True & False Conversion
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I have been a false conversion for almost my whole life (21) years. I always felt like I was missing something and it wasn’t until I truly understood sin (by watching your videos) that I humbled myself and repented and trusted Jesus. I feel radically different now. I love God sooo much!!! I crave righteousness! My chains are gone! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Praise Jesus! Thank you Ray!
Amen
Amen 🙏
Amen
Amen
@elizabethnashed
Praise the Lord! 🤗
I too have a similar story, my whole life- 21 years! -I thought I was a Christian simply because I grew up in church, believed all the facts, and said a prayer when I was young.
I found Ray's videos after I was truly born again, and they are so encouraging and have helped me to understand my previous false conversion better. I never had a grip of my sin before, never knew what it was to repent, and never had a real thirst for righteousness!
Thankyou Ray , I have recently made a recommitment to Christ and it’s all through your videos on you tube. For around 40 years I’ve been going back and forth and getting nowhere in my Christian walk because of a lack of understanding that I was never really a Christian. I never knew why. Being caught up in the prosperity churches, and never seeing the fruit of true conversion is the fastest way to fall away from the church all together. I’ve learned much from your videos and I believe I’ve found a good church now. I pray daily and I actually feel different this time because so many things that never made sense before, suddenly do. I thank God for you and your videos Ray , and I pray that one day I too will have the knowledge and courage to go out as a lamb amongst the wolves and win souls for Christ. Thank you.
God bless you Bill. Thanks for sharing. Ray Comfort
Timeless message. Why didn't I hear this truth 20 years ago. Like so many others I was conned by what I now know is the prosperity doctrine. Cheers Ray for your commitment.
Yes, timeless because the church isn’t preaching repentance
@@CesarD321 you are so right church is like a business now
same, I've been into prosperity thing for almost 10 years of my life ,so sorry for that...
Amen!
All Christians needs to watch and understand this!
God have mercy on this generation. Our sons, daughters and their children. May God raise up God fearing preachers.
I had always thought that my conversion happened when I was about age seven. I was sitting alone in my room, reading a paperback book from my parents' bookshelf. It was called Good News for Modern Man (c1968.) Having been to various Sunday schools with the neighbors, it didn't take me long to realize that I had a Bible in my hands. (I later learned it was an NIV.) I read the parable of the sower and it scared the living daylights out of me because I had ears to hear. I understood the parable! But I had no one to talk with about it. My growth as a Christian was not upward-linear. Quite the contrary. I'd fall repeatedly, but I keep coming back again and again, hoping I am not the one who will be turned away as I cry out, "Lord, Lord!" I'd been held in one 'prison' after another in the form of sexual abuse in my family of origin which led me to a couple of very bad marriages. Now I am a widow at age 61 - looking for a reformed church and asking for prayer. Since I was seven, I had always hoped that mine would be a heart like fertile soil, eager to host the seed from God - to become rooted in His Word, growing branches for the birds and bearing good fruit to share. If you are reading this - please pray for me, and I will for you. Thank you. 7/10/22
I am praying for you @Happy!! Praise the good Lord for all of his blessings and sending ones to open our hearts and our minds! Best wishes to you, my friend❤
Praying for you.
I hope you are still doing well in the faith. God knows your true heart. That can be a scary thing.
Excellent teaching my brother. It is unfortunately true. I was a false convert for many years. Until I began reading and memorising scripture and realised the true cost of following Christ.
I'm new to listening to Ray Comfort. I've been sharing my faith for many years. After careful consideration of what Ray is preaching I concede that I have not preached the full gospel with the focus on the law to begin with. I have always pointed out that we are born into sin and sin practically as humans but I've never really laid out some of the ten commandments in order to help them see that they are guilty of breaking God's law. So begins my new way of presenting the gospel.
en mi caso, por años no supe como compartir mi fe con otras personas, nunca pude hacerlo, por el simple hecho que no queria ser un irresponsable o no tener las palabras correctas para que la otra persona me entendiera. y como dice ray. (estaremos formando falsos convertidos, como judas) sin que nos demos cuenta.
años estuve buscando y buscando la forma de llegar a la personas. pero no las encontraba.
y hasta que recien mitad de año por un asunto de buscar la justicia relacionado a Dios.
Encontre un video un joven de Ecuador, que salia a las calles a predicar como Ray. desde ese momento... me estoy entrenando.
how are you doing now ?
Well done brother
I asked God yesterday to tell me if I am a true Christain or not, and this video came up last night. I fell asleep watching it. I just watched the whole video today, the next day. I have work to do!!!
More people need to hear this. I wish I'd heard it sooner, but it was a lesson I had to learn the hard way. I didn't let go, though, as confused as I felt and the struggles I was dealing with... Don't let go. Keep knocking and God will eventually open the door for you :) Stay true to the most high, be blessed.
share share share
@Zed Kenny I hope God works in your life and softens your heart.
Epic teaching, that totally changed the way I witness to people, including professing Christians.
He’s so cutting edge and yet what he preaches is so historical.
Wow, Brother Ray...I know this was published 4 years ago, I saw this for the first time today. Your message transcended time to land in my heart...just when I needed it.
Praise God for His words, through you, to me, today...Lifeline received, I will NOT let go again.
I’ve been a Christian for most of my 58 years….saved at 6 years old…raised in a christian home….been thru horrible tremendous suffering the last 12 years but still relying on faith that God will get me thru….This message chills my heart…I’ve fallen many times into sin ….makes me almost feel like I’m a false convert…like why would you allow this horrible suffering in my life God? WHY DO I fall into sin ? I’m examining myself now to see if I’m a false convert after hearing this message
Well we are sinners by nature. And when we are saved our spirit is saved but our flesh will or can sin. So you not on your own. This is why the lord says confess your sins to one another that you might be healed.. but be wise in who you share with.. paul says ifind myself doing what I should not do. And I do not do what I should do. Who will deliver me from this . Jesus christ the lord. The blood of jesus christ gods son cleanses from all sin. 1 John 1 vs 9 says if we confess our sins he is righteous and just to forgive us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Count yourself dead to sin corinthians dead people don't sin.. when you were born again you was coverted to life.... so count yourself dead to sin and alive to christ. Hope this helps god bless. Ps any body who confess to god is of god. He come to save sinner. While we were yet sinner christ died for us. So if you are a sinner you are the perfect person. Come unto me all you who are heavy laden and I will give you rest... a have you ever had the gift of the holy spirit??? If not get back to me. Please. If you have you will know.????
1 John 1 vs 9. Apply to you. Get back tome ??? Or see my comment to you. Hope this helps.
Read prodigal son in gospels. It's for you.
I am afraid of being a false convert. I don’t pray often, and I don’t read my Bible often, and I struggle with lust. I am afraid of being lost. I hate my sin, but I don’t feel convicted of my sin. How do I know if I am a false convert?
@BryanChandler1905 by being able to sin and get away with it. Not feeling guilty. Read galatians 5. And re listen to this video. If we are truly saved we will want to please God because we love Him. We love Him because He first loved us. So much so that He gave His only begotten Son to suffer and die and shed His blood to pay for our sins on the cross. Would you die for sinners ? Then imagine how much love that took. Don't you think He deserves our true love and desire to please Him. He wants to hear from you. So pray. How will you know how to please Him or even how much He loves you or know anything about Him if you don't read His Bible? Start in John in the new testament and read daily all the way through. If you won't make time for Him, you probably are not a true convert. It happened to me. I read for hours a day. Then I stopped ( long story) that was in 1994. I am just now getting hunger for God the way I should . I have struggled with my salvation since the 70s. Now I know why I didn't have assurance. I either was not a true Christian or I was badly backsliding. Now, I want God. There us not one thing nor experience on earth worth not having true Christianity for. It's all a vapor. You look up one day. You are old and know life is short now and all the things you wasted your life on were worthless. Friends were not true friends. Lovers did not love you. Fun you has before is doing nothing for you now ,it's over. It was like trading your life for emptiness. It glittered but was only aluminum foil, not gold and diamonds. God is the only answer. Remember. You are not promised another day. Run to Him now while you can !!
I come back to this often. So good!
This man is praying Lord make me to be accounted worthy to stand before the Son of man, whenever I see the attachment people have to the world, I endeavour to have less of it. John the Baptist, would be unwelcome in so many places where people worship as the filthy lucre evident. My one to one evangelism is peppered with my own testimony as I got converted, after reading the N. T. for months, and praying for some dynamic unmistakeable revelation of God. The disappointments of seeing that the Book of Life is a means for respectability soon was unmasked. So the best thing that happened to me was complete breakdown, and I thank God for those saints unseen who pray for others. That is those still on earth, Thanks Ray for reminding us that excellence is not cheap in this instant access to spiritual maturity so called. Pray for me to know my responsibility is to be like Jesus,. consistently producing the fruit of the Spirit is no joke.
how are you doing now ?
@@joeygibbs4775 how are you doing now Joey ?
@@ligaaaaaaaaaaa still alive
Absolutely spot on, Martin Luther , George Whitfield, Charles spurgeon, John Wesley...O' praise the lord For how can they know repentance without Guilt..... Amen..
I watch Ray pretty much daily and the way God uses him is amazing. Yes his message touched me so much. I constantly backslide because I put the world ahead of God. Thank you Ray and God bless brother
Always have faith the Lord God never stops shining his light I have.
Man this blessed me glory be to Christ!
This is amazing
Mr Comfort, This was truly an awesome eye opener for me in so many ways. I am so blessed hearing your amazing preaching. Thank you sir & God’s blessings!🙏🏻🙏🏻✨
Ray, you just helped me realize, well, actually, God did, but He used you to help me see why God plopped me right down in the middle of the second worst town in Waynesboro Va, knowing I grew up in a city full of Whores, drug addicts, and drunks! I have been crying the blues for 7 years now, because God won't get me out of here, just to learn from listening to you now on the "True and False conversion." I have been a Christian for almost 17 years now, and I have really grown, but this is one issue that I have really struggled with. Thank you so much for helping me see the truth!
I have been using Rays method for years,it works . I have seen many hundreds come to christ on the street, some truly amazing transformations in people's live. He who has been forgiven much loves much. I live in New Zealand ,Rays birth place . Not a easy place to preach christ, but the law is perfect converting the soul. I now train young people in evangelism teaching these truths. This is all to say ,it works ,try it.
I've been a traveling Evangelist these past 2 years, and man I wish I knew your Biblical Based methods when I started. Grateful for the trial and errors nonetheless.
Keep doing God's work. Love you, Travis.
Glory to God. Thanks Lord for calling me as your own.
This was so eye opening. Thank you
I had a false conversion for seven years and by the grace of God, I finally truly repented and now I’m forever changed and regenerating every day.
Just added this to a playlist I made called foundational for preaching so I can remember to come back to it when I need to even though I heard it this particular teaching 50 times! But it’s that good and I don’t want to forget anything in this teaching.
This is the best explanation of the sower that I've ever heard. God bless you Ray!
Thank you for uploading this. God bless.
Old videos are better, God bless you all.
I went to church my whole life and finally at the age of 28 I realized that I was never born again and experienced the Holy Spirit. I was just going through the motions. Now I feel like a whole new creation and I have never felt this way in my entire life. I see everything differently now... as Ray sometimes says, through a new lens.
Tremendous. Thank you for wonderful work in the Lords work!!
hay Ray i like every thing that you do... keep it up ... Good Job !!!
what are you talking about tell me more !!!
Yea you have a point But 12 years old i can remember the things that i did when I was 12 that weren't so nice,,, probably you to isn't it a true christen appointed to forgive !!!
Wow! Thanks so much for this!
How can you not enjoy this man? Once a man said to him "Is morality real or is it just God's arbitration?" and Ray didn't really know how to answer but I was thinking "Arbitration can't apply to God because he is eternal, and what he is, is, and what he says, is. It is a logical fallacy to separate God from that which is intrinsic to existence. 100% of existence came from God." Why people don't know how to think logically is sad and from the devil's spite and lies, they are trying to use a false reality and adhere God to it. But on that occasion Ray didn't have an answer so I am saying it now.
Man this is making me think.
Joel Herrera Yes it is. I'm already a believe and follower of Jesus Christ. But watching this makes me think about what i've been doing for him. And whether it is really good or bad.
Joel Herrera Awesome man. I have to say its very interesting that you were addicted to video games because i'm currently having a problem with them. Even when i don't want to do them i somehow end up right there. Really been thinking about that because i believe God would have me to do better things for him then to sit around for hours on end playing games.
+stephen stewart +Joel Herrera That's good I am glad that God is stirring your hearts to focus more of your energy on His kingdom! Paul said in 1 Corinthians 6:12 "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are
profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by
anything." It is amazing that even the things that are not inherently a sin (such as video games) can still become a master and enslave us to them. I have found that things like this (as well as all serious sins) can be put under the strength of God by calling on Him in every moment of weakness and asking Him to put new desires and new thoughts in your heart and mind. This is a good discipline to learn early and practice on something like this because it will do you much good later on. Don't rely on your own strength and discipline--get used to calling on God and using His. Be blessed. :)
Joel Herrera Same here. because i want to live for God more then for myself. Cause living for myself will put me in the pit of Hell.
yeaah actually this should make you DO..
Amen, and God bless you...!
Love it!
I love ray god bless him
Thank you
Can a false convert become a real convert later in life in light of Hebrews 10 26 ? This has caused me much grief.
Yes brother, if you trampled the blood of Christ underfoot you wouldn’t be asking that question. Repentance is a gift of grace as is everything to do with salvation. Your heart doesn’t seem hard if asking that particular question, so humble yourself before the Lord, repent and keep persevering in the faith.
Thank you Pastor Ray, such powerful words that encouraged me to read, serve, and worship my Savior more. Hallelujah!!
I love hearing these old sermons by Ray Comfort. How old do you think he is in this one?
He's 70 now.
45
Thank you Ray I have questions I would ask you not concerning this but other things. Maybe you could answer them for me at a later time
He states that a true convert has two virtues that come from outside of himself: understanding and an honest heart. How does one get/learn/receive an honest heart?
Hi! By truly accepting God into your life, leaving the practices and beliefs of your previous life before knowing Him. Genuinely surrendering your life to God
one thing I disagree with or I should say the word of God disagrees with is our hearts aren't healed in Christ but are a new heart. king David prayed to God for him to create in him a clean heart. key word is create.
We overcomplicate the Gospel. If you believe in the death, burial, and resurrection for the free pardon of your sins then you have eternal life. I'm so tired of people teaching works salvation.
Exactly.
The thing I disagree with is when he said you ask a young man are you in fellowship and he says I have a football game and then boom false convert. I disagree with that, and statements like that that cause younger people to then question their own salvation because they have other activities they do is wrong.
You must repent and yeild ur life to Jesus, surrender all, then there is eternal life
@@TheAdvide definitely
@@reneewashington8010 Jesus said repent and be baptized. Repent is a important step. We are saved by grace through faith. There is something on our end that we must do. Our faith that the Lord gives us saves us once we put that faith in Jesus
12:30-13;20 wait WHAT? this is good to know!!
In minute 31:10 Ray presents a case from his friend, and he wasn’t a Christian. He knew he wasn’t a Christian and repented, I really want to understand, repented from what? I recognize that I am a false convert but I don’t get what I need to change. Please please explain me what do I need to do
i honestly feel the same. I have in my heart i want to be a real born again christian, but i get lost knowing what to do and what to change. Perhaps reading the bible more will give us more understanding
This will help you:
soundcloud.com/livingwaterspub/hells-best-kept-secret
You must be born again to have your eyes open to your sins, then you will have a longing to repent from your sins, and this can only be done by the Holy Spirit and not of yourself.
To be born again the Holy Spirit convicts you of your sins, through that conviction the Father draws you to Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins through His suffering, death, and resurrection, the Holy Spirit then transforms your mind to repent from your sins.
You now have the choice given by the power of the Holy Spirit to give up your sins and follow Jesus, trusting in His suffering death for God’s forgiveness, and His resurrection for your justification when you do sin, or you can keep your sins by not following Him; thereby eternally paying for your own sins that you refuse to give up in the lake of fire
I agree with Ray that belief in God does not make life easier, and it should not, it is not the purpose of belief. But the Bible says that if you worship God instead of mammon you are to be rewarded with water, food, and clothing. God promises that if you seek His Kingdom you will receive these things, and thus an easier life.
I agree.
HEARD IT
Ray, how can I tell if I am a false convert? I’ve been asking myself if I am a Christian since I was 11. I’m now 18. I don’t read my Bible often, I don’t pray often, and I struggle with lust and adultery. I hate my sin, and I’m afraid that I might be lost. At times, I don’t feel convicted over my sin. How can I know if I am saved or lost? I’m afraid of being lost. Can you please help me?
I agree with most of this teaching however, there are many churches teaching heretical and blasphemous teachings. I simply can not sit there and listen to that. When people get together and have Bible study in someone's home, apartment, etc that is in keeping with assembling yourself. The heretical- blasphemous teaching such as little g god doctrine where christians believe they are little gods is not true doctrine. These people have other teachings that are just as wrong. Many, many churches have false doctrines and when they are false, they serve a false Savior and a false Savior does not save. It is hard work to find a true church teaching an uncompromised doctrine.
19:08 6 Characteristics of a False Conversion Matthew 13 Luke 8
1) Mark 4:5 Don’t weigh the issues
2) Luke 8:6 no thirst for the living God
3) Matthew 13:6 No depth of Godly character, received word with gladness
4) Mark 4:16 No contrition no sorrow
5) Matthew 13:20 receive the word with joy
6) False convert has a genuine false conversion experience
☀️The Sun reveals the true condition of the soil. 🪴 Temptation Matthew 13:21 Tribulation Luke 8:13 and Persecution Mark 4:17
Wise Virgins vs Foolish Virgins
The Wheat and the Tears
Good Fish and Bad Fish
The Man who built his house on rock 🪨 vs The Man who built his house on sand
“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:” -Matthew 7:26
Como alguém pode arrepender, se não se sentir culpado pelo pecado cometido? How can someone repent, if they don’t feel guilty by the sin they have committed?
This is in 90s ohhh! Still cant believe Ray is 70-71
So 6:05 - 6:28.
Is Ray saying this is bad or good thing. Is he saying these are the marks of a true christain in Christ since Christ has fulfilled the law and no longer slaves to it (since again christ has fulfilled it)
... Or the characteristics of a false convert who 'TRY' to obey the law only. What is he saying exactly ? Maybe I have something wrong here not sure :/
m m He’s saying that true converts are no longer slaves to the law. True converts see the goodness of God and his gracious gift of Jesus Christ so we can be forgiven of our sins. In accepting this wonderful gift of redemption, we are now desiring a new life in Christ and strive to live as he lived. Not because we ‘have’ to.... because we WANT to. It’s called being born again because we are now not desiring to live the way we used to just sinning without a care. Now if we sin, we have remorse and regret. It’s called having a repentant heart. We don’t want to sin and offend the God who has been so gracious to us. But we’re not perfect and make mistakes so when we mess up we can confess what we did wrong to God and he is just and will forgive us because Jesus paid the price for that sin. We are no longer going to experience the death penalty for our sin. We are no longer slaves to the law.
Does Ray read these comments? If so please tell me this, iv asked before but never had an answer. How can someone severely brain damaged age 13 months by a vaccine, now 33 years old, and is incapable of understanding language, severely autistic learning disabilities; fit into repentance? Someone who doesn't understand sin, language, words, conceptual thought at all, fit in? How WILL God judge THEM? Someone who would be unable to even begin to understand language, let alone teachings. I'd like an answer please 😊 BTW, I am not against any of Ray's teachings I just want an understanding to my question 😊
He does read them sometimes. I’ve even had him reply personally to some comments. But with however many hundreds or thousands of videos and comments that come in I don’t think he would be able to see them all and much less reply to all.
@Andrew Unthank thank you for replying to me. My own personal thoughts are that; as she is incapable of understanding right/wrong/sin/God etc, and is like an 18-month /2yo mentally, then Jesus would say "suffer the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of Heaven" , as He did before. I just wanted others' opinions, as Ray Comfort stresses so strongly that ALL have to speak words of repentance. I actually wonder how many mentally disabled he has met, as he may realise just how close to our Lord they often are. Thank you again.
How do I become a true convert
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9-10)
Repent and trust alone in Jesus!
at 6:46 you say a verse is John 15:15 when it's actually John 5:15. just letting you know
You have great attention to detail!
God bless you
alguien le puede colocar subtitulado en español :.. :(
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Este no es lo mismo versión como esto, pero es más o menos lo mismo mensaje.
Ray I really don't want to sin again but I back slided I don't want to go to hell so bad I'm scared
Repent and don’t make a habit of the sin. The Bible says not to practice sin. Spend time in Gods Word daily, without fail . Pray every waking possible moment . Rehearse memorized scripture all throughout your day . Hold your thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. Do these things faithfully and you will grow closer to God, hear Him speak to your spirit, feel Him nudge you and will be filled with The Spirit and will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. May God bless you and keep you. 🙏🏻
@@beaberean3842 Amen!
He’s dead to the law... until he breaks the law again, and there’s nothing more his father can sacrifice to pay the debt this time.
Hebrews 10:26 For if we choose to go on sinning after we have learned the full truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
Anything that falls short of the glory of God is sin. We are not saved by being perfect, but only by the imputed righteousness of our saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.
Don't destroy the hope of those who, while yielding good fruit have a moment where they fall short. God is not unable and helpless to forgive us for sins after we have Him in our heart, who have not turned our backs and renounced His holy name.
Otherwise it would be like a death sentence for someone to repent and accept the gospel early in their life, if God was unable to forgive someone who missed a day in taking up their cross daily and living as someone who had died to self and lives for Christ.
Pride is a terrible sin! Do you not know that the proud and haughty are an abomination to God and will not enter into heaven?
Please check your heart and know that the Lord is able and ready to forgive you, if you repent.
Oh no Joe! That’s not about people who have truly accepted the gift of salvation from Christ. It’s referring to false conversions where people WANT to accept this gift and think it sounds like a great idea, but don’t really want it. They would rather just keep living in their sin and debauchery with a prideful heart doing whatever pleases their flesh. They do not have a truly repentant and humble heart to accept this gift of freedom from the law. When someone is truly having their faith in the redeeming gift of Jesus Christ paying the wages for OUR sin, they don’t WANT to sin anymore. They don’t want to offend the God that has so graciously given them this gift. No one is perfect, hence why Jesus had to die for our sins in the first place. But now when we mess up and sin, we have remorse and regret and confess to God with a humble heart that we messed up and are truly repentant. We are truly sorry for what we did against his law. God is just and faithful and will forgive us so we are no longer going to pay the death penalty for this sin. Jesus’ atoning blood paid for that! We no longer want to live in sin, we want to live as Christ lived and do good works.... not because we have to... because we WANT to. ❤️
“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.” Ecclesiastes 9:4
So... God doesn’t mean what he says, and doesn’t say what he means, but you know what he actually meant to say and can straighten it all out for him? You’re creating a false god to replace God and his requirements.
Ezekiel 18:24 “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? *All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered;* because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
Lots of false converts out here.
Lots of wisdom here, but my only concern is that we don't know who are wheat and who are chaff. "Not wasting time" with someone we perceive is chaff, but we don't 100% know is chaff, doesn't seem to be a good idea. There doesn't seem to be biblical warrant for it.
That's also why the Lord gave us church discipline. Exercise it if there's an issue. Tell people you are concerned with them.
Tell the people that all they need is to believe (to what extent?) in Jesus and have an emotional experience, and then they are automatically saved and sealed in Christ's Blood, no matter how many sins they commit later on, and what are going to get? People marching up to the altar call, accepting Jesus (some of them know next to nothing about Jesus or His teachings), feeling great for awhile, not enrolling or attending any church, and going back to the same old sins after a few weeks.
What do you expect?
Protestant easy salvationism---just believe---does not work and is not biblical.
This is so dialled in its uncomfortable
Check yourself think like the Bereans(sic) I might have gotten the spelling correct. It is written in 1 John 8-10 "If we claim to be without sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us 9 If we confess our sins, He is FAITHFUL AND JUST and will foregive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and the truth is not in us. At first I listened to this man but he takes two steps back and one foreward. We are not Saved by works but by Faith alone in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The Apostle John was not addressing non beleivers but beleivers who had been bought by the Precious Blood of the Lamb of God and told them that if they sinned they could confess their sins and they would be foregiven. This man almost placed a yolk on me just like the Pharesis did in the times of Christ Jeaus. Yes submit to God only bow down to Him only and worship Him only. Psalm 146:3...... For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God
Otilio Hernandez I’m sorry but I think you misunderstood what Ray was saying. He was referring to faith without works is dead. (James 2:14-26) You are not saved by works. No one can earn salvation or people would pridefully boast about how they earned it (Ephesians 2:9). Salvation can only come from accepting the gracious gift of Jesus Christ paying the price for OUR sin. When a person truly accepts this gift of redemption and freedom from the law, they have a humble and repentant heart and WANT to change the way they have been living. They no longer want to live in sin everyday and offend the God that gave them this amazing gift. They now want to try and live as Christ lived. But none of us are perfect. Now when we mess up and sin, we have remorse and regret and humbly confess our sins to God and He is just and will forgive them. We have redemption through Jesus Christ. He has paid the price for our sin. So no, Ray isn’t saying we have to do good works to get this gift, rather he’s saying when we get this gift we are so grateful that we WANT to do good works and don’t want to sin anymore. Faith in Jesus Christ’s atoning gift of salvation brings our hearts to humility and repentance and we just WANT to live as he lived. Hence the scripture, Faith without works is dead.
I can see Ray Comfort’s heart. He's living the godly and disciplined life he reads is vital in the Scriptures. He wants people to live out their faith. Paul wanted the same thing of the Philippians (Php. 2:12). However, Ray is angry by the lack of motivation in this Laodicean church age we find ourselves. So, he’s weaponized godly living as a requirement for true conversion. It has become his lens of interpretation. I think Ray loves God, loves Jesus, and loves the Bible. But he has twisted the interpretation of Scripture because God’s people are lazy and undisciplined. Good fruit is not the measure of a person's salvation. The empty tomb, the shed blood, and the person of Jesus Christ is the measure of a person's salvation. A man is saved by faith in Jesus death, burial, and resurrection for the payment of all his sins. Good works, disciplined living, and any other godly principles are all the results of walking in the Spirit, which has nothing to do with a person getting to Heaven or not. Please be aware, listeners.
My understanding is that godly living would be evidence of the Holy Spirit at work in our lives as a true follower of Jesus. It’s not sinless perfection …that’s not possible until we are in our glorified bodies. just a thought after I read your comment.
Thank you for sharing this comment. I agree with you fully. We must be so careful not to mingle faith + works as the basis for salvation. Works are an evidence of someone being truly born again, but the Bible repeatedly says we receive salvation by belief. Of course, it must be a belief of the heart, and not just head knowledge! When I understood grace and trusted Christ alone to save me, I naturally repented. It’s His love that leads us to repentance! Praise God that salvation is made so simple for us that children and the thief on the cross can receive eternal life. The work has been finished for us, and when we rest in that we will want to live for Christ.
This is funniest preacher!
The struggle between the flesh and the Spirit ends when we are Born Again:
When we are Born Again Jesus circumcises us by cutting away the flesh that causes us to sin:
Scripture Says:
"and in Him (Jesus) you were also CIRCUMCISED with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;" Colossians 2:11-13
Once we are circumcised. The Flesh nature is miraculously removed in a circumcision without hands by Jesus. We are set free from the sinful desires of the flesh.
The bible clearly tells us that after we are Born Again we dont have 2 natures.
Romans 6:18 "You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness."
If we are slaves to righteousness, we are righteous.
Scripture says that the flesh has absolutely no control over one who has been Born Again.
"You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.
And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him."
Romans 8:9
When we are Born Again, we no longer have a war between the flesh and the Spirit. Scripture says:
"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God." 1 John 3
Scripture also says that one who has been Born Again cannot be tempted into sinning:
"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man and God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."
1 Corinthians 10:13
Scripture means exactly what it says.
There is tremendous power in God's grace. When Jesus died on the cross for the forgiveness of sins, he did not leave us hopeless so that we would live our lives in the misery of sin.
When we repent from the heart he forgives us and cleanses us from all sin and unrighteousness.
At that time we are circumcised by Jesus & we are Born Again.
The Holy Spirit has power to conquer the human flesh and free us from sinning from that point on.
What an amazing gift.
It is the gift of life.
Anyone who dies in their flesh will receive eternal Damnation, because Jesus said that we must be Born Again to enter his kingdom.
The Apostle Paul said that we are judged for the deeds done while in the body rather good or bad. You must recieve the spiritual circumcision before you die. You cannot be reborn and made right with God after you die. The false church has decieved masses of people into believing that everyone will die in their flesh and be made righteous after death. This is the opposite of what the Bible teaches is required for Salvation.
If you die without the spiritual circumcision and the removal of the flesh nature, which is God's forgiveness when we are adopted, it will be too late.
"For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die; but if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." Romans 8:13
Thanks Elaine…very much!!
Those who are truly saved are obedient to God.
It is true that people couldn't be saved under the Law alone, but Jesus didn't die on the cross to free us to sin.
It is ridiculous to believe that Jesus didn't have a better plan than to make sin legal so that we can be saved.
Deceived Christians are believing that Jesus had no other way to save us than to allow sin as a way to bring Salvation.
In truth, when he died on the cross, he was able to send the Holy Spirit, who is able to transform us to true righteousness so that we can obey God’s laws and be saved.
We must be Born Again and converted to righteousness.
Since the beginning of the bible sin was never allowed.
Decieved Christians believe that Jesus died on the cross to change that and to allow human beings to continue to sin, and grace would remove the penalties for breaking his laws. This would only allow people to destroy themselves with sin, because over time,
sin hardens the heart.
Sin causes blindness.
Sin destroys the human conscience, which leads to depravity.
That would not be grace at all.
Deceived Christians believe this is God's only solution for Salvation. They are wrong. God does not leave us in a sinful state, because it would destroy us both mentally and spiritually. Rather, God's grace is that he blesses us with cleanliness and righteousness so that we can live a free and happy life.
False ministers interpret the bible with the ignorance of mortal men, and they teach these things as truth.
Covering up sin is like sweeping more and more dirt under the carpet and leaving it there.
This is man's way, not God's way.
When we are truly saved, God's grace frees us from the bondage of sin itself.
Blind Christians dont understand that God's ways are higher than the ways of human beings.
The thing I disagree with is when he said you ask a young man are you in fellowship and he says I have a football game and then boom false convert. I disagree with that, and statements like that that cause younger people to then question their own salvation because they have other activities they do is wrong.
Gabel Grip deny yo self n pick up the cross Jesus said. That's what he's talking about. Would Jesus say nah I can't go to the temple I have a game....... Understanding you have things to do but to honor the father in truth... You would go do thr fathers business.
Roberto Vazquez i agree. Any person, whether young or old, especially new converts, need to be encouraged to get into a church and get into the Bible. When you really are saved, that's what you want all the time. You want to be reading the word of God, you want to hear about it you want to talk about it and you want to be with like-minded people.
@@843Berto right on
@@amagpi exactly these now a days Christian down even would pick up there bible to learn for themselves much less to read a chapter God is not lost he says seek me and you shall find knock and it will be open and God also say if you lukewarm he will spew you out of his mouth
I do not believe in spiritual throw aways. Have a hard time believing in a God creating an individual knowing that individual's ultimate spiritual destiny is absolute eternal torment. That never resonated with me . Predestiny obviously exists, and if didn't, God wouldn't know the final outcome . I used to be as believer. Not anymore. I've come to the realization that Christianity is a false belief system designed to control the masses.
2 words.... Free will
makes me want to be a cassava..
in the hottest and driest months it will still grow and bear fruit, delicious roasted cassavas.. :D
please pray for me brehtren, i feel like i'm being transplanted , phew...
hmm.. i'm also thin and tall.. just like cassavas 🤔
please, don't google cassavas 😀
hahah have a nice day!
i'm just so lonely with no where to talk..
i mean, no friends to talk to since all of them stay in their wickedness, nor family because they all think i'm crazy.. hmmm, i can talk to Jesus though 🤔😃😀
Thank you