Too Many Christians Are ROBBED of Peace Because of This…

[@JustDaveize]

I live with stage 4 lung disease and have been asked many times by nurses and people I am around helping me, "how can you be so kind when you know you are dying from this lung problem" I just tell them, I have put my fate in Gods hands and my time left on earth is up to him, so why should I take it out on those only helping me with the care I need?

[@truthrevealed7633]

Thank God for who he's made you into, through faith, I prayed for you

[@Syrin23]

Good luck with your next journey. I am glad you are at peace, and you know the next journey is better than we can imagine

[@JustDaveize]

@@Syrin23 Amen

[@JustDaveize]

@@truthrevealed7633Thank You

[@Syrin23]

@@JustDaveize Peace, you will be in my prayers

[@soloist80]

I've been praying for assurance of salvation and this pops up in my feed. God is good. God is faithful. God meets you where you are.

[@mikenixon2401]

I am truly happy you found a tool for guidance. Be a blessing.

[@prryblu]

Exact Same Thing Here With Me, Praise To The Father- Son and Holy Spirit

[@dcccharles4569]

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 136

[@fredmckinney8933]

​@@Feuri-hx4znI too was praying about this. I have a hard time believing that eternal security is for real. God does, of course, command us to be holy. And aa many times as I've been less than holy, I fear God is gonna reach the point one day where He's done with me.

[@chrisjohnson9542]

Please check out the book "a gospel primer" by Milton Vincent. It will greatly help and encourage you

[@3wire42]

For the past 18 months, my wife and I have been dealing with her health trifecta; she has congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and stage 4 cancer of the blood. She’s has a great attitude in that she desires God’s will. I’m another story. I keep praying for her healing or the Rapture. Her faith is strong. I doubt, and after 51 years I’m terrified of being separated from her. I confess, I’m concerned with myself as well. Please pray for both of us.

[@dukem9588]

❤ may you have peace and enjoy your time together brother

[@theveryamericaneagle3657]

No matter what rely upon God. Cause he knows what he is doing even on the most intense situations God is in control cry out abba father for he loves you an wants you to tell you all his worries he will sustain an help you.

[@StartFromScratch1]

prayers for both of you !

[@graciasdewelcome9242]

Pray for Jesus to take away the fear from you and He will heal you and set you free. Amen

[@Thelonelymailbox]

I will be praying for you, God bless you and your wife.

[@randallburke]

I ebb and flow in questioning my salvation because of my sin. I'll remember I'm saved in spite of my sin, then I forget and slip into fear thinking I'm backsliding.

[@Mike-zy8in]

The best thing i can tell u bro is: STOP Sinning! If youv down..Get up!..Never ever stay down. Get up right now if u havent already. Turn from your sin, confess them to your King, ask for forgiveness. Mark Spence said may I finish well, even though it appears im not in the race. Go KZbin a video called are you a good person by Living Waters...youtube your specific sin with living waters and see what they say, very bibical.

[@natenewsome6582]

​@@Mike-zy8in thank you, brother. I need to see that rebuke as well. God bless you, man.

[@davidnoonan7893]

@FuZzOtagEamen brother🙏🏼

[@1T3NDYBRIGHTLIGHTS]

Well, EVERYONE backslides. GOD knew all of us and what we would do before HE ever made us. We're not a surprise to HIM. If you're saved, you're always saved. Out of your regenerate salvation good fruit will flow. Focus on GOD.

[@justavoice-john1-23]

Feeling condemned, unworthy and not enough, are not a true guide to reality. His Word alone is. Time to challenge what you 'feel' with what you 'know'. Great message.

[@konstantinmorgunov196]

Despite going through a brutal divorce due to heroin addiction and hardcore alcoholism, losing my career in architecture, my recording studio and ending up on the streets; sleeping in the rain and snow, in and out of jail, being stabbed, held at gunpoint (if not by cops then by other thugs and dealers) having to be revived from overdose and experiencing a stroke from the neglect I put my body through with hardcore drinking and heavy drug use, missing out on my sisters' marriages, grandparents funerals, and all sorts of family functions just to come home and witness my father die of a heart attack on the bathroom floor; I learned to trust God in everything. God helped me understand that life can always be harder and little did I know that all these events will bring me to repentance and give me an experience in life to better relate to those going through similar experiences and guide them to Lord Jesus Christ. Satan meant evil against me but God meant it for good in order that His name be glorified. (Gen. 50:20; You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.)

[@Version135]

That's a hard life. The next will be better.

[@DreamingDarlin]

This is the second time I've seen your testimony and I'm thankful that you share it readily as it may encourage and help others who may be going through what you went through. May God bless you mightily, Konstantin!

[@konstantinmorgunov196]

@@DreamingDarlin Thank you kindly and likewise may the one true God and Lord Jesus Christ bless you abundantly. I've honestly never understood the need for repentance until God showed me exactly how sinful I am and how worthless life is without Christ. Worship is the only appropriate response for what Jesus Christ has accomplished on the cross. May our God and Lord Jesus Christ be glorified and magnified forever and ever.

[@bloodban716]

Yeah this is definitely my struggle. I was a false convert before, I completely missed repentance. God's law broke me about 9 months ago. I guess I'm just always worried that I might have missed something else, or I'm not truly repenting (even though there has been massive change in my life). Thank you, Todd, I need to hear this stuff almost daily. Roman's 8 was what helped me when I was under severe condemnation. As well as Galatians 4:6. This kind of preaching is so very valuable to me. I still get night terrors about being in my sins, hearing the words "Depart from Me you worker of iniquity", being cast into hell and that kind of stuff. So, I always appreciate when people actually talk about and bring up Romans 8

[@xXCharliesMomXx]

Wow... I've been struggling with this for quite a while. I'm so scared that I am a false convert because I forget to read my Bible sometimes and when I mess up anywhere else I feel sure that I haven't actually turned my life over. I am definitely a "not enough" person. I was just thinking about this tonight and your video popped up. I'm so thankful you posted! ❤

[@S_crook]

Thank you Jesus! You are the Father I didn't get on earth!

[@alycew.787]

Yeah I don’t have a good father either but since Todd and I are close in age, he’s more like the brother I always wanted. On earth I kinda struck out in the family department 😢. Praise God that we will all have the best, most loving family to enjoy for all eternity! 🥰🥰🥰

[@S_crook]

@@alycew.787 Amen, our family in heaven will be better than anything we can ever imagine :)

[@brokenarmed]

I really needed to hear this.

[@LorenisShining]

Thank you, the sting of your lessons is a comfort to me

[@jameskrych7767]

I needed this. Agape in Yeshua, dear Brother!

[@Stacey-tb6vq]

I needed this to brother I think we need this because we hear to much of Torah and not as much about grace of Yah. Have a nice passover.

[@chacks]

Every one of those pastors that are in this video I have listened to over the years. And they've all preached messages saying if you're not doing x y or z, you might not be saved. I'm not saying that's all they preached, but those messages always had me questioning whether I was praying enough or reading enough. Did I get victory over this sin, or that habit. I left the church because I couldn't live up to it. I never stopped believing in Jesus, I just was totally defeated. I grew up in the church my grandfather and my father were both pastors. I've listened to the gospel preached my whole life. I grew up knowing the fear of the Lord. Now I know the love of God and of Jesus. He never stopped loving me, and He called me back to him. I found out recently that a lot of people have been praying for me over the past 15 years. I'm not mad at anyone or bitter. I'm just saying what I've seen over the years. I trust in Jesus for my salvation and nothing else.

[@Darth_Skater]

Amen. I was there too in my younger years. With maturity and biblical understanding, I have realized that even the church can't live up to it all the time. That is why we are there though; to lift up and encourage as we grow in our faith. All believers need to be transparent with each other. None of us are holy.

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

Oftentimes I doubt my salvation because I feel like I didn't have enough remorse over my sin when I accepted Jesus as my savior at age 12. I knew and believed I was a sinner and that Jesus died for my sins and he's the only way to heaven. But I didn't really have a lot of big sins to feel remorse over at age 12. I had been through a very hard childhood, mom was killed five years earlier from domestic violence, my dad faced trial for her death, I spent time in foster homes, suffered from some bullying, had emotional trauma, etc. I believed in Jesus because of my mom's brother and grandma, who were Christians, and because I needed God in my life as a protector, and feared death and hell. When I doubt my salvation because I didn't feel much remorse over sin, I have to remind myself that I can't base my belief on feelings and that I hadn't yet done a lot to feel remorseful for as a 6th grader. My childlike faith was enough. Now that I am in my mid-50s, I have come to learn how much of a sinner I really am and realize that repentance isn't just a one-time experience, it's something we have to do quite often as we learn more about ourselves and about our relationship with God.

[@Feuri-hx4zn]

Amen

[@ISATŌP1]

The True Message of the Bible is the Greatest Enemy of Religion, and the reason the original manuscript has been edited over 40,000 times is because the religious mind is incapable of Discerning and/or Demonstrating the True Message of this Mystical Manuscript.... To begin to fulfill the teaching of the Christ(not Jesus) we must come to the realization that there has never been a Physical/Mortal Jesus, or a Physical/Mortal Anything, including the form you believe you are, or you believe your "mother or father" are.... What is Christ?? Christ is the Conscious Realization that God is Spirit, and Spirit is the Only Presence(not a religious practice), and becomes our Individual Consciousness when Consciousness has been released from it's fear, hate, or love of Mortality/Matter(Error). The Realization of Christ Within is the Dissolving of the Material Illusion. We have nothing to offer this world except our Spiritual Integrity, and this Integrity is our ability to recognize the nothingness of the material/mortal world. The degree to which we can look at the shadow of the material world of death/mortality that is not of Spirit/God and not be disturbed by it is the Path of the Realized Christ. We must live, move, and have our being in this Realization, and in turn walk in the Perfect Kingdom of Heaven/Spirit right here, right now, despite mortal appearances. We are NOT a Christian until we KNOW Christ is Our Identity!!!! God is Infinite, Perfect Spirit, and Spirit is the Only Presence... If I speak of myself(or any material form) I bear witness to a lie.... Therefore, Judge ye no man after the flesh.... Form is not there, only an Inner False Image caused by the Ignorance of our Truth of Being(World Mind Delusion) is there, tempting us to believe mortality, birth, death, illness, disease, separation, race, racism, heterosexuality, homosexuality, religion, gender, trauma, pain, hate, good, evil, form, duality, and any appearance of mortality is where Only the Presence of God/Spirit is. Spirit can Not Create that which can die! We have bound Our Infinite, Perfect, 7th Day, I Consciousness to the: D.O.M.E. Dream of Mortal Existence....(Ignorance of Truth of Being through the 5 Senses of World Mind) The DOME/DREAM is the VEIL.... We Must Overcome the Belief that we are not Immortal, Divine Being... This is the Teaching of the Realized Christ...!

[@Thelonelymailbox]

I resonate with that quite a bit, thanks for sharing.

[@GottesKrieger]

Thank you I so needed to hear this!!!!

[@liammcelroy6734]

I used to ALWAYS question my salvation, and I emailed you countless times because of it, but it was because I lacked trust in God

[@AlexfromNorway]

I too struggle to trust God, I just lack trust in general probably because of a lot of childhood trauma, so I examine myself almost daily to see if my faith is genuine, and sometimes I believe my standing is good, but more often than not, I doubt my salvation.. usually when I can’t feel God’s presence, I start to question it.

[@thestace7777]

I believe that lack of trust is also the issue for my lack of assurance of my salvation. Have you been able to overcome your lack of trust in God?

[@simeonyves5940]

@@AlexfromNorway Spurgeon has the answer there! Do not rely on your Feelings for Assurance, because feelings are not Reliable, they are Fickle! Spurgeon always told his Audience to never rely on their Feelings! As Spurgeon always reminded his Audience, you must Rely on the Unchanging and Immutable word of God! the Bible! which confirms that God is never going to let you go, and Nothing can pluck you out of His Hand, and that Remains as true now as it was when Jesus Christ told us that, as Recorded by the Apostle John, nearly 2000 Years ago! king David often felt that God was so far away from him as to be Unreachable, but we know that David is with God forevermore, because God is always with us, even when we cannot feel him. There is a line in a Children's Cartoon that applies here. "I am always here for you, even when you cannot see me, because I love you". Now, that is the Love of a Decent, yet flawed, mother.... Imagine how much more Loving God, the Father, who cannot lie, who never changes, who is Eternal and Holy, Is! Vastly more! so even when you cannot feel Him, He is there! always.

[@papermason]

I'm going through this too, but, don't feel that I can fix it on my own. God knows our hearts. I asked Him to show me what I need to know, things that are so deep that I can't express, but know are there. I will trust my heavenly Father to help me resolve this. I bid you peace in Christ, always and that you will find assurance.

[@liammcelroy6734]

@AlexfromNorway yes I used to do this. 1). You go to much by your feelings 2). You need to trust God's word 3). Read psalms it will help you soooo much! Trust in God though. I will pray for you brother

[@davidengeland5247]

Can't tell you how much I needed this. Especially from you guys. I had stopped watching Christian KZbin for a while because it always made me feel 'lesser than' whoever was talking, even if that wasn't there intention. Sometimes we really need to focus on the love of God and realize that it's not - and never has been - a 'liberal' belief. Thanks be to God that He's liberal in sharing His love with us, though.

[@liammcelroy6734]

Great Message Todd, thank you

[@aljohnson5601]

I am 67 and have struggled with assurance for 40+ years. I think part of it is personality - I am very introspective and always have had trouble with trust and worry. Two things that help though is first; that all it takes is a mustard seed of faith - and I know I have that. I also rest in the fact that it’s not so much the quality and quantity of my faith as much as who I have placed my faith in - the God of the universe. Second, I don’t really doubt God at all - my doubt is always in me; e.g. do I do enough, am I growing in sanctification, etc.

[@kristenspencer9751]

Look into what it means to be Born Again. See John 1:12-13, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 Peter 1:3, and you have become a partaker of the divine nature 2 Peter 1:4. In Romans Paul writes about how we are all born of Adam and are fallen. We all have a sin nature. It's who we ARE and sins are what we DO. When we place our faith in Jesus and his work only...trusting in NONE of your own righteous deeds, you are not only Saved...but born from above. Born of God. God sees you as righteous. Not based on what you do...but on what Christ did on the cross. So, you are now a son of God. You have the Holy Spirit in you to help you WANT to do right. And you have a new nature that wants to love God and do what pleases Him. Out of love and gratitude, not about keeping the laws. Read Romans 12:1-2 about renewing the mind. We have to see ourselves as God sees us. Ask him to help you see yourself as He sees you! Satan wants to make you doubt when you sin and have shortcomings. But God has already forgiven all of that and has removed all your sins past present and future as far as the East is from West. Gradually, as you begin to think as a new Creation and believe what God has already done, your actions and your thinking will begin to line up more with the new person you ARE! We'll never be 100% sinless this side of heaven. But Christian growth and maturity is to sin LESS than you did when you were initially saved. Ask God to help you. He WILL!

[@AlexfromNorway]

I feel almost exactly like that, I have an extremely introspective brain, with constant activity and obsessional thoughts.

[@alfkonee]

This massage came to me at the right time when I needed to hear it. Thank you Jesus Christ

[@tedrowell659]

Funny how that works. He always seems to work in the coincidences :) God bless

[@sevenfivemedia2022]

All the Glory to the Great I AM. I needed this.

[@sevenfivemedia2022]

PS: Best set on KZbin.

[@QuinnReid-lk7it]

I really needed this reminder! Thanks Wretched! ❤

[@jordanpease3329]

Thank you for addressing this! I grew up as a Mormon and I was always in a state of angst. After finding Christ, I had so much peace in spite of my sins, which gave me a desire to forsake them. I have unfortunately started to see a large amount of evangelicals turn to legalism in an attempt to distinguish true believers. God bless you for this video! I did not leave Mormonism to have the same wrestle with my own brothers… That said, I will fight this fight if I have to.

[@engineerauthorpilot]

This is THE best video you put out so far, Todd. It explains WHY christianity ISN'T a religion of works. I really hope you add this profound statement to every video you make. The reason I say this is, I watched many of your videos where you say "if you sin, you are doomed" (I over simplified here). I had become confused because there was nothing to distinguish that statement between a nonbeliever and the faithful. This video finally clarifies this: that although we sin, our faith in God thru Jesus, saves us regardless of our sins. I actually feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders after this video. Keep en coming. You're doing great work.

[@markmyers8369]

Todd, you seem to truly have a gift of bringing balance to the body. I know that this takes a lot of hard work and submission to the Lord. Thank you for all that you do.

[@joycegreer9391]

That is me--hyper-aware, hyper-conscientious, fearful. I needed to hear this!

[@kirillsergeyev7116]

This was amazing Todd! I’ve been feeling this in my heart greatly recently and you articulated it so well!

[@kahearne5361]

Thank you this message was so helpful right now in my physical weariness and feelings of uselessness and failure to live all the fruits of the spirit and judgement from a sibling who claims to be an aethiest and I have been feeling sadness and failure from family but mostly Christ. My mother said if you love Christ as you claim to why can't you get along with your sister? I pray for strength and His presence and stumble . This message has helped me and will listen again for encouragement I need!

[@loramor3320]

Thank you for sharing this. It's so comforting to know that me, my husband and children are heirs of God ❤

[@AlignWithJesus]

This spoke right to where I’ve felt I’ve been at spiritually lately. I was feeling this without knowing what exactly I was feeling and how to describe it. As this video continued, I was convicted over and over. Much needed, thank you so much to bring this to light in me.

[@joiegates3623]

Really needed this..thank you ~

[@dustinearley5769]

At 2:00 Todd makes the comment about false converts. I was listening to Mike Winger and he does Q&A biblical content. He explained one of the debates in modern churches is the difference between evangelism and discipleship that alot of churches evangelize or convert people to christianity but leave them to there own goings and not disciple them or nurture to mature christian's. I have experienced this personally and believe us as christian's need to moderate everything in life including evangelism and discipleship. Shalom

[@BeMoreAwareGodWatches]

I needed to hear this ❤

[@JR-qw5yi]

Thank you for graceful reminders and encouragement. Was beating myself up as well. My issue with the lost false believers is if they’re deceived, how do I know I’m not? I don’t think I am, but I know I’m not special either and it is painful to think so many are not going to make it.

[@AlexfromNorway]

Exactly how I feel as well.

[@germaan1]

Halleluya! God bless, wonderful message! Thank you Jesus!

[@lobutternut9773]

Thanks brother for reminding me. God bless you dear brother.

[@Pizzagulper]

Thank you so much for this. I was weeping in the bathroom when hearing this.

[@benconnelly486]

Thank you, I’ve been struggling with that very thing. This was very timely.

[@thetanker5653]

I remember when this episode aired. It was great then and great now!

[@TmanSmiling]

Thank you very much for this great eye opener

[@debbiel8105]

I needed this message today. Shalom ❤

[@jamesmccaughey7754]

So important! Thanks Todd!

[@Version135]

God be praised I needed this. No matter how much God had changed my life it never seems like enough. I'm sorry Lord.

[@sarahdearborn9191]

Love this !!! All praise and glory to our Heavenly Father, who loved us enough to give us His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.❤😊

[@ramone3558]

Thank you very much for this reminder of Our Loving and Gracious promises of our God to HIs children. Time and again the Devil will liar to us and wisper condemnation to weaken the children of God, that's why it is impotant to maditate on the Word of God day and Night. THANK YOU SIR FRIEL😊

[@mallardmccart8833]

Thank you for this message! 🙏🏻

[@charlesmorris8791]

Hallelujah!

[@roxannecarlson1811]

Thank you Wretched!

[@iKnowlestheTruth]

This was helpful. ❤️

[@Rom3v23-25]

Why are your guys’ videos so well timed!😅

[@davev6329]

Thank you, I needed to hear that

[@johnnymccann5607]

I greatly enjoyed your video and am thankful that I'm able to comment .thank you. papa wishing you well my brother in Jesus christ 😊

[@Rossi0489]

AMEN thank you I need some encouragement

[@vj563]

I struggle with this. There is a balance, but I'm not good with this balance. I pray God helps me with this.

[@Version135]

I am with you there. God help us all.

[@lu-vly]

Thank you Todd. This is the one video I needed to watch. Excellent content and butressed by scripture. PRAISE BE TO GOD 💙 You are correct. Sometimes I rob myself the peace in my life by being my worst enemy. I creat barriers that are not there and it leaves me doubting. Again, great vid...this should be on the top 10 best vids 💙. Greetings from Northern California.

[@ricardosierra9240]

Thank you, I really needed this 🙏🏼

[@bjornegan6421]

Yes, but as was said, "if you have repented and put your faith in Jesus Christ" then you are saved. But how do I know if I have repented and trusted in Jesus Christ?

[@hangryturtle9006]

Excellent message!

[@Zion.G3]

Thank you Brother

[@davidblood9882]

Thank you Todd. This was just what I needed.

[@1msbucket]

Thank you so much for this, Todd!

[@robcrawford1968]

@Todd, when you say that once you repent and are saved you can NEVER leave the kingdom of God, are you saying that there is no sin that would remove you?

[@justinludwig3995]

Thank you brother for this message. Last year (1 year tomorrow) i lost the wife i always wanted. The woman who helped me find the Lord. Fifteen years of marriage gone in one day when she left myself and our daughter to go back to the world. I forgive her and dont even doubt her salvation. Its just constantly killing me inside. The duplicates and treachery stab my heart minute by minute. I have lost all interest in normal things. Finally, after much prayer, i found a woman who i thought was the one to make me better. Yet she is an unbelievably woman and i kept feeling an invisible wall. It hurt but she left me too and at first i was questioning if it was from God. I know it was and He is still getting me ready for what I really need. Im still searching for her and even if i dont have another wife/girlfriend i have to learn to be content in the state i am in.

[@donaldreason5664]

BREASON I used to be such a... Spirit filled.. Happy... Fruitful... Christian !!! Then ... The " you're not enough " preachers became popular.. Now I've been praying.. "LORD... RETURN UNTO ME THE JOY OF THY SALVATION !!! " The devil can use an awful lot of so called preachers to destroy the Assurance and joyous light right out of true believers !!! Beware their doctrine !!!❤

[@kristenspencer9751]

It comes down to knowing who you ARE in Christ. NO ONE can change that...but they CAN change how you view yourself. And like you said, tempt you to take a false view of yourself. Do you understand what it is to be Born Again? Paul says you're a NEW Creation (2 Cor 5:17), John says you are BORN of God (John 1:12-13), Peter says Born A-New (1 Peter 1:3) and you have become a partaker in the Divine Nature (2 Peter 1:4). When you were first born, you were born of Adam's seed (as we ALL were) and had a sin nature. But through faith in Christ's work on the cross, you received His perfect Righteousness and were born again. Despite what you may think or feel or see your short-comings...Yet you have a NEW nature after God's nature and His Holy Spirit is in you to give you a NEW identity as a son of God, and a NEW desire to please God...out of love and gratitude, not keeping the law. Pray and ask God to help you understand so you can live as the NEW Person he died on the cross for you to be!

[@vs6536]

Past 6 months I’ve been struggling soooo much with assurance after experiencing some health issues and thinking what if I die in a couple months. I have never felt fear so much as I have in the past 6 months. I just don’t know if I’m really born again. It’s been such a difficult season. Sometimes it feels like there is no end in sight of this weight of not knowing. Born into a Christian household and never did “big” sins but from an early age felt the conviction of my sins and need of forgiveness. I believed God and who Jesus was from an early age. I just don’t know if I have truly passed from death to life. I’ve been continuing in reading the Word and praying to God but not sure if I have this peace. I truly desire to be satisfied in Christ alone. To have peace with God. Even the sins I’m putting off, is it the help of the Spirit or is it me just white knuckling it on my own power? Just constant introspection and no rest. My biggest fear is Jesus saying on the final day. “Depart from me, I never knew you” Even hearing Charo Washer(Paul washer wife) testimony. How she wasn’t saved until Paul and her were back in the states after their missionary. Causes me to doubt even my own self on how far one can go in the faith and not be a true convert.

[@dadsdayoff7196]

I needed to hear this thank you

[@Goldtaker23]

I had that inner witness and peace when I first believed and ive not had it for years because of sin struggles and confusion ive been in anxiety and wrestlessness for a long time I dont know how to get my peace back ive tried to repent and overcome sin especially 1 in my life but I just fail again and again I want to love Christ and walk with Him but im a really mess and dont know what direction to go in :(

[@natg_37]

I hope God leads you through His Word. Please read the Word. The Bible. I was struggling too, horribly struggling but in the midst of this God has helped me get up and led me to the word, the bible. I am sorry you are going through this. May this Bible verse said by Jesus encourage to draw near Him. Matthew 11:28-30 (ESV): 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

[@natg_37]

🥺💖💖🤍🙏

[@erictroxell715]

Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. I struggle with 2 habitual sins. I try to catch myself but fail. So I keep praying for God to make me hate this sin. It does work, but you will NEVER BE PERFECT. We are never going to be that in this life. But our race, your race, is this way for a reason. Just hold on Christ my friend n keep fighting the good fight!!!!

[@randallburke]

Sounds like you love Christ to me. We can be so hard on ourselves, we want to be perfect just because we know God deserves this from us. The thing is, he knows we are weak and loves us anyway. One day at a time friend, read your Bible every day, pray everyday and just work towards being a better Christian today than you were yesterday. Don't be surprised if it feels like two steps forward and three steps back some days, it does for me all the time.

[@Goldtaker23]

@@erictroxell715 Amen! Its comforting to know others are struggling not just me but I also sympathise for you also the body of Christ needs to support eachother always 🙂 I sometimes worry if my conversion was false like the parable of the sower but that could be the enemy I have done terrible things since becoming a Christian even shouted at God ans called Him names on 1 ir maybe 2 occasions 😔

[@godfrednartey]

Thanks 👍. This was God speaking to me

[@DeniseThomson-d1p]

The hardest thing for us to comprehend,a free gift doesn't need to earn it .

[@heatherreddish9286]

Thank you

[@StepofFaithReactions]

Thank you for this video Todd. I struggle with this a lot of times too. I know when God changes us, we have to live more righteously, but I know we're still not perfect;only he is. I know sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the performance aspect of being a christian. I just pray to draw closer to him each day even though I know I'll stumble sometimes but he's there 🙏 🙂

[@davidgreer1785]

Love the message 🙏 … where’s the bike? 😊

[@bsouth7944]

This past Sunday I observed a man in front of me put all his energy into the song service, raising his hands during the emotional parts of each song. Then, during the sermon, which was an excellent convicting message studying the book of Acts, and our role in following the example of Stephen, appeared to just drift off studying his fingernails. It was puzzling.

[@engineerauthorpilot]

He drifted off and paid less attention when he should have been paying more attention... Which is the whole point of this video: that regardless of our misgivings (sins), we are saved thru Jesus. You found his behavior puzzling (admittedly, so do i), but God doesn't. He accepts it, like a father accepts a child, no matter what the issue.

[@MrRoadkillbill]

I really like the instrumental music at the ending of this (these) Wretched video(s). 🎸🎹👍Does anyone know the name of the group??? 🙏

[@markmartens2029]

that is exactly my CONCERN over Hebrews 10:26. To LONG for the love of a mate!, when ALL that life has dealt is chronic health. To constantly BURN WITH PASSION!, yet your body cannot. (So Hebrews 10:26 HAUNTS ME!)

[@wilford789]

I feel like I don't try to spread his word enough.After I clocked out, I tried to talk to a coworker yesterday about going to church, but as I was trying to talk to him, the phone rang. I thought I'd wait until it was over and continue the conversation, but a customer came in as well so I left. Part of me has wondered if God didn't want me to continue the conversation for some reason. Does anyone have any similar experience?

[@MrNoNameForYou]

I continue to bear bad fruit. I've never been worthy. I've never called my self Christian. I've always said I believe in Jesus just that I suck at following Him. I think maybe I'm the seed amongst thorns. I know He is real. I've experienced Him personally without question. I may be the lump of clay thrown into the garbage. I pray God receives glory even if He doesn't want me. I can believe all day but none of it stops my sinning.

[@stringbender7190]

We will never stop sinning this side of heaven. The apostle Paul called himself the chief of sinners...he knew he was a wretched sinner and God still used him in a huge way. All of that belong to Jesus are sinners, but we are saved by grace.

[@AlexfromNorway]

I know your pain, I’ve failed God so many times throughout my life as a believer, that I often fear that He will finally just quit on me, because why would He Even bother? I don’t deserve His love Even in the slightest, and He doesn’t need me, so why should He?

[@simeonyves5940]

First thing you need to learn, and this is Vital. "Sinless Perfection for man" is a Lie of Satan! "Total Sinlessness in the Flesh is Required for Salvation" is a false gospel! it is a Lie, it is a Heresy, it was made up by a Confirmed and Condemned Heresiarch (a Heretic of Heretics!), John Wesley, based on the false Theology and false gospels of Two Previous Heresiarch's, Jacobus Arminius and Pelagius! It is a *Heresy* , pure and Simple! it is a false gospel, accursed under Galatians 1, it is a false religion condemned by the 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith, and it was utterly condemned at the 419 Council of Carthage, the 1619 Synod of Dort, the Westminster Assembly of 1646, and the Savoy Hospital Assembly of 1658! Only Christ was Sinless, Unfailing and Perfect in the Flesh, and that was because He was and is God in the Flesh! Fully God and Fully Man, the God Man, the Son of God and God the Son (see the Athanasian Creed) , Christ was and is Unique in that! normal man is, due to the fact we are all Totally depraved (See Romans 3), not going to be Perfect this side of the Resurrection, so if you are looking for peace in your own "sinlessness", you are never going to find it, because, even In the Body of Christ Jesus the Lord, you will not be sinless this side of the Resurrection, so throw that Lie of Satan that is "you are not saved unless you are sinless" into the Trash where it Belongs! If God did not want you, you would not have Experienced Christ. God Blinds the Unelect to Christ!, so if You have Experienced Christ, God wants You, and God will have you because God cannot be Resisted! See John Chapter 10. In Fact, your Pain and Greif at Sinning, the fact you hate your Sin so much that you feel Condemned by it, tells me that.. YOU. ARE. SAVED. Because if you were Lost, you would not care one Iota about your Sin, you would Enjoy it! not hate it! Look towards the one who was Perfect, The Lord Jesus Christ, only HE is Enough! because He was Enough, because He, who never Sinned, Died Carrying *all* of Your Sins, Past, Present, *And Future* in His Body, He died in Your Place! and Rose again from the Dead on the Third Day to be Your Lord! So call on Him as Lord! Get yourself a Copy of the Following. John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion. The Heidelberg Catechism. The 1619 Canons of Dort. Either the 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith (and the 39 Articles of Religion 1571) or the 1689 Particular Baptist Confession of Faith. and the 1647 Westminster Shorter Catechism for Children and the Less Mentally Able as well as the 1647 Westminster Larger Catechism for Exact and Precise Faith. All of which Support the Holy Scriptures in Affirming that Your Salvation is By the Grace of God alone, by the Faith He has given you in Christ alone, upon the Sinlessness and Perfect Unfailing Obedience of Christ alone! it is not of Works as Rome falsely teaches, or of your own Choice as the Arminians falsely teach, or of your own "sinlessness" as the Wesleyans falsely teach, it is Purely by Faith on the Finished works of Christ and that Faith is a Gift of God! Embrace it! Love and Peace.

[@Mike-zy8in]

The best thing i can tell u bro is: STOP Sinning! If youv down..Get up!..Never ever stay down. Get up right now if u havent already. Turn from your sin, confess them to your King, ask for forgiveness. Mark Spence said may I finish well, even though it appears im not in the race. Go KZbin a video called are you a good person by Living Waters...youtube your specific sin with living waters and see what they say, very bibical.

[@randallburke]

None of us are "worthy" brother. You clearly know some scripture if not all. Stop being so hard on yourself and see what I replied to @Godtaker23. It shouldn't surprise me, I've been really hard on myself lately too and here I am encouraging the both of you, and I just realized this is for me as much as it is for you two... see how he works? Praise the Lord!

[@joshj3662]

Shalom is the goal.

[@realitywins6457]

Friel: please add a follow-up to this video comparing the “no condemnation” of Romans 8, that Lawson explained here, with the fact that there will be an assessment of our lives (a kind of judgement?). I can’t imagine being rewarded much more than a lemonade stand to mange based on my own assessment, but I know he is gracious and just. How can I not be condemned but suffer loss in his final evaluation?

[@DontYouWantToLiveForever]

Look at wretched, turning from Calvinism. Great news!

[@xmurrcattx3498]

bot? or... just not with it?

[@mr.bidgood3501]

Thankfully, we can’t trust our feelings.

[@simplypositiveme]

Believing in Jesus is enough. Hallelujah!!! 🎉🎉 Correct it.

[@Spurgeon_General]

TIM CONWAY! ... I remember that sermon from him.

[@JordanHixenbaugh]

Tim Conway!!!! I wish more people listened to him. He’s great!

[@michellemybelle9591]

Realizing I struggle in this area...... sadly.

[@woodb51]

Can I like this a bunch of times?

[@LilacDaisy2]

Most of the time I have assurance, but then I'll think of the fire that my works will go through and wonder if I myself will be saved but as if through fire, because I haven't done much with my life. That sounds scary! I wonder if I've helped enough Christians, like I would help Jesus, and if I help with this reward in mind, is it just selfishness... and thus non-rewardable. I didn't even realise until writing it how messy my mind sounds, lol. If I'm honest, however, I'm going to keep wondering this.

[@LilacDaisy2]

Okay, after this video, I watched your "A WARNING to Christians Who Do Any of These 12 Things". Yes, I've been a time waster. No wonder I've been pondering the things above. Switching from flower farming to website designing, sitting still makes me so lethargic, and it's so easy to get distracted by KZbin, since I need to be on it for work. RIGHT! I should create an account just for work. Even playing Bible movies in the background takes me off course here and there, adding up to hours. *THANK YOU SO MUCH*

[@isaiah3165]

Good day wretched!! Sorry to ask this unrelated question but why does the verses in John where Jesus said before “Abraham I am” and “ I and the Father are one” not in the other Gospels? Is it not important for the other writers to include in their accounts those claim of Jesus to be God? Thanks for the time and the videos haha

[@DeniseThomson-d1p]

Our farher chastises those he loves . My only hope is Jesus Christ nothing about me is worthy.

[@UnfilteredMedic]

Looking back as I've done at times, I hate who used to be. I wasn't a criminal, abuser, alcoholic, etc. Anger was my biggest problem. I was flirty and had no problems having sex with women. I used condoms b/c even then I knew better. I partied. I did drinks socially and sometimes got really drunk. I cursed. I wished my personal opinionated judgement on those I didn't like and some simply b/c I didn't like the way they looked. I've learned to be patient with those who hate God and us. No matter how emotional they get and names they call me, it has no effect. I don't want the future for these people. If I did, then I wasn't being a good person or Christian. Atheists are wasting their lives when they have no evidence to disprove God, don't understand faith or salvation, and ignore the mountainous evidence for God and the Bible. IMO, accurately they are hardened as Pharaoh. Their idea of "freedom" is doing all kinds of sinful, immoral, unethical and sexual pleasurable acts. There comes a point you've done what you can and must walk away. We must know we're not going to be the sole reason someone suddenly sees God and changes.

[@UnfilteredMedic]

@Bidenlost2020 Yes, but so many believe they are and MUST be.

[@MikeMatkin-of9iy]

All I can say, it's about time. Not to this ministry but in general. I'm so tired of hearing condemning messages. If that's all you hear and the message lacks grace, your hope disappears. If our faith and hope is placed back on God, then we can stand!

[@mcm309]

I'm absolutely not doing enough, to earn, repay, make right. That's impossible and I'm at peace with grace, but that doesn't mean that I don't want to do more. More just because it's a desire, not a requirement.

[@sbag11]

Paul Washer: "God testifies to our heart that we have become the children of God". Translation: "I just really feel saved". Under the theology of the people in this video, you're either elect, or you're not. If you are, your gonna be fine. If you're not, there's no amount of praying, repenting, self-examination, or anything else that will make any difference.

[@trpimirkarlovic838]

Wrong.

[@bozzskaggs112]

This is so timely! Luther KNEW he wasn't doing and being enough and that he sinned too much but he was wrong because of grace. Compared to him I do (almost) nothing. Not almost nothing enough but just nothing. Full stop. His sins were nothing compared to mine, the sins of commission and omission. How can I stand? If a brother told me this I would pour the balm of the Word on him so I know the answers but... When Christ said it's paid in full He meant on both sides of the cross, but... But was my salvation real? Who's deceiving who? I have a discontent and uncertainty. Why do I not sense the comforting of the Comforter when doubt (or reality?) arises? Back to both sides of the cross. We are forgiven for our "not enoughs and our too muches" on both sides of salvation, I was lost but now I'm found. Think of it like a buffet and there are foods that are tempting but poison and there are wonderfully delicious foods that give life. The bill is paid at the door and there's the buffet. Don't eat what hurts you but the buffet is open. Not the best analogy but... But I needed to hear this. When I opened my macBook I was going to look for a recording of Romans 1-8 to listen to. What a ko-inky-dinky. Thanks, Friel, I needed this delivered from the same heart that is so kind when you are preaching on campuses.

[@care4thearth]

B/c we are adopted we have to do. Be fruitful so that can hear "good and faithful servant. " Paul said he was running the race.

[@jurgeysamuel]

Please pray for me

[@DeniseThomson-d1p]

Those who say believe that jesus came in the flesh , God with us Will be saved .

[@Mitch-g9x]

to any Christians who are doubting because they cant stop lusting and have lost hope that they can ever stop, I want to encourage you that it is indeed possible to fight/flee this sin. If your eye/hand cause you to sin then gouge it out or cut it off. After many years of lust addiction i joined SA and am finally receiving the help that i needed. Im not saying that you all need to do that. Im just saying that there is help out there. Please don't put it off. Get help and give God thanks and praise. God is merciful.

[@Malevolentguppy]

Any chance of peace i had was obliterated by listening to preachers such as Washer and others like him. I dont have any anger towards them, their preaching is sound, but there it is. Thr drum pounding of false conversion has left me with a constant fear that I may be one. I've heard that if I'm not absolutely dying of thirst to read the bible that I'm probably not a Christian, if I'm not nearly delirious about evangelizing, then I'm probably not a Christian. Ultimately, even if i do those things i could still be a false convert, "depart from me, i never knew you." Assurance? Explain the false converts, they serm to have assurance in spades. I no longer have a "know so" faith, I'm left with a "hope so" faith, and there have been times when i was tempted to pull the trigger because the prospect of living on with a faltering hope was worse than just getting it over with. The only thing that ever stopped me was that my mother would be devastated, and it would reflect poorly on Christianity since the people at work know i profess Christ.

[@keithcarter5468]

I know exactly how you feel. I've been struggling with the exact same thing for years.

[@AlexfromNorway]

Almost exactly how I feel as well. I have no ill feelings towards these Preachers as they’re only speaking the truth, but their preaching makes me constantly examine myself, and it’s destroying my peace and my hope. I’ve seen Washer and Conway preach to Church members where they said that Even many of those listening to him probably don’t truly know the Lord, which adds Even more to the discouragement.

[@cristix11]

The bible states with the faith as small as a mustard seed we can say to the mountain be removed--nothing is impossible (Matthew 17:20). Then why do these preachers keep telling us the opposite? Why do they keep coming up with reasons to show us that our prayers aren't enough? Why are there still mountains in our way?