I love the way you put this together. Man. I feel such a relief knowing the love God has for us. I also felt called out on the lone ranger part but that's conviction and I'm grateful for it. Pray for me I haven't gone to church in months because I felt ashamed.. I now know that's the enemy. I pray for anyone else who's going through this, may we all be led by God towards our spiritual brothers/sisters/elders in Christ, amen.
Wow.... I needed to hear this. I've been a Christian a long time, and I know God's word. But I've been struggling with marijuana for years. I'm miserable and in a way I'm thankful for the misery (I hate grieving the Holy Spirit). I just haven't been able to get out of this funk that's been holding me back for years and years. I sit back now and realize I don't have a brotherhood of believers around me... I've been lone rangering it for too long.
@@hottoddie3850 I've been doing much better as of the last couple months! Not perfect, but clean for weeks at a time... God is good and I need to remind myself that Christ died for all my sins when I got saved (past, present, and future), and that He's seen me through this. Blessings friend ❤️ thanks for the love and right back at ya, look forward to visiting with you in the Promised Land
I am very thankful for this podcast! Especially since in my first year as a Christian I was struggling a lot with pietism, with not doing enough, and even though I still struggle with those things today, it's like I am on a detox program from everything I used to believe.
I struggle a lot with anger and impatience. Over and over I fail in these areas. And have wrestled with questioning my standing with Christ a lot. To the point of feeling hopeless. Im so thankful my husband is the stronger "brother" who speaks these truths so fully and lovingly into me.
I prayed every day for a piece of God’s peace for 2 years. My prayer has been answered. My anxiety is gone and with it my anger has disappeared too. My wife left me but at least I didn’t have to keep living my life in that dark place. Don’t give up. Keep praying and God will change your heart and renew your spirit. God bless you
How are you going now, Katie. I hear your struggle, because I had a RAGE problem. I didn't know it was there until, at 49 years old, I moved to a farm with my parents and sister, so there was always _someone_ interfering with something I cherished or had made. Oh, how I'd scream out my frustrations and ... hatefulness. What helped was reading Proverbs and seeing what God thought of that. So, every time I spoke with anything but kindness I ran to Jesus and confessed my failings, then I went to the person and appologised. It was so humiliating, but over time the humiliation helped ease my next rage. It's been about a year now that I have not raged, and I'm working on dealing with disappointments with more and more gentleness and kindness. Not that I'm doing it perfectly, but just sharing what has been working for me. xoxo
I was thinking it’s easier to help but I found it hard to help a brother struggling in sin. While I was searching for a way to reach out and help; I found myself to this beautiful video. I always see my past self in people that struggle and desire to help as a brother who is now a pastor carried me with books to read and scriptures.
This is a great video but i have one issues. Regarding going to church. I love church and was involved in church ministry for years. I late 2017 I lost my vehicle and have no been able to get one since. The church I was attending never took the time to help with transportation. Since that time I have contacted different churches for rides, and for help with addiction. To this day, no one will help me get to church or even help with my sin issues. So I feel disqualified from help because I cannot get to church, through no fault of my own. I do have a friend I met through a Christian FB page who is a counselor and video chats with me once a week. He is helping me with the sin issues and to overcome religious OCD and performance/condemnation based living. Yes, just now learning how to relate to God as Father/son.
I wish I could go back to 2003 when I was walking with God for about a year and every night my highlight of my life was my devotion time and my alone time with God.. even though I struggled in sin like I do today I believed I would have victory over them and it would not get me down much... years and years of the same struggles and other disappointments in my life and I slowly became defeated to the point where today I have almost no prayer life and I lost my passion to see souls saved... I try so hard to reach out to God to light the fire in my heart again, but nothing.. my testimony at work is a joke, I don't stand up against or try to walk away from the inappropriate conversations with co workers like I should.. Whenever I am driving a long and I don't stop to see if someone on the side of the road needs help because I''m focused on getting to where I need to go I feel like God is saying to me "some Christian you think you are".... I just have no energy left in me and I'm scared it can only me I am headed to the Lake of Fire
I confess every time but keep on falling into the same sin, the sin of lust, uncleanness. I want to repent wholeheartedly. Need prayers and deliverance
New to this chat video vlog... you will see more of my comments. First I revealed my sin, was laughed at. Among many other issues, as well I been successful because what Jesus done on the cross. Isaiah chapter two verse twenty-two. I left it to God and I like the poor men broken and begging. As Christ defeated the very struggles I face if I trust Him with everything in me.
Yeah. please explain Hebrews 10:26. I’m asking. When does God Quit forgiving? What if marriage isn’t possible, yet PASSION & marriage is a NEED!, that never ever calms down. How does God see Hebrews 10:26?
John, I don't feel like you really answered the question. Yes, we need to escape from shame. But telling other people isn't necessarily the answer to defeating sin. For instance, a person doesn't start sinning because they feel shame, even though shame can make it worse. Shame is not the root cause. For a person who does not struggle with pietism and yet deals with committing the same sin over and over (such as bursts of anger), how does that true Christian stop committing that sin over and over, which is hurting people in the process? How does confessing to other Christians address the root cause of a specific sin? For me, I do not struggle with anger. But I do deal with other besetting sins, and yet as a Christian for decades, they still rear their ugly head. I don't particularly struggle with shame either, but the frustration of certain sins persisting in my life. For people who grasp the depth of God's grace and resist pietism, how can they practically put to death the misdeeds of the body? What are the applications of obedience?
Connectedness! Worthiness....and Accepted. Everyone Deserves. Every. Single. Person. :) "consider how to build one another up". going up in the classroom! Much love to you! "Joy, Rest, Comfort, Delight. Encouraged by your Brothers and Sisters. " 100.
Not so simple. I had breakfast with a younger pastor who expressed disgust at an older man; the old fellow had candidly confessed a besetting sin. In another case an elder told his wife of a man’s request for prayer in a similar matter. She lead a campaign to oust the guy from teaching because he was a “pig.” There is no safe place other than the prayer closet.
This is an important video. Is it possible for someone to commit sexual sin for a long period of time and still be genuinely born again? Some people think that if a person commits sexual sin for a long period of time, then it is not likely that he is born again. They would question the person's salvation. Some people think otherwise.
I just discovered your channel and really appreciate many of the topics I have seen so far when it comes to assurance and my walk. Just one question though, where can I write to go ask a particular question that I have?
Oh, no we hold to saint and sinner. There is never a moment where you will not need mercy, but fighting sin alone is not biblical. We must confess sin daily
The false church denies the power of the Holy Spirit to deliver us from sin. False ministers deny the power of the Holy Spirit to transform us to righteousness. They teach that the spirit will struggle with the flesh until we die, and that there is no remedy for this condition. In truth, we do not have both the Holy Spirit and the flesh nature. We only have one or the other. Jesus wins the battle for us when we are Born Again. Scripture says: Colossians 2:11 "In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ." Jesus cuts away the flesh when we receive the Holy Spirit, and we lose sinful desires. The Apostle Paul confirms this: Galatians 5:24 "And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires." We dont have both the Holy Spirit and the flesh nature. Scripture tells us so: Romans 8:9 "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you." Everyone who dies while still in their flesh has not been born again. Scripture tells us that sinning Christians are guaranteed to end up in hell: Romans 8:13 "For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live." Jesus only gives the Holy Spirit to those who are obedient. Scripture tells us so: Acts 5:32 "We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him." The Apostle John believed in the power of the Holy Spirit to transform us to righteousness, and we should believe also: 1 John 3:9 "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. No one born of God continues to sin for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God."
@jamallamaj3167 I received the Holy Spirit at a time in my life when I developed a real hunger in my heart to know Jesus in a personal way. I studied his word and I just became to devoted to learning and I told Jesus I wanted to meet him and he answered my prayer when 2 nights later, he appeared to me in a dream. In my dream, I was waiting to meet him and he came and took both my hands in his. He has been with me since then. I received the Holy Spirit, and I was changed, and I was able to stop sinning. When the Holy Spirit converts us to righteousness by removing the flesh nature, we lose all desire for sin, and we have a love for God’s Laws. You have to be sincere, you have to study dilligently, you have to repent of all sin, and become devoted to knowing God and his requirements for you to live by. It is all in the bible.
But now it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells in me.Rom 7:17,20.
I love the way you put this together. Man. I feel such a relief knowing the love God has for us. I also felt called out on the lone ranger part but that's conviction and I'm grateful for it. Pray for me I haven't gone to church in months because I felt ashamed.. I now know that's the enemy. I pray for anyone else who's going through this, may we all be led by God towards our spiritual brothers/sisters/elders in Christ, amen.
Wow.... I needed to hear this. I've been a Christian a long time, and I know God's word. But I've been struggling with marijuana for years. I'm miserable and in a way I'm thankful for the misery (I hate grieving the Holy Spirit). I just haven't been able to get out of this funk that's been holding me back for years and years. I sit back now and realize I don't have a brotherhood of believers around me... I've been lone rangering it for too long.
I struggle with the same thing brother. Same exact situation. You’re not alone and you’re loved very much!
@@hottoddie3850 I've been doing much better as of the last couple months! Not perfect, but clean for weeks at a time... God is good and I need to remind myself that Christ died for all my sins when I got saved (past, present, and future), and that He's seen me through this. Blessings friend ❤️ thanks for the love and right back at ya, look forward to visiting with you in the Promised Land
I am very thankful for this podcast! Especially since in my first year as a Christian I was struggling a lot with pietism, with not doing enough, and even though I still struggle with those things today, it's like I am on a detox program from everything I used to believe.
Thanks for sharing!
Wonderfully put. Church is more - much more - than music and a sermon; it’s the other 6 days of the week as the community becomes one body.
I struggle a lot with anger and impatience. Over and over I fail in these areas. And have wrestled with questioning my standing with Christ a lot. To the point of feeling hopeless. Im so thankful my husband is the stronger "brother" who speaks these truths so fully and lovingly into me.
I prayed every day for a piece of God’s peace for 2 years. My prayer has been answered. My anxiety is gone and with it my anger has disappeared too. My wife left me but at least I didn’t have to keep living my life in that dark place. Don’t give up. Keep praying and God will change your heart and renew your spirit. God bless you
I have anger/temper issues. I hold everything in and eventually lose my temper bad.
@@GlassJR
Spot-on! Thanks!
How are you going now, Katie. I hear your struggle, because I had a RAGE problem. I didn't know it was there until, at 49 years old, I moved to a farm with my parents and sister, so there was always _someone_ interfering with something I cherished or had made. Oh, how I'd scream out my frustrations and ... hatefulness.
What helped was reading Proverbs and seeing what God thought of that. So, every time I spoke with anything but kindness I ran to Jesus and confessed my failings, then I went to the person and appologised. It was so humiliating, but over time the humiliation helped ease my next rage. It's been about a year now that I have not raged, and I'm working on dealing with disappointments with more and more gentleness and kindness.
Not that I'm doing it perfectly, but just sharing what has been working for me. xoxo
I'm so tired of repenting so many times before always the same sin
Our flesh is at constant war until Christ comes and sets us free. Look into Jesus, he will keep you until he returns
ITS NOT LIKE WE SAY I THINK I WILL SIN TODAY BUT NOT TOMROW none of us do that
My right hand causes me to sin. I struggle to cut it off.
I was thinking it’s easier to help but I found it hard to help a brother struggling in sin. While I was searching for a way to reach out and help; I found myself to this beautiful video. I always see my past self in people that struggle and desire to help as a brother who is now a pastor carried me with books to read and scriptures.
I feei lost in my sin sometimes. And I want to feel closer to JESUS CHRIST I thank you for giving me hope.
This is a great video but i have one issues. Regarding going to church. I love church and was involved in church ministry for years. I late 2017 I lost my vehicle and have no been able to get one since. The church I was attending never took the time to help with transportation. Since that time I have contacted different churches for rides, and for help with addiction. To this day, no one will help me get to church or even help with my sin issues. So I feel disqualified from help because I cannot get to church, through no fault of my own. I do have a friend I met through a Christian FB page who is a counselor and video chats with me once a week. He is helping me with the sin issues and to overcome religious OCD and performance/condemnation based living. Yes, just now learning how to relate to God as Father/son.
I wish I could go back to 2003 when I was walking with God for about a year and every night my highlight of my life was my devotion time and my alone time with God.. even though I struggled in sin like I do today I believed I would have victory over them and it would not get me down much... years and years of the same struggles and other disappointments in my life and I slowly became defeated to the point where today I have almost no prayer life and I lost my passion to see souls saved... I try so hard to reach out to God to light the fire in my heart again, but nothing.. my testimony at work is a joke, I don't stand up against or try to walk away from the inappropriate conversations with co workers like I should.. Whenever I am driving a long and I don't stop to see if someone on the side of the road needs help because I''m focused on getting to where I need to go I feel like God is saying to me "some Christian you think you are".... I just have no energy left in me and I'm scared it can only me I am headed to the Lake of Fire
I appreciate you keeping it about the Bible and nothing more than that brother.
I confess every time but keep on falling into the same sin, the sin of lust, uncleanness. I want to repent wholeheartedly. Need prayers and deliverance
New to this chat video vlog... you will see more of my comments. First I revealed my sin, was laughed at. Among many other issues, as well I been successful because what Jesus done on the cross. Isaiah chapter two verse twenty-two. I left it to God and I like the poor men broken and begging. As Christ defeated the very struggles I face if I trust Him with everything in me.
Yeah. please explain Hebrews 10:26. I’m asking. When does God Quit forgiving? What if marriage isn’t possible, yet PASSION & marriage is a NEED!, that never ever calms down. How does God see Hebrews 10:26?
John, I don't feel like you really answered the question. Yes, we need to escape from shame. But telling other people isn't necessarily the answer to defeating sin. For instance, a person doesn't start sinning because they feel shame, even though shame can make it worse. Shame is not the root cause. For a person who does not struggle with pietism and yet deals with committing the same sin over and over (such as bursts of anger), how does that true Christian stop committing that sin over and over, which is hurting people in the process? How does confessing to other Christians address the root cause of a specific sin? For me, I do not struggle with anger. But I do deal with other besetting sins, and yet as a Christian for decades, they still rear their ugly head. I don't particularly struggle with shame either, but the frustration of certain sins persisting in my life. For people who grasp the depth of God's grace and resist pietism, how can they practically put to death the misdeeds of the body? What are the applications of obedience?
As gods church jesus wants all to take care of the ill,meaning physically and mentaly ,the poor ,ect. And if they dont then run ...
Connectedness! Worthiness....and Accepted. Everyone Deserves. Every. Single. Person. :) "consider how to build one another up". going up in the classroom! Much love to you! "Joy, Rest, Comfort, Delight. Encouraged by your Brothers and Sisters. " 100.
Needed to hear this today
Not so simple. I had breakfast with a younger pastor who expressed disgust at an older man; the old fellow had candidly confessed a besetting sin. In another case an elder told his wife of a man’s request for prayer in a similar matter. She lead a campaign to oust the guy from teaching because he was a “pig.” There is no safe place other than the prayer closet.
How do you know if your worthy if you keep choosing it? How can I be saved if I can't do the right things?
Confessing... Lust and bad thoughts
Pastor, I struggle often with lust. Please pray for me!
This is an important video. Is it possible for someone to commit sexual sin for a long period of time and still be genuinely born again? Some people think that if a person commits sexual sin for a long period of time, then it is not likely that he is born again. They would question the person's salvation. Some people think otherwise.
Am in the same struggle
I just discovered your channel and really appreciate many of the topics I have seen so far when it comes to assurance and my walk. Just one question though, where can I write to go ask a particular question that I have?
Our website: theocast.org has a contact page
@@THEOCAST Thanks so much. I have submitted my question.
Calvary greetings. I'm struggling with the sin of lust
I confess that i been committing and struggling with sexual sin 😢
Pray that God would convert you.
This can lead to the heresy of sinless perfection in THIS earthly life.
Oh, no we hold to saint and sinner. There is never a moment where you will not need mercy, but fighting sin alone is not biblical. We must confess sin daily
There are some well meaning preachers who say Romans 7: 14-25 is Paul PREconversion.
We know, the grammar is present tense
@@THEOCAST I can share a back and forth I had with a sinless perfectionist. Warning: it is lengthy.
That theology is so damaging. Robs people of rest in Christ
I DONT KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS DO YOU KNOW // I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA TO ASK JESUS FOR FORGIVENESS THAN SOME OTHER PERSON
Does this apply to sexual immorality in the form of watching pornography?
Sin? People get out of the dark ages!
Ill confess my sins to my priest 🙏
The false church denies the power of the Holy Spirit to deliver us from sin. False ministers deny the power of the Holy Spirit to transform us to righteousness. They teach that the spirit will struggle with the flesh until we die, and that there is no remedy for this condition.
In truth, we do not have both the Holy Spirit and the flesh nature. We only have one or the other.
Jesus wins the battle for us when we are Born Again. Scripture says:
Colossians 2:11
"In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ."
Jesus cuts away the flesh when we receive the Holy Spirit, and we lose sinful desires.
The Apostle Paul confirms this:
Galatians 5:24
"And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."
We dont have both the Holy Spirit and the flesh nature. Scripture tells us so:
Romans 8:9
"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you."
Everyone who dies while still in their flesh has not been born again. Scripture tells us that sinning Christians are guaranteed to end up in hell:
Romans 8:13
"For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live."
Jesus only gives the Holy Spirit to those who are obedient. Scripture tells us so:
Acts 5:32
"We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."
The Apostle John believed in the power of the Holy Spirit to transform us to righteousness, and we should believe also:
1 John 3:9
"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. No one born of God continues to sin for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God."
Have you stopped? How can I?? I need to know
@jamallamaj3167 I received the Holy Spirit at a time in my life when I developed a real hunger in my heart to know Jesus in a personal way. I studied his word and I just became to devoted to learning and I told Jesus I wanted to meet him and he answered my prayer when 2 nights later, he appeared to me in a dream. In my dream, I was waiting to meet him and he came and took both my hands in his. He has been with me since then. I received the Holy Spirit, and I was changed, and I was able to stop sinning. When the Holy Spirit converts us to righteousness by removing the flesh nature, we lose all desire for sin, and we have a love for God’s Laws. You have to be sincere, you have to study dilligently, you have to repent of all sin, and become devoted to knowing God and his requirements for you to live by. It is all in the bible.
How much sin do we have to stop doing? It seems like there’s so much and it’s so easy to do😩.
And how much do I have to read and study to make the temptations leave my head??
@@jamallamaj3167 I don't know, but without reading and understanding God's instructions for your life, change would be impossible.
Borderline error. I am watching you.
Funny comment
Example?
@@douglasmcnay644 Sarcastically speaking of course