How Is Ministry Made More Difficult by Being in the Bible Belt?

Matt Chandler, lead pastor of the Village Church and president of Acts29, on how ministry is made more difficult by being in the Bible Belt.

[@josephchristiancruz8503]

*** STUDY THE WORD TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED *** Dear Matt Chandler, thank you for this video by faith. In examining the Scriptures, the beauty of this videos is that how can WE APPLY this to EVERY CHURCH BODY? (Romans 15:30) Can we apply this to our own local church body? How is this any different than ANY other church? Is this not the problem in all churches, but at different percentages--some more than others; some less than others? ........................ Obedience comes from love, the LOVE OF GOD, the love of Jesus, the seen when the Holy Spirit lives in you (1 Corinthians 8:3). If Jesus is your Lord & Savior, then you will know a tree by its fruit. So, why do churches like to separate Lord & Savior? Can they be separated? The answer is NO! (Romans 10:9-13) So why do churches across the land teach this? Why do churches live by feelings & not faith? Why do churches live by sight & not by faith? Why do churches read the Word of Christ, the Word of God, seen as God with us, Immanuel, the Logos, Jesus, and yet do not obey.......? It is because that person, does not have the love of God in them (John 5:42; Psalm 32:1-2 NASB), and that love comes by the Holy Spirit of Truth, the Helper (John 14,15,16), that draws them to Jesus (John 6:44) to walk through the narrow/small gate by the straight/narrow/hard way (Matthew 7:13-14) for this is the power of the Gospel unto salvation or for salvation! (Romans 1:16-17) ......................... How can one judge Bible Belt Christians if non-Bible Belts Christians act, ACT the same way? Or, has that preacher that is REBUKING, not reubkes as titled above, KNOW at heart every single one of those Bible Belt Christians to be their eternal judge? When a person ask themselves how are they to judge (1 Corinthians 5:12-13), why do they not judge according to the same standards? (Luke 6:38) By the way, that standard is the BIBLE, the WORD, JESUS, ... does the Bible not teach to judge ourselves so that we will not be judge in the end? (1 Corinthians 11:32) Yes, it does, but what is your declaration of faith???? Do you pronounce judgment according to the Bible to damnation or heavenly places? (Luke 6:37) OR, do you pronounce GRACE through FAITH, both of which are free gifts of God (Romans 6:23; 5:15), so that NO MAN may boast, not as a result of works so that (Eph 2:8-10), SO that, SO THAT the indwelling Holy Spirit will bear the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, ... and so forth, (Galatians 5:18-23) AND the blessing of OBEDIENCE may ABIDE by FAITH in Spirit & the Truth of John 18:37-38. If you do not know this, then read these verses aloud to hear God speak to you FOR we reap what WE SOW. What do you sow? Judgment or GRACE? AND how do you LOVING deliver this message that is agenda-driven to rebuke those that Matt Chandler declared judgment on. Ask yourself, does Matt Chandler declare "not Christian" the people that attend the church or the people leading the church? How many people did Matt Chandler interview to come to this conclusion? Is what Matt Chandler saying is FALSE? NO, Matt Chandler is TRUE in understanding & will speak to those that are convicted by the things not seen & hope assured BY THOSE that read there Bibles by faith ... AFTER ALL, God wrote what faith is in Hebrews 11:1. WOW, how powerful the Word of God is when you are blessed by the Spirit of God, but the REAL Question is: Does Matt Chandler do this is in LOVE or JUDGMENT, ... GRACE or JUDGMENT, ... FAITH or PRIDE of his own church standard? AFTER ALL, God loved us first (1 John 4:19), so we should love one another, right? (John 1) IN CONCLUSION, are heaven & hell hinged on this question as Matt Chandler clear stated at the end? (John 13:35) The answer is NO‼ Heaven or hell, ... God or no God, ... joys unspeakable or eternal separation from the Father, ... ETERNAL LIFE or ETERNAL DEATH, .... ARE hinged on JESUS, the CHRIST, the SON of GOD, the SAVIOR, the PASSOVER LAMB, the PERFECT, the who kills both BODY & SOUL, IMMANUEL, the KING of kings, the LORD of lords, the COMMANDER/CAPTIAN of the HOST, the MELCHIZADEK, our HIGH PRIEST, our PROPITIATION by GRACE through FAITH in SPIRIT & TRUTH (Eph 2:8-10), "...AMEN and AMEN!" (Read Psalm 41, 72, & 89), BUT you will know a tree by its fruits, and that fruit can only bear what the LORD GOD above ALLOWS & MAKES that tree (person) bear the fruit it is TRUTHFUL to bear in the TIMING of God's PLAN. (Romans 8:28-30) ONLY God knows when they will be saved in assurance of hope & by the conviction of things not seen for God's Holy Spirit ALLOWS & MAKES the eyes of the heart be enlightened as Paul prays in Ephesians 1:18-23 or hardened as God hardened Pharoah's heart before the exodus. Let the TRUTH be KNOWN first and foremost for this IS the grace of GOD freely given to those SINCE the FOUNDATION of the WORLD, and it is WHY the Bible teaches that the names are REMOVED/BLOTTED OUT of the BOOK of LIFE, not, Not, NOT WRITTEN IN or ADDED as time passes in our understanding of this earth for we know in part for now, but when the Perfect comes, we will know & be known FULLY .... AFTER ALL, HE MADE US, HE KNOWS US, HE LOVED US ALL and sent His Son to be our propitiation by FAITH ALONE to HIS GLORY for He is the FATHER OF GLORY‼ God bless that He alone knows His Timetable of loving, obeying, & abiding in Christ, "...Amen, Amen!" (Nehemiah 8:1-12) But, just as the SCRIPTURES teach in Romans 10:14-17 & in Isaiah ???, 'how will they know, if someone does not go? O how beautiful are the feet of those that spread the Gospel of Peace?' When a person learns that HOLY means separated by & FOR God, then UNHOLY is separate by & FROM God. ........... THEN, and then, are we NOT ALL unholy? YES, we are‼ Are WE NOT all sinners? Yes, WE ARE. Are we not SEPARATED from God? Yes, we are. ............ AND ARE WE NOT joined, adopted, becoming, AND made HOLY by God (grace) through Jesus (faith) & indwelt His Holy Spirit (sealed) to by hearing (Romans 10:17), by repentedly believing (Mark 1:15), by blessedly receiving (John 20:22-23) God's Logos (John 1:1), the Lord Christ Jesus (Romans 10:9-13)?

[@bri__ali]

Very informative!

[@kurtiscal3msetccdwell618]

It's hard putting up with the "I'm a Christian" crowd. I call the ones who wont give the bible the time of day and as you said have no relationship with Jesus. If you tell the truth about someone when prompted even by them they say "You're not allowed to judge as a Christian" and that's the biggest lie myth ever portrayed that Christians are not allowed to judge things. Because Judging is a gift that becomes spiritual when amplified by the holy spirit

[@smedlz]

true!