I was an atheist, and for years thought I'd never work it out to find my way back to belief. Too many thoughts and questions. When you stop asking you start getting answers, especially when you realize the constant questioning is just to prolong the self-reckoning.
Adam and Eve knew already not to eat the fruit *until* Satan had Eve question God. Then, what Eve already knew was buried under that question which deceived her from the clear commandment.
Dude am glad am Also an ex-atheist here You know it's kinda wierd yo hear this comment assuming from the Toxicity from the athiest comunity towards theist and Christians etc... If You ever want info to get started with phylosophy You came the a good channel
*I have often noticed. The further the unbeliever is from Christ...the more "good" they believe themselves to be. Contrastly, the nearer one draws toward Christ...the less good they see in their own life and the realization of their need for Christ increases. Christ is the light that reveals the sin within us. As we draw nearer that light...so that sin is revealed. As we move further away ...so that sin disappears into the darkness and in our own eyes...we become good again believing we have no need for a savior. Dear Christ that I should believe myself...."good."*
And then there are those who struggle with pride and see themselves as wretched but only to live in a "poor me" mentality, "have pity on me please" while still living in sin
Nice work with the video. C.S. Lewis really was a great man. When I listened to the audio book of Mere Christianity I was surprised to hear him answer so many objections that I myself had thought of.
@约翰 The Nicene Creed says that Christ was begotten before all ages. It says Christ was begotten not made so he existed eternally. "Because according to the Nicene Creed, at a certain point many lifetimes ago, the Christ was begotten of the Father." Where does the Nicene Creed say that?
I simply adore this man. C.S.Lewis held intelligence and a knowledgeable truth of what merely Christianity holds. He is a very favorite author of mine. A man of great integrity and admirable knowledge in times when the 'idea' of Christianity wasn't acceptable.
C. S. Lewis was incredibly articulate and well versed when it came to conveying God’s Word and he deserves every bit of praise he gets. He was truly a gift from God.
I have the desire to email this out to everyone I know, but there is one exception that needs to be attended to. Being hearing impaired, the ”closed caption” gives an entirely different interpretation, a jumble of words and meaning different then what is being read. Such words as “boozing” appear as the CC’s interpretation. So, please take the extra effort to apply to this dynamic message the opportunity for those who may not have literally “ears to hear” to be persuaded by this message as well. Thank you for its posting at such a defining time in this worlds history. Shalom.
"There are three classes of people, those who do not search [for God] and do not find, they are neither reasonable nor happy. Those who are searching, but have not yet found, they are reasonable but not happy. And there are those who have both searched for, and found God, and they are both reasonable and happy." - Dr. Peter Kreeft
***** ...and eventually you die, like every other human being... and miss out on "ETERNAL" LIFE! 1 John 2:17 The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. . John 3:16..."For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. . 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. . John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. . John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." . John 6:67-69 So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?" Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. "We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God." . Romans 6:4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. . Romans 8:10-11 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. . Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." . John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. . 1 John 1:1-2 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life-- and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us-- . Galatians 6:8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Lewis here has touched on the fact that the first class, to keep their world view, have to attack the third class, thereby hindering the second class from finding Him that they seek
How could you possibly agree with a statement like this? I am most certainly both reasonable and happy without a god. Generalising people is a trait you should not carry!
not religious really,, more of a spiritualist, and most religious experience and knowledge comes from primary school and bible club. but this video? and the answering of so many questions that ive had about myself and struggling with direction and addiction, made me feel so warm and honestly like crying. a warmth and love that i havent felt since a child
The warmth you feel is the radiance of our Lord Jesus Christ. Come to Him, and you will have not just the warmth but the source. He is the bread of life. Eat of Him and you shall live. Come to Him, you who are weary and heavy laden, and He will give you rest. He is lowly and gentle in heart, and you will find rest for your soul in Him.
This line of thinking is the beginning. I have been sober for 10 years and this is how I opened myself to the proposition that Christianity would be the path I would walk. I was raised by atheist's, and not all the knowledge from books could help me in the darkest moments. C.S. Lewis and Translations from Dark Night of the Soul, were my first steps out of 12th step literature. I pray you find the strength and direction I have found. I pray that you remember that faith doesn't mean the world will treat you well, or hardships won't come, but faith will sustain you when they do. May the Lord guide you in your search.
Im not a linguist but I get goosebumps listening to wisdom and truth so beautifully presented. Dear God, may I grow in wisdom and truth so that I too may be ready at all times to give an account for my joy.
I understand. Now, look up the 2nd Movement of the Shostakovich 2nd Piano Concerto. Listen to it. Be prepared to weep openly. This is the power of someone who can touch your heart. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
C.S. Lewis was brilliant. This was an excellent video, you keep surprising me with the better and better videos. Why would anyone downvote this? Oh yeah, trolls.
Ok see here is my issue. They argue you can't lead a good life without Christ. So they are basically saying that everyone but Christian's no other religions or anything can be happy. See that's my issue.
It's a false trilemma . If he is not a liar or a madman, he must be the son of Christ. Or maybe he was just a story. Or maybe sacrificing yourself to yourself makes no sense.
+rador7 well with 4 things, it's no longer a trilema. In fact it becomes less and less relevant as you add more, he may have been a great morale teacher but he was delusional about being one with God. You don't think that sacrificing yourself to yourself to appease yourself isn't a bit silly? It's like taking your own money to pay a debt you owe to yourself. I was an evangelical growing up. I was devout; but even the devout have to hide their heads in the sand to pretend the bible doesn't contradict itself, including Jesus. Did he die with two thieves that denounced him? Or one? Both are right, but both can't be true. With this, how is anything in the gospels true if they contradict each other? How can we take anything these people say to heart? Oh and can you please provide how secularists, a minority in this country for a long time, did more to keep the gays down? Only 20% atheists are against gay marriage. I'm sure as you go back, the number may rise. However that's not proof.
+rador7 that's like saying "Here was a giant radioactive lizard called Godzilla, this could not be invented." Just because he seems like he couldn't have been invented means he must have been real. Why do so many gods that predate Jesus have the same stories as him? If I'm correct even C.S. Lewis mentioned this in mere Christianity if incorrect. I would be happy to recant that. However the idea that someone being so great or unbelievable that it can't be made up. That's like claiming humans don't have any imagination at all. I do apologize for the slow responses, I use my phone for this mostly
+rador7 and how is it a valid test? It's not even a test. It's a thought experiment. He says we only have three choices. You can't prove it, you can't run it into an algorithm. The fact that we have a 4th option breaks the "test". He did not use science, he used circular reasoning. If his apostles didn't think he wasn't nuts or a liar. Then he must be the son of God. Which his evidence for this is the bible, which tells us the absolutely consistent tale of Jesus Christ, which must be right as it was inspired by God so it must be true. This is the logic that's frustrating me.
There are some I can't quite understand where you're referring to a metaphysical or philosophical argument, but otherwise I can get the gist behind things, and it's helps to get a better understanding of my faith.
Spencer Gage I'll just reply to my own comment (lol) because I have a few requests for topics, IP. You said you take requests, but you haven't uploaded a new video in months, so if you haven't been getting much then here's plenty of fuel. 1. Could you give an overview of the Calvinist-Arminianist controversy? The concept of an "elect" confuses me, and while I've been told that Calvinism is "more biblical" than Arminianism I'm still a bit confused as to what the elect really is. One day I might be talking about my faith with non-Christians, and I feel that my views on the elect and salvation are really going to affect how I approach telling them about Christ. And even though I know God is just, I have trouble understanding His justice in light of the fact that He would allow whole cultures to go on for centuries without ever hearing the Gospel. It's easier, after all, to be a Christian in the Middle Ages in Europe or in the 21st century in the West in general than it would be to be a Christian in a place where it's seen as a mark of imperialism in some other time period. I'm wondering in particular how it isn't racist to look at a whole group of unsaved people and say that they simply weren't part of the elect. This issue doesn't bother me as much as it used to, but it's still something I'd like clarified, and perhaps you could give your opinion on it. You're not biased on things like this, I don't think, and most other people I could talk to about this would be so I can't go to them. 2. Could you give a video that refutes the ideas of the Bahai faith, namely that Jesus is just one of many "wise people"? Many people have misconceptions about Jesus or just assume that all religions teach similar things. 3. Could you argue against "Pauline" Christianity? I take it you know what that is, and when I heard Reza Aslan talk about it on C-SPAN when he promoted his book that basically espoused it I was just furious at the way he was degrading and distorting our faith and calling Paul a fabricator when really HE'S the fabricator. Prove to everybody that Paul wasn't some evil person trying to hijack Jesus for his own personal ends. It may seem obvious to us that he wasn't doing that, but other people don't seem to get it. Reza Aslan, for clarification, is basically like Karen Armstrong in that he likes religion in general, but only when catered to 21st century pluralistic tastes. 4. Could you give an overview of complementarianism, Christian egalitarianism, women being pastors, etc.? A lot of people think Christianity is sexist, and honestly, when Paul says stuff about women being quiet/submissive it really looks like that. I'm a guy, so I shouldn't really care, but I just don't want women feeling like they're being restricted in a church environment or feeling like the Bible wants them to make themselves inferior. I may not be a girl but I do struggle with feelings of inferiority sometimes, and I wouldn't want anyone else to go through that unless they respected the people above them. If you have a girlfriend or a wife or just a female friend to talk about this stuff with, then I'd suggest getting her to help. 5. Nature vs. nurture. This is particularly important to me, given who I am and the sort of sins I struggled with in my past and am sometimes worried I'll relapse into. I know that ultimately, humans are fallen and it doesn't matter whether we are predisposed to certain sins or whether we are simply giving in to temptation (I think it might be both, to some extent), but I still want to try and understand what sort of things I do that I can change that are sinful versus things idiosyncrasies I have that are just a part of who I am that aren't directly sinful. 6. Legislating morality and moralism--You know as well as I do that nowadays Christians in America are famous for opposing things we see as sinful. But we're making too big of a deal about these things, I fear, and alienating people. How can it be a part of God's plan for His own followers to alienate people with their actions and turn them away from the Gospel? Should Christians try to ban abortion and gay marriage because the Bible speaks against things like this, or would ignoring them be better? If the latter is true, are we Christians compromising in some way with the sinful world? SHOULD we compromise our morals to spread the Gospel? I technically have my own opinions on this already and I think we're probably in agreement, but I'd like to hear your views on it. 7. The Crusades, Columbus, and Cortez. Just review these topics whenever you can. I've heard so much biased information on these things from both Christians and secular academic textbooks that I don't know what to think. How should a Christian view events and people like these, and how do bad events done in the name of the Christian faith further God's plan as He works in history? 8. Your testimony. You obviously don't have to do this one, but you said you used to be an agnostic and were bullied for it. I'd like to know how you became a Christian--obviously you weren't "brainwashed" or "forced" into it because if you were you'd just espouse a specific denomination or something. I'd really like to know how you ended up doing this and what got you interested in apologetics and just your whole faith journey in general. 9. Israel-related topics. I mean things like Christian Zionism (you know how a lot of American churches have this blind support for Israel), replacement theology (I know that prophecies related to Israel don't apply to the church, but I feel like some of the OT verses seem to get new meaning to us Christians today), how Israel is involved with the last days, and finally how a Christian should view the fact that there are, in fact, Christians still living in the Middle East and sometimes the Israelis discriminate against them (and how if you're supporting Israel you might also be opposing your own fellow believers in Christ without knowing it). Again, I already have opinions here, but I just want to hear your thoughts on the topic. There's also a good book related to this called Son of Hamas, by a Palestinian guy who, as the name suggests, was a son of one of the founders of Hamas, then became an agent for the Israelis...and some other stuff. Basically, he became a Christian and found that Jesus teaching of loving your enemies was something that both Isrealis and Palestinians could really learn from. The book made me realize that you can't really look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a black and white, good vs. evil thing, yet some Christians do, feeling like they MUST side with the Jews (maybe to make up for centuries of previous Anti-Semitism?) and hate the "evil" Palestinians who "want to take over Israel". I know some of these topics aren't really your thing, but I'd still appreciate your views on them. If you know another Christian on UA-cam that's already done some videos on any of these topics that could answer my questions, let me know.
Oh, and one more thing for discussion: biblical morals and capitalism. I know a bunch of people that thing Western culture=good things=capitalism=Christianity. Basically, they think the Bible supports capitalism when that is technically impossible (they take verses and interpret them the way they wan to, you know the like). I'm not a Communist, and I don't hve any issues with capitalism, but I just don't see how capitalism can be endorsed in the Bible when the ideas in capitalism didn't exist. Just because capitalism is "good" (I'm not big on economics, though) doesn't mean that the Bible has to endorse it. It kind of bothers me that today's American Christians just shackle the faith to human-conceived ideas, and that we justify our cultural views by re-interpreting Bible verses. Or they just argue that because such a people in a such a society were Christians they were able to conceive of good ideas. Could you give your thoughts on this topic as well? Take your time, of course. Better yet if you can't do it find one of your apologist friends who can. Are any of them into this stuff?
+Linda Marie I know you don't. You also don't see the problem with circular logic. You can like Lewis all you want. It does not change the fact that he most certainly a poor mans philosopher. Hie rarely does much then play hypothetical games. Like let's put his trilema for example to the test. Liar, madman or son of God. Here's where you and I diverge. You probably see that as convincing , However. If I add he might of been mere legend. Then the trilema is a dog with no legs to stand on. I just take ire with him being called brilliant. We're talking about guy who wrote a book where Santa gives children weapons.
CS Lewis has a way of cutting to the core of the matter, believe Christianity because it is true, not because it is useful. Only the truth matters. No honest person wants to live a convenient lie, no matter how useful.
I love CS Lewis and this is a great Point to be made. The music is distracting and can make it difficult to hear complex ideas that are being communicated however. Still, thanks for posting this! CS Lewis is one of my favorite apologists.
Really enjoyed the video. Never ever heard of C.S. Lewis before so that's why I clicked on this video to find out. But I also want to say thank you for these videos you put together and present to people like myself. I really enjoy watching them because of educational purpose.
Just finding out about this brother man. In Jesus name let's see what he has to say everyone is praising him in the comments... Perhaps the lord Jesus Christ God resurrected king 👑 speaks through him
Wow. I've just started watching your videos. I see so many points that are made in this video that come up when I talk with people. Great video.. it was truly inspiring.
Sure do. Even though I trust in the shed blood of Christ Jesus for my sin and yours I'm still in the flesh and still a sinner yet justified through faith by His grace. Just because your a Christian doesn't mean something magically happens and all the sudden I'm brand new and will never sin again, it's impossible to not sin or follow the law in our flesh bodies. The Bible teaches this, we come to Christ Jesus as babes and grow in time like a tree next to a brook. I've tried and failed over and over the I finally found peace when I accepted my sinful nature and leaned on and trusting in Jesus for my redemption. These videos really helped me out and they're edifying in understanding the Gospel of Jesus Christ. m.ua-cam.com/video/lbb4xwYj19g/v-deo.html 🎥 How to Get Saved - UA-cam m.ua-cam.com/video/fL87OKrch6k/v-deo.html 🎥 How to Know You're Saved - UA-cam m.ua-cam.com/video/Gy-r2NyRLY0/v-deo.html 🎥 What Happens When We Get Saved Today - UA-cam
3cool2beans1 ok what is our sin for which you refer to? lol I know there is a lot of em but I am understanding that it’s for the Original one. Which layed the ground work for all the rest
@@hellwithit I'm referring to any and all sin past present and future including the original from which we were born out of from the beginning in the garden. This is why Christ was the very first prophecy from God and conceived from a virgin by the Holy Spirit not to be born under the curse of the original sin in the garden. Whom could do such a thing as to die for you and me and all but God Himself coming down to become flesh from on high because He loves you!
+TheGalmo "and many atheists feel that Christians deliberately try not to know whether Christianity is true or false." No, that's just the comforting lie that atheists tell themselves. You see, atheists are automatically morally and intellectually superior to religious people, because, like, dude, they're religious people. That old British man on the TV said that religious people are stupid. You don't even need to do your research and understand the evidence and arguments brought forward by religious people. You don't even need to understand religious people's point of view. In fact, it's BETTER not to understand what religious people even believe. Proving religious claims wrong would be a lot of work, so it's better to just make out like religious claims are so ridiculous that they're beneath you trying to understand them. You don't even need to know atheism very well either... If some religious idiot who doesn't know anything wants to point out that empiricism is itself a positive philosophical claim or that there are different atheist philosophies and other dumb shit you've never heard of before, you can just laugh and say "lol, atheism is just not believing in god you stupid stupidhead." The important thing to remember is that religious people are ontologically stupid and atheists are ontologically superior. Religious people MUST not have examined their own beliefs or else they would KNOW that they're false. Because atheism is true. Atheists know this because they're not stupid. Because they're atheists.
***** Nah, they do say "all Christians". I've yet to see any difference in behaviour whether an atheist is debating some moron from the Deep South or a Christian with well-spoken, erudite arguments. It's always the same: insult first, insult last, and blubber at all points inbetween.
Romans 10:14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Excellent and beautiful exposition. CS Lewis in all of his intellectual brilliance simplifies the true essence of Christianity into these profound few words.
11For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. 12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last
C.S. Lewis always, always challenges me to look onward.. to see who I really am. Sometimes I don't like what I see 😔 and I want to change, which is good... I think I change a little everything I hear this read... but I pray that I keep changing. Maybe God is changing me little by little because he knows I can only do it that way. I just pray, that in all things I will be true about who I am, and let God take me further..
We cannot ever be good, without telling the truth that only our Maker is able to cover for us, Himself, and remake us again, from the inside out, by His word to sanctify us, with His Spirit and truth because no one else can. - That is the truth of God's word.
I can't help but be struck with the great numbers of people who are very happy with this channel. And I believe that it's entirely warranted, as I too enjoy the quality material brought to us by the purveyors of this channel.
Beautiful conclusion!! morality is a mountain which we can not climb by our own efforts. Drenched by joy, the ropes and axes are done away with and the rest is a matter of flying ❤️
I saw and I opened a door in a dream many year's ago I didn't think they would remember me It's been a long journey and there was a light hanging from the ceiling right in front of the door and opening the door they cried out my name joyfully it's beautiful.
Although I do not agree with most of your believes or doctrines when it comes to the Bible like the trinity but I must say I love your videos in this video I gladly appreciated thank you
“Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil” Albert Schweitzer
3rd New Testament video is going to be up this week, and I think I'm probably also going to do something on why it would be impossible for me to become an atheist without a miracle
Christopher Johnson They think they can vote truth out of existence, just as the madman tries to shut down the elec company by turning all the lights off. Its a compulsion, driven by the obsession with God.
The Kalam Cosmological Argument: 1. Everything that begins to exist has to have a cause outside of itself. 2. The universe (matter, energy, space and time) is *not* eternal in the past, but began a finite time ago (based on the detectable expansion of the universe). 3. The universe has a cause. Now you just need to unpack what are the necessary attributes of that First Cause...
I hope you do this more often! It shocks me frankly, how often I find myself using his quotes. Daniel Mumby is a great voice for him too. It's good for people to see there are thinking cases for Christianity. Lewis had a talent for it.
This is a rather strange but very interesting video. It's quite another slant and view of things. I enjoyed it enormously. I especially found the received pronunciation rather amusing, but couldn't fault the logic. A good presentation by any standards.
8:30+ That's assuming every human being would accept christianity as true, should he/she learn about it. That won't be the case. Furthermore a man could reject christianity, even without researching about it, just by noting how many crimes and evils have been inspired by said religion, and this deeming it obviously flawed, and looking for a less flawed system of morality. Even assuming christianity is true, that is a honest error, with the best of intentions at heart.
Well no, because the context points out the difference between the type of man CS Lewis is addressing and someone like JS Mill, who he already mention, remember.
"Trees are not living things" Someone didn't get basic elementary eduction.... "The life of muhammed already is full with slavery, rape, pedophilia" That kinda makes it consistent with the god of the old testament. Doesn't it? More consistent than jeZus, by far. Why is it always the morons that become fanatics? Be i wonder if there could be a conection. Hmmmmmmm........ Kwaku Awuah On the good side, most people kinda understand that not all christians are zealous idiots. Your faith remains unstained, the morons speak for themselves only ;)
I have to say that I think Lewis's statement about "Honest Error" is itself mistaken. The main reason we are under God's wrath is because we've sinned against him, and are by nature depraved. Even if people genuinely think Christianity is wrong, they've stilled committed acts they know are morally evil. You aren't just condemned for unbelief-you're condemned for every single sin. A denial that there is a God and an acceptance of moral relativism characterizes atheism-moral relativism isn't just an "honest error"...it's a refusal to acknowledge the law we know is written on our hearts. The chief reason we reject God is because we desire to be our own gods-and this is definitely worthy of God's wrath. In any case, the reason people make the error and live their lives as though God doesn't exist is because of sinfulness. He took the Son of Man quote out of context. It says in that very same passage that those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. What does that mean? It means that if one sins in such a way that the Holy Spirit decides to withdraw his presence and not grant repentance, then that person will not be forgiven.
is it impossible to come back from blasphemy? in my days of non-belief i thought it was edgy and funny, im now coming back to christ. is blasphemy somehow beyond forgiveness?
@@noahspencer857 From what I have read, it can be confusing. But to cut it short, Real Christians who truly have repented and love Jesus etc cannot commit this sin. What christian can actually sit there and knowingly say they don't believe In the holy spirit and truly believe that. It's like those people who say they used to be christian then turned atheist, I would argue they were never actually christian to begin with, they never truly believed.
@@juandrefourie8572 yeah I did some digging for myself, blasphemy against the spirit is basically just ignoring its convictions to the point of disbelief in it entirely. I left the faith because I was fed the myth that science and faith couldn't exist together, I have since come to reconcile the two and am happy to believe again, I pray that those who were similarly led astray can come to see the truth once more. Thanks for the reply, God bless!
4:46 this is a good way to put indivualism vs collectivism, and how it relates to religion. I didnt realize it had such close ties to religion, on a base level until hearing that, but it makes a lot of sense.
Dear lacontrabasse, if Christianity is true, and a person rejects it, knowing it to be true, and that is Ok with God, then Christianity is not true at all, for Christianity claims to be the one truth. If what you have a problem with is the idea of there being only one truth, consider the alternative, which is that there are many truths. If there are many truths, than none of them are actually true, and we are left with no truth. For if there is Truth, then it is the one Truth. As for it not being fair for a person who rejects God to be condemned, we must first consider what condemnation means. Damnation is essentially eternal separation from God. If a person rejects God, they are already living in that condemnation(having already chosen separation from God). The difference is that in this life all good things come from God( nature, love etc...) so a person who rejects God on earth is still enjoying the blessings of God. After death those perks won't be there...
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it but because by it, I see everything else.”
- C. S. Lewis
The double entendre is perfect.
I was an atheist, and for years thought I'd never work it out to find my way back to belief. Too many thoughts and questions. When you stop asking you start getting answers, especially when you realize the constant questioning is just to prolong the self-reckoning.
Adam and Eve knew already not to eat the fruit *until* Satan had Eve question God. Then, what Eve already knew was buried under that question which deceived her from the clear commandment.
Dude am glad am Also an ex-atheist here You know it's kinda wierd yo hear this comment assuming from the Toxicity from the athiest comunity towards theist and Christians etc...
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@@Bi0Dr01d profound insight.
Do you “debate” or share your story with atheists on UA-cam?
dont know you but this comment makes me proud of my faith and how it brought you back.
*I have often noticed. The further the unbeliever is from Christ...the more "good" they believe themselves to be. Contrastly, the nearer one draws toward Christ...the less good they see in their own life and the realization of their need for Christ increases. Christ is the light that reveals the sin within us. As we draw nearer that light...so that sin is revealed. As we move further away ...so that sin disappears into the darkness and in our own eyes...we become good again believing we have no need for a savior. Dear Christ that I should believe myself...."good."*
To add also, that religious people have god complexs._.
"Atheist's don't exist. If you ask anyone why they are an atheist they will proceed
to explain their religion of non belief." -Monksarnn
And then there are those who struggle with pride and see themselves as wretched but only to live in a "poor me" mentality, "have pity on me please" while still living in sin
White Liberals think they are wonderfully swell.
That’s a marvellous observation...thank you...
Thank you, I needed that right now. I'm a Christian already, but it never hurts to bring it back in focus.
Nice work with the video. C.S. Lewis really was a great man. When I listened to the audio book of Mere Christianity I was surprised to hear him answer so many objections that I myself had thought of.
Like why there's no prophets and lots of profits ...
@约翰 The Nicene Creed says that Christ was begotten before all ages. It says Christ was begotten not made so he existed eternally. "Because according to the Nicene Creed, at a certain point many lifetimes ago, the Christ was begotten of the Father." Where does the Nicene Creed say that?
I simply adore this man. C.S.Lewis held intelligence and a knowledgeable truth of what merely Christianity holds. He is a very favorite author of mine. A man of great integrity and admirable knowledge in times when the 'idea' of Christianity wasn't acceptable.
You should check out G.K. Chesterton
C.S. Lewis, what a inspiring man. My favorite book (Mere Christianity) is a masterpiece that should be read by all, Christian and non Christian alike.
C. S. Lewis was incredibly articulate and well versed when it came to conveying God’s Word and he deserves every bit of praise he gets. He was truly a gift from God.
I have the desire to email this out to everyone I know, but there is one exception that needs to be attended to. Being hearing impaired, the ”closed caption” gives an entirely different interpretation, a jumble of words and meaning different then what is being read. Such words as “boozing” appear as the CC’s interpretation. So, please take the extra effort to apply to this dynamic message the opportunity for those who may not have literally “ears to hear” to be persuaded by this message as well. Thank you for its posting at such a defining time in this worlds history. Shalom.
You may not have ears to hear but your spiritual ears work perfectly fine God bless you brother, may your testimony bring Glory to God
"There are three classes of people, those who do not search [for God] and do not find, they are neither reasonable nor happy. Those who are searching, but have not yet found, they are reasonable but not happy. And there are those who have both searched for, and found God, and they are both reasonable and happy." - Dr. Peter Kreeft
***** have fun on your no-search for gawd (whatever that is)
***** ...and eventually you die, like every other human being...
and miss out on "ETERNAL" LIFE!
1 John 2:17
The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
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John 3:16..."For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
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1 Corinthians 15:20-22
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
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John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.
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John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
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John 6:67-69
So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?" Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. "We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God."
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Romans 6:4
Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
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Romans 8:10-11
If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
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Matthew 22:32
'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
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1 John 1:1-2
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life-- and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us--
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Galatians 6:8
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
SuperAzza2007 ignore him
Lewis here has touched on the fact that the first class, to keep their world view, have to attack the third class, thereby hindering the second class from finding Him that they seek
How could you possibly agree with a statement like this? I am most certainly both reasonable and happy without a god. Generalising people is a trait you should not carry!
not religious really,, more of a spiritualist, and most religious experience and knowledge comes from primary school and bible club. but this video? and the answering of so many questions that ive had about myself and struggling with direction and addiction, made me feel so warm and honestly like crying. a warmth and love that i havent felt since a child
Not religious but spiritual is nonsensical
Jesus loves you, believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.
The warmth you feel is the radiance of our Lord Jesus Christ. Come to Him, and you will have not just the warmth but the source. He is the bread of life. Eat of Him and you shall live. Come to Him, you who are weary and heavy laden, and He will give you rest. He is lowly and gentle in heart, and you will find rest for your soul in Him.
This line of thinking is the beginning. I have been sober for 10 years and this is how I opened myself to the proposition that Christianity would be the path I would walk. I was raised by atheist's, and not all the knowledge from books could help me in the darkest moments. C.S. Lewis and Translations from Dark Night of the Soul, were my first steps out of 12th step literature. I pray you find the strength and direction I have found. I pray that you remember that faith doesn't mean the world will treat you well, or hardships won't come, but faith will sustain you when they do. May the Lord guide you in your search.
That is the love of God, calling you back to Him. ❤
Im not a linguist but I get goosebumps listening to wisdom and truth so beautifully presented. Dear God, may I grow in wisdom and truth so that I too may be ready at all times to give an account for my joy.
As ever Lewis nails this question about ''leading a good life'' and opening ones heart to Christ, in a fluent fashion. Excellent.
This is my favorite video on UA-cam. Everytime I find myself not sure on what to watch I find this video. "Its a matter of flying!"
The greatest thinker in the past two Millenia. Love CS Lewis
god I can't hear or see anything about c.s Lewis without crying and I love it god bless IP😂
Me too 😞
huh? please elaborate
+TheGalmo yeah, I agree with that somewhat but then again his intention was to capture emotions mainly....I guess
I understand. Now, look up the 2nd Movement of the Shostakovich 2nd Piano Concerto. Listen to it. Be prepared to weep openly. This is the power of someone who can touch your heart.
Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
I did. And then he blocked me on Twitter...
C.S. Lewis was brilliant. This was an excellent video, you keep surprising me with the better and better videos. Why would anyone downvote this? Oh yeah, trolls.
Name calling is not conducive to conversation.
TheGalmo you can't argue with this logic. Not legitimately
You can say that again... I mean 'C.S. Lewis was brilliant.'
@TheGalmo Nobody forced you to visit this site and nobody invite you, ahh yes I remember there is no free will on atheism
Ok see here is my issue. They argue you can't lead a good life without Christ. So they are basically saying that everyone but Christian's no other religions or anything can be happy. See that's my issue.
The video is magnificent I can't believe it's 7 years old .
Amazing that he can take a vague question like that and talk to people's hearts and minds with so much wisdom. The great cs lewis
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
I give thanks to the Creator for the gift of language. Listening to the words left for us by CS Lewis is comforting.
I have been praying for quite some time for something to help me strengthen my faith. Thank you for this video, and the many others you have posted
Please, keep uploading videos. All of them are just brilliant!
A truly gifted man, I'd say he's one of God's greatest gifts to us.
CS Lewis is by far the best Christian apologist I have ever heard. I agree with him on many levels especially his trilemma.
It's a false trilemma . If he is not a liar or a madman, he must be the son of Christ. Or maybe he was just a story. Or maybe sacrificing yourself to yourself makes no sense.
+rador7 well with 4 things, it's no longer a trilema. In fact it becomes less and less relevant as you add more, he may have been a great morale teacher but he was delusional about being one with God. You don't think that sacrificing yourself to yourself to appease yourself isn't a bit silly? It's like taking your own money to pay a debt you owe to yourself. I was an evangelical growing up. I was devout; but even the devout have to hide their heads in the sand to pretend the bible doesn't contradict itself, including Jesus. Did he die with two thieves that denounced him? Or one? Both are right, but both can't be true. With this, how is anything in the gospels true if they contradict each other? How can we take anything these people say to heart? Oh and can you please provide how secularists, a minority in this country for a long time, did more to keep the gays down? Only 20% atheists are against gay marriage. I'm sure as you go back, the number may rise. However that's not proof.
+rador7 and like a false dichotomy, there is the illusion of x amount of choices one can make.
+rador7 that's like saying "Here was a giant radioactive lizard called Godzilla, this could not be invented." Just because he seems like he couldn't have been invented means he must have been real. Why do so many gods that predate Jesus have the same stories as him? If I'm correct even C.S. Lewis mentioned this in mere Christianity if incorrect. I would be happy to recant that. However the idea that someone being so great or unbelievable that it can't be made up. That's like claiming humans don't have any imagination at all.
I do apologize for the slow responses, I use my phone for this mostly
+rador7 and how is it a valid test? It's not even a test. It's a thought experiment. He says we only have three choices. You can't prove it, you can't run it into an algorithm. The fact that we have a 4th option breaks the "test". He did not use science, he used circular reasoning. If his apostles didn't think he wasn't nuts or a liar. Then he must be the son of God. Which his evidence for this is the bible, which tells us the absolutely consistent tale of Jesus Christ, which must be right as it was inspired by God so it must be true. This is the logic that's frustrating me.
Although I'm an atheist I enjoy listening to this very much, I find religion fascinating!
i was atheist, now I'm a firm believer
Knap- dalf you cant not like cs lewis
Christianity is not a religion ,it's a lifestyle. Jesus didn't come to bring a religion but a government.
@@isaacfernandes656 exact opposite Jesus came to bring a religion not an earthly government
defence apologetics he came to bring reconciliation through a relationship
Whenever I think I’ve seen it all from C.S. Lewis, he never fails to amaze me once again. Thank God for the genius of this man
Again, another video that I just might end up using one day. Thanks, IP!
Thanks :) I am glad you're enjoying all them :)
There are some I can't quite understand where you're referring to a metaphysical or philosophical argument, but otherwise I can get the gist behind things, and it's helps to get a better understanding of my faith.
Spencer Gage I'll just reply to my own comment (lol) because I have a few requests for topics, IP. You said you take requests, but you haven't uploaded a new video in months, so if you haven't been getting much then here's plenty of fuel.
1. Could you give an overview of the Calvinist-Arminianist controversy? The concept of an "elect" confuses me, and while I've been told that Calvinism is "more biblical" than Arminianism I'm still a bit confused as to what the elect really is. One day I might be talking about my faith with non-Christians, and I feel that my views on the elect and salvation are really going to affect how I approach telling them about Christ. And even though I know God is just, I have trouble understanding His justice in light of the fact that He would allow whole cultures to go on for centuries without ever hearing the Gospel. It's easier, after all, to be a Christian in the Middle Ages in Europe or in the 21st century in the West in general than it would be to be a Christian in a place where it's seen as a mark of imperialism in some other time period. I'm wondering in particular how it isn't racist to look at a whole group of unsaved people and say that they simply weren't part of the elect. This issue doesn't bother me as much as it used to, but it's still something I'd like clarified, and perhaps you could give your opinion on it. You're not biased on things like this, I don't think, and most other people I could talk to about this would be so I can't go to them.
2. Could you give a video that refutes the ideas of the Bahai faith, namely that Jesus is just one of many "wise people"? Many people have misconceptions about Jesus or just assume that all religions teach similar things.
3. Could you argue against "Pauline" Christianity? I take it you know what that is, and when I heard Reza Aslan talk about it on C-SPAN when he promoted his book that basically espoused it I was just furious at the way he was degrading and distorting our faith and calling Paul a fabricator when really HE'S the fabricator. Prove to everybody that Paul wasn't some evil person trying to hijack Jesus for his own personal ends. It may seem obvious to us that he wasn't doing that, but other people don't seem to get it. Reza Aslan, for clarification, is basically like Karen Armstrong in that he likes religion in general, but only when catered to 21st century pluralistic tastes.
4. Could you give an overview of complementarianism, Christian egalitarianism, women being pastors, etc.? A lot of people think Christianity is sexist, and honestly, when Paul says stuff about women being quiet/submissive it really looks like that. I'm a guy, so I shouldn't really care, but I just don't want women feeling like they're being restricted in a church environment or feeling like the Bible wants them to make themselves inferior. I may not be a girl but I do struggle with feelings of inferiority sometimes, and I wouldn't want anyone else to go through that unless they respected the people above them. If you have a girlfriend or a wife or just a female friend to talk about this stuff with, then I'd suggest getting her to help.
5. Nature vs. nurture. This is particularly important to me, given who I am and the sort of sins I struggled with in my past and am sometimes worried I'll relapse into. I know that ultimately, humans are fallen and it doesn't matter whether we are predisposed to certain sins or whether we are simply giving in to temptation (I think it might be both, to some extent), but I still want to try and understand what sort of things I do that I can change that are sinful versus things idiosyncrasies I have that are just a part of who I am that aren't directly sinful.
6. Legislating morality and moralism--You know as well as I do that nowadays Christians in America are famous for opposing things we see as sinful. But we're making too big of a deal about these things, I fear, and alienating people. How can it be a part of God's plan for His own followers to alienate people with their actions and turn them away from the Gospel? Should Christians try to ban abortion and gay marriage because the Bible speaks against things like this, or would ignoring them be better? If the latter is true, are we Christians compromising in some way with the sinful world? SHOULD we compromise our morals to spread the Gospel? I technically have my own opinions on this already and I think we're probably in agreement, but I'd like to hear your views on it.
7. The Crusades, Columbus, and Cortez. Just review these topics whenever you can. I've heard so much biased information on these things from both Christians and secular academic textbooks that I don't know what to think. How should a Christian view events and people like these, and how do bad events done in the name of the Christian faith further God's plan as He works in history?
8. Your testimony. You obviously don't have to do this one, but you said you used to be an agnostic and were bullied for it. I'd like to know how you became a Christian--obviously you weren't "brainwashed" or "forced" into it because if you were you'd just espouse a specific denomination or something. I'd really like to know how you ended up doing this and what got you interested in apologetics and just your whole faith journey in general.
9. Israel-related topics. I mean things like Christian Zionism (you know how a lot of American churches have this blind support for Israel), replacement theology (I know that prophecies related to Israel don't apply to the church, but I feel like some of the OT verses seem to get new meaning to us Christians today), how Israel is involved with the last days, and finally how a Christian should view the fact that there are, in fact, Christians still living in the Middle East and sometimes the Israelis discriminate against them (and how if you're supporting Israel you might also be opposing your own fellow believers in Christ without knowing it). Again, I already have opinions here, but I just want to hear your thoughts on the topic.
There's also a good book related to this called Son of Hamas, by a Palestinian guy who, as the name suggests, was a son of one of the founders of Hamas, then became an agent for the Israelis...and some other stuff. Basically, he became a Christian and found that Jesus teaching of loving your enemies was something that both Isrealis and Palestinians could really learn from.
The book made me realize that you can't really look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a black and white, good vs. evil thing, yet some Christians do, feeling like they MUST side with the Jews (maybe to make up for centuries of previous Anti-Semitism?) and hate the "evil" Palestinians who "want to take over Israel".
I know some of these topics aren't really your thing, but I'd still appreciate your views on them. If you know another Christian on UA-cam that's already done some videos on any of these topics that could answer my questions, let me know.
There is a lot to look into here, but I'll do my best.
Oh, and one more thing for discussion: biblical morals and capitalism. I know a bunch of people that thing Western culture=good things=capitalism=Christianity. Basically, they think the Bible supports capitalism when that is technically impossible (they take verses and interpret them the way they wan to, you know the like). I'm not a Communist, and I don't hve any issues with capitalism, but I just don't see how capitalism can be endorsed in the Bible when the ideas in capitalism didn't exist. Just because capitalism is "good" (I'm not big on economics, though) doesn't mean that the Bible has to endorse it.
It kind of bothers me that today's American Christians just shackle the faith to human-conceived ideas, and that we justify our cultural views by re-interpreting Bible verses. Or they just argue that because such a people in a such a society were Christians they were able to conceive of good ideas. Could you give your thoughts on this topic as well? Take your time, of course. Better yet if you can't do it find one of your apologist friends who can. Are any of them into this stuff?
I listen to this every morning
Awesomeness :)
You and the voice actor did an great job.
CS Lewis Brilliant man in my opinion ☺
To bad he runs on circular knowledge
Don't see that as a bad thing being used
+Linda Marie circular logic works because circular logic works. It is a fallacy.
If you don't like CS Lewis? But I do, I don't really see where this is leading?
+Linda Marie I know you don't. You also don't see the problem with circular logic. You can like Lewis all you want. It does not change the fact that he most certainly a poor mans philosopher. Hie rarely does much then play hypothetical games. Like let's put his trilema for example to the test. Liar, madman or son of God. Here's where you and I diverge. You probably see that as convincing , However. If I add he might of been mere legend. Then the trilema is a dog with no legs to stand on. I just take ire with him being called brilliant. We're talking about guy who wrote a book where Santa gives children weapons.
This sheds new light on the old adage "Hell is filled with good intentions."
Thank you, ***** I had to watch it several times.
Holy cow! He explained Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris! 4:30
CS Lewis has a way of cutting to the core of the matter, believe Christianity because it is true, not because it is useful. Only the truth matters. No honest person wants to live a convenient lie, no matter how useful.
I love CS Lewis and this is a great Point to be made. The music is distracting and can make it difficult to hear complex ideas that are being communicated however. Still, thanks for posting this! CS Lewis is one of my favorite apologists.
@user-uc1wz6sy1vreread the creed, Christ was begotten before all ages. AKA is eternal.
I’m loving this channel.
One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen
Really enjoyed the video. Never ever heard of C.S. Lewis before so that's why I clicked on this video to find out. But I also want to say thank you for these videos you put together and present to people like myself. I really enjoy watching them because of educational purpose.
Just finding out about this brother man. In Jesus name let's see what he has to say everyone is praising him in the comments... Perhaps the lord Jesus Christ God resurrected king 👑 speaks through him
Excellent work IP! And the voice over sounds exactly like Lewis, well done:)
2 Greatest Books of All Time: 1. Bible 2. Mere Christianity
The ScrewTape Letters, Honorable Mention
Don’t forget the Screwtape letters or the Book of Mormon!
John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” is the 2nd best seller after the Bible.
Nah I think the list goes
1. Everybody Poops
2. The Origin of Species
3. The Prince
Wow. I've just started watching your videos. I see so many points that are made in this video that come up when I talk with people. Great video.. it was truly inspiring.
The insightfulness of C.S. Lewis never ceases to amaze me.
That must be like asking, “can one be a good Christian without Christ.”
Caleb Delatorre sure. If you are Christian Slater.
3cool2beans1 probably. But you don’t know that.
Sure do. Even though I trust in the shed blood of Christ Jesus for my sin and yours I'm still in the flesh and still a sinner yet justified through faith by His grace. Just because your a Christian doesn't mean something magically happens and all the sudden I'm brand new and will never sin again, it's impossible to not sin or follow the law in our flesh bodies. The Bible teaches this, we come to Christ Jesus as babes and grow in time like a tree next to a brook. I've tried and failed over and over the I finally found peace when I accepted my sinful nature and leaned on and trusting in Jesus for my redemption.
These videos really helped me out and they're edifying in understanding the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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3cool2beans1 ok what is our sin for which you refer to? lol I know there is a lot of em but I am understanding that it’s for the Original one. Which layed the ground work for all the rest
@@hellwithit I'm referring to any and all sin past present and future including the original from which we were born out of from the beginning in the garden. This is why Christ was the very first prophecy from God and conceived from a virgin by the Holy Spirit not to be born under the curse of the original sin in the garden. Whom could do such a thing as to die for you and me and all but God Himself coming down to become flesh from on high because He loves you!
Thank God he give me CS Lewis to defend my faith♥️
This is exactly how I feel about many atheists on UA-cam.
yeah, I hear ya.
+TheGalmo "and many atheists feel that Christians deliberately try not to know whether Christianity is true or false."
No, that's just the comforting lie that atheists tell themselves. You see, atheists are automatically morally and intellectually superior to religious people, because, like, dude, they're religious people. That old British man on the TV said that religious people are stupid. You don't even need to do your research and understand the evidence and arguments brought forward by religious people. You don't even need to understand religious people's point of view. In fact, it's BETTER not to understand what religious people even believe. Proving religious claims wrong would be a lot of work, so it's better to just make out like religious claims are so ridiculous that they're beneath you trying to understand them. You don't even need to know atheism very well either... If some religious idiot who doesn't know anything wants to point out that empiricism is itself a positive philosophical claim or that there are different atheist philosophies and other dumb shit you've never heard of before, you can just laugh and say "lol, atheism is just not believing in god you stupid stupidhead." The important thing to remember is that religious people are ontologically stupid and atheists are ontologically superior. Religious people MUST not have examined their own beliefs or else they would KNOW that they're false. Because atheism is true. Atheists know this because they're not stupid. Because they're atheists.
***** Nah, they do say "all Christians". I've yet to see any difference in behaviour whether an atheist is debating some moron from the Deep South or a Christian with well-spoken, erudite arguments. It's always the same: insult first, insult last, and blubber at all points inbetween.
@TheGalmo and if a person holds to Christianity because it makes him feel "good", he's not doing it right.
How can I be just discovering you? This is wonderful. And inspiring. Thank you for what you have done with C.S. Lewis, my favorite writer. Gary
Gary Glover We were waiting for you.
Romans 10:14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
I am happy to report that I have begun to fly!!!
Excellent thoughtful reason from my cousin C.S. Lewis!
Is he your first cousin? Thats cool
@@mangotanianmovies2538 10th cousin twice removed. (I live in the United States.)
@@JungleJargon Ohh okay thats cool. I guess you would have to be pretty old for him to be your first cousin
@@mangotanianmovies2538 Yep
Excellent and beautiful exposition. CS Lewis in all of his intellectual brilliance simplifies the true essence of Christianity into these profound few words.
11For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last
C.S. Lewis always, always challenges me to look onward.. to see who I really am. Sometimes I don't like what I see 😔 and I want to change, which is good... I think I change a little everything I hear this read... but I pray that I keep changing. Maybe God is changing me little by little because he knows I can only do it that way. I just pray, that in all things I will be true about who I am, and let God take me further..
C.S Lewis made a very impressive case
We cannot ever be good, without telling the truth that only our Maker is able to cover for us, Himself, and remake us again, from the inside out, by His word to sanctify us, with His Spirit and truth because no one else can. - That is the truth of God's word.
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ Who takes away the SIN of the world!
Dishonest error, a brilliant point.
I actually like this video.
Wonderful and amazing !!!!!! One of the greatest video I've ever seen !!!!!
I can't help but be struck with the great numbers of people who are very happy with this channel.
And I believe that it's entirely warranted, as I too enjoy the quality material brought to us by the purveyors of this channel.
Maybe you can figure out CS Lewis, Lee Harvey Oswald or rabbit....
Kennedy Oz enigma and magical trajectories...
Wow this was fantastic
Beautiful conclusion!! morality is a mountain which we can not climb by our own efforts. Drenched by joy, the ropes and axes are done away with and the rest is a matter of flying ❤️
4:40 to 5:00
wow, beautiful, i had to rewatch that part. . ..
Wow! I have never heard this. I've listened to and read quite a bit of Lewis but I had never heard of this. Thank you so much for posting.
Glorious! Many thanks!
I saw and I opened a door in a dream many year's ago I didn't think they would remember me It's been a long journey and there was a light hanging from the ceiling right in front of the door and opening the door they cried out my name joyfully it's beautiful.
Although I do not agree with most of your believes or doctrines when it comes to the Bible like the trinity but I must say I love your videos in this video I gladly appreciated thank you
“Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil”
Albert Schweitzer
3rd New Testament video is going to be up this week, and I think I'm probably also going to do something on why it would be impossible for me to become an atheist without a miracle
It was humorously incongruous to get a whiskey ad at 5:24 in the video! 😳😂🙄
C.S.Lewis?That Guy should Be a WRITER!GOOD STUFF!
He is the author of Narnia in case you don't know
Excellent impression of C. S. Lewis.
Loving the Nigel Thornberry voice over
I love this channel. Thanks for doing what you do
A real man... I like that.
The one and the only CS Lewis.
C.S. Lewis is so damn brilliant :].
I loveeeee C. S lewis
Thank u for posting
276 rabbits dislike the video.
This is one of the best channels on the tube.
The music is very distracting.
What a wonderful video! Thanks. I'm going to read more of Lewis ' essays now.
LOL, the atheist horde has already paid their visit to the ratings...
lol.
Christopher Johnson They think they can vote truth out of existence,
just as the madman tries to shut down the elec company by turning all the lights off.
Its a compulsion, driven by the obsession with God.
The Kalam Cosmological Argument:
1. Everything that begins to exist has to have a cause outside of itself.
2. The universe (matter, energy, space and time) is *not* eternal in the past, but began a finite time ago
(based on the detectable expansion of the universe).
3. The universe has a cause.
Now you just need to unpack what are the necessary attributes of that First Cause...
Lol
I hope you do this more often! It shocks me frankly, how often I find myself using his quotes. Daniel Mumby is a great voice for him too. It's good for people to see there are thinking cases for Christianity. Lewis had a talent for it.
Thanks :)
Fantastic! Ave Maria
Gratia plena.
Ora pro nobis.
Thanks! (C. S Lewis was born and raised in Ireland and hating the English accent which he adopted only to fit in at Oxford.)
This is so good!!! I need the transcripts of the video. I sooo want to translated it. :)
Here you go: www.calvin.edu/~pribeiro/DCM-Lewis-2009/Lewis/man-or-rabbit.pdf
And there are people who actually never thought about this. ever at all, millions of people who never even heard of C.S.Lewis
Hmmm, this is awesomely interesting, love it!!!
IP I try to watch this as often as possible. Still my favorite video brother. Great great work.
Thank you for a place I can always go.😎👊✌
Lewis, man. C.S. Lewis.
This is a rather strange but very interesting video. It's quite another slant and view of things. I enjoyed it enormously. I especially found the received pronunciation rather amusing, but couldn't fault the logic. A good presentation by any standards.
8:30+
That's assuming every human being would accept christianity as true, should he/she learn about it. That won't be the case. Furthermore a man could reject christianity, even without researching about it, just by noting how many crimes and evils have been inspired by said religion, and this deeming it obviously flawed, and looking for a less flawed system of morality. Even assuming christianity is true, that is a honest error, with the best of intentions at heart.
Well no, because the context points out the difference between the type of man CS Lewis is addressing and someone like JS Mill, who he already mention, remember.
And every member of every other religion can same the same thing with exactly the same validity.
***** I am a Christian and statements like this make me cringe.
"Trees are not living things"
Someone didn't get basic elementary eduction....
"The life of muhammed already is full with slavery, rape, pedophilia"
That kinda makes it consistent with the god of the old testament. Doesn't it? More consistent than jeZus, by far.
Why is it always the morons that become fanatics? Be i wonder if there could be a conection. Hmmmmmmm........
Kwaku Awuah
On the good side, most people kinda understand that not all christians are zealous idiots. Your faith remains unstained, the morons speak for themselves only ;)
Imperfect laws D:
You mean to say a perfect god gave laws that were imperfect?
HOLY PARADOX, BATMAN!
This paper AND video ARE SPECTACULAR!
Hi, IP. Pray, what is the name of the background music?
They are listed at the end.
That was absolutely beautiful and moving
I have to say that I think Lewis's statement about "Honest Error" is itself mistaken. The main reason we are under God's wrath is because we've sinned against him, and are by nature depraved. Even if people genuinely think Christianity is wrong, they've stilled committed acts they know are morally evil. You aren't just condemned for unbelief-you're condemned for every single sin. A denial that there is a God and an acceptance of moral relativism characterizes atheism-moral relativism isn't just an "honest error"...it's a refusal to acknowledge the law we know is written on our hearts. The chief reason we reject God is because we desire to be our own gods-and this is definitely worthy of God's wrath.
In any case, the reason people make the error and live their lives as though God doesn't exist is because of sinfulness. He took the Son of Man quote out of context. It says in that very same passage that those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. What does that mean? It means that if one sins in such a way that the Holy Spirit decides to withdraw his presence and not grant repentance, then that person will not be forgiven.
MrManwookie thought I was the only one that noticed that. Honest error and dishonest error is not scriptural at all
Yeah I kind of sat back at that part as well. I think you’re right mate
is it impossible to come back from blasphemy? in my days of non-belief i thought it was edgy and funny, im now coming back to christ. is blasphemy somehow beyond forgiveness?
@@noahspencer857 From what I have read, it can be confusing. But to cut it short, Real Christians who truly have repented and love Jesus etc cannot commit this sin. What christian can actually sit there and knowingly say they don't believe In the holy spirit and truly believe that. It's like those people who say they used to be christian then turned atheist, I would argue they were never actually christian to begin with, they never truly believed.
@@juandrefourie8572 yeah I did some digging for myself, blasphemy against the spirit is basically just ignoring its convictions to the point of disbelief in it entirely. I left the faith because I was fed the myth that science and faith couldn't exist together, I have since come to reconcile the two and am happy to believe again, I pray that those who were similarly led astray can come to see the truth once more. Thanks for the reply, God bless!
4:46 this is a good way to put indivualism vs collectivism, and how it relates to religion. I didnt realize it had such close ties to religion, on a base level until hearing that, but it makes a lot of sense.
Socrates was much nearer Him indeed. God bless those that humble themselves.
Nothing can be added to this essay. It's perfect.
Dear lacontrabasse, if Christianity is true, and a person rejects it, knowing it to be true, and that is Ok with God, then Christianity is not true at all, for Christianity claims to be the one truth. If what you have a problem with is the idea of there being only one truth, consider the alternative, which is that there are many truths. If there are many truths, than none of them are actually true, and we are left with no truth. For if there is Truth, then it is the one Truth. As for it not being fair for a person who rejects God to be condemned, we must first consider what condemnation means. Damnation is essentially eternal separation from God. If a person rejects God, they are already living in that condemnation(having already chosen separation from God). The difference is that in this life all good things come from God( nature, love etc...) so a person who rejects God on earth is still enjoying the blessings of God. After death those perks won't be there...
A. M. Violin But he’s a talented author soooooo