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- James 2:24 Meaning Explained. James 2:24 disproves faith alone and shows faith and works. We talk about the biblical meaning of James 2 and show how faith apart from works is dead. True faith and Catholic teaching. James 2 does not teach a works based salvation.
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What got me over the hump of "faith and works" it's really Faith and obedience
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Due to lack of obedience, we have well over 45000 denominations across our great nation of ours! We need to listen to Jesus’s only church on earth! God bless
Exactly
That's a really good way to think about it.
Well said
Exactly
James 2:17
"Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone."
James 2:26
"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
Ephesians 2:10
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
Matthew 25:42
"For I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:"
Matthew 25:43
"I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not."
Matthew 25:44
"Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?"
Matthew 25:45
"Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me."
Matthew 25:46
"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
For Protestant, they like just to have faith without doing actual Charitable works, living in a world of Comfortable Christian life called "Faith alone". Lol..
Grabe ka naman, Beshie! Tinawag mo silang bangag! Sana palitan mo yan kasi uncharitable word yan sa kanila.
Grabe ka, beshie! Tinawag mo silang b ngag. Sana palitan mo yan kasi uncharitable word yan.
Grabe ka beshie! Tinawag mo silang bang ... ! Sana palitan mo yan kasi uncharitanle word yan.
Grabe ka beshie! Tinawag mo silang b ..... Sana palitan mo yan kasi uncharitable yan.
Yes faith alone is plesing to man's flesh or mind but not spirit
James 2 is clear on the point of faith and works that a 500 year old argument on the point seems down right bizarre.
Well great schism happend 1000 years ago and we have better reletionship whit eastern orthodox Church than whit protestants, you know why, becouse they always protest
James is speaking to the brethren who are already SAVED.
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James is teaching What a Saved Person Looks Like to Man. He is Not Teaching Faith+Works.
Paul teaches How to be Saved
You are soooo wrong and the poster of this video is misleading people with bad theology. This is why the road to Heaven is So Narrow. People want to Work their way to heaven and it's Impossible. God the Father wants You and Others to Trust in what His Son Jesus did on the Cross for Your Salvation. Believe On the Son Jesus Not in what You're doing and your filthy rags of works.
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Thank you so much for your channel. You, Trent, and HTBC, along with a few great books, have not only answered some of my own questions and fears but equipped me to answer the onslaught of claims from others against Christ's one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church. Again, thank you.
Awesome! So glad to hear it. Thank you for sharing.
I saw a meme recently that said "Decaf Coffee is like Faith without works...dead!"
St Therese de lisieux talks about doing acts of love to live out your faith.
Apostle Paul says in 1 corinthians 13, says if I have faith that moves mountains but have not love I am nothing…. So love is greater than faith.
I am very much enjoying your channel and the excellent information you are sharing. My husband and I will enter the Catholic Church on Pentecost. I am a revert and my husband a convert! All glory to God! Thank you again we very much appreciate your videos. 🙏God bless you and your family today and always.
As always thank you brother Bryan for yet another great video done. Continue to preach and spread the truth.
God bless you.
You are very welcome!
Excellent job, Brother!
Pls do a video about The Lord's Prayer. "Give us today, our daily bread".
"Feed the poor, heal the sick, etc. Peter do u really love me then feed my sheep." Lazarus the rich man and his treatment of the poor man was a typical example of how to lose your way to Heaven
Exactly, corporal acts of mercy are so crucial! Christ Himself mentioned this in the parable of the Sheep and the Goats; those who do nothing for the indigent are dismissed from Him.
Can you make a video / explanation on indulgences and the issue in the Reformation? I don’t really understand. Thanks
My personal interpretation of this verse is that having faith creates in us the desire to do good works. Not in a doing good works and getting paid with salvation sense but doing good works BECAUSE we have faith and we want to.
I was raised as a Jehovahs Witness but left that cult. I’ve been looking at Catholicism for a while. Then I decide it’s not for me, then I feel drawn back to it. I’ve decided to study it seriously this time. I’m really impressed with what I’ve learned so far. This channel has been so helpful ❤
As Brian says here - no amount of good works will earn you salvation. But we must strive to be the best
I am glad you came out of the cult you were in. I just pray you don't enter into this one. Don't look to any man-made religious organization. Look to the Bible alone. That is where you can meet God and be directed into truth.
@@mbgodwebsite5272 good thing this one is God made
Thank you so much for watching, and I am glad to hear you are exploring the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic church! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out! Thanks again, and God bless you!
@@mbgodwebsite5272 But she did lol so have fun😂😂
The way I view God’s grace through faith which is not of works so no man should boast is analogous to a farmer digging up a trench, irrigating water from a stream to his crops. What nourishes the crops really? Is it the works of the farmer? No it’s the water itself, but the works allowed the water to quench the crops’ thirst.
God’s grace = Water
Faith = Farmer’s belief in the crop’s survival
Works = Farmer’s demonstrated effort in acting on his belief
Our good works and faith are the evidence of our salvation
In the Bible does it actually say that. That's a Protestant man-made tradition. The Bible says Works complete your faith, and without works your faith is dead and does not save you. James 2:19-26.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial if you're saved won't you have good deeds and a strong faith? Fruits of the spirit? Faith with works is a saving faith. Don't you need both? I don't believe in faith alone. I believe if you're saved you'll have good works to go along with your faith
James 2 is a get to work passage for people that are already saved It’s about consequences of our works in on earth wether good or bad James wasn’t talking about heaven or he,ll that’s why he said multiple times in the chapter what does it profit in verse 13 James was talking dabout a judgment from god about believers who have bad works he was talking about discipline and consequences in this life . Then he said if a man has faith and not works can faith save him referring to the judgement and consequences in this life for having bad works
Jesus: John 6:47)
The enemy :: Did God really say that faith ALONE in the finished redemptive work on The Cross ALONE of Jesus Christ ALONE is all you need to do to be saved?"
Who ya gonna believe?
AMEN!
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love. Galatians 5:6. This is the same as James 2:24. St. Paul and St. James says the same thing. Protestants don't understand this logic for they only want to read what they want to read instead of reading the whole letter.
St. Paul said ONLY those who obey the law will be declared righteous.
"For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous." - Romans 2:13
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@@TriduumOfSacredHearts Bakit mo naman tinawag na b ang mga prots? Sana palitan mo yang word na yan.
@@TriduumOfSacredHearts Don't call the protestants b ... because it's bad.
@@TriduumOfSacredHearts Good morning, beshie! I hope you have a good day. Me, I'm fine and peaceful amid great trials. Praise be to God!
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God bless you and your family.
Viva Christo Rey
Ave Maria
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Great video!!!😊
Correct, Bryan! Paul tells the Romans, God wants DOERS of the Law, not JUST believers.
I never understood this but now I get it. So the work of ordering my heart’s sinful desires and evil back towards goodness and God praying to Him for help after defeating an addiction is a good work then as a result of my living faith (or is it a dead faith) by James?
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Correct! If you not only believe in God’s forgiveness, but actively open your heart to His saving grace, change your habits, determined to correct your sinful addictions, yes, you are DOING God’s will in your life. Once you have your addictions under control, God then expects you to use the grace and talents He gave you to do good work for your neighbour and make the world a better place.
These actions demonstrate a living faith, where you show God that you appreciate the grace He gave. So, you pass it on to your neighbour.
@@OzCrusader Thank you for being a God send to me on this exact thing I struggled with for so long. Your words about sharing the grace he gave me is a direct answer to my prayer earlier today for what God wants me to do right now and that is share my testimony with others and glorify God’s name by proclaiming his grace and mercy in my life to those who are suffering from a pornography and masturbation and sex addictions as well as those suffering spiritually from loneliness, depression, and other forms of sin in my life God has helped me with and is currently working in in my life. The addictions and other things I listed I had for 15 years ever since I was 12 and I do sense God wants me to serve and help those going through the same things and obey his still small quiet whisper of a voice the Holy Spirit spoke to me in my soul the same way he spoke to Elijah telling me “I have given you the charisms of knowledge and wisdom. Use them.”
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Dear Just, reading your reply, I choked on my tears, knowing what you are going through. I am 64 years old and can tell here and now that such addiction, from my own experience, is a life long struggle, requiring me to constantly trust in God’s gentle loving grace.
So easily, I make excuses and fall back into my old ways, then the walk of shame back to confession AGAIN!
For many years my addictions abated. Then, after letting my guard down and allowing myself to imagine certain arousing situations, I fell back into the same old habits, again erecting the barrier against God’s friendship.
The devil revels in these moments and loves to accuse me of being an abject, hopeless loser. Thank God however, because He always forgives, no matter how many times I come back for absolution.
Our Blessed Mother Mary constantly prays FOR ME-she never gives up on me.
It takes much courage and trust for you to reach out to God in prayer. And I am very emotionally moved to be able to comfort you and witness to you.
With God’s grace, everything will be alright. Everything will be alright in the end. So, if it ain’t alright, it ain’t the end.
May God continue blessing you🙏
I like to use the story of Noah in the OT as a reference. Noah believed Gods Words (Faith) but Noah, not GOD built the Ark (Works)
That's a great example! Another good one is Moses, who through some convincing believed in the calling (Faith) but still chose to return to Egypt on his own volition and serve as a conduit for God's wonders (Works).
Protestants seem to interpret the entire Bible towards faith alone. If something doesn't fit their theology, it will get rejected.
I had many Protestants argue with me Over John 3:5. They say born of water and spirit isn't baptism. They go on how baptism doesn't save you because it is a work. Sometimes it gets frustrating!
Correct. Prots only interpret the Bible the way they want NOT according to the truth of God and only that makes their man-made doctrines appear right and catholic teachings wrong.
Under this Protestant interpretation even prayer becomes a work.
Actually for some ignorant protestants, prayer is a work. It's so ridiculous. They've thrown the baby out with the bathwater.
@@CatholicTruthOfficialI’ve come to the conclusion that we have to point out error as charitably as possible & to no longer tolerate it, which is false charity! Bryan, have you done a video on the negative influence of Protestantism on society with its many “truths” resulting in Relativism which Pope Benedict identified 20 yrs ago? I’m thinking contraception, abortion, IVF, SSM, LGBGT, Transgenderism. A video on the three attacks on the CC of Protestantism in 1517, Freemasonry in 1717 & Communism in 1917 would be useful. Like Reagan who said, no longer tolerate Communism 40 yrs ago, perhaps it’s time to say the same thing about evil & heretical Protestantism?
If Protestantism can’t agree on the essentials such as baptism, reject sola fide & sola Scriptura, salvation etc I can’t see any hope for them & somehow, with God’s guidance, we need to identify & highlight these errors to them. I’ve given the topic much thought & have concluded that their illogical & flawed thinking is a result of limited or no exposure to Christian philosophy, one book that I can recommend is by de Torres. Seminary training usually involves Philosophy before Theology which I’d seriously recommend to all Christians, but esp Protestants
God saves people spiritually.
Men cannot control the newness of life by water baptism. This removes God's sovereignty.
God saves whom He saves..
Baptism is an outward work of an inward change.
Baptism is the outward sign of an inward work of Grace. The outward rite, does not produce the inward Grace.
Baptism is a work of a saved believer, not a lost person.
Notjust theShhep and Goats in Matthew's Gospel, but also Dives and Lazarus in Lukes Gospel.
Very true! Great insight! Thank you so much for tuning in, God bless you!
Something that is dead means it was living at one time. Meaning the living faith someone had died for lack of works 💀
Don't interpret
Well basicly yes
@@wolfthequarrelsome504it’s logic. Saying something is dead presupposes it was alive. Can’t die if you didn’t exist.
There is dead faith and there is living faith. Dead faith comes alive when you put your trust in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
@@user-fi1pe4dg3u no, bible explain that faith whitout works is dead same as body whitout spirit, they exist, they are real, but their dead, faith who is alive act
Saved by saving faith alone, not by works
The Bible condemns faith alone. James 2:19-26 as we showed in the video that you didn't watch.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial James 2 is not about being saved from hell. When James 2 talks about can faith save him, he is not talking about saving him from going to hell. He is talking about saving him from his troubles here and now. Saving him from being naked and hungry.
If you tell your brother Stay warm and be filled and do nothing else then that is useless to the one in need. That's a dead faith.
But if you give them food and clothes your faith is alive. Your faith is Useful to them because it's accompanied by works.
" These people he's writing to are saved brethren ., t's very dangerous to place your faith in your works and what you perceive to be the outward "evidence"your faith/salvation (based on your works, behaviour, performance etc...). You’re taking scriptures out of context and formed a manmade doctrine that doesn’t save anyone. there are almost 200 verses in the new Testament that teach that salvation is SOLELY on the basis of faith in Christ alone
Jesus: "Verily, verily I say unto you he who BELIEVES in Me hath everlasting life." (John 6:47)
Satan: "Did God really say that faith ALONE in the finished redemptive work on The Cross ALONE of Jesus Christ ALONE is all you need to do to be saved?"
Who ya gonna believe?
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Jesus: (John 6:47)
S.a.t.a.n: "Did God really say that faith ALONE in the finished redemptive work on The Cross ALONE of Jesus Christ ALONE is all you need to do to be saved?"
Who ya gonna believe?
@@CatholicTruthOfficial You are misleading people and you are storing up God's Wrath on Judgement Day. 😢
@@Gracethroughfaith-js8mp God bless you. Your theology is good and needs to be seen and heard. ❤
I just got into an argument about this the other day. Their response: "well I gave you 10 verses that say faith saves you"
despite the fact none of those verses say "faith alone" and despite the fact James is an entire letter about the necessity of a living faith requiring works
What always gets me is the fact that a protestant faith alone worldview means even the devil is saved and all I need to do is believe in Jesus.
Alternatively should they say "well doing evil works shows you were never saved in the first place" we must interpret it to mean one of two things:
1. God predestines us to heaven or hell
Or
2. God sometimes refuses us his grace even when we earnestly are baptized/receive sacraments
Protestantism is seriously deluded!
I never understood this but now I get it. So the work of ordering my heart’s sinful desires and evil back towards goodness and God praying to Him for help after defeating an addiction is a good work then as a result of my living faith (or is it a dead faith) by James?
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[Matthew 25:34]
How to inherit the kingdom of heaven?
(1) Feed the hungry.
(2) Give drink to the thirsty.
(3) Clothe the naked.
(4) Shelter the homeless.
(5) Visit those in prison.
(6) Comfort the sick.
(7) Bury the dead.
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you cant enter heaven by faith alone.
dont forget to love your neighbor besides God.
it is very clear Jesus said: when you do this to others you also do it to God; and when you dont, then you go to everlasting punishment and will not get eternal life in heaven.
1 Corinthians 13:13
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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Are you agreeing or disagreeing with the previous comment?
@@OzCrusader agreeing. Showing that love is greater than faith
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Yes, Josh and thank you for supporting @healinghands5760’s comment. Permit me to add that Paul teaches at 1 Corinthians 13:3, if we do good works, but have not love, we gain nothing.
Jesus tells his followers he is not the Jesus of the Bible..
Only Saint Joseph can create simple wooden statues/sculptures, to symbolize poverty and humility.
And so believers will then make them in simple stone and marble.
Jesus did say 'it is what comes out of a man that makes him unclean (ie. unsaved)'. It is one thing to intellectually say the idea of God makes sense thus I guess I believe in God; it is another thing for that belief to transform your thoughts and way of life such that your unconscious actions reveal how deep you believe this simply by observing you. That is the sort of faith+works which means the transformation toward being holy as your heavenly father is holy is taking place in your life. Such are those in the Kingdom of God.
Why do they teach these tropes? If what they preach is true, then they wouldn't need to lie about Catholicism to justify their stance. They do lie about Catholicism, therefore, their stance is false.
True, but the vast majority just spout what they have been taught by their pastors. The smart pastors realise the whole protest will come falling to the ground and just perpetuate the lies
Ephesians 2:8-10
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
The New Testament writers are emphatic that salvation is by grace alone (Rom. 3:24, 28; 4:5; 11:6; Gal. 2:16-21; Eph. 2:8-10; Titus 3:5-8).😊😊
@@bibleman8010 If we would be saved by grace and works it would be no longer grace.
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@@user-fi1pe4dg3u "And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing." 1 Corinthians 13:2 (St Paul). What is charity other than helping the needy? Charity is clearly considered among good works. "And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity." (1 Corinthians 13:13). This clearly puts charity BEFORE faith, so to say "faith alone" is all that is required of us is clearly contrary to Scripture.😃😃For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
2:6-7 Here’s what Paul says: For he will render to every man according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
Then there's verse Titus 3:14, where Paul says, “Let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need.” You see a need, and in love you try to meet it-that's a good work. Good works are the overflow of love for Christ that meets the needs of others.
This is exactly what Paul says in Titus 3:8: “The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works.”
By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God, who will repay everyone according to his works: eternal life to those who seek glory, honor, and immortality through perseverance in good works, but wrath and fury to those who selfishly disobey the truth and obey wickedness." (Rom 2: 5-8)
Wherefore, brethren, labor the more, that by good works you may make sure your calling and election." 2 Peter 1:10
@@bibleman8010 Faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ brings you to do good works, not works brings you to the salvation of Jesus Christ.
Can you do a video on if its proper for Christians to celebrate Jewish holidays? it seems very popular among protestants.
I have come across people on UA-cam who insist that Jesus died on Wednesday, that we should follow the Jewish Holy Days and the like, and that we should keep the Jewish dietary Laws. They also claim that there were two Sabbaths during Holy Week, and yet, they never mention any other time in Christian history that there were two Sabbaths during that week.
Most Protestants will convert one day very soon
😮Galatians 2:16
16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
In James 2 I believe he was talking about how works are a manifestation of faith as in James 2:18 But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
It's not just a manifestation of faith. It shows that you have a salvific faith. And if your faith does not have works it doesn't save you James says. Try watching the video.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial so Paul and James are contradicting each other because Paul says that Abraham was justified by faith and not works (Romans chapter 4). James declares that Abraham was justified by his works (James 2:21-23). Who's right? Both Paul and James were inspired by the Holy Ghost.
Just as Christ was incarnate, unless your faith is incarnate in acts of charity, there is no salvation and your faith is in vain.
Why is this so difficult for Protestants ????
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Paul teaches HOW TO BE SAVED
James teaches WHAT A SAVED PERSON LOOKS LIKE TO MANKIND
If you depend on Yourself even a little bit for your Salvation
YOU ARE GOING TO HELL🔥🔥🔥
Jesus wants Us to Trust in Him Alone aka FAITH ALONE ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
If Salvation depends on us doing works, Jesus coming to die for you was in vain.
Please trust ONLY IN CHRIST for your Salvation
I pray 🙏 for you All
Protestants say your salvation begins the moment you accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour and what he did on the cross. Therefore all your sins are forgiven (past present future). If that is the case then why do we need Baptism to wash away our sins ? Is Baptism the first step to salvation ?. Also, if our future sins have been already forgiven, why do we have to confess our sins to a priest, Christ gave his apostles and their successors the authority to forgive sins in his name (Whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven)Why do Protestants ignore this Scripture ?
They want to do as they please, and yet call out Catholics for all of the things we do "wrong."
So, in 2:24, he is absolutely talking about salvation, but I think there's an argument that he may not have meant salvation in 5:15: he says, "The prayer of faith shall save the sick...and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him." I think saying "the sick will be saved by prayer; in addition to that, the same prayer will bring the forgiveness of his sins" is redundant. I do think 5:15 is referencing salvation inasmuch as it talks about forgiveness of sins, but I think the word "save" in that verse may very well be referencing being saved from the sickness: otherwise, what's the point in mentioning both?
I think both. It all seems to be connected as one.
The Holy Spirit dwells in the Catholic Church since 33AD
Impossible 33ad??? What do they put in that communion?
The first use of the word Catholic was in 110ad.
Stop spreading lies!!!
Amen! It will continue to do so as well.
@@tknciliba4743 Yes, 33 AD is when Pentecost occurred. The Church was initially called "The Way", but began to be referred to as Catholic by Saint Ignatius of Antioch in 107 AD, and Saint Polycarp as well in 108 AD. Both of these men trained under Saint John the Apostle.
@@catholictruthreplies Funny logic, You yourself just mentioned Catholic Church started in 107ad. The Way is not a Catholic Church.
That's the same as saying Lutheran churches are Catholic Churches because their history is rooted from Catholics.🙈 Seriously?
I agree with this dude yet I’m Protestant, not all Protestant believe in faith alone.
Which ones don't? Out of curiosity. That was the main founding doctrine of the Protestant reformation.
Church of Christ. They believe in baptism, repentance, and confession as part of God’s salvational plan.
@lapdog4135 what scriptures do you use to back up your beliefs?
@@toddgallo1759 what do you mean? All scripture.
@@lapdog4135 then it should be easy to point out one
I'm Catholic. I believe this, but I have questions. Im kind of embarrassed about my ignorance, but do I literally need to volunteer at a hospital and a prison?
Or do I give to the church and to homeless people on the street?
In this day and age, you have to go to the hospital to join a team of volunteers but Im not sure that's possible in prison. You can't actually just go visit random people in prison.
Or is it how loving I treat all the people I come in contact with?
How do we actually accomplish this?
No. Just do good works within your reach and if God inspires you. The summary of good work for God is you renounce your own will and seek and do only His will for you or you conform your will to God's will.
Look at the lives of saints. Did all of them visit the prisoners? No. Did all of them give shelter to the homeless, clothe the naked etc? No. Did St. Therese, St. Padre Pio and other saints visit the prisoners, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless? No. But they still became saints. Why? Because they renounced their own will and sought and did only God's will for them. They did what God inspired them to do. If God would want them to do that, they would do that. If God would want them to go there, they would go there. Surely, if God would inspire them to visit prisoners, they would visit them.
When you renounce your own will and you have no more desire to follow your own will but only God's will for you, God will speak to you and you will hear His voice and He will start giving you inspiration or what He wants you to do for Him each day or each moment of your life. God can read your heart. He knows if you have no more will of your own and you want only to seek and do His will for you. Or you want to follow His will but not fully because some parts of your heart want to follow your own will. If you are like this, you will be misled and you will not clearly hear God's voice and you will not fulfill His will or inspiration for you.
@marietav7342 Thank you so much for your response. I have been thinking about this for months. I am a retired nurse, and I started researching volunteer opportunities at my local hospital. There is a volunteer program to take service dogs to visit patients, and I have some experience along side of those kinds of programs. So I've been thinking about volunteering, but I don't know how to tell if the desire is from God or from my fear of God. I guess I need to pray more about it. I do think about it a lot, though. Do you have any advice?
@@Catholiclady3 You are welcome, sister! Well, always every day PRAY FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE so that God will lead you to where He wants you to volunteer at. And if you find out that, go there and volunteer. I used to do my own will. I always made plans and executed them without consulting God or asking for His guidance. At first, my decision and plan seemed very good and would do good to me. But my own decision only gave me more problems, great sufferings and put my life in great disorder. It also affected the members of my family because my decisions were bad and even harmed me and my loved ones. But I have learned my lesson well .... the hard way. I decided to renounce my own will and seek and do only Gods will for me. I now always ask for Gods guidance and am determined to follow and do only His will for me. I now consult Him when I make plan or when I plan to do something and I ask Him to guide me and my decision. Since then, I have never made bad decisions anymore but always good. Now, I have never regretted my decision anymore because when I would plan to do something, I would always conform it to Gods will. Since God saw that I always conformed to His will, , He would inform me if my plan is good or bad for me. If it is bad, I would not pursue and do it anymore. Thats why I was spared of making bad decision that I would regret later. Now my life is so peaceful because I have only tried to do what God wants me to do and just go to where God wants me to go. I still have great problems but there is a great difference between your problem that you acquired through no fault of your own and your problem that you incurred through your own fault. The latter will give you PURE SUFFERING. Thats why I don't want to commit great mistake again by doing and following my own will. If God wants me to do that, I will do that. If God does not want me to do that, I will not do that. If God wants me to go there, I will go there. If God wants me to stay where I am at, I will remain there. I am now very obedient to God thats why when I would go to confession, the priest would only give me light penance because the sins that I confess now are only light sins. One time, I went to confession. After confessing my sins, the priest dismissed me without giving me penance. I asked him, "Father, whats my penance? ," He said "none". He did not give me penance. Lol. Praise be to God!
I don’t understand. What kind of works save us? How many do we do?
Good works done out of love for God and in obedience to His will. Good work without love is nothing in God's sight.
"If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.". - 1 Cor 13:1-3
It is not really good works that save us but the supernatural virtue of love of God. If we die with love of God, our salvation is 100 percent SURE. But the love of God is proven by obedience to His will and loving our neighbor by doing good works for them for the love of God You have no genuine love for God if you don't love your neighbor by doing good works for them or if you don't help your neighbor esp the poor and if you don't obey His will, therefore, you cannot be saved by just declaring you love God but you don't follow His will and you have no love for your neighbor or you are not helping them. See the rich man and Lazarus bible passage. The rich man was damned because he did not love and care for the poor.
The summary of good work for God is your complete renunciation of your own will and total conformity of your will to Gods will or seeking and doing only Gods will for you. If God inspires you to do that, you will do that. If God asks you not to do that, you will not do that. If God tells you to welcome this person into your life, you will welcome that person into your life. If God orders you to give up a person, a thing or your ambition, you will give them up. If God commands you to go there or stay where you are, you will go there or stay where you are, always in obedience to His will. Let God do whatever He wants to do with your life. If you always obey His will for you, little by little, everything in your life will fall into place and your life will be put in order by God and gradually, you will continue to grow in wisdom, strength and virtues or holiness by His grace.
I appreciate these responses but how do I know how many to do? I helped my neighbor the other day whose car had a flat tire. Is that one work enough?
@@danielparkhurst2532Your questions are sarcastic. You think you’re being clever but you’re not.
Luther wanted to jettison the book of James
You mean "Jimmy?" 🤦♂️
Hebrews, Jude, and Revelation too. He was so arrogant to think he could do whatever he wants. He did say, "If you're going to sin, sin boldly, just believe more boldly."
@@julieelizabeth4856 when did he tell you that? You know what's also arrogant, is talking about people as if you have first hand knowledge. You are parroting what you heard from your source of truth. How do you know your source is correct???
@@toddgallo1759 Luther's own writings:
A Letter from Luther to Melancthan - August 1, 1521
Luther's Works, Erlangen, Vol. 29, p. 126
Remarks are repeated all the time about the Catholic Church, from anti-Catholic sources, rather than looking at Catholic sources to find out what it really teaches.
@@toddgallo1759 Research Luther's "September Bible" for yourself.
I agree, however I would suggest not presenting it as "faith and works" for the reasons Jimmy Akin pointed out in his interview with Austin from Gospel Simplicity in this timestamp between 21:53 and 24:06. ua-cam.com/video/nzRvNeZ1F4U/v-deo.html
Other than that, great video. Hope what I suggested helps! God Bless! :)
Thank you. We agree and we usually don't. We usually say a working faith. Or a working obedient faith. Or a faith that lives itself out through works and obedience to Christ.
and eph 2"8 is much more clear with no confusion...We are saved by grace and not of works ,,Can't get much clearer then that. Faith apart from work is dead faith ,this is faith that has no benefits to the believer in time. but has nothing to do with his eternal salvation This is attained as Acts 16:31 says ,believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and at that moment you are saved forever...yes that is about as much faith as a mustard seed ,but enough to save you way before any works ever have a chance to blossom in you life.
It doesn't get more clear than "We are NOT saved by faith ALONE." _That's_ as clear as it gets.
Plus you don't seem to understand Eph. 2. In Ephesians 2:8-9, faith alone is _not_ being taught, and good works are _not_ veing condemned. You will notice that Paul makes a distinction between "works" in Ephesians 2:8-9 and "good works" in verse 10. Clearly, works and good works are two different things. Nowhere are good works condemned or are said to be not needed. So you are misusing this passage. There are two different types of works. Paul talks about that are not good works. 1. Works done by our own power that don't mean anything or do anything. 2. Jewish Works of the law. These are the Old Testament rituals, cleansing, and things like circumcision. This is the majority of what Paul condemns when he uses the word works.
Eph. 2:8-9 is talking about works done by our own power. We can't save ourselves. It's all the work and grace of God.
And you will note that he condemns those "works," which are different than the good works which he mentions and we are called to walk in, in verse 10.
The entire New Testament says we need to live out our faith, follow the commandments, be obedient to Christ, bear good fruit, and stay faithful until to the end or we won't be saved (Jn. 14:15, 21-24; Jn. 15:5-7, 10, 14; Mt. 19:15-23, James 2:24; Rom. 17-22; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:17-22; Jn. 3:5; Heb. 10:26-29; Rev. 2:4-7, 10, 19-26, Mt. 25:31-46).
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Good fruit or what I call divine good ,can only be produced by a person who is a believer in J.C. It is works controlled by the H.S. when the believer is in fellowship ,that is confessed sins and filled with the H.S. Human good is produced when out of fellowship or by the unbeliever its human works ,The unbeliever is spiritual dead to God , helpless and hopeless...He cannot do Any kind of works to help himself. To try to save himself by any kind of work is fruitless. * You have been saved with the result that you keep on being saved forever by means of efficacious grace through faith, [Both grace and faith depend entirely on God. Grace is the function of the sovereignty of God [divine volition]. Faith is the non-meritorious function of human volition, totally dependent on the work of God. He makes the faith effective. Therefore, the sovereignty of God and the freewill of mankind meet at the moment of salvation by faith alone in Christ alone]. …and this [“houtos” - “this”- does not refer to the antecedent nouns, grace, and faith, which are both in the feminine gender. This is in the neuter gender and refers to the entire function of God.]…. and this entire function of God is not from yourselves, it is the GIFT from God; 9 NOT BY WORKS, so that no one can boast [take credit in arrogance]. 10 For we are His creation; having been created [through the identification of the Spirit] in Christ Jesus for the divine good achievement [“eusebeia” - execution of the the unique spiritual life] …that God prepared in advance [in eternity past] that we should walk by means of them. [the entire Protocol Plan of God].
* Meaning: Eternal Life is acquired by Faith ALONE, in Christ ALONE. ALL Human acts, effort, human works, human good, apart from faith-belief alone, are all excluded. ALL human efforts were rejected at the cross.
It's my understanding the official teaching of the Catholic Church comes from Ephesians 2:8-9, salvation by grace through faith, exclusive of works.
The presupposition in James 2 is that salvation has already taken place. The evidence for faith alone as found in Eph. 2 include: the Thief on the cross, the woman in the crowd, the woman with issue, Saul on the road to Demascus, Nicodemus, Peter's salvation in Acts 12, Romans 4 when a large group of followers were saved at one time.
Are you catholic or protestant? The thief on the cross was saved but not with faith alone. He was saved with living faith. A living faith is not faith alone because it has also hope and love. A person cannot be saved without these 3 theological virtues namely faith, hope and love.
If a person has living faith, he has also hope and love. These 3 theological virtues will move him to do good works out of love for God if he will still live on earth. Of course, God will not require a person to do good work continually if he is about to die. Lol.
The thief on the cross fell in love with God the moment he beheld our Lord Jesus that's why he was saved. He had also hope in Him that's why he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom."
It is not faith or faith alone that saves our soul but love. A person who died with the love of God is 100% sure saved.
" If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing." - 1 Cor 13:1-3
A person who has SUPERNATURAL love of God has also faith and hope in God.
A person can have faith (alone) but no hope and no love.
If a person has hope, he authomatically has faith but can still have no love of God.
If a person has love, he authomatically has faith and hope.
And According to Biblical Scholar, Nicodemus was Baptist, and still went to earthly desire, until his last breath he return to his Faith.
Unfortunate but yet another example of Protestants overlooking truths of scripture for the sole purpose of disagreeing with the one true holy Catholic Church. Jesus commands to carry our cross and love thy neighbor…are these not works? Open thy eyes.
Indeed it is incredibly unfortunate, as they have divorced scripture from its historical context and fail to see that "works" condemned by Saint Paul are actually "works of the law" meaning Jewish law. Thanks for watching, God bless you!
Ok, let's say faith alone saves. Fine.
Jesus said "This is my body..."
And who do believe in His words? Those who insist in faith alone?
Hahha! Hhaha!. Oh my goodness.
Exactly.
The "works" is evidence.
Hello, thank you so much for your reply. This can certainly be used as "evidence", in the context of "you shall know them by their fruits", but it is less evident in the legal sense, as there are many virtuous pagans or non-Christians who would also display that same "evidence". Works divorced from grace, and not in union with faith is naught. Thank you for watching, God bless you!!
Faith is a gift from God. So how can that faith turn into a dead faith? Every one of breaks the command of God to be perfect. We are not obedient to the Commands of God, we do not love God with all are heart , mind and soul. So if 100 percent obedience is required for a working faith, then I have no hope to be saved
Faith is a gift, we agree, but that doesn't mean everyone uses the gift. Or that we can't throw the gift away. We have free will.
Also, 100% obedience is not required. Not sure where you heard that or why you believe that. It's all about love. The Bible says if you love God you will follow his commandments. And so we willingly enjoyfully choose to. And even when we fail we run back to him.. the problem is when we stop running back to him or keep going down the dark path without repentance.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial So someone who misses a holy day of obligation for not a good reason. can still have Love and does not destroy charity in the heart of man right? Example someone that repents right away from a sin, proves that love never left them.
If someone knows that they are supposed to go to church and they choose not to, then they're openly rebelling against God. That is not having a loving heart.
God always offers his graces. And we can always accept them or refuse them. Just like he gives us the gift of faith which we can accept or refuse. Or stop using. Like the two Pastors in Hillsong who left. One cheated on his wife and the other became an atheist. One repented and came back to God and the other did not. One kept his gift of faith and the other one returned it. Or threw it away.
@@jimbob3719 So do you think you are still saved by having faith in Jesus but you have a mistress or mistresses and you feel no contrition for committing adultery?
@@marietav7342 Why would I want a mistress? I am a follower of Christ. I Love my wife. Why would want to risk losing her. She is my best friend
Have to be saved before any works that are acceptable to God can be done. Works is a byproduct of salvation, not a requirement to salvation
We partly agree with you on that. You agree with Catholics that you have to be justified before your works are acceptable before God. We also agree that they are a by-product of face, but we would say that they're altered necessary for salvation to accompany faith. Sometimes people's works are evil or they fall away from doing good works and being obedient to christ. They stop living their faith. So a working and obedient faith is what saves us. A living faith.
@CatholicTruthOfficial "so a working and obedient faith saves us" I disagree. In order to even begin to do works, you must be saved. Otherwise, all your works are in vain. Once a person comes to a saving faith in Christ, God declares them justified. That is a legal declaration that you're just as righteous as Jesus. Someone who has lived a perfect sinless obedient life. Because Jesus merit is given to us. Every time God looks at you, He looks through the (filter if you will) blood of Christ. God doesn't wait and see how you will work out to see if you follow the rules before He decides. I'm rambling on now lol.
This is my reply to your posted reply, which interestingly doesn't come up. No, this is your ignorance or lie. You are not like Paul who "became a Jew to win Jews." Paul didn't become a Jew to present a different doctrine, which the Jews never had, as you do. He did it to get an audience with them to show with plenty of "evidence" how the new covenant was already described and presented in their Scripture. In his debates with them, he didn't derive any of his statements from some obscure source, or tradition, which you and the Catholic organization does, which are contrary to the Bible. He only pointed to their source "alone," because it was confirmed there, with "no contradiction."
No, the word purgatory is not mentioned in the Bible. Yet, with these verses you provide, you like to deceive ignorant and naive people into believing it is referenced. The verses you referenced do not support your claim, but rather reveal your deliberate false interpretation. In Ps. 66, how is somebody in purgatory going to do what is declared in the verses spoken after verse 12? None of that will be there. Isaiah 4:4 is speaking of Jerusalem, not individual souls. Micah 7:9 is talking about earthly events, not in the hereafter. Don't take that verse out of context with the verses before and after. This taking out of context is something you guys really like to do. Mal. 3:3 is another "earthly" event. In 2 Maccabees 12:44-45 you forgot to include the set amount of money that was offered to get them out in verse 43. What is Catholicism's amount that has to be paid? And if you're not paying it, they don't come out. NO, this does not "fly over my head." Matthew 5:22 is not speaking of the hereafter either. Matthew 5:26 isn't either, but rather to an earthly judge. And if it were speaking of purgatory, the person themselves will be required to pay, not someone else. Regarding 1Corinthians 3:11-15, is it a fire that gets them out of purgatory or is it paying a priest to do a memorial service with a prayer? And lastly, how in God's name could you ever use Heb.12:14 to support your foolishness? This means no man will see the Lord in a Christian, if you are a non-peaceful Christian.
None of these references support your purgatory argument. How do you even know when someone is in purgatory to pray them out. You don't know! It's a good way for a priest to make extra cash though, isn't it? Not only this, but everything you believe about purgatory contradicts Scripture. Here is one contradiction alone, spoken by Eli the prophet to his sons, "If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, WHO SHALL INTREAT FOR HIM..." (1Samuel 2:25). Also, there is far more corroborating Scripture to defend the term "trinity," then purgatory. And I know the Eucharist did not exist in the Old Testament.
I explained what I meant about the "paying of money" in my post. You know it to be true.
When did I ever say that protestant faiths understand Biblical marriage correctly. You made a false presumption. They are just as clueless and non-biblical in their concepts of Biblical marriage as you are. Yours is just worse in your presumed control over it and God. Matrimony is sacred, but not as you perceive and initiate it.
Your right, the true church of Jesus Christ is not a man-made organization, but Catholicism is, as is protestant denominations, JW's, and Morman, etc. Religious organizations. all man-made and devised. Neither is the church a "Christ-Made organization," as you declare. It is an "organism" - the body of Christ. You reveal your true false identity and ignorance of the true church.
I explained very clearly in my post what I meant about a "faithless Catholic." I witness it every day by Catholics I encounter in my highly populated Catholic area. I also see it in Catholics in our governmental legislative bodies. Lies, deception, corruption. Plenty of evidence. I gave some examples.
I never said that "Catholic teaching mentions that money and a powerful position are required for salvation." You are making that up. However, you never address the Pope and what he is decreeing. I did mention that! What gives? So much for your tradition! It's a good thing we aren't living in the sixteenth century, because I would be killed by Catholicism for challenging you, as I have. If your "organization" ever got the power again, do you think they would not resort to that again? That is part of your history and "tradition."
Oh Brian. Such a terrible teaching. James is not "legalizing" salvation. You always skip the part where James says, "What if a man "CLAIMS" to have faith.....Who would I claim my faith to? In your prayers, do you say Dear Father, I want to claim to you that I have saving faith? Are you really going to tell your listeners that when James says, "I will show my faith by my works" is telling us that God waits to see our works to determine if we have saving faith? Where do we get our faith.
Please stop using the "goat and sheep" parable to prove your point. Jesus is the Shephard of the sheep, not the goats.
Jesus said, "You will know them by their love". What will you know about them?
The goats did not have the love of God in them, and therefore went to hell. Please read 1 John 3:17 and then read Mt 7:18.
Such a sad interpretation.
Jesus is The Shepherd of the sheep and not the goats. But you ignore the entire part of the fact that the Sheep did good works and went to heaven and the goats did not and so went to hell.
Also, James was clear that faith without works is dead, and that the works justify you and bring Faith to completion. James literally asks if you have faith but you don't have Works can you be saved? And the answer is no you cannot be. So a man might claim to have faith, but it's not a saving faith. It's a dead Faith as James says.
You say: "You always skip the part where James says "What if one CLAIMS....."
I respond with: No one is skipping anything. I rightly assume you are referring to:
James 2:14 NRSV-CI
[14] What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you SAY (OR CLAIM) you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you?
The passage is not about those who only claim to have faith. It is about those who claim faith but don't have works.
You say: Please stop using "sheep and goats" parable. Jesus is the shepherd of only the sheep and not the goats.
I respond: Matthew 25:32 NRSV-CI
[32] All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another AS a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
The parable doesn't show that Jesus is only shepherding the sheep. You are reading way too much into the passage, which is a simile of how the Son of Man will separate those who do good works (feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc) and those who do not.
You say: You will know them by their love. The goats did not have Love of God in them. Read 1 John 3:17 + Mt 7: 18
I respond: If you are still referring to only the passage in Mt 25, it does not define who has or lacks God's love. The "goats" in the passage did not do good work.
1 John 3:17 NRSV-CI
[17] How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
The above passage shows that the one who does no good work could not have God's love abiding in him. Note that good works and not faith alone are not even discussed as the criterion of God's love. Isn't this what St James wrote?
Matthew 7:18 NRSV-CI
[18] A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
While I agree, how does this passage connect to the doctrine of Faith alone? Does the passage claim that a good tree cannot become a bad one later (by unbelief and disobedience) or that a bad tree cannot become a good one later (by faith and obedience)?
Thank you for the response, Brian. So simply put, you claim this teaching to be about good works or not. Please bring into the discussion Mt 7:21-23. Those folks did many good works even claimed those works to be in the name of Jesus, yet they were cast away from Him.
Please answer this question.....To whom are you showing your faith to by your good works?
Thanks
@isaacosahon4352 Thank you for the response. Again, neither you nor Brian answered this question....to whom are we showing our faith to by our works, as James said he was?
Why did this not work for those in Mt. 7:21-23? Not only did they do "mighty works, but they claimed to have done them in the name of Jesus."
Of course, in a "judgment like the sheep and goats," the nations would be gathered. Are you saying the "goats" are born again, Christ followers with the love of God abiding in them (1 John 3:17) , just too lazy to do any good works? I hope not.
In Ephesians 2:8, it says, "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith-it is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.
Is it still a gift when works are required to receive it?
Let me answer that for you.....Romans 11:6, "And if by grace, then it can not be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace."
Finally, Ephesians 2:10, we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Christians are saved for good works, not because of good works. I challenge you to translate the word "handiwork" in Greek and see what it means.
@danbishop2468 St Matthew 7:21-23 DRC1752
[21] Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. [22] Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name? [23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work .......
The works mentioned here are the Charisms or gifts of the Holy Spirit used to build up the Church. They are not the good works of charity mentioned in Matthew 25 or in James 2. St Paul said it best:
1 Corinthians 13:1-4 DRC1752
[1] IF I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. [2] And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. [3] And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. [4] Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
You want us to sort out our faith theology. Okay.
You take Mary out of your churches, take her out of your prayers.
We will do whatever you want.
You don't like anything to be alone traditionally.
Works Alone Naah, Jesus Alone Naah. Faith Alone Naah.
Mary & Jesus Yess! Faith & works Yess. Saints & intercessory prayers Yess.
I'm just playing.
Hello, thank you for your reply. Why would we do that? Scripture says that all generations shall call her blessed. What is wrong with her being in our churches, or us asking for her intercession?
The reason we do not do things in an either/or fashion is because it is never "alone". Grace THROUGH Faith, not GRACE ALONE or FAITH ALONE. It is always a both/and. It is Grace FIRST, Faith and Works UNITED with Grace. Intercessory prayers are scriptural.
Thanks for watching, God bless you!
@@catholictruthreplies Thank you God bless
@@tknciliba4743 Play what u want but Mary is still in our prayers lol😆😆 nice try. One thing I will control u if I want to so it's okay to have fun and control people tho, it is good 😊😊😊😊 Now the only thing is James 2:24 is by faith with works for Faith without works is dead
@@catholictruthreplies There is no scriptural evidence that heaven is where she is right now, actually to the contrary, the thief at the cross is told of paradise which is not heaven. John 14:3 heaven is still under preparation...
@@CatholicPerson-ld6vq It's hard to let go of demons no surprise there, I will still be praying though.