thank you so much Pastor, actually I was thinking about this today and thought "man, I never get it right"... and I felt so much pressure on me... But THIS really helped - in such a loving, fatherly manner that I have peace now... God bless you!
@drb8786
2 жыл бұрын
Haven’t watched but I just seen the title. God doesn’t need our good works, but our neighbors do😎 -Martin Luther
@johnhouchins3156
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! "He can't love you more than He loves in Christ!" Amen!
@judithtaylor6713
2 жыл бұрын
That’s exactly what I was going to say!
@keimahane
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats Pastor!! As always thank you for all you do, I have been truly blessed through your many teachings/words over the years.
@williamgammeter5113
2 жыл бұрын
Rev. Wolfmueller Ph.D sounds awesome!
@zarnoffa
2 жыл бұрын
Our good works are Christ in us doing the work. We aren’t doing them without Christ’s participation.
@danielwhitaker5445
2 жыл бұрын
This was a precious and appreciated metaphor!. May God indeed Be Praised!...
@Zilam
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations Dr. Wolfmueller! And thank you for sharing this video.
@travist7777
2 жыл бұрын
Herr Doktor Wolfmueller? Gratulieren!
@kraigd.1493
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations DR.!
@mercyp7151
2 жыл бұрын
This making me cry now.
@rb5
2 жыл бұрын
NOW I understand why Evan was calling you "Doctor" the whole time in the most recent TTR. Congrats, and thank you again for your message, it was a very evocative and definitely helped me see this once again, that I have seen so many times before...
@PhilHypocrite
2 жыл бұрын
God be praised! Great news, and an incredible parable. Made my day :D
@robertdamico4335
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Brian looking forward to meeting you at Concordia university making the case conference2022 !!
@judithtaylor6713
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr Wolfmueller.
@caelachyt
2 жыл бұрын
Great message. I for one, am sick of being screwed up and making mistakes all the time. Being stuck in this flesh is a challenge to say the least. God loves to see us try to do good, but however earnest our attempts are, they will never make us good. Only our faith in Christ can do that.
@henrka
2 жыл бұрын
Correct, agree. That said, the fact that we constantly fall short due to our unbelief is not due to God not having given us sufficient grace to obey him perfect, let's not confuse our unbelief with God's perfect grace towards us enabling us to obey the law perfectly as Christ did. Scripture is perfectly clear we are not slaves to sin and we do not have to obey sin's motions, if we do we have nobody to blame but ourselves, God has freed us from slavery, if we choose to continue in it, then it is us and us alone we have to blame.
@caelachyt
2 жыл бұрын
@@henrka - Apparently you don't fully grasp the Rom 7 explanation of what a Christian's relationship to sin is.
@henrka
2 жыл бұрын
@@caelachyt I fully grasp Romans 7 and indwelling sin in the believer. That said many other passages of scripture testify to God eradicating our carnal or sinful nature. You cannot just use Romans 7 to justify sin in believers, and ignore the many other scriptures that tell us that we have died to sin and crucified the flesh with all its sinful desires. In essence, God changes the DNA we were born with and instills a love for righteousness and the ability to perform what is good. To deny this would be to deny the freedom of a Christian, we are not slaves to sin but slaves to righteousness. Furthermore all sin like the one described in Romans 7 is a form of unbelief, we do not trust God, that is why we sin. So as I pointed out in my original reply our sin is not the result of God's lack of grace towards us, but it is our willful disobedience to God and this is what Romans 7 states. My first reply to you shows a solid understanding of Romans 7, Paul's sin in Romans 7 is clearly the consequence of his unbelief even though Paul was a Christian he had a very weak faith, no different from Peter whom Jesus told him that if he had enough faith he could walk on water but because of unbelief he was unable to. Christians have a very weak faith, and fail constantly as described in Romans 7 due to their unbelief. That is all I was getting at.
@caelachyt
2 жыл бұрын
@@henrka - Paul is quite clear that once saved the believer does not sin but the sin within them does it. Once the Holy Spirit dwells in a person, He cannot be a party to sin. The New Man does not sin. Paul is also quite clear that it is the flesh he is trapped in which brings this sin. There is no word hocus-pocus to get around that. 1 John 3:9 echoes this as well. And a plethora of other verses support the concept. One could knock themselves out claiming being saved demands all sin cease, but it's a lie. Weak faith or strong faith, is still faith and the promise is salvation for having that. Now, rewards are another story.
@henrka
2 жыл бұрын
@@caelachyt I do not necessarily disagree with what you say, but I do disagree with what you do not say. My concern is that you are putting God in a box and not realizing that what is impossible with man is possible with God. If God can heal, like make a paralytic walk or shrink a cancer tumour until it disappears can he not remove your sinful nature just like he can remove the cancer of a sick person ? Why do you think God can repair the DNA of cancer cells in a sick cancer patient but not repair your sinful nature ? He is the Great Physician, of course he can do it and does it all the time. Even Paul said that he wished everybody was like him with regard to his ability to remain sexually pure without a spouse, but not everybody can so he recommended marriage for those that cannot. But that does not mean that God cannot remove sexual sin in its entirety, including thought, word and deed, restoring sinless sexual purity. God can and does all the time eradicate the sinful nature, the carnality, as Paul states about himself in 1 Corinthians 7:7. There are plenty of testimonies, not just from Paul, but from other people that after conversion they lost their desire for not just sex, but also for alcohol or drugs or any other worldly desire. They were cured from their sin, their sinful nature removed, eradicated, no different than when a Doctor excises a cancer tumour and the cancer is gone, that is what Christ does, He is a Doctor of both our body and our souls. Now just because this did not happen to you, does not mean this does not happen to many Christians, you cannot project your personal experience onto others. I am not saying you are not a Christian, all I am saying is do not limit what God can do and specially deny what God has done for others. Look at the radical change in Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10) after his conversion, he gave back to everybody the money he had taken in an inappropriate manner, clearly there was an eradication of Zacchaeus sinful nature that caused him to sin prior to conversion. He was born again, he was given a new heart (Hebrews 8:10).
@davidthompson5020
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats Dr. Wolfmueller!
@michaeltitus4724
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, another fantastic ride along message. Oh, and Congratulations!
@christianlight8511
2 жыл бұрын
As a Texan I found your intro hilariously true.
@Robofish22877
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your doctorate!
@marchitson5757
2 жыл бұрын
I loved this
@Americandream805
2 жыл бұрын
Completed a doctorate? Congratulations!!!
@PatrickSteil
2 жыл бұрын
First time viewer. You are a great storyteller sir! But wanted to ask you a question with this story. Say there is a man leading a life of grave sin. He is involved with sexual immorality at every chance he gets. He is greedy with his pursuit of riches. He desires fame so that he will have power over people. But one day he shows up at your church and through the course of several months comes to the point of wanting to repent and submit to Christ. And he does. He professes his love for Jesus. He changes his desires from earthly ones to spiritual ones. But then slowly he ends up going back to his old ways. He is again embroiled in sin. But he still claims love for God. Still calls himself a Christian. Shows up for church once a month. So my questions are: Has he received Salvation according to your understanding?
@dave1370
2 жыл бұрын
I can't speak for him, but I *believe* that he might say that the man had salvation, but has lost it upon his rejection of Christ. But, with contrite confession and repentance, the man can make claim to it again.
@PatrickSteil
2 жыл бұрын
@@dave1370 Hello Dave and Happy Lord’s Day! What makes you say he rejected Christ? He still professes love for Christ?
@brohuggie2978
2 жыл бұрын
WHO EVER SAID THAT " several months comes to the point of wanting to repent and submit to Christ. And he does. He professes his love for Jesus. He changes his desires from earthly ones to spiritual ones. " SAVES YOU? That is a false doctrine friend!
@PatrickSteil
2 жыл бұрын
@@brohuggie2978 What the heck saves you then?????
@brohuggie2978
2 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickSteil John 6:47 King James Version 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Very simple! who said works was involved?
@stephenhoffman
2 жыл бұрын
All good things come from God. Good works are just that - good. They come from God, and are prepared beforehand for the Faithful to perform/live out. Comparing those good works done in the name Christ to making a mess in the kitchen seems off. They aren’t silly mistakes that God makes right. I appreciate a proper understanding of good works and how they relate to new life (Salvation) in/with/through/by Christ. They can’t earn heaven. So, I don’t mean to be too critical, but again discussing good works like the silliness of children is an unnecessary devaluing of them.
@zarnoffa
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, good works are Christ Himself working through us. They’re His works, not our own.
@AmillennialMillenial
2 жыл бұрын
What is the Lutheran view on the validity of other denominations’ Sacraments? On one hand, they are combining the Word with the element, but in the case of say, the Lord’s Supper, they are not affirming a corporeal, objective presence in the elements. Do Presbyterians, for example, have the true Body and Blood, but aren’t aware/do not affirm it, or is it not the true Body and Blood for this or any other reason? I assume female clergy cannot do valid sacraments as they are not rightly called?
@markhorton3994
2 жыл бұрын
I suspect that you are not going to get a qualified answer here. Here is a partial answer. Lutherans practice closed communion. Only Lutherans who are trained in our beliefs, confirmed, may partake of the sacrament in a Lutheran congregation and Lutherans do not do not participate in the Supper of others. I was told to not judge the validity of other's communion, just don't join them. Baptism is different. ANY Christian can Baptize. It is tradition and good practice to have the Pastor Baptize in the presence of the congregation. God is always there.
@AmillennialMillenial
2 жыл бұрын
@@markhorton3994 thank you. I’m moving in about six weeks, and a little over a month ago, after more than a year of study, prayer, and consideration, I believe the Lutheran faith matches my convictions and Scripture most closely. The town I am moving to has 3 LCMS churches, and I’ll be taking my family to one of them. I was aware of closed communion, but basically, our answer on their Supper is a resounding maybe? And since we are confessing differently than they, we don’t want to have joint participation either way so that we nor they are confessing something we don’t believe?
@markhorton3994
2 жыл бұрын
@@AmillennialMillenial That is as good an explanation as I have heard.
@williamgammeter5113
2 жыл бұрын
As a former Merican Evanjelly Big Box member, now in LCMS. The confessional Lutherans believe, teach, and confess the true presence of Christ in/is the supper...because Jesus said so! For most of my life I got to remember what Jesus did for me, but, never with assurances, blessed or otherwise and a whip crack and admonishment to be better, as I looked on the cross in the rearview mirror of "my decision." In confessional Lutheranism I get to be at the feet of Jesus , my Lord and the God of me, each week and know my sins are forgiven. Did I commune with Jesus in the former years and had my sins forgiven...solid maybe as our Lord is just and merciful. But, the dogmatics of Lutheran theology provide Jesus's promise and that His promises are fulfilled when you trust His Word and not try to monkey with them with...memorial meal...and the like.
@williamgammeter5113
2 жыл бұрын
I also recommend asking Dr. W!
@neonexus7144
2 жыл бұрын
Honorary doctorate? You can't just mention that in passing and then move on like it's nothing! Give us a close-up!
@thejerichoconnection3473
Жыл бұрын
This idea that good works are totally unnecessary for salvation but come as a necessary (but laughable) corollary from salvation is another of the many misunderstandings of Luther. Nobody in the Church has ever taught that the initial salvation (conversion + baptism) is gained or earned by works. This is a moot point. However, the idea that the final salvation, the one the Jesus will declare at the last judgment, is totally independent of the good works performed from the moment of our baptism till our death is contrary to the Gospel. Literally you cannot make sense of probably 50% of Jesus’s words in the Gospels if you hold this position. Jesus: “Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect” Luther : “You are a mess and you can only do a mess if you try to be perfect, so don’t worry, don’t even try, it doesn’t even matter, God loves you anyway”
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