If You’re Asking THIS Question, You Might Be LUKEWARM… (Here’s Why!!)

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  • @lionoffireraw
    @lionoffireraw  4 дня назад +13

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  • @nwicconsultants6640
    @nwicconsultants6640 3 дня назад +13

    As you have mentioned before....when we pray asking that God's will be done it is also so important that we learn to live our lives that are aligned to his will. May my will be like that of Yours. If looking for grey areas.... we are only lying to ourselves. 🙏

  • @angelosmyth7186
    @angelosmyth7186 3 дня назад +10

    "Does this glorify God?" Sometimes asking the question is more important than getting an answer.
    Thank you for this! These videos help me not to lose my way.

  • @mj-offgrid
    @mj-offgrid 3 дня назад +6

    Asking questions in your example is like asking, "How slippery of a slope is this" and when they go to a bar, they often find the slope is too slippery and they sin. I believe you're right about asking the better question. It's been said that the quality of your questions determines the quality of your life. Well said, Brother Matt! God bless you friend! 😇🙏👍

  • @SunshineN12
    @SunshineN12 3 дня назад +6

    I like asking the question, "As a child of God who has been adopted into His family, is this something I should be doing, or something my Heavenly Father would be proud of?"
    Which I feel is the same as the question you ask here, "does this glorify God?" :)
    All I want is for Him to be known in all I do!! Thanks for the great video Matt! 💫

  • @Triple-N
    @Triple-N 3 дня назад +5

    So good. Same question asked but from a different perspective and from a posture of heart.

  • @tomcisneros5965
    @tomcisneros5965 3 дня назад +3

    We lived too much for the world. It's time we live much for the Lord. I've learned this lesson over the years. Thank you for reminding me.

  • @loritrotter6354
    @loritrotter6354 3 дня назад +2

    AMEN! I've learned to ask myself: "what are your motives?" I can do the "right thing" with a wrong motive - seeking the approval of men, haughty and with pride, begrudgingly - the list goes on... Only when I do the right thing with the right motive will I bring Glory to His Holy Name.

  • @amac7097
    @amac7097 3 дня назад +3

    When thinking of these issues, the following verses from Scripture seem like they are perhaps the most relevant ones:
    "[20] Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
    [21] For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."
    Proverbs 23:20-21

  • @gpwil3847
    @gpwil3847 2 дня назад +1

    Well at 67 and health conscious I don’t drink or smoke never had a problem. No desire. When I was young I found out throwing up, and losing valuable time told me all I needed to know about drinking alcohol. I toyed with tobacco but as an asthmatic that wasn’t a problem. Though I could chew while studying to stay awake, gave it up due to the risk of oral and throat cancer. I know what is sinful the spirit and scripture tells us these things.

  • @Just_a_Reflection
    @Just_a_Reflection 3 дня назад +6

    Darn it, Matt! You won't let us get away with any compromise. Thank you.

  • @MitchWaldo-ws3tj
    @MitchWaldo-ws3tj 3 дня назад +2

    Good message brother. GOD BLESS YOU.😊

  • @kym6896
    @kym6896 3 дня назад +2

    Thank you Matt for your beyond years wisdom for being a young man🙏🏼Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones☦️❄️⛄️🎄💚♥️💚

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  3 дня назад

      Merry Christmas to you as well! God bless you 🙏

  • @bentonvillefamily
    @bentonvillefamily 2 дня назад

    It boils down to the Holy Spirit changing the heart at time of Salvation. Our desires are completely different at that moment

  • @morningcoffeepottery5416
    @morningcoffeepottery5416 3 дня назад +1

    Amen brother. Just as it says in the Lord's Prayer "THY will be done", not MY will be done.

  • @traceykt3506
    @traceykt3506 2 дня назад

    Thankyou Matt, this is so true,such a simple test will this glorify God , how we should all live

  • @denisegrant8788
    @denisegrant8788 2 дня назад

    Great message Matt… if it doesn’t glorify God we shouldn’t partake in it. Thank you for sharing this, I know it will be a benefit to many. God bless you 🙏🕊️

  • @lukek1949
    @lukek1949 2 дня назад

    This is correct. Amen! When you’re not sure, pray on it. The Lord delights when we come to Him with our questions and problems. Pray for strengthening of the Holy Spirit. Then, you will be better at discerning right from wrong. Glorifying God vs something being on the cusp of sin.

  • @WatcherNine
    @WatcherNine 3 дня назад +1

    Excellent point and advice. Replace the question completely, strike it from your vocabulary: "Is this a sin" and replace it with "Does this glorify God?". This changes the entire perspective on the thing in question.

  • @richardholappajr.6184
    @richardholappajr.6184 2 дня назад

    Great message, thank you Matthew!

  • @istandinawe6319
    @istandinawe6319 3 дня назад +3

    God, grow this channel 🙏🏾

  • @joannmoreira6091
    @joannmoreira6091 3 дня назад

    Very good question to this subject. It gauges everything we do in our lives. I Corinthians 10:31 whatsoever you eat or drink or whatsoever you do, do it all to the glory of God. 0:54

  • @playalot8513
    @playalot8513 2 дня назад +1

    Asking 'does this glorify God?' really hits hard, thank you.

  • @davidwilliams8405
    @davidwilliams8405 3 дня назад

    Spot on and well said, Matt. LORD's blessings on you and yours.

  • @Romans_8.38-39
    @Romans_8.38-39 3 дня назад

    Good way to ask the question - does this glorify God? - in order to stay on His narrow path, and as you said, walk to please Him. ❤🙏

  • @muppetonmeds
    @muppetonmeds 3 дня назад +4

    I have found it's much safer not to walk too close to the edge of a cliff. Take care

    • @Ms.noelp453
      @Ms.noelp453 3 дня назад +1

      Facts‼️

    • @infinitedeath1384
      @infinitedeath1384 3 дня назад

      A strong Christian can walk close to that cliff without danger of falling, because they have faith and the holy spirit.

    • @muppetonmeds
      @muppetonmeds 3 дня назад +1

      @@infinitedeath1384 True but as Jesus said when he was on a cliff and the devil told him if he jumped God would save him. And That was true but he said don't temp the lord thy God. We shouldn't try to get as close to danger as we can. Take care

  • @Robert-r4s4c
    @Robert-r4s4c 3 дня назад +1

    You can't tell other people how to live their lives. Each person is responsible for their own actions.

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  3 дня назад +1

      We can tell them what the Bible says!

  • @lawrencehorner8418
    @lawrencehorner8418 3 дня назад +1

    Of course, young people want to have "fun." Unfortunately, the world (through its entertainment) has made it seem that sin is where the fun is, and because of this, young Christians are made to feel like they will miss out on having real fun. Because of this, it is no wonder that young people feel like they want to get as close to sin as they are allowed to get. Another problem is that kids would rather watch TV any day than read the Bible (or anything at all, for that matter), and TV is one of the ways the world gets a foothold into a child's heart. What's the solution?

  • @nathanielaranda8407
    @nathanielaranda8407 2 дня назад

    I will say that it’s wise to look at the motives behind certain activities and though things like going to a bar are not sinful, the issue comes if you can’t control your behavior then that just leads to sin and you shouldn’t be engaging in it. I would also add masturbation, the activity itself isn’t sinful but what are the motives behind it? Can you do it without lusting? Some people truly can, they just do it for the sensation, others can’t do it unless they are lusting so in that case they shouldn’t do it. There’s a balance between legalism and true avoidance of sin and ether way is extreme. I would honestly say take every issue to the Lord and test it with scripture and prayer, be humble and open ask God for wisdom and discernment and let God guide you in the right direction. 😊

  • @interxyz
    @interxyz 3 дня назад

    That's why it's important to STUDY the Bible much! And through the knowledge, by His grace, GROW in wisdom; So that one does WALK in the Spirit and not in the flesh.

  • @lindamcauley4728
    @lindamcauley4728 День назад

    Thank you ❤

  • @whyme7996
    @whyme7996 День назад

    I almost never hear about the middle phase of our salvation while on Earth.
    I find that most Christians seem to accept Christ....JUSTIFICATION, and expect Heaven ...GLORIFICATION. But ignore their middle time on earth. Playing with what is and is not "allowable" instead dying to sin and transforming into a fair representative of Christ..SANCTIFICATION

  • @dannysmith9009
    @dannysmith9009 3 дня назад

    I remember once our pastor.. was talking about how he felt very self-conscious when he went to a bottle shop to get some red wine for the commuion.... Being a small town I think he might have been worried about getting a reputation....i don't know what a bibber is

  • @JayDMac-n7n
    @JayDMac-n7n 3 дня назад

    It depends on the given situation, and too bad believers cant just hear from God for themselves.

  • @guitarschronos4937
    @guitarschronos4937 2 дня назад

    I’m just saved 3 mths and have Christmas party work commitments. So have to go. I loved drinking before I was saved and still struggle but don’t binge drink anymore but will struggle on these events. Once Christmas is out of the way there won’t be anymore planned events and I’m staying away from bars period

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  2 дня назад

      Praise God 🙏
      I hope that this channel is a blessing to you!

    • @guitarschronos4937
      @guitarschronos4937 2 дня назад

      @ Yes mate!! 💯. Been going through a trial since being saved. Evil and shadows in my room every night since being saved. Never had any of this before but God is testing my faith and thankfully im coming through it. Jesus is a miracle worker

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  День назад

      God is with you!!

  • @christiroseify
    @christiroseify 3 дня назад +2

    Doesn't matter whether you are drinking or not when you spend time in a bar, you are still participating in the same illicit behaviors of the club.

    • @decoydave
      @decoydave 3 дня назад +2

      Guilty by association

    • @vampyresgraveyard3307
      @vampyresgraveyard3307 3 дня назад +1

      I disagree it be the same if someone over eats at a restaurant of gluttony your not responsible for other people's behaviour in public. You don't participate in any ones else's behaviour out in public, I can say the same thing about buying stuff in the supermarket buying too much get greedy, so I disagree with this. Your not guilty.

    • @infinitedeath1384
      @infinitedeath1384 3 дня назад +3

      That's nonsense, you are not responsible for other people's behaviour. That's like saying you're guilty of murder just by being in the same room where a murder takes place.

  • @DarylLambert-ms2fp
    @DarylLambert-ms2fp 2 дня назад

    Ive actually gone to bars, have a few and talk about our SAVIOR.
    "Barstool Ministries".

  • @colinwinship1231
    @colinwinship1231 2 дня назад

    Been there and was rescued from that very thing

  • @ChristopherDolby
    @ChristopherDolby 3 дня назад +1

    We shouldn't be asking how close can we get to sin, we should be asking how far can I get from it... congrats man - was that actually 4 minutes out of a 4:50 video before you answered the question in the title? Masterful storytelling :)

  • @luckyditaunyane8163
    @luckyditaunyane8163 3 дня назад

    Spot on!

  • @daniellecarney1487
    @daniellecarney1487 2 дня назад

    Excellent!

  • @infinitedeath1384
    @infinitedeath1384 3 дня назад

    It's good to have discernment. All things are lawful but not all things edify. Not everything glorifies God, but not everything that doesn't glorify God is a sin. Drinking alcohol doesn't glorify God, but jesus allowed it as long as you don't get drunk. I personally don't drink alcohol much, because even just one drink can have adverse effects on your health. I do however play video games a lot. They don't glorify God, but they don't break any of the ten commandments. What would make it a sin is if i put them above God, make them my priority. That would be idolatry.

  • @davidmynhardt5705
    @davidmynhardt5705 3 дня назад

    People in normal enviŕonment reject truth , so in a bar it would be taboo

  • @durian9988
    @durian9988 3 дня назад

    Perfect illustration of being "lukewarm"!
    Would you speak about Triune God, as opposed to the Unitarian false movement?

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  3 дня назад

      Below is a great video on the Trinity ⬇️
      ruclips.net/video/OBVfFE7tif0/видео.htmlsi=fRs9wlPIn-bcmKUL

  • @GarithStelly
    @GarithStelly 3 дня назад

    True what should I do since I am a child of Most High😂❤

  • @CraigMarkOBrien
    @CraigMarkOBrien День назад

    Stay away far away from alcohol

    • @robturvey9156
      @robturvey9156 18 часов назад

      What was the first miracle of Jesus ?

  • @carolineeccel5387
    @carolineeccel5387 День назад

    We don't know their backstory. Some people may honestly want to know. Just because he doesn't answer in the manner you would like. Shutting down an honest seeker might give him cause whether to ask anything further. I think the better response might be to just answer his question. Use discernment. Maybe he's a pagan trying to yank your chain. 😊 Just a thought.

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  День назад

      I’m not saying that every person who asks this is compromising. It’s possible that new Christians are genuinely wanting to understand what God says on the matter.

  • @williamacuff7707
    @williamacuff7707 3 дня назад

    Workers of iniquity will be cast out; Jesus wisdom, even if we're baptised in the Holy Spirit!

  • @nikkemyohanen9261
    @nikkemyohanen9261 2 дня назад

    thank you

  • @SamWicker-su7rp
    @SamWicker-su7rp День назад

    If you want to know how a Christian should live, ask a lost person.

  • @gwenythturner7137
    @gwenythturner7137 3 дня назад

    Amen 🙏🏽 ❤

  • @cherylmorefield7951
    @cherylmorefield7951 3 дня назад

    Would this possibly be the question of a double minded person. The bible says they are unstable in their ways

  • @EugeneHolley-rc6ry
    @EugeneHolley-rc6ry 3 дня назад

    Get saved by grace through faith, any man in Christ is a new creature, when Christ comes into your inner man or heart by faith, your heart or inner man has the love of God shed abroad in his heart by the holy Spirit which he has given you, the love of God lives in you and through you. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. When Jesus who is God comes into your inner man, he lines up our hearts through the new birth so that we have his desires working in and through him. What you have described about being in line with him is renewing our minds in his word Romans 12:1-2 for the transforming of ourselves by putting on Christ. The only reason to ask if something is a sin or not is ignorance of the will or word of God.

    • @themodelmechanic3837
      @themodelmechanic3837 3 дня назад

      @@EugeneHolley-rc6ry and also remember that “faith” is a verb :-). Believing, asking, repenting, baptism, walking in newness of life and doing the will of God because the Love of Christ compells you to live for Him, evident by your walk in “faith”. (Hebrews)
      Amen :-)

    • @EugeneHolley-rc6ry
      @EugeneHolley-rc6ry 3 дня назад

      @@themodelmechanic3837 It says nowhere action is needed for salvation, scripture is very clear it is by nothing we do, it is by believing the gospel of Christ. Your attempt to twist the scripture into a works based salvation or lordship salvation is not scriptural. Not of works.

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  3 дня назад +1

      We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone. We trust fully in Christ’s finished work!
      When a person exercises true saving faith, they are born again. When a person is born again, this produces a transformation. The works that come from this transformation are NOT meritorious of salvation in ANY way, but rather are the evidence of the born-again experience.
      This is the gospel of grace alone.
      A cat meows because it is a cat.
      The meowing doesn’t make it a cat.

    • @EugeneHolley-rc6ry
      @EugeneHolley-rc6ry 2 дня назад

      @@lionoffireraw That is not what you teach, why the deceitfulness?

  • @1NOIAM
    @1NOIAM 3 дня назад

    I do not drink alcohol.or smoke cigarettes.or take drugs.however,I have encountered pushers.

    • @vampyresgraveyard3307
      @vampyresgraveyard3307 3 дня назад

      What you said can be a lie and make you a hypocrite , for example If I said I don't take drugs then I would be lying because I drink coffee caffeine is a drug, I take paracetamol if I have a headache paracetamol is a drug so I would be a hypocrite if I say I don't take drugs, I say I don't take bad drugs but I take good drugs wise intake of good drugs. if I say I don't take drugs St Paul would rebuke me.

    • @1NOIAM
      @1NOIAM 3 дня назад

      @@vampyresgraveyard3307 medicine is not a drug and caffeine is only a drug if on an unreasonable amount of it.i understand you.but I am not a momon.i will say I have had OCD and shopped unreasonably because I am a human.and I have learnt to not comfort myself like this,when I can ask The Lord God to comfort me.God Bless. ✝️🛐

  • @eileenwhite352
    @eileenwhite352 2 дня назад

    I don’t drink because I don’t like the taste

  • @robturvey9156
    @robturvey9156 2 дня назад

    Go to the bar and exercise self control. We are not to flee all contact with the world. THAT itself would be sin. Instead we should be salt and light in a dark world.
    Alcohol itself is not sinful as demonstrated by the first of Jesus’ miracles.

  • @corymolnar218
    @corymolnar218 3 дня назад

    Is it bad to look for the signs in the sun moon and stars

    • @Ms.noelp453
      @Ms.noelp453 3 дня назад +2

      Yes- ruclips.net/video/vdfL_woy4ck/видео.htmlsi=uCxMWOx3g2iD5rx2
      Doreen Virtue’s 1.25 minute video above will answer your question 🙏🏽✝️🤍

    • @corymolnar218
      @corymolnar218 3 дня назад

      @Ms.noelp453 oh ok that was a good video

    • @brendaadams4796
      @brendaadams4796 3 дня назад +1

      What signs? Jesus told the Pharisees there would be no signs in this generation.

    • @corymolnar218
      @corymolnar218 3 дня назад

      @brendaadams4796 oh ok

  • @joldfashioned9736
    @joldfashioned9736 2 дня назад

    On the contrary you are the who is lukewarm

  • @williamacuff7707
    @williamacuff7707 3 дня назад

    Not doing the word and your calling as we grow we've lost faith and are subverted and commit sin! God, Jesus, is not mocked, whatever we sow we receive. Eternal life or eternal hell, its a choice!

  • @490Believer
    @490Believer 2 дня назад

    And don’t forget all of the swearing and the use of the Lord’s name in vain.

  • @faithfulwhispers333
    @faithfulwhispers333 3 дня назад

    No wonder I haven't seen Any of your videos!! I some how wasn't subscribed 🤔

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  3 дня назад

      You’ve only seen the ones I’ve sent you of me being silly 😅

  • @JohnSmith-ug5ci
    @JohnSmith-ug5ci День назад

    Sir, being lukewarm has absolutely nothing to do with what you have just stated. The lukewarm are lost. The Lord does not spew His children out of His mouth, but He does the lukewarm.

  • @tomy8339
    @tomy8339 3 дня назад +1

    Sorry, I completely disagree with your assessment. Making a judgement on why someone is asking a question about a particular topic.
    We are supposed to ask questions to our brothers and sisters in Christ. You can't assume that because someone asks something, they're asking so they can indulge up to some sort of moral limit as you suggest.
    Then you say that we should be asking, "Does this (particular activity) glorify God?" Not everything we do in life has a spiritual significance, either in the positive or negative. If you play golf or tennis, does that glorify God? No it doesn't. Therefore it's wrong, by your reckoning to enjoy them.
    Please don't stifle people from asking questions. If someone has a wrong motive, a mature brother or sister in Christ will be able to discern that. Let people ask whatever questions and however they want. And don't assume people ask questions for some sort of ungodly ulterior motive as you suggest. I strongly disagree with this.

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  3 дня назад

      It appears that you didn’t understand this video…

    • @tomy8339
      @tomy8339 3 дня назад +1

      @lionoffireraw I understood it perfectly.

  • @MelB868
    @MelB868 3 дня назад +3

    It's wrong for us to drink alcoholic beverages

    • @paleonard1979
      @paleonard1979 3 дня назад +8

      Where does the bible say that? He's right, Christians can drink but not get drunk. If alcohol is so bad, why did Jesus turn water into wine?

    • @lionoffireraw
      @lionoffireraw  3 дня назад +4

      No it’s not a sin.
      Drunkenness is a sin.

    • @1NOIAM
      @1NOIAM 3 дня назад

      ​@@paleonard1979if I ask God was there alcohol in the wine.

    • @jazzman1626
      @jazzman1626 3 дня назад

      I can remember shortly after I was saved, realising “I’ll never get drunk again”. It wasn’t that I was going to try my best not to, it was knowing that, feeling the need for drinking to excess, was gone. I enjoy having one malt whisky, and don’t feel the slightest bit guilty. The only times I got drunk as I got older was at times when I felt despairing hopelessness, which is also gone.

    • @interxyz
      @interxyz 3 дня назад

      @@MelB868 The wine in Jesus's day would likely have less alcohol than these days, but still got people drunk if one drank too much. Jesus gave a cup of that wine to His apostles and said "Drink!"; Even did He turn water into wine at the wedding feast. Too much wine is the sin.

  • @thomasehrlich8623
    @thomasehrlich8623 3 дня назад

    If you believe Genesis is factual you are living in Fantasy Land.

    • @TheSwordandPearl
      @TheSwordandPearl 3 дня назад +4

      If you don't, you're still stuck in the Matrix

    • @Ruthhql320
      @Ruthhql320 3 дня назад +4

      @Thomas Did you know that time hinges on Jesus Christ's birth and death!
      B.C.means before Jesus Christ!
      A.D.means after Jesus Christ!
      That's how important all the books of the Holy Bible are, from Genesis to Revelation!
      God bless you Thomas and your loved ones in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ!✝️🙏❤️

    • @decoydave
      @decoydave 3 дня назад +3

      If you believe it isn't your deceiving yourself

    • @themodelmechanic3837
      @themodelmechanic3837 3 дня назад

      Explain further. Your statement may not be a well worded statement i think. Inspired or not may be a better question. Its inspired of course. Truthful, absolutely. Genisis covering every detail? If it did, we wouldnt be able to read the whole thing in our lifetime, i believe….
      It is a good summary…

    • @themodelmechanic3837
      @themodelmechanic3837 3 дня назад +1

      @@TheSwordandPearl take the red pill! No!, the green one! :-)