What You Need More Than Self-Confidence

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  • Опубликовано: 30 мар 2021
  • Ask Pastor John
    Episode: 1607
    Transcript: www.desiringgod.org/interview...

Комментарии • 106

  • @Nechole777
    @Nechole777 3 года назад +31

    So true. Humility helps us become our best selves in Christ. Outside of Christ, we’re a mess.

  • @GhostMonkey772
    @GhostMonkey772 3 года назад +24

    I started drinking when I was 16. I would drink at parties, but I also started drinking alone because I was unhappy, and I was in a lot of emotional pain all the time. My mom was very aggressive when I was younger, and my brother hated her and so did I. He started hanging out with shady people, he started failing all his classes, he was never home, and my parents fought all the time. I also ran away several times. I was always trying to figure out a reason as to why I was here or what the purpose of life was. So, I started looking at different philosophies, religions, and beliefs. When I was 18 after I was hungover, I got on my knees and I prayed for the first time. I asked if God was real that he would show me he was real because I couldn’t take it anymore. I was crying when I prayed for this. At that moment I felt a presence come over me like a wind. It was barely noticeable, but it was unlike anything in my life I had experienced up until that point. I was surprised when I felt it and I remember saying “what was that?” after that experience I pretty much forgot what happened and kept partying, until my senior year when I got arrested. After my arrest, my parents lost all their trust in me and I was expelled from high school. I was told never to come back. At that time, I felt afraid and hopeless. That’s when I started looking for God, and I prayed that he would reveal himself in my life and that he would give me signs. My prayers began getting answered so consistently that I couldn’t deny that God was doing something. It was mysterious and compelling. I ended up in Church and started reading the bible hours a day. I stopped hanging out with all my other friends because they were continually getting arrested. I was able to forgive my family and myself and to ask to be forgiven. I noticed how at Church people were judgmental and how they formed cliques but were afraid to be around anyone else different from them. It increased my faith because I realized Jesus was not like that and ever since I was young, I saw people as people regardless of who they were. After a while, it’s like I could see God's presence was in my life and then it felt like he wasn’t, and then he was, and then he wasn’t. One day I woke up and felt more depressed than I ever have in my entire life. I felt like I was dying on the inside. That night I prayed, and I said, God, I don’t see my life five years from now I'm going to die Jesus save me Lord, please save me. I was weeping when I said it and when I asked him to save me, I felt a presence inside of me like a heartbeat, and I felt it once like a pulse, and I said Lord please save me and I felt it again even stronger. It was like radiance. When I woke up the next morning, I had transformed everything felt brand new like I was a kid again. All my fears and all my racing thoughts everything was gone. I looked at my hands, and I said this can’t be real it’s impossible. When I looked at myself in the mirror, I saw a different person. I started praying, and the holy spirit became entirely real to me it was washing over me and inside of me. It was total love and peace, and I heard a voice but not an audible one, it was an inner voice. It said I am with you; I love you, I will never leave you, it’s done it’s finished. That was May 3rd, 2009, and ever since then I’ve followed God, I have seen many things change and many things I know wouldn’t have changed without faith and belief. I know what it’s like to be lost to feel you have no hope. Don’t ever think you’re stuck, or life can’t change because it can. My mom is a Christian now, Its night and day. Some of the things that went away during that period were severe anxiety and my addiction to alcohol. I’ve seen and experienced so many things that are miraculous and seen how God has worked in my life. When we ask God to forgive us for what we’ve done and turn away from our sins and wrongdoings and we believe in Christ's sacrifice everything changes. His word says if we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that he died and rose again we will have eternal life but not just life after death but abundant life in the present. Our sins are erased not only past, present, and future but our burdens and fears are lifted also. Our thoughts, our minds, our hearts, our souls are transformed and united with God and we know his spirit lives in us. If you seek, pray, and knock you will know JESUS IS KING!!! HE LIVES!

    • @caitlinhofer4871
      @caitlinhofer4871 3 года назад +2

      ❤❤❤

    • @mileywusgud
      @mileywusgud Год назад +2

      man that's such a cool testimony to hear! God will always help those who seek him let nothing stop you from praising God bro I've had a similar walk with God like how u did signs, wonders, Christians judging, and other things. but man I had to look at myself and say you're no difference from those Christians. I sought for help and cried out to God to come cleanse me from the evil things I've said in the pass and did to not only people but God himself and he did what needed to be done. have had families friends who have turned away from me but for a Good reason because I've changed my ways and how I act for the lord but I expected it and Im still going to serve the Lord cause he's the only friend I have now and he's stronger then my enemies! powerful testimony bro God bless 🙏

    • @JBEMurphy
      @JBEMurphy 8 месяцев назад +1

      Beautiful testimony. Thank you for sharing with us.
      Continue to share your story throughout your life! You will help bring many to Jesus!

  • @kbg12ila
    @kbg12ila 3 года назад +21

    Through true humility comes true confidence. I can't do anything by myself, but I have confidence God's plans for me are for good.

    • @frmarkgoring7377
      @frmarkgoring7377 3 года назад

      Beloved I don't know you in person but God knows you well God reveal a revelation to me when I was going through your profile to observe things about your spiritual life.
      while I was meditating, I saw a divine breakthrough in your life and I saw evil attack of the enemies manipulating on seizing your favour and to come against your hand work for you to be confused and lost hope. As I was praying the Lord reveal to me and instruct you to sow a seed into the life of a baby suffering from leukemia in children of Saviour motherless foundation,located Edo state,Nigeria, before the end of tomorrow and let me know so I can join you in prayers deeply because he want to manifest his promises in your life and that of your family
      Nobody should know about the seed is between you and God, you will testify to the Glory of God after you have done it if only you believe in him and do what he says Proverb (3:27;21:26;22:9 ,,Deu.28:1-5) contact the MD of the orphanage foundation WhatsApp:(+2349064374487)or Email:(saviourfoundation111@gmail.com) send your donation to them.God bless you....

  • @nicolefleischman146
    @nicolefleischman146 3 года назад +18

    Proverbs 9:10 the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

  • @cindyramirez7568
    @cindyramirez7568 3 года назад +29

    Please pray that I may have humility and depend on Jesus

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 3 года назад +1

      I will pray for your suffering to begin. According to the Bible, that’s the only way to achieve either of your requests.

  • @annveniece
    @annveniece Год назад +4

    “Humility frees you to be a happiest person you can possibly be.”

  • @JulianCaesaro
    @JulianCaesaro 3 года назад +10

    I see now, I’ve had humility all wrong 🤔
    I was truly wondering how pride had started up within me again, and now I understand that I’ve had an incredibly prideful existence up to now... And I really hate it, but I’m going to have to go to God again to ask Him to remove it again and it may even be incredibly painful again, but I’m going to recover from it and be my most humble self, with no regard or worries about what happens afterwards! Then I’ll finally understand and truly be able to share the Gospel with others, because I’ll have no pride holding me back worrying about what’s going on around me and what’s going to happen to me, I’m just going to be able to live my life 🤔😪
    I wish I was able to understand it earlier, to truly get it sooner, but that just didn’t happen. And so now, time to pray with God one more time to see what He says

    • @JulianCaesaro
      @JulianCaesaro 3 года назад

      @@frmarkgoring7377 Why do you keep making accounts to harass me on videos where I comment? Begone with these foolish attempts at pilfering money from me with these fake accounts! Begone from my account in Jesus Christ’s mighty name! Begone!

  • @HearGodsWord
    @HearGodsWord 3 года назад +32

    We need more Jesus-confidence and less self-confidence.

    • @jesusyeshuaisgodyahweh8180
      @jesusyeshuaisgodyahweh8180 3 года назад +6

      We need to find our identity in Christ. Then self-confidence will be confidence only in Christ and His work. Blessings.

    • @ShepherdMinistry
      @ShepherdMinistry 2 года назад

      @@jesusyeshuaisgodyahweh8180 you both said the same thing. Amen

  • @bongo3045
    @bongo3045 3 года назад +9

    Humility comes before honour

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 3 года назад +5

      Suffering comes before humility. God insists on our continual suffering. It’s the crux of his great plan.

  • @dapperd9300
    @dapperd9300 3 года назад +4

    I cried too at this and am thankfull that God through John can break loose the tendrils of pride that would grip the soul. In it's place a peaceful humility settles in with gratitude.

    • @frmarkgoring7377
      @frmarkgoring7377 3 года назад +1

      Beloved I don't know you in person but God knows you well God reveal a revelation to me when I was going through your profile to observe things about your spiritual life.
      while I was meditating, I saw a divine breakthrough in your life and I saw evil attack of the enemies manipulating on seizing your favour and to come against your hand work for you to be confused and lost hope. As I was praying the Lord reveal to me and instruct you to sow a seed into the life of a baby suffering from leukemia in children of Saviour motherless foundation,located Edo state,Nigeria, before the end of tomorrow and let me know so I can join you in prayers deeply because he want to manifest his promises in your life and that of your family
      Nobody should know about the seed is between you and God, you will testify to the Glory of God after you have done it if only you believe in him and do what he says Proverb (3:27;21:26;22:9 ,,Deu.28:1-5) contact the MD of the orphanage foundation WhatsApp:(+2349064374487)or Email:(saviourfoundation111@gmail.com) send your donation to them.God bless you....

    • @Anonymous-jd4hs
      @Anonymous-jd4hs 2 года назад

      @@frmarkgoring7377 Beloved I don't know you in person but God knows you well that you are giving false testimony & he is NOT happy with you, it is very dangerous for you. Please think about your after life when you meet God what will you answer to God when he ask you that, "Why you were giving false testimony by using MY name just for some money?" Think about it, what will you answer to God at that time. So, I want to WARN you that please don't be foolish & REPENT of your this Sin & ask for forgiveness & trust in JESUS alone. May God give you the Wisdom. God Bless You 😊.

  • @brandisalyers7943
    @brandisalyers7943 3 года назад +11

    Love this. great reminder.

    • @frmarkgoring7377
      @frmarkgoring7377 3 года назад

      Beloved I don't know you in person but God knows you well God reveal a revelation to me when I was going through your profile to observe things about your spiritual life.
      while I was meditating, I saw a divine breakthrough in your life and I saw evil attack of the enemies manipulating on seizing your favour and to come against your hand work for you to be confused and lost hope. As I was praying the Lord reveal to me and instruct you to sow a seed into the life of a baby suffering from leukemia in children of Saviour motherless foundation,located Edo state,Nigeria, before the end of tomorrow and let me know so I can join you in prayers deeply because he want to manifest his promises in your life and that of your family
      Nobody should know about the seed is between you and God, you will testify to the Glory of God after you have done it if only you believe in him and do what he says Proverb (3:27;21:26;22:9 ,,Deu.28:1-5) contact the MD of the orphanage foundation WhatsApp:(+2349064374487)or Email:(saviourfoundation111@gmail.com) send your donation to them.God bless you....

  • @jesusyeshuaisgodyahweh8180
    @jesusyeshuaisgodyahweh8180 3 года назад +8

    We need the Holy Spirit. That's what we need.☝🏼🕊️✝️

  • @Richie016
    @Richie016 3 года назад +7

    Humility is a gift of the spirit and is certainly essential to be fulfilled in the fruit and receive God's blessing.

    • @strangerinmoscow6858
      @strangerinmoscow6858 3 года назад

      I don't think humility is a gift, specifically, by the Holy Spirit, but u r right that we as Christians function through the Holy Spirit. We are all called to humble ourselves

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 3 года назад

      God chooses who is blessed and who is not. It has nothing to do with ones humility. Unless, of course, you know for sure that you’re one of the “elect” which you can’t know.

    • @reidbounsall9098
      @reidbounsall9098 3 года назад +1

      @@mr.c2485 With all due respect, I think you're mistaken, Mr. C. Humility has EVERYTHING to do with who God chooses to bless. Rember the scripture in 1 Peter 5:5-6 which says that God OPPOSES the PROUD, but GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time.

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 3 года назад

      @@reidbounsall9098
      You’re not a true Calvinist. According to them, there is nothing that you can do to earn your salvation.

  • @domgistory
    @domgistory 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for your truth Lord

    • @frmarkgoring7377
      @frmarkgoring7377 3 года назад

      Beloved I don't know you in person but God knows you well God reveal a revelation to me when I was going through your profile to observe things about your spiritual life.
      while I was meditating, I saw a divine breakthrough in your life and I saw evil attack of the enemies manipulating on seizing your favour and to come against your hand work for you to be confused and lost hope. As I was praying the Lord reveal to me and instruct you to sow a seed into the life of a baby suffering from leukemia in children of Saviour motherless foundation,located Edo state,Nigeria, before the end of tomorrow and let me know so I can join you in prayers deeply because he want to manifest his promises in your life and that of your family
      Nobody should know about the seed is between you and God, you will testify to the Glory of God after you have done it if only you believe in him and do what he says Proverb (3:27;21:26;22:9 ,,Deu.28:1-5) contact the MD of the orphanage foundation WhatsApp:(+2349064374487)or Email:(saviourfoundation111@gmail.com) send your donation to them.God bless you....

    • @Anonymous-jd4hs
      @Anonymous-jd4hs 2 года назад

      @@frmarkgoring7377Beloved I don't know you in person but God knows you well that you are giving false testimony & he is NOT happy with you, it is very dangerous for you. Please think about your after life when you meet God what will you answer to God when he ask you that, "Why you were giving false testimony by using MY name just for some money?" Think about it, what will you answer to God at that time. So, I want to WARN you that please don't be foolish & REPENT of your this Sin & ask for forgiveness & trust in JESUS alone. May God give you the Wisdom. God Bless You 😊.

  • @jkovert
    @jkovert 3 года назад +2

    When You Pray, Believe that You HAVE RECEIVED and it WILL BE Yours

  • @johngonas401
    @johngonas401 2 года назад +1

    this is awesome

  • @thea7327
    @thea7327 3 года назад +1

    thank you!

    • @frmarkgoring7377
      @frmarkgoring7377 3 года назад

      Beloved I don't know you in person but God knows you well God reveal a revelation to me when I was going through your profile to observe things about your spiritual life.
      while I was meditating, I saw a divine breakthrough in your life and I saw evil attack of the enemies manipulating on seizing your favour and to come against your hand work for you to be confused and lost hope. As I was praying the Lord reveal to me and instruct you to sow a seed into the life of a baby suffering from leukemia in children of Saviour motherless foundation,located Edo state,Nigeria, before the end of tomorrow and let me know so I can join you in prayers deeply because he want to manifest his promises in your life and that of your family
      Nobody should know about the seed is between you and God, you will testify to the Glory of God after you have done it if only you believe in him and do what he says Proverb (3:27;21:26;22:9 ,,Deu.28:1-5) contact the MD of the orphanage foundation WhatsApp:(+2349064374487)or Email:(saviourfoundation111@gmail.com) send your donation to them.God bless you....

  • @reemsuekar8112
    @reemsuekar8112 3 года назад +1

    AMEN.

  • @nextlevelmartialarts
    @nextlevelmartialarts 2 года назад +1

    Sooo good

  • @lynnlemley6807
    @lynnlemley6807 3 года назад +1

    My mom was a Catholic for most of her life my question is the Catholic church admitted to changing the fourth commandment and switching the Sabbath day that God started at creation and changed it to Sunday and all churches went along with it except the seventh day Adventist they keep the fourth commandment because the only thing nailed to the cross were the sacrificial Sabbath's. That's the yearly Sabbath's not the seventh day Sabbath.

  • @shilllagolld8531
    @shilllagolld8531 3 года назад +1

    THis is very wonderful.. may i ask if it's alright if i use this on a youth devotion on our church?

  • @kirjian
    @kirjian 3 года назад +1

    It's a quote of a quote of a quote of two people :)

  • @fullsunoo
    @fullsunoo 11 месяцев назад

    3:51 humility

  • @Commanderkuiperbelt
    @Commanderkuiperbelt 3 года назад +1

    I wish that the sermons were in french , but i guess that i can learnt english here .

  • @mr.c2485
    @mr.c2485 3 года назад +2

    What could possibly convince someone that they’re humble? Even if you were, how would you know? If pride is the lack of humility, then all human achievement, that is recognized as such, is to be rejected. (Remember this when your kid hits his first home run).

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 3 года назад

      @@sermonsrcsprouljr1306
      Cut and paste

  • @justinmojica7112
    @justinmojica7112 Год назад

    The world also needs self responsibility...the world and it's blame games or the way it passes off it's loads onto the shoulder's of others every time i think about being trapped in this world with scumbags like that I thank God for
    The patience to not cave their heads in with a vice grip

  • @TeachmeCaleb
    @TeachmeCaleb 3 года назад +1

    How can I find this sermon

  • @Kenji17171
    @Kenji17171 3 года назад +1

    You need power.

    • @HearGodsWord
      @HearGodsWord 3 года назад

      What power?

    • @Kenji17171
      @Kenji17171 3 года назад

      @@HearGodsWord phsycal and mental power.

    • @jesusyeshuaisgodyahweh8180
      @jesusyeshuaisgodyahweh8180 3 года назад +2

      The power of God's Spirit, yes. The power of the resurrection.

    • @HearGodsWord
      @HearGodsWord 3 года назад

      @@Kenji17171 that's just emphasising self-confidence. There's always someone with more power than you so you're chasing after the wrong things.

    • @Kenji17171
      @Kenji17171 3 года назад

      @@HearGodsWord hahaaha lol

  • @durindaervin170
    @durindaervin170 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful 💋

    • @frmarkgoring7377
      @frmarkgoring7377 3 года назад

      Beloved I don't know you in person but God knows you well God reveal a revelation to me when I was going through your profile to observe things about your spiritual life.
      while I was meditating, I saw a divine breakthrough in your life and I saw evil attack of the enemies manipulating on seizing your favour and to come against your hand work for you to be confused and lost hope. As I was praying the Lord reveal to me and instruct you to sow a seed into the life of a baby suffering from leukemia in children of Saviour motherless foundation,located Edo state,Nigeria, before the end of tomorrow and let me know so I can join you in prayers deeply because he want to manifest his promises in your life and that of your family
      Nobody should know about the seed is between you and God, you will testify to the Glory of God after you have done it if only you believe in him and do what he says Proverb (3:27;21:26;22:9 ,,Deu.28:1-5) contact the MD of the orphanage foundation WhatsApp:(+2349064374487)or Email:(saviourfoundation111@gmail.com) send your donation to them.God bless you....

  • @clausw3349
    @clausw3349 3 года назад +1

    1

    • @sermonsrcsprouljr1306
      @sermonsrcsprouljr1306 3 года назад

      God bless you beloved.
      I don't know you in person but God knows you well God reveal a revelation to me when I was going through your profile to observe things about your spiritual life.
      while I was meditating
      I saw a divine breakthrough in your life and I saw evil attack of the enemies manipulating on seizing your favour and to come against your hand work for you to be confused and lost hope. As I was praying the Lord reveal to me and instruct you to sow a seed into the life of a baby suffering from leukemia in children of Hopemotherless foundation,located Edo state,Nigeria, before the end of tomorrow and let me know so I can join you in prayers deeply because he want to manifest his promises in your life and that of your family
      Nobody should know about the seed is between you and God, you will testify to the Glory of God after you have done it if only you believe in him and do what he says Proverb (3:27;21:26;22:9 ,,Deu.28:1-5) contact the MD of the orphanage foundation WhatsApp:+2349051880636 or Hopemotherlessfoundation@gmail.com send your donation to them
      God bless you.............

  • @mr.c2485
    @mr.c2485 3 года назад +1

    Claiming to possess humility is a contradiction.
    Believing that one deserves humility is a contradiction.
    Humility as a teachable lesson is a contradiction.
    Defining humility is a contradiction.
    Praying for humility(as a biblically prescribed necessity) is a contradiction.
    Piper is a contradiction! He thinks he’s humble enough to teach it. 🧐🤔

    • @not.enoughto.go.around6176
      @not.enoughto.go.around6176 3 года назад +1

      How is defining humility a contradiction? One can give attributes and characteristics of humility. Selflessness, patience, kindness, gentleness, etc.
      One can identify such things in ones self. It doesnt make you prideful to recognize you carry such attributes.

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 3 года назад

      @@not.enoughto.go.around6176
      What would be the occasion where a definition of the word would benefit the self?
      Or others..

    • @not.enoughto.go.around6176
      @not.enoughto.go.around6176 3 года назад +1

      @@mr.c2485 in many occasions. Do you have conversations in your personal life? Not on a keyboard? The occasion would fit in many conversation to lift ones moral, spirit, mood. To make someones day by telling them they are kind. Giving someone a compliment isnt a bad thing. It can actually make a bad day into a good day.
      Edit : plus i dont know if Youre aware but i can click on your name and i can see you made over 1k+ comments on this channel which are mostly if not all negative. So i know your game👍 have a good day or night. May God bless your spirit.

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 3 года назад

      @@not.enoughto.go.around6176
      I like to ask questions. I also like to challenge claims that are not testable nor falsifiable. My personal goal is 1k comments a year.
      Back attcha on the blessing thing.

    • @not.enoughto.go.around6176
      @not.enoughto.go.around6176 3 года назад +1

      @@mr.c2485 calling piper a "contradiction" isnt curiosity or challenging, friend. Its an insult and a jab at his character and very being. Think about what you say. Curiosity is one. Verbal insults are another.

  • @popovicipauladrian2186
    @popovicipauladrian2186 3 года назад +1

    First

    • @Kenji17171
      @Kenji17171 3 года назад +1

      Calvib wear sunglasses

    • @HearGodsWord
      @HearGodsWord 3 года назад +1

      An except from a sermon on humility and someone comments to boast first.

    • @popovicipauladrian2186
      @popovicipauladrian2186 3 года назад +1

      @@HearGodsWord it's just a joke dude

    • @HearGodsWord
      @HearGodsWord 3 года назад

      Where's the joke?

    • @popovicipauladrian2186
      @popovicipauladrian2186 3 года назад

      @@HearGodsWord i mean, it's a joke, at least I laughed at it, sorry if I offended you with it.

  • @kaishiden4586
    @kaishiden4586 2 года назад +1

    Pastors are self righteous hypocrites.

  • @mikerutkowski7265
    @mikerutkowski7265 3 года назад +2

    Most believers are blinded to God’s truth and they do not understand that sickness comes from sin and the devil. So if you currently have an affliction or you can get sick then you clearly are someone who still lives in sin and you certainly are not a Christian. You may foolishly believe otherwise but you are definitely wrong since your sin and sickness is certainly proving that you are a deceived believer who lacks knowledge of scripture. You are unaware of the blessing that Jesus provided for all of mankind and so you never learned how to overcome your sin and your sicknesses.
    I am a sanctified disciple of Jesus Christ who can no longer sin nor can I ever get sick and Jesus has given me wisdom about scripture that very very few will ever possess. So I will warn you not to challenge what I am relating since if you disagree then you will be denying truth and you will blaspheme the Spirit with your lies.
    Realize that there is not even one scripture where God ever stated that a person who possesses sin and sickness in their life is His child so if you can still sin and you can still get sick then you definitely are not a child of God. There are scriptures though that do relate that if you have afflictions then you are a sinner who does not know God and if you sin then you are of the devil.
    Only a small amount of believers truly understand God and scripture and this is why scripture relates that only a remnant will be saved since most believers are completely deceived in their beliefs and they are destined to perish in their sin and their ignorance of truth. Most do not even understand the difference between a Believer, a Disciple, a Christian and a Apostle and so I will now explain.
    “Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.”
    ‭‭Romans‬ ‭9:27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
    “Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
    ‭‭I Peter‬ ‭4:18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
    When you first repent of your sins and you accept Jesus into your life you are now a believer but you are still deceived and ignorant about scripture since you have never been sanctified in truth by the Holy Spirit. This is why a believer will still possesses sin and sickness in their life since they still lack knowledge in the word of God.
    Once a believer accepts Jesus into their life they were then commanded to surrender their will to the Holy Spirit so that they may allow the Spirt to teach them how to stop sinning. This purification process is called sanctification and it can only be achieved by understanding how to test the Spirits as commanded in 1 John 4. Sanctification takes years and it requires our faith, patience, suffering and endurance since the Holy Spirit teaches us how to overcome our sins. Once we learn how to overcome our sins we now have overcome our sicknesses since afflictions come from sin and the devil. Sadly the vast majority of believers never allow this process to occur since they are deceived in their beliefs and so they remain in their sin and their ignorance their entire lives. Others will actually fall away during the sanctification process just as Judas certainly did and Jesus relates these various believers in the parable of the sower in Luke 8:11-15. Not many believers actually make it through God’s sanctification process and this is why it is referred to as the narrow gate.
    “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
    ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
    If a believer does surrender their will to God’s purification process they now become a disciple since they are now learning scripture directly from Jesus Himself. Jesus will now teach His disciple how to live just as He did since He now dwells inside His true children. A disciple means “a student who learns from his teacher.” This is why scripture relates that Jesus is our one and only teacher and this is also why the vast majority of religions and preachers are nothing more then false prophets who are only leading believers astray.
    It is during the sanctification process that the Holy Spirit teaches us how to live Holy and righteously just as God commanded and He does this by showing us how to overcome our sins. Sanctification is similar to what Jesus endured in the wilderness for 40 days since the Spirit has us confront the devil’s temptations head on. If you end up completing God’s purification process you then become sanctified in truth and you are now a Christian since you are now a sanctified disciple of Jesus Christ who can no longer sin and this is when you are actually born again. A born of God Christian is someone who lives “exactly like Christ,” and this is how the term Christian came about since the original disciples lived exactly like Christ.
    Most believers do not realize that Jesus had to train his twelve chosen disciples for three years before they became His apostles. An apostle means someone who is sent, a messenger. Many overlook the prayer that Jesus made for His disciples in John 17:6-19 where He asked His Father to sanctify His disciples in truth. So the disciples had to be sanctified in truth before Jesus could use them as His apostles, His messengers. So an apostle is someone who is a messenger from God and they possess the power of God to prove their anointment.
    Realize that God did not instruct us or command us to explain scripture to anyone but yet most are foolishly believing that it is their duty to try and lead others to Jesus. Many deceived believers do not understand that the Great Commission was for God’s chosen disciples who were trained by Jesus and who were sanctified in God’s truth. It was not meant for every believer of Jesus Christ to teach and that is simply a lie that is being fabricated by the devil’s many false ministers.
    You might now begin to understand why the majority of believers are nothing more then children of the devil since they are ignorantly blaspheming the Spirit of truth when they willingly relate their misguided beliefs. These ignorant souls were never taught scripture by Jesus nor did they allow Jesus to sanctify their heart in God’s truth. So they are simply spreading their lies about scripture and they are condemning themselves by leading others into sin.
    “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!”
    ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭18:6-7‬ ‭NKJV‬
    “My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.”
    ‭‭James‬ ‭3:1-2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
    Many believers are ignorantly believing that Jesus came to forgive our past, present and future sins. This spoken untruth is having people believe that they can continue in a life of sin and then simply repent and God will forgive them over and over. This is why many believe that if they repent just before they die then Jesus will save their sinful soul. This twisted reasoning would mean that you can continue to steal and then simply repent. You can then lie and then repent. You can then murder and simply repent. You can keep committing whatever sin you desire and simply repent afterwards and you will always be forgiven. This is simply nonsense that is fabricated by the devil to make you believe that you will always sin.
    Jesus came to call sinners to repentance since we are all born in sin. This meant for us to stop sinning entirely and to start living holy and righteously just as God commanded. Jesus came to forgive us of the sins that we have already committed and this occurs at the moment that we repent of our sins and we accept Jesus and His Holy Spirit into our life. Once we receive His Holy Spirit we were then commanded to surrender our will to God so that we would allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify our heart in God’s truth. As I stated before, this can only be achieved by understanding how to test the Spirits as commanded in 1 John 4.
    So a Christian is someone who is sanctified in truth and they can easily discern a true Christian from a deceived believer in seconds since they now possess the mind of Christ and they are able to judge everyone and everything. They can no longer sin nor can they ever get sick since they are now born of God and the devil can no longer touch them with sickness or disabilities.
    “These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.”
    ‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭2:13-16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
    “We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.”
    ‭‭I John‬ ‭5:18‬ ‭NKJV
    I have gone through God’s purification process and I have overcome sin and sickness in my life and this is why God has me relating His blessings in my writings and in my videos.

    • @strangerinmoscow6858
      @strangerinmoscow6858 3 года назад +9

      Umm Job's misfortunes did not come because of sin. Plus some people are just sick because sickness is part of the fallen nature of the world. The blind guy Jesus healed was not blind cuz of sin

    • @marcelwillieniles3816
      @marcelwillieniles3816 3 года назад +2

      Sickness, suffering and death are part of the curse...and JESUS grants us the believers that suffering as a gift for HIS sake...Philippians 1:29...and we know that GOD causes ALL THINGS (the good and the evil) to work together for good to those who love GOD, to those who are CALLED according to HIS purpose. Romans 8:28.

    • @mikerutkowski7265
      @mikerutkowski7265 3 года назад

      @@strangerinmoscow6858 your ignorant and unbelieving soul proves that you know very little about scripture and you are simply trying to justify the sin and sicknesses in your own wicked life. Some people foolishly believe that God allows people to get sick in order to display His glory and they often use the scripture in John 9 about the man being born blind.
      The disciples already knew that sin was the reason that the man was born blind but they wanted Jesus to pinpoint who’s sin actually caused the blindness. Jesus did not desire to pinpoint who’s sin caused the disability to His disciples and so He simply made a generalization statement that told them how things were going to turn out so that God could be glorified. Scripture relates over and over how sin will bring sickness and death into our lives and Jesus did not say that it was not sin that caused the man’s blindness. He simply stated that it was neither the man nor his parents sin who caused it and so maybe it was it was sin from the grandparents or someone else for that matter.
      We are all born in sin and ignorance since we live in a sinful fallen world that is ruled by the devil. Plus scripture tells us the reason why a child may be born blind, sick or whatever. It may have been that the parents or the ancestors were not following what God commanded and so they were living in sin. When parents live in sin they then give Satan and his demons the ability to infect their children with whatever sickness or disability they desire. What foolish doctors like to call hereditary or genetics is actually nothing more then a parent’s sins being passed onto their children through a demon spirit. Look here:
      “And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”
      Exodus‬ ‭34:6-7‬ ‭NKJV‬
      Now just ask yourself this one question. Why would a God who loves you and who desires to heal you want to make you sick to begin with? By claiming that God allows someone to get sick simply to display His glory you are then trying to say that God makes people sick simply to show off! Now do you honestly believe that our loving God is that cold hearted that He would make someone sick simply to get others to see the wonders that He could do? Well if you believe that God allows sickness just to display His glory then you are just an ignorant soul who is trying to justify the sin and the sicknesses in your own life. Sickness is not a blessing and it is definitely a curse and all you need to do is read Deuteronomy 28:15-68 to prove my point.
      Many foolishly believe that Paul’s thorn in the flesh was a sickness and these people clearly prove that they do not understand God or scripture. What does a thorn in the flesh do? Well it causes pain and suffering. Just as Jesus suffered in the wilderness by being tempted by Satan, Jesus then allowed Satan to tempt Paul in order to make him stronger in the Holy Spirit. If Paul was able to remove the sickness from everyone who came to him then what could possibly make anyone think that he was someone who had sickness in his life? Couldn’t Paul just remove the sickness from himself as he did with those who came to him for healing? Plus if Paul was bitten by a venomous snake and yet it did no harm to him how could anyone possibly believe that Paul was someone who could then get sick himself? Many people are very deceived in their beliefs and they do not understand that an infirmity means a physical weakness or ailment and it is not an actual sickness.
      “And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
      ‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭12:7-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      Now allow me to give you a couple of other scriptures that misguided souls often like to use. (1 Timothy 5:23 and Galatians 4:13.) Realize that most of these people are probably reading from a bible version that has translated the word infirmity into meaning a sickness. Look here:
      “Don’t drink only water. You ought to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so often.”
      ‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭5:23‬ ‭NLT‬
      “No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.”
      I Timothy‬ ‭5:23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬‬
      “Surely you remember that I was sick when I first brought you the Good News.”
      ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:13‬ ‭NLT
      “You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.”
      Galatians‬ ‭4:13‬ ‭NKJV‬
      There are over 2000 different bible versions that all have different words with different meanings and this is what is leading many of you astray. Once again, an infirmity means a physical weakness but yet certain bible versions have translated this to mean a sickness. This is why the only truthful way for you to gain your knowledge of scripture is to learn it directly from Jesus Himself through testing the Spirits as commanded in 1 John 4.
      Next, some misguided soul said to me that scripture clearly states that God makes people sick and they offered this scripture below:
      “The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”
      Exodus‬ ‭4:11-12‬ ‭NIV‬‬
      So if you read this version of the Bible, yes it does state that God makes human beings blind, deaf or mute. But know I want to give you another Bible version and show you how it reads:
      “So the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
      Exodus‬ ‭4:11-12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      When you read this version it is not stating that God made them mute, deaf or blind but that God made the individual, whether they were someone who was deaf, mute or blind. God is not saying that He inflicted the disability on them. God loves you and He wants you to be healthy for He is the God who heals you. So once again, why would a loving God who loves you and heals you want to make you sick?
      There are also many ignorant souls who try to use Job and others from the Old Covenant as an example for possessing sickness in their lives. Was Job a righteous man? Yes Job did live righteously but they overlook some very important things. Job and all others were born in ignorance and in sin just as we all are so these foolish people reveal that they do not even understand the difference between the Old and the New Covenant. Job was from the Old Covenant where there was no forgiveness of sins since Jesus had not come yet so this is why Job still possessed sin in his life.
      And finally, someone stated that they believe that God does heal but that His healing was not for everyone. Again this person and their logic makes absolutely zero sense. Scripture clearing states that we are not to show partially or favoritism and that to do so is a sin. So why would God then sin by showing favoritism or partiality by picking and choosing who He desires to heal? Jesus healed everyone who came to Him for healing and His apostles also did the same.
      “And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, AND THEY WERE ALL HEALED.”
      ‭‭Acts‬ ‭5:14-16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      So I have now given you many examples of how misguided believers are and how they cannot comprehend that God’s healing is for everyone! Most simply will not accept the truth that it is sin that brings sickness into their lives and this is why they are destined to spend a very long eternity in hell.
      Psalm 107:17. “Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.”
      Know what this means? First transgression, it means an act that goes against a rule, a law or a code of conduct. Next iniquity, it means a wicked act or thing, sin. Finally, affliction, it means something that causes persistent pain or suffering. Translated it is saying that you are a fool if you do not follow God’s laws and commands and you go and sin because you will then have pain, suffering and sickness. Now go back and reread the Exodus 34 scripture above and maybe you might begin to understand why it is sin that allows sickness into your life and the life of your children. God commanded us to overcome sin and I can testify that I am someone who certainly has and this is why I can never get sick ever again.
      “Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
      ‭‭John‬ ‭5:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

    • @mikerutkowski7265
      @mikerutkowski7265 3 года назад +1

      @@marcelwillieniles3816 sickness and suffering come from sin and disobeying God and His commands. I told you that I am a sanctified disciple of Jesus Christ who cannot sin nor can ever get sick and I related God’s truth and blessing but yet you foolishly believe that you are somehow wiser. If you were a child of God then you should have rejoiced at what I related. Instead your comment proved that you are simply a child of the devil who is trying to justify the sin and the sicknesses that you possess in your own wicked life.
      So since you are foolishly believing that you are somehow a child of God who can possess sin and sickness in your life then prove your misguided beliefs with scripture. Do not try to twist or add to scripture since I will definitely reveal and expose your utter ignorance.
      “For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
      ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22:18-19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      Give me just one scripture verse where God stated that a person who possesses sin and sickness in their life is His child?
      Give me one scripture verse that states that a Christian will possess sickness in their lives or where scripture states that sickness is a normal part of this life?
      Give me just one scripture verse that states that a believer will always sin or that a believer can never stop sinning?
      I know that you cannot provide any scriptures because there are no such scriptures and that is why you would need to twist or add to God’s word so that you can try and justify the sin and the sickness that you possess in your unbelieving life.
      I can certainly prove that if you can sin then you are of the devil and that you do not even know God.
      “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
      ‭‭I John‬ ‭3:8‬ ‭NKJV‬
      “Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.”
      ‭‭I John‬ ‭3:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      I can also prove that it is your sin that is allowing sickness to enter your life.
      “But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
      ‭‭John‬ ‭5:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      Psalm 107:17. “Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.”
      Know what this means? First transgression, it means an act that goes against a rule, a law or a code of conduct. Next iniquity, it means a wicked act or thing, sin. Finally, affliction, it means something that causes persistent pain or suffering. Translated it is saying that you are a fool if you do not follow God’s laws and commands and you go and sin because you will then have pain, suffering and sickness.
      I can also provide scripture that relates that if you truly follow God and you are His child then God will not allow the devil to touch you with sickness and disease since God will remove them from your life.
      “So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.”
      ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭23:25-26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      “And said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
      ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15:26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      “And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.”
      ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭7:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      “We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.”
      ‭‭I John‬ ‭5:18‬ ‭NKJV
      Yes, scripture relates that Jesus was born without sin and that He lived His entire life without sinning so Jesus certainly was the only sinless person. However scripture is definitely not relating that His followers will always sin or that they will always have sickness in their lives. Scripture is actually stating the exact opposite of that utter nonsense and it is relating how the children of God will learn how to overcome their sin and their sicknesses in this lifetime and not the next. Sin and sickness can only be found in the deceived believers who are children of the devil and it cannot be found in a true Christian who is a child of God.
      So just because someone claims to believe in Jesus does not make them a Christian nor does it even make them a believer since even the demons believe in Jesus. This is why many of the believers here on the internet are clearly children of the devil who are clueless in regards to God and scripture and they are blaspheming the Spirit of truth with their lies.
      The children of the devil often try to justify their sin and their sicknesses by twisting the meaning of 1 John 1:8-1O or Romans 3:10, 3:23 and 7. First in Romans 7 Paul is simply relating how he was a sinner until He was freed by knowing Christ and these deceived souls clearly overlook how Paul related that he had died to sin and was no longer a slave to sin in Romans 6. The other scriptures are simply relating that everyone is born in sin and ignorance and so they are not living righteously and they fall short of the glory of God. They are relating that this is why we need to repent and confess our sins to God so that He will then forgive us. They also relate that anyone who believes that they have never sinned is then calling God a liar. But nowhere are they ever stating that a believer will always sin as these children of the devil are foolishly believing.
      So give me a good laugh and try to provide a scripture that backs up your lies and your utter nonsense. I know that they are no such scriptures so this ought to be quite enjoyable to see how a child who follows the devil and his lies will try to explain why they possess sin and sickness in their wicked life.

    • @strangerinmoscow6858
      @strangerinmoscow6858 3 года назад +2

      @Mike Rotkowski I'm sorry Mike but you have seriously added ur own meaning into the passage of the blind man to fit ur own views. What does the Bible say that Jesus says not what you think the disciples wanted to do. Plus Jesus is God, there is no human leading Him to acknowledge something He did not already know. Re-read the Scripture and study it. Please don't try to add ur own interpretations.
      P.S. I may be a fool, but I am a believer in Christ who died for my sins and rose again. Plus I wanted to tell you I stand before God in whether or not I have believed in cross. Not before someone on RUclips telling me I am not saved lol. I'm just curious if u can see my soul to know I am an "ignorant, unbelieving soul." And how does that prove anything? I was turned off the moment I read that. Not insulted, just turned off. Check ur heart thr mate. Sometimes our pride is far from our eyes. If u r rly a believer, check urself and then point fingers. I have once been thr on doubting pol's salvation bc they don't agree with me on everything, but what is the core of Christianity. The power of God is the gospel to everyone who believes and sure we are called to hold hands and not dispute over doubtful things for a weak brother, but humble urself brother. There is more hope for a fool than someone who speaks without thinking Proverbs 29. Wise ppl are patient and control themselves