Has anyone noticed the recent deluge of Catholic stories flooding the intenet. There are so many pro Catholic posts being released that it can't be an accident. As someone who was brought up in a Catholic family, I don't get it. I was relieved to leave that mess and embrace Jesus and the word of God.
I do believe that “The Chosen” series has been a powerfully deceptive tool of the enemy to draw religious institutions such as Catholicism, Mormonism as well as naive evangelical Christians under one umbrella, for the unification and return to Mystery Babylon, the Roman Catholic Church. Black Pope, Jesuits and Zionists.
My comment was removed …I said The Chosen series is a tool of Satan to unify world religions, starting with Mormonism and naive and uninformed evangelical Christian’s to the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery Babylon.
My comment was removed …I said The Chosen series is a tool of Satan to unify world religions, starting with Mormonism and naive and uninformed evangelical Christian’s to the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery Babylon.
My comment was removed …I said The Chosen series is a tool of Satan to unify world religions, starting with Mormonism and naive and uninformed evangelical Christian’s to the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery Babylon.
Right on queue... here come the Catholics into the comments to twist, complicate, and confuse the simple truth of the gospel so they can jam their false, man made religion and works based salvation into the scriptures.
My comment was removed …I said The Chosen series is a tool of Satan to unify world religions, starting with Mormonism and naive and uninformed evangelical Christian’s to the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery Babylon.
Acts 12 New King James Version Herod’s Violence to the Church 12 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. 2 Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. 4 So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four [a]squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover. Peter Freed from Prison 5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but [b]constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. 6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were [c]keeping the prison. 7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. 8 Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” 9 So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. 11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.” 12 So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. 13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. 15 But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel.” 16 Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren.” And he departed and went to another place. 18 Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small [d]stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter. 19 But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there. Herod’s Violent Death 20 Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus [e]the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was [f]supplied with food by the king’s country. 21 So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. 22 And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and [g]died. 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. Barnabas and Saul Appointed 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned [h]from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their ministry, and they also took with them John whose surname was Mark. Footnotes Acts 12:4 Gr. tetrads, squads of four Acts 12:5 NU constantly or earnestly Acts 12:6 guarding Acts 12:18 disturbance Acts 12:20 who was in charge of the king’s bedchamber Acts 12:20 Lit. nourished Acts 12:23 breathed his last Acts 12:25 NU, M to
Apostolic succession is even in the bible. No leaders of any church in any area were given their positions of leadership unless they had the hands of the apostles laid on them and granted that authority. Then they were all still under the authority of the apostles (all the churches). It was literally a singular Church, a single body of Christ, unified under an authority structure that Christ left us (the apostles and those they laid hands on). To think this stopped after just one generation is, quite honestly, absurd. All the early Church fathers unanimously agreed on apostolic succession, a universal Catholic Church, and nothing was to be done (like baptisms, marriages, etc) in the Church without a Bishop. Nobody could just go out and start their own church, that was laughable. Christ started a Kingdom, a Church (His Church), and we are all baptized into ONE body, ONE faith, ONE Spirit. That is the Catholic Church, Christs' mystical body, the physical presence of His Kingdom on earth. The one with true authority, true history, binding lineage, and the fullness of truth Amen.
Please provide quotes from all the early church fathers showing they agreed with apostolic succession. What's absurd is claiming apostolic succession without any biblical evidence. If it's one church, then why do so many Catholic churches have different teachings than other Catholic churches and the Vatican? Why do you have a pope saying all religions lead to God. -moderator
@@SteveGreggVideosThank you for asking for citations/quotes to verify. One thing I’d like to comment on is as a born again, Spirit filled follower of Jesus Christ, one time I attended a Catholic Church with my then MIL. As people were lining up for the “sacrament” my MIL said “You can’t take communion because you’re not Catholic.” I was astounded and then angry that anyone offering communion would deny me access. But I didn’t know back then that they actually believe that the bread and wine would “mystically” and literally become the flesh and blood of Christ. That’s actually an act of abomination called cannibalism, if they truly believe in their hearts that’s what happens when they partake. The word says paraphrased that if one believes it’s wrong to eat food sacrificed to idols and they are encouraged to eat of it, they have then sinned.
Except that Acts 1:21-22 only applies to finding a suitable replacement for Judas. Read as requiring every possible apostle to have been a disciple throughout Jesus’ ministry from its beginning until the ascension excludes the apotleships of Paul (Romans 1:1) and James, the Lord’s brother (Galatians 1:19). If those apotleships are allowed - and it seems clear they were - then Acts 1:21-22 can't be applied to Apostolic succession. A more cogent argument comes from the fact James the son of Zebedee (John's brother) wasn't replaced after Herod killed him (Acts 12:1-2), plus the complete lack of evidence of the concept in the early post-apostlic records. Paul's description of the qualifications for becoming an apostle, viz. being "called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus" (1 Corinthians 1:1) and "an apostle -not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father" (Galatians 1:1), also rule out succession. Paul also says signs of a true apostle include "signs and wonders and mighty works" (2 Corinthians 12:2), ruling out those who claim to be apostles but can't back up their claim in that way. So, even if Apostolic succession was a thing, pretenders to it would have to demonstrate the signs of a true apostle.
@@Berean_with_a_BTh James, the biological brother of Christ saw the risen Christ. Christ directly appointed Paul to be an apostle and he saw the risen Christ.
@@Justas399 Regarding James, yes, but he wasn't a disciple beforehand. Neither was Paul, and that's the point I was making. Them not being disciples throughout Jesus’ ministry goes against the way you construe Acts 1:21-22.
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Has anyone noticed the recent deluge of Catholic stories flooding the intenet. There are so many pro Catholic posts being released that it can't be an accident. As someone who was brought up in a Catholic family, I don't get it. I was relieved to leave that mess and embrace Jesus and the word of God.
I do believe that “The Chosen” series has been a powerfully deceptive tool of the enemy to draw religious institutions such as Catholicism, Mormonism as well as naive evangelical Christians under one umbrella, for the unification and return to Mystery Babylon, the Roman Catholic Church. Black Pope, Jesuits and Zionists.
My comment was removed …I said The Chosen series is a tool of Satan to unify world religions, starting with Mormonism and naive and uninformed evangelical Christian’s to the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery Babylon.
My comment was removed …I said The Chosen series is a tool of Satan to unify world religions, starting with Mormonism and naive and uninformed evangelical Christian’s to the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery Babylon.
My comment was removed …I said The Chosen series is a tool of Satan to unify world religions, starting with Mormonism and naive and uninformed evangelical Christian’s to the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery Babylon.
Can't wait for chapter 13
Right on queue... here come the Catholics into the comments to twist, complicate, and confuse the simple truth of the gospel so they can jam their false, man made religion and works based salvation into the scriptures.
My comment was removed …I said The Chosen series is a tool of Satan to unify world religions, starting with Mormonism and naive and uninformed evangelical Christian’s to the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery Babylon.
Acts 12
New King James Version
Herod’s Violence to the Church
12 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. 2 Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. 4 So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four [a]squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.
Peter Freed from Prison
5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but [b]constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. 6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were [c]keeping the prison. 7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. 8 Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” 9 So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.”
12 So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. 13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. 15 But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel.”
16 Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren.” And he departed and went to another place.
18 Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small [d]stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter. 19 But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death.
And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
Herod’s Violent Death
20 Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus [e]the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was [f]supplied with food by the king’s country.
21 So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. 22 And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and [g]died.
24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
Barnabas and Saul Appointed
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned [h]from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their ministry, and they also took with them John whose surname was Mark.
Footnotes
Acts 12:4 Gr. tetrads, squads of four
Acts 12:5 NU constantly or earnestly
Acts 12:6 guarding
Acts 12:18 disturbance
Acts 12:20 who was in charge of the king’s bedchamber
Acts 12:20 Lit. nourished
Acts 12:23 breathed his last
Acts 12:25 NU, M to
Apostolic succession is even in the bible. No leaders of any church in any area were given their positions of leadership unless they had the hands of the apostles laid on them and granted that authority. Then they were all still under the authority of the apostles (all the churches). It was literally a singular Church, a single body of Christ, unified under an authority structure that Christ left us (the apostles and those they laid hands on). To think this stopped after just one generation is, quite honestly, absurd. All the early Church fathers unanimously agreed on apostolic succession, a universal Catholic Church, and nothing was to be done (like baptisms, marriages, etc) in the Church without a Bishop. Nobody could just go out and start their own church, that was laughable. Christ started a Kingdom, a Church (His Church), and we are all baptized into ONE body, ONE faith, ONE Spirit. That is the Catholic Church, Christs' mystical body, the physical presence of His Kingdom on earth. The one with true authority, true history, binding lineage, and the fullness of truth Amen.
Please provide quotes from all the early church fathers showing they agreed with apostolic succession.
What's absurd is claiming apostolic succession without any biblical evidence.
If it's one church, then why do so many Catholic churches have different teachings than other Catholic churches and the Vatican? Why do you have a pope saying all religions lead to God.
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@@SteveGreggVideosThank you for asking for citations/quotes to verify.
One thing I’d like to comment on is as a born again, Spirit filled follower of Jesus Christ, one time I attended a Catholic Church with my then MIL. As people were lining up for the “sacrament” my MIL said “You can’t take communion because you’re not Catholic.” I was astounded and then angry that anyone offering communion would deny me access. But I didn’t know back then that they actually believe that the bread and wine would “mystically” and literally become the flesh and blood of Christ. That’s actually an act of abomination called cannibalism, if they truly believe in their hearts that’s what happens when they partake.
The word says paraphrased that if one believes it’s wrong to eat food sacrificed to idols and they are encouraged to eat of it, they have then sinned.
Acts 1:21-22 makes apostolic succession impossible after the 1st century.
Absolutely true! - moderator
Except that Acts 1:21-22 only applies to finding a suitable replacement for Judas. Read as requiring every possible apostle to have been a disciple throughout Jesus’ ministry from its beginning until the ascension excludes the apotleships of Paul (Romans 1:1) and James, the Lord’s brother (Galatians 1:19). If those apotleships are allowed - and it seems clear they were - then Acts 1:21-22 can't be applied to Apostolic succession.
A more cogent argument comes from the fact James the son of Zebedee (John's brother) wasn't replaced after Herod killed him (Acts 12:1-2), plus the complete lack of evidence of the concept in the early post-apostlic records.
Paul's description of the qualifications for becoming an apostle, viz. being "called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus" (1 Corinthians 1:1) and "an apostle -not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father" (Galatians 1:1), also rule out succession. Paul also says signs of a true apostle include "signs and wonders and mighty works" (2 Corinthians 12:2), ruling out those who claim to be apostles but can't back up their claim in that way. So, even if Apostolic succession was a thing, pretenders to it would have to demonstrate the signs of a true apostle.
@@Berean_with_a_BTh James, the biological brother of Christ saw the risen Christ.
Christ directly appointed Paul to be an apostle and he saw the risen Christ.
@@Justas399 Regarding James, yes, but he wasn't a disciple beforehand. Neither was Paul, and that's the point I was making. Them not being disciples throughout Jesus’ ministry goes against the way you construe Acts 1:21-22.
@@Berean_with_a_BTh So Peter must have been lying about the qualifications to be an apostle?
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Useless talk.
By the way, Jesus said nothing about the martyrdom of John.
How is that relevant? - moderator
Useless??.. like your comment
@@SteveGreggVideos Did Jesus speak on John’s matter for Christ?