Catholic vs Protestant (On SALVATION) with Steve Ray
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Catholic vs Protestant (on salvation) Former Fundamentalist Baptist Steve Ray speaks about salvation and how to be saved. He shows why Protestants don't understand salvation correctly and why Catholics have the true understanding of salvation.
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NOTES from the SHOW:
• Catholics are perceived as having a “gospel of works” and have abandoned the gospel of grace. It seems Protestants misrepresent passages of Scripture regarding being saved.
• We were initially saved by faith and baptism... Mark 16:16
“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
• We are currently being saved and working it out...
Phil 2:12 Therefore, my beloved ... work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
Phil 3:11-12 “That by any means possible I [Paul] may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
• We will be saved if we persevere to the end.... Matt 24:13 “But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”
Did the earliest Christians believe in faith alone? When did that come about?
• The Early Church did NOT teach faith alone but Initial Justification was a free gift of faith and baptism. Then we must live out that grace through obedience and good works.
• Acts 15:1, 5 “Some men came down from Judea and were
teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised
according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
How are we saved according to the Bible?
How does one receive salvation, justi fication, new birth, and eternal life?
By believing in Christ (Jn 3:16; Acts 16:31)?
By repentance (Acts 2:38; 2 Pet 3:9)?
By baptism (Jn 3:5; 1 Pet 3:21; Titus 3:5)?
By the work of the Spirit (Jn 3:5; 2 Cor 3:6)?
By declaring with our mouths (Lk 12:8; Rom 10:9)?
By coming to a knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:4; Heb 10:26)?
By works (Rom 2:6, 7; James 2:24)?
By grace (Acts 15:11; Eph 2:8)?
By his blood (Rom 5:9; Heb 9:22)?
By his righteousness (Rom 5:17; 2 Pet 1:1)?
By his Cross (Eph 2:16; Col 2:14)?
By perseverance (Matt 24:13, Rom 2:7)
• Rom 2:7 “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.”
• John 3:3-5 Jesus answered Nicodemus, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
• 1 Peter 3:21 “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• Mark 16:16 “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Protestants say that being baptized and doing good works is “works based salvation?” Is this true? Why or why not? • What are works that are referred to in the NT - “works of the
law” or our own efforts to keep the Law or earn our way to heaven
• John 5:28-29 “Do not marvel at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.”
James 2:20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
• Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
I am 15 years old and I am belong to Baptist Church family but I love Catholics...I am following catholic traditions and culture...I acknowledge myself as Catholic and I used to go Catholic Church but my parents and grandparents disagree and scold me, they said to leave it, in Baptist Church they teach bad things about Catholics and they disagree when I say that I will become catholic priest...but I will never leave Catholicism.... And one day I will become A good Catholic priest and I will serve people, I believe that God will help me. Please pray for me I need your prayer dear brothers and sisters. I believe that every prayer counts.I need help😞🙏
You got it. May God-bless you. We will definitely pray for you. Keep up your faith! Definitely keep watching our videos.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Yes... Thank you very much for prayer.
Got your prayers already!!!! You are inspired by God above the God of the Catholic church. ❤🙏🙏🙏
@@josephasauli9193 🙏🏻
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I was baptized Catholic then became a Protestant. I kept praying to God to lead me to the right way and it led me back to Catholicism .
Praise God! Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you. We hope our videos continue to teach and inspire you.
We love you Tricia. We will pray for you.
So everyone Christian that isnt Catholic is condemned? Wow
@@dude9318 the word condemned was never used nor implied here.
This is my story too! I hope more people open their hearts and mind so they may come back home
I left the Catholic Church
in the year 2000
I went to many different
Churches, Baptist, Pentecostal, Church of God, Church of Christ and non denomination
I found that when getting together in fellowship there was so much disagreements on Salvation, post trib, pre trib. many subjects on the Bible but the Catholic
Church is set. It is what it is. I know the enemy is the author of confusion
and I came back to the Catholic Church last year. It was over 20 years of confusion now I’m home again.
Praise God
Amen! Praise God indeed. Thank you so much for sharing your testimony, and your journey with us.
Welcome home 🙏❤️🥰
Very nice!
Most protestants don't want to know the truth they are passionate in their hatred for the Catholic faith without really even knowing why. That's just how they were raised to be and act holier than thou, this is the enemy, we are the good guys. So sad, most will never snap out of it even if the Virgin or Jesus showed themselves to them.
'Thou shall not bow down to idols.'
Take a look around your Catholic churches.
Amen
God bless you both. I was a dying Jewish atheist who thought all gods were fictional. Had I even wanted any god the last one I would've chosen would've been Jesus. After He healed & saved me in 2017 the only Christian I knew was some flavor of Protestant. They taught me using Scripture that Catholicism was of satan. Then this year, Mary started beckoning to me. And now I'm in RCIA and have found rest for my weary soul & true nourishment at home in Mother Church. When I finally take the Holy Eucharist, I know it'll give me what I need to live out my faith & serve as God has made me to do. I can't wait!
Well, what a powerful story. Thank you for sharing. So many Jewish people were beckoned by mary. It's so very interesting. Welcome home!
If you feel drawn to Mary, you might want to check out a book called Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary by Brant Pitre. He has other books explaining the Jewish roots of the faith and a UA-cam channel as well. And there's a Jewish convert and former Harvard professor (I think) called Roy Schoeman who wrote a book called Salvation is From the Jews which explains all the parallels betweens Biblical Judaism and Catholicism. He's made an appearance on this channel before, so check out that interview as well.
I was raised Southern Baptist and was "saved" at 9 years old. Fast forward 20 something years later and I was going to church but living far from a Christian life. One night our pastor preached a sermon on 1st John about how to test yourself to see if you are in the Faith. I was convicted and after service I went and talked to him and all they Knew to do was lead me in the "sinners prayer" again....the same prayer I said at 9......that was where my questions began to come and after many years of searching, I came into the Church in 2020.
How did you came into the church?
Praise God!! Welcome home!!
Welcome home just ask the Holy Spirit to keep you. When Jesus visited me He said I made the Catholic Church Peter Peter upon this rock I build my church and the panks of hell cannot prevail
@@sammygomes7381 I am well aware that the words don't save you but the faith you have. My problem came with the eternal security doctrine mainly. It seemed to contradict what I read in Scripture.
@@sammygomes7381 , once again you ignore what the Bible really says.. That Christians can fall out of Christ's hands due to sin is evident in Paul's harsh criticism of the Galatians. Mathew 18:12-14 and Luke 15:3-7 proves Jesus never stops trying to get us back in His flock. But the point is that the sheep can wander away. If some of the Galatians were "severed from Christ" and "fallen from grace" (Gal. 5:2-4) then they were first in Christ and in grace. They were counted among the flock, but they later went astray. Not because they were snatched, but by their own volition. You and the rest of Protestants are taught we are kind of robots without will, but that is not what the Bible teaches. Remember, when you say that this or that Catholic teaching is contrary to a particular passage of Scripture, what you are actually saying is that this or that Catholic teaching is contrary to your fallible understanding of that particular passage of Scripture. You make up your own doctrines according to your own assumptions, Catholics ( from the 1st century) attended the oral teaching of the Apostles so we can understand properly what is written. God bless you
I was raised Catholic, but left the church quickly after graduating high school and living on my own. Many many years later, I decided to search for the original church, and this only led me back to the Catholic Church. Two of Steve Ray’s books were pivotal in my quest and return to the Catholic Church.
Praise God! Thank you for sharing!
Buddy, I went to church yesterday for mass but came too early . There was a long line of people waiting to do confession which I joined and I did mine. Our mass is really beautiful, I tell you . I was really focused on the altar watching the whole thing for I could really feel the presence of God! By the way , I was Baptist for a long time and it was only about a year ago that I went back to faith and you are one of the people who are instrumental that brought me back on the faith! You are doing a great job! I am really hard of hearing but I don’t have trouble listening to your podcast (is that what you call it? I am a senior citizen and I am not up with the times ). Your voice is so clear that I , a lot of times , just let your video play while I do about my daily life, even when I sleep ! God bless you more !
Thank you so much for your comment and feedback. We are so glad that we could help you in your journey. Praise be to the Lord God Almighty.
Hello, l listened to your whole message, conversation, interpretation, teaching, and Q & A, and l realized that in the beginning you said that Abraham couldn't know or couldn't sure that he was saved before doing several things, one after the other, including circumcision, and he continued on doing things, after things, after things, and works, and obedience, etc, till the end of his life, etc... in order to tell us that he must have been continually doing things in order to (maybe) be saved at the end of his life.
But then, later on in your speech, you picked the same example of Abraham from the same chapter in Gen. where he got circumcised to say that he was assuredly saved before that act of obedience.
So, you clearly contradicted yourself. It was very, very clear. I myself stopped - made a stop, rewinded, and re-listened to you, and l found it so clear and evident: you used the same verses/paragraph/chapter and topic (circumcision) in order to confirm two very clear and evident opposite things.
So you said:
1. Abraham was NOT sure he is saved before circumcision.
And
2. Abraham was sure he is saved before circumcision.
So, please re-listen to what you said: Because those who will listen to you carefully, will absolutely recognize this clear contradiction.
You cannot use the same verse and the same topic or act (of circumcision) to confirm 2 opposite things:
1. He is saved for sure without the need to be circumcised. And,
2. He cannot be sure if he was indeed saved even if he did this or that including circumcision.
I am writing this to you: not to criticize you or attack you, but so that you make the correction, to pay attention, and to better prepare your speech and answers beforehand.
Respectfully.
Abdel-Massih.
Thank you for making this video. You 2 cleared up so many things for me. Thank you and may God bless the 2 of you and your families.
I love Steve Ray, he's such a Blessing (big "B") to our Catholic Church! He must be responsible for hundreds, if not thousands of conversions! God Bless You both!
Amen!
I just had a "very heated" conversation with my older brother about Constantine
/the Catholic Church/the bible/Gods name!
It was far from a fruitful conversation. He yells, I mean speaks (ha) and you listen. All I have to do is start a word, and he goes off!
He completely believes Constantine started the Church, and pagenized it!
He thinks that the bible was corrupted from the very beginning!
He also tries to say Jesus' name in, I think Aramaic. He says there is power in a name, which I agree with, and that Jesus wasn't His name.
He also wont say "God." He goes on about how His name was taken out of His book, or he says "what God, which one are you talking about?"
And of course..he goes on and on about the "Pagen Roman Catholic Church!"
He makes a big deal about the "Roman" part. They are the whore of Babylon, they are ran by Satan himself, corrupt, evil Popes made up the religion, (which he makes clear that he doesn't belong to a man-made religion) and it goes on and on.
He then prays for me, as he is screaming,
"My Father in heaven, help my sister free herself from the demonic church she is in!"
It's a horrible scene for sure. The only words I get in are, "I will be a Catholic till the day I die!"
I never initiate these conversations. This one started over politics. I mentioned how the Left/Democrats are trying to take God out of everything...big mistake! He then went on about Christopher Columbus, and presidents being Freemasons, and it progressed from there!
He has become a conspiracy freak...yes the earth is flat, we faked the moon landing, JFK, the dollar bill, etc...
One thing I have learned about a conspiracy theorist, they don't believe anyone, anything, not even facts or evidence!
You are wrong and they are right...end of story!
Please pray for him, and please pray for me, because he lives with me!
God bless you if you took the time to read this.
It kind of felt good to unload my thoughts, and I appreciate that you took the time to listen!
God bless you! 🌷
Place the. Blessed Miraculous medal. and / or a green scapular ( the green scapular is for conversions) in a place near your brother , somewhere where he cannot see it , like behind a Picture of him hidden safely in the Picture frame. And pray. and keep praying the rosary for his conversión.and TRY your best NOT to argue with him ! He seems like a person who will change only by Eixample so keep calm and when you see him start something get up and calmly walk away ! While you are walking away , think of the silence of the Christ when He was being Falsley accused ! and say , "MY JESUS , I SURRENDER YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS" , Let your brother scream and yell all he wants . If all this time you have been in heated arguments with him , and have gotten NO WHERE ,What good have these argumentos bought you anyways ?! This BIG CHANGE. in your behavior WILL. make him THINK. about his anger and he will eventually calm down because , I tell you again , in reality , you both get NO WHERE with your arguements ! Just calm down, pray , leave it in God's hands after all He's the one that does ALL. THE CONVERTING ! NOT US ! all we help with are with our prayers and with our PATIENCE ! So please have patience and you WILL eventually see a change in your brother ! Please look for the " Surrender prayer to Jesus on UA-cam . 👍😁🌹
Just pray and pray, God will hear your prayers one day for sure.
Oh man! Sorry to hear that. The Moon for the conspiracy theory? The Earth is flat? Doesn't he realize that we can see the Earth from space? Or I guess that's all faked as well. There's just some people you can't talk to. Seriously because there's something deeper going on in their life. They use knowledge, and argumentation, and even get heated, but it's the cover-up for deeper problems, hurts, or other things that they are struggling with. So like this other person said, pray for him a lot. And always be super kind none-the-less. I'll tell you can learn the art of asking questions, and over time you will learn how to back even the most stubborn people into a corner. Good job for evangelizing though. Keep up the good work.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial
Thank you for your kind words.
One thing I have learned, is that you cant change a conspiracy theorist view. They honestly believe that everything is a lie, or that their are subliminal messages in everything. My brother cannot watch any news, movies, or even listen to music anymore.
He watches youtube videos, everyday, that support these conspiracies.
He believes these things with every ounce of his being, and there is nothing that can change his mind. One other thing that is difficult for him is that I have a rather large crucifix in my dining room. I also have an older picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in my kitchen, and statues of our Lady inside and out. To him they are idles, and he does his best not to even look at them. He almost broke the one in my kitchen during one of his rants...but I wont take them down! The only thing left is prayer, and I do pray for him often!
@@CatholicTruthOfficial
You should do a show on this topic.
I am sure that my brother isn't the only one suffering from this.
My brother use to be a Catholic.
This is clearly the work of Lucifer!
I try to use the evil ones, God given name, not the one that he chooses. I think I heard that from Fr. Lambert, an exorcist.
God bless you both. You two are very instrumental in my getting back to God and in understanding of our Catholic faith. Thanks to you two.
Thanks be to God.Amen 🙏
So glad to hear it! Praise the Lord!
I too left the Catholic Church and tired other denominations and the Lord brought me back home to the church he founded, the Catholic Church 🙏
🥳🙏🙌🙌
@@CatholicTruthOfficialLOVE WE NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR nation to repent and go back to church each soul to get out selfish and STOP. EVERYONE need to REMEMBER why we are born I FEEL we get too focused on foolish things and this world. It’s temporary
God asked Cain who and where is HIS BROTHER we can be so naive and hardheaded. I was so Deceived and MANY are I was not Thinking
35.000 different protestant churchs only one Catholic church
Yes
Thanks for this video. God Bless catholic truth..🙏🙏
Thank You , to Both of You Steve Ray n Bryan Mercier , for this session.
Praise Be to the Holy Trinity for giving us today , such men as you both.
May Our Lord Jesus n Our Blessed Mother Mary Bless You Both and Your Family.
ALLELUIA !🙏🏻
LOVE from SINGAPORE CATHOLICS.
Thank you so much for your support!
@@sammygomes7381 , We know it is God's job . You ignore that Mary is a living member of Christ's body. You ignore that Christ has not any dead member. We don't know if you are spiritually alive , but Mary is spiritually alive, for sure. Have you ever read "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do".Jn 14:12? You should attend this video before preaching your own theology so you would be able to understand the Catholic semantics and the right understanding of Scripture. Remember, when you say that this or that Catholic teaching is contrary to a particular passage of Scripture, what you are actually saying is that this or that Catholic teaching is contrary to your fallible understanding of that particular passage of Scripture.
@@sammygomes7381 , you say: "Not once during my time with the Catholic church was I encouraged to read the bible". I am really sorry you did not have the chance to receive a proper Catholic education or maybe you did not understand what was taught. You say: "Those that are with Christ are alive in the spirit but dead in the flesh, as is Mary. They will all arise during the rapture as the bible tells us. ". You are right but you ignore we must remember that there are sometimes exceptions to general theological norms. We have examples of other “assumptions” in Scripture. Both Enoch (cf. Gen. 5:24) and Elijah were taken up “into heaven” (II Kings 2:11) in a manner quite out of the ordinary. And so are the “two witnesses” of Revelation 11:3-13. Why couldn’t God do this with Mary? We know that Mary is an exception to the “norm” of I Cor. 15:22-23 because she is depicted as having been assumed into heaven in Rev. 12. “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun . . . she was with child . . . and . . . brought forth a male child [Jesus], one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron” (12:1-5). Who was the woman who gave birth to Jesus? Mary! And there she is in heaven! You will say the woman is exclusively Israel (or the Church, or Jerusalem) If you had had a proper Catholic education you knew the Church acknowledges Scripture to have a polyvalent nature. In other words, there can be many levels of meaning to the various texts of Scripture. If you had a proper Catholic education you knew that In fact, we argue as Catholics “the woman” to represent the people of God down through the centuries, whether Old Covenant Israel or the New Covenant Church, “the Israel of God” (Gal. 6:16). Revelation 12 representing the people of God down through the millennia of time does not diminish in any way the first and literal sense of the text as representing Mary. You surely are right in what you affirm and wrong in what you denie. You pick some verses from the Bible, but you ignore some verses from the Bible. The Catholic doctrines are biblical if you understand them properly. God bless you
HAIL MARY MOST PURE, CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN,, PROTECTRESS OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC FAITH
@@frederickanderson1860 baptism and the Holy Eucharist are examples of sacraments. They were both taught by Jesus and He indicated that BOTH of them are required for salvation
Baptism: Jesus said: "whoever believes and IS BAPTIZED will be SAVED" (Mark 16:16)
Holy Eucharist: Jesus said: "Unless you EAT the flesh of the Son of Man and DRINK his blood, you WILL NOT have life in you" (John 6:51)
@@frederickanderson1860 actually, the Bible says it was 3,000 people who are saved on Pentecost, not 7000 as you claim. Second, Peter specifically said in Acts 2:38 when they asked him what they needed to do to be saved, he said that they needed to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of their sins. So we are you are literally saying the opposite of what Scripture actually states.
@@CatholicTruthOfficialwhy are you Now Saying what someone is saying wrong in the scriptures when you all don't even Hold to what the scriptures specifically speak about it. Also. PROTESTANTS ARE born again believers and NO Catholic Church is WRONG..
Levitcus 12:8 kjv Luke 2:24 kjv why she need to sacrifice for her sins then? Be careful u haven’t been
@@Kjvbible1611t the Blessed Virgin Mary is the PROTECTRESS OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC FAITH,,,,,,, and not of the psychopathic Half Truth and Half Lies doctrines of the business church of your pastor
I've come home, praise the LORD. Protestatnt for 21 years, and finally looked into the CC with a genuine heart. After hearing apologetics from this channel, Trent Horn, Ayden, and Tim ... i became beyond convinced beyond any doubt. It was amazing to me how many lies i was told by protestant preachers about the CC beliefs ... and when i saw official CC teachings, it was beyond beautiful and full and grounded. i love it so much
I pray that there will come a day where I can show this video to my Baptist parents. Steve Ray was instrumental in my walk from being a Baptist to a Catholic. One of these days when St. Steve is canonized, we will refer to him as "The terror of Evangelicals". His command of the scriptures deep understanding of 1st century culture makes him a deadly weapon in the arsenal of Catholic Apologetics. Bless you both for the work you do!
“Once saved always saved” is Protestant baloney!!!
God bless you Brian and Steve 🙏🏻🙏🏻
God bless Steve Ray for this wonderful story, Amen Also I’m sorry about the last two comments, Those we’re just time stamps so I can come back to the video later.
FANTASTIC VIDEO 👏👏👏
I ESPECIALLY LOVE STEVE'S ANALOGY OF HIS GRANDSON BUYING HIM A X'MAS GIFT .
STEVE'S ANALOGIES ARE ALWAYS SO FACTUAL AND LOGICAL.
VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOU BOTH BROTHERS.
LOVE YOU GUYS 😘😘😜
Thank you, I loved this video. Always enjoy Steve Ray
We are not saved by our Faith Alone.
We are not saved by our Works.
We are saved by God's GRACE ALONE;
by Faith Working through Love.
Faith without Charity is a Dead Faith.
A Dead Faith cannot save you.
You cannot reject either the GIFTS of Faith or Charity and still be saved.
Love is the greatest GIFT because it gives Life to Faith.
Yes! Sola Gratia! God bless :)
@MiskeenBy God's grace alone by faith working through love.
Anna I’m not here to argue just wanna get ur opinion on Romans 4:5 kjv
I really appreciate Steve Ray's teachings and I also like to listen to you. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
Very eye opening discussion. I am an Evangelical Christian and I found myself agreeing with so much. There's so much commonality here. Of course there are differences, but why can't we have a civil conversation with people who disagree with us? I'm realizing that we can learn from each other. It's not about Protestant vs Catholic. It's all about Christ.
Amen! There's so much prejudice and bias out there, that people don't actually grapple with truth. They attack others without doing any research, sadly, and they rely too easily on prejudices without fact checking anything. We are always praying for them though, and we agree with you that we should always be able to discuss things even if we disagree sometimes.
I'm always grateful to Steve Ray and you, Bryan. I was hoping to meet Steve Ray in the Holy Land last December but our pilgrimage from the UAE was cancelled due to border closure; that omicron virus!
Love Steve Ray so much
Always LOVE Steve. Our youth Mother of. Divine Mercy love you and your conversion story. GREAT teachings and such a joyous story. Wish could get a copy of Crossing the Tiber. Steve you look much younger without a hat. GOD BLESS ALWAYS and Thank you Catholic Truth .
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This was fantastic! Thanks gentlemen 👏🏻🙏🏻
I have been listening to this guy for a long time and truly God graced this person with a beautiful gift, all of his conversion journey was Gods will. God placed him just where he needed him. His is to stay humble don’t try to get rich in money, but in gathering souls for Jesus Christ. Amen?
Amen!
He is St. Paul of 21 century
Thank you so much!! So interesting ❤😊
Great guest Steve Ray read all his books .
I haven't read Crossing the Tiber. I haven't found it in the bookstore, but I hear it's a good one.
@@michaelverde4844 You'll like it Michael and can find it on Steve's website. As Steve mentioned page 100 sheds light on the "how are we saved"
So love Steve Ray. Thank you for sharing love you channel. God bless you both here from New Zealand 🇳🇿👍🙏📿❤️🇳🇿
Thank you kindly, God bless :)
God bless you both. Thank you for making things so clear
Greetings from Argentina
Steve please come To Argentina . Our Church needs you
Invite him. His website is Catholicconvert.com. ornif you would like to invite Bryan: thecatholictruth.org
To even think that there is a discussion on this, I find so bizarre!! You don't need too man Bible references, Matthew 25:31 -46. Is all you need. That's what Jesus has to say about it. When I was hungry you have me food.... These acts is what righteousness is all about.
Amen.
Hi, solo! You are doubly right! God bless you! 🙂
@@marietav7342 God bless you even more🙏🙏🙏
Romans 4:5 kjv what’s this mean?
This is THE doctrine that separates us. Catholics need to learn the differences and start evangelizing our Protestant brethren.
Great video as always! God Bless Steve Ray and Brian!
Glad you enjoyed it!
No Eucharist no church its impossible
Happy that Steve ray is back thank you catholic truth
And as few Archangels there are, Steve, yourself, Scott Hahn & Pints with Aquinas are my 4 most followed "ArchAngels of humankind" protecting and defending the Church. May the Good Lord bless u guys with good health and longevity so that U can continue your good works! ( I follow the protestant channels: 10min bible hour & Gospel Simplicity for the unbiased views and must say I see them educating protestants about the Catholic/Orthodox traditions)
Love Steve Ray
Pray that my family comes Home and for those Protestant family members that they will see the truth of our Catholic Faith
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Sweet! Steve Ray! This guy is awesome!!
After all the studying I've done for about the last year-and-a-half I hope the whole country becomes Orthodox and Eastern Catholic.
Orthodox is orthodox, Eastern Catholic is part of the Catholic Church. But yes, we all pray and hope that everyone becomes Catholic (Orthodox is very close and on the way to the fullness of faith.)
Brothers help me understand how you understand Eph 2:8-9. Thank you kindly. I think protestants and Catholicsctalk past each other. I neber had a hard time understanding we are saved by faith and real faith produces good works. That is what James teaches. Not that difficult. Am I missing so mething?
Thank you for thslandered. We agree real faith produces works. Or should, if people stay prayed up, resist sin, and stay faithful. In Ephesians 2:8-9, good works are not being 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).
The best video of the year, 2022, I am a Catholic 7 7 years God Bless
Steve makes so much sense. I wish our priests would preach like this. Then maybe more Catholics would sit up and listen. God Bless you Steve
True
I was born baptized and schooled Catholic. I went to non denominational to avoid the politics of religion and ignored the theological difference but fell in love with the music, with the apologetics, with the bible studies. But I missed the Eucharist. I always believed it was His Body.. I never imagined I would return because I just felt ho hum when visiting a mass. Then for my first time in my life I heard Catholic Apologists.. and now have returned. I pray the Catholic church can become more evangelical in nature. That discipleship is emphasized more. I can clearly see the difference between lovers of Jesus and disciples of Jesus.
Amen! Welcome home!
Thanks Bryan and Steve
God Bless You..
I would love to Steve Ray vs. Ray Comfort. Steve would have Comfort converted by the 45 minute mark of the debate. Comfort would be looking for CCE classes to receive First Communion.
Considering he doesn't have the full Gospel or a full understanding of the Scriptures, he could cave to both. We have made several videos on the Errors of Ray Comfort. 1. ua-cam.com/video/M8xZRFE9ubI/v-deo.html
2. ua-cam.com/video/vwX2yQN42K8/v-deo.html 3. ua-cam.com/video/A38gR_Hk7po/v-deo.html
PRAISE GOD YOU ARE WATCHING THIS .KEEP PRAYING FOR YOUR FAMILY.GOD BLESS YOU.🙏🙏🙏🙏
One os true ie catholicism the other is false protestantism
The treasure of Catholics are their faiith in the Resurrection-Eyewitnesses, and in the after-Eastern apparation. Regarding our Marian cult, I am sure it began with an original apparation of Her and went on with all Her apparations during the history until our times.
Really good video.. I just forwarded it to some Protestant UA-cam channels on Salvation. Haha. God bless you all. 👍🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼🕊️🕊️
Great video. Thank you. God Bless both you gentlemen!
can you interview catholic abby johnson from ewtn a former abortion worker
We are probably too little for her.
For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast
Amen. Except notice that didn't say faith alone. The fatal flaw of protestantism. They read their own theology into Scripture many times.
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).
Great show with Steve!
Thanks so much!
The muslims and protestants are very similar.
Funny that Baptists will claim they can trace their religion back to the Apostles. The problem they have is we know the start date and the name of the person who started the Baptist religion. Now look at the Baptist denominations.
Someone who belonged to the Church of Christ said it was founded by Jesus Christ. Why else would it be called the Church of Christ? Another person told me his church was started by God. He belonged to the Assemblies of God. A church wouldn't be called Assemblies of God if it wasn't started by God. 🙄
@@marcihf217 Hysterical.
I talked to a UA-cam commenter named minterbell that was part of Church of God international, an anti trinitarian cult started by a known false prophet 40 years ago who said Jesus was going to return in 1975. She/he said that her/his group was in the Bible (church of God) and it was started by God. It was crazy.
Some baptists believe John the Baptist started their group. Also utterly absurd. They try to support that belief with a book called the trail of blood. A work of fiction that basically dubs any group Catholics have persecuted for heresy as Bible believing baptists, regardless of what they actually believe.
@@michaelibach9063 I've heard some of these falsehoods too. I don't know who these people are trying to fool.
@@michaelibach9063 I've heard of many of these false prophets. They can fool the ignorant easily.
Great teachings Mr Ray.Thank you to Catholic Truth. Such teachings help us not only deepen our faith but better defend Truth of the Catholic Church .GOD BLESS you both and your families.Keep up GOOD work.
Our pleasure!
Hi I love this show. Over the weekend I had someone question why we need to be Catholic when the criminal next to Jesus only asked for salvation and was saved. How would you answer that? I’ve come to enjoy Protestant questions because it had made me do so much research on my Catholic faith and has made it so much stronger.
I believe I saw a Catholic answers response to this once by Jimmy Akin and he said something like the criminal next to Jesus received a baptism of desire. Meaning he didn’t have time obviously to get baptized but believed in Jesus as he spent time on the cross next to him. If I find the video I will let you know.
thank you for mentioning about the "criminal next to Jesus only asked for salvation and was saved. How would you answer that?"
if you read carefully passage Luke 23:39-43, you will see three ROLES that the criminal had done before he was saved:
King - when he acknowledged that he had SINS "indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes"
Prophet - when he truly professed Jesus that, '"this man has done nothing criminal."
Priest - when he believed Jesus has his Kingdom-Eternity and wanted to 'follow Jesus' "Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom."
the DOING of the KING ROLE is to be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect! = to repent the wrongs that one had done.
the DOING of the PROPHET ROLE is to be merciful as your Heavenly Father is perfect! = to tell the truth and share the truth.
the DOING of the PRIEST ROLE is to be holy as your Heavenly Father is holy! = to follow Jesus to pray to offer sacrifice.
At the time the thief on the cross died, the New Testament Church, Catholicism, had not started yet. Because Jesus had not died and risen yet. But once Jesus rose from the dead and Pentecost happened, then the New Testament Church was established.
You should tell your friend he cannot compare his Christian path to that of the crucified man next to Jesus.
Jesus said the one who will be saved is the one who perseveres to the end.
The crucified man was at the end of his life, your friend has a long way to go to reach his end.
A man's life begins when he is born but that is not the sum of his life.
A Christian's life begins when he is born again but that too is not the sum of his life.
We don't remember the people of history for being born but for how they lived.
It is a man's life that defines him. So it is in his Christian life.
The FORMER thief on the cross did not only ask for salvation as Protestants/Evangelicals teach. The former thief on the cross died with Christ ( that is literally baptism) , defended Christ, he loved Christ ( "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha." 1 Cor. 16:22). Faith alone is nothing ( 1 Cor. 13:2). "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." Rev. 12:11; "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord" Heb. 12:14. Catholics read Scripture guided by the early Church Fathers.For the early Church fathers any justification that is not woven together with sanctification is not sanctification at all. For Protestants justification is a mere legal declaration. That is the key to understand the Protestant error. Many Bible verses contradict Protestantism: "Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much" Luke 7:47. Protestants should be told that love is greater than faith ( 1 Cor. 13:13).
God bless the two of you!
How do you study the church fathers texts?
Have you read them? You can find them on line or buy them in book form. You can start in sections on specific topics which you can find many articles on the Catholic Answers Website. They have good intros to the Fathers. Or, you can just look up some of the most popular early church fathers and read some of their writings more directly. Jimmy Akin has a good book called The Fathers Know Best, which is a good overview, and we will be doing a video on this topic and introducing the Fathers very soon.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial thank you so much. I can't wait for the series
St. Agatha
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Agatha (231-251 A.D.) was born in Sicily into an affluent family. At a young age she made the decision to devote herself to Christ, resisting every offer of marriage. Struck by her beauty and wealth, a magistrate named Quintian desired to marry her. He plotted to use his political power to force her hand, and threatened to prosecute her for the crime of Christianity unless she accepted his sexual advances. When she refused, he forced her into a brothel. Even there, she refused to relinquish her chastity. Furious, Quintian imprisoned and tortured Agatha, ordering her breasts to be cut off. Upon this barbaric treatment, God sent St. Peter the Apostle to Agatha in a vision, and he healed her wounds. St. Agatha’s torture continued until an earthquake caused her captors to flee, and she died shortly after. St. Agatha is the patroness of rape victims, torture victims, martyrs, nurses, and against breast cancer. She is one of the seven women, besides the Virgin Mary, mentioned by name in the Roman Canon of the Mass. Her feast day is February 5th.
at the wedding of Cana when Blessed Mary told the servants "DO whatever he tells you", she did NOT say, "BELIEVE in HIM".
Wonderful conversation there’s so much that I agree with and love. Thank you very much. Anglican here.
CHALLENGE = Can = any = Protestant, give the answer to this most = basic = and fundamental
Question = Why did Jesus incarnate as a Man and die on the Cross ??
(( Note = a review of the following points is necessary before answer ))
A) God's " execution " of Ananias and Sapphira from the 1st Christian Faith community just a short time after Jesus' Heavenly ascent, and for only relatively " minor " sins of dishonesty and lying- Acts 5
B) Paul's urging of the Corinthian church to - Expel the wicked man living with his father's wife - 1 Cor. 5
C) Jesus' threatened vomiting of the lukewarm Laodicean church - Rev 3.
D) The other thief on the Cross who was not promised Paradise
E) Are they " Saved ?" = Christians who do works of the flesh who will not inherit God's kingdom - Galatians 5:19-21
F) Heavenly Father - same yesterday, today, forever - who - in anger - will hand an unforgiving Christian over to the torturers - Matt. 18:32-35
G) Why does God still discipline and chastise - every - child before He will accept them into His Heavenly kingdom - Hebrews 12:6 if Jesus has paid our sin debt in full ?
H) Why does 1 John 5:16-17 differentiate between Deadly - mortal - sin and non-Deadly- venial - sins ?
I) Why did God allow the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD if Jesus paid the penalty of all sin ?
J) God issued Commandments. So when did God allow the breaking of these without consequences ?
K) If Jesus died for all sins, why is the gate to Heaven narrow and few find it - Mat. 7:14 & Luke 13:23-24
L) The Bible tells that God is a God of Justice and has no favourites. If I keep on breaking your windows, and God keeps on forgiving me unconditionally, then obviously God will be unjust to you. How can this happen ?
M) How can Tax Collectors and Prostitutes be allowed to enter Heaven - ahead - of the Chief Priests and Pharisees - Matthew 21:31. In other words, how does God schedule and delay one group of people while favouring another group by moving them - ahead - of them
N) .In His Parables Jesus urged us to multiply our talents, become more fruitful "soil" and be wise "virgins". Will we be " absent in the flesh, present with the Lord " if we bury our talents, cease to be good "soil" or become foolish "virgins" ?
O) Jesus warned - Matthew 18:6 - about leading astray a little one who believes in Him. The word - astray - means to stop believing in Jesus. How would God deal with a Christian who does lead many astray ?
P) If a Christian today - as he has been doing so faithfully for the past 10 years - declares that Jesus is Lord, but tomorrow becomes disgruntled and joins the church of satan and worships the devil, will he be saved ?
Q) God issues tests to each, not only to Adam, Abraham and Job. Remember that these tests are given to determine our love and thanksgiving to God. What would happen if we do not fulfill our tests or run away like Jonah ?
R) Why did Jesus on the very day of His resurrection from the dead - empower - His Apostles to forgive sin or retain sin - John 20:22-23
S) Why did Jesus command us to - Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood - for Eternal life - John 6:53-58 ?
T) Why will Jesus, at His Second Coming, issue beatings - severe ones to Christians to whom much has been entrusted - Luke 12:48 - whereas light stripes to the others - Luke 12:35-48 ?
U) Non-Catholics believe that Jesus took all punishment, yet if a Christian takes the mark of the beast, will s/he be saved from the wrath of God - Rev 14:9-10 ?
V) If Jesus has taken all sin debt upon Himself, why at the Great Judgement at the end of the Millennium, will Christian entry to Heaven be based on Works of Love - For I was hungry and you fed Me ...etc...Come inherit My Father's kingdom - Matt 25 ?
W) If Jesus took away all our sins, Scripture should state - By Grace I have saved you, even if you behave like the devil or even worship the devil. However, Scripture declares = “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. - Romans 12:19. How does God's vengeance fit with His Grace ?
X) Jesus says in Matthew 6:14-15, 'If you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Protestants don't have any concept of the - effects - of sin. For example, if I break your window, and God forgives me unconditionally, who will repair your window ??? While it is good for God to cover all my sins with His precious Blood, God will not repair your damaged window. In that case, God will expect - me - to repair or compensate you sufficiently - otherwise there will be Purgatory - or - Hell to pay especially in more serious and grievous cases like damaging your reputation, injuring you seriously, or murder, etc.
Y) Read the high expectations that Jesus required of the 7 Churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 even despite persecution. View them in the light of non-Catholicism which imposes no obligation, no forms of worship and thanksgiving - unlike Catholics who celebrate Mass which is both worship and thanksgiving -, and no kneeling - no kneelers in their churches.
Z) Protestants believe that Jesus paid the sin debt of those past, present and future. In that case, Sodom and Gomorrah would have been restored by now. And in future, if I rob you of your house and leave you cold, penniless and hungry on the street, and = only = confess my sin, will God be so taken by my confession that He will welcome me into Heaven with = Well done good and faithful servant = and then proceed to give me the best mansion in Heaven ??
Note = If an answer cannot be given to this most basic and fundamental question, then whatever any Protestant states about Catholicism is false, because they do not know Jesus and Christianity.
== SHUN THEM. ==
God bless
Steve has been to the Holy Land 70 times.
My question…
If The Church is the New Israel, as Paul says in Galatians 6:16, is the land of Israel still the “Holy Land”?
Paul said this because the Jews were trying to mislead Christians.
Brother Bryan with due respect, I will first and foremost proceed on to introduce myself first, my name is Peter ToRot Maranglik and I am from Papua New Guinea. And I am going to have a debate with a Seventh day Adventist thereto which I kindly want you to assist me with some relevant references for which I will use to base my debate on. The proposed topic that we will base our debate on is the Objection of Sunday. I kindly want you to help me with more Information and references on Catholic answers about the Catholic teachings about Sunday and all other objections made by the Seventh day Adventist church. I have done some of my research and has adduced some Catholic books,, I kindly ask for your assistance with two or more references of the Catholic books for my debate. Thank you for your consideration.
God bless 🙏
Definitely do as much research as you can from Catholic answers and other places. This is our video that we have on the topic.
ua-cam.com/video/aMHL8BgFVKk/v-deo.html
@@CatholicTruthOfficial thank very much brother Bryan. Really appreciate your kind reply. And again thank you, I have watched most of your videos and I believe I have ascertained a good volume of references from them. Thank you once again and God bless! ❤️🙏❤️
Check out a book called Seventh Day Adventism Renounced by D.M. Canright. It was written in the late 1800s by an ex-Adventist and destroys all their arguments. It's the best book on the sabbath debate I've ever come across, and I say that as someone who has studied pretty much everything Catholics have to say on the issue. It might be a bit hard to find but I can give you a digital copy if you like?
So being saved is always saved is heresy, Thank you
Hi Bryan, at 19:16, I think Steve had inadvertently quoted Romans 9:9-10 as "anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved". I think this verse is found at Romans 10:13. God Bless.
Yes, I noticed that too. Thank you for clarifying though. :)
You are correct. It was a slip of the tongue in the heat of the moment 🙂
@@HelloSRay Ha, Ha, Steve, yes, you were engrossed with great explanation at that point in time. I always enjoy listening to you and have learnt a lot from you. Thanks for all your effort in defending the truth in Catholicism.
@@HelloSRay Steve, I just love you and your family and your story so much. My husband, Michael and I, and our four adult (still single) children have been discussing taking a first ever trip to the Holy Land. Do you still take people on pilgrimages? If so, how do we find your
schedule of trips? Thank you so much!
We verbally profess Jesus as our Savior at every mass - we all say it in unison. And that's where I kind of get stuck with my Protestant brothers and sisters, who I love and appreciate dearly: If you're telling me all I have to do is profess Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior, and we do that at every Mass, then how am I not saved? I say it daily - either at Mass or when praying the Rosary - almost verbatim to how you'd ask someone to say it to "get saved." You have a beautiful vision in your desire to save, but it seems that I'm excluded from it despite my out in the open, as witnessed by many, regular profession of faith, "I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ..."
Prior to conversion, twice in my life I made the profession. The first was my guitar teacher - he still lives on a pillar in my mind 45 years later, and the second was a classmate at a conference where I was disgusted at how all the men were heading to the bar every night after class since they were away from their wives. I pledged twice, "I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord an savior." Then, a decade or so later I became Catholic.
Am I no longer "saved?" If the answer is no, then you’d have to admit there are conditions upon which one can fall from grace. If the answer is yes that I'm still saved, then what's your concern with me being Catholic? Much respect to all - nothing offensive implied at all.
God bless you!
If salvation is simply achieved by believing alone, and proclaiming through our mouths that Jesus is Lord and the true Son of God, then, what happens to the demon in Mark 1:23-26 who also believes and has declared, who Jesus is?, and I quote: . . . “What business do we have with me, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are-the Holy One of God!” Do they mean that the demon here in this passage also got justified, was saved, and, he's now in heaven too? Crazy Protestants
Believing isn’t a simple intellectual acknowledgment of Christs existence and his position in the cosmos. It doesn’t say “Abraham believed *in* God” it says “Abraham *believed* God”, meaning he walked in accordance to his faith. A demon isn’t going to perform the commandments of Christ as seen in Romans 13:8-10, 1 John 3:21-24, and of course Mathew 22:36-40
My brother is it is awesome you're back to the true faith which is very hard to explain to others and understand I tried to simplify it the best way I can to my brothers and sisters that are not Catholic that our Catholic faith is from ancient to present to Future unchangeable just like the Eucharist it is from ancient to present to Future unchangeable
A person who is saved belongs to God and will not commit murder. That's not to say that one sin is greater than another, the impact, however, is. The act of salvation is not a process. We are sealed when we accept Christ as Lord and Savior. Np one can take us out of that relationship. There are people who have said they were saved, but they never were. This is a fact. The story he uses is just that, a story that he made up to make his point. It's sort of like a strawman. The bible says that if we believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord, we SHALL be saved. That's a guarantee, not a process. We're still going to be held accountable before the Lord. Our reward in heaven will be impacted by our lives after salvation. Those who have done good only do so because of the saving Grace of Christ, while those who do evil do so because they have rejected Him. His scripture quotes are right, his interpretation is not. Our good deeds DO NOT save us. If that were so, Jesus would have died in vain.
What a blessing this is!!! May God bless both of you!!!
Thank you very much to both of you. I am really grateful for this very important and powerful information. Now I am at a better understanding, knowledge and position to defend my Catholic faith. Thank you, thank you very much Bryan and Steve.
This was great! It is so edifying and motivating to see the truth proclaimed! May we all respond to God’s call, faithfully obeying His command that we love one another as He has loved us. Love is demonstrated by action. Would we consider a marriage to be healthy if it was only based on words without action? Doesn’t a spouse do damage to the relationship when he/she commits adultery? Wouldn’t the words “I love you and I give myself to you completely” be rather empty if the requisite self-giving actions didn’t follow, but were replaced by actions of selfishness, deceit, and adultery? Why wouldn’t we see our relationship with God the same way? We have free will, so we either treasure our relationship and take the actions to grow our bond with God… or focus on ourselves and our own desires. He doesn’t force anything. He gives us the choice to love Him or not.
God bless you all CFDs, watching from France
Great video learned so much from this video in regards to “justification”! Thank you Bryan and Steve. God bless you both for what you do! 🙏🏼
Glad it was helpful! God bless you too!
Love this show..thanks and God bless.
God-bless you too!
All I can is that John the Baptist said himself that he must decrease and Jesus must increase for John spoke the truth about himself because his calling by God came to an end when he was beheaded and Jesus appointed his Apostles to continue the baptism that John the Baptist was given to do isn’t that so obvious,thanks Catholic brother Brian for another splendid video 🙏
Amen!
I Had the SAME response when I had a protestant deny that works are involved in salvation and I had them read to me James 2:24 - the person just spun around and WOULD NOT ADMIT IT WAS TRUTH,
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Hey Julie I’m not here to argue or nothing just want to here your opinion on Romans 4:5 KJV
If this view on salvation permeated the Catholic Church it would be great. Very few teach this rather they get caught up with works
Steven Ray sounded like Steve Buscemi when I first heard his voice.
I have an answer to everything these gentleman are saying i wish i can have a one on one conversation with them. First of all they don't even have the word in there possession where they can look up answers. They are talking about history of books or studies they have on things they read which who knows if it is perfectly accurate all they need is the the book i call it the word the holy bible and the holy spirit will give you all the answers to your questions. The Catholic so called religion does not go by the book they have there own things that they put together thru the years and everytime i ask some so called Catholic where does it talk about purgatory and guess what they never can show you in the word where it is at and that shows there is no such place i would love to have a interview with this guy that runs this program and see what his answers are to what the BOOK says its not what i say but what the book says if anyone can please give me a number how i can get in contact with this gentleman i would so much appreciate it.
"Pray the rosary every day"
Our lady of Fatima - 1917
The dung hill analogy should be the story of a man who paid lots of gold for dung in order to farm with it and produce fruit. Luther's failure to see God thinks we're valuable is quite telling.
I agree. The word 'if' in English is too small. In Russian, you can stretch it out to four words: если бы да кабы. All those words together mean only one thing: IF!
Pray for me I’m struggling in life Thanks
Sure! 🙏🙏
Check out Dr Peter S Ruckman
God's help and mercy come to you.
'Me-and-my-Bible' Christianity is unbiblical. It is also ineffective at transmitting the faith in a coherent manner. Besides which, it is not all about You and God. You are baptized into a Church and you have brothers and sisters to whom you owe allegiance as well as to God.
100%. Well said.
To the contrary, people are baptized into Christ and into his church which is his body. You can't have the head without the body.
@@Justas399 One is baptized into the Body of Christ which is the Church. That is why we have duties and responsibilities toward not just God but toward the entire family of God. Charity is the way we express this love and is the greatest of the theological virtues. Unless we love our brothers and sisters we are not in God and not followers of Christ. The Church is the communion of saints, i.e. the kingdom of God on earth, the family into which we are baptized.
@@Justas399 Jesus established a Church to which He gave authority which is the Catholic Church. As Steve Ray likes to say, "When Jesus was ascending into Heaven He didn't say "remember to read my book". Who says that it has to be proved from the New Testament? The New Testament doesn't make that claim for itself, it is Protestants who make that claim because they automatically come from the premise that Sola Scriptura is true. It is not true and 2nd Timothy 3:16 isn't proof that it is. it says "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work". It says it is "God Breathed" which means that it is inspired by God and is "useful" which means "helpful" for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. It does not say that it is the soul rule and only authority for the Christian. That verse modifies the servant of God. It does not modify itself, and even if it did, "Thoroughly equipped" means exactly what it says, "Thoroughly equipped" and doesn't mean Scripture equips itself to be the sole rule and only authority for the Christian. It means it thoroughly equips the Servant of God for every good work and that's it. That is the main Scripture that Protestants use to defend Sola Scriptura. Sola Scriptura was concocted in 1517 by an Augustinian Catholic Priest named Martin Luther. It didn't exist in the prior fifteen hundred years of Christianity. I'm surprised that millions and millions of protestants have taken on Luther's unscriptural cause and defend it so vehemently that he established by his own authority. Who gave Martin Luther that authority?
1 Cor. 12:13
St Bernadette Soubirous pray for us!!
This may not be theologically correct but in a sense we are all saved because Jesus opened up the gates of heaven for us that were closed by Adam and Eve...but we are not saved in the sense that everyone goes to heaven...we have to choose Christ and do all He commanded...if we committ mortal sin we go to hell unless we ask for forgiveness and change our ways.
Do all he commanded to be saved? Romans 4:5 kjv that’s not how ur saved in fact if that’s how u think ur saved ur going to hell. Peter S Ruckman . Romans 5:9 saved by the blood of Jesus NOTHING ELSE Ephesians 2:8-9 “NOT of OURSELVES “
Poor Steve is confused and doesn't understand the Catholic Church is very carnal in their faith, thinking that the eucharist is the actual body of Christ and the wine is the blood; however, the flesh profits nothing His words are Spirit. Blind guide, beware!
Steve is absolutely correct. You are calling john 6:63 Where it says that the spirit gives life but the flesh is of no Avail. That does not mean the u Christmas spiritual. Nor does it say that. The reason protest and say this is because they really don't know the Bible well. If they did, they would know that the flesh and the spirit are opposite, and to be in the flesh means you don't have Faith, and you don't believe godly things. That's what Jesus was saying to the pharisees is that they are in the flesh. But it's the spirit that gives life and allows you to believe in the words that hes saying. You are walking away from Jesus on this issue, just like the Jews did.
Much can be learned about Christ's Body of believers through Israel (Jacob) and Rachel's offspring. Rachel, the most beloved of high favor of Jacob; who is a type of God the Father in the story, begat Joseph and Benjamin. There is a parallel to Joseph and the Western Roman Catholic Rite; Benjamin to the Eastern Orthodox Rite; and Rachel to Mary, the Mother of the two, Mater Dei and Theotokos respectively. In the Roman Rite Mary is assumed into heaven body and soul with the absence of death called the Dormition, for the wages of sin is death and she was sinless; whereas in the Orthodox Catholic Church Mary dies and is resurrected as Rachel dies in childbirth delivering Benjamin. When examining the lineage of Joseph, his two sons at the time shortly before Jacob's passing, he blesses the two with the same single blessing yet his right hand on the youngest which Joseph, a type of Jesus, rebukes Jacob that he crossed his hands lying them upon their heads but Israel says the younger shall be the father of many nations and greater than the eldest which parallels the many numerous denominations of Protestantism having combined number of members greater than that of the Roman Catholic Church who parallels the eldest son as the father of a great unified tribe.
The three Ibrahamic religions are parallel to the wives of Jacob: the children of Leah where the ones used by God as is Judaism; The children of Rachel the ones loved through suffering by God as is Christendon and the children of Bilhah the ones set apart as Islam is.
Such great insight! Thank you for your support :)
And thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build MY Church….Or….I am Martin Luther, and on MY rock I will build MY “man made” Churches.
Yes, Christ wanted ONE Church, ONE Sheppard! God bless :)
The truth always wins 🕊✝️🕊✝️🕊✝️🕊
Thank you both. God bless🙏