A young man hated religion. To him, it was a “bunch of rules.” But through a YouTube sermon, he encountered Jesus and surrendered his life.
The Word of God
God’s Word is like a seed planted deep in a person’s innermost being. When it is uttered and heard, it performs a supernatural work within.
Jesus told the parable of the seed: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear” (Matthew 13:3–9, NIV).
Walking Away From Religion
A seed was planted when this young man heard a YouTube sermon. Even though he grew up in the church, he didn’t have a personal relationship with God.
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“So I grew up in the church and I have experienced religion, but not Jesus. I walked away from religion because I hated it. It’s just like a bunch of rules. Out of nowhere on my YouTube recommended, I just kept getting these pop-ups of like sermons, which was weird because I never watched the sermons. I would click on them eventually. Especially in the times where I was feeling really depressed,” he said.
He Received Jesus Through A YouTube Sermon
This young man acknowledged his deeper need for Jesus that religion couldn’t meet. When he heard God’s Word through a YouTube sermon his heart was able to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior.
“And then one time, this guy started talking about a relationship with Jesus. And I didn’t know what that meant. Something felt weird. So I took a bike ride, which was weird because I don’t take recreational bike rides. I’m not that kind of person. And I had my headphones on and he was talking about Jesus and he just kept saying, “Jesus loves you; He cares about you. Like nobody else cares about you more than Him,”” he recalled.
“And that really stuck with me because I felt really lonely at that point in my life. So then I got home, and I just fell on my knees. This wasn’t like a structured thing that I was taught, but I just prayed. And I was like, “God, I don’t even know what this is; I don’t know who You are. But I need You, I need You.” And that totally changed everything,” he concluded.
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