Who's Right? A Catholic or A Protestant | WRETCHED 

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Yaaaay comments are on! We'll be good, we promise. 😆 Anyway this young man was so precious while being so lost. I pray that this conversation of sharing the Gospel with him plants a seed that will fall on fertile ground and result in this boy's salvation!

I was raised Catholic but God put in my heart to read the Bible front to back and learn the truth of the gospel myself. Born again Christian and now my whole family is. Praise God!!

My heart breaks for him. When I came to understand justification by faith my heart leapt for joy, because it meant that my worth is not in who I am and what I do, but who Jesus is and what He did for me. It’s really sad, but I pray that God will restore the joy of His salvation to Matthew!

This made my heart sing! I wanna send this to every catholic and mormon I know... so gentle but so truthful. Thank u for your faithful witness

I was really rootin for that kid. Brought a rear to my eye too. Thanks for turning on the comments.

Uh oh. JIMMY! YOU FORGOT TO TURN OFF THE COMMENT SECTION! Another good video, thanks Wretched!

I was raise catholic and never really knew much about the Gospel or Jesus. One day as I sat inside the large cathedral, I got convicted as I looked all around me and realized that something was not right. I saw how dim it was, I saw a cross with a bloody image of a man on it, I saw statues of saints with little babies with wings around them, I saw ladies kissing the feet of statues, I saw my father snoring next to me, I saw people just following to the motions, sitting, kneeling, standing over and over again. Soon after being convicted, I left the "church" and several years passed when the Lord placed a person back from high school in my path, not once, but TWICE! Long story short, we began to hang out as friends when one day he asked if his mom could read a bit of the bible to me....I quickly remember throwimg up my hands and rejecting the idea🙄, and letting him know that I was a catholic and already "knew" the bible (that was a lie), when he saw how nervous I got, he laughed and said "don't worry, we aren't going to convert you into anything, because we don't have the power to do that...only the Holy Spirit can." I did not understand what he ment by Holy Spirit, but I felt relieved that he said they were't going to try to convert me. I also felt like...what harm can their be in just hearing someone read to me, I did not want for offend them either. 😃 Littled did I know what the Lord had in store for me!!!! With no preaching at all....she just read straight from the book of Johm I believe it was!!!! Seemed as if my ears have always longed to hear this!!! I could not believe that the bible can be read in simple english that one can understand!!!! I remember asking all sorts of questions to her, and just knowing, without a thread of a doubt that this was the Word of God I was hearing!!!! A few months later, after watching several vhs tapes on Charles Stanley....my friend laid his hand on my should out of the blue and began to pray for my Salvation and asked me some questions, to which I replied truelly to and before I knew it....I felt humbled at the very thought that he was bringing up my little name before this grand awsome God of the universe, and realized at that moment, that I was simply hopeless without Jesus death on the cross. I began to cry tears of Joy, and the very next morning, I realized that something has definately taken place in me, and when I expressed this to my friend, he laughed once more and said..."yes, that is the power of the Holy Spirit" 💕 Halleluyah, Jesus is ALIVE!!!!!!!

This was an awesome presentation of the Gospel. Thank you for sharing.

Matthew is a remarkable young man- amazed to see him participate in a conversation and not be fearful or offended.

Pastor Friel this was an excellent presentation of the Gospel. Glory to God. Thank you in the Name of Jesus

My heart aches for Mathew, he is so close and yet only God can work the miracle of the new birth. Let's remember this young Mathew in our prayers so that he will be saved and be part of the kindgom of God. Thank you brother Todd, I learn so much from your presentations of the gospel, so clean, clear and concise. Sylmar, CA.

This is evangelism at its best. Todd talks with, reasons with and listens to this young man...very good, truthful and honest.

These one on one videos of sharing the gospel are my absolute favorite on this channel! Very helpful and very encouraging! Thanks so much! For His Glory alone.

THE COMMENTS ARE ON!?!?! who messed up!? I love the comments, reading testimonies from other Christians. It gives me confidence to talk to non believers! Thank you Wretched!!

Thank you Todd, Jimmy, and the rest of the Wretched team that is behind the scenes. You have encouraged my faith in Christ greatly over the years and have impressed on me to share the Gospel with exceeding joy.

What an awesome evangelist Todd is. I pray God saves this precious young man.

God bless your patience to this man. I love your channel Tod, been following it for a long time.

Thank you very much! Just what I needed to hear!

Excellent conversation! Thank you!

I can't believe comments are on😲🙏

Awesome video! I really enjoy listening to you guys radio station!

"what we can do" is absolutely nothing. That's why Jesus died on the cross. He grants us repentance. He cleanses us. He justifies us. He sanctifies us. He glorifies us. Todd you are so loving and gentle with your presentation. I can learn so much from you.

This really helped me think of a different way to talk to my Catholic grandmother about the true gospel. Such an encouragement, as always.

Excellent interaction of Great HUMILITY! Kuddos!

Super cool that the comments are on. Thanks for your Godly wisdom Todd and your biblical directions....

Thank you for explaining this so well!!!

COMMENTS ARE ON!! I've been waiting too long for this XD. Thank you Todd for being such an encouragement to evangelize!

Thankyou for everything you post. Serving our Saviour :)

God bless you Mr.Friel🙏

I went to catholic schools until I was 14. My dad is Italian and that side is very catholic. The town I grew up in was also heavily catholic. I rejected God in my teens because I saw how corrupt the catholic church is so I thought there is no way God exists. After all my rebellion, my wickedness and sin, Jesus found me, his lost sheep. And he called me back, and embraced me with his love. Now I pray that I can be his vessel and reach my family and pull them away from their lost ways. We are definitely in the last days and I feel the pinch as there’s not unlimited time left before God’s age of grace is over.

I absolutely adore Todd. His patience is exquisite and his kindness and gentleness while delivering the gospel is amazing. God bless Todd.

Finally.. i can comment ... thank you wretched ... i love the presentation too... learning alot

Well done brother Todd, may God continue to use you mightily to witness for Christ Jesus. Praying for the salvation of that young man.🙏✝️

Very nicely done. No interruptions. Respect. Provocative questions. Would be nice to have a tract summarizing the scriptural truths presented?

Rap sheet/resumé! Love it, Todd! Praise God!

The cake at the end 😂😂 that’s my favorite closing

Unfortunately, how unprepared this guy was to answer the questions is typical for Catholics; most of them are completely unaware of the gospel all together.

He is one intelligent catholic who seems to be true to his faith. Thanks be to god for servants like Todd . Nice work. Todd . Bless you

Smart kid. Not correct, but reachable.

I am glad you're finally allowing comments on some of your videos.

Quite a conundrum you’ve put me in I must say I must say

Sincerely asking here. When will you interview a Catholic who knows their faith?

I pray for this young man to be saved. You can see he wants to know the truth.

This young man sounds like a lawyer.

COMMENTS?! Everybody behave!

Hahahahahha the cake!!!!!! Best ‘outro’ yet!

All glory to God! Also, please keep up with gospel sharing content so we can be ready with the sword of God, able to rightly divide the Word with all truth and unbiased opinion. Thanks Todd, subscribed

Just beautiful.

Glad to see the comments on! Interesting to see how Catholic theology gets some stuff right, but other stuff, not so much. This guy's heart and beliefs are close. One of our biggest mission fields should be those who think they're saved, but don't quite have it right.

SO GOOD !

Sometimes I have the hardest time seeing people not repent from having a conversation about Salvation. The first conversation I had I repented afterward. I had a background in RCC and also Roman Catholic School that I attended. I volunteered at RCC. I went every week unless we were out if town. Praise God I finally got that conversation with someone in college and was saved soon after. What a relief that it is not about what I do but it is about was Jesus Christ has done!

He should interview a priest.

If we compare Catholic and Reformers position on salvation: 1. The Reformers taught that it is NOT necessary for us to become righteous because it is impossible for us - we, being sinners, always fall short and cannot meet God's strict judgment. The solution is by faith alone we receive Christ' righteousness imputed or counted on us while our sins (past, present AND future) are imputed or counted on Christ who bore them on the cross. It is known as double imputation. Question for Todd Friel: How do you reconcile double imputation with Ezekiel 18:20 that says the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself? Catholics, on the other hand, believe that we are made righteous through Christ (Rom. 5:19). We do not and cannot become righteous by ourselves. Scripture says the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23) and the soul that sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:4). According to Scripture it is righteousness that delivers us from death (Prov. 10:2, 11:3). The righteous shall go to eternal life (Mat. 25:46). Faith is counted as righteousness (Rom. 4:2) and so does "doing what is right" as stated in 1 John 3:7. Our ability both to have faith and to do what is right comes from and is only possible by grace through Christ as apart from Him we can do nothing (John 15:5). Thus Catholics reject that our sins are imputed or counted on Christ, we believe that those sins must be forgiven or washed away. 2. According to the Reformers imputed righteousness of Christ does NOT make us righteous - we are only legally counted as righteous (Christ' righteousness is external or alien to us) while remain sinners. In other words we are both righteous and sinner at the same time. Christ, on the other hand, is legally counted as sinner while remains sinless. Because of this God legally punished Christ for our sins - God directed His wrath and anger to Christ, instead of to us. God let us enter heaven while we remain sinners or unrighteous. Question for Todd Friel: How do you reconcile the above with Prov. 17:15 that says "he who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both like abomination to the Lord? If God punished sinless Christ for our sins and let sinners enter heaven, can you call that as justice? Catholics, on the other hand, believe that we lose righteousness through sinning as Scripture says the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins (Ezek. 33:12). In other words we cannot become righteous and sinner at the same time. Once a righteous person commit sin all his accumulated righteous deeds will be forgotten and will not save him (Ezek. 18:24, 33:18). But when he repents and turn away from his sins, all his accumulated sins will be forgotten and he will live (Ezek. 18:21-22, 33:19) or he will be in righteous state again. Our ability to repent and to turn away from sin comes from and is only possible by grace through Christ. When we die in righteous state and judged, God declare us to be righteous because we are indeed made righteous. Because we are made righteous then we are justified to go to heaven. Christ willingly offered Himself to die for our sins as without shedding of blood there is n o forgiveness of sins (Heb. 9:22). God does NOT direct His anger and wrath to sinless Christ. Catholic teaching on salvation and judgment does not violate Prov. 17:15.

Jesus told people that said "look what we have done in your name", I never knew you. Excellent video.

Conversations like that is so rare nowadays. Everyone is so wise in their own eyes, Everyone is so spiritual, professing themselves to be wise becoming fools. Objective truth found in Christ is so relative.

WHAT A GREAT JOB😍

It would be nice if Todd debated Scott Hahn or Trent Horn! Roman Catholicism was founded by Christ. I converted from a Protestant background and am finally home.

That was some great witnessing! Glory to God. I hope Matthew puts his faith in Christ and repents.

I was raised in a religion similar to this young man. It was the apostolic and pentecostal religion saved by what we do and not after what JESUS CHRIST did.

Who canonized the scriptures? What did the early church believe, and what did they agree upon? What does history tell us? Try this with Trent Horn or even someone like Jay Dyer and I doubt the dialogue would go the same way.

That was the first time i have heard Todd give a perfect biblical account of salvation.

I want to send this to my 83 yr old staunch catholic dad. Pray that God opens his eyes. His name is Dunstan. God Bless

Beautiful teaching here Todd! Incredible word to this young man....I had to sigh when there was that long pause........... then the kid said “I believe MY faith is strong enough” Praying that he learns it’s not about him at all anymore... no more “me” “my” “I’m” ... simply put.. Jesus did it and is doing it and has done it!

I don't think Matthew gets it. I grew up Catholic, went to an elementary Catholic school and was married in a Catholic church. My wife did the same. I believed what Matthew believes, but somewhere in my growing up my parents taught me that the Bible is true. I decided to read the Bible for the first time. It was eye opening. The message I got from reading Scripture was much different than what I was taught. I noticed in Matthew's explanation he never really gave Jesus Christ the credit for dying for him. His explanation was always focused on what he can do to win God's favor. Matthew needs to acknowledge that he is a sinner. He falls short of perfection that Almighty God demands. Matthew needs to understand that when Jesus suffered and died, His blood washed away the sins of Matthew and all of us. Matthew only needs to acknowledge what Jesus did for him and follow Him. When Matthew does that, The Father sees Jesus's righteousness in him. Jesus paid the price for our sin by freely giving Himself as a perfect sacrificial lamb. "There is no greater love than to lay down your life for a friend." In Matthew's beliefs, it seems that Jesus died for nothing. I pray that Matthew, who has strong beliefs taught by "The Church", would start reading the Bible and understand that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. He should start in the New Testament. Then he will be faced with a decision. Should he believe what the Bible says, or believe what the Catholic Church teaches? The teachings are quite different. With the Holy Spirit guiding, I trust he will make the same decision my wife and I made 40 years ago.

This is a nice clip and I appreciate what Todd Friel is trying to do although he continues to say you must repent for salvation. Repentance isn’t the requirement for salvation. It’s believing in the Lord of Jesus Christ. Repentance is a requirement for salvation. Then again it falls back on how good we are not on how good Jesus is. Salvation alone in Christ alone.

Do you sincerely believe Catholics think they are doing works for God by going to confession and receiving communion? And that they would boast about doing these things? They believe you are saved by grace through faith just as you do. They don't think you need to work your way to heaven, that's a misunderstanding.

Problem is, like most Protestants, Friel only ever speaks to these “Catholics” who are only nominally catholic; in other words, they’re not really Catholics. Secondly, the current mainstream Catholic Church isn’t even technically Catholic anymore. It’s been so protestantised since the 1960s when the disastrous and heretical Second Vatican Council happened. By the way, little known fact: there were Protestants and even some Jews who sat in on the Second Vatican Council. All those little pesky inconsistencies that Protestants like to highlight in order to make Catholics look bad, you can thank the liberal Vatican II Council for. Prior to that, the Catholic Church was itself. This is why today there are a growing number of dissident Traditionalist Catholics. They tend not to like the current pope, since he’s about as “Catholic” as my cat. They only attend the Traditional Latin Mass and they know their theology inside and out. Why then does Friel never have intelligent Trad-Catholics on for debate? He only ever gets these lazy, liberal, heedless, half-baked-type “cafeteria Catholics” who don’t even know anything about their theology and then says, “ya see? Catholics don’t even know their own religion…” For the record, I’m not Roman Catholic, I’m an Orthodox Christian, and a seminarian.

I like the Ephesians reference. Just remember Abraham was going to sacrifice Isaac, because God wanted it. So here we see that Abraham acted on faith in God. Works+faith. If it is faith alone, the mere belief is not enough. Works alone can't do it. Works is what condemns us, faith is what saves us.

Hey Wretched, I mean this without sarcasm. I'd like to see you talk to someone well versed in the Catholic beliefs. Maybe a Jimmy Akin or ??? Every conversation where someone well versed talks to someone who is not comes out as the "voice of truth". If we are to only focus on select verses how about James 2:14-26? I would love to see that conversation. I enjoy your videos btw. :)

Is going to church on the sabbath a work? Do we have to go to church if we are evangelical?

I was hard as stone like that young man. Nobody can change my mind no matter what. He was very detailed while i'm not. Growing up as an RCC gives someone so much pride(big church, huge membership etc). Though I was terribly sinning, i can't see my fault because I feel good doing what the church requires(just keep going to church, attend the mass, light candles, pray the rosary, try reading the Bible, wipe the statues and images. I was also attending a charismatic catholic group every Friday night then). When the holy water hits me when the priest springkles it-- i feel holy. When I do good i feel holy. it's like drugs that makes you numb. I only felt my brokenness when I was hardly hit big time by a life event(when i was jailed due to self-defense) that I questioned and doubted the god of the Roman Catholic Church. I concluded this god is inutile if he was real. That broke my ceiling because i wasn't really aware I was complaining already to the real God outside of my cherished religion. I began a rebellious young life as an atheist to the god of my religion. It's only when I got tired that I called on the God that I totally don't know and told Him, if He is removing me from my beloved religion, that He guide me and avoid me from cults(i didn't realize then that RCC is cultic). That's my total surrender to the God of the Bible. Not on idea or personal opinion of God but God based on His word. Most people will defend and die for their beliefs not because they understand it but because they are so emotionally attached to it. They feel sentimental about their religion. This is where God's intervention happens for people as hard like me. We need to fall broken on the stone to realize our wretchedness.

Raised in the catholic religion BUT my life was dramatically changed 28+ years ago by the born again Transformation!!!!… from death to LIFE in Christ!!! Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:3, one must be born again to see the Kingdom of God!!! Praying for those who have chosen to stay in man-made religious denominations!!!!… that their eyes will be open to Biblical Truth…the only Truth that will stand on Judgment Day!!!!! ⚓️⚓️⚓️

COMMENTS ARE ON ! Praise the Lord !!!😁

12:28 Penance isn't praise and thanksgiving. Its doing repetitive prayers. 5 our father's, 10 hail marys, and 2 act of contritions, or whayever the priest prescribes. I know, I was a Catholic all my life, up until around January of this year

DON'T BE SAD, TODD! PS I tried to live that little note on a previous video, but the "Comments" were turned off :-(

You should point to Zachariah 3 about how Joshua stood before the high priest and received the clean garments and the accuser stood there and condemned him with his unrighteousness yet the angel of the lord provided him with clean vestments and the Angel of Lord was standing by… I love that foreshadowing of what Christ would do for us. Although we stand guilty before God and although Satan lists our uncountable trespasses, which is a partial truth as we are indeed guilty, however the accuser has no power over the grace that is poured out by God because if we accept his free gift of grace we are infact accepting Christs pure vestments and that’s whose garment God sees on judgement day… he sees his son! And because we are sealed by his Son, there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus, and as far as the east is from the west so too does he (God) remove our transgressions from us. Zacharia 3:4 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin,(G) and I will put fine garments(H) on you.” 5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban(I) on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by. 6 The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,(J) then you will govern my house(K) and have charge(L) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.(M) 8 “‘Listen, High Priest(N) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic(O) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.(P) 9 See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!(Q) There are seven eyes[b](R) on that one stone,(S) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin(T) of this land in a single day. 10 “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit(U) under your vine and fig tree,(V)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

So, when I’m witnessing to a Romanist I’ll ask them 3 questions: 1) what is a lie? 2) did Jesus ever lie? and 3) was Jesus lying to the thief on the cross in Luke 23:43 when He said “Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise”? Wait, no baptism? No confirmation? No “last rites”? The thief had nothing but a humble acknowledgment of his sins and a simple request to be saved from the wrath of God.

The thing is that the catholic church chose the books for the NT, and the apostles used the same OT canon of the catholic church. So It doesnt make sense to me.

Can a catholic tell me how they get around Mathew chapter 23 v9 please ? I’m to harsh to catholics and I need to understand how they interpret this verse. Many blessings.

Comments may be on to see if we can behave ourselves.

Mr Friel actually totally backed up the Catholic Church’s (and the bible’s) view in faith AND works in another video.

The young man is actually right, him bringing up the term "conundrum". Paul Washer called it a "dilemma". God being just and loving is really what makes the Gospel so precious.

I'm wrestling with this notion that faith alone can save me! As a Catholic, it's quite the surprise, and I'm struggling to fully embrace it. So, let's entertain the idea that faith alone is true... Does that mean if I go out and commit some heinous acts like robbery or stealing a cookie from the jar, or perhaps even covet my neighbor's fancy car, I'm still in the clear? Why bother with the whole 'love your neighbor' spiel if faith alone does the trick? I can just imagine myself now, strolling past someone in need, waving and saying, 'Sorry, old chap, faith alone and all that!' But then my Protestant buddy chimes in, 'Oh, absolutely, mate! Faith is all you need!' So, I'm like, 'Brilliant! So, I can just forget about all those pesky rules and regulations, right?' And he's like, 'Spot on, mate!' But hold on a tick, didn't Jesus sum up all the laws into loving God and loving others? If that's the case, why does faith alone seem to give me a free pass on everything else? This is starting to feel like a theological loophole I wasn't quite prepared for. 😂😂😂😂

I hope he gets it. It's the only way to be set free. Thank you, Jesus. How can we ever say thank you enough.

Reaching here

I love how you bring up Ephesians 2:8 to this Young Catholic boy and mention about sacraments and confession e.c. being works. But then you say it's by faith alone just believing but then you say "you need to repent and turn from ur sin, put ur faith in chirst" which is WORKS. Its really sad that You get young vonerable Roman Catholics that arnt theologians in their faith and attack them to make yourself look like the right one. So many protestants assume that the Catholic Church doesn't follow the Bible but it Does they are litterally the ones that COMPLIED THE BIBLE TOGETHER, which says ephesians 2:8 but also says James 2:24, and 1 Peter 3:21. They are trying to make a greater point here Faith and works, we can't save ourselves and only the grace of God can and that's what the Roman catholic church teaches. And what the Early church taught. It was only in the 1500 in the reformation that the idea of faith alone came up (when it says in the Bible that we are not saved by faith alone James 2.24) and which they also changed alot of other things that the early church taught. I was a protestant that converted to Catholicism. I thought that the Catholic Church was stuffed and unbiblical but looking into church history opened My eyes seeing that the early Christians believed in the eucharist, purgatory all thease things until the reformation. It's simply protestants not understanding church history!!

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Both Protestants and catholics agree that works are important. For Protestants works are a consequence of salvation. For Catholics works contribute to our salvation.

Whoohoo comments are on 😊

The reason for confession to a priest is because a sin is not just against God but also against the body of Christ ie the Church.

The gentleness of your witness is a great example. How does one keep their emotions under control when confronted with someone who just isn't getting it. Even just watching the video, I found myself dismayed by Mathew's answers, and had it me me rather than Todd, I would have spoiled the opportunity.

Thank you Lord Jesus for saving me a sinner. You are a perfect man who didn't have to sacrifice yourself while we were yet sinners. But you did, so that we can except your pardon from the punishment that God has planned for all the workers of iniquity and unrepentant who do not except your gift to be citizens in the Kingdom of Heaven. All you require of us is to trust and follow you. I ask you to let my works of the law, for they are love, be worthy to honor you my Lord and as a sign of your grace through me, grateful for the salvation that you have provided. Blessed is the Lord. Praise Jesus. Amen.

Heyyyyy!!!!….It’s about time the comments got turned on! There has been quite a lot of things that I wanted to comment on, but wasn’t able to!🙂🙂🙂 Please turn your comments on in your other subject matters!

Are you Reverend Lovejoy? Either way, love you brother. JESUS IS LORD

Grace

Dear God, please lead this young man to the foot of the Cross, and the Fullness of the Gospel. In Jesus' Name, please grant him repentance and faith. Amen

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will take your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put a new spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and you will keep my judgments and do them."- God is my Salvation aka God Saves aka JehovahSaves aka JeSus.

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Yes we are saved by faith, but it is by Grace we have our faith , and Jesus has instituted the many sacraments in order that we may more easily abide by faith, our good works show through our faith, naturally the more faith we have, grace increases within us and we are inclined to pray more and have a desire to show good works to prove our love for God and all whom by His Blood are saved or have not yet been born again, and others seeing our kind acts & proof of love , will come to the acknowledgement that God is truly at work here