Give Me an Answer - Death is Just Around the Corner Waiting Patiently For Us
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- Program 2121 ................... - Death & Eternity - Reliability of the Bible - The Law
The "Give Me An Answer" ministry began as an outgrowth of the dialogues Cliffe Knechtle has had with students on various university campuses throughout the United States. These universities include the University of Maine, Harvard, MIT, University of Florida, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, Berkeley, Stanford, University of Hawaii and the University of Washington. Cliffe spoke on these campuses in front of the Student Union or Library at noon for five to ten minutes. At the close of his initial remarks, he'd open up the time for questions and answers, which usually turned into a two to four hour dialogue with students. His crowd size ranged from 25 - 500 students at a time, and between classes, new students would join the discussion. This is an extremely effective way to reach a large number of university students with the Gospel of Christ.
#Evidence #Christianity #Jesus #apologetics
They always hit us with “there’s so many errors in the Bible” and then can’t name one.😂🥴
They don't give a Rip about evidence
That's because they're only repeating slogans. Things they have heard others say.
I never believed because of these errors until recently finding cliff n others n now realizing I was lied to ima believer n man it feels good having god n Jesus with me on this journey of life
@@jasonfunk6529Amen to that Brother! I'm glad to hear you followed the Holy Spirit's leading!
don't make fun of these people
respectfully and politely show how they're wrong, whatever they do afterwards is up to them
Thank you for reaching out to these young people, Cliffe! Your answers/explanations are so helpful to me as well, especially as an apologetic Christian. I absolutely love you, my brother in Christ! Be blessed
Give me an answer:
Who is growing my body and replacing my worn out cells?
Who is digesting my food and forming my thoughts,
me or God?
If it's you then how do you do those things?
apologetics is great isn't it, it must be nice to have someone who can make excuses for a the evil that god has done, a spin doctor to turn the slavery, the killings, the human sacrifices into palatable gunk you can swallow. no need to face the fact god loves killing people.
@@JamesRichardWiley where does god roll his sleeves up and do the work? does he touch every gluon in the universe? every atom? every cell? if he's poking about in my head then i have no free will, if he's not involved at all he's not the designer, where does god actually get involved in the universe - an HOW?
@@HarryNicNicholas If you have no free will, God is no God. you have listend to him and you dont understand? If you have a free will Then you can choose evil and Not evil, so your responsible for you
@@HarryNicNicholas smh…you must either not believe in God or you have this cartoon figure god that you’ve made up in your mind. A) the Canaanites were warned for 400 years to stop sacrificing babies. They didn’t and what you seem to miss is that they were not totally wiped out and the style of language was Middle Eastern Hyperbole. God was not a proponent of slavery. So what other complaints do you have? Reading Hitchens?
This is one of the best conversations I’ve seen from give me an answer
yes cliffe can make any old garbage seem reasonable, jesus drowning babies is great fun according to cliffe.
@@HarryNicNicholas God Loves You.
I stumbled upon your videos by accident and I can honestly say I'm learning so much more about the bible and the holy spirit thank you for your knowledge and keep showing young people the truth.
Love this
Praying I can get more boldness to share about God like this.
Amen to that my friend. Keep praying for the boldness. His knows your heart and if you truly desire this and you delight in the Lord, He will fulfil the desires of your heart. May Jesus bless you and your loved ones.
I love this man's faith. I pray that all these young minds ask for God to reveal Himself to them. That is how I came to believe in God.
I left you a comment but either Cliff site or TH-cam directly deleted it there's nothing wrong with it I'm supporting your opinions.
What happens to your prayers T Tango?, does God ever reply to you?
WHY would you have to ask this god to reveal itself to you? Is there any other reality where one has to ask for it to be revealed?
@@theoskeptomai2535 god is meant to be hidden isn't he? you can't KNOW god exists, you're supposed to have faith.
@@HarryNicNicholas Yawn.
Such good conversations, the first guys sounds like a deconstructed Christian, would have loved to hear the whole debate.
Yes. Interesting how he puts the Old Testament v the New Testament. Like the God of the Old is just wraith, mean and nasty and the New is just love, mercy and peace.
@@chriseasterly5142 yea it’s a false dichotomy tho and once he researches the specific events he thinks are “evil” and reads them in context he’ll realize why it’s a false dichotomy and that God never changes.
@cake fart the reason but as you're searching and you're questioning when you realize truth and then you don't stick to it then that's what you're held accountable for the God doesn't judge you for trying to find things out.
@cake fart The King James.
@@godislove363
Cake Fart is the latest addition to the battalion of angry trolls! (Another Theo... account?) Don't waste too much time... (Proverbs 26:12, Matthew 7:6)
Cliffe, I pray that you speak to the liberal college kids of today. They need your knowledge more than ever. God bless you!
They are well brainwashed and will be deaf to all. If he can, he will, but it will be hard.
To be honest, I've seen Cliffe talk with hundreds of students on campus, I've yet to see one convert to Christianity, it may have happened but I've not seen anyone say "you're right Cliffe, now i understand" Conversions, and indeed deconversions happen over a long period of inner thought and lots of questions.
Whomever sees this thread must realize that conversion Stories happen like that necessarily a process just as in the negative happens so it's the same thing but there are times when a conversion can happen right away it's just not common how dare she knock what's being done to serve the Lord but that's nothing new with Tom.
@@bonnie43uk Should conversions be broadcast to please you? I prefer not to see the conversions because it fulfills my desires not God’s will. God knows how many of these students have come to him and that is all that matters. If he didn’t convert any, according to the Gospels he is doing what Christ asks us. Mark 16:15. After that, it is up to the individual. Cliffe can’t get them into Heaven himself. You have to accept Christ on your own accordance. God bless you, thanks for your comment.
@@cleancutimage5105 No, I'm certainly not saying that conversions should be broadcast to please me, I was simply pointing out a fact that after a decade of watching these video's it would be good to hear from a student who was genuinely convinced by Cliffe's arguments. For a Christian, I'm sure his arguments and points seem 100% solid, but for many of the young students today, they are not convinced of those old stories in the Bible, they are flawed. We have much better answers to how and why things are the way they are my friend. Hence why we have these lively debates. Thank you for your respectful comment likewise 😊
First, thank you to all who work on these clips.
You're Welcome
@@givemeananswer God bless and keep you, 🙏 Your working is affecting many!
@@givemeananswer Yes great job..keep up the good work for Jesus.
What a blessing you are Cliff! How fortunate for those young people to have an evangelist like you approach them in the way that you do. I can only pray that God will send such evangelists to my children in their life’s journey.
I’ve been watching these episodes for the past few months now. I have to say the most frustrating part is watching through a conversation and not getting to hear the full thing. 30 minutes of deep intellectual talk is great, but when it’s met with an It leaves a little conclusion
I'd like to hear somebody debunk the genealogy test. I've known that test to truly say the world is about 6000-8000 years old too and that's what I believe personally.
Brother Cliffe! Thank you for the work you put in for the Lord! Your ministry has been a blessing to me. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might! Jesus is coming back very soon!
when is jesus coming back? he's been absent for 2000 years now....when?
@@HarryNicNicholas The Bible says we do not know the time. Just because someone thinks that doesn't mean it's accurate. Quit antagonizing people in the comment section and answer your own questions by looking up more videos.
@@HarryNicNicholas A thousand years with the Lord is as one day, and one day as a thousand years. By that calculation he hasn't been gone very long. REPENT! For the kingdom of God is at hand!
@@trembleatthyword Amen.
@@HarryNicNicholas You should be thankfull he didnt come yet, it means you still have time to repent and accept Jesus before its too late, and thhe time is short for he is coming soon. the time of God is not the same as our prespective of time. He even delays for the maximum number of people to be saved before he comes out of grace. And the question you are doing even in the bible people did the same question and the answer is in the bible just look it up istead of trying to find fault with people, all you come here for is to debate not to look for truth, if you wanted truth you would look for it by typing in google the question, but you dont do it because you dont want the answer, for it is not convinient for you, just like how we give reasons for the killing of the cananites, if you are interested read the book by Paul Copan "IS God a Moral Monster" and you will get the answers. this meaning is if that is what you realy want.. God loves you and may GOd bless you
Hit the like button. One way to support the movement doesn't cost any money. Cliffe and stuart never ask us for money lets hit the like button
Zambian living in China, Doing the work of God here is not easy requires Gods Grace, by the way the girl putting on a green scarf is putting on a Zambian green scarf. Love your content by the way.
There is definitely one right way to interpret the Bible. We just may never know all of it because of our humanity and limitations. However, God made it sure that the Bible is clear in the most important teachings such as Salvation and the Attributes of God and the person and works of Jesus Christ.
HOW did you come to conclude that this god you've mentioned exists?
@@theoskeptomai2535
How did you come to conclude that naturalism is or even could be true? My investigation led me to the God of the Bible as the best possible explanation, based upon known laws of physics, empirical observation, and the human experience. _Can you give me something, anything, some sort of starting point/point of reference?_
@@jessebryant9233 😁
@@jessebryant9233 Define what you mean by 'naturalism'.
@@jessebryant9233 This god you've mention is the best explanation for _what exactly?_
Usually there's a conclusion on the end. Still a good session as usual. But I look forward to those.
The world has really misled and misdirect the truth of the word of God. So many people confused and distraughted by what they have to know, to what they do know. This kind of contribution breaks down that wall of doubt and talking about it through truth, compassion and understanding, really allows for God to work. Amen 🙏
How does the world mislead or misdirect anything? Do you mean _persons?_
@@theoskeptomai2535 wow I just got done talking to a Muslim. He said that Jesus lied to God and God took him to the cross as punishment lol. That's N example now
I love you Cliffe! You have helped me so much! I can't say I agree with some of your theology as I hold a reformed understanding but I appreciate your passion for Christ! God has truly shown much grace on you!
I am of quite a traditional conservative faith. I enjoy most of what Cliffe teaches, but he is wrong about evolution, the age of the earth and a few theological viewpoints, but we are all limited in truth.
@@godislove363 What do you propose is the age of our Earth?
HOW did you come to conclude that this god you've mentioned exists?
@@theoskeptomai2535 6000 years or so.
@@godislove363 And how did you determine this age? What data did you analyze to reach that age?
4:10 A very good insight. We should engage in our prayers and grow in our love of God. Only through struggle do we grow. One of Cliff's best interactions.
Grace and Peace to you. Cliffe is one of the few people I've heard who understands Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
I have told others for yesrs.
And what is "Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit"? Can you provide an example?
@@theoskeptomai2535 Grace and Peace to you. Did you watch the video? Cliffe explained it.
I'd be happy to discuss it further via Telegram. You can find the link in the About section of my TH-cam page.
I told theo, he will mess with you
@@godislove363 Theo may be sincere, but just in case, I use Telegram to judge how serious people are about productive conversation. I'm beyond the days of writing thousands of characters on TH-cam in seemingly endless conversations.
Only serious people will engage me on Telegram.
God is real.
i hope everyone has a good weekend :)
You too.
You too, God bless!
I actually am! And I'm praying that God would reveal himself to you in ways you didn't expect!
@@CrucifiedinChrist i appreciate that a lot, thank you very much.
Thanks Toby, you too.
Excellent stuff.....Love from Northern Ireland and support is traveling a long distance with no problem.
In our walk with God we obtain confidence faith and strength if we elect to trust God no matter what. This is what Job did. And God eventually put him back on top. It was miraculous.
no it was god and satan playing silly buggers with someones life, ruined his life for a bet basically.
Harry loves deceit.
The debate about the Earth age, I wanna hear cliff go in deeper on that.
Thought for the day;
Don't go near the Tabernacle!
For the LORD had said to Moses, ‘Exempt the tribe of Levi from the census; do not include them when you count the rest of the Israelites. You must put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, along with its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and its equipment as you travel, and they must care for it and camp around it. Whenever the Tabernacle is moved, the Levites will take it down and set it up again. Anyone else who goes too near the Tabernacle will be executed.’ (Numbers 1:48-51)
I learn so much. Very educational
really? like what?
Someone should make a 24/7 stream of these with live chat. Would love to have a live chat with others about these topics.
It's a good idea but the atheists were taking over so badly you'd be surprised what would happen.
Live chat with everyone talking at once? I think the comments section is far more productive (when you have an honest questioner) than the endlessly scrolling chats that occur during live streams.
@@jessebryant9233 correct and as I said the easiest would definitely take it over and be like coup.
@@godislove363 cliffe is a lunatic, he's talking gibberish most of the time, forget that the bible and christianity are total nonsense, him and his son should be in an asylum they talk such twaddle.
@@godislove363 atheists are 6% of the population, a tiny minority, the reason you see us as a threat is because people are no longer going to church, and they are quitting church because of the knetche types, not because of atheists, religions are stupid, they will fade away, bastet was worshipped for a thoussand years, i bet you've never heard of her, religion is being seen for what it is, rubbish, useless rubbish. the entire planet was secular for hundreds of thousands of years before religion was INVENTED, everyone on the planet was "atheist".
and kids can see cos it's clear as clear that god does NOTHING, followers of the christian mythology as no better than atheists, in fact the highest populations of religious people are in prison, the lowest are the scanda countries.
religion has had it. this guy is helping it along.
When you you want to shere the Gaspel to someone, first thing is to pray and ask Him to give you wisdom to understand what He want to say through that verses and after that you will not have your interpretation but you will have wisdom from God how to speak to a person about God.
Lol talk about making the bible say what you WANT it to. I think its this ability that enables you deluded theists to accept this garbage.
Why is it so hard to believe the earth is 6000 years old?? There is SO MUCH scientific evidence for this
You are right, but Satan does not want the truth understood because then he and prople would have to recognise Chtist as Creator.
Are you being sarcastic by chance?
@@godislove363 How did you come to conclude that this Satan exists? What methodologies did you employ to reach your conclusion?
@@godislove363 Look who is _actually_ avoiding questions.
@@theoskeptomai2535 it's nice to tell me hit the like button for you but that doesn't change the fact that you are honest goodbye.
Thank you!
Dose cliffs recommend any books on philosophy that he uses to Segway into our Christian world view?
I wish I knew
That’s a great question, I too would like to know. In his videos I’ve caught a few that he brings up (not just about Christianity): Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and I’ve notice his points parallel Mere Christianity by CS Lewis.
No! Thinking and philosophy are the enemies of religion. Philosophy would destroy the illusion of a celestial wizard in no time. Theology is invented to preserve all what you so dearly wish to believe with an air of intellectualism. So, for your own peace of mind, stick with theology or you will face a hard time to continue to believe in your imaginary BFF
:)
@@walterdaems57 well actually Stuart Nextel has read and studied a lot about Rollo May, sigmund frued, even Francis Collins , and look at Frank Turek goes in depth why Charles Darwin got evolution wrong it’s pretty cool stuff you should check it out sometime you’ll learn some amazing stuff !
@@ramelbrooks2316 I have better things to do than questioning the fact of evolution. And your dear Frank Turek is shred to pieces in every serious debate regarding that matter time and time again. Besides, let’s cut the cake here. Once you submit to one of the, at present approximately 4.300 belief systems, all thinking and rationality fly’s out of the window. Believing is the enemy of truth searching and you can’t have both.
Happy Sabbath To all.
Israelites were supposed to be a peculiar people set apart. The laws about cutting the sides of your head and tattoos is largely because of the idolatry occurring around them and God’s command not to pursue idolatry.
HOW did you come to conclude that this god you've mentioned exists?
@@theoskeptomai2535
Who?
@@theoskeptomai2535
How did you come to the conclusion that naturalism is possible?
@@jessebryant9233 Define what you mean by naturalism.
@@thomasb4467 You mentioned a god in your original comment. I am asking HOW did you come to conclude that this god you've mentioned exists?
Often said:
1+1+1= 3. So how is God one?
1x1x1= 1 God.
The analogy of 1+1+1 is incorrect.
The Holy Spirit helps you interpret scripture.
John 16:13
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
“However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.”
HOW did you come to conclude this holy spirit exists? Have you observed this spirit?
@@theoskeptomai2535 Yes
@@NewCreationInChrist896 How did you detect this spirit?
@@theoskeptomai2535 Accept Christ and you'll find out. You will also encounter other spirits.
@@NewCreationInChrist896 You avoided my question. HOW did you detect this spirit? What sensory perception did you employ to observe this spirit?
Wow! One hour and I count 2 of the resident trolls already! (If you don't know already, they are Bonnie43uk and Jason Noble. Just a head-up. Engage 'em at your own discretion.)
I am conversing with Jason now.
@@godislove363
You poor soul.
@@GraftedOliveBranch we he brought up the unconstrained freewill philosophy again.
@@godislove363
Not surprising. What is with these people?. It's always the same old questions about the same old topics... I've jumped off that merry-go-round (for the most part). They are like dogs chasing their tails.
@@GraftedOliveBranch you are right but new people on here can be lied to or misled from athiest magicians.
KJV Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
KJV Ecclesiastes 3:11
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
You are lost bro. Sad 😥
@@edluckenbill8363 actually I am not only found, I am saved, I am loved. You will know soon.
@@edluckenbill8363
Lost? What do you mean by that?
Most of these kids would rather believe in aliens and eat junk food.
And the Big Bang theory
Most of these kids are vegans.
They all seemed interested in hearing everything to me. They're good kids interested in learning.
Pretty judgemental of you
It's true, genealogies weren't exhaustive. They focused on prominent people.
Cringy when kids take the moral highground against the Almighty.
Yes and this vid is years ago, it is much worse today as the Bible predicted.
@Zed Kenny how?
@Zed Kenny no it's not not at all but I figured I'd ask her something thank you for everything is for proof or examples of something.
@cake fart
Being human isn't wrong... But being a fool, a liar, a troll, and posting comments you have to know are just ignorant for the purpose of wasting other people's time, is. _So Gas Man, do you believe that wright and wrong are objective realities?_
@cake fart
Fair enough. Now, regarding the question I asked you... _Do you believe that right and wrong are objective realities?_
Both great questioners! For the most part very good questions and they LISTEN :)
Jesus reveals to us who YHWH Lord really is... God is love.. (1John 4:8)
Eg., 1Samual 15:3 is a story by the Israelites not an order by YHWH Lord except for the Ten Commandments.
Jesus also reveals what love really is, to really want the best for another. Many times the best for someone isn’t easy and might take work, sacrifice, charity, and being zealous for good works.
I left a comment hours ago, but youtube did it's usual chop job.
HOW did you come to conclude this Jesus ever existed?
Jesus responds to me with miracles in my own life. When I act on his teachings they demonstrate their effectiveness, accuracy, and power.
@@gustavmahler1466 What are the miracles of Buddhism?
I love this channel and Cliff but it keeps cutting when it's getting good 😤
sad how ignorant kids are today. . failure on the parents part.. theses are fundamental questions that should have been answered to him before the age of 10..
Are you willing to answer some fundamental questions? I have several.
@@theoskeptomai2535 I'll try I guess. Hit me.
@@theoskeptomai2535
I often ask you about the 3 core doctrines of your naturalistic faith. You never answer...
Hey Chad I see the fundamentalist trolls on your Trail have a fun day with him.
@@jessebryant9233 When and/or where did I mention that I hold to a "naturalistic faith" or mention any of these supposed "3 core doctrines"?
Cliffe is indeed an amazing man of God. One thing I have to disagree, is that the bible clearly states that the earth is several thousand years old.
May Jesus bless you and your loved ones.
Cliffe presupposes a lot about this god without any evidence
There is plenty of evidence, you never want evidence.
@@godislove363 Just present the evidence then
@@colinmatts Hi colin, do you think God could heal someone with an incurable ailment such as severe dementia?, I've been asking a lot of Christians this question recently, I've had virtually no credible responses, surely a devout Christian suffering with that terrible disease would be a prime candidate for such a healing would you not think?
@@colinmatts like I see the time in a few others all the time we've been down this road in the past I presented evidence others have as well and it just gets ignored I'm not repeating myself again and again.
@@bonnie43uk If god exists and he is all powerful, then he should be able to cure dementia. But, as far as I'm aware, no one has ever been cured of that illness. However, scientists are making breakthroughs in developing drugs to battle dementia. I imagine they'll get there before god does
The Trinity is a tough concept to grasp, and explain for most people including Christians.
God being One doesn't have to mean only 1 numerically. There's examples in scripture of One being used as 1 in agreement. The Son and the Holy Spirit always in agreement with the Father.
How do you get 1/One God from 3 persons? God is Spirit, Jesus was Spirit before he became flesh, and the Holy Spirit. All Spirit. We can only try to conceptualize what it means to be Spirit.
I think of God being spirit as some sort of divine essence as a way to wrap my mind around it. If I visualize that essence as a cloud and then I picture 3 different, unique pillars of cloud sticking out of the main cloud, it helps me understand that while all 3 pillars are separate and unique of each other, they are all still made up of the same cloud or essence.
They are all One in God essence, but the Father is the source. His Son, Jesus is made up that same God essence, and has always existed with the Father.
All 3 being One in Spirit/Essence, in Relationship, and in Agreement.
you have what seems like a choice, drink tea, drink coffee, or drink both tea and coffee, best of three.
in fact though there is only one action you can take, drink the tea - but then you aren't drinking
coffee and it's not possible to drink tea AND coffee, so although it felt like you had a choice, there
is only ONE ACTION you can take. so there is NO CHOICE, only the single action, the one path through time.
there is no free will.
You are acting moronic nor do you have any understanding of free will, in fact you are using freewill right now typing as you are. Your paragraph is gibberish.
I would love to see the debate you had with Bart Erhman. I’m from NC. Do you happen to have a video?
I like the first guy, he knows what are his issues with Christianity. I hoped Cliffe could have addressed the question of the unjust, hating and wrathful God of the Old Testament vs. the loving God in the NT decisively. In a lot of conversation in the Bible, questions and statements of God like what he said to Moses, "Leave me alone..." is to test Moses character and solicit godly response from him to be merciful. The same thing he did when he said to Abraham that he is going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. A sovereign God exercises justice and mercy whenever he chooses. But he never exercises injustice. Basic to the Bible's teaching is that all men, including babies, are sinners. Hence, if God destroys mankind, he exercises justice not injustice. For the wages of sin is death. In fact, he did actually that when he sent the great flood in Noah's time. When Noah was spared, the Bible was clear, Noah found favor = grace (unmerited favor) with God. It was not because deserves or merits it because he was righteous and blameless since these terms were also used to Job, Zechariah and Elizabeth and used by Paul to himself.
As to infallibility, it is a difficult term but not necessarily the same as inerrancy. I wonder why Cliffe would not believe that. Conservatives would generally agree in Biblical infallibility which is the belief that what the Bible says regarding matters of faith and Christian practice is wholly useful and true. It is the "belief that the Bible is completely trustworthy as a guide to salvation and the life of faith and will not fail to accomplish its purpose."
Revelation 3:8
I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
KJV John 10:1-18
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
But any prophet who claims to give a message from another god or who falsely claims to speak for me must die.’ You may wonder, ‘How will we know whether the prophecy is from the LORD or not?’ If the prophet predicts something in the LORD’s name and it does not happen, the LORD did not give the message. That prophet has spoken on his own and need not be feared. (Deuteronomy 18:20-22 NLT)
Same God of the OT of the NT. The reason why in the minds of many like this gentleman confuses the God of Old and New is because he doesn’t know the OT is covering thousands of years so there is a lot of judgment going on, while the NT is only covering about 62 years.
Why there is forgiveness now? Compared to the God of the OT? Because of Jesus!!! HalleluYAH!! We’ve sinned. But it wasn’t like this in the beginning.
This justifies why God forbid the Fruit of Good and Evil in first... people are so confused in choosing good and evil...😬😬😬
I've had similar conversations regarding the age of the earth. I asked in return if Adam was created as an infant or a man. One could also ask the same for the earth. Was it created old?
It was not "created" at all. Its origins lie in natural explanations some 4 billion years ago.
Great discussion. I am greatly concerned that, we as Christians, are not teaching this information in our homes and churches. We teach feelings-based Christianity and when our children go to college, they have no way to weather the storm. There is good evidence for Christianity, enough that it is reasonable to believe in it by faith. The only criticism I have is young verses old creation. There are many young earth scientists, from several scientific fields, that believe there is good scientific evidence for a young earth paradigm. You don't have to be a "fundamentalist" to believe in it. Although if you wish to label me a "fundamentalist" for believing it, I'm ok since I believe in the fundamentals of my faith. God Bless.
Concerning the so-called slaughter of the Cannanites, when we read those passages about wars in the Old Testament we see a consistent use of *'hyperboles'* and statements of *'rhetorical bravado'* not meant to be taken literally, these passages simply signify the absolute military *CONQUEST* and *DISSPOSSESION* of those nations and *NOT* thier absolute "genocide", Ancient Near East cultures had literary devices and idioms that says one thing but means another-just like we do. When someone tells you it is “raining cats and dogs outside,” they don’t mean that animals are falling from the sky. They just mean it is raining hard and we often use words like "annihilate", "decimate" or "massacre" in our day to day conversations, for example: when we say they absolutely "butchered" the opposite team in that game or "X" "totally obliterated" "Y" in that debate it doesn't mean X literally "obliterated" Y or that there's a literal slaughtering of sports players going on, it's just hyperbolic language, we need to understand that just because the text says those things, doesn’t mean they should be taken literally, with idioms and hyperbolic texts to take the words literally is to misread them. These books weren’t written in the modern style of history, they employ a lot of *"battle Idioms"* or *"military hyperboles"* in the warfare accounts just like other contemporary Ancient Near Eastern texts, and i can literally PROVE this with Biblical, Extra-Biblical, Historical and Archeological evidence.
Nooooooo it stopped at the best part
One interpretation I've heard for the trinity is as follows: A peanut butter and jelly sandwich consists of three parts: the bread, the peanut butter, and the jelly. If you have it without the jelly, it's just a peanut butter sandwich. And it goes vise versa. It's the same way with God. He is not God without the Son; and vise versa. One God that reveals himself in three components. I think the God who made everything is more than capable of being a trinity. The trinity being difficult to understand just shows the complexity of God.
Well surprise surprise TH-cam Downing another post of mine. As Bonagino calls them, they are screwtube.
I can't help but notice that when a student asks a good question, Cliffe will step back and side step the question by defining an aspect of the terminology without answering the question. Cliffe is better prepared and more experienced than these students, they are stepping into a lion's den by debating him.
Hi Cliffe,
I remember you stating and eluding to the fact that Genesis is Hebrew poetry. I am really interested in understanding this interpretation more, especially since I grapple with the idea the Earth is literally 10,000 years old. What books have you read in regard to this? Thank you! God bless you!
Just one thing is wrong about theologically and scientifically the Earth is a young Earth it is not Millions upon millions of years old.
How did you determine the Earth is 10,000 years old?
@@gustavmahler1466 as far as the exact specifics no one knows 100% For Sure, but you are right I believe in a young earth probably around 6,000 years or so period.
Why do you 'grapple' with that and why is the age of the earth so important to you? Most likely the books he's read are by... Hugh Ross. Whatever you do, be sure to example the arguments from BOTH sides.
@@theoskeptomai2535
Why do you believe the earth is whatever age you do and why do you think that matters?
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Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Luke 14:20
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
1 Corinthians 11:13
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
Luke 19:23
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
KJV
‘There is a bunch of examples that I can’t think of right now’ basically means I know I am talking nonsense but I have no accountability. How there be a bunch of examples but you can’t remember one? Either, they are not as plentiful as you think or he is exaggerating.
One day my young child was not feeding his puppy. I told him “no problem I will just kill it.” I went to get the knife and he jumped up “no! I will feed him” I said “daddy was not going to hurt your puppy honey, but see how you jumped up to feed him? That puppy is your responsibility. If you do not feed it the puppy suffers hunger. You don’t want to be hungry and neither does he.” God was never going to kill the children of Israel. Moses learned how much they meant to Moses though when God gave him the chance to plead for them.
The story about Moses intervening is a story to display the power of prayer. Is a people deserve death it’s not God killing at a whim. It’s someone that jade a relationship with God pleading and God answering
I am a former Christian that has many questions. Is there a way we can video chat. Not a debate or yelling contest. Just a simple conversation.
Have you heard of "Pinecreek" Asap? .. I came across his channel a while back, he has lots of really honest and laid back chats with Christians that are well worth listening to. .. very simple conversations, .. I've never seen any of them turn into yelling and insults.
I disagree with Cliffe; I find no issue with God commanding the Israelites to "drive out," the Canaanites. The tribes of Canaan were graceful given centuries to turn away from their idolatry, demon worship, degeneracy and child sacrifice and they didn't. They were judged righteously by God and God gave His chosen people their land as a gift for their faith and fidelity.
Nobody is vaping gotta be an old one
Well supported Cliffe. Bart Ehrman was hurt by fake Christianity as a child and is now railing against fake Christianity because of his pain.
To the man asking the question..
If there is a bad apple in the basket, you throw it away. Because it will affect the lot.
If those people were let to be rebellious.. for example the group that was eaten by the ground they could contaminate the line of the Saviour. Then we wont have a Saviour.
So God would rather them gone than to jeopardise the next generations and we all go to hell.
Also God owned up to the killing deed but it wasnt Him. He owned up to the deed because He was the one who delivered them to satan and withheld His protection so satan caused them get swallowed up by the ground. You have to know that satan is always ready to harm people… when they sin, he gets a claim on people and causes harm.
KJV John 13:1-17
1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
I’m hoping someone will attempt to answer the following question. It’s in good faith as I’m genuinely interested.
I’ve heard Kliff loads of times talk about the purpose life, he says without god there’s no purpose or meaning to our existence, so how does the existence of a god in anyway give us purpose and meaning? I look forward to hearing what you’ve got to say. 👍🏼
You asked 2 separate q's. Without God all either really is meaningless because all is relative. We are all just a higher animal. Also morality would have no meaning because everyone makes themselves a God and set their own rules and if they catch their own rules and everyone chooses to the same and it's really no set standard to go buy no objective values morals or standards to live by.
Great question Doug, as a non believer ( I'm not sure whether you are or not btw) , but from my perspective, I see no credible evidence of a God, and yet, my life is brim full of purpose and meaning. We make our own meaning and purpose in life. When you were a kid on a saturday morning, no school, .. how did you fill your day? ... you hopefully found things to do that you enjoyed doing, playing with your friends, laughing and joking, watching lots of tv, the world was your oyster, you made your own meaning and purpose in life.
But even when you did have school from Monday to Friday, you still had meaning and purpose, to learn things and to socialize with other kids. We don't need a God to ensure we have meaning and purpose in life as best as I can see. It's a great question though.
If you were to ask a child what his/her meaning and purpose in life is, I'm pretty sure they would struggle to give a good answer. It's not something we generally ask ourselves, we're too busy getting on with life itself😊
@@godislove363 Nonsense Jacob, we learn our morals from our parents and society, virtually every child in the world, regardless of culture/religion/or whatever will be raised to know what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. A Hindu child will be just as moral as a Christian Child, it's something that parents of ALL cultures and religions pass down to their children. Of course, there are some parents who do not do a good job of teaching their children decent moral behavior, it will be those children who may well turn out to be lacking in moral behavior.
My niece has 3 young children under the age of 6, my niece is an atheist, she has no belief in God, yet her children are all aware of what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. They have no concept of God, yet they've all been raised to know right from wrong.
I will wait for your reply. GOD Bless You.
Cliffe is obviously wrong about his position. I left Christianity 35 years ago after recognizing that I had no good reason to continue acknowledge the existence of Jesus. I have enjoy both purpose and meaning in my life.
Children inherit the blessings of their parents with the curses of their parents you can't pick and choose one or the other.
But it's what we make with those or choose to do with those is what matters and we have Grace from God but we also can refuse that Grace.
This video completely convinced me that you Cliffe don't understand the Bible.. Paul tells us that once we are saved we are always saved.. and to tell people that they can only be forgiven so many times is wrong... They had to sacrifice animals for the forgiveness of sins, in the old testament. God was the first to sacrifice animals to cloth Adam and Eve.
On the last video I saw you say that you can't prove that the Bible is the word of God.. well the Bible says it's the word of God.. so if I I'm Christian, I have to believe what the Bible tells me..
And their is only one way to read the Bible.
You have to put scripture with the intended people it was for.. the old testament is for the Jews only. Christ Himself says that He is there for the house of Israel only.. He tells his disciples to NOT go to the gentiles..
Gentiles don't come into the picture until chapter 8,9 in the book of Acts....
So tell me Cliffe, how do I get saved?
Well he also also mentions how you have to ask for forgiveness but you don’t! What you have to do is believe in Christ truly believe and yes when you do that you are accepting the fact that God has already forgiven us!
You should have never said innocent people will be swept away in that group because there is not one who is good not one who is righteous.
Exempt the babies but they will go right to heaven most likely
read the book of Jonah,
Matthew 6:9-15 & 12:31-32,
The Levitical dietary laws were not done away with. If the arguement of clean and not calling something unclean the things told not to call unclean were the clean things. They still never considered the original unclean foods as food. In essence do not turn your nose up to beef with the standpoint that ot is unclean.
What is called "death" by Man is the separation of spirit from flesh which is already contrary to one another. Flesh returns to the earth from where it came, and spirit returns to spirit from where it came.
For virtuous spirits;
The humble spirit returns to the spirit of humility.
The truthful spirit returns to the spirit of truth.
The grateful spirit returns to the spirit of gratitude.
The obedient spirit returns to the spirit of obedience.
and so on...
For vicious spirits, they return to the vicious spirits from where they came.
The proud spirit returns to the spirit of pride.
The lying spirit returns to the spirit of lies.
The wanting spirit returns to the spirit of wanting.
The disobedient spirit returns to the spirit of disobedience.
and so on...
The true death is flesh over spirit. Man who thinks they are not but flesh, the flesh as spirit remains with the flesh and is torn apart for all time as it is integrated back into the soil which is worked by the hand of Man.
The dead do not work, nor do the dead eat. The dead are worked and the dead are eaten.
God is Spirit. God is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living.
Hello. I am an atheist. I define atheism as suspending any acknowledgement as to the existence of gods until sufficient credible evidence can be presented. My position is that *_I have no good reason to acknowledge the existence of gods._*
And here is the evidence as to why I currently hold to such a position.
1. I personally have never observed a god.
2. I have never encountered a person whom has claimed to have observed a god.
3. I know of no accounts of persons claiming to have observed a god that were willing or able to demonstrate or verify their observation for authenticity, accuracy, or validity.
4. I have never been presented a valid logical argument which also employed sound premises that lead deductively to a conclusion that a god(s) exists.
5. Of the 46 logical syllogisms I have encountered arguing for the existence of a god(s), I have found all to contain multiple fallacious or unsubstantiated premises.
6. I have never observed a phenomenon in which the existence of a god was a necessary antecedent for the known or probable explanation for the causation of that phenomenon.
7. Several proposed (and generally accepted) explanations for observable phenomena that were previously based on the agency of a god(s), have subsequently been replaced with rational, natural explanations, each substantiated with evidence that excluded the agency of a god(s). I have never encountered _vice versa._
8. I have never experienced the presence of a god through intercession of angels, divine revelation, the miraculous act of divinity, or any occurrence of a supernatural event.
9. Every phenomenon that I have ever observed has *_emerged_* from necessary and sufficient antecedents over time without exception. In other words, I have never observed a phenomenon (entity, process, object, event, process, substance, system, or being) that was created _ex nihilo_ - that is instantaneously came into existence by the solitary volition of a deity.
10. All claims of a supernatural or divine nature that I have encountered have either been refuted to my satisfaction, or do not present as falsifiable.
ALL of these facts lead me to the only rational conclusion that concurs with the realities I have been presented - and that is the fact that there is *_no good reason_* for me to acknowledge the existence of a god.
I have heard often that atheism is the denial of the Abrahamic god. But denial is the active rejection of a substantiated fact once credible evidence has been presented. Atheism is simply withholding any acknowledgement until sufficient credible evidence is introduced. *_It is natural, rational, and prudent to be skeptical of unsubstatiated claims, especially extraordinary ones._*
I welcome any cordial response. Peace.
God gave His Law, and no social development can eliminate/change God's Law over time in the world! God's character is the same forever! On the other hand, people are resourceful geniuses when it comes to legalizing sin and emphasizing their own corrupt will, arranging loopholes in the law, etc. ✝
2:13 Vector from “Despicable Me” center screen lol had to say it
Cliff is my spiritual advisor.
me. An earthly man yes, but the Holy Spirit is the True Guide.
Try listening to pastor Gino Jennings
Idk I think the earth is probably really young
Before Cliffe was born he did not exist.
After Cliffe dies he will cease to exist.
So make your life a happy one while you have it.
Nope sorry not true, if Chris has truly given his heart of Christ and his walking in working with price and one day after he dies or is he alive when Christ comes then he will meet him in the air and go to heaven so nope sorry.
@@godislove363 So if you believe, then you can survive the death of your body? I don't think so.
You are your body and when your body dies that's the end of you, no matter what you believe.
@@JamesRichardWiley can you have a religion where you believe you came from basically nothing or just matter if there is no Creator and that's your choice to believe that's your free will but when the truth is shown it'll be too late for you. Have a good day.
On Abraham debating God, the author is using a literal resource by adjusting God to human characteristics like God hear , walk, stretch his hands etc.. by Abraham saying before God destroyed the city.. is there 1 righteousness will you not destroy ? That’s using the author view of the problem and Abraham did not change Gods mind per say cause there is none righteous
God doesnt judge today, by diseases calamities..He gave all that judgment to Jesus. Jesus bore it all. God only wants goodness for us because of what Jesus has done. No more punishments. But His law of sowing and reaping still applies. Sometimes it might be mistaken as God’s punishment but in Truth, we are reaping what we have sown. For example: overeating hence obesity and heart disease.
God’s judgment and punishment is for later, for those who rejected His mercy (Jesus).
what year was this recorded? 1992?
This goes back to Genesis 6. Cliffe needs to explain that. He ordered the death of abominations. The last remaining giant clans. The nephilim descendants. Beings that were NEVER supposed to be here to begin with. They were abominations. They were not “innocent people” , not in any way. They were the descendants of the children of literal fallen angels. THAT was what the conquest was about. God turned the land of his enemies-the literal children of other Elohim-into his throne. It was poetic justice. The children of the true God against the children of the other gods…. Every ancient religion, all these old pantheons of “gods” are all the same beings. The same fallen angels of Genesis 6. Egypt and Mesopotamia bought into it, they were deceived into worshipping them. The Hebrews saw who they truly were because they listened to God. 1 Enoch explains it in detail. The sin of the watchers. All of it goes back to that. The 6 fingered, elongated skulled, red-headed giants. Exactly like Goliath was. That town of Gath was probably the final remaining nephilim stronghold. The acts of God in the Old Testament WERE moral. They were not the children of innocents. They were literal abominations that the Holy Spirit could not reside within. I don’t think Cliffe even understands all of this. Or he would’ve brought it up. Because it’s the answer…. This was common knowledge to a 1st century Israelite. People can say Enoch “doesn’t belong” all they want but the New Testament writers LITERALLY quote directly from 1 Enoch. Like I said, it was common knowledge back then.
Also, yes Cliffe, you CAN prove it’s the word of God. With proven prophecy…. which is all over the place. Take one look at psalm 22. And understand that was written in King David’s time. 1,000 years before Christ was ever born, and over 700 years before crucifixion was even in use by the Romans.
To deny God one must first know him ☝🏻
How does one "deny God"? What does that phrase mean?
@@theoskeptomai2535 deny =
1: To declare untrue; assert to be false.
2: To refuse to believe; reject.
3: To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow.
But how when you don't know what it is?
@@svmarshmallow8399 I know what the term deny means. I asked you what you mean to "deny God"? Do you mean to deny _the claim_ that a god exists?
@@theoskeptomai2535 nope god himself, the great creator of everything, the very essence of life ☝🏻
@@svmarshmallow8399 How did you determine this god exists? What methodologies did you employ to determine its existence?
SIN is like cancer it has to be cut off ..
God had to protect the blood 🩸 line to Mary
I hope i havent played too many games with the Holy Spirit. please pray for me
@@simbalantana4572 Thank you so much. And I have been!
Dude in the center at 3min inspecting his shies is hilarious.
Hey Cliffe!, debate Kent Hovind on your claim that the earth is more than 6k years old. I’d pay to see that debate!
BTW, thanks for all you do. You feed this sheep 🐑 for real! 😌
It would be a waste of time to debate Hovind. Hovind twists science to fit his theology like a flim flam man. He makes Christians look like idiots.
@@glennsimonsen8421 I think the earth is probably only 7000 years old, makes the most sense to me
The canaanites were nephilim, descendant from fallen angels, an impure bloodline
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This is my church now
Great, but eventually you need other believers to pray and work together with.