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25+ years of drugs and debauchery, my convictions overwhelm me so almost 3 years off of meth 30 days off of weed and pornography,, the vape is next, thank you Lord for never giving up on me.. please pray for me!
Your story makes me so happy. I’m the mother of a recovering drug addict and Jesus saved her from it all. I am so great full to Jesus for stories like yours and hers❤️❤️❤️
The Greatest Man in history is Jesus. He had no servants, yet they called Him Master. He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher. He had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. He had no army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world. He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today, He had no wife, yet He's the Bridegroom, I love you Jesus with all my heart, strength and soul
Steven Reed No, God never said to be a street preacher. God's word says to spread and to preach the Gospel to ALL nations. That's not street preaching, its obeying God.
@@matthewmccone2126 Jeff left his land, crossed a sea into Hawaii to spread the good news. Salvation is taken on an individual level so yes, Jeff is doing exactly what Christ said to do and what the apostles did, traveling to other land and preaching to laymen
@@TMuse1007 That's not street preaching, that's doing what God said. One's a religion, one's obedience. I myself travel and preach the Gospel, the brethren should do as so. Street preaching isn't biblical, nowhere is it found in God's word called street preaching.
Steven Reed this was so exciting to watch . What I’ve noticed is Pastor Jeff is such a good listener , and never demeans anyone . He has compassion for the lost and this kind of evangelism is a gift .
Baptisms, and seeing people dedicate their lives to Christ makes me so emotional. Lol, I'm a grown man and always cry when I see people give their hearts to the Lord.
I LOVE how Apologia did their research and understood the culture before sharing the Gospel. While the Gospel is Universal.... and can be preached everywhere at any time, I do feel that "Listening and Empathy" is lacking in most evangelism attempts.. I Loved the message!
Jerred McKenzie he delivers those that love Him. He rescues His children and leads them in triumph and gives them the victory in Christ. I had a serious drug addiction since I was 11. In 28 now. People thought I never would get clean and stay clean including myself. Meth brought me to homelessness and too many rehabs and jails to count. God prophesied through someone that the drugs wouldn't defeat me. I've messed up and stumbled so many times but I kept pursuing Jesus and He delivered me and taught me how to persevere when life got difficult and now I'm walking in victory and loving life. He's so real and I promise he can and will lead you to victory
We must give up our will because our will has no power...it's weak to sin!!! that's why we always fail, when we follow it. Well say to ourselves "today I'm really going to try and do good"... but we fail before the day is even over because our will has no powe over evil we cannot do good by following our own will.. only evil.. .Only God's will has power, so we must ask God daily to help us to do His will because it's only His will that is good, it's only His will that has the poor over all evil...we must not go with our will, we must deny it...Jesus said "deny yourselves and follow me" His will has power over the flesh so we must not rely on ourselves but instead rely and trust in God.. I will be praying for you my brother.
Bless you brother. I had a drinking problem. Surround yourself with people who do not drink. Fill your life up with the things of God (take church, prayer groups and evangelism seriously) and trust God. You are free if you are in Christ, now it’s time to put the big boy pants on and live for him every waking moment. Your life is but a vapor, make an impact for your savior. He deserves it. I am sending prayers your way. In the name of Jesus be healed! Amen
Wow. Praise God. Im so thrilled by this. I just got goosebumps as that young man said he did want forgiveness and to know Jesus. God never ceases to leave us in awe haha. That guy wasn't evem from Hawaii and Jeff just happens to be there from Phoenix. No coincedence here. This was a divine appointment, its also super helpful to see this, a true gospel message preached and its effect on the those whom God has predestined to respond to it. Simply amazing. Praise God for you all.
Heres the thing though Mark.... By Jeff's OWN teaching... He claims that ONLY the elect can be saved.... and that they've already been pre-destined by God to be saved. Now, HOW does Jeff know that this man is one of those chosen by God??? He doesn't. Jesus died for EVERY man.... Not just some... but whosoever will believe on Jesus.... Even those who believe on his name.
Frankenberry's Rock n' Roll Revival I pray you read Romans eight & nine, Ephesians one, and Matthew 11 and John 6. Jesus died for those who chose to save. Salvation is only secure in that, in that it’s literally nothing we did
Frankenberry's Rock n' Roll Revival but that’s the thing, if he comes to Christ than he is part of the elect. We don’t know who is willing to hear Christ, that’s why we tell everyone the good news for anyone who is willing to hear the good news and repent from their sins.
I had a similar experience. I was dating an unbeliever who I met before I got saved and I really loved him. I felt like he was tormenting me when I started to believe and I even said, you are tormenting my soul. We had to break up after many years. Always be equally yoked!!
My best friend and I have opposed view for religion. But we never felt the need to break up because of that and if religion would split us apart I would not accept any reason and turn right to her. Religion should not cast aside good people. Its sad to hear that religion was your reason, but you ex or you shouldn't use that.
YUE3899 Being in a romantic relationship with an unbeliever is totally different than being friends. It would be a very unwise decision to be in a romantic relationship with an unbeliever and would cause problems with your faith.
At 14:42 Jeff stopped and interacted with that one man who later came back at the end of the video. Why did the man decide to turn around? I believe it was due to the God guiding Jeff to stop himself mid-speech and speak to this one individual, who was in search of God, possibly unlike the rest of the people who continued the rest of their daily lives walking in destruction. God is good.
God is good? You mean that god that decided to execute all living creatures on this planet in a great flood (including babies and children)? Or that god that demands that a man to sacrifice his child? Or that god that makes all creatures suffer because a woman ate an apple? Or that needy god that makes ppl worship him, otherwise he sends them to hell?
Anyways, about the great flood- I'm not extremely knowledgeable about this, as I try prioritize the New Testament first and still am a work in progress, but I did a little research to try to answer your question. In Genesis chapter 6, four reasons why God sent the Flood:'The wickedness of man was great in the earth' (v. 5), 'Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually' (v. 5)., 'The earth was filled with violence' (v. 11), and 'The earth...was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth' (v. 12). (All the people on earth had corrupted their way). God's mercy regarding the Flood is just as evident as His judgment, and is seen in the fact that God provided a way of escape for those who were prepared to believe what He had said, heed the warning He gave, and avail themselves of the means of salvation which He provided by instructing Noah to build the Ark (Genesis 6:14-16). The warnings given to Noah's generation are terrifyingly relevant today. When God's mercy is rejected, then His judgment must and will fall. But, as in the days of Noah, so now God has both given warning of the judgment to come and provided a way of salvation. The Ark was the only refuge from divine judgment then and it had to be entered by faith. As such it speaks to us of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Saviour for sinful mankind today, whose death on the Cross must be appropriated by faith. 'For by grace are ye saved through faith' (Ephesians 2:8); 'Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved' (Acts 4:12). As the Apostle Paul declares, 'I declare unto you the Gospel...By which also ye are saved...how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that He rose again the third day' (1 Corinthians 15: 1-4). As for the sacrifice of the child you are referring to, I think you have been misinformed. God tested Abraham. Here, God commanded Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice. After Isaac is bound to an altar, a messenger from God stops Abraham at the last minute, saying "now I know you fear God." Abraham looks up and sees a ram and sacrifices it instead of Isaac. God is against murder, this was a test to see if Abraham valued his only son more highly or God. This test was meant to bring him closer to God and after, Abraham was not the same person, as this had to occur to change him. God then blessed Him and consequently, following nations. It never was God’s intention for Abraham to actually sacrifice his son. Rather, what we have in this account is a glimpse into how God orchestrates history with small changes in the past that lead to huge changes in the future. It also is an example of how God gives us hints in the past of what will happen in the future.[3] In this case, some 2,000 years later on that same mountain, God Himself, in the person of Jesus the Messiah, took humanity’s place on the altar to satisfy the demands of perfect justice, so that He could then carry out the demands of perfect love for every person who will put their trust in Christ for forgiveness of their sins and for eternal life.
Next response to your question: Adam & Eve [man & woman] became responsible for every life form that came out of them and their progeny, that is you & me. Down to this day, we are the progeny of this Adam and his wife Eve. Thus ALL men have sinned and fall short of the glory of God our creator. Think of it as when a person makes a cake and drops the cake pan and puts a dent into the pan. Every cake being produced by that cake pan will have that identical dent built into it.That dent my friend is the SIN of Adam & Eve. Also as we inherit that dent, we also inherit the sufferings of diseases and sickness which ultimately leads us all to death. Why does God want to be worshipped? Is it because he needs constant affirmation? Is he divinely insecure, so he requires us to praise him day and night? NO! Our worship glorifies God, but he doesn’t need it. So why does God tell us to do these things? For our benefit! God demands, seeks, and requests our worship because He deserves it, because it is the nature of a Christian to worship Him, and because our eternal destiny depends upon it. That is the theme of redemptive history: to worship the true, living, and glorious God. Some people object that worship is degrading and therefore God shouldn't require it. Yet what is worship? Worship is not groveling before God, nor is it performing meaningless rituals. God hates hypocrisy and insincere worship (Hos 6:6, Is 1:11-17). What God does tell us to do is to love him (Mt 22:35-40). Loving God includes praising him, thanking him and obeying him (1 Jn 5:3). If God is perfect, then he deserves praise, and his commands are good commands that should be obeyed. Worshiping God is not degrading to us, but actually benefits us: Worshiping God fulfills us and makes us happy. Worshiping God puts us into the proper relationship with him, in the sense that we are acknowledging that he is God and deserves worship, and doing what he wants us to do. By worshiping God, we acknowledge his perfection, which is the first step in learning from him: we realize he's a perfect teacher, and then we are willing for him to teach us and increase our wisdom and morality. Publicly expressed worship is one way that people find out who God is. When they come to know God, they too will find fulfillment and grow into better people, which benefits not only them but society at large.
For your hell question: The Bible says that hell is a place without any of the good things that God gives us and which we enjoy today, such as friendship, love, joy-it’s an awful place. And so why can’t God just forgive everyone, and let anyone into heaven? Why does he insist in a seemingly cruel way that some people must go to hell? Well the Bible says that God is loving, and it also says that he will send some people to hell-so could it be that both things are true at the same time? I’d like to briefly give a couple of suggestions as to why this is the case. Just because God is loving, does not mean that he loves everything-there are some things that God doesn’t love, that in fact he hates. So he doesn’t love murder, or abuse, or selfishness, or pride. Actually, if he is loving, then he will hate these things. It wouldn’t be very loving of God to look at something like child abuse and say: “Well, I’m not really that bothered.” So God is loving-and yet he doesn’t love everything. And because this loving God hates bad things, he does something about it. And this is good news. We all have a kind of a sense of justice-so it’s good news that people who mistreat others are not allowed into God’s perfect kingdom, but are shut out-that is, they’re sent to hell. It’s loving of a just God to hate and punish wrongdoing, so that only perfect things are in his perfect kingdom. Now I guess not many of us have a problem with the idea of famously bad people facing punishment-but this actually leaves us with a problem too, because none of us are perfect. None of us have treated God, or treated each other, in the perfect way we were intended to. If I’m honest, I know I haven’t treated people as I should. I’ve hurt people, I’ve ignored their needs, actually I’ve upset even some of the people I love the most. And I haven’t treated God as I should-as my Maker and my Creator, and therefore the ruler in charge of my life. And so I deserve punishment of my wrongdoing too. We actually all deserve to be punished. We all deserve to go to hell. None of us are perfect-so none of us should be in God’s perfect kingdom. Now as I say this, I know it’s not an easy thing to hear. It’s not an easy thing for me to hear. But just because we don’t like something, doesn’t mean that it’s not true. And it’s not something that Jesus says flippantly or lightly, without caring. He doesn’t say it just to scare us. But he does say it to warn us-and to help us see how amazing it is that he offers us a way out. Because this is the amazing news-that even though we all deserve punishment, even though we deserve to go to hell, Jesus-God himself-has provided a way out for us. He doesn’t do this by leaving things unpunished, and so forgetting about justice. He does it by himself taking our place; in his death taking our punishment and himself experiencing hell so that we don’t have to. It seems to me as if this is a truly loving God. He loves the world enough to punish wrongdoing, and he loves people enough to take the punishment himself. He loves us enough to give us a choice: we can to ask him to be part of our lives now, and so avoid hell and look forward to enjoying his perfect eternal kingdom. A lot of people disregard God because they live in sin and it is easier and convenient to continue in such a life still, than start to change. Also, it may seem more peaceful to believe that God doesn't exist because then there is no hell and no punishment, therefore do whatever you want. Please ask anymore questions if you’d like. I love you and more importantly, so does God. I spent this time, with God being the orchestrator, to help you, is that not love?
@@horstwillibert4816 - I also want to add to the answer about the flood. God warned the people time and time again to turn from their sins up until he flooded the earth. So although God was upset and angry and sent his wrath upon the world, he still loved his creation so much that he never gave up on them. They had free will and chose to turn from him. They would have been damned till the day they died. Because their hearts were hard and they chose death.
Jeff Durbin is the first Pastor, I heard that mention the reason behind the tension between Hawaiians and Christianity. I like how Jeff established Christianity is not about American culture. It's about Jesus Christ who raises up all nations and loves all people.
Mad respect for you Pastor Jeff. I cannot wrap my head around how deep you know the word. Plus you have researched about other religions and know how to defend your faith. It's God filled and anointed. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾💕
Jeff, you are such a worthy disciple of Christ. I’ve learned so much from you on how to spread the word of Jesus’ blessing and gift to the world of sinners. Thank you so much for all you do.
For years I was part of the church being taught a false gospel. I knew in my heart that I was distant from the Lord, and I repeatedly would seek the council of leaders in the church only to be assured I would go to heaven and had nothing to worry about. By the grace of God I was turned from my sin to Christ and I now see the gospel for what it truly is. It was by going to a church that preached the word of God faithfully and without reserve that the Lord revealed himself to me. It’s so refreshing to see a pastor call out the false gospel for what it is and truly call believers to repentance. The power of the word of God is undeniable. No false gospel can compete with the Lord’s inspired text.
That's what it looks like! BOoM I love it, it feels so good to watch that and see someone humbly accept that gift of Christ's righteousness. God is great.
I've not heard them say that 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 is the gospel for salvation do! I have heard David and Philip say about the blood and the death, burial and resurrection but not state clearly that the gospel is what I put from Apostle Paul the apostle for gentiles! The Pastors are not taught that clearly that is why and many denominations even leave Paul out!!!
This was a Glorious Moment to witness. I have felt a calling for some time now, to go out and to open air preach. But i have struggled with sin however which has prevented me from being prepared to do this work, and i seek its Mortification and God’s Grace to walk in obedience. Please Pray for me brethren that i can Kill my sin and walk in Christ’s Joy once again.
You're not preaching your self. So, if you not asking them to follow you, then GO and tell them what He's done and how He continues to do a perfect work in you. Sanctification is not one and done. EVERY one of us still has sin to deal with, dear! Dont talk yourself out of grace. You are simply elevating your sin. You will never be"good" enough! That's the point. NONE are "good" but Him. Be careful not to make your leftover sin your message to yourself, moreso than Messiah's message for the world about Yahweh. Get on out there ❣️ Bless you .
This is amazing. You guys constantly present the Gospel clearly. Seeing some sins die off in my life right now and would love your prayer. I've decided I don't want to be 95%. I want to be 100%.
"you can know God NOW" why is it so difficult to understand? even Christian's and myself get caught up in thinking "I haven't gone to church in a while" or "i don't feel saved" it's about what Christ does for us and our faith in him, nothing else.
Yeah, isn't it ironic...we trust Christ for our salvation, and yet at times almost tell Him, it's ok, I got this now, and start to rely on our own works.
I couldn’t agree more. I was just thinking this tonight while watching Jeff’s videos and as a born again Christian myself I was just overcome with repentance all over again because I still slip into this idea of “being good enough” when I could never be good enough on my own. Period. This is while the Gospel is so needed and crucial. It’s something I need to be reminded of DAILY as my flesh tends to crave some sort of credit in my salvation. Blasphemy. I love these presentations on UA-cam they really help me come back to Jesus and grow. Absolutely amazing.
Wow! Halfway through this message I just realized, I've never heard anyone preach in the tone that Leonard ravenhill did, but here, Jeff is doing that very thing! Not so much with fire and brimstone preaching, but the loving tone, pleading with his fellow man so passionately. I'm so impressed with the love and the grace the Lord has blessed pastor Jeff with and it is very inspiring to ask the Lord to do the same in me.
God bless you Jeff, and God bless that gentlemen. I too suffered from addiction, I worked the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous and in doing so I was lead to Jesus, I was found by God, I was saved from a life of hate, arrogance, idolatry, gluttony. I was a slave to crime and addiction, but Jesus restored me and because of him I now practice love, mercy, humility, courage, integrity, honesty, patience, gratitude, service to others, perciverence, brotherly love, understanding, hope, willingness, and most importantly faith, faith in my savior Jesus Christ. I am truly redeemed. For those who are still suffering, there is hope, remember pain is mandatory suffering is optional, Jesus Christ will save you from your suffering, repent of your sins and have faith in Jesus Christ. God bless all of you
If you speak the true word, this kind of stuff, not only can happen, but will happen. Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. LAUS DEO
Praise be to God! Thank you Jeff for your ministry and your willingness to be a tool for the glory of the Risen Savior, Jesus the Christ!!! Much love to all!
Man I can't tell Apogia enough how inspiring and spiritually motivating these videos are for me. I've been watching yall for over a year now and still learning new things every time! I'm proud to be a member of apologia studios and look forward to a day when I can attend a church like this🙏.
This is so simple and beautiful. God never lies, He says by the word of our testimony and He meant it… wow so good! Praise God in all His glory I’m only happy when I’m praising Him. Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice, this truly is beautiful. I pray for evangelists to rise us in these days now, to help lead those who are willing to Christ Jesus! Please God raise them up on the spirit of John the Baptist in the spirit of Elijah Lord, give them the boldness but the grace and love to share your message. Help us all Lord and have mercy on us
Wow now that was powerful. I posted an angry message on a past video on preaching where there was some confrontation and it just didn't feel right, but the love of Christ was present in this interaction for sure.
What a powerful moment to see someone accepting God into their life and having a genuine moment of vulnerability and to see Pastor Jeff praying with him. I just feel like most people don’t experience that nowadays out in the open. I could feel God’s presence from here. I got chills. Thanks for sharing and God bless the both of you
Thanks Pastor Jeff! I live in the Middle East and I’m so desirous of His word. Great testimony of the man who placed his faith in Christ alone. God Bless you man. 1 Peter 3:15
I relate with that guy and his girlfriend situation, it really matters who you are with people. An ULTIMATELY Christian's should be looking for marriage with equally yoked BELIEVERS, And DO NOT play games thinking that you should put yourself in a relationship thinking you are going to bring them to Christ through the relationship, guard your heart.
He was pretty hook with that 29 number & deja vu experience. But I'm Glad how Jeff handled it and address both issues toward his girl and his conversion. I have had bunch of interview nothing like this tho, this one was pretty unique. Im impress of how much patience Jeff exercise.
LordofTheharvest73 I have experienced something like that. A lot of signs in a way..and I have to tell you that I really got scared cuz I didn't know from where I was receiving them..was it God or was it the devil? But I guess you have to see where they direct you to..good or evil. I read some jung to clear my mind..and I guess there is a supranatural world that God created for us. What do you make of it? Jews used to ask for signs..so maybe it is one way that God directs us.
May God bless this pastor in all his ministries.. I have been following Aoologia for a long time and love all the videos and sermons that Jeff preaches on .. May God use us in every way possible for His glory ❤ Let’s be amazing ambassadors for our King ! Amen 🙏
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25+ years of drugs and debauchery, my convictions overwhelm me so almost 3 years off of meth 30 days off of weed and pornography,, the vape is next, thank you Lord for never giving up on me..
please pray for me!
sonicgauge1 prayers sent bro
So how u doing after a year?
Glory To GOD!!!
I am so very thankful and grateful to our
FATHER GOD for your healing and realizing the truth!
Stay hidden in our LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!
Your story makes me so happy. I’m the mother of a recovering drug addict and Jesus saved her from it all. I am so great full to Jesus for stories like yours and hers❤️❤️❤️
The Greatest Man in history is Jesus. He had no servants, yet they called Him Master. He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher. He had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. He had no army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world. He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today, He had no wife, yet He's the Bridegroom, I love you Jesus with all my heart, strength and soul
Jesus was there as in his immortal state when God "said let us make Men including women in our image !
@Iroquois Pliskin Jesus, God ,Holy Spirit were having a census among themselves, do that's was what's up with the passage of scripture there.
Francesco cos its FLAT how do we know he didn’t have a Wife ?
Amen
@Andrew R Thank you.
We need more street preachers like Jeff
Steven Reed No, God never said to be a street preacher. God's word says to spread and to preach the Gospel to ALL nations. That's not street preaching, its obeying God.
@@matthewmccone2126 Jeff left his land, crossed a sea into Hawaii to spread the good news. Salvation is taken on an individual level so yes, Jeff is doing exactly what Christ said to do and what the apostles did, traveling to other land and preaching to laymen
@@TMuse1007 That's not street preaching, that's doing what God said. One's a religion, one's obedience. I myself travel and preach the Gospel, the brethren should do as so. Street preaching isn't biblical, nowhere is it found in God's word called street preaching.
@@TMuse1007 man puts a name on everything, God calls it obedience, not street preaching.
Steven Reed this was so exciting to watch . What I’ve noticed is Pastor Jeff is such a good listener , and never demeans anyone . He has compassion for the lost and this kind of evangelism is a gift .
everyyone please pray for me
Sure! What would you like me (and everyone who reads your comment) to petition Abba for? I will commit to pray for you. God bless!
I prayed for you. Pls pray for me too
Cause he commands us to pray for each other.
Hector Cavazos Jr Well said brother. :) We are commanded to pray for one another. For it brings more glory to God.
Done.
Mad respect to Jeff for not leading him into "praying Jesus in your heart" he said "there is not magical prayer" solid.
Praying.....is practicing faith from what i grasp. Its not effective all the time due to peoples nature (fallen or seperated from their creator).
I too am a former alcoholic and by Gods grace he has restored me to sanity and wholeness
Was it only God or did you start thinking about it differently?
@@pineapplaplatypotato In your opinion!
@@GailOwens That was a question, not an opinion
Praise God!
Alabemos al Señor!
Yes sure brother me as well. Amen
Baptisms, and seeing people dedicate their lives to Christ makes me so emotional. Lol, I'm a grown man and always cry when I see people give their hearts to the Lord.
My friend emotions such as tears of joy are precious and a gift of God. Never be ashamed of them! 😀
It made me cry too!
I LOVE how Apologia did their research and understood the culture before sharing the Gospel. While the Gospel is Universal.... and can be preached everywhere at any time, I do feel that "Listening and Empathy" is lacking in most evangelism attempts.. I Loved the message!
Andrew Wetterhan 100% agree as it is suggested in the bible ! thumbs up 100%
I agree brotha
Yea man I never even thought about that. So true. I never traveled. That’s probably why! :P
Andrew Wetterhan God said to study his word, not as a game nor religion, but to apply it to our lives amen.
I really enjoyed that too.
I have a drinking problem big time prayers please!!!
Sent.
Jerred McKenzie he delivers those that love Him. He rescues His children and leads them in triumph and gives them the victory in Christ. I had a serious drug addiction since I was 11. In 28 now. People thought I never would get clean and stay clean including myself. Meth brought me to homelessness and too many rehabs and jails to count. God prophesied through someone that the drugs wouldn't defeat me. I've messed up and stumbled so many times but I kept pursuing Jesus and He delivered me and taught me how to persevere when life got difficult and now I'm walking in victory and loving life. He's so real and I promise he can and will lead you to victory
We must give up our will because our will has no power...it's weak to sin!!! that's why we always fail, when we follow it.
Well say to ourselves "today I'm really going to try and do good"... but we fail before the day is even over because our will has no powe over evil we cannot do good by following our own will.. only evil..
.Only God's will has power, so we must ask God daily to help us to do His will because it's only His will that is good, it's only His will that has the poor over all evil...we must not go with our will, we must deny it...Jesus said "deny yourselves and follow me" His will has power over the flesh so we must not rely on ourselves but instead rely and trust in God.. I will be praying for you my brother.
King of Kings amen !!
Bless you brother. I had a drinking problem. Surround yourself with people who do not drink. Fill your life up with the things of God (take church, prayer groups and evangelism seriously) and trust God. You are free if you are in Christ, now it’s time to put the big boy pants on and live for him every waking moment. Your life is but a vapor, make an impact for your savior. He deserves it. I am sending prayers your way. In the name of Jesus be healed! Amen
Man if anyone get save it by the grace of God. It gets me 😭 and I start crying because someone is save ✝️❤️
Meeee right now 😭😭😭 praise the Lord!!!
This spoke to my spirit. I started to tear up.
Amen same here
Jarrod Headley same
Me too
Nothing is more beautiful than to feel the work of the Holy Spirit. God bless you Jeff!
May the Lord save him and keep him! Amen
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. Keep it up bro. God bless
Heavenly Father, please protect and bless this preacher and his family, in Yeshua Jesus name, Amen.
Man, I literally just bawled my eyes out when he said his mom told him he was being saved. That feeling...Nothing like it ❤
I can shamelessly say this made me tear up! Wonderful!
Tears are streaming down my face for this new birth--it's so beautiful! May the Holy Spirit lead you always in the true Way!
@Andrew R we all know what he meant, brother. Lol
Thank you, Jeff, God Bless you!
Wow. Praise God. Im so thrilled by this. I just got goosebumps as that young man said he did want forgiveness and to know Jesus.
God never ceases to leave us in awe haha. That guy wasn't evem from Hawaii and Jeff just happens to be there from Phoenix. No coincedence here. This was a divine appointment, its also super helpful to see this, a true gospel message preached and its effect on the those whom God has predestined to respond to it. Simply amazing. Praise God for you all.
Heres the thing though Mark.... By Jeff's OWN teaching... He claims that ONLY the elect can be saved.... and that they've already been pre-destined by God to be saved. Now, HOW does Jeff know that this man is one of those chosen by God??? He doesn't. Jesus died for EVERY man.... Not just some... but whosoever will believe on Jesus.... Even those who believe on his name.
Frankenberry's Rock n' Roll Revival I pray you read Romans eight & nine, Ephesians one, and Matthew 11 and John 6. Jesus died for those who chose to save. Salvation is only secure in that, in that it’s literally nothing we did
Frankenberry's Rock n' Roll Revival but that’s the thing, if he comes to Christ than he is part of the elect. We don’t know who is willing to hear Christ, that’s why we tell everyone the good news for anyone who is willing to hear the good news and repent from their sins.
This was beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I'm literally in tears right now from how beautiful that moment was
Jeff, You are truly a man of God, doing the work of the lord. It is not easy what you are doing.
May God continue to Bless your ministry.
Absolutely beautiful!
I had a similar experience. I was dating an unbeliever who I met before I got saved and I really loved him. I felt like he was tormenting me when I started to believe and I even said, you are tormenting my soul. We had to break up after many years. Always be equally yoked!!
My best friend and I have opposed view for religion. But we never felt the need to break up because of that and if religion would split us apart I would not accept any reason and turn right to her. Religion should not cast aside good people. Its sad to hear that religion was your reason, but you ex or you shouldn't use that.
YUE3899 Being in a romantic relationship with an unbeliever is totally different than being friends. It would be a very unwise decision to be in a romantic relationship with an unbeliever and would cause problems with your faith.
@@enriqueortiz131but what about questioning your religion to make your faith stronger? I still belive that good people should belong to each other.
YUE3899 The problem is that according to Romans, no one is good. We’re all sinners
@@enriqueortiz131 the one who has less flaws then XD
Beautiful. Love the conversation at the end. God's providence in that meeting is amazing.
At 14:42 Jeff stopped and interacted with that one man who later came back at the end of the video. Why did the man decide to turn around? I believe it was due to the God guiding Jeff to stop himself mid-speech and speak to this one individual, who was in search of God, possibly unlike the rest of the people who continued the rest of their daily lives walking in destruction. God is good.
God is good? You mean that god that decided to execute all living creatures on this planet in a great flood (including babies and children)? Or that god that demands that a man to sacrifice his child? Or that god that makes all creatures suffer because a woman ate an apple? Or that needy god that makes ppl worship him, otherwise he sends them to hell?
Anyways, about the great flood- I'm not extremely knowledgeable about this, as I try prioritize the New Testament first and still am a work in progress, but I did a little research to try to answer your question. In Genesis chapter 6, four reasons why God sent the Flood:'The wickedness of man was great in the earth' (v. 5), 'Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually' (v. 5)., 'The earth was filled with violence' (v. 11), and 'The earth...was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth' (v. 12). (All the people on earth had corrupted their way). God's mercy regarding the Flood is just as evident as His judgment, and is seen in the fact that God provided a way of escape for those who were prepared to believe what He had said, heed the warning He gave, and avail themselves of the means of salvation which He provided by instructing Noah to build the Ark (Genesis 6:14-16). The warnings given to Noah's generation are terrifyingly relevant today. When God's mercy is rejected, then His judgment must and will fall. But, as in the days of Noah, so now God has both given warning of the judgment to come and provided a way of salvation. The Ark was the only refuge from divine judgment then and it had to be entered by faith. As such it speaks to us of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Saviour for sinful mankind today, whose death on the Cross must be appropriated by faith. 'For by grace are ye saved through faith' (Ephesians 2:8); 'Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved' (Acts 4:12). As the Apostle Paul declares, 'I declare unto you the Gospel...By which also ye are saved...how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that He rose again the third day' (1 Corinthians 15: 1-4).
As for the sacrifice of the child you are referring to, I think you have been misinformed. God tested Abraham. Here, God commanded Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice. After Isaac is bound to an altar, a messenger from God stops Abraham at the last minute, saying "now I know you fear God." Abraham looks up and sees a ram and sacrifices it instead of Isaac. God is against murder, this was a test to see if Abraham valued his only son more highly or God. This test was meant to bring him closer to God and after, Abraham was not the same person, as this had to occur to change him. God then blessed Him and consequently, following nations. It never was God’s intention for Abraham to actually sacrifice his son. Rather, what we have in this account is a glimpse into how God orchestrates history with small changes in the past that lead to huge changes in the future. It also is an example of how God gives us hints in the past of what will happen in the future.[3] In this case, some 2,000 years later on that same mountain, God Himself, in the person of Jesus the Messiah, took humanity’s place on the altar to satisfy the demands of perfect justice, so that He could then carry out the demands of perfect love for every person who will put their trust in Christ for forgiveness of their sins and for eternal life.
Next response to your question: Adam & Eve [man & woman] became responsible for every life form that came out of them and their progeny, that is you & me. Down to this day, we are the progeny of this Adam and his wife Eve. Thus ALL men have sinned and fall short of the glory of God our creator. Think of it as when a person makes a cake and drops the cake pan and puts a dent into the pan. Every cake being produced by that cake pan will have that identical dent built into it.That dent my friend is the SIN of Adam & Eve. Also as we inherit that dent, we also inherit the sufferings of diseases and sickness which ultimately leads us all to death.
Why does God want to be worshipped? Is it because he needs constant affirmation? Is he divinely insecure, so he requires us to praise him day and night? NO! Our worship glorifies God, but he doesn’t need it. So why does God tell us to do these things? For our benefit! God demands, seeks, and requests our worship because He deserves it, because it is the nature of a Christian to worship Him, and because our eternal destiny depends upon it. That is the theme of redemptive history: to worship the true, living, and glorious God. Some people object that worship is degrading and therefore God shouldn't require it. Yet what is worship? Worship is not groveling before God, nor is it performing meaningless rituals. God hates hypocrisy and insincere worship (Hos 6:6, Is 1:11-17). What God does tell us to do is to love him (Mt 22:35-40). Loving God includes praising him, thanking him and obeying him (1 Jn 5:3). If God is perfect, then he deserves praise, and his commands are good commands that should be obeyed. Worshiping God is not degrading to us, but actually benefits us: Worshiping God fulfills us and makes us happy. Worshiping God puts us into the proper relationship with him, in the sense that we are acknowledging that he is God and deserves worship, and doing what he wants us to do. By worshiping God, we acknowledge his perfection, which is the first step in learning from him: we realize he's a perfect teacher, and then we are willing for him to teach us and increase our wisdom and morality. Publicly expressed worship is one way that people find out who God is. When they come to know God, they too will find fulfillment and grow into better people, which benefits not only them but society at large.
For your hell question: The Bible says that hell is a place without any of the good things that God gives us and which we enjoy today, such as friendship, love, joy-it’s an awful place. And so why can’t God just forgive everyone, and let anyone into heaven? Why does he insist in a seemingly cruel way that some people must go to hell? Well the Bible says that God is loving, and it also says that he will send some people to hell-so could it be that both things are true at the same time? I’d like to briefly give a couple of suggestions as to why this is the case.
Just because God is loving, does not mean that he loves everything-there are some things that God doesn’t love, that in fact he hates. So he doesn’t love murder, or abuse, or selfishness, or pride. Actually, if he is loving, then he will hate these things. It wouldn’t be very loving of God to look at something like child abuse and say: “Well, I’m not really that bothered.” So God is loving-and yet he doesn’t love everything. And because this loving God hates bad things, he does something about it. And this is good news. We all have a kind of a sense of justice-so it’s good news that people who mistreat others are not allowed into God’s perfect kingdom, but are shut out-that is, they’re sent to hell. It’s loving of a just God to hate and punish wrongdoing, so that only perfect things are in his perfect kingdom. Now I guess not many of us have a problem with the idea of famously bad people facing punishment-but this actually leaves us with a problem too, because none of us are perfect. None of us have treated God, or treated each other, in the perfect way we were intended to. If I’m honest, I know I haven’t treated people as I should. I’ve hurt people, I’ve ignored their needs, actually I’ve upset even some of the people I love the most. And I haven’t treated God as I should-as my Maker and my Creator, and therefore the ruler in charge of my life. And so I deserve punishment of my wrongdoing too. We actually all deserve to be punished. We all deserve to go to hell. None of us are perfect-so none of us should be in God’s perfect kingdom. Now as I say this, I know it’s not an easy thing to hear. It’s not an easy thing for me to hear. But just because we don’t like something, doesn’t mean that it’s not true. And it’s not something that Jesus says flippantly or lightly, without caring. He doesn’t say it just to scare us. But he does say it to warn us-and to help us see how amazing it is that he offers us a way out. Because this is the amazing news-that even though we all deserve punishment, even though we deserve to go to hell, Jesus-God himself-has provided a way out for us. He doesn’t do this by leaving things unpunished, and so forgetting about justice. He does it by himself taking our place; in his death taking our punishment and himself experiencing hell so that we don’t have to. It seems to me as if this is a truly loving God. He loves the world enough to punish wrongdoing, and he loves people enough to take the punishment himself. He loves us enough to give us a choice: we can to ask him to be part of our lives now, and so avoid hell and look forward to enjoying his perfect eternal kingdom.
A lot of people disregard God because they live in sin and it is easier and convenient to continue in such a life still, than start to change. Also, it may seem more peaceful to believe that God doesn't exist because then there is no hell and no punishment, therefore do whatever you want. Please ask anymore questions if you’d like. I love you and more importantly, so does God. I spent this time, with God being the orchestrator, to help you, is that not love?
@@horstwillibert4816 - I also want to add to the answer about the flood. God warned the people time and time again to turn from their sins up until he flooded the earth. So although God was upset and angry and sent his wrath upon the world, he still loved his creation so much that he never gave up on them. They had free will and chose to turn from him. They would have been damned till the day they died. Because their hearts were hard and they chose death.
I am tearing up. This is a beautiful thing. Praise God.
Thank you Jesus , ANOTHER brother got Saved. Praise you Jesus.
Thank you SO MUCH Pastor Jeff🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
I am binge watching so I can learn how to give the gospel
Thanks God HE SAVED ME✝️✝️✝️✝️Thanks Jesus my Lord😃😅👏👏
The most moving video I've ever seen on UA-cam.
The Fallen State youtube channel has great content as well. He attracts haters on purpose.
Jeff Durbin is the first Pastor, I heard that mention the reason behind the tension between Hawaiians and Christianity. I like how Jeff established Christianity is not about American culture. It's about Jesus Christ who raises up all nations and loves all people.
Man. I cant stop crying after watching this. So powerful. Amazing work Jeff
What a beautiful, glorious message
I couldn't have said it any better.
Glory to God the Father, our LORD Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit ❤
3 years later UA-cam recommended this again. Still beautiful ❤️
Mad respect for you Pastor Jeff. I cannot wrap my head around how deep you know the word. Plus you have researched about other religions and know how to defend your faith. It's God filled and anointed. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾💕
God bless you Jeff!!!!
Jeff, you are such a worthy disciple of Christ. I’ve learned so much from you on how to spread the word of Jesus’ blessing and gift to the world of sinners. Thank you so much for all you do.
I truly admire this ministry so mucH. Durbin your such a blessing and are truly appreciated
For years I was part of the church being taught a false gospel. I knew in my heart that I was distant from the Lord, and I repeatedly would seek the council of leaders in the church only to be assured I would go to heaven and had nothing to worry about. By the grace of God I was turned from my sin to Christ and I now see the gospel for what it truly is.
It was by going to a church that preached the word of God faithfully and without reserve that the Lord revealed himself to me.
It’s so refreshing to see a pastor call out the false gospel for what it is and truly call believers to repentance.
The power of the word of God is undeniable. No false gospel can compete with the Lord’s inspired text.
That's what it looks like! BOoM I love it, it feels so good to watch that and see someone humbly accept that gift of Christ's righteousness.
God is great.
Praise the Lord! So glad to see this young man come to know our Lord PERSONALLY! Lord please guide him in YOUR way, and show him YOUR grace. Aman
Pray for the salvation of my family please
He just saved a mans soul ON CAMERA (Yes I know it was God who saved his soul but you know what I mean). INCREDIBLE!!!!
Thanks Jesus for saving this man 😊
Thank you for your Holy Boldness! I aspire to be like you.
You, David lynn and Philip Blair are doing a good job in reaching out to the lost God bless your ministries
I've not heard them say that 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 is the gospel for salvation do! I have heard David and Philip say about the blood and the death, burial and resurrection but not state clearly that the gospel is what I put from Apostle Paul the apostle for gentiles! The Pastors are not taught that clearly that is why and many denominations even leave Paul out!!!
in tears of joy this brother just got saved!!! there's a party going on in heaven! this is so unbelievably awesome!
This was a Glorious Moment to witness. I have felt a calling for some time now, to go out and to open air preach. But i have struggled with sin however which has prevented me from being prepared to do this work, and i seek its Mortification and God’s Grace to walk in obedience.
Please Pray for me brethren that i can Kill my sin and walk in Christ’s Joy once again.
Go out and preach regardless. Someone needs to hear the gospel
Isn't that the point? To share our imperfections while we strive to walk a divine path.
You're not preaching your self. So, if you not asking them to follow you, then GO and tell them what He's done and how He continues to do a perfect work in you. Sanctification is not one and done.
EVERY one of us still has sin to deal with, dear! Dont talk yourself out of grace. You are simply elevating your sin. You will never be"good" enough!
That's the point. NONE are "good" but Him.
Be careful not to make your leftover sin your message to yourself, moreso than Messiah's message for the world about Yahweh.
Get on out there ❣️
Bless you .
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord Jesus!
That encounter with that man at the end made me tear up. It's beautiful when God saves people.
Thank you Jesus , for Jeff & those servants like him that you provide to us for guidance & instruction & an example.
This is so wonderfully beautiful, praise God
Best Gospel preaching I've ever seen.
Pastor Jeff. U do a blessed work.
I was thinking the SAME things you told this man. God is the same yesterday, today and forever!
This is amazing. You guys constantly present the Gospel clearly. Seeing some sins die off in my life right now and would love your prayer. I've decided I don't want to be 95%. I want to be 100%.
Praise the Lord. God bless you pastor for you brought this child to the Lord to be saved. That is why our work is so importend.
YAAAASSSSSSS. God is sooooo good.
Amen :)
That’s right!!!
mstramaine yes* yas is slang.
God bless you, Pastor Jeff Durbin. You're awesome. 👍🏻😎
"you can know God NOW"
why is it so difficult to understand? even Christian's and myself get caught up in thinking "I haven't gone to church in a while" or "i don't feel saved" it's about what Christ does for us and our faith in him, nothing else.
Because man thinks we're good
Yeah, isn't it ironic...we trust Christ for our salvation, and yet at times almost tell Him, it's ok, I got this now, and start to rely on our own works.
Have you read a book called The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson?
I couldn’t agree more. I was just thinking this tonight while watching Jeff’s videos and as a born again Christian myself I was just overcome with repentance all over again because I still slip into this idea of “being good enough” when I could never be good enough on my own. Period. This is while the Gospel is so needed and crucial. It’s something I need to be reminded of DAILY as my flesh tends to crave some sort of credit in my salvation. Blasphemy. I love these presentations on UA-cam they really help me come back to Jesus and grow. Absolutely amazing.
Wow! Halfway through this message I just realized, I've never heard anyone preach in the tone that Leonard ravenhill did, but here, Jeff is doing that very thing! Not so much with fire and brimstone preaching, but the loving tone, pleading with his fellow man so passionately. I'm so impressed with the love and the grace the Lord has blessed pastor Jeff with and it is very inspiring to ask the Lord to do the same in me.
This is a perfect example of a street evangelist or street preacher, praise God for you.
God bless you Jeff, and God bless that gentlemen. I too suffered from addiction, I worked the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous and in doing so I was lead to Jesus, I was found by God, I was saved from a life of hate, arrogance, idolatry, gluttony. I was a slave to crime and addiction, but Jesus restored me and because of him I now practice love, mercy, humility, courage, integrity, honesty, patience, gratitude, service to others, perciverence, brotherly love, understanding, hope, willingness, and most importantly faith, faith in my savior Jesus Christ. I am truly redeemed.
For those who are still suffering, there is hope, remember pain is mandatory suffering is optional, Jesus Christ will save you from your suffering, repent of your sins and have faith in Jesus Christ. God bless all of you
If you speak the true word, this kind of stuff, not only can happen, but will happen. Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
LAUS DEO
Praise God. I'm really starting to respect Pastor Jeff and all that he is doing for the kingdom. Blessings to him and his church.
So beautiful. Praise God!
If anyone can read this please pray for me. I’m desperate
I have prayed for you.
Strong Tower thank you!
No magic prayer beautiful take that Joel osteen thanks jeff for sharing your drug story I too have struggled ty ty for your love
Praise be to God! Thank you Jeff for your ministry and your willingness to be a tool for the glory of the Risen Savior, Jesus the Christ!!! Much love to all!
Jeff one of the most beautiful videos I've seen in a long long time. God bless brother.
Jesus is life, our whole world, our purpose. Glory to God in the Highest.
19:42-22:50 That is a beautiful, powerful preach, right there.
felip uno Amen!!!
SO good to see another saved. He just needed to make that final step into repentance and acceptance of Christ in faith. So good
The work of Jesus on display
This was so precious. I’m weeping. Thank you Lord
Hey sister! How are you?! Great message indeed! Love their ministry.
God bless y’all at Apologia!!!📣
Man I can't tell Apogia enough how inspiring and spiritually motivating these videos are for me. I've been watching yall for over a year now and still learning new things every time! I'm proud to be a member of apologia studios and look forward to a day when I can attend a church like this🙏.
Wow, this was awesome.
I loved the compassion in Jeff’s voice. This was something I needed to hear today.
Beautiful
This is so simple and beautiful. God never lies, He says by the word of our testimony and He meant it… wow so good! Praise God in all His glory I’m only happy when I’m praising Him. Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice, this truly is beautiful. I pray for evangelists to rise us in these days now, to help lead those who are willing to Christ Jesus! Please God raise them up on the spirit of John the Baptist in the spirit of Elijah Lord, give them the boldness but the grace and love to share your message. Help us all Lord and have mercy on us
Wow now that was powerful. I posted an angry message on a past video on preaching where there was some confrontation and it just didn't feel right, but the love of Christ was present in this interaction for sure.
What a powerful moment to see someone accepting God into their life and having a genuine moment of vulnerability and to see Pastor Jeff praying with him. I just feel like most people don’t experience that nowadays out in the open. I could feel God’s presence from here. I got chills. Thanks for sharing and God bless the both of you
Amazing sermon
Thanks Pastor Jeff! I live in the Middle East and I’m so desirous of His word. Great testimony of the man who placed his faith in Christ alone. God Bless you man. 1 Peter 3:15
Hi Jeff, I liked that you were holding the Bible up in your hand while you were preaching. I think God honors that.
Best thing I have ever seen! What a clear picture of the call of God and the sheep hearing his voice. Amen brother! Amen
God bless you and him
Powerful! God bless you, Jeff! I love how you use God's Sword!
I relate with that guy and his girlfriend situation, it really matters who you are with people.
An ULTIMATELY Christian's should be looking for marriage with equally yoked BELIEVERS, And DO NOT play games thinking that you should put yourself in a relationship thinking you are going to bring them to Christ through the relationship, guard your heart.
Pastor Jeff, gracias por predicar el mensaje de SALVACIÓN a los perdidos.
¡Dios lo bendiga!
He was pretty hook with that 29 number & deja vu experience. But I'm Glad how Jeff handled it and address both issues toward his girl and his conversion. I have had bunch of interview nothing like this tho, this one was pretty unique. Im impress of how much patience Jeff exercise.
LordofTheharvest73 I have experienced something like that. A lot of signs in a way..and I have to tell you that I really got scared cuz I didn't know from where I was receiving them..was it God or was it the devil? But I guess you have to see where they direct you to..good or evil. I read some jung to clear my mind..and I guess there is a supranatural world that God created for us. What do you make of it? Jews used to ask for signs..so maybe it is one way that God directs us.
God works in mysterious ways. He does signs and wonders
May God bless this pastor in all his ministries.. I have been following Aoologia for a long time and love all the videos and sermons that Jeff preaches on .. May God use us in every way possible for His glory ❤
Let’s be amazing ambassadors for our King !
Amen 🙏
Why would anyone dislike this
What an amazing Gospel presentation! What a blessing from the Lord! All honor and praise to our God!
Amen. ....praise GOD
Jeff is someone really special. He struck me the same way.
Praise God! I hope he got a Bible and a church and baptized. :D
Praise God!
Love this brother.....he's very bold and wanna be like this