Q&A With Ex-Catholic Mike Gendron | Ask Redeemer 

What did the pope recently say in an interview? That people are basically good. What does Scripture say about people? That they have an evil heart and are lost. Who do you want to follow?

There is not s catholic who can look you in the eye and tell you that they know without a shadow of a dought they are going to heaven after death

If I ever did a good work, I wouldn't tell anyone about it.

When I was having a crisis in faith I went to see the priest, he was rude and told me had no time for me. Then I went to another priest, and I asked him if the bible was a part of the teachings of the church (I too had never read the bible because I was made to believe I wasn't privileged enough to understand it) and I was appalled when I was informed by this priest that the Roman Catholic church uses the bible only as a reference! I had by this time been attending a protestant bible teaching church. Praise God I was saved from an apostate church.

1 Tim 3:15...The Church is the pillar and bulwark of the truth...

Thank you for your teaching.

Mike at one point dismisses the early Church Fathers (“how can we know these aren’t the men Paul warned us about”) those that were in the 2nd and 3rd century, then in the same paragraph says the canon was discovered by the early Church. The canon wasn’t officially recognised until the 4th century. If he questions the 2nd and 3rd century Church, how does he accept the authority of the 4th century Church to recognise the canon? The Bible he has (minus the 7 deuterocanonical books) was compiled by the same Church he rejects.

Failing to call Mary the Mother of God is the ancient heresy of Nestorianism

Any faith that feels they have to infiltrate is wrong

Rejecting the church fathers is such a red flag. Any Catholics reading this, please read the Bible and realize we need help to do so. Misinterpretations of scripture can be common.

Well martin luther would not agree with some of Mike's teachings Martin luther taught confession in his small catechism, but I'm not sure what type of protestant mike is anybody know?

Please do a show on the occult Catholic latest “ living the divine will” , my brother is sucked into this! It’s demonic and New Age with Christian packaging.

Bless you Mike for earnestly contending for the faith. My heart hurts for my lost family and friends. ❤

Question: Why does the Roman Catholic Church teach the doctrine of "works righteousness," that through good works one can earn salvation? Answer: The Catholic Church has never taught such a doctrine and, in fact, has constantly condemned the notion that men can earn or merit salvation. Catholic soteriology (salvation theology) is rooted in apostolic Tradition and Scripture and says that it is only by God’s grace-completely unmerited by works-that one is saved. The Church teaches that it’s God’s grace from beginning to end which justifies, sanctifies, and saves us. As Paul explains in Philippians 2:13, “God is the one, who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.” Notice that Paul’s words presuppose that the faithful Christian is not just desiring to be righteous but is actively working toward it. This is the second half of the justification equation, and Protestants either miss or ignore it. James 2:17 reminds us that “faith of itself, if it does not have work, is dead.” In verse 24 James says, “See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.” And later: “For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead” (2:26). The Council of Trent harmonizes the necessity of grace and works: “If anyone says that man can be justified before God by his own works, whether done by his own natural powers or by the teaching of the Law, without divine grace through Jesus Christ, let him be anathema” (Session 6; can. 1). The Council fathers continued by saying, “If anyone says that the sinner is justified by faith alone, meaning that nothing else is required to cooperate in order to obtain the grace of justification and that it is not in any way necessary that he be prepared and disposed by the action of his own will, let him be anathema” (Session 6: can. 9). By the way, “let him be anathema” means “let him be excommunicated,” not “let him be cursed to hell.” The phrase was used in conciliar documents in a technical, theological sense, not in the same sense as the word “anathema” is found in Scripture. Don’t let “Bible Christians” throw you for a loop on this one. So, far from teaching a doctrine of “works righteousness” (that would be Pelagianism, which was condemned at the Council of Carthage in A.D. 418), the Catholic Church teaches the true, biblical doctrine of justification.

It isn't faith that is a gift. It is salvation that is the gift.

the dust collected on his Bible at home, but at Mass, (which he attended multiple times for 35 years) he heard the Scriptures from the Old Testament and New, (plus hundreds of sermons) and yet never understood the Gospel? I'm not a rocket scientist, but his story seems very unlikely.

Thomas Aquinas believed in salvation by faith, not by works.

Peter was taking to Israel about being priests not to the church the body of Christ

17:41 Constantine’s Church? My guy Constantine started exactly zero churches. He legalized Christianity and let the Bishops come together and define the faith. Goodness. Basic stuff.

Gendron was a weak Catholic before and a weak Evangelical at this time. We Catholics have an adage about one's scope of Bible reading, study, and comprehension: "Weak Catholics become Evangelicals; Strong Evangelicals become Catholics."

Mike Gendron reminds me Jack Chick. He has his schtick and doesn't deviate from it.

At 18, i went to a church. Go away, your to big of a sinner. In 20s? Lost my dad. Went to church. Ignored by the church. Wasn't even talked to. Then I went to the church again....in my 40s. My life was put up on a large screen as the anrichrist. I was then asked what spirit animal I wanted to come back as when they killed me off. I left the church. North Sides woman's groups do that at that church. Today? If I read the Bible? The people in the community will then attack that. Just don't believe. If you believe...well of course she does. Now that she realizes that the lord is real! Now she believes . Before she was just going to churches...but told ...go away. Your too big of a sinner .

Just wanted to point out that the difference between Catholics who became Protestant and vice versa. It can be quite revealing. I have yet to meet a former Catholic who actually understood their former faith (bad catechesis). And almost every Catholic I've met who used to be Protestant has been a practical encyclopedia of both Protestant and Catholic theology. Some of the biggest names in Catholic apologetics are former Protestant pastors. Unfortunately, Mike Gendron falls into the category of not being properly educated in his former Catholic faith and then spread this false information to those who don’t know better. My advice to anyone who truly wants to follow Christ is to go watch a conversion testimony of former Protestant who became Catholic (there’s literally thousands of videos) and then ask yourself why so many educated leaders of the Protestant community have converted?

I'm so sad that my daughter's husband pretended to be Protestant to marry her and then shortly after their marriage had her go to Catholic classes and she is going to Mass. My husband and I grew up Catholic and got saved during our premarital counseling in 1995. I home schooled my daughters with a Christian curriculum. We as a family prayed together every night from the time she was 2. We are very distraught to say the least. We, of course, pray for her and love her and spend time with her. He however, is a coward who refuses to spend time with us. If his Catholicism is true he should have no problem spending time with us and it should, if tested by our scrutiny, stand up.

why does gendron turn off comments on a lot of his videos?

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Mike Gendron must have a very low view of the Apostles’ ability to pass on the faith to the next generation. The very doctrines he rejects: - Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist - Primacy of the Bishop of Rome - Apostolic Succession - Baptismal Regeneration Etc. These are doctrines established in the very early years of the Church. You know what you don’t see in the early Church: - denominations - sola scriptura - penal substition - eternal security (once saved, always saved) Among other Protestant heresies.

I wrestle with my sin of pride. Jesus forgives me every time I repent to Him. Every time. I'm a bit younger than Mike Gendron; but, what he says about the catholic church is what I remember too. I know it's very hard to re-wire your heart, mind, and soul to anything you've believed for a while. Even after walking away from the catholic church so many years ago, I couldn't tell anyone I knew who my Lord was. Only what I was told. Pretty frightening. I didn't think I was a bad person; but, I knew I was definitely a sinner. And I firmly believed that no mortal man had any power to forgive those sins. I do many good things every day, but it's not about my righteousness. It's all about the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Jesus was the only perfect mortal man, and He died on that cross taking all my sin. Then, He rose from the dead on the third day. God's "inspired" word is truth for me. Christ is my only savior. His promise of eternal life through faith is all I believe.

How many Churches are there?

Denominations are the problem!

So the uninspired church fathers were able to assemble the inspired 66 book canon and included 7 extra books that shouldn't have been in there? There theology was wrong but they still included St. Paul's letters that contradicted their theology? I'm going to need some explanation as to how this all worked out. Why would they include writings that they believe have the opposite meaning of what they believe God intended? I'm really struggling to follow that logic. I'm also a bit skeptical that his uncle the Priest just told him God doesn't mean what he says. I'm sure that is how he interpreted what his uncle said but I'm very skeptical that is what was actually said.

always good to see you two brothers discuss the errancy of Catholic dogma and doctrine, and also to that 3rd kid briefly at the end

Apparently Mike Gendron will be debating Trent Horn later this year. Mike is about to have rude awakening. He seems like he’s use to conversing with nominal Catholics who don’t know the faith. I’m looking forward to seeing him across a formidable Catholic apologist like Trent Horn

Do not be deceived there is one true gospel and one head of the church who is Jesus Christ, this is what the Catholic Church has taught for 2000 years. If you believe Christ died for your sins this came from catholicsm. No man should be arguing that there is a different gospel or dispute where their New Testament came from this was never the intention of the first reformers/schismatics. repent and believe, this man is woefully deceiving many, he should repent first.

So why not respond to John Martignoni, Mike?

Jesus founded the evangelical church

I have been reading an important book on this subject, Fifty Years In The Church Of Rome by Charles Chiniquy. The whole book is astounding regarding the paganism in the Roman Catholic Church. But, the most shocking quote is on page 682. “… It may be added that there is more certainty of doing the will of God by obedience to our SUPERIORS than by obedience to JESUS CHRIST, should He appear in person and give His command…” Saint Ligouri, The Nun Sanctified [upper cap emphasis mine]

Mike, if you knew your faith, you would not have left. You are being intellectually dishonest. It is a sin to bear false witness.

"Wherever the Bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church." St Ignatius of Antioch. Ignatius was ordained Bishop by Peter the Apostle. Ignatius met martyrdom in the colosseum where he was fed to the the Lions for being Christian. Do not believe what Mike Gendron speaks because the Devil has twisted his words about the Catholic Church. Read the early church fathers for yourself. There are many writings from several of these men who were ordained directly from of one the 12 Apostles. St. Clement, St Irenaeus, St. Justin Martyr, St. Ignatius. In fact, there is a list of all the Saint's feast days in the Original King James Bible 1611 . This Bible also has the 7 Deuterocanonical books that are missing from the current Protestant Bibles. These 7 books were in All Christian Bibles until around 1804 when they were removed by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Please pray for Mr. Gendron, and all our lost sheep that they be led to truth.

An awful lot of Roman Catholics are sectarian. Jesus forbade His disciples to participate in it. And it is no wonder, since all of the Jewish hierarchy were immersed in the same sin.

Mike, I am not an apologist or a foolish ignorant follower of the truth. I challenge you to debate me on the facts regarding Christian history , the early fathers and scripture understanding! Just let me know when you’re ready. Yes Mike, there are many early Church fathers that confirm the true Church. Do you reject the authority of Peter, Paul and the early Church fathers??

Anytime I need a good laugh, I listen to the uninformed nonsense Gendron spews forth. If he wants to know what a "False Gospel" looks like he might want to look in the mirror.

Praise the Lord for Mike Gendron and his ministry. Thanks to all of his tireless efforts, many Catholics are finally leaving behind the false christ eucharist and coming to know and follow the true Christ of the scriptures.

So sorry Mike. You are an apastate preacher. You say that all Catholics worship Mary as God! You are so mistaken my friend!

An excellent discussion. Some of the finest people I know in my area are Catholic, they are kind, generous, lovely people and I believe they truly desire to be close to God. It breaks my heart that the Catholic system tethers them to a religion that does not save.

An embarrassment. Though I am not Roman Catholic; but Orthodox Catholic. “How do you know these early church fathers weren’t the people Paul warned us about?”… “Let’s test these with the inspired Word of God”… Do you not realise the early Church Fathers predate a canon of scripture? And it’s down to their teachings we know what IS the Word of God? Protestants are historically ignorant. This is why people tell Protestants to understand history - because on that account alone - it’s destroys the entire Protestant paradigm.

Two minutes in and Mike is telling my story. Catholicism is another gospel preached. I too was rescued from its destructive ways, after many years of “just believe” what I was told.

This guy spouts so much BS. The Church teaches we are saved by Grace Alone with Faith Working through Love. Roman Catholics? Really? What about all the other Catholic Churches like the Ukrainian Catholics, the Marinites, rhe Melkitea. C'mon you can't be this ignorant.

Mike, I’m 21 minutes in and must say you are truly deceived. I’m a practicing Catholic and serve as a catechist and lector in the Church, so I’ll clear up some confusion. Firstly, you say that the Church Fathers are irrelevant in discerning the true Gospel, and yet, you have no problem saying that there is no historical evidence for the Assumption (which isn’t true anyways) and thus it isn’t true. Make it make sense. You also stated falsely that penance precedes absolution, but it is the opposite; penance is the temporal punishment for sins imposed by the priest and performed following absolution. John 19.30 does not prove “Christ alone” theology. In the RCC, we agree with protestants that Jesus fully satisfied divine justice on the cross. Our quarrel w protestants is regarding how the merits of Christ are subjectively applied. You also spoke with regard to grace and merit. Nothing which precedes justification, faith or works, merits it; justification is freely given in Baptism (Titus 3.5). We then work out that grace through penance and charity. Good works done in communion with Christ have merit (Romans 2.6-7). You’re correct on one thing, Mike: Justification is the dividing line between Catholicism and evangelical protestantism. In the RCC, we believe that the basis for justification is the efficacious word of God. God declares us righteous and makes us so. Evangelical protestants such as yourself hold to the invented doctrine of penal sub and believe that the basis for justification is a free license from God to sin. News flash: Jesus said not everyone who says Lord, Lord will be accepted into His kingdom, but only those who do the will of God (Matthew 7.21). You say the Bible is your ultimate authority. If that’s true, come back home, Mike! 🙏🏽❤️ Interesting how you cite Hebrews 9.28, but fail to cite Hebrews 13.10. I thought evangelical protestants compare Scripture with Scripture? Ever read the Gospels in which Jesus institutes the Mass? How about John 6? Scripture is not a matter of private interpretation (1 Peter 1.20-21). Mike, the basis for the doctrine of venial sin is 1 John 5.16-17. You says Catholics need to pick up the Bible, but you are the one who needs to read and think things over! And “the selling of God’s forgiveness…?” Masses for loved ones cost $5. Oh boy Mike, I bet those priests are buying Lamborghini’s with that kind of money… not! Get your facts straight, Mike! Catholics do not have a different Jesus. This is ironic coming from someone who believes a theology that was invented in the 16th century. Protestants departed, not Catholics! Catholicism is not contrary to the Bible; the Bible was compiled by the Catholic Church! Mike, repent! Forgiveness is as close as the nearest confessional! God Bless 🙏🏽❤️

The "reformation" was a lot more about politics, power, and money, than it was about theology.

Mike Gendron is one of those false teachers that Saint Paul warned us about! I challenge Mike Gendron to a debate on the True Gospel if he is not afraid! Even though he preaches another Gospel, I still love Mike and he is in my prayers as he journeys toward Truth! Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink

The Gospel Gendron believes is the Gospel according to the Reformers. He follows their teaching that through faith alone you get Christ' righteousness imputed/counted on him while ALL his sins (past, present and future) are imputed/counted on Christ who already paid the penalty of those sins on the cross. However Scripture says in Ezek. 18:20: "the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself". Imputation as taught by the Reformers do not make you righteous - it only makes you counted as righteous while you remain unrighteous/sinner. In contrast Scripture says in Rom. 5:19 that through Christ we are made righteous. Eze. 33:12 says (ESV): "the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.” Yet the Reformers taught you can be (counted as) righteous and sinner at the same time. Why being made righteous is essential for our salvation? Death is the wages of sin (Rom. 6:23) and the soul that sins shall die (Eze. 18:4). What delivers us from death is righteousness (Pro. 10:2); Pro. 11:19 says (ESV): "Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live". Jesus said in Mat. 25:46 that the righteous shall go to eternal life. Faith is counted as righteousness (Gen. 15:6, Rom. 4:3) but Scripture also says in 1 Jo. 3:7: "Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he [Christ] is righteous." What was counted for righteousness to Phinehas in Psalms 106:31 was not faith but what he did as described in verse 30 (in more detail in Num. 25:7-8). Our ability to have faith and to do what is right, both makes us righteous, comes from and is only possible by grace through Christ as part from Him we can do nothing (John 15:5). It is salvation by grace, not by works as you falsely accuse Catholics.

"The priest said it was too difficult to understand" REALLY Mike ? You expect anyone to believe this ?? And how many times until the age of 35 did you go to a bible study run by the Church, or attend a mens study group? Silence on your part. And know Mike, Catholics have the "relationship with Christ" that Jesus himself instituted, receiving his Resurrected Body in the Eucharist, a means for receiving his ... GRACE. The Catholic Church teaches Mike, we are saved : - By Grace, an unmerited gift - THROUGH faith, mans response of the intellect and will - A faith working in love (Gal 5:6)

thank God we have the infallible pope gendron.

Denying the Theotokos demonstrates such a lack of historical knowledge. All orthodox Protestants who know the history of the church should affirm the theotokos, and they should be very wary of anyone who does not.

As an increasingly disenchanted Anglican, I look forward to attending the Holy Eucharist in the local RC church this week and receiving Jesus, my Lord and Saviour, Redeemer and Friend, His very self. No "Bible Church", no Protestant sect, can give me that!!! They offer only preaching (talking about God), prayer (talking to God), but not actual worship of God in spirit and truth, which is the offering of ourselves as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1) in union with the "full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world" (Book of Common Prayer 1662) of Our Lord Jesus Christ to Our Heavenly Father.

Ok Mike, I have a few questions for you and your followers. #1 have you or any of your followers researched early Church history? I’m talking about 100 to 300 years after Christ’s actual death and resurrection. What did the early Church and Church fathers teach and preach? The Christian Church DID not start in the year that Luther began the “reformation”! History proves that! They recognized the OT books that you as men disregarded. Luther actually rejected some books that are in our NT. This is fact! And furthermore threw out books that were considered inspired for 1500 years by the church! That is definitely man made! I challenge you and any of your followers to research actual history!!!!!!

Protestantism vs Catholicism, just what we needed, more division. Great job, Mike, hope whatever you’re selling does great. Keep making those dollars off division and separation from God

How about some real questions?

Early Christianity was very Catholic - all about the Mass and the Communion of Saints and the authority of bishops. Rather than listen to Gendron's lies, Protestants should read the Church Fathers, who were all Catholic priests.

so it is some sort of virtue for gendron to distort and misrepresent the Truth? For the rest of us, it is a sin to lie. But for gendron, telling a lie is somehow virtuous??!!??

Mike would not last 2 minutes against any average Catholic apologist... But try Trent Horn or John Martignoni for starters

Very confusing why Mike Gendron was interviewed because even when he was born into a devout Catholic family, he has clear lack of understanding of the Catholic Faith. This interview lacks substance. Mike has such a poor knowledge of the Catholic Faith. Poor thing. What a waste of time to interview him at all

This man Mr Gendron says he never read the Bible but during the Roman Catholic Mass the Bible is read. If a person goes to Mass every Sunday in 3 years the Bible is read completely. It sounds like a lie.

Indeed, my fallen away brother, you have been and are being woefully deceived by these heresies. Read the next verse, Ephesians 2:10 "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. The next verse defends works as demonstration of your faith that you are indeed saved by God's grace alone. The Catholic Church does teach that we are saved by grace alone, but we must accept that grace by faith and live that faith through our works. The devil and his demons believe in God, but are in hell. What separates us from them? Our works. How we act shows what type of faith we have and if we have truly accepted God's saving grace. We cannot earn our salvation, Christ has earned it for us, but without demonstrating our faith in this through works, we reject his gift. The Bible is extremely clear on this. James 2:14-26 "14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good2 is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe-and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, y“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”-and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead." Matthew 25:31-46: 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” How we respond to God's grace is key. It saddens me that your uncle could not provide you a better response. I pray that you and the others that have been misled will return to the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. If you seek a relationship with Christ, it doesn't get any more intimate than the Eucharist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Answering Gendron on priesthood and sacrifice. Heb. 13:10 says (ESV): "We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat." "we" refers to first person plural that includes the person who wrote Hebrews. The word altar is related to sacrifice and sacrifice is related to priests - those three always come together. Following the Reformers Gendron replaces altar with pulpit, sacrifice with sermon and priests with pastors. The Scriptural basis of priests, sacrifice of the Mass are shown below: According to Heb. 10:1 the Law (of Moses) is a shadow of the good things to come instead of their true forms. The Law has general priesthood of all Israelites (Exod. 19:6), Levitical priesthood (male descendants of Aaron) and High Priests (chosen among Levitical priests, one at a time). The New Covenant, that came through Christ, has general priesthood of all believers (1 Peter 2:5, Rev. 1:6). Christ is the only High Priest of the New Covenant of order of Melchizedek (Heb. 5:5, 8:1). How about Levitical priests? Following the Reformers, Gendron assumes Levitical priesthood was abolished with the coming of Christ. But is this true? When God established Levitical priesthood, He declared it to be perpetual (Exodus 40:15). Numbers 18:19 applies “covenant of salt” to this priesthood, which means it will last forever as salt is used to preserve food. Covenant of salt appears twice in OT and the second one is applied to kingship of David and his descendants through Solomon in 2 Chronicles 13:5, which is based on God’s promise to David (2 Samuel 7:12-13) - God will establish his throne through Solomon forever. The perpetuity of both Davidic kingship and Levitical priesthood were later reaffirmed by prophet Jeremiah in dual prophecy in Jer. 33:17-18. The first was fulfilled in Christ (Luke 1:32-33) and the second one is fulfilled in Levitical priests of the New Covenant who are the Catholic priests. Another prophecy in Isaiah 66:21 says that God will take as priests and levites from all the nations, or they no longer have to be Jewish. Levitical priests of Judaism cannot fulfill Jer. 33:18 - without their Jerusalem Temple they are no longer able to offer any sacrifice and/or all types of offerings as prescribed in OT (Lev. 1 to 7). Christ Himself put an end to Old Testament sacrifice and offerings according to Heb. 10:9-10 by His own Sacrifice on the cross, once for all. What kind of sacrifice offered by New Covenant Levitical priests? Remember that priests without sacrifice are not priests! New Covenant levitical priests make present the same sacrifice Christ made on the cross in every Mass. To understand it we need to refer to Rev. 13::8 that refers Christ as the Lamb slain before/from the foundation of the world. The Greek verb "slain" is in Greek passive perfect tense. Unlike that of English Greek perfect tense indicates the action described by the verb (to be slain) was completed in the past with continuing effect to the present. For comparison the phrase "it is written", referring to Scripture, is also in Greek passive perfect tense. Scripture was completely written in the past and remains written ever since. Whenever you buy a new Bible in any language, Scripture is REPRINTED but it is NOT REWRITTEN. From what Christ told Mary Magdalene after His resurrection we know that He did not ascend to God the Father (who is) in heaven after He died on the cross (John 20:17). This meant He did not offer Himself in heavenly sanctuary (Hebrews 8:5, 9: 11) after crucifixion. The reason is: He already did it before the foundation of the world after being slain (Rev. 13:8), which is even stated in Heb. 9:26 where the phrase “from the foundation of the world” is also mentioned. The above should explain why Catholics believe His Sacrifice on the cross can be made present in every Mass and that is why we have priests and altar. Christ is not re-sacrificed in every Mass, just like Scripture is NOT rewritten whenever you buy a new Bible in any language. In the first three Gospels Christ instituted the Eucharist in the Last Supper. The Last Supper was a Jewish Passover Meal, and it is a sacrificial meal, not just a memorial meal. It is a sacrificial meal because the Jews consumed sacrificed Passover Lamb. According to 1 Cor. 5:7 Christ is our Passover Lamb, having been slain from the foundation of the world (Rev. 13:8). We literally consume Christ, the Passover Lamb of the New Covenant in order to become partakers of His Divine Nature (2 Pe. 1:4)

No venial sin in the Bible according to Gendron? James 1:15 says full grown sin brings death, which implies there are sins that do not bring death. 1 John 5:16-17 says there are deadly (or mortal) and non-deadly (or venial) sins. Gendron should also read what Eze. 33:13-16 says (ESV) Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die. Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ yet IF HE TURNS FROM HIS SIN AND DOES WHAT IS JUST AND RIGHT, if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, HE SHALL SURELY LIVE; HE SHALL NOT DIE. None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live. According to the above verses whenever we sin, we need (1) to turn away from it (to repent) AND (2) to do what is right and just. Gendron may still believe the necessary of repentance but he will reject doing what is right and just.

Many of the points Mike discusses are quite "old-school", and are no longer strictly adhered to. He is far too focused on semantics, providing an extremely skewed & cherry-picked perspective of the Catholic faith.

Mike only left the Catholic Church after he tried to re-marry after divorcing. His entire career is one big temper tantrum because he'd rather live in sin with his mistress.

What is the name of the founder of the church you now call home?

Oh if only he know his Catholic faith before he left. He clearly never knew what the Catholic church really was or what it teaches.

What is perplexing is that Mike Gendron claims he was a devout Catholic and regularly went to Mass - yet he never connected the Mass readings or the Homily with the Bible? huh..... What about his First Holy Communion classes, his Confirmation classes? What about Advent, Christmas, Passover, Easter (and their subsequent correlations in the Bible) in a family that clearly celebrated all these events and that even had a priest for an Uncle? What he's saying is just not adding up (and incidentally, Catholics love Eph 2:8-10 - The Church does indeed teach that salvation is a FREE gift from God, which we cannot earn). His Uncle would have known that so sorry, I'm just not buying this story.

Bearing false witness against your neighbor is an offence against God, Mike

I’m not going to doubt that his intentions are good and he means well. But with all due respect, for someone who supposedly “practiced the religion” for 35 years, he does not have a clue what Catholicism teaches and why. His questions had fairly simple answers if he had bothered looking for them rather than abandoning it altogether. If the priests he talked to really responded the way he says they did (which I doubt) then they failed him. He demonstrates that he has no understanding of Catholicism and so therefore cannot be taken seriously on the subject. Which is ironic, considering his mission is converting Catholics.

$200 for a Mass for your loved one? Mike, call up your local church and ask how much it is! Here in Canada it’s $15. So, if you lied about this basic fact, easily to verify. Then everything else you have said belongs in the bin!

John Martignoni is the Gendron slayer!

The Comments here by Roman Catholic brothers are good. I have been in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches for 57 years. Only recently I converted to the Bible Baptist Church. I suggest Baptist Theologians really study the comments here and write a book to show the differences of the Gospel and gospels. One thing we all agree: St. Ignatius of Loyola and Martin Luther cannot both be in Heaven; Charles Spurgeon and St. Therese of Lisieux cannot both be in heaven. One of the two listed above must be in Hell. Please be kind to write books, including the works of Church Fathers, both Latin and Greek, to show to believers because either all Protestants or all faithful Catholics and Orthodox will go to Hell.

Mike Gendron was not a devout Roman Catholic. If he was, he would have never walked away from the Church founded by Jesus Christ. The way he mocks God's Church clearly tells me he did not grasp Jesus' plan for salvation. When he crosses over and stands before Jesus, he will fall to his knees with regret and shame as his soul will be covered with the residue of sin.

Sounds like heroin wasn't working, so he switched to fentanyl.

The Church is the Pillar and bulwark of the truth.. 1 Tim 3:15

Hello Mike. Daily repentance is crucial as every time we sin - we are not in Christ Jesus. Please watch ex Calvanist - pastor John .

Even though I said what I said I like a majority of Protestants

Ex CATholic at 14 and saved Christian at 16 (by faith, I'm not baptized yet) here, in my words CATholicism is a quick sand and a never ending bottomless pit .... it's very difficult to come out of it... because people will be doing whatever they can to keep us as their slaves of the 'church' instead of Christ...