A Response to “Pastor” Stephen Anderson’s Demonic Attack on the Jesus Prayer
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Addressing a couple of the most ridiculous comments. Anyone who thinks that this channel is pro gay, simply because I highlighted the unchristian behaviour of Stephen Anderson, needs to develop their listening skills and should look at the content that this channel has produced. I am very clearly against homosexuality and only the most ignorant will try to claim otherwise. See the links below.
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The Devil’s Work-Pope Francis and the State of Decay of the Vatican.
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@@HaggisOfDeath Protestantism is fake and gay.
God Bless you Father
Only 4 hours? The monks on Mount Athos do so for 24/7, even while sleeping. I advise researching the Heysecast tradition.
Edit: The guy I was replying to deleted all of his comments; I was writing to him, not to Father Michael.
@@living_orthodox Father, while I agree with your video entirely and am Orthodox myself (i converted this past August), I can't help but feel this specific reply is not indicative of the love that you talked about in your video. Calling someone arrogant and low IQ as well as calling them ilk is not loving, it is ad hominem. If this is not you commenting then I understand the discrepancy, but please be careful going forward. Christ is risen!
Protestantism has no monastics and little ascetism. Thus hard for them to understand this.
Unfortunately as a teenager I used to watch this guy a lot. Thankfully I found Holy Orthodoxy
I still see his stuff around online quite a bit. When it appears like the world is upside down, it's pretty easy to relate to what Pastor Anderson says sometimes on other subjects. Unfortunately, in my opinion, his sermons lead more to anger, and then you become consumed by it. I wish I was at peace like you. I'm so lost right now that even watching this video puts me in tears to see this priest's confidence in Orthodoxy and his calmness. I don't even know where to start. I grew up Protestant, but feel a pulling towards Orthodoxy or Catholicism, but I'm so OCD about details, I don't know which is the "right" direction. How did you decide? Sorry for the long response, btw.
@@WhiteStag777 I haven't been baptized yet but historically there's really no way for me to refute that Orthodoxy is the original church Jesus Christ established. I was convinced by looking at the history. Protestantism came 1500 years after Jesus. So am I to really believe God got it wrong for that long? Also the Orthodox Church has Apostolic succession. Every priest and bishop can historically be linked back 2000 years ago to the Apostles through ordination. There's really no way around it in my opinion
@@WhiteStag777brother the light and truth is evident.look at the heresies in Catholicism and you will know . Do you believe that the pope is “ infallible “ , do you believe that St . Mary was born without sin , does the Bible talk of purgatory? Do you thing a guy couple should be blessed ?
@@Tanya-tb8irYeah there's a lot that irks me about the Catholic Church. Such as what you mentioned. I know the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church were converged in the past until the schism and I know the Protestant way isn't for me. But I've spent a lot of time comparing the two where I become lost. It's hard because both Orthodox and Catholics have really good apologists. I'm going to check out this guy's channel though and watch more of his videos.
@@WhiteStag777 I believe for protestants it is very easy decision: since you spent your entire protestant life to refute the papists and for good reason, once you find the Orthodoxy, your way is firmly laid out in front of you.
Protestantism is the religion of "scholars". Orthodoxy is the religion of saints.
But both are filled with Sinners. However only one gives the fullness needed to truly become Sanctified ☦️
Scholars is a compliment. Any scholar on church history would see the errors of Protest ism
This is great!
Well said 🙏
@@obiwankenobi6871 The Catholic Church is the True Church. The "Orthodox" are in schism, though they are not protestants and, therefore, have valid sacraments and apostolic succession and are 99% correct.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
God willing I will be attending my first Divine Liturgy next week thank you for helping me come to Orthodoxy
Glory to God! Christ is Risen!
I converted to the true faith 3 years ago, best decision in my life.
Welcome brother!
I did it this week 2 days ago. Once you go, it’ll never leave you. The experience is truly with the presence of God.
Like Aaron said, do it brother! Christ is risen! This is the right time. The Lord has called you home.
One my first Divine Liturgies was last year’s forgiveness Sunday & fast forward a year later 3 months ago now I became orthodox from Catholicism.
“Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing’” (Luke 23:34)
Yes, 100%!🙏
@@Leviticus20-13 Jesus Christ doesn’t hate anyone
As someone with severe mental health issues, the Jesus prayer is one of the only things that are able to give me a moment of peace in this world. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Please elaborate, brother! As somebody with OCD, I often find myself having to repeat the prayer from the middle because of intrusive thoughts. Be blessed, brother, I hope you are well ☦✝️❤
@@cerebrummaximus3762 I have a very bad case of depression and anxiety. The Jesus prayer is a moment where the bad thoughts have a chance of going away, trying to achieve a deeper state of prayer. Elder Cleopa of Romania has very insightful comments on prayer, might wanna check it out. God Bless.
Only the satan can hate the Truth of Orthodoxy. God have mercy on this lost son.
See, I disagree. I think Satan loves the Catholic Church. Let's see, that church took the Bible from the people, killed men for translating it into a different language to share the Word, had their members pay indulgences over something the church had no power over, calls their leader a vicar of Christ, prays to false deities, all the while hiding priests who rape children. All in all Satan has turned the "Orthodox" church into a satanic hell-fest.
I find it hilarious that he insinuated that Orthodox Christian prayers are too short. Anyone who has attended even a single Divine Liturgy knows that is definetly not the case.
Yes my thought is always exactly “ you have never been to church”.
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Correct, as well as the prescribed evening and morning prayers. The Trisagion as well!
Amen!
He clearly never read St John Chrysostom...
Господе Исусе Христе, сине Божији, помилуј ме грешног. 🇷🇸☦️
I love the Jesus Prayer. Some nights, I even pray it in my dreams and realize that I did pray it when I wake up the next day.
19 year old inquirer here. Went to my first Divine Liturgy at my local Serbian parish this Sunday. Everything about it was absolutely divine and beautiful, and I met some very great Christian people who gave me such good advice.
Remember to always read your bible so you can never be deceived! God bless you 💕
@@MSHOOD123 we read more scripture in the Orthodox Church than any other group that I’ve encountered.
@@tylerlivermore494 That's the best, a Christian is not complete without the bible.
@@MSHOOD123
A Christian is not complete without the Holy Orthodox Church.
The Holy Bible is a sacred confession on what Holy Orthodoxy believes.
@@gritsteel3225 Well orthodox Christianity aren't quite known to be faithful to biblical truths, they follow heavily the steps of the church fathers rather than steps of the Christ. At least I can speak for the Serbian orthodoxy, I don't know what part you're in. But anyway, belonging to a church is not essential, however, reading the bible, praying frequently and always having faith in the Lord is..
Ironically, he's talked about the importance of learning the original Greek scriptures, but attacks the Church that preserves them.
It’s hilarious, they are King James Bible only and they know why it is important because of the Septuagint but just can’t grasp the one more step, it’s one of the reasons I discovered which was the unchanged church.
Roman Catholic here and i often pray the Jesus prayer. I was also born with a neurological condition called Asperger's with is a form of autism and i find his comments on autism heartless and wicked , may Jesus Christ have mercy on him and us all.
same. As a Latin Rite Catholic i pray this prayer a lot, especially when I don't know what to pray, I just start doing the Jesus prayer and also the rosary.
Steven Anderson is consistently hateful in many different ways. He’s told his congregation to pray that Obama dies. He’s said he hopes homosexuals commit suicide. He’s wicked.
@@Gigi-ho2qk what are y o u?
Cool pfp, brother in Christ
@@Gigi-ho2qk protestantism is
When I first heard pastor Anderson I immediately remembered what Apostle Paul said about how Christian priests should be, and he's the exact opposite. Can you preach the gospel screaming, laughing, cursing and threatening others? He was literally behaving like a possessed person. It's sickening that protestants brag about preserving the Bible and make such fundamental mistakes. God help us all ❤
This is true, he's got the wrong vibe for being a Christian , maybe he will understand later.
@@skibidi.G Anderson has behaved like this for years. He was on the news once for telling his congregation to pray for Obama’s death lol smh. He’s under severe prelest.
@@FaithfulComforter um just wow lol
The Jesus Prayer helps get me through the day. Hopefully, that "Pastor" wakes up to the truth.
All glory to our God and Savior! He is risen!
Truly He is Risen!
Truly He is risen!
Stephen Anderson is only interested in his own opinions
@@HaggisOfDeath actually it’s not the Bible he’s interested in, because Jesus Christ Himself used repeated prayers and even gave a parable about a woman badgering a judge repeatedly, which was a metaphor for repeated prayers.
Vain, the key word in that verse you are twisting and butchering is VAIN, not repetition. You cannot pray always and at all times without repetition.
@@HaggisOfDeath Truth & Life App
13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'
Luke 18:13 RSV-CE
Praise God, i found Holy Orthodoxy. I used to listen to pastors like this while I attended college.
Lord have mercy on me, a sinner.
Western Catholic here. I was also wondering about the Jesus prayer myself but then I tried it. It helped me to focus and negative thoughts could not take hold and I was free to talk to the Lord.
Beware of spiritual deception. The patriarchate of Rome is not the real body of Christ.
I was a Protestant for 3 days thankfully I came back to Holy Orthodoxy
SPACIBOG!!..but three days!..what happened?!?
Thank God 😢 you returned home.
this sounds like a funny experience. what happened
@@davidniedjaco9869He went to Hades and returned hahaha
Go to your priest to be re admitted
3 minutes in, and I can already tell that this man is in grave prelest. This is not okay. Please, pray for this man.
May God help him. We all can be deceived, but he’s in spiritual pain.
Can you explain prelest to me?
It's a state of spiritual delusion.
@@harveygosalI believe "prelest" is blasphemy to put it simple, its going backwards in life, not forward (though correct me, please, if i may seem wrongfully).
@@mr.google2680hey I’m not orthodox yet, and I’m not claiming to know exactly what prelest is. But I believe, as another comment said, that it’s a form of spiritual delusion. It’s the kind of delusion that makes you think you’re righteous and holy when in fact that’s far from true. For example, I’ve heard stories of monks who believed to have the ability to withstand all weather, have no need to eat hardly, and have visions. But they didn’t show gifts of the spirit to confirm them. Turns out they were cooperating with demons without knowing.
That’s a very rough explanation, and I could be wrong but hopefully it helps
I’m a Baptist minister, I actually preached a sermon on the Jesus prayer a few weeks ago. The Jesus prayer should be at the core of all prayers. There’s beauty and power in simplicity.
Isuse Hriste sine Božiji pomiluj me grešnu.
Hristos Voskrese
Vaistinu Voskrese
Lord Jesus Christ, son of God have mercy on me a sinner ☦️
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me a sinner. May God help Stephen Anderson to be guieded to the Truth and be healed from his own wrath and hatred.
Christ is Risen, Glory Him. Blessings to you and all Orthodox Christians. ☦️☦️☦️
Truly He is Risen!
I'm a recent convert in America, I was baptized in the tradition of GOARCH. The way things are going here are increasingly worrying. Father, please pray for us down here.
I was baptized there too. Now in ROCOR.
I actually just came across the video of him mocking the prayer 10 minutes ago on instagram, open CZcams and see this response…
May God have mercy on him
Even most independent Baptist don't like this guy. He threw a guy out of the church for asking for prayer.
Lord have mercy. Such things could really push someone away from Christ.
As an ex-IFB (now Catholic), this is true. But, I also want to caution against separating the IFB and NIFB . They think and act exactly the same way. Each clique within these movements have their own standards in which they judge the salvation of all others. There have been entire splits over doctrine such as the blood atonement, Jesus suffering in hell, KJV-Onlyism, reprobate doctrine, etc. This is how the NIFB (Anderson's clique) was formed. But make no mistake, each clique is just as devout and radical about their piece of the pie.
I once got into an argument with multiple members of the IFB church I attended over homosexuals. Long story short, they believed that if a person (especially a man) even so much as had an inclination towards the same sex, especially if they have acted on it, they are forever condemned and unforgivable; destined to hell. It didn't matter if they truly repented, remained celibate, etc. They were reprobate and as such, cast aside. Yes, the death penalty for LGBT is almost universally supported by the IFB and NIFB as well. And yes, most IFB churches I know of (especially the one I was a member of) would kick these people out; even if they earnestly repented. This was the first arrow to pierce the IFB vail for me.
Of course, most of the IFB/NIFB literally hold an idolatrous view of the KJV Bible. For as much as we hated Catholics (specifically Roman Catholics) and lambasted them for their
"idolatrous" statues, icons, "Mary worship," etc... we held deeply rooted views on the KJV being the only Word of God, all other translations being works of satan. We had entire songs praising the KJV, entire sermons dedicated to the dangers of other translations, entire Bible studies comparing other translations, entire conferences "standing on the KJV," and even a traveling historical KJV museum. The King James Bible is absolutely an idol to many in the IFB movement.
Lastly (for this comment anyways, I could go on and on), we were the judges of salvation. We judged our own salvation: Is Jesus Christ your Lord and savior? Yes? Saved (unless you are a reprobate of course, or if you "fall out" later, maybe you were never saved to begin with). But wait, it's not really that simple. A more accurate representation would be: Is Jesus Christ your Lord and savior? AND do you understand that it's only your faith in Him (as we define it with our KJV) that will save you? Not baptism, not other sacraments, not the Church, etc (despite those being acts of faith). We would bring this message to the doors of everyone in town, converting folks from all religions, denominations, etc. Those we did not convert, we often condemned. And because we had such a strong assurance of our own salvation, we would only pray for individuals we "knew" weren't saved to be saved. (Speaking to the point of this video, prayer was simply: give thanks, ask for others, ask for yourself; keeping it all short and simple, straight to the point, God already knows what you want, but we have not because we ask not. So prayers were a bit more than what some here claim, we did in fact give thanks and pray for others... but it's nothing like Catholic/Orthodox).
I mean again, I could go on and on. But in short, pray for these folks. Many of them truly believe they are saving souls and doing God's will. Many of them were seekers of the truth (that's how they ended up in the IFB). I believe many of them would convert if they earnestly sought the truth once again.
Pastor Anderson would do well to recall St. Luke’s gospel Ch. 18 verse 13:
“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'”
Nothing wrong with asking God to be merciful to us sinners!
@@HaggisOfDeath I disagree slightly, because even in protestantism with improvised prayers we can pray without meaning or without putting our hearts into it
@@HaggisOfDeath as far as I know it’s not meant to be a vain repetition
And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. - Matthew 6:7
We have an example of just how great a distance there is between the wordy and the humble and simple prayer in the story of the Pharisee and the publican. The prayer of the Pharisee vaunting himself in his abundance of words was rejected. The humble and contrite publican, on the other hand, asking forgiveness for his sins, came away more justified than the selfboasting Pharisee. In this we find fulfilled what was written: “The prayer of the humble penetrates the clouds,” reaching God who is ready to hear the request of the one who prays. .
- Chromatius of Aquileia, AD 407
For the same verse.
You see that when He was discoursing of almsgiving, He removed only that mischief which comes of vainglory, and added nothing more; neither did He say whence one should give alms; as from honest labor, and not from rapine nor covetousness: this being abundantly acknowledged among all. And also before that, He had thoroughly cleared up this point, when He blessed them that hunger after righteousness.
But touching prayer, He adds somewhat over and above; not to use vain repetitions. And as there He derides the hypocrites, so here the heathen; shaming the hearer everywhere most of all by the vileness of the persons. For since this, in most cases, is especially biting and stinging, I mean our appearing to be likened to outcast persons; by this topic He dissuades them; calling frivolousness, here, by the name of vain repetition: as when we ask of God things unsuitable, kingdoms, and glory, and to get the better of enemies, and abundance of wealth, and in general what does not at all concern us.
- John Chrysostom, AD 407
I think the church is pretty clear what vain repetition means.
I am Roman Ctholic and I often pray the Jesus prayer - such a powerful prayer - a true gift for all sincere christians ❤️God bless all !
+ Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mery on me a sinner +
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner 🙏🏼
As an Orthodox Christian who returned to The Church after 25 years of apostasy, who frequented protestant churches during that dark time of my life, I can say with absolute conviction that Orthodoxy is the real deal. I thank The One True God for having given me this gift and may He hear my deep sorrow whenever I pray this beautiful prayer. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner! Poor "pastor." His violent and mentally ill gesticulations in mocking The Jesus Prayer are clearly being guided by dirty spirits. The Holy Spirit fills one with peace, not agitation and absurdity. God help pastor. And God have mercy on us all, for we all fall short.
Welcome back sister! May you be fruitful for the glory of The Lord!
Then Stephen better *not* say Yahweh cuz Yahweh states do *not* use My Name in vain. It does *not* mean that people can *not* say Yahweh; it means do *not* say Yahweh in vain. CHRIST prayed in repetition (Matthew 26) but *not* in vain repetition.
Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
What also insults me is that he uses autism as an insult, as someone on the spectrum. I can't stand when people do that, and I pray his heart becomes softened by God's will.
I get you entirely oh my Lord when I heard what he said about the Jesus Prayer I had to pause the video I was so mad. my Godfathers brother is on the spectrum and is nonverbal and does the rocking like that “pastor” did. My Lord I was mad. I hope his heart changes
Don't worry about it, he doesn't know what he is saying. How could he know, when his knowledge comes only from his own rationalisations? The man is to be pitied, and may we not also fall into the same trap, God forbid! It's terrible.
Mr Anderson is a delusioned madman, so its a double failure! No need to feel bad for a guy like that, we should pity him for he is greatly delusional!
The devil does not want us to pray the Jesus prayer because of its transformative power; but as the Bible says « taste and see! » .
No truer words!
I accidentally went to his church once, I did not know his church name but I knew of him. It was exactly like this, an angry tirade. It’s psychologically powerful and a tool of demagoguery, that’s how you can tell it’s a cult. Many false prophets will come in his name.
The churches i first began my christian life was heavy fans of his. Hes very popular in Independent Baptist Churches. I left because i realized how fake it all was. And that the God I knew to be God was different than theirs. And that it was Kindergarten Christianity. Just life 101 with Pastor X. Then the Evangelists come for Revivals and gets everyone riled up. Its emotional manipulation at its finest, cult practice, and all about the outward. Sins are all external. Theres no thought of gluttony, pride, etc. Orthodox seems to highlight the hidden sins in us more, which do of course lead to obvious external. Thankfully im out of this fraud. Its hard to unlearn some of these things honestly but i am on a good path.
Kindergarten Christianity...I'll have to remember that one. Yeah Pastor Stephen is playing with fire here. How shameful.
I’m feeling the same, especially with Zionism. I’ve also wondered if we serve the same God when people cheer for the destruction of a people, complain about the oppressed protesting, and become further accomplices by “Standing with Blah” or calling critics as anti-whateverites. They put the ones on a pedestal who say that Jesus “is in hell in boiling excrement”, but bash Catholicism/Islam all day long. Who controls both parties? Who brought feminism, sexual liberation, pornography, abortion, etc?
@@iraqiimmigrant2908 , exactly. Christ save us all of that evil ☦.
Lord, have mercy on him and on me for wanting to judge him.
Ain't that the truth! Lord, have mercy!
Judging people is not a sin.
@@gch8810 judgement starts with myself and the beam is huge in my eye. Who am I to judge for my sins are many.
I know there is righteous judgment, but I'm not the one to give it.
The Saints speak of not judging others.
From the Ladder of Divine Ascent:
So listen to me, all you accountants of other people's faults, listen well; for... whatever sin of body or spirit that we ascribe to our neighbor we will surely fall into ourselves.
Do not allow human respect to get in your way when you hear someone slandering his neighbor. Instead, say this to him, "Brother, stop it! I do worse things every day, so how can I criticize him?" You accomplish two things when you say this. You heal yourself and you heal your neighbor with the one bandage.
Do not make judgments and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins.
@jasonbryan3135 I needed this for real. Thanks and God bless.
@@GMART50 all thanks to our God. Have a great evening!
This channel is too pure. I’ll keep brother pastor Anderson and you father Michael in my prayers. That’s 3 father Michael’s I have to pray for now. 2 in my own parish and then you Fr. ❤️
Thank you! We priests need prayers. God bless you! Christ is Risen
As a cradle Catholic I like to say this prayer before receiving the Holy Eucharist. "Jesus Christ ✝️ Son of the Living God have MERCY on me a Sinner."
As a Latin Rite Christian (Latin Rite Catholic), I also pray this prayer a lot. This is common prayer for Eastern Catholics along with Eastern "Orthodox" (schismatic), but the Church doesn't condemn Latin Christians from doing Eastern Christian devotions. I also like, the Fatima prayer, which is very similar to this. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven especially those in most need of thy mercy. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son and Word of God-have mercy on me a sinner ❤
‘By my deeds I’m a great sinner, but by the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ I am a Christian’
Very powerful and beautiful message there Fr Mikhail. Amen!
The arrogance and anger that eminates off of him was the first thing that caught me eye. The jesus prayer heals my soul ☦️🕊️❤️
I honestly hope God helps him. Stephen Anderson is suffering and needs the love of Christ.
Fellow Eastern Orthodox member who is struggling. When I say the Jesus prayer my mind clears and I feel strength. If someone doesn’t believe in it why don’t they just try the prayer with their heart in good intention.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen.
Lazarous when he was risen from the dead by jesus christ , he never smiled again . Meaning he never made fun of anyone or anything , the jesus prayer makes saints ☦️
You are right, but in the name of clarity I prefer the idea that smiling refers to loosing control (cf. "bursting into laughter"), or opening the door of heart, which leads to the decrease of that inner joy. Like opening the door of the sauna leads into the escape of heat from the sauna... I say this as a clarification for our Protestant friends who may think you are saying Lazarus was never happy after he was rose from the dead.
his anger is telling. the humility of the prayer stirs up his demons. not much wiggle room to intellectualize it and bend it to your will
Thank you for showing the true spirit of Christ and Orthodoxy. Lord have mercy on us.
Father You Help the Kingdom more than I can hope to imagine.
you makes lives better and to remind myself of Orthodoxy in the Great White North.
Many orthodox brethren not only recognize the “pastors” error, but are watchful in how these situations can lead us into pride or boasting over having what we believe is the correct position. “Sober minded vigilance”. The devil has the deepest bag of tricks. Stay strong brothers
Doamne Iisuse Hristoase Fiul lui Dumnezeu, miluieste-ma pe mine pacatoasa! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Christ is Risen! Fr. Mikhail, would you be interested in doing a video on orthodox mystics/mysticism at some point?
Truly He is Risen! Yes I would! Many great saints to cover
Nothing new to see devil attacking Lord's people, Lord's Church and practices we utilize in our daily struggle towards Theosis. I feel sorry for that guy who fell into a demonic trap and became instrument of his malice.
I think we have plenty of evidence from the saints that the Jesus Prayer is highly beneficial for us all.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner! No prayer that mentions our Lord directly is in vain. Thank you for the lesson Fr Mikhail, Christ is risen!
@@HaggisOfDeath I disagree that that is all the pastor was calling out, his level of ignorance coupled with his hatred of anything he doesn't approve of is stunning. Lord have mercy.
@@HaggisOfDeath As an Orthodox Christian I have no need to watch those who are in error. Pastor Anderson has a god who seeks his salvation, I leave him to it. Christ is risen!
Please pray for me father and viewers. I need it. Thank you.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on Steven Anderson
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on…Pastor Anderson ❤️☦️🙏
I must say, Fr. Mikhail, you are good at picking out and defending the faith against these idols that are especially popular between young people.
Someone posting his videos on 4chan /pol/ was one of my first introductions to Christianity. I no longer remember the details of what he preached, but it did show me that Christians can be against the current cultural Zeitgeist. 3 years later I'm now Orthodox. Glory to Jesus Christ Son of God.
Have mercy on me a sinner. Have mercy on us.
Father Michael
My name is Harry
I’ve judged you before and I’m so very very ashamed of myself for that, I ask and beg your forgiveness Sir , please forgive me a disgusting man a disgusting sinner that I am xxx
As God forgives dear one! All is forgiven and well. Forgive me as well for whatever I may have said and done :)
@@living_orthodox
You have done nothing to be forgiven for my dear friend
Father, bless! Christ has risen!
As a recent convert, the Jesus Prayer brings me relief from temptations - I run to it, to the mercy of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ. When the blind man cried for mercy, Jesus healed him. When Peter cried out for Christ to save him on the water, Christ rescued him. In the parable of the Pharisee and tax collector, the latter prayed to God for mercy, and Jesus called him justified before God. All three men cried for mercy from different places of need as well - God showed mercy in every case. Glory to God.
Protestants don’t truly know how merciful God is toward us, because they don’t know how much God loves us. At least, when I was a Protestant, I didn’t know either. I looked at God as if He was angry with me and was required by His holiness to punish me for my sins. Mercy was a plea to not be punished. Now, my plea for mercy is due to His love for me, and mine for Him. I know He desires to save me, not punish me.
He desires to make me see(like the blind man); He desires to have me trust Him and walk on stormy water(like Peter); He desires me to rely on Him for mercy for my sins(like the tax collector) - it’s as if God’s mercy is His invitation to us to participate in Theosis.
Unfortunately, this pastor clearly does not know God’s mercy and love. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on Pastor Stephen and his flock.
Christ is risen!
Such an irony for someone who claims to base their beliefs on Scripture to call a prayer full of biblical meaning and intent “vain”…
Truly, He is Risen
Lord, have mercy on Stephan Anderson. He was a huge positive influence for me in finding my way back to Christ and eventually Holy Orthodoxy. Lord have mercy.
Latin Rite Catholic here. I was introduced to this by my grandmother who is Eastern Orthodox and was reinforced when I found a Byzantine Catholic community. It is a beautiful prayer that very much helps me meditate on Christ and my relationship with him, and also helps my mind become clear so I know what God is truly calling me to pray for. It is an excellent tradition that should be celebrated and used by all true believers
I'm a Latin Right Catholic and I LOVE the Jesus Prayer. When done correctly, involving your breathing it is just so beautiful. It is sad that a "pastor" would attack other's prayer. We should pray for him.
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@@ApolloLeRouxthe man is breaking bread and you spit in his face. Bad form.
It is also easy to fall into prelest with the prayer. The church or Rome is not the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. You are not communing of the real body and blood of Christ
@@Stephen-uz8dm I disagree. That is the beauty of Holy Mother Church, we don't all have to conform to one single view to recieve God's Grace. But we DO have to show love to our neighbor.
Lord Jesus Christ, son of God have mercy on me 🙏
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, ☦️ have mercy on me a sinner. And the strength to pray for all enemies of our family so that they may come home and suffer no more. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, ☦️ now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
I will be attending my first Divine Liturgy this week 🙏
Lord have mercy on this pastor a sinner and save his soul ...
May Christ Jesus have mercy on his soul and all of our souls.😢😢😢
Attended my first divine liturgy this past Sunday. It was a refreshing departure from the non denmo services I was raised in.
I was driven to Holy Orthodoxy by what my eyes were telling me. I saw a complete lack of fruit coming out of the various 'churches' I was raised in. When I encountered Orthodox spirituality, I saw for the first time men who had been transformed by the Holy Spirit. I have been calling myself a Christian all my life, and I can say emphatically that I realize now that I am not and never have been. This weekend my wife and I are going to a divine liturgy, and we hope to begin our catechism soon. Please pray for us.
Господи Исусе Христе, Сине Божји, помилуј и спаси не грешните.
Господи помилуј.
Слава на Отецот и Синот и Светиот Дух, сега и секогаш во вечни векови!
Дојди Господи и очисти не грешните.
На Бог му е помило срце смирено, понизно и искрено од магиско повторување, клањање и мантрање, посебно пред други луѓе, празни зборови без дела. Создателот најдобро го знае своето созданието и го сака безусловно што дури се облече Синот во тело човечко за да ја исполни Божјата правда и со својата најчиста безгрешна жртва ја откупи смртта како плата за гревот за секој што ќе поверува и тргне по Него, Создателот на се видливо и невидливо.
Слава ти Господи, помилуј, прости и очисти ме со твојата света жртва мене нечистиот.
Catholic here. How's this guy going to say we don't need to pray? Even if we didn't I want to to get closer to Him. I'll leave a Jesus prayer for him.
"We should only pray for what we want? Maybe pray for a better backdrop then, "Pastor" Anderson."
Lord have mercy, this poor man just got BURNT!!!
I don’t understand how a prayer of mercy could upset someone to that extent. Lord Jesus Christ son of God have me mercy on me a sinner
My fellow Christians,
Christ is risen!!!!!!
Well said. You applied true Orthodox truth with love and humility, well done brother. Love because its the top level to aim for in everything, in humility because it protects us from self delusion and any arrogant spirit and truth because God ordains it and comes from the Spirit of God.
Saint Paisios : "The devil does not hunt after those who are lost; he hunts after those who are aware, those who are close to God.☦️
God bless you Fr
True Prayer springs from the Heart, False Prayer springs from the Intellect, which Alone is Served by its Utterance.
Im Protestant and say the Jesus Prayer using the sign of the Cross
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@@ApolloLeRouxI love Holy Orthodoxy, but the one thing I cannot subject myself to is the veneration of icons or praying through icons or to Mary or the Saints, I don't believe it's idolatry like most Protestant Christians, but I don't believe it's right either, especially after listening to Gavin Ortlund. I would love to see Gavin Ortlund sit down with Father Josiah Trenham who I love and respect to discuss this further.
@@ketogenic_ron listen to Seraphim Hamilton
@ketogenic_ron honestly, I'm in the same boat still in the southern Baptist circles. we are all united in Jesus Christ. It's a lovely, humble prayer. God will not despise this.
I couldn't stomach what he said. It made me so upset and he clearly blasphemed our Lord. Lord have mercy on him.
Jesus Prayer has been my life jacket.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner 🙏❤️🙏🙏
If repeating the prayer has a good purpose, then by definition it isn't vain. We have countless spontaneous vain thoughts entering our awareness throughout the day. Like Martha we busy or concern ourselves with too many vain things when only a few things are needed. The Jesus Prayer can discipline the mind to gain control over all those vain thoughts. It can be used to quiet the mind of vain thoughts in preparation for quiet or hesychastic prayer. Perhaps when Martha's sister was sitting at Jesus' feet, he was teaching her about inner quiet prayer in the soul.
@@HaggisOfDeath Babbling (battalogeo) repetitive words are vain prayers when they are used as magical formulations or charms to get what you want, as if repeating words will force the deity to hear or provoke the deity to answer. Jesus taught God as a good Father provides for his children and knows what his children need. Besides addressing him as Father (our Father who art in heaven), giving him honor (hallowed be thy name), cooperating with his will (thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven), repentance and asking for forgiveness (forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation), a direct humble petition like 'give us our daily bread' is enough to get his attention. Many use the Jesus Prayer in preparation for contemplation or inner quiet prayer or stillness in the soul in the presence of God. It's difficult to do this since the mind is in the habit of rattling on and on. A short repetitive prayer can focus the mind, dispel vain thoughts, and bring it to rest. Once that is done, then the prayer itself also ceases as it served its good purpose. To repeat the prayer over and over again in order to get God to hear and answer a petition, as if it has magic-like power, would be vain.
@@HaggisOfDeath I personally don't use the prayer when I contemplate, but I understand why others would use it in order to focus their attention away from all the vain chattering occuring in the mind which steals the awareness away from God. If they mean what they say that Jesus is Lord and they require his mercy, then it isn't a meaningless mantra like any old word or sound would do. If said from the heart, it has meaning directed towards Christ, but it also serves as a mental discipline for a further good purpose to become fully aware of God for prayerful communion. Like I said it ( and its repetition) finally gets put to rest also. In this context I doubt Christ regards it as a violation of his principles on how to pray and would therefore find it offensive. I imagine some who repeat the prayer use it wrongly like a charm, thinking it has some intrinsic power of its own which Jesus has to regard. But we have to be careful not to become literalists when applying his principles on prayer or any of his teachings, otherwise we will be like the pharisees who thought that literally following the Law without the spirit or principles behind the rules was the correct way to apply the rules of the Law.
Thank you father for this video. May the Lord Jesus Christ have mercy upon us all. ☦
Ave Christus Rex
Ave Maria Regina
Amen. I love your channel. Thank you for your content.
Jesus Christ Son of the living God have mercy on me a sinner!
Thank you Father for your gracious words of the gospel. Your comments, although about "Pastor" Anderson, actually apply in so many other areas in our lives as we seek to follow Christ.
We need only to pray for this man. May God guard our hearts from pride and help us to see our own sins unto a life of repentance.
Bless father. Thank you for your service to the faith and to our Lord. These people who take the name of Christ in vain must be rebuked sharply. This is why I accepted the orthodox faith. It withstands any criticism as it is the truth gifted to us from God himself. May he have mercy on us and continue to bless our lives in the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.
Great video. Thanks, Fr. Mikhail. ☦️
Thank you for this video Father!
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O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner...
I came out of conservative Protestantism to Holy Orthodoxy 20 years ago. What that preacher said is very much in line with what they say. The whole concept of open exegesis is a major stumbling block to humility. And the dry legalism of Protestantism is kryptonite to any kind of spiritual ascent. These aren't the only problems in Protestantism that I know about, and I've discovered a few things since which have shocked me, but I'm not that interested in it any more. The Orthodox faith is a full-time job, far more important than reinventing the wheel (the writings of the Holy Fathers and the Lives of the Saints contain just about everything you could ever need to get yourself pointed towards God, I reckon). May God open the eyes of the heterodox, so that they, too, may find the fullness and riches of Holy Orthodoxy.
Thank you for speaking about this Fr. M
Lord Jesus Christ son of God, have Mercy on me a Sinner
Catechumen (Antiochian) - I just returned from an enlightened evening of “Orthodox on Tap” and I had a moment to find this in my feed. I will pray for this man to find his way and find True Christianity. in my evening prayers tonight. My heart is heavy watching that. Whatever that was, it was not any form of Christianity I have known. The Orthodox path is Love, words and thoughts are powerful and the scriptures are Art. Upon ages of ages - Amen