I have been watching your videos as my morning and evening devotionals. You are exactly what I needed at this time, having come back to live in the Lords grace after years of following after my own lusts and desires. I hated myself, having known what freedom was, but now finding myself enslaved once again to my flesh, I was miserable. God let me stay like this for 10 years. I would on occasion cry out to Him, but he knew my heart was not ready. Now though it is. I found myself completely broken, and God finally restored me to Him. I listen to you and it is as though you are speaking aloud my relationship with Him. As you speak I know it is spoken truly, and through the Holy Spirit. Thank you sir!
Hi Mike thank you for all your messages. They have been a blessing in my life. I am watching from Northern Ireland and my son discovered you and shared your messages with me. You have really helped him to grow in his faith. Thank you ! The most wonderful blessing outside being saved is to see your children saved and walking with God. Thank you for helping us grow. May God bless you. 🙏🏻
Mike, my wife was raised Jehovas witness and my heart goes out to them as well. Her family is still in the religion and I try my best to love them everyday and hopefully show them some of the Truth they're missing. Many JWs are very dedicated and hard working I just pray that they can take that energy and put it into a REAL personal relationship with Christ
although, the JW organization is good at being in pseudo-agreement over surface level doctrine, but as I'm sure you know, once you get deeper into it: they strip Christ of his deity and have some strange and un-biblical beliefs...
John, one of the beautiful things and miracles in your life is that you and your wife fell in love and got married, even if there are syntax~ differences in the way you and her understand God and the New Testament. Keep the love between you two strong, praying together in one voice. God will hug you both in the end for spelling Love correctly, the same way =J e s u s.
Thank you for this Mike Winger. This is very powerful. I was meant to watch this video. This study has hit me. And has helped me alot. I thank God for you and your ministry. Keep going. Keep working for the Lord. "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." (Romans 16:23). "Don't just abstain, do righteousness." - Mike Winger
Thank you, Mike! Since I found you on TH-cam I listen to at least two or three of your messages when I come home from work at midnight. God bless you in all you do.
"The good that's already in us?" The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 NIV AND My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 NIV
My brothers and sisters, please pray for me and a friend, Lynda Byrd Kimble, as we have today debated whether we are now sinless in this body in this world here and now after saved by faith in Christ. Romans and many other portions of God's Word were brought up. She seems to believe that she is now sinless in her new life following Christ. She claims that she does not sin. I am worried that she is blind/ignorant/insensitive to the speck in her own eye, the sins of commission and omission in her current life even as she is seeking to serve God. I have no doubt that she sins, falls short, misses the mark of the perfect holy standard of righteousness of God, in some way at some time during her daily life even now as she claims to love God and follow His law. She claims that some figures in the Bible that are not God/Jesus were perfectly sinless! She claims that David only sinned once in his whole life on earth...I worry she is deeply deceived and in great error here. If I am wrong, then Lord save me! Help me! Oh, Yahweh, I need you! Holy Spirit, write your word on my heart and renew my mind! However, if I am not in error here, then I must pray that she be enlightened and rebuked and repent from her pride and self-righteousness! She may be sinning in her heart and not fully aware of this fact! God, have mercy on her! By your grace and your perfect works are we saved, not by anything I think/say/do, it is all your merit, I have no merit of my own that is worthy of you! ❤ ✝️
Thanks for this. A few years ago I read the Bible for the first time and I believed and was afraid. I've spent the past few years feeling like the description of the demons from James 2:19 definitely included me. I've heard a lot of great sermons while trying to figure out how to stop my trembling long enough to obey and love God. I probably don't attribute enough in my life to the direct work of the Spirit, but I can't help but think the Spirit put this video in my feed tonight.
Thank you Pastor Mike for this wonderful sermon! I plan on watching this whole playlist since I'm currently reading the Book of Romans. You are really great at explaining this book and you try to preach the true gospel and not a gospel that tries to make us feel good. Thank you. And you're also really funny!
He talks about the song everything that kills me makes me feel alive and it reminds me of the country music that I love. All those drinking and cheating songs are very honest they all explain vividly how that lifestyle has destroyed their lives, like everyone who listens to this kind of music should live better cause they understand the consequences of living the other way, but that's not how it works.
"And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go" (John 11:44).
I just started this teaching on Romans and am learning alot, again thanks for your effort and all it takes for you to do this. But one thing I disagree with is that a Christian can be carnal. Paul wrote to the corinthians because they were carnal in his letter to them nowhere does he commend or agree with their carnality. As a matter of fact he goes into great detail pointing out their carnality and telling them how wrong it was. He didn't leave them in that carnal state because by God's standard it was wrong. Then we look at what the Bible says about carnality and it's all negative then looking at Romans 6, the choice we have to follow righteousness instead of sin simply drives that truth home all the more. In my own life I am from the beautiful island of Dominica and in our Christian churches here apart from gospel mission church we learn nothing of theology, and as sad as that is am not exergerating. There is so much about our services and the preached word that use to bother me because I kept thinking that something was wrong with me that am the one who didn't get it. Because majority of our Christians are carnal Christians from the pulpit to the pew. Why didn't holiness matter that was my question along with so many more. Even me would do things I knew to be wrong all the time. One day in prayer I asked God is that it? Is this the Christian life how are we living any better than they unsaved, even they have no respect for us because like they themselves say we are no different and they are telling the truth in that sense we live like they live. Then I said to God BUT when I look at your word I see something so completely different and I pleaded with God that day to show me what am not seeing that I wanted what he has in the scriptures that I no longer wanted to live such a mediocre Christian life, I wanted truth. And it was like with a month of praying that way that I came across John MacArthur on TH-cam and listening to the way he taught from the Bible was so amazing to me I was hooked and I found people like David parsons, ravi zacharias, David baucham, you (Mike winger) and for the first time in my life I found true christianity. Biblical teachings sound doctrine and I can't stop rejoicing my mind have been renewed and it's so clear to me now. Now I understand why our churches are the way they are they don't have the true gospel they don't have theology. And since learning Christ, since learning about God and who he truly is my daily walk with Christ has improved so much there is actual transformation in my life. I had to give up friends ect but am not sad about that because I would rather have Jesus. Alot of people who are suppose to be Christian think am weird now even my former pastor told me that am confused, judgemental a trouble maker because I don't want to follow the norm. I said all this to say that now that I know God what Christ did for me I see sin for what it really is, the blinders has come off and I don't want any part of it. I understand it's the Christian struggle everyday but choosing righteousness is so much better. So when you think of carnal Christians I find that to be a contradiction in and out of itself. If we love God we will hate sin. Carnal Christians live sinful lives on a daily basis the renewing of the mind hasn't happen they have not been transformed. And that's what being born again is. I thought all these years I was born again I wasn't, I didn't even understand salvation by grace alone. We so badly need bible teachers in Dominica. Didn't even know what I was being saved from. From reading scripture especially passages like Romans 6 I cannot believe there is such a thing as a carnal christian. These two words should never be together. Our pastors here in Dominica their knowledge of scripture is all word of faith and prosperity gosple. Very very sad. Remember us in prayer
Unfortunately some Christians even think its a sin all you want situation. I used to but if you've ever been chastened by the Lord you know that he chastens who he loves and the chastening brings us sorrow and Godly sorrow works repentance.
Jesus was the fullfillment of the law which was given specifically as a covenant between God & the nation of Isreal- no gentile was ever given or expected to follow the Law of Moses. I stick to the new Testament church epistles concerning my behavior- good & bad. Praise God for His Word, and the Holy Spirit living in the believer. I do not wanna grieve the Spirit, but pursue righteousness.
I truly live my days for Christ. I just don't get that if I'm in Christ, why do i desire the flesh and fail. I understand he forgives me, I don't understand having the desire.
Righteousness is not something we DO - righteousness is a gift from God. He who knew no sin became sin so I have become (righteousness is a BEING) the righteousness of God in Him.
Romans 2:14-15 Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right
Notice in Rom 6:22 that the "end" (or consequence) of being a slave of righteousness is holiness and the end of holiness is eternal life. Eternal life is NOT the "end" of "faith in Christ" - necessarily - holiness is. But holiness, and eternal life, can be the end of faith in Christ if we "work out our salvation" as Paul says in Philippians.
Mike, God bless you. Im a sinner.Quick stipulation though.The alpha and the omega, without beginning and without end (meaning eternal, and almost like a circle if you will, for the sake of imagery, just like faith and the works,..and the works and faith together coming full circle). And of course, saved by the Blood of Jesus, indeed we are. But what did Jesus do(rhetorical). He didn't wait until He was 31 years old, playing soccer, until He had to be crucified for us. :) He did the works of the Father (praying, blessing, teaching, preaching, praising, feeding the hungry, etc.), you know~the works. (kindly saying it "faith without works is dead, and works without accepting our Savior, is also just a human muscular contraction).Shalom.
I truly believe Baptism should take place when the Believer is ready. I was baptized within the hour. I’ve watched spontaneous Baptisms take place during church services with the conclusion being an eruption of applause and cheering the new member of the family. It is a small reflection of Christ’s celebrating a lamb being found.
AA for example (which is a statistically proven way to combat alcohol addiction), has a prayer where they pray to God for restoration. Spirituality via giving your addition to a higher power is a tried and true way to remove you addiction. The power of God is living and active, even in addiction. -Joseph Lach, a current student, studying for an addiction studies minor at WMU
I think that sinning all you want isnt the problem. With true faith in the lord comes the desire to not sin at all. And so we should strive to live that. If someone is committing sins because they think they can just sin all they want, then the question should not be "is it okay for me to do so" and instead should be "why on earth would I want to squander the second chance God has given me and continue to live in sin?"
Excellent! About the need to be a group is so obvious when you know what EKKLESIA means. There's no "church" if there's no regenerated humans looking for get some time together to talk about their experiences.
The word "should" is an imperative, like the word or "ought". Modern usage have turned these words into optional but at the time, "should" meant "must". "Should" is a form of the word "shall". To say, "I will" means, "I want to" but to say, "I shall" means, "it's gonna happen". So when the bible uses the word "should" it is imperative. Hebrews 2:9 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God *should* taste death for every man. He tasted death for every man because that is what He MUST have done. Imperative.
Yes baptism is definitely important jesus didn't get baptized just for nothing it was to show us that it is a example we should follow plus the holy spirit came down in 5he form of a dove and God spoke...when u get baptized u receive the holy spirit...
Jesus says no one who practices sin will get in. this chapter teaches that my faith in obedience to Christ command to be baptized in water destroys the power of sin in my life when I die to it through baptism.
Water baptism does nothing for you in terms of salvation or santification (the process of increasing holiness in your life). It doesn't save you or make you holy. Christ alone does that. Water baptism is symbol of what he's done for you and what happens to you as a person when you accept him as savior.
Once we realize that we are responsible for our sin and is the product of our mind, this gives us the key to understanding what is personified by the Satan/Devil/Serpent. There is nothing mythical or fable about these terms, they are personifications representing the carnal mind. The World represents carnal thinking, and Jesus overcame the World. That has to be our goal, but because we fail, we are dependent on Christ to win the victory for us.
So true about justification. And this is how the bible justifies Abortion. Numbers 21:11-31 Here the priest is to put the woman under this curse-“may the LORD cause you to become a curse among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
sooo nothing on why the woman is under a curse?! why the abdomen swells? Also i can only say this because i know what passage you referring too and as far as i know it doesn't speak on miscarriage . so your relying on the fact that people don't read to spread a lie with, So your saying fornication is justified and abortion is justified?! Your message here is Sin is okay because your justified by faith in jesus christ so kill a child your self. you ignore that GOD is the only one who can give and take life and have decided its okayu to take the place of god in your life. stop
Mike, what is the biblical definition of repentance at 12:10? Is this a declaration to God that you will no longer 'live in sin'? Are we to promise to God that we will change our ways before we receive our salvation? Or is this a realization that because of our sinful nature, we must put our trust and faith in Christ, and we will be born again, so that, through Him, our sinful ways will change?
Jesus said if qe practice sin we are a slave to sin and that we cant serve 2 masters. also Jesus said that no one who practices sin will inherit the kingdom. also remember verse 7 says that 'when you died with Jesus (by baptism) He broke the power of sin natures control over us.' So we can live a sin free life whereby we are empowered to overcome by what Jesus did when we joined him.
If I get saved and truly repented and then a year or so later fall into temptation and begintaking opioids and now years later I’m still addicted… and I now not saved? Was I ever not saved? My entire life changed my being changed everyone around knows I’m not the same as I was. I feel like I’ve literally bled sweated and cried Jesus since I’ve believed in Him… And I know doing Drugs is wrong… I want to quit but I just can’t seem to beat opiate addiction… What is wrong with me?
Ask God to make you sick every time you think of the drugs. Also DON'T BE AROUND OTHERS that do them. I am praying He Restore me I don't want this Mess i got into fornication and feel stupid and SPIRITUALLY sick and lost. .I don't want this and wish I had not done these things. It has torn me down Shouldn't have done these sins against my body. It has made me sick. .I hate this now and want THE HOLY GHOST BACK. FEELING LOST.
@@triciaperry2234 I am with you… In hopes and prayers that the Lord hears our cry to Him and restores us! To do whatever it takes to make sure His will be done in our lives and that we are used for His glory and purpose to the very maximum that we were meant too! I pray that God uses these bad things in our lives for our betterment. I pray we please Him! Amen…
@@triciaperry2234 I feel the Holy Spirit is telling me to tell YOU. That you are so mightily loved and that He has not left you and NEVER will! Psalm 139:7-8 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or wither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Correct me if I misheard part of this, but it sounded like he said that there carnal Christians. I don't believe that there are. If he believes that some Christians are addicted to a sinful lifestyle, then he believes in the hard form of OSAS. This does essentially mean a license to sin. It would mean that AronRa is correct that you can be a n evil person and still get into heaven according to Christianity. Good advice on dealing with sin nature though.
Hey Mike, I was baptized as a Catholic when i was a baby. Does it make sense to get baptized again? 15 years ago, i came to true biblical gospel faith and have been born again... and have wondered. "Should i get baptized?"
Being born again means you are a NEW person and have a CLOSE and MEANINGFUL love relationship with God, filled with the Holy Spirit, such that you won’t WANT to sin. (you still will) But, your aim should be towards progressive sanctification to conform to the image of Jesus. Then, you can call yourself a true Christian.
Mike my question is and I just found this out that we’re sending when we worship on Sunday instead of Saturday because Leon’s ago the pope is the one who put this into action. Are we not sending it’s not biblical the truth? I sincerely need to hear. I found out about this and it’s upsetting, thank you
Rainbow Kitty's The root of salvation should be “God’s LOVE” for us. It started because God loves you and me and He doesn’t want his people to perish eternally. It is only “BY HIS GRACE” through our “FAITH”, by His Grace (grace is a free gift) if we really believe with all our heart, our mind and our soul. And, it should not stop in faith because the object of your faith needs to be absolute and true. Therefore, because of God’s love for us, by his grace through faith “IN JESUS CHRIST” we can be saved. Again, salvation is a free gift, not because of what we can do. Then, if you are already His, remain in Him by obeying. You still have the free will to obey or not. Yes, obedience produces good fruits as God/Holy Spirit works in your life. Life transformation can now starts working in you. Keep in mind though that God’s grace and your freedom don’t give any Christian a license to keep on sinning or practice sinning. For Jesus Christ “The Lamb of God” died once and for all for the sins of the world, it doesn’t make sense for Him to die for those who will believe again and again. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.” John 10:27-28 NIV “Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:4-5 NIV God bless!
For the baptism thing could anyone answer my question? I was baptized in my faith but at the time I was fighting an addiction before and after the baptism until the Holy Spirit took it away from me. Is that a real baptism or do I need to get a new one?
How ..can I be happy, knowing that my past loved ones are most likely in torment? They all made professions of faith in the watchtower teachings about Christ . I hear people at church talk about seeing thier loved ones again, and I don't have that same hope. It makes me feel like throwing up to think about my grandparents, who were real gentle, kind, generous, are in hell and my other relatives , drunks, womanizers, ect, are in heaven because they professed Christ but lived like hell on sat night and church on Sundays only. Any advice? I was much closer to my j.w. side of the family.
Hey brother, late but can I tell you what I think? Pray for them. Not that God will change his judgement but that before they die they come to Christ. This is how I view it so I may be in error, but God hears prayers before you were made, he sees all, he is at the beginning of time and eternity. He may take these prayers for them into account before you ever realised you made them. He may give them a chance for deliverance before they die you never see. He won't break free will but what harm can it do? If it is in his will, it will be done. Maybe you have a nice surprise beyond the pearly gates.
The true important baptism is in the Holy Spirit. This is also the same as being born again. There is an actual change inside us when this happens. On the other hand water baptism is symbolic. Now water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Spirit don’t happen at the same time. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is done by the Father as He accepts the true repentance of a sinner. Just because you are baptized by water, it does not make you a Christian you need the baptism of the Holy Spirit,..you will know when this happens.
For the baptism thing could you answer my question? I was baptized in my faith but at the time I was fighting an addiction before and after the baptism until the Holy Spirit took it away from me. Is that a real baptism or do I need to get a new one?
No, that´s not true what you say here. Did you ever read the Bible? Does it say you should sin? Romans 6:15: What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? Do you want to tell me that you can work yourself into heaven? Because I can´t find a passage where it says that. Ephesians 2:8-9 : For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast. James 2:26: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Works can´t save you. You are saved through faith. But works are the result of faith. But again they can´t save you. 2 Corinthians 5:17 : Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. So please try to understand the other side first before saying things that are not true and no sincere Christian would say.
@@monamuller8969 You are quite correct to cited those passages. Those passages sure do refute the whole Protestant idea of I'm-saved-I-can-sin-allI-want, don't they? Now that you see how unscriptual Protestantism really is why don't you convert to Catholicism?
@@GeorgePenton-np9rh _I'm-saved-I-can-sin-allI-want, don't they?_ No like I said that`s not what Protestants believe. What I told you in the comment before that´s what Protestants believe. I am faithful to the Bible that´s why I don´t convert to Catholicism.
@@monamuller8969 Catholicism says we must repent of our sins if we want to go to Heaven, and so does the Bible. Protestantism says believe in Jesus and sin all you want. So it is Catholicism, not Protestantism, that goes by the Bible. "If you live me, keep my commandments." --Jesus "If you sin, sin boldly, but believe more boldly still." --Martin Luther
_Catholicism says we must repent of our_ _sins if we want to go to Heaven, and so_ _does the Bible_ That´s good. I agree with that. _Protestantism says believe in Jesus and_ _sin all you want._ You can repeat that as much as you want. That doesn´t make it true. I don´t believe it and I am Protestant. And Mike Winger doesn´t believe that either. You can´t just claim something and tell me what I believe what I don´t. That´s unproductive. I told you what Protestants believe in the comment above. _"If you love me, keep my_ commandments."_ Jesus. I 100 % agree with that. _"If you sin, sin boldly, but believe more_ _boldly still." --Martin Luther_ That quote is most likely completely taken out of context. But you see I follow Jesus Christ and not Luther. And I don´t follow the Catholic Church since in my eyes they are unbiblical. They add things that are not in the Bible.
How to stop being addicted to our sins. It is by identifying with who it is that God quickened within us, our newborn human spirits. The penalty of sin was dealt with on the cross. The power of sin is dealt with through the mind. As long as one continues to identify with their flesh by seeing the sins they are committing as coming from the very core of who they are and coming from the essence of who they are, then they are still claiming to be the unsaved dead man or woman they were before being quickened by God and made alive, born anew by the Holy Spirit. But once you realize all that was accomplished by Christ on our behalf you too like Paul will say that I am no longer liable to God for my sins and will not suffer any punishment at all and can say I am no longer unrighteous and no longer stand guilty before God, praise Him. In order for you and I to make that claim we must identify that our essence, our core of existence is no longer the old nature but I am my newborn human spirit and it is no longer I who sins but sin that dwells inside my flesh.
The problem is that we neglect to be who we are declared to be because we are so traumatized that our flesh can and does sin at every opportunity. It’s not who we are. At all
Mike Wagner, 1. Scripture never says water is symbolic 2. No one in this covenant is saved before they are baptized 3. There is only ONE baptism Eph 4:5 Jesus taught water baptism Matt 20:23 Philip taught water baptism Acts 8:36 Peter taught water baptism 1 Peter 3:20,21 4. Mark 16:16 equates the level of baptism to believing 5. Acts 22:16 says baptism washes away sins 6. Rom 6 teaches being buried with Christ is what makes us new creatures 7. Baptism is not symbolic, it’s literal
There is actually more than one baptism. In Matthew 3:11, John the Baptist said: I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Also, Acts 1:4-5 says of Jesus and the Apostles: And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Hope this helps. God Bless brother!
@@T.J.L1981 there’s only one baptism that saves, 1 Peter 3:20,21! Baptism by the Spirit never saved. It’s purpose was to give a group of people certain gifts, Mark 16:17-20. Baptism by fire certainly never saved, it’s what those who go to hell will experience, Matthew 25:41.
Mike my question is and I just found this out that we’re sining when we worship on Sunday instead of Saturday because Leon’s ago the pope is the one who put this into action. Are we not sining it’s not biblical the truth? I sincerely need to hear. I found out about this and it’s upsetting, thank you
@@Billie_Marie_ over the past few centuries we were having worship on Saturdays like the Jews then people got involved and they change that and paganism got involved and making it so that it had to do with the sun gods and that’s how one of the many reasons we are now worshiping on Sunday instead of the regular sabbath as the Jews did it and we weren’t supposed to change that it’s not biblical. so yes, we are sending by changing the day of the week not saying that we can’t worship God every day but we change certain things and it’s wrong
I have been watching your videos as my morning and evening devotionals. You are exactly what I needed at this time, having come back to live in the Lords grace after years of following after my own lusts and desires. I hated myself, having known what freedom was, but now finding myself enslaved once again to my flesh, I was miserable. God let me stay like this for 10 years. I would on occasion cry out to Him, but he knew my heart was not ready. Now though it is. I found myself completely broken, and God finally restored me to Him. I listen to you and it is as though you are speaking aloud my relationship with Him. As you speak I know it is spoken truly, and through the Holy Spirit. Thank you sir!
Hi Mike thank you for all your messages. They have been a blessing in my life. I am watching from Northern Ireland and my son discovered you and shared your messages with me. You have really helped him to grow in his faith. Thank you ! The most wonderful blessing outside being saved is to see your children saved and walking with God. Thank you for helping us grow. May God bless you. 🙏🏻
Wow this study was so liberating, knowing that I have ALREADY been freed from my sin. Praise God thank you JESUS!
Mike, my wife was raised Jehovas witness and my heart goes out to them as well. Her family is still in the religion and I try my best to love them everyday and hopefully show them some of the Truth they're missing. Many JWs are very dedicated and hard working I just pray that they can take that energy and put it into a REAL personal relationship with Christ
+John K amen!
although, the JW organization is good at being in pseudo-agreement over surface level doctrine, but as I'm sure you know, once you get deeper into it: they strip Christ of his deity and have some strange and un-biblical beliefs...
Yes. They are lovely people. I let them share. I want to be informed so I can make a gentle case.
John, one of the beautiful things and miracles in your life is that you and your wife fell in love and got married, even if there are syntax~ differences in the way you and her understand God and the New Testament. Keep the love between you two strong, praying together in one voice. God will hug you both in the end for spelling Love correctly, the same way =J e s u s.
"Sin in my past is not a badge I wear. " 🙏
Thank you Ptr. Mike, I'm learning a lot from your bible study.
I think David wood put it best about people bragging of their evil pasts
"Any idiot can fall down a flight of stairs."
You have such Enthusiasm and Love for our LORD, I soooo desperately ask Jesus for a new heart and a born again life.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
ITS AMAZING LIFE ❤❤❤
Learning so much and God is convicting me as a born again Christian in Jesus Christ. I love the fact he is changing me inside out to a new creation
I am blowen away when i see that this is from4 years ago. Thanks so very much for keeping on posting.
Thank you for this Mike Winger.
This is very powerful. I was meant to watch this video. This study has hit me. And has helped me alot. I thank God for you and your ministry. Keep going. Keep working for the Lord.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." (Romans 16:23).
"Don't just abstain, do righteousness." - Mike Winger
Thank you, Mike! Since I found you on TH-cam I listen to at least two or three of your messages when I come home from work at midnight. God bless you in all you do.
Good job 👏🏼
"The good that's already in us?"
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9 NIV
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26 NIV
He was referring to what the JW's were praying.
The newborn human spirit is perfect already and when sin happens it can only materialize from the flesh.
My brothers and sisters, please pray for me and a friend, Lynda Byrd Kimble, as we have today debated whether we are now sinless in this body in this world here and now after saved by faith in Christ. Romans and many other portions of God's Word were brought up. She seems to believe that she is now sinless in her new life following Christ. She claims that she does not sin. I am worried that she is blind/ignorant/insensitive to the speck in her own eye, the sins of commission and omission in her current life even as she is seeking to serve God. I have no doubt that she sins, falls short, misses the mark of the perfect holy standard of righteousness of God, in some way at some time during her daily life even now as she claims to love God and follow His law. She claims that some figures in the Bible that are not God/Jesus were perfectly sinless! She claims that David only sinned once in his whole life on earth...I worry she is deeply deceived and in great error here. If I am wrong, then Lord save me! Help me! Oh, Yahweh, I need you! Holy Spirit, write your word on my heart and renew my mind! However, if I am not in error here, then I must pray that she be enlightened and rebuked and repent from her pride and self-righteousness! She may be sinning in her heart and not fully aware of this fact! God, have mercy on her! By your grace and your perfect works are we saved, not by anything I think/say/do, it is all your merit, I have no merit of my own that is worthy of you! ❤ ✝️
I finally got romans 6:6 that was great !!! I am Free THANKS MIKE
I am struggling with alcohol. Please pray for me, I am not strong enough.
God is strong enough... Pray 🙏 When you want to drink, drop to your knees and pray instead. With God it's possible to overcome.
All praise to God for your life transforming word
Thank you so very much Mike Winger for bringing out this goodness of God's word. I'm impacted! Praise God!
Thank you so much! I understand it now. God bless you!
I truly was born again one year ago. I had no idea how blind I was.
man this is exactly what i needed to hear
Thanks for being uncompromising, Pastor Mike!
I'm grateful that God is so understanding about baptism. My son has a phobia about water, and though he is saved, he may never be able to be baptized.
Watched this repeatedly!
Good message. The way to do this is daily even minute by minute surrender.
Enjoyed this message, thank you. Such a good habit to always check myself and ask God to reveal any sin in my life
Thanks for this. A few years ago I read the Bible for the first time and I believed and was afraid. I've spent the past few years feeling like the description of the demons from James 2:19 definitely included me. I've heard a lot of great sermons while trying to figure out how to stop my trembling long enough to obey and love God. I probably don't attribute enough in my life to the direct work of the Spirit, but I can't help but think the Spirit put this video in my feed tonight.
Praise God!! He absolutely did. God is gonna keep drawing you near - keep on looking for His ways everyday. God is good.
Thank you Pastor Mike for this wonderful sermon! I plan on watching this whole playlist since I'm currently reading the Book of Romans. You are really great at explaining this book and you try to preach the true gospel and not a gospel that tries to make us feel good. Thank you. And you're also really funny!
The Saved person IS new, the old man is REALLY gone but now the old "mindset" is to be changed.
The struggle is real.
Yes, it is a spiritual transformation... Now: "...renew your mind..." -Romans 12: 2
It's the Soul (psyche) that changes: our will, mind & emotions.
Thank you Mike, and praise the Lord.
Thank you Mike! This was so edifying the way you practically laid out how to walk in righteousness through this chapter! God bless you and keep you!
I was doing a video about sin & grace abuse as the popular term is. & this was helpful in encouraging me to continue with the video! Thank you so much
Did you finish your video? I would love to watch it.
Thank you Mike. They was truly sobering and encouraging. This gives me hope for surrendering my sin.
Wow. Thank you so much Mike Winger. Glory to Jesus for giving you understanding of that scripture through the Holy Spirit.
Thank you bother. I was wondering about this and of course the Bible covers it and a bonus that you made a video on it!
He talks about the song everything that kills me makes me feel alive and it reminds me of the country music that I love. All those drinking and cheating songs are very honest they all explain vividly how that lifestyle has destroyed their lives, like everyone who listens to this kind of music should live better cause they understand the consequences of living the other way, but that's not how it works.
Thank you Mike for a excellent presentation. I learn alot. Blessings in Christ
"And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go" (John 11:44).
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THIS BOOK WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN
SIN WILL KEEP YOU FROM THIS BOOK
I just started this teaching on Romans and am learning alot, again thanks for your effort and all it takes for you to do this. But one thing I disagree with is that a Christian can be carnal. Paul wrote to the corinthians because they were carnal in his letter to them nowhere does he commend or agree with their carnality. As a matter of fact he goes into great detail pointing out their carnality and telling them how wrong it was. He didn't leave them in that carnal state because by God's standard it was wrong. Then we look at what the Bible says about carnality and it's all negative then looking at Romans 6, the choice we have to follow righteousness instead of sin simply drives that truth home all the more. In my own life I am from the beautiful island of Dominica and in our Christian churches here apart from gospel mission church we learn nothing of theology, and as sad as that is am not exergerating. There is so much about our services and the preached word that use to bother me because I kept thinking that something was wrong with me that am the one who didn't get it. Because majority of our Christians are carnal Christians from the pulpit to the pew. Why didn't holiness matter that was my question along with so many more. Even me would do things I knew to be wrong all the time. One day in prayer I asked God is that it? Is this the Christian life how are we living any better than they unsaved, even they have no respect for us because like they themselves say we are no different and they are telling the truth in that sense we live like they live. Then I said to God BUT when I look at your word I see something so completely different and I pleaded with God that day to show me what am not seeing that I wanted what he has in the scriptures that I no longer wanted to live such a mediocre Christian life, I wanted truth. And it was like with a month of praying that way that I came across John MacArthur on TH-cam and listening to the way he taught from the Bible was so amazing to me I was hooked and I found people like David parsons, ravi zacharias, David baucham, you (Mike winger) and for the first time in my life I found true christianity. Biblical teachings sound doctrine and I can't stop rejoicing my mind have been renewed and it's so clear to me now. Now I understand why our churches are the way they are they don't have the true gospel they don't have theology. And since learning Christ, since learning about God and who he truly is my daily walk with Christ has improved so much there is actual transformation in my life. I had to give up friends ect but am not sad about that because I would rather have Jesus. Alot of people who are suppose to be Christian think am weird now even my former pastor told me that am confused, judgemental a trouble maker because I don't want to follow the norm. I said all this to say that now that I know God what Christ did for me I see sin for what it really is, the blinders has come off and I don't want any part of it. I understand it's the Christian struggle everyday but choosing righteousness is so much better. So when you think of carnal Christians I find that to be a contradiction in and out of itself. If we love God we will hate sin. Carnal Christians live sinful lives on a daily basis the renewing of the mind hasn't happen they have not been transformed. And that's what being born again is. I thought all these years I was born again I wasn't, I didn't even understand salvation by grace alone. We so badly need bible teachers in Dominica. Didn't even know what I was being saved from. From reading scripture especially passages like Romans 6 I cannot believe there is such a thing as a carnal christian. These two words should never be together.
Our pastors here in Dominica their knowledge of scripture is all word of faith and prosperity gosple. Very very sad. Remember us in prayer
Unfortunately some Christians even think its a sin all you want situation. I used to but if you've ever been chastened by the Lord you know that he chastens who he loves and the chastening brings us sorrow and Godly sorrow works repentance.
Jesus was the fullfillment of the law which was given specifically as a covenant between God & the nation of Isreal- no gentile was ever given or expected to follow the Law of Moses. I stick to the new Testament church epistles concerning my behavior- good & bad. Praise God for His Word, and the Holy Spirit living in the believer. I do not wanna grieve the Spirit, but pursue righteousness.
I truly live my days for Christ. I just don't get that if I'm in Christ, why do i desire the flesh and fail. I understand he forgives me, I don't understand having the desire.
Keep listening to the romans series romans 7 talks about that I think
God bless this brother. Praise God! I really enjoyed this teaching.
Righteousness is not something we DO - righteousness is a gift from God. He who knew no sin became sin so I have become (righteousness is a BEING) the righteousness of God in Him.
Romans 2:14-15
Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right
beautiful teaching, powerful
Notice in Rom 6:22 that the "end" (or consequence) of being a slave of righteousness is holiness and the end of holiness is eternal life. Eternal life is NOT the "end" of "faith in Christ" - necessarily - holiness is. But holiness, and eternal life, can be the end of faith in Christ if we "work out our salvation" as Paul says in Philippians.
Mike, God bless you. Im a sinner.Quick stipulation though.The alpha and the omega, without beginning and without end (meaning eternal, and almost like a circle if you will, for the sake of imagery, just like faith and the works,..and the works and faith together coming full circle). And of course, saved by the Blood of Jesus, indeed we are. But what did Jesus do(rhetorical). He didn't wait until He was 31 years old, playing soccer, until He had to be crucified for us. :) He did the works of the Father (praying, blessing, teaching, preaching, praising, feeding the hungry, etc.), you know~the works. (kindly saying it "faith without works is dead, and works without accepting our Savior, is also just a human muscular contraction).Shalom.
I absolutely love this video.
I truly believe Baptism should take place when the Believer is ready.
I was baptized within the hour.
I’ve watched spontaneous Baptisms take place during church services with the conclusion being an eruption of applause and cheering the new member of the family. It is a small reflection of Christ’s celebrating a lamb being found.
AA for example (which is a statistically proven way to combat alcohol addiction), has a prayer where they pray to God for restoration. Spirituality via giving your addition to a higher power is a tried and true way to remove you addiction. The power of God is living and active, even in addiction.
-Joseph Lach, a current student, studying for an addiction studies minor at WMU
I think that sinning all you want isnt the problem. With true faith in the lord comes the desire to not sin at all. And so we should strive to live that.
If someone is committing sins because they think they can just sin all they want, then the question should not be "is it okay for me to do so" and instead should be "why on earth would I want to squander the second chance God has given me and continue to live in sin?"
Love this !!
thank you. Im blessed.
Excellent!
About the need to be a group is so obvious when you know what EKKLESIA means.
There's no "church" if there's no regenerated humans looking for get some time together to talk about their experiences.
The word "should" is an imperative, like the word or "ought". Modern usage have turned these words into optional but at the time, "should" meant "must". "Should" is a form of the word "shall". To say, "I will" means, "I want to" but to say, "I shall" means, "it's gonna happen". So when the bible uses the word "should" it is imperative.
Hebrews 2:9 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God *should* taste death for every man.
He tasted death for every man because that is what He MUST have done. Imperative.
Yes baptism is definitely important jesus didn't get baptized just for nothing it was to show us that it is a example we should follow plus the holy spirit came down in 5he form of a dove and God spoke...when u get baptized u receive the holy spirit...
Jesus says no one who practices sin will get in. this chapter teaches that my faith in obedience to Christ command to be baptized in water destroys the power of sin in my life when I die to it through baptism.
Water baptism does nothing for you in terms of salvation or santification (the process of increasing holiness in your life). It doesn't save you or make you holy. Christ alone does that. Water baptism is symbol of what he's done for you and what happens to you as a person when you accept him as savior.
Once we realize that we are responsible for our sin and is the product of our mind, this gives us the key to understanding what is personified by the Satan/Devil/Serpent. There is nothing mythical or fable about these terms, they are personifications representing the carnal mind. The World represents carnal thinking, and Jesus overcame the World. That has to be our goal, but because we fail, we are dependent on Christ to win the victory for us.
No answer from a truthfully important and faith building question.
The funniest classic film regarding baptism (worth watching) .....Life with Father 🙂
yeah that is what you get Mike : let grace do the job.
And that angel Ptr mike are the fallen angel lucifer and his demons that we will judge 1 Corinthians 6:3 God bless us all.
Thanks Pastor Mike
Can you do a vid on the new man doctrine. People who believe we don’t need to pray or fast etc because Christ dwells in us in fullness
Thank you for this
That song your talking about at 43:15 is called “Alive” by avicii. He killed himself in 2018
Amen Mike!
Thanks Mike!!
So true about justification. And this is how the bible justifies Abortion. Numbers 21:11-31
Here the priest is to put the woman under this curse-“may the LORD cause you to become a curse among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
sooo nothing on why the woman is under a curse?! why the abdomen swells? Also i can only say this because i know what passage you referring too and as far as i know it doesn't speak on miscarriage . so your relying on the fact that people don't read to spread a lie with, So your saying fornication is justified and abortion is justified?! Your message here is Sin is okay because your justified by faith in jesus christ so kill a child your self. you ignore that GOD is the only one who can give and take life and have decided its okayu to take the place of god in your life. stop
That was a punishment. God killed the first born in Egypt to punish Pharoah, obviously that isn't to be taken as a behaviour to be repeated by people.
So could we say that as born-again believers, we’re dealing with a sort of spiritual PTSD?
Thank you very helpful
Mike, what is the biblical definition of repentance at 12:10? Is this a declaration to God that you will no longer 'live in sin'? Are we to promise to God that we will change our ways before we receive our salvation? Or is this a realization that because of our sinful nature, we must put our trust and faith in Christ, and we will be born again, so that, through Him, our sinful ways will change?
Jesus said if qe practice sin we are a slave to sin and that we cant serve 2 masters. also Jesus said that no one who practices sin will inherit the kingdom. also remember verse 7 says that 'when you died with Jesus (by baptism) He broke the power of sin natures control over us.' So we can live a sin free life whereby we are empowered to overcome by what Jesus did when we joined him.
If I get saved and truly repented and then a year or so later fall into temptation and begintaking opioids and now years later I’m still addicted… and I now not saved? Was I ever not saved? My entire life changed my being changed everyone around knows I’m not the same as I was. I feel like I’ve literally bled sweated and cried Jesus since I’ve believed in Him… And I know doing Drugs is wrong… I want to quit but I just can’t seem to beat opiate addiction… What is wrong with me?
Ask God to make you sick every time you think of the drugs. Also DON'T BE AROUND OTHERS that do them. I am praying He Restore me I don't want this
Mess i got into fornication and feel stupid and SPIRITUALLY sick and lost.
.I don't want this and wish I had not done these things. It has torn me down Shouldn't have done these sins against my body. It has made me sick. .I hate this now and want THE HOLY GHOST BACK. FEELING LOST.
@@triciaperry2234 I am with you… In hopes and prayers that the Lord hears our cry to Him and restores us! To do whatever it takes to make sure His will be done in our lives and that we are used for His glory and purpose to the very maximum that we were meant too! I pray that God uses these bad things in our lives for our betterment. I pray we please Him! Amen…
@@triciaperry2234 I feel the Holy Spirit is telling me to tell YOU. That you are so mightily loved and that He has not left you and NEVER will!
Psalm 139:7-8 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or wither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Is our new nature still within? Or did God cut it out when he gave us a new heart?
29:08 Iv'e heard the saying, "Youth is wasted on the young"
Correct me if I misheard part of this, but it sounded like he said that there carnal Christians. I don't believe that there are. If he believes that some Christians are addicted to a sinful lifestyle, then he believes in the hard form of OSAS. This does essentially mean a license to sin. It would mean that AronRa is correct that you can be a n evil person and still get into heaven according to Christianity. Good advice on dealing with sin nature though.
Hey Mike, I was baptized as a Catholic when i was a baby. Does it make sense to get baptized again? 15 years ago, i came to true biblical gospel faith and have been born again... and have wondered. "Should i get baptized?"
Thanks that was great !!!!!! helps me lots x God bless x
Being born again means you are a NEW person and have a CLOSE and MEANINGFUL love relationship with God, filled with the Holy Spirit, such that you won’t WANT to sin. (you still will) But, your aim should be towards progressive sanctification to conform to the image of Jesus. Then, you can call yourself a true Christian.
Mike my question is and I just found this out that we’re sending when we worship on Sunday instead of Saturday because Leon’s ago the pope is the one who put this into action. Are we not sending it’s not biblical the truth? I sincerely need to hear. I found out about this and it’s upsetting, thank you
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The root of salvation should be “God’s LOVE” for us. It started because God loves you and me and He doesn’t want his people to perish eternally. It is only “BY HIS GRACE” through our “FAITH”,
by His Grace (grace is a free gift) if we really believe with all our heart, our mind and our soul. And, it should not stop in faith because the object of your faith needs to be absolute and true. Therefore, because of God’s love for us, by his grace through faith “IN JESUS CHRIST” we can be saved. Again, salvation is a free gift, not because of what we can do.
Then, if you are already His, remain in Him by obeying. You still have the free will to obey or not. Yes, obedience produces good fruits as God/Holy Spirit works in your life. Life transformation can now starts working in you. Keep in mind though that God’s grace and your freedom don’t give any Christian a license to keep on sinning or practice sinning. For Jesus Christ “The Lamb of God” died once and for all for the sins of the world, it doesn’t make sense for Him to die for those who will believe again and again.
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.”
John 10:27-28 NIV
“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:4-5 NIV
God bless!
Mike can you explain the difference in sin, iniquity, and transgressions?
Thank you
Mike, can you please do a video on these pastors who use the Bible to justify abortion!?
For the baptism thing could anyone answer my question? I was baptized in my faith but at the time I was fighting an addiction before and after the baptism until the Holy Spirit took it away from me. Is that a real baptism or do I need to get a new one?
You really answered your own question; the Holy Spirit worked in you to bring you to be a closer resemblance of Jesus? Praise God!!❤️🙌
How ..can I be happy, knowing that my past loved ones are most likely in torment? They all made professions of faith in the watchtower teachings about Christ . I hear people at church talk about seeing thier loved ones again, and I don't have that same hope. It makes me feel like throwing up to think about my grandparents, who were real gentle, kind, generous, are in hell and my other relatives , drunks, womanizers, ect, are in heaven because they professed Christ but lived like hell on sat night and church on Sundays only. Any advice? I was much closer to my j.w. side of the family.
Hey brother, late but can I tell you what I think? Pray for them. Not that God will change his judgement but that before they die they come to Christ. This is how I view it so I may be in error, but God hears prayers before you were made, he sees all, he is at the beginning of time and eternity. He may take these prayers for them into account before you ever realised you made them. He may give them a chance for deliverance before they die you never see. He won't break free will but what harm can it do? If it is in his will, it will be done. Maybe you have a nice surprise beyond the pearly gates.
The true important baptism is in the Holy Spirit. This is also the same as being born again. There is an actual change inside us when this happens. On the other hand water baptism is symbolic. Now water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Spirit don’t happen at the same time. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is done by the Father as He accepts the true repentance of a sinner. Just because you are baptized by water, it does not make you a Christian you need the baptism of the Holy Spirit,..you will know when this happens.
For the baptism thing could you answer my question? I was baptized in my faith but at the time I was fighting an addiction before and after the baptism until the Holy Spirit took it away from me. Is that a real baptism or do I need to get a new one?
Thanks!
The Protestant way of thinking about sin: "I'm saved! I believe in Jesus and that makes me saved! I can now sin all I want and still go to Heaven!"
No, that´s not true what you say here.
Did you ever read the Bible? Does it say you should sin?
Romans 6:15: What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Do you want to tell me that you can work yourself into heaven? Because I can´t find a passage where it says that.
Ephesians 2:8-9 : For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.
James 2:26: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Works can´t save you. You are saved through faith. But works are the result of faith. But again they can´t save you.
2 Corinthians 5:17
: Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
So please try to understand the other side first before saying things that are not true and no sincere Christian would say.
@@monamuller8969 You are quite correct to cited those passages. Those passages sure do refute the whole Protestant idea of I'm-saved-I-can-sin-allI-want, don't they? Now that you see how unscriptual Protestantism really is why don't you convert to Catholicism?
@@GeorgePenton-np9rh
_I'm-saved-I-can-sin-allI-want, don't they?_
No like I said that`s not what Protestants believe. What I told you in the comment before that´s what Protestants believe.
I am faithful to the Bible that´s why I don´t convert to Catholicism.
@@monamuller8969 Catholicism says we must repent of our sins if we want to go to Heaven, and so does the Bible. Protestantism says believe in Jesus and sin all you want. So it is Catholicism, not Protestantism, that goes by the Bible.
"If you live me, keep my commandments."
--Jesus
"If you sin, sin boldly, but believe more boldly still."
--Martin Luther
@@GeorgePenton-np9rh
_Catholicism says we must repent of our_ _sins if we want to go to Heaven, and so_ _does the Bible_
That´s good. I agree with that.
_Protestantism says believe in Jesus and_
_sin all you want._
You can repeat that as much as you want. That doesn´t make it true. I don´t believe it and I am Protestant.
And Mike Winger doesn´t believe that either. You can´t just claim something and tell me what I believe what I don´t. That´s unproductive. I told you what Protestants believe in the comment above.
_"If you love me, keep my_ commandments."_ Jesus.
I 100 % agree with that.
_"If you sin, sin boldly, but believe more_ _boldly still." --Martin Luther_
That quote is most likely completely taken out of context.
But you see I follow Jesus Christ and not Luther.
And I don´t follow the Catholic Church since in my eyes they are unbiblical. They add things that are not in the Bible.
How to stop being addicted to our sins.
It is by identifying with who it is that God quickened within us, our newborn human spirits.
The penalty of sin was dealt with on the cross. The power of sin is dealt with through the mind. As long as one continues to identify with their flesh by seeing the sins they are committing as coming from the very core of who they are and coming from the essence of who they are, then they are still claiming to be the unsaved dead man or woman they were before being quickened by God and made alive, born anew by the Holy Spirit.
But once you realize all that was accomplished by Christ on our behalf you too like Paul will say that I am no longer liable to God for my sins and will not suffer any punishment at all and can say I am no longer unrighteous and no longer stand guilty before God, praise Him. In order for you and I to make that claim we must identify that our essence, our core of existence is no longer the old nature but I am my newborn human spirit and it is no longer I who sins but sin that dwells inside my flesh.
The problem is that we neglect to be who we are declared to be because we are so traumatized that our flesh can and does sin at every opportunity. It’s not who we are. At all
I was baptized as a baby and I feel like I was kinda robbed of the opportunity. For those who were baptized as babies, did you get rebaptized?
the Counting Stars song reference!
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What do you mean?
Are there any examples of Jesus's disciples baptized in the bible? Didnt they not receive the HS until Pentecost?
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Mike Wagner,
1. Scripture never says water is symbolic
2. No one in this covenant is saved before they are baptized
3. There is only ONE baptism Eph 4:5
Jesus taught water baptism Matt 20:23
Philip taught water baptism Acts 8:36
Peter taught water baptism 1 Peter 3:20,21
4. Mark 16:16 equates the level of baptism to believing
5. Acts 22:16 says baptism washes away sins
6. Rom 6 teaches being buried with Christ is what makes us new creatures
7. Baptism is not symbolic, it’s literal
There is actually more than one baptism. In Matthew 3:11, John the Baptist said:
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Also, Acts 1:4-5 says of Jesus and the Apostles:
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
Hope this helps. God Bless brother!
@@T.J.L1981 there’s only one baptism that saves, 1 Peter 3:20,21!
Baptism by the Spirit never saved. It’s purpose was to give a group of people certain gifts, Mark 16:17-20.
Baptism by fire certainly never saved, it’s what those who go to hell will experience, Matthew 25:41.
Mike my question is and I just found this out that we’re sining when we worship on Sunday instead of Saturday because Leon’s ago the pope is the one who put this into action. Are we not sining it’s not biblical the truth? I sincerely need to hear. I found out about this and it’s upsetting, thank you
We can worship God every day of the week. It's not sin to worship The Lord. What's sin is telling people they are sinning when they worship God.
@@Billie_Marie_ over the past few centuries we were having worship on Saturdays like the Jews then people got involved and they change that and paganism got involved and making it so that it had to do with the sun gods and that’s how one of the many reasons we are now worshiping on Sunday instead of the regular sabbath as the Jews did it and we weren’t supposed to change that it’s not biblical. so yes, we are sending by changing the day of the week not saying that we can’t worship God every day but we change certain things and it’s wrong
Does God forgive everyday sin