18 years old raised Lutheran. After a longtime of not going to church regularly, I’ve come to the truth of the Catholic Church. Confirmation this Easter!!! Praise be to God

@miryamamar5442

2 жыл бұрын

WELCOME!!!

@TeresaLopez-jt6zf

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome!! Welcome!

@June1815VICTORY

2 жыл бұрын

You don't even know what Catholic means, you're going from one false church to another.

@dominiccugliari2282

2 жыл бұрын

@@June1815VICTORY Catholic means universal, the Church that has been for 2000 years. I politely disagree with you and will pray for you. God bless

@rafaelguerra9888

2 жыл бұрын

@@dominiccugliari2282 friend you should do your research. The first time "A church" was called catholic was in 110, but this was base on those that were a lined with it. Do your math. By 381 the catholic church wasn't the same. And changed as "Roman Catholic Church." Sometimes we do our history, but we don't go all the way deep to reading what is not convenient. Romans brought in there culture, policies, laws, habits, morals, etc.... to the Catholic Church. Before Constantine, people had to come by a name which helped them be protected by those persecuting them. And those a lined by the Catholic Church had to say they were Catholic. I recommend you read everything you can read about Constantine and the cult of Isis and Mithraic. Read about "what happen to those that worship a God by the name of Diana in the bible?" Now..... Friend, if I were to tell you just by reading the bible would you find yourself to be catholic? Like; would you ever know about the Hail Mary prayer without any catholic telling you? Would you ever believe that a dead saint can actually speak for you while he or she is in heaven? Would you ever believe peter was the first Pope? Would you ever believed in the purgatory? What about the remembrance in the statues or images? These are just a few things. But what I want to get to is this. Do you really believe Christ is going to recognize you by being called catholic? Is he going to recognize you by a certain church building? I'm no where close to being called catholic. But..... I can say we are the church for following christ. But one thing is to say it. And the other thing is that Christ can recognize you as his church which is way different. I don't mean to sound smart. Nor did I comment you to be mean. Just thought maybe you can use a push on some subjects or maybe give you a few thoughts to open.

I'm not Catholic and I believe faith without works is dead but I am not saved because of my works. I'm saved because of Christ's finished work. Is this not what protestants teach? How is this not what the bible teaches?

@brendanray3186

6 жыл бұрын

“Faith without works is dead”. You said it! That’s what the Catholic Church teaches and if that’s what your church teaches and what you believe great! The issue is the vast majority of Protestant sects, with the exception of yourself, emphasize “faith alone” to exclude works. Regarding salvation, yes you are not saved by works alone, but by your faith in Jesus-A faith which encompasses Belief and WORKS, because as you said faith is hollow (dead) without the other. Hope this helps, God bless you

@DarrylCross

6 жыл бұрын

First off, it's hard to nail down what protestants teach because there are over 40,000 denominations and sects within protestantism, each with it's own set of doctrines and biblical interpretations. Like Tim said in the video, some protestant groups are moving back to an understanding of "faith AND works." That it is our faith in Christ that gives us the grace to do great works in His name, and bring His light to the world. However, a lot of protestants (including Martin Luther himself) insisted that no works were required. In fact, Martin Luther famously said "If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the true, not an imaginary sin. God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong (sin boldly), but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world." So not only did he preach against needing works WITH faith, he advocated for us to sin boldly because it was our faith alone. This, of course, ignores Jesus' own words in John 14:15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." (many of his commandments through the New Testament being works-based; alms giving, loving our neighbor as He loved us, praying for our enemies, evangelizing all nations would be a few examples.)

@wms72

6 жыл бұрын

Jesus also said, "Unless you eat My Flesh and drink My Blood, you will not have life within you." Protestants don't agree on what that means. They have a false, man-made "church" without the Body and Blood of Christ

@timkramar9729

4 жыл бұрын

@@wms72 Lutherans believe in transubstantiation just like Catholics do. Luther was a Catholic priest before they kicked him out.

@dieselcowboy777

4 жыл бұрын

@@DarrylCross you mean 1000 not 40000

As a Catholic, I feel like Protestants think that Catholics believe they are saved by works ALONE. Of course not! The works don’t count if they are not rooted in faith in love. God bless anyone reading this comment.

@shihyuchu6753

2 жыл бұрын

Have you done enough works???

@June1815VICTORY

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean your a Catholic, Catholic means universal, that is someone who belongs to a universal church, it doesn't mean the protestant church or the Roman church. So think about it, what are you ?

@joshmcguire5240

2 жыл бұрын

Romans 11:6 and if by grace then it is no more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace, otherwise work is no more work.

@franciscoscaramanga9396

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, according to the Council of Trent, the doctrine of Grace is anathemized, and the Roman church believes its adherents are saved through the Eucharist and sacraments.

@alan_e_

2 жыл бұрын

@@franciscoscaramanga9396 that is u biblical. Read Romans 1-5 and you will see why salvation is based on faith and belief for righteousness.. not rudiments of the world. There's a lot of ways the Catholic Church is simply wrong, just like the Methodist Baptist and pentacostals churches are incorrect. There's a difference between the truth and religion.

Ephesians 2:8-10 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that NOT of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God: NOT of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus UNTO good works, which God hath before ordained that we *should* walk in them."

@LookForTheDay

Ай бұрын

@@trompettist James 2:14-26 faith without works does nothing! Your verse says the same thing “God hath ordained that we should walk in them!!

@BUDPUD

Ай бұрын

@@LookForTheDay in the sight of men

@LookForTheDay

Ай бұрын

@@BUDPUD yes in the sight of men and God we can’t just act like that in front of men! The strongest faith ever shown is the faith that is done when no one else is watching!! James says be a doer of the word not a hearer only. We have to cooperate with the Holy Spirit so he can work in us!

@LookForTheDay

Ай бұрын

@@BUDPUD we Catholics DO NOT believe you can earn your salvation by doing good! It’s by the grace of God through faith that work in love.

@TurkeySmashR

Ай бұрын

Faith without works is a dead faith. Works without faith are meaningless works. It is not a question of either/or, the Catholic Church says it is BOTH/AND.

“Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.” Galatians 2:16. “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” Romans 3:28. “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9

@marchill861

4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Becker so beautifully put, bless you Brandon.

@TheTNmonitormen

4 жыл бұрын

AMEN!

@brandonbecker4479

4 жыл бұрын

nosuchthing8 study church history sir. The apocrypha was never in the original cannon.

@brandonbecker4479

4 жыл бұрын

nosuchthing8 can you identify what books? And how exactly those books got in the cannon?

@brandonbecker4479

4 жыл бұрын

nosuchthing8 we know based on what we know the Jews considered cannon throughout their history, and it was never any of the apocrypha. The apocrypha were around, but they weren’t considered divinely inspired by any Jews, or by Jesus and the believers in the New Testament. How many pieces from the apocrypha are quoted by Jesus and the apostles? Oh yeah, zero. Why? They weren’t canonical, they weren’t Gods word.

Ephesians 2:8-9 8 For it is by grace(A) you have been saved,(B) through faith(C)-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works,(D) so that no one can boast.(E) Isaiah says our good work in the eyes of God is filthy rags.. if good work can lead us to salvation then Jesus died in vain.....

@zacharynelson5731

4 жыл бұрын

Read Ephesians 2:10

@jhondelosreyes8724

3 жыл бұрын

indeed

@anthonycalipjo8669

3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand what you're all talking about..🤣😜... Who is teaching that everybody will get their salaries even without working??? So God gives you grace, and faith and that's free...so what now??? You work only on the end you say your work is useless, you are not save by works, if that is the kind of faith that you have....ok...fine...SIT and SLEEP then...😋🤣😜

@andreeattieh2963

3 жыл бұрын

That doesn't disprove works

@andreeattieh2963

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonycalipjo8669 the catholic church is the church of Jesus Christ

“For by grace we have been saved through faith. NOT BY OUR OWN DOING; it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:8. You don’t work for a gift.

@princessc660

11 ай бұрын

Catholics believe your saved by faith alone initially but you’re works help you remain salvation. Where does this verse say you’re saved by faith alone?

@geoffjs

4 ай бұрын

How about Mt 25 31 on about Jesus’ judgement about works of charity, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting prisoners, all good works, yet I’ve never heard one Protestant refer to this, Cherry picking?

Ephesians 2 : 8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. 🤫

@AndrewLane-pm2ro

5 ай бұрын

Protestants always misinterpret Eph 2:8-9. Firstly, it doesn't say faith alone - it refers to the initial means of obtaining grace, which is thru faith. Secondly, the words "not by works" refer to works alone - ie, works without faith - not works with faith.

@samuelstephen3416

5 ай бұрын

@@AndrewLane-pm2ro firstly, where are you stating this from? Cause it's not the from the bible cause you would've quoted a verse but since you didn't, you have no precedence hence you're wrong and your argument is not maintable. Secondly, you say that works refer to "works alone". The Bible doesn't say "works alone" it just says "works" and the reason why I bring this up is because its a logical fallacy, you're saying that faith isn't the only way cause the bible doesn't say "faith alone" but then the bible doesn't say "works alone" as well and just says "works". so have contradicted the bible and yourself. Before you go on about what protestants get wrong, why you don't you read the Bible and see what it says. The Bible speaks for God and everyone who calls themselves a Christian. If the Bible didn't add the word "alone" it doesn't necessarily mean that there are other ways, it's only faith. Because we cannot earn or try and redeem ourselves of God's selfless sacrifice, no amount of "works" can do that. But only God's grace allows us to be saved and safe, how? Through faith. Even the unbeliever does good works the only difference is faith.

@AndrewLane-pm2ro

5 ай бұрын

@samuelstephen3416 Eph 2:9 doesn't say "works alone"? In effect, it does. What else could the word "works" mean if not "works alone"? That verse says grace doesn't come thru works done without faith. Protestants like to think it says grace doesn't come thru faith and works, or that works have nothing to with obtaining grace, which is not what is says at all. No one can earn salvation thru works, no one can earn salvation thru faith and no one can earn salvation action thru faith and works. Grace is a gift that is obtained thru justification - by faith and works (James 2:24).

@samuelstephen3416

5 ай бұрын

@@AndrewLane-pm2ro it seems as though I've used words above your capability of grasping. Not by works means that works don't save us, what does is faith which give us the grace if God.

@cruznature7545

5 ай бұрын

​@@samuelstephen3416..I used to think like you but I have come to know the truth and the truth is Catholic.

Justification by faith is correct. The fruits of good works are 'indicators' that shows that you are on the right tract, they don't save you.Jesus does.

@patrickoconnor9700

2 жыл бұрын

What is your understanding of the Catholic position on this?

@lawrencechiam7476

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickoconnor9700 You mentionef the church thst was at Antioch, that ' s not the catholic church. Is it?

@patrickoconnor9700

2 жыл бұрын

@@lawrencechiam7476 Why wouldn't it be the Universal church?

@lawrencechiam7476

2 жыл бұрын

Probsbly a Syrian church.

@andreeattieh2963

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickoconnor9700 the Catholic church is the church of Christ

a genuine faith will always be followed by works springing out of that faith

@Ian-xd2in

3 жыл бұрын

Unless you die right after having faith

@DiaJasin

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ian-xd2in lol

@bobloblawb2593

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ian-xd2in The moment you accept Christ's complete work of His saving grace is the moment you pass from death to life.

@archangeljmj6008

3 жыл бұрын

@William Cloud ok man, when you stand before The Lord and He tells you that He founded the one holy Catholic and apostolic church and this is what you said about it? You have no excuse if you watched this

@lydiapetra1211

3 жыл бұрын

There's no genuine faith in the RCC though!

I am a proud catholic from Philippines.

@peace2033

Жыл бұрын

LGBTQ is supported in your country.

@noahgaming8833

Жыл бұрын

@@peace2033 so?

@theodoreritola7641

6 ай бұрын

How many good works do YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE SAVED ?

@Kitiwake

3 ай бұрын

Works is plural, so more than one.

@angellicat.n.g2382

2 ай бұрын

😅hi I'm from Indonesia.

I grew up around protestants. when God met me and starting to transform my life I’ve been to a few churches and encourage people read all 73 books of the Bible. I belong to Christ now and I pray for unity among His church (as He does in John 17).

@michaelbanda9993

2 жыл бұрын

The Apocrypha was man made and JESUS NEVER TAUGHT IT. It was denied early on then Catholics brought it up. And it contradicts the Bible.

@norlinemariano5640

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly God bless you

@mrmcface713

2 жыл бұрын

Brother I've come to the same conclusion, I did 5 months of Prayer and Research and even wore Sackcloth and Fasted and was in Prayer, I read all 7 Dueterocannonical Books and I did research into The Early Church and The Reformation. And all I can say is is that The Reformation Is at a huge fault Tobit, Judith, Sirach, Baruch, Wisdom, 1&2 Maccabees ARE THE WORD OF GOD Council of Rome, Carthage and Hippo. Every single complete or partially complete Christian Bible up to the 16th century includes the Dueterocannon in one way or another I'm Non-denominational, but I utterly refuse the title "Protestant" The Reformation itself had Heresy and led to even more Heresy and it divided The Body of Christ it caused alot more harm than it did good.

@ChillingandVibingToLife

Жыл бұрын

There’s more than 73 books.

@michaelbanda9993

Жыл бұрын

@@ChillingandVibingToLife yeah but there not inspired by God. They have flaws in them and don’t point to Jesus. They are not the breathed our word of God.

The Church Jesus creates was his followers. Not a building

@minecrafttbp9599

4 жыл бұрын

@Apostolic Nuncio to Kekistan actually the church is not a building we as Christains are the church

@izunauchiha1982

4 жыл бұрын

@Apostolic Nuncio to Kekistan We are the bride (church) and the groom is Christ

Ephesians 2:9 And not by works, lest any man should boast?? Did y’all just skip over that one????

@FJhei

4 жыл бұрын

No, we read the Bible by Chapter and not by Verse. Only prots pretexters read the Bible by verse and use it against caths.

@boblob2003

4 жыл бұрын

@@FJhei I'm considering joining the Catholic Church but to be honest, there are just as many instances where Catholics pick and choose verses (and avoid other verses) to match their doctrine.

@carlmabiog

4 жыл бұрын

@@boblob2003 how did you say that? Did you already join holy mass and ask priest? Or just finding a hole in the church's teaching?

@boblob2003

4 жыл бұрын

@@carlmabiog Yes I have as a matter of fact. I'm not here to be critical or insult anyone, I'm just making an observation based on my knowledge of Scripture. A lot of the comments here are not very Christ-like, which is sad.

@adamjones6473

4 жыл бұрын

boblob2003 Keep studying the inconsistencies Hebrews 11:6 God is a rewarded of those who diligently seek him!

I’m confused as to how justification by faith alone is unbiblical. James 2:24 is a verse in the context of outward justification of inward justifying faith in God. Verse 18 says, “Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith by my works.” You can’t show someone your faith is true except by your works, just like Abraham was shown to be genuine in his faith because he was willing to give up his son for it. That is very different than Paul in Romans for example, who builds an argument entirely based on justification by faith alone, as it is written, “Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith. For we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.” Romans‬ ‭3:27-28‬. This is God’s justification for us to enter Heaven by His grace, not a justification of the reality of our faith. Romans 3:26 says God is the one justifying us who have faith. Justification in the sight of God by faith alone is entirely biblical, in fact Paul goes out on a limb numerous times to help us understand that we are saved by grace through faith, to the praise and glory of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

@TruthHasSpoken

Жыл бұрын

"’m confused as to how justification by faith alone is unbiblical." Does the bible state one is justified by faith alone? One must understand what the word FAITH means. It is NOT just the initial intellectual ascent of faith. We must be faithful to all of what Christ commanded, including love of God and neighbor. That is why James 2 - God's Word - says that Abraham's faith was made complete by WORKS (of love, not the OT law). _22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works_ And can an incomplete faith save you ? God says no. _14 What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him?_ So we come to that intellectual ascent of faith - and walk in love of God in neighbor. And in doing so we are justified again, as was Abraham (again) .... _Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?_ This is why God says in James, we are justified by Works (of love, not the OT Law), not faith alone. _ 24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone._ Nothing out of context. God is clear in his Word.

@mrtimeinabottle8142

4 ай бұрын

mcoy hey it was by his work in you.❤️

I love to hear from people that were once protestant and converted to the catholic faith❤not that people that have always been catholic dont explain the faith well, but as someone that was raised protestant(non denom) and as someone that is learning and enjoying learning about the catholic faith it makes it relatable for me🙏 im finding i align alot with it

@endtimesareuponus8930

Жыл бұрын

I was raised a strong Catholic and left cause Catholicism is CONTRARY to God's Holy Word.

@ripbeni6198

Жыл бұрын

@@endtimesareuponus8930bold statement cotton, let’s see if it pays off for him

@bridgefin

Жыл бұрын

@@endtimesareuponus8930 Then you don't know God's Word.

@sponge6171

Жыл бұрын

personal experience is not a good argument for any of these comments, only proof is. i believe in scripture because of historical evidence, not because of church authority. is there any actual historical evidence which supports sacred tradition (specific foretelling prophecy come true like in Daniel, Isaiah, Psalm 22 etc.)? bible does not support sacred tradition from what i see.

@bridgefin

Жыл бұрын

@@sponge6171 You: bible does not support sacred tradition from what i see. Me: 2 Thess 2:15: Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold to the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. The Bible in your hands could not exist without a table of contents or a canon. That canon which tells us which books are inspired by God was produced by the Tradition of the Catholic Church. Without tradition you have no bible.

Our works are a byproduct of the faith that God has given us. Jesus did all the work that saves us and there is nothing that can be added to it

@cozzoli39

4 жыл бұрын

@Philip Carpenter when you were a child did your parents know things that you didn't? Did ever listen to them because you loved them, respected them and had the understanding that they probably knew better than you? You have a choice to either humble yourself and follow the path that God provides and trust in him or you can go your own way. You can be the one who decides what is good and what is evil. You can live for your own purpose and maybe you can manipulate some gullible people into following you. You can live your life to the fullest and have everything that the world has to offer, because you have placed your faith in the world. Here's the kicker though. You don't get to take it with you when you're dead. Faith in what God offers you carries on even after you die. Faith in the world dies in the world. Either way like it or not you have faith too. It's just a very short sighted faith that will never satisfy or last. Only faith in Jesus is eternal and saves. You have faith in dust. I have faith in the creator of the universe. You wouldn't be on here posting comments like this unless you were feeling empty and thirsting for something more. There is more for you than dust.

@cozzoli39

4 жыл бұрын

@Philip Carpenter You seem to have all of the answers. Maybe you can answer a few questions I have. What is driving you you to come on here and waste your time trying to debate strangers and prove your point? I don't believe that smurfs are real and I don't have any need to prove that. Yet here you are wasting your time and energy trying to prove how gullible I am. Why would you care what I believe? Why would you fight against something that you didn't believe exists? Why don't you waste your time in proving that Santa doesn't exist? Instead you driven to speak out against Christians. I've spoken to plenty of people who are just like yourself. You speak from the same mind because you are driven by the same thing. The holy spirit drives me. Who is your motivation?

@cozzoli39

4 жыл бұрын

@Philip Carpenter well I guess you have it all figured out. Good luck

@justinbond9467

3 жыл бұрын

You’re exactly right man. People think it’s faith+works=salvation when it’s actually faith=salvation+works

@cozzoli39

3 жыл бұрын

@Philip Carpenter My good friend Philip, I'm happy to see you.

It is especially on this matter that we as Orthodox Christians truly stand with our Latin brothers and sisters.

@dieselcowboy777

4 жыл бұрын

Catholicism isn't orthodox....it's apostasy

@Super-chad

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I noticed your comment regarding Orthodoxy. I've never seen a member of an Orthodox before but, may I ask which Orthodox Church do you attend? I'm eager to know about them

@Super-chad

4 жыл бұрын

@@dieselcowboy777 why would you say that? Just asking

@dieselcowboy777

4 жыл бұрын

@Domagoj Golubić well they aren't gnostics because the gnostics were said to know the mysteries and no catholic can explain the mysteries and that includes the mystery of the godhead

@themdapxe

4 жыл бұрын

dieselcowboy777 and who said they can comprehend God? As if God can be reduced to mere concepts

Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.

@MAP2023

2 жыл бұрын

Not by works like the pharisees. By works you will be condemned not by faith alone.

@chadlee243

2 жыл бұрын

@@MAP2023 show me where the rosary is in the Bible or calling a priest father..

@MAP2023

2 жыл бұрын

@@chadlee243 show me in the Bible that the same paragraph nobody should be called Teacher. lol 😆 also Paul called himself a father for many. Read the Bible bro prot.

@joycegreer9391

2 жыл бұрын

@@MAP2023 The reference is Matthew 23:8-10. This was in response to the behavior of the Pharisees, so meaning giving undue spiritual authority to a human being as if that person were the source of truth rather than God, individuals of pride and pretense like the pope.

@joycegreer9391

2 жыл бұрын

@@MAP2023 Not by any works. All your works are as filthy rags. Salvation is by faith only. It is a gift by God's grace, unmerited, unearned.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast

But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness Romans 4:5

@mrtimeinabottle8142

4 жыл бұрын

It is not you that work, it is God within you, that glorifies His Father. God is holy alone. Christ in you, can begin a work. Hello sheep...Have a nice day.

@chrisgagnon5768

4 жыл бұрын

Love it

@mrtimeinabottle8142

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisgagnon5768 I love you.

@utapao74

3 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Telle The context is; we are saved, made right with God, by grace through faith, not by our works.

@danielletracyann

2 ай бұрын

Do you understand what this means? This is pertaining to Jewish law. The law as in circumcision/uncircumcision, things to eat/ things not to eat, things…….ceremonial laws etc. Matthew 12:3-8 KJ21 But He said unto them, "Have ye not read what David did when he hungered and they that were with him: [4] how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests? [5] Or have ye not read in the law how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless? [6] But I say unto you, that in this place is One greater than the temple. [7] But if ye had known what this meaneth, 'I will have mercy and not sacrifice,' ye would not have condemned the guiltless. [8] For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day." Matthew 15:2-11 KJ21 "Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread." [3] But He answered and said unto them, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? [4] For God commanded, saying, 'Honor thy father and mother,' and, 'He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.' [5] But ye say that whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, 'by whatsoever thou might have profited by me, it is a gift,' [6] and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. [7] Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, [8] 'This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. [9] But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.'" [10] And He called the multitude and said unto them, "Hear and understand: [11] Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man." Matthew 15:17-20 KJ21 Do ye not yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the drain? [18] But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man. [19] For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: [20] these are the things which defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man." --------------- PAUL s words Romans 2:1-10 KJ21 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art who judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself, for thou that judgest doest the same things. [2] But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things. [3] And thinkest thou this, O man, who judgest those who do such things and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? [4] Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? [5] But because of thy hardness and impenitence of heart, thou treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the Day of Wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, [6] who will render to every man according to his deeds: [7] to those who by patient continuance in welldoing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; [8] but unto those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, [9] tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man who doeth evil, upon the Jew first and also upon the Gentile; [10] but glory, honor and peace to every man who worketh good, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile. *What does he say about those who worketh good? *what does he say about those who do not OBEY the truth but OBEY unrightousness??? Romans 2:12-14 KJ21 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law. [13] (For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. [14] For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, they, not having the law, are a law unto themselves, What’s that? The doers of the law will be justified??? --------- Romans 6:1-16 KJ21 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? [2] God forbid! How shall we, who are dead to sin, live any longer therein? [3] Know ye not that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? [4] Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. [5] For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, so we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, [6] knowing this: that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. [7] For he that is dead is freed from sin. [8] Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, [9] knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over Him. [10] For in that He died, He died unto sin once; but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. [11] Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. [12] Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. [13] Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, but yield yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. [14] For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the law, but under grace. [15] What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid! [16] Know ye not that to whomever ye yield yourselves as servants to obey, his servants ye become whom ye obey, whether of sin which leads unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Again OBEDIENCE to CHRIST Romans 6:21-22 KJ21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. [22] But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end, everlasting life.

Brother faith comes first it’s obvious but your works is defined by how much faith you have. Eventually the holy spirit thats in you will do the good work that you’re talking about.

@TheRealFrank0

4 жыл бұрын

And? What's your problem? If you don't have faith then you cant perform good works, right? So indeed you need good works. Do you not understand?

@chrisgagnon5768

4 жыл бұрын

Francis powell You sound like a Muslim

@richardmontalban9155

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealFrank0 to give you an analogy, if you are sick you cannot do good works. Unless you are healed you cannot do good works like cleaning the house.

@Zero8764

4 жыл бұрын

Asa Thurstone Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself -James 2:17

@councilofflorence4896

4 жыл бұрын

@Asa Thurstone You added the words "alone" they do not exist in this passage. I kindly ask you to take them out right now.

The opposite of orthodox is heretic and the opposite of catholic is schismatic, so it would seem that in the Great Schism, the Church organisationally decided to depart from what was right, & the west chose to prioritise preserving the Church from Peter while the east chose to prioritise preserving Her proper doctrines.

I'm beyond impressed. As a revert to Catholicism from Pentecostal, this has given me goosebumps. The explanation is so thorough and clear. The Catholic faith indeed is the real deal. Thanks be to God for leading me back home after years of contemplating and researching. Indeed the non-religious or secular books/encyclopedias all point out to Jesus Christ as the founder of the Catholic Church. These same references pinpoint the human founders of different denominations and the so-called non-denominational churches but not the Catholic Church. Which church should we follow then, the one founded by different men or the one founded by Jesus himself?

@J_a_s_o_n

Жыл бұрын

You have been TOLD BY HOSTORIANS that Christ formed the church. Now what is the Church? The church of Christ is the one founded on the word of God. Christ is the foundation May the LORD give us understanding

@lufhopespeacefully2037

11 ай бұрын

Why does the Trinity not appear in the Bible?peace///

@DUZCO10

10 ай бұрын

​@J_a_s_o_n your interpretation = 100s of denominations that conflict with each other. You will not come together in one church instead you fracture. You divide Christians. That is not what Jesus and the apostles taught . they taught Christian unity Catholic interpretation = one faith. 1.3B and growing. We have spread the good news through the whole world baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, abs the Holy Spirit

@patmelton43

8 ай бұрын

Catholicism is demonic.

@patmelton43

8 ай бұрын

Not the real deal at all. Why do you worship Mary? You break the very first commandment; NO GODS before me.

Just what works did the thief on the cross do. He was saved by his faith.

@charis128

4 жыл бұрын

Now read James 2:14 where the man has faith but no works. The question is “can this man’s faith save him”? The answer biblically is NO

@antrodaze910

4 жыл бұрын

@@charis128 Stop... I see this so often.... Even protestants do this, and they're doing this with the rapture. Here's another thing that you are butchering with this passage..... READ THE CONTEXT. THREE verses later, he explains what he means by " In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." "You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a]? 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[b] and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone." Abraham was doing GOD'S will. If we do God's will, we will get greater "rewards"... that's the idea, not according to what man defines as good or bad. The Bible says what is good and what is bad, but it doesn't command us to do the good, it just tells us not to do the bad and to have faith. Otherwise, it would just being giving us half instructions. Your interpretation to the road to salvation: do deeds... uhh ok what deeds? If we say "I believe in God" but turn around and DECIDE to sin, the salvation is voided. Contrarily, if we say "I believe in God" and preach the gospel as so, you are putting into action what you preach, and doing God's will. But even so, REFRAINING from sin is the same as a "deed" in this context, because he's referring to practicing what you believe. If you say you have faith, then you must follow up that statement with your actions by not sinning because the God you believe in says not to. If you sin willingly, either 1. You doubt his existence 2. You are okay with sin 3. You are just taking advantage of his grace etc... BUT EVEN THEN, HE STILL FORGIVES YOU... but you HAVE TO REPENT and not do it again by figuratively cutting off the hand that causes you to sin. James is saying to keep your word and not be a hypocrite. The demons believe in God... but their deeds are nefarious. James' definition of a deed is an action or the lack of action. So your salvation is based off of faith (John 3:16) and actions or inaction, depending on if they go against God's law. Question 1: How many good deeds must you complete to attain salvation? 1? 7? Question 2: If there is a paraplegic man born blind and dumb who literally cannot do anything but believe in God. Is he condemned because he cannot do any "works"? Or is he saved because God has MERCY and GRACE? Catholicism's God is different from what the Bible preaches plain and simple. It's not a religion issue, it's man not having a relationship with God. You need to repent and pray directly to God and read your bible. Stop taking scripture and ignoring the context in order to fulfill your doctrine based off of poor interpretation and comprehension.

@theosteven3362

4 жыл бұрын

@@antrodaze910i think many protestants misunderstood whats the difference between salvation and justification. Salvation can be possible for us only by the Grace of our Father. All christians believe it included catholic. We are all saved by the Grace. BUT, to be saved you need to be justified first. Catholic teaches that justification isnt a single proses but an on going-until-death process. In that process, we are DAILY justified by our FAITH which is CONFESSED and SHOWN through our deed. We have to work on our salvation (Phil 2:12-13, James 2:14-16). So your question on how many good deeds to be justified? The answer isnt a quantity matter but the quality matter. You "do" good as long as you have faith because only by that you have faith! How about the blind? Do you even say that blind people cant do good? I dont know how's that question even logical. By the end of time, in the judgement day, we are all JUDGED according to our DEEDS (Rev 20:12). Then now, how come u say our deed isnt important? If it only takes "faith" why wouldt scripture says that at the judgement all who "believe" in jesus will directly go to heaven? Why jesus even say not those who call upon Me, Lord, lord but those who DO the will of My Father? 😉

@bthongni55

4 жыл бұрын

How were Noah and his children saved? They not only had faith in the ark, but they actually entered it, kept provisions and persevered to sit in it.

@charis128

4 жыл бұрын

BT Noah and his children were saved by baptism (water + spirit). 1 Peter 3:21

Lots of evangelicals and protestants do not agree with abortion.

@borealis1592

4 жыл бұрын

Annette Murphy -- If they agree with abortion you can tell they are not Evangelicals, Protestants. I’m Evangeical Protestant and I can guarantee you100% We do not support abortion. Nancy Pelosi says she’s Catholic, but she supports abortion.That is why I thought Catholics supported abortion. See how one powerful person like N. Pelosi makes Catholics look bad. If it wasn’t for this video I would have continue to believe that Catholics approve of abortions.

@borealis1592

4 жыл бұрын

One thing I don’t agree with is that Catholics and Evangelicals attack one another. Why what’s the point, after all God is the only one judge of all. We should not be arguing over religion or try to show off that one is wiser than another.

@peacemaker4814

4 жыл бұрын

I agree...I dont know of any evangelicals at all that agree with abortion ! I've been around allot of conservatives and I just doubt see it

@borealis1592

4 жыл бұрын

Advant Garde -- AGREED100%

@GeorgePenton-np9rh

4 жыл бұрын

I think Catholics and Fundamentalist Protestants agree on the evil of abortion.

Born Raised Staying and Dying Catholic love my catholic faith

@endtimesareuponus8930

Жыл бұрын

Some Catholics will go to heaven but no one in heaven will be Catholic.

@jacobalexander4167

Жыл бұрын

​@@endtimesareuponus8930what does that even mean?

@endtimesareuponus8930

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobalexander4167 use your brain if you have one

As a devout Roman Catholic, thank you for this channel!!! I appreciate their are some kind, beautiful, personable ppl who can also be an apologist for the Faith

@infinitx1330

3 жыл бұрын

Aaha lost soul

@tatoon34

3 жыл бұрын

@@infinitx1330 you are mistaken brother

@infinitx1330

3 жыл бұрын

@@tatoon34 please tell me how so I can correct it.

@tatoon34

3 жыл бұрын

@@infinitx1330 believe on this John 6:54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

@andrew0.033

3 жыл бұрын

@@infinitx1330 Bible Gateway Matthew 7 :: NIV. "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

How about the criminal who was crucified, along with Jesus in Luke 23:40-43? He got saved right? He got saved because of God's grace through his faith not by his works. Good works is the result of salvation. Read Ephesians 2:8-9 as well you'll see on that verse that, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - NOT BY WORKS, so that no one can boast." Also in Isaiah 64:6 stated that "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our RIGHTEOUS ACTS are like FILTHY RAGS; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away." So we will see here that our good works are just filthy rags before God. You will only be saved through faith then good works will follow as a result of your salvation. Luke 23:40-43 -But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus answered him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise."

@juans6639

4 жыл бұрын

Almighty God od knows everything about all of us. It is very possible that the good thief had done many good things in the past and when being cruxcifed, he obviously repented while the other thief might have also done good things in the past, did not repent.

@childofgod8484

4 жыл бұрын

@@juans6639 we cannot earn our salvation by doing good deeds as stated in Ephesians 2 it is the Apostle Paul himself who wrote it, salvation is freely given, it is God's grace to us through faith in Christ alone, that is the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ, good works is the by product of your salvation it is the good fruit that will come after you got saved. If you are doing good to earn your way to heaven then that is not the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only way, the truth, and the life as stated in John 14:6, he didn't say that "I and your good works is the way to the Father." It is in Christ alone that we can be saved we cannot add or deduct anything from the Scriptures.

@lydiapetra1211

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!!! Thanks for preaching Truth!

@childofgod8484

4 жыл бұрын

@@mole215 I agree, God's grace is undeserved, unmerited, unearned favour this is something we cannot earn through our good works, it is freely given by God to those who believe. Justification through faith alone in Christ alone is biblical, I don't see the reason why the title of the video says that protestant's doctrine of salvation is unbiblical, they were saying faith alone is not enough to be justified they were saying that faith plus works is the way for us to be justified but the Scriptures says a different thing it is stated throughout the Bible that we are justified through faith alone in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:28, Romans 5:1, Habakkuk 2:4, Galatians 2:21, Galatians 2:16). In the verse he stated Romans 2:7 it sets up a contrast between those who are changed by God’s grace and live for Him and those who reject His salvation and truth (verse 8), In Romans 2:7, those who “by persisting in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality” are those who have genuinely trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation, by grace through faith. And in James 2:14-26 sometimes taken out of context in an attempt to create a works-based system of righteousness, but that is contrary to many other passages of Scripture. James is not saying that our works make us righteous before God but that real saving faith is demonstrated by good works. Works are not the cause of salvation; works are the evidence of salvation. Faith in Christ always results in good works. The person who claims to be a Christian but lives in willful disobedience to Christ has a false or dead faith and is not saved. It is clear that the Scriptures don't support justification by works but through faith alone in Christ Jesus, works are evidence not the cause of our justification.

@briemuss05

3 жыл бұрын

Juan S Wow talk about clutching at straws there!

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8 KJV

@mdechristi

3 жыл бұрын

That’s precisely what happens in the sacraments of the Catholic Church. The sacraments of the Catholic Church are describing scripture as the faith of Christ. It is in the sacraments of the Catholic Church that we are saved by grace because of the faith we proclaim in the name of Jesus Christ.

@tomh3721

3 жыл бұрын

@@mdechristi so you earn God's grace?

@mdechristi

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomh3721 What does this say? Matthew 19:21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. What do you think? Does that treasure in heaven refer to some form of grace? Now, let's see, what about this? Luke 11:41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. We give alms and all things are clean. To what is that a reference, if not to justification by means of works? Oh and of course: James 2:24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified.... So, does St. James say that a man earns the grace of justification?

@tomh3721

3 жыл бұрын

@@mdechristi this ofcourse begs the questions.. What is grace? An unearnt favour of God.. So we see a recurring theme in the scripture that salvation is by grace through faith. The verse from the book of James is interesting because its where it mentions works in relation to salvation, but that wouldn't fit with the recurring theme of faith alone. So what does James mean by this? In can only be that those fruits are a sign of our "living faith" as opposed to "dead faith" by saying you can earn your own salvation is utterly ridiculous. This theme is evident in both old and new testament Galatians 2:16 "yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified."

@bradcairns6064

3 жыл бұрын

@@mdechristi Stop over complicating it. Salvation is a free gift from God. End of story.

Luke 23:39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[d]” 43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Saved by faith alone. He wasn't baptised, never took communion and didn't do any good works after his declaration of belief in the Messiah. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. Acts 16:31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, Romans 4:1-5 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, Acts 10:43 To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” Romans 10:9 Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. John 6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” John 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

@peteanddrake4242

2 жыл бұрын

undeniable

@dresendrei321

2 жыл бұрын

Case closed

@ite_ad_iosep

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, faith is key, us Catholics believe that. But if you have faith and you continue to sin, you continue to offend God, you continue to be attached with the worldy things, do you truly believe and love Him? Cuz that's what I observed on most protestants, they think they can do whatever they want after professing that Jesus is their Lord and personal Savior. Remember, no filth can enter heaven. Those sinners whom Jesus saved in His time were cleansed by Him personally, afterwards they continued to live a Holy life. Same with the thief on the cross who believed Jesus, if he's given the chance to escape from the cross, I'm sure he'll change his ways and live a holy life, not to sin and follow Jesus heartily. So That's the point, have faith and change your ways, do not sin any longer, deny yourselves and follow Him

@vian4548

2 жыл бұрын

@@ite_ad_iosep That's exactly what I'm think. I don't think "Works" necessarily means charity but rather I think it's about 'Practicing what you preach.' Like as you said; you can't just claim Jesus as your lord and savior and still continue to live a sinful life.

@loriwengerd6031

2 жыл бұрын

"Saved by faith alone," you say. "He wasn't baptized, never took communion, and didn't do any good works," you claim. How do you know any of that?

The easiest way to refute this is to look at the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. Many men came to that council saying that the Gentiles and Jews alike needed to keep the laws of Moses in order to be saved. Yet, the Jerusalem Council gathered together to discuss this matter and their findings were not only very clear, but the biggest rebuke of Catholic doctrine found in Scripture: “Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.” Acts‬ ‭15:10-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Ephesians 2:8 and Romans 5:1 has left the chat..

@FJhei

4 жыл бұрын

Stick to Ephesians 2 and Roman's 5 so that they can join the chat..

@adamjones6473

4 жыл бұрын

Ephesians 2:9.. not by works!?

@FJhei

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamjones6473 prots always pretexting. LOL.

@preachingpresbyterian7943

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamjones6473 not by works no, but by faith

@preachingpresbyterian7943

4 жыл бұрын

@@FJhei just wanting to spread biblical truth without taking verses out of context 👍

"Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”" John 6:28-29. From the lips of Jesus. Works are the fruit of salvation not the cause of salvation. This is seen in type: Cain offered the works of his own hand and was rejected. Abel offered a blood sacrifice and was accepted.

@jam9235

4 жыл бұрын

Milan is absolutely correct. I grew up RC and now read and live according to the Bible. There's a lot I could say about RC doctrine but all you have to do is read the Bible to know the difference between RCism and Biblical Christianity. The reality is that RC's don't read their Bible and get duped by this kind of heretic. Works and Law to gain salvation bring nothing but pride and empty activity. Trust in Christ alone and you will receive the Holy Spirit who will direct you away from such non sense and yes create in you a desire to do good and server Jesus which will bring great rewards in this life and the next. But mostly his love and peace which no works can buy or pay for, it is a gift, praise God.

@boobtube808

4 жыл бұрын

And to believe means to follow, then that is faith applied resulting in goods works. Same things as when you believe in a leader figure like a coach or a mentor, you don't know him that much yet but you have faith that he/can help you achieve the results you want & so you believe in him & follow his instructions which produce the work

@stephenadonis3953

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think that man understands the central message of the bible I read the same bible and came out with a different conclusion than he did Thank you though The Paul he quotes says different things all together

@alexmarker881

3 жыл бұрын

GRACE WITH WORKS IS NO LONGER GRACE

@alexmarker881

3 жыл бұрын

@C Xtzin Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

I spent 55 years in the Presbyterian Church. This was after Dad left the Catholic Church when I was 6 or 7. I came very close to converting to Catholicism as a teenager or young adult but I got scared away because I didn't understand the mass. There was one teaching that kept me away and it wasn't Mary or the usual things that Protestants object to. It was divorce and remarriage. Mom was divorced before Dad married her. Its why he left the Church. My wife divorced her first husband to marry me. I saw no way of ever becoming Catholic because of what Dad said about leaving the Catholic Church. I didn't know about annulments or anything. Mary was another issue but not like divorce. Once I saw someone who I knew had a divorce and converted to Catholicism, that opened my heart to Catholicism. I began looking at Catholic teaching. I had already left Protestantism. I knew my church was false. 1 Timothy 3:15 showed me that scripture alone or bible alone was unbiblical. I came home 4 years ago.

@JesusfoundedCatholicChurch

5 ай бұрын

@@kmountain5533 exactly. His words never change. His Word proves He founded ONE church and only ONE church. Verifiable historical documents show that church is the Catholic Church All New Testament scriptures were written by Catholics since there was only ONE church in the world until after the 16th century when Protestantism started.

@JesusfoundedCatholicChurch

5 ай бұрын

@@kmountain5533 I have verifiable facts that back up my beliefs. The Holy Spirit is the only one who converts someone to Catholicism. I have given you God's truth. Whether you accept it or not, that's up to you. Satan hates Catholicism and could not destroy it so Satan did the only thing he could. He created Protestantism or non-Catholic beliefs to deceive others. I will not continue to converse with you since you apparently have a closed mind to the Word of God. I will pray for you. I'll ask Mary, the Mother of God, to also pray for you. Bye. May God lead you to His truth.

2:59 justification by faith . Is justification by faith alone? In relation to Sola Fide, the place of works is found in the second chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians: Justification is by grace through faith, "not from yourselves" and "not by works". In other words, it is by faith alone since all human efforts are excluded here (Ephesians 2:8-9) So you need to check what the fine man at the microphone is saying and make sure what he is saying is true or not.

@hottboy6712

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that is what protestants believe in you are saved through faith and through faith you do good acts

@joycegreer9391

2 жыл бұрын

@@hottboy6712 Yes, works is not a salvation issue. It is an issue of your Christian life, your walk, your faithfulness and obedience. You are saved unto good works, not by good works.

@juanyer3646

Жыл бұрын

A man is not saved by FAITH ALONE. Faith with out works is dead.

@bobloblawb2593

Жыл бұрын

@@juanyer3646 Since you are chopping up a verse so the you get the roman Catholic version of events maybe you should read the scriptures as it states the truth. James 1:1 who is James addressing? James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. What was the work that the Jews had to have ? John 6:28 Jesus tells them exactly . verse 15 shows you that you can not believe in the Messiah and do nothing with that belief. This is not what the roman Catholic church wants you to see. What we do see in scripture is Eph 2: where by grace you are saved not by works . There is a definite statement of Not by works and the grace through faith is there with nothing attached to it.

@joycegreer9391

Жыл бұрын

@@bobloblawb2593 Exactly. Don't think R Cath much read scripture themselves. They seem to only know RCC selected verses to support RCC beliefs totally out of context of all other scripture. Also, they apparently are taught only their leaders are able to correctly interpret scripture, and RCC traditions aka manmade beliefs are of equal "infallible" authority to scripture. They totally reject sola scriptura and even call it unsupportable. Unbelievable!!

If you have faith and take no action, why should God give you everlasting life? Or even worse, if you have faith but do more evil than good and are unrepentant, then why should God give you everlasting life?

@clandestinereactionary1842

4 жыл бұрын

There is an innate change that results in good works, in those who come to believe. But it does not save you. Otherwise we do not need Christ.

@cookiemonster5332

4 жыл бұрын

Your works will not match the grace of God. Your works can never make God more "God". Your works are nothing. They are privileges of grace. Because you have been given, you can give and not "have to give". There is a difference between a giver who gives because he has to and a giver who gives because he has been given. For the former, giving is a requirement but for the latter, giving is a privilege of having received a gift.

@cookiemonster5332

4 жыл бұрын

If you are a person with special needs and has no chance to do good actions that would guarantee your definition of everlasting life, will God save you? The thief whom Jesus Christ promised paradise did not even have a single chance to work because He died like Him. If we are going to look at works as our way to be saved and not the grace of God portrayed through dying of the cross, we would make Jesus Christ a liar and unfair to all of us. God is not like that. He is the God of justice so He gave His only begotten Son to serve that. Who are you to think that your works can match what Christ did on the cross? You, His creation can fill what He did on that cross? No amount of good works or action can add to the grace He gave. Such boastfulness to think that our works are everything! They are nothing! Are we going to do good work? A man who loves and has faith is justified by His works. A man moved by the Holy Spirit does not look at work as a requirement to everlasting life, but a privilege to do good because he received grace. Let us change our mindset of work here. They are nothing compared to His dying on the cross. Our good actions here on earth will not earn us an everlasting life. They will testify of God's goodness to us. They will testify to other people that God is a good God because they see that in your works. We are all living testimonies of the God that we believe in.

@lonelyberg1808

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, and at the end God will separate the sheep from the goat according to their works

@darkwater482

3 жыл бұрын

How much faith do you really have if you are not doing good works or if you are consistently doing more evil than good? Isn’t that what the scripture is saying: “faith without works is dead”?

Faith is that which brings the Holy Spirit through the merits of Christ". ... All have sinned and are justified freely, without their own works and merits, by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, in His blood (Romans 3:23-25). This is necessary to believe. WITHOUT THEIR OWN WORKS OR MERITS

@jettmorgan-bourke3516

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he ignores the most blatant verse on this topic.

@mrtimeinabottle8142

4 жыл бұрын

Describe what is necessary to believe?

@juanitadudley4788

4 жыл бұрын

@Bin Sam Epehsians 2:8,9 By grace are you saved through faith and not of yourselves. It is a gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.

@wjm5972

4 жыл бұрын

I think paul is talking about works of the law, not Good works

I read just today in romans where paul was talking about how Abraham was counted as righteous when he believed God. We live by faith alone which produces good works.

@jieyangchen1562

Жыл бұрын

If someone believe in God/Jesus, it means he knows who God is, what God can do, knows what he did (sins), knows what God want him to do and apply His will. He should understand that all the things God do are good and irreproachable. Then he would believe.

Everyone gets sooo hung up on salvation. But keep reading and you shall see It’s about LORDSHIP! It’s not a cheap Grace to see what we can GET but we are to be servants and serve him and be like Christ. He wants our entire being as we are to be followers of Him! He wants our obedience. “In that day many will say Lord Lord but didn’t I cast out demons in your name!?” “ Get away from me I never knew you!”

By their fruits you shall know them. Read your bible, pray everyday, & you'll grow, grow, grow. ❤

@dieselcowboy777

4 жыл бұрын

And the fruits of Catholicism has always been wicked and evil

@lydiapetra1211

4 жыл бұрын

@@dieselcowboy777 that's a very truthful and profound statement! Thanks!

@stefanknezovic88

4 жыл бұрын

@@lydiapetra1211 the only thing it is is incredibly unfactual. Give us an example. (The catholic church gives 110 billion in the us alone per annum for healthcare, since your government and the wacko protties don't seem to care much, the next biggest charitable organization is bill gates' and they do 5bn globally.)

@Orange6921

4 жыл бұрын

@@stefanknezovic88 Millions tortured and murdered in the dark ages by the RCC.

@stefanknezovic88

4 жыл бұрын

@@Orange6921 unfactual. The inquisition was the beginning of detective work, we have numerous historical accounts that those imprisoned by secular rulers would blaspheme intentionally as to be transferred under church authority for they knew they would have fairer treatment. In an age that was more brutal the church paved the way forward for more civil treatment. You are confuzing what countries monarchs did for what the church did (such as the spanish inquisition not under control of the church). The inquisition very rarely dealt with witches, but dealt with heretics, you might have confuzed the RCC for protties and puritanicals there in witch burning terms. In any account, you must be high off of bath salts to claim millions dead since no more than 2% of those that underwent inquisition trials were sentenced to death. Ready to bash protestantism now?

The scripture proves that works are a portion of the salvation formula. I come at it from this angle. Bob is chosen by God and is called. Bob truly believes and is completely changed. Because Bob now knows the Truth and can’t ever go back, he just can’t help but do good things through his love of God. I’m a protestant branch Christian and I just don’t know why this is a debated issue. I do believe works are important!

"Salvation is by grace alone through faith...and not by works, lest anyone should boast."--Ephesians

@robertamcdonald5734

2 жыл бұрын

That is essentially Ephisians 2:8-9. You are taking it out of context. Please, read Ephesians 2:10 as well. Or, better.yet, the entire 2nd book of Ephisians, instead of simply cherry picking the verses you, personally, want.

@m.donahue6085

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertamcdonald5734 "All things work together for good to those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose. For whom He FOREKNEW, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of Jesus so that Christ might be the first born of many brethren."

@sifuanthonytarasca1686

2 жыл бұрын

@@m.donahue6085 Spot On, Amen. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10 In context we should not boast in our own works, but in the good works we are gifted and compelled to do in faith to our Lord Jesus.

@m.donahue6085

2 жыл бұрын

@@sifuanthonytarasca1686 "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through ME." --Jesus Christ

@sifuanthonytarasca1686

2 жыл бұрын

@@m.donahue6085 Amen.

Yeah, I’m not worried about the faith/works thing. There are other inferences the Catholic Church makes which are where the problems lie. A few examples, Confession before communion, purgatory, idol worship in the form of cultish adherence to ritualistic dogma, ie, bowing to statues; specifically Mary and the pope. Hailing Mary as “our life and our hope”. These are the things that bother those of us who are apprehensive about calling the Catholic Church the one holy and true church.

@danielkim672

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with the Works thing is that like many other religions and others that are cults, it is a strong control mechanism. It is one of the tools of control, but it is a big one.

"Why Protestant Doctrine Is Unbiblical" ....as discussed by Catholic Answers? Maybe someone at Catholic Answers could point out where in the bible it mentions purgatory or limbo. Or where in the Bible it says a priest is required as an intermediary who a sinnner must confess their sins to before god or Jesus can forgive them.

@nonconformist4802

3 жыл бұрын

The followers of satan will never answer you on that

@andybiehl8364

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a Catholic guy. I'm not qualified to answer your questions but if you really want to know the answers I'm pretty sure there are other videos explaining the questions you're looking for. Another good channel you can check out is Ascension Presents. Either way, do some research and you'll find an answer. Hope I could help :)

@andybiehl8364

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonconformist4802 If you think Catholics like me worship Satan, you don't know what Catholicism is. We don't worship the saints or Mary, we recognize them as saved people and ask for their intercession (their prayers); we institute the Eucharist at Mass because Jesus told us to (John 6:54 literally says "Whoever eats my body and drinks my blood has eternal life"); and as the earliest members of the now Catholic Church were the first followers of Jesus, we are the original church Jesus initiated and gave authority to (Simon to Peter, "on this rock I shall build my church," etc.) The reason I say all this is that these arguments are what Protestants bring up so often in religious debates. I wanted to get them out of the way bc I'm assuming you're a Protestant and it seems like these may answer some of your questions.

@nonconformist4802

3 жыл бұрын

@@andybiehl8364 _We don't worship the saints or Mary, we_ _recognize them as saved people and_ _ask for their intercession_ Sounds so Biblical and holy and you call yourself again WHAT??? Go sell your rubbish talk to them that really don't know who you are, not to them you assumed know nothing

@jacobcramer2853

3 жыл бұрын

nice pivot. btw when are you going to respond to his arguments? lol

What about Ephesians 2:8-9? 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

@GeorgePenton-np9rh

4 жыл бұрын

What about Ephesians 2:10? "For we are his workmanship, created unto Christ Jesus into good works...."

@tremaynedejager8792

4 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgePenton-np9rh the order of events are very important in Ephesians 2:10, "created in Christ Jesus for good works." When we are in Chrst, this results in good works. Having good works does not result in being in Christ. I posted a more detailed comment if you want more details on this. Protestant affirm that faith must be coupled with obedience if it is true faith, but this follows salvation, it does not lead to salvation.

@cookiemonster5332

4 жыл бұрын

Romans 3:11 Not one of us is worthy to be saved. Only so pure a lamb can save the sins of the many. If works can save, then why was Jesus slain? You are equating Jesus' sacrifice to the cross with your "sowing"? Who are you anyway? 😂 You? Us? No matter how hard we try, no amount of work can match the mercy and grace of God. We work because we were given grace and not because it is what will save us. Who are you anyway? 😂 A speck of dust in the universe but your works can save you or add to your salvation and add to what Christ did? You are making His sacrifice imperfect? Wow.

@tremaynedejager8792

4 жыл бұрын

@kim burley I agree that one must be born again and then good works will follow, that is exactly what I tried to explain in my comment, that obedience to God's word is something that comes after salvation (regeneration, i.e. being born again) and that only happens through the Spirit of God. I understand the roman catholic view on this and fully disagree with them. The bible says we will be judged according to our works, but to say you are saved by your works is missing it completely, so amen to your comment, I agree!

@bobloblawb2593

4 жыл бұрын

@Crusader of the Holy Grail 1. I fully agree with the "alone " not being in scripture at this verse. You may notice though that BY GRACE is mentioned twice for emphasis . 2. Either way, law or works, has to be taken as something not related to the gift as neither support a free gift. 3.I disagree that salvation is not a one time event. Roman 11:28 Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs. 29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. 30 Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,… Salvation is by gift of God and it is a one time event but works of righteousness is ongoing .1 Cor 6:11 is all past tense and leads one to have confidence that regardless of how imperfect we are we are still in Christ.

It's curious that Timothy and all overseers were charged to preach the word and yet you say we shouldn't use scripture to point out errors?

"whosoever believeth in Him shall be saved" "For by grace are ye saved through faith--not of works--it is the gift of God--lest any man should boast"

@silversurfer2703

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty straightforward. 👍

@andreeattieh2963

2 жыл бұрын

@@silversurfer2703 James 2 24 not by faith alone

@andreeattieh2963

2 жыл бұрын

That verse doesn't say faith alone

@peteanddrake4242

2 жыл бұрын

@@andreeattieh2963 This is a common (and very flawed) Catholic argument. As far as Catholics are concerned, unless a verse specifically says "alone"--anything the Church would like to add--can be added. The verse says "by faith are ye saved". "Alone" is implicit in that statement since nothing else is added. But then the verse goes further to EXCLUDE works-lest any many should boast. Your argument is null.

@andreeattieh2963

2 жыл бұрын

@@peteanddrake4242 James 2 24 says not by faith alone

James Chapter 2 - Verse 14 "Of what benefit is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he does not have works? That faith cannot save him, can it? 15 If any brothers or sisters are lacking clothing and enough food for the day, 16 yet one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but you do not give them what they need for their body, of what benefit is it? 17 So, too, faith by itself, without works, is dead."

I think Martin Luther's main problem was that the church was accepting money with the promise of some kind of heavely reward not in some vague sense of works but a very detailed system. That the catholic church had to abandon this system is proof of how unbiblical it was. The catholic church also supported the Divine right of Kings and opposed a womans right to vote. But let he who is without sin....

@probrickgamer

10 ай бұрын

Why would women need to vote? Are we just to take it on faith that more than one member of a nuclear family needs to vote in order to have representation? Does female votes get better results and so we have less abortions, and queer theory being taught in schools to elementary students than if it was a males only vote?

Phil 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.

@mdechristi

4 жыл бұрын

That is a description of the Sacraments. It is in the Sacraments that we present ourselves before God, declare our faith in Him and He counts it to us as righteousness. And then, because of our faith, He pours on the grace of the Holy Spirit, washing us our sins.

@MrSmith-yu7qt

3 жыл бұрын

Do Protestants really not know what the Works of the Law are? I'm going through these comments and I have yet to see a single Protestant actually know what they are

How about Galatians 2 verse 16: "nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified."

@HenriettaMRiley

4 жыл бұрын

Correct Mario - they would rather try to twist James 2 out of its own socket to make it fit the apostate RCC....

@Klee99zeno

4 жыл бұрын

@@HenriettaMRiley - and what, would you say is the correct meaning of James 2:24? "You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone" Martin Luther hated the book of James and that is because of verses like this one. He said he sometimes felt like burning the book of James. The Justification by faith alone was his own opinion. and so he rejected any part of the bible that disproved it.

@travislariscy4466

4 жыл бұрын

Catholics would totally agree with this verse. We are justified (initially entering into salvation) through faith in Christ alone and His cross. Though after we receive such justification through faith we must do good works because without them our faith is dead, and cannot save us if it is dead.

@HenriettaMRiley

4 жыл бұрын

@@travislariscy4466 Absolutely correct. Faith generates the good works.....but to say that good works grants us the salvation is not correct. Good works is the 'fruits' of our faith, not the other way around. Here is what God thinks of when he sees our good works... Isa 64:6 - a dirty soiled menstrual rag.....sorry not my words but His.

@miamiman196

4 жыл бұрын

@@HenriettaMRiley Henrietta, thanks for your response but I am not discrediting the Catholic Church and neither should you. We have the New Testament of the Bible thanks to the Catholic Church. The Catholics were spreading the Gospel throughout the world for centuries before Protestants ever existed. Catholics worked endless hours hand-writing the Bible and translating the Bible. Are there corrupt Catholics? Yes. Has the Catholic church gone through periods of corruption? Of course they have. The Catholic Church has been around for 2,000 years and led by imperfect men of flesh and blood. There's also much corruption in the thousands of different Protestant denominations. Why? Because the Protestant churches are also led by imperfect men and women of flesh and blood. The Catholic Church is the church that Jesus founded through the Apostle Peter and is filled with traditions that were practiced by the people that actually knew our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Again, that Bible that you read and that you use as a guide for your faith and knowledge of God, was assembled from many, many religious writings that were considered holy during the early years. The Catholic Church, solely had the task of picking and choosing the books that ended up in your Bible. Martin Luther just removed a few that he didn't like but the ones that remained were still the ones that the Catholic Church picked in the first place. Even though Martin Luther was far removed from Jesus by 1,500 years, he thought he knew better than his predecessors that were chronologically closer to Jesus. I'm not putting down Martin Luther. There was corruption in the Catholic Church during his time and he did what he felt he needed to do.

What the host is saying that faith alone will not result to salvation but also requires work. The protestant view is, prior to salvation the only requirement is faith after being save good works has to manifest as evidence of being save. That is why paul said no one can boast himself to God for his salvation. Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. If any one claimed that he is saved by his faith but bear not the fruits of the Spirit in his heart then God shall cut him from the the true vine.

Everyone already mentioned Ephesians, but my main issue is Paul's letter to Timothy. 1 Timothy 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 1 Timothy 4:3 "Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth." Catholic Priests, Bishops, and Cardinals should all be allowed to marry. Abstaining from meat should not be a requirement during Lent.

“That’s how the church functioned for 1500 years...” ...except for that one big schism that happened around 1050 AD, but we just don’t talk about that. Also, referring to history when asked about the *biblical* basis for belief is something I see Catholics refer to a lot to argue against Protestantism. I don’t care for appeals to history or tradition, as those are man-made structures. Slavery was (and in some places still is) the norm for most of human history. Does that make it true, just, or moral? History and tradition do not define truth. Rather, they reflect man’s belief about truth. That does not prove truth.

@joeoleary9010

4 жыл бұрын

@Robert Hirst All Tim is saying is that because of Matt 16:18, everything the Catholic church teaches is synonymous with truth. Not because Jesus said it, but because of the men in a certain organization who came after Jesus said it. This is the Sola Scriptura of Catholicism - -everything they teach as "truth" is based on Matt 16:18.

@matiastolmo8936

3 жыл бұрын

Even before the schism in 1500 there was many churches and they weren't ruled by Roman catholic church, some things like pope supremacy are doctrines very new

@matiastolmo8936

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeoleary9010 catholic it's not the same as Roman catholic, it's the same with protestant called Christians there are Christians but they aren't all the Christians. Roman catholics are catholics but they aren't all the catholics

@sneedchucky6592

3 жыл бұрын

Orthos are much closer to us than you, and would take offense at your disgusting disrespect of the Theotokos. Answer me Prot, whose interpretation of the Bible is right? It doesn't really say anything about abortion, opposing it is a Church TRADITION, right?

@littleone1656

2 жыл бұрын

You do realize that the Bible is a part of history, right?

Works is a symptom of faith and repentance. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. 1 John 2:3‭-‬6 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Galatians 2:16 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; James 2:22

@juanyer3646

Жыл бұрын

Can you show me that def of works in scripture?

I am also more of the non denominational church myself (I just want to be considered Christian. Not a certain kind of Christian. Just Christian). What I don't understand is when asking a someone who practices catholicism, what are you?, why do they say I'm Catholic and not I'm Christian? I think our problem is that even within Christianity we are divided when we are called to be one. I understand Christianity (it's truth, what God calls of us to be followers of the faith, according to the Bible) but I don't quite understand the nuances in Catholicism that seem unbiblical and unnecessary to be a Christian as Jesus has said. Some examples are the use of a rosary (i don't denounce it's use, especially if it's a tool to help with prayer), what outwardly appears to be an idolization or deification of Mary and saints, and a series of rituals that are biblical in a sense but are practiced in a way not necessarily prescribed by the Bible. The way I see it, there is only one way to be a Christian just as there is only one way to the Father, anything additional is a personal flare for self edification that is encouraged but not a requirement for salvation (something like baptism and praying). Not to mention that the catholic Bible contains more books than the protestant Bible, so there is already a discrepancy in the standard used.

@cfroi08

2 жыл бұрын

Why we as Christians all agree division is bad, that's not what they mean by Catholic. The Church is Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Which are adjectives. Holy - Is holy. Catholic - Is universal. Non-divided. Apostolic - From the apostles. As far as why there are divisions, I have a simple question, do you believe you are saved? If your answer is anything except "I don't know, only God can judge my soul" Then we're not on the same page and to us, you're making a claim about something only God knows. As far as division, non-denominational itself is a denomination so before you ask others about division, look at your own church first and you will find the answer.

@TheAmateurPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

@@cfroi08 that's the thing, church isn't merely a place. Church is the body of Christ. Christians are the church. And the question is are you of the body of Christ or not. Non-denominational means nothing more that I am Christian. And that I dont care to have my name specifically associated with protestant or catholic or episcopal or baptists. Which yes it is a category but it's hardly the same as saying I am catholic and I strictly adhere to catholic teachings or anything similar

@cynthialopez4485

2 жыл бұрын

Many, many denominations call themselves " Christian", but are not. They teach another Jesus...not the Jesus of the Bible....therefore there can be no unity. If a religion teaches a doctrine other than the KJV or NKJV, then they are teaching a false doctrine. Scripture alone is sufficient. Right now the Catholic church is promoting ecumenism, which is uniting ALL religions as acceptable and true. Therefore Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and ALL religions are acceptable. This is wrong and it is demonic. Scripture teaches that there is only ONE GOD and there is only ONE WAY to Him....and that is through JESUS CHRIST. He is a jealous God, and He will not share His throne with another. In this case, unity is NOT a good thing. Do you understand?

@mrmcface713

2 жыл бұрын

The Bible doesn't need to lay something out for it to be correct. That's a Lutheran idea called "Sola Scriptura" (Scripture Alone) and it's the idea that The Bible is the only source of Christian Doctrine But this should be rejected, Nowhere in The Bible does it teach Sola Scriptura, personally I would argue that Prima Scriptura makes the most sense

@TheAmateurPodcast

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrmcface713 hmm I disagree to an extent. I believe that any and all truths that we need to know will be found in the Bible. Like you don't need the Bible to understand what is good and what is true, all one must do is observe, but the Bible will confirm it. It is the Word of God after all. So other Christian and non Christian texts can help understand the world but any fundamental understanding (moral of the story if you will) will be in the Bible as well. Which is why some will say just use the Bible as the direct source. Just my amateur thoughts

Romans 5:1 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God Romans 4:5 - But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness John 5:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life Galatians 2:21 - I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. Romans 11:6 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work John 1:12 - But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name

Ephesians 2:8-9 - 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

@firstman692002

2 жыл бұрын

Faith is made perfect through works..James 2:22: Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? Faith without works is dead: James 2:17: Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

@nightshade99

2 жыл бұрын

@@firstman692002 Works is a product OF salvation, not the cause of it.

@joycegreer9391

2 жыл бұрын

@@firstman692002 James is not addressing how to be saved.

@firstman692002

2 жыл бұрын

@@joycegreer9391 No he's addressing faith..faith is required for salvation is it not?

@joycegreer9391

2 жыл бұрын

@@firstman692002 I said James was not addressing how to be saved. His epistle was not about salvation.

Read Galatians, it deals with the very fact that we are saved by grace through faith and not by self righteously keeping the demands of the Law. “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭3:19-20‬ Ephesians 2:8-10 We are saved for good works, but not saved by good works.

1. Our, absolute, GREATEST works are as filthy rags before the LORD (Isaiah 64 : 6). We receive salvation and are justified through Christ, alone. 2. Yes. True faith is accompanied by some form of "works." To be an apple tree one must produce, at least, one apple or it's lying. However, we can never deserve anything but eternal damnation aside from what God accomplished in Jesus Christ. FULLY trusting in Him, ALONE, is true faith in the Gospel; Which IS Salvation. No matter what we do, no one is worthy on their own (Ephesians 2 : 8 - 9). What our thanksgiving inspired works earns us are 1 or more of the "5 Crowns" of Heaven described in Scriptures. And even these should all, humbly, be placed at His feet anyway. There are too many verses to list the crowns here, but look them up on your own. 3. God has always forbidden His people from partaking in the pagan, demon-inspired practices / symbolisms of other peoples. We do NOT incorporate these things into our practices just to make things more palatable for pagans in order to lure them into the congregation. Scriptures say that God's elect are a "peculiar" people who are "strangers" and "pilgrims" in this world. The mitre hats, pinecone statues, burning incense, etc... I could go on for hours. How dare we present filth before the LORD?! Would a man's wife want a ring that was designed to the liking of her husband's mistress?.. Even IF he cleaned it up and wanted to present it to his wife. No! She would scoff at the very notion. 4. One of the 10 Commandments forbids making and honoring graven images of anything in heaven, on Earth, or beneath the waters... Lest we, ignorantly, honor things made by human hands out of wood, stone, and metal instead of He who made these materials themselves. 5. There is only ONE "Holy Father" and He is above all things! Amen... "Potentate" is used ONCE in the entire Holy Bible... 1 Timothy 6 : 15 "Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and ONLY Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords" 6. As virtuous as Mary was there is no intercession thru anyone other than Christ. If ANYONE could live their entire life without sin, the LORD Himself wouldn't have needed to come and be the final propitiation for mankind (Isaiah 53 : 6). Even the veil of the old temple was rent in two. God has now given us direct access to Him in the Holy Ghost that guides and lives in us. We the believers are the "church." The following Scripture references ancient pagan goddess worship (Asherah among many other names) ; Which still goes on till this day... Jeremiah 7 : 18 "The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the QUEEN OF HEAVEN, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger." 7. The true "Church" belongs to Jesus Christ. There is no one good or Holy but Him. There is no person or group of people that can tell another that they are not a part of His church (Excommunicated, Disfellowshiped, etc...). I'm not speaking of those with a "reprobate mind" who would, obviously, NOT be seeking God, holy fellowship, and deliverance from a sinful spiritual stronghold anyway. We were purchased with the price of His blood, and wholly belong to Him... Romans 8 : 38 - 39 "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." John 10 : 28... "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." There are other doctrinal issue that I could address, but this is enough for now. May the Holy Ghost lead us into all truth and righteousness, in Jesus' name. Amen.

@isrberlinerin4063

2 жыл бұрын

Amen and Amen

@georgepierson4920

2 жыл бұрын

Lying is a sin.

@georgepierson4920

2 жыл бұрын

@@isrberlinerin4063 And you go agreeing with Protestant lies.

@isrberlinerin4063

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgepierson4920 And you self-righteous catholic are in bondage to a diabolical Roman Mother Mary Cult and you would not recognize The Truth even if it would bite you in your nose . The Jewish Jesus Christ Savior and Lord (not the Roman manufactured one) said : I am The Truth , The Way , The Life and No One comes to the Father but by Me . The Roman Catholic Religion is Satans Masterpiece and he is lying to you every day and since you have no spiritual discernment you believe his lies . You of all people call others liars , how pathetic . I suggest that you take the big log you have in your eyes out , so you may see more clearly .

@isrberlinerin4063

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgepierson4920 Let those that are without SIN throw the first stone ..... You pious catholics never lie , you only believe in Satan's big religious lie and you regurgitate that lie every day and then have the nerve to call others liars . You need to get a grip on The Biblical Truth !

It is amazing how many passages he rips out of the correct flow of thought to come up with his doctrine. If we can gain salvation by our works then, according to Paul, Christ died for nothing! Gal 2.

@brucewmclaughlin9072

3 жыл бұрын

@William Cloud The Catholic has admitted to be one in the body of the universal Church of satan over and over again. perhaps you can define exactly what you mean ? The catholic believes what the church says and they are told that they can not interpret the scriptures for themselves . The Catholic has admitted to be one in the body of the universal Church. They believe that the church is Catholic by name and by function , they do not believe they are part of satans church nor do I. Lets make a distinction between the common catholic in the church and the hierarchy of the church that calls itself the church and makes the rules. They are two entirely different entities. As a believer will you accept every word that comes out of the mouth of Benny Hinn? Pat Robertson, Joel Osteen , or will you go to the word for your beliefs ? What if you are told to listen to these three and not to interpret the scriptures on your own ? What will the result be?

@andreeattieh2963

3 жыл бұрын

@William Cloud liar

@andreeattieh2963

3 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Telle the Catholic church is the church of God

@TheGeneralGrievous19

2 жыл бұрын

@Christopher Cowan Lol. No one is ripping anything out. No one says we gain salvation through our works. That is heresy of pelagianism condemed by the Catholic Church. We can be saved only by Jesus' sacrifice. We reach sanctity and are justified through Faith and good works done in the State of Grace, which would not be possible without Jesus and His Passion. Faith and works done in Grace only bring justification because God makes it possible and gives us His Grace. But just beliving without working in Grace cannot bring us to be justified. Jesus said that to be His friends we must do what God commands.

@christophercowan1645

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGeneralGrievous19 Hey General, good afternoon. I am not sure if you realize it, but your entire view here is a blatant contradiction. Salvation and justification are the same thing. The only way to be saved is to be justified before God. How does this come about? Romans 3:28, Romans 4:1-5, Galatians 3:10-11

How can you go from saying, "Jesus didn't give us the Bible, He gave us the Church" to using Scripture to establish the Church's authority? The whole point of the video is about how Protestants go against Scripture. And yes, the Church has authority. That's a big part of it's purpose. But, that doesn't mean it has authority over God's Word. And when the Church judges these conflicts, are they not to use Scripture to do so? It seems you are saying we should view Scripture through the lense of the Church as opposed to the Church through the lense of Scripture. How can we have consistency if we have to rely on humans when humans disagree with each other and even change their own minds quite often? Does the Gospel change? What about if one pope disagrees with his predecessor or successor?

@mattallred

3 жыл бұрын

If the scripture was complete and full then you could give it to any group of two or more people anywhere in space or time and allow them to use it to sort things out and with a fair reading you'd expect the same result every time. If it's not full and complete and requires constant human oversight and adjustment and amendment then it's not worth basing a religion on.

@juanitadudley4788

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattallred Nope! Humans are sinners and no one follows Scripture perfectly. We follow Scripture to varying degrees and some don't attempt to do so at all. Although personal Bible study is important, I agree that it's important to also study in community with others. Two people in isolation would not benefit from being in a larger group of mature and growing believers who would help them understand Scripture better and avoid heresy. This is why we have preachers and teachers and are commanded to meet together. (They could obviously only meet with each other.) But, we all have some heretical beliefs, because at best we are fallen creatures corrupted by sin studying with other maturing fallen creatures corrupted by sin. We will not achieve perfection on this earth. It is we who need adjustment, not Scripture. And of course, some interpretation is necessary. It was written thousands of years ago over the course hundreds or thousands of years, in an entirely different culture and translated from a different language. We all have cultural lenses and don't even always recognize when we are looking through them. We can learn a lot from personal Bible study, but this is one of the reasons small group settings and larger corporate gatherings are so important. Others can show us our errors and provide insights they have gleaned that any individual may not pick up in personal study.

@mattallred

3 жыл бұрын

@@juanitadudley4788 in philosophical debate it is possible to consider a situation in which there are isolated individuals - I'm not talking about some guys sitting in a basement in Ohio, I'm talking in a logical hypothetical. I myself am not a follower of Jesus and do not intend to become one but I'd imagine if God had gone through the trouble of establishing a kingdom on earth with his chosen people and giving his word to them and then fulfilling the prophecy through Jesus that it would have been for the reason of giving a definitive word - a finite law and final word. If two space aliens arrived in the future and only found a single Bible and attempted to recreate the religion you'd assume they'd create something very similar, assuming otherwise implies that the faith is not catholic (full, universal, complete) but rather a bureaucratic legalistic system of amendment and human will. I just don't see the point if the religion cannot be made new again in the same likeness every day by a fair reading of the text.

The best argument ever! The ending was astonishing! I would love tô have the talent for apologetics, as you guys do, but God instead gave me other ones. I pray God makes me use mine to the Carholic Church as a musician, as well as you do yours. I live in Brazil and never get tired of watching your debates

@joycegreer9391

2 жыл бұрын

Astonishingly false and hypocritical. The history is false, and it's RCC with the traditions of men taking precedent over the Word of God.

@joycegreer9391

2 жыл бұрын

@Game station Hahahaha!

@YoloMINEgamer

2 жыл бұрын

@Game station Only Mary birthed Jesus, her mother nor grandmother did .In fact they would be the grandmother of JESUS and grandfather of JESUS. Remember Jesus had a human nature and a divine nature. If Jesus is God according to you, and Mary birthed Jesus. what does that make her.

@joycegreer9391

2 жыл бұрын

@@YoloMINEgamer The human mother of Jesus that made Him human.

@YoloMINEgamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@joycegreer9391 Is Jesus just human?

We are saved by faith alone but not a faith that is alone.

@datchet11

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@J Kim yes

@datchet11

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@J Kim yes

@datchet11

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@J Kim yes

@datchet11

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@J Kim yes

@datchet11

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@J Kim yes

Jesus tells us that prayer is to be part of our normal lives, and He guides us on how to go about it. He says "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him"

I am a Protestant and do believe that works in a believers life are the result of the Believers faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and loving and obeying him and leading a holy and blameless life. But what saves a person is his or her faith in Jesus Christ and their works do follow them. But i have a question that has troubled me. I have read that the Catholic Catechism teaches that the Catholics and muslims together worship the one true God . Is this true ? Can someone clarify this for me ?

@AnnetteMurphyger

4 жыл бұрын

The Muslim God does not have a son according to them and they deny the son of God so no its not the same God and I don't care what some Pope thinks. Shame on him for confusing people.

@matthiasalexander9921

4 жыл бұрын

@@samugote Catholics do not believe that the Pope is infallible

@matthiasalexander9921

4 жыл бұрын

@@AnnetteMurphyger yes the is alot of ambiguity that the Pope has been causing at this time but all Catholics can do for him is to pray for him and help him find truth

“Instead of praying to MY FATHER, you should occasionally consider praying to my _mother_ using these beads and plenty of vain repetitions.” -Book of Things that Jesus Never Said 6:66 “There is but one mediator between God and man, and that is Christ…but also Mary, various Saints, the Bishop of Rome, and your local Priest. What’s that? More than one mediator, you say? Sorry, I don’t speak Heretic.” -The Vatican’s _Secret_ Limited Edition Copy of Romans 2: The Empire Strikes Back (probably)

The Reformers taught that, we are justified by faith alone, BUT NOT BY A FAITH THAT IS ALONE. Works do not justify, but they are VERY IMPORTANT, as per St. James.

@cloutlevels2high601

4 жыл бұрын

You said works don’t justify but James 2:24 clearly says it does “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.” ESV

@kellykempkilroy

4 жыл бұрын

CloutLevels2High James is referring to those who SAID they had faith, but never displayed that faith with good works. He uses Abraham as an illustration, that he believed God, and demonstrated that, by putting Isaac on the altar; he was justified in that sense by his works. In other words, don’t tell me you have faith; show me by your works that you have faith. Hope that helps, friend.

@basicguy99

4 жыл бұрын

@@kellykempkilroy You seem to be contradicting yourself a bit. James mentions both works and faith, and that works are necessary for justification. Why would James mention works separately if he is just using works as an extension of showing faith? He appears to be saying that you need WORKS and FAITH not just works that display your faith. Doing works simply to display you are faithful actually seems quite vain and prideful. Although we can also just point to the lack of interpretive authority of the reformers where Jesus set up that authority in the office of Peter through which the Catholic Church derives its beliefs.

@kkdoc7864

4 жыл бұрын

CloutLevels2High James says that faith without works is “dead”. And it says nothing about salvation here. Nothing about faith alone In fact, he is saying that if you have faith (which saves you), but don’t show its fruits, then there is no life in that faith. The most important scripture about keeping “grace” (a free gift of salvation) from “works” (that will not save you) is Romans 11:6. All of Romans ch 4 explains faith being counted as Abraham’s righteousness and not works of the law.

@councilofflorence4896

4 жыл бұрын

@@kellykempkilroy Protestant counter: “James really just means faith evidenced by works. So, one must have a genuine faith to be saved. After all he says ‘show me your faith apart from your woks and I by my works will show you my faith’ which is his real point!” The obvious problem with this is it bastardizes the very analogy I just made, turning it into one cannot survive without a dead spirit and needs a “lively” spirit. Because a genuine faith vs dead faith cannot allow for a distinction of the body and spirit. Next, further on the point, it also ought to be obvious that any other use of “Show me” doesn’t establish the opposing view in the very equation. James says in verse 18, “But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.” This does not mean that works are simply evidence of justifying faith. The apostle is telling us that if you do not have works you are not justified. It should be obvious if you can compare and understand analogies in a linear fashion: “but some may say, you have a marriage and I have a relationship. Show me your marriage apart from the relationship, and I by my relationship will show you my marriage.” Through this basic turn of the phrase, it is obvious to see in the case of faith what James is really trying to illustrate to his audience; one does not have saving faith without works any more than you have a marriage without a relationship. The linkage between faith and works cannot be broken. Faith and works are inextricably intertwined and cannot be separated. That is why James uses the powerful analogy of the body and spirit in verse 26 where he says, “For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.” Think about this profound statement. Faith is compared with the body and works are compared to the spirit. The body and spirit together make up a living human being. You cannot have a living human being without both together. Likewise, you cannot have a justifying faith without works, and James tells us that faith without works is dead and that it cannot save you. This cannot mean that works are simply the demonstration of saving faith. God knows all things and he does not need a demonstration by works to know if a man has faith. God requires that a man have both faith and works to be justified, and this is precisely why James hammers on this point in his Epistle.

EPHESIANS 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

@Orange6921

4 жыл бұрын

@@mole215 You are ignoring Paul. The book of James is to the 12 tribes scattered abroad (James 1:1). Paul is the Apostles to the gentiles and his episltes are to the gentiles. We do good works BECAUSE we are saved, not to "earn" our salvation. James NEVER says works earn your salvation. Paul says the NEVER can.

Agreed. I'm a Salvo Arminian (Salvation Army (uncontracted)) I'm not sure if I'm running from commitment or the Lord really is leading me back to His church. The search is tearing me apart, for the past 7 months I've been looking at Orthodoxy, studying Reformation theology on top, 3 days ago I was flanked by Catholicism. I don't understand what's going on. I've had a literal headache today from cramming Catholic KZread clips, mostly Keith Nestler stuff. The Lord is my Shepherd, is He drawing me to or am I being drawn away by something else? I have never committed to anything, I'm a perpetual failure in everything, maybe I should be committed, or put down. I gotta go to sleep 😴

@stephenmerritt5750

3 жыл бұрын

Seven months? Is that all? I've been scouring the internet listening to Lutherans, Catholics, Evangelicals, Orthodox, CS Lewis, WLC, etc for 2 years! I think that Orthodoxy is the way to go, but I don't speak Russian.....lol.

@buratchini

3 жыл бұрын

You will become Catholic!!! Congrats in advance!! :)

@joycegreer9391

Жыл бұрын

@@buratchini A universalist? Surely not RCC.

@rjcav1239

Жыл бұрын

Good luck...I did something similar and went back to being catholic

@Davidjune1970

Жыл бұрын

The biggest challenge with eastern orthodox is their belief each apostle/bishop has equal authority and can make doctrinal choices on their own with no over arching authority. This is simply not scriptural. Eastern Orthodox is just another form of Protestantism which has no previous historical basis in the church fathers. For 1000 years the church knew the pope led the church and the bishop of Constantinople a 1000 years in decided to disagree. Now the Eastern Orthodox branches are becoming divided over dogma. The universal church still aligns with the church fathers which align with what is in scripture. That is with a central authority that Jesus created. Back then you have to think of how limited their view of the world is and how large it was. They were building a church to span all nations of the world. Name one global corporation or institution today that has a corporate structure where there is no CEO or executive board … but the company is run at an office level where each office manager can do whatever they want. Will GE get rid of its executive branch and be able to function the way it does today with its corporate operating manuals? Are these global corporations wasting tens of millions paying executives to lead their corporations? It took people thousands of years to come up with the corporate structure that Jesus did 2000 years ago. He knew you needed a central authority that worked together to lead a global institution like his church. If you don’t think so then just see how divided protestants and Eastern Orthodox are with their central doctrine.

I've noticed that Protestant don't have service for the Last Supper and washing of the feet. Jesus our loving Father washed the feet of the disciples, and said, we are ought to do for one another.

Ephesians 2:8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 [not by works], so that no one can boast. We do good works because of the grace we are offered by Jesus Christ who paid our fine for our sins. Doing good works to "earn" our way to heaven is like trying to bribe a judge to let you go for the crime you committed. Jesus paid our fine to set us free which should be our motivation to do good works out of the thankfulness and respect of what Jesus had done to set is free of our sins.

I would certainly disagree with Tim, though I am certain he would not want to hear me. James 2 is not talking about how to get saved, but rather what indicates true saving faith has happened. The _result_ of such faith is works. Philippians 2:13 says that God works in us to desire to do God's will, AND to give us the ability to carry it out. Ephesians 2:8-10 makes it clear that Christians are most *certainly* saved by faith in Christ's death on the cross, _alone_ --but that we are created TO good works that God has pre-ordained for us to do. Romans 3:28 "Romans 3:28 KJV - Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." Romans 5:1 "Romans 5:1 KJV - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:"

@alexchristopher221

4 жыл бұрын

'Do you want to be shown, you shallow man, that faith apart from works is barren? Good works in God’s grace are required for justification. But there is nothing in the Scriptures about “saving faith.” - James 2:20.

@hotice8885

4 жыл бұрын

Titus 3:5--"not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit."

@4SyriaTruth

4 жыл бұрын

“Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly” - the founder your fake religion, and satan said amen

@lorrimang

4 жыл бұрын

That's your interpretation. James doesn't say any of that. Equally you're isolating St Paul's words, he actually expands on that by saying Romans10 "For it is with your heart [so not mere belief] that you believe and are justified [not saved], and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.", which is clearly a work; and which Jesus mentions "If you deny me.....".

@lorrimang

4 жыл бұрын

The fundamental problem is the lack of interpretive authority of Luther, Calvin etc when yet Jesus set up an authority in the office of Peter.

No one taught faith alone for 1500 years? Basil the great.. AD 330 St Origin… AD 184 Chrysostom… AD 347 St Jerome.. AD 342 Clement of Rome… AD 35 all taught justification by faith alone Martin Luther was just the one who said enough was enough and did something about it

This guy apparently hasn’t read Luther or Calvin. That is not their position. Talking about justification and salvation are different, one. Two, he is critiquing half of a mantra. The reformers taught that we are *justified* by faith alone, but never by a faith that is alone. Also skipped texts in Romans, Galatians, and Ephesians that clearly show Catholic teaching on this matter to be false.

A faith without Love for God is meaningless, the foundation of the Church is the Love of God for us and this LOVE is not the same as the Love of men but it is a LOVE that is above all Love, the very foundation of Life itself is the Love of God... LOVE = Justice = Jesus;

Yeah. This is one of the great ironies. All of the uniquely Protestant or Evangelical doctrines are either defied by the text of the Bible or pulled so far out of context as to lack any credibility. They also ignore passages that don’t agree with their dogmas. It really would be better if they just said they don’t want to be Catholic because there were and are immoral church leaders or members. At least that would be more defensible.

I was surprised to learn that Pentecostals don’t teach faith alone. Tim was a Pentecostal (Assemblies of God)

Are you kidding? I suppose incense, holy water, Purgatory, Limbo, private confession, priests not allowed to marry, praying to saints are Biblical.

@residentev100

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@Nick-xx2xz

4 жыл бұрын

Where in the Bible did you see purgatory? From Maccabees?

@bobloblawb2593

4 жыл бұрын

@@mole215 Always good to say the rest is biblical as that just tells the ignorant that they don't have to rely on substantiated scripture for their beliefs. Purgatory, Limbo, private confession, priests not allowed to marry, praying to saints are Biblical ? Well no they are not . Taking scriptures out of context you can prove some of it , but within context your whole statement just evaporates into fantasy .

@malcolmramnarain1094

4 жыл бұрын

This guy is ignorant, they believe man made laws rather than the Word of God

@bobloblawb2593

4 жыл бұрын

@@nosuchthing8 Luther removed 7 books from the bible that did not fit his narrative. Well St Jerome in the 5th century also removed the 7 books stating that they should be kept for historical reference but not for doctrine . He was later overruled by the Catholic church hierarchy. The Jews also rejected the 7 books stating that they were not written by God as the old testament books were . The seven books in question contain some flawed history and the doctrinal concepts of praying to the dead to be forgiven is found in Maccabees although when you read the context you find it is one mans opinion . Somehow the Catholic church uses the verse out of context and claims doctrine? As opposed to the RCC they point out that Jesus gave authority to... wait for it... the first pope Peter. Not luther. There is no reference to any sort of Pope in the new testament and the concept of pope came in after 300 AD not before. In the new testament you have elders and bishops meeting the church in in churches . After 300 AD you have cardinals and the pope appear and the hierarchy of the organized church appears modeled after the hierarchy of the Roman legion. Yes the Catholic church traces itself all the way back to Peter being the first pope but as with a lot of Catholic tradition it is not based on scripture at all. All the believers in the new testament were called saints, but in walks the pope and says nope only some believers are saints . Jesus called His church " MY CHURCH", and St Ignatius called the church Catholic but it was the word meaning universal not the word meaning a church organization name. Acts 4:…11 This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ 12 Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” This stone , the cornerstone the builders rejected is Jesus and Eph 2:20-22 tells you about His church and it also includes Peter as part of the foundation , but not more. You are correct Luther was not given authority to change anything or add to or subtract from scripture , and he was WRONG to do so. The Catholic church gets around this breach of scripture by claiming to be the pillar of truth and has brought in doctrines contrary to scripture and you the catholic are not allowed to question it or you become a heretic? Acts 17:11 nope no longer good for anything, as we have the catechism and must not question it. 2 Tim 3:17 nope we need more than the scriptures to make us better equipped! Contrary to catholic teaching Luther is not a shining example of what a denominational believer ascribes to. We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and the scriptures as the inerrant word of God and do not run after a head of the church that is fallible.

Ephesians 2:8-9 New International Version 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. You first must have faith then you must share your faith and live a godly life

We need this type of messages widely spread out, not to mock or insult our brotehrs in Christ who are non Catholics, but to open their ayes so they can verify these things by themselves !!! PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE VIDEOS MASSIVELY AVAILABLE and with new updates !!!

@eliasmuller5885

Жыл бұрын

My eyes are open. Youre eyes are closed. There is so much false doctrine in the catholic church, starting with praying to saints, to confessing youre sins to a priest and to the pope himself.

@danski_fairtex

Жыл бұрын

​@@eliasmuller5885 The Bible says that the “Word of the Lord” is “spoken” (Jer 25:3), not just written. St. Paul urged us to “hold to traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” (2 Thes 2:15). The Bible also tells of a Council’s authority, where Peter settled a doctrinal dispute and declared what “we believe” (Acts 15). In fact there was NO bible for almost 400 years and then after only priests and nobility owned one. Why? because there was no printing press until 1560. So who dispensed the word of the Lord? The catholic church. So if you claim a Catholics eyes are closed then so are yours friend.

@eliasmuller5885

Жыл бұрын

@@danski_fairtex Number one there is no proof that the roman catholic church is the christian catholic church wich is spoken of in the niecene creed or the original true church. Number two lets say the roman catholic church is the true church, the tradition of the rcc contradicts the bible and if a religion contradicts itself then you can say it is clearly false. Why dont you think about that for a few minutes.

@danski_fairtex

Жыл бұрын

@eliasmuller5885 Lutheranism rejects the authority of the Pope and instead emphasizes the primacy of individual interpretation of Scripture. It places a stronger emphasis on the concept of salvation by faith alone. This directly contradicts the bible as seen in James 2:24 ("You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.") as opposed to Catholicism's belief in the importance of both faith and good works for salvation. Thus yet again disproven. I will not waste any further time in discord with you. Have a good day sir or madam and I will pray on your behalf.

@eliasmuller5885

Жыл бұрын

@@danski_fairtex Ok, salvation is by faith alone, but it is also said that faith without works is dead. And there is no biblical or historic proof of the popes authority.

James was talking about works being a result of our faith. You say that that in faith alone is not mentioned, but you forget Ephesians 2:9.

@ThatDarnTurtle

4 жыл бұрын

I recommend you read Ephesians 2 completely. The letter is clearly stating you no longer have to conduct works such as "circumsion" to be considered saved. It is by Gods grace you are saved, not through the old procedures as before.

@GeorgePenton-np9rh

4 жыл бұрын

What about Ephesians 2:10?

@bodvarson1933

4 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgePenton-np9rh not a justification for works salvation.

@bodvarson1933

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThatDarnTurtle correct

@cookiemonster5332

4 жыл бұрын

Human, who are you to think thay your "works" will match the grace of God and would make Him be more God? 😂 Only grace can save. Forget working as requirement. Work because you were given grace. No work is required to go to heaven becaus if it were so, Jesus Christ would be a liar when He said to the thief, "Today, you will be with me in paradise." That "work to be saved" paradigm was deconstructed by one sentence and one situation. 😂 God be praised!

Maybe the Catholics would like to explain away that part of the NT where it says in later times deceiving spirits would come, forbidding men to marry, amongst other things. All this absolute nonsense discussion and controversy and misunderstanding between faith and works. It's not difficult, actually it's so pathetic and shameful that a whole bunch of mature Christians have to endlessly debate a basic belief of the Bible. No wonder non believers mock us. When you first become saved, it's purely by faith. You cannot earn it and only the sacrifice of Jesus provides it. Think of the thief on the cross. He could not do any works hanging on the cross. But he believed and was saved. However.......... After time, there is process of sanctification as the Bible states, means that you grow in faith. The thief on the cross could not do any good works, he could not grow in faith, he could not grow in knowledge of the scriptures. If however he was suddenly pardoned after confessing Jesus he would bear fruit, as Jesus said. That means good works, in accordance with your faith, it means growing in hope, love, goodness, kindness etc, it means repentance of dead works and sin, it means growing in knowledge of the scriptures, in prayer, in devotion in daily life. You are saved by faith only. If you, like the thief on the cross, have a couple of hours to live and are immobile and cannot do anything, good or bad, you are saved exclusively by belief and confession of the name of Jesus. If like the most of us you continue to live upon this earth, then your faith grows and you increase in fruits of the Spirit, in works and deeds, in knowledge etc. It's not hard to understand. This is just basic and to our shame as Christians we debate even the milk of the word, as Paul said. The entrance to Heaven is by faith in Christ. Nothing else. The life you love in Christ, your works, deeds, devotion, love, patience, kindness etc determine your rewards in Heaven, again as Paul says. After confessing Christ if you are truly devoted to Him, you will grow in works, deeds, repentance, love, kindness, patience etc. When the Bible says that faith without works is dead, it means those who confess Christ but are not really devoted to Him afterwards. It means false or shallow disciples, those who believe but don't bear fruit as Jesus said in the parable of the sower. They stagnate in their faith and do not grow in Him. Hence they produce no good works or anything else such as repentance, goodness, kindness, patience, gentleness love etc. This is all just basic Biblical teaching. There should be no misunderstanding of such an elementary teaching of the Bible and its to professing Christians shame that such debate occurs.

@holysmokes4493

3 жыл бұрын

Solid response.

@stevedoetsch

3 жыл бұрын

So you just made yourself into your own Pope claiming authority to interpret the Bible. Big deal. The difference between you and the Pope is that he was given authority by Christ and you were not. Do you think truth is determined by a democracy of ideas in which each man follows his own understanding? The Bible teaches that truth is determined by authority, not by deciding what you think is the best argument. Your unexamined method of exegesis is not Biblical; it's a man made tradition invented by Luther. Every man can write their own version of what you wrote, but so what? The question is, who does the Bible say Jesus gave spiritual authority? Ill give you a hint; it was not you and it was not me.

@tomy8339

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevedoetsch So imbecile I'm not even going to bother replying. And most other people reading your post would agree with me. Christ directly giving authority to the Pope. Lol, nice one dude. 😆

@stevedoetsch

3 жыл бұрын

You made a giant write up claiming authority to interpret the Bible for others yet you think its ridiculous that someone else can do it too? Yes, the Catholic Church claims authority from Christ; it's the only Church with apostolic succession from St Peter to the current Pope. Your [insert any Protestant denomination] church was made by someone other than Christ. You have still failed to explain what makes your explanation of the Bible more correct than anyone else's. Non-Biblical methods of exegesis are contradictory because each man claims his understanding of the Bible is better than other people's. Why do you think your explanation of the Bible is better than mine, or the Pope's, or anyone's?

@tomy8339

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevedoetsch Paul says that doctrines of demons will come into the church in latter times, forbidding to marry and forbidding to eat foods. What part of that needs explaining and "interpreting" to you? Anyone with half a brain can easily interpret that. You forbid to marry-doctrine of demons. You forbid foods-doctrine of demons. Tell me you can't understand something as simple as that. What is wrong with you?

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

I would question this refutation based on Romans 3:21-28 Justified through faith in Jesus Christ Galatians 2:16 We are justified by faith not by works Ephesians 2:8-10 We are justified by faith and that not of ourselves;it is a gift of God. Lest any man should boast. Philippians 3:8-11 Righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ Isaiah 64:6 Our righteousness is as filthy rags Faith in Christ means that we believe not only in his death burial and resurrection but also in his sinless life. That he was perfect and all his works good not mixed with sin. We believe that through him we have life. Through faith and that we are “justified by faith alone”. So we know the Bible isn’t going to contradict itself so what about James faith without works is dead? This is to say of what profit is faith without practice. We are saved from the ramifications of sin….why would we keep this to ourselves…so in all things we should be a model of Christ not focusing on our good but His good everything we do point back to him.

Dr Gene Scott: Faith is ACTION based upon BELIEF. AMEN

@deedoo7971

4 жыл бұрын

Nope faith is belief that brings about action

The same chapter that you use, contradict your self read Acts 15.11 also Peter was confirming that the human laws that the Pharisees was using was unnecessary. It’s funny because Catholics are like new age Pharisees with a mask of Christianity!

@theosteven3362

4 жыл бұрын

And tell me about these human laws in catholic church please. Go protestie, enligjten me please

@andreeattieh2963

3 жыл бұрын

The catholic church is the church of Jesus Christ

@AM1465

2 жыл бұрын

'New age'? Its been around for a couple of millennia.

@paulgritter7957

2 жыл бұрын

We are under the Covenant of Grace, and if one is to follow the Law of Christ; works of mercy and charity, ARE required, as well as working to crucifying the works of the flesh. John makes this perfectly clear in his Epistles, as does James. Paul is very clear, that working to eradicate personal sins and habits, are also essential. If one thinks they can live as they have always lived, after an encounter with Jesus; they are sorely mistaken, and deceived. 50% of Hebrews is filled with warnings regarding losing one’s salvation. Our works are works of mercy and charity. To compare us to the Pharisees, who’s works were devoid of such, and self centered, is ridiculous.

Faith is NOT believing God exists or that the gospel is true. As a man is called to be faithful to his wife, in the same way we are called to be faithful to God. Faith is an action, not a belief. Faith means to put Christ as the only center of our lives, and live in accordance with his will. It also means to trust the Holy Spirit with our lives. Faith is not separate from works, it is works. At least, this seems to be the most biblical interpretation to me. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it makes sense

Luke 1:46+47 “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit rejoices in GOD MY SAVIOR!” ONLY SINNERS NEED A SAVIOR !

The Lord always does things with "Purpose." It's very interesting to know that Jesus established His Church in "33" A.D. The age He was when when He Suffered His Passion, Death, following His Glorious Rising from the "dead." May the Lord Jesus Christ be Praised, Blessed, Adored and Glorified, now and forever, 🙏 Amen ✝️.

@mitchellosmer1293

5 ай бұрын

quote---- It's very interesting to know that Jesus established His Church in "33" A.D... unquote And what church is that???? Where in the Bible?????

Can you please make a podcast on John Calvin, and John Knox and the reason they established their own church , thanks for the , wisdom shared , this makes me want to be a priest more often.

@brucewmclaughlin9072

3 жыл бұрын

John Calvin, and John Knox and the reason they established their own church That is a false assumption as there is only one church and that is the Lord's body of believers . Eph 2:20-22 When you look at your denomination or any catholic church and compare it's teachings against the basis of scripture you need to be able to change your mind , not have to accept because you are told to accept. So you want to be a priest ? What does the bible say about priesthood for the new testament saints? 1 Peter 2:8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word-and to this they were appointed. 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.… Notice it says YOU not some ? We no longer have the old testament concept of going to a building , seeing the priest ,confessing our sins, offering a sacrifice and getting some absolution. Jesus died on the cross for ALL of our sins and there is no longer any sacrifice to be made. We are all called to be priests , we are all called to live holy lives , and we are all called saints in scripture. Coll 2:9-15 tells us what Christ has DONE for us , and there is no priest to stand in the place of Christ to do anything with sin ,when as a believer the sin question has been dealt with. Romans 7 points out where we stand in Christ as believers .

@joycegreer9391

Жыл бұрын

@@brucewmclaughlin9072 Great comment!

@4:10 Salvation through faith alone *is* in the Bible--Ephesians 2:8-9. Not saying that there can be a genuine faith apart from works, but your statement is incorrect.

@bridgefin

Жыл бұрын

James is the only place where the words "faith" and "alone" appear together. And Scripture says that you are NOT saved by faith alone.

He took out of context Romans 2:6-7 (doing good works for eternal life) Because the answer is in Romans 3:21-28 (we are justified by faith in Christ apart from works of the law.) This man nor anybody else has persisted in doing good works under the law in order to obtain eternal life. Only Jesus Christ has done the law perfectly. Not even Mary who called Jesus her Savior and brought a sacrifice to the altar for her sins. Faith in Christ alone, without works and you will be saved. The born again Christian now does the good works out of love for Christ that were preordained. We love Him because He first loved us. Our good works don't save us. That's why Abraham was considered righteous at the point he believed God. His works were a result of his believing in God.

Hebrews 5:9 9 and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

We are saved by GRACE alone. Thinking of it otherwise is self-righteous. We can't earn our way into heaven. It's mercy granted upon lowly beings who, at their absolute best, are shamefully undeserving.

@lydiapetra1211

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!!!! Thanks for speaking out Truth!

@alexmarker881

3 жыл бұрын

My deeds are like filthy rags before the Lord, I but my trust in Jesus Christ my savior, amen,

@onewholovesvenison5335

3 жыл бұрын

Catholics don’t deny that. A core part of Catholic doctrine is that faith is fundamental to salvation. Works done without faith mean nothing to God. When Catholics say that works are part of salvation, they mean the works done through God’s grace. Works done through Gods grace can only be attributed to God.

@alexmarker881

3 жыл бұрын

@@onewholovesvenison5335 Salvation is by grace through faith. Good works follow as a result of a genuine believer as a born again christian

@andreeattieh2963

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexmarker881 faith alone is an easy ticket to heaven invented by martin Luther the man

When Christ lives in your heart and you are doing His will, does it really matter which denomination you belong? Isn't it sufficient you love Jesus Christ and are following His teachings ?

@matildamaher111

2 жыл бұрын

Well said, we are to love Jesus Christ

Do not be led astray, there are several passages that speak of justification (salvation) by faith alone. Examples: Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 2:16, Romana 5:1. Of course works are crucial to an individual’s sanctification, or the process of being made like Christ, it is merely a reflection of the internal work that God has performed. In other words, you are saved through faith alone and you will want do works to show the world what God has done for you (essentially showing fruits of the spirit).

@joycegreer9391

Жыл бұрын

The fruits of the Spirit and any works are what God is doing in you also. It's not of your own power. It is God transforming you.

@TruthHasSpoken

Жыл бұрын

@@joycegreer9391 Very Catholic Joyce though the Catholic would add that we cooperate with his Grace to do the good works of love. We have the free will to do so, or not. This is why in James 2, God says Abraham's faith was made complete by works (of love). _22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works_ And can an incomplete faith save you? _14 What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him?_ No. Which is why God makes it clear that one is justified, made right with God, saved, by work (of love) not faith alone. _24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone._

When we have total faith in the Lord, the works automatically follows. The works are a fruit of our faith in Christ. There are two kinds of works- one is flesh driven and one is holy spirit driven. You can do charity works, feed the poor, give money to poor, help people in so many ways but if it's not out of love then it's no use. But the works that comes through faith is a genuine works that God sees it. So when we protestants say it's by faith alone, we are saying total trust in the Lord and the works will follow naturally.

@juanyer3646

Жыл бұрын

And if they don’t follow then you weren’t actually saved?

@Flapperjaw

Жыл бұрын

If that's what Protestants " really mean " , then why don't they ever say it ? I've been discussing that topic with Protestants for 35 years , and not one person said it .

@matthewjoyal5552

Жыл бұрын

@@juanyer3646 yes

@matthewjoyal5552

Жыл бұрын

@@Flapperjaw we are saying it now then my brother. God bless

This was awesome - thanks.