1 00:00:00,596 --> 00:00:05,088 Welcome to this very important video where Jon and I will talk about repentance. 2 00:00:05,088 --> 00:00:09,721 We want to do this one more time. We did a video about repentance short time ago, 3 00:00:09,721 --> 00:00:15,496 some days ago, and the response was very, very positive, but also very, very shocking, 4 00:00:15,496 --> 00:00:20,176 because there was also some negative response where we just need to shake our 5 00:00:20,176 --> 00:00:25,037 heads and think: What is happening today?! How people have misunderstood 6 00:00:25,037 --> 00:00:30,597 what repentance truly is. So, we were supposed to talk about grace 7 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:34,087 and what grace is, but we will leave that for the next time. 8 00:00:34,087 --> 00:00:39,467 We want to talk about repentance. What is repentance in that way that 9 00:00:39,467 --> 00:00:44,569 how do repentance and works go together and we will answer some questions 10 00:00:44,569 --> 00:00:48,659 like: What does it mean that God repented? 11 00:00:48,659 --> 00:00:52,389 The response we got on the last teaching, what do you think about that? 12 00:00:52,389 --> 00:00:58,239 I have to say I was shocked and I did not know that people have 13 00:00:58,239 --> 00:01:01,759 such big issue, when it comes to repentance. 14 00:01:01,759 --> 00:01:06,299 We've just explained what we read in the Bible. 15 00:01:06,299 --> 00:01:11,129 Most of the response was good, but there were some people who were very hostile 16 00:01:11,129 --> 00:01:15,018 against repentance from sins, where they were saying things like: 17 00:01:15,018 --> 00:01:19,288 No, no, no, no, you are speaking works. It's works, works, works 18 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:23,309 and we are saved by grace. Another people say: No, no, no, you are preaching 19 00:01:23,309 --> 00:01:27,901 the wrong gospel. We are under the gospel of Paul, the gospel of grace. 20 00:01:27,901 --> 00:01:32,500 Some people comment like: No, repentance has nothing to do with sin because 21 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:37,950 God repented and God did not need to repent from sin. 22 00:01:37,950 --> 00:01:41,991 And we were shocked, so we want to do a video here where we go even deeper 23 00:01:41,991 --> 00:01:48,370 in repentance and answer some of those questions, some of those comments 24 00:01:48,370 --> 00:01:53,131 that are out there. Some of the comments, one of the comments we got, can you read that? 25 00:01:53,131 --> 00:01:58,800 Yeah, one of the comments we got, responding on our video, he said here: 26 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:04,270 Repentance in original Bible language is 'metanoia', changing of your mind. 27 00:02:04,270 --> 00:02:06,461 - And we agree with that. - It is true. - That is what we've talked about. 28 00:02:06,461 --> 00:02:12,322 In other words, change your mind towards Jesus, not repenting from sinning, 29 00:02:12,322 --> 00:02:20,201 because if you repent from sinning, you will keep sinning. 30 00:02:20,201 --> 00:02:26,553 Yeah, why does he say something like that? Because in his mindset, if you do works, 31 00:02:26,553 --> 00:02:33,403 works is also a kind of sin. And if you repent from sin, you are sinning 32 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:38,543 by doing works. It just doesn't make sense, and you who wrote this comment 33 00:02:38,543 --> 00:02:41,244 and some of the other comments we are going to go through, 34 00:02:41,244 --> 00:02:48,994 I really hope you see this video, because some of you, to say very loving - 35 00:02:48,994 --> 00:02:54,464 you are deceived. You are really deceived and you have the wrong understanding 36 00:02:54,464 --> 00:02:59,364 of what the gospel is. One of the comments we will spend some time on is, 37 00:02:59,364 --> 00:03:05,774 one guy wrote here: Repentance simply means - change your mind. 38 00:03:05,774 --> 00:03:09,383 And we are agreeing in that part. We talked about that last time. 39 00:03:09,383 --> 00:03:15,213 But then he continues. NOT, with capital letters, NOT to turn from sin. 40 00:03:15,213 --> 00:03:16,923 - Uh-huh. - Uh-huh. 41 00:03:16,923 --> 00:03:23,774 And then, if you are reading The King James Bible, you will see that the most repented 42 00:03:23,774 --> 00:03:30,135 person in Scriptures is God. And then he quotes different scriptures 43 00:03:30,135 --> 00:03:35,355 from the Bible where God repented, or changed His mind. 44 00:03:35,355 --> 00:03:40,895 And I want to say to you who wrote this comment: you are also deceived. 45 00:03:40,895 --> 00:03:47,145 Of course we need to believe in Christ, but we also need to turn away from sin. 46 00:03:47,145 --> 00:03:53,355 And yes, the word "repentance" means: change your mind. 47 00:03:53,355 --> 00:04:00,155 And it doesn't have in every context to have to do with sin. 48 00:04:00,155 --> 00:04:08,466 In God's case it doesn't have to do with sin. But God changed His mind. 49 00:04:08,466 --> 00:04:16,565 When He, for example, in the beginning, Genesis 6, I think, before the flood, 50 00:04:16,565 --> 00:04:24,306 He saw people's evil deeds and He changed His mind that He have created them. 51 00:04:24,306 --> 00:04:28,606 And then He sent the flood. So, there God changed His mind. 52 00:04:28,606 --> 00:04:34,918 He repented, but not from sin, because God cannot repent from sin. 53 00:04:34,918 --> 00:04:39,318 You always have to see it in context. 54 00:04:39,318 --> 00:04:43,289 If my daughter Simone come to me and say: "Daddy, I want an ice cream, 55 00:04:43,289 --> 00:04:48,010 I want an ice cream, I want an ice cream!" I said: "No, no, no, no. You got an ice cream 56 00:04:48,010 --> 00:04:53,238 yesterday, you're not going to get an ice cream today." What happens then? 57 00:04:53,238 --> 00:04:57,011 Then she helps clean up in the kitchen and she is so nice, so I say: 58 00:04:57,011 --> 00:05:05,148 "Simone, you can get your ice cream." What did I do there? I repented. Metanoia. 59 00:05:05,148 --> 00:05:12,109 I changed my mind. So, in that context it has nothing to do with sin, 60 00:05:12,109 --> 00:05:17,018 but in most contexts in the Bible it has to do with sin. 61 00:05:17,018 --> 00:05:21,897 When Jesus said: When your hand brings you to fall - cut it off, throw it away. 62 00:05:21,897 --> 00:05:27,011 When your eyes - plug them off. He talked with a woman caught 63 00:05:27,011 --> 00:05:33,429 in adultery: Go and sin no more. So, of course, it has to do with sin. 64 00:05:33,429 --> 00:05:37,640 And this is the thing. I want to come with two examples here, 65 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:43,272 how important it is to always have context, context, context. 66 00:05:43,272 --> 00:05:48,971 Many people, sadly enough today, live a Christianity built od verses alone, 67 00:05:48,971 --> 00:05:52,580 verses taken out of context. For example, Ephesians 2:8. 68 00:05:52,580 --> 00:05:59,220 That is what always comes. Because that is also the next thing this person writes here. 69 00:05:59,220 --> 00:06:06,646 He writes here: "In fact, Jesus said: 'Repent and believe the gospel.' It would make 70 00:06:06,646 --> 00:06:13,090 no sense that that means to turn away from sin." Uh-huh. 71 00:06:13,090 --> 00:06:22,590 "As that would require keeping the law and we know that that is works." 72 00:06:22,590 --> 00:06:27,932 It doesn't make sense what he's saying. "Clearly the Bible says that we are justified 73 00:06:27,932 --> 00:06:36,201 before God by faith and not by works..." So, he now says that repentance is works, 74 00:06:36,201 --> 00:06:40,631 and therefore... repentance from sins is works. 75 00:06:40,631 --> 00:06:44,783 And then he quotes the famous verse, always comes: 76 00:06:44,783 --> 00:06:49,683 "By grace you are saved through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God 77 00:06:49,683 --> 00:06:55,333 - not by works, less any man would boast." (Ephesians, 2:8-9) 78 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:59,149 But you have to understand when the Bible here said: "By grace you are saved 79 00:06:59,149 --> 00:07:02,593 through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - 80 00:07:02,593 --> 00:07:07,702 not by works", it's not our deeds who save us, we all agree with this. 81 00:07:07,702 --> 00:07:10,009 And we are going to talk about grace next time. 82 00:07:10,009 --> 00:07:19,512 But what he is talking about here is works by the law. We need to repent. 83 00:07:19,512 --> 00:07:24,053 Repent, turn away from sin is part of being saved. 84 00:07:24,053 --> 00:07:28,403 It's our response to the gospel. We believe and we get baptized. 85 00:07:28,403 --> 00:07:34,414 We repent and we get baptized. We need to respond to the gospel, 86 00:07:34,414 --> 00:07:39,854 to the gospel Jesus have given to us. And we are going to talk about grace next time. 87 00:07:39,854 --> 00:07:48,075 But if you read in context, Paul in Ephesians 2:8-9 DID NOT talk about works here 88 00:07:48,075 --> 00:07:54,045 in context as works are repentance. He is talking about works in context of works 89 00:07:54,045 --> 00:08:00,764 by the law, the law Moses came with. You are not saved by faith + keeping the law 90 00:08:00,764 --> 00:08:06,815 of Moses. It's faith in Jesus Christ. And that faith leads to repentance. 91 00:08:06,815 --> 00:08:11,944 That faith leads to good works God has beforehand prepared for us to walk in. 92 00:08:11,944 --> 00:08:22,149 And if you take context here, Ephesians 2:8-9, the same... a few verses before he said here: 93 00:08:22,149 --> 00:08:31,166 That you who were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you once walked... 94 00:08:31,166 --> 00:08:39,016 when you walked as sons of disobedience, but now we have put on... 95 00:08:39,016 --> 00:08:45,727 given up the old life, and so on. He continues in verse 17, chapter 4: 96 00:08:45,727 --> 00:08:51,666 Now we no longer walk like the Gentiles. Now we have a new heart. 97 00:08:51,666 --> 00:08:59,556 Then in verse 20: What we have learned in Christ and that is to put off the old life. 98 00:08:59,556 --> 00:09:04,327 He is talking about putting off the falsehood, he is talking about no longer steal, 99 00:09:04,327 --> 00:09:10,176 he is talking about living a righteous life, he is talking about: don't grieve the Holy Spirit. 100 00:09:10,176 --> 00:09:15,505 He is talking about holiness, he is talking about love, he is talking about works, 101 00:09:15,505 --> 00:09:20,258 works, works, works, works, according to that guy. 102 00:09:20,258 --> 00:09:23,828 But he is not talking about works by the law, by keeping the law. 103 00:09:23,828 --> 00:09:29,947 He is talking about works in the sense of obedience, in sense of repentance, 104 00:09:29,947 --> 00:09:34,368 in sense of turning away. One more thing and you can add here. 105 00:09:34,368 --> 00:09:39,648 Galatians is the same. People have quoted Galatians. I've often heard, when I say 106 00:09:39,648 --> 00:09:43,028 to people: You have to repent from your sins, you have to live a holy life, 107 00:09:43,028 --> 00:09:48,429 this is what God have commanded to us. Then people have quoted Galatians 108 00:09:48,429 --> 00:09:54,799 in that context and say: Yeah, but Galatians, Paul is saying in Galatians 3: 109 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:59,944 "You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?" And then he said: "Did you received the Spirit 110 00:09:59,944 --> 00:10:05,516 by the works" - Here is added: "by the works of the law". That is good. 111 00:10:05,516 --> 00:10:14,218 "Or by hearing with faith." But again, when Paul wrote this to Galatians 112 00:10:14,218 --> 00:10:20,309 and warned them about the works, he was talking about the works of the law, 113 00:10:20,309 --> 00:10:24,920 he was talking about keeping the law to get saved, he was talking circumcision. 114 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:30,199 He did never talk about repentance and turning away from sin. 115 00:10:30,199 --> 00:10:36,260 He did never talk about the baptism. Why? Because - read context, 116 00:10:36,260 --> 00:10:41,903 read context, read the whole letters, not only verse there. 117 00:10:41,903 --> 00:10:46,410 To the same people where he is warning them against the law, 118 00:10:46,410 --> 00:10:50,521 keeping the law, going under the law, like works by the law, 119 00:10:50,521 --> 00:10:56,881 in the same letter he says here: That in Jesus Christ you are all 120 00:10:56,881 --> 00:11:02,021 the sons of God through faith. Uh-huh. 121 00:11:02,021 --> 00:11:04,840 And when did that happen that they became the sons of God through faith? 122 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:12,521 Next verse, 3:27: "For as many as you who were baptized to Christ 123 00:11:12,521 --> 00:11:19,520 have put on Christ." So, Paul is there talking about somebody who have 124 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:25,653 repented, who have come to faith, who have put on Christ 125 00:11:25,653 --> 00:11:33,017 when they got baptized to Christ. He reminds them: When you got baptized 126 00:11:33,017 --> 00:11:39,463 to Christ you put on Christ. And then he warns them against works, 127 00:11:39,463 --> 00:11:44,633 but not works like repentance, not works like baptism. 128 00:11:44,633 --> 00:11:48,623 Of course Paul is not talking about baptism, it doesn't make sense. 129 00:11:48,623 --> 00:11:52,515 Repentance is so clear if you just read it in context. 130 00:11:52,515 --> 00:11:59,953 The same letter, he talks in verse... chapter 5. And remember, 131 00:11:59,953 --> 00:12:02,673 there was no chapters and verses when he wrote the letter. 132 00:12:02,673 --> 00:12:09,444 He said, verse 21: "I warned you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things 133 00:12:09,444 --> 00:12:15,762 do not inherit the Kingdom of God." And what were such things he was talking about? 134 00:12:15,762 --> 00:12:23,433 That was: sexual immorality, impurity, idolatry, sorcery, jealousy, anger, strive 135 00:12:23,433 --> 00:12:29,084 and lot of other things, works by the flesh. Paul said: If you do those things 136 00:12:29,084 --> 00:12:32,504 you are not going to inherit the Kingdom of God. 137 00:12:32,504 --> 00:12:39,965 So, when people quote Ephesians 2:8 or Galatians and use Scripture against 138 00:12:39,965 --> 00:12:48,204 holiness, against repentance, against works, by obedience, they are quoting Scripture 139 00:12:48,204 --> 00:12:52,965 the same way Satan quoted the Scripture when he tempted Jesus. 140 00:12:52,965 --> 00:12:57,975 Totally out of context. Now you have to say something. 141 00:12:58,515 --> 00:13:04,275 First of all, I just want to start to mention about works and obedience. 142 00:13:04,275 --> 00:13:08,085 When we talk about, for example, obedience, we do not talk about 143 00:13:08,085 --> 00:13:14,164 works of the law. We talked about obedience to Jesus' words. But I have to say, 144 00:13:14,164 --> 00:13:18,844 I'm sorry to say this, but many of those comments, writing against us, 145 00:13:18,844 --> 00:13:25,195 where they interpret as repentance or baptism, or holiness as works 146 00:13:25,195 --> 00:13:30,523 and not obedience, and the problem is that they push everything obedience away. 147 00:13:30,523 --> 00:13:35,516 But in this we did not talked about works of the law. We talk about obedience 148 00:13:35,516 --> 00:13:40,977 of faith. What is faith? That is really important to know. What is faith? 149 00:13:40,977 --> 00:13:45,757 Faith in not only just hearing the Word but hearing the Word and doers of the Word. 150 00:13:45,757 --> 00:13:51,285 Like, for example, try to imagine James 2:6 says this: 151 00:13:51,285 --> 00:13:57,837 "Faith without works is dead." Now, it sounds like that James is almost 152 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:04,236 contradicting what Paul is saying, but they do not contradict, as Torben said: 153 00:14:04,236 --> 00:14:09,817 Look in the context. When Paul is talking about works, for example in Galatians, 154 00:14:09,817 --> 00:14:15,406 Paul was talking about the works of the law of Moses. But when James talked about 155 00:14:15,406 --> 00:14:20,216 works, in James' letter, he talked about works of faith. - Obedience. 156 00:14:20,216 --> 00:14:27,837 Produce obedience. That is what is about. That do not contradict to each other. 157 00:14:27,837 --> 00:14:34,537 So, say like that: works... we are not talking about faith + keeping the law, 158 00:14:34,537 --> 00:14:40,199 but faith without obedience, or works - is dead. 159 00:14:40,199 --> 00:14:45,480 Yeah. I just want to read a few scriptures. Try to imagine, in Matthew 3:8 160 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:50,200 John the Baptist says to people: "Therefore, produce fruits that proves 161 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:55,021 your repentance." In another words - show it by your actions 162 00:14:55,021 --> 00:14:58,519 that you are truly repenting. That is what he is actually saying. 163 00:14:58,519 --> 00:15:04,859 Another scripture, Acts 26:19-20. Paul, now this is Paul who says this to 164 00:15:04,859 --> 00:15:10,219 King Agrippa: "I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. 165 00:15:10,219 --> 00:15:15,021 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, 166 00:15:15,021 --> 00:15:20,276 and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God 167 00:15:20,276 --> 00:15:25,730 and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds." 168 00:15:25,730 --> 00:15:29,191 Or, you can say: works again. - Works, actions, obedience. 169 00:15:29,191 --> 00:15:37,291 So, the only way you can prove you have repented is by your deeds. 170 00:15:37,291 --> 00:15:43,530 The only way you can prove that you have faith is by your obedience. 171 00:15:43,530 --> 00:15:50,132 Like Abraham, when he was willing to offer his son Isaac, God there said: 172 00:15:50,132 --> 00:15:56,952 Now I know that you fear me. He did not know it before, but He saw his 173 00:15:56,952 --> 00:16:01,292 response, He saw his faith. And that is the thing. 174 00:16:01,292 --> 00:16:04,362 I talked about the faith in some of the videos short time ago 175 00:16:04,362 --> 00:16:06,781 and I encourage you to go in and see what faith is. 176 00:16:06,781 --> 00:16:10,912 It's two videos I did about faith. Because we have a Greek understanding, 177 00:16:10,912 --> 00:16:15,780 a mindset where we think you can believe one thing and then you can do something else. 178 00:16:15,780 --> 00:16:24,502 That is a Greek mindset. That is not Biblical. Faith is obedience. Faith is action. 179 00:16:24,502 --> 00:16:30,862 Faith is works, if you can say like that. But we don't get... 180 00:16:30,862 --> 00:16:35,573 When we talk about grace, we will make very, very clear that... 181 00:16:35,573 --> 00:16:42,893 Yes, we need to obey, but we don't say: Hey, it's my obedience that saves me. 182 00:16:42,893 --> 00:16:49,534 No, it was Jesus Christ and His grace, it's by grace through faith. 183 00:16:49,534 --> 00:16:51,414 Can you come with an example about faith and... 184 00:16:51,414 --> 00:16:55,536 Yeah, like try to imagine, like when we talked about faith and we talked about 185 00:16:55,536 --> 00:16:59,183 as faith and repentance go hand by hand, how does that look? 186 00:16:59,183 --> 00:17:04,531 Try to imagine, let�s say now if you are me, me and Torben, we go out take a walk, 187 00:17:04,531 --> 00:17:08,467 and as we take a walk we should cross over the road. And when we cross 188 00:17:08,467 --> 00:17:12,324 the road, I take the first step and when I take the first step, Torben starts 189 00:17:12,324 --> 00:17:16,891 suddenly to see: a truck is coming. And Torben starts to shout at me: 190 00:17:16,891 --> 00:17:22,672 Jon, watch out! A truck is coming! Now what do I do? 191 00:17:22,672 --> 00:17:26,504 Like, do I stand in the middle of the road and start to argue with myself: 192 00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:29,834 What does Torben mean by: 'Truck is coming.' No. 193 00:17:29,834 --> 00:17:35,524 I take that action, or by trusting in his word, what he's saying, 194 00:17:35,524 --> 00:17:40,916 to step away from the road. Now, when I have stepped away from the road, 195 00:17:40,916 --> 00:17:45,074 would I say: Look, I am saved by works, I am saved by works... 196 00:17:45,074 --> 00:17:48,305 - Or saved by myself. - Saved by myself because I took an action... 197 00:17:48,305 --> 00:17:53,526 - No, it was me. It was because of me. - I got saved because I trusted in his word 198 00:17:53,526 --> 00:18:00,125 by taking that action. The only way, if we really have faith in a person, 199 00:18:00,125 --> 00:18:03,667 it always automatically produces action. 200 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:08,416 So, when Jesus says: 'repent, turn away from your sins', when Jesus says: 201 00:18:08,416 --> 00:18:17,625 'get baptized' - we do it. And because of our action 202 00:18:17,625 --> 00:18:23,637 we get saved. We experience salvation. But we will never boast and say: 203 00:18:23,637 --> 00:18:29,102 Oh, oh, it was because of me I got saved. No, no, no, no, it was only because of Him. 204 00:18:29,102 --> 00:18:32,036 And that is what we are going to talk about more in the next teaching 205 00:18:32,036 --> 00:18:35,635 where we are going to talk about grace and the misunderstanding about grace. 206 00:18:35,635 --> 00:18:42,758 But let�s keep it up here. Repentance is - change your mind. 207 00:18:42,758 --> 00:18:49,498 That is correct. God changed His mind. He repented. We will often also repent 208 00:18:49,498 --> 00:18:54,158 where it has nothing to do with sin. But God want us also to repent 209 00:18:54,158 --> 00:18:59,659 when it has to do with sin. Like, we need to change our minds when it comes to 210 00:18:59,659 --> 00:19:06,667 adultery, when it comes to sexual immorality, when it comes to speaking bad, 211 00:19:06,667 --> 00:19:09,988 when we come to what we look at, what we do, what we say, 212 00:19:09,988 --> 00:19:13,206 when it comes to love our neighbor, when it comes to how we use our life, 213 00:19:13,206 --> 00:19:18,596 our money, everything. In all aspects of life we need to change our mind 214 00:19:18,596 --> 00:19:24,029 and change our actions. We need to repent. We need to be holy as God is holy. 215 00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:29,368 That has nothing to do with works by the law. That has to do with salvation, 216 00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:31,968 that has to do with repentance, that has to do with faith, 217 00:19:31,968 --> 00:19:34,708 that has to do with obedience, that has to do with all of it. 218 00:19:34,708 --> 00:19:43,699 And the truth is - God sees our works. Revelation, when Jesus talks to seven churches, 219 00:19:43,699 --> 00:19:48,720 He said: I see your works. I see your works. I see your works. I see your works. 220 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:54,869 I see your works. I see your works. And God is going to judge us for our works, 221 00:19:54,869 --> 00:20:01,760 not our hearts, intentions, on our... Oh yeah, he lived in sin his whole life 222 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:06,537 but inside he was different. No, no, no. God sees our actions. But, it's not works 223 00:20:06,537 --> 00:20:15,108 by the law. It's a change of heart that leads to obedience, that leads to things. 224 00:20:15,108 --> 00:20:22,618 So, it's not a stressful... Oh, now I have to work, work, work. No, it's God's mercy, 225 00:20:22,618 --> 00:20:27,261 grace. We are saved and we have, by God's grace got a new heart 226 00:20:27,261 --> 00:20:30,741 and a new life and we love Jesus and of course we obey Him. 227 00:20:30,741 --> 00:20:34,044 If you love me you'll keep my command. It's what Jesus says. 228 00:20:34,044 --> 00:20:35,551 Say something in the end. 229 00:20:35,551 --> 00:20:41,590 I just want to say like, again, change of mind, metanoia, that's what repentance means 230 00:20:41,590 --> 00:20:48,871 and that is true. But it really goes hand by hand with turning away from sins. 231 00:20:48,871 --> 00:20:54,534 Change of mind starts here, but I just want to say: If it just starts here, 232 00:20:54,534 --> 00:20:58,592 but it doesn't go deep in the heart there, which is producing action, 233 00:20:58,592 --> 00:21:03,122 I'm sorry to say this, but it would not change, it would not save anything. 234 00:21:03,122 --> 00:21:08,551 Like, try to imagine, Jesus said: Many people say: 'Lord, Lord', but your heart is far away 235 00:21:08,551 --> 00:21:14,700 from me. And that's why I've also seen many people, how they live and proclaim 236 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:21,719 they believe in Jesus here, but their heart is so far away from Him. 237 00:21:21,719 --> 00:21:27,992 It's all about obedience, in a relationship. Jesus also said: If you love me 238 00:21:27,992 --> 00:21:31,282 you will keep my commandments. 239 00:21:31,282 --> 00:21:35,351 We will end up with one verse. Can you read Jude's? 240 00:21:35,351 --> 00:21:41,412 In Jude 1:4, there he says: "I say this because some ungodly people 241 00:21:41,412 --> 00:21:48,003 have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God's marvelous grace 242 00:21:48,003 --> 00:21:54,762 allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, 243 00:21:54,762 --> 00:21:59,500 for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ." 244 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:03,634 This is what is happening in the church today, when we talk about the whole grace teaching 245 00:22:03,634 --> 00:22:08,063 and so on, that there is people in the church and has already happened in that time, 246 00:22:08,063 --> 00:22:13,641 when Jude wrote this, that there are people in churches who are preaching 247 00:22:13,641 --> 00:22:22,075 that God's grace, somehow, allows people to live the immoral life. 248 00:22:22,075 --> 00:22:28,053 And then we read that they have denied our only Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 249 00:22:28,053 --> 00:22:31,504 They have denied Him. But remember - they are still in the church. 250 00:22:31,504 --> 00:22:35,954 They are maybe lifting their hands and praising, and if you ask them - 251 00:22:35,954 --> 00:22:42,894 they don't deny Him by their words, but they deny Him by their actions. 252 00:22:42,894 --> 00:22:46,246 And this is what I have seen to many who... in some of those people 253 00:22:46,246 --> 00:22:51,186 who comment this video we just did and people out there. 254 00:22:51,186 --> 00:22:55,615 They don't deny Jesus Christ by their words, but deny Him 255 00:22:55,615 --> 00:22:58,355 by their actions, by their works. 256 00:22:58,355 --> 00:23:03,935 So, don't be one of those who deny Jesus. Live in holiness, obey Him. 257 00:23:03,935 --> 00:23:05,597 God bless you! Bye-bye!