I went to Bible college and was preparing for ordination. We were good old fashioned dispensational, pre tribulation Fundamentalists . It was an honest application of Biblical exegesis that led me into the Church. By God's grace I have been a priest for 40 years.
@@gianne4228 Yep, and I have a few of them on here, but the intense anti-catholic ones love to fill my comments, and i do pray for all of them, as they are heart braking souls.
I am also (still) Protestant maybe going to be catholic because I accept that Mary and the saints hear the prayers, but God is also with the protestants, because the preacher of the protestant church gave me also messages and that comes from God.
@@youreapwhatyousow6057 Well God was definitely with me when I was a Protestant Preacher. He also led me into the fullness of the Faith in His holy Catholic Church. But the Catholic Church considers our Protestant Christian brethren ss "separated brethren " and recognizes baptism as long as its done properly ( in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit) .Whereas many Evangelicals sadly, consider the Catholic Church to a false church and a cult, the whore of Babylon, etc. But yes, I had a genuine, real relationship with Jesus. But that relationship is a billion times better.
I was raised Baptist then got into nondenominational and being a musician for the church I saw alot of things happen and then a church split. I happen to come across Catholic Truth on social media and this has definitely changed my out look on "The Church" I have literally watched hundreds of Catholic Apologetics video and read several books on the matter. I 100% believe that the Catholic Church is the true church. I've been researching this over a year now, but like you I'm more of a closet Catholic right now, just trying to pray and figure out how to tell my family that are big time and I mean big time Baptist on one side of the family and nondenominational/ spirit filled on the other. Me and my wife are heavily pulled in both directions. If you can pray for us that would be greatly appreciated.
@Jeepjones85 I will definitely be praying for you. I don't know if in watching various apologetics videos you've come across Tim Staples, but his testimony is not only that he a former Pentecostal and Baptist preacher , not only became Catholic , buy over time his family not only ( I mean parents and siblings) became Catholic but his pastor brother ( very anti-catholic) not only came into the Church but also that same brother ended up becoming a Catholic priest. So there is great hope for your family. God Bless.
As a confirmed Catholic who's attended those churches before realizing the same thing. I highly urge you to stop delaying, receiving Christ by way of the eucharist, praising with reverence, there's no comparison
I really enjoyed this. I can relate to your journey very well. I was an evangelical preacher from my teens until almost 30. I was 31 when I became Catholic last year. Glory to God.
I was a non practicing Catholic for the first 23 years of my life. It was an evangelical who ignited my faith. To this day I get really upset when I think about how many fellow Catholics I was surrounded by my whole life and not one of them ever spoke to me about the reality of Christ. That instead was left to an evangelical. I won’t go into details, but I did not end up in a Protestant or evangelical church. I instead remained in the Catholic Church, yet for 30 plus years I received most of my teaching from the Protestant world. Even though I concluded that much of what Protestants believed about Catholicism was misunderstood, I also concluded that much of what Catholics believed was often for the immature Christians who were still on milk and not solid food. Praise God for all of the ex Protestants who have converted to Catholicism. Especially ex pastors such as this gentleman. They have caused me to research the early church and the teachings of the church that Christ founded. It has led to a growth in faith and real tangible changes in my life that have and continue to transform me more and more into who I was always meant to be.
@@EPH-re2xj yes I have read the Didache and what many of the church fathers have said. Especially the early Church fathers. And just like Hugh in the video, I am utterly convinced that the Catholic Church and its teachings are true. There is no way of seeing this any differently when you study the early church, and what it believed for so many years. The evangelical churches as of today are really off course on many things, because they have strayed so far from the traditional teachings. Even the teachings of Luther. I have been in many of these debates, and nobody has been able to convince me otherwise. I have watched many videos and read many books on this subject, and while I once believed that the protestant church offered the best teachings and had good solid theology, I have now come to realize, how wrong I was for many years. All I can say is you really have to study the early church. Once somebody does that, and if they are honest, it becomes very difficult not to recognize the truth of the Catholic Church, unless of course they want to continue to cling to the traditions that they have been taught.
@@EPH-re2xj honestly, that is such nonsense. It’s ridiculous and absurd to say the least. I’m sorry I have to just say it as it is. How you can draw such a conclusion is unbelievable. Without realizing it, you’re condemning the church, and saying that the gates of hell prevailed against it.
@@vinb2707 Hey thanks for your input, excellent evaluation. Oh and this person Eph1:23 is a Dispensationalist, a type of Protestant who follows the teachings of John Nelson Darby and C I Scofield. Thry taught that only Paul's epistles are for us today; that the 12 who followed Jesus didn't even understand the gospel; that they and the gospels themselves are only for the Jews. So they basically reduce the New Testament to the size of a pamphlet, as far as what's applicable to a Christian today. So they basically believe that the "real truth" was hidden away for around 1800 years, until Darby came along. A lot like Joseph Smith and Charles Taz Russel of Mormon and Jehovah's Witnesses fame. Only "Paul's Revelation ", they claim. 🤔🤦♂️🤪
@@EPH-re2xj the problem is you’re getting your history from people to do not understand church history nor have read church history. It’s like learning about the United States from people in Spain or Portugal or France or China. Obviously they do not know American history and they will twist it to something that is non-recognizable. You need to really go back and examine the history of the church.
Thank you for this episode. As a revert to Catholicism, I am just realizing how evangelicalism is focused on self, where Catholicism is focused on the life of Jesus! I was also excited that the Church considered me a Christian at Baptism! I have almost the same journey back as you did (not a preacher though but with Campus Crusade for Christ). Then, learning early church history. Now my husband is converting to Catholicism!
Wonderful testimony. I'm a Catholic from Poland - converted from atheism about 10years ago. I read and listened to hundreds of texts, people etc, so that it solidified my faith so much it seems more like knowing than believing. I always love conversion stories, and particularly two types - from atheism and from Protestantism. The first because of how someone found Jesus (or let himself be found rather), but the second is more like a healing of the Church. It seems like a huge open wound in the Mystical Body of Christ. Like a hand severed but haning by some threads. Painful, ghastly sight. It must pain Jesus a lot - as He prayed so for our Unity. It's more then ever important for Christians to come together - the attack on the Church is growing stroneger and more wicked... God bless you for the work you're doing now. It was a pleasure to listen to. I gave the link to this story to Eddie Trask, maybe you'd appear there too, his channel is growing nicely. Or on the Journe Home (or maybe you've already been there, I have't watched in a while).
Hugh, God has blessed you with courage and wisdom. You risked everything, including your livihood and your reputation as a pastor, in order to follow what is true. That is remarkable. Other people choose a "safer" and easier route, and as a result they choose to do nothing. Pursuing what is true and good takes sacrifice and your life bears witness to this. God Bless!
1 John 2: 19 They went out from us , but they were not really of us ,for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us, but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us, 2 Corinthians 4:4, in whose case the God of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of christ, who is the image of God, my friend you were never a bible believing Christian, not a protestant, not born again, you are blind to the true gospel of jesus christ, stick to the scriptures not Catholicism, a false religion with false teachings, man made teachings that are contrary to scripture the word of God,
Dont think so, catholic church is false, what they teach does not line up with the scriptures, modern day pharisees, same pharisees that jesus rebuked,
@@garyholian3552 Notice "my friend", Gary here, takes a verse that describes The Catholic view in a nutshell, to defend the heretics of the 16th century, and further has the audacity to engage in accusatory language , personally judging me, my faith, my experience, this is the reaction of so many of the Protestant Evangelicals and their 300 + years of a variant of the 500 years of the Protestant heretical distortions of the Faith of the Church Christ founded. I sincerely pray for Gary, and his harsh judgmental , personal attacks, that he will see the Light of truth and repent. I did repent of my heresies, and there is always hope for him too. Please pray for him, by Catholic brothers and sisters who read this, thanks.
I just got confirmed this easter. I liked and subbed first time ive seen you in the feed today. I was Calvinist for 10 years.... my family was totally sinking in sin. I felt i was elect, nothing i could do sin wise could jepordize my salvation. It got really bad my wife and i almost got a divorce and i prayed for god to show me what to do. Show me the path out of here. That night i went to bed researching calvin and luthers discussions. I had a dream about a catholic priest and a vision of the catholic church through some strange imagery. I woke up remembering every detail of the dream... to this day i still do. I was thinking to myself all morning "catholic?! Im sure it wasnt god i mustve just seen too many exorcist movies". I was 100 percent sure catholics werent even christian. Anyway i tried to get back to my reformation study and found myself drawn to look into this catholic stuff. I assumed i would be satisfied that they were demonologists that distort the word for their man made money machine NWO religion. One by one everything i looked up, i was proven wrong. No matter how deep i dug into any issue they had an answer. Pretty soon i was getting mad at the people who taught me all that.
I can’t wait for your channel to blow up, I don’t mind listening to you for an hour. You have a very simple way to go about defending the faith and spreading the gospel. Thank you
@@catholicskepticGrowing up I was surrounded by protestant fundamentalists. The first argument they would throw at me was Matthew 23:9 and the need to born again. What was frustrating is their disregard for the early church fathers. Today, I have several friends who still do not care to look at the early church fathers because they hold to sola scripture. Why doesn't historic, apostolic Christianity excite them? Where do you start when evangelizing?
@@apostolicapologetics4829 Yep I hear you, it's amazing to me how many historical facts they ignore, especially the testimony of the church fathers. Or the simple reality that the Church gave us the New Testament.
You're obviously a well informed person. I hope you decide to be a regular contributor on this site, and put out more videos. Your voice is very much welcomed. 💗🙏💗
Thank you for sharing your story. I left Catholicism 9 years ago after being drawn to an Evangelical church, the experience brought me to Christ and I was blown away by the Bible, things I never knew as a Catholic despite going to church and CCD. I tried to discern some of the arguments for the sacraments as I made that difficult decision, but I found it all so confusing. I didn’t enjoy hearing Christian’s debating, in fact it almost made me give up Christianity completely were it not for God’s Grace. After all this time I think my faith is strong enough to look into some things I may be ignorant of such as church history. You did a great job explaining your rationale from a Protestants perspective, and I cannot say where it will lead me, but I can say I respect your courage and promise to pursue it further.
Cradle Catholic confirmed ...brought back by born again baptists and after 6 months at there church and a few earnest questions led me back home to Catholicism
The Roman Catholic Church has given tradition much weight when establishing and practicing her beliefs, yet the Bible clearly warns against this. In Matthew 15:3, the Lord Jesus Christ says, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?" Paul says, in Colossians 2:8, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." Catholic writings are filled with phrases like "the Church teaches" or "tradition teaches" or "the Church has traditionally taught". In light of the above Scripture, shouldn't true Christian writings be filled with phrases like "the Bible says" or "according to the Scriptures"? Friend, are you following God's pure words or are you following man's tradition? Perhaps you're thinking, "This is anti-Catholic hate literature!" No, actually, this tract is based on God’s word. If you doubt it, please check the references for yourself. What have you got to lose? Even when Rome professes to believe the Bible, we must remember that the Catholic bible is very different from the written word of God. The Catholic Church includes several books in their Old Testament that are not God's word. The Catholic Council of Trent of 1541 placed a curse upon everyone who does not accept the Apocrypha as inspired Old Testament Scripture (See Catholic Encyclopedia). In doing so, the famous council pronounced a curse upon Jesus Christ and the New Testament writers! In Matthew 23:35, Jesus said that the Old Testament began with Abel (The Book of Genesis) and ended with Zecharias (II Chronicles). Since the Hebrew Old Testament ends with II Chronicles, there is no room left for the Apocryphal books. This explains why the Lord Jesus and the New Testament writers never refer to the Apocrypha or quote it. These writings were not accepted as Scripture. So Jesus, Peter, James, Paul, John, Luke, and the rest are officially cursed by the Roman Catholic Church. Lest someone claim that this is no longer a Catholic belief, we refer the reader to page 61 of the Catholic publication, Faith of Our Fathers, by Cardinal Gibbons: If only one instance could be given in which the Church ceased to teach a doctrine which had been previously held, that single instance would be the death blow of her infallibility. So there is no absolute Final Authority in the Catholic Church. There are dual authorities: tradition and the Catholic bible, which is entirely unscriptural (Isa. 8:20, Mat. 4:4, Col. 2:8, Mat. 15:3). God's word alone should be the Final Authority of any Christian institution.
@@shortyshea27 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, *from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias* son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. How is that in anyway a misquote ?
@weaponofchoice-tc7qs You're the one calling me heretical ?? The burden of prove is upon you ! Your man made traditions are completely unscriptural. The Lord Jesus Christ himself rebukes your ungodly traditions.
Thank you! One doesn't often hear of divisions in Protestantisms. So much for praying in the Spirit. Self interpreting of Scripture is disunity, where the Church is to be one Body.
Hello Hugh! I found faith in college in a non-denominational church. I had a very similar experience with hunger for knowledge and love for sharing the gospel to others. With that thirst for knowledge, I eventually dug deep enough to realize the truth of the Eucharist and the sacred tradition of the Catholic Church. My experience with Protestantism was largely positive and I know God placed me there for a reason. It was a stepping stone to truly coming home. Glad that we get to share in the fullness of Christ together!
@emmawinnie4431 Awesome Emma, thanks for that, God Bless. It's amazing how when you come to Christ in Protestantism, then coming home to the Catholic Church is really just getting more of Christ than we had before.
Yeah I really am elated and overwhelmed of what you said about our Holy Mother Mary,especially when you spoke about the part when after Archangel Gabriel had finished his DIVINE MESSAGE TO MOTHER MARY SHE SAID BEHOLD I AM THE HAND MAID OF THE LORD BE IT DONE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD. I just hope that people can have the tiniest understanding of what this means the handmaid of the LORD
Those who earnestly seek the truth eventually discover it. I once believed that the concept of being "saved" was as straightforward as it is for many Protestants and Bible-alone Christians. However, the rejection of Mary, the Saints, Purgatory, the Priesthood, the Sacraments, and more opened my eyes to the complexities and true beauty of the FULLNESS of Christianity. We are in the end times (not the world) so be always watchful for errors coming from all sides as the enemies of the Church have done well to try to destroy her...but they will fail. God Bless +
Reading Church history was a major turning point for me as well and ultimately lead me into the Orthodox Church. The depth of beauty, reverence and theology I've found there is incomparable to anything else I've encountered. Wild horses couldn't drag me away.
Same except catholic. Considered EO pretty seriously because I have tons of EO friends (rare for an American but I’m blessed with many slavic and Greek friends), but for various reasons went Catholic after reading primary sources. St Optatus, St Leo I, St Bede, pray for us
Appreciate the Orthodox Church, I have a friend who is an Orthodox Priest, he started out in the same Evangelical circles, although he saw the Light much earlier than me, God Bless.
the Greek Church recognized the authority of the bishop of Rome over all churches, as the pastor of unity and the doctor of the faith, during the entire first millennium - You should know that the truth about that authority of Rome has been officially proclaimed by the Council of Nicea II - there is no way you can historically prove the authenticity of the Orthodox Church as the true communion of the faithful that Christ established
Beautiful testimony full of love and peace for our protestant brothers an sisters. I trust God that it will bear good fruits among them. They are litteraly only one inch away from us. 👍 Thank you and have a nice day!
Mary is sinless..is forever virgin...is now in heaven body and soul with her divine Son Jesus our Lord and Savior. She is our beloved and blessed mother. We love her so much. Why don't you :)
@@solafide9533 Another cut and paster. "Catholics say", No the Church Jesus founded, that gave you the very Bible you are pasting quotes from, says what it says, Divine Truth. ( Matthew 26:23-19) Jesus gave His Apostles the power to forgive or retain mens' sins.( John 20:21-23) He told us we need to eat His body snd drink His Blood, or we have no Life in us. ( John 6)These are just a few verses you deny , or try to explain away.
Makes perfect sense to me, Hugh. It makes one wonder why some folks, like you and I, eventually get it and why some have not. We pray they will! Our faith embraces faith-and-reason, it takes everything into account, yet it doesn’t deny mystery. In fact, we even celebrate the Sacred Mysteries! A Grand Unified Theory, if one may put it so, it satisfies the mind as well as the heart. It is whole and organic. It is human. No surprise that there are knock-offs, imitators, distorters, imposters. And no surprise that it is the one body in this world that can be traced back 2000 years, and is in the unique position of being the only one attacked by everyone else: the Eastern Orthodox, Protestants, atheists and Satanists, at the very least. And this conforms to-and confirms-Our Lord’s promise that “If they have persecuted me, they will persecuted you as well”: we who are “in the world but not of the world”. Taken all together, it appears we have a dead give-away, one of these things is not like the others. Let us pray the holy rosary every day! May God bless you and Our Lady protect you!
I know, from where I am at now, it is so obvious, yet I remember when I was blind to the obvious, but, as the song goes,now I see. Yes my rosary intention is that now I can be of service for others to also see the reality of Christ and His Church.
From my experience there indoctrinated and taught to be anti Catholic and Catholics stole paganism etc. As a Catholic who attended a Baptist under cover as a non denominational
Hugh, could do a video on the origin of some Protestant beliefs, terms and practices? For example: Born again, altar call, sinner's prayer. Symbolic Baptism, symbolic Eucharist, asking Jesus into your heart..., Darby's rapture theory , first adult baptism in rejection of infant baptism, origin of adult baptism made a crime, evolution from ecclesial and sacramental salvation under Calvin to one-time decision for Christ in the Great Awakenings and any related topics. Thanks.
Hugh l just came across your podcast and am greatly appreciative of your tell-it-like-it-is attitude. Your third person narratives are one of my favorite parts! I too came home after a long journey from an evangelical background a little over three years ago. The experience has been challenging to say the least. It is hard finding a parish where people are actually interested in being disciples or understand the value and necessity of fellowship/communion. It has felt more like a desert wandering as opposed to a promise land. The proliferation of podcasts such as yours speaks directly to this fact. Outside of the internet my spiritual growth has mainly been through the internet which in part saddens me. I would appreciate your thoughts on after becoming Catholic how do we nourish ourselves and deepen the relationships between God and his church? Thanks again for using your light to shine the light for others.
@rustydahler4715 We live in challenging times. I found a decent parish, and came in contact with Catholics who are serious in their faith, and very much on fire for God. But sadly there are parishes in my Diocese that are sadly in sad condition. I encourage you to seek out such places in the area in which you live. Sometimes you may find a chapter of The Chesterton Society, search the internet for one near you. These are groups that meet together to read and discuss Catholic writings by G.K. Chesterton. Such groups are usually comprised of serious Catholics. I will be praying for you. Thanks for your comments, and welcome home to Christ's Church. God Bless. 🙏
Loved the testimony. I'd heard Scott Hahn recommend Keating's "Catholicism and Fundamentalism" too, so I'll definitely check that out. Anyone have a list of the other books that were mentioned? I couldn't quite make out all of it
Thanks, the other two books I mentioned were Thomas Howard's Evangelical is Not Enough, and Scott Hahn's first book of his own testimony, Rome Sweet Home.
For those who believe in once saved always always saved, how is 1 Timothy 3:6 possible? Isn't a convert a Christian? Isn't a bishop a Christian? How can you have a valid bishop that is not Christian if baptism is necessary for valid ordination and baptism is what makes one a Christian not reciting the non biblical sinners prayer.
Blessings Hugh! I knew there was a reason for me to take your; can I call it ‘Ministry’ seriously. I can relate to all the reasons you found things difficult in the evangelical (charismatic type) church. I left the AOG for exactly the same reasons that you mentioned in the first half of your testimony… carbon copy! Though I will always be grateful, like you would be, that I was given a reason to become engrossed in the scriptures and history… something that has stayed with me even though I am tossing things up in my mind. Your testimony has just cemented the brotherly admirable respect that I have had for you since your videos found their way into my account. Continued blessed thoughts for you and your family sir.
Thanks David glad it help you connect more. Doing that type of video is challenging, because there is a lot in there, and yet so many details that are not. I prayed that it would be effective, and from sone of the responses, it apparently has been. Glad you enjoyed it. God bless.
@@catholicskeptic I always appreciate ‘real’ and ‘honesty’ - not the superficial posing that has imposed itself on society since the 1990’s Australia’s evangelicalism went down hill when the ‘Word Faith’ ministries of Kenneth Copeland and the like spread their tentacles into Australian households more strongly in the 1990s. I was even labelled as being demonic from the pulpit simply for writing to the pastor with my reservations about his authoritative teaching on giving to receive 10 to 100 fold, as too many people were giving everything they had to God (the pastor) while coming to me for help with their bills… and the pastor was living showing off God’s financial grace with material acquisitions. That was my last day in the local church scene. Especially when the people I had so graciously shared meals with, helped out with both my time and resources decided that I was not a fit person to associate with… Hehehe… Luckily I have thick skin… :) I remember one guy that I had helped quite a bit, trying to embarrass me in front of a group of people in our local petrol (gas) station while I was ordering my lunch. I still remember the short; sharp, two sentence exchange… ‘I haven’t seen you in church for quite a while David. God wont be pleased.’ My reply across the small crowd that stood between us at the counter, ‘Why would I go to a church with people like you inhabiting the pews?’ The same guy told me months before that God had laid on his heart to ask me for $2000 odd dollars to fix his car because I would receive 100 fold for blessing him. Thankfully I didn’t hand over the money… :) Ah… the joys of dealing with self serving people. Thankfully I learned a good lesson from that episode in my life. It taught me to ‘test the spirits’ before jumping in whole heartedly when dealing with new situations.
@@atrifle8364 It just started going down hill in the late 1980’s… a bit worse in 90’s… but today is unrecognisable since that time. In Australia anyway… but we were way behind the US and Europe regarding social issues; until the advent of the popular internet/social media.
Hi I just came across your testimony. It's great to hear! Thank you for sharing it. What job did you get after you left your previous church? Blessings to you and yours. G Ire
@fre7717 Details would require another video. My wife and my sons, and daughter-in-law have all crossed over . All are very happy as Catholics, and have no regrets. All Glory to God!
Adam and eve ate the wrong food and sin entered and destroyed everything. Order became disorder... Jesus said amen amen (double amen) my flesh is TRUE FOOD and my BLOOD is true drink who ever eats my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life. And he said take it all of you and eat of it.
You see the wisdom of God when you realise he uses Protestism as a nursery to awaken the unwary Catholics , guide non-Catholic seekers, and reingnite lapsed Catholics with a personal loving relationship with the whole family of Christ.
new subscriber here! ALL GLORY TO GOD FOR YOU !!!! Thanks so much for your voice on the Catholic Church...please pray for me as I discern for religious life.... May God bless you and your family always! I am so touched about all you said about our Catholic Church and our Blessed mother!!!!! I am so amazed with all these converts/ reverts, you are becoming the powerhouse of the Catholic Church !!! WELCOME HOME!!!
Gianne, Thanks so much for your kind words, I will certainly pray for you and your discernment concerning your vocation. Oh pay no attention to the "Sola Fide" commenter, just one of the anti-Catholic trolls on here. I now ignore his comments and pray for him. God bless you, and our Blessed Mother watch over you.
@@solafide9533 🤣😂I am so sorry for you, you do not have a mother like mine!!!! THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, ON EARTH AND HEAVEN THAT GOD HAS EVER MADE!!!!How could you possibly think in your wildest dream that the SON OF GOD will be in a womb of a sinful woman!!!! It is very clear in the Bible: " Hail FULL OF GRACE THE LORD IS WITH YOU!!!" In revelation the new Ark of the Covenant appeared, " a woman clothed with the sun with the moon under Her feet with a crown of twelve stars!".." In Genesis, God said to the serpent: I will put enmity between you and woman, She will crush the head of the serpent"..if you are not in THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IMMACULATE's side , then who's side would you be on the last day?" simple common sense!
@@solafide9533 🤣😂I am so sorry for you, you do not have a mother like mine!!!! THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, ON EARTH AND HEAVEN THAT GOD HAS EVER MADE!!!!How could you possibly think in your wildest dream that the SON OF GOD will be in a womb of a sinful woman!!!! It is very clear in the Bible: " Hail FULL OF GRACE THE LORD IS WITH YOU!!!" In revelation the new Ark of the Covenant appeared, " a woman clothed with the sun with the moon under Her feet with a crown of twelve stars!".." In Genesis, God said to the serpent: I will put enmity between you and woman, She will crush the head of the serpent"..if you are not in THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IMMACULATE's side , then who's side would you be on the last day?" simple common sense!
@@solafide9533 🤣😂I am so sorry for you, you do not have a mother like mine!!!! THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, ON EARTH AND HEAVEN THAT GOD HAS EVER MADE!!!!How could you possibly think in your wildest dream that the SON OF GOD will be in a womb of a sinful woman!!!! It is very clear in the Bible: " Hail FULL OF GRACE THE LORD IS WITH YOU!!!" In revelation the new Ark of the Covenant appeared, " a woman clothed with the sun with the moon under Her feet with a crown of twelve stars!".." In Genesis, God said to the serpent: I will put enmity between you and woman, She will crush the head of the serpent"..if you are not in THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IMMACULATE's side , then who's side would you be on the last day?" simple common sense!
I love your straight talk. Jesus leads his lambs to the Catholic church. Jesus says “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber; - John 10:1 That should tell people that there is a door to his pasture and there is way to enter the pasture without going thru the door. That should scare people who don't know where that door is.
@Catholiclady3 Thanks, Jesus is the truth, and told us He came to bring truth, and said," everyone that is of truth hears My voice". ( John 18:37). I can't imagine saying anything about Christ or His Church that is not clear and truthful and direct". I hope and pray my channel is effective, and if it is at all, it is by His Grace, and to His Glory. Please pray for me, God Bless.
As non denominational christian through my own observations and external inquiry, all i observed about protestantism is the devisiveness..and schisms and more a more churches. We need a strong united cathllic church without which our western society will collapse and is collapsing before our eyes
I truly hope that Protestants can understand that Jesus never said that in his One True Church that all of his members will be Faithful or Obedient to him and his Church,so having said that I really want to point out to Protestants that when there’s any corruption or problems in the Catholic Church it’s not the Church it’s self it’s the individuals who are at fault and causing problems not the Catholic Church???
Then shouldn’t Catholics hold their leaders accountable for corruption and problems? It’s harder to consider converting when higher ups get a “pass” because they are “infallible.”
@@catholicskeptic Thanks for your response, Hugh! Are you saying that everyone in the world is redeemed by the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ?
@@jettoth3 Christ died for all, freeing us from the slavery of sin, through his death on the cross. That does not mean all will come to belief, nor that all who come to believe will persevere in faith to the end of their lives.
@@TruthHasSpoken What is the reason for the fact that, NOT all will come to belief, nor that all who come to believe will persevere in faith to the end of their lives? What is the difference between those who believe and persevere in faith vs those who don't? Are the believers just morally better?
I appreciate you taking the time to share your journey. I was one of those who has hoped you would share this. As a former Roman Catholic and evangelical, I can relate to the experience of finding that professing Christians can be horrible sinners, and that there is no individual Christian, Church, or denomination that has a perfect grasp of God's truth. Or do you believe the current Catholic Church does have a perfect grasp of God's truth? I've been told by high profile RU-vid channel Catholics and individual Catholics, that what I believe is only salvific if I return to the Catholic Church. Do you believe salvation is dependent upon unity with the Catholic Church and the Pope? I believe that my current church is a faithful descendent of all those Councils that you speak of which occurred prior to the Lutheran Reformation. All those early Church Fathers are important contributors to my current church's doctrine as well as yours (of course you know the Fathers didn't agree on everything either and they are helpful only as far as they do no violence to scripture). In the 15th century, errors on the part of the organizational Church were becoming extreme and Huss was burned for pointing them out. In the 16th century the Church's continuity was maintained by a reformation. Not a perfect reformation, because sinners were involved. Martin Luther in his writing on the topic of re-baptism (dealing with the anti-Baptists of his day) clearly makes the point that Roman Catholics of his day were fully Christians, as he was. His issues were with the popes and the organization known as the Church, not with the doctrines of the Church as they agreed with scripture and were passed down from faithful ancestors in the faith. When you had warrior popes, popes who fathered children, multiple popes at the same time, these were not facts the average church goer knew of. But they were known by the Cardinals, bishops, magisterium of the organization known at that time as the Catholic Church. Where was the disciplining of the "vicar of Christ"? Yet, sinful Popes don't destroy God's Church, because the Church isn't a man made organization. It is His mystical body composed of those whom He is saving. Luther's criticism of the abuse of indulgences was certainly valid. It still is, as I see that indulgences are still given (I have just returned from a visit to Vatican City). I am happy for you if you have found in the Roman Catholic Church, a purer expression of God's truth. I see how you could, coming out of Evangelicalism as you did, especially the kind you describe. Much of what you fled, I also fled. Just as bad Popes don't destroy God's Church, neither did the failings of Martin Luther. We are all best served by attaching ourselves to a Christian Church which is optimally faithful to the truth of God. That seems to sum up what you shared in this video. I just wonder if you have come to the end of your journey, or if you will yet find a more faithful Church?
Thanks for that thoughtful comment. I can't write a sufficient answer due to time constraints right now. But i suggest you watch my video on "Can The Pope Be Wrong?" As i think I addressed some of what you are speaking of in your comment. Otherwise I will try to get back to you on this later. God Bless.
Does your church claim to be “The” church that Christ founded? Can it’s pastors be traced back to the 12 Apostles? The Catholic Church proclaims itself to be the True Church, for innumerable reasons. Focus on the doctrines which are conveniently laid out in the Catechism of the Catholic Church rather than “Catholic” opinions on social media. And study early Church History. I recently asked a Sola Scriptura Christian if he would follow Jesus no matter where that led - even if it led to the Catholic Church. He changed the subject. Too often the anti-Catholic prejudice is deeper than a person realizes and that can blind one to certain truths. So ask Jesus to lead you to the very Fullness of Christian Truth. Just be willing. ❤
@The Catholic Skeptic with Hugh J Quinn I apologise. The quotes were there, in more ways than one. I watched half the video yesterday and continued today. But something providential happened, no? When we hear in parts, we live in parts of the TRUTH. The danger is that these will never be the whole, and we begin to stumble through no fault of the fullness of the TRUTH. I pray your ministry will reach protestants everywhere. A decade of the Rosary begins this journey. God Bless you!
Hi Hugh, Can I suggest, please, to enunciate more when speaking? Not all of us are familiar with your particular accent and struggle to keep up. God bless.
Hi Hugh, since you brought up the deuterocanonical books, I was wondering if you could comment on 2 Maccabees 15:37-39. It's very clear based on what the author says here that he was seeking to write something entertaining and interesting to give pleasure to his readers. That is not how Scripture speaks, I think we can both agree...can't we? 37 That is how things turned out for Nicanor. The city of Jerusalem remained in the possession of the Jewish people from that time on, so I will end my story here. 38 If it is well written and to the point, I am pleased; if it is poorly written and uninteresting, I have still done my best. 39 We know it is unhealthy to drink wine or water alone, whereas wine mixed with water makes a delightfully tasty drink. So also a good story skillfully written gives pleasure to those who read it. With this I conclude.
@@PInk77W1 The Bible has a problem with King David being a murderer as he ends up suffering major consequences as a result. My chief concern is having an accurate canon. This book doesn't belong.
Yeah it’s true that as Jesus stated his church upon Peter the Rock and also gave the other apostles holy authority and Impowerment to teach and feed the flock of his church,it was the replacement of the Old Testament hierarchy and priesthood of the Old Testament that God had started from Moses.Also noticed this that in the Old Testament hierarchy there was appointed a high priest at the head of the hierarchy,so also did Jesus appoint a head of his hierarchy in the New Testament and that’s so obvious!
"After about 7 years of wrestling, I came out of the RCC about 3 months ago. It was an incredibly difficult decision, but I realized I couldn't keep sitting on the fence. I was stuck. Eventually I realized that regardless of whether some of the things the RCC teaches are true or not, if it requires me to commit even one idolatrous act or affirm one thing that is untrue, then I couldn't be a part of it. Something I just realized in the past couple of days is that the RCC has a different Gospel than the one I believe, and I'm not than the one I believe, and I'm not talking about the usual Protestant argument of faith vs works, etc. The RCC teaches that you have to accept all of its dogmas. As I understand the gospel, it is the simple truth that if someone repents of their sin and believes in Jesus they are saved. In effect, the RCC gospel is repent and believe in Jesus, believe in the Immaculate Conception, sinless life, and bodily assumption of Mary, believe that the first Pope was Peter and that there is a successive line of bishops who are infallible, believe in Purgatory and that your own merits and the merits of others can shorten or eliminate your time there, believe that forgiveness is only through a priest, and believe every other part of Cannon Law put forward by the Church. If you don't affirm any one of those beliefs you are anathematized according to the RCC. That's quite the burden if you ask me. It reminds me of the religious leaders in the time of Jesus, who had added so much to the Law that people were being crushed by it. I will pray that you get some clarity because I know what it feels like to be in that state of limbo. It's like you want to be fully on board and on fire for Christ, but how can you do that if you don't even know what you believe yourself. At least that's how I experienced it. Either way, don't be afraid. If you are seeking with all your heart, God will direct you. Shalom."
Thank you for your information... But everything about the Dogma you highlighted was biblically rooted and always accompanied with Reason and Revelation... GOD BLESS YOUR JOURNEY ... PLEASE BROTHER DIDN'T YOU SEE HOW GOD IS DOING GREAT THINGS AT THIS TIME BY BRINGING BACK ALL THE PASTORS OF DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS OF THE WORLD... INCLUDING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ... COULD I HUMBLY ASK YOU TO RETURN... I AM CONCERNED ABOUT YOU... HAVE YOU REALIZED THE TREND... LOOKWORM CATHOLICS MOVED OUT BUT GENUINE PASTORS AND VERY GREAT PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD WHO DESIRED FOR TRUTH HAS ALL RETURNED... I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE SEEN AS ONE OF THEM PLEASE I WANT YOU HOME SIR... GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER.
One thing I do not understand is how one who changes from one religious denomination to another and both say the Holy Spirit told me to get out to the one I belong to and go to this one if both have received the same Holy Spirit. Don't we all have one and the same Holy Spirit? Should He be consistent in telling the same thing to one and the same to the other one? It seems that one has a Holy Spirit and the other one has a different one. It does not make any sense. There must be only one religion or one church that is true and all the other ones are teaching the wrong gospel and are false and heretic. As an example a Catholic becomes a protestant and a protestant becomes a Catholic and both say the Holy Spirit told me to change. This is what we call the law of noncontradiction. Both cannot be right, one is right and the other one is wrong, or both are wrong. One way to know which religion is the right one and the false one is just by believing one important passage of the Bible which is in John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” The Roman Catholic religion does not believe or teach their parishioners about doing that. They say you are born again when you get baptized as a baby and receive the seventh sacrament and you by being a former protestant know what it really means. If Catholics think it is not necessary to get baptized as an adult to receive the Holy Spirit which the Bible says we must then I would say all Catholics are heading straight to hell because they cannot enter God's kingdom if they are not born from above in the Holy Spirit. Why would you join a religion that teaches lies and you know what the Bible says all liars will have their part in the lake of fire. It only takes one lie to end in hell. Why be partaking in the wrong religion that will send you and them to hell.
Jesus founded His One True Church Mt 16 18-19 that became known as Catholic or Universal in 110 which codified your bible in 382. His Church is the fullness of Truth 1 Tim 3:15 & has existed for 2000 yrs, in spite of sinful men, proof of its divine origin No organisation, such as Protestantism can survive without hierarchy & a unifying authoritative interpreter, the fruits being confusion, division & scandal of 000’s of sects, resulting from personal interpretation, which is not of Jesus who willed unity Jn 17 11-21 No Protestant has ever been able to explain why personal interpretation, if guided by the Holy Spirit has resulted in 000’s sects proving that either the Holy Spirit is wrong or more likely, Protestantism! There are none so blind as those with a darkened intellect which the Holy Spirit obviously isn’t enlightening! Consider the damage caused to society by relativism, caused by there being many “truths” of Protestantism which have resulted in contraception, which until 1930, all denominations prohibited until the Anglican broke away in 1930, abortion, IVF, divorce, SSM, LGBGT, transgenderism etc. Protestantism has a lot to answer for!
Matthew 25 - The Judgement of Nations, separation of goats and sheep. How did Jesus separate the goats from the sheep, by what they believed or by what they did? 🤔🤔🤔 Faith alone is not biblical…
@Troll Patrol Eastern Orthodox and just because sea disagrees with another does not put the church in schism. And are the Catholics unified? under Francis? Lol
I love our Orthodox brethren but they have no means of unity or adjudication to resolved disputes. They say the Councils but can't agree on which councils. Even so, if Hugh did become Orthodox, I would have to issue with that. If He went back to Protestantism, that would cause concern. Besides, you can be Eastern Catholic and still experience the Eastern liturgies. God bless.
What then says Christ? You are Simon, the son of Jonas; you shall be called Cephas. Thus since you have proclaimed my Father, I too name him that begot you; all but saying, As you are son of Jonas, even so am I of my Father. Else it were superfluous to say, You are Son of Jonas; but since he had said, Son of God, to point out that He is so Son of God, as the other son of Jonas, of the same substance with Him that begot Him, therefore He added this, And I say unto you, You are Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church; Matthew 16:18 that is, on the faith of his confession. Hereby He signifies that many were now on the point of believing, and raises his spirit, and makes him a shepherd. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And if not against it, much more not against me. So be not troubled because you are shortly to hear that I shall be betrayed and crucified. - John Chrysostom
John 3:3 KJV Bible - When Christians are born again they have Jesus. He's not in a wafer. “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV Bible - Popes are not vicars of Christ, nor infallible. “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”
John 3:3 KJV Bible - When Christians are born again they have Jesus. *He's not in a wafer.* Paul tells us that *Jesus told him* (Paul isn't quoting the Gospels) him that the bread and wine are the body and blood. (1 Cor 11:23). What does Jesus say? He said "THIS [bread] IS my body" (1 Cor 11:24, see also Mat 26:26). Jesus didn't say this is LIKE my body or any other figurative/parable language. It is very LITERAL language. Jesus says, "this is my blood of the new testament [with wine Mat 26:27-28]. 1 Cor 11:23-29 KJV 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. So how important is this bread and wine? First off, Jesus blesses the bread and wine (Matt 26:26) and makes it holy. It becomes so holy that eating or drinking the consecrated bread and wine while being in a state of sin/impurity is invoking damnation upon one self (1 Cor 11:29) Why?? Because the person has not realised "discerning" that this is the Lord's body (1 Cor 11:29) Matthew 26:26-29 KJV 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV Bible - Popes are not vicars of Christ, nor infallible. *Papal Infallibility* Infallible doesn't mean sinless or perfect. "The Roman pontiff, when he speaks *ex cathedra*... possesses through the divine assistance promised to him in the person of blessed Peter, the infallibility with which the divine Redeemer willed his Church to be endowed in defining the doctrine concerning faith or morals” (Pastor Aeternus 4). What does "ex cathedra" mean? It relates to the teaching office held by the pope. “when, *acting in the office of shepherd and teacher* of all Christians, he defines, by virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, a doctrine concerning faith or morals to be held by the universal Church.” *Pope and the title of Vicar* Vicar of Christ, a title of the pope implying his supreme and universal primacy, both of honor and of jurisdiction, over the Church of Christ on earth. It is founded on the words of the Divine Shepherd to St. Peter. Jesus asks Peter THREE TIMES (funny coincidence) if Peter loves him. Jesus instructs Peter and Peter alone, to “Feed my lambs… Feed my sheep” (John 21:15-17). In doing so, Jesus elevated Peter above the remainder of the flock i.e. the body of Christ i.e. the Church i.e. all believers. Jesus was going away and put Peter in charge. By doing so, Jesus fulfills the promise made to Peter in Matthew 16:18-19, to build his the Church upon Peter. So the Church is built upon St. Peter and is made the leader of that Church. John 21:15-17 KJV 15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, *Feed my lambs.* 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, *Feed my sheep.* Matthew 16:18-19 KJV *18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.* 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
@@user-wk1li2cm5o We choose to follow the authority of Jesus that he gave through the Holy Spirit by breathing on to the Apostles (John 20:22). The Apostles delegated this Authority to others including Paul. Paul gave this Authority to Timothy and others by laying of hands (2 Tim 1:6), which they have given to the Apostolic Churches including the modern Catholic Church, through the unbroken laying of hands. The Holy Spirit has never failed to guide the Church, (John 16:13-15) despite all you implicitly blaspheming the Holy Spirit by thinking otherwise. You will be judged for your disobedience in not doing the will of the Father (Matthew 7:21-23). You say you love Jesus, but you mistrust Jesus's plans and refuse to submit to the people he has put in place to watch over you (Hebrews 13:17). In refusing to follow Jesus's instruction to follow the Church, which is the pillar and ground of truth (1 Tim 3:16) you are showing that you don't truly believe Him (John 6:40). Good luck to you, you were shown the light. I'll be praying for you. John 20:22 KJV - 22 And when he had said this, *he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:* 2 Timothy 1:6 KJV - 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up *the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.* Matthew 7:21-23 KJV - 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.* 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will *I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.* Hebrews 13:17 KJV - 17 *Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account,* that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for you. 1 Timothy 3:15 KJV - 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in *the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.* John 6:40 KJV - 40 *And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him,* may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day
@Michael29040 Aint nothing like the real thing! Oh and what I like is the Truth!,, I spent 30 years in the Protestant pulpit, until I finally saw the Light of Christ's One, True Church. ( Matthew 16:13-19, Ephesians 1:22-23)
@@catholicskeptic I watched your video and heard you talk about all your experience. I made the jump from Baptist to Roman Catholic in my college years but didn't research the other traditions. I too was enamored with the idea of there bring One True Church, asking the Saints to pray for me, and the Papacy. I thought the mortal sin system was too harsh though. Several years later a friend of mine invited me to the local Greek Orthodox church and I found the liturgical experience to be beyond compare to anything I ever experienced as a Roman Catholic. I would have attended an Eastern Catholic church though of we had one in the area I lived in but didn't. Orthodoxy was also harsh on sin too I would discovered. I tried Anglicanism some but it would be Lutheranism that I would ultimately land on. It's hard to condense everything in a short paragraph but the ELCA has apostolic succession (I know you don't recognize it but we do claim it.). From my perspective Rome tries to claim church history for itself but in reality church history belongs to everybody. We have the same early church fathers and saints as Rome and Orthodoxy.
@@Michael29040 Hey I agree that Orthodox Liturgy is so beautiful, I have a friend who went Orthodox and became an Orthodox priest, he is a blessing. I respect serious Lutherans, although yes, I disagree. Perhaps watch my video on Martin Luther, curious to know your reaction.
@@catholicskeptic I am a serious Lutheran. I believe in the Real Presence, have altar rails that we actually use at my church, believe Mary is the Mother of God, Ever Virgin, and Assumed. I read the early church fathers and saints. Pretty much most of what you do as a Roman Catholic I do as a Lutheran. I'll check your video out.
@@Michael29040 I appreciate your perspective. I considered many alternatives to Catholicism, but my point is simply, that they are all views established in or from the 16th century. Orthodoxy obviously earlier. I simply do not believe that the Faith was distorted and/or lost and had to be later restored. But clearly we do agree on many doctrines. Of course although you "believe " in the real Presence " does not necessarily mean you actually "have" the real Presence, this would be another issue. The Orthodox, Catholics believe, do indeed have the Real Presence and we acknowledge their Apostolic Succession. I am curious as to "Lutheran " Apostolic Succession. Oh,and in Luther video I do discuss Luther's personal experience, his abusive parents. Many of my Protestant critics see this as me trashing him, that was and is not my intention.
It seems as though many of what you mentioned were abuses of Evangelical Christianity. Most of these reasons aren’t really sufficient to become Roman Catholic.
In other words… you went from false convert Christianity to mystery religion while you weren’t even qualified to be a pastor to begin with - having never counted the cost. But at least you sure made an exciting way to out yourself. Here’s your life verse 1 John 2:19 “They went out from us but they were never really of us, for if they had been of us they would have remained with us, but they went out so that it would be shown that they are all not of us. “
@@catholicskeptic Did you not just do the self same thing you accuse me of, you hypocrite? You slandered me with the accusation of being Satan. The odd part is you’re assuming yourself to be of the brethren - where in reality, as a Catholic you couldn’t be further from Christianity. You posted the video asserting that you used to be a Christian pastor and then you apostatized to Roman Catholicism. By the very fact that you would choose another gospel of another Christ, one that has no power to save - demonstrates that you were never of the faith according to 1John 2:19. What you’re having such a hard time with, is the fact that I’m calling you out as a “pretender”. What concerns me the most is that you’re leading others towards a works based religion, ultimately leading other people down the path that you’ve marked out to be heaven but leads straight to hell. You’re also being dishonest by assuming that you were ever a Christian to begin with even as one who wore the title “Pastor“. Let me help you see clearly the ridiculousness of your error. You’re not born again. Otherwise you couldn’t have left Christianity to turn to another gospel. The implication being that you assume that you could’ve lost your salvation. If you could lose your salvation you absolutely would. Salvation is not up to you. And so therefore it’s not up to one to lose it either. Let me ask you this, What role did you play or contribution did you make to your own physical birth? You made none. It would be an absurdity to conclude otherwise. Therefore what role could you play or contribution could you make to your own spiritual birth? None whatsoever. It’s just as equally a ridiculous absurdity to assume otherwise. John 3 would show you this, and yet scripture is veiled to your understanding and it’s for this reason that you have become Catholic - because you lack discernment. Discernment is not optional for the Christian - it’s commanded by scripture. I find it ignorant that you resort to maligning me as the “accuser of the brethren”, but that’s precisely what you’re doing - making an accusation against one who is in Christ. Furthermore, you don’t believe that you’re saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, according to scripture alone, to the glory of God alone. Instead rather, you rely upon your works to save you, along with your prayers to a dead woman who has never heard you…..along with your prayers to dead saints and apostles who have never heard you either. This is a sinful practice that you’re participating in. It’s called necromancy. You’re participating in spiritism and divination just like somebody who is conducting a séance. You’re trying to communicate to the dead, and even if you “supposedly“ received an answer from the dead, you are communicating with nothing more than demons. Dead people don’t talk. They’re dead. Your approach to salvation is one that holds to this idea of your participation with God in order to save you - that’s called synergism. In other words, you believe that you have to be good enough to merit salvation. This is both unbiblical and distinctly non-Christian. Genuine contrition leading to salvation has absolutely nothing to do with your participation, but rather God‘s drawing you to Himself unto salvation. You can’t be good enough to merit salvation whatsoever, for Christ came not for the righteous but for wicked sinners like you and I. He has to open the eyes of our understanding to see that we are completely lost and can never do anything to earn salvation nor can we ever deserve the grace and mercy won by Jesus Christ. The Jesus that you hold to is not the one of scripture. Your Jesus is born of a perpetual virgin who herself came from a virgin birth from her mother. Its this Jesus that you believe in who is a counterfeit Christ and he isn’t God for the very sake that you believe that Mary is the mother of God. This is unbiblical because God cannot be created. Moreover this mother Mary whom you worship -( yes I know you call it venerate and it’s a distinction without a difference that you’re making ) - If she was a perpetual virgin, this means that Jesus didn’t have any half brothers and half sisters. This is also unbiblical. This would also infer that Mary would’ve denied Joseph their marital union of being one flesh for not having consummated their marriage. This is sinful and is completely unbiblical. I know you think of yourself as a Christian, but once again I really am trying to convert you back to your Catholicism so that you can understand that you really are apart from Christ and have never been a Christian. This is the most loving thing I can do for you - giving you the truth. This makes me most like Christ when I do this. The most unloving thing I could do would be to affirm that you are saved and are a Christian and have nothing to worry about. But then I would be believing lies just like you-deceived and deceiving others. This is when you’re most like Satan. Apart from your assertion - I have a genuine concern for where are you are heading to spend eternity. I can say it grieves my heart what I am hearing you say because even as a very shallow pastor that was leading others… you yourself did not examine yourself to see whether you were in the faith. This is what I mean when I said “you did not count the cost”, You were never born again. Let me encourage you to repent for your idolatry, for your necromancy, for your false teaching, for believing this deception that you are under, for following after another Christ of another gospel - one that has no power to save, and for leading others into the same deception that you’re sinking in. You can’t earn salvation and there is no such thing as purgatory. Don’t rely upon your own goodness to save you because you haven’t got any, you’re just like everybody else. Sir, I don’t hate you. I hate what you’re espousing and misleading others to follow after through your example. This is reprehensible. Can I encourage you next time perhaps to engage in dialogue rather than only giving into character assassination? You should always be ready with an answer to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that’s within you. You demonstrated no concerns for me no heart to shepherd one whom you would assert to be a lost person. And yet by the same token, you call yourself a Christian and in the same breath Emmaline one who is in Christ. Your forked tongue sticks out of both sides of your mouth. It would be better for you to bite it off than it would be to spread more of your lies.
@@jeremiahyeo5863With your long winded nonsense will never discover the Truth! Jesus founded His One True Church Mt 16 18-19 that became known as Catholic or Universal in 110 which codified your bible in 382. His Church is the fullness of Truth 1 Tim 3:15 & has existed for 2000 yrs, in spite of sinful men, proof of its divine origin No organisation, such as Protestantism can survive without hierarchy & a unifying authoritative interpreter, the fruits being confusion, division & scandal of 000’s of sects, resulting from personal interpretation, which is not of Jesus who willed unity Jn 17 11-21 No Protestant has ever been able to explain why personal interpretation, if guided by the Holy Spirit has resulted in 000’s sects proving that either the Holy Spirit is wrong or more likely, Protestantism! There are none so blind as those with a darkened intellect which the Holy Spirit obviously isn’t enlightening! Consider the damage caused to society by relativism, caused by there being many “truths” of Protestantism which have resulted in contraception, which until 1930, all denominations prohibited until the Anglican broke away in 1930, abortion, IVF, divorce, SSM, LGBGT, transgenderism etc. Protestantism has a lot to answer for!
Nonsense, I can find many references of Christ and the Disciples saying absolutely do not do the things the Catholic Church does. Defenders of the faith… Where does Christ preach anything of this Churches usurped history? What authority? How does one call themselves “father!?” Have you not clearly understood Matthew! It is written: 9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Please read Luke 11! Also Jesus clearly said in John 14 “None come to the Father except through Me” Who are you to crucify the Spirit like the Jews did the Flesh of God? … : please open your eyes beloved !
Jesus founded His One True Church Mt 16 18-19 that became known as Catholic or Universal in 110 which codified your bible in 382. His Church is the fullness of Truth 1 Tim 3:15 & has existed for 2000 yrs, in spite of sinful men, proof of its divine origin No organisation, such as Protestantism can survive without hierarchy & a unifying authoritative interpreter, the fruits being confusion, division & scandal of 000’s of sects, resulting from personal interpretation, which is not of Jesus who willed unity Jn 17 11-21 No Protestant has ever been able to explain why personal interpretation, if guided by the Holy Spirit has resulted in 000’s sects proving that either the Holy Spirit is wrong or more likely, Protestantism! There are none so blind as those with a darkened intellect which the Holy Spirit obviously isn’t enlightening! Consider the damage caused to society by relativism, caused by there being many “truths” of Protestantism which have resulted in contraception, which until 1930, all denominations prohibited until the Anglican broke away in 1930, abortion, IVF, divorce, SSM, LGBGT, transgenderism etc. Protestantism has a lot to answer for!
Loraine Boettner LOL Sure sign one is on the road to conversion is to read Roman Catholicism. I still have my copy somewhere in a box. He overstates his case and any sincere seeker will see right through it. Thank you for mentioning the eternal worship in Heaven regarding "repetition". The driving force behind Protestant apologetics is anger. The bitterness is sweetened up as much as they can but if you back them into an apologetic corner and distill off the sugar the bitterness drips through and seems almost venomous.
Wrong teachings of Roman Catholics: 1. Apostolic succession 2. Talking to Mary or Saints 3. purgotory 4. Misunderstood justification and sanctification 5. Sacraments 6. Church governance include pope Plus many others. Importantly, it doesn't lead to salvation in accordance to bible and protestant confess ons
Your are biased & ignorant about Catholicism which is all biblical. Starting with Mt 16 18-19, Jesus established His One True Church & appointed St Peter as His first earthly representative. Why do Protestants cherry pick the bible? Read the early fathers & early history. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: All who die in God’s grace, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven (1030) This seems so simple. It’s common sense. Scripture is very clear when it says, “But nothing unclean shall enter [heaven]” (Rev. 21:27). Hab. 1:13 says, “You [God]… are of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on wrong…” How many of us will be perfectly sanctified at the time of our deaths? I dare say most of us will be in need of further purification in order to enter the gates of heaven after we die, if, please God, we die in a state of grace. In II Maccabees 12:39-46, we discover Judas Maccabeus and members of his Jewish military forces collecting the bodies of some fallen comrades who had been killed in battle. When they discovered these men were carrying “sacred tokens of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to wear” (vs. 40), Judas and his companions discerned they had died as a punishment for sin. Therefore, Judas and his men “turned to prayer beseeching that the sin which had been committed might be wholly blotted out… He also took up a collection… and sent it to Jerusalem to provide for a sin offering. In doing this he acted very well and honorably… Therefore he made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin.” Matthew 5:25-26 Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison; truly I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny I Corinthians 3:11-15 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved 1 John 5 16-17 reference to deadly (mortal) sin & non deadly sin (venial) sin Luke 12 27-40 the four servants are treated differently, the faithful one gains Heaven, the second Hell & the other two, purgatory
I have a lot of respect for Calvin, probably because I’m a Thomist (which is the soteriological school closest to Calvin most likely). Most Catholics seem to be molinist. But reading Calvin, I now often quote him as my favorite catholic apologist
Enjoyed your message, but please slow down! I appreciate your zeal and enthusiasm, but you wore me out trying to listen to your message because you talk so fast😃
Blessings All Catholic Church teaching is in the bible. Here's a list of the typical low hanging fruit that ignorant protestant use against the church but are in fact 100% biblical Eucharist "So Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.'" (John 6:54) Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” John 6:53 Call no man father but the apostle Paul names himself father in the faith "For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your FATHER IN CHRIST JESUS through the gospel." (1 Corinthians 4:15) Engraven images But God commanded His ark contain engraven images of gold "And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends." (Exodus 25:18-19) Infant baptism: "And Peter said to them, 'Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you AND FOR YOU CHILDREN and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.'" (Acts 2:38-39) Catholics use vein repetitive prayer! Jesus' repetitive prayer in Matthew 26:44: "So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying THE SAME WORDS AGAIN." (Matthew 26:44) Why are priest celibate?! Jesus recommends certain special people should be (eunuchs are ppl that obstain from intercourse) "For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it" Matthew 19 12 Interesting right?
The Roman Catholic Church has given tradition much weight when establishing and practicing her beliefs, yet the Bible clearly warns against this. In Matthew 15:3, the Lord Jesus Christ says, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?" Paul says, in Colossians 2:8, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." Catholic writings are filled with phrases like "the Church teaches" or "tradition teaches" or "the Church has traditionally taught". In light of the above Scripture, shouldn't true Christian writings be filled with phrases like "the Bible says" or "according to the Scriptures"? Friend, are you following God's pure words or are you following man's tradition? Perhaps you're thinking, "This is anti-Catholic hate literature!" No, actually, this tract is based on God’s word. If you doubt it, please check the references for yourself. What have you got to lose? Even when Rome professes to believe the Bible, we must remember that the Catholic bible is very different from the written word of God. The Catholic Church includes several books in their Old Testament that are not God's word. The Catholic Council of Trent of 1541 placed a curse upon everyone who does not accept the Apocrypha as inspired Old Testament Scripture (See Catholic Encyclopedia). In doing so, the famous council pronounced a curse upon Jesus Christ and the New Testament writers! In Matthew 23:35, Jesus said that the Old Testament began with Abel (The Book of Genesis) and ended with Zecharias (II Chronicles). Since the Hebrew Old Testament ends with II Chronicles, there is no room left for the Apocryphal books. This explains why the Lord Jesus and the New Testament writers never refer to the Apocrypha or quote it. These writings were not accepted as Scripture. So Jesus, Peter, James, Paul, John, Luke, and the rest are officially cursed by the Roman Catholic Church. Lest someone claim that this is no longer a Catholic belief, we refer the reader to page 61 of the Catholic publication, Faith of Our Fathers, by Cardinal Gibbons: If only one instance could be given in which the Church ceased to teach a doctrine which had been previously held, that single instance would be the death blow of her infallibility. So there is no absolute Final Authority in the Catholic Church. There are dual authorities: tradition and the Catholic bible, which is entirely unscriptural (Isa. 8:20, Mat. 4:4, Col. 2:8, Mat. 15:3). God's word alone should be the Final Authority of any Christian institution.
@weaponofchoice-tc7qs Nothing but mere assertions is all you have. You couldn't even back anything you said with a single verse. You are infact a modern day Pharisee full of vain and corruption. The Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles warn of false teachers, wolves in sheep clothing. Just like you.
@@fantasia55 Catholics worship Mary and the "saints" in ALL but name. "The mass" is a pagan cannibalistic blood sacrifice which is completely unscriptural.
'The Bible says' means nothing until it is interpreted. Here's an example. The Bible says ' repent and he baptized for the forgiveness of your sin'. You might say that means repent and be saved and then get baptized to show you are saved. However, that's not what the Bible says. You said read what the Bible says. My point is everything the Bible says must be interpreted. There is no perspicuity of Scripture. God bless.
