Tim is certainly one of those faithful Catholic converts who has brought me back to my Catholic faith. Thank you so much, Sir Tim, & I thank our Lord for such wonderful Catholics like you who inspire & clearly & convincingly show the fullness of the truth in our Catholic faith. May you, your family & Catholic Answers be blessed always.
I was born and raised Catholic but never really care about it and became evangelical 4 years ago . I have never felt so much confusion , incoherence , hypocrisy and division inside the same movement until exhaustion and realizing that something was wrong and off . Your explanations and teachings are amazing ! I realized how blind I was and how judgemental I became because of the evangelist ‘s brainwashing ! Now taking it one day at a time to instruct myself and know the truth . Thank you
Why not LISTEN to this presentation, cowboy. It is straight-forward, clear and irrefutable. How many chances to accept truth do you imagine God will give you?
@@fidelity52 because Catholicism is Satan's impersonation of the church.... The church is the bedding ground for the bridegrooms seed..... The bedding ground for the seed of God is in the individuals heart not some organized concrete csthedrals
I love Catholic Answers and the clear answers you provide. You have sown the seed of the use of media in me and I just launched my podcast few days ago. Thank you for all you do
This false religion kept me in bondage for 28 years. I was not led to Jesus, I was not led to the bible, and I was not filled with the Holy Spirit. I was taught to do vain traditions and outright idolatry. Thank God I am free from this dead church. I am born again and filled with the Holy Ghost. I know my redeemer now. His name is Jesus and He deserves the praise. Not mary, not saints, not the pope, not the priest. O thankyou Jesus for the work you have done in my life. I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED ON!
@@brotherdj777 I am sorry you think these of the Catholic Church after 28years. There must have been a problem somewhere. I believe you would agree with me that the Catholic Church has never taught salvation through Mary and The Saints but through Jesus. But maybe you missed that. I want to encourage you to think deeper and examine what you hold true. Go back in history and you might be surprised what you will find the early Church immediately after Christ. You might be surprised they share more in common with the Catholic Church you know today than with your new found community. God bless you DJ
@@andreeattieh2963 Catholic meaning that there is only Jesus Christ who is our redeemer and only through Him can we get to the the father and heaven , YES I agree . Catholic meaning a church affiliated with a group called the magisterium that rules the body of Catholic believers , NO
@@bobloblawb2593 so far you have proven you don't even know the basics of what the Catholic church teaches There are no false teachings in the Catholic church and history shows that the Catholic church is indeed the church Christ founded
@@andreeattieh2963 Did Jesus found the catholic church meaning universal and only way to God, or did He found the catholic church that claims authority? Did Jesus found the roman Catholic church that started around 300 AD as well? There are no false teachings in the Catholic church How do you know there are not any false teachings in the roman Catholic church ,when you as a common believer can not read the scriptures on your own and have any sort of private interpretation of those scriptures? There is not one verse in scripture that tells you to believe the church over scripture. There are a couple false doctrines presented by the roman Catholic church as being truth and you accept the churches position because if you don't then the very church that is supposed to help you, will curse you! Salvation is a gift . Salvation has nothing to do with any works. Salvation is not given and then taken away for any reason. Salvation being a gift means that there is no stain of un-repented sin upon you when you die. There is no scripture anywhere in 73 books that claims that you can die in less than a perfect state of grace. This is not what the roman Catholic church teaches. Prove me wrong.
Wow Bravo Bravissimo Tim Staples as usual! Perfectly explained the Truth of the Catholic Church & Her Doctrines w/ his personal faith experience. More power & God bless!
Thank you for puting english subtitles! Please do it as manny as you can, also with some great older videos, then its easier for us (foreign) to translate, thanks!
I’m thinking of “ taking the plunge” back into the Catholic Church again. I’ve been absent since 2002, ( had a faith crisis and started exploring all kinds of spiritual perspectives and even joined the Latter-day Saint church. Ugh ! I feel like I’m going back in reverse to the time when I realized I was done with this whole charge back 1996 and converted to the Catholic faith. So many denominations out there! I’ve been recently attending several non denominational churches, realizing each pastor could be teaching whatever sounds good to increase membership numbers. Where is the truth? They can’t all be right!
Hi Kelly. The main reason why I am Catholic, is the Eucharist. In the book of Ephesians, Christ is depicted as the bridegroom and His Church as His bride. Jesus said, that a man must leave his father and mother and join with his wife and the two shall become one flesh. At Mass , Jesus leaves His Father and Mother ( Mary ) and joins with His bride, His Church, and at Holy Communion I get to join with Him. He and I become one flesh, His DNA mingles with mine, His blood mingles with mine. Such an awesome, powerful and wonderous gift . He desires physical Communion with you. Be assured of my prayers. God bless.
Dear Timothy Staples- please say a prayer for me to have great faith like you. I have been so impacted by your life- I am a young man who wants to lead a good life and be able to have and provide for them like you have and be able to look back on my life knowing I have done well to serve and love people and lead to them to God. Although I am technically a cradle Catholic, I come from an incredibly broken background and feel like my expectations for my life are so unrealistic and I constantly get frustrated and sad - I want to be everything- I want to be preacher/ an academic / a singer / a writer but I know that I probably don't have the gifting for these things - I often see people like you who are my heros and I often get discouraged how weak I am - I am discovering how bad I am at relationships and that I am a pretty selfish person. I'm still trying to find my place in world and at 25 years old I'm still struggling to know where I should be. Thank you for all the work that you do. Please say a prayer for me - I feel very lost and lonely in this pandemic, and I don't normally write things like this - am pretty embarrassed to say all these things, but I'd rather embarass myself saying something in the hope that I would have a great person like you praying for me. Please pray that I have a great devotion to our Blessed Mother- and that I would give myself completely to the will of God with holy indifference. Blessings to you. I pray you impact many more souls like mine- if God can you use to win a hard heart like mine, I wonder in amazement how many more you will continue to impact while you are still here on earth and beyond. God Bless
One thing you should know, all are broken. Even Jesus is descended from broken people … rapists, adulterers, prostitutes, thief’s, murderers …. If Christ can come from such a family, why would we expect to be any better. It’s not what you are embroiled in that matters, it’s how you get through it. And what Christ taught us, it’s with love, forgiveness, repenting and praying.
The ONLY way one can fully understand and appreciate all the teachings of the church is only if you immerse yourself to it. Listening to the likes of this Godsent minister. Listening to priests, apologists, catechists and studying church history. Thank you brother Tim. Godbless you and always praying for all of you there at Catholic Answers and EWTN. So refreshing to be in good company. Hope we all see each other in heaven someday.
Being Catholic and being with God The Father,Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit is everything and life for me! What a great army we have always to protect us and guide us,mother Mary,all the Angeles and saints and the Holy men and women of God! Wonderful! Praise the Lord! Glory to God in the highest and peace to all the people on earth! Best wishes from Colombo Sri Lanka!☝😀😇🌹🌹🌹
interesting how you start off correctly in your first sentence and then your next sentence is totally unscriptural " What a great army we have always to protect us and guide us,mother Mary,all the Angeles and saints and the Holy men and women of God! Wonderful! " The focus of the new testament is on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. You just can not find the role of Mary , saints ,angels, or holy men to be of any protection of us at all! Eph 6: tells you about the armor of God and what you do not find is the protection that you alluded to?
@@andreeattieh2963 No one is attacking the Catholic church . The Roman Catholic church which is NOT the church that Jesus called " MY CHURCH" has brought in false doctrines ,not allowing the common believer to question any of those doctrines . No one is attacking Christ who is the church ,and no one is telling you to leave Christ . We are simply pointing out false doctrines that you have accepted as truth all because you do not do what the scriptures tell you to do by example Acts 17:11 So the OP makes this statement and I would like you to show in scripture where any of it is? What a great army we have always to protect us and guide us, mother Mary, all the Angeles and saints and the Holy men and women of God! Now where do you find it in scripture / God's word?
@@lois2997 I am asking you and all other commenters here to answer the question , and you point to me as a troll? So the OP makes this statement and I would like you to show in scripture where any of it is? What a great army we have always to protect us and guide us, mother Mary, all the Angeles and saints and the Holy men and women of God! Now where do you find it in scripture / God's word? Can you find it in scripture Lois?
Concisely explained ! Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas passed away without even hearing about those 95 Lutheran Theses. They died as men faithful to the Holy See before Luther was even a twinkle in his father's eye.👍
If anyone is reading this just so you know whether you are a catholic or a Protestant, the Roman Catholic Church was developed by Christ & his apostles in Roman occupied Jewish Palestine around 30CE!’
What made me become a Catholic is the early church father beliefs, it was a shell shocker to figure out that all of the church fathers believed in the papacy. And another thing is all of the disagreements in the Protestant, and orthodox branch. Tho Catholics disagree on smaller topics but Catholics agree on all of the big topic, while in Protestantism they disagree on everything, and in orthodoxy they disagree on a lot of things too, like how many books in the Bible. While all Catholics believe in the same things when it comes to big topics
One has to be a Catholic to be saved and to have eternal life, through baptism and good deeds. Romans 2:6, 7-- For he will pay according to each one's deeds, to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life. Thank you Tim & co. @ Catholic Answers for your good work and your true answers with supporting evidence.
I was Roman Catholic for 20 years, then experienced a conversion upon hearing the gospel from a friend, then left the RCC shortly after. Best decision I have ever made. I would not be as far along in my understanding of the scriptures if I had stayed. Hebrews 11:6. God bless.
"Poorly formed Catholics become Protestants. And well-formed Protestants become Catholics." -Dr. David Anders One area of opportunity within the Catholic Church is better catechizing members so they don’t end up feeling the way you do. Guys like Tim (or Fr Mike) help, but it really needs to be a parish-level focus.
I am a recent convert who faced a Crises of Truth in 2020. Here’s the way I answer this question. The Roman Catholic Church is the One True Church Established by Jesus to Defend the One True Truth of God
I have a question for you devout catholic believers. I've noticed throughout my own life coming from a nominal catholic family that there are many nominal Catholics. So how do you devout Catholics keep from being extremely bothered my the presence of nominal Catholics in your parishes?
Im a young man, idk what I am, ik im a Christian, but I'm not sure what I should be, my dad used to be catholic, he left the catholic church and would teach me that catholicism is heresy and not even Christianity, so I never considered it, I grew up protestant, and also I looked at eastern orthodoxy, i found out that it wasn't it. But now that I'm a bit older, I'm considering catholicism.
Being Catholic is very good for annoying close relatives. It also has mileage as a means of avoiding unpleasant tasks at work and you can wangle extra time off.
Acts 2:37-38 (KJV) Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what SHALL* we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for** the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 1 Peter 3:21 (KJV) The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)*** by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: *not what MUST we do. **The word "for" meaning "BECAUSE OF" the remission of sins. *** baptism does not forgive sins, but it is an answer TO your sins having been forgiven through belief and faith.
I didn't agree with much in there but the last sentence was compelling: There's no human explanation even for the existence of the Catholic Church. Likewise for the Bible as a whole, there's no indication that any group or institution or government back then would even think to come up with something so complexly but consistently self-referential.
There are thousands of soundbites taken from the Bible by millions of people which or sorta simple, and the sorta simple interpretation is wrong. Even that soundbite is not simple, as it uses a metaphor which has to be interpreted in the context of other scriptures as well as Jewish Tradition.
Just in case a Protestant reads this message or anyone else: Did you all know that the Roman Catholic Church was developed in Roman occupied Jewish-Palestine around 30CE?!
@Jord that's not what my comment was about so idk what you are replying to, but no we as Catholics don't believe Mary was a sinner but still we do NOT pray to Mary we ask her to pray for us to Christ, There's a big difference between the two.
In Matthew 16 Jesus gave the keys to the kingdom of God to Peter and, in a special way, gave the power to bind and loose to Peter alone (he later gave the same authority to the college of apostles collectively). The Orthodox were united with the Catholics for the first several centuries. Today the Orthodox acknowledge that Peter (and his successors) was given a special position among the apostles but they say that his special role is more symbolic and doesn’t come with any juridical authority. This contradicts with what the early Christians in the eastern (Orthodox) parts of Christendom said and wrote about the authority of Peter.
I am thinking about authoring a book titled, "Why Be Catholic?" It will be 100 pages long, and when you turn each page, it will be blank. However, there will be a conclusion that will look something like this: CONCLUSION: "Yet the GRACE of Baptism DELIVERS NO ONE."(Catechism of the Catholic Church 978) Who DELIVERS then? The Catholic Church??? No, it's not the useless SACRAMENTS Rome peddles to ignorant people. Remember, water Baptism "delivers no one" from sin. They offer a CHEAP GRACE that can never save you. Only by "the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth," (v.10) the living God, can one be saved: "NOR is there salvation in ANY other, for there is NO other name UNDER heaven GIVEN AMONG MEN by which we must be saved.”(Acts 4:12) "But as many as RECEIVED Him, to THEM He GAVE the RIGHT to become children of God, to THOSE who BELIEVE in His NAME: who were BORN, NOT of blood, NOR of the will of the flesh, NOR of the will of man, BUT OF GOD" - John 1:12-13 You must be "BORN...OF GOD"
but if you were a Christian, you would consider yourself as a follower of Christ, and if you follow a church more than you follow Christ, wouldn't that be idolatry
Sorry don’t mean to be disrespectful but there’s some serious omissions and coping. One faith with no contradiction? Vatican 1 2, novous order, innovations on death penalty and now gay blessings? Also, Orthodoxy wasn’t around back then?
Yes it does. Because GOD through Baptism offers everyone a one time opportunity to be Born of Water & the Spirit to be saved before they die. You do not need to be an adult to be baptized. What if your Child dies before adult baptism? Infant/Baby Baptism is wonderful, because you give your child to GOD even before the world can mess them up. That sacrament seals them up and makes your prayers as a parent more effective. Look at it in the context of school......Why do we take our children to school early on when still very young.? simply because we know and believe in what is good for them before they can even comprehend good themselves.
Charnel ALLAN.....Very good concern, but if you remember after Adam & Eve sinned in the garden of Eden, all the seeds of man are born with an inherited original sin. Jesus Christ in instituting the Sacrament of Baptism intended for us to be reborn from above through Water & Spirit, have our original sin washed away in order for us to become renewed & adopted sons of the most high GOD (making us brothers & sisters of Jesus) but this does not mean man’s fallen nature is totally eliminated. Man is prone to sin over and over again in their lifetime, that’s why He instituted the Sacrament of penance/reconciliation to continue renewing or washing us from sins committed after baptism. Through this sacrament we obtain more graces from Christ to fight sin. Remember also that No child or Baby is innocent, it’s always just a matter of time as they grow before they start to sin. This is because, they are children from a sinful body.
Salvation, according to Scripture, is a process that begins with God gave us the gift of faith (Ephesus. 2:8) and He continues saving us through sanctification (2 Thes. 2:13). Salvation is not one time event and is not through faith alone. Once we are given the gift of faith then we undergo baptism for forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). Babies are baptized to cleanse them from Original Sin - faith and sanctification come later in their life.
The Catholic Church also has the sacrament of confirmation. This is when an adolescent or an adult stands up to renew the baptismal promises made in their name by their sponsors during infant baptism. It is performed by a Bishop when baptism is done by a priest. We sometimes do renew our baptism promises collectively at mass during Lent, Easter, at a baptism, a wedding or a confirmation. We are born again of water and the spirit once but contine to proclaim it throughout our life in the Catholic Church. God bless.
Why are Roman Catholics so well known for drunken wedding celebrations when drunkenness is specifically named as a great sin in Scripture? Ephesians 5:18
The only truth is this that there is absolutely no salvation outside the only Catholic and Apostolic Church under any circumstances whatever. All those outside cannot be saved. Sacraments outside the Catholic Church has no efficacy
Really out of the millions of people in the in the world of all time only Catholics can be saved Catholic Church doesn't teach that and I think that's a pretty narrow View and by the way I'm a cradle Catholic practicing
@@teddyyoung32 Only catholics can be saved? Jesus died for catholics only? Kinda narrows down the great commission doesn't it? And you need to pick up a catechism because thats exactly what it says.
If I were to join your religion, who would I follow? Pope Francis or the fundamental Catholics? Half of your religion is divided, because half want Pope Francis to resign. They don't accept him as their Pope. Give me a straight answer.
@@damascas3970 That is why I am asking? What one body of Christ? The Catholic apologists present the Catholic religion as the one and only, yet, hypocritically cover up the dissentions within. Why would I join a divided body?
U cannot believe in what u want if u believe the Bible was inspiration of God. It's not a pick and choose. If the Bible says jesus formed on church and gave peter the authority then i cant be saying, i believe in God but I personally don't like this.
You’d think for apologists y’all would know better that Luther didn’t start a new church but rather was kicked out and strongly opposed a church being named after him.
6:20 is a lie.. Biblical baptism tism was entirely different, not one occurrence of sprinkling, not even in the Thomas/eunuch incident where sprinkling would have been more convenient.
@@andreeattieh2963 Not my word,but the Bible's,the same Catholics use but don't follow,read book of Matthew 's. God cannot lead you to a place where they are idols...read the 2nd of the 10 commandments.
@@rakashe1 we Catholics worship God and only God we are not guilty of idolatry I've read the Bible many times and it makes me more Catholic the more I read it
Whenever i go to school (catholic) they force us to go to confession everyday along with church pray the Rosery at recess (seriously no break whatsoever) and no meat at all on fridays lent or not its like their rrying to hypnotize you into a belief by surrounding you in it i finally broke out of the curse a year ago and I'm happy that i did before i turned into a freak that worships someone that you have never seen heard or felt
This may come as a surprise to everyone, but NOT ONE TIME did the commentator mention in this video the power and working of the Holy Spirit. It is interesting how verse 8 of John chapter 3 gets little attention in the context of the topic of being born again. The waters of baptism can be seen with the human eyes, but not the Holy Spirit of God. In the born again passage in John chapter 3, Jesus made it a point to show that to be born again is to be born of the Holy Spirit (born from above). It is a spiritual birth from death to eternal life. The water that Jesus spoke of in verse 5 is not natural water, but the Living Water that comes from God which regenerates, revives, and refreshes the human spirit within an individual. It is an experience that only a truly repentant believer (from one's heart) in Christ Jesus can have. Those who go through the ceremony of water baptism, without their hearts being right before God, are only getting wet.
One needs to be born of water and spirit. If you are just baptized, that is not enough. You must be born again of the Spirit too. The question was, why should I be Catholic. The man was already a Christian who said he was baptized so there would be no need to go through all of John 3.
@@craigsherman4480 There really was a need to go through John 3, because the caller did not mention that he was born from above, and filled with the Holy Spirit, which indicates plainly to any Spirit-filled believer why he is still searching and thinking that he may need more than just water baptism and faith, like possibly planting himself into Roman Catholicism. The term, "born again," is becoming more and more cliche; especially, in certain churches that do not have a strong handle as to what Jesus truly meant by being born again. Some churches think that the moment a person is baptized in water, they have become born again. This is why I said that if the heart is not right before God (for whatever reason known to God), the one being baptized in water is only getting wet. Any truly born again/regenerated brother or sister, filled with the Holy Spirit, would not need to place a call like this. Why? "If any man be in CHRIST (not in a particular denomination), he is a NEW creation; old things pass away, behold ALL things become NEW"). Such as these have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to live the life that God desires for all who repent and receive (by faith) the salvation that God has provided through His Son. However, there is an outside possibility that the caller was simply testing the "waters" via the commentator. Only God knows.
Dan Nisivoccia How about as someone who has the Holy Spirit he is looking for the fullness of the Truth which is only found in the Church that Christ established. With regard to Baptism, it takes both water and Spirit to be saved. Just being saved in the Spirit does not get you there. Nor does just being baptized, you need both. That is why you need to be born again of water (baptism) and Spirit (believing in and trusting in Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the light.)
@@craigsherman4480 I have been saying the same thing all along about baptism; but in the context of putting the horse first, then the cart. Baptism in natural water seals the deal, IF a person's heart was made right in God's eyes at the time of (or prior to) water baptism. If not, ceremonial water baptism alone will not do much except to get someone wet. There are times when a person has been given the gift of the Holy Spirit (born again), after that person repented of their sins and surrendered his or her life to Christ-----prior to actual water baptism. The first church that Jesus established was in Jerusalem (not Rome) during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit known as Pentecost. ALL other churches were established afterwards.
Dan Nisivoccia The Church that Christ established is not called the Roman Catholic Church. It is called the Catholic Church, or Universal Christian Church. It was founded in Jerusalem by Christ, who then gave his authority to Peter and the Apostles. Peter moved around, from Jerusalem, to Antioch, and finally to Rome, where he and Paul were martyred, Peter handed over the keys to the kingdom before being martyred to Linus, and so on. The Roman Rite, or Latin Rite, is just one part of the Church Catholic.
Historical is biblical and biblical is historical. They are interconnected as Bible is full of history. And that's the truth. If some Popes have done any wrong they will pay for it when judged by Him. Let us not judge them and break the body of Christ and the only true church built by Jesus on Peter the Rock, and create 33 thousand at present and may be a few million denominations in the future , the fragmentation will never end. But the Church of God will refine and rejuvenate with the power of the holy Spirit and last forever as the truth will prevail. God bless you.
I see what you're saying, many people are always relying on religion instead of being led by the Holy spirit thats a big problem nowadays because religion make it seem as if theyre multiple of God yet think they worship the same, breaks my heart that people are always on debate with religion just because it causes trouble with our journey similar to my expirience i just began to question why need religion we omly need to be led by the spirit and i may be wrong with this as I said bedore im still new like 2 months or so and im only putting my faith into Jesus and if it aligns in his word and not any belief from a man then I'm trusting God and not religion, many people are being deceived and they're deceiving many so only trust that God is guiding you yes we do need assistance of others but always keep in mind that the devil is always working and put on the armor of God so our crowns would not be take God bless you ❤
@@aestheticsoul4075 Please also remember that, religion means relationship with GOD. if you Hate the one true religion of GOD, then just know you actually hate being in relationship with GOD. Its not about what we want but what GOD wants.
@@johnaustin594 dont get the wrong idea, I really dont mind i just dont like the fact that it causes division and religion is there because we also would need our brother and sisters but whats so good about it if people are always in a debate and not really focusing with building each other up i get what you're saying and it is important but is also hard to find the right kind of people if you know what I mean
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Nicely done as always Tim!
Aaa my favorite youtuber here! ♥️ so cool
The legend himself.
Got any vids coming soon??? 🥴
Tim is certainly one of those faithful Catholic converts who has brought me back to my Catholic faith. Thank you so much, Sir Tim, & I thank our Lord for such wonderful Catholics like you who inspire & clearly & convincingly show the fullness of the truth in our Catholic faith. May you, your family & Catholic Answers be blessed always.
I was born and raised Catholic but never really care about it and became evangelical 4 years ago . I have never felt so much confusion , incoherence , hypocrisy and division inside the same movement until exhaustion and realizing that something was wrong and off . Your explanations and teachings are amazing ! I realized how blind I was and how judgemental I became because of the evangelist ‘s brainwashing ! Now taking it one day at a time to instruct myself and know the truth . Thank you
disrespectful. Despicable comment.
I also became a Catholic to.get closer to Jesus.
English....good job!!!
The devil has you and 2 billion others fooled....you will never get close to jesus christ in Catholicism
Chesterton joined "to get rid of my sins".
Why not LISTEN to this presentation, cowboy. It is straight-forward, clear and irrefutable. How many chances to accept truth do you imagine God will give you?
@@fidelity52 because Catholicism is Satan's impersonation of the church....
The church is the bedding ground for the bridegrooms seed.....
The bedding ground for the seed of God is in the individuals heart not some organized concrete csthedrals
I love Catholic Answers and the clear answers you provide. You have sown the seed of the use of media in me and I just launched my podcast few days ago. Thank you for all you do
This false religion kept me in bondage for 28 years. I was not led to Jesus, I was not led to the bible, and I was not filled with the Holy Spirit. I was taught to do vain traditions and outright idolatry. Thank God I am free from this dead church. I am born again and filled with the Holy Ghost. I know my redeemer now. His name is Jesus and He deserves the praise. Not mary, not saints, not the pope, not the priest. O thankyou Jesus for the work you have done in my life. I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED ON!
Brother DJ did you even go to Mass?? The Bible is read in the Mass and yet you say you weren’t lead to the Bible
@@brotherdj777 I am sorry you think these of the Catholic Church after 28years. There must have been a problem somewhere. I believe you would agree with me that the Catholic Church has never taught salvation through Mary and The Saints but through Jesus. But maybe you missed that.
I want to encourage you to think deeper and examine what you hold true. Go back in history and you might be surprised what you will find the early Church immediately after Christ. You might be surprised they share more in common with the Catholic Church you know today than with your new found community. God bless you DJ
@@isuffice go and interview people at your church and you will find out most don't read the Bible.
@@richard4oyeleke I'll pray for you. God wants a relationship with you not religion.
Thank you! This is why I and my future children will forever be catholic
I’m blessed to be a Catholic!
Pride is sin, didn't your priest tell you?!
@@rakashe1 nothing wrong with being proud or blessed to be catholic
Wow! This was good! I'm fired up
I love learning more about my faith through catholic answers
Question everything. Including catholic answers.
@@bobloblawb2593 Catholic answers is right about the Catholic church being the one true church
@@andreeattieh2963 Catholic meaning that there is only Jesus Christ who is our redeemer and only through Him can we get to the the father and heaven , YES I agree . Catholic meaning a church affiliated with a group called the magisterium that rules the body of Catholic believers , NO
@@bobloblawb2593 so far you have proven you don't even know the basics of what the Catholic church teaches
There are no false teachings in the Catholic church and history shows that the Catholic church is indeed the church Christ founded
@@andreeattieh2963 Did Jesus found the catholic church meaning universal and only way to God, or did He found the catholic church that claims authority? Did Jesus found the roman Catholic church that started around 300 AD as well?
There are no false teachings in the Catholic church
How do you know there are not any false teachings in the roman Catholic church ,when you as a common believer can not read the scriptures on your own and have any sort of private interpretation of those scriptures? There is not one verse in scripture that tells you to believe the church over scripture. There are a couple false doctrines presented by the roman Catholic church as being truth and you accept the churches position because if you don't then the very church that is supposed to help you, will curse you!
Salvation is a gift .
Salvation has nothing to do with any works.
Salvation is not given and then taken away for any reason.
Salvation being a gift means that there is no stain of un-repented sin upon you when you die.
There is no scripture anywhere in 73 books that claims that you can die in less than a perfect state of grace.
This is not what the roman Catholic church teaches.
Prove me wrong.
Wow Bravo Bravissimo Tim Staples as usual! Perfectly explained the Truth of the Catholic Church & Her Doctrines w/ his personal faith experience. More power & God bless!
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Thank you Tim. Finally a Catholic Apologist who did not sugarcoate anything but preached Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus.
Thanks for making these great clips!
Thank you for puting english subtitles! Please do it as manny as you can, also with some great older videos, then its easier for us (foreign) to translate, thanks!
Amen! Short and clearly put.
There’s no getting away from the historical facts!!
Alida....yes!!!
What facts?
History wasn't written accurately
Check out The Faith of the Early Fathers by James Gibbons
How do you know history wasnt written correctly?
Tim has become such a great orator recently
As always, great explanation!
I’m thinking of “ taking the plunge” back into the Catholic Church again. I’ve been absent since 2002, ( had a faith crisis and started exploring all kinds of spiritual perspectives and even joined the Latter-day Saint church. Ugh ! I feel like I’m going back in reverse to the time when I realized I was done with this whole charge back 1996 and converted to the Catholic faith. So many denominations out there! I’ve been recently attending several non denominational churches, realizing each pastor could be teaching whatever sounds good to increase membership numbers. Where is the truth? They can’t all be right!
Hi Kelly. The main reason why I am Catholic, is the Eucharist. In the book of Ephesians, Christ is depicted as the bridegroom and His Church as His bride. Jesus said, that a man must leave his father and mother and join with his wife and the two shall become one flesh. At Mass , Jesus leaves His Father and Mother ( Mary ) and joins with His bride, His Church, and at Holy Communion I get to join with Him. He and I become one flesh, His DNA mingles with mine, His blood mingles with mine. Such an awesome, powerful and wonderous gift . He desires physical Communion with you. Be assured of my prayers. God bless.
As always great explanation. 👍👍👍
Dear Timothy Staples- please say a prayer for me to have great faith like you. I have been so impacted by your life- I am a young man who wants to lead a good life and be able to have and provide for them like you have and be able to look back on my life knowing I have done well to serve and love people and lead to them to God. Although I am technically a cradle Catholic, I come from an incredibly broken background and feel like my expectations for my life are so unrealistic and I constantly get frustrated and sad - I want to be everything- I want to be preacher/ an academic / a singer / a writer but I know that I probably don't have the gifting for these things - I often see people like you who are my heros and I often get discouraged how weak I am - I am discovering how bad I am at relationships and that I am a pretty selfish person. I'm still trying to find my place in world and at 25 years old I'm still struggling to know where I should be. Thank you for all the work that you do. Please say a prayer for me - I feel very lost and lonely in this pandemic, and I don't normally write things like this - am pretty embarrassed to say all these things, but I'd rather embarass myself saying something in the hope that I would have a great person like you praying for me. Please pray that I have a great devotion to our Blessed Mother- and that I would give myself completely to the will of God with holy indifference. Blessings to you. I pray you impact many more souls like mine- if God can you use to win a hard heart like mine, I wonder in amazement how many more you will continue to impact while you are still here on earth and beyond. God Bless
One thing you should know, all are broken.
Even Jesus is descended from broken people … rapists, adulterers, prostitutes, thief’s, murderers ….
If Christ can come from such a family, why would we expect to be any better.
It’s not what you are embroiled in that matters, it’s how you get through it. And what Christ taught us, it’s with love, forgiveness, repenting and praying.
Wow great
Speach tanks a lot,
From a Credo Catholic
Cradle Catholic?
Thanks Tim for the great explanation👍I’m blessed and happy to be a Catholic. Amen🙏❤️🙏
A very clear answer from a convert, thanks
I always knew our Church is the true Church. We are Catholics.
Thank you Tim! Thank you!
Amazing. Wonderful. Explanation.
God bless.
Proud to be catholic
The ONLY way one can fully understand and appreciate all the teachings of the church is only if you immerse yourself to it. Listening to the likes of this Godsent minister. Listening to priests, apologists, catechists and studying church history. Thank you brother Tim. Godbless you and always praying for all of you there at Catholic Answers and EWTN. So refreshing to be in good company. Hope we all see each other in heaven someday.
Yes Graciano!!! God bless his one and only church!
Because it's good to be
Being Catholic and being with God The Father,Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit is everything and life for me! What a great army we have always to protect us and guide us,mother Mary,all the Angeles and saints and the Holy men and women of God! Wonderful! Praise the Lord! Glory to God in the highest and peace to all the people on earth! Best wishes from Colombo Sri Lanka!☝😀😇🌹🌹🌹
interesting how you start off correctly in your first sentence and then your next sentence is totally unscriptural
" What a great army we have always to protect us and guide us,mother Mary,all the Angeles and saints and the Holy men and women of God! Wonderful! "
The focus of the new testament is on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. You just can not find the role of Mary , saints ,angels, or holy men to be of any protection of us at all! Eph 6: tells you about the armor of God and what you do not find is the protection that you alluded to?
@@bobloblawb2593 stop attacking the Catholic church
@@andreeattieh2963 No one is attacking the Catholic church . The Roman Catholic church which is NOT the church that Jesus called " MY CHURCH" has brought in false doctrines ,not allowing the common believer to question any of those doctrines . No one is attacking Christ who is the church ,and no one is telling you to leave Christ . We are simply pointing out false doctrines that you have accepted as truth all because you do not do what the scriptures tell you to do by example Acts 17:11
So the OP makes this statement and I would like you to show in scripture where any of it is?
What a great army we have always to protect us and guide us, mother Mary, all the Angeles and saints and the Holy men and women of God!
Now where do you find it in scripture / God's word?
@@bobloblawb2593 yes you are. Why troll here
@@lois2997 I am asking you and all other commenters here to answer the question , and you point to me as a troll?
So the OP makes this statement and I would like you to show in scripture where any of it is?
What a great army we have always to protect us and guide us, mother Mary, all the Angeles and saints and the Holy men and women of God!
Now where do you find it in scripture / God's word?
Can you find it in scripture Lois?
simply and good explanation
I miss you ❤ i love you. Thank you for everything you taught me
I LOVE being Catholic 😍
Iranian catholic here :)
And that date is very accurate!!!
Concisely explained ! Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas passed away without even hearing about those 95 Lutheran Theses. They died as men faithful to the Holy See before Luther was even a twinkle in his father's eye.👍
And they would be protestant if they were still around.
@@Frank-og4nn says you, good luck with that
Great answer
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This really helped me. Thank you 😊
Short and sweet, I am more convinced of our Catholic Church as mother of faith
Brilliant answer
most people love to blame others but forgot about themselves
Amen Tim
It’s 2024 and still protesting? Be original, be Catholic🥂
If anyone is reading this just so you know whether you are a catholic or a Protestant, the Roman Catholic Church was developed by Christ & his apostles in Roman occupied Jewish Palestine around 30CE!’
Ty Jesus for giving us your church
please pray for me to conversion from habitual mortal sin confusion without God’s grace for many months so almost all the time
What made me become a Catholic is the early church father beliefs, it was a shell shocker to figure out that all of the church fathers believed in the papacy. And another thing is all of the disagreements in the Protestant, and orthodox branch. Tho Catholics disagree on smaller topics but Catholics agree on all of the big topic, while in Protestantism they disagree on everything, and in orthodoxy they disagree on a lot of things too, like how many books in the Bible. While all Catholics believe in the same things when it comes to big topics
One has to be a Catholic to be saved and to have eternal life, through baptism and good deeds.
Romans 2:6, 7-- For he will pay according to each one's deeds, to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life.
Thank you Tim & co. @ Catholic Answers for your good work and your true answers with supporting evidence.
I was Roman Catholic for 20 years, then experienced a conversion upon hearing the gospel from a friend, then left the RCC shortly after. Best decision I have ever made. I would not be as far along in my understanding of the scriptures if I had stayed. Hebrews 11:6. God bless.
"Poorly formed Catholics become Protestants. And well-formed Protestants become Catholics." -Dr. David Anders
One area of opportunity within the Catholic Church is better catechizing members so they don’t end up feeling the way you do. Guys like Tim (or Fr Mike) help, but it really needs to be a parish-level focus.
@@MrCusefan44 Just like "well informed" people become atheists. Those who practice good sound hermeneutics escape both atheism and Roman Catholicism.
Amen.
Well...good answer.
I'm very proud to be a Catholic
I am a recent convert who faced a Crises of Truth in 2020. Here’s the way I answer this question.
The Roman Catholic Church is the One True Church Established by Jesus to Defend the One True Truth of God
Jesus loves you!
AMEN!!!
AMEN 🙏
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Amen brother
I have a question for you devout catholic believers. I've noticed throughout my own life coming from a nominal catholic family that there are many nominal Catholics. So how do you devout Catholics keep from being extremely bothered my the presence of nominal Catholics in your parishes?
We are not bothered by nominal Catholics. We pray for them.
Jesus started one church and said it would last forever
The Roman Catholic Church
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Im a young man, idk what I am, ik im a Christian, but I'm not sure what I should be, my dad used to be catholic, he left the catholic church and would teach me that catholicism is heresy and not even Christianity, so I never considered it, I grew up protestant, and also I looked at eastern orthodoxy, i found out that it wasn't it. But now that I'm a bit older, I'm considering catholicism.
Being Catholic is very good for annoying close relatives. It also has mileage as a means of avoiding unpleasant tasks at work and you can wangle extra time off.
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Acts 2:37-38 (KJV) Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what SHALL* we do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for** the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
1 Peter 3:21 (KJV) The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)*** by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
*not what MUST we do.
**The word "for" meaning "BECAUSE OF" the remission of sins.
*** baptism does not forgive sins, but it is an answer TO your sins having been forgiven through belief and faith.
Read about the seven churches Jesus Christ addresses in the book of Revelation.
You need to eat the bread like Jesus said
Because St. Ignatius of Antioch said so way back in AD107!
I was born catholic left the Church I think I studied everything from Jehovah witness to Mormon I’m back at the Real church the Catholic Church
I didn't agree with much in there but the last sentence was compelling: There's no human explanation even for the existence of the Catholic Church. Likewise for the Bible as a whole, there's no indication that any group or institution or government back then would even think to come up with something so complexly but consistently self-referential.
You are Peter and on this rock, I will build my church..... Sorta simple.
There are thousands of soundbites taken from the Bible by millions of people which or sorta simple, and the sorta simple interpretation is wrong. Even that soundbite is not simple, as it uses a metaphor which has to be interpreted in the context of other scriptures as well as Jewish Tradition.
Google “papacy” in Brittanica to find a list of Popes right back to Peter.
Thousand of soundbites and opinions...yes! Thats why we need a definitive church! The one that Jesus started! Catholic!!! 2000 years!!!!
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Just in case a Protestant reads this message or anyone else: Did you all know that the Roman Catholic Church was developed in Roman occupied Jewish-Palestine around 30CE?!
I'm a catholic who doesn't know much about protestants, can someone help me with what denomination does born again belong to? and what is it exactly
@Jord that's not what my comment was about so idk what you are replying to, but no we as Catholics don't believe Mary was a sinner but still we do NOT pray to Mary we ask her to pray for us to Christ, There's a big difference between the two.
please explain how is that idolatry, we are asking her to pray for us just as you ask your friends and family to pray for you, is that also idolatry?
Why not the orthodox church? What's the difference?
In Matthew 16 Jesus gave the keys to the kingdom of God to Peter and, in a special way, gave the power to bind and loose to Peter alone (he later gave the same authority to the college of apostles collectively). The Orthodox were united with the Catholics for the first several centuries. Today the Orthodox acknowledge that Peter (and his successors) was given a special position among the apostles but they say that his special role is more symbolic and doesn’t come with any juridical authority. This contradicts with what the early Christians in the eastern (Orthodox) parts of Christendom said and wrote about the authority of Peter.
I am thinking about authoring a book titled, "Why Be Catholic?" It will be 100 pages long, and when you turn each page, it will be blank. However, there will be a conclusion that will look something like this:
CONCLUSION: "Yet the GRACE of Baptism DELIVERS NO ONE."(Catechism of the Catholic Church 978)
Who DELIVERS then? The Catholic Church??? No, it's not the useless SACRAMENTS Rome peddles to ignorant people. Remember, water Baptism "delivers no one" from sin. They offer a CHEAP GRACE that can never save you.
Only by "the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth," (v.10) the living God, can one be saved:
"NOR is there salvation in ANY other, for there is NO other name UNDER heaven GIVEN AMONG MEN by which we must be saved.”(Acts 4:12)
"But as many as RECEIVED Him, to THEM He GAVE the RIGHT to become children of God, to THOSE who BELIEVE in His NAME: who were BORN, NOT of blood, NOR of the will of the flesh, NOR of the will of man, BUT OF GOD" - John 1:12-13
You must be "BORN...OF GOD"
1 Tim 3:15
You said that protestants never existed before the reformation that's false what about the Waldensians?
Catholic is the only true and faithful church!
Then why not Eastern Orthodox? They were one with the Catholic Church until the cisma, when they reciprocally excomunicated.
Water rituals cannot induce the grace of God. One must be born from ABOVE.
but if you were a Christian, you would consider yourself as a follower of Christ, and if you follow a church more than you follow Christ, wouldn't that be idolatry
Sorry don’t mean to be disrespectful but there’s some serious omissions and coping. One faith with no contradiction? Vatican 1 2, novous order, innovations on death penalty and now gay blessings? Also, Orthodoxy wasn’t around back then?
Jesus started the vatican mmmm every facet today of today evolved through revolution every aspect
The Vatican is a building that was built on Vatican hill hence the name! The church began with the faithful!
What about the 40 anti popes?
This is crazy
Does being baptize as an infant mean u r born again
Yes it does. Because GOD through Baptism offers everyone a one time opportunity to be Born of Water & the Spirit to be saved before they die. You do not need to be an adult to be baptized. What if your Child dies before adult baptism?
Infant/Baby Baptism is wonderful, because you give your child to GOD even before the world can mess them up. That sacrament seals them up and makes your prayers as a parent more effective.
Look at it in the context of school......Why do we take our children to school early on when still very young.? simply because we know and believe in what is good for them before they can even comprehend good themselves.
@@johnaustin594 correct me if im wrong baptism is done for the remission of one's sins so how does an infant who has not yet sinned be born again?
Charnel ALLAN.....Very good concern, but if you remember after Adam & Eve sinned in the garden of Eden, all the seeds of man are born with an inherited original sin. Jesus Christ in instituting the Sacrament of Baptism intended for us to be reborn from above through Water & Spirit, have our original sin washed away in order for us to become renewed & adopted sons of the most high GOD (making us brothers & sisters of Jesus) but this does not mean man’s fallen nature is totally eliminated. Man is prone to sin over and over again in their lifetime, that’s why He instituted the Sacrament of penance/reconciliation to continue renewing or washing us from sins committed after baptism. Through this sacrament we obtain more graces from Christ to fight sin.
Remember also that No child or Baby is innocent, it’s always just a matter of time as they grow before they start to sin. This is because, they are children from a sinful body.
No it just means the baby got their head wet. Literally
@@johnaustin594 this is a very good explanation! Amen! 🙏
Does infant baptism means one is saved
Infant baptism was performed by the early church
Salvation, according to Scripture, is a process that begins with God gave us the gift of faith (Ephesus. 2:8) and He continues saving us through sanctification (2 Thes. 2:13). Salvation is not one time event and is not through faith alone. Once we are given the gift of faith then we undergo baptism for forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). Babies are baptized to cleanse them from Original Sin - faith and sanctification come later in their life.
The Catholic Church also has the sacrament of confirmation. This is when an adolescent or an adult stands up to renew the baptismal promises made in their name by their sponsors during infant baptism. It is performed by a Bishop when baptism is done by a priest.
We sometimes do renew our baptism promises collectively at mass during Lent, Easter, at a baptism, a wedding or a confirmation.
We are born again of water and the spirit once but contine to proclaim it throughout our life in the Catholic Church.
God bless.
It’s funny when others said, history wasn’t written accurately, yet Bible is part of the history, you mean to say the bible isn’t accurate after all?
Why are Roman Catholics so well known for drunken wedding celebrations when drunkenness is specifically named as a great sin in Scripture? Ephesians 5:18
there's lots of stereotypes about catholics that aren't true
@@emilyharrison631 This one is true
@@pappap1702 it's not true
@@andreeattieh2963 Yes it is true.
@@pappap1702 says you without proof
The only truth is this that there is absolutely no salvation outside the only Catholic and Apostolic Church under any circumstances whatever. All those outside cannot be saved. Sacraments outside the Catholic Church has no efficacy
If thats true why does your ccc 1260 say exactly the opposite? Unless youre a sedavacantist?
Really out of the millions of people in the in the world of all time only Catholics can be saved Catholic Church doesn't teach that and I think that's a pretty narrow View and by the way I'm a cradle Catholic practicing
@@teddyyoung32 Only catholics can be saved? Jesus died for catholics only? Kinda narrows down the great commission doesn't it? And you need to pick up a catechism because thats exactly what it says.
If I were to join your religion, who would I follow? Pope Francis or the fundamental Catholics? Half of your religion is divided, because half want Pope Francis to resign. They don't accept him as their Pope. Give me a straight answer.
Look up Bishop Barrons latest videos on this. He explains it without the BS.
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Why don't you explain it?
Don't join because of the Popes. Join to be a participant in the one body of Christ. Amen.
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That is why I am asking? What one body of Christ? The Catholic apologists present the Catholic religion as the one and only, yet, hypocritically cover up the dissentions within. Why would I join a divided body?
@@r.e.jr.1152 Dissension doesn't mean division and new denominations.
U cannot believe in what u want if u believe the Bible was inspiration of God. It's not a pick and choose. If the Bible says jesus formed on church and gave peter the authority then i cant be saying, i believe in God but I personally don't like this.
You’d think for apologists y’all would know better that Luther didn’t start a new church but rather was kicked out and strongly opposed a church being named after him.
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But what about older religions that precede the catholic church, such as Hinduism, buddhism, or some other ancient faith?
6:20 is a lie.. Biblical baptism tism was entirely different, not one occurrence of sprinkling, not even in the Thomas/eunuch incident where sprinkling would have been more convenient.
I'm Catholic period
@@andreeattieh2963 ..still a lie, period.
@@rakashe1 your word against the word of the Catholic church
I'm Catholic because God lead me to the Catholic church
@@andreeattieh2963 Not my word,but the Bible's,the same Catholics use but don't follow,read book of Matthew 's. God cannot lead you to a place where they are idols...read the 2nd of the 10 commandments.
@@rakashe1 we Catholics worship God and only God we are not guilty of idolatry
I've read the Bible many times and it makes me more Catholic the more I read it
Whenever i go to school (catholic) they force us to go to confession everyday along with church pray the Rosery at recess (seriously no break whatsoever) and no meat at all on fridays lent or not its like their rrying to hypnotize you into a belief by surrounding you in it i finally broke out of the curse a year ago and I'm happy that i did before i turned into a freak that worships someone that you have never seen heard or felt
This may come as a surprise to everyone, but NOT ONE TIME did the commentator mention in this video the power and working of the Holy Spirit.
It is interesting how verse 8 of John chapter 3 gets little attention in the context of the topic of being born again. The waters of baptism can be seen with the human eyes, but not the Holy Spirit of God.
In the born again passage in John chapter 3, Jesus made it a point to show that to be born again is to be born of the Holy Spirit (born from above). It is a spiritual birth from death to eternal life. The water that Jesus spoke of in verse 5 is not natural water, but the Living Water that comes from God which regenerates, revives, and refreshes the human spirit within an individual. It is an experience that only a truly repentant believer (from one's heart) in Christ Jesus can have.
Those who go through the ceremony of water baptism, without their hearts being right before God, are only getting wet.
One needs to be born of water and spirit. If you are just baptized, that is not enough. You must be born again of the Spirit too.
The question was, why should I be Catholic. The man was already a Christian who said he was baptized so there would be no need to go through all of John 3.
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There really was a need to go through John 3, because the caller did not mention that he was born from above, and filled with the Holy Spirit, which indicates plainly to any Spirit-filled believer why he is still searching and thinking that he may need more than just water baptism and faith, like possibly planting himself into Roman Catholicism.
The term, "born again," is becoming more and more cliche; especially, in certain churches that do not have a strong handle as to what Jesus truly meant by being born again. Some churches think that the moment a person is baptized in water, they have become born again. This is why I said that if the heart is not right before God (for whatever reason known to God), the one being baptized in water is only getting wet.
Any truly born again/regenerated brother or sister, filled with the Holy Spirit, would not need to place a call like this. Why? "If any man be in CHRIST (not in a particular denomination), he is a NEW creation; old things pass away, behold ALL things become NEW"). Such as these have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to live the life that God desires for all who repent and receive (by faith) the salvation that God has provided through His Son.
However, there is an outside possibility that the caller was simply testing the "waters" via the commentator. Only God knows.
Dan Nisivoccia How about as someone who has the Holy Spirit he is looking for the fullness of the Truth which is only found in the Church that Christ established.
With regard to Baptism, it takes both water and Spirit to be saved. Just being saved in the Spirit does not get you there. Nor does just being baptized, you need both. That is why you need to be born again of water (baptism) and Spirit (believing in and trusting in Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the light.)
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I have been saying the same thing all along about baptism; but in the context of putting the horse first, then the cart.
Baptism in natural water seals the deal, IF a person's heart was made right in God's eyes at the time of (or prior to) water baptism. If not, ceremonial water baptism alone will not do much except to get someone wet.
There are times when a person has been given the gift of the Holy Spirit (born again), after that person repented of their sins and surrendered his or her life to Christ-----prior to actual water baptism.
The first church that Jesus established was in Jerusalem (not Rome) during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit known as Pentecost. ALL other churches were established afterwards.
Dan Nisivoccia The Church that Christ established is not called the Roman Catholic Church. It is called the Catholic Church, or Universal Christian Church. It was founded in Jerusalem by Christ, who then gave his authority to Peter and the Apostles. Peter moved around, from Jerusalem, to Antioch, and finally to Rome, where he and Paul were martyred, Peter handed over the keys to the kingdom before being martyred to Linus, and so on. The Roman Rite, or Latin Rite, is just one part of the Church Catholic.
Historical fact not biblical
Historical is biblical and biblical is historical. They are interconnected as Bible is full of history.
And that's the truth.
If some Popes have done any wrong they will pay for it when judged by Him. Let us not judge them and break the body of Christ and the only true church built by Jesus on Peter the Rock, and create 33 thousand at present and may be a few million denominations in the future , the fragmentation will never end. But the Church of God will refine and rejuvenate with the power of the holy Spirit and last forever as the truth will prevail. God bless you.
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Because the pagan Constantine wanted you to be!
Where is the holy spirit in ur conversion i hear u speak of not u only speak of religion the church is the body of christ
I see what you're saying, many people are always relying on religion instead of being led by the Holy spirit thats a big problem nowadays because religion make it seem as if theyre multiple of God yet think they worship the same, breaks my heart that people are always on debate with religion just because it causes trouble with our journey similar to my expirience i just began to question why need religion we omly need to be led by the spirit and i may be wrong with this as I said bedore im still new like 2 months or so and im only putting my faith into Jesus and if it aligns in his word and not any belief from a man then I'm trusting God and not religion, many people are being deceived and they're deceiving many so only trust that God is guiding you yes we do need assistance of others but always keep in mind that the devil is always working and put on the armor of God so our crowns would not be take God bless you ❤
@@aestheticsoul4075 Please also remember that, religion means relationship with GOD. if you Hate the one true religion of GOD, then just know you actually hate being in relationship with GOD.
Its not about what we want but what GOD wants.
@@johnaustin594 dont get the wrong idea, I really dont mind i just dont like the fact that it causes division and religion is there because we also would need our brother and sisters but whats so good about it if people are always in a debate and not really focusing with building each other up i get what you're saying and it is important but is also hard to find the right kind of people if you know what I mean
Prove to me the Holy Spirit was NOT in Tims conversion!!!
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Ur argument is shallow even ur not convinced
Tims argument was strong and devastating!!!
You are not convincing at all!