 Rhett McLaughlin of the YouTube comedy duo Rhett and Link has some accusations against Christianity. Today we respond. Hey guys, what's up? It's Isaac David and this is The Daily Disciple where I help you find Jesus and follow him daily. A huge shout out to everyone on Patreon. It is only because of your support and investment in this ministry that I can continue to do it. You help this ministry keep going and growing. So thank you so much. It's my goal to be able to do this full time one day and through each of your partnership and donations I'm able to get closer to that goal. So thank you so much now on to the video. So as I teased in the opener Rhett McLaughlin of the comedy YouTube duo Rhett and Link had an accusation against Christianity. Now you guys know if you've seen my previous videos about Rhett and Link that they grew up in kind of the Christian conservative sphere that they were fairly dedicated Christians or at least that's what they thought they were. I don't actually believe that they were Christians because I believe that if you are a Christian that that is it. You can't stop being a Christian. You can be a part of a church and you can say you're a Christian but that doesn't mean you're a Christian. And so they had said that they left the church a number of years ago but they've been making some content about that. And in one of the videos Rhett said this. And from a Christian worldview one of the attributes of God is this immutability of God. God does not change at all and that's something that we really value in God. And so the translation or the implication is that that should be true of people. You know it changes not great. This is pretty interesting to me because I'm not saying that he is saying that this is every Christian church or every Christian tradition that believes this way or thinks this way. Maybe he grew up in a Christian sphere where change and transformation was not something that was looked upon as a good thing. Okay that might be true and if so that was not great. That was not good because that was not a proper reflection of what Christianity truly is and what we are called to do as disciples. It doesn't take long for us to discover that change and transformation is an essential part of the Christian walk. We just need to look to you know one verse for example Romans 12 to do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind that by testing you may discern what is the will of God. What is good and acceptable and perfect. We are called to conform to transform more and more into the image of Christ. That doesn't you know in no way is Christianity or Jesus promoting that we stay stagnant who we are. No you know through him we are invited on this process of transformation. Sanctification where our thoughts and our heart needs to be moving more and more towards Christ. Like if you're in a Christian tradition and if they were in a Christian tradition or Christian culture that is downplaying the role of change and transformation in your life you need to get out. We are called to be continually conforming ourselves and our ideas into what scripture says. That's why we read the word every day. That's why we pray because we're asking God to conform our hearts and our minds towards him. And it's interesting because when we stray away from those things when we when we kind of move away from reading the scripture every day and praying to God our lives begin conforming and changing into more and more like the world. And so really the the answer to what Red is saying is that the church isn't in Christianity and Jesus better better stated isn't against change. He's against the change in the us conforming ourselves to worldly ideas and worldly philosophies and sinful ideas and beliefs. That is the change in transformation that is not good. But we should be conforming to the image of Christ and moving more and more towards him. See if we're not moving towards him we are moving away from him. Part of being a disciple of Jesus and that's what this channel is all about is helping you find Jesus and follow him daily as a daily disciple. It's about being intentional about our walk with Jesus. That doesn't mean that we're perfect. See part of the goal of this whole thing is to meet you where you're at is to encourage you to help you follow Jesus but to help you understand look none of us are going to do this perfectly and that's not a requirement of following Jesus to do it perfectly. That's why we need Jesus. Right. That is why we need his grace because if we could be perfect we wouldn't need Jesus anyway but we will fall and we will stumble. But being a disciple simply means submitting ourselves to God asking him to help us walk forward towards him. We can't do it on our own. It's only through God's power and presence in our life that we can do it. And ultimately this whole thing about being a disciple it's so much reliance on God. We stay stagnant or we drift away when we rely on our own ideas philosophies or we start relying on the world or other people around us to develop our relationship with God or help us to know God but ultimately we need to be asking God hey God give me faith give me a renewed faith in you and a spirit of repentance to walk in repentance. This idea of lifelong repentance to God that we will never measure up but through Jesus we are empowered by his power and his presence to fulfill the purpose that he has given us the calling that he has given us and that is something amazing. That is something we are all called to do is follow Jesus and through him fulfill the purpose that he has given us and that requires change and transformation. I'm not saying it's easy but it is essential. So if you're willing to submit your life to Jesus and say God transform me mold me into your image that is the place we want to be in complete submission to him. Thank you so much for watching this video. If you got something from it or enjoyed it I'd encourage you to give it a like down below and subscribe to my channel because I'm putting out new videos all the time. Once again a huge shout out to everyone on Patreon. You guys have truly changed my life by the support on there enabling me to do this more and hopefully one day being able to do this full time because it is my mission my life's passion. I can say so much more but I won't hold on to you too much longer. I appreciate you guys watching and I hope you have a wonderful day. God bless.