7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10 KJV
@Chosengenerations19 сағат бұрын
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@michaelkemph5838Күн бұрын
The most intense and hard hitting sermon on this subject I've heard in my 63+ years on this earth. I wish I had heard it a long time ago. Thank-you for the courage to share it and so passionately
@jeannetteortiz2374Күн бұрын
Yesss I agree. God bless
@KellyLee-r5cКүн бұрын
Great advice!!!
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@Cole-ft4rr4 күн бұрын
I can’t find the app!
@bettyeaston87074 күн бұрын
People need to remember that there has and will always be a fight between good and evil. The evil is responsible for all the hurt and it happens because God gave us free will. And we are the ones who if we choose evil brings the bad down upon us. And if we choose to believe in God he may not take out burdens away but he lessens them.
@rickseybold44764 күн бұрын
Fail video they always leave out that God gave us free will so we choose, not him. They are using woke wording to make a narrative without full context
@KirstyJones-vn9zi4 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this message. Me and my 14 year old daughter have depression and anxiety. I feel like a failure as I want to be strong and a good roles model for her. Please pray for us both . Thank you 🙏💕
@stevieglick4 күн бұрын
This was such a great pod!
@dejamin8765 күн бұрын
Keep going pastor
@angelaedmond80875 күн бұрын
More more more... this was a great listen. Could you do more podcasts with John. Or does he have his own podcast?
@user-ww1om8uc5p5 күн бұрын
I appreciate the respectful way you address these questions. So often Christians treat all athiests as sinners, but some just have questions and want to understand. Sadly the Bible is just not very clear when searching for those kinds of answers. I'd love to check out your book.
@paulawalters58996 күн бұрын
"Evil is a gamble in the choice of true love." Wow!
@Blinc326 күн бұрын
I didn't know John had a book, would love a copy to read! Super appreciate you guys getting to the point at the end about how we are witnesses and we're not 'selling' Jesus/The Gospel to people. But that the best way is to be genuinely curious about other's views, beliefs, and experiences! Please do more Pods like this, super helpful/practical content.
@thommiller78666 күн бұрын
You touched on the idea that love allows people to make a choice. God not did create us as "robots". If evil no longer exists in heaven, does that negate free will? Do we then no longer have a choice?
@Blinc326 күн бұрын
If God created us as robots, how do you think Lucifer and 1/3rd of the Angels were able to rebel against God and be cast out of Heaven? That happened in Heaven and before the fall of man in the garden of eden which makes me think that there is free will in Heaven.
@thommiller78666 күн бұрын
@@Blinc32 I tend to agree. But I have a hard time doing the right thing in a 24 hr. period...doing it through eternity is going to be a bit of a challenge! 🥲
@Blinc326 күн бұрын
@@thommiller7866 I'm right there with you. Like Chad and John mentioned, if it was about perfectly living up to God's standards I would be out by 9am everyday. Paul explains in Romans 10:9-11 that when confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts that God has raised Jesus from the dead that we are saved. (That's a paraphrase, you can look it up for yourself) So, my salvation and eternal security is based on Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. The resurrection being the sign that God accepted Christ's sacrifice as payment for my sins. And earlier in Romans Paul explains that once you've accepted Christ the only sinful part of you left is your flesh which dies with your body here on earth. So, in Heaven the sinful part of me is left behind. That's probably why God reveals to us that in Heaven we receive new bodies not affected by sin. Kinda heady to explain but if our earthly bodies are the parts of us, post-salvation, that are sinful and we get new bodies in Heaven then even if we are free, in Heaven, to sin we won't have anything in us that desires to. I've never thought all that out before, thoughts?
@JohnWilkinsonSurfs6 күн бұрын
@@thommiller7866 @user-rm3ne6jr3x 0 seconds ago This is a great question - one that I have wrestled with often! The question is whether we become unable to sin or able to sin but choose not to. Ultimately we are not given a whole lot of information about this - but here is my best shot at this point . . . You start with 1 Cor 15:36-38 - "When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first. And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting. Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed." Paul is talking about our physical bodies here but goes on to indicate overall that there is a fundamental change that occurs within us in which we no longer want to be a part of the darkness.. In the same way that Jesus chose the way of obedience on this earth and now is in a glorified state in heaven, we too will change. We become more like Jesus who was 'pecare non posse' (unable to sin because of His divine nature). This comes about, though, from the decision here to be like Jesus - so in the eternal scheme of things we chose to be in a state that no longer is able to sin - which cannot be robotic. Does that make sense?
@JohnWilkinsonSurfs2 күн бұрын
Hey - just checking to see if you got my answer - I submitted it but sometimes I see it and sometimes I don't. I see it now below, but wanted to make sure you got it.
@michaelkemph58387 күн бұрын
I love listening to you John. I'm so excited every time you preach because I learn so much. I will usually listen 2 or 3 times just to pick up what you said. Because so often it is so profound and yet so simple. I have read your book and given it away to at least 3 other persons. It has helped me immensely. I highly recommend it to anyone listening to the podcast. I look forward to the next segment of these question answers.
@mikegrace86357 күн бұрын
John touched on some things tonight that we have been talking about in our Bible study group from West York. We have been studying Cold Case Christianity by James Warner Wallace. We have been talking a lot on how to answer tuff questions about how we can trust what the scriptures say are true, John mention Polycarp & Irenaeus who we just discussed in our Monday study group. Great discussion tonight, look forward to the next one.
@inthedark3347 күн бұрын
Yeah there's no God in the Bible it states that the Earth is a flat disc and it's held up on pillars it supports slavery rape human sacrifice. It also supports logical fallacies like God who knows the end from the beginning the beginning from the end putting Satan into the garden setting his creation up to fail and then offering up himself as a sacrifice for something that he caused. You see the logical fallacy of the Bible can only be believed if you are illogical if you're someone who has drink the Kool-Aid. Like I did has an Evangelical for 34 years. You have to come to grips that that book you have in front of you is trash I'd recommend looking up a guy by the name of Matt Dillahunty Aaron Raw and Seth Andrews. And I would highly recommend you listen to those guys as well as think critically about what it is you are literally basing your entire reality on I was indoctrinated from birth to believe in a book that has no scientific basis and that literally teaches that a chosen race called the Jews were held in Egypt where there is no archaeological evidence of this ever occurring the amount of evidence proving that The Exodus story is fake as well as everything else in the Bible is overwhelming. The only reason why I was so brainwashed for so long was because this is what indoctrination does to you it shuts down your critical thought and makes you into a drone who cannot think critically
@khill647 күн бұрын
I was at the One Day conference that you brought your friend to for a conversation. It was genuinely the first church-sanctioned event that showed love in that way. Not love in conversion, but simply love in conversation and understanding. Thank you so much for this video. It was a great reminder of not only the place of disbelief I came from, but where the intentional care from others has taken me in my relationship with Christ.
@patrickc34198 күн бұрын
Are you willing to share, specifically, how much money your church spent on the “Willy Wonka chocolate factory” set up you created?
@robfarver32919 күн бұрын
I am a Christian who has clinical depression. I will tell you this not everyone with depression wants to end their life or has thoughts of suicide.
@PaulN-lu8ml12 күн бұрын
I felt the holy Spirit through the phone from this message. Thank you for making this video I know God brought me to this and more then anyone will ever know I needed this
@gwilliams440214 күн бұрын
Can you all do this quarterly, or semi annually each year? Love to worship with music! Rotate campuses!!
@Beckett-h5f14 күн бұрын
Amazing 😊😊
@patrickc341915 күн бұрын
Are you willing to share how much, specifically, you spent on the “Willy Wonka chocolate factory” for your building?
@Joygal31516 күн бұрын
My husband feels I am not doing enough...I have prayed , I am tired of all drugs...I don't know what to do😢😢😢
@ironray12319 күн бұрын
It's been my experience that often times God wants us to do it on our own. Why should he do everything when he's given us the power?
@HarperRose-211819 күн бұрын
Aww that was me
@TERRENCEfrenchdude4520 күн бұрын
I have only listened to this pastor for the first time today and I am only halfway through the video and I can TOTALLY feel the sincerity in him. It is rare to hear someone who totally understands. As someone who has been touched by anxiety and depression (I say that because I see them as foreign entities that had evaded my mind) , anyway, I can honestly say that it is refreshing to listen to this pastor for lack of better words. I don't believe that things happen by random, it was meant for me to hear him today and I am GLAD that I did.
@David-Matthew20 күн бұрын
@8:24 I've been a collide leader for almost a year now and I never thought of this. I don't know if it applies to any of my students, however, I will do my best to find out.
@LarryXLR21 күн бұрын
This church did a way better job than the Willy Wonka Experience did
@lisahidlay456321 күн бұрын
I think the more important information is that literally hundreds of people across all LCBC campuses - men, women, children, whole families, retirees....donated generously of their time, finances, sweat equity, construction and mechanical and artistic abilities....all to create immersive and welcoming environments where someone might come to experience church and hearing the word of God for the first time!
@bluerain149321 күн бұрын
Yes will pray for you, may God restore your soul and may His joy be your strength dear one.
@N3PRO-Dave22 күн бұрын
"Work is not the problem, the lack of purpose is. " Great stuff as always. "Sometimes a job is just vehicle to the purpose of our lives".
@natalishascreation524422 күн бұрын
all
@ollahyusuf620623 күн бұрын
It is really inspiring...
@scottbickel635224 күн бұрын
Wonderful job Matt, you were always so creative at berks, I think my favorite was Aladdin back in 2017 or 2018, but you and your team turned your atrium into something you could charge people to enjoy and be engulfed in a true wonka experience, but obviously none of this is dobe for money, it's done to attract people and show them how we do church, as for the build the chocolate waterfall and everything around it was probably the best build I've ever seen, congrats to you and your team for doing this for the ONE
@nathanreutlinger536124 күн бұрын
Amen !!! Sister, Thank you for this message that God put on your heart because, I need it . I need the reminder that God doesn't promise a problem free life. That is no where in the Scriptures. Jesus tells us the Truth even when we do not want to hear it or we do not like it. He could have said sure everything will be hunky dory , but that would be a lie and God doesn't lie! Thank you for the reminder that trying to hold God accountable for things He NEVER said or promised is a recipe for trouble, and God's goodness is not based in our circumstances, it is His character who He is. I will be listening to this many time over in the future to remind myself of these Truths.
@margrose525 күн бұрын
I’ve struggled with depression for most of my 70+ years. It’s the worst experience. No one can understand it if they haven’t lived it.
@laurensteiler898127 күн бұрын
Please God help me!!! 😭😭😭😭
@andithomas-lloyd650428 күн бұрын
So many creative souls! Incredible.
@zaryuezy-youtaylor299428 күн бұрын
Incredible, God bless your work. ❤️👏
@user-dd2ln9wy6h28 күн бұрын
PRAISE THE LORD
@JuliaShalomJordan28 күн бұрын
I really needed this today. God bless this ministry.
@danielboyer700529 күн бұрын
Is this in Manheim?
@lisahidlay456329 күн бұрын
West Shore
@N3PRO-Dave29 күн бұрын
WOOHOO! It was a blast! Love our team!
29 күн бұрын
read the holy bible them pills did nothing for me them pills made things 10 times worse im reading the bible now im bether and i don't need them pills anymore