Saved or Uncertain: The Security of the Believer - Ask Pastor Tim
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Many people are in distress of soul wondering if they're a Christian or not. They appear to have been saved but then are plagued with severe doubts and fears about whether they were truly converted. But for some of these people, the problem may very well be that their foundation, in the beginning, was not Jesus Christ, but something else.
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Man doesn't come to God, except that the Holy Spirit draws him to God!
Please join with me to continue Praying for God to free My Brother of his Drug Addiction & for my Brother to draw closer to God
Amen, sister. May the Lord listen to your cry.
Praying. Please also, pray for my brother, in the very same situation. Alcoholism and drug addiction.
Scarlett Snow Praying
Thank you Pastor Tim, I have had struggles similar to the person who wrote in. The most comforting thing in those times is remembering the gospel, just remembering that nothing can bring God's word into question or change the truth of Jesus calms me.
ryan alving
I wrote that letter. I’ve since put this situation behind me. I’ve struggled with many other things but I found a way to ease the burdens: simply trusting Jesus and giving him the things that weigh me down. If God has it, we don’t need to worry anymore and the anxiety has no more power.
Amen 💗
@@underwaves75
While I was at first KJV only, and it remains my preferred translation to read, I have since become convinced that it is the spirit of the Scripture which is primarily important over and above the letter. That a translation which faithfully conveys the meaning of the original text still conveys God's intended message from the original language in the vernacular. I appreciate your zeal. God be with you.
@@matthewzbornak6880 I'm SO glad to hear this. Praise the Lord. I was concerned about you while I'm listening 4 years later. I struggle a lot too in similar ways, but I cling to the Lord as well. Keep clinging to him.
Hallelujah to the Lamb of God
May our only hope be in him in Jesus most blessed name amen
I believe if you come to Christ to truly in repentance and faith he will save you from your sin and the more you walk with him by abiding in his word the more you have confidence in him the more He makes you wise unto salvation even in your trials for progressively you will bear the fruitful peace of righteousness as his word increases in you.Hold fast to Christ and take him at his word."My son,if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,if you seek it like silver and search for it is as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find knowledge in him." Proverbs 2:1-5
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom
This sounds like a friend of mine who felt God was saying he needed to stop taking his meds and if he didn’t that was his last chance. He then started to envision snakes or other creatures coming out of things - I don’t know if maybe he was hallucinating from his meds - but he thought God had shut the door on him. Nothing anyone said seemed to comfort him. Years went by and he was on disability - couldn’t work. He then seemingly got healed and really has clung to the Lord PTL.
This was such a Beautiful message, so beautiful .I am totally awe struck at the work of God in saving a person and how much precious is it to have CHRIST Above all things. Thankyou Brother Tim.
This is excellent. So true in my life too! Thank you Pastor Tim!
I am truly grateful that after prayer to be lead to these teachings on the channel. Thank you
Dear Pr Tim... Love very much how you come thoroughly prepared to help out people's questions, concerns, fears, clarification to find & have peace & clarity reassurance only that christ can give...
God bless & your ministry... R.
HI from Australia 🇦🇺
In John 16:8-10 , Jesus defined the sin of the world .
The worlds sin is it refuses to believe in me..
Thank you for this t
Faith without works is dead....
But because thou art lukewarm...
Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord’....
thats true, but that isnt the reason for this video, many are already doubting their salvation and wont come to God on that day saying Lord Lord, as they dont see themselves worthy enough in the first place
Craig Neeve, that’s the whole problem though. We’re not worthy.
@@PatrickFarrell_KJV Gods love starts with Him and ends with him in spite of our unworthiness
A.Krishna, yes, you’re right. But remember He hated Esau. He called Herod a fox. He said it would have been better had Judas Iscariot never to have been born.
God calls us to be holy. Can anyone attain this? No. But that’s the goal. He says, “But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.”
This channel, “I’ll Be Honest” is very good. They preach repentance. Repentance is necessary for salvation.
God bless your day.
@@PatrickFarrell_KJV I thought about that once, but (this is debatable, but this is my thought), God made a covenant with David, not Esau, or Judas. David's covenant continues with Jesus. We are in Jesus, we will not be snatched away. BUT I am not undermining the cruciality of working out our salvation with fear and trembling. Because I went through a time where I thought I became Esau, which tempted me to give up. See we have to be careful throwing Esau and Judas' example, because both of them never belonged, and by which spirit we throw around Esau's name might cause Godly or worldly sorrow in someone else. We are not of Esau, but the promised passed down from Jacob, to Joseph, Moses, David, Elijah and Jesus. But correct me if I'm wrong.
My question for this guy would be, when he believed he was saved, was his heart and mind changed to effectually cause him to hate sins he once enjoyed while finding joy in righteousness things he once thought was foolishness? There's so much that I don't know, but this I know. Once you're saved, you literally are sickened in your gut by sin and grieved until you rebuke it or separate yourself from it. If this guy experienced this change, that change is still prevalent in him, and he needs to only remember from where God brought him. On the other hand, if this guy has not experienced this change, and has remained in a state where sin is pleasurable, he should fall on his face daily until he does experience it, for I fear for his soul, that he was NEVER saved.
Tell this to the adulterer fornicaror in 1st Corinthians. Hating sin is no sign of salvation. Believing on the Lord by faith is!
@@joe2825 he was a reprobate
Paul said to forgive the man because he repented, so he wasnt a reprobate
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;
James 1:19
omhgggg this verse popped up twice from completely different sources
I think some of Tim's videos are very confusing for those who lack assurance. He would do well to read John Bunyan's Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and Richard Baxter's Cure of Melancholy and Overmuch Sorrow.
If you desire to hear God speak, open your Bible.
Pastor Tim, I hope you see this comment! Please, take it as a friendly request! I watch you consequently and sometimes you tend to explain something but in your mind comes another idea, and you do not go with the initial idea to the end, you don't finish your initial idea, or what do you want to explain from the beginning. As exemple: 0:31..... 0:35.... and is not the only time! And you're losing me! I lose the main idea you want to say! Please try to finish the idea that you begin with, and continue with the other one! You do a great job among youth... you inspire me and my husband in the work with teenagers! God bless His work in you, through you!! Greetings from Romania!
I felt a wave feeling over me after I was saved amongst other things such as the holy spirit indwelling into me, never heard the audible voice, I don't know what this is. The letter is confusing and I do not like to hear people continuing to let the enemy mess with their assurance.
I also felt a wave the night I was saved. But some seconds after I believed and accepted that I can't save myself and that Jesus is my Saviour. I said to myself that I will forgive everyone even God if he sends me to hell because that is what I deserve and I believed that afterward.
But right after I thought that in my mind God spoke to me in an audible voice that I don't have to go to hell. I said to him in my mind that I don't know how to fix my past sins noar that I remember them. And God told me: You are all ready forgiven.
2 things I learned from this. It's not necessary to confess all your sins and seconds that salvation is an event in which you are declared rightouss by God through your faith in Jesus.
“Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.” Proverbs 17:13 KJV
“If you do wrong to those who were good to you, you will have trouble the rest of your life.” Proverbs 17:13 ERV
“Whoever pays back evil for good- evil will never leave his home.” Proverbs 17:13 GOD’S WORD TRANSLATION
This is how a curse starts in a family. If the family approves/enablers of the evil doings (being partakers of sins), receiving of the plagues of the perpetrator of the sin.
The Holy Bible instructs:
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Revelation 18:4 KJV
Mark 16:17-18 read "this"! "Those who believe!"
Sanctification is evidence as is a growing love for the Lord
So it’s a matter of “when” they go to Christ-- not “if” they go to Christ? Based on the doctrine of election that not one will be lost...
lee Radio we absolutely have a choice and a God given free will to choose. "choose you this day whom you will serve"
8:00 here is your works based gospel. He says, if your confidence was right in the begginning. Its not our confidence. Its believing in the Lord Jesus, you will saved. Its just simple belief, God does it all. Its not my confidence.
Dont get people to look and wonder, did I have enough confidence years ago, did I say the right things, did I really mean it? Away from this legalism!
Your desire does not override Christ and his grace. By grace you ARE saved through faith.
Does the promise that they will not turn away from me mean necessarily that the Christian will at no point be turned away from God?
I (James) personally take John 6:37 to most precisely apply to the believer--that the one who has come will never be turned away, or cast out. Now that does not mean we ignore the warning passages and go live in sin--the true believer cannot continue in that path because the Lord who promised to not cast them out will discipline them (Hebrews 12) and use means to draw them back after him.
Pastor Tim might answer questions the slowest I have ever seen haha
Alex Musser I think that’s a good thing.
@@jesusisrisen1202 what a wonderful response! Thank you!
Allissa Womack Glory to God! As an evangelist this helps me in my area of discernment concerning particular encounters with many false converts or truly sincere believers who are struggling with notions of false-condemnation.
Jesus Is Risen
If it should clarify anything, you shouldn’t treat anyone as a false convert unless they confide it in you. I wrote that letter and now that he’s gone through it, I really wish I put in a longer preface and I explained the situation a bit more so that he wouldn’t say “well maybe you never had faith to begin with” because I have to say, my conversion wasn’t a simple one. Asking Jesus to save me when I was ready to kill my self wasn’t fun. The God I spent my life hating so much was the one that rescued me from the mental and emotional anguish that had built up over the course of years and years. I believed after it was taken away and I couldn’t pull back my belief. There was no other God at that point. There was and still is only Christ. So if someone says they believe, even if they sin, they probably really do believe. They may just be having some trouble. Or their belief/trust in Christ has been marred and they need a pick-me-up.
Hey! Why did the other guy delete his response?
how do people send letters to Tim??
Through their website. Just be aware, I sent mine on November 28th and it came in February. There should be a link to their site somewhere on their UA-cam page. But I think the domain name is “Letsbehonest” or something like that.
I dont know if im saved I have so much confusion I sent a letter to Tim though so hope it gets answered at some point
I wrote that letter on November 28th and it was just posted today. It will take a hand full of months. Just be aware of that.
The point of what he is saying is if your confidence in Jesus has wavered then you should question the foundation of your salvation. But what is also important is that you will have times of trouble (like the apostles who at times were troubled terribly). Now whether this is in reference to sin in the life of the believer - I am uncertain.
If I may make a suggestion? Trust Jesus with your salvation - just that simple. Trust him with your salvation. You should still follow and seek him, but as you follow him and as you seek him just trust that he will hold on to you. We trust in Christ and love our brothers. That is simple right? It doesn’t burden you, right? At least I hope not too much. By putting your efforts into loving your brothers and trusting God you show your faith and perform James 2:24 by your acts and prayers of love.
I hope this helps, Mike.
@@matthewzbornak6880 Thank you that helps a great deal :) my foundation has never been shaken in Jesus I know He is everything and I can say with the Apsotles like Tim mentioned where else can I go ? Jesus is it He is salvation bit the problem I have is I dont see to much of a change in me I mean I have new desires I didnt have before but my flesh 9/10 times overides them and I fall to sin and other things and I get discouraged because I want to seek Him with all my heart but I dont think all my heart is in it because I get distracted amd things but Im not throwingin the towel I want Him and I know He died for me thats for sire its weather ive had the nesscasary saving faith im unsure of I think that voice was not God you heard by the way impossible to say really I mean was it a frigtining voice or authoritive but mot nasty ?
Mike Hill
The voice was terribly frightening but it didn’t really have a tone. The sound of thunder becoming words instead of just normal booming can really make you feel belittled and small and scared.
Regarding saving faith, simply act on your belief. Jesus said, “anyone who gives even a cup of water to one of these little ones *in My Name* will be rewarded”. The water is given to a child in the name of Jesus (or for the sake of Jesus). The action of giving the water and the purpose of Jesus’s name are both simple. This mercy to others is simple. You haven’t cast God out of your thoughts like the heathens in Romans 1.
Trust Jesus and the Father with your sins. Our God is mercy, right? Trust God with your sins like a child that was caught red-handed. There’s no need to hide them. If your sins trouble you, confess them because God promises to forgive us in our confessions. “Though you fall seven times a day, God himself will lift you up!” Don’t let anything get in the way of your trust in Jesus. It doesn’t matter what it is - just trust him. Hard times will come, but trust they suit his purposes. You may be cheated, but trust him. You may sin but trust him. You may be weak but trust him.
When I asked to hear God’s voice, it was because someone had asked which religion was the correct one and they were pointed to the Bible as though God was convicting them - so because I heard that, my faith was convicted to hear his voice and so I asked to hear God’s voice, so trust him and he will have mercy and help you. I was given an odd message. But no matter what - I trust him.
@@matthewzbornak6880 I can say now I'm less confident in my salvation. I read so many things I'm baptism I'm not sure that I was baptized correctly, I'm afraid if I was not I will be doomed to hell. and just a week before my baptism for some weird reason I started having doubts, I went ahead and got baptized anyway because I knew it was Satans messing with my head. I am reading the word day and night, I asked God to let me know if my baptism has been valid what I'm just not hearing back from him. I got baptized out of obedience of course. I just am unsure what to do in my situation. I'm still pressing on ignoring my doubts but it keeps creeping up on me. Please let me know your thoughts.
@@Goldtaker23 Sometimes i feel the same.
always save no matter way is false
that is not what the bible says
read about the luke warm christian
read the bible not the entertainers
Do we believe works is a requirement for salvation through Christ ? That once truly converted by Christ’s blood for our sins that we can negate that through our sins. Every thought, every action, everything you do could most certainly be considered sin against the lord. Even if you do good works they may not be gods will which is a sin against god. 2 Sam 6:6-7. We are saved through Christ, we will not be able to uphold the law which is why Christ needed to come.
@@BlessedBeJESUSCHRIST the Messiah guided believers to learn from and keep the commandments and teachings as taught to them, that they were good for their physical as well as spiritual well-being, and furthermore than when the Messiah returns believers will be commended for keeping the teachings, whereas other believers will be sent away from the first gathering because they disregarded the teachings and practised evil
Teth you need to acknowledge what I said. We can not stop sinning in the flesh while on this earth. Your talking about rewards. Not salvation. A true convert cannot continue to live in sin without being chastised, but to say you can lose it because we sin after we will fail. We sin the moment we wake up till fall asleep, we break the 2 commandments always.
@@BlessedBeJESUSCHRIST what do you take imperfect to mean, that we don't try and say it makes no difference ? Is this what the Gospels say, don't try anyway because we are imperfect, we are to live our lives by the teachings, including most of all learning to be kind and understanding with others. We can see in the Gospels there will be those who are commended, namely for being good and kind, and those, believers no less, who are sent away from the time of the first gathering because they practised evil (Matthew 24:48 - 51)
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
(Micah 6:8)
Teth you seem to have your own agenda as your putting words in people’s mouths. I just stated we are saved by grace and grace alone. Once you are saved through Christ there is absolutely nothing you can do to change that. As we are not saved by works but grace alone
8:45 so wrong herem. It doesnt matter how you live. Righteousness is imputed by FAITH! You have Christs righteousness and no need for your own. If your performance after salvation dictates your standing with Christ, who already reckoned you righteous the moment you believe, then why need Christ? You cant add to his finished work! Righteousness by faith. Have you begun in the spirt and now seek to be perfected in the flesh?
Away with your legality!
Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?! Then they laid hands on them and prayed for them and they began to speak in tongues as the spirit gave them utterance. This is the promise to you and your children and to all who are afar off, as many as the lord our God shall call!
How can i be sure I received the Holy Ghost?
@@indigenousbeauty6951 Dont enter the charismatic, you get sealed with the holy spirit, if you believe
* 42:54...
If you Feel uncertain..you are Not Saved. Jesus is the Only One Who Can Save you and the Only One who can Make you Feel Saved. You cannot just believe yourself Saved and you are.
Umm, yes you can. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and YOU WILL BE SAVED! Everything else is works and not salvation. Righteousness (right standing with God) comes by Faith (just believing).
Joseph Wehrwein
Jesus is the Only One Who can Save You. He Saves and Frees You from Religion..the Bible..the church..men’s false doctrines. He Saves and frees you from it all. If you are still addicted to religion..you are Not Saved or Free. Jesus Saved and Freed His people from the religion of the Pharisees in His Day and that is what He does ToDay. You are still addicted to your Religion.
That is not the case. God allows doubts in his legitimate children to grow their faith when He inevitably comes through, and His child will praise Him the more for overcoming those doubts
@@Angelalex242
I know what Jesus Did to Save me.