TH-cam Saints, unite! Awesome insight Pastor Wolf’ once again!!!! Light in the darkness profoundly proclaimed!!! PS And Martin IS in his rightful place in video! Right there strapped in tight!!!😎
Our faith is being tested so strongly today with so much evil and distractions. I pray that we can stay strong with the Lord and that our focus is on Him and all His glory. Bless you Pastor for this powerful message.
this was powerful and beautiful. I haven't cried like that since my dad's funeral. this was different; this was hopeful. Thank you and may the love God Almighty in Christ Jesus be with you and all the saints.
Very interesting subject. We are the saints who are in the body of Christ... washed in His blood.. our sins as far ad the east from the west. So many are trying to diminish infant baptism... saying it is a dedication and more for the parents than the infant... I followed Martin Luther and got our heathens baptized asap.
I have no faith. I try to believe. I want to believe. I read my Bible. I try to learn from channels like yours... But I struggle with faith. I struggle with believing. What do I do? It's not like I switch I can just turn on and believe. I'm full of doubt and scepticism. I feel like I'm turning into a nihilist... And I don't want that. Any advice?
_"I feel like I'm turning into a nihilist... And I don't want that."_ I 100% believe you. It dawned on me in my teens that my natural nihilism has no rational reason to criticise my quirky desire to believe and be a Christian. If nihilism is correct, then it literally doesn't matter if I am a horrible person or a saintly person. Nobody that I 'harm' or 'help' will care or remember after their consciousness is erased. Literally nothing I do has any effect. Ahole - Ahole = Zero. Victim of Ahole - Victim of Ahole = Zero. Saint - Saint = Zero. So I might as well be a Christian, since that's what I want. My nihilism has no rational objection to my desire to be a Christian and believe. There's also no rational reason to crticize the experiment that is my life: *Observations:* Christian prayer, discussions, and behavior inspire awe in some people, but not always me. Nature inspires awe. *Question:* Does the Christian God exist? *My Hypothesis:* After I die I will be judged by Jesus Christ. *Experiment:* 1. Live as though everything the New Testament says is true. 2. Die. *Results:* If I enter an afterlife other than heaven or hell, my hypothesis is falsified. If Jesus sends me to heaven or hell after I die, my hypothesis is verified. Oblivion is not an observable result. This is not the same as Pascal's Wager. The _possibility_ that Christianity is true is NOT the motive. When I was younger, the motive was my inexplicable desire to be a Christian. *Now, the motive is my inexplicable faith.* I still cringe at most apologists. I suppose I find Gary Habermas moderately acceptable, though. I entirely accept everything I've learned in any of my science classes in school. Though reading St. Ephraim the Syrian's entirely unique interpretation of Genesis helps with that A LOT! Even Martin Luther's comments help me, when he explains how he thinks about the novel scientific proof that the moon reflects light, contrary to "A lesser *light* to govern the night."
Ask why the Paraklesis (orthodox service) exalts and begs Mary for salvation, even to the point where you don't know if the words are addressing God or Mary. Ask why Saint Paul never once mentioned Mary by name, but modern Orthodox appeal to Mary constantly. Read St. Paul and see if it's the same religion. If you prefer to not read and understand St. Paul, you might be on a different path than his.
@@GK-ku8yj I asked and I got more than satisfactory answers. I won't debate with this kind of defensiveness, if you're really curious you'll go ask yourself and they'll tell you what they told me. ☦️
@@velvetturtles I'm glad you got a satisfactory answer. Mind sharing? For impartiality, here's a syllogism I made to try to remove insults and emotion from the discussion. Major Premise: Lex orandi, lex credendi. Minor Premise: *Orthodox Compline prayer to Mary:* _On the awesome day of judgment, save me from eternal punishment and make me an inheritor of the ineffable glory of your Son, our God_ Conclusion: Orthodox believe that Mary saves them from eternal punishment on the Day of Judgment. How do you resolve this to your satisfaction?
@@Mygoalwogel she will be honored through out all ages. She's more honorable than the cherubim and the seraphim. How can one in a bare naked church understand what this means? Sola scriptura doesn't make sense. I understand why Luther did what he did, the Catholics got a lot wrong. Luther was also wrong in what he did. The Orthdox have Holy traditions and the Holy Bible. They didn't always have a bible, where do you think the Bible came from? They've persevered the Church for thousands of years. Just because you can't or won't try to understand them, doesn't mean they're wrong. It could mean your understanding is lacking, just as my understanding was lacking. Christ doesn't want His church blown up in 45,000+ different denominations, He has His one church and it's still here. All Glory to God!
6:43 “When we die, we are removed from this sinful life… souls purified… we are separated from our sinfulness… wow… so that we are holy” 10:17: “at that moment the Lord completely purifies our souls so that they are washed clean of sin, able to stand before God” This is the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory. No more, no less. Glad to see Lutherans finally accepting it, recognizing it, and even preaching it.
@@lemonator9050 it doesn’t matter if you derogatorily call it “papist”. It still is. If you admit that you need purification before entering heaven then you admit Purgatory. That’s the essence of the concept of Purgatory. Very simple.
@@thejerichoconnection3473 Papist is not a derogatory term it is a term for followers of the Roman pope. Seeing as you see it as derogatory I will refrain from using it with you. The Roman Catholic doctrine of Purgatory is used as an excuse for prayers to the dead.
@@lemonator9050 what do you mean as an excuse? Praying for the dead is a consequence of, not a cause of, the idea of Purgatory. The practice of praying to the dead has not been invented by some pope in the Catholic Church. It has deep roots in the Jewish understanding of Sheol and has been practiced unanimously by both Catholics and Orthodox for the past 2000 years. What would be the point on insisting in praying to the dead if you don’t believe in Purgatory?
@@thejerichoconnection3473 purgatory at least historically in the Roman Church has been viewed as a place you go and spend significant time. Very good for milking money out of children who felt bad after their parents died and wanted to make sure they didn't burn in purgatory too long. Which is a little bit different from the biblical "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye"
TH-cam Saints, unite! Awesome insight Pastor Wolf’ once again!!!! Light in the darkness profoundly proclaimed!!!
PS And Martin IS in his rightful place in video! Right there strapped in tight!!!😎
Our faith is being tested so strongly today with so much evil and distractions. I pray that we can stay strong with the Lord and that our focus is on Him and all His glory. Bless you Pastor for this powerful message.
this was powerful and beautiful. I haven't cried like that since my dad's funeral. this was different; this was hopeful. Thank you and may the love God Almighty in Christ Jesus be with you and all the saints.
Thank you, Simon!
Wonderfully said
Amen 🙏🏻
Thanks!
God be praised 🙌
‘Behold what manner of love…..’.
Pastor Wolfmueller - remember to do more Grapplings. 😁
Love the teaching. Thank you sir
Very interesting subject.
We are the saints who are in the body of Christ... washed in His blood.. our sins as far ad the east from the west.
So many are trying to diminish infant baptism... saying it is a dedication and more for the parents than the infant... I followed Martin Luther and got our heathens baptized asap.
Why did you do that? Nowhere in the Bible it says you should.
Ohhhhh but it does…it most surely does. @@thejerichoconnection3473
Thank you for doing this!
Scripture calls all believers saints.
"Remember the Gah-nostics ?"
So funny.
Those guys were gah-narly.
As always, good stuff!
13:15 TH-cam Saints. U U U TH-cam Saints.
If anyone gets that reference...I will be shocked.
I have no faith. I try to believe. I want to believe. I read my Bible. I try to learn from channels like yours... But I struggle with faith. I struggle with believing.
What do I do?
It's not like I switch I can just turn on and believe.
I'm full of doubt and scepticism. I feel like I'm turning into a nihilist... And I don't want that.
Any advice?
_"I feel like I'm turning into a nihilist... And I don't want that."_
I 100% believe you. It dawned on me in my teens that my natural nihilism has no rational reason to criticise my quirky desire to believe and be a Christian.
If nihilism is correct, then it literally doesn't matter if I am a horrible person or a saintly person. Nobody that I 'harm' or 'help' will care or remember after their consciousness is erased. Literally nothing I do has any effect. Ahole - Ahole = Zero. Victim of Ahole - Victim of Ahole = Zero. Saint - Saint = Zero. So I might as well be a Christian, since that's what I want. My nihilism has no rational objection to my desire to be a Christian and believe.
There's also no rational reason to crticize the experiment that is my life:
*Observations:* Christian prayer, discussions, and behavior inspire awe in some people, but not always me. Nature inspires awe.
*Question:* Does the Christian God exist?
*My Hypothesis:* After I die I will be judged by Jesus Christ.
*Experiment:* 1. Live as though everything the New Testament says is true. 2. Die.
*Results:* If I enter an afterlife other than heaven or hell, my hypothesis is falsified. If Jesus sends me to heaven or hell after I die, my hypothesis is verified. Oblivion is not an observable result.
This is not the same as Pascal's Wager. The _possibility_ that Christianity is true is NOT the motive. When I was younger, the motive was my inexplicable desire to be a Christian. *Now, the motive is my inexplicable faith.*
I still cringe at most apologists. I suppose I find Gary Habermas moderately acceptable, though. I entirely accept everything I've learned in any of my science classes in school. Though reading St. Ephraim the Syrian's entirely unique interpretation of Genesis helps with that A LOT! Even Martin Luther's comments help me, when he explains how he thinks about the novel scientific proof that the moon reflects light, contrary to "A lesser *light* to govern the night."
I’m curious to know what your take on the CV19 jab is…. Thx 🙏🏼
Me personally, I prefer Gin. 🤷♂️
Ask the Orthodox church who the saints are.
Thank you pastor Brian for being on my journey to Orthodoxy, I hope you find it!
Ask why the Paraklesis (orthodox service) exalts and begs Mary for salvation, even to the point where you don't know if the words are addressing God or Mary. Ask why Saint Paul never once mentioned Mary by name, but modern Orthodox appeal to Mary constantly. Read St. Paul and see if it's the same religion. If you prefer to not read and understand St. Paul, you might be on a different path than his.
@@GK-ku8yj I asked and I got more than satisfactory answers.
I won't debate with this kind of defensiveness, if you're really curious you'll go ask yourself and they'll tell you what they told me. ☦️
@@velvetturtles I'm glad you got a satisfactory answer. Mind sharing? For impartiality, here's a syllogism I made to try to remove insults and emotion from the discussion.
Major Premise: Lex orandi, lex credendi.
Minor Premise: *Orthodox Compline prayer to Mary:* _On the awesome day of judgment, save me from eternal punishment and make me an inheritor of the ineffable glory of your Son, our God_
Conclusion: Orthodox believe that Mary saves them from eternal punishment on the Day of Judgment.
How do you resolve this to your satisfaction?
@@Mygoalwogel she will be honored through out all ages. She's more honorable than the cherubim and the seraphim.
How can one in a bare naked church understand what this means?
Sola scriptura doesn't make sense. I understand why Luther did what he did, the Catholics got a lot wrong.
Luther was also wrong in what he did.
The Orthdox have Holy traditions and the Holy Bible. They didn't always have a bible, where do you think the Bible came from? They've persevered the Church for thousands of years.
Just because you can't or won't try to understand them, doesn't mean they're wrong. It could mean your understanding is lacking, just as my understanding was lacking.
Christ doesn't want His church blown up in 45,000+ different denominations, He has His one church and it's still here. All Glory to God!
@@velvetturtles You did not address my syllogism at all. Oh, well.
6:43 “When we die, we are removed from this sinful life… souls purified… we are separated from our sinfulness… wow… so that we are holy”
10:17: “at that moment the Lord completely purifies our souls so that they are washed clean of sin, able to stand before God”
This is the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory. No more, no less.
Glad to see Lutherans finally accepting it, recognizing it, and even preaching it.
Yeah brother that's not the Papist view of purgatory
@@lemonator9050 it doesn’t matter if you derogatorily call it “papist”. It still is. If you admit that you need purification before entering heaven then you admit Purgatory. That’s the essence of the concept of Purgatory. Very simple.
@@thejerichoconnection3473 Papist is not a derogatory term it is a term for followers of the Roman pope. Seeing as you see it as derogatory I will refrain from using it with you. The Roman Catholic doctrine of Purgatory is used as an excuse for prayers to the dead.
@@lemonator9050 what do you mean as an excuse? Praying for the dead is a consequence of, not a cause of, the idea of Purgatory. The practice of praying to the dead has not been invented by some pope in the Catholic Church. It has deep roots in the Jewish understanding of Sheol and has been practiced unanimously by both Catholics and Orthodox for the past 2000 years. What would be the point on insisting in praying to the dead if you don’t believe in Purgatory?
@@thejerichoconnection3473 purgatory at least historically in the Roman Church has been viewed as a place you go and spend significant time. Very good for milking money out of children who felt bad after their parents died and wanted to make sure they didn't burn in purgatory too long. Which is a little bit different from the biblical "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye"