00:00the antidote to the lies of condemnation is the truth and the truth of god's word is that you can
00:07change no matter how bad you have fallen you can get back up the truth is that repentance is
00:16available there's always room for repentance as long as in the present we recognize and run to
00:23god and don't justify don't make excuses don't don't try to minimize the sin
00:37i'm doing something and i've got two things that i'd like to share for the very first one i would
00:44like to say thank you so much for this wonderful message that you've really given me or you've
00:49really given us because it's really been touching a lot of areas that have really been thinking about
00:55in terms of sexual purity and being able to be a christian who follows god's commands in my
01:02situation i will be honest i have struggled with sexual purity in the past and even a bit of now
01:08i'm still trying not to fall into any temptations or rather not to give my body away in such a
01:15way
01:15that it's displeasing before god now in the case of whereby maybe sometimes there's that feeling of
01:22condemnation or sadness or regret when i do make a mistake of course i do turn back to god but
01:29then
01:30there have been instances where i would feel like maybe there's no hope or there's no way past this
01:36same situation second one i would like to find out as to how maybe not to fall back into relationships
01:44that are that are ungodly in the case of whereby i'm trying to maybe seek a godly relationship
01:51in this case i will give an example whereby i've been trying to talk to someone or get to know
01:58someone
01:58and they did ask that question i tried to set that boundary to say i don't want to fall into
02:04sexual
02:06immorality though from that perspective as well they said in that past they did used to engage into
02:13such things and they did seem okay with it they did respect my wishes but then it made me think
02:20about whether i should still proceed with getting to know the person or not in the case of if they're
02:26truly walking with god or not though i do care that yes they do follow god but then there's still
02:31that
02:33that's what i can share thank you the first points about condemnation
02:39and uh that feeling of hopelessness sometimes if we fall back into something we vow to never do again
02:47i think i just have to re-emphasize that the devil will never stop condemning us because if we listen
02:56to the lies of condemnation we will easily fall into the cycle of returning back to the vomits that's one
03:04of
03:04his weapons okay the devil what he does he wants to tempt you to sin and then if you succumb
03:11to sin
03:12the next temptation is to make you feel unworthy and drown you in those lies of condemnation
03:19to feel that you are hopeless there's no way out you can't change and if you accept that as parts
03:25of
03:26your identity well that's just who i am i can't change i've tried but i keep falling back into this
03:31if you accept that then as i said in the message today you you are just going to end up
03:36in in the
03:37cycle of life because that lust will never fulfill you you'll continue to return back to it and it
03:43will continue to rob you of peace and rob you of rest and rob you of what you need to
03:47actually have
03:48a meaningful uh relationship that can lead to marriage so the antidote to the lies of condemnation
03:55is the truth and the truth of god's word is that you can change no matter how bad you have
04:03fallen you
04:04can get back up the truth is that repentance is available there's let me say there's always room
04:12for repentance as long as in the present we recognize and run to god and don't justify don't
04:19make excuses don't don't try to minimize the sin this is the the tactic of the devil as well if
04:27if you've repeatedly fall into something the devil will try and get you to say well it's because it's
04:32impossible you can't meet that standard the standard is too high so it's still okay if you just do a
04:38little bit at least you are not fornicating at least you are not uh going so far like this just
04:45a
04:45little bits here and there these are all tactics of the devil designed to continue taking us down
04:51this downward spiral which sin will will take us on so the lies of condemnation are a weapon the
04:57devil will continue to use and because no one is perfect everyone is going to be subject to those
05:04whispers those voices those lies you must not listen to the lies of condemnation listen to the truth of
05:12god's word if you take a wrong step you make a mistake you do the wrong thing you succumb to
05:18what
05:18you vow to never do again the answer is to run to god not from him restoration is given by
05:27god condemnation
05:29is given by the devil so there is always hope now when it comes to moving forward in relationships
05:35okay i had a relationship that was ungodly i'm interested in another relationship what were the
05:43lessons you learned from the previous relationship if you were in an ungodly relationship you came out of
05:51it and you look back it's an opportunity for learning okay what were the red flags what were the warning
05:59signals i saw what were the areas that i realized constituted this ungodly relationship those are
06:07principles you must learn and apply if you are considering another relationship so in the example
06:14you stated brother if someone claims to be a christian we are not a christian by confession we are a
06:23christian by commitments it is our fruits that testify to our faith even before you are thinking of
06:34approaching someone to perhaps try to get to know them better with a view to a relationship what must
06:42you look at what are the fruits of their life if you see someone and even in the answer you
06:50gave where
06:51the person did not seem to see sexual immorality is a very serious thing but you say oh but they
06:56are
06:57a christian that behavior is not christian if someone does not see sexual immorality as a serious
07:05problem if they just say to you well i will respect your boundaries but for me i don't see it
07:10as a big
07:11problem already that is a warning signal don't go further with such relationship you don't need another
07:21voice from god you don't need to hear a voice oh my son that is a bad relationship for you
07:27god is
07:28revealing to you through their response if someone does not even recognize that foundational issue
07:38sexual immorality as a serious thing as something that we must make sure we steer clear from if they're
07:44going to be any forward movement in the relationship if that is not clear at the foundation run away
07:51disconnect disconnect don't go further lest you take a decision you then regret or go too far and then
08:02say why that means you are not learning from that ungodly relationship you are just repeating it so that
08:09would be my advice to you brother the amount we earn does not change the roles and responsibilities god has
08:23given because that role is divinely assigned not on the basis of how much you earn or your salary
08:32do you
08:36do you
08:43do
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