Former Catholic Priests and Nuns Testify of Conversion to Christianity
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2014
- Two former Roman Catholic priests and a former Roman Catholic nun testify how they trusted in Jesus Christ as personal Savior thereby renouncing the false doctrines of Catholicism. (Christian Answers of Austin Texas)
I attended a Catholic school for 10 years and I can honestly say that I didn't know anything about bible scripture till I left the church and started attending a Pentecostal church.
At Pentecost people heard Jesus' disciples speak in their various tongues. If the Pentecostal "church" could show that actually happens among its members it would lead to credibility. Can you do that?
They are wrong on the gospel message.
It's a false gospel message of faith plus works equals salvation.
Jesus is Lord God Almighty clothed in unsinful humanity and He is the author of eternal life to all who trust Him alone for salvation.
Saving repentance is realizing that you are a sinner deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever you trusted in before to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ alone for salvation.
Funny, Tim Staples was an on fire Pentecostal preacher. He's now Catholic.
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@@huskyfaninmass1042 Only God, in Christ Jesus can do that and He did. It was a special event in the New Testament. The Bible needs no credibility and neither does God in Christ Jesus. He simply is and we have the choice to believe He Is, or not, as we have free will to follow Him, or not. We either choose to study the Word of God, or not. Everything we need to know the Truth is in the Bible. God bless you to find the Truth.
@@colonalklink14 No one could say it better. ✝
I was a former catholic! I got saved threw Les Feldick ministries. Teaching the Bible verse by verse
Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me....Christ in me,and I in Christ...joy unspeakable!!
I was catholic just months ago. By the grace of God he opened my eyes and am now Christian!
diosaazteca5 praise Jesus!
Im not katholic any more eithet.I got the Holy Spirit Who led me to the truth. IMy life radically changed becouse of that.Glory and praise to God .!!!
diosaaz so you didn't know your religion, and you fell for the first wolf that came along. Nothing for you to brag about.
christopher hennessey yes “catholic “ which means “universal “ church but different from Roman Catholic Church.! Do your research on church history on RCC’s history!
Joseph Lee i hope you feel better soon
I was a Catholic for 32yrs. Until my stepdad passed away. One of the ladies I knew said that I should pray to my stepdad for the grace to be comforted for my grief of loss. This shocked me greatly I was brought up Baptist this collided with my brain. I raised my children Catholic because my husband wanted it at this point I began questioning the faith. I am neither Baptist or Catholic I consider myself a Christian.
Thankyou for this wonderful presentation! I spent Hal my life as a devoted Roman Catholic and half as a devoted Christian, I am still praying for my precious family members on the east coast. I attended 18 years of Catholic education in NJ and NY and followed my protestant Husband ,a graduate of West Point, and ended up in KY. I signed that I would raise our children as Roman Catholics and I did! I taught the Catechism of the Good Shepherd in my small Montessori School for children 3-6. I loved the Lord and also the three different orders of nuns who educated me, but here there was one elderly nun trying to handle teaching all the public schools. I offered my services and met many protestant parents who sent their children into my care. I had a few assistants who loved the Bible. They invited me to a Bible Study and I went. The leader asked us to open to Romans to begin a 30 week study. I asked where it was, Old or New Testament! My friend had asked if I had a Bible and I had said "Yes, it was an engagement present and it sits on the coffee table, I dust it off reverently." I loved the Study and found myself asking God if "it" really said this or that. I went on to many other books and studies at the chapel at Ft. Knox, after realizing how very much I did not know. As a devoted Catholic in a prayer community, then a Charismatic Renewal , Life in the Spirit seminar, I tried for a long time to get a Catholic Bible Study but was told that "all I needed was the Euchrarist and the Rosary." Finally, a priest agreed and a large group of excited mothers attended the first meeting where we heard that the Old Testament was a book of "myths" and we were each given a slim study of the book of Revelation which would take about 6 weeks. This was amazing for me as I had read it and loved it on my own. The priest explained that all it covered already happened in the first centuries. I had to tell him that as a mother of three children , 2 ready for Confirmation and 1 ready for Holy Communion, I could not teach them about myths and many other ideas. I studied one book at a time Precept upon Precept for 6 years and began teaching them at home after 5 miscarriages we were expecting a long prayed for child. It was an intense time of my life, questioning the sacrifice of the Mass. I read every book by ex-priests, nuns, catholics trying to understand what had gone wrong in the teaching of the church.
God has abundantly answered my prayer and given me two more children after that . Six children were not the 10 I always wanted but they are a blessing and we are expecting our 28th and 29th grand children and raising our 3 yr old great grandson.
A few weeks ago I was searching for a lecture on Last Days, and came across an article on the crises of the Catholic Church, the Homosexual scandal in the Vatican and Church. I read everything I could of several traditional Catholics who are praying for the church. I prayed for them to find the way, truth and life! Thankyou again for this talk. God bless you all! In Christ, Ann Marie , now 70 and thanking God daily for His Word!
The proests who told you that the stories of the Old Testament were myths were departing from Catholic teaching. The true Catholic doctrine is that all 73 Books of the Bible are onspired by God and that all the miracle stories of both testaments are true.
Don't you miss Jesus in the Holy Eucharist?
@@georgepenton808 You mean the bread god? Nope.
@@jacqueslefave4296 So, you do not care for what Jesus instituted at the Last Supper.
@@georgepierson4920 Yes I do, it is a regular ordnance of our church, as a the solemn commemorative that it was meant to be by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.❤️✝️
@@jacqueslefave4296 When someone gets the death penalty it is normal from that time of Jesus to give them a meal then hours later they are given the death. In reality what will the family and friends remember most? I would say the death. If you look very carefully We are to worship God .How? God commenced with the Jews. Abraham and Isaac are prefiguration of God the Father and Jesus . Abraham means Priest Isaac Lamb. Abraham sets up an Altar to Sacrifice Isaac. The Jews abandon that type of sacrifice and use an animal. Jews were worshipping the Messiah in advance Work in Progress but they used an animal. Before the animal was slaughtered certain prayers were said only by the Priest. Once a year the Jews had Passover Prayers. Those particular Prayers are His Death Prayers. They are Perpetual and can't be changed. They were passed over to us Gentiles by the Apostles.
The Temple in Jerusalem fell in 70A.D because it was the end of time for the Symbolic Paschal Lamb Sacrifice . Now the Gentiles have the Prayers, the last Supper and the Crucifixion . This is Biblical Shortly after the Jews gain Israel the Perpetual Sacrifice will be removed and the Abomination of Desolation replaced therin then comes the end of time for the Gentiles for Salvation comes from the Jews (Salvation here means War) They use the word sacrifice Jews got Israel in 1948 Sacrifice removed from Rome in 1965. The worship must have His Death Prayers and said only by a Priest.
What's in Rome today is not the Roman Catholic Church it's the Counterfeit Novus Ordo Church created by the Secret Societies to try to unify Christians and to go with the New World Order . This lot preaching to you obviously haven't read the full New Testament either. Jews take the Gentiles out. Never mind the Muslims.
was a Catholic and I found God at a church where my doctor invited to go to. It is a pentecostal church called The Church of God Ministry of Jesuschrist International (it is all over the world) where people from different churches go because the manifestation of the power of God is so strong and the presence of the Holy Spirit of the Lord with miracles, healings and wonders. I went to the bible studies, to the praisings to praise the name of the Lord, I meditated His Word (as He ask us to do in order to get to know Him) and His promises, I learned to have an intimate relationship with God the Father (without using any other intermediary than His beloved son Jesus) and as a result I got healed from 2 incurable diseases Lyme and Fybromyalgia, my marriage was strengthened and my family converted. Thank you, Lord for showing me the way to know you when before I only heard about you. 🙏🙏🙏 All the Honor and Glory to His Name.
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You were probably BLIND not to have SEEN or FELT or CONSUMED GOD as a Catholic.
Who founded your false Church
@@shredder9536The word “church” is Ecclesia in Greek and it means assembly. The church is not an institution or a building but a people who are in Christ by faith and sealed with the Spirit awaiting their Resurrection.
You have been told the Roman Catholic Church has never changed but it has changed in many ways over time. Just look at the papacy. The New Testament knows nothing of the supremacy of the Bishop of Rome over the universal church. Peter said in this epistle that he was a fellow elder, the Apostle Paul corrected Peter to his face in the book of Galatians, it was James not Peter who was the bishop of Jerusalem and leading the council in Acts 15. According to the epistle of Clement, there was a plurality of bishops in Rome up until 140 AD; a full eighty years after the death of Peter. Later we see Iraneaus bishops of Lyon rebuking the bishop of Rome when he tried to excommunicate bishops in the east for holding Easter on a different day than was held in the west. We seen Cyprian, bishop of Alexandria, effectively telling the bishop of Rome to pound sand when he tried to meddle in Cyprian’s affairs. The papacy is an accretion that developed much later in the church. It’s not an Apostolic teaching.
@@shredder9536so much hate against a woman who was personally experienced miracles. This is why I could never be Roman Catholic. You guys don’t have the fruit of the spirit. So much meanness and hostility.
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." --Rev. 3: 19
I left the RCC after this last Christmas mass after being a professional cantor for nearly 30 years. Praying my family follows suit one day.
Big mistake. Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Matt 16:18 & has lasted for over 2000 yrs proving its supernatural origin
@@geoffjs Not true. The scriptures existed before Christ came to earth - how do you think the Old Testament characters managed? They worshipped at the Temple and followed the teachings of the Hebrew Bible. And the catholic interpretation of peter and the rock is frankly wishful thinking at best by catholics. There is no way a church could be founded on a man - the church is divine in nature, and Jesus Himself said He was the only foundation on which we should build. Study the scriptures for yourself instead of listening to the priests. they have a vested interest in the church - Christians only need invest in Christ Himself. God bless you. I hope and pray you find the truth.
@@geoffjs Christianity was illegal and viciously persecuted in the roman empire for 300 years. Then all of a sudden, Rome became the authority of all christianity. Its a complete joke. Catholics dont believe Satan exists, they believe every "miracle" and "sign" that for some reason only happens to catholics. Even though Jesus warns of this exact thing. The Eucharist is a false Christ that has performed lying signs that Jesus warns us about in Matthew 24:24-27. He cannot be summoned at will into bread countless times every single day, nowhere in scripture is that process described or commanded.
@lizzie3094 the bible mentions jesus founding the church and the idea of a priesthood.. Read the bible which is a Catholic book.
God's word says " you must be born again, yes believe that Jesus is the only way, truth & life. The church , baptism, membership, tides, etc. DOES NOT save us.
Mere Baptism by itself, and mere membership in the Catholic Church, are not enough for salvation, you are correct. But these two are the mandatory starting points. In addition to being baptized (when we are baptized we are born again) and active participation in the Church and her sacraments we must also love the Lord our God with all our hearts, all our souls, and all our minds (Matthew 22:37).
It is impossible to love God that much and stay in a man-made Protestant denomination. That's why outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation.
@@georgepenton808 what the heck 🤣 you are brainwashed aren't you?
Amen to that George! Catholic Church is the only Church that anyone ,if they choose to, can trace back to the 12 Apostles. And farther more, Jesus did not have the letter S ( plural) on the word "Church".
Matthew 16:18: ‘You are Kepha, and on this kepha I will build my "Church.'’ Why are there 45,000 Denominations? Well, fallow the money!! God Bless!
The Bible does say that New Testament Baptism saves us.
( Acts 2:38-40, Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 3:21, Mark 16:16 )
The Bible does say that New Testament baptism is for the remission (pardon, forgiveness) of sins.
( Luke 24:47, Acts 2:38 & 22:16, Colossians 2:11,12 )
The Bible does say that New Testament baptism is our burial, which is an essential part of the gospel of Death, Burial, and Resurrection.
( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Romans 6:3-5, Colossians 2:12 )
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:5
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38
The first caller is a former Catholic Priest who decided that his greatest sin was Pharasaism. Many people would agree that the most obvious offensive projection from Priests is the same as Jesus rebuked the ancient Pharisees for: Their hypocritical attitude of SUPERIORITY.
The traditions of men have made void the Word of God. Colossians 2 vs 8,,,,Mark 7 vs 7 to 13.
--And Paul was one of the founders of the church of Rome along with Peter, as Irenaeus of Lyons clearly wrote around 180 AD. They had Apostolic Authority, and what They taught were not traditions of men, although they were men, for Jesus gave His apostles the power of Binding and Loosing on earth and the power to forgive sins, as in John 20: 22-23.
Very very true
Family please pray for me. My relatives are Catholic. They spend their days in hostility towards each other while constantly trying to earn grace by works as their family crumbles under hate. But they are old and set in their ways with no interest in the truth. Please pray that the Truth will prevail.
Same with my Polish catholic family and Poland i hope for massive prayers that Holy Spirit Convict Harshly all over that they come to Truth/ Jesus repent and believe!... for Jesus name glory!! AMEN.
Please pray for me. My relatives are all Protestants from different denominations and they all have their own private interpretations of scripture, in violation of 2 Peter 1:20, and none of them eat Jesus' Body or drink His Blood, as commanded by John 6:48-69.
All except one cousin, that is, who converted to Catholicism.
There are lots of "hypocrites" in other religious traditions, too!
@@seekeroftruth399 I agree. Jesus didn't bring religion though.
@@georgepenton808 doesn't the Bible condemn cannibalism? Why didn't Jesus just die on the table at the last supper and just let them really eat and drink him there? I don't understand?
I am blessed to have read the Bible! I am SAVED! I pray that the world reads and studies the Bible.
While reading the Bible make sure you don't miss John 6:48-69 (the Holy Eucharist), Luke 1:48 (devotion to Mary), 1 Corinthians 3 :13-15, Matthew 5:25-26, Luke 12:58-59, and 2 Maccabess 12:43-46 (Purgatory), John 20:22 and James 5:16 (Confession), Matthew 16:18-19 (the papacy), Matthew 25:31-46 and James 2:26 (good works necessary for salvation), and Matthew 19:14 (infant Baptism).
George Penton ...excellent!
George Penton ...have you not been told that 2Macc is not in any Protestant Bible or Jewish Tenach? The apocryphal books were written during the intertestamental period when there was no prophet on the scene. Because of this, those books have been rejected by both the Protestant & Jewish faiths...so you can’t blame it on Martin Luther. He had no say in what the Jews did.
@@melindabloom7281 The Catholic Church says 2 Maccabees belongs in the Bible. Therefore 2 Maccabees belongs in the Bible. But even if it weren't in the Bible it is still accurate as a history book, explaining what the ancient Jews believed and practiced.
Thank God for Purgatory! If Purgatory didn't exist God, in His justice, would have to send everyone who isn't perfect to Hell (Matthew 5:48 and Revelation 21:27).
George Penton ...Maccabees is not inspired writing. But yes, it is a great historical book, like Josephus. No one is perfect...that’s why we need a Savior. The entire Old Testament along with the 613 commandments that the Jews added called the Talmud...how can anyone keep all of that? No one ever could, but One. He came to set us free from THE LAW. “OH YOU FOOLISH GALATIANS, who has bewitched you...” And “ did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law or by hearing with faith?” So then, why would anyone believe in something so comical as purgatory? Wasn’t Christ’s death on the cross enough? How could anyone add to that? Why would Catholics dismiss Christ’s death as being only PARTIAL? Wasn’t His death enough for your atonement? It certainly was enough for mine...thank You Lord!
"The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand: REPENT YE, AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL." --Mark 1: 15
Catholics say people must repent and give up their sins or they won't get to Heaven. Protestants say as long as you believe in Jesus you can sin all you want and get into Heaven.
"If you sin, sin boldly, but believe more boldly still."
--Martin Luther
@@georgepenton808 actually Christian's do not believe you can sin all you want. Christians believe you repent of your sons and be born again and slowly but surely the Lord will work in your life and change will come. 🤣🤣 Catholics are just as funny as Protestants when they say "you guys believe this or that" I grew up in a Catholic house the woman believes she can do her own good to get to heaven and she agrees gays are allowed in her church and will go to heaven but I was told I will not be in heaven because I am not Catholic 🤣 where does the Bible even say that?
Diana Vee...the Bible, the only Truth there is, doesn’t say that. Catholics only know how to spout church doctrine & don’t know how to defend their faith with the Word of God bc the Bible is secondary to the traditions of sinful man.
@@georgepenton808 Catholics do need to repent because they believe a false gospel that can not save them. Please read your Bible. And Christians do not think it is okay to sin.
@@georgepenton808 What you said is a lie straight out of hell. The repentence of sin is forgiven forever. We still are in the flesh and can still sin, but when we repent of any fleshly sin it is forgiven. No true believer wants to sin and what you said about being able to sin all they want and get into heaven is the faulty reasoning of the unsaved looking in, not from within. It's ludicrous to think a true believer thinks like that.
These are wonderful books. I've had them for years and given several away. I grew up Catholic and became Born again 30plus years ago. What a tremendous blessing it has been in my life. My husband was saved 8 years after me after lots of prayer to our Father God.
If you are searching for the differences in what the Catholic church teaches and what the Bible says ...these books by Bennett makes it very clear.
. Only Gods Spirit can reveal His truth to your heart.
It is Protestantism, not Catholicism, that conteadicts the Bible. Protestants reject the Holy Eucharist, despite John 6:48-69. Protestants reject Mary, despite Luke 1:48. Protestants reject Confession, despite John 20:22 and James 5:16. Protestants reject good works, despite Matthew 25:31-46. Protestants reject Purgatory, despite 1 Corinthians 3:13-15. Protestants (some Protestants) reject infant Baptism, despite Matthew 19:14. Protestants (some Protestants) think salvation can never be lost, despite Matthew 3:13-23. Protestants reject the pope, despite Matthew 16:18-19. Protestants reject that the Mass is a sacrifice, despite Malachi 1:11.
I'll bet your Protestant minister never preaches on any of those passages, does he?
George Penton ...Protestants don’t reject the Eucharist, we believe that Jesus is the bread of life. We just don’t believe that Jesus is sacrificed again & again. He was offered once, Heb.9:28. Protestants don’t reject Mary. We believe that Mary is certainly to be honored, but NOT prayed to. Protestants don’t reject confession, we go straight to the One who forgives our sins. Protestants don’t reject good works. We believe that good works is the evidence of the Holy Spirit dwelling in our lives, the fruit of what Christ has done at salvation. We DON’T believe that good works is what we need to do to get into heaven. “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ & you will be saved” Acts 16:31. NOT believe, plus anything else. Protestants DO reject purgatory bc it’s not Scriptural. Catholics have misinterpreted 1Cor 3:13-15. Those verses speak of fire as purification of the precious metals & the works that a man might do. The precious stones can withstand the fire but the wood & stubble will burn. The false doctrine of purgatory renders Jesus death on the cross as insufficient. May That Never Be! Protestants reject infant baptism bc it isn’t Scriptural either. Matt 19:14 speaks about being childlike in our faith & has absolutely NOTHING to do with baptism, infant or otherwise. Protestants believe in a Believers Baptism, imitating Christ who was baptized as an adult, as it’s stated in all the gospels. Protestants reject the pope bc this isn’t Scriptural. In Matt 26:18-19, Jesus is speaking about Peter taking the Good News of the gospel to Jerusalem, the Judeans, Samaritans, & then the Gentiles in Acts 1:8. There is no pope spoken about in the Bible. And Protestants ESPECIALLY reject the mass as a sacrifice bc that isn’t Scriptural either. As I already mentioned, “Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many”. Heb 9:28. AND LASTLY, Protestant ministers only preach the Truth of God’s Word & don’t teach false doctrines.
@@melindabloom7281 Melinda, you are attempting to interpret the scripture yourself, using private interpretation, in violation of 2 Peter 1:20 and Proverbs 3:5. When you attempt to substitute your own opinion for the infallible teachings of Our Holy Mother the Church all you can ever come up with is just that----personal opinion, which changes, and changes, and changes. The core doctrines of the Catholic Church remain the same, century after century.
And on at least one point you memtioned, infant Baptism, Protestants disagree among themselves. Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians baptize babies, and these four denominations make up more than half the world's Protestants.
Melinda, when you read the New Testament, do you find thousands of squabbling denominations, or do you find one united Church?
George Penton ...first of all, 2Pet 1:20 is speaking about PROPHECY & not about reading & studying Scripture on the whole. The Holy Spirit, who is the Author of all Scripture dwells within every born again believer, so it is therefore the Holy Spirit ONLY who can interpret PROPHECY. And when speaking about Pro 3:5, as a teacher of the Bible, you NEVER take Scripture out of context...rule #1 of anyone who studies Scripture. Proverbs 3:6 “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Because He is the Author of Scripture, He directs the reader in all ways. And lastly, when I read the New Testament, I do see many squabbling denominations. Have you not read the books of Galatians, Corinthians, or Thessalonians? Geesh! But the overriding Good News wins out as the first church THE WAY gets established. I don’t read anything “Catholic” anywhere in Scripture.
@@melindabloom7281 ---The Mass is a sacrifice bc Jesus said on offering the cup that it was the Blood of the New Covenant and to do it in Memory of Him. His sacrifice is what we remember and He through the Holy Spirit makes the One Sacrifice present everywhere it is offered. Mass is not a new sacrifice but a new offering of the One and Only Sacrifice of Calvary.. You speak of Protestants, but how many Different groups are there, and why are they separated and teaching Different "truths"? Is confusion of God? Is Division of God? How old was Jesus when He was circumcised? You are speaking of things you do Not understand, bc Jesus founded One Church in Matthew 16, and He prayed for Unity in John 17, but that is not recognized by Protestants bc they are loving of God but confused by the False Teachers. The One Church of Jesus waits for you to enjoy the fullness of faith and understanding Jesus gave to it through the Apostles and their successors. The New Testament you have comes from the Catholic bishops of the 4th century.
I've heard that joke about every other denomination, they think they're the only ones in heaven.
Thank you all of you, for explaining & confirming so wonderfully to me, as recently the CZcams has been bombarded with Catholic services, etc. I am a 'reborn Christian', who loves our Lord Jesus to the point of me almost crying every time I just contemplate on Him. Just this morning, before listening to you, I started deleting anything Catholic from the videos sent to me. Jesus though guided me to your program - I was feeling guilty about how terrible I felt about the Catholic faith (system) & now I have peace & knowing that how I feel is right! All glory to God. Thank you again........................
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Ask the Holy Spirit His opinion. And ask Him to control the feeds into your device. God has His hand in everything and yes He will do this. You might not like the results you recieve.
I just got done listening to Keith Nesser, former Evangelical minister who left that for the CC. It is disheartening to see so many Christians who forsake the simple faith of our walk in Christ, for Churchianity. Love hearing about former priests and sisters who realize that where they were as Catholics was a failed system that leads us into a system of religious rules and sacraments. I was a former Catholic and wondered whether or not I in fact left the true church, but that is not a problem for me any longer, because the truth of the Bible, and the witness of the Holy Spirit and what the ex- priest on the telephone Bart Brewer said what is NOT in Scripture. Why are so many Evangelicals being duped into believing that the CC has the authority of Christ? Thank God these precious people came out of Rome, and found the power of the gospel to be sufficient enough to hold them and succor them in true faith and hope in Christ alone, The Father and the Holy Spirit ONE God.
If Keith Nester and many others outstanding "Pastors" who know the Bible very well found their way back home to the One, Holy, Catholic , Apostolic Church founded by Christ on St. Peter, why you left?
am planted beside the flowing waters during scorching heat am green and am bearing fruit because Jesus himself is the vinedresser.No storm nor rain or sunshine destroy me
the evangelical christian is a bible believer amen...
Since it was the Catholic Church that compiled and authorised the biblical canon it's good that the Evangelical Christian is a bible believer, maybe he should take the next step and consider becoming a Catholic Christian (from the Greek word Katholicos meaning Universal.) After all, with over 40000+ Protestant denominations in the US alone does that not indicate that there might be a slight problem there? Where's the authority? Which one is right? All of them??! Surely not or they wouldn't have split and schismed again and again and again and... "That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you." John 17:21 Amen.
Amen to all of this. A-freaking-men!
The entire argument between protestant and Catholic believers is rooted in this mistaken understanding!
The Church came FIRST, not the Bible. How stupid would it have been for the Church to compile and close the cannon of the Bible if it actually disproved doctrines they had been teaching for 400 years already?
+Uisge Beo
Yes, Protestant may fall short, saying this is in humility before our Lord, maybe have many earthly buildings
but are one body in Christ,
for the body as many parts, how can the eyes say to the ears I have no need of you, but nearly all protestants hold to the word of God, granted there are always error, as children growing in the knowledge of our Lord
but that being said, its not about those things its the teaching of the catholic church, its just not biblical and teaches another gospel, tho the gospel speaks of the errors of catholic church in many ways,
so after all said the last words I have to give you is,
Revelation 18:
1And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
+Benex “Benexcma” Saber you do realaize that your bible is incomplit and that you detached yourself from the true church.
gorjan dejkoski what is the true chruch?your chruch?what is name?
It's true what the say....There is a well known quote that states that "Protestants gets the weakest Catholics and Catholicism gets the strongest Protestants"
Yes, it is the truth, because those who leave the Catholic church have never understood the church and or weak in their faith. Those who are strong in their faith will never leave the Catholic church.
awesome quote!
so true
thanks for sharing
+aughalough1 2 Corinthians 12:9 And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
+aughalough1 funny!!! that doesn't seem to be the case here. A priest and a nun. These aren't Christmas and Easter church attenders like many "weak" catholics.
I have never heard that quote. I even googled it and the only hit was this video so it must have been made up by a catholic. Millions of people are leaving the Catholic organization. That stat includes me. South American catholics are leaving in very large numbers.
JAT002, "Protestants gets the weakest Catholics and Catholicism gets the strongest Protestants"
The real reasons are never about theology. If that were the case, why are so many Protestant Bible scholars and ministers converting to Catholicism? I have a list. Starting with the President of the Evangelical Society who returned to the Church just last year: Franscis Beckwith... and then there is Robert Koons...professor of philosophy at U. of Texas...and .... Richard & Danielle Borgman: Evangelicals , Dr.Scott Hahn , Former United Methodist - Marcus Grodi, Tim Staples: Former Assemblies of God Youth Minister , Kristine Franklin & Rosalind Moss: Former Evangelical & Jewish Convert
Thanks for standing on the truth of God's word brother. Subscribed!
Once one opens and reads The Bible from coco to cover, they never go back to Catholicism. It’s heartbreaking for those who knew nothing else since childhood but the superficiality and deception they realize is infuriating once they know the truth. Walk away. Never go back to that emptiness.
I've read it from cover to cover and I teach Scripture as a Catholic. Jesus only established one church and you left it for a "church" established by a sinner instead.
@@bridgefin 💙💜Catholicism is not Christianity.✝️ ✝️
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- Antithetical books taught as doctrine that are contradictory to the Bible is apostasy.
****1 Timothy 4:1**** Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.
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- Forbidding clergy to marry is apostasy.
****1 Timothy 4:3**** who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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• Adding church doctrines, especially doctrines that uniquely serve the context of a church’s teachings and political purposes of a church is apostasy and it’s forbidden. A church can’t interpret a scripture and ignore the fact that their interpretation contradicts other scriptures. ****Deuteronomy 4:2,**** ****Galatians 1:6-7****
****Mark 7:7****
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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• We have a new ministry in the new covenant. Christ did not send out any officiating new covenant high priests, or parish priests. ****Ephesians 4:11****
****Ephesians 4:11**** So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers
• God does not show favoritism -- there is no evidence in the scriptures that the church was built on a human. We do not have a human pope to guide us. We are led by the indwelling of the Spirit. ****Acts 1:5****
****Romans 2:11**** no favoritism
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• The scriptures show no differences in the apostles.
****Equality amongst the apostles****
“Ye are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. ****Ephesians 2:20****
“And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” ****Revelation 21:14****
• Peter was no different than the others. We can see here in ****Revelations 21:14**** that Peter was still an apostle, not a pope. John saw a vision of the New Jerusalem, so if Peter was a pope, John would have said I saw the foundation of the city walls in layers of 11 apostles and the one pope.
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- The Rock of the church is spiritual, not physical. There is only one Rock.
****1 Corinthians 10:4**** and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
****1 Corinthians 3:11**** For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have-Jesus Christ.
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• Mary nor the saints can hear prayers. There’s only one mediator in heaven between God & Man. No scriptures show that the 24 elders hear prayers. Mary nor the saints are not omnipresent and able to hear millions.
****1 Timothy 2:5**** For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
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• All Christians are saints.
****Philippians 1:1**** Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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• All Christians are priests. We are living stones being built in a spiritual house on a spiritual Rock. You can approach God for forgiveness yourself.
****1 Peter 2:5**** Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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• The doctrine of original sin is not biblical or found in the scriptures at all. Water baptism cannot remove sins. By the shedding of blood is there remission of sins. Adam sinned but adding the terminology of “original sin” is not biblical.
****Hebrews 9:22**** In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
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• Every Christian is supposed to study and read the Bible for themselves. ****Acts 17:11****
****Ephesians 3:4**** As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.
****Psalm 119:15**** I will study your commandments and reflect on your ways.
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• In order to receive salvation, we must all repent and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior. We need no new antithetical AD prophet church bibles, no man-made doctrines, no priests, no infallible magisterium, no Vatican, no communion of saints, no catechisms, no Marian dogmas, no transubstantiation, no other God(s), no idolatry, no prosperity gospel, no blessed prayer cloths, no added rituals, no antithetical traditions, no Eucharist, no veneration of Mary, no long list of good works, no water baptism regeneration, no sacrament of reconciliation, no rosary, no pope, no papacy, no apostolic succession, and no church dogmas, but *only* by grace through faith are we saved. Christ is enough!
****Ephesians 2:8**** "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".
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- I’m not against any church. I’m against people who are being misled and deceived. A church that has stood for several centuries must still teach sound doctrine. Even in the days of the apostles, the church was under the constant threat of apostasy. Any church that is built on false doctrine leads people astray. That church is no longer fertile grounds for the development of the body of Christ.
- I know this information can be heavy so I pray for your healing. I also pray that you will see the truth in God’s word. Study.
In Jesus’s name, Amen. 💜💜💜.
I feel really sad 😞 of how the Roman Catholics cannot open up their eyes and see the truth like how Jesus says. I think is because they don’t usually read the Bible like Protestants. But also because they are not asking God with their hearts to show them the truth. And sometimes they don’t want to receive the truth. I pray for them so that God can open up their eyes and put their trust in Jesus Christ. God bless you all.
Holy Spirit arrived, as promised, after Christ departed.
Holy Spirit is spirit of truth.
It’s proper to prayer to Holy Father God in heaven, in the name of Savior, asking for help of Holy Spirit so every reading of Scripture matters and the TRUTH unfolds.
The bible is a Catholic book
If the Bible is from the Catholics why they do not obey it? Who were the first Christian’s ? They were Jewish. The letters of Paul and the other disciples, they were writing here and there, to the churches and to the brothers in other places. Just like God used many ungodly kings, the same he used the Roman Empire, since they were persecuting the followers of Jesus, and murdering everyone who confess Jesus. So the Bible is from the Jewish People who believe in Jesus as their messiah, and also for those gentiles who converted to Jesus. remember that no one was allow to have a bible, the Roman’s were burning the letters and anything related to Jesus. So tell me how were they able to have the bible?? So our Lord God used the situation to compile the books of the bible trough The council of Nicea in AD 325 but the Word of God was written already, way before the Catholics called themself universal meaning Catholics. Tell me why the reformers? Die the way they did? They die for the truth. Because they were translating from the original Hebrew and Greek. So please The disciples were not worshiping images or statues, like the Roman Catholic Church today. Or going by mans doctrines. God promised to preserve his Word and he did. Psalm 12 KJV. And today I have a copy of it thank God.
@odalisrodriguez5647 Catholics do not worship images and statues. They are used to help with prayer. The same way a flag is used to honour your nation. You don't worship cloth. Why are protestants so stupid on simple issues.
@@odalisrodriguez5647 King James threw out books of the bible it's not a proper Bible. Catholics don't worship statues. Who told you that??
Several great books for GROWING IN THE TRUTH: Crossing The Tiber, by Stephen Ray. Surprised by Truth, by Patrick Medrid. And if you are Jewish, a great book is Honey from the Rock by Roy Schoeman.
God bless you all. He is Risen! Praise God.
Thank you. I'll be looking for those books you mentioned.
God bless you
The best book is the bible therein is truth and tells us po f our creator & savior whose our only mediator, John 14:6, Acts 4:12, John 3:3-5
Acts 16:31, Acts 2;38 2 Timothy 2:5
The books mentioned during this program are noteworthy.
the answer to the man who ask why doesnt jesus write it all down for us, that becuase we are not always guided by the word but by the spirit that leads us to truth, but also god carries his message through the messenger amen
I used to be catholic also! Saved by the Gospel. Romans 1:16,2:16, 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 When you believe in the death burial and resurrection was for you the Lord seals you with the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 1:13
Praise God! Thank you for your ministry. I've finally seen the light. I thought i could be born again and catholic but realize, through the grace of God, that its a pagan religion full of idolatry and blasphemy. I hope to save all of my Catholic family and friends. Alleluia!
Megan Pierce whose ministry you are talking about? Human based ministries are commercial entities. Are you a commercial worker?if so you cannot save any Catholic,first save youself by jumping into the sewerage, only then you'll know what shit you have got into.
Catholic church is built on a solid Rock, the foundation of which is layed by Jesus Christ himself. Now you have fragmented Jesus into many churches started by Tom, Dick and Harry types,one do not agree with the other.
Tell me as you say you have seen the light, what light have seen in a fragmented church started by dissatisfied humans?
Even today there are many who wants to fragment the fragmented churches. The only way to stop the fragmentation is for Jesus to return and when He returns He will descend on the solid Rock where He began His ministry. You can remain where you are presently, but do not criticize the Catholic church lest you be thrown into the sewerage for cleancing by the Catholic church.
The Catholic Church is the One True Church founded by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All other denominations are man-made and therefore false.
@@georgepenton808 where do you read that in scripture? Give the verse where you read Roman Catholic Church and also give me the verse where the authority of Peter is extended to the popes of Rome. And while you are at it. Show me the duties of roman catholic priests in the new testament to crucify Christ in mass over and over again. I want the verses.
God bless you Megan! Do not listen to these deceivers. God has found you. Praise the LORD!
Hey Megan. This was me too last year. Thought I could remain born again, and stay identify as Catholic but the Holy Spirit as well as the word of God, revealed to me all the pagan traditions in the Catholic church.
The rosary, prayer beads that are used by all other pagan religions
The worship of Mary, the idols and statues, praying to the saints. All things that make it hard to have a genuine relationship with God.
But again I didn't want to join a born again church because, I had encountered God and I knew the real deal, which wasn't that.
It's later when the Holy Spirit revealed to me that the born again denomination is also a religion like all these other religions. Luckily God led me to a Bible believing and preaching Church and it's been awesome. So much growth in the Lord. With enough tribulations as well, bur knowing that you know that you How real Christ is.
Praying for all Catholic peoples to receive Christ before is too late...God uses Mary to reveal his son ..Mary is a humble and pure heart but she is a same person like us..Jesus is done everything for us...
TM Z do you see the hipocracy in your statement, we catholics know that and we have recieved christ, we know Mary reveals her son to us thats why when she appears all over the world we listen to what she says, she knows the catholic church is her sons church and she has been telling the world to come back to her son Jesus christ, and has stated the more we pray the rosary we can stop wars, we can , get elections turned. so people are rejecting this from God ,saying its the devil!, well why would the devil want to turn people back to god. this is the great falling away that is in the bible people are leaving the church,and Jesus is coming back soon. I dont see why protestants have to put every thing in a bubble, when Jesus was on the cross, He said to John here is your mother , well he had a mother, and Jesus said to her women this is your son that was his way of saying I give my mother to the world. so catholics test all things, and why does it say in revelations she will crush the head of the serpent well, because through prayer of the rosary, and the church Satan will be defeated.
Jesus revealed Himself. He doesn't need his mommy to reveal Him to us.
"I defended Catholicism when I was 10." That's me right there!
Keep speaking the truth! There will be those who will hear, and finally decide to open their Bibles and read for themselves.
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Amen
I may not be a priest or a nun, but i understand clearly the part when he said something about he couldn't live among idols and statues anymore.. For me i was to the point where i was in the Catholic church everyone was praying to Mary reciting hail Mary, and i was there looking at the cross, asking myself... Lord what is this uneasiness inside of me? Is this the right thing to do? Praying to Mary and the Saints and to you Lord? And when the priest give speeches it was so "logical" in a sense that i don't have to come to church to know this about Jesus wants you to love blabla, ofc God wants us to love one another but, apart from that the church failed to warn us about the book of Revelation. Why? because that book is controversial to people, many people are scared of apocalypse, hence, they avoid that subject. Which is absurd because that is the most important part, Jesus' 2nd coming, that is why we go to church!!!
But apparently, Catholics are hardly informed about this. Yes they do know Jesus Christ is coming soon, but that's about their knowledge on that topic. Also I never knew about scriptures in detail because in the church the prayer are projected on the screen or bibles are provided. Bear in mind, Catholic bible are changed (if you don't believe i can give you proof) And almost monthly the church come up with different prayers!
Ridiculous, I was blind but now i see. Thank you Jesus, my only way to salvation! I do adore Mary and the saints, they lived a holy life but i believe they are in heaven rejoicing and NOT hearing any of these people treating them like idols. Lord save your people!
praise the Lord
FutureXXD,
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO BE IN JESUS CHRIST’S ONE CHURCH HE ESTABLISHED???
History and the Bible both point to only ONE CHURCH being established by Jesus Christ: the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. First, the Bible does not attest to itself as the sole rule of Faith and resolver of
disputes. Instead, we see “the Church” (singular) is the “authority” to resolve faith and moral disputes (Matthew 18:17) and is the “pillar and bulwark of TRUTH” (1 Timothy 3:15). The “pillar and bulwark of TRUTH” states in Catechism #846 there is NO SALVATION outside “the Church”, especially to those who know and refuse to enter Jesus Christ’s ONE CHURCH.
Second, Jesus Christ has ONE HEAD and ONE BODY - “the Church” (Ephesians 1:22-23 and Ephesians 4:4-6). Jesus does not have ONE HEAD and 35,000 different Bodies and growing divisions. Jesus Christ has only ONE BODY and married Himself to ONE BRIDE. Jesus Christ established and prayed for His
ONE CHURCH/BRIDE in John 17:21-23 before giving all of Himself in sacrifice to His ONE BRIDE as “the Bridegroom” (Isaiah 61:10, John 3:29, Matthew 9:15, Matthew 25:6-13, Mark 2:19, Luke 5:34-35). Jesus Christ CANNOT BE MARRIED TO 35,000 DIFFERENT AND GROWING NUMBER OF BRIDES.
Third, Jesus commanded you enter HIS ONE BODY or “Kingdom of GOD” better known as “the Church” through “water (Baptism) and Spirit (Laying of Hands)” in John 3:5. Jesus was fulfilling Ezekiel 36:25-27 prophecy with this requirement. We see this same pattern of “Water (BAPTISM) and Spirit (Laying of Hands)” when new converts were entering the Early Church in Acts 2:38, Acts 8:14-17. In Acts 9:17-18 St. Paul received Baptism and “Laying of Hands”, and then gave the Holy Spirit in this same way in Acts 19:6 to new converts after their Baptism. If you did not enter the ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH in this way, then you are currently OUTSIDE HIS ONE BODY. Matthew 7:21-23 will help illustrate this point better - how a “believer” can still be OUTSIDE HIS ONE BODY. Here we have people who obvious “believe” (Faith Alone) in Jesus Christ enough to do “mighty works” in His name. What is Jesus’s response to them in verse 23??? How can Jesus say He never knew them and call them “evil doers”??? It all hinges on verse 21 “NOT EVERYONE WHO
SAYS TO ME, ‘LORD, LORD SHALL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN”. Jesus Christ never became known to them through the Holy Eucharist and “Marriage Supper of the Lamb” NEW COVENANT PASSOVER (Luke 22:19-20). YOU HAVE NOT TRULY MET JESUS YET, UNTIL YOU RECEIVE HIM IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST IN HIS ONE “KINGDOM OF GOD”.
Fourth, the “Lamb of GOD” (John 1:29, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Peter 1:19) tells you in every synoptic Gospel what to EAT and DRINK during the Exodus 12:14 “forever” commanded Passover He transformed into the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER (Luke 22:19-20). Further, how the “Lamb of GOD” is needed to be consumed for ETERNAL LIFE (John 6:54). Exodus 12:3-8 with emphasis on verse 8 in the original Passover, could a Hebrew or later Jew refuse or only “symbolically” eat the lamb and have “death Passover”??? What does the “Lamb of GOD” say if you do not partake of Him in His ONE CHURCH in John 6:53 “TRULY, TRULY I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS YOU EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN AND DRINK HIS BLOOD, YOU DO NOT HAVE LIFE IN YOU”. Still saved if rejecting the “Lamb of GOD” the way He wants to be accepted into your body in the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER (Luke 22:19-20) in HIS ONE CHURCH???
Fifth, in Leviticus 5:5-6 and throughout the Books of Leviticus and Numbers anytime “personal sin” is mentioned in the old covenant you see a Jew COULD NOT GO DIRECTLY TO GOD FOR FORGIVENESS. Instead it reads “thus the PRIEST SHALL MAKE ATONEMENT FOR A MAN’S SINS, AND IT WILL BE FORGIVEN”. GOD uses certain ordained “men” to administer His forgiveness. What same “power” does Jesus Christ give to certain ordained “men” in the NEW EVERLASTING COVENANT in John 20:21-23? Jesus was fulfilling His Father’s covenant promise to have a “perpetual Priesthood” in Numbers 25:12-13 and Malachi 2:4-7, along with “forever” promises to have a Leviticus Priesthood in Exodus 29:7-9, Exodus 40:15, 1 Chronicles 23:13 and fulfills New Covenant prophecy Jeremiah 33:14-22 and the promise to take “Gentiles” as Priests in Isaiah 66:21. What if a person rejects this priesthood and GOD’s way of having “sins” forgiven??? If sins are logically retained, because of rejecting GOD’s means of forgiveness through His priesthood, then are you still saved???
I pray you consider these points. This is about TRUTH and SALVATION. Remember, Jesus Christ is the way, THE
TRUTH, AND THE LIFE - John 14:6. If you do not seek FULL TRUTH, then do you really have JESUS and LIFE???
future ... 1 popes and Priests always encourage Catholics to read the bible on their own or in study groups at their parish ... Revelation is not excluded. 2 Revelation is one of 27 books in the NT compiled / written by Catholics . 3 If you attend Sunday Mass each week the second reading is from the NT excluding the Gospels which come after the Second reading ... over the three year cycle you will hear revelation as you will hear the rest of the NT ..
FutureXXD Then throw out all pictures of people you love. By your own words you are convicted of idol worship if you keep those images and look at them
FutureXXD If you prayed to Mary than you were not practicing Catholicism. You were not a Catholic. Intercessory prayer is not praying to someone. If you ask any of your friends to pray for you than your doing the exact same thing. The Rosary is a contemplative prayer in which we meditate on the pain joy and glory of Jesus Christ. each decade ends with " oh my Jesus save us from the fires of hell lead all souls to heaven especialy those most in need of your mercy. You were never a Catholic if you didnt know this. Tell Our Lord how you hate his bride. You are spreading lies and hate. We Catholics call that scandal. Good Luck on your mission to defame The Church instituted by Christ himself.
If you harden your hearts and think you know it all you will keep in darkness. when you listen to these people they know far more than the Catholics that are defending Catholicism on this page.The comments by Catholics on this page show how little you know. May Jesus save you from that bondage of Catholicism.
the Catholic Faith is not bondage. Why do you insult people? Why do you say things that are not true?
Yes, a humble and soft heart that is sincerely seeking GOD is the best soil for Gospel Truth to take root and grow.
Faith the size of a mustard seed is enough.
Ask, Seek, Knock for His Truth
Come to Lebanon and see in your eyes the saint charbel Makhlouf who is from a catholic family and he becames a saint he still do miracles till these days .....may jesus blessed you all
2 Corinthians 11: 3 I am afraid that your minds will be corrupted and that you will abandon your full and pure devotion to Christ- in the same way that Eve was deceived by the snakes clever lies 4 For you gladly tolerate anyone who comes to you and preacher a different Jesus , not the one we preacher; and you accept a spirit and gospel completely different from the Spirit and the gospel you received from us ! GOD SELP, JEREMIAH 23: 23 24 I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only, No one can hide where I cannot see him, Do you not know that Iam everywhere in Heaven and on earth, JEREMIAH 17: 9 Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful, it is too sick to be healed, 10 I the Lord, search the mind and test the heart of man, I treat each one according to the way he lives, according to what he does, God help
I knew Bart Brewer. He had a great wit. One time he took a piece of paper, I think, and put it up to the side of his face between us and pretended to hear my confession.
Please produce the documents proving either of them took vows.
I'm a convert to the Catholic Church and I count my blessings every day that i am., thank you Jesus! :o) Anyways, It sure annoys me that we Catholics are always being accused of idolatory, worshipping statues and all that nonsense (pssst - we don't AND to prove it...!)
2nd Commandment:"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images...thou shalt not bow down to them or serve them..." (Exodus 20:1-17) Question: What was on top of the most holy Ark of the Covenant, the dwelling place of God, so holy it couldn't even be be touched, (1 Chronicles 13:9-10) which contained the 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments written on them, Aaron's rod, and some manna? Answer: 2 cherubim with their wings reaching above the mercy seat, carved (graven) from wood and covered in gold. (Exodus 25:18-20)
Question: And what was in the innermost sanctuary of the Temple, the most Holy of Holies which only the HIgh Priest could enter once a year on the most holy Day of Atonement? (Leviticus 16:29-34) Answer: 2 carved(graven) cherubim covered in gold with their wings reaching across and touching as on the Ark. (2 Chronicles 3:10-13) Funny that eh, curiouser and curiouser?!!
So carved (graven) statues are NOT forbidden, but WORSHIPPING them most certainly is!! And no, Catholics DO NOT WORSHIP STATUES, it's only that Protestants MISTAKENLY OR PURPOSEFULLY WANT TO BELIEVE THAT WE DO!! So, sorry to disappoint you but NOPE, we DON'T AND NEVER HAVE!! Sorry folks! :o)
Catholics WORSHIP GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT - THE HOLY TRINITY - AND NO-ONE AND NOTHING ELSE!! And NO, WE DO NOT WORSHIP MARY, we HONOUR and REVERE her and call her BLESSED just as she said we would (Luke 1: 48), but that's NOT WORSHIPPING her. So, sorry to disappoint some of you that wish to believe otherwise, I'll pray for you that you too are blessed to come into the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church, Jesus's mystical body. Amen. (Ephesians 1:20-23) :o)
from your comment i can see why you joined the Roman Church, you don't have a clue what the Holy Scriptures are talking about....
1) you claim the 2nd Commandment states "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images... thou shalt not bow down to them or serve them."
did you know that the Vatis Can (Divining Serpent) has REMOVED this 2nd Commandment from their Bibles? in order to have 10 Commandments, they split the 10th one into two parts.
so lets look at other "witnesses"/verses to understand what GOD means by this Commandment.
Deut 4:16-19, GOD says for His people not to make statues FOR THEMSELVES of anything, male or female; because if they do, they will be DRAWN into venerating and bowing in honor of what the statue REPRESENTS.
about 1000 years ago, Rome decided to start making statues of a physically dead female FOR THEMSELVES; then they started placing these statues inside the buildings meant for worshipping only the One True GOD; then they started $elling little statues of this female to the people so that they could have them in their homes, schools, grottos, etc -- and sure enough, the Roman Catholic people have been DRAWN into venerating and bowing down to these statues in honor/adoration of what the statue REPRESENTS: a physically dead woman.
idolatry is NOT worshipping a statue; idolatry is venerating/adoring/being devoted to/bowing down to/serving what the statue REPRESENTS -- in the OT, a demonic god or goddess.
- do these statues REPRESENT Mary:? yes.
- do you bow to the statues of Mary in honor/reverence/adoration to what the statue represents? yes.
- do you serve Mary by saying her rosaries? yes
do you not understand the difference between GOD instructing His people to make a graven image for GOD's purpose (pointing to Jesus); and Rome/man making graven images FOR THEMSELVES? did GOD instruct Rome to start making statues of Mary? no.
Romans 1:25
"Who changed the Truth of GOD into a lie, and worshiped (#4573) and served the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever, Amen."
#4573 = sebazomai = venerate, adore, revere, worship, be devoted to
And a pole and a bronze serpent but through time people of God had forgotten that it was meant for symbolism of Jesus' triumph over death on the cross. People worshipped it and then the it was destroyed.
Victor Crowne: YOU ARE WRONG. IT WAS YOUR FOREFATHERS IN PROTESTANTISM WHO DOCTORED THE BIBLE TO SUIT THEIR LIKING. THEY COPIED FROM CATHOLIC BIBLE, MANUSCRIPT AND AFTERWARD THE LATIN VULGATE. AND WHEN THEIR VERSION CAME OUT OF THE PRINTING PRESS IT HAS ONLY 66 BOOKS, WHILE THE ORIGINAL FROM WHERE THEY GOT THEIR VERSION CONTAIN 73 BOOKS! SO WHO IS DECEIVING WHO?
BLAME ALL THAT TO YOUR PROTESTANT FOREFATHERS, PARTICULARLY KING HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND. WHEN HE SEVERED TIES WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, JUST BCOZ HIS WISH TO MARRY HIS MISTRESS WAS NOT GRANTED. HE DECIDED TO FOUND HIS OWN CHURCH NOW KNOWN AS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND A.K.A. ANGLICAN CHURCH...THE BIBLE IS OWNED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE ORIGINAL IS IN THE VATICAN LIBRARY. YOUR COPY OF CATHOLIC BIBLE IS FAKE, DOCTORED...YOU CAN'T FOOL US..
Catholics removed the second commandment! They had to!
What is your point?
The entire system is based on 90 percent traditions with 10 percent of certain scripture picked to fit to what man wrote!
Council of Trent? Interesting this came about after the reformation???? Think about it?
The rosary? Clearly a violation to scripture!
And then how many Christians were killed by the church because they simply disagreed with the dogmas of the church!
Luther had to go into hiding or he too woukd have been burned at the stake!
I truly wonder what Jesus thought about all that!
When I was 4 or 5 / my 1st memory of interactions with nuns!
I was hit over my hands with rulers and told I was going to burn in Hell!
Jesus LOVES the children! Again, I wonder how sad those actions made him!
Please read John 6:35 over and over. What is Christ actually asking when he says eat my flesh and drink my blood? He is saying come to me and you will never hunger. Believe in me and you will never thirst. If you never hunger just for coming to Christ, you have eaten. If you never thirst just for believing in Christ, you have drank. If faith in Christ is not enough, then Satan has won you over. You will worship the false Christ that Christ warns about in Matt 24:24-27 called the eucharist until you enter hell for never seeing the truth right infront of you.
Years of studying Aristotle
Years of studying Aquinas
BUT only a tiny touch of Scripture. WOW
Why is there loud music playing during the teaching of the differences between Catholicism and evangelical? Can't hear what you're saying
That was weird😳
Thanks for your input - I thought there was something wrong with my PC ! I was trying to switch it off but can't . Now I know it is a problem for all.
I don't have a problem with the statues it's the Bowing down to them & kissing its feet that I have a problem with. Not all Catholics do this but the pope sure does. And the bowing and praying at the dead bodies at St Peters didn't sit right with me. It was straight up idolatry. And they would all look at them & make the cross (I don't have a problem with the cross sign). Worship takes many forms rather you think you are worshiping something or not. Why is it okay to bow down to a statue in the Catholic Church but wrong for the Jews to have statues? The Jews never had statues of Abraham or Jacob or Moses. They understood from the beginning it violated the commandments.
All graven images are forbidden, whether we bow and kneel to them or not. It is in the 2nd commandment which the catholic church removed and the split up the last commandment onto 2. They thought to change the times and laws which God forbids.
Catholics do not bow to the statues themselves but to the persons the statues represent. And at Exodus 25:18 God actually commanded that graven images of angels be made---it is imafes of false gods and demons that God hates.
George Penton, God commanded the images for a religious purposes. Even in book of Numbers, God commanded Moses to make the statue of a fiery bronze serpent and seat it in a pole, so that any one who were bitten the live snakes and look upon the bronze serpent shall live. If the protestants really really read very well the Old Testament because the jews they worshiped the pagans gods, others they killed their children to offer the pagans gods, they burned incense to offer the pagans gods that Our God Almighty abhor of what they are doing instead to the true God.
@@georgepenton808 so God commanded the Catholic Church to make graven images? Why is it even a commandment then if we don't have to follow it?
We:"Lord Lord I I did miracles in your name." Jesus: "Get away you evil doer. I never knew you."
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
mimamima2 it doesn’t say epistle means our letters!!!! Many times traditions are mentioned in the Bible not to be followed!!! There’s two scriptures that somehow the Catholic Church then manifested into these large doctrines and beliefs!
Good program but the music was just blaring! Im glad your teaching Catholics the Truth using a past nun and Priest. I would like to see more programs like this one. I am a Christian of no denomination. Love The Father, Jesus an the Holy Spirit. An am filled with the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues an enjoy telling the testimony of what the Lord did in my life. Started out in Portland, OR 25 years ago an God is still using me an now live in Yuma, AZ. Thank you for posting this video. May God Bless you all
GLORIA A ADIOS!!
The constant empty Protestant refrain is used so much it lacks any real meaning.
@@josephdalelio6684 What do you mean? What refrain are you referring to?
By the grace of God I am Catholic. Thank you God.
You are not Catholic by God's grace. Catholicism contradicts Scripture and the Holy Spirit is the author of the Bible and He never contradicts Himself. If you meant to say By the grace of God I am not Catholic, then sorry for the misunderstanding.
Catholic Church is the One, True Church of Jesus Christ
@@geoffjs Jesus said in Matthew 16:18 I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Jesus didn't say the catholic church, He said His Church which is all born again believers. Jesus' Church is not a denomination or a building. It is all who are made spiritually alive in Jesus Christ.
@@melodybarbour3218let’s go back, how did the Bible came to be as it is today ? Of course it’s all inspired by God, but how do we know with is and when was it written?
@@Seaker35 Jesus said, "Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away." Matthew 24:35 The word of God is all God's doing. He said what He wanted to say about Himself and He makes sure it is preserved throughout human history.
I watch the EWTN show & really enjoy a lot & connect all the testimony with all the guest...but here I can't really connect & understand what their saying can't even finish to watch it....
We Catholics have an adage about one's scope of Bible reading, study, and comprehension: "Weak Catholics become Evangelicals; Strong Evangelicals become Catholics." Calling on those former weak Catholics and now rabid anti-Catholics, check out the multi media platforms of The Coming Home Network or take up and read Scott and Kimberly Hahn's conversion book, Rome Sweet Home.
EWTN has a great show called The Journey Home. It interviews hundreds of reverts and converts back to the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
robert hatton just like dogs returning back to their vomit
Robert Rutger You sound very angry.
yes, robert, the path to destruction is wide and most will travel it.
Matt 7:13-14
Robert Rutger
Exactly! that is what it is written in the Bible.
Robert Hatton
Lol! I wonder if you would say that to Jesus, he is the one who actually said it, so don’t get upset🤷🏻♀️
do not rely on the name of your church but rely on God's words and Jesus Christ...Follow what the bible says..Do not worships idols ..Jesus is the only one you ask to forgive our sins ...Nothing in the bible says go to the priests ....Search the true give your faith to Christ not church.....The name of religion is nothing but the relationship of your heart to the Lord are so important....Read Rev 2 and 3 how Jesus send message to 7church .....very clearly god's see in our hearts.. you can't save by your pope ....
Practice hahahaha im not wasting my time to do that ..If you open your eyes with the scripture i give it, What is your believe???Don't see a religion feed poor?? ..I can explain how much love of churches gives to refugees and poor people around the world. My church was courage by our leaders to give food and gifts to the prison and refugee every months,but im not judge your church about that...As I says not about church but your own love in Christ will......I do believe Jesus is a founder of Christianity but ... The way you believe is not satisfy Jesus Christ ..Tell the Priests your sins worship Mary ..Holy Father, bro no ones holy in this world..only God Almighty... Open your bible give evidences of Mary and Father Pope is a holy one..
I do understand how God use Mary for Jesus Christ ..You spend a lots of time to rewrite all the scriptures without understand the deeply meaning, Most member of church i talk too was say the same story.
You gave a scriptures was not line up and match my question!!!!
You says you not worships Mary but you pray to her and ask for healing and blessing ..Most of your believers was share the beliefs of your church ...
You talk about the Leaders
Rock refer to Peter as the leader of the church and reveal the identity of christ......All believers are joined into the church by faith in Jesus Christ as Savior the same faith Peter express here 1peter 2:4-6
If Mary was a holy mother was Jesus refuse to call her mother when she was looking for him but hes say who is my mother ??....Your reply was confuse the conversation!!!!!! looool
Pray to the Rosary ..sorry im not accept those idols...You keep praying for your Rosary to open your own eyes!!!!!
If you believe you wrote the bible
how sad you write the commandments and you break again loooool ...
As i said before Mary was a humble woman but you still didn't understand !!!
Should we ask Mary for our needs???..I heard people praying thru Mary the holy Mother..Act4:11-12.Salvation is found in no one eles....John14:13-14 And I will do whatever you ask in Jesus name,so the son may bring glory to the Father..You will ask me for anything in my name,and Jesus will do it.....Good luck and pray Jesus only to understand yourself ..god bless
This was really good except until the 15-16 minute mark when someone put a song on and muffled out the speakers voice! How annoying!!! Leave the interview alone so sounds more professional! I won't share it because of that.
I agree with you that was really annoying. I skipped over the song part and I'm glad I did. It was worth skipping the song to see the rest of the video.
If any catholics are watching this today and sees this message. Please read John 6:35 over and over. What is Christ actually asking when he says eat my flesh and drink my blood? He is saying come to me and you will never hunger. Believe in me and you will never thirst. If you never hunger just for coming to Christ, you have eaten. If you never thirst just for believing in Christ, you have drank. If faith in Christ is not enough, then Satan has won you over.
Would you like a pen so you can cross out what Jesus ACTUALLY said and replace it with what you PREFERRED that he had said?
@@bridgefin Here you go idiot. John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. | read it over and over and then tell me again why the roman pagan church summons Christ into a cracker through a ritual like some kind of demon then feeds it to you.
pray for all the catholic to come out of the darknest.
They worship Marys statue ,whats that telling you they are worshiping Idol,that is what I mean catholic is in the darkness.
You are right, Protestants are like that they are from catholic church .they come out from the catholic because of the things they found out its not true,Now I am a christian ,christian is not a religion we have a relationship with Jesus He is my God I worship Him.My friend when you become a christian you become like Jesus ,Jesus is the light of the world and those who believe in him become the light of the world too.do you want to live forever My Jesus can save you,God bless I am praying for you.
+Teokotai Williams Protestants cannot be Christian because they are not from Christ or a part of Christ's Mystical Body and Bride, the one and only Christian Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. Heretic Protestantism was created by the occult to divide and conquer, and all Protestantism has done is divide. Over 40,000 different cults all proclaiming to follow the Bible but not one of them does follow the Bible. There is only one Holy Catholic Church, and there is no salvation outside of Christ's Body.
Eskimo Man,My friend I didnt say Protestants is a christian,they came out off catholic church.I want you to know what more important in life is to know that Jesus loves you so much,he wants you to know he is coming back again to judge the world.Repent your sin ask him to forgive you and save you. trust me you need to take this seriously my friend do it before its too late ok,blessings.
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My friend the Jesus the catholic worship is false, they dont worship the Jesus I worship,My Jesus said in His word Do not worship other god,The catholic worship Marys statues thats worshiping Idol.Now I will encourage you seek the true Jesus,the Jesus I worship is the one true God,He died for my sin for I am a sinner and he saved me,Jesus is the only one that can take you to heaven after this life.My friend you heard about the truth do something about it receive Jesus and you be glad you have done that, love you brother.
Very sorry to know that the person who talks on the phone couldn't experience the living presence of the Lord in the apostolic church and left. ..will pray for him. Proud to be a Catholic Christian.
Grace Antony Pride is outside of the grace of Jesus Christ the Righteous.
MrUhwoody I humbly request you to look for the many synonyms for the word proud, it is okay for me even if you want to take the negative meaning. .. but the Lord who look into hearts of people knows what I meant.
Grace Antony As a Catholic I know exactly what you mean ,I my self am proud to be Catholic.Peace be with you Grace, my sister in Christ.
aibelzoe Thank you, and praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ
I'm Catholic by the grace of God.
My point is that webpages such as this seem to have an awful lot of people who - while professing to be Christian - are spewing out all sorts of hatred and ignorance. They need to read their bibles again, especially St Paul on the fruit of the Spirit (letter to the church in Galatia) and on love (first letter to the church in Corinth).
Two steps closer to heaven. Skipped good works and purgatory.
They did not know about PURGATORY... purgatory is a greek words means PURIFICATION... you cannot enter heaven unless you are UNCLEAN... so we need purification of your souls and that is purgatory in revealation 27:21 and 1corintian 3:15:19 we are tested of fire...
dhey balingit there is no purgatory in the Bible.only pope Gregory the 1st who isthabless the doctrine of purgatory. 593 AD you can read that.in the book "the thruth encounter by beshop anthony pesotha, Italian priest.
John 15:3 says "You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you."
And it's the blood of Jesus that washes and cleanses you of all sin and unrighteousness , read 1 John if you need ref.
The word of God edifies your soul and cleanses you, the blood of Christ forgives and cleanses you from all acts of sin, Jesus Christ clothes you in his righteousness by his blood and by imputing his righteousness upon all who believes and accepted him as their only Lord God and Savior. Just like in the old covenant when God said when I see the blood I will pass over , how much more will the blood of Jesus speak for you on your behalf when the father sees the blood of Jesus covering you.... He sees you the way he sees Jesus .....
Come on now....... The only way to understand scripture is with the help of the Holy Spirit.
Please stop quoting random scriptures without understanding or not in line with context.
We are cleansed by His blood and by His stripes we are healed. His one time sacrafice was perfect. His Father said so.
@@mcermcknight1835 The rich man in the Lazarus/rich man story went to Hell, not Purgatory. We know this because Jesus said the rich man would never leave there. Purgatory is temporary. Hell is forever.
Nobody ever goes to Purgatory first then Hell. The only ones who go to Purgatory are the saved souls who were good but not perfect.
By the way the Lazarus/rich man story proves two Catholic doctrines that Protestants reject: (1) that good works are necessary for salvation (the rich man had faith because he called on his spiritual father Abraham, but he never helped the poor so he lacked good works), and (2) that we can call on the saints and ask them to pray for us, because the rich man called on Abraham to intercede for him.
And he called Abraham "father" which proves that "call no man father" is not to be taken literally.
you guys are arguing religion, really really. look jesus did not die so we could enter religion.
What better people to ask than the three in the studio and one on the phone, all being ex Roman Catholics, how they worshipped Mary Mother of God and also statues and idols... my question how did they worship these things.... please explain.
They worshipped those things by bowing and kneeling down to statues and asking them to intercede to Jesus for them. That is idol worshp and necromancy which pray to the dead and also asks them to intercede. That is blasphemy in its highest form. This is just a few of the pagan practices of Mother church in Rome.
I have been a Catholic for almost 50 years and I never prayed to any of my statues.
he was a priest? And he doesn't even know the 2nd grade Catechism!!!!??!! They are not that stupid. It has to be malice.
15:10 scared the day lights out of me lol. Still thanks for the video and awesome testimonies by God's awesome deliverance. Beautiful testimonies.
hahaha ikr, Here i was eating chips as i was trying to read and listen what the video wrote and what the man was saying and then suddenly the music was ON! I jumped a bit xD
No we do not need to do good works so that we can be forgiven!!
One can repent and be instantly in thecstate of grace but later that person must do some good works or he will not be saved. Salvation is a process, not a one time event.
You sound correct. The gospels clearly show Jesus telling people to do good works.
@@huskyfaninmass1042 your good works are a bi -product of your faith and reasonable in light of grace ….otherwise faith should cause you to want to be of service and work even though our works are like filthy rags before the lord we are made righteous through the blood of Jesus and that we can’t work for .when you love you work and when you work you love .
@@anthonyalarcon2677 If that was true then Jesus wouldn't have needed to give the Sermon on the Mount and other sermons where he tells people to do good deeds. He could have simply said "Have faith" and the rest would follow naturally.
@@huskyfaninmass1042 to talk about faith we talk about works you can’t work with out faith because this is not work of the flesh it is work of the spirit to do good deeds you have to have faith and having faith is more that just believing it’s trust if we examine real faith we see that it only comes from god meaning he started a good work in you and is faithful to finish it natural response is the spiritual work like I said faith than work we Jesus spoke it is to the church the faithful by which work should be done
James 2:14-26Faith Without Works Is Dead14 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[a] is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe-and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”-and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25
What do you believe James means by Good Works?
This is so sad.
Catholicism is paganism all over. Do your research people
yahweh You do some research. and then you wont say such stupid things
i love my catholic faith
you love it enough to go to Hell?
thats something for god to judge me on
you've already been judged by His word and pronounced guilty. All you're waiting for is to be sentenced.
read the bible with a open heart and dont use it against the church that gave it to you.
its funny how many catholics get judge on our faith, people jump for joy when they hear people leaving the church. why so many haters, the church must be doing something right.your my brother in christ, i have no hate against your beliefs because it not my place to judge. im not higher than you or below you im by your side and if your a believer in christ then you would agree
Don't sweat it; he's a 'Westboro Baptist' type. EVERYONE except him is going to 'burn in hell'.
God called me from the Catholic Church to just being a Bible believing Spirit filled Christian because I was a Pharisee. I believe no denomination has it 100% right, nor can we judge our brothers and sisters from the outer appearance. God is the judge of the heart, He is the only One able to judge a person’s whole heart, in Love and Truth. I believe I know born again Spirit filled Catholics as well as people in other denominations who are born again Spirit filled from their fruit. Jesus said we would recognise them by their fruit. I also believe every denomination has its own Pharisees too. I am an evangelist at heart and I speak about Jesus and salvation by grace to anyone who is ready to listen, but it is up to the Holy Spirit to convince them and convict them... There is only one sin, and that is not trusting In Jesus for salvation (John 16:8-11 NKJV), no matter what denomination you are in... if we do trust in Jesus for salvation, God gives us a new heart and new godly desires (Ez 36:26-27). In John 17, Jesus prays for unity - Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali said... in essentials Unity, in non-essentials, Freedom, in all things Love... let us focus on the Nicene Creed which is Biblical (Catholic means universal and does not exclude any denomination). Be blessed and spread the Good News, unfortunately God only has broken vessels to work through, and I am one of them... in Christ’s love 💞
Dominique, don't you miss your Savior Jesus in the Holy Eucharist? Don't you remember the joy of your First Communion? Don't you miss that indescribable peace you had as a Catholic?
live give our life to god creator have faith trust obey creator Jesus take creator god medicine daily be healed daily
Lighten up and be more opened minded! Sounds like something the devil would say... Just saying.
I can't believe this caller said that Catholics don't know Christ through the bible when it is the Catholic Church who gave the bible to the world to know Jesus better and so be saved. If a person believes a bible they should also believe in the Church which gave us the bible. On the contrary if a person doesn't believe in the Catholic teaching they might as well be saying they don't believe the bible is what we believe, the Written Word of God.
I pray these people will wake up one day and follow the truth found in the Catholic Church.
1 Timothy 3:15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
+John Smith The Catholic Canon of the Roman Rite was the 'first' Canon, collected, assembled and written down by the hard work of Catholic Monks and later approved into canon by the Church and all others were derived (changed) from it. The bible came to be through the work of the Catholic Church and approved it into canon law during the Nicaea Council in the third century. The other religions took the Catholic bible and added or subtracted from it in order to fit into their own doctrines. That's why the bibles and our Catholic beliefs are so similar with the Orthodox Churches but yet have differences. The Pilgrim Church founded upon Jesus and the Apostles is the Catholic Church of the Roman rite. Were it not for the saving work of Jesus and the faithful Christians like St. Paul to convert the hearts of the Romans (which took 300 years to legalize Christianity), we wouldn't have had the Council or the Bible. Does that mean we put walls up between our sisters and brothers of other Christian Churches? absolutely not, but we do hold onto the truths of the Catholic Church which includes the truths found in the Written Word.
www.catholicbridge.com/catholic/orthodox/why_orthodox_bible_is_different_from_catholic.php
+lighthouse336 RCC did not own the bible. it is a compilation of all writings/books from early believers inspired by the Holy Spirit. And RCC suppressed people of owning it and reading it. Death was the punishment if you were caught having it. RCC declared that only priest can interpret it. If it were not from the reformist all of the christians would be slaves of RCC. We would not have known the gospel of grace and the coming of the kingdom of God. RCC is continously blinding all the christians if its pagan practices, idolatry and their manipulation around the world. May God remove the scales on your eyes...like He did on mine...for almost 45years i followed Catholic faith, the truth is bitter and shocking, broken family ties.... it pained me a lot to leave friends and family. But i cannot go on going to mass, serving the church, I prayed and begged God to help me and direct me. Slowly i He guided me through His living word. i felt freedom and joy, i never thought i was a prisoner but that's how i felt. I saw lies and lies and lies which i never saw for many many years. Now it was so crystal clear..God is good He will not let the devil win. Jesus is right the road to hell is wide, and few find the narrow gate. Jesus is the gate not the RCC. The church is the bodybof Christ and we believers are part of that body. We are the church, not the RCC. RCC is the Roman device to bring all together the pagan worship a Universal religion that God detested from the very beginning. Gid bless. Jesus will help you if you ask, knock and seek. peace
+lighthouse336 you don't seem to understand that once good church went completely wrong, because of their priest were corrupt and unbelievers.
lighthouse336 yes
lighthouse336 Jesus saves not the Catholic Church. I know this as I was once a Catholic so I am saving this out of love and not out of hate for you. God Bless you.
Barry is going to be searching as long as he's prideful. He says he's at a point of humility but it doesn't seem sincere.
"Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."
Ignatius of Antioch 108 AD
That does not mean the ROMAN Catholic Church. It didn't exist in 108 AD.
@@halcyon289 Yes I think the clue is in the word Catholic and what they believed at that time. They believed that the Bread and Wine became Jesus during the Mass. Does that sound Catholic? Also the description Roman was not used until after the Reformation. Did you know that Pagan Romans called 1st century Christians cannibals? Can you guess why?
As far back as we have records, the early Christians believed the same things the Catholic Church teaches today---Mass, Eucharist, Purgatory, prayers for the dead, Mary, the saints, seven sacraments, Confession to priests, infant Baptism, and the belief that outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation---it's all there, first, second, third, and fourth centuries.
@@georgepenton808 Hi George I think you may be wrong about No salvation outside the Catholic Church. That is not what I read in the current Catechism of the Catholic Church. The ordained apostolic ministry and sacraments of the Orthodox churches are regarded as valid by Rome, so they are regarded as valid churches. How can their adherents not be eligible for salvation? Protestants are regarded as 'brethren", albeit "separated brethren", so how can they not be eligible for salvation?
for all these ex priests, it always starts with the chastity issue.
seems to me they just werent able to live their false calling and so attack the church as though it forced them into the priesthood. celibacy is a calling. Jesus said there would be eunuchs for the kingdom.
very poor theology all around. it sounds like these people never even read their Catachism. How can one not know Christ after meditating on the mysteries all their life.
I was a protestant for 40 years and came back to the catholic church when i realised Not one protestant agrees with another on soteriology, ecclesiology, etc. etc.
They all act like they are their own popes.
zebb1111, Listen again, then read your post. I'm going to pray for you.
zebb1111 I have no insults to offer you. Our Lord Jesus Christ died 2000 years ago to free us from condemnation. I want to share His gospel, His Good News. What you or I do after hearing the Gospel is what we will be judged by God for.
I've been born again, my trust is in Jesus Christ. I have no fears of reading anything worth reading. The Holy Spirit lives in me to guide and protect me. My bible includes the apocrypha and I read it. I attend a great Catholic church once or twice a week, and a Bible teaching church once a week. Last night I was at a Catholic high school for a Christmas play and the night before, I was at a Catholic school supporting my 7th grade friend in her Christmas program.
I wonder if you feel attacked? I'm not attacking you and hope you don't interpret anything I say here that way. Of the hundreds of Catholics I know personally, only 3 or 4 say they read the bible. I find this odd because the priest, and bishop both encourage parishioners to read there bibles daily.When I went through RCIA the priest told me that the magisterium has always based church doctrine and tradition on the bible. Do you read your bible Zebb?
May God's Greatest blessing fill your whole life
May He fill you to overflowing with His grace
May you prosper greatly, in life and in Holiness
Russell Dixon I was protestant for 40 years. and yes, I read my bible so does all practicing Catholics. If they attend mass every sunday, they go through the whole bible every 3 years through the scripture readings.
the jehovahs witnesses read their bibles. reading the bible and having it taught to you by heretics is MUCH worse than knowing the churches teachings and not reading the bible.
I saw so much error over the years that I honestly dont think its a good idea for people to interpret scripture for themselves. that has led to 35000 denominations of protestant. seems rather confused does it not?
zebb1111 I agree with others and have observed for myself that reading God's word and listening to someone else read Gods word is as different as eating food or watching someone else eat food. Seeing, that in scripture Jesus spoke about this principle extensively, to bring clarity to the difference between Practicing Faith and Living Faith.
I'm sure you and I agree on much, and we know as God's word says that it is good when we live in unity. Perspective is key to the issue of unity. You see protestants as un-unified, and especially out of unity with the Catholic church. But the unbelieving world looks at protestants and Catholics as all the same,... Hateful! I don't need unity with the protestant or the catholic church, we need unity with Jesus Christ, and I have found that! I still have struggles, I'm not without sin and fault. But I have found the best friend in the living man, Jesus Christ. I have no fear of condemnation before God because I live in daily relationship with His son. I am very thankful that ALL my sins were paid for in full by Jesus Christ on the cross. Its getting late.
God Bless you
May you find all your strength in Christ Jesus
I'll read Hebrews Chptr 7 - 11 tonight, read with me?
Blessings Zebb
there is no strength outside of Jesus. But if you believe once saved always saved, then you are saying that being saved takes away all our freedom and we are forced from that point on into heaven. I say Gods grace nakes a holy life possible and that repentance is a continuing process as is salvation. doesnt mean It doesnt come from Christ. that I think is the big difference between us. you sqay Christs righteousness is imputed on us and we say it is transfered to us gradually by the effectual action of his grace. Its an energy, "energeia" in greek.
we both believe in salvation by grace and that Christ paid for all my sins. where I disagree is that a Christian can not change his mind and return to his sinful life.
that is a dangerous teaching that has led to the crappy Christians of today all praying for a brand new pick up truck instead of help with our pride and sin nature.
Hebrews up to 11? shouldn'ty ytou include at least 12 verse one that starts with the word since therefore continuing the Idea preceding, that we are surrounded by a cloud great of witnesses all there to help and lead us on the right path. The communion of saints.
God bless.
By the way, all the ancient churches.....(those that see the Eucharist as a sacrifice.) read the word grace in this way. the greeks, the coptics , everyone exceept for humanist europeans starting around 1500 ad. your doctrine is new, not the bible passages, but the interpretation that avoids James chapter 2.. "we are not saved by faith alone". in your interpretation, James has no place in scripture and Luther was right to want to remove the book.
Read the early church fathers if you want to know how the apostles explained the bible. I'd rather listen to polycarp ans St-Ignatius than some divisive group 1500 years later. 35000 protestant divisions since Luther. before Luther died there were already close to a hundred.
division is not a fruit of the Holy Spirit. ts the fruit of people taking theinterpretation of scripture upon themselves when they have a hard time understanding shakespear let alone a book written 2000 years ago.
Yes, reaad your bible, but always refer to ancient fathers and Martyrs of the church for how these scriptures were used in the early church. Most protestants can't even name 5 martyrs of the generation immediately after the apostles. Iys like the book was written and then lost for 1500 years to be discovered in germany. really???
Christ requires humility Sola scriptura makes everyone his own pope which is an incredibly proud position whenone thinks about it.
Paul tells us in hei list of gifts that doctors and teachers were given to the church. Do you read the doctors of the church? have you reaad even one homily of st John Chrysotum? or an epistle of St-Ignatius, ordained and studied under St-John?
Study your bible by all means but pick your expounders well.
Catholic or not we are still under one Lord Jesus Christ. Stop insulting each other. Peace to all. Shalom
so you think that Paul wasted his time WARNING people about false leaders and false doctrines in the Church that were leading people astray??? Protestants are simply trying to WARN the people of the Roman Church (Rev 2:18-23)
The catholic religion is pagan based, not Christian.
We are not all under Jesus Christ. Only those who accept Him as Lord and saviour are. Those who believe in me have life. Those who don't believe in me don't have life. We must believe in the real Jesus, not the other false Jesus's that are in a lot of these other pagan religions. Buddha is not the same jesus, hindu is not the same jesus, etc.
@@Revelation18-4 Catholicism may be even worse than Scientology because Scientology isn't telling people their religion will get them to Heaven
@@williamgullett5911 Yeah. You're right. Good point.
It's amazing that it took so long for this former priest from San Diego to understand that a person must be "born again" to move into "union with God." Surely one would think that a man with 12 years of theological training would have understood the spiritual journey.
In Catholicism being born again means being baptized. This ex-priest should have known that and the fact that he doesn't seem to makes me wonder if he really was a prirst at all.
The Lutheran Church is a lot like the Catholic they do the Alter sacrum to .
But Lutherans follow Martin Luther and Catholics follow Jesus Christ.
"Martin Luther is in Hell and those who follow him will join him."
--St. Padre Pio
@@georgepenton808 Catholics follow Christ??? Not with all that paganism they don't...
It is different gospel , we have God in eucarestia
No it's not. The passover is what Jesus instituted, not the pagan eucharist.
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
We pray to God alone! Scripture tells us not to pray to dead people. Deuteronomy 18:11-12a or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD;
@@melodybarbour3218context my friend. There's a HUGE difference between CONJURING the dead and PRAYERS FOR the dead. Not only that, but the saints in heaven are very much ALIVE and that's why they can intercede . Read again the post here and note how it says "pray FOR US sinners?". So who is Mary praying for? All of us on earth!!! I suggest reading Romans 6:1-11 carefully and also add revelation chapter 5 for how the saints are ALIVE and can offer prayer on behalf of those on earth
@@resetsetmefree478 At the moment of our death, our eternal destiny is already decided. Either you trusted in the work of Jesus Christ on the cross and you believe Him when He said, "It is finished!" or you pay for your sins eternally in hell. Born again believers are saints because God says we are saints and yes, we pray for each other while we are still on earth. Nowhere in Scripture does God say to pray for dead people. Jesus is the ONLY mediator between God and man. Not Mary, not people who have died. We only pray to God. Deuteronomy 18:11b or one who calls up the dead. These things are detestable to God. Please show me the Bible book, chapter and verse where God tells us to pray to Mary. Mary is a created person just like the rest of us. She was chosen for God's purpose. That prayer people say is a prayer that a person made up. Romans 6 means when we are born again, when Jesus saves us, we are dead to sin and alive in Christ. This is not speaking of the death of our body. Are you born again? Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." Jesus Christ died once for all. Jesus said, "Repent and believe the gospel." You can't do anything to save yourself. Only Jesus can save you. Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Me."
@@resetsetmefree478 Mary isn't praying for any body.
@@jimdrummer816 you'll have to ask the 24 elders in revelation 5 about that. Looks to me like somebody there is doing some praying about something.....
CCC 460 The Word became flesh to make us "partakers of the divine nature":"For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God." "For the Son of God became man so that we might BECOME God." "The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods." Lucifer was thrown out of Heaven for wanting to be God.
You're wrong. The first lie of satan to eve was that if she ate from the forbidden tree she would become like God. Lie of satan. So much for your corrupt catechism that the Jesuits wrote.
@@Revelation18-4.. Lucifer was already throw out of heaven by the time Eve came around. I agree the Catechism is corrupt. i quoted it to show it's false teaching.
Cannot hear too soft please increase volumn🙁
Roman Catholics to go Hell for the same reason as practitioners of all the other man made works based religions. They reject the grace of God through their man-made system of sacramentalism.
the sacraments are from the bible / from God .. Baptism... (from that ) Confirmation the Eucharist (John 6 and the Last Supper) Catholicism (& the Orthodox churches) are from Christ directly ... Protestantism can be traced upto 500 years ago from the men who created them !!
AJA, water baptism is not necessary for Salvation.
Salvation is by FAITH -- BELIEVING and CONFESSING that "Jesus is the Christ/Lord/Savior/Son of GOD" -- Romans 10:9-10, Mark 16:15-16
Robert Rutger,
Is the Exodus 12:14 "forever" GOD commanded Passover that Jesus Christ celebrated and transformed into the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER (Luke 22:19-20), "pagan" or "man made" ???
Yes or No as there is no duplicity with GOD.
Robert Rutger & Victor Crowne:: What did Jesus say in Matthew 28:18-20? He sent the disciples to All the World to teach all that He had commanded them, baptizing in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spriit. Did Jesus command that? -YES. Sacrament of Baptism.
Did Jesus give the apostles the power to forgive sins in Matthew 16: 19 when he gave Peter the power of Loosing on earth what would be loosed in heaven and in John 20:21-22 when He said --Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them. Sacrament of Penance.
In Acts 8:14-17, apostles Peter and John went to those who had been baptized in Samaria but had not received the Spirit, and when they laid hands on the already baptized, the latter received the Holy Spirit, in what is called the Sacrament of Confirmation.
When the apostles laid hands on the first deacons, that was the Sacrament of Ordination, which is shown by Paul's instructions to Titus in which he told the disciple to ordain presbyters or elders. Sacrament of Orders.
In James 4:14-15, James says that if anyone is sick, a presbyter should be called who should anoint the person with oil and lay on hands to heal the person and forgive any sins. Sacrament of the Sick.
The Church also teaches that Marriage is a Sacrament, of which Paul says it is a great Mystery (Greek) or Sacrament (from Latin)
The Greatest Sacrament or Mystery is the consecrated Body and Blood of Jesus in the Eucharist as shown by His own words in John 6, in the Last Supper, and by Paul in 1st Corinthians 11.
The great Majority of Christians, particularly in the most ancient churches close to apostolic times have insisted upon the Sacraments as avenues of grace through Jesus Christ acting in them .
VictorCrowne,
In John 3:5 "REQUIREMENT" to enter the ONE and ONLY earthly "Kingdom of God" we see Jesus Christ was fulfilling Ezekiel 36:25-27 NEW COVENANT PROPHECY.
Please list out FULLY Ezekiel 36:25 and tell me what "cleanses" us to receive the Holy Spirit???
MANY MISTAKES IN THIS VIDEO; The Catholic Church is CHRISTIAN, since it holds Jesus as Lord and Savior, and moreover, it was He Himself who founded the One Church (John 17) for all nations (Matt 28:18-20) some 1,985 years ago promising that it would last till the end of time.
Jesus said to Shimon bar Yona, --You are Rock (Kepha in Aramaic, Jesus language, as seen in Galatians 1), and I will build My Church upon this Rock, and the gates of hell shll not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. What you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. What you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven---, as in Matthew 16:17-19.
Jesus changed the name of Shimon to Kepha or Rock , even though Jesus Himself is the Cornerstone Rock of Faith, but as He was to return to the Father, He left a Rock in His place on earth as guarantee of faith and unity of His disciples. He did not pick a man who was perfect, as only He is perfect. After Kepha/Peter denied Jesus, he was given another chance, as in John 21 to say whether he loved Him, and Jesus then Confirmed Peter by saying --Feed My lambs, Feed My sheep.
Jesus prayed for the Unity of All His disciples, as in John 17, as a witness to the world that the Father had sent Him, but that unity is broken into thousands of sects today, and the non believers point to that to ridicule Christ and us. Nevertheless, fully one Half of all Christians belong to the Catholic Church with 1,200,000,000 in all the world at the present and are united under the bishop of Rome as successor of Kepha/Peter, as was told by Irenaeus of Lyons around 180 AD, when he wrote in Adversus Haereses, that the church of Rome was ---founded by the glorious apostles Peter and Paul....and with which church all others must be in agreement---.
These former Catholics were converted to Which small Sect with which particularly different beliefs and who are not in communion with one another? When were their particular churches Founded and by Whom? Most of them were founded by Americans over 1.900 years After Jesus !
The New Testament contains the books chosen out of Many that once circulated and it contains only those books that were approved as the Only Inspired ones by the Bishops of the Catholic Church !.
Did Jesus command the apostles to write books and use them as the basis of His Gospel? NO. He sent the apostles to Preach and Teach what He had commanded them in all the time they had been with Him (Matt. 28-18-20). There were no apostolic writings for several decades. For the first three centuries, there was no New Testament universally accepted by all local churches. Only in the fourth century St. Athanasius of Alexandria and Councils of bishops in Rome and Carthage pronounced themselves for the present collection of books.
The Real Supernatural presence of Jesus in the Bread and Wine is believed by Catholics, all the Orthodox churches of the Mideast and eastern Europe, Lutherans, and a large number of Anglicans/Episcopalians. That is 1,200,000,000 Catholics, 200,000,000 Orthodox of the Mideast and eastern Europe, 70,000,000 Lutherans, and many millions of Anglicans/Episcopalians., all the Oldest Christian communities.
Jesus said in John 6 that His body is True Food and His blood is True Drink, but some of the disciples said, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" and they walked no more with Him ! They were like Evangelical Protestants ! When Jesus said This is My Body and This is My Blood at the Last Supper, these people say --He was not telling the Truth !!
Oh, it was all Figurative even though He repeated His words several times?? Even though Paul says in 1st Corinthians 11:23-29 that those who eat and drink Without Discerning the Body eat and drink Condemnation to themselves !
These people do not seem to have read and Understood the Scriptures !
Who was/is Mary? The mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; a man and GOD. Those who think Mary was just an ordinary woman have little understanding who the God of the universe is ! God is Great they will say, but they do not Understand., What does the Bible say about Mary? God the Father chose her as a Worthy mother for His Divine Son. She became the Tabernacle of the Almighty God. The Angel said, "Hail (Peace) very highly favored, The Lord is with you--! --Behold the slave of the Lord--said Mary. The Holy Spirit of God overshadowed her giving her the Divine Maternity ! Praise God ! When Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, the latter was inspired to say, --How is it that the mother of My Lord should come to me? You are the most blessed of women and Blessed is the fruit of your womb!-- It was for Mary that Jesus wrought His first miracle, even though, as He said, it was not yet His time, and He acceded to her intercession with Him to change the water into wine. When some women said that His mother was blessed to have Him, He said it was more blessed to Believe, and Mary was the First to Believe at the message of the Angel. When Jesus called her Woman, it was not a lack of Respect, but a recognition that she was the New Woman as He was the New Man (Adam). Mary is exceedingly great before God, as she should be before all Believers. Luther and Calvin praised her, but modern sectarians do not, unbiblically.
These former Catholics did not really know their faith and have wandered away, either to different sects or to their Own personal faith, not realizing that Israel was One People and that the Christians of the many local churches mentioned in Acts and the Epistles were parts of One People of Christ under the Authority of the apostles and elders/presbyters, as in Acts 15, and as in Titus, where Paul sends him to organize the local churches and make presbyters/elders/leaders for them to Teach what All taught. Now these good people are Divided and present a Confused message to the World.
(Deut 12:30-31) GOD said for His people to NOT worship Him the way that the pagans worship their demonic gods: drinking the sacrifice's blood (Lev 17:10-11), statues (Deut 4:15), bowing to statues (Lev 26:1), communing with the physically dead (Deut 18:11-12), chanting prayers over and over (Matt 6:7), honoring the 'queen of heaven" (Jer 44:15-20), prayer beads, candles....
sounds just like the Roman Church. the Vatisssss Can has embraced the Jezebel Spirit of paganism (Rev 2:18-23) -- it has never been a truly Christian church.
Victor Crowne: So you Disobey and do Not Believe Jesus when He said My flesh is True Food, and My blood is True Drink, as in John 6? You are like those Faithless disciples who said, --How can this man give us his flesh to eat?, and they walked no more with Him.
You ignore His words at the Last Supper, and you ignore the words of Paul in 1st Corinthians 11: 23-29.
You call youself Christian ????? NO, you are not. Luther read the words of Jesus and said he had to believe them, as do modern Lutherans, but you are Superior to the Vast Majority of Christian who believe in their Real sense, although a Spiritualized reality and not merely physical.
FRAGI, YOU: So you Disobey and do Not Believe Jesus when He said My flesh is True Food, and My blood is True Drink, as in John 6?
ME: so you don't believe that Jesus was a door, vine, light, or a shepherd of sheep ?? because Jesus said that he was these things, as well as being 'bread'..... the Roman Church has plucked ONE of these out and made the description LITERAL -- the bread.
to "partake" of Jesus is to be INDWELLED by the Holy Spirit -- making you ONE with GOD and ONE with Jesus (John 17:21,23, 1Cor 6:17, 1Cor 12:13).
now compare what Jesus prays to GOD right before he dies in John 17:14-26 with John 6:28:29, 35, 40, 47, 63. Being ONE or partaking of THE SON OF GOD is not drinking his actual blood, it is BELIEVING the SPIRITUAL words of the Gospel of Christ (v.63) and being indwelled/baptized with the fire of the Holy Spirit of GOD Himself (Rom 8:9).
FRAG, YOU: John 6? You are like those Faithless disciples who said, --How can this man give us his flesh to eat?, and they walked no more with Him.
ME: it is YOU that is like those in John 6 that thought Jesus was speaking of drinking his LITERAL blood. they were JEWS and knew that drinking the blood of the sacrifice was FORBIDDEN by God (Lev 17:10-11). but the Roman Church is pagan and like many other pagan religions, embraces the drinking of the sacrifice's blood; contradicting the decree of the original Jewish Church in Acts 15:20,29.
why do you think that the Jewish Church Council in Acts 15 only made EMPHASIS on not drinking blood, no fornication and no idolatry ??
because the gentiles that were beginning to come into the Church were all pagans !! and it was standard pagan practice to drink blood, have statues, bow to statues, and fornicate with Temple staff as a "purification" of their bodies.
and the Roman Church has brought drinking blood and idolatry right back into their Church.... sad indeed.
Victor Crowne: Yes, Jesus said that His flesh was True Food and His Blood was True Drink, and He maintained that position even though some disciples left Him at His word, just as you have. He asked His disciples that remained if they would leave Him, but Peter confessed, even though He did not then Understand, recognizing that Jesus had the words of eternal Life.
Reread the words of John praying for understanding. You think that He repeated Himself uselessly for a Figure, even though He showed the meaning at the Last Supper? You refuse the words of Paul? You think you have Faith, or do you just have sectarian prejudice to defend? How could Jesus walk through the closed door after His resurrection? He had a Glorified and Spiritualized Body ! Believe His words and intentions, for love of Jesus ! Does He not have the Power to do Extraordinary things? He multiplied Bread loaves and finished up talking about His Miraculous Spiritualized Body and Blood to nourish us. Do you only understand Carnally, or also Spiritually?
Richard...in this video you tell us you used to be a Roman Catholic priest, but in another video in your interview with the woman Lolly.. you say that you used to be a Dominican Friar...something is wrong one cannot be both at the same time?
Someone is telling lies.
Maybe he was both. You can leave one order and join another if you get dispensation.
Dominion or Roman.. they're all the same.
Tim,
1 Corinthians 10:16-17. After "participating in" the ONE SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST as the "Lamb of God" in the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER (Luke 22:19-20) what are the effects in verse 17 for every individual Catholic and what do WE ALL BECOME???
blood drinkers - which is FORBIDDEN by GOD (Lev 17:10-11, Acts 15:20,29)
VictorCrowne, we have here a John 6:60 non-believer and 6:66 who walks away from this "hard" teaching of Jesus Christ who instead "fell" for "man made" Protestantantism.
What did the Early Church Father's believe, St. Ignatius of Antioch who was taught at the feet of St. John the Apostle, and EVERY SINGLE CHRISTIAN FOR THE FIRST 1500 YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY???
www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/father/a5.html
Click and find out.
its not a "hard teaching" if you are indwelled with the Holy Spirit and understand that Jesus taught that Eternal Life comes by BELIEVING that "Jesus IS The Lord/Christ" -- John 6:28-29, 35, 40, 47, 63.
and John 5:24, John 3:15-18, John 11:25-26, John 12:48-50, John 5:10-13, John 17:3 .... you can't read ALL of John and come away believing that it is sipping the sacrifice's blood (Lev 17:10-11) that gives eternal life -- John makes it CLEAR, it is BELIEVING in Jesus Christ that gives Eternal Life (Mark 16:15-16, Rom 10:9-10)
VictorCrowne,
Who's perverting John 6???
The WHOLE CONTEXT is the Passover Feast (John 6:4). In every synoptic Gospel account of the "Last Supper" Jesus Christ is celebrating and transforming the Exodus 12:14 "forever" GOD commanded Passover into the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER (Luke 22:19-20) commanding you what to EAT and DRINK and ultimately in John 6:54-57 for ETERNAL LIFE.
Please list out FULLY John 6:55 and interpret it in proper CONTEXT of the Passover and every synoptic Gospel account of what to EAT and DRINK.
***Watch what a false teacher does or in this case does not do revealing he has absolutely no regard for Biblical TRUTH - only serving himself (filling his pockets with guilible peoples money) and the master of deception and falsehood satan.****
One, YOU: Who's perverting John 6??? The WHOLE CONTEXT is the Passover Feast (John 6:4).
ME: that would be YOU.
the CONTEXT of John 6 is Jesus comparing PHYSICAL things with SPIRITUAL things.
people who followed Jesus because he met their PHYSICAL needs,
John 6: 2, 15, 26
people who followed Jesus for SPIRITUAL reasons, John 6:44,65
physical bread/manna from heaven that kept their bodies alive
John 6:31-33, 49
spiritual bread/Jesus from Heaven that gives eternal SPIRITUAL life
John 6:47-48, 35, 38-40
the reason that Jesus spoke "drink my blood" was to weed out all those that were not SPIRITUALLY called by God (John 6:44, 65) -- to weed out those Jews that understood Lev 17:10-11 but were not called by GOD and had no SPIRITUAL discernment (John 6:64).
John 6:63 and 47 and 28-29 sums up Jesus' SPIRITUAL point: BELIEVING in Jesus brings Eternal SPIRITUAL Life.
the OT Passover was comprised of elements that REPRESENTED or SYMBOLIZED the future Messiah (lamb, bitter herbs, etc) -- these elements did not become the ACTUAL/LITERAL body of Messiah when the Jews ate it.
Leaving the catholic church they are totally apostasy... Judas betrayed Jesus so... they are bad priest but not the catholic church. Catholic church gave the world a scripture...
Catholic Church is heretic. satanic
You're a heretic. satanic.
well heretic means we don't believe in are catholic teaching and what jesus taught so therefore all protestants are heretics you might have used the wrong words. God bless you
Joriz Fairbanks
Don't be ridiculous, sir.
The "King James Bible" was commissioned by the PROTESTANT king of England, and written by PROTESTANT Anglican theologians in 1611, one thousand, five hundred and eleven years after the catholic Apostles actually wrote the New Testament and one thousand two hundred and thirty years after the canon of sacred Scriptures was delineated.
Joriz Fairbanks
That is a damned lie.
The Catholic Church claims the Septuagint, the Vulgate, the New Vulgate, the Revised Standard, Catholic Edition, and the New American Bible Revised Edition.
Sacraments in Scripture
Sacrament. From the Latin sacramentum, a word which denoted the oath of loyalty sworn by soldiers to their earthly lord, the emperor. It was applied by Tertullian around 200 AD to the Christian mysteries, by which man adhered to God. It thus acquired, as a technical term, the same implication as the Greek word mysterion, mystery, which is used to this day for the sacraments in Eastern Christianity.
Many times in Scripture God's action, presence, or the working out of His plan in history is said to be a mystery. The "mystery" is known to Him alone and those to whom He reveals it (Eph. 1:9, 3:3, 3:9). Only by faith in Divine Revelation can the spiritual truth behind actions and events be discerned. The Incarnation is such a mystery, since only by faith do we believe that the man Jesus Christ whom we see, read about, or have preached to us, is God. Further, Jesus is a mystery concealing not just His divinity but His Father. As he told Philip, "whoever has seen me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). Thus, we can say that Christ is a sacrament of His Father. The Church is a mystery, since it is the mystical Christ, Head and members. Vatican II speaks of the Church as the sacrament of Christ. Finally, the seven sacraments are mysteries which unfold in our souls and in our lives the working of Christ and His grace.
In each of the sacraments we can see that there is an outward sign of the mystery taking place, a sign in matter/deed and in word (Eph. 5:26), and that the sign bears a relationship to the spiritual grace or reality conferred by the Holy Spirit's action. In Baptism, for example, the individual is baptized in water, since water cleans, effecting an interior cleansing and renewal by God's gift of Himself (John 3:5, Acts 2:38). It also symbolizes dying and rising with Christ (Rom. 6:3-4), especially when performed by immersion. While the action of baptism is performed the word which Christ commanded is spoken (Mt. 28:19), completing the sign. Catholic teaching speaks of these two elements of the sign as matter (water) and form ("I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit").
Finally, one needs to remember that the New Testament is not a how-to manual of the sacraments and liturgy. Scripture witnesses to them, the early Christians didn't need more. Baptism is the most frequently spoken of, because it was a necessary part of evangelization. Once people were baptized the Church's pastors (bishops, priests and deacons) who received their instructions from the apostles, carried out the sacraments as they had been taught (2 Thes. 2:15). This is what is meant by Tradition, the communication of the apostolic teaching in the preaching, teaching and ritual practices of those who were appointed to lead the Church after the apostles.
Baptism. Scripture shows that John's baptism was a symbol of repentance, but not a sacrament. It did not confer grace. In the Acts it is clear that those who received Christian baptism also received the Holy Spirit, had their sins forgiven and became members of Christ, and thus of the Church. It is the foundational sacrament, the only one Philip thought necessary to confer on the Ethiopian eunuch. Matthew 3:16; Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:8; Mark 16:16; John 3:5; Acts 1:4-5; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:16; Acts 8:36-38; Acts 11:16; Acts 16:15; Acts 16:33; Acts 18:8; Acts 19:3-6; Acts 22:16; Romans 6:3-4; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 5:25-26; Col. 2:12; 1 Peter 3:20-21, and many others.
Confirmation. Completes Baptism by a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit and enables the Christian for mission. This was seen at Pentecost with respect to the apostles. In the early Church it was often accompanied by charismatic signs, though these are not intrinsic to the sacrament. Conferred by the laying on of hands. In Acts 19:3-6, especially, it is clear that John's baptism, Christian baptism and Confirmation are all distinct realities. Also, in Hebrews 6:2 baptizing and laying on of hands are distinguished. Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; Joel 2:28; John 14:16; Acts 2:4; Acts 8:14-17; Acts 19:3-6; Hebrews 6:2.
Eucharist. The Eucharist is visibly bread and wine but is in reality the Body and Blood of Christ. No mere symbols can effect eternal life. And abuse of no mere symbol can be worthy of damnation. In the early centuries the name of the Mass was the breaking of the bread. Yet, when word got out of what the Eucharist really was the Romans accused Christians of sacrificing babies and cannibalism, because they heard they ate human flesh. Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 24:35; Acts 2:42; 1 Cor. 11:24-27;
Penance. Christ gave authority, the keys, to the apostles to forgive sin, to decide between absolving or retaining guilt. This requires "confession" of sins for this judgment not to be arbitrary, hence the popular name of the sacrament. This authority was passed on to bishops, and from them to priests, with ordination. Matthew 16:19; John 20:21-23; Rev. 1:18.
Anointing of the Sick. Anointing prepares the person for death, and only incidentally may produce physical healing. The salvation and resurrection spoken of in James are in the first place spiritual. James 5:14-15.
Holy Orders. The threefold division of sacred ministers (bishops, priests and deacons) prefigured in the Old Law (high priest, priests, Levites) is clearly revealed in Scripture. Yet, most so-called "bible-believing" Protestant churches do not have them. Acts 6:3-6; Acts 13:2-3; 1 Tim. 3:1; 1 Tim. 3:8-9; 1 Tim. 4:14; 1 Tim. 4:16; 1 Tim. 5:17-19; 1 Tim. 5:22.
Matrimony. Marriage is, as St. Paul states, a mystery (mysterion). The Latin word used to translate mysterion is "sacramentum". The sacraments are mysteries (as Eastern Christians still call them), for one thing is visible and something else is known by faith. By faith, matrimony is a sign of Christ and the Church, as well as a special calling. Mt. 19:10-11; Eph. 5:31-32.
www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/sacraments_in_scripture.htm
Bart Brewer..... the guy on the phone how could you have entered clergy and thought that celibacy was "hypocritical... when in the Roman Catholic Church a man enters Holy Orders and takes the 3 Vows......
Poverty, Chastity and Obedience... one cannot become a priest without the
all three Sacred VOWS. When you entered the seminary you knew of celibacy....so why are you complaining?
Your testimony is very vague.
Fritula 6 exactly those are all works that the priest had to do!!!
Even Judas who was one of the apostles turned away from the table of the Lord and went his own way...
To lead His death! That is a whole different situation!
These people are running TO Christ, not away from Him.
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These so called ex priests and nuns must have personal problems and needed attention. The catholic church is a common sense church. Iam a proud catholic and feel the presence of our Lord Jesus christ when I enter a Catholic church. I do not feel the Lord's presence when I enter other churches.
Pride is a sin.
Romans vers 9-10 says with your mouth you confess and with hart you believe and luke vers 6-46 says why do you call me lord lord and not do what i say in matthew vers 28-19- 20 says go therefore and make diciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit teaching them to observe all that i commanded you and lo i am with you always even to the end of age
Catholic nuns and priest are both single or not married, Why they called him mother and father, yet they have no children.
This was 9 years ago!
This woman..... No Catholic child makes their Holy Communion at 6 years old.
This is a lie... the child is too immature.
In other countries they make communion earlier.
I think in rare occasions they let children make their First Communion quite early.
I am a convert and I made my First Communion at age 18. I never will forget the joy I had that day and I can't understand anyone walking away from such joy....
....except to imbibe the pleasures of the flesh and the world...
Hey. Did Thomas Jefferson change the words of scripture? Was he a catholic? Should he have known any better?
Marry only if you don't want to become a priest or nun or brother
Rita,
Only thing, early Christian s were married for the first. Thousand years
God calls different people to different taks in the Church. Some He calls to the priesthood, some to being laybrother monks, some to being nuns, some to married life, and some to single life in the world. And some are widows or widowers who, when their spouses died, were called by God to the priesthood or to being a nun.
Yes, until about 500 a.d. priests were allowed to be married. Priestly celibacy is a disciplinary rule of the Church, not a doctrine, and could be changed by the pope at any time. Catholic priests in eastern Europe and the Middle East have always been allowed to be married.
Another good Bible teacher Richard Jordon ministry
Paul ask for prayer ,from the saints
Praying to dead saints is necromancy, forbidden in the bible.
We the living can pray for one another. We can't and aren't supposed to ask for prayers from the dead saints or otherwise. This is necromancy. Jesus says, the dead know nothing.
But the saints aren't dead, they are alive in Heaven.
@@georgepenton808 if Jesus is the only mediator between God and man and he died on the cross and was the best human on this Earth then why even ask anyone else for prayers? Why not ask the son directly he obviously knows the Father better then any of us ever could?
Praying to the saints is idolatry!
Need to get rid of the blaring music in the background when we are trying to read the differences between Catholicism and Evangelicals. It was very distracting. Let the Holy Spirit convict the people and do His work. He doesnt need your help.It actually reminded me of the rituals and the organs in the catholic church trying to convince us we were holy. Please just bring forth the truth.