I used to be these people. I was real anti-Catholic. Then guess what? I actually pay attention to what the Catholic apologists were saying, and now I'm in RCIA and I'm so happy I am.

“I just know Jesus and the Church are one” St Joan of Arc

Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen said that people don’t hate the Catholic Church; they hate what they think is the Catholic Church. Love seeing a nice young man picking up the gauntlet of defending the faith!

I was raised as an Evangelical Christian. I moved from Michigan to Colorado to attend a Charismatic Bible College. I was steeped in the teachings of Hagin, Copeland, Wommack, Duplantis, Dollar, and many others of that variety. I moved after 3 years to Kansas City to help launch a church. While I was there I became an atheist. After a couple years I discovered Jordan Peterson who opened my eyes to a more intellectual side of the faith, which I severely lacked in the Evangelical sphere. Peterson pointed me to Dostoevsky, and from Dostoevsky I learned my most important lesson to staying intellectually honest: Steelman the other person's position. Let me give you an example of a strawman argument: Catholics have pictures and statues of Mary and I see them genuflect in front of them, you see, they're worshipping idols and violating God's law, therefore their religion is false and they're serving the whore of babylon. A strawman is summing up an interlocuter's beliefs in a very negative and false way, then setting ablaze the strawman with ease and dancing on the ashes of the argument you constructed. Dostoevsky (and Jordan Peterson) challenged me give the other person's side the strongest possible argument and attempt to dismantle that. This process is so beautifully captured in "The Brothers Karamazov" with the middle brother Ivan. Ivan is the most noble, trustworthy, honest, hardworking, handsome, successful, and likeable character in the book. He's also an atheist. Within the novel, Ivan takes his little brother Alyosha to task for his steadfast belief in God. Ivan can run circles around Alyosha in an argument which culminates in the two greatest chapters ever written - "Rebellion" and "The Grand Inquisitor." In the novel, Dostoevsky put all of his internal doubts about God. All his difficulties. All his struggles. All his warring within himself of the nature of Being, morality, faith and reason into the most likeable character, Ivan. Dostoevsky "steelmanned" the argument against Christianity. He made it as strong as he possibly could. This was eye-opening to me. Jacob's name was changed to Israel which means "those who wrestle with God." There's a powerful idea that those who are closest to God are those who wrestle with Him. What I would recommend to my Protestant friends is this: What is the strongest argument for the Catholic Church, that you don't believe, and why is it wrong? This is far more stimulating and interesting as well. Fight the steelmans of your opponents and not the strawmen. Do this with Atheists as well. Take their objections seriously and spar with that. Don't assume the person you're speaking with is dumb. Also, I'll be joining the Catholic Church this coming Easter. Glory to God!

When he started to read Greek I was like "well, I still have much to learn" Learning my faith since around a year and never been happier. The Catholic Church is the only truth in this world❤

I like how many of these are: "Catholics believe (Straw Man), but what's actually true is (Actual Catholic Belief).

Most of these tik toks make me want to say " that's not how this works... that's not how any of this works!!"😂😂

If once saved always saved was a teaching, St. Paul would have never written a lot of his letters.

I love the first guy owning himself. "No one says once saved always saved means sin without limit" Me: oh so you DO need to live upright and morally to perfect the gift of salvation then? If only there were a church that practiced that...oh right, Catholics do.

As a person who used to believe once saved always saved it boils down to im saved therefore I can live how I want

You are very, very good at this work. Thank you. (Loved the ancient greek lesson too!) God bless!

Thank you helping me to be able to articulate my Catholic beliefs. God bless.

Thank you for taken the time to teach us God bless

You are simply brilliant. Your baptist background allows you so much inside knowledge to see the true differences into our Catholic faith and other practices. Why so much hostility toward Catholics? Are we not all Christians? Thankyou.

Please keep this up. Push back on the ProTESTants bigotry. Check out Bearing False Witness Debunking Centuries of Anti Catholic History. Rodney Stark.

I really enjoyed this, thank you for your work! God bless

Hey brother, I am not Catholic but I just started going to a Catholic church two weeks ago and joined a Bible study on the Gospel of John (Little Rock Scripture Study). I begin RCIA this Sunday, too. I wanted to ask what kind of cross do you have on your necklace. It seems really nice. Where could I get one like that? Really enjoying your content!

Paul was talking about the Jewish works of the law, not good works.

If I may add a point that is rarely brought up. At mass Christ enters all us Catholics. This activates us humans to want to act like Christ in scriptures. This impulse comes from Christ. Catholics have a very strong relationship to each other as if we were the active Christ on earth. Protestants have a very weak to non existent idea of Christ working in them.

That first tiktoker was so arrogant Lol

Cheers! Keep doing what you're doing! It makes me happy to know that there are young people who are doing videos like this. For me its like theres still hope in our generation🙏🥺 I literally get pissed today seeing anti Catholic videos around KZfaq. Happy to stumble upon thia channel. Prayers to you! 🙏

Lately I've been using Romans 2 as a defense against sola fide. Most protestants that interact with the idea just say I don't understand romans 2... read romans 4. I'll ask them to explain. What he meant 2 chapters earlier if their understanding of 4 is right. So far crickets.... they can't explain it. For he will repay according to each one’s deeds: 7 to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but wickedness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 The lack of nuisance when it comes to the term works is where protestants fall apart. Paul talks about works of the flesh, works of God, works of the law, and good works done in love. I bet if a protestant tried to figure out which is which they could pretty easily. To assume that the word 'works' covers all 3 or 4 of these definitions. Causes scripture to contradict itself because works of the law get you nowhere with salvation but good works are essential. If you can't tell, listen to the words of christ. For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ Sounds like this person didn't have the good works to back up their claim.

"Catholicism is a false religion." According to my atheist professor is an ignorant statement of someone who doesn't know history. He's now in seminary. God bless you friend.

Voice of Reason! Woop woop. Great channel.

lots of them -even on KZfaq. Tik Tok is Chinese and a way for them to get info on america

Very cleaver response. God bless you and your family..

Jesus said "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood you have no Life within you" This guy is doomed

Great channel man!

Usually videos where you have a guy just sitting and talking can get boring, but you kept me interested throughout the entire video! I think you're beautifully defending our faith and showing how we truly worship Jesus 🙏

Great job young man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God bless. Continue to educate us.

Is all of protestant tiktok just about "faith and works"?

I am protestant and I do not understand the hate to the first and high church. Also if you do not fallow the new law given by Jésus you will not enter the kingdom.

It’s almost silly to quote from scripture in arguing catholic perspective. Protestants well know this scripture and choose to ignore it when it comes to trashing Catholics.

Keep it going! You are an example of those who accept the Spirit's great gift of knowledge and fear of the Lord!

Another awesome video! Thank you!

Wow great job my friend. Def subscribing after seeing this

I became Catholic in 1987. I serve Mass today at age 51.

"If you believe that you can lose salvation, you're going down a dangerous road." How? Could that belief cause you to lose salvation?

Thank you for your charity, my brother in Christ. 🙏🏼✝️🕊️ I’ve felt worn out by all the anti-Catholic bigotry I’ve experienced which is mostly by Protestants and cult sects (SDA, Mormon). It’s tiring and exhausting because His truth and His Church are written in His Holy Word, and even the early Church fathers further corroborate this. I never understood why Protestants rely on the wisdom of men who are 1900 years far removed instead of reading the historical accounts of those who walked with His Apostles, and what they had to say. Do they seriously deny Peter? I can only pray they carefully study the Bible (all 73 books) to answer their assumptions instead of relying on the eisegesis of fallible men of today.

You can’t put a limit on Christ. You however have a limit. To say your faith will never waver in Christ is impossible. We are fallible beings. There’s a reason why this term exists - Christ-like. If Christ is the goal. We are trying to reach him. We will never reach him in the sense that we will never be Christ but at least we can be like him. He is they Way to him. Imagine if we are the conceptual exponential. We will always go towards zero (Christ) but will never reach it in this life. If e is us, Christ is zero (y or x) while the other way is the lack of Christ. Obviously we are not the mathematical exponential where e is a constant direction trying to reach 0. Hopefully this helps

Those who are faithful till the end shall be saved.

So for the first one, anyone who doesn't buy into the very-tiny eternal security position is damned? 😆

I am sorry man but I need to confess that Voice of reason is the best KZfaqr I ever saw 😅😅😅

Great job 👍

How do 'Once saved, always saved' folk square up Matthew 7:21-23?

I would like a video on Indulgences and Purgatory please! I have a hard time understanding it myself, and I couldn't explain it to my Protestant friend.

Best thing that ever happened to me!

Catholicism seems so bizarre and confused, going by these sites. All I find are people talking about Mary, tongues vs. hands, Latin vs. English, hatred of the pope, strange saints, weird prophecies and signs and wonders, obsession with sex and the devil, what a confused mess! Nobody ever talks about Jesus and his teaching: feeding the hungry, being peacemakers, not judging, not condemning, being merciful, loving one’s enemies, the hypocrisy and pride of religious leaders, etc. Are there any normal Catholic sites I can go to, or is this all there is? Sad!

You have been the best at explaining our teachings newly converting because of my fiancé so thankful you have a new subscriber😊

Please keep doing RSV-CE, DRC, And Vulgate\or/Greek

For the first, second, third, AND fourth parts, they argue that the idea of works are meaningless. At the same time they're saying that it's faith that they *actively* hold that matters exclusively... as in, it's an action (faith) they use to save themselves. They're also attacking the actions of others. Their argument is self-defeating.

I'm so glad I'm Catholic!

"Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions, occasions of envy, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. I (St. Paul) WARN YOU, AS I WARNED YOU BEFORE, THAT THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD." Galatians 5: 19-21, RV. Notice that Paul, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says that "Christians" who do these things (even if baptized) will forfeit the grace they have received unless they repent. The apostle specifically taught that grace "can" be lost without repentance and reconciliation with Christ. Should we trust the Holy Spirit or anti Catholic Protestants who proclaim "once saved always saved" which amounts to a "license to sin." I think a thoughtful person can easily answer this question! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Why Protestant Pastors always targeted Catholics teachings? Why Catholics always get picked on ? 🤔

Great refutation

Catholic is the original!

I mean the Our Father prayer is an easy example of it being conditional. where i put { } shows the conditional part, I mean he even made parables of someone who listened to the word and acted, vs who listened to the word and didn't act on it. Our Father, Who art in Heaven Hallowed be thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven {Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses, as we forgive those who tresspass against us} Lead us not into temptation, Deliver us from evil.

I didn’t know Jesus taught that when a priest retires and if he gets married it’s a grave sin?

Another way we can understand Mary as Mother of God is this... Jesus is God. Jesus is a Divine Person. He is not, was not, nor ever will be a human person. He is a Divine Person, Who took on a human nature. Therefore Jesus is a Divine Person (not a human person), Who has both a Divine and human nature. Mary, like all mothers, gave birth to a Person. The Person Whom she birthed was indeed the Second Person of the Most Blessed Trinity, Who is God in flesh. God took on a human nature in her womb. God, the Word, was made flesh. So, rightfully, she is the Mother of God the Son, the second PERSON of the Most Blessed Trinity. God became man not the other way around.

13:08 Excellent point!! I would say also that the works that justify were prepared beforehand by God and God uses those "good works" as a secondary causal role. We can choose to walk in those works by activating graces within us. We are only giving back to God what He has first began in us and completes in us. Such as increasing the talent(s)...

So just the bottom line: What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to the Roman Catholic Church? "...what must I do, that I may be saved?" (Acts 16:30)

i love when prots say “if you believe in salvation loss what you’re actually saying is you do not believe in the power of jesus” ummmm no actually, i don’t believe that lol 😅

so you have eternal security in your salvation because once saved always saved, unless you become a Catholic. Are they serious?

Deep theology here. Christ needed to be conceived and born free of sin to avoid the requirements of the Garden. This is best reflected in Numbers 19, the sacrifice of the red heifer. It needed to never have been under the yoke - meaning never labored like Adam and never under the work of the law. This meant Mary had to be full of grace.

How can anyone be saved, nobody keeps the greatest commandment 24/7 Breaking the greatest commandment has to be a mortal sin right?

Is that first guy in a crib? This would explain a lot.

Well, I have to laugh if the Catholic Church is a false church where did the faith come from? Plus they pick up the Bible and interpret according to your own traditions when will this ever end.these guys continually to say against Catholics in a Catholic Church these things is called Calamy is a very evil sin, and this is what this guy is doing. He’s not representing the faith correctly for twisting things. This is why these guys got to be put in their place where they go and they open their mouth and they say nothing about what is truth ,so good work try to stop them in their tracks when you hear such things. God bless

WHAT? Ephesians 2 says there are works that we are to walk in? Man, that's embarrassing...the only thing that would be more embarrassing is if it was mentioned literally in the very next verse after the typical "faith alone" proof verse.

False Religion? What did Luther rebel against? Where did the Bible come from?

Philippians 2:12 12 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more now in my absence,) with fear and trembling work out your salvation. Hebrews 10:26-31 KJV For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 1 Corinthians 9:27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. (ESV)

"If Christ can't overcome sin." Hmmm, I need to overcome my sins and vices, duh! 🥴

18:00 And don't you think they are confusing natural good works from supernatural good works?

I believe Catholics are saved, but I’m confused

I have yet to find a verse, a paragraph or even a chapter of Sacred Scripture where Jesus implied he would raise up fallible men to fix his church in the 16th century because he failed and the powers of death prevailed against his divinely inspired Church that he established? Careful you're getting awfully close to denying Christ, Mat 10:33, "whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my Heavenly Father."

You know you got owned when someone busts out the Ancient Greek text lolol

The Gospel according to Paul 1 Corinthians 15 1-4 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Roman 3 22-28 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. ❤❤

*These words are not mine.* These are the words the Ruach HaKodesh (YAHUAH's Set-Apart Spirit) uttered through me when I prayed to YAHUAH; asking him what *he wants* me to say, knowing the truth: "Know that YAHUAH is the name of the Most High and YAHUsha is the name of The Son. Come out of her, my people, who have fallen to the deceit of Constantine. Who know not my name and say they love me. I have made myself known. I have heard you and I am here. There are many who are yours to be saved. I am he who knows all that you are. Come to me, here are they who are mine. Make haste to come, here are we. Give in to them who speak of me, they are yours. I am here for you. Know that all is for them, here are we. Give not to them that are against me. I am he who sees all you do. Come to me out of her, all are here for me. Do what I say. Out of her, come. All are here." Exodus 3:13-15 KJV 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. John 5:43 KJV 43 *I am come in my Father's name,* and ye receive me not: *if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.* 2 Corinthians 6:17 KJV 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and *touch not the unclean thing;* *and I will receive you.* Isaiah 52:6-7 KJV 6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 KJV 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Romans 10:1-3 KJV 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. Romans 10:13-17 KJV 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 *How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?* 15 *And how shall they preach, except they be sent?* as it is written, *How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!* 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. *For Esaias saith,* Lord, *who hath believed our report?* 17 *So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.* Nahum 1:7 KJV 7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and *he knoweth them that trust in him.* Hebrews 3:15 KJV 15 *While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.* Isaiah 52:11 KJV 11 *Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing;* go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. John 14:15 KJV 15 *If ye love me, keep my commandments.*

"we are saved by Grace and faith *Alone*" Thats why is your faith so weak mr protestant and don't belive what bible says, and bible says grace and faith but no alone

I love the necklace you wearing, whats it

Jesus TOLD US we can lose our salvation many times in scripture, here is just one example: Matthew 25:31-46: ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. All the nations will be assembled before him and he will separate men one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you made me welcome; naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me. Then the virtuous will say to him in reply, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome; naked and clothe you; sick or in prison and go to see you?0 And the King will answer, I tell you solemnly, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me. Next he will say to those on his left hand, Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you never gave me food; I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink; I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, naked and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me. Then it will be their turn to ask, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or naked, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help? Then he will answer, I tell you solemnly, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me. And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the virtuous to eternal life.’

Can baptizing your child as an infant have a negative effect on purgatory? Because if one gets baptized on their deathbed, no purgatory right?

These protestant aproaches make me sad, this people is lying to many souls,

A FALSE religion? Come on 🙄 just because it's outdated and irrelevant, doesn't mean it's fake 😅

The Church does not save us, but there is no salvation outside Christs Church becauze the Church is the body of Christ. Some of the people inside the visible boundaries of his body are actually outside the church, and some of those outside the visible boundaries of his body are actually inside the Church, but one must be a part of the body of Christ to be saved.

Just because you say right after a sentence doesn't make it right. Are you asking if you are right or are you telling us you are right, or are you trying to convince us you are right.

The only time we are “truly saved” is when we get into heaven. He is confusing that with being able to lose salvation in our lifetimes. That is when it can be lost.

John Calvin didn’t teach once saved always saved. He taught perseverance of the saints. There is a huge difference, one says I said a prayer I can do what I want the other says the elect will preserve until the end of their life through Gods grace.

amen!

“The Catholic Church does not agree with my theology, so they cannot be right.” I hear it a lot from the sorts of content that is being rewieved here. It’s one of the most useless assertions ever made

That's a very US-thing.

Trinity or nah?

At my senior center I’ve asked long life Catholics about the life long harassment they’ve received. All said it’s like it never stops unless you make wise decisions to choose the folks around you. Even then, you find really stupid Catholics.

10:00 Yes, If you don't go to confession how then do your sins get remitted? Therefor you cant be saved without your Church. Therefor you rely on your church for remission of sins, not Christ's work on the cross.

You can't destroy one single Christian denomination The bible is such a mess just about every denomination has a point the best you can do is disprove Christianity as a whole.

You really got to get a handle on the "right" thing you got going. i have heard many people with the same problem. Used a lot a few years ago by liberal gender queers in their argument for multiple genders. Right.

you can only tell what you have been taught YA KNOW NOTHING unless you have seen God in person SO SHUT YOUR FACE UNTIL YOU MEET GOD IN PERSON and He tells you that He sent catholics or not

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I wonder if you’ll actually respond, I’ve noticed you don’t respond to the comments that criticize your points

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Making salvation a matter of God's will is unbiblical. Not once does Jesus say that he will overpower your will.