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I have for respect for Mary the same way I have respect for Moses and all the disciples of Jesus. We should never put Mary or anybody else above are Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
No one Is Putting her above Jesus, but you opt to ignore what the bible says; all generations will call her blessed among all the women, even Elizabeth honored her for being the mother of her Lord, AND she was full of the Holly Spirit...protestants, i hardly doubt it seeing the way they trheat her
Daniel Pitti scripture says all will call her blessed, so every time we discuss the Virgin birth we full fill that scripture! The moment you go beyond that and make Mary sinless she wasn’t she was born of Adam and Eve she has the sin nature, Jesus being God was born of Eve God is sinless so taking on humanity the 2nd nature Jesus was still sinless Jesus is not of Adam no sin nature unlike every other person born into mankind He alone is the only sinless being even the Angels in heaven are not sinless!
@@akhin8151 Please check again. Only Jesus was without sin !She conceived by being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit while she was a virgin which was a miracle itself.
@@akhin8151 There you are wrong. Jesus was sinless because he was born of the Holy Spirit not of a human father. Mary was not sinless. She gave a sin offering. Read Luke 2:23 and Leviticus 12:6-8.
A few years ago Francis the Antichristo (that his title other than pope is Antichristo that it’s dangerous to pray directly to Christ one must have an intermediary so either a man to pray for your own forgiveness or I guess Mary. I love the people it’s not out of malice it’s just I always felt the false prophets are idols. If you look up photos of the popes conference hall it is a snakes head inside and out also on the stage they say is a artistic monument of a rendition of the coming return of Jesus. It doesn’t look to me like a rendition from a saved persons perspective ppl that love him would have in my opinion it’s more scary, then why would you be scared of your savior?
@@realdealreds2578 I’m sorry but it’s not the same at all. The way you explained sounds even worse than my first thoughts on why it’s done, cause your communicating with the dead for prayers. That is nothing like Christians praying for people which are all in the living that’s a huge difference from praying to the dead for prayers.
@@Roseredeemed no, they are alive in heaven. It's everlasting life, not everlasting death. I don't know why non Catholics insist on these things rather than happily admit they were wrong and we can go about our lives
It breaks my heart that Catholics cannot admit that Mary is dead and unable to hear prayers let alone tell Jesus. How can you pray to someone and not see that you are worshipping them.
First of all, praying does NOT mean "asking" Praying is a petition. And if you feel like praying is "asking" when you pray to God, are you only asking for things? No. You're asking him to intercede for you. When you pray to Mary, you're asking her for graces.@@bigfootapologetics
Matthew 22:32 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[a]? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” She is alive, because he is alive! Protestants believe in perpetual death!
Luke 11:27-28 "As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
@Trust Jesus *Yes, Blessed Virgin Mary very much heard the Word of God and obeyed it.* The most out of all known humans, aprat from Jesus who is Word of God himself. Moreover in the original Greek the woman refers to the womb that borne Him and breasts that nursed Him not the Mother. Also: *"For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;* for He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name." ~ Mary's Song of Praise, Luke 1:48-49.
The reason our Lord said this was because of our Lady's incomparable humility, second only to Christ. Upon hearing these words, she interiorly prayed our Lord that he would take this praise from her. Imitate her humility by submitting to the Vicar of her Son, the Roman Pontiff.
I was raised a Catholic went to Catholic high school and I agree with you. I would pray to Mary and leave Jesus out completely. I held on to that rosary like it was holy protection would usual spend my prayer time with saying the Rosary. I never opened a bible, I learned catholicity. What a difference I be “born again” and know Jesus as my personal savior. Thank you for getting these truths out. God bless you.
You never opened a Bible? Do you know what you were hearing in the Liturgy of the Word during Mass? That was the Bible. Do you know what you were doing in the Eucharist Liturgy ? Worshipping God, and acting out, having an encounter with God. Those that leave the Catholic Church leave Jesus, John 6:66.
when you pray the rosary you are supposed to meditate on the Life of Christ. if you were just saying the prayers without meditating then you were not praying correctly. Try again, start with the annunciation, the visitation, the Birth of Christ, the presentation, the finding of the Lord in the Temple, the Agony in the Garden, the scourging, the crowning with thorns, the carrying of the cross, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, the Ascension, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Assumption, the Coronation, the baptism of the Lord, the wedding at cana, the proclamation of the Kingdom, the Transfiguration, the institution of the Eucharist. these meditations will bring you closer to the Lord and the saints. the prayers are said to keep your mind off earthly things. Mary is your mother, read John 19:17. the protestants are running away from the truth. do not let the devil confuse you, come back to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic church, the Roman Catholic Church, the church that Christ left us in Matthew 16:18 - you are Peter and on this rock I will build My Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.
I’m an ex-evangelical who also saw Marian devotion like you. Leaving Jesus out of Marian devotion takes away the heart of it. Marian devotion is nothing without our Lord Jesus Christ. Within the womb of Our Lady, Christ was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. Veneration of Mary is worship of the Lord God who used Mary as one of the vessels of grace. Mary is pointing us towards Christ and Christ towards God the Father to whom He is also the only way and entrance. However, you cannot get to the entrance without a path leading to it. This path that leads to the entrance point is paved with many stones, some bigger and some smaller. These guide us to the entrance which is Jesus Christ. One of these stones is Mary. The others are other Saints, many from the Old and many from the New Covenant. However, they all point towards Christ. Veneration of Saints is therefore showing gratitude to God for these Saints. Without God using these Saints, we wouldn’t have the deposit of faith we have today. Because of them, we can now call ourselves Christian and thank God for it.
Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters? Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new? This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you.
I WAS a roman catholic! I'm very thankful for living waters for being one of the reasons the Truth was revealed to me. God must be so happy for you. Thank you for your service!
LW misrepresents Catholic teachings on Mary. Behold your mother are the words of Jesus to John. Since we are all brothers and sisters in Christ, one family, she is our mother too by the gift and Will of Jesus. Mother loves and prays for her children to her Son, Jesus.
@@margaretmurray3375 Nowhere in Bible Scripture does it say to pray and give thanks and honor to a man-made carving or a man-made painting. Nowhere in Scripture does it tell you to ask Mary to pray for you. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Mary was not in the beginning, but Catholicism turns her into a goddess. Mary was a sinner just like I am a sinner, just like you are a sinner, just like Paul was a sinner, just like Joseph was a sinner, etc.
@@lololedez Amen, dont listen to these people brother/sister. Only listen to what the true word of God tells you. Don't let the devil bring you down the same hole. God bless you and ur family
I also was raised a catholic and was praying to Mary but got saved by a friend at my workplace. She was so careful while sharing the Gospel without saying anything against Mary and I was stripped of my blindness. Today my family is saved and more are to come. I pray for them to be saved too. I praise God for using my friend to share His WORD to me.
The more religious a person is the harder they are to save. It is easier to deceive a man than to convince him that he has been deceived. When trying to reach those who are in the man-made works-based religions please realize why they cling so firm to their religion: Realizing you are lost is a hard pill to swallow. It also feels terrible to realize you've been lied to and deceived by your religion. It's a similar feeling as being robbed. So it's easier to reject the Truth and instead hold onto pride and your religion than to face this. Since these man-made works-based religions are usually several generation deep, coming to the Truth about your own lost soul also means facing the grim reality that your parents, grandparents and many others are also lost and many even died in their sins and it's too late now. That is an extremely tough Truth to swallow so again they cling desperately to their religion and reject the Truth. In the end it doesn't matter what Jesus said and the Word of God, we want our man-made religion and the god of it. It makes sense to the natural man that he can earn his way to God. So please keep that in mind when trying to reach these lost religious people. They are Spiritually Dead in trespasses and sin just as we once were and only the Spirit of God can reprove/convict them of sin, righteousness and judgement to turn on the light bulb of Truth to their real need and draw them to Him. Start with prayer and continue praying every step of the way.
You confuse reverence for the saints of God with worship, if you kiss your wife's hand you are not worshipping, if you kneel down to be at your kids level or take a knee at a fallen soldier you are not worshipping.
@@HomeStar369 Keep telling yourself those lies. What part of “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth” do Roman Catholics NOT understand?
@@theextreme7134 you have turned into a teacher of the law like the ones Jesus rebuked, you choose and pick from the old covenant only what supports your false doctrines but we are supposed to be of the New Covenant otherwise God would not have told Aaron and Moses to build graven images for the temple and the ark of the covenant, which means God doesn't have a problem with them, He only has a problem with the False Idols ie false pagan gods.ua-cam.com/video/4juIneRsTj0/v-deo.html
@@HomeStar369 There may be a New Covenant but God never changes and idolatry will never be acceptable to him. Yes, he told Moses and Aaron to build an image, but when did he tell the Roman Catholic cult to build theirs??
The omnipresent argument kills any case for venerating marry. If people all over the world asks her to intercede to Jesus for them then she must be omnipresent and that’s an attribute only God has. Not Mary or anyone else.
Lanette yeah. A pastor of mine once said the hardest people to reach with the gospel isn’t unbelievers, it’s professed Christians that aren’t really Christians.
No you are wrong. God is everywhere. Mary through the permission of God tells us that whenever you think of me. I AM THERE. She is not omnipresent. But she is able to hear our prayers and so are the saints.
@@lakejesusisreturningsoon1659 please call me young bro cos I am younger than you for sure. Regarding scripture back up unless you are catholic than I shall prove you wrong on your other beliefs. I cant prove that Mary's presence using scripture but I can prove catholic church is the truth through scripture and you can also check historical evidence that jesus founded the catholic church. Please state your denomination and what you disagree on about catholic church. e.g. faith alone, accept jesus as lord and saviour. For these i can definitely show you scripture. Let us find the truth. Jesus said "and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free"
@Lanette Praise the Lord. She not omnipresent, It is by the mercy and grace of God that she is able to listen and be with us. It is possible through the omnipotence of God.
If Jesus wanted us to pray to Mary he would tell us clearly and unequivocally.If he wanted us to pray to saints he would say ,"pray to the saints".But he clearly and unequivocally says"no one gets to the father except through me" and yet people find ways around that and infer meanings into scripture that we were explicitly warned not to do 🙄🙄
@@intedominesperavi6036 We don’t pray to dead people. We only pray for /to people who are alive. Mary and all the “Saints” are in the grave, waiting for the resurrection.
I am a catholic , but I only pray to our Lord Jesus Christ, I agree with you guys when you say we shouldn't worship Marry, but God alone. For Jesus is our savior and he is the only way to heaven. Because Jesus he suffered and died for us, for ours sins my love is for Jesus Christ our lord.
Im Catholic as well John and i have learned so much and indeed alot from our seperate bethren the Protestants. They are our brothers we should learn from each other in peace and pray to the Holy spirit to guide us. God bless all.
Will you please back me up on my comment on this video I made. I have troll and I need your help back me up. That Jesus is onlying one who can save us not Mary. My comment on this video is the first one . Please! If you can. God Bless
@@bridgefin only through the name of Jesus the Savior the one who saved us the one who died on the cross Mary was a special woman I agree but she is not the Savior you can't go through Mary to go to God Christ only sorry if you don't believe that away but I do
Rex Stokes you can go to Jesus through Mary. You can also go straight to Jesus. There are advantages to going through Mary. You can go through me to get to Mary. Up to you, it’s all good.
Once you are Holy Spirit filled and read the bible you cannot stay in the catholic church with its extreme biblical abominations. i do know as I was raised catholic I am now a follower of Jesus Christ. I do not pray to Mary or saints that have gone to heaven.
@@alexamaya3208 I grew up catholic and as soon as I asked the Holy Spirit in and became born again the scriptures showed me the errors in the catholic church. Just the fact that one is a catholic and not just a follower of Jesus is error. Thats what I am trying to say. Its man made doctrine not simply following Jesus. There are prayers to saints and prayers to mary there is teaching of penence when Jesus paid the price. Also the underlyings of the church are very frightening and ungodly. Have you seen any of the videos on the catholic church and satanism? Don't get me wrong I loved Jesus very much as a catholic and I know there are catholic who do but the practices they do do not line up with scripture which is our authority not a man called pope or priest. God bless you. Not meaning to offend at all just my opinion..
I was raised a Catholic and was baptized and confirmed in that church. I have kneeled before the statues of Mary, Jesus and Joseph. I remember in 2008 when I was looking for employment I went to a certain Father whom I have head was helping people with personal problems. When I told him my problem, he told me to kneel and pray to a big statue of Mary that was erected of the church building. I didn't know better at the time and complied. Now that I'm no longer Catholic but a born again child of God, I will never again kneel or bow to any statue or idol. Only God is to be worshipped.
Nice made up story bozo, im not buying it. Never have I witnessed such a thing and to pray to the actual statue is heretical and condemned by the church
I'm a former Roman Catholic (went to Catholic schools run by Irish Christian Brothers) and I encourage all honest Catholics who believe their church gets all of its beliefs from the Bible to Google "List of Catholic Heresies and Human Traditions" which shows clearly where many of the church's beliefs came from and they weren't from the Word of God. In fact, most of Catholic tradition, which the church maintains is of equal value to the Bible, is actually in opposition to what the Bible teaches. Go ahead read it and make up your own mind. I pray that your eyes will be opened.
Jesus Christ our great and kind God and savior, built His Church on Peter the rock way before the new testament was even written. The same Church authority in Peter that stood up and put an end to all the debating at the council in Jerusalem since Scripture alone could not, and that later determined which of the over 75 letters written were to be included in the new testament and which were not. The Catholic Church that Jesus Christ established does not worship Mary as being God, that is reserved for Jesus Christ and His Eternal Father and Spirit alone, yet, the Catholic Church does give Mary special reverence, as did the Jews with the ark of the covenant of old, as seen in Elizabeth, who proclaimed, "Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?", (Luke 1:43, 2 Samuel 6:9), as all generations shall call Mary blessed. You are in my prayers! God bless you!
The Catholic Church is the One True Church founded by our dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Church is Jesus' mystical body and mystical bride, so to reject the Catholic Church is to reject Jesus Humself. This is why outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation. Jesus and Mary are not competitors. They are on the same team.
@@matthewbroderick8756 call Mary blessed doesn't mean be on your knees in front of her. She is a human being, she received from God, she didn't create anything. But people prefer pray a female goddess, as they did for Astarte, so they use Mary for that .
Jesus rebuked the woman who said, “blessed be the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed. ” Jesus said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”
Jesus called the Pharisees in the Bible wicked because they needed “proof”…signs and wonders. Open your eyes and look at all of creation. It testifies of God’s existence. Your unbelief has blinded you.
As a devout Jew, Jesus adhered to the commandment to "honor thy father and mother," demonstrating respect and honor toward His biological mother, Mary. So, how are we to understand the incident recorded in Luke 11:27-28? “As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, 'Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.' He replied, 'Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.'” Jesus used this moment to impart a broader spiritual lesson about discipleship and the kingdom of God. While He acknowledged the significance of His biological mother, He emphasized that true kinship with Him is founded on faith and obedience to God, rather than merely on biological ties. Thus, rather than distancing Himself from His mother, Jesus redefined the concept of family within the context of discipleship and the kingdom of God, extending it to include all who faithfully follow Him. Ironically, while many people try to interpret this incident in a way that minimizes Mary, they overlook that Mary is both Jesus' biological mother and a member of His spiritual family. Mary is doubly blessed!
I grew up in a Catholic family not even knowing how wrong the beliefs are! I feel that's how it's like for a lot of Catholics as well and they are unsure about salvation which is scary and dangerous to teach people. I eventually found God and became born again, I know that I'm saved not by my own good works but by grace through faith in Christ my Lord and savior 🙏🏻✝️❤️
Jesus and Moses were the prophet of God who were choosen to the children of Israel. Basically worship creature ( prophets and angels) as God is paganism. Angel gibrael was titled as holy sprit because this certain angel bearing the holy massage of God among prophet and other angels. God is not 3 separate personalities but 1 everlasting entity. Trinity verses of Bible weren't Jesus actual teaching but the inclusion of paul after jesus. So, correct your faith and save your afterlife.
It is written, "faith without works is dead". I, as a Catholic, know without a doubt, that I can't earn salvation. I am saved by the Grace of God and nothing, NOTHING, I could do would change that. I also know that if I do not "bear fruit" in my rebirth then I will be pruned from the "Vine"... It's not hard to understand. It's all over scripture, not to mention Sacred Tradition...
@@MillionthUsername a great resource I've found helpful is "Catholic Truth". They look at things with intellectual honesty (they have researched what other faith traditions believe & can explain why/why not a particular dogma is logical/not logical). They are VERY good at telling both "sides" of the story. They have a website & a UA-cam Channel
Thanks for this! I actually renounced Catholicism because it has deviated from the teachings of Christ. Any Catholic can tell you about all the rituals and symbols that were introduced by men, the rosary is also an object used to aid someone in prayer. That never made sense to me at all. You have to repeat the same prayer like 10times and that is exactly what Jesus warned us not pray; praying with so many words like pagans. Anyway I thank God for those who will be humble enough to accept these eye opening corrections
We have reverence for the Blessed Mother and for the Saints but we worship Jesus Christ. We ask the Saints and Mary to pray for us just we would ask anyone else to pray for us. The Catholic Church is a church of communion, that is to say we believe that we all are in this together. Those that have gone before us are still within reach of prayer. We can talk to our loved ones and ask for their prayers. Just as we pray for their souls they pray for ours.
The Church Militant (those on Earth) The Church Suffering (Souls in Purgatory) The Church Triumphant (Souls in Heaven) We believe this is the Communion of Saints. We are all praying for each other asking God for his guidance and mercy. We do not worship any but the Triune God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), however, we do ask others to pray for and with us.
Wrong doctrine. It is an act of extreme dishonour of the Blessed Virgin Mary to mould a rotten image of mud or cement, and bow down to it with a false label that it represents the Blessed Mary. Those idols are ugly and represent idolatry at the highest level.
I was raised Catholic and got saved in 1981. And yes we worshipped Mary, you think that if we prayed to all the different saints we didn't pray to Mary? When you pray you put them before Jesus.especially saying the rosary.i loved Mary until someone asked me, who died for your sins Jesus or Mary?
Catholicism is depressing because of the works-based salvation. Catholics do worship Mary and other 'saints'. Now, I don't worship Mary but I have respect for her like the other prophets.
You might have been born Catholic but you were never a Catholic. No Catholic worships theotokos but venerated her and the saints. Catholics only worship Christ. And no I'm not Catholic but even I know that.
Also Mary was only a vessel and his mother on earth.there is no mother of God!!! It's only the father,son and Holy ghost.no saints or idols should receive any attention.JESUS is real and doesn't want you doing it.how do you think it makes him feel after he went through such a horrific death for you.i know for a fact it breaks his heart.HES MY LORD AND MY GOD AND THERE IS NO OTHER.
There’s good and bad in every church. The only perfect temple is in your heart, your body, your mind, filled with the help of the Holy Spirit. But just as a church can have flaws, so too can we. But we must strive to do the best of work given to us by our Lord and Saviour.
She is Queen of heaven and Earth...Revelations 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. That is her description and if she is truly queen it is ok to bow down to her. Bowing down does not mean worship. Plenty of people bow down before queens it doesn't mean they worship her but they do honor her which is rightfully so.
@@leocabrera1050 Tare up all those pictures of your mother, father, grandparents, children and friends. You do not need pictures to remind you of them. Get rid of all those Iphone images also!
My late mother-in-law was Catholic. She didn't go to church much. My late husband and I brought her a beautiful Bible with her name on it. Shortly after she gave the Bible back to me, saying I will never read this! She believed that just because she belonged to the Catholic church and was buried Catholic she was saved! She was very hateful towards me. And to my daughter who was from my first marriage. She hated her too. I have forgiven her. I had a friend come over one day to ask me what I thought about praying to Mary. My mother-in- law was there. She was eavesdropping while I was explaining to my friend that no, we don't pray to Mary. That she isn't God. She is just like us needing a Saviour. My friend understood. My late Mother- in -law didn't! She was even more angry towards me. I try to show her the Love of the Lord to her. I don't know if her heart ever turned to the Lord. She had LGD and cancer. She died a horrible death.
So sad to see people talking so bad about Jesus Mother the only woman that God choose to be the representation of a Mother and Evangelic just understand the power of a loving mother for his son. We are his or her son or daughter. We dont worship we pray the Rosary to let her know we need you as a mother please Mary pray for us sinners. Pray with Jesus for our sin so God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit for give us. So simple why people need to disgrace our Mother Mary.
Hey Sophia you said it well, we ask people on this earth to pray for us all the time and when they pray, prayer should go directly to the Father in Jesus name. Now on the case of Mary, she was a human just like you and me and a sinner( because the wages of sin is death..) who right now is resting in the presence of God. She is not is the right side of God nor the left side, she is his presence just like everyone who died trusting Jesus. Therefore, you prayers are not being heard at all when you pray to Mary. Pray to the Father in Jesus name as Jesus taught, and let dont ask Mary cause your prayers are being heard and will never.
@@invalidusername1239 When Our Lady of Lourdes appeared to St. Bernadette, Our Lady told her that she was the Immaculate Conception, meaning she was conceived without original sin. Since Jesus founded the Catholic Church (by making Peter the first Pope and the apostles the first bishops), the Church is our guide and the Church has said that Mary was conceived immaculately. We believe that all the saints, including Mary, hear us asking them to pray for the world, because she is in Heaven watching over us. All the prayers of faithful Catholics DO go straight to God. We don't "pray" to Mary or the saints, we just ask them to pray for us as we would ask our friends and family.
Sophia, please back that up with the bible because the Bible says clearly that Mary needed a savior. Luke 1:46 and 47 "46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, She needed a savior because she sin just like you and me, and another thing in Romans 6:23 "23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord. Please read the Bible and if you believe I am wrong prove me wrong with the Bible. Please dont get offended and be open heart, thanks and God Bless.
@@invalidusername1239 Just because she needed a savior to open the gates of Heaven to humanity, does not mean she was sinful. "Hail Mary, full of grace". How could anyone back then have been FULL of grace if they were all conceived with original sin? See, everyone had original sin until Jesus came and said that they had to be born again through Baptism. But the angel Gabriel said that Mary was full of grace. Not somewhat full. FULL. Which means she was void of original sin. When Adam and Eve sinned, the gates of Heaven were closed to Humanity, which is why everyone, including Mary, needed a savior to open them back up. Mary did not die, she was assumed into Heaven, so the verse, "for the wages of sin is death" is irrelevant. I appreciate your kindness. Thank you.
"Indeed, Mary needed a savior! However, Mary was “saved” from sin in a most sublime manner. She was given the grace to be “saved” completely from sin so that she never committed even the slightest transgression. Protestants tend to emphasize God’s “salvation” almost exclusively to the forgiveness of sins actually committed. However, Sacred Scripture indicates that salvation can also refer to man being protected from sinning before the fact: Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. (Jude 24-25)" www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/hail-mary-conceived-without-sin
Even that semenarian cousin doesn't know what the real teaching of the Church is. That is one of the problems of the Catholic church, a lot if not most of its followers does not know what is the fullness of it's teachings. The church actually needs people like these people in the videos who are passionate about God's teachings. We should always continue to search for the truth, because Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and the Truth will set us free.
Catholic Christians give special reverence to Mary, just as Elizabeth felt unworthy as the Mother of the Lord approached her, for of Mary, all generations shall call her blessed, She the only person ever saluted by title, rather than by name, full of grace, she the foretold woman in Genesis at emnity with satan, she whom John sees in Heaven wearing her crown as queen Mother, she who gave birth to the male child born to rule the nations. Peace always in Jesus Christ, He whose Flesh is true food and blood true drink! You are in my prayers! God bless you!
Catholics are not Christians.. They follow a false Christ, the Pope... Please if your into the Catholic religion, come out from among her, and be ye separate Saith the Lord...and I will receive you... You are into Idolatry.. And God will not receive Idolatry.. There's only One True Living God..God says He will not share His Glory with anyone else... When you bow to a Pope, and kiss his ring or hand, that's called Idolatry... When you go to Mary instead of God, (through Jesus), you are into Idolatry... You have been warned.. Jesus said, REPENT..( have a different mind set, or think differently)... Love you all...
@@nealwright5630 Revelation 12. She is the "Woman clothed with the sun." And at the end of chapter 11, just before the vision in 12, John sees the Ark of the Covenant in Heaven, which is also a reference to Mary as she carried the Word Made Flesh within her as the ark in the Old Testament carried the Word of God in tablets of stone. She is the fulfillment of that image. She is the true Ark. In chapter 12 she is depicted as the Queen of Heaven and the mother of the Church. The Genesis verse where Mary as "The Woman" of the prophecy who crushes the head of Satan and is at enmity with him (which speaks to her sinlessness) is 3:16. This verse is referred to as the protoevangelium or "first gospel." It was the first promise of the Redemption, and the mother of the messiah is part of that promise. The Fathers of the Church called Mary the New Eve as she loosed what Eve had bound. Eve said no to God, but Mary said yes and paved the way for the Redeemer to come.
@@MillionthUsername en·mi·ty /ˈenmədē noun the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something. Well, suffice to say there must not be any "enmity" between you and Satan so, as Jesus said, "If you are not for me, you are against me." Since you convicted yourself, have fun in hell.
Um, no. You have all of that scripture messed up. Cannibalism is forbidden. The Last Supper is not a literal feeding of Jesus. And no where in scripture is this cannibalism supported. There is a lot more about communion that the Catholic Church ignores, unfortunately. There is also NO scripture whatsoever that will say that John saw Mary in Heaven. Revelation 12 is speaking if Israel. Chapter 6 says that she fled into the wilderness. Since when is there a wilderness in Heaven? And why would she to be nourished in heaven for 1260 days by God? This makes no sense. There isn’t and she wouldn’t. This was Israel who is protected by God during the tribulation. It’s God’s Holy Land being spoken about, not Mary. Revelation is about the end, not what has already happened. Three other women appeared too but these women are Jezebel who represents paganism, the scarlet woman who represents the apostate church and the wife of the Lamb representing the true church. What are Jezebel and the scarlet woman doing in heaven? There is no way they were actually there any more than Mary could have been. This was a gross assumption and misrepresentation of God’s Word. But since the Catholic Church has no problem with this or disobeying the commandment of Revelation 22:18, then why would truth matter? You Catholics really need to start doing your own research outside of your in church teachings. You continue to repeat what you’re taught instead of reading the Bible for yourselves which I know you’re not allowed to do except the erroneous Catholic version written by abusing Revelation 22:18. Any church that tells you to not open your Bible and see for yourself that what you’re being taught is truth, ask questions, even argue about it without consequences, is no church at all. I got all of my information from John MacArthur’s study Bible. If this noncatholic version is blasphemy to you, then read it fir yourselves and prove me wrong. You can’t get truth by only listening to your priest. He is in need of salvation too, remember.
I was raised as a roman catholic, and was baptized in the catholic church at the age of 12. . . when i went to sunday classes(i disliked it very much) but they never spoke or taught from the bible. They spoke of other people who were irrelevant. When i was in the catholic church, i elevated Mary above all, I remember telling my dad that i would always be a catholic and never will i change . . but man when God came to me, He has the power to change anyone... I remember when i had heard the gospel for the first time in my 20's . oh how i wanted to know more of this Jesus. I remember telling the person who told me the gospel, "I'm confused concerning Mary" and his response was, "ask your Father who is in heaven. You are His child now". (This was days after i believed the gospel) Well i did what he told me to do. I had ask My Father who was in heaven concerning Mary, and His response was so simple . . . "This is my beloved Son , in whom I am well pleased. Listen and follow Him".. And i was quick to renounce and repent all of my catholic ways. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who redeems His people and sets them on the Rock of eternal life. Blessed is Him indeed! And i started realizing the error in the catholic church . . . from idols to confessions to all of these traditions of man. I found out the Mary cannot save me. She can't do nothing for me. I also found out that she did not stayed a virgin
Did you not listen at mass the Gospel is read at every Mass so is psalms. And at every Mass it goes through Jesus life at every Mass we say the Lords prayer as Jesus taught us at Every Mass we remember the last supper and Jesus death on the cross at every Mass the Bread and Wine became His body and blood. As Jesus said this is my Body not that it represents his body but that it is his body. Read your Bible you will see after Jesus rose from the dead he breathed in the Apostles 1st priests and said receive the Holy spirit who's sins you forgive are forgiven who's sins you retain are retained. Remember Jesus gave Peter the authority to bind and lose. So you walked away from the church started by Christ who gave authority to peter
Thank you for sharing that Juan.. I'm amazed how many refuse to even look into it for themselves like you did. Keep telling your story Christian brother. If only 1 out of 10,000 listen enough to look into it and they find the truth, then you've done a good job and it's worth it. March on Christian soldier!
@@twerro and if you read your Bible you would see that we are forbidden to drink blood. Lev 17:13-14. Also the apostles had his dead body and they did not drink his blood or eat his flesh. Why not? They could have. But they didn't because they understood was metaphorical not literal. And they very well knew the Hebrew Law that they were not allowed to drink blood. And Jesus would not advise them to break his laws. Also, Peter was not a Catholic. Peter was never a pope. First of all he was married, secondly he was a Messianic Jew.
Teraise Weeravong Yes, the four gospel accounts are read during mass, but this is not THE gospel message. THE gospel is defined in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the GOSPEL I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures” So the gospel is that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised for our salvation. The four gospels that are read during mass are called gospels because they are the written accounts of Christ’s work on our behalf for our salvation. Catholics recite these books during mass, but do not have a proper understanding of what they were all about.
Sandina 2cents I’m a Lutheran here so I will give my “2 cents” on this ;) No one understood Jesus to be literally saying take a fork and eat his literal dead body and bring a cup and collect his blood and drink it. However, we do affirm that Christ meant what he said, and mysteriously gives us his true body and blood in the Eucharist. It is a means of grace in which we receive the benefits of his work on the cross. We don’t call it anything like transubstantiation though, since it is still referred to as bread and wine, body and blood. And we don’t try to explain it in general, but just accept this mystery since He said “this IS my body”
I pray to Mary, I pray to the saints and I pray to God. But I only worship Jesus. Think and get to know your scripture before you blabber protestant nonsense.
@@mrfredJMJ psalm 45 is a prophetic description of the Word Incarnate, the Lord Jesus Christ (the End), and His Church, composed of both Jews and Gentiles. The Beloved One is the Word Himself, and His Incarnation brought about changes (things that shall be changed, v. 1). For He established His Church (the peoples), and even changed His enemies into friends (v. 6). Thus, vv. 2-9 describe Him (see also Heb 1:8, 9); and vv. 10-18 describe His Mother, the Mother of God, who is both His queen (v. 10) and His daughter (vv. 11, 14). These verses also describe the Church begotten from her (daughters, v. 10; the daughters of Tyre, v. 13-the Gentiles; the virgins, v. 15; sons, v. 17). Myrrh and stacte (v. 9) are sweet-smelling fragrances or incense. Cassia was used in ancient medicines, a reference to healing.
@@SLVBULL IM SAYING YOU ONLY BOW DOWN TO JESUS. HE IS THE ONLY SAVIOUR. MARY IS HIS MOTHER. I KNOW MY SCRIPTURES. I HOPE YOU WILL BE BLESSED. GOD BLESS
J. G. You should tell Jesus to stop repeating his prayers... Matthew 26:44 44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.
You'd be wrong there, and so is he. Catholics bow to Mary and worship her, but this is what Jesus said about mary: Mark 3:32-35 KJV And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. [33] And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? [34] And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! [35] For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
@@billobrien4761 bowing does not equal worshipping. if I bow to someone who I think is respectable it is a way of honoring them. It is not worshipping. Worshipping is saying that Mary is a Goddess and that she is all powerful when she isn’t. Catholics believe that Mary is able to go throughout the world performing miracles through the power of her son. She is used as a mere vessel for God to spread messages from the heavens. Last month she appeared in Medjugorje and told everyone to fast and to repent to get closer to God. She has never appeared and told us Catholics to worship her and anything other than Jesus, thus showing that she can’t be a demon or an evil spirit trying to fool others. The most prominent messages that she says are to rid ourselves of sin, to take the Eucharist, to repent, and to forgive each other. Listen to her message sent from God above, and stop believing the Protestant-created myth that Catholics worship Mary.
@@enriquearias8693 Exodus 20:4-5 KJV Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: [5] Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Your argument about bowing down is irrelevant. Furthermore, regardless of what you think mary is doing, she isn't. She can't see you or hear you. She died and is in the afterlife. If she could talk to you, she'd tell you to quit it....
@@billobrien4761 There is a difference between a graven image and a statue. Graven images are depictions of anything other than God that people worshipped to during Moses’ time. In fact, God commanded the creation of statues or imagery of heavenly things in Exodus 21:6-9, Numbers 21:6-9, 1 Kings 6:23-28, and 1 Kings 7:23- 39. Each of the instances that God commanded the creation of a statue or embroidered image, it served a religious purpose. Just as these creations that God commanded served a purpose of reminding Israelites of heavenly realities, the same goes with statues of angels, saints, or Jesus.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church condemns the worship of anything or anyone other than God in paragraphs 2110-2114, including idolatry. Claiming we worship Mary is the most blatant strawman argument any Protestant can make against Catholics
Mr. Mister Who says we’re adding to the bible? Strawman argument. The Church preaches the Word of God. It has for 2000 years. The Word of God is Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 and the Church’s magisterial authority is given by Christ himself (Matthew 16:18-19, 18:15-18, 28, Luke 10:16, John 16:13, and many more)
Mr. Mister All your arguments are not only presupposed, and not proven by you, but strawman arguments. You do not know the Church or it’s teachings, you merely know a caricature. You’re the embodiment of what Bishop Fulton Sheen said “There aren’t even 100 people in the USA who hate the Catholic Church, but millions who hate what they falsely perceive the Catholic Church to be”
Mr. Mister I will say this though; you’re right about the Church not being a building. It’s a body of believers. It’s exactly what Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 12. And the Church is very real and it’s magisterial from Christ equally real. And it’s rock is Peter. Christ built his church upon Peter and gave him the keys and the apostles the authority to teach with him as his earthly shepherd. If you’re not going to a church that claims to have Peter as it’s rock, you’re going to a false church. The Catholic Church is the only church that makes this claim and it’s 100% true ua-cam.com/video/GmgvI8WekiU/v-deo.html
Mr. Mister None of what you said is substantiated. Everything you think you know is in fact a caricature. You’re full of pride and contempt and you’re not open to discuss or evangelizing. My sympathies. I’ll be praying for you, that you find the fullness of the truth and the gospel in Christ’s Church. He is the way, the truth and the life, and the Church is his bride. Come home brother. We’re waiting for you right now 🙌🏻👏🏻
Mr. Mister Strawman arguments are all you got like I said. You’re denouncing a caricature, not the actual Catholic Church. Everything you think you know about the Catholic Faith is based on misinformation. You’re too closed minded to discuss and dialogue, much less even acknowledge when something is true. I see no point in continuing to talk with you. Like I said my prayers with you brother in Christ. God Bless
I am not a catholic hater, my family/relatives are all catholic and I was one nearly all my life, I worshipped Mary and prayed to her every single day of my life, she was not a virgin all her life, she married joseph, And No that is no assumption, I gave you bible verses, I can give you more, I don't care what martin luther believed, he didn't write the bible. Mary is not Omni present or omniscient, she cant be everywhere listening to millions pray, Only God has those characteristics.
Sapphire, if you actually worshipped Mary while you were a Catholic you went against Church teaching. Worshipping Mary is forbidden by the Catholic Church.
Two of my best friends are Catholic, and I guess maybe they're going to a different church or something because when I asked them about salvation, they said it was through Christ alone and that they're part of the church because they enjoy the structure and the traditions, but they also said it wasn't the be all, end all of Christianity. They don't think I'm a heretic for being Baptist. They also said they pray directly to God all the time. We definitely have differences in doctrine and beliefs, but when it comes to salvation and what someone should do to be saved, we're on the same page and I absolutely believe they're saved. Perhaps this is a positive direction for the Catholic church, if this message is starting to spread. Or perhaps I've been lucky enough to meet two Catholics whose church is going against the overall teaching. I don't know enough to be able to make that judgment call.
You met some weak Catholics. Jesus established just one church. He made it his be all and end all. The others are mostly rebellious offshoots of Jesus' one church and thus can never measure up to God's only church as good and holy as they might be...unless you wish to argue that sinners are as good as God!
@@LilyGrace1990 Excellent ripping scripture out of context. Is that ALL that Scripture has to say about salvation? No. Does any of that contradict Jesus who has said that you have no life within you? No.
@@bridgefin John 14:6 says no one comes to the Father except through Christ, John 3:16 says whoever BELIEVES in Jesus shall be saved, and Ephesians 2:8-9 says that salvation is not based on works and is the gift of God. I don't see any one specific church listed in there. Additionally, the Vatican II specifies that anyone who does not join the church through no fault of their own but still strives to please God can be saved. And quite frankly, cultish beliefs espoused by Catholics like you only serve to convince me that the Catholic church is not God's only church, which would fall under "no fault of their own" since I have prayed repeatedly about it and studied the bible on this topic, only to be brought back to the Baptist faith, not the Catholic one. Nice try, but your words have no grounding in biblical scripture and splitting hairs like this only results in people turning away from the church over quibbles like this. To believe that any one specific church can save you and not Christ Himself is a belief that is rooted in works, not faith. I'm sorry you feel the need to gatekeep Christianity.
@@LilyGrace1990 You said: John 3:16 says whoever BELIEVES in Jesus shall be saved, Me: But you don't! You don't believe that he established his church on Peter. You don't agree with him that you have no life in you if you don't eat his flesh. You don't agree that he will separate the saved from the lost on the basis of loving works as he proclaimed in Matt 25. You like your misinterpretation of Paul and pit that against Jesus. WHEN you decide to believe all that Jesus said then maybe you might be a believer. You: I don't see any one specific church listed in there. Me: Jesus did establish one church and he based it on Peter. You: the Vatican II specifies that anyone who does not join the church through no fault of their own but still strives to please God can be saved. Me: You have a bible. But you obviously refuse to join Jesus' church. Fault is yours. You: Nice try, but your words have no grounding in biblical scripture and splitting hairs like this only results in people turning away from the church over quibbles like this. Me: Do you need chapter and verse? And as for quibbles, this video lies about my faith. And then I saw your post thinking that the Catholic Church changed direction. You chose to reply to my first comment. You: To believe that any one specific church can save you and not Christ Himself is a belief that is rooted in works, not faith. I'm sorry you feel the need to gatekeep Christianity. Me: Jesus provided for the salvation of his disciples through just one church. That is as specific as it gets. I do try to gate keep the truth. If that's a vice then I am guilty.
23:25 I am a Roman Catholic and I completely agree with that point. It must be admitted that in the evangelical church there is a deeper knowledge of Scripture, which is lacking in most of the Catholics. If you are Catholic you have to explore certain topics by yourself and by reading the Scriptures on your own, otherwise the Church will not teach you.
@@bridgefin sometimes they don't give the adequate interpretation to some verses in the Bible I think. They Also have good reason to refuse certain topics like purgatory, which Is unbiblical and i don't believe in It. But must be recognized they had a deeper knowledge of the scriptures in manu cases. The fact of being Born again, Christ which gives you a new Heart, Is really important to be taught and in catholicism there's a lack of this must be admitted
@@claudiobarlassina2261 Where does the bible state that you must be able to find all doctrine in the bible??? No where. You have added your man made tradition to the faith. And you can't have deeper knowledge of the scriptures and miss some of its most important points, like the Mass, the Eucharist, forgiveness of sins, understanding of sin, understanding of salvation, the papacy, etc. And in Catholicism I can get a new heart as often as I go to confession. If you think once is enough then we do disagree.
Why this knowledge of Scripture is lacking among the Catholics is a direct result of the Nicea Council in the first Century AD, where it was decided that people should believe what the "God inspired" priests deemed as right, even if it contradicted the Scripture. Sadly, the denominations have also made that deathly alliance with the Catholic Church, in making an organization which overrides the Scriptures and will be their death knell.
I love the Aramaic translation... _"The Angel entered her presence, and he said to her, “Peace to you, full of grace, our Lord is with you; you are blessed among women.” Luke 1: 28_
The word "worship" means to bow down, prostrate in homage to royalty or God , do reverence, is to worship. Anyone who does this before a hunk of rock or wood is guilty of idol worship.
Not true. this is not what Idol worship means. It means worshipping an Idol as if it was God. Because you kneel in front of a statue doesn't mean you are making the statue like God.
@@rascal211 then why would you kneel to a statue ? Is it alive? Does it hear you? Can it help you ? Why not go ahead and kneel to a rock? The truth is that to bow to anything is idol worship that’s why God says not to make any image of himself even because mans nature will lead him to worship the image instead of God.
@@rascal211 I don’t kneel in front of candles and pray Most people don’t understand what they’re doing or why. That’s just being religious but God does not want that. Find out what this means. I would rather have mercy and not sacrifice. Jesus said that. 😀 do you love Jesus? I do and I bet you do to so worship Jesus and think about it. 🙌
@@dannykirby7425 Only a fool will worship the statue itself as most are not worshipping the statue itself. So you're wrong in believing because your kneeling your worshipping as its God.
The Catholics quietly have in the recent past calling Mary the Co-Redeemer.. They do believe that her physical body was assumed into heaven, Not by a normal human death.
I am in shambles, I was brought up and raised in a Christian family and had ask marry for intersection, now I’m doubting the rosary…I’m just not sure anymore. Can you guys pray for me please 🙏🏾
Ask God to forgive you and He said He would.. Then go forward.. Read the Bible, and believe it, receive it, and do it!! At least you admit you were deceived.. Just have Faith in God, and do what He wants. ( not my will Lord, but your will be done). Love you Sister...
Please do not doubt yourself. We ask family and friends for intercessory prayer. Many people on this site are Catholic haters. They are not good people. May God have mercy on them. Look at the wedding at Cana where Mary interceded for the family of the wedding. Jesus performed his first miracle at the intercession of Mary his mother. John 2: 1-12
When I was 25 I left the Catholic Church. I found out that many of the teachings were antithetical to the word of God. When I questioned this, I was told that "only a Priest can interpret the scriptures." This is what Muslims, and Johovah's Witnesses say also. The prayer beads are also a common thread in Islam, Hinduism, and many others. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:7. The perpetual virginity of Mary is not Biblical, the brothers and sisters spoke of in the Gospels are not "cousins", there was a different word for that used for his cousin John the Baptist. Mary was not only not born without sin, but proclaims in Luke the Jesus is "my savior." Baptism always meant full body submersion and for adults. There is no Biblical foundation that babies need this "sacrament" to be saved. In fact, baptism by itself even in the NT is not a necessity for salvation. In one case a man and his entire family are saved prior to being baptized. Purgatory is an invention by the Roman church to extort money by convincing followers they could literally pay to get their loved ones out of hell. Pretty sick. Paul says that if you add to Grace it ceases to be Grace. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Romans 11:16. And For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8. There are many others, but I will leave it with a few to think about. The problem we have when we are young esp. is that our religion becomes our identity. It can be difficult to understand that it is not our identity. Until that happens you will be reluctant to let it go and follow the truth.
@@2dogs1tale81 All well said and congratulations for recognizing and rebuking the lies of your former spiritual self and coming to the Lord Jesus Christ in humbleness. 🙏✝️
Hi, The rosary is beautiful if used correctly. I come from a Baptist church but have a rosary. I love the Catholic Church. Mary is Jesus mother. she said all nations would rise up and call me blessed. Mary is special she was full of grace according to scripture Jesus said to John on thd cross, behold your mother. I contemplate on the mysteries. I give my rosary to Jesus. I have no problem with saying Hail Mary full of grace as Elizabeth filled with the Holy spirit said this. I see Mary as a symbol of God's bride. Jerusalem. His beloved. I don't pray to her I only pray to Jesus. The reason my view turned was when I was in a house performing an exorcism. The evil spirit didn't Want to leave. I felt the Holy spirit say ask my Mum for help. I didn't understand this but just said Hail Mary full of grace, that demon fled. My advice to you. Jesus is the way Mary is not. But God's ways are not our ways. Another time I at a breakfast club and there was a golden picture of Mary on the bring and buy stall. Jesus clearly told me to buy it. I protested but bought the picture. Ordered my breakfast with this hideous picture and people were joking about why I bought it at the breakfast club. They all looked at the picture then ask me what ai believed in. people stood around my table as I witnessed to them about Mary being Jesus mother and how Jesus died for our sins and how only through her son Jesus we are saved from our sins. Needless to say God moved that day. I can't explain it, just know it's Thy will be done not mine. Jesus will never leave you not forsake you. Hold tight to him xxxxx
Speaking as a former, practicing Roman Catholic, yes they do. I did it along with many other “good Catholics” until I got saved/born again, at nineteen years old.
If you believe you can get into heaven through your works, then there’s no need for Jesus. We tried to get in by our works, we FAILED. Jesus came to die for us. Also that point on Mary at 26:10 spot on. Also I see Chatholics praising Mary more then praising Jesus. I have seen chatohlics come to my church and during our praise and worship time they sat down in their seats and did not utter a word. If I was invited to a church and we were praising Jesus Christ our lord and savior, you better believe I will be clapping singing as an expression of praise. That was a big red flag for me. Jesus intercedes for us not Mary. Y’all scared of the source?
"If you believe you can get into heaven through your works, then there’s no need for Jesus. We tried to get in by our works, we FAILED." That's a straw man argument. The position of the Catholic Church is, in short, works AND faith. This is backed by scripture. James 2:17, "So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead." James 2:24, "See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone." "Also I see Chatholics praising Mary more then praising Jesus." That's a personal anecdote that doesn't reflect the teaching of the Church. You should obviously value and love Jesus more, Catholics (and anyone) who worships Mary is sinning against the Catholic Church's position. But praying to Mary isn't the same as worship. "I have seen chatohlics come to my church and during our praise and worship time they sat down in their seats and did not utter a word. If I was invited to a church and we were praising Jesus Christ our lord and savior, you better believe I will be clapping singing as an expression of praise. That was a big red flag for me." One's love or lack thereof for praise and worship is a matter of taste and not a reflection of faith. Catholic worship in general is far more solemn and more ancient being thousands of years old and praise and worship is an invention that's less than a century old so judging people's faith by their participation in praise and worship makes no sense.
I was born a Roman Catholic and I’m now a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ and making other disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. Lots of Catholics are praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary and think that they are praying to Jesus. One guy that I baptized in the Sea and I was teaching him. I asked him a question? Are you now talking to Jesus 24/7 . He said that he was talking to Jesus saying Hail Mary. . He realized that he wasn’t talking to Jesus and repented ❤ He now has no objections talking to Jesus 24/7 . A Catholic doesn’t become Protestant but a disciple of Jesus. The Protestants and Catholics need to do business directly with Jesus for salvation. Unless we’re born again we will not see the kingdom or enter the kingdom John 3:3-5
You: Lots of Catholics are praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary and think that they are praying to Jesus Me: Baloney. You: A Catholic doesn’t become Protestant but a disciple of Jesus. Me: If he leaves the Catholic church he is on the path to damnation if he is fully aware of what he is doing.
@Madison Thom And the bible can help you get there and religion can help you get there. But you have to o the repentance and the faith part either way.
I don't know about you but having been raised a Catholic, I've never once worshiped Mary. The best you can say is that we ask Mary to 'pray for us sinners', but we don't seek eternal life through her
I am so grateful for these videos because as a Christian it is so important to know how to speak to people who have been deceived by false doctrines. I wish I would've learned this sooner because when speaking to Catholic family members it was hard to explain why it's wrong.
@@samuelmidzi8240 You: God is not a man that he should lie. Me: Correct. Thus when Jesus said that the gates of Hell would not prevail against his church he precluded anyone from claiming that his church failed and thus Protestantism had to take over.
I was a catholic but God opened my eyes and now I’m a Cristian… it makes me sad how people rather worship a man made image and on top of that they get offended and angry at you when you try to make them understand that it is an abominable act against our Creator!!! I love the Lord with all my heart, mind, soul and spirit…. and after I found out the truth I woul never ever bow down to any image!!!
Yes but she wasn't a virgin all her life, She was married to Joseph she was his wife, read Matthew 1:20,24 I'm sure they had a normal married life, there is no reason to believe that they were husband and wife and did not share affection towards each other. Mat 1:25 And 'knew her not till'(didn't sleep with her until) she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus. If Jesus was her 'firstborn' she could have had a second child with Joseph too. They had a normal marriage
Taken from Scott Hahn's conversion story - First, I began to pray a rosary. I was very scared to do this. I asked the Lord not to be offended as I tried. I proceeded to pray, and as I prayed I felt more in my heart what I came to know in my mind: I am a child of God. I don't just have God as my Father and Christ as my brother; I have His Mother for my own. A friend of mine who had heard I was thinking about the Catholic Church called up one day and said: "Do you worship Mary like those Catholics do?" I said, "They don't worship Mary; they honor Mary." "Well, what's the difference?" I said, "Let me explain. When Christ accepted the call from His Father to become a man, He accepted the responsibility to obey the law, the moral law which is summarized in the Ten Commandments. There's a commandment which reads, 'Honor your father and mother.'" I said, "Chris, in the original Hebrew, that word "honor," kaboda, that Hebrew word means to glorify, to bestow whatever glory and honor you have upon your father and mother. Christ fulfilled that law more perfectly than any human by bestowing His glory upon His heavenly Father and by taking His own divine glory and honoring His Mother with it. All we do in the rosary, Chris, is to imitate Christ who honors His Mother with His own glory. We honor her with Christ's glory."
Christ didn't "accept" it, it was His role from the beginning. Same way you "honor" Mary (btw, that's not Mary that's depicted, it is Ishtar - Nimrod's wife with little Tammuz (pagan messiah), if you want to know more about Madonna and the child, investigate Babylon mystery religion, and Dagon - "god of sea")... so, the same way you honor her, by logic you should honor many saints which is polytheism at his best. P.S. you have phallic symbol that symbolizes phallus that is thrusting through woman reproductive system for picture. That symbolizes mixing Angelic seed with woman (on Satan's urging), and birth of the Nephilim because of which the great flood eventually happened in the first place. Read book of Enoch for more information, and Bible - the Word of God, ofc. May the blessings of our Father be upon you and your family in the name of Jesus which is called Christ.
Catholics say they arn't praying or worshiping marry, they just ask her to pray for them. That's forbidden in scripture. Saul the king communicated with a dead prophet and God killed Saul because he did that. We are not supposed to communicate with the dead, and with the spirits of the dead. Jesus came from eternity, Mary did not, Jesus was sinless, Mary was not. Jesus is the savior of the world, Mary needed a savior. Jesus is the perfect image of God, Mary is not. Jesus created Mary, Mary was created by Jesus. Statues of Mary is idol worship, even statues of God. Jesus 'ALONE' is worthy of unlimited worship.
@@Catholic101A. here's scripture for you. "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" (1Timothy 2:5) If you pray to Mary, then your rejecting the ONLY mediator. Even the holy angel talking to John in Revelation 22:9 would not accept worship. "And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God."
Cryptfire 1Timothy 2:1 starts with supplications, prayers, petitions and thanksgivings if we use your logic because there is only one mediator then this means we can’t ask anyone for prayer including priest, pastors , family etc because they will be mediating before God and setting Jesus aside just as Protestants insinuate!!!As for rev. 22:9, john genuflect first then the angel showed the things the reverence was accepted, But not the worship because the angel is a servant. In Matthew 20:28, we read Jesus calls himself a servant so if we use Protestants logic here we shouldn’t worship Jesus ether because he is a servant too. first acknowledge at what mediator is “in Scripture Hebrew 9:15 a new covenant , there are many more verses in Scripture.....
Very big misconception with being catholic. The only person meant to be worshipped in the catholic faith is Jesus. Hail Mary is just a series of complements ending with someone asking Mary to pray for them. Worshipping anyone that isnt Jesus is not part of being catholic
Mary can’t answer your prayers she is in paradise waiting for Jesus return, it’s funny most Catholics will defend not praying to Mary but if you take a look at most of their churches which I have by experience they have Mary statues all over the place, Mary this Mary that also I never understand why you need to tell another man about your sins that’s personal between you and God. Glad my father was saved from that religion and came to Christ as a true born again Christian preaching the gospel.
@@HondacivictypeR777 Brother Mary wont answer prayers. She's not the one meant to be prayed. I said this in my other comment. Many churches will have statues of apostles and other people that were close to Jesus. Its art. It isnt meant to be worshipped. Christianity is based on the bible and Catholicism just happens to be the first church of christianity started by Peter. There are other churches. As long as you follow the bible and surrender to Jesus it really doesnt matter what church you choose to celebrate him, whether it be catholic or another domination of Christian. As for why someone would ask others to pray for them, that's not something only Catholics do. Many people pray for other people and many people ask others to pray for them. There is nothing wrong with that brother. James 5:16 says "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."
@@KANJIC thats called idolatry and it says in the Bible not too do that, it even says in the Bible you won’t make image of me and that’s all Catholics do they have candles and pictures of Jesus Christ all over the house and little do they know that’s a false image of Christ the only people to ever see him were the people he saw in real life and that was for a reason. And the fact that you said Jesus doesn’t care what church you go to as long as you worship him is the most false prophet thing I ever heard someone say, Jesus said only I am the way the difference between real Christians and Catholics is that we have a relationship with Christ, while you have religion. You gotta memorize verses from so called saints the only saint on earth was Christ he was the only one that did for our sin and did not sin. I always used to get an weird feeling inside Catholic Churches and wondered why Hollywood portraits it in movies and never true Christians ones and that’s because the Catholic Church is one with the enemy, I saw a video of an ex satanic who said we never had to go against the Catholics they are already deceived I hated the gospel preacher Christian evangelist because they spoke the truth and I hated it, I was a satan worshiper and knew who was my enemy thank God he is saved now and turned to Christ. I hope one day you realize the difference between religion and a person relationship with Christ.
@@HondacivictypeR777 it seems with your words you simply have some sort of hatred towards the catholic church. The catholic church is simply the first Christian church created by the apostle Peter. The church does not teach to worship any idol. Only Jesus. A painting or a statue of Jesus is not creating an idol and people are not forbidden to do so. You aren't meant to worship art. You're meant to worship Jesus. The verse you are referring to is of the old testament before the word of God became flesh. Once he became flesh as Jesus the Gospel of John speaks of the image if the Lord. There are many things of the old testament that we do not go by now brother. Jesus wants to you be with him. To live with him. You are a temple of the Holy spirit and its flame will grow as you get closer to the Lord. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life." As long as you accept that and live in the way of Jesus, you can be saved. Christianity has many churches. It began with the catholic church then broke off to the Lutheran church then the protestant church, the Anglican church and so on. Today there are many. But what you must see is that the faith of Jesus and your relationship with him is what really matters. If I praised and worshipped God in a catholic church that's fine. If I did in a Baptist church, that would also be fine or a non-denominational church. As long as I am worshipping, praising and living in the way of the Lord Jesus, that's what matters. Now all men are men. No one is perfect. Preachers can be wrong. Priests can be wrong. Pastors can be wrong. It is your duty to read the bible for yourself and see the truth. Have a good day brother and God bless you.
As a former Catholic, I can say so much about Catholicism, including the rituals and the works I had to do thinking that would save me, but thank God for calling me out of them, and draw me to His cross, of Jesus Christ. What do you say, when a person goes into a confession box, kneel before a priest, and confess they sin, then after you confess, the priest sends you to kneel again, to say the rosary to pray to Mary the mother of God when Jesus is our only propitiator? ( think about that ). It is sad, that Catholics are praying to the queen of heaven, thinking she is Mary. And all that time they are worshipping the sky goddesses Anat, isis, Astarte etc. Lord have mercy Thank God for saving me and bringing me out of that false religion! Praying for the Catholics.
@JR and I find it ironic when Catholics repeat the same lies we've all heard a thousand times and think were the ones not listening. We dont want you to go to hell and your denomination is a road block to salvation. I know what it's like to be lied to my whole life. I'm sorry I know it's not easy.
@Mary Lancaster You quoted: You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. Me: Sounds like printing a bible could be an idol for some. It has the likeness of heaven and earth. It's not the object BUT what you do with it!
The problem is Mary died she can't pray for anyone.Dead people can't pray for you.She is not part of the Godhead.She is not sitting next to Jesus in Heaven.Also when Jesus was dying on the cross he called her woman not mother.
I grew up in a Catholic Orphanage and each evening we sang a song to Mary to spread her coat over us. Of course I did not know who Mary was and never heard of Christ. We went to church every morning to participate in Mass. I knew I was not right with God but did not know how to do so. One day, I was about 8 years old I prayed for God to come down and show us what he was like. It was 20 years later and God brought me to an Evangelical Church were I met Christ. Yes I received much false teaching in the Catholic Church which keeps you from Christ and his Salvation. I appreciate your ministry as you tell the truth
What false teaching? I thought you claimed you weren't taught anything. You said you never heard of Christ or Mary even though you went to Mass every day. That doesn't seem to be possible to go to Mass every day and never hear about Jesus since the Mass is all about Jesus.
One of the first people I talked to the gospel about that was a stranger got into a heated argument with me about the worship of Mary. I use to think about how I failed to get my message across because it didnt end to well but from yall I learned that the only failure in evangelizing is the failure to evangelize at all. Ive used those exact scriptures that yall were talking about.
We don't worship Mary. If you say we do, along with these evil men in the video, God will judge you for it since you will be engaging in mortal sin by bearing false witnesses. If you loved Jesus, you would not be falsely accusing Catholics of worshiping Mary. That is a lie from the pit of hell, and that's exactly where God will throw all liars when they come before Him to be judged.
@@troywalstra9300 Jesus is Lord of Heaven and earth. Mary is His Mother, and in the davidic kingdom the Queen was the mother of the King, so Mary is our Queen.
@MillionthUsername and that's called idolatry. The phrase queen of heaven appears in two passages of the Bible, both in the book of Jeremiah. The first passage deals with the things the Israelites were doing that provoked the Lord to anger. Entire families were involved in idolatry. The children gathered wood, and the men used it to build altars to worship false gods. The women were engaged in kneading dough and baking cakes of bread for the “Queen of Heaven” (Jeremiah 7:18). This title referred to Ishtar, an Assyrian and Babylonian goddess also called Ashtoreth and Astarte by various other groups. She was thought to be the wife of the false god Baal, also known as Molech. The motivation of women to worship Ashtoreth stemmed from her reputation as a fertility goddess, and, as the bearing of children was greatly desired among women of that era, worship of this “queen of heaven” was rampant among pagan civilizations. Sadly, it became popular among the Israelites as well. The second passage that refers to the queen of heaven is Jeremiah 44:17-25, where Jeremiah is giving the people the word of the Lord which God has spoken to him. He reminds the people that their disobedience and idolatry has caused the Lord to be very angry with them and to punish them with calamity. Jeremiah warns them that greater punishments await if they do not repent. They reply that they have no intentions of giving up their worship of idols, promising to continue pouring out drink offerings to the queen of heaven, Ashtoreth, and even going so far as to credit her with the peace and prosperity they once enjoyed because of God’s grace and mercy. It is unclear where the idea that Ashtoreth was a “consort” of Yahweh originated, but it’s easy to see how the blending of paganism that exalts a goddess with the worship of the true King of heaven, Yahweh, can lead to the combining of God and Ashtoreth. And since Ashtoreth worship involved sexuality (fertility rites and temple prostitution), the resulting relationship, to the depraved mind, would naturally be one of a sexual nature. Clearly, the idea of the “queen of heaven” as the consort or paramour of the King of heaven is idolatrous and unbiblical. There is no queen of heaven. There has never been a queen of heaven. There is most certainly a King of Heaven, the Lord of hosts. He alone rules in heaven. He does not share His rule or His throne or His authority with anyone. The idea that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the queen of heaven has no scriptural basis whatsoever. Instead, the idea of Mary as the queen of heaven stems from proclamations of priests and popes of the Roman Catholic Church. While Mary was certainly a godly young woman greatly blessed in that she was chosen to bear the Savior of the world, she was not in any way divine, nor was she sinless, nor is she to be worshiped, revered, venerated, or prayed to. All followers of the Lord God refuse to be worshiped. Peter and the apostles refused to be worshiped (Acts 10:25-26; 14:13-14). The holy angels refuse to be worshiped (Revelation 19:10; 22:9). The response is always the same: “Worship God!” To offer worship, reverence, or veneration to anyone but God is nothing short of idolatry. Mary’s own words in her “Magnificat” (Luke 1:46-55) reveal that she never thought of herself as “immaculate” or deserving of veneration; on the contrary, she was relying on the grace of God for salvation: “And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” Only sinners need a savior, and Mary recognized that need in herself. Furthermore, Jesus Himself issued a mild rebuke to a woman who cried out to Him, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you" (Luke 11:27), replying to her, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it." By doing so, He curtailed any tendency to elevate Mary as an object of worship. He could certainly have said, “Yes, blessed be the Queen of Heaven!” But He did not. He was affirming the same truth that the Bible affirms-there is no queen of heaven, and the only biblical references to the “queen of heaven” refer to the goddess of an idolatrous, false religion.
I'm a former Protestant who also wrongly believed for many years that Catholics worshipped Mary and the Saints. They don't. Praying and asking for intercession from Mary and the Saints is no different than asking your friend to pray for you. Protestants ask others to pray and intercede for them all the time. I did for years as Protestant, too. Evil is trying to divide the body of Christ, his church, over the silliest of misunderstandings.
@@chelsmaria but it is different than asking your friends. Your friends are alive and asking for them to pray to God is what we as Christians should do but people who are dead are not up in heaven passing on prayers because they are serving God not man in heaven.
@@Diana-sr5ub Mary and the saints are in heaven worshiping God... And helping God harvest souls. .. If We believe in God, We believe in miracles. ..and there are plenty from the saints and Mary. .. We are are children of light. Let us not allow ourselves to be distracted and divided by the deceiver.
Yes they do! I have been rised catholic so I know. Just recently I have talked to catholic charismatic about sleep paralysis and bad dreams and the girl said that I should use a prayer to Mary insted of Jesus because the prayers to Mary are more powerfull??? Can you belive that? She said she prayed to Mary to get a job and Mary answerd her prayers. I guess she only prayes to Mary and she is not the only one. I was shocked. She said a have a demon because I don't exept Mary and catholicsm. Woow. . Just wanted to share that mind blowing deception. Every argument they have is from the catholic priests or the pope. Almost everyone is catholic, new ager or an atheist in my countrey so I'm almost alone here.
That person was 100000% wrong. I am also Catholic. All Mary can do is pray with/for you. She has no power. Period. End. She is a mother to us all but is NOT God. That woman needs A LOT of help. Sorry you were so so badly misinformed. I’ve had sleep paralysis. It happens because your brain secrets a chemical that literally paralyzes you so that you don’t actually do what you are doing in your dreams. If you wake up very fast, before the effects of the paralytic wear off, you won’t be able to move. Not even to take a deep breath. No matter how hard you try. I know because it’s happened to me! It. Is. Terrifying. But completely normal. I really wouldn’t worry about it. Are you covered in the blood of Jesus?? Do you believe you lie in the very palm of His hand? If that is so, what power could possibly over-power Him? Did you invite a demon into your life?? If the answer is no then you have nothing to worry about. Still, if your mind becomes anxious and you feel scared, call aloud “In the name of Jesus I bind all that might want to cause me harm. This house and all within it belong to Jesus Christ!” You might even ask your Mother to sit with you and pray over you while you sleep. I’ll keep you in my prayers as well.
I feel sad for the lost sheep who disagree with this video, they have been lied to and their hearts have been made hard. I truly pray for catholics to realize the truth, there are still those who are willing to accept the truth
@@bridgefin did you know that Muslims pray to Muhammad in a similar manner catholics pray to Mary? And don't say catholics don't pray to Mary, because the actual definition of prayer is communicating with a spiritual diety like God or Mary.
@@_Juan_Pierre_ A, Muslims also drink water and eat food. So what? And you seem to know more about the manner of Muslim prayer than I do. B. Yes, we pray to Mary but your definition is false. The word "pray" means "to ask". Nothing about a spiritual deity in the definition of that English word.
@@bridgefin so according to you, it's only considered praying when we ask for something? That doesn't make sense, what if you're just talking to God about your day without asking for anything, is it then not prayer anymore or what?
@@bridgefin and also about Muslims.... If you compare eating and drinking to prayer, your argument would be inaffective based upon the fact that food and prayer aren't in the same category And yes, I do now about the manner in which Muslims do what they do, it's good to know your enemies
The Bible that you worship so much was put together by the authoritative power of the Catholic Church (the Universal mystical body of Christ) that you rejected in the XVI century in favour of this constellation of man-made religions known as protestantism. This very same Catholic Church never considered Mary as a divinity, but as the Ark of the New Covenant, that is she plays the same role that the Ark of the old Covenant played with the Jews: that is something sacred containing the Word of God, so that Mary can be defined as the holy container of the Word, so that through the Virgin Mary we have access to the Logos (the Word) who is eternally proceeding from the Father and which was made flesh in her womb.
THANKYOU RAY I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOUR CHANNEL TO WATCH WHEN I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT SOME TRUTH, NOT THE FILTH THATS EVERYWHERE ELSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!
Their lies are filth, and they will be severely judged by God for bearing false witness. Why do you enjoy listening to fake Christians lie about real Christians?
Many Protestants worship by praying and singing songs. Catholics worship through the celebration of the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist (Mark 14: 22, John 6:53), the celebration of the Holy Mass (Luke 22;19, Exodus 31:14). When we pray to Mary and saints don't accuse us of worshiping them. We don't worship the same way you do.
@@gregnugent6195 I cannot find any scripture that points us to pray to Mary there are countless scriptures that say; And whatsoever ye shall ask in MY name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14:13 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because HE maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:27 For there is one God, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Tim 2:5 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy FATHER which is in secret - Matt 6:6 I only speak bible my friend
I use to be a Roman .. We had what was called "the Travelling Virgin" come to our house on occasion. I was there and heard it said by the Lady praying "I Worship You Mary" ,, no one ever stopped her from saying that...Even now Mom will not get rid of her statues .. "They are her friends"
The correct Catholic doctrine is that we worship Jesus, and Father, and Holy Spirit, and that we only venerate Mary and the saints. We can, however pray to Mary and the saints---prayer is not always worship. All Mary and the saints do is pray for us----they have no power of their own.
@@georgepenton808 Corinthians 10:19-20: “What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.” When sacrifices are made to idols, it is actually an act of worshipping demons.
@@georgepenton808 Sincerely curious, and not arguing or putting down catholicism...where does the scripture tell us to pray to Mary, or anyone else? The example Jesus gave the disciples of prayer was a prayer to "Our Father who art in heaven...." and not to Mary. This has always confused me 🤔
As far as those people kneeling and honoring Our Blessed Mother, regardless of whether you think Catholics worship her or not, I HIGHLY doubt God would have a problem with anyone loving His mother. When the Bible says that we aren't to worship idols, I'm sure it means anything you pay more attention to than the things that are of God as well as God Himself.
Yes please listen to what you yourselves just said on this video. Martin Luther said faith alone is all you need. Unknown to most Protestants Luther inserted the word ALONE in to the Bible it originally said by faith you shall live. Anyone who lives by faith in Christ will live as Christ and follow His example which included works. All works point to their origination in God who GiVES the grace needed to do works. So again you as most ignorant Protestants love to spread false rumors about Catholic teaching. I am Catholic and I know what Catholic Church teaches. First of all to worship Mary is idolatry and the church teaches this. To God alone is worship due. We honor her as the mother of Jesus. We do not worship saints again worship belongs to God alone! Saints are held up as examples of lives well lived their lives always point to God who gave them the grace to live holy lives. No the priest does not forgive sin Christ forgives sin. Any idiot knows this. Even a priest knows this. Again another fallacy. No the church does not make saints God makes saints. Excommunication is not sending someone to hell it just means that they can not receive the sacraments. The Pope is only infallible on doctrines of faith and morals. But he is as vulnerable to mistakes as any other person. We are Not allowed to worship saints. Mary , or anything else unlike Protestants who have set up the Bible as their idol. They worship a book that can not even interpret it self. Christ did not tell the apostles to write a book but to build a church. So you worship a book instead of God. So before you pick out the speck in your brothers eye remove the beam in your own.
There’s a difference in faith and works we all need to grasp. It is Faith Alone as Luther summarized many scriptures. So then real faith produces works. There is a fundamental difference in the heart if we don’t get this right. If we work to earn our salvation then we live in fear. If we work out of thankfulness (knowing we are His and we did not earn it) then we begin to live and love like Jesus said. Jesus brother said faith without works is dead. How much work did the guy do on the cross next to Jesus and Jesus said the guy will be with him in heaven.
Marcus Chello Catholics don’t believe you can earn your way to heaven, it’s by grace alone that we can go, it’s by Gods love. No matter what good deeds we do or how many we do we still aren’t good enough for God, we were instructed (through the Bible’s it’s by faith and works and that one cannot be without the other) but even if we have faith that could move mountains or great works, we as still not good enough for God, which is why Catholics don’t believe you can “earn your way into heaven” that’s just a fallacy, we believe we need those but ultimately it’s but Gods grace and love. (If you want to claim something against the church at least know what we believe)
Why does it seem like Catholics don’t give the same answers on these important questions? I think some are solid and some (such as in south America) seem to embrace much more idolatry viewpoints.
@@arachel93 True believing Catholics DO give the same answers. Century after century goes by and Catholic doctrine never changes. Contrast this with Protestantism, where every local church preaches something different than the one down the street.
Christ said to the Church, "whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven". Obey His Church's teachings, because He also said to them, " he who hears you, hears me, and he who despises you, despises me". Go study your Bible again, please.
The word "whatever" is an absolute. There is no qualification to the authority our Lord gave the church he established. That historical church that came down through the apostles is the Catholic Church. Our Lord Jesus is in charge and he identifies so completely with his church to the point that he said that those that reject the church reject him. Jesus has complete trust in the church so that when the apostles and their disciples wrote the gospels and epistles these are considered the word of God himself. The New Testament is the word of God because it is the word of the church as Jesus did not write anything that survived. The Catholic Church is the historical church that Jesus established and came down through the apostles. It does have a checkered history with failures, sins, and crimes going to the top of it's hierarchy. But Jesus promised that the gates of hell will not prevail. The church also has a history of great saints and heroes, imperfect and sinful but doing their best to advance the Kingdom of God to the world. Protestants defied and rejected the church thereby also rejecting the Lord. They usurped the Bible the church compiled and created their own rival churches. They brought confusion and division, and dismembered to the body of believers. This compromises and endagers the work of the Kingdom. Protestants set themselves as their own authority, claiming the Bible alone is their authority but violating its precepts against divisions. The solution to poorly educated Catholics is better catechism and evangelization, not abandonment of the only church Jesus established and guardian its sacraments.
@@luisaymerich9675 Christ : he who is not with me scatters .... which is true ... a good example is the Lutherians ... which have 10s of thousands of denominations ( and counting).
@Lanette There is no proof that Jesus wrote a Bible, or commanded the apostles to write the Bible to be the only authority and source of doctrine. There is proof that Jesus established a church, and gave it the power to rule, determine doctrine, guard the Lord's teaching, minister the sacraments, forgive sins, and spread the gospel. That Church came down from the apostles and is the one, historical Catholic Church.
@Lanette Scripture was good for the Bereans but it was not good enough. Otherwise it would read that when the disciples came to the Bereans, the Bereans would have said "We all know about Jesus, we read it in the Bible on our own." But that is not what Scripture shows. What it shows is the disciples explaining to the Bereans how Jesus fulfills the prophecies in Scripture and the Bereans followed along and accepted teachings of the Church. Read it again. The passage proves the Catholic position that it is by both the Church and Scripture together that we come to know Jesus. You cannot show the historicity of the Bible outside the historicity of the church which goes all the way to the apostles. The historical record is out there. Protestants are able to divorce themselves from the Church because the Bible which the Church put together and canonized has already existed for over a thousand years by the time of Lutger. But Protestants still cannot come together to form a unified belief because they are their own authority but say it is the Bible. You want proof from Scripture, first show me where it states that Scripture is the only authority. Even if it were shown to you, you will not believe Scripture because it would not fit your own authority. If you honestly wanted the truth you would consider all the information. Instead you set up barriers even on Scripture. Yes, Mathew 16:18 shows Jesus establishing his Church on Peter along with other verses. Unlike Protestants who establish doctrine on a single truncated verse from Scripture taken out of context, the Catholic Church considers all of Scripture together along with the experience of the Jewish people and the apostolic church. The Pharisees demanded proof from Jesus but still rejected him. At least the Bereans listened to the Church. I invite you to start looking at all the historical proofs with an open mind and sincere desire for truth. Christianity has too many enemies and our own divisions impede the work of the Gospel.
Lots of people here have never even been to a mass so they really just don’t know the half of it... I can’t blame them I was raised Protestant but most of the Catholic information I was taught were prejudice passed down through generations of either family members or believers in general that would talk down against it as if they’ve ever opened the catechism. We need pray for their heart be opened and softened. I was very against the catholic faith as being anti christ/ idolatrous... but to assumed those things in ignorance, before doing research... and little did I know that research actually led me to convert...
I second that. No we don't worship Mary, we honour Mary. She was without doubt a very special Lady, chosen by God to bring Jesus Christ into this world and witness her Son being nailed to a cross. We worship the Holy Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the holy spirit.
We don't worship Blessed Mary, she is our Advocate to Jesus. When Jesus was dying on the cross, Jesus said, Woman this is your son, and Son this is your Mother. He was referring to us, that Mary would be our adopted Mother. She assists us in our prayer and some people have stated that she has provided miracles, such as Fatima.
I was born Catholic. I was raised Catholic and I am going to die Catholic. That is what I said for 40 yrs. Prayed the rosary once day every day. Novena every hour on the hour. The Holy Spirit showed me through His Word just how Satan was taking me away from Jesus Christ and making it seem religious. You can be Catholic and be born again. Be the that person in your church to speak the truth. I pray for the Church.
@@leahjames6870 Because anyone baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is born again. Being born again by itself is not sufficient for salvation---we have to also repent, keep the faith, hope for salvation, and do good works.
@@leahjames6870 You bet I am Catholic! I converted in 1971 at age 18. Literally it was the best thing that ever happened to me---I went from watered down Methodist mush to Catholic light and truth. I asked for yruth and found truth. I sought truth and I found truth. I knocked on truth's door and Jesus opened the door to truth. "I will not leave you orphans." --Jesus
1. you cannot know the thougyhts & intentions of others, so you cannot claim someone "Worships" a person or an object. 2. it is BIBLICAL to HONOUR the Mother of Our Lord Luke 1:48. Protestants always attack things that are in the bible, & they are selective about which scriptures they will accept / acknowledge
When you have bad relationship with your Father that's why you need a mediator to talk to him. Why don't you just fix your relationship with your Father so you can ask Him anything so you don't need Mary? Dear Catholic brothers and sister, our God is not an angry God. He is God of Mercy, God of Love, the and He's Living God. Please get right with God. Amen.
Why do you suppose Jesus gave John and thus all of humanity to his Mother at the foot of the cross? "Woman behold your Son" if he did not want us to turn to her in our times of need?
Look we are only trying to make you see the folly in the catholic doctrine, there are many testimonies of Catholics in hell because of their practice. It’s up to you if justifying yourself on earth is more important than saving your eternal soul. There is even an ex wizard in Senegal talking about the witchcraft behind the Ash that is put on the forehead. Another fellow who saw hell said the exact same thing. You can play with your eternal destination if you wish but Make no mistake you can deceive man but you can’t deceive God. His word is Just. I wish you all the best. m.ua-cam.com/video/6tCdsfJtN1g/v-deo.html
The prayers of a righteous man are highly respected, the prayers of the saints and Mary are heard. The Queen Mother Mary is a way to know God more. When you get to know the family of your significant other and here all of the ways in which they have shown love and comfort in times of trial you end up having a deeper connection with your significant other. Getting to know the saints and Mary and having great respect for them is not an end- all of their lives lead to the LORD. “My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!” Luke 1: 49 I think. Here are scriptural texts to help understand 1 Kings 2:16-20 Hebrews 12:1-2 Revelations 12:1-10b Luke 1:26-56
Hail Holy Queen, mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our tears, morning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Oh clement, oh loving, oh sweet Virgin Mary, pray for us oh holy Mother of God, that we made be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
I remember my new Christian friend mentioning that “Mary was a nice person, but you shouldn’t pray to her.” She was repeating what she told her niece who was attending catholic school. She was being taught the prayer to Mary. I grew up catholic and when I heard her say that, it was like roots were being pulled out of my soul. It took me a while to receive what she was saying but I eventually understood and repented of my sin.
wHAT WHY DID YOU DO THAT ITS NOT A SIN AJDJAJJDJS bro if you feel bad abt loving mama Mary too much, just know that you cant love her as much as Jesus did. dude like, you ask her to pray for u, like how we ask our friends to pray for us :)) amd Jesus LOVED mama Mary aoskdksks so yeah ITS NOT A SIN SJSJAJAK its only a sin when you worship her above God so yeah.
@@beancate You don’t tell your dead friend to pray for you. You tell one that you can physically see, knowing that they will pray for you. But even then, at some point you’re going to have to stop asking people to pray for you, and come to God yourself
@@beancate Mary is human that live and die, went to Heaven and is with her Heavenly Father. You don’t pray or talk to the dead. She doesn’t hear anyway.
@@ellenharney238 you consider blessed the ground that christ walked on, but not the womb of which He was born. she didn't die, she was assumed body and soul to heaven.
Jesus taught us exactly how to pray, verbatim. He taught that God is our Father and that we are to pray directly to Him, and do this in Christ Jesus' name. Matthew 6: 7-15
Catholics don't pray directly to an "entity". We ask the saints to pray for us to bring those prayers to Jesus (1 Timothy 2:1)(James 5:16). Also, we can see that in Revelation 8:4 the smoke of incense refers to the "prayers of the saints" that are in heaven.
Steven Gumera I was catholic for 31 years and went to a catholic school as a boy. We ALL prayed to saints and to Mary. Never did we receive explicit instruction regarding the direction of our prayers. When a schoolboy goes forward to light a candle and pray beneath a statue of Mary, what do you think happens in his heart? He prays to a statue! The book of Hebrews says, “For by one sacrifice, he has perfected forever those who are being saved.” And again in Hebrews 9:28, “...Christ was offered ONCE for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of the people.” But your religion sacrifices Christ at every mass in every church all over the world, “bringing him to an open shame.” Hebrews 6). And you do this directly under the nose of a graven image, an image that God forbids you to make. Furthermore, by your membership with the RCC you are guilty of the horrible despair brought on many wives whose husbands have been granted annulments by the hierarchy making them feel like adulteresses and causing their children to feel illegitimate. “God hates putting away.” I’m speaking the truth in love here by saying that your religion is a total disgrace, And you sir, by supporting it will be held accountable for the Spanish Inquisition. You will be held accountable for the millions of bible believing Christ seekers who were slain in torture chambers and burned at the stake. You sir, will be held accountable for the false doctrine of purgatory which causes many to minimize the urgency of eternal life to their own peril. You also, will give an answer to God for the doctrine of Celibacy, which has drawn many homosexuals to a spiritual position of authority and leadership which they should never occupy. You should tremble in fear at the Bible. The devils do! Listen to the words of Christ when He says, “Come out of her my children, be ye not partakers of her sins.” When I repented of a sinful life and believed what the scripture says about the God-manJesus, I was truly born again and was made into a new creature. I’ve felt the unspeakable joy that “passes all understanding.” Steven, the only real thing I felt in a Catholic Church was the sting of a nun’s ruler on the back of my hand.
@@godslittleman5451 Well, you had a misconception of the Catholic Church for 31 years. We ask the saints and Mary to intercede for us on our behalf to our Lord and Savior (1 Timothy 2:1). If you are aware of *the litany of the saints prayer*, it always ends with "pray for us" and the ending of the Hail Mary is "pray for us sinners now and at the our of our death". And if you were truly catholic, you would know that nowhere in the catechism that states catholics are to worship saints. We don't pray directly to statues, the images represent the person we are asking to intercede on our behalf. In fact the Bible does not forbid the use of images and statues. The context of exodus 20:4 is is to not have *images of other gods* but catholics don't believe that saints are gods or goddesses! We believe that saints in heaven are our fellow brothers and sisters who died for the faith and that we can go to them for help such as asking them to pray for us. When we look at bible verses such as (Numbers 21:8-9) God commanded Moses to make a statue of a serpent and however looks at it will live. One had to look at the bronze serpent to be healed which shows images could be used ritually. Also in (Exodus 25:18-20) two statues of gold angels were to be made. So is there anything wrong with having statues? No it doesn't. It is when people start to think of the image as a deity where it becomes a problem. But never once did I read or hear the Catholic Church teach that saints are gods. Yes, we believe that Christ was offered once and for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of the world. However Mike, we can also agree that Jesus is fully divine, true God and true Man. As true God, in his nature, he is outside of time. Jesus is called "a priest for ever" (Hebrews 5:6) Not for 6 hours on the cross only. John refers to Jesus although in Heaven as a lamb being slain (Revelation 5:6) In this divine sense, the one crucifixion is "Eternally present" and supernaturally "brought to us" There is no new slaying or a "re-sacrifice" of Jesus during the mass. We catholics participate only in that one sacrifice that christ did for us on the cross. Now about the Spanish Inquisition that you mentioned is a protestant myth and shows you're ignorance. You sir have no idea of the history behind it. To say that millions of people were killed and burned at stake during the catholic inquisition shows your lack of knowledge. According to the new world encyclopedia, "between 3000 to 5000 people died during the Inquisition's 350 years." 3000 people over 350 years = to about 8 people a year. and 5000 people over 350 years = to about 14 people a year. Also there are multiple historians that debunk your claim that millions were killed. Such as Henry Kamen, who wrote book about the inquisition, "The Spanish Inquisition" A historical revision" after analyzing the data from parts of Spain he says quote in pg 203, "during the 16th to the 17th century fewer than 3 people a year were executed by the inquisition." I also have to point out the fact that the inquisition itself didn't put anyone to death, it was the secular authorities who did it. We can also agree Mike that we can't deny the fact that people were killed during the inquisition, the church is made up of saints and sinners, good and bad people. Christ said there would be wolves among the church (acts 20:29) The church has people that made mistakes and we can argue that they were indeed horrible people. But however let us not ignore the fact that there are also catholics throughout history that did things that were good. I find it also ignorant that you put catholics in 1 box to think that we are all responsible and accountable for the death that took place during the inquisition.
Steven Gumera read the historical account of the Spanish Inquisition found in the encyclopedia Britanicca. You will find an unbiased account of what truly happened at that time, and how th pope issued those bulls. Read also the history of the Mexican people and how they were conquered and forced to convert to Catholicism. Read about Cinco De Mayo. Why do Catholics fail to be honest about their lurid history and refuse to repent of it. You ask why I make you accountable for it? Because Jesus did the same thing to the religious Pharisees who were of their father the devil. Luke 11:50 ,....”this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world” Have you visited Mexico Steven? And what did you see but lavish monumental churches built with the sweat and blood of the people it conquered, who consequently, barely have a roof over their head. Poverty is everywhere except in those colossal monuments. Read all that Chapter inLuke. How will you atone for all the property the RCC confiscated from hardworking men and women down through the ages. Not to mention, the fortune that was stored up as a result of the ghastly doctrine of indulgences. Pay the priest today for the sins you will commit tomorrow. You may be able to bury your head in the sand and listen to your catholic fathers make apologetics for these things but it doesn’t represent truth and you know it. Those arguments you lodged petitioning the veneration of statues are not genuine. Here is the 2nd Commandment found in Exodus 20, “ You shall not MAKE for yourself a graven image, nor a likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on earth below,...”. Mary, the saints, Jesus are all in heaven and you approve of worshipping in places where there are statues made of them. BTW that quote is from the Catholic Bible. Also, any person would realize the only acceptable exception to this rule is God himself charging them with the task. And what of your own Catholic scholars saying that it’s possible that no infants were baptized in the new-testament? And yet your Catechism and the cannons of the Counsel of Trent say that infant baptism is equal and the same as being “Born Again?” I can assure you sir, they are dead wrong. And I say “Dead Wrong” being facetious because they were spiritually dead when they concocted such a ruse. For no person who is born again into the kingdom of God would ever agree with this poo-poo. And lastly, I will quote the 1st Cannon of Trent for you as it pertains to the sacrifice of Christ in the mass. “If anyone sayeth, that in the mass a true and proper sacrifice is not offered to God; or, that to be offered is nothing else but that Christ is given us to eat: let him be anathema” (cursed) Also the entire doctrine of the Mass is a whopper of a literal misinterpretation of John chapter 6. “Lest you eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you have no life in you.” First of all, God always gives us an opportunity to obey. Jesus, being in his body, made that statement impossible to obey. The apostles, if they understood at all, took his statement symbolically. And here again at the last supper when he passed out the elements, he said, “Take, eat, for this is my body ,....etc. It was symbolic. We have no evidence whatsoever in the rest of the New Testament that Christians were literally eating his body and drinking his blood, nor is their any instruction given of how it is to be prepared, something we see vividly in the divine direction given by God to the Jews preparing their first Passover meal. God loves you Steven, you must repent of these things.
@@stevo1n1 Steven, asking the "saints" to intercede for you is wrong, because they are dead. They can't be asked for help. We ARE to ask our brothers and sisters (the Bible calls all believers saints) for prayer and are to pray with one another. But people that are dead, are not omnipresent, and there's no Biblical reason why you should expect to be heard by any of them. There just isn't. And the Bible says that JESUS is our intercessor (Hebrews 7:25 "Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them." 1 Timothy 2:1 is saying that we should pray for people that are alive, not that we should pray to people that are dead. Exodus 20:4 says "You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below." So, you are wrong. It includes EVERYTHING ANYWHERE, not just "gods". God is allowed to ask Moses to make a bronze serpent, but it is not to be looked at as permission to perform rituals.... This was actually a picture of Christ being lifted up, as Jesus mentions in John 3:14. Much of Catholic doctrine and traditions, is in fact, wrong, and will lead you away from God and God's word. I recommend you watch at least the first 4 videos in the playlist I'm linking below, and humble yourself before God. ua-cam.com/play/PLZ3iRMLYFlHvsToYQdfDkiDE6dPkouIv3.html
I give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ for the amazing grace He has given to Living Waters- enabling you to deliver the gospel to every corner of the world. This is surely the sign of His immanent coming! God Bless you all!!
READ LUKE 1,42 AND SEE THAT THERE IS A BIG DIFERENCE BETWEEN MARY AND ALL WOMEN BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURE SAY SO. Luke 1:42 New International Version 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women,(A) and blessed is the child you will bear! AMONG ALL WALOMEN MEANS SHE IS MADE BY GOD FOR THAT PURPUSE...SHE SI NOT EQUAL TO OTHER WOMEN..BECAUSE THE CHILD INSIDE HER IS THE LORD GOD. IF SHE IS EQUAL LIKE OTHER WOMEN THEN SHE HAS THE ORIGINAL SIN AND JESUS ALSO WILL BE A SINNER. AND FOR THAT REASON THEN JESUS IS NOT THE MESIAH.
Mary is the new covenant ! she is the vessel of the word of God (Jesus) ( which were proven by her parallelism with the old testament s altar of the Covenant . .. please for those who are not Catholics if you cannot respect! her dont say another word .... I even heard one time that Mary is the harlot in the Rev. .... my God! such bold foolish hoax claims .... so if Mary is the harlot .. then is Jesus the son of a harlot instead of the woman clothed in the son (who is pregnant with a boy who will rule all nations with an iron rod ( - messiah the prophesy of the jews , a king who rule with an iron rod/scepter) ? ...... Mary is our Spiritual Mother and Christ is our King .... (does it mean she is the wife of Jesus? ) no Jews queen as per tradition are not the wife of the king .. but rather his mother . .... eve is our maternal mother ... she cannot be the woman clothed with the son .. who will give birth to the kings of kings , lords of lords ... becuz she has sinned ...... or is it Luthers wife?
Thanks guys 👍. Great news to the catholics who have ears to hear and are humble like children to be born anew as Jesus said. I was brainwashed in catholicism for almost 30 years and I praise God for revealing the Son Jesus Christ to me when I pursued the truth. The pope ,leader of the catholic faith, now supporting the Gay Movement should open their eyes to search for the truth now than never before. Let's remember, JIL said, the worst illiterate is one that cannot think for him/herself. Search the scriptures for yourself to have a personal relationship with your creator.
@@bridgefin yeah, having a personal relationship with God is what you’re supposed to do. Where did you get the idea that meant personally interpreting scripture?
@@randomcommenter395 You should have a personal relationship with Jesus. You: Where did you get the idea that meant personally interpreting scripture? Me: I didn't. Many have done that while being illiterate. Scripture not needed for that relationship but access to the Gospels in some form is required.
The assention of Mary to heaven its recorded in the Bible if you haven't read it look : Revelation 12,14 and a good reference 12,1 so. You understand who is that woman.
I was raised catholic and had that gang mentality of belonging that comes with it. When i got saved the Lord took all the traditions away and I never looked back. I don't miss them at all. Never even thought about them again right after. ♡
@@rascal211 yes of course you can, I don't think I said otherwise. No, confession never sat right with me. Felt better that I filled my obligation and my mother would be satisfied. After having a personal relationship with Christ it was more apparent to me why confession never sat right with me. Be blessed ♡
I grew up as a Roman Catholic, I love my 5 siblings, brother and 4 sisters. Grandpas Grandmas all aunts and uncles. We must be loving toward them as instructed by Christ. The Truth has set me free of RC...ism, love and truthful kind words will do much more than anger and hostility towards them. They watch me closely and I must admit I haven't done a good job thus far. Forgive me Lord and change me as only you can do. AMEN. Draw them unto yourself AMEN.
Why do you call yourself "God Father"? You do know that's blasphemy, right? It's easy to be kind to people you love...you are also supposed to love your enemies. That's the challenge.
@@evabartlett4599 I agree with your last statement. Your first question, GF is only a handle for the tube, it means nothing unless you want it to....and I don't. You accuse me of blasphemy, that is a false accusation, I pray for you Eva, that you repent of your false accusation. As far as I am concerned I forgive you. As a catholic I was a godfather for one of my sister's sons, and that only meant if his parents died, I am to look after him, not that I'm the Holy Spirit.
'When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints' Rev. 5:8. The Saints pray for us. The word 'pray' literally meant 'to ask.' We ask the Saints to pray for us just as we ask others to pray for us. That is all. There is a difference between honoring and worshipping. James 5:16 “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”
I was raised catholic, but when I went to high school I joined a Christian club and it was there that I was born again and I saw the big difference between what I was raised and what I learned in His Word so my big problem with them is: 1 They worship Mary when she was only a vessel to bring in the Lord & even though some may argue they don’t then why do they worship her galore times when going through rosary??! 2 Why does someone need to go to a man behind a cloth to confess their sins when the Word says there’s only one Mediator between God and man and that Man is Jesus💯 3 I don’t get why their crosses all have a symbol of Jesus crucified yet He’s risen?!
1. We don't worship Mary. We venerate her. When a painting is well-received by reviewers and the public, the artist is honored by the praise his work receives. The artist identifies so closely with his work that praise of the painting is received as praise of his skill and creativity. In the same way, when Catholics honor the saints, they honor God who perfected them in their faith. Saints are venerated or honored (not worshiped) because their lives reflect God's grace and work within them. By honoring the saints, Catholics acknowledge God's role in their sanctification, ultimately giving glory to Him. 2. “And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.” (Mt 9:8) Notice that the text does not say “to a man (singular)”; it says, “to men (plural)”. Some translations say “to man” - which is the equivalent of saying “to mankind” or “to the human race”. Matthew wrote his gospel 30 years after the healing of the paralytic man let down through the roof. As a result, he knew full well that priests in the early church were hearing confessions and forgiving sins, because he was one of the men who had been doing it - just as Jesus had commanded (cf. John 20:22-23). 3. While both crosses and crucifixes are used in Christian worship, the crucifix holds particular significance for Catholics due to its emphasis on Christ's sacrifice and its role as a devotional aid in prayer and meditation. Paul said, "we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles." (1 Corinthians 1:23) A bare cross does not portray what Jesus did nearly as well.
I find this very, very sad and I am always skeptical of improvised street preachers. Faith, Religion, and real Christianity come from the Catholic Church. - We should remember that the Catholic Church gave us the Bible as the first official list of books contained is what is now the Bible was done at the Council of Hippo in 393. Also, all sacred scriptures have been preserved thanks to the Catholic Church. Where were the protestants and those street preachers? - The Christian Catholic Faith is Apostolic, meaning that comes from the Bible and from the Apostles who lived TOGETHER with our Lord Jesus Christ, they heard His Word, and Saw what He did. It does not come from street preachers who claim they understood everything 2000 years later. - The Catholic Church was founded when Jesus said to St. Peter: "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven", as found in Gospel of Matthew, chapter 16 verses 13-20”. St. Peter went to Rome and build the Christian Catholic Church. - Catholics believe that worship is due to God alone. Catholics do, however, venerate Mary. In other words, we do honor our Blessed Mother with great reverence and devotion because she is the Mother of God. Mary is the model of perfect love and obedience to Christ. God preserved Mary from sin, and she conceived our Lord by the power of the Holy Spirit, bringing Christ into our world. Catholics do honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is full of grace, the Mother of God and our Mother, for her “yes” to God that made the Incarnation possible. And without the Incarnation, we would not have salvation. Mary is the most beautiful model of total submission to the will of God. - Finally, the Catholic Church has one teaching - one unified teaching - as opposed to the now 43,000 evangelical (Protestant) groups currently established, with new non-denominational added each day. Their views on everything contradict one other. Sometimes it seems to watch a spectacularized tv show. Now you can believe all street preachers with their different truths because they all claim to have it and they completely ignore what happened in the past 2000 years. The Catholic Church began with the teachings of Jesus Christ, around 1st Century AD in the province of Judea of the Roman Empire. The Christian Catholic Church is the continuation of the early Christian community established by Jesus - no modern/improvised street preacher can make that claim. Let’s pray with faith, love, and hope for the unity of all Christians.
@@drendaparfitt7417 Hi Drenda, I don't have to explain more than what I've already did. If you find anything incorrect in my first comment (the long one) let me know. God bless you
I was raised as a catholic, and as a teenager I turned away from my faith. There were many things I never understood about catholicism. Recently I have been reading the Bible every day as I have returned to my faith and I am seeking to develop my relationship with Jesus. One thing I have found that can discredit catholicism is the fact that all the priests insist on being called "Father". Odd, considering Jesus said "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. -- Matthew 23:9
1) Protestants take this passage out of context - read the full text! 2) Using this logic we would be nullifying the fifth commandment - (honour your father and mother). 3) In the New Testament St Paul refers to himself as a 'spiritual father' (see 1 Corinthians).
I have for respect for Mary the same way I have respect for Moses and all the disciples of Jesus. We should never put Mary or anybody else above are Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
Or pray to any human.
No one Is Putting her above Jesus, but you opt to ignore what the bible says; all generations will call her blessed among all the women, even Elizabeth honored her for being the mother of her Lord, AND she was full of the Holly Spirit...protestants, i hardly doubt it seeing the way they trheat her
Yeah, Elizabeth was full of the Holy Spirit when she honored the mother of her lord
@@johnvitalli3751 If she's the "mother of god", who made her?
Daniel Pitti scripture says all will call her blessed, so every time we discuss the Virgin birth we full fill that scripture! The moment you go beyond that and make Mary sinless she wasn’t she was born of Adam and Eve she has the sin nature, Jesus being God was born of Eve God is sinless so taking on humanity the 2nd nature Jesus was still sinless Jesus is not of Adam no sin nature unlike every other person born into mankind He alone is the only sinless being even the Angels in heaven are not sinless!
Mary was indeed blessed that she was Mother of Jesus but she needed a Savior too !
Nothing is impossible for God.. To give birth to sinless God.. God made mary sinless.. Bible also says that
@@akhin8151 Please check again. Only Jesus was without sin !She conceived by being overshadowed by the Holy Spirit while she was a virgin which was a miracle itself.
@@akhin8151 The catholic Church says that! Not the Bible!
@@akhin8151 where dose the Bible say she is sinless
@@akhin8151 There you are wrong. Jesus was sinless because he was born of the Holy Spirit not of a human father. Mary was not sinless. She gave a sin offering. Read Luke 2:23 and Leviticus 12:6-8.
When I was younger, I asked a friend why he prayed to Mary? “She whispers it into Jesus’s ear”, he said. I told him that “I dial direct.”
A few years ago Francis the Antichristo (that his title other than pope is Antichristo that it’s dangerous to pray directly to Christ one must have an intermediary so either a man to pray for your own forgiveness or I guess Mary. I love the people it’s not out of malice it’s just I always felt the false prophets are idols. If you look up photos of the popes conference hall it is a snakes head inside and out also on the stage they say is a artistic monument of a rendition of the coming return of Jesus. It doesn’t look to me like a rendition from a saved persons perspective ppl that love him would have in my opinion it’s more scary, then why would you be scared of your savior?
If you ever asked someone to pray for you, you've done the same thing we do when we ask Mary or any of the saints to pray for us.
@@realdealreds2578 I’m sorry but it’s not the same at all. The way you explained sounds even worse than my first thoughts on why it’s done, cause your communicating with the dead for prayers. That is nothing like Christians praying for people which are all in the living that’s a huge difference from praying to the dead for prayers.
@@realdealreds2578 he has never asked anyone to pray for him.
@@Roseredeemed no, they are alive in heaven. It's everlasting life, not everlasting death. I don't know why non Catholics insist on these things rather than happily admit they were wrong and we can go about our lives
It breaks my heart that Catholics cannot admit that Mary is dead and unable to hear prayers let alone tell Jesus. How can you pray to someone and not see that you are worshipping them.
First of all, praying does NOT mean "asking"
Praying is a petition. And if you feel like praying is "asking" when you pray to God, are you only asking for things? No. You're asking him to intercede for you.
When you pray to Mary, you're asking her for graces.@@bigfootapologetics
Matthew 22:32
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[a]? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
She is alive, because he is alive! Protestants believe in perpetual death!
Luke 11:27-28 "As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
@Trust Jesus *Yes, Blessed Virgin Mary very much heard the Word of God and obeyed it.* The most out of all known humans, aprat from Jesus who is Word of God himself. Moreover in the original Greek the woman refers to the womb that borne Him and breasts that nursed Him not the Mother. Also: *"For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;* for He who is mighty has done great things for me,
and holy is His name." ~ Mary's Song of Praise, Luke 1:48-49.
The reason our Lord said this was because of our Lady's incomparable humility, second only to Christ. Upon hearing these words, she interiorly prayed our Lord that he would take this praise from her. Imitate her humility by submitting to the Vicar of her Son, the Roman Pontiff.
@@Tannhauser45 are you saying Mary & Jesus were Roman?
@@robertgroen2197 Referring to the Pope.
@@lpperrone thank you; I’m not very familiar with some Catholic vernacular.
Peace & Grace to you
I was raised a Catholic went to Catholic high school and I agree with you. I would pray to Mary and leave Jesus out completely. I held on to that rosary like it was holy protection would usual spend my prayer time with saying the Rosary. I never opened a bible, I learned catholicity. What a difference I be “born again” and know Jesus as my personal savior. Thank you for getting these truths out. God bless you.
So you prayed to Mary, left out Jesus, and never opened a Bible? Then you were never Catholic.
You never opened a Bible? Do you know what you were hearing in the Liturgy of the Word during Mass? That was the Bible. Do you know what you were doing in the Eucharist Liturgy ? Worshipping God, and acting out, having an encounter with God. Those that leave the Catholic Church leave Jesus, John 6:66.
@Mary Lancaster read John 6 all of it. Then think about all the Catholics who have left the Eucharist. (6:66).
when you pray the rosary you are supposed to meditate on the Life of Christ. if you were just saying the prayers without meditating then you were not praying correctly. Try again, start with the annunciation, the visitation, the Birth of Christ, the presentation, the finding of the Lord in the Temple, the Agony in the Garden, the scourging, the crowning with thorns, the carrying of the cross, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, the Ascension, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Assumption, the Coronation, the baptism of the Lord, the wedding at cana, the proclamation of the Kingdom, the Transfiguration, the institution of the Eucharist. these meditations will bring you closer to the Lord and the saints. the prayers are said to keep your mind off earthly things. Mary is your mother, read John 19:17. the protestants are running away from the truth. do not let the devil confuse you, come back to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic church, the Roman Catholic Church, the church that Christ left us in Matthew 16:18 - you are Peter and on this rock I will build My Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.
I’m an ex-evangelical who also saw Marian devotion like you. Leaving Jesus out of Marian devotion takes away the heart of it. Marian devotion is nothing without our Lord Jesus Christ. Within the womb of Our Lady, Christ was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Veneration of Mary is worship of the Lord God who used Mary as one of the vessels of grace. Mary is pointing us towards Christ and Christ towards God the Father to whom He is also the only way and entrance.
However, you cannot get to the entrance without a path leading to it. This path that leads to the entrance point is paved with many stones, some bigger and some smaller. These guide us to the entrance which is Jesus Christ.
One of these stones is Mary. The others are other Saints, many from the Old and many from the New Covenant. However, they all point towards Christ.
Veneration of Saints is therefore showing gratitude to God for these Saints. Without God using these Saints, we wouldn’t have the deposit of faith we have today. Because of them, we can now call ourselves Christian and thank God for it.
Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you.
I love that song! 🥰
What is the name of this song?
@@gautamslyngdoh6989 Mary Did You Know? is the name of the song.
Love this song 🙏🤗
Well said. I love that song! ❤️
I WAS a roman catholic! I'm very thankful for living waters for being one of the reasons the Truth was revealed to me. God must be so happy for you. Thank you for your service!
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LW misrepresents Catholic teachings on Mary. Behold your mother are the words of Jesus to John. Since we are all brothers and sisters in Christ, one family, she is our mother too by the gift and Will of Jesus. Mother loves and prays for her children to her Son, Jesus.
@@margaretmurray3375 Nowhere in Bible Scripture does it say to pray and give thanks and honor to a man-made carving or a man-made painting. Nowhere in Scripture does it tell you to ask Mary to pray for you. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Mary was not in the beginning, but Catholicism turns her into a goddess. Mary was a sinner just like I am a sinner, just like you are a sinner, just like Paul was a sinner, just like Joseph was a sinner, etc.
@@lololedez Amen, dont listen to these people brother/sister. Only listen to what the true word of God tells you. Don't let the devil bring you down the same hole. God bless you and ur family
HaleluYAH!
I also was raised a catholic and was praying to Mary but got saved by a friend at my workplace. She was so careful while sharing the Gospel without saying anything against Mary and I was stripped of my blindness. Today my family is saved and more are to come. I pray for them to be saved too. I praise God for using my friend to share His WORD to me.
The more religious a person is the harder they are to save.
It is easier to deceive a man than to convince him that he has been deceived.
When trying to reach those who are in the man-made works-based religions please realize why they cling so firm to their religion:
Realizing you are lost is a hard pill to swallow. It also feels terrible to realize you've been lied to and deceived by your religion. It's a similar feeling as being robbed. So it's easier to reject the Truth and instead hold onto pride and your religion than to face this.
Since these man-made works-based religions are usually several generation deep, coming to the Truth about your own lost soul also means facing the grim reality that your parents, grandparents and many others are also lost and many even died in their sins and it's too late now. That is an extremely tough Truth to swallow so again they cling desperately to their religion and reject the Truth.
In the end it doesn't matter what Jesus said and the Word of God, we want our man-made religion and the god of it. It makes sense to the natural man that he can earn his way to God.
So please keep that in mind when trying to reach these lost religious people. They are Spiritually Dead in trespasses and sin just as we once were and only the Spirit of God can reprove/convict them of sin, righteousness and judgement to turn on the light bulb of Truth to their real need and draw them to Him. Start with prayer and continue praying every step of the way.
Our Only Hope Great comment, it is so true.
You confuse reverence for the saints of God with worship, if you kiss your wife's hand you are not worshipping, if you kneel down to be at your kids level or take a knee at a fallen soldier you are not worshipping.
@@HomeStar369 Keep telling yourself those lies. What part of “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth” do Roman Catholics NOT understand?
@@theextreme7134 you have turned into a teacher of the law like the ones Jesus rebuked, you choose and pick from the old covenant only what supports your false doctrines but we are supposed to be of the New Covenant otherwise God would not have told Aaron and Moses to build graven images for the temple and the ark of the covenant, which means God doesn't have a problem with them, He only has a problem with the False Idols ie false pagan gods.ua-cam.com/video/4juIneRsTj0/v-deo.html
@@HomeStar369 There may be a New Covenant but God never changes and idolatry will never be acceptable to him. Yes, he told Moses and Aaron to build an image, but when did he tell the Roman Catholic cult to build theirs??
The omnipresent argument kills any case for venerating marry. If people all over the world asks her to intercede to Jesus for them then she must be omnipresent and that’s an attribute only God has. Not Mary or anyone else.
Lanette yeah. A pastor of mine once said the hardest people to reach with the gospel isn’t unbelievers, it’s professed Christians that aren’t really Christians.
No you are wrong. God is everywhere. Mary through the permission of God tells us that whenever you think of me. I AM THERE. She is not omnipresent. But she is able to hear our prayers and so are the saints.
alen raju you got any scriptures to back you up sir/ma’am? Yes?
@@lakejesusisreturningsoon1659 please call me young bro cos I am younger than you for sure. Regarding scripture back up unless you are catholic than I shall prove you wrong on your other beliefs. I cant prove that Mary's presence using scripture but I can prove catholic church is the truth through scripture and you can also check historical evidence that jesus founded the catholic church. Please state your denomination and what you disagree on about catholic church. e.g. faith alone, accept jesus as lord and saviour. For these i can definitely show you scripture. Let us find the truth. Jesus said "and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free"
@Lanette Praise the Lord. She not omnipresent, It is by the mercy and grace of God that she is able to listen and be with us. It is possible through the omnipotence of God.
If Jesus wanted us to pray to Mary he would tell us clearly and unequivocally.If he wanted us to pray to saints he would say ,"pray to the saints".But he clearly and unequivocally says"no one gets to the father except through me" and yet people find ways around that and infer meanings into scripture that we were explicitly warned not to do 🙄🙄
Do you ever ask other people to pray for a concern you have?
That's what Catholics do, when they pray to saints.
@@intedominesperavi6036 We don’t pray to dead people. We only pray for /to people who are alive. Mary and all the “Saints” are in the grave, waiting for the resurrection.
@@suzanneyoung6273 That's unbiblical.
@@intedominesperavi6036 How?
@@intedominesperavi6036 What or who you pray to is unbiblical.
I am a catholic , but I only pray to our Lord Jesus Christ, I agree with you guys when you say we shouldn't worship Marry, but God alone. For Jesus is our savior and he is the only way to heaven. Because Jesus he suffered and died for us, for ours sins my love is for Jesus Christ our lord.
Amen Brother we worship the Holy Eucharist the living bread.
Amen
He's the only one you need to pray to through him to God amen
Im Catholic as well John and i have learned so much and indeed alot from our seperate bethren the Protestants. They are our brothers we should learn from each other in peace and pray to the Holy spirit to guide us. God bless all.
We don't worship Mary. If you're Catholic you know that.
Mary was a vessel Jesus was our savior the sacrifice to save the world only through Jesus can we go to God
Amen!!!!
Will you please back me up on my comment on this video I made. I have troll and I need your help back me up. That Jesus is onlying one who can save us not Mary. My comment on this video is the first one . Please! If you can. God Bless
Rex,
Jesus did not come until Mary said "yes" to the angel. Only Jesus can save but let's not sell Mary short.
@@bridgefin only through the name of Jesus the Savior the one who saved us the one who died on the cross Mary was a special woman I agree but she is not the Savior you can't go through Mary to go to God Christ only sorry if you don't believe that away but I do
Rex Stokes you can go to Jesus through Mary. You can also go straight to Jesus. There are advantages to going through Mary. You can go through me to get to Mary. Up to you, it’s all good.
hello. i was raised as catholic and when i read the bible and truly meet Jesus it made me understand that the church should really change.
Havefaithlikeachild K please who are you .. the church has been around for 2000 years. now you read the bible hahaha
Once you are Holy Spirit filled and read the bible you cannot stay in the catholic church with its extreme biblical abominations. i do know as I was raised catholic I am now a follower of Jesus Christ. I do not pray to Mary or saints that have gone to heaven.
@@alexamaya3208 people should be following Jesus Christ not a religion.
@@alexamaya3208 I grew up catholic and as soon as I asked the Holy Spirit in and became born again the scriptures showed me the errors in the catholic church. Just the fact that one is a catholic and not just a follower of Jesus is error. Thats what I am trying to say. Its man made doctrine not simply following Jesus. There are prayers to saints and prayers to mary there is teaching of penence when Jesus paid the price. Also the underlyings of the church are very frightening and ungodly. Have you seen any of the videos on the catholic church and satanism? Don't get me wrong I loved Jesus very much as a catholic and I know there are catholic who do but the practices they do do not line up with scripture which is our authority not a man called pope or priest. God bless you. Not meaning to offend at all just my opinion..
@@alexamaya3208 see the pagan catholic church exposed video
I was raised a Catholic and was baptized and confirmed in that church. I have kneeled before the statues of Mary, Jesus and Joseph. I remember in 2008 when I was looking for employment I went to a certain Father whom I have head was helping people with personal problems. When I told him my problem, he told me to kneel and pray to a big statue of Mary that was erected of the church building. I didn't know better at the time and complied. Now that I'm no longer Catholic but a born again child of God, I will never again kneel or bow to any statue or idol. Only God is to be worshipped.
Did the priest ask you to worship Mary?
Nice made up story bozo, im not buying it. Never have I witnessed such a thing and to pray to the actual statue is heretical and condemned by the church
I'm a former Roman Catholic (went to Catholic schools run by Irish Christian Brothers) and I encourage all honest Catholics who believe their church gets all of its beliefs from the Bible to Google "List of Catholic Heresies and Human Traditions" which shows clearly where many of the church's beliefs came from and they weren't from the Word of God.
In fact, most of Catholic tradition, which the church maintains is of equal value to the Bible, is actually in opposition to what the Bible teaches. Go ahead read it and make up your own mind. I pray that your eyes will be opened.
Jesus Christ our great and kind God and savior, built His Church on Peter the rock way before the new testament was even written. The same Church authority in Peter that stood up and put an end to all the debating at the council in Jerusalem since Scripture alone could not, and that later determined which of the over 75 letters written were to be included in the new testament and which were not. The Catholic Church that Jesus Christ established does not worship Mary as being God, that is reserved for Jesus Christ and His Eternal Father and Spirit alone, yet, the Catholic Church does give Mary special reverence, as did the Jews with the ark of the covenant of old, as seen in Elizabeth, who proclaimed, "Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?", (Luke 1:43, 2 Samuel 6:9), as all generations shall call Mary blessed. You are in my prayers! God bless you!
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The Catholic Church is the One True Church founded by our dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Church is Jesus' mystical body and mystical bride, so to reject the Catholic Church is to reject Jesus Humself. This is why outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation.
Jesus and Mary are not competitors. They are on the same team.
@@matthewbroderick8756 call Mary blessed doesn't mean be on your knees in front of her. She is a human being, she received from God, she didn't create anything. But people prefer pray a female goddess, as they did for Astarte, so they use Mary for that .
Jesus rebuked the woman who said, “blessed be the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed. ” Jesus said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”
where? You provided zero evidence. i
@@switch5332 Luke 11,27-28
Jesus called the Pharisees in the Bible wicked because they needed “proof”…signs and wonders. Open your eyes and look at all of creation. It testifies of God’s existence. Your unbelief has blinded you.
@@switch5332 it's in luke
As a devout Jew, Jesus adhered to the commandment to "honor thy father and mother," demonstrating respect and honor toward His biological mother, Mary. So, how are we to understand the incident recorded in Luke 11:27-28?
“As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, 'Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.' He replied, 'Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.'”
Jesus used this moment to impart a broader spiritual lesson about discipleship and the kingdom of God. While He acknowledged the significance of His biological mother, He emphasized that true kinship with Him is founded on faith and obedience to God, rather than merely on biological ties. Thus, rather than distancing Himself from His mother, Jesus redefined the concept of family within the context of discipleship and the kingdom of God, extending it to include all who faithfully follow Him.
Ironically, while many people try to interpret this incident in a way that minimizes Mary, they overlook that Mary is both Jesus' biological mother and a member of His spiritual family. Mary is doubly blessed!
I grew up in a Catholic family not even knowing how wrong the beliefs are! I feel that's how it's like for a lot of Catholics as well and they are unsure about salvation which is scary and dangerous to teach people. I eventually found God and became born again, I know that I'm saved not by my own good works but by grace through faith in Christ my Lord and savior 🙏🏻✝️❤️
Jesus and Moses were the prophet of God who were choosen to the children of Israel.
Basically worship creature ( prophets and angels) as God is paganism.
Angel gibrael was titled as holy sprit because this certain angel bearing the holy massage of God among prophet and other angels.
God is not 3 separate personalities but 1 everlasting entity.
Trinity verses of Bible weren't Jesus actual teaching but the inclusion of paul after jesus.
So, correct your faith and save your afterlife.
@@truefaith1718
How come someone names "true faith" actually teaches heresy? Are you JW, Muslim, Jewish???
It is written, "faith without works is dead". I, as a Catholic, know without a doubt, that I can't earn salvation. I am saved by the Grace of God and nothing, NOTHING, I could do would change that. I also know that if I do not "bear fruit" in my rebirth then I will be pruned from the "Vine"... It's not hard to understand. It's all over scripture, not to mention Sacred Tradition...
Which beliefs are 'wrong', and how do you determine this?
@@MillionthUsername a great resource I've found helpful is "Catholic Truth". They look at things with intellectual honesty (they have researched what other faith traditions believe & can explain why/why not a particular dogma is logical/not logical). They are VERY good at telling both "sides" of the story. They have a website & a UA-cam Channel
Man judges by outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart.
Thanks for this! I actually renounced Catholicism because it has deviated from the teachings of Christ. Any Catholic can tell you about all the rituals and symbols that were introduced by men, the rosary is also an object used to aid someone in prayer. That never made sense to me at all. You have to repeat the same prayer like 10times and that is exactly what Jesus warned us not pray; praying with so many words like pagans. Anyway I thank God for those who will be humble enough to accept these eye opening corrections
You renounced Jesus just as Saul did when he attacked Jesus' church.
@@bridgefin I embraced Jesus by freeing myself from Human Rules that do not have any effect on my spiritual growth
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You have no life within you.
@@bridgefin 😂😂
We have the same view peter..It really confuses me..
Praise God! Now I truly found the Truth and only Jesus can give!
I am a Catholic and I feel it is necessary to tell you that there is a difference between worship and reverence...
We have reverence for the Blessed Mother and for the Saints but we worship Jesus Christ. We ask the Saints and Mary to pray for us just we would ask anyone else to pray for us. The Catholic Church is a church of communion, that is to say we believe that we all are in this together. Those that have gone before us are still within reach of prayer. We can talk to our loved ones and ask for their prayers. Just as we pray for their souls they pray for ours.
The Church Militant (those on Earth)
The Church Suffering (Souls in Purgatory)
The Church Triumphant (Souls in Heaven)
We believe this is the Communion of Saints. We are all praying for each other asking God for his guidance and mercy. We do not worship any but the Triune God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), however, we do ask others to pray for and with us.
Bro go read Exodus 20:4-5 pray to jesus before u read and ask him to remove the spiritual veil first.Get back to me Hans.God bless
@@tynanrusoke6518 to be honest I’m so used to seeing Catholics worship Jesus but not Mary and those other Catholics who worship Mary are wrong.
Wrong doctrine. It is an act of extreme dishonour of the Blessed Virgin Mary to mould a rotten image of mud or cement, and bow down to it with a false label that it represents the Blessed Mary. Those idols are ugly and represent idolatry at the highest level.
I was raised Catholic and got saved in 1981. And yes we worshipped Mary, you think that if we prayed to all the different saints we didn't pray to Mary? When you pray you put them before Jesus.especially saying the rosary.i loved Mary until someone asked me, who died for your sins Jesus or Mary?
Catholicism is depressing because of the works-based salvation. Catholics do worship Mary and other 'saints'. Now, I don't worship Mary but I have respect for her like the other prophets.
You might have been born Catholic but you were never a Catholic. No Catholic worships theotokos but venerated her and the saints. Catholics only worship Christ. And no I'm not Catholic but even I know that.
You know nothing.heres a sentence from rosary,Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the our of our death amen.
Also Mary was only a vessel and his mother on earth.there is no mother of God!!! It's only the father,son and Holy ghost.no saints or idols should receive any attention.JESUS is real and doesn't want you doing it.how do you think it makes him feel after he went through such a horrific death for you.i know for a fact it breaks his heart.HES MY LORD AND MY GOD AND THERE IS NO OTHER.
@@agatameble721 she wwas not a prophet she was a maidservant of the Lord
God pulled me out of the CC in 1982 I was Born Again that Summer! So very Thankful I’m his daughter.
God doesn't pull souls out of his only church. Satan does that disguised as God.
There’s good and bad in every church. The only perfect temple is in your heart, your body, your mind, filled with the help of the Holy Spirit. But just as a church can have flaws, so too can we. But we must strive to do the best of work given to us by our Lord and Saviour.
How anyone can follow a church that murdered and covers up rape is beyond me. You cannot believe in God and do what theyve done.
@@joshportie there's rape in every religion . My teacher was married to a preacher who raped her and sexually abused her
@@user-wi5fc4cj7n most Christians are religious they just have different religious beliefs
She is Queen of heaven and Earth...Revelations 12:1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. That is her description and if she is truly queen it is ok to bow down to her. Bowing down does not mean worship. Plenty of people bow down before queens it doesn't mean they worship her but they do honor her which is rightfully so.
1. 16:12 Catholics don't worship graven images. We use pictures and statues to remind us of Jesus, Mary, and the Saints.
We don't need pictures and statues to remind us Jesus Mary or Saint. Everything is by grace, faith and heart.
@@leocabrera1050 Tare up all those pictures of your mother, father, grandparents, children and friends. You do not need pictures to remind you of them.
Get rid of all those Iphone images also!
@@lpperrone You are missing the point. I don't worship my family members. You are mixing things up.
My late mother-in-law was Catholic. She didn't go to church much. My late husband and I brought her a beautiful Bible with her name on it. Shortly after she gave the Bible back to me, saying I will never read this! She believed that just because she belonged to the Catholic church and was buried Catholic she was saved! She was very hateful towards me. And to my daughter who was from my first marriage. She hated her too. I have forgiven her. I had a friend come over one day to ask me what I thought about praying to Mary. My mother-in- law was there. She was eavesdropping while I was explaining to my friend that no, we don't pray to Mary. That she isn't God. She is just like us needing a Saviour. My friend understood. My late Mother- in -law didn't! She was even more angry towards me. I try to show her the Love of the Lord to her. I don't know if her heart ever turned to the Lord. She had LGD and cancer. She died a horrible death.
That's sad that Catholics and other false churches refuse to follow the Word of God.
@gregmullins5410 We’re not the false church. Protestants are. You are all just hateful anti-Catholic bigots
Sorry, Sarah…pray she found the Lord when SHE SAW HIM
So sad to see people talking so bad about Jesus Mother the only woman that God choose to be the representation of a Mother and Evangelic just understand the power of a loving mother for his son. We are his or her son or daughter. We dont worship we pray the Rosary to let her know we need you as a mother please Mary pray for us sinners. Pray with Jesus for our sin so God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit for give us. So simple why people need to disgrace our Mother Mary.
We ask people on earth all the time to pray for us. Why not also ask Mary who is outside of time and has all of eternity to pray for us as well?
Hey Sophia you said it well, we ask people on this earth to pray for us all the time and when they pray, prayer should go directly to the Father in Jesus name. Now on the case of Mary, she was a human just like you and me and a sinner( because the wages of sin is death..) who right now is resting in the presence of God. She is not is the right side of God nor the left side, she is his presence just like everyone who died trusting Jesus. Therefore, you prayers are not being heard at all when you pray to Mary. Pray to the Father in Jesus name as Jesus taught, and let dont ask Mary cause your prayers are being heard and will never.
@@invalidusername1239 When Our Lady of Lourdes appeared to St. Bernadette, Our Lady told her that she was the Immaculate Conception, meaning she was conceived without original sin. Since Jesus founded the Catholic Church (by making Peter the first Pope and the apostles the first bishops), the Church is our guide and the Church has said that Mary was conceived immaculately.
We believe that all the saints, including Mary, hear us asking them to pray for the world, because she is in Heaven watching over us. All the prayers of faithful Catholics DO go straight to God. We don't "pray" to Mary or the saints, we just ask them to pray for us as we would ask our friends and family.
Sophia, please back that up with the bible because the Bible says clearly that Mary needed a savior. Luke 1:46 and 47
"46 And Mary said:
“My soul glorifies the Lord
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
She needed a savior because she sin just like you and me, and another thing in Romans 6:23
"23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.
Please read the Bible and if you believe I am wrong prove me wrong with the Bible. Please dont get offended and be open heart, thanks and God Bless.
@@invalidusername1239 Just because she needed a savior to open the gates of Heaven to humanity, does not mean she was sinful. "Hail Mary, full of grace". How could anyone back then have been FULL of grace if they were all conceived with original sin? See, everyone had original sin until Jesus came and said that they had to be born again through Baptism. But the angel Gabriel said that Mary was full of grace. Not somewhat full. FULL. Which means she was void of original sin. When Adam and Eve sinned, the gates of Heaven were closed to Humanity, which is why everyone, including Mary, needed a savior to open them back up. Mary did not die, she was assumed into Heaven, so the verse, "for the wages of sin is death" is irrelevant.
I appreciate your kindness. Thank you.
"Indeed, Mary needed a savior! However, Mary was “saved” from sin in a most sublime manner. She was given the grace to be “saved” completely from sin so that she never committed even the slightest transgression. Protestants tend to emphasize God’s “salvation” almost exclusively to the forgiveness of sins actually committed. However, Sacred Scripture indicates that salvation can also refer to man being protected from sinning before the fact:
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. (Jude 24-25)"
www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/hail-mary-conceived-without-sin
Even that semenarian cousin doesn't know what the real teaching of the Church is. That is one of the problems of the Catholic church, a lot if not most of its followers does not know what is the fullness of it's teachings. The church actually needs people like these people in the videos who are passionate about God's teachings. We should always continue to search for the truth, because Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and the Truth will set us free.
"All generations will call me the blessed"
-Theotokos/BVM period
They claim love Jesus, The people in this video, but dismiss/ mistreat her blessed mother! One day they will cry very hard for their devious teachings
Catholic Christians give special reverence to Mary, just as Elizabeth felt unworthy as the Mother of the Lord approached her, for of Mary, all generations shall call her blessed, She the only person ever saluted by title, rather than by name, full of grace, she the foretold woman in Genesis at emnity with satan, she whom John sees in Heaven wearing her crown as queen Mother, she who gave birth to the male child born to rule the nations. Peace always in Jesus Christ, He whose Flesh is true food and blood true drink! You are in my prayers! God bless you!
Catholics are not Christians.. They follow a false Christ, the Pope...
Please if your into the Catholic religion, come out from among her, and be ye separate Saith the Lord...and I will receive you...
You are into Idolatry..
And God will not receive Idolatry.. There's only One True Living God..God says He will not share His Glory with anyone else...
When you bow to a Pope, and kiss his ring or hand, that's called Idolatry...
When you go to Mary instead of God, (through Jesus), you are into Idolatry...
You have been warned..
Jesus said, REPENT..( have a different mind set, or think differently)...
Love you all...
Please tell us where in scripture it says John saw her in Heaven wearing a crown?
@@nealwright5630 Revelation 12. She is the "Woman clothed with the sun." And at the end of chapter 11, just before the vision in 12, John sees the Ark of the Covenant in Heaven, which is also a reference to Mary as she carried the Word Made Flesh within her as the ark in the Old Testament carried the Word of God in tablets of stone. She is the fulfillment of that image. She is the true Ark. In chapter 12 she is depicted as the Queen of Heaven and the mother of the Church.
The Genesis verse where Mary as "The Woman" of the prophecy who crushes the head of Satan and is at enmity with him (which speaks to her sinlessness) is 3:16. This verse is referred to as the protoevangelium or "first gospel." It was the first promise of the Redemption, and the mother of the messiah is part of that promise. The Fathers of the Church called Mary the New Eve as she loosed what Eve had bound. Eve said no to God, but Mary said yes and paved the way for the Redeemer to come.
@@MillionthUsername en·mi·ty
/ˈenmədē
noun
the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
Well, suffice to say there must not be any "enmity" between you and Satan so, as Jesus said, "If you are not for me, you are against me." Since you convicted yourself, have fun in hell.
Um, no. You have all of that scripture messed up. Cannibalism is forbidden. The Last Supper is not a literal feeding of Jesus. And no where in scripture is this cannibalism supported. There is a lot more about communion that the Catholic Church ignores, unfortunately.
There is also NO scripture whatsoever that will say that John saw Mary in Heaven. Revelation 12 is speaking if Israel. Chapter 6 says that she fled into the wilderness. Since when is there a wilderness in Heaven? And why would she to be nourished in heaven for 1260 days by God? This makes no sense. There isn’t and she wouldn’t. This was Israel who is protected by God during the tribulation. It’s God’s Holy Land being spoken about, not Mary. Revelation is about the end, not what has already happened. Three other women appeared too but these women are Jezebel who represents paganism, the scarlet woman who represents the apostate church and the wife of the Lamb representing the true church. What are Jezebel and the scarlet woman doing in heaven? There is no way they were actually there any more than Mary could have been. This was a gross assumption and misrepresentation of God’s Word. But since the Catholic Church has no problem with this or disobeying the commandment of Revelation 22:18, then why would truth matter?
You Catholics really need to start doing your own research outside of your in church teachings. You continue to repeat what you’re taught instead of reading the Bible for yourselves which I know you’re not allowed to do except the erroneous Catholic version written by abusing Revelation 22:18.
Any church that tells you to not open your Bible and see for yourself that what you’re being taught is truth, ask questions, even argue about it without consequences, is no church at all.
I got all of my information from John MacArthur’s study Bible.
If this noncatholic version is blasphemy to you, then read it fir yourselves and prove me wrong. You can’t get truth by only listening to your priest. He is in need of salvation too, remember.
Starts around 5 mins
I was raised as a roman catholic, and was baptized in the catholic church at the age of 12. . . when i went to sunday classes(i disliked it very much) but they never spoke or taught from the bible. They spoke of other people who were irrelevant. When i was in the catholic church, i elevated Mary above all, I remember telling my dad that i would always be a catholic and never will i change . . but man when God came to me, He has the power to change anyone...
I remember when i had heard the gospel for the first time in my 20's . oh how i wanted to know more of this Jesus.
I remember telling the person who told me the gospel, "I'm confused concerning Mary" and his response was, "ask your Father who is in heaven. You are His child now". (This was days after i believed the gospel)
Well i did what he told me to do. I had ask My Father who was in heaven concerning Mary, and His response was so simple . . . "This is my beloved Son , in whom I am well pleased. Listen and follow Him".. And i was quick to renounce and repent all of my catholic ways.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who redeems His people and sets them on the Rock of eternal life. Blessed is Him indeed!
And i started realizing the error in the catholic church . . . from idols to confessions to all of these traditions of man.
I found out the Mary cannot save me. She can't do nothing for me. I also found out that she did not stayed a virgin
Did you not listen at mass the Gospel is read at every Mass so is psalms. And at every Mass it goes through Jesus life at every Mass we say the Lords prayer as Jesus taught us at Every Mass we remember the last supper and Jesus death on the cross at every Mass the Bread and Wine became His body and blood. As Jesus said this is my Body not that it represents his body but that it is his body. Read your Bible you will see after Jesus rose from the dead he breathed in the Apostles 1st priests and said receive the Holy spirit who's sins you forgive are forgiven who's sins you retain are retained. Remember Jesus gave Peter the authority to bind and lose. So you walked away from the church started by Christ who gave authority to peter
Thank you for sharing that Juan.. I'm amazed how many refuse to even look into it for themselves like you did. Keep telling your story Christian brother. If only 1 out of 10,000 listen enough to look into it and they find the truth, then you've done a good job and it's worth it. March on Christian soldier!
@@twerro and if you read your Bible you would see that we are forbidden to drink blood. Lev 17:13-14.
Also the apostles had his dead body and they did not drink his blood or eat his flesh. Why not? They could have. But they didn't because they understood was metaphorical not literal. And they very well knew the Hebrew Law that they were not allowed to drink blood. And Jesus would not advise them to break his laws.
Also, Peter was not a Catholic. Peter was never a pope. First of all he was married, secondly he was a Messianic Jew.
Teraise Weeravong Yes, the four gospel accounts are read during mass, but this is not THE gospel message. THE gospel is defined in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the GOSPEL I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures”
So the gospel is that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised for our salvation. The four gospels that are read during mass are called gospels because they are the written accounts of Christ’s work on our behalf for our salvation. Catholics recite these books during mass, but do not have a proper understanding of what they were all about.
Sandina 2cents I’m a Lutheran here so I will give my “2 cents” on this ;) No one understood Jesus to be literally saying take a fork and eat his literal dead body and bring a cup and collect his blood and drink it. However, we do affirm that Christ meant what he said, and mysteriously gives us his true body and blood in the Eucharist. It is a means of grace in which we receive the benefits of his work on the cross. We don’t call it anything like transubstantiation though, since it is still referred to as bread and wine, body and blood. And we don’t try to explain it in general, but just accept this mystery since He said “this IS my body”
All Glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that died for us on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead 3 days later Amen
Amen brother
Amen. JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE YOU BOW DOWN TOO NO ONE ELSE THAT IS A SIN IF YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR THE TRUTH
What are your thoughts about Psalm 45?
You can give honor to anyone who deserves honor.
I pray to Mary, I pray to the saints and I pray to God. But I only worship Jesus. Think and get to know your scripture before you blabber protestant nonsense.
@@mrfredJMJ psalm 45 is a prophetic description of the Word Incarnate, the Lord Jesus Christ (the End), and His Church, composed of both Jews and Gentiles. The Beloved One is the Word Himself, and His Incarnation brought about changes (things that shall be changed, v. 1). For He established His Church (the peoples), and even changed His enemies into friends (v. 6). Thus, vv. 2-9 describe Him (see also Heb 1:8, 9); and vv. 10-18 describe His Mother, the Mother of God, who is both His queen (v. 10) and His daughter (vv. 11, 14). These verses also describe the Church begotten from her (daughters, v. 10; the daughters of Tyre, v. 13-the Gentiles; the virgins, v. 15; sons, v. 17). Myrrh and stacte (v. 9) are sweet-smelling fragrances or incense. Cassia was used in ancient medicines, a reference to healing.
@@SLVBULL IM SAYING YOU ONLY BOW DOWN TO JESUS. HE IS THE ONLY SAVIOUR. MARY IS HIS MOTHER. I KNOW MY SCRIPTURES. I HOPE YOU WILL BE BLESSED. GOD BLESS
if praying and saying hail mary 53 times isnt worship idk is ...please stop worshiping mary
What about repeating the same refrain over and over in a song? The Hail Mary comes from the bible, we are praying the bible
The "rosary" goes against the teachings of Jesus, who disapproved of the REPETITION of prayers!
J. G. That’s not true it is against vain repetitions. Praying to God is not vain repetitions.
@@d.j.s.7387 ALL REPETITIONS are VAIN! ALL prayers are USELESS!
J. G. You should tell Jesus to stop repeating his prayers...
Matthew 26:44
44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.
St Louis de Montfort said we can't venerate Mary or love her more than Jesus did
RIGHT
You'd be wrong there, and so is he. Catholics bow to Mary and worship her, but this is what Jesus said about mary:
Mark 3:32-35 KJV
And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. [33] And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? [34] And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! [35] For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
@@billobrien4761 bowing does not equal worshipping. if I bow to someone who I think is respectable it is a way of honoring them. It is not worshipping. Worshipping is saying that Mary is a Goddess and that she is all powerful when she isn’t. Catholics believe that Mary is able to go throughout the world performing miracles through the power of her son. She is used as a mere vessel for God to spread messages from the heavens. Last month she appeared in Medjugorje and told everyone to fast and to repent to get closer to God. She has never appeared and told us Catholics to worship her and anything other than Jesus, thus showing that she can’t be a demon or an evil spirit trying to fool others. The most prominent messages that she says are to rid ourselves of sin, to take the Eucharist, to repent, and to forgive each other. Listen to her message sent from God above, and stop believing the Protestant-created myth that Catholics worship Mary.
@@enriquearias8693 Exodus 20:4-5 KJV
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: [5] Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Your argument about bowing down is irrelevant. Furthermore, regardless of what you think mary is doing, she isn't. She can't see you or hear you. She died and is in the afterlife. If she could talk to you, she'd tell you to quit it....
@@billobrien4761 There is a difference between a graven image and a statue. Graven images are depictions of anything other than God that people worshipped to during Moses’ time. In fact, God commanded the creation of statues or imagery of heavenly things in Exodus 21:6-9, Numbers 21:6-9, 1 Kings 6:23-28, and 1 Kings 7:23- 39. Each of the instances that God commanded the creation of a statue or embroidered image, it served a religious purpose. Just as these creations that God commanded served a purpose of reminding Israelites of heavenly realities, the same goes with statues of angels, saints, or Jesus.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church condemns the worship of anything or anyone other than God in paragraphs 2110-2114, including idolatry.
Claiming we worship Mary is the most blatant strawman argument any Protestant can make against Catholics
Mr. Mister
Who says we’re adding to the bible?
Strawman argument.
The Church preaches the Word of God. It has for 2000 years. The Word of God is Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 and the Church’s magisterial authority is given by Christ himself (Matthew 16:18-19, 18:15-18, 28, Luke 10:16, John 16:13, and many more)
Mr. Mister
All your arguments are not only presupposed, and not proven by you, but strawman arguments. You do not know the Church or it’s teachings, you merely know a caricature. You’re the embodiment of what Bishop Fulton Sheen said “There aren’t even 100 people in the USA who hate the Catholic Church, but millions who hate what they falsely perceive the Catholic Church to be”
Mr. Mister
I will say this though; you’re right about the Church not being a building. It’s a body of believers. It’s exactly what Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 12.
And the Church is very real and it’s magisterial from Christ equally real. And it’s rock is Peter. Christ built his church upon Peter and gave him the keys and the apostles the authority to teach with him as his earthly shepherd. If you’re not going to a church that claims to have Peter as it’s rock, you’re going to a false church. The Catholic Church is the only church that makes this claim and it’s 100% true
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Mr. Mister
None of what you said is substantiated. Everything you think you know is in fact a caricature. You’re full of pride and contempt and you’re not open to discuss or evangelizing. My sympathies.
I’ll be praying for you, that you find the fullness of the truth and the gospel in Christ’s Church. He is the way, the truth and the life, and the Church is his bride. Come home brother. We’re waiting for you right now 🙌🏻👏🏻
Mr. Mister
Strawman arguments are all you got like I said. You’re denouncing a caricature, not the actual Catholic Church. Everything you think you know about the Catholic Faith is based on misinformation. You’re too closed minded to discuss and dialogue, much less even acknowledge when something is true. I see no point in continuing to talk with you. Like I said my prayers with you brother in Christ. God Bless
the rosary demonstrates Catholics prayer to Mary 10x more than praying to The Father. They pray to and worship Mary
I am not a catholic hater, my family/relatives are all catholic and I was one nearly all my life, I worshipped Mary and prayed to her every single day of my life, she was not a virgin all her life, she married joseph, And No that is no assumption, I gave you bible verses, I can give you more, I don't care what martin luther believed, he didn't write the bible. Mary is not Omni present or omniscient, she cant be everywhere listening to millions pray, Only God has those characteristics.
Sapphireblue777 true that. Worship God alone.
Sapphire, if you actually worshipped Mary while you were a Catholic you went against Church teaching. Worshipping Mary is forbidden by the Catholic Church.
Two of my best friends are Catholic, and I guess maybe they're going to a different church or something because when I asked them about salvation, they said it was through Christ alone and that they're part of the church because they enjoy the structure and the traditions, but they also said it wasn't the be all, end all of Christianity. They don't think I'm a heretic for being Baptist. They also said they pray directly to God all the time. We definitely have differences in doctrine and beliefs, but when it comes to salvation and what someone should do to be saved, we're on the same page and I absolutely believe they're saved. Perhaps this is a positive direction for the Catholic church, if this message is starting to spread. Or perhaps I've been lucky enough to meet two Catholics whose church is going against the overall teaching. I don't know enough to be able to make that judgment call.
You met some weak Catholics. Jesus established just one church. He made it his be all and end all. The others are mostly rebellious offshoots of Jesus' one church and thus can never measure up to God's only church as good and holy as they might be...unless you wish to argue that sinners are as good as God!
@@bridgefin Romans 10:9
@@LilyGrace1990
Excellent ripping scripture out of context. Is that ALL that Scripture has to say about salvation? No. Does any of that contradict Jesus who has said that you have no life within you? No.
@@bridgefin John 14:6 says no one comes to the Father except through Christ, John 3:16 says whoever BELIEVES in Jesus shall be saved, and Ephesians 2:8-9 says that salvation is not based on works and is the gift of God. I don't see any one specific church listed in there. Additionally, the Vatican II specifies that anyone who does not join the church through no fault of their own but still strives to please God can be saved. And quite frankly, cultish beliefs espoused by Catholics like you only serve to convince me that the Catholic church is not God's only church, which would fall under "no fault of their own" since I have prayed repeatedly about it and studied the bible on this topic, only to be brought back to the Baptist faith, not the Catholic one. Nice try, but your words have no grounding in biblical scripture and splitting hairs like this only results in people turning away from the church over quibbles like this. To believe that any one specific church can save you and not Christ Himself is a belief that is rooted in works, not faith. I'm sorry you feel the need to gatekeep Christianity.
@@LilyGrace1990
You said: John 3:16 says whoever BELIEVES in Jesus shall be saved,
Me: But you don't! You don't believe that he established his church on Peter. You don't agree with him that you have no life in you if you don't eat his flesh. You don't agree that he will separate the saved from the lost on the basis of loving works as he proclaimed in Matt 25. You like your misinterpretation of Paul and pit that against Jesus. WHEN you decide to believe all that Jesus said then maybe you might be a believer.
You: I don't see any one specific church listed in there.
Me: Jesus did establish one church and he based it on Peter.
You: the Vatican II specifies that anyone who does not join the church through no fault of their own but still strives to please God can be saved.
Me: You have a bible. But you obviously refuse to join Jesus' church. Fault is yours.
You: Nice try, but your words have no grounding in biblical scripture and splitting hairs like this only results in people turning away from the church over quibbles like this.
Me: Do you need chapter and verse? And as for quibbles, this video lies about my faith. And then I saw your post thinking that the Catholic Church changed direction. You chose to reply to my first comment.
You: To believe that any one specific church can save you and not Christ Himself is a belief that is rooted in works, not faith. I'm sorry you feel the need to gatekeep Christianity.
Me: Jesus provided for the salvation of his disciples through just one church. That is as specific as it gets. I do try to gate keep the truth. If that's a vice then I am guilty.
23:25 I am a Roman Catholic and I completely agree with that point. It must be admitted that in the evangelical church there is a deeper knowledge of Scripture, which is lacking in most of the Catholics.
If you are Catholic you have to explore certain topics by yourself and by reading the Scriptures on your own, otherwise the Church will not teach you.
The Evangelical Church gets much of Scripture wrong and in many cases, the most important areas.
@@bridgefin sometimes they don't give the adequate interpretation to some verses in the Bible I think. They Also have good reason to refuse certain topics like purgatory, which Is unbiblical and i don't believe in It. But must be recognized they had a deeper knowledge of the scriptures in manu cases. The fact of being Born again, Christ which gives you a new Heart, Is really important to be taught and in catholicism there's a lack of this must be admitted
@@claudiobarlassina2261
Where does the bible state that you must be able to find all doctrine in the bible??? No where. You have added your man made tradition to the faith.
And you can't have deeper knowledge of the scriptures and miss some of its most important points, like the Mass, the Eucharist, forgiveness of sins, understanding of sin, understanding of salvation, the papacy, etc.
And in Catholicism I can get a new heart as often as I go to confession. If you think once is enough then we do disagree.
Why this knowledge of Scripture is lacking among the Catholics is a direct result of the Nicea Council in the first Century AD, where it was decided that people should believe what the "God inspired" priests deemed as right, even if it contradicted the Scripture. Sadly, the denominations have also made that deathly alliance with the Catholic Church, in making an organization which overrides the Scriptures and will be their death knell.
@@bridgefin: Where does the Bible say to make it up as you go along?
I love the Aramaic translation... _"The Angel entered her presence, and he said to her, “Peace to you, full of grace, our Lord is with you; you are blessed among women.” Luke 1: 28_
Pip ...so my comments were deleted! Oh well.
ALL MADE UP!
@@j.g.8494 So you are saying the bible is made up?
yeah,it doesnt mean you can bow down to her statue,kiss it,and bring it together with a lot of people.
@@ManlyServant , That description would be an example of idolatry.
The word "worship" means to bow down, prostrate in homage to royalty or God , do reverence, is to worship. Anyone who does this before a hunk of rock or wood is guilty of idol worship.
Not true. this is not what Idol worship means. It means worshipping an Idol as if it was God. Because you kneel in front of a statue doesn't mean you are making the statue like God.
People kneel in front od candles and say prayers and light the candles. Does that mean they are saying candles are God.
@@rascal211 then why would you kneel to a statue ? Is it alive? Does it hear you? Can it help you ? Why not go ahead and kneel to a rock? The truth is that to bow to anything is idol worship that’s why God says not to make any image of himself even because mans nature will lead him to worship the image instead of God.
@@rascal211 I don’t kneel in front of candles and pray Most people don’t understand what they’re doing or why. That’s just being religious but God does not want that. Find out what this means. I would rather have mercy and not sacrifice. Jesus said that. 😀 do you love Jesus? I do and I bet you do to so worship Jesus and think about it. 🙌
@@dannykirby7425 Only a fool will worship the statue itself as most are not worshipping the statue itself. So you're wrong in believing because your kneeling your worshipping as its God.
What Catholics do for MARY are also seen being done for Jesus when they worship Him , so why they are that shameless to deny they worship Mary ?
onemarktwoyou
Awesome comment , bro .
Bluebird Eagles fly bluebird maybe you can find answers if you reach while in your nest
The Catholics quietly have in the recent past calling Mary the Co-Redeemer.. They do believe that her physical body was assumed into heaven, Not by a normal human death.
I am in shambles, I was brought up and raised in a Christian family and had ask marry for intersection, now I’m doubting the rosary…I’m just not sure anymore. Can you guys pray for me please 🙏🏾
Ask God to forgive you and He said He would.. Then go forward.. Read the Bible, and believe it, receive it, and do it!!
At least you admit you were deceived..
Just have Faith in God, and do what He wants. ( not my will Lord, but your will be done).
Love you Sister...
Please do not doubt yourself. We ask family and friends for intercessory prayer.
Many people on this site are Catholic haters. They are not good people. May God have mercy on them. Look at the wedding at Cana where Mary interceded for the family of the wedding. Jesus performed his first miracle at the intercession of Mary his mother. John 2: 1-12
When I was 25 I left the Catholic Church. I found out that many of the teachings were antithetical to the word of God. When I questioned this, I was told that "only a Priest can interpret the scriptures." This is what Muslims, and Johovah's Witnesses say also. The prayer beads are also a common thread in Islam, Hinduism, and many others. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:7.
The perpetual virginity of Mary is not Biblical, the brothers and sisters spoke of in the Gospels are not "cousins", there was a different word for that used for his cousin John the Baptist.
Mary was not only not born without sin, but proclaims in Luke the Jesus is "my savior."
Baptism always meant full body submersion and for adults. There is no Biblical foundation that babies need this "sacrament" to be saved. In fact, baptism by itself even in the NT is not a necessity for salvation. In one case a man and his entire family are saved prior to being baptized.
Purgatory is an invention by the Roman church to extort money by convincing followers they could literally pay to get their loved ones out of hell. Pretty sick.
Paul says that if you add to Grace it ceases to be Grace. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Romans 11:16. And For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8.
There are many others, but I will leave it with a few to think about.
The problem we have when we are young esp. is that our religion becomes our identity. It can be difficult to understand that it is not our identity. Until that happens you will be reluctant to let it go and follow the truth.
@@2dogs1tale81 All well said and congratulations for recognizing and rebuking the lies of your former spiritual self and coming to the Lord Jesus Christ in humbleness. 🙏✝️
Hi,
The rosary is beautiful if used correctly.
I come from a Baptist church but have a rosary. I love the Catholic Church.
Mary is Jesus mother.
she said all nations would rise up and call me blessed. Mary is special she was full of grace according to scripture
Jesus said to John on thd cross, behold your mother.
I contemplate on the mysteries.
I give my rosary to Jesus.
I have no problem with saying Hail Mary full of grace as Elizabeth filled with the Holy spirit said this.
I see Mary as a symbol of God's bride.
Jerusalem. His beloved.
I don't pray to her I only pray to Jesus.
The reason my view turned was when I was in a house performing an exorcism.
The evil spirit didn't Want to leave.
I felt the Holy spirit say ask my Mum for help.
I didn't understand this but just said Hail Mary full of grace, that demon fled.
My advice to you.
Jesus is the way Mary is not.
But God's ways are not our ways.
Another time I at a breakfast club and there was a golden picture of Mary on the bring and buy stall.
Jesus clearly told me to buy it.
I protested but bought the picture.
Ordered my breakfast with this hideous picture and people were joking about why I bought it at the breakfast club.
They all looked at the picture then ask me what ai believed in.
people stood around my table as I witnessed to them about Mary being Jesus mother and how Jesus died for our sins and how only through her son Jesus we are saved from our sins.
Needless to say God moved that day.
I can't explain it, just know it's Thy will be done not mine.
Jesus will never leave you not forsake you.
Hold tight to him
xxxxx
Speaking as a former, practicing Roman Catholic, yes they do. I did it along with many other “good Catholics” until I got saved/born again, at nineteen years old.
If you believe you can get into heaven through your works, then there’s no need for Jesus. We tried to get in by our works, we FAILED. Jesus came to die for us. Also that point on Mary at 26:10 spot on. Also I see Chatholics praising Mary more then praising Jesus. I have seen chatohlics come to my church and during our praise and worship time they sat down in their seats and did not utter a word. If I was invited to a church and we were praising Jesus Christ our lord and savior, you better believe I will be clapping singing as an expression of praise. That was a big red flag for me. Jesus intercedes for us not Mary. Y’all scared of the source?
we pray silently and alone because we are focused in on God and being personal with God
"If you believe you can get into heaven through your works, then there’s no need for Jesus. We tried to get in by our works, we FAILED." That's a straw man argument. The position of the Catholic Church is, in short, works AND faith. This is backed by scripture. James 2:17, "So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead." James 2:24, "See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone."
"Also I see Chatholics praising Mary more then praising Jesus." That's a personal anecdote that doesn't reflect the teaching of the Church. You should obviously value and love Jesus more, Catholics (and anyone) who worships Mary is sinning against the Catholic Church's position. But praying to Mary isn't the same as worship.
"I have seen chatohlics come to my church and during our praise and worship time they sat down in their seats and did not utter a word. If I was invited to a church and we were praising Jesus Christ our lord and savior, you better believe I will be clapping singing as an expression of praise. That was a big red flag for me." One's love or lack thereof for praise and worship is a matter of taste and not a reflection of faith. Catholic worship in general is far more solemn and more ancient being thousands of years old and praise and worship is an invention that's less than a century old so judging people's faith by their participation in praise and worship makes no sense.
I'll say a Rosary for you ;)
Protestants are the failure
@@gustavmahler1466 That's a reference to Wisdom, not Mary
I was born a Roman Catholic and I’m now a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ and making other disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. Lots of Catholics are praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary and think that they are praying to Jesus. One guy that I baptized in the Sea and I was teaching him. I asked him a question? Are you now talking to Jesus 24/7 . He said that he was talking to Jesus saying Hail Mary. . He realized that he wasn’t talking to Jesus and repented ❤ He now has no objections talking to Jesus 24/7 . A Catholic doesn’t become Protestant but a disciple of Jesus. The Protestants and Catholics need to do business directly with Jesus for salvation. Unless we’re born again we will not see the kingdom or enter the kingdom John 3:3-5
You: Lots of Catholics are praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary and think that they are praying to Jesus
Me: Baloney.
You: A Catholic doesn’t become Protestant but a disciple of Jesus.
Me: If he leaves the Catholic church he is on the path to damnation if he is fully aware of what he is doing.
There is no religion that can save a person when judgement day comes..
And no bible can save you either.
@Madison Thom
Lots of people have bibles on their shelves and they are not being saved.
@Madison Thom
And the bible can help you get there and religion can help you get there. But you have to o the repentance and the faith part either way.
@Madison Thom
The bible did not save them. USING the bible and then going to repentance and faith saved him.
@@bridgefin ppl should read the word and learn the word
I don't know about you but having been raised a Catholic, I've never once worshiped Mary. The best you can say is that we ask Mary to 'pray for us sinners', but we don't seek eternal life through her
She does not hear your prayers
@@voiddz8980 kbro didn't ask but k
@@mrkeego1769 You commented publicly. Also, study your bible.
@@voiddz8980 kbro didn't ask but k
why not just pray directly to Jesus to forgive your sins, since Jesus is, well you know, the only way to the Father?
I am so grateful for these videos because as a Christian it is so important to know how to speak to people who have been deceived by false doctrines. I wish I would've learned this sooner because when speaking to Catholic family members it was hard to explain why it's wrong.
It's hard to explain that Catholicism is wrong because it's not. If it is then Jesus is a liar and the Holy Spirit is ineffective.
Im an atheist that feels the same about people in false doctrines
The deception is strong and hard for them to break the chains, but hallelujah to those that do...Heaven rejoices! 🙌✝️
@@bridgefin God is not a man that he should lie.
@@samuelmidzi8240
You: God is not a man that he should lie.
Me: Correct. Thus when Jesus said that the gates of Hell would not prevail against his church he precluded anyone from claiming that his church failed and thus Protestantism had to take over.
I was a catholic but God opened my eyes and now I’m a Cristian… it makes me sad how people rather worship a man made image and on top of that they get offended and angry at you when you try to make them understand that it is an abominable act against our Creator!!!
I love the Lord with all my heart, mind, soul and spirit…. and after I found out the truth I woul never ever bow down to any image!!!
Sounds like God excommunicated you from his church.
Nobody worships statues, let alone faithful Catholics. Who do you think you're fooling?
Yes but she wasn't a virgin all her life, She was married to Joseph she was his wife, read Matthew 1:20,24 I'm sure they had a normal married life, there is no reason to believe that they were husband and wife and did not share affection towards each other. Mat 1:25 And 'knew her not till'(didn't sleep with her until) she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus. If Jesus was her 'firstborn' she could have had a second child with Joseph too. They had a normal marriage
@Little Mary Yea they are His half-brothers and Jesus also had biological sisters.
Taken from Scott Hahn's conversion story -
First, I began to pray a rosary. I was very scared to do this. I asked the Lord not to be offended as I tried. I proceeded to pray, and as I prayed I felt more in my heart what I came to know in my mind: I am a child of God. I don't just have God as my Father and Christ as my brother; I have His Mother for my own.
A friend of mine who had heard I was thinking about the Catholic Church called up one day and said: "Do you worship Mary like those Catholics do?" I said, "They don't worship Mary; they honor Mary." "Well, what's the difference?" I said, "Let me explain. When Christ accepted the call from His Father to become a man, He accepted the responsibility to obey the law, the moral law which is summarized in the Ten Commandments. There's a commandment which reads, 'Honor your father and mother.'" I said, "Chris, in the original Hebrew, that word "honor," kaboda, that Hebrew word means to glorify, to bestow whatever glory and honor you have upon your father and mother. Christ fulfilled that law more perfectly than any human by bestowing His glory upon His heavenly Father and by taking His own divine glory and honoring His Mother with it. All we do in the rosary, Chris, is to imitate Christ who honors His Mother with His own glory. We honor her with Christ's glory."
Christ didn't "accept" it, it was His role from the beginning.
Same way you "honor" Mary (btw, that's not Mary that's depicted, it is Ishtar - Nimrod's wife with little Tammuz (pagan messiah), if you want to know more about Madonna and the child, investigate Babylon mystery religion, and Dagon - "god of sea")... so, the same way you honor her, by logic you should honor many saints which is polytheism at his best.
P.S. you have phallic symbol that symbolizes phallus that is thrusting through woman reproductive system for picture. That symbolizes mixing Angelic seed with woman (on Satan's urging), and birth of the Nephilim because of which the great flood eventually happened in the first place. Read book of Enoch for more information, and Bible - the Word of God, ofc.
May the blessings of our Father be upon you and your family in the name of Jesus which is called Christ.
Catholics say they arn't praying or worshiping marry, they just ask her to pray for them.
That's forbidden in scripture. Saul the king communicated with a dead prophet and God killed Saul because he did that. We are not supposed to communicate with the dead, and with the spirits of the dead.
Jesus came from eternity, Mary did not,
Jesus was sinless, Mary was not.
Jesus is the savior of the world, Mary needed a savior.
Jesus is the perfect image of God, Mary is not.
Jesus created Mary, Mary was created by Jesus.
Statues of Mary is idol worship, even statues of God.
Jesus 'ALONE' is worthy of unlimited worship.
no catholics worship Mary
Worship Yahweh alone n follow the teachings of Jesus, it's God's word
please explain yourself WITH Scripture otherwise its your opinion!!!
@@Catholic101A. here's scripture for you.
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" (1Timothy 2:5)
If you pray to Mary, then your rejecting the ONLY mediator.
Even the holy angel talking to John in Revelation 22:9 would not accept worship.
"And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God."
Cryptfire 1Timothy 2:1 starts with supplications, prayers, petitions and thanksgivings if we use your logic because there is only one mediator then this means we can’t ask anyone for prayer including priest, pastors , family etc because they will be mediating before God and setting Jesus aside just as Protestants insinuate!!!As for rev. 22:9, john genuflect first then the angel showed the things the reverence was accepted, But not the worship because the angel is a servant. In Matthew 20:28, we read Jesus calls himself a servant so if we use Protestants logic here we shouldn’t worship Jesus ether because he is a servant too. first acknowledge at what mediator is “in Scripture Hebrew 9:15 a new covenant , there are many more verses in Scripture.....
Very big misconception with being catholic. The only person meant to be worshipped in the catholic faith is Jesus. Hail Mary is just a series of complements ending with someone asking Mary to pray for them. Worshipping anyone that isnt Jesus is not part of being catholic
Mary can’t answer your prayers she is in paradise waiting for Jesus return, it’s funny most Catholics will defend not praying to Mary but if you take a look at most of their churches which I have by experience they have Mary statues all over the place, Mary this Mary that also I never understand why you need to tell another man about your sins that’s personal between you and God. Glad my father was saved from that religion and came to Christ as a true born again Christian preaching the gospel.
@@HondacivictypeR777 Brother Mary wont answer prayers. She's not the one meant to be prayed. I said this in my other comment. Many churches will have statues of apostles and other people that were close to Jesus. Its art. It isnt meant to be worshipped. Christianity is based on the bible and Catholicism just happens to be the first church of christianity started by Peter. There are other churches. As long as you follow the bible and surrender to Jesus it really doesnt matter what church you choose to celebrate him, whether it be catholic or another domination of Christian. As for why someone would ask others to pray for them, that's not something only Catholics do. Many people pray for other people and many people ask others to pray for them. There is nothing wrong with that brother. James 5:16 says "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."
@@KANJIC thats called idolatry and it says in the Bible not too do that, it even says in the Bible you won’t make image of me and that’s all Catholics do they have candles and pictures of Jesus Christ all over the house and little do they know that’s a false image of Christ the only people to ever see him were the people he saw in real life and that was for a reason. And the fact that you said Jesus doesn’t care what church you go to as long as you worship him is the most false prophet thing I ever heard someone say, Jesus said only I am the way the difference between real Christians and Catholics is that we have a relationship with Christ, while you have religion. You gotta memorize verses from so called saints the only saint on earth was Christ he was the only one that did for our sin and did not sin. I always used to get an weird feeling inside Catholic Churches and wondered why Hollywood portraits it in movies and never true Christians ones and that’s because the Catholic Church is one with the enemy, I saw a video of an ex satanic who said we never had to go against the Catholics they are already deceived I hated the gospel preacher Christian evangelist because they spoke the truth and I hated it, I was a satan worshiper and knew who was my enemy thank God he is saved now and turned to Christ. I hope one day you realize the difference between religion and a person relationship with Christ.
@@HondacivictypeR777 it seems with your words you simply have some sort of hatred towards the catholic church. The catholic church is simply the first Christian church created by the apostle Peter. The church does not teach to worship any idol. Only Jesus. A painting or a statue of Jesus is not creating an idol and people are not forbidden to do so. You aren't meant to worship art. You're meant to worship Jesus. The verse you are referring to is of the old testament before the word of God became flesh. Once he became flesh as Jesus the Gospel of John speaks of the image if the Lord. There are many things of the old testament that we do not go by now brother. Jesus wants to you be with him. To live with him. You are a temple of the Holy spirit and its flame will grow as you get closer to the Lord. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life." As long as you accept that and live in the way of Jesus, you can be saved. Christianity has many churches. It began with the catholic church then broke off to the Lutheran church then the protestant church, the Anglican church and so on. Today there are many. But what you must see is that the faith of Jesus and your relationship with him is what really matters. If I praised and worshipped God in a catholic church that's fine. If I did in a Baptist church, that would also be fine or a non-denominational church. As long as I am worshipping, praising and living in the way of the Lord Jesus, that's what matters. Now all men are men. No one is perfect. Preachers can be wrong. Priests can be wrong. Pastors can be wrong. It is your duty to read the bible for yourself and see the truth. Have a good day brother and God bless you.
@@KANJIC God bless you too. 🙏🏼💙
As a former Catholic, I can say so much about Catholicism, including the rituals and the works I had to do thinking that would save me, but thank God for calling me out of them, and draw me to His cross, of Jesus Christ. What do you say, when a person goes into a confession box, kneel before a priest, and confess they sin, then after you confess, the priest sends you to kneel again, to say the rosary to pray to Mary the mother of God when Jesus is our only propitiator? ( think about that ). It is sad, that Catholics are praying to the queen of heaven, thinking she is Mary. And all that time they are worshipping the sky goddesses Anat, isis, Astarte etc. Lord have mercy Thank God for saving me and bringing me out of that false religion! Praying for the Catholics.
Also the hats that look like a fish mouth are of idol worship. DAGON FISH WORSHIP.
www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vatican/esp_vatican138.htm
My children stay away from and avoid idols
You have an awful misconception of what's an idol AND what's an image ... You know nothing about Dulia AND Hiperdulia
@Daniel oh your made up Catholic word clears it all up. Catholics "we dont worship Mary we worship mary" you use semantics to run from the truth.
@JR the Catholic church didnt exist until well after 330 ad. You clearly dont know history.
@JR and I find it ironic when Catholics repeat the same lies we've all heard a thousand times and think were the ones not listening. We dont want you to go to hell and your denomination is a road block to salvation. I know what it's like to be lied to my whole life. I'm sorry I know it's not easy.
@Mary Lancaster
You quoted: You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
Me: Sounds like printing a bible could be an idol for some. It has the likeness of heaven and earth. It's not the object BUT what you do with it!
The problem is Mary died she can't pray for anyone.Dead people can't pray for you.She is not part of the Godhead.She is not sitting next to Jesus in Heaven.Also when Jesus was dying on the cross he called her woman not mother.
I grew up in a Catholic Orphanage and each evening we sang a song to Mary to spread her coat over us. Of course I did not know who Mary was and never heard of Christ. We went to church every morning to participate in Mass. I knew I was not right with God but did not know how to do so. One day, I was about 8 years old I prayed for God to come down and show us what he was like. It was 20 years later and God brought me to an Evangelical Church were I met Christ. Yes I received much false teaching in the Catholic Church which keeps you from Christ and his Salvation. I appreciate your ministry as you tell the truth
What false teaching? I thought you claimed you weren't taught anything. You said you never heard of Christ or Mary even though you went to Mass every day. That doesn't seem to be possible to go to Mass every day and never hear about Jesus since the Mass is all about Jesus.
One of the first people I talked to the gospel about that was a stranger got into a heated argument with me about the worship of Mary. I use to think about how I failed to get my message across because it didnt end to well but from yall I learned that the only failure in evangelizing is the failure to evangelize at all.
Ive used those exact scriptures that yall were talking about.
We don't worship Mary. If you say we do, along with these evil men in the video, God will judge you for it since you will be engaging in mortal sin by bearing false witnesses. If you loved Jesus, you would not be falsely accusing Catholics of worshiping Mary. That is a lie from the pit of hell, and that's exactly where God will throw all liars when they come before Him to be judged.
@@MillionthUsername what's this title of queen of heaven and earth mean?
@@troywalstra9300 Jesus is Lord of Heaven and earth. Mary is His Mother, and in the davidic kingdom the Queen was the mother of the King, so Mary is our Queen.
@MillionthUsername and that's called idolatry.
The phrase queen of heaven appears in two passages of the Bible, both in the book of Jeremiah. The first passage deals with the things the Israelites were doing that provoked the Lord to anger. Entire families were involved in idolatry. The children gathered wood, and the men used it to build altars to worship false gods. The women were engaged in kneading dough and baking cakes of bread for the “Queen of Heaven” (Jeremiah 7:18). This title referred to Ishtar, an Assyrian and Babylonian goddess also called Ashtoreth and Astarte by various other groups. She was thought to be the wife of the false god Baal, also known as Molech. The motivation of women to worship Ashtoreth stemmed from her reputation as a fertility goddess, and, as the bearing of children was greatly desired among women of that era, worship of this “queen of heaven” was rampant among pagan civilizations. Sadly, it became popular among the Israelites as well.
The second passage that refers to the queen of heaven is Jeremiah 44:17-25, where Jeremiah is giving the people the word of the Lord which God has spoken to him. He reminds the people that their disobedience and idolatry has caused the Lord to be very angry with them and to punish them with calamity. Jeremiah warns them that greater punishments await if they do not repent. They reply that they have no intentions of giving up their worship of idols, promising to continue pouring out drink offerings to the queen of heaven, Ashtoreth, and even going so far as to credit her with the peace and prosperity they once enjoyed because of God’s grace and mercy.
It is unclear where the idea that Ashtoreth was a “consort” of Yahweh originated, but it’s easy to see how the blending of paganism that exalts a goddess with the worship of the true King of heaven, Yahweh, can lead to the combining of God and Ashtoreth. And since Ashtoreth worship involved sexuality (fertility rites and temple prostitution), the resulting relationship, to the depraved mind, would naturally be one of a sexual nature. Clearly, the idea of the “queen of heaven” as the consort or paramour of the King of heaven is idolatrous and unbiblical.
There is no queen of heaven. There has never been a queen of heaven. There is most certainly a King of Heaven, the Lord of hosts. He alone rules in heaven. He does not share His rule or His throne or His authority with anyone. The idea that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the queen of heaven has no scriptural basis whatsoever. Instead, the idea of Mary as the queen of heaven stems from proclamations of priests and popes of the Roman Catholic Church. While Mary was certainly a godly young woman greatly blessed in that she was chosen to bear the Savior of the world, she was not in any way divine, nor was she sinless, nor is she to be worshiped, revered, venerated, or prayed to. All followers of the Lord God refuse to be worshiped. Peter and the apostles refused to be worshiped (Acts 10:25-26; 14:13-14). The holy angels refuse to be worshiped (Revelation 19:10; 22:9). The response is always the same: “Worship God!” To offer worship, reverence, or veneration to anyone but God is nothing short of idolatry. Mary’s own words in her “Magnificat” (Luke 1:46-55) reveal that she never thought of herself as “immaculate” or deserving of veneration; on the contrary, she was relying on the grace of God for salvation: “And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” Only sinners need a savior, and Mary recognized that need in herself.
Furthermore, Jesus Himself issued a mild rebuke to a woman who cried out to Him, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you" (Luke 11:27), replying to her, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it." By doing so, He curtailed any tendency to elevate Mary as an object of worship. He could certainly have said, “Yes, blessed be the Queen of Heaven!” But He did not. He was affirming the same truth that the Bible affirms-there is no queen of heaven, and the only biblical references to the “queen of heaven” refer to the goddess of an idolatrous, false religion.
@@troywalstra9300 spot on my friend.
I’m Catholic and have never worshiped Mary.. nor do I know anyone that does. We venerate her but do not worship .
Protestants can't tell the difference for some reason
I'm a former Protestant who also wrongly believed for many years that Catholics worshipped Mary and the Saints. They don't. Praying and asking for intercession from Mary and the Saints is no different than asking your friend to pray for you. Protestants ask others to pray and intercede for them all the time. I did for years as Protestant, too. Evil is trying to divide the body of Christ, his church, over the silliest of misunderstandings.
@@chelsmaria but it is different than asking your friends. Your friends are alive and asking for them to pray to God is what we as Christians should do but people who are dead are not up in heaven passing on prayers because they are serving God not man in heaven.
@@Diana-sr5ub Mary and the saints are in heaven worshiping God... And helping God harvest souls. .. If We believe in God, We believe in miracles. ..and there are plenty from the saints and Mary. .. We are are children of light. Let us not allow ourselves to be distracted and divided by the deceiver.
Yes they do! I have been rised catholic so I know. Just recently I have talked to catholic charismatic about sleep paralysis and bad dreams and the girl said that I should use a prayer to Mary insted of Jesus because the prayers to Mary are more powerfull??? Can you belive that? She said she prayed to Mary to get a job and Mary answerd her prayers. I guess she only prayes to Mary and she is not the only one. I was shocked. She said a have a demon because I don't exept Mary and catholicsm. Woow. . Just wanted to share that mind blowing deception. Every argument they have is from the catholic priests or the pope. Almost everyone is catholic, new ager or an atheist in my countrey so I'm almost alone here.
That person was 100000% wrong. I am also Catholic. All Mary can do is pray with/for you. She has no power. Period. End. She is a mother to us all but is NOT God. That woman needs A LOT of help. Sorry you were so so badly misinformed. I’ve had sleep paralysis. It happens because your brain secrets a chemical that literally paralyzes you so that you don’t actually do what you are doing in your dreams. If you wake up very fast, before the effects of the paralytic wear off, you won’t be able to move. Not even to take a deep breath. No matter how hard you try. I know because it’s happened to me! It. Is. Terrifying. But completely normal. I really wouldn’t worry about it. Are you covered in the blood of Jesus?? Do you believe you lie in the very palm of His hand? If that is so, what power could possibly over-power Him? Did you invite a demon into your life?? If the answer is no then you have nothing to worry about. Still, if your mind becomes anxious and you feel scared, call aloud “In the name of Jesus I bind all that might want to cause me harm. This house and all within it belong to Jesus Christ!” You might even ask your Mother to sit with you and pray over you while you sleep. I’ll keep you in my prayers as well.
I feel sad for the lost sheep who disagree with this video, they have been lied to and their hearts have been made hard.
I truly pray for catholics to realize the truth, there are still those who are willing to accept the truth
This video is a lie. Feel sorry for those who buy into it.
@@bridgefin did you know that Muslims pray to Muhammad in a similar manner catholics pray to Mary? And don't say catholics don't pray to Mary, because the actual definition of prayer is communicating with a spiritual diety like God or Mary.
@@_Juan_Pierre_
A, Muslims also drink water and eat food. So what? And you seem to know more about the manner of Muslim prayer than I do.
B. Yes, we pray to Mary but your definition is false. The word "pray" means "to ask". Nothing about a spiritual deity in the definition of that English word.
@@bridgefin so according to you, it's only considered praying when we ask for something?
That doesn't make sense, what if you're just talking to God about your day without asking for anything, is it then not prayer anymore or what?
@@bridgefin and also about Muslims.... If you compare eating and drinking to prayer, your argument would be inaffective based upon the fact that food and prayer aren't in the same category
And yes, I do now about the manner in which Muslims do what they do, it's good to know your enemies
The Bible that you worship so much was put together by the authoritative power of the Catholic Church (the Universal mystical body of Christ) that you rejected in the XVI century in favour of this constellation of man-made religions known as protestantism. This very same Catholic Church never considered Mary as a divinity, but as the Ark of the New Covenant, that is she plays the same role that the Ark of the old Covenant played with the Jews: that is something sacred containing the Word of God, so that Mary can be defined as the holy container of the Word, so that through the Virgin Mary we have access to the Logos (the Word) who is eternally proceeding from the Father and which was made flesh in her womb.
THANKYOU RAY I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOUR CHANNEL TO WATCH WHEN I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT SOME TRUTH, NOT THE FILTH THATS EVERYWHERE ELSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!
Their lies are filth, and they will be severely judged by God for bearing false witness. Why do you enjoy listening to fake Christians lie about real Christians?
Uf you think you got truth here they you are gullible.
Many Protestants worship by praying and singing songs. Catholics worship through the celebration of the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist (Mark 14: 22, John 6:53), the celebration of the Holy Mass (Luke 22;19, Exodus 31:14). When we pray to Mary and saints don't accuse us of worshiping them. We don't worship the same way you do.
@@gregnugent6195 I cannot find any scripture that points us to pray to Mary there are countless scriptures that say;
And whatsoever ye shall ask in MY name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14:13
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because HE maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:27
For there is one God, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Tim 2:5
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy FATHER which is in secret - Matt 6:6
I only speak bible my friend
I use to be a Roman .. We had what was called "the Travelling Virgin" come to our house on occasion. I was there and heard it said by the Lady praying "I Worship You Mary" ,, no one ever stopped her from saying that...Even now Mom will not get rid of her statues .. "They are her friends"
The correct Catholic doctrine is that we worship Jesus, and Father, and Holy Spirit, and that we only venerate Mary and the saints. We can, however pray to Mary and the saints---prayer is not always worship. All Mary and the saints do is pray for us----they have no power of their own.
@@georgepenton808 because they dead
@@georgepenton808
Corinthians 10:19-20: “What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.” When sacrifices are made to idols, it is actually an act of worshipping demons.
@@georgepenton808
Sincerely curious, and not arguing or putting down catholicism...where does the scripture tell us to pray to Mary, or anyone else? The example Jesus gave the disciples of prayer was a prayer to "Our Father who art in heaven...." and not to Mary.
This has always confused me 🤔
@@danieldominguez7698 What sacrifices do Catholics make to idols or statues, Daniel?
As far as those people kneeling and honoring Our Blessed Mother, regardless of whether you think Catholics worship her or not, I HIGHLY doubt God would have a problem with anyone loving His mother. When the Bible says that we aren't to worship idols, I'm sure it means anything you pay more attention to than the things that are of God as well as God Himself.
They like to talk about any prophet, or apostle, but I had always found "suspicious" they vetoed Mary in their preachings !
Yes please listen to what you yourselves just said on this video. Martin Luther said faith alone is all you need. Unknown to most Protestants Luther inserted the word ALONE in to the Bible it originally said by faith you shall live. Anyone who lives by faith in Christ will live as Christ and follow His example which included works. All works point to their origination in God who GiVES the grace needed to do works. So again you as most ignorant Protestants love to spread false rumors about Catholic teaching. I am Catholic and I know what Catholic Church teaches. First of all to worship Mary is idolatry and the church teaches this. To God alone is worship due. We honor her as the mother of Jesus. We do not worship saints again worship belongs to God alone! Saints are held up as examples of lives well lived their lives always point to God who gave them the grace to live holy lives. No the priest does not forgive sin Christ forgives sin. Any idiot knows this. Even a priest knows this. Again another fallacy. No the church does not make saints God makes saints. Excommunication is not sending someone to hell it just means that they can not receive the sacraments. The Pope is only infallible on doctrines of faith and morals. But he is as vulnerable to mistakes as any other person. We are Not allowed to worship saints. Mary , or anything else unlike Protestants who have set up the Bible as their idol. They worship a book that can not even interpret it self. Christ did not tell the apostles to write a book but to build a church. So you worship a book instead of God. So before you pick out the speck in your brothers eye remove the beam in your own.
You are the most idiot
There’s a difference in faith and works we all need to grasp. It is Faith Alone as Luther summarized many scriptures. So then real faith produces works. There is a fundamental difference in the heart if we don’t get this right. If we work to earn our salvation then we live in fear. If we work out of thankfulness (knowing we are His and we did not earn it) then we begin to live and love like Jesus said. Jesus brother said faith without works is dead. How much work did the guy do on the cross next to Jesus and Jesus said the guy will be with him in heaven.
Marcus Chello Catholics don’t believe you can earn your way to heaven, it’s by grace alone that we can go, it’s by Gods love. No matter what good deeds we do or how many we do we still aren’t good enough for God, we were instructed (through the Bible’s it’s by faith and works and that one cannot be without the other) but even if we have faith that could move mountains or great works, we as still not good enough for God, which is why Catholics don’t believe you can “earn your way into heaven” that’s just a fallacy, we believe we need those but ultimately it’s but Gods grace and love. (If you want to claim something against the church at least know what we believe)
Why does it seem like Catholics don’t give the same answers on these important questions? I think some are solid and some (such as in south America) seem to embrace much more idolatry viewpoints.
@@arachel93 True believing Catholics DO give the same answers. Century after century goes by and Catholic doctrine never changes. Contrast this with Protestantism, where every local church preaches something different than the one down the street.
Christ said to the Church, "whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven". Obey His Church's teachings, because He also said to them, " he who hears you, hears me, and he who despises you, despises me".
Go study your Bible again, please.
@Tlholm what ever you establish here is accepted and confirmed in Heave.
Just as Moses was a Law Giver, so is the Church.
The word "whatever" is an absolute. There is no qualification to the authority our Lord gave the church he established. That historical church that came down through the apostles is the Catholic Church.
Our Lord Jesus is in charge and he identifies so completely with his church to the point that he said that those that reject the church reject him.
Jesus has complete trust in the church so that when the apostles and their disciples wrote the gospels and epistles these are considered the word of God himself.
The New Testament is the word of God because it is the word of the church as Jesus did not write anything that survived.
The Catholic Church is the historical church that Jesus established and came down through the apostles. It does have a checkered history with failures, sins, and crimes going to the top of it's hierarchy. But Jesus promised that the gates of hell will not prevail. The church also has a history of great saints and heroes, imperfect and sinful but doing their best to advance the Kingdom of God to the world.
Protestants defied and rejected the church thereby also rejecting the Lord. They usurped the Bible the church compiled and created their own rival churches. They brought confusion and division, and dismembered to the body of believers. This compromises and endagers the work of the Kingdom.
Protestants set themselves as their own authority, claiming the Bible alone is their authority but violating its precepts against divisions.
The solution to poorly educated Catholics is better catechism and evangelization, not abandonment of the only church Jesus established and guardian its sacraments.
@@luisaymerich9675 Christ : he who is not with me scatters .... which is true ... a good example is the Lutherians ... which have 10s of thousands of denominations ( and counting).
@Lanette There is no proof that Jesus wrote a Bible, or commanded the apostles to write the Bible to be the only authority and source of doctrine.
There is proof that Jesus established a church, and gave it the power to rule, determine doctrine, guard the Lord's teaching, minister the sacraments, forgive sins, and spread the gospel.
That Church came down from the apostles and is the one, historical Catholic Church.
@Lanette
Scripture was good for the Bereans but it was not good enough. Otherwise it would read that when the disciples came to the Bereans, the Bereans would have said "We all know about Jesus, we read it in the Bible on our own."
But that is not what Scripture shows. What it shows is the disciples explaining to the Bereans how Jesus fulfills the prophecies in Scripture and the Bereans followed along and accepted teachings of the Church.
Read it again. The passage proves the Catholic position that it is by both the Church and Scripture together that we come to know Jesus.
You cannot show the historicity of the Bible outside the historicity of the church which goes all the way to the apostles. The historical record is out there.
Protestants are able to divorce themselves from the Church because the Bible which the Church put together and canonized has already existed for over a thousand years by the time of Lutger. But Protestants still cannot come together to form a unified belief because they are their own authority but say it is the Bible.
You want proof from Scripture, first show me where it states that Scripture is the only authority. Even if it were shown to you, you will not believe Scripture because it would not fit your own authority.
If you honestly wanted the truth you would consider all the information. Instead you set up barriers even on Scripture. Yes, Mathew 16:18 shows Jesus establishing his Church on Peter along with other verses.
Unlike Protestants who establish doctrine on a single truncated verse from Scripture taken out of context, the Catholic Church considers all of Scripture together along with the experience of the Jewish people and the apostolic church.
The Pharisees demanded proof from Jesus but still rejected him. At least the Bereans listened to the Church.
I invite you to start looking at all the historical proofs with an open mind and sincere desire for truth.
Christianity has too many enemies and our own divisions impede the work of the Gospel.
To answer the question, no we don't worship Mary. I wouldn't have converted if that's what the Church taught.
Amen
Lots of people here have never even been to a mass so they really just don’t know the half of it... I can’t blame them I was raised Protestant but most of the Catholic information I was taught were prejudice passed down through generations of either family members or believers in general that would talk down against it as if they’ve ever opened the catechism. We need pray for their heart be opened and softened. I was very against the catholic faith as being anti christ/ idolatrous... but to assumed those things in ignorance, before doing research... and little did I know that research actually led me to convert...
I second that. No we don't worship Mary, we honour Mary.
She was without doubt a very special Lady, chosen by God to bring Jesus Christ into this world and witness her Son being nailed to a cross.
We worship the Holy Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the holy spirit.
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We don't worship Blessed Mary, she is our Advocate to Jesus. When Jesus was dying on the cross, Jesus said, Woman this is your son, and Son this is your Mother. He was referring to us, that Mary would be our adopted Mother. She assists us in our prayer and some people have stated that she has provided miracles, such as Fatima.
#3) Ex 20:4 You shall not make for yourself an idol,
v5 You shall not [ BOW DOWN ] to them or worship them;
So our works do matter for our salvation?
I was born Catholic. I was raised Catholic and I am going to die Catholic. That is what I said for 40 yrs. Prayed the rosary once day every day. Novena every hour on the hour. The Holy Spirit showed me through His Word just how Satan was taking me away from Jesus Christ and making it seem religious. You can be Catholic and be born again. Be the that person in your church to speak the truth. I pray for the Church.
How can one be born again and Catholic???
Someone has to be a light in the darkness and let them to the Word of God.
@@leahjames6870 Because anyone baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is born again. Being born again by itself is not sufficient for salvation---we have to also repent, keep the faith, hope for salvation, and do good works.
@@GeorgePenton-np9rh Are you Catholic???
@@leahjames6870 You bet I am Catholic! I converted in 1971 at age 18. Literally it was the best thing that ever happened to me---I went from watered down Methodist mush to Catholic light and truth. I asked for yruth and found truth. I sought truth and I found truth. I knocked on truth's door and Jesus opened the door to truth.
"I will not leave you orphans."
--Jesus
1. you cannot know the thougyhts & intentions of others, so you cannot claim someone "Worships" a person or an object. 2. it is BIBLICAL to HONOUR the Mother of Our Lord Luke 1:48. Protestants always attack things that are in the bible, & they are selective about which scriptures they will accept / acknowledge
I think it’s unhealthy to rip out 7 books of the Bible and decide to start your own church…. Too Jesus through Mary.
Viva Cristo Rey, Salve María!
When you have bad relationship with your Father that's why you need a mediator to talk to him.
Why don't you just fix your relationship with your Father so you can ask Him anything so you don't need Mary?
Dear Catholic brothers and sister, our God is not an angry God. He is God of Mercy, God of Love, the and He's Living God. Please get right with God. Amen.
Why do you suppose Jesus gave John and thus all of humanity to his Mother at the foot of the cross? "Woman behold your Son" if he did not want us to turn to her in our times of need?
Look we are only trying to make you see the folly in the catholic doctrine, there are many testimonies of Catholics in hell because of their practice. It’s up to you if justifying yourself on earth is more important than saving your eternal soul. There is even an ex wizard in Senegal talking about the witchcraft behind the Ash that is put on the forehead. Another fellow who saw hell said the exact same thing. You can play with your eternal destination if you wish but Make no mistake you can deceive man but you can’t deceive God. His word is Just. I wish you all the best. m.ua-cam.com/video/6tCdsfJtN1g/v-deo.html
The prayers of a righteous man are highly respected, the prayers of the saints and Mary are heard. The Queen Mother Mary is a way to know God more. When you get to know the family of your significant other and here all of the ways in which they have shown love and comfort in times of trial you end up having a deeper connection with your significant other. Getting to know the saints and Mary and having great respect for them is not an end- all of their lives lead to the LORD. “My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!” Luke 1: 49 I think.
Here are scriptural texts to help understand
1 Kings 2:16-20
Hebrews 12:1-2
Revelations 12:1-10b
Luke 1:26-56
Yeah, fixed and talk to Father through His Son, Jesus Christ the only one media and one way to meet Father. No one can see Father without His Son..
Hail Holy Queen, mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our tears, morning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Oh clement, oh loving, oh sweet Virgin Mary, pray for us oh holy Mother of God, that we made be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
I remember my new Christian friend mentioning that “Mary was a nice person, but you shouldn’t pray to her.” She was repeating what she told her niece who was attending catholic school. She was being taught the prayer to Mary. I grew up catholic and when I heard her say that, it was like roots were being pulled out of my soul. It took me a while to receive what she was saying but I eventually understood and repented of my sin.
wHAT WHY DID YOU DO THAT ITS NOT A SIN AJDJAJJDJS bro if you feel bad abt loving mama Mary too much, just know that you cant love her as much as Jesus did. dude like, you ask her to pray for u, like how we ask our friends to pray for us :)) amd Jesus LOVED mama Mary aoskdksks so yeah ITS NOT A SIN SJSJAJAK its only a sin when you worship her above God so yeah.
@@beancate You don’t tell your dead friend to pray for you. You tell one that you can physically see, knowing that they will pray for you. But even then, at some point you’re going to have to stop asking people to pray for you, and come to God yourself
@@beancate Mary is human that live and die, went to Heaven and is with her Heavenly Father. You don’t pray or talk to the dead. She doesn’t hear anyway.
@@ellenharney238 you consider blessed the ground that christ walked on, but not the womb of which He was born. she didn't die, she was assumed body and soul to heaven.
We didn't know any better then.
Jesus taught us exactly how to pray, verbatim. He taught that God is our Father and that we are to pray directly to Him, and do this in Christ Jesus' name. Matthew 6: 7-15
When you kneel before an entity and pray to it, it’s worship. It was never even hinted at in the Bible.
Catholics don't pray directly to an "entity". We ask the saints to pray for us to bring those prayers to Jesus (1 Timothy 2:1)(James 5:16). Also, we can see that in Revelation 8:4 the smoke of incense refers to the "prayers of the saints" that are in heaven.
Steven Gumera I was catholic for 31 years and went to a catholic school as a boy. We ALL prayed to saints and to Mary. Never did we receive explicit instruction regarding the direction of our prayers. When a schoolboy goes forward to light a candle and pray beneath a statue of Mary, what do you think happens in his heart? He prays to a statue! The book of Hebrews says, “For by one sacrifice, he has perfected forever those who are being saved.” And again in Hebrews 9:28, “...Christ was offered ONCE for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of the people.” But your religion sacrifices Christ at every mass in every church all over the world, “bringing him to an open shame.” Hebrews 6). And you do this directly under the nose of a graven image, an image that God forbids you to make. Furthermore, by your membership with the RCC you are guilty of the horrible despair brought on many wives whose husbands have been granted annulments by the hierarchy making them feel like adulteresses and causing their children to feel illegitimate. “God hates putting away.” I’m speaking the truth in love here by saying that your religion is a total disgrace, And you sir, by supporting it will be held accountable for the Spanish Inquisition. You will be held accountable for the millions of bible believing Christ seekers who were slain in torture chambers and burned at the stake. You sir, will be held accountable for the false doctrine of purgatory which causes many to minimize the urgency of eternal life to their own peril. You also, will give an answer to God for the doctrine of Celibacy, which has drawn many homosexuals to a spiritual position of authority and leadership which they should never occupy. You should tremble in fear at the Bible. The devils do! Listen to the words of Christ when He says, “Come out of her my children, be ye not partakers of her sins.” When I repented of a sinful life and believed what the scripture says about the God-manJesus, I was truly born again and was made into a new creature. I’ve felt the unspeakable joy that “passes all understanding.” Steven, the only real thing I felt in a Catholic Church was the sting of a nun’s ruler on the back of my hand.
@@godslittleman5451 Well, you had a misconception of the Catholic Church for 31 years. We ask the saints and Mary to intercede for us on our behalf to our Lord and Savior (1 Timothy 2:1). If you are aware of *the litany of the saints prayer*, it always ends with "pray for us" and the ending of the Hail Mary is "pray for us sinners now and at the our of our death". And if you were truly catholic, you would know that nowhere in the catechism that states catholics are to worship saints.
We don't pray directly to statues, the images represent the person we are asking to intercede on our behalf. In fact the Bible does not forbid the use of images and statues. The context of exodus 20:4 is is to not have *images of other gods* but catholics don't believe that saints are gods or goddesses! We believe that saints in heaven are our fellow brothers and sisters who died for the faith and that we can go to them for help such as asking them to pray for us. When we look at bible verses such as (Numbers 21:8-9) God commanded Moses to make a statue of a serpent and however looks at it will live. One had to look at the bronze serpent to be healed which shows images could be used ritually. Also in (Exodus 25:18-20) two statues of gold angels were to be made. So is there anything wrong with having statues? No it doesn't. It is when people start to think of the image as a deity where it becomes a problem. But never once did I read or hear the Catholic Church teach that saints are gods.
Yes, we believe that Christ was offered once and for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of the world. However Mike, we can also agree that Jesus is fully divine, true God and true Man. As true God, in his nature, he is outside of time. Jesus is called "a priest for ever" (Hebrews 5:6) Not for 6 hours on the cross only. John refers to Jesus although in Heaven as a lamb being slain (Revelation 5:6) In this divine sense, the one crucifixion is "Eternally present" and supernaturally "brought to us" There is no new slaying or a "re-sacrifice" of Jesus during the mass. We catholics participate only in that one sacrifice that christ did for us on the cross.
Now about the Spanish Inquisition that you mentioned is a protestant myth and shows you're ignorance. You sir have no idea of the history behind it. To say that millions of people were killed and burned at stake during the catholic inquisition shows your lack of knowledge. According to the new world encyclopedia, "between 3000 to 5000 people died during the Inquisition's 350 years." 3000 people over 350 years = to about 8 people a year. and 5000 people over 350 years = to about 14 people a year. Also there are multiple historians that debunk your claim that millions were killed. Such as Henry Kamen, who wrote book about the inquisition, "The Spanish Inquisition" A historical revision" after analyzing the data from parts of Spain he says quote in pg 203, "during the 16th to the 17th century fewer than 3 people a year were executed by the inquisition." I also have to point out the fact that the inquisition itself didn't put anyone to death, it was the secular authorities who did it. We can also agree Mike that we can't deny the fact that people were killed during the inquisition, the church is made up of saints and sinners, good and bad people. Christ said there would be wolves among the church (acts 20:29) The church has people that made mistakes and we can argue that they were indeed horrible people. But however let us not ignore the fact that there are also catholics throughout history that did things that were good. I find it also ignorant that you put catholics in 1 box to think that we are all responsible and accountable for the death that took place during the inquisition.
Steven Gumera read the historical account of the Spanish Inquisition found in the encyclopedia Britanicca. You will find an unbiased account of what truly happened at that time, and how th pope issued those bulls. Read also the history of the Mexican people and how they were conquered and forced to convert to Catholicism. Read about Cinco De Mayo. Why do Catholics fail to be honest about their lurid history and refuse to repent of it. You ask why I make you accountable for it? Because Jesus did the same thing to the religious Pharisees who were of their father the devil. Luke 11:50 ,....”this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world” Have you visited Mexico Steven? And what did you see but lavish monumental churches built with the sweat and blood of the people it conquered, who consequently, barely have a roof over their head. Poverty is everywhere except in those colossal monuments. Read all that Chapter inLuke. How will you atone for all the property the RCC confiscated from hardworking men and women down through the ages. Not to mention, the fortune that was stored up as a result of the ghastly doctrine of indulgences. Pay the priest today for the sins you will commit tomorrow. You may be able to bury your head in the sand and listen to your catholic fathers make apologetics for these things but it doesn’t represent truth and you know it. Those arguments you lodged petitioning the veneration of statues are not genuine. Here is the 2nd Commandment found in Exodus 20, “ You shall not MAKE for yourself a graven image, nor a likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on earth below,...”. Mary, the saints, Jesus are all in heaven and you approve of worshipping in places where there are statues made of them. BTW that quote is from the Catholic Bible. Also, any person would realize the only acceptable exception to this rule is God himself charging them with the task. And what of your own Catholic scholars saying that it’s possible that no infants were baptized in the new-testament? And yet your Catechism and the cannons of the Counsel of Trent say that infant baptism is equal and the same as being “Born Again?” I can assure you sir, they are dead wrong. And I say “Dead Wrong” being facetious because they were spiritually dead when they concocted such a ruse. For no person who is born again into the kingdom of God would ever agree with this poo-poo. And lastly, I will quote the 1st Cannon of Trent for you as it pertains to the sacrifice of Christ in the mass. “If anyone sayeth, that in the mass a true and proper sacrifice is not offered to God; or, that to be offered is nothing else but that Christ is given us to eat: let him be anathema” (cursed) Also the entire doctrine of the Mass is a whopper of a literal misinterpretation of John chapter 6. “Lest you eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you have no life in you.” First of all, God always gives us an opportunity to obey. Jesus, being in his body, made that statement impossible to obey. The apostles, if they understood at all, took his statement symbolically. And here again at the last supper when he passed out the elements, he said, “Take, eat, for this is my body ,....etc. It was symbolic. We have no evidence whatsoever in the rest of the New Testament that Christians were literally eating his body and drinking his blood, nor is their any instruction given of how it is to be prepared, something we see vividly in the divine direction given by God to the Jews preparing their first Passover meal. God loves you Steven, you must repent of these things.
@@stevo1n1 Steven, asking the "saints" to intercede for you is wrong, because they are dead. They can't be asked for help. We ARE to ask our brothers and sisters (the Bible calls all believers saints) for prayer and are to pray with one another. But people that are dead, are not omnipresent, and there's no Biblical reason why you should expect to be heard by any of them. There just isn't. And the Bible says that JESUS is our intercessor (Hebrews 7:25 "Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them."
1 Timothy 2:1 is saying that we should pray for people that are alive, not that we should pray to people that are dead.
Exodus 20:4 says "You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below." So, you are wrong. It includes EVERYTHING ANYWHERE, not just "gods". God is allowed to ask Moses to make a bronze serpent, but it is not to be looked at as permission to perform rituals.... This was actually a picture of Christ being lifted up, as Jesus mentions in John 3:14.
Much of Catholic doctrine and traditions, is in fact, wrong, and will lead you away from God and God's word. I recommend you watch at least the first 4 videos in the playlist I'm linking below, and humble yourself before God.
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I give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ for the amazing grace He has given to Living Waters- enabling you to deliver the gospel to every corner of the world. This is surely the sign of His immanent coming! God Bless you all!!
READ LUKE 1,42 AND SEE THAT THERE IS A BIG DIFERENCE BETWEEN MARY AND ALL WOMEN BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURE SAY SO.
Luke 1:42
New International Version
42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women,(A) and blessed is the child you will bear!
AMONG ALL WALOMEN MEANS SHE IS MADE BY GOD FOR THAT PURPUSE...SHE SI NOT EQUAL TO OTHER WOMEN..BECAUSE THE CHILD INSIDE HER IS THE LORD GOD.
IF SHE IS EQUAL LIKE OTHER WOMEN THEN SHE HAS THE ORIGINAL SIN AND JESUS ALSO WILL BE A SINNER. AND FOR THAT REASON THEN JESUS IS NOT THE MESIAH.
Mary is the new covenant ! she is the vessel of the word of God (Jesus) ( which were proven by her parallelism with the old testament s altar of the Covenant . .. please for those who are not Catholics if you cannot respect! her dont say another word .... I even heard one time that Mary is the harlot in the Rev. .... my God! such bold foolish hoax claims .... so if Mary is the harlot .. then is Jesus the son of a harlot instead of the woman clothed in the son (who is pregnant with a boy who will rule all nations with an iron rod ( - messiah the prophesy of the jews , a king who rule with an iron rod/scepter) ? ...... Mary is our Spiritual Mother and Christ is our King .... (does it mean she is the wife of Jesus? ) no Jews queen as per tradition are not the wife of the king .. but rather his mother . .... eve is our maternal mother ... she cannot be the woman clothed with the son .. who will give birth to the kings of kings , lords of lords ... becuz she has sinned ...... or is it Luthers wife?
She is still not be worshipped. You can not bow down to her or anything it’s idolatry
I’m a catholic and don’t worship Mary. Very simple.
In the catechism of the catholic church you can read the teachings all of it is biblical.
Always fantastic fellas - “And the TRUTH will make you free” - The Lord bless you all - thanks so much 😊 👍-Jonathan South Wales 🏴 UK 🇬🇧
Thanks guys 👍.
Great news to the catholics who have ears to hear and are humble like children to be born anew as Jesus said.
I was brainwashed in catholicism for almost 30 years and I praise God for revealing the Son Jesus Christ to me when I pursued the truth.
The pope ,leader of the catholic faith, now supporting the Gay Movement should open their eyes to search for the truth now than never before.
Let's remember, JIL said, the worst illiterate is one that cannot think for him/herself.
Search the scriptures for yourself to have a personal relationship with your creator.
Scripture says it is not for personal interpretation.
@@bridgefin he never said it was for personal interpretation
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He very clearly said that here: "Search the scriptures for yourself to have a personal relationship with your creator."
@@bridgefin yeah, having a personal relationship with God is what you’re supposed to do. Where did you get the idea that meant personally interpreting scripture?
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You should have a personal relationship with Jesus.
You: Where did you get the idea that meant personally interpreting scripture?
Me: I didn't. Many have done that while being illiterate. Scripture not needed for that relationship but access to the Gospels in some form is required.
The assention of Mary to heaven its recorded in the Bible if you haven't read it look : Revelation 12,14 and a good reference 12,1 so. You understand who is that woman.
I was raised catholic and had that gang mentality of belonging that comes with it. When i got saved the Lord took all the traditions away and I never looked back. I don't miss them at all. Never even thought about them again right after. ♡
traditions like what?
@@cvyk1295 praying to others and not God, the rosary, Lent and ashes, going to confession, catechism, confirmation.
@@BB.halo_heir You can pray to God if you want as a Catholic. Admit it leaving confession you felt much better than not going.
@@rascal211 yes of course you can, I don't think I said otherwise. No, confession never sat right with me. Felt better that I filled my obligation and my mother would be satisfied. After having a personal relationship with Christ it was more apparent to me why confession never sat right with me. Be blessed ♡
I grew up as a Roman Catholic, I love my 5 siblings, brother and 4 sisters. Grandpas Grandmas all aunts and uncles. We must be loving toward them as instructed by Christ. The Truth has set me free of RC...ism, love and truthful
kind words will do much more than anger and hostility towards them.
They watch me closely and I must admit I haven't done a good job thus far.
Forgive me Lord and change me as only you can do. AMEN. Draw them unto yourself AMEN.
Why do you call yourself "God Father"? You do know that's blasphemy, right?
It's easy to be kind to people you love...you are also supposed to love your enemies. That's the challenge.
@@evabartlett4599 I agree with your last statement. Your first question, GF is only a handle for the tube, it means nothing unless you want it to....and I don't. You accuse me of blasphemy, that is a false accusation, I pray for you Eva, that you repent of your false accusation. As far as I am concerned I forgive you. As a catholic I was a godfather for one of my sister's sons, and that only meant if his parents died, I am to look after him, not that I'm the Holy Spirit.
@@beaudidly5347 Lean not on your own understanding.
@@evabartlett4599The devil quotes scripture as well, as he is the accuser of the brethern.
@@beaudidly5347 Repent for your blasphemy, and quit changing the subject.
'When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints' Rev. 5:8. The Saints pray for us. The word 'pray' literally meant 'to ask.' We ask the Saints to pray for us just as we ask others to pray for us. That is all. There is a difference between honoring and worshipping. James 5:16 “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”
@@user-wi5fc4cj7n you might need to explain why Our Lord (who we are called to imitate perfectly) spoke with Moses and Elijah?
I was raised catholic, but when I went to high school I joined a Christian club and it was there that I was born again and I saw the big difference between what I was raised and what I learned in His Word so my big problem with them is:
1 They worship Mary when she was only a vessel to bring in the Lord & even though some may argue they don’t then why do they worship her galore times when going through rosary??!
2 Why does someone need to go to a man behind a cloth to confess their sins when the Word says there’s only one Mediator between God and man and that Man is Jesus💯
3 I don’t get why their crosses all have a symbol of Jesus crucified yet He’s risen?!
1. We don't worship Mary. We venerate her. When a painting is well-received by reviewers and the public, the artist is honored by the praise his work receives. The artist identifies so closely with his work that praise of the painting is received as praise of his skill and creativity. In the same way, when Catholics honor the saints, they honor God who perfected them in their faith.
Saints are venerated or honored (not worshiped) because their lives reflect God's grace and work within them. By honoring the saints, Catholics acknowledge God's role in their sanctification, ultimately giving glory to Him.
2. “And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.” (Mt 9:8)
Notice that the text does not say “to a man (singular)”; it says, “to men (plural)”. Some translations say “to man” - which is the equivalent of saying “to mankind” or “to the human race”.
Matthew wrote his gospel 30 years after the healing of the paralytic man let down through the roof. As a result, he knew full well that priests in the early church were hearing confessions and forgiving sins, because he was one of the men who had been doing it - just as Jesus had commanded (cf. John 20:22-23).
3. While both crosses and crucifixes are used in Christian worship, the crucifix holds particular significance for Catholics due to its emphasis on Christ's sacrifice and its role as a devotional aid in prayer and meditation. Paul said, "we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles." (1 Corinthians 1:23) A bare cross does not portray what Jesus did nearly as well.
I find this very, very sad and I am always skeptical of improvised street preachers.
Faith, Religion, and real Christianity come from the Catholic Church.
- We should remember that the Catholic Church gave us the Bible as the first official list of books contained is what is now the Bible was done at the Council of Hippo in 393. Also, all sacred scriptures have been preserved thanks to the Catholic Church. Where were the protestants and those street preachers?
- The Christian Catholic Faith is Apostolic, meaning that comes from the Bible and from the Apostles who lived TOGETHER with our Lord Jesus Christ, they heard His Word, and Saw what He did. It does not come from street preachers who claim they understood everything 2000 years later.
- The Catholic Church was founded when Jesus said to St. Peter: "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven", as found in Gospel of Matthew, chapter 16 verses 13-20”. St. Peter went to Rome and build the Christian Catholic Church.
- Catholics believe that worship is due to God alone. Catholics do, however, venerate Mary. In other words, we do honor our Blessed Mother with great reverence and devotion because she is the Mother of God. Mary is the model of perfect love and obedience to Christ. God preserved Mary from sin, and she conceived our Lord by the power of the Holy Spirit, bringing Christ into our world. Catholics do honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is full of grace, the Mother of God and our Mother, for her “yes” to God that made the Incarnation possible. And without the Incarnation, we would not have salvation. Mary is the most beautiful model of total submission to the will of God.
- Finally, the Catholic Church has one teaching - one unified teaching - as opposed to the now 43,000 evangelical (Protestant) groups currently established, with new non-denominational added each day. Their views on everything contradict one other. Sometimes it seems to watch a spectacularized tv show.
Now you can believe all street preachers with their different truths because they all claim to have it and they completely ignore what happened in the past 2000 years. The Catholic Church began with the teachings of Jesus Christ, around 1st Century AD in the province of Judea of the Roman Empire. The Christian Catholic Church is the continuation of the early Christian community established by Jesus - no modern/improvised street preacher can make that claim.
Let’s pray with faith, love, and hope for the unity of all Christians.
Brainwashed!
So, why were you watching this video?
@@drendaparfitt7417 Hi Drenda, I don't have to explain more than what I've already did. If you find anything incorrect in my first comment (the long one) let me know. God bless you
We don’t worship saints or other Jesus disciples we “venerate” them we respect the image. as catholic we only worship God🙏🏽❤️
What a truly awesome and truthful video!...........Catholicism does not save, Jesus does.
I was raised as a catholic, and as a teenager I turned away from my faith. There were many things I never understood about catholicism. Recently I have been reading the Bible every day as I have returned to my faith and I am seeking to develop my relationship with Jesus. One thing I have found that can discredit catholicism is the fact that all the priests insist on being called "Father". Odd, considering Jesus said "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
-- Matthew 23:9
1) Protestants take this passage out of context - read the full text! 2) Using this logic we would be nullifying the fifth commandment - (honour your father and mother). 3) In the New Testament St Paul refers to himself as a 'spiritual father' (see 1 Corinthians).