#156 LTLT S5 EP 30: Assurance In Christ: It is A Journey of Faith and Prayer

I pray that , if it's nighttime , that you are able , you're in a time and a space where you can rest , amen , and I hope that this can be in the carriage . You ? You don't know who I am . My name is katherine amen . I am pastor .

Exposed life change ministries right in the heart of madison heights , virginia , amen , where we are exposing the enemy so that lives can truly be trained , truly be changed for the glory of God , amen . So , without further ado , I'd like for us to go ahead and get into it . We have plenty of time to finish out this particular book . We are in 1 John 5 .

So if y'all are already dying , let's go . Father , we thank you so much for your grace and mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us this opportunity , this moment , to get into your word . Pray , god , that you would speak us a fresh word . God , speak us , give us something , god .

Give us something that you know that we need , that we might not even know that we need God . Just pray in the name of Jesus to have your way here in this moment . I , I just pray in the name of Jesus to have your way here in this moment . I pray that you would draw your people here .

I pray , god , that you would lead God in what our steps , as we trust in you , as we lean , not on to our own understanding . Father , have your way here , god . I thank you . We thank you so much for dwelling with us for a while . God , we love you so much . In Jesus Christ's name , I do pray . Amen , amen , hallelujah .

So , as I said , we are here in 1 John , chapter 5 , halfway through , we just about finished . Amen , when you're ready to finish out , if you didn't know , we are learning how to live in . True . He said take my yoke and learn of me . Amen , and I believe this .

Matthew 11 uh , like uh , 30 , 29 or 30 , yeah , I told us to take his show and learn about him . And this is what we're doing here . We are learning how to . Yeah , because we can learn the word , we can learn every verse , you can memorize every single verse , but if you don't learn how to apply this and make it your standard , which is what your truth .

You don't learn how to do that , then you know you're just kind of going through the motions , you're not really getting the fullness of what Jesus would have you out of His Word , amen . So I feel privileged that I've been called to do this . Yeah , amen .

And I was doing this on my Facebook Live and it didn't seemed like I was getting too much traffic , um , and so , just being guided by the spirit , here I am . I want to die standing in the rough , um , and I mean the link to the truth , amen , uh .

So I am always excited and excited to be before you and able to speak life into you , able to be a coach of health . Come alongside you and help as you journey through this powerful and great word of God , amen . So , without further ado , we left off at verse 16 . Amen . The greatest takeaway I got out of yesterday's talk was that Jesus does hear us .

Amen . If we believe on his name , he will hear us when we're talking to him . Hallelujah , amen . And so we continue . He says if any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death , he shall ask and he shall give him life for them . That sin not unto death , there is a sin unto death If I say that he shall pray for it .

Okay , so this one verse got a little bit deaf , right , I'm drinking coffee , coffee y'all . Where I am okay in the morning , I'm the only one up , it's like 6 , 30 yeah . So , yeah , uh , we're gonna dissect verse 16 . He says okay , so we're go back up to 15 . Kind of jog our memory what he said . We know that he hear us Whatsoever we ask .

We know that we have the petitions that we desire of him . Okay , so we're talking about talking to Jesus . Okay , talking to the Father At prayer life , okay . So he says if any man see his brother sin though we see him sin a sin , he says a sin which give , oh no , I'm sorry , which is not unto death .

So if you don't see anybody commit murder , if you don't see anybody take life , if you see somebody who sins , but it's not to the measure of taking away life , he says he shall ask , we should ask , talk to him , pray for him . He says , and he shall give them life for them . That sin not unto death .

So he said when we see our brothers fall , okay , we see them fall , we see them doing things that ain't got no business . John reveals to us , the Spirit reveals to us through him , that the thing for us to do is to pray for them . Talk to God about that , tell God about the sin that you witnessed , that you saw them do .

And he says to us he will give him life , amen , he will deal with whatever he did wrong , and it's not up to us to try to fix somebody else . It is not up to us to call them out and make them do whatever it is that we think that they ought to do . Amen , so he says . After that , he says there is a sin unto death .

Okay , he says I do not say that . You shall pray for it . Okay . So he says he says there is sin out there that will lead a person straight to hell . Okay , he says he said this Based on the text

, and I couldn't be . But look , there is room for me to be off . But this is just the way that I perceive it . This is another . That's another . For everybody that's here is that it ain't necessarily that you're wrong . It could be your perception . Okay , it could be your spiritual maturity . Hallelujah , amen .

So don't get hung up on right and wrong , because at the end of the day , when we get into the Word of God , jesus will reveal what it is that he needs us to see in that moment for a time . Amen . So , depending upon where you are , amen in in different areas of your life is how you're going to perceive the word of God .

This is the way that he's going to reveal it to you . He's able to reveal it in so many different ways To Based on where they are . Amen . So do not get hung up on writing .

So what I get , he says and I'm going to read that verse again Before I say what I what I saw or heard Okay , he says , if any man see his brother in a sin , no , if any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death , he shall ask and he shall give him life For them that sin not unto death .

Since there is a sin unto death , I do not say that he shall pray for it . All unrighteousness is sin and there is a sin not unto death . So all sin ought to be prayed for , but there is some sin that ain't I mean . It's done , you heard me . He says , at the end of the day , all unrighteousness is sin . Okay , he says , and I'm backing up .

He said I do not say that he shall pray for it . So I'm trying to make sense of it in my mind , y'all , myself , I don't want to say anything that would get the wrong . No , get the wrong .

Hmm , no , not the wrong answer , but the wrong perception , because we definitely , even for the murderer , even for the one who blasphemes God , I say even for them , we ought to be praying for them . Hallelujah , because Jesus did that . He said you know , forgive them , for they know not what they do , you know blaspheming Jesus .

They spit on the dead , all that stuff to him on the cross . But he asked for forgiveness for them . So I just don't want I'm being careful , not to say not to pray for them , because you should absolutely . Especially when you witness people . You see people that are doing things like murder , lying , all of these things that are not like Christ . Amen .

He makes a point . He says all unrighteousness is sin , hallelujah , amen . But then he says there is a sin . No , there is a sin , not death . To continue on , he says we know that whosoever is born of God's sin is not , he says . But he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and the wicked more in touch than not . Amen .

What we got to understand here is that once you become saved by Jesus Christ , then even though you sin , jesus is the perpetuation , then forever . So no matter how many times you sin Jesus , because you live in his name and you believe in his name , you stand on his name , you are covered .

One thing to point out in verse 18 is that he says that whosoever is of God , you don't sin intentionally , and I believe that that is a big differer from someone who knows Jesus and who does , someone who does not , someone who knows who Jesus is as a child of God . We understand the cost . Yeah , we understand the cost of our salvation .

So we don't just go out there and sin just because we can . Yeah , we don't go out there and sin just because we can . Yeah , we don't go out there and sin just because we can be forgiven . But what he says , but he that is forgotten of God , keepeth himself . So keeping yourself means like keeping something valuable to you that is safe . It's safe .

It is to keep something . I'm saying that again . It is to keep something that is valuable to you , that is safe . It's safe . It is to keep something . I'm saying that again . It is to keep something that is valuable to you safe . Okay , meaning you're protected .

You don't allow this Daniela to get their hands on it , to mess with it and mess up the value of the thing that you have . What he means when he says he that is begotten of God , keep it himself . You're going to do thing that you have . What he means when he says he that is begotten of God , keep it himself .

You're going to do everything that you can to live an upright life . Amen . You're not going to go out here intentionally deceiving people . You're not going to go out there intentionally trying to take what doesn't belong to you , so on and so forth . He says and the wicked one , because you're intentional about doing it in God's way .

The wicked one which is Satan and all of his angels . They cannot touch you in a way that would lead you astray . Hallelujah , because you are in God . 19 , he says and we know that we are of God and the whole world lieth in wickedness , so you know where you are in him . We all have our own relationship with the Father .

He says and we know that the Son of God is come and have given us an understanding that we may know him . That is true and we are in him . That is true Even in his Son , jesus Christ . This is the true God and eternal life . Little children , keep yourselves from idols , amen . So he wraps up saying look , we know who we are , amen .

I'm going to come to the last few minutes . They know who they are as disciples of Christ . You ought to know who you are , amen . You ought to know what your heritage is , amen . He says to us love . You ought to know . You should know , amen , that you are in Christ . Amen . You ought to know .

You ought to be able to profess and proclaim that you are a child of God , without apology , amen . Hallelujah . You ought to be able to decree and declare and share with the world that Jesus Christ is eternal life . Amen . You ought to be able to share . Look , I know he heard from me . Amen , I have a prayer life . Hallelujah .

Ask God if you can see how God is working in your life . Ask him to open up your eyes To show you where he's been in your life , amen , where you've done some things that couldn't have been done without him . Hallelujah , how you made it from point A to point B . Look , ask God to open up your eyes if you can't see .

It is amazing how Folk who have been blinded by life , they cannot see the beauty of God , they cannot see the truth of the fact that God was there . Amen , y'all . If you're aware of the footprints , hallelujah . You know , in that poem Jesus makes the revelation . Hey , look , when you thought I wasn't , it was when I was . Come on somebody .

When you thought that I wasn't , I was there . When you couldn't carry yourself , he said I was carrying you . Hallelujah , I was carrying you . Hallelujah , I was carrying you . Amen , he is there and he is there carrying you where he wants to take you , hallelujah . So that wraps up 1 John , chapter 5 .

Our first book that we have been over , been through here on God's Diamonds in the Rough , hallelujah , I'm excited about the next book and I hope that you are Amen as we continue to go forth . Can I say which book exactly we'll be going to next ? I cannot , yes , and that's just because I don't know . I really don't know .

I don't want to tell you one thing and wind up doing another . I am a spirit filled Christ follower . Hallelujah . I am waiting on the Lord , amen , to tell me what is next . Amen , so in order for you to find out what's next . You got to come back , yeah , you got to come back on Monday as we start another book in the word of God , amen .

Don't forget to tune in on Friday and Saturday for two more not one , but two more episodes that Michael and I recorded on God's diamond in the rough Amen . Now the two that I choose . It could be just me and whoever I'm interviewing . Then again , it could be Michael and I and whoever we interview .

So y'all , make sure y'all come on back On Fridays and get this great testimony , this great story Of the chosen Gu's diamond in the

rough Amen . So let us go and pray . Father , we thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us to stay in this time . God , to be able to spend some time with you . God , to be able to spend some time with you , give you the word and I pray for every ear and every heart and every diamond that is and was here .

I just pray , god , that you continue to bless them in such a way that they know that they did shoot . Thank you , god , for allowing us to be able to talk to you . God , thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , that we have completed this book and I just pray , god , that you would guide us in where to go next .

We pray for that one that said pray for me . We pray for those who have no way doesn't seem like there ever will be a way . You are the way , jesus God . I thank you so much for being the way . Hallelujah , father , we love you so much . We're so very grateful and so thankful . We pray that this prayer and all of our prayers are pleased in your sight .

In Jesus Christ's name , I do pray . Amen , amen and amen . Hallelujah Again , I ask you to join me on tomorrow , as you will be able to finally hear another one of our guests that we interviewed recently . Join us . So so many blessings from me to you Y'all . Make sure y'all come on back for the next time . Amen , amen , amen .