John MacArthur has entered the chat. 😂😂😂😂😂 Love it. I just left a church where most men there either graduated from or were currently enrolled at MacArthurs Masters Seminary. I struggled with their Calvinism, and tried to still attend, for as long as I could. In a period of 3 weeks, one of them gave 2 sermons on the book of James and each time he continued to refer to knowing if you have “saving faith”. Seeing multiple times where these elders talked about how they have questioned their salvation, and most of the youth group constantly tried to figure out who is and isn’t “elect” I could clearly see the damage their belief system caused. I knew I had to get my family away from that false gospel and keep them grounded in truth.
Another problem and probably the biggest , is that many people would immediately give up on Christ if they thought they needed to preform in order to be saved. They are scaring away the sinners rather than using God's word of simple belief to save them.
39:07 the description in Romans 3 is regarding unbelieving people, most certainly not believers. A believer is made righteous, made holy and sealed by the Spirit. The believer is in Christ and is indwelled by the Holy Spirit of God in whom there is no darkness at all.
So question: How do we not walk in anxiety and fear that we aren’t doing enough for Christ since we can fail daily despite trying to live for him ? And how do we not do good works just to get a reward which would seem selfish from wrong motives ?
Doing good works because God will reward you is the best way to do good. Think about it. God wants you to do good. But you cannot do good without having imperfect motives. Only God can do good perfectly. So even if you could do good without God, you still are doing it in the flesh, which makes it evil. You have to walk after the Spirit for it to be good. You can only do this when you believe God. Doing good because God will reward you admits two things: 1.) You believe God. 2.) You want to do what He says. You can't do good ONLY because God will reward you, because you have to believe God first. And God WANTS to reward His children. A man who delights in the law of the Lord is something the Lord rejoices in! His children SHOULD desire righteousness. And so it can't be "selfish" to do good works for rewards because doing God's will is His explicit purpose for your life! And His will can never be sinful. So don't try to worry about your motives. Worry about what God wants you to do and do it!\ God bless you!
Think about it as 2 things but one has nothing to do with thee other. Salvation is by belief and faith in the Gospel. Essentially Jesus's life,buried, resurrection...that HIS work makes a door for eternal salvation. The second half is works... works are good as it shines light to unbelievers of Christ. We show people Jesus through good works. But these works are apart from Salvation. As far as following the Law of Moses (10 commandments) yes they are good to keep but they do not save us. We ALL fail at those requirements, so don't look at them as a sign of salvation or loss of. We ALL sin even when we try not to sin , that why Jesus is our way out. He did what we could not do for ourselves. Just believe in Christ as your salvation. The works is just between you and God but he will not cast you out for not keeping them as no human can keep them all. If you break one law your guilty of it all. Just try and do good to others as you would like to be done unto you.
@@danperez3970 thank you for your response! I know 100% I’m saved so I’m not worried about my salvation and I know works play no part in our salvation either. I just get really frustrated sometimes trying to live for the Lord struggling to daily walk in the Spirit and not in my flesh , wondering if I’ll be ashamed at the Judgment Seat of Christ. I try and fail and try and fail and have better days than others sometimes in my daily walk which is probably the same for many believers. I just want do God’s will and please him so when I appear before him , he’ll be able to say , well done , good and faithful servant. However, It’s all about him and not me getting the glory but living this life sure seems like a constant battle and so I question how I’m doing in his eyes.
36:36 Acts28.27 Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. Romans9.3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. Paul absolutely refers to Jews as brother. James referring to Jews as brother is not enough to determine who he is speaking to.
27:59 this is interesting. In this little section you say that young children basically learn to sin. Obviously sin is taught and passed down through teaching and by observance.
This doesn’t really pertain to the topic of this video but why do you take issue with repent meaning to change one’s attitude toward sin. If sin encompass anything that goes against Gods will, or as Paul explains anything not done in faith. Then wouldn’t it be almost implied that if you hear the Gospel of Jesus, and Believe that he is who he said he was and did what he said he came to do, namely that he is the Son of God who sacrificed himself to atone for the sin debt and then be resurrected, then in believing that is the case that one would of had to in that moment that his sin needed atoning for? Which would mean they have turned back from a life of wonton sinning to a life of understanding the terrible cost of sin.
That’s the thing though; your last statement. Salvation is not “turning from sinning to a life of understanding the cost of sin.” Repentance is required for salvation, but repentance is ONLY defined as a change of mind about Jesus; not sin. Example: Specifically the Jews had rejected Jesus, and they needed to accept him. In order to accept him, they had to change their mind about rejecting him and who he truly was. Repentance for salvation is only a change of mind. - Trent
@@BibleLine ok fair enough. But what is a person believing about Jesus if they aren’t believing that he atoned for our sin debt. And if they are correctly believing that, doesn’t that mean that an attitude about the sin they’ve committed must change in response?
Key word: “must” It isn’t a must that a person has to change their attitude toward sin. The only thing a person has to do is realize they DO sin (which is usually easy for most people to accept), but they then need to believe in Jesus. Realizing you are a sinner does not mean you will change your sin habits. The scripture also does not claim that you must change sin habits in order to be saved. Now, it is a good response to believe the gospel THEN change your sin habits. The problem is, some people (maybe a lot of people) just don’t do that. Hence carnal Christians and Christians that even forget they were ever saved. - Trent
@@BibleLine ahh beautiful. Penny drop. Thank you brother. I want to teach and evangelise but it’s very important to me that I do it Gods way. Bless you! I suppose your closing point highlights the desperate need for decipleship after the fact.
JAMES 2 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21Was not Abraham *our father* justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? *22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?* 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was *imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.* 24Ye see then how that by works a man is *justified,* and not by faith only. 25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot *justified by works,* when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26For as the body *without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.* There is NO mention of any Judgement seat in James 2. The doctrine in James Chapter 2 is Tribulation doctrine. We are Justified by Faith. The Jews in the Tribulation will be Justified by faith AND works. No judgement here. James is written primarily to the Jews NOT the Body of Christ : James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the *twelve tribes which are scattered abroad,* greeting. Paul states that there are three groups of people today: Jew, gentile and Church of God. (1 Cor. 10:32) Paul says that Abraham was Justified by faith without the works of the Law in citing Genesis Ch. 15. James says Abraham was Justified by faith AND works in Genesis Ch. 22. Abram was justified by Faith as a gentile. He was renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 and CIRCUMCISED in Genesis 17:11. Paul states that circumcision avails nothing for the Christian. (Romans 4:10-11) Abraham was Justified as a Jew by faith and works. He entered into a Covenant with God. We are saved by a Testament. The Jews were given the Law and works were expected. After the Church is caught up salvation will not be by faith only. There are passages in Hebrews that state a man can LOSE his salvation, and IF he does he CANNOT get it back: Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is *impossible* for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, *6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance;* seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. The Book of Hebrews is to... the Hebrews. If you follow the order the New Testament books you find a Pre-Tribulational pattern in them. Paul's epistles are followed by Hebrews and James. After the rapture, in the Tribulation you WILL have to have works AND faith: If we are saved by the gospel of 1 Cor. 15:1-4 (Which we are) why would Jesus say this: MATTHEW 24: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this *gospel of the kingdom* shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and *then shall the end come.* 15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) After the gentiles are cut off from the free gift (Romans 11:20-22) God will deal with Israel. The gospel of the Kingdom is preached again. If you take the mark of the beast you go to Hell and can LOSE salvation. There are many passages in scripture about Justification and a man losing salvation you must rightly divide the scriptures.
James is not written to those who will endure the 7 year tribulation… it is written to Jews going through trials BECAUSE they are “scattered abroad.” He is writing to his contemporary brethren, but it also applies to the believer today. The clear message given is the proper interpretation of the book. Faith without works is a useless, unprofitable faith. It does not mean your faith is eradicated if you do not work (regardless of the dispensation). - Trent
A believer will be unable to take the mark. Evidently, something will be clear in that day where believers are distinguished. The believers will mostly be beheaded. - Trent
@BibleLine You mean all those who become Believers during the tribulation, right? I ask because I thought all current Believers would not experience the tribulation due to being raptured up to heaven.
@@BibleLine okay thank you. I’m ordering the “Am I going to heaven” gospel tracks and I want the “Handbook Of Personal Evangelism” as well but it says is in back order. I will order that one as soon as is back in stock.
God has been faithful to lead me to your preaching pastor Jesse. Thank you for beginning to clear up YEARS of confusion.
Same here.
That’s good preaching pastor
AMEN Pastor!!!! Praise God for your rightly dividing the word of God.
John MacArthur has entered the chat. 😂😂😂😂😂
Love it. I just left a church where most men there either graduated from or were currently enrolled at MacArthurs Masters Seminary. I struggled with their Calvinism, and tried to still attend, for as long as I could. In a period of 3 weeks, one of them gave 2 sermons on the book of James and each time he continued to refer to knowing if you have “saving faith”.
Seeing multiple times where these elders talked about how they have questioned their salvation, and most of the youth group constantly tried to figure out who is and isn’t “elect” I could clearly see the damage their belief system caused. I knew I had to get my family away from that false gospel and keep them grounded in truth.
This is a great sermon. Gives us a lot of context that is usually left out of this subject. God bless
Holy dooly the scales have fallen from my eyes
Glad this helped you. Thanks for sharing with us.
- Trent
Another problem and probably the biggest , is that many people would immediately give up on Christ if they thought they needed to preform in order to be saved. They are scaring away the sinners rather than using God's word of simple belief to save them.
39:07 the description in Romans 3 is regarding unbelieving people, most certainly not believers. A believer is made righteous, made holy and sealed by the Spirit. The believer is in Christ and is indwelled by the Holy Spirit of God in whom there is no darkness at all.
So question:
How do we not walk in anxiety and fear that we aren’t doing enough for Christ since we can fail daily
despite trying to live for him ?
And how do we not do good works just to get a reward which would seem selfish from wrong motives ?
Doing good works because God will reward you is the best way to do good. Think about it. God wants you to do good. But you cannot do good without having imperfect motives.
Only God can do good perfectly.
So even if you could do good without God, you still are doing it in the flesh, which makes it evil. You have to walk after the Spirit for it to be good. You can only do this when you believe God.
Doing good because God will reward you admits two things:
1.) You believe God.
2.) You want to do what He says.
You can't do good ONLY because God will reward you, because you have to believe God first. And God WANTS to reward His children. A man who delights in the law of the Lord is something the Lord rejoices in! His children SHOULD desire righteousness.
And so it can't be "selfish" to do good works for rewards because doing God's will is His explicit purpose for your life! And His will can never be sinful. So don't try to worry about your motives. Worry about what God wants you to do and do it!\
God bless you!
Think about it as 2 things but one has nothing to do with thee other. Salvation is by belief and faith in the Gospel. Essentially Jesus's life,buried, resurrection...that HIS work makes a door for eternal salvation.
The second half is works... works are good as it shines light to unbelievers of Christ. We show people Jesus through good works. But these works are apart from Salvation. As far as following the Law of Moses (10 commandments) yes they are good to keep but they do not save us. We ALL fail at those requirements, so don't look at them as a sign of salvation or loss of. We ALL sin even when we try not to sin , that why Jesus is our way out. He did what we could not do for ourselves. Just believe in Christ as your salvation. The works is just between you and God but he will not cast you out for not keeping them as no human can keep them all. If you break one law your guilty of it all. Just try and do good to others as you would like to be done unto you.
@@nicholas3073 thank you !
That was encouraging
@@danperez3970 thank you for your response!
I know 100% I’m saved so I’m not worried about my salvation and I know works play no part in our salvation either.
I just get really frustrated sometimes trying to live for the Lord struggling to daily walk in the Spirit and not in my flesh , wondering if I’ll be ashamed at the Judgment Seat of Christ.
I try and fail and try and fail and have better days than others sometimes in my daily walk which is probably the same for many believers.
I just want do God’s will and please him so when I appear before him , he’ll be able to say , well done , good and faithful servant. However, It’s all about him and not me getting the glory but living this life sure seems like a constant battle and so I question how I’m doing in his eyes.
@Smerm they way I see it. If the great apostle Paul struggle so severely. I can struggle and will struggle to in this imperfect carnal body too.
36:36
Acts28.27
Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
Romans9.3
For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
Paul absolutely refers to Jews as brother. James referring to Jews as brother is not enough to determine who he is speaking to.
27:59 this is interesting. In this little section you say that young children basically learn to sin.
Obviously sin is taught and passed down through teaching and by observance.
This doesn’t really pertain to the topic of this video but why do you take issue with repent meaning to change one’s attitude toward sin. If sin encompass anything that goes against Gods will, or as Paul explains anything not done in faith. Then wouldn’t it be almost implied that if you hear the Gospel of Jesus, and Believe that he is who he said he was and did what he said he came to do, namely that he is the Son of God who sacrificed himself to atone for the sin debt and then be resurrected, then in believing that is the case that one would of had to in that moment that his sin needed atoning for? Which would mean they have turned back from a life of wonton sinning to a life of understanding the terrible cost of sin.
That’s the thing though; your last statement. Salvation is not “turning from sinning to a life of understanding the cost of sin.” Repentance is required for salvation, but repentance is ONLY defined as a change of mind about Jesus; not sin. Example: Specifically the Jews had rejected Jesus, and they needed to accept him. In order to accept him, they had to change their mind about rejecting him and who he truly was. Repentance for salvation is only a change of mind.
- Trent
@@BibleLine ok fair enough. But what is a person believing about Jesus if they aren’t believing that he atoned for our sin debt. And if they are correctly believing that, doesn’t that mean that an attitude about the sin they’ve committed must change in response?
Key word: “must”
It isn’t a must that a person has to change their attitude toward sin. The only thing a person has to do is realize they DO sin (which is usually easy for most people to accept), but they then need to believe in Jesus. Realizing you are a sinner does not mean you will change your sin habits. The scripture also does not claim that you must change sin habits in order to be saved.
Now, it is a good response to believe the gospel THEN change your sin habits. The problem is, some people (maybe a lot of people) just don’t do that. Hence carnal Christians and Christians that even forget they were ever saved.
- Trent
@@BibleLine ahh beautiful. Penny drop. Thank you brother. I want to teach and evangelise but it’s very important to me that I do it Gods way. Bless you!
I suppose your closing point highlights the desperate need for decipleship after the fact.
Thanks Hayden!! You're open and honest with your responses. I appreciate that.
- Trent
JAMES 2
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21Was not Abraham *our father* justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
*22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?*
23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was *imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.*
24Ye see then how that by works a man is *justified,* and not by faith only.
25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot *justified by works,* when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
26For as the body *without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.*
There is NO mention of any Judgement seat in James 2. The doctrine in James Chapter 2 is Tribulation doctrine. We are Justified by Faith. The Jews in the Tribulation will be Justified by faith AND works. No judgement here.
James is written primarily to the Jews NOT the Body of Christ :
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the *twelve tribes which are scattered abroad,* greeting.
Paul states that there are three groups of people today: Jew, gentile and Church of God. (1 Cor. 10:32)
Paul says that Abraham was Justified by faith without the works of the Law in citing Genesis Ch. 15.
James says Abraham was Justified by faith AND works in Genesis Ch. 22.
Abram was justified by Faith as a gentile.
He was renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 and CIRCUMCISED in Genesis 17:11.
Paul states that circumcision avails nothing for the Christian. (Romans 4:10-11)
Abraham was Justified as a Jew by faith and works. He entered into a Covenant with God. We are saved by a Testament. The Jews were given the Law and works were expected. After the Church is caught up salvation will not be by faith only.
There are passages in Hebrews that state a man can LOSE his salvation, and IF he does he CANNOT get it back:
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is *impossible* for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
*6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance;* seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
The Book of Hebrews is to... the Hebrews.
If you follow the order the New Testament books you find a Pre-Tribulational pattern in them. Paul's epistles are followed by Hebrews and James. After the rapture, in the Tribulation you WILL have to have works AND faith:
If we are saved by the gospel of 1 Cor. 15:1-4 (Which we are) why would Jesus say this:
MATTHEW 24:
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this *gospel of the kingdom* shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and *then shall the end come.* 15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
After the gentiles are cut off from the free gift (Romans 11:20-22) God will deal with Israel.
The gospel of the Kingdom is preached again.
If you take the mark of the beast you go to Hell and can LOSE salvation.
There are many passages in scripture about Justification and a man losing salvation you must rightly divide the scriptures.
James is not written to those who will endure the 7 year tribulation… it is written to Jews going through trials BECAUSE they are “scattered abroad.”
He is writing to his contemporary brethren, but it also applies to the believer today. The clear message given is the proper interpretation of the book. Faith without works is a useless, unprofitable faith. It does not mean your faith is eradicated if you do not work (regardless of the dispensation).
- Trent
@@BibleLine do you believe a believer during the tribulation can lose his salvation if he takes the mark of the beast?
A believer will be unable to take the mark. Evidently, something will be clear in that day where believers are distinguished. The believers will mostly be beheaded.
- Trent
@BibleLine You mean all those who become Believers during the tribulation, right? I ask because I thought all current Believers would not experience the tribulation due to being raptured up to heaven.
I just wish some people would start their comment with “I’m a dispensationalist” to save time.
I live in Oklahoma and I want to order some gospel tracks on your website but it’s out of stock.. 😢 please restock it.
We’ll see about fixing that!! Sorry for the inconvenience.
- Trent
They are back in stock on the website!
- Trent
@@BibleLine okay thank you. I’m ordering the “Am I going to heaven” gospel tracks and I want the “Handbook Of Personal Evangelism” as well but it says is in back order. I will order that one as soon as is back in stock.
We are getting more PE books soon. Way to share the good news!
- Trent