"The Thief on the Cross = Faith Alone. Why This Argument FAILS." Ono Reacts 

Unless a person becomes like the thief on the cross they can’t be saved , you have nothing to offer accept for faith period.

Jesus said "Ye of little faith" never "Ye of little works" 🙏✝️

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. - Ephesians 2:8-9

Salvation is simple, not complex

I'm convinced that the thief on the cross is a good argument that we are saved NOT by WORKS like water baptism, but by faith. He believed in his heart and confessed with his mouth that the man next to him was Christ the Lord.

"The catechism says...." "The catechism says...." "The catechism says...." Instead, how about "The Bible says...."

Salvation is a free gift..not earned ..we are sinners under the Death penalty of sin Salvation can never be lost

What about all the people (including my grandfather) who are in the hospital and believe on Christ days before their death? They aren’t getting baptized in the hospital and receiving the sacraments. My grandpa is in heaven, he got saved days before his death in the hospital and he wasn’t baptized.

Always well done, brother. Really appreciate your videos on salvation and salvation vs. discipleship.

We are saved by faith alone. Anything we do or don’t do after we are saved determines our rewards in heaven. We receive crowns based on our works.

Thank you for your videos brother. The Church of Christ was trying to re-baptize me because "my initial baptism did not suffice for salvation, and I would need to be re-baptized under a church with a correct doctrine". Be careful, fellow believers. It is not in the works we do that grant us salvation, but in the work God already did for the sinner on the cross. Sinners cannot earn heaven, when we have already earned hell. God did for us, what we cannot do for ourselves. It is the gift of God and that is only part of the reason why our God is so perfect and loving. Praise our merciful Lord Christ Jesus!!! It'd be great to hear your take on the church of Christ. God Bless you!

God bless you Ono for continuing to provide answers for the hope that is in you, the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ

The believing thief received the assurance of his eternal salvation the same way believers receive it today. Jesus said to him, Today , thou shalt be with me in paradise. Today what he gives believers to take for their assurance of eternal salvation is also his word. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.

There is so much pride in that man. The worst thing about pride is when it's in motion by whom it's being projected from and they fail to notice that they are already deceived by it.

Millions of people are water baptized but dont actually believe in Jesus Christ. They have been told they must perform rituals and customs to be saved. Its a tragedy.

Thank you for another clear video on TRUTH! I found my salvation through your spiritual gift of teaching! I was lead into this as a work salvation/roys.. i lived in a world or torment and fear! I now can say with no doubt that i am saved and will be raised up in the last day! Thank you JESUS for onorato and others like him for making the kingdom larger! Its about putting my faith on the FINISHED works of CHRIST and accepting that gift! All i can produce is filthy rags..

People really can't let go of their works, it's like they must find a way to input their contribution, the path is truly narrow 😢

OT saints....saved by faith. NT saints....saved by faith. It's just not that hard.

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body- ‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭13‬ The baptism spoken of in Colossians is the circumcision made without human hands by Christ through the Spirit which is the baptism into His death burial and resurrection. Not by submersion into water by human hands, but by the Spirit we receive by faith.

“Today, you shall be with me in paradise” is such a precious beautiful life changing verse

Before God the righteousness of Christ is all we have, and before God the righteousness of Christ is all we need

Hang on, wait. The thief on the cross is a saint? That is hilarious. I was once a catholic and the whole church thing never sat right with me especially all the icons. I think they are preaching from a different bible. I am thankful everyday that I have been shown the truth and you had a part in that Ono. God bless you all! Christ is King!

I'll pray for Keith

Exactly bro, great video! The thief at the cross completely destroyed any type of lordship and works salvation. The only thing the thief did is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ alone for his salvation. He hasn’t done any works but he believed on the finish work of Christ.

I love these videos. Thank you for your clarification on repentance a few vids back. I wondered where you stood on that and now I know. I am very grateful for your videos that will offer much clarification to those who struggle. Only eternity will tell how many people come to the truth of the Gospel as a result of these videos. Keep fighting the fight brother. God bless you.

For by grace you are saved, a GIFT of God, not of works lest anyone should boast 💕 and ❤️&✝️🛐 s

I'm was a Catholic for over 30 years and was freed from the bondage of the church by an ex Catholic sharing the scriptures with me, Conclusion. "It is finished" John 19:30 delivered me from the works based religion and lord ship salvation, Praise God!

The thief on the left never believed, Jesus Christ saves those who believe in him alone for salvation 8:35

Thank God for the preacher man Onorato Diamante. Keep up the good work Onorato. You are leading untold millions to eternal salvation.

Dr Ono! Haven't watched your videos in a while. God bless❤

Thank you brother! To God be the glory forever and ever, AMEN 🙏🏻

Pretty crazy that this Catholic guy cherry picks from Romans 4 and then slinks off, completely leaving out the "If Abraham were justified by works he hath whereof to glory, but not before God" and "to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt." and "God imputeth righteousness without works" etc. Read your Bible people, don't let some other man do your thinking for you

I needed this video. Thank you❤🕊✝️🙏 praise the Lord

The simplicity in Christ... We can't earn buy nor do we deserve Him and what He has done and what He offers. I Appreciate your videos and the simple breakdowns with absolute clarity.❤ Please come Lord Jesus 🙏

Ono. You are truly gifted. Thank you for all the videos.

Thanks Lord for your peace Thanks Lord for your salvation Thanks Lord for bible study class Psalm 50

We are gonna have a massive apology party when both sides are in heaven, realizing how magnificent God's salvific plan was. And how unnecessary all this inner fighting was amongst each other.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:23-26

this guy ironically answered his own rebuttal and he didn't even realize it when he started to quote Galatians 2. Amazing how intense he is when trying to assert his position and force it into scripture. Grace through Faith alone!

Faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for the free gift of everlasting life. Ephesians 2:8,9

It’s intense how a religion like Catholicism can so twist someone’s perception that they will deny a very clear promise from God. It’s almost like a curse of some sort, but I think it’s just what happens when you “study” the Bible or join a religious sect without first being saved. If you’re not saved by Christ first, there is a large window of opportunity for satan to present a false Christ to believe in instead. And once you’re in that mind space I can see how it would be hard to break out. I come from a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses so I’ve experienced it first hand. Luckily, my parents weren’t the most performative and I wasn’t indoctrinated into that cult. This is all just my opinion!

I'm going to put my faith in Christ who is the central theme of the New Testament and not a Catholic Church that is nowhere clearly and specifically mentioned anywhere in scripture.

8:30 this is an unbelievable take. I cannot believe this guy said this thinking it would be a “gotcha”. Unbelievable

A few years back i realized i screwed up my life bad..i had no hope in myself..i believed on the lord Jesus Christ..i trusted in Christ and believe the gospels..i was in the presence of the Holy spirit..now i just grow in the knowledge of him

John 6 says you have to do the works of God to be saved, and when hte people asked for more specific works of God, Jesus goes on to say that the only work of God that endures to eternal life is to believe in him whom God has sent (Jesus). Jesus IS the door, Jesus IS the narrow road, Jesus IS King.

Keirh wants to help Christ save his soul. Keith wants to take some of the Glory from Jesus Christ and shower himself with co-redemption. He thinks his deeds have helped Jesus Christ save him....blasphemy

He is in Paradise with his Savior He saw with his own eyes and believed and Jesus said to him " I tell you the truth today with you be with me in Paradise."

The scriptures give us the gospel message, and instructions on how to live. The first is not contingent upon the second.

Great stuff brother! Lmao at the false preacher dude! What a beta male 😂

How do people who say baptism is necessary even have a platform, anyone who has even had a glimpse of scripture knows that’s just not aligned with the word

Amen!

He’s trying to gaslight everyone 🤣

Suggested subtitle: How a catholic appeals to the writings of men as authoritative, rather than God's own Word.

That no man may boast.... Nuff said.

That's so crazy, how one can have so much knowledge yet at the same time have none of it. People really do try everything they can to put salvation into their works to receive credit so God doesn't receive credit. Makes no sense.

If we are saved can we take the mark of the beast?

Lord remember me when you come into your kingdom is actually an expression for the desire of reward. The thief on the cross wanted Jesus to remember him in his kingdom. He already believed in Christ for eternal life before making that statement! Just yesterday someone DM'ed me: "If a nonbeliever is slandering someone for living a Christian life, and you decide to stand up for them, that is a work. If you stand to the side and say nothing to them, you did nothing. The thief on the cross stood up for Jesus and said to the other thief that Jesus has done nothing wrong but we have. The thief absolutely did a work, he stood up for Jesus. Then turned to him and asked for forgiveness." The mental gymnastics to justify self-righteousness is impressive. its really simple: if you never believed Jesus's promise/words when he (clearly) says that ANYONE who believes in him for eternal life, has it, you are condemned. Thanks for your videos brother Ono. God bless you all

The statement, “God can do whatever He wants.”, is sort of meaningless because there are things God cannot do because he is Holy. The Bible says He cannot lie, and he gave his promise/plan of salvation. He’s not going to “change it up” as this catholic apologist seems to be implying.

We have to retire the thief on the cross story... says that guy.

Your works can be evidence of your faith. Your works can earn you rewards in Heaven. But your works cannot save your soul nor can they assist Christ's sacrifice to save your soul. Your salvation is 100% a gift from God.

He wasn't saved,he just got to rest with the good people in Paradise while Jesus talked to them,to offer salvation to the good in Paradise.

The great falling away is works salvation a carnal mind wants to boast in the flesh. A mature Christian has grown enough to rest in the finished works of Christ at the Cross of Calvary. The thief on the Cross went to paradise and he couldn't even fold his arms to pray all he did was announce his Faith in Christ... Works is nothing we are nothing with our works we are the apple of God's eye when we believe in his son and his precious Blood. Works is deception I I I I I I... Isaiah 14:12 enough Said.

Amen to that. Absolutely correct.

I had a guy tell me one time that the thief on the cross was a "special exception", but if that were the case, then how can you reconcile a "special exception" with Acts 10:34?

I feel very sad for Keith Nester. I’ve never heard of him before. So I investigated and just finished listening to his wife’s video on her conversion but I’m not sure what Keith’s reasons are for his conversion, as I’ve not heard his testimony but only heard his wife’s which was given in a Catholic Church and rather engaging I must admit. As I listened to her testimony of her life’s journey with faith in God, it was very evident that she had no grounding in the Gospel of Grace or the Biblical Scriptures. She had come from a Catholic background got engaged with what seems like a Pentecostal church (which is my background too) then went back to Catholicism to follow her husband and got engaged in it too. What is apparent that all this moving back & forth from one type of faith in God to another was all being based upon her feelings and sense of what God was telling her, or ministering to her without any foundation of what God’s Word alone has to say on these matters, to check those feelings and experiences against. A common fault with so many Pentecostal/Charismatic, Christian & non Christian Church goers. If only Keith & his wife looked to and studied the scriptures alone for themselves to help them discern truth from error then they wouldn’t get caught up being deceived by following doctrines of men & demons and following church dogma & practices and being guided by their own feelings & experiences.

Correction. It doesn’t say you are saved. It says you shall be saved. There’s a big difference.

The man on the cross is a perfect picture of faith alone baptism is not salvation. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4

God neither needs nothing from us. He wants our love and belief and faithfulness, but he does not Need them.

Having faith is not a work. Your faith is from God.

By believing in the Lord Jesus, you are saved by the grace of God, now and forever. This salvation is not earned through actions but is a gift received through faith. As believers, we can engage in activities like going to church, reading the Bible, and singing in choirs, not a "must" to earn our place in heaven, but as expressions of our faith and gratitude for God's grace. These activities are not requirements for salvation but are ways to live out our faith by believing, living our lives as what we are. Even as believers, we still sin daily. If we could stop sinning completely, Jesus' sacrifice would be unnecessary. The Commandments reveal our nature as sinners, highlighting our need for the salvation that only Jesus can provide.

Rom 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

When the theif was humbling himself as this guy says. He was just repenting aka changing his mind from not thinking he deserved death to thinking he deserved death. Thus he put his trust in Jesus and was saved

I think You're doing a good job of explaining difficult BIBLE passages, can you do one of Judgement, why does it say He Will Judge every one according to what they have done

I just spoke to my Dad earlier today, I brought up how 'repent of you sins' never shows up in reference to attaining salvation. My dad believes Salvation comes before Faith, but I'm certain it doesn't.

Amen 🙏 brother in our Lord Jesus Christ ✝️ God bless Good 😊 job explaining the thief on the cross proves faith alone in our Lord Jesus Christ alone on what our Lord Jesus Christ did for us on the cross ✝️ for our sins (The Death, Burial And Resurrection Of Our Lord Jesus Christ) for our salvation (Eternal Life).

Faith is the only thing you can do that's not a work.

The question is how am I saved and why. The Catholics say I need to be a Catholic, religion dose not save me. Jesus dose. It’s not ok saved cuz I’m a Christian, or Jew, or Catholic. I’m saved cuz of Jesus. The thief didn’t become a Christian, or Catholic, or whatever. We are more set on making counter videos and what not. It should not be a “once saved always saved teaching” or a “ we need works to be saved” teaching. It just be solely a Jesus teaching. These different doctrines are off putting and divides us all. Can we not just say “are you saved”. “Yes”. And why. “Jesus”.

the different things we do such as baptism,reading Gods word ,going to church ,confessing with our mouths that Jesus is Lord...etc...etc...etc...,we dont do them to become saved,we do them because we are saved.when we strive to be holy and righteous the reason is to present our bodies a living sacrifice which is our resonable service,none of these things save us ,we are to be a light unto the world drawing men unto Christ,our reason for being here is the great commission.when we show the world our love for each other and God this fulfills the commandments and shows those that are perishing that Christ is real and God is love bringing glory to him and draws his sheep to the foolishness of preaching so they will hear the gospel and his sheep know his voice and will come to him and be saved,praise God.

This was just pathetic. . Dude seriously tried to stretch out a man clearly receiving salvation by faith alone into something else. . . He couldn't give any actual thing that the man on the cross did other than have faith, so he started talking about some other guy's baptism. . . It's true the Bible does say that baptism is a part of salvation. . . ***Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. . . So how could the thief be saved if he wasn't baptized? . . Because it's not you that does the baptizing. . . ***Mark 1:8 I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” . . Jesus baptizes you. . . And guess what there is only one baptism. . . ***Ephesians 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; . . . The baptism we do is symbolic of the actual baptism which Jesus does. . . So even this is not something that you did for salvation. Again, Jesus did it.

I agree with free grace as it is defined in Scripture. But if we love Jesus and God our Father we will have works of some kind. Yet not for our salvation but out of a desire to serve our Lord. God Bless my brothers and sisters!😁

That the thief humbled himself in belief doesnt prove you must do works. Humbleness is a part of belief, it was pne singular action....of only belief.

This man appeals to the words of man more than the word of God

I hate how people have complicated the account of the thief so much that there are practically 2 opposing groups on this now

Ephesians 2:8-9

GOD saves us by his sons blood !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after we trust HIM we will always fight againt sins struggles pains en more en fall sometimes BUT he shall by his will FORGIVE US

The difference in our faith is obvious. We follow the narrow path of faith in Christ alone. When we are baptized in water, it’s only after we have already become born again. Thankful the Apostle Paul thanked God he did not baptize any of them because he says he was sent to preach the gospel! Why is that? Because it’s only the gospel that saves, not baptism.

"The thief on the cross was baptized in his blood" 💀🤦

I totally agree with this analysis. However, we do NOT know that the thief on the cross was not baptized.

The Catholic Church still displays Jesus Christ on the cross, even though he was buried and after, resurrected. Through their symbology they present a Jesus Christ that is still dead.

Pray for Brother Keith💜🙏🏼, he is a good man.

The thief also got regenerated while on the cross. That’s why he turned to Jesus.

Catholics view salvation as a process. Saved, sanctified and glorified all fall under salvation

Must we believe in the gospel to be saved? 1Corinthians 15:1-4 Must we believe in the death burial and ressurection to be saved?

Atheist/ Agnostic mindset is reality mindset in this phycical world, I was an Agnostic before I became Born-again OSAS BELIEVER. Only believe in what you can see and can be proven or disproven with sciense and rational reasons is who things work in this phycical world. This is also why OSAS is the gospel. You're convicted that something is truth even is supernatrual and impossible in this phycical world. Believe Jesus Really Rised from The dead and was the creator of the universe incarnate in Men require you to believe in exactly that. Rise from the dead is impossible in this phycical world, Jesus have at the end of the day been given US this phycical world experience. Thomas you believe because you see me blessed are thoose who havn't seen yet still believe what the risen Jesus said too him because he won't believe unless he saw him. SELFPROCLAIMED CHRISTIANS WHO DENY OSAS simple don't believe yet call themself Christians its a joke! My cousin became an atheist's because if who self righteusness judge and pridefull so called Christians was, fully Understandible claim to believe but in fact they do not and call Jesus a liar! What they in all reality are saying is that Jesus did on the Cross wasn't enough. The Gospel is about saving souls from hell, selfproclaimed Christians who deny OSAS are sending souls to hell makes peoples run from God and saves none. What is the problem to under I NEVER KNOW YOU DEPART FROM ME ' NOT I USED TO KNOW YOU' I NEVER KNOW YOU DEPART FROM ME IS WHAT AWAIT SELFPROCLAIMED CHRISTIANS WHO DENY OSAS! CONTINUE YOU'RE WOUNDERFULL WORK DEFEND THE REAL GOSPEL! GOD BLESS YOU SO MUCH ❤

“And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is-free and undeserved.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭11‬:‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬ I’m not sure why individuals like to reject God’s grace in essence. Who wouldn’t love a free gift?

Please help me to understand true repentance. I feel utterly hopeless. I don’t know that I can be saved. I thought I was but there are so many gospels out there with different definitions of repentance. I need help!

BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AFTER THEY GET SAVED WATER BAPTISM DOES NOT SAVE YOU BUT BY BELIEVING ALONE THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD

It’s strange that mere humans think that G-d cannot save them except for their own efforts.

I'm surprised he thought he had a good point about the other thief.

It's hard to be a Catholic apologist, it really is…