Welcome, this 35th atheism to Christianity testimony features Pastor Nate Sala. Nate Sala has a influential ministry on TH-cam(and outside youtube..) known as Wise Disciple. The full one hour interview with Dr. Jana Harmon of CS Lewis institute can be found here: th-cam.com/video/swqsSRFhb-0/w-d-xo.html
Please pray. Uncle Bruce has rejected Jesus all his life despite his entire family and me- his brother’s wife are all born again. He was diagnosed with stage 4 turbo cancer of the prostate and his time to let Jesus pay fro his sins for him is getting shorter every day he draws breath in this coming end for him. We seek the Holy Spirit to do something, but it is also true that the God of the Bible allows man to reject him. And at a terrible cost for Unrepentant Evil. But maybe Grace can still be effective and extended, if he would say Yes to the Messiah
I worked as a paramedic for over 30yrs and have seen hundreds of people die from the unborn people to people over 100yo and die from many different conditions. Every good or bad person alive I've ever met has a soul/spirit. But when one dies and are laying there motionless, not breathing and pulseless. It just becomes a lifeless body as it now has no soul/spirit. Maybe its my sunday school upbringing and understanding life after death as well, but you can just tell they are gone. When my father passed away, he was just gone. His body was there, but his spirit/soul werent. I cant help believe the soul/spirit just disappear. They had to go somewhere. If ones life, soul and spirit end when you die, then its a wasted life, a pointless life. This life we are here to learn. The most important thing is to do the will of God and believe in Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. John 6 : 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
Hi .i am a recently retired RN in Australia and can totally identify with what you’re saying about your experience. I used to think exactly the same but it was more of a ‘hope’ than to accept there was no life after death At that time I didn’t understand the full significance of Jesus emphatic teaching on the resurrection of the dead. Think about the resurrection of Jesus good friend Lazarus He deliberately allowed three days before he returned to resurrect him so there was no question about his actual death. If the teaching of ‘the immortal soul’ is true, Lazarus as a friend of Jesus would’ve gone immediately to heaven. Then Jesus returns to the town and resurrects him. This would mean that Jesus was very cruel to force Lazarus out of heaven back down to an earth of sin and suffering where he would have to experience death for a second time. Does this make sense to you? No Lazarus was really ‘dead’, unconscious and non existent and the resurrection was his ONLY hope of being restored to life again. As God stated to Adam, if he disobeyed Him he would ‘go back to the dust’ from where he came. NO mention of living on via an ‘immortal soul’. Where was Adam before he was created? Non existent and that’s where he returned. If you research the original meaning of the soul, ie ‘Ne’phesh’ in Hebrew Scriptures and and ‘Psy-khe’ in the Greek you will find that the ‘soul’ is described as eating, being kidnapped, grieving, DYING and generally doing all the things that humans experience . The same word for soul is applied TO ANIMALS. If it means an invisible immortal part of humans and animals this would mean that animals also go to ‘heaven or hell’ when they die! When Satan contradicted God telling Eve that she would ‘NOT die’ shortly after God had told them that they WOULD die he called God a liar and told THE FIRST LIE EVER TOLD. Jesus called Satan ‘the father ( or the originator) of the lie’ as this was his first and most deceitful lie that is still perpetuated to this day., This doctrinal lie was adopted by the early Catholic Church and spread through the ages to all churches claiming to be Christian. It is a Satanic lie that contradicts Jesus clear teaching of the resurrection of the dead that he deliberately demonstrated many times when he was here in earth. After all if a persons destiny is either heaven or ‘hell’ after death they are then there forever so WHAT IS FHE POINT OF THE RESURRECTION? They don’t need one ! No, the resurrection, not the lying teaching of Satan is the ONLY hope for the dead according to Jesus and the Bible. For the vast majority of humans this resurrection will take place on a restored paradise earth brought back to its original condition by Gods Kingdom Government soon to completely take over this Satanic world. This is one of the main reasons why Jesus resurrected people back to their human bodies on earth, ie to demonstrate what he will do on a major scale for human beings during his 1000 year reign The only humans resurrected to immortal spirit bodies in heaven will be for a specific purpose, ie to rule with Christ over the earth making up that heavenly government. How many people make up a government on earth , the minority or the majority? No it’s a minority RULING OVER the majority, It’s the same for Gods Kingdom ( a ‘King’ over a ‘Dom-ain’) ie the earth will be the ‘domain’ of Jesus and his associate ‘kings
Exactly. A soul is a living being(Genesis 2:7 KJV). The soul that sinneth shall die (Ezekiel 18:20 KJV). Every living soul died in the sea (Revelation 16:3 KJV).
I had a similar experience ….. of being wrapped in the presence of absolute love, comfort, and peace. You clearly know that God is real and He hears you.
Your sharing is so honest and genuine. At that moment of healing the Holy Spirit reached your True Self, which is spirit and so, made in the image and likeness of your Creator
I love Pastor Nate Sala's channel and have learned a lot through it. I'm also grateful for his testimony here. The part about becoming a skeptic and beginning to research is much like mine after I had a dream and image in my Facebook news feed a few days later that matched it, together with Jesus' words about Hell, eventually let me know that it was God Himself who told me I'd chosen the path to Hell (as a new ager). Details on on my channel under the slideshow containing an image of an escalator with down leading to fire. At first I did not know the meaning of the dream and image of an escalator with down leading to fire, but both concerned me, and my experience with the new age including psychic contributed to me knowing with certainty that someone/something was trying to get my attention and send me a message. God also told me to get a Bible, but I had a huge amount of resistance around believing it so had to do a substantial amount of research to convince myself that it was trustworthy. I read Jesus' words about Hell fire only after I'd mostly come to trust the Bible. And after reading them, I suddenly knew that it was the God of the Bible who had given me the dream and image in my Facebook news feed.
You guys are missionaries! "TAH DAH!" and the You Tube audience is your mission field.. congratulations! You are fulfilling the prophecy: "--GREATER THINGS THAN THIS, shall you do, in My Name --" respectfully and Gratefully yours Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA États Unis
A great book for those doubting Christianity is "Evidence that demands a verdict" by Josh McDowell. He was an atheist who was challenged by Christians to objectively and thoroughly research the Bible, the resurrection, and the divinity of Christ. The book is his documented notes. Many other books are equally good.
"It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart." When the existential crisis hits, you will have a chance to contemplate about life and make decision. WLC talked about the threat of non-being in his book.
We have the writing of the disciples of the Apostles and the disciples of those disciples, and they not only quote much of the New Testament, but all the core idea of Christianty are present. Jesus being God, the Son of God, dying for sins, burial, resurrection, ascension to heaven. We also have writing of Jewish and Pagan contemporary historians who were hostile towards Jesus, who say the sa me things : Jesus being worshipped as God, the Son of God, dying for on the cross, burial, resurrection. The archeology matches the Bible perfectly all the way from Genesis through the New Testament. It's mainly because of the archeology, "friendly" writers, and "hostile" writers mentioned above that the Jesus Seminar, who are PhD level ashiest/agnostics who study Christ and the Bible, concluded that Jesus really lived in Judea 2,000 years ago, was known as a miracle workers, died on the cross under Pilate, and that his disciples really believed they had seen him risen from the dead. The fact that there are contradictions between manuscripts is often sited as proof against trusting scripture, when it actually does the opposite. The fact that there are so many manuscripts makes it easy to tell when someone changed one, and modern Bibles are transparent about any differences in the footnotes. Over 5,000 manuscripts in the original Greek and 20,000 in other lanuages. None of those differences found between manuscripts change anything about any core doctrines of Christianity, they are mainly a handwriting error on a letter or a different way to word something that means the same thing. There is 99.5% accuracy between the manuscripts according to scholars. There is also all the undisigned coincidence between not only the four Gospels, but the rest of the New and Old Testaments too. Matthew 2:22 talks about Joseph not wanting to return to Judea after fleeing to Egypt because Archelaus was ruling. That's all the info on that the Bible gives. Josephus, the Jewish historian, tells us about the things Archelaus did and how evil he was. Put these two peices of evidence together, we get the full picture. This sort of thing happens through the text with the seemingly useless details matching up perfectly with extra Biblical sources, lending to the credibility of the text. The Apostles willingness to be killed not for saying they believed Jesus had risen, but they knew he had risen, because they saw him. If the tomb wasn't empty, they would've paraded the body around to stomp out any idea of Jesus being ressurrected, but Christianty spread because there was no body in the tomb. If someone stole the body, why were nearly all the Apostles willing to be killed for saying they'd seen Jesus risen? They were thousands of miles away from one another before phones and the internet and were being threaten, tortured, and murdered for their claim. Not one "broke" and said it was a lie to save themselves. It's because of the evidence that I believe in Jesus.
I have lost many family members and friends whom I have tried to persuade to put their faith in Christ Some were saved and some weren't. But I know that Jesus will save those of us who have put our faith in him. If you haven't come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ please don't miss this opportunity. It will be the best decision you have ever made.
I totally understand why some people are atheist. There are a variety of reasons but I have seen too much evidence for a power that cannot be explained by science for me personally to be an atheist. Most of the atheists I've talked to are unwilling to look at the evidence for something they can't explain.
Indeed - - - If you are unwilling to believe in the Creator of Everything; God the Father and His Son; Jesus then you are doomed to be deceived into believing in evolution and ETs (aliens) as our progenitors…. God help us all not to fall victim to this “great deception” in the name of Jesus, Amen! (Psalm 14:1 KJV, Matthew 24:24 KJV, 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 KJV and to avoid deception John 3:16 KJV)
You are absolutely correct. They will give everyone a chance, except Jesus Christ. Someone as well known as the Lord should at least feel some curiosity about the Bible and what it really says, Not what I think it says and, everyone wonders about God. Its only Natural. That feeling is a gift from God.
These next passages are about the Holy Spirit being a separate person from the Father and the Son, and also being God. Matthew 3:16-17 When He had been bapti zed, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. John 15:26-27 But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who pro ceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning. John 16:13-15 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. 2 Samuel 23:2-3 (David calling the Spirit God) “The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘He who rules over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God. Acts 5:3-4 (Peter calling the Spirit God) But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."
Unfortunately I went from Catholic to agnostic to I guess atheist. I want to believe in God. I just have not experienced anything that makes me feel there is. I have the same feelings as him and I have been tortured with impending doom. It’s cost me everything the panic attacks, anxiety, fear and depression.
I was raised in the Catholic faith. In my twenties and thirties I went off into 'spiritual' stuff, success mumbo jumbo, different religious philosophies etc. I went to hear the Dalai Lama speak and it was like he was speaking to me. He said, 'investigate your own religious traditions first'. I opened myself to that and situations just started happening. I am a full faith believer in God through Christ now. Don't give up my friend.
@@mikescollard6499 I don’t believe in anything spiritual. I feel like we’re a cosmic accident. It’s a scary horrible way to think. I’ve lost a lot because of it recently. I even said if I seen anything spiritual I’d be comforted. But nothing
@@JohnG93I created a list called ATHEIST PACK - Science Speaks for people like you. You should know the odds behind how big a cosmic accident you'd need to be to make it possible. And have a little insight - many are the uncomfortable scientific facts - into the bigger picture. On the "experience " thing, you do the believing first. The experience comes later. My experience is mind-blowing to most who know. I'll spare you that. Baby steps. First, the facts, and go from there. I've personally researched every point in that list. Welcome to the journey. Click the face 《《《 to proceed.
Just sincerely and humbly start talking to God. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you. Keep at it .Read your Bible. God will show Himself to you. He loves when we see Him.
Friend, If you have thoughts of self-harm or suicide, you should see a mental health professional immediately. I suspect that leaving the Catholic faith left you open to demonic influence/oppression, because that appears to be what you are describing. Demonic spirits can manipulate human emotions. If that is the case, to be healed of demonic influence/oppression, you may wish to try the Catholic sacrament of reconciliation (confession) which is more powerful than an exorcism. By renewing the practice of your Catholic faith and trusting God about those things you don't understand, you will likely receive in your spirit the peace the world cannot give, which Jesus promised His followers. Ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title of Our Lady of Sorrows, to reveal your area of weakness where the evil enemy is attacking you, and practice virtue in that area. Also pray the rosary daily. More prescriptions to help clear your life: Pray a blessing (grace) over your food/medicine, remove all occult/sinful items your computer/mobile/home. Instead, fill your life with prayers, Catholic talks on Scripture/faith, and wholesome things. Engage the ancient serpent and win the crown of glory (St. Paul). Prayers for you- Fr. Chad Ripperger: Levels of Spiritual Warfare and Our Lady th-cam.com/users/liveKQOSzZprIO4?si=qFq4ZBV0LVgSgJZX Rosary with Scripture (relaxing): th-cam.com/video/L2PsbQ5K5go/w-d-xo.htmlsi=kGkdm-cNCkDCe79N Male Testimony to Praying the Rosary: th-cam.com/video/HESWADgrOLo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=VC_Hn4zL5AyGV2-l More Male Rosary Testimonies: th-cam.com/video/0pqSHr6ptJA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ilxUs-3VtHgu68uQ
The Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit speak to each other and about each other like they are separate people. There are passages where God speaks in the first person in the Old Testament, and Jesus will quote these in the first person about himself. He will claim things that are titles of God alone about himself and tells us he can not only hear our prayers but has the ability to answer them too. Psalm 95:7 - for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, Isaiah 43:13 - Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?” Deuteronomy 32:29 - “See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand. Two of these are God speaking in the first person, one about God. John 10:27-30 Jesus speaking, - 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.” It continues to 33 with the Jewish audience picking up stones to kill Jesus, he asks for wh at good works do you stone me, and they say not for good works, but you being a man make yourself out to be God. John 14:13-14 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 5:19-23 Jesus said that he does everything exactly as he see the Father does and does everything the Father does and that Jesus will be judge and the Father will judge no one. John 8, Jesus says that he saw Abraham and Abraham didn't try to kill him like the Jews were and Abraham was glad to see him. John 8:58, Jesus said that before Abraham was, I AM, which is what God told Moses his name was. John 1:1,14 Jesus is the Word who was there in the beginning with God, and who was God, who took on flesh and dwelt among us. Genesis 15:1-5 Jesus is the Word who came to Abram in a vision and gave him the promise of Issac, then verse 5 says the Word of the Lord (who is Jesus) lead Abram outside and gave him the promise of innumerable descendants, as many as the stars. A human being is what I am. trenititybrehm is who I am. God is what the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are. One God, who is three people. The only reason the Trinity exists is because scripture teaches that the Father is God, Jesus is God, and that the Holy Spirit is God. Jesus said, "Destroy this temple (meaning his body) and in three days, I will raise it up!" He did not say his Father woul d raise him, although the Father and the Holy Spirit are each explicitly given credit for raising Jesus. Isaiah 43:11, God said there is no savior besides him. Titus 3:6 Jesus is called our Savior. John 6:46, Jesus says no one has seen the Father, yet Abraham spoke face to face with God in Genesis 18:19, Moses spoke face to face with God in Exodus 33:11 and Moses and the elders of Israel went up Mount Sinai and saw the God of Israel seated on a throne and ate with him. Jacob wrestled with God in Genesis 32:22-32. Jesus is the one who ascends and descends out of heaven and the appearances of God throughout the Old Testament is Jesus. This is why he said before Abraham was, I am in John 8:58 Genesis 19:24 "Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah-from the LORD out of the heavens." When LORD is all caps it's using God's holy name in Hebrew, and Abraham was just pleading face to face with God to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen 19:24 says Yahweh rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah from Yahweh out of heaven. Jesus is the Yahweh who spoke to Abraham face to face and called sulfur and brimstone out of heaven from Yahweh the Father. Jesus is God with the Father and the Holy Spirit. The Trinity is what scripture taught from the beginning because it is from the scripture that the idea of the tri-unity between the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit as being God teaches. Not something come up with later. Mark 1:1-4, the very first verses of the very first chapter of what is cited as the very first Gospel calls Jesus God. It references Isaiah 40:3 and Malachi 3:1 where Yahweh says he will send his messenger who will be like a voice in the wilderness to make the way before he himself comes to his temple. Mark says John is that voice in the wilderness, making the way for Jesus. John 1:23 , Matthew 3:3, and Luke 3:4 also say the exact same things. So all four Gospels call Jesus Yahweh in the first few chapters in the exact same way quoting the exact same Old Testament scriptures to do so. In Mark 10:18, Jesus said,"Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God." Meaning: "You call me good when only God is good, do you understand what you are calling me?" To further the point, Christ then lists the 6 commandments that relate to how people deal with each other and asks the man if he's followed those. The man says yes. Then, instead of listing the 4 commandments on how to relate to God and asking if he's followed those, Jesus tells the man, "Follow me," because following and worshiping Christ is following and worshiping God. In Mark Jesus heals the paralytic man, but first, he tells him your sins are forgiven. The Pharisees around thought in their hearts this was blasphemy, because only God can forgive sins. Jesus instantly know what they were thinking and called them out on it, and said to prove to you I can forgive sins, get up and walk and the paralytic could walk. Jesus proved he is God for only God can forgive sins, only God knows the hearts of men (Jeremiah 11:20 and 17:10), and only God can heal people. Jesus did all three in Mark's Gospel, which is often considered the oldest of the four. Read Hebrews 1:8-12. Old Testament scriptures are quoted that are talking about God creating the universe, and Hebrews 1:8-12 quotes them and attributes the Father calling Jesus God, the Lord who created the everything, who is eternal. Hebrews 1:10-12 Is directly quoting Psalm 102:25-27, where the Psalm is talking about Yahweh (God) and Hebrews is talking about Jesus, the Son. Philippians 2:5-7 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. 2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Matthew 1:23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means “God with us" ) Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, Isaiah 44:6 “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God." Revelation 1:17-18 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. Isaiah 48:16 “Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, I was there. And now the Lord God and His Spirit Have sent Me.” (God is speaking, saying he was there from the beginning, and that the Lord God and His Spirit sent him. The Trinity in the Old Testament.) Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Basically, you were faced with Death and couldn't handle it, so you built a coping mechanism. Plain and simple. I also have a related experience, you know. I watched my mom being consumed in agony for six months after God planted a brain tumor in her. I also saw God there... saw how God is cruel, sadistic and evil.
God didn't plant any cancer in your mother. The whole creation is infected with Sin, a spiritual cancer that manifests itself in the spiritual and natural. Our life is a vapor, it appears and is gone. What counts is eternity. Anger at God will keep you separated from Him. He is goodness, life, love, abundance. You don't want to be separated from Him for all eternity, in the outer darkness where the flame is not quenched and the worm never dies. That place was not made for mankind, but to reject God in this life means eternal separation in that place in the next.
Catholicism honors a Pope dressed in purple and scarlet, wearing fine robes in oppulence. This sounds like the Sanhedrin of Jesus' time. No priest is needed to reach God, Jesus is our priest. Praying to Mary is not Biblical. The Vatican is working with the UN and it's agenda 2030 for global control.
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Welcome, this 35th atheism to Christianity testimony features Pastor Nate Sala. Nate Sala has a influential ministry on TH-cam(and outside youtube..) known as Wise Disciple.
The full one hour interview with Dr. Jana Harmon of CS Lewis institute can be found here: th-cam.com/video/swqsSRFhb-0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!
Please pray. Uncle Bruce has rejected Jesus all his life despite his entire family and me- his brother’s wife are all born again. He was diagnosed with stage 4 turbo cancer of the prostate and his time to let Jesus pay fro his sins for him is getting shorter every day he draws breath in this coming end for him. We seek the Holy Spirit to do something, but it is also true that the God of the Bible allows man to reject him. And at a terrible cost for Unrepentant Evil. But maybe Grace can still be effective and extended, if he would say Yes to the Messiah
His story contains many similar elements to my own. I needed this today. Christ is King.
How good and gracious our God is!!!
Amen!
@@lindadixon1932 satisfactory tbh
I worked as a paramedic for over 30yrs and have seen hundreds of people die from the unborn people to people over 100yo and die from many different conditions.
Every good or bad person alive I've ever met has a soul/spirit. But when one dies and are laying there motionless, not breathing and pulseless. It just becomes a lifeless body as it now has no soul/spirit.
Maybe its my sunday school upbringing and understanding life after death as well, but you can just tell they are gone.
When my father passed away, he was just gone. His body was there, but his spirit/soul werent. I cant help believe the soul/spirit just disappear. They had to go somewhere. If ones life, soul and spirit end when you die, then its a wasted life, a pointless life.
This life we are here to learn. The most important thing is to do the will of God and believe in Jesus as our Lord and Saviour.
John 6 : 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
Hi .i am a recently retired RN in Australia and can totally identify with what you’re saying about your experience.
I used to think exactly the same but it was more of a ‘hope’ than to accept there was no life after death
At that time I didn’t understand the full significance of Jesus emphatic teaching on the resurrection of the dead.
Think about the resurrection of Jesus good friend Lazarus
He deliberately allowed three days before he returned to resurrect him so there was no question about his actual death.
If the teaching of ‘the immortal soul’ is true, Lazarus as a friend of Jesus would’ve gone immediately to heaven.
Then Jesus returns to the town and resurrects him.
This would mean that Jesus was very cruel to force Lazarus out of heaven back down to an earth of sin and suffering where he would have to experience death for a second time. Does this make sense to you?
No Lazarus was really ‘dead’, unconscious and non existent and the resurrection was his ONLY hope of being restored to life again.
As God stated to Adam, if he disobeyed Him he would ‘go back to the dust’ from where he came. NO mention of living on via an ‘immortal soul’.
Where was Adam before he was created? Non existent and that’s where he returned.
If you research the original meaning of the soul, ie ‘Ne’phesh’ in Hebrew Scriptures and and ‘Psy-khe’ in the Greek you will find that the ‘soul’ is described as eating, being kidnapped, grieving, DYING and generally doing all the things that humans experience . The same word for soul is applied TO ANIMALS.
If it means an invisible immortal part of humans and animals this would mean that animals also go to ‘heaven or hell’ when they die!
When Satan contradicted God telling Eve that she would ‘NOT die’ shortly after God had told them that they WOULD die he called God a liar and told THE FIRST LIE EVER TOLD.
Jesus called Satan ‘the father ( or the originator) of the lie’ as this was his first and most deceitful lie that is still perpetuated to this day.,
This doctrinal lie was adopted by the early Catholic Church and spread through the ages to all churches claiming to be Christian.
It is a Satanic lie that contradicts Jesus clear teaching of the resurrection of the dead that he deliberately demonstrated many times when he was here in earth.
After all if a persons destiny is either heaven or ‘hell’ after death they are then there forever so WHAT IS FHE POINT OF THE RESURRECTION? They don’t need one !
No, the resurrection, not the lying teaching of Satan is the ONLY hope for the dead according to Jesus and the Bible.
For the vast majority of humans this resurrection will take place on a restored paradise earth brought back to its original condition by Gods Kingdom Government soon to completely take over this Satanic world.
This is one of the main reasons why Jesus resurrected people back to their human bodies on earth, ie to demonstrate what he will do on a major scale for human beings during his 1000 year reign
The only humans resurrected to immortal spirit bodies in heaven will be for a specific purpose, ie to rule with Christ over the earth making up that heavenly government.
How many people make up a government on earth , the minority or the majority?
No it’s a minority RULING OVER the majority,
It’s the same for Gods Kingdom ( a ‘King’ over a ‘Dom-ain’) ie the earth will be the ‘domain’ of Jesus and his associate ‘kings
Exactly. A soul is a living being(Genesis 2:7 KJV). The soul that sinneth shall die (Ezekiel 18:20 KJV).
Every living soul died in the sea (Revelation 16:3 KJV).
I had a similar experience ….. of being wrapped in the presence of absolute love, comfort, and peace. You clearly know that God is real and He hears you.
Thank you Pastor Nate for the great testimony. Super encouraging.
Thank you LORD for saying my brother keep on spreading the Gospel of JESUS Amen
Life is short, Death is sure, Sin is the cause, Christ is the cure ❤
“I AM Grateful “
The book of Ecclesiastes is central here I feel. All is meaningless it starts, then ends with: "Fear the Lord and obey His commands". Amen x
Your sharing is so honest and genuine. At that moment of healing the Holy Spirit reached your True Self, which is spirit and so, made in the image and likeness of your Creator
The Lord know those who are his and we come to know we are known of God and he draws us to Jesus
This is one of my worries for my atheist friends. 😢 I don’t want them to experience this fear and pain.
AMEN AMEN. God bless you.
Our hope is only in Jesus. 10 out of 10 will die. Get right with God now.
I love Pastor Nate Sala's channel and have learned a lot through it. I'm also grateful for his testimony here. The part about becoming a skeptic and beginning to research is much like mine after I had a dream and image in my Facebook news feed a few days later that matched it, together with Jesus' words about Hell, eventually let me know that it was God Himself who told me I'd chosen the path to Hell (as a new ager). Details on on my channel under the slideshow containing an image of an escalator with down leading to fire. At first I did not know the meaning of the dream and image of an escalator with down leading to fire, but both concerned me, and my experience with the new age including psychic contributed to me knowing with certainty that someone/something was trying to get my attention and send me a message. God also told me to get a Bible, but I had a huge amount of resistance around believing it so had to do a substantial amount of research to convince myself that it was trustworthy. I read Jesus' words about Hell fire only after I'd mostly come to trust the Bible. And after reading them, I suddenly knew that it was the God of the Bible who had given me the dream and image in my Facebook news feed.
Great testimony
You guys are missionaries! "TAH DAH!" and the You Tube audience is your mission field.. congratulations! You are fulfilling the prophecy: "--GREATER THINGS THAN THIS, shall you do, in My Name --" respectfully and Gratefully yours Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA États Unis
A great book for those doubting Christianity is "Evidence that demands a verdict" by Josh McDowell. He was an atheist who was challenged by Christians to objectively and thoroughly research the Bible, the resurrection, and the divinity of Christ. The book is his documented notes. Many other books are equally good.
"It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart."
When the existential crisis hits, you will have a chance to contemplate about life and make decision. WLC talked about the threat of non-being in his book.
God's grace in a Holy Ghost moment.
We have the writing of the disciples of the Apostles and the disciples of those disciples, and they not only quote much of the New Testament, but all the core idea of Christianty are present. Jesus being God, the Son of God, dying for sins, burial, resurrection, ascension to heaven.
We also have writing of Jewish and Pagan contemporary historians who were hostile towards Jesus, who say the sa me things : Jesus being worshipped as God, the Son of God, dying for on the cross, burial, resurrection.
The archeology matches the Bible perfectly all the way from Genesis through the New Testament.
It's mainly because of the archeology, "friendly" writers, and "hostile" writers mentioned above that the Jesus Seminar, who are PhD level ashiest/agnostics who study Christ and the Bible, concluded that Jesus really lived in Judea 2,000 years ago, was known as a miracle workers, died on the cross under Pilate, and that his disciples really believed they had seen him risen from the dead.
The fact that there are contradictions between manuscripts is often sited as proof against trusting scripture, when it actually does the opposite. The fact that there are so many manuscripts makes it easy to tell when someone changed one, and modern Bibles are transparent about any differences in the footnotes. Over 5,000 manuscripts in the original Greek and 20,000 in other lanuages. None of those differences found between manuscripts change anything about any core doctrines of Christianity, they are mainly a handwriting error on a letter or a different way to word something that means the same thing. There is 99.5% accuracy between the manuscripts according to scholars.
There is also all the undisigned coincidence between not only the four Gospels, but the rest of the New and Old Testaments too.
Matthew 2:22 talks about Joseph not wanting to return to Judea after fleeing to Egypt because Archelaus was ruling. That's all the info on that the Bible gives. Josephus, the Jewish historian, tells us about the things Archelaus did and how evil he was. Put these two peices of evidence together, we get the full picture.
This sort of thing happens through the text with the seemingly useless details matching up perfectly with extra Biblical sources, lending to the credibility of the text.
The Apostles willingness to be killed not for saying they believed Jesus had risen, but they knew he had risen, because they saw him.
If the tomb wasn't empty, they would've paraded the body around to stomp out any idea of Jesus being ressurrected, but Christianty spread because there was no body in the tomb.
If someone stole the body, why were nearly all the Apostles willing to be killed for saying they'd seen Jesus risen? They were thousands of miles away from one another before phones and the internet and were being threaten, tortured, and murdered for their claim. Not one "broke" and said it was a lie to save themselves.
It's because of the evidence that I believe in Jesus.
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ.
Never knew Robert Downey Junior became a Christian 😜
I have lost many family members and friends whom I have tried to persuade to put their faith in Christ
Some were saved and some weren't. But I know that Jesus will save those of us who have put our faith in him. If you haven't come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ please don't miss this opportunity. It will be the best decision you have ever made.
I totally understand why some people are atheist. There are a variety of reasons but I have seen too much evidence for a power that cannot be explained by science for me personally to be an atheist. Most of the atheists I've talked to are unwilling to look at the evidence for something they can't explain.
Indeed - - - If you are unwilling to believe in the Creator of Everything; God the Father and His Son; Jesus then you are doomed to be deceived into believing in evolution and ETs (aliens) as our progenitors…. God help us all not to fall victim to this “great deception” in the name of Jesus, Amen! (Psalm 14:1 KJV, Matthew 24:24 KJV, 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 KJV and to avoid deception John 3:16 KJV)
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You are absolutely correct. They will give everyone a chance, except Jesus Christ. Someone as well known as the Lord should at least feel some curiosity about the Bible and what it really says, Not what I think it says and, everyone wonders about God. Its only Natural. That feeling is a gift from God.
These next passages are about the Holy Spirit being a separate person from the Father and the Son, and also being God.
Matthew 3:16-17
When He had been bapti zed, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
John 15:26-27
But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who pro ceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
John 16:13-15
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.
2 Samuel 23:2-3 (David calling the Spirit God)
“The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘He who rules over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God.
Acts 5:3-4 (Peter calling the Spirit God)
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."
Unfortunately I went from Catholic to agnostic to I guess atheist. I want to believe in God.
I just have not experienced anything that makes me feel there is. I have the same feelings as him and I have been tortured with impending doom. It’s cost me everything the panic attacks, anxiety, fear and depression.
I was raised in the Catholic faith. In my twenties and thirties I went off into 'spiritual' stuff, success mumbo jumbo, different religious philosophies etc. I went to hear the Dalai Lama speak and it was like he was speaking to me. He said, 'investigate your own religious traditions first'. I opened myself to that and situations just started happening. I am a full faith believer in God through Christ now. Don't give up my friend.
@@mikescollard6499 I don’t believe in anything spiritual. I feel like we’re a cosmic accident.
It’s a scary horrible way to think. I’ve lost a lot because of it recently. I even said if I seen anything spiritual I’d be comforted. But nothing
@@JohnG93I created a list called ATHEIST PACK - Science Speaks for people like you. You should know the odds behind how big a cosmic accident you'd need to be to make it possible. And have a little insight - many are the uncomfortable scientific facts - into the bigger picture. On the "experience " thing, you do the believing first. The experience comes later. My experience is mind-blowing to most who know. I'll spare you that. Baby steps. First, the facts, and go from there. I've personally researched every point in that list. Welcome to the journey. Click the face 《《《 to proceed.
Just sincerely and humbly start talking to God. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you. Keep at it .Read your Bible. God will show Himself to you. He loves when we see Him.
Friend, If you have thoughts of self-harm or suicide, you should see a mental health professional immediately. I suspect that leaving the Catholic faith left you open to demonic influence/oppression, because that appears to be what you are describing. Demonic spirits can manipulate human emotions. If that is the case, to be healed of demonic influence/oppression, you may wish to try the Catholic sacrament of reconciliation (confession) which is more powerful than an exorcism. By renewing the practice of your Catholic faith and trusting God about those things you don't understand, you will likely receive in your spirit the peace the world cannot give, which Jesus promised His followers. Ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title of Our Lady of Sorrows, to reveal your area of weakness where the evil enemy is attacking you, and practice virtue in that area. Also pray the rosary daily. More prescriptions to help clear your life: Pray a blessing (grace) over your food/medicine, remove all occult/sinful items your computer/mobile/home. Instead, fill your life with prayers, Catholic talks on Scripture/faith, and wholesome things. Engage the ancient serpent and win the crown of glory (St. Paul). Prayers for you-
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He experienced PEACE, not PIECE - the woman he was talking to didn't say anything wrong, but whoever did the witten stuff messed up.
The Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit speak to each other and about each other like they are separate people.
There are passages where God speaks in the first person in the Old Testament, and Jesus will quote these in the first person about himself. He will claim things that are titles of God alone about himself and tells us he can not only hear our prayers but has the ability to answer them too.
Psalm 95:7 - for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,
Isaiah 43:13 - Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
Deuteronomy 32:29 - “See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.
Two of these are God speaking in the first person, one about God.
John 10:27-30 Jesus speaking, - 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
It continues to 33 with the Jewish audience picking up stones to kill Jesus, he asks for wh at good works do you stone me, and they say not for good works, but you being a man make yourself out to be God.
John 14:13-14
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
John 5:19-23 Jesus said that he does everything exactly as he see the Father does and does everything the Father does and that Jesus will be judge and the Father will judge no one.
John 8, Jesus says that he saw Abraham and Abraham didn't try to kill him like the Jews were and Abraham was glad to see him. John 8:58, Jesus said that before Abraham was, I AM, which is what God told Moses his name was.
John 1:1,14 Jesus is the Word who was there in the beginning with God, and who was God, who took on flesh and dwelt among us.
Genesis 15:1-5 Jesus is the Word who came to Abram in a vision and gave him the promise of Issac, then verse 5 says the Word of the Lord (who is Jesus) lead Abram outside and gave him the promise of innumerable descendants, as many as the stars.
A human being is what I am. trenititybrehm is who I am.
God is what the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are. One God, who is three people.
The only reason the Trinity exists is because scripture teaches that the Father is God, Jesus is God, and that the Holy Spirit is God.
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple (meaning his body) and in three days, I will raise it up!" He did not say his Father woul d raise him, although the Father and the Holy Spirit are each explicitly given credit for raising Jesus.
Isaiah 43:11, God said there is no savior besides him. Titus 3:6 Jesus is called our Savior.
John 6:46, Jesus says no one has seen the Father, yet Abraham spoke face to face with God in Genesis 18:19, Moses spoke face to face with God in Exodus 33:11 and Moses and the elders of Israel went up Mount Sinai and saw the God of Israel seated on a throne and ate with him. Jacob wrestled with God in Genesis 32:22-32.
Jesus is the one who ascends and descends out of heaven and the appearances of God throughout the Old Testament is Jesus. This is why he said before Abraham was, I am in John 8:58
Genesis 19:24 "Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah-from the LORD out of the heavens." When LORD is all caps it's using God's holy name in Hebrew, and Abraham was just pleading face to face with God to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen 19:24 says Yahweh rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah from Yahweh out of heaven.
Jesus is the Yahweh who spoke to Abraham face to face and called sulfur and brimstone out of heaven from Yahweh the Father.
Jesus is God with the Father and the Holy Spirit. The Trinity is what scripture taught from the beginning because it is from the scripture that the idea of the tri-unity between the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit as being God teaches. Not something come up with later.
Mark 1:1-4, the very first verses of the very first chapter of what is cited as the very first Gospel calls Jesus God. It references Isaiah 40:3 and Malachi 3:1 where Yahweh says he will send his messenger who will be like a voice in the wilderness to make the way before he himself comes to his temple. Mark says John is that voice in the wilderness, making the way for Jesus. John 1:23 , Matthew 3:3, and Luke 3:4 also say the exact same things. So all four Gospels call Jesus Yahweh in the first few chapters in the exact same way quoting the exact same Old Testament scriptures to do so.
In Mark 10:18, Jesus said,"Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God." Meaning: "You call me good when only God is good, do you understand what you are calling me?" To further the point, Christ then lists the 6 commandments that relate to how people deal with each other and asks the man if he's followed those. The man says yes. Then, instead of listing the 4 commandments on how to relate to God and asking if he's followed those, Jesus tells the man, "Follow me," because following and worshiping Christ is following and worshiping God.
In Mark Jesus heals the paralytic man, but first, he tells him your sins are forgiven. The Pharisees around thought in their hearts this was blasphemy, because only God can forgive sins. Jesus instantly know what they were thinking and called them out on it, and said to prove to you I can forgive sins, get up and walk and the paralytic could walk. Jesus proved he is God for only God can forgive sins, only God knows the hearts of men (Jeremiah 11:20 and 17:10), and only God can heal people. Jesus did all three in Mark's Gospel, which is often considered the oldest of the four.
Read Hebrews 1:8-12. Old Testament scriptures are quoted that are talking about God creating the universe, and Hebrews 1:8-12 quotes them and attributes the Father calling Jesus God, the Lord who created the everything, who is eternal.
Hebrews 1:10-12 Is directly quoting Psalm 102:25-27, where the Psalm is talking about Yahweh (God) and Hebrews is talking about Jesus, the Son.
Philippians 2:5-7
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Matthew 1:23
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means “God with us" )
Titus 2:13
looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Isaiah 44:6
“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God."
Revelation 1:17-18
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
Isaiah 48:16
“Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, I was there. And now the Lord God and His Spirit Have sent Me.”
(God is speaking, saying he was there from the beginning, and that the Lord God and His Spirit sent him. The Trinity in the Old Testament.)
Zechariah 12:10
"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Basically, you were faced with Death and couldn't handle it, so you built a coping mechanism. Plain and simple.
I also have a related experience, you know. I watched my mom being consumed in agony for six months after God planted a brain tumor in her. I also saw God there... saw how God is cruel, sadistic and evil.
God didn't plant any cancer in your mother. The whole creation is infected with Sin, a spiritual cancer that manifests itself in the spiritual and natural.
Our life is a vapor, it appears and is gone. What counts is eternity. Anger at God will keep you separated from Him. He is goodness, life, love, abundance. You don't want to be separated from Him for all eternity, in the outer darkness where the flame is not quenched and the worm never dies. That place was not made for mankind, but to reject God in this life means eternal separation in that place in the next.
Being a Christian is not easy. If you really want to follow Jesus' teachings, study Catholicism.
Catholicism honors a Pope dressed in purple and scarlet, wearing fine robes in oppulence. This sounds like the Sanhedrin of Jesus' time. No priest is needed to reach God, Jesus is our priest. Praying to Mary is not Biblical. The Vatican is working with the UN and it's agenda 2030 for global control.