Laodicea, A Letter For The American Church -- Voddie Baucham

[@ChristSavesUs]

AMEN!!! I am wretched and in desperate need of Jesus Christ every second of every day!

[@ChristSavesUs]

Yes Laodacia reminds me of America today. We are in a hard spot as Christians living in america. We are spoiled by easy living. It is almost a curse cause it makes us think that we are ok but we are not. Without Jesus Christ we are poor, blind, naked and decieved. Jesus Christ help us, save us please.

[@J.Franco-e4t]

The word of God ❤😊

[@J.Franco-e4t]

Yup❤

[@loriannaTn]

Amen!!

[@denisechildofgod]

Yes & Amen 🙏 Purify me o LORD cleanse all the dross from me. That I can have clean hands & a pure heart. ❤

[@suzanneflowers2230]

Well said!

[@manuelluna1500]

I spent many years in drug addiction, I tried everything I could think of to fill that God size hole in me. But I believe God was/ is with me all along otherwise I would have died in my sin. God saved me, and HE IS MY ONLY HOPE!

[@PawelKalinowski93]

Lord Jesus can deliver you brother in Christ. He delivered me from drug addiction and I have been free since then (around a year now). HalleluYah! He can deliver you too. Whom the Son sets free is free indeed! Just humble yourself before Him, ask Him and believe that He can set you free and He will!

[@ellenyearick1039]

God-Father & our Lord Jesus Christ desires to save our lives when we have no wisdom to desire his intervention to save us. GOD IS LOVE. SEE Psalm 36:5-10.

[@manuelluna1500]

@@PawelKalinowski93 Amen brother, almost 6 years for me , by the grace of God

[@deniseharrell486]

Glory to God! Praise you, Lord Jesus Christ! Commune with us, Holy Spirit. I spent most of my adult life in drug addiction but now I am free and desire to minister freedom in Christ to others who are trapped as I was. Lord, Fill us to overflowing with YOUR power, love and life!

[@ChristSavesUs]

Amen brother. I am in the same place as an addict. I don't want to be anymore. Praise GOD for delivering you. I pray for deliverance by Jesus Christ also. Much love to you brother. ❤🙏

[@rocketscientisttoo]

It is so difficult for Jesus to sit on the throne of our hearts when we are already there, and very comfortable.

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

We are "The God Players".

[@megalampada2372]

May He dethrone us truly.

[@BigMeowOfAZ]

Truth!

[@Angie-v4r]

Excellent observation. May I Thank Him forever for dethroning me.❤

[@brjones27]

Amen. The devil's number one ally in his "war" against God (God is not at war with anyone; he already knows what will happen) is SELF. We are here and living because God had faith in us. He just wants some faith in return.

[@GD-dj1ez]

So thankful for preachers like Voddie that teach GOD’s truth 🙌🏽

[@JICA77]

Also, Tim Dilena, H.B. Charles and Alton Williams.

[@mapinkpout4711]

❤Amen🙏🙏🙏

[@markmayer508]

You right big time love voddie baucham!!!❤

[@blessedthankfulredeemed]

Thank God for Pastors like him

[@lemhanback9595]

Amen to that.

[@kamausam5003]

Awesome sermon 👏..... We need to here such teachings everyday in our cultures today..... Watching from Nairobi 2024

[@kavodemet7037]

“As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.” (Proverbs 25:25)

[@bethkrantz1562]

What powerful teaching. I'm glad this message found me on the KZbin feed. There aren't many pastors out there who are boldly speaking the truth, these days. I'm going to be binge listening to Dr. Voddie Baucham.

[@cateclism316]

Many don't know the difference between the biblical passages that address believers, and those that refer to those outside the church. Once you understand this, the Gospels and epistles become much clearer.

[@Diamondjane54]

Dr. Baucham is rare. He cares how he is thought of as a pastor, but he does not sell out the Good News of the gospel. Bravo🎉

[@joanneholcombe735]

A man who preaches truth...thank u...

[@leemacpeek2698]

Holy God, Father Let me not only hear this WORD. I have need of your Agape/Phileo love. I am in need of you. Thank YOU for standing at the door. Please come in. Show me my arrogance in thinking i stand worthy before YOU.

[@OrangeMonkey2112]

Dr Chuck Missler did a great set of videos on Revelation that covers this topic too. Voddie is a great teacher and so was Dr. Missler.

[@Paul-zf8ob]

He used to come to our Church and preach. Made me understand scripture so much better!

[@rachelw821]

Amen Amen AMEN!!!!!! This answered so many questions I have had regarding my own sanctification!!!!!!!! I have experienced JUST THIS!!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! 🙏❤ and thank you to Dr. Baucham ❤

[@kevinsexton9315]

man I needed this! Lord give me a clean heart! I need you daily

[@Rfrmdmtnman]

I appreciate the music being much quieter/far in the background. I didn’t even hear it at first and it was much easier to focus on the point of the message.

[@ellenyearick1039]

I didn't CONSCIOUSLY pay attn to the music either. It was quiet, non‐intrusive. had no problem with it. Maybe it even helped me to focus & my mind not wander. Helpful teaching< . I felt as if God was visiting with me while i heard it. I don't think that's bad. It's good to know He is with me & loves me.

[@gfbc1689]

You are always welcome to listen to the original. You can find it in the description.

[@icruise4me]

Help me Abba Father God in Jesus Holy name.

[@raquelcastellini4572]

This is a powerful word of God! Thank you Doctor Voddie Baucham! 🙏💞

[@maleanewborn9073]

Love his teachings. It’s sobering and sometimes very uncomfortable and brings conviction. That is exactly what we need. Glory to God

[@danielramsey197]

A powerfully given Holy Spirit given message! Good stuff! Maranatha!

[@brendaduncan4347]

What a wonderful sermon. It gives me a lot to think about. Thank you for preaching the truth.

[@sibukomashaba7452]

To God be the glory in the mighty name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

[@1new-man]

We're all Gods creation. To become a child of God Jesus says ye must be born again. Born of his spirit washed in his blood

[@makeitcount179]

I'm thankful for this poignant reminder of the Holy Presence during our participation in the Lord's Supper.

[@tuppence144]

A timeless message of truth.

[@sandywong1959]

Thanks for speaking the truth!!

[@RachaelHall-gt1lg]

Ahh Voddie is a "fire" igniter ❤ We need our "blood" to be on fire 🔥 for Jesus! ❤ the End ! Everything else will take care of itself ❤😊

[@michaelnewzealand1888]

It's good to read the letters to all 7 churches in Rev 2 and 3 and try to apply it first to ourselves. It's easy to say church today is Laodecia, my church excepted of course. But there are rebukes to most of the 7 churches.

[@FollowingYeshua7]

Wow, powerful teaching! This is great.

[@giovannidebiase8479]

This letter speaks not Just to american churches,but to the whole world.

[@Jcharp12]

It sure does

[@BigMeowOfAZ]

A convicting and beautiful message as always, Pastor Voddie. We didn't choose Christ. He chose us first. We would have never chosen Christ even if we could...that's why He came down to us.

[@BigMeowOfAZ]

And about "God loves everyone" and Voddie's analogy between love for a man's wife vs his love for everyone else is spot on. If I loved my wife just like I did everyone else, it'd be totally meaningless. We are NOT all God's children, unless Christ comes to adopt us first.

[@Victoria49357]

Two months ago, God gave me a very specific scripture concerning my life. Revelations 3 15-16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of My mouth. I sure got the message. And i do not only love him with every breath i take. I worship him in reverence. Thank you for Jesus' gift of salvation. God, thank you that you have never forsaken me but had mercy on me. I LOVE YOU.💜🙏

[@karinteeples9715]

Amen!!! I lay down my will, I repent of my compromises and sacrifices instead of my obedience. May He find me worthy!!🔥😘

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

If you're worried that He is displeased, you're still in Him.

[@fayonacooper7662]

That is mercy indeed!!

[@richardcarthorn6408]

Those whom I have chosen (love), not those whom I have hated (rejected),, remember the terms and language concerning Esau and Jacob

[@raewyncormack2461]

I love your teaching just wanna say is that when I go to the cross to surrender everything my heart behind it is I surrender the total and the lord walking through the list dealing with each one in order of the Kings choosing no doubt in the order of importance first,,, so for that reason I reject the liar part to your teaching,,thank you tho brother I will continue to follow you,,,and may our Lord Jesus richly bless you amen 🙏

[@Lisa-hm2mp]

I go to the throne of Grace, fully dependent and surrendered. We can't be dependent if we aren't surrendered. Nothing of myself. HE alone gives me that power to be fully surrendered and dependent. Voddie and Sinclair Ferguson are my top 2 men of GOD. I love them both!

[@brendabraxton9175]

For God so loved the world

[@akeya55]

He hates the wicked !!! AMEN 🙏

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

Hatred is not thr opposite of Love. Indifference is the opposite of Love. There's Hope if God hates someone. But once He spits out of His mouthband wants nothing further to do with you; he'll truly begins.

[@deachristiancatlady5435]

​@@JRRodriguez-nu7pothe scripture... turns from and do not know came to mind

[@deachristiancatlady5435]

Was told for years to love the sinner and hate the sin ... Hummmm thinking now hate both and pray for the sinner to repent....

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

@@deachristiancatlady5435 Before either was born, "Jacob have I loved and Esau have I hated." Put that in your favorite bowl of porridge and eat it.

[@michaelvillarreal8838]

Hallelujah this message speaks to my soul and some of the same things God the Father is making known to me.

[@billmarvel8111]

We have the Spirit of adoption keep reading and we understand that we are waiting for the adoption of or redemption of our body. Let us just keep growing in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This means to continue learning to love Him with all of our heart soul mind and strength and our neighbor as ourself.

[@deachristiancatlady5435]

Funny how people react when they hear something they don't like or someone counters their "excuse" to validate their thoughts and beliefs.

[@LisaTice-y4w]

Fantastastic sermon!! Thank you so much!!

[@del8566]

AMEN!

[@annep.1905]

People have been saying that America is just like Laodicea at least since Jim Elliot. And it hasn't gotten better. But I think eyes are finally starting to be opened.

[@rebekahbenne7624]

AMAZING AND EXACTLY WHAT "THE CHURCH'" NEEDS TO HEAR & OBEY!!!

[@eddiexoc8430]

Thank you.

[@Soldimar]

John 17:9 New King James Version 9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.

[@cosmictreason2242]

I think we in the Reformed church might be Ephesus. We've got the doctrine and discernment down but it's easy for us to lose our zeal

[@noname7782]

I attended a reformed church, they are far off of the truth.

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@noname7782 doubt

[@michaelnewzealand1888]

you make a good point. I remember when I read Rev 2 and 3 years ago and felt like the letter to the Ephesians was most relevant to myself. It's not only Laodecia that got rebuked.

[@marvelousministry9434]

My wife is terminally I'll. Money CANT meet her needs and heal her. I need God's hand upon her, to heal her spiritually, physically and emotionally. She has stage IV Cancer, partial paralysis and living like Eve while deceived.

[@ellenyearick1039]

I am praying for you 2

[@TheNephilim101]

Heartbreaking 💔😞 May God’s love, mercy & grace penetrate her ♥️

[@gzkarr3730]

Lord Jesus please provide grace and mercy upon this lady and her husband. In your name Lord Jesus, AMEN!

[@RachaelHall-gt1lg]

Put Jesus Firt ! Figure it out! Ask Jesus for Help ! The Holy Spirit is our Help !

[@oliverjamito9902]

HIS shared "i" Am 2 EDGES SWORD will say, remember all thy shared "i" Am. Yes, sitting with thy "Am". As OUR LORD sitteth with HIS "AM". As King David said, concerning HIS LORD and Saul to Paul knows?

[@TheHeavenTestdotnet-gr2ou]

Satan hides the gospel, but it can be found in I Corinthians 15:1-4.

[@1987Cfo]

🙏🏾Amen 🙏🏾

[@whatsaiththescriptures]

Pastor Baucham: There are those Christians who prefer to BELIEVE SOME Pastors rather than Believe God.

[@abovehyperionfilms]

This is the sad truth. Going to their grave from their pastors viewpoint instead of Gods

[@garyantill242]

Amen

[@annep.1905]

I think he's wrong in saying that phileo and agape are the same thing - are interchangeable. I suspect that Jesus' frequent use of phileo has to do with the fact that phileo is familial love.

[@TheNephilim101]

Amen 🙏 Amen 🙏 Amen 🙏

[@brjones27]

Anyone else think we, as humans, are put in an impossible situation? Our punishments due to actions and thoughts we never had any part of. Not knowing WHO is holy and who is not, due to Satan's being anointed. We KNOW we can't just follow the crowd. But the crowd isn't all stupid. Everyone thinks you're crazy, except you; and you're probably crazy. Like why our forefathers dismissed the apocrypha. I think THIS is the most important reason to understand the Bible. THIS is how we build discernment. But MEN made discernments in the past that may be completely wrong. Honoring my mother and father is not of help to me. I find myself in an impossible situation. Just stuck in a mission to try to find the truth.

[@singmysong1167]

Interesting, friend. Question: Why do you say that honoring your father and your mother is not helpful to you? Since it is the First Commandment with 2 Promises attached, that things will go well with you, and that you live long, not short, on this earth..

[@brjones27]

@@singmysong1167 I meant that I already do, and it hasn't helped me. Or maybe it has, I just don't realize it.

[@euphrates74]

Almost 25 years ago, my pastor said that this (USA) is the church of Laodicea!!!

[@DannyLoyd]

Heb 3:12 " Lest there be found in any of you an evil unbelieving heart causing you to fall away from the living God", so are they still saved? 1 Tim 4:1 " Depart from the faith.....giving heed to doctrine of demons", so are they still saved? those who departed from the faith? Gal 5:4 " Severed from Christ....fallen from grace", so are they still saved?

[@singmysong1167]

I don't think so, unless there is deep, believing faith restored in order to repent, like Peter, who denied the Lord 3 times, but later wept bitterly, and was given 3 times to confess his love back to Jesus. Unfortunately Judas betrayed an innocent man, maybe possibly had an opportunity to repent, when he threw down the 30 pieces of silver, instead he turned and hung himself.

[@bloodmooncomix457]

TRINITARIAN✝️ 10:51 “Everything I've ever let go of has claw marks on it.” 😜 David Foster Wallace "If you can't say Amen you can at least say ouch" Voddie Baucham

[@Locomedic1]

Please stop with background elevator music...VERY distracting and diminishes the message.

[@homedecor379]

Soften your heart and keep your mind focus on the word. Be bless

[@gfbc1689]

You are always welcome to listen to the original. You can find it in the description.

[@idostuff-nf9pc]

Excellent.. However, regarding surrender.. I need clarification. Can I not surrender what the Spirit has made me aware of? Certainly, sanctification is ongoing.. Is it not an ongoing surrender of that which the Spirit makes us aware of??

[@ml.5377]

The message was awesome, but the Ads are getting worse and worse.

[@gfbc1689]

Looking into it

[@jjmonty8090]

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[@georgerodriguez2987]

You do have to make a choice with this Jesus that’s a choice of the will but you must make a choice about the Lord the Lord can’t do that for you he does come to you first but he doesn’t make the choice for you you must be resolute for him or nothing at all

[@jamesmoody9363]

JOHN 14:6😊❤🎉

[@96tolife]

Discipline from God is not punishment for sin committed, it is preparation for the job ahead. God doesn't hold our sins against us.

[@belindadickerson5506]

If we don’t repent and have a change of heart: circumcision of the heart: the curse of God is felt (Deut.28:15-68) whereas if we do submit to God, we get to receive the blessings of God (Deut.28:1-14). In the name of Jesus we must graft ourselves to the tree of life/Jesus Christ (Rom.11). ❤❤❤

[@LovingLiberty76]

What do you mean by “God doesn’t hold our sins against us”? God forgives us when we repent, but repentance is a necessary part of His forgiveness.

[@belindadickerson5506]

@@LovingLiberty76 Amen!🙏

[@marvelousministry9434]

Is He present in your HEART? You " feel " His presence. What like a light mist or shower on your body. If He ISNT in your heart DWELLING you might be just playing church. The Bread of Life from Heaven. The Living Water. The Israelites in the desert went to the Rock to get water. Did they collect it off of the ground or directly flowing into their VESSELS? Do we go to Christ to fill our Vessels daily?

[@gregoryrice9998]

Do you want to know more? Please read Codeword Barbelon

[@RachaelHall-gt1lg]

If you don't want to, ask for help to want to 😊 start somewhere 😊❤😊

[@virginiabeaver2823]

I am confused. When the call was given to come to the altar to give my life to Christ, was it pride that drew me to go to the altar. If I did not go to the altar, wouldn't that be a prideful thing, thinking that I didn't need to go to Him? Can someone please reconcile this question?

[@virginiabeaver2823]

Isn't grace nullified if we constantly keep trying to receive salvation? This message totally lost me when I put it up against scriptures. ❤❤

[@lauraontiveros3432]

Christ all ready sent letters to all Churches in Revelation telling them of they don’t repent. What their facing on judgement day. Those seven churches represent all the Churches of Christ. Christ brings judgement on HIS a House first. That what the Great Tribulation is for to clean HIS House.

[@robertjohnson3842]

OUR DAILY BREAD... The BREAD is that which is to B - READ... What?? Are you all a bunch of LOAFERS?? Okay now, "It's the greatest thing since sliced bread". What is?? To SPREAD THE WORD, as that is to have that which is to B - READ to B - UTTERED... BUTTERED!! C'mon now, I "KNEAD" YOU!!

[@thereallollifeoflegacy7524]

(Golf Clap 👏...👏...👏) 😅

[@shaylaharvey6023]

😂

[@lbrice2646]

🤣

[@estherbhagat7082]

Its a good message, but the background music is too loud. Please stop it .

[@gfbc1689]

You are always welcome to listen to the original. You can find it in the description.

[@JesusSaves-l8h]

So long as we think we can’t lose our salvation, we will always choose to sin. We need to understand that sin brings us back into condemnation. Paul writes: “There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, WHO WALK NOT ACCORDING TO THE BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.” (Rom 8:1). We must walk by the Spirit, in obedience to the words of Jesus, in order to abide in Christ and remain free from condemnation.

[@ellenyearick1039]

Romans 8 ain't the entire Bible. You are misunderstanding this text. Your MISunderstanding of it contradicts many other texts that plainly teach = WE CAN NOT LOSE GOD's SALVATION ONCE WE HAVE IT. >>>SEE John 3:14-16. Twice that text says God gave ETERNAL LIFE to those who believed UPON their initial belief. If we lose it by sinning >> IT WAS NOT ETERNAL, IT WAS ONLY UNTIL THE NEXT OCCASION OF MY SINNING. & that would prove God's word in John 3 to be false. In case someone's translation says there = "eternal life" in 1 verse & "everlasting life" in the other, you can find in a Greek lexicon that those 2 English words chosen by the translators are 1 & the same Greek word in the original document.

[@JesusSaves-l8h]

@@ellenyearick1039 Sister, everything we have in Christ comes free with the gift of the Holy Spirit, including eternal life. However, the Holy Spirit is like a garment, and just like a garment, we have to put on the Holy Spirit to partake of the Spirit; we have to put on Christ in order for the things of Christ to apply to us. This is why we are told to “put on the New Man”, to “put on Christ”. We are also told to “walk in Him”, to “walk by the Spirit”. This is why, in John 3, John the Baptist says, “Whoever believes in the Son has everlasting life, but he who does not OBEY the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” (John 3:36). Yes, the life is eternal (the Holy Spirit cannot die), but if we are not abiding in Christ by walking according to the Spirit, we will not see eternal life. As Jesus says in John 15:1-2, “Every branch IN ME that does not BEAR FRUIT, He [the Father] REMOVES…” OSAS is not found in scripture. All those scriptures which tell us that works cannot save us are referring to good works which are of the flesh (i.e. works done in the absence of faith). All those scriptures that say that works are necessary for salvation are referring to the works of the Spirit. We must rightly divide the word of truth. God bless ✝️🙏

[@jabesmedeiros]

This pastor has a strong and interesting message for the present church. Nevertheless I don’t agree with the statement that God doesn’t love everyone. There are a plenty of verses that testify that, starting from John 3:16 and others like “I don’t want the wicked to die but I want him to repent and live”, “God loved us when we where sinners”, etc. This pastor’s statement seems to be Calvinist.

[@ronlee5571]

I’m grateful music is quieter but my issue remains two-fold. As a church sharing the Gospel preached by one of its pastors, should you not know above all that there is NOTHING man can add to a sermon that benefits man? Music, moving images. PLEASE stop with the music and go back to your prior format. One still picture with the sermon title and drop the background music. True followers seeking the Word do not need “add-ons” to any sermon standing on solid Biblical Doctrine. Grace Baptist staff should know this above all.

[@gfbc1689]

feel free to listen to the original. you can find it in the description.

[@roballen2365]

What about the ones who do need it? That's the problem with the church today. Most want folks to come day 1 to church or to christ as if they have years into being reborn! You come needed everything possible to pull you away from the enemy. So if the music and video help bring someone to the kingdom, let it be!

[@GraceGiftedMercyGranted]

@@gfbc1689i like this format. Keeps me from wandering off with my eyes and mind.

[@mary-janechambers3596]

Yes the music was annoying and distracting, but the message was great!

[@linda.darling]

I don't like peaches. Doesn't mean they should cease to exist. This is the kind of insignificant stuff that the enemy uses to bring strife upon the church!! The world is burning! Let's focus on that and our personal walk.

[@VickieWheeler-l6o]

I love listening to Voddie. I do not love the background music. Totally unnecessary!

[@gfbc1689]

You are always welcome to listen to the original. You can find it in the description.

[@vkaygee]

I so appreciate Voddie, BUT "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." If the argument is God doesn't call us to go to him because then we could be prideful about going to him, what does he do about the fact that the verse actually says hear my voice and open the door? If the issue is that we can't do anything, what does he do with those two things? We still have to hear his voice and we still have to open the door. Obviously it's not a cut and dry issue of "we can't do anything or it would make us prideful." We have to understand our place in this and that we are not the initiators or in charge of anything. But we do have to submit. And if we make that a prideful thing, then that's just one more thing that God has to deal with in our walk.

[@ruthmarchand8079]

Si

[@johncollier3175]

We cant even hear God without a gift to hear. We cant open the door without a gift to enable us to even want to open it. Its ALL a gift from the Lord. We cant choose God without a desire to choose God, and even that desire is a gift from God. Our free will is acted upon by God to save us or we will not be savede​@@ruthmarchand8079

[@kevinruggerio1796]

Read John 10, the Lord’s sheep hear/know His voice. If someone is not of His sheep (I.e saved) they cannot hear His voice to open the door

[@huwlangford2738]

What I find in many of these messages and comments below it's always somebody who is in error . Might be worth taking a look in the mirror at ourselves because when we stand before God he will be interested in what we have done and he won't be e asking us about anyone else.

[@horsemindedwtp]

Paragraph 3, @16? There is none.

[@azizadavis7076]

This message is confusing. We all know that for God so loved the WORLD that He gave His only begotten Son. It does not say for God so loved a few that only a few can be welcomed with the salvation through the blood of the lamb. Also, Christ Jesus says All who repent, love the Father with All your heart and Soul shall be saves, followed distinctly by loving they neighbor and praying for your enemies. This is one reason I stopped listening solely to Voddie as much, in addition to that many are the same sermon with a differnt title. Need more scripture and encouragement on how to discern for myself not because someone said so and some meat with the potatoes. Highly recommend Above Reproach Ministries. Supports more on living Christ like, using the old testament as descriptive with new as prescriptive - that which is repeated in the new remains in command. Voddie is great, just want more Sheparding. Thanks for listening, may Elohim bless you all, cover you with great Yeshua, and lead your way with the Lantern Spirit.

[@michaelnewzealand1888]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gve his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life

[@ruthmarchand8079]

❤

[@T.Ravikumar]

🚩Voddie either doesn't know the God of the Bible, who loves the wicked (to the point of desiring their Salvation) or he is wantedly suppressing the truth & deceiving people. 💥Ezekiel 33:11💥 "Say to them, AS I LIVE, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?"

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

Excellent ser.on with one big mistake. Phileo and Agape aren't used interchangeably by John or ANY other Greek writers. Neither does agape mean the love of God. To understand this you would first have to learn how to think in clear categories which is similar to using venndiagrams. Phileo and agape are separate sts which share some elements. Demos the coppersmith agape the world. Agape is what one loves the most. That can but not necessarily mean a friend (phileo) or an Eros ofmr a fourth Greek word for love which never appears in Scripture. This one criticism is not to besmirch this excellent sermon. One can criticize the gnat and admire the camel. This self taught layman continues astonished at how even truly great pastors fail to understand basic thinking skills and Greek. I shall miss John McArthur as he steps down for health reasons. The vest teaching pastor this century, much better than even RC Sproul though he is good.

[@chudionuigbo5952]

Sardis would be a better description.

[@cosmictreason2242]

The SBC is Thyatira. Latter works greater than the first (the resurgence) but tolerates jezebel

[@robertpurser4587]

The music in the background is annoying and distracting! Don't need it get rid of it. Please!

[@gfbc1689]

Listen to the original sermon 🙂

[@donnagobert1356]

I was taught we would be Raptured bf the Tribulation, until Voodie and others help me see clearly. Thank you All...Yah Bless you!!

[@sandramerimee6957]

The lost Church..

[@Redbeard.Combatives]

Why did he skip the response Jesus is calling for in verse 20? His explanation makes perfect sense except for “IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE AND OPENS THE DOOR”. Could it be that this response stands in the way of your theology?

[@ruthmarchand8079]

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[@kevinruggerio1796]

I think you need to listen again because he did address verse 20 so maybe your theology got in the way

[@Redbeard.Combatives]

@@kevinruggerio1796 he read it and completely ignored what it said and decided to emphasize the instructions before and after. Whether this verse is evangelistic or whether it’s simply calling a son to repentance (which creates an even bigger theological problem) it is still only qualified by a response. IF anyone hears my voice AND opens the door… There is both sovereignty AND responsibility in this verse. I love Voddie and his teaching but Voddie didn’t die for my sins and Voddie isn’t infallible. I think he’s guilty of seeing this through a Calvinistic lens because that’s where he’s planted his flag. Instead, each of us should be trying to reconcile scripture with itself. Not with our doctrinal statements.

[@dbo2200]

Here we go Election time letter to American Churches go vote for Trump the upright Christian for evangelicals

[@wayneellis1565]

GOD does love everyone. HE is not willing that any should perish. JESUS says, "Love your enemies and pray for them " Love the sinner, but hate the sin. Be careful of what you are teaching!!!

[@emmanuelmosuka7480]

Very true but God will not force anyone to accept His love.

[@Sandridge-w3l]

Really unfortunate that pastors will twist & tweak the scriptures to mean something else to fit their own wicked minds. Those who advocate unconditional eternal security do not like those letters to the churches because of the warning of judgement placed upon them. But in this preacher’s mind, it only has to do with a spanking from God but they still go to heaven. Nay. Just as Jesus says “unless ye repent ye shall all likewise perish.” To one church He writes, “repent or I will spew thee out of my mouth”. That’s not merely a chastisement, that is a warning of eternal judgement.

[@JudahGibbs-eh1lh]

I cannot believe that God hates people. That’s one point I disagree with

[@joshuamartin1999]

Then you disagree with the Bible, God's word. You disagree with God Himself.

[@JudahGibbs-eh1lh]

@ please show me where it says that God hates people.

[@JudahGibbs-eh1lh]

Does God hate and love us at the same time? Aren’t we all wicked? If God hates the wicked, why would He lay down His life for them?

[@JudahGibbs-eh1lh]

Please read Psalm 11:5, and think about it in the context of the rest of the Bible.

[@joshuamartin1999]

@@JudahGibbs-eh1lh the Bible's overarching narrative is that the devil is our father, and God had compassion and gave us the option to adopt into His family. He loves all His children, but not everyone is His child, though everyone has the chance. Many are called, few are chosen.

[@stanhill3980]

The background choir is annoying

[@gfbc1689]

You are always welcome to listen to the original. You can find it in the description.

[@yoderboys1]

God does love everyone. Your analogy is blatantly wrong. For God so loved the WORLD "that includes everyone" that He gave His only begotten Son that WHOSOEVER will believe in Him shall not parish but have Everlasting life.

[@gfbc1689]

Romans 9:13 13 As it is written, v“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

[@yoderboys1]

@gfbc1689 literally 2 different time periods,we are no longer under the old covenant. God hates sin but loves sinners, which everyone in the world is,but loved us enough to send Jesus to give us a chance to repent and whosoever will believe in Him shall not parish but have everlasting life. He calls us out of sin to be slaves to it no more.

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

I'm neither paedo nor credobaptist as Scripture is NOT clear. Voddie shouldn't be shooting his brothers the credobaptists. This is no time for a circular firing squad. This verse has NOTHING to do with baptism of babies one way or another. This is the low point of this sermon. Voddie should apologize to MANY men who handle Scripture well. There's an arrogance among Reformed credobaptists that is quite ugly. Of course we have equivalent stupidity among sone credobaptists. As an chronibaptist, I facepalm in my solitude.

[@wordopencom328]

Amen 🙏

[@jameslevitt7313]

Voddie , sola scriptora is not biblical historical Christianity and the evidence is all of these Christian nations that break away from the apostolic church are now in social decay The problem is your theology

[@CalebHenson-n9p]

We need a Pentecostal tongue talking holy rolling fire baptized Holy Ghost revival in the United States today it will happen soon in Jesus name amen 🔥 🔥 ⛪ 🔥 🔥

[@bibleman7757]

Pentecostalism is from the pit of hell

[@Andy-m8b]

Calvinist cult.