I grew up as a very anti-Catholic protestant. Your 5th point about Catholics not knowing their faith was something I always took for granted when having discussions with them...it was too easy to "Bible bash" them. Until I met this particular young man at university. He responded to me with facts that I didn't know and sent me searching and researching. I researched my way right into the Catholic Church and have been married to him for 16 years with 2 beautiful daughters. There is nothing that can take me from the Church now and I teach our children to defend the faith the way their dad was able to with me. Catholics, know your faith!
Thank you Keith. My best friend is a Protestant. When she comes for coffee, she often opens the conversation with "OK, tell me more about the Blessed Mother." (She loves hearing about apparitions) In turn, she tells me about her faith. Neither one of us make assumptions or degrade each other. At the end of the day we have a great conversation. I believe that this is what you are trying to teach us. Make no assumptions... Don't degrade the person ... Explain your Catholic faith with joy... Listening is vital... Do all these things with love... Then hopefully that person comes back and wants to hear more, like my friend wanting to learn about the Blessed Mother!⚘
I guess my question would be why would protestism downplay the role of Mother Mary in the first place? She is so vital in our Eternal salvation because her role is to bring us closer to her son, Jesus. The rosary is 100 percent about Jesus and holy scripture. "all nations will call her blessed"
@@audreysalas988 it's because of Sola Scriptura. They don't believe in Mother Mary because they don't either believe in Apostolic and Oral Tradition in the first place.
@@connordrake5713 right. So why is this Catholic channel even entertaining the 5 different ways protestants wish Catholics knew about them if Catholocism is the true only faith, then it matters not what Catholics know about protestants, it only matters if he pointed out how those 5 things Catholics don't know about protestants clash with the divine Will of God.
Hi Keith. I wanted to commend you on your compassionate, long suffering approach about the Protestant / Catholic situation and each of their perspective differences. I personally have been treated spitefully and as LESS THAN human by Roman Catholics I've dealt with personally one-to-one and on social media platforms. I wish more Catholics had your compassion. I was blessed by your videos. God bless you. 👍😁✝️🩸🌈. Preacher Bill.
I am a lifelong Catholic. I taught in a Baptist university (Baylor) for 32 years. I found this video to be quite helpful. If individual Catholics and Protestants remain in place, they can still learn much from each other. I am stronger in my Catholic faith and practice today, in part because of my contact with Baptist and Evangelical Christians.
My research on Protestanism; Many Biblical lay people and Biblical scholars after becoming Catholics, they play such a great and beautiful role in getting the Lukewarm Catholics out of their cozy couches and into the depths of the faith, many have helped me on my Journey , but it was Scott Hahn's "The Supper of the Lamb" that set me on a greater fire for the Eucharist". These Christians are God sent to us Catholics.
Wish I could like this about 100 times. I was a Protestant all my life until I was confirmed at Easter Vigil 2015. This is what I wanted all my life and never even considered becoming Catholic. Now I have the Eucharist and devotion to Mary. I do agree about the strong believing and living out of their faith by many Protestants I have known. I can honestly say that I have no memory of ever being taught Scriptural error in any church in several denominations I attended. There was just not the Whole truth.
GOOD POINT Yellow, you say you couldn't find the whole truth in the several denominations you've attended. That sin of the faith who declares half truths is called the sin of omission. Evangelizing scripture should be 100 percent complete and protestant religion protests the 95 thesis of the Catholic doctrine, also known as the disputation of plenary indulgences. This was introduced in 1517 by the heretic Martin Luther, calling it the great reformation. Who is Luther to take holy scripture and butcher it? The Bible was written by the apostles, proclaiming God's word, proclaiming God's works, proclaiming God's love. Who has the right and equal divination of our Lord?? Nobody! Remember Lucifer was once an angel beloved by God and Lucifer protested God's power. What is the difference between what Lucifer did and what Luther did? And the end of all the debates, theological study, at end of the day, they both told God He didn't know what is good for his children and they knew better. Catholics get the bad rap when it comes to scriptural changes when Catholics changed nothing, Martin Luther did all these changes, and that is a fact, it's an earthly fact that Martin Luther omitted and added to God's word. That point cannot even be debated. So I say protestism is a lie, the protestant people are beautiful people, but they've been lied to for 1500 years and I cannot wrap my head around why a Catholic channel would promote any kind of validation to this so called religion. This guy is not a good shepherd for more reasons than I can put here in writing. Please be careful whom you praise and validate because that is something we will all have to answer for to our Good merciful loving Lord. God bless you my little daffodil. I love your username.
EPHESIANS 4,. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all...
I grew up in a family where my uncle and aunt are protestants, but my dad was a pioneer of Catholic faith in a small town that I grew up (India). Dad taught his children about the faith and led us in prayer every family worship day. Having said that whenever uncle/aunt is home, he would let them lead mass prayer. Growing up I never felt we disagree with that they believe or they disagree with us. I got to know of the 'hatred'/disagreements from the outside world as I mature, and its not a nice feeling. I am beginning to feel uneasy at times. Thanks Keith for sharing your thoughts. I moved from my family to different state, but we stay so connected and I still want us to worship together and maintain the same respect we always had for each others' belief
All of these points are spot on. I was a Protestant all my life and converted this Easter and was received into the Catholic Church. I completely relate with all of these points. The most common is lumping Protestants together. I was Methodist and didn’t even learn the word, Protestant, until I was in my conversion process. So when someone even said the word Protestant, I thought they were speaking about some other group that didn’t pertain to me. In my eyes, I was a Methodist. I know I was ignorant but I truly never heard the word in my church.
I saw a comment once on an article about the sex scandals. It said "why can't Catholics just find another church to meet their needs?" I reflect on that often. That's the difference between Catholics and protestants in a nutshell. The one true church cannot have an alternative. We cannot just go somewhere else.
This is what you have been brainwashed to believe regarding the Catholic Church, though.. Do you understand that Christ's body is not a building made of hands? Sitting in a pew is not making you any closer to God than sitting in a coop turns you into a chicken. Yes, you can go somewhere else but you won't... Perhaps it is time that the congregation stood up against the corruption in the papacy and demand for reform? Yes, the sex scandal included. These are your children.......why hand them over to the pedophile and then accept the elements from that same priest? These are honest questions. Look at what Christ said to the Samaritan woman about worship.... John 4:20 "Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father." In verses 23-24, he goes on to say: But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." Where in these passages do you read where sitting in a pew is a requirement to worship God?
Prayers for my son he had surgery for appendix. It was a roller coaster of emotions. I relied praying my rosary and praying for each of you lifting you up in prayers.
For some reason It felt like I had blinders on like horses. I could study anything except Catholicism. And one of Fr. Chris Alar's videos kept coming up in my feed- 'The Bible, a Catholic book' And I kept thinking, 'no it can't be!' When I finely broke down and looked into the origin of the Bible I discovered the one True Church.
@@VO_JayRedding Fr Chris Alar explains the faith so perfectly! God bless you in your humility to look into the facts for yourself. That's not easy to do
It's not a Catholic book. It's God's book. God doesn't use labels like our finite minds do. The Church put it together and later divided itself. Why? Because we're ignorant as humans and evil.
@@Ad_maiorem_Dei_gloriam-15 , " the Church put it together", right. Catholic means "whole Church "in Greek . Whole Chuch includes the Roman Church ( Rom.1:7). If I exclude the Roman Church to impose my opinion and my Sola (private interpretation of) Scripture refusing the Councils and Church Tradition...then I am not Catholic any more , but Protestant who surely rejects 7 books from the Bible .
Being a Baptized Catholic in 2018, I realize I am guilty of being a snob. After ingesting all I could about the Faith, and being so proud to start to know Jesus and His church, I looked down on other denominations as fools. I was the fool. Keep up the good works my friend.
It's not that you're looking down on the other person following another faith, you're looking down on their faith, not the individual. I get what you mean tho, but we can never justify another religion
Thank you Keith for sharing. As a cradle Catholic I remember my parents telling us as we grew up, Respect others as you would like to be respected. So they would say to us "if you have a Protestant friend, respect their Faith" . I remember the rule i had as a teenager with my protestant friends was, "Don't try to convert me and I will not try to convert you" so we respected each other and stayed friends all through our teenage years. I have had a "bad short memory problem" since birth lol, i can not memorize things word for word and i do envy those that quote the Scripture but that doesn't mean that because i can't quote scriptures i don't know the Bible. My parents would tell me "if you feel the need to evangelize , do it by example" By your way of life. They would tell all of us always Glorify God by your life. Thank you for the video it was very informative. God Bless
You are delusional calling yourself a cradle Catholic. Catholicism is all about rebuking heretics such Protestants instead of “ respecting their faith” smh. Shame on you. You know nothing about Catholicism.
Your comment was quite enlightening, it never occurred to me having a poor short term memory was a thing, but when I think about my short term is often weak also. Peace. God Bless
Hi Keith, as always a fantastic talk. I have a South African friend who came to the RCIA and came to alot of the Catholic video showings in our church explaining the faith with various speakers such as Brant Pitre. She didn't convert and she was free to join or not. I still keep in touch with her and share alot with her. She is very appreciative and looks forward to what I send her. I discern what I send and this is , I think, is a wonderful way to keep in touch and share without having any animosity. Keep up the good work.God Bless you and your family and empower you constantly with His Holy Spirit.🙏🙏🙏❤
Keith's takes are always on point. My 3 closest friends are deep evangelicals, Deep. I know for a fact they reject Catholicism. They never tell me to my face but I see them posting anti Catholic stuff from time to time on sites they think I dont follow. Not hateful just in opposition to certain doctrines, like Confession and Purgatory, etc. Little do they know I post some anti protestant things on a page Im anonymous on. Not really antiprot directly but mostly more in defense of Catholicism. I pray for my friends conversions to the one true faith daily and in the mean time I show them love and charity, as they do me, because I know telling them they are wrong and to become Catholic is not going to get us anywhere. But my example of charity, respect for where they are now, respect that I know for a fact they Love Jesus, and my prayers for them, is going to go a lot farther. Who knows, they are probably praying for my conversion away from the Catholic faith, but if so, its only making me a deeper Catholic, lol. Anyway, at the end of the day, I trust in the Lord that He knows their hearts are good, has heard my prayers, and that when their time comes, God will honor my prayers and theirs for their eternal salvation.
@Guess Work having charity towards someone's beliefs is not what charity is about. We should have charity towards humanity, not their belief system. By thinking this way, you're not correcting your brother and sisters by LOVINGLY trying to pull them back to the one true church, the one true baptism, one true doctrine. Scripture says we must do this or you're helping them not just sin, but you're ignoring the offenses to His sacred heart by being so passive and trivial by God's truth in scripture. Being all inclusive is dangerous and not of God. If your showing charity to all peoples religious beliefs, then you're showing charity to the religious beliefs of the çhurch of Satan too and you and I both know that is not Gods will. His will for us IS to speak up and correct distorted doctrine in a loving inspiring way, not by shaming them, not by forcing them, not by devouring them up with judgement and ridicule! If it makes you uncomfortable listening to your protestant friends and family speak about the "truths" of their religion, then that's GOD. The uncomfort your feeling is God's way of telling you to speak up and help Him save his children from certain death. Fear of being persecuted and crucified for proclaiming Jesus Christ name outloud is a small sacrifice you can do for Jesus since the sacrifice he gave us by His own crucifixion is incomparable in comparison to the persecution and rejection you will get from your protestant friends. Being all inclusive is Godless and communistic because we are being forced to accept beliefs that go against God's Holy scripture and we become submissive and passive in order to not offend others and to not exclude others in the name of "being fair". If we went through life by not making enemies and not standing your moral ground, then we are sacrificing ALL that God has given us in his teachings and in His crucifixion. We are basically saying to God that we are not willing to follow his divine will and help him save souls. We are not willing protect His word in truths. We are not willing to die for him as he died for us. Being all inclusive is the works of Satan making us think what is right is wrong and what is wrong is right. This is Satan's trickery by making us ignore God's word thus turning your back on him altogether. I have made enemies in the name of Jesus Christ by protecting Holy scripture and trying to pull back others who are far from God. Even my immediate family scoffs at me, calling me judgemental, toxic, crazy, blasphemous, cultist, demonic, stupid, un Christian.... Does this hurt? Yes it hurts to be crucified and labeled nut batsh*# crazy. It hurts my heart yes, but what hurts me the most is the thought of them not knowing God's mercy and love. So if it hurts little ole me, then imagine how badly it is hurting Mother's immaculate heart and her Son's sacred heart. Would you do what Mary did when asked to be a victim soul and bare the Son of Man? Would you give your only son over to the world and sacrifice him for God Father? How much do you REALLY know God? How much do you really LOVE God? Ask yourself these things first before calling me judgemental and unloving. Because it is only in the Love that I have for you in leading you back to God in which I've sacrificed within myself to be persecuted by the family and friends whom I love most. I'm willing to lose you in order to help save you. But I'm only willing to do this in the name of Jesus Christ, for His Glory, not mine.
@Guess Work thenmy first reply was spot on, it is you who didn't understand my point I never said to criticize or attack protestants. I said to lovingly correct them the the truths in scripture. Inspire through invoking the holy spirit to speak through you. They are entitled to their beliefs, ofcourse we all are. Protestants are beautiful people, but being a beautiful good person will not get anyone into heaven. Living, following the true doctrine of Catholic church, prayer, penance, fasting and humility is what our doctrine teaches. You said having charity towards their beliefs, which basically says accepting their untruths passively without evangelizing is charity. That's not charity, that's ignoring God's teachings by not wanting to offend r ruffle feathers. Not considering your own persecution in order to speak truths in name of Jesus is humility. Spiritual courage is granted through prayer, so I pray for your spiritual courage to blossom for the Glory of God. God bless you.
Absolutely I'm arguing to suit my disposition over protestantism. Aren't you doing the same when you say you're out to demolish them? You say you're not interested in criticizing or attacking them, well that would be the same as demolishing them, wouldn't it? If you don't care in their belief system, then why bother at all when our catechism clearly states to have charity and fraternity towards all humanity and our end game is to save souls, not demolish souls. Works without love is dead, faith without works is dead. In trying to convert souls to love Jesus and follow His teachings can only be accomplished through love. You've contradicted yourself as to what your end game is. If you're Catholic and you love Jesus, demolishing protestant people isn't what he wants. He wants us to help save them, bring them closer to Him. So which is it?
@Guess Work that's the problem Luther had. Im not asking you to follow me. I go by God's rules, not my own rules. People Going by their own rules is what brought us here right now. Your ego is getting in the way of me trying to tell you, it's not my way or Keith's way to follow, or your way, it's God's way we should follow. That's all I'm saying, but hey, demolishing protestant people while having charity towards their beliefs, while confusing to me, is what your way is about, then you're on the wrong channel.
Thanks Keith! Wow, try not to let these negative comments affect you. Keep on doing your thing. Just take a deep breath, pray and move on. 🙏 God bless you all!!!
I grew up Catholic, Opus Dei. It felt like such a prison to me. It felt constrictive, full of judgement and condemnation. I’m slowly learning that not Catholics are like that (try to understand, that’s all I ever knew). But I could NOT, would NOT go back. I’m so happy, and so much closer to God in a biblically based Protestant church.
I listen to protestant preachers daily. I've heard 2 or 3 take cheap shots at the Catholic church. Never heard a priest do that. It tells me something.
It is almost always Catholics defending themselves from Protestants, not the other way around. I have never, not once in 50 years, heard a priest during mass say anything negative about another Christian denomination. Never. Happens all the time in Protestant churches during service though. Anti-Catholicism runs deep in the Protestant churches.
I've heard it on occasion. But mostly I've heard misinformed Catholic lay people spewing falsehoods about other Christians, while their priests don't correct them.
@@danielobrien189 ok, but also I never heard of Catholics starving others to convert (the Irish), or Catholics burning down Prot churches and murdering as happened with Luther, or executing those who wouldn't leave Catholicism (Henry viii), or lynching them in Mexico, or confiscating our cathedrals...
Love this and great video, and I strongly agree with your points, thanks Keith. I have been a Catholic for 61 years but it's only at the age of about 26 that I started to really know my Faith and upgrading constantly even until now. I strongly believes that God plans and wills that all of us are born in different families and different faiths also. There is nothing wrong in that, but the right moment and timing, He calls us deeply in our hearts and striking our minds, through situations, circumstances to get us closer and closer to Him, if we really and truly seek the Truth, Amen.
We owe it to Protestants to know the faith, but it made me laugh when you said they WANT Catholics to know the faith. The moment you show them a verse in scripture they’ve never considered because it’s not their proof text, they get all disoriented and don’t want to talk anymore. 99 out of a 100 will never bring up religion again. Let’s face it, these are good folks with a simple faith, little depth, who rarely hear the Gospels; only epistles by Paul and get anti Catholic rhetoric from their ministers. There aren’t many Martin Luther’s and Dr Ortlands, or james White’s running around out here. This is another great post for your channel, keep it up!
@@sammygomes7381 So let me understand, Catholic's don't have a simple faith because we pray also, but in ways that you don't? Is there something unBiblical against kneeling while praying? We aren't allowed to create our own prayers or ask for prayers from Mary or the saints in heaven?
It is unfortunate that many protestants do not know the Bible well. I am NOT one of these...but I have seen a great number of Catholics fit the description you gave. Why is that? Because they rely more on the traditions and dogmas of the Catholic Church...They do not question their leadership at all. This is not healthy faith; it is cult-like. Your accusations against the protestant shows you engage in stereo-typing. What would you know about their depth of faith? You are very assuming about another's personal relationship with Christ.
As a catholic always judge our self not others because we are sinners please ask mother of God to be with us in our journey to be with the church of her son till the end of our life .
Mary is dead. The wages of sin is death. She was happy to have a Saviour from sin. She said, "My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." Luke 1:47. (MY Saviour, not someone else's.) Only a sinner needs a Saviour. (You're not saved from being immaculate.) And she made a sin offering of two turtle doves thereby acknowledging her guilt as a sinner. Luke 2:21-24. Why would she misrepresent herself as a sinner if she was sinless? She sinned and eventually died like we all will. And God says, "the dead _know not _*_anything,_* neither have they any more a portion _forever_ in *_anything_*_ that is done under the sun."_ Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10, Psalms 146:4; 115:17, Ezekiel 18:4, Matthew 10:28, Genesis 3:4. Stop praying/talking to/communicating with dead people. They can't hear you, and they _certainly_ can't help you! Talking to the dead is witchcraft/spiritualism. It's forbidden. Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Isaiah 8:19, Rev. 21:8. Your veneration of Mary is just a Christianized form of pagan goddess worship. Satan's occultic/witchcraft goddess of fertility, Ashteroth, was given the title "queen of heaven." Jeremiah 7:18. All Satan did was take his Babylonian, pagan, occult religion and dress it up to masquerade as Christianity. This included his goddess Ashteroth which he rebranded as the immaculate, perpetual virgin Mary. Christ's actual mother Mary eventually lost her virginity to her husband, consummating her marriage after her "firstborn" Son Jesus. Matthew 1:25. She was also a sinner like everyone else. Luke 1:47. And is, by no means, a co-mediator, co-saviour or co-redeemer with Christ. 1 Timothy 2:5. The Saviour is God and Mary is in no part God. If you have any view of Mary different from this, what the Bible says, then you have, and are venerating, Satan's pagan goddess of fertility. Trust the Holy Spirit's biblical description of Mary, not what your pretend-Christian, covertly-pagan "church" says about her. Anything contradicting the Bible is deception. How would Jesus feel if you called the Holy Spirit (conscience and scripture) that He sent us to lead us into all truth a liar? (Or, by giving her Ashteroth's "queen of heaven" title, associated His chaste and virtuous mother with the filthiness of fertility/reproduction/sex worship which included orgies, temple prostitutes, sexual promiscuity, and ritualistic human sacrifice to Satan, a filthy, unclean spirit?) Remember, it was the Holy Spirit that came upon Mary to make Christ. Was it a Spirit of truth, or a _lying_ spirit that impregnated her? And which spirit is the lying one? Then Jesus is the offspring of Mary and . . . ?
@@floogelhornzzz4770 mary is not dead she is in heaven with Jesus because she fulfilled the will of the living God by bringing his son to this earth to save the world. And Jesus said to Saddlers is not this why you are wrong, that you do not know the power of God. And as for the dead being raised. God said to Moses, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not God of the dead, but of the living. Mother mary help us to do the will of our living God.
@@marymargarette4289 When we die, our spirit returns to the Father [Ecc. 12:7). Mary's physical body has returned to the dust of the ground as it is with all mankind. Why are you praying to her and not to God through Christ as Jesus instructed? Nobody comes to the Father except through Christ. Mary is not your mediator. We have one mediator and that is Christ.
Ecumenism is dangerous. I used to be as yourself. In fact I once went to a Non Denominational church. I was all in for ecumenism. But now lean strongly for Traditionalism. The prosperity gospel is attractive but in it, it's a hard sell. Why because of the cross. There is one Lord, or faith, and one Baptism. And there is one Church where we can get Christ in the Eucharist. Yes we need to be ready with a word for the reason of our hope but we are not in communion with them. The Bible itself in both old and new testament says about the Priesthood of Aaron. "No man takes this authority unto himself but only those as called by God as Aaron was". Many many are taking this authority unto themselves. That's why we have over 30000 denominations. There is one Church with the authority. Protestant churches are full of fallen catholics. The problem is they fall away because they never fully lived, comprehended, or embraced the Truth of Catholicism. Yes there are valid Protestant arguments, but that is not because the Catholic Church is lacking. Prime example of the dangers of trying to "Can't we all just get along", is Pope Francis. His trying to embrace sinners is muddying the truth. I.E. "Who am I to Judge" or his defending or promoting Gay and or offender priests and bishops. There is one Lord, one faith and One Baptism, and there is One Church and one Truth, and this Truth is Jesus. The Church is the Pillar and Foundation. Of Truth and Jesus established just one. All it takes is one fly to ruin the whole batch of perfume. Jesus said to His Disciples, "He who listens to you listens to Me, he who rejects you rejects Me and rejects the Father who sent Me". Evangelize yes, Ecumenism No. Ecumenism draws people away from the one True church if a person is not solid in their faith. The reality of faith is Jesus said "Pick up your cross daily and follow Me." When we hear other messages that take our focus off the Cross yes it's appealing. But without the cross there is no salvation for anyone.
You are no deep Catholic! Catholicism is against ecumenism. The core of Catholicism is NOT engaged in any other false religion. You are immature, deceived and clueless.
Unfortunately most ecumenism is about compromising Catholicism toward liberal protestantism. When I was not Christian I never thought I could be protestant since it's clear you need some authority to interpret the Bible. You can't just pretend you have no authority
Ecumenism will cancel out and dilute every single doctrine in existence. It could never be. Only one God exists and that one God has a commandment that completely throws ecumenism out of the water. What good is having "faith" if we have to have faith in all religious faiths. No, this is the way of the anti Christ, and I pray you realize this. If ecumenism exists, we are looking at 30000 different faiths, God's, baptisms, doctrines that we must have to believe in. Therefore, if we can find justification in a behaviour that one of the 30000 religions will declare to not be a sin, then we have no God to answer to for our wrongs because one of those 30000 Gods will justify the behaviour. In the matter of Holy scripture, the untruth of ecumenism belief takes the "holy" out of scripture. It then becomes just scripture, just words, just lies.
Ecumenism is really a heresy because the history of it is very Protestant in nature. Ecumenism is also against our belief of One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Churches.
I think one of the most important points you make in this video is not to assume anything. Asking questions is important. That said, I really think if you look into the history of the Church, you're probably going to become Catholic. :) I do think that being a Protestant today is different from being one of the first Protestants. The first Protestants really were schismatics. People today, not so much. One of my best friends is not Catholic, but he is a Christian, and we have wonderful chats about what God is doing in our lives.
No, because if you look at the early Church is wasn't like RCC. Most of the fathers held the same views as Luther. But the RCC wants to put itself and it's authority above all. My study of history did lead to Rome but I kept studying and realized things were added and ended up finally under Christ
All you Christ worshipers have things wrong Jesus wasn't the Son of God he was a prophet just like the last prophet Muhammad all you Christ worshipers absorb the lies of Judaism you pervert the word of God God doesn't have any children because we all are children of God Jesus's father was Joseph read it in the Quran
@@Ad_maiorem_Dei_gloriam-15 , you say: "Most of the fathers held the same views as Luther". No father held Luther's faith alone. You should not conflate Luther's faith alone and Abraham's obedient faith alone. If you keep studying you will realize that the Catholic Church rejects either pelagianism or semi-pelagianism. You ignore that the crux of the difference between the Protestant and Catholic view of justification is over what both sides see is the formal cause of justification: is the imputation of Christ's righteousness extra-nos (Luther/Calvin) or is the infusion of sanctifying grace into the believer (Catholics). You should not assume that the Catholic Church teaches any form of "works righteousness" or pelagianism, otherwise you are fighting a strawman.
I probably don't help Catholics when I just roll with the Protestant label, and introduce myself as a Protestant Christian. Definitely, agree that the majority of Protestants today are not Scismatics. I grew up in Reformed Baptist Church. Didn't really know much else. (And the anti-catholicism I encountered regularly didn't help at all.) Learning more about the Catholic faith online is refreshing to my soul. I wish we all could be one united Church again.
Good video Keith! I try to take the time to understand what others believe. Makes the conversation so much more substantial. I have a German Baptist friend and spent all weekend and this week understanding what they believe. I have learned that they are a pious people who love Christ and they have a valid baptism although they don't believe it removes sin. I love to learn what other Christians believe. It has allowed me to understand different interpretations of scripture and it has also helped to strengthened my Catholic faith.
Wow, thanks Keith for this wonderful and spot-on sharing. You really nail it on the head. Although this is not comprehensive but these are among the few salient points of how Protestants thought of Catholics and how Catholics can improve themselves on. Thanks again from your Catholic Brother !!!
I too am a convert. I was a Southern Baptist for 28 years before I entered the Catholic Church. You’re correct on most of what you’re saying here. I came into full communion with the Catholic Church about 12 years ago. You said you’re 5 years into the Church and you’re exactly where I was at that point too, so I can relate. I would suggest researching more about what the council of Trent had to say about Protestants in relation to the Church and what’s been echoed by numerous popes since that time. The council of Trent was clear that validly baptized Protestants are still technically part of the Church by virtue of their baptism, but that their theological differences cause their connection to the Church to be compromised to varying degrees. Even pope Benedict XVI echoed this when he said that Protestants don’t have “churches”, but they are instead “ecclesial communities” because there is really only one Church.
Anyone who is validly baptized (in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and believes in Jesus is part of the Body of Christ, that includes Catholic's, Protestant's and non-denominational. As Catholic's, we believe that the others are not in full communion with the Church because of differences in what Catholic's teach and what the others teach.
@@jzak5723 Non-denominational is Protestant. It’s typically Baptist, Pentecostal theologically, but it’s aesthetically stripped of many of the more traditional components that one would expect to see in these denominations. There is only one Church and it’s the One holy Catholic and apostolic Church. It exists visibly through the institution established by Christ on Peter as its earthly head with the office of the keys, however it also exists invisibly in the sense that we do not automatically know every baptized believer who is part of mystical body and also because it exists both on earth and in heaven.
@@jzak5723 Thank you, John, and just to be clear that when the CCC states that our protestant brethren are not in full communion they mean that they are in the church. Wish I could look it up and say it properly. God bless you John.
This is so good! I've met many deep-faith protestants, and it's very inspiring, just like a faith-filled Catholic can be very inspiring. We have much to learn from each other. Great opportunity for dialogue here. Really good!!
@@KeithNester Keith you may not have formally left the Catholic church, but using an analogy. Heretics can be like martin luther who is a formal heretic & any biological or spiritual descendants of him would be material heretics. So using the above analogy. You may not have been a formal schismatic ( that was one of your ancestors ) but you were a " schismatic" descendant indirectly due to them. Those who are ( un) orthodox eastern schismatics & oriental schismatics are not Michael cerularius nor Dioscorus who did formally schismaticize themselves from the church. But their followers until today do share in that schism as they formally ( those who also were Catholic at that time ) or indirectly ( the ancestors of those) continued in that schism. You healed that would in Our Lord's body; you made reparation to God. So don't reject the aspect of being a schismatic but embrace it like we all have to embrace the fact that we may not have caused original sin; but we are sharers in that & are guilty of being sinners as we inherited that from Adam & eve. But in being baptized & being born again we are brought in full union with Christ. So the same all schismatics should realize they are sharing & continuing in that situation & then be grafted back to the tree of life & their mother the true church in the fulness of Christ. You did a wonderfull thing & I am so happy for you. But to reject the fact of what you were indirectly through no fault of your own is to be lying to yourself. Truth hurts but accepting truth ( you were an indirect schismatic ) leads you to God who is all truth. Welcome home & bring others home. The great thing is
I will remain in my Catholic faith because, I have friends from different denomimations and I respect them and thier beliefs...Thus, made me stronger to explore, understand and appreciate my own Catholic faith.- Respect is the key.
I was an Anti-Catholic many years. I am going to RCIA in a few weeks, so...ha-ha. Needless to say, after I studied the teachings of the church for a year, I changed my mine and realized I was wrong about so many things.
Hope you don’t mind me asking, I went myself this last year and was received into the Catholic Church at Easter. Just curious to hear about your journey. God bless.
Peace, brother! I just noticed, are you in your own music studio? Sweet! 🙂 If only Catholics knew more about our faith, our witness to the world would be so much more powerful!
Thank you for a well done and informative video, Keith. Thank you for sharing your love of Christ and His Catholic Church. You and many converts bring so many blessings to cradle Catholics like myself and to all Catholics. Keep up the great work. God bless.
I was raised Episcopalian and Methodist. Fortunately, I attended a Catholic middle school a nd high school. I studied And prayed hard and found the church was for me. Thank you for your empowering videos👍
I noticed you said :Fortunately, I attended a Catholic middle school a nd high school. I am a Catholic since birth but never ever forced anyone to join the faith because what is important is that you believe first in God and His Son Jesus Christ and that is already fortunate enough if you do.Yes our faith is more complete and authentic but had you not known anything about the Catholic church you still as a Methodist been fortunate to know God and His Son. Bless you
100% im thankful for this conversation you spoke about, I think many us catholics are at faults into not becoming welcoming and seen as bitter people, that something we should all work on a LOT! With that being said I think we as catholic should not only take our as a responsibility but also should live by it and that's to love (one of the biggest and important commandment)
Every person l've spoken to who has left Catholicism or is newly trying to find out about about Catholicism uses the word unwelcoming. As an ex ladped Catholic l would call it "reserved" Unfortunately it comes across as blanking and side eye. We need to search our consciences about what we do with the sudden stranger in our midst. And pragmatically we need to realise that fractured communities and anomie have led people to crave fellowship.
Exactly, that is the problem. When I returned to my Catholic faith which I love, I found that many people of my age of about 28 at that time have been mislead to other churches due to a lack of knowledge of faith. It nearly happened to me until I studied the faith and found it to be be the most truthful and best thing I found in life. Praise God. To Jesus through Mary 100%
As a Protestant, I not only appreciate this video, but especially the last point. I've spent the last 4 years trying to truly understand what catholics believe, and it is discouraging to try and engage with a particular catholic friend when I am constantly educating them on what they believe! Much of it is positive, btw, and I have even repeatedly defended the catholic position, while still expressing my concerns with other things. This person has been on the fence between protestanism and Catholicism, and I'm constantly pointing out the misconceptions about Catholicism as well as the cons about Protestanism, so they can make an informed and accurate decision! Lol What a curious position to be in! :o
Thank you, Keith. God be with you and your family as well! One thing I've been really wrestling through as of late is the Akathist hymn that Eastern Catholics and the Orthodox recite in full every year. Do Roman Catholics recite that as well, or do you have an issue with the poetic hyperbole which describes Mary as our hope, salvation, and light; attributes that should be ascribed to Christ alone. It is required in EC liturgies as well as the orthodox, but I don't know about RC's. I have no problem honoring Mary, but my conscience and the Holy Spirit within me will not allow me to go that far. I would love to know your thoughts on this if you have time either by way of a comment or a video. Thanks so much!
You say you have spent 4 years trying to understand what Catholics believe, but Catholics are the only religion I'm aware of where every member states publicly what they believe in church every Sunday. It starts out like this: "I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, etc..." You can look up the rest online, but basically this is the central theology of Catholicism. You are probably getting confused with what are called "Private Devotions" like for example, praying the Rosary. These are optional and not required to be considered Catholic. Also, praying to saints is a Private Devotion and is optional for those people who want to do it. The Vatican allows it, but it is not required.
Poor catechesis in the Catholic church is the major cause of Catholic ignorance of the Faith. The mass is the most prayer but Catholics don't understand it.
I come from the poorly educated generation of Catholics I took the time to learn my faith , most are clueless they don’t even know their Christian it’s sad , the church really needs one Sunday a year to teach basic teaching
To be fair, this applies to all of us. Everyone. Know what you believe and why, and be charitable. I’ve seen plenty of ugly from prots and caths on both sides.
There was a time when God gave me a lot of graces, but I was still new, so I panicked when I read the bible and watched videos where people said that if you don't speak up, you are responsible if that soul goes to hell, so I was totally upfront and kind of forceful to non Catholics or fallen away Catholics..... and it was miserable .....I lacked a lot of wisdom back then, and still am learning.
This was a very helpful video, Keith! I work with a lot of Protestants, and all of these points are too familiar. It’s not fair to stuff all Protestants into one category and make assumptions about their beliefs without asking questions and listening to their answers in good faith. I’ve learned lots about prayer and Scripture through them. If we keep our nose up for too long, we won’t be able to see the beauty that exists in front of us.
Wow... a Catholic who is not an arrogant and pretentious religious snob? Thank you. I think you all need to drop the word "protestant" as it is derogatory and came out of the counter-reformation. I've been called many things by those claiming to be Catholic.......They ask questions but with the motive of ripping me apart along with my faith. We cannot control the actions of others. When a Catholic comes across as respectful [as you have here], it is easier to carry a conversation with them even when we do not agree. You are right: "If we keep our nose up for too long, we won't be able to see the beauty that exists in front of us."
I'm finding lately that our Protestant friends are great allies in navigating in a world where religion is considered far right. There's a comfort in finding anyone who loves Jesus Christ.
Thank You Keith !!! I truly have seen on Occasions a Catholic Spewing Words loudly of the Catholic faith as though it was true and it would sound Mean and Hating toward Our Christian Brothers and Sisters of another Faith .... It would very much embarrass me as a Catholic ..... I take a deep breath and walk away .... hahaha ... --- I'm so glad you are a Catholic for this reason ... That, From you, i have learned how to work with Christians of other faiths
Because a non-Catholic speaks the truth that doesn't jive with what you have been told is the truth is not done out of hate, but love. After reading the bible you will find it the truth will set you free.
@@sammygomes7381 If you believe that a person can read the Bible on their own and know all the truth about Christ and His Church, then what was the purpose of the preaching of the Apostles and Paul and successors? They weren't needed according to you.
Keith, we're all about to die. Enough "dialogue". People are going to hell in droves without the true Traditional Catholic Faith. We are at the end of the end.
People are not going to hell because they do not have the traditional Catholic Faith. They are going to hell because they lack Faith is Christ. If I may ask a question, does one have faith in Christ by praying to Mary and saints?
@@sammygomes7381 True, but that complete faith of/in Christ comes through Christ's Church which He founded in Matt. 16:18, which is known as the Catholic Church. Your initial faith comes through a love of God and faith in the Son of God, Jesus, as your Lord and Savior. But asking the saints to pray for us is Biblical, when you understand that they are members of the Body of Christ in heaven, just as we are members of the Body of Christ on earth. Do you believe that the saints in heaven are members of the Body of Christ? Or do you think that they cease being members of the Body of Christ once they enter heaven?
@@jzak5723 Sir I can guarantee you that Christ did not "found" a church based on a man in which said church confiscated people's property, burnt people at the stake, and killed Christians that refused to become Catholics. Christ promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against His church and as hard as the Catholic church tried to wipe out the Christians they failed to do so. In fact, God used the reformation to revitalize His church. Asking living in the flesh saints to pray for us is biblical, not those asleep.
@@sammygomes7381 Are you comprehending what I already told you? Christ was fully man, and He founded a Church! So that means that the true Church is based on a "MAN", Jesus Christ. quote; said church confiscated people's property, burnt people at the stake, and killed Christians that refused to become Catholics. Where is that in the Bible? quote; In fact, God used the reformation to revitalize His church Revitalized means to make better what already existed, and the only Church that existed was the Catholic Church, so yes, you are correct in that respect.
As to the scesmatic part. I grew up in the Anderson Church of God, it was the Church My Momma grew up my Father grew up in along with my Grandparents on both sides. I had an Uncle who was a Paster in the Church its the Church my family went to and grew up in. None of us knew the truth of the Catholic Church in fact acording to what we knew and what we where tought the Catholic Church was wrong. And we didnt have reason to question that. But what we did have was a Love of Jesus and did our best to follow him the best we knew how. Both my Grandmas and the one Grandpa I knew lived there lives for Jesus the best they knew how. Now me allthough I always beleived in Jesus I never became religious until my adault life. Somehow by the grace of God I was drawn to the Catholic Church. Went to one mass and my fist RCIA class and was hooked I had no problems whatsoever with all the hard problems most Protastants face, such as Confession, Mother Mary, the Saints, the Eucherioust and what not they all made perfect sense to me, Once they where properly explained. I think what helped me here beleive it or not. Was Vampire and horrer movies like the Exorcist and what not that I grew up watching as a child. They always seamed to run to the Preists, Holy Water, Nuns, Crucufixes and what not for help. As a mater of fact from an early age I always kind of seen Catholic Preists, and the Catholic Church as the elite of the preachers and of Churches. I guess I always beleived in it but it just took me a while to get into it. And to be honest once I started learning the whole truth I was kind of mad I never knew it before. Most protastants just dont know the full truth and have no reason to doubt or queastion the truth they do know especilly if its what all of there Familly generations back have known and trusted. They have no need nor reason to question. So show them Love, paitence, and understanding for I argure many Protastants are much better Christians then a lot of us Catholics out there. At least when it comes to in how they understand and practice the faith and incorporate it into there dailie lives acording to what they know and have been tought there whole lives.
I'd like to play that Telecaster over there!... A guitar is for some men a sign of their nobility of mind. By the way, didn't king David play ... a Strat???😅
As a Catholic who has engaged Protestants in apologetics, regarding point number 1 that not all Protestants are the same (which is true), it is quite difficult to have a productive discussion with them and to understand what they believe when they refuse to reveal their denomination, especially in the presence of other Protestants who they may or may not know. Another aspect that I have encountered is a refusal to answer basic questions regarding what they believe about soteriology, again especially in the presence of other Protestants who they may or may not know. Many of the erroneous soteriologies such as Once Saved Always Saved, Sola Fide, Double Predestination, and Perseverance of the Saints essentially come down to the same idea: there is nothing YOU can do to get to Heaven, it's already been done for you and you have no control over it, or choice in the matter, and all you have to do is believe. Whole books of the Bible have been rejected by Protestants just to defend that one soteriological concept.
Amen, Amen. I, as a Catholic, have always believed and practiced, every nation, every tribe, every tongue, in Christ Jesus we are one. As Jesus and The Father are One, we who believe ate supposed to be One. I ask all, Catholics, Protestants, aethesists, whatever, to pray The Rosary three to five times a day, or more if so moved, for 30 days. Our Father in Heaven wants to do amazing things in individual lives, but He wants our prayers en mass first.
@@sammygomes7381 as a born again Christain, of The Roman Catholic Discipleship, I agree some in The Church go to far with the venetation of Mary. However, reading the works of the Early Church Fathers, and Founders of The Church, between the deaths of The Apostles and The Council of Nicene, as well as countless witnesses down through the centuries, asking Mary to pray as an intercessory seems pretty fruitfull. All I am asking, as has been laid on my heart, is for everyone who loves Jesus, and even those who don't, to Pray The Rosary three to five times a day for 30 days. Other than the amazing things that Our Father in Heaven will unleash in your life, you will discover praying The Rosary is a great spiritual weapon against satan and all his minions, and all of their attacks, which may inspire you to continue praying The Rosery regulary beyond 30 days. Also, praying The Rosary, all 5 decades, will draw you into deeper more intimate prayer to Our Father, and Jesus, and The Holy Spirit. Your choice, start the discipline and be amazed, or keep going as you have been. Though it is interesting that you watched a video from a former Protestant Pastor, who is now a lay Catholic promoter of Catholicism. Who by the way has a great video on The Rosary a month or two past, check the history of his channel. Christ Be With You.
@@sammygomes7381 check out Keith Nestor's Rosary Crew videos. On his channel or on the youtube channel The Rosary Crew. Should help you understand what I am asking you to do, on behalf of The Father, The Son Jesus The Christ, The Holy Spirit.
@@sammygomes7381 "Pray" in this sense simply means to "ask." We ask for her intercession, to pray for us, like we can ask any friend to do. No friend (including Mary) can answer our prayers, only God does that.
@@joejackson6205 As a prior Catholic I have to respectfully disagree. One has to remember that the church was infiltrated during the time of the apostles as Paul warned us of false gospels. A little research will show that some early writing by church fathers are forgeries. Some 1st century writings were written in the 4-5th century. The Catholic church even admitted to the forgeries. Neither Christ nor the apostles prayed to anyone but God. Catholics say they don't worship Mary, but the truth is the Catholic church made an idol out of her from the immaculate conception, ascending into heave and making a queen out of her, not to mention remaining a virgin. As one that use to say the rosary every night with my parents I can only look back and wonder why. Does God really want us to read or recite prayers to Him or does He want to hear from our hearts, even though He knows what we are going to ask for. I have visions of my children asking me for ice cream 53 times and that would not go over well. Christ also warned us about how not to pray. I am one that believes praying to Mary is idol worship and repetition. Mary is dead in the flesh and cannot hear our prayers. No matter how perfect one's life is it is not from praying the rosary. As for a spiritual weapon against Satan I disagree as I believe he is behind the Mary movement as every prayer to Mary is one less to God. We all have to do what we think is right and it's your choice. I pray the best for you.
It never even occurred to me to call someone a schematic! I wish they knew their own faith history though. It always seems to begin when the pastor was young, but somehow is built on the rock of Peter.
@@sammygomes7381 Jesus is the cornerstone. Mathew 16:17-19. I have many non-Catholic friends that believe their church is the one built by Peter. At my friend's old pentacostal church, The Rock, they asserted they were founded by Peter. No one questioned it and no one could explain how they made that claim. Many non-Catholic faiths do not trace their history. My Lutheran friend had no idea who Martin Luther was.
Why would they be lost if they are not a Catholic? Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, the Life. No one comes to the Father but through me." Christ never said the Catholic church, or for that fact, any church, was the way to the Father.
@@sammygomes7381 My comment meant that many Protestants will look negatively upon other Protestants if become interested in Catholicism and would consider them lost for doing so.
I won't be using the term "Protestant" much anymore... makes it seem like all those tens of thousands of denominations are somehow organized and unified.
@@sammygomes7381 they all claim to follow Christ.. that's the problem. Then they all point fingers at each other when they disagree, and claim the other doesn't follow the Bible.
@@sammygomes7381 It's a wealth of information if you interpret it correctly, otherwise, as Peter said, you will interpret it to your own destruction. How do you know that you are interpreting it correctly, since every church makes that claim? Someone is right and someone is wrong. Knowing you are right isn't just a nice feeling you get.
Oddly enough this video has solidified Keith as an authority in the Church in Our era despite being a member of the laity and a relatively green Catholic, he knows His Catholic Faith quite well already, probably due to the fact he was in no man's land for a long time and was kinda half and half for a long time but he's all the way there now, but this was objective and helpful. Peace
I grew up as a very anti-Catholic protestant. Your 5th point about Catholics not knowing their faith was something I always took for granted when having discussions with them...it was too easy to "Bible bash" them. Until I met this particular young man at university.
He responded to me with facts that I didn't know and sent me searching and researching. I researched my way right into the Catholic Church and have been married to him for 16 years with 2 beautiful daughters. There is nothing that can take me from the Church now and I teach our children to defend the faith the way their dad was able to with me.
Catholics, know your faith!
Thank you Keith.
My best friend is a Protestant.
When she comes for coffee, she often opens the conversation with
"OK, tell me more about the Blessed Mother." (She loves hearing about apparitions)
In turn, she tells me about her faith.
Neither one of us make assumptions or degrade each other. At the end of the day we have a great conversation.
I believe that this is what you are trying to teach us.
Make no assumptions...
Don't degrade the person ...
Explain your Catholic faith with joy...
Listening is vital...
Do all these things with love...
Then hopefully that person comes back and wants to hear more, like my friend wanting to learn about the Blessed Mother!⚘
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I guess my question would be why would protestism downplay the role of Mother Mary in the first place? She is so vital in our Eternal salvation because her role is to bring us closer to her son, Jesus. The rosary is 100 percent about Jesus and holy scripture. "all nations will call her blessed"
@@audreysalas988 it's because of Sola Scriptura.
They don't believe in Mother Mary because they don't either believe in Apostolic and Oral Tradition in the first place.
@@connordrake5713 right. So why is this Catholic channel even entertaining the 5 different ways protestants wish Catholics knew about them if Catholocism is the true only faith, then it matters not what Catholics know about protestants, it only matters if he pointed out how those 5 things Catholics don't know about protestants clash with the divine Will of God.
Hi Keith. I wanted to commend you on your compassionate, long suffering approach about the Protestant / Catholic situation and each of their perspective differences.
I personally have been treated spitefully and as LESS THAN human by Roman Catholics I've dealt with personally one-to-one and on social media platforms.
I wish more Catholics had your compassion.
I was blessed by your videos.
God bless you.
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Preacher Bill.
I am a lifelong Catholic. I taught in a Baptist university (Baylor) for 32 years. I found this video to be quite helpful. If individual Catholics and Protestants remain in place, they can still learn much from each other. I am stronger in my Catholic faith and practice today, in part because of my contact with Baptist and Evangelical Christians.
You ran to the road of destruction
My research on Protestanism; Many Biblical lay people and Biblical scholars after becoming Catholics, they play such a great and beautiful role in getting the Lukewarm Catholics out of their cozy couches and into the depths of the faith, many have helped me on my Journey , but it was Scott Hahn's "The Supper of the Lamb" that set me on a greater fire for the Eucharist". These Christians are God sent to us Catholics.
Wish I could like this about 100 times. I was a Protestant all my life until I was confirmed at Easter Vigil 2015. This is what I wanted all my life and never even considered becoming Catholic. Now I have the Eucharist and devotion to Mary. I do agree about the strong believing and living out of their faith by many Protestants I have known. I can honestly say that I have no memory of ever being taught Scriptural error in any church in several denominations I attended. There was just not the Whole truth.
GOOD POINT Yellow, you say you couldn't find the whole truth in the several denominations you've attended. That sin of the faith who declares half truths is called the sin of omission. Evangelizing scripture should be 100 percent complete and protestant religion protests the 95 thesis of the Catholic doctrine, also known as the disputation of plenary indulgences. This was introduced in 1517 by the heretic Martin Luther, calling it the great reformation. Who is Luther to take holy scripture and butcher it? The Bible was written by the apostles, proclaiming God's word, proclaiming God's works, proclaiming God's love. Who has the right and equal divination of our Lord?? Nobody! Remember Lucifer was once an angel beloved by God and Lucifer protested God's power. What is the difference between what Lucifer did and what Luther did? And the end of all the debates, theological study, at end of the day, they both told God He didn't know what is good for his children and they knew better. Catholics get the bad rap when it comes to scriptural changes when Catholics changed nothing, Martin Luther did all these changes, and that is a fact, it's an earthly fact that Martin Luther omitted and added to God's word. That point cannot even be debated. So I say protestism is a lie, the protestant people are beautiful people, but they've been lied to for 1500 years and I cannot wrap my head around why a Catholic channel would promote any kind of validation to this so called religion. This guy is not a good shepherd for more reasons than I can put here in writing. Please be careful whom you praise and validate because that is something we will all have to answer for to our Good merciful loving Lord. God bless you my little daffodil. I love your username.
EPHESIANS 4,. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all...
@@audreysalas988 the catholic church, foundation and pillar of Truth 1TIMOTHY 3:15
I grew up in a family where my uncle and aunt are protestants, but my dad was a pioneer of Catholic faith in a small town that I grew up (India). Dad taught his children about the faith and led us in prayer every family worship day. Having said that whenever uncle/aunt is home, he would let them lead mass prayer. Growing up I never felt we disagree with that they believe or they disagree with us. I got to know of the 'hatred'/disagreements from the outside world as I mature, and its not a nice feeling. I am beginning to feel uneasy at times. Thanks Keith for sharing your thoughts. I moved from my family to different state, but we stay so connected and I still want us to worship together and maintain the same respect we always had for each others' belief
Respect people's _right_ to their beliefs, _not_ the beliefs themselves _if_ the beliefs are _unbiblical._ Isaiah 8:20.
All of these points are spot on. I was a Protestant all my life and converted this Easter and was received into the Catholic Church. I completely relate with all of these points. The most common is lumping Protestants together. I was Methodist and didn’t even learn the word, Protestant, until I was in my conversion process. So when someone even said the word Protestant, I thought they were speaking about some other group that didn’t pertain to me. In my eyes, I was a Methodist. I know I was ignorant but I truly never heard the word in my church.
I saw a comment once on an article about the sex scandals. It said "why can't Catholics just find another church to meet their needs?" I reflect on that often. That's the difference between Catholics and protestants in a nutshell. The one true church cannot have an alternative. We cannot just go somewhere else.
This is what you have been brainwashed to believe regarding the Catholic Church, though.. Do you understand that Christ's body is not a building made of hands? Sitting in a pew is not making you any closer to God than sitting in a coop turns you into a chicken. Yes, you can go somewhere else but you won't... Perhaps it is time that the congregation stood up against the corruption in the papacy and demand for reform? Yes, the sex scandal included. These are your children.......why hand them over to the pedophile and then accept the elements from that same priest? These are honest questions.
Look at what Christ said to the Samaritan woman about worship....
John 4:20 "Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father."
In verses 23-24, he goes on to say: But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
Where in these passages do you read where sitting in a pew is a requirement to worship God?
Prayers for my son he had surgery for appendix. It was a roller coaster of emotions. I relied praying my rosary and praying for each of you lifting you up in prayers.
Prayers for your son 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I'll pray straight to God for you
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Prayers warrior's is better 🙏
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Thank you for praying the rosary everyday. God Bless you and your family.
22 years as a protestant pastor. It's really interesting to me when the Truth is revealed to us. I found the Truth in my training to be a prot pastor.
For some reason It felt like I had blinders on like horses. I could study anything except Catholicism. And one of Fr. Chris Alar's videos kept coming up in my feed- 'The Bible, a Catholic book' And I kept thinking, 'no it can't be!' When I finely broke down and looked into the origin of the Bible I discovered the one True Church.
@@VO_JayRedding Fr Chris Alar explains the faith so perfectly! God bless you in your humility to look into the facts for yourself. That's not easy to do
It's not a Catholic book. It's God's book. God doesn't use labels like our finite minds do. The Church put it together and later divided itself. Why? Because we're ignorant as humans and evil.
@@Ad_maiorem_Dei_gloriam-15 , " the Church put it together", right. Catholic means "whole Church "in Greek . Whole Chuch includes the Roman Church ( Rom.1:7). If I exclude the Roman Church to impose my opinion and my Sola (private interpretation of) Scripture refusing the Councils and Church Tradition...then I am not Catholic any more , but Protestant who surely rejects 7 books from the Bible .
@@ald67 I agree but it wasn’t the Church it is today that it was in 300AD.
Being a Baptized Catholic in 2018, I realize I am guilty of being a snob. After ingesting all I could about the Faith, and being so proud to start to know Jesus and His church, I looked down on other denominations as fools. I was the fool. Keep up the good works my friend.
It's not that you're looking down on the other person following another faith, you're looking down on their faith, not the individual. I get what you mean tho, but we can never justify another religion
As a protestant watching this, I give you mad props. God bless ya brother
Thank you my friend
Thank you for all you do Keith! Catholicism is Beautiful ❣️
So was the serpent in Eden. 2 Corinthians 11:14.
The Splendor of Truth!!!
@@floogelhornzzz4770 But the Church is the foundation and pillar of Truth!!!
Great video Keith. Love how humble you are. Signs of a deep prayer life. God bless.
Amen 🙏🏽
Thank you Keith for sharing.
As a cradle Catholic
I remember my parents telling us as we grew up, Respect others as you would like to be respected. So they would say to us "if you have a Protestant friend, respect their Faith" . I remember the rule i had as a teenager with my protestant friends was, "Don't try to convert me and I will not try to convert you" so we respected each other and stayed friends all through our teenage years.
I have had a "bad short memory problem" since birth lol, i can not memorize things word for word and i do envy those that quote the Scripture but that doesn't mean that because i can't quote scriptures i don't know the Bible. My parents would tell me "if you feel the need to evangelize , do it by example" By your way of life. They would tell all of us always Glorify God by your life.
Thank you for the video it was very informative. God Bless
You are delusional calling yourself a cradle Catholic. Catholicism is all about rebuking heretics such Protestants instead of “ respecting their faith” smh. Shame on you. You know nothing about Catholicism.
Your comment was quite enlightening, it never occurred to me having a poor short term memory was a thing, but when I think about my short term is often weak also. Peace. God Bless
Bless you bro. Keith and family👨👩👦❤️
Hi Keith, as always a fantastic talk. I have a South African friend who came to the RCIA and came to alot of the Catholic video showings in our church explaining the faith with various speakers such as Brant Pitre. She didn't convert and she was free to join or not. I still keep in touch with her and share alot with her. She is very appreciative and looks forward to what I send her. I discern what I send and this is , I think, is a wonderful way to keep in touch and share without having any animosity.
Keep up the good work.God Bless you and your family and empower you constantly with His Holy Spirit.🙏🙏🙏❤
Great video, Keith! Thank you for sharing.
Keith's takes are always on point. My 3 closest friends are deep evangelicals, Deep. I know for a fact they reject Catholicism. They never tell me to my face but I see them posting anti Catholic stuff from time to time on sites they think I dont follow. Not hateful just in opposition to certain doctrines, like Confession and Purgatory, etc.
Little do they know I post some anti protestant things on a page Im anonymous on. Not really antiprot directly but mostly more in defense of Catholicism.
I pray for my friends conversions to the one true faith daily and in the mean time I show them love and charity, as they do me, because I know telling them they are wrong and to become Catholic is not going to get us anywhere.
But my example of charity, respect for where they are now, respect that I know for a fact they Love Jesus, and my prayers for them, is going to go a lot farther.
Who knows, they are probably praying for my conversion away from the Catholic faith, but if so, its only making me a deeper Catholic, lol.
Anyway, at the end of the day, I trust in the Lord that He knows their hearts are good, has heard my prayers, and that when their time comes, God will honor my prayers and theirs for their eternal salvation.
@Guess Work having charity towards someone's beliefs is not what charity is about. We should have charity towards humanity, not their belief system. By thinking this way, you're not correcting your brother and sisters by LOVINGLY trying to pull them back to the one true church, the one true baptism, one true doctrine. Scripture says we must do this or you're helping them not just sin, but you're ignoring the offenses to His sacred heart by being so passive and trivial by God's truth in scripture. Being all inclusive is dangerous and not of God. If your showing charity to all peoples religious beliefs, then you're showing charity to the religious beliefs of the çhurch of Satan too and you and I both know that is not Gods will. His will for us IS to speak up and correct distorted doctrine in a loving inspiring way, not by shaming them, not by forcing them, not by devouring them up with judgement and ridicule! If it makes you uncomfortable listening to your protestant friends and family speak about the "truths" of their religion, then that's GOD. The uncomfort your feeling is God's way of telling you to speak up and help Him save his children from certain death. Fear of being persecuted and crucified for proclaiming Jesus Christ name outloud is a small sacrifice you can do for Jesus since the sacrifice he gave us by His own crucifixion is incomparable in comparison to the persecution and rejection you will get from your protestant friends. Being all inclusive is Godless and communistic because we are being forced to accept beliefs that go against God's Holy scripture and we become submissive and passive in order to not offend others and to not exclude others in the name of "being fair". If we went through life by not making enemies and not standing your moral ground, then we are sacrificing ALL that God has given us in his teachings and in His crucifixion. We are basically saying to God that we are not willing to follow his divine will and help him save souls. We are not willing protect His word in truths. We are not willing to die for him as he died for us. Being all inclusive is the works of Satan making us think what is right is wrong and what is wrong is right. This is Satan's trickery by making us ignore God's word thus turning your back on him altogether. I have made enemies in the name of Jesus Christ by protecting Holy scripture and trying to pull back others who are far from God. Even my immediate family scoffs at me, calling me judgemental, toxic, crazy, blasphemous, cultist, demonic, stupid, un Christian.... Does this hurt? Yes it hurts to be crucified and labeled nut batsh*# crazy. It hurts my heart yes, but what hurts me the most is the thought of them not knowing God's mercy and love. So if it hurts little ole me, then imagine how badly it is hurting Mother's immaculate heart and her Son's sacred heart. Would you do what Mary did when asked to be a victim soul and bare the Son of Man? Would you give your only son over to the world and sacrifice him for God Father? How much do you REALLY know God? How much do you really LOVE God? Ask yourself these things first before calling me judgemental and unloving. Because it is only in the Love that I have for you in leading you back to God in which I've sacrificed within myself to be persecuted by the family and friends whom I love most. I'm willing to lose you in order to help save you. But I'm only willing to do this in the name of Jesus Christ, for His Glory, not mine.
@Guess Work what is your point exactly if I missed it, plz explain.
@Guess Work thenmy first reply was spot on, it is you who didn't understand my point I never said to criticize or attack protestants. I said to lovingly correct them the the truths in scripture. Inspire through invoking the holy spirit to speak through you. They are entitled to their beliefs, ofcourse we all are. Protestants are beautiful people, but being a beautiful good person will not get anyone into heaven. Living, following the true doctrine of Catholic church, prayer, penance, fasting and humility is what our doctrine teaches. You said having charity towards their beliefs, which basically says accepting their untruths passively without evangelizing is charity. That's not charity, that's ignoring God's teachings by not wanting to offend r ruffle feathers. Not considering your own persecution in order to speak truths in name of Jesus is humility. Spiritual courage is granted through prayer, so I pray for your spiritual courage to blossom for the Glory of God. God bless you.
Absolutely I'm arguing to suit my disposition over protestantism. Aren't you doing the same when you say you're out to demolish them? You say you're not interested in criticizing or attacking them, well that would be the same as demolishing them, wouldn't it? If you don't care in their belief system, then why bother at all when our catechism clearly states to have charity and fraternity towards all humanity and our end game is to save souls, not demolish souls. Works without love is dead, faith without works is dead. In trying to convert souls to love Jesus and follow His teachings can only be accomplished through love. You've contradicted yourself as to what your end game is. If you're Catholic and you love Jesus, demolishing protestant people isn't what he wants. He wants us to help save them, bring them closer to Him. So which is it?
@Guess Work that's the problem Luther had. Im not asking you to follow me. I go by God's rules, not my own rules. People Going by their own rules is what brought us here right now. Your ego is getting in the way of me trying to tell you, it's not my way or Keith's way to follow, or your way, it's God's way we should follow. That's all I'm saying, but hey, demolishing protestant people while having charity towards their beliefs, while confusing to me, is what your way is about, then you're on the wrong channel.
Thank u for the video enjoyed it thank u for praying the rosary with us
Thanks Keith! Wow, try not to let these negative comments affect you. Keep on doing your thing. Just take a deep breath, pray and move on. 🙏 God bless you all!!!
I grew up Catholic, Opus Dei. It felt like such a prison to me. It felt constrictive, full of judgement and condemnation. I’m slowly learning that not Catholics are like that (try to understand, that’s all I ever knew). But I could NOT, would NOT go back. I’m so happy, and so much closer to God in a biblically based Protestant church.
I listen to protestant preachers daily. I've heard 2 or 3 take cheap shots at the Catholic church. Never heard a priest do that. It tells me something.
It is almost always Catholics defending themselves from Protestants, not the other way around.
I have never, not once in 50 years, heard a priest during mass say anything negative about another Christian denomination. Never.
Happens all the time in Protestant churches during service though. Anti-Catholicism runs deep in the Protestant churches.
I've heard it on occasion. But mostly I've heard misinformed Catholic lay people spewing falsehoods about other Christians, while their priests don't correct them.
@@danielobrien189 ok, but also I never heard of Catholics starving others to convert (the Irish), or Catholics burning down Prot churches and murdering as happened with Luther, or executing those who wouldn't leave Catholicism (Henry viii), or lynching them in Mexico, or confiscating our cathedrals...
Love this and great video, and I strongly agree with your points, thanks Keith. I have been a Catholic for 61 years but it's only at the age of about 26 that I started to really know my Faith and upgrading constantly even until now. I strongly believes that God plans and wills that all of us are born in different families and different faiths also. There is nothing wrong in that, but the right moment and timing, He calls us deeply in our hearts and striking our minds, through situations, circumstances to get us closer and closer to Him, if we really and truly seek the Truth, Amen.
We owe it to Protestants to know the faith, but it made me laugh when you said they WANT Catholics to know the faith. The moment you show them a verse in scripture they’ve never considered because it’s not their proof text, they get all disoriented and don’t want to talk anymore. 99 out of a 100 will never bring up religion again. Let’s face it, these are good folks with a simple faith, little depth, who rarely hear the Gospels; only epistles by Paul and get anti Catholic rhetoric from their ministers. There aren’t many Martin Luther’s and Dr Ortlands, or james White’s running around out here.
This is another great post for your channel, keep it up!
Why do they have a simple faith? They follow Christ and pray to God. The don't kneel and say the rosary to Mary or pray to other saints.
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So let me understand, Catholic's don't have a simple faith because we pray also, but in ways that you don't? Is there something unBiblical against kneeling while praying? We aren't allowed to create our own prayers or ask for prayers from Mary or the saints in heaven?
It is unfortunate that many protestants do not know the Bible well. I am NOT one of these...but I have seen a great number of Catholics fit the description you gave. Why is that? Because they rely more on the traditions and dogmas of the Catholic Church...They do not question their leadership at all. This is not healthy faith; it is cult-like. Your accusations against the protestant shows you engage in stereo-typing. What would you know about their depth of faith? You are very assuming about another's personal relationship with Christ.
As a catholic always judge our self not others because we are sinners please ask mother of God to be with us in our journey to be with the church of her son till the end of our life .
Did mary create God who is from everlasting or did she give birth to Jesus who is God in the flesh.
Context is important!
Mary is dead. The wages of sin is death. She was happy to have a Saviour from sin. She said, "My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." Luke 1:47. (MY Saviour, not someone else's.) Only a sinner needs a Saviour. (You're not saved from being immaculate.) And she made a sin offering of two turtle doves thereby acknowledging her guilt as a sinner. Luke 2:21-24. Why would she misrepresent herself as a sinner if she was sinless? She sinned and eventually died like we all will. And God says, "the dead _know not _*_anything,_* neither have they any more a portion _forever_ in *_anything_*_ that is done under the sun."_ Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10, Psalms 146:4; 115:17, Ezekiel 18:4, Matthew 10:28, Genesis 3:4. Stop praying/talking to/communicating with dead people. They can't hear you, and they _certainly_ can't help you! Talking to the dead is witchcraft/spiritualism. It's forbidden. Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Isaiah 8:19, Rev. 21:8. Your veneration of Mary is just a Christianized form of pagan goddess worship. Satan's occultic/witchcraft goddess of fertility, Ashteroth, was given the title "queen of heaven." Jeremiah 7:18. All Satan did was take his Babylonian, pagan, occult religion and dress it up to masquerade as Christianity. This included his goddess Ashteroth which he rebranded as the immaculate, perpetual virgin Mary. Christ's actual mother Mary eventually lost her virginity to her husband, consummating her marriage after her "firstborn" Son Jesus. Matthew 1:25. She was also a sinner like everyone else. Luke 1:47. And is, by no means, a co-mediator, co-saviour or co-redeemer with Christ. 1 Timothy 2:5. The Saviour is God and Mary is in no part God. If you have any view of Mary different from this, what the Bible says, then you have, and are venerating, Satan's pagan goddess of fertility. Trust the Holy Spirit's biblical description of Mary, not what your pretend-Christian, covertly-pagan "church" says about her. Anything contradicting the Bible is deception. How would Jesus feel if you called the Holy Spirit (conscience and scripture) that He sent us to lead us into all truth a liar? (Or, by giving her Ashteroth's "queen of heaven" title, associated His chaste and virtuous mother with the filthiness of fertility/reproduction/sex worship which included orgies, temple prostitutes, sexual promiscuity, and ritualistic human sacrifice to Satan, a filthy, unclean spirit?) Remember, it was the Holy Spirit that came upon Mary to make Christ. Was it a Spirit of truth, or a _lying_ spirit that impregnated her? And which spirit is the lying one? Then Jesus is the offspring of Mary and . . . ?
@@floogelhornzzz4770 mary is not dead she is in heaven with Jesus because she fulfilled the will of the living God by bringing his son to this earth to save the world. And Jesus said to Saddlers is not this why you are wrong, that you do not know the power of God. And as for the dead being raised. God said to Moses, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not God of the dead, but of the living. Mother mary help us to do the will of our living God.
@@fabiotuan5206 dude get a life, you wouldn’t have a problem if you didn’t troll all the time worry about little Fabio and your lost soul
@@marymargarette4289 When we die, our spirit returns to the Father [Ecc. 12:7). Mary's physical body has returned to the dust of the ground as it is with all mankind. Why are you praying to her and not to God through Christ as Jesus instructed? Nobody comes to the Father except through Christ. Mary is not your mediator. We have one mediator and that is Christ.
I am a deep Catholic but I am also inclined towards ecumenism- understanding each other’s faith. I appreciate your efforts toward this end.
Ecumenism is dangerous. I used to be as yourself. In fact I once went to a Non Denominational church. I was all in for ecumenism. But now lean strongly for Traditionalism. The prosperity gospel is attractive but in it, it's a hard sell. Why because of the cross. There is one Lord, or faith, and one Baptism. And there is one Church where we can get Christ in the Eucharist. Yes we need to be ready with a word for the reason of our hope but we are not in communion with them. The Bible itself in both old and new testament says about the Priesthood of Aaron.
"No man takes this authority unto himself but only those as called by God as Aaron was". Many many are taking this authority unto themselves. That's why we have over 30000 denominations.
There is one Church with the authority. Protestant churches are full of fallen catholics. The problem is they fall away because they never fully lived, comprehended, or embraced the Truth of Catholicism. Yes there are valid Protestant arguments, but that is not because the Catholic Church is lacking. Prime example of the dangers of trying to "Can't we all just get along", is Pope Francis. His trying to embrace sinners is muddying the truth. I.E. "Who am I to Judge" or his defending or promoting Gay and or offender priests and bishops. There is one Lord, one faith and One Baptism, and there is One Church and one Truth, and this Truth is Jesus. The Church is the Pillar and Foundation. Of Truth and Jesus established just one. All it takes is one fly to ruin the whole batch of perfume. Jesus said to His Disciples, "He who listens to you listens to Me, he who rejects you rejects Me and rejects the Father who sent Me". Evangelize yes, Ecumenism No. Ecumenism draws people away from the one True church if a person is not solid in their faith. The reality of faith is Jesus said "Pick up your cross daily and follow Me." When we hear other messages that take our focus off the Cross yes it's appealing. But without the cross there is no salvation for anyone.
You are no deep Catholic! Catholicism is against ecumenism. The core of Catholicism is NOT engaged in any other false religion. You are immature, deceived and clueless.
Unfortunately most ecumenism is about compromising Catholicism toward liberal protestantism. When I was not Christian I never thought I could be protestant since it's clear you need some authority to interpret the Bible. You can't just pretend you have no authority
Ecumenism will cancel out and dilute every single doctrine in existence. It could never be. Only one God exists and that one God has a commandment that completely throws ecumenism out of the water. What good is having "faith" if we have to have faith in all religious faiths. No, this is the way of the anti Christ, and I pray you realize this. If ecumenism exists, we are looking at 30000 different faiths, God's, baptisms, doctrines that we must have to believe in. Therefore, if we can find justification in a behaviour that one of the 30000 religions will declare to not be a sin, then we have no God to answer to for our wrongs because one of those 30000 Gods will justify the behaviour. In the matter of Holy scripture, the untruth of ecumenism belief takes the "holy" out of scripture. It then becomes just scripture, just words, just lies.
Ecumenism is really a heresy because the history of it is very Protestant in nature.
Ecumenism is also against our belief of One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Churches.
I think one of the most important points you make in this video is not to assume anything. Asking questions is important.
That said, I really think if you look into the history of the Church, you're probably going to become Catholic. :) I do think that being a Protestant today is different from being one of the first Protestants. The first Protestants really were schismatics. People today, not so much.
One of my best friends is not Catholic, but he is a Christian, and we have wonderful chats about what God is doing in our lives.
No, because if you look at the early Church is wasn't like RCC. Most of the fathers held the same views as Luther. But the RCC wants to put itself and it's authority above all. My study of history did lead to Rome but I kept studying and realized things were added and ended up finally under Christ
All you Christ worshipers have things wrong Jesus wasn't the Son of God he was a prophet just like the last prophet Muhammad all you Christ worshipers absorb the lies of Judaism you pervert the word of God God doesn't have any children because we all are children of God Jesus's father was Joseph read it in the Quran
@@Ad_maiorem_Dei_gloriam-15 , you say: "Most of the fathers held the same views as Luther". No father held Luther's faith alone. You should not conflate Luther's faith alone and Abraham's obedient faith alone. If you keep studying you will realize that the Catholic Church rejects either pelagianism or semi-pelagianism. You ignore that the crux of the difference between the Protestant and Catholic view of justification is over what both sides see is the formal cause of justification: is the imputation of Christ's righteousness extra-nos (Luther/Calvin) or is the infusion of sanctifying grace into the believer (Catholics). You should not assume that the Catholic Church teaches any form of "works righteousness" or pelagianism, otherwise you are fighting a strawman.
A thing I want a protestant know...you are my brother or sister and I LOVE YOU❤❤
Great talk. Blessings 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you . Pray for for us. I have been contemplating Catholicism for over 30 years.
@@Fraevo10 Follow the word of God, not dogma.
Dude. YES.
As a Confessional Lutheran (that leans Catholic in thinking) I really appreciate this. Good stuff.
Why not take the next step into the CC?
Come home brother.
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I do think a lot about it. Maybe someday! But Unam sanctam is a big obstacle for me.
@@DavidOrtiz-fd2lb If Unam sanctam wasn't a gig, I'd totally be down.
@@coffeeanddavid I suggest you listen to some Scott hanh 👍🏻 I don’t know enough to make a educated opinion but I’ll be praying for you brother.
Good stuff here Keith. Way to go! God bless you in your ministry.
I probably don't help Catholics when I just roll with the Protestant label, and introduce myself as a Protestant Christian. Definitely, agree that the majority of Protestants today are not Scismatics. I grew up in Reformed Baptist Church. Didn't really know much else. (And the anti-catholicism I encountered regularly didn't help at all.) Learning more about the Catholic faith online is refreshing to my soul. I wish we all could be one united Church again.
Great video!!! You are a blessing to the Church, Keith.
You continue to be a great inspiration to my Catholic life journey. My journey started with my infant baptism, and I'm still on it! Thank you so much!
Thanks Keith. Go Catholics!
I've learned these lessons over several years of evangelizing and making many mistakes. Thank you for explaining this to Catholics.
Good video Keith! I try to take the time to understand what others believe. Makes the conversation so much more substantial.
I have a German Baptist friend and spent all weekend and this week understanding what they believe. I have learned that they are a pious people who love Christ and they have a valid baptism although they don't believe it removes sin. I love to learn what other Christians believe. It has allowed me to understand different interpretations of scripture and it has also helped to strengthened my Catholic faith.
Wow, thanks Keith for this wonderful and spot-on sharing. You really nail it on the head. Although this is not comprehensive but these are among the few salient points of how Protestants thought of Catholics and how Catholics can improve themselves on. Thanks again from your Catholic Brother !!!
Thank you Keith ❤. I must know my faith. This is uplifting and unifying.
This has been the most helpful. I appreciate as I am seeking to learn more about the faith that gave me my culture and upbringing.
I too am a convert. I was a Southern Baptist for 28 years before I entered the Catholic Church. You’re correct on most of what you’re saying here.
I came into full communion with the Catholic Church about 12 years ago. You said you’re 5 years into the Church and you’re exactly where I was at that point too, so I can relate.
I would suggest researching more about what the council of Trent had to say about Protestants in relation to the Church and what’s been echoed by numerous popes since that time.
The council of Trent was clear that validly baptized Protestants are still technically part of the Church by virtue of their baptism, but that their theological differences cause their connection to the Church to be compromised to varying degrees. Even pope Benedict XVI echoed this when he said that Protestants don’t have “churches”, but they are instead “ecclesial communities” because there is really only one Church.
Anyone who is validly baptized (in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and believes in Jesus is part of the Body of Christ, that includes Catholic's, Protestant's and non-denominational. As Catholic's, we believe that the others are not in full communion with the Church because of differences in what Catholic's teach and what the others teach.
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Non-denominational is Protestant. It’s typically Baptist, Pentecostal theologically, but it’s aesthetically stripped of many of the more traditional components that one would expect to see in these denominations.
There is only one Church and it’s the One holy Catholic and apostolic Church. It exists visibly through the institution established by Christ on Peter as its earthly head with the office of the keys, however it also exists invisibly in the sense that we do not automatically know every baptized believer who is part of mystical body and also because it exists both on earth and in heaven.
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@@jzak5723 Thank you, John, and just to be clear that when the CCC states that our protestant brethren are not in full communion they mean that they are in the church. Wish I could look it up and say it properly. God bless you John.
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Yes, they are in the Body of Christ.
Great points, Keith! Great video 👊🏻
This is so good! I've met many deep-faith protestants, and it's very inspiring, just like a faith-filled Catholic can be very inspiring. We have much to learn from each other. Great opportunity for dialogue here. Really good!!
Thank you so much!
@@KeithNester Keith you may not have formally left the Catholic church, but using an analogy.
Heretics can be like martin luther who is a formal heretic & any biological or spiritual descendants of him would be material heretics.
So using the above analogy. You may not have been a formal schismatic ( that was one of your ancestors ) but you were a " schismatic" descendant indirectly due to them.
Those who are ( un) orthodox eastern schismatics & oriental schismatics are not Michael cerularius nor Dioscorus who did formally schismaticize themselves from the church.
But their followers until today do share in that schism as they formally ( those who also were Catholic at that time ) or indirectly ( the ancestors of those) continued in that schism.
You healed that would in Our Lord's body; you made reparation to God.
So don't reject the aspect of being a schismatic but embrace it like we all have to embrace the fact that we may not have caused original sin; but we are sharers in that & are guilty of being sinners as we inherited that from Adam & eve. But in being baptized & being born again we are brought in full union with Christ.
So the same all schismatics should realize they are sharing & continuing in that situation & then be grafted back to the tree of life & their mother the true church in the fulness of Christ.
You did a wonderfull thing & I am so happy for you. But to reject the fact of what you were indirectly through no fault of your own is to be lying to yourself.
Truth hurts but accepting truth ( you were an indirect schismatic ) leads you to God who is all truth.
Welcome home & bring others home.
The great thing is
Thank you for sharing!
I will remain in my Catholic faith because, I have friends from different denomimations and I respect them and thier beliefs...Thus, made me stronger to explore, understand and appreciate my own Catholic faith.- Respect is the key.
Loved the previous video and this one on 5 things... Sending u love and encouragement for the beautiful work that u do
I was an Anti-Catholic many years. I am going to RCIA in a few weeks, so...ha-ha. Needless to say, after I studied the teachings of the church for a year, I changed my mine and realized I was wrong about so many things.
How did your rcia go?
Hope you don’t mind me asking, I went myself this last year and was received into the Catholic Church at Easter. Just curious to hear about your journey. God bless.
Peace, brother! I just noticed, are you in your own music studio? Sweet! 🙂 If only Catholics knew more about our faith, our witness to the world would be so much more powerful!
All sane arguments. Being a Catholic, I specially like number 5.
Thank you for a well done and informative video, Keith. Thank you for sharing your love of Christ and His Catholic Church. You and many converts bring so many blessings to cradle Catholics like myself and to all Catholics. Keep up the great work. God bless.
THANK YOU KEITH....WELL EXPLAINED. !
Thanks for this, Keith.
Thank you for this Keith.
I was raised Episcopalian and Methodist. Fortunately, I attended a Catholic middle school a nd high school. I studied And prayed hard and found the church was for me. Thank you for your empowering videos👍
I noticed you said :Fortunately, I attended a Catholic middle school a nd high school. I am a Catholic since birth but never ever forced anyone to join the faith because what is important is that you believe first in God and His Son Jesus Christ and that is already fortunate enough if you do.Yes our faith is more complete and authentic but had you not known anything about the Catholic church you still as a Methodist been fortunate to know God and His Son. Bless you
Good insights!
I think that knowing the Catholic faith well and charity would go so far in our dialogue with our Protestant brothers and sisters.
Excellent points!
Thanks brother!
100% im thankful for this conversation you spoke about, I think many us catholics are at faults into not becoming welcoming and seen as bitter people, that something we should all work on a LOT! With that being said I think we as catholic should not only take our as a responsibility but also should live by it and that's to love (one of the biggest and important commandment)
Every person l've spoken to who has left Catholicism or is newly trying to find out about about Catholicism uses the word unwelcoming. As an ex ladped Catholic l would call it "reserved" Unfortunately it comes across as blanking and side eye. We need to search our consciences about what we do with the sudden stranger in our midst.
And pragmatically we need to realise that fractured communities and anomie have led people to crave fellowship.
Great job Keith
Exactly, that is the problem. When I returned to my Catholic faith which I love, I found that many people of my age of about 28 at that time have been mislead to other churches due to a lack of knowledge of faith. It nearly happened to me until I studied the faith and found it to be be the most truthful and best thing I found in life. Praise God. To Jesus through Mary 100%
As a Protestant, I not only appreciate this video, but especially the last point.
I've spent the last 4 years trying to truly understand what catholics believe, and it is discouraging to try and engage with a particular catholic friend when I am constantly educating them on what they believe!
Much of it is positive, btw, and I have even repeatedly defended the catholic position, while still expressing my concerns with other things.
This person has been on the fence between protestanism and Catholicism, and I'm constantly pointing out the misconceptions about Catholicism as well as the cons about Protestanism, so they can make an informed and accurate decision! Lol What a curious position to be in! :o
Thank you Mish. This is not an uncommon situation. I hope you continue to learn more about the faith. God be with you, thanks for watching!
Thank you, Keith. God be with you and your family as well!
One thing I've been really wrestling through as of late is the Akathist hymn that Eastern Catholics and the Orthodox recite in full every year.
Do Roman Catholics recite that as well, or do you have an issue with the poetic hyperbole which describes Mary as our hope, salvation, and light; attributes that should be ascribed to Christ alone.
It is required in EC liturgies as well as the orthodox, but I don't know about RC's.
I have no problem honoring Mary, but my conscience and the Holy Spirit within me will not allow me to go that far.
I would love to know your thoughts on this if you have time either by way of a comment or a video. Thanks so much!
You say you have spent 4 years trying to understand what Catholics believe, but Catholics are the only religion I'm aware of where every member states publicly what they believe in church every Sunday. It starts out like this: "I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, etc..." You can look up the rest online, but basically this is the central theology of Catholicism. You are probably getting confused with what are called "Private Devotions" like for example, praying the Rosary. These are optional and not required to be considered Catholic. Also, praying to saints is a Private Devotion and is optional for those people who want to do it. The Vatican allows it, but it is not required.
Poor catechesis in the Catholic church is the major cause of Catholic ignorance of the Faith. The mass is the most prayer but Catholics don't understand it.
Number 5!! So right. You couldn't have stated it any more accurately.
Thank you! I needed to hear this.
Beautiful Teachings 🙏
Great video.
I come from the poorly educated generation of Catholics I took the time to learn my faith , most are clueless they don’t even know their Christian it’s sad , the church really needs one Sunday a year to teach basic teaching
according to pew statistics 52% of catholics have only read from the bible 2 or less times their entire lives
most catholics are lukewarm christians
Outstanding video
Thank you so much 😀
To be fair, this applies to all of us. Everyone. Know what you believe and why, and be charitable. I’ve seen plenty of ugly from prots and caths on both sides.
I nearly hear that sound at Pentecost when the first church on the first day …. Super powerful, Super helpful, honest and purposeful.
God Bless you
Thak you Keith!
Thank you! Really appreciated this video.
There was a time when God gave me a lot of graces, but I was still new, so I panicked when I read the bible and watched videos where people said that if you don't speak up, you are responsible if that soul goes to hell, so I was totally upfront and kind of forceful to non Catholics or fallen away Catholics..... and it was miserable .....I lacked a lot of wisdom back then, and still am learning.
Thank you for this video.
Thank you!
This was a very helpful video, Keith! I work with a lot of Protestants, and all of these points are too familiar. It’s not fair to stuff all Protestants into one category and make assumptions about their beliefs without asking questions and listening to their answers in good faith. I’ve learned lots about prayer and Scripture through them. If we keep our nose up for too long, we won’t be able to see the beauty that exists in front of us.
Thank you Kristina :)
Wow... a Catholic who is not an arrogant and pretentious religious snob? Thank you. I think you all need to drop the word "protestant" as it is derogatory and came out of the counter-reformation. I've been called many things by those claiming to be Catholic.......They ask questions but with the motive of ripping me apart along with my faith.
We cannot control the actions of others. When a Catholic comes across as respectful [as you have here], it is easier to carry a conversation with them even when we do not agree.
You are right: "If we keep our nose up for too long, we won't be able to see the beauty that exists in front of us."
I'm finding lately that our Protestant friends are great allies in navigating in a world where religion is considered far right. There's a comfort in finding anyone who loves Jesus Christ.
Thank You Keith !!! I truly have seen on Occasions a Catholic Spewing Words loudly of the Catholic faith as though it was true and it would sound Mean and Hating toward Our Christian Brothers and Sisters of another Faith .... It would very much embarrass me as a Catholic ..... I take a deep breath and walk away .... hahaha ...
--- I'm so glad you are a Catholic for this reason ... That, From you, i have learned how to work with Christians of other faiths
Because a non-Catholic speaks the truth that doesn't jive with what you have been told is the truth is not done out of hate, but love. After reading the bible you will find it the truth will set you free.
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If you believe that a person can read the Bible on their own and know all the truth about Christ and His Church, then what was the purpose of the preaching of the Apostles and Paul and successors? They weren't needed according to you.
Love you Kieth since you r now catholic and how u recite holy Rosary 🌺🌺🌺🙏
Keith, we're all about to die. Enough "dialogue". People are going to hell in droves without the true Traditional Catholic Faith. We are at the end of the end.
People are not going to hell because they do not have the traditional Catholic Faith. They are going to hell because they lack Faith is Christ. If I may ask a question, does one have faith in Christ by praying to Mary and saints?
@@sammygomes7381 You are surely damned and follow the doctrines of demons. As I stated dialogue is over. Prepare for your place in hell.
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True, but that complete faith of/in Christ comes through Christ's Church which He founded in Matt. 16:18, which is known as the Catholic Church.
Your initial faith comes through a love of God and faith in the Son of God, Jesus, as your Lord and Savior. But asking the saints to pray for us is Biblical, when you understand that they are members of the Body of Christ in heaven, just as we are members of the Body of Christ on earth. Do you believe that the saints in heaven are members of the Body of Christ? Or do you think that they cease being members of the Body of Christ once they enter heaven?
@@jzak5723 Sir I can guarantee you that Christ did not "found" a church based on a man in which said church confiscated people's property, burnt people at the stake, and killed Christians that refused to become Catholics. Christ promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against His church and as hard as the Catholic church tried to wipe out the Christians they failed to do so. In fact, God used the reformation to revitalize His church.
Asking living in the flesh saints to pray for us is biblical, not those asleep.
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Are you comprehending what I already told you? Christ was fully man, and He founded a Church! So that means that the true Church is based on a "MAN", Jesus Christ.
quote; said church confiscated people's property, burnt people at the stake, and killed Christians that refused to become Catholics.
Where is that in the Bible?
quote; In fact, God used the reformation to revitalize His church
Revitalized means to make better what already existed, and the only Church that existed was the Catholic Church, so yes, you are correct in that respect.
You are so right in all this
You're so awesome Keith. Do you attend the TLM?
Good stuff! Very true!
As to the scesmatic part.
I grew up in the Anderson Church of God, it was the Church My Momma grew up my Father grew up in along with my Grandparents on both sides. I had an Uncle who was a Paster in the Church its the Church my family went to and grew up in.
None of us knew the truth of the Catholic Church in fact acording to what we knew and what we where tought the Catholic Church was wrong. And we didnt have reason to question that. But what we did have was a Love of Jesus and did our best to follow him the best we knew how. Both my Grandmas and the one Grandpa I knew lived there lives for Jesus the best they knew how.
Now me allthough I always beleived in Jesus I never became religious until my adault life.
Somehow by the grace of God I was drawn to the Catholic Church. Went to one mass and my fist RCIA class and was hooked I had no problems whatsoever with all the hard problems most Protastants face, such as Confession, Mother Mary, the Saints, the Eucherioust and what not they all made perfect sense to me, Once they where properly explained.
I think what helped me here beleive it or not. Was Vampire and horrer movies like the Exorcist and what not that I grew up watching as a child. They always seamed to run to the Preists, Holy Water, Nuns, Crucufixes and what not for help. As a mater of fact from an early age I always kind of seen Catholic Preists, and the Catholic Church as the elite of the preachers and of Churches.
I guess I always beleived in it but it just took me a while to get into it.
And to be honest once I started learning the whole truth I was kind of mad I never knew it before.
Most protastants just dont know the full truth and have no reason to doubt or queastion the truth they do know especilly if its what all of there Familly generations back have known and trusted. They have no need nor reason to question.
So show them Love, paitence, and understanding for I argure many Protastants are much better Christians then a lot of us Catholics out there. At least when it comes to in how they understand and practice the faith and incorporate it into there dailie lives acording to what they know and have been tought there whole lives.
I'd like to play that Telecaster over there!... A guitar is for some men a sign of their nobility of mind. By the way, didn't king David play ... a Strat???😅
I like this... I pray that our Protestant and Orthodox Brothers & Sisters will come. Home
Being in Christ is home, why would I go back to a catholic church?
The BEST Evangelization to the Gospel of Jesus Christ ✝️ is our Life.
Very cool guy, you're saying what I wished could be heard for about 20 years now. God bless🇺🇲💜🌹🙏🎠🍎🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Thanks for listening
Same. I've been trying to do this on a much smaller scale.
No 5 very very important 👍
Next 5! Next 5! Next 5! If it be God’s Will for your journey. God Bless you deeply my Brother 🥳….times 2 ☺️
As a Catholic who has engaged Protestants in apologetics, regarding point number 1 that not all Protestants are the same (which is true), it is quite difficult to have a productive discussion with them and to understand what they believe when they refuse to reveal their denomination, especially in the presence of other Protestants who they may or may not know. Another aspect that I have encountered is a refusal to answer basic questions regarding what they believe about soteriology, again especially in the presence of other Protestants who they may or may not know. Many of the erroneous soteriologies such as Once Saved Always Saved, Sola Fide, Double Predestination, and Perseverance of the Saints essentially come down to the same idea: there is nothing YOU can do to get to Heaven, it's already been done for you and you have no control over it, or choice in the matter, and all you have to do is believe. Whole books of the Bible have been rejected by Protestants just to defend that one soteriological concept.
Amen, Amen. I, as a Catholic, have always believed and practiced, every nation, every tribe, every tongue, in Christ Jesus we are one. As Jesus and The Father are One, we who believe ate supposed to be One.
I ask all, Catholics, Protestants, aethesists, whatever, to pray The Rosary three to five times a day, or more if so moved, for 30 days. Our Father in Heaven wants to do amazing things in individual lives, but He wants our prayers en mass first.
To God I will pary but not to Mary. She was a good Jewish girl that did the will of God, but we are not to pray to her.
@@sammygomes7381 as a born again Christain, of The Roman Catholic Discipleship, I agree some in The Church go to far with the venetation of Mary. However, reading the works of the Early Church Fathers, and Founders of The Church, between the deaths of The Apostles and The Council of Nicene, as well as countless witnesses down through the centuries, asking Mary to pray as an intercessory seems pretty fruitfull. All I am asking, as has been laid on my heart, is for everyone who loves Jesus, and even those who don't, to Pray The Rosary three to five times a day for 30 days. Other than the amazing things that Our Father in Heaven will unleash in your life, you will discover praying The Rosary is a great spiritual weapon against satan and all his minions, and all of their attacks, which may inspire you to continue praying The Rosery regulary beyond 30 days. Also, praying The Rosary, all 5 decades, will draw you into deeper more intimate prayer to Our Father, and Jesus, and The Holy Spirit. Your choice, start the discipline and be amazed, or keep going as you have been. Though it is interesting that you watched a video from a former Protestant Pastor, who is now a lay Catholic promoter of Catholicism. Who by the way has a great video on The Rosary a month or two past, check the history of his channel. Christ Be With You.
@@sammygomes7381 check out Keith Nestor's Rosary Crew videos. On his channel or on the youtube channel The Rosary Crew. Should help you understand what I am asking you to do, on behalf of The Father, The Son Jesus The Christ, The Holy Spirit.
@@sammygomes7381 "Pray" in this sense simply means to "ask." We ask for her intercession, to pray for us, like we can ask any friend to do. No friend (including Mary) can answer our prayers, only God does that.
@@joejackson6205 As a prior Catholic I have to respectfully disagree. One has to remember that the church was infiltrated during the time of the apostles as Paul warned us of false gospels.
A little research will show that some early writing by church fathers are forgeries. Some 1st century writings were written in the 4-5th century. The Catholic church even admitted to the forgeries.
Neither Christ nor the apostles prayed to anyone but God.
Catholics say they don't worship Mary, but the truth is the Catholic church made an idol out of her from the immaculate conception, ascending into heave and making a queen out of her, not to mention remaining a virgin.
As one that use to say the rosary every night with my parents I can only look back and wonder why. Does God really want us to read or recite prayers to Him or does He want to hear from our hearts, even though He knows what we are going to ask for. I have visions of my children asking me for ice cream 53 times and that would not go over well. Christ also warned us about how not to pray.
I am one that believes praying to Mary is idol worship and repetition. Mary is dead in the flesh and cannot hear our prayers. No matter how perfect one's life is it is not from praying the rosary. As for a spiritual weapon against Satan I disagree as I believe he is behind the Mary movement as every prayer to Mary is one less to God.
We all have to do what we think is right and it's your choice. I pray the best for you.
It never even occurred to me to call someone a schematic! I wish they knew their own faith history though. It always seems to begin when the pastor was young, but somehow is built on the rock of Peter.
If you read the bible, it is clear Christ is the rock. The foundation is the apostles and prophets with Christ the cornerstone.
@@sammygomes7381 Jesus is the cornerstone. Mathew 16:17-19. I have many non-Catholic friends that believe their church is the one built by Peter. At my friend's old pentacostal church, The Rock, they asserted they were founded by Peter. No one questioned it and no one could explain how they made that claim. Many non-Catholic faiths do not trace their history. My Lutheran friend had no idea who Martin Luther was.
I wish that Protestants who express an interest in Catholicism would not be written off as being wrong or being lost.
Same here!
Why would they be lost if they are not a Catholic? Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, the Life. No one comes to the Father but through me." Christ never said the Catholic church, or for that fact, any church, was the way to the Father.
@@sammygomes7381 My comment meant that many Protestants will look negatively upon other Protestants if become interested in Catholicism and would consider them lost for doing so.
much love to you sir. keep your eyes upon God and keep fighting the good fight. sorry if seems I'm being rude, I'm really not.
I won't be using the term "Protestant" much anymore... makes it seem like all those tens of thousands of denominations are somehow organized and unified.
Only the ones that follow Christ, the word of God
@@sammygomes7381 they all claim to follow Christ.. that's the problem. Then they all point fingers at each other when they disagree, and claim the other doesn't follow the Bible.
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And which ones would that be, what Biblical doctrines do true Christians need to have?
@@jzak5723 It's in the bible, please read it there is a wealth of information.
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It's a wealth of information if you interpret it correctly, otherwise, as Peter said, you will interpret it to your own destruction. How do you know that you are interpreting it correctly, since every church makes that claim? Someone is right and someone is wrong. Knowing you are right isn't just a nice feeling you get.
This is a great video. Some of my non Catholic friends have great faith!
Liked and subscribed on #5. Truth
Oddly enough this video has solidified Keith as an authority in the Church in Our era despite being a member of the laity and a relatively green Catholic, he knows His Catholic Faith quite well already, probably due to the fact he was in no man's land for a long time and was kinda half and half for a long time but he's all the way there now, but this was objective and helpful. Peace
What a nice thing to say. Thank you!