Walk in the Light -- Voddie Baucham

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  • Walking in the Light
    1 John 1:5-10:
    5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But pif we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 sIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 uIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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Комментарии • 88

  • @SandraLopata
    @SandraLopata Месяц назад +6

    Thank you Voddie, for this message today. You have inspired me to hold on to the Light, Life and Truth of Who Jesus is. You bless me every time I hear you teach.I pray for your strength and healing. Blessings, to you and your family.

  • @Hakeem597
    @Hakeem597 3 месяца назад +42

    Maaaan! This is 🔥🔥🔥. God bless the preacher and those who hear God’s word.

  • @shanitastamp33
    @shanitastamp33 2 месяца назад

    AMEN 😊 CARDIFF

  • @rayah8809
    @rayah8809 2 месяца назад

    The road/path to Christ is narrow & few will find it. We HAVE to confess our sins IMMEDIATELY, lest; we forget. To commit suicide is to kill oneself & make oneself GOD. WE ARE NOT GOD.
    When we die, we leave in the state we were in. So it is PERTINENT that we live a holy & repented life, as we can die @ any moment.

  • @ANewCreation7
    @ANewCreation7 3 месяца назад +26

    Every time a past sin comes to mind I instantly repent and ask God for forgiveness. I think we never forget our sins because we can't. We must always be reminded of our flesh so that we always seek God for redemption and rebirth.

  • @konstantinmorgunov196
    @konstantinmorgunov196 3 месяца назад +68

    Good sermon as always. Those who revel in their sins are not experiencing true joy in this life. They may have some amount of fleeting happiness from time to time but the majority report from those whose "god" is their own flesh is that they are miserable and unfulfilled human beings (Ps.73:1-17) They might have their best life now but when you consider the fact that life is but a vapor and how insignificant the temporary things of this life really are, you should have pity on them. For Christians, not only will there be eternal life and salvation from judgment, but even now there are hints at the joy we have as a result of being united to Christ. Let us be thankful for this gift and readily share it with the dying world.

    • @marvelousministry9434
      @marvelousministry9434 3 месяца назад +1

      David's adulterous murderous affair and marriage DIDNT end well. I doubt Bathsheba KNEW David had Uriah killed.
      What a marriage.

    • @marvelousministry9434
      @marvelousministry9434 3 месяца назад +1

      I have family who's ungodly relationship became a wedge between my wife and I in our marriage. We've been separated almost 4 years and may never save our marriage. She is dying of Cancer and may only have a short time left. Heart breaking situation. God wasn't bragging about me like He did Job but I feel like Job. Rear ended whiplash and a brain injury I lost my wife's love, my health and my 32+ year career. Life crushing stuff.

    • @FredRotermund
      @FredRotermund 3 месяца назад +3

      I love vodies sermons ❤️

    • @konstantinmorgunov196
      @konstantinmorgunov196 3 месяца назад +2

      @@FredRotermund Amen! He along with people like RC Sproul, Sam Storms, GK Beale, NT Wright, Kim Riddlebarger, and a few others are a rare breed of preachers who really have the God-given ability to open up the meaning of God's Word and teach it with clarity, correctness, and profundity while effectively communicating and clearly explaining the context, meaning and application of whatever passage it is they're looking at. Praise be to God and Lord Jesus Christ!

    • @cdracing
      @cdracing 3 месяца назад +2

      True. We ( editorial) must examine ourselves daily to see if we (as the called out ones) are in the faith. 1 cor 11,1 john 4, Roman's, Jude 24 25

  • @PaPaFresh
    @PaPaFresh 3 месяца назад +18

    Voddie for president, !!!!!

  • @belga3513
    @belga3513 3 месяца назад +20

    Wonderful teachings from Voddie Baucham.

  • @tobypope1377
    @tobypope1377 3 месяца назад +11

    Thanks Voddie for being a true man and follower of God. This world could use 10 billion more men just like you. Thanks for helping us understand the Truth as God and our Lord Jesus intended

  • @enchantress2476
    @enchantress2476 3 месяца назад +10

    WOW!!!! That message carries power. My prayer is that everyone could hear this lesson. I don’t see how anyone could not change after hearing it. Yes Yashaya Lives and He is King.

  • @terriblue9792
    @terriblue9792 3 месяца назад +6

    This was right on time for me this morning! So freeing❤ I can be very hard on myself even KNOWING that Jesus has paid it all🙌🏽 But the phrase “Not characterized by sin” opened my eyes again! My sin grieves God so that’s why it grieves me. Thank You Holy Spirit🙌🏽 Without the shedding of Blood there is NO remission of sin. I need to hear the gospel EVERYDAY! LOOK at the CROSS and be amazed, humbled and brought to my knees by it😭😭 thank You Jesus🙌🏽

  • @karinesavard2016
    @karinesavard2016 3 месяца назад +6

    You don't become sinless, you'll be forgiven for your sins. Through belief, not by works, HOWEVER, belief without works what is your faith worth? 🙏❤

    • @Brokenroadtobetter
      @Brokenroadtobetter 2 месяца назад +3

      Exactly, it’s not that you’re saved by your works, it’s that you might as well be in heaven if you’re not working out your faith. Otherwise what is the point of you being on earth?

    • @konstantinmorgunov196
      @konstantinmorgunov196 2 месяца назад +4

      Totally agree. The pervasive error in most Christian/evangelical circles is that good works have no connection whatsoever with salvation. A person may pray the sinners prayer and profess to believe in Jesus but there may not be a life of good works to follow. They'll bring up passages like (Eph. 2:8-9) but neglect the very next verse (Eph. 2:10; For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for GOOD WORKS which God prepared beforehand that WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM.) and even claim that Paul and James contradict each other rather than compliment the same point that: genuine saving faith manifests itself in good works. C.H. Spurgeon who firmly held the reformed view of salvation said: "Good works are not the cause of salvation, they are the necessary fruit of it."(All Round Ministry p.310) or for those who admire John Calvin but seem to miss the fact that he held the same view on that subject: "Good works are the evidence of salvation, not the cause of it. If there are no works or change of life to follow salvation, then it should be questioned whether the person is truly saved."(The Institutes of Christian Religion p.798). The way I see it is what's the point of getting surgery (salvation) if you'll spend the rest of your life laying in bed by choice (no works). If it wasn't for the people who demonstrated true Christian compassion and kindness by helping me physically and financially, I probably would have still been out on the streets to this day. But God showed me the difference between true followers of Christ who demonstrate His love and compassion with works (by helping regardless of the situation) and those who only profess to be Christian but pass you by on a brand new car saying: "I don't have any money but Jesus loves you! Have a blessed day!" and fade away with the fumes of their car exhaust never to be seen again. I choose to demonstrate that same love and compassion that brought me to Christ because it yields more fruit (and Jesus Christ is worthy of a bigger chorus of praise). Have a blessed day.

  • @RHFactorat
    @RHFactorat 3 месяца назад +10

    Sobering - and necessary

  • @futuresite11
    @futuresite11 3 месяца назад +6

    Excellent lesson.
    Thank you, God.
    Thank you, Rev Baucham.
    J W

  • @psalmbird6187
    @psalmbird6187 2 месяца назад +3

    Walk in His Light
    Leave the darkness behind
    Forgiveness you'll find
    You have nothing to hide
    From His all seeing eye.

  • @gracenmercy579
    @gracenmercy579 3 месяца назад +7

    Amen, oh how important to be students of the Word it’s vital for our soul or else we succumb to the ways of this wicked world

  • @bronzewing1965
    @bronzewing1965 3 месяца назад +4

    PRAISE GOD. PRAISE MY LORD JESUS. PRAISE MY HOLY SPIRIT
    Than you MIGHTY WARRIOR KING Lord Jesus ❤

  • @steviejams1
    @steviejams1 3 месяца назад +9

    Glory be to God.

  • @calebnichols6943
    @calebnichols6943 24 дня назад +2

    Thank you, Pr. Voddie Bachaum for this message about keeping the Word of God as our standard and authority!!

  • @kathleenrutherford733
    @kathleenrutherford733 3 месяца назад +5

    Amen all Glory be to God, Thank you Pastor Voddie for Preaching God's Word

  • @John_1513_Ministries
    @John_1513_Ministries 2 месяца назад +2

    For 20 years, I thought I was actually saved because I said a prayer and I did some good work and I read the Bible a bunch of times. But I never really repented. I’m gonna fast-forward to 2009. Please keep in mind to explain something very serious. Since 1979 when I was about seven all the way I took 2009 I was suicidal. And I heard preacher say that all your sins are forgiven automatically and so forth. Which is true you are saved by grace through faith. But if you’re living like the world, do you never repented and you will fully live in sin. Most likely you’re not
    SAVED!! I can tell you this much, I had a lot of very serious attempts that the Lord saved me from. I never told anybody about what I was doing. And then I heard a sermon where this pastor actually said you can end your own life and you still will be saved. Not blaming him. But I can tell you when you’re on the brink of eternity and you start seeing the demons in the room that are waiting to take you to hell. Let me say that again so you can hear it. When you’re in the roomAnd realize that you are quickly passing away and you see the demons that are in the room and they’re waiting for you. They’re looking at you.
    They’re not blinking. They’re staring at you and they physically will stop you from trying to get out of the room.I woke up in the ICU. I was very determined. So I went back to my apartment and I tried again. I’ll skip to the important part. As I was in and out of consciousness, and I noticed they showed up again. The bigger of the three got in my face.
    If I can make the words that that demon said be printed in bold print as big as a building that would be an understatement. He said to me.
    “YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE!!!! YOU WILL BE WITH US FOREVER!!!!!!!”
    If you think for a second that you’re gonna walk through the gates of heaven after taking your own life, then you are a fool. I don’t care what any pastor says. I don’t care what this dude is saying I don’t care what your mom says, what your dad says. You will not make it into heaven. Because it’s not the will of the Lord for you to end your own life. And you’re breaking a lot of the commandments all at once. And most likely if you truly are in dwelt with The Holy Spirit, you’ll have the fruit of The Holy Spirit!! That means you would never hurt yourself permanently like that. Also keep in mind a person who is truly reborn again would never even consider something like that. You’re guilty of a lot more sins than just one if you do something like that. Now this word that I’m leaving for you right now is for whoever needs it. Because times are about to get super tough and most of these preachers even Mr. Bachman is not going to, tell you that you’re in the tribulation. It’s about to get 1000% worse than you can comprehend. And I can tell you this much you need to get closer to Christ than you’ve ever been ever in your life. And if you’re a pastor and you’re reading this, you better be preaching about repentance. Because right now at 3:07 PM on 27 July 2024 you’ve been warned to preach about repentance. Keep that in mind! Everybody else repent and get stronger in your walk with Christ. Don’t worry about your 401(k) in your house and everything else. Just worry about your relationship with Christ and make it super strong, and start stockpiling food and water. If you haven’t start doing that. Because you’re gonna need it, especially if you live in Babylon USA because THE of WEATH of YAHWEH IS COMING!!!!! And yes, we really are in the tribulation. Just because your pastors don’t ever talk about it doesn’t mean it’s not happening.!

  • @markcaplinger1527
    @markcaplinger1527 3 месяца назад +4

    Thank you again for your videos. You have been blessed by God with a talent for preaching His Word in a way we can all understand.

  • @earthangellibra2925
    @earthangellibra2925 3 месяца назад +3

    I don't necessarily agree that it because their last act is one they can't confess but rather the act of suicide is a display of our ability to have enduring faith, an act of giving up. Just how gambling shows a lack of faith that God can provide for us.

  • @JohnMoog-ug6bk
    @JohnMoog-ug6bk 3 месяца назад +3

    Exactly, confession, being part of repentance, is effect, not cause. “…the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?” (Rom 2:4). “And I will pour out…the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him…” (Zech 12:10).

  • @markmartinez1038
    @markmartinez1038 3 месяца назад +6

    WOW!!! POWERFUL MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @andresrodriguez-polo884
    @andresrodriguez-polo884 3 месяца назад +3

    Amen pastor , thank you for your help in understanding the depths of our fathers words through his disciples. That has been a struggle. But like anything to be learned ..a practice or profession or I can say repetition to be honest within ourselves and with Christ. Salvation is his gift to us and change must be done within us all. For we are all sinners anyways I don't understand all of Scripture the way I should . But I encourage you to never give up because you are and always have been a very wise God blessed man. So for that I truly thank you . @Pastor Voddie Baucham

  • @WillieMaeGardner
    @WillieMaeGardner 2 месяца назад +2

    I thank God for Pastor Voodie Baucham. I have more of an understanding of thoughts of my past sins . I always asked God to forgive me of my sins🙏🏾

  • @Brokenroadtobetter
    @Brokenroadtobetter 2 месяца назад +3

    Please pray for my mother. Ive tried to explain to her that “The secret” is against God. She uncharacteristically began to tell me off rather aggressively about how “ you dont know what i believe, i am not evil” when all i said was that God’s word does not agree with this not that shes evil

    • @doug2993
      @doug2993 2 месяца назад +1

      Hmm, sorry to hear that, hang in there!

    • @Brokenroadtobetter
      @Brokenroadtobetter 2 месяца назад

      @@doug2993 the Lord said it best

  • @doug2993
    @doug2993 2 месяца назад +2

    Listening for a second time. Awesome sermon! Love Voddie.

  • @SLAFAM2009
    @SLAFAM2009 3 месяца назад +5

    Very deep

  • @psalmbird6187
    @psalmbird6187 2 месяца назад +2

    The truth is
    life-changing
    Eternal-life-giving

  • @joshuamitchell5481
    @joshuamitchell5481 3 месяца назад +4

    Excellent

  • @therecoverytabernacle
    @therecoverytabernacle 3 месяца назад +4

    Amen

  • @ij7late
    @ij7late Месяц назад

    Am I missing something? In my Bible, (NIV) John 3:35 reads, (35)The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. (36)Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
    Voddie says, “….whoever (does not obey) the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him”.
    I don’t know what Bible he’s reading out of, but that’s not what it says. He even makes a point saying that it should say what it does say.

  • @John_1513_Ministries
    @John_1513_Ministries 2 месяца назад

    One thing I don’t like about his preaching is that he speaks so much so fast that he twist things around and he can make a believer almost doubt their salvation, or make an unbeliever think they’re saved when they’re really not!!!
    Hey folks, there’s also verses in the Bible that talk about if you keep willfully sinning after you’ve come to Christ then you’re not saved. Take a look at Hebrews 10:26-30. Did you know also that Jesus Christ, the one who actually died for your sins. Jesus told you to repent about 40 times. In fact, if you don’t believe me, just look at Luke 13:3-5…. Why does he say you will likewise perish if you don’t repent? Do you think Jesus was just saying that so Luke would have something to write down? What about when Jesus said in Mark 1:15 to repent and believe the gospel. What about the six of the seven churches in the book of Revelation. He told each one of them to repent or their candlestick would be moved out of the way. What do you think that means? Yes we are saved by Grace through faith. We are saved by grace through faith. Jesus Christ did everything and we can’t do anything for our own salvation, but remember Jesus also said if you’d love me, you’ll obey my commandments. Just like Dude said in John 3:36 if you don’t believe or actually it’s written if you don’t obey, you will perish. So if you want eternal life with Christ, then you’re going to obey Christ. Not for salvation, but because you love him. Also keep in mind. Jesus said many will strive to enter in through the narrow gate and they will not be able to. Remember what he said in Matthew 7:21-23. Remember what he said throughout the chapter of Matthew seven and Luke 13.
    The evidence of that grace that you’re saved by will be evident and seen in your obedience to Christ and your daily repentance. Because you can’t walk in sinful living and expect to call yourself saved. It doesn’t mean you’re sinless. Because we all sin!! But there’s a difference between having an attitude problem with your wife because you had a hard day at work and stealing a bunch of stuff from your boss on purpose. There’s a difference between eating extra donuts when you know that’s gluttony and downloading porn so you could do whatever you want. There’s a difference between having sex with your secretary at work while your wife is at home, and being a little lazy and not reading as much in the Bible as you should that day. There’s a difference between having an argument with somebody and feeling bad about it and repenting about it and asking for forgiveness or having the argument with somebody grabbing them and throwing them into the machinery at work. Do you see how there’s a difference in all of those.
    Somebody can have an argument and still be a Christian. But when you sit there and you plan to do harm to your fellow brother or neighbor, which is everyone on the planet because you think it’s your right to be like John Rambo. And then you go to church on Sunday and put your hands up in the air and brag about how good you are because you know all the songs that they’re singing at church and you’re clapping and jumping around and everything else and you might even bring your Bible into church. But then later you sit there and look at your weapons collection wondering how many more pieces could you buy and they’re not used for targeting or hunting design for home protection and they’re designed for self protection and everything else. then you start crossing the line of where is loving thy neighbor in your actions. Jesus also said to do that too. Remember not everyone that says Lord Lord will enter into the kingdom of heaven. And when Jesus said those words he wasn’t talking about Muslims or Buddhists or atheists. He was talking about people who call themselves Christian. Just because you go to church doesn’t make a Christian. So you better make sure when you read through the Bible, especially John chapters 3, 14, 15. & 1 John 1-5 then examine yourself examine yourself to make sure you’re truly saved. Because for 20 years, I thought I was saved because I had wishy-washy preaching. And I live like the world. I almost ended up in eternity in hell because I listen to preachers without opening up the Bible. you better make sure you’re truly saved. It’ll be a crying shame when you’re standing in front of Jesus and He tells you I don’t know you.

  • @oliverjamito9902
    @oliverjamito9902 3 месяца назад +1

    Left nor Right hands. My hands try not to punch one another! Why? Beloved will ye punch thy own Face day and night!

  • @johnwhite5897
    @johnwhite5897 2 месяца назад +1

    Please pay for me😢

  • @konananil1205
    @konananil1205 3 месяца назад +3

  • @sleepe361
    @sleepe361 3 месяца назад +1

    It's crazy i just seen another video of sime guy baptizing someone telling them,if they we're ready to be reborn and become a Christian. And was putting some oil on his forehead and acting like it was based on his works. And i believe this is the wrong and idea's people think because of a wrong understanding of scripture.

  • @brendoncowan5470
    @brendoncowan5470 3 месяца назад +2

    Awesome sermon 🕊❤️🍇🐑

  • @TheNephilim101
    @TheNephilim101 8 дней назад

    Amen 🙏
    Hallelujah 🤲🏻
    Praise the Lord 🙌🏻

  • @kellwave123
    @kellwave123 2 месяца назад

    W
    What happened to duality. God made both day and night. Love your sermon btw

    • @kellwave123
      @kellwave123 2 месяца назад

      You find beauty within-darkness. The heart shines the most in the darkness

  • @markmartinez1038
    @markmartinez1038 3 месяца назад +2

    🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @FredRotermund
    @FredRotermund 3 месяца назад +2

    ❤❤

  • @mercypeter2626
    @mercypeter2626 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you Voddie

  • @vergoregiste5300
    @vergoregiste5300 3 месяца назад +1

    All Truth. This is Right.

  • @oliverjamito9902
    @oliverjamito9902 3 месяца назад

    Pop what is a Sin? My FATHER GOD OF LIFE OF THE LIVING. Have seen thee my pop and the little Child born "i" from afar EAST. The poor RICH YOUNG RULER Nations resting upon HIS SHOULDER.

  • @oliverjamito9902
    @oliverjamito9902 3 месяца назад +2

    From the SINGULARITY the I AM will say, bring all will point fingers nor try to find blame unto my SON OF MAN shared "i" AM. Our Beautiful Mothers will say born from a VIRGIN.

  • @TacoTruckMan9-0
    @TacoTruckMan9-0 3 месяца назад +1

    ❤✝️

  • @FredRotermund
    @FredRotermund 3 месяца назад +1

    Great sermon. ❤

  • @RJ_1911
    @RJ_1911 15 дней назад

    Amen…

  • @bibledynasty5050
    @bibledynasty5050 3 месяца назад +1

    Does the baptist church keep the 4th commandment?

    • @SeanusAurelius
      @SeanusAurelius 2 месяца назад

      @bibledynasty5050 Do you keep the Sabbath day holy?

    • @bibledynasty5050
      @bibledynasty5050 2 месяца назад

      @@SeanusAurelius Yes I keep the sabbath. its already holy.

  • @timwilson2920
    @timwilson2920 3 месяца назад

    Which throne, though ? I have attended 30 Sacramento churches since the plandemic began. I experienced nauseous disingenuousness all throughout each of them.

    • @wanda520
      @wanda520 2 месяца назад

      Find a reformed church. I attend Presbyterian PCA

  • @psalmbird6187
    @psalmbird6187 2 месяца назад

    We are called to be a seven-fold light

  • @natedoeg
    @natedoeg 3 месяца назад

    Voddie, I love your delivery. But it got me thinking. That if there is no darkness from God. How do you explain Isaiah 45:7? I am the LORD, and there is none else. [7] I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

    • @natedoeg
      @natedoeg 3 месяца назад

      @@Morales705 what about create the evil part?

    • @samsongideon22
      @samsongideon22 3 месяца назад

      ruclips.net/video/XHJjWrwYMFc/видео.htmlsi=eGuXCCP_c7dT_Z6x

    • @KevC1111
      @KevC1111 3 месяца назад

      ​@@natedoeg evil is a bad translation. It should read calamity or distress. Only the kjv uses the word evil. Kjv is full of translation errors.

    • @SeanusAurelius
      @SeanusAurelius 2 месяца назад

      @@natedoeg This is "evil" contrasted with peace, not with goodness.
      It's an older use of the word, now only found in the expression, "He came to evil" when something bad happens to someone. God does indeed give people (and nations) peace and disaster (evil).

  • @-Thelordismyshepherd-
    @-Thelordismyshepherd- 3 месяца назад +2

    If you still sin, you are still walking in darkness.
    The good news is a believer is cleansed of all sin.
    But understanding what that means is being converted, into the knowledge of the truth.

    • @wojak91
      @wojak91 Месяц назад

      What are you saying? Sinless perfection?

    • @-Thelordismyshepherd-
      @-Thelordismyshepherd- Месяц назад

      @@wojak91
      What I’m saying is believe what is written in the Word of God.
      Do you still sin?

  • @emelybonilla93
    @emelybonilla93 3 месяца назад

    Do you have a church in Houston Tx ?

  • @wendythomas2174
    @wendythomas2174 3 месяца назад

    🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @anthonytinsman1077
    @anthonytinsman1077 3 месяца назад

    Awesome sermon as always….Question….. how can a truly reborn Holy Ghost filled believer in CHRIST JESUS follow through with suicide? If they have HIS peace and a full understanding of CHRIST’S atoning work on HIS cross for all sin, why would the thought of suicide ever come across that individual’s mind? Were they truly reborn? Did they fully come understand the subjection and authority of the KING of kings? Please help me understand this theological controversy. Thank you so very much with a most grateful heart.❤️✝️💜

    • @doug2993
      @doug2993 2 месяца назад

      Being Spirit filled is a moment by moment thing. This world sucks and wanting to exit is natural for any believer. Circumstances can beat people down really hard sometimes.

    • @doug2993
      @doug2993 2 месяца назад +1

      It’s not characteristic, but it is possible. king David, a man after God’s own heart. Committed adultery and murder. But that didn’t characterize his life. Amen?