A Timely Message Part 2A Timely Message Part 2
Lance Johnson Ministries
When you give your life to Christ, you also give up the old ways of sin that you used to live in. He died a sinner's death in your place so you could be forgiven of everything you've ever done. In today's message, Bishop Lance will encourage you to live l
29:30•27 Sept 2026
A Timely Message Part 2: Truth, Sin, and Living Like You’ve Been Changed
Episode Overview
- Rejecting truth, rather than Satan’s strength, is presented as the doorway to deception.
- Genuine belief in truth is described as obedience, not just mental agreement.
- Holding on to offence and bitterness is shown as taking pleasure in unrighteousness and strengthening sin’s grip.
- Justifying sexual and other sins by remaking God in our image is warned against as a path to blindness and delusion.
- Wholehearted obedience to God is highlighted as the key protection against becoming a slave to sin.
“To believe the truth means you obey the truth. If you say, I believe that, but you ain't living it, you don't really believe it.”
What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? Bishop Lance Johnson brings a blunt, Bible-centred answer, shaped by his own past with alcohol and drug addiction, in part two of "A Timely Message". Here, you'll hear a straight-talking call to live like you've truly been changed by Christ. Lance focuses on truth, warning that deception doesn't start because "Satan's all powerful" but because "you reject truth".
He walks through passages from 2 Thessalonians, Romans and John, showing how loving darkness, clinging to offence or justifying sexual sin all open the door for spiritual blindness. Using real-life stories – including a former best friend who moved from radical devotion to rationalising adultery as "God's will" – he shows how slowly rejecting conviction can leave someone calling good evil and evil good. One standout moment is his challenge: "To believe the truth means you obey the truth.
If you say, I believe that, but you ain't living it, you don't really believe it." It's not abstract theology; it's a direct challenge to how you live day to day. The style is bold, urgent and often confrontational, but aimed at people who know what it feels like to be trapped – whether by addiction, bitterness or secret habits.
You'll hear about how sin feels good at first, how offence can become "pleasure in unrighteousness", and how that pleasure keeps you stuck. At the same time, Lance keeps pointing back to hope: the church as a victorious body, the call to be "light set on a hill", and the possibility of wholehearted obedience breaking deception.
This episode suits anyone serious about recovery in a Christian context – especially those who sense they're drifting, excusing old patterns, or resenting the very people trying to help them. It might be uncomfortable listening, but if you're tired of half-measures and religious gloss over real struggles, this message could be the jolt you need. Are you ready to love truth enough to live it?
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