I think that this shows how messy being a Christian is. It can be ugly and humbling, but knowing that there is a community who holds you accountable while *holding* you as valuable is one of the most lovely things.
I think of Joseph and Potiphars wife. We flee from intentional sin. Some think it's OK to get as close to the line as possible but we are supposed to get as far away from that line as possible. We all sin...but...intentional sin is different.
And now the entire internet is John's honorary accountability partner haha. In a way, that's embarrassing, yes. But it is better to be embarrassed on your way to Jesus than proud and cool on your way to destruction.
The only difference between you and the rest of us, is that you're in the public eye. Everyone has fallen short of the glory of God. EVERYONE. I'm so glad you're back doing what God obviously gifted you to do. Keep the laughs coming.
Porn/sex addiction is a HUGE problem! Thank you for talking about it! I hope your story encourages others to get help… which includes opening up to people.
As someone who has been a fan of yours for a long time, John; I just wanted to say that you are still an inspiration to me. To go through trials and make it out the other side is a great testimony, not something to be ashamed of. To speak the truth with boldness is what being a Christian is all about. Adding the extra layer of humor shows great character and spiritual development. I wish you continued success and happiness in Christ our Lord.
Love you John. I’ve been in the hospital 3 times for attempted suicide and have a lot of guilt and pain from sexual sin, so your not alone brother! Keep doing what you do. I hope you know you’re a blessing to many.
Glad you're still with us. I don't even know the full story of the controversy with John (guess I've been living under a rock) and I don't think I need to know either honestly. I have experienced a lot of shame for the same thing and although I don't think I've fully recovered from that shame, in the past year I've done what I never thought I'd be able to do and started opening up to other people about it who I thought would be disgusted by me for it. There are still people I haven't told that I still think would look at me differently honestly but maybe I'll be able to open up more one day. Always remember that Christ loves you and forgives your sins. ❤️
I hope you are doing better. It helps me to remember that 1) God has a purpose for me, or He would have already called me up. 2) It's necessary to remember my past sin, but suffering of guilt and doubts over it means I believe our Lord Jesus Chist is not great enough to cover them. Which is simply not true. Trust and follow God's words, not the devil's. Anything that contradicts God is from the devil. Memorizing scripture and the promises of our Savior is a good habit to counter this.
Hi John, I'm sorry you were going through some stuff. My sister was all summer bible camp one minute, shooting heroin the next. No judgment here, just reaffirming it could happen to anyone! I'm not Christian but appreciate your comedy because I grew up in that environment, and wish you many healthy years of laughter and success❤
@@cmr_77 well it's my sister... she went to jail as soon as she turned 18 and got a felony. We thought since the boyfriend would be locked up for 6 years that she would be ok, away from him. But since then, she's jumped from addict to addict. She's 36 now and had 2 kids, my mom has custody and the police are looking for her as I type... so things are not good at all.
Laughter: It helps you cope. Laud, yes! I’m old, John, and a mother of five now adult kids. Homeschooled them all. Made a ton of mistakes….and had to watch some of them suffer through our legalistic method of “sharing” Jesus. Good grief! I had many things bassackwards…but, we made it through. They made it through. You made it through. Not everybody does. God bless you. I don’t miss a single one of your videos. Love them…and you!
It was DEFINITELY Knoxville! Me, my wife, and kids were there and it was FANTASTIC!! This moment of vulnerability along with humor is something we've talked about often since. Thanks for being real...and bringing the funny!
The Mom’s comment is real! As a mom myself, I knew she was going to respond with that because that’s what I was thinking! Send me there please; it sounds like a wonderful vacation! 🤣
That was awesome and true John. I also went to a Christian rehab and what you say about feeling shame is so true. That rehab helped me to not only want to be live, but to actually work out what it really means to be alive. I'm glad your rehab helped you to. Much love brother, I hope this is one of the comments you read :)
I had rather listen to a honest person who admits short coming and issues with mental health than a person who denies this. Stay strong brother keep God in your view
One of my biggest disappointments of last year was when your concert in Syracuse, NY was canceled. It would have been my second time seeing you. I love you, I think you are funny and your honesty is refreshing. Christians do shame others in the name of Christ’s love. I struggle with that because God is love and loves us through our failures then makes them our strength through Him.
Totally relate to the mom comments. I had four children under 6! My mom had 11 children and her only “holiday” was the few days she had in the hospital recovering from childbirth. But,praise God you made it through your recovery and can bless God and others through your witness and testimony, John.
I loved this and although I wasn’t hurt or offended, I forgive you, John. Accept you. EVERYONE deserves another chance. And dude, you’ve shown more regret than OJ. So it’s cool. You can stop apologizing and beating yourself up. You didn’t kill anyone. Find me a grown-up who hasn’t hurt anyone, who doesn’t regret some of their actions and I’ll find you a liar! Pick up, go on, do good. Spread the love. We need it. 💚
if you weren’t affected or hurt, forgiveness is not yours to extend. he sexually harassed and exploited women and now turns around and makes a joke about it. it’s disgusting. this whole clip is manipulative and repulsive.
@@yourleftbigtoe That’s not your position to judge him. Don’t like him? Move on! The man owned up to his mistakes. Take that self righteous perfect life of yours elsewhere. Because of judgemental people like you it’s exactly why the unsaved stay away from church
@@yourleftbigtoe let’s open your WHOLE life to inspection… every deep dark part. Every time you called someone a name, made fun of someone, lied (even a white lie), disobeyed a law, even a traffic law, speeding, not fully stopping at a red light… had a bad thought, thought that guy over there had a hot body(lust)… just because you’re better at “hiding” your sin doesn’t make you PERFECT…
@@yourleftbigtoe If you weren’t hurt, wrath isn’t yours. If you aren’t God, judgement isn’t yours. People who are sorry get forgiven. That’s how I work. Sometimes it is REALLY hard, but I work toward it. Everyone hurts someone. Everyone does things that they later wish they hadn’t done. Humans err. Forgiveness is good for the offender and good for the offended. That’s my opinion.
I wish we would normalize things like Rehab, Therapy, or Group Meetings. Going through life is not a thing that should be alone. Every person needs support and council in order to weave through the patterns of life. Far too often people do not find support in friends, family, society, or community. A person being left to their own devices in a feeling of loneliness and confusion can be devastating. When those who are supposed to love, accept, raise, nurture, and support are the ones who judge, belittle, and condemn, then life spirals out of control. Sadly for many people God isn't enough. Especially for those who have hypersensitivity to independence and self-reliance stemmed from abuse or trauma. Just saying the world is a crazy place and there is not only repercussions for our actions but also our reactions, emotions, and core personalities. Treat those tied to you by fate with kindness. Lead with compassion. You never know who is looking to you for survival.
The fact that you can talk about it and joke about it. Is amazing please continue doing what you're doing please continue making people laugh you are a wonderful person we are all sinners and that is OK because Jesus makes us better
“This place sounds amazing” “oh only one person watches you pee” oh my goodness! Hilarious. I admire your transparency. I am thankful you are alive and well. Praise God that his mercies are new each day! You are very talented.
In the great words of Hannah Montana…”Nobody's perfect I gotta work it Again and again 'Til I get it right Nobody's perfect You live and you learn it And if I mess it up sometimes Nobody's perfect” Really though from day one of seeing the headlines I did nothing but pray for your healing and success that’s what we should all be doing for anyone and everyone!!! God bless and keep on truckin!!!
John, your humor was a blessing to me when I was going through some rough times. God is not only our Savior, but also our redeemer. As you continue to embrace His grace and redemption He will continue to use you to bless others with both your humor and humility.
Shame is not bad. Shame is the Holy Spirit convicting us for repentance sake. People can USE shame as a self-righteous weapon in a very ungodly way, but two wrongs don’t make it right. Sin ➡️ Shame ➡️ Repentance ➡️ Forgiveness. God does not HATE us when we sin, but he DOES HATE our sin. We should not HATE either! However, we should not vilify proper “shame”. It’s one of the Holy Spirit’s critical activities. Btw, laughter is awesome and does help you cope…but God ain’t laughing when we sin, regardless of what it is.
@@DrGeorgeAntonios as a minister’s wife, I can assure you pastors get ground into powder all the time for doing nothing. Their kids too. Pressure is immense. I’m not talking high profile ones. Just humble servants trying to carry out their calling
If John had been a pastor, he would have been skewered. I'm not saying he should be. I'm just saying consider that. And please don't say "he's just a comedian". That man has more reach and people that look up to him than many a pastor. Again, I'm not saying he should be judged. I'm just saying we treat people who makes us laugh much, much, more softly than people who get us convicted. But that's human nature for you.
@@neff02 I don't think this was the place to be focusing on the sin. In his first video after rehab he showed himself to take this seriously and that he was deeply repentant about his sin. He simply didn't focus on it during this show.
@@janavos9901 you're free to your opinion. But joking about sin to a prodmantly sinful world where the enemy loves for us to belittle sin something so serious that Jesus had to come suffer and die to make a way for us. Joking there was no sex in a sex rehab by an unmarried man, is not of God nor God honoring. Dangerous slippery slope. Every chance we get, which he has built a platform on the backs of alleged Believers and conservatives,give glory to God not sin!
Glad you’re back doing what you do so well, making people laugh!! You’re right, laughter is good medicine. God is good, and his love is forever, so glad you’re feeling his love - We all need it that’s for sure. Thanks and God bless
“[He] moved through the days in peace and wonder, for his whole story had been told for the first time, and he found that he was still loved.” -Andrew Peterson
I understand what he is saying and I agree there should not be shame…. But I don’t agree to being flexible to talking about it and disregard that we are called to be careful with what we speak. Royalty don’t act indecent neither or much less Christians. We are called to be Holy. There are things that can easily open a door to the enemy when we are negligent. FYI…. Yoga and meditation is a Middle East practice that involved religions that contradicts the Bible, this opens doors to demons. Just saying
Jesus didn't choose to hang out with the perfect people when he was down here, He saw the potential for goodness in all sinners , which is literally all of us.
It was a religious place at best. New age confusion mixed with some biblical sounding terms and methods. From this skit, it seems evident it didn't help him understand according to God, sex is reserved for marriage.
I honestly love for who you are, and how you conduct yourself on the stage, you are hilarious and spot-on all the time with your jokes, you are so good that when I see a notification coming from you, I excuse myself at work and go to the bathroom to listen to you and get a good laugh. Keep it up dude! ❤🥰👏👏👏
I have 2 tickets to see John in Houston on April 1st and I'm so happy to finally see him in person. He's such a natural, so genuine, and so very funny. Love him! And I 'found' him by accident on RU-vid last year watching his 'weatherman in Colorado' and I thought it was for real. Brilliant man!
Dude, we have all been in the wrong side of temptation, men and woman both, at some point in our lives and those who say they haven’t are either lying or think they are too good anyway. Here is where I’m not gonna prop you up but hold you to God’s word, to have his grace. I pray you truly understand why, how and what changes to make. Are you a narcissistic person? I don’t know. Only you and those close to you know that. One thing I would like to personally ask you is this, do you have guilt and regret because you know what you did was wrong and immoral or because you got caught? If you went through all the motions to rehab your image because you got caught then please get more help! If you are sorry with NO buts or excuses then I’m proud of you! Either way, I will continue to support you and most importantly pray for you!
Not trying to start a war here. And definitely not judging Jon cause I can almost guarantee I was a worse sex addict than him by a long shot. But this whole message of God not being mad at us, I just wonder how Scriptual that really is. Yes, He loves us and is merciful (a billion miles beyond what we deserve). But this whole notion that He never gets mad at His children, I just think is an unbiblical if not anti-biblical message. Of course I could be wrong. But Scriptures are full of verses about being obedient to Him. I don't know, maybe I need to study the topic more. But just find it hard to believe that God never gets mad at our actions/behavior
We love you, and you don't have to carry around any shame. But please John, don't go too far to the other side where you trivialize sexual sin. It's still a big deal even though you are forgiven.
Exactly. We all fall short but intentional sin isn't just falling short. It's a serious serious thing to intentionally sin. We are forgiven but as Paul said, we have grace and it "abounds but should we continue in sin? Heaven forbid".
Not even a chuckle.... This 'I'm proud to be a Christian, but making half making fun of other Christian for being Christian' bit gets old fast and doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
You can tell they're still in audience-at-a-comedy-show mode at first even though he's trying to be somewhat serious. I hope he's doing better now although addiction isn't easy to conquer.
Christians mess up. a lot. we are far from perfect. I dont know why so many put on this air that they're perfect. when we realize we fall short we show the same grace to others.
No one has the right to shame someone else. I know of a passage about motes and beams that wants to enter the chat. Also, a certain woman caught in adultery.
I respect John bc he owned right up to it. The first time I read he was almost glad that the secret was out was when I knew he craved healing. We all have sin and we all have secrets, but it takes a good man in a bad situation to look at his sin without justification and just cry, "God, set me free."
having the ability to laugh at yourself rather than act as though you can do no wrong when facing shameful or embarrassing chapters in your overall life story is courageous AF and rare but NECESSARY to be able to call oneself a mature person. Thank you for choosing to live and bring light to others even in your darkest of times! 💗
