Ask John ... Why Jesus? Why the Bible? 

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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9

Yes, Jesus said the way to know and love our maker is to follow his instructions: "When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your heavenly Father, and your Father, who sees what's done in secret will reward you" and "your Father knows what you need before you ask". This then is how you should pray.... Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. May your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins debts and trespasses, as we forgive our debtor, who sin and trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil "Please fill us with your Holy spirit" Amen

Please lay religion, Christian culture, and even politics aside. Someone who truly loves you is reaching out to you not willing that you should perish (2 Peter3), but that you be saved from price of your sins. With that said, how do you deal with your sin? Yes you. How many times have you lied, lusted, or stolen? I'm guilty, what about you? I hope you feel convicted. But if you're going to reject the free gift of salvation, you ought to think about where you are going after death. Is this your mindset? Luke 12:19 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” But what can you do? This what you must first realize: Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; That's you. You must realize that you have personally sinned against God. John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Romans 6 23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Acts 3:19 - Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; You have to believe it from the heart. Romans 10 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved Here is the gospel straight and simple: 1. Truly acknowledge that you have sinned against a perfect God and you are worthy of hell that can only be saved by the blood of Jesus Christ 2. Believe that Jesus died for and covered all of your sins and rose again. 3. Say to God that Jesus Christ he is your saviour. Please let me know. I am praying for you, today is the day of salvation.

Amen to this! I found myself getting irritated with Gregory because he seemed to have an anti-Christian agenda. I'm so glad John has the patience to show us how to lovingly deal with all our fellow beings!

You haven't even watched the whole video yet

The questions were insulting to John’s intelligence. I enjoy listening to him speak nevertheless.

As a side note, I have begun attending morning meditations at a local Zen Buddhist temple. I'm unsure as to how members of the church would react to this but it's something I keep to myself. I enjoy it very much in its simplicity, and I also enjoy chanting about loving every living creature on our earth. The world has so much to offer, there isn't only one avenue!

mayjoey77 Just lovely

Can't depend on nature

Well the answer is ... Experiential...

There are millions of questions that have no answer. The only time there are no questions is either unconceousness or complete absorption(be that bliss or terror).You can't live in any of those conditions all the time and be human.Maybe we are here precisely for the purpose of asking(and answering,think Einstein) questions.Maybe?....maybe not

Evan Randall I do like the idea of this format. I feel like Gregory was a bit stuck on the one idea, and probably trying to prove some point or other. But I like that they are starting to let us, the viewer, ask questions. Maybe the next person will be a little less...

Well put! Although, I suppose if you were to choose anyone to focus those feelings onto, someone like John wouldn't be a bad choice, since his thought is so elevated, and his heart so big. The way he responded to Mr. Ory's questions was brilliant, as you say, and hopefully served to enlighten the fella, as it did for me. So in a way its good that Mr. Ory asked what he asked, because now it need not be a point of such contention among those with similar questions. :)

Jesus is the Messiah! Isaiah 53.

Jesus christ is the messaiah psalm 22 isaiah 53 ...

My path has been the same. I also feel by learning of other teachings it has enhanced my understanding of Jesus. I find meditations and the teaching of Buddha to be very much helpful in daily life. Even some wisdom of the Qur'an has purpose. However, I always return to center. Jesus.

It only says that you have a preference. Different people get aquainted with different sets of information. I believe it is this variety that makes the experience very beautiful and mystifying

1 Corinthians Chapter 15 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 John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Acts 2:38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Romans 10:9-13 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. This one wasn't said by Mr. Butler. John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father EXCEPT through me. Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 1 Corinthians 6:11 - And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Titus 3:7 - That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. That is how we are saved, the only way. Do not listen to this man. The bible warns us about false prophets.

@FiniteAutomaton 1 Corinthians 3: 18 - 19 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

@Palindromeda 33 So what do you think about John Butler's philosophy on this?

1 Corinthians Chapter 15 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 John @ - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Acts @ - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Romans 10:9-13 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. This one wasn't said by Mr. Butler. John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father EXCEPT through me. Romans @ - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 1 Corinthians @ - And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Titus 3:7 - That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. That is how we are saved, the only way. Do not listen to this man. The bible warns us about false prophets. Matthew @ - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 2 Corinthians @-15 - For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 2 Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 1 John 4:1 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Peter 2:1 - But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Really, well read this and think if it might apply to you. I know you are no longer "religious." I'm not being a jerk, I want you come to truth. 1 Timothy 4:1 “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall DEPART from the faith, giving heed to seducing SPIRITS, and doctrines of devils" 2 Timothy Chapter 3 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all [men], as theirs also was. 2 Peter Chapter 2 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. Jeremiah 17:9 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 1 Cor 2:14 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Think about these things for your own sake.

Hello, I wonder. Don't you miss believing in the Creator as a Person who really loves you and takes care of you to the extent of dying for you instead of an impersonal thing as energy? I ask that because for me having God as someone who really hears me is something really precious.

It’s shortsighted on your part to believe that John-or any Christian, for that matter-has only experienced or explored his/her own religion, and none of the others. Is it not possible that they could have, and still find the faith of Jesus to be the sufficient answer to life’s questions in ways the others aren’t?

Wisdom of this world is foolishness to God.

I really like your opinion of John, I have a very similar opinion of him ps I've come from a very Christian Bible based mentality......

I'm a Christian, and there are verses talking over and and over, again, about meditation. Meditation, is just not Buddhist, Daoist, Hinduism, etc. The Desert Father's meditated after Christ's, ascension.

Thank you Celia. Phil

It's called Auto Sensory Meridian Response or shortened to ASMR that's the experience you're feeling with his gentle voice.If you look online there are people who do it on purpose have a look ha ha ha mad isn't it

The great inefficiencies of the divine.

Christians don't need saving from their religion, they need saving, as does every person, from the world. I don't know if you're meaning is as I've interpreted it, but your wording seems to suggest you think Christianity, rather than just being one of many ways of experiencing God that John likes if not actually adheres to, is not a good faith.

You just labeled the 'unlabelable' as 'unlabelable' That's a self-defeating premise. We can label anything we want to.

@@TheMidnightModder but with so many labels comes so much more confusion on what the actual truth is. And so often the labels are just umbrellas that hide the real truth

​@@hpatss4966 That's not the point of my refutation. My point is, we can label whatever we want to. I'm not talking about the consequences of doing so.

I've felt this for a long while - but - in these times, I've found comfort in saying I'm a Christian - the reason? Because I use Jesus as my reference beacon for 'good'. I feel there is a huge spiritual 'battle' going on - powers that control the world (you enn for example) are attempting a spiritual 'synthesis' - to amalgamate all religions - to 'appropriate' Christianity into their theosophical soup (I have uploaded content on this). Interestingly, it's Jesus in particular who seems to be their target - their nemesis. This is why I feel more and more drawn to Jesus (the beacon:). I do wonder if in fact there is no 'oneness', but a 'twoness'. Everything in life has an opposite - everything. Why not reality also? Like the nodes of a magnet - positive and negative...you get where I'm going with this I'm sure.

FiniteAutomaton the personality of god that you projected on his writings is not real. When we speak of God, we speak of the shapeless form of universal awareness that deep speculation of one’s surroundings brings one close to dipping “toes in the water” in it

Mate I'm 23 and understand John just fine. Grew up relatively poor and haven't been out of my country for 10 years. Never been to church. People get too caught up in their own stories in order to redeem their own suffering and through that miss Heaven altogether. People make it so complicated for themselves and teach their bull to others to verify their own beliefs. Stillness is common sense. It's hidden in the complacency of the consciousness of sin.

1 Corinthians Chapter 15 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 John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Acts 2:38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Romans 10:9-13 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. This one wasn't said by Mr. Butler. John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father EXCEPT through me. Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 1 Corinthians 6:11 - And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Titus 3:7 - That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. That is how we are saved, the only way.

@@zacharycalante1095 According to the scriptures Zach

@@pr9062 Better that than according to my feelings

Hello Yorsh - yes, I read it long ago. Impact? I suppose it encouraged at the time.

SubhanAllah

We call that the Mister Rodgers Neighborhood intro...lol

@Linken Harris aye, I'd imagine those steps aren't his friend now but I'd still like to hear the music back again, such a nice tone to it :)

@Linken Harris that's the beauty of video, record it once use it repeatedly. Take it from a previous video 😉

@Linken Harris ?

@Linken Harris oh, yeah...it wasn't said in a joking way but text jokes can be more difficult to read into lol

Good idea

It's the creeping communist subversion making its way into every facet of society. That's the sad reality.

When John was a young man, England was basically still England. If the BBC were to air this interview no doubt they would omit the part about almost everyone being a white Englishman as of course the notion of an indigenous homogenous society is outdated and even offensive to some!

I’m deeply saddened by the comments here. The fear of people whose skin isn’t pale white, the paranoia about “communism,” the lack of ability to understand other people’s experiences and their pain. I pray that humanity can move beyond racism and all forms of bigotry. And if you listen to Jesus, he taught love and inclusion, not xenophobia.

Joan Tollifson Joan...no one is saying anything bad about non white brits, were talking about the language what is used around the topic, the language of avoidance to not say “back in the day England was pretty much all white, and there was hardly any racial diversity” it’s not offensive to state this and it was clear that’s John was nervous about the language in which he was using Incase he said something not conforming with today’s social guidelines.

Well, we're all entitled to our own political opinions and beliefs. However I'm not inclined to debate this further given the non-political nature of this channel.

What a great question !

Old Paths Ministries Amen...

Well, the Bible *would* say that....if you think about it. Self-proclamation ≠ substantiation.

@Matt Jones There is only one absolute truth. Seek and you will find. And if you know the truth it will set you free. Read them both and you will see that the Bible is the word of God. Quran is scientifically and morally wrong.

@FiniteAutomaton Test the Bible, 80% of all the prophecies written were already fulfilled and are historically accurate.The only book that has 100% accuracy when it comes to prophecy. And a reminder: we are living and seeing last 20% being fulfilled. Repent and be born again while there is time left.

@FiniteAutomaton Would you mind sharing those "failed prophecies"? Universe answers? Since when can universe speak? I am interested, is that a universe that came out of nothing or the one you created in your own mind and is based on your belief?

Amen!

Amen.

Amen

Matthew 7:15 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 - For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 2 Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 1 John 4:1 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

@@zacharycalante1095 Jesus loves this man with all his heart..he wouldn't consider him a false prophet....at worst he may call him misguided..at best he would revel in a man that gives comfort and healing to the frightened. Something he tried so hard to do himself. Reading out ancient scriptures that jesus did not write will not save anybody...people save themselves and set themselves free by helping and loving one another...it's that simple my friend.

BetaFett Because we are not God, just like if my dad was 7 feet tall that doesn’t mean I’m going to 100% be 7 feet tall.

I'd like to toss in something here. First, hi. Second, that's where the part of we are fundamentally dark creatures since the fall. We were created by God, we sin, and then we fall deeper. We run away. And with giving into the curse, we as a human race fall deeper with each step we take away from God.

CMJ99productions What purpose did the tree of knowledge (the apple tree) serve other than to NOT be eaten from, and a fruit tree that serves as it’s only purpose to not be eaten from surely constitutes as a ‘trap’ As with all traps all they need is to be triggered and applied time and they fire. The missing part of the equation was man to be fallible enough to fail, so to say ‘we’ sinned and all guilty individually for collective contrived sin seems to me to be a flawed theory made by man and not the desire of an omnipotent being.

@@Techadopter I'm so sorry for not replying to you sooner! Here is what I think. In my opinion, I think we were made in God's image inside and out. At first before the fall. From time in prayer and things I've come to find something. God has a personality, shocker I know, but he does! With that He wants to be chose, not forced to be loved by his creations. Because forced love can never really be love. So I believe that the apple was God's way of saying, "If you love me dont eat this. Choose me, not the fruit. Love me no matter how great the other option is, because that's what I would( and did) for you( You and me)" That is what I feel is most likely the truth.

CMJ99productions I would never brow beat anybody for believing what they believe so please take this only as my interpretation. You speak of ‘love’, to me love can not be forced nor faked, and is totally uncontrollable. It is also, in my view a result of the actions of others. You don’t choose to love you love something about somebody or thing that is out of your control. To say you ‘love’ God to me seems fanciful in the literal sense because you can’t know for certain if ‘he’ exists nor do you know his true nature. You may ‘think’ you do, but all you love is the idea of God imo. This is where my problem originates. Religion doesn’t ask us to believe in God, it asks us the believe the word of man. How many people have expressed being directly and irrefutably contacted by God? Very few. How many witnessed miracles either now or thousands of years ago? Again very few. We by nature are inquisitive animals, if we weren’t to question the word of those who say they have witnessed then we would be rather gullible. Apparently, so the story goes these few individuals carry the message on our behalf. Well doesn’t that strike you as rather odd if it’s true that God already entrusted ‘man’ and was betrayed by ‘original sin’? What supposedly constitutes the most important message to living beings is given fallible man to pass on, be misinterpreted, altered or manipulated? We have regulators, ombudsmen, police forces even spam filters to protect us from the desires of other humans, yet we are supposed to take the word without question of a select few for some reason. So the choice was apparently given; to take or leave the apple. Are we individuals judged by our decisions (and damned) or are we one person guilty by association? Because I don’t see where God addressed me personally and asked me not to take the apple, yet man apparently carries the message telling me I need to gain redemption for somebody else’s betrayal. What is that exactly, guilt by genome? If we are all guilty by this act then we’re are all redeemed by the pious. Of course I am being slightly trite there, but the point is clear. The story in it’s absurdity doesn’t work logically because it’s reverse engineered by apologists who want to control others. I have no bent with the idea of God. Perhaps as Calvin implied, we are chosen at birth and nothing we do will change that....my inability to understand might be my non selection, but equally it might be because I asked the questions that broke the shackles of human malevolent intent. If we followed the bible we all would be falling to our knees each time it thundered, we would walk around without investigating our surround nor advancing on knowledge because we were told to just accept. How many people have been burnt at the stake for being correct and the church apologies centuries later? We all want to believe something, but as the ‘leap of faith’ will always provide you with a sign if you want it enough, it doesn’t mean it’s true. Good luck.

Me neither. He criticises others for criticising others while we listen to him telling us not to listen to others! He also seems to regaurd human existence as some kind of trifle next to some kind of NOthing. Now I'm not saying he's compleatly barking(up the wrong tree).I to hope there's more to existance than death and taxes.But I don't get many clear answers from John or many online 'gurus'(who John,despite being one,tells us to avoid).They all seem to speak in riddles while telling us its all in the mind.....as if that ever actually helped anyone with a problem

John is a legit “Original Christian” which is far different than today’s Christianity that’s usually watered down at best

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 - For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. Matthew 7:21 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 2 Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;