Give Me an Answer - Why Is IT So Hard To Trust In Jesus?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- Program 1722 ................... - Bad Things Happen .............. Suffering/ Justice .......Religions.......
Recorded at Texas State University - October 2021.
The "Give Me An Answer" ministry began as an outgrowth of the dialogues Cliffe Knechtle has had with students on various university campuses throughout the United States. These universities include the University of Maine, Harvard, MIT, University of Florida, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, Berkeley, Stanford, University of Hawaii and the University of Washington. Cliffe spoke on these campuses in front of the Student Union or Library at noon for five to ten minutes. At the close of his initial remarks, he'd open up the time for questions and answers, which usually turned into a two to four hour dialogue with students. His crowd size ranged from 25 - 500 students at a time, and between classes, new students would join the discussion. This is an extremely effective way to reach a large number of university students with the Gospel of Christ.
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To anyone who is skeptical of Jesus, I'm right there with you. I spent many, many years of my life as an ardent atheist. However I came to a point in my life when I started asking big questions. I was a husband and father and trying to do the best job I could there, but if I was being intellectually consistent with my worldview I had to ask, what is the actual point, to any of it?
I was applying certain moral values on my life that I could not justify, why not commit adultery if it feels good and I can get away with it? Why should I not put myself first? Why shouldn't I complain that I don't get enough free time to myself? Why am I trying so hard to even want to do good if ultimately life's meaning is only subjective to me?
At a moment of absolute desperation I remembered a friend of mine who did the "Bible thing" and through holding to what it said I had seen him go from a down and out waster to living a life of incredible joy, peace and happiness. So in that moment I prayed, "okay, let's do it. If this is untrue then the worst thing that could happen is I live a life doing good to others, however if it is true, then it's TRUE" so I remembered the prayer I knew about from him, and I genuinely put my very meagre amount of faith and understanding in Jesus.
You know what happened? Over the next few days I started to feel completely different. The way I saw the world changed, the exhaustion I felt at life lifted, I had this strange new innate desire to do good to people and I experienced a level of compassion I never knew before, certain things I used to enjoy that were harmful to me I no longer desired the same.
I had no idea what was happening to me and it was not my active decisions that were bringing this new change about. I had always heard the term "born again" but thought that was nothing more than an evangelical buzz word. Turns out being born again is exactly the thing I was experiencing and was completely in line with what the Bible said. I was always someone who asked people to prove God existed and then I would believe, I was the one who would like to make fun of the "Jesus people", I revelled in how stupid and unenlightened they must be living in their dark age nonsense. Turns out God loves me enough to make it undeniable, He didn't give me some generic all encompassing evidence that would be applicable to everyone. He dealt with me on an individual level giving me a unique experience.
I was a victim of childhood abuse, I held such hatred, anger and hurt towards my abuser that it consumed me. One of the first things I felt God ask me was, "if you want to do this, you gotta walk the talk, you need to forgive them".
It took all that I had but I decided to trust in God and the moment I genuinely forgave, all the pain, anger, sadness, misery and hatred left me, I literally felt this heavy burden physically move from being draped over me to being lifted away. I was free and a strange thing occured, I felt nothing but compassion and love for the that person. As soon as I was able I got in touch and forgave them in person.
This may not constitute as evidence to some, but you don't know who I was. Nothing short of the power of God through salvation could have changed me for I was broken beyond belief. It's good enough for me.
God bless ✌️😊
@@ChrisTheKing172 thanks, I wish I could take the credit 😄 it's all Him ✌️
@@ChrisTheKing172 there's quite a few things that go on. I feel it's helpful to separate the constant experience of God from things like answered prayers.
On a normal day I have this sense of fullness, joy and peace. I look at the sky and am filled with awestruck wonder at creation knowing that to even see it is to behold Jesus' handiwork. The Bible says that he's the Word of God so anything I see in nature according to scripture is made by him. Overall it's this sense that I'm in a constant relationship and closeness with Him. Very helpful on a tough day with my 3 sons 😅
In terms of how God helps me practically, well from experience I only realise after he's done the thing. Some things take time, some others right away, some things happen in a very surprising way. It's a process of trust. What I can say is that anything He does do, He does in His own way and it's usually perfectly tailored to what I needed. Never what I wanted. Always with the result of building me up as a Christian and drawing me closer to Him, increasing wisdom, knowledge and experience.
It's kind of a hard one to pin point. I've got lots of stories but each one is unique so it's hard to give a general answer 👍✌️😊
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@@Given_Grace That is indeed a good story Given Grace, i have no reason to doubt you are being sincere, and if placing all your trust in Jesus has had a positive effect on your life, thats all well and good. I also have this compelled compassion to help other people, i devote my life to helping others, and, like you, i find it incredibly uplifting and empowering, but I also retain my sense of reason and doubt, .. i think it's very important to question things which you truly doubt. Christianity played a massive part in my life, and I always had a ton of questions which I struggled to find satisfactory answers to.. it was only when I was able to take a step back and look at things from a different perspective that convinced me that that this whole story we are led to believe about Christ, was in fact not true, that was like an epiphany moment in my life, .. it was transformational to me, much like your experience.. it's changed my life for the better. If the Gospels help people to lead a better life and to be kind and compassionate, that is all well and good, and if belief in Jesus has helped you, again, that's all well and good. But for me, it was coming to the realization that Jesus is highly fictionalized, probably based on a real person was like a Eureka moment. Transformational.
Amazing man. Very inspirational. Much love
This guy is so kind and gracious. I’ve never seen an audience so respectful and intentionally listening. Especially at a university now and days. The Holy Spirit was moving in hearts that day. Praise God
How do we figure out what stories are true and what stories are not true?
It has to do with making an analogy with stories that we can believe happened, and an analogy with stories that we believe did not happen. And use the thousands, hundreds of thousands and millions of stories that humans have created, both true and not true.
Do we think the stories of the moon landings are true?
Do we think the stories of Star Trek are true?
Why do we think the moon landings and coming back to the Earth actually happened? Because Neil Armstrong was a great pilot of jets, Buzz Aldrin had a PhD from MIT in orbital mechanics. The Scientists and Engineers knew how to build rocket ships.
Why might we think that the stories of Star Trek are not true? Aside from the timeline problems. Because the stories don't contain knowledge on how to make Warp Drive Star Ships, Photon Torpedoes, Transporters. In order for us to think the stories of Star Trek are true, we would have to be able to build a Warp Drive Star Ship and fly to Vulcan and look and see if there is anybody there that looks like Spock. Then we might think that Star Trek is true.
It is all about knowledge vs story claims. In order for someone to turn a 3 day old stinky body to new again, that being would have to know a lot about the human body, about blood, skin, bones, eye balls, liver, heart, etc.. Did Jesus tell us anything about the human body? Anything about first aid that we humans can use? Anything about CPR? Anything that would start Science to research into starting Medical Science so humans can build hospitals, medical research facilities and ways to prevent diseases naturally?
Jesus of Christianity, if a God, would know about valuable inventions for humans that we could benefit from. So was Jesus walking around Judea and saw all the people that could not read or write and not think maybe there should be printing presses to make books and newspapers? Or about eyeglasses so more people could read?
Why would real God do Supernatural healings of humans, but not tell humans about the ways to prevent disease naturally? Look up where Jesus and Disciples did not wash hands before meals. The reason given in the Christian Bible was something Religious, but this would have been a great time to give a lecture on microbiology and the importance of cleanliness before meals. Does your God watch from heaven and not care about how many people would not die to diseases that could be prevented if only your God spoke up?
Could Jesus of Christianity pass a High School Science test?
All Jesus of Christianity gives us is Story Magic. Jesus of Christianity is a Supernatural Superhero. Jesus of Christianity is not a Nature's God.
Did Jesus tell us about Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Geography, etc.. If Jesus was a God, Jesus should have been able to fill entire books on economics, much more than Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, 1776. Instead of just telling people to give to the poor. If Jesus cared about humans, Jesus would have talked about how to build more wealth with good economic practices to build businesses and on how to make things.
Then lets understand Thomas Jefferson and his phrase in the Declaration of Independence of the United States, "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." Thomas Jefferson did not think that Christianity is true. Jefferson knew that the stories of Christianity only gets to a human created story God, stories created by humans. Jesus is a Supernatural Superhero, who only knows Story Magic. Jefferson thought that a Nature's God would have knowledge of Nature. That is what the Philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment gave us, is to not believe in Supernatural Superhero Story Magic, but to build on knowledge of Nature and Reason. A phrase used to describe the Age of Enlightenment was 'Dare to Know.'
It is the Age of Enlightenment Philosophies that gave us the advances of Nature, like electricity, electronics and machine created power, medical care and medical hospitals. Not the Story Magic thinking from the ancient world.
Praise the Lord!
I've never doubted the word of Yeshua(KJV Holy Bible) ever since I first met Christ Jesus. I was willing to just die, rot an then vanish into eternity. I was wrong because I learned that Jesus is God Almighty ❤❤❤
Your words have blessed me. God bless you and God keep you forever and ever and ever ✝️🙌
Amen! Praise Yah!!
I met Him too, but most people don't believe it.
The KJV is good Bible don’t get me wrong but king James changed some words for his own benefit so, personally I stay away from that one.
@@LogxnM.Which ones?
At 7:12 that girl is ready to give her life to Christ, I wish I could jump in the video and encourage her, so rare when someone actually accepts the truth of the Gospel
And you believe it is your job to do so and not the 'holy spirit' ?
This should be illegal.
@@guitarista67why? We talk abt religious freedom all the time, but when a girl gets convinced about her belief yall are saying its supposed to be illegal?
@@milis1963People are so selfish that they take it to their own personal belief. And they are so close minded!!! to see that someone is growing spiritually in the Mighty name of Jesus christ✝️🙌 The girl who gave her life to Jesus I am hoping, is the one who is winning ✝️
True, and yet that question was not well answered. You are telling a sinner about the Holy Spirit, when she needs to get saved first. Very simple question - how can one give their heart to Jesus? Romans 10:9 tells us how easy it is to be saved.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.
~ James 4:8
People say that religion is on the decline in this country, but then I see the amount of people that crowd around preachers, and I see hope for this country.
Happy to see people raising their hands and being civil 🥰
When the student says we need suffering to experience happiness, he is actually acknowledging that there are some times when we are so stubborn in our ways that we reject the joy of the Lord, and the Lord in his love chastises us so that we may experience this joy which he knows is good for us. In other words, it is our stubbornness which requires the suffering to find joy, but that stubbornness is sin, and sin is entirely unnecessary, therefore suffering isn't necessary to find joy.
Right on Cliffe & Stuart. May God continue to bless you both in spreading the Good News. I want to contribute to you ministry. Please add a Donate or Support link / icon to your videos.
The history around Jesus is remarkable. There are a western version (known by most Christians in the west) and a eastern version (mostly unknown by Christiana). The eastern (Indian) version suggest that Jesus (as most others) didn't die on the cross but was towed to a brand new grave (not family grave) and rested there for some few days and was swapped away on a donkey ASAP his was able to manage the trip. The "fly away" explanation was a cover story to manage the escape. From there he went to India and created a eastern tradition that didn't survive Islam.
what God are you talking about psalm 147 /19/20 he show his words to Jacob his statutes and judgments to Israel according to the bible the most high show his words statutes and judgments to Israel never mention no other nation let's continue for he has not dealt with any other nation and for his judgments they have not known them according to the bible the most high has never dealt with any other nation so why would he be blessing a nation he's not dealing with
Diffrent situations in this world (some are bad) help us to build our character. We may get more patience, humility, wisdom, gentleness, mercy, etc. That is why God allows bad in our life. All the bad things can turn in good things through faith in God.
AMEN!!!!!!! I love the LORD Jesus even more after hearing and seeing all these. God bless you more Sirs!
I wish there were more non-denominational churches in my small area. People cling to the teaching of a church or idea more than the teachings of Jesus and even though I love them as brothers and sisters in Christ, I feel that as a non-denominational myself, it's hard to connect to a community of Christians when they follow specific rules of a church first and foremost.
i know a place. i go to a church where they only preach jesus no funny church antics
The only thing I disliked about this video was when she asked how do you accept Christ?, he gave her some type of theological answer instead of just telling her that if you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart the Jesus is Lord and Christ raised him from the dead then you shall be saved. And after that become discipled. No point in standing out there and discussing all of this theology and all of these concepts when you can’t even show someone how to accept Christ into your heart. This is very disappointing because I love hearing these debates. But what Good does it do when an atheist ask how do you accept Jesus and you can’t answer them?
Rarely do you hear someone talk to reasonably and profoundly about the Gospels and Christ like Cliff does. I'm so used to the "Americanized" Fundamentalist Gospel and style of preaching that it's seriously refreshing hearing a rational and reasonable Christian speak respectfully.
Whilst it's refreshing to see a pastor actually go out and interact with students on campus, and actively engage with them with hard questions, I'm not so sure his answers are winning them over. I've no doubt that Cliffe and Stuart are 100% genuine in their beliefs,.. that is clear to see. The answers they give will rarely convince a non believer. Yet, if this God that Cliffe believes in actually exists, he could find a way to convince a doubter like me in a nano second.
@@bonnie43uk Indeed God can. God is God.
@@curiousgeorge555 Hmm, just saying it doesn't make it so george.
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Can I ask what's holding you back from believing? Remember almost every believer deals with doubt, myself included. However, I wholeheartedly believe that the evidence appears to point to a creator, more specifically the God of the Bible.
@@Amy-un6xg Good question Amy. I can certainly hook my wagon so to speak to anyone who preaches love, kindness, empathy and compassion to other human beings.. those are all wonderful traits that I try and adhere to. With regards to the gospels though, I am highly skeptical that this Jesus character was indeed the "son of God", there are lots of reasons why it doesn't make sense to me, or that I find it highly unlikely. Just to give you one reason.. so as not to make these comments too long, I don't believe that Jesus died for my sins. Any wrongdoings I make in life are upon me and no one else.. it's up to me to ask forgiveness from the person I wronged, and that person is under no obligation to forgive me if they feel it's unwarranted. I can learn from my mistakes and try not to commit the same errors. Life is a learning process.
Lets take an extreme example Amy, lets say a man tortures and kills your parents, I think you would find it hard to forgive such a horrific act, i dont think I could forgive that person straight off the bat. Yet, we're led to believe that if that person shows genuine forgiveness and accepts Jesus as his savior, Jesus *will* forgive him. So what punishment has been given to him for his abhorrent act?.. lets say he committed this act and was never caught.. when he dies, according to Christianity .. he goes to heaven does he not?
Stay in faith rebuke doubt.
Hebrews 11:6 🛡
Without hardship, there is no growth. God allows us to go through hardship for reasons that at the time may be beyond our understanding, but the lesson is to trust that no matter how bad things appear, He is with us and is out support. Faith grows and we see His hand work in our favor eventually. I went through a difficult time and chose to trust in God like I never did before. After the hard times were over I looked back and realized how much I had grown to love Him for being my hope. I witnessed miraculous solutions to my problems just popping right in front of me for months. I trusted Him so much I was compelled to call people I had not seen in over a decade who were suffering from cancer only to later see them healed and strong in the faith as I was becoming. I felt closer to God and it was all because I chose to fall in His arms in hard times. Pain isn't a bad thing if you allow the outcome take you in the right path. We would not surrender our will to Him if we didnt know how much we need Him, and when all is well, it is easy to forget Him. Some may say this is selfish of Him. It only sounds that way if you dont understand the reality of what He is leading you away from. Not being near Him, is not being near life. There is no life without Him because He IS life. It is what God meant when he said to Adam and Eve “if you eat from that tree you will die”. In layman terms, if you do as you wish, you stray from me, the only source of good and life. If you choose to be the one who determines what is good in your flawed, limited view of the world, you will fail. Trust me, and everything will be good in your life, and through you being blessed, everyone around you will be blessed.” Instead we now have people who choose what is good and what is evil, and there isnt a set foundation for everyone. Everyone chooses, everyone begins to hate those who they deem wrong and evil. Thus we have division. Evil doesnt just spawn from selfish people like dictators and other cartoonishly evil men. No, evil also stems from division which slowly brews into hate. Basically, people who do not share fundamental ideas. But with Gods truth, the only truth, there is a solid foundation, hence why the bible calls Him the rock. His will, his morality, is all based in logical thinking. If we all live eachother and are patient with eachother, we will all prosper. God wants to be part of that too, because he wants relationships that are genuine.
Without some bruising to our soul there is no open flower, for all to receive from pole to pole, knowledge like a shower.
Well said Tyko
@James G They don’t have to be permanently wounded inflicted and impaired. That’s not God’s way.
But those who love and trust God are walking on a road of optimism faith and hope. They just dust themselves off and get back up again, forgetting their failures and embarrassing set backs, and instead hope for a glorious future.
And eventually they become bright eyed and bushy tailed, full of good cheer. They speak wisely. They are full of enthusiasm. They are indefatigable. Hence they are winners. They are going for it and keep going for it. They are not winers, they are true blue, real McCoy, winners.
Thanks for these uploads keep them coming. God bless.
Thank you for the message God bless you and your family 💖💙🕊️🙏
Lord, it is amazing to see you at work in these videos!
Seeing you draw people to have conversation about your Word is such a blessing to see!
As a fellow CT native Christian Millennial (Middletown, Plainville, New Britain, Greenwich , Hamden + Litchfield) who just moved down to Florida-so Happy to see this area of Connecticut get the gospel of Jesus Christ! New Canaan is part of Fairfield county-the wealthiest section however Spiritually broke. This church is a beacon of light to meet Gen Z at campuses! Any church that steps outside their walls to talk about the gospel is one of the many signs of a true authentic healthy church. Sounds like this church is a great starting point to understand the fundamentals of Christianity and a solid Biblical foundation. To mature into a well rounded Christian after you understand the foundation- I would also look for a churches that cultivates the role of the Holy Sport in terms of the presence of God inside of you. After all, it’s the power of Gods presence inside of a Christian that enables us to love Him and live for Him. Where His Presence is there is Freedom. Typically churches that cultivate His Presence are Non-Denominational can use keywords like Kingdom Minded, or Kingdom Builders in their lexicon. If you cannot find any, I’ll also share my church name in Largo, FL ( Generation Church) and you can watch them on TH-cam ! Shalom to all the pilgrims on this earth that are finding Jesus.
I think God instilled in human beings, because he created us, tucked way into the depths of our souls, that he is real, and that's why we have a hunger for the truth, and we want to know more about who he is.
You mean like Eccl 3:11
...He has put eternity in their hearts...
We have a sense of eternity in our lives; we possess an innate knowledge that there is something more to life than what we can see and experience in the here and now.
@@LookOutForNumberOne why do you say that? Do you have no sense of anything greater than yourself? If not, why do you feel a need to share your thoughts with me?
@@LookOutForNumberOne but why do you feel a need to interact with me? Do you wish to educate me? Do you have a moral impetus to do something good? If so, why? Where does that come from? Why do you make videos exposing poor Cliffe? Why not just sit quietly in the dark and let the world move around you? Why do you interact with the world and all its possibilities? Have you asked yourself this?
@@peterberr3888 Yes, that is what I meant. Thank you.
@@sterlingfallsproductions3930 What does that even mean if it's meaningless Nihilism of an unknown origin? FOOLISHNESS
Often now they'll get an incredible question and drip the ball so so badly. I'm like shouting at the screen.
A girl asks HOW MUST I BE SAVED and the son goes ON AND ON about stuff instead of directly addressing HOW to be saved!!!
Share the GOSPEL, and QUICKLY let her know if you honestly want to give your life to christ ...honestly....
Here's how:
I've seen years of these and they often have great things to say.
But Far too often they flat out misinterpret questions or jump ahead of a question...
And there's a guy who's sharing something true - bad things can make the good seem excellent - and didn't know how to express it. But they jump on him...
Yet, we see the very thing displayed in the life of Job. The young man wasn't saying, 'my dad had to die to let me feel life more abundant'...
He was saying, 'that event which was awful and caught us off guard, happened to jolt me or shook me to wake me up to how good life is'.
The girl who questions why GOD can do things like destroy people....
Should know that He's the Potter and we're the Clay. What value do we have outside of God? If I draw a sketch and then end up throwing it away, and someone says "Hey! That's wrong! I love that sketch! It's awesome. Why would you do that?!?"
Well. Because I CREATED IT and I will save it or throw it away if I desire. For the reasons I desire.
We could go on and on...
I appreciate these guys, and have for YEARS....even though they need a lot of teaching/training.
They are pretty rad.
JCB,.....These guys have nothing to do with the Christianity of Jesus and the Bible. They are false teachers/preachers and are selling the 100% apostate churches fake manmade christianity.
Completely agree. I also have watched lots of these videos and get a lot from them, but I also find myself frustrated so often by the missed opportunities such as the ones you mentioned... and also the guy near the end of this video asking about someone living a pious life but not having faith in Jesus as opposed to someone who has sinned more but has faith - a perfect opportunity to mention that there is NONE good but God. . It would have been the perfect opportunity to use the commandments to show how everyone has broken some of them and will therefore stand guilty on the day of judgement if they trust in their own righteousness rather than putting their faith in Christ, which is of course the good news. The supposedly pious non believer will be judged only on the sins they have committed - there is nothing unfair about how they will be judged.
Lastly, I’d like to be perfectly clear that this comment is intended to be constructive criticism. What they are doing is valuable and I admire them both for talking to these young people - I just think it could be taken to another level that would be even more beneficial than what tends to be mainly intellectual argument by clearly sharing the gospel and why everyone needs it.
yeah they get alot wrong and often fear man more then God while preaching
@@ChrisTheKing172 God is the standard which defines goodness.
@@ChrisTheKing172 if you are not a Christian I’m not sure I can explain that to you in a short TH-cam comment. I don’t have time to write another long comment at the moment, so I’ll just say that God isn’t just some guy who exhibits goodness, but it is Gods character itself that defines what good is.
If you are a Christian, you only need to refer to the bible - there’s plenty in there - however if you are asking such a question I’m guessing you are not a Christian and pointing you to bible verses will likely not convince you.
Cliffe & Stuart we love you guys....Maranatha!
Clif is a wonderfully humble man. I love him, he makes me feel like I know nothing about my faith while reassuring me that I am okay 😂
Going through Suffering allows us to appreciate the joy without taking it for granted.
So this weird god of yours expects...requires you to suffer???????
WHY????
@@childofthe60s100 No! Suffering happens because we are separated from God. God created us as an extension of the Divine Energy manifested in Human form to experience paradise on earth. We failed because we allowed sin to separate us from our Benevolent Creator. As a result when we go through suffering we learn to appreciate the Gifts of God gave to us and to not take things for granted.
@@childofthe60s100 don’t be fooled, suffering comes from Satan. God only heals and is holding his wrath until your judgment day. The father of his world is Satan and you’re living for him, God allows this because this separates those fit for the kingdom of God and those that aren’t. If you rejoice in the mist of opposition and suffering and look to him during your storm then he will gladly take you out, Satan attacks those closest to God because he wants us to be separated from him.
@@childofthe60s100 Without suffering we cannot grow.
REPENT and be BAPTIZED for the Remission of your sins in Jesus name and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit 🙏
I have never sinned. Do I get a free gift? "Jesus Loves Me" bumper sticker? WWJD wristband? Blood of the Covenenant sippy cup?
@@theoskeptomai2535 that doesn't sound like a statement of a person that just doesn't acknowledge the existence of a God. Maybe you've been caught in another lie?
Very well said Jay, that sime
@@saintpaulofyoutube4416 No. The lies have all originated with you. If you want to discuss my statement do so as an adult. I stand by my statement thatI have never sinned. Either challenge my statement or cower away as you always do.
@@theoskeptomai2535 you can't point to a lie I've told here. You just say things with no justification.
I'm not above lying but I don't see you as important enough to waste one on.
Your "questions" are so sophomoric and inane that lying isn't necessary.
I love Jesus. I am blessed to have found him at Bethany Bible Fellowship. I love your videos!
This was a great video even better than most of the others due to the fact such great questions were asked and the answers given were absolutely spot on that left no room for interpretation
Stuart and Cliffe rock!
Right off the bat he drops the hammer
Drops it on his toe
Excellent Stuart….you ARE your Fathers son …both of them 🙏🙌🏼
Cliffs is the Goat!!! I love that he does this right in the middle of the college green
No man can live a pious or perfect godly life that’s why we need the Holy Spirit and Christ
Who'd want to live a "pious and godly life"?
So this Jesus and holy spirit can aid you in "living a pious or perfectly godly life"? Explain how that works.
After repenting and trusting in Jesus, he fills us with the holy spirit and gives us a new heart. One that despises lying, stealing, lust, etc. We have been transformed by our faith. There are many many testimonies of people who have experienced this. We are witnesses to this experience and you can be too! All you have to do is repent (aka contrition which means you are truly sorry for having sinned in the first place) and believe that Jesus died to take your punishment for those sins. It's so simple a child can understand it. I pray and have faith that the Holy Spirit seeks you out as you read this. God will surely meet you where you are at anytime. God bless ✝️
@@brittanykirkpatrick923 How do you know Jesus died for anyone's sins?
@Our Savior A bad answer is worse than no answer at all. None of you can possibly KNOW that Jesus died for anyone's sins. Such a claim is a bald appeal to faith without any evidence supporting it. I could literally pick any figure from history and say he or she died for our sins. It is meaningless sophistry.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved ❤️✝️
The answers befit the questions, and what's even worth mentioning is the respect (or discipline) of those asking and keenly listening.
I love your videos. Keep up the great work: your message is reaching me!
Once you BELIEVE and TRUST the Gospel (1Cor15 1-4KJV) you are SAVED and SEALED with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13KJV)
Saved and sealed from WHAT exactly?
@@theoskeptomai2535 saved from the Judgement of God that will condemn Sinners to eternal Hell fire...and Sealed means sealed with the Holy Spirit as the downpayment for Salvation.
Well said...amen.
@@trooperman1080 1) How have you determine there will be a "Judgement of God"? Explain the methodologies you employed to reach that conclusion. Take me through the steps leading you to such a determination.
@@trooperman1080 2) Have you ever observed either this 'god' or 'eternal hell fire'? Yes or no.
Why do people say "I didnt choose to be Born" and then they say "my body my choice." Im so confused🤷🏻♂️
Wow praise GOD, Stuart is really coming along! Thats a true gift from GOD laid on the Knechtle family 🕊
More gifts from god:
child cancer
crop failure
pandemics
rust
incurable diseases
human deformities
mental illness
wars
dictators
pathogens
despots
intolerance to other races
etc etc
As the silly song goes "The Lord God Made Them All".
@@childofthe60s100 those are the gifts of mankind's disobedience. Sin ans disobedience causes these. GOD created the earth perfect, mam rebelled and chose woman, who chose satan, and now we have sickness and death and war and sin because that's what we chose, not because that's what GOD made. Nice try though you mocker!
what God are you talking about
You’re amazing Cliffe ❤️
Stuart gets stronger with every video🤣
The one question that NONE of the resident trolls will even attempt to answer:
"Okay my atheist agnostic friend: What is your solution to the problem of suffering and death?"
Decomposition. What else is there under their worldview?
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Happy to respond to that question Jesse. First off, it's not something that any atheist has ever claimed they have an answer to.. so it's a strawman argument. Suffering and death is very much part of life, it's impossible to deny.. they are inevitable aspects of life. Both Cliffe and Stuart have mentioned their brother/uncle losing a little girl in a car accident, while this is undoubtedly a terrible tragedy that caused intense pain and suffering to their family, we can all sympathise greatly with their terrible loss.. it's a fact of life that we all have to accept that incredibly painful things are going to occur in life just by the sheer nature of cause and effect.. people die in car accidents, no amount of praying will ever stop that.. it's a sad fact of life.
Is there a Christian answer as to the problem of suffering and death?.. Jesse, why does God allow little children and babies to suffer horrific diseases which result in them experiencing terrible pain and ultimately death? From an atheist perspective again, it's an unfortunate fact of life that some children and babies will die painful deaths, that is the nature of the world we live in, we can explain it. But i think it's much harder from a Christian perspective to explain why a loving God would allow a baby to be born that is only going to experience pain and suffering before it slowly dies. .. to say it's because of mankinds fallen nature doesn't really answer it.. what has that baby done to deserve pain and death from a Christian perspective?
It would be good to get your thoughts on why innocent babies in particular suffer terrible pain from your perspective? What did they do to deserve that?
WHAT exactly is the problem of suffering and death? We suffer. We die. Such is nature. There's your solution.
Hey, speaking of the one question that NONE of the resident posse will even attempt to answer:
"Okay my theist: Can you provide a single _evidentiary fact_ that substantiates your
claim that the god of Christianity is real?"
Thank you!
Now I just can't go without watching Cliff and stuarts , and Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel's videos
I subscribe to you long time ago but i lost you because i change my account now so happy to see again and i subscribed to your channel again. Im learn a lot from you sir.. God bless your ministry Sir ..
23:45 True to myself means to take accountability, not to do whatever you want and expect others will have to except you
Amazing video cliff is a good talker to the crowd
Yes he is.
such a blessing .
Such ignorance.
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I feel like when people say ‘u need to suffer to be happy’ they mean to say ‘suffering helps you appreciate happiness or good times more, because u see how special it was.’ Like how a candle is brighter in the dark compared to a lit room. However, this doesn’t solve or answer the question ‘ What is your answer to suffering?’
46 years ago as a 20 year old ...i was with my girlfriend , who was a christian . she asked me what do i believe in? i told her ,, i believe in love ,,,that when you have love ,,,real love , you would do anything to help others.....she said ....GOD is love ...1 john 4;8.
i was taken back ...and read the bible for the first time ,,,first that verse and then the gospels ,,,in a couple of months of reading bible and then going to church as a "date" with her ....i heard the truth .
and accepted JESUS as my saviour .
i did so by faith ....and still i never question GOD of these types of questions . GOD is holy and righteous ...HE knows what HE is doing ....we dont .
That's like saying you need darkness to see light, actually all you need is a reflection. And we are the reflectors keeping the cars on the road for only those who have light. The dark will follow the dark into darkness. In Heaven everything is reflecting God that there is no darkness at all for God is Light. Thank you brothers for showing evidences of our faith for people to understand, that they see we have faith of evidence and not blind faith.
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The part about the ministry of Stewart and Cliff which saddens me the most is how "in detail" they try to get, which a lot of the time diverts around the people's question entirely.
Example: at 4:14 this poor girl wants to know how to be saved and Stewart goes on a theology preach session which this poor unbeliever was not only not ready to hear, but did not answer her question at all leaving her more confused. And at the end of his preaching, he said "Then ask Jesus into your heart"
Friends, asking Jesus into your hearts WILL NOT save you. Nor is this preaching biblical. All you need to do is simply trust that Jesus was the sufficient sacrifice to pay the just penalty of your sin. No prayer, church attendance, good works, baptism or anything else will save you.
The gospel of Christ is simple, friends. Simply trust in the savior.
Acts 16:29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
30 He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved -you and your household."
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Jesus gave me personal revelation to believe. It is a blessing but also a failing on my part. Blessed are those who believe without seeing, well God had to put his cross right into my field of vision for an entire afternoon in order for me to see. Never had any kinda hallucination like that since or before, was completely sober. I have no excuse to continue sinning, having given personal firsthand proof of the Lord, but I still sin. I still fail even with this promise sealed into my mind. Please pray for me that I stop these sins that God has commanded me to stop. And that I make progress with the ones that are more difficult. I am so addicted to sin I need help to love God.
I am out of energy. I have lost my parent, my Mom. everything is dull or painful since then. To love people or love God…it takes so much of my energy…I don’t even want to think about him…eternal life…I wish it did not exist…I hope it doesn’t and we are all fooled..all the threats from all these major religions! Jesus is the only way and so on. and then someone from another religion goes to hell or what? Death of my loved one consumes me…it is not the life I had before. When bas things happen, the first thought I have is rather question God then find peace in him…he is the one allowing things to happen. I just want to see my Mom. if I knew I could, I would even go to church and praise him but my only reason to be there is for my Mom.
The Holy Spirit is to us as Jesus was to the Disciples 🙏💯
Is true, we don’t get Jesus physically, but He was so good that He told us that our best friend is coming to be with us, the Holy Spirit, I had many opportunities to feel and experience His comfort, it’s really amazing, is more than drinking a nice cool water in a hot thirsty day…..
I find it difficult to trust in Jesus because of the 2000+ year separation from the events that occurred in the New Testament. I haven’t seen Jesus in person. I haven’t heard the audible voice of Jesus or God. I haven’t seen a miracle similar to the ones Jesus performed. All I have is the words of eye witnesses from thousands of years ago. The promises of Jesus for the resurrection and new heaven and new earth are so fantastical to me it’s hard to even fathom anything other than the brokenness and corruption of this life. Yet I still believe because I came to the conclusion that I have to make a choice on who to trust for me to continue living. So I follow Jesus to the best of my ability in hope that Jesus is as reliable as he claims to be.
Since a real God would have complete knowledge of nature, and be somewhat creative to make good things, the Gospels would have to contain;
Jesus's knowledge of the human body. For a God to turn a 3 day old dead body to a new alive one, that God would know a lot about eyes, ears, blood, heart, lungs, skin, bones, etc.. Then tell humans about that. Give us information on keeping the body healthy. Tell us how to prevent diseases naturally, not just heal a few people supernaturally, which can be made from humans minds and imaginations in story.
Jesus would have been walking around Judea and saw so many people without books to read and people who didn't know how to read. Jesus would have told humans about inventions like the printing press. Also about eyeglasses so more people could read.
Jesus would have known a little bit about Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Mathematics, etc. or at least the way to investigate it. Did Jesus have no knowledge of what we call Science? Really?
Jesus would have a lot of knowledge of economics and on how to make things and businesses. Create more wealth with good economics rather than just giving to the poor.
A real God would know about Nature. A Story God created from humans minds and imagination would be able to do the Supernatural in stories, but have no real knowledge of Nature. (Which is why Thomas Jefferson included the phrase 'Laws of Nature and of Nature's God. Jesus is never a Nature's God. Jesus is a Supernatural Super hero. So any discussion of Philosophical arguments for a Nature's God do not apply to Jesus and Christianity. Jesus does not deserve the promotion from Supernatural God to Nature's God that many Philosophers do, who try to promote Christianity in debate. )
beautiful question at 7:15
Wow 🙏🙌🔥🔥❤️
Re: when bad things happen…
1 Peter 1:6-7: “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
Idk if this will be seen bc this video has a lot of comments already but wow. I mean while watching this a new revelation just came to me about pain and suffering besides us just accepting the good and the bad and it just being the law of this life. When God told job “who are you” first I realized and thought “that's right who am I that I can't take anything bad” so I took it in a sacrificial/humble way(which is true)but then I realized the reason u shouldnt believe that you are deserving of nothing but goodness in this life is Because you haven't gave only good things in this life. ALSO, the fact is, this life/world is nothing but evil and destruction without God. Revelation: HIS MERCY AND GRACE are the good times. It's his mercy and grace that provide us with good experiences and the experience to be good THROUGH His Holy SPIRIT, goodness is on this earth and it is mixed in with the bad to provide some balance and that's a testimony to his love, and just nature to still give us goodness to combat our horrible deeds, so in all we have something to be thankful for even in the bad times because without his spirit and STANDARD FOR HIS SPIRIT it would be all chaos.
I leave the things that i cant change
Look at nobody on their phone. What an amazing time
Man I’m gonna be sad when Cliffe is gone
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
1 John 1. 1
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
John 5. 26
Some people are just like my way or the highway!
8:28. When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 16:20. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. -(John)
Anybody got a time stamp for scientific evidence?
Why do you ask?
So what I don’t understand is how do you start up the conversation. Like I am a Christian and I want to preach and try to spread the gospel but I don’t know how to start it up like get attention
Hi cliff where can I come see you speak or do you have a church or service I can attend? I would really ask for prayer. I'm just .. lost for words
In every episode he tells you when and where he holds his church services.
Jesus loves you and God has a plan for your life ❤️💕💓💖💓🧬
Exactly 💯. Thanks to them for uploading this video. Brother's Cliffe and Stuart always do good work in their efforts in the furtherance of The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ you're reaching thousands to millions of people who are seeking after The Truth of God's Existence, Word and Character in our reality 🙏❤️👊. This has nothing and everything to do with the video but please listen if you want to otherwise leave it alone and ignore it. Hello my name is Justin and I'm a fellow Christian and Apologist but I'm also a college student. I'm not a closed minded Theist as I have nothing against Atheists or unbelievers as I speak to them often to understand their reasons for unbelief but we as Christians are convinced of God's Existence due to many real factors). I'm not trying to convert anyone or convince anyone to become Christians as that's The Holy Spirit's job to help people believe but only explain why I believe in Jesus Christ. There's actually evidence of God's Existence in Christianity. First of all there's proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed in history since the writings of Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, Pliny the younger and other historical documents prove that He was living two thousand years ago that even scholars both religious and Atheists agree with historically speaking but not that He's The Divine Son of God because obviously they don't.
I'm going to give you historical and archeological evidence for God's Existence as The Scriptures have prophecies that predate the events recorded in them by several millennia including Matthew, Hosea and Zechariah which prophesy accurately of the people of Israel becoming a nation again after over 1900 years of being scattered around the nations since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. spoken of by Christ in Matthew 23:29-24:3 and returning to their homeland after The Holocaust with Jerusalem as their capital in 1948 exactly as Jesus The Christ said. The prophets including Daniel spoke of the time where several world empires would arise and fall including the Babylonian kingdom, Medes and Persians, Roman Empire, and Saladin and the Muslims which went in consecutive order for the past few millennia. The people of Israel becoming a nation after The Holocaust in 1948 (ironically the melting point of gold as God compares Israel to gold that's tested in fire in Zechariah 13:8 and Jeremiah 16:15) exactly how Jesus The Christ said would happen since God us everything to come in The Scriptures and not just because people were working towards as Atheists claim which are impossible for any regular man to predict.
Just before anyone says Christianity is a white man's religion made to oppress blacks during slavery you obviously aren't aware that the first Christians were Jews in The Middle East and that Christianity just like any religion can be used by evil and corrupt people to oppress others but you forget that the first Abolitionists/Civil Rights activists were Christians who sought to abolish slavery, racism, segregation, injustice and prejudice throughout American history. Jesus The Christ loves you enough not to give you what we all deserve which is God's Wrath by His Own Blood. Charles Darwin didn't originally come up with The Theory of Evolution over 200 years ago as it is mentioned in the writings of Ancient Greeks who believed in Demons that gave knowledge to philosophers.
Evolution makes no sense when nothing has evolved after thousands of years of human history and supposedly the first creature came from primordial sludge several millions of years
ago funny how they won't believe that God an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being created us from the Earth) which came from a supermassive expansion of matter at high temperature that inexplicably created everything in the known universe that supposedly came from nothing billions of years ago. How did the organs evolve before there were bones, skin, substance and how did any creatures see before eyes evolved? I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" I've studied evolution and abiogenesis in the past and read Darwin's " Origin of The Species" and I'm not convinced of but not macro or micro Evolution because there's no evidence of it nor clear observable examples of it where living creatures evolve into other kinds of species plus the fact that fossils don't show evidence of evolution and genetic entropy rules out evolution. The question begs how did two genders evolve from a common ancestor with a perfectly hospitable and sustainable environment with breathable oxygen and resources to survive on inexplicably? Atheists have the burden of proof to explain how everything came to be and why our existence is possible without the Existence of God from an godless perspective just as Christians have to provide evidence of God's Existence and the validity of His Word.
Evolution requires life to already exist in order to take any effect in living organisms so it doesn't account for the existence of Life and reality. Also evolution is impossible because it goes against The Law of entropy and the second Law of thermodynamics because evolution makes things better whereas nothing continues to get better but decays and turns to absolute destruction in the end. Mark Ridley an Evolutionist said "No evolutionist whether gradualist or punctuationist uses the fossil record as evidence in favor of The Theory of Darwinian Evolution as opposed to special Creation". God's Existence is made perfectly known and observable in the universe as demonstrated in His Handiwork in the intelligently designed manner that Creation was made, human consciences and consciousness historical and archaeological evidence of God's Word being valid history, fulfillment of Bible Prophecies God in His Holiness and Righteousness could give us what we deserve in Hell for our since but He's merciful to give us free will to choose to accept or reject His gift of salvation by grace through faith in His Son Jesus. I don't mean this is any condescending manner but if you'd like to discuss The Scriptures with me or have me listen to your view on anything my instagram account is Savage Christian Kombatant.
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@@ChrisTheKing172 Ok AND you haven't proven a damn thing 😂
This is my boy Cliff 👍
4:20 - 4:40 Even though Stuart gave an excellent explanation of why God allows bad things to happen I just think there's a better answer to a world that doesn't truly understand how the Bible. For instance her question is why does God allow so much bad to happen? there are quite a few reasons why. 1. God sees something in a person that the person cannot see about themselves that God wants to show the person to help them become more godly and more mature in life's situations and help them grow more to be a better individual and sometimes tough love strengths will very much do that. you see suffering isn't always a bad thing if in the long run its beneficial to mankind's growth of character. 2. is because God is showing mankind cannot govern a world properly without Him leading us how to correctly, safely and morally run a country. 3. and last but not least its because God allows mankind have free will to be able to choose weather we want to trust him to be able govern our lives and keep us alive till it is our time to go be with Him in heaven.
There is only one ☝️ variable
On our existence and that is Jesus the true icon the architect of space, Time and matter😊
Hard or not, trust in Jesus we must, because He is the only hope!
Mark 7:20-23 & 10:17-27,
What an opening line cliff 😂
The word Repentance was not talked about or explained by the two guys preaching which is necessary. One of the college kids did mention repentance but neither of the guys preaching even acknowledged her in that regard. Their preaching is more like a motivational speech. This should be what was taught according to the Apostle Paul.
Acts 26:20 NKJV
but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.
If it’s not working for you it’s working on you.
The description of the Catholic is messed up or protestant church. Catholic, Protestant, church, all are words used differently in context in the Bible. Kinda felt like a babbling argument. Just my opinion. I have faith it wasn’t a hurtful statement but of personal opinion. Honestly you guys are making peoples college experience better. Thanks
Acts 15
i never wanted to look more into religion till i seen this guy on tiktok
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Matthew 10:41
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
If it’s like a (Goose Chase), why have any relationships at all? I wouldn’t want that young man by my side in times that are brutal because he would run most likely. Relationship is everything, stemming from commandments #1, and 2.
I love this series, but at 7:20 they missed the mark on communicating what it looks like to accept Jesus. It is to die to yourself and your will, and to reckon that your old man, your fleshly self, was crucified with Christ 2000 years ago, and that a new man, Christ, is now living in and through you as a SUBSTITUTED life -- all by faith.
She asked how do I get this Jesus? They beat around the bush and didn’t give a straight answer. The gospel is 1st Corinthians 15. Plain and simple. She just has to make a sincere prayer that she knows she is a sinner and she believes that Jesus the son of God died for her sins, and he was buried and rose from the grave 3 days later; all according to scripture. If you believe on this, God will start to change you from the inside out immediately. It might be a huge change or it might be a gradual change. But you will change and be a different person. You will be “born again”
For the same reason it is difficult to believe in the Great Pumpkin or Dracula or Allah. Some elements about the stories surrounding each of these is unverifiable. Difficult to separate out, fantasy from fear from wishful thinking from reality.
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I am only alive because of prayers to my Lord and Savior. My cardiologist told me it had to be my God because they could nothing to keep me alive.
This is so wrong, telling this kids that they don’t have any moral sense on there own as a tool to cooperation and mutual prosperity, and can only be dictated upon them by god. The proposition that our sense of morality comes from god and would not be a result of any natural accuracy is absurd. Here is how I think it went: in our past history in times, when our long gone ancestors were hunter gatherers, different kind of people and tribes existed. Some of separate people or tribes were more aggressive to others or even to each other which predisposed them do the lack of successful communication and cooperation which is vital to survival, it’s known that people who able to communicate and cooperate with each other have much better chance in survival and reproducing. Over long long periods of time those who did not have stronger moral convictions and were not able to form strong mutually beneficial societies simply lost in natural selection to those who did. And those who did survive and reproduced simply went further to duplicate sets of behaviours and social moral norms in future generations, which eventually led them to the point where we are now. Morality is not a god given gift, it’s evidently a tool which allowed us to survive, and the reason for most prosperous societies that exist nowadays being the most moral. And how convenient to say that, let’s say, I don’t believe in god because I don’t want to submit to god, and wish to live my life in seen and wrong doings, and not because there is absolutely no evidence he exists. This is indoctrination 101: scream some gibberish that has no base in reality into face of some people who are predispositioned by there upbringing to believe in culture of there parents. Not gonna tell you all that there is no god, but I will tell that likely hood of his existence is slim to non come from the data that we have or don’t have as of now. And even if there is some all powerful entity, how can we know that ancient Mesopotamian god Yahweh is the one? How irrational do you have to be to derive all your interpretations of reality from the Canaanite book of ancient tales and myths?
@@choosingbegger9799 Both Old and New testaments.
I love Elah lord Jesus
So now I have to be scared of more intense judgment because I was raised in a Christian household and not following him! So sick of being Afraid of religion!
Lol we dont follow because we fear ....we follow because we are grateful
Lightsaber guy at 13:45 😂 the girl is so annoyed
In answer to the question posed at 7:14. Repent of your sins, confess Jesus as Lord of your life and commit to follow Him, be baptized in water, receive the Holy Spirit as a free gift (Acts 2:38). Walk with Jesus in community with other followers of Jesus to encourage one another.
When I compare this contact with Street Epistemologists I hear THEY are doing too much talking trying to convince you. where SE ask you questions and allow you to think and decide things for yourself and expect you to go away and come back. These folks feel like they want you to make some kind of mind change immediately.
Exactly. Great point!
Thanks for sharing your feelings, bud.
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Says the resident troll who never answers and always bails. Okay...
Let me save you all from a lot of unnecessary “religious” stress. Please read Galatians 5:14, which says,
For ALL the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
You see, Jesus has already fulfilled the law, and we are to walk in love in, and through Him. I heard someone say, “Religion says do, but Jesus says, it’s done.”
After getting Salvation through Jesus we need to live according to the commandments not to save our Salvation but to save our Body & Soul...
Our Spirit is saved for Eternity but our Body and Soul are still vulnerable to this sinful world...
Our Body & Soul will get effected by our wrong doings even after we get Salvation if we continue living a sinful life...
Example: even after getting Salvation you will go to jail if you murder someone and your body & soul will suffer in jail...
GOD cares about our Body, Soul & Spirit...
He gave us Eternal Life...Now He wants us to live a Healthy & Holly Life on Earth too
according to the bible it never says that salvation is of everyone john 4/22 you know not what you worship we know what we worship and salvation is of the jews never mention all nations unless you can show me in scripture it does
@@donaldcoleman514 Salvation is for entire Humanity for everone those who accept Jesus as their Saviour nd Lord...
So go away Satanic Follower try to decieve others
@@donaldcoleman514 Romans 10 1.Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.
2.For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.3.Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
4.Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes
It clearly says that those Israelites didn't knew the righteousness that comes from God. I think u got what I am trying to explain....