This TikTok user (
tiktok.com/@shawnscott55 ) has posted several videos in which he gives a short account about how he used to be a devout Christian for 10 years, went to church several days a week, gave his life to Jesus, prayed, studied the Bible in multiple languages etc., but eventually realized that, when he took The Word and applied it to his life, it did not accomplish what it was supposed to accomplish, so he rapidly lost his faith and became an atheist.
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In a recent video (linked below), he made a request (well, a challenge actually) to spirit-filled Christians to pray for his salvation. Watch the video and share your thoughts below. If you have a TikTok account, feel free to leave him some loving comments and, if you can help him in any way, let him know.
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Dear one,
It is good that you are concerned about those who are lost.
So dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Let us heed to the voice of our Lord, that said:
"
See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. -Matthew 18:10
So let us perceive and not despise those who are of little faith. Yes, we have heard that he went to church five days a week, spent hours studying bible, and learned from concordance with Latin, Hebrews and Greek that good stuff, he said. But later he said, that men who wrote the Bible — he knew nothing about.
Do we not consider that man from TikTok have little faith or no faith ?
Yes, we heard he quoted John 6:63 that the Lord said:
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. -John 6:63
We all heard that he commented that he tried to apply in his own life and doesn’t match his expectations. Why ? This is what we have heard:
For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them,
not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. -Hebrews 4:2
So that man from TikTok did not mix with faith what he heard.
That man from TikTok considered prayer was like a rolling a dice. If he said that he studied the Bible, he would have heard what our Lord Himself have said:
Therefore I tell you,
whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have RECEIVED it, and it will be yours. -Mark 11:24
And
whenever you stand praying, FORGIVE, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses." -Mark 11:25
Clearly, that man from TikTok doubted what the Lord have said and have not applied what the Lord have said with faith.
Is he truly saved ? Isn’t that what the man from TikTok related to us ?
This is what we have heard :
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life;
whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. -John 3:36
If that man from TikTok has obeyed the Lord, the wrath of God would not remain on Him.
For we heard:
assuming that you have heard about Him (Christ) and
were taught in Him (Christ),
as the truth is in Jesus, -Ephesians 4:21
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, -Ephesians 4:22
and
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, -Ephesians 4:23
and
to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. -Ephesians 4:24
It is obvious that man from TikTok didn’t obey the Lord. If he had obeyed, he should understand that he was taught in union with Christ. Clearly, he was not in union with Christ. That man from TikTok should put off his old self, should have renewed his mind in accord with the Spirit of God and put on the new self.
I understand many are confused by that man from TikTok went to church for five days a week, spent hours studying Bible for ten years, and understand Latin, Hebrews and Greek — still missed what the Lord have said.
In my early years after I was born again, when I was hungry and thirsty for the word of God, I was astonished that the presence of the Lord went far from me when I studied the Bible. I thought I would have pleased Him. I come to understand that I seek the Lord for my intellectual self edification, and that didn’t please the Lord. So from then on, I never seek the Lord Jesus Christ for intellectual self edification but I seek the Lord for His steadfast love; That He was crucified for my offenses and raised up for my justification.