Hi DD. A while ago I left an angry message about how hard it can be to pursue purity as a single man in today's society. I apologize for my attitude and thank you for continuing to allow God to use you. Since that last comment I made, God has begun a work in my heart showing me that the struggle with/against sin is not contrary to His will but is rather an opportunity to grow closer to Him and see my desperate need of Him! This video you've shared so confirms that in my heart! Please pray for me, brother as I stumble along the narrow path. I will pray for you, your family, and your ministry! God bless!
This is what many of the prosperity preachers get wrong. I had a pastor who i really loved at an old church say something like "Jesus' gifts are like when you go to your parents place. You don't have to ask for them, you just open the cupboard and take them" and later i thought... that's not true. Jesus doesn't just open all his gifts to everyone and say "take whatever you want!" because we're His children, and a good Father doesn't spoil a child and let them have whatever they want. A good Father says no even when the kids beg for something because he knows what's right for them
This reminds me of maturity. If you're a small child begging for extra cookies the parent will say no. Now I'm an adult and I am mature enough to go to the cupboard and get cookies, but I only take a few because I understand the consequences of too much sugar. Now I get free reign of the things I wanted as a kid but I have different desires and responsibility. Now the parents will let me have the cookies.
@@ngartola Sometimes God does bless people with prosperity. Some people are MEANT to live in poverty for the glory of God. We're here for Him, not for ourselves. A lot of prosperity preachers ignore the fact that Jesus and his disciples were poor and sometimes didn't even have a place to stay.
AMEN. we all stumble, and the more we do, it helps us to rely on Jesus. I got VERY sick in 2009, and it almost took my life, I cried and got mad. It shook my family. I lost hope. I lost everything. Then, in walks Jesus, just when all hope was gone. He healed me just in time and I realized, it was for his glory. Now, I'm a beacon of hope for hundreds of people with the same rare disease. The pain has helped me help countless people. It can be exhausting, but it's worth the life I've been given.
That kind of mentality broke my relationship with Jesus. Cuz since I was not able to do everything I thought I had to do so God would see me as a good servant, I felt like I didn't even had the right to pray, like I new that we are saved by Grace, and that there is a verse that goes "come boldly to the throne of grace", but I couldn't embrace it. I became so condescending to myself and to my brethren, and also bitter. Now I'm still struggling sometimes, but recognizing that was a complete lie helped me to begin to move on, and enjoy God and my walk with Him.
I understand that condemnation you feel. I once felt the very same feelings of hatred and unworthiness towards myself. Although those feelings used to consume me, I no longer feel them as strongly anymore. It's not impossible to escape that condemnation. Take a step back from your life and look at the big picture. We are all humans living on this corrupted and temporary planet. Earth was corrupted by sin. God never meant for it to be this way, but the sin of humans caused it to be this way. In the book of Genesis, the serpent in the Garden of Eden convinced Eve to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, and she convinced Adam to join in as well. Even though God told Adam before, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (Genesis 2:16-17). They both became spiritually dead in that moment and doomed the rest of humanity in sin. That is why God sent Jesus to die for our sins, so that all who repent and believe in Jesus would be forgiven and would receive the gift of eternal life, through faith in Him alone are we saved. That condemnation you feel is not from God, it's from the devil. The devil was the serpent in the Garden of Eden who convinced Eve to eat of the fruit and he is doing the very same thing to every generation of God's people. He wants all of humanity to join him in hell, because he hates us as we are made in God's image. Do not be deceived, you are a child of God, not a slave to the devil. I pray that God breaks every chain of anger, condemnation, and bitterness in your heart that are spiritually cutting you off from His love. His love is so great for you, more than you can ever imagine. Please do not believe the lies of the enemy, but believe in the God who sent His only Son to die for you. None of us are worthy of God's love, that is why His love is so gracious and worthy of praise! The only power that the enemy has against you is the power of deception. Break down those strongholds of deception with the Word of God. His Word is the truth. That is why it says in scripture, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:31-32). You can only be set free by the truth. Where there is spiritual defeat, there is always spiritual deception. The enemy has no power over you besides this, so destroy the strongholds of deception with the truth. Remember, you have the Holy Spirit within you! You have received it through faith in Christ. Your spirit is already one with God's Spirit, but your body and mind are being sanctified every day. Surrender your flesh to the Spirit of God and be made new! There is one more set of scriptures I would like share with you. They are about Paul. He is one of the Disciples who wrote the Bible. He was saved by Jesus, even though he had persecuted Christians for years and even murdered them. If anyone was undeserving of Christ's love, it was him. I want you to read these scriptures from Paul and remember, this is someone who went from murdering Christians, to being a Christian and a follower of Jesus. "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life." (1 Timothy 1:12-16). Receive the love of Christ. Not because you deserve it, but because God is so gracious. In Jesus name, Amen.
This is what happens when wolves in sheep's clothing and serpents say that we have to do works to be saved, stay saved, or prove we are saved. It's grace mixing with Law, which is literally the Galatian error. False brethren like John MacArthur, Paul Washer, and Ray Comfort are wicked as all hell for perpetuating the false and unbiblical, "repent of your sins" gospel which was never, not even once, preached within the entire bible. God isn't the author of confusion.
@neyopolitan2166 the false gospel that says you have to repent of your sins to be saved, or stay saved, or prove you're saved. It's false because it's works based salvation, and anyone with ears to hear and eyes to see can see the subtlety of Sa'tan within that false repent of your sins gospel.
2 Cor. 7:10 “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death” Well, u see repentance and faith can be understood as two sides of the same coin. Its impossible to place ur faith in Christ as Savior without first changing your mind about your sin and about who Christ is and what He’s done. Whether it may be repentance from willful rejection or repentance from ignorance or disinterest, repentance is a change of mind from rejection of Christ to faith in Him. But i get what u mean, one may mistake repentance as an act to earn or gain salvation. In reality, all of salvation including repentance and faith is a result of God willfully drawing us, renewing our hearts and minds. Nobody can repent or come to God lest he grants repentance, which is only possible because of His grace (John 6:44, Acts 5:31;11:18) Therefore, neither repentance nor faith isn’t a work we can do to earn salvation, rather salvation is a gift from God. Christ has done for us all the work on the cross, and he offers that gift of salvation for us. Its only through His grace that he offers us repentance and faith.
The line in the song that says, Jesus payed it all, all I owe to him. Says it all for me. I'm so grateful that I can't say thank you enough. Praise God, Glory to the King of Kings and Lord of Lord's.
As someone who grew up in a Lutheran home, it was KIND of implied (and joked about) that good works = salvation / bad things happen because i'm not working hard enough for GOD. The last 12-14 months have been an absolute rollercoaster for me. I spend hours crying asking GOD "WHY?". This was an incredible reminder that EVERYTHING is done so that GOD may be glorified. Thank you so much brother. Can't wait to meet you (maybe on earth, but definitely in heaven :P) and thank you personally for this. May GOD bless you and your ministries!
This! I grew up Lutheran too, and I read your comment and thought, “someone else gets it”. It didn’t help that my dad would watch Joel Osteen on Sunday mornings and I’d sit and watch and I became convinced that if I did good things God would be pleased with me. But then crazy, bad stuff happened to me, something out of my control but it negatively effected me and honestly caused me to be agnostic because I thought if God was real, this is a punishment for something. That this bad things MUST be my fault. But that’s not true! Yeah, there’s consequences for our actions, but God allowed these things to happen so that it would cause me to cry out to Him. Later, in 2020 I became a born-again Christian. I repented of my sins and trusted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. This lie hurt so much for so long and it gave me a twisted view of God, God had to correct in me. The issues I had was, I thought these bad things were a consequence of my failure to be good.
@@trevrockrock16two things can be true at the same time. He was referring to John 11 which does say “it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” And at the same time John 3:16 is true. God can do it because He loves us and because it glorifies Him.
I agree with you and was just saying that two things can be true at the same time. Is God not glorified when we say He died for us because He loved us? “This sickness” Jesus refers to is a specific situation but it is also an answer to the sickness, trials, and sufferings we face today. We might not get the same result as Lazarus but I’m relieved to know God gets the glory. John 9, Jesus says that the man was born blind so that the works of God might be displayed in him. Which is the same as God being glorified.
I mean, the book of Job completely disproves the idea that bad things happen because we aren't working hard enough for the Lord. That is one thing I've never understood as it seems almost like a belief that can't even be interpreted from the bible without negating entire sections.
@@trevrockrock16 The very first Chapter of the book of Job talks about how Job was blameless and upright, he feared God, and he turned away from Evil. God then allowed Satan to test Job's faith in God by taking everything from him, except his life. That right there shows that even with faith and living a righteous life, we are still not guaranteed any sort of rewards here on Earth, which the comment was talking about. God does bless those who believe in him and his Son Jesus Christ, blessed means extreme happiness though, he also will provide for us. Our guaranteed reward is eternal Life. I don't think we disagree here, maybe you misunderstood what I was trying to say?
I have begged God to change my dad since I was a child. He struggled with drugs due to a lot of neglect he endured as a kid. He began to get closer to God and read the Bible, pray etc. September he died unexpectedly at the age of 47 and I still fell mad about it, I even thought that God is a liar who listens to anyone but me. I began to resent it and at times I still feel angry but if I don’t talk to God, who else will I go to?
I never comment on TH-cam but your story broke my heart. I cannot imagine the pain you have been through but I have seen tragedies around me and learnt to weep with those who weep (Rm 12.15). I think you have the right reaction when you say : who else can I turn to ? (John 6.68) I'm glad your dad got closer to God before he died at least you can have the hope of seeing him again and the comfort of knowing he's having his best life now (1 Thess 4.13-14). But the pain of missing the ones we love is real and we have a God who can understand our pain and have compassion for us. He sees you, He knows you, He cares for you (1 Pet 5.7) . I pray for His love to bring you comfort and for your trust in Him to grow, having the confidence that He is sovereign, wise and good and that somehow even though it's difficult for us to fathom: all things really work for good to those who love him (Rm 8.28). It's OK to say to God: this is too hard or it's unfair. We have Psalm 13 for example and many other complaints in the Bible. I also pray that you will find comfort in the promise that one day there will be no more pain (Rev 21.4). May His peace be with you.
I'm sorry for your loss. Jesus mourns for your loss too. It is such a sad thing to lose someone you love like that. I don't have an answer but I want you to know someone read this and is praying for you.
God loves you. Remember that, no matter what, He loves you, He cares about your feelings, your life, your relationships. He is preparing you for his plans. Jesus loves you
@user-on8gd3rc3o I'm glad you wrote, but I can't use what you wrote. Your comment is heretical per the teachings of the Catholic Church, and we would consider such teachings as spiritually/morally dangerous.
This is a perfect example of the scripture Psalms 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
I struggle with this lie, too. I keep praying, asking to see what I missed that had me doubt the Lord, I don't want to doubt Him. He has been helping so much!!
My dad and I are believers in Christ, last August while I was in a trip in Colombia, he suddenly died due a stroke, I was angry with me cause I had been struggling with some issues with him because of my sister a year ago, so we live in the same house but didn’t talk. I really cried , pray to the Lord to comfort me and eventually, that’s the prayer he answered… at some point of this journey we didn’t understand the whole picture but Jesus is wise and he knows what he’s doing in our lifes.
Great word brother! We are made to worship the Lord, loving as He in this body…His hands and feet, to glorify the Father and His Son! Hallelujah! 🙌🏻🥰🙇🏼♀️🙏🏻
I'm so glad that finally someone talked about this. Because it is my testimony. My mom had cancer, and we prayed for her to heal. But she died. From the outside it looked like I was fine, but I didn't understand why it happened that way. I was confused, and maybe angry. Luckily I continued to go to church. (and i find answer) Now i'm blessed. I sing in the church band, and i know my place. So... I'm grateful to God for this!!! And i thank you for making this video!
hey Joe. Im sad to hear your mom passed of cancer.. I couldn’t imagine the pain and grief you’ve felt in that circumstance. You mentioned something to the effect of good things happen and it’s God and when unfortunate things happen that’s also God. I don’t agree with that entirely because it depends on the situation and who/what is involved but I will say as humans we do not know the mind of God, we only know what he revealed to us in his word. Sometimes things happen that we have no clue why it’s happening and we either blame God or give him glory for it, when in either situation we should have faith in the things he’s promised us. Life is life.. there’s ups and downs but God never changes. He knows better than us and promises to provide us peace when we cast our cares into him. I hope that helps a bit. (Also highly recommend reading the wisdom books of the Bible: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job) stay blessed
@@user-nk3zz9gz5h Thank you. I dont really blame God, I am sort of angry our culture pushes this religion on everyone. As for the mind of God, if a person believes in hell and that God made it, that seems thr most evil thing imaginable. Literally. I dont see why even a fallen angel should go there, certainly not permanently. Same with Hitler. If there is a God he is totally hidden. I am so ill I can enjoy almost nothing. This is from the wrong medication the doctor gave me. My own doctor did this. But its not terminal so I have to take myself or suffer maybe decades. This is not just ips and downs of life, this is a nightmare every day. And how foes Job help, he was cruelly tortured for no reason. Christianity spread so much fear. It uses the idea of punishment to scare in bully people. It’s really psychological abuse, very serious abuse In my opinion. I think people pushing it our abusing other people in that sense. If we did that here, put people in torture chamber’s, even for a year, or a month, we would be considered a monster. Peace
Thank you. I lived like this for a while but got transformed out of it. Thanks be to god for this mercy. Thank you for reminding me of this and effectively making me aware that it exists.God bless you all,may the lord give you all the perseverance to endure these times. In jesus' name we pray, Amen❤️🙏
The book of Job explains this as well, along with one of Jesus parables, in Luke, about this dad with two sons and one ran away but came back and repented, while the other son got angry about him not being celebrated, for his good works.
Dear Brother, Thank you for sharing this! The Lord Jesus Christ bless you, your ministry, and your family! Keep up the good witness for His Glory! He is ALWAYS with you!
Thank you so much for opening my eyes for n a way I can't describe. I am suffering since I met an old friend who was a really broke junkie who lost everything. Then he turned to Jesus and transformed to ab better person. So I said I have to follow him. Read the Bible every day, stop listening to my favorite music, leave everything behind... I started to follow, cause my life and my relationships haven't been that well. But in a way I rejected this path and over the last 3 years there was always that voice in my head. Do more, go deeper, pray harder... just to show your love to god to get a better life and the things I crave. Been struggling so hard with this permanently hustle. Thank you so much. God bless you. Much love
Just surrender it all to Jesus, say to Him, i don't know what to do with all these struggles, here, you take them and let Him love you and show you the way. It's all grace from above, all we have to do is ask, ask, ask, like the persistent widow in Luke 18 and recognise that apart from Him we cannot do anything!
Wow, great video!! I love the passion that you show, it really grips me. I've been in physical pain for awhile now and have prayed so many times for God to heal me. But I remember before I was a Christian how terribly upset and depressed I would get from these types of things. With Jesus however, I find myself just resting and trusting God's plan. I'm suffering a lot but knowing that God is in control gives me peace 😌🙏
Absolutely amazing and JUST what I needed to hear!! Actually tearing up right now. I didn’t even realize it, but I’ve been buying into this lie too. I’m going to start reworking things in my mind & heart. Thank you so much for this message 🙏🏻🤍
What began to grow my faith was that God was showing up in my life with so much love when I was using drugs heavily to cope while watching my Mum dying, I was so broken. I still dont feel worthy. I am changing everyday. I am a sinner yet Jesus loves me so much. Nothing I can do will deserve what Jesus has done for me. Gratitude and faith is truly all I can offer.
That was such a real and passionate delivery ... What you explained really pinpointed where I have just discovered in 2023 and finalising in 2024. Thank you it was wonderful! God Bless😀
Yes Amen God does weep with us in the midst of our pain, I have felt the Comforts from His Spirit that comes too that things will get better and that He'll get me through it all 🥰🙌 God is good and I'm so grateful for you Isaac blessings to you, your ministry and family!
@user-on8gd3rc3o unless you accept Jesus as your Lord, you will be judged guilty. Because none have kept the Law, in fact we die because we have all broken it and the wages of sin is death. But God provided the sacrifice, just like the passover lamb, like the Ram in the thicket, like Jesus Christ Its ironic you think Christians are idol worshiping, as you falsely self righteously believe God forgives sin just because you ask Him. You dont even believe in the real deal, that is that sacrifices have been the means to cleanse sin since adam and eve sinned and God killed two animals to clothe them. You are guilty under the Law, so be under grace through Faith in Jesus. Read Isaiah 53 so you dont just twist our Lord’s Word since you dont know Him enough to understand His plan. You dont even know your Old Testament since you dont believe in blood as cleansing sin. Youve made up a spiritually broke theolgy based on not the Old Testament but on a single twisted verse from isaiah
@user-on8gd3rc3o youre absolutely wrong. And you still didnt actually explain how im wrong about you breaking the Law. You don’t uphold the Law, you will therefore be judged guilty. Isaiah 53 is absolutely about Jesus, your unbelief is so strong. And still you dont even follow the actual Old Testament when it comes to your backwards theology where you twisted Isaiah into thinking God forgives sin just by asking Him. Thats never how it works. Sacrifice for forgiveness of sins is a blatant Old Testament practice Isaiah the prophet said the iniquity of the people of Israel would be upon the suffering Messiah (which jewish tradition has isaiah 53 be about messiah not Israel) and by his stripes we are healed. If you knew the context of Isaiah youd know at this time Israel is about to be exiled for failure to obey God. Called named like Sodom.. God does not take pleasure in the sacrifices because the people’s hearts are far from God. It doesnt make any sense for the suffering servant to be Israel, as the context for Isaiah onward is the failure of Israel, the destruction of the temple, captivity into Babylon Jesus is the Lord.. if only you knew God on a personal level. God bless you, dont let stumbling blocks stop you from experiencing God
What you're describing is called a "covert contract." "If I act a certain way, other people will respond a similar fashion." The problem is, they have no knowledge of this, and also no obligation to reciprocate or do what you expect them to do, thus leading you to become bitter and resentful. In the case of God, well, He knows, but is not obligated.
Thank you brother. Even though I know this I still battle with it and to hear it come from another brother in Christ helps out a lot. May Gods true meaning for you come to fruition is Gods time not your own, in Jesus Christs name Amen.
thats a heart posture I had to change as well. My husband and I live with my family and rent 2 rooms with our 2 kids. I use to complain and just have a terrible attitude about it. Walking with Christ helped me to change my attitude and be greatful, but even then I came to a place where i had to tell God.. " Lord even if we cant move and we never get a home of our own, Im still going to follow you." That was not in my mind at all or how I thought even a year prior. Trusting in God is hard, and that journey is tough and it hurts but he never is empty handed. Whether hes setting up something greater in the moment or years to come or your kids lives and you dont get to see, Praise God !! He is in control and all I want is His will over my life. My plans suck and fail haha
wow, this just hit home for me, tears in my eyes. i rededicated my life to Christ a little more than a year ago, but for the past months i’ve fed myself with so much incorrect doctrine and beliefs out of ignorance. I just sought to learn more about God and theology but i didn’t take seriously enough the effects of digesting incorrect teaching. i’ve allowed myself to listen to sermons and ‘christian’ things on youtube more than the Word itself, and all this time i’ve wondered why I was feeling so horrible towards myself and even others. i didn’t realize so much of what I listened to was preaching a works based salvation or prosperity gospel. i always felt like I wasn’t doing enough. that I wasn’t good enough to be a follower. THANK you for bringing this to light with TRUTH, and letting us know that we are not alone.
1 John 1 kJV 🩸 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
@user-on8gd3rc3o ✝️🩸 2 Corinthians 4 kJV 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. ✝️ gospel🩸 1 Corinthians 15 kJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 4 kJV ♥️ 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 🤔 Faith in what? Romans 3 kJV 🩸 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
@user-on8gd3rc3o Titus 1 KJV 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Come closer to god and he will come closer to you every thing we go through is in his plan thy kingdom come thy will be done keep praising god even in the darkness
Man I needed this…I’ve also been reading the Bible and seeing the extremely counterintuitive concept of thanking God even when everything is bad (a lot of David’s psalms for example)…I’ve recently even thanked Him for the hard things of gone through in life and it is Extremely freeing. Because I just handed it over to him and now know that even that was an instrument for His glory. I guess it all has to do with surrender ultimately. Surrender and persevering faith that God is with us and will never leave us, and that ultimately everything works for our good as well (Jer. 29:11)
Thanks for sharing. This is really important to realize as a christian. I don't think I'm thinking I can earn God's goodness by behaving good. But I recognize what you said about 'If you were here, this and that wouldn't have happend. Where were you?' To the point that I'm not only wondering where God is, but actually believe He wasn't there. That's a dangerous path.
I have absolutely believed this and God has never promised anything but earthly trials and everlasting life after death in His presence. I still catch myself believing this and pinning my hope on getting what I feel I need in this life and forgetting that what is promised is He will always be with us and we will be with Him in heaven. Not that everything will work out here on earth.
That really helps me understand this verse so much better 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Thank you. This is so relevant, once again. I think this is a process all believers struggle with at some point…it’s hard for us humans to recognize that our good works are because we are saved not why we are saved. We have to trust in Gods plan and stay the course regardless if we understand, or if/when we suffer or if/when we have blessed seasons. His goodness and mercy and wisdom and faithfulness never changes and is always for our good. We can be confident because of WHO He is! Amen?
@applefeliciaonly I thank you so much for your words of wisdom; they are like music to my ears. For what can a "valley of dry bones" do to earn immortality?
This was fantastic, love it, there is no salvation by works. Thank God for that. Sometimes we are tempted into thinking that we know whats best for us, but we are usuly wrong. We dont even know what makes us happy and content. But God knows.
God does bless us for being faithful to Him, but not in the way we may think. And God does answer all our prayers, but sometimes the answer is No or wait.
Amen! Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ! God places these situations in our path so we can learn and grow in our Faith and be good soldiers and disciples. If we are not tested we have not learned anything. Wait on the Lord and obtain key skills of patience and long suffering. Grace and Blessing unto all.
Your describing serving the Lord to serve yourself. Pretty contradictory to the real reason we should serve- because we love Him more than ourselves. Thanks for your important message😊
Plain and simple you guided me back so Christ. I’m young and needed someone to confront the modern sin and the battles my generation face. And you handle everything in such an amazing way. This held me,thank you. Oh also a man by the name of dr Charles Stanley of “In touch ministries” gave me the first taste of Christian. Now that I’m watching both of you, I have a strong building of faith going. So keep it up and may God guide you to speak the truth!
@@danielbelteshazzar-mg7rb life is scary enough, who wants a God of fear? These old religions were when we did not know science. They controlled people and gave them courage to war snd commit genocide. Relgion really harms people and divides people. A loving God hiding and then blaming his “children” for hiding? It’s nonsensical. Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence. If God appeared many more would believe. Its hard to just believe people that died 2000 years ago, about what thry heard from other people and wrote it down.
when I mean sin, I mean how to handle them. People in my generation ( gen Z) have things like being trans or gay and confuse lust for love. Older pastors don’t touch on this stuff to much and don’t really know how to handle it. But I’ve learned to deal with it with as much love and kindness as possible but not allowing yourself to commit the same sins at them. Every time I’ve tried to say something or do something different they always just say imm Judgmental and rude. So this video helped me!
@@joecheffo5942I don’t follow a religion, I follow Christ. The world is wicked and will destroy itself without God. We can’t rely on our own power, we need God and his love to guide us to a better tomorrow.
@@kalrideshondas9072 Imagine if I had a friend and all I had was his résumé. Never met him, never saw him, never spoke to him. That is not a personal relationship. You have a religion. You have a whole list of doctrines you follow, not based on a personal relationship, but based on your holy book, and what people have taught you.
Thank you for consistently providing such eye-opening takes on Scripture. I definitely needed to hear this and will try to share with others when they are struggling. I love how consistent you've been with posting content and I keep coming back every day. Your videos are always quite interesting to mull over and I love how you aren't necessarily pushing the doctrine of a particular church or denomination; you examine the Word and always try to portray it as accurately as possible and it's helped me to grow in my faith since I discovered your channel about a year ago. May God continue to bless your efforts, and I pray that your channel grows exponentially in the coming years.
I apologize for being so harsh before, but I am so proud of you for seeing this side of suffering. None of us "deserve" anything from God, save for salvation if we believe. No matter what happens in our life, it is all to bring glory to God🙌✝️👑🕊Good job💗
"Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he'll reap." Although we do not deserve anything, God will be good to us; just continue to do good and when you become everything God wants you to be, not only will you have peace, but when He comes back, He'll reward you handsomely.
Getting into that mindset of "Jesus owes me everything" is a dangerous mindset to get into. Doing great works in his name is a wonderful thing. We just can't allow ourselves to think he is going to repay us with so much because of it.
"Then his [Job's] wife said to him: «Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!» But he said to her, «You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?»" - Job 2:9-10
Good video. So many people are deceived in this way. It is just a way of trying to control people. God does not work in the way that people think, want, wish, hope, or have been led to or taught that He works.
@user-on8gd3rc3o There are a few very brief mentions about Jesus, by a couple of historians, but, they are not detailed. The question should not be if someone named 'Jesus' existed, but is if he really is / was the 'Son of God' and / or if he really ever did any of what the NT writings claim that he did.
Whenever the LDS missionaries come through my neighborhood, they think I'm nuts when I share with them that salvation is a free gift, because they truly believe that they have to "do everything that we are capable of doing" in order for God's grace to kick in. I've even showed them from their own unholy book, in 2 Nephi, that even the Book of Mormon states the biblical doctrine in the opening that salvation is a free gift. They never seem to understand this though because they believe salvation isn't the same as "dwelling with God for eternity", they have a whole concept of exaltation that they then go onto try and explain. When it comes to talking to fellow Christians, I find two camps: the lacksadasical, "nothing matters, faith isn't important, the good people go to heaven and the bad people go to hell" loosely works based position, or the "abstain from all sin, become pure, sanctify yourself, or else you were never a true believer" ultra-works tethered-to-faith position. Both are erroneous beyond belief. Then you have absolutely harmful people here on TH-cam like RAY COMFORT who go around saying "Repent of your sins! Stop sinning or else you aren't serious!" and people get even more confused. Acknowledging that you're a sinner who can't save himself is the repentance of salvation, acknowledging that no amount of doing good works AND no amount of ceasing bad works can save you and justify you in God's eyes, only faith that Christ did the works (both the sinless life and the death on the cross) can allow me justification in His eyes. I don't know what point I was driving towards but I felt it necessary to type this up. Faith alone saves. Grace doesn't withhold itself based on your performance. If it did, it would no longer be grace. Galatians 2:21 preaches it boldly: “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
I am LDS (kinda, I attend church there and agree with some things, but I think lots of things they believe are wrong) and it is truly heartbreaking how many of my peers believe that they can save themselves based on works. I could go on and on and present many scriptures about how wrong that belief is, but for now I’ll just say I thank God and Jesus for bringing you to try to show the missionary the error in that belief. Keep on letting God work through you!
This gave me so much peace. I can’t even explain it. It’s like a burden was lifted off of me, when I realized that I’m on the throne. I started to believe the lie that God WASN’T trustworthy, because I’m suffering. But I’m so happy to know that he’s still good no matter what I’m going through. MY relationship with the Lord has been suffering because of this lie. But now I see, Jesus is still with me.
We should also be ready and willing to go through trouble, hardship for the glory of God. Without complaining. This wisdom comes after going through hardships and trials. I have learned this just the past few years and it hurt beyond words to get this . I’m thankful, extremely grateful to the Lord for holding me while learning this truth. I asked why for awhile and complained constantly. Then Holy Spirit showed me what I was doing and it hit me. Everything a child of God suffers is for the kingdoms sake. It teaches us how to follow Jesus faithfully.
My experience the more I follow the harder I suffer. So I expect from God but I stay humbled. I stopped since a long time to ever accuse God anymore. I share my pain with him and wait on him. Saying yes to him.
This is such a hard truth. I lost my mom to Covid and lost my family in so many ways these past 5 years, and it’s so hard to see how He will use that for His glory. But WHO KNOWS what He’s trying to do. Maybe my hurt and my grief will provide a helping hand to someone who also has gone through the same thing. Maybe it’ll even save their life. I know God saved mine many times, I know He knows what he’s doing.
Let us remember that their perspective that resurrection was good as long as it was within 3 days due to the defilement and natural breakdown of the body. He not only resurrected Lazarus, He did it "when all hope was lost"
Sorry, I know this is a nitpick, but neither Mary nor Martha came to Jesus to tell him Lazarus was dying. They sent Jesus a message informing Him Lazarus was dying. As far as the rest of your video, this is such an important point that we need to learn. A few years back, I got fired from a job where I was making a lot of money and had a position of authority. Thing is, I was idolizing that job, and God needed me to focus on Him more. He took that job from me so I would place my identity in Him, and he has since put me in a new position that does not pay as well but is so much better for me in so many ways.
If anyone is reading could you please pray for me??? I think I have a herniated neck disc and I’m scared cause I’m so young 😢 next week I’ll go to the doctor. And i can also pray for you if you have anything you want me to pray for.
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Hi DD. A while ago I left an angry message about how hard it can be to pursue purity as a single man in today's society. I apologize for my attitude and thank you for continuing to allow God to use you.
Since that last comment I made, God has begun a work in my heart showing me that the struggle with/against sin is not contrary to His will but is rather an opportunity to grow closer to Him and see my desperate need of Him! This video you've shared so confirms that in my heart! Please pray for me, brother as I stumble along the narrow path. I will pray for you, your family, and your ministry! God bless!
takes balls to make this confession, proud of you my bro!
God bless you!
I understand how you feel. I am currently dealing with similar issues. But God is there for us even if we don't realize it. God bless.
Amen!!!. Love you brother. Keep going
We all need His help to do anything!
So beautiful! Jesus told me...DONT LOOK TO ME FOR WHAT IS IN MY HAND...LOOK TO ME FOR WHAT IS IN MY HEART❤
SO GOOD! ❤
Amen 🙏
This is what many of the prosperity preachers get wrong. I had a pastor who i really loved at an old church say something like "Jesus' gifts are like when you go to your parents place. You don't have to ask for them, you just open the cupboard and take them" and later i thought... that's not true. Jesus doesn't just open all his gifts to everyone and say "take whatever you want!" because we're His children, and a good Father doesn't spoil a child and let them have whatever they want. A good Father says no even when the kids beg for something because he knows what's right for them
This reminds me of maturity. If you're a small child begging for extra cookies the parent will say no. Now I'm an adult and I am mature enough to go to the cupboard and get cookies, but I only take a few because I understand the consequences of too much sugar. Now I get free reign of the things I wanted as a kid but I have different desires and responsibility. Now the parents will let me have the cookies.
Why God wouldn’t want to prosper you?
@@ngartola Sometimes God does bless people with prosperity. Some people are MEANT to live in poverty for the glory of God. We're here for Him, not for ourselves.
A lot of prosperity preachers ignore the fact that Jesus and his disciples were poor and sometimes didn't even have a place to stay.
giving your children gifts =/= giving them whatever they want
@@InitialPC Well, yeah. I never said God doesn't give us gifts. But he doesn't give us everything we want.
AMEN. we all stumble, and the more we do, it helps us to rely on Jesus.
I got VERY sick in 2009, and it almost took my life, I cried and got mad. It shook my family. I lost hope. I lost everything. Then, in walks Jesus, just when all hope was gone. He healed me just in time and I realized, it was for his glory. Now, I'm a beacon of hope for hundreds of people with the same rare disease. The pain has helped me help countless people. It can be exhausting, but it's worth the life I've been given.
#Amen
He doesn't heal everyone unfortunately.
I was in a terrible wreck. It was a great opportunity for witness. God is so good.
No, a good God would heal everyone. Period. @@joannquaid6037
That kind of mentality broke my relationship with Jesus. Cuz since I was not able to do everything I thought I had to do so God would see me as a good servant, I felt like I didn't even had the right to pray, like I new that we are saved by Grace, and that there is a verse that goes "come boldly to the throne of grace", but I couldn't embrace it. I became so condescending to myself and to my brethren, and also bitter. Now I'm still struggling sometimes, but recognizing that was a complete lie helped me to begin to move on, and enjoy God and my walk with Him.
I understand that condemnation you feel. I once felt the very same feelings of hatred and unworthiness towards myself. Although those feelings used to consume me, I no longer feel them as strongly anymore. It's not impossible to escape that condemnation. Take a step back from your life and look at the big picture. We are all humans living on this corrupted and temporary planet. Earth was corrupted by sin. God never meant for it to be this way, but the sin of humans caused it to be this way. In the book of Genesis, the serpent in the Garden of Eden convinced Eve to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, and she convinced Adam to join in as well. Even though God told Adam before, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (Genesis 2:16-17). They both became spiritually dead in that moment and doomed the rest of humanity in sin. That is why God sent Jesus to die for our sins, so that all who repent and believe in Jesus would be forgiven and would receive the gift of eternal life, through faith in Him alone are we saved. That condemnation you feel is not from God, it's from the devil. The devil was the serpent in the Garden of Eden who convinced Eve to eat of the fruit and he is doing the very same thing to every generation of God's people. He wants all of humanity to join him in hell, because he hates us as we are made in God's image. Do not be deceived, you are a child of God, not a slave to the devil. I pray that God breaks every chain of anger, condemnation, and bitterness in your heart that are spiritually cutting you off from His love. His love is so great for you, more than you can ever imagine. Please do not believe the lies of the enemy, but believe in the God who sent His only Son to die for you. None of us are worthy of God's love, that is why His love is so gracious and worthy of praise! The only power that the enemy has against you is the power of deception. Break down those strongholds of deception with the Word of God. His Word is the truth. That is why it says in scripture, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:31-32). You can only be set free by the truth. Where there is spiritual defeat, there is always spiritual deception. The enemy has no power over you besides this, so destroy the strongholds of deception with the truth. Remember, you have the Holy Spirit within you! You have received it through faith in Christ. Your spirit is already one with God's Spirit, but your body and mind are being sanctified every day. Surrender your flesh to the Spirit of God and be made new! There is one more set of scriptures I would like share with you. They are about Paul. He is one of the Disciples who wrote the Bible. He was saved by Jesus, even though he had persecuted Christians for years and even murdered them. If anyone was undeserving of Christ's love, it was him. I want you to read these scriptures from Paul and remember, this is someone who went from murdering Christians, to being a Christian and a follower of Jesus. "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life." (1 Timothy 1:12-16). Receive the love of Christ. Not because you deserve it, but because God is so gracious. In Jesus name, Amen.
This is what happens when wolves in sheep's clothing and serpents say that we have to do works to be saved, stay saved, or prove we are saved. It's grace mixing with Law, which is literally the Galatian error. False brethren like John MacArthur, Paul Washer, and Ray Comfort are wicked as all hell for perpetuating the false and unbiblical, "repent of your sins" gospel which was never, not even once, preached within the entire bible.
God isn't the author of confusion.
Wait what do you mean by repent of your sins gospel?
@neyopolitan2166 the false gospel that says you have to repent of your sins to be saved, or stay saved, or prove you're saved. It's false because it's works based salvation, and anyone with ears to hear and eyes to see can see the subtlety of Sa'tan within that false repent of your sins gospel.
2 Cor. 7:10 “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death”
Well, u see repentance and faith can be understood as two sides of the same coin. Its impossible to place ur faith in Christ as Savior without first changing your mind about your sin and about who Christ is and what He’s done. Whether it may be repentance from willful rejection or repentance from ignorance or disinterest, repentance is a change of mind from rejection of Christ to faith in Him.
But i get what u mean, one may mistake repentance as an act to earn or gain salvation. In reality, all of salvation including repentance and faith is a result of God willfully drawing us, renewing our hearts and minds. Nobody can repent or come to God lest he grants repentance, which is only possible because of His grace (John 6:44, Acts 5:31;11:18) Therefore, neither repentance nor faith isn’t a work we can do to earn salvation, rather salvation is a gift from God. Christ has done for us all the work on the cross, and he offers that gift of salvation for us. Its only through His grace that he offers us repentance and faith.
The line in the song that says, Jesus payed it all, all I owe to him. Says it all for me. I'm so grateful that I can't say thank you enough. Praise God, Glory to the King of Kings and Lord of Lord's.
As someone who grew up in a Lutheran home, it was KIND of implied (and joked about) that good works = salvation / bad things happen because i'm not working hard enough for GOD. The last 12-14 months have been an absolute rollercoaster for me. I spend hours crying asking GOD "WHY?". This was an incredible reminder that EVERYTHING is done so that GOD may be glorified. Thank you so much brother. Can't wait to meet you (maybe on earth, but definitely in heaven :P) and thank you personally for this. May GOD bless you and your ministries!
This! I grew up Lutheran too, and I read your comment and thought, “someone else gets it”. It didn’t help that my dad would watch Joel Osteen on Sunday mornings and I’d sit and watch and I became convinced that if I did good things God would be pleased with me. But then crazy, bad stuff happened to me, something out of my control but it negatively effected me and honestly caused me to be agnostic because I thought if God was real, this is a punishment for something. That this bad things MUST be my fault. But that’s not true! Yeah, there’s consequences for our actions, but God allowed these things to happen so that it would cause me to cry out to Him. Later, in 2020 I became a born-again Christian. I repented of my sins and trusted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.
This lie hurt so much for so long and it gave me a twisted view of God, God had to correct in me. The issues I had was, I thought these bad things were a consequence of my failure to be good.
@@trevrockrock16two things can be true at the same time. He was referring to John 11 which does say “it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” And at the same time John 3:16 is true. God can do it because He loves us and because it glorifies Him.
I agree with you and was just saying that two things can be true at the same time. Is God not glorified when we say He died for us because He loved us? “This sickness” Jesus refers to is a specific situation but it is also an answer to the sickness, trials, and sufferings we face today. We might not get the same result as Lazarus but I’m relieved to know God gets the glory. John 9, Jesus says that the man was born blind so that the works of God might be displayed in him. Which is the same as God being glorified.
I mean, the book of Job completely disproves the idea that bad things happen because we aren't working hard enough for the Lord. That is one thing I've never understood as it seems almost like a belief that can't even be interpreted from the bible without negating entire sections.
@@trevrockrock16 The very first Chapter of the book of Job talks about how Job was blameless and upright, he feared God, and he turned away from Evil. God then allowed Satan to test Job's faith in God by taking everything from him, except his life. That right there shows that even with faith and living a righteous life, we are still not guaranteed any sort of rewards here on Earth, which the comment was talking about. God does bless those who believe in him and his Son Jesus Christ, blessed means extreme happiness though, he also will provide for us. Our guaranteed reward is eternal Life. I don't think we disagree here, maybe you misunderstood what I was trying to say?
I have begged God to change my dad since I was a child. He struggled with drugs due to a lot of neglect he endured as a kid. He began to get closer to God and read the Bible, pray etc. September he died unexpectedly at the age of 47 and I still fell mad about it, I even thought that God is a liar who listens to anyone but me. I began to resent it and at times I still feel angry but if I don’t talk to God, who else will I go to?
stay strong he is good and his plan will be done. this not our final destination. whats this life compared to infinity with our heavenly father (:
I never comment on TH-cam but your story broke my heart. I cannot imagine the pain you have been through but I have seen tragedies around me and learnt to weep with those who weep (Rm 12.15). I think you have the right reaction when you say : who else can I turn to ? (John 6.68) I'm glad your dad got closer to God before he died at least you can have the hope of seeing him again and the comfort of knowing he's having his best life now (1 Thess 4.13-14). But the pain of missing the ones we love is real and we have a God who can understand our pain and have compassion for us. He sees you, He knows you, He cares for you (1 Pet 5.7) . I pray for His love to bring you comfort and for your trust in Him to grow, having the confidence that He is sovereign, wise and good and that somehow even though it's difficult for us to fathom: all things really work for good to those who love him (Rm 8.28). It's OK to say to God: this is too hard or it's unfair. We have Psalm 13 for example and many other complaints in the Bible.
I also pray that you will find comfort in the promise that one day there will be no more pain (Rev 21.4). May His peace be with you.
I'm sorry for your loss. Jesus mourns for your loss too. It is such a sad thing to lose someone you love like that. I don't have an answer but I want you to know someone read this and is praying for you.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted
God loves you. Remember that, no matter what, He loves you, He cares about your feelings, your life, your relationships. He is preparing you for his plans. Jesus loves you
I struggle with the same misconception and I have become quite bitter from it.
Good topic! Your videos are always interesting.
I feel this
@user-on8gd3rc3o I'm glad you wrote, but I can't use what you wrote. Your comment is heretical per the teachings of the Catholic Church, and we would consider such teachings as spiritually/morally dangerous.
This is a perfect example of the scripture Psalms 46:10
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
I struggle with this lie, too. I keep praying, asking to see what I missed that had me doubt the Lord, I don't want to doubt Him. He has been helping so much!!
My dad and I are believers in Christ, last August while I was in a trip in Colombia, he suddenly died due a stroke, I was angry with me cause I had been struggling with some issues with him because of my sister a year ago, so we live in the same house but didn’t talk. I really cried , pray to the Lord to comfort me and eventually, that’s the prayer he answered… at some point of this journey we didn’t understand the whole picture but Jesus is wise and he knows what he’s doing in our lifes.
Thank you brother. I enjoyed this teaching. God bless.
Even watching this for just a few seconds, you've already got the words I have been boiling in for years, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
Beautiful video! Such an important view on suffering and God’s goodness and grace.
Thank you so much!
Shalom!
-Christa
So beautiful and true! Thank you!
Great word brother!
We are made to worship the Lord, loving as He in this body…His hands and feet, to glorify the Father and His Son! Hallelujah! 🙌🏻🥰🙇🏼♀️🙏🏻
I'm so glad that finally someone talked about this. Because it is my testimony. My mom had cancer, and we prayed for her to heal. But she died. From the outside it looked like I was fine, but I didn't understand why it happened that way. I was confused, and maybe angry. Luckily I continued to go to church. (and i find answer) Now i'm blessed. I sing in the church band, and i know my place. So... I'm grateful to God for this!!!
And i thank you for making this video!
Sorry your Mom died of cancer, so did mine. It seems when we get healed, its' God, and when we don't, it's God. It doesn't make sense to me.
hey Joe. Im sad to hear your mom passed of cancer.. I couldn’t imagine the pain and grief you’ve felt in that circumstance. You mentioned something to the effect of good things happen and it’s God and when unfortunate things happen that’s also God. I don’t agree with that entirely because it depends on the situation and who/what is involved but I will say as humans we do not know the mind of God, we only know what he revealed to us in his word. Sometimes things happen that we have no clue why it’s happening and we either blame God or give him glory for it, when in either situation we should have faith in the things he’s promised us. Life is life.. there’s ups and downs but God never changes. He knows better than us and promises to provide us peace when we cast our cares into him. I hope that helps a bit. (Also highly recommend reading the wisdom books of the Bible: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job) stay blessed
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@@user-nk3zz9gz5h Thank you. I dont really blame God, I am sort of angry our culture pushes this religion on everyone. As for the mind of God, if a person believes in hell and that God made it, that seems thr most evil thing imaginable. Literally. I dont see why even a fallen angel should go there, certainly not permanently. Same with Hitler.
If there is a God he is totally hidden. I am
so ill I can enjoy almost nothing. This is from the wrong medication the doctor gave me.
My own doctor did this.
But its not terminal so I have to take myself or suffer maybe decades. This is not just ips and downs of life, this is a nightmare every day.
And how foes Job help, he was cruelly tortured for no reason. Christianity spread so much fear. It uses the idea of punishment to scare in bully people. It’s really psychological abuse, very serious abuse In my opinion. I think people pushing it our abusing other people in that sense. If we did that here, put people in torture chamber’s, even for a year, or a month, we would be considered a monster.
Peace
Now you know why your Mom got cancer? I’m glad you’re finding some peace but I could eith a wotld without cancer smd MS and ALS, etc.
Thank you. I lived like this for a while but got transformed out of it. Thanks be to god for this mercy. Thank you for reminding me of this and effectively making me aware that it exists.God bless you all,may the lord give you all the perseverance to endure these times. In jesus' name we pray, Amen❤️🙏
The book of Job explains this as well, along with one of Jesus parables, in Luke, about this dad with two sons and one ran away but came back and repented, while the other son got angry about him not being celebrated, for his good works.
Dear Brother, Thank you for sharing this! The Lord Jesus Christ bless you, your ministry, and your family! Keep up the good witness for His Glory! He is ALWAYS with you!
Thank you so much for opening my eyes for n a way I can't describe. I am suffering since I met an old friend who was a really broke junkie who lost everything. Then he turned to Jesus and transformed to ab better person. So I said I have to follow him. Read the Bible every day, stop listening to my favorite music, leave everything behind... I started to follow, cause my life and my relationships haven't been that well. But in a way I rejected this path and over the last 3 years there was always that voice in my head. Do more, go deeper, pray harder... just to show your love to god to get a better life and the things I crave. Been struggling so hard with this permanently hustle. Thank you so much. God bless you. Much love
Just surrender it all to Jesus, say to Him, i don't know what to do with all these struggles, here, you take them and let Him love you and show you the way. It's all grace from above, all we have to do is ask, ask, ask, like the persistent widow in Luke 18 and recognise that apart from Him we cannot do anything!
Amen Brother may God help us all do his true will
May the Lord bless you brother. May you grow with this struggle you are facing. I will be praying. Good day✝️🙏🙌
@user-on8gd3rc3o There is one way, one truth, one life which is Jesus Christ, the Son of God, whom God the Father Himself sent
Interesting fact, saint Lazarus tomb says "friend of Jesus".
I feel like every Christian would love to have that on their tombstone.
This brought tears to my eyes. Beautiful
Yeah that would be so cool brooo! I would want that to be on my tombstone.
I needed this message today. Thank you!
Wow, great video!! I love the passion that you show, it really grips me. I've been in physical pain for awhile now and have prayed so many times for God to heal me. But I remember before I was a Christian how terribly upset and depressed I would get from these types of things. With Jesus however, I find myself just resting and trusting God's plan. I'm suffering a lot but knowing that God is in control gives me peace 😌🙏
The Scripture God gave me as Colossians 3:2. Keep your eyes focused on things that are above?, not earthly things.
Confusion than grief and than acceptance I accept it may I get used to it amen 🙏🏻
This is so encouraging!!! God bless you. You have the gift of encouragement or exhortation, or something. 😁 Stay faithful!
Absolutely amazing and JUST what I needed to hear!! Actually tearing up right now. I didn’t even realize it, but I’ve been buying into this lie too. I’m going to start reworking things in my mind & heart. Thank you so much for this message 🙏🏻🤍
God Bless
@@GalaxyCatPlays Thank you!! You too ❤
What began to grow my faith was that God was showing up in my life with so much love when I was using drugs heavily to cope while watching my Mum dying, I was so broken. I still dont feel worthy. I am changing everyday. I am a sinner yet Jesus loves me so much. Nothing I can do will deserve what Jesus has done for me. Gratitude and faith is truly all I can offer.
That was such a real and passionate delivery ... What you explained really pinpointed where I have just discovered in 2023 and finalising in 2024. Thank you it was wonderful! God Bless😀
I’m SO happy to see you, dear brother, beaming in light and freedom in God’s love and God’s plan for you! ❤ Be blessed!
Amen!!! This was needed, and it’s hard. But needed to hear this 🙏🏾
This was a very good message brother. Heartfelt and true.
Yes Amen God does weep with us in the midst of our pain, I have felt the Comforts from His Spirit that comes too that things will get better and that He'll get me through it all 🥰🙌 God is good and I'm so grateful for you Isaac blessings to you, your ministry and family!
What a beautiful comment 😊
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@user-on8gd3rc3o unless you accept Jesus as your Lord, you will be judged guilty. Because none have kept the Law, in fact we die because we have all broken it and the wages of sin is death. But God provided the sacrifice, just like the passover lamb, like the Ram in the thicket, like Jesus Christ
Its ironic you think Christians are idol worshiping, as you falsely self righteously believe God forgives sin just because you ask Him. You dont even believe in the real deal, that is that sacrifices have been the means to cleanse sin since adam and eve sinned and God killed two animals to clothe them. You are guilty under the Law, so be under grace through Faith in Jesus.
Read Isaiah 53 so you dont just twist our Lord’s Word since you dont know Him enough to understand His plan. You dont even know your Old Testament since you dont believe in blood as cleansing sin. Youve made up a spiritually broke theolgy based on not the Old Testament but on a single twisted verse from isaiah
@user-on8gd3rc3o youre absolutely wrong. And you still didnt actually explain how im wrong about you breaking the Law. You don’t uphold the Law, you will therefore be judged guilty.
Isaiah 53 is absolutely about Jesus, your unbelief is so strong. And still you dont even follow the actual Old Testament when it comes to your backwards theology where you twisted Isaiah into thinking God forgives sin just by asking Him. Thats never how it works. Sacrifice for forgiveness of sins is a blatant Old Testament practice
Isaiah the prophet said the iniquity of the people of Israel would be upon the suffering Messiah (which jewish tradition has isaiah 53 be about messiah not Israel) and by his stripes we are healed. If you knew the context of Isaiah youd know at this time Israel is about to be exiled for failure to obey God. Called named like Sodom.. God does not take pleasure in the sacrifices because the people’s hearts are far from God. It doesnt make any sense for the suffering servant to be Israel, as the context for Isaiah onward is the failure of Israel, the destruction of the temple, captivity into Babylon
Jesus is the Lord.. if only you knew God on a personal level. God bless you, dont let stumbling blocks stop you from experiencing God
I’m so guilty of this. God help me drop this lie and recieve your truth in Jesus name.
Absolutely love your videos! Always so raw and true! 💙✝️💙✝️💙
This is so powerful! Glory to God 🙏
I done dug a hole to china walking in a circle! 😂😂😂 I relate to this message already at 1:30 down the line lol
Amen appreciate your clearance of God's word
What you're describing is called a "covert contract." "If I act a certain way, other people will respond a similar fashion." The problem is, they have no knowledge of this, and also no obligation to reciprocate or do what you expect them to do, thus leading you to become bitter and resentful. In the case of God, well, He knows, but is not obligated.
Thank you! I needed to hear this
Thank you brother. Even though I know this I still battle with it and to hear it come from another brother in Christ helps out a lot. May Gods true meaning for you come to fruition is Gods time not your own, in Jesus Christs name Amen.
thats a heart posture I had to change as well. My husband and I live with my family and rent 2 rooms with our 2 kids. I use to complain and just have a terrible attitude about it. Walking with Christ helped me to change my attitude and be greatful, but even then I came to a place where i had to tell God.. " Lord even if we cant move and we never get a home of our own, Im still going to follow you." That was not in my mind at all or how I thought even a year prior. Trusting in God is hard, and that journey is tough and it hurts but he never is empty handed. Whether hes setting up something greater in the moment or years to come or your kids lives and you dont get to see, Praise God !! He is in control and all I want is His will over my life. My plans suck and fail haha
wow, this just hit home for me, tears in my eyes. i rededicated my life to Christ a little more than a year ago, but for the past months i’ve fed myself with so much incorrect doctrine and beliefs out of ignorance. I just sought to learn more about God and theology but i didn’t take seriously enough the effects of digesting incorrect teaching. i’ve allowed myself to listen to sermons and ‘christian’ things on youtube more than the Word itself, and all this time i’ve wondered why I was feeling so horrible towards myself and even others. i didn’t realize so much of what I listened to was preaching a works based salvation or prosperity gospel. i always felt like I wasn’t doing enough. that I wasn’t good enough to be a follower. THANK you for bringing this to light with TRUTH, and letting us know that we are not alone.
1 John 1 kJV 🩸
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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2 Corinthians 4 kJV
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
✝️ gospel🩸
1 Corinthians 15 kJV
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 4 kJV ♥️
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
🤔 Faith in what?
Romans 3 kJV 🩸
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
@user-on8gd3rc3o Titus 1 KJV
15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Come closer to god and he will come closer to you every thing we go through is in his plan thy kingdom come thy will be done keep praising god even in the darkness
So completely true!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is what i needed to hear and be reminded of. Thank you and thank God for speaking to me through your message.
Man I needed this…I’ve also been reading the Bible and seeing the extremely counterintuitive concept of thanking God even when everything is bad (a lot of David’s psalms for example)…I’ve recently even thanked Him for the hard things of gone through in life and it is Extremely freeing. Because I just handed it over to him and now know that even that was an instrument for His glory. I guess it all has to do with surrender ultimately. Surrender and persevering faith that God is with us and will never leave us, and that ultimately everything works for our good as well (Jer. 29:11)
Thanks for sharing. This is really important to realize as a christian. I don't think I'm thinking I can earn God's goodness by behaving good. But I recognize what you said about 'If you were here, this and that wouldn't have happend. Where were you?' To the point that I'm not only wondering where God is, but actually believe He wasn't there. That's a dangerous path.
I have absolutely believed this and God has never promised anything but earthly trials and everlasting life after death in His presence.
I still catch myself believing this and pinning my hope on getting what I feel I need in this life and forgetting that what is promised is He will always be with us and we will be with Him in heaven. Not that everything will work out here on earth.
Man, I love this! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, my friend.
Fantastic message!!!!
What a beautiful video brother! Praise Jesus
That is absolutely beautiful. The way how you explain it made me teary eyed. God bless you.
This was a great eye opening video.
That really helps me understand this verse so much better
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
I very much needed this message, thank you.
Wow Isaac... thank you so much. Godbless you bro 🙏❤️
Amen! I needed this! thank you so much!
The best is yet to come
Thank you. This is so relevant, once again. I think this is a process all believers struggle with at some point…it’s hard for us humans to recognize that our good works are because we are saved not why we are saved. We have to trust in Gods plan and stay the course regardless if we understand, or if/when we suffer or if/when we have blessed seasons. His goodness and mercy and wisdom and faithfulness never changes and is always for our good. We can be confident because of WHO He is! Amen?
@applefeliciaonly I thank you so much for your words of wisdom; they are like music to my ears. For what can a "valley of dry bones" do
to earn immortality?
The way Isaac says sorrow is interesting
Amen! Great word!
“That life you craved is an idol” ❤️
Wow thanks bro… hold fast and keep your eyes to the clouds
This was
fantastic, love it, there is no salvation by works. Thank God for that.
Sometimes we are tempted into thinking that we know whats best for us, but we are usuly wrong. We dont even know what makes us happy
and content.
But God knows.
God does bless us for being faithful to Him, but not in the way we may think.
And God does answer all our prayers, but sometimes the answer is No or wait.
Amen! Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ! God places these situations in our path so we can learn and grow in our Faith and be good soldiers and disciples. If we are not tested we have not learned anything. Wait on the Lord and obtain key skills of patience and long suffering. Grace and Blessing unto all.
The message of the story: Its okay to use people, so long as in using them, they bring you GLORY. Use people as a MEANS to an END. Great message God!
Your describing serving the Lord to serve yourself. Pretty contradictory to the real reason we should serve- because we love Him more than ourselves. Thanks for your important message😊
Plain and simple you guided me back so Christ. I’m young and needed someone to confront the modern sin and the battles my generation face. And you handle everything in such an amazing way. This held me,thank you. Oh also a man by the name of dr Charles Stanley of “In touch ministries” gave me the first taste of Christian. Now that I’m watching both of you, I have a strong building of faith going. So keep it up and may God guide you to speak the truth!
Do you think we should actually solve problems ourselves? Let's make a better world, and stop relying on religion. Imo
@@danielbelteshazzar-mg7rb life is scary enough, who wants a God of fear? These old religions were when we did not know science. They controlled people and gave them
courage to war snd commit genocide. Relgion really harms people and divides people. A loving God hiding and then blaming his “children” for hiding? It’s nonsensical.
Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence. If God appeared many more would believe. Its hard to just believe people that died 2000 years ago, about what thry heard from other people and wrote it down.
when I mean sin, I mean how to handle them. People in my generation ( gen Z) have things like being trans or gay and confuse lust for love. Older pastors don’t touch on this stuff to much and don’t really know how to handle it. But I’ve learned to deal with it with as much love and kindness as possible but not allowing yourself to commit the same sins at them. Every time I’ve tried to say something or do something different they always just say imm Judgmental and rude. So this video helped me!
@@joecheffo5942I don’t follow a religion, I follow Christ. The world is wicked and will destroy itself without God. We can’t rely on our own power, we need God and his love to guide us to a better tomorrow.
@@kalrideshondas9072 Imagine if I had a friend and all I had was his résumé. Never met him, never saw him, never spoke to him. That is not a personal relationship.
You have a religion. You have a whole list of doctrines you follow, not based on a personal relationship, but based on your holy book, and what people have taught you.
Man o man... I feel this right now. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord....
Thank you for consistently providing such eye-opening takes on Scripture. I definitely needed to hear this and will try to share with others when they are struggling. I love how consistent you've been with posting content and I keep coming back every day. Your videos are always quite interesting to mull over and I love how you aren't necessarily pushing the doctrine of a particular church or denomination; you examine the Word and always try to portray it as accurately as possible and it's helped me to grow in my faith since I discovered your channel about a year ago. May God continue to bless your efforts, and I pray that your channel grows exponentially in the coming years.
I apologize for being so harsh before, but I am so proud of you for seeing this side of suffering. None of us "deserve" anything from God, save for salvation if we believe. No matter what happens in our life, it is all to bring glory to God🙌✝️👑🕊Good job💗
"Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he'll reap." Although we do not deserve anything, God will be good to us; just continue to do good and when you become everything God wants you to be, not only will you have peace, but when He comes back, He'll reward you handsomely.
@@fatalheart7382 I KNOW this comment wasn't directed at me! Right? I'm the one who left a comment weeks ago about this very subject.
@@DRVenard I was just trying to be encouraging to you. :0
@fatalheart7382 I'm very confident in my very biblical belief in Jesus Christ. The one promise Jesus made is that there will be tribulations.
Getting into that mindset of "Jesus owes me everything" is a dangerous mindset to get into. Doing great works in his name is a wonderful thing. We just can't allow ourselves to think he is going to repay us with so much because of it.
Your prefaced was exasperating. VERBOSE!
I couldn't finish viewing to hear the lie.
Wonderfully done wonderfully done.
Ay, Praise God That he has shown u the truth.
Jesus is With me. I love and help the humble..encourage sinners and am not fond of Pharisees. They are all still with us. 😊❤
"Then his [Job's] wife said to him: «Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!» But he said to her, «You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?»" - Job 2:9-10
Thank you you have opened my eyes now I can truly embrace my relationship with God, truly thank you
This is my new favorite video from you.
thanks for the reminder pain is not meaningless I needed that
JESUS IS KING!!!!
Good video. So many people are deceived in this way. It is just a way of trying to control people. God does not work in the way that people think, want, wish, hope, or have been led to or taught that He works.
@user-on8gd3rc3o There are a few very brief mentions about Jesus, by a couple of historians, but, they are not detailed. The question should not be if someone named 'Jesus' existed, but is if he really is / was the 'Son of God' and / or if he really ever did any of what the NT writings claim that he did.
We have to remember that God is a GOOD God and that His perfect plan and will far surpasses anything we could ever think of
Whenever the LDS missionaries come through my neighborhood, they think I'm nuts when I share with them that salvation is a free gift, because they truly believe that they have to "do everything that we are capable of doing" in order for God's grace to kick in. I've even showed them from their own unholy book, in 2 Nephi, that even the Book of Mormon states the biblical doctrine in the opening that salvation is a free gift. They never seem to understand this though because they believe salvation isn't the same as "dwelling with God for eternity", they have a whole concept of exaltation that they then go onto try and explain.
When it comes to talking to fellow Christians, I find two camps: the lacksadasical, "nothing matters, faith isn't important, the good people go to heaven and the bad people go to hell" loosely works based position, or the "abstain from all sin, become pure, sanctify yourself, or else you were never a true believer" ultra-works tethered-to-faith position. Both are erroneous beyond belief. Then you have absolutely harmful people here on TH-cam like RAY COMFORT who go around saying "Repent of your sins! Stop sinning or else you aren't serious!" and people get even more confused. Acknowledging that you're a sinner who can't save himself is the repentance of salvation, acknowledging that no amount of doing good works AND no amount of ceasing bad works can save you and justify you in God's eyes, only faith that Christ did the works (both the sinless life and the death on the cross) can allow me justification in His eyes.
I don't know what point I was driving towards but I felt it necessary to type this up. Faith alone saves. Grace doesn't withhold itself based on your performance. If it did, it would no longer be grace. Galatians 2:21 preaches it boldly: “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
JESUS says sin no more he also says if your eye cuases you to sin cut it out. Jesus said be ye perfect
I am LDS (kinda, I attend church there and agree with some things, but I think lots of things they believe are wrong) and it is truly heartbreaking how many of my peers believe that they can save themselves based on works. I could go on and on and present many scriptures about how wrong that belief is, but for now I’ll just say I thank God and Jesus for bringing you to try to show the missionary the error in that belief. Keep on letting God work through you!
This gave me so much peace. I can’t even explain it. It’s like a burden was lifted off of me, when I realized that I’m on the throne. I started to believe the lie that God WASN’T trustworthy, because I’m suffering. But I’m so happy to know that he’s still good no matter what I’m going through. MY relationship with the Lord has been suffering because of this lie. But now I see, Jesus is still with me.
We should also be ready and willing to go through trouble, hardship for the glory of God. Without complaining. This wisdom comes after going through hardships and trials. I have learned this just the past few years and it hurt beyond words to get this . I’m thankful, extremely grateful to the Lord for holding me while learning this truth. I asked why for awhile and complained constantly. Then Holy Spirit showed me what I was doing and it hit me. Everything a child of God suffers is for the kingdoms sake. It teaches us how to follow Jesus faithfully.
My experience the more I follow the harder I suffer. So I expect from God but I stay humbled. I stopped since a long time to ever accuse God anymore. I share my pain with him and wait on him. Saying yes to him.
you saying "I and God" made me stop reading. 🤣
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Thank God that His grace and mercy covers not only our sins of conduct, but also of thought, which includes heterodoxy in our theology/doctrine ❤
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This is such a hard truth. I lost my mom to Covid and lost my family in so many ways these past 5 years, and it’s so hard to see how He will use that for His glory. But WHO KNOWS what He’s trying to do. Maybe my hurt and my grief will provide a helping hand to someone who also has gone through the same thing. Maybe it’ll even save their life. I know God saved mine many times, I know He knows what he’s doing.
Let us remember that their perspective that resurrection was good as long as it was within 3 days due to the defilement and natural breakdown of the body. He not only resurrected Lazarus, He did it "when all hope was lost"
We have to go through bad stuff to learn lessons...... God knows what he is doing....... always.
Thank you so much. Makes sense to me as well.
Sorry, I know this is a nitpick, but neither Mary nor Martha came to Jesus to tell him Lazarus was dying. They sent Jesus a message informing Him Lazarus was dying.
As far as the rest of your video, this is such an important point that we need to learn. A few years back, I got fired from a job where I was making a lot of money and had a position of authority. Thing is, I was idolizing that job, and God needed me to focus on Him more. He took that job from me so I would place my identity in Him, and he has since put me in a new position that does not pay as well but is so much better for me in so many ways.
Wow... thank you so much❤
This was helpful to me, John 11 was the most recent thing I read so this gives me an immediate interpretation. Thank you
If anyone is reading could you please pray for me??? I think I have a herniated neck disc and I’m scared cause I’m so young 😢 next week I’ll go to the doctor. And i can also pray for you if you have anything you want me to pray for.