It took me 10 years bucking at God and being stripped of all pride and losing everything but my life personally and professionally before I broke down and realized that THE ONLY thing I could rely on for my every breath was God. He humbled me until I HAD NO choice but to turn to Him. I was utterly hopeless and powerless to fix the mess l had made of my life. I got out of sin, got baptized and gave my my life to Christ Jesus. Once I began to obey the Lord within 1 year He restored nearly all that I had lost during the previous 10. I will forever walk with my Lord and PUT GOD FIRST because I can do NO good thing without Him. Amazing grace indeed, I pray I never forget my wretchedness and fall into pride. 🙏🏽
Jesus actually did feel what we felt. He was just not overcome by it. - For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin” -Hebrews 4:15
"It's not gonna happen to me" is something the true believer should never utter or think. We men can get arrogant also hardheaded and not see rebuke or reproof from or brothers lightly but as an offense. God keep us all humble in our walk.
Great message, and it's so important for us to not be ashamed to share our testimonies so that others can see God's goodnesses, His mercies, and His Grace. He will surely turn a mess into a message!
This video and your scripture references are great. Thank you so much for breaking down how and why we all need to stay humble. God is always the focus.
This message is so so needed. This can happen to anyone. We have to be careful about the root of bitterness too leading to infidelity. Keeping our hearts and motives to honor Christ and not ourselves, willing to pray for our enemies and for Christ alone to be glorified in every situation.
As a 70 yr old Evangelist, 45 yrs in the ministry I come from the OLD SCHOOL .I can relate to the story of your 30 yr old daughter 😆. I have Grandchildren with the same attitude. Stand strong my brother !!
I think we do a disservice to everyone when we fan over them. It’s so destructive to the person we’re fanning over, but ourselves as well. When I was a teenager and an unbeliever… my peers were going crazy over singers and actors. I actually tried to… I had my favorites but just didn’t loose my mind at concerts or movies or whatever. It seemed so bizarre to me. Especially once you learn how dark their real lives are. It’s even worse in the church. Watching people fall apart over their Pastors or leaders. So sad.
The issue is NOT us,it's THEIR own personal choice. WE forget OUR responsibility to pray for them AND these leaders needed GOOD people around them AND HAVE to "Draw near to God" and HE will draw near to us.
Paul had to address that in the Corinth Church. Divisions….I follow Paul I follow Apollos I follow Cephas or I follow Christ. Unfortunately the doctrine of men have a higher place than the scriptures. What was the commission? Preach the gospel make disciples teaching them everything that he had commanded. Now days we teach and debate Calvin vs arminian. Gifts of the Spirit continue vs ceased. End time events. Those are the in house issues. Meanwhile on the outside we confront the so called woke progressive and liberal groups who have embraced a new morality. May God re direct us and lead us in His Way.
Excellent Analysis Corey! We must understand as you have indicated in this post that we ALL can be susceptible to sin and can fall into a state of backsliding. As you have already indicated, the only thing that will eventually restore us to where the Lord wants us is to be is to admit that we have fallen, repent and allow time to heal us as we seek restoration in our walk with and for the Lord. Thanks for reminding us Corey.
My prayer has always been that God will deal with me privately before He has to deal with me publicly. We have to be so self-aware and in tune with the Holy Spirit to keep ourselves on a short leash. Holy introspection (not naval gazing) with the guidance of the Holy Spirit is so important. The Bible does say to watch yourself, to remove the beam from your own eye before you remove the splinter from your brother's. Lord, please keep our hearts humble before You.
@Diane Murphy YES I Didn't wait and grow in the Lord moved too fast not waiting and way off wild. I WISH I had stopped I Grieved the HOLY GHOST and didn't wait or LISTEN. I hurt me. No love and self LOVE TO STOP and was feeling Way off. Yelling and disgusting. NOW God left.
When I was in my pre teens I knew of pastors that had tenures at churches of 20, 30 years and more because they were not only good preachers/pastors but good leaders. In today's modern times too many persons in the ministry are there for fashion and monetary gain.
Amen brother I have always said the same of my life. I don't know if I'm ever going to fall but not today I will deal with tomorrow when it comes but nothing in me is good except Christ.
I sold everything and invested in ministry. BUT 2 years Later. And I lost all...Friends Family Networks. Lost my income. The incomplete church continues to tear and wear. I lost sleep. Now I want to go under. And seek God. Away from the congregation. The problem and my dear is how the ministry will do when am away yet am the vision Carrier. I got saved 20 yrs ago. Got ordained 8 years ago and faithfully served under my Bishop. Until 2 years ago . Family isn't happy coz I sold family property to invest in church . I was passionate about succeeding. I only kept asking God that give me a congregation so I feared preaching to chairs. I got into debts. Banks are on me. God help me
Alex Thuku. That happens sometimes. Unless a seed falls to the ground it remains only a single seed John 12:24. Every great vision gets through phases: - conception, birth, death, resurrection, GLORY.
@@michealking6425 Michael are you still there. ? I never had this fear or fear of hell. Something nwas wrong with me very EARLY. I need help I feel spit out and fooled. Please PRAY please someone. I want THE HOLY GHOST BACK AND BE STILLL I shouldn't have done these things. As a Foolish girl. WRECK ME. please hate BLIND and Spiritually no armor. SOMEONE PLEASE
Great message for brothers and sisters in leadership. Chuck Swindoll suggested a “pre mortem.” He didn’t call it that. But, it’s a term often used in business where you give serious thought to a negative outcome as if the “thing” has occurred and you develop an action plan to prevent it from happening. Perhaps in the next talk you can discuss boundaries and practical ways to keep pride in check. Blessings!
Mainly because they start buying in to their own press. Believing themselves to be more than the ministry...Corey you are a bright light shining in a dark time. God Bless this ministry..
Reminds me of the temptation George Muller shared. He chose to exalt God and not self. He never took credit for the work. I remember reading his biography and thinking what an awesome God he serves who is worthy of all praise.
Indeed they were running before walking and God does not lead his babies like that so they must of took the lead of another. God prepares his people for the ministry he appoints. We are tested before we are sent.
I love that fact that God is using you to establish order among the remnant. May God Most Gracious continue to bestow knowledge and wisdom upon you so that you may continue to bring understanding to God’s people. May the God of all Grace fill you with all Love, Joy , and Peace in the HolyGhost. In Jesus name.
I truly understand how this can happen to any of us but when those men begin to feel they were failing I wish they would have just resigned from public office instead of bringing reproach and God's judgement
I was in Eddie Long's church when those incidents occurred. I was a member. It truly rocked me not spiritually but looking at him thinking one thing and then realizing the lie that truly was. I was truly disappointed. It separated me from those whom I used to call friends because Eddie Long started handing out churches left and right before he passed. Truly disappointed. Of course I'm in a much better place but at the time it was devastating.
@@simonedishelle6720 It's very tragic what he did to the image of the Church. He influenced people all over the world. Apostate preachers have always been a danger to the local Church.
If you still believe the blasphemy and heresy Eddie Long taught you're deceived and lost. He was a false teacher and the prosperity word of faith teaching satanic. Repent and believe the true gospel.
The gospel is so simple, 1 cor 15:1-4. The aposel Paul in his epistles for us in these last days of the age of grace. I go to a you tube teacher les feldick and have learned so much by going his thru the Bible series. God bless
I didn't read where Joseph was arrogant and that's why God had to allow him to go through what he went through. In fact in Genesis 50:20 he told his brothers that what they meant for evil against him God meant it for good. I believe it's important not to interpret Joseph's story has pride as that was not his attitude. He did suffer humiliation but Proverb 18:12 says "Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before HONOR is HUMILITY." Joseph's calling involved being honored so he went through a humility process.
Most us believers we try to kind of bribe these Pastors since we are not sure if we will go to heaven !!!! We think by giving bunch of money to pastors God will overlook our sins ..We Praise Pastors instead of Praising God. we will obey Pastors more than obeying God , We will listen more their words even quote more than the Word of God...And dont forget us sisters flocking to Pastors space in the name of prayers ..Ofcourse Pastors/preachers will fall ..they are human too.. Lets know more God by ourselves and respect Preachers /pastors their true calling by discerning !!!!
The power, popularity and influence that highly successful Pastors experience is highly intoxicating and eventually they’re unable to differentiate between reality and illusion. ✔️
I went to a Methodist church in ft.lauderdale who fell from grace hard. He was using funds from a scholarship fund to fund an opulent lifestyle. He was also counseling and have sexual relationships with many married women in the church. Finally he was uncovered and defrocked. It was sad and unfortunate for him and his family. I remember talking to his daughter who I was friends with and I could hear the hurt in her voice.
While I do not follow up on who fell and why the Holy Spirit led me to this video! This was just what I needed to hear today! A dear, dear minister that I love is struggling! I thank God for using you to share this! To God be the glory! I'm subscribing.
I watch a lot of videos about false teachers, I recently started to see them all as examples of the things God doesn't want us to do, but that we all do in some degree. We're all sinners, just like them. So even though their sins are far more ambitious than mine will ever be, it doesn't matter. They're just exaggerated examples of what we all struggle with. If we learn anything from them it should be how to recognize that the sinful nature that's in them, is in ourselves.
How do we know motive? It comes down to not being prepared. We many times look at ourselves as leaders, but we are servants. Christ is the Head. Christ is in charge. When we don't understand the word, we can only fail. He that thinks he stands, take heed, lest he fall..
They underestimate the witchcraft at work right in their own churches. They also need to keep a posture on their knees in front of God @ all times & lose the prideful spirit.
I was listening about two weeks ago, I'm having a hard time remembering who. But anyway, there was someone that enemy was working on a plan. He had a list of names. He was working on taking out those who stand staunchly for the LORD. Also, early last year the enemy was going after Pastors and their wives and families to destroy their relationships.
I just like to say I would like to shake the menace's hand that just talk this topic truly I am a witness of what you're talking about I experienced this from a preacher and everything that you said with the description of this man and the thing about it is I'm afraid it's going to happen again but most of all my point is I think God for letting me hear this and lets me know that God has brought to pass all that I was thinking it is true as far as I'm concern this is a prophecy and it lets me know that the Lord heard and answered my prayer I have no intention and stepping my foot into that church again I shake the dust off of my feet and I leave it as a testimony
I was trying to say I like to shake The Minister's hand but the but the rest of what I said I'm sure you understand it let me say this the preacher cuss me out and proceeded to fight me in the church this was back in 2015 and everything that you said that man is doing now but he'll never preach to me again
When one starts promoting ones SELF, that's a sure sign. People will put u on pedestals, and the FLESH encourages u to take all that in. We MUST keep.GOD, JESUS, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT as our MAIN FOCUS. WE have the GREATEST EXAMPLE, JESUS CHRIST. FOLLOW HIM ! HE came to do the will of our FATHER and told us to do the same. You have to DENY yourself. Its NOT easy, yet it MUST BE DONE. ONLY GODS SPIRIT CAN GUIDE AND HELP YOU. TRUST HIM !
Question... Tho I agree with this video, how do we determine when to sit someone down and for which sin if we sin every day.. because I have never seen someone sat down for struggling with cussing
Just for the sake of accuracy, although Jerry Falwell Jr. was the president of Liberty University, he wasn't a member of the clergy - he was an attorney by profession.
This is were the fear of the lord is a real thing. I feel like when people say we can't lose salvation it lessons the severity of our sin. Our sin against God is a big deal. These pastures were real christians they really did fall away, some of them or many other pastures, nowadays have fallen away and are around the globe now, like the scripture says many will fall away in the last day giving heed to doctorne of demons. I feel like there is a place we're we can blaspheme god and lose salvation. There has to be, otherwise how will we ever take gods discapline seriously. we very well it seems could lose our salvation it's a fearfull thing to fall into the hands of God? What prevents us from falling away if we can't lose salvation, isn't it the fear of the lord? I have fallen away like this I want to be renewed but it seems like it's not possible😢.
Excellent words and educational, I only had 1 disagreement. When you said Jesus was the only man or human being that did not have a challenge with these temptation's. Of course we know that Jesus never sinned but we also know according to Hebrews 4:15 that we have not a Priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, (weaknesses), but was in "ALL" points tempted, like as WE yet without sin. Jesus was just always walking in the power of our Father's presence from the quality of time he spent with our Father in prayer and His Word so that He was always willing and able to walk and live in complete authority over all temptations. This was to set an example for us by Himself being our Perfect Example that we can walk, in the Spirit, in and with that same authority. For Hebrews 2:16 says He took upon Himself not the nature of angels but the seed of Abraham after our flesh that He might understand our struggles and challenges in the flesh as a merciful example, yet set the Perfect Example for us in the flesh of how we to can walk in His power and authority over ALL temptations and sin....SELAH. No pride here brother. Excellent video. Love you with all my heart!
2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
it sounds like the root of the problem is actually stemmed from the family system. if we grow up in a healthy home, with healthy patterns, and healthy affirming, then pats on the back, and any forms of praise would reinforce the pattern and create healthy results. but if we were in an unhealthy home, and not given nearly enough affirming, or healthy pats on the back, or healthy nurturing, then the mind and body is still craving it, it still needs it, and that deep neediness often does end up in unhealthy situations. but as it is, now, in the american church, i have a suspicion that God never intended for the church to be what its become in the first place. was never meant to be a one man show. was never meant to be a cash cow marketable franchise. its interesting to see the differences from biblical church, to the church now when it comes to lights, camera, and action... back in the day, it really was about showing the world what God is like, so everyone would be drawn to Him, but now? the churches are too busy competing, theyre too busy creating better websites to attract the attention of new customers for their brand of jesus. theyre too busy packaging cherry picked scriptures to sell as either another teaching, or another version of their gospel for whoever is willing to buy it... inotherwords... while the church is busy with marketing strategies, the people, including the pastors spiritually, mentally, and emotionally starve to death.
Pastor!! Can we get you to a video on Divorce and then Divorce n remarriage.. I see how Apostle Geno beating up on people that's been Divorce.. Can please touch on that I wanna get perspective on the matter's
Great teaching, The only thing I would add would be to quit saying it's natural. It's natural for someone who is not walking with God and has not been born again. Call it what it is Sin. It's still walking in sin. Jesus tells us that temptation will be out there. But we have to work and trust our faith and recognize that we are walking in sin and ask God to give us the strength to overcome. If God is almighty and can do everything, then why can't he help us overcome every temptation that we face.
