I have been watching your videos as my morning and evening devotionals. You are exactly what I needed at this time, having come back to live in the Lords grace after years of following after my own lusts and desires. I hated myself, having known what freedom was, but now finding myself enslaved once again to my flesh, I was miserable. God let me stay like this for 10 years. I would on occasion cry out to Him, but he knew my heart was not ready. Now though it is. I found myself completely broken, and God finally restored me to Him. I listen to you and it is as though you are speaking aloud my relationship with Him. As you speak I know it is spoken truly, and through the Holy Spirit. Thank you sir!
Mike, my wife was raised Jehovas witness and my heart goes out to them as well. Her family is still in the religion and I try my best to love them everyday and hopefully show them some of the Truth they're missing. Many JWs are very dedicated and hard working I just pray that they can take that energy and put it into a REAL personal relationship with Christ
although, the JW organization is good at being in pseudo-agreement over surface level doctrine, but as I'm sure you know, once you get deeper into it: they strip Christ of his deity and have some strange and un-biblical beliefs...
John, one of the beautiful things and miracles in your life is that you and your wife fell in love and got married, even if there are syntax~ differences in the way you and her understand God and the New Testament. Keep the love between you two strong, praying together in one voice. God will hug you both in the end for spelling Love correctly, the same way =J e s u s.
Thank you for this Mike Winger. This is very powerful. I was meant to watch this video. This study has hit me. And has helped me alot. I thank God for you and your ministry. Keep going. Keep working for the Lord. "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." (Romans 16:23). "Don't just abstain, do righteousness." - Mike Winger
Thank you, Mike! Since I found you on RUclips I listen to at least two or three of your messages when I come home from work at midnight. God bless you in all you do.
"The good that's already in us?" The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 NIV AND My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 NIV
Thank you Pastor Mike for this wonderful sermon! I plan on watching this whole playlist since I'm currently reading the Book of Romans. You are really great at explaining this book and you try to preach the true gospel and not a gospel that tries to make us feel good. Thank you. And you're also really funny!
Thanks for this. A few years ago I read the Bible for the first time and I believed and was afraid. I've spent the past few years feeling like the description of the demons from James 2:19 definitely included me. I've heard a lot of great sermons while trying to figure out how to stop my trembling long enough to obey and love God. I probably don't attribute enough in my life to the direct work of the Spirit, but I can't help but think the Spirit put this video in my feed tonight.
"And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go" (John 11:44).
Excellent! About the need to be a group is so obvious when you know what EKKLESIA means. There's no "church" if there's no regenerated humans looking for get some time together to talk about their experiences.
He talks about the song everything that kills me makes me feel alive and it reminds me of the country music that I love. All those drinking and cheating songs are very honest they all explain vividly how that lifestyle has destroyed their lives, like everyone who listens to this kind of music should live better cause they understand the consequences of living the other way, but that's not how it works.
Unfortunately some Christians even think its a sin all you want situation. I used to but if you've ever been chastened by the Lord you know that he chastens who he loves and the chastening brings us sorrow and Godly sorrow works repentance.
I truly live my days for Christ. I just don't get that if I'm in Christ, why do i desire the flesh and fail. I understand he forgives me, I don't understand having the desire.
I truly believe Baptism should take place when the Believer is ready. I was baptized within the hour. I’ve watched spontaneous Baptisms take place during church services with the conclusion being an eruption of applause and cheering the new member of the family. It is a small reflection of Christ’s celebrating a lamb being found.
Righteousness is not something we DO - righteousness is a gift from God. He who knew no sin became sin so I have become (righteousness is a BEING) the righteousness of God in Him.
My brothers and sisters, please pray for me and a friend, Lynda Byrd Kimble, as we have today debated whether we are now sinless in this body in this world here and now after saved by faith in Christ. Romans and many other portions of God's Word were brought up. She seems to believe that she is now sinless in her new life following Christ. She claims that she does not sin. I am worried that she is blind/ignorant/insensitive to the speck in her own eye, the sins of commission and omission in her current life even as she is seeking to serve God. I have no doubt that she sins, falls short, misses the mark of the perfect holy standard of righteousness of God, in some way at some time during her daily life even now as she claims to love God and follow His law. She claims that some figures in the Bible that are not God/Jesus were perfectly sinless! She claims that David only sinned once in his whole life on earth...I worry she is deeply deceived and in great error here. If I am wrong, then Lord save me! Help me! Oh, Yahweh, I need you! Holy Spirit, write your word on my heart and renew my mind! However, if I am not in error here, then I must pray that she be enlightened and rebuked and repent from her pride and self-righteousness! She may be sinning in her heart and not fully aware of this fact! God, have mercy on her! By your grace and your perfect works are we saved, not by anything I think/say/do, it is all your merit, I have no merit of my own that is worthy of you! ❤ ✝️
Mike, what is the biblical definition of repentance at 12:10? Is this a declaration to God that you will no longer 'live in sin'? Are we to promise to God that we will change our ways before we receive our salvation? Or is this a realization that because of our sinful nature, we must put our trust and faith in Christ, and we will be born again, so that, through Him, our sinful ways will change?
For the baptism thing could anyone answer my question? I was baptized in my faith but at the time I was fighting an addiction before and after the baptism until the Holy Spirit took it away from me. Is that a real baptism or do I need to get a new one?
I just started this teaching on Romans and am learning alot, again thanks for your effort and all it takes for you to do this. But one thing I disagree with is that a Christian can be carnal. Paul wrote to the corinthians because they were carnal in his letter to them nowhere does he commend or agree with their carnality. As a matter of fact he goes into great detail pointing out their carnality and telling them how wrong it was. He didn't leave them in that carnal state because by God's standard it was wrong. Then we look at what the Bible says about carnality and it's all negative then looking at Romans 6, the choice we have to follow righteousness instead of sin simply drives that truth home all the more. In my own life I am from the beautiful island of Dominica and in our Christian churches here apart from gospel mission church we learn nothing of theology, and as sad as that is am not exergerating. There is so much about our services and the preached word that use to bother me because I kept thinking that something was wrong with me that am the one who didn't get it. Because majority of our Christians are carnal Christians from the pulpit to the pew. Why didn't holiness matter that was my question along with so many more. Even me would do things I knew to be wrong all the time. One day in prayer I asked God is that it? Is this the Christian life how are we living any better than they unsaved, even they have no respect for us because like they themselves say we are no different and they are telling the truth in that sense we live like they live. Then I said to God BUT when I look at your word I see something so completely different and I pleaded with God that day to show me what am not seeing that I wanted what he has in the scriptures that I no longer wanted to live such a mediocre Christian life, I wanted truth. And it was like with a month of praying that way that I came across John MacArthur on RUclips and listening to the way he taught from the Bible was so amazing to me I was hooked and I found people like David parsons, ravi zacharias, David baucham, you (Mike winger) and for the first time in my life I found true christianity. Biblical teachings sound doctrine and I can't stop rejoicing my mind have been renewed and it's so clear to me now. Now I understand why our churches are the way they are they don't have the true gospel they don't have theology. And since learning Christ, since learning about God and who he truly is my daily walk with Christ has improved so much there is actual transformation in my life. I had to give up friends ect but am not sad about that because I would rather have Jesus. Alot of people who are suppose to be Christian think am weird now even my former pastor told me that am confused, judgemental a trouble maker because I don't want to follow the norm. I said all this to say that now that I know God what Christ did for me I see sin for what it really is, the blinders has come off and I don't want any part of it. I understand it's the Christian struggle everyday but choosing righteousness is so much better. So when you think of carnal Christians I find that to be a contradiction in and out of itself. If we love God we will hate sin. Carnal Christians live sinful lives on a daily basis the renewing of the mind hasn't happen they have not been transformed. And that's what being born again is. I thought all these years I was born again I wasn't, I didn't even understand salvation by grace alone. We so badly need bible teachers in Dominica. Didn't even know what I was being saved from. From reading scripture especially passages like Romans 6 I cannot believe there is such a thing as a carnal christian. These two words should never be together. Our pastors here in Dominica their knowledge of scripture is all word of faith and prosperity gosple. Very very sad. Remember us in prayer
Romans 2:14-15 Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right
AA for example (which is a statistically proven way to combat alcohol addiction), has a prayer where they pray to God for restoration. Spirituality via giving your addition to a higher power is a tried and true way to remove you addiction. The power of God is living and active, even in addiction. -Joseph Lach, a current student, studying for an addiction studies minor at WMU
I haven't been water-baptised yet and I can relate to that idea that I must be missing something whenever I think it's ok to sin. Does that mean I need to be baptised to be dead to sin?
Fellow artist here. You want to be baptized. ☺️ Loose analogy - You can profess your love and commitment to another, but the marriage ceremony is the sacrament.
Baptism just means you show you HAVE been made dead to sin. It’s a public declaration of the special transformation through Christ and indwelling of His Spirit.
The sin nature. The old man. In contradistinction with the newborn human spirit that is alive the moment you believed Jesus as God the Son died for your sin and resurrected.
Mike, God bless you. Im a sinner.Quick stipulation though.The alpha and the omega, without beginning and without end (meaning eternal, and almost like a circle if you will, for the sake of imagery, just like faith and the works,..and the works and faith together coming full circle). And of course, saved by the Blood of Jesus, indeed we are. But what did Jesus do(rhetorical). He didn't wait until He was 31 years old, playing soccer, until He had to be crucified for us. :) He did the works of the Father (praying, blessing, teaching, preaching, praising, feeding the hungry, etc.), you know~the works. (kindly saying it "faith without works is dead, and works without accepting our Savior, is also just a human muscular contraction).Shalom.
Jesus says no one who practices sin will get in. this chapter teaches that my faith in obedience to Christ command to be baptized in water destroys the power of sin in my life when I die to it through baptism.
Water baptism does nothing for you in terms of salvation or santification (the process of increasing holiness in your life). It doesn't save you or make you holy. Christ alone does that. Water baptism is symbol of what he's done for you and what happens to you as a person when you accept him as savior.
Notice in Rom 6:22 that the "end" (or consequence) of being a slave of righteousness is holiness and the end of holiness is eternal life. Eternal life is NOT the "end" of "faith in Christ" - necessarily - holiness is. But holiness, and eternal life, can be the end of faith in Christ if we "work out our salvation" as Paul says in Philippians.
The word "should" is an imperative, like the word or "ought". Modern usage have turned these words into optional but at the time, "should" meant "must". "Should" is a form of the word "shall". To say, "I will" means, "I want to" but to say, "I shall" means, "it's gonna happen". So when the bible uses the word "should" it is imperative. Hebrews 2:9 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God *should* taste death for every man. He tasted death for every man because that is what He MUST have done. Imperative.
How ..can I be happy, knowing that my past loved ones are most likely in torment? They all made professions of faith in the watchtower teachings about Christ . I hear people at church talk about seeing thier loved ones again, and I don't have that same hope. It makes me feel like throwing up to think about my grandparents, who were real gentle, kind, generous, are in hell and my other relatives , drunks, womanizers, ect, are in heaven because they professed Christ but lived like hell on sat night and church on Sundays only. Any advice? I was much closer to my j.w. side of the family.
Hey brother, late but can I tell you what I think? Pray for them. Not that God will change his judgement but that before they die they come to Christ. This is how I view it so I may be in error, but God hears prayers before you were made, he sees all, he is at the beginning of time and eternity. He may take these prayers for them into account before you ever realised you made them. He may give them a chance for deliverance before they die you never see. He won't break free will but what harm can it do? If it is in his will, it will be done. Maybe you have a nice surprise beyond the pearly gates.
Yes baptism is definitely important jesus didn't get baptized just for nothing it was to show us that it is a example we should follow plus the holy spirit came down in 5he form of a dove and God spoke...when u get baptized u receive the holy spirit...
venomous sting If someone who claims to be a christian continues to sin, he or she should question their commitment to Christ and also their salvation.
Dakota Bledsoe Where I am wrong? Read what the Bible says about sin. See 1 John 3:5 “No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.” Christ came to destroy the works of Satan in us which is sin, so if someone who claims to be a christian continues to live like the world, he should question his or her conversion lest he or she is being deceived by believing he or she is saved when they are not.
Hi Mike. Ive been subscribed to your channel a while now and I really enjoy it. Can you answer a question thats been bothering me . My dad died in 2005, I watched him suffer terribly with cancer for 18 months. As far as I am aware he had no faith in Jesus. What has happened to him, is there no hope for him?. I would appreciate your honest opinion. Ive been told he will be in hell which is understandably difficult to deal with Thankyou. By the way Im from Liverpool England and we use the word reckon too. Warm wishes.
Elaine Ekins - I would suggest a book by one of the great heroes of the Christian faith, CS Lewis. The specific book is called The Great Divorce. Perhaps that will give you something to think about concerning the afterlife.
Elaine Ekins I know how you feel. When my grandma died, I was distraught because even though my grandma attended church her entire life, she didn't actually believe it. It was more of a social thing for her. People make choices and when it comes to relationships, God won't force Himself on you. If you don't want Him, He respects that decision. Unfortunately what most people don't realize is that their 2 options are to be under the authority of God or Satan. Because we live in a sinful world, by default we're placed under Satan's authority - we have to actively reject Satan and submit to God. Sort of like you're born under the authority of the Queen and if you don't want to be her subject, you'll need to pledge allegiance to a different PM/President and move out of her domain. When your time on earth is up, your decision is finalized. Unfortunately people won't realize their mistake until it's too late. While there's nothing any of us can do to change the personal decisions of others, we can share the good news of the gospel so that they can make an informed decision for themselves.
Rachel Stephens - Are you stating that your grandma told you she thought all of the core theological propositions of the church she attended were a bunch of crap? Did she tell you that she went just to hang out with her cool friends despite thinking the whole thing was a fairy tale? Plus are you saying that God is not actively involved in punishing those that reject Him? That it's just as simple as going our own way? Have you ever heard any of the theological and philosophical problems with that sorta thing? Are we all just pawns in a cosmic chess game between Yahweh and Lucifer?
Joshua Daniel Yes, she did say that to me, as did her mom, my great-grandma. They said it wasn't believable, but my grandma liked volunteering to sew outfits for kids plays and chatting with women during church dinners because she was divorced and our family lives all over the country. It was a place for her to get regular social interaction. Sorry for oversimplifying in a RUclips comment, but I don't think the OP was hoping for an exhaustive dissertation on an afterlife in Hell.
Rachel Stephens - Your Grandma sounds like a level headed and kind woman. Do you really feel an unending torment fits her crime? What was her crime anyway?
If I get saved and truly repented and then a year or so later fall into temptation and begintaking opioids and now years later I’m still addicted… and I now not saved? Was I ever not saved? My entire life changed my being changed everyone around knows I’m not the same as I was. I feel like I’ve literally bled sweated and cried Jesus since I’ve believed in Him… And I know doing Drugs is wrong… I want to quit but I just can’t seem to beat opiate addiction… What is wrong with me?
Ask God to make you sick every time you think of the drugs. Also DON'T BE AROUND OTHERS that do them. I am praying He Restore me I don't want this Mess i got into fornication and feel stupid and SPIRITUALLY sick and lost. .I don't want this and wish I had not done these things. It has torn me down Shouldn't have done these sins against my body. It has made me sick. .I hate this now and want THE HOLY GHOST BACK. FEELING LOST.
@@triciaperry2234 I am with you… In hopes and prayers that the Lord hears our cry to Him and restores us! To do whatever it takes to make sure His will be done in our lives and that we are used for His glory and purpose to the very maximum that we were meant too! I pray that God uses these bad things in our lives for our betterment. I pray we please Him! Amen…
@@triciaperry2234 I feel the Holy Spirit is telling me to tell YOU. That you are so mightily loved and that He has not left you and NEVER will! Psalm 139:7-8 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or wither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Once we realize that we are responsible for our sin and is the product of our mind, this gives us the key to understanding what is personified by the Satan/Devil/Serpent. There is nothing mythical or fable about these terms, they are personifications representing the carnal mind. The World represents carnal thinking, and Jesus overcame the World. That has to be our goal, but because we fail, we are dependent on Christ to win the victory for us.
AND WHAT IS SIN? According to 1 John 3 SIN IS BREAKING THE LAW. Yet, why do "Christians" teach to break the laws? Could it be that they are the ones Jesus is talking about in Matthew 7:21?
Sin is at it simplest, the disobeying of God's instruction. The first disobedience was by Eve, then Adam. Jesus broke all the man-made laws of the Pharisees, which were not God's law. Matt 23:2 is wrongly translated as proven by a Hebrew manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. Instead of saying we should do as the Pharisees tell us to do, but not do as they do; instead the verse is best understood as; "you sit in the seat of Moses, therefore do as Moses tells you to do". In other words, obey the Torah. That is what Jesus did, he fulfilled the law and proved it possible, but now we no longer live by a written law, but the law of God should be written in our hearts and we should naturally do what is pleasing to God.
Correct me if I misheard part of this, but it sounded like he said that there carnal Christians. I don't believe that there are. If he believes that some Christians are addicted to a sinful lifestyle, then he believes in the hard form of OSAS. This does essentially mean a license to sin. It would mean that AronRa is correct that you can be a n evil person and still get into heaven according to Christianity. Good advice on dealing with sin nature though.
I have been watching your videos as my morning and evening devotionals. You are exactly what I needed at this time, having come back to live in the Lords grace after years of following after my own lusts and desires. I hated myself, having known what freedom was, but now finding myself enslaved once again to my flesh, I was miserable. God let me stay like this for 10 years. I would on occasion cry out to Him, but he knew my heart was not ready. Now though it is. I found myself completely broken, and God finally restored me to Him. I listen to you and it is as though you are speaking aloud my relationship with Him. As you speak I know it is spoken truly, and through the Holy Spirit. Thank you sir!
Wow this study was so liberating, knowing that I have ALREADY been freed from my sin. Praise God thank you JESUS!
I think David wood put it best about people bragging of their evil pasts
"Any idiot can fall down a flight of stairs."
Mike, my wife was raised Jehovas witness and my heart goes out to them as well. Her family is still in the religion and I try my best to love them everyday and hopefully show them some of the Truth they're missing. Many JWs are very dedicated and hard working I just pray that they can take that energy and put it into a REAL personal relationship with Christ
+John K amen!
although, the JW organization is good at being in pseudo-agreement over surface level doctrine, but as I'm sure you know, once you get deeper into it: they strip Christ of his deity and have some strange and un-biblical beliefs...
Yes. They are lovely people. I let them share. I want to be informed so I can make a gentle case.
John, one of the beautiful things and miracles in your life is that you and your wife fell in love and got married, even if there are syntax~ differences in the way you and her understand God and the New Testament. Keep the love between you two strong, praying together in one voice. God will hug you both in the end for spelling Love correctly, the same way =J e s u s.
"Sin in my past is not a badge I wear. " 🙏
Thank you Ptr. Mike, I'm learning a lot from your bible study.
Thank you for this Mike Winger.
This is very powerful. I was meant to watch this video. This study has hit me. And has helped me alot. I thank God for you and your ministry. Keep going. Keep working for the Lord.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." (Romans 16:23).
"Don't just abstain, do righteousness." - Mike Winger
Thank you, Mike! Since I found you on RUclips I listen to at least two or three of your messages when I come home from work at midnight. God bless you in all you do.
Good job 👏🏼
You have such Enthusiasm and Love for our LORD, I soooo desperately ask Jesus for a new heart and a born again life.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
ITS AMAZING LIFE ❤❤❤
I am blowen away when i see that this is from4 years ago. Thanks so very much for keeping on posting.
"The good that's already in us?"
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9 NIV
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26 NIV
He was referring to what the JW's were praying.
The newborn human spirit is perfect already and when sin happens it can only materialize from the flesh.
I truly was born again one year ago. I had no idea how blind I was.
Thank you Mike. They was truly sobering and encouraging. This gives me hope for surrendering my sin.
Thank you Mike! This was so edifying the way you practically laid out how to walk in righteousness through this chapter! God bless you and keep you!
The Saved person IS new, the old man is REALLY gone but now the old "mindset" is to be changed.
The struggle is real.
Yes, it is a spiritual transformation... Now: "...renew your mind..." -Romans 12: 2
It's the Soul (psyche) that changes: our will, mind & emotions.
Wow. Thank you so much Mike Winger. Glory to Jesus for giving you understanding of that scripture through the Holy Spirit.
Thank you so very much Mike Winger for bringing out this goodness of God's word. I'm impacted! Praise God!
Thank you Pastor Mike for this wonderful sermon! I plan on watching this whole playlist since I'm currently reading the Book of Romans. You are really great at explaining this book and you try to preach the true gospel and not a gospel that tries to make us feel good. Thank you. And you're also really funny!
Thanks for being uncompromising, Pastor Mike!
Learning so much and God is convicting me as a born again Christian in Jesus Christ. I love the fact he is changing me inside out to a new creation
Enjoyed this message, thank you. Such a good habit to always check myself and ask God to reveal any sin in my life
Thank you Mike for a excellent presentation. I learn alot. Blessings in Christ
I finally got romans 6:6 that was great !!! I am Free THANKS MIKE
Watched this repeatedly!
man this is exactly what i needed to hear
Thank you so much! I understand it now. God bless you!
Thank you Mike, and praise the Lord.
Thanks for this. A few years ago I read the Bible for the first time and I believed and was afraid. I've spent the past few years feeling like the description of the demons from James 2:19 definitely included me. I've heard a lot of great sermons while trying to figure out how to stop my trembling long enough to obey and love God. I probably don't attribute enough in my life to the direct work of the Spirit, but I can't help but think the Spirit put this video in my feed tonight.
Praise God!! He absolutely did. God is gonna keep drawing you near - keep on looking for His ways everyday. God is good.
I'm grateful that God is so understanding about baptism. My son has a phobia about water, and though he is saved, he may never be able to be baptized.
I absolutely love this video.
Thank you bother. I was wondering about this and of course the Bible covers it and a bonus that you made a video on it!
God bless this brother. Praise God! I really enjoyed this teaching.
I was doing a video about sin & grace abuse as the popular term is. & this was helpful in encouraging me to continue with the video! Thank you so much
Did you finish your video? I would love to watch it.
All praise to God for your life transforming word
beautiful teaching, powerful
Thanks that was great !!!!!! helps me lots x God bless x
Good message. The way to do this is daily even minute by minute surrender.
Love this !!
"And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go" (John 11:44).
thank you. Im blessed.
Man..if each and every Christian knew the Bible like this!! The Christian Harvest will be **undefeatable**
Excellent!
About the need to be a group is so obvious when you know what EKKLESIA means.
There's no "church" if there's no regenerated humans looking for get some time together to talk about their experiences.
He talks about the song everything that kills me makes me feel alive and it reminds me of the country music that I love. All those drinking and cheating songs are very honest they all explain vividly how that lifestyle has destroyed their lives, like everyone who listens to this kind of music should live better cause they understand the consequences of living the other way, but that's not how it works.
Unfortunately some Christians even think its a sin all you want situation. I used to but if you've ever been chastened by the Lord you know that he chastens who he loves and the chastening brings us sorrow and Godly sorrow works repentance.
Thanks Mike!!
The funniest classic film regarding baptism (worth watching) .....Life with Father 🙂
I am struggling with alcohol. Please pray for me, I am not strong enough.
Thank you very helpful
Thanks Pastor Mike
I truly live my days for Christ. I just don't get that if I'm in Christ, why do i desire the flesh and fail. I understand he forgives me, I don't understand having the desire.
Keep listening to the romans series romans 7 talks about that I think
Can you do a vid on the new man doctrine. People who believe we don’t need to pray or fast etc because Christ dwells in us in fullness
Mike can you explain the difference in sin, iniquity, and transgressions?
Amen Mike!
Thanks!
Thank you.
I truly believe Baptism should take place when the Believer is ready.
I was baptized within the hour.
I’ve watched spontaneous Baptisms take place during church services with the conclusion being an eruption of applause and cheering the new member of the family. It is a small reflection of Christ’s celebrating a lamb being found.
Righteousness is not something we DO - righteousness is a gift from God. He who knew no sin became sin so I have become (righteousness is a BEING) the righteousness of God in Him.
My brothers and sisters, please pray for me and a friend, Lynda Byrd Kimble, as we have today debated whether we are now sinless in this body in this world here and now after saved by faith in Christ. Romans and many other portions of God's Word were brought up. She seems to believe that she is now sinless in her new life following Christ. She claims that she does not sin. I am worried that she is blind/ignorant/insensitive to the speck in her own eye, the sins of commission and omission in her current life even as she is seeking to serve God. I have no doubt that she sins, falls short, misses the mark of the perfect holy standard of righteousness of God, in some way at some time during her daily life even now as she claims to love God and follow His law. She claims that some figures in the Bible that are not God/Jesus were perfectly sinless! She claims that David only sinned once in his whole life on earth...I worry she is deeply deceived and in great error here. If I am wrong, then Lord save me! Help me! Oh, Yahweh, I need you! Holy Spirit, write your word on my heart and renew my mind! However, if I am not in error here, then I must pray that she be enlightened and rebuked and repent from her pride and self-righteousness! She may be sinning in her heart and not fully aware of this fact! God, have mercy on her! By your grace and your perfect works are we saved, not by anything I think/say/do, it is all your merit, I have no merit of my own that is worthy of you! ❤ ✝️
Mike, what is the biblical definition of repentance at 12:10? Is this a declaration to God that you will no longer 'live in sin'? Are we to promise to God that we will change our ways before we receive our salvation? Or is this a realization that because of our sinful nature, we must put our trust and faith in Christ, and we will be born again, so that, through Him, our sinful ways will change?
For the baptism thing could anyone answer my question? I was baptized in my faith but at the time I was fighting an addiction before and after the baptism until the Holy Spirit took it away from me. Is that a real baptism or do I need to get a new one?
You really answered your own question; the Holy Spirit worked in you to bring you to be a closer resemblance of Jesus? Praise God!!❤️🙌
I just started this teaching on Romans and am learning alot, again thanks for your effort and all it takes for you to do this. But one thing I disagree with is that a Christian can be carnal. Paul wrote to the corinthians because they were carnal in his letter to them nowhere does he commend or agree with their carnality. As a matter of fact he goes into great detail pointing out their carnality and telling them how wrong it was. He didn't leave them in that carnal state because by God's standard it was wrong. Then we look at what the Bible says about carnality and it's all negative then looking at Romans 6, the choice we have to follow righteousness instead of sin simply drives that truth home all the more. In my own life I am from the beautiful island of Dominica and in our Christian churches here apart from gospel mission church we learn nothing of theology, and as sad as that is am not exergerating. There is so much about our services and the preached word that use to bother me because I kept thinking that something was wrong with me that am the one who didn't get it. Because majority of our Christians are carnal Christians from the pulpit to the pew. Why didn't holiness matter that was my question along with so many more. Even me would do things I knew to be wrong all the time. One day in prayer I asked God is that it? Is this the Christian life how are we living any better than they unsaved, even they have no respect for us because like they themselves say we are no different and they are telling the truth in that sense we live like they live. Then I said to God BUT when I look at your word I see something so completely different and I pleaded with God that day to show me what am not seeing that I wanted what he has in the scriptures that I no longer wanted to live such a mediocre Christian life, I wanted truth. And it was like with a month of praying that way that I came across John MacArthur on RUclips and listening to the way he taught from the Bible was so amazing to me I was hooked and I found people like David parsons, ravi zacharias, David baucham, you (Mike winger) and for the first time in my life I found true christianity. Biblical teachings sound doctrine and I can't stop rejoicing my mind have been renewed and it's so clear to me now. Now I understand why our churches are the way they are they don't have the true gospel they don't have theology. And since learning Christ, since learning about God and who he truly is my daily walk with Christ has improved so much there is actual transformation in my life. I had to give up friends ect but am not sad about that because I would rather have Jesus. Alot of people who are suppose to be Christian think am weird now even my former pastor told me that am confused, judgemental a trouble maker because I don't want to follow the norm. I said all this to say that now that I know God what Christ did for me I see sin for what it really is, the blinders has come off and I don't want any part of it. I understand it's the Christian struggle everyday but choosing righteousness is so much better. So when you think of carnal Christians I find that to be a contradiction in and out of itself. If we love God we will hate sin. Carnal Christians live sinful lives on a daily basis the renewing of the mind hasn't happen they have not been transformed. And that's what being born again is. I thought all these years I was born again I wasn't, I didn't even understand salvation by grace alone. We so badly need bible teachers in Dominica. Didn't even know what I was being saved from. From reading scripture especially passages like Romans 6 I cannot believe there is such a thing as a carnal christian. These two words should never be together.
Our pastors here in Dominica their knowledge of scripture is all word of faith and prosperity gosple. Very very sad. Remember us in prayer
So could we say that as born-again believers, we’re dealing with a sort of spiritual PTSD?
Romans 2:14-15
Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right
AA for example (which is a statistically proven way to combat alcohol addiction), has a prayer where they pray to God for restoration. Spirituality via giving your addition to a higher power is a tried and true way to remove you addiction. The power of God is living and active, even in addiction.
-Joseph Lach, a current student, studying for an addiction studies minor at WMU
29:08 Iv'e heard the saying, "Youth is wasted on the young"
Is our new nature still within? Or did God cut it out when he gave us a new heart?
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No answer from a truthfully important and faith building question.
I was baptized as a baby and I feel like I was kinda robbed of the opportunity. For those who were baptized as babies, did you get rebaptized?
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SIN WILL KEEP YOU FROM THIS BOOK
if jesus died for our sin? how can we still sin? A calvinist friend ask me this question my answer to him didn't seem to help.
Jesus died so that we can CHOOSE not to sin. Sounds like this friend didnt read the bible much.
the Counting Stars song reference!
Carla Rodriguez
What do you mean?
yeah that is what you get Mike : let grace do the job.
I haven't been water-baptised yet and I can relate to that idea that I must be missing something whenever I think it's ok to sin. Does that mean I need to be baptised to be dead to sin?
Fellow artist here. You want to be baptized. ☺️
Loose analogy - You can profess your love and commitment to another, but the marriage ceremony is the sacrament.
I agree... Do it!
Yet, it is The Holy Spirit indwelling that enables you to overcome sin!
Baptism just means you show you HAVE been made dead to sin. It’s a public declaration of the special transformation through Christ and indwelling of His Spirit.
Which version of the Bible do you use???
NKJV
Could you explain what ‘flesh ‘ means ?
The sin nature. The old man. In contradistinction with the newborn human spirit that is alive the moment you believed Jesus as God the Son died for your sin and resurrected.
Mike, God bless you. Im a sinner.Quick stipulation though.The alpha and the omega, without beginning and without end (meaning eternal, and almost like a circle if you will, for the sake of imagery, just like faith and the works,..and the works and faith together coming full circle). And of course, saved by the Blood of Jesus, indeed we are. But what did Jesus do(rhetorical). He didn't wait until He was 31 years old, playing soccer, until He had to be crucified for us. :) He did the works of the Father (praying, blessing, teaching, preaching, praising, feeding the hungry, etc.), you know~the works. (kindly saying it "faith without works is dead, and works without accepting our Savior, is also just a human muscular contraction).Shalom.
That song your talking about at 43:15 is called “Alive” by avicii. He killed himself in 2018
Jesus says no one who practices sin will get in. this chapter teaches that my faith in obedience to Christ command to be baptized in water destroys the power of sin in my life when I die to it through baptism.
Water baptism does nothing for you in terms of salvation or santification (the process of increasing holiness in your life). It doesn't save you or make you holy. Christ alone does that. Water baptism is symbol of what he's done for you and what happens to you as a person when you accept him as savior.
Notice in Rom 6:22 that the "end" (or consequence) of being a slave of righteousness is holiness and the end of holiness is eternal life. Eternal life is NOT the "end" of "faith in Christ" - necessarily - holiness is. But holiness, and eternal life, can be the end of faith in Christ if we "work out our salvation" as Paul says in Philippians.
The word "should" is an imperative, like the word or "ought". Modern usage have turned these words into optional but at the time, "should" meant "must". "Should" is a form of the word "shall". To say, "I will" means, "I want to" but to say, "I shall" means, "it's gonna happen". So when the bible uses the word "should" it is imperative.
Hebrews 2:9 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God *should* taste death for every man.
He tasted death for every man because that is what He MUST have done. Imperative.
Amen
Mike, how do you define "sacrament"? Isn't marriage a sacrament?
Prepper Preacher Actually the Catholic church has 7 sacraments you forgot confirmation and holy orders.
I said "confirmation" not "contraception". LOL and I was actually asking Mike not you.
How ..can I be happy, knowing that my past loved ones are most likely in torment? They all made professions of faith in the watchtower teachings about Christ . I hear people at church talk about seeing thier loved ones again, and I don't have that same hope. It makes me feel like throwing up to think about my grandparents, who were real gentle, kind, generous, are in hell and my other relatives , drunks, womanizers, ect, are in heaven because they professed Christ but lived like hell on sat night and church on Sundays only. Any advice? I was much closer to my j.w. side of the family.
Hey brother, late but can I tell you what I think? Pray for them. Not that God will change his judgement but that before they die they come to Christ. This is how I view it so I may be in error, but God hears prayers before you were made, he sees all, he is at the beginning of time and eternity. He may take these prayers for them into account before you ever realised you made them. He may give them a chance for deliverance before they die you never see. He won't break free will but what harm can it do? If it is in his will, it will be done. Maybe you have a nice surprise beyond the pearly gates.
Yes baptism is definitely important jesus didn't get baptized just for nothing it was to show us that it is a example we should follow plus the holy spirit came down in 5he form of a dove and God spoke...when u get baptized u receive the holy spirit...
Are there any examples of Jesus's disciples baptized in the bible? Didnt they not receive the HS until Pentecost?
How many times can you sin without knowin it was to late to stop that behavior from happening
venomous sting
If someone who claims to be a christian continues to sin, he or she should question their commitment to Christ and also their salvation.
Dakota Bledsoe
Where I am wrong? Read what the Bible says about sin. See 1 John 3:5 “No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.” Christ came to destroy the works of Satan in us which is sin, so if someone who claims to be a christian continues to live like the world, he should question his or her conversion lest he or she is being deceived by believing he or she is saved when they are not.
Is newness of life not sinning?
Hi Mike. Ive been subscribed to your channel a while now and I really enjoy it. Can you answer a question thats been bothering me . My dad died in 2005, I watched him suffer terribly with cancer for 18 months. As far as I am aware he had no faith in Jesus. What has happened to him, is there no hope for him?. I would appreciate your honest opinion. Ive been told he will be in hell which is understandably difficult to deal with Thankyou. By the way Im from Liverpool England and we use the word reckon too. Warm wishes.
Elaine Ekins - I would suggest a book by one of the great heroes of the Christian faith, CS Lewis. The specific book is called The Great Divorce. Perhaps that will give you something to think about concerning the afterlife.
Elaine Ekins I know how you feel. When my grandma died, I was distraught because even though my grandma attended church her entire life, she didn't actually believe it. It was more of a social thing for her.
People make choices and when it comes to relationships, God won't force Himself on you. If you don't want Him, He respects that decision. Unfortunately what most people don't realize is that their 2 options are to be under the authority of God or Satan.
Because we live in a sinful world, by default we're placed under Satan's authority - we have to actively reject Satan and submit to God. Sort of like you're born under the authority of the Queen and if you don't want to be her subject, you'll need to pledge allegiance to a different PM/President and move out of her domain.
When your time on earth is up, your decision is finalized. Unfortunately people won't realize their mistake until it's too late.
While there's nothing any of us can do to change the personal decisions of others, we can share the good news of the gospel so that they can make an informed decision for themselves.
Rachel Stephens - Are you stating that your grandma told you she thought all of the core theological propositions of the church she attended were a bunch of crap? Did she tell you that she went just to hang out with her cool friends despite thinking the whole thing was a fairy tale?
Plus are you saying that God is not actively involved in punishing those that reject Him? That it's just as simple as going our own way? Have you ever heard any of the theological and philosophical problems with that sorta thing? Are we all just pawns in a cosmic chess game between Yahweh and Lucifer?
Joshua Daniel Yes, she did say that to me, as did her mom, my great-grandma. They said it wasn't believable, but my grandma liked volunteering to sew outfits for kids plays and chatting with women during church dinners because she was divorced and our family lives all over the country. It was a place for her to get regular social interaction.
Sorry for oversimplifying in a RUclips comment, but I don't think the OP was hoping for an exhaustive dissertation on an afterlife in Hell.
Rachel Stephens - Your Grandma sounds like a level headed and kind woman. Do you really feel an unending torment fits her crime? What was her crime anyway?
If I get saved and truly repented and then a year or so later fall into temptation and begintaking opioids and now years later I’m still addicted… and I now not saved? Was I ever not saved? My entire life changed my being changed everyone around knows I’m not the same as I was. I feel like I’ve literally bled sweated and cried Jesus since I’ve believed in Him… And I know doing Drugs is wrong… I want to quit but I just can’t seem to beat opiate addiction… What is wrong with me?
Ask God to make you sick every time you think of the drugs. Also DON'T BE AROUND OTHERS that do them. I am praying He Restore me I don't want this
Mess i got into fornication and feel stupid and SPIRITUALLY sick and lost.
.I don't want this and wish I had not done these things. It has torn me down Shouldn't have done these sins against my body. It has made me sick. .I hate this now and want THE HOLY GHOST BACK. FEELING LOST.
@@triciaperry2234 I am with you… In hopes and prayers that the Lord hears our cry to Him and restores us! To do whatever it takes to make sure His will be done in our lives and that we are used for His glory and purpose to the very maximum that we were meant too! I pray that God uses these bad things in our lives for our betterment. I pray we please Him! Amen…
@@triciaperry2234 I feel the Holy Spirit is telling me to tell YOU. That you are so mightily loved and that He has not left you and NEVER will!
Psalm 139:7-8 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or wither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Once we realize that we are responsible for our sin and is the product of our mind, this gives us the key to understanding what is personified by the Satan/Devil/Serpent. There is nothing mythical or fable about these terms, they are personifications representing the carnal mind. The World represents carnal thinking, and Jesus overcame the World. That has to be our goal, but because we fail, we are dependent on Christ to win the victory for us.
Does God forgive everyday sin
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Mike, can you please do a video on these pastors who use the Bible to justify abortion!?
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Wow guy from Lincoln Preaching lol 😀
41:48- 42:26 so good
Where does the Bible say we are born sinful ?
AND WHAT IS SIN? According to 1 John 3 SIN IS BREAKING THE LAW. Yet, why do "Christians" teach to break the laws? Could it be that they are the ones Jesus is talking about in Matthew 7:21?
Sin is at it simplest, the disobeying of God's instruction. The first disobedience was by Eve, then Adam.
Jesus broke all the man-made laws of the Pharisees, which were not God's law. Matt 23:2 is wrongly translated as proven by a Hebrew manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. Instead of saying we should do as the Pharisees tell us to do, but not do as they do; instead the verse is best understood as; "you sit in the seat of Moses, therefore do as Moses tells you to do". In other words, obey the Torah. That is what Jesus did, he fulfilled the law and proved it possible, but now we no longer live by a written law, but the law of God should be written in our hearts and we should naturally do what is pleasing to God.
Correct me if I misheard part of this, but it sounded like he said that there carnal Christians. I don't believe that there are. If he believes that some Christians are addicted to a sinful lifestyle, then he believes in the hard form of OSAS. This does essentially mean a license to sin. It would mean that AronRa is correct that you can be a n evil person and still get into heaven according to Christianity. Good advice on dealing with sin nature though.
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