Where Does the Bible Say "Pray to Mary?"
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- Опубліковано 29 гру 2022
- This question is often leveled at Catholics and Orthodox Christians by those who feel that the practice of asking the saints for intercessory prayer is not biblical. In this video, former protestant pastor and Catholic convert Keith Nester explores this topic and makes the case that this practice is indeed biblical.
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“As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:27-28
He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:27-28
Mary as the first Person To say Yes to Gods plan for redemption
Mary Was the First person to say thy will Be done
Mary thru who the WORD was made Flesh😁😁
@@bibleman8010 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” Matthew 20:16
@@bibleman8010 but Mary was not immaculate, not a perpetual virgin, not assumed, not a queen of heaven, and not the mother of God.
True. Mary was a fellow sister in Christ, nothing more, nothing less. She would be horrified knowing the unreal status of an idol that has been foisted upon her.
Mary heard the word of God and obeyed, didn't she?
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God Bless you Brother
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You just got a mix up absurd.
We have scripture and tradition.
The Gospel is what we know jesus taught.
Traditions are what communities look around and fabricate what they think is helpful to practice their faith.
All these
Beautify saints
Pray for the dead
Pray through saints and blessed Mary
Celibacy
Xmas
Easter
Sunday worship
Pope is head of church
Pope infallible
Statutes of blessed Mary
Many others
TRADITIONS OF MEN.
WE MAY DIFFER ON THAT BUT
WVO MESSIAH IS
HIS MISSION
HIS FUTURE WORK
is clear and we move forward.
@@carefullychristian8657
LOL 😆
OKAY, hurry up or you’ll be late for your “tradition” of Wednesday church service/Bible study.
May God continue to bless you abundantly ❤️🙏
1 John 2:1: “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
You typed this comment not in a misinterpreted way, right? I hope not.
So mother Mary can pray with you to Jesus to advocate for you!!
@@Blake-st6ri Man does not need an advocate between himself and Jesus, study Hebrews.
Wow, very clever video. Thank you for this Keith. May the Holy Spirit keep enlightening you and us all I pray.
For all of the Protestants, do you even know that your boy Luther had a profound devotion to Our Lady?
Shhh. Don't tell them :)
As a Protestant I had no idea about Luther. I was just constantly told that we shouldn’t pray to Mary like the Catholics. My point is that they may not even recognize the history of their denomination and what beliefs the early church held….after much research and prayers, I was received into the church this past Easter.
@@MelaniesManicures congratulations!
and he also believed in Christ being present in the Holy Eucharist
@@56Tyskie I think people would be pretty surprised with some of the things the Reformers believed.
"...pray to your Father, who is UNSEEN."
- Matthew 6:6
Yes and prayer is worship, and necromancy is a sin. This guy doesn't have answers I hope people read their Bible king James preferably, because many people do not know the word.
Thank u .....
@@YayHahvsj are you saying that all Catholics are evil and going to hell?? The Bible says he1 John 5:12 KJV
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. For 1600 years Catholicism was mainstream Christianity and God has used the church in numerous ways throughout the years including Stopping Roe Vs Wade. I didn't see ANY BODY else fighting for the unborn. The Bible says you know a tree by the fruit it bears Matthew 7:16 -20. Lol
@@YayHahvsj. Waaagh! 🍼
@@TheHolySpirit777 Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ESV
There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer [11] or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, [12] for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out before you.
“or one who inquires of the dead,”
Not evil, but perhaps an abomination???
I’m Protestant. I pray the Rosary and found it effective to keep from sin.
Some protestants may do that but not Christians as it is a Satanic thing, not the word of God.
That's awesome. I like that a lot. And don't worry, I don't think Jesus will be angry with you for asking His mom to pray for you, whether she can hear you or not. If it keeps you from sinning or it's therapeutic, I think it's great 👍
@@dannyfantastico so is that the reason they prayed to a Golden calf. That didn't end well either
@sammygomes7381 One is a cow, the other is Jesus' mother. The cow was worshipped. We ask Mary to pray to Jesus for us, "...pray for us sinners..." It's not difficult to understand unless you're slow 😄
@@dannyfantastico The Golden calf could not hear or speak sounds a lot like what happens to us when we are buried. If you want to test this theory, go to the local morgue and ask one of those people lying on the slab to pray for you and let me know their answer. While you're at it, explain to God why you are requesting the dead to pray for you when Christ not only taught us how to pray to the Father but died on the cross so you had direct contact with the Father. It's not too difficult to understand if you are indeed born again and follow Christ, not Mary.
Love the attitude towards people who are trying to learn
God is using you mightily, I am a cradle catholic but would not be able to answer this so convincingly and effectively. Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥️
God bless you my friend. Thank you for the kind words.
@@KeithNester
@@KeithNester Hi Keith ! I am wondering if you would like to consider inviting this lady "Merely Christian" on UA-cam on your show. She is a Protestant but has completed Mike Mike Schmitz's bible in a year and she is now into Day 5 of Fr Mike's Catechism in a year. She is very Catholic friendly and appears to be a female version of Cameron Bertuzzi. Below is her link. I thought it might be an interesting topic. Ascension Present has featured her in their promotional material for The Catechism in a Year.
I will paste her link in a second message cos YT seems to have deleted my earlier message.
I am Catholic and the Rosary is Mentioning Jesus with his mother . We meditate his life from the day Jesus was born until his crucifixion.
His love for the people the salvation of sins.
Ask also why so many people talk bad about Catholics instead .
Pray ask, seek and knock. In Jesus name.
When we pray we are at peace it may be the only time we please God.
Read the scriptures. Go to the Catholic church we all know its not perfect. God is perfect.
His law is to love him and love the peole..
Love definition is in Corinthians. Kindness, patient, truth.
Before you pray God already know whats in your heart. Even Jesus Christ prayed the Our father . This part of the Rosary it the summary of Jesus Christ life.
That we may imitate him Jesus Christ and obtain his promise.
>>>>He just spewed out roman catholic pagan stupidity. Based completely off of things that were general disproved when they were first ignorantly used. Here are examples of romish pagans making their goddess their EXCLUSIVE savior.
"Answer, then, O Sacred Virgin! Why do you delay the salvation of the world, which depends upon your consent?"
St. Augustine
"O salvation of all who call upon thee, save me!" St. Bonaventure
"Pure and Immaculate Virgin, save me and deliver me from eternal damnation." St. John Damascene
NOTE THESE WERE PRAYERS TO HER, AKA WORSHIP, FOR SALAVTION
I love how your channel content is heavy on apologetic material. You’re helping out a lot of Catholics with your videos, including me. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
James 5:16 , Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed, scripture is speaking to people who are alive to pray for each other not praying to dead people, our father is the prayer that christ jesus gave us , Matthew 6:9 , one mediator 1 Timothy 2: 5, one advocate 1 John: 1. The Godhead alone is omniscient, only God can hear prayers, any prayer directed to anyone but God, is prayers to idols , as for revelation 12, it's not mary its Israel, mary of Catholicism is not mary of scripture, God's word, mary was a sinner like all mankind, Roman 3:23, mary died like us all because of sin , Roman's 6 : 23 , jesus never elevated mary, that's man made teachings, she is the mother of jesus, not God who is eternal, all blasphemous teachings against the one true God, christ is the only mediator, the only way to the Father , the sinless lamb of God, only one who could do what no one through history could do was to live a sinless life and give his life as a ransom to the Father for sinners, catholic teachings do not line up with scripture, so only one can be right God's infallible and inerrant word stands alone as truth .
@@garyholian3552 I’ll pray a rosary for your conversion so that you don’t burn in the eternal fires of hell. God have mercy on your soul
Don't need your prayers thanks, I have christ jesus the only mediator I need , scripture based not man made, I pray that you see the true gospel of christ jesus and not a false gospel of Catholicism, we are saved by grace alone through faith alone in christ jesus alone, salvation is in jesus not in a false religion,
@@garyholian3552 I see you’ve made an idol of Martin Luther, I’m so sorry that Satan has deceived you and separated you from Christ’s one true Catholic Church. I’ll pray for your conversion and that you repent and come into full communion with Christ’s church so that you may fulfill His will perfectly as He intended, in His one true church. God have mercy on your un-nourished soul. I recommend you watch more of Keith’s content and Catholic Answers. God Bless you and God help you
I pray for Mary’s intercession every day and she is always ready to help me. She has never let me down.
@jjohnny424 like your comments God bless you
It was our Blessed Mother who brought me back to God. I had 3 encounters with her and the last one was very clear to me. 🙏
Can you share those encounters please? I’m a relatively new Catholic convert and I am interested in hearing your experience.
Hey Melanie, of course I will do. A bit of background, I was raised Catholic and during my teen years, I really moved away from my believes. Life seemed fine and went on to college and grad school. During grad school, I met my, now wife, who is a devoted catholic. I even said to her to not expect me to go to church with her. Obviously, since I love her so much, I would go with her to Church almost every Sunday, but I was just sitting there, not really immersed in Mass. Fast forward a few years, during the pandemic, my wife asked me to pray the Rosary everyday to consagrate our new born with the immaculate heart of Mary. During the prayer, my 2 month old daughter started laughing and I started smelling flowers. It was beautiful. That was my first encountered but I didn’t make much of it. A year after, we were praying the Rosary again because my wife wanted me to. We put some flowers in Holy Water and prayed. I went to sleep and I dreamed of the Virgin Mary. She said to me: don’t worry Diego, all will be okay. The day after, I had scheduled a follow up upper endoscopy just to make sure I didn’t have any pre-cancerous condition from my severe acid reflux. The endoscopy came clean and I just couldn’t believe it. Like if nothing happened. I called the doctor to tell her that the results were a mistake, and she said no that it was what she had seen. I was perplexed. At this point, I started believing a bit more again. The last encounter happened just 2 weeks after when my wife and I went to Mexico City. We went to the Basicila of Guadalupe and when I saw the Virgin’s image, it felt like she told me: Diego, you’ve been looking for answers for many years now and nothing has worked. Go back to the Lord as He is the answer to all your problems. I must say that my marriage has been difficult mostly because of our families and I was falling in depression because I just didn’t know what else to try. This time, I heard the Virgin and actually did what she said to me. I started praying more. I grabbed the Bible and started reading more. My life has changed a lot since then. If it wasn’t for our blessed mother, I’d just be another sheep stray. But she brought me back to the Lord and I can say that things have improved in my life. When things don’t go my way, I don’t blame the Lord anymore but my own free will since that’s when issues start happening.
Mary's been in a grave for close to 2000 years so I am wondering what you saw.
@@sammygomes7381 can you tell me where her grave is
@@diegoavellanedamatteo9090 That’s beautiful 💗 Thank you for sharing! I have seen miracles in my life from praying the rosary and I enjoy hearing about these experiences and encounters like yours.
Thank you Brother Keith for your videos.
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year to you and your family!
Thank you! Merry Christmas
Thank you so much for this video Keith!
I am a small channel and a recent convert... I speak the truths that were revealed to me about the Catholic Church.
Praise God for people like you who continue to speak the truth.
You're so right! Ever since starting my channel, all i hear is "where does the bible say?"
Most dont want to hear you out, but want to argue instead.
It is always a breathe of fresh air for those who say thank you, because like them... i was once lost too and it was channels like yours that helped me see the truth.
Keep up the great work! God bless! 🙏
Well said brother Keith, God bless you and family🙏🏻
Very well said Keith.God bless you.Prayers from Sri Lanka.
Thank you Keith. Keeping you and your family in my prayers.
Thank you for this Keith. I share it with everyone I can.
I love the way you take scripture and insert your own meanings into it to fit the narrative!
Thank you Keith, Great job, God bless you and your family in the New Year, Thank you for becoming Catholic, Love my faith.
thnx again keith for this wonderful video...God bless u always and ur entire family..Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...Proud Catholic from Philippines..
I'm staying with worshipping Jesus, no one else can help you or save you.
It’s statements like that that show you think we worship Mary, you aren’t in religion for God and are CERTAINLY going to hell.
Correct ✅
Simple. They just don’t know how to defend their beliefs. They feel they’re being attacked when we ask them about their unbiblical beliefs
@@funvick2018says the Protestant pointing the finger at non existent garbage for 500 years while pushing your unbiblical sola scriptura and prosperity gospel or whatever other man made abomination that resulted in 45,000 different and conflicting denominations of Protestantism. You’ve been fed lies for generations and base your identity on what you are against. Thankfully, the vast majority of the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world focus on Jesus and are blissfully unaware of the satanic lies you are so easily deceived and consumed by.
@@funvick2018 Don't u get it, we don't worship Mary!!!!!!!! Also we Catholics believe that saints who are already in heaven can intercede for us before God, Mary is Saint.
Thank you for the clarification/explanations!
You might want to search the scriptures.
Keith i could listen to you every day. Keeping it up my friend
Keith hits it right again. Praise our Lord Jesus Christ for our blessed mother who without her would not have been brought forth through the power of the holy spirit through her consent. The saints who are our role models for living because they lived life in the light of Jesus extremely for love of Him.
Thank you so much Monica
@@KeithNester God bless you. You remain in my prayer for the work you do for our Lord in this day and age. I consider you a Saint Paul in our day. 🙏📿❤️
@@monicabermea7652 Oh wow that is very kind of you to say
@@KeithNester thank you Keith I'm going to use your videos to try and reach a couple of born again friends
@@mariemiller8740 Poor lost born again people. Lets get them to pray to dead humans.
Keith, your videos are ALWAYS AWESOME!! You always hit the nail right on the head!!! God has most definitely given you a great gift in spreading His Word in a remarkable way with POWER and CONVICTION!!! God Bless, and keep 'em coming!!
We ask Mary for intercession, not for the miracle. Jesus’s first miracle came through because his mother asked him to perform it. He’ll do anything his mother asks him.
Mary cannot be an intercession for anyone. No miracle nothing. We serve and pray to only the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
Wow ! Just came across this. Brother Keith you were on fire here...and a little "snarky". Love it.
I particularly like the questions you started with. Take that all you who hold to Sola Scriptura.
Thanks for this !
I'm sad for protestants who were not told of the truths of the Catholic faith, sadder for those who say they know better.
My friend don't be sad for them because if they are saved they have a passport to heaven. You may have the truth of the Catholic church but most of them have the truth of God
I grew up Catholic. I was confirmed. Later on in life I was saved and studied the Word of God on my own. I have a Catholic Bible, I appreciate the Catholic canon for the extra books it has such as the wonderful Book of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus. I do not embrace their church or heretical teachings. Calling a man Holy Father goes directly against what Jesus Christ taught. Do not pray using vain repetitions. These teachings are taught in the Sermon on the Mount. Praying to statues is idolatry, graven images as the Bible calls it.
"And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." - Luke 11:27-28
Someone says to Jesus that Mary is blessed and he immediately corrects them and says blessed instead are those who keep the Word of God.
"And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?" - Luke 2:48-49
Mary says Joseph and her have been looking for Him and he immediately corrects her and says the God is His Father and not Joseph.
Anyway I hope you pursue biblical truth, and no matter where you go please make sure you compare your preacher's teachings with what is in the Word of God. God bless you 🙏
Hey mate :) Does the Catholic Church teach, that praying to statues is okay?
Jesus himself prayed in the garden of Getsemania 3x the same words. This was not vain repetition. So why would praying things repeatedly (like for a example the rosary) be vain.
As for Luke 11: Jesus says that those are blessed who keep his word. Mary kept always his word. That is why she is blessed (and not (only) because she is his mother.
Paul calls Abraham in Romans Chapter 6 his father several times. So it seems to me that the verses you are referring to have a slight different meaning, haven’t they?
I pray that Jesus will use this wonderful and honest video from Keith as a tool to bring our brethren home ✝️🙏🏻😌🤍
Thank you Colette.
Yes this video I will show people when they ask why to pray to Mary.
What honesty?
@@sammygomes7381 poor Sammy everybody knows he is ignorant
@@lois2997 thank you for your kind words. I can feel the love of Christ oozing out of you.
Thanks for your video bro. Love your explanation. I m watching from North Borneo. God bless.😊
But Jesus replied to the one who was telling Him and said, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” And extending His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold: My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother" [Matthew 12:48-50].
Thank you Keith bro your an amazing man of God... Keep strong.. much love and respect....God bless you
As a protestant coming into The Catholic Church, the idea of asking Mary to pray for me seemed very odd. After I prayed The Rosary a few times, I began to feel what better human person to have intercede for me ,to Our Lord, than His mother?!! The Communion of Saints became such a wonderful thing... a spiritual connection between myself and Mary and all of the Apostles and Saints back to the beginning of The Church along with our Lord Jesus , The Heavenly Father and The Holy Spirit. We can become "One", one Holy Family as Jesus prayed in the Scriptures. Thanks Be to God!
ambu. Look to attend the Latin Mass. This is the marker for orthodoxy.
@@Markt.400I am sure that the members of your church pray over and for each other. The pure Saints in Heaven pray for us to The Father and Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. Join our Holy Society.
@@Markt.400 " In John 2 we read about the influence Mary has over Jesus. The setting is this: Jesus did not want to interfere in the wedding at Cana. But Mary asked Jesus and he did what his mother wanted.
"On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” Jesus replied, “Woman, why do you involve me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water” They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine."
CONCLUSION: Jesus listens to his mother Mary and does what she wants. Wasn't it Jesus who said: "Honor your father and your mother?" Do you think Jesus honors his mother?
@@Markt.400 *Blessed* Mary (Luke 1:50)
@@Markt.400 don’t tell us what to do Luther follower, you don’t follow Christ you follow a rogue priest
No man cometh under the father but through me that’s what Jesus quoted
Jesus was also quoted that He gave His mom to us through the apostle John.
@@aliszhinchaenz no he did not, he gave her to their care. nothing more, nothing less.
@@endofdays7708 I was once a satanist and I would be happy for people like you because we both hate Mary and we both espoused the destruction of the Catholic Church.
@@aliszhinchaenz Why would Jesus give us His mother? We don't get to heaven through another sinner, we get there through the blood of Christ.
@@sammygomes7381 what's wrong with you? Perhaps you were raised without a mother and you don't know how it feels like to have a mother. Jesus gave us His mother so we can have motherly love. Who told you she was a sinner? Why would the Son of God be birthed through a sinner? Are you limiting the power of God? Didn't Jesus told you that through these rocks, God can create a true Israelite? Who are you to limit the power of God in creating one sinless woman to become the ark of the New Covenant?
Great explanation, Keith. I returned to Holy Mother Church after 17 years in Bornagainistan. When I returned, Jesus gave me a mother, his own mother. I am now on Team Jesus & Mary. Thank you for creating this video.
Amen
YOU: Jesus gave me a mother, his own mother.
*ME: Please show the verse in the NT written by the guys that KNEW Mary, that says Jesus gave us his own mother.... NONE. Jesus makes it clear in Matthew 12:46-50 that Mary isn't even Jesus' mother in the Kingdom of GOD.* If you are going to suggest that John 19:25-27 are the verses, then I suggest you read verse 25 again -- *Did Jesus tell ALL of the believers at the foot of his cross that Mary was THEIR mother ?? No.* Jesus selected ONE believer out of the group of believers and told that ONE believer to take care of Mary (physical needs) as he would his own mother, and from that hour that ONE believer took Mary to his own personal physical home/property.
@@veritasmuy2407what about the Gospels the Protestants took out of the bible because it was about the Catholic Church. Or how Luther had a devotion to Mary
We know that there is no Bible passage, but Jesus had a mother, that is a fact. and why aren't we allowed to worship them now?? I did not get that correctly.
@@theRennie YOU: but Jesus had a mother, that is a fact. and why aren't we allowed to worship them now??
*ME: Because JESUS is your Savior -- your only Redeemer -- the only one that "redeemed/paid a ransom" for your Eternal Life* -- see Romans 5:12-21. *The Resurrected Jesus is GOD* -- see Rev 1:17-18, Hebr 1:8-13 -- *and can be worshiped as GOD -- John 20:28, etc.* Mary is nothing but another human creature that GOD used to bring about GOD's plan of Salvation for Mankind -- Mary was only chosen because she was a descendant of KING DAVID -- see Luke 1:32, John 7:42, Revelation 22:16.
*You are "worshiping/venerating" a mere female creature and elevating her to the level of GOD by giving her all of the attributes that belong to GOD/Messiah ALONE* -- sinless, immaculately conceived, redemptrix, mediator, Ark, leader to Christ, giver of grace, protector, crusher of Satan, etc -- *thus GOD has cursed the Roman hierarchy with rampant homosexuality for teaching these blasphemies -- see ROMANS 1:25-28.*
I have a question though: catholics say that they're not worshipping, just talking, asking for help, etc. . However, I have seen many also bow to the statue of Mary during those prayers. Like get on their, knees before a mary statue to say a whole rosary(even though repetative prayers are put down in the Bible). Yes, you may say that bowing is not worship, but when John bowed to the angel and when I think Peter was bowed too, why did they stop it immediately? Both the angel and Peter clearly said to stop because they are just servants of the Lord. Why is that considered different now? Wouldn't that still be worship since it's the same action?
Second, since prayer to saints is said to be talking/asking to the ones who aren't on earth anymore, why is it that Saul was punished for trying to talk to Samuel? (1 samuel 28). Yes, he used a medium, but he just wanted help from a godly, holy man, right? While we don't use mediums to pray to the saints, couldn't it be considered a form of self-mediumship since we are connecting, talking, and asking for help to a person who's no longer alive on earth? Yes, we're not actively summoning them physically but isn't that still technically the same thing? We can get dreams and manifestations of Mary, isn't that sort of like how mediums can hear what the "dead" are saying? It is a manifestation of some kind or another.
If you are bowing before someone as an act of worship and that is your intent, well then your intent is worship. If you are bowing as a sign of respect like people do before royalty and your intent is to demonstrate your respect for their appointment it's just that and physical display and nothing more. We are just demonstrating our respect for the appointment of Mary. Don't worry so much it can paralyze you. It's has done that to me before. It's not healthy. The rosary is just another tool or physical act to help make a spiritual difference. Mt wife has a vivid imagination and when she becomes angst or upset or overwhelmed by something she will recite the rosary to give her mind a positive healthy thing to do rather than let it go on a rampage. Don't over think this stuff too much. Ask your questions and accept the answers. I was previously protestant and there was so much fear and intimidation in the way to think. I like most people was wooed by the peace of the Mass, especially orthodoxy. Here's is what helped me...the fact is any congregation of any faith in the world is going to have fake believers in the pews and genuine, and it might even change moment to moment...what matters to God is what is in your heart.
@@andreijaremy5379Bro there is only one God and only one intermediater between human and God. Saints are just humans like us. There is no point in asking them for help
Well then there is no point in asking any of your brothers and sisters to help either....if Jesus doesn't need anyone or anything why did he recruit disciples. I used to think the same way, I grew up a conservative branch of pentecostal protestant....and that fact should tell you what kind of problems I have.😅 Needless to say I've spent a lot of time at church at least 2 or 3 times a week. But in my 30s I became a man, I did my formal studies and I understood (what is in your heart means.) I spent 5 years studying religious history and for myself I have concluded the place I want to worship is in the catholic mass. When I was younger it was in a church service and now it's in a liturgical mass. You might find 15 years from now you have realized some changes in your life too! Don't fear it.
@perunasolanum3014 You only had read the bible in part. The patriarchs bowed before Joseph. Solomon bowed before her queen mother, David bowed before King Saul. Bowing is not always worship. It is respect.
Nice @@johnchrysostom330
Catholics don’t pray TO Mary, we venerate her ask for her intersession
Amen, in the Hail Mary we request for her to pray for us.
Through prayer. How else are you doing it? semantics doesn't work here.
@@Ex_Nihilo777 it is not our fault your language, vocabulary and comprehension is so limited you have to call prayer to everything.
@@RichterX83 I'm a brother in Christ with you..I hope. No need for insults, you are not my enemy and I am not yours. bring me your argument instead of witty remarks
@@Ex_Nihilo777 Is telling you the truth that you exhibit a lack of comprehension an insult? Seems there is a limitation in the English language and everything is prayers for anglo-speakers. Protestants keep saying "you worship and pray to images" you have no idea of the intent and you judge, we clarify that are request like what we would ask friends and family members to have us in their prayers, the difference is that the saints and martyrs are living present in Heaven with God. You want to check the scriptures, Matthew 17:3-4 & Luke 9:28-31. Revelation 6:9-11. Luke 15:10. 1 Timothy 2:1 & James 5:16. Revelation 21:27. Psalm 66:18 & James 5:16.
Thank you for pointing out these things. As a lifelong Prot. confirmed Catholic for nine years and trying at 80 to be the best Catholic I can be. I believe everything you are saying but you articulate it so well. Thank God for the Scriptures and the Traditions of the Apostles. (Which I believe Paul mentions in one of his letters)
I am born and raised orthodox. And it wasn't until adulthood that I realized we had to pray to Mary. I really appreciate how you say that you want to answer people's sincere questions. I am struggling with this sooo terribly. I never prayed to anyone but God. Never thought about it. Grew reading the bible. Grew up constantly seeking God. Then after 20 years in an atheist country I came back to my orthodox country where I have been basically told that if I don't pray to Mary I am disrespecting God. I am disobeying God. And I am suspicious to all for not praying to Mary and the saints, but especially Mary. Can anyone please please please help. As I can't do this. I met a man just today. An older man, who randomly struck a conversation with me saying he believes in Mary. I pressed him about Jesus, but he kept refusing to acknowledge Jesus, and said that Mary healed him a number of times and that he just believes in Mary. Now, I know you say we aren't praying to her we are asking for her intercession. But the akathists, the paraclises, if they aren't worship, if their wording isn't meant to create confusion, then I don't understand what worship is then. If it smells like a dog, and barks like a dog and looks like a dog. Why are you calling it not a dog? This is what I struggle with the most. Because if ever I nerd help form the church, I am given only one solution. Go home and pray to Mary. That's that. How is this not worship? Which one of you has time to devout 1.5hrs (which is how long the paraclises takes to read) to Mary? And then where do you fit prayer to God?? Where is your relationship with God? Why aren't we allowed a relationship with God? Aren't we meant to be one of the saints? Each of us? Who are supposed to love God with all our heart and all our might? Will Mary stand besides each of us in the day of judgement when our lives are weighed and cover for us?? How is this anything to do with what the Bible teaches? How? I sincerely want to repent and be told I am wrong if I am wrong. But I sincerely cant see the truth of this. Please help.
ok brother, seems like you cannot yet accept the concept of 'intercessory prayer'... that'll be the first hurdle for you to overcome. As Keith was mentionning the *saints are alive in Heaven, can receive our prayers/requests and take them to God* , he cited scripture to back this up. Do you accept that?
Then you have to realize that some 'people' are more efficacious than others when praying/asking God, right? James 5:16 “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”.
If you want to be saved just pray to Jesus telling Him that you *believe* He died on the cross for your sins, then simply *ask Him* to set you free from sin. Exodus 20:3-17. That's it. And Jesus will immediately *trade life's records* with yours, replacing your sinful life with His perfect one, your guilty with His _not guilty_ so you can prepare yourself for judgment. It's easy! Do it now.
who was the greatest saint? It was Mary. Mary was the greatest saint to ever live. Just let that sink in for a moment.
There is only one mediator between God and man the Lord Jesus. Pray to Him. You have direct access brother . He WILLanswer.
As Catholics, the holy bible teach us, only the human body dies but our soul (spiritual body) still lives (temporal) until the day on final judgement. When our body dies, our souls will then get a temporal judgement. We either go to heaven, hell or purification (purgatory). Our dead bodies can't hear but our souls can. In that sense all our prayers and intentions can be heard and ask the angels and saints including Mary for the intercession of our prayers to God. But we can also pray and worship directly to God. And worship deserve only to God. We can only show respect for Mary but not worship her. That's why in the Holy Rosary we say Mother Mary ... pray for us.And not Mother Mary... I pray to you or worship you. We ask our Mother Mary's help to pray to God so that our intentions will be heard. Just imagine how Mary played an important role when Jesus did the first miracle on the wedding at Cana. Even Jesus told her that the time has not come for Him to do so but He did it anyway because of her insistence and his love and respect to her Mother. That's how influential she is.
Thank you for mentioning us Orthodox. We share a great deal and while we do have theological differences, we are closely related and I hope that one day we can be one again. Not without having resolved those differences, but in spirit and truth.
I pray for the same my friend. I pray that one day I can come to your church and receive Our Lord in the Eucharist along side you.
Praying for unity.
👏, not bad for a human being. ❤ Your Lord has returned. You don't need to worry about the religions, as far as I can tell, all religions will come to a singularity when I say so.
Humanity still does not know the actual creation dates. I have them and you can cross-reference them with the historical facts to finally be able to understand the human history.
This world is NOT a million/billion years old. If your kind evolved for a million/billion years and this is all you can show, now that's a depressing story. I won't wait a million years for you. It's far easier to reset through 🌊 or ✴ than wait a million years.
Bless your soul, ❤. Ready? 😉
- the Almighty God
Exactly, unfortunately many differences are still considerable. But anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.
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that's mortal sin because they are in schism. Their head doesn't recognize Peter (Holy Father) as head of The Roman Catholic Church. This is one of the main reasons why Our Lady appeared at Fatima in 1917 asking for the Consecration of Russia (get this at this time of the Apparition Russia was not yet a communist country How did the Blessed Ever-Virgin Mary predicted it?) by the Holy Father together with all the Catholic Bishops only in the world according to the directives coming from Heaven.
Orthodox have a different Creed than we Roman Catholics have. They approve divorce, too, among others which at the moment I can't recall.
Amen,Amen,Amen! I love your enthusiasm and your truth
Thank you Sir Keith for this great explanation
The Angel Gaberial,Hail full of grace is a prayer
All generations will call her the most blessed. Love you Mother Mary
This is fabulous, I pray that more people would watch and listen to this message
Very helpful. This makes a lot of sense. Thank you for the explanation. Blessings. :)
Thank you Keith for this
Brother Keith going hard Our lady keep you
One of my favorite converts with simple explanations and direct to the point. Keep it up, Keith!
I had a circumstances once around 44 years ago when my infant son has a problem when he was 2 months old.
I was searching for help since I was a buddhist. After 6 months of search, with NO results and solution to the problem , I ask a holy man what I should do.
He said pray to Jesus through Mother Mary.
After 3 months , my son was well. That's when catholism was introduced into my wife.
In All, you just need an encounter with Virgin Mary. Amen 🙏
Please note that the devil can dress as an angel of light and deceive you.. you cannot get through God without the Son!! Read your Bible!
So do you think Jesus was so stubborn that He would not follow His "Momma's advise? I read my Bible and it said that even though He didn't want to do it, He turned water into wine to please His mother.
YES! Satan was the most beautiful Angel that God ever had but Satan turned out to be an ass hole!@@melanconiasol102
Please read your Bible and don't be deceived by man's false teachings. Jesus is the only way to the God (john 14:6).
Praying to Mary is idolatry and will send u to hell, unless u repent and turn from that sin 1 corinthians 6:9-10.
Don't believe the traditions of men over the commandments of God. Please read the Bible and study it. Stop believing priests.
I am glad your son was alright, but it was not because of Mary as she has been in a grave for 2000 years.
Sammy des not know much about Lady Mary and Catholic Dogma,I see.😊
"I can only present what I understand it to be." - That is the most honest statement I have heard yet. Every sincere and 'truth' seeking person may have their own interpretation / understanding of things - hopefully based on their research, study, and the leading of the Spirit. NO ONE KNOWS the TRUTH, the WHOLE TRUTH, and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. We may have parts of it, but, NO ONE has it ALL. ANYONE who claims they do must be smoking something. We will ALL have to WAIT, until 'JUDGMENT DAY' to find out what the TRUTH, the WHOLE TRUTH, and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH is / was.
Are you say Christ is lying? John 6:40 This is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
@@sammygomes7381 No - Christ is not a liar. The trouble is that people take a verse out of context and make / build a doctrine on it, without thoroughly looking at all the words in the verse, understanding their meanings, and comparing the verse with other verses that address the same subject / topic. In so doing, they make the verse, that they took out of context, say /mean whatever they want it so say / mean.
@@alpscraftshack599 You mean like John 10:28 "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand." People need to stop praying to Mary and focus on Christ. I know what you mean that they take things out of context like think we need to eat Christ.
As a former protestant deceived by all the lies from protestanism told to me since childhood, I can only say, this video is amazing!
Saints are ALIVE, especially protestants believe all good Christians are directly in heaven (no purgatory) and they believe they are alive, so why not go the extra step and believe they can pray for us to Jesus ✝ its that easy.
Many Protestants may believe that but the Bible does not agree. "The dead know not anything neither have they anymore a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun." Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10, Psalms 146:4; 115:17, Ezekiel 18:4, Matthew 10:28, Genesis 3:4.
@@floogelhornzzz4770 Old testament., Now Jesus Christ is the God of the living not of the dead. Read Revelation 5 verset 8 and read the book of Hebrew 12. Everything changed my friend. Jesus came and died on a cross for us so now there is life even after death.
Acts 2:29, 34 tells us:
“Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day… David did not ascend into the heavens.”
If there’s anyone who should be in heaven, it should be David.
Yet, the Bible tells us that he has not ascended into heaven.
John 5:28-29 tells us that the dead are in their graves when Yahshua will return:
“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are IN THE GRAVES shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation” (John 5:28-29).
Finally, Yahshua (Jesus Christ) tells us this in John 3:13:
“No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, The Son of Man.”
8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
The saints mentioned in this verse are believers living on earth.
This verse shows that prayers reach the Father in heaven.
Not that the saints are in heaven
God bless. Thank you for all. I pray for all and you Keith and your family. May God bless us all amen 🙏
Brilliant, thank you for this.
Keith, well said God blessed you
Good job bro Keith!
You always have a way of explaining things that makes them understandable. Because of your Protestant background, your videos always help me when I try to explain these things to my Protestant friends. God Bless you and your family, Keith, and a Happy New Year!
Thank you Danielle. That means a lot to me.
Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, of Canada, was a mamma's boy who lived with his mother until he was 40. He prayed to Mary twice a day. He married a woman who was a tramp. He was kind to women who were decent but was cruel to women that were sleazy. Quebec was the most Catholic part of North America for two hundred years. Yet women in Quebec could not vote in provincial elections until 1942. The men in Quebec prayed to Mary but treated their own women as second class citizens. Protestants in the USA treated their own women better than Catholic men in Quebec.
Thank you brother. Nicely explained !!
God gave us the Holy Spirit to take the place of the Lord, until he returns
And like those in the upper room in the book of Acts 2, it was not done through water.
Many thanks Keith. Happy &Prosperous New Year 2023 to you, your loved ones and all your viewers. And belated Merry CHRIST-mas. God bless us all!
God bless! Thank you.
Hello Keith! Happy New Year to you and your family. Great video. Your passion always gives me great joy. On this date, The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, I will in a few minutes pray the rosary and add you in my petitions for Mary Our Mother to intercede for you and your ministry. I lost my mother on December 13, and although I have prayed daily to God the Father and Jesus to receive her into their kingdom, I'm still praying the rosary daily asking the Virgin Mary to intercede for her. It is a great consolation to have a human mother chosen by God to give birth to a Divine Son to die for our sins. She knows all about it, and I trust in her who knows suffering. How many times has she come down to tell us to pray? Yet we don't listen. Thank you for your devotion to the rosary. Your brother in Christ, Juan (from PR)
NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE SAYS -PRAY TO MARY, SHE DID NOT DIE FOR MY SINS, I PRAY TO THE LORD JESUS, AMEN 🙏🏽
Yes but prayer does not mean worship
"Behold your mother..."
The answer to why pray to Mary when you can pray to Jesus; the wedding at Cana. Jesus initially wasn’t going to remedy the matter until Mary INTERCEDED on the wedding guests behalf
How does mary doing that have anything to do with Jesus dying on Calvery & resurrected. To bring us back into fellowship with the Lord God Almighty? The 66 books of the bible has Jesus in them. Mary is only in the gospels because he had to be born. And yes she is blessed bc God choose her. Jesus wasn't just human! He was God also.
You do know that Jesus and Mary were both alive, breathing and could communicate. Bad news my friend, those in the grave cannot hear nor speak.
The question Jesus asks His mother isn’t rude, either. It may sound rude in the KJV: “What have I to do with thee?” (John 2:4), but it was a common idiom. In the Greek, Jesus’ question is “Ti emoi kai soi?” The phrase was used to ask of the connection between two people. The question could be translated as “What business do we have with each other?” Or, in less formal terms, “What does this have to do with me?” (ESV) or “Why do you involve me?” (NIV). Again, Jesus is expressing the fact that He is independent of His mother; as eager as Mary was to see Jesus do a miracle, she had no right to determine the time or the manner in which Jesus publicly revealed His glory. Jesus makes His point gently and without being rude, however.
Jesus concludes His statement to Mary with, “My hour has not yet come.” The reference to His “hour” or “time” (NET) means that Jesus was constantly working from a divine timetable. So, He wasn’t going to reveal His power sooner than God the Father intended (see John 5:30). One of the points Jesus made in His temptation in the desert was that there is such a thing as doing the right thing for the wrong reasons (Matthew 4:1-10). That is, it would be wrong to perform a miracle if the time and place are not according to God’s will.
Also the Caananite woman who asked Jesus for a miracle but Jesus said no because it wasn't the time for the gentiles, but Lord Jesus was moved by her faith he ended up performing a miracle for her even though it wasn't the time for gentiles. So should we ask her to pray for us too? 🤔
Matthew 15:21-28
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
@@vee1072 one could even argue it was greater faith as she didn't have an angel appear to her to explain things. John 20:29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have yet believed.”
Just came here to say a BIG thank you for sharing your conversion story, all these videos have been so helpful during our conversion process. My husband and I are currently in RCIA. You and Dr. Scott Hahn have been such helpful resources for us. May God bless you. ❤
That’s wonderful to hear! God bless you both
@@KeithNester Quran says Allah is “Al-Ahad”(one/indivisible).Deductively, It is impossible for perfection to have parts. The old/new testament textually scream oneness of Allah. So, then why believe in trinity and associate two imaginary parts to Allah(one/indivisible/self-sufficient/all-loving)?How could your love/worship be undivided and only for Allah(the most Exalted) when there are two other equally unique/perfect entities?
@@bluesky45299 we believe in trinity because it’s reality is shown in the Bible and as Catholics, we believe in the Christian Bible, not the Quran. Christ calls to his father as being God and Jesus says, “before Abraham was, I Am” showing us that he is in union, a person of the holy trinity, with God the Father, since at the burning bush, God the Father told Moses he was “I Am.” It’s totally possible for perfection to exist in 3 different persons, because it is a holy trinity, because they make up the single one God, and it isn’t impossible for God to be perfect in 3 persons, if it was impossible, then he wouldn’t be God because nothing is impossible for God and Jesus Christ himself said that he is God throughout the Gospel, as I mentioned. I would say put down the Quran and pick up the Bible, preferably the Douay-Rheims translation, and use that for your source of truth, because it is the source of truth
@KeithNestYour Pope just gave his blessings to homosexuals, is this not Evil......
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"We follow God rather than men."
We pray for Our Holy Father because he was sent by God to lead the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, The Roman Catholic Church. established and founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ in 33 A. D.
Thank you for your video! I'm an Orthodox. You explained this thing so well! I have a few Christian Protestant friends who are very good people and true believers but, unfortunately, they say things like "Catholics aren't even Christians" because "Catholics worship Mary" etc. I wish those my friends watched this video. It looks like for them it's hard to overcome things that they read or heard once. For those Christians, who ask Saints and Mother of God for intercession and help, the fact that they help is evident from personal experience similar like for Christians is evident to believe that Christ is the Lord Saviour.
'' It looks like for them it's hard to overcome things that they read or heard once'' man, they are bombarded with that crap non stop, from day 1... that's the only way for the 'pastors' to retain their flock
@@mjramirez6008 you are also bombarded with purgatory,works confessionals etc .to keep you dependent on catholic priests
Nah we only pray to jesus😂.he is the only one who died to us
Excellent talk and absolutely correct.
Ever since I was baptised, people ask me what denomination I follow. I’m quite literally stumped because I can’t even answer.
Basically because I don’t call myself this or that or follower any.. I prefer to say “Im a follower of Christ through His Holy word in scripture.”
We should all be in the same fold under His Holy Spirit. Brothers and sisters in Christ
That's a good thing. All denominations are from the devil.
That is what Jesus prayed for, that we all be one. Jesus said He will build His church on Peter, and give Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven and whatever Peter holds bound on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever Peter hold loosed on earth will be loosed in heaven. Jesus started a church. The word Catholic was first used in the 1st century because it was the universal church. Jesus also stated that the gates of hell would never prevail against His church. He promised to be always with it. No need to start another church because Jesus church would never fall. No matter what ; there may be bad popes and bishops but the Holy Spirit will preserve the church and prevent her from teaching error. Period.
@@kaykrause4469 are you born again? What does that mean to you?
@ezequal Yes, I was born again by water and the Spirit at my Baptism and sealed it again in Confirmation. Baptism is not just a sign it leaves a permanent mark on your soul and makes you a child of God. That is why it is so important, it brings God's life in you. Without Baptism, you are not a child of God.
@kaykrause4469 that is not what born again means. That is what Catholicism has led you to believe but the Bible says differently. To be born again is to repent and believe that Jesus died for your sins. Jesus never said that you have to get baptized or else you aren't saved. Take for example Luke 23:39-43. By faith, the thief on the cross simply asked “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” and Jesus said “Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” do you think that the was baptized?
Love this video!
Thank you Keith
Keith, keep doing Gods work!
Thank you. My favorite prayer is the rosary. When I was a chilld I would pray to Mary and things always got better. Truly amazing!
Same results praying to a golden calf or tree.
@@user-hf5wf7lc6x They might as well be praying to a golden calf.
THE BIBLE ✝️ CLEARLY STATES NOT👈 TO PRAY IN REPITITION👈 ... THE ROSARY👈 IS REPITITION !!! GOD🙏 READS THE HEART ❤️... WE GO TO OUR FATHER GOD🙏 IN THE **NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES , JESUS ✝️ WHEN WE PRAY ...👈✝️🙏✝️
@@user-es2ud5wi9i Until they are born-again they will not see the light but follow the teachings of the Catholic church, not Christ.
I wish if you had read the Bible once in your life, you would have never said this kind of nonsense.
Did you see what Jesus replied when Mary came for a request when wine was finished?
John 2:4 -
4. *“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”*
(Please read carefully - Woman, why do you involve me?, did Jesus really need Mary's interference?)
Another verse when Mary and her sons wanted to meet Jesus when he was preaching to the crowd, look what Jesus said -
Matthew 12:47-50 -
47. Someone told him, *“Your mother and brothers are standing outside,* wanting to speak to you.” 48. He replied to him, *“Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49. Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”*
(Did you see - someone told Jesus "Your mother and brothers standing outside"
Do you still wanted to called Mary a vergin?
What was Jesus replied - Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?
Do you still need a mediator between God and Jesus? May God open your eyes.)
Please read the Holy Bible; you don't need any other explanations to know God. The Bible is the only Holy Book given to us that leads us to God.
A few verses I will post it here for your reference. -
1 Timothy 2:5-6
*5. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6. who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.*
1 Corinthians 3:4-8
4. When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world? 5. After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. *6. I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.* 7. It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 8. The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.
Matthew 24:35
*35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.*
I hope this makes sense.
God bless you 😊
Hey, thank you for clearing it up for those who are confused about it. As a born Catholic, I always receive questions from my friends who are either Christian or Anglican that "Oh you're catholic so you pray to Mary and not Jesus? You guys don't believe in Jesus and worship Mary." And I was like, "No..?" Because in my experiences with the Roman Catholic church masses, people can come in and also see that we do not pray directly to Mother Mary, we pray to Jesus Christ and read passages in the Bible all the time. Even when I do my personal prayers, I pray to Jesus Christ all the time. The only time we pray for intercession with Mother Mary is the Holy Rosary prayer, where yes, as you mentioned we pray the 'Our Father' prayer a lot in it as well as 'Glory Be' prayer together. I don't exactly know the reason why we do intercessions with Mother Mary as well, but I was taught that praying the Holy Rosary is a weapon against sin. When we pray it, it's praying for redemption of sin not just for us but for all the sinners in the world as well. I find it personally a very humbling act of praise and worship, and like you said in this video, we don't exactly pray to the saints as well. In the Holy Rosary prayer sessions that I went to for years, at the end of the prayer we will ask the Saints, Mother Mary and Michael the Archangel to pray for us after meditating on the 5 mysteries (There is 4 sets of it, it's changing depending on the day you pray, the mysteries are all events of Jesus' journey in the Bible). I see it as it is, it's like asking your church community to pray for you because prayer is powerful when its in a group. I believe it is what you said that we're asking those that are in heaven now with God to pray for us because they are near God, literally in heaven where God is. The more prayers the better to fight off sin and build His kingdom.
No one born Catholic. One has to make a decision to follow Christ or the Catholic church.
And they worshipped and served the creation instead of the creator ,Who is forever blessed Amen. Why if you have access to the Ancient of Days would you even consider anything but God. And Satan laughs at the pagan rosary first started in Hinduism
I love how you distinguish Catholics and Anglicans from Christians. Hey, ummm. This is awkward but Anglicans and Catholics are Christians...
Most good children obey their Mother, right?
@@TheGuitarReb what does that have to do with anything? That’s the best explanation you’ve got?
“Why do Catholics worship Mary?”
“Well, you should listen to your mother”
Cmon. Please. I’m begging you. Give me a reason to believe this Mary stuff. I want so badly to understand but all I get is this kind of bogus nonsense.
Thank you so much for shedding light about our devotion to our virgin mother Mary. More power to you, Sir Keith!❤💯
Right on! I am sharing this Amazing video. Thank you, Keith. You are Incredible. Amen 🙏
I am glad you liked the video. God bless
Great job brother God Bless keep it up
I like your reasoning. You deal with things head-on and don't "hide things under the rug."
Wooohooooo! Nuthin like a can of Catholic whoop ass when I’m feeling down! Thanks!
LOL
Very well explained. Thank you for that. God bless you my friend ❤🫶🙏📿
Have you read the Bible? The King James is best. Ask for discernment from Jesus.
Thank You Brother Keith. Ave Maria.
The issue with our protesting friends is intercessory prayer.
The parable spoken by Jesus in Luke 16:24.
"So he (Lazerus) called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me"
Here Jesus Himself recites an event of intercession sought from Abraham.
I think they're no more to be said.
YOU: The issue with our protesting friends is intercessory prayer. The parable spoken by Jesus in Luke 16:24. "So he (Lazerus) called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me"
*ME: LOL. Not the same thing AT ALL -- Lazarus and the Rich Man were both physically dead and their living Spirits in Sheol -- Lazarus was in a pleasant place called Abraham's Bosom where the Spirits of believers went to wait for Jesus to die on the cross and come to Sheol to set them free* (1Peter 3:18-20, 1Peter 4:5-6) -- *and the Jewish Rich Man was in the fiery torment of Hell for unbelievers -- these two compartments in Sheol could see each other and the Spirits could commune with each other* (Luke 16:22-26. *But Jesus set the Believers in Abraham's Bosom free -- they resurrected with Jesus 2000 years ago* -- Matthew 27:52-53 -- *Jesus being FIRST Fruit of that resurrection* -- 1Corinth 15:20.
*NOW the living Spirits of Believers go directly to Heaven when they physically die* -- Phil 1:23-24, 2Corinth 5:6-8, etc -- *and once in Heaven, the Believers are only focused on praising and worshiping GOD/Jesus* -- see Revelation 5:9-13, Rev 7:9-12 -- *they are not aware of the horrors and suffering on earth* -- Revelation 21:4 -- *so praying/asking assistance of them is a waste of time.*
*GOD/Jesus have told you* (a physically alive Believer) *to pray/ask assistance ONLY FROM THEM* -- John 14:13-14, Matthew 6:7-9, Isaiah 8:19, etc -- *GOD has FORBIDDEN His people to ever pray/ask assistance from the living Spirits of physically dead Saints/Believers -- that is the satanic work of witches and mediums -- LOOK at what God did to Saul for asking assistance of the living Spirit of physically dead Saint Samuel in 1Samuel **28:15** and 1Chron **10:15* -- please know that the OT is our example (1Corinth 10:11)
Amen...just amen!! So, well put! I love when you say, "I don't know how it works"! I have had this thought many times when in these conversations, "I don't know, but I have faith and sometimes that's all you have to go on"! When they say, You just need to pray to Jesus, he doesn't need anyone else's help and I say, you are correct, but he did have 12 dudes with him that he gave different task to do along the way....why is that?? (add cricket sounds here)
This is so graciously explained Keith. God bless you and have a happy new year 2023.
Thank you so much
Great keith , stay blessed we are together paray and worship. ❤🎉
Awesome explanation!! 👍🙏
thank you so much for this video. it answered all my questions i was struggling ! i am just starting to research Catholicism so this helped me so much!
During the apparitions in Akita (Japan- 1973-1981), recognized by the Church, our Mother Mary told Sister Agnes that the only weapons that will remain for us will be the Rosary and the Sign left by her son (the Holy Cross). She asked us to pray for the pope, bishops and priests. Please continue to pray and do not allow yourself to be stripped of your only weapons against evil.
Ever heard of the fruits of the Spirit or his gifts?
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So you have never heard to put on the full armour of God? that doesn’t include beads or hand signs. Ephesians 6:11-13 Also, regular folks and paranormal investigators see “apparitions” all the time. It doesn’t mean we listen to what they have to say over scripture.
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Ginger,
Jesus founded the Catholic Church. Ask your phone...
Moreover, you believe the Bible is The Word of God because the Catholic Church, through Pope Damasus, created it and designated it: "Divine Scripture" or "Word of God" in 382AD at Rome.
That's a fact!
@@Ginger_H She intercedes for us period just trust me...
Like every mother the connection between mother and child continues despite the cutting of the cord at birth and continues even after death. When a child suffers so does the mother. Therefore Mary also suffered the passion through the her sun and his triumph over death was also hers. We need to stop the separation of mother from child because the two are indeed connected. Also the first miracle of the wedding at Cana was through the intercession of Mary. The immaculate heart of Mary is forever connected in communion with the Sacred heart of Jesus. God bless all of you.
As an orthodox Christian I agree, with all of this for we affirm the same belief in regards to prayers to the Saints
Thank you, Keith. There has been so much history lost, along with the understanding. Thank you for so much clarity. The Fourth Commandment says to honor your Father and Mother. The Rosary teaches the exceptional times in Jesus' life and was easy to share. Many were illiterate and Bibles were not in print, so the Rosary became an important teaching tool through the mysteries. The French language has so many names for love so that it is clear. Our love of Mary is not worship, but love as to a mother and her beautiful example for our lives.
JesusChrist is the only mediator between us and God. Not a saint or Mary. The Rosary is all about Mary and very little about Jesus or God. She has been lifted up higher than the Father and The Son which is heretical
Well said ,am.underdtanding my faith a little better now
You worship Mary...its either you are in denial or you just dont understand the meaning of worship
@@philshongwe8835we don’t worship Mary. You can’t tell us how our faith traditions are run when you don’t understand our principles.
@@mr.alfredo4177 Unfortunately your principles dont matter when it comes to the Gospel of Chrst.Christ teaches all His followers how to pray and who to pray who and through whom. Anything outside these teaching comes from the evil one.
This is so good. Love the way you level the playing field first and they lay the facts.
Thank you brother
The best analogy I've heard about why it is good to pray to (ask for help from) the saints is imagine life as a marathon race. The saints have finished the race, but rather than bask in the glory owed to victors, they're running back down the course to help and encourage the rest of us to finish strong. I like this vision because any true Christian should want to see everyone overcome their trials here on earth and get to heaven. Yet we all struggle, we all fall, and just knowing that there are people who have gone through the same struggles as us that are now in heaven cheering us on to get back up and keep going, I find that very encouraging.
Love this, Keith. God bless you!
A non-Christian saw the vision of Mary and he came to the Church to find out what it meant. He later realized he was protected from deadly danger when she was seen by him!!!! Happened in 2007. 🙏🕊️✝️
I too,had a miracle,by her,she protected me! Also, I love her dearly
Mama Mary's prayers & intercessions are powerful. We have had lots of answered prayers thru her, thru the rosary. Same with the saints.
Amen! - I can personally testify to Her life-saving intercession (multiple times) and through her being loved by Christ as Lazarus was!
Amen 🙏
Does it bother anyone that Christ and the apostles only prayed to the Father and every example Christ gives He teaches us to pray only to the Father.
@@sammygomes7381 Asking someone to pray for you and praying directly to them are vastly different things. (Hebrews 12:1) (Revelation 5:8) and the verses about being required to pray for each-other and the fact that there is power in the prayers of the righteous, make it undeniable that invoking the prayers of the Saints TO God is not unbiblical, as a matter of fact saying we can’t request prayers from saints is not biblical.
When it comes to Mary, Catholics believe in divine grace. Grace is supernatural gift from God that allows us to have increased resistance towards temptation and sin, and to be forgiven and born again. Salvation is achieved via the divine redemptive grace Christ gave us freely even though we did not deserve it, however, if one does not cooperate with the grace (which means not loving God, having faith in him, confessing Jesus, and being in willing disobedience to what we were commanded to do) we can lose the fruits of the gift of salvation. (1 Corinthians 6:9). Since Mary was called FULL of grace and she was chosen to be the vessel of Christ. It stands to reason she was always going to have this role and received an abundance of grace in order to avoid personal sin and original sin, to be a fitting tabernacle for the Lord to physically dwell in. So her prayers would be exceedingly righteous and helpful, that’s why we ask her to pray for us.
@@sammygomes7381 There is no doubt that Jesus cried out to Mary when he was hungry and needed fed 😉
In real life Hail Mary is also proven effective against Satan and all evil spirits. The Rosary is the most powerful weapon against Satan and all unclean spirits. Love one another and pray one another... The most powerful weapon are love and peace... That why God said "you need to test the spirits"... The most important at the part of our prayers mention in Jesus Christ name. Amen.
Thank you God the Father Almighty Lord of heaven and earth.
"To God Be The Glory"
Remember God can read our hearts and minds..
*"There shall not be found among you anyone who...consults the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord."* --Deut.18
The saints, the glorified are not dead but live forever
You are taking about necromancy, know the difference that’s why
2 Peter 1:20
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation.
@@ezecalixtus3462 The saints are sleeping in Christ, awaiting their resurrection from the dead and to receive the redemption of their bodies.
"Behold, I tell you a [m]mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed- in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and *the dead will be raised incorruptible,* and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So 8when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”*
To deny that the saints (who will be raised incorruptible) are presently dead is to deny their need for a resurrection, and to make God out to be a liar (which is Satanic).
@@ezecalixtus3462 "For the trumpet will sound, and *the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.* For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and *this mortal must put on immortality."*
"So also is *the resurrection of the dead. The body...is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory."* --1 Corinthians 15
The dead saints have not been raised to glory yet.
That's the mortal bodies that will be raised. Our soul is with God the moment we die.... proven by many near-death experiences. The latter are so real that their investigation is now an acknowledged field of study in medicine.
Well said
Thank you Adan
The point is, it doesn't have to be explicitly written down in the Bible to be true. Nothing in Sacred Tradition conflicts with Scripture. Once you come to that understanding, the Catholic Faith will make perfect sense to you.
Thank you Trina!
Problem is no one can tell you what sacred tradition is.
@@sammygomes7381the oral teachings of Jesus and the Apostles, along with the authority to interpret Scripture correctly, has been entrusted to the Catholic Church, through Apostolic succession. It's called The Magistirium. So it is false to say that no one knows what Sacred Tradition is.
@@sammygomes7381 They must have known the traditions; 2 Thessalonians 2 :14 St. Paul says:
14 Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle.
So not just by letter or epistle, but by word as well, or tradition. Since the bible wasn't put together till the 300's, what else could the early Christian's go by? Here are some quote by early church Fathers:
"Every personal sin must be excluded from the Blessed Virgin Mary for the sake of the honor of God." - St. Augustine, 390 AD.
"Mary, a virgin not only undefiled but a virgin whom grace has made inviolate, free from every stain." - St. Ambrose of Milan, 340-370 AD.
"You, and your Mother are alone in this. You are wholly beautiful in every respect. There is in you, Lord, no stain, nor any spot in your Mother." - St. Ephraem, 350 AD.
Problem is no one can tell you what sacred tradition is.
Where in the bible does it say about asking your friends to pray for you? But you still ask and people, and still people pray as a intercessor. But you think the mother of The son of God, could not intercede for you? Mary will always lead you to her son Jesus. Never br afraid of loving Mary, you could never love her more than God Did.
Outstanding explanation