Give Me an Answer - Stuart Knechtle Asks, Is It Possible to be Too Skeptical?
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- Program 2023 ................... - The Bible - Gnosticism - Science ..............
Recorded at The University of South Carolina - April 2023
The "Give Me An Answer" ministry began as an outgrowth of the dialogues Cliffe Knechtle has had with students on various university campuses throughout the United States. These universities include the University of Maine, Harvard, MIT, University of Florida, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, Berkeley, Stanford, University of Hawaii and the University of Washington. Cliffe spoke on these campuses in front of the Student Union or Library at noon for five to ten minutes. At the close of his initial remarks, he'd open up the time for questions and answers, which usually turned into a two to four hour dialogue with students. His crowd size ranged from 25 - 500 students at a time, and between classes, new students would join the discussion. This is an extremely effective way to reach a large number of university students with the Gospel of Christ.
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Cliffe is proof that evangelizing and apologetics are not difficult and we Christian’s should be braver about doing it!
bro trust, they’re just so good it looks easy 😅
He is not brave, there's a lot of questions. Hes been asked in the past that the Bible of very clearly speaks on that he avoids because it's controversial.
@@OurSavior-xr3yc Are you Athiest? just so we Are clear?
@@richarddeerflame Uhh, no, farthest from it. What I said about cliff and his son, though, are true, they do get some good answers on some questions, especially when they do it philosophically, but they primarily do it only philosophically, and when it comes to certain questions, they've been asked before. They've either waffled or they haven't been honest. Either that or he doesn't know his Bible as a pastor so I was quite clear.
@@OurSavior-xr3yc I got you this is true
What I enjoy most about Give Me an Answer is the frankness of Cliffe and Stuart regarding the scriptures. They don't sugar coat or gloss over moral issues such as slavery and polygamy. Also, they don't try to convert people to Christianity, but rather tell their audience to be skeptical and read the gospels for themselves. And when Cliffe doesn't have an answer, he always says, "I do not know". That kind of transparency is how Christians should conduct themselves. What a great ministry.
So true and they also provide logical reasons and make claims and prove their claims in a logical matter they’re not crazy evangelist
Cliffe and Stuart Rock!
No, Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle. Jesus rocks
@@richaellr Jesus is THE Rock
@@curiousgeorge555awe yes Amen bro
@@curiousgeorge555correct! Not Peter.
Cliffe and his son has been a blessing in my life. God bless them immensely ❤🙏
Enjoy seeing these 2 preaching the Word. God bless them!
Love cliffe preaching the gospel❤❤
It is not dishonest to say that I can scientifically prove God exists because
Once you realize that Earth IS NOT a spinning ball floating in space, once you realize that Space as we know it from Nasa does not exist,
then it will be much more simple for anyone to see that there is a Creator
The Bible even says "even demons believe"
Atheists are simply lost, dumb souls
They are deceived by satan
The whole theory of evolution, big bang, gravity, ball earth is a deception made by satan himself,
Scientifically, the globe is a hoax, it does not exist
Earth is stationary and it is the center of creation, and it has leveled surface, exactly as it says in the Bible
Terra is a leveled plane, surrounded by an ice wall and with water above and below the firmament
There is a firmament as it says in the Bible, that divides the waters above from the waters below - the oceans on earth
The book of Enoch which still exists in the Ethiopian Biblical cannon, talks in more details about the shape of Earth and about the Universe
Ethiopia is the first Christian Kingdom in the world, and the oldest bible is in Ethiopia
Mostly, Ethiopia is Orthodox Christian Kingdom
Dinasours never existed, they are a hoax together with evolution and big bang
All the dino bones you see in museums are fake
Dragons and giants and other creatures that The Bible talks about, did exist
There are no aliens, but "angels" and "demons"
The Moon is plasma, it is not solid, all the planets above are luminaries, non solid objects reflected in the firmament
Nasa or Nasha in hebrew means "to deceive". It is a satanic organization together with the majority of the Government.
nasa is satan, Earth is not a planeT, but a plane.
It is all an attempt from satan to make people atheists. The devil is real and he wants your life and your soul.
Look up "top 20 proofs earth is not a spinning ball", I cannot write the name of the channel because my comment will be automatically removed by yt algorithm
Things are much deeper and much worse than you imagine
Once you realize this, you WILL HAVE TO COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT the question is not if there is a creator, the question is who IS GOD?
And unless you come to the CONCLUSION that GOD is YESHUA JESUS CHRIST THE TRINITY THE MESSIAH,
unless you come to this, you are still asleep and not awake
THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE INTRODUCTION TO JESUS CHRIST THE TRINITY
"I AM THE WAY, THE LIFE AND THE TRUTH"
This is what you NEED to understand
The war is between Christ and satan
And they fight for our souls
JESUS CHRIST THE TRINITY IS THE ONE AND ONLY GOD AND THE ONE AND ONLY WAY
JEWS ARE THE CHOSEN ONES SO THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE
IF THEY DON'T, THEY ARE ASLEEP AND NOT AWAKE
THE ONLY TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS ORTHODOXY, NOT CATHOLICISM
May God Yeshua Jesus Christ THE TRINITY HELP YOU!
You enjoy listening to lies? Why?
please quote an exact lie they stated. I see lots of comments like this but y'all fail to be specific in anyway whatsoever. to you I would say you need to retake some classes on History, especially religious history (just because it says religious does not automatically make it false history lol), and definitely a couple philosophy classes specifically ethics. If you can prove the lies with an actual statement and evidence, I would love to hear it.@@Scarred4life420
@@Scarred4life420name one lie in this video with timestamps and prove that it’s a lie. Hint: you can’t 🤓
Cliffe! I love your videos! Especially the recent one with George. You need to get on the Joe Rogan show next somehow, haha! I’ve been watching you for YEARS! You’ve inspired me and helped me grow in faith! God Bless you!
Yeah! Joe gets all the best liars to really open up and show just how dishonest they are.
Today (4oct.),I woke up and,doing the morning stuff...I was listening to you guys and is awesome hearing you guys talking and preaching Jesus,the Bible and everything you say ...thanks,this is a good morning for me 😃🙏.
God bless 🙏 👏 🙌 ❤️.
Praise the Lord Almighty 🙏 🙌 👏 ✨️ 💛 💯.
Why do you believe things that are patently false? It doesn't make any sense to me. Can you explain why evidence doesn't matter to you?
@@Scarred4life420that’s a pretty strong claim. Can you yourself prove it’s false? I mean since you seem so sure. If not then I would submit that your claim about evidence is hypocritical.
@@justinc0336 can a contradictory statement be true?
@@justinc0336 I have been trying in vain to find an honest theist for my entire adult life. I turn 47 in two weeks. Are you a theist? Prove me wrong. I need more data for the future reader.
@@Scarred4life420 of course not. However it seems that you’re the only one being contradictory here.
Very nice way to preach the gospel Love you from Asia.
Love yall
Excellent!
Its good to hear wisdom.
Cliffe and Stuart. GOD BLESS BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY! You've done so much for me and my growth in Christ!
pure gold
This ministry is so underrated! However, even if it is popular among many churches or not, as long as Christ is being exalted among the masses then it is enough for His glory! All glory to Him forever!!
God bless you🙏🏼
Cliffe and Stuart are gems!
Knechtle’s are a great team!
Ecclesiastes 4:9 KJV
[9] Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Loving prayers and blessings to all, in Jesus name 🙏
You believe in demonstrably false lies.
Yabadabadoo!!!!
What was your name before you were reborn James?
@@Scarred4life420 What is your intent?
@@hawk7466 to demonstrate the rank dishonesty of the theist mind and expose liars for what they are. What is yours?
I would love to do this all day every day. But sadly, very few people in my area want to discuss these issues. They just want to stereotype you as a bigot and not engage with you.
There is still nothing more important to talk about by comparison.
The unfortunate reality of freedom
I love all of these videos! I would like to know what Cliffe and Stuart think of Ken Ham and Answers In Genesis, with the question asked at 18:44?
Amen. God bless everybody.
2 Timothy 2
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
I edge to your videos❤❤❤
One of the challenges I have with the Creation story is how and when sin and death entered into the world. If humans evolved over millions of years, at what point did they become morally culpable? Too, when did death become a problem, and did that only apply to humans or also to animals? I'd be interested to hear Cliff's or Stuart's thoughts on this.
Ok. This is a very interesting question and I would also like to hear Cliffe and Stuart's opinion! My response would be, God created the universe and let it run its course with evolution and etc. until modern humans came about and He(God) imbued His image(which is not a physical image but a consciousness and ability to understand reality, like how we do science) on these primates. Then, from there, all the stuff happened and sin entered the world, leaving this new species of primates now culpable for sin due to their knowledge of good and evil. And, I would say animals are innocent and free of sin, because they do not have knowledge of good and evil. If you would like to know more about Genesis and the biblical account of creation and how it makes sense in light of modern scientific discoveries, you can look at Reasons To Believe, an organisation by Dr. Hugh Ross, an astrophysicist.
Well said guys, so well even a blind man can see the truth😶🌫️
Please pray that jesus shows me how to share the gospel effectively
How much time have you invested in learning how? I would suggest just binging on some of Ray Comforts videos on the Living Waters or Just Witnessing channels. For starters.
Small thing that I was taught that helped me. When Adam and Eve sinned we were separated form God, God wanted to have a relationship with us so much he sent Jesus to die in our place for the forgiveness of our sins and eternal life. And secondly, your testimony of what Jesus has done in your life, who you were before Jesus, and then after you found Jesus.
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Can I make a small technical correction? God didn't want or need a relationship with us-but we were created to have relationship with Him. And despite our rebellion, Jesus made it possible. It is for our sake, nor for God's. Maybe a technicality, but I think the phrasing is important.
@@jessebryant9233 I've been watching his videos a lot really effective in sharing the gospel
Yeah your absolutely right, I just wrote that on my phone lol@@jessebryant9233
I’m baffled by how calm the crowd is 😅
This is truly what I believe to be Gods work. Getting out to the black and lost sheep
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I pray that everyone is blessed by God, that the one above us always bless you ,give you strength to overcome and difficulties or any obstacles.
Remember always that God is the answer .
Amen.
2:07 happy for making a great question! Ahahah so funny his reaction! "Kaboom! Owned!"
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For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.
- Romans 7:19-23
(Just putting this out there. As Christians we identify with the Spirit and the new heart but acknowledge the reality of the flesh until we are renewed of the mind and with Christ seeing Him for who He is.)
Exactly
Is there anywhere I can watch the longer uncut recordings of these discussions? I’m curious to see the longer term scope of conversations and how a crowd’s opinion progresses, as well as how to effectively discuss as someone presenting the argument for Christ’s reliability over a long period of time like this
These ARE the longer / uncut recording. Those on TikTok are the hyper-super-abbreviated ones because the young people become, the shorter the attention span. These 28min videos are TV shows that were broadcast on Access TV back in the day, and were shown in New England, Europe and Australia and other areas. The footage is packaged into a nice, neat 28 min show for a TV spot. The RAW is likely long gone.
@@nabukwe I don’t have TikTok. I always watched these but they cut off too soon. I assumed this TH-cam channel was run by cliff himself and that he may have the uncut recordings that these are made from.
Apple comes form the Old English word Appel, which means fruit 😂
Because what Stuart said at the end about the age of the earth, IS NOT a salvation issue... Whether I believe the earth is 4.6 billion years old or 6,000 years old is neither going to get me into heaven nor going to send me to hell... Only surrendering to Christ will get me to heaven and rejecting Christ will send me to hell... It's really that simple...
Not everything in detail God did when He created is for us to know, but He knows, and that is enough to know and to be aware of for any respectful honest humble person! God does not owe anyone anything, and He does not need to consult His creation about anything or ask His creation for permission to do this or that! Whatever He wills He does, and everything He does flows from His characteristic personality which is Holy, which also shows that He is Righteous and just without flaws/errors! ✝
Well said. I especially like it that you mentioned that God is holy and we can tend to forget that. And now we are believers and no longer unbelievers we now love good and not bad. And knowing that God is holy we also know He is good. And though we love Him because He saved us and made us but we particularly love Him because He is good.
Nobody is wrong for asking questions. This attitude turns people away from being inquisitive
How can we know what places you are speaking at next. I’d love to ask you some questions I’ve been studying in for a while
God is Almighty, He is powerful enough to preserve His word the Bible, He’s GOD.
Matthew 24:35
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away”
Why do Christians argue over what the bible says if God has presented and preserved his word perfectly ?
Why would God permit some people to be deceived and some people not to be deceived ?
The only argument I have with this is when he says that the parallelism in Genesis 1 is simply one day to the next. I don’t see it as parallelism, but more as a setting of foundations for things to later come. Day 1, God created the light and the darkness, calling them Day and Night; this the foundation for the creation of the Sun and the Moon, which were created on day 4. I mean if God didn’t create the light or darkness, or day and night however you want to call it, then the Sun and the Moon will have nothing to have dominion over. This goes on in day 2 with the separation of the waters of heaven from the waters of the earth with a firmament of what we now call the atmosphere. This is literally the foundation being laid out for the entire population of the planet with plants, animals, and mankind. Sure it may be considered a parallelism but it doesn’t specifically refer to one set day but rather to the rest of the following days of creation. I refuse to believe that when Genesis 1 was written the author was intentionally writing in a poetic manner but rather from a historical perspective. The layout of Genesis 1 is written in a very distinct this happened, then this happened, then this happened format. It is written in a literal historical format. The claim that it was written in a poetic format is a bold statement that creation is open to interpretation, the same way that we interpret poetry to align with the individual audiences perspective. If it was intended to convey an open interpretation then it would have been written in a less direct manner. I greatly respect what you are doing with these young men and women who are genuinely interested and searching for answers about why the world is what it is. God bless you and your family for the wisdom and love that you share with everyone physically in the videos and those who are blessed enough to be able to watch said videos.
Can anyone suggest a good book to start my journey learning about church history?
Just in time for me to fall asleep too ✝️
If you like to fall asleep listening to things you might like listening to the Bible. I found a channel that does dramatized readings of the Bible (ESV) and it's really fun to listen to as I fall asleep. I struggle to get time to read the Bible so at least I'm listening to it some. If you want I'll go find the name of the channel.
@@crispy9175What’s the channel?
@@yeilyn24 it's Dspirit, I don't know about the rest of their content but they have a playlist of dramatized Bible readings for the whole ESV Bible. I'll add another comment with the link but I'm pretty sure TH-cam will censor it.
th-cam.com/play/PLCESPuod6Jjoxf-Hn-NQwCi0G10wZkETp.html&si=SzeZbVK6plmBSXRw
used to do this but then I would always lose my place @@crispy9175
watched your video with George Janko, severely disappointed but glad it happened now I know you guys are soft about hard questions and condone drug use. I pray the Lord bring you into repentance
Just FYI, Cliffe will be at UT Austin the week of Oct 23 (corner of E 21st and Speedway) and then at Texas State (at the Fighting Stallions Statue) two weeks after that. Bring your questions.
the roundabout way
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my life has been a rotary
around an around
dizzying days went
my purpose or existence
circular reasoning
spiritually sick
wanting off this roundabout
then God's Word Was Opened To Me
in one afternoon, I became rotary free
there have been bumpy roads
ir crooked avenues
it was not God whom swerved
sometimes I hit the brakes fast
or even crashed
daily I must follow the drver's manual
satan and his demons
try to blind my view
or siphon life out of me
if I however obey
if I follow God's Trafic Lights
if I read His Signs
I cannot crash
Like Paul I can Finish The Race
I will not receive a Winston Cup
I Will However Recieve A Crown
Cliff
Does anybody know any videos of cliffe talking about the Dalai Lama? Please point me towards it. God Bless!
I've never seen one or heard him mention him.
Oh! Opens with a pet-peeve of mine! We all know what he means, but science doesn't "say" anything! 🙃😉😁
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How do you know science doesn’t say anything
You’re a skeptic 🤷♂️
@jasonnoble7302 Well Jason, science doesn't say anything, scientists do 🤷🏽♂️
incorrect, scientism is it's own religion despite the fact that we only scientifically know about 1% of our environment. science itself is a god to many.
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No doubt! But while those who subscribe to "scientism" may say things, science itself does not and cannot actually "say" anything.
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Can I hear about this jesus god?
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Can we hear about your worldview? If you want to hear more about Jesus, I suggest you begin with the Gospel of John...
@@jessebryant9233 you can't tell me anything about it?
@@jessebryant9233 what is the gospel of John?
@Scarred4life420 Jesus was a historical figure who claimed to be the "Son of God," meaning he was both fully human and fully God. He lived a perfect life as witnesses by thousands, as well as his 12 disciples and the others who assisted his ministry. But despite his perfection and his heart for healing and loving others, his promotion of a societally shattering morality that took the Jewish law further than the leaders of the time thought necessary eventually got him arrested. He was tried, accused of blasphemy by the Jewish leaders, and executed on a cross.
But he demonstrated that he is God by rising from the dead on the 3rd day after his death and burial (he actually predicted his own death and resurrection earlier btw), and after rising from the dead, he appeared to more than 500 people at once over the next few days, including his 12 disciples, a few of whom couldn't believe that he was truly there. They thought they were hallucinating. After that, he ascended to heaven and promised to return again eventually. That's who Jesus is.
nobody can see mathematical point... but we use it as base of geometry, and then we use it in engineering and we make things based on it's existence... so if we need to see something to belive it... how all things we make exist?
I know you won’t answer my question but I’m a man who is doing the best I can to turn away from an addiction I had ever since I was a boy the thing is I want to grow and change but every time I run from it it always comes back and I spend countless nights in my head about it thinking even if I prayed for forgiveness I’m still going to hell any advice?
No, fromw what you said..... you are not going to Hell, you are repentent and our fallen nature makes if very difficult for us to overcome addictions. You are wanting to turn away, and follow Christ, your heart is toward Him, and your desire is for Him, adn if all of that is true, you love Him. We are in a spirtual battle, even Paul had hard times with things he did, but did not want to do - for the sake of Christ. I feel for you, I know what it is like. Do not self-depreciate yourself, do not think you are unworthy, you are not - those are the lies of the deceiver. Continue to pray for God to help with the addicition, turn it over to Him. If you are in a church, or small group, knowing someone you could share the issues and knowing he will keep in self-confidence perhaps you can have that person help mentor you through.
Jealousy and lust are also addictions and I had them both in spades and knew it and I wanted desperately to get rid of them. But for a long time it wouldn’t leave me. Eventually it happened but not overnight, it was bit by bit. I confided in a Christian, a very nice older man who was quiet and wise. I think he prayed for me and it really helped. In answer to your question let me say this. If you have sin in your life that you are sincerely trying to get rid of, but failing to do so, as you are yet to obtain the victory over it, then God will not count it against you, because He sees you striving for success, the success of righteousness.
Matthew 5:29-30 KJV.
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Technically Paul does have some contradictions however because he’s revealing a revelation of the mystery, but it’s not a contradiction just a change of operation
I'm new to deeper studying of the bible so please help me out here. how can they say Pontius Pilate be a non credible source when he was the one who placed Jesus to death by crucifixion?
Stuart was not saying the people repre 28:26 Pontius Pilate or Thomas. However that the books bearing their names were not accepted as Scripture because there were things written in them that were’t found to be true. Nor were they written by the people the book was named after.
Run away when you see these two....New Jersey State Police are seeking help in locating additional victims of Ethan Chandler, 42, of Belleville, N.J, who was arrested on child sex charges.
@24:18 what does that text mean then if Joshua didn’t actually stop the sun? does it mean that Joshua stopped walking/travelling and so his perspective of the sun stayed still?? you know what I’m trying to say?
Can't say I followed him there either... Before that he talks about the text being specific, and when it comes to the Genesis account, how much more specific can one get other than morning, evening, number, and day? And if we aren't to take Genesis literally until Abraham... Seems like that definitely generates some problems!
@@jessebryant9233 I agree. The problem that I see is the problems of sin and death entering into the world. If man evolved over millions of years, was there no death until the fruit was eaten in Eden? Too, what would it mean about Eve being the mother of all the living if there were tribes of homo sapiens that evolved and spread out over the face of the Earth prior to Eden?
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I've never head a good explanation of how all that works out with millions of years.
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Dido.
I’m here because of the Barbie movie
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So what is the literary style of Ex 20:11?
This ain't Hebrew poetry Cliff. You're out to lunch if you take these 6 days as anything other than 6 normal days, written about in the most serious & literal chapter in the old testament.
22:35 - "...who read the Scriptures honestly"? How is a day measured today? One rotation of the earth. The sun is not necessary.
How do you know you even exist for a day ?
You can’t trust your senses
You’re a skeptic
I really like Cliff's channel and all of the apologetics that go on. I learn a lot. But I feel like he minimizes an overlooks the power of God. For example, when the sun stood still as Joshua was fighting the battle, God could very well have been causing time to go slower so that the Israelites would have more time to defeat their enemies. I'm just a little surprised that he would chalk that up to metaphorical speaking, considering that earlier in the video he states that there is mystery in the Bible
Cliffe is wrong about David, concubines, and multiple wives. There was never any Law (aka sin) against it, nor was it outlawed.
I think the law he's mentioning was Gen 2:24. That was the template for all to follow. But far more important was the taking of foreign wives, not so much the multiple wives.
@@nabukwe That wasn't a law. It was how a marriage functions. And it said nothing against or addressing multiple wives.
I hear tell says Saul that you’ve fallen under the spell of those who oppose keeping God’s law. They say not to kill and not to lust but changing the sabbath they say is a must. Nay I never said such a thing. These sabbath days are feast days search the scriptures in Leviticus. The weekly sabbath shall never change. I speak to thee who are hard of hearing and stiff necked, you who teach and preach. Keep the sabbath on the 7th day but why do ye delay. Ah yes I see thy folly. Ye love not to obey.
What Pastor Cliffe and Stuart are getting to is, believe in Jesus Christ and believe that "God created everything!" Pastor Stuart is wanting you to take Jesus into your hearts and be your savior, for when you die, you'll be with Our Lord Jesus Christ in heaven and live for eternity! "That is the greatest gift "anyone" can receive! Give your heart to the Lord. Read the KJB/KJV and find out for yourselves! (John 3:16). With ❤️ and 🙏's.
Saving repentance is realizing that you are a sinner deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever you trusted in before, if indeed you trusted in anything; to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ alone for salvation.
We know how God created. He spoke it into existence. Jesus (The Word) spoke and it was
Exactly Amen I left the same comment and that I explained how he made obviously Adam and so forth. I hate where was you say? Cliff is not always wanting to really get into the Bible. Hes more philosophy and I can't stand that.
22:12, when someone say, you have to read the bible, but they dont even read it themselves!,
KJV Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
why would God say evening and morning if there was not time yet, or a sun "rise" or sun "set", no, God knew exactly what He was doing, earth was created in 7 days , 24 hours in a day,
how do you know it was 24 hours? great question, cause Jesus said, does the day not have 12 hours? John 11:9-10,
after each day, God said, it was a day and it was done on that day, and Jesus also said that He was there from the beginning, preachers that teach that the "first" day was a billion years long and the second and third day, run from them, RUN far away
Christians shouldn't be *afraid* of accepting that there are contradictions in the Bible. Because when people are dishonest saying the Bible don't have contractions they make people get away from the Bible because they found one contradiction. So don't be afraid accepting that the Bible could be wrong! that's not a problem!, it's not the end of the world! as the denomination package imposes on the Church people. Farisees would defend the same that the Bible is perfect in everyway. Jesus: "You are foolish and slow to believe everything the prophets said" 😅
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID TO BE WRONG!
I completely disagree with genesis not being literal. I don’t think there is any real evidence to support that it’s “poetry.” Still love your videos
Figurative language can be true. When Jesus says, “I am the door” or “I am the light of the world”, he is clearly speaking figuratively, but he is also speaking the truth. New Testament authors do use “figures” of speech like simile, metaphor, parable, etc. It is false to say that if something is not literally true, it’s not true.
Also, the word “literally” comes from “literal”, the first definition of which in Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is “according with the letter of the scriptures” but can also mean “free from exaggeration or embellishment” or “reproduced word for word”. So if Jesus actually said, “I am the door”, one would be correct in saying that Jesus literally said that. So I would urge people to be careful when using the question, “Do you believe everything in the Bible is literally true.”
So Genesis 1-2 could still, in theory, be poetry or metaphor and still be "literally true." Still, it's so moot of an issue that it's not even worth spending much time on.
I wish I could post a pic here. It would be a meme of Luke, when he said, •everything you just said here, is wrong.”
Boy o boy, this father and son pair are a walking-talking, pompous contradiction.
And a few examples of this would be? ... Skywalker? 🤣
@@jessebryant9233 - well, let's start right at the top of the video. Does science answer the question: Is it right to do 'x' (kill your Grandma with Strychnine)?
First off, they edited out the question, so what Cliff gives and answer for, we have to interpret and this gives him the room to wiggle in any direction with his rejoinder. This is a very subtle and mischievous way of sliding between ontology and epistemology at their convenience. Cliff does correctly point out that science doesn't answer questions around ethics (though it can most certainly inform and offer good reasons why any given action can be deemed moral, amoral or immoral). But he then makes the error of somehow implying a god's EXISTENCE is outside the category of ontology and does so very uncleanly by rhetorically asking who & how questions. Things that exist have to be demonstrated by methods that scientific discovery is best suited for, but even more basic, our sensory data (even though this method is much more prone to error). You cannot have an epistemology around any-thing without starting with some-thing ontological. Otherwise your just speaking philosobabble.
I could go on...
You’re probably too busy to answer this, but what are your thoughts/opinion on Calvinism?
Never met a Calvinist who was willing to follow that doctrine to it's rational out-workings. This is why virtually all Calvinists denounce all hyper-Calvinists. In my opinion, it is the most useless and divisive so-called doctrine in the church today.
@@jessebryant9233 thanks for sharing your thoughts really appreciative of your response.
Cliffe doesn't "do" the internet, so he's likely not going to see the question, much less answer it. Most people don't bring up Calvinism on the campuses, but I have heard him mention the father who had 2 sons and once over dinner, he told one son "you're going to Heaven" and to the other son he said, "You're going to Hell." Can't remember how he tied the story into the concept of Calvinism though. I probably forgot it because it's so unimportant.
Personally, I think the question of "chosen" breaks down when we try to understand God's unique perspective outside of 4 dimensions of time and space. Because God sees all time at a glance, he can see 10 years from today now. So a 1st Century author might have simply used the word "chose" or "selected" to help readers understand an incredibly difficult to understand subject.
Without predestination being mentioned in the holy scriptures it’s unlikely we would know of its existence.
Clearly God wants us to know that it exists. And appreciating the knowledge of its existence explains what otherwise might be an unsolvable puzzle.
And the puzzle is the realisation that if we didn’t get the specific life we were given, we probably would not have repented. But is it fair that we got such a life and another didn’t get a life that led to repentance.
In other words if Paul wasn’t thrown off his horse and spoken to by God, we assume he wouldn’t have repented. Why did he get a break and others didn’t? Can we say it’s fair?
Here is an answer. As God knows everything He therefore knows who will repent and who won’t repent. But He also knows that if those who will repent don’t get a life that makes repentance possible, they won’t be able to repent.
Therefore God gives to those ones whom He knows will repent, a life in which they will repent of their own free will, as did Paul the apostle.
This means that without predestination no one would be saved hence the reason for its existence.
My understanding is that the Calvinists don’t realise this and instead believe that God arbitrarily chooses instead of choosing on the basis of merit.
Those of us who are chosen by God were chosen because God knew that it’s what we wanted though we were unaware of it. He knew we would repent.
But let me add this. We who pray for others to be saved are not doing so in vain, because of predestination.
Because God sees the prayers we would pray in the future before He created mankind, and He allows these prayers to contribute to the predestination process, of those yet to be saved. Therefore we still pray beseeching God to save souls.
The answer is Cesare Borgia died in Italy not on a cross son of Rodrigo Borgia.
Lieing about it won't save you
Jesus Lucifer Christ
god made everything in 6 literal 24h days. State isn't equal to age. I'm a 30 year old man made by God 30 seconds ago. Denying an young earth is denying God's power.
I’m working on a new translation of the Bible. What do you think?
And we, the trinity, will be their God, and our servant David shall be prince among them. We are the trinity; we have spoken.”
Ezekiel 34:24 NTT(New Trinitarian Translation)
At approximately *18:10**,* Stuart, you mistakenly stated that Jacob was the oldest. However, this is not true, as Jacob was *_Esau's_*_ younger brother._
_"When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them._
We all make mistakes. But I tip my hat to anyone who is willing to do 'open air' about pretty much anything where one is facing questions and enduring attacks from, doubters, trolls, skeptics, cynics, and the like.
@jessebryant9233
Indeed! I too, have some experience with open air preaching...it's not easy.
Amen
A minor error and not the kind that detracts from what he's trying to convey. I imagine over the 2-3 hours period that almost anyone not reading off a teleprompter is going to have a few verbal miscues, especially when thinking of examples over a range of topics.
@sidwhiting665
Did you read my response to jessebryant9233?
Is Genesis History shows that Genesis is to be taken more literally than anything.
Yeah, I mean, how does one distinguish between which parts of Genesis are to be taken literally and which aren't? Creation no, but original sin, yes? Seems to me that it is either all literal, or maybe none of it is. And that latter definitely generates serious problems...
@@jessebryant9233 Absolutely. Our tiny faith likes to try to make sense of things when it's not big enough to believe what is written. We say, "Well, I KNOW "X" to be true about the world and how it works, therefore "Y" must mean something else." That's putting our faith in what man gas taught us and ALL based in theory.
In a materialistic worldview :
Materialism determined It’s wrong to kill your grandmother because of previous experiences otherwise it’s just a random action. Materialism does answer your question cliffe as you are fully aware.
Then nobody would have killed their grandmother if their material determined it not to. We can’t look at material and find the “don’t murder” molecule or genetic material, you’re imagining it.
The mindless determined things? Uh, no. That's not possible.
@@boltrooktwo
We can find the “don’t kill” determined experience
Re read the OP
@@jessebryant9233
When a calculator determines 4+4=8 is that a determined result of matter in motion in YOUR worldview ?
Clearly it is right ?
Clearly a wrong act can be determined by previous material experiences in YOUR WORLDVIEW
It’s like you have 5or6 standard replies going through your head and assume they work for every argument or objection we make 🤦
It’s sad to say but it seems like you’ll just never learn and grow 🤷♂️
@@boltrooktwo
Nobody who’s experience has determined them to not kill their grandmother kills their grandmother
In a material only worldview experiences determine right from wrong
Good video. Cliffe is setting up a strawman argument "Unless I can see it, I can't believe it" , I've never heard a skeptic say that. There are lots of things we can't see but that we know are real.
I have heard plenty of people say that, and they will go to the extent of denying historical evidence. Perhaps you should explore more and hear what other people actually think.
@@souzajustin19d I'm not sure how anyone would go about proving the historical evidence for *any* of the miracles described in the Bible, how does one prove that my friend?
@@bonnie43uk I'm sorry to inform you, but you just self refuted your own premise. I told you people deny historical evidence, yet here you are denying historical evidence. Proving your Strawman claim to be folly.
@@souzajustin19d As far as I'm aware there is *no* historical evidence for miracle claims, there are certainly lots and lots of claims, but, as someone once said "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence", if we take one example, what is the historical evidence of Jesus floating up into the sky to sit at the right hand of God?
@@bonnie43uk Have you read NT Wright's 'resurrection of the son of god'?
900 pages of evidence for the ressurection of Jesus Christ. Not proof. Strong evidence.
www.difa3iat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/N._T._Wright_The_Resurrection_of_the_Son_of_God_BookZZ.org_.pdf
So the sun stood still,
and the moon stopped,
till the nation avenged itself on[b] its enemies,
as it is written in the Book of Jashar.
The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Isreal.
literally the only thing I disagree with Cliff on. #Flat earth
What's really sad is the superstitious hocus-pocus. That's just heartbreaking
No, what is side is the blind faith the naturalists have in mindless magic and wholly unscientific beliefs that fly in the face of known laws of physics and empirical observation. That's what's really sad.
God would never allow for the bible to be altered. because in the midst of many lies theres gotta be one true. and to leave your followers to believe a lie would be ungod-like
Needs some work on studying creation and the flood. It’s literal and can be shown in archaeology.
Have you ever lied, stolen, used God's name in vain, looked wuth lust? if so you need to repent today and Believe in Jesus Christ to save you from Hell and go to heaven instead
Jesus is known also as "The Light of The World" when God said "Let There Be Light" everything didn't brighten up...that's when Jesus entered the physical to create....The sun was created on day 4. "And the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the deep...AKA Jesus walking on the water displaying that scripture!
God created us. We came from Adam and Eve. They were given choice and decided to ignore God's warning. They disobeyed. They were removed from paradise and were fallen. We have the same nature as them when we are born as humans. Unless we are born again. The only way to be born again is to trust in what Jesus did on our behalf, facing God's wrath which we deserved to face even though He lived a sinless life, even to death. Forgiveness of sins is only found in Jesus's name. He then rose again from the grave and is seated at the right hand of the Father until He returns. He was born of a Virgin and fulfilled prophecies about the Messiah handed and conveyed to us by prophets and those influenced by the Holy Spirit. If we are born again, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit and being sanctified until Jesus returns. The Holy Spirit gives us a desire to honor God, He convicts us of sin and helps us to become more like Jesus. Works are evidence of the state of our faith and whether or not our faith is in the right thing. (For example... our works will show when we trust in our own works/obedience rather than trusting in Jesus and our faith leading to delighting in obedience. For example... believing we are set free to sin will lead to no fruit being produced. Both of these things are going to show fruit of dead faith.) Good works are not our response to God's grace. They are what God's grace causes in us when He gives us a new heart and the Holy Spirit.
No
The Bible teaches the heaven and the earth were created in 6 days. It's clear unless you just really really really want evolution to be true. When you compare Genesis with other scripture they agree, 6 days.
Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Genesis 1 is NOT Hebrew poetry. Cliffe is so heretical on his teaching of Genesis 1 as not taking it literal. I can't believe the heresy in some of this man's teachings. I enjoy his philosophical approach to these students, but i deeply disagree with his not taking the Bible literally for what it says. The poetry in the Bible, is very well specified as poetry, so if it's not specified as poetry, then it must be taken literally.
Study the Hebrew culture of when Genesis was written, Bible project has great videos explaining what he means by poetry, it’s not that it didn’t happen, but how could we (humans) possible write down the wonder and beauty of creation by God, if we could then the first pages of genesis would have been a scientific textbook, but it’s not that it being poetry makes it not factual, it’s just how the author of Genesis had to write it for our understanding
I totally understand the point your making
@@unashamed6457 the whole basis of the Genesis creation account is engraned into our language. God spoke everything into existence. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Word, and Universe is a compound word, uni-single, verse-spoken sentence, universe means single spoken sentence, God said, Let there be, and it was. That isn't poetry, there is no poetry in Genesis. It's poetic, but not poetry. And Genesis chapters 5 and 10 very clearly, specifically and accurately records how old each man was at the age of his sons birth, and then the age of their deaths, all the way from Adam to Manasseh. And then Moses records in Exodus the 430 years in Egypt, plus 40 years in wilderness to Joshua, then from Judges to 2Kings records the reigns of the judges, kings and all the exiles, and then 400 years of silence until the Lord Jesus Christ. You can add up all of the dates in the Bible and come up with just about 4,000 years from Adam to the Lord Jesus Christ, we are 2,000 years after Christ, that puts us at about 6,000 years of God's creation. A day with the Lord is as a thousand years, a thousand years as one day. Man is appointed 7 days on earth. We have 6 days, 6,000 prophetic years of existence on earth, God rested the 7th day, the Lord Jesus Christ will reign on earth for the Millennial reign, the last thousand years before this heaven and earth are destroyed and cast into the lake of fire. All of the end time prophecies are coming to fruition before our eyes. The Lord Jesus Christ will be returning very soon. No man knows the day or hour, but we will know the season. Keep an eye on Israel, because all of the prophecy is dependant upon them, once they build the third temple, and the peace treaty is signed and broken, the time of Jacob's trouble will begin, the 7 years of tribulation just before the wrath of God comes down and the Lord Jesus Christ establishes His reign on earth. Israel has every single brick already built and labeled, ready to go, to build the temple, they're just waiting on the ok to build, they have the red heifer, and its even stated that they know where the ark of the covenant is, which will be required for the abomination of desolation to occur. I'm not 100% certain about the rapture of the church, but it does make sense, so God can go back to dealing with Israel. But we will see. Now is the time to accept the Lord Jesus Christ, and now is the time to spread the gospel. It is more imperative now than it ever has been. All I'm saying is you can take the Bible for what it says, and literally. You don't need to know Hebrew and Greek to understand it, i have a concordance and study both the languages. The English King James Bible is very much reliable and infallible
I Agree, I misused the term "Poetic" here. I believe God spoke the world into existence and that christ was the word in the flesh, what I meant to say and is what i meant by "poetic" which I misused, was that it wasn't literal 24 hour periods that the original days 1-6 occurred in,
And another question?
When you say "Man is appointed 7 days on earth" Where did you get that from?
I have heard different studies and hear that we are still in the 7th day.
Also do you read "a day is like a thousand years" as the literal thousand years because you put that it has been 6000 recorded years since adam.
Also I am in full agreement about the prophetic, as many of the signs are being fulfilled.
I'm not trying to start a debate at all, but I am hungry to learn something new or a different perspective!
@@ShopharTemple
@@unashamed6457 i believe Genesis 1 is a very specific, accurate and direct telling of creation. Yom in Hebrew means a 24 hour period, except in the prophetic context, then a day means a year. As in Daniel, and Moses with Israel in the wilderness. Genesis chapter 1, in itself is the prophecy of man's timeline on earth. God told Adam, This day thou shalt surely die, and Adam did die 930 years old, within the first thousand years, within a day in God's eyes. Each day of creation also corresponds with events in history. If you just read the Bible, without having ever heard of the day age theory, there's no way you can come to the conclusion that Genesis 1 is not talking about 6 literal 24 hour periods. The Lord Jesus Christ even says Adam was the beginning of all creation. Evolution requires death to bring man into the world. But the Bible very clearly states that because of Adam's sin death came into the world. So its a major heresy to teach that when Adam was created, he was walking around on top of a bunch of dead dinosaurs, and God called that very good. Fossils are evidence of the flood. If death was a part of God's original plan to bring man into the world, why would the Lord Jesus Christ have needed to come down and die to give us eternal life? Do you see the heresies that come with that Bible compromising teaching? The earth and universe may have the appearance of billions of years of growth, but that's just because, as God created a mature man, Adam I'm certain appeared to be about 30 years old when he was 0 days old, that same logic can be applied to the universe, as appearing to be billions of years from growth, when in fact its only 6,000 years old. God created a mature universe, just as He created a mature Adam. God didn't make a baby, toss him some seeds and say, Here get to work, you're going to be hungry soon. Also, i like to think about Adam and Eve didn't have bellybuttons. My point is, we can take the Bible literally for what it says, the Bible is very open and direct when it's poetry, such as the psalms and proverbs, the parables of our Lord Jesus Christ. We can absolutely trust the word of God, and trust that God has preserved His word and translated it into English so we can have it today, in the King James Version. I do believe the other versions have been perverted, and i come to that conclusion based on my own study, but if you'd like to look into that, look up Gail Riplinger seminars on TH-cam, she does cover a great amount of the problems that the other versions create when they mess with God's word. I pray this information helps you, and allows you to be more confident in God's word, and the truth in His word, you can trust God's word and take it for what it says, literally, without compromising to the false evolution religion that is being crammed down everyone's throats through the evolution altars by the evolution priests in the college system.
If Genesis is poetry or metaphorical, then so is the resurrection.
If we have death before the fall, then the sacrifice of our Lord was for nothing. The entire theology falls to pieces and becomes a complicated way to "find enlightenment" and "live a good life". Pick up a 150 page self help book instead.
From an atheist who's been saved by the Grace of God, please do not compromise on the scriptures to appease the world.
There are no errors in the Bible
I'm betting that Stuart will eventually grow tired of promoting his extraordinary and unsupported claims and become a skeptic.
to be a christian is to be a true skeptic
The claims were supported by eyewitness
It’s unfortunate he doesn’t believe in the literal creation story.
Have you ever lied, stolen, used God's name in vain, looked wuth lust? if so you need to repent today and Believe in Jesus Christ to save you from Hell and go to heaven instead
Watch out Stuart, the girl at 17:13 looks at you like a groupie did to Bon Jovi
childish comment
Now poetry can't be historic? Since when? Second, wrong on Genesis. Major Hebrew scholars agree that the account of Genesis one is historical. When that happened, that's another story. Third, you don't need the sun to calculate the day but the light God created first. You see, the sun follows the light which was already rotating around the Earth on day one. The arrogance of coming up with a scientific story to appease sceptics is "scary", Cliffe.
Christian put Jesus before god, n tell u, he the only way and is god,,, this sound like god son that was cast to land n never to be able to enter his kingdom.
God Kingdome will always be the most high,, god is first,, not sec, i don't put no one before god..
[ you are saying book of genesis is evil n that god is bad,,,, n new testament is good, ]
all people n the new testament has betrayed god... n worship Jesus.
in the Old testament you only worship God the Creator.
Invariably a poem is an unbearable thing with its funky childish rhymes, because the obviousness of its simpleness offends those with a discerning state of mind.
But in my dreams or so it seems was the vision. It was Paul the apostle alright. And night after night we sat around a round table, discussing if women should be shorn or should they wear hats in church, but we never interrupted no nothing like that.
Each one has his say but Paul much more than all the rest. It was tiresome and wearisome until some fell asleep but I remember it vividly so it’s this record I keep.
Ye modern men says Paul the great know it all, why are women not wearing hats anymore and if not hats why are they not shorn? This I told the Corinthians and now I am telling you, but ye think ye know much better than me.
But do you really know better than me. I was God’s genius. Ah but I see your stiff necked folly. You say you love God but I perceive in you that you love not to obey.
trinity is a false doctrine
stop worshipping three Gods
The Trinity is God it's the Father Son and Holy Spirit they are one but separate beings Jesus even said throughout the book of John that the he and the Father are one and that anyone has seen me has seen the Father
@@katherinefuentes901shutup satan
Jesus Christ is the Father!!
“And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.”
John 5:37 KJV
So you are here teaching a false doctrine that you cannot argue for? I'm shocked! 3 persons, 1 essence/being. You might want to make sure you understand the doctrine before you go denouncing it.
@@jessebryant9233 “For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.”
Isaiah 45:18 KJV
REPENT AND BELIEVE
@@JesusistheFather_
Repent and believe what? That a mere man can save you from your sins?
Always a good day when cliffe posts we need another compilation 😮💨😭✝️🤍
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Why would you love a fictional god over all? Can you please explain this jesus god thing to me?
@@Jackaye12 yes. Evidence. Pretty easy. Do you believe things without any?
@@Jackaye12 what do you think science is?
@@Jackaye12 like, do you think there is just, like one science?