One of the many verses that hit my heart was “How can I boast on what I have received?” As a physician, I have nothing to boast about. I was given a passion for how the body works, a need to help and be around people, a love of teaching, and the energy to perform. I was given parents who greatly valued a higher education, I was given an intellect to learn hard things, the perseverance to stick with a task, and common sense to put it all together. I have contributed nothing on my own. Thank you, Jesus.
Mike is one of the few teachers I listen to. I love his honesty and the way he treats the scriptures with fear and awe. Now I can understand the scriptures and help explain it to my children. May God bless u And the family of God Who remain true.
20 years ago during our street preeaching in my town of Zagreb, Croatia we had some foreigners in the audience... turned out it was President of Romania, Emil Constantinescu. After the preaching he approach us and we had a small talk via his translator. That year he left politics :)
Emil Constantinescu is the current president of the Association of Citizenship Education, of the Romanian Foundation for Democracy and also the founding president of the Institute for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Prevention (INCOR).
the Balkans are a range of mountains stretching east across Bulgaria from the Serbian frontier to the Black Sea. The highest point is Botev Peak (7,793 feet; 2,375 m). the countries occupying the part of southeastern Europe lying south of the Danube and Sava Rivers, forming a peninsula bounded by the Adriatic and Ionian Seas in the west, the Aegean and Black Seas in the east, and the Mediterranean in the south.
Having come out of the faith movement I almost lost my faith, but Jesus in His mercy and grace brought me to a true Bible teaching church and healed my doubts and confusion. The Bible in context and the Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth. Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean NOT into your own understanding(feelings) and HE will guard your heart through Christ Jesus. Amen😊🕊
🌹Awesome testimony Kit Kat, i too am a survivor of that presumptuous (word of faith gospel?) movement. I was to the edge of throwing it all away, but it was the HS Himself who personally rescued me; quickening Job and 2 Cor. to my inner being - and thus saved me - even tho' i was later asked to leave a prominent Christian (X) commune, allegedly over an unspecified attitude - which i most certainly suffered under? But my faith also survived it and them - PRAISES BE LIFTED TO HIM!
Mr Winger... Thank you for teaching us the word of God...you are truly refreshing..and i appreciate your study of the bible and how you love teaching! Teaching the true word of God seems rare these days. God bless you and your family.
My wife was asked about Jesus being loving. She said to her friend, "He is always loving." Her friend asked her, what about the time he fashioned a whip and drove the money changers from the temple. My wife thought for a moment and responded, "That's Jesus showing tough love."
He specifically said that they were changing his Father's house of prayer into a den of thieves. They were stealing from the people who came to pray, both the peace of those praying, and the cost of animals as sacrifices.
Also they were selling in the court of Gentiles, the only place in the temple that the Gentiles were allowed to come and worship God so by selling in the court of the Gentiles they were actually disrupting the Gentiles who were in the middle of worship and prayer
Well, the man has gone on record saying that teaching (or I guess exhorting if you’re going by new king James language) is his spiritual gift. So it would make sense that if the Holy Spirit is working through him, his teaching would be phenomenal.
Just found this and putting it on my watch list for the week! Looks like I started it almost a year ago and didn't finish. I wasn't ready. But I've officially left the WoF movement now, and just reread Romans 8, which is pretty blatantly a rebuttal of WoF/prosperity. Looking forward to seeing how Mike looks into it.
Jesus is gracious. We should be gracious. Jesus is forgiving. We should be forgiving. Jesus gave us freely so we should give freely. Saved by grace live by grace. Amen pastor. A true follower of Jesus
You have a little more to learn. Mike has the leisure to make videos all day, instead of spending 16 hours plowing the Prairies behind a Mule. You his wife would be caring for your 17 children , and not be Watching You Tube. Wait a second...You Tube , the Internet : they are all the Inventions of PROSPERITY. So you and Mike are living the Dream, kicking back on the Internet instead of washing clothes on a rock near the river, and telling us the Prosperity message is a false one: that sounds totally ridiculous, Tammy.
Love is Never a Sin How about defending your faith biblically and explaining to her why you think she’s wrong by giving biblical examples. Instead, you just gave her a condescending answer based on hurt feelings and emotions.
@Love is Never a Sin- there is nothing wrong with prosperity: It’s prosperity preaching that is the problem. The gospel gives us so many non-financial gifts of the spirit but prosperity preaching turns God’s providence into a game of slots.
We've idolised the gift of life over the giver of it. Our minds should not be focused on finding more money - but finding more of him. The desire to gain more money by giving money is a twisted mentality.
It's actually an expectation which God told us to have. When we give for the glory of God then we should expect him to give what we have given back to us with increase. The key is giving for the glory of God.
@Tow Laro Well we don't just give a little, we give what he tells us to, which could be all that we have. It's not like gambling because there is no chance of losing. It may seem legalistic, because it is, it is a law that God himself put into place, we honor him with our obedience and we are blessed for it. “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. For I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy. “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord , you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Deuteronomy 30:15-20 NLT
Thanks for the videos Mike, been learning a lot plus I'm very encouraged by it. Thank God for the wisdom shown and I pray for more fruit of the Spirit in your life. God bless.
I always struggle to know or accept that I am saved. I have a strong desire to please God and I have turned away from all my Idols and I daily walk always thinking of ways to please God and making sure I discern sin and turn away but I always question myself if I am saved. Grew up in a Christian house hold and was always doing the ceremonial acts of Christians until I believe I was saved two years ago, so thankful for that day... now I live in awe of GOD because I am learning his mercy on me. I grew up in a very strange doctrinal church that believes allot of weird things like, wearing jeans, wigs, makeup, earrings is a sin until I was saved, if I am. and started to read the Bible for myself and started to question allot of things, instead of answers I got called a Jehovah witness by my own mom multiple times because allot of things didn't make sense and I wouldn't believe them. allot of this makes no sense but Pray for me you guys, really want to believe I am saved with a 100% assurance.
Thank you for being a teacher brave enough to teach the hard truths. I am trying to encourage my pastor to do the same but he feels that God is the only one who should judge ( based on romans 14) I have shown him scriptures that show how false teachers are to be exposed or judged as wicked but he says its not his job. So thank you and may God bless your ministry with open hearts that willing to listen.
Wow! This teaching was so encouraging and gives us the Biblical perspective which should lead us in the opposite direction of the prosperity gospel! Problem is, if people don’t read the Bible themselves as well study it for themselves, they can easily fail into these kinds of false teachings.
Anybody with good old common sense would know these snakes are frauds.Sadly they have a huge following and their churches are full and they live a millionaire lifestyle.Reprobate minds are the problem.Their churches should be empty - its all a circus of deception.Look at any videos on here of these fakes and its full of comments praising them !!!! something is very wrong.
38:00 ish is more or less where Mike gets into the proseprity Gospel Watch the whole video. Dont just jump to the time stamp Its important too understand the context of verses
How I say Thank you, Mike You're amazing in bringing Romans to live in my heart and mind. I've heard Romans before and understood the love of Christ and still fell short and pulled into self and fear. Enough said friend Bring me back to remembering how I should believe once again.
That message about the blessings of being poor is nonsense. When I was short on money, everyone avoided me, because they didn't want to help or get involved - No blessing in disguise there. That shouldn't be preached that way.
Teacher of the Word. Thank you for your ministry. Our just and righteous God smiles at you. I hope that's an encouragement! It's a reality we kinda have to marvel at sometimes!
Wait on the Lord and yes it takes patients. Yes you will have tribulations and through mine I know God loves me 33 years of tribulations. I am still blessed as he has sent others I never met or knew to tell me. This has been the victory for me his love and revelations.
One of the Greatest keys to Heaven is reading scripture for yourself. An honest translation in your language.Thus, giving the Holy Spirit The Word to work within your life.
When you were talking about people who are overly critical because they are overly critical of themselves, I think that is me. I look at myself and am not sure I am saved. Salvation is a Gift. I think too many people think that they already have it. Since it is a gift, why does everyone think they have received it? I get skeptical of so many people assuming that they are saved. Jesus said that very few people get in through the narrow gate. I think it is a dangerous place to assume we are on that road. There is too much "Don't worry... you are saved." I think we are supposed to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.
Always good to hear how you explain the word like this. Really brings joy to my heart.. It just makes me realise that I have been understanding the word correctly(for the most part) and that older guys can be teaching the wrong thing(like that is a real thing)🙌🏽. So essentially I'm not crazy😅🤦🏽♀️
Lol! "Doesn't your ministry need a jet?" That is hilarious! Great vid! Galatians is a great book too. It is so much needed today. The fruit of the spirit versus the acts of the flesh in chapter 5 should be a way to differentiate those that are christian apart from those that claim to be christian. As followers of Jesus we should lovingly call out those bad behaviors and set them straight. We wish for none to perish and all to find salvation thru Christ.
No sure about loving others more than ourselves. I will say the teaching is to love others LIKE ourselves, not more and God above all else. This is a pretty important distinction.
Sometimes people are asking about love because they need it. They really need it. Many are deeply wounded and have no love to give. You cant give what you dont have. I'm referring to the church. We are to be a place of love and healing for the wounded, like the man you mentioned.
LOVE THERE IT IS ! be loving to others, Jesus was a servant to others and that is what we should be. Yes he was radicle at times he had to be. Yet he is love, goodness, righteousness and truth. My father was a preacher and he showed love to others when he prayed for them in the streets, while they were drunk or on drugs. God precedent me because I am a child of God and he loves me.
I've seen my old church pass the plate a second time as a love offering for a specific purpose, but I have never seen the plate go around 3 times for the church...
They passed the plate 3x Seeds of faith, I have to donate 12 bedroom mansion, private jet Not smothered by financial suffering Expectation of Financial Wealth in this life is a petty expectation If I’m in Christ, I’m secure in Christ God consistently prepares us for suffering Romans 8 I am more than conqueror in all the difficulties and pains of life because nothing can separate me from the love of God
Mork & Mindy Jesus said that everyone who has left home...wives...children ...for the gospel's sake, shall receive In This Life a Hundredfold blessing of houses, mothers, ...
@@loveisneverasin9092 One thing he did not include in the list of what we will receive 100 fold is wives(spouses). And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29 NLT
43:30 Is when it looks like he starts to talk about prosperity preachers. Here is a(Prosperity Busting Silver Bullet Passage) Bible passage he uses 1st Timothy 6:5-8, "These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, A SHOW OF GODLINESS IS JUST A WAY TO BECOME WEALTHY. Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. SO IF WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD OR CLOTHING, LET US BE CONTENT." I also like how he mentioned how Prosperity preachers do sort of a "bait n switch" where they present what God promised to the NATION of Israel in the Old Testament as if it were a promise to an individual then or now. This is especially a FALSE idea considering 11 of the 12 disciples were brutally murdered, additionally so was Paul the Apostle, and many of the early church leaders. God didn't bless them with a private jet to fly away from their problems. LOL An additional verse I like to think upon when this topic comes up is when JESUS said, "Don't store up for yourself treasures on earth..... .....but treasures in heaven." Matthew 6:19-20
Wonder Woman puts up her bracelets, and nullifies your Silver bullet: I Tim 6:17 - 19...Paul writes in the same letter advice to the Rich , and says they use their riches to lay hold on Eternal Life. What happened , Lone Ranger ?? This is in the Same Book.
@@lawandtheprophets7489 How does that relate to what the op said? Some people are rich...that's not a sign of God's blessing. The rich are supposed to use their wealth responsibly.
Idk, there have been times in my life where I was at my wit's end. Joel Osteen's preaching was so helpful in reminding me that the Lord is with me and in me. I was able to get thru hard times listening to his uplifting words he preached thru Jesus. Him and Joseph Prince. I know you didn't name them but I know ppl who bash them for being too "positive".
@Craig Laycox If he finds supposedly apostate preacher's messages more inspiring than Mike's teachings, What does that tell you about Mike Winger's spirituality. Apostate men grow dark and ugly, not bright and uplifting. Mike is closer to the darkness of that message.
@Craig Laycox Now you call an uplifting message a Problem. That is why the downtrodden and discouraged avoid anti - prosperity preacher's. Here is an illustration: I went out horseback riding with my girlfriend. At the stream we unpacked the Picnic lunch from her horse...got the blanket and bottle of wine from mine, and she set up luncheon while I led the horses to the stream. After a wonderful roasted chicken and Cabernet, she laid back on the blanket, and with the Sunlight flickering in her eyes through the shade tree leaves, I took off her cowgirl boots and started to Tickle her body. She wasn't complaining. I folded back her Western Shirt , poured some honey over her belly, and used my tongue to get it out of her Bellybutton. Then I rested her head on my jeans, and used the fuzzy wildflowers I picked nearby to rub on her nose and cheeks and lips : and Tickled her ears. She's never complained about getting some warm and fuzzies that day.
@Craig Laycox there isn't anything wrong with prosperity preaching as long as the msg aligns itself with the Gospel of Jesus. There are many downtrodden believers out there that need to hear the msg of hope and Grace. And there are downtrodden unbelievers out there that need to hear the msg of salvation and grace. You never know who's out there at their wit's end. They need compassion and love.
@Craig Laycox I think your meaning of prosperity might be different from what I'm talking about. Also, your using the scripture out of context. The reason why the rich man couldn't inherit the kingdom of God was because money was his Lord and he didn't want to let go of it. Jesus didn't mean because you have money you wouldn't inherit the kingdom. For the rich man, this was a Heart issue and the relationship he had with money not a money or prosperity issue that he needed to work out with the Lord.
@Craig Laycox also, calm down dude...if your claiming to be a Christian, relax, I believe in Jesus as our Lord and Savior and I assume that you do too. I believe no one can go the Father except through Jesus and I'm assuming you do too. I believe it with all my heart. I mean, there's nothing wrong in having a dialogue about doctrine and the Bible but if you believe the same as I do, you should be rejoice that I'm your brother in Christ.
Man, I feel like Romans and 1st John, and the rest of the epistles were specifically written to debunk and pre-disprove heresies! ;) Romans got me out of Hebrew Roots, and now is Biblical evidence against WoF/prosperity G, which I’ve also left. During all these years, it’s the epistles I’ve read least... May I never let them go again.
Mike, I agree with almost all that you said, I’m not under prosperity teaching. In fact, God rescued me from a church like that. I think you missed the fact that prosperity in the eyes of God is not financial and it is His will for us to prosper. When we go through tribulation it may be the enemy trying to bring us down and there is a place for contending against and resisting the devil in such cases. The way you explained it invited people to just accept whatever life brings rather than contend for their situation. Look forward to comments.
Prosperity (the Hebrew word shalom) means having nothing missing, nothing broken, nothing lacking. It is physical, emotional, financial, social, and spiritual.
I have been a Christian for nearly 30 years. I have heard this scripture taught over and over again. I have taught it myself many times. For some reason tonight as I listened it dawned on me: "MORE THAN". Not we are conquerors. Not we are super conquerors. Not we conquer better than anything else similar. In fact I would suggest we are NOT conquerors when we are under the sword. But we are more than. Conquerors is not our vocabulary. Don't compare yourself to a phoenix rising from the ashes. We are sheep considered to be slain. Which is better than being a conqueror. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. Being a conqueror is about self, which we can't do this on our own. Kill me, but you can't stop God loving me or raising me up to glory on the last day. All praise to Him. Thanks for listening to my ramblings.
I'm not sure why they translated it to conqueror, but the greek word means overcomer, the word translated "more than conquerors" means super overcomer.
Was once asked to teach a lesson on the needs of the persecuted church--- need prayer---for strength to go through it ; to be witnesses; and to hold fast to their fath ( and that God would take away if / when His will)-- afterwards talked to the people who had been there-- only thing they seemed to hear was that God needed to take it away!
It's not really irony, it's a lack of understanding. It goes along with Christ being in us and us being in Christ. Christ being in us, is him being in our hearts, but also the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of our bodies. Us being in Christ means being in his presence and also us(our spirit) being surrounded by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us (the infinite God surrounding our finite spirit make us [our new self] god because our spirit is an infinitesimal part of the spirit that we now have dwelling in us).
It just amazes me the numbers of people who fall for what the prosperity guys sell. The give me money sow a seed and you may get some money to doctrine is so obviously false that it is amazing the numbers that believe it and give money.
Reprobate minds are the fake preachers income.They do not like people with any knowledge or discernment.Its pious fraud - the laws should be tighter on all this and see them behind bars.Its a disgrace what they are doing.
I don't believe in giving it to the preachers to distribute it .my brother also does this,he sets aside a certain amount of money each month to give to people if true need.these people are people he meets throughout his day and when the moment feels right he will help them .he gives them the money and tells them that this money was debited to God so take this and return this grace to someone else when you can
In vs 8:35-39, (what shall separate us...) Paul is talking about what will stop US from loving God and NOT what will prevent God from loving us. In context, we see that every item Paul mentions are things that discourage some people from loving God. It would be absurd to think that God would stop loving us because of our tribulations. Paul is saying that in view of God's great love for him, evidenced by everything God and Christ have done in v 31-34, etc., that there's nothing that will make Paul stop loving God. "Even though He slay me...." - that's Paul's faithfulness inspired by God's faithfulness. This is the fulfillment of Rom 1:17 "...from faith to faithfulness..."
It's a real testament to the character of pastor Winger that he's too busy telling the truth of the scripture to spend more than a few minutes talking about those who have it wrong.
oh wow, i need to hear this. i still owe you the research on gay people (very sorry still haven't delievered), but this video really deals with something right in front of me.
Hey Pastor Mike, I understand giving to get is just greed and greed is wrong, but what about Luke 6:38 that talks about you giving and being giving to in return? You said that when you give, you have less of what you give, but that's not what the Bible appears to be saying there. It said you give, and you have a good measure giving back to you. God bless you for your ministry. I just started following you and I've been blessed so far.
@MikeWinger, Great teaching but I have one question…If we are foolish to try to forgive ourselves, what about the verses that command us to forgive others? Am I missing some context here?
"May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. I also like the DIdache: one of the ways to identify false prophets.
12:33 such an immature understanding of paternal love...It is NOT loving for a father to NOT discipline his child...it is loving to discipline and rebuke your children This type of thought is why we have so many bad parents..they dont understand that structure, guidance and discipline are all needed flavors of love
One of the many verses that hit my heart was “How can I boast on what I have received?” As a physician, I have nothing to boast about. I was given a passion for how the body works, a need to help and be around people, a love of teaching, and the energy to perform. I was given parents who greatly valued a higher education, I was given an intellect to learn hard things, the perseverance to stick with a task, and common sense to put it all together. I have contributed nothing on my own. Thank you, Jesus.
Great statement! May I borrow to use for a sermon?
@@tungkolsamen3910 You bet!
You are right doc. Many blessings
Praise GOD for your humility.
Thank you for your service to the world on behalf of our LORD🤓
Prayers that more intellectuals see their success this -blessings to be counted 🙏🙏🙏
Such humility to be cherished and admired.
Mike is one of the few teachers I listen to. I love his honesty and the way he treats the scriptures with fear and awe. Now I can understand the scriptures and help explain it to my children. May God bless u And the family of God Who remain true.
20 years ago during our street preeaching in my town of Zagreb, Croatia we had some foreigners in the audience... turned out it was President of Romania, Emil Constantinescu. After the preaching he approach us and we had a small talk via his translator. That year he left politics :)
Emil Constantinescu is the current president of the Association of Citizenship Education, of the Romanian Foundation for Democracy and also the founding president of the Institute for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Prevention (INCOR).
the Balkans are a range of mountains stretching east across Bulgaria from the Serbian frontier to the Black Sea. The highest point is Botev Peak (7,793 feet; 2,375 m).
the countries occupying the part of southeastern Europe lying south of the Danube and Sava Rivers, forming a peninsula bounded by the Adriatic and Ionian Seas in the west, the Aegean and Black Seas in the east, and the Mediterranean in the south.
I never leave comments on TH-cam, but this video needs to go viral. Awesome teaching brother.
Having come out of the faith movement I almost lost my faith, but Jesus in His mercy and grace brought me to a true Bible teaching church and healed my doubts and confusion. The Bible in context and the Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth. Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean NOT into your own understanding(feelings) and HE will guard your heart through Christ Jesus. Amen😊🕊
🌹Awesome testimony Kit Kat, i too am a survivor of that presumptuous (word of faith gospel?) movement. I was to the edge of throwing it all away, but it was the HS Himself who personally rescued me; quickening Job and 2 Cor. to my inner being - and thus saved me - even tho' i was later asked to leave a prominent Christian (X) commune, allegedly over an unspecified attitude - which i most certainly suffered under? But my faith also survived it and them - PRAISES BE LIFTED TO HIM!
Mr Winger... Thank you for teaching us the word of God...you are truly refreshing..and i appreciate your study of the bible and how you love teaching! Teaching the true word of God seems rare these days. God bless you and your family.
My wife was asked about Jesus being loving. She said to her friend, "He is always loving."
Her friend asked her, what about the time he fashioned a whip and drove the money changers from the temple.
My wife thought for a moment and responded, "That's Jesus showing tough love."
Amen!
He specifically said that they were changing his Father's house of prayer into a den of thieves. They were stealing from the people who came to pray, both the peace of those praying, and the cost of animals as sacrifices.
lil chris tuten And he STILL loved them enough to teach them a lesson 😋
Jesus was rebuking with passion for His Father's house. Righteous anger.
Also they were selling in the court of Gentiles, the only place in the temple that the Gentiles were allowed to come and worship God so by selling in the court of the Gentiles they were actually disrupting the Gentiles who were in the middle of worship and prayer
'righteousness is what keeps love pure'
Love it!
Bro, gotta be honest, you can teach like a boss!
Well, the man has gone on record saying that teaching (or I guess exhorting if you’re going by new king James language) is his spiritual gift. So it would make sense that if the Holy Spirit is working through him, his teaching would be phenomenal.
@@blindvision4703 Qqq
Just found this and putting it on my watch list for the week! Looks like I started it almost a year ago and didn't finish. I wasn't ready. But I've officially left the WoF movement now, and just reread Romans 8, which is pretty blatantly a rebuttal of WoF/prosperity. Looking forward to seeing how Mike looks into it.
Jesus is gracious. We should be gracious. Jesus is forgiving. We should be forgiving. Jesus gave us freely so we should give freely. Saved by grace live by grace. Amen pastor. A true follower of Jesus
The second half is so clear against everything I had learned from TBN, and other prosperity preachers.thank you!
You have a little more to learn. Mike has the leisure to make videos all day, instead of spending 16 hours plowing the Prairies behind a Mule. You his wife would be caring for your 17 children , and not be Watching You Tube. Wait a second...You Tube , the Internet : they are all the Inventions of PROSPERITY. So you and Mike are living the Dream, kicking back on the Internet instead of washing clothes on a rock near the river, and telling us the Prosperity message is a false one: that sounds totally ridiculous, Tammy.
Love is Never a Sin How about defending your faith biblically and explaining to her why you think she’s wrong by giving biblical examples. Instead, you just gave her a condescending answer based on hurt feelings and emotions.
@Love is Never a Sin- there is nothing wrong with prosperity: It’s prosperity preaching that is the problem. The gospel gives us so many non-financial gifts of the spirit but prosperity preaching turns God’s providence into a game of slots.
Thank you for this teaching! It is such a delight to hear someone who preaches Truth
We've idolised the gift of life over the giver of it. Our minds should not be focused on finding more money - but finding more of him. The desire to gain more money by giving money is a twisted mentality.
It's actually an expectation which God told us to have.
When we give for the glory of God then we should expect him to give what we have given back to us with increase.
The key is giving for the glory of God.
@Tow Laro
Well we don't just give a little, we give what he tells us to, which could be all that we have.
It's not like gambling because there is no chance of losing.
It may seem legalistic, because it is, it is a law that God himself put into place, we honor him with our obedience and we are blessed for it.
“Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. For I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy. “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord , you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 NLT
@@lilchristuten7568 Are you Jewish?
@@lilchristuten7568 Yup. And seeking the Kingdom first. Sowing and reaping is also part of Kingdom Principles as well.
What a breath of fresh air too hear the truth. Thank you
Excellent Teaching, may God continue to bless your ministry.
Thank you for this message. Crying my eyes out.
Thanks for the videos Mike, been learning a lot plus I'm very encouraged by it. Thank God for the wisdom shown and I pray for more fruit of the Spirit in your life. God bless.
+Temitope Ok praise God! And thank you for your prayers! I really appreciate it.
I always struggle to know or accept that I am saved. I have a strong desire to please God and I have turned away from all my Idols and I daily walk always thinking of ways to please God and making sure I discern sin and turn away but I always question myself if I am saved. Grew up in a Christian house hold and was always doing the ceremonial acts of Christians until I believe I was saved two years ago, so thankful for that day... now I live in awe of GOD because I am learning his mercy on me. I grew up in a very strange doctrinal church that believes allot of weird things like, wearing jeans, wigs, makeup, earrings is a sin until I was saved, if I am. and started to read the Bible for myself and started to question allot of things, instead of answers I got called a Jehovah witness by my own mom multiple times because allot of things didn't make sense and I wouldn't believe them. allot of this makes no sense but Pray for me you guys, really want to believe I am saved with a 100% assurance.
Her Fear! How's this going for you? I've been struggling with this for a while now too. Any progress in your assurance?
Thank you for being a teacher brave enough to teach the hard truths.
I am trying to encourage my pastor to do the same but he feels that God is the only one who should judge ( based on romans 14)
I have shown him scriptures that show how false teachers are to be exposed or judged as wicked but he says its not his job.
So thank you and may God bless your ministry with open hearts that willing to listen.
I wouldn't get out of bed 2 walk across the street to see the prosperity preachers. No name it & claim it & blab it & grab it.
Ewald Radavich James Jacob Prasch...real good teacher too
@@Dee-sg4uq . Go to TH-cam and type in Dr. Fred Tarsitano. You can start with the origin of the Roman catholic church. Also many other subjects
Wow! This teaching was so encouraging and gives us the Biblical perspective which should lead us in the opposite direction of the prosperity gospel! Problem is, if people don’t read the Bible themselves as well study it for themselves, they can easily fail into these kinds of false teachings.
Anybody with good old common sense would know these snakes are frauds.Sadly they have a huge following and their churches are full and they live a millionaire lifestyle.Reprobate minds are the problem.Their churches should be empty - its all a circus of deception.Look at any videos on here of these fakes and its full of comments praising them !!!! something is very wrong.
To be righteous AND loving. Great concept!!
I LOVE YOU PASTOR MIKE!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
38:00 ish is more or less where Mike gets into the proseprity Gospel
Watch the whole video. Dont just jump to the time stamp
Its important too understand the context of verses
Some people would rather be lied to than hear the truth!
How I say Thank you, Mike
You're amazing in bringing Romans to live in my heart and mind. I've heard Romans before and understood the love of Christ and still fell short and pulled into self and fear. Enough said friend
Bring me back to remembering how I should believe once again.
Wonderful teaching. Thank you. We all need to hear this.
Fantastic message! I especially loved the ending. We have all we need if we are saved and following the Lord.
That message about the blessings of being poor is nonsense. When I was short on money, everyone avoided me, because they didn't want to help or get involved - No blessing in disguise there. That shouldn't be preached that way.
Lovely message!! I live in OC, I’d like to go to your church, it’s not easy to find a biblical based Christian Church
Keep watching Mike and be built up i your Holy faith.
He is so grounded in truth.
I am watching from Australia and love his teaching.
I watch from London
I so enjoy your videos. You’re a gifted teacher. God bless
Very very good. Am learning so much. May God continue to bless you and yours. Thanks for another great bible study session
Not just a conqueror. “MORE than a conqueror.” What comes after conquest? Ownership. Blessing.
Teacher of the Word. Thank you for your ministry. Our just and righteous God smiles at you. I hope that's an encouragement! It's a reality we kinda have to marvel at sometimes!
It’s unbelievable how many people follow these false teachers, oh I know... they don’t read the Bible
Or they read the bible better than you.
Wait on the Lord and yes it takes patients. Yes you will have tribulations and through mine I know God loves me 33 years of tribulations. I am still blessed as he has sent others I never met or knew to tell me. This has been the victory for me his love and revelations.
Really like your videos Mr Mike, referring my youth group to your channel.
One of the Greatest keys to Heaven is reading scripture for yourself. An honest translation in your language.Thus, giving the Holy Spirit The Word to work within your life.
Reading & studying the Bible is how we renew our minds.
When you were talking about people who are overly critical because they are overly critical of themselves, I think that is me. I look at myself and am not sure I am saved. Salvation is a Gift. I think too many people think that they already have it. Since it is a gift, why does everyone think they have received it? I get skeptical of so many people assuming that they are saved. Jesus said that very few people get in through the narrow gate. I think it is a dangerous place to assume we are on that road. There is too much "Don't worry... you are saved." I think we are supposed to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.
Thank you for preaching the truth!
Wait in trusting faith. It will be given to you.
Thank you, Mike. Fantastic study . . . as ever
Thank you...so helpful ❤️
Much appreciated.
Thanks for explaining the now & later of glorification.
Always good to hear how you explain the word like this. Really brings joy to my heart.. It just makes me realise that I have been understanding the word correctly(for the most part) and that older guys can be teaching the wrong thing(like that is a real thing)🙌🏽. So essentially I'm not crazy😅🤦🏽♀️
Lol! "Doesn't your ministry need a jet?" That is hilarious! Great vid! Galatians is a great book too. It is so much needed today. The fruit of the spirit versus the acts of the flesh in chapter 5 should be a way to differentiate those that are christian apart from those that claim to be christian. As followers of Jesus we should
lovingly call out those bad behaviors and set them straight. We wish for none to perish and all to find salvation thru Christ.
Just relax and love each other as we are directed and God will give us all we ever need.
Mike is the best! He speaks the truth in the bible better than most!
🔥 this is one of my favorite teachings from you.
I think this is the best sermon I have ever heard.
No sure about loving others more than ourselves. I will say the teaching is to love others LIKE ourselves, not more and God above all else. This is a pretty important distinction.
Fantastic word! So necessary today!
Thanks Pastor Mike
Solid teaching, thank you
Sometimes people are asking about love because they need it. They really need it. Many are deeply wounded and have no love to give. You cant give what you dont have. I'm referring to the church. We are to be a place of love and healing for the wounded, like the man you mentioned.
Only one door keeper.
John 14:6 👑
LOVE THERE IT IS ! be loving to others, Jesus was a servant to others and that is what we should be. Yes he was radicle at times he had to be. Yet he is love, goodness, righteousness and truth. My father was a preacher and he showed love to others when he prayed for them in the streets, while they were drunk or on drugs. God precedent me because I am a child of God and he loves me.
I like the phrase , Growing in The Lord .
No plaid shirt? Just kidding. Great word Mike. Thank you for sharing and creating this video.
I've seen my old church pass the plate a second time as a love offering for a specific purpose, but I have never seen the plate go around 3 times for the church...
They passed the plate 3x
Seeds of faith, I have to donate
12 bedroom mansion, private jet
Not smothered by financial suffering
Expectation of Financial Wealth in this life is a petty expectation
If I’m in Christ, I’m secure in Christ
God consistently prepares us for suffering
Romans 8
I am more than conqueror in all the difficulties and pains of life because nothing can separate me from the love of God
keep being humble mike, really like that character of yours,
Your hair looks so much better now 😋
I really appreciate you’re not so scared of your income dropping due to addressing REAL issues!
I am that person you talked about. Judging others and then myself time and time again. 😭 I'm so exhausted of this. But can't seem to break the cycle.
Love that! The name it and claim it crowd are correct but their timing is off! The promises are eternal, not for now!!
Mork & Mindy
Jesus said that everyone who has left home...wives...children ...for the gospel's sake, shall receive In This Life a Hundredfold blessing of houses, mothers, ...
@@loveisneverasin9092
One thing he did not include in the list of what we will receive 100 fold is wives(spouses).
And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 19:29 NLT
Thank you brother Mike
43:30 Is when it looks like he starts to talk about prosperity preachers.
Here is a(Prosperity Busting Silver Bullet Passage) Bible passage he uses 1st Timothy 6:5-8, "These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, A SHOW OF GODLINESS IS JUST A WAY TO BECOME WEALTHY.
Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. SO IF WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD OR CLOTHING, LET US BE CONTENT."
I also like how he mentioned how Prosperity preachers do sort of a "bait n switch" where they present what God promised to the NATION of Israel in the Old Testament as if it were a promise to an individual then or now. This is especially a FALSE idea considering 11 of the 12 disciples were brutally murdered, additionally so was Paul the Apostle, and many of the early church leaders. God didn't bless them with a private jet to fly away from their problems. LOL
An additional verse I like to think upon when this topic comes up is when JESUS said, "Don't store up for yourself treasures on earth..... .....but treasures in heaven." Matthew 6:19-20
Wonder Woman puts up her bracelets, and nullifies your Silver bullet:
I Tim 6:17 - 19...Paul writes in the same letter advice to the Rich , and says they use their riches to lay hold on Eternal Life. What happened , Lone Ranger ??
This is in the Same Book.
@@lawandtheprophets7489 How does that relate to what the op said? Some people are rich...that's not a sign of God's blessing. The rich are supposed to use their wealth responsibly.
How do we call out prosperity preachers as heretics but we call Calvinists our brothers?
Right? Calvinism is also heretical.
Idk, there have been times in my life where I was at my wit's end. Joel Osteen's preaching was so helpful in reminding me that the Lord is with me and in me. I was able to get thru hard times listening to his uplifting words he preached thru Jesus. Him and Joseph Prince. I know you didn't name them but I know ppl who bash them for being too "positive".
@Craig Laycox
If he finds supposedly apostate preacher's messages more inspiring than Mike's teachings, What does that tell you about Mike Winger's spirituality. Apostate men grow dark and ugly, not bright and uplifting. Mike is closer to the darkness of that message.
@Craig Laycox
Now you call an uplifting message a Problem. That is why the downtrodden and discouraged avoid anti - prosperity preacher's.
Here is an illustration: I went out horseback riding with my girlfriend. At the stream we unpacked the Picnic lunch from her horse...got the blanket and bottle of wine from mine, and she set up luncheon while I led the horses to the stream. After a wonderful roasted chicken and Cabernet, she laid back on the blanket, and with the Sunlight flickering in her eyes through the shade tree leaves, I took off her cowgirl boots and started to Tickle her body. She wasn't complaining. I folded back her Western Shirt , poured some honey over her belly, and used my tongue to get it out of her Bellybutton. Then I rested her head on my jeans, and used the fuzzy wildflowers I picked nearby to rub on her nose and cheeks and lips : and Tickled her ears.
She's never complained about getting some warm and fuzzies that day.
@Craig Laycox there isn't anything wrong with prosperity preaching as long as the msg aligns itself with the Gospel of Jesus. There are many downtrodden believers out there that need to hear the msg of hope and Grace. And there are downtrodden unbelievers out there that need to hear the msg of salvation and grace. You never know who's out there at their wit's end. They need compassion and love.
@Craig Laycox I think your meaning of prosperity might be different from what I'm talking about. Also, your using the scripture out of context. The reason why the rich man couldn't inherit the kingdom of God was because money was his Lord and he didn't want to let go of it. Jesus didn't mean because you have money you wouldn't inherit the kingdom. For the rich man, this was a Heart issue and the relationship he had with money not a money or prosperity issue that he needed to work out with the Lord.
@Craig Laycox also, calm down dude...if your claiming to be a Christian, relax, I believe in Jesus as our Lord and Savior and I assume that you do too. I believe no one can go the Father except through Jesus and I'm assuming you do too. I believe it with all my heart. I mean, there's nothing wrong in having a dialogue about doctrine and the Bible but if you believe the same as I do, you should be rejoice that I'm your brother in Christ.
YES!! The already not yet. Amen!
Salvation by Faith
Maintaining by Works
Praise God
You would be an awesome street preacher, but please video tape all things for me here in Texas! Love you💞
Man, I feel like Romans and 1st John, and the rest of the epistles were specifically written to debunk and pre-disprove heresies! ;) Romans got me out of Hebrew Roots, and now is Biblical evidence against WoF/prosperity G, which I’ve also left. During all these years, it’s the epistles I’ve read least... May I never let them go again.
Thank you so much for this teaching.
Thank you.
We lay up treasures in heaven not on earth.
Mike, I agree with almost all that you said, I’m not under prosperity teaching. In fact, God rescued me from a church like that. I think you missed the fact that prosperity in the eyes of God is not financial and it is His will for us to prosper. When we go through tribulation it may be the enemy trying to bring us down and there is a place for contending against and resisting the devil in such cases. The way you explained it invited people to just accept whatever life brings rather than contend for their situation. Look forward to comments.
Prosperity (the Hebrew word shalom) means having nothing missing, nothing broken, nothing lacking.
It is physical, emotional, financial, social, and spiritual.
I have been a Christian for nearly 30 years. I have heard this scripture taught over and over again. I have taught it myself many times. For some reason tonight as I listened it dawned on me: "MORE THAN". Not we are conquerors. Not we are super conquerors. Not we conquer better than anything else similar. In fact I would suggest we are NOT conquerors when we are under the sword. But we are more than. Conquerors is not our vocabulary. Don't compare yourself to a phoenix rising from the ashes. We are sheep considered to be slain. Which is better than being a conqueror. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. Being a conqueror is about self, which we can't do this on our own. Kill me, but you can't stop God loving me or raising me up to glory on the last day. All praise to Him.
Thanks for listening to my ramblings.
I'm not sure why they translated it to conqueror, but the greek word means overcomer, the word translated "more than conquerors" means super overcomer.
That was an awesome rambling.
Loved it
Amen and Amen! We must become followers of the Lord Jesus. Thank you Pr. Mike.
Thanks for the study
Was once asked to teach a lesson on the needs of the persecuted church--- need prayer---for strength to go through it ; to be witnesses; and to hold fast to their fath ( and that God would take away if / when His will)-- afterwards talked to the people who had been there-- only thing they seemed to hear was that God needed to take it away!
Not know how the strike through got there!!! But is the whole statement! Stupid Google
The God become man that we can become god..good irony.. but all praise to God's sovereign grace..thank You Lord Jesus!
It's not really irony, it's a lack of understanding.
It goes along with Christ being in us and us being in Christ.
Christ being in us, is him being in our hearts, but also the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of our bodies.
Us being in Christ means being in his presence and also us(our spirit) being surrounded by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us (the infinite God surrounding our finite spirit make us [our new self] god because our spirit is an infinitesimal part of the spirit that we now have dwelling in us).
Mike was on Melissa Dougherty's site discussing this very topic. It's a 2 hour video full of good teachings to clarify true and false teachings.
read this chapter over and over....................
Absolutely amazing teacher. Thank you for your ministry.
It just amazes me the numbers of people who fall for what the prosperity guys sell. The give me money sow a seed and you may get some money to doctrine is so obviously false that it is amazing the numbers that believe it and give money.
The Internet you used to send that anti-Prosperity message, was invented by a Prosperous Country.
You sound like an idiot.
Reprobate minds are the fake preachers income.They do not like people with any knowledge or discernment.Its pious fraud - the laws should be tighter on all this and see them behind bars.Its a disgrace what they are doing.
I don't believe in giving it to the preachers to distribute it .my brother also does this,he sets aside a certain amount of money each month to give to people if true need.these people are people he meets throughout his day and when the moment feels right he will help them .he gives them the money and tells them that this money was debited to God so take this and return this grace to someone else when you can
I believe the quote "preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words" is attributed to Francis of Assisi.
In vs 8:35-39, (what shall separate us...) Paul is talking about what will stop US from loving God and NOT what will prevent God from loving us. In context, we see that every item Paul mentions are things that discourage some people from loving God. It would be absurd to think that God would stop loving us because of our tribulations. Paul is saying that in view of God's great love for him, evidenced by everything God and Christ have done in v 31-34, etc., that there's nothing that will make Paul stop loving God. "Even though He slay me...." - that's Paul's faithfulness inspired by God's faithfulness. This is the fulfillment of Rom 1:17 "...from faith to faithfulness..."
It's a real testament to the character of pastor Winger that he's too busy telling the truth of the scripture to spend more than a few minutes talking about those who have it wrong.
oh wow, i need to hear this. i still owe you the research on gay people (very sorry still haven't delievered), but this video really deals with something right in front of me.
Beautiful message.
Hey Pastor Mike, I understand giving to get is just greed and greed is wrong, but what about Luke 6:38 that talks about you giving and being giving to in return? You said that when you give, you have less of what you give, but that's not what the Bible appears to be saying there. It said you give, and you have a good measure giving back to you. God bless you for your ministry. I just started following you and I've been blessed so far.
Thank you so much for being a vessel for CHRIST!!!
Love ya brother mike
That now and later candy analogy was great 😂
@MikeWinger, Great teaching but I have one question…If we are foolish to try to forgive ourselves, what about the verses that command us to forgive others? Am I missing some context here?
"May your money perish with you, because you
thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is
that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in
full.
I also like the DIdache: one of the ways to identify false prophets.
12:33 such an immature understanding of paternal love...It is NOT loving for a father to NOT discipline his child...it is loving to discipline and rebuke your children
This type of thought is why we have so many bad parents..they dont understand that structure, guidance and discipline are all needed flavors of love
I need a church. I guess. There's nothing around me. Only evangelical places that say all those quotes and have some charismatic influence.
Check out www.ccphilly.org excellent bible teacher
Read the letter to the 7th church, Laodicea, in Rev. Personal doctrine is discovering what God's word really means.
Amen!