I'll Be Honest

What about that person who does not believe but says they want to believe, and they want to repent? … but they claim to not believe or have repented because God hasn’t given them faith and repentance? That person is in a dangerous place. Why? Because what they’re doing is, in essence, blaming God for the fact they aren’t saved. They're saying it’s God’s fault because God hasn’t given them faith an...

The world we live in is so full of strife, problems, division, and contention. But we need to remember that this doesn't just happen in the world, but it can also creep into the church. And we as Christians need to be on guard against this and combat it. In summary, we need to be peacemakers. Christians are peacemakers, not troublemakers.

Your problem is never that you are too weak. As a matter of fact, what God does in our lives, from the moment we are born again and until we die, is He is constantly working to create weakness in us. The problem is not that you are weak; the problem is that we don't know how weak we are; because that weakness would drive us to prayer. Just as being truly incarnate drove our Savior to prayer. - Pau...

What other higher calling can there be than to oversee Christ's Church and be a steward to care for His Bride until He returns? And who more suitable to take on this task than men who are called of God and qualified according to His Word? Outline: 0:00​ - [Intro - Questions and Answers] 0:55​ - Question 1 - Due to the difficulty of ministry, is it worth the cost? 5:07​ - Almost everything is cured...

Any Christian can say that they love the church, but we need to remember that there's a difference between loving your church and loving your ministry in the church. Do you love your church because you love God's people and want to serve them in any way that God equips you? Or is your love only a pretense because you're really wanting to use them to elevate your ministry?

We can't stress enough the vital importance of correct doctrine and theology about God. But we also need to remember that correct understanding about the doctrine of God without knowing God Himself is a spiritually barren wasteland. God didn't just save us to spare us from hell and bring us to heaven; He saved us so that we can know Him.

When considering the love of God, it can be difficult at times to believe that God loves His people like He says He does. One reason for this is that when we think about human love, it's usually based upon performance or merit. But we need to remember that God's love towards us doesn't depend on any of these things.

When someone becomes a Christian, God gives them a transformed life and makes them righteous. But when they're immersed in a world full of unrighteous people, a chemical reaction of persecution will occur. Jesus said that if the world hated Him, they will also hate His followers. Are you persecuted for following Jesus Christ? If so, rejoice and be exceedingly glad because you're blessed.

What a glorious reality that when we as Christians come to pray that we're not just filling the air with words and wasting our breath. But rather, we have on the authority of God's Word that when we pray we have His open ear. Oh, may we never give in to unbelief that God isn't hearing our prayers when we cry out to Him.

The second coming of Jesus Christ shouldn't just be considered as an academic eschatalogical event on our theological timeline. We should view it as the glorious fulfillment of Jesus Christ coming and taking His bride to be with Him forever.

Consistent Bible reading is a mark of true conversion and essential for growth in grace in the Christian life. But we can also greatly supplement our Bible reading with books written by men and women throughout the history of the Church. Christian books can be life-transforming for us and richly supply our spiritual needs. We must not dare neglect the Bible, but we also shouldn’t dismiss the benef...

The Gospel isn't just for overtly wicked lost people; it's also for the self-righteous religious kids who grow up in Christian homes. If you're a child who is being raised in a Christian home, please take to heart that you need the gospel just as desperately as any other lost kid.

Do you know the glorious possibilities of the ordinary Christian life? The unlimited possibilities that we have with Christ? God has given us all encouragement in the Bible that we can grow in our knowledge and fellowship with Him. We need to believe that this isn't just for preachers, missionaries, and famous Christians who have had biographies written about them. We need to believe that this is...

You may know theology, but do you know how to pray? We need to remember that the disciples didn't ask Jesus how to preach, perform miracles, walk on water, etc., but they did ask Him to teach them to pray. If we can't pray, we're basically useless in the kingdom of God, no matter how much doctrine we know.

What does progressive sanctification look like in a believer's life? Growth is something that you cannot see a dramatic amount of change from day to day, but over longer time periods there is a lot of change. And growth in our sanctification, similar to that we become increasingly conformed to the image of Christ.

The world we live in is a corrupt putrifying cesspool that is in the power of the evil one. But thankfully, Jesus is saving people out of this wicked world and making them new creations. But if He's saved you out of the world, He now expects you to be like salt and make an impact on the world around you. Too many professing Christians go either to the extreme of thinking they need to become like t...

What are some principles that can help with being a godly spouse and a godly parent? In this video, Paul Washer deals with multiple topics and in the second half answers questions from the audience. This was a spontaneous extra session from the 2021 Fellowship Conference. 0:00​ - Introduction 6:26​ - Are you putting ministry above your family? 18:13​ - Be subject to one another? 27:20 - An area I...

One of Jesus' well-known "I AM" statements was that He is the Light of the world (John 8:12). But we need to remember the amazing truth that by virtue of our union with Christ, He can then look at us and declare that WE are the Light of the world. Jesus doesn't point to the brilliant scientists with sharp IQ's and colossal intellects as the Light of the world. He doesn't direct us to the people wi...

Our Bibles declare that God is light (perfectly holy and morally pure), and if He's made you a child of light who loves the light, you need to always remember that the blood of Jesus has permanently secured your fellowship with God. Every accusation of hell falls before the cleansing blood of Christ. And as you continue to walk in the light and agree with God, your fellowship with Him will be cont...

In Mark 11:22 and Jesus answered, saying to them, “Have faith in God.” This is a command, isn’t it? He does not say, ask for faith. He does not say wait for faith. He does not say, “Well, maybe in a year or two some faith will show up.” But he says: You do this. You believe in God. Have faith in who? On God; it does not say have faith in your feelings of faith.

If you are a Christian, you are a person who is a light in a world full of darkness. And as much as the world hates it, you must not hide your light. Your light shining through your good works is one of the means that God can use to save others and bring them also into the light. A light under a basket is good for nothing. Christian, don't hide your light.

Question: Can a believer still have assurance of salvation if he remembers a time in his life when he was more godly than he is now? 0:00 - Mack reads the question. 0:12 - Paul Washer's response. 3:08 - Michael Durham's response. 5:04 - Mack Tomlinson's closing comment.

Jesus said that He didn’t come to abolish the law but rather to fulfill it. What does Jesus mean when He says that? Does His fulfillment of the law nullify any obligation on our part to obey the law? How does Jesus’ fulfillment of the law relate to our law-keeping? 0:00 – Reading of text and introductory comment. 2:43 – Don’t tune out and think this is too complicated to understand. 8:29 – Today w...

The Pharisees were the religious leaders in Jesus' day and they were looked up to as a standard of righteousness. But Jesus came along and declared that these Pharisees are hypocrites who are going to hell. And then He points at us and tells us that our righteousness must exceed the hypocritical righteousness of the Pharisees. Does your righteousness consist of an external list of do's and don'ts,...