Where Does the Bible Say "Pray to Mary?"
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- This question is often leveled at Catholics and Orthodox Christians by those who feel that the practice of asking the saints for intercessory prayer is not biblical. In this video, former protestant pastor and Catholic convert Keith Nester explores this topic and makes the case that this practice is indeed biblical.
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“As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:27-28
He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:27-28
Mary as the first Person To say Yes to Gods plan for redemption
Mary Was the First person to say thy will Be done
Mary thru who the WORD was made Flesh😁😁
@@bibleman8010 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” Matthew 20:16
@@bibleman8010 but Mary was not immaculate, not a perpetual virgin, not assumed, not a queen of heaven, and not the mother of God.
True. Mary was a fellow sister in Christ, nothing more, nothing less. She would be horrified knowing the unreal status of an idol that has been foisted upon her.
Mary heard the word of God and obeyed, didn't she?
Thank you Keith. Keeping you and your family in my prayers.
During the apparitions in Akita (Japan- 1973-1981), recognized by the Church, our Mother Mary told Sister Agnes that the only weapons that will remain for us will be the Rosary and the Sign left by her son (the Holy Cross). She asked us to pray for the pope, bishops and priests. Please continue to pray and do not allow yourself to be stripped of your only weapons against evil.
Ever heard of the fruits of the Spirit or his gifts?
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So you have never heard to put on the full armour of God? that doesn’t include beads or hand signs. Ephesians 6:11-13 Also, regular folks and paranormal investigators see “apparitions” all the time. It doesn’t mean we listen to what they have to say over scripture.
@@Ginger_H
Ginger,
Jesus founded the Catholic Church. Ask your phone...
Moreover, you believe the Bible is The Word of God because the Catholic Church, through Pope Damasus, created it and designated it: "Divine Scripture" or "Word of God" in 382AD at Rome.
That's a fact!
@@Ginger_H She intercedes for us period just trust me...
It's funny hearing this guy speak about aggression when he appears to be very aggressive from the start. Also, just because someone is asking a question, doesn't mean they are hating on Catholics. People throw that word hate around too easily. Strong disagreement does not equal hate. I would also add, that your premise of a person is either asking a question to learn or to spew hate excludes the other option that a person may be asking a question to get you to think and to learn. That is, unless you are not willing to question your own beliefs to arrive at the truth.
Lastly, I would like to know to what degree you rely on the Bible vs tradition? And if there is ever a conflict between tradition and the Bible, which one has the final authority?
This is so graciously explained Keith. God bless you and have a happy new year 2023.
Thank you so much
1 John 2:1: “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
You typed this comment not in a misinterpreted way, right? I hope not.
So mother Mary can pray with you to Jesus to advocate for you!!
@@LookForTheDay Man does not need an advocate between himself and Jesus, study Hebrews.
@@Verowatches Is the church in heaven the same church you say you’re a part of? If so, the Bible says God is the God of the living not the dead! If we are the same church as the one in heaven then why can’t we ask them to intercede for us? You ask people to pray for you, correct? Have you ever thought of someone whom you think is more godly than another and go to them to pray for you? It’s the same thing! We are in the same church as in heaven and on earth if Jesus only created one church where is that church? Revelation tell us the elders in heaven offer our (us) the saints prayers in bowls of insense!! You have a lot of research to do brother/sister. Let’s talk
@@LookForTheDayBelieve and put your Faith in Jesus Christ’s Death Burial and Resurrection for your Sins and you will be Saved
🌟 From the depths of homelessness and addiction to the embrace of Jesus, my life transformed into a testimony of His love. Now, I have a home, a loving wife, and a beautiful daughter. I stand as a living testament to the power of redemption. Hallelujah for the new identity I've found in being a child of God! 🙏🏡❤
God Bless you Brother
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You just got a mix up absurd.
We have scripture and tradition.
The Gospel is what we know jesus taught.
Traditions are what communities look around and fabricate what they think is helpful to practice their faith.
All these
Beautify saints
Pray for the dead
Pray through saints and blessed Mary
Celibacy
Xmas
Easter
Sunday worship
Pope is head of church
Pope infallible
Statutes of blessed Mary
Many others
TRADITIONS OF MEN.
WE MAY DIFFER ON THAT BUT
WVO MESSIAH IS
HIS MISSION
HIS FUTURE WORK
is clear and we move forward.
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LOL 😆
OKAY, hurry up or you’ll be late for your “tradition” of Wednesday church service/Bible study.
May God continue to bless you abundantly ❤️🙏
Jesus says as it states in the bible, "no one comes to God except through me.:
@@jenniferbrummitt1279 Then you know all WESTERN RELIGIONS TODAY CAME FROM CATHOLIC..EXCEPT MORMONS
Why do protestants talk about Jesus all the time. Let's focus on his mother, thecqueen of heaven. Talking about Jesus all the time robs her of her much needed hyper dulia.
think about it...what if Mama Mary never permit God's will...
God choose Her to become His earthly Mother..
@@jenmoragas7792 I don't think that God who created the heavens and the earth, who has created a life plan for everyone of us, God whose wisdom is unfathomable and immeasurable, would have His plans stopped by a mere human saying “no”.
After Abel died, God gave Eve Seth. His plans will always come to fruition and whatever has been written will be completed.
Exactly
For all of the Protestants, do you even know that your boy Luther had a profound devotion to Our Lady?
Shhh. Don't tell them :)
As a Protestant I had no idea about Luther. I was just constantly told that we shouldn’t pray to Mary like the Catholics. My point is that they may not even recognize the history of their denomination and what beliefs the early church held….after much research and prayers, I was received into the church this past Easter.
@@MelaniesManicures congratulations!
and he also believed in Christ being present in the Holy Eucharist
@@56Tyskie I think people would be pretty surprised with some of the things the Reformers believed.
We ask Mary for intercession, not for the miracle. Jesus’s first miracle came through because his mother asked him to perform it. He’ll do anything his mother asks him.
Mary cannot be an intercession for anyone. No miracle nothing. We serve and pray to only the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
@@GodisGod100-biyou don't but we do. Why do slam us for acknowledging Mary when we don't slam you for not acknowledging her? And you're proud to call yourselves Christians? Funny.
What did Jesus say when Mary asked him to make wine?
When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you
@@SantoshRaj-pc3op And then he did it. He was asked by Mary to do something. He said I'm not yet ready and then he did it. It wasn't him being obstinant but rather him telling her that he is not ready to do his miracles. However Mary knew he could do something about this. She put her trust in him even though he was saying it's not my time. Then he still did it because his mother asked.
Which bible verse says mary should be an.intercessor?
"...pray to your Father, who is UNSEEN."
- Matthew 6:6
Yes and prayer is worship, and necromancy is a sin. This guy doesn't have answers I hope people read their Bible king James preferably, because many people do not know the word.
Thank u .....
@@YayHahvsj are you saying that all Catholics are evil and going to hell?? The Bible says he1 John 5:12 KJV
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. For 1600 years Catholicism was mainstream Christianity and God has used the church in numerous ways throughout the years including Stopping Roe Vs Wade. I didn't see ANY BODY else fighting for the unborn. The Bible says you know a tree by the fruit it bears Matthew 7:16 -20. Lol
@@YayHahvsj. Waaagh! 🍼
@@TheHolySpirit777 Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ESV
There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer [11] or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, [12] for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out before you.
“or one who inquires of the dead,”
Not evil, but perhaps an abomination???
But Jesus replied to the one who was telling Him and said, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” And extending His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold: My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother" [Matthew 12:48-50].
Thank you. To say we shall not pray to Mary, the one woman chosen to be The Mother of God. If we all follow Hod's Commandments, then we're are brothers and sisters in Chrudt , His Mother is our Mother and we give her Hlory to have been the ONE to bring The Lord to the world.
Silence!
Thou shall discuss none of this
Mother Mary takes the will of God..to be the Mother of God.
If catholic believe that praying to Mary as she is close to God .Then you're off road . Don't pray to any saint or angel or worshipped them .Pray only to God and Jesus .Jesus is the only bridge to connect you to God.(i'm the only way )
1 Timothy 2:5
[5] For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.@@jenmoragas7792
@@jenmoragas7792 hold on a minuite shes the mother of Jesus the on not GOD
The Angel Gaberial,Hail full of grace is a prayer
All generations will call her the most blessed. Love you Mother Mary
Wooohooooo! Nuthin like a can of Catholic whoop ass when I’m feeling down! Thanks!
LOL
All humans are fallible that’s why we’re here, that’s why God sent us Jesus. Why did God need to send Jesus if we could pray to Mary.
Exactly. Well said.
@@renees.knepfel2107 prayer is not worship it is requests! We ask Mary to pray for us and all the other saints!
I have a question though: catholics say that they're not worshipping, just talking, asking for help, etc. . However, I have seen many also bow to the statue of Mary during those prayers. Like get on their, knees before a mary statue to say a whole rosary(even though repetative prayers are put down in the Bible). Yes, you may say that bowing is not worship, but when John bowed to the angel and when I think Peter was bowed too, why did they stop it immediately? Both the angel and Peter clearly said to stop because they are just servants of the Lord. Why is that considered different now? Wouldn't that still be worship since it's the same action?
Second, since prayer to saints is said to be talking/asking to the ones who aren't on earth anymore, why is it that Saul was punished for trying to talk to Samuel? (1 samuel 28). Yes, he used a medium, but he just wanted help from a godly, holy man, right? While we don't use mediums to pray to the saints, couldn't it be considered a form of self-mediumship since we are connecting, talking, and asking for help to a person who's no longer alive on earth? Yes, we're not actively summoning them physically but isn't that still technically the same thing? We can get dreams and manifestations of Mary, isn't that sort of like how mediums can hear what the "dead" are saying? It is a manifestation of some kind or another.
If you are bowing before someone as an act of worship and that is your intent, well then your intent is worship. If you are bowing as a sign of respect like people do before royalty and your intent is to demonstrate your respect for their appointment it's just that and physical display and nothing more. We are just demonstrating our respect for the appointment of Mary. Don't worry so much it can paralyze you. It's has done that to me before. It's not healthy. The rosary is just another tool or physical act to help make a spiritual difference. Mt wife has a vivid imagination and when she becomes angst or upset or overwhelmed by something she will recite the rosary to give her mind a positive healthy thing to do rather than let it go on a rampage. Don't over think this stuff too much. Ask your questions and accept the answers. I was previously protestant and there was so much fear and intimidation in the way to think. I like most people was wooed by the peace of the Mass, especially orthodoxy. Here's is what helped me...the fact is any congregation of any faith in the world is going to have fake believers in the pews and genuine, and it might even change moment to moment...what matters to God is what is in your heart.
@@SomethingcleverandwittyBro there is only one God and only one intermediater between human and God. Saints are just humans like us. There is no point in asking them for help
Well then there is no point in asking any of your brothers and sisters to help either....if Jesus doesn't need anyone or anything why did he recruit disciples. I used to think the same way, I grew up a conservative branch of pentecostal protestant....and that fact should tell you what kind of problems I have.😅 Needless to say I've spent a lot of time at church at least 2 or 3 times a week. But in my 30s I became a man, I did my formal studies and I understood (what is in your heart means.) I spent 5 years studying religious history and for myself I have concluded the place I want to worship is in the catholic mass. When I was younger it was in a church service and now it's in a liturgical mass. You might find 15 years from now you have realized some changes in your life too! Don't fear it.
@perunasolanum3014 You only had read the bible in part. The patriarchs bowed before Joseph. Solomon bowed before her queen mother, David bowed before King Saul. Bowing is not always worship. It is respect.
Nice @@johnchrysostom330
Im a Protestant and i simply pray to the Father in Jesus’ name. Jesus says that the only way to the Father is through him. When I pray I pray with the leading of the Holy Spirit and close out my prayers with in Jesus’ name. Because Jesus said whatever you ask the Father in my name I will do it. John 14:13.
Amen
understand for yourself what you are saying
If Jesus is the only way to the Father why do we have preachers? Why are we to evangelize? WHY DOES Jesus say go and spread the Gospel ? Did you Baptise yourself? Seems that there a lot of people that can lead us to the Father.
@@leecisneros4863 idiotic
Preachers and Pastors are the lifeblood of evangelization and are incredibly important. But, you are absolutely out of your mind if you're making the case the Catholic idolatry of Mary is the same level of respect we give a preacher. Catholic obsession with Mary is Pagan and rooted in Constantines attempts to bring the Pagan Roman empire to Christendom. You're fighting ghosts.@@leecisneros4863
Who stood by Jesus when all the apostles abandoned all Him. The second person of the Holy Trinity Trinity made her womb His Tabernacle. She covered His nakedness with her veil. She prayed with the apostles for the coming of the Holy Spirit on to the apostles before pentecost. Please don't forget at the time of tge visitation of the Archangel Gabriel, it say the Holy Spirit overshadowed overshadowed her. She was already had the holy Spirit, she was/ is the spouse of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Mother MARY are Blessed of all WOMEN # LUKE 1:42 and said in a loud voice,"you are the BLESSED OF ALL WOMEN,and Blessed is the Child you will bear if we have not asking prayer to Mary then.all of us are with devil pride cause mother Mary is most Blessed than to our Mother.I laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤😂😂😂
I'm staying with worshipping Jesus, no one else can help you or save you.
It’s statements like that that show you think we worship Mary, you aren’t in religion for God and are CERTAINLY going to hell.
Correct ✅
Simple. They just don’t know how to defend their beliefs. They feel they’re being attacked when we ask them about their unbiblical beliefs
@@funvick2018says the Protestant pointing the finger at non existent garbage for 500 years while pushing your unbiblical sola scriptura and prosperity gospel or whatever other man made abomination that resulted in 45,000 different and conflicting denominations of Protestantism. You’ve been fed lies for generations and base your identity on what you are against. Thankfully, the vast majority of the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world focus on Jesus and are blissfully unaware of the satanic lies you are so easily deceived and consumed by.
@@funvick2018 Don't u get it, we don't worship Mary!!!!!!!! Also we Catholics believe that saints who are already in heaven can intercede for us before God, Mary is Saint.
All I know is the result God gives me when I pray the rosary. My heart becomes FILLED w the Love of Jesus and hopefully I give it to others the best I can.
So only those who pray the rosary are filled with the love of Jesus?
@@MrMac6375 I never said that, I just said I get filled !
Have you ever tried praying to God or Jesus directly? Did you get the same feelings? Why would you pray to Mary above praying to God? Is He inadequate?
We pray or askimg Mary pray for us Mary is one of the saints who is in heaven praying for us. See Revelation 5:8.
@@Mambesboy Mary was not mentioned in Revelation 5:8. Also please reread this verse. It does not mention that these saints HEAR your prayers they only are holding the bowls. "Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people."
Why would you pray to Mary or the saints when you can go directly to God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit with prayers? Your belief makes no Biblical sense.
Mary the Mother of God Jesus in the Blessed and Holy Trinity is the prototype of all the Saints which means Mother Mary is the first amongst all the saints who have faith and followed Jesus. Catholics don't pray to Mary but pray with Mary because Catholics don't believe Mary is God but Mother of God.
Catholics don’t pray TO Mary, we venerate her ask for her intersession
Amen, in the Hail Mary we request for her to pray for us.
Through prayer. How else are you doing it? semantics doesn't work here.
@@Ex_Nihilo777 it is not our fault your language, vocabulary and comprehension is so limited you have to call prayer to everything.
@@RichterX83 I'm a brother in Christ with you..I hope. No need for insults, you are not my enemy and I am not yours. bring me your argument instead of witty remarks
@@Ex_Nihilo777 Is telling you the truth that you exhibit a lack of comprehension an insult? Seems there is a limitation in the English language and everything is prayers for anglo-speakers. Protestants keep saying "you worship and pray to images" you have no idea of the intent and you judge, we clarify that are request like what we would ask friends and family members to have us in their prayers, the difference is that the saints and martyrs are living present in Heaven with God. You want to check the scriptures, Matthew 17:3-4 & Luke 9:28-31. Revelation 6:9-11. Luke 15:10. 1 Timothy 2:1 & James 5:16. Revelation 21:27. Psalm 66:18 & James 5:16.
God is using you mightily, I am a cradle catholic but would not be able to answer this so convincingly and effectively. Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥️
God bless you my friend. Thank you for the kind words.
@@KeithNester
@@KeithNester Hi Keith ! I am wondering if you would like to consider inviting this lady "Merely Christian" on TH-cam on your show. She is a Protestant but has completed Mike Mike Schmitz's bible in a year and she is now into Day 5 of Fr Mike's Catechism in a year. She is very Catholic friendly and appears to be a female version of Cameron Bertuzzi. Below is her link. I thought it might be an interesting topic. Ascension Present has featured her in their promotional material for The Catechism in a Year.
I will paste her link in a second message cos YT seems to have deleted my earlier message.
I am Catholic and the Rosary is Mentioning Jesus with his mother . We meditate his life from the day Jesus was born until his crucifixion.
His love for the people the salvation of sins.
Ask also why so many people talk bad about Catholics instead .
Pray ask, seek and knock. In Jesus name.
When we pray we are at peace it may be the only time we please God.
Read the scriptures. Go to the Catholic church we all know its not perfect. God is perfect.
His law is to love him and love the peole..
Love definition is in Corinthians. Kindness, patient, truth.
Before you pray God already know whats in your heart. Even Jesus Christ prayed the Our father . This part of the Rosary it the summary of Jesus Christ life.
That we may imitate him Jesus Christ and obtain his promise.
>>>>He just spewed out roman catholic pagan stupidity. Based completely off of things that were general disproved when they were first ignorantly used. Here are examples of romish pagans making their goddess their EXCLUSIVE savior.
"Answer, then, O Sacred Virgin! Why do you delay the salvation of the world, which depends upon your consent?"
St. Augustine
"O salvation of all who call upon thee, save me!" St. Bonaventure
"Pure and Immaculate Virgin, save me and deliver me from eternal damnation." St. John Damascene
NOTE THESE WERE PRAYERS TO HER, AKA WORSHIP, FOR SALAVTION
The apostles asking mary to pray for them is different from praying to her. Dude said all this and said nothing
We are not praying to her instead we ask her intercession.
@@Catholic_Bible_Study So, you can speak to the dead, interesting, have they ever replied?
@@sammygomes7381 You didn't watch the video did you? They're not dead but alive in heaven. They're more alive than we'll ever be on this earth
ONLY Jesus is DEVINE….Mary was Blessed but she is not Devine
Learn how to spell divine
Catholics don't believe Mary is divine
Mary is for you just a woman. I never heard of protestants speak about Mary in a way she is blessed among all women like scripture say. They always speak in a way only a women, only a woman. They do not even say blessed among all women, they just say she is ordinary women. And nothing else. "Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed". Luke 1:42. Can you guys just start call her as Bible call her "blessed above all women". Because saying just a women is not biblical. Because if she is "blessed above all women" than she is not just woman, she is above every women ever created
I love how your channel content is heavy on apologetic material. You’re helping out a lot of Catholics with your videos, including me. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
James 5:16 , Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed, scripture is speaking to people who are alive to pray for each other not praying to dead people, our father is the prayer that christ jesus gave us , Matthew 6:9 , one mediator 1 Timothy 2: 5, one advocate 1 John: 1. The Godhead alone is omniscient, only God can hear prayers, any prayer directed to anyone but God, is prayers to idols , as for revelation 12, it's not mary its Israel, mary of Catholicism is not mary of scripture, God's word, mary was a sinner like all mankind, Roman 3:23, mary died like us all because of sin , Roman's 6 : 23 , jesus never elevated mary, that's man made teachings, she is the mother of jesus, not God who is eternal, all blasphemous teachings against the one true God, christ is the only mediator, the only way to the Father , the sinless lamb of God, only one who could do what no one through history could do was to live a sinless life and give his life as a ransom to the Father for sinners, catholic teachings do not line up with scripture, so only one can be right God's infallible and inerrant word stands alone as truth .
@@garyholian3552 I’ll pray a rosary for your conversion so that you don’t burn in the eternal fires of hell. God have mercy on your soul
Don't need your prayers thanks, I have christ jesus the only mediator I need , scripture based not man made, I pray that you see the true gospel of christ jesus and not a false gospel of Catholicism, we are saved by grace alone through faith alone in christ jesus alone, salvation is in jesus not in a false religion,
@@garyholian3552 I see you’ve made an idol of Martin Luther, I’m so sorry that Satan has deceived you and separated you from Christ’s one true Catholic Church. I’ll pray for your conversion and that you repent and come into full communion with Christ’s church so that you may fulfill His will perfectly as He intended, in His one true church. God have mercy on your un-nourished soul. I recommend you watch more of Keith’s content and Catholic Answers. God Bless you and God help you
I’m Protestant. I pray the Rosary and found it effective to keep from sin.
Some protestants may do that but not Christians as it is a Satanic thing, not the word of God.
That's awesome. I like that a lot. And don't worry, I don't think Jesus will be angry with you for asking His mom to pray for you, whether she can hear you or not. If it keeps you from sinning or it's therapeutic, I think it's great 👍
@@dannyfantastico so is that the reason they prayed to a Golden calf. That didn't end well either
@sammygomes7381 One is a cow, the other is Jesus' mother. The cow was worshipped. We ask Mary to pray to Jesus for us, "...pray for us sinners..." It's not difficult to understand unless you're slow 😄
@@dannyfantastico The Golden calf could not hear or speak sounds a lot like what happens to us when we are buried. If you want to test this theory, go to the local morgue and ask one of those people lying on the slab to pray for you and let me know their answer. While you're at it, explain to God why you are requesting the dead to pray for you when Christ not only taught us how to pray to the Father but died on the cross so you had direct contact with the Father. It's not too difficult to understand if you are indeed born again and follow Christ, not Mary.
In real life Hail Mary is also proven effective against Satan and all evil spirits. The Rosary is the most powerful weapon against Satan and all unclean spirits. Love one another and pray one another... The most powerful weapon are love and peace... That why God said "you need to test the spirits"... The most important at the part of our prayers mention in Jesus Christ name. Amen.
Thank you God the Father Almighty Lord of heaven and earth.
"To God Be The Glory"
Remember God can read our hearts and minds..
Buy criticizing God's mother you think that's going to make you popular you criticize God's mother to bother your image. Wow have you gone off the path !!!!!
I am born and raised orthodox. And it wasn't until adulthood that I realized we had to pray to Mary. I really appreciate how you say that you want to answer people's sincere questions. I am struggling with this sooo terribly. I never prayed to anyone but God. Never thought about it. Grew reading the bible. Grew up constantly seeking God. Then after 20 years in an atheist country I came back to my orthodox country where I have been basically told that if I don't pray to Mary I am disrespecting God. I am disobeying God. And I am suspicious to all for not praying to Mary and the saints, but especially Mary. Can anyone please please please help. As I can't do this. I met a man just today. An older man, who randomly struck a conversation with me saying he believes in Mary. I pressed him about Jesus, but he kept refusing to acknowledge Jesus, and said that Mary healed him a number of times and that he just believes in Mary. Now, I know you say we aren't praying to her we are asking for her intercession. But the akathists, the paraclises, if they aren't worship, if their wording isn't meant to create confusion, then I don't understand what worship is then. If it smells like a dog, and barks like a dog and looks like a dog. Why are you calling it not a dog? This is what I struggle with the most. Because if ever I nerd help form the church, I am given only one solution. Go home and pray to Mary. That's that. How is this not worship? Which one of you has time to devout 1.5hrs (which is how long the paraclises takes to read) to Mary? And then where do you fit prayer to God?? Where is your relationship with God? Why aren't we allowed a relationship with God? Aren't we meant to be one of the saints? Each of us? Who are supposed to love God with all our heart and all our might? Will Mary stand besides each of us in the day of judgement when our lives are weighed and cover for us?? How is this anything to do with what the Bible teaches? How? I sincerely want to repent and be told I am wrong if I am wrong. But I sincerely cant see the truth of this. Please help.
ok brother, seems like you cannot yet accept the concept of 'intercessory prayer'... that'll be the first hurdle for you to overcome. As Keith was mentionning the *saints are alive in Heaven, can receive our prayers/requests and take them to God* , he cited scripture to back this up. Do you accept that?
Then you have to realize that some 'people' are more efficacious than others when praying/asking God, right? James 5:16 “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”.
If you want to be saved just pray to Jesus telling Him that you *believe* He died on the cross for your sins, then simply *ask Him* to set you free from sin. Exodus 20:3-17. That's it. And Jesus will immediately *trade life's records* with yours, replacing your sinful life with His perfect one, your guilty with His _not guilty_ so you can prepare yourself for judgment. It's easy! Do it now.
who was the greatest saint? It was Mary. Mary was the greatest saint to ever live. Just let that sink in for a moment.
There is only one mediator between God and man the Lord Jesus. Pray to Him. You have direct access brother . He WILLanswer.
As Catholics, the holy bible teach us, only the human body dies but our soul (spiritual body) still lives (temporal) until the day on final judgement. When our body dies, our souls will then get a temporal judgement. We either go to heaven, hell or purification (purgatory). Our dead bodies can't hear but our souls can. In that sense all our prayers and intentions can be heard and ask the angels and saints including Mary for the intercession of our prayers to God. But we can also pray and worship directly to God. And worship deserve only to God. We can only show respect for Mary but not worship her. That's why in the Holy Rosary we say Mother Mary ... pray for us.And not Mother Mary... I pray to you or worship you. We ask our Mother Mary's help to pray to God so that our intentions will be heard. Just imagine how Mary played an important role when Jesus did the first miracle on the wedding at Cana. Even Jesus told her that the time has not come for Him to do so but He did it anyway because of her insistence and his love and respect to her Mother. That's how influential she is.
It was our Blessed Mother who brought me back to God. I had 3 encounters with her and the last one was very clear to me. 🙏
Can you share those encounters please? I’m a relatively new Catholic convert and I am interested in hearing your experience.
Hey Melanie, of course I will do. A bit of background, I was raised Catholic and during my teen years, I really moved away from my believes. Life seemed fine and went on to college and grad school. During grad school, I met my, now wife, who is a devoted catholic. I even said to her to not expect me to go to church with her. Obviously, since I love her so much, I would go with her to Church almost every Sunday, but I was just sitting there, not really immersed in Mass. Fast forward a few years, during the pandemic, my wife asked me to pray the Rosary everyday to consagrate our new born with the immaculate heart of Mary. During the prayer, my 2 month old daughter started laughing and I started smelling flowers. It was beautiful. That was my first encountered but I didn’t make much of it. A year after, we were praying the Rosary again because my wife wanted me to. We put some flowers in Holy Water and prayed. I went to sleep and I dreamed of the Virgin Mary. She said to me: don’t worry Diego, all will be okay. The day after, I had scheduled a follow up upper endoscopy just to make sure I didn’t have any pre-cancerous condition from my severe acid reflux. The endoscopy came clean and I just couldn’t believe it. Like if nothing happened. I called the doctor to tell her that the results were a mistake, and she said no that it was what she had seen. I was perplexed. At this point, I started believing a bit more again. The last encounter happened just 2 weeks after when my wife and I went to Mexico City. We went to the Basicila of Guadalupe and when I saw the Virgin’s image, it felt like she told me: Diego, you’ve been looking for answers for many years now and nothing has worked. Go back to the Lord as He is the answer to all your problems. I must say that my marriage has been difficult mostly because of our families and I was falling in depression because I just didn’t know what else to try. This time, I heard the Virgin and actually did what she said to me. I started praying more. I grabbed the Bible and started reading more. My life has changed a lot since then. If it wasn’t for our blessed mother, I’d just be another sheep stray. But she brought me back to the Lord and I can say that things have improved in my life. When things don’t go my way, I don’t blame the Lord anymore but my own free will since that’s when issues start happening.
Mary's been in a grave for close to 2000 years so I am wondering what you saw.
@@sammygomes7381 can you tell me where her grave is
@@diegoavellanedamatteo9090 That’s beautiful 💗 Thank you for sharing! I have seen miracles in my life from praying the rosary and I enjoy hearing about these experiences and encounters like yours.
"Through Mary to Jesus", He always answers his mother's prayers. He always honors His mother. Love and honor our Holy Mother Mary. Do you not ask your mother to pray for you? If you can ask your mother to pray for you. If you can pray to Jesus, you can ask Mary and all the Saint to pray for you and your Loved ones and friends. Pray the Rosary daily for the conversion of sinners, so Peace will come to the earth. She asked this of the Faithful at Fatima. Many prayers/miracles through praying the rosary. "All Praise, and Honor, and Love to You Lord Jesus Christ", "JESUS I TRUST IN YOU", Amen❣️
🙏🌎🙏🕊🙏 Thank you Jesus for All my Blessing, and all the Blessings you give to my Loved ones, and Friends🙏🕊🙏
But we know that there is only one who died and conquered death and rose again and that's Jesus Christ. Mary was just human, blessed ofcourse, but human and she's dead. Wouldn't praying to her be akin to necromancy?
Also, I haven't yet found a verse that hinted that Mary can intercede for us. I've only found that the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:26) and Jesus Christ (Rom 8:34, Heb 7: 25) can. If you can share with us a verse that says/hints that Mary can intercede, I'm sure a lot of us will be most grateful and I'm not being sarcastic or mean. But I know that it is because we love the Lord and hence we love the the truth of His word.
@@v.r.j5577 God is the God of the living not the dead. Necromancy is conjuring up spirits like voodoo doo black magic! If Jesus made ONE church that means we are part of that one church that’s in heaven and earth that one church Jesus made. Revelations says that they offer our prayers to God in bowls like incense! Yes we are part of a church that is alive in Christ Jesus! Mary was not Devine but simply a creature like us but God did create her and gave her grace to be FULL. The only other person that was called full of grace is Jesus her son “God”. Where is the verse that says we should go by scripture alone and that’s it? You contradict your self. Where does the Bible say to pray a little magical prayer and I’ll be saved? It doesn’t that’s why we have to DO something to be saved! It’s not one and done! But if we endure til the end we will be saved that’s what scripture say!
The wedding at Cana hints that Mary intercedes for us!
@@v.r.j5577The Wedding at Canaan.. Mother Mary Forces Jesus his Son to Perform the Water into Wine although its not yet the Right Time for Jesus to Introduce Himself as The Son of God.. Meaning if we Pray to Mama Mary for Jesus to Listen to our Prayers then Jesus Will Listen to His Beloved Mother..
@@louiemarkfrialde-gn5er But that was when Jesus was in the flesh, isn't it?
Holy Mother Mary? She is Holy? Blasphemy! There is only one Holy being who is God. Stop your reverence and elevate a human being to the level of God.
The apostles asked Mary to pray to pray for them when she was still alive!Not after she died.Stop praying to women and random man appointed saints.The Word says to Not pray to the dead.And I say you are a heretic.I thank God every day for Martin Luther.If not for him the Vatican would have turned us all into paupers.Between paying Indulgences,celebate priests-who can coincidently will their $ and possessions to the Church,land ownership,paying to light candles in front of statues,etc...the Vatican is more of a business dressed up as a faith.
Wow, very clever video. Thank you for this Keith. May the Holy Spirit keep enlightening you and us all I pray.
I’m a little tired of Protestants dumbing down our mother. Yes she knew he would die, yes she knew he’d do some sort of miracles. Is she a goddess with omnipotence? No; she is a Jewish woman who faithfully followed God and read the scriptures. Asking Jesus to save her friends wedding wasn’t a sin. Neither was worrying about her son when he got lost in the temple. One last thing. The woman in Revelation looks way too similar to Our Lady Of Guadalupe and maybe other apparitions of her.
So now we call the truth "dumbing down"?
@@sammygomes7381 what you believe isn’t the truth.
...who read the scriptures and did the perfect will of God .
Thank you for mentioning us Orthodox. We share a great deal and while we do have theological differences, we are closely related and I hope that one day we can be one again. Not without having resolved those differences, but in spirit and truth.
I pray for the same my friend. I pray that one day I can come to your church and receive Our Lord in the Eucharist along side you.
Praying for unity.
👏, not bad for a human being. ❤ Your Lord has returned. You don't need to worry about the religions, as far as I can tell, all religions will come to a singularity when I say so.
Humanity still does not know the actual creation dates. I have them and you can cross-reference them with the historical facts to finally be able to understand the human history.
This world is NOT a million/billion years old. If your kind evolved for a million/billion years and this is all you can show, now that's a depressing story. I won't wait a million years for you. It's far easier to reset through 🌊 or ✴ than wait a million years.
Bless your soul, ❤. Ready? 😉
- the Almighty God
Exactly, unfortunately many differences are still considerable. But anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.
@ragnardanneskajold1880
that's mortal sin because they are in schism. Their head doesn't recognize Peter (Holy Father) as head of The Roman Catholic Church. This is one of the main reasons why Our Lady appeared at Fatima in 1917 asking for the Consecration of Russia (get this at this time of the Apparition Russia was not yet a communist country How did the Blessed Ever-Virgin Mary predicted it?) by the Holy Father together with all the Catholic Bishops only in the world according to the directives coming from Heaven.
Orthodox have a different Creed than we Roman Catholics have. They approve divorce, too, among others which at the moment I can't recall.
Apparitions are real
As a protestant coming into The Catholic Church, the idea of asking Mary to pray for me seemed very odd. After I prayed The Rosary a few times, I began to feel what better human person to have intercede for me ,to Our Lord, than His mother?!! The Communion of Saints became such a wonderful thing... a spiritual connection between myself and Mary and all of the Apostles and Saints back to the beginning of The Church along with our Lord Jesus , The Heavenly Father and The Holy Spirit. We can become "One", one Holy Family as Jesus prayed in the Scriptures. Thanks Be to God!
ambu. Look to attend the Latin Mass. This is the marker for orthodoxy.
@@Markt.400I am sure that the members of your church pray over and for each other. The pure Saints in Heaven pray for us to The Father and Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. Join our Holy Society.
@@Markt.400 " In John 2 we read about the influence Mary has over Jesus. The setting is this: Jesus did not want to interfere in the wedding at Cana. But Mary asked Jesus and he did what his mother wanted.
"On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” Jesus replied, “Woman, why do you involve me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water” They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine."
CONCLUSION: Jesus listens to his mother Mary and does what she wants. Wasn't it Jesus who said: "Honor your father and your mother?" Do you think Jesus honors his mother?
@@Markt.400 *Blessed* Mary (Luke 1:50)
@@Markt.400 don’t tell us what to do Luther follower, you don’t follow Christ you follow a rogue priest
Just go directly to the Father, like Jesus did. No need to over complicate matters.
It would be easy if Jesus didn't give His mom to us. And it wouldn't be so complicated if it weren't for the wedding at Cana. That's where Mary asked Jesus for a miracle even if it's not yet His time to do miracles
Why do friends who need Divine intervention ask of you to pray for them, so why can't you ask Our Lady, the mother of our saviour, to pray for you.
That's how all idol worship starts. Over the generations the "doctrines" become more convulated, more complex, more ridiculous. And people start inventing their own fantasies willy nilly, everything goes in the end. There's always a "reason", a justification.
Just look at all the twists and turns and overturns that has to be made to support these "arguments", I can literally see the degradation happening in front of my eyes. Its so sad.
I come from a culture that is steeped in it. I've studied, compared & contrasted, reflected and thought long and hard. Its sad to see the same old thing happening again, and again, and again. Especially with Catholicism, which was founded upon Truth. Do you really think this is what Jesus wanted for His followers?
@@PerpetualPreponderer Jesus knew what we would be up against and sent us the Holy Spirit, he left us His mother, and the apostles to form his body -- the 'church'. There is no going 'directly to God' without having everyone with us! We are in a mess in this world today . Lots of voices and perspectives . The church with the guidance of the Holy Spirit provide us with clarity to "crap detect" and sort out all the descension ! The Great Commandment is what we need and this is what Jesus would want for His followers!
@@aliszhinchaenz I wish if you had read the Bible once in your life, you would have never said this kind of nonsense.
Did you see what Jesus replied when Mary came for a request when wine was finished?
John 2:4 -
4. “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
(Please read carefully - Woman, why do you involve me?, did Jesus really need Mary's interference?)
Another verse when Mary and her sons wanted to meet Jesus when he was preaching to the crowd, look what Jesus said -
Matthew 12:47-50 -
47. Someone told him, *“Your mother and brothers are standing outside,* wanting to speak to you.” 48. He replied to him, *“Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”* 49. Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
(Did you see - someone told Jesus "Your mother and brothers standing outside"
Do you still wanted to called Mary a vergin?
What was Jesus replied - Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?
Do you still need a mediator between God and Jesus? May God open your eyes.)
Please read Holy Bible, you don't other explanation to know God. The Bible is the only holy book given to us to lead us to God.
A few verses I will post it here for your reference. -
1 Timothy 2:5-6
5. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6. who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.
1 Corinthians 3:4-8
4. When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world? 5. After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. 6. I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. 7. It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 8. The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.
The early church and successors of the original 12 apostles prayed asking Mary’s intercession. And at the wedding of Canna, Jesus wasn’t ready to perform a miracle in public yet & to turn water into wine, but Mary asked him to and He wanted to do that for His mother so He did. He loves His mother and so just as we ask our friends to pray for us, we ask those in Heaven to pray (which just means-to ask) Jesus for us since they are in Heaven with Jesus. Praying is not a form of worship. Worship requires a sacrifice; it always has. But Protestants believe that praying is worshiping.
There ya go! Great summary.
I guess they didn't learn anything from the apostles as they prayed only to God as did Christ. You can ask those living in the flesh for you but not so much those that are not alive in the flesh.
@@sammygomes7381 if you look at the earliest Christians you will see that they did ask (pray) for intercession from saints, they believed in the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist (consecrated bread by a priest), all popes and bishops can trace their ordination (by laying on of hands) all the way back to Peter. The keys of the kingdom were given to Peter to bind and loose and he started His Church. The gates of Hell will not prevail against it. In addition when we ask for intercession from a saint, we are always praying to Jesus and asking for a saint (people in Heaven) to pray to Jesus for us as well as we pray to Jesus. We aren’t praying in the sense that you think. We ask for them to pray with us. I should have clarified that better in my original post. We believe in the communion of saints. We can pray for the souls who are in the process of purification in purgatory, and the saints in Heaven actually can pray for us. And the earliest Christians believed all of these things and were not challenged until about 700 years ago.
@@MelaniesManicures It wasn't the early Christians that believed in praying to saints and that Christ was in the bread but Catholics. Christ taught and the apostles followed only praying to God. You will not find where either of them prayed to anyone other than the Father and Christ taught this in several places.
Christ never taught He is in the bread. He taught that as bread is required for life in the flesh, God's word is required for life for eternal life. There is no place in the bible that the apostles taught Christ was in the bread or that anyone could put Him there. They simply broke bread in remembrance of the price He paid as Christ commanded. What did the apostles teach on salvation? The grace of God is for faith in Christ, not eating Him but believing in Him. John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me shall never hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst." Whoever comes to me Christ didn’t say eat, but believe.
Every Christian has the key to heaven, it is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The gates of hell came close to prevailing against His church, but God sent the reformation.
The bible does not teach praying to anyone other than God and I am pretty sue he didn't tell us to seek out those dead in the flesh.
Communion of the saints doesn't mean communication with the saints. The communion of the saints refers to believers in the past, believers in the present, and believers in the years to come sharing a common salvation in our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who have passed from this world into the presence of Christ at the death of their body have the same salvation as believers who are alive today. Those who will come after us will have the same salvation we have.
The communion of saints is what each one of us has in common with all other believers. We have been forgiven through His death and saved by His life (Romans 5:10), set free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2), and passed from spiritual death to eternal life (1 John 3:16). We have all been permanently adopted as children of God by the will of God (John 1:12-13). We have become God’s handiwork to do good works that He has prepared for us (Ephesians 2:10), and we have all been given an eternal home in the New Jerusalem in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Lamb, our Temple, and our Light (Revelation 21:22-27). These are only a few of the blessings we have in common with all other believers.
Lastly when we die our destiny is sealed. Heaven or hell. Again, don't confuse what early Christians believed and Catholics believed and what Christ and the apostles taught.
Many blessings in the new year.
@@sammygomes7381 your Giving people here a wrong interpretation of yours!!! Jesus indeed give a bread which is the Eucharist, which is the literal the body of Christ 👉 John 6!!!
Regarding worshipping of dead saints ( on your own erroneous interpretation).. l think l ALREADY given the answers on 1 of yours comments here..
So stop spreading lies here...
And seeing you everywhere, even on Bryan Mercier's channel, your there..
A well educated Catholic won't be pull out and join to your man made Doctrine and a man made churches..
Im sure every denomination of Christianity has its explanations. My belief is drown out everyone's voice, opinions and beliefs and have a deep relationship with The Father, Son & Holyspirit. God will lead & direct u in the way u should go.
Protestants claim the Saints are dead but think their dead friends and relatives are in Heaven lol
Protestants reject asking Mary, the Saints, and Angels for intercession but have no problem asking their neighbor to pray for them. Makes no sense.
Yeah for sure. There are many contradictions.
If you don't understand the difference, go to the morgue and ask a cadaver to pray for you and let me know their response.
@@sammygomes7381 except Catholics aren't asking cadavers to pray for them. Cool strawman, bro
What is funny about Protestant, they ask their fellow brother, where in fact also a living sinner, asking to pray for them..
While those Saints who are already a perfect being, but mock and ridiculed by the Protestant.. thinking they are dead.. in fact, these Saints are alive, perfected by God and can also pray for us!!! 😂😂
@@Mr.CUTE777 You really think asking a person I can have a two-way conversation with is funnier than talking to someone who cannot hear, see, or speak to me?
God's word says when we die, we return to the earth and our spirit to God. I don't recall seeing those spirits take on the qualities of God being able to hear, see, and speak to millions at a time. Then there is the small fact that Jesus Himself taught us how to pray in numerous places and it was always to the Father.
Jesus has Mary's DNA and her blood running throughout His veins . Why? Because God wanted this way.
Not only that, but infants and mothers exchange cells in utero, so technically, Jesus’s mother was the first to partake of the Eucharist and has His cells are in her.
sadly this is a FALSE gospel! Jesus was clear about prayer and Mary had NOTHING to do with it.
Except the part where she gave birth to Jesus. Was that nothing?
@@KeithNester that means what?! She’s God or we should not follow what the Word says? Blessed is Mary yet she has NO power more than any born again Believer! That’s New Testament 101
@@KeithNestershe was used as a vessel and that’s great but that does not give her some greater authority.
@@KeithNester “While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.” But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 12:46-50 NKJV
@@savedbygrace150 where did I say anything about authority?
We should only pray to God and of course we can through Mary - Jesus Christ surely listen to Mary : think about the marriage ceremony at Canna
A lot of non Catholics will always use the word "to" when what Catholics really meant was "with". There's a huge difference.
What non-Catholics always ask, "why do Catholics love to pray TO Saints and Mary?"
What Catholics are actually doing is they pray 'WITH' the Saints and Mary through intercession.
protestants as you call us like myself pray like this...........Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus i come to you and ask you to........... and we ask Him what we want or talk to Him and commune with HIm. If you say that mary and the saints are right there with me praying along side me thats fine i dont have problem with that but i read that Jesus said whatever you ask the Father in my name He will do it. its simple........we love mary but we just dont see the need to ask for Her intercession.
@@jeffdunstan That’s fine. The Catholic Church teaches it’s POSSIBLE to ask the Saints and Mary for intercession; it’s not required. But consider this: Can I not pray for you and you pray for me? We Catholics believe it’s the same thing when praying with Mary and the Saints because they are part of the mystical body of Christ and are alive in Heaven. We do this not because we need to, but because we want to pray with others. ❤
@@ElizabethMiller-pe7qc i dont have a problem with you praying to anyone you want to. I still see you as a sister in Christ
thnx again keith for this wonderful video...God bless u always and ur entire family..Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...Proud Catholic from Philippines..
I pray that Jesus will use this wonderful and honest video from Keith as a tool to bring our brethren home ✝️🙏🏻😌🤍
Thank you Colette.
Yes this video I will show people when they ask why to pray to Mary.
What honesty?
@@sammygomes7381 poor Sammy everybody knows he is ignorant
@@lois2997 thank you for your kind words. I can feel the love of Christ oozing out of you.
The Hail Mary is in the Bible. Read Elizabeth's greeting to her
Mary was not full of grace nor is she the mother of God and being buried she would have a hard time hearing our prayers to pray for us. Christ taught us how to pray and it didn't start out "hail Mary" Christ also told us, 6 "But you, when you pray, enter your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 7 But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him."
@@sammygomes7381 blasphemy and not biblical. St Elizabeth clearly calls Mary the mother of my Lord.
@@sammygomes7381 Vain repetition ehhh..
👉Read Psalm 136..
I'll bet, you never did pray so hard in your life that you kept praying for the same request!!! 😂😂
And also nothing's wrong with repeated prayer as long it is sincere God is Please!!!
Don't tell us, you never say thank you to God every day over and over and over like a broken cassette recorder for the blessings you receive!!! 😂😂
@@joshanderson8566 DId she call her mother of God?
@@sammygomes7381 yes, the mother of my Lord. Who is Lord....if not the Word Incarnate? Who is Lord....if not Jesus? Who is Lord....if not God. Therefore, Mary is the mother of the God.
I'm sad for protestants who were not told of the truths of the Catholic faith, sadder for those who say they know better.
My friend don't be sad for them because if they are saved they have a passport to heaven. You may have the truth of the Catholic church but most of them have the truth of God
I grew up Catholic. I was confirmed. Later on in life I was saved and studied the Word of God on my own. I have a Catholic Bible, I appreciate the Catholic canon for the extra books it has such as the wonderful Book of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus. I do not embrace their church or heretical teachings. Calling a man Holy Father goes directly against what Jesus Christ taught. Do not pray using vain repetitions. These teachings are taught in the Sermon on the Mount. Praying to statues is idolatry, graven images as the Bible calls it.
"And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." - Luke 11:27-28
Someone says to Jesus that Mary is blessed and he immediately corrects them and says blessed instead are those who keep the Word of God.
"And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?" - Luke 2:48-49
Mary says Joseph and her have been looking for Him and he immediately corrects her and says the God is His Father and not Joseph.
Anyway I hope you pursue biblical truth, and no matter where you go please make sure you compare your preacher's teachings with what is in the Word of God. God bless you 🙏
Hey mate :) Does the Catholic Church teach, that praying to statues is okay?
Jesus himself prayed in the garden of Getsemania 3x the same words. This was not vain repetition. So why would praying things repeatedly (like for a example the rosary) be vain.
As for Luke 11: Jesus says that those are blessed who keep his word. Mary kept always his word. That is why she is blessed (and not (only) because she is his mother.
Paul calls Abraham in Romans Chapter 6 his father several times. So it seems to me that the verses you are referring to have a slight different meaning, haven’t they?
1 Timothy 2:5
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
Well said
Thank you Adan
The 1st Commandment says, "You shall have no other gods before Me” Exodus 20:3. I only pray to Jesus I follow Jesus only! Jeremiah describes the abomination of praying to the queen of heaven Jeremiah 7:18
Duh, we don’t pray to Mary like God. She isn’t God, she is the mother of God the son. We ask her to roast for us like you ask your mom to pray for you
Amen...just amen!! So, well put! I love when you say, "I don't know how it works"! I have had this thought many times when in these conversations, "I don't know, but I have faith and sometimes that's all you have to go on"! When they say, You just need to pray to Jesus, he doesn't need anyone else's help and I say, you are correct, but he did have 12 dudes with him that he gave different task to do along the way....why is that?? (add cricket sounds here)
Keith hits it right again. Praise our Lord Jesus Christ for our blessed mother who without her would not have been brought forth through the power of the holy spirit through her consent. The saints who are our role models for living because they lived life in the light of Jesus extremely for love of Him.
Thank you so much Monica
@@KeithNester God bless you. You remain in my prayer for the work you do for our Lord in this day and age. I consider you a Saint Paul in our day. 🙏📿❤️
@@monicabermea7652 Oh wow that is very kind of you to say
@@KeithNester thank you Keith I'm going to use your videos to try and reach a couple of born again friends
@@mariemiller8740 Poor lost born again people. Lets get them to pray to dead humans.
I pray for Christian unity 🙏🏻
Great content .
In christ alone Not in Mary or other Saint right 😄✝️👌
God touched Mary and used her in a very important way and we all have deep gratitude for all she has done. However, we should be praying to God only. There is nothing there is nothing in the bible that points to anyone but God being able to hear our prayers. We know God hears our Prayers, we do not know that Mary can and Praying to Mary is not part of Gods will.
"Behold you mother...."
No man cometh under the father but through me that’s what Jesus quoted
Jesus was also quoted that He gave His mom to us through the apostle John.
@@aliszhinchaenz no he did not, he gave her to their care. nothing more, nothing less.
@@endofdays7708 I was once a satanist and I would be happy for people like you because we both hate Mary and we both espoused the destruction of the Catholic Church.
@@aliszhinchaenz Why would Jesus give us His mother? We don't get to heaven through another sinner, we get there through the blood of Christ.
@@sammygomes7381 what's wrong with you? Perhaps you were raised without a mother and you don't know how it feels like to have a mother. Jesus gave us His mother so we can have motherly love. Who told you she was a sinner? Why would the Son of God be birthed through a sinner? Are you limiting the power of God? Didn't Jesus told you that through these rocks, God can create a true Israelite? Who are you to limit the power of God in creating one sinless woman to become the ark of the New Covenant?
Great explanation, Keith. I returned to Holy Mother Church after 17 years in Bornagainistan. When I returned, Jesus gave me a mother, his own mother. I am now on Team Jesus & Mary. Thank you for creating this video.
Amen
YOU: Jesus gave me a mother, his own mother.
*ME: Please show the verse in the NT written by the guys that KNEW Mary, that says Jesus gave us his own mother.... NONE. Jesus makes it clear in Matthew 12:46-50 that Mary isn't even Jesus' mother in the Kingdom of GOD.* If you are going to suggest that John 19:25-27 are the verses, then I suggest you read verse 25 again -- *Did Jesus tell ALL of the believers at the foot of his cross that Mary was THEIR mother ?? No.* Jesus selected ONE believer out of the group of believers and told that ONE believer to take care of Mary (physical needs) as he would his own mother, and from that hour that ONE believer took Mary to his own personal physical home/property.
@@veritasmuy2407what about the Gospels the Protestants took out of the bible because it was about the Catholic Church. Or how Luther had a devotion to Mary
We know that there is no Bible passage, but Jesus had a mother, that is a fact. and why aren't we allowed to worship them now?? I did not get that correctly.
@@Union-City-Man YOU: but Jesus had a mother, that is a fact. and why aren't we allowed to worship them now??
*ME: Because JESUS is your Savior -- your only Redeemer -- the only one that "redeemed/paid a ransom" for your Eternal Life* -- see Romans 5:12-21. *The Resurrected Jesus is GOD* -- see Rev 1:17-18, Hebr 1:8-13 -- *and can be worshiped as GOD -- John 20:28, etc.* Mary is nothing but another human creature that GOD used to bring about GOD's plan of Salvation for Mankind -- Mary was only chosen because she was a descendant of KING DAVID -- see Luke 1:32, John 7:42, Revelation 22:16.
*You are "worshiping/venerating" a mere female creature and elevating her to the level of GOD by giving her all of the attributes that belong to GOD/Messiah ALONE* -- sinless, immaculately conceived, redemptrix, mediator, Ark, leader to Christ, giver of grace, protector, crusher of Satan, etc -- *thus GOD has cursed the Roman hierarchy with rampant homosexuality for teaching these blasphemies -- see ROMANS 1:25-28.*
Very well said Keith.God bless you.Prayers from Sri Lanka.
Where in the Bible does it say that the Bible is the only rule of faith? The first 500 years of Christians didn't even have a New Testament. Were they not Christians? And when those early Christians were finally provided access to a New Testament, it was only because of a faithful Catholic who invented the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg. Your entire single rule of faith principle is based on a Catholic inspiration, because it was those early church fathers who chose those particular books to be inspired, in which we call today, "The Holy Bible". As the old Protestant joke goes, "don't study the teachings of the early church fathers...you will become Catholic."
Thousands of manuscripts prove the books of the New Testament existed before 500 A. D.
Where in the bible does it say about asking your friends to pray for you? But you still ask and people, and still people pray as a intercessor. But you think the mother of The son of God, could not intercede for you? Mary will always lead you to her son Jesus. Never br afraid of loving Mary, you could never love her more than God Did.
Thank you for your video! I'm an Orthodox. You explained this thing so well! I have a few Christian Protestant friends who are very good people and true believers but, unfortunately, they say things like "Catholics aren't even Christians" because "Catholics worship Mary" etc. I wish those my friends watched this video. It looks like for them it's hard to overcome things that they read or heard once. For those Christians, who ask Saints and Mother of God for intercession and help, the fact that they help is evident from personal experience similar like for Christians is evident to believe that Christ is the Lord Saviour.
'' It looks like for them it's hard to overcome things that they read or heard once'' man, they are bombarded with that crap non stop, from day 1... that's the only way for the 'pastors' to retain their flock
@@mjramirez6008 you are also bombarded with purgatory,works confessionals etc .to keep you dependent on catholic priests
Nah we only pray to jesus😂.he is the only one who died to us
Brother I used to be a practicing Catholic. I have now moved over to a prophetic Church. I still respect and even defend the Roman Catholic Church. One thing l don't like about the Roman Catholic Church is the fact that it doesn't encourage bible teaching and reading. It's all based on the catechism and whatever the experts declare. One of my biggest miracles came after praying through the intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary . She is alive and well and she is working on our behalf. But many Catholics have elevated her to the position of a deity which she never asked for.
dont encourage bible teaching ???? Catholics have mass everyday and every mass a reading from the old testament a reading from St Paul and a reading From the Gospel so that statement makes zero sense
Although the Mother of God is deserving of honor and grace, it really is sad that there are Catholics who become borderline heretic because of worshipping Mary as a goddess.
@@cordzcaezarbante2647 An angel came to Mary from GOD and informed her she would conceive in her womb a child that will be called Holy THE SON OF GOD by the Holy Spirit later when JESUS was on the cross he told JOHN BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER us Catholics ask her to pray for us thats it nothing more but for some reason protestants like to twist it into something its not which is bearing false witness
@@vandos11 ik dude chill im cath too
Theres 2 things that enlightened me after hearing other religions on MARY and Catholic Church. So i always reflect and need a logical explanation. Fact 1st. The Catholic church was the 1st church. 2. Recently they found Peter's bones under the Basilica
His name petros which Jesus calls Rock. Jesus says build on Rock and not on sand. Now on Mary... Is God pure? = yes! Is Jesus pure? = yes! How do u mathematically or spiritually go through a negative to get a positive. You cant ... She was and is FULL FULL FULL of Grace. We have Grace but we are not FULL of Grace. Think about that
Very well said! St. Peter was the first Pope who by the way is Jesus' disciple. And before Jesus died, He told His disciples what to do in His memory. The Catholic church was not built by just anyone out there. And Mary also warned us about false prophets, so please be careful. And remember devils are afraid of Mary.😊 God bless the Catholic church and His servants.
Let me tell you why I pray for Mary's intercession.
I was born and raised catholic. Left church as an young adult, converted few years into adulthood and... went to the local evangelical church, thinking they must have all the anwers. I did not understand, at time, any of catholic teachings. I wanted nothing to do with the Catholic Church. But God had other plans. There are many reasons I decided to left that evangelical church, but it would take way too long to share them. I did it and then asked myself - now what? Another protestant denomination? I can't just... not go to the church. But what if I would go back to the Catholic Church? "Nah", I thought. "Yeah", God said. I believe the Holy Spirit took that thought and took on me on a crazy ride - few days later I realised, I do believe in purgatory, Mary and all the dogmas I could remember. That was only a preview, as I'm an amateur theologist and I do my research. It took me some time to go back to my old parish and talk to the rector. I went the official way and I was going to enter the confession... which I did struggle with the most. And by that time, all the issues from my past, including ones from the former church, and tough situation at work... took it's toll. I went on sick leave for over a month, stressed and depressed, and I've lost myself completely. I could not find my way back to Christ. I was truly desperate, so... I prayed to Mary, not only asked her for help, but entrusted myself completely to her hands. It helped - I've softened to the idea of the confession and went straight to the loving arms of our Lord! Since then, She is with me constantly, guiding me gently and always towards Her Son. She never keeps anything for Herself, cause She always points and leads to Her beloved Son.
Why pray for Mary's intercession then? It's simple - She asks Her Son to do something in our lives, through the Holy Spirit, and whatever She is asking is always Father's will. She is so close with the Holy Trinity. She is revered as the Mother by the Son, She serves the Father as the obedient Daughter, and She is the beloved Spouse of the Holy Spirit. To make it simple - She is awesome, because God is awesome. It's all about God giving Her fullness of the grace, so She could be born without the original sin, live a sinless life, bear His Son willingly, raise Him to be the man He was and be the Mother of the nascent Church. All the glory to God, cause She is the humblest of us all, elevated by God to be the Queen of Heaven, so She could still serve His church as the Handmaid of the Lord.
I'm confused, what makes you say she's the queen of heaven?
Like every mother the connection between mother and child continues despite the cutting of the cord at birth and continues even after death. When a child suffers so does the mother. Therefore Mary also suffered the passion through the her sun and his triumph over death was also hers. We need to stop the separation of mother from child because the two are indeed connected. Also the first miracle of the wedding at Cana was through the intercession of Mary. The immaculate heart of Mary is forever connected in communion with the Sacred heart of Jesus. God bless all of you.
God gave us the Holy Spirit to take the place of the Lord, until he returns
And like those in the upper room in the book of Acts 2, it was not done through water.
Saints in the Bible are believers/disciples/followers in Christ. Paul wrote to the saints in the assemblies and not to dead people. The saints in Revelation are those that have been resurrected.
The point is, it doesn't have to be explicitly written down in the Bible to be true. Nothing in Sacred Tradition conflicts with Scripture. Once you come to that understanding, the Catholic Faith will make perfect sense to you.
Thank you Trina!
Problem is no one can tell you what sacred tradition is.
@@sammygomes7381the oral teachings of Jesus and the Apostles, along with the authority to interpret Scripture correctly, has been entrusted to the Catholic Church, through Apostolic succession. It's called The Magistirium. So it is false to say that no one knows what Sacred Tradition is.
@@sammygomes7381 They must have known the traditions; 2 Thessalonians 2 :14 St. Paul says:
14 Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle.
So not just by letter or epistle, but by word as well, or tradition. Since the bible wasn't put together till the 300's, what else could the early Christian's go by? Here are some quote by early church Fathers:
"Every personal sin must be excluded from the Blessed Virgin Mary for the sake of the honor of God." - St. Augustine, 390 AD.
"Mary, a virgin not only undefiled but a virgin whom grace has made inviolate, free from every stain." - St. Ambrose of Milan, 340-370 AD.
"You, and your Mother are alone in this. You are wholly beautiful in every respect. There is in you, Lord, no stain, nor any spot in your Mother." - St. Ephraem, 350 AD.
Problem is no one can tell you what sacred tradition is.
You always have a way of explaining things that makes them understandable. Because of your Protestant background, your videos always help me when I try to explain these things to my Protestant friends. God Bless you and your family, Keith, and a Happy New Year!
Thank you Danielle. That means a lot to me.
Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, of Canada, was a mamma's boy who lived with his mother until he was 40. He prayed to Mary twice a day. He married a woman who was a tramp. He was kind to women who were decent but was cruel to women that were sleazy. Quebec was the most Catholic part of North America for two hundred years. Yet women in Quebec could not vote in provincial elections until 1942. The men in Quebec prayed to Mary but treated their own women as second class citizens. Protestants in the USA treated their own women better than Catholic men in Quebec.
Love your preaching. Don’t waste time on idiots who aren’t hear to learn but try and teach us without even knowing the entirety of the Catholic Teaching. It makes them look stupid to be honest 😂
That's the attitude the religious leaders of Christ time had when He tried to share the truth with them.
@@sammygomes7381 good you should stop being an idiot. God bless
Like your comments about Jesus having brothers which is a lie. You were given the verses and this is well attested to by early Church Fathers who certainly knew more than you
@@brianfarley926 Again I thank you for the compliment as it is far kinder than what they called Christ when He spoke the truth to them. It wasn't me that said Christ had brothers and sisters I am just passing on the words of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. You are free to follow church fathers, but I will stick with the word of God and the apostles which followed Christ. I am curious how can you give verses that say they were not Christ's brothers when the bible says they are?
@@sammygomes7381 you are trying to deceive people like you have been deceived
@@lois2997 I am sure the word of God has not deceived me. the curriculum of the Catholic church is a different story.
Wow. Hostile. Deflect and disclaim. Please just answer the question...
Keith, your videos are ALWAYS AWESOME!! You always hit the nail right on the head!!! God has most definitely given you a great gift in spreading His Word in a remarkable way with POWER and CONVICTION!!! God Bless, and keep 'em coming!!
I was raised Protestant and am exploring the subject of learning about Catholicism, so thanks for this explanation, as this issue has been completely foreign to me.
It sounds like to Catholics, "prayer" means not exclusively worship, but communication. It sounds like Jesus prayed to the Father, but also the "dead" at the transfiguration. We ask other Christians to pray on our behalf all the time, which answers the question "why not just pray directly to God?" Obviously, the same question could be asked whenever we ask someone else to pray for us. The Bible explains that those in Heaven are witnesses to us, they rejoice when we come ti the Lord, and they are praying to the Father, and its a safe assumption that they aren't praying for themselves (to me that sounds like a very reasonable assumption, even if we don't know for sure).
I also have learned that Catholics (correct me if im wrong) view the Church as one, The Church Militant (those of us in our current struggle here on earth) and the Church Victorious (those who have won eternal life), so I'd assume that Catholics believe that asking a Saint to intercede in prayer is much like asking a father, bishop, elder or fellow church member for prayer?
Thanks for this concise, well communicated explanation of your position! I feel i learned a lot (more than i ever knew on the subject), and in about 10 minutes no less!
You are getting it! I can tell you are really trying to understand. God bless
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I prefer to describe it as praying with, and with the help, of Mary and the Saints. Not exactly praying to them as I ask of them nothing but their help in prayer.
You state "It sounds like Jesus prayed to the Father, but also the "dead" at the transfiguration."
WHAT! Christ did not practice paganism.
@@dalepress1581 Try going to the cemetery and ask one of those lying 6 feet under ground a question and let me know the answer you get.
We respect the LORDS family,🥰🙏✌️
1st Timothy 2:5 ,For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
Revelation 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the PRAYERS OF ALL THE SAINTS on the golden altar before the throne,
Thise would be the prayers of the saints here on earth.
@@sammygomes73811 Thessalonians 3:13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL HIS SAINTS.
@@danp.torreja2777 He has to come back and get His saints at the tribulation.
@@sammygomes7381 1 Thessalonians 3:13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS WITH ALL HIS SAINTS. ( It's very clear coming WITH ALL HIS SAINTS. It didn't say to get His saints🙂)
@@sammygomes7381 Blessed Hope/Rapture is different to Battle of Armageddon and White Throne Judgement.
I pray to our beloved Holy Mary but i worship God and Jesus first. Amen! 🙏❤
and the difference between praying to Mary and Ben Franklin is what?
B@@sammygomes7381 no difference at all
* Standing ovation *
Catholics have a dogma of Mary as a co-redeemer.
The apostles did not ask a dead Mary to pray for them,
No we don't. You know everything that the apostles did for the rest of their lives???
Brother Keith going hard Our lady keep you
Love the attitude towards people who are trying to learn
Right!? I didn’t realize I was going to get yelled at.
Hello Keith! Happy New Year to you and your family. Great video. Your passion always gives me great joy. On this date, The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, I will in a few minutes pray the rosary and add you in my petitions for Mary Our Mother to intercede for you and your ministry. I lost my mother on December 13, and although I have prayed daily to God the Father and Jesus to receive her into their kingdom, I'm still praying the rosary daily asking the Virgin Mary to intercede for her. It is a great consolation to have a human mother chosen by God to give birth to a Divine Son to die for our sins. She knows all about it, and I trust in her who knows suffering. How many times has she come down to tell us to pray? Yet we don't listen. Thank you for your devotion to the rosary. Your brother in Christ, Juan (from PR)
I love your videos and you're right many Protestant wont agree but sometimes it sad to see christians fighting over the bible and context about what they think is right i dont think the bible is written for christians to debate over about it and most of all people keeps on talking about biblical terms rather than fulfilling them...if we concentrate on repenting and loving one another i dont think such necessities will bring us to this arguments and conclusions
Thank you for pointing out these things. As a lifelong Prot. confirmed Catholic for nine years and trying at 80 to be the best Catholic I can be. I believe everything you are saying but you articulate it so well. Thank God for the Scriptures and the Traditions of the Apostles. (Which I believe Paul mentions in one of his letters)
Thank you. My favorite prayer is the rosary. When I was a chilld I would pray to Mary and things always got better. Truly amazing!
Same results praying to a golden calf or tree.
@@JasonMcAllister-d9g They might as well be praying to a golden calf.
THE BIBLE ✝️ CLEARLY STATES NOT👈 TO PRAY IN REPITITION👈 ... THE ROSARY👈 IS REPITITION !!! GOD🙏 READS THE HEART ❤️... WE GO TO OUR FATHER GOD🙏 IN THE **NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES , JESUS ✝️ WHEN WE PRAY ...👈✝️🙏✝️
@@Jo-Anne-v4t Until they are born-again they will not see the light but follow the teachings of the Catholic church, not Christ.
I wish if you had read the Bible once in your life, you would have never said this kind of nonsense.
Did you see what Jesus replied when Mary came for a request when wine was finished?
John 2:4 -
4. *“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”*
(Please read carefully - Woman, why do you involve me?, did Jesus really need Mary's interference?)
Another verse when Mary and her sons wanted to meet Jesus when he was preaching to the crowd, look what Jesus said -
Matthew 12:47-50 -
47. Someone told him, *“Your mother and brothers are standing outside,* wanting to speak to you.” 48. He replied to him, *“Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49. Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”*
(Did you see - someone told Jesus "Your mother and brothers standing outside"
Do you still wanted to called Mary a vergin?
What was Jesus replied - Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?
Do you still need a mediator between God and Jesus? May God open your eyes.)
Please read the Holy Bible; you don't need any other explanations to know God. The Bible is the only Holy Book given to us that leads us to God.
A few verses I will post it here for your reference. -
1 Timothy 2:5-6
*5. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6. who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.*
1 Corinthians 3:4-8
4. When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world? 5. After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. *6. I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.* 7. It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 8. The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.
Matthew 24:35
*35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.*
I hope this makes sense.
God bless you 😊
NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE SAYS -PRAY TO MARY, SHE DID NOT DIE FOR MY SINS, I PRAY TO THE LORD JESUS, AMEN 🙏🏽
Yes but prayer does not mean worship
"Behold your mother..."
@@michaelaste7371it does tho lol can I pray to you? Oh why not cause thats idolatry
@@biggamer453 to pray means "to ask." Learn before speaking. Worship involves a sacrifice.
Ancora non capisci?!. Sei duro di cuore.....
You decieved by devil concerning Mary, praying for one another, Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven, not any saint or Mary, by your shouting you cannot by true.
I know for me, I have always found it odd that entire churches are dedicated to Mary and have huge statues of her outside that are almost as tall as the building and such. I’ve always seen that as putting her at the forefront before Jesus. I’ve also seen paintings where Mary is standing above Jesus with him laying at her feet. Can someone explain these to me.
No they can't explain it, because they are not telling the truth! Catholic faith is a cult and the people in it are blind! The Bible never mentions a Pope, Jesus said to call no man on the earth your father, for you have One Father in heaven! There are statues all around in most Catholic churches, and they do pray to Mary! He never mentioned whether the dead saints answer any of their prayers, why pray to anyone who doesn't answer? And to have any image of Jesus, Mary, the angels, or the apostles contradicts the Law fo God, which says clearly we are not to make graven images or likenesses of the Lord!
Mary is their goddess and they have too much pride to admit it.
Mary is the mother of God. There have already been billions of women who have lived on this earth and God willing there will be billions more. She was chosen from all of us to bear the Son of God. We do not worship her but we show the respect due her and ask for her to pray for us. Have you ever asked your mother to pray for you? I hope you have So if you would ask your earthly mother to pray for you why then would you not ask the mother of our Lord also? And please don’t tell me that the saints in heaven are dead. Several times in the bible you will read about the prayers of the saints, including Revelations. Mary is also referred to as St Mary. Btw Jesus was perfect and therefore followed the Commandments perfectly. Remember we are to honor our Mother and our Father. Jesus would have kept that commandment to honor his mother Mary. We simply are imitating our Lord by honoring our own mothers and His too. I hope that helps
@michellevisco9390 no she was not! She was chosen to birth the Son Of God. GOD has no mother or father, no beginning or end, no one created Him. The Bible says there is only ONE mediator between God and man, the Man Jesus Christ 1st Timothy 2:5 Matthew 6:6 " pray to your FATHER" not Mary, not dead saints, not statues, not paintings!
@@michellevisco9390 Matthew 12:46-50 Jesus speaking.
This (and other videos) is so comforting for me, as a Protestant on the road to Rome. ❤
Don't do it. Rome is a pagan nation that descended from Babylon. Study Daniel.
Please see my comment above....
@@JamesQuintero7 James, this comment of yours only shows one thing: You know nothing about Catholicism, and you certainly aren't inspired to read the scriptures. Pray for God's help.
God bless you lady! Have you read Tim Staples and Steven Ray? They have so much to tell about their own conversions, and it's inspiring!
@MystoRobot I've done much in-depth study and it is definitely inspired. I was a Catholic for most my childhood up to 18. If you know Daniel and Revelations, you will identify the error in today's "Christianity". It is prophecy.
Amen- the Saints are Alive in Christ, perfectly joined with the vine & our God of the living, not of the dead!, and 'the prayers of the righteous are powerful and efficacious' w/scripture itself showing us both Joseph and Mary were righteous. Mary had to be so very special to Jesus for him to only relinquish her at the very last of his dying breaths before relinquishing his very life/spirit!
There is not one word in the bible that says Mary was righteous, she was only favored.
@@sammygomes7381 Mother Mary is righteous. Saints are righteous, My Earthly Mother and Father is righteous etc... You wouldn't understand unless you understand what it means to be one in the body of Christ.
@@sammygomes7381 "the Lord was with her" per the angel.
@@sammygomes7381 What about Ellen G White? Is she righteous?
@@julieevanish3601 I don't recall her even being mentioned in the word of God, why do you ask?
Stop your nonsense. WE ARE NOT PRAYING TO ANY SAINTS. You can pray to the saints, stop your total nonsense. The only one close to the Father is Jesus Christ. You need help. Stop , you can keep praying to the saints but I pray to the one and only Almighty Sovereign, Supreme God. Pray to Mary, Jane and John. You need to be assertive , you sound aggressive. Stop your crap. It means you need to ask for more wisdom knowledge and understanding. 🙏
Amen brother 😇
Thank you, Keith. There has been so much history lost, along with the understanding. Thank you for so much clarity. The Fourth Commandment says to honor your Father and Mother. The Rosary teaches the exceptional times in Jesus' life and was easy to share. Many were illiterate and Bibles were not in print, so the Rosary became an important teaching tool through the mysteries. The French language has so many names for love so that it is clear. Our love of Mary is not worship, but love as to a mother and her beautiful example for our lives.
JesusChrist is the only mediator between us and God. Not a saint or Mary. The Rosary is all about Mary and very little about Jesus or God. She has been lifted up higher than the Father and The Son which is heretical
Well said ,am.underdtanding my faith a little better now
You worship Mary...its either you are in denial or you just dont understand the meaning of worship
@@philshongwe8835we don’t worship Mary. You can’t tell us how our faith traditions are run when you don’t understand our principles.
@@mr.alfredo4177 Unfortunately your principles dont matter when it comes to the Gospel of Chrst.Christ teaches all His followers how to pray and who to pray who and through whom. Anything outside these teaching comes from the evil one.
Hey, thank you for clearing it up for those who are confused about it. As a born Catholic, I always receive questions from my friends who are either Christian or Anglican that "Oh you're catholic so you pray to Mary and not Jesus? You guys don't believe in Jesus and worship Mary." And I was like, "No..?" Because in my experiences with the Roman Catholic church masses, people can come in and also see that we do not pray directly to Mother Mary, we pray to Jesus Christ and read passages in the Bible all the time. Even when I do my personal prayers, I pray to Jesus Christ all the time. The only time we pray for intercession with Mother Mary is the Holy Rosary prayer, where yes, as you mentioned we pray the 'Our Father' prayer a lot in it as well as 'Glory Be' prayer together. I don't exactly know the reason why we do intercessions with Mother Mary as well, but I was taught that praying the Holy Rosary is a weapon against sin. When we pray it, it's praying for redemption of sin not just for us but for all the sinners in the world as well. I find it personally a very humbling act of praise and worship, and like you said in this video, we don't exactly pray to the saints as well. In the Holy Rosary prayer sessions that I went to for years, at the end of the prayer we will ask the Saints, Mother Mary and Michael the Archangel to pray for us after meditating on the 5 mysteries (There is 4 sets of it, it's changing depending on the day you pray, the mysteries are all events of Jesus' journey in the Bible). I see it as it is, it's like asking your church community to pray for you because prayer is powerful when its in a group. I believe it is what you said that we're asking those that are in heaven now with God to pray for us because they are near God, literally in heaven where God is. The more prayers the better to fight off sin and build His kingdom.
No one born Catholic. One has to make a decision to follow Christ or the Catholic church.
And they worshipped and served the creation instead of the creator ,Who is forever blessed Amen. Why if you have access to the Ancient of Days would you even consider anything but God. And Satan laughs at the pagan rosary first started in Hinduism
I love how you distinguish Catholics and Anglicans from Christians. Hey, ummm. This is awkward but Anglicans and Catholics are Christians...
Most good children obey their Mother, right?
@@TheGuitarReb what does that have to do with anything? That’s the best explanation you’ve got?
“Why do Catholics worship Mary?”
“Well, you should listen to your mother”
Cmon. Please. I’m begging you. Give me a reason to believe this Mary stuff. I want so badly to understand but all I get is this kind of bogus nonsense.
I love to praying the rosary
That is paganistic and you can't or won't see it.
If you are reading the Bible with open heart, Holy Spirit and understanding you will find the truth. The Word of God is working in our Hearts. I have not found the confirmation in the Bible to knee and to pray to the statue of Mary, to the paintings of Mary or the Saints. But I have found the Words of God that we should not make and worship any statues, paintings of anybody on earth or heaven. Furthermore, that we should pray to God/Jesus directly. Some of the traditons like Christmas tree came from pegan culture and have nothing to do with the Bible. So, the question is, do you believe in the Word of God or in traditions made and adjusted by humans for years? The Bible says there will be a lot of false prophets and even satan can come to earth in form of an Angel or miracles to separate a huge group from the direct relationship with Jesus. The Bible also says that Christians will be divided into groups/religions, fighting which each other, which is said. Satan is not stupid. The Bible also says that if someone is changing the Word of God should be cursed. So, if the Bible quite specifically suggest something and you do it otherwise you don't follow your All Mighty Father's advice. Be healthy and read the Bible carefuly (with open❤). I see a lot of people praying to Mary, worshiping her, even more than God, there is a huge cult supported by the Catholic Church. I know because I was a Catholic for many years. Now I found the truth in Gods Words and other Christians. Pray for better understanding to God. God bless you all.
Perhaps you are still confused. It helps to know about the biblical teachings . But the context for those teachings is the Church - the body of Christ, that helps to clarify those teachings . I pray for you to find your way back and come to a fuller and deeper understanding of the Catholic faith.
I'd best suggest we all watch this a few times in our lives, this is heavy stuff.
Thank you!
There is 1) what the bible says 2) what it means 3) what is revealed in context of the whole scripture
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Some verses say things to certain groups and not applicable to others.
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As to praying to Mary....it is an abomination based on what is revealed as a whole.
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Catholics are shallow in their understanding and have the spirit of Jezebel.