When to be scared you're NOT a genuine Christian.
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I'm hoping and praying that God would use this to comfort those who need comfort and to shine a light on those who are living dangerously, so they can make a true faith commitment to Jesus.
Trust in Jesus, follow Jesus, be real about it.
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Trust in Jesus, follow Jesus, be real about it.
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@NarnianLady
There is a difference between someone who is struggling with sin and wanting to live free, and a person that is almost boasting in their sinful lifestyle. Huge difference...
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@dessiplaer
There was a period in my life where I was continually sinning, and as I was a believer, I was sorry that I sinned, but once the guilty feelings subsided, I would do it again. I decided that I would just trust God and his grace and not worry about it. I was going about my merry way feeling a whole lot less guilty all the while continuing in sin, but one day right out of the blue, I heard a voice inside me saying "I also said to repent". From that day, I stopped falling in that particular area of my life. If you are truly saved, you will want to please God If you are weak, don't run away from God. Run straight for him and confess your sins. He is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. However, Paul said, " shall we sin that grace may abound? God forbid!" If you love God, you will want to be obiedient to him. But if you are weak (and we all are in some areas of our lives) God is faithful and strong enough to help you overcome in your weakness. The Bible says, "For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away His face from you if you return to Him.
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@reepicheepsfriend
My sister and I were talking about the meaning of atonement, as in, Jesus' death atoning for our sins. She pointed out that to atone for someone means not just paying a debt but also restoring a relationship. If our relationship with God is restored, then we will grow towards seeing things the way He sees them, and as a result, we will begin to hate sin more and more, and avoid it more and more. Praying for all Christians to understand this more deeply.
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@Read.ROMANS.3.23through28
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could pray for my big sister. Her name is Mercedes and she is going through a horrible time. She just miscarried and she is being severely stalked. No one in my family has seen her for 9 months. Please pray for her salvation and safety. Thank you and God bless each and every one of you❤🙏
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@wendysimmons5906
This something Ive really been dealing with . I was saved at 13, even baptized and then went off the rails , straight into fuzzy sin world for way too long. 5ish years ago I sincerly repented but now am completely stressed/scared because sinning as a saved christian seems a thousand times worse to me versus unsaved sinning. I pray for God forgiveness and if I can warn anyone else- dont stay in the fuzzy zone. The price of failing God is too high.
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@MegaPB4Life
Thank you for this Mike. I've been struggling with a relapse from pornography addiction and your teaching made me realize that although I had myself convinced I was doing well, I really am not taking Jesus as seriously as I need to be. Thank you again for opening my eyes with the hard truths we all need to hear.
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@preacherplays
4:16 "I think it's ok to be a little scared sometimes because your lifestyle is CONTRADICTING your CLAIMS of faith, and go 'yeah' I need to get serious about Jesus."
Well said.
And that follow up with the call to true repentance. Well said again Mike.
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@taylorjensen2787
Yo. I needed to hear that, "when you have Jesus in your heart, you are not going to want to partake in those sin, or to the same degree". I have struggled... but I know in my heart that I am saved, I WILL get out of the fuzzy zone...thank you.
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@internetneverlies
Well said - if your scared, do not despair, come to the light.
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@louisamayriggall4143
Thanks for this video, Pastor Mike! I was that unsaved person and called myself a Christian for so long because I grew up believing in God and knowing that God exists and going to church, but when the time came for me to live on my own I stopped going to church and decided to walk in the desires of my flesh and clung to them. It wasn't until things got so depressing that the Lord opened my eyes to see my sin for what it was and He called me to repentance. Then I can say that, by the grace of God, I took steps to remove that sin that I had clung to; it was definitely a process, as now I look back and see those early days as still filled with lots of compromises that I'm ashamed of now, but the pattern of sin became way, WAY less marked in my life, and the Holy Spirit kept leading me in a process of repentance and submission. All this to say, I think the difference between those two fuzzy zones is the attitude of your heart: do you want to cling to your sin, do you relish it? Or has the Lord begun to show you that sin is repulsive and destructive, and you desire to be free from it. I hope that helps someone reading. Basically, God's grace is AWESOME, and He will finish the good work He begins in us, when we truly repent and submit. God bless, sorry for the long comment.
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@stephenbailey9969
I came to Christ, but still had the mindset that what is done in the Spirit and what is done in the flesh were separate things. It was a year to a year and a half later that the Holy Spirit convicted me regarding my behavior, and delivered me from that desire. I have been enabled to walk in chastity by his power ever since.
There isn't a passion, lust, addiction of the flesh that God is not able to overcome, if we allow him to be the Lord of our lives.
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@rinzler9171
"God have mercy on me, a sinner."
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@PockASqueeno
My dad is in the “fuzzy zone.” Please pray for him.
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@TheShadow.1
If you're feeling confident that you're saved based on how well you've lived lately, remember a lost person can do all the things you've done.
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@Karie_Z
Thank you for posting this! I have struggled to understand my testimony for years because of this very issue. As a child I prayed to be saved, got baptized then a few years later as a teenager got completely involved and overwhelmed by sin. I would repent and do better for a while, but then find myself right back in that same sin pattern again. This went on for years until I finally surrendered ALL to Jesus (to be ALL in). I had to radically cut some things out of my life and started studying the Bible over and over until I finally understood what I was reading. Thank God those fuzzy years are all behind me. I know at some point in my crying out to God, I truly became saved! If anyone struggles with this type of sin, don't only repent but also make radical changes in your life and study God's word in a translation you can understand so you can learn how to follow Jesus.
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@Ryanjones111
The problem with deception is that people don't know they are being deceived
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@lp1506
Sadly Mike, this was a problem in my small group at church. I struggled with understanding how to relate to a "sister" who was 7 months pregnant, unmarried and insisting that we accept her lifestyle of sexual immorality and not judge her. Repentance was not in her heart, and she doubled down on her deeds. I was the only one who wanted to try to restore her as stated in James, but I was called judgmental. It happened again with a new member and after years of listening to people who are supposedly being transformed by God, I felt like they were being deceived and they were trying to deceive me, based on God's Word. Eventually I had to leave before I made a concession to another's sin. It is dangerous, and even more sadly, I continue to meet more and more people in my church who overlook sexual immorality instead of battling it with the aid of the Church body.
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@Luvurenemy
As a new believer I’m constantly amazed at how my ability to turn away from sin is the work of the Holy Spirit in me rather than my tortured, weak, effort. All I must do is choose to ignore or distract myself from my lusts. The moment I make this small choice The Holy Spirit will join me in the fight. What was once feeble, lonely, me versus Satan is now feeble me with my big brother The Holy Spirit. Satan has no chance and he knows it.
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@NewCreationInChrist896
Proverbs 28:13
“He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.”
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@grantbartley483
One way to look at it is to say that if you believe in Christ but don't even try to be better, then the sin will eventually engulf you so much that you will stop believing in Christ, and that's what to be wary of, since you are only saved if you keep believing til the end... So stay watchful, and repent!
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