This is THE issue that needs to be screamed from the rooftops. At least to me, it's getting very clear that the if we allow more secular things (social media, entertainment, etc) into our lives, the more we lose sight of our focus in life and conform to the world . The devil's primary method of our times is confusion and distraction.
No one meets the standard which is why Christ sacrificed himself and this awesome gesture and gift of forgiveness should not be trivialized or underestimated. God loves us and is merciful, fully aware of the daily struggles we face. I have a tremendous amount of compassion for the horrors people have faced in this world and the impact it has on them. Do not be so quick to judge your neighbors as being unworthy of salvation. Christ himself walked amongst the downtrodden and outcast. Lord I am not worthy to receive you but only say the word and I shall be healed.
POPE BENEDICT XVI: “People should not fear God, thinking he is always ready to punish, but rather they should love him because he is always reading to forgive. God is not a relentless sovereign who condemns the guilty, but a loving father whom we must love not out of fear of punishment, but because of his goodness. The Lord is a God who is just, but always ready to reveal himself as merciful and compassionate.”
Thank you Matt for your work. You help me realise I'm not alone in following the true catholic faith. Thank you for speaking the truth. God bless you 🙏 I pray for you and your family. Love from Poland 🇵🇱 ♥
Such a refreshing conversation! Thank you for standing in the truth. I’ve heard so many Catholic Priests recently talking about how atheists and people of other religions will go to heaven as long as they “mean well” or “try their best to live a moral life.” Then why evangelize? Thanks Matt. 👍🏼
Their are catholic saints that are of the opinion all will be saved,the Bible also says this. St.Jerome a catholic saint and a doctor of the church says the following In the end or consummation of things, all shall be restored to their original state, and be again united in one body. We cannot be ignorant that Christ’s blood benefited the angels and those who are in hell; though we know not the manner in which it produced such effects. The apostate angels shall become such as they were created; and man, who has been cast out of paradise, shall be restored thither again. And this shall be accomplished in such a way, that all shall be united together by mutual charity, so that the members will delight in each other, and rejoice in each other’s promotion. The apostate angels, and the prince of this world, though now ungovernable, plunging themselves into the depths of sin, shall, in the end, embrace the happy dominion of Christ and his saints.
You keep posting the same comment around Catholic CZcams, conveniently leaving out the part where Saint Jerome had a dream where Jesus condemned him to hell. And he realized he needed to repent and sanctify his life. There’s more to being saved than just grace.
I love all you guys out there who make such content and make sinners like me find the "narrow" road back to the Lord 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 God bless you all in your ministries
I think it is fair to say that the default position of each person is fallen, not saved. But through Jesus Christ, God concretely offers to each and every person the grace that they need to be saved. If God did not offer the necessary grace to all people, it would be impossible to say in any meaningful sense that God desires all to be saved, because God would not even be permitting all to be saved, regardless of free will. With that made clear, it seems permissible to pray for the salvation of all, and because of the infinite value sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, we can indeed hope that it will be the case that all will be saved.
gandalfthegreatestwizard I’m thinking first about the Reformation, of course, but also about the endless wrangling of the Jesuits and Dominicans that the Pope had to put a stop to. As I recall the issue was something like ‘Do you need actual grace to accept actual grace?’
well said. i believe this is what Bishop Barron is trying to say, but people say he's a heretic for hoping that all are saved. Christ went into the bounds of Godforsaken so that all in between Christ and the Father may avail of the divine mercy.
Brother Ralph just STAYS on Point. I SO appreciate him. I still go to Mass(I love the Word of God, which makes me relish the ministry of being a lector). But I had to go to Times Square Church(under the late pastor, David Wilkerson to get convicted by the Holy Spirit through the preaching of uncompromising msgs. The homilies I was hearing at the time, kept telling me how wonderful I was, and God understands my needs(sexual). In my heart of hearts, I knew that I couldn't be right, but it sounded 'pleasant' where the Lord and I were fine with each other. Never heard about the holiness of God. Anyway, it is so refreshing and timely(in this hour) to hear my consistent, fearless, and loving brother in Christ - bring it. I also appreciate the brother who heads this platform(your heart and your questions) - what a Blessing! Stay on 🔥! Come Lord Jesus. 🙏🏽
I so so agree with what he said towards the end about calling the world to repentance and turning back towards God. There are way way too many people in this world just focused on the material here and now things. They have no idea and no care for what may come to them in the next life. God please turn their hearts back towards you and make me an instrument of this crusade! amen
Greetings, please hear me out. Many christians have the wrong meaning for the word Repent and are not saved. *Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary* provides the following definition of repentance: re•pen•tance i-'pent-en(t)s\ n: the action or process of repenting esp. for misdeeds or moral shortcomings syn *see PENITENCE* First Known Use of repent Verb: *14th* century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense Adjective: *1669,* in the meaning defined above Repent of your sins, is a Catholic doctrine just as the Trinity. Even the word comes from a Catholic doctrine: penitence. The Greek word translated as repent is Metanoia and means to change your mind about something or someone. In the case of salvation it ALWAYS means a change of mind. From unbelieve to believing in the Messiah for salvation. See how the Devil works? He doesn't want you to believe only but also doing the works to be saved, which is another Gospel. John 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the WORKS (plural) of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, THIS is the WORK (singular) of God, that ye BELIEVE ON HIM whom HE hath sent. Eternal life is to believe on the Son of God, Jesus the Anointed One and His God. (1 John 5:20) The Trinity is the central doctrine of the catholic church (nr 234) www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p2.htm *The New Bible Dictionary, 2nd edition* by J.D. Douglas, admits that the doctrine of the trinity does NOT come from the Scriptures, but from philosophy influenced by paganism. (Scroll to the letter T) babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014729894&view=1up&seq=1316 *Salvation-The Simplicity in Christ* czcams.com/video/1zDDVTIALd0/video.html
CCC 847: Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation. For me it basically means: If you don't know the Gospel without your real fault (for example, born as a Muslim and heard only hate against Christianity) and you let your conscience speak to you and you follow it, then you have a good hope be saved. Doesn't apply when you know it and reject Christ, then you aren't saved. And it's always the best way to be a Christian.
Accountability also needs to be placed on spiritual leaders. When they lose moral authority due to sinful behavior, such as pedophilia, it is extremely problematic as it can have a cascading effect on those who need guidance.
The children in Fadima the Blessed Mother took them to Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell. She told them most people go to Purgatory the next largest amount go to Hell and very few go directly to Heaven.
I appreciate what Dr. Martin helps to clarify here; C.S. Lewis spoke of people nowadays who speak of looking God in face as a benevolent and lackadaisical experience. While God's face is definitely benevolent, Lewis then said that to look in the face of Absolute Goodness is a sight that many could not bear, which, of course, is why there is Hell. As a millennial, I appreciate that there are still those who are willing to proclaim the truth of the Gospel; of course, and I'm sure that Dr. Martin would agree, God's mercy is indeed truly unbounded, and although it may be more likely that those who don't believe in Jesus do go to Hell, we can always still hope in God's infinite mercy and say that we can't exactly know for sure the final destination of those souls.
@@jessicathomas2493 That was more of a paraphrase haha. The overall point that he was making though is that unrepentant sin (although Lewis likely wouldn't call it as such, as he was a Protestant) makes seeing God much harder, in the same way that being in the darkness makes looking into a light bulb much harder when the eyes are suddenly exposed to that much vibrancy. Some people would then prefer the darkness to the light, and that place that is without the Light of the world is Hell.
@@crossingoutthei6311 That makes so much sense! I use to think that many people didn't care about the truth. That's why so many will "compromise" or twist the truth to "convey" an overall ideal or narrative. I think it might be more like they don't like looking at the truth. Something similar to what is written in John 3:20 "For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed."
@@jessicathomas2493 Agreed! For me, it also brings to mind the beatitude "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." I hope to one day begin and complete a PhD with a thesis very similar to that, how Jesus as the Word of God relates to innate language.
@@crossingoutthei6311 Oh my gosh. I was doing my lectio divina today and my reading was the beatitudes. I kept reading and reading the verses and I still feel like I don't understand what Jesus is trying to tell us. What do you think "poor in spirit" means? And what do you mean by the Word relating to innate language?
Does Matthew 7:13-14 answer the question: “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it"?
People themselves make the choice to go to hell. It's that simple. Ignorance of truth will not be an acceptable response on the day of your particular judgement. Remember we're all given our own particular judgement, you are to give an account for your life.
But God created us sinners (if he didn't want us to sin He wouldn't have created the tree of Good an Evil) an then he punish us? That's rare. It's like punish a mosquito for drinking blood is his nature. I don't know if I explain myself English it's not my language
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “The love of Christ is more powerful than sin and death. St. Paul explains that Christ came to forgive sin and that his love is greater than any sin, stronger than all my personal sins or those of anyone else. This is the faith of the Church. This is the Good News of God’s love that the Church proclaims throughout history and that I proclaim to you today: God loves you with an everlasting love. He loves you in Christ Jesus, his Son.”
David Bentley Hart doesn't deny the existence of hell, Matt. You should be more careful of what you attribute to him. Universalism doesn't necessarily exclude hell.
"Who among you has never sinned?" Which one of you does not rationalize why you continue to do what your own conscience would ask you to stop and reconsider? We are all sinners! We all need to repent. Come to Jesus, confess your brokenness and ask Him to forgive you. Then "do whatever He tells you to do," just like Mary told the servers at the wedding in Cana. And the story begins from there... I know it sounds trite, but that's the Gospel. Just make sure you know who you are listening to. Find someone in the Church to talk with.
Difficult topic to contemplate. I struggle to fully understand but to a certain extent heaven and hell is a choice. Heaven being more like the mass or adoration and hell being more like infinite opportunity to feed the flesh and ultimately ourselves (sounds like what some would describe as heaven huh?). I think a serious effort to know Him leads us to ultimately choose Him in the end. I struggle to accept that a soul who really desires to be with God gets cast down. If one can't conform themselves to God alone, than it would make sense that those who fail to do so wouldn't choose Him.
My brother and I had a hell of a childhood. It has destroyed us as men. He's dead now from an overdose. Do you mean to tell me that he lived in hell and then was sent to hell? I hate all of this.
I don't understand what about this video gave you the idea the your brother would likely be in hell according to scripture or tradition. We can't know for certain. God always offers very chance, he wants your brother saved as much as you do.
When I was a young man I had what people characterized, myself included, as a drinking problem. I checked into rehab after a particularly bad night and prior to us starting our 28 day program we had to spend a week in the psych ward, ostensibly to dry out and make sure no one suffered from the DT's. Anyway, this group of ladies came from some church (I don't really recall the denomination) to speak to us about God and His salvation. Even though I had went to God on bended knee, crying my eyes out, begging Him to help get me through my plight, I was still pretty cock-sure of myself. So, like the fool I was, I start debating the rights and wrongs of theology with them. Two of them bit, but this one woman, who was infinitely smarter than me or anyone in that room stayed out of the fray. Later, she gently pulled me aside and whispered in my ear: "You don't have a drinking problem, you have a God problem." I was dumbstruck. I wanted to say something snarky back but that inner voice of my Guardian Angel spoke to me: "She's right you know." They left right after that. I was the only one she said that to and it stayed with me for close to 30 years. And during that time, I still wanted to prove my will was the way, that I could chart my own course just fine. But those words, they never left my soul. Truth will do that. As John Adams said: "Facts are stubborn things." I share that because so many people have a God problem. On some level we all do since we all fall short of grace but even after God had worked wonders in my life and lived up to His end of the deal I still let my rebellious nature get the better of me. I still swam in the Devil's lake. It's never too late until it is. They are right, we need more repentance and the rest comes so much easier. With it, anything is possible, without it, nothing is.
@@stephenbaker7079 Ya never know. I used to dismiss angels and demons and superstitious nonsense, but as I pointed out in my post, I believed a lot of false nonsense when I was younger. Now I know the power of angels and demons and I don't doubt their capabilities in any way.
Brother, you shouldn't reconsider your faith because a Matt Fradd video. We do not know how many will be saved or dammed our Lord Jesus Christ is in charge not Matt Fradd, not Taylor Marshall, not Fr James Martin nor any other divisive figure in the Church. Our job as Christians is to stay humble and look to our good shepherd Jesus Christ begging him to grant us humility and peace in our walk with him. Remember our Lord said "For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you." Matthew 7:2. You should not be dismayed when you see people make proclamations like this but you should pray for there soul our Lord said those who are harsh judges will be judged harshly. Whatever the judgment of God is will be fair no matter what the outcome is God Bless you brother i hope my response helps
The Truth can be a hard pill to swallow, and the Truth is always narrow. If someone chooses to sin, he sins against God. The vast VAST majority of people do not sincerely strive to enter the narrow gate. Especially this day in age so swamped with sin and hatred of God. Many of the great saints said if people knew how few were saved people would faint in Terror. Remember the ones who are called are the ones who are baptized, and even from the baptized only few are chosen. Pray, don’t worry, and strive! God is with us! He wants us to make it!
The Church points out the danger so that the vast majority of humanity won't fall in the trap. Jesus died on the cross so that you would have hope at all times - even in the face of death - not to make you think you're damned. Be grateful that you don't fully understand (and no one fully understands, otherwise it wouldn't be a divine mystery), because it means you haven't truly been put to the test.
@@donutsrgood4491 Excuse me, it is highly recommendablebthat you are more explicitly. The Truth is that we can go to Hell and Heaven. The way to solve this problem is to stay within the Body of Christ which is the Catholic Church. And not only physically but spiritually as well,that is one has to go to Confession and make a valid Confession with a Catholic Priest. Always remember: you only have one life and therefore only one(!) Opportunity to become Saint and this is through the Catholic Church. Go to a traditional Catholic Priest and ask him all the questions you have. I hope this helps . God bless you, Saint Virgin Mary pray for you and St. Joseph protect you.
St.Edith Stein was of the opinion all would accept Gods mercy,thus be saved.All merciful love can thus descend to everyone. We believe that it does so. And now, can we assume that there are souls that remain perpetually closed to such love? As a possibility in principle, this cannot be rejected. In reality, it can become infinitely improbable-precisely through what preparatory grace is capable of effecting in the soul.
If this is the case, then what purpose is there for purgatory? My understanding up to this point, is that the vast majority of people are destined for purgatory, where they have a long and arduous sentence to come to terms with their sins and to realize the truth of Jesus Christ and his kingdom, but at least at some point they can enter the kingdom of god once they have become worthy of it. But if this isn't the case, and not only those who choose to deny God are sent to hell, but also the vast majority of even good people are sent to an inescapable hell forever, what is the point of purgatory? And furthermore, what sort of infinitely merciful God would damn someone that he created and loves to eternal hellfire who has been, through no reasonable fault of their own, led astray from the righteous path, whether by means of the modern world or their particular upbringing. For example, would a merciful God really send a good, decent, and even pious Buddhist to hell for eternity, simply because he grew up in an area where he wasn't exposed to the Gospel, without giving him a chance to see the truth in purgatory? I understand the errors of ecumenism and universalism, Jesus Christ is not the privileged way but the only way, but does this really mean that unless you are perfect by the time of your death you are damned for all eternity, with no chance at redemption post-mortem?
yes what I know about catholic teachings agrees with tommy there. The church also teaches that a person that has never been exposed to Jesus is not going to hell just for that, because it is not necessarily their fault. God still inserts himself into their lives and allows them to choose love and to choose Him, even if the person does not realize that is what they are doing. What I mean is if a Buddhist person still chooses to follow the path of love and righteousness, then they can be saved. That's what I have been taught by the church anyways.
You know, you don't have to be an universalist (as I am not) to not misrepresent their beliefs or take it as a serious intellectual position. Like a handful of other topics, most people aren't up to this debate anyway, that's why when scholars or theologians discuss it the reaction is strong.
Ralph Martin is at his best when he's evangelizing. The Vatican has a responsibility to ensure that worldwide industries do not get to destroy the planet we live in.
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Can God, who loves man so much, permit the man who rejects him to be condemned to eternal torment? The silence of the church is, therefore, the only appropriate position for Christian faith. Even when Jesus says of Judas, the traitor, “It would be better for that man if he had never been born” (Mt. 26:24) his words do not allude for certain to eternal damnation.” ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Eternal damnation remains a possibility, but we are not granted, without special divine revelation, the knowledge of whether or which human beings are effectively involved in it. The thought of hell and even less the improper use of biblical images must not create anxiety or despair... The concept of hellfire, the fiery furnace and the unquenchable fire of Gehenna need to be interpreted as symbolic language... The risen Jesus has conquered Satan, giving us the Spirit of God who makes us cry, ‘Abba, Father!’ (Rm 8:15; Gal 5:6).”
*"Do Most People Go to Heaven or Hell?"* Nobody "goes" anywhere. The redeemed get immortality at Christ's second coming. (1 Cor. 15: 54) Until then men are mortal. That means that the dead are just that, dead. (See Ez. 18: 32; Ps. 6: 5; Ps. 30: 9; Ps. 31: 17; Ps. 115: 17; Ecc. 9: 4-5; Ps. 146: 4)
Would you please advise us how to respond to the synod meetings of 2022. I don’t understand why we’re all asked to participate. Is it to change the only Church that Jesus built upon Peter? I’m not a master theologian, but the German Synod and the Amazon Synod are especially frightening to me. I don’t want The Catholic Church to become another Protestant denomination. Please give us some guidance. Thanks and God bless you.
St.Jerome in my opinion was a universalist as were other catholic saints.St.Jerome is a doctor of the church from what I recall reading. He says the following In the end or consummation of things, all shall be restored to their original state, and be again united in one body. We cannot be ignorant that Christ’s blood benefited the angels and those who are in hell; though we know not the manner in which it produced such effects. The apostate angels shall become such as they were created; and man, who has been cast out of paradise, shall be restored thither again. And this shall be accomplished in such a way, that all shall be united together by mutual charity, so that the members will delight in each other, and rejoice in each other’s promotion. The apostate angels, and the prince of this world, though now ungovernable, plunging themselves into the depths of sin, shall, in the end, embrace the happy dominion of Christ and his saints.
But who in their right mind would and with full knowledge reject Gods grace- so if someone were to reject Gods grace wouldn’t they not have full responsibility over that action- can someone please help clarify.
Can we talk about how Hinduism is large in India and they basically live a moral life like Christians want to live their belief is just as strong as yours. Unless your an exception most people never change what they were brought up to believe consciousness doesn’t form til 7-8 and some ppl never get the chance to become aware of Jesus so how is that fair that they will be condemned when they die?
"He who does not believe is already condemned." So such a person has no hope, they can't repent of their unbelief? What about when Paul says that Jews can be grafted back in if they don't persist in their unbelief?
Matt, you totally straw manned David Bentley Hart. And universalism proper does not deny a hell, just its duration and purpose. But who the hell am I to tell you eh? You need to talk about universalism in the Tradition and understand what hermeneutical foreclosure is. Just a brother trying to help.
It's not hell if it's temporary, it's purgatory. Some people are absolutely closed off to God by their own choices. Christ wouldn't talk so much about hell if it weren't real. If you reject the doctrine of eternal hellfire you reject Christ.
When U look at communion wafers turning into real blood and stressed heart tissue in Catholic traditions and set up as idol worship we have lost our focus on the cross. It is so sad!
This feels like a rather weak argument against Universalism.. I like matt but does he know that dbh and most universalists believe hell exists and people will go there? And how is the beauty of the cross diminished by this at all? Rather it is made more powerful as it saves everyone..
I disagree. What is the point of Jesus dying on the cross if everyone is saved without turning to him? It really does diminish the meaning of the cross.
@@supertophomie3005 From the universalist perspective Jesus actions is the entire reason that everyone will be saved. And everyone would in that case turn to him in the end. Now i am not taking any position regarding this myself but that is the perspective. But i will say that the meaning of the cross is by no means diminshed in that position because the meaning and beauty on the cross does not rely on the necesity that anyone enters into an eternal state of suffering.
Hell is a temporary abode for DBH, and no person will be forever condemned according to DBH. That's the point of this controversy over DBH's views. To say, "oh, but he believes hell exists and people will go there," is beside the point.
Matt the best theologians of the 20th century? What about Von Balthasar and Ratzinger? I don’t get why Martin so much wants fellow humans to be tortured in hell.
@@eservey719 No matter which way you slice it, with ultimate power comes ultimate responsibility. There would be no sickness if God didn't choose to create.
Even that doesn’t make sense with an all loving God. You claim God controls all things, he is omnipotent. And he knows all things, he is omniscient. That means he deliberately brought beings into existence who he knew would freely choose to ‘send themselves to Hell’ as I imagine you people would put it. The apparent free choice of humanity does not let your God off the hook. He is the all knowing, all powerful being. He created the circumstance where in some conscious beings would be tortured for all time, fully knowing what he was doing and exactly which sentient beings would be tortured for all time, even if said beings ‘freely’ chose. In other words, Yahweh is a monster.
Since Hell - the actual place, status, station, and terminus, not the fancy of human imagination - is the Grave .. in death, without God .. then, naturally enough, that is 'where' the vast major of humans are placed. The real difficulty is not how many of us go there or wander along its borderlands, it has to be how many shall abide there - by choice, all deprived of grace in Christ as they have freely decided to be, by rejecting the Way, the Truth, and the Life. I suspect that we shall be surprised at just how very many really have chosen unending material dissolution and spiritual disconnection, rather than face the Glory of the Beatific Vision and an eternal unity in Resurrection; and no amount of coaxing, cajoling, or coercing them into Heaven will or can then avail of a change in heart, mind, and will; thus, in the tomb, they have received exactly what they wanted in mortal life - a kind of godless existence aka damnation (note well Heaven's indescribably odd response to this state of affairs, the Gift of the Green Scapular .. yes, by God's grace, our charitable prayers can indeed prevail, in time to effect a turn around even in hardened sinners while yet in mortal life - if, but only if, we care to make that quaintly simple yet flesh-terrifying personal connection on their behalf*). Keep the Faith; tell the truth, shame the devil, and let the demons shriek. God bless. ;o) * Not by eating their sins, materially, a rather jolly if gruesome pagan notion, but, in the manner of grace, by helping to take up their cross in life .. through prayer; that btw is the real point to the universal Communion of Saints, as one body with one spirit, each helping each, with all sharing both the joy and the pain (some more than others, but that is mortal life for you); it is also a large part of what Heaven asked of us at Fatima, and, perhaps, why its core demand has not yet been properly honoured .. as requested.
Caring for others in this world matters just as much to God as evangelizing them for the next. It's okay for our Church to do both, so please stop putting them down for that.
Just a caution really. It has often been used to justify watering down the True Faith Established by Christ to "meet people where they are" and cover over deep seated misunderstandings and heresy. This is actually very un-Charitable and against the authentic mission of the Church.
I'm glad you mentioned David Bentley Hart who translated the entire New Testament. The New Testament passages are misinterpreted here in this video (IMHO).
What Pope Francis is doing, is not creepy in the least, rather it is quite serious and rationally planned. Francis is steadily realizing a paradigm change, i.e., he is shifting the Church charged with enabling the saving of souls post mortem or beyond death TO a worldly church seeking "paradise", i.e., an eschatological finality in, with, and for this world, for mundane life. The temporal and not the eternal has become the dimension generating the horizon of Francis' world. The traditional goal of the salvation of souls transcends this world and whatever human deeds can be made and done in this world. Carpe mundum has come to replace carpe eternam, a goal that passes through death. Whatever is enveloped in and for this world will perish in time -- the universe's heat death will take care of that --, and when finality does take place there will be only the void of emptiness, because eternity has been lost as a goal. And THAT is the new paradigm that "creepy" Francis is dedicated to. My interpretation of Francis leads me to view Bergoglio as a papal aberration whose theological paradigm is incompatible, incommensurate with the Catholicism of the ages. Mr Martin, like so many other traditionalists, simply downplays verbally the seriousness of it all; namely the radically of Francis' paradigm shift and, instead, covers it up with really superficial adjectives such as "creepy". If an adjective is to be used, then "demonic" would be a good candidate. That adjective lends sharpness and seriousness to what the "creepy" Francis is doing, to which "doing" I confront with a "j'accuse". So, the thoughts of an old professor whose worldly demise is not far off. Francis has nothing that attracts me as what attracts me is the Eternal beyond this world. My God, I am old fashioned. How "creepy"???
This video does not answer the question! 😠 If the answer is yes, then not that I condone these, but this would be a very good argument for anti-natalism, abortion, and even infanticide. I've heard that things go downhill at the age of reason, which I believe is 7 years old. I'd even wish I was killed before the age of reason, or better yet, never existed at all. 😟
idk, man. What you say feels clear as day to be true, it sounds like it comes from right from the mouth of Jesus. But idk man. I can't reconcile the ideas that we have the tendency toward hell when it's our psychological/physiological tendencies, not our free will that leads us to destruction. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, isn't that reason enough for mortal sin to not exist? No one in their right mind would choose to abandon God if they knew what it really meant. If people had perfect strength of will and perfect knowledge and wisdom, no sin would be committed. So if one is handicapped with imperfection, then their sins are not mortal sins. I'm pretty worried getting this wrong, but the most rational conclusion to me is that we are saved. But your quote of Jesus just refutes it all. I wonder if your interpretation is right, but also no other interpretation is compelling. I am most definitely confused. plz help.
I'd rather take my chances with atheism than believe this. The key message of Jesus is GOOD NEWS; it's love. If we are motivated by fear of hell, then we've missed the point. The prodigal son realises that he screwed up and, in his desperation, he hopes that the father, he wished dead, would provide some menial assistance. The father's reaction? Open arms and celebration! This is what liberates and transforms the son (we hope!). I don't see how you can reconcile this 'beyond our understanding' love with a binary God of heaven and hell.
Yes. God sees our repentance and He is just willing to give us chances for it. But that does not mean we can live how we want just because we want him to give us credit for our bad actions. That’s just the opposite of the definition of grace. We don’t deserve it and receive it, but we don’t claim to receive it by charging: we ask for God’s grace merciless and show God we are sincerely repent. This benevolent God can search for our heart in trueness. We shouldn’t take benevolence and/or mercy as synonymous to indifferentism, condescension and complacency. Presumptuous is the soul that acts to put God to the fence: “or He will accept whatever I do or feel to act or I proclaim He is not good... Or God”. Sorry to say it and I don’t even care to judge anybody on anything, since I have my flaws to work better, but maybe you are in need of a good spiritual director, my friend. God bless!
@@brunot2481 Nothing I wrote suggested that we 'can live how we want' or that God's love for us is 'synonymous to indifferentism, condescension and complacency'. You are responding to an argument I didn't make.
3:10 God doesn’t want it to be this way? Your god is omniscient and omnipotent, he created this exact circumstance fully knowing which conscious beings would ‘freely choose’ not to respond to him. It’s like a man holding a gun to your head and saying “Oh I wish it didn’t have to be this way. But by freely choosing to not give me all your money, you’re gonna make me have to shoot you. I really wish it didn’t have to be this way, it saddens me”. Your God is in the position of the gunman, he controls the entire situation.
I have never understood why the God of the Jewish people was considered so cruel when he was so approachable as in the Psalms. The Jews didn't believe in Hell as we know it and they don't believe it now. Most of the really guilt Provoking sayings are put in the mouth of Jesus. And of course the gospels wern't written by Jesus or anyone who knew him. Sure makes you wonder ! By the way I'm almost 70 and have done a LOT of reading.
@@johnobeid67 Heaven is still not an open-border free-entry-for-all. ;P Those in Purgatory cannot get/acquire relief for themselves. They are dependent upon the members of the Church Triumphant and the Church Militant. *Most are still in Purgatory.* We shouldn't be so blasé about being hopeful for/about Purgatory regardless of the promise of it, it's not what we were made for. If it were a simple question between Heaven and Hell, most therefore go to Hell.
And also gravity electricity and literally everything still works without your awareness. Why do we have to be aware of Jesus to activate our saving?? Just a question. I ask because I feel it’s not fair for a lot of good ppl who are overly programmed a different way which isn’t hurting a soul on earth they still have to go to hell for eternity all because the grew up another way and it works for them and they don’t hurt anybody so why change? they respect Christians but why change if our way works. How is that fair??
I'd have to disagree partially. I think St Isaac the Syrian was more correct in that while we do go to hell, it is not eternal. Of course this is not what we should aim for, we should remain on a state of Grace, repentful and away from mortal sin.
What you forget is that death=soul separated from body. Your soul cannot move without your body, so when you die and are judged, your soul is fixed with Supernatural Grace, or not. If not, then you must go to hell forever. You have the opportunity to live a life of Grace here, body and soul composite. That opportunity is not possible after your Particular Judgment.
To add: a human is composite of body and soul. You are either moving towards God, or away from Him while you live and that movement stops when your soul leaves your body. And then you are judged.
Its all about YAHSHUA Hamashiach/jesus christ. Nothing Else, No One Else. But sad to say, Catholic Christians have placed Mirriam/mary, the Apostles and So-Called Saints, whom are Dead People. But funny, No One knows where are all these People, Heaven or Hell. Sorry Guys, NO PURGATORY
This is THE issue that needs to be screamed from the rooftops. At least to me, it's getting very clear that the if we allow more secular things (social media, entertainment, etc) into our lives, the more we lose sight of our focus in life and conform to the world . The devil's primary method of our times is confusion and distraction.
and instilling a sense of despair among the faithful that salvation is essentially unattainable.
@@paulo8655 not essentially unattainable, but easily missed.....
Lord Jesus, have mercy on me a sinner.
amen
Amen
Amen
Thank you Jesus for your saving Grace.
We should thank God for christianity. Take a look at how Iran treat her women. Twitter @myskycomet
I loved when he Said: The people are more concerned with Amazon than your salvation !!👏👏🙏🇧🇷
that is fine, we need to take control and focus on our salvation....
I'm so scared of anyone going to hell let alone most, I honestly feel sick and paralyzed and can't stop crying thinking about it
Great message!!! Short and powerful!!
It’s why they say
there’s a
Highway to hell
But only a
Stairway to Heaven !!!!
No one meets the standard which is why Christ sacrificed himself and this awesome gesture and gift of forgiveness should not be trivialized or underestimated.
God loves us and is merciful, fully aware of the daily struggles we face. I have a tremendous amount of compassion for the horrors people have faced in this world and the impact it has on them. Do not be so quick to judge your neighbors as being unworthy of salvation. Christ himself walked amongst the downtrodden and outcast.
Lord I am not worthy to receive you but only say the word and I shall be healed.
POPE BENEDICT XVI: “People should not fear God, thinking he is always ready to punish, but rather they should love him because he is always reading to forgive.
God is not a relentless sovereign who condemns the guilty, but a loving father whom we must love not out of fear of punishment, but because of his goodness.
The Lord is a God who is just, but always ready to reveal himself as merciful and compassionate.”
Thank you Matt for your work. You help me realise I'm not alone in following the true catholic faith. Thank you for speaking the truth. God bless you 🙏 I pray for you and your family. Love from Poland 🇵🇱 ♥
I thought that I'm the only Polish girl watching Matt ahahahahha
Matt Fradd, your channel is so awesome! God bless you!
Such a refreshing conversation! Thank you for standing in the truth. I’ve heard so many Catholic Priests recently talking about how atheists and people of other religions will go to heaven as long as they “mean well” or “try their best to live a moral life.” Then why evangelize? Thanks Matt. 👍🏼
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Their are catholic saints that are of the opinion all will be saved,the Bible also says this.
St.Jerome a catholic saint and a doctor of the church says the following
In the end or consummation of things, all shall be restored to their original state, and be again united in one body. We cannot be ignorant that Christ’s blood benefited the angels and those who are in hell; though we know not the manner in which it produced such effects. The apostate angels shall become such as they were created; and man, who has been cast out of paradise, shall be restored thither again. And this shall be accomplished in such a way, that all shall be united together by mutual charity, so that the members will delight in each other, and rejoice in each other’s promotion. The apostate angels, and the prince of this world, though now ungovernable, plunging themselves into the depths of sin, shall, in the end, embrace the happy dominion of Christ and his saints.
You keep posting the same comment around Catholic CZcams, conveniently leaving out the part where Saint Jerome had a dream where Jesus condemned him to hell. And he realized he needed to repent and sanctify his life. There’s more to being saved than just grace.
@@streamscreen Saint Padre Pio said that God has so LOVED us, that he can't imagine that many or majority of people go to Hell.
@@AJ_Jingco Thanks for sharing that with me very encouraging the love God has for us.Take care!!
I love all you guys out there who make such content and make sinners like me find the "narrow" road back to the Lord 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
God bless you all in your ministries
I think it is fair to say that the default position of each person is fallen, not saved. But through Jesus Christ, God concretely offers to each and every person the grace that they need to be saved. If God did not offer the necessary grace to all people, it would be impossible to say in any meaningful sense that God desires all to be saved, because God would not even be permitting all to be saved, regardless of free will. With that made clear, it seems permissible to pray for the salvation of all, and because of the infinite value sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, we can indeed hope that it will be the case that all will be saved.
And the problems that the theology of grace have caused in the history of the Church!
@@ransomcoates546 Sure, but that doesn't bear on its truth or falsity.
gandalfthegreatestwizard I’m thinking first about the Reformation, of course, but also about the endless wrangling of the Jesuits and Dominicans that the Pope had to put a stop to. As I recall the issue was something like ‘Do you need actual grace to accept actual grace?’
well said. i believe this is what Bishop Barron is trying to say, but people say he's a heretic for hoping that all are saved. Christ went into the bounds of Godforsaken so that all in between Christ and the Father may avail of the divine mercy.
I think it is good to acknowledge that there have been different perspectives throughout Church history.
Brother Ralph just STAYS on Point. I SO appreciate him. I still go to Mass(I love the Word of God, which makes me relish the ministry of being a lector). But I had to go to Times Square Church(under the late pastor, David Wilkerson to get convicted by the Holy Spirit through the preaching of uncompromising msgs. The homilies I was hearing at the time, kept telling me how wonderful I was, and God understands my needs(sexual). In my heart of hearts, I knew that I couldn't be right, but it sounded 'pleasant' where the Lord and I were fine with each other. Never heard about the holiness of God. Anyway, it is so refreshing and timely(in this hour) to hear my consistent, fearless, and loving brother in Christ - bring it. I also appreciate the brother who heads this platform(your heart and your questions) - what a Blessing! Stay on 🔥! Come Lord Jesus. 🙏🏽
I so so agree with what he said towards the end about calling the world to repentance and turning back towards God. There are way way too many people in this world just focused on the material here and now things. They have no idea and no care for what may come to them in the next life. God please turn their hearts back towards you and make me an instrument of this crusade! amen
Greetings, please hear me out. Many christians have the wrong meaning for the word Repent and are not saved. *Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary* provides the following definition of repentance: re•pen•tance
i-'pent-en(t)s\ n: the action or process of repenting esp. for misdeeds or moral shortcomings syn *see PENITENCE* First Known Use of repent Verb: *14th* century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense Adjective: *1669,* in the meaning defined above
Repent of your sins, is a Catholic doctrine just as the Trinity. Even the word comes from a Catholic doctrine: penitence. The Greek word translated as repent is Metanoia and means to change your mind about something or someone. In the case of salvation it ALWAYS means a change of mind. From unbelieve to believing in the Messiah for salvation.
See how the Devil works? He doesn't want you to believe only but also doing the works to be saved, which is another Gospel.
John 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the WORKS (plural) of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, THIS is the WORK (singular) of God, that ye BELIEVE ON HIM whom HE hath sent.
Eternal life is to believe on the Son of God, Jesus the Anointed One and His God. (1 John 5:20)
The Trinity is the central doctrine of the catholic church (nr 234)
www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p2.htm
*The New Bible Dictionary, 2nd edition* by J.D. Douglas, admits that the doctrine of the trinity does NOT come from the Scriptures, but from philosophy influenced by paganism. (Scroll to the letter T)
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014729894&view=1up&seq=1316
*Salvation-The Simplicity in Christ*
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CCC 847: Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.
For me it basically means: If you don't know the Gospel without your real fault (for example, born as a Muslim and heard only hate against Christianity) and you let your conscience speak to you and you follow it, then you have a good hope be saved. Doesn't apply when you know it and reject Christ, then you aren't saved. And it's always the best way to be a Christian.
Accountability also needs to be placed on spiritual leaders. When they lose moral authority due to sinful behavior, such as pedophilia, it is extremely problematic as it can have a cascading effect on those who need guidance.
His greatest gift to us is His Mercy.
The children in Fadima the Blessed Mother took them to Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell. She told them most people go to Purgatory the next largest amount go to Hell and very few go directly to Heaven.
Would you please tell me where I can find the exact text saying that ? Thanks.
I had a priest who told me in confession that most people would probably go to heaven. He teaches at a seminary. 😳😨
Most people going to hell sadly
@@stevesalvant80Says who? You?
I agree with RM about the church in Rome. Too much focus on “the world “ and not enough about what Jesus teaches.
I appreciate what Dr. Martin helps to clarify here; C.S. Lewis spoke of people nowadays who speak of looking God in face as a benevolent and lackadaisical experience. While God's face is definitely benevolent, Lewis then said that to look in the face of Absolute Goodness is a sight that many could not bear, which, of course, is why there is Hell. As a millennial, I appreciate that there are still those who are willing to proclaim the truth of the Gospel; of course, and I'm sure that Dr. Martin would agree, God's mercy is indeed truly unbounded, and although it may be more likely that those who don't believe in Jesus do go to Hell, we can always still hope in God's infinite mercy and say that we can't exactly know for sure the final destination of those souls.
What does C.S. Lewis mean when he says that many people cannot bear the sight of Absolute Goodness, which is why there is Hell?
@@jessicathomas2493 That was more of a paraphrase haha. The overall point that he was making though is that unrepentant sin (although Lewis likely wouldn't call it as such, as he was a Protestant) makes seeing God much harder, in the same way that being in the darkness makes looking into a light bulb much harder when the eyes are suddenly exposed to that much vibrancy. Some people would then prefer the darkness to the light, and that place that is without the Light of the world is Hell.
@@crossingoutthei6311 That makes so much sense! I use to think that many people didn't care about the truth. That's why so many will "compromise" or twist the truth to "convey" an overall ideal or narrative. I think it might be more like they don't like looking at the truth. Something similar to what is written in John 3:20 "For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed."
@@jessicathomas2493 Agreed! For me, it also brings to mind the beatitude "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." I hope to one day begin and complete a PhD with a thesis very similar to that, how Jesus as the Word of God relates to innate language.
@@crossingoutthei6311 Oh my gosh. I was doing my lectio divina today and my reading was the beatitudes. I kept reading and reading the verses and I still feel like I don't understand what Jesus is trying to tell us. What do you think "poor in spirit" means? And what do you mean by the Word relating to innate language?
Does Matthew 7:13-14 answer the question: “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it"?
It sure does. It is very clear.
You guys are just full of good news
One thing that absolutely *SCARES* me and why I cannot abandon God and the Catholic Church. Is the *ETERNITY* of Torture 😭 and Torment in Hell.
People themselves make the choice to go to hell. It's that simple. Ignorance of truth will not be an acceptable response on the day of your particular judgement. Remember we're all given our own particular judgement, you are to give an account for your life.
But God created us sinners (if he didn't want us to sin He wouldn't have created the tree of Good an Evil) an then he punish us? That's rare. It's like punish a mosquito for drinking blood is his nature. I don't know if I explain myself English it's not my language
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “The love of Christ is more powerful than sin and death. St. Paul explains that Christ came to forgive sin and that his love is greater than any sin, stronger than all my personal sins or those of anyone else. This is the faith of the Church. This is the Good News of God’s love that the Church proclaims throughout history and that I proclaim to you today: God loves you with an everlasting love. He loves you in Christ Jesus, his Son.”
David Bentley Hart doesn't deny the existence of hell, Matt. You should be more careful of what you attribute to him. Universalism doesn't necessarily exclude hell.
"Who among you has never sinned?" Which one of you does not rationalize why you continue to do what your own conscience would ask you to stop and reconsider? We are all sinners! We all need to repent. Come to Jesus, confess your brokenness and ask Him to forgive you. Then "do whatever He tells you to do," just like Mary told the servers at the wedding in Cana. And the story begins from there...
I know it sounds trite, but that's the Gospel. Just make sure you know who you are listening to. Find someone in the Church to talk with.
Difficult topic to contemplate. I struggle to fully understand but to a certain extent heaven and hell is a choice. Heaven being more like the mass or adoration and hell being more like infinite opportunity to feed the flesh and ultimately ourselves (sounds like what some would describe as heaven huh?). I think a serious effort to know Him leads us to ultimately choose Him in the end. I struggle to accept that a soul who really desires to be with God gets cast down.
If one can't conform themselves to God alone, than it would make sense that those who fail to do so wouldn't choose Him.
My brother and I had a hell of a childhood. It has destroyed us as men. He's dead now from an overdose. Do you mean to tell me that he lived in hell and then was sent to hell?
I hate all of this.
I don't understand what about this video gave you the idea the your brother would likely be in hell according to scripture or tradition. We can't know for certain. God always offers very chance, he wants your brother saved as much as you do.
he wont be in hell unless he wants to be, nothing difficult to understand.
@@mpat100 Regardless it's not for us to say one way or the other. We have been given explicit instructions on this issue.
You may be could pray the holly Rosary for your brother, its always help😇🙌🏽
I feel your pain. Remember Christs love for us and his sacrifice. The answer is there.
I have always assumed the vast majority of people go to purgatory. That going to straight to hell or going straight to heaven are rare things.
When I was a young man I had what people characterized, myself included, as a drinking problem. I checked into rehab after a particularly bad night and prior to us starting our 28 day program we had to spend a week in the psych ward, ostensibly to dry out and make sure no one suffered from the DT's. Anyway, this group of ladies came from some church (I don't really recall the denomination) to speak to us about God and His salvation. Even though I had went to God on bended knee, crying my eyes out, begging Him to help get me through my plight, I was still pretty cock-sure of myself. So, like the fool I was, I start debating the rights and wrongs of theology with them. Two of them bit, but this one woman, who was infinitely smarter than me or anyone in that room stayed out of the fray. Later, she gently pulled me aside and whispered in my ear: "You don't have a drinking problem, you have a God problem."
I was dumbstruck. I wanted to say something snarky back but that inner voice of my Guardian Angel spoke to me: "She's right you know." They left right after that. I was the only one she said that to and it stayed with me for close to 30 years. And during that time, I still wanted to prove my will was the way, that I could chart my own course just fine. But those words, they never left my soul. Truth will do that. As John Adams said: "Facts are stubborn things."
I share that because so many people have a God problem. On some level we all do since we all fall short of grace but even after God had worked wonders in my life and lived up to His end of the deal I still let my rebellious nature get the better of me. I still swam in the Devil's lake. It's never too late until it is. They are right, we need more repentance and the rest comes so much easier. With it, anything is possible, without it, nothing is.
Could that woman have been an angel in human form? Just a thought.
@@stephenbaker7079 Ya never know. I used to dismiss angels and demons and superstitious nonsense, but as I pointed out in my post, I believed a lot of false nonsense when I was younger. Now I know the power of angels and demons and I don't doubt their capabilities in any way.
seems like most people don't believe in hell, and those that do don't believe they will be going there
I refuse to believe that the vast majority of humanity will be damned. I’m seriously reconsidering my faith....
The Church does not teach that the majority of people are dammed. God alone can judge. Do not leave the Church because of a misunderstanding.
Brother, you shouldn't reconsider your faith because a Matt Fradd video. We do not know how many will be saved or dammed our Lord Jesus Christ is in charge not Matt Fradd, not Taylor Marshall, not Fr James Martin nor any other divisive figure in the Church. Our job as Christians is to stay humble and look to our good shepherd Jesus Christ begging him to grant us humility and peace in our walk with him. Remember our Lord said "For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you." Matthew 7:2. You should not be dismayed when you see people make proclamations like this but you should pray for there soul our Lord said those who are harsh judges will be judged harshly. Whatever the judgment of God is will be fair no matter what the outcome is God Bless you brother i hope my response helps
The Truth can be a hard pill to swallow, and the Truth is always narrow. If someone chooses to sin, he sins against God. The vast VAST majority of people do not sincerely strive to enter the narrow gate. Especially this day in age so swamped with sin and hatred of God. Many of the great saints said if people knew how few were saved people would faint in Terror. Remember the ones who are called are the ones who are baptized, and even from the baptized only few are chosen. Pray, don’t worry, and strive! God is with us! He wants us to make it!
The Church points out the danger so that the vast majority of humanity won't fall in the trap. Jesus died on the cross so that you would have hope at all times - even in the face of death - not to make you think you're damned.
Be grateful that you don't fully understand (and no one fully understands, otherwise it wouldn't be a divine mystery), because it means you haven't truly been put to the test.
@@donutsrgood4491 Excuse me, it is highly recommendablebthat you are more explicitly. The Truth is that we can go to Hell and Heaven. The way to solve this problem is to stay within the Body of Christ which is the Catholic Church. And not only physically but spiritually as well,that is one has to go to Confession and make a valid Confession with a Catholic Priest.
Always remember: you only have one life and therefore only one(!) Opportunity to become Saint and this is through the Catholic Church.
Go to a traditional Catholic Priest and ask him all the questions you have.
I hope this helps .
God bless you, Saint Virgin Mary pray for you and St. Joseph protect you.
St.Edith Stein was of the opinion all would accept Gods mercy,thus be saved.All merciful love can thus descend to everyone. We believe that it does so. And now, can we assume that there are souls that remain perpetually closed to such love? As a possibility in principle, this cannot be rejected. In reality, it can become infinitely improbable-precisely through what preparatory grace is capable of effecting in the soul.
Good news does not feel so good for anyone until trust is trusted intimacy.
If this is the case, then what purpose is there for purgatory? My understanding up to this point, is that the vast majority of people are destined for purgatory, where they have a long and arduous sentence to come to terms with their sins and to realize the truth of Jesus Christ and his kingdom, but at least at some point they can enter the kingdom of god once they have become worthy of it. But if this isn't the case, and not only those who choose to deny God are sent to hell, but also the vast majority of even good people are sent to an inescapable hell forever, what is the point of purgatory? And furthermore, what sort of infinitely merciful God would damn someone that he created and loves to eternal hellfire who has been, through no reasonable fault of their own, led astray from the righteous path, whether by means of the modern world or their particular upbringing. For example, would a merciful God really send a good, decent, and even pious Buddhist to hell for eternity, simply because he grew up in an area where he wasn't exposed to the Gospel, without giving him a chance to see the truth in purgatory? I understand the errors of ecumenism and universalism, Jesus Christ is not the privileged way but the only way, but does this really mean that unless you are perfect by the time of your death you are damned for all eternity, with no chance at redemption post-mortem?
yes what I know about catholic teachings agrees with tommy there. The church also teaches that a person that has never been exposed to Jesus is not going to hell just for that, because it is not necessarily their fault. God still inserts himself into their lives and allows them to choose love and to choose Him, even if the person does not realize that is what they are doing. What I mean is if a Buddhist person still chooses to follow the path of love and righteousness, then they can be saved. That's what I have been taught by the church anyways.
you wont be in hell unless you want to be; ie you reject gods mercy and love.
Daily Catholic mass, recite rosary everyday and go to confession to priest and read Bible and lives of Saints
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Well done.
You know, you don't have to be an universalist (as I am not) to not misrepresent their beliefs or take it as a serious intellectual position. Like a handful of other topics, most people aren't up to this debate anyway, that's why when scholars or theologians discuss it the reaction is strong.
Ralph Martin is at his best when he's evangelizing. The Vatican has a responsibility to ensure that worldwide industries do not get to destroy the planet we live in.
Arianism
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Can God, who loves man so much, permit the man who rejects him to be condemned to eternal torment? The silence of the church is, therefore, the only appropriate position for Christian faith. Even when Jesus says of Judas, the traitor, “It would be better for that man if he had never been born” (Mt. 26:24) his words do not allude for certain to eternal damnation.”
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Eternal damnation remains a possibility, but we are not granted, without special divine revelation, the knowledge of whether or which human beings are effectively involved in it.
The thought of hell and even less the improper use of biblical images must not create anxiety or despair... The concept of hellfire, the fiery furnace and the unquenchable fire of Gehenna need to be interpreted as symbolic language... The risen Jesus has conquered Satan, giving us the Spirit of God who makes us cry, ‘Abba, Father!’ (Rm 8:15; Gal 5:6).”
We should be praying every day for Pope Francis and our Church leadership.
*"Do Most People Go to Heaven or Hell?"* Nobody "goes" anywhere. The redeemed get immortality at Christ's second coming. (1 Cor. 15: 54) Until then men are mortal. That means that the dead are just that, dead. (See Ez. 18: 32; Ps. 6: 5; Ps. 30: 9; Ps. 31: 17; Ps. 115: 17; Ecc. 9: 4-5; Ps. 146: 4)
Bishop Robert Barron should watch this! He claims that we can't be sure if anyone
goes to Hell. Read Matthew, Bishop Barron.
of course we can be sure, many saints have seen and spoken of hell.
Hell.
Would you please advise us how to respond to the synod meetings of 2022. I don’t understand why we’re all asked to participate. Is it to change the only Church that Jesus built upon Peter? I’m not a master theologian, but the German Synod and the Amazon Synod are especially frightening to me. I don’t want The Catholic Church to become another Protestant denomination. Please give us some guidance. Thanks and God bless you.
The road is narrow.
St.Jerome in my opinion was a universalist as were other catholic saints.St.Jerome is a doctor of the church from what I recall reading.
He says the following
In the end or consummation of things, all shall be restored to their original state, and be again united in one body. We cannot be ignorant that Christ’s blood benefited the angels and those who are in hell; though we know not the manner in which it produced such effects. The apostate angels shall become such as they were created; and man, who has been cast out of paradise, shall be restored thither again. And this shall be accomplished in such a way, that all shall be united together by mutual charity, so that the members will delight in each other, and rejoice in each other’s promotion. The apostate angels, and the prince of this world, though now ungovernable, plunging themselves into the depths of sin, shall, in the end, embrace the happy dominion of Christ and his saints.
But who in their right mind would and with full knowledge reject Gods grace- so if someone were to reject Gods grace wouldn’t they not have full responsibility over that action- can someone please help clarify.
Can we talk about how Hinduism is large in India and they basically live a moral life like Christians want to live their belief is just as strong as yours. Unless your an exception most people never change what they were brought up to believe consciousness doesn’t form til 7-8 and some ppl never get the chance to become aware of Jesus so how is that fair that they will be condemned when they die?
"He who does not believe is already condemned." So such a person has no hope, they can't repent of their unbelief? What about when Paul says that Jews can be grafted back in if they don't persist in their unbelief?
So … yes or no?
Ralph Martin: my religion is only worth following if other people are suffering In hell for all eternity. That’s a religion of love?
I don’t hear Isaiah 51:6 very much today.
Matt, you totally straw manned David Bentley Hart. And universalism proper does not deny a hell, just its duration and purpose. But who the hell am I to tell you eh? You need to talk about universalism in the Tradition and understand what hermeneutical foreclosure is. Just a brother trying to help.
It's not hell if it's temporary, it's purgatory. Some people are absolutely closed off to God by their own choices. Christ wouldn't talk so much about hell if it weren't real. If you reject the doctrine of eternal hellfire you reject Christ.
You act as if that the gospel is only good news if it is ultimately only a get out of hell card!
@Harry Waddington separation amd also a Lake made of Eternal Fire hehe 😅
@Harry Waddington hell is a torture place made by god because he likes killing and torturing ppl
When U look at communion wafers turning into real blood and stressed heart tissue in Catholic traditions and set up as idol worship we have lost our focus on the cross. It is so sad!
Would it not still be beautiful if the cross saved all? Why do you need someone else to be damned for your salvation to be worth a damn?
I wouldn’t worry too much over David Bentley Hart. He is a strange and troubled man.
You couldn't shine his shoes intellectually.
YES .
What did I do to deserve eternal torment?
yes face your reality.
This feels like a rather weak argument against Universalism.. I like matt but does he know that dbh and most universalists believe hell exists and people will go there? And how is the beauty of the cross diminished by this at all? Rather it is made more powerful as it saves everyone..
I disagree. What is the point of Jesus dying on the cross if everyone is saved without turning to him? It really does diminish the meaning of the cross.
Narrow is the way, friend. Universalism holds no water. Stop deceiving yourself.
@@supertophomie3005 From the universalist perspective Jesus actions is the entire reason that everyone will be saved. And everyone would in that case turn to him in the end.
Now i am not taking any position regarding this myself but that is the perspective.
But i will say that the meaning of the cross is by no means diminshed in that position because the meaning and beauty on the cross does not rely on the necesity that anyone enters into an eternal state of suffering.
The path to heaven is NARROW!
Hell is a temporary abode for DBH, and no person will be forever condemned according to DBH. That's the point of this controversy over DBH's views. To say, "oh, but he believes hell exists and people will go there," is beside the point.
Matt the best theologians of the 20th century? What about Von Balthasar and Ratzinger? I don’t get why Martin so much wants fellow humans to be tortured in hell.
That's right, He creates the sickness and then offers the cure
Sickness is a back lash of original sin and sin in the world. There wasn’t sickness in the Garden
@@eservey719 No matter which way you slice it, with ultimate power comes ultimate responsibility. There would be no sickness if God didn't choose to create.
Hell can only be coherently conceived as a self-exclusion of God's love and mercy.
Otherwise it is incoherent with an all loving God.
Even that doesn’t make sense with an all loving God. You claim God controls all things, he is omnipotent. And he knows all things, he is omniscient. That means he deliberately brought beings into existence who he knew would freely choose to ‘send themselves to Hell’ as I imagine you people would put it. The apparent free choice of humanity does not let your God off the hook. He is the all knowing, all powerful being. He created the circumstance where in some conscious beings would be tortured for all time, fully knowing what he was doing and exactly which sentient beings would be tortured for all time, even if said beings ‘freely’ chose. In other words, Yahweh is a monster.
@@bigkarl6367 Would you rather that there be no free will? Or do you think that there isn't?
Starts from the top…
Imagine if God wasn't a God of love and mercy. What would it be of us today?
Since Hell - the actual place, status, station, and terminus, not the fancy of human imagination - is the Grave .. in death, without God .. then, naturally enough, that is 'where' the vast major of humans are placed. The real difficulty is not how many of us go there or wander along its borderlands, it has to be how many shall abide there - by choice, all deprived of grace in Christ as they have freely decided to be, by rejecting the Way, the Truth, and the Life. I suspect that we shall be surprised at just how very many really have chosen unending material dissolution and spiritual disconnection, rather than face the Glory of the Beatific Vision and an eternal unity in Resurrection; and no amount of coaxing, cajoling, or coercing them into Heaven will or can then avail of a change in heart, mind, and will; thus, in the tomb, they have received exactly what they wanted in mortal life - a kind of godless existence aka damnation (note well Heaven's indescribably odd response to this state of affairs, the Gift of the Green Scapular .. yes, by God's grace, our charitable prayers can indeed prevail, in time to effect a turn around even in hardened sinners while yet in mortal life - if, but only if, we care to make that quaintly simple yet flesh-terrifying personal connection on their behalf*).
Keep the Faith; tell the truth, shame the devil, and let the demons shriek.
God bless. ;o)
* Not by eating their sins, materially, a rather jolly if gruesome pagan notion, but, in the manner of grace, by helping to take up their cross in life .. through prayer; that btw is the real point to the universal Communion of Saints, as one body with one spirit, each helping each, with all sharing both the joy and the pain (some more than others, but that is mortal life for you); it is also a large part of what Heaven asked of us at Fatima, and, perhaps, why its core demand has not yet been properly honoured .. as requested.
Verses like Rev 20:10 make Universalism very difficult.
Caring for others in this world matters just as much to God as evangelizing them for the next. It's okay for our Church to do both, so please stop putting them down for that.
Is there reasonable hope that we are all going to Heaven ?
all of us is going to hell i think
Dantes Divine Comedy has 99% of people going to hell. Dont loose hope Pray Pray Pray
@@inferinstincttheory1550 well that's sad. I'd say keep up hope just to spite the devil.
What's the problem with interreligious dialogue?
Nothing, unless it becomes more important than the Church's main task.
@@gavasiarobinssson5108 true
Just a caution really. It has often been used to justify watering down the True Faith Established by Christ to "meet people where they are" and cover over deep seated misunderstandings and heresy. This is actually very un-Charitable and against the authentic mission of the Church.
I'm glad you mentioned David Bentley Hart who translated the entire New Testament. The New Testament passages are misinterpreted here in this video (IMHO).
What Pope Francis is doing, is not creepy in the least, rather it is quite serious and rationally planned. Francis is steadily realizing a paradigm change, i.e., he is shifting the Church charged with enabling the saving of souls post mortem or beyond death TO a worldly church seeking "paradise", i.e., an eschatological finality in, with, and for this world, for mundane life. The temporal and not the eternal has become the dimension generating the horizon of Francis' world. The traditional goal of the salvation of souls transcends this world and whatever human deeds can be made and done in this world. Carpe mundum has come to replace carpe eternam, a goal that passes through death. Whatever is enveloped in and for this world will perish in time -- the universe's heat death will take care of that --, and when finality does take place there will be only the void of emptiness, because eternity has been lost as a goal. And THAT is the new paradigm that "creepy" Francis is dedicated to. My interpretation of Francis leads me to view Bergoglio as a papal aberration whose theological paradigm is incompatible, incommensurate with the Catholicism of the ages. Mr Martin, like so many other traditionalists, simply downplays verbally the seriousness of it all; namely the radically of Francis' paradigm shift and, instead, covers it up with really superficial adjectives such as "creepy". If an adjective is to be used, then "demonic" would be a good candidate. That adjective lends sharpness and seriousness to what the "creepy" Francis is doing, to which "doing" I confront with a "j'accuse".
So, the thoughts of an old professor whose worldly demise is not far off. Francis has nothing that attracts me as what attracts me is the Eternal beyond this world. My God, I am old fashioned. How "creepy"???
To Valhalla
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Did you bother reading David Bentley Hart or listening to him before saying he doesn't believe hell exists or that people will go there?
This video does not answer the question! 😠 If the answer is yes, then not that I condone these, but this would be a very good argument for anti-natalism, abortion, and even infanticide. I've heard that things go downhill at the age of reason, which I believe is 7 years old. I'd even wish I was killed before the age of reason, or better yet, never existed at all. 😟
idk, man. What you say feels clear as day to be true, it sounds like it comes from right from the mouth of Jesus. But idk man. I can't reconcile the ideas that we have the
tendency toward hell when it's our psychological/physiological tendencies, not our free will that leads us to destruction. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, isn't that reason enough for mortal sin to not exist? No one in their right mind would choose to abandon God if they knew what it really meant. If people had perfect strength of will and perfect knowledge and wisdom, no sin would be committed. So if one is handicapped with imperfection, then their sins are not mortal sins. I'm pretty worried getting this wrong, but the most rational conclusion to me is that we are saved. But your quote of Jesus just refutes it all. I wonder if your interpretation is right, but also no other interpretation is compelling. I am most definitely confused. plz help.
I'd rather take my chances with atheism than believe this. The key message of Jesus is GOOD NEWS; it's love. If we are motivated by fear of hell, then we've missed the point. The prodigal son realises that he screwed up and, in his desperation, he hopes that the father, he wished dead, would provide some menial assistance. The father's reaction? Open arms and celebration! This is what liberates and transforms the son (we hope!). I don't see how you can reconcile this 'beyond our understanding' love with a binary God of heaven and hell.
Yes. God sees our repentance and He is just willing to give us chances for it. But that does not mean we can live how we want just because we want him to give us credit for our bad actions. That’s just the opposite of the definition of grace. We don’t deserve it and receive it, but we don’t claim to receive it by charging: we ask for God’s grace merciless and show God we are sincerely repent. This benevolent God can search for our heart in trueness. We shouldn’t take benevolence and/or mercy as synonymous to indifferentism, condescension and complacency. Presumptuous is the soul that acts to put God to the fence: “or He will accept whatever I do or feel to act or I proclaim He is not good... Or God”. Sorry to say it and I don’t even care to judge anybody on anything, since I have my flaws to work better, but maybe you are in need of a good spiritual director, my friend. God bless!
@@brunot2481 Nothing I wrote suggested that we 'can live how we want' or that God's love for us is 'synonymous to indifferentism, condescension and complacency'. You are responding to an argument I didn't make.
2nd commandment have no graven images of me
3:10 God doesn’t want it to be this way? Your god is omniscient and omnipotent, he created this exact circumstance fully knowing which conscious beings would ‘freely choose’ not to respond to him.
It’s like a man holding a gun to your head and saying “Oh I wish it didn’t have to be this way. But by freely choosing to not give me all your money, you’re gonna make me have to shoot you. I really wish it didn’t have to be this way, it saddens me”. Your God is in the position of the gunman, he controls the entire situation.
"Do you think I like hitting you?!?" said the abusive alcoholic father in-between each strike
I have never understood why the God of the Jewish people was considered so cruel when he was so approachable as in the Psalms. The Jews didn't believe in Hell as we know it and they don't believe it now. Most of the really guilt Provoking sayings are put in the mouth of Jesus. And of course the gospels wern't written by Jesus or anyone who knew him. Sure makes you wonder ! By the way I'm almost 70 and have done a LOT of reading.
Many go to Hell, most go to Purgatory, and very very few go to Heaven.
@Meghan If you get into purgatory then you are assured of your final entry into heaven, after you are purified and purged of your attachment to sin.
@@johnobeid67 Heaven is still not an open-border free-entry-for-all. ;P
Those in Purgatory cannot get/acquire relief for themselves. They are dependent upon the members of the Church Triumphant and the Church Militant. *Most are still in Purgatory.* We shouldn't be so blasé about being hopeful for/about Purgatory regardless of the promise of it, it's not what we were made for.
If it were a simple question between Heaven and Hell, most therefore go to Hell.
And also gravity electricity and literally everything still works without your awareness. Why do we have to be aware of Jesus to activate our saving?? Just a question. I ask because I feel it’s not fair for a lot of good ppl who are overly programmed a different way which isn’t hurting a soul on earth they still have to go to hell for eternity all because the grew up another way and it works for them and they don’t hurt anybody so why change? they respect Christians but why change if our way works. How is that fair??
I'd have to disagree partially. I think St Isaac the Syrian was more correct in that while we do go to hell, it is not eternal. Of course this is not what we should aim for, we should remain on a state of Grace, repentful and away from mortal sin.
What you forget is that death=soul separated from body. Your soul cannot move without your body, so when you die and are judged, your soul is fixed with Supernatural Grace, or not. If not, then you must go to hell forever. You have the opportunity to live a life of Grace here, body and soul composite. That opportunity is not possible after your Particular Judgment.
To add: a human is composite of body and soul. You are either moving towards God, or away from Him while you live and that movement stops when your soul leaves your body. And then you are judged.
Its all about YAHSHUA Hamashiach/jesus christ.
Nothing Else, No One Else.
But sad to say, Catholic Christians have placed Mirriam/mary, the Apostles and So-Called Saints, whom are Dead People.
But funny, No One knows where are all these People, Heaven or Hell.
Sorry Guys, NO PURGATORY
I think you are getting to morbid...not necessary...