It is almost unbelievable that one of the world's biggest
Youtubers has deleted all of his videos for Jesus.
But did he do? The right thing.
Well, Gideon is getting hate from both sides.
On one hand, there's a whole bunch of Christians that are
saying you're not doing us any favours.
We as Christians, we can have a laugh, we can have fun.
After all, aren't you doing the Lord's work by putting a smile
on someone's face? You don't have to quit your
YouTube channel. Stop it.
Go back to making prank videos. But then on the flip side, he's
got unbelievers who are saying, Gideon, are you OK, man?
Is everything OK? Are you going unstable in your
mind? Are you having a quarter life
crisis? You do realize what you're
giving up 10 million views every single week.
Just have a think before you do something stupid well.
Gideon if. This video ever finds you?
I have one message for you. And it's this.
Don't listen to men when God has already given you the answer.
And that goes for every single one of us.
Why do we run to men and women and ask their opinions on things
when God has already told us what what to do?
OK, everyone listen very carefully, because I'm about to
show you something very powerful, the Bible says.
Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic.
He puts a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.
David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking
around because he was not used to them.
I cannot go in these, he said to Saul.
Because I am not used to them. So he took them.
You know the story well. David the shepherd lad arrives
with a packed lunch, and he sees his brothers and all the men of
God are scared of this huge man called Goliath, this Philistine.
And David says, who is this Philistine, that he should stand
against the living God? We have God on our side.
I will fight him, I will beat him.
And eventually he manages to convince.
King Saul. Saul.
Let me go and let me fight against Goliath.
Well, Saul agrees, but under one condition.
Here is my helmet, David. Wear it.
Here is my armour. Wear it, Saul probably thought.
Well, I am the king and I have the finest tools in the land, so
if I give these to David, that will help him.
And we as Christians can often do the same thing.
Often we're doing it in the best of intentions, but often we're
wrong for doing this. Because what did David do?
He took off that armour because it didn't fit.
It wasn't the right tools for him is all he needed was 5
little stones and a sling and he would bring down Goliath.
Guys, I truly do believe that's what people are doing with
Gideon. We might watch his videos, I
might watch his videos and to my shame I've only seen about one
or two and I might think, well they do seem, you know, just
entertainment. There's nothing wrong with a bit
of entertainment. I'll write a comment to Gideon
and say it's okay Gideon carry on.
But the fact is this. I am not the Holy Spirit and if
the Holy. Spirit has dealt.
With Jideon and told him no, you need to take these videos down.
I'm convicting you. I want you to do this this.
Is the. Goliath that you must take down,
and you must do it to draw closer to the living God.
Well then, Jideon must obey, and you and I should keep our mouths
shut. And friends again, in the best
of intentions we might think we have the best tools.
We might say we have the best form of Christianity, the best
theology, but we really just need right now to get around
Gideon and to pray for him and to support him.
Because after all his massive community that he once had,
they've all ditched him and right now we need to just love
him and support him as he seeks. To follow Christ in this new.
Journey. He's about to embark.
Why am I so passionate about this?
Well, just a few weeks ago I was St. preaching and a man
recognized my voice from the videos that I make.
Now this doesn't happen often, but this man, he said Oh yes, I
watch your YouTube channel. But we nearly got into an almost
argument, a heated debate because he wanted to know why is
it you don't monetize your videos?
Couldn't you take the money that you get from those millions of
views at times and put it all into charity?
And I hear that argument so, so many times from you guys in the
comments section. Why can't you just give all the
money to charity? And I get it.
It's it's a valuable argument, but the point.
Is this? God has convicted me.
I believe that the Lord wants me to make these videos totally
free. I believe that I am called not
to put adverts in front of my channel.
And I know there's many Christian Youtubers who do it,
and that's absolutely fine for them, because God has given them
liberties and God has given them permission if you like to put
adverts on. But for me, I know I will be
going against my conviction under the Lord if I put them on
because I. Want the Gospel to be?
Totally free with 0 distractions when I preach.
It I want you to know what I'm about to say next.
I'm saying from a place of love as a man who has also made
mistakes. But just listen to this Bible
verse if. I had spoken.
Out like that, I would have offended your children.
I do think older Christians don't realize the impact they
have on younger Christians and sometimes even the damage they
can do by discouraging younger Christians.
OK, I'm not an old man, but I have grown up hearing theology.
My father was my Sunday school teacher.
I was taught the Bible my whole life.
I've and say for 14 years, and I'd like to think again without
being arrogant, that I've got a reasonable grasp of the
scriptures. But even I when I log in on
YouTube and there are so many opinions, so many thoughts, so
many theologies you know I have on my.
Channel Calvinists, Hyper. Calvinists are minions,
Pentecostals, Cessationists. We've got Methodists, we've got
Anabaptist, Orthodox. All of these.
Different opinions, all of these different theologies, and at
times it can be really confusing.
And if I'm being being totally transparent with you at times,
dare I say, it even rocks my faith a little bit.
And some nights I've even stayed up at night thinking, have I got
this wrong? Have I got this wrong?
What if I'm leading people astray and it's good to ask
these questions? It's good to wrestle with the
Bible and to understand the Scriptures.
But we also mustn't forget that we need to keep the main thing,
the main thing. And if I'm trusting in the blood
of the Lord Jesus Christ, if I'm trusting in the risen Saviour
and Him alone for my salvation, that's all that really matters.
And I need to rest on that on the simple things and not get
confused by all of these other matters.
And that really is my fear for Gideon, that I'm worried that
many people, from what I'm seeing already, there's been
videos made. And these videos, they affect
you. They hurt you.
People are writing long essays in the comments section, telling
him all the things he's wrong about.
And I just want to say, guys, let's be gentle.
Let's look after Gideon at this time.
Let's wrap our arms around him and try and support him.
Because if we truly do believe that is all you need is the
faith of a mustard seed and you're in the Kingdom of God.
As long as you're resting in the Lord Jesus Christ, Gideon saved
and that means the Holy Spirit has entered into Him and the
Holy Spirit will lead him down the right path.
After all, are you the same Christian you were when you
first began? Of course you're not.
The Lord has changed you and you've realised different
things. And if Gideon is in errors, and
I don't know if he is, I've not watched a lot of his videos.
But if he is in errors, the Lord will set him right and he'll
bring the right people along at the right time to guide him on
the right path. Christians for thousands of
years have managed without YouTube videos and different
comments. They've had people that the Lord
has provided in their life to guide them and to help them.
So let's just remember that Gideon is just a babe in Christ.
He's just a baby. And again, I don't say that to
be patronizing, but let's just love him and help him at this
time because he needs our guidance and not our rebukes and
all of our opinions. I know we're talking about
Gideon right now, but I couldn't help but think of an even larger
YouTube Mr. Beast. As far as I can see, both Mr.
Beast and Gideon were both brought up in Christian homes.
Gideon, as you know, he sort of went his own way.
And then eventually, just like that parable, he sold all that
he had for the Pearl of great price, the Lord Jesus Christ.
But Mr. Beast on the other hand, when he was young, he did
receive the Lord Jesus Christ. At one time he used to put on
his YouTube banner. I am not ashamed of the gospel,
but his life has gone on as he's got more and more famous, as
he's got more and more wealth. These things have hardened his
heart and now he's rejected the Lord Jesus Christ.
But I believe it's not too late for Jimmy and we should still
pray for him because the Lord might just bring him back.
After all, recently he's admitted that he's very
miserable making these videos and he's probably seen that when
you're at the very top, life has nothing to offer you.
This life was not made for us to build up all these treasures on
earth. No, this life was made for us to
enjoy the God of heaven and to worship him.
Because no man is supposed to be worshipped, just like Jimmy is
not supposed to be worshipped. Any of these celebrities are not
supposed to be worshipped. And when you get everything that
this world can offer you and you realize it's empty, that really
does make a person incredibly sad.
In fact, Dambla's Aeron, a multi millionaire who has a lifestyle
that many men would envy. He recently said that life is
meaningless for him at the moment because he's tasted every
single pleasure and he's just left more empty. $1,000,000.
You know, a lot of people equate money to happiness and it's not.
It's more freedom. What people don't understand is
like once you have basic needs met, you don't get incremental
happiness for more money you do for a short period of time.
Like if you're $100,000 a year, guy, and I bump you to 200,000,
you're going to be happy, but less.
I'm going to last. You're going to get used to
200,000. My problem is, you know, and a
lot of rich people, there's nothing that I buy that brings
me happiness. I bought a Ferrari.
I wasn't happy for more than 24 hours.
I can't get pleasure spikes anymore.
Pleasure is like fleeting, and pleasure is one of those things
where it's like it's a black hole.
But what about you? Perhaps Gideon's conversion has
made you yourself consider about your own eternal soul.
Which Kingdom are you building? Are you building your own
Kingdom with more money, more followers, more parties, more
clouts? Or are you building a Kingdom
with the Lord Jesus Christ, his Kingdom which will never perish?
When we look at Gideon, we might see OK, yes, he has lost a lot.
He's lost millions of followers. But know this.
The moment that Gideon trusted in Christ myriads of angels who
were rejoicing over the fact that he had repented.
And in fact he will now have angels that will follow him.
Not people, but angels will follow him to protect him.
My dear friends, we might look at Gideon and we might think
this man, he has lost millions and millions of dollars of
adsense. He could be so rich, and now
he's sacrificed all of that. But know this.
The moment Gideon gave his life to the Lord Jesus Christ, he got
monetized in heaven. He has spiritual riches that
know no eye can see and no mind can fathom until the day we get
to glory when we're with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Know this, Gideon might have lost his high status.
Friends, celebrities are used to message him and now oh, he's a
Christian. He's he's boring.
He's narrow. We don't want anything to do
with him. But know this, Gideon has gained
a friend. A friend who will stick of
closer than a brother. The Bible says about Jesus
Christ, but what about you? What about you?
Are you going to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ?
Gideon is just 22 years old and he's realised that he's got hope
in Christ. But I don't know what age you
are and you're watching this video.
But whoever you are, wouldn't you be wise to make that
decision too? Whether you've got to give up a
lot like Gideon or whether you've got nothing, every single
one of us should come to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The one who was willing to die for us.
Yes, these people who said they loved Gideon and they had his
back, where are they now? And yet Jesus Christ is willing
to die for you and me, for sinners.
He laid down his life, which is something that all of our fickle
friends, who often do leave us when we come to Christ, would
never do. Come to the.
One who on that cross paid the price for all of your sins,
past, present and future, and he died there so that you could be
forgiven. And right now, if you come to
the cross, all of your sins can be washed away, you can have a
fresh start, and you can have eternal riches in heaven with
the Lord Jesus Christ. All the public figures in the
world's all these religious men who made a big name for
themselves, who were so loud and so vocal, and many people follow
them. What are they doing now when
they're in the grave? Their silence.
And yet, not even the grave itself could silence the Lord
Jesus Christ, because he conquered the brave on the third
day. And that is why, my friend,
you'd be so wise to put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ
if you're not a Christian. And you're thinking Gideon has
made a silly, silly mistake, I'm telling you, he's made the
wisest decision that you could ever make, and you'd be very
wise to follow in his footsteps. And it's all you have to do is
call upon the name of the Lord and you will be saved.
Turn to him right now and you will be saved.
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