Actually did invite in a couple of Mormons once when they came knocking. I asked one question they couldn't answer: "If, as you say, the Book of Mormon does not contradict the Old and New Testaments in any way, then why is it necessary? What element necessary for salvation is present within it that does not already sufficiently exist in the Bible?" They had nothing.
The Book of Mormon can't be taken seriously and even contradicts the Bible in many places. Also an elder is the husband of one wife but almost all of their missionaries are single.
@@xunzi4327 This story happened in my living room in April, 2003. I have not a clue what Mormons are or are not taught, I just remember what the ones in front of me said that day.
I used to live less than a block from a mormon ward while in mercedes, tx. My dad was a Lutheran pastor and we would be visited from time to time by mormon missionaries. Heres...the problem albeit a hilarous one. My dad would bring them in and try to save THEM. He did this so many times that the missionaries actively avoided our house. He took a bit of glee whenever they were over.
@@olekcholewa8171 yes and of course I think it works better this way so take me as biased. I still have reasons though. If a priest is a biological father I think it helps them teach and connect with his spiritual children. Not to mention marriage counseling from experience instead of only observation.
@@SvanTowerMan I can give you one undeniable heresy, that being Sola Scriptura. The Bible does not teach Sola Scripture therefore, it is a self-defeating position.
"Mostly it just makes ye Irish" - great line. Q - How many people does it take to change an Irish Grandmother's light bulb? A - ...I'll just sit here in the dark I guess
@@cherylcarlson3315 The following is just a couple of "fun facts" & no insult intended. You do know that no modern Irish man/woman uses the language-style of the 16th century? After having lived between homes in Ireland & the U.S.A. for 35 years, we rarely met anyone new, in the U.S.A. without them speaking to us in this manner, upon our first introduction. The cartoons are funny because they're supposed to be set in the 6th century (when Patrick came to share the gospel from his home in Wales). There are 32 counties in Ireland & each one of them has a different brogue!
@@seankrkovich2869 Exactly! TH-cam in its infamous wisdom has decided to run an ad FOR Mormonism just before the satire ABOUT Mormonism. I've noticed on Ex JW sites they will run an add about receiving the Watchtower magaizne and having your friendly Jehovah's Witness give you a call. You're seeing Ephesians 6:12 at work.
First, before you say Christ did all this stuff (what I do not know), first prove the Jesus character was real. Get over that one first, then you could talk about how Jesus survived room temperature death and rigor mortis, then flew away without the aid of technology.
@@troy3456789Surely if God is allpowerful, He controls all laws of physics and has the ability to act in against them if He so wishes. Don't need a fancy science degree to figure that one out, don't ya Patrick😂
Christ isn't here to save us in our sins. He's here to save us from our sins. As a Latter day saint myself, while the scripture was misunderstood, we do believe that Christ's atonement is meant to transform us, and how can we be transformed through Christ if we don't CHOOSE to follow Him. How can we follow Christ without works?
@@owlblocksdavid4955 Abide in Christ: John 15: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you." When you trust Jesus alone for your salvation the Holy Spirit indwells you. It is HE who sanctifies and cleanses you from your sins. He changes the desires of your heart so that your sins really bother you, your conscience becomes very active, and you pray constantly that God will remove them (which he does, but not all at once). He produces good fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, righteousness, and self-control. These fruits propel you toward good works. Then you're able to show unconditional love and obey the commandments. There's no such thing as personal worthiness because it all comes from God, from salvation to sanctification to good works. It's all an act of his grace. Only God is worthy. That's why he alone is the object of worship. We owe him everything. Reading the word of God every day and praying often keep you strong in your faith, helps you to resist temptation, and discern the will of God. How can we be transformed if we don't choose to follow Christ? James 2 says that faith without works is dead. Works is the evidence of your faith. If you have no fruit, then you're not in Christ. He said, "Apart from me you can do nothing." A fruit cannot ripen unless it's attached to the vine. If you're not following Christ, then where is your faith (rhetorical question)? Our part involves submitting to the will of God, to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, but it's always in his strength, not ours.
@@brendanray3186 It's in the Bible: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9 The whole book of Romans carries this theme as well. We cannot save ourselves. We cannot add to our salvation. The Bible says that if we try to add our works to God's grace then we put ourselves under the law, being obligated to fulfill all of it. It also says that if we do that then grace is no longer grace. Martin Luther did not make this up. He put the whole focus of doctrine on the scriptures alone, rather than on man-made teachings (i.e. the Church). This is what was taught by the apostles who actually were taught by Jesus directly. If any Roman Catholic or mormon, etc. teaches anything contrary then it ought to be cast away as garbage.
@@owlblocksdavid4955 Your works can't save you. Believing in God and in Jesus Christ can Save you. Believing in a religion can't save you Mormonism is a deadly viper that poisons true Chritianty. The Holy Bible is the one and only Scriptures from God The BoM is Fiction and will always be Fiction Peace
LOL..."ticket stub to shark boy & lava girl" & "afraid of your mother more than the wrath of God... does that make me a bad person, no it just makes you Irish" 😂 love the humorous punch lines mixed with the truth of salvation in Christ.
It's a misleading video. He only references Paul's letters to those who were already Christian, had already been saved: keep the faith no amount of helping old ladies cross the street can save you. He misconstrued that as being the method people *become* Christian or *become* saved which isn't the case. In fact, it sounds almost identical to what gnostics taught. In every Biblical example in the New Covenant we have of the Gospel being taught and salvation occuring it contains the command to both repent and be baptized. Those who believe (beleif) what they teach (Messiah is come, repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins) are immediately baptized and continue in the faith that Jesus is Lord and strive for a life of keeping with repentance. *That* is how conversion works. Read Acts 2, 8, and 10
""Do your best and God will do the rest" isn't a Gospel promise. It's a guarantee of eternal condemnation. " AMEN!!! I love these guys. I'm getting addicted to watching these videos so much the next time I witness I'm going to end my sentences with "Patrick"
No it is actually what Jesus taught. The problem with Lutherans is that they are too focused on Romans and Paul. Paul was dealing with self righteous Judaizers who were putting an impossible gospel on good Christians. Luther was dealing with a Catholic church with an impossible gospel. Mormons do not expect you to be perfect in this life, but we do expect you to do your best. If you fail to do your best, get off your rear and try again. God wants you to improve, not be stagnate just because you say the magic born again prayer.
@@iloveutah5584 That's not salvation you're describing. You're describing sanctification. Which happens as a result of being saved. Faith is dead if it doesn't produce fruits. But it isn't the fruits that save you but the God, because of your faith. I'm sure I made some terminology errors but I hope you get what I mean.
@@iloveutah5584 what do you do with the fact that Joseph Smith was a false prophet in a literal sense in that he made prophesies that did not come true. Such as the temple that did not get built in accordance with the timeline he prophesied. Also Jesus did not return when Joseph said he would. So hes a false prophet. I'm not sure how you get around that.
@@iloveutah5584 It is not what Christ taught. We can never be good enough, holy enough or righteous enough to merit salvation. The scripture says that all our righteousness are as filthy rags to God. It took the sacrifice of Christ and his shed blood on the cross to pay the price for our sinfulness. There is no "magic born again prayer", but you must confess your sin and acknowledge you are a sinner and accept that you can't save yourself through being good and nice or doing things for others. You must accept and believe in Jesus and what he did. Then you will be saved. Faith in his sacrifice on the cross, not your good deeds or being a good church member, or doing missionary service. Should we do good works? Absolutely! We are supposed to continue to grow and mature in our Christian walk. But do not trust in those things for salvation. They do not save you. Only Christ and his work of redemption on the cross does that. I pray for you. I pray Christ will open your eyes and heart to his truth instead of the false truth, false prophets and false gospel you currently follow. May God bless and keep you.
@@owlblocksdavid4955 an incorrect misconstruing of your doctrine would be a correct construing of your doctrine. So either you admit the validity of the depiction of Mormonism in this video, or else you really need to work on your word choice. ...Patrick.
As a Latter-Day Saint, I agree with everything Donall and Conall said. The problem here is the misinterpretation of Nephi 25:23. The sentiment that we must do all we can do to be saved is, of coarse, wrong. It is church doctrine that our own abilities are insufficient for salvation. What the scripture is trying to say is that even if some one exhausted all their efforts; grace is what saves them, not their own works. This sentiment is repeated(much more clearly) through out the Book of Mormon and the Bible(which we also believe). In short this video is great, it shoots down a false doctrine and establishes the true nature of grace. I may even use this video in a Sunday school lesson to explain all of this.
@@TheRastacabbage I'm not clear on what you're saying. As I read it; you're either saying that salvation is not a function of our effort (which I whole-heartedly agree with), or that there's no use doing anything (which I would disagree with).
Yeah, I think the real intent of the latter half of Nephi (whether given to us by God or a disillusioned false prophet) is to denounce the idea that a serial child rapist is saved simply because he announced his belief in the grace of God, and to clarify that everybody has a chance at repentance, not just "the elect." These were very clearly troublesome doctrines to whoever wrote the book, and are both visited upon quite frequently throughout the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is very clear who the people that suffer Hell are: not the unsaved, but rather the unrepentant. Exaltation is a matter of establishing an eternal habit of repentance, to the point that you can reach the limits your Father imagined for you when He created you. That is why doing your best is important. People aren't inherently good or bad. They're people. And if they want to be good, they have to choose that. Hell isn't punishment from God, but by our own consciousness. That is why those who don't try to repent and change are (to the despair of the BoM's authors) condemned.
Mormonism teaches that God the father was once human like us, was created by another god ( who is one of trillions of gods) had to work his way up to godhood, and that we can become gods ourselves if we do everything right. I know this cause I used to be a mormon. Anyways your next video should be about that.
The LDS Church teaches a lot of things which without context seem outlandish yet given the research (which critics consistently fail at), you'll see it does all make sense.
raised in sandy utah here, my mother frequently still says "oh my heck" I've not heard that phrase uttered by one of my own generation or younger, born 91'
In James 2 James' discussion is about how you know someone has living faith, in other words how you know someone's profession of faith is real and not fake. He says "what good is it if someone SAYS they have faith but they don't have works? Can that faith save them?" And the answer to that is obviously no. James then gives a comparison, "What good is it if someone comes to you in need of food, shelter and clothing and you tell that person 'Be warm and well fed', but you don't provide for their needs?" Basically James is saying if someone is in need of clothing, food and shelter and they come to you and you say "be warm and well fed" and you slam the door in their face, you're lying. Why? Because you didn't mean what you said. It's the same with our faith. If someone professes to know Christ but there's no pursuit of holiness on their life, no love for God at all, no repenting of sin and turning to Christ (aka good works) then that person doesn't know Christ and their profession is a lie. What James is not saying is that good works are necessary for salvation, but rather he is implying that good works are the fruit/evidence that we've been saved. If someone truly knows Christ, then there life will show it because Jesus changes those whom He saves.
Jacob Garcia Dang. I was looking for a commentary on James 2 on reddit, went off track, found this channel, then this video and here I am... with a commentary on James 2 and the clarification I needed. God works in mysterious ways?
Your interpretation is incorrect. “Save” in the James 2:14 context does not mean “save from eternal death,” it means to be saved from the consequences of “temporal“ circumstances due to a dead faith. A dead faith is still faith, and the passage is written to Christians who were not living like they should have been living. It is quite possible to believe in Christ and get pulled away because the flesh is weak and therefore not produce visible fruit, yet still remain a child of God, granted - a child of God that will not have a seat at the marriage supper of the Lamb, yet still enter heaven because at some point in his life he believed in The Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.
@Paddy Mcgill "For by grace have you been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them" (Ephesians 2: 8-10). That one says not of works. You ae probably referring to James 2:24 which says: "You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone." So either Paul and James are contradicting one another or, as the context of James 2 and Ephesians 2: 10 indicate, works are the proof of our faith. Read James 2: 18-23 where it talks about how Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness and how his works perfected that faith and demonstrated that it was real. As for me becoming a Catholic, in Galatians Paul condemned the Judizers for adding one thing to the Gospel (circumcision). The Catholic church added a bunch, like all the penances and sacrament without which no one can be saved. None of those penances or sacraments are in the Bible (except baptism and communion, I guess) and 1 Corinthians 4:6 says not to go beyond what is written. If these sacraments were necessary for salvation, why does 2 Timothy 3:17 say that the scriptures make one "...adequate, equipped for every good work." Are the sacraments of the Catholic church good works? Can they save you by doing them? if they could, they would be in the Bible.
@Paddy Mcgill It doesn't seem like you actually read my initial reply. Ephesians 2:8-9 clarifies that we are saved by grace through faith and not of works. The phrase "not of works" here does not include any reference to the mosaic law, as you mentioned. That's because Paul didn't draw a distinction between works that justify and works that don't. He repeatedly says that nothing we do is responsible for our salvation. Also, read James 2 and consider it in its context. James is talking about how true faith comes with works. Works demonstrate that our faith is real. Finally, to your point that "We can only earn Salvation by God’s Grace but we must work on our Salvation," the fact that you think that WE can earn it contradicts the definition of grace, even if We EARN by grace. As Romans 11:6 says: "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of work, otherwise grace is no longer grace." I know Catholics rely on both God's grace and their works, but the two are mutually exclusive. Like Romans 4:4-5 says: "Now to the one who works , his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness." (those verses were applied to Abraham as an example. He existed before the ceremonial Jewish law.) That's not to say that you can just believe, get saved, and then keep on sinning. That's were James 2 comes in. I encourage you to read it through and it should be clear. As to why Luther added the word "alone," This channel made a pretty good video about that.
But, works do count for something, "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling" (Philippians 2:12) and "Faith without works is dead" (James 2:14). Jesus makes it very clear that we don't earn salvation by our works, but we can loose our salvation by our lack of works (Matthew 7:21-23). We cannot hope to be happy in heaven if we continually choose hell in this life.
Love your episodes...especially the theologically rigorous ones! I’d like to see Conall and Donall confront evangelical antagonism against the Blessed Virgin especially as it regards her role as theodocus! Thanks 😊
Can't confront imaginary enemies. Not placing Mary on some kind of syncretic pedestal isn't antagonistic. People with weird oedipian hang-ups just wrongly think that properly seeing Mary as a sinner in need of grace (or saying she had children) qualifies as antagonistic.
@@FalconOfStorms if you deny Mary as the Mother of God, you are denying that Jesus was fully God. This was the heresy of Nestorius, and his way of thinking eventually led to Muslims who downgraded Jesus to a mere prophet. Oh, and the BIBLE places her on a "pedestal" when it declares her to be blessed among women. And she even says that all generations will call her blessed....except for evangelicals apparently. They don't care one bit about the Blessed Mother of God.
@@FalconOfStorms right....what I said is that Mary is the MOTHER of God. You ignored what I said about Nestorius. To deny that Mary is the Mother of God is to deny that Jesus is the hypostatic union of God and man, which places you OUTSIDE of Christian theology.
@@smitty121981 Of course Mary is the mother of God. Catholicism just has a creepy syncretic spin on that where they treat her as a minor deity. in B4 BuT iT's JuSt VeNeRaTiOn
I was a Mormon missionary in Minnesota. Guess which religion was the least Christian and the rudest? The Lutherans. By their fruits ye shall know them.
@VDMA LCMS My first lent in my life is currently on... I am so happy following Jesus. Thank you for your prayers, they helped certainly as I got a lot of support from catholic family members.
@@juice2307 Silly, Papist-- works are for your neighbor, and are the evidence of you faith is "alive and kicking." That's all James was saying. No matter what you do, you can never make yourself worthy, including 1 x 10^Quintillion years in Purgatory! Gifts are not earned, by definition, right? Peace, brother!
@@travist7777 Careful there, you’re gonna step into some Calvinism if you take that idea to its conclusion. Better to just say that love= the works James talks about, and the works Paul talks about are works of the law, a totally different kind of “work”. As Paul says, faith that moves mountains, without love, is nothing. On the final day, many will talk to the Lord of the great faith they had, and he will say to them “I do not know you.” Those who know the Son do the will of the Father, which are the works of love, the works of abiding in Christ. No one can merit eternal life, nor works. The ability to do good comes from grace, but it is by our own free will that we cooperate in that grace. To not cooperate by choice is to not abide in Christ. Those who do not abide in Christ are cut off of the tree, even if they themselves were grafted. All of this is in sacred scripture. Peace to you brother, be careful about the idea that we don’t have to say yes to God and comply with his grace (which is the Catholic Church’s position, Pelagianism is a condemned heresy) it leads to Calvinism, because if we cannot choose to reject or comply, then we are all double predestined, and nothing matters. That, would be against the gospel and God’s will that all come to repentance through their own choice. Edit: Also, purgatory is just for final purification for those that died in friendship with Christ but still have impurities that must be cleansed. As Revelation says, “nothing unclean may enter the kingdom of heaven”.
With all respect, as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Sants, this don't hurt my faith at all, just show how other do think that understand the doctrine of god given by the olds and the news prophets and actualy don't, but dosen't matter, this should't be a man discution by knowleg and phylosophy, but by the Spirit of God, who Can light all truth. Sorry by my bad english, I am a brazilian, and we never Should discriminate no one by their faith, all of us are doing our best to recive the Grace of God that comes from the attoinment of Christ.
Jesus told his followers that they would be persecuted, but promised them a great reward in heaven (Matt. 5:11-12). Latter-day Saints believe that righteously enduring persecution can bring blessings in both this life and the next. Although suffering is as unwelcome to Latter-day Saints as to any other people, they strive to respond with patience and faith and to avoid bitterness or revenge. Its so hard to Love those People that Hate you. But I guess that is the test.
@Phillip Hickman thank you. I enjoyed those recordings will have to track them down further now (I've already got Vincent Price reciting Edgar Alan Poe, so I'm assuming he was reading TS Elliott therein _as pontiff Francis_ . fascinating nonetheless the betwixt said actors skills are related to as well with other religious leaders of historical & regional significance. I digress.
Saved through grace? Absolutely. Through faith alone? No. "You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone." James 2:24. It's clear why Luther tried to remove this book from scripture; the Truth disagreed with him.
Sebastian Medina They do compliment each other ;). But it is still clear from scripture we are not saved only through our faith. And it still begs the question: What was it about the Book of James did Luther disagree with so badly that he was going to remove an inspired book of God?
The Theology Q&A I've read James 2 and I imagine Martin Luther did too. I only cited one verse, but you may be right, the entire chapter must have threatened his theology.
The Theology Q&A The verse is relevant to my point in that it disproves a vital tenet of Luther's theology. I believed I used it in context correctly. Of course, to interpret this chapter correctly, you must observe how it uses three terms: faith, works, and justification. Once you understand the meaning of these terms, you can understand the theology of the passage and understand how it is harmonious with the theology of other New Testament passages.
“there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.” (2 Nephi 25:20) coincidentally, only 3 verses earlier can we learn the context of the verse represented. 2 Nephi 25:23 does *not* state that salvation by grace must be accompanied by a complete exhaustion of all possible opportunities to be holy, but rather that even if someone used every second of their life in service to God, it is still only because of The Christ that we may be saved. This idea is further reinforced in the other books included in the compilation Book of Mormon, and of course in the Bible that the LDS church holds as holy scripture, and even further expanded upon in the Doctrine & Covenants. I discovered Donell and Conell only this morning, and after binging every episode of it I could find, I am in love with the series. Even if I don’t think the argument displayed here is in any shape or form a fair or even compelling one, I still do love the humor and I’m not so spineless that I can’t laugh at myself or my beliefs for the sake of humor. Again, a very well made video!
Ha. That is a pretty funny satire of how people who can’t understand scripture think a discussion with missionaries will go. I think it was a little subtle though, most people in the comments don’t seem to get it.
I heartily agree that sin, by definition, means "not doing your best". But Christians also insist that we "can't do good" because of original sin. So it would seem that we are, in fact, doing our best?
That Nephi passage has nothing to do with works. It's a reference to the law of Moses. If you actually read the entire chapter, Nephi mentions being saved by grace alone right before it. Mormons do not believe that works save us, but works are needed for exhalation.
"faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works.... a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.... faith apart from works is dead." James 2:22, 24, 26 "[Jesus] became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him" Heb 5:9 "'what shall I do to inherit eternal life?'.... You know the commandments.... come, follow me" Lk 18:18-25 "he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him." Jn 3:36 "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" Phil 2:12 "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." Mt 7:21 "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me." Mt 25:41-43 "For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done." Mt 16:27 "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body." 2 Cor 5:10 "And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile." 1 Pt 1:17 "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done." Rev 22:12 "For he will render to every man according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.... For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified." Rom 2:6-8, 13 "For God will bring every deed into judgment, with* every secret thing, whether good or evil." Eccles 12:14
@@ZeddicusTheMage ? I don't always keep up with my TH-cam comments (I've found it's good for my mental health not to get to sucked into internet arguments) but was there some comment I missed?
Don't listen to slander, the world will hate you and mock you if you love the true Jesus Christ. He calls you Blessed for being mocked for His namesake. Never let words from the world define your identity, your identity and worth is in Christ and nobody can take it away!
@@spencerburgess3689 my father is Chris. His father is Joe. My father's father's father, I do not know because I'm behind the 8 ball on genealogy, among other things. Yes, there is a lot of repenting on my path needing done... Be that as it may, don't act like your shit don't stink. Everyone has their demons to battle and going by your _holier than thou_ attitude, suggests your sins are ever more egregious than my own. So in short, you worry about you, I'll worry about me. Kindly so ever, fuck off. Thanks.
Please tell us more about how the penalty for sin is death, when if you go to Hell you burn forever, never becoming smoke/ashes (a contradiction of Malachi 4:3 and 2 Peter 2:6 and Psalm 37:20). Please tell me more about how the lake of fire is the second death if you never die when you enter the lake of fire. I'd like you to explain that one Patrick.
Clearly the idea of hell being some eternal torment is non-Biblical, and based on the false doctrine of the immortality of a conscious soul, which is contradicted in Ecclesiastes 9:5 and 9:10 and Ezekiel 18:4, as well as by Christ Himself in Matt 10:28. There are also more scriptures than you have quoted about the alternative to righteousness leading to life being sin leading to death, including Psalm 145:20 and Deut 30:19. Christ Himself referred to death as sleep on multiple occasions, so it must be a state of unconsciousness. Not only that, but no-one has gone to heaven as per John 3:13, and those who are Christ's will arise when? At the last day, as per John 6:44, John 5:2, 1 Thess 4:16-17, 1 Corinthians 15;22-23.
+JP Kloess This passage of scripture is not talking about working to have faith, but by proving you have faith will also come works. "By their fruit ye shall know them." (Matt. 7:20) (read the whole chapter it is great) The works are an outward manifestation of your inward regeneration. This is a sign that one is truly the Elect of God. That's why it says "The devils also believe and tremble." It is not just through an act of just "Believing" One needs to have true faith which is only given by God because of Man's Total inability to choose God. Then that Faith is made prevalent through the fruits of the spirit. That is why scripture says. ("For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast." Eph. 2:8-9)
The work is talking about keeping laws of old tastament....not real work of faith...current vatican is heretic not catholic....francis is not pope but anti pope heretic.....www.catholic-saints.net
Jacob Smith I have, and it isn't in the context of Salvation, since it's written to "brethren", i.e. the already saved. It's written in the context of service to the Lord, and justification before men. Scripture cannot contradict. Romans 4:5 says " But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness" That means works aren't required for salvation.
+SoCalExile Let me pose a question. Do you agree with Martin Luther's statement that "Even if a man commits fornication and murder every day of his life, it matters not as long as he has faith." You believe that a person like that can enter into the Kingdom of God? I think not. The very thought is ludicrous. As Good Saint James put it, faith without works is dead. Faith must be proven through good works and through the Sacraments. If one claims to have faith and yet sins left and right without any penace, I do not believe The Blessed Virgin will intercede for then, and Nor will they be excepted into God's Kingdom.
I believe there is a misunderstanding here, the Lord does not say to spend all your days solely in prayer or solely in service, though he did himself. He mentions lots of thing not explicitly either of those that we should do. This leads to the fallacy that all are doomed because we are not all mindless praying working automatons serving the one next to us. The lord gives inspiration to do more than that, so say the lord wants you to see a movie, he sees the value for your salvation in watching that movie, even if it is not one of the prior two given activities
This is a common but understandable misreading of 2 Nephi 25:23. "For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do." Nephi was not saying "Once we have done all we can do, then as a direct result God's grace intervenes and saves us." He was saying "Even after all we can do, it is still God's grace that saves us (and not our works)." I believe that this second way of reading the sentence makes far more sense in the context of Latter-day Saint theology, the context of 2 Nephi 25, and even the context of verse 23. In a chapter that discusses an infinite atonement, being saved by Christ's name, and the law being dead/being made alive in Christ, Nephi says they labor diligently to persuade their brethren to believe in Christ and be reconciled to God, because even after all we can do, it is only by His grace that we are saved. I hope this helps! Latter-day Saint theology about Christ's atonement is beautiful and I hope this misreading doesn't cloud that too much for anyone.
Sorry. We still have copies of the manuscripts used to create the Bible. There's no proof your golden plates ever existed, and several prophecies in the book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith's additions to the Bible, failed to come true.
Love this! But, I'm not sure that spending two whole hours praying is the best way to love God. Jesus warned against "vain repetitions" after all, and the prayer He gave us to pray (which we refer to as the Lord's Prayer) is very short and sweet, and addresses all the things we should ask of God while giving him praise. Not a huge deal, just something I thought I'd share
"You could just believe that mankind is saved by Grace alone through faith alone ... " Wait, what? "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? .... Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." (James 2:14-22) You seem to confuse two things : 1) between the works of the law (i.e. the requirements of the Law of Moses) and the works of righteousness, and 2) between being saved from spiritual death and being saved from physical death. 1) The Law of Moses needed to be replaced as it was worthless to save anyone; it was but a reminder of the Lamb of God to come, which He did come and had to be fulfilled (Matthew 5:17) through the atoning sacrifice of the Son, even Jesus Christ (John 19:30). After this, the Savior taught to baptize every nation in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost (Matthew 28:19), as even Jesus said that the requirement to enter the Kingdom of God was from being born again through the waters of baptism (John 3:5). Being baptized and being born again of the spirit is part of the works required by faith (Titus 3:5, see Matthew 3:15). 2) Being saved from "physical death" (i.e. mortality) is a free gift, while being saved from "spiritual death" requires righteousness. In other words, if you believe in Christ, but are not being righteous, you do not have faith in Christ; both are required. Well, this took more then 40 seconds, but I'm fine with it.
But is God fine with it? When you worship a false god that was once a man and came from another planet and follow a false 'Jesus' who is the brother of Lucifer you have a false salvation. Virtually everyone will experience physical death. Ten out of ten people die. Being saved from spiritual death is a free gift. No righteousness is required. Titus 3:5 he saved us-not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy-through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. Galatians 2:16 and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified. Romans 4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes on him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness. ************ John 3:5 does not speak of Christian baptism. Christian baptism did not exist until after Jesus Christ ascended. If the thief on the cross was saved without being baptized (because he was under the Old Covenant), why would Jesus tell Nicodemus (who was also under the Old Covenant) that he needed to be baptized? Jesus rebukes Nicodemus in John 3:10 by asking him: “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?” This implies that what Jesus had just told him was something Nicodemus should have known and understood from the Old Testament. What is it that Nicodemus, as a teacher of the Old Testament, should have known and understood? It is that God had promised in the Old Testament a time was coming in which He would: “sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.” (Ezekiel 36:25-27). Jesus rebuked Nicodemus because he failed to recall and understand one of the key Old Testament passages pertaining to the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:33). Nicodemus should have been expecting this. Why would Jesus have rebuked Nicodemus for not understanding baptism considering the fact that baptism is nowhere mentioned in the Old Testament?
Cat the Turtle I'm just joking that they changed the book of Mormon because they have done that before. Like after seeing this video they change that specific part, or something like that.
You're misrepresenting what that scripture is saying. Just a few verses before it says, it could be better understood with this scripture. Ether 12:27, "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them". Nephi is already implying that the reader is trying to do better to follow Jesus christ or in other words, repent. But even while trying, we'll always fall short because we're all imperfect. All you can do is implying what you have done, then Jesus, through his grace saves you despite that all you could do wasn't enough. That's the beauty of it. But even then, it still shows that faith requires action, just go open your Bible to James 2.
So the main problem is the phrase "after all we can do"? If you weren't busy trying to dishonestly twist the words of another against them, you would really try to answer the question, "what is all we can do?" Ask any mormon that question and they will not say, "live our lives perfectly and always make the exact right decision".That is impossible for us and is beyond the scope of "all we can do" because we can't do it. This alone renders your dishonest attempt at being clever useless. But this doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what you don't understand about mormon "teology". You ignore what the verse actually says when it declares, "for we know that it is by grace that we are saved". So even after all we can do, it is by grace that we are saved. You read that as though it says, "for we know that it is by grace [and all we can do] that we are saved". But the "all we can do" is never referred to as anything that saves us. Mormons and protestants generally don't actually disagree about grace being what saves. What the real disagreement is over is "what is faith?" Mormons believe faith will lead you to more actions than others. Churches run all up and down the gamut for how many acts demonstrate faith. This talking point is ridiculous and tired and needs to end. Additionally according to mormon "teology" no one will spend an eternity bathing in sulfur. I figured this was a fair response since nitpicking at stupid minor points seems to be your thing.
True! According to its teachings insteada being tortured forever n ever the Mormons just reach the wicked live sadly after and are servants. Still false. The wages of sin is {still} death,not life.
No, while sulfur has nothing to do with it, spiritual death is still there for a few sons of perdition. Like Cain. But you're right, we don't believe in the conventional view of hell. The main punishment isn't punishment, but an inability to be more than what we end up being, for all eternity.
This concept of Grace doesn't make sense when you search light in other scriptures. 1 - " For by grace are ye saved, through faith" (James 2: 14- 24, Matthew 7:21;Matthew 15:18 ; Gal 3:11; Romans 2:6-8 and many others) 2- "and that not of yourselves" (By Christ, of course): 3- "is the gift of God' (true): 4- "not of works, lest any man should boast" ( Because is a gift of God through Jesus Christ)" By a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints ( knowing as Mormons, and we are not perfect)
+Eyplan Artes "What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?" (James 2:14) "So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself." (James 2:17) "But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith." (James 2:18) "But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" (James 2:20) "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?" (James 2:21) "Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only?" (James 2:24) "For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead." (James 2:26) Any questions?
Eyplan Artes Upon studying your comment, I find it appears you _accept_ the heresy of salvation by Faith alone. If I'm missing something, please let me know; but I can't imagine what.
What does "covered" mean. From what I can tell, Luther believed that even after Christians accept Christ, they'll still be incurably depraved. He even seems to think that that in heaven, Christ hides the depravity of saved people there to help God the Father ignore it. How is that compatible with believing that the Holy Ghost sanctifies us? What does "sanctification" mean if it doesn't imply going from an unholy state to a holy one?
Actually did invite in a couple of Mormons once when they came knocking. I asked one question they couldn't answer: "If, as you say, the Book of Mormon does not contradict the Old and New Testaments in any way, then why is it necessary? What element necessary for salvation is present within it that does not already sufficiently exist in the Bible?" They had nothing.
That’s perfect. I’m going to use that
The Book of Mormon can't be taken seriously and even contradicts the Bible in many places. Also an elder is the husband of one wife but almost all of their missionaries are single.
This is the way
This story is made up. Every missionary is taught that the Book of Mormon completes and rectifies the bible.
@@xunzi4327 This story happened in my living room in April, 2003. I have not a clue what Mormons are or are not taught, I just remember what the ones in front of me said that day.
Next time Mormon missionaries come to my door I'm addressing them as "Patrick" and "Other Patrick" 😂
“Patrick” is a running gag on this channel, and it’s hilarious! 🤣
You have my blessing
Yes
This is the way
@@patrick9876 💀Ok paatrick.
I used to live less than a block from a mormon ward while in mercedes, tx. My dad was a Lutheran pastor and we would be visited from time to time by mormon missionaries. Heres...the problem albeit a hilarous one. My dad would bring them in and try to save THEM. He did this so many times that the missionaries actively avoided our house. He took a bit of glee whenever they were over.
My rabbi did the same thing. They ran out the door screaming he was the antichrist. 😂
They stopped coming to my house when I asked them which planet their god lived and died on when he was a mere mortal before becoming their god.
Son of an Orthodox priest here in America. It is the exact same for me
@@alexandersen1987
Orthodox priests can marry?
@@olekcholewa8171 yes and of course I think it works better this way so take me as biased. I still have reasons though. If a priest is a biological father I think it helps them teach and connect with his spiritual children. Not to mention marriage counseling from experience instead of only observation.
As a true Irish man I approve this message. Especially the fear of my mother.
Is that like being a True Scotsman?
My little girl loves Donall and Conall and she learns how to defend her faith ... keep them coming .Brilliant
Occasionally they say some protestant heresies.
@@cathhl2440 So do I. They are so funny.
@@baldwinthefourth4098I mean, the channel is called “Lutheran Satire” so would you expect him to not use Protestant teaching?
@@baldwinthefourth4098 There are no Protestant heresies.
@@SvanTowerMan I can give you one undeniable heresy, that being Sola Scriptura. The Bible does not teach Sola Scripture therefore, it is a self-defeating position.
I'm part Irish and that last line is 100% true.
lol
My sister--in-law is fully Irish and I can confirm that what you said is true :)
Yup, hop on board, we’re going on a guilt trip!
"Mostly it just makes ye Irish" - great line.
Q - How many people does it take to change an Irish Grandmother's light bulb?
A - ...I'll just sit here in the dark I guess
3:30 of 4:11
If you've got a moment, I'd like to share true fear with you.
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I've spent significant time in Utah and I guarantee you that they still say "oh my heck."
And then when they figure out that heck is a combination of hell and f*ck, they might not want to say it any more.
@@davidgooley8940 I say feckin hell. I'm irish.
Oh my heck.
Cry me a river and cope.
@@latter-daysaintbatman2679 Heck yea, go team
@@barringtonwomble4713 Feck yeah.
A Catholic Patrick here who loves your videos and was sent this one by another LCMS pastor here in Denver, a good friend.
“So, you’re more afraid of your mother than the wrath of God”. Hilarious.
Aye,as you rightly should. Sayeth she
It just makes you Irish😂😂😂
@@cherylcarlson3315 The following is just a couple of "fun facts" & no insult intended. You do know that no modern Irish man/woman uses the language-style of the 16th century? After having lived between homes in Ireland & the U.S.A. for 35 years, we rarely met anyone new, in the U.S.A. without them speaking to us in this manner, upon our first introduction. The cartoons are funny because they're supposed to be set in the 6th century (when Patrick came to share the gospel from his home in Wales). There are 32 counties in Ireland & each one of them has a different brogue!
Man Im pretty sure when Jesus was on Earth Mary's wrath WAS the wrath of God so it was a good thing he was perfect!
@@CartePostale.I believe Cheryl was joking
Talk about satire (or rather, irony) ... The ad that played before I ran the video was an LDS offer to receive the Book of Mormon for free ...
The viewers are part of their target demographic
@@seankrkovich2869 Exactly! TH-cam in its infamous wisdom has decided to run an ad FOR Mormonism just before the satire ABOUT Mormonism. I've noticed on Ex JW sites they will run an add about receiving the Watchtower magaizne and having your friendly Jehovah's Witness give you a call. You're seeing Ephesians 6:12 at work.
mine was for the hit musical "the book of Mormon"
I just discovered this channel and I'm on a binge. You are hilarious! And I love how you quote the scriptures.
I binged on these a few months ago, too. I think they're getting lots of folks through quarantine! 🤗
2:42-3:17 I was expecting to be educated and to laugh, not to tear up over the amazing truth of Christ's work for us.
First, before you say Christ did all this stuff (what I do not know), first prove the Jesus character was real. Get over that one first, then you could talk about how Jesus survived room temperature death and rigor mortis, then flew away without the aid of technology.
@@troy3456789 Christ is God and man. He came down from heaven, he can get back there.
@@troy3456789Surely if God is allpowerful, He controls all laws of physics and has the ability to act in against them if He so wishes. Don't need a fancy science degree to figure that one out, don't ya Patrick😂
@@IanCarl37 Laws of physics are descriptive of how things really are; not prescriptive. There is no breaking a descriptive law.
@@troy3456789 That doesn't prove my point wrong though
"and pretty much every other page of the Bible, Patrick"
I actually shed a tear when they mention "grace alone, through faith alone" man, the very definition of good news lol, great video!
Christ isn't here to save us in our sins. He's here to save us from our sins. As a Latter day saint myself, while the scripture was misunderstood, we do believe that Christ's atonement is meant to transform us, and how can we be transformed through Christ if we don't CHOOSE to follow Him. How can we follow Christ without works?
@@owlblocksdavid4955 Abide in Christ:
John 15:
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
When you trust Jesus alone for your salvation the Holy Spirit indwells you. It is HE who sanctifies and cleanses you from your sins. He changes the desires of your heart so that your sins really bother you, your conscience becomes very active, and you pray constantly that God will remove them (which he does, but not all at once). He produces good fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, righteousness, and self-control. These fruits propel you toward good works. Then you're able to show unconditional love and obey the commandments. There's no such thing as personal worthiness because it all comes from God, from salvation to sanctification to good works. It's all an act of his grace. Only God is worthy. That's why he alone is the object of worship. We owe him everything. Reading the word of God every day and praying often keep you strong in your faith, helps you to resist temptation, and discern the will of God.
How can we be transformed if we don't choose to follow Christ? James 2 says that faith without works is dead. Works is the evidence of your faith. If you have no fruit, then you're not in Christ. He said, "Apart from me you can do nothing." A fruit cannot ripen unless it's attached to the vine. If you're not following Christ, then where is your faith (rhetorical question)? Our part involves submitting to the will of God, to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, but it's always in his strength, not ours.
YuGiOhDuelChannel Faith alone and grace alone are two of Luther’s heresies but ok.
@@brendanray3186 It's in the Bible: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9
The whole book of Romans carries this theme as well. We cannot save ourselves. We cannot add to our salvation. The Bible says that if we try to add our works to God's grace then we put ourselves under the law, being obligated to fulfill all of it. It also says that if we do that then grace is no longer grace. Martin Luther did not make this up. He put the whole focus of doctrine on the scriptures alone, rather than on man-made teachings (i.e. the Church). This is what was taught by the apostles who actually were taught by Jesus directly. If any Roman Catholic or mormon, etc. teaches anything contrary then it ought to be cast away as garbage.
@@owlblocksdavid4955 Your works can't save you. Believing in God and in Jesus Christ can Save you.
Believing in a religion can't save you
Mormonism is a deadly viper that poisons true Chritianty.
The Holy Bible is the one and only Scriptures from God
The BoM is Fiction and will always be Fiction
Peace
Wow, Sharkboy-Lavagirl reference.
Ah jeez, now I feel old. I remember when that film came out...
"Less soothing that a jalepeñio sriracha bubble bath." I just died.
LOL..."ticket stub to shark boy & lava girl" & "afraid of your mother more than the wrath of God... does that make me a bad person, no it just makes you Irish" 😂 love the humorous punch lines mixed with the truth of salvation in Christ.
It's a misleading video. He only references Paul's letters to those who were already Christian, had already been saved: keep the faith no amount of helping old ladies cross the street can save you.
He misconstrued that as being the method people *become* Christian or *become* saved which isn't the case. In fact, it sounds almost identical to what gnostics taught. In every Biblical example in the New Covenant we have of the Gospel being taught and salvation occuring it contains the command to both repent and be baptized. Those who believe (beleif) what they teach (Messiah is come, repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins) are immediately baptized and continue in the faith that Jesus is Lord and strive for a life of keeping with repentance.
*That* is how conversion works. Read Acts 2, 8, and 10
This is the way
teology
+Jonny Lupus They're Irish, it's tea-ology.
Yes, Patrick!
""Do your best and God will do the rest" isn't a Gospel promise. It's a guarantee of eternal condemnation. " AMEN!!! I love these guys. I'm getting addicted to watching these videos so much the next time I witness I'm going to end my sentences with "Patrick"
No it is actually what Jesus taught. The problem with Lutherans is that they are too focused on Romans and Paul. Paul was dealing with self righteous Judaizers who were putting an impossible gospel on good Christians. Luther was dealing with a Catholic church with an impossible gospel. Mormons do not expect you to be perfect in this life, but we do expect you to do your best. If you fail to do your best, get off your rear and try again. God wants you to improve, not be stagnate just because you say the magic born again prayer.
@@iloveutah5584 Amen!
@@iloveutah5584
That's not salvation you're describing.
You're describing sanctification. Which happens as a result of being saved.
Faith is dead if it doesn't produce fruits. But it isn't the fruits that save you but the God, because of your faith.
I'm sure I made some terminology errors but I hope you get what I mean.
@@iloveutah5584 what do you do with the fact that Joseph Smith was a false prophet in a literal sense in that he made prophesies that did not come true. Such as the temple that did not get built in accordance with the timeline he prophesied. Also Jesus did not return when Joseph said he would. So hes a false prophet. I'm not sure how you get around that.
@@iloveutah5584 It is not what Christ taught. We can never be good enough, holy enough or righteous enough to merit salvation. The scripture says that all our righteousness are as filthy rags to God. It took the sacrifice of Christ and his shed blood on the cross to pay the price for our sinfulness. There is no "magic born again prayer", but you must confess your sin and acknowledge you are a sinner and accept that you can't save yourself through being good and nice or doing things for others. You must accept and believe in Jesus and what he did. Then you will be saved. Faith in his sacrifice on the cross, not your good deeds or being a good church member, or doing missionary service. Should we do good works? Absolutely! We are supposed to continue to grow and mature in our Christian walk. But do not trust in those things for salvation. They do not save you. Only Christ and his work of redemption on the cross does that. I pray for you. I pray Christ will open your eyes and heart to his truth instead of the false truth, false prophets and false gospel you currently follow. May God bless and keep you.
Love this. I'm praying that Mormon's come to my door this weekend.
To be fair, as a latter day saint, this is an incorrect misconstruing of our doctrine
@@owlblocksdavid4955 an incorrect misconstruing of your doctrine would be a correct construing of your doctrine. So either you admit the validity of the depiction of Mormonism in this video, or else you really need to work on your word choice.
...Patrick.
@@davidkueny2444 the ...Patrick killed me 😂
Knock knock. Worst Mormon here. What's you wanna try now?
@@davidkueny2444 no. You are misunderstanding all we have to do to be true.
Never gets old.
I've watched this like 4 times now I think.
"Ein minute por favor" had me rolling.
More Donall and Conall! I love these guys Patrick!
This is my new favorite thing so much love for this
As a Latter-Day Saint, I agree with everything Donall and Conall said. The problem here is the misinterpretation of Nephi 25:23. The sentiment that we must do all we can do to be saved is, of coarse, wrong. It is church doctrine that our own abilities are insufficient for salvation. What the scripture is trying to say is that even if some one exhausted all their efforts; grace is what saves them, not their own works. This sentiment is repeated(much more clearly) through out the Book of Mormon and the Bible(which we also believe). In short this video is great, it shoots down a false doctrine and establishes the true nature of grace. I may even use this video in a Sunday school lesson to explain all of this.
There's no trying. It's clearly stated that after all you do it's salvation by grace. No other way
@@TheRastacabbage I'm not clear on what you're saying. As I read it; you're either saying that salvation is not a function of our effort (which I whole-heartedly agree with), or that there's no use doing anything (which I would disagree with).
@@lifeonthemark8210 you said the scripture trys to say. It actually states very clearly
I appreciate this comment. So many people misunderstanding the context of this verse.
Yeah, I think the real intent of the latter half of Nephi (whether given to us by God or a disillusioned false prophet) is to denounce the idea that a serial child rapist is saved simply because he announced his belief in the grace of God, and to clarify that everybody has a chance at repentance, not just "the elect."
These were very clearly troublesome doctrines to whoever wrote the book, and are both visited upon quite frequently throughout the Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon is very clear who the people that suffer Hell are: not the unsaved, but rather the unrepentant. Exaltation is a matter of establishing an eternal habit of repentance, to the point that you can reach the limits your Father imagined for you when He created you. That is why doing your best is important. People aren't inherently good or bad. They're people. And if they want to be good, they have to choose that.
Hell isn't punishment from God, but by our own consciousness. That is why those who don't try to repent and change are (to the despair of the BoM's authors) condemned.
I can say with all clearness of conscience that I never saw Shark Boy and Lava Girl growing up as a kid.
Congrats
The title itself cracks me up. Much more when i watched it. Lol Good Job!
I was with ya all right up to the Sola Fide part. Oh and that being more afraid of your mother than the wrath of God meaning you’re Irish.
Mormonism teaches that God the father was once human like us, was created by another god ( who is one of trillions of gods) had to work his way up to godhood, and that we can become gods ourselves if we do everything right. I know this cause I used to be a mormon.
Anyways your next video should be about that.
The LDS Church teaches a lot of things which without context seem outlandish yet given the research (which critics consistently fail at), you'll see it does all make sense.
Does this mean mormon god was a cylon? I wanna be a mormon now.
@@lompocus yeah no. Not a 'cylon". Do more research, please.
This is heresy.
false gospel
I'm Utahn. I say "oh my heck". Definitely a good detail 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
My Sunday School class likes to join Connell in saying "And Here We Go!"
To put it simply, grace first, works second and not works first, grace second.
raised in sandy utah here, my mother frequently still says "oh my heck" I've not heard that phrase uttered by one of my own generation or younger, born 91'
You are not saved by "trying" or by good works. You are saved by Jesus Christ. It is a gift. Jesus did it ALL. ALL to Him I owe.
You should have Connal and Donnall do the Jehovah's Witnesses next
I wish they made more if these donall and conall vids
"That makes you Irish."
I died laughing.
But let us not forget - faith without deeds is dead. ;)
In James 2 James' discussion is about how you know someone has living faith, in other words how you know someone's profession of faith is real and not fake. He says "what good is it if someone SAYS they have faith but they don't have works? Can that faith save them?" And the answer to that is obviously no. James then gives a comparison, "What good is it if someone comes to you in need of food, shelter and clothing and you tell that person 'Be warm and well fed', but you don't provide for their needs?" Basically James is saying if someone is in need of clothing, food and shelter and they come to you and you say "be warm and well fed" and you slam the door in their face, you're lying. Why? Because you didn't mean what you said. It's the same with our faith. If someone professes to know Christ but there's no pursuit of holiness on their life, no love for God at all, no repenting of sin and turning to Christ (aka good works) then that person doesn't know Christ and their profession is a lie. What James is not saying is that good works are necessary for salvation, but rather he is implying that good works are the fruit/evidence that we've been saved. If someone truly knows Christ, then there life will show it because Jesus changes those whom He saves.
Jacob Garcia Dang. I was looking for a commentary on James 2 on reddit, went off track, found this channel, then this video and here I am... with a commentary on James 2 and the clarification I needed.
God works in mysterious ways?
Garret S Are you living just as Christ commanded? And can you say for certain you are saved then because you’re living how He commanded?
Your interpretation is incorrect. “Save” in the James 2:14 context does not mean “save from eternal death,” it means to be saved from the consequences of “temporal“ circumstances due to a dead faith. A dead faith is still faith, and the passage is written to Christians who were not living like they should have been living. It is quite possible to believe in Christ and get pulled away because the flesh is weak and therefore not produce visible fruit, yet still remain a child of God, granted - a child of God that will not have a seat at the marriage supper of the Lamb, yet still enter heaven because at some point in his life he believed in The Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.
The deeds come from faith, not the other way round.
This has to be my favourite channel yet
"Grace alone through faith alone..."
These videos are so incredible, I'll let that one slide...
You really don’t have to let it slide. Ephesians 2:8-10 pretty much say exactly that
@Paddy Mcgill "For by grace have you been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them" (Ephesians 2: 8-10). That one says not of works. You ae probably referring to James 2:24 which says: "You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone." So either Paul and James are contradicting one another or, as the context of James 2 and Ephesians 2: 10 indicate, works are the proof of our faith. Read James 2: 18-23 where it talks about how Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness and how his works perfected that faith and demonstrated that it was real. As for me becoming a Catholic, in Galatians Paul condemned the Judizers for adding one thing to the Gospel (circumcision). The Catholic church added a bunch, like all the penances and sacrament without which no one can be saved. None of those penances or sacraments are in the Bible (except baptism and communion, I guess) and 1 Corinthians 4:6 says not to go beyond what is written. If these sacraments were necessary for salvation, why does 2 Timothy 3:17 say that the scriptures make one "...adequate, equipped for every good work." Are the sacraments of the Catholic church good works? Can they save you by doing them? if they could, they would be in the Bible.
@Paddy Mcgill It doesn't seem like you actually read my initial reply. Ephesians 2:8-9 clarifies that we are saved by grace through faith and not of works. The phrase "not of works" here does not include any reference to the mosaic law, as you mentioned. That's because Paul didn't draw a distinction between works that justify and works that don't. He repeatedly says that nothing we do is responsible for our salvation. Also, read James 2 and consider it in its context. James is talking about how true faith comes with works. Works demonstrate that our faith is real. Finally, to your point that "We can only earn Salvation by God’s Grace but we must work on our Salvation," the fact that you think that WE can earn it contradicts the definition of grace, even if We EARN by grace. As Romans 11:6 says: "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of work, otherwise grace is no longer grace." I know Catholics rely on both God's grace and their works, but the two are mutually exclusive. Like Romans 4:4-5 says: "Now to the one who works , his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness." (those verses were applied to Abraham as an example. He existed before the ceremonial Jewish law.) That's not to say that you can just believe, get saved, and then keep on sinning. That's were James 2 comes in. I encourage you to read it through and it should be clear. As to why Luther added the word "alone," This channel made a pretty good video about that.
@Paddy Mcgill I think he's gone. I became Catholic this past year and when I thought I'd rematch these videos I notice the errors lol.
@Paddy Mcgill thanks! I'm loving being catholic. I'm trying to get my family and friends to convert but it's not easy
I would watch D and C read the phone book. The fact that I learn is even better
Donnell and Connell can't read Patrick! They're illiterate Irish peasants.
But, works do count for something, "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling" (Philippians 2:12) and "Faith without works is dead" (James 2:14). Jesus makes it very clear that we don't earn salvation by our works, but we can loose our salvation by our lack of works (Matthew 7:21-23). We cannot hope to be happy in heaven if we continually choose hell in this life.
@Elisha ok, however one wants to think of it. Important part is that both are needed. 😉
Love your episodes...especially the theologically rigorous ones! I’d like to see Conall and Donall confront evangelical antagonism against the Blessed Virgin especially as it regards her role as theodocus! Thanks 😊
Can't confront imaginary enemies. Not placing Mary on some kind of syncretic pedestal isn't antagonistic. People with weird oedipian hang-ups just wrongly think that properly seeing Mary as a sinner in need of grace (or saying she had children) qualifies as antagonistic.
@@FalconOfStorms if you deny Mary as the Mother of God, you are denying that Jesus was fully God. This was the heresy of Nestorius, and his way of thinking eventually led to Muslims who downgraded Jesus to a mere prophet. Oh, and the BIBLE places her on a "pedestal" when it declares her to be blessed among women. And she even says that all generations will call her blessed....except for evangelicals apparently. They don't care one bit about the Blessed Mother of God.
@@smitty121981 There's only one God, and it's not Mary.
@@FalconOfStorms right....what I said is that Mary is the MOTHER of God. You ignored what I said about Nestorius. To deny that Mary is the Mother of God is to deny that Jesus is the hypostatic union of God and man, which places you OUTSIDE of Christian theology.
@@smitty121981 Of course Mary is the mother of God. Catholicism just has a creepy syncretic spin on that where they treat her as a minor deity.
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wow! that was great! thank you so much! please keep them coming, when do we get to see Horace again?
you have earned my subscription
When are you going to make some more Conall and Donall videos? I love them. I've shared them with everyone at my church!
Donall & Donall for president 2016!
Let hope for 2020 they are too cool though for CNN
LovE LOVE LOVE this vd!!🙈 Keep up the good work. Ahh..on second thought you did a great job...carry on!👌👌😊
I was a Mormon missionary in Minnesota. Guess which religion was the least Christian and the rudest? The Lutherans. By their fruits ye shall know them.
I'm leaving Jehovah's Wittnesses and joining Orthodox Church... Already told my JW family... They are... not happy... wish me luck...
@VDMA LCMS My first lent in my life is currently on... I am so happy following Jesus. Thank you for your prayers, they helped certainly as I got a lot of support from catholic family members.
Faith without works is dead.
Dat dere was a lotta "alones", boyo. Just how many "alones" again does it take to be saved?
1dcondave One, specifically the one preceded by the words -not by faith- “alone”. Gotta love James.
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Silly, Papist-- works are for your neighbor, and are the evidence of you faith is "alive and kicking." That's all James was saying. No matter what you do, you can never make yourself worthy, including 1 x 10^Quintillion years in Purgatory! Gifts are not earned, by definition, right?
Peace, brother!
@@travist7777 Careful there, you’re gonna step into some Calvinism if you take that idea to its conclusion. Better to just say that love= the works James talks about, and the works Paul talks about are works of the law, a totally different kind of “work”. As Paul says, faith that moves mountains, without love, is nothing. On the final day, many will talk to the Lord of the great faith they had, and he will say to them “I do not know you.” Those who know the Son do the will of the Father, which are the works of love, the works of abiding in Christ. No one can merit eternal life, nor works. The ability to do good comes from grace, but it is by our own free will that we cooperate in that grace. To not cooperate by choice is to not abide in Christ. Those who do not abide in Christ are cut off of the tree, even if they themselves were grafted. All of this is in sacred scripture.
Peace to you brother, be careful about the idea that we don’t have to say yes to God and comply with his grace (which is the Catholic Church’s position, Pelagianism is a condemned heresy) it leads to Calvinism, because if we cannot choose to reject or comply, then we are all double predestined, and nothing matters. That, would be against the gospel and God’s will that all come to repentance through their own choice.
Edit: Also, purgatory is just for final purification for those that died in friendship with Christ but still have impurities that must be cleansed. As Revelation says, “nothing unclean may enter the kingdom of heaven”.
the title alone had me laughing for 5 minutes
With all respect, as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Sants, this don't hurt my faith at all, just show how other do think that understand the doctrine of god given by the olds and the news prophets and actualy don't, but dosen't matter, this should't be a man discution by knowleg and phylosophy, but by the Spirit of God, who Can light all truth. Sorry by my bad english, I am a brazilian, and we never Should discriminate no one by their faith, all of us are doing our best to recive the Grace of God that comes from the attoinment of Christ.
Jesus told his followers that they would be persecuted, but promised them a great reward in heaven (Matt. 5:11-12). Latter-day Saints believe that righteously enduring persecution can bring blessings in both this life and the next. Although suffering is as unwelcome to Latter-day Saints as to any other people, they strive to respond with patience and faith and to avoid bitterness or revenge. Its so hard to Love those People that Hate you. But I guess that is the test.
Every Irish person who sees this video agrees with that last line. I know I do.
Hey, what about a DOnall and Conall meet Frank the Hippy Pope?
@Phillip Hickman James 1:5, yet when did his holiness Pope Francis meet these two drunken lullabies?
@Phillip Hickman thank you. I enjoyed those recordings will have to track them down further now (I've already got Vincent Price reciting Edgar Alan Poe, so I'm assuming he was reading TS Elliott therein _as pontiff Francis_ . fascinating nonetheless the betwixt said actors skills are related to as well with other religious leaders of historical & regional significance. I digress.
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Saved through grace? Absolutely. Through faith alone? No. "You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone." James 2:24. It's clear why Luther tried to remove this book from scripture; the Truth disagreed with him.
Sebastian Medina They do compliment each other ;). But it is still clear from scripture we are not saved only through our faith.
And it still begs the question: What was it about the Book of James did Luther disagree with so badly that he was going to remove an inspired book of God?
+tobby12347 Wait til you read vs 1-23
The Theology Q&A I've read James 2 and I imagine Martin Luther did too. I only cited one verse, but you may be right, the entire chapter must have threatened his theology.
No, you actually took a dependent verse out of context.
The Theology Q&A The verse is relevant to my point in that it disproves a vital tenet of Luther's theology. I believed I used it in context correctly.
Of course, to interpret this chapter correctly, you must observe how it uses three terms: faith, works, and justification. Once you understand the meaning of these terms, you can understand the theology of the passage and understand how it is harmonious with the theology of other New Testament passages.
Non even a Lutheran but agreed with everything in the video
That C. Everrett Coop line at the end was awesome!
and its unsettlingly accurate
Yes! a new donnal and connal! lol I love these vids.
“there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.” (2 Nephi 25:20) coincidentally, only 3 verses earlier can we learn the context of the verse represented. 2 Nephi 25:23 does *not* state that salvation by grace must be accompanied by a complete exhaustion of all possible opportunities to be holy, but rather that even if someone used every second of their life in service to God, it is still only because of The Christ that we may be saved. This idea is further reinforced in the other books included in the compilation Book of Mormon, and of course in the Bible that the LDS church holds as holy scripture, and even further expanded upon in the Doctrine & Covenants.
I discovered Donell and Conell only this morning, and after binging every episode of it I could find, I am in love with the series. Even if I don’t think the argument displayed here is in any shape or form a fair or even compelling one, I still do love the humor and I’m not so spineless that I can’t laugh at myself or my beliefs for the sake of humor. Again, a very well made video!
Mr. L. Satire, this very week I heard the phrase "oh my heck" said by a Mormon - who wasn't even alive in the mid 80s.
Got an ad for the church of Latter Day Saints on this LOL
Amen!!!! God bless!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm cryin' with SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH!!
Ha. That is a pretty funny satire of how people who can’t understand scripture think a discussion with missionaries will go.
I think it was a little subtle though, most people in the comments don’t seem to get it.
Well done Lutheran Satire!
I heartily agree that sin, by definition, means "not doing your best". But Christians also insist that we "can't do good" because of original sin. So it would seem that we are, in fact, doing our best?
That Nephi passage has nothing to do with works. It's a reference to the law of Moses. If you actually read the entire chapter, Nephi mentions being saved by grace alone right before it.
Mormons do not believe that works save us, but works are needed for exhalation.
"faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works.... a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.... faith apart from works is dead." James 2:22, 24, 26
"[Jesus] became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him" Heb 5:9
"'what shall I do to inherit eternal life?'.... You know the commandments.... come, follow me" Lk 18:18-25
"he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him." Jn 3:36
"work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" Phil 2:12
"Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." Mt 7:21
"Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me." Mt 25:41-43
"For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done." Mt 16:27
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body." 2 Cor 5:10
"And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile." 1 Pt 1:17
"Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done." Rev 22:12
"For he will render to every man according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.... For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified." Rom 2:6-8, 13
"For God will bring every deed into judgment, with* every secret thing, whether good or evil." Eccles 12:14
Curious, are you showing how faith alone is false? If you are then good job
@@beansenpai18 Absolutely. The video quotes man-made traditions more often than it does Scripture.
I can't catch my breath for laughing so hard!
Starting a video about Mormonism with a song about the Trinity. Nicely played.
Sure added the word "alone" a lot places where it isn't in the Bible.
Catholic?
@@theccc8318 Nope, nor Mormon either. Just able to read the Bible and see that "alone" wasn't there.
Every conversation with Mormons ever.
"oh my heck"
You haven't met many of us, have you?
@@owlblocksdavid4955 So you're just a one post troll. Can't admit you're wrong, eh?
@@ZeddicusTheMage ? I don't always keep up with my TH-cam comments (I've found it's good for my mental health not to get to sucked into internet arguments) but was there some comment I missed?
So true. I was raised LDS. It is important to know, when speaking to Mormons, that the Mormon Jesus is not the Biblical Jesus.
Piss off, fatty. Stop being a bugger for the Trinity.
Don't listen to slander, the world will hate you and mock you if you love the true Jesus Christ. He calls you Blessed for being mocked for His namesake. Never let words from the world define your identity, your identity and worth is in Christ and nobody can take it away!
@@spencerburgess3689 oof. Touché.
@@Saint_nobody I know who your father is because of how you act. Repent
@@spencerburgess3689 my father is Chris. His father is Joe. My father's father's father, I do not know because I'm behind the 8 ball on genealogy, among other things. Yes, there is a lot of repenting on my path needing done...
Be that as it may, don't act like your shit don't stink. Everyone has their demons to battle and going by your _holier than thou_ attitude, suggests your sins are ever more egregious than my own. So in short, you worry about you, I'll worry about me. Kindly so ever, fuck off. Thanks.
I love these guys (Conall and Donall). :)
I left the Mormon Church but you're debating a position that nobody there takes.
I am in the church and I agree exactly. 🥲 Everyone in the comments is supporting the video but it doesn’t really defeat any of our legitimate beliefs.
Former Surgeon General, C. Everett Coop. Coop-oop-e-doop!
I lived in Sandy, Utah about 7 years ago and yes, they still say, “Oh my heck.”
Please tell us more about how the penalty for sin is death, when if you go to Hell you burn forever, never becoming smoke/ashes (a contradiction of Malachi 4:3 and 2 Peter 2:6 and Psalm 37:20).
Please tell me more about how the lake of fire is the second death if you never die when you enter the lake of fire.
I'd like you to explain that one Patrick.
Clearly the idea of hell being some eternal torment is non-Biblical, and based on the false doctrine of the immortality of a conscious soul, which is contradicted in Ecclesiastes 9:5 and 9:10 and Ezekiel 18:4, as well as by Christ Himself in Matt 10:28. There are also more scriptures than you have quoted about the alternative to righteousness leading to life being sin leading to death, including Psalm 145:20 and Deut 30:19. Christ Himself referred to death as sleep on multiple occasions, so it must be a state of unconsciousness.
Not only that, but no-one has gone to heaven as per John 3:13, and those who are Christ's will arise when? At the last day, as per John 6:44, John 5:2, 1 Thess 4:16-17, 1 Corinthians 15;22-23.
Every other book of the Bible correct except for James most Protestants just want to ignore that part
Protestants dont ignore James, we just understand that works is a result of faith
@@knOWNd-Jeremy James 2:21
@@knOWNd-Jeremy James 2:17
@@knOWNd-Jeremy James 2:14
@@knOWNd-Jeremy James 2:24
I'm just gonna leave this here.
James 2:17-24...
Methinks Mormons and Lutherans have a bit to learn.
Comically,
-A Catholic
+JP Kloess This passage of scripture is not talking about working to have faith, but by proving you have faith will also come works. "By their fruit ye shall know them." (Matt. 7:20) (read the whole chapter it is great) The works are an outward manifestation of your inward regeneration. This is a sign that one is truly the Elect of God. That's why it says "The devils also believe and tremble." It is not just through an act of just "Believing" One needs to have true faith which is only given by God because of Man's Total inability to choose God. Then that Faith is made prevalent through the fruits of the spirit. That is why scripture says. ("For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast." Eph. 2:8-9)
The work is talking about keeping laws of old tastament....not real work of faith...current vatican is heretic not catholic....francis is not pope but anti pope heretic.....www.catholic-saints.net
Matthew 7:21
Matthew 15:18
James 2:14-18
Gal 3:11
Romans 2:6-8
+Joshua Sayer Well said ..
Despite being Roman Catholic, I still love this video. But I believe we are saved by Grace, through Faith, proven through works.
+Jacob Smith Though you don't need works, Romans 4:4-8.
Read James Chapter Two. It will give you some good insight into our viewpoint.
Jacob Smith I have, and it isn't in the context of Salvation, since it's written to "brethren", i.e. the already saved. It's written in the context of service to the Lord, and justification before men.
Scripture cannot contradict. Romans 4:5 says " But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness"
That means works aren't required for salvation.
+SoCalExile Let me pose a question. Do you agree with Martin Luther's statement that "Even if a man commits fornication and murder every day of his life, it matters not as long as he has faith."
You believe that a person like that can enter into the Kingdom of God? I think not. The very thought is ludicrous. As Good Saint James put it, faith without works is dead. Faith must be proven through good works and through the Sacraments. If one claims to have faith and yet sins left and right without any penace, I do not believe The Blessed Virgin will intercede for then, and Nor will they be excepted into God's Kingdom.
+Jacob Smith *accepted
I believe there is a misunderstanding here, the Lord does not say to spend all your days solely in prayer or solely in service, though he did himself. He mentions lots of thing not explicitly either of those that we should do. This leads to the fallacy that all are doomed because we are not all mindless praying working automatons serving the one next to us. The lord gives inspiration to do more than that, so say the lord wants you to see a movie, he sees the value for your salvation in watching that movie, even if it is not one of the prior two given activities
this is priceless!!!!
This is a common but understandable misreading of 2 Nephi 25:23.
"For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do."
Nephi was not saying "Once we have done all we can do, then as a direct result God's grace intervenes and saves us." He was saying "Even after all we can do, it is still God's grace that saves us (and not our works)." I believe that this second way of reading the sentence makes far more sense in the context of Latter-day Saint theology, the context of 2 Nephi 25, and even the context of verse 23. In a chapter that discusses an infinite atonement, being saved by Christ's name, and the law being dead/being made alive in Christ, Nephi says they labor diligently to persuade their brethren to believe in Christ and be reconciled to God, because even after all we can do, it is only by His grace that we are saved.
I hope this helps! Latter-day Saint theology about Christ's atonement is beautiful and I hope this misreading doesn't cloud that too much for anyone.
Sorry. We still have copies of the manuscripts used to create the Bible. There's no proof your golden plates ever existed, and several prophecies in the book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith's additions to the Bible, failed to come true.
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as a turkish today i learned i'm actually a irish XD
“While we process the pontifications of your prophet” 😂😂😂 Thank you.
Love this!
But, I'm not sure that spending two whole hours praying is the best way to love God. Jesus warned against "vain repetitions" after all, and the prayer He gave us to pray (which we refer to as the Lord's Prayer) is very short and sweet, and addresses all the things we should ask of God while giving him praise. Not a huge deal, just something I thought I'd share
There voice is so calm...
"You could just believe that mankind is saved by Grace alone through faith alone ... "
Wait, what?
"What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? .... Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." (James 2:14-22)
You seem to confuse two things : 1) between the works of the law (i.e. the requirements of the Law of Moses) and the works of righteousness, and 2) between being saved from spiritual death and being saved from physical death.
1) The Law of Moses needed to be replaced as it was worthless to save anyone; it was but a reminder of the Lamb of God to come, which He did come and had to be fulfilled (Matthew 5:17) through the atoning sacrifice of the Son, even Jesus Christ (John 19:30). After this, the Savior taught to baptize every nation in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost (Matthew 28:19), as even Jesus said that the requirement to enter the Kingdom of God was from being born again through the waters of baptism (John 3:5). Being baptized and being born again of the spirit is part of the works required by faith (Titus 3:5, see Matthew 3:15).
2) Being saved from "physical death" (i.e. mortality) is a free gift, while being saved from "spiritual death" requires righteousness. In other words, if you believe in Christ, but are not being righteous, you do not have faith in Christ; both are required.
Well, this took more then 40 seconds, but I'm fine with it.
But is God fine with it?
When you worship a false god that was once a man and came from another planet and follow a false 'Jesus' who is the brother of Lucifer you have a false salvation.
Virtually everyone will experience physical death. Ten out of ten people die.
Being saved from spiritual death is a free gift. No righteousness is required.
Titus 3:5 he saved us-not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy-through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 2:16 and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.
Romans 4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes on him who declares the ungodly to be righteous,
his faith is credited for righteousness.
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John 3:5 does not speak of Christian baptism. Christian baptism did not exist until after Jesus Christ ascended.
If the thief on the cross was saved without being baptized (because he was under the Old Covenant), why would Jesus tell Nicodemus (who was also under the Old Covenant) that he needed to be baptized?
Jesus rebukes Nicodemus in John 3:10 by asking him: “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?” This implies that what Jesus had just told him was something Nicodemus should have known and understood from the Old Testament. What is it that Nicodemus, as a teacher of the Old Testament, should have known and understood?
It is that God had promised in the Old Testament a time was coming in which He would: “sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.” (Ezekiel 36:25-27).
Jesus rebuked Nicodemus because he failed to recall and understand one of the key Old Testament passages pertaining to the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:33). Nicodemus should have been expecting this. Why would Jesus have rebuked Nicodemus for not understanding baptism considering the fact that baptism is nowhere mentioned in the Old Testament?
You nailed that mormon look!
Shark Boy and Lava Girl.......I just don't know what to say.....:)
They never get to touch because lava solidifies when it touches the ocean.
This is awesome!!
.....aaaaaand they changed the book, again.
+Joshua Walters who changed what book?
Cat the Turtle I'm just joking that they changed the book of Mormon because they have done that before.
Like after seeing this video they change that specific part, or something like that.
***** Didn't know that. I figured you were joking, but I didn't get the reference.
Cat the Turtle It's all good, I should have been more specific.
You're misrepresenting what that scripture is saying. Just a few verses before it says, it could be better understood with this scripture. Ether 12:27, "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them". Nephi is already implying that the reader is trying to do better to follow Jesus christ or in other words, repent. But even while trying, we'll always fall short because we're all imperfect. All you can do is implying what you have done, then Jesus, through his grace saves you despite that all you could do wasn't enough. That's the beauty of it. But even then, it still shows that faith requires action, just go open your Bible to James 2.
"Oh my Heck" XD
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So the main problem is the phrase "after all we can do"? If you weren't busy trying to dishonestly twist the words of another against them, you would really try to answer the question, "what is all we can do?" Ask any mormon that question and they will not say, "live our lives perfectly and always make the exact right decision".That is impossible for us and is beyond the scope of "all we can do" because we can't do it. This alone renders your dishonest attempt at being clever useless. But this doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what you don't understand about mormon "teology".
You ignore what the verse actually says when it declares, "for we know that it is by grace that we are saved". So even after all we can do, it is by grace that we are saved. You read that as though it says, "for we know that it is by grace [and all we can do] that we are saved". But the "all we can do" is never referred to as anything that saves us. Mormons and protestants generally don't actually disagree about grace being what saves. What the real disagreement is over is "what is faith?" Mormons believe faith will lead you to more actions than others. Churches run all up and down the gamut for how many acts demonstrate faith. This talking point is ridiculous and tired and needs to end.
Additionally according to mormon "teology" no one will spend an eternity bathing in sulfur. I figured this was a fair response since nitpicking at stupid minor points seems to be your thing.
EverydayNormal read the passage for what it says, not for what you want it to say.
True! According to its teachings insteada being tortured forever n ever the Mormons just reach the wicked live sadly after and are servants. Still false. The wages of sin is {still} death,not life.
No, while sulfur has nothing to do with it, spiritual death is still there for a few sons of perdition. Like Cain. But you're right, we don't believe in the conventional view of hell. The main punishment isn't punishment, but an inability to be more than what we end up being, for all eternity.
@@definitelynotatrollI love when silly people attempt to teach us our own doctrines….. Really lets you know who the dip-wads are.
Gotta love these guys
This concept of Grace doesn't make sense when you search light in other scriptures.
1 - " For by grace are ye saved, through faith" (James 2: 14- 24, Matthew 7:21;Matthew 15:18 ; Gal 3:11; Romans 2:6-8 and many others)
2- "and that not of yourselves" (By Christ, of course):
3- "is the gift of God' (true):
4- "not of works, lest any man should boast" ( Because is a gift of God through Jesus Christ)"
By a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints ( knowing as Mormons, and we are not perfect)
+Eyplan Artes
"What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?" (James 2:14)
"So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself." (James 2:17)
"But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith." (James 2:18)
"But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" (James 2:20)
"Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?" (James 2:21)
"Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only?" (James 2:24)
"For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead." (James 2:26)
Any questions?
+Michael Rex We are in the same page... I have no questions.
Eyplan Artes
Good. Then you reject the heresy of "salvation by Faith alone"?
+Michael Rex That's what I say. We are in the same page... You need study carefully my first comment.
Eyplan Artes
Upon studying your comment, I find it appears you _accept_ the heresy of salvation by Faith alone. If I'm missing something, please let me know; but I can't imagine what.
What does "covered" mean. From what I can tell, Luther believed that even after Christians accept Christ, they'll still be incurably depraved. He even seems to think that that in heaven, Christ hides the depravity of saved people there to help God the Father ignore it. How is that compatible with believing that the Holy Ghost sanctifies us? What does "sanctification" mean if it doesn't imply going from an unholy state to a holy one?