Powerful Sermon On Fake Christianity
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- Jeff Durbin was asked to be a guest speaker for a high school youth group in a very large church for a new series on sin. He was asked to speak on the topic of abortion for about 25-minutes. Not long before he spoke, Jeff says he was convinced to do away with most of his planned sermon and emphasize something else.
This is what happened.
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At 19 I got pregnant and the church reacted negatively with bad looks, and asking if my baby had a Father. I was ashamed but still wanted my child. Because of the bad reputation my pregnancy brought my Mom, she asked me to go to the clinic to "talk". I found out years later that she had already paid for my abortion and signed all the paperwork although I was an adult. The clinic "nurse" gave me a pill after my Mom left without warning. My baby was ripped out. It was bloody and she was put in a Tupperware bowl on the counter. 11 years later I met Jesus alone in my car when I confessed to my part in her murder. The Scripture says the "little" children will lead them. My Daughter lead me to Him. He told me He was a crisis pregnancy! His Mother was a teenager on the run because being pregnant with Jesus was a crime in her culture. Every young Mom in a crisis pregnancy can relate to Mary and we should not make them feel ashamed for their teenage pregnancy. To answer the church's question, does your baby have a Father?....Yes, His name is Jesus.
Justice 4All. You are forgiven, Your daughter is in heaven waiting for you. Your daughter had and has a father, Father God. God loves you my sister in Jesus Christ.
I’m so sorry this happened to you and thank you for sharing such a rough story. May Jesus truly heal your heart and may you be blessed with a child again. God has forgiven you, so please forgive yourself and continue to share your testimony. God bless 💕🌹
I cried when I read this. I am sorry this happened to you.
Justice 4All
Ignorant people that told you if your baby has a father. That's not love, and they are not Christian. I hate ignorant people that fake being something that there not.
Justice 4All how beautiful...God bless you.
Two days ago marks the day that the Lord opened my eyes to the utter hypocrisy that I had been living while I sat there and called myself a follower of Christ and quite frankly I was disgusted with myself and I got on my face and lamented before GOD and he changed me instantly. I was weeping profusely and at the same time I felt profound peace.
Oh my goodness! I had to laugh when I read about crying profusely and feeling peace at the same time and I am giggling now because I remember that so clearly when I was 16 which was when I accepted Christ at the Lighthouse Ranch in Lolita, California! Crying and feeling peace happened again 6 plus years ago when I had to almost die to get on my knees again, tell him I was sorry and through my tears cry... Jesus please help me! Since that morning I have been studying the word of God, listening to great videos by Jeff and many others, praising God, singing with beautiful and inspiring Christian rock, rap, jazz, blues, hymns Plus and dragging my feet, sometimes even subconsciously to some extent while my loving father is taking me through painful, difficult and deep changes! I know these changes are good but they hurt like hell after 2 + decades of running and hiding in heroin and Klonopin/ benzo addiction! Oh yes and praying though not enough! Lord please take me where I need to go to become more like you, give me the strength to go through it, use me, please bless me... your will be done before I am with you! It is a miracle I am still alive and don't look scarier than I do! It is crazy how I seem to feel good when I am sharing the word of God which I do everyday with many people he puts in my path! Are my reasons for sharing because I want to feel the Holy Spirit? Ohyeah at least partly! That is my great Grandma who pretty much raised me, grandfather who died before I was born, my grandma and Aunt in my profile picture. No we are not the point in any of this... You are right! It is what God has done to us, around us and mostly through us that is the point! Satan has been hitting me hard this past month but God uses evil to bring forth good! Please pray for me brothers and sisters! I am saying a prayer for you now Avery and everyone else reading this! Pray for our country, the world and all the people around you! It is difficult to love others and pray for them when they are working on destroying you! I am very emotional and overwhelmed right now so sorry for all the words. Thank you for your prayers! Even though Satan is roaring loud right now Jesus put him in his place two thousand years ago which was part of the plan all along! Difficult to understand? Yes of course and we don't need to know-it-all but!... I have learned more in the past six years than I did the 30 before... hell... for the 50+ before! 6 plus years ago I got my head beat in to the point of traumatic brain injury which almost killed me... It takes what it takes to bring you to your knees! Thank you Lord God!
Amen!
People! Stop praising a man! He is just doing what God called him to do... What God calls all of us to do! Almost all of the comments I read after I hear a sermon or presentation by Jeff, are praises for Jeff, not Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit that is working in and through him. I think he would be the first one to tell you not to praise him. Get your eyes off of men, and onto Jesus Christ! Then get on your knees and ask the Lord what He would have you do for the sake of the Kingdom.
Yes amen, he is a vessel, granted he is doing great things, but to God be the glory for what Jesus Christ is doing for him. I couldn’t agree more. It’s so easy to focus on the man preaching Christ rather than Christ in the man, amen . Good word
@@cockroachv it’s not about being mad , but it’s true we must give God the Glory always , and thank God for Pastor Jeff preaching the true Gospel, but it’s only by the power of the Holy Spirit that he can do this. Praise God!! He gets the glory!!! Lord continue to keep pastor Jeff firm in your Word, never failing You! Getting him out of the way , and You Lord revealing your truth!! In Jesus name!!
The Word of God says (of course I'm paraphrasing) that let OTHERS give you praise , and not to praise yourself.
Which of course would have to mean that it's okay to recognize good work, good preaching, even good obedience. Etc.
Nothing wrong with giving praise where praise is due, on the basis of doing a fine job in a certain area.
@@scottanoskey9720 Good Praise where it’s due is in Jesus Christ, not man. All we are, are humans who have lips to speak and hearts to open to our lord Jesus Christ, and it is Christ who speaks through us, not of ourselves. God bless you brother 🙌🏼❤️✝️ Blessings 🙏🏼
That's deep so true 👍🏽
I love how you say “preborn” and not “unborn”
Yes!
Pastors are pro choice
@@Kolchak_Enjoyer pro choice doesn’t mean pro abortion. And I don’t think you can say all of them are. I used to be pro-life as a catholic(born and raised but not saved), then when I strayed and went into the new age(demonic deception) movement I was pro-choice - strongly believing it was just a clump of cells and it’s the government trying to control women(that one stings now.) now as a saved Christian I would have to say I’m pro-choice but not pro-abortion. Meaning I’d be the first to be at the abortion centers praying for them and with love trying to get them to change their minds, but would not vote against legal abortion (that’s proven to be an even bigger mess) as well as I believe it’s between the woman and God. Not the government
@@laylascott6096 The government has a right to justly punish evil.
I accepted Christ at 18, all my future and wants in front of me but chose Jesus. I wanted God NOW not when I was 50 years old. All or nothing! Lord I love you
God chose you.
Winnie The Pooh has chosen You. The same result.
Awesome man
Every young person in church should hear this sermon.
*Young & Old need to hear this sermon. I'm 58 and needed this sermon. Glory to God and praise God For the ministry of Jeff Durbin. Happy New Years everybody. 🙏🌏🌍🌎✝*
James 4 : 10 " Humble yourself before God and then He will exalt you."
Great scripture for Trump
@@lunabranwen yeah great scripture for a president who actually does what they say they're going to do
@@thenoob9379 Trump? Who is incapable of telling the truth ?
More pastors need to preach like this ! Praise God !
Jeff I am floored everytime I hear you speak. I know you don't do it for your own recognition but your loving ability is overwhelming. I learn so much and want to change for the better in so many ways when I listen to you. Please pray for me as I seek God's call on my life.
Hearing you mention, at the start, the countries you get to reach thanks to the internet. Just wanted to shout out for the work you’ve done in my family over here down under. You, Jeff, have helped to turn my family around and unteach my parents from the penticostal and NAR influenced church teachings they grew up with. I’d like to thank and praise you, Jeff the Ninja. You, along with Chris the Pirate Christian Rosebrough, and Freakishly Tall Todd Friel. You three have changed my family for God. I’m not sure if you’ve met the other two, but I suggest you do at some point. You three have helped to re-introduce the truth of the Bible into my family. I’m typing this as the 22yr old son who has seemed to be able to ignore most socialite and church trends. I haven’t been influenced by most of the false teachings that have taken hold of the church. I’m not sure how I manage this, but I am glad. I know I haven’t been influenced because I find myself agreeing with the three of you and just expecting what you teach to be common sense and obvious to christians, and the influences I’ve noticed in myself, I’ve kind of struggled with and wrestled with it. I’m not saying this to brag in my own ignorance, but to thank you for teaching the truth. My parents have had to struggle and wrestle with the false teachings they know from childhood and young adulthood, and now, my Dad can’t help but exclaim the truth and teach against the commonly known false truths. It’s thanks, in part, to Apologia church and Jeff the Ninja for the truth.
Jeff. I love you brother. You strengthen me for the battle. I left Planned Parenthood this morning feeling like the words I preached to the "escorts" were hollow and that my words to them and the mothers were wasted. Listening to your few words here have been helpful.
Never give up. You don't know what seeds you planted. You may save another life via someone else hearing even if they murdered their child.
Alexandre Costa God bless you - keep planting seeds , Gods word never returns void . ♥️
Alexandre Costa... Your words are hollow because you are trying to immolate someone else. Jeff speaks by what God has put into his heart... Do you understand that? He cannot strengthen anyone, only the Holy Spirit can do that. Paul the Apostle continuously had to tell people not to follow him or praise him; that he was just a bond servant of the Lord. You cannot go out and start preaching to people based upon another's ministry. It must be from the Holy Spirit , alone, working in you and speaking through you. Submit to the Lord in all your ways, and He will guide you.
Pastor Jeff, keep doing what you are doing. Because many have no idea the gravity and magnitude of what your ministry is doing. May God bless your ministry and Church in so many ways and may the Holy Spirit be with you in whatever endeavor you en bark in. In Jesus’ name, Amen!!👏
To God be the glory!!! I would just like to testify how, through two sermons have totally changed my life! The Lord works in mysterious ways! Your total submission and sincerity to the work of Christ is what the true gospel does for everyone single one of us if we are willing to be free and available for salvation and God's work! Thank you Jesus and thank you Jeff! My prayer is that God continue, through you, to bring this generation HOME!! GOD BLESS YOU!
This sermon is amazing! Thank you for speaking the truth of God almighty!
This convicted me so much. I'm in tears. God bless you Jeff
Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.
Great message brother. Praying for all those who hear the Gospel, that the Lord will be pleased to open the eyes and ears, and grant them understanding, that His name will be glorified, for He alone is worthy.
What an incredible talk. Thanks for sharing.
Australia here. Thankyou for your ministry
Jeff Durbin, I truly appreciate your biblical preaching. Love you brother.
When Jeff talks passionately and more vocally I'm reminded of Keith Green's voice.
Yes!
Keith Green was an enigma in that he absolutely didn't care what people thought of him; he spoke the word of the Lord without compromise and turned away from any praise. He bought the property in Texas in order to be more effective in service... And, to be out of the limelight. I remember the day it was announced that he, along with two of his children, had been killed in a plane crash, I said to my son "the world has just lost one of the greatest voices of truth out there." I think one of the most important things about Keith, is that he shunned praise. There wasn't room for it in his heart because it was all about Jesus, not him. I like Jeff Durbin, and agree with much of what he has to say, but I cringe every time people praise him... I would hope, that he also shuns praise directed towards him. We are all sinners, saved by grace.
@@kakel536 - Praise worthy things are praise worthy.
Preach on Preacher, Preach on!!!
Skin Tan you fool
Thank you so much, this was a powerful message that I needed to hear.
Glory To GOD!!!
Thank you Jeff Durbin!
Best 41 minutes of my life in a long long time.. thank you apologia Studios
👍❤️👍THIS 👍❤️👍
👍✝️👍POWERFUL👍✝️👍
Thank you Jeff 👏🏼
Thank you God 🙏🏻👏🏼🙏🏻
this man is authentic , keep up the great work , mr durbin.... 'GOD' bless us all ! ' + '
His fame AND fortune has made him arrogant. So sad.
Awesome Sermon! Thank you for Sharring and may God conntinue to use you in a mighty way!!!
Thank you for proving all the people I know from colleges & public schools wrong, in music & the arts. I am glad someone speaks THE TRUTH. PRAISE JESUS CHRIST!
Be encouraged, those with ears to listen will hear.
Please pray for me everyone that I come to understand and receive y salvation of Christ Jesus
Wisdom , revelation over you. God bless
Praying for you now
Believe
I like this great preaching by brother Jeff Durbin.😎👍🏻✝️👑
18:20 I lived this way. Proffesing but not submitting. 47 years of being a lukewarm Christian, by my words alone. Some people are nudged gently by God, I was shoved down the stairs (fell) and severe sninal injury forced me to reevaluate my spiritual relationship with God. I didn't ask for healing and I didn't expect it. I came to understand that I wanted to serve Him wether I recovered or not. I had to crawl up the stairs in my house everyday and I thanked God for the suffering He endured for me. I'm not entirely without pain but I can work and I can walk or even run. I thank God every day for allowing me to recover so I can continue to provide for my family. I would thank Him every day if He didn't allow that as well because I know that He would still provide.
"my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Powerful teaching. !!!This man is full God's wisdom
Makes us more realize how much indoctrination of death has slipped into our culture. Even the church culture . Normalizing the very abomination of what God spoke to us not to engage in.
I posted this on my facebook brother: GOD bless this man's ministry, boldness and authenticity. HE started a video ministry to save the UNBORN. Professing Christians tried to stop him and called him judgmental I have a different view of Eschatology than he does but he interprets the Word of God the same way I do on all the rest. He said he used to be a hypocrite Christian who professed Christ's name and kept having random sex and getting drunk. While going to bible college he kept partying. Then he almost died...Now he is on fire for GOD and is kingdom minded.
The fervour with which you shared the message is rare to find in preachers today. To speak about your strength is easy but to speak about your weaknesses and give a testimony about the life when you did not fully surrender to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ is the tough part. Bro Jeff I can see opposition and malice against you but I pray to God that He continues to use you as He is right now. Every professing Christian must be prepared to be like Stephen who spoke the truth even though he saw the people around him fuming with anger and indignation. God bless you and use your mouth and life for His glory, Honour and praise,
Great message Jeff, love what your church is doing.
Tyrone Biggums May GOD bless you with the gift of salvation.
What's wrong Skin? What's getting under your skin..
Father God, I Love you and humbly ask that you would give me the courage to somehow to something to save the lives of those who cannot speak for themselves. Oh, God please give me words, and the loving kindness to make a difference. I know that in my own strength I may judge others, please help me to do as you would have me to do and to equip me and empower me to do what you would have me to do, and not what I would have me to do. In YOUR Name, I ask you to direct me today. Amen.
Pastor Jeff is speaking straight to me🙌🏽
Diesel Durbin does it again 💯
Get rid of the social 11th Commandment(Thou must be nice and a sweetheart.) needs to go. If you don't have enemies, your doing it wrong.
Believer John Seventeen You’re**
So true!
Matt 🙄 really ?
Mostly true - however I have seen some seriously prideful and hateful Christians who haven’t learned to shared the truth in love . Especially on social media .
Amen!
I am not an emotional person but I wept while listening to this message. Thanks Jeff.
Me too brother. Powerful stuff. Praise Jesus!
This is an awesome sermon.
Thanks Jeff and above all I praise God for this message. We have very similar stories of conversion and the message hit home. I just want to follow Christ, but since I was not raised in the church I expected to have this modeled in front of me. Sadly, there is not many models of truly following Christ to be seen. Thanks for being an example. Now it is my turn.
My favorite pastor 😊🥰 Jeff durbin ☺️ because his preaching totally biblical. Thanks God for this biblical pastor 😊 love you brother in Christ 💞
Don't give up on saving life.
He is the real pastor
Thank you for this sermon Jeff.
David Wilkerson, Leonard Ravenhill, and Pastor Jeff are the only pastors that I most listen to these days. Every time I hear them I am so convicted and my heart is changed. Most other Christian Pastors are giving such a watered down gospel, especially in Western America.
Sorry repenting of sins will not save you.Repenting from unbelief to belief of who is and what Jesus is and has done for you is the only thing that will save you.
Repent ANDDD believe. It's both my friends.
Not one -or- the other, but it's , both - and.
Salvation is EZ by design. Living for God/Jesus is hard. Don't get it confused.
I know what you're trying to say.
Jesus said My yoke is easy, My burden is light." He also said, "In me you have peace,but in this world you will have tribulation."
The totality of the NT indicates that the grace of God by the Holy Spirit inspires, enlightens, and empowers the believer to live a transformed life. To live like Jesus without the ongoing infilling of Holy Spirit isn't just hard, it's impossible!! Knowing about Jesus only emphasizes what you are not able to do. However knowing Jesus intimately, abiding in Him by surrender and submission moment by moment to Holy Spirit is righteousness, peace, and joy. The life of God springs forth and does in and through you what you cannot due by mere human efforts, no matter how serious you are or how hard you try. Only Jesus can live the Christian life, and for Him it is effortless because it is according to His very nature. He is light and no darkness at all. If we walk in that Spirit you will not fulfill the list of the flesh. In Him is fullness of joy!
If living out our faith seems hard, it's because our focus and devotion is not totally on walking intimately, abiding in Him, but on the works themselves, or in trying not to sin.
Dan Mohler teaches on practical righteousness wonderfully and with great passion and love. Be greatly blessed in Him today!!
Ain't nothin EZ about dying. Repenting was the most difficult decision I ever made. Dying to the 'flesh' is difficult. Without repentance, ain't no holy spirit. You need to get out so that He can come in.
So hard but so worth it, if you like life the way it is you better not come looking for jesus cause he will shake your world but I would not have it any other way
Jarrod Youngblood amen
We should all be praying that this kind of truth can and will be as boldly shared and spoken everywhere and that we can be a part of it in any way He leads.
It has been incredibly challenging to find this kind of truth being shared where I live. Thank the Lord that He is working through His children in so many ways to share the word and that His light shines through the darkness.
Great sermon. More people need to hear this message.
I had a Catholic friend today tell me there are many ways to God, that she believes in a merciful God that won't condemn loving good people to hell for believing in the "wrong" religion. Ugh! She told me she believes buddhists will go to heaven because God loves them too. What!? I asked her so does that mean you're going to become one with the universe by believing Jesus Christ is God? She looked at me confused. I asked her why would buddhist go to heaven when they don't even believe in In God or heaven? If that can happen then you get to be one with the universe and come back as a cat for believing in Jesus. How does that make any kind of sense at all? I told her the Bible teaches there is ONE way to the Father and that is through the LORD Jesus Christ. She told me I was misinterpreting the Bible, I should leave that up to scholars because I can't possibly understand it.
ennea5 Your Catholic friend is very smart and probebly right... I also believe the same, So yeah i think i will chill with some buddhist, muslims, jews, chrsitians and others in heaven.. Also i saw documentary about Hinduisme or buddhist and they also believe in a savior, Jews and muslims just the same but they have same teachings like christians..
Veritas Aequitas True, i dont know much about The Bible but i can tell you now that the choas and war in Middel-East was planned before 1906 and ww1. Its all planned we put our laws, system, borders and presidents in Middle-East & North-Africa.. Just wait for it Isreal will become bigger just like in the middle-ages where Paletina/Isreal was not a country but was always part of Syria,Libanon, Jordan, Iraq...
Veritas Aequitas Yes i am.. and i'm not ignorand to see we western people created all these problems, and yet we blame them while they live in poverty and starving...
Yea this is what made me realize how ridiculous it all was. I was still in Sunday school. Still had to do like 6 or 7 more years of that. Got a saint name. For what? A good laugh? Maybe some training in theoretical bullshit.
I then saw even more inconsistencies as I got older and I was glad that my younger self was able to use reason and logic against a system that's been in place and fooling people for thousands of years.
its not about teachings but believe. Jesus is the king and its only through Him and Him alone is salvation. No one is here to beg about the truth coz its the truth anyway.
Jeff what do you think of billy graham now? Does he side with the pope? On the one world religion.
I just learned ol'Billy-Boy-Graham believed that all roads and religion leads to heaven. Soft universalism...
It shocked the heck outta me.
The message he referenced at the beginning was the first time I ever saw Jeff. Still watching...
From Australia, thank you.
I'm Catholic and I love God.
love not in words and in tongue but in in deed and in truth...1john 3:18 ...examine your deeds...do you have the evidence?
Guillermo Figueroa Ummmmmm.. yeaaaa were gonna need some proof that you love god. Hard evidence. How many godly service hours you got?
Not enough for a gold star
What does "Catholic" have to do with loving God? He never even mentioned the word. It's all about the KINGDOM (Relationship with God through Jesus as the EXCLUSIVE mediator).
All catholic means is universal. A universal belief that God exists, He gave us Jesus and left the Holy Spirit. Don't hold onto the word, it means nothing. However, you don't believe in solo scriptura. You believe in your church writings. You don't need the blessed mother, Queen of heaven to pray for you. You can ask and pray. You don't need her to intercede for you. I pray you honestly look at your bible and pray about it.
I left Catholicism and into a relationship with Jesus, there’s a big difference. Not that a Catholic can’t have this same relationship and still be in the Church, but my next question would be, why the Catholic Church, they teach you to pray to Mary (a sinner) with your rosary, they tell you to repent before a priest (also a sinner), their churches are filled with symbols and idols, etc... I pray for you brother, I pray that your relationship with Jesus grows through reading scripture.🙏🏼
I like him, which figures my exes likes him too in Ohio. He is a good preacher.
Bless you for telling the truth! Repent today! We do not know what tomorrow brings.
Awesome message brother Jeff. God bless you all. :)
Billy Graham planted a seed in your life then since that seed was planted... God was after you and held you accountable and then gave you a heart change. It was good that seed was planted because you started to think about Jesus.
😏 Durbin is amazing! God bless #EndAbortionNow
Dude every message of yours I listen to hits home for me I love the unashamed, unafraid way you present the gospel. God bless your ministry bro and God bless you
yez that sermon touch my heart too amen... God bless you.
Please try to be a guest on Joe Rogan’s podcast. I love listening to his show, he has so many questions that could be answered if he just believed in God.
Joe hates Christians lol.
Have you heard of Ray Comfort's TV show? "Ray Comfort: Atheist's Delusion" and "Way of The Master" with Kirk Cameron. They tackle conversion & atheistism & moral relativism, philosophies & why they are wrong.
Glory to our God!! All his people rejoice. The kingdom of God will not be overcome. Our God will not be mocked.
God bless you all! ... Wow...
I was kicked off of a "Pro-Life" Facebook page for calling abortion murder.
The greatest truth of scripture is God is One and the second is repent turn from sin.
Acts 2:38 covenant this side of the cross
Please don't say you are a member of the upc...
No but I am a member of the body of Christ having received the baptism of the Holy Ghost at age 9 the year 1972 spoke in tongues for 45 minutes buried with( him) in baptism adding to that number of the 3000 who were assembled in Jerusalem for the feast of weeks aka Pentecost.
Acts 2:41" then they that gladly received his word were baptised:and the same day there were added 3000 souls.
@@barneyroberts668 So what is the gospel and if you could tell it to someone what would you say? Speaking in tongues is not the gospel or a sign of even having believed it. It has been faked so many times. What do you make of oneness and trinitarians who both believe they speak in tongues? If someone has a gun to their head and they are told the gospel and believe but get killed before they can "speak in tongues" or be baptized would they go to Heaven per what you believe?
@@christophercreekmore9187 Going with your hypothetical situation of the gun to the head what if the person heard the good news of the atoning death burial and resurrection of Jesus and before they could make a decision for Christ or utter the non biblical words " I accept the Lord as my personal savior" had a stroke and died where would they go?are they born again of water and Spirit?Jesus is the judge of the quick and the dead not you not me. Personally I don't push speaking in tongues because God does that you seem to think it's fake. Have you read the book of Acts specifically Acts 2:4 " and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 11:17) for as much then as God gave them the same gift as he did unto us who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ what was I that I could withstand God?
How did Peter know that the Gentiles had received the gift of the Holy Spirit as the 120 Jewish believers in Jesus did at Pentecost.
(Acts 10:46)" for they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God."
@@barneyroberts668 The thief on the cross shows that you can absolutely accept Christ just before dying be it on a cross or of a stroke. Tongues ceased in the 1st century and everyone understood that until some heretics in 1901 named Charles Fox Parham, Agnes Ozman, R.E. McAlister, and others brought in the pentecostal movement and then baptism and tongues were made mandatory for salvation later on. They deny God's triune nature, preach a works based salvation and that it can be lost and are nothing but a cult. Tongues was proof to the Jews that the gospel had spread to the Gentiles and it was a known language not the modern day gibberish you see happening today.
Praise the Lord preach on people need to hear the truth.
I recently discovered your videos. You remind me of my dad, who died in January 2017. Your sermons are comforting to me.
It's not by works you are saved but only by Jesus we are to turn and repent from sin
Bryan Mcgills "repent" the greek word "metanoia" does not mean the same as the english translation. the greek word means a "change of mind"
the english word means to be sorrow and turn away from sin.
the english word implies "works" to be able to be save, by works I mean self effort, which contradicts simple text of the bible that say, not of works, not of yourselves, is the gift of God by faith, by grace, lest you or I or anyone could boast or brag.
the english translation should not be used when preaching the true Gospel because it perverts and adds works to the plan of salvation and will not save anyone.
@Duarte, if you change your mind, doesn’t that mean you are going a different way, looking at a different solution, etc.? It does to me. If you are changing your mind, you must have had something else in mind to start with and you are going a different route.
People can't just hear that abortion is evil... they have to FIRST understand the SIN/SELF/PRIDE ISSUE! You can't just pick away at the symptom of a plantar wart, you have to focus on the ROOT of the problem. Silly analogy maybe lol, but still.
Just a small testimony about warts , My 10 yr old son had about 30 pretty large and small warts on hands and feet for his whole life and I began commanding them to leave in Jesus name and they melted away and were totally gone in 2 weeks!!!! JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS IS KING
God is using bro!
LOVE THE SERMON AND VIDEO GOD BLESS YOU!!! :)
Not the best sign for a church lol
It was most likely ironic. One big problem of the digital age is lack of context.
I agree lol
Yeah that bothered me too... I’m hoping it’s supposed to be a prop for a previous opening message or something... but still, I wouldn’t ever preach Gods Word, and Christ is the Word, and the Word became Flesh, and so the Word shouldn’t ever beneath sinful images or sinful words.
It actually makes sense having the sin city sign,just think about it
satire
It is completely false how people always questioned everyone salvation! Oh they must have not been saved when they did that they must have not had a true conversion! Who are you to judge? I know many people want the right to judge other people according to the Bible LOL but the thing is God knows the intention of the heart who? God does and he will judge us. What people do does not necessarily display their hearts intentions from your perspective most of the time their hearts intentions are slightly or completely different than you thought. Never the less it's not going to be you who separates the sheep from the goats so stop doing that on Earth. Promote every Christian or believer or whatever people are calling themselves. I'm a son I'm a citizen of heaven and I'm also an ambassador. Those three things the Bible does call me.
The fruit inspector doesn't get it!
What about when you're going to a church that the worship leader is at a bar on Saturday night then at church on Sunday morning? I feel like I'm being misled I don't feel like I'm judging anybody I feel like I'm being called to go to a different church. I had no idea all these different things were going on.
Wonderful message.
Hey! 6 years ago and this still sounds like he’s talking about today.
Crazy how God works
Romans 3:10-18
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17 And the way of peace have they not known:
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Romans 8:28-37
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
1 Peter 1:2-5
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:19-21
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Ephesians 1:3-7
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 1:9-11
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
John 13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen:
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you
Galatians 1:15
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace
Romans 9:11
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
2 Timothy 1:8-9
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.
2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
John 6:70
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
Mark 13:20
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Acts 15:17-18
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
John 6:44
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:65
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Romans 11:2
God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.
Romans 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Romans 11:28
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 42:6-7
6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Matthew 24:22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Ok you could have put one verse not 30 pages of verses haha but nice job
T = TOTAL INABILITY (Called in Calvinism, Total Depravity, but actually taught as the Total Inability of man to choose Truth. The Calvinist plays many such word games. The Word of God teaches that God created man with the ability to reason, choose, and receive Truth.):
Ephesians 2:8: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God."
Romans 10:17: "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God."
James 1:21: "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and RECEIVE with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls."
Isaiah1:18: "Come now, and let us REASON together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
Deuteronomy 30:19: "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both thou and thy seed may live."
Joshua 24:15: "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, CHOOSE you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
Psalm 119:30, 111, 173: "I have CHOSEN The Way of Truth: Thy Judgments have I laid before me....Thy Testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for They are the rejoicing of my heart....Let Thine hand help me; for I have chosen Thy Precepts."
John 1:12: "But as many as RECEIVED him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."
2 Timothy 1:12: "...I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have COMMITTED unto him against that day."
U = UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION (Calvinism teaches that God selects those who are to be saved without any condition, but the Bible teaches that there is one condition to salvation: faith.):
1 Peter 1:2: "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ..."
2 Thessalonians 2:13: "...God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the Truth."
Luke 7:50: "... Thy faith hath saved thee ..."
Ephesians 2:8: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God."
L = LIMITED ATONEMENT (Calvinism teaches that Christ died only for the elect, but the Bible teaches that He died for all mankind. The reason not all are saved is because they failed to repent and receive the Saviour, not because He didn't provide for their salvation.):
Isaiah 53:6: "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us ALL."
1 Timothy 4:10: "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."
1 John 2:2: "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of THE WHOLE WORLD."
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."
1 Timothy 2:4: "Who will have ALL MEN to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the Truth."
I = IRRESISTIBLE GRACE (Calvinism teaches that God's grace for salvation cannot be resisted, but the Word of God says it can be resisted):
Lamentations 3:35-36: "To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Matthew 23:37: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and YE WOULD NOT!"
John 5:39-40: "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And YE WILL NOT come to me, that ye might have life."
Acts 7:51: "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always RESIST the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye."
Proverbs 1:24-26: "Because I have called, and YE REFUSED; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh."
Proverbs 29:1: "He, that being often reproved HARDENETH HIS NECK, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."
P = PERSEVERANCE (The Bible teaches preservation of the saints; not perseverance of the saints):
Jude 1: "... to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and PRESERVED in Jesus Christ..."
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24: "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit and soul, and body be PRESERVED blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. "
John 10:27-29: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand."
Colossians 3:3-4: "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."
Hebrews 7:25: "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them."
CONCLUSION:
Calvinism clearly errs from the teaching of the Word of God on all 5 points of it's TULIP. The logical conclusion of Calvinism is that God is an unfair respecter of persons who chooses people to salvation, not according to any standard that He established, but arbitrarily. This strikes at the love and justice of God, contradicts the fact that Christ gave his life for ALL, and rejects man's responsibility to choose and love his Creator.
Proverbs 24:23: "... It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment."
Acts 10:34-35: "... Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him."
John 6:28-29: "... What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? ... This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.
Ephesians 2:8: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God."
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This man preaches Works! You CANNOT work your way into heaven!!! By Grace are we saved, not by our works. this man says to do this and that, to turn from our sins, turn to Christ for life, love our neighbor,to die to self and for the preborn...ALL WORKS
GV, read the New Testament 3 times and I promise you'll come back with a different perspective. We are saved by grace. We were dead in our sins and at enmity with God when He, by grace, reached out to us. Our response to God's amazing grace is a life that realizes that there is no greater calling than to serve the Lord Jesus Christ, the One that gave himself up for you, me Gal 2:20. How are we brought from death to new life? Jesus said we must be born again. How can we be born again unless we die to self. Imagine if the disciples of Christ were saved by grace and then disobeyed His teaching. Did nothing for the One that gave Himself up for them? Went back home to live their life? Didn't deny themselves? Didn't take up their cross daily (death wish and humility) and follow Him? Luke 9:24-25. Read James 2:14 - 26 and grasp, works by faith, NOT faith by works. Grace and Peace to You! May we experience the abundant life, by the resurrection power of the Holy Spirit, as we are raised from death the newness of LIFE!
TBL we are born again by trusting Christ, in that moment he saves us, he baptizes us with the holy Ghost, He calls us His Sons. works aint getting you anywhere
Salvation without works is dead. Grace is what saves us, but we or we ever really saved to begin with if we aren't compelled to do works for Christ?
Brenden Wentworth compelled to do works? Read Romans 4:5, your comment contradicts what ther bible says so that means you sir are wrong.
@Great Value true it's by faith and faith alone but what does having faith mean? Can you really say you have faith in Jesus and not follow him?
Can you say you have faith in Jesus and not repent and turn from sin?
Again I ask you what does faith mean to you?
Jesus talked alot about what is required to follow him.
Jesus even said pick up your cross and be willing to give your life.
If you were face with somthing like that I can easily see you talk yourself out of it claiming it was works.
What does faith mean in the word of God?
If you think you have the golden ticket and nothing else is required you better go check out that ticket because Jesus just might say he doesn't know you.
Great Message Jeff
Great Message. JESUS 101
So the gospel according to you is your works I thought the bible says all who call on the name of the LORD shall be saved. So based on your good works how much work do you gotta do to make sure your saved.....where's the to do list? Thank God he made and paid my way through FAITH in Jesus alone.
Gods Soulja Nope. Does your belief system allow you to comfortably engage in false witness?
Jeff has countless videos teaching that salvation is a gift from God and only possible through faith apart from any work.
We just happen to agree with the New Testament in that when God saves a sinner they are born again and good works follow. Because they are saved.
Apologia Studios. In what way am I bearing false witness? I listened to this sermon and when he quotes Romans 1:16 he forgot to say that it is the power of God unto salvation to all that BELIEVE. Key word is BELIEVE. If God offers the free gift of eternal life to all who will believe in Jesus then how is it that my works somehow earns the free gift? I believe in living a godly life but that has nothing to do with my salvation. How about Romans 4:5 blessed is the man whom does not work but his faith is counted as righteousness. I don't want to start a fight but I do want you to see the real gospel and that is to confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved. You guys are missing the good news
Gods Soulja You are clearly not familiar with our ministry. You are bearing false witness when you claim we teach something other than justification through faith alone. We have hundreds of hours on that point.
Finally, he quoted THAT portion because of the emphasis he was making about WHAT God uses to bring about salvation: the Gospel.
We want to very humbly encourage you to have integrity and more rigorous standards of thinking when you engage in critiquing another. Jesus isn't glorified when we lie and misrepresent others.
salvation is free but works come from that salvation....
Also did you listen to the 20-28 minute mark?
*Unshaken faith:* “And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words of my Beloved are true and faithful. He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.
“Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.
“And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.
“And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.
“Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.
“And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God without end. Amen.”
These are just a few of the multitude of testimonies of Jesus Christ that are in the Book of Mormon. To learn more, contact the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to speak with the missionaries. They will bring you a Book of Mormon so that you can read it and decide for yourself if it is true. The Book of Mormon truly is a testimony of Jesus Christ and has been brought forth by the power of God in these latter days.
*Jesus Christ is our judge:* “Repent of all your sins and iniquities and believe in Jesus Christ that he is the Son of God, and that he was slain by the Jews, and by the power of the Father he hath risen again, whereby he hath gained the victory over the grave; and also in him is the sting of death swallowed up.
“And he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead, whereby man must be raised to stand before his judgment-seat.
“And he hath brought to pass the redemption of the world, whereby he that is found guiltless before him at the judgment day hath it given unto him to dwell in the presence of God in his kingdom to sing ceaseless praises with the choirs above unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Ghost, which are one God, in a state of happiness which hath no end.
“Therefore repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus, and lay hold upon the gospel of Christ.”
“And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.”
“Wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he rebelleth against God! For salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“And now, ought ye not to tremble and repent of your sins, and remember that only in and through Christ ye can be saved?”
“And these things doth the Spirit manifest unto me; therefore I write unto you all. And for this cause I write unto you, that ye may know that ye must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, yea, every soul who belongs to the whole human family of Adam.”
“And for this cause have I been lifted up; therefore, according to the power of the Father I will draw all men unto me that they may be judged according to their works.
“And it shall come to pass that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will I hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge the world.”
“And whosoever will harden his heart and will do iniquity, behold, I swear in my wrath that he shall not enter into my rest.”
These are just a few of the multitude of testimonies of Jesus Christ that are in the Book of Mormon. To learn more, contact the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to speak with the missionaries. They will bring you a Book of Mormon so that you can read it and decide for yourself if it is true. The Book of Mormon truly is a testimony of Jesus Christ and has been brought forth by the power of God in these latter days.
The Savior’s encounter with the Sadducees *_proves_* that eternal marriage is one of the Savior’s doctrines. The Sadducees, who “say there is no resurrection” and do not believe in “angels” (see Acts 23:8), certainly would not make up a doctrine that is based on the resurrection.
The Sadducees went to see the Savior with their pre-planned story about a woman marrying seven brothers, one after another as each one died, until “last of all the woman died,” and the Sadducees asked, “Therefore, in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.”
They clearly intended to mock the Savior and his doctrine of eternal marriage, but the Savior did not suffer himself or his doctrine to be mocked. The Savior did not answer their question and instead referred only to the six brothers to whom she would not be a wife in the eternities, stating, “In the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven,” which served to tell the Sadducees that there is a resurrection and that there are angels, both of which the Sadducees deny.
The Sadducees went there with high hopes of mocking the Savior, expecting him to explain his doctrine of eternal marriage, the same doctrine that Jesus Christ has restored in these latter days, and the Savior’s reply “put the Sadducees to silence” (see Matthew 22:34).
Those who reject the restoration of Jesus Christ’s doctrine of eternal marriage and seek to mock it are like unto the Sadducees, who fought against the Savior and all his doctrines.
Testimony of Christ You are right in saying that they came to mock Jesus and He silenced them well and made it obvious how there IS a resurrection and living angels but Jesus doesn't say of only the six brothers, He plainly states that there is no marriage and no one is given into marriage. He's pretty general and very plain. He answered their question with the truth.
oh you mean Jesus the brother of satan?
no thanks, the Jesus I believe in is God all mighty, the first and the last.
What a powerful & truthful message. I don’t know this guys name but his message is really challenging
Great sermon
Count the cost for salvation? I think you are confusing salvation (free gift) with service/discipleship which IS costly. Justification with sanctification. Sorry, salvation is totally free to the recipient who believes the gospel. A free gift can't be "costly." Salvation and service must be kept separate or you bring confusion. Do not put the cart before the horse. I'm saved because of what Jesus Christ has done for me, not what I do for Him.
Don't make additions to the Gospel and the Biblical requirements for salvation. There is a clear distinction between a requirement for salvation and a result of salvation. The two should not be confused with each other. A willingness and desire for Christ to rule over one’s life are prompted by the new spiritual life imparted by the Holy Spirit when He regenerates the believer at salvation. The unsaved do not and cannot submit to divine rule (Romans 8:7). Just as a tree cannot have apples unless it already has the nature of an apple tree, so a person cannot have a willingness and desire to submit to Christ’s rule unless he already possesses the new nature received by regeneration at salvation (2 Pet. 1:3-4). Thus, even the willingness and desire to submit to Christ’s rule are the result of, and not a requirement for, salvation.
For salvation, Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matt 11:28-30). For discipleship (service) Jesus said “pick up your cross and follow me”. Discipleship is NOT easy with a light burden. They are talking about two different things. Don't confuse salvation and discipleship. Salvation is FREE. Discipleship is costly, BUT will be rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ. If you abide in Him, you can bear much fruit! Are you in the doctrine of Jesus or the doctrine of the Pharisees? The parable of the publican and the Pharisee is a great illustration.
John Trevett i think you're confusing assertions with an actual argument.
John believes in a false gospel that teaches a person doesn't have to have the kind of faith that is repentant over sin and submits to Christ.
That's his issue.
John, the second commandment is in scripture, reconsider your profile picture.
Apologia Studios Yet John also tries (through youtube comments) to hold others to his view of a biblical standard and when others don't submit to his wrong interpretation of Christ's standard he denies that they have correct view of salvation which paradoxically is the very sort of behavior he condemns. welcome to the Free Grace twilight zone.
Oz Fam even if that's just two dudes hugging he should reconsider his profile picture lol
A calvinist preaching on fake Christianity... the irony.
em3sis says the one who believes his own will has saved him
Deuteronomy 30:19
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Romans 4:5 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
em3sis...He is having an impact on people...both believers, and non believers alike.
So...how's your ministry coming along these days?
em3sis Are you saying Jeff is not a Christian?
em3sis He may be a Calvinist but we are called to love and respect one another. Not to be like mockers of the world. If you wish to convict Calvinist of false teaching speak God's word and those who get offended and hate you for it then they are not of Christ cause that's what happened when Jesus spoke the truth to the false priest.
I pray for his courage.
"Come die, or don't come." Such truth.👍🏻
Very easy listening.
Thanks be to God! This is the true message of the Gospel! Salvation is acquired through faith in Jesus Christ, but that faith is not a one time profession. True faith is one that is professed everyday in all of our actions and words. The Catholic Church is always accused of a belief in work-based salvation. We do not believe one can merit their own salvation, but instead believe that TRUE faith is a faith that is active.
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead."
James 2:14-17, 26
May all of us be saved from our tepidity and truly love God and our brothers and sisters with true faith.
God bless🙏 you.
I love Pastor Jeff! He doesn’t hide anything what’s written in the Bible! God said to all the prophets NOT to SILENCE anything what’s written in the Bible. A very special gift called “The Bible”. for the entire world to know He’s the only ways to Christ and through Christ we have ETERNAL LIFE…John 14:6/3:16. God bless him and his ministry who stand up for the TRUTH…❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Amen Amen Amen!
I’m ashamed ! I mentor a single pregnant woman through Zoe Care a pregnancy crisis counseling center. But it’s a delight to mentor her and share the Love of Jesus. I should and can do more. I live in rural Montana and there no local abortion center but there is a Planned Parenthood clinic In BOZEMAN. They don’t do abortions there but refer out. I’m sure there is something I can do ? I’m 68 yrs old and chose life over abortion when I was 19 and single. Tony is now 48 yrs old and shared your ministry with me last week. Every year on his birthday we talk about the miracle of his life and how blessed I am to have him as my son . Thank God it was a simple choice for me to make.
Amen brother
Love it!!!
What is your teaching on 4th commandment?