If I'm Saved Then Why Do I Still Sin? 

Thank you for this great teaching. I was going insane thinking that I was lost. I kept thinking that I was not saved because I still have an urge to sin. This left me anxious and spiritually crippled/paralyzed. Shame and fear were ruling my life. I wanted to give up and end things. Now I have hope. Thank you. I wish more people taught this.

I havent felt so free after hearing these sermons ever since becoming a Christian. So much of my anxiety and worries are diminished. Jesus did it for us and it has been PAID IN FULL! Glory to God.

Wow, I so badly needed to hear this message this morning. I have been struggling for a year with Calvinistic teachings and other work based teachings that have led me down a road of hurt in my faith walk with God. It’s easy to sometimes get lost in our mistakes and lose sight of God’s abundant mercy. Thank you Jesus for saving me and all of my brothers and sisters. Help us to be faithful to your word and operate under your grace. Amen. 🙏🏼

This man is one of the best pastors I have ever heard.

God bless this man, reformed / Calvinistic teachings are everywhere and people need delivered from it and find rest in Christ and turn from their own performance, obedience, trajectory, works.

This pastor is doing great things and teaching the real gospel.

If I could save myself, I would have no need for a savior. However, that is not the case.

This is how I was taught growing up. Then reformed Calvinistic doctrine made me miserable and I’ve almost left the faith. I’m tired of doubting my faith because of my sin. I love Jesus and I know that is enough for me to get to heaven.

Thanks sir the truth of the message has set me free once and for all time after years of error!

Everytime I tried to do this I failed … but as I trust in Christ for all things He helps me .. but I can fall back into the Same place again because of the sin nature

Calvinism and Arminianism are 2 sides of the same coin of the works salvation gospel. Thank you Pastor Tom for preaching the truth that our salvation is through Christ's finished work which should never be tainted by our works.

Good news amen. 😁I have a old friend who i today avoid, he is a pastor. He preach that if you throw out the garbage in your life the demons will follow out. He put so heavy burdens on the church with his false teching.Makes me sad and upset. From sweden ❤

Thank-you. The sad part is that in today's world most churches are headed by a wolf in sheep's clothing. There is not one sound church where I live. My 25 year old daughter is saved, but struggles with no true Christian friends or co-workers. Thank the Lord that God will never forsake even the most disobedient child. The Parable of the Sower comes to mind.

The terms "head faith", "heart faith", "true saving faith", "false saving faith", "non saving faith", "spurious faith", "temporary faith", "fleeting faith", "dynamic faith", are terms that do not appear in Scripture, but are invented terms from the Lordship Salvation camp that will do nothing but create confusion, fear, anxiety, and no assurance of salvation.

All Christians need very much to be taught this lesson soon as possible after they get saved. Perhaps if this and a few other basic things were taught to them so many real believers would not backslide and give up on their Christian walk.

Every one of us have work to do on ourselves, for the rest of our lives! But praise unto God through Jesus Christ for saving each and every one of us, that by believing, we have Christ inside us He gives us the ability to overcome sin and death.

I’ve experienced the insanity and I almost left the faith because of the sleepless nights and the constant fear of the wrath of God by me so much as committing a single sin ever again in my entire life

So glad this preacher exposes Calvinism and Johnny Mac.

Greetings dearly beloved in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I don't know when this video was recorded, but I'm watching it December 30th 2023. I just recently discovered this online ministry, and I'm so glad for this sound biblical teaching. God bless you pastor, and your ministry.

I thank you father for your wisdom and understanding through the preacher.bless him and bless us that we too be a source of blessing by your grace,Amen.

It's amazing because this question has been on my heart a lot recently and then this video shows up ! Praise God !

This teaching is TRUE, the Pastor is coming straight from Scripture! Thank you, Pastor for teaching the whole counsel of God!

I'm so thankful you cleared this issue. It has helped me settle this conflict once and for all. Thank u brother in Christ.

This was so good. I have been mistaken for so long. I have so much more hope now. Thank you so much

Great points brother. Some people make it sound like you’ll never make a mistake again

My fairh was once questioned by a calvinst preacher because he spotted me almost sleeping during one of his sermons

But now. It is no longer I who do it but sin that lives in me. If I do what I will not to do it is no longer I who do it but sin that lives in me. Rom 7:17,20

I still struggle with my old nature. I have anger, unforgiveness, and foul mouth, foul language issues for decades. : (

2 Corinthians 5 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation":

I struggle with getting envy when I se others my age getting engaged or sharing a pregnancy announcement on social media. Does God hate me? I’m still single at 28. Wish I could get through this battle

This is a really good sermon, very straightforward and simple to understand! Thank you!

Solid preaching on the 2 natures. If you submit (believe is all He asks) to Jesus Christ all these Godly works we do are a natural result. Our sinful nature can only rebel, our new nature can only trust and obey. Simple as.

Very true. Many denominations are inadvertently teaching reformation of the flesh, but the flesh cannot be reformed. The flesh is not "sinning less". Sin is its master. We are already sinless in the inner man, we just need to practice live in the inner man more and more. There is no sinning less. The inner man is already sinless. The old man just gets in the way

This is the most important sermon and best one I’ve ever heard explaining biblically salvation by grace alone and our struggle as believers to walk in our new man and not the old. Sharing it!!! THANK YOU ✝️🙏

Thank you for calling out those who would teach these falsehoods to people who are young/weak/new in their faith. Thank you God for teachers like the man in this video.

Thank you for the simple message of salvation. Brothers and sister we have a blessed assurance.

There’s a lot that’s pointing to me .. if I don’t if I do.. where’s the resting in Christ and allowing Him to do the work

Thanks brother. " Two natures beat within my breast. The one is foul, and the one is blest. The one I love and the one I hate. The one I feed will dominate. "

There are two groups of humanity. The Saints and the Aint's. Saints aren't Aint's and Aint's arent Saints, but if an Ain't becomes a Saint, he'll never be an Ain't again!

Glad to hear you call out John MacArthur. So many think he's the greatest ever. Justin Peters even said he was the best thing since Jesus.

Apostolics are like this as well. People in the NAR are I think are just as bad if not worse than the Calvinist and Armenians lordshippers. I wish people would talk about them more and warn people. A lot of people are caught up in that movement. My mom and grandmother included. They believe salvation is a process. My moms best friends pastor talks bad to the congregation and makes them feel sooo guilty. It is crazy. I love these teachings Pastor Tom!

I love Dr. Cucuzza’s teaching of scripture. There have been 4 pastors in my life whom I truly trust as sound teachers; Pastor David Lapp, who’s message, 30 years ago, brought me to salvation, my current pastor who is young but solid in theology and very protective of his flock, Pastor Mike Winger, here on RU-vid. His answers to viewers questions have helped build my faith in many ways. And finally but not the least, Dr. Cucuzza. This message has really impacted my faith in an awesome way.

TRUTH,and the TRUTH will set you free, thank you

Carnal (sin nature control) & Spiritual (spirit control) are mutually exclusive. The believer is always 100% carnal (Out of fellowship) or 100% spiritual (In fellowship). Recovery from carnality is simply (Confess) per 1 Jn 1:9 the Only way to be

Thanks so much Pastor Thomas Cucuzza for your message. God bless.

Jesus plus everything/anything leaves you nothing. Jesus plus nothing leaves you everything!

AMEN dear brother in Christ Jesus 😍 ALL honer and praise to JESUS

YAHOSHEA BLESS Brother. יהושע ברכה אח

Thank you l really needed this, Blessings from UK

Wow he said John MacArthur is a false teacher! I always felt the spirit telling me to reject. Everyone is ignorant though what the bible says. Barely anyone can read it right. Fundamentalist Baptist are the best at preaching though.

Pastor Tom sure knows how to get after it! Thanks for this!

Praise God! I am so glad i found your teachings. Clarity is invaluable.

Truly blessed hearing this message. In agreement with this doctrine in totality. God bless. Thanks so much brother.

Thank you so much for this message.

I love the teaching sir! It warms my heart. Thank you.

I get so stoked listening to Pastor Tom! Thanks Brother, great sermon!

Amen 🙏🏻 rest in Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour.

Amen🙌🏾

God bless you Pastor Cucuzza

Amen!!

Clear teaching!!!

Excellent message.

Excellent teaching!

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Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. 1 John 3:6-12 NIV 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. 7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

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Love your sermons! Thank you!

I love your teaching, thank you. Regarding Galatians 5:16, will you please explain Galatians 5:19 -21? Paul is speaking to Believers. Verse 21 says, shall not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.

I’m going through terrible mental anguish. I don’t know if I trusted Christ alone after hearing the gospel which was ever so clearly presented with no confusion whatsoever. I’m scared I might be a law trusting Pharisee. My mind is in shambles. I don’t see how I could’ve POSSIBLY missed anything in the gospel message. I’m really afraid right now.😞

The vast majority of Calvinists/Lordship Salvationists come to their errant conclusion that if a saved Christian still sins or practices sin then that person is "unsaved" based upon a twisted eisegesis of Luke 8:6-7/Luke 8:13-14, Luke 8:8/Luke 8:15, 2 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Corinthians 9:27, James 2:14-26, 1 John 2:3-6, 1 John 2:9-11, 1 John 3:4-10, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 5:18, etc. In the mind of a Lordship Salvation person, the only saved person is the one that is described in Luke 8:8/Luke 8:15. However, a careful reading of Luke 8:6-7/Luke 8:13-14 reveals that these people are also SAVED, but in a state of stunted growth, spiritual atrophy/stagnancy, due to hindrances and obstacles in their lives preventing them from moving forward in their walk with God. It would be ideal if all saved Christians are in the Luke 8:8/Luke 8:15 category, but the reality is, there are way more SAVED Christians who fall in the Luke 8:6-7/Luke 8:13-14 category. It seems that most, if not all Lordship Salvationists fail to read Romans 7:14-25, and the reality of Galatians 5:13.

he forgives ! thats what he DIED & came back for !

Please Help me I Believe Jesus Is The Son of God and God The Son of The Holy Trinity I Believe Jesus Shed His Blood and Died in my place to Pay for All my Sins He was Buried Then 3 Days Later Jesus Arose From The Dead!!! But I am struggling with some Sins that I honestly don’t know how to quit I hate my Sins But I genuinely don’t know how to stop them Am I still Saved because of my faith in Jesus or am I Not Saved because of my Sins? Am I born again because of my faith in Jesus or is there something more I need to do? Thank you for All your Help and Time God Bless you

Yes, it is possible to sin after being saved, it is possible for a truly born again Christian to fall into even the most grievous of fleshly sins but these born again Christians who have the Holy Spirit dwelling within will not be able to commit these sins and feel nothing about it. A Christian will have the Holy Spirit's voice speaking to their heart convicting them of their sin and urging them to fall down and beg the Lord for forgiveness, a professing Christian who can commit all manner of sin and feel nothing within themselves speaking to their heart telling them that what they are doing is wrong and urging them to repent is in a terrifying state between two frightening possibilities: The first possibility is that they were never saved to begin with, the second possibility is that they have been cut off from being able to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit because they have continuously refused to heed his voice and repent, these people are those in the bible who are described as "being saved so as by fire" they are saved but lived as though they never actually were. All of their works will be burned up as nothing that they did in life gave any glory to God, these people will still enter heaven but they will receive no crowns or rewards that they could have won had they been faithful and strived to do that which was pleasing to God, the bible also says that we as Christians can shorten our days on this earth by doing that which we know to be wrong in the sight of God. How shameful will it be for these Christians to stand before the Lord God Almighty and have nothing whatsoever to give back to the one who laid his life down so that they could be saved? Great shame and regret will be felt by these people who only just escaped a devil's hell by the skin of their teeth. There is something else to be said here about a Christian's ability to sin after salvation, just because it is possible for a Christian to sin and still be saved this fact should not make us feel comfortable with ourselves about committing sin, do not attempt to justify committing sin by saying "well the sin nature is just too strong for me to resist" yes, your sin nature is too strong for YOU to resist but nothing is too strong for GOD. There is always a way of escape, I am writing this to myself as much as I am writing this to those who are reading, we should never get in the habit of mentally justifying our sin, when we sin we should sit with what we have done and think about it, think about your relationship with the Lord, ask yourself: "do you love your sins more than you love God?"

Calvinism/Lordship Salvation and Arminian/Lordship Salvation has done much damage to the gospel and much psychological damage to many saved believers.

Can someone help me. Since coming to Christ I’ve been so confused and that confusion has turned into torment and into deep Depression. I don’t know if I’m saved and I’ve asked Christ to save me and I’ve had no peace at all. I see no professing Christian casting out demons, healing the sick or raising the dead and my elders in my church make me feel bad about doubting and worrying about my salvation

Calvinism doesn't preach works or freedom from sin. I've listened to john MacArthur severally and I've never heard him preach complete freedom from sinning once a person is saved. As a matter of fact that will contradict what they stand for.

"If you haven't made Jesus Lord of your life, you aren't saved." Adrian Rogers Isn't that terrible? Making Jesus Lord of your life is a WORK and occurs AFTER salvation, it is not an ADDITION to salvation. Justification and sanctification are two different things. We are saved by grace through faith OR we are saved by works. It is one or the other...it's not a combo or Ephesians 2: 8-9 is wrong. ANYONE who twists in works with faith to be saved is preaching another gospel. What part of "and this not of yourselves" is hard to understand?

Get off ur butt..get to church...😂😂 this man preaches in a way I want to sleep on his couch..SO I WAKE UP HEARING A MESSENGER