How to Undermine Ethnic Harmony: Ephesians

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Teacher: John Piper
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[@LaMamabean]

Excellent teaching! I so enjoy your video teachings. You really bring out the hidden manna. ❤️🙏🏻

[@BloodCovenant]

So Great A Salvation!

[@dovey4703]

In my own words, God loves everyone. He wants to save all of us. He doesn’t leave anyone behind. And He saved us all! He’s almighty and sacrifices on the cross to complete all the work for us. Then we are saved and can rest in peace no matter who we are. We are in the receiving end of so much love. It is only natural for us to learn from God and be more and more like him to love each other. Of course we would never be at God’s level because we are only humans but we can look up to Him and learn his ways.

[@mikerutkowski7265]

You have no idea just how deceived you are. How often do you hear people say “God loves everyone” or “God hates the sin but loves the sinner” or “We are all children of God?” Well guess what, none of them are scriptural and they are all simply lies. God never said those things in scripture! These fallacies are coming from foolish people who usually like to twist this one verse of scripture. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” ‭‭John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ God loves the righteous but God definitely hates anyone who chooses to do evil. “The LORD tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup. For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭11:5-7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭5:4-5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭6:16-19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭8:13‬ ‭NKJV “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-unless you repent. But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2:4-6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2:14-16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ So scripture states that the Nicolaitans were a people who worshipped idols and who were sexually immoral and Jesus hated what they did. So does God pick and chose whom He loves or who He hates? It actually depends on the individual themself and what they choose to do with their own free will. For example, Jacob chose righteousness but Esau chose evil. “As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭9:13‬ ‭NKJV God created everyone but not everyone is a child of God. You can either choose to follow God and His commands and be His child or you can choose to live in sin and do evil. If you chose to live in sin then you are choosing to be a child of the devil which then proves that not everyone is a child of God. “Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” ‭‭John‬ ‭8:42-44‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 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. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” ‭‭I John‬ ‭3:4-9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ This is why the majority of people who claim to believe in Jesus will simply perish in their ignorance and their sin. Because of their misguided beliefs about scripture they have chosen to follow lies that were fabricated by the devil and so they twist scripture in order to justify their evil and sinful beliefs. Many overlook how Jesus got very angry and frustrated in the evil He saw in the people who claimed to believe in God and scripture. Scripture relates how Jesus openly rebuked and criticized the Pharisees and the Sadducees and these people were no different then the sinful believers of today. When Jesus exposed their sin and their unbelief Jesus used words such as fools, foolish ones, evil, wicked, heathens, hypocrites, brood of vipers, son of hell and your father is the devil. The people back then did not like to hear how sinful they were and this why they hated Jesus and why they had Him crucified. So it is quite obvious that the deceived and evil believers of today are no different then the misguided believers back then since both obviously do not like to have their sin and their unbelief exposed. “Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation-as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.” ‭‭II Peter‬ ‭3:14-16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Finally, what most deceived souls do not understand is that Jesus did not instruct us to love sinful and wicked people. Jesus instructed us to love our brothers, neighbors and our enemies but most misguided souls have no idea what Jesus even meant by using the word love. He did not mean for you to accept everyone for who they are as most foolishly believe. Jesus meant for you to love your enemy by exposing their wickedness and rebuking them for the sin in their life. Jesus did this in hoping they would then repent of their sin and change from their evil and sinful ways. Sadly most will not and so Jesus hates anyone who choses to do evil. “You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.” ‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭19:17‬ ‭NKJV

[@dovey4703]

@@mikerutkowski7265 Thanks for your comment. When we are in Christ, we are new creation. We should not be living in fear and condamnation. We will never be good enough ourselves. It is for beholding Jesus that brings us wholeness. God has great plans for us. The catch is people have free will to choose. Choose wisely. It is important to live in the abundance of God. Knowing everything is not from our own but gift from God. Then we can avoid thinking we or others are not good enough. Recall Devil’s old trick to plant doubt in our heart and divide us from God. God does has good plans for everyone and no hate. It is up to us to choose and accept. Don’t live in fear and lack. Focus on God’s actions not our own. Guard our hearts and minds! Rest In Peace in Jesus. ✝️💪🏼💞

[@mikerutkowski7265]

@@dovey4703 Realize that there are two different types of believers in this world. There are those who understand scripture and who are growing in the knowledge and the blessings of God and there are the believers who are deceived and who will remain in sin and sickness their whole entire lives. Sadly more then 95% of believers fall into the deceived category and this is why scripture relates that only a remnant will be saved. “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. Scripture relates that if we are ignorant of God’s laws and commands then we are living in sin. Scripture also relates that sin will bring sickness and suffering into our life since sin and sickness is of the devil. So if you are someone who can get sick or you currently have an affliction in your life then you are definitely living in sin and you certainly have fallen for the devil’s many lies. Sin and sickness clearly reveals that you are a deceived believer since it proves that you did not allow the Holy Spirit to teach you how to overcome your sin. “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 Many are deceived because they foolishly believe that they can never stop sinning or overcome sickness in this lifetime and they deny the very blessing that Jesus provided for everyone through His sacrifice and the gift of His Holy Spirit. Others like Charismatics and Pentecostals are deceived by their misguided interpretations of scripture since they basically believe that they are apostles who are able to cast out demons. The vast majority of believers are so deceived that do not even understand the differences between a Believer, a Disciple, a Christian and a Apostle and so I will now explain. First understand that every one of us is born in sin and in ignorance of God’s truth. EVERYONE! The problem with the majority of believers is that they will remain that way their whole entire lives since they are not comprehending what God related to us in scripture. Because they lack knowledge of scripture countless believers do not understand how to surrender their will to the Holy Spirit and so they never allow the Spirit to teach them how to overcome their sin and their sicknesses. 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. This is also why a new believer must understand how to surrender their will to the Holy Spirit so the Spirt can now 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 will take 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. 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. Very very few believers actually achieve sanctification and this is why it is referred to as the narrow gate in Matthew 7. “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 kind of 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 are now a Christian who is sanctified in truth and you are a disciple of Jesus Christ who can no longer sin. This is when you are actually born again since a child born of God is someone who lives “exactly like Christ” and they no longer sin. This is how the term Christian came about since the original disciples lived exactly like Christ. Most overlook how Jesus had to train his twelve chosen disciples for three years before they could become His apostles. An apostle means someone who is sent, a messenger. Many also 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. So 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 are simply spreading lies and condemning themselves since they were never taught scripture by Jesus nor where they sanctified in God’s truth. “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭6:45‬ ‭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 answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭5:31-32‬ ‭NKJV‬ Jesus did not come to call on the righteous since a righteous person does not sin. Jesus came to call sinners to repentance which meant for sinners 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. We must then submit to God’s purification process and allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify our heart in God’s truth so that we could overcome the sin and the sicknesses that we possess in our lives. Once again 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 all things. 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 his afflictions. I am someone who has overcome sin and sickness in my own life and this is why God has me relating His blessings in my writings and in my videos‬ “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 “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” ‭‭I John‬ ‭3:9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

@@mikerutkowski7265 We Christians should long for the day when we are free from sin. But "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." (1 John 1:8, NKJV) John wrote the whole of 1 John, so you can't just selectively quote. It is dangerous, John warns us, to claim we're without sin - I would argue it is quite possibly sinful to even make that claim about oneself, before one has finished the race. Paul during his ministry writes "Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me" (Philippians 3:12, NKJV). Secondly, to say true Christians cannot get sick is evidently untrue based on New Testament testimony - Timothy was frequently unwell (1 Timothy 5:23), Paul was unwell at one point during his ministry (Galatians 4:13-14), James suggests that believers may become sick and will need prayed for (James 5:14-16), one of Paul's companions was unwell at one point (2 Timothy 4:20). It is dangerous and harmful to suggest Christians will not face illness, Jesus Himself tells us: "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (John 16:33) Also, the apostles were sent out long before when you seem to think their "purification process was complete" - look at Luke 9:1-6 where the apostles are sent out to preach about the kingdom of God. And they were not perfected at this point - we know that because Peter (denial of Jesus) and James and John (pride in asking for seats of honour) sin after this point. You raise a valid concern about the preaching of a "cheap grace" that says you can sin as much as you like, and if you just pray you'll be forgiven. You are right this is a dangerous error. But God's grace is such that as many times as we come to God in (true!) repentance, He will forgive us because that is His promise (1 John 1:10, NKJV: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."). All who repent and believe in Christ receive the Holy Spirit, who begins the process of making them holy, gradually (and the experiences of even the apostles would suggest it often is gradually) changing their desires, and as such they will no longer want to sin - someone who sins without caring about it after repenting likely never truly repented. Since you're on John Piper's channel, he has excellent material on all these topics, that you will hopefully find a lot more in depth than these answers here, but I hope this is useful either for you, or for anyone reading these comments in the future.

[@HearGodsWord]

Some helpful words that we all need to heed and live out.

[@reemsuekar8112]

Thank you.

[@Richie016]

Shed blood of Jesus Christ on the cross, abolished the law of commandments, for a unification of Jews and the Gentiles.

[@anatoliydaynega4033]

Wrong!!! You better pray in Jesus name to stop preaching blasphemy. Abolishing law in ordinances is not nullification of the law but taking the penalty of and getting rid extra teaching of Talmud rabbinical additions. Jesus save these lost preachers!