Hi Sam... The church (ekklesia) of God is neither a New Testament invention nor an institution comprised of clergy. Biblically speaking, it is the people of God, in covenant with God, gathered before God... 1) On the earth, in the Old Testament (old covenant) [Deuteronomy 31:30; Acts 7:38; Nehemiah 13:1] 2) On the earth, in the New Testament (new covenant) [Matthew 18:17; 1 Corinthians 11:18; 1 Timothy 3:15] 3) In heaven, glorified [Hebrews 12:23] The faithful saints in both the Old Testament (before and during the Mosaic covenant) and New Testament (new covenant), are sons of Abraham, the man of faith, counted righteous by faith; see Hebrews 11 for examples. These faithful saints comprise the cultivated olive tree (Romans 11) and are made perfect together (Hebrews 11:40, 12:23)... The "Israel of God." The Greek term, ἐκκλησία (ekklesia), is an informal term, a common noun, and not capitalized. There is no "Church Age" unless your tarting point is Deuteronomy 4:10. Blessings
@FolloweroftheWay_Jesus3 Jesus established the Church, and so he cannot be the Church. And I thought that Protestants were supposed to think that the church was merely just a gathering of Christians
God is the definition of good. There is no way to be something you do not accept the roots to. That is human mental gymnastics, something we have been told not to rely on. The closest people can come to being good without God, is to copy the characteristics while holding on for dear life to ones insanity. They then just are projecting thous characteristics without any deeper sense of meaning. The source defines what is. Without God, you do not know what good is. Describe the colour green while being blind. Good luck to the ones trying. We can define what green is because God gave us eyes to see it. Goodness is not for us to define, only god is good.
Yet the biggest evil in the world is done in gods name. Spare us the morality lectures if you need god to know whats good or bad then you need serious help.
@@LemonJuice516 So what is evil? Because what you are talking about is just common behavior in nature. It aint good nor bad, it just is. And that is your problem. Truth goes against your imagination. And what if i do evil in YOUR name, then you are the cause and should take the fall right? that IS what you say so. I`ll pray for you too and hope you´ll see clear again. God bless
A lot of evil has been done in the name of atheism. Communism is atheistic and look all the death it caused in the last 100 years. We do need God. Pretending we don't didn't bring forth the utopia atheists promised and it never will.
@@LemonJuice516 This isnt a morality lecture, this is philosophy. Not to mention biggest evil wasnt done in God's name, you should read up on history.
I have been interested in the Orthodox Church for a couple of months now. I have a couple of Orthodox Churches close by but their schedules are super weird regarding Bible Study classes (Fri 11-12:30 & 9:30-11 at the other place like people don’t have jobs). Plus I have a 4 year old that is CRAZY even though we’re very disciplined in our house. I suppose I will stop making petulant excuses and just GO and drag her out the back as needed.
Your crazy 4 y.o. is welcome in the church too. Perhaps you'll have to step out into the narthex or church hall with him/her now and again but you have still brought your family to the right place. Best wishes.
Well, the most important thing is lithurgy and not the bible study, so the schedule is fashioned accordingly. You can probably figure something out with your baby, you can probably ask other people for advice or help.
Bible study is not the same as Catechism. It may seem backwards to a protestant, but studying the Bible is actually kind of low on the list of priorities for a new Christian to be educated in. Reverence, prayer, temperance, obedience, humility, and the life of the Church, all take precedence over studying the Bible. One simple reason is that we hear the readings every day in Church; these things are not separate, they tie in and feed each other. But without learning virtue, reading the Bible won't do you any good. The life of the Church is the carefully coordinated path toward virtue.
@@NFS0038 that’s difficult for me to wrap my mind around. Bible is history. It’s “why we worship the same God as this small 70 person family from Canaan” (Jacob) when the entire world had it’s own Gods. How can one have reverence for someone they don’t know? So many people find a grounded faith in learning the history of the world and how God has proven Himself to be THE God through the Bible. I believe, I need help with my unbelief.
@@MrMann-gt1eh Well, if you don't have the mind of the Church, it will be impossible to actually bear fruit from your study of the Bible. Just look at the 30,000 protestant denominations in the US. If Bible study was the most important thing, they wouldn't be so far from grace. Yet the Church existed 300 years in the beginning without the canonized Bible as you know it (that's longer than America has been a nation). The experience in the Church is the way to Christ, not your own mind's rationalization.
Great conversation! Normalize true Virtue again! Parents are so weary. You have to gaurd the gates on so many levels! Such a large percentage is on media influence even if you are conservative at home it’s infuriating the grocery store checkout and every where else.
I just had the thought of sharing my thoughts because I was never associated with the Orthodox Church outside of just worldly providence and I came too this topic and I think it relates because my thoughts are completely concerning the notion of the Almighty and what we do or do not as he has commanded so that we may know. Many people say he did that because he loves us. I am certain that he does otherwise life would not have breathe and warmth and water amongst many other good things and that the world we live in would not be good it would be some other fictional world that is upside at all the wrong intervals. However I believe that the Almighty has a more powerful grasp upon the world and in power he does more than simply love us though he does and we “do not be afraid”. Concerning this thought I thought and I thought that I could share the thought that in this meaning we can understand there is a message that his son Jesus Christ might be powerful in our weaknesses in a sort of kaleidoscopic way so that from time too time the church may say that these things are only done out of love reasoning that this was a measure that is righteous but forbidding that notion because that is comparison in the lord also there must be something else; by these things which are also life which is mysterious and more so than ourselves the distant world is mysterious so we should focus on the simplest things which are like these pillars that ascend up forever so that we know they are true but they are perhaps not physical: so, that the church is alive we can see because ministry will share a true knowledge which is in the world we can experience in life and at another time another individual fraction of all of that gravity and power is the word that the world needs in these fields which if you ask me are just not as redeemable as we expect from them in our technologically advanced system. Did not proofread.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Cor. 5:21 Your salvation, standing, or position in Christ is received by grace through faith. This new position in the body of Christ has changed your identity, that is, who you are. This new identity is like the job title you are given on the first day of work. You have not done any work, but you have been given a new identity; you sit in a new position. Don’t forget who Christ made you, and how that was possible. It is the cross of Christ that did all the work necessary for your salvation, and the power of the resurrection of Christ that guarantees you a heavenly place with Christ. The response to sin for the believer is to stop living like who you were, and start living according to who you are in Christ by faith. Now it is our duty to live up to the high calling we have received freely through Him.
When Jesus descended to hell, He went there to liberate the souls of the people who lived by the Law. So before Him there was no salvation. Thats how much human virtue is worth.
But I don’t understand why Father Josiah is interviewing with Roman Catholic? Doesn’t this make it look like we are in communion with Rome? Help me understand, please.😢
Jesus sat at the table with everyone. Excuse me since I don't know all my Bible references but there's a bit where one of the Apostles asks Jesus to not speak to someone who was not a believer or something like that, and Jesus said: who isn't against us , is with us. Don't worry yourself with these details, the message is Christ.
Father forgive me, but why are we helping to platform someone who actively works to pull people away from Christ’s Church? VoR’s work has been deceitful and anti-Orthodox
Friend, this is my concern as well. The man on the right is a heretic uniate. The heretic publicly speaks blasphemy against The Church. I do not understand this Ecuminism. I wonder if Father is not fully aware of the uniate's platform/content. This is not good.
Should you never speak to pagans or atheists, because your mere presence might elevate their status to onlookers? Or you might agree with them on something in the course of diplomatic conversation? How are you going to bring people to faith if nobody ever talks to them?
@@NFS0038 The Holy Spirit doesn’t need our help, we’re called to be in union with Christ and the rest will take care of itself. The Church Fathers did not seek unity with heretics and bad actors. It’s the spirit of the conversation. VoR is not a respecter nor is he inquisitive regarding Holy Orthodoxy. He actively works against our Church. He is our enemy. (Goes without saying we should love him still, doesn’t mean we need to platform him as though he’s some sort of ally)
Link to full Interview in description!
Lord have mercy on your one, holy, apostolic, and catholic Church.☦️
Jesus Christ is the church, the Messiah, the son of GOD.
@@FolloweroftheWay_Jesus3Christ is the bride groom of the Church.
Hi Sam... The church (ekklesia) of God is neither a New Testament invention nor an institution comprised of clergy.
Biblically speaking, it is the people of God, in covenant with God, gathered before God...
1) On the earth, in the Old Testament (old covenant) [Deuteronomy 31:30; Acts 7:38; Nehemiah 13:1]
2) On the earth, in the New Testament (new covenant) [Matthew 18:17; 1 Corinthians 11:18; 1 Timothy 3:15]
3) In heaven, glorified [Hebrews 12:23]
The faithful saints in both the Old Testament (before and during the Mosaic covenant) and New Testament (new covenant), are sons of Abraham, the man of faith, counted righteous by faith; see Hebrews 11 for examples.
These faithful saints comprise the cultivated olive tree (Romans 11) and are made perfect together (Hebrews 11:40, 12:23)... The "Israel of God."
The Greek term, ἐκκλησία (ekklesia), is an informal term, a common noun, and not capitalized. There is no "Church Age" unless your tarting point is Deuteronomy 4:10.
Blessings
@FolloweroftheWay_Jesus3
Jesus established the Church, and so he cannot be the Church. And I thought that Protestants were supposed to think that the church was merely just a gathering of Christians
Jesus Christ our lord.❤Greatings from Greece father.
Χαιρετισμούς από Αθήνα. Καλή χρονιά με μετάνοια να χουμε και λίγο περισσότερο αγώνα.
Thank you Father Josiah for always speaking truth, may God be with you
Father's words are an elixir for my wretched soul
TRUTH has been spoken here!
This is a very important topic. Great video
Dang that was a deep talk
Happy 2025, Father Josiah! Keep up the great work!
Cool video!
God is the definition of good.
There is no way to be something you do not accept the roots to.
That is human mental gymnastics, something we have been told not to rely on.
The closest people can come to being good without God, is to copy the characteristics while holding on for dear life to ones insanity.
They then just are projecting thous characteristics without any deeper sense of meaning.
The source defines what is. Without God, you do not know what good is.
Describe the colour green while being blind. Good luck to the ones trying.
We can define what green is because God gave us eyes to see it.
Goodness is not for us to define, only god is good.
Yet the biggest evil in the world is done in gods name. Spare us the morality lectures if you need god to know whats good or bad then you need serious help.
@@LemonJuice516God doesn’t do the evil. Humans leaning on their own understanding do. That’s a tired, old argument.
@@LemonJuice516 So what is evil? Because what you are talking about is just common behavior in nature.
It aint good nor bad, it just is.
And that is your problem. Truth goes against your imagination.
And what if i do evil in YOUR name, then you are the cause and should take the fall right? that IS what you say so.
I`ll pray for you too and hope you´ll see clear again.
God bless
A lot of evil has been done in the name of atheism. Communism is atheistic and look all the death it caused in the last 100 years.
We do need God. Pretending we don't didn't bring forth the utopia atheists promised and it never will.
@@LemonJuice516 This isnt a morality lecture, this is philosophy. Not to mention biggest evil wasnt done in God's name, you should read up on history.
God doesn't define it, God is it.
I have been interested in the Orthodox Church for a couple of months now. I have a couple of Orthodox Churches close by but their schedules are super weird regarding Bible Study classes (Fri 11-12:30 & 9:30-11 at the other place like people don’t have jobs). Plus I have a 4 year old that is CRAZY even though we’re very disciplined in our house. I suppose I will stop making petulant excuses and just GO and drag her out the back as needed.
Your crazy 4 y.o. is welcome in the church too. Perhaps you'll have to step out into the narthex or church hall with him/her now and again but you have still brought your family to the right place. Best wishes.
Well, the most important thing is lithurgy and not the bible study, so the schedule is fashioned accordingly. You can probably figure something out with your baby, you can probably ask other people for advice or help.
Bible study is not the same as Catechism. It may seem backwards to a protestant, but studying the Bible is actually kind of low on the list of priorities for a new Christian to be educated in. Reverence, prayer, temperance, obedience, humility, and the life of the Church, all take precedence over studying the Bible. One simple reason is that we hear the readings every day in Church; these things are not separate, they tie in and feed each other. But without learning virtue, reading the Bible won't do you any good. The life of the Church is the carefully coordinated path toward virtue.
@@NFS0038 that’s difficult for me to wrap my mind around. Bible is history. It’s “why we worship the same God as this small 70 person family from Canaan” (Jacob) when the entire world had it’s own Gods. How can one have reverence for someone they don’t know? So many people find a grounded faith in learning the history of the world and how God has proven Himself to be THE God through the Bible. I believe, I need help with my unbelief.
@@MrMann-gt1eh Well, if you don't have the mind of the Church, it will be impossible to actually bear fruit from your study of the Bible. Just look at the 30,000 protestant denominations in the US. If Bible study was the most important thing, they wouldn't be so far from grace. Yet the Church existed 300 years in the beginning without the canonized Bible as you know it (that's longer than America has been a nation). The experience in the Church is the way to Christ, not your own mind's rationalization.
Great conversation! Normalize true Virtue again! Parents are so weary. You have to gaurd the gates on so many levels! Such a large percentage is on media influence even if you are conservative at home it’s infuriating the grocery store checkout and every where else.
🙏✝️⛪
I just had the thought of sharing my thoughts because I was never associated with the Orthodox Church outside of just worldly providence and I came too this topic and I think it relates because my thoughts are completely concerning the notion of the Almighty and what we do or do not as he has commanded so that we may know.
Many people say he did that because he loves us.
I am certain that he does otherwise life would not have breathe and warmth and water amongst many other good things and that the world we live in would not be good it would be some other fictional world that is upside at all the wrong intervals. However I believe that the Almighty has a more powerful grasp upon the world and in power he does more than simply love us though he does and we “do not be afraid”. Concerning this thought I thought and I thought that I could share the thought that in this meaning we can understand there is a message that his son Jesus Christ might be powerful in our weaknesses in a sort of kaleidoscopic way so that from time too time the church may say that these things are only done out of love reasoning that this was a measure that is righteous but forbidding that notion because that is comparison in the lord also there must be something else; by these things which are also life which is mysterious and more so than ourselves the distant world is mysterious so we should focus on the simplest things which are like these pillars that ascend up forever so that we know they are true but they are perhaps not physical: so, that the church is alive we can see because ministry will share a true knowledge which is in the world we can experience in life and at another time another individual fraction of all of that gravity and power is the word that the world needs in these fields which if you ask me are just not as redeemable as we expect from them in our technologically advanced system.
Did not proofread.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Cor. 5:21
Your salvation, standing, or position in Christ is received by grace through faith. This new position in the body of Christ has changed your identity, that is, who you are.
This new identity is like the job title you are given on the first day of work. You have not done any work, but you have been given a new identity; you sit in a new position.
Don’t forget who Christ made you, and how that was possible. It is the cross of Christ that did all the work necessary for your salvation, and the power of the resurrection of Christ that guarantees you a heavenly place with Christ.
The response to sin for the believer is to stop living like who you were, and start living according to who you are in Christ by faith.
Now it is our duty to live up to the high calling we have received freely through Him.
When Jesus descended to hell, He went there to liberate the souls of the people who lived by the Law. So before Him there was no salvation. Thats how much human virtue is worth.
But I don’t understand why Father Josiah is interviewing with Roman Catholic? Doesn’t this make it look like we are in communion with Rome? Help me understand, please.😢
I was confused too , I thought the guy on the right didn't want to be orthodox pray for him
To be frank with you, this is just a discussion between a orthodox priest and a catholic apologetic. Simple as that.
Jesus sat at the table with everyone. Excuse me since I don't know all my Bible references but there's a bit where one of the Apostles asks Jesus to not speak to someone who was not a believer or something like that, and Jesus said: who isn't against us , is with us. Don't worry yourself with these details, the message is Christ.
A wonderful example of men coming together to reason & ponder purpose & meaning. Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner.
@@alexm5160💯
Father forgive me, but why are we helping to platform someone who actively works to pull people away from Christ’s Church? VoR’s work has been deceitful and anti-Orthodox
Friend, this is my concern as well. The man on the right is a heretic uniate. The heretic publicly speaks blasphemy against The Church. I do not understand this Ecuminism. I wonder if Father is not fully aware of the uniate's platform/content. This is not good.
Should you never speak to pagans or atheists, because your mere presence might elevate their status to onlookers? Or you might agree with them on something in the course of diplomatic conversation? How are you going to bring people to faith if nobody ever talks to them?
@@NFS0038 The Holy Spirit doesn’t need our help, we’re called to be in union with Christ and the rest will take care of itself. The Church Fathers did not seek unity with heretics and bad actors. It’s the spirit of the conversation. VoR is not a respecter nor is he inquisitive regarding Holy Orthodoxy. He actively works against our Church. He is our enemy. (Goes without saying we should love him still, doesn’t mean we need to platform him as though he’s some sort of ally)
@ That would be my thought especially considering Roots of Orthodoxy set this up. Bad uniate actors grifting off our beautiful Church