To anybody who's reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind right now. May clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life. Amen
To anyone reading this - the channel is just designed to get click revenue and adverts and sales of merchandise. Cliffe believes the same nonsense - but he is smart - he finds others who believe it and makes money from them.
@@wolfie5 so he shouldn’t post these informational videos for others to see? Sure he makes money from this but simply making money doesn’t make him corrupt in any way … all we have to go off of is what we see and he’s been consistent in his character and views and answers and questions
I'm not the most articulate or intellectual person but following Christ, The Bible, and the Holy Spirit has opened my mind to Wisdom and Peace unfathomable that has changed my life and the lives that I come in contact with...I can watch these videos all day...God bless you and your ministry
A proof in itself to me is that most atheists seem angry and don't look happy, they look flat out sick almost, yet Gods people look to be filled with light and happiness. Its observable in my opinion.
Wish someone like Cliffe was at my uni when I studied. I sometimes had five hours between classes. I would've happily listened/learned from this guy all day.
Lol I had a Muslim girl ask me the same thing when I was preaching in the streets of Cleveland once. What I did was point her to John 14:17 where the same Spirit of Truth dwells among them and is in them as Jesus says in that verse and in John 16:13. So how could the same Spirit of Truth dwell among them and BE IN THEM if the Muslims think that that verse refers to Muhammad? He who has ears to hear let them hear!
Pastor cliff I am so blessed to come across your UA-cam channel. I’m praying that one day I’ll have that level of wisdom and boldness to share the gospel to others. Praise God for your life🙏
When you get to know God intimately, you won’t be able to help yourself from speaking about Him. This will happen eventually if you continuously pursue Him and know Him.
Thank you for putting yourself out there, thank you for your scrutiny of scriptures from Bible, thank you for study of all the study you do of other religion, thank you for your patience, thank you for the compassion and respect you show those who have questions. I thank God for you.
Cliffe, For the first girl, it's very simple. Many Muslims use the John chapter 16 to show that Jesus is speaking about Muhammad. Well, for the sake of argument, let's say it is taking about Muhammad. So according to the Quran, who sent Muhammad? Obviously Allah sent him. And who sent the spirit of truth? Well in John chapter 16 Jesus says he sent the spirit of truth. Well if Muslims are going to say that Muhammad is the spirit of truth then that mean Jesus sent Muhammad. And who sent Muhammad again? Allah. This whole argument she is making, completely collapses on itself because she is saying Jesus isn't god, yet the logical conclusion to her argument shows that Jesus is God. Complete contradiction.
@@JohnSmith-db2wl I’m sorry, I re-read over your previous reply and I realised that you didn’t imagine God as a dragon: so for that I apologise. Honestly, as a Christian I cannot physically prove that God exists: it’s impossible, I cannot make God come down and show himself to you. Me and you would die. The Bible says, “No one has seen God and LIVED”.
@@JohnSmith-db2wl I don’t think God is a gender: he is spirit so he is not a gender. But in the Bible, God is known as “The Father”, and from what I’ve observed in the way he spoke to many people, God portrays himself as having a patriarchal language (so like a fatherly language). That’s why I believe Moses and the rest of the prophets/disciples wrote about God as if it was a “he”. Anti-woman? I don’t believe so. I believe that we are all made equal because in God’s eyes: it states in Genesis that mankind was made in God’s image. However, God made man first and then made woman FROM man. And when Adam and Eve sinned, unfortunately, one of Eve’s punishments was that because of her actions, men will rule over women. 🤷🏾♀️ Ever since, history has observed that in almost every civilisation that existed from the very beginning that this Earth was created, men have ALWAYS had ruling power. It wasn’t a period of 1400 years that the Bible was made John, evidence found today proves that the New Testemant was written around 2000 years ago, around the time Jesus died. And the Old Testament was written by Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy) and other prophets who lived around 2000-3000 years BEFORE Jesus was born. So that’s more than 1400 years that all books of the Bible were written.
I love how the bell rang as she was trying to make her point. Like God disrupted the air so no one could stray from his path with her words. God is good!
I don't think it's possible to PROVE in the context they were talking about. But the bible being the word God is a step of faith someone can have based on evidence they may find
@@LeoLightningz yes, and Daniel 9 predicts the exact day Jesus messiah would make himself known to the world, written hundreds of years before Jesus was born.
@@galaxylife0004 Starting at Daniel 9:25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(BN) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[f](BO) the ruler,(BP) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(BQ) 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(BR) and will have nothing.[g] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(BS) War will continue until the end, and desolations(BT) have been decreed.(BU) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’[i] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[j] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed(BV) is poured out on him.[k]”[l]
Pastor Cliffe Knechtle, Thank You, Your campus ministry have being a tremendous blessings to my understanding of GOD rationally and depth in the Spirit. Thank You Sir!!!
I love brother Cliff's willingness and graciousness in clearing up any confusion. The young man had probably looked at other religions and may have been a seeker, but something happens when God convicts us of sin. And that seemed to be the precise moment he reacted by taking offense, rather than taking to heart the message of the gospel.
Thanks to God in Jesus Christ name through the Holy Spirit that there are great true preachers that are preaching to people the word of the ALMIGHTY FATHER I hope they feel the joy from the TRINITY amen hallelujah
You should ask him how that OMNISCIENT GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT doesn't know the day or hour and omniscient God the Son doesn't know the day or hour. You people need to smoke more bowls, your all deceived nut cases.😢🎉😂❤
Hello AskCliffe. I believe a more direct answer to the gentleman's question of; "Where in the Bible do we have a verse that couldn't possible, on any level have been conceived of my a mortal mind of a patriarchal, pastoral society from the iron-age level that we know that this originated from?" (11:18) would be to refer to a couple passages in the Old Testament. First, Proverbs 6:6-8: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." It would not be for thousands of years that humans would discover that ant colonies are made up of females. Second, Job 38:31-32: "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?" We had no idea that the stars that make up the Peides are gravitationaly bound until recently. We also did not know that the three stars in the belt of Orion were moving away from each other until thousands of years after these verses were written. While Mazzaroth is still an unknown to us today, Acturus is a star that is moving very quickly in a way that is yet to be understood. Also, we had no idea it was dragging thousands of other objects with it until recently. These are all things that God mentioned thousands of years ago well before any of the subjects were even remotely well understood by "patriarchal, pastoral, iron-age Judea." I believe your answer was good and true, however, as it did not go to the face value of his question, I feel the deeper truth you were trying to relay will fall upon deaf ears. Thomas, this gentleman and myself are all looking for something we can touch. Thomas found it on the very body of the Living Christ. I found it in Psalms 19:1 "... The heavens declare his Glory and the firmament shewth his handywork." This young man was looking for it in prophetic, scientific declarations. To have his wandering mind stilled, his questions must be answered on face value. The deeper truths he will ask later can be answered later. I love your work, please keep it up and keep sharing!
Very good response. I hope the thinking young man asking this question will reviewed this site for reflection and reevaluation. To note, the correct stars spelling is, Arcturus-should there be further interest for study.
“Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:” -Isaiah 42:5 “Stretch” meaning an expanding universe not that it was just created but had a beginning
"It would not be for thousands of years that humans would discover that ant colonies are made up of females." Haha dude, all Hebrew nouns have either a male or female gender. Female nouns typically end with the letter "He", and since "nemalah" ends with a "He", then the noun itself is female. So when it talks about "ants", of course it gets a female pronoun, because it's a female noun. Has nothing to do with miracles, lol. I mean no real disrespect, but I found that quite funny. "We had no idea that the stars that make up the Peides are gravitationaly bound until recently." "Can you tie the chains of the Pleiades" refers to the seven stars of "The Pleiades", which can be seen by the naked eye. It's been known since 1600 B.C., and many cultures have names for it. You're reading way too much in the text, while it's apparent meaning is that the people back then believed it to be a particularly cold part of the sky, and unchaining these stars would release the cold and destroy the earth. This is what you actually find in the old commentaries of the Jews (see Rashi's exegesis). "We also did not know that the three stars in the belt of Orion were moving away from each other until thousands of years after these verses were written." How does the expression "can you loose the straps of Orion" imply that these stars are moving away from each other? It has a similar meaning to the one before, and they're connected. Rashi wrote: "to bring out its heat, to mitigate the cold of the Pleiades". Straps and chains are obviously used as imagery here. It's like how people draw lines between stars in constellations to create some kinf of an image. And these stars can all be seen joined together, and they don't separate, so in their eyes, from a literary point of view, they were bound together. The text is asking the reader if they have the power to keep those distant stars in formation or if they can cause them to break apart. The point being that it's God Who's holding them together in the way they appear to the observer. Chains and straps don't describe gravity; they describe the objectively verifiable observation that those clusters of stars are always seen together in the same way. We now know that gravitational pulls keep them in formation like that, but you're retro-fitting a modern day understanding into an ancient text. I understand why you would want to do that, but it isn't very convincing. I'm not saying that such miraculous descriptions cannot be found in Biblical passages, but the ones you're mentioning here can be easily explained in a more down-to-earth manner. "While Mazzaroth is still an unknown to us" Means "all other constellations", according to Rashi. "Acturus is a star" Bible doesn't say Arcturus though. The text mentions Ayish, which according to Rashi is: "The largest star in the Pleiades, to which many stars are attached." "These are all things that God mentioned thousands of years ago well before any of the subjects were even remotely well understood" Yeah not really though. Just your imagination running wild.
@@XaeeD Thank you for the reply and perspective. I did find out later that Mazzaroth quite literally means the constellations, but thank you for that info. As for the female noun for the word ant, this is interesting. The word "way", "derek" as used in the verse, is masculine, but the pronoun "her" was added due to the previous noun being female. Do you know of other examples where objects were given female nouns? Not arguing, just trying to learn more. As far as the stellar verses go, it doesn't matter how long it has been know or if any other culture named it. I made no claim on those concepts. The verse is claiming to be God asking Job if Job can perform certain tasks. The verses need to be read within the context of the conversation. Imagine a conversation between a weak man and strong man. The weak man is talking to the strong "man" and asking him why he is doing some thing. The strong man replies by asking if the weaker man if he can perform the same tasks the stronger man has already accomplished. When a strong man asks, "Can you wrestle an alligator?", it implies the strong man can. The strong man is saying when you can do this thing, you'll understand why I am doing other things. The same goes here when God asked Job "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?" There is an implied, "Because I can!" or even an, "I did." The verb used to describe their 'grouping' is qāšar. It literally means, "to tie together". God is asking, "Can you tie these stars together?" This is paired in the same verse with, "or loose the bands of Orion?" Don't belts go, "on" and not off? Shouldn't God have said this in the opposite way? "Canst thou scatter the seven sisters, or tighten Orion's belt?" You say I am reading into it, but I say you are taking away from the plain reading of it. Job is questioning God's legitimacy on bringing forth the pain and suffering he has endured. As an answer God is telling Job that once he can understand the mysteries of the universe and is powerful enough to make them so, then Job will understand the complexities of God's ways. We see groups of stars that are close to each other, but are not bound together and other groups are not. You want to claim I am adding to the text, but God picked specific stars and made claims about their relationships, some are bound and some are not. I am saying this was not known by humans to be the truth until millennia later. It is plainly in the text to be read by all. Maybe my understanding of the nouns/pronouns used in the Proverbs passage was faulty; it's possible .. probable even, but no one knew the Pleiades were "tied" together and no one knew the stars of Orion's belt were moving apart. God did, and God commanded it to be written.
I'm glad i came across these videos! These teachings offer great clarity, that truth, love, and God will save the world. I wish there were more pastors that are willing to do these type of discussions, then perhaps i would've known about it sooner.
You should ask him how the OMNISCIENT GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT doesn't know the day or hour. That is impossible and the Trinity is dog doo... How can omniscient God the Son not know the day or hour so Jesus is part time omniscient and not omniscient. Your in for a rude awakening brother.😂❤🎉
I really commend that young Muslim woman in the beginning. She may not be an Islamic scholar or debater, but it certainly took a lot of courage to seek answers in such a public open forum. Her questions were thoughtful, and she was very respectful. Maybe a little naive, but definitely thinking about and questioning the right things. Kudos to her. I pray that the Lord would fully reveal Himself to her, and that she would find herself placing her faith in Christ Jesus in spirit and truth.
Yeah I disagree with Cliffe on that point. You could even point to the internal consistency as well as fulfilled prophecy. I don't see anything wrong with showing that the Bible is the word of God. William Lane Craig and a few other evidentialists use this minimalist approach where showing that the Bible is innerrant and the word of God is something that comes later on once a person has been converted.
I was thinking the same thing. Yes prophecies of the future are the strongest evidence that the Bible is the word of God. Over 330 plus of Jesus alone. Not counting all the other ones. Some have done the math of the probability of a few prophecies coming true. And its mindblowing. No other Book in existence has done anywhere close to what the Bible has predicted.
I think Cliffe's point is that someone can come to believe in Christ without assuming or believing that the Bible is divine/the word of God. You can look at the historical accounts of Jesus and look at them as historical facts and still put your faith in Jesus. I agree with all of that. However I disagree in minimalist/mere Christianity approach.
Agreed. Historicity is one thing, but to say it's God's word is another and prophecy after prophecy fulfilled is an excellent evidence for Biblical Inspiration...proof, no but show me proof Julius Ceaser fought in Gaul. You show me evidence but not proof.
@@markramlucken8502 From Joburg East Rand, let's be inspired to fearlessly share the gosbel and bring down the false arguments with love and gentleness and to ask the Holy Ghost to guide us in every step of the way fellow brethren in Christ
I don’t know if Cliffe was just trying to avoid confrontations with the first muslim lady or he was PC influenced because it was just soo easy to destroy her ideas. Her first question was from John 16:13. Just going back above to John 14:17, Jesus talked very clearly who that spirit is “the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and He will be in you”. “We can’t see the spirit and it abides with us for ever”. I don’t see how the dead and paedophile Mohammed falls in the context of invisibility and immortality as specified in the verse. Her second question was from Deuteronomy 18:15. “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him”. God was actually talking here to Moses. If for any minute any Muslim thinks this is about Mohammed, then they are just self destroying. If this is true, then Mohammed was a Jew and from Israel. Can they really stand this?
These “debates” reminds me of when apostle Paul went up to Mars hill in Athens and saw all those people there. He called them superstitious, how they always went up there to hear “some new thing”
Funny thing is the early church didnt go around debating carnal people ... they demonstrated POWER , as they Preached Jesus signs and wonders followed they did what Jesus did not going and debating... Just don’t understand why christians today rely on their intellect rather than the power of God , the Holy Spirit
@@jayway3926 I think it’s because today unfortunately non believers are far more educated and believe in far more dangerous and powerful lies than they used to.
@@darkeen42 Ah, you haven't read the Bible, I see. Simply because people have misused and abused the Bible and Christianity to cause evil does not mean that the actual Bible, and certainly not Jesus Christ are also evil. The Bible has not been and never will be disproved despite what you and other may think. I encourage you to become more open minded and respectful of people and their beliefs, even if you do not believe in them.
@@darkeen42 Like I said, you clearly have not read the Bible nor have you actually studied it and what it actually says. Please stop correctly assuming things and pointing fingers at things which are not there.
if you find yourself floating on a rock in space...the ONLY rock in space with life, it might be time to say hello to the God who blessed you with life.
@@ultrastar23 Really??? Where do you live??? I feel like this message comes from someone from 2000 years ago that lives in a tree...also the Bible was written around that time...if everything in the Bible is true that chapter 21 Exodus where it says slavery is ok it’s true?
Jesus said In seeing ME, your seeing the FATHER, I and the FATHER are ONE. They all understood, even the religious people wanted to stone HIM because JESUS was claiming to be equal to GOD!
Exactly. Keeping in mind that the old testament and new testament are 100 years apart and jesus fullfils prophecies from the old testament prove that the bible is the word of god
@@Arminius420 You're living according to your soulish side, not the spirit. You're being blinded by Satan who is able to blind the minds of those who don't believe the gospel of Jesus Christ.
@@davidhess1019Satan is just an excuse not to take responsibility for your own actions. What I do is my own free will based on logic and reason. I live my life based on evidence NOT blind belief. Its you who is blinded by the primitive ideology that these angels and demons exist when we have literally zero evidence for any of this stuff.
@@Arminius420 Wrong. You have faith when you fly because you trust the pilots. You have faith in doctors when you follow their orders. You have faith when you ride an elevator. Satan blinds the mind to truth.
@@Arminius420 the issue with living your life based on "evidence" then you're subjected to the interpretation of said evidence. I have found in today's world it is nearly impossible to find a universal piece of "evidence"...
The bible supports that Jesus is God not just on few verses but in who Jesus is. The Bible IS the word of God. If it wasnt it would be flawed and self destroying. Yet it remains logical, righteous definitive, and historically true.
Hey Bearded guy - ask my ex and kids - man I’m the worst but trying to be better everyday for the Lord - love you guys - hope your accomplishments And struggles improves you to glorify Him.
This woman keeps jumping from argument to argument and then you explain to her and then she brings another argument into it. This tells me she's not listening.
Yeah, not sure what he meant by that. Didn't Muhammed marry 12 year old girls and encourage violence and other jacked up stuff, along with some false teachings? How can you respect someone who has done all of that?
Apologia5 Read your Bible man, Wanna go to heaven ? repent of your sins and be born again Jesus says. Live for Jesus and share the Gospel. God loves us. Have a great night.
In the beginning was the WORD......Jesus is the WORD made flesh and He dwelt among us and we witnessed his glory.....Agree a major reason why people do not find God is because they are running away from God......TRUE ABSOLUTELY AMEN Thank You Cliff.....God Bless you for speaking TRUTH of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
torah codes is a lie that wont die. i read a good article that applied the supernatural algorithms to Moby Dick. users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/codes/moby.html
God today has revealed Himself in all these millions of words to anyone humble enough to read them so that they will realize beyond a shadow of a doubt that these words are indeed words that only God Himself could speak.
At 9:08 love the discussion and questions great convo! Something worth noting though is that the Quran claims Jesus never died at all, He was not crucified but instead was risen up to God alive, going against all the evidence that proves Jesus’ existence, crucifixion, and resurrection
Blessed are those who preach the truth that is in the Gospel of Christ because this is the only one true teaching of God. Men of God moved and breathed by the Holy Spirit to write the Bible from the inspiration and mind of God that is why when you read the Bible it looks as though it is speaking to you as if judging your thoughts because the Word that comes from God's revelation is Spirit and they are life (John 6:63)
I literally spent 98% of the last 4 days watching Cliffe for the first time nonstop🙏🏽
Same!
Same 😅
Keep gg brother. It’s intellectually stimulating
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To anybody who's reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind right now. May clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life. Amen
Amen 🙏
Likewise❤
2 Corinthians 10:5🤎
To anyone reading this - the channel is just designed to get click revenue and adverts and sales of merchandise. Cliffe believes the same nonsense - but he is smart - he finds others who believe it and makes money from them.
@@wolfie5 so he shouldn’t post these informational videos for others to see? Sure he makes money from this but simply making money doesn’t make him corrupt in any way … all we have to go off of is what we see and he’s been consistent in his character and views and answers and questions
I'm not the most articulate or intellectual person but following Christ, The Bible, and the Holy Spirit has opened my mind to Wisdom and Peace unfathomable that has changed my life and the lives that I come in contact with...I can watch these videos all day...God bless you and your ministry
You are a great person God bless you
You already have what you need.
Jesus also changed my life.
Bless you sister
A proof in itself to me is that most atheists seem angry and don't look happy, they look flat out sick almost, yet Gods people look to be filled with light and happiness. Its observable in my opinion.
I agree.
This Sling & Stone it is called...ABUNDANT JOY and LIFE ABUNDANTLY.
i am christian and would not say that this is true. Christianity does not promise happiness, but contentment.
True
@@richardrichardson1787 good point. But i think that he might mean that christians have inner "happiness" through their "contentment".
Wish someone like Cliffe was at my uni when I studied. I sometimes had five hours between classes. I would've happily listened/learned from this guy all day.
For real, I have so much downtime in between classes right now, I’d love to hear Cliffe in person
Lol I had a Muslim girl ask me the same thing when I was preaching in the streets of Cleveland once. What I did was point her to John 14:17 where the same Spirit of Truth dwells among them and is in them as Jesus says in that verse and in John 16:13. So how could the same Spirit of Truth dwell among them and BE IN THEM if the Muslims think that that verse refers to Muhammad? He who has ears to hear let them hear!
Awesome fact
Another arrow in the quiver to pierce islam lies. Thank You
they don't realize that, by claiming this, they all commit shirk.
GOD bless you Joseph. Keep up the good work in Jesus name.
Love your work bro. God bless!
Pastor cliff I am so blessed to come across your UA-cam channel. I’m praying that one day I’ll have that level of wisdom and boldness to share the gospel to others. Praise God for your life🙏
He does it with gentleness too.
U will..keep learning
When you get to know God intimately, you won’t be able to help yourself from speaking about Him. This will happen eventually if you continuously pursue Him and know Him.
Amen 🙏
Thank you for putting yourself out there, thank you for your scrutiny of scriptures from Bible, thank you for study of all the study you do of other religion, thank you for your patience, thank you for the compassion and respect you show those who have questions. I thank God for you.
thank You Jesus for doing a beautiful work using your instrument Cliffe.
Praise be to God on the most high.
The older I get the the more I think of God.
Cliffe,
For the first girl, it's very simple. Many Muslims use the John chapter 16 to show that Jesus is speaking about Muhammad. Well, for the sake of argument, let's say it is taking about Muhammad. So according to the Quran, who sent Muhammad? Obviously Allah sent him. And who sent the spirit of truth? Well in John chapter 16 Jesus says he sent the spirit of truth. Well if Muslims are going to say that Muhammad is the spirit of truth then that mean Jesus sent Muhammad. And who sent Muhammad again? Allah.
This whole argument she is making, completely collapses on itself because she is saying Jesus isn't god, yet the logical conclusion to her argument shows that Jesus is God.
Complete contradiction.
Andres Arias Yep spot on !
Andres Arias Wow. Good point there.
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muhammad teaching abide forever
S bannoura isis not islam,they got beheading because thats girls not virgin anymore
Glory to Yahweh/Jesus forever!
@@JohnSmith-db2wl You worship your refrigerator? 😳
@@JohnSmith-db2wl I don’t agree, John.
Can I ask, are you an atheist?
@@JohnSmith-db2wl Yes, I’m a theist.
Did you just picture God as an imaginary dragon?
@@JohnSmith-db2wl I’m sorry, I re-read over your previous reply and I realised that you didn’t imagine God as a dragon: so for that I apologise.
Honestly, as a Christian I cannot physically prove that God exists: it’s impossible, I cannot make God come down and show himself to you. Me and you would die.
The Bible says, “No one has seen God and LIVED”.
@@JohnSmith-db2wl I don’t think God is a gender: he is spirit so he is not a gender.
But in the Bible, God is known as “The Father”, and from what I’ve observed in the way he spoke to many people, God portrays himself as having a patriarchal language (so like a fatherly language). That’s why I believe Moses and the rest of the prophets/disciples wrote about God as if it was a “he”.
Anti-woman? I don’t believe so. I believe that we are all made equal because in God’s eyes: it states in Genesis that mankind was made in God’s image. However, God made man first and then made woman FROM man. And when Adam and Eve sinned, unfortunately, one of Eve’s punishments was that because of her actions, men will rule over women. 🤷🏾♀️ Ever since, history has observed that in almost every civilisation that existed from the very beginning that this Earth was created, men have ALWAYS had ruling power.
It wasn’t a period of 1400 years that the Bible was made John, evidence found today proves that the New Testemant was written around 2000 years ago, around the time Jesus died. And the Old Testament was written by Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy) and other prophets who lived around 2000-3000 years BEFORE Jesus was born. So that’s more than 1400 years that all books of the Bible were written.
I love how the bell rang as she was trying to make her point. Like God disrupted the air so no one could stray from his path with her words. God is good!
This pastor is so beautiful ❤ just his heart is so beautiful’
You can prove the Bible as being the word of God through the fulfillment of prophecy.
I don't think it's possible to PROVE in the context they were talking about. But the bible being the word God is a step of faith someone can have based on evidence they may find
@@artgotart but there is historical evidence of Daniel prophecy coming true about countless empires
@@LeoLightningz yes, and Daniel 9 predicts the exact day Jesus messiah would make himself known to the world, written hundreds of years before Jesus was born.
@@SavedSkeptic I didn't know that, can you give me a verse please?
@@galaxylife0004 Starting at Daniel 9:25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(BN) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[f](BO) the ruler,(BP) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(BQ) 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(BR) and will have nothing.[g] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(BS) War will continue until the end, and desolations(BT) have been decreed.(BU) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’[i] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[j] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed(BV) is poured out on him.[k]”[l]
Pastor Cliffe Knechtle, Thank You, Your campus ministry have being a tremendous blessings to my understanding of GOD rationally and depth in the Spirit. Thank You Sir!!!
I love brother Cliff's willingness and graciousness in clearing up any confusion. The young man had probably looked at other religions and may have been a seeker, but something happens when God convicts us of sin. And that seemed to be the precise moment he reacted by taking offense, rather than taking to heart the message of the gospel.
Thanks to God in Jesus Christ name through the Holy Spirit that there are great true preachers that are preaching to people the word of the ALMIGHTY FATHER
I hope they feel the joy from the TRINITY amen hallelujah
I have been watching so many of these videos now and I can’t get enough! Cliffe has helped me understand Christ and the scriptures a lot more
You should ask him how that OMNISCIENT GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT doesn't know the day or hour and omniscient God the Son doesn't know the day or hour. You people need to smoke more bowls, your all deceived nut cases.😢🎉😂❤
Thanks for posting Brother Cliffe God bless you and your ministry and goals in Jesus name amen 🙏
😂😂 at 11:47 the guy in the grey shirt is like "here we go".
Hell yeah, i felt the same😂😂😂
Looks like Freddie Mercury
Lol
Hahaha and how great is his moustache.
Love that guy. Intent listener
Hello AskCliffe. I believe a more direct answer to the gentleman's question of; "Where in the Bible do we have a verse that couldn't possible, on any level have been conceived of my a mortal mind of a patriarchal, pastoral society from the iron-age level that we know that this originated from?" (11:18) would be to refer to a couple passages in the Old Testament. First, Proverbs 6:6-8: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." It would not be for thousands of years that humans would discover that ant colonies are made up of females. Second, Job 38:31-32: "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?" We had no idea that the stars that make up the Peides are gravitationaly bound until recently. We also did not know that the three stars in the belt of Orion were moving away from each other until thousands of years after these verses were written. While Mazzaroth is still an unknown to us today, Acturus is a star that is moving very quickly in a way that is yet to be understood. Also, we had no idea it was dragging thousands of other objects with it until recently.
These are all things that God mentioned thousands of years ago well before any of the subjects were even remotely well understood by "patriarchal, pastoral, iron-age Judea." I believe your answer was good and true, however, as it did not go to the face value of his question, I feel the deeper truth you were trying to relay will fall upon deaf ears. Thomas, this gentleman and myself are all looking for something we can touch. Thomas found it on the very body of the Living Christ. I found it in Psalms 19:1 "... The heavens declare his Glory and the firmament shewth his handywork." This young man was looking for it in prophetic, scientific declarations. To have his wandering mind stilled, his questions must be answered on face value. The deeper truths he will ask later can be answered later.
I love your work, please keep it up and keep sharing!
Very good response. I hope the thinking young man asking this question will reviewed this site for reflection and reevaluation. To note, the correct stars spelling is, Arcturus-should there be further interest for study.
He could also have used Job 26 verse 7.
“Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:” -Isaiah 42:5
“Stretch” meaning an expanding universe not that it was just created but had a beginning
"It would not be for thousands of years that humans would discover that ant colonies are made up of females."
Haha dude, all Hebrew nouns have either a male or female gender. Female nouns typically end with the letter "He", and since "nemalah" ends with a "He", then the noun itself is female. So when it talks about "ants", of course it gets a female pronoun, because it's a female noun. Has nothing to do with miracles, lol. I mean no real disrespect, but I found that quite funny.
"We had no idea that the stars that make up the Peides are gravitationaly bound until recently."
"Can you tie the chains of the Pleiades" refers to the seven stars of "The Pleiades", which can be seen by the naked eye. It's been known since 1600 B.C., and many cultures have names for it. You're reading way too much in the text, while it's apparent meaning is that the people back then believed it to be a particularly cold part of the sky, and unchaining these stars would release the cold and destroy the earth. This is what you actually find in the old commentaries of the Jews (see Rashi's exegesis).
"We also did not know that the three stars in the belt of Orion were moving away from each other until thousands of years after these verses were written."
How does the expression "can you loose the straps of Orion" imply that these stars are moving away from each other? It has a similar meaning to the one before, and they're connected. Rashi wrote: "to bring out its heat, to mitigate the cold of the Pleiades". Straps and chains are obviously used as imagery here. It's like how people draw lines between stars in constellations to create some kinf of an image. And these stars can all be seen joined together, and they don't separate, so in their eyes, from a literary point of view, they were bound together. The text is asking the reader if they have the power to keep those distant stars in formation or if they can cause them to break apart. The point being that it's God Who's holding them together in the way they appear to the observer. Chains and straps don't describe gravity; they describe the objectively verifiable observation that those clusters of stars are always seen together in the same way. We now know that gravitational pulls keep them in formation like that, but you're retro-fitting a modern day understanding into an ancient text. I understand why you would want to do that, but it isn't very convincing. I'm not saying that such miraculous descriptions cannot be found in Biblical passages, but the ones you're mentioning here can be easily explained in a more down-to-earth manner.
"While Mazzaroth is still an unknown to us"
Means "all other constellations", according to Rashi.
"Acturus is a star"
Bible doesn't say Arcturus though. The text mentions Ayish, which according to Rashi is: "The largest star in the Pleiades, to which many stars are attached."
"These are all things that God mentioned thousands of years ago well before any of the subjects were even remotely well understood"
Yeah not really though. Just your imagination running wild.
@@XaeeD Thank you for the reply and perspective. I did find out later that Mazzaroth quite literally means the constellations, but thank you for that info. As for the female noun for the word ant, this is interesting. The word "way", "derek" as used in the verse, is masculine, but the pronoun "her" was added due to the previous noun being female. Do you know of other examples where objects were given female nouns? Not arguing, just trying to learn more.
As far as the stellar verses go, it doesn't matter how long it has been know or if any other culture named it. I made no claim on those concepts. The verse is claiming to be God asking Job if Job can perform certain tasks. The verses need to be read within the context of the conversation. Imagine a conversation between a weak man and strong man. The weak man is talking to the strong "man" and asking him why he is doing some thing. The strong man replies by asking if the weaker man if he can perform the same tasks the stronger man has already accomplished. When a strong man asks, "Can you wrestle an alligator?", it implies the strong man can. The strong man is saying when you can do this thing, you'll understand why I am doing other things. The same goes here when God asked Job "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?" There is an implied, "Because I can!" or even an, "I did." The verb used to describe their 'grouping' is qāšar. It literally means, "to tie together". God is asking, "Can you tie these stars together?" This is paired in the same verse with, "or loose the bands of Orion?" Don't belts go, "on" and not off? Shouldn't God have said this in the opposite way? "Canst thou scatter the seven sisters, or tighten Orion's belt?" You say I am reading into it, but I say you are taking away from the plain reading of it. Job is questioning God's legitimacy on bringing forth the pain and suffering he has endured. As an answer God is telling Job that once he can understand the mysteries of the universe and is powerful enough to make them so, then Job will understand the complexities of God's ways. We see groups of stars that are close to each other, but are not bound together and other groups are not. You want to claim I am adding to the text, but God picked specific stars and made claims about their relationships, some are bound and some are not. I am saying this was not known by humans to be the truth until millennia later. It is plainly in the text to be read by all.
Maybe my understanding of the nouns/pronouns used in the Proverbs passage was faulty; it's possible .. probable even, but no one knew the Pleiades were "tied" together and no one knew the stars of Orion's belt were moving apart. God did, and God commanded it to be written.
24:19 - excellent point about WHY do we WORRY! I have all my respect for this channel❤
Excellent points cliffe. We love you brother! Keep fighting the good fight! Keep showing them love and the power of the Holy Spirit my friend!
I'm glad i came across these videos! These teachings offer great clarity, that truth, love, and God will save the world. I wish there were more pastors that are willing to do these type of discussions, then perhaps i would've known about it sooner.
I really needed to hear what you said in the last few minutes. Thank you.. 🙏🏻
You should ask him how the OMNISCIENT GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT doesn't know the day or hour. That is impossible and the Trinity is dog doo...
How can omniscient God the Son not know the day or hour so Jesus is part time omniscient and not omniscient. Your in for a rude awakening brother.😂❤🎉
Cliff is amazing at presenting the truth of the Gospel.
God's wisdom given when asked for is so different than a person understanding their own ways.
I really commend that young Muslim woman in the beginning. She may not be an Islamic scholar or debater, but it certainly took a lot of courage to seek answers in such a public open forum. Her questions were thoughtful, and she was very respectful. Maybe a little naive, but definitely thinking about and questioning the right things. Kudos to her. I pray that the Lord would fully reveal Himself to her, and that she would find herself placing her faith in Christ Jesus in spirit and truth.
Hi Cliffe...God Bless you and your ministry..Thank you so much for what you do...Inspired
Great pastor. I Love watching these videos they are very informative, and I am a Christian and his responses are useful to me.
I believe prophecies coming to pass are a good way to show they are inspired it's not proof but it's evidence
Yeah I disagree with Cliffe on that point. You could even point to the internal consistency as well as fulfilled prophecy. I don't see anything wrong with showing that the Bible is the word of God. William Lane Craig and a few other evidentialists use this minimalist approach where showing that the Bible is innerrant and the word of God is something that comes later on once a person has been converted.
I was thinking the same thing. Yes prophecies of the future are the strongest evidence that the Bible is the word of God. Over 330 plus of Jesus alone. Not counting all the other ones.
Some have done the math of the probability of a few prophecies coming true. And its mindblowing.
No other Book in existence has done anywhere close to what the Bible has predicted.
I think Cliffe's point is that someone can come to believe in Christ without assuming or believing that the Bible is divine/the word of God. You can look at the historical accounts of Jesus and look at them as historical facts and still put your faith in Jesus. I agree with all of that. However I disagree in minimalist/mere Christianity approach.
Yeah i know what Cliff's approach is here with students who cant think deeply for themselves. And i think its the best approach.
Agreed. Historicity is one thing, but to say it's God's word is another and prophecy after prophecy fulfilled is an excellent evidence for Biblical Inspiration...proof, no but show me proof Julius Ceaser fought in Gaul. You show me evidence but not proof.
Pastor Cliff, thank you.
Thank you Cliffe. Love your hard work. Thanks for letting Him drive you. Have a blessed new year! Cheers from Europe!
Best pastor ever. So true and honest
That last part was good, talking about sin. They need to hear that more.
or less.
@@giantreaveraloadae8229MORE.
15:02 “If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.”
Thank you love this show God bless you
GOD bless you Pastor Cliffe! Keep up the good work
I'm learning so much from your work Cliffe~ Thank you and happy new year!
Happy new year to you as well.
May God bless these young people with his Holy Spirit, patience and gentleness
The right time of the 🔔-s when she was talking for The Lord Jesus Christ.
Alleluia
Praise Jesus Christ our Lord ✝️✝️✝️
a like this guy, he knows his stuff
You could know some stuff ....and think that you know some stuff....
Amazing display of the Gospel!!
Amazing answers from u Pastor Cliffe. Thank u for answering the questions precisely. Accurately. From Durban SA.
@@markramlucken8502 From Joburg East Rand, let's be inspired to fearlessly share the gosbel and bring down the false arguments with love and gentleness and to ask the Holy Ghost to guide us in every step of the way fellow brethren in Christ
Cliffe is smart he's been social distancing from day one!
You're talk about joy at the end etc....thankyou so much.. exactly what I needed to hear!
I don’t know if Cliffe was just trying to avoid confrontations with the first muslim lady or he was PC influenced because it was just soo easy to destroy her ideas.
Her first question was from John 16:13.
Just going back above to John 14:17, Jesus talked very clearly who that spirit is “the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and He will be in you”.
“We can’t see the spirit and it abides with us for ever”. I don’t see how the dead and paedophile Mohammed falls in the context of invisibility and immortality as specified in the verse.
Her second question was from Deuteronomy 18:15.
“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him”.
God was actually talking here to Moses. If for any minute any Muslim thinks this is about Mohammed, then they are just self destroying. If this is true, then Mohammed was a Jew and from Israel. Can they really stand this?
LOL.. True facts. God bless you.
Deuteronomy also says that prophet will have signs and wonders. Muhammad did not come with signs and wonders.
Very good saying my pastor. The bible is not words of God but is where we can find the living words of God.
"RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT."
I Thank God for you!
I have no respect for lying religions, but I can respect anyone as a person. Jesus IS the ONLY TRUTH!
Amazing wisdom. You are truly doing what God called you to do in life.
Amen 🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺
All the way from vanuatu🔥😇🙏
Love the message and debate.
Thank you.
Yoooooooo I can't stand when these kids say "I haven't read....." then starts arguing (mute) points SMH, Cliffe is igloo cool
Yeti cool too.
True. Makes me want to study more on my own.
Thanks Cliffe for your answers. I love it. Amen.
Sin is the key that we refuse to accept the perfect truth, Amen !
Great you are, Cliff.
These “debates” reminds me of when apostle Paul went up to Mars hill in Athens and saw all those people there. He called them superstitious, how they always went up there to hear “some new thing”
Funny thing is the early church didnt go around debating carnal people ... they demonstrated POWER , as they Preached Jesus signs and wonders followed they did what Jesus did not going and debating... Just don’t understand why christians today rely on their intellect rather than the power of God , the Holy Spirit
@@jayway3926 I think it’s because today unfortunately non believers are far more educated and believe in far more dangerous and powerful lies than they used to.
@@darkeen42 Ah, you haven't read the Bible, I see. Simply because people have misused and abused the Bible and Christianity to cause evil does not mean that the actual Bible, and certainly not Jesus Christ are also evil. The Bible has not been and never will be disproved despite what you and other may think. I encourage you to become more open minded and respectful of people and their beliefs, even if you do not believe in them.
@@darkeen42 Like I said, you clearly have not read the Bible nor have you actually studied it and what it actually says. Please stop correctly assuming things and pointing fingers at things which are not there.
Thank you for all you do. May God bless you, your family and ministry.
11:45 lol I love how he get down to a lower level to let the other person know you're not at my level lol his body language is hilarious
I keep waiting for him to bust out into some dance moves.
It appears he has an aching back.
This is one of the best arguments from both sides that I have listened to.
if you find yourself floating on a rock in space...the ONLY rock in space with life, it might be time to say hello to the God who blessed you with life.
@@ultrastar23 Really??? Where do you live??? I feel like this message comes from someone from 2000 years ago that lives in a tree...also the Bible was written around that time...if everything in the Bible is true that chapter 21 Exodus where it says slavery is ok it’s true?
This was incredible. Your point about the Old Testament was SO ON POINT
11:47 that guys with a mustache smile cuz he knows Cliffe was about to go serious on this kid. haha
Thank you for you work and time from Ireland 🇮🇪 God bless you 🍀
Jesus said In seeing ME, your seeing the FATHER, I and the FATHER are ONE. They all understood, even the religious people wanted to stone HIM because JESUS was claiming to be equal to GOD!
I love this guy... Father please give me the ability to communicate like this 🙏
we can proved the Bible is the words of God because the prophecy going fullfiled!
And the effect it has on people the bible says it's written by God using men it is a holy book set apart from all others
Exactly. Keeping in mind that the old testament and new testament are 100 years apart and jesus fullfils prophecies from the old testament prove that the bible is the word of god
What prophecies? When??
@@echoe4806 well what prophecy would you like to know ?
You can't prove not we sir.
Your plan is the best❤🙏
wow!!!! loved the way he handled that kid at the end when he owned the miscommunication...
@Guy Meister smh...
Sir thank you and praise God you elected you and Jesus who loves you and Holy spirit that strengthens you .
Muhammad contradicted everything God has ever taught, in the old and new testaments.
You mean contracted what some guy wrote about what a god said before the next guy who wrote a holy book? LOL How stupid is this crap...
@@Arminius420 You're living according to your soulish side, not the spirit. You're being blinded by Satan who is able to blind the minds of those who don't believe the gospel of Jesus Christ.
@@davidhess1019Satan is just an excuse not to take responsibility for your own actions. What I do is my own free will based on logic and reason. I live my life based on evidence NOT blind belief. Its you who is blinded by the primitive ideology that these angels and demons exist when we have literally zero evidence for any of this stuff.
@@Arminius420 Wrong. You have faith when you fly because you trust the pilots. You have faith in doctors when you follow their orders. You have faith when you ride an elevator. Satan blinds the mind to truth.
@@Arminius420 the issue with living your life based on "evidence" then you're subjected to the interpretation of said evidence. I have found in today's world it is nearly impossible to find a universal piece of "evidence"...
I neede this today. I will include you in my prayers. What a great ministry!
The bible supports that Jesus is God
not just on few verses but in who Jesus is.
The Bible IS the word of God. If it wasnt it would be flawed and self destroying.
Yet it remains logical, righteous definitive, and historically true.
Hey Bearded guy - ask my ex and kids - man I’m the worst but trying to be better everyday for the Lord - love you guys - hope your accomplishments And struggles improves you to glorify Him.
i love your videos but i was dissapointed with the conversation you had with the girl, you should check out sye ten bruggencate and david wood.
He doesn't quote scripture enough, and that's what the Spirit uses to draw poor sinners, not just philosophical arguments.
Thank you Cliffe and have a great New Year. JK in UK.
Jesus was clearly talking about The Holy Spirit. Not Muhammad.
Thank you for those conversation at those school. To make youth think and express their concern
This woman keeps jumping from argument to argument and then you explain to her and then she brings another argument into it. This tells me she's not listening.
Exactly
Thanks you so much, for broaden my knowledge about the life and goodness of God.
John 14:1-14 is one of the best to show Muslims Jesus clearly says he’s in fact the father
I never thought of worry as a control issue. Thank you again.
I have the Utmost respect for Muhammed? lol that was funny cliffe :)
Yeah, not sure what he meant by that. Didn't Muhammed marry 12 year old girls and encourage violence and other jacked up stuff, along with some false teachings? How can you respect someone who has done all of that?
Apologia5 He Married a 6 year old girl and had sex with her at 9 years of age.
Yeah man, I agree.
Apologia5 Read your Bible man, Wanna go to heaven ? repent of your sins and be born again Jesus says. Live for Jesus and share the Gospel. God loves us. Have a great night.
Mohamed admitted to being a false prophet and deserving of having his Aorta cut.
Thank you so much.
I wish he'd preach more about hell fire.
In the beginning was the WORD......Jesus is the WORD made flesh and He dwelt among us and we witnessed his glory.....Agree a major reason why people do not find God is because they are running away from God......TRUE ABSOLUTELY AMEN Thank You Cliff.....God Bless you for speaking TRUTH of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
surely the Torah codes are evidence for supernatural inspiration
torah codes is a lie that wont die. i read a good article that applied the supernatural algorithms to Moby Dick. users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/codes/moby.html
Amen in Jesus Christ name, Praise God✝️🫶🏼🙏🏼
Wow that last message about worry really gave me hope about tomorrow
“Jesus’ Jam Job” needs to be a ride at the first Christian amusement park. God bless you Cliff!
God today has revealed Himself in all these millions of words to anyone humble enough to read them so that they will realize beyond a shadow of a doubt that these words are indeed words that only God Himself could speak.
God bless you cliffe!
Awesome response.
At 9:08 love the discussion and questions great convo! Something worth noting though is that the Quran claims Jesus never died at all, He was not crucified but instead was risen up to God alive, going against all the evidence that proves Jesus’ existence, crucifixion, and resurrection
Thanks for this!
Incredible question!
I would like to meet you someday Pastor Cliffe
Mr Cliffe went about that first question beautifully
Thankyou❤
Blessed are those who preach the truth that is in the Gospel of Christ because this is the only one true teaching of God. Men of God moved and breathed by the Holy Spirit to write the Bible from the inspiration and mind of God that is why when you read the Bible it looks as though it is speaking to you as if judging your thoughts because the Word that comes from God's revelation is Spirit and they are life (John 6:63)