many Christians put Jesus's ministry and sacrifice in vain because they use it to justify sin, not be set free from it
@@doulos5815 amen. Why did He die?
“who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed.”
I Peter 2:24 NKJV
“and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.”
II Corinthians 5:15 NKJV
How dare you make this applicable to reality. Do you realize how you just destroyed most people's beliefs? What do you want? Do you actually want people to obey the simple word? Unbelievable.... That would require people to be authentic.
😂
Too funny... i love this approach
Yes this is a true and faithful saying. Beautiful and blessed video! 🙏
1 Timothy 4:10-16 KJV
[10] For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. [11] These things command and teach. [12] Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. [13] Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. [14] Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. [15] Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. [16] Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
do you have a video refuting annihilationism?
No I don’t.
I have multiple verses to refute it.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
Matthew 25:41
Revelation 14:11
Do you have a place of fellowship that you allow visitors at?
@@blueeyedfolk what do you mean that I “allow” visitors at?
@@abideintheWord basically straightforwardly I'm looking for fellowship..
Was wondering if you have a church/assembly that you or whoever oversees it would allow me to visit
@@blueeyedfolk oh I gotcha brother. Sorry. No, I don’t have my own fellowship or anything like that. I fellowship with whoever I can around the city and online.
I came up and had a conversation with Keith to start with(he was preaching I think you were filming)but you came up and talked to me as well.
@@blueeyedfolk no way bro! That’s crazy! We should at least meet up for coffee or something. You available this weekend by any chance?
You can be faithful and also hate your mom and husband, like Jesus said. You can have faith-obedience to whomever as long as He comes first.
Please pray for me. I was walking well with the Lord but out of fear fell and was unfaithful to the Lord. I was an adulterer to the Lord. I’ve promised not to ever do it again. I’ve repented but worried the Lord won’t forgive me. 🙏😢
The Lord will forgive you if you truly mean it and come back to Him like the prodigal son. Remember, the prodigal HUMBLED himself before his father, came back to him, and wanted to SERVE him - even the lowliest position he could find.
@@abideintheWordoh thank you so much for your comforting words. I’ve always got condemning thoughts about this…
I’ve vowed NEVER to fall again even if it means I am persecuted. Please pray for me.
If you worry will he forgive you you probably have hidden sin and that is what is making you doubt forgiveness. And that hidden sin is always following men.
@@godhelpsandfrees yes the sin I fell into was due to fear of men.
@@carolineshenouda8453 I made sins out of fear of men before coming to Christ and still suffering consequences.
I pray for you in Jesus name that you can walk in Jesus' courage.
I don’t think it’s overly complicated like people like to try to make it out to be. If Jesus said all things are possible, well then all things…
Mark 10:27 NKJV
But Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible."
@@SacredFaithVoyage amen!!! Do these people interpret this to mean all things… except stopping your sin? What kind of God is it who is all powerful but yet can’t or won’t free you from your sin?!?
@@abideintheWord AMEN! Ikr? I have often thought about that, but it just further proves how true Revelation 12 is when it says Satan deceives the whole world, and in 2 Corinthians 4 where he has blinded people.
1 Peter 4:17 ; Judgement begins at the house of God. Peter speaks that if the righteous are scarcely saved, where shall be the UNGODLY and the SINNER. That way of writing is a an apparent distinction between the three. The righteous who keep the Word, the unrighteous who don't keep the Word, and the sinner who doesn't even know the Word. This is why obedience is greater than sacrifice, because the sacrifice is made holy by the altar on which it is burned. You're made holy by Christ through his sacrifice. His blood cleanses you from all sin, through faith, belief baptism. But if you allow yourself freely to partake in sin, to be disobedient, it desecrates that sacrifice (your body) to which your own soul bears witness against. I may be off on this explanation, but as I see it, The Spirit helps us to walk in the ways of Christ according to his commandments. It's not "Once Saved Always Saved", it's "Once Saved Always Sanctified". It's a daily effort, we all fall short, but the difference of the three above is that the righteous will repent and continue to live towards being made perfect in Christ.
Cessation of sin seems to be merely the basics of salvation (Heb. 6: 1).
For SURE! No doubt. So many people think they ceased from their sin and that’s it! No!!!! That’s just the very baby basics! That’s like equivalent to learning how to walk!
@endtimesareuponus8930 don’t be offended brother. I only preach when the Bible preaches.
@endtimesareuponus8930 Where are you getting that idea from ? The Bible? I don't think Philip 3 depicts Paul admitting to continually sinning. It looks more like he is admitting to not being everything Gd planned for him. Ceasing from sin is only the basics of the faith(Heb 6: 1) but we are called to do and be way way WAY more than just the basics.
@endtimesareuponus8930 I can give you many many scriptures that directly state and almost perfectly directly states believers can and must cease from sin. Just ask and I'll give ?