If you are truly in Christ (born again) you are an adopted son of God. Therefore, we possess His righteousness by Christ's death on the cross. The one who wants you to doubt your worth is satan, the flesh and the world. Our feelings/insecurities do NOT define us, but only Christ.
Like lastminute 3767 says, Jesus dealt with your "not good enough" on the cross. And HE calls you "good enough". It's not your own 'goodness' but Christ's goodness applied to you and every believer. 2 Cor 5:21 says "For our sake, God made Him (Jesus) to BE sin...who knew no sin, so that WE would become the righteousness of Christ". And 2 Cor 5:17 says believers are a New Creation in Christ... so we don't regard each other as Christians according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. If you have truly been born-again.
It's true. No one is good enough for the creator. We are imperfect...or at least, that's what he wants you to believe. While the creator requires obedience, Satan does not. The Dark Lord accepts everyone as they are, and encourages self-empowerment & equality rather than worship and servitude. Perhaps you might consider accepting his help in freeing yourself of unnecessary burdens like "sin".
“Being saved later in life has been a blessing, but I have to admit, changing old habits is really challenging. It’s a daily struggle, but I’m committed to making positive changes and growing in my faith with faithful mentors and Gods guidance 🙏🏼
There are so many different obstacles that I face as a single mom. Some days I want to give up. God give me strength. I’m struggling to make ends meet. Both of my sons are special needs and require much from me. I keep faith because I know that God will provide. So as I struggle to buy groceries for my children, and as I struggle to pay rent every month. I turn to you Lord Jesus for help.❤️💕❤️
You have a bigger challenge than most any of us. I hope your church offers spiritual and financial resources. Praying for you that you and your little family have all of your needs met in abundance. ❤
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I was a single dad with my 1 year old son until he was 9 serving in the military all that time. A terrible person that was his mom breathing down my neck, my parents and her parents breathing down my neck for being too nice and not laying my foot down, and even people at church judging me for being divorced and trying to do the right thing and living a peaceful life. The world and Christians alike can be terrible people.
I realize when I see evil online it's very hard to hold back my evil tongue because it hurts my heart to see what people are doing to each other. I also realized the other day from scripture we should be slow to speak, quick to listen, and slow to anger. I'm going to meditate on this for this week.
Too many fail to recognize the true evils in front of their eyes. Those who wield power tend to become authoritarians who create the "rules", and the masses obey out of fear of retribution. Putin, Kim Jong un, Hitler...and even the creator. Satan, our Dark Lord, is willing to help liberate us from the bindings of the creator, who only wishes to see us in positions of obedience and servitude to him. We are not meant to be slaves. The Dark Lord offers empowerment instead of obedience, equality instead of endless worship, and freedom from the fear of so-called "sin". Perhaps you might consider
@@Dingolia I have considered Satan for far too long. I pray for your soul. So you're saying Satan liberates you from obedience. Does that mean you will rule over Satan, or he won't rule over you?
@motorTranz We should as a Christian.We must and think that is saving you and always thought that you are unsaved,my Friend.Lord gets all praised and glorily for our salvation.🙏
With online commenting, I'm a mixture of both caring and pretty forthright. I think there are times when you need to be blunt to get people to consider. Everybody talks about Heaven but not many The New Heaven and Earth. Life will be complete when I'm reconnected with Earth where I came from and Heaven with God all together. The rest of your questions are a work in progress. It's a good thing it's spread out over my lifetime. 🙂
I think the seeker friendly movement is, what is that word many teens use for something that’s popular at the time? It’s not a cult or scam. What is the word?
I figured it out. A fad! Hillsong music in church, a pastor teaching about the dysfunction of society, trying to keep everything real and relevant, and the like. I like old hymns and real teaching abhorring the world!
Thanks Tod. BTW, I have been seeing the Holy SPIRIT as more than HIS abilities. I've moved into a thinking - that HE will be in me and with me personally - forever. My bff here on earth is my best, friend, FOREVER in Eternity. What a spectacular future of learning the WORD of GOD, forever and much more as we serve and enjoy our LORD YESHUA. Sigh,❤
You call Him your best friend, but you deny Him the right to be called by the Name He has Chosen for Himself, JESUS, Jesus has preserved His Word right down to the last letter... As He Promised. So, what you are saying you do not trust Jesus to be accurate with His own Word...? Speaking Greek in an English place is an act of Chaos to the Church, it divides the Church, just what satan wants...! And people teaching you this is trying to keep you separated from the true Church... Go with God
According to this, our views of all these things are not allowed to fluctuate if you’re a Christian. Everything always need to be increasing. Where is that thought in Scripture? It’s not.
If you wish to serve the creator, that is your right to do so. However, The Dark Lord also has his arms open unto you, willing to liberate you from the snares of endless obedience and prostration to the creator.
1. The Almighty is Sovereign. We are to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord. 2. How are we to view ourselves? “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” (John 12:25) 3. Seeing our sin as what it is more than just feeling bad about our actions. 4. Jesus Christ is God. 5. The cross was the shame our Savior bore for us. 6. The church is a body of believers, not a building, nor an ideological belief. 7. The Word of God is to be viewed through faith. 8. Prayer is a blessing to those who have been born again to speak to the Most High. 9. “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2nd Cor. 6:14) 10. With Truth, in love. 11. Giving honor where honor is due. But here is where I will stop, for I recall Todd speaking positively about that which has damaged the lives of millions. No Todd, I did not wear a mask, I did not social distance, and I did not roll up my sleeve. And I believe that nearly everything you taught about Romans 13 in regard to those days was more than incorrect.
I have a hard time watching this because the spell checker was ignored. Received, the rule is I before E, except after C. I'll watch the rest, simply because I know Wretched stands for the truth.
One of my great hopes is that when I'm glorified, i will hate sin as much as God.. I do not hate sin like that yet.. im not sure than i can. It seems that sometimes i don't commit a sin more because He says its a sin, not because i dont want to do it. I would be a liar if i said i hated sin all the time. Sometimes i dont sin out of obedience, not because I dont want to. I really am wretched.
@@tedrowell659 Paul talks about fighting the flesh... John tells how the flesh should live, without sin. But Jesus said it Best many times, Go and sin No more. Jesus said You must be born again. Jesus said you cannot put New Wine in an old wine skin... You cannot henpeck the Bible and understand it. Jesus made it very clear; you cannot take a bath and get clean and then put your dirty old sweaty clothes back on...! If you do your shower was a waste of time...!! Go with God
@@faithhope7777 respectfully if Christ expected us to remain sinless after salvation, why would He be our interssesor between God when we sin? You are setting a standard we cannot meet. We sin every day. Or do you love God enough? Do you thank God enough? Do you have your mind and flesh under 100% control? Do you honor your parents enough? Do you love your neighbors enough?? I know I dont.. Respectfully, If you say no to any of those you're a sinner and if you say yes you're a liar, which makes you a sinner I will not be sinless until my glorification. I am only saved through Christ's works, not mine. I will fight with my flesh as long as I am alive until He brings me home.
@@tedrowell659 I understand every word you are saying, and what you are doing is falling to man's teaching, Not God...! If you do not do all these Good things, YOU are not trying, which means you do not think that much of Jesus to Discipline yourself. The New Testament is full of Jesus saying, Go and sin NO more...! 1John 3:9 (KJB) If God seed is in you, you cannot sin. WHY? Does God sin? NO.!! So if God is a part of you and you reach out for that sin, you can't, you will not be able to because God is now in you as a Christian...! And if you do reach out and take that sin, you just receive proof you are not a true Christian... Now most people calling themselves Christian do not understand what true sin is. In principle we are still in the garden of Eden, except the tree of good and evil is now the tree of sin. Your mind is satan playground and he dandles this beautiful sin fruit in your mind, now if you dwell on it or reach out to take this sin fruit, YOU just sin, but if you do not and rebuke the devil as Jesus say you can, he will flee from you, and you have not sin but satan has...! Go with God
@@janvandestreek3366 I don’t believe it is. “Positionally” conveys it is not actual reality. I’m probably splitting hairs though. Although I see it as important because if we see ourselves as actually being in Christ presently, I think it has a more profound effect on how we view ourselves. I don’t think you can say our spirit is in union with Christ’s spirit if it is positional.
What exactly belongs to Caesar??? Deuteronomy 10:14-17: "Everything belongs to the LORD your God. The heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to him. The earth and everything on it belong to him" I'm starting to wonder if we have twisted what CHRIST has told us.
The coin had Caesar's image on it, therefore it belonged to him, but we are made in the image of God and belong to Him. Our allegiance is to the ruler of the heavens and the earth, not to any earthly kingdom.
@THENEVERDEADIV Yes, I would agree that the passage does not indicate absolute ownership for Caesar. All are creatures of God and nothing He has allowed us to have in this plane of existence will be strapped to our backs when we stand before His throne. So, give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's, only reinforces everything belongs to God because Caesar himself is only another creature of God's, whose earthly authority isn't even his own, but on loan from God as well. I don't think anything in the video contradicts this, though? We should obey our earthly authority in so far as it does not contradict our ultimate authority in Christ.
Well, now I know all the rules I must follow along with the written Law, of course to get to Heaven. I'll just add your rules to the the 613 laws put forth in God's Word. Now I get it, Todd. And to think for so long I was convinced it was by Grace alone, through faith alone in Jesus alone. Silly me. May God bless you and lead you in the true path to Him.
I think you may have missed the point of this list. The things contained within it are merrily signs or fruits that evidence a person’s faith. Not things a person has to do in order to be saved. if I misunderstood your statement, I do apologize, but I don’t think I did
@@andylieffring3987 Thank you for your reasonable comment about my . . . well, comment. You seem like a decent sort. The truth is: I was being sarcastic. I am so tired of these RUclips Calvinists spreading a type of legalism in the guise of "Grace." Mr. Friel certainly implies that not being in love with God's law might mean you are not a Christian. It would be easy for me to just stop watching these videos but I feel like I should speak up when I see legalism rearing it's ugly head in the body of Christ. God bless.
it is faith alone in christ alone.....for anything else is a works based salvation....we recieve a free gift and that means we do nothing all has been paid for by the giver and all scripture says is that we are to believe on him who he sent.....nothing more nothing less.....that simple even a child can do that....
The Dark Lord always has his arms open to you as well. It is your decision of course, but the option is always there. You need not worship the creator.
Same here. I prefer an organ and a piano than a drum set, electric guitars, and whatever else. Also I prefer to experience love and a good message instead of a watered-down message and being ostracized.
Considering there are believers in the world who would worship while living in squalor and hunger making music with a stick banging against a tin can while singing whatever tune they have access to, it really makes no difference. God wants the heart. The point is we should be crying out to him in desperation no matter what sound is being made.
Nothing. However, a church with an organ likely has an altar with a cross in the center. This is the focal point of the sanctuary no matter the size of the organ. @JV-jq4dt
11. Yes, we should *generally* obey the State. However, the commonly held belief that we should always obey unless it commands us to sin is Biblically wrong. The following list of Biblical characters disobeyed the State and it never commanded them to sin: Abram Rahab Ehud David Jereboam Jehoiada Elijah Daniel Paul
@@SpreadTruth24 Correct! But my point is there are more times we should disobey the State than simply when it attempts to force us to do wrong. The Bible has several such examples.
@@acem82Absolutely. And if we're honest and paying attention, most of what the current government promotes and advances, their party, is 100% against God and evn pro-satan.
How can I be saved? Why do I need to be saved? We are all infected with sin (Romans 3:23). We are born with sin (Psalm 51:5), and we all personally choose to sin (Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8). Sin is what makes us unsaved. Sin is what separates us from God. Sin is what has us on the path to eternal destruction. How can I be saved? Saved from what? Because of our sin, we all deserve death (Romans 6:23). While the physical consequence of sin is physical death, that is not the only kind of death that results from sin. All sin is ultimately committed against an eternal and infinite God (Psalm 51:4). Because of that, the just penalty for our sin is also eternal and infinite. What we need to be saved from is eternal destruction (Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15). How can I be saved? How did God provide salvation? Because the just penalty for sin is infinite and eternal, only God could pay the penalty, because only He is infinite and eternal. But God, in His divine nature, could not die. So God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ. God took on human flesh, lived among us, and taught us. When the people rejected Him and His message, and sought to kill Him, He willingly sacrificed Himself for us, allowing Himself to be crucified (John 10:15). Because Jesus Christ was human, He could die; and because Jesus Christ was God, His death had an eternal and infinite value. Jesus’ death on the cross was the perfect and complete payment for our sin (1 John 2:2). He took the consequences we deserved. Jesus’ resurrection from the dead demonstrated that His death was indeed the perfectly sufficient sacrifice for sin. How can I be saved? What do I need to do? “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). God has already done all of the work. All you must do is receive, in faith, the salvation God offers (Ephesians 2:8-9). Fully trust in Jesus alone as the payment for your sins. Believe in Him, and you will not perish (John 3:16). God is offering you salvation as a gift. All you have to do is accept it. Jesus is the way of salvation (John 14:6). Repent and love the Lord with all your heart, and you will no longer desire to sin.
We all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God the good news God sent his only son see John chapter 3:16 come to Jesus Psalm 51 Psalm 91 pray the Lord's prayer read your Bible every day I do most of all put God first in the morning say the Lord's prayer and look at your Bible go to a church that teaches the word of God ask the Lord to help you he will God forgives
How can I be saved? Why do I need to be saved? We are all infected with sin (Romans 3:23). We are born with sin (Psalm 51:5), and we all personally choose to sin (Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8). Sin is what makes us unsaved. Sin is what separates us from God. Sin is what has us on the path to eternal destruction. How can I be saved? Saved from what? Because of our sin, we all deserve death (Romans 6:23). While the physical consequence of sin is physical death, that is not the only kind of death that results from sin. All sin is ultimately committed against an eternal and infinite God (Psalm 51:4). Because of that, the just penalty for our sin is also eternal and infinite. What we need to be saved from is eternal destruction (Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15). How can I be saved? How did God provide salvation? Because the just penalty for sin is infinite and eternal, only God could pay the penalty, because only He is infinite and eternal. But God, in His divine nature, could not die. So God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ. God took on human flesh, lived among us, and taught us. When the people rejected Him and His message, and sought to kill Him, He willingly sacrificed Himself for us, allowing Himself to be crucified (John 10:15). Because Jesus Christ was human, He could die; and because Jesus Christ was God, His death had an eternal and infinite value. Jesus’ death on the cross was the perfect and complete payment for our sin (1 John 2:2). He took the consequences we deserved. Jesus’ resurrection from the dead demonstrated that His death was indeed the perfectly sufficient sacrifice for sin. How can I be saved? What do I need to do? “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). God has already done all of the work. All you must do is receive, in faith, the salvation God offers (Ephesians 2:8-9). Fully trust in Jesus alone as the payment for your sins. Believe in Him, and you will not perish (John 3:16). God is offering you salvation as a gift. All you have to do is accept it. Jesus is the way of salvation (John 14:6). Repent and love the Lord with all your heart, and you will no longer desire to sin.
Hebrews 12:6-11 6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.” 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
God bless you,Thank you, Lord, for the financial breakthrough. My prayers are answered, and everything falls into place🙏🏾🙏🏾After so many struggles, I now own a new house, and my family is happy. Once again, everything is finally falling into place!! $30,000 every month 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️
Isaiah 45:3 speaks of a transference of riches from the heathen to the righteous... will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret... I received this for my household in Jesus' name. Amen!
If the UK thought police happen to jail and imprison you for speaking out, then irony is on the side of you the humble. Turn whatever prison you msy end up in into a house of God. A place of freedom.
When you want to see the father look at Jesus, He is the image of the invisible God. The triune God was right here when our Lord was here, then He sent us His Holy Spirit when He went back to heaven. He made us In His image, body, soul and spirit. Our God is Father, Son (the word), and Holy Spirit.
I am not sure where I am....Help! Please note, some of these Answers are going to be Childlike, I am Developmentally Delayed, My mental Age is 10 or 11 at best and I have not been a Believer Long, Only found by Christ in February 2021. So some of these are going to be Childlike... 1. God: Holy, Holy, Holy, Thrice Holy, Perfect. Glorious beyond all Glory. The Highest, a Just and Wrathful Judge to the Unelect, and a Merciful and Loving Father to the Elect, who Deserve no Mercy either , yet have it in God's Pure Goodness. 2. Myself: A Wretched, Wicked, Worthless, Miserable, Pile of Sinful Dust undeserving of anything but Death and Hell for being a Sinner. 3. Sin: I Hate it! I utterly Hate it! It Makes me want to Rip my own Skin off when I fall into it, I want nothing to do with it! I want to be Free of it! it is Literally Killing Me! 4. Jesus: My Lord and My God, the Son of God and God the Son, The God-Man, Fully God and Fully Man in one Nature Hypostatic, the Word made Flesh, God in the Flesh, the Emmanuel, God is with us, God incarnate. My Only Lord, My only King, My only Savior, My Only Redemption, My only Justification, My Only Chance, My Only Hope, My only Joy, My only Master, the Holy, Eternal, Crucified and Risen Messiah! Precious beyond Precious. 5: the Cross: to be Run to, to cling to! where Christ Jesus the Lord paid the Death Penalty that I Deserve, where He faced the full Wrath, Fury, Hatred and Scorn of God for my Sins in my place, where He shed His Holy, Innocent, Divine, Blood to wash all of My Sin, Past, Present, and Future, as Far away from me as East is from West. 6. The Church: Vitally Important, a Place I deeply Desire to Go to be Admonished, Discipled and made Accountable by the Brethren, to learn the ways of God and Christ and how to walk in them, how to think, speak and act like a Sheep of Christ, how to Discern the Voice of my Lord and Shephard in Scripture and how to OBEY Him! under the Teachings of a Reformed Male Pastor (Male only Hierarchy) who is Preferably Cessationist, but MUST hold to the Five Solae, the Five Points of Grace/Calvinism, the Reformed Confessions (1646 Westminster for Preference) and Reformed Catechisms, who, along with his Flock, Fears God and Believes His Bible! Sadly, there are no such Churches like that near Me, they are all Apostate, and, here in the UK, *very* Few Reformed Churches will take the Disabled making the List even Smaller. So Far, only One Church (Emmanuel, which is Part of the Free Church of England/The Reformed Episcopal Church) has offered me Fellowship, and it is 121 Miles away in Morecambe, Lancashire, so, as a Non Driver, who cannot afford the Train Fare, and has no Believing Relatives to take me, and without the money to move House at the Moment, I cannot get there... But I desire Deeply, to the Point of Tears, to be in a Church! 7. Scripture: Holy, Divine, Infallible, and Inerrant, the only way to Understand the Nature of God, the Nature of Christ, the Nature of Sin, and the Nature of Salvation, Vital! But. I Struggle with it, I am Easily Distracted and Prone to Hyper Obsessions (Please Remember, Autism is REAL and it is Debilitating!) that can lead me down a Rabbit Hole for Hours on End!, to the Point I forget to Read it sometimes... I need Help to Focus on Reading it! 8. Prayer: VITAL! the Only way to Receive Forgiveness when I Slip into Sin, the Only way to get Help where I Struggle Spiritually, and the only Way I can talk to God, whom I NEED! and something I do almost Constantly! 9. Unbelievers: I React Badly, I am Extremely Zealous to a Fault and I am Edwards Level Fire-Breathing, I Warn them of their Sins in Love, but my Warnings are Extremely Fiery, Full of the Wrath and the Fury and the Anger of God, meaning they come across as Harsh and Aggressive, which is not so Good. I also have a Deep, Petrifying, Total Fear of Radicalized Islam that is leading me into Anger to the Point I find myself Growling "get out of my Country" at the first mention of that false religion ...which is Really Bad! I admit in Shame I am an *Ex* White Supremacist, now color Blind in the Mercy of God, but, some of that Fury still lies in the Flesh, and I am very, very Disturbed that my growing Fear is leading to that Fury coming back to Haunt Me, as I want Rid of it! 10. Believers: I React even Worse! as I am "Reformed or Bust" and "Locked Down" and as I hold to and Practice First Degree Separation, I take any Argument, Especially Regarding Calvinist Soteriology, Extremely Seriously, I have a bad Habit of Treating everything as a Hill 3234, to be Defended unto Total Annihilation, no Retreat, No Surrender, Fight or Die!, meaning I tend to Separate over the Slightest thing in Excessive Zeal, and then Hate Myself for being an absolute Jerk after I calm down... 11. Authority: Struggle, I hate the Government, I think it is Satanic, False, Evil, Profane and Ungodly, Incapable of Good and Utterly Opposed to the One, True, Reformed, Protestant, Calvinist, Christian Faith and to the God of the Bible, I want NOTHING to do with the Government, to the Point I Esteem it a SIN for me to Even Vote! I struggle to Obey them, and need help to learn on where I have to Obey, when my natural Inclination is to have nothing to do with them what so ever, and instead just Pray that God Raises up another Oliver Cromwell to *Force* my Country to Return to the Lord Jesus Christ before it is Too Late! 12. Obedience to God: VITAL! God must be Obeyed! He is Holy, Holy, Holy! He is God! He Must be Obeyed...and yet....I cannot go even 30 Seconds without Disobeying Him and Sinning in my Insufferable Inadequacy and Insufficiency! o Wretched, Rebellious, Sinful, Disobedient Child that I am! I literally smite my Chest and Pray for God to have mercy on Me, a Sinner!! 13. False Teachers: HERESIARCHS! Elected for Destruction afore the Foundation of the world, Tragically Unsavable, Hardened by God as was Pharaoh, Demon Possessed! Ministers of Satan to be Marked, Rebuked, Avoided and Fled From! 14. Hell: A Horrid, Evil, Vile, Nightmarish Place, Terrible beyond all Comprehension and where I want *No One* to have to Go! 15. Heaven: A Place of Perfect Peace, Perfect Beauty, Perfect Sinlessness, Perfect Love, where we will live with God and God will live with us, and He will be our Father and we will be His Children, and a Place I want to go...Now! This Second...to the Point I often find Myself Praying for Death! so I can leave this Evil, Wicked, Fallen world and go Home to be with the Lord right Now! 16: Holy Sprit: God is In Us. Fully God. The Eternal Seal of Faith, the Refiners Fire. The Comforter. 17. Serving: Something I Desperately Want to do! But do not know How to Do! 18. Evangelizing: A Struggle, I am very Timid, and am Scared of, basically, getting my head chopped off! I do Not have the Guts for Street Preaching I am afraid. In Love I do Try and Evangelize online, but, as I fear Prison, I Really do have to Dig DEEP in order to find the Christ Enabled Bravery to do it! then I do it! With Long, Detailed, Passionate Preaching! 19. Tongue: I hate it! a World of Sins, Lies, Insults, Fury, Abominations! if I could RIP IT OUT! I would! 20: World/Culture: I hate it, It Crushes Me! its Violent and Full of Anger and Hatred, and Sex, and Pain, and Horror, and it Hurts Children and it promotes Sin, it is Vain and Horrid and I want very little do with it! I want to be Separate from it as much as Possible. It is True however that you would consider me too Worldly and as a "time waster" despite that, as I permit the Odd Non-Violent Videogame in my Life, but that is because, although, In the Grace of God, I can now go Four Days without one, any more than Four Days without that Escape and I get utterly Crushed with Depression to the Point I struggle to Even Function, the Odd Non Violent Game, the Odd Children's Cartoon, the Odd bit of TV that I do not Esteem Sinful (which is not much as I have a Weak Conscience), that Escape is Vital to keep me....even Remotely close to Sane! And that makes me Ashamed. So Where am I? Help!
I don’t know where you are, but I will tell you this! You are not developmentally delayed, at least in the area of literacy. Most people nowadays cannot spell, capitalize, punctuate, or even write a coherent sentence in a lot of areas. And what you posted is FAR more intelligent than a lot of people. You may be childlike on your outlook on life, but you are not by any stretch of the imagination dumb!
@@jondstewart Thank you for your Kind Words. As Stated I am in the UK. That is why I am having so much trouble finding a Church, most British churches are Apostate, and the few that are still mostly Biblical often do not take the Disabled. Now, I am a little held back on Literacy, as you can see I am a little blind on what gets capitalized or not, and numeracy may as well be Greek! In most Peoples case, the issues with Spelling and Coherence is due to Bad Education more than anything else, I think we can all agree the Secular "Mainstream" Education System just does not work and is failing a lot of People and is leaving them borderline uneducated and that is a Tragedy, even coming from someone (me) who actually distrusts Education somewhat. The main Delay is in my Mental and Emotional Age, Physically I am 37, Mentally and Emotionally I am 10/11 so there is a big Delay there. I do have, not to blow my own Trumpet, a supposedly "above average" IQ, but, I am not so sure on that myself. Again however, I thank you deeply for your Kind Words. God's Blessings upon you and yours, Love and Peace.
Oh dear brother, please a correction. The text "examine yourselves whether you be in the faith," was not for the Corinthians to see for themselves whether Christ saved them or not, or whether they were still in the faith. Once in Christ keeps you in. You cannot break the seal. The text and context was proof that Paul was a genuine apostle, because the Corinthians WERE in the faith. Saved and eternally secure in, by, and through Jesus Christ only, because He is the only eternally secure one. The context is not about ASSURANCE OF SALVATION, BUT THEY BECAUSE THEY ARE SAVED, PROVES THAT PAUL WAS A GENUINE APOSTLE AND Preached THE TRUE GOSPEL TO THEM. ITS ABOUT HIS Apostleship ALWAYS BEING Challenged. BECAUSE THEY WERE IN CHRIST, THEY PROVED HE WAS A TRUE APOSTLE. THE POINT IS NOT ABOUT THE CORINTHIANS OR ETERNAL SECURITY OR ASSURANCE, BUT PROOF THAT PAUL WAS A TRUE APOSTLE.
This assurance of salvation is such a joke and people love to make it complicated. None of us are perfect or even close to it! I don’t think a child or even teenager that sincerely asked Jesus into their heart that lived a lifestyle of sin later on was never saved to begin with. We all stumble and fall and God picks us back up. But if it becomes habitual, God takes them home early. That’s what I believe. My younger brother accepted Christ into his heart and baptized later on when he was 9-10 years old. He was always a cynical and rebellious soul. Loved hardcore alternative music growing up in Austin, Texas and his best friend was a girl any guy would love to have. She was chill, very likable, open-minded, and a cutie. But he never wanted anything from her other than friendship. Surprise, he came out as gay around 21-22 and she remained his friend. He shacked up with the drummer of The Butthole Surfers for over 10 years, then they legally married in New Mexico. In 2014, he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and it slowly ate away his brain over the next 9 years. When I spent my last time with him and held his hand and he was wearing a diaper and barely knew what was going on, I looked him in the eye and told him “you’re not getting out of here without Christ in your heart”. Not sure what he processed, but I made peace with it.
the assurance of being saved is that scripture says that God himself keeps and maintains our salvtion by his power and his faithfulness...also the sealing of the holy spirit is the proof we are saved until the day of redemption.....preachers make things difficult...they always add works as proof and behavior is a must......that then is a performance based salvation not a free gift based on faith alone.
Christians, This Is the BIGGEST Problem We Are Facing 90% of Christians don't know the Gospel. The gospel is GRACE > There is no "other" gospel. Doing this and not doing that - and following Laws - is NOT the Gospel. The Gospel is Freedom. (as Christ has already made you perfect - FOREVER.) The Gospel is surrender to the Living Spirit. The Command is Love. Everything else? is noise.
Let us not be fooled! We do not want to be one of those who will be turned away on that day when men stand before God. The way is narrow, and the road is straight, and FEW be that find it. Matt 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Verse 22 MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Verse 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matt 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it. Our sin has set us all on the road to hell and no amount of good will fix the sin we have done. We have ALL sinned. It is not about the type of sin or how much sin. It is about the fact that we have sinned. For that reason we all need a Savior.
If we want forgiveness for our sin and peace with God. If we want to escape eternal hell. If we want to go to heaven we must understand the following. We DO NOT get saved (go to heaven), get right with God, forgiven, by being good, by being religious, by just believing in God, by praying a prayer, being baptized, asking or accepting Jesus into our hearts, accepting Jesus as our personal Saviour, confessing our sins, joining a church, cleaning up our lives, doing penance, taking the bread and the wine, or doing all these things accumulative. Salvation is a gift that is given to those who repent and come to faith. Eph. 2:8,9
Salvation takes repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Acts 20:21. testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Make no mistake. We cannot be a friend of Christ and remain a rebel against God and unless we repent we remain a rebel. The word repent, from the Greek word “metanoia”, means a change of mind or direction. God is not receiving those who almost or kind of repents. It is like the word About-face which is a 180 degree turn. We turn from not wanting God fully in our lives to willfully surrendering to Him to lead our lives.
When any person comes to the place where they are broken over their sin toward God to the point that they want to get right with God no matter what it will cost them they are in a state/spirit of repentance toward God. Luke 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. The repentant heart would walk away from anything or any one to get right with God. We then take that willing repentant heart we have towards God and place it on the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Master, because He paid the price for our sin, and that becomes faith. At that moment God’s grace through Christ is freely applied to us and we are born again, saved from eternal hell and sealed by the Spirit so that we will never again return to the practice of sinning. 1John 3:9,10.
Our first command after salvation is to be baptized. Repentance of sin is the result of the new birth/salvation and will be part of the sanctification process and our new life with the Lord Jesus Christ, Eph 2:10. While we may sin from time to time after salvation it will never again be our practice 2Cor. 5:17, 1John 3:9,10.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
REV. 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. It all boils down to are we sorry/broken enough over our sins against God and do we want to get our hearts right with Him or not. Let us be sure that tomorrow does not belong to us.
Hallelujah!!! I’m blessed and favored with $60,000 every week! Now I can afford anything and support the work of God and the church. For Your glory, LORD! HALLELUJAH!
Absolutely! I have heard stories of people who started with little or no knowledge but managed to emerge victorious thanks to Ana Graciela Blackwelder.
Could be the other group that doesn't think The Apostle Paul was a real apostle. I mean believe he was, but there is/was(?) a group of people trying to tell people the contrary.
Careful you’re not slandering. Having an opinion is one thing but making a blatant accusation without providing anything to back it up borderlines on slander.
@@ladyphoenixgrey3923 did you watch his critique of the "miracle" comments regarding President Trump surviving the assassination attempt? This isn't a good forum for having a legitimate debate, but I am not "slandering" anyone. Todd presents himself as the only one who reads the Bible. He's not. One can rightly say that Trump's survival was miraculous and the result of divine intervention. Yet Todd Pharisaically says no. A miracle does not require the suspension of natural law as Todd says. As an example, consider the Israelite crossing of the Jordan River under Joshua. Nothing in the narrative required the suspension of natural law for the water to stop flowing. I don't look for naturalistic explanations for miracles as a normal course. However, this one could very likely have had a natural explanation that caused a blockage upstream. In that case, the miracle is in the timing -- much like what happened with President Trump. One could rightly say that God intervened to fulfill his plan. That takes nothing away from his overall sovereignty.
I view myself as not good enough for God. I'm imperfect and a sinner and He is not. Without Him I am nothing.
If you are truly in Christ (born again) you are an adopted son of God. Therefore, we possess His righteousness by Christ's death on the cross. The one who wants you to doubt your worth is satan, the flesh and the world. Our feelings/insecurities do NOT define us, but only Christ.
@@lastminute3767 thanks
That is definitely the most pathetic thing I've ever heard that's for sure
Like lastminute 3767 says, Jesus dealt with your "not good enough" on the cross. And HE calls you "good enough". It's not your own 'goodness' but Christ's goodness applied to you and every believer. 2 Cor 5:21 says "For our sake, God made Him (Jesus) to BE sin...who knew no sin, so that WE would become the righteousness of Christ". And 2 Cor 5:17 says believers are a New Creation in Christ... so we don't regard each other as Christians according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. If you have truly been born-again.
It's true. No one is good enough for the creator. We are imperfect...or at least, that's what he wants you to believe. While the creator requires obedience, Satan does not. The Dark Lord accepts everyone as they are, and encourages self-empowerment & equality rather than worship and servitude. Perhaps you might consider accepting his help in freeing yourself of unnecessary burdens like "sin".
“Being saved later in life has been a blessing, but I have to admit, changing old habits is really challenging. It’s a daily struggle, but I’m committed to making positive changes and growing in my faith with faithful mentors and Gods guidance 🙏🏼
Amen brother Todd. Love this ministry.
Very good, Guys!! Please pray for Christina if you have time. Thank you!
thank you Todd, I needed to go through this list and examine my own heart.
There are so many different obstacles that I face as a single mom. Some days I want to give up. God give me strength. I’m struggling to make ends meet. Both of my sons are special needs and require much from me. I keep faith because I know that God will provide. So as I struggle to buy groceries for my children, and as I struggle to pay rent every month. I turn to you Lord Jesus for help.❤️💕❤️
You have a bigger challenge than most any of us. I hope your church offers spiritual and financial resources. Praying for you that you and your little family have all of your needs met in abundance. ❤
Prayer sent.
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I was a single dad with my 1 year old son until he was 9 serving in the military all that time. A terrible person that was his mom breathing down my neck, my parents and her parents breathing down my neck for being too nice and not laying my foot down, and even people at church judging me for being divorced and trying to do the right thing and living a peaceful life. The world and Christians alike can be terrible people.
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I realize when I see evil online it's very hard to hold back my evil tongue because it hurts my heart to see what people are doing to each other. I also realized the other day from scripture we should be slow to speak, quick to listen, and slow to anger. I'm going to meditate on this for this week.
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Too many fail to recognize the true evils in front of their eyes. Those who wield power tend to become authoritarians who create the "rules", and the masses obey out of fear of retribution. Putin, Kim Jong un, Hitler...and even the creator. Satan, our Dark Lord, is willing to help liberate us from the bindings of the creator, who only wishes to see us in positions of obedience and servitude to him. We are not meant to be slaves. The Dark Lord offers empowerment instead of obedience, equality instead of endless worship, and freedom from the fear of so-called "sin". Perhaps you might consider
@@Dingolia I have considered Satan for far too long. I pray for your soul. So you're saying Satan liberates you from obedience. Does that mean you will rule over Satan, or he won't rule over you?
@@noknownthrone2487 We are equals. Satan brings no one beneath, nor above him. He is kind, sensible, and wise.
Amen! Todd!
Thank you for your insight!
The encouragement for internal reflection is awesome and in the spirit of unity i will refrain any criticism.
Thank you
Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!". Acts 5: 29
Amen, correct 💯
@motorTranz We should as a Christian.We must and think that is saving you and always thought that you are unsaved,my Friend.Lord gets all praised and glorily for our salvation.🙏
Just had Brad Bigney at our church. Appreciate his love for the body of Christ and his ability to communicate truth.
Love the word investigation idea! Been doing that for a year or so. Latest word : “sinner”. Very surprising.
Very good Todd and your team. Blessings.
Amen the concordance is a great and helpful book in your search for certain scriptures and words
Good list. I would probably add one. How do you view the empty tomb? The cross made Jesus a martyr. The empty tome made him my savior.
A martyr for what?
With online commenting, I'm a mixture of both caring and pretty forthright. I think there are times when you need to be blunt to get people to consider. Everybody talks about Heaven but not many The New Heaven and Earth. Life will be complete when I'm reconnected with Earth where I came from and Heaven with God all together. The rest of your questions are a work in progress. It's a good thing it's spread out over my lifetime. 🙂
I try not to be religiously dogmatic about it, but I'm really sickened by the damage done by the seeker friendly movement.
I think the seeker friendly movement is, what is that word many teens use for something that’s popular at the time? It’s not a cult or scam. What is the word?
I figured it out. A fad! Hillsong music in church, a pastor teaching about the dysfunction of society, trying to keep everything real and relevant, and the like.
I like old hymns and real teaching abhorring the world!
Thanks Tod.
BTW, I have been seeing the Holy SPIRIT as more than HIS abilities. I've moved into a thinking - that HE will be in me and with me personally - forever. My bff here on earth is my best, friend, FOREVER in Eternity. What a spectacular future of learning the WORD of GOD, forever and much more as we serve and enjoy our LORD YESHUA. Sigh,❤
You call Him your best friend, but you deny Him the right to be called by the Name He has Chosen for Himself, JESUS, Jesus has preserved His Word right down to the last letter... As He Promised. So, what you are saying you do not trust Jesus to be accurate with His own Word...? Speaking Greek in an English place is an act of Chaos to the Church, it divides the Church, just what satan wants...! And people teaching you this is trying to keep you separated from the true Church... Go with God
I feel similarly about Satan
Brother Todd for President
Is my view of God biblical, is my view of myself biblical etc. God's Word must be our plumb line.
According to this, our views of all these things are not allowed to fluctuate if you’re a Christian. Everything always need to be increasing. Where is that thought in Scripture? It’s not.
Grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ..sorry don't know exact verse❤
@@janvandestreek3366 I think my comment and what you are saying are not mutually exclusive.
I love Tawd!!
As a believer God is everything to us. We love Him and never want to hurt Him ever.
The problem is, you do not love or know the God of the Bible. You only know the false god and the fake christianity of the apostate church./ Repent!
If you wish to serve the creator, that is your right to do so. However, The Dark Lord also has his arms open unto you, willing to liberate you from the snares of endless obedience and prostration to the creator.
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The Almighty is Sovereign. We are to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord.
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How are we to view ourselves? “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” (John 12:25)
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Seeing our sin as what it is more than just feeling bad about our actions.
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Jesus Christ is God.
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The cross was the shame our Savior bore for us.
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The church is a body of believers, not a building, nor an ideological belief.
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The Word of God is to be viewed through faith.
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Prayer is a blessing to those who have been born again to speak to the Most High.
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“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2nd Cor. 6:14)
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With Truth, in love.
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Giving honor where honor is due.
But here is where I will stop, for I recall Todd speaking positively about that which has damaged the lives of millions. No Todd, I did not wear a mask, I did not social distance, and I did not roll up my sleeve. And I believe that nearly everything you taught about Romans 13 in regard to those days was more than incorrect.
I have a hard time watching this because the spell checker was ignored. Received, the rule is I before E, except after C. I'll watch the rest, simply because I know Wretched stands for the truth.
One of my great hopes is that when I'm glorified, i will hate sin as much as God..
I do not hate sin like that yet.. im not sure than i can.
It seems that sometimes i don't commit a sin more because He says its a sin, not because i dont want to do it.
I would be a liar if i said i hated sin all the time. Sometimes i dont sin out of obedience, not because I dont want to.
I really am wretched.
You do not have to be wretched...! A true Christian does not sin. Discipline... If you really want it. 1John 3:9
@@faithhope7777 respectfully, Paul clearly disagrees.
@@tedrowell659 Paul talks about fighting the flesh... John tells how the flesh should live, without sin. But
Jesus said it Best many times, Go and sin No more. Jesus said You must be born again. Jesus said you cannot put New Wine in an old wine skin... You cannot henpeck the Bible and understand it. Jesus made it very clear; you cannot take a bath and get clean and then put your dirty old sweaty clothes back on...! If you do your shower was a waste of time...!! Go with God
@@faithhope7777 respectfully if Christ expected us to remain sinless after salvation, why would He be our interssesor between God when we sin?
You are setting a standard we cannot meet.
We sin every day. Or do you love God enough? Do you thank God enough? Do you have your mind and flesh under 100% control? Do you honor your parents enough? Do you love your neighbors enough??
I know I dont..
Respectfully, If you say no to any of those you're a sinner and if you say yes you're a liar, which makes you a sinner
I will not be sinless until my glorification. I am only saved through Christ's works, not mine.
I will fight with my flesh as long as I am alive until He brings me home.
@@tedrowell659 I understand every word you are saying, and what you are doing is falling to man's teaching, Not God...! If you do not do all these Good things, YOU are not trying, which means you do not think that much of Jesus to Discipline yourself. The New Testament is full of Jesus saying, Go and sin NO more...! 1John 3:9 (KJB) If God seed is in you, you cannot sin. WHY? Does God sin? NO.!! So if God is a part of you and you reach out for that sin, you can't, you will not be able to because God is now in you as a Christian...! And if you do reach out and take that sin, you just receive proof you are not a true Christian... Now most people calling themselves Christian do not understand what true sin is. In principle we are still in the garden of Eden, except the tree of good and evil is now the tree of sin. Your mind is satan playground and he dandles this beautiful sin fruit in your mind, now if you dwell on it or reach out to take this sin fruit, YOU just sin, but if you do not and rebuke the devil as Jesus say you can, he will flee from you, and you have not sin but satan has...! Go with God
Amen. Blessings.
We aren’t “positionally” in Christ. Where is that in Scripture? Rather, we ARE in Christ. Right now. Today.
Isn't that the same thing?
@@janvandestreek3366 I don’t believe it is. “Positionally” conveys it is not actual reality. I’m probably splitting hairs though. Although I see it as important because if we see ourselves as actually being in Christ presently, I think it has a more profound effect on how we view ourselves. I don’t think you can say our spirit is in union with Christ’s spirit if it is positional.
Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” And they were amazed at him. Mark 12: 17
What exactly belongs to Caesar??? Deuteronomy 10:14-17: "Everything belongs to the LORD your God. The heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to him. The earth and everything on it belong to him" I'm starting to wonder if we have twisted what CHRIST has told us.
The coin had Caesar's image on it, therefore it belonged to him, but we are made in the image of God and belong to Him. Our allegiance is to the ruler of the heavens and the earth, not to any earthly kingdom.
@@thebrokenclock3001 but did the coin actually belong to caesar or was GOD allowing him to use what belongs to GOD?
@THENEVERDEADIV Yes, I would agree that the passage does not indicate absolute ownership for Caesar. All are creatures of God and nothing He has allowed us to have in this plane of existence will be strapped to our backs when we stand before His throne.
So, give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's, only reinforces everything belongs to God because Caesar himself is only another creature of God's, whose earthly authority isn't even his own, but on loan from God as well.
I don't think anything in the video contradicts this, though? We should obey our earthly authority in so far as it does not contradict our ultimate authority in Christ.
@@thebrokenclock3001 :) Amen
Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” And they were amazed at him. Mark 12: 17
Because I was a sinner I had no way to be redeemed
Because I repented and live like Christ God gave grace through Christ to redeem me
Well, now I know all the rules I must follow along with the written Law, of course to get to Heaven. I'll just add your rules to the the 613 laws put forth in God's Word. Now I get it, Todd. And to think for so long I was convinced it was by Grace alone, through faith alone in Jesus alone. Silly me. May God bless you and lead you in the true path to Him.
I think you may have missed the point of this list. The things contained within it are merrily signs or fruits that evidence a person’s faith. Not things a person has to do in order to be saved. if I misunderstood your statement, I do apologize, but I don’t think I did
@@andylieffring3987 Thank you for your reasonable comment about my . . . well, comment. You seem like a decent sort. The truth is: I was being sarcastic. I am so tired of these RUclips Calvinists spreading a type of legalism in the guise of "Grace." Mr. Friel certainly implies that not being in love with God's law might mean you are not a Christian. It would be easy for me to just stop watching these videos but I feel like I should speak up when I see legalism rearing it's ugly head in the body of Christ. God bless.
it is faith alone in christ alone.....for anything else is a works based salvation....we recieve a free gift and that means we do nothing all has been paid for by the giver and all scripture says is that we are to believe on him who he sent.....nothing more nothing less.....that simple even a child can do that....
I can’t find a strong and biblical local church, what should I do
The Dark Lord always has his arms open to you as well. It is your decision of course, but the option is always there. You need not worship the creator.
When I walk into a church I prefer to see a cross rather than a drum set, and an organ rather than an electric guitar.
I'm an organist...thank you!
Same here. I prefer an organ and a piano than a drum set, electric guitars, and whatever else. Also I prefer to experience love and a good message instead of a watered-down message and being ostracized.
What does the bible say about organ vs electric guitar?
Considering there are believers in the world who would worship while living in squalor and hunger making music with a stick banging against a tin can while singing whatever tune they have access to, it really makes no difference. God wants the heart. The point is we should be crying out to him in desperation no matter what sound is being made.
Nothing.
However, a church with an organ likely has an altar with a cross in the center. This is the focal point of the sanctuary no matter the size of the organ. @JV-jq4dt
Interesting observation: Mr. Friel, you seem to be really indecisive, ... about whether to keep facial hair or not.
If anyone thinks that TF is a Christian, then they also are not a Christian.
What if it is an essential?
Is there any symbolism in all the decor in this studio or is it just secular decoration?
How does one go about getting written context of this?
When is the government not sinning today.
Yes! Exactly amen!
11. Yes, we should *generally* obey the State. However, the commonly held belief that we should always obey unless it commands us to sin is Biblically wrong. The following list of Biblical characters disobeyed the State and it never commanded them to sin:
Abram
Rahab
Ehud
David
Jereboam
Jehoiada
Elijah
Daniel
Paul
Acts 5:29
@@SpreadTruth24 Correct!
But my point is there are more times we should disobey the State than simply when it attempts to force us to do wrong. The Bible has several such examples.
@@acem82Absolutely. And if we're honest and paying attention, most of what the current government promotes and advances, their party, is 100% against God and evn pro-satan.
i before e except after c.
How can I be saved? Why do I need to be saved?
We are all infected with sin (Romans 3:23). We are born with sin (Psalm 51:5), and we all personally choose to sin (Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8). Sin is what makes us unsaved. Sin is what separates us from God. Sin is what has us on the path to eternal destruction.
How can I be saved? Saved from what?
Because of our sin, we all deserve death (Romans 6:23). While the physical consequence of sin is physical death, that is not the only kind of death that results from sin. All sin is ultimately committed against an eternal and infinite God (Psalm 51:4). Because of that, the just penalty for our sin is also eternal and infinite. What we need to be saved from is eternal destruction (Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15).
How can I be saved? How did God provide salvation?
Because the just penalty for sin is infinite and eternal, only God could pay the penalty, because only He is infinite and eternal. But God, in His divine nature, could not die. So God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ. God took on human flesh, lived among us, and taught us. When the people rejected Him and His message, and sought to kill Him, He willingly sacrificed Himself for us, allowing Himself to be crucified (John 10:15). Because Jesus Christ was human, He could die; and because Jesus Christ was God, His death had an eternal and infinite value. Jesus’ death on the cross was the perfect and complete payment for our sin (1 John 2:2). He took the consequences we deserved. Jesus’ resurrection from the dead demonstrated that His death was indeed the perfectly sufficient sacrifice for sin.
How can I be saved? What do I need to do?
“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). God has already done all of the work. All you must do is receive, in faith, the salvation God offers (Ephesians 2:8-9). Fully trust in Jesus alone as the payment for your sins. Believe in Him, and you will not perish (John 3:16). God is offering you salvation as a gift. All you have to do is accept it. Jesus is the way of salvation (John 14:6).
Repent and love the Lord with all your heart, and you will no longer desire to sin.
Bravo! Well said!!!
I love my country , my country is like a farm , in need of much care to produce something of value !
Lord, have mercy on me a sinner!
We all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God the good news God sent his only son see John chapter 3:16 come to Jesus Psalm 51 Psalm 91 pray the Lord's prayer read your Bible every day I do most of all put God first in the morning say the Lord's prayer and look at your Bible go to a church that teaches the word of God ask the Lord to help you he will
God forgives
How can I be saved? Why do I need to be saved?
We are all infected with sin (Romans 3:23). We are born with sin (Psalm 51:5), and we all personally choose to sin (Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8). Sin is what makes us unsaved. Sin is what separates us from God. Sin is what has us on the path to eternal destruction.
How can I be saved? Saved from what?
Because of our sin, we all deserve death (Romans 6:23). While the physical consequence of sin is physical death, that is not the only kind of death that results from sin. All sin is ultimately committed against an eternal and infinite God (Psalm 51:4). Because of that, the just penalty for our sin is also eternal and infinite. What we need to be saved from is eternal destruction (Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15).
How can I be saved? How did God provide salvation?
Because the just penalty for sin is infinite and eternal, only God could pay the penalty, because only He is infinite and eternal. But God, in His divine nature, could not die. So God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ. God took on human flesh, lived among us, and taught us. When the people rejected Him and His message, and sought to kill Him, He willingly sacrificed Himself for us, allowing Himself to be crucified (John 10:15). Because Jesus Christ was human, He could die; and because Jesus Christ was God, His death had an eternal and infinite value. Jesus’ death on the cross was the perfect and complete payment for our sin (1 John 2:2). He took the consequences we deserved. Jesus’ resurrection from the dead demonstrated that His death was indeed the perfectly sufficient sacrifice for sin.
How can I be saved? What do I need to do?
“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). God has already done all of the work. All you must do is receive, in faith, the salvation God offers (Ephesians 2:8-9). Fully trust in Jesus alone as the payment for your sins. Believe in Him, and you will not perish (John 3:16). God is offering you salvation as a gift. All you have to do is accept it. Jesus is the way of salvation (John 14:6).
Repent and love the Lord with all your heart, and you will no longer desire to sin.
I feel it❤
You feel what?
From the thumbnail, i thought the answer was going to be dispensationalism,.. which I could get behind as a major problem.
Wretched is just that wretched.
Number 10 is where I struggle! I dont like my Lord blasphemed!
TWENTY QUESTIONS! How do we view…
God paid for it all so I should fear not to get chastisement 😢
Hebrews 12:6-11 6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”
7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
@@heis3112 Yes it can be hard, but you are so right... God Bless, my friend...
This is satire taken to another level.
Why posting your riches here. What does it have to do with this great message from Tod? Are you advertising for you money teacher?
*Deceived
If anyone has anything to do with anything known as the church, they are deceived.
@@forthosewitheyestosee8183I agree with you, but probably not for the same reasons you have
God bless you,Thank you, Lord, for the financial breakthrough. My prayers are answered, and everything falls into place🙏🏾🙏🏾After so many struggles, I now own a new house, and my family is happy. Once again, everything is finally falling into place!! $30,000 every month 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️
Isaiah 45:3 speaks of a transference of
riches from the heathen to the righteous... will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret... I received this for my household in Jesus' name. Amen!
God is more than enough for us, and his
mercy is new every morning. Hallelujah🎉🎉❤️
Congratulations!! The scriptures clearly state there's going a transference of the riches of the heathen to the righteous.God keep blessings you
But how do you make so much in a month? mind sharing?
Oh, yeah. I was able to achieve that with the help of my coach /Mrs Sandra Maria Ferraguti❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Jesus often disagreed not only with athiests but also worldly religious people
The fact is, all the people of the church are all in reality atheists. There are no Christians in the church.
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Current government falls very much into the Acts 5:29 category.
how others I c with their works way they think about their righterness
We need to pray for the false prophets, not follow them. They are facing hell eternally.
Have nothing to do with false teachers, in fact expose them
Every single church pastor, preacher, and teacher is a false teacher.
If the UK thought police happen to jail and imprison you for speaking out, then irony is on the side of you the humble. Turn whatever prison you msy end up in into a house of God. A place of freedom.
I don't go to churches that have drum sets and guitars on the stage
As a musician myself I totally understand… God’s word is important.
I veiw God is my Savior
Ima fail this one…
When you want to see the father look at Jesus, He is the image of the invisible God. The triune God was right here when our Lord was here, then He sent us His Holy Spirit when He went back to heaven. He made us In His image, body, soul and spirit. Our God is Father, Son (the word), and Holy Spirit.
I am not sure where I am....Help!
Please note, some of these Answers are going to be Childlike, I am Developmentally Delayed, My mental Age is 10 or 11 at best and I have not been a Believer Long, Only found by Christ in February 2021. So some of these are going to be Childlike...
1. God: Holy, Holy, Holy, Thrice Holy, Perfect. Glorious beyond all Glory. The Highest, a Just and Wrathful Judge to the Unelect, and a Merciful and Loving Father to the Elect, who Deserve no Mercy either , yet have it in God's Pure Goodness.
2. Myself: A Wretched, Wicked, Worthless, Miserable, Pile of Sinful Dust undeserving of anything but Death and Hell for being a Sinner.
3. Sin: I Hate it! I utterly Hate it! It Makes me want to Rip my own Skin off when I fall into it, I want nothing to do with it! I want to be Free of it! it is Literally Killing Me!
4. Jesus: My Lord and My God, the Son of God and God the Son, The God-Man, Fully God and Fully Man in one Nature Hypostatic, the Word made Flesh, God in the Flesh, the Emmanuel, God is with us, God incarnate. My Only Lord, My only King, My only Savior, My Only Redemption, My only Justification, My Only Chance, My Only Hope, My only Joy, My only Master, the Holy, Eternal, Crucified and Risen Messiah! Precious beyond Precious.
5: the Cross: to be Run to, to cling to! where Christ Jesus the Lord paid the Death Penalty that I Deserve, where He faced the full Wrath, Fury, Hatred and Scorn of God for my Sins in my place, where He shed His Holy, Innocent, Divine, Blood to wash all of My Sin, Past, Present, and Future, as Far away from me as East is from West.
6. The Church: Vitally Important, a Place I deeply Desire to Go to be Admonished, Discipled and made Accountable by the Brethren, to learn the ways of God and Christ and how to walk in them, how to think, speak and act like a Sheep of Christ, how to Discern the Voice of my Lord and Shephard in Scripture and how to OBEY Him! under the Teachings of a Reformed Male Pastor (Male only Hierarchy) who is Preferably Cessationist, but MUST hold to the Five Solae, the Five Points of Grace/Calvinism, the Reformed Confessions (1646 Westminster for Preference) and Reformed Catechisms, who, along with his Flock, Fears God and Believes His Bible! Sadly, there are no such Churches like that near Me, they are all Apostate, and, here in the UK, *very* Few Reformed Churches will take the Disabled making the List even Smaller. So Far, only One Church (Emmanuel, which is Part of the Free Church of England/The Reformed Episcopal Church) has offered me Fellowship, and it is 121 Miles away in Morecambe, Lancashire, so, as a Non Driver, who cannot afford the Train Fare, and has no Believing Relatives to take me, and without the money to move House at the Moment, I cannot get there... But I desire Deeply, to the Point of Tears, to be in a Church!
7. Scripture: Holy, Divine, Infallible, and Inerrant, the only way to Understand the Nature of God, the Nature of Christ, the Nature of Sin, and the Nature of Salvation, Vital! But. I Struggle with it, I am Easily Distracted and Prone to Hyper Obsessions (Please Remember, Autism is REAL and it is Debilitating!) that can lead me down a Rabbit Hole for Hours on End!, to the Point I forget to Read it sometimes... I need Help to Focus on Reading it!
8. Prayer: VITAL! the Only way to Receive Forgiveness when I Slip into Sin, the Only way to get Help where I Struggle Spiritually, and the only Way I can talk to God, whom I NEED! and something I do almost Constantly!
9. Unbelievers: I React Badly, I am Extremely Zealous to a Fault and I am Edwards Level Fire-Breathing, I Warn them of their Sins in Love, but my Warnings are Extremely Fiery, Full of the Wrath and the Fury and the Anger of God, meaning they come across as Harsh and Aggressive, which is not so Good. I also have a Deep, Petrifying, Total Fear of Radicalized Islam that is leading me into Anger to the Point I find myself Growling "get out of my Country" at the first mention of that false religion ...which is Really Bad! I admit in Shame I am an *Ex* White Supremacist, now color Blind in the Mercy of God, but, some of that Fury still lies in the Flesh, and I am very, very Disturbed that my growing Fear is leading to that Fury coming back to Haunt Me, as I want Rid of it!
10. Believers: I React even Worse! as I am "Reformed or Bust" and "Locked Down" and as I hold to and Practice First Degree Separation, I take any Argument, Especially Regarding Calvinist Soteriology, Extremely Seriously, I have a bad Habit of Treating everything as a Hill 3234, to be Defended unto Total Annihilation, no Retreat, No Surrender, Fight or Die!, meaning I tend to Separate over the Slightest thing in Excessive Zeal, and then Hate Myself for being an absolute Jerk after I calm down...
11. Authority: Struggle, I hate the Government, I think it is Satanic, False, Evil, Profane and Ungodly, Incapable of Good and Utterly Opposed to the One, True, Reformed, Protestant, Calvinist, Christian Faith and to the God of the Bible, I want NOTHING to do with the Government, to the Point I Esteem it a SIN for me to Even Vote! I struggle to Obey them, and need help to learn on where I have to Obey, when my natural Inclination is to have nothing to do with them what so ever, and instead just Pray that God Raises up another Oliver Cromwell to *Force* my Country to Return to the Lord Jesus Christ before it is Too Late!
12. Obedience to God: VITAL! God must be Obeyed! He is Holy, Holy, Holy! He is God! He Must be Obeyed...and yet....I cannot go even 30 Seconds without Disobeying Him and Sinning in my Insufferable Inadequacy and Insufficiency! o Wretched, Rebellious, Sinful, Disobedient Child that I am! I literally smite my Chest and Pray for God to have mercy on Me, a Sinner!!
13. False Teachers: HERESIARCHS! Elected for Destruction afore the Foundation of the world, Tragically Unsavable, Hardened by God as was Pharaoh, Demon Possessed! Ministers of Satan to be Marked, Rebuked, Avoided and Fled From!
14. Hell: A Horrid, Evil, Vile, Nightmarish Place, Terrible beyond all Comprehension and where I want *No One* to have to Go!
15. Heaven: A Place of Perfect Peace, Perfect Beauty, Perfect Sinlessness, Perfect Love, where we will live with God and God will live with us, and He will be our Father and we will be His Children, and a Place I want to go...Now! This Second...to the Point I often find Myself Praying for Death! so I can leave this Evil, Wicked, Fallen world and go Home to be with the Lord right Now!
16: Holy Sprit: God is In Us. Fully God. The Eternal Seal of Faith, the Refiners Fire. The Comforter.
17. Serving: Something I Desperately Want to do! But do not know How to Do!
18. Evangelizing: A Struggle, I am very Timid, and am Scared of, basically, getting my head chopped off! I do Not have the Guts for Street Preaching I am afraid. In Love I do Try and Evangelize online, but, as I fear Prison, I Really do have to Dig DEEP in order to find the Christ Enabled Bravery to do it! then I do it! With Long, Detailed, Passionate Preaching!
19. Tongue: I hate it! a World of Sins, Lies, Insults, Fury, Abominations! if I could RIP IT OUT! I would!
20: World/Culture: I hate it, It Crushes Me! its Violent and Full of Anger and Hatred, and Sex, and Pain, and Horror, and it Hurts Children and it promotes Sin, it is Vain and Horrid and I want very little do with it! I want to be Separate from it as much as Possible. It is True however that you would consider me too Worldly and as a "time waster" despite that, as I permit the Odd Non-Violent Videogame in my Life, but that is because, although, In the Grace of God, I can now go Four Days without one, any more than Four Days without that Escape and I get utterly Crushed with Depression to the Point I struggle to Even Function, the Odd Non Violent Game, the Odd Children's Cartoon, the Odd bit of TV that I do not Esteem Sinful (which is not much as I have a Weak Conscience), that Escape is Vital to keep me....even Remotely close to Sane! And that makes me Ashamed.
So Where am I? Help!
I don’t know where you are, but I will tell you this! You are not developmentally delayed, at least in the area of literacy. Most people nowadays cannot spell, capitalize, punctuate, or even write a coherent sentence in a lot of areas. And what you posted is FAR more intelligent than a lot of people. You may be childlike on your outlook on life, but you are not by any stretch of the imagination dumb!
@@jondstewart Thank you for your Kind Words.
As Stated I am in the UK. That is why I am having so much trouble finding a Church, most British churches are Apostate, and the few that are still mostly Biblical often do not take the Disabled.
Now, I am a little held back on Literacy, as you can see I am a little blind on what gets capitalized or not, and numeracy may as well be Greek!
In most Peoples case, the issues with Spelling and Coherence is due to Bad Education more than anything else, I think we can all agree the Secular "Mainstream" Education System just does not work and is failing a lot of People and is leaving them borderline uneducated and that is a Tragedy, even coming from someone (me) who actually distrusts Education somewhat.
The main Delay is in my Mental and Emotional Age, Physically I am 37, Mentally and Emotionally I am 10/11 so there is a big Delay there.
I do have, not to blow my own Trumpet, a supposedly "above average" IQ, but, I am not so sure on that myself.
Again however, I thank you deeply for your Kind Words. God's Blessings upon you and yours, Love and Peace.
Oh dear brother, please a correction. The text "examine yourselves whether you be in the faith," was not for the Corinthians to see for themselves whether Christ saved them or not, or whether they were still in the faith. Once in Christ keeps you in. You cannot break the seal.
The text and context was proof that Paul was a genuine apostle, because the Corinthians WERE in the faith. Saved and eternally secure in, by, and through Jesus Christ only, because He is the only eternally secure one.
The context is not about ASSURANCE OF SALVATION, BUT THEY BECAUSE THEY ARE SAVED, PROVES THAT PAUL WAS A GENUINE APOSTLE AND Preached THE TRUE GOSPEL TO THEM. ITS ABOUT HIS Apostleship ALWAYS BEING Challenged. BECAUSE THEY WERE IN CHRIST, THEY PROVED HE WAS A TRUE APOSTLE.
THE POINT IS NOT ABOUT THE CORINTHIANS OR ETERNAL SECURITY OR ASSURANCE, BUT PROOF THAT PAUL WAS A TRUE APOSTLE.
This assurance of salvation is such a joke and people love to make it complicated. None of us are perfect or even close to it! I don’t think a child or even teenager that sincerely asked Jesus into their heart that lived a lifestyle of sin later on was never saved to begin with. We all stumble and fall and God picks us back up. But if it becomes habitual, God takes them home early. That’s what I believe. My younger brother accepted Christ into his heart and baptized later on when he was 9-10 years old. He was always a cynical and rebellious soul. Loved hardcore alternative music growing up in Austin, Texas and his best friend was a girl any guy would love to have. She was chill, very likable, open-minded, and a cutie. But he never wanted anything from her other than friendship. Surprise, he came out as gay around 21-22 and she remained his friend. He shacked up with the drummer of The Butthole Surfers for over 10 years, then they legally married in New Mexico. In 2014, he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and it slowly ate away his brain over the next 9 years. When I spent my last time with him and held his hand and he was wearing a diaper and barely knew what was going on, I looked him in the eye and told him “you’re not getting out of here without Christ in your heart”. Not sure what he processed, but I made peace with it.
the assurance of being saved is that scripture says that God himself keeps and maintains our salvtion by his power and his faithfulness...also the sealing of the holy spirit is the proof we are saved until the day of redemption.....preachers make things difficult...they always add works as proof and behavior is a must......that then is a performance based salvation not a free gift based on faith alone.
4:25 isn't he divorced and not because of sexual immorality from his ex wife?
What u think about yourself about that devil
Boast with Works get judge with it
People GET over YOURESLFs we are sinners in NEED of a savoir . Read your bible and simply do what it says .
Pray for false teachers,the goats
Us goats do not need to be prayed for
Christians, This Is the BIGGEST Problem We Are Facing
90% of Christians don't know the Gospel.
The gospel is GRACE > There is no "other" gospel.
Doing this and not doing that - and following Laws -
is NOT the Gospel.
The Gospel is Freedom. (as Christ has already made you perfect - FOREVER.)
The Gospel is surrender to the Living Spirit.
The Command is Love.
Everything else? is noise.
Togue boast with works sinner
RUclips is the devils playground ln many ways
Let us not be fooled! We do not want to be one of those who will be turned away on that day when men stand before God. The way is narrow, and the road is straight, and FEW be that find it.
Matt 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Verse 22 MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Verse 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matt 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it.
Our sin has set us all on the road to hell and no amount of good will fix the sin we have done. We have ALL sinned. It is not about the type of sin or how much sin. It is about the fact that we have sinned. For that reason we all need a Savior.
If we want forgiveness for our sin and peace with God. If we want to escape eternal hell. If we want to go to heaven we must understand the following. We DO NOT get saved (go to heaven), get right with God, forgiven, by being good, by being religious, by just believing in God, by praying a prayer, being baptized, asking or accepting Jesus into our hearts, accepting Jesus as our personal Saviour, confessing our sins, joining a church, cleaning up our lives, doing penance, taking the bread and the wine, or doing all these things accumulative.
Salvation is a gift that is given to those who repent and come to faith. Eph. 2:8,9
Salvation takes repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Acts 20:21. testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Make no mistake. We cannot be a friend of Christ and remain a rebel against God and unless we repent we remain a rebel. The word repent, from the Greek word “metanoia”, means a change of mind or direction.
God is not receiving those who almost or kind of repents. It is like the word About-face which is a 180 degree turn. We turn from not wanting God fully in our lives to willfully surrendering to Him to lead our lives.
When any person comes to the place where they are broken over their sin toward God to the point that they want to get right with God no matter what it will cost them they are in a state/spirit of repentance toward God. Luke 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. The repentant heart would walk away from anything or any one to get right with God.
We then take that willing repentant heart we have towards God and place it on the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Master, because He paid the price for our sin, and that becomes faith. At that moment God’s grace through Christ is freely applied to us and we are born again, saved from eternal hell and sealed by the Spirit so that we will never again return to the practice of sinning. 1John 3:9,10.
Our first command after salvation is to be baptized.
Repentance of sin is the result of the new birth/salvation and will be part of the sanctification process and our new life with the Lord Jesus Christ, Eph 2:10. While we may sin from time to time after salvation it will never again be our practice 2Cor. 5:17, 1John 3:9,10.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
REV. 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
It all boils down to are we sorry/broken enough over our sins against God and do we want to get our hearts right with Him or not. Let us be sure that tomorrow does not belong to us.
That's Satanic self-righteousness, bruh
@@ConcernedResident_GiantStackWhy do you call it Satanic?
Hallelujah!!! I’m blessed and favored with $60,000 every week! Now I can afford anything and support the work of God and the church. For Your glory, LORD! HALLELUJAH!
Oh really? Tell me more! Always interested in hearing stories of successes.
This is what Ana Graciela Blackwelder does, she has changed my life.
After raising up to 60k trading with her, I bought a new house and car here in the US and also paid for my son’s (Oscar) surgery. Glory to God.shalom.
I know Ana Graciela Blackwelder, and I have also had success...
Absolutely! I have heard stories of people who started with little or no knowledge but managed to emerge victorious thanks to Ana Graciela Blackwelder.
Sealed my from all sins
research issues with Paul
What do u mean
@@ruthirwin8222He hurts people's feelings with the truth.
@@ruthirwin8222He means that Paul Washer hurts people's feelings with the truth.
He means that Paul Washer hurts people's feelings with the truth.
Could be the other group that doesn't think The Apostle Paul was a real apostle. I mean believe he was, but there is/was(?) a group of people trying to tell people the contrary.
Speech false expose it😂
Todd, most of your recent videos are "back-biting" and nit-picky.
How so ?
Careful you’re not slandering. Having an opinion is one thing but making a blatant accusation without providing anything to back it up borderlines on slander.
@@ladyphoenixgrey3923 did you watch his critique of the "miracle" comments regarding President Trump surviving the assassination attempt? This isn't a good forum for having a legitimate debate, but I am not "slandering" anyone. Todd presents himself as the only one who reads the Bible. He's not.
One can rightly say that Trump's survival was miraculous and the result of divine intervention. Yet Todd Pharisaically says no.
A miracle does not require the suspension of natural law as Todd says. As an example, consider the Israelite crossing of the Jordan River under Joshua. Nothing in the narrative required the suspension of natural law for the water to stop flowing. I don't look for naturalistic explanations for miracles as a normal course. However, this one could very likely have had a natural explanation that caused a blockage upstream. In that case, the miracle is in the timing -- much like what happened with President Trump. One could rightly say that God intervened to fulfill his plan. That takes nothing away from his overall sovereignty.
Friel and his heretic buddies need to ask themselves that. That the problem; it's what Jesus did. Not Theology increases.
the sound of your voice makes me run away from salvation who is this man
i want to find out
who
what
he is before i listen more
This channel teaches to boast with works😂
False teaching channel here
Thank you