Everything the church teaches is based on Jesus. Let’s not forget how you got your bible. It’s bc of tradition of the church you have your Bible. Let’s pray for one another on our journey. Love you brother in Jesus name 🙏
@@Simpatico84 Everything the church teaches is definitely not "based on Jesus". That is almost the opposite of the truth, my friend. But first and foremost, the real church are all who believe on Christ for their salvation. The catholic "church" is but another cult amongst all these false tradition- and law-worshipping "churches". If everything the "church" teaches would be based on Jesus, how come it has taught different, opposing things and ideas throughout the centuries? Jesus never changed the truth of God's character. There are so many false teachings within the RCC it is ridiculous to state otherwise!
wrong. Satan wants you for focus on Jesus and not Mary because Mary is the woman that crushes the head of serpant and defeats the beast in revelation. learn the bible rev12
...as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith God, that thou make all things according to *the pattern* shewed to thee in the mount. {Hebrews 8:5} The *sanctuary* [tabernacle] was a pattern of types and shadows of the heavenly temple, and Jesus Christ is the substance of those types and shadows. He is the door to the sanctuary; Jesus is the door to the Kingdom of heaven. He is the inner court surrounded by white linen; which is symbolic of being covered Christ prefect righteousness. He is our passover sacrificed for us on burnt alter for sacrifice. He is the laver for washing; symbolic of the rebirth, being born again of the Spirit. He is the table of Showbread; the two stacks of loves of bread are symbolic of the word of God (the bread of life) in two testaments / witnesses, also the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve Apostles. He is the Lampstand; the oil being symbolic of his Spirit; the Lampstand symbolic of his light unto the world. He is our Altar of incense; making intercession for his saints. He is our Mercy seat covering the Ark of the covenant; Jesus is both our advocate standing for his saints with the Father and He is our judge in judment. Jesus Christ caused the sacrifices and their oblations to cease, (Dan 9:27) by his one perfect sacrifice. In contrast to the time of the Gentiles, wherefore the sanctuary of God is trodden under foot for forty and two months. How so? This church who calls herself the mother church, claims to be *the door* to salvation. And the white linen surrounding the inner court is the righteousness of Mary and the saints of the Roman church. She claims that Christ sacrifice and Atonement for sin was not sufficient, for she instituted seven (works) sacraments. She through infant baptism makes a mockery of the rebirth of the new man. Her Catechism thinks to replace the inspired word of God. Her prayers to dead saints and to Mary, thinks to replace Christ work of intercession at the altar of incense. Hers is a false spirit which thinks to cover the light of truth. This beast and her king think to change times and laws of God. And goeth into perdition.
If you’re married to someone, you do right by them…. Not because you’re married to them…. But because you LOVE ❤️ them. We are the bride of Christ… we keep the things he commands us out of the Love of God that Jesus has shed abroad in our heart. I’m other words, Jesus was saying it’s a RESULT of Love that one is keeping the commandments. Not the other way around. Jesus was stating a fact of “The WAY”
@@TruthinLove33 Yes and we keep to his church .... 14 Scripture verses that show Catholic Eucharist is the truth ................. Mark 14:22-24 While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.” And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Luke 13:26 Verse Concepts Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’; Luke 22:19-20 And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood. John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:51 Verse Concepts I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” John 6:53-57 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. John 13:1-4 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:46-47 Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. Acts 20:7 Verse Concepts On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread. 1 Corinthians 10:21-22 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we? 1 Corinthians 11:20-34 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
@@1234poppycatI’m sorry, but those verses don’t PROVE the Eucharist. They symbolize communion. Jesus wasn’t dead at the first supper so clearly, the bread and cup were metaphors of his flesh and blood. God strictly forbids cannibalism. You can’t marry scriptures to fit into what you want them to be. This is what the Catholic Church did to these scriptures. Jesus used metaphors for Himself constantly. There is absolutely no reason to believe He would break His own commandments for the contrary. You have to cross reference to read scripture correctly, and remember what God forbids before you decide that it’s ok. This is very dangerous theology.
@@kellyanne7225 so the truth is that your interpretation of the words of Jesus are a much are much watered down and not the full truth. Why do you think that many of his followers left him after saying this is intolerable language??? In John. 6. Why was this practised for 2000 years continuously??
@@1234poppycat Watered down? How about not there? You can’t insert traditions and rituals into the scriptures. There is NO Eucharist in the Bible. No scripture supports this. Communion, yes. But the Eucharist is completely pagan! Cannibalism? Hocus Pocus? Christ being sacrificed again and again? Where is scripture do find that this is acceptable? Seriously? I’ve read these verses. I’m very familiar with them. Not a single word eluded to any of this. Instead, scripture forbids this. Oh, but never mind that. Scripture only works for Catholics when they believe in the man made, pagan insertions have to go with it. Funny, God claimed His word, and Christ’s death on the cross was sufficient. I’m curious, when did His followers “leave Him”? And just because something is practiced for 2000 years absolutely does not mean it’s correct. Pagan practices have been around and practiced far longer than that. That’s a strawman argument.
@@sherbert1110Good point. The institute of The Eucharist was obviously in similitude with The Mass. Protestants like to think that early Christians believed in “Sola Scriptura”, but there is no evidence to support that claim. The first “Christian” to think so, was likely born 1,500 years after Our Lord’s lifetime.
@@bridgefin Explain what you me that you say mike is wrong The same thing happened to me i was a devoted practicing Catholic till I began to read the Bible inspired by the Holy Spirit Do you want to debate with me i will not by own opinion prove by Scripture that Catholic church is not Christian in any shape or form this church does back further than Christianity began to Babylon I will win the debate very easy because i believe that the truth will set you free
@@bridgefin Jeremiah 44 17 19 25 please read it carefully and see if you can understand it i do Before you make a comment be sure to have a little knowledge of the Bible In the history of the Catholic church never was mentioned the old testament nor the book of revelation i can testify to this to say anything different is a complete lie Was it ever known some to read or watch a film from halfway and not the finish and still understand it no The Catholic church only not real Bible Believing know the hole Bible old testament and book of revelation the hole story of God of this world from the beginning to the end times Satan kept us from the truth not anymore Ask me anything not the pagan Roman doctrine from Rome Every single Catholic more than any other religion totally goes against what the Bible says I was born a Catholic and by the Grace of God i will not die one When you mix pagan doctrine with Christian doctrine is doesn't work its not of God The thorns you mentioned and Mystery Babylon points only to one place that's rome
@@kevinanderson5122 Help me here gang, how can you be a devoted Catholic and not read the Bible? Don't get me wrong, going to mass every Sunday is a good thing, but it doesn't make you devout.
I was brought up Roman Catholic. In my 20s, I asked my priest about reading the Bible. He told me if I read the Bible on my own, I'd go crazy. I needed an interpreter. That's why we have the massal book. It's written in a way we can understand. This is how we were deceived. I've been out of the church 30 years now. Praise God He opened my eyes. I pray he opens my the eyes of my family and all those that are deceived by this doctrine.
I teach Sunday School. I have never seen or heard of something like this. With help from my church all of my kids got a Bible. I encourage them to read. Please tell your family were this happened, that’s wrong. The only person that got deceived is you. 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel- 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! 10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ Your worship and interpret scripture with 18 th century eyes. You will never understand it. Since you have to read sola fide into everything. Sola scriptura new doctrines from 16 century. No one had heard of that. That’s a great deceiving tool As a Protestant would say test the spirit of sola scriptura. You get different interpretations, divisions among the body of Christ. You get some that believe in th trinity. You guys are all over the place. With more none denomination coming from one another. But once a Catholic always a catholic. Come on back home.
YOU =If someone believes in purgatory, then what Jesus did on the cross wasn't enough. Then you have to have works to be saved. ME = Check my comment above headed by = @loboman8029 3 months ago CHALLENGE = Can = any = Protestant, including Mike Gendron, give the answer to this most = basic = and fundamental Question = Why did Jesus incarnate as a Man and die on the Cross ?? (( Note = a review of the following points is necessary before answer ))
@@alhilford2345 Pergatory was invented by Sixtus III i believe. He could then tell the faithful that they can purchase their loved ones out of it. Sixtus had no idea of the windfall of unbelievable cash it would raise for the greedy devilish CC.
Another former Catholic here. Left a few years ago became a fully immersed born again Christian. I had to remind my family I still worship Jesus by the way they were acting. Two weeks ago I was bullied by a Catholic to admit I was Catholic and I did to avoid more bullying. Since then I’ve been wondering if I made a mistake. I took becoming born again very seriously and this video was literally confirmed I’m right where God wants me. Thank you so very much.
Some Catholics are saved. You can call yourself a Jesus believer. I was Baptist and baptized but just call myself a Jesus follower now. The denomination does not save us. Only Jesus can save us
Stick to Jesus, not a denomination. A denomination cannot save you. Roman Catholicism is so wrong about so many things. No denomination has everything right but some are more right than others. Jesus plus NOTHING saves you.
Gendron is wrong in his interpretation. You can use the mass as a celebration and a remembrance of what Jesus did for us on the cross. There is no sin to do that. Mike is made up his own gospel and that is incorrect. How people praise the Lord and pray to the Lord is not going to erase their salvation. Mike indicates it does erase salvation. That is so far from the truth. The gospel is flexible as well as in errant but you can do many different praises and worships to the Lord thy God and Jesus Christ and none of them will ever send you to hell. That is a laughing matter. Mike was a Catholic for 38 years and somehow he missed the queue so I think he's a good man but he is not an accurate pastor our preacher or evangelist he is not expository in his way of presenting the gospel. I don't think it is sinful of him it is just a different interpretation and I think it's wrong but he likes it so I won't say anything bad about him He's not sinning I know that. But the Catholic church is not sin not sin. That's why there are 5 billion Catholics it is a respected religion. In Christ our Lord amen
@@ggturner13 Mike is a sinner ( he'ld be the first to admit it!).. I too am a sinner, but redeemed by God's Grace...we are all sinners, that's biblical. I agree that there are different ways to praise our Lord, but I disagree with you on how to pray to God...the Bible tells us that the only way is through Jesus Christ...NOT Mary and NOT praying to the Saints! I find Mike straight down the line with his teaching and the fact that there are 5 billion Catholics does not indicate the true way.....in fact the true way is a narrow road and not determined by how many adherents there are. For the short time I have read Mike, he has impressed me with his knowledge of the scriptures and of his love especially for Catholics.....and from what I see, it is a case of loving the sinner but hating the sin! Catholics per se are sinners like the rest of us, but Roman Catholicism is a way to emprison a soul and not set them free. I have no personal axe to grind with Catholics....we are all loved by God, but there are those that will enslave you if you don't watch out! You may find listening to Messianic Jews a help...I can recommend "One for Israel"...their knowledge of the Hebrew scriptures , finding Jesus in the Hebrew Bible ( what we call the OT ) can be a real eye opener.
@4:38 how do you "TEACH" if you don't READ THE WORD that you are teaching about? How do you EDUCATE anyone about something you don't have knowledge about? How did you even get the JOB to teach in the 1st place? Well, thank TMH for the convictions, desire to read The Word for one's self.
Anyone can have a personal relationship with Jesus. Everyone who claims to be Christian, no matter what denomination, should be having a close relation with our Lord.
@@janetwillson3502 My question is what is the chapter and verse about a personal relationship, is it in the Bible or is it a catch phrase. Thank, for your response, Good bless!
@David19746 Thank you, David, for your response, God Bless you! The reason I ask that question is because I often hear people state that they are Bible Believers, yet they add to the Bible. In. my opinion this does harm to the faith and witness to unbelievers. I have met atheists who knew the Bible better than those who were attempting to evangelize them. Thanks for citing the Holy Scriptures. You mentioned Matthew 7:21 would you not say that Matt 7:21 is more of a warning than responsibility? By the way that is a great passage that reveals the importance of doing the will of the Lord! James 1:22 is another great Scripture that instructs us to be doers as well as hearers of the word. I am a bit perplexed about how it ties into my original question about the Catchphrase "Personal Relationship"! Thank you once again, my friend!
Like many here, I was a Catholic for 55 years. I always read the Bible but only in the light of the Catholic Church until I left. Once I left and I saw the words in the Bible in a different way, the truthful way. I've tried to convince many in my Catholic family but they just don't want to believe. They refuse to hear the truth. I pray for them and other Catholics that they eventually see the true Jesus Christ. I have truly been reborn in the Spirit. I never experienced this as a Catholic. Praise the Lord. God Bless.
PRAISE THE LORD, @mjb839. I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm so glad for you like many others that God rescued you out of false religion. I was in a sister false religion to Roman Catholicism. Now I've been saved and have been a born again believer since March 4, 2013.
is joining a denominatoin (any church) essential for salvation? or can i be a lone follower of Jesus . reading, praying and spreading the word without any prejudice; only my personal faith and understanding. can someone enlighten me. i am from india
@@RaphaeldeLaSoujeole Learn the book of Romans, if the church doesn't pass a comparison to that book, keep looking ! but *NO* a local church or denomination is not the measure, the Bible is !
@@studygodsword5937 you will find when you get round to studying the Bible that Jesus never said bible alone. But many times said his church. Not churches or make up your own religion or D I Y
Catholics believe you must have faith and follow the Lord until the end of your life. The state of the soul at death is what will be judged. Catholics do not believe they are saved by "works alone". The reference to "faith alone" is from Romans 3:28 - "you are justified by faith apart from works OF THE LAW. Protestants always leave out the "works of the law" out which is a reference to Jewish works of circumcision and dietary rules that were necessary for salvation. By the way, the words "faith ALONE" are only in the book of James which refutes salvation by "faith alone". We. are not saved by faith alone.
Mike Gendron teaches HIS VERSION OF WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. Welcome to the club, MIke. Are you the 201th protestant sect created in 2024 ? (source; The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Christianity.)
Which truth? John 17:17-26 KJV Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. So yes, the church must defend the truth, which is the Word of God, not of men!
I married a Catholic 44 yrs. ago. I was raised evangelical. My husband eventually left the Catholic Church and we raised our boys with the true gospel.
This is awesome! I was raised catholic and began having issues as a second grader, I was made to attend counseling from a priest at the age of 8. This is because I refused to go to confession, the priest later tried to convince me that confession was necessary because he the priest was likened to a telephone....my question was then why do I pray at night? That did not go over well. I later questioned the need for a missilet *spelling* over a Bible. I questioned all the creepy statues, and why I should pray to Mary, and what is the reason to have the nun, it also bothered me that the catholics believed my little sister who died at birth actually went to purgatory and not to Heaven because she was not baptized before her death and that my mother bore the guilt of this. I'm sure St. Anne's rejoiced when I left the catholic faith. Thank you for bringing to light what some of us have known for a long time.
the video is just the failed claims doing another round. Full of self congratulation. Gendron goes for the weak Catholics who do not know their faith .... Catholics already glorify the Lord in the 7 sacraments directly to God .. Gendron and his hate preachers deceive by lies about what Catholics believe and do THE CATHOLIC MASS has 2 main parts 1) The WORD which is three scripture readings and a Homily explanation of the Word and 2) The Eucharist which is what Christ told us to do 3 times in John 6 and in 13 other scripture !!.. At 4 minutes 20 he claimed he had never opened the bible when a Catholic -- well 97% of the Catholic Mass which he should have attended weekly at least is directly from the bible - reading and prayers ... In the three year cycle Catholics get through the bible Genesis to Revelation !! Mr Gendron is just trying to build up his own empire in opposition to Christ - he has had his reward in $$$
@@1234poppycat I feel sorry for you. You don't know what it's like to live under grace, because you don't understand grace. We owe a debt to our Creator for our sinful nature. Why did Jesus willingly give His life on the cross? Because according to Romans 3:10-12, "As it is written, there is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one." What did Jesus mean when He said, "It is finished?" Why was the veil at the Holy of holies torn in two in the Temple? Finally, why is it in catholicism that the priests think they're supposed to sacrifice and crucify Jesus over and over and over again? Don't they believe that Jesus rose from the grave and lives forever? Do you?
All Catholics are free to pray direct to God. Of course you are. You are encouraged to go to confession once a year only but even that is not absolute except if you have committed a mortal sin (which the Bible tells us can lead to death in 1 John 5:17) which would be something like adultery, murder etc.
An unbaptized baby would not go to Purgatory since they have no personal sin. As far as we can say from divine revelation and reason, unbaptized babies go to Limbo, where they do not receive the vision of God as do the redeemed, but they are not punished either since they have no personal sin. Otherwise, we just don't know of God's plan for them. Who said that your mother was guilty for your sister dying? That doesn't make any sense. The Church doesn't say that. There is no requirement that you have to like statues. Statues are religious art, and that art is supposed to lift your heart and mind to God. Sometimes the artists fail, and sometimes there are people who do not like art, but none of that is an excuse to separate yourself from the truth.
@@MillionthUsername Where in the Bible does it say anything about purgatory or limbo? Since these are not addressed in the Bible, they do not exist. They are a lie from the pit!!!
Who is The Triune God ? I thought that GOD was the Father of Jesus Christ ? I Thought that the Holy Spirit was the Spirit of God Acts 2:17 / Joel 2:28 ? The Apostles Doctrines Epistles Salutations , Clearly Explain Who God was and who Jesus Christ was ... 1 Corinthians 8:6 ... ...
Luke 10 25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
There are many paths through this world of sin, But there’s only one l shall travel in; ‘Tis the old Cross Road, or the way called “Straight”- There’s just one way to the pearly gate. There is just one way to the pearly gate, To the crown of life and the friends who wait; ‘Tis the old Cross Road, or the way called “Straight”- There is just one way to the pearly gate. There are some who sneer at the old Cross Road, At the pearly gate and the soul’s abode; Yet l mind them not, but, with happy song And assurance sweet still l press along. Others risk their souls on some new-made way, Thinking they will come to the gate someday; Oh, may they find out, ere their lives are done, That the old Cross Road is the only one. “There’s Only One Provider”
I'm glad I found the right church that preaches what the holy Bible believes the book of Acts church not a building but a meeting place to fellowship.with other believers we baptized in the NAME of Jesus Christ and we believe in receiving the holy Spirit of God I want to go to heaven I do not want to go to hell knowing God is real we all need to have that experience of knowing the true jesus all others fallow the wrong jesus Jesus said let no man deceive you for many shall come in my name I'm Glad I'm in the true church it's in his Name the church of the Name Peter receive the keys to the kingdom of God he opened the church to the jews and gentiles repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of jesus christ for the remission of sin and you shall receive the gift of the holy ghost Acts 2 38 is the only way to be saved all others is a curse Galatians 1:8-9.
@@davidortega357 , And thou art Peter “Petros,” “little bity stone” “feminine gender word” and upon this Rock “PETRA” “Bedrock of the resurrected Christ” “masculine gender word” l will build My church. The Foundation Is Christ, Not Peter! “church of Christ” (MATTHEW 16:18; ROMANS 16:16)
@@davidortega357 Examined: Jesus intended his church to built upon scripture, not Peter or oral traditions. With the context of scripture reading: "Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other." [1 Corinthians 4:6] 1.) The larger context of 1 Corinthians 4:6 is in a section of 1 Corinthians we call, "preacheritus" (Chapters 1-4.) The church was beginning to follow men rather than scripture. Of course Roman Catholics today say, "I am of Peter" ... the pope." - This directly violates what Paul said here. 2.) These four chapters are a contextual unit - Connecting Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 1 Corinthians 3:5-17, and 1 Corinthians 4:6. 3.) "upon this rock I will build My church" Matthew 16:18 + "as gardeners and builders... each man must be careful how he builds on it." [1 Corinthians 3:10] "I used the gardener and builder figures to that you learn not to exceed what is written" [1 Corinthians 4:6] 4.) Paul did not say, "The things are to teach you not to exceed my oral teachings." Instead the emphasis is on showing the supremacy of scripture over oral tradition. What makes this even more powerful, is the fact that in 54 AD, only a few of the New Testament books were written, yet the church was still warned to abide within the scripture she had. 5.) In the time of transition (50 - 96 AD) between 100% oral (30- 50 AD) and 100% written (96 AD - present), we find the highest standard is written. This is most troubling to traditionalists in their myth making claims the church did not have the Bible until the 4th century.
-Context: of connected passages: Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 1 Corinthians 3:5-17, and 1 Corinthians 4:6. 1.) "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it." [Matthew 16:18] 2.) "Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you. Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Peter," and "I of Christ." Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?" [1 Corinthians 1:10-13] 3.) "What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are." [1 Corinthians 3:5-17] 4.) "Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other." [1 Corinthians 4:6] -The "Gardener" and "Builder" figures applied to Paul and Apollos: -I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollo (4:6) -Figure #1: Gardener: "I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth." (3:6) -Figure #2: Builder: "like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it" (3:10) 1.) There are two figures: The figure mentioned in 4:6 directly refers to the "planting, watering" of 3:6 and the "master builder" figure of 3:10. 2.) Notice the figure is designed to impress the reader not to exceed what is written. 3.) In 3:6 it is speaking about making the church grow. Remember Jesus said, "Upon this rock I will build my church" Matthew 16:18. 4.) In other words, in being God's workman, in finding new members, making the local church prosper, church government, doctrine and the like, we must not exceed what is written! -The five passages: "upon this rock I will build My church" (Matthew 16:18) -> "do not say 'I am of Peter'" (1 Corinthians 1:10) -> "as gardeners and builders... each man must be careful how he builds on it." (1 Corinthians 3:10) ->"I used the gardener and builder figures to that you learn not to exceed what is written" (1 Corinthians 4:6) -> Jesus intended his church to built upon scripture, not Peter or oral traditions/traditions of man. In conclusion: 1 Corinthians 4:6 so clearly refutes the Roman Catholic and Orthodox church's doctrine of oral tradition, they do not know what to do with it! Jesus said, "upon this rock I will build My church" and Paul warned: "in building the church, do not exceed scripture!"
@@jeremywj It’s a common misconception that Catholics don’t read The Bible during Mass. The truth is that The Missal, is almost entirely made up of Scriptures from The Bible, and that is the main text that is followed by Catholics during Mass.
@@jeremywj In my Catholic Church we have service sheets with the readings and Gospel for the day clearly written Also the Catholic daily and Weekly Missals have all the bible readings
You know that name of the Catholic means Universal and it was fist used by Christians in the first century. “The first use of the term "Catholic Church" (literally meaning "universal church") was by the church father Saint Ignatius of Antioch (c. 50-140) in his Letter to the Smyrnaeans (circa 110 AD). He died in Rome, with his relics located in the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano.
@@janetwillson3502 There is ONE Catholic Church The ONE Catholic Church recognise the leadership appointed by Jesus of the Popes from Peter to Francis /// The Eastern Orthodox are separate. then we have the Protesters the Protestants who broke away mainly from the Catholic Church 500 years ago
At 23:43 he falsely claimed that the Church anathematized the 'gospel.' No, read the decrees and the canons. They anathematized the new heresies, recognizing them to be false. So it is you and those who follow you who are under the anathema of God because you won't believe the gospel that Jesus gave to His Church. You insist on creating your own new religions which spring from your own private interpretations of Scripture without any sort of reference whatsoever to the Sacred Tradition of the apostolic Church. And in taking this course, where you cast aside thousands of years of teaching from the one entity that evangelized the world for 1.5 millennia, you put yourselves outside by your own free choice. He said that Purgatory was 'apostasy' or something like that. How does that follow? Being purged of attachment to sin and patiently suffering through God's cleansing action so that you can be free to enter Heaven without spot or wrinkle, what's wrong with that? Of what does the 'apostasy' consist? To much attention to detail regarding sin, holiness, judgment, punishment, Heaven? Does it make you mad that God punishes sin in believers? That doesn't fit into your easy-believism do-nothing 'gospel'? And what's hilarious is that your whole point is to tell everyone, and Catholics, that they can take it easy with sin since God doesn't care. God just wants to sprinkle you with glitter and dress you up like a doll and give you smooches. Sin is just "taken care of" and "covered" by the "finished work," and all you have to do for an eternity of bliss is accept this simple fact. If this were actually true, you wouldn't be trying to target Catholics since we already believe, but I notice how your easy-believism for us, according to you, turns very dark and sends us to Hell. How do you explain that? I'm suddenly an apostate and not a Christian, not because I don't believe or trust in Jesus, but because I don't buy what you're selling? Your several hundred year-old fraud that doesn't appear anywhere in the history of the Church? So God, when it comes to me and all Catholics throughout history is not so easy to please, is He? He is hell bent on throwing all supposed Christians in history into Hell because they didn't believe in the easy-peasy-don't-worry-about-sin that you peddle. Makes zero sense! If you actually believed, which I'm sure you don't deep dpwn, that God doesn't really care about sin at all, then you wouldn't have such a strong desire to destroy the faith of Catholics. You would just view them as having a different view of things. At 26:48 he falsely claims that a priest will refuse to say a mass for a deceased Catholic "unless indulgences are purchased." Indulgences are NOT purchased, and having a mass offerred up for a soul is not an indulgence. He claimed he was 'Catholic' for half his life, and the second half is spent "ministering (lying to) Catholics, and he pretends to have knowledge he doesn't have. The stupidity of his comments is shocking. Yes, the Church mediates the grace of God to people, that's the whole point of Jesus forming the Church and then sending them out to found churches and appoint other men to take over, etc. Of course you just ignore all that because you think New Testaments fell from the sky or something, that people could simply read Ephesians 2 and not darken the doorway of a church from there on out. This is also stupid. We see the Apostles meeting in council to make decisions for the whole Church. We see a new Apostle appointed to take over the office of Judas. We see Paul going up to run his gospel by the Church to see if it was okay. It never changed from this. Yes, you had to get baptized by the Church. You can't baptize yourself. You can't instruct yourself. The Faith was passed on by word of mouth, by being incorporated into the body. The Church was always hierarchical and sacramental. Then he revisits the offering of mass for the dead and says it properly. You give the Church an offering. He doesn't take offerings? Bogus nonsense. "The worker is worth his wage." Jesus took offerings. It says that there was a common purse and that Judas used to help himself to it. Is this nut going to accuse Jesus of "selling" the gospel? Such hypocrisy coming from this guy. I missed the "bondage" part. You're in "bondage" if you want a priest (or anyone else!) to do a specific thing for you which is not just a personal favor but involves their vocation in life and takes up their time and costs money, but you won't offer them a stipend or give an offering? Based on what, dingbat? Stinginess is a virtue now? For a wedding, you are taking up time and space in the church, running up the electric, causing people at the church to have to prepare for you and clean up after you leave. You are taking the priest's time away from other things. So he gets a stipend and the church gets a fee for the facility. Is that not standard everywhere? Do you get to use church buildings and staff for free? If so, isn't that unjust and doesn't amount to slavery - which is the meaning of 'bondage'? I would love to check how you and money get along. I'm very curious now.
Roman Catholicism is another religion, totally at variance with Christianity. Period. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 capture God's judgement on people who reject the truth and embrace demonic doctrines which Roman Catholicism symbolizes.
@@pearladams4817 It's true that the false religions of the 16th century are another religion. Read a history of the Church, or even a good secular history. The Catholic Church IS the Christian Church of history. It *is* Christianity. The Church has no 'demonic doctrines'.
@princesskinuthia - I hope you at least kept our book, the Bible, close by……👍🏻 History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved it by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself?
@@chickapeas5646 i have! Can you not answer the hard question above concerning it. It is the most importing historical question you can answer about your rule of faith. Why would you NOT answer it?
Around 35:00 minute mark they make the amazing claim that god assembled the books of the bible. God must have guided the process, but the bible did not magically appear one day. The early catholic church had to make a decision which books were in, which were out. The shepherd of hermas, for example, was a very popular book read in many churches but was left out.
There is no inspiration in compiling books of the bible. The bible is our filter. To the law and to the testimony, if it speaks not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
As a former Protestant, Fundamentalist, agnostic, atheist, truth seeker and now Roman Catholic, I will pray for your Soul Mike. Will you like wise pray for Catholic people, or just continue to condemn your fellow followers of our Lord Jesus Christ?
Mary who? Give me a break! Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me". Have you ever even spoken to a Catholic Priest concerning your ideas.@@the-hollywood-dog-says-6072
This was fantastic! Former Catholic here, then JW, and now I know what grace is and have a relationship with Jesus. What freedom❤and meaning my life has now
You can't have God's grace if you stubbornly cling to heresy though. Heresy is a mortal sin that will lead you to Hell. God is truth and He gave us the truth in the Faith He left us in the apostolic Church. There is no other. Heresy is a lie. It's a spiritual crime, and so it may not be as apparent as other gross sins people commit. If you understand how people can be deceived into error like this and thus risk their salvation, then you already grasp this point. You need to do some serious studying and praying on this. Most likely you say "former Catholic" because you never really understood the Faith. In that case, having been baptized/confirmed Catholic, you also have the plain moral obligation to educate yourself properly before deciding to abandon Christ in favor of these newly invented false religions.
I thank God for the free and gracious GIFT of my Catholic faith ! I did not earn it and I do not deserve it ! Solely on the basis of God ' s mercy and not any personal merit on my part . Like the publican in the Gospels , I beat my breast with sorrow for my failures and unfailingly receive a prodigal son ' s welcome home through the blood of Christ ! Jesus is Lord !
I thank God for my *CHRISTIAN* Faith where religion plays no part in my salvation only Jesus Christ! Now show me where Jesus talks about Roman Catholicism.
@@stever4181 What is the difference between the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church ? I was not discussing private correspondences between the Holy See and the heads of the Eastern Churches . There is a difference between heresy and schism . There are different liturgical rites that exist inside and outside the Catholic Church . Protestant use of words like Romish , Papist and Roman Catholic are historically conditioned and reflect the malice and impenitence that is still characteristic of anti Catholics to this day . The Orthodox Churches define the word Catholic primarily to refer to the fullness of Divine Revelation rather than the universal nature of the Church . Wherever there are Orthodox Christians there are Catholics but there are many places where there are Catholics where there are no Orthodox as they call themselves . I am not an Italian citizen and I do not live in Rome .
@@Arc975 You are also not a catholic but a Catholic. lower case (c) refers to universal Upper case (C) refers to the religion. Your (C)atholic faith is established in Rome making it Roman Catholic. It is not universal according to the description of 'church' in the New Testament.
@@stever4181: The Catholic Church was established in Jerusalem, not Rome. Roman Catholics are those Catholics living in that beautiful city in Italy. I do not live in Italy.
For those doubting the Catholic faith please read Scott Hahn's HOme sweet Rome, and Fr. Mike Schmitz he does bible in a year and catechism in a year. Those that have questions should email them and they may help guide you to the truth.
How about those in doubt just open the bible and compare it to the teachings of these men you mentioned, the teachings of the catholic church, their traditions and catechism. The difference is HUGE!
@Wesley Simelane hey it was actually catholics who were the first to canonize what new testamemt scriptures is... if they wanted to hide something or mislead others why would they leave those passages in the Bible? Why would catholic monks and nuns hand copy each letter and decorate with gold if they didn't care about the Bible too? Maybe they're at least not entirely off. I'm sure they're on to something
@wesleysimelane3423 You bet. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. 2 Maccabees 12:41-46 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
A a former devout Catholic, I learned and am still learning, that it is one thing to come out of the Church, but it is a very difficult struggle for the doctrines they instilled in me to be purged. It is happening a little at a time by the grace of God. When the Exodus occurred, they still had to be delivered from the Egyptian pagan culture that they had been enslaved in.
Mary, I have a question, Jesus gave to the Apostles the Authority to preach & teach the truth. Does Authority, therefore, matter to be able to preach & teach the truth, and to ensure that it continues and that the preaching and teaching is done correctly, should not that Authority be passed on by those who had/have the Authority to preach and teach the truth or can anyone preach & teach, whatever they like without that Authority??? Would anyone allow someone to teach their children if that person has no authority to teach children??? Why is this so difficult to understand.
@@peterxuereb9884 Jesus said he did nothing that his Heavenly Father didn't tell him to do. His Father did not tell him to stop keeping the commandments, and the Saturday Sabbath, and the high Holy days that point to the coming kingdom of God to this earth at the time of either the First or Second Resurrection spoken about in Revelations 20:4-5. Catholics are told they are to consider the POPE as their spiritual father, and that he has more authority than God or the instructions in the Bible. They are thereby instructed to keep Sunday as THEIR sabbath. The Catholic Church changed the ten commandments by leaving out the second commandment that said we should not have any graven images (statues) and just to make ten again, they divide the tenth commandment into two commandments. They instituted the pagan idol worship of Mary, known as Mariolatry, along with prayer to a multitude of saints. Praying to the dead is an abomination to Almighty God. It is the sin of necromancy, and is encouraged through their many pagan rituals. Almighty God, our Creator, sent His Son into the world to be our Savior. Jesus, the Messiah, is the only One who the Father has raised from the dead. He is now the GLORIFIED SON of God, sitting at the right hand of the Father. This is only a very brief surface of several other REBELLIOUS acts of disobedience to Almighty God that have been passed on to other Christian denominations through them. There are lots of factual evidence in history to back up all of this. Of course, the Bible is the foremost Word of God, but few really read or study it.
@@peterxuereb9884 *Not coherent again. Where in the Bible ever said Roman religion or RC clergies have authority?* you said Would anyone allow someone to teach their children if that person has no authority to teach children???
I'm a former follower of the Baptist novelty. Find a confessional and walk away from this lunacy. It has absolutely no basis in early Christianity. There's a reason that they don't want you to learn about early Church history.
I am a former Catholic also, I am so grateful God led me away from the Catholic church. I was able to bring up my 2 children in an Evangelical church and they both had a saving faith in Jesus Christ. I grew so much in my faith & continue to grow & share my faith with others.
How about sharing Catholic truth and biblical truth .... 14 Scripture verses that show Catholic Eucharist is the truth ................. Mark 14:22-24 While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.” And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Luke 13:26 Verse Concepts Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’; Luke 22:19-20 And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood. John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:51 Verse Concepts I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” John 6:53-57 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. John 13:1-4 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:46-47 Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. Acts 20:7 Verse Concepts On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread. 1 Corinthians 10:21-22 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we? 1 Corinthians 11:20-34 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
Praise the LORD He got you out of the religious mess and deception of RCC. God bless you richly and strengthen your faith in Jesus Christ Nanette. I myself was in a similar religious deception called Greek orthodoxy and now have been saved by God's grace and out of it for over 10 years.
@nanetteekin - i sure hope you kept our book, the Bible, close by. Its what EVERYBODY uses including the cults as their rule of faith and try to justify their way through it. 🤷🏽♂ History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century, just 75 years AFTER the council of Nicaea which began the Trinitarian docrtine, and then with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved these scriptures by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself? Peacce!!!
I find it so disturbing that more and more Catholic's get Very Angry when others try to present the true Word of God. Short circuits any conversation with them.
@Romans1118 *Lucy is at work. After all Roman Catholicism is Lucy's kingdom.* you said I find it so disturbing that more and more Catholic's get Very Angry when others try to present the true Word of God. Short circuits any conversation with them.
Catholic apologists work overtime to complicate the simplicity of the gospel. They’re keeping their people in bondage. Unfortunately I am seeing a rise in ecumenicism within higher church types and they are welcoming Roman Catholics with open arms which is in fact, hating them. If we loved them, we’d give them the true gospel and refute their church’s lies. Good work guys, keep it up!
The doors of the Catholic Church swing both ways. Nobody is forced to stay. It's not possible to debunk Catholicism unless you lie, like Mike Glenderon. He can only lure ill-informed souls away from Catholicism. He could never snatch a knowledgeable Catholic.
Nobody is complicating anything. Jesus commissioned the Church to teach the nations ALL that He commanded. If you take a close look at it, you will see that it is the heretics who take away from the gospel and try to pass this off as simplicity or whatever. Heretics removed books from the Bible and dropped many key Christian doctrines in favor of newly invented ones. So yes, there is less content because they chopped off whatever didn't suit their tastes as now religion had become a "personal" and subjective thing.
@MavourneenKathleen-l5j *Contrary to your claims. Jesus and APostles actually took doctrines from Scriptures only. 180 plus verses say so. Even when they preached, their points did not go beyond the principles of Scriptures. Clearly not a 500 years old doctrine.* *So many early writers mentioned the Exact Term "Scripture Alone". Clearly not a 500 years old doctrine.* you said This belief of Sola Scriptura is 500 years old, personal interpretation.
At my divorce, the church rule was that I could not receive communion because I was 'in sin'. This was a big deal! I wondered why God would do that to me. HE didn't! It was a Church rule; not Biblical...
The "rule" you refer to applies only if you remarry outside the church. Because the sacrament of marriage unites the couple as one, you are considered married to your first spouse, unless that marriage is invalidated by an annulment. Being divorced is not a sin; the sin happens if you remarry without an annulment. No one should receive Holy Communion in the state of mortal sin, regardless of the nature of the sin.
@@bridgefin quote---Jesus was quite clear that what God has joined together, let NO MAN put asunder. And that was quoted in all 4 Gospels which makes it very Biblical.--unquote Obviously you refuse to list the exception to that!!! but in case of adultery--then divorce IS OKAY!!!
@@johnsteila6049 quote---Matt 19:9, Jesus says that divorce is not allowed. That’s the rule from The Bible.--unquote Matthew 5:31-32 NIV 31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. EXCEPTION: sexual immorality----incest, adultery.
Why did Christ decide not to write down his commandments and not ordering any of his apostles to do so? Instead he chose to build a Church on Peter and send him and his apostles the Holy Spirit to tell them what they shall do. There's a reason why Christ didn't resort to scripture and today we see it. Every man who reads the scripture thinks he can understand it and creates his own doctrine. How many evangelical churches are out there? More than 450,000? That's why God knew that a Church will preserve the teachings of Christ through the Holy Spirit more faithfully than through scripture. [Acts 1:2]
And what are the books of the new testament? God's breathed. I'm guessing you know more than the people who knew Jesus and learned from him first hand? If what you say is true, then that still makes the Catholic Church apostate. If what you say is true, then how do you know anything about Christ to be true? Didn't you learn about Christ from the Bible? Didn't you just quote from the Bible? Do you believe Mary was sinless and a virgin at the time of the resurrection? She was a sinner and had sons and daughters. Is the Roman apocrypha canon? No Is the Lord's prayer trust worthy? Yes All these things you learn in the Bible. Man left to his own devices creates vices. Man left needed the writing of the new testament and Jesus cited the old testament many times especially the book of Isaiah. I hope you aren't gnostic. Because deconstructing Christ like you have is a quick way to fall away from trusting in him as the redeemer. If you aren't trusting the Bible to be true, then you are not trusting Christ to be true-he is the living word of God afterall. But if you don't trust fully I'm Christ, then you aren't saved. And once again Christ left us with his holy spirit. Christ left us with his teachings. Nowhere else can you truly learn about Christ, if not first from the Bible.
@@Theonly_Onyx The books of the N.T. are not as the prophetic books of the O.T. The O.T. books were commanded to be written. The books of the N.T. were letters used at that time for communication between humans, as phone is today. It was the apostles themselves who were inspired by God and they taught mostly orally and that has been transmitted from generation to generation until today in God's Church. Certainly, even today we'll find scripture from these Godly inspired apostles but it's the Church who we have to follow not the medium they use to communicate.
@@chilenobarrucia you contradicted yourself pal. If they are godly men appointed by God and they taught orally, wouldn't what they wrote down still be true? And if you don't trust their writings, then what is your church based on? The old testament is written down too. It seems like you are putting the church above the first hand teachings of Christ. And the word of God has been written down since the first time it was spoken, so I have no idea what you are talking about. It's going to be hard to leave Catholicism behind but if you keep seeking the truth, you'll find it.
@@chilenobarrucia and you didn't answer my questions. Don't skip over them. I would like answers since you think the Catholic Church is holy. Once again if you don't trust the ENTIRE word of God, then you don't trust Christ.
@@Theonly_Onyx The bible was made and given to the world by pope Damasus I in ~382. Does that mean that all Christians that didn't know Jesus in the first 3+ centuries didn't know his doctrine? If the Church had decided not to make the bible, would that mean Christianity would be doomed? The reason we trust the bible is because it was given to us by the Church and not by some private scholar.
I once believed much of what Gendron believes. I too was an Un informed Catholic like Mike and was easy prey for those who take scripture verses out of context. And so what happens is you say, yeah, we do call priests father, we worship statues, saints and Mary, we believe that if you’re good enough, you get to go to heaven. Gendron admits that he won’t bother reading the early church fathers including those who had direct contact with the apostles. I was shocked to find out just how many Evangelical/Protestant pastors were abandoning the faith, the true faith for the falsehood of Catholicism. How could so many men who had studied, believed, breathed and preached the scriptures come to such a heretical understanding that the Catholic Church was the Church founded by Christ. That was a dangerous road to go down, because once you actually are willing to listen to what they have to say and you begin studying the issue for yourself, you find out that you have a real problem. What a shame, because what I came to realize after 20+ years was that I had been believing the traditions of men and misinterpreting much of the scriptures. Yes, I said traditions. I had accepted particular statements of faith that were considered essential such as the Trinity and that Jesus is 100% man as well as 100% God. These creeds of faith we’re already established prior to the scriptures yet I believed that all truth has to be found in the scriptures. We denied the magisterium of the church and yet that too was in place before the canon of scripture was established by the very magisterium that I rejected. That no longer made sense to me. Obviously there is much more than the points that I brought up above. And it should be stated that I also still have tremendous respect for many in the Evangelical world. I even have a a number of good friends who are Evangelical. I attend two Bible studies. One in the Catholic Church where some Evangelicals come on a weekly basis and another in an Evangelical church where several individuals have tried to convert me to no avail. Their often perplexed by the fact that I’m a Catholic who actually reads and knows the Bible.
quote---Gendron admits that he won’t bother reading the early church fathers including those who had direct contact with the apostles. --unquote name tham!!! ****What has the papacy changed? Don’t you know the papacy changed the days of worship and openly admit to doing so. Here are some references REFERENCE Peter Geiermann, The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (st.Louis: B. Herder Book Co.,1957edition) page 50. Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D.336) transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. 336ad Constantine leader Roman Empire , the kingdom had many barbaric tribes who worshipped pagan gods including Mythra Sun god, in an act to unite the kingdom Constantine added some pagan beliefs to Catholicism. Hence Sunday worship also distances them from Jews REFERENCE Stephen Keenan, a Doctrinal Catechism (New York:P.J. Kenedy & sons, third American edition,revised,n.d.),p.174 REFERENCE The Faith of Our Fathers, by James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 88th edition, page 89. Originally published in 1876, republished and Copyright 1980 by TAN Books and Publishers, inc.,pages 72-73. REFERENCE Catholic Record, September 1, 1923 REFERENCE Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore,in a letter replying for the Cardinal. February 10, 1920
@@mitchellosmer1293 "name tham!!!" Mike is mostly dodging St Ignatius of Antioch, a disciple of St John. The same St John who followed Jesus for 3 years, who witnessed his crucifixion and saw him resurrected. A great example of He (St Ignatius) Who hears you (St John) Hears ME (Jesus) Does the Church of Gendron have a proper Eucharist? No Does the Church of Gendron have a Bishop with succession from the apostles? No Could the Church of Gendron, only in existence for the last 30 years, be the CATHOLIC Church spoken of below? No _“See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Christ Jesus does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles. Do ye also reverence the deacons, as those that carry out the appointment of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”_ Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyrneans, 8:2 (c. A.D. 110). Ignatius below is 100% consistent with St John = THIS IS MY BODY. Nothing symbolic only as taught by the Church of Gendron. _“They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again.”_ Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to Smyrnaeans, 7,1 (c. A.D. 110). Lot's and lots of reasons for Mike to dodge the early Church writings. Yet, he tacitly trusts in the authority of the Church he objects to to even know what books belong in his New Testament.
@@TruthHasSpoken quote----opinions after opinions----NOT ONE bible scripture. quote---St Ignatius of Antioch, a disciple of St John.--unquote ---Google search:Was Ignatius a disciple of John? Ignatius of Antioch - Wikipedia Tradition identifies Ignatius, along with his friend Polycarp, as disciples of John the Apostle. Later in his life, Ignatius was chosen to serve as Bishop of Antioch; the fourth-century Church historian Eusebius writes that Ignatius succeeded Evodius. TRADITION--NOT BIBLICAL uFACT!! --- What is the basis for the belief that Ignatius of Antioch knew the Apostle John? This seems to be a traditional belief. For example, The Catholic Encyclopedia entry from 1910 says "It is also believed, and with great probability, that, with his friend Polycarp, he was among the auditors of the Apostle St. John." AGAIN-TRADITION!!! ---Ignatius of Antioch doesn't mention any personal connection to John in his authentic letters. Irenaeus mentions that he met Polycarp, who had known John and at least one other apostle, as he refers to "apostles" in the plural being known to Polycarp (Against Heresies 3.3). Ignatius did write letters to Polycarp and to the church at Smyrna. There are two letters of Ignatius to John preserved in Latin, but these are universally recognized as forgeries dated to the middle ages. There's no reliable evidence to connect Ignatius directly with any of the apostles. So, as you say, this is likely a case of "tradition based on forgery."" ---------
*Everyone can see Roman religion is a man made religion. Only RCs could not. 95% of RC doctrines and 95% of RC clergies did not come from God's Word. Why would a true religion have such statistics? Lucy has b - ded the eyes of RCs; so they could not C.* 1. Catholics say Mary was forever virgin. Yet Bible says Jesus had brothers and sisters. Mary was not perpetually virgin. Mk 6:3, Mat 13:55, Mat 27:56, Mar 6:3, Mar 15:40, Mar 15:47. 2. Catholics say clergies must be celibate. Yet BIBLE says Peter (supposed R Church first leader) had mother in law. Bible says celibacy is not a qualification for clergies. Mat 8:14-15, Mar 1:30-31, Luk 4:38-39. 3. Catholics say Mary was sinless. But Bible says Mary offered a sinner's offering. She was a sinner. Bible says Mary needed a Saviour. Lk 2:23-24, Lev 12:6-8, Rom 3:10. 4. Catholics say confess to R priests in a box. BIBLE says nothing about confessing to priests in a box. Bible says confess to God only. 1 John 1:9, Mat 6, Romans 10:9-10. 5. Catholics say drink of the physical blood of Jesus. Yet OT and NT both say do not drink blood. Acts 15, Lev 7:26. 6. Catholics say pray to passed on Mary and "saints". Yet Bible says do not contact the dead. NT Church did not record a single case of NT believers asking passed on saints to pray for them. Deut 18:11, Isaiah 8:19. 7. Catholics make and bow down to statues. Bible says do not bow down to graven images (statues). Deut 4, Exo 20:4-5. 8. Catholics sprinkles “holy water”. But NT Church of the Bible mentioned nothing about “holy water”. There was no record of any Apostles sprinkling “holy water” on believers. Catholics claimed “holy water” came from OT. Yet Num 5:17 says “holy water” was water used to test adulterous women in OT temple. Hardly the same. Those were for Old Covenant Jews. Not New Testament Christians. 9. Catholics say Peter was pope - bishop of all bishops. Yet Bible says Peter was just a leader of the Jerusalem Church. Bible says nothing of the office of bishop of bishops. Gal 2:9, Mat 16:18. 10. Catholics say there is a seat of Peter. Yet BIBLE says nothing about it. Jesus said “not to lord over others”. 11. Catholics has clergy priesthood. Bible says clergy priesthood was done away with in New Testament. There is no clergy priesthood in NT. Heb 7:27, 9:12, 10:10. 12. Catholics preaches Works Salvation (faith + good works + partake R sacraments + submit to R pontiff + be in R Church + devote to Mary = to be saved). Yet Bible says “believe in Jesus to be saved”. Bible says Works Salvation is cursed. Gal 1:8-9. Acts 16:30-31, John 3:16, Romans 10:9-10. 13. Catholics says they must do Penance to atone for their sins. Yet Bible says repent, confess and sins will be forgiven. Catholic Bible changes the word “repentance” in NT into “penance”. Original Greek NT does not use or mean the word penance. Penance = work to atone for sins. Repentance = change of heart. 1 John 1:9, Mat 6. 14. Catholics say Mary went straight to heaven without dying. Yet Bible says nothing about it. 15. Catholics say Islam and Christianity have the same God. Yet Islam doesn't believe in death and resurrection of Jesus and Trinity.
Former Catholic here. It was always about religion growing up for me, never an intimate, personal relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I thank God every single day that I am saved totally by His UNMERITED Grace! I too pray that my devout catholic family would soon give up religion for relationship before its too late!
Do you think that maybe you just didn’t have great Catholic role models? There are many Catholics that have a great relationship with Christ and read the word of God daily. I would encourage you to not view your experience of Catholic upbringing as the law of Catholic understanding and faith.
@@sherbert1110 @printsbyanne is the Black Sheep so to speak of the Family. His prayer for his family to give up religion is his way of having the world revolve around him.
Look at the lives of the Saints. For us Catholics it is the Science of the Saints. We can learn to love everything about Heaven by studying their lives. You need look no further than St. Teresa of Lisieux. From the beginning of her earthly life she was taught to love God. So many Catholics raise their children to love The Blessed Trinity, The Blessed Mother, Saint Joseph, and The Saints. We are taught from a very small age to love our Guardian Angel. Your experience is different from mine. Did you ever read stories from Treasure Chest? My parents bought the entire set for me and my siblings. My mother read the life of Saint Teresa from Treasure Chest to us well before we attended school. I still remember Whoopsy the Angel. They teach love of all things in Heaven. I bought the same set for my family. Your decision to leave the church is yours. Maybe you will like the Catholic Church more as Popes under the second vatican counsel work to make it protestant. This pope francis is a heretic. For Catholics trying to hold to the traditions before vatican II, the path is narrow but holy. I love being Catholic. Today is the Feast of Saint Joseph. He means so much to me. He represents manly Catholic strength. Have you ever watched Song of Bernadette with Jennifer Jones. It is on this TH-cam free. If you love God and want to see a Catholic example of Love of God and the Blessed Mother, see it. Other Catholic movies are available. The older ones are better. These anti Catholic people have a negative reaction to good works. See if you agree with them after you see an older Catholic Movie about a Saint. May you make it to Heaven, Stephen Bascio. You may be Italian. If you are, some terrific Saints are from Italy. if you are French, the same applies. I hope you make it to Heaven! Nothing on earth comes close to it.
I have been a Christian for the majority of my life. I worship just as the Christians worshipped in 33 AD, I read the Bible and worship in Κoinè Δiálektos/Koine Greek. I believe with all my heart that the Bible as originally inspired I.e., Koine Greek is infallible! In saying this I do have issues with Roman Catholicism as well as Post-Reformation Western Christianity’s understanding of the Bible! As a lifelong student of Early Christian history, I am perplexed about the reason modern Christianity is so different from First Century Christianity. As a speaker of Koine/ Modern Greek, I can attest to the fact that the saying lost in translation is a real phenomenon! Roman Catholicism and Western Christianity have done a disservice to the Faith Christ gave to his Apostles to preach unto the world. I am saddened when I hear people state the “Bible says the following” when in reality the Bible is being used to support a theological position. I often hear staunch supporters of the Bible say they believe every word in the Bible yet their doctrines are nowhere to be found in the Bible. For the Roman Catholics purgatory and for the Post Reformation believers “a personal relationship with Jesus". For example, traditions are mentioned in the Bible, but in all honesty, the translation is lacking when compared to the God-inspired Greek word for tradition “Παραδόσεις”. Speaking of Παραδόσεις that very word in Greek tells us that Sola Scripture/Bible Only was a foreign concept to Early Christians. The Apostle Paul revealed that there is more than just the Bible in Christianity, ῾Διὰ λόγου εἴτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ἡμῶν῾, 2 Thes 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the TRADITIONS which ye have been taught, whether by WORD “, or our EPISTLE. Please show me where I can find in the Bible that the Bible only is the way to Go. As Eastern Christians, we have preserved the Bible and its original language for 2,000 years as well as the God-inspired Traditions that The Apostles gave us. Translation issue is why the Roman Catholics have a false doctrine called Purgatory as well as Protestants ignore the instructions of Jesus about the importance of Communion. I pray my insight would stir up the viewers of this video to seek out false doctrines that were established in Roman Catholicism as well as Post Reformation Groups. Here is a fact, it is possible for every miracle and teaching of Jesus to be placed in one book, thus we have supplements [ Traditions originally called Παραδόσεις ], thankfully Eastern Christians have kept the totality of the faith, not bits and pieces! John 21:25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they should be written to everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
QUESTION: WHAT DO I SAY TO PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT MARY ANSWERS PRAYER AND GO TO MASS ON EASTER, CHRISTMAS AND WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER TURNS 15 YEARS OF AGE, CELEBRATE “ QUINCEAÑERA”? THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS ..!
You say to them, "You are right. Our Lady offers prayers to the throne of God on our behalf. Alleluia." You should also say to them, "Go to Mass every Sunday, not just twice a year."
Right! Mary don't answer prayers, her Son answers the prayers. Did you ever deny anything to your mother that was easy for you to do. ie: turning water into wine was easy for the One who created the Universe
This guy said that The Catholic Church is under a curse? Wow! This guy wants to do like every protestant. He wants to do what he wants to do. Sorry bro. You must try to become HOLY as God is Holy. Heb 12:14 Without Holiness you will not see God.
Thank you for confirmation! I am a former cathlic - origin from poland, now living in germany- too.. After being born again through Christ the Holy Spirit taught me, that the doctrin of the catholic church is not right to the bible. I realized that in the catholic church Jesus is dead..he hangs on the cross. They worship the death, dead people, graves!! But my Jesus lives.... We all have to be freed from false religions, doctrins, traditions who are replacing Jesus Christs work on the Cross!!! And his great mercy! Thank you Lord, that you are the way, the truth and leed us to live!!! 🙏🙏🙏
@@FlyingGospel Catholicism is not build on the gospel. It is build on human thinking, traditions etc. If you read the gospel and ernestly search Jesus Christ than you get to know the truth...
@@gracekindness4227 And what process is it that decided which Gospels were canonical and which weren't? Because you know there are many other non canonical gospels right? It's the systematic tradition of the Chruch that filtered scripture into the final result known as the Bible. Also, following tradition IS scriptural and biblical (of course it is, since it's the Catholic Church that compiled it): Paul says that much Christian teaching is to be found in the tradition which is handed down by word of mouth (2 Tim. 2:2). He instructs us to “stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” (2 Thess. 2:15)
@@FlyingGospel the cathlic church added so much to her belivingsystem. Paul said, that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the one, we shall stand firm, that Paul and the other Apostels taught us. The cathlic church is wrong with Mary, the Pope, their dresses. They are dressed like the priest of Agypt. And there is mich more, that is wrong. If you read the bible with an open heart, than you will find, that this church goes against Jesus Christ. I realized it. I was deep in this System. But the Lord Jesus through his grace freed me. And now I am free to live for HIM. A direct line to Jesus, I don't need a priest or salvation through the sacraments or Mary or Joseph etc.. Through the cross there is abundant life. Jesus lives... 🙏✝️🙏
In fairness I would recommend you have an expert on the Catholic teachings unfortunately which your guest is not. You need to be honest about the teaching, then feel free to disagree.
look up on youtube and see Mike debate his views .... the main debate starts at 8 minutes following a long introduction .... """Debate: Catholic vs Protestant Salvation vesves Justification Tim Staples vs Mike Gendron""" This was 5 years ago and Mike lost logically and scripturally and has never debated with a Catholic in a public debate since !!!!!!!!! So he knows the truth but carries this on to con more people !!
What is the basis for your accepting the books of the New Testament as genuine expression the Apostolic Gospel received from Christ and consequently real word of God? It is Pope Damascus or the Catholic Church that proclaimed the Canon of the New Testament as the faithful expression of Christ's Gospel. If the Pope or the Catholic Church is unreliable, on what authoritative or reliable ground do you accept it as the real Word of God? What is the Biblical basis for "sola scriptura"? Or that Christ founded his one true Church without authoritative or hierarchical power.?
Try looking up the meaning of the word 'church' in the New Testament. It is mentioned over 115 times. It is always the same word, 'ekklesiah' and its meaning is always the same and never refers to the RCC. How much of scriptures did the Catholic Church write besides none of it?
@@alhilford2345 The Catholic Church claims that only they can interpret scriptures. Where is that authority? We do not read about it in the Bible so where does it come from? My comment of the definition of church is not what the CC states so why am I wrong when it comes directly from the Greek as written.
Mike has put into words my experience when trying to reconcile what I was reading in the Bible with Catholic doctrine. For me it was like being gas lit; I started to question what I knew or thought to be true. I remember feeling uncomfortable with the answers I was receiving, noting they'd be a very convenient explanation for the Catholic faith but ran contrary to what the Bible said. For me, the way I found to move forward was to put in place a firm guiding principle of any belief or teaching must be supported and aligned with biblical scripture otherwise I'd have to disregarded it. In doing that It became clear in brief time I didn't want to remain in the Catholic church. It was an easy but not so easy decision to leave (Catholic's know what this means), however it was the right thing for me, I have never looked back in regret ever. When you know you know, you know?
You said: For me, the way I found to move forward was to put in place a firm guiding principle of any belief or teaching must be supported and aligned with biblical scripture otherwise I'd have to disregarded it. Me: There was no NT biblical Scripture to follow in the early decades of the Church. ALLL they had was preaching of the apostles which is tradition. So tradition comes first and then Scripture. Like most Protestants, you have only Scripture and that is why you don't understand it. You are missing the context in which NT Scripture was written and that is the context of the teaching of the apostles.
The truth is like lemon. Bitter to the taste, but good for the body. On other subjects it took me three months or more to overcome the lie i believed to be true. (kind regards of the status quo). I'm now piggy in the middle regards Young Earth Creationism and the Theory of Evolution. They don't like it when you don't favour one or the other.
@@markrymanowski719 Fine but you need to know where to look for truth if you are going to find it. Scripture cannot be it unless you have an authentic interpretation. And there are millions of interpretations to choose from and most get it wrong.
I invite you to read my 2 comments headed by Number # 1 = CHALLENGE = Can = any = Protestant, including Mike Gendron, give the answer to this most = basic = and fundamental Question = Why did Jesus incarnate as a Man and die on the Cross ?? (( Note = a review of the following 26 points numbered from A to Z is necessary before answer )) Number # 2 = Who are the = Real = Christians - Catholics -or - Protestants ? FACT of the matter is that Protestants can = never = get the correct answer to the most basic yet necessary question which I posed in Number # 1. The question is = can you ? Because if you cannot answer this question, then your knowledge of Jesus, Christianity, the Bible is wrong and questionable and this can = only - result in jeopardizing your salvation
Mike needs more Catholic Theology as I feel as a catholic he was poorly cateschised. He should rather be debating Catholic apologists so we hear both sides of the story. Watch his debate with Tim Staples....he can't even refute the Bible verses that Tim quotes , where as Tim explains how he is misreading certain bible verses by giving him context.
@@wesleysimelane3423 What Sherbert said is true as Peter said in 2 Peter 3:16 “There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.” This is the very reason Christ founded the catholic church to teach ALL truths, written and spoken. Mike Gendron’s not the church. The Bereans who are Hellenistic Jews that don’t have the doctrine of Sola Scriptura “received the word with eagerness” from Paul, meaning they were taught of the truth or catechized before they became christians.
Correctly catechised ? Have you read and studied the ROMAN catholic catechism and the other Roman catholic literature? It's blasphemy and I urge you to read it because it's not of GOD but of man and their own unbiblical ideas . GOD bless you
@@MeanBeanComedy You're just another Catholic who believes they know how a person was raised and what they believe and know all of their experiences. They attack the Bible in the same way always making *'assumptions'*.
@MeanBeanComedy, I was raised in a false religion similar to catholicism, and the Jesus that was talked about was not the Biblical Jesus but a 'eucharist' false Jesus that in Matthew 24:5 the LORD JESUS CHRIST warned against.
(Galatians 2:16) "No man is saved by works" Jesus Speaking (Mark 7:7) "You worship me in vain. Laying aside the Word of God, you hold onto the traditions of men" Jesus Speaking (Mark 7:9) "You fully reject the Word of God that you may keep your own traditions"
14:13 Paragraph 2027 of the CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH “No one can merit the initial grace which is at the origin of conversion. Moved by the Holy Spirit, we can merit for ourselves and for others all the graces needed to attain eternal life, as well as necessary temporal goods.”
Paragraph 2025-2026 of The Catechism Of The Catholic Church: "We can have merit in God's sight only because of God's free plan to associate man with the work of his grace. Merit is to be ascribed in the first place to the grace of God, and secondly to man's collaboration. Man's merit is due to God." "The grace of the Holy Spirit can confer true merit on us, by virtue of our adoptive filiation, and in accordance with God's gratuitous justice. Charity is the principal source of merit in us before God." Merit is clearly ascribed to the grace of God in accordance with His divine will. The primary word in 2027 is "Moved by the Holy Spirit", that merit that is spoken of has its origin in the Holy Spirit. St. Paul exhorts us in Philippians 2:12 to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." Which implies we must DO SOMETHING, You gain merit when you do what God wants. It is your collaboration with God's plan. It does not mean that we can save ourselves. Christ is our sole savior. But Christ has chosen ways to bring us that salvation. To be saved we must accept his saving grace, work in accord with his plan. As for Ephesians 2: 8-9 ("For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast.”) The Catholic Church totally believes that. Just in a different way than you. We believe that Paul is talking about initial salvation here. Hence the past tense, saved. That indicates that our initial salvation is through faith not works, as the Church clearly espouses in paragraph 2027 of The Catechism Of The Catholic Church "No one can merit the initial grace which is at the origin of conversion." We know from other passages from Paul that salvation also has present and future aspects, so the kind of salvation Paul is discussing in Ephesians 2:8-9 is initial salvation. It is the kind which we received when we first came to God and were justified, not the kind of salvation we are now receiving, (As Peter talks about in 1 Peter 1:8-9 "Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, as you attain the goal of [your] faith, the salvation of your souls." When Peter talks about attaining the goal of faith, this seems to indicate that something must be done. Also Paul, as talked about above, exhorts us in Philippians 2:12 to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." Which shows that there is an aspect of salvation that needs to be worked out, something to be done in the present moment) or the kind we will one day receive (St. Paul says in Romans.13:11 "And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed" He is talking about future salvation, which we will hopefully obtain at death He talks about this again in 1 Corinthians 3:15 "But if someone’s work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved,* but only as through fire." Again he is talking about final salvation. That this person can be saved, but only through fire.) Okay I think that's it. I hope this help you guys and I love you all and pray that all of us would grow closer to Jesus and come to know the fullness of truth. I will pray for all of you please pray for me. God bless you all!
What an excellent man! Every converted Roman Catholic that I know has such a good grasp of the Gospel….it’s so encouraging. God is all powerful. Thank you for a great video! God be praised.
As a practicing Catholic who knows the bible and Catholicism this falls apart when you listen to him explain what Catholicism is. In Catholicism ALL glory is to God He says when you pray to Mary you are putting Mary before God. That is untrue. All Catholic prayer is ultimately to God. So in the prayer to Our Lady the "Hail Mary" The second half says ""Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the end of our death, Amen " If he was ever a practicing Catholic he would know that Mary's role is to guide us to Jesus & all seven sacraments are to/ from God. At 9 minutes when asked about the 2000 year Catholic Church vs the 500 year 30 000 protestant churches mr Gendron claims there was a none Catholic church alongside the Catholic Church for 2000 years then goes on to name call the Catholic Church He of course provides no evidence for his supposed protestant church !! Timothy 4:1 says people will depart from the true faith ..... " So Mr Gendron unable to find a link beyond 500 years must conclude his man made churches have departed from the truth !! The Holy and Apostolic Catholic Church
Very well said Isobel! The LORD bless you and keep you. Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing such as this man Aja Deacon. The Roman Catholic cult is nothing but a mother wolf 🐺 that has clawed lost sheep in the clutches of demonic deception and satanic lies. I love what the Bible says in psalms 119:105 ~Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.~ That is sufficient for me to guide me by the the Holy Spirit into all TRUTH: JESUS CHRIST!
Catholics who became Protestant or only Catholic in name. I knew absolutely nothing about the Catholic Church orange teachings and they probably if they heard them never believe them. However since they were so bad Christians and now belong to a church that has made them it’s a good questions that’s a good thing because they are closer to God now than they ever were. As I said they were Catholic in name only and not in practice. I was raised a Catholic and I was raised with the Bible. It was a part of my religious education. You were probably too cheap to buy a Bible and to read it. In my life as a Catholic I have read the Bible from cover to cover over 40 times how many times have you read it.
Former Catholic here. I love hearing mike speak! I pray that my Catholic family would come to Christ! If they only knew the peace and joy that the free gift of grace could bring! ❤
It's very sad that many Catholics fall for this guy who never really knew his faith. Mike Gendren will never debate an informed Catholic who would easily refute his assertions. For instance he says the church teaches faith plus works. I challenge him to show anywhere in the catechism of the catholic church which teaches that??
@@henrybayard6574 Do Roman Catholics need to do Sacraments to be saved? (Religious Works). Do they need to do anything beyond being sorrowful for sin, turning away from sin and to God, and putting their faith in Jesus Christ alone for Salvation? (Change of heart & mind to have faith) Do they give glory to Mary and Saints through prayer, hope, kneeling etc? That's sin. The religion is teaching sin to be a "good religious person." Don't tell me praying for my friends and family who are alive is the same as praying to ancestors or ancestor worship. RCC is not the only religious group teaching ancestor glorification and worship. RCC likes to think they are unique but they much closer to non-christian religions than Bible Believing Christians.
@Laura Lenarz I am receiving materials to help lead my family to a saving faith in Jesus Christ from Mike Gendron's Proclaiming the Gospel website very soon!
@@Ben-pk4cv You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Sadly clueless however typical. If you are going to slander someone's position and faith, you should at least educate yourself on the topic. Seriously.
@@Ben-pk4cv if you wish to have a thoughtful discussion about this topic then I'm ready to discuss. But if this is just calling people names or using insults that won't convince anyone. So let's start with your first question. We believe there are seven sacraments. Two are necessary Baptism and communion. Two are helpful in your walk with christ. Confession and confirmation. Two are for vocations. Marriage and holy orders. The final one is anointing of the sick, called last rites. If you have other questions please just ask and I'll respectfully answer.
@@MufasaRizz "Mike Gendron was Catholic for years." So you don't have a Catholic on board. Your either on the ship of off the ship. Can't be both. Mike is just a run of mill Protestant bashing the Church for his own livelihood . This too shall pass as the Bible say , not even the gates of hell ( or Mike Gendron) will prevail.
No other person other than Jesus our Lord has been visited by an Angel who referred to her as one would a Queen, Other than Mary. “And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.”
The angel never said that she would be queen of heaven. Or of anybody for that matter. Just because she found favor with God did not make her sinless. She needed Jesus as much as the rest of us do.
If salvation was by faith alone why Christ said in Mt 25:31-46 that man without good works will be thrown to hell? Clearly Paul is being misunderstood by private interpreters of scripture.
Not everyone who says Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of God,but he who does the will of My Father. Only place in the bible that says faith alone is where it says that it is not by faith alone! I'm sorry my brother's,there is no short cut to Heaven.God has done His part,we must do ours. If you understand the 7 churches in the book of revelation you will understand why you are having these discussions you are having now. Staunch Catholic
The will of the Father is to repent of our sins and receive Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for our sins. Our salvation comes from God and God only. Staunch Christian here. Why do Catholics not refer to themselves as Christians? I don’t say I am a Baptist. I am a Christian.
@@carolthompson302 Because Catholics are the original Christians...... lest we forget the Protestant Reformation. That by the way reformed nothing and only split the Catholic Church into countless orgs. to the mess were in today.
You would learn the truth from the bible and Gods Catholic Church .... Well the video is just the failed claims doing another round. Full of self congratulation. Gendron goes for the weak Catholics who do not know their faith .... Catholics already glorify the Lord in the 7 sacraments directly to God .. Gendron and his hate preachers deceive by lies about what Catholics believe and do THE CATHOLIC MASS has 2 main parts 1) The WORD which is three scripture readings and a Homily explanation of the Word and 2) The Eucharist which is what Christ told us to do 3 times in John 6 and in 13 other scripture !!.. At 4 minutes 20 he claimed he had never opened the bible when a Catholic -- well 97% of the Catholic Mass which he should have attended weekly at least is directly from the bible - reading and prayers ... In the three year cycle Catholics get through the bible Genesis to Revelation !! Mr Gendron is just trying to build up his own empire in opposition to Christ - he has had his reward in $$$
@@bridgefin Exactly, Lies, Gossip and pitting God's children against each other. We have to pray that Mike G will confess his sins about this chat and others. He is acting as the son of perdition.
Remember that this is gendron's opinion and not the perfect word of God. No one is perfect. Jesus says no one is Good are righteous until glorification when you die. Mike has a job trying to call Catholics a false religion. He doesn't know one way or the other. God will have to teach him when he dies and he is glorified. He will be saved most likely, but nobody knows if we knew we would be in heaven
I too grew up as a Roman Catholic plus all the required Sacraments. I felt empty following the Sunday Masses on Camp Lejeune. I was invited to a Wednesday evening Service in Jacksonville, NC February 1976. John 14:6 brought me to my knees at the altar invitation. I accepted Christ as my Savior that night.
Congratulations Daniel E.F.! The LORD brought you out of darkness of false religion and into the Light that is Jesus Christ--John 8:12. PRAISE THE LORD!
You could be saved too Bridgefin, if you repent of your sins including apostate and false religious Roman Catholic system. Then believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved according to Acts 16:31
@@ericevearitt3317 Thanks anyway but I would prefer to go to Heaven than to abandon God. Jesus established the Catholic Church so you are calling Jesus a false teacher establishing a false religion. Tell me, what sinner do you follow in the place of Jesus?
My first encounter with the errors in Roman Catholicism was during a Catechism class at St. Jude Shrine, the largest Catholic parish in Lagos, Nigeria. I was there because I wanted to convert from 'Protestantism' to Catholicism. I chose Roman Catholicism because of the short duration of its service. Anyway, on the first day of the Catechism class, the Reverend Brother assigned to us asserted that we won't bother ourselves with the first eleven chapters of Genesis because according to him, these are fiction. He also took a poke at the burning bush story involving Moses describing it as childish. I was so pained by these blasphemous utterances that I wrote to the church leadership, but was ignored. Some years later, I read in an international magazine that the then Pope Benedict had endorsed a research into the origins of man. It was then it dawned on me that the Reverend Brother was speaking the mind of the highest Roman Catholic authority in Rome. I feel so sorry for everyone being held captive in this demonic system. We might think that they are doing it willingly. Their minds have been totally captured by satan and his demons to the extent that truth is now offensive to them. What believers owe Catholics is prayer - Fervent prayers for God to open their eyes to the truth.
The first part of Genesis (for adults) is not a physics chapter explaining the creation of the World but the earliest of believers saying "Why are we here?" "What is the point of our existence?" and obeying GOD !! The video is just the failed claims doing another round. Full of self congratulation. Gendron goes for the weak Catholics who do not know their faith .... Catholics already glorify the Lord in the 7 sacraments directly to God .. Gendron and his hate preachers deceive by lies about what Catholics believe and do THE CATHOLIC MASS has 2 main parts 1) The WORD which is three scripture readings and a Homily explanation of the Word and 2) The Eucharist which is what Christ told us to do 3 times in John 6 and in 13 other scripture !!.. At 4 minutes 20 he claimed he had never opened the bible when a Catholic -- well 97% of the Catholic Mass which he should have attended weekly at least is directly from the bible - reading and prayers ... In the three year cycle Catholics get through the bible Genesis to Revelation !! Mr Gendron is just trying to build up his own empire in opposition to Christ - he has had his reward in $$$
What the brother told you is against Church teaching. Genesis is written as an historical narrative and the literal sense must be preserved. Do you want to take back what you said now? Recent popes have been weak on refuting the claims of evolution, but they have not endorsed it, nor claimed that Genesis should not be read or believed. Pope Piux XII, in Humani Generis (1950, I think), allowed for discussion by experts in the field restricted to the possibility of pre-existent living matter before Adam - I don't think he should have said this - but with the caveat that Adam and Eve are our first parents, that all men descend from them, that the soul is immediately created by God, etc. He condemned "polygenism," which would be to say that we all came from a group of the first humans and not Adam and Eve. The allowing for discussion by experts was because then as well as now the supposed scientific community insisted it had clear evidence of evolution. The Pope only allowed for discussion on that one point and was preserving Christian doctrine by the rest of what he said in that context. You also say that the Faith delivered to the Church by Jesus Christ Himself is "demonic." Doesn't that mean that you are blaspheming the Holy Spirit? "Fervent prayers for God to open their eyes to the truth." What 'truth' is that? Is there another 'truth' other than what Jesus gave to the Church?
@@MillionthUsername What I have realised is that it takes an intervention by God Himself for deluded people to be saved. I read an account of a believer who was burnt to death on the stake by the Roman Catholic church. In the story recorded in John Foxe's Book of Martyrs, the victim cited Scripture to defend his claims that salvation is by faith in Christ alone. The Catholic inquisitors replied that the Pope is the head of the church and that his word is superior to Scripture. They went ahead and killed the innocent man. No intellectual discourse or citing of Scriptures can open the eyes of people that are under demonic influence. We need to pray for God to open their eyes.
Gendron "" there is no mention of the Eucharist in the Bible, The Catholic Church has made up that term "" ............ Now the truth ....14 Scripture verses that show Catholic Eucharist is the truth ................. Mark 14:22-24 While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.” And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Luke 13:26 Verse Concepts Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’; Luke 22:19-20 And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood. John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:51 Verse Concepts I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” John 6:53-57 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. John 13:1-4 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:46-47 Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. Acts 20:7 Verse Concepts On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread. 1 Corinthians 10:21-22 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we? 1 Corinthians 11:20-34 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
Everything you have posted points to the bread and wine as being a symbol not literally. Further what you are saying is that Jesus went against his own law that he gave to the Levites in cannibalism and drinking blood as the pagans did.
@@stever4181 1 What I gave you was 14 bible passages that prove the eucharist your claims of cannibalism and Jesus going against his own law is laughable
@@1234poppycat You show a complete lack of Biblical understanding. This is typical of Catholics they only repeat like broken records. Are you telling me you do not eat the Flesh of Jesus? Why do you suppose those disciples left Jesus?
@@1234poppycat there is no mention of the canon of the Bible in the Bible either yet you trust the church for that… History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved it by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself?
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.” - Mathew 10:16-17
You're wrong J Good. There are those of us who do listen so Mike is not preaching to the choir. You would do well to listen too, at least be considerate.
Thank you pastors Jon & Kyle bringing Mike Gendron into this extremely informative podcast regarding Catholicism, the Bible, and most of all the Truth. As a former Catholic of over 50+ years which included 12 years of catholic parochial school, this podcast with Mike Gendron not only reaffirmed my leaving Catholicism but also provides some excellent pointers on witnessing to my family and friends who are still catholic. I love our Redeemer Bible Church immensly and the work our pastors do to help guide us to the truth. My congratulations on the 100th episode!
But these men are not telling you the truth about the holy Faith. They teach heresies from the 16th century. Remember the warning in the NT not to receive a new 'gospel'. There is only one, and that is the ancient one, the one we see in history evangelizing the world and building a Christian civilization. Claiming that God waiting 1500 years to bring the 'true' one is just completely irrational and flies in the face of reality.
Let us keep just Pointing our dear Roman Catholics brethren Back to The Holy Bible Word of GOD And wait for GOD The Holy Spirit show them The Truth of The GOD of The Holy Bible!!!!
@@johnyang1420 yes NO salvation outside the Catholic Church .... the video is just the failed claims doing another round. Full of self congratulation. Gendron goes for the weak Catholics who do not know their faith .... Catholics already glorify the Lord in the 7 sacraments directly to God .. Gendron and his hate preachers deceive by lies about what Catholics believe and do THE CATHOLIC MASS has 2 main parts 1) The WORD which is three scripture readings and a Homily explanation of the Word and 2) The Eucharist which is what Christ told us to do 3 times in John 6 and in 13 other scripture !!.. At 4 minutes 20 he claimed he had never opened the bible when a Catholic -- well 97% of the Catholic Mass which he should have attended weekly at least is directly from the bible - reading and prayers ... In the three year cycle Catholics get through the bible Genesis to Revelation !! Mr Gendron is just trying to build up his own empire in opposition to Christ - he has had his reward in $$$
look up on youtube and see Mike debate his views .... the main debate starts at 8 minutes following a long introduction .... """Debate: Catholic vs Protestant Salvation vesves Justification Tim Staples vs Mike Gendron""" This was 5 years ago and Mike lost logically and scripturally and has never debated with a Catholic in a public debate since !!!!!!!!! So he knows the truth but carries this on to con more people !!
Technically there is no Roman Catholic Church although the Church is oftentimes called this. There is the Catholic Church which consists of seven different rites with the Latin Rite being the most numerous and widespread. Other rites are Byzantine, Alexandrian, Syrian, Armenian, Maronite and Chaldean. There are several subrites within these major rites. The seperate rites have their own bishops and dioceses but there is only one pope.
@@stever4181 The Church has only one pope and the all of the rites normally have representatives involved in his election. A pope can be elected from any of the rites.
This is so sad...Why does this man never debate or dialog with a Catholic scholar? Because he does not know what he is talking about. He has a very distorted and twisted version of Catholicism, it's just so embarassing, and tawdry. I was a Reformed Calvinist for 28 years. I was totally convinced. At some point I had questions...I could not accept as Calvinists do that God created many people for eternal damnation. I also began to see that the protestants had a very selective view about the bible. The change for me came when I read John 6 and truly understood what Christ meant about his Body and Blood....I realised that protestants did not have a clue about this! It took two years but I was recieved onto the Church. Having experienced both, I LOVE the fullness of the faith in the Catholic Church. I can recieve the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist! Don't trust this man!
"Belief saves a person. Nothing else." The Bible says we are justified by works as well. Also, the faith referred to is the Catholic Faith. You cannot just 'believe' whatever you choose. You must believe the gospel that Christ entrusted to the Church. No one else was given authority to teach and govern Christians.
@@MillionthUsername You have to be kidding. The catholic faith has its members on their knees befor graven images. It also teaches that Jesus sacrifice wasnt enough to get rid of all sine, that men/women have to pay for some sins. This is satanic, and you believe it.
@Millionthusername, James NEVER uses language in his epistle to say works are necessary for salvation. Don't fool yourself my misinterpretating the book of James according to Catholic dogma which is antibiblical.
All denominations are MAN determined😮. Read the Gospel of John ,with time on chapter 6. How many denominations have a Bible that was kept alive by Catholics.
@@alhilford2345 does that mean that they get the credit for preserving God’s word? Or does God get the credit as the scripture says, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.” Matthew 24:35. See Isaiah 40:8.
@Only Love Why would you want to make an image and bow down before it to pray to God? It doesn't make sense. We don't need an image to do that. When was the last time you bowed down before an image of Mary, or St Anthony to help you find some lost item or for some other intention? Perhaps you like praying to an image of Michael the Archangel? God hasn't commanded us to do that. I wonder what the Bible says about prayer? I will have to study this subject further. In the meantime I will pray to God through Jesus without the aid of any images. It's worked for me so far.
Scripture says God saves us or we are saved by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8) and through sanctification (2 Thes. 2:13). Salvation is a process, not just one time event. If salvation is a process, then so is justification. The Reformers' teaching that faith alone justifies us (Latin sola fide) has no scriptural basis. The phrase "justified by faith" appears four times in NT (Rom. 3:28, 5:1, Gal. 2:16, 3:24). NT was written in Greek and the one in Rom. 3:28 is in Greek passive present tense while the rest are in Greek passive aorist tense. Both present and aorist tenses do NOT indicate a completed justification by faith. If Scripture teaches faith-alone justification, then the Holy Spirit would inspire Paul to write the phrase "justified by faith" in Greek passive perfect tense. The Reformers taught that through faith alone justification we get Christ' righteousness imputed on or counted on us, while all our sins (past, present AND FUTURE) are imputed on or counted on Christ who bore them on the cross. We are not made righteous but are only declared righteous based on alien righteousness of Christ - we remain sinner at the same time. That is why followers of the Reformers love saying that we are saved solely by what Christ did on the cross (Latin solus Christus). However Scripture denies double imputation when it says in Ezek. 18:20: "the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself." Scripture denies that we can be both righteous and sinner at the same time in Ezek. 33:12: "the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins". According to the Reformers: (1) God will let us enter heaven while we remain unrighteous because our sins are covered by Christ’ righteousness; (2) God directed His wrath and anger to Christ because our sins are imputed on or counted on Him, while He remains sinless and righteous. Compare this teaching with what Scripture says in Prov. 17:15: “he who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord”. Catholics, on the other hand, believe that through justification we are made righteous (PASSIVE) through Christ (Rom. 5:19). By ourselves we can never become righteous. We lose righteousness through sinning as stated in Ezek. 33:12 cited above. Scripture says there are deadly and non-deadly sins (1 John 5:16-17) and full-grown sins bring death (James 1:15). Under imputation concept of the Reformers what those verses say become meaningless as ALL our sins are counted on Christ, regardless of their numbers and/or intensity. In Catholic teaching, moved and enabled by grace we repent and have our sins washed away or forgiven to regain our righteous state back. Faith is counted as righteousness (Rom. 4:3) - Catholics do believe that through faith we are made righteous. But to do what is right also makes us righteous (1 John 3:7). Faith is counted for righteousness to Abraham (Gen. 15:6) but what is counted (the same Hebrew verb as in Gen. 15:6) to Phinehas for righteousness in Psalms 106:31 is not faith but what he did. Our ability both to have faith, to do what is right and to repent comes from and is only possible by grace through Christ as apart from Him we can do nothing (John 15:5). Why being made righteous is essential? Scripture says it is righteousness that delivers from death (Prov. 10:2) and Jesus said in Mat. 25:46 that the righteous shall go to eternal life. Catholics believe that we are saved by what Christ did on the cross and by what He and/or God do in us, that is we are transformed by grace (NOT by our own effort) from our unrighteous state to righteous one. Who is preaching the true Gospel?
@@Wgaither1 As I wrote earlier you are entitled to have your opinion. Who is preaching the false Gospel can be scripturally examined. According to Scripture we are made righteous through Christ (Rom. 5:19). According to the Reformers you are counted as righteous based on external righteousness of Christ and remain unrighteous. You should be able to realize who is preaching the true Gospel.
@@justfromcatholic I know who’s preaching a false gospel. But why does the Pope allow priests and bishops to preach a false gospel? So as of right now you are still a sinner, are you righteous or unrighteous?
Of course she is alive. What do you think eternal life means? She is united to Jesus Christ, Who is God, in glory. She is part of his Body, as are all those who accept the Faith and are baptized. Since we are one Body, there is communion between us. This doctrine of Paul's we call the communion of saints. It is part of the ancient Christian creeds. We, as part of the same Body, petition the saints in Heaven to intercede for us because "the prayer of the righteous is powerful." I have personally received physical healing through the intercession of the Blessed Mother. It's extremely odd that people who reject the Faith on account of solid Christian doctrines such as the communion of saints also claim to be intercessors and offer prayer for healing, deliverance, etc. They even call themselves "prayer warriors," but then they claim that the body of Christ cannot minister to other members as the same time, so it's a contradiction in their thinking. The saints do not need to be omnipresent to hear our prayers. God is omnipresent and they live in Him. Maybe these new religions don't believe that, I don't know.
@@MillionthUsername I did not explain myself very well. I am sorry. I just mean the bible says the dead hear nothing. There is nothing in the Bible that says that Mary can simultaneously hear the prayers of people all over the world, in different languages, spoken, and thought, an attribute that God possesses. If we add to the Word of God... thinking we know more... The Lord will be very upset with us. I do not judge you at all ... but only the Bible can tell us the truth ... no other human being ... as holy as she or he may be has the real truth... only the Lord. Please. all u have to do is sincerely say to the Lord show me.. I am open.
@@alicia4him1 Jesus spoke to the "dead" Moses at His Transfiguration, and Moses could hear Him fine. How? Of his own power? No, God allowed it and enabled he and Elijah to visit with Jesus and talk about what was coming. God is able to allow people to move in supernatural power. Revelation depicts the saints in Heaven knowing our plight on earth and pleading with God for us, so obviously they are informed somehow. There is nothing in the Bible that says that every true thing has to be stated explicitly in the Bible. This is a trope used by many anti-Catholic heretics, and it is utterly irrational and self-contradictory since their false doctrines and their false 'churches' are not in the Bible either. The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible, yet it is a foundational Christian teaching. And very little is so explicit that everyone is forced to agree. Sola Scriptura or Bible alone (meaning ones subjective interpretation of it) was NEVER taught by Jesus or the Apostles. And we don't really find it in history until the 16th century, which is just after the printing press was invented. Before the printing press, you obviously had to get Christian teaching from the Christian Church, and nowhere at no time was anybody allowed to claim that merely their opinions of certain Scripture passages was the standard of orthdoxy for the whole Church. This is an extremely bizarre way of thinking. It leads directly to division and chaos and disorder and heresy and nonsense. This is not how God set things up. And another thing regarding this is that spirits are immaterial and not in a specific place. They are just said to "be" where they act. This is how Satan and demons and good angels can act in our world. They are not limited by physics. How do you explain demonic activity? Do you say that Satan must be omnipresent if he is acing all over the world at virtually the same time? Of course you don't. It's just the power they have as angelic creatures. And you think the saints in Heaven who are in glory with Jesus and perfectly united to Him have less power than demons?
@@MillionthUsername If your defense here is true, then the hundreds of RCC priests who have left the RCC for Biical Christianity must be missing what you know 🙄 . I've found that people like you and Catholic apologists are very good at spinning arguments (e.g Trinity is not in the Bible, so Sola Scriptura is a farce ...hence, our extraBiblical RCC traditions - such as Papal Infallibility, Comediatrix - can pass). Whilst I don't find that line of argumentation very convincing, I focus on the very obvious, I.e the ecumenism of Vatican II and the implications for Islam. No-one who knows much about Islam and Christianity will absolve the RCC of its duplicity regarding Islam.
@@kenid4144 What is "biblical Christianity"? You mean a variation of the 16th century heresies? They are neither biblical nor Christianity. Priests, or anyone else who leaves the Church, are obviously missing something, yes. Spinning arguments? You mean using reason and logic and divine revelation to prove heretics wrong? No one presents the argument: Trinity is not in the Bible, therefore Sola Scriptura is false. That doesn't make any sense. You have obviously misunderstood the argument. What you mean by referencing 'extrabiblical traditions' is to say that the apostolic Tradition is false? No, it is not. We know what the Apostles taught since it was handed down in their churches from generation to generation. If you read the Fathers you will find this. Or read a real history of the Church. As you must already know, Sola Scriptura has never been a Christian teaching. It was never a standard of orthodoxy since anyone can claim to make Scripture say whatever they want it to say. The standard was always the Church since Jesus established the Church. They didn't go around handing out Bibles, saying read this and come up with your own doctrines. Sorry. Again, read actual Christians in the second, third, fourth centuries, etc. They are Catholic. There was one Church. The Orthodox didn't even split off until the 11th century. No Protestantism from the Apostles to Martin Luther in 1517. Christianity was and is Catholic. I agree with you that the false ecumenism as has been practiced since VII is bad, especially in terms of trying to placate non-Christians.
Thank you so much for this. I’m really tired of people thinking it’s the same religion. I know Christianity is not a religion though. Of course it’s a personal relationship with our Lord
Where can I find a personal relationship with Jesus? Are you a Bible-only Christian? I am not Roman Catholic nor Am I a Post Reformation Western Christian. You guys as well as the Catholics say that you are practicing the true Christian faith. Yet, you look nor act like the Christians in the New Testament. If you were to come to my Church, you will hear the Bible read in the original language, no it is not dead in our Church. I have been a Christian for the majority of my life. I worship just as the Christians worshipped in 33 AD, I read the Bible and worship in Κoinè Δiálektos/Koine Greek. I believe with all my heart that the Bible as originally inspired I.e., Koine Greek is infallible! In saying this I do have issues with Roman Catholicism as well as Post-Reformation Western Christianity’s understanding of the Bible! As a lifelong student of Early Christian history, I am perplexed about the reason modern Christianity is so different from First Century Christianity. As a speaker of Koine/ Modern Greek, I can attest to the fact that the saying lost in translation is a real phenomenon! Roman Catholicism and Western Christianity have done a disservice to the Faith Christ gave to his Apostles to preach unto the world. I am saddened when I hear people state the “Bible says the following” when in reality the Bible is being used to support a theological position. I often hear staunch supporters of the Bible say they believe every word in the Bible yet their doctrines are nowhere to be found in the Bible. For the Roman Catholics purgatory and for the Post Reformation believers “a personal relationship with Jesus". For example, traditions are mentioned in the Bible, but in all honesty, the translation is lacking when compared to the God-inspired Greek word for tradition “Παραδόσεις”. Speaking of Παραδόσεις that very word in Greek tells us that Sola Scripture/Bible Only was a foreign concept to Early Christians. The Apostle Paul revealed that there is more than just the Bible in Christianity, ῾Διὰ λόγου εἴτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ἡμῶν῾, 2 Thes 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the TRADITIONS which ye have been taught, whether by WORD “, or our EPISTLE. Please show me where I can find in the Bible that the Bible only is the way to Go. As Eastern Christians, we have preserved the Bible and its original language for 2,000 years as well as the God-inspired Traditions that The Apostles gave us. Translation issue is why the Roman Catholics have a false doctrine called Purgatory as well as Protestants ignore the instructions of Jesus about the importance of Communion. I pray my insight would stir up the viewers of this video to seek out false doctrines that were established in Roman Catholicism as well as Post Reformation Groups. Here is a fact, it is possible for every miracle and teaching of Jesus to be placed in one book, thus we have supplements [ Traditions originally called Παραδόσεις ], thankfully Eastern Christians have kept the totality of the faith, not bits and pieces! John 21:25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they should be written to everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
praise GOD people are starting to see and ask questions and thats what we want to save people, to know they have the lord in there heart,God gave us this free gift, he gave his son who died for us so we can repent and take him as our savior , and when you know God is always there he will never leave you ,he says call on him pray to him in the secret place where its quiet ,dont boast in public or do repetitious prayers for all to see for they have there reward, god wants you to pray to him glorify him serve him,he wants to know you. His last words were for i never knew yo depart from me ,but god i delivered devils out in your name, i prayed for people in your name, but i never knew you, those are words you dont ever want to hear.
Mike Gendron has done more to convince me of the truth of the Catholic Faith than any other Protestant apologist. He consistently delivers a litany of easily disproven falsehoods about Catholicism and comes off as having some sort anti Catholic axe to grind. An example, in this video he states that Ephesians 2 8-9 and Titus 3 5 are excluded from the Catholic mass readings. This is false. The former is read on the 4th Sunday of lent, every third year. The latter is read on Christmas. I challenge those who listen to Mike to investigate his claims with an open mind, then ask yourself why he has to use falsehoods in his attempt to slander the Catholic Church.
Yet he will not answer this question. Can you… History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved it by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself?
@@srich7503 the Catholic Church confirmed the 27 books at the Councils of Hippo and Carthage during the late 4th century. The same confirmation was reaffirmed much later at the Councils of Florence and Trent.
Especially since Mike blocked me on Facebook years ago for asking questions he did not like. I'm a convert to Catholicism and now a permanent deacon in the Catholic Church.
I was lost after just 1 minute. I am sorry kinda look like half empty cup. Even if what you say that catolicism is wrong is true, but why continue to disprove them and convert them the work is the same to introduce Christ to the world, the harvest is abundant, many non-christians in the world last time I check. Mike you have been Catholic, why not give thanks that you started Catholic, and not non Christians. May God bless all of you. Remember what is important LOVE. God is LOVE.
No Christian religion is perfect, but the essense is there, to make known the ways of the Lord. Last time I check Catholics got many martyrs, many of them died for the faith, God is good many of us did not have to go through the sacrifices they have made in order to keep the faith alive. They were chosen by God and they responded. I urge all of you to stop, this is not what God commanded, He said to Love, not disprove who is right or wrong. If you still have the urge to do it, try going to the most unconfortable areas in the world, go places that is non-Christians and do your work there. 😊
It is so incredibly sad to read the comments of so many "former Catholics." Here are only a few reasons why non-Catholic Christian churches cannot be the true Church of Christ: 1. The Catholic Church is the ONLY Church instituted by Christ Himself (Mt. 16:18). The powers of hell will not prevail against it! Every other Christian denomination can only trace their origin back to a man, not to Christ. 2. He will be with His Church for ever (Mt. 28:20). 3. Anyone who teaches a different gospel than the one from His Church is to be acursed (Gal. 1:8-9). 4. The books of the Bible were put into a Cannon by the Catholic Church (from which the Protestant "reformers" removed 7 books 5. Christ institued the sacraments which are only found in His Church (Confession Jn. 20:23, Communion Lk. 22:19, etc.) Please, debate a Catholic who knows the faith, and stop spreading your distorted beliefs and misinterpretation of the Word of God (2 Peter 3:16).
1) There is nothing in Matthew that states the church Jesus started is the CC. In fact, if you would read your Bible you would see in both NT and OT that Jesus is the Chief Cornerstone of that church. Further in Matthew correctly read Jesus built his church on the rock, not Peter. God Never built anything Holy on one of his creations therefore Jesus could not nor would not build his church on Peter. Yes, he did use Peter and a great many more people to further his church but it was built on Jesus and that is why it is Holy. Your pope said there is an "Elegant demon" in the Vatican. Look at the atrocities your religion has committed throughout history. Now explain how the gates of hell have Not prevailed against the CC. 2) Once again in Matthew 28:20 there is no mention of the CC. The word used for church is 'Ekklesia' and always refers to Christ's believers so Jesus's church are his believers and he is the head of them never a religion such as the CC. 3) True. How does the CC fair? No so good. The Gospel does not support Mary as sinless, assumed, to be prayed to, or is a go-between man and Christ. She certainly has nothing to do with salvation. So you see the CC teaches a different Gospel than what God teaches 4) Typical Catholic teaching and thinking. Where was the Holy Spirit in all this? The way you tell it he had nothing to do with it and it was all done by religious men. That my friend is BLASPHEMY! 5) Sacraments are a religious term not mentioned in scriptures yet held dearly by Catholics. Do Christians believe and hold dear Confession, Communion, etc? Absolutely Why would you think we do not? It is incredibly sad to see Catholics cling to the deception of the CC when they have God's word staring them in the face.
@@stever4181 "Jesus built his church on the rock, not Peter." Scripture: 1. Jesus calls Simon "Blessed" 2. Jesus changes Simons name to Peter or ROCK (Petros or Kephas). That is significant!! 3. Jesus says --------------------> on "this" [Peter] ROCK (Petra or Kephas) I will build my Church. 4. Jesus ONLY gives the keys to the kingdom, to bind and loosen, to Peter. The keys are a symbol of authority to govern while the king is away. In the Davidic Kings, the prime minister received these in the Old Testament while the king was away. No one else received them. _17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter [kephas], and on this rock [kephas] I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”_
@@TruthHasSpoken 1) Peter is called blessed because he listened to God in verse 16. We are blessed when we listen to God but it does not mean God will build a church on us or Peter. 2&3) Interesting that you use 2 completely different words, Petros and Petra to describe Pete. You use them wrongly as well. Petros is a masculine name and is used as a man's name and never for a female. Petra is feminine and never used as a male name. Therefore Peter can not be the Petra in verse 18. You then ignore verses 13-15 where Jesus is asking who the people say he is and who they say he is. This is all about Jesus and not Peter. The attempt to elevate Peter in place of Jesus here is blasphemy. God never built anything Holy on one of His creations and does not do it here as you state. The church Jesus started must be Holy otherwise it would be flawed just as the CC and all religions are flawed. This church is then built on Jesus himself as the Chief cornerstone. Romans 9:33, Isaiah 28:16, Acts 4:10-12, even Peter acknowledges that Jesus is this stone (Petra) 1 Peter 2:4-8, & 1 Peter 2:7-8. This Petra is Jesus himself and is the same Petra used in Matthew 7:24 where the wise man built his house on the rock (Petra). It is a sad state of affairs that the CC gets this so terribly wrong. Bells and whistles should be going off and would drive anyone away from the CC for saying such lies. Additionally, church is the word ekklesia and means those believers in Jesus as the Son of God and the Messiah. It is used over 115 times in the NT and *Never* is used to mean a religion. 4) Keys to the kingdom: Peter demonstrates having one of the keys when he listens to God and says, "You are the Son of God and the Messiah"! You are trying to equate an earthly kingdom, Davidic Kings, with that of God's Kingdom. God's kingdom is not of this world John 18;36 " “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world" It would be quite impossible for God's kingdom to be the same as an earthly kingdom especially when it was never God's plan to have Kings and kingdoms. It was the people who demanded this. (read the Old Testament. To then say there is a parallel is totally wrong. Anyone who listens to God or the Holy Spirit receives the keys. They do indeed unlock God's wisdom to his believers and are not only for Peter but for all believers. Further Jesus states that he has all authority and sends the apostles out into the world to preach the Gospel. Unless you have the keys to God's kingdom that would be an impossible task. Your comment of, "The keys are a symbol of authority to govern while the king is away" is totally WRONG! Is Jesus away? Perhaps you need to read 2 Corinthians 13:5, “Or do you not realize about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you?” Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.” If Christ lives in us he is NOT away as you state. Your whole understanding in this is totally wrong and paints Jesus as some far and distant person who is unapproachable and nothing could be farther from the truth. Equally and most importantly God gives us a promise in the OT and in the NT that you completely ignore. "Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you"! Blessings
Hello fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. I spent over 50 years being a member of one side that’s being debated in the comments here. I’m choosing not to reveal which side I came from and which I believe in now. I lost the closeness of a dear family member as a result of my switching so I know all too well what debate and division can do. This leads me to say that while it’s 100% fine to discuss various interpretations of the Bible and try to flush out what it is we feel in our hearts that God wants, I think it’s extremely dangerous to condemn the other side and say those folks are all headed to hell. Did it ever occur to us that heaven just might be filled with saved Catholics AND Born Again believers? In the end, isn’t it ONLY God who has the ability to see into the “hearts and minds” of ALL of His children? Perhaps we should think about how some of the nastiness, divisiveness and condemnation in some of this discussion might be helping the enemy’s cause and grieving the Holy Spirit. Just a thought.
Mike dodges the whole topic of how early Christians understood scripture. This includes St Ignatius of Antioch, a disciple of St John, the SAME St John taught by Jesus who witnessed his crucifixion and saw him resurrected.. A great example of Luke 10 : He (St Ignatius) Who hears you (St John) Hears me (Jesus) Does the Church of Gendron have a proper Eucharist? No Does the Church of Gendron have a Bishop with succession from the apostles? No Could the Church of Gendron, only in existence for the last 30 years, be the CATHOLIC Church spoken of below? No “See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Christ Jesus does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles. Do ye also reverence the deacons, as those that carry out the appointment of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyrneans, 8:2 (c. A.D. 110). Ignatius below is 100% consistent with St John = THIS IS MY BODY. Nothing symbolic only as taught by the Church of Gendron. “They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again.” Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to Smyrnaeans, 7,1 (c. A.D. 110). Lot's and lots of reasons for Mike to dodge the early Church writings. Yet, he tacitly trusts in the authority of the Church he objects to to even know what books belong in his New Testament. "I think it’s extremely dangerous to condemn the other side and say those folks are all headed to hell." The Church of Mike believes in Eternal Security. There is nothing Mike can do to lose his inheritance, so he has no fear to say what he wishes. From his website: _a permanent right standing before God and the promise of spending eternity in heaven._ He doesn't see it dangerous at all.
@@stever4181 Catholic's TRUST Jesus .. he promised to lead HIS Church, the Pillar and Bulwark of Truth, to ALL TRUTH. Not _endless_ doctrinal chaos and confusion. ETERNAL SECURITY - So when the Church of Gendron decapitates scripture from the faith from which it came, and speaks of the man-made invention of eternal security, which contradicts scripture itself, we can reject it. THE LORD"S SUPPER - And when the Church of Gendron states that the Lord's Supper is symbolic ONLY, contradicting Jesus : THIS IS MY BODY, and the Christian faith for over 1500 years, we can reject it. Obeying the fallible and un-authoritative Church of Mike instead of scripture is doing just that : _placing his religion before the words of God_ It makes Jesus out to be undependable and a liar. He's not the divine author of doctrinal chaos and confusion.
It all depends if they were born again believers and followers of Jesus Christ and saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, Debra (EPHESIANS 2:8-9). NO WORKS AT ALL, BUT THE FINISHED OF CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHN 19:30.
@@ericevearitt3317 "born again believers" One is Born Again scripturally .... AND for the first 1500+ years of Christianity - ALL over the world, wherever you met a Christian, through Baptism. My baptism write up below: The Old Testament Prefigures a greater New Testament reality: The Waters of Baptism are Salvific. - Noah and his family were saved by the water and cleansed humanity of sin, the Ark representing the Church. - The Israelites were saved by water from Pharaoh’s army crossing the sea - The Israelites were again saved by water when Moses struck the Rock God foretells his Spirit would someday reside not in Jerusalem’s temple built by man but within mankind himself: _25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances (Ez 36)._ St John the Baptist says that Jesus would come baptizing with the Holy Spirit: _“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire_ (Mat 3:11). _I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit’_ (Jn 1:33). St Paul speaks to the New Testament fulfillment, through Baptism, our body being the temple of God’s Spirit. _Do you not know that your body is the temple of the holy spirit within you, which you have from God (1 Cor 6:19)?_ We receive the Holy Spirit through baptism, the external washing by water signifying (a sign, a symbol, but not a sign or symbol only) of an interior spiritual change within us. Born Anew (Again) - through baptism, we are “born again” scripturally _3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicode′mus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit [baptism], he cannot enter the kingdom of God (Jn 3: 3,5)._ Regenerated and Justified - All Sacraments are means of receiving his Grace (we are saved by Grace) _when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life (Titus 3: 4-7)._ Sanctified - the exterior sign of water signifies the interior spiritual change through baptism. _11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God (1 Cor 6: 11)._ Baptism Restores Sanctifying Grace and Cleanses Us of ALL Personal Sins _And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name (Acts 22: 16).”_ Baptism Saves Us - by having the Spirit of God in us; God can’t be any more explicit - _“Truly, truly, unless one is born of water and the Spirit [baptism], he cannot enter the kingdom of God (Jn 3: 5).”_ - _Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Pet 3: 21)._ - _He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned_ (Mk 16: 16; believing / having faith means to follow all that Christ commanded. He commanded that Christians be baptized as a means of receiving his grace) Note, I can cite Christian men for this whole time period who taught exactly what scripture teaches. The Church of Mike can not. Examples below. “Moreover, the things proceeding from the waters were blessed by God, that this also might be a sign of men’s being destined to receive repentance and remission of sins, through the water and laver of regeneration,-as many as come to the truth, and are born again, and receive blessing from God.” Theopilus of Antioch, To Autolycus, 2:16 (A.D. 181). Worth repeating: How is does one receive repentance and remission of sins .... through the water and spirit (the laver or regeneration). BAPTISM. Does the fallible Church of Mike Gendron know the bible better than St Cyprian? NO WAY! “[W]hen they come to us and to the Church which is one, ought to be baptized, for the reason that it is a small matter to ‘lay hands on them that they may receive the Holy Ghost,’ unless they receive also the baptism of the Church. For then finally can they be fully sanctified, and be the sons of God, if they be born of each sacrament; since it is written, ‘Except a man be born again of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.’…[O]nly baptism of the holy Church, by divine regeneration, for the kingdom of God, may be born of both sacraments, because it is written, ‘Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.'” Cyprian, To Stephen, 71:72 (A.D. 253). Does the fallible Church of Mike Gendron know scripture better than St Hilary? NO WAY! “We are circumcised not with a fleshly circumcision but with the circumcision of Christ, that is, we are born again into a new man; for, being buried with Him in His baptism, we must die to the old man, because the regeneration of baptism has the force of resurrection.” Hilary of Poitiers, Trinity, 9:9 (A.D. 359). Does the fallible Church of Mike Gendron know how to interpret scripture better than St Basil? NO WAY “This then is what it is to be born again of water and of the Spirit, the being made dead being effected in the water, while our life is wrought in us through the Spirit. In three immersions, then, and with three invocations, the great mystery of baptism is performed, to the end that the type of death may be fully figured, and that by the tradition of the divine knowledge the baptized may have their souls enlightened. It follows that if there is any grace in the water, it is not of the nature of the water, but of the presence of the Spirit.” Basil, On the Spirit, 15:35 (A.D. 375). Where are all those early Christians preaching the fallible Church of Gendron?
@@bridgefin He is well versed in catholic teachings and an expect in dodging the bible truth, however the true gospel is not in him, same like trent horn and Mr staples.
@@wesleysimelane3423 Interesting that both Hanh and Staples were active anti-Catholics before their conversion experiences. They KNOW where you are coming from and WHERE you are wrong. And they will back that up with more Scripture than you can stomach. But feel free to stay in your ignorance and risk judgment.
@@bridgefin I believe James White destroyed Staples through the bible alone (the word of God alone) while he tried to survive through typology, exesegis, hermeneutics and so-called church fathers' writings. Hahn is a charlatan who will be easily caught out. Many flaws in his teaching to support the rcc agenda.
This old guy said that he was Catholic for 35 years and never opened the Bible. If he really was Catholic then he went to a Catholic Mass. At every Catholic Mass we read scripture from the Old Testament and from Psalms and from the new testament and from the gospel. This guy is obviously lying. He said that he consulted a priest witha question about Christianity. Where in the bible does it say to do that? No where! The Bible says. 1 Tim 3:15 to ask the Church if you have a question about Christianity. The Church is the pillar and foundation of truth. The Church says to consult the Catechism if you have any question about how you are supposed to act in the house of the Lord. Catholics are not saved by their works. Our works prove that we are saved! The Catholic Church feeds, houses, clothes and educates more people each year than any other group on the planet. Only the devil wants to destroy the Catholic Church. But that will never happen.
Why are you praying God through all these mediators: holy Mary.. Holy Joseph...James...However, the Bible says: There is only one mediators between God and human..?
I have been a Christian for the majority of my life. I worship just as the Christians worshipped in 33 AD, I read the Bible and worship in Κoinè Δiálektos/Koine Greek. I believe with all my heart that the Bible as originally inspired I.e., Koine Greek is infallible! In saying this I do have issues with Roman Catholicism as well as Post-Reformation Western Christianity’s understanding of the Bible! As a lifelong student of Early Christian history, I am perplexed about the reason modern Christianity is so different from First Century Christianity. As a speaker of Koine/ Modern Greek, I can attest to the fact that the saying lost in translation is a real phenomenon! Roman Catholicism and Western Christianity have done a disservice to the Faith Christ gave to his Apostles to preach unto the world. I am saddened when I hear people state the “Bible says the following” when in reality the Bible is being used to support a theological position. I often hear staunch supporters of the Bible say they believe every word in the Bible yet their doctrines are nowhere to be found in the Bible. For the Roman Catholics purgatory and for the Post Reformation believers “a personal relationship with Jesus". For example, traditions are mentioned in the Bible, but in all honesty, the translation is lacking when compared to the God-inspired Greek word for tradition “Παραδόσεις”. Speaking of Παραδόσεις that very word in Greek tells us that Sola Scripture/Bible Only was a foreign concept to Early Christians. The Apostle Paul revealed that there is more than just the Bible in Christianity, ῾Διὰ λόγου εἴτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ἡμῶν῾, 2 Thes 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the TRADITIONS which ye have been taught, whether by WORD “, or our EPISTLE. Please show me where I can find in the Bible that the Bible only is the way to Go. As Eastern Christians, we have preserved the Bible and its original language for 2,000 years as well as the God-inspired Traditions that The Apostles gave us. Translation issue is why the Roman Catholics have a false doctrine called Purgatory as well as Protestants ignore the instructions of Jesus about the importance of Communion. I pray my insight would stir up the viewers of this video to seek out false doctrines that were established in Roman Catholicism as well as Post Reformation Groups. Here is a fact, it is possible for every miracle and teaching of Jesus to be placed in one book, thus we have supplements [ Traditions originally called Παραδόσεις ], thankfully Eastern Christians have kept the totality of the faith, not bits and pieces! John 21:25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they should be written to everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
Your a legend in your own mind. First of all no completed copy of the bible was available in 33AD so your exaggeration on biblical theology is false. Every historian knows the canon of the New Testament was finally settled hundred of years later in competition with so many writings to considered inspired. The Bible didn't inspired itself. The Church , the pillar and foundation of the Truth made the final call on the inspired books. Not some imaginary AD33 so called Christian that spoke Greek.
@@jgood3047 , Hi friend, I hope all is well with you on this day, thank you for the respectful response to my above comments. In return, I will reply respectfully to your comments. The first comment I would like to address is the following comments you made: "Your a legend in your own mind. First of all no completed copy of the bible was available in 33AD so your exaggeration on biblical theology is false". Please tell me exactly in my comments where I stated that the Bible was completed in 33 AD. I am pretty sure that I stated “I worship just as the Christians worshipped in 33 AD” I stand by those words! I am sorry that my words confused you. Sadly, in my efforts to be brief in my responses, I left out key elements in my writings. I have been accused of writing much too long responses in my replies. I am aware that the completed Κανόνας Καινής Διαθήκης/ New Testament Canon was not completed in 33 AD, if you like I can write the history of the Canonization of The New Testament. I am well aware of the history! I want to address your last comments: "The Church , the pillar and foundation of the Truth made the final call on the inspired books. Not some imaginary AD33 so called Christian that spoke Greek". Did you not realize that I was speaking of the True Church of Christ “Εἰς Μίαν, Άγίαν, Καθολικὴν Καὶ Άποστολικὴν Έκκλησίαν῾”· Regardless, of your or my personal opinion the First Christians, as well as the Palestinian/Alexandrian Jews [See the original language of the Septuagint], used Greek as their Liturgical Language, not Hebrew and not Latin Greek! I am saddened for Christians who are unaware of this indisputable truth! You are correct the Bible did not inspire itself the Holy Spirit part of the Holy Trinity inspired the Holy Scriptures. I hope I answered your questions about my comments
For the the Bible Old Testament, You the need the Masoretic Hebrew text NOT the Septuagint, For the New Testament the RECEIVED Text Koine Greek. Both Masoretic Hebrew and Received text are present in the King James (Austhorized) Bible
Greek was the common tongue in the days Jesus walked the earth. Which is fine. Please tell us where in the Bible it says the true Bible can only be accurate in Greek (for the new testament)? The Orthodox also allege that confession must be to a priest (like the Catholics)?
Heb 10:14, “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” King James Bible. The new so called easier to understand Bibles will say, “them that are BEING sanctified.” It matters which Bible that we believe. Great study Mike Gendron.
The KJB has 10,000 errors. The committee that translated the KJB only had forty manuscripts to work with. Newer translations can use hundreds of older, and better, manuscripts.
Thanks Mike. May your inspirational and important work prosper in Jesus's mighty name. I love your style. So clear and logical. With my family still Catholic and the odd friend, I will be listening to all your evangelical tips. We know how heavy the cultural, traditional and spiritual indoctrination can be. May the Holy Spirit give me the strength, wisdom and boldness and also deliver from any fear of rejection so that I might be used to evangelise to Catholics and to glorify God
There is no glory to God from Mike's testimony. Just another false teacher trying to lead people away from Christ. But being actively anti-Catholic does bring fame and fortune...in this world. But rejection of Christ does not end well in the next.
@@jgood3047 Sorry for those of you that can't question. How can any Catholic glorify God unless he's vaguely acquainted with His word. Once you've read it cover to cover and still have the same view, then fine. Continue to challenge what you know nothing about
@@jgood3047 I actually have read the appocrypha as well. I plead you put on the spirit of humility and recognise the centrality of Jesus and His word and the personal relationship with Him in our faith, which is not a religion. Remember I've been Roman Catholic and even as one I knew there was something wrong. Mike is a wonderful teacher, far more eloquent than I. All I know is that I believed lots of lies and things that contradict the bible, that I was grounded in the cathecism but was seriously seeking my Heavenly Father and later on, after years of struggle He had mercy and saved me
The attitude of some individuals towards the church is what causes them to be misled. Every Christian should endeavor to read the Bible and be able to discern the truth from the teachings in any church. The church essentially is a place to worship with other believers while your true relationship with Christ is in your heart. I have attended services in several churches and do not always agree with all that is thought in those churches. However, I find enough teachings that I can relate to and enjoy fellowship with other believers. People who tend to be dogmatic about church teachings find faults easily with churches. A good Christian should establish a special relationship with Christ through the Bible. The church is a place to fellowship with other believers and join your widows might to build enough resources that can be used to help the poor around the world.
May I recommend that Mike Gendron and his followers read this book - 'Where We Got the Bible. Our Debt to The Catholic Church' by Henry G. Graham who was brought up in the Calvinistic Scottish Kirk and became a minister in that church. In the book there is also an account of his conversion 'From the Kirk To the Catholic Church'. Maybe you could also answer the following questions: 1 Where did Jesus give instructions that the Christian faith should be based exclusively on a book! 2. Where did Jesus tell his Apostles to write anything down? 3.Where in the New Testament do the Apostles tell future generations that the Christian faith will be based solely on a book? 4. Where in the Bible is God's word restricted only to what is written down? 5. Protestants claim that Jesus categorically condemned all oral traditions (Matt 15:3,6 Mark 7:8-13). If so, why does He bind his listeners to oral traditions by telling them to obey the scribes and Pharisees when they "sit on Moses' seat" (Matt. 23:2)? 6. Protestants claim that St. Paul categorically condemned all oral tradition (Col 2:8). If so why does he tell the Thessalonians to "stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter "(2Thess 2:5) and praises the Corinthians because they "hold firmly to the traditions" (1 Cor. 11:2)? 7. Who in the Church had the authority to determine which books belonged in the New Testament canon and to make this decision binding on all Christians? If nobody has this authority can I remove or add books to the canon on my own authority?
@@stever4181 Would you please specify which man made traditions you are referring to? You haven't answered the questions I posed because you are unable to do so. Jesus founded a Church - "the foundation and pillar of truth". Nowhere does he or the Apostles leave us with a book. The canon of Scripture was not finalised till the Council of Carthage in 397 - a council of bishops ratified by the pope.
@@francissimpson3904 Jesus started the Roman Catholic Church Sinless Mary Mary Assumed into heaven Apostolic succession The Rosary To name but a few I am not going to write a long lengthy reply to all your questions. Where do we see Protestantism in the Bible?
@@NSOcarth You: "whether tradition or not all your Faith comes from men " Me: Wrong! Man may have written scriptures but it is the Holy Spirit that told them what to write. It appears that you place less importance on God's spoken word to man (the Bible) than you do what a religion says about God's spoken word You: "this is just you seeting yourself up as decider of what to accept and not" Me: This is a comment I expect from someone that does not read and understand God's word. It shows total ignorance to make such a statement.
@@francissimpson3904thanks for the post, I totally understand and agree. A good source to check is David Anders who became Catholic after many years of research. Peace.
Again Mike, in the Beginning of Ephesians 2 it says the way we use to live ,referring to changing our ways (Repentance) and The Grace that Ephesians 2:8 is Talking about the Grace of of Father in heaven sending his son as a Sacrifice for our sins
"it is finished." Jesus died once for all sins for all time. If you believe that Jesus died for your sins and God raised him again and that Jesus Christ is Lord, you are saved. If there was something you had to do after that, then there was no point to Christ dying and you tell Apostle Paul and Jesus they are liars. Read your Bible yourself and stop relying on the words of someone who was indoctrinated into the bloody dogmas of Catholicism
James was boaating in James chapter 2 when he said, "show me your faith without works and i will show you my faith by my works. He even said, can faith saved you? But Paul's Eph. 2:8,9 says that we are saved by grace through faith, it is a gift not of works, lest you should boast. Both are Scriptural truth, but James letter was addressed to the Jews abd not for the body of Christ, Paul teaches us to rightly divide in 2Tim 2:15(KJV). If we do not rightly divide, we will come up with so much confusion which truth we should apply into our lives in this church age period.
Catholic here, not to argue just correct some misconceptions in this video: 1. The Catholic church does not teach you are "rejustified" by good works. 2. The Catholic church does not redefine biblical words like "merit". Rather they have to take every single statement in scripture into account and talk about it as a whole. So merit in the Catholic church has several meanings, but only because scripture speaks of being rewarded for your good works. The only way to make sense of that, without falling into the heresy of Pelagianism which teaches our own works save us, is to define a kind of merit which means a reward or gift freely given to works done in love with the grace of God. But the point of defining merit this way isn't to redefine a biblical word, but to capture these nuances while also excluding heresy like saving yourself by your works. 3. Mike says there are two stream of Christianity operating side by side for 2000 years but fails to mention that the early alternatives to Catholicisim in the first centuries still believed in things like baptismal regeneration and the eucharistic and so would be damned by Mike's theology. 4. The Catholc church does not forbid people to marry generally. They only allow someone to become part of a religious order if they are unmarried as the apostles say is ideal since married men are concerned about the needs of their wives. The "doctrine of demons" Mike speaks of was a complete prohibition of marriage for all followers of what was probably gnosticism. 5. The Catholic church doesn't deny that sin leads to death via venial sin. That distinction only applies within the new covenant and is only possible by the grace of Christ. The only reason to make a distinction is because if you reject God so much you are willing to commit serious sin knowing it is wrong then of course you can't call yourself a child of God. But Mike fails to mention that he is the one with the problem with sin. He teaches that every sin you do after being saved is already forgiven. Meaning all sins committed after sinning are venial. How is that any better? 6. The council of Trent did not anathematize believers in the gospel. It anathemetized reformation theology, which notably is still a minority belief. Mike's theology anathematizes most Christians today, it is actually far more exclusive than Catholicism is. 7. The Catholic church doesn't sell indulgences anymore. That was a reform that did need to happen. It is traditional to give $5 for a mass to be said for someone but it is a donation and doesn't even cover the cost of supplies. But most indulgences are free and given generously for doing things like reading scripture. 8. The bishops are not the only valid interpreter of God's word. Anyone cam interpret so long as they don't violate doctrine. But this isnt that farfetched, try telling your Baptist pastor you believe in baptismal regeneration after reading the Bible and see how long it takes to get the boot. 9. Catholics do not say the Marian dogmas are not found anywhere in scripture. I can't think of a single one that isn't at least found implicitly in scripture. You may not agree with the interpretation but whether we are right or wrong we won't just say it isnt in scripture. 10. The Marian dogmas do not come from apparitions, if you read the documents yourself you won't find a single justification for any of them based on an apparitions. 11. The Catholic church does not allow you to consult the dead, even the saints. When we "pray" to them it is only in the sense that we ask for their prayers for us. Whether you like that or not, it isn't like conjuring a dead soul or something. 12. The "apocrypha" was not added at Trent. The Canon with those boons was used long before that. The protestants were getting rid of books, in one case trying to remove James and other epistles. So the church formally locked down the canon but the Canon was already used nearly universally centuries before the counsel. 13. The Bible was not placed on a list of forbidden books. It was a specific mistranslation of the Bible which was put on the list. The Catholic church had already translated the Bible into vernacular long before any protestant made an attempt. 14. People can understand a latin mass because latin can be translated to other languages. 15. Catholicism doesn't teach you have conditional life except in the sense that you can reject it freely. Which is no more conditional than saying that if you walk away from Christ you were never saved in the first place. 16. Catholics don't avoid reading protestant proof texts during mass. I hear verses during mass all of the time that protestants say prove Catholicism false. And you can find those verses right on the usccb website under "bible". 17. The Catholic church doesn't anathematized those who are protestant because they were born into it. Ironically, Mike's version of the gospel automatically condemns the majority of protestants and Christians generally. 18. It's true that Catholics killed reformers. It's also true that reformers killed Catholics and non Catholics alike. No one has a clean history on this one. I'm sure there's more but that's what i heard on a quick listen.
As a Catholic convert I thank you for laying out the truth ... Tbh, it's Exhausting To have to explain all this ad nauseam... Falling often on mostly deaf ears..call it the chick tract attack ... The Catholic Church is an easy target ... Anyway thank you and God bless you ✝️☦️📿🙏
Thank you for your Well Thought out Statement. I am not a Catholic. However I don't live in an echo chamber and it's gives me some key points of research. I will not dismiss the Catholic Faith based on One Man's argument. It would be interesting to see Mike respond to your Points. Or Dr. Michael Brown
15:29 Christ Jesus alone. JOHN 14:6 "I AM THE TRUTH THE LIFE AND THE WAY."
“I am the way, the truth and the life.”
Please respect The Bible enough to quote it correctly.
@@johnsteila6049@johnsteila6049
Yes. He said, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes unto the Father but by Me.
Satan wants you to be focused on everything other than JESUS. He knows if your not trusting in JESUS your soul is his.
Everything the church teaches is based on Jesus. Let’s not forget how you got your bible. It’s bc of tradition of the church you have your Bible. Let’s pray for one another on our journey. Love you brother in Jesus name 🙏
@@Simpatico84 trying to explain the origins of the Sacred Scriptures to Bible Only Believers are often fruitless!
@@Simpatico84
Everything the church teaches is definitely not "based on Jesus". That is almost the opposite of the truth, my friend. But first and foremost, the real church are all who believe on Christ for their salvation. The catholic "church" is but another cult amongst all these false tradition- and law-worshipping "churches". If everything the "church" teaches would be based on Jesus, how come it has taught different, opposing things and ideas throughout the centuries? Jesus never changed the truth of God's character. There are so many false teachings within the RCC it is ridiculous to state otherwise!
@@xMCxVSxARBITERx Can we discuss your definition of who the real church is?
wrong. Satan wants you for focus on Jesus and not Mary because Mary is the woman that crushes the head of serpant and defeats the beast in revelation. learn the bible rev12
...as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith God, that thou make all things according to *the pattern* shewed to thee in the mount.
{Hebrews 8:5}
The *sanctuary* [tabernacle] was a pattern of types and shadows of the heavenly temple, and Jesus Christ is the substance of those types and shadows.
He is the door to the sanctuary; Jesus is the door to the Kingdom of heaven.
He is the inner court surrounded by white linen; which is symbolic of being covered Christ prefect righteousness.
He is our passover sacrificed for us on burnt alter for sacrifice.
He is the laver for washing; symbolic of the rebirth, being born again of the Spirit.
He is the table of Showbread; the two stacks of loves of bread are symbolic of the word of God (the bread of life) in two testaments / witnesses, also the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve Apostles.
He is the Lampstand; the oil being symbolic of his Spirit; the Lampstand symbolic of his light unto the world.
He is our Altar of incense; making intercession for his saints.
He is our Mercy seat covering the Ark of the covenant; Jesus is both our advocate standing for his saints with the Father and He is our judge in judment.
Jesus Christ caused the sacrifices and their oblations to cease, (Dan 9:27) by his one perfect sacrifice.
In contrast to the time of the Gentiles, wherefore the sanctuary of God is trodden under foot for forty and two months.
How so?
This church who calls herself the mother church, claims to be *the door* to salvation.
And the white linen surrounding the inner court is the righteousness of Mary and the saints of the Roman church.
She claims that Christ sacrifice and Atonement for sin was not sufficient, for she instituted seven (works) sacraments.
She through infant baptism makes a mockery of the rebirth of the new man.
Her Catechism thinks to replace the inspired word of God.
Her prayers to dead saints and to Mary, thinks to replace Christ work of intercession at the altar of incense.
Hers is a false spirit which thinks to cover the light of truth.
This beast and her king think to change times and laws of God.
And goeth into perdition.
Preach it from the Rooftops Brother!!💥💯👍
Christians must speak the Truth boldly.
Except these heretical podcast hosts that pretend to be scholars but are nothing but sectarian truth deniers speak mostly lies and false theology.
Good luck with that. Lies and arrogance are their spiritual rule.
Sudandhali is correct, and you bridgefin are wrong.
I think you got your comment completely wrong, What you meant to say is that Protestants, Anglicans, and Non-denominational must lie boldly.
John 14:15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments."
If you’re married to someone, you do right by them…. Not because you’re married to them…. But because you LOVE ❤️ them. We are the bride of Christ… we keep the things he commands us out of the Love of God that Jesus has shed abroad in our heart. I’m other words, Jesus was saying it’s a RESULT of Love that one is keeping the commandments. Not the other way around. Jesus was stating a fact of “The WAY”
@@TruthinLove33 Yes and we keep to his church .... 14 Scripture verses that show Catholic Eucharist is the truth .................
Mark 14:22-24
While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.” And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
Luke 13:26
Verse Concepts
Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’;
Luke 22:19-20
And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.
John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
John 6:51
Verse Concepts
I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”
John 6:53-57
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
John 13:1-4
Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,
Acts 2:42
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:46-47
Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Acts 20:7
Verse Concepts
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 10:21-22
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
1 Corinthians 11:20-34
Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
@@1234poppycatI’m sorry, but those verses don’t PROVE the Eucharist. They symbolize communion.
Jesus wasn’t dead at the first supper so clearly, the bread and cup were metaphors of his flesh and blood.
God strictly forbids cannibalism.
You can’t marry scriptures to fit into what you want them to be. This is what the Catholic Church did to these scriptures.
Jesus used metaphors for Himself constantly. There is absolutely no reason to believe He would break His own commandments for the contrary.
You have to cross reference to read scripture correctly, and remember what God forbids before you decide that it’s ok.
This is very dangerous theology.
@@kellyanne7225 so the truth is that your interpretation of the words of Jesus are a much are much watered down and not the full truth. Why do you think that many of his followers left him after saying this is intolerable language??? In John. 6. Why was this practised for 2000 years continuously??
@@1234poppycat Watered down? How about not there? You can’t insert traditions and rituals into the scriptures.
There is NO Eucharist in the Bible. No scripture supports this. Communion, yes.
But the Eucharist is completely pagan!
Cannibalism? Hocus Pocus? Christ being sacrificed again and again?
Where is scripture do find that this is acceptable? Seriously?
I’ve read these verses. I’m very familiar with them. Not a single word eluded to any of this.
Instead, scripture forbids this.
Oh, but never mind that. Scripture only works for Catholics when they believe in the man made, pagan insertions have to go with it.
Funny, God claimed His word, and Christ’s death on the cross was sufficient.
I’m curious, when did His followers “leave Him”?
And just because something is practiced for 2000 years absolutely does not mean it’s correct. Pagan practices have been around and practiced far longer than that. That’s a strawman argument.
Which came first, the Bible or the Mass?
Bible or Christianity? Christianity by a mile. Bible or Catholicism? Catholicism, from the mouth of Jesus!
@norman, which came first the institute of the Eucharist or the belief of sola scriptura?
Go Norman Bauer, go! Take care and God bless you.
The Mass was instituted by Christ on the night before His Crucifixion. The Bible appeared about 300 years later.
@@sherbert1110Good point. The institute of The Eucharist was obviously in similitude with The Mass. Protestants like to think that early Christians believed in “Sola Scriptura”, but there is no evidence to support that claim. The first “Christian” to think so, was likely born 1,500 years after Our Lord’s lifetime.
I was a Devoted practice Catholic for 53 years till I began to read the Bible
I know exactly what you are talking about Mike
Some seed was planted among the thorns...
@@bridgefin
Explain what you me that you say mike is wrong
The same thing happened to me i was a devoted practicing Catholic till I began to read the Bible inspired by the Holy Spirit
Do you want to debate with me i will not by own opinion prove by Scripture that Catholic church is not Christian in any shape or form this church does back further than Christianity began to Babylon
I will win the debate very easy because i believe that the truth will set you free
@@bridgefin
Jeremiah 44 17 19 25 please read it carefully and see if you can understand it i do
Before you make a comment be sure to have a little knowledge of the Bible
In the history of the Catholic church never was mentioned the old testament nor the book of revelation i can testify to this to say anything different is a complete lie
Was it ever known some to read or watch a film from halfway and not the finish and still understand it no
The Catholic church only not real Bible Believing know the hole Bible old testament and book of revelation the hole story of God of this world from the beginning to the end times
Satan kept us from the truth not anymore
Ask me anything not the pagan Roman doctrine from Rome
Every single Catholic more than any other religion totally goes against what the Bible says
I was born a Catholic and by the Grace of God i will not die one
When you mix pagan doctrine with Christian doctrine is doesn't work its not of God
The thorns you mentioned and Mystery Babylon points only to one place that's rome
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Me too
@@kevinanderson5122 Help me here gang, how can you be a devoted Catholic and not read the Bible? Don't get me wrong, going to mass every Sunday is a good thing, but it doesn't make you devout.
I was brought up Roman Catholic. In my 20s, I asked my priest about reading the Bible. He told me if I read the Bible on my own, I'd go crazy. I needed an interpreter. That's why we have the massal book. It's written in a way we can understand. This is how we were deceived. I've been out of the church 30 years now. Praise God He opened my eyes. I pray he opens my the eyes of my family and all those that are deceived by this doctrine.
I teach Sunday School. I have never seen or heard of something like this. With help from my church all of my kids got a Bible. I encourage them to read. Please tell your family were this happened, that’s wrong.
The only person that got deceived is you.
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel- 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ
Your worship and interpret scripture with 18 th century eyes. You will never understand it. Since you have to read sola fide into everything. Sola scriptura new doctrines from 16 century. No one had heard of that. That’s a great deceiving tool
As a Protestant would say test the spirit of sola scriptura. You get different interpretations, divisions among the body of Christ. You get some that believe in th trinity. You guys are all over the place. With more none denomination coming from one another.
But once a Catholic always a catholic.
Come on back home.
Praise God you came out of that.
I simply don't believe you.
If someone believes in purgatory, then what Jesus did on the cross wasn't enough. Then you have to have works to be saved.
You don't understand the meaning of the word 'purgatory'.
@@alhilford2345 so please explain something that does'nt exist, so I know! Thank you.
Do you believe in the Catholic religion, something else?
YOU =If someone believes in purgatory, then what Jesus did on the cross wasn't enough. Then you have to have works to be saved.
ME = Check my comment above headed by =
@loboman8029
3 months ago
CHALLENGE = Can = any = Protestant, including Mike Gendron, give the answer to this most = basic = and fundamental
Question = Why did Jesus incarnate as a Man and die on the Cross ??
(( Note = a review of the following points is necessary before answer ))
@@alhilford2345I understand it perfectly. It is the term created by catholics to apply to a false teaching/doctrine. That was easy.
@@alhilford2345 Pergatory was invented by Sixtus III i believe. He could then tell the faithful that they can purchase their loved ones out of it. Sixtus had no idea of the windfall of unbelievable cash it would raise for the greedy devilish CC.
Another former Catholic here. Left a few years ago became a fully immersed born again Christian. I had to remind my family I still worship Jesus by the way they were acting. Two weeks ago I was bullied by a Catholic to admit I was Catholic and I did to avoid more bullying. Since then I’ve been wondering if I made a mistake. I took becoming born again very seriously and this video was literally confirmed I’m right where God wants me. Thank you so very much.
Some Catholics are saved. You can call yourself a Jesus believer. I was Baptist and baptized but just call myself a Jesus follower now. The denomination does not save us. Only Jesus can save us
Why did you feel the need to leave the Catholic faith?
Stick to Jesus, not a denomination. A denomination cannot save you. Roman Catholicism is so wrong about so many things. No denomination has everything right but some are more right than others. Jesus plus NOTHING saves you.
Gendron is wrong in his interpretation. You can use the mass as a celebration and a remembrance of what Jesus did for us on the cross. There is no sin to do that. Mike is made up his own gospel and that is incorrect. How people praise the Lord and pray to the Lord is not going to erase their salvation. Mike indicates it does erase salvation. That is so far from the truth. The gospel is flexible as well as in errant but you can do many different praises and worships to the Lord thy God and Jesus Christ and none of them will ever send you to hell. That is a laughing matter. Mike was a Catholic for 38 years and somehow he missed the queue so I think he's a good man but he is not an accurate pastor our preacher or evangelist he is not expository in his way of presenting the gospel. I don't think it is sinful of him it is just a different interpretation and I think it's wrong but he likes it so I won't say anything bad about him He's not sinning I know that. But the Catholic church is not sin not sin. That's why there are 5 billion Catholics it is a respected religion. In Christ our Lord amen
@@ggturner13 Mike is a sinner ( he'ld be the first to admit it!).. I too am a sinner, but redeemed by God's Grace...we are all sinners, that's biblical. I agree that there are different ways to praise our Lord, but I disagree with you on how to pray to God...the Bible tells us that the only way is through Jesus Christ...NOT Mary and NOT praying to the Saints! I find Mike straight down the line with his teaching and the fact that there are 5 billion Catholics does not indicate the true way.....in fact the true way is a narrow road and not determined by how many adherents there are. For the short time I have read Mike, he has impressed me with his knowledge of the scriptures and of his love especially for Catholics.....and from what I see, it is a case of loving the sinner but hating the sin! Catholics per se are sinners like the rest of us, but Roman Catholicism is a way to emprison a soul and not set them free. I have no personal axe to grind with Catholics....we are all loved by God, but there are those that will enslave you if you don't watch out! You may find listening to Messianic Jews a help...I can recommend "One for Israel"...their knowledge of the Hebrew scriptures , finding Jesus in the Hebrew Bible ( what we call the OT ) can be a real eye opener.
@4:38 how do you "TEACH" if you don't READ THE WORD that you are teaching about? How do you EDUCATE anyone about something you don't have knowledge about? How did you even get the JOB to teach in the 1st place? Well, thank TMH for the convictions, desire to read The Word for one's self.
I was born into the Roman Catholic Faith, and I am now a former Roman Catholic. Could someone help me understand "Personal Relationship" with Jesus?
There is no relationship more personal than receiving the actual Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Himself!
@@alhilford2345😅😅 cannibalism is not a relationship 😅😅
Anyone can have a personal relationship with Jesus. Everyone who claims to be Christian, no matter what denomination, should be having a close relation with our Lord.
@@janetwillson3502 My question is what is the chapter and verse about a personal relationship, is it in the Bible or is it a catch phrase. Thank, for your response, Good bless!
@David19746 Thank you, David, for your response, God Bless you! The reason I ask that question is because I often hear people state that they are Bible Believers, yet they add to the Bible. In. my opinion this does harm to the faith and witness to unbelievers. I have met atheists who knew the Bible better than those who were attempting to evangelize them.
Thanks for citing the Holy Scriptures. You mentioned Matthew 7:21 would you not say that Matt 7:21 is more of a warning than responsibility? By the way that is a great passage that reveals the importance of doing the will of the Lord!
James 1:22 is another great Scripture that instructs us to be doers as well as hearers of the word. I am a bit perplexed about how it ties into my original question about the Catchphrase "Personal Relationship"! Thank you once again, my friend!
I love the truth that Jesus is the ONLY Saviour
Everyone can agree that Jesus is the ONLY Savior.
John Steila, since you say that every one can agree that Jesus is the only Savior, then why does the Roman Catholic tradition add Mary and the saints?
@@ericevearitt3317 The Church does not add anyone as Savior. Only Christ is The Savior.
Cats are on board with that
Like many here, I was a Catholic for 55 years. I always read the Bible but only in the light of the Catholic Church until I left. Once I left and I saw the words in the Bible in a different way, the truthful way. I've tried to convince many in my Catholic family but they just don't want to believe. They refuse to hear the truth. I pray for them and other Catholics that they eventually see the true Jesus Christ. I have truly been reborn in the Spirit. I never experienced this as a Catholic. Praise the Lord. God Bless.
My Mother and sisters say the exact sam thing.👍🏻 Are you Jehovahs Witnesses as they are? They say they “know better” now. 🤷🏽♂
PRAISE THE LORD, @mjb839. I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm so glad for you like many others that God rescued you out of false religion. I was in a sister false religion to Roman Catholicism. Now I've been saved and have been a born again believer since March 4, 2013.
@@ericevearitt3317 and i ask you the same question above…🤷🏽♂️
Praise God ! I was raised Catholic , but found Truth in the scriptures ❤ hallelujah
@@Flo-Joe.W and now i get to ask you the same thing as i have asked others above…
is joining a denominatoin (any church) essential for salvation? or can i be a lone follower of Jesus . reading, praying and spreading the word without any prejudice; only my personal faith and understanding. can someone enlighten me. i am from india
The answer is yes. Outside of the Church, there is no salvation.
@@RaphaeldeLaSoujeole which church n why
@@RaphaeldeLaSoujeole Learn the book of Romans, if the church doesn't pass a comparison to that book, keep looking !
but *NO* a local church or denomination is not the measure, the Bible is !
@@studygodsword5937 you will find when you get round to studying the Bible that Jesus never said bible alone. But many times said his church. Not churches or make up your own religion or D I Y
Catholics believe you must have faith and follow the Lord until the end of your life. The state of the soul at death is what will be judged. Catholics do not believe they are saved by "works alone". The reference to "faith alone" is from Romans 3:28 - "you are justified by faith apart from works OF THE LAW. Protestants always leave out the "works of the law" out which is a reference to Jewish works of circumcision and dietary rules that were necessary for salvation. By the way, the words "faith ALONE" are only in the book of James which refutes salvation by "faith alone". We. are not saved by faith alone.
Mike Gendron teaches HIS VERSION OF WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. Welcome to the club, MIke. Are you the 201th protestant sect created in 2024 ? (source; The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Christianity.)
1 Tim 3:15...The Church is the pillar and bulwark of the truth.
Amen!
Which truth? John 17:17-26 KJV
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
So yes, the church must defend the truth, which is the Word of God, not of men!
I married a Catholic 44 yrs. ago. I was raised evangelical. My husband eventually left the Catholic Church and we raised our boys with the true gospel.
PRAISE THE LORD FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
I hope you both make it to Heaven despite the odds against you!
Left the Church that Christ started?
@@aggienodari453Jesus didn’t start the Roman Catholic Church
@@Wgaither1
My friend, a simple history lesson will tell you otherwise.
This is awesome! I was raised catholic and began having issues as a second grader, I was made to attend counseling from a priest at the age of 8. This is because I refused to go to confession, the priest later tried to convince me that confession was necessary because he the priest was likened to a telephone....my question was then why do I pray at night? That did not go over well. I later questioned the need for a missilet *spelling* over a Bible. I questioned all the creepy statues, and why I should pray to Mary, and what is the reason to have the nun, it also bothered me that the catholics believed my little sister who died at birth actually went to purgatory and not to Heaven because she was not baptized before her death and that my mother bore the guilt of this. I'm sure St. Anne's rejoiced when I left the catholic faith. Thank you for bringing to light what some of us have known for a long time.
the video is just the failed claims doing another round. Full of self congratulation. Gendron goes for the weak Catholics who do not know their faith .... Catholics already glorify the Lord in the 7 sacraments directly to God .. Gendron and his hate preachers deceive by lies about what Catholics believe and do THE CATHOLIC MASS has 2 main parts 1) The WORD which is three scripture readings and a Homily explanation of the Word and 2) The Eucharist which is what Christ told us to do 3 times in John 6 and in 13 other scripture !!.. At 4 minutes 20 he claimed he had never opened the bible when a Catholic -- well 97% of the Catholic Mass which he should have attended weekly at least is directly from the bible - reading and prayers ... In the three year cycle Catholics get through the bible Genesis to Revelation !! Mr Gendron is just trying to build up his own empire in opposition to Christ - he has had his reward in $$$
@@1234poppycat
I feel sorry for you. You don't know what it's like to live under grace, because you don't understand grace. We owe a debt to our Creator for our sinful nature. Why did Jesus willingly give His life on the cross? Because according to Romans 3:10-12, "As it is written, there is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one."
What did Jesus mean when He said, "It is finished?" Why was the veil at the Holy of holies torn in two in the Temple?
Finally, why is it in catholicism that the priests think they're supposed to sacrifice and crucify Jesus over and over and over again? Don't they believe that Jesus rose from the grave and lives forever? Do you?
All Catholics are free to pray direct to God. Of course you are. You are encouraged to go to confession once a year only but even that is not absolute except if you have committed a mortal sin (which the Bible tells us can lead to death in 1 John 5:17) which would be something like adultery, murder etc.
An unbaptized baby would not go to Purgatory since they have no personal sin. As far as we can say from divine revelation and reason, unbaptized babies go to Limbo, where they do not receive the vision of God as do the redeemed, but they are not punished either since they have no personal sin. Otherwise, we just don't know of God's plan for them.
Who said that your mother was guilty for your sister dying? That doesn't make any sense. The Church doesn't say that.
There is no requirement that you have to like statues. Statues are religious art, and that art is supposed to lift your heart and mind to God. Sometimes the artists fail, and sometimes there are people who do not like art, but none of that is an excuse to separate yourself from the truth.
@@MillionthUsername
Where in the Bible does it say anything about purgatory or limbo? Since these are not addressed in the Bible, they do not exist. They are a lie from the pit!!!
Who is The Triune God ?
I thought that GOD was the Father of Jesus Christ ?
I Thought that the Holy Spirit was the Spirit of God Acts 2:17 / Joel 2:28 ?
The Apostles Doctrines Epistles Salutations , Clearly Explain Who God was and who Jesus Christ was ...
1 Corinthians 8:6 ... ...
Luke 10 25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Sounds pretty Catholic to me!
There are many paths through this world of sin,
But there’s only one l shall travel in;
‘Tis the old Cross Road, or the way called “Straight”-
There’s just one way to the pearly gate.
There is just one way to the pearly gate,
To the crown of life and the friends who wait;
‘Tis the old Cross Road, or the way called “Straight”-
There is just one way to the pearly gate.
There are some who sneer at the old Cross Road,
At the pearly gate and the soul’s abode;
Yet l mind them not, but, with happy song
And assurance sweet still l press along.
Others risk their souls on some new-made way,
Thinking they will come to the gate someday;
Oh, may they find out, ere their lives are done,
That the old Cross Road is the only one.
“There’s Only One Provider”
I'm glad I found the right church that preaches what the holy Bible believes the book of Acts church not a building but a meeting place to fellowship.with other believers we baptized in the NAME of Jesus Christ and we believe in receiving the holy Spirit of God I want to go to heaven I do not want to go to hell knowing God is real we all need to have that experience of knowing the true jesus all others fallow the wrong jesus Jesus said let no man deceive you for many shall come in my name I'm Glad I'm in the true church it's in his Name the church of the Name Peter receive the keys to the kingdom of God he opened the church to the jews and gentiles repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of jesus christ for the remission of sin and you shall receive the gift of the holy ghost Acts 2 38 is the only way to be saved all others is a curse Galatians 1:8-9.
@@davidortega357 ,
And thou art Peter “Petros,” “little bity stone” “feminine gender word” and upon this Rock “PETRA” “Bedrock of the resurrected Christ” “masculine gender word” l will build My church.
The Foundation Is Christ, Not Peter! “church of Christ” (MATTHEW 16:18; ROMANS 16:16)
YOU CAN’T BE SAVED ANY OTHER WAY
@@davidortega357 Examined: Jesus intended his church to built upon scripture, not Peter or oral traditions. With the context of scripture reading: "Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other." [1 Corinthians 4:6]
1.) The larger context of 1 Corinthians 4:6 is in a section of 1 Corinthians we call, "preacheritus" (Chapters 1-4.) The church was beginning to follow men rather than scripture. Of course Roman Catholics today say, "I am of Peter" ... the pope." - This directly violates what Paul said here.
2.) These four chapters are a contextual unit - Connecting Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 1 Corinthians 3:5-17, and 1 Corinthians 4:6.
3.) "upon this rock I will build My church" Matthew 16:18 + "as gardeners and builders... each man must be careful how he builds on it." [1 Corinthians 3:10] "I used the gardener and builder figures to that you learn not to exceed what is written" [1 Corinthians 4:6]
4.) Paul did not say, "The things are to teach you not to exceed my oral teachings." Instead the emphasis is on showing the supremacy of scripture over oral tradition.
What makes this even more powerful, is the fact that in 54 AD, only a few of the New Testament books were written, yet the church was still warned to abide within the scripture she had.
5.) In the time of transition (50 - 96 AD) between 100% oral (30- 50 AD) and 100% written (96 AD - present), we find the highest standard is written. This is most troubling to traditionalists in their myth making claims the church did not have the Bible until the 4th century.
-Context: of connected passages: Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 1 Corinthians 3:5-17, and 1 Corinthians 4:6.
1.) "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it." [Matthew 16:18]
2.) "Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you. Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Peter," and "I of Christ." Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?" [1 Corinthians 1:10-13]
3.) "What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. If any man's work which
he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are."
[1 Corinthians 3:5-17]
4.) "Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other." [1 Corinthians 4:6]
-The "Gardener" and "Builder" figures applied to Paul and Apollos:
-I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollo (4:6)
-Figure #1: Gardener: "I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth." (3:6)
-Figure #2: Builder: "like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it" (3:10)
1.) There are two figures: The figure mentioned in 4:6 directly refers to the "planting, watering" of 3:6 and the "master builder" figure of 3:10.
2.) Notice the figure is designed to impress the reader not to exceed what is written.
3.) In 3:6 it is speaking about making the church grow. Remember Jesus said, "Upon this rock I will build my church" Matthew 16:18.
4.) In other words, in being God's workman, in finding new members, making the local church prosper, church government, doctrine and the like, we must not exceed what is written!
-The five passages: "upon this rock I will build My church" (Matthew 16:18) -> "do not say 'I am of Peter'" (1 Corinthians 1:10) -> "as gardeners and builders... each man must be careful how he builds on it." (1 Corinthians 3:10) ->"I used the gardener and builder figures to that you learn not to exceed what is written" (1 Corinthians 4:6) -> Jesus intended his church to built upon scripture, not Peter or oral traditions/traditions of man.
In conclusion: 1 Corinthians 4:6 so clearly refutes the Roman Catholic and Orthodox church's doctrine of oral tradition, they do not know what to do with it! Jesus said, "upon this rock I will build My church" and Paul warned: "in building the church, do not exceed scripture!"
@@walterlahaye2128:
...except that our Lord Jesus said neither "petros" nor "petra".
He said "Cephas" each time, because He was speaking Aramaic.
Being a Catholic without having read the Bible for 30 years is like being a baseball player in the Major Leagues without having swung a bat.
One of the biggest red flags I've found for any church is if you notice almost no one has an open bible in their lap during the service.
@@jeremywj It’s a common misconception that Catholics don’t read The Bible during Mass. The truth is that The Missal, is almost entirely made up of Scriptures from The Bible, and that is the main text that is followed by Catholics during Mass.
@@jeremywj In my Catholic Church we have service sheets with the readings and Gospel for the day clearly written Also the Catholic daily and Weekly Missals have all the bible readings
@@1234poppycat Yes, and they are interpreting it for you.
yes god gave us his Catholic Church to teach and proclaim the truth- His Word
You know that name of the Catholic means Universal and it was fist used by Christians in the first century. “The first use of the term "Catholic Church" (literally meaning "universal church") was by the church father Saint Ignatius of Antioch (c. 50-140) in his Letter to the Smyrnaeans (circa 110 AD). He died in Rome, with his relics located in the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano.
Is Roman Catholic church. They forget to say roman heresy
@@albusai you forgot to mention Holy Catholic Church. Put Roman in if you want
There are different rites of the Catholic Church. The Roman rite is just one.@@albusai
Let me be more specific. There are 24 rites of the Catholic Church. Roman is just one of them. Eastern Rite, Byzantine rite, Maronite rite etc.
@@janetwillson3502 There is ONE Catholic Church The ONE Catholic Church recognise the leadership appointed by Jesus of the Popes from Peter to Francis /// The Eastern Orthodox are separate. then we have the Protesters the Protestants who broke away mainly from the Catholic Church 500 years ago
At 23:43 he falsely claimed that the Church anathematized the 'gospel.' No, read the decrees and the canons. They anathematized the new heresies, recognizing them to be false. So it is you and those who follow you who are under the anathema of God because you won't believe the gospel that Jesus gave to His Church. You insist on creating your own new religions which spring from your own private interpretations of Scripture without any sort of reference whatsoever to the Sacred Tradition of the apostolic Church. And in taking this course, where you cast aside thousands of years of teaching from the one entity that evangelized the world for 1.5 millennia, you put yourselves outside by your own free choice.
He said that Purgatory was 'apostasy' or something like that. How does that follow? Being purged of attachment to sin and patiently suffering through God's cleansing action so that you can be free to enter Heaven without spot or wrinkle, what's wrong with that? Of what does the 'apostasy' consist? To much attention to detail regarding sin, holiness, judgment, punishment, Heaven? Does it make you mad that God punishes sin in believers? That doesn't fit into your easy-believism do-nothing 'gospel'? And what's hilarious is that your whole point is to tell everyone, and Catholics, that they can take it easy with sin since God doesn't care. God just wants to sprinkle you with glitter and dress you up like a doll and give you smooches. Sin is just "taken care of" and "covered" by the "finished work," and all you have to do for an eternity of bliss is accept this simple fact. If this were actually true, you wouldn't be trying to target Catholics since we already believe, but I notice how your easy-believism for us, according to you, turns very dark and sends us to Hell. How do you explain that? I'm suddenly an apostate and not a Christian, not because I don't believe or trust in Jesus, but because I don't buy what you're selling? Your several hundred year-old fraud that doesn't appear anywhere in the history of the Church? So God, when it comes to me and all Catholics throughout history is not so easy to please, is He? He is hell bent on throwing all supposed Christians in history into Hell because they didn't believe in the easy-peasy-don't-worry-about-sin that you peddle. Makes zero sense! If you actually believed, which I'm sure you don't deep dpwn, that God doesn't really care about sin at all, then you wouldn't have such a strong desire to destroy the faith of Catholics. You would just view them as having a different view of things.
At 26:48 he falsely claims that a priest will refuse to say a mass for a deceased Catholic "unless indulgences are purchased." Indulgences are NOT purchased, and having a mass offerred up for a soul is not an indulgence. He claimed he was 'Catholic' for half his life, and the second half is spent "ministering (lying to) Catholics, and he pretends to have knowledge he doesn't have. The stupidity of his comments is shocking.
Yes, the Church mediates the grace of God to people, that's the whole point of Jesus forming the Church and then sending them out to found churches and appoint other men to take over, etc. Of course you just ignore all that because you think New Testaments fell from the sky or something, that people could simply read Ephesians 2 and not darken the doorway of a church from there on out. This is also stupid. We see the Apostles meeting in council to make decisions for the whole Church. We see a new Apostle appointed to take over the office of Judas. We see Paul going up to run his gospel by the Church to see if it was okay. It never changed from this. Yes, you had to get baptized by the Church. You can't baptize yourself. You can't instruct yourself. The Faith was passed on by word of mouth, by being incorporated into the body. The Church was always hierarchical and sacramental.
Then he revisits the offering of mass for the dead and says it properly. You give the Church an offering. He doesn't take offerings? Bogus nonsense. "The worker is worth his wage." Jesus took offerings. It says that there was a common purse and that Judas used to help himself to it. Is this nut going to accuse Jesus of "selling" the gospel? Such hypocrisy coming from this guy. I missed the "bondage" part. You're in "bondage" if you want a priest (or anyone else!) to do a specific thing for you which is not just a personal favor but involves their vocation in life and takes up their time and costs money, but you won't offer them a stipend or give an offering? Based on what, dingbat? Stinginess is a virtue now? For a wedding, you are taking up time and space in the church, running up the electric, causing people at the church to have to prepare for you and clean up after you leave. You are taking the priest's time away from other things. So he gets a stipend and the church gets a fee for the facility. Is that not standard everywhere? Do you get to use church buildings and staff for free? If so, isn't that unjust and doesn't amount to slavery - which is the meaning of 'bondage'? I would love to check how you and money get along. I'm very curious now.
Roman Catholicism is another religion, totally at variance with Christianity. Period. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 capture God's judgement on people who reject the truth and embrace demonic doctrines which Roman Catholicism symbolizes.
@@pearladams4817 It's true that the false religions of the 16th century are another religion. Read a history of the Church, or even a good secular history. The Catholic Church IS the Christian Church of history. It *is* Christianity.
The Church has no 'demonic doctrines'.
Nay rather, The Bible versus Mike Gendron.
A former catholic here, Jesus saved me in 2020…everything discussed here is true, wow!
PRAISE THE LORD, princess Kynuthia. Welcome to the family of God sister! That's great news worth celebrating.
@@ericevearitt3317 She left the family of God!
@princesskinuthia - I hope you at least kept our book, the Bible, close by……👍🏻
History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved it by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself?
@@srich7503He covers this exact argument here. If you believe the Bible is Holy Spirit given and you do. Then read it. Just read it.
@@chickapeas5646 i have! Can you not answer the hard question above concerning it. It is the most importing historical question you can answer about your rule of faith. Why would you NOT answer it?
Around 35:00 minute mark they make the amazing claim that god assembled the books of the bible. God must have guided the process, but the bible did not magically appear one day. The early catholic church had to make a decision which books were in, which were out. The shepherd of hermas, for example, was a very popular book read in many churches but was left out.
There is no inspiration in compiling books of the bible. The bible is our filter.
To the law and to the testimony, if it speaks not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
As a former Protestant, Fundamentalist, agnostic, atheist, truth seeker and now Roman Catholic, I will pray for your Soul Mike. Will you like wise pray for Catholic people, or just continue to condemn your fellow followers of our Lord Jesus Christ?
Well said! Good luck and enjoy your jouney towards catholicism
Thanks, I haven't tried Hindu, Buddha, Hare Krishna, or Muslim yet.@@maf1746
You mean followers of Mary don't you?
Mary who?
Give me a break! Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me".
Have you ever even spoken to a Catholic Priest concerning your ideas.@@the-hollywood-dog-says-6072
@@TheGuitarReb A priest! Thats where they get that notion!
This was fantastic! Former Catholic here, then JW, and now I know what grace is and have a relationship with Jesus. What freedom❤and meaning my life has now
Former catholic now born again and husband's family are jw. What made you leave jw?
@@theresaconklin317 You mean besides JWs being berserk?
@@peterzinya407 yes. How did you know it was not the Truth?
You can't have God's grace if you stubbornly cling to heresy though. Heresy is a mortal sin that will lead you to Hell. God is truth and He gave us the truth in the Faith He left us in the apostolic Church. There is no other. Heresy is a lie. It's a spiritual crime, and so it may not be as apparent as other gross sins people commit. If you understand how people can be deceived into error like this and thus risk their salvation, then you already grasp this point. You need to do some serious studying and praying on this. Most likely you say "former Catholic" because you never really understood the Faith. In that case, having been baptized/confirmed Catholic, you also have the plain moral obligation to educate yourself properly before deciding to abandon Christ in favor of these newly invented false religions.
@@MillionthUsername It must really upset you that the CC doesnt burn heretics at the stake anymore.
I thank God for the free and gracious GIFT of my Catholic faith ! I did not earn it and I do not deserve it ! Solely on the basis of God ' s mercy and not any personal merit on my part . Like the publican in the Gospels , I beat my breast with sorrow for my failures and unfailingly receive a prodigal son ' s welcome home through the blood of Christ ! Jesus is Lord !
I thank God for my *CHRISTIAN* Faith where religion plays no part in my salvation only Jesus Christ! Now show me where Jesus talks about Roman Catholicism.
@@stever4181 I am a Catholic .... NOT a Roman Catholic ! " Roman Catholicism " is a Protestant invention . Where does Jesus speak about Disneyland ?
@@stever4181 What is the difference between the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church ? I was not discussing private correspondences between the Holy See and the heads of the Eastern Churches . There is a difference between heresy and schism . There are different liturgical rites that exist inside and outside the Catholic Church . Protestant use of words like Romish , Papist and Roman Catholic are historically conditioned and reflect the malice and impenitence that is still characteristic of anti Catholics to this day . The Orthodox Churches define the word Catholic primarily to refer to the fullness of Divine Revelation rather than the universal nature of the Church . Wherever there are Orthodox Christians there are Catholics but there are many places where there are Catholics where there are no Orthodox as they call themselves . I am not an Italian citizen and I do not live in Rome .
@@Arc975 You are also not a catholic but a Catholic. lower case (c) refers to universal Upper case (C) refers to the religion. Your (C)atholic faith is established in Rome making it Roman Catholic. It is not universal according to the description of 'church' in the New Testament.
@@stever4181:
The Catholic Church was established in Jerusalem, not Rome.
Roman Catholics are those Catholics living in that beautiful city in Italy.
I do not live in Italy.
There is a lot of Protestants leaving to join Catholicism because of the Mass and the Eucharist.
For those doubting the Catholic faith please read Scott Hahn's HOme sweet Rome, and Fr. Mike Schmitz he does bible in a year and catechism in a year. Those that have questions should email them and they may help guide you to the truth.
How about those in doubt just open the bible and compare it to the teachings of these men you mentioned, the teachings of the catholic church, their traditions and catechism. The difference is HUGE!
@Wesley Simelane hey it was actually catholics who were the first to canonize what new testamemt scriptures is... if they wanted to hide something or mislead others why would they leave those passages in the Bible? Why would catholic monks and nuns hand copy each letter and decorate with gold if they didn't care about the Bible too? Maybe they're at least not entirely off. I'm sure they're on to something
You are so confused
Joshua whooping left orthodoxy to become evangelical 😊
@wesleysimelane3423
You bet.
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
2 Maccabees 12:41-46
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Revelation 18:4
Come out of her my people, that ye be not part takers of her sins .
It’s talking about Babylon.
And revived Roman empire with a false religioys veneer located at the Vatican which sits on seven hills in Rome: the Roman Catholic C.
A a former devout Catholic, I learned and am still learning, that it is one thing to come out of the Church, but it is a very difficult struggle for the doctrines they instilled in me to be purged. It is happening a little at a time by the grace of God. When the Exodus occurred, they still had to be delivered from the Egyptian pagan culture that they had been enslaved in.
Mary, I have a question, Jesus gave to the Apostles the Authority to preach & teach the truth. Does Authority, therefore, matter to be able to preach & teach the truth, and to ensure that it continues and that the preaching and teaching is done correctly, should not that Authority be passed on by those who had/have the Authority to preach and teach the truth or can anyone preach & teach, whatever they like without that Authority??? Would anyone allow someone to teach their children if that person has no authority to teach children??? Why is this so difficult to understand.
@@peterxuereb9884 Jesus said he did nothing that his Heavenly Father didn't tell him to do. His Father did not tell him to stop keeping the commandments, and the Saturday Sabbath, and the high Holy days that point to the coming kingdom of God to this earth at the time of either the First or Second Resurrection spoken about in Revelations 20:4-5. Catholics are told they are to consider the POPE as their spiritual father, and that he has more authority than God or the instructions in the Bible. They are thereby instructed to keep Sunday as THEIR sabbath. The Catholic Church changed the ten commandments by leaving out the second commandment that said we should not have any graven images (statues) and just to make ten again, they divide the tenth commandment into two commandments. They instituted the pagan idol worship of Mary, known as Mariolatry, along with prayer to a multitude of saints. Praying to the dead is an abomination to Almighty God. It is the sin of necromancy, and is encouraged through their many pagan rituals. Almighty God, our Creator, sent His Son into the world to be our Savior. Jesus, the Messiah, is the only One who the Father has raised from the dead. He is now the GLORIFIED SON of God, sitting at the right hand of the Father. This is only a very brief surface of several other REBELLIOUS acts of disobedience to Almighty God that have been passed on to other Christian denominations through them. There are lots of factual evidence in history to back up all of this. Of course, the Bible is the foremost Word of God, but few really read or study it.
@@peterxuereb9884 What authority? If your talking about the graven image catholic church and its pdfile priests, you can keep them.
@@peterxuereb9884 *Not coherent again. Where in the Bible ever said Roman religion or RC clergies have authority?*
you said
Would anyone allow someone to teach their children if that person has no authority to teach children???
I'm a former follower of the Baptist novelty. Find a confessional and walk away from this lunacy. It has absolutely no basis in early Christianity. There's a reason that they don't want you to learn about early Church history.
I am a former Catholic also, I am so grateful God led me away from the Catholic church. I was able to bring up my 2 children in an Evangelical church and they both had a saving faith in Jesus Christ. I grew so much in my faith & continue to grow & share my faith with others.
How about sharing Catholic truth and biblical truth .... 14 Scripture verses that show Catholic Eucharist is the truth .................
Mark 14:22-24
While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.” And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
Luke 13:26
Verse Concepts
Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’;
Luke 22:19-20
And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.
John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
John 6:51
Verse Concepts
I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”
John 6:53-57
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
John 13:1-4
Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,
Acts 2:42
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:46-47
Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Acts 20:7
Verse Concepts
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 10:21-22
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
1 Corinthians 11:20-34
Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
Amen, me too. God is great. Have a blessed day.
@@1234poppycat so you receive Jesus by eating your little wafer and drinking the wine???
What happens to Jesus after you go to the bathroom?
Praise the LORD He got you out of the religious mess and deception of RCC. God bless you richly and strengthen your faith in Jesus Christ Nanette. I myself was in a similar religious deception called Greek orthodoxy and now have been saved by God's grace and out of it for over 10 years.
@nanetteekin - i sure hope you kept our book, the Bible, close by. Its what EVERYBODY uses including the cults as their rule of faith and try to justify their way through it. 🤷🏽♂
History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century, just 75 years AFTER the council of Nicaea which began the Trinitarian docrtine, and then with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved these scriptures by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself?
Peacce!!!
I find it so disturbing that more and more Catholic's get Very Angry when others try to present the true Word of God. Short circuits any conversation with them.
@Romans1118 *Lucy is at work. After all Roman Catholicism is Lucy's kingdom.*
you said
I find it so disturbing that more and more Catholic's get Very Angry when others try to present the true Word of God. Short circuits any conversation with them.
Catholic apologists work overtime to complicate the simplicity of the gospel. They’re keeping their people in bondage.
Unfortunately I am seeing a rise in ecumenicism within higher church types and they are welcoming Roman Catholics with open arms which is in fact, hating them.
If we loved them, we’d give them the true gospel and refute their church’s lies.
Good work guys, keep it up!
The doors of the Catholic Church swing both ways. Nobody is forced to stay. It's not possible to debunk Catholicism unless you lie, like Mike Glenderon. He can only lure ill-informed souls away from Catholicism. He could never snatch a knowledgeable Catholic.
Nobody is complicating anything. Jesus commissioned the Church to teach the nations ALL that He commanded. If you take a close look at it, you will see that it is the heretics who take away from the gospel and try to pass this off as simplicity or whatever. Heretics removed books from the Bible and dropped many key Christian doctrines in favor of newly invented ones. So yes, there is less content because they chopped off whatever didn't suit their tastes as now religion had become a "personal" and subjective thing.
That "true gospel" was written by Catholics. If you don't get Catholicism out of the bible you are misreading it.
Jesus started Catholic church
@@bridgefin what’s the gospel of Christ?
Should be an easy question right!
Why do so few no the answer?
@MavourneenKathleen-l5j *Contrary to your claims. Jesus and APostles actually took doctrines from Scriptures only. 180 plus verses say so. Even when they preached, their points did not go beyond the principles of Scriptures. Clearly not a 500 years old doctrine.*
*So many early writers mentioned the Exact Term "Scripture Alone". Clearly not a 500 years old doctrine.*
you said
This belief of Sola Scriptura is 500 years old, personal interpretation.
At my divorce, the church rule was that I could not receive communion because I was 'in sin'. This was a big deal! I wondered why God would do that to me. HE didn't! It was a Church rule; not Biblical...
Jesus was quite clear that what God has joined together, let NO MAN put asunder. And that was quoted in all 4 Gospels which makes it very Biblical.
Matt 19:9, Jesus says that divorce is not allowed. That’s the rule from The Bible.
The "rule" you refer to applies only if you remarry outside the church. Because the sacrament of marriage unites the couple as one, you are considered married to your first spouse, unless that marriage is invalidated by an annulment. Being divorced is not a sin; the sin happens if you remarry without an annulment. No one should receive Holy Communion in the state of mortal sin, regardless of the nature of the sin.
@@bridgefin quote---Jesus was quite clear that what God has joined together, let NO MAN put asunder. And that was quoted in all 4 Gospels which makes it very Biblical.--unquote
Obviously you refuse to list the exception to that!!!
but in case of adultery--then divorce IS OKAY!!!
@@johnsteila6049 quote---Matt 19:9, Jesus says that divorce is not allowed. That’s the rule from The Bible.--unquote
Matthew 5:31-32 NIV
31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
EXCEPTION: sexual immorality----incest, adultery.
Why did Christ decide not to write down his commandments and not ordering any of his apostles to do so? Instead he chose to build a Church on Peter and send him and his apostles the Holy Spirit to tell them what they shall do. There's a reason why Christ didn't resort to scripture and today we see it. Every man who reads the scripture thinks he can understand it and creates his own doctrine. How many evangelical churches are out there? More than 450,000? That's why God knew that a Church will preserve the teachings of Christ through the Holy Spirit more faithfully than through scripture. [Acts 1:2]
And what are the books of the new testament? God's breathed.
I'm guessing you know more than the people who knew Jesus and learned from him first hand?
If what you say is true, then that still makes the Catholic Church apostate.
If what you say is true, then how do you know anything about Christ to be true? Didn't you learn about Christ from the Bible? Didn't you just quote from the Bible?
Do you believe Mary was sinless and a virgin at the time of the resurrection? She was a sinner and had sons and daughters.
Is the Roman apocrypha canon? No
Is the Lord's prayer trust worthy? Yes
All these things you learn in the Bible.
Man left to his own devices creates vices. Man left needed the writing of the new testament and Jesus cited the old testament many times especially the book of Isaiah.
I hope you aren't gnostic. Because deconstructing Christ like you have is a quick way to fall away from trusting in him as the redeemer.
If you aren't trusting the Bible to be true, then you are not trusting Christ to be true-he is the living word of God afterall.
But if you don't trust fully I'm Christ, then you aren't saved. And once again Christ left us with his holy spirit. Christ left us with his teachings. Nowhere else can you truly learn about Christ, if not first from the Bible.
@@Theonly_Onyx The books of the N.T. are not as the prophetic books of the O.T. The O.T. books were commanded to be written. The books of the N.T. were letters used at that time for communication between humans, as phone is today. It was the apostles themselves who were inspired by God and they taught mostly orally and that has been transmitted from generation to generation until today in God's Church. Certainly, even today we'll find scripture from these Godly inspired apostles but it's the Church who we have to follow not the medium they use to communicate.
@@chilenobarrucia you contradicted yourself pal.
If they are godly men appointed by God and they taught orally, wouldn't what they wrote down still be true?
And if you don't trust their writings, then what is your church based on?
The old testament is written down too.
It seems like you are putting the church above the first hand teachings of Christ.
And the word of God has been written down since the first time it was spoken, so I have no idea what you are talking about.
It's going to be hard to leave Catholicism behind but if you keep seeking the truth, you'll find it.
@@chilenobarrucia and you didn't answer my questions. Don't skip over them. I would like answers since you think the Catholic Church is holy.
Once again if you don't trust the ENTIRE word of God, then you don't trust Christ.
@@Theonly_Onyx The bible was made and given to the world by pope Damasus I in ~382. Does that mean that all Christians that didn't know Jesus in the first 3+ centuries didn't know his doctrine? If the Church had decided not to make the bible, would that mean Christianity would be doomed? The reason we trust the bible is because it was given to us by the Church and not by some private scholar.
I once believed much of what Gendron believes. I too was an Un informed Catholic like Mike and was easy prey for those who take scripture verses out of context. And so what happens is you say, yeah, we do call priests father, we worship statues, saints and Mary, we believe that if you’re good enough, you get to go to heaven.
Gendron admits that he won’t bother reading the early church fathers including those who had direct contact with the apostles.
I was shocked to find out just how many Evangelical/Protestant pastors were abandoning the faith, the true faith for the falsehood of Catholicism. How could so many men who had studied, believed, breathed and preached the scriptures come to such a heretical understanding that the Catholic Church was the Church founded by Christ. That was a dangerous road to go down, because once you actually are willing to listen to what they have to say and you begin studying the issue for yourself, you find out that you have a real problem.
What a shame, because what I came to realize after 20+ years was that I had been believing the traditions of men and misinterpreting much of the scriptures. Yes, I said traditions.
I had accepted particular statements of faith that were considered essential such as the Trinity and that Jesus is 100% man as well as 100% God. These creeds of faith we’re already established prior to the scriptures yet I believed that all truth has to be found in the scriptures. We denied the magisterium of the church and yet that too was in place before the canon of scripture was established by the very magisterium that I rejected. That no longer made sense to me.
Obviously there is much more than the points that I brought up above. And it should be stated that I also still have tremendous respect for many in the Evangelical world. I even have a a number of good friends who are Evangelical. I attend two Bible studies. One in the Catholic Church where some Evangelicals come on a weekly basis and another in an Evangelical church where several individuals have tried to convert me to no avail. Their often perplexed by the fact that I’m a Catholic who actually reads and knows the Bible.
quote---Gendron admits that he won’t bother reading the early church fathers including those who had direct contact with the apostles. --unquote
name tham!!!
****What has the papacy changed? Don’t you know the papacy changed the days of worship and openly admit to doing so. Here are some references
REFERENCE
Peter Geiermann, The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (st.Louis: B. Herder Book Co.,1957edition) page 50.
Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D.336) transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.
336ad
Constantine leader Roman Empire , the kingdom had many barbaric tribes who worshipped pagan gods including
Mythra Sun god, in an act to unite the kingdom Constantine added some pagan beliefs to Catholicism. Hence Sunday worship also distances them from Jews
REFERENCE
Stephen Keenan, a Doctrinal Catechism (New York:P.J. Kenedy & sons, third American edition,revised,n.d.),p.174
REFERENCE
The Faith of Our Fathers, by James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 88th edition, page 89.
Originally published in 1876, republished and Copyright 1980 by TAN Books and Publishers, inc.,pages 72-73.
REFERENCE
Catholic Record, September 1, 1923
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Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore,in a letter replying for the Cardinal. February 10, 1920
Hey Vinb, thank you bro & God bless. You are so right. Peace.
@@hamidrabiipour9707 peace and blessings to you too. God bless!
@@mitchellosmer1293 "name tham!!!"
Mike is mostly dodging St Ignatius of Antioch, a disciple of St John. The same St John who followed Jesus for 3 years, who witnessed his crucifixion and saw him resurrected. A great example of
He (St Ignatius)
Who hears you (St John)
Hears ME (Jesus)
Does the Church of Gendron have a proper Eucharist? No
Does the Church of Gendron have a Bishop with succession from the apostles? No
Could the Church of Gendron, only in existence for the last 30 years, be the CATHOLIC Church spoken of below? No
_“See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Christ Jesus does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles. Do ye also reverence the deacons, as those that carry out the appointment of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”_ Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyrneans, 8:2 (c. A.D. 110).
Ignatius below is 100% consistent with St John = THIS IS MY BODY. Nothing symbolic only as taught by the Church of Gendron.
_“They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again.”_ Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to Smyrnaeans, 7,1 (c. A.D. 110).
Lot's and lots of reasons for Mike to dodge the early Church writings. Yet, he tacitly trusts in the authority of the Church he objects to to even know what books belong in his New Testament.
@@TruthHasSpoken quote----opinions after opinions----NOT ONE bible scripture.
quote---St Ignatius of Antioch, a disciple of St John.--unquote
---Google search:Was Ignatius a disciple of John?
Ignatius of Antioch - Wikipedia
Tradition identifies Ignatius, along with his friend Polycarp, as disciples of John the Apostle. Later in his life, Ignatius was chosen to serve as Bishop of Antioch; the fourth-century Church historian Eusebius writes that Ignatius succeeded Evodius.
TRADITION--NOT BIBLICAL uFACT!!
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What is the basis for the belief that Ignatius of Antioch knew the Apostle John?
This seems to be a traditional belief. For example, The Catholic Encyclopedia entry from 1910 says
"It is also believed, and with great probability, that, with his friend Polycarp, he was among the auditors of the Apostle St. John."
AGAIN-TRADITION!!!
---Ignatius of Antioch doesn't mention any personal connection to John in his authentic letters. Irenaeus mentions that he met Polycarp, who had known John and at least one other apostle, as he refers to "apostles" in the plural being known to Polycarp (Against Heresies 3.3). Ignatius did write letters to Polycarp and to the church at Smyrna. There are two letters of Ignatius to John preserved in Latin, but these are universally recognized as forgeries dated to the middle ages. There's no reliable evidence to connect Ignatius directly with any of the apostles. So, as you say, this is likely a case of "tradition based on forgery.""
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*Everyone can see Roman religion is a man made religion. Only RCs could not. 95% of RC doctrines and 95% of RC clergies did not come from God's Word. Why would a true religion have such statistics? Lucy has b - ded the eyes of RCs; so they could not C.*
1. Catholics say Mary was forever virgin. Yet Bible says Jesus had brothers and sisters. Mary was not perpetually virgin. Mk 6:3, Mat 13:55, Mat 27:56, Mar 6:3, Mar 15:40, Mar 15:47.
2. Catholics say clergies must be celibate. Yet BIBLE says Peter (supposed R Church first leader) had mother in law. Bible says celibacy is not a qualification for clergies. Mat 8:14-15, Mar 1:30-31, Luk 4:38-39.
3. Catholics say Mary was sinless. But Bible says Mary offered a sinner's offering. She was a sinner. Bible says Mary needed a Saviour. Lk 2:23-24, Lev 12:6-8, Rom 3:10.
4. Catholics say confess to R priests in a box. BIBLE says nothing about confessing to priests in a box. Bible says confess to God only. 1 John 1:9, Mat 6, Romans 10:9-10.
5. Catholics say drink of the physical blood of Jesus. Yet OT and NT both say do not drink blood. Acts 15, Lev 7:26.
6. Catholics say pray to passed on Mary and "saints". Yet Bible says do not contact the dead. NT Church did not record a single case of NT believers asking passed on saints to pray for them. Deut 18:11, Isaiah 8:19.
7. Catholics make and bow down to statues. Bible says do not bow down to graven images (statues). Deut 4, Exo 20:4-5.
8. Catholics sprinkles “holy water”. But NT Church of the Bible mentioned nothing about “holy water”. There was no record of any Apostles sprinkling “holy water” on believers. Catholics claimed “holy water” came from OT. Yet Num 5:17 says “holy water” was water used to test adulterous women in OT temple. Hardly the same. Those were for Old Covenant Jews. Not New Testament Christians.
9. Catholics say Peter was pope - bishop of all bishops. Yet Bible says Peter was just a leader of the Jerusalem Church. Bible says nothing of the office of bishop of bishops. Gal 2:9, Mat 16:18.
10. Catholics say there is a seat of Peter. Yet BIBLE says nothing about it. Jesus said “not to lord over others”.
11. Catholics has clergy priesthood. Bible says clergy priesthood was done away with in New Testament. There is no clergy priesthood in NT. Heb 7:27, 9:12, 10:10.
12. Catholics preaches Works Salvation (faith + good works + partake R sacraments + submit to R pontiff + be in R Church + devote to Mary = to be saved). Yet Bible says “believe in Jesus to be saved”. Bible says Works Salvation is cursed. Gal 1:8-9. Acts 16:30-31, John 3:16, Romans 10:9-10.
13. Catholics says they must do Penance to atone for their sins. Yet Bible says repent, confess and sins will be forgiven. Catholic Bible changes the word “repentance” in NT into “penance”. Original Greek NT does not use or mean the word penance. Penance = work to atone for sins. Repentance = change of heart. 1 John 1:9, Mat 6.
14. Catholics say Mary went straight to heaven without dying. Yet Bible says nothing about it.
15. Catholics say Islam and Christianity have the same God. Yet Islam doesn't believe in death and resurrection of Jesus and Trinity.
Former Catholic here. It was always about religion growing up for me, never an intimate, personal relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I thank God every single day that I am saved totally by His UNMERITED Grace! I too pray that my devout catholic family would soon give up religion for relationship before its too late!
Do you think that maybe you just didn’t have great Catholic role models? There are many Catholics that have a great relationship with Christ and read the word of God daily. I would encourage you to not view your experience of Catholic upbringing as the law of Catholic understanding and faith.
@@sherbert1110 @printsbyanne is the Black Sheep so to speak of the Family. His prayer for his family to give up religion is his way of having the world revolve around him.
Look at the lives of the Saints. For us Catholics it is the Science of the Saints. We can learn to love everything about Heaven by studying their lives. You need look no further than St. Teresa of Lisieux. From the beginning of her earthly life she was taught to love God. So many Catholics raise their children to love The Blessed Trinity, The Blessed Mother, Saint Joseph, and The Saints. We are taught from a very small age to love our Guardian Angel. Your experience is different from mine. Did you ever read stories from Treasure Chest? My parents bought the entire set for me and my siblings. My mother read the life of Saint Teresa from Treasure Chest to us well before we attended school. I still remember Whoopsy the Angel. They teach love of all things in Heaven. I bought the same set for my family.
Your decision to leave the church is yours. Maybe you will like the Catholic Church more as Popes under the second vatican counsel work to make it protestant. This pope francis is a heretic. For Catholics trying to hold to the traditions before vatican II, the path is narrow but holy. I love being Catholic. Today is the Feast of Saint Joseph. He means so much to me. He represents manly Catholic strength. Have you ever watched Song of Bernadette with Jennifer Jones. It is on this TH-cam free. If you love God and want to see a Catholic example of Love of God and the Blessed Mother, see it. Other Catholic movies are available. The older ones are better.
These anti Catholic people have a negative reaction to good works. See if you agree with them after you see an older Catholic Movie about a Saint. May you make it to Heaven, Stephen Bascio. You may be Italian. If you are, some terrific Saints are from Italy. if you are French, the same applies. I hope you make it to Heaven! Nothing on earth comes close to it.
@@sherbert1110 this answers whether you know what you are talking about / understand biblical salvation:
How do you get to Heaven?
I have been a Christian for the majority of my life. I worship just as the Christians worshipped in 33 AD, I read the Bible and worship in Κoinè Δiálektos/Koine Greek. I believe with all my heart that the Bible as originally inspired I.e., Koine Greek is infallible! In saying this I do have issues with Roman Catholicism as well as Post-Reformation Western Christianity’s understanding of the Bible! As a lifelong student of Early Christian history, I am perplexed about the reason modern Christianity is so different from First Century Christianity. As a speaker of Koine/ Modern Greek, I can attest to the fact that the saying lost in translation is a real phenomenon! Roman Catholicism and Western Christianity have done a disservice to the Faith Christ gave to his Apostles to preach unto the world. I am saddened when I hear people state the “Bible says the following” when in reality the Bible is being used to support a theological position. I often hear staunch supporters of the Bible say they believe every word in the Bible yet their doctrines are nowhere to be found in the Bible. For the Roman Catholics purgatory and for the Post Reformation believers “a personal relationship with Jesus". For example, traditions are mentioned in the Bible, but in all honesty, the translation is lacking when compared to the God-inspired Greek word for tradition “Παραδόσεις”. Speaking of Παραδόσεις that very word in Greek tells us that Sola Scripture/Bible Only was a foreign concept to Early Christians. The Apostle Paul revealed that there is more than just the Bible in Christianity, ῾Διὰ λόγου εἴτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ἡμῶν῾, 2 Thes 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the TRADITIONS which ye have been taught, whether by WORD “, or our EPISTLE. Please show me where I can find in the Bible that the Bible only is the way to Go. As Eastern Christians, we have preserved the Bible and its original language for 2,000 years as well as the God-inspired Traditions that The Apostles gave us. Translation issue is why the Roman Catholics have a false doctrine called Purgatory as well as Protestants ignore the instructions of Jesus about the importance of Communion.
I pray my insight would stir up the viewers of this video to seek out false doctrines that were established in Roman Catholicism as well as Post Reformation Groups. Here is a fact, it is possible for every miracle and teaching of Jesus to be placed in one book, thus we have supplements [ Traditions originally called Παραδόσεις ], thankfully Eastern Christians have kept the totality of the faith, not bits and pieces! John 21:25
And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they should be written to everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
5,000. Marian apparitions, Eucharistic Miracles, Stigmatists , Incorruptible Bodies of Roman Catholic Church…. Why ?
Yep. Where are all the miracles in The Baptist Church?..
Satanic deceptions every one.
@@johnsteila6049 They are happening all the time.
@@jimdrummer816 Can you please give some notable examples?
@johnsteila6049 As I said, EVERY one of them. They're all " notable".
QUESTION:
WHAT DO I SAY TO PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT MARY ANSWERS PRAYER AND GO TO MASS ON EASTER, CHRISTMAS AND WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER TURNS 15 YEARS OF AGE, CELEBRATE “ QUINCEAÑERA”?
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS ..!
You say to them, "You are right. Our Lady offers prayers to the throne of God on our behalf. Alleluia."
You should also say to them, "Go to Mass every Sunday, not just twice a year."
@@dillpickles879not when you know the truth.
Who told you Mary answers prayer?
Right! Mary don't answer prayers, her Son answers the prayers.
Did you ever deny anything to your mother that was easy for you to do.
ie: turning water into wine was easy for the One who created the Universe
Why are you yelling?
This guy said that The Catholic Church is under a curse? Wow! This guy wants to do like every protestant. He wants to do what he wants to do. Sorry bro. You must try to become HOLY as God is Holy. Heb 12:14 Without Holiness you will not see God.
Thank you for confirmation! I am a former cathlic - origin from poland, now living in germany- too.. After being born again through Christ the Holy Spirit taught me, that the doctrin of the catholic church is not right to the bible. I realized that in the catholic church Jesus is dead..he hangs on the cross. They worship the death, dead people, graves!! But my Jesus lives.... We all have to be freed from false religions, doctrins, traditions who are replacing Jesus Christs work on the Cross!!! And his great mercy!
Thank you Lord, that you are the way, the truth and leed us to live!!! 🙏🙏🙏
You were never Catholic if you think Catholicism thinks Jesus is dead.
@@FlyingGospel Catholicism is not build on the gospel. It is build on human thinking, traditions etc. If you read the gospel and ernestly search Jesus Christ than you get to know the truth...
@@gracekindness4227 And what process is it that decided which Gospels were canonical and which weren't? Because you know there are many other non canonical gospels right? It's the systematic tradition of the Chruch that filtered scripture into the final result known as the Bible. Also, following tradition IS scriptural and biblical (of course it is, since it's the Catholic Church that compiled it): Paul says that much Christian teaching is to be found in the tradition which is handed down by word of mouth (2 Tim. 2:2). He instructs us to “stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” (2 Thess. 2:15)
@@FlyingGospel the cathlic church added so much to her belivingsystem. Paul said, that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the one, we shall stand firm, that Paul and the other Apostels taught us. The cathlic church is wrong with Mary, the Pope, their dresses. They are dressed like the priest of Agypt. And there is mich more, that is wrong. If you read the bible with an open heart, than you will find, that this church goes against Jesus Christ.
I realized it. I was deep in this System. But the Lord Jesus through his grace freed me. And now I am free to live for HIM.
A direct line to Jesus, I don't need a priest or salvation through the sacraments or Mary or Joseph etc.. Through the cross there is abundant life. Jesus lives... 🙏✝️🙏
@@gracekindness4227 Lol you don't need the sacraments? Jesus certainly disagrees with that.
In fairness I would recommend you have an expert on the Catholic teachings unfortunately which your guest is not. You need to be honest about the teaching, then feel free to disagree.
Thank you for sharing.
look up on youtube and see Mike debate his views .... the main debate starts at 8 minutes following a long introduction .... """Debate: Catholic vs Protestant Salvation vesves Justification Tim Staples vs Mike Gendron""" This was 5 years ago and Mike lost logically and scripturally and has never debated with a Catholic in a public debate since !!!!!!!!! So he knows the truth but carries this on to con more people !!
What is the basis for your accepting the books of the New Testament as genuine expression the Apostolic Gospel received from Christ and consequently real word of God? It is Pope Damascus or the Catholic Church that proclaimed the Canon of the New Testament as the faithful expression of Christ's Gospel. If the Pope or the Catholic Church is unreliable, on what authoritative or reliable ground do you accept it as the real Word of God? What is the Biblical basis for "sola scriptura"? Or that Christ founded his one true Church without authoritative or hierarchical power.?
Try looking up the meaning of the word 'church' in the New Testament. It is mentioned over 115 times. It is always the same word, 'ekklesiah' and its meaning is always the same and never refers to the RCC.
How much of scriptures did the Catholic Church write besides none of it?
@@stever4181:
You didn't answer his question.
@@stever4181:
Who ever claimed that the Catholic Church wrote scriptures?
@@alhilford2345 The Catholic Church claims that only they can interpret scriptures. Where is that authority? We do not read about it in the Bible so where does it come from? My comment of the definition of church is not what the CC states so why am I wrong when it comes directly from the Greek as written.
Mike has put into words my experience when trying to reconcile what I was reading in the Bible with Catholic doctrine. For me it was like being gas lit; I started to question what I knew or thought to be true. I remember feeling uncomfortable with the answers I was receiving, noting they'd be a very convenient explanation for the Catholic faith but ran contrary to what the Bible said. For me, the way I found to move forward was to put in place a firm guiding principle of any belief or teaching must be supported and aligned with biblical scripture otherwise I'd have to disregarded it. In doing that It became clear in brief time I didn't want to remain in the Catholic church. It was an easy but not so easy decision to leave (Catholic's know what this means), however it was the right thing for me, I have never looked back in regret ever. When you know you know, you know?
You said: For me, the way I found to move forward was to put in place a firm guiding principle of any belief or teaching must be supported and aligned with biblical scripture otherwise I'd have to disregarded it.
Me: There was no NT biblical Scripture to follow in the early decades of the Church. ALLL they had was preaching of the apostles which is tradition. So tradition comes first and then Scripture. Like most Protestants, you have only Scripture and that is why you don't understand it. You are missing the context in which NT Scripture was written and that is the context of the teaching of the apostles.
The truth is like lemon.
Bitter to the taste,
but good for the body.
On other subjects it took me three months or more to overcome the lie i believed to be true. (kind regards of the status quo).
I'm now piggy in the middle regards Young Earth Creationism and the Theory of Evolution.
They don't like it when you don't favour one or the other.
@@markrymanowski719
Fine but you need to know where to look for truth if you are going to find it. Scripture cannot be it unless you have an authentic interpretation. And there are millions of interpretations to choose from and most get it wrong.
I invite you to read my 2 comments headed by
Number # 1 = CHALLENGE = Can = any = Protestant, including Mike Gendron, give the answer to this most = basic = and fundamental
Question = Why did Jesus incarnate as a Man and die on the Cross ??
(( Note = a review of the following 26 points numbered from A to Z is necessary before answer ))
Number # 2 = Who are the = Real = Christians - Catholics -or - Protestants ?
FACT of the matter is that Protestants can = never = get the correct answer to the most basic yet necessary question which I posed in Number # 1.
The question is = can you ?
Because if you cannot answer this question, then your knowledge of Jesus, Christianity, the Bible is wrong and questionable and this can = only - result in jeopardizing your salvation
When you know you know.!
Mike needs more Catholic Theology as I feel as a catholic he was poorly cateschised. He should rather be debating Catholic apologists so we hear both sides of the story. Watch his debate with Tim Staples....he can't even refute the Bible verses that Tim quotes , where as Tim explains how he is misreading certain bible verses by giving him context.
Why do catholics like to say people should be catechized instead of pointing them to the word of God, the Holy Bible
@@wesleysimelane3423 this is because we as people if left to our own interpretations of anything can greatly misunderstand.
@@sherbert1110 that is a catholic lie. Be like the Berians and test everything you are taught through scripture
@@wesleysimelane3423 What Sherbert said is true as Peter said in 2 Peter 3:16 “There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.” This is the very reason Christ founded the catholic church to teach ALL truths, written and spoken. Mike Gendron’s not the church.
The Bereans who are Hellenistic Jews that don’t have the doctrine of Sola Scriptura “received the word with eagerness” from Paul, meaning they were taught of the truth or catechized before they became christians.
Correctly catechised ? Have you read and studied the ROMAN catholic catechism and the other Roman catholic literature? It's blasphemy and I urge you to read it because it's not of GOD but of man and their own unbiblical ideas .
GOD bless you
Yes as a child we were taught not to listen to any other teaching . I say the put a brick wall in my mind and it took Jesus to break thru it .
Praise God!
AMEN, PRAISE THE LORD sister!
You weren't raised Catholic. They constantly talk about Jesus
@@MeanBeanComedy You're just another Catholic who believes they know how a person was raised and what they believe and know all of their experiences.
They attack the Bible in the same way always making *'assumptions'*.
@MeanBeanComedy, I was raised in a false religion similar to catholicism, and the Jesus that was talked about was not the Biblical Jesus but a 'eucharist' false Jesus that in Matthew 24:5 the LORD JESUS CHRIST warned against.
(Galatians 2:16)
"No man is saved by works"
Jesus Speaking
(Mark 7:7)
"You worship me in vain. Laying aside the Word of God, you hold onto the traditions of men"
Jesus Speaking
(Mark 7:9)
"You fully reject the Word of God that you may keep your own traditions"
14:13 Paragraph 2027 of the CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
“No one can merit the initial grace which is at the origin of conversion. Moved by the Holy Spirit, we can merit for ourselves and for others all the graces needed to attain eternal life, as well as necessary temporal goods.”
News flash! It's not what the Bible says. You need to read what Ephesians 2:8-9 says instead.
Paragraph 2025-2026 of The Catechism Of The Catholic Church:
"We can have merit in God's sight only because of God's free plan to associate man with the work of his grace. Merit is to be ascribed in the first place to the grace of God, and secondly to man's collaboration. Man's merit is due to God."
"The grace of the Holy Spirit can confer true merit on us, by virtue of our adoptive filiation, and in accordance with God's gratuitous justice. Charity is the principal source of merit in us before God."
Merit is clearly ascribed to the grace of God in accordance with His divine will.
The primary word in 2027 is "Moved by the Holy Spirit", that merit that is spoken of has its origin in the Holy Spirit.
St. Paul exhorts us in Philippians 2:12 to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." Which implies we must DO SOMETHING, You gain merit when you do what God wants. It is your collaboration with God's plan.
It does not mean that we can save ourselves. Christ is our sole savior. But Christ has chosen ways to bring us that salvation. To be saved we must accept his saving grace, work in accord with his plan.
As for Ephesians 2: 8-9 ("For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast.”) The Catholic Church totally believes that. Just in a different way than you.
We believe that Paul is talking about initial salvation here. Hence the past tense, saved. That indicates that our initial salvation is through faith not works, as the Church clearly espouses in paragraph 2027 of The Catechism Of The Catholic Church "No one can merit the initial grace which is at the origin of conversion."
We know from other passages from Paul that salvation also has present and future aspects, so the kind of salvation Paul is discussing in Ephesians 2:8-9 is initial salvation. It is the kind which we received when we first came to God and were justified, not the kind of salvation we are now receiving,
(As Peter talks about in 1 Peter 1:8-9 "Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, as you attain the goal of [your] faith, the salvation of your souls." When Peter talks about attaining the goal of faith, this seems to indicate that something must be done.
Also Paul, as talked about above, exhorts us in Philippians 2:12 to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." Which shows that there is an aspect of salvation that needs to be worked out, something to be done in the present moment)
or the kind we will one day receive
(St. Paul says in Romans.13:11 "And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed" He is talking about future salvation, which we will hopefully obtain at death
He talks about this again in 1 Corinthians 3:15 "But if someone’s work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved,* but only as through fire." Again he is talking about final salvation. That this person can be saved, but only through fire.)
Okay I think that's it. I hope this help you guys and I love you all and pray that all of us would grow closer to Jesus and come to know the fullness of truth. I will pray for all of you please pray for me.
God bless you all!
42:42 - Catholics read from the Bible daily/weekly at Mass - Old Testament/Psalms/NewTestaments.
I'm Catholic and I'm going to heaven.
Nope!
@@tomhandrick9395 oh, yes I am because the Virgin Mary told me so in a vision three years ago.
According to your church you can't say that, it's the sin of presumption. Look it up in your own literature.
@@donkique956, hate to tell you but it wasn't the biblical Mary.
@@donkique956 So forget the Bible, and what it says about testing the spirits, because he had a vision !
Q: where do you find that in the Bible ???
42:00 in, woyza!
So if one part of the bible tells us murder is wrong, we follow that.
If another part explains purgatory, thats wrong
What an excellent man! Every converted Roman Catholic that I know has such a good grasp of the Gospel….it’s so encouraging. God is all powerful. Thank you for a great video! God be praised.
As a practicing Catholic who knows the bible and Catholicism this falls apart when you listen to him explain what Catholicism is. In Catholicism ALL glory is to God He says when you pray to Mary you are putting Mary before God. That is untrue. All Catholic prayer is ultimately to God. So in the prayer to Our Lady the "Hail Mary" The second half says ""Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the end of our death, Amen " If he was ever a practicing Catholic he would know that Mary's role is to guide us to Jesus & all seven sacraments are to/ from God. At 9 minutes when asked about the 2000 year Catholic Church vs the 500 year 30 000 protestant churches mr Gendron claims there was a none Catholic church alongside the Catholic Church for 2000 years then goes on to name call the Catholic Church He of course provides no evidence for his supposed protestant church !! Timothy 4:1 says people will depart from the true faith ..... " So Mr Gendron unable to find a link beyond 500 years must conclude his man made churches have departed from the truth !! The Holy and Apostolic Catholic Church
Very well said Isobel! The LORD bless you and keep you. Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing such as this man Aja Deacon. The Roman Catholic cult is nothing but a mother wolf 🐺 that has clawed lost sheep in the clutches of demonic deception and satanic lies.
I love what the Bible says in psalms 119:105 ~Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.~ That is sufficient for me to guide me by the the Holy Spirit into all TRUTH: JESUS CHRIST!
Amen, this guy has no clue what he’s talking about.
Catholics who became Protestant or only Catholic in name. I knew absolutely nothing about the Catholic Church orange teachings and they probably if they heard them never believe them. However since they were so bad Christians and now belong to a church that has made them it’s a good questions that’s a good thing because they are closer to God now than they ever were. As I said they were Catholic in name only and not in practice.
I was raised a Catholic and I was raised with the Bible. It was a part of my religious education. You were probably too cheap to buy a Bible and to read it. In my life as a Catholic I have read the Bible from cover to cover over 40 times how many times have you read it.
@@danielswartz6818 I’m sorry, but it’s difficult to understand your comment due to poor grammar and spelling.:/
Former Catholic here. I love hearing mike speak! I pray that my Catholic family would come to Christ! If they only knew the peace and joy that the free gift of grace could bring! ❤
It's very sad that many Catholics fall for this guy who never really knew his faith. Mike Gendren will never debate an informed Catholic who would easily refute his assertions. For instance he says the church teaches faith plus works. I challenge him to show anywhere in the catechism of the catholic church which teaches that??
@@henrybayard6574 Do Roman Catholics need to do Sacraments to be saved? (Religious Works). Do they need to do anything beyond being sorrowful for sin, turning away from sin and to God, and putting their faith in Jesus Christ alone for Salvation? (Change of heart & mind to have faith)
Do they give glory to Mary and Saints through prayer, hope, kneeling etc? That's sin. The religion is teaching sin to be a "good religious person." Don't tell me praying for my friends and family who are alive is the same as praying to ancestors or ancestor worship. RCC is not the only religious group teaching ancestor glorification and worship. RCC likes to think they are unique but they much closer to non-christian religions than Bible Believing Christians.
@Laura Lenarz I am receiving materials to help lead my family to a saving faith in Jesus Christ from Mike Gendron's Proclaiming the Gospel website very soon!
@@Ben-pk4cv You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Sadly clueless however typical. If you are going to slander someone's position and faith, you should at least educate yourself on the topic. Seriously.
@@Ben-pk4cv if you wish to have a thoughtful discussion about this topic then I'm ready to discuss. But if this is just calling people names or using insults that won't convince anyone. So let's start with your first question. We believe there are seven sacraments. Two are necessary Baptism and communion. Two are helpful in your walk with christ. Confession and confirmation. Two are for vocations. Marriage and holy orders. The final one is anointing of the sick, called last rites. If you have other questions please just ask and I'll respectfully answer.
Why have a debate about The Catholic Church without a Catholic on the panel????
Because a Catholic would have the right answers, and they're not interested in the truth.
Mike Gendron was Catholic for years. So you do have a catholic on board.
@@MufasaRizz "Mike Gendron was Catholic for years." So you don't have a Catholic on board. Your either on the ship of off the ship. Can't be both. Mike is just a run of mill Protestant bashing the Church for his own livelihood . This too shall pass as the Bible say , not even the gates of hell ( or Mike Gendron) will prevail.
"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."
Voltaire
@@AtamMardes wrong channel.... go to the natural world came from nothing ,
No other person other than Jesus our Lord has been visited by an Angel who referred to her as one would a Queen, Other than Mary. “And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.”
The angel never said that she would be queen of heaven. Or of anybody for that matter. Just because she found favor with God did not make her sinless. She needed Jesus as much as the rest of us do.
Jesus is the King of Heaven. In scripture it is known that the Mother of the King is the designated Queen.
@@ms.eliana1397mary doctrines were invented 300 years after Christ. Yikes!!
If salvation was by faith alone why Christ said in Mt 25:31-46 that man without good works will be thrown to hell? Clearly Paul is being misunderstood by private interpreters of scripture.
SMH
Not everyone who says Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of God,but he who does the will of My Father.
Only place in the bible that says faith alone is where it says that it is not by faith alone!
I'm sorry my brother's,there is no short cut to Heaven.God has done His part,we must do ours.
If you understand the 7 churches in the book of revelation you will understand why you are having these discussions you are having now.
Staunch Catholic
The will of the Father is to repent of our sins and receive Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for our sins. Our salvation comes from God and God only. Staunch Christian here. Why do Catholics not refer to themselves as Christians? I don’t say I am a Baptist. I am a Christian.
@@carolthompson302 Because Catholics are the original Christians...... lest we forget the Protestant Reformation. That by the way reformed nothing and only split the Catholic Church into countless orgs. to the mess were in today.
This was a great video concise but very informative. Thanks so much team for all the information.
You would learn the truth from the bible and Gods Catholic Church .... Well the video is just the failed claims doing another round. Full of self congratulation. Gendron goes for the weak Catholics who do not know their faith .... Catholics already glorify the Lord in the 7 sacraments directly to God .. Gendron and his hate preachers deceive by lies about what Catholics believe and do THE CATHOLIC MASS has 2 main parts 1) The WORD which is three scripture readings and a Homily explanation of the Word and 2) The Eucharist which is what Christ told us to do 3 times in John 6 and in 13 other scripture !!.. At 4 minutes 20 he claimed he had never opened the bible when a Catholic -- well 97% of the Catholic Mass which he should have attended weekly at least is directly from the bible - reading and prayers ... In the three year cycle Catholics get through the bible Genesis to Revelation !! Mr Gendron is just trying to build up his own empire in opposition to Christ - he has had his reward in $$$
Informative about one man's confusion and betrayal.
@@bridgefin He doesnt sound confused. Everything he says is true. Catholics just dont like hearing this. Truth and catholics dont mix.
@@bridgefin Exactly, Lies, Gossip and pitting God's children against each other. We have to pray that Mike G will confess his sins about this chat and others. He is acting as the son of perdition.
Remember that this is gendron's opinion and not the perfect word of God. No one is perfect. Jesus says no one is Good are righteous until glorification when you die. Mike has a job trying to call Catholics a false religion. He doesn't know one way or the other. God will have to teach him when he dies and he is glorified. He will be saved most likely, but nobody knows if we knew we would be in heaven
John Martignoni took Mike to task some months back, left Mike speechless. What is the bases of your Christian belief?
I too grew up as a Roman Catholic plus all the required Sacraments. I felt empty following the Sunday Masses on Camp Lejeune. I was invited to a Wednesday evening Service in Jacksonville, NC February 1976. John 14:6 brought me to my knees at the altar invitation. I accepted Christ as my Savior that night.
That's Catholic teaching. Why did you leave the Eucharist and the only church that Jesus established?
Congratulations Daniel E.F.! The LORD brought you out of darkness of false religion and into the Light that is Jesus Christ--John 8:12. PRAISE THE LORD!
You could be saved too Bridgefin, if you repent of your sins including apostate and false religious Roman Catholic system. Then believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved according to Acts 16:31
@@ericevearitt3317
Thanks anyway but I would prefer to go to Heaven than to abandon God. Jesus established the Catholic Church so you are calling Jesus a false teacher establishing a false religion. Tell me, what sinner do you follow in the place of Jesus?
He follows some man made Protestant church, but Jesus started Catholic church. Odd
My first encounter with the errors in Roman Catholicism was during a Catechism class at St. Jude Shrine, the largest Catholic parish in Lagos, Nigeria. I was there because I wanted to convert from 'Protestantism' to Catholicism. I chose Roman Catholicism because of the short duration of its service. Anyway, on the first day of the Catechism class, the Reverend Brother assigned to us asserted that we won't bother ourselves with the first eleven chapters of Genesis because according to him, these are fiction. He also took a poke at the burning bush story involving Moses describing it as childish. I was so pained by these blasphemous utterances that I wrote to the church leadership, but was ignored. Some years later, I read in an international magazine that the then Pope Benedict had endorsed a research into the origins of man. It was then it dawned on me that the Reverend Brother was speaking the mind of the highest Roman Catholic authority in Rome. I feel so sorry for everyone being held captive in this demonic system. We might think that they are doing it willingly. Their minds have been totally captured by satan and his demons to the extent that truth is now offensive to them. What believers owe Catholics is prayer - Fervent prayers for God to open their eyes to the truth.
The first part of Genesis (for adults) is not a physics chapter explaining the creation of the World but the earliest of believers saying "Why are we here?" "What is the point of our existence?" and obeying GOD !! The video is just the failed claims doing another round. Full of self congratulation. Gendron goes for the weak Catholics who do not know their faith .... Catholics already glorify the Lord in the 7 sacraments directly to God .. Gendron and his hate preachers deceive by lies about what Catholics believe and do THE CATHOLIC MASS has 2 main parts 1) The WORD which is three scripture readings and a Homily explanation of the Word and 2) The Eucharist which is what Christ told us to do 3 times in John 6 and in 13 other scripture !!.. At 4 minutes 20 he claimed he had never opened the bible when a Catholic -- well 97% of the Catholic Mass which he should have attended weekly at least is directly from the bible - reading and prayers ... In the three year cycle Catholics get through the bible Genesis to Revelation !! Mr Gendron is just trying to build up his own empire in opposition to Christ - he has had his reward in $$$
What the brother told you is against Church teaching. Genesis is written as an historical narrative and the literal sense must be preserved. Do you want to take back what you said now?
Recent popes have been weak on refuting the claims of evolution, but they have not endorsed it, nor claimed that Genesis should not be read or believed.
Pope Piux XII, in Humani Generis (1950, I think), allowed for discussion by experts in the field restricted to the possibility of pre-existent living matter before Adam - I don't think he should have said this - but with the caveat that Adam and Eve are our first parents, that all men descend from them, that the soul is immediately created by God, etc. He condemned "polygenism," which would be to say that we all came from a group of the first humans and not Adam and Eve. The allowing for discussion by experts was because then as well as now the supposed scientific community insisted it had clear evidence of evolution. The Pope only allowed for discussion on that one point and was preserving Christian doctrine by the rest of what he said in that context.
You also say that the Faith delivered to the Church by Jesus Christ Himself is "demonic." Doesn't that mean that you are blaspheming the Holy Spirit?
"Fervent prayers for God to open their eyes to the truth."
What 'truth' is that? Is there another 'truth' other than what Jesus gave to the Church?
@@MillionthUsername What I have realised is that it takes an intervention by God Himself for deluded people to be saved. I read an account of a believer who was burnt to death on the stake by the Roman Catholic church. In the story recorded in John Foxe's Book of Martyrs, the victim cited Scripture to defend his claims that salvation is by faith in Christ alone. The Catholic inquisitors replied that the Pope is the head of the church and that his word is superior to Scripture. They went ahead and killed the innocent man. No intellectual discourse or citing of Scriptures can open the eyes of people that are under demonic influence. We need to pray for God to open their eyes.
@@pearladams4817 How come you won't respond to the questions put to you?
@@MillionthUsername I will only respond to questions that are Scriptural. Roman Catholism is founded on lies.
Gendron "" there is no mention of the Eucharist in the Bible, The Catholic Church has made up that term "" ............ Now the truth ....14 Scripture verses that show Catholic Eucharist is the truth .................
Mark 14:22-24
While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.” And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
Luke 13:26
Verse Concepts
Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’;
Luke 22:19-20
And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.
John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
John 6:51
Verse Concepts
I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”
John 6:53-57
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
John 13:1-4
Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,
Acts 2:42
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:46-47
Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Acts 20:7
Verse Concepts
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 10:21-22
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
1 Corinthians 11:20-34
Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
Everything you have posted points to the bread and wine as being a symbol not literally. Further what you are saying is that Jesus went against his own law that he gave to the Levites in cannibalism and drinking blood as the pagans did.
@@stever4181 1 What I gave you was 14 bible passages that prove the eucharist your claims of cannibalism and Jesus going against his own law is laughable
@@1234poppycat You show a complete lack of Biblical understanding. This is typical of Catholics they only repeat like broken records.
Are you telling me you do not eat the Flesh of Jesus?
Why do you suppose those disciples left Jesus?
@@1234poppycat there is no mention of the canon of the Bible in the Bible either yet you trust the church for that…
History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved it by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself?
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.” - Mathew 10:16-17
Thank you Mike for speaking truth into the darkness. Our Roman Catholic friends desperately need to hear the wonderful news of the TRUE Gospel.
Mike is speaking in the darkness for sure. Not to mention preaching to only to the choir. Everyone else his propaganda falls on deaf ears.
You're wrong J Good. There are those of us who do listen so Mike is not preaching to the choir. You would do well to listen too, at least be considerate.
I heard and rejected this false teacher. Went with Christ instead.
@@bridgefin How about the Bride of Christ , he's Beloved Church?
@@jgood3047
How else would one go with Christ? Surely not with a rebel organization which rejects most of his teaching!
Jesus is the Spoken Word of God.
All things are created through him.
God Spoke it into existence.
Maybe a follow up video of "Protestantism vs Christ"
“Protestants” who depart from scripture are in the same trouble that Catholics are.
@@KristiLEvans1😅😅😅 Very funny
Thank you pastors Jon & Kyle bringing Mike Gendron into this extremely informative podcast regarding Catholicism, the Bible, and most of all the Truth. As a former Catholic of over 50+ years which included 12 years of catholic parochial school, this podcast with Mike Gendron not only reaffirmed my leaving Catholicism but also provides some excellent pointers on witnessing to my family and friends who are still catholic. I love our Redeemer Bible Church immensly and the work our pastors do to help guide us to the truth. My congratulations on the 100th episode!
But these men are not telling you the truth about the holy Faith. They teach heresies from the 16th century. Remember the warning in the NT not to receive a new 'gospel'. There is only one, and that is the ancient one, the one we see in history evangelizing the world and building a Christian civilization. Claiming that God waiting 1500 years to bring the 'true' one is just completely irrational and flies in the face of reality.
Let us keep just
Pointing our dear Roman Catholics brethren
Back to The Holy Bible Word of GOD
And wait for GOD The Holy Spirit show them The Truth of The GOD of The Holy Bible!!!!
No salvation outside Catholic church. Come back!
@@johnyang1420 yes NO salvation outside the Catholic Church .... the video is just the failed claims doing another round. Full of self congratulation. Gendron goes for the weak Catholics who do not know their faith .... Catholics already glorify the Lord in the 7 sacraments directly to God .. Gendron and his hate preachers deceive by lies about what Catholics believe and do THE CATHOLIC MASS has 2 main parts 1) The WORD which is three scripture readings and a Homily explanation of the Word and 2) The Eucharist which is what Christ told us to do 3 times in John 6 and in 13 other scripture !!.. At 4 minutes 20 he claimed he had never opened the bible when a Catholic -- well 97% of the Catholic Mass which he should have attended weekly at least is directly from the bible - reading and prayers ... In the three year cycle Catholics get through the bible Genesis to Revelation !! Mr Gendron is just trying to build up his own empire in opposition to Christ - he has had his reward in $$$
look up on youtube and see Mike debate his views .... the main debate starts at 8 minutes following a long introduction .... """Debate: Catholic vs Protestant Salvation vesves Justification Tim Staples vs Mike Gendron""" This was 5 years ago and Mike lost logically and scripturally and has never debated with a Catholic in a public debate since !!!!!!!!! So he knows the truth but carries this on to con more people !!
What is the difference in Catholic and Roman Catholics? Are they the same or different?
They are the same
Technically there is no Roman Catholic Church although the Church is oftentimes called this. There is the Catholic Church which consists of seven different rites with the Latin Rite being the most numerous and widespread. Other rites are Byzantine, Alexandrian, Syrian, Armenian, Maronite and Chaldean.
There are several subrites within these major rites.
The seperate rites have their own bishops and dioceses but there is only one pope.
@@teresaemmerth5625 Correct me if I am wrong but do not all these rites take their leadership from the Pope?
@@stever4181 The Church has only one pope and the all of the rites normally have representatives involved in his election. A pope can be elected from any of the rites.
@@teresaemmerth5625 The pope is in Rome so it is natural to call it the Roman Catholic Church.
This is so sad...Why does this man never debate or dialog with a Catholic scholar? Because he does not know what he is talking about. He has a very distorted and twisted version of Catholicism, it's just so embarassing, and tawdry.
I was a Reformed Calvinist for 28 years. I was totally convinced. At some point I had questions...I could not accept as Calvinists do that God created many people for eternal damnation.
I also began to see that the protestants had a very selective view about the bible. The change for me came when I read John 6 and truly understood what Christ meant about his Body and Blood....I realised that protestants did not have a clue about this!
It took two years but I was recieved onto the Church.
Having experienced both, I LOVE the fullness of the faith in the Catholic Church. I can recieve the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist!
Don't trust this man!
Belief saves a person. Nothing else. One has to be born again , and not just believe. Born again isnt up to you. Jesus does it. I cant explain.
"Belief saves a person. Nothing else."
The Bible says we are justified by works as well.
Also, the faith referred to is the Catholic Faith. You cannot just 'believe' whatever you choose. You must believe the gospel that Christ entrusted to the Church. No one else was given authority to teach and govern Christians.
@@MillionthUsername You have to be kidding. The catholic faith has its members on their knees befor graven images. It also teaches that Jesus sacrifice wasnt enough to get rid of all sine, that men/women have to pay for some sins. This is satanic, and you believe it.
Very well said, Peter Zynia. Simple and to the point as the Bible teaches: Romans chapters 3 and 4 mainly teach what you just mentioned.
@Millionthusername, James NEVER uses language in his epistle to say works are necessary for salvation. Don't fool yourself my misinterpretating the book of James according to Catholic dogma which is antibiblical.
@@ericevearitt3317 I know james doesnt say works save. maybe you confused me with someone else. Im not tricked by catholic voodoo.
All denominations are MAN determined😮. Read the Gospel of John ,with time on chapter 6. How many denominations have a Bible that was kept alive by Catholics.
The Bible was kept alive by God.
@@TomPlantagenet:
...who inspired Catholic monks to devote their lives to making hand-written copies of the Holy Bible for one thousand years.
@@alhilford2345 does that mean that they get the credit for preserving God’s word? Or does God get the credit as the scripture says,
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.”
Matthew 24:35. See Isaiah 40:8.
@Only Love Why would you want to make an image and bow down before it to pray to God? It doesn't make sense. We don't need an image to do that. When was the last time you bowed down before an image of Mary, or St Anthony to help you find some lost item or for some other intention? Perhaps you like praying to an image of Michael the Archangel? God hasn't commanded us to do that. I wonder what the Bible says about prayer? I will have to study this subject further. In the meantime I will pray to God through Jesus without the aid of any images. It's worked for me so far.
Scripture says God saves us or we are saved by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8) and through sanctification (2 Thes. 2:13). Salvation is a process, not just one time event. If salvation is a process, then so is justification. The Reformers' teaching that faith alone justifies us (Latin sola fide) has no scriptural basis. The phrase "justified by faith" appears four times in NT (Rom. 3:28, 5:1, Gal. 2:16, 3:24). NT was written in Greek and the one in Rom. 3:28 is in Greek passive present tense while the rest are in Greek passive aorist tense. Both present and aorist tenses do NOT indicate a completed justification by faith. If Scripture teaches faith-alone justification, then the Holy Spirit would inspire Paul to write the phrase "justified by faith" in Greek passive perfect tense.
The Reformers taught that through faith alone justification we get Christ' righteousness imputed on or counted on us, while all our sins (past, present AND FUTURE) are imputed on or counted on Christ who bore them on the cross. We are not made righteous but are only declared righteous based on alien righteousness of Christ - we remain sinner at the same time. That is why followers of the Reformers love saying that we are saved solely by what Christ did on the cross (Latin solus Christus). However Scripture denies double imputation when it says in Ezek. 18:20: "the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself." Scripture denies that we can be both righteous and sinner at the same time in Ezek. 33:12: "the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins". According to the Reformers: (1) God will let us enter heaven while we remain unrighteous because our sins are covered by Christ’ righteousness; (2) God directed His wrath and anger to Christ because our sins are imputed on or counted on Him, while He remains sinless and righteous. Compare this teaching with what Scripture says in Prov. 17:15: “he who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord”.
Catholics, on the other hand, believe that through justification we are made righteous (PASSIVE) through Christ (Rom. 5:19). By ourselves we can never become righteous. We lose righteousness through sinning as stated in Ezek. 33:12 cited above. Scripture says there are deadly and non-deadly sins (1 John 5:16-17) and full-grown sins bring death (James 1:15). Under imputation concept of the Reformers what those verses say become meaningless as ALL our sins are counted on Christ, regardless of their numbers and/or intensity. In Catholic teaching, moved and enabled by grace we repent and have our sins washed away or forgiven to regain our righteous state back. Faith is counted as righteousness (Rom. 4:3) - Catholics do believe that through faith we are made righteous. But to do what is right also makes us righteous (1 John 3:7). Faith is counted for righteousness to Abraham (Gen. 15:6) but what is counted (the same Hebrew verb as in Gen. 15:6) to Phinehas for righteousness in Psalms 106:31 is not faith but what he did. Our ability both to have faith, to do what is right and to repent comes from and is only possible by grace through Christ as apart from Him we can do nothing (John 15:5). Why being made righteous is essential? Scripture says it is righteousness that delivers from death (Prov. 10:2) and Jesus said in Mat. 25:46 that the righteous shall go to eternal life. Catholics believe that we are saved by what Christ did on the cross and by what He and/or God do in us, that is we are transformed by grace (NOT by our own effort) from our unrighteous state to righteous one.
Who is preaching the true Gospel?
Not the Roman Catholic Church
@@Wgaither1 You are entitled to have your opinion. Based on the evidence presented it is the Reformers who preach the false gospel.
@@justfromcatholic Just wondering why are priests or bishops in the Catholic Church allowed to preach a false gospel?
@@Wgaither1 As I wrote earlier you are entitled to have your opinion. Who is preaching the false Gospel can be scripturally examined. According to Scripture we are made righteous through Christ (Rom. 5:19). According to the Reformers you are counted as righteous based on external righteousness of Christ and remain unrighteous. You should be able to realize who is preaching the true Gospel.
@@justfromcatholic I know who’s preaching a false gospel. But why does the Pope allow priests and bishops to preach a false gospel? So as of right now you are still a sinner, are you righteous or unrighteous?
Even if Mary were alive she is not omnipresent to hear prayers of people all over the world and those who are praying all at the same time.
Of course she is alive. What do you think eternal life means? She is united to Jesus Christ, Who is God, in glory. She is part of his Body, as are all those who accept the Faith and are baptized. Since we are one Body, there is communion between us. This doctrine of Paul's we call the communion of saints. It is part of the ancient Christian creeds. We, as part of the same Body, petition the saints in Heaven to intercede for us because "the prayer of the righteous is powerful." I have personally received physical healing through the intercession of the Blessed Mother. It's extremely odd that people who reject the Faith on account of solid Christian doctrines such as the communion of saints also claim to be intercessors and offer prayer for healing, deliverance, etc. They even call themselves "prayer warriors," but then they claim that the body of Christ cannot minister to other members as the same time, so it's a contradiction in their thinking.
The saints do not need to be omnipresent to hear our prayers. God is omnipresent and they live in Him. Maybe these new religions don't believe that, I don't know.
@@MillionthUsername I did not explain myself very well. I am sorry. I just mean the bible says the dead hear nothing. There is nothing in the Bible that says that Mary can simultaneously hear the prayers of people all over the world, in different languages, spoken, and thought, an attribute that God possesses. If we add to the Word of God... thinking we know more... The Lord will be very upset with us. I do not judge you at all ... but only the Bible can tell us the truth ... no other human being ... as holy as she or he may be has the real truth... only the Lord. Please. all u have to do is sincerely say to the Lord show me.. I am open.
@@alicia4him1 Jesus spoke to the "dead" Moses at His Transfiguration, and Moses could hear Him fine. How? Of his own power? No, God allowed it and enabled he and Elijah to visit with Jesus and talk about what was coming. God is able to allow people to move in supernatural power. Revelation depicts the saints in Heaven knowing our plight on earth and pleading with God for us, so obviously they are informed somehow.
There is nothing in the Bible that says that every true thing has to be stated explicitly in the Bible. This is a trope used by many anti-Catholic heretics, and it is utterly irrational and self-contradictory since their false doctrines and their false 'churches' are not in the Bible either. The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible, yet it is a foundational Christian teaching. And very little is so explicit that everyone is forced to agree. Sola Scriptura or Bible alone (meaning ones subjective interpretation of it) was NEVER taught by Jesus or the Apostles. And we don't really find it in history until the 16th century, which is just after the printing press was invented. Before the printing press, you obviously had to get Christian teaching from the Christian Church, and nowhere at no time was anybody allowed to claim that merely their opinions of certain Scripture passages was the standard of orthdoxy for the whole Church. This is an extremely bizarre way of thinking. It leads directly to division and chaos and disorder and heresy and nonsense. This is not how God set things up.
And another thing regarding this is that spirits are immaterial and not in a specific place. They are just said to "be" where they act. This is how Satan and demons and good angels can act in our world. They are not limited by physics. How do you explain demonic activity? Do you say that Satan must be omnipresent if he is acing all over the world at virtually the same time? Of course you don't. It's just the power they have as angelic creatures. And you think the saints in Heaven who are in glory with Jesus and perfectly united to Him have less power than demons?
@@MillionthUsername If your defense here is true, then the hundreds of RCC priests who have left the RCC for Biical Christianity must be missing what you know 🙄 .
I've found that people like you and Catholic apologists are very good at spinning arguments (e.g Trinity is not in the Bible, so Sola Scriptura is a farce ...hence, our extraBiblical RCC traditions - such as Papal Infallibility, Comediatrix - can pass). Whilst I don't find that line of argumentation very convincing, I focus on the very obvious, I.e the ecumenism of Vatican II and the implications for Islam.
No-one who knows much about Islam and Christianity will absolve the RCC of its duplicity regarding Islam.
@@kenid4144 What is "biblical Christianity"? You mean a variation of the 16th century heresies? They are neither biblical nor Christianity. Priests, or anyone else who leaves the Church, are obviously missing something, yes.
Spinning arguments? You mean using reason and logic and divine revelation to prove heretics wrong?
No one presents the argument: Trinity is not in the Bible, therefore Sola Scriptura is false. That doesn't make any sense. You have obviously misunderstood the argument.
What you mean by referencing 'extrabiblical traditions' is to say that the apostolic Tradition is false? No, it is not. We know what the Apostles taught since it was handed down in their churches from generation to generation. If you read the Fathers you will find this. Or read a real history of the Church.
As you must already know, Sola Scriptura has never been a Christian teaching. It was never a standard of orthodoxy since anyone can claim to make Scripture say whatever they want it to say. The standard was always the Church since Jesus established the Church. They didn't go around handing out Bibles, saying read this and come up with your own doctrines. Sorry. Again, read actual Christians in the second, third, fourth centuries, etc. They are Catholic. There was one Church. The Orthodox didn't even split off until the 11th century. No Protestantism from the Apostles to Martin Luther in 1517. Christianity was and is Catholic.
I agree with you that the false ecumenism as has been practiced since VII is bad, especially in terms of trying to placate non-Christians.
Thank you so much for this. I’m really tired of people thinking it’s the same religion. I know Christianity is not a religion though. Of course it’s a personal relationship with our Lord
Where can I find a personal relationship with Jesus? Are you a Bible-only Christian? I am not Roman Catholic nor Am I a Post Reformation Western Christian. You guys as well as the Catholics say that you are practicing the true Christian faith. Yet, you look nor act like the Christians in the New Testament. If you were to come to my Church, you will hear the Bible read in the original language, no it is not dead in our Church. I have been a Christian for the majority of my life. I worship just as the Christians worshipped in 33 AD, I read the Bible and worship in Κoinè Δiálektos/Koine Greek. I believe with all my heart that the Bible as originally inspired I.e., Koine Greek is infallible! In saying this I do have issues with Roman Catholicism as well as Post-Reformation Western Christianity’s understanding of the Bible! As a lifelong student of Early Christian history, I am perplexed about the reason modern Christianity is so different from First Century Christianity. As a speaker of Koine/ Modern Greek, I can attest to the fact that the saying lost in translation is a real phenomenon! Roman Catholicism and Western Christianity have done a disservice to the Faith Christ gave to his Apostles to preach unto the world. I am saddened when I hear people state the “Bible says the following” when in reality the Bible is being used to support a theological position. I often hear staunch supporters of the Bible say they believe every word in the Bible yet their doctrines are nowhere to be found in the Bible. For the Roman Catholics purgatory and for the Post Reformation believers “a personal relationship with Jesus". For example, traditions are mentioned in the Bible, but in all honesty, the translation is lacking when compared to the God-inspired Greek word for tradition “Παραδόσεις”. Speaking of Παραδόσεις that very word in Greek tells us that Sola Scripture/Bible Only was a foreign concept to Early Christians. The Apostle Paul revealed that there is more than just the Bible in Christianity, ῾Διὰ λόγου εἴτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ἡμῶν῾, 2 Thes 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the TRADITIONS which ye have been taught, whether by WORD “, or our EPISTLE. Please show me where I can find in the Bible that the Bible only is the way to Go. As Eastern Christians, we have preserved the Bible and its original language for 2,000 years as well as the God-inspired Traditions that The Apostles gave us. Translation issue is why the Roman Catholics have a false doctrine called Purgatory as well as Protestants ignore the instructions of Jesus about the importance of Communion. I pray my insight would stir up the viewers of this video to seek out false doctrines that were established in Roman Catholicism as well as Post Reformation Groups. Here is a fact, it is possible for every miracle and teaching of Jesus to be placed in one book, thus we have supplements [ Traditions originally called Παραδόσεις ], thankfully Eastern Christians have kept the totality of the faith, not bits and pieces! John 21:25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they should be written to everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
praise GOD people are starting to see and ask questions and thats what we want to save people, to know they have the lord in there heart,God gave us this free gift, he gave his son who died for us so we can repent and take him as our savior , and when you know God is always there he will never leave you ,he says call on him pray to him in the secret place where its quiet ,dont boast in public or do repetitious prayers for all to see for they have there reward, god wants you to pray to him glorify him serve him,he wants to know you. His last words were for i never knew yo depart from me ,but god i delivered devils out in your name, i prayed for people in your name, but i never knew you, those are words you dont ever want to hear.
It's ignorance of 90%
Then try to spread explanation of the gospel. That is what a disciple does.
Could you tell me, where in the Bible that I can find where God tells us about personal relations with Jesus?
Why doesn't Mike debate with John Martgnoni....or any other apologist for that matter?
Cause he is very afraid of being exposed as stupid.
❤ Praise God and Amen
I thank God for my parents who had me baptised Catholic, I remain totally Catholic to this day and will NEVER change that.
Good for you. Maybe its time to know the Lord Jesus Christ...its never to late. God bless
God is calling you to repent and be saved, before it's too late.
You can know if you are saved. It says it in scripture.
Mike Gendron has done more to convince me of the truth of the Catholic Faith than any other Protestant apologist. He consistently delivers a litany of easily disproven falsehoods about Catholicism and comes off as having some sort anti Catholic axe to grind. An example, in this video he states that Ephesians 2 8-9 and Titus 3 5 are excluded from the Catholic mass readings. This is false. The former is read on the 4th Sunday of lent, every third year. The latter is read on Christmas. I challenge those who listen to Mike to investigate his claims with an open mind, then ask yourself why he has to use falsehoods in his attempt to slander the Catholic Church.
Yet he will not answer this question. Can you…
History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved it by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself?
@@srich7503 the Catholic Church confirmed the 27 books at the Councils of Hippo and Carthage during the late 4th century. The same confirmation was reaffirmed much later at the Councils of Florence and Trent.
I feel sorry for those who have left the one true Catholic church
Especially since Mike blocked me on Facebook years ago for asking questions he did not like. I'm a convert to Catholicism and now a permanent deacon in the Catholic Church.
I was lost after just 1 minute. I am sorry kinda look like half empty cup. Even if what you say that catolicism is wrong is true, but why continue to disprove them and convert them the work is the same to introduce Christ to the world, the harvest is abundant, many non-christians in the world last time I check. Mike you have been Catholic, why not give thanks that you started Catholic, and not non Christians. May God bless all of you. Remember what is important LOVE. God is LOVE.
No Christian religion is perfect, but the essense is there, to make known the ways of the Lord. Last time I check Catholics got many martyrs, many of them died for the faith, God is good many of us did not have to go through the sacrifices they have made in order to keep the faith alive. They were chosen by God and they responded. I urge all of you to stop, this is not what God commanded, He said to Love, not disprove who is right or wrong. If you still have the urge to do it, try going to the most unconfortable areas in the world, go places that is non-Christians and do your work there. 😊
It is so incredibly sad to read the comments of so many "former Catholics."
Here are only a few reasons why non-Catholic Christian churches cannot be the true Church of Christ:
1. The Catholic Church is the ONLY Church instituted by Christ Himself (Mt. 16:18). The powers of hell will not prevail against it!
Every other Christian denomination can only trace their origin back to a man, not to Christ.
2. He will be with His Church for ever (Mt. 28:20).
3. Anyone who teaches a different gospel than the one from His Church is to be acursed (Gal. 1:8-9).
4. The books of the Bible were put into a Cannon by the Catholic Church (from which the Protestant "reformers" removed 7 books
5. Christ institued the sacraments which are only found in His Church (Confession Jn. 20:23, Communion Lk. 22:19, etc.)
Please, debate a Catholic who knows the faith, and stop spreading your distorted beliefs and misinterpretation of the Word of God (2 Peter 3:16).
Hey James, you are so right bro, thank you. I don't know where they found this Gendron fellow but he is badly misguided & lost. 😮
1) There is nothing in Matthew that states the church Jesus started is the CC. In fact, if you would read your Bible you would see in both NT and OT that Jesus is the Chief Cornerstone of that church. Further in Matthew correctly read Jesus built his church on the rock, not Peter. God Never built anything Holy on one of his creations therefore Jesus could not nor would not build his church on Peter. Yes, he did use Peter and a great many more people to further his church but it was built on Jesus and that is why it is Holy. Your pope said there is an "Elegant demon" in the Vatican. Look at the atrocities your religion has committed throughout history. Now explain how the gates of hell have Not prevailed against the CC.
2) Once again in Matthew 28:20 there is no mention of the CC. The word used for church is 'Ekklesia' and always refers to Christ's believers so Jesus's church are his believers and he is the head of them never a religion such as the CC.
3) True. How does the CC fair? No so good. The Gospel does not support Mary as sinless, assumed, to be prayed to, or is a go-between man and Christ. She certainly has nothing to do with salvation. So you see the CC teaches a different Gospel than what God teaches
4) Typical Catholic teaching and thinking. Where was the Holy Spirit in all this? The way you tell it he had nothing to do with it and it was all done by religious men. That my friend is BLASPHEMY!
5) Sacraments are a religious term not mentioned in scriptures yet held dearly by Catholics. Do Christians believe and hold dear Confession, Communion, etc? Absolutely Why would you think we do not?
It is incredibly sad to see Catholics cling to the deception of the CC when they have God's word staring them in the face.
Actually it’s amazing to hear that these former Latin papists have come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ! Praise God!
@@stever4181 "Jesus built his church on the rock, not Peter."
Scripture:
1. Jesus calls Simon "Blessed"
2. Jesus changes Simons name to Peter or ROCK (Petros or Kephas). That is significant!!
3. Jesus says --------------------> on "this" [Peter] ROCK (Petra or Kephas) I will build my Church.
4. Jesus ONLY gives the keys to the kingdom, to bind and loosen, to Peter. The keys are a symbol of authority to govern while the king is away. In the Davidic Kings, the prime minister received these in the Old Testament while the king was away. No one else received them.
_17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter [kephas], and on this rock [kephas] I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”_
@@TruthHasSpoken 1) Peter is called blessed because he listened to God in verse 16. We are blessed when we listen to God but it does not mean God will build a church on us or Peter.
2&3) Interesting that you use 2 completely different words, Petros and Petra to describe Pete. You use them wrongly as well. Petros is a masculine name and is used as a man's name and never for a female. Petra is feminine and never used as a male name. Therefore Peter can not be the Petra in verse 18. You then ignore verses 13-15 where Jesus is asking who the people say he is and who they say he is. This is all about Jesus and not Peter. The attempt to elevate Peter in place of Jesus here is blasphemy. God never built anything Holy on one of His creations and does not do it here as you state. The church Jesus started must be Holy otherwise it would be flawed just as the CC and all religions are flawed. This church is then built on Jesus himself as the Chief cornerstone. Romans 9:33, Isaiah 28:16, Acts 4:10-12, even Peter acknowledges that Jesus is this stone (Petra) 1 Peter 2:4-8, & 1 Peter 2:7-8. This Petra is Jesus himself and is the same Petra used in Matthew 7:24 where the wise man built his house on the rock (Petra). It is a sad state of affairs that the CC gets this so terribly wrong. Bells and whistles should be going off and would drive anyone away from the CC for saying such lies.
Additionally, church is the word ekklesia and means those believers in Jesus as the Son of God and the Messiah. It is used over 115 times in the NT and *Never* is used to mean a religion.
4) Keys to the kingdom: Peter demonstrates having one of the keys when he listens to God and says, "You are the Son of God and the Messiah"! You are trying to equate an earthly kingdom, Davidic Kings, with that of God's Kingdom. God's kingdom is not of this world John 18;36 " “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world" It would be quite impossible for God's kingdom to be the same as an earthly kingdom especially when it was never God's plan to have Kings and kingdoms. It was the people who demanded this. (read the Old Testament. To then say there is a parallel is totally wrong. Anyone who listens to God or the Holy Spirit receives the keys. They do indeed unlock God's wisdom to his believers and are not only for Peter but for all believers. Further Jesus states that he has all authority and sends the apostles out into the world to preach the Gospel. Unless you have the keys to God's kingdom that would be an impossible task.
Your comment of, "The keys are a symbol of authority to govern while the king is away" is totally WRONG! Is Jesus away? Perhaps you need to read 2 Corinthians 13:5, “Or do you not realize about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you?” Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.”
If Christ lives in us he is NOT away as you state. Your whole understanding in this is totally wrong and paints Jesus as some far and distant person who is unapproachable and nothing could be farther from the truth.
Equally and most importantly God gives us a promise in the OT and in the NT that you completely ignore. "Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you"!
Blessings
Hello fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. I spent over 50 years being a member of one side that’s being debated in the comments here. I’m choosing not to reveal which side I came from and which I believe in now. I lost the closeness of a dear family member as a result of my switching so I know all too well what debate and division can do. This leads me to say that while it’s 100% fine to discuss various interpretations of the Bible and try to flush out what it is we feel in our hearts that God wants, I think it’s extremely dangerous to condemn the other side and say those folks are all headed to hell. Did it ever occur to us that heaven just might be filled with saved Catholics AND Born Again believers? In the end, isn’t it ONLY God who has the ability to see into the “hearts and minds” of ALL of His children? Perhaps we should think about how some of the nastiness, divisiveness and condemnation in some of this discussion might be helping the enemy’s cause and grieving the Holy Spirit. Just a thought.
Mike dodges the whole topic of how early Christians understood scripture. This includes St Ignatius of Antioch, a disciple of St John, the SAME St John taught by Jesus who witnessed his crucifixion and saw him resurrected.. A great example of Luke 10 :
He (St Ignatius)
Who hears you (St John)
Hears me (Jesus)
Does the Church of Gendron have a proper Eucharist? No
Does the Church of Gendron have a Bishop with succession from the apostles? No
Could the Church of Gendron, only in existence for the last 30 years, be the CATHOLIC Church spoken of below? No
“See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Christ Jesus does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles. Do ye also reverence the deacons, as those that carry out the appointment of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyrneans, 8:2 (c. A.D. 110).
Ignatius below is 100% consistent with St John = THIS IS MY BODY. Nothing symbolic only as taught by the Church of Gendron.
“They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again.” Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to Smyrnaeans, 7,1 (c. A.D. 110).
Lot's and lots of reasons for Mike to dodge the early Church writings. Yet, he tacitly trusts in the authority of the Church he objects to to even know what books belong in his New Testament.
"I think it’s extremely dangerous to condemn the other side and say those folks are all headed to hell."
The Church of Mike believes in Eternal Security. There is nothing Mike can do to lose his inheritance, so he has no fear to say what he wishes. From his website: _a permanent right standing before God and the promise of spending eternity in heaven._
He doesn't see it dangerous at all.
@@TruthHasSpoken Spoken like a true Catholic who will place his religion before the words of God.
@@stever4181 Catholic's TRUST Jesus .. he promised to lead HIS Church, the Pillar and Bulwark of Truth, to ALL TRUTH. Not _endless_ doctrinal chaos and confusion.
ETERNAL SECURITY - So when the Church of Gendron decapitates scripture from the faith from which it came, and speaks of the man-made invention of eternal security, which contradicts scripture itself, we can reject it.
THE LORD"S SUPPER - And when the Church of Gendron states that the Lord's Supper is symbolic ONLY, contradicting Jesus : THIS IS MY BODY, and the Christian faith for over 1500 years, we can reject it.
Obeying the fallible and un-authoritative Church of Mike instead of scripture is doing just that : _placing his religion before the words of God_
It makes Jesus out to be undependable and a liar. He's not the divine author of doctrinal chaos and confusion.
It all depends if they were born again believers and followers of Jesus Christ and saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, Debra (EPHESIANS 2:8-9). NO WORKS AT ALL, BUT THE FINISHED OF CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHN 19:30.
@@ericevearitt3317 "born again believers"
One is Born Again scripturally .... AND for the first 1500+ years of Christianity - ALL over the world, wherever you met a Christian, through Baptism. My baptism write up below:
The Old Testament Prefigures a greater New Testament reality: The Waters of Baptism are Salvific.
- Noah and his family were saved by the water and cleansed humanity of sin, the Ark representing the Church.
- The Israelites were saved by water from Pharaoh’s army crossing the sea
- The Israelites were again saved by water when Moses struck the Rock
God foretells his Spirit would someday reside not in Jerusalem’s temple built by man but within mankind himself:
_25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances (Ez 36)._
St John the Baptist says that Jesus would come baptizing with the Holy Spirit:
_“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire_ (Mat 3:11).
_I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit’_ (Jn 1:33).
St Paul speaks to the New Testament fulfillment, through Baptism, our body being the temple of God’s Spirit.
_Do you not know that your body is the temple of the holy spirit within you, which you have from God (1 Cor 6:19)?_
We receive the Holy Spirit through baptism, the external washing by water signifying (a sign, a symbol, but not a sign or symbol only) of an interior spiritual change within us.
Born Anew (Again) - through baptism, we are “born again” scripturally
_3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicode′mus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit [baptism], he cannot enter the kingdom of God (Jn 3: 3,5)._
Regenerated and Justified - All Sacraments are means of receiving his Grace (we are saved by Grace)
_when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life (Titus 3: 4-7)._
Sanctified - the exterior sign of water signifies the interior spiritual change through baptism.
_11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God (1 Cor 6: 11)._
Baptism Restores Sanctifying Grace and Cleanses Us of ALL Personal Sins
_And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name (Acts 22: 16).”_
Baptism Saves Us - by having the Spirit of God in us; God can’t be any more explicit
- _“Truly, truly, unless one is born of water and the Spirit [baptism], he cannot enter the kingdom of God (Jn 3: 5).”_
- _Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Pet 3: 21)._
- _He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned_ (Mk 16: 16; believing / having faith means to follow all that Christ commanded. He commanded that Christians be baptized as a means of receiving his grace)
Note, I can cite Christian men for this whole time period who taught exactly what scripture teaches. The Church of Mike can not. Examples below.
“Moreover, the things proceeding from the waters were blessed by God, that this also might be a sign of men’s being destined to receive repentance and remission of sins, through the water and laver of regeneration,-as many as come to the truth, and are born again, and receive blessing from God.” Theopilus of Antioch, To Autolycus, 2:16 (A.D. 181).
Worth repeating: How is does one receive repentance and remission of sins .... through the water and spirit (the laver or regeneration). BAPTISM.
Does the fallible Church of Mike Gendron know the bible better than St Cyprian? NO WAY!
“[W]hen they come to us and to the Church which is one, ought to be baptized, for the reason that it is a small matter to ‘lay hands on them that they may receive the Holy Ghost,’ unless they receive also the baptism of the Church. For then finally can they be fully sanctified, and be the sons of God, if they be born of each sacrament; since it is written, ‘Except a man be born again of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.’…[O]nly baptism of the holy Church, by divine regeneration, for the kingdom of God, may be born of both sacraments, because it is written, ‘Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.'” Cyprian, To Stephen, 71:72 (A.D. 253).
Does the fallible Church of Mike Gendron know scripture better than St Hilary? NO WAY!
“We are circumcised not with a fleshly circumcision but with the circumcision of Christ, that is, we are born again into a new man; for, being buried with Him in His baptism, we must die to the old man, because the regeneration of baptism has the force of resurrection.” Hilary of Poitiers, Trinity, 9:9 (A.D. 359).
Does the fallible Church of Mike Gendron know how to interpret scripture better than St Basil? NO WAY
“This then is what it is to be born again of water and of the Spirit, the being made dead being effected in the water, while our life is wrought in us through the Spirit. In three immersions, then, and with three invocations, the great mystery of baptism is performed, to the end that the type of death may be fully figured, and that by the tradition of the divine knowledge the baptized may have their souls enlightened. It follows that if there is any grace in the water, it is not of the nature of the water, but of the presence of the Spirit.” Basil, On the Spirit, 15:35 (A.D. 375).
Where are all those early Christians preaching the fallible Church of Gendron?
Can you guys invite a catholic guy name Scott Hahn
He is a charlatan
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Then invite him and show that he is false. You won't last ten minutes!
@@bridgefin He is well versed in catholic teachings and an expect in dodging the bible truth, however the true gospel is not in him, same like trent horn and Mr staples.
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Interesting that both Hanh and Staples were active anti-Catholics before their conversion experiences. They KNOW where you are coming from and WHERE you are wrong. And they will back that up with more Scripture than you can stomach. But feel free to stay in your ignorance and risk judgment.
@@bridgefin I believe James White destroyed Staples through the bible alone (the word of God alone) while he tried to survive through typology, exesegis, hermeneutics and so-called church fathers' writings. Hahn is a charlatan who will be easily caught out. Many flaws in his teaching to support the rcc agenda.
This old guy said that he was Catholic for 35 years and never opened the Bible. If he really was Catholic then he went to a Catholic Mass. At every Catholic Mass we read scripture from the Old Testament and from Psalms and from the new testament and from the gospel. This guy is obviously lying. He said that he consulted a priest witha question about Christianity. Where in the bible does it say to do that? No where! The Bible says. 1 Tim 3:15 to ask the Church if you have a question about Christianity. The Church is the pillar and foundation of truth. The Church says to consult the Catechism if you have any question about how you are supposed to act in the house of the Lord.
Catholics are not saved by their works. Our works prove that we are saved!
The Catholic Church feeds, houses, clothes and educates more people each year than any other group on the planet. Only the devil wants to destroy the Catholic Church. But that will never happen.
Why are you praying God through all these mediators: holy Mary..
Holy Joseph...James...However, the Bible says: There is only one mediators between God and human..?
I have been a Christian for the majority of my life. I worship just as the Christians worshipped in 33 AD, I read the Bible and worship in Κoinè Δiálektos/Koine Greek. I believe with all my heart that the Bible as originally inspired I.e., Koine Greek is infallible! In saying this I do have issues with Roman Catholicism as well as Post-Reformation Western Christianity’s understanding of the Bible! As a lifelong student of Early Christian history, I am perplexed about the reason modern Christianity is so different from First Century Christianity. As a speaker of Koine/ Modern Greek, I can attest to the fact that the saying lost in translation is a real phenomenon! Roman Catholicism and Western Christianity have done a disservice to the Faith Christ gave to his Apostles to preach unto the world. I am saddened when I hear people state the “Bible says the following” when in reality the Bible is being used to support a theological position. I often hear staunch supporters of the Bible say they believe every word in the Bible yet their doctrines are nowhere to be found in the Bible. For the Roman Catholics purgatory and for the Post Reformation believers “a personal relationship with Jesus". For example, traditions are mentioned in the Bible, but in all honesty, the translation is lacking when compared to the God-inspired Greek word for tradition “Παραδόσεις”. Speaking of Παραδόσεις that very word in Greek tells us that Sola Scripture/Bible Only was a foreign concept to Early Christians. The Apostle Paul revealed that there is more than just the Bible in Christianity, ῾Διὰ λόγου εἴτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ἡμῶν῾, 2 Thes 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the TRADITIONS which ye have been taught, whether by WORD “, or our EPISTLE. Please show me where I can find in the Bible that the Bible only is the way to Go. As Eastern Christians, we have preserved the Bible and its original language for 2,000 years as well as the God-inspired Traditions that The Apostles gave us. Translation issue is why the Roman Catholics have a false doctrine called Purgatory as well as Protestants ignore the instructions of Jesus about the importance of Communion.
I pray my insight would stir up the viewers of this video to seek out false doctrines that were established in Roman Catholicism as well as Post Reformation Groups. Here is a fact, it is possible for every miracle and teaching of Jesus to be placed in one book, thus we have supplements [ Traditions originally called Παραδόσεις ], thankfully Eastern Christians have kept the totality of the faith, not bits and pieces! John 21:25
And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they should be written to everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
Your a legend in your own mind. First of all no completed copy of the bible was available in 33AD so your exaggeration on biblical theology is false. Every historian knows the canon of the New Testament was finally settled hundred of years later in competition with so many writings to considered inspired. The Bible didn't inspired itself. The Church , the pillar and foundation of the Truth made the final call on the inspired books. Not some imaginary AD33 so called Christian that spoke Greek.
@@jgood3047 , Hi friend, I hope all is well with you on this day, thank you for the respectful response to my above comments. In return, I will reply respectfully to your comments. The first comment I would like to address is the following comments you made: "Your a legend in your own mind. First of all no completed copy of the bible was available in 33AD so your exaggeration on biblical theology is false". Please tell me exactly in my comments where I stated that the Bible was completed in 33 AD. I am pretty sure that I stated “I worship just as the Christians worshipped in 33 AD” I stand by those words! I am sorry that my words confused you. Sadly, in my efforts to be brief in my responses, I left out key elements in my writings. I have been accused of writing much too long responses in my replies. I am aware that the completed Κανόνας Καινής Διαθήκης/ New Testament Canon was not completed in 33 AD, if you like I can write the history of the Canonization of The New Testament. I am well aware of the history! I want to address your last comments: "The Church , the pillar and foundation of the Truth made the final call on the inspired books. Not some imaginary AD33 so called Christian that spoke Greek". Did you not realize that I was speaking of the True Church of Christ “Εἰς Μίαν, Άγίαν, Καθολικὴν Καὶ Άποστολικὴν Έκκλησίαν῾”· Regardless, of your or my personal opinion the First Christians, as well as the Palestinian/Alexandrian Jews [See the original language of the Septuagint], used Greek as their Liturgical Language, not Hebrew and not Latin Greek! I am saddened for Christians who are unaware of this indisputable truth! You are correct the Bible did not inspire itself the Holy Spirit part of the Holy Trinity inspired the Holy Scriptures. I hope I answered your questions about my comments
For the the Bible Old Testament, You the need the Masoretic Hebrew text NOT the Septuagint, For the New Testament the RECEIVED Text Koine Greek. Both Masoretic Hebrew and Received text are present in the King James (Austhorized) Bible
Greek was the common tongue in the days Jesus walked the earth. Which is fine. Please tell us where in the Bible it says the true Bible can only be accurate in Greek (for the new testament)? The Orthodox also allege that confession must be to a priest (like the Catholics)?
@@Geoffroxx My hearty breaks when I read your comments, may the Lord bless you!
Heb 10:14, “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” King James Bible. The new so called easier to understand Bibles will say, “them that are BEING sanctified.” It matters which Bible that we believe. Great study Mike Gendron.
What does the Greek manuscripts say, please? I checked NKJV and it has "being"
The KJB has 10,000 errors. The committee that translated the KJB only had forty manuscripts to work with. Newer translations can use hundreds of older, and better, manuscripts.
@@busterbiloxi3833 Catholics hate the KJV because it condemns their use of idols.
THE KING JAMES BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED,INERRANT,INFALLIBLE,SUPREME AUTHORITY WORD OF GOD.
@@lupelo8819 AMEN Lupe Lo!!!
Thanks Mike. May your inspirational and important work prosper in Jesus's mighty name. I love your style. So clear and logical. With my family still Catholic and the odd friend, I will be listening to all your evangelical tips. We know how heavy the cultural, traditional and spiritual indoctrination can be. May the Holy Spirit give me the strength, wisdom and boldness and also deliver from any fear of rejection so that I might be used to evangelise to Catholics and to glorify God
Inspirational propaganda that is . Your Family is just fine being part of the Catholic Church , just ask your Mother.
There is no glory to God from Mike's testimony. Just another false teacher trying to lead people away from Christ. But being actively anti-Catholic does bring fame and fortune...in this world. But rejection of Christ does not end well in the next.
@@jgood3047 Sorry for those of you that can't question. How can any Catholic glorify God unless he's vaguely acquainted with His word. Once you've read it cover to cover and still have the same view, then fine. Continue to challenge what you know nothing about
@@cristinaroe2166 All 73 Books of the Bible, try it yourself for once.
@@jgood3047 I actually have read the appocrypha as well. I plead you put on the spirit of humility and recognise the centrality of Jesus and His word and the personal relationship with Him in our faith, which is not a religion. Remember I've been Roman Catholic and even as one I knew there was something wrong. Mike is a wonderful teacher, far more eloquent than I. All I know is that I believed lots of lies and things that contradict the bible, that I was grounded in the cathecism but was seriously seeking my Heavenly Father and later on, after years of struggle He had mercy and saved me
The attitude of some individuals towards the church is what causes them to be misled. Every Christian should endeavor to read the Bible and be able to discern the truth from the teachings in any church. The church essentially is a place to worship with other believers while your true relationship with Christ is in your heart. I have attended services in several churches and do not always agree with all that is thought in those churches. However, I find enough teachings that I can relate to and enjoy fellowship with other believers. People who tend to be dogmatic about church teachings find faults easily with churches. A good Christian should establish a special relationship with Christ through the Bible. The church is a place to fellowship with other believers and join your widows might to build enough resources that can be used to help the poor around the world.
May I recommend that Mike Gendron and his followers read this book - 'Where We Got the Bible. Our Debt to The Catholic Church' by Henry G. Graham who was brought up in the Calvinistic Scottish Kirk and became a minister in that church. In the book there is also an account of his conversion 'From the Kirk To the Catholic Church'.
Maybe you could also answer the following questions:
1 Where did Jesus give instructions that the Christian faith should be based exclusively on a book!
2. Where did Jesus tell his Apostles to write anything down?
3.Where in the New Testament do the Apostles tell future generations that the Christian faith will be based solely on a book?
4. Where in the Bible is God's word restricted only to what is written down?
5. Protestants claim that Jesus categorically condemned all oral traditions (Matt 15:3,6 Mark 7:8-13). If so, why does He bind his listeners to oral traditions by telling them to obey the scribes and Pharisees when they "sit on Moses' seat" (Matt. 23:2)?
6. Protestants claim that St. Paul categorically condemned all oral tradition (Col 2:8). If so why does he tell the Thessalonians to "stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter "(2Thess 2:5) and praises the Corinthians because they "hold firmly to the traditions" (1 Cor. 11:2)?
7. Who in the Church had the authority to determine which books belonged in the New Testament canon and to make this decision binding on all Christians? If nobody has this authority can I remove or add books to the canon on my own authority?
Where does it say that your man-made traditions are from God?
@@stever4181 Would you please specify which man made traditions you are referring to?
You haven't answered the questions I posed because you are unable to do so. Jesus founded a Church - "the foundation and pillar of truth". Nowhere does he or the Apostles leave us with a book. The canon of Scripture was not finalised till the Council of Carthage in 397 - a council of bishops ratified by the pope.
@@francissimpson3904 Jesus started the Roman Catholic Church
Sinless Mary
Mary Assumed into heaven
Apostolic succession
The Rosary
To name but a few
I am not going to write a long lengthy reply to all your questions.
Where do we see Protestantism in the Bible?
@@NSOcarth You: "whether tradition or not all your Faith comes from men "
Me: Wrong! Man may have written scriptures but it is the Holy Spirit that told them what to write.
It appears that you place less importance on God's spoken word to man (the Bible) than you do what a religion says about God's spoken word
You: "this is just you seeting yourself up as decider of what to accept and not"
Me: This is a comment I expect from someone that does not read and understand God's word. It shows total ignorance to make such a statement.
@@francissimpson3904thanks for the post, I totally understand and agree. A good source to check is David Anders who became Catholic after many years of research. Peace.
Again Mike, in the Beginning of Ephesians 2 it says the way we use to live ,referring to changing our ways
(Repentance) and The Grace that Ephesians 2:8 is Talking about the Grace of of Father in heaven sending his son as a Sacrifice for our sins
AMENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
"it is finished." Jesus died once for all sins for all time. If you believe that Jesus died for your sins and God raised him again and that Jesus Christ is Lord, you are saved. If there was something you had to do after that, then there was no point to Christ dying and you tell Apostle Paul and Jesus they are liars. Read your Bible yourself and stop relying on the words of someone who was indoctrinated into the bloody dogmas of Catholicism
@@jndvs95 Well said and AMEN!
James was boaating in James chapter 2 when he said, "show me your faith without works and i will show you my faith by my works. He even said, can faith saved you?
But Paul's Eph. 2:8,9 says that we are saved by grace through faith, it is a gift not of works, lest you should boast.
Both are Scriptural truth, but James letter was addressed to the Jews abd not for the body of Christ,
Paul teaches us to rightly divide in 2Tim 2:15(KJV).
If we do not rightly divide, we will come up with so much confusion which truth we should apply into our lives in this church age period.
Catholic here, not to argue just correct some misconceptions in this video:
1. The Catholic church does not teach you are "rejustified" by good works.
2. The Catholic church does not redefine biblical words like "merit". Rather they have to take every single statement in scripture into account and talk about it as a whole. So merit in the Catholic church has several meanings, but only because scripture speaks of being rewarded for your good works. The only way to make sense of that, without falling into the heresy of Pelagianism which teaches our own works save us, is to define a kind of merit which means a reward or gift freely given to works done in love with the grace of God. But the point of defining merit this way isn't to redefine a biblical word, but to capture these nuances while also excluding heresy like saving yourself by your works.
3. Mike says there are two stream of Christianity operating side by side for 2000 years but fails to mention that the early alternatives to Catholicisim in the first centuries still believed in things like baptismal regeneration and the eucharistic and so would be damned by Mike's theology.
4. The Catholc church does not forbid people to marry generally. They only allow someone to become part of a religious order if they are unmarried as the apostles say is ideal since married men are concerned about the needs of their wives. The "doctrine of demons" Mike speaks of was a complete prohibition of marriage for all followers of what was probably gnosticism.
5. The Catholic church doesn't deny that sin leads to death via venial sin. That distinction only applies within the new covenant and is only possible by the grace of Christ. The only reason to make a distinction is because if you reject God so much you are willing to commit serious sin knowing it is wrong then of course you can't call yourself a child of God. But Mike fails to mention that he is the one with the problem with sin. He teaches that every sin you do after being saved is already forgiven. Meaning all sins committed after sinning are venial. How is that any better?
6. The council of Trent did not anathematize believers in the gospel. It anathemetized reformation theology, which notably is still a minority belief. Mike's theology anathematizes most Christians today, it is actually far more exclusive than Catholicism is.
7. The Catholic church doesn't sell indulgences anymore. That was a reform that did need to happen. It is traditional to give $5 for a mass to be said for someone but it is a donation and doesn't even cover the cost of supplies. But most indulgences are free and given generously for doing things like reading scripture.
8. The bishops are not the only valid interpreter of God's word. Anyone cam interpret so long as they don't violate doctrine. But this isnt that farfetched, try telling your Baptist pastor you believe in baptismal regeneration after reading the Bible and see how long it takes to get the boot.
9. Catholics do not say the Marian dogmas are not found anywhere in scripture. I can't think of a single one that isn't at least found implicitly in scripture. You may not agree with the interpretation but whether we are right or wrong we won't just say it isnt in scripture.
10. The Marian dogmas do not come from apparitions, if you read the documents yourself you won't find a single justification for any of them based on an apparitions.
11. The Catholic church does not allow you to consult the dead, even the saints. When we "pray" to them it is only in the sense that we ask for their prayers for us. Whether you like that or not, it isn't like conjuring a dead soul or something.
12. The "apocrypha" was not added at Trent. The Canon with those boons was used long before that. The protestants were getting rid of books, in one case trying to remove James and other epistles. So the church formally locked down the canon but the Canon was already used nearly universally centuries before the counsel.
13. The Bible was not placed on a list of forbidden books. It was a specific mistranslation of the Bible which was put on the list. The Catholic church had already translated the Bible into vernacular long before any protestant made an attempt.
14. People can understand a latin mass because latin can be translated to other languages.
15. Catholicism doesn't teach you have conditional life except in the sense that you can reject it freely. Which is no more conditional than saying that if you walk away from Christ you were never saved in the first place.
16. Catholics don't avoid reading protestant proof texts during mass. I hear verses during mass all of the time that protestants say prove Catholicism false. And you can find those verses right on the usccb website under "bible".
17. The Catholic church doesn't anathematized those who are protestant because they were born into it. Ironically, Mike's version of the gospel automatically condemns the majority of protestants and Christians generally.
18. It's true that Catholics killed reformers. It's also true that reformers killed Catholics and non Catholics alike. No one has a clean history on this one.
I'm sure there's more but that's what i heard on a quick listen.
Pardon the spelling. I had to type this up on a phone.
Thank you. It's sad when pastors attack the Catholic Church to get likes and subscriptions.
As a Catholic convert I thank you for laying out the truth ... Tbh, it's Exhausting
To have to explain all this ad nauseam...
Falling often on mostly deaf ears..call it the chick tract attack ... The Catholic Church is an easy target ... Anyway thank you and God bless you ✝️☦️📿🙏
Thank you for your Well Thought out Statement. I am not a Catholic. However I don't live in an echo chamber and it's gives me some key points of research.
I will not dismiss the Catholic Faith based on One Man's argument.
It would be interesting to see Mike respond to your Points.
Or Dr. Michael Brown
@@ginanthenya642 why are you so hurt about it IF you are in the true Church?