1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,080 This is why you should stop watching AI videos immediately. 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:07,680 Now, today we're going to do something a little bit 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,960 different. I've got a cup of coffee and I 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,560 want to have a chat with you. If you don't know yet, I've got 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,600 a Christian channel where every few weeks I sit down with you, I 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,160 open up the scriptures and we just have an informal chat all 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:25,400 about Jesus and the Word of God. Well today I really want to talk 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:31,200 to you about 3 big problems that we have with the Christian world 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,320 of YouTube. So please go and get yourself a 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,560 hot drink, whatever you want to drink, tea, coffee. 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,680 I'm having a nice hot cup of Joe. 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,600 So hopefully you'll join me today for this. 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,920 OK, the first problem I see as a Christian YouTube who's been in 14 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:57,880 this game since 2015, the biggest problem I see is AI. 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,120 I think AI is going to be a massive problem for the 16 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,360 Christian world of YouTube. Let me put a scenario to you, my 17 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,200 words because I do believe this will happen in the future. 18 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:09,760 I really do think this will happen. 19 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,680 So just remember this video. But in a few years time you will 20 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:18,680 be driving to work and say your commute is 20 minutes long and 21 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,680 you think, right, well, I'd quite like to get some spiritual 22 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,520 edification is all you'll have to do is take your smart device 23 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:30,360 or whatever it is and say AII would like a 20 minute message 24 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,280 on the on the Trinity. And I'd like this message to 25 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,560 have a bit of humour peppered into it. 26 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,800 I'd like the preacher to be quite punchy at times, you know, 27 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,800 to be quite strong and authoritative. 28 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,160 And I'd also, by the way, like him to speak in an Irish accent. 29 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,480 AI, please do that for me. And within a matter of seconds, 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,600 you will have everything you want completely tailored. 31 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:00,600 Now guys, me, little old me and your other Christian Youtubers 32 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,400 that you watch, we cannot compete with that. 33 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,440 We can't do that. We can't tailor a message for 34 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,520 you. We can only do what we believe 35 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,759 the Lord has laid on our hearts each week. 36 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,840 And so I really do see this as being a huge problem. 37 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:22,200 Now the other question you might want to ask yourself is this, is 38 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,920 it wrong? Is it really such a bad thing 39 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:30,400 that we've got these AI robots, these AI machines that are now 40 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,280 preaching the gospel that are now making these channels? 41 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,360 Because by the way, you do know what I'm talking about when I, 42 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,240 when I say AI, I'm talking about these AI generative channels. 43 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,680 So you will get lots of different people now who are 44 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,440 running these AI channels. And because they know in our 45 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,520 Christian community, there's a couple of million of us, they 46 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,280 know, OK, this is a chance for me to make money. 47 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,680 So they will hit certain topics like the rapture or they will 48 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,680 take a video by a Christian YouTube that's got a number of 49 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,640 views and they'll literally take the transcript from that video 50 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,320 and then maybe do a ahead of research themselves, put it into 51 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,440 AI and they'll get their own script. 52 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,280 People have literally done that to me and I've had to reach out 53 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,840 to them, to the people running these AI channels and say this 54 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,440 is dishonest. You've literally just taken my 55 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,840 script, everything, title, thumbnail, and you've put it on 56 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,480 your own channel and now you're monetising it to make money. 57 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,080 So is there anything wrong in this? 58 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:32,440 I mean, you might say, well, no, there isn't anything wrong. 59 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,680 After all, didn't the apostle Paul say, you know, some preach 60 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,560 the gospel out of selfish ambition? 61 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,120 But I still rejoice because after all the the gospel's being 62 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,760 preached, well, I think there is an issue with it. 63 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:51,160 One of the things is this, imagine if all these AI channels 64 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,040 suddenly because they've got these machines, they know how to 65 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,640 scale, they know how to edit the videos and they've got all of 66 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,160 this intelligence. Suddenly they just remove all of 67 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,880 us Christian Youtubers, which if that's the Lord's will, we 68 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,000 should just take it. But imagine all of the Christian 69 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,840 Youtubers who I'd like to think if I don't know if you've got 70 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,000 some others that are in your mind right now, but these are 71 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,480 are men of God. And, and for you ladies, you 72 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,200 listen to the, to the women channels, you know, these are 73 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,000 women of God who are seeking to share the word of God with you. 74 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,840 OK, what happens if they're all removed and suddenly the only 75 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:31,360 voice on YouTube and on these social media platforms are AI 76 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,240 machines? We've got an issue there, 77 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,640 haven't we? Because suddenly, OK, they might 78 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,600 start telling the truth, but it's very easy for them to slip 79 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,200 in a bit of heresy, a bit of false preaching. 80 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,840 It's very easy for them to to tell lies. 81 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:51,240 And suddenly when there is no Christian voice there, these 82 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,720 undiscerning younger believers won't know what the truth is. 83 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:02,760 I just saw a little hair on on the microphone and it was really 84 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,360 annoying, annoying me. But you know, they won't know 85 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,880 what the truth is anymore. They won't know, you know, 86 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,800 where, where is where is the the true men of God. 87 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:21,280 And then the other thing is this, as ministers of the 88 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:26,720 gospel, we are called to really pray over our messages. 89 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:32,520 You see, something that an AI machine doesn't have is a human 90 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,800 soul. I've got a human soul. 91 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:39,840 You've got a human soul. And you see God in his infinite 92 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:45,040 wisdom has chosen to use these clay vessels, these human beings 93 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,360 who he's He's wide in a human soul, and he's going to use us 94 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,440 as instruments for his glory. He uses preachers to speak his 95 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,680 word. And so here is a man who who 96 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,800 gets on the floor and pleads before the Lord. 97 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,320 I pray before every video. Lord, show me what you want me 98 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,000 to say. Please give me the wisdom. 99 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,760 Please give me the creativity. Give me the ideas. 100 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,880 Lord, I come to you now because I have nothing. 101 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:16,800 And then God's and his mercy very often does turn up and give 102 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,040 me all of the ideas and all of the video. 103 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,640 And there we go. I make a video, but if that 104 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,320 process is completely missed out and an AI machine is just using 105 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,920 knowledge and just treating it like, you know how you would 106 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,880 learn how to, I don't know. I don't know, dig up the land 107 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,080 and and plant pumpkin seeds. If you're just going to use it 108 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,400 like a manual like that and make it so trivial, suddenly the word 109 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,080 of God isn't going to go out with the same power, is it? 110 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,680 If we're just using, if we're cheating, basically that's 111 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:55,480 essentially what they're doing and something else as I was 112 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:57,960 writing down, I've just got a few scribbles here. 113 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,200 That's how I work on my Christian channel. 114 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,360 I just write a few scribbles. It's very different to how you 115 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,880 know, the the normal videos I make on on this channel here. 116 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:13,080 But something I think that isn't good that I know for a fact some 117 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,720 pastors are doing because you're busy pastors. 118 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,960 I I get that because you're burnt out. 119 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,600 You think I don't have a sermon this week, AI and you go on 120 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:28,000 ChatGPT and you start writing. Please give me a sermon on 121 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:34,400 Romans chapter one and marriage and make it 20 minutes long and 122 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,040 suddenly blah, blah, blah, blah. You've got a message there 123 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,840 again, you as a pastor, you as a minister, a missionary 124 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,800 evangelist, whoever you are, you should be seeking the Lord, that 125 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,600 he will use you and your gifts because God doesn't need, you 126 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,960 know, we could just give them out textbooks. 127 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,840 We could just give God wants you as the preacher to take your 128 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,400 gifting and use it and to lead many souls to himself. 129 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,080 Or you might not lead anyone to it, to the Lord, but he wants to 130 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,760 use you as that vessel. I can't remember who said this, 131 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:11,880 but a preacher of the past said preaching is truth communicated 132 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,360 through personality. So we take the word of God, 133 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,800 we've got this truth, but then you've got a personality and 134 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,720 I've got a personality. There's ways I will phrase 135 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,360 things that you would never phrase and likewise, and yet so 136 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,040 many people again, this is the issue where we copy preachers 137 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:29,960 and we might want to copy their style. 138 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,760 No be you. That was one of the best pieces 139 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,200 of advice I ever got off an older preacher. 140 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:39,400 He said Joe, just be Joe because when you're Joe, that is when 141 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,240 God can use you the best. And that was actually a very 142 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,560 similar time when my channel started to take off, because 143 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:50,400 before that I was trying to be like a Leonard Ravenhill or even 144 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,640 a Billy Graham, just shouting the messages really loud, you 145 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:57,240 know, trying to be powerful. But actually I've got quite a 146 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,360 gentle voice. Actually, I'm a bit of a batter, 147 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,720 as some of my friends might, might call me. 148 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,960 And that's just me. And I don't need to try and 149 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,960 pretend I'm something that I'm not because God will use me best 150 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,520 in the way I try. I am to be myself. 151 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,200 And if you're watching this and you are an alpha male and you 152 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,400 know, you're really tough and you're really strong and be you, 153 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:21,680 you know, don't try and be some gentle preacher because that's 154 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:23,920 not you. We've just got to be ourselves. 155 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:25,240 You know where I'm going with this. 156 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,840 Now, this is something you would all be questioning, I think as 157 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:41,200 I'm going through this message. Is all AI bad? 158 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,080 Should we avoid it completely? Now, some of you would go all 159 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,400 the way and say, yes, let's avoid it all together. 160 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,640 I'm not going to take that line. I don't think it's totally wrong 161 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,800 to use it. And actually, yes, sometimes I 162 00:09:54,800 --> 00:10:00,560 might use AI, for instance, if I wanted to check my grammar on 163 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:02,120 something. So I had a prayer letter 164 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,440 recently and I wrote the prayer letter out myself. 165 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,240 I didn't get AI to do it. I wrote it out myself and then I 166 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,320 just copied and pasted what I'd written, put it into ChatGPT 167 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,720 Chat, PT or whatever it is. And I asked it to source out the 168 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,920 grammar because I often get feedback from my newsletter 169 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,240 contacts. Joe, your grammar was awful. 170 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,040 You, your spelling was awful. You really need to work on this 171 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,280 a bit more. And anyway, it did the job and I 172 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,920 didn't get any comments back saying that my grammar was bad 173 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,840 on on that last newsletter. The other thing you might 174 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:37,080 notice, so not sure if you're aware of this, but since about 175 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:43,280 June 2022 all the way from then 2015 to June 2022, I edited all 176 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,520 of my own videos. But I quickly realised I 177 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,160 couldn't do this and go out on the street St. preaching and 178 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,720 preach on in churches doing itinerant preaching. 179 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,600 So I actually decided to delegate. 180 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,440 I've forgotten what the word is, but you know, give my outsource. 181 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,280 That's the word I'm looking for my video editing. 182 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,880 And I've now got a handful of different video editors who work 183 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,560 freelance and I work with them now. 184 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:14,360 One of them is a, a good friend of mine and he's a, he's a 185 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,320 Christian. And then the others who do a lot 186 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,360 of the motion graphics, they're actually not believers. 187 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,880 And I don't know what you think of this personally, I just think 188 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,880 it's great because they're going to hear the, the, the message 189 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,400 of, of the Bible. And you know, it's, it's all I 190 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,640 could afford. I couldn't afford to, to pay, 191 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,760 you know, someone really professional who's also a 192 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,480 Christian. Anyway, the point is this, 193 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,760 sometimes those guys, they'll use AI images. 194 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,720 So for instance, I was talking about Napoleon in one of my 195 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,880 videos. And this editor, he put Napoleon 196 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,800 in a in a classroom, as I was talking about Napoleon being in 197 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:54,200 this classroom, and he finished something like 11th, 11th in his 198 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,200 class out of 20. And the whole point of it was, 199 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,400 you know, he finished, you know, very mediocre in the class. 200 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,280 And yet look what Napoleon went on to do anyway. 201 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,160 So he put this in an AI image. Was that wrong? 202 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,400 Personally, I don't see anything wrong with it. 203 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,200 I think these are tools that we can use. 204 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,160 But what I do think is wrong is when we've got these people who 205 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,600 are pretending to be Christians who are trying to use the system 206 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,400 as a way of getting lots of money. 207 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,040 And yes, they're, they're just taking advantage of it and they 208 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,560 don't really care about the Lord. 209 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:27,560 They're just doing this all for money. 210 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:32,360 So problem number one is AI. What's the solution? 211 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,000 You don't have to write this in the comment box. 212 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,760 If you do, that's great. But I know you have other 213 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,320 Christian Youtubers that you watch. 214 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,000 I watch Christian Youtubers, you know, I, I've got people I enjoy 215 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,400 to watch and I learn from. Just make sure you support them. 216 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:53,080 Make sure you click on their videos and can I say this, avoid 217 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:57,000 the AI ones that are just voices that are artificial and they're 218 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,800 just made by people who even if you go on their channels, you 219 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,960 can see that their theology's all over the place. 220 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,280 They're just looking for what gets the most clicks in whatever 221 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,720 genre of Christianity that might be and that they're making 222 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,120 videos. So whoever your Christian 223 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,360 Youtubers that you watch, just make sure you support them, 224 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:20,480 watch their videos and just just love them basically and try and 225 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,720 avoid these AI channels. If I've said anything wrong 226 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,040 here, I hold my hands up and I apologise, but let me know what 227 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:28,720 you think in the comments section. 228 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,720 Guys. As you can tell, this is very 229 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,160 unscripted, but I've just realized I missed out one of the 230 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,440 Bible verses I'd I'd written down here. 231 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:45,200 Just listen to this Exodus 16 verse four. 232 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,640 Then the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will reign bread from 233 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,040 heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a 234 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,560 certain quota every day that I may test them, whether they will 235 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:02,240 walk in my law or not. So in other words, the Lord 236 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,560 said, I want you to only take just the amount of manner you 237 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:09,880 need for that day, and then the next day I will give you manner 238 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,080 in the wilderness. You know the story well that 239 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,960 these people, the people of God, they wanted to eat, they were 240 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,040 hungry, so God provided for them, but He just said, just 241 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,160 collect the right amount of manner for today. 242 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,920 Why? Because freshness is important 243 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,120 to the Lord. And that is why it's so 244 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,520 important for us as ministers of the gospel to get into the word 245 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,400 to, to come up with new ideas. Because the people of God, they 246 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,520 deserve the best. They deserve a fresh message, 247 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,400 Not just something else that you've returned, not something 248 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,440 that you've taken from another minister, and certainly not 249 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,920 something that an AI machine has just pinched from lots of 250 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,760 different people put together. No, we need a freshness where we 251 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:58,320 seek the Lord God and say here I am, this is May 2024. 252 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,040 What do the people of God need to hear today? 253 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,720 What is the message you want them to hear on this Saturday at 254 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,080 2:30 in UK time? That's what time I post my 255 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,400 videos. Lord give me wisdom now and let 256 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,040 the Lord speak to you and give you that message. 257 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:21,160 OK, problem #2 the problem with YouTube, Christian YouTube is 258 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:26,880 even though, yes, as I said, I was doing it in back in 2015 and 259 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:31,520 really it was 2017 when I really started taking it seriously and 260 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,880 making, you know, a lot of videos back then. 261 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,720 And by the way, I've deleted a lot of them. 262 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,080 If you're wondering where have they all gone? 263 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:39,920 Because some of them were so embarrassing. 264 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:43,000 I just, I might put them back up one day, but yeah, I'm just 265 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,040 really embarrassed. Anyway, what is the issue? 266 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:50,720 It's how new Christian Youtubers, how there's a newness 267 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,960 to it and we're all trying to navigate this, this new land and 268 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,160 how do we do it? How are we wise with it? 269 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,160 Well, the first problem is this, and this has really happened 270 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,880 again since 2020-2021. A lot of people have stopped 271 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,440 going to church because they can get everything from their 272 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,800 laptop, they can get everything from social media, and they 273 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,040 think I've been spiritually fed and I don't need to meet a 274 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,000 church anymore. I know there are circumstances 275 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,680 that would prevent people from getting to church, but I just 276 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,680 want to speak to those people who are choosing not to go to a 277 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,520 local church and they are choosing rather to get all of 278 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,200 their fellowship online on online chat. 279 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,600 And also they're choosing to get their fellowship or their, 280 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:42,360 their, their teaching from 100% just men who are on the 281 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,440 Internet. I've got a Bible verse to share 282 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,520 with you, Hebrews chapter 10. If you've got a Bible there, 283 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,360 please turn to Hebrews chapter 10 and verse 25. 284 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,400 The Scripture says not forgetting the assembling of 285 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:06,240 ourselves together, as is the manner of some of some, but 286 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:11,000 exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the day 287 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,240 approaching. What is this day? 288 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:16,480 The returning of the Lord Jesus Christ. 289 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,240 In other words, I don't know who you believe wrote Hebrews. 290 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,960 Some people say it was Luke, some people say it was Paul. 291 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:28,119 I won't tell you who I think it was in this video, but the 292 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:32,920 writer was saying right here, don't, don't you know, stop 293 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,840 gathering together as Christ returns. 294 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,720 We need to have people gathering, meeting together as a 295 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,200 body, as a church, praying, breaking bread, hearing from the 296 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,640 word of God. We have to do that all the way 297 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,120 up until the Lord Jesus Christ returns. 298 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,560 And some of you, sadly, either it's laziness or maybe you've 299 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,440 been hurt. And just because you've eaten 300 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,440 one bad meal doesn't mean you never eat again. 301 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,520 So just because you've had one bad church experience and I've 302 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,480 had quite a few of my time, it doesn't mean you stop church 303 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,280 altogether. You don't throw the baby out 304 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,560 with the bathwater. No, we're commanded to gather, 305 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,840 to meet together. And whether you like it or not, 306 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:17,920 I'm saying this is a Christian YouTube. 307 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:22,200 Christian YouTube is not God's biblical method. 308 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,200 It's not God's chosen method. Yes, I I seek to share the word 309 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,640 of God and I believe the Lord uses it mightily and I've seen 310 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,400 great blessing and souls saved, but that is not God's favorite 311 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,760 method. His favorite method is through 312 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,560 the church with local believers, whether you like it or not. 313 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,000 You can't argue that away. And you say, well, YouTube 314 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,600 wasn't around then, but there were other things. 315 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,960 And yet the Lord says, no, this is what I've chosen, men and 316 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,760 women, all ages, all backgrounds, all pedigrees, all 317 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,720 coming together from different parts of life and meeting and 318 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,800 worshipping me, the living God. That is God's chosen method. 319 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,800 The other thing is this, you know, we, we can be sort of 320 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:12,200 quick to judge, can't we? I think the problem with YouTube 321 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,520 is this. Everyone gets an opinion. 322 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,400 Now that's a great thing in one sense, because again, lots of 323 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,560 people have been kept silent and and you know, you know, I 324 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,680 believe in freedom of speech massively. 325 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,680 But the same time when everyone gets an opinion and everyone 326 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,480 gets to voice their opinion without actually qualifying 327 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,040 where they're coming from and you don't know who they are, it 328 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,840 can create a real mess in the comments section. 329 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,160 I'll give you an example a couple of weeks ago, well a 330 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:44,720 month ago or so when the eclipse was going down, Do you remember 331 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,520 the, the solar eclipse that was on April the 8th? 332 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,960 I decided to make a video. I was seeing lots of Christian 333 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,800 Youtubers coming out saying that it's the sign of Jonah because 334 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,840 as the eclipse went across America, it it met in in a cross 335 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,800 and as it went across, it went through all of these towns 336 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,080 called Nineveh. And people were saying this, 337 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,280 this is a sign of Jonah. And also the the Constellation 338 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,280 was like a whale shipe. A whale shaped constellation in 339 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,680 the sky. And everyone was saying this is 340 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:15,880 it. It's the sign of Jonah. 341 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,000 That's the sign of the coming of of the Lord Jesus Christ. 342 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,200 He's coming again. And so I decided to make a video 343 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,800 about this because anyone who takes just a few minutes to read 344 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,360 the Bible will see the sign of Jonah. 345 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:31,960 The sign of the prophet of Jonah was Jesus Christ's resurrection. 346 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,720 Just as as Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days 347 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,560 and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the 348 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,240 earth for three days and three nights. 349 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,280 It was a sign that Jesus Christ was going to rise from the dead. 350 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,160 He was saying that that is the testament of me, that I'm 351 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:50,760 living. I'm alive. 352 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,400 OK, So I decided to make a video about it. 353 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,520 But I can't just come in here straight away and just say it's 354 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,840 wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. I have to, you know, do their, 355 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,680 if you like their story, justice. 356 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,160 And so I told the story and I even said, you know, I don't 357 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,440 believe this from the beginning, but people didn't even take the 358 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,440 time to watch 30 seconds. And this isn't just a one off 359 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,800 example. This happens so much on YouTube. 360 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,680 People will watch literally a few seconds or just see the 361 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,480 title on the thumbnail and write a negative comment. 362 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,560 This person's a false prophet or the verse that gets quoted all 363 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,120 the time. Whenever I talk about the end 364 00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:32,440 times, it's always no man knows the day or the hour. 365 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:36,560 And I just wish that if you're going to write a comment down 366 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,720 and I know other guys on YouTube will probably feel the same, 367 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:44,600 please watch the video through. Please watch it, especially if 368 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,240 it's going to be a -1 make sure you know what the video is 369 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,840 about. Because if we're so quick to 370 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,280 judge, you know, this is one of the, the weaknesses again, of, 371 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,960 of, of YouTube over the church. When I stand in a pulpit and I 372 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:03,120 preach for half an hour, I can develop my points, I can develop 373 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:05,440 my message. And I know the people in front 374 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,040 of me, they're there. They're going to stay with me 375 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,040 for the full 30 minutes. So no one can accuse me of 376 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,640 taking anything out of context because they see as I, as I come 377 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,200 along to my conclusion. And that's really what I want to 378 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,480 say is it's something we've got to be aware of, not to be so 379 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,840 quick to judge. And I've done it at times. 380 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,480 So I'm not, you know, pointing the finger. 381 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,440 I'm just saying that's one of the something we need to 382 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,880 navigate is this this world of YouTube, which again, I just 383 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,680 want to reiterate is a wonderful thing, but we need to be 384 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,840 careful, OK? And here's another thing. 385 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,640 The strength of YouTube is its weakness. 386 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:50,480 Also. You see, the beautiful thing 387 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,480 about YouTube is suddenly the gatekeepers are gone. 388 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,440 All these guys who held the gates, you know who said you 389 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,360 cannot come on our radio station, you cannot come on our 390 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:05,760 television set? You can't do that unless you 391 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,520 have money or unless we've invited you. 392 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:13,280 And suddenly YouTube is just this one big party and everyone 393 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,920 is invited. This is an incredible thing. 394 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,880 In fact, I'm not going to go into details, but last year, and 395 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,160 please, I'm not saying this to boast in any way. 396 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,080 I just want you to know something that I think people 397 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:29,080 should know. Last year I met with a a very 398 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:34,280 well known Christian television network and they told me, and 399 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,840 again, I'm not going to name names, but for instance, one of 400 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,320 these big preachers that every single one of you will have 401 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:46,440 heard of pays $1,000,000 every year on average so that he can 402 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,640 be on that television network and get the prime time and be 403 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,040 there in front of millions of people. 404 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,560 Does that not concern you a little bit? 405 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,240 So in other words, it's not the fact that this preacher is 406 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,960 really gifted, he's a really great communicator. 407 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,720 It's the fact that he's got money and he's pushed himself in 408 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,960 front of everyone on all of these because that's how people 409 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,400 used to hear about preachers was through cable television over 410 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,080 all these years. And that is how he's got famous 411 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,000 by paying for it. And often these big false 412 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,680 teachers, if you notice them, they're actually pretty bad 413 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,360 communicators. They're not that gifted and they 414 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:28,800 just tickle ears. They just tell you what you want 415 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,080 to hear. So that's interesting. 416 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,880 The next thing, they actually still do this on YouTube now. 417 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,400 And the way to test this is this. 418 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,320 If you see one of these false teachers, and again, I could 419 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:43,240 give you names and not in this video, but you know, they, they, 420 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:45,880 they basically they'll get a couple of million views on a, on 421 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,320 a video. And you can tell they've paid 422 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:52,000 through adverts to get this video out in front of people. 423 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,480 Because if they've got a couple of million views, but then 424 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,840 they've only got like, say 2000 likes on the video, you know 425 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,600 that that video has been paid for to reach many different 426 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,600 people. So here we are. 427 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,640 We've got the gatekeepers. Again, it's the same with 428 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,160 conferences. Very often at Bible conferences 429 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,040 these days, it's not the best preacher, it's not the most 430 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,480 anointed preacher that gets invited. 431 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:21,400 It's the man who fits into a certain mould or who is in a 432 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,960 certain club. And that's why when you go to 433 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,240 these big conferences, it's the same speakers year after year. 434 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,440 And some of them, please don't misunderstand me, some of them 435 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,760 are wonderful preachers and I enjoy going to conferences 436 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,320 myself. But again, it's, it's the 437 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,160 gatekeepers. But the wonderful thing about 438 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:44,520 YouTube is this, for the most part, it basically if a video's 439 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:48,280 good, if the message is good and it's clear and you know the 440 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,120 Lord's blessed it, sometimes it doesn't get loads of views. 441 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:53,000 Please don't. Again, don't misunderstand me on 442 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,640 that. But the point is this. 443 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,600 Suddenly we all get an opportunity to reach people and 444 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,720 we all get an opportunity to, to reach the World without these 445 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,680 gatekeepers saying, no, you're not in our club, we don't allow 446 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,360 you here. But then the weakness to that is 447 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:13,800 this. Suddenly everyone without any 448 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:18,600 vetting can put up a video. Suddenly everyone can come up 449 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,840 and decide, you know, I want to be a Christian YouTuber. 450 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,040 I want to get some money off Adsense. 451 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,920 I want to do this. And they do. 452 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,240 And often they just copy and paste titles from popular 453 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,680 Christian Youtubers. They take thumbnails. 454 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,120 They, you know, maybe even take full scripts. 455 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,520 And they just put themselves out there and suddenly there's all 456 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,400 these people. And some of them, we've got 457 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:46,120 young guys who are like 20 odds and they've blown up on shorts 458 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:50,280 and they've got a couple of million subscribers and they're 459 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,880 not ready for it yet. Why? 460 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,800 Because they haven't gone through, again, the biblical 461 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,080 method. If you look through the Bible, 462 00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:02,080 the way men and women were sent into ministry was always through 463 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,400 the local church. They were raised up. 464 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,720 Even Paul, who was raised up all of a sudden out of nowhere, he 465 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,640 then went through the church. He witnessed, yes, but then he 466 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,760 was, if you like, welcomed into the church. 467 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,760 And that's when his ministry really took off right across 468 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:21,120 Europe, right across the world. That is the biblical methods. 469 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:25,040 And you know, again, I won't name if I'm not going to name 470 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,520 names in the negative sense, I won't do it in the positive 471 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,720 sense. But some of these Christian 472 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,440 Youtubers who I watch personally, I know they're, 473 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,600 they're pastors. I know that they've been 474 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,080 trained, they've gone to Bible college and they've been sensed 475 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,880 by their church. They've been loved and they've 476 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,120 been, you know, welcomed in and they served in ministry before. 477 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,480 I myself, I worked for for churches before I started making 478 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,080 YouTube full time and I still serve in churches now. 479 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,800 That's what I'm trying to say. We shouldn't just be free agents 480 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,160 just stepping up and doing whatever we want. 481 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:02,120 No, because the church keeps people accountable and if a man 482 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,680 is saying things that are wrong or a man is going too far, they 483 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,520 need accountability because we can so often be wise in our own 484 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,640 eyes and think I know best, I know what I'm doing. 485 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,080 Hey I'm getting 100,000 views every video. 486 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,960 Who are you to tell me what to do? 487 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,360 No, we do need to to be held accountable. 488 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,920 If I may just share one, one other verse on this before we go 489 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,800 to #3 I don't know this verse off by heart. 490 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,080 So if you want to Google this, but it talks about in Jeremiah, 491 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:39,440 these false prophets who ran. You see, they ran, but the Lord 492 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,640 says I didn't send them. And just because you're running, 493 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:47,040 just because you've got so much success in ministry, it doesn't 494 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,840 mean the Lord sent you. And these are questions we've 495 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,920 always got to ask ourselves and stay close, stay accountable, 496 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:58,200 stay humble, and then the Lord can continue to to be with us 497 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,800 because the moment we get too big for our boots and try to 498 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,440 seek the glory for ourselves and try and make ministry all about 499 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,480 us. And very sadly, again, an elder 500 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,960 at church I used to go to who I love very dearly once said, many 501 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,480 people go into ministry to try and make a name for themselves 502 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,000 because it's so easy, isn't it? For, for you to get, you know, a 503 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,760 bit of credibility if you get a few 1000 views on on YouTube, 504 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,160 you know, wow, you've got so many. 505 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,800 None of that matters in God's world, none of that matters. 506 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,320 What matters is, is that man sent. 507 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,240 What's that man sent? And they're evangelists. 508 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,920 Right now as I speak, it's raining outside. 509 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,560 I'm going out tomorrow to do some St. preaching, but here I 510 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,120 am. I'm in this comfortable office 511 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:47,080 but right now as I speak, I know there are men in Liverpool 512 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,800 preaching on the streets right now and very few people know 513 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,360 their name. But they love the Lord and they 514 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,880 do it obediently because they've got their eyes on the Shepherd 515 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,080 and they can see the lost and they can see the great need. 516 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:05,200 And so they preach and I believe, I really do believe 517 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,000 they will have their reward. Whilst guys who've got all this 518 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,400 success, now we've had our reward here, haven't we? 519 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,840 So just let's make sure we fix our eyes, think biblically and 520 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,360 not think it would work with a worldly mindset. 521 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,480 OK. The third problem I see in this 522 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:30,360 new world of Christian YouTube is the problem of disunity. 523 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,560 I hope you're enjoying your coffee. 524 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,800 I'm really enjoying this. And I will warn you, actually, 525 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,480 I'm just going to say the ones that we do on my other channel, 526 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,000 the Joe Kirby channel, they're normally a bit smoother than 527 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,680 this. I've got a little bit nervous 528 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,320 about doing this one today because I know it's completely 529 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,600 different to what I put out on this channel. 530 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,720 But I just really wanted to, to share this message today. 531 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,440 And actually, if I let you into a secret, I'm going away 532 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,120 visiting family for a couple of weeks. 533 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,040 So this just is a very easy way to make a video and make sure 534 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,400 that I'm, I'm getting a video out every week for you. 535 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,920 Because that's been sort of my only goal for ministry this year 536 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,520 is to make sure I get a video out every single week. 537 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,160 So there is a problem with disunity. 538 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,960 Now, I don't want anyone to misunderstand me here. 539 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:23,360 It is important again, if we want to be biblical, if we want 540 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,280 to be scriptural, the apostle Paul, the men of the church, 541 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,720 they were calling out false teachers all the time. 542 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,400 They were saying these men, they should be avoided. 543 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,320 They're evil. They're, they're seeking after 544 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,960 their own ways and they didn't mince their words. 545 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,760 They were straight to the point, weren't they? 546 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:44,720 OK, so it is important for us to call out false teachers. 547 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,080 And again, if I go back, I don't want to be, you know, nostalgic, 548 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,640 but in those early days of Christian YouTube, you just knew 549 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,120 who each person was. And there was the channel who 550 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,840 did do that regularly. And that was if you like their 551 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,840 bread and butter. But all of a sudden, again, 552 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:04,080 because of this desire for more views and more monetisation, and 553 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,520 I'm not saying that money's always the reason behind these 554 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:07,600 things. Please don't. 555 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,640 Again, just, yeah, I'm not saying that at all. 556 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,280 But what I am saying is this, because there's a lot of views 557 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,600 and there's a lot of interest in what's this person done and that 558 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:22,440 person's done this and he said this and and it gets lots of 559 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,320 clicks. Suddenly we've got this world 560 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,680 where YouTube is just filled with let's heresy hunt. 561 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,040 Let's call this person and let's name that false teacher. 562 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:40,120 Now, why does it bother me this so as you know, I'm an 563 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,280 evangelist. My job is to introduce people to 564 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,040 gods. I'm a Fisher of men. 565 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,800 I want to win souls. And YouTube, again, it's 566 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:53,040 strength is it's weakness in in the public square. 567 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,040 We go out and St. preach because the people aren't coming into 568 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,160 the streets. And it's the same reason why I 569 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:02,880 go on YouTube because, sorry, we go out onto the streets because 570 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,560 people aren't coming into the church. 571 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,960 And it's the same for YouTube. People aren't gathering in 572 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,680 churches. Unbelievers, the churches are 573 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,480 getting smaller and smaller in numbers, aren't they? 574 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,040 And so that's why I come on YouTube. 575 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,560 But that also means that all of the unbelievers are seeing what 576 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,920 I'm doing, how I'm reacting. They're watching me. 577 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,160 They want to see if this Lord Jesus Christ really is as 578 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,160 wonderful as I say. They want to know if these 579 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:33,920 Christians are as genuine as I say and I've just got to wonder. 580 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,120 I really asked myself this question. 581 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:41,240 What do unbelievers think when they might want to just dip 582 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,480 their toes in the Christian YouTube world and they're seeing 583 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,160 this false teacher has done this. 584 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:52,320 This person here are channels to unsubscribe from do this and I 585 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:58,520 just think is this what the Lord wants us to be doing does this 586 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,160 Is this commendable to the gospel? 587 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,320 And again, I do believe there's a place for that. 588 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,760 And I do believe people should make those videos because at the 589 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,880 same time, there are new believers or there are 590 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,920 unbelievers who might start listening to one of these false 591 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,600 teachers and think that they're telling the truth. 592 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,800 So it is good to call them out. But I'm just saying, I wonder if 593 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,760 we, we, there was someone who did a pie chart and they took 594 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,679 all of the videos that have been produced in the last couple of 595 00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:27,440 years and see how many of them that reached the widest 596 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,639 audiences were about false teachers and, and, and naming 597 00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:34,639 all of these people. And then there's also the whole 598 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:37,880 problem with we're always falling out with one another. 599 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:42,920 Two genuine believers might disagree on a part of scripture 600 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,560 or on a certain gift or a certain theological system. 601 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:51,159 And they debate and sometimes and again, I was talking to a 602 00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:54,159 friend about this over lunch and they were talking to me about 603 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,560 the whole topic of have the gifts ceased? 604 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,840 And there was a cessationist and there was a person who was a 605 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,160 continuist and they were having a debate. 606 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,560 And this was back years ago, you know, we're going back ten years 607 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,160 ago. And my friend was saying she 608 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,200 watched that and she remembered seeing them. 609 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,760 They both had a love or respect. It was a gentle conversation 610 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,200 whilst both laying out their points. 611 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,840 But now when you go and watch one of those debates, they're 612 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,520 shouting at one another, they're angry. 613 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:29,160 They just want to make the other person look stupid and prove 614 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,560 that they're right and the other is wrong. 615 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:36,920 And again, what kind of message does this send out to the world? 616 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,040 Who's watching? Does this show us that we are 617 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:40,760 Christians and we all love one another? 618 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,960 If you've got a Bible there, please would you turn to John 619 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:55,440 chapter 13, John 13 verse verse 35. 620 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:07,520 This is Jesus talking and he says by this all will know that 621 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:12,960 you are my disciples If you have love for one another. 622 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,080 And I guess if there's one thing I believe this is really the 623 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,560 reason I've made this video. I believe the Lord has been 624 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,480 showing me something quietly in my own mind. 625 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:31,680 When you look at the other religions, yes, that there are 626 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:36,520 sects, yes, there are divides, but it seems every single 627 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:41,240 religion, they all seem unified. They all seem to have each 628 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:44,080 other's back. But as Christians, because we've 629 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,240 got so many denominations, because we've got so many 630 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,520 different points of view, we are actually the ones who are 631 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,280 dividing one another. We're the ones who are going for 632 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,960 one another. And again, one of the reasons I 633 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,360 didn't name names in this video, because if I tell you some 634 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,440 preachers I like, you'll say that person's faults, that 635 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,600 because they don't fit in with our narrative, they don't fit in 636 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:09,160 with our denomination. But guys, are these people truly 637 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,840 born again? Have they truly rested upon the 638 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,280 blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that was shed on Calvary? 639 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:20,480 Do they truly believe that the Lord Jesus Christ rose my dead 640 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,720 and he has handed out eternal life to them and they know that 641 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:26,240 they live for Him and He is their all? 642 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,520 If they do believe that, then all of these other things, yes, 643 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,960 they might be important and you might not want to say they're 644 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:37,920 secondary issues, but really, if they have believed on the name 645 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:42,240 of the Lord Jesus Christ, they are brethren and we should love 646 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:46,280 them and receive them. Now, if there's something 647 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,480 serious like they're, you know, trying to demote Christ and say 648 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,760 that Jesus isn't God, for instance, or they're denying a 649 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:57,120 core tenants of doctrine, a core tenants of Scripture, yes, they 650 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,240 are false. But for the most part, some of 651 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:04,560 these arguments that I'm seeing, this is your brother Christ died 652 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,360 for this brother, this sister that you are tearing to pieces 653 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,120 in front of 10s of thousands of people. 654 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,680 And that is not what we're called to do. 655 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:19,360 And then, you know, again, we can also want to seem like we 656 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:23,000 have the biblical knowledge, you know, that we're better than 657 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,720 other people and we can be judge mental. 658 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:33,840 Now, if I say Sneako to you, if I say I show speed and you're 659 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,640 someone who is on YouTube a lot, you'll probably know that these 660 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,880 two people converted to a particular religion. 661 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,160 And as soon as they converted, all the people of that religion 662 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,440 welcomed them in loved them and said, this is wonderful news. 663 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:52,600 And yet when we had Nala who was saying, you know, the, the, the 664 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:56,640 lady with red hair who said she was now coming to the Lord Jesus 665 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,600 Christ. And you know, there's been some 666 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:02,360 other, other famous influencers and then there's been Russell 667 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:06,200 Brand who's been public and, you know, Joe Rogan's making a bit 668 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,320 of noise that he's interested in Christianity. 669 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,760 As soon as that happens, we're suddenly, and we're right to be 670 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,920 sceptical, but we suddenly, we're not just sceptical in our 671 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,320 own minds, we suddenly just run down there and write all of 672 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,080 these comments and make these videos. 673 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:25,560 And, and I just think it's just, it's not a good witness to the 674 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,920 Lord Jesus Christ. I am so glad that when I came to 675 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:34,560 the Lord, my first months of being a Christian weren't in the 676 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,040 public eye. I mean, I will just say that, 677 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,200 you know, when I first became a Christian, the first month I 678 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:45,600 had, I'd paid for something and with a group of friends and 679 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,880 because I'd paid for it, I decided I'd go on a camping 680 00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:51,360 holiday with them a weekend away. 681 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,920 And I, I, I did, I, I sinned greatly. 682 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,720 And that was in the first month of being a Christian. 683 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,080 And if that was in the public eye, everyone said I wasn't a 684 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,120 believer. But time is told that now I I've 685 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,120 turned from that and, and the Lord has done it a work of 686 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,560 grace, just like a child. You know my little boy We we, we 687 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:15,120 have my his Papas house and his grandpas house. 688 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,240 On his shed door, we've got a little pencil and we draw a line 689 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:21,120 of how tall he is and he grows. And that's what happens with 690 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:22,600 Christians. They grow. 691 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,320 And some of these people, I do not pretend to say that they are 692 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,600 not just using Christianity. They're not just again, milking 693 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,600 the system so that you know, we all say well done and we'll buy 694 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,560 your merch and we'll do this and we'll subscribe to your channel 695 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,920 and all of I know that, but just keep it to yourself because it 696 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:44,280 does just send out this message that we are just, we're quick to 697 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:48,320 judge all the time anyone who who doesn't line up to our 698 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,440 particular doctrine or our particular way of thinking as 699 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,160 Christians. And we just need to be gentle. 700 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,200 That's really what I'm trying to say. 701 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,720 And I hope I've not gone too far with this because I do want you 702 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:02,880 to know this. And this is where I hope you've 703 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:07,600 watched till the end. We should never choose unity 704 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,040 over truth. We don't want to just join 705 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:11,960 everyone together. That's the problem with the 706 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:16,320 ecumenical movement is they'll just welcome everyone in. 707 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,560 No, no, we're not. And and if there are particular 708 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:23,200 sins that people are saying are completely fine, they are false. 709 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,680 They need calling out. We need to separate ourselves 710 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,680 from them. I'm not saying that, but I think 711 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,160 you understand what I am trying to say from this. 712 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:36,000 And because this is my main channel, just as I wrap things 713 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,840 up, I have shared the gospel a little bit in this video. 714 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:42,760 But I just want to say if there is anyone who is an unbeliever 715 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,480 and you're watching this now, we've got loads of videos on 716 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,880 this channel all aimed at you particularly. 717 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,400 That's what this channel's for. But I want you to know there is 718 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,200 a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, and he loves you to 719 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,760 pieces. And if you don't believe anyone 720 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,640 loves you, just look at the cross and you'll see the great 721 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:06,160 lengths that Jesus Christ went to to save you, because Jesus 722 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:10,280 wants you in heaven more than you want to be in heaven 723 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,120 yourself. And that's why He was put on 724 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:16,080 that cross. And the wrath of God went upon 725 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:21,440 the Lord Jesus Christ, and it burned on Christ until all of 726 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:25,440 the sin of you, all the sin of me, all the sin of the world was 727 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:29,280 burnt away. And Christ endured that so that 728 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:33,160 you and I can be forgiven if you turn to him, if you come to him 729 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,920 in repentance and faith, he'll wash away all of your sins and 730 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:41,440 give you eternal life. So those are some things I just 731 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:45,120 wanted to get off my chest and let me know you found this, 732 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,800 whether you'd like me to have a cup of coffee with you again on 733 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,360 this channel. I'll definitely be doing it 734 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,280 again on my Christian channel, the Joe Kirby channel. 735 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,560 And if you'd like to check that out, I'll, I'll leave a little 736 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,920 link here. And if you haven't yet 737 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,200 subscribed to this channel, please do. 738 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,400 But God bless you all. And it's really been a blessing 739 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,880 to talk to you today. Thank you for watching.