How a CHARISMATIC Evangelical Found the Holy EUCHARIST and the Ark of the New Covenant
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this week's episode of Catholic ReCon, testimonies from reverts and converts, guest Michael Oakland discusses nondenominational churches, Bethel church, Greek expertise, Catholic ritual, proper worship, apostolic succession, the Virgin Mary, and the Holy Eucharist.
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Welcome Home Michael🤗God bless you on your journey home🙏
Amen. God bless you!
I taught RCIA for many years, and apologetics is where my heart is. For me the answer to the question as to why we have Jesus on the cross, I tell them because I was saved by God hanging on the cross,. I wasn’t saved by an empty cross. And then the question always comes that the empty cross is a sign of hope. Oh no! Not even a rational argument! The empty cross is a sign of utter despair! Every single solitary person that has ever been crucified, left behind an empty Cross. The disciples were in despair on the night of Good Friday and all of holy Saturday. They had that empty cross and they despaired. So long as Christ was alive and on that cross, there was the hope that he might somehow step down. But once they pulled his body off the cross, and they had that empty cross that every person ever crucified left behind, they lost hope . The empty tomb is the sign of the resurrection. Without the empty tomb, all we have is an empty cross, and no resurrection, no hope.
Thanks for sharing. God bless!
This is so good,thank you!
Not even a close explanation. At every Mass we re-present that same bloody sacrifice in an unbloody manner at the consecration. That one, never more to be repeated bloody sacrifice (singular)is what is being offered as unbloody sacrifices (plural) as per Hebrews 9:23 and Malachi 1:11. That’s one of the reasons why Protestants reject the Mass; they believe the one bloody sacrifice of 2000 years ago cannot be offered as an unbloody sacrifice today, as a sacrament.
I believe that the CROSS with our Lord Jesus in it is a SIGN of GOD's LOVE for HUMANITY.
This is very good! Thank you!
I remember St. Jose Maria Escriva's quote on an empty cross.
"That empty cross is looking for a pair of shoulders to bear it!"
This is one of my very favorite episodes!
Thanks for watching!
As far as waiting for the eucharist as a convert. A wise catechumin said, "I made Him wait, so it's fitting that I have to wait to receive Him"
Michael was great! Praise God and bless your work!!!
What a beautiful testimony
Thanks for watching!
I lol’ed when he said he wasn’t going to name drop any Protestant apologists who like to hide behind Greek to sound smart and then the next word he spoke was “Theopneustos”.🤔
Michael - how do I thank you for Rev 12:1. How did I never recognise Mary before😢. And the 24 elders = 12 tribes of Israel + 12 Apostles - each have bowls of incense - Rev 5:8 = prayers of the saints. I am humbled. Next month it's 50 years that I'm born again, and to discover that I had tinted glasses on all this time is truly humbling 🙇🙇. I live in a small town in the middle of South Africa & have no one to guide me but channels like this. Thank you so much for these amazing testimonies which confirm and encourage us seekers. May Father bless you all
This channel helps me most in apologetics. Thank you Eddie.
One question I would have wanted to ask Michael about his study of Jn.6 would be what he believed about this verse.
John 6:53
[53]Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Would Michael believe it's literal?
Does he believe that he became a Christian when he received the communion? Did it totally change his life?
God bless you Michael.
Michael, i love your sense of humor, you are a treasure. Welcome home
I just shared with my new Catholic friends to help them understand my perspective. As a 2020 convert, I could relate in so many ways!
All I can think is "THANK GOD"
Thank you Lord for this brother well come home Amazing testimony thank you for sharing God bless
It’s coming to light right now why this “Catholic bad so don’t be Catholic” stuff we hear from the Prots seems so familiar in root content to me. For a long time (I’m old so “long time” means a LONG time) I heard “Don’t buy a Harley, they are bad because…” (insert here whatever thing could be made to be “bad” if you cackle on about it long enough) “…just make sure you buy (insert here YamaHonSuzuKaw of your choice) and then you will have a better one”. I heard this the whole time I have been an aficionado of motorcycling (longer than most people have been alive) until one day when me oldest Daughter, Mandy, asked me why I don’t ever even look at a Harley? I told her, “Naah, not interested in buying junk”, she told me I have never had one so how do I know? That was a fair question. All my info came from other people, it wasn’t my own experience I was referencing. The end of that story is I bought one. It was really REALLY good! I couldn’t believe I wasted all those years riding the metric bikes when these bikes are SOOOO GOOODDD!!?? There’s no comparing them that works. I love the ride and I love the wind and my Harleys have never left me stranded. The other ones all did and the Harleys last for decades and so does the satisfaction of ownership; the others all lasted a few years and then they either wore out or wore out on my satisfaction level. I still have the first Harley I bought with me Daughter and have had and have several others now. None have worn out and I still love them all. It makes me sad to sell one! I have to though because someone always comes along and wants to buy one just because they saw it in my driveway or somewhere. Catholic is the same thing. Prots bad mouth it and they can get away with it when we are dumb. Once we learn we know, once we look we see, once we seek we find, once we know we know. Jesus put it here. Really. He did. That is the Church He referred to as “My Church”. Hidden in plain sight! The only difference between that and the Harleys is that I only need one, one size fits all! It’s beautiful! 🙏🏼
Really enjoyed your story, thanks for sharing.
@@ekatrinyaYou’re welcome! 🙏🏼
Michael Oakland! Welcome Home, truly!!! I got ‘zapped’ in 2015 and I share the same appetite for conversion stories!😆 I cannot and will not stop rooting through our treasure chest! We literally have the opportunity to learn something new everyday until we take our last breath! I collect rosaries and would love to have one of yours! Please let me know if that’s possible. I didn’t see any contact info. I’ll pray for the conversion of your family!😇 My husband came back home in 2017 but passed away in January 2020. Life is too short, so I hope everyone who watched this wonderful conversion story will pray for his family to come home.✨❤️🔥🙏🏼 May God Bless you!✝️
A great journey. Thank you for sharing.
"A metaphor is not a hard saying," well said!
WOW,WOW,WOW What a great testimony. Welcome back home😍I love when Protestans come to the fullness of our Catholics Faith. 🤩
I love the joy and enthusiasm, and hope to get there one day. Michael's description of the Byzantine liturgy was so beautiful and thought provoking!
So good, my brother! ❤
Bless you my brother - what a straight forward, honest conversation, so no nonsense. Spoken with authority and passion. Very inspiring.
Face it, we need God
Every. Single. Day. Amen.
I'm glad there is at least one Catholic apologist who is not afraid to criticize Gavin Ortlund.
This man’s testimony and conversion is genuine for he truly speaks it,tremendously great resplendent video thank you Catholic brother Eddie May God the Holy Trinity provide you with more sincere genuine conversion stories to his One Holy Apostolic Catholic Christian Church of Traditional Teachings and Worship yeah alleluia amen 🙏 🐑🕊️✨🔥
God bless !!! What a well spoken, interesting guest 👏 👍
Welcome. Bro…l envy u…truly u are chosen..truly u are blessed…amen
Great episode.
Another wonderful story of Gods love thank you! 🙏
The Bible is the living Word of God and so the Eucharist is the living Word of God.
Thank you Eddie God bless you keep up the good job I learn a lot specially about dicon best Explained thank you keep inviting our brother s
This guy is dope! Thanks for having him. Enjoyed his story
Love this episode!!! Thank you. 😊
I learned a lot in this episode!
Thanks for sharing, Kasia!
Why doesn't this channel have many more subscribers? ❤
It's growing. We can change the pace of growth by sharing ✨️
I loved all the details! Thank you!
Watching from Tucson. Congratulations Michael for your conversation. I been to St. Meany's Byzantine Catholic Church and attended the Divine Liturgy.
❤❤❤Thanks.
This is an excellent inter v iew!!
Thanks 😊
Saint Mary's Anacortes??? Was it Fr. William Harris? He was rarely sent to a beautiful Parish. He ALWAYS left the Parish beautiful.
I'm not sure, but he was a very strong, orthodox priest full of grace and the Holy Spirit.
@@michaeloakland4665 Great testimony! I think Fr. Harris was there about that time. He married us in 1980 and administered the Sacrament of Anointing during one of my various cancer battles. He was last at the Proto-Cathedral in Vancouver, and had introduced Gregorian chant, used the communion rail and ad orientam until told not to!
He mentioned he had been baptised Catholic, but not how he eventually discovered this fact. It would have been interesting to hear that story too, but maybe it's too personal to share with the world.
I'm curious at 12:15 about which translations of the 10 percent are the good ones that match the original NT greek.
Fair question: Iwas referring more to good vs bad interpretations (commentaries) more than Greek-to- English translations. [Example: I Cor 13:8-10 "When that which is perfect has come..." doesn't support cessstionism rather it disproves it.]
@@michaeloakland4665 Oh ok, gotcha. Still curious if during your time of study, you found a translation that you felt was most authentic?
@@BriansCreativeOutlet In my opinion, the NASB95 was the most literal (word for word vs dynamic equivalent or paraphrase) but didn't flow as well as others. I also liked the concept of NET Bible in the beginning and appreciated the transparency regarding their translation decisions. Sadly, no translation is perfect because inevitably the theological assumptions of the translator come with. All translations to some degree come with interpretive bias. The only question is... is that bias consistent with or directly received by the apostolic tradition from the first century.
@@michaeloakland4665 Wow
"is that bias consistent with or directly received by the apostolic tradition from the first century" This makes me think.
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@25:00 mark, I call it Prot vomit.
Protestantism makes one a Sola pope!
The crucifix shows us the human condition and that Christ fully entered into it.
Christ fully reveals man to himself. I think that's what Vatican II said.
Oh come on, not all of the 1.4 billion Catholics on earth are cafeteria Catholics.
Namaste" is not yoga thing it's indian culture way of greeting each other. Just like Japanese bow to each other. 😊
"Namaste" has been popularized by the Yoga community (Sanskrit language & Hindu religious worldview). This only drives the point home. The origin of the phrase is inherently religious even though some try to deny it. It is polytheistic roughly translated from Sanskrit "the divine in me honors to divine in you." It's not referring to the Holy Spirit. It is clearly not referring to the Eucharistic presence of Christ, nor does it refer to the process of "deification" (partaking in Christ's divine nature by grace). This is rooted in a false religion. This is irresponsible and theologically scandalous to endorse a false religion this way. This particular priest was known to be a theological wild card. Ask any Catholic exorcist, and they'll warn of the dangers of Yoga and related false spirituality. I hope this clears things up.
@@michaeloakland4665 that's your opinion but it is not wrong to say namaste(i bow to you), catholic embraces culture in india they do with Indian style in Korea they do with Korean style in Italy they do with Italian style in Japan they do Japanese style of greeting. Catholic didn't erase culture its not like islam once u summit u can't practice your culture anymore. As long as we don't worship the wrong God there is nothing wrong with greeting namaste and there nothing wrong to do yoga to get a good body shape
@@michaeloakland4665 there is nothing wrong to say namaste (I bow to you) as long as we don't worship the wrong God and there's nothing wrong to do yoga to get a good body shape. Most Indian carry the namaste" with them to show they are Indian they love their culture. Period
@@suneesunee7576 I agree that intentions behind behavior is important. 100%. Let's be realistic that non-religios "yoga" isn't rea "yoga" but mere stretching and balance (Yoga in name only). Real yoga ilcontains spiritualism ans is inherently dangerous consisting of poses that call upon false gods. I refer you to Father Carlos Martin's podcast The Exorcist Files where he describes the difference between harmless yoga and the dangers stuff.
@suneesunee7576 you have no idea what you are talking about and the words you are writing make no sense. Words have a meaning, so first go and look up a meaning of a word Yoga. Then you can go and look up some testimonies. Yoga is inseparable from Hindu gods. You will notice they use names of the poses. They also have a meaning and it's not stretching. Same goes for Namaste. You don't get to play with other people toys. The same way making a cross can't be done just for a blessing by anyone. It's dying to onself for a life in Christ. There is a meaning behind it.
Michael Lofton ,really?
I think I know who's he talking about at 13:10 😂😂 a certain master Roshi looking heretic
James White is notorious for using Greek words to prop up his weak arguments.
Glorified hallmark card 😂
Wrong
Roman Catholics are misunderstanding Matthew 16:18.
The confession that "Jesus is the Christ the Son of God" is the only foundational truth that Christ builds His church on.
Peter’s confession, of faith in Christ, is the rock.
Crap isn't Holy !!!
Charismatic sorry thumbs down.
The True God has an unexpected and hidden surprise with which the Church and Christians will pay all debts and taxes in a single instant at the end of july😄😁😋
If you've learned and realized what this man has experienced, there is no reason to stay Protestant.
It's just my takeaway, but it doesn't sound like he operated out of a confident relationship with Jesus Christ and understood what it means to walk in the Spirit.
@jeromepopiel388 I would say from the horses mouth that I've been Madly in love with Jesus since my junior year in high school. I've flowed in the gifts of the Holy Spirit for years, and I was confident enough in my relationship with Christ to tell Him how angry I was with Him. I'm even more in love today and no longer angry or confused. I apologize if my testimony left you with the impression of shallow love for Christ.
@@michaeloakland4665 thank you for that. I have not been the servant of Christ that I wanted to be, but I know what He has done for me. He gave me a new life. He gave me love for Him and a confidence that will see me through this war.
Jude 1:24
[24]Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
My hope is not in purgatory but in the promises of God.
2 Peter 1:4
[4]Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Relying on God's promises is what it means to walk by faith.
Romans 8:1
[1]There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Now concerning worship, you spoke of worshiping in the flesh or physical but Jesus said we are to worship in spirit and in truth. What does it mean to worship in spirit? It means in the heart and not with the soul or mind. Out of a faith that is more than mental accent.
A relationship in the spirit where we are one with Him
Acts 7:48
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Acts 17:24
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
You spoke of ignorance. So like most Catholics, do you ignore these verses?
@@jeromepopiel388 Well, Christ may not be for you - Jean Calvin
@@michaeloakland4665 Mr. popiel is a troll. I pray for him, as he is troubled.
Welcome back home brother! great testimony. I wish i could send this testimony to my Son in Law, he's now a Non Denomination, It so hard for my husband and I. it been the most painful situation we ever had. we are cradle Catholics,they both went to catholic school.🥲🥲😪.
Praying for him.