This One Thing Makes Christianity Different From Every Other Religion
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Is Jesus who He says He is? How do we know he's not a liar or a lunatic?
Today, Fr. Mike shares a story from his own life about a time when he was taking a class on world religions and their belief systems and how a quote from C.S. Lewis changed everything for him about how he came to understand who Jesus truly is.
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*"Every religion is a result of man's search for God. Christianity alone is the result of God's search for man"*
I think the more accurate way of presenting Christianity is that through Christianity God revealed himself to humanity
@@joseph8786
In JESUS God revealed himself to the world☆
islam is the only true religion. One creator who sent prophets. no trinity, no demi-gods, no contradictions. Jesus, Abraham, they were all muslims, which means that they submitted their will to god.
Every religion is made up by man. Really the answer to "Which religion is the most true/different" depends on who you ask that to.
@@MrHouloul Jesus was _not_ Muslim. He was Jewish. Mohammed didn't come up with his twists on Abraham for another 600 years.
How many swords did the prophet have? What happened when the prophet died? The swords came out.
Islam is not all bad. There _is_ much good in it; however,…
I was raised Methodist, but was atheist for 15 years. My wife is Catholic (SSPX), she immigrated from Mexico and we've been married for 13 years. I felt compelled to open my heart and mind eventually, and answer the calling of my conscience. I recently accepted Jesus as Lord, but this time it was from the heart. The seed was planted when I was a child, but now I truly believe in Him. I love the Lord, and truly believe He loves me, no matter what I've done. All I had to do is accept it. And I know with my repentance and acceptance he has forgiven me for those 15 years. Either way I submit my life to the Lord. I will never deny Him!
Praise God 🙏
Please pray for my wife Nicole who is struggling with depression, anxiety, and her relationship with God. Thank you!
I will pray for you both 🙏🏼
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
May the Lord bring his healing and light to your wife. Praying for you both. He will sustain you both in His grace
Prayers
Lord, have mercy.
Fr.Mike is such a blessing to our Christian faith ♥️🙏
2 Corinthians 4 KJV
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
1 Corinthians 15 KJV
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 3 KJV
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
♥️🎁 all honor and glory to Jesus Christ.
Romans 4 KJV
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Ephesians 2 KJV
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
@Damien
Praise be to God through Jesus our Lord and Saviour that you are Catholic. The Church that Jesus built upon Kepa (Aramaic = Rock; English = Peter).
God bless
And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.
Matthew 23:9
@@cebusaltlight1949
You misunderstand scripture!! Why do you do that? Because you have been taught incorrectly by those who misinterpret and take scripture verses out of context! You grew up calling your male parent "father"!! Every person has a mother and father!!
To quote:
Let us review the reasons as to why this belief of non-Catholics regarding the usage of the word “father” is incorrect.
1. To understand what Jesus meant, we have to review 5 consecutive verses, not just 1 as is done by those who distort the Sacred Words of the Lord Jesus. In Matthew 23:8-12, Jesus said, “But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all students. And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father, the one in Heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Messiah. The great among you will be your servant. All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
When carefully examining the above verses, we see that Jesus did not only condemn the usage of the word “father,” but He also condemned the usage of the words “rabbi” and “instructors.” Why? It is because the Jewish leaders “loved to have the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues, and to be greeted with respect in the market places, and to have people call them rabbi.” [Matthew 23:6-7] Jesus was condemning the Pharisees who were so full of pride, that they were doing all what was possible to achieve fame, success, rank. Their proud hearts were completely corrupt.
The Pharisees had elevated themselves above God as the ultimate authorities, as father image and teachers. Lacking humility, they failed to humbly look up to God as the source of all authority, fatherhood and teaching.
2. If we are to discontinue the usage of the word “father,” then we also have to discontinue using the word “doctor.” For “doctor” means a religious teacher, an adviser, a scholar, an instructor. The word doctor is Latin for the word “teacher.” It comes from doct-stem of docere which means “to show, teach,"
While it appears that Jesus condemned the usage of the word “teacher” in the above verses, in Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus appointed some men to be teachers of His Church. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.” It can be concluded that Jesus was not condemning the usage of the word “father,” “teacher,” or “rabbi.” He was telling the Pharisees to humble themselves and to stop seeking those titles for themselves.
3. If we are to condemn the usage of the word father, that means to deny every child in the world the right to make reference to his/her biological father. It means all the children will never be able to express that they love their father because such would be condemned.
4. If we are to condemn the usage of the word father, then no one would have the right to speak of the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God the Father would become meaningless since it would be forbidden to refer to Him. The concept of Divine fatherhood would be none existent.
5. In the New Testament, there are numerous reference to the usage of the word “father.” In Acts 7:2-4, Stephen refers to the ancestors of Abraham, the word “father” being used. In Philippians 2:22, Paul said, “But Timothy’s worth you know, how like a son with a father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.” St. Paul refers to himself as a spiritual father in Philemon 10, “I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.
Again, Saint Paul refers to himself as the father of believers in 1 Corinthians 4;14-15, “I am not writing this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
The above biblical references to the word “father” are sufficient to show that Jesus was not forbidding everybody from using the word “father.”
CONCLUSION
Having proven that it is permitted to use the word “father,” let no one condemn you for making reference to your biological father, or to your spiritual father, your local priest, of even for making reference to the Holy Father, the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church on earth. Learn the above references and defend the Catholic faith for the glory of God.
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Fr Mike, You we’re an integrate part of my conversion to Catholicism. Thank you Lord for Fr Mike!
Turning to Jesus... Jesus says simply follow me.
@@KJ-lb4tj you Prots sure lie a lot
@@lois2997???
Also, we have various types of evidence for biblical events, if you’re interested
Father Mike, I am a Lutheran and I just love the way the Lord speaks through you. You have such an amazing gift of relaying scripture and making it relatable in our lives. Thank You.
islam is the only true religion. One creator who sent prophets. no trinity, no demi-gods, no contradictions. Jesus, Abraham, they were all muslims, which means that they submitted their will to god.
@@MrHouloul I invite you to look at your own holy writings and compare the prophet with Jesus and see who is truly greater.
@@liraco_mx I invite you tu watch sheikh othman ibn farouq debate christian apologists.
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
@Damien jesus put his head on the ground submitting his will to the creator. Pagans made him a god, they are called christians. Mohammed is the last messenger and prophet sent by god for mankind. The message is simple, believe in one god and do not worship other than him.
Thank you for your messages. I enjoy them so much. I was raised protestant, went through years (18-41) of staying away from religion completely and subsequently married my wife, who is Catholic, 5 years ago. I am currently set to begin RCIA in the coming weeks and your daily messages, my parish priest- Father Joseph Stoverink's guidance and my beautiful wife's example, have opened my eyes to so many possibilities. I didn't mean to write a book. But I do thank you from the bottom of my heart for your blessed and effective vocation. You don't only help young people. You have also helped grumpy ol' me. :)
Amazing Jeremy. Thank you for sharing. Jesus loves you
❤️🙏❤️Grace.
All the best! Welcome! As Scott Hahn says, "Rome Sweet Home"!
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
@@mrbadway1575 God bless you and your family. Grace. ❤️🙏❤️
Dear Fr. Mike, I am listening to my Polish priests and I discovered you , Fr. Mike with so much Joy during all of your homilies.
Thank you for being so great, connected to the reality with the Joy that this word can’t give it to us. God Bless you always,
Margaret from Bayonne, NJ
Pozdrawiam ☺️
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
11:57 "Tommy, put it there" *goosebumps*
This. This is what Fr.Mike does to bring life to the narration. It's the little things that make this so powerful.
Thank you Fr.Mike!
I legitimately began crying. I'm still wiping the tears.
Father Mike for the WIN! This was superb. Please do more of these!! I liked the slow, animated explanation, the music, and the sketched graphics. Bravo!
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
Thank you our dear Father Mike for being one of our LORD'S disciple on this earth!!!
Amen 🙏
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
hey . i just had a few questions about Christianity and i was hoping anyone give me logical answers to them..... please!!! ,may god reward you for guiding me to the truth....
i am just so curious how do you guys believe in a book whose oldest manuscript came 400 years after Jesús died? if anyone looked for the manuscripts that the bible was written from will know for sure that they were all different from each other... each manuscript told something different from the other.. that's why you have so many versions of the bible. how do you overcome the fact that all these different versions cant be ALL the words of god, let alone that each of them hasn't been once mistranslated when they were translated from aramic to Hebrew to Greek to English LET ALONE that any of these versions actually came from manuscripts that date to the days of Jesús? but they all came AT LEAST 400 years after him...
how can someone come 400 years after the death of jesus and tell you to worship him and you accept that?
so if i told you there was a guy living in 1600 who was the son of god, so you should worship him, will you believe me?
thats exactly what you did with the bible! you don't know who wrote the bible! you don't know who told you to worship jesus with god! all the manuscripts that talk about the trinity never appeared until the 15th century !! how do you overcome all that??
even when you read the bible , how can you accept to worship a god that dies? that rests? that wakes up?
for me god never dies ,nor wakes up, nor sleeps nor any of that....
how do you overcome the fact, that Christianity appeared during the roman empire who used to worship Zeus and say that he had a son named Hercules who saved the world. have you never thought that maybe from the 1st century to the 15 century people slowly got affected by that culture and started saying that jesus is the son of god and that he will save the world?
while truly jesus was only another messenger like abraham , noah and others who came to tell you to worship only one god?
when you see all these bible problems and realize that there is another book that is the same as it was 1400 years ago (earliest manuscripts match with what we have today), that says the trinity myth is wrong and confirms that jesus was only a messenger and told us to worship one god?
how does all this not spark anything in your mind??
@Egyptian at EPFL not a huge catholic, just kinda listening and learning....
But maybe there are so many versions of the bible because God wanted to reach people of different eras, locations, and languages?
Maybe a god that lives, dies, and rests is more relatable and understanding than a god detached from the reality humans live?
The 400 years are dependent upon where you get your info, because other claims are made that portions of the bible were written only years after Jesus' death.
Again, just passing by and trying to learn idk
@@MATHBOSS287 I realize your comment was from a year or more ago but I only just now saw it and will to the best of my ability answer your questions and clarify a few things, assuming you haven’t already discovered what I’m about to say through research.
1) You asked how we can believe in a book written 400 years after Jesus. The year you refer to is 382 when at the Council of Rome the Catholic Church canonized all of the books that make up The Bible. The individual books had been written centuries before this. The entire Old Testament (OT) precedes Christ being born on Earth and all of the New Testament (NT) was written within 1 lifetime of Christ having been crucified, resurrected, and ascended into Heaven. Certain people with agendas DID attempt to retranslate or add entirely new books to The Bible, upon close inspection and investigation they were found to be false and this is where the apocrypha come from. The “so many different versions” of The Bible that you speak of do not contain all different teachings, stories, etc. They mostly differ in terms of the style of language that people have used at different times in history. For example, someone from today who speaks English would likely have some difficulty reading the very first English translation because even though it’s the same language the style of wording has drastically changed over centuries. The other possibility of there being a different Bible version would be most Protestant Bibles which are missing 7 books because they wrongfully took it upon themselves to remove books during the Protestant Reformation. As far as translation from different languages, it was not a far stretch to translate the OT from Hebrew to Aramaic as they are both Semitic “sister languages”, it would be like translating something written today from Spanish to Italian (which are both in the family known as “Romance languages”). The NT was written in Greek as this was the language of scholars during this time. While the languages are not similar, Jews had historically been familiar with Greek since the time of Alexander The Great. New language translations or copies could fairly easily be compared to the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.
2) “Someone” did not come 400 years after the death of Jesus and tell people to worship him. There had already been Christians (The Catholic Church) doing so since his ascension into Heaven. Ancient Church documents can trace a line of successors from our current Pope Francis all the way back to St. Peter, the first Pope, Bishop of Rome, and leader of The Church. No, I would not believe you that “some guy living in 1600 said he was the son of God” so I must believe him because you wouldn’t have any of the evidence that Christianity does. Ancient documents, confirmation by reliable and unbiased sources from that time (Josephus, Publius Tacitus, Lucian, and Pliny the Younger to name a few), etc.
3) God did not and never has died. The human nature of Jesus (he was both fully human and fully divine) is what died for 3 days before coming back from the dead and rising up into Heaven where he remains. You phrase Christ’s human activity like sleeping and waking as a negative thing. On the contrary, this is what separates Christianity from EVERY religion in the world. Every other faith admits that that religion was created by a person from history who had a revelation from God or some kind of divine insight but NO other religion claims that God HIMSELF came here IN PERSON to declare the truth right to our faces. God loved us so that he lowered himself to our level, endured everything that we endure to show us the kind of person that we all have the potential to be.
4) To your point comparing Christianity to Roman mythology. Scholars have researched and debated this for centuries and most if not all have concluded that several details differentiate these two sides. For one, all of the Roman mythological examples of a demigod being born of a human occurred by way of a deity having sexual intercourse with a human thereby creating a half human and half divine being. This is not the case in Christianity in which Jesus is born by VIRGIN birth and is FULLY God AND FULLY human. Also, in the Roman mythology these demigods after dying typically go on to live again in the underworld whereas Jesus rose again to immortal life in the human world. For much more thorough explanation on this particular objection I would recommend The Resurrection of the Son of God by theologian N.T. Wright.
5) Jesus was not simply a messenger or prophet. He is quoted in the NT as having said “I and The Father are one”. When Philip said to Him “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us”, Jesus replied “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip?” There are many more examples that can easily be looked up.
6) I’m unfamiliar with the text you speak of that denounces the Holy Trinity.
Lastly, I would recommend reading “The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus” by Lee Strobel, it addresses all of your objections and more.
God bless.
Fr Mike, 😮, thank you for articulating , " Who Jesus is!!"❤😇🙏🤗
We need more priests like you in the world. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷. God bless you all
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
Thanks Fr.Mike for your talk
Yes indeed I say that Jesus is God.
I believe that Jesus is God.
Whenever I receive the holy Eucharist I say silently
The words of Thomas
My Lord and My God.
Stay blessed Fr.Mike and all our listeners 🙏🙏🇮🇪from Ireland
Yes ❤and we also say those exact words when the bread is lifted up for consecration….. 🤍
And the MY LORD MY MERCY when the wine 🍷 is lifted up …. Blood 🩸 of Christ!
Amen!!!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS VERSION OF EDUCATION!!!
I WANT MORE PLEASE!!! I LOVE FR MIKE ❤✝️❤✝️❤✝️
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
It's completely false, though, jesus likely never claimed to be god despite what it says in the bible, and there are lots religions which exist now and which have existed throughout history including well before christianity who believed their religious leaders and prophets were gods. Chinese emperors were believed to be gods, ancient egyptian pharaohs were believed to be god, japanese emperors were believed to be gods.
hey . i just had a few questions about Christianity and i was hoping anyone give me logical answers to them..... please!!! ,may god reward you for guiding me to the truth....
i am just so curious how do you guys believe in a book whose oldest manuscript came 400 years after Jesús died? if anyone looked for the manuscripts that the bible was written from will know for sure that they were all different from each other... each manuscript told something different from the other.. that's why you have so many versions of the bible. how do you overcome the fact that all these different versions cant be ALL the words of god, let alone that each of them hasn't been once mistranslated when they were translated from aramic to Hebrew to Greek to English LET ALONE that any of these versions actually came from manuscripts that date to the days of Jesús? but they all came AT LEAST 400 years after him...
how can someone come 400 years after the death of jesus and tell you to worship him and you accept that?
so if i told you there was a guy living in 1600 who was the son of god, so you should worship him, will you believe me?
thats exactly what you did with the bible! you don't know who wrote the bible! you don't know who told you to worship jesus with god! all the manuscripts that talk about the trinity never appeared until the 15th century !! how do you overcome all that??
even when you read the bible , how can you accept to worship a god that dies? that rests? that wakes up?
for me god never dies ,nor wakes up, nor sleeps nor any of that....
how do you overcome the fact, that Christianity appeared during the roman empire who used to worship Zeus and say that he had a son named Hercules who saved the world. have you never thought that maybe from the 1st century to the 15 century people slowly got affected by that culture and started saying that jesus is the son of god and that he will save the world?
while truly jesus was only another messenger like abraham , noah and others who came to tell you to worship only one god?
when you see all these bible problems and realize that there is another book that is the same as it was 1400 years ago (earliest manuscripts match with what we have today), that says the trinity myth is wrong and confirms that jesus was only a messenger and told us to worship one god?
how does all this not spark anything in your mind??
@@lois2997 I genuinely have no idea what you are trying to say. Would you mind rephrasing your statement?
@Lois No, I'm quite certain that anybody who has a competent understanding of english can understand what I wrote.
But, I will simplify it further:
1. Jesus probably never actually said that he is god.
2. Many other people have said that they are god.
I have strong evidence to back up both of these statements. If I provide that evidence will you actually look at it?
This was beautifully done. Love the style and structure.
Amen
Amen
You brought that gospel to life. For God so loved the world,that He gave His only begotten Son…. Thanks for sharing this… 🙏
IF you have ears, HEAR!
....THE TIME IS AT HAND....
REPENT AND FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE, STUDY KJV BIBLE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD)...don't be distracted nor deceived!...neither religion, nor rosaries, nor sports, nor wealth, nor earthly achievements, nor Vaccinations, nor any tradition can save you!
*Please, don't bend my teaching to strengthen your own understanding. I only teach strictly THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOD AND THE WORDS OF GOD), not Christianity nor Islam nor any other religion*
Again#
It is written; The message of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (GOSPEL) will be preached in all the world for a *WITNESS* against you. Therefore, don't love your own life to your grave; FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, creator of the earth and everything in it, and live.
“Have a great week!” This is awesome Father Mike, love this message.
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever." (Heb. 13: 8)
Catechism in a Year👍 Really good quality video. Peace
We need to once again have free school for catholics. We all grew up in Irish Channel New Orleans Sr Henry was free. Priest coached football we all want to be priest. Catholic schools are the answer to a lot of our problems and needs. God bless the Sisters of Christian charity who taught us.
I love these short snippets of Catholic information that is pure gold!!! Thank You Fr Mike!!!
This is by far the best video I have seen. Thank you for sharing this with me and the rest of the world. I can not wait to watch this with my son tonight as he prepares for his RCIA.
Beautiful Father Mike! What a great example of using your talents to multiple and reach so many! So great to see so many of our protestant brothers and sisters connecting to our faith and others whom have been away from the Catholic church return because of your genuineness and your willingness to reach the masses! We are blessed!
This is such a wonderful idea, to redo the earlier videos. The structure too is so capturing!
Thank you Ascension and Fr. Mike. Today’s( 1st sept) Lectio Divina asks, how can u be fisher’s of men in our times today, here’s the answer; this youtube ministry where Jesus’ words are catching men/women into His kingdom.
Mother Mary pray for Fr. Mike.
Thank you Fr Mike 🌟
As soon as Jesus was baptised, he came up out of the water.
Heaven was opened and a cloud came and overshadowed them, and the spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Jesus; and a voice came from heaven,
“This is my beloved Son, my Chosen One with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
When we are baptized, we make a covenant/promise, to our Heavenly Father.
We promised to take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ, always to remember Him, keep His commandments, and serve Him to the end🌻
I had already seen this video but it brought complete joy to hear it again Father!!! Thank you!!! 💖✝️
Me too even tears to my eyes
Doing cardio while watching this at the gym. And it's at this moment 12:07 that I lost it and welled up with tears. The beauty of His grace, and his unfolding told SOO beautifully by Fr. Mike. Deo gratias! Pax Vobiscum! 💗 ✝️🙏🏿
Christian mean “Son of God” 😍 that’s a real honor 😍
Beautiful, thank you for bringing this back as I didn't see it when it was put out the first time!
Hey Father Mike I was just talking about you. I was saying that I want to have coffee and chat and be giddy about God with you! Love your excitement for our Lord!
This made me cry. Beautiful. I love you, Jesus.
Has a ex-Protestant I am so happy, and grateful seeing the truth about Catholicism, my whole entire family are Protestants & anti-catholics,
I just asked you guys for your prayers, so my family can see the truth about the Holy Apostolic Catholic Church thank you so much God bless you all💯🙏🏼🇻🇦
And I pray that all my Catholic brothers and sisters forgive me, for all the horrible things I said about the church, not knowing the real truth, but proceeding that you guys were an evil Pagan Church that Constantine started.
Thank u all
No problem, friend. Remain humble in the faith. 🙏❤️🙏
@@rhwinner thank u brother that means alot to me. Lord bless you 💯🙏🏼
Blessings!
Fr. Mike has a unique way of delivery. My eyes watered on this one.
Love ❤️ this priest.
Thank you so much Fr. Mike! I didn’t catch this the first time around and I’m so glad you I saw it now. Please do more of these repeats!
This is so eye opening and has really encouraged me in my faith
But it isn't true. Jesus never claimed to be god, that is only present in the later gospels of john, and there are lots of other religions who have figureheads, prophets or leaders who claim to be god. This is literally happening today and has happened historically long before christianity existed. Ancient egypt had kings who were believed to be gods, china had emperors who were believed to be gods, japan had emperors who people believed were god.
The entire premise is false.
Wow. Thank you Ascension Presents team and Fr. Mike for this video. May the Holy Spirit enlighten us more 🕊️🤍🙏
My soul is filled with love, my heart filled with joy and my eyes filled with tears.
God bless you Fr. Mike 🤗
Very well done Father Mike! I was a huge fan of “The Bible Project” because of the writing cartoon story while they’re discussing it - my favorite way to learn. I love CS Lewis “Mere Christianity” as well! I just finished it - such a phenomenal conveyer of thought and straight talk. Anyway, my cousin shared one of your fantastic sermons and here you do it again.
Thanks for sharing - I grew up Catholic, but never heard some of these concepts - super thanks that you’ve put this together. Take care and God bless! ✝️
“Put it there” I don’t think I am ever going to read that Gospel passage without this image in my head now. 😂
This was just beautiful! Thank you Fr. Mike and Ascension!
ABOUT TIME YOU POSTED THIS VIDEO ON CZcams!! I've shared this with so many people when Ascension originally post this a few years ago on Facebook. SO GOOD!!
Well done faithful servant! The Lord is with you giving us Peace in these troubled times.😇💜
This story moved me so much. And I absolutely love the way you tell it. I downloaded it so I could share it with my family. Thank you.
Teared-up on the last line. 🥺 Thanks for sharing this! 💗
Terrific message. 🙏
I love how Mary Magdalene plays a key messenger role. Without her alerting the apostles, they may not have become aware that Jesus had risen.
I love Mary Magdalene. She has one of the best hero arcs in the bible, in my opinion. I always envisioned her to be example of feminine devotion and beauty, taken over by sin but redeemed by Jesus. The first nun.
Watching this lesson again this morning. Truly is the best comparative religion class. The lively drawing helps to visualise and differentiate. Bless you and sending you big hugs, Father Mike. You are such a wonderful spiritual Dad to us children of all ages. Love from Boston!!
Good idea to reuse! There is so much out there, it’s good to have the opportunity to catch ones we missed. Love CS Lewis!
“Honest people will always be hated, not because they are incorrect (they may be exactly right), but because some loathe truth and its agents.”
Stewart Stafford
Thank you Fr. Mike for this wonderful video. For the first time, I am saying that I’m glad to be a Catholic. The question of whether Jesus is God never occurred to me but you have explained it so beautifully that I am in tears. Thank you.
But it isn't true. Jesus never claimed to be god, and there are lots of other religions who have figureheads, prophets or leaders who claim to be god. This is literally happening today and has happened historically long before christianity existed. Ancient egypt had kings who were believed to be gods, china had emperors who were believed to be gods, japan had emperors who people believed were god.
The entire premise is false.
hey . i just had a few questions about Christianity and i was hoping anyone give me logical answers to them..... please!!! ,may god reward you for guiding me to the truth....
i am just so curious how do you guys believe in a book whose oldest manuscript came 400 years after Jesús died? if anyone looked for the manuscripts that the bible was written from will know for sure that they were all different from each other... each manuscript told something different from the other.. that's why you have so many versions of the bible. how do you overcome the fact that all these different versions cant be ALL the words of god, let alone that each of them hasn't been once mistranslated when they were translated from aramic to Hebrew to Greek to English LET ALONE that any of these versions actually came from manuscripts that date to the days of Jesús? but they all came AT LEAST 400 years after him...
how can someone come 400 years after the death of jesus and tell you to worship him and you accept that?
so if i told you there was a guy living in 1600 who was the son of god, so you should worship him, will you believe me?
thats exactly what you did with the bible! you don't know who wrote the bible! you don't know who told you to worship jesus with god! all the manuscripts that talk about the trinity never appeared until the 15th century !! how do you overcome all that??
even when you read the bible , how can you accept to worship a god that dies? that rests? that wakes up?
for me god never dies ,nor wakes up, nor sleeps nor any of that....
how do you overcome the fact, that Christianity appeared during the roman empire who used to worship Zeus and say that he had a son named Hercules who saved the world. have you never thought that maybe from the 1st century to the 15 century people slowly got affected by that culture and started saying that jesus is the son of god and that he will save the world?
while truly jesus was only another messenger like abraham , noah and others who came to tell you to worship only one god?
when you see all these bible problems and realize that there is another book that is the same as it was 1400 years ago (earliest manuscripts match with what we have today), that says the trinity myth is wrong and confirms that jesus was only a messenger and told us to worship one god?
how does all this not spark anything in your mind??
@@LuzianJ you could have evidence that in the 1st and 2nd century there were people practicing christianity and writing the bible, but their writings didnt actually survive till now.... aside from a business card sized manuscript from the 2nd century, you dont have ANY other significant bible writings of new testment from 2 or 1st century.. if i am wrong, simply give me the name of a single significant manuscript "at least several pages long" that dates back to 1st or 2nd century...
I am not trying to do anything, but following the truth , knowing god and being on the right path shouldnt be difficult, shouldnt be a so ambigous and unclear road with many things not making sense... i am not trying to bully you with my questions, but if you feel your religion is god's religion , you shouldnt be offended by my questions but rather be eager to answer me , give me the answers that will make me see god's wisdom out of every question i ask. How can a god die, rest , ect? Why should i trust the bible , if the version i have today in my hands was probably mostly written off evidence from no earlier than 5th century? how can i make a claim as big as saying jesus is son of god based off evidence that came 400 years after him. ... if you cant do that, search for the answers , if you cant search for answers , then you should keep searching until you find something that warms your heart.... you only live for 60 something years then god knows what happens after that , so you should be prepared.... have a good one
@@LuzianJ why would i care of it being written in 1st century if this version is long lost and the bible in my hands now , is written based off the earliest surviving versions which are 400 years after jesus? ... i dont know if you are doing this purposly.
@@LuzianJ i feel genuinly sad .... just like a magician making you concentrate on his hands while he is actually doing the trick behind his back.... priests tell you the bible was written in the 1st century, so you never have to think and question the fact that this 1st version is lost , and the one in your hands is actually written off 5th century bibles
Fr Mike S .... you are so gifted in explaining things in such normal layman terms. I love love love listening to yr explanations... I forward yr video clips to so many people, groups.
This one is a second one that I am going to forward to non Christians.
Thanks for yr videos... thanks for bring a man of God 🙏🙏🙏
Great work Mike!! This new format really entices and captures the viewer. Keep it up!
Thank you Father Mike , that was awesome...I love this video...love you Lord Jesus
I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭 ✝️
Father Mike, I enjoy and learn so much from your videos. PLEASE incorporate the animated doodling into more of your videos. I am extremely visual, and the addition of the doodling takes my focus and understanding to a whole higher level. Thank you for following your calling so that we might better follow ours. You do such great work!
This is beautiful. my heart leapt with joy. I'll stay tune for the next video, thank you fr. Mike!
Beautiful, I wish it has subtitles to share it with some no belivers. Love
If you click on the screen while the video is playing, you should see a box that says cc at the top. (Closed captioning.) and if you click “cc” the subtitles will turn on.
Also if you click the gear, the settings menu pops up. You can select the closed captioning from that menu to turn on subtitles, and also you can adjust playback speed if you want it to be slower. Hope that helps!
May the hands of those who contributed their ideas, edited and pieced this beautiful and mesmerizing video be blessed as they labor in this earth! May they bear fruits of virtues to those people who watches this video. The approach of sending the message Father Mike is soooo good! May you be filled always with peace as you journey is this Earth in spite of trials! God bless! 🕊
Fr. I am glad you are showing these videos. I just checked out a video that featured a Rabbi who stated Jesus was a liar. The host was smiling and most of the responses were in agreement. This is a true attack against Christianity. These people also believe the catholic church is the mother load of idolatry. Please do more of these videos. We are at war.
Thank you, Father Mike, for the word! You speak so beautifully that you bring me to tears just listening to you! Thank you, Jesus, for your sacrifice and for Father Mike and the Ascension!
Brilliant. Thank you Fr Mike!
I'm Brazilian and I'm learning English with you Father! Thank you for the yes of the vocation, this is the real call... You can see it in your eyes ❤️🙏🏽
Great idea! Even if you've seen a Fr. Mike video before, they are definitely worth repeating. Excited for The Catechism in a Year!
oh my goodness!!!!! This brought me to tears! Tears of joy and of peace!
Fr. Mike is a saint. He revived my faith with this video.❤️
hey . i just had a few questions about Christianity and i was hoping anyone give me logical answers to them..... please!!! ,may god reward you for guiding me to the truth....
i am just so curious how do you guys believe in a book whose oldest manuscript came 400 years after Jesús died? if anyone looked for the manuscripts that the bible was written from will know for sure that they were all different from each other... each manuscript told something different from the other.. that's why you have so many versions of the bible. how do you overcome the fact that all these different versions cant be ALL the words of god, let alone that each of them hasn't been once mistranslated when they were translated from aramic to Hebrew to Greek to English LET ALONE that any of these versions actually came from manuscripts that date to the days of Jesús? but they all came AT LEAST 400 years after him...
how can someone come 400 years after the death of jesus and tell you to worship him and you accept that?
so if i told you there was a guy living in 1600 who was the son of god, so you should worship him, will you believe me?
thats exactly what you did with the bible! you don't know who wrote the bible! you don't know who told you to worship jesus with god! all the manuscripts that talk about the trinity never appeared until the 15th century !! how do you overcome all that??
even when you read the bible , how can you accept to worship a god that dies? that rests? that wakes up?
for me god never dies ,nor wakes up, nor sleeps nor any of that....
how do you overcome the fact, that Christianity appeared during the roman empire who used to worship Zeus and say that he had a son named Hercules who saved the world. have you never thought that maybe from the 1st century to the 15 century people slowly got affected by that culture and started saying that jesus is the son of god and that he will save the world?
while truly jesus was only another messenger like abraham , noah and others who came to tell you to worship only one god?
when you see all these bible problems and realize that there is another book that is the same as it was 1400 years ago (earliest manuscripts match with what we have today), that says the trinity myth is wrong and confirms that jesus was only a messenger and told us to worship one god?
how does all this not spark anything in your mind??
Thank You Father Mike...
Listening to what you speak so lovingly and so endearingly, about our precious Lord and Savior, makes me go weak at the knees. What a truly amazing and rich Book is our Holy Bible where we come face to face with the God of the Universe. Thank you Father Mike for this homily. I truly appreciate anything and everything that takes me even .0000001 degree closer to our Lord.
Fr Mike Schmitz is great as always. Also, impressive animation work. God bless the whole ascension team.
My Lord and my God! I love you so much🙏♥️🙏
I'm very much looking forward to the "Catechism in a Year". I should probably find a copy of it so I could read along - for the "Bible in a Year" series, it at least felt more fruitful on the days where I read along while listening. A bit more complicated, I guess, sometimes, because I was reading in my native language, so sometimes the translations differed a bit (or possibly a lot - for example, when describing the tents during Moses&friends' wandering in the desert (e.g. Exodus 25:5), I think the English had "heavy hides" (or "heavy skins") where my translation had "dolphin hides".
Confusing me a little, since I thought whales - being something that lives in the sea but doesn't have scales - were considered unclean).
hey . i just had a few questions about Christianity and i was hoping anyone give me logical answers to them..... please!!! ,may god reward you for guiding me to the truth....
i am just so curious how do you guys believe in a book whose oldest manuscript came 400 years after Jesús died? if anyone looked for the manuscripts that the bible was written from will know for sure that they were all different from each other... each manuscript told something different from the other.. that's why you have so many versions of the bible. how do you overcome the fact that all these different versions cant be ALL the words of god, let alone that each of them hasn't been once mistranslated when they were translated from aramic to Hebrew to Greek to English LET ALONE that any of these versions actually came from manuscripts that date to the days of Jesús? but they all came AT LEAST 400 years after him...
how can someone come 400 years after the death of jesus and tell you to worship him and you accept that?
so if i told you there was a guy living in 1600 who was the son of god, so you should worship him, will you believe me?
thats exactly what you did with the bible! you don't know who wrote the bible! you don't know who told you to worship jesus with god! all the manuscripts that talk about the trinity never appeared until the 15th century !! how do you overcome all that??
even when you read the bible , how can you accept to worship a god that dies? that rests? that wakes up?
for me god never dies ,nor wakes up, nor sleeps nor any of that....
how do you overcome the fact, that Christianity appeared during the roman empire who used to worship Zeus and say that he had a son named Hercules who saved the world. have you never thought that maybe from the 1st century to the 15 century people slowly got affected by that culture and started saying that jesus is the son of god and that he will save the world?
while truly jesus was only another messenger like abraham , noah and others who came to tell you to worship only one god?
when you see all these bible problems and realize that there is another book that is the same as it was 1400 years ago (earliest manuscripts match with what we have today), that says the trinity myth is wrong and confirms that jesus was only a messenger and told us to worship one god?
how does all this not spark anything in your mind??
I enjoyed this video. I always look forward to Wednesdays to learn a little more. Really looking forward to Catechism in a Year too.
What a Great Idea! Recycle/replay earlier videos 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼CLEVER🙏🏼
I am a masterpiece of the most High.
Yes, I am who He says I am.
Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on me a sinner.
Mother Mary pray for us so your church and the entire Christian family can get closer to Jesus Christ
Thank you I needed this
Thank you, father Mike! You are very engaging as you teach! I will have my children watch this video. In our hearts, minds and souls, we know we believe in Jesus Christ, He is our God, but we cannot find the right words to explain to those who challenge us! But your teaching helps us to prepare ourselves to testify the truth!
Fr. Mike….your enthusiasm is intoxicating…..Thank You
I am His child !
I'm not a Catholic but a Christian all the same. Thank you Father Mike for advising ALL Christians in religious matters. May Christ bless you 🙏
Great video Father Mike. As usual, you've done it again. Congrats to everyone who produced the video and helped put all of the illustrations together.
This stop motion is beautiful. Illustrating all of this is helpful. Please do more!
Beautiful video. Excellently summarizes what makes Christianity, especially Jesus, different. Far too many people, whether atheist, agnostic or of other religions have used the "I believe he was good just not God" point. They all need to see this.
Tlm mass and the Catholic Church. God Bless you Father Mike!❤💕
I just lost my beautiful mother and this video couldnt have come at a better time. My trust is in God ! Thank you Fr. Mike
Thank you so much Father & everyone behind this clip.
In so many ways, I am like Thomas even in several instances, God showed/gave me so many signs.
I am grateful for all the priests I found online who helped me each day pulled me back to the right path as my soul is weak & easily destructed, God Bless us all!
Thank you so much! I love how you put this video together🥹🥹🥹
Very understandable, thank you for your explanation! Hats off to C.S. Lewis!
Many thanks Fr Mike, viewing from Wales- will be revisiting CS Lewis after this. God Bless
What an amazing video! I have to say I think I love these more than just our talks with him. Lol so give this Man of God even more work to do these are a winner!!!!!!
Father Mike you are a blessing from God
Loved this Reuse Talk Today
This literally made my cry...
God bless Fr. Mike Schmitz
Thank you Father Mike, Hello to all from Mumbai/Goa
Thank you Father. God bless you.
Ty Father Mike.
Beautiful. Thank you Fr. Mike.
Thank you for the single most powerful testimony I have ever watched on CZcams. The tears are flowing.
"My Lord and My God!" Thomas said it best.
Praise the Lord. This is made so simple to understand. The Lordship made so easy to understand. May the Lord continue to bless you with his Holy Spirit
Hard (impossible, really) to argue with this argument of C.S. Lewis. Thanks for re-presenting it, but if one hasn't read "Mere Christianity" at least once, then they really need to.
Also, your discussion about connection/disconnection with reality is more germane than ever with all the many ways people supposedly "identify" these days--apart from reality.
Amazing video 😢❤blessing to you Father Mike and to the team behind the production🙏
Love this! Thanks, Fr. Mike!