Strive to enter into and stay in his rest. Or we will be striving in the flesh. Won’t ever get there. Repentance is death of self efforts. Striving is the law. Resting is grace. We all strive for a time. Until we learn to rest.

That's the true gospel! Strive till this corrupted body is transformed! Remember is a battle in the mind. It is about principles we embrace by love!

Strive to be nothing. Humble self and he will make us Holy. Holiness without humility = works/flesh/Pharisees

Totally agree ❤

Trembling means we know we don’t have the ability in self to do it and we know we need His help. “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” It could also mean WALKING AND falling before GOD as helpless knowing he must do it. Grace is God does for me. Striving won’t help anyone in the wake of grace. Just keep you under the law which means striving. Grace = rest. We all strive until we learn to trust. It’s a waste of life to strive. We aren’t even to sweat anymore. “My yoke is easy and my burden is light” The entry into the kingdom is to cease from Thine own striving. It’s the first command. REPENT from self striving to serve the living God

Amen.

Sing praise prayers up. Sends the devil running

It sounds like your heart is truly seeking righteousness TY, and Jesus said they that seek me, will find me.

Yes the first 20 seconds of this was very convicting for me and I think explains the attitude and behavior of millions of Christians today who willfully and habitually sin planning their send ahead of time with the expectation it's all covered by Grace so it doesn't matter, without realizing they have no idea what the consequences are going to be and how long it will be before they manifest, and then they groan with regret, or blame God that the Harvest they planted is now being reaped

Praying for you, dear Jessie. Please read God's Word as much as you can, and pray for His Spirit to teach you through the Word, to keep you from error and deceit. _But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie-just as it has taught you, abide in him. _ 1 John 2:27

Praying here for you bro

Yes brothers like Charles Spurgen had a real non compromise stance in his walk and he preached it!

So True!!!!!@@jeffdavis7543

One of my favorite readers.❤

That was beautiful. GBY. Isaiah 43:4. The time is soon, my friend.

🙏 amen

Yes, and Prov 8:13. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil…..

Amen to the fear of God ,as that verse I just shared with my grown daughter that that Needs to be shared and I did then. One of her kids was screaming at her mom and sister , then I asked her if that was kind and she Said it was mean of her to have done that . That’s the beginning of repenting of our sins to turn from Them ! I and my husband have to talk to her about being born again as Jesus requires and shall Only happen When Our Father draws his children to Come to him. , --( I got real blessed last night and a scripture should be an added gem to this Word;’ ; Come- Revelation 22: 17; -“ And the Spirit and the bride Say , Come . And Let him That is athirst Come . And Whosoever Will , Let him Take The Water of Life freely ……-( read The rest ….+ hear !

Thank you for the reply but it’s respect for God in ultimate trust , so God is Not willing any perish as Jn. 3: 16 - + Matt. 16: 25 -; “ For whosoever Will Save his Life Shall Lose his life For my sake . -26- For Whosoever Will Save his Life Will Shall lose his Life for My Sake Will Find it. -26- For What is a man Profited , if he Shall gain the whole world , and Lose his Own Soul ? Or What Shall a man give in Exchange for his Soul ? --( the word -:find , must be a word Someone keeps deleting And it’s So Good because Jesus Spoke it then and To You All Now , anyway in my Gr. Concordance That word -: find I Will repeat means , to Find ( literally or figuratively) : find , get , Obtain, Perceive , See. + In Luke 18 : 8;- In the last sentence says : Nevertheless When the Son of man cometh , Shall he Find Faith On the Earth ? -( I have to say he talks with some doubt and the Way This world is So Anti - god in every area of Life ,as the days of Noah , as Only few then were saved then and Now ! As Jesus said Will he find Faith , In you and I …….-(last request is Matt. 6: 9-15 , is a Prayer to Our Father , be blessed in his Path leads to eternity That This World Cannot Promise You Forever , for as was told to my children that Forever i s A long Time to be Sorry- -( you can’t delete , or Suppress the Words of of Jesus because there’s a warning In Revelation 22 ……

​@@bradfordmillen1391most Christians don't hate evil though.

Need to preach the Gospel message of Hope through the Lord Jesus Christ! The grace of God should lead to repentance! Praise King Jesus

Collection-Plate Christianity is not Apostolic Christianity

​@@hansmeisterschulz5941Amen! HALLELUJAH to Almighty King of Kings Jesus Christ. God bless you and the rest of the Remnant worldwide

​@@bronzewing1965 Praise God for pulling you out of the lies! ❤

Such a true sermon is needed today in 2024 in England with all the fake conversions that are taking place in this land. Lord have mercy on us all and grant us true repentance in the body of Christ. Amen !

How did you realize, what were your signs?? (I have several in my family who I believe are not really saved)

@@sandraratliff2572 Ongoing sin, and having no desire to keep the righteous commands of God (John 14:15-31). I had no peace. I did not have God's promised Holy Spirit!

@@spiritman-em4qrsame. For decades. Lord, create in me a new heart and renew a right spirit in me..

I was too and I was so blind to it until he opened my eyes and I saw who I really was 😮

I really appreciate your testimony here! In fact, I think your testimony is something God brought across my path today to encourage me in praying for my daughter.... ❤ Thank you!

@@denisefox6495 oh I love to hear that ❤️ Hang in there Mom! 🧎‍♀️

When you think of it, the "Shakers" and the "Quakers" were called that for a reason.

Amen. So true.

The mystery of faith is held in a pure conscience. (1 Ti 3:9) This is a soul converted by grace and through faith (Eph 2:8) that is found free, by the Holy Spirit, of willful sin against Father God and fellow man. This is our faith that removes mountains and peace that passes understanding!

"I do not so what i want, but the thing i do not want to do, that i do." Paul. Is he speaking of a free will?

The Almighty has the free will to do as it pleases Him with us.

​@cosmictreason2242 yes, Paul is speaking of the inner war human beings have between the temptations of the flesh, & the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Although many w/ strong wills may be able to throw off temptation by their own will, yet human will is not consistently strong. Our sinful condition is a consistently strong force, Satan is a consistently strong force, & so is the Holy Spirit. Our will on the side of the Holy Spirit is a constant force. Thus we're admonished to abide in the word (dwell, remain) John 15. We have the choice/s (free will) to remain or not by faith.

​@@kingdomambassador1904yes, to give his life a ransom for the whole world. Romans 5; John 3:16, John 4:42. Lastly, God is not capricious, he is agape-love, & as such 1 Corinthians 13 reflects his character which is unchanging.

@@mariabarnes9197 Yes. And God said all He made was good. But, Eve was deceived in accepting the lie from the snake. So, we all have choices (free will) to do evil or good. Well...our first choice should be to give our life to Jesus Christ and like you said, prompted by the Holy Spirit. What a God we serve excepting the bad against us or the good (blessing) He bestows on us. The world would say, do you feel it? The Power of love. But, we are persuaded with His agape love..

"Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the WORD which he commanded to a thousand generations; Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a LAW, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant," (through Yeshua Messiah of Nazareth) (1Ch 16: 15-17, Psa 105:8-11) "But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend (whom I have CALLED).Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have CHOSEN thee, and not cast thee away. Fear thou not; for I Am with thee: be not dismayed; for I Am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness, (Yeshua Messiah of Nazareth, My FAITHFUL) (Isa 41:8-10)

Faith is tied with obedience.

​@@jeffouellette9946never was and never will be. You can't obey your way to heaven 😂

@@joe2825 true, but you can't say your faith is real if you stay in continuing disobedience.

One faith, two functions. The first is trust in Christ’s sacrifice, which is essential for spiritual life. This is immediate upon hearing and believing the Word. The second function is living according to the gospel by obeying God. It is dependent on the first because BOTH require that one take God at his Word and because it’s impossible to please God without believing the first function: that you are forgiven and made alive by grace. If you believe that God is telling the truth about sin bringing death and Jesus brinigng life, then it follows that you must also believe God about living the Christian life; that is, avoiding sin because you know it brings death and seeking Christ, who brings life, daily. This is a gradual process that is constantly informed by the first function of faith. In summary, the first function of faith is justification, the second is sanctification, and the two are united as one faith because they both require that the believer takes God at his Word, first about salvation and therefore also about life, or else the believer calls God a liar by denying either first or second. So grace and works aren’t opposed to each other. They’re tiered. Works come under grace but they’re BOTH turned by the same gear which is believing what God says.

@@jeffouellette9946 Faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is tied to" trust” in God for our salvation

Excellent. I totally agree 👍 👌 😊

Love this type of teaching. My spirit craves it.

Excellent preaching .

And that fear is that you can't get there by yourself or anything you do. The fear and wisdom results in rest.

Satan aims all the artillery of hell against we who have confessed ,repented, and turned from our sins and accepted salvation through Jesus shed blood. We are at war. O what peace we have that we are overcomers through Christ Jesus. My christian brothers and sisters let us pray for one another daily. Also for the lost.

If a person is "in sin" they are a slave to sin.

@jeffouellette9946 Roman's 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Roman's 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. I am living in sin, in so much that almost daily I give in to the lust of my flesh. I am not proud of it. It bothers me deeply. I know that I have experienced the new birth. If there was ever a man with a dual nature - I'd qualify in spades. My particular problem goes back to childhood. I've made alot of mistakes and formed alot of bad habits. Having the Holy Spirit indwelling you is not a guarantee of instant victory over sin. We are still in the flesh. We can get victory over it most of the time if we walk in the spirit, but I confess that I have not done that in quite some time. Daily I apologize to the Lord and daily I call myself a low down dirty rotten liar unworthy of the Lord's grace, but thanks be to God in His manifold wisdom that it was by His grace through faith in my Lord Jesus Christ that I was saved and sealed.

@1seanv I'm in it with you brother. I have the same struggles, from habits developed at an earlier age. Don't be isolated.

You'll never ever ever get victory over sin while in the flesh. And if you do, your dammed. There I said it. Because you trusted in the flesh not Christ. You useruped Christ and now have become your own God. You've exalted yourself to heaven. The devil does the same. We that are in the flesh put no confidence in it, but trust in Jesus and his righteousness.

True observation, and sad. Actually most probably agree on 90+ % of bible doctrine but choose distrust and skepticism toward each other

Amen to that brother

Jesus made it simple religion makes it difficult

@@carpentertom2835men corrupts religion, catholic or any denomination that doesn’t center their beliefs on the bible is corrupt.

‭‭Revelation 3:4 KJV‬‬ Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

Hallelujah means "I surrender my whole being to you"

Read Hebrews 11 Household of Faith

"Repent" means more to me than changing my mind

Amen. Salvation is a merciful God’s gift to us. Man is incapable of adding anything to it.

Pray for me and I'll pray for you. Your comment is VERY SIMILAR to where I feel I am at... I try to focus on JESUS and not works or give in to sin HABITUALLY

🙏 Very good to examine ourselves to see if we are in the Faith, shows a heart that is not yet hardened in sin. 🙏 I've been porn free for 15 years now after 30 years of following my lust, Praise God! for freedom. I saw the images finally as they that "have eyes and do not see(me), ears and they don't hear(me), and if they are nudged(as a wooden idol) they would topple." God showed me it was a serious idol, having a fantasy "relationship". God used the Sunday school song 🎶 "Be careful little eyes what you see......🎶 as a help to free me. Sing it when tempted. God Bless us all with Victory! This Day, no turning back. 📖

We are sanctified because of the completed work of Christ, but, at the same time we are in the never ending (at least not in this life) process of being sanctified. The fact that you are wrestling with this leads me to believe you are indeed amongst the called of God. Every blessing in your walk.

Your situation is almost identical to mine. I’ll pray for you please pray for me as well.

THANK YOU Brethren!!! The words of encouragement, and testimonies of deliverance bring me HOPE!!! Time is short, the return of JESUS draws near, being found as a workman is paramount. Please continue to lift me and ANYONE ELSE that is confessing sin, up in prayer. The fervent and effectual prayer of a righteous man availeth much!!!! Praying to see ALL OF YOU at the Wedding Supper of THE LAMB 🐑 !!!

My friend - I have these same thoughts. All I know is, keep calling out to the Father of grace, only He can put in you the need to search for Him and his salvation, His Son. You will not search if He does not put it in you to search.

I hear this all the time, Believe and you will be saved that's all. Rest in Christ ❤

If we see a painting, we know it had a painter. If we see a book, we know it had an author. If we see a building, we know it had a builder. Therefore if we see an earth with people and animals and birds and trees and all kinds of fish and insects, we can conclude there was a creator. Just as paintings don't paint themselves and books don't evolve and buildings to raise themselves, we can know there's an intelligent force behind all in this life. The synchronization of the sun, moon and stars and the Earth in it's orbit show a being who is intelligent, powerful and wise. If you've read this far I hope you are starting to believe in a creator. The only other option would be to believe in the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything. So it is clear that God does exsist.

Dear friend, the desire in your heart to believe is God given. It is not just about how you feel, though I must acknowledge that it is important. However, deep down you know He does live. There's a man in the scriptures who cried out to say "I believe, help thou mine unbelief." Give your doubt to God. It is He that shall bring you to Christ. There is no other way. Bow the knee and let the Lord work in your heart. If there is pride in your heart, tell Him so. By His grace He shall break you apart and put you together. May my LORD Jesus Christ bless you and bring you to Himself, Amen.❤

Just be honest with the Lord. Confess it all to Him and ask Him to produce within you what you are lacking. He’s so faithful to help us in our weakness if we are sincere. There has to be some sincerity in your heart if you’re on here and have examined your heart like you have.

He was full of joy

Good observation. Maybe that was his goliath 😅

Sorry my friend, that is not the gospel. Study your Bible. Be not deceived!

George, please repent of what ever sin(s) you're holding on to. That is why you cant see the truth in the Gospel and have to rely in rationalizations!

Have you received the holy ghost? Jesus said you MUST be BORN again. Unless you have recieved, you have to believed. God is everything. By and through Jesus ALONE may we "know Him" The holy ghost will come and guide you on to all truth. THANK YOU JESUS Christ for being ALIVE! You can truly be free by being a slave to Christ! I get it! Shalom! Praise God! Jesus IS GOD incarnate!

James 2:24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone. (NIV) Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. (KJV) You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. (NKJV)

We are saved unto (and for the purpose of) holiness. We can't accept the salvation from hell but reject salvation from our sins. Christ means to save us from both.

Wherever it says repent. Repentance is the only acceptable motive, and not self preservation.

Repentance is an active quality. The motivation for repentance is either Love or fear. God grants repentance to the earnest heart.

@@guerralg63 if you believe you have repented

@Titus2_13 yes, and no. You can believe intellectually, but unless there is true understanding about God's holiness and Righteousness and our sinful condition and how we have sinned against Holy God, and mourn over this sin and violating His perfect law and statutes and turn from these sins because we believe that we are sinners in need of a savior, we are not saved. We can't begin to be sanctifed by the Holy Spirit so that we produce fruit and have a renewing of the mind. It just isn't enough to go to church and say we believe in God. I've been reading Jeremiah, and it's clear they believed, but there was no repentance.

@@guerralg63 Thanks for answering here. Well said.

What does that mean?

Yes, and if they would get in the Word for themselves, they would know they are saved just by believing Paul's Gospel of Grace.

When the Holy Ghost falls on the believer that is when they are saved. It is God's Seal unto Redemption Ephesians 4;30 "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" asked the apostle Paul in Acts 19

I've read every book by spurgeon for 10 years. He us much into law preaching. He even has quotes on Google about himself and wondering if he was saved and upon hearing the gospel preached by another man during a sermon, Spurgeon started crying and thinking he must be saved. He struggled with this his whole life and I wonder what he ended up believing. We are to rest in Christ's finished work. It's over, we are saved by grace.

@@joe2825 Yes, anyone who adds repent of your sins to be saved, has another gospel. How can you possibly trust Christ alone for salvation when you are also trusting in your performance? Sad!

​@@hogansheroes2793your still lying to people years later

@@jeffouellette9946 You are accursed, you've got another gospel.

​@@hogansheroes2793 As the two witnesses from 'the road to Emmaus' told the "eleven" of their own interaction with Jesus, HE appeared among them. Luke tells us -Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and He said to them, " Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that REPENTANCE FOR FORGIVENESS of sins would be PROCLAIMED IN HIS NAME to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are WITNESSES of these things. And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." Chapter 24:45-49 ~The recorded messages in the preaching of these witnesses in Acts state the case similarly, with no ambiguity.

We’re is the America mentioned in the Bible ??. God bless.

@@WKDMOUSE67mystery Babylon. In the book of Revelation, merchants of the earth see her smoke rising

@@stellamillikan5709yep.

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. Romans 14:5 U are unaware of many New Testament Scriptures that show that much of the Law has Faded Away. Acts 15 for example. The early disciples observed Sunday as resurrection day. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. Acts 20:7 You will never make it to the Kingdom of God if you do not start to Trace things out in the Scriptures .. The NT is not the OT. "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" Acts 19

@@mirandabrady8033 Acts 15..........For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. Acts 15:28-29 THE LAW IS A CURSE! The Apostle Paul repeatedly deals with prescriptions of the law circumcision, feast days that they are of NO VALUE Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: Galatians 3:13 You have poor understanding of NT Scripture. The Veil is still around your eyes. Seek the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38, Acts 19

The R Onan calendar is certainly NOT the Most Highs calendar... continue to seek the truth beloved.

And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 **having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us.** And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, **or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.** Colossians 2 Scripture is clear!

YHWH has never changed a commandment or His expectation for us to follow them. The statement about Paul actually comes from his refusal to have anything to do with money while witnessing/preaching in the synagogues on Sabbath and instructed his base followers to meet with him immiately after the Sabbath, the First day of the week, to gather the money to forward to Jerusalem for the spread of gospel. He would give them instruction/possibly sermons. The rest of the 1st day worship has entirely been made up by the rcc. I've read lots of early church doctrines/papers. Started with Constantine! We're still in it now with Sunday & all the pagan oriented holidays the rcc instituted we didn't know about. Now we do! Even Martin Luther said it was wrong, but a bridge too far. I encourage you to read either your Geneva Bibles or Authorized KJV. Go back & read Acts in context without doctrines of men. Eye opening. Jews are no longer "CHOSEN PEOPLE." All believers are Chosen and sealed by God Almighty. Read Matt21. They were cast out when cast into Babylonia and lost their land. He let them rebuild a temple which they used for idolatry & He totally destroyed with all records. I love all peoples and pray they find the truth in Jesus the Messiah/Yahshua, but people must understand they have to be individually grafted in just like any Gentile. After Christ, we're all the same. Read Matt. 15:1-9 to see what Jesus Christ said about the Commandments, Matt:5:20 Christ himself saying He came not to destroy the law, prophets & commandments. He came to forever be our Redeemer, our Sacrifice, so never again will be one be required or the ordinances that we're prerequisites. We just have to believe, repent & obey (a changed life coming from that Holy Spirit communion Empowerment that gets stronger the closer you follow His Holy Word. I'm a 65+ yr old lifetime Southern Baptist member since childhood & and believer, and I have been deeply drawn to the scriptures more in the last year than ever after almost dying. I do believe we are saved by His gift on the cross, His grace, but He has really shown me He has always meant for His believers to follow all of His 10 Commandments or put forth all your fleshly efforts desiring to do because we should be loving Him that much! Not just 9. The rcc actually rewrote their own Bibles and wrote out the 2nd one and substituted (on idolatry??). Be ye not deceived. Christ never told anyone not to observe the Sabbath but to use discernment & do good works. Plus, they refused to recognize He was God Incarnate. God was speaking to them through the personhood of Jesus, His Divine Son. We've truly made this so much more difficult than it had to be, just like the Jews! My question is, if you're in Babylonia, find out about it, do you just stay there & do nothing?? Thank God, YHWH, have to specify these days that He gave us all a branch to get back to the Tree of Life!! I don't think there's a great deal time left, so hold tight in your faith. God the Almigjty One if Faithful in all things.