One of the most beautiful things someone has ever said :)

I love that. After studying Saints for days now for my youth group tonight, I have to add something else now. Thanks. Ha. 😂😂❤

Exactly! ❤️

I'm on my fourth book of Joan now. Amazing lady everyone needs to study her. What's neat is it's all written down and they still have. Everyone talks about her devotion to God which is very true and totally a Saint. What few talk about is she was the youngest person ever to lead a major army male or female. Now add the fact she was just a lowly peasant woman her life story is amazing. More I study her the more I love her for record Mark Twain's book is the best. He researched it 10 years and it took him two years to write. Was his personal favorite work. It's neat because it's fiction based on real history that he researched. So the fiction really isn't fiction. The contacts in this reply was they were trying to trick her every single day for months upon months.. because didn't really have anything on her to execute her. What she accomplished for the king then how she was treated after will make you so mad!! 👿👿👿.. what's fun about Joan is during the trial she's a little smarty pants! LoL.. sarcastic as I'll get out with her answers when they've asked her something more than once. LOVE LOVE LOVE HER❤❤❤❤❤❤

1 John 5:13 That You May Know I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. As simple as that, the bible was written so you may know you have eternal life.

How can you ask yourself these questions ? You’re supposed to know these questions John 3:16 For God So Loved the World “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. The answer is right there and many more places ” but have eternal life“ not maybe but ”have right now eternal life“

@@Maximilian011 Jesus is the saviour not us, no matter what we do, it will never be enough to save us. The sacrifice of Jesus is enough to save us. Adding our works to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is telling God that Jesus who gave His life for us is not enough. Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Not not our works only Jesus. When it says ”name “ meaning the person of Jesus Christ. The demons believe ”they know Jesus’s existence and they know His power“ Christians believe in the sense of ”trust” that Jesus’s sacrifice is enough for them to be saved.

You actually defined the Greek verb tense for 'believe' in your last 3 words "have right now". Believe is in the present tense, that is right now. To be in the future tense it word need the word will or shall. Neither is it in the past tense as in a one-time decision for Christ. I once was taught and believed just like you brother. I was taught an either/or salvation which meant if John 3:16 was true, we didn't need anything else like obedience, perseverance or endurance till the end. But, salvation is a both/and path. that means one must believe, repent, confess, be obedient and endure. It was our tradition, not Scripture, that taught us all we need to do is believe. If you are willing to ponder what I share, you know I'm speaking straight from the Bible and not from a tradition we were taught that belief is all we need. God bless you my brother in Christ.

User, if you read Ephesians 2:10, you will see that the works James encouraged us to do are not ours. All good works belong to God. You and I are just called to walk in God's good works. I don't want you to spend you life, like I did for 70 years, believing Jesus' sacrifice will cover me not being obedient to Ephesians 2:10. Jesus Himself said to the crowds 'why do you call Me Lord and not do what I say. What does He say. In essence love God and neighbor. Love for neighbor expresses itself in action and action entails walking in good works which belong to God. Scripture states it is sufficient to train the man in righteousness but notice how the passage ends: for good works! 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every (good work). As a Baptist, we never bothered to read the passage to the last two words. God bless you brother.

@@user-fi1pe4dg3uyes believing in Jesus is not a mere ascent to his divinity. It’s entering into what Jesus teachers/ the apostles teach. That’s why Christ gave the apostles the authority to forgive sins. Humans cannot save them selves but through God grace se can be redeemed. It’s not a work. It’s a gift.

Well stated. You have me verse to pair with Ephesians 2:10. Thanks.

That is Philippians 2:13.

@darlameeks, I think it would be wise not to get lost, because there is a very good chance that without realizing it, you will end up in a sphere of influence of mr. luci- fer. And when you meet his legion, that's when you really need help.

yes those double headed ice-cream's were also good valve..amen

@darkameeks Very well stated. You are exactly right. God bless you!

Agree salvation is not what we do. Yep, all the prodical son did was humble himself before the Father, he did nothing else to receive his robe. The older son ( the law, The Jews) was pissed because he was under the impression that acceptence by the father was based on everthing he did and not the Fathers grace and mercy. "For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” 6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7 or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” The older son was SELF_RIGHTEOUS, and that is why he thought his works established the acceptance of his father. YEP

I love that.... Very powerful... That both God AND Satan have a deep personal interest in our soul. We must stay vigilant. 👍🏻

@@dann285 The younger son didn't just BELIEVE his father would forgive him, and then make himself comfy in the foreign land, did he? NO, to show his repentance he had to drag himself, hungry, maybe down to skin and bones, back to his father's house, probably working hard all the way, because he had no money to pay for fare, food or shelter. Yes, don't ignore how hard the younger son had to work to come before his father and receive the father's free forgiveness and love. Also, the younger son would have to have a complete change of attitude, mind and heart to REMAIN in the father's house, wouldn't he? Jesus's parable did NOT show a one and done deal.

@@wms72 "probably working hard" Firstly , it does not say that. Its not part of the story. Although he may have , its not part of the story because he did not have to work to gain the compassion and forgiveness od the father. All he did was repent , ask , .for that forgiveness. As a matter of fact he did not make it all the way to the father before he reveived his robe. ""while he was still a long way off, "" his father ran to him. Thats becasue the robe was a FREE gift, he did not do ANY work that the father was aware of to come to him, that Father ran to him. Yep, a complete change of attitude, repentance and that is all that he did. The srory does not say a thing about remaining in the fathers house. Your reading into the text. "Jesus's parable did NOT show a one and done deal." The text shows what it shows and that it. Youre stating that it does not show a on deal and done most certainly does not mean that it was not a one deal and done. Again, the texy shows what it shows and no more.

@@ColetteO_I know what you telling and I agree, but do not comper eachother any more. Satan is a bancrupt and a dog. He eats only dead bodies and things that was left. Look like Jesus speaks to him.

God bless You ! - "Stand in the Faith. Don't let yourself be troubled. For 60 years, I have seen theses that seemed unshakeable collapse over the generations" - (Pope Benedict XVI).

Lord, have mercy on Your child of God.

I will pray for you and your sons with all my heart

I will pray for you today myself, and with my youth group tonight for Grace to hold on tight in rough times, to His loving Grace and suffering.

If persevere through all your tribulations and suffering,and remain faithful to Jesus and his true church teachings you will be inexplicably rewarded in heaven May the All Powerful Loving Glorious Exalted and All Praise Worthy and Thank Worthy Trinity Assist you Greatly through your Suffering’s even though it’s so bitterly hard to cope with there is no other way to heaven but by way of the cross and it seems that you are blessed greatly with it Yeah Alleluia Hosanna In Excelsis Deo Amen 🙏 🐑🕊️✨🌈

@@johnchung6777Scammer

Me also. I have even went as far as researching priests and ministers near death experiences . Here you have a couple of people debating Keith and a couple of other guys who are Protestants who all know their Bible very well but there's valid points on both sides me being a common sense guy you cannot convince me that yes I believe Jesus died for our sins but I still have to do some work to obtain and continue in his grace I just can't go oh boy here we go Yahoo let's party. But I also do not believe that missing mass is a mortal sin and Bam you've been good all your life said your rosaries all your life I mess up one time Miss Mass don't go to confession I die that day and then I don't go get to heaven so there's many things that don't make sense so I'm with you I Work It Out amongst myself I know Jesus was Common Sense guy obviously. Actually the series The Chosen has helped me more than anything I mean you could also get into the argument that many many many many many many books were left out of the Bible. Like the book of Thomas which I love the book of Mary which I love the book of Thomas is amazing so why was that left out and it also makes sense that many rules in Catholicism which there are, and I'm Catholic saying this, that are hard to find in the Bible and it looks to me to be controlled and then you can go into the 1600s into the Spanish Inquisition you can't get them or evil church. So yeah I have to work it out actually 1 hour at a time haha so God bless you you're not alone

@@bwnco Missing the holy Sacrifice of the Mass without a good, legitimate reason IS a mortal sin, because you can't be bothered to attend the re-presentation of Jesus's holy Death on the Cross, offered to the Father eternally for our sins. Please read Hebrews 10:26 - 29.

@@bwnco Please read Hebrews 10:26-29

@@wms72 i did not ever state it wasnt... i said i do not understand it.... In my mind a loving God is not going to send a busy mom to hell for missing mass when she never had missed one in her life.. misses then dies next day. No way...... again..in my mind... if im wrong then ..ill just give up again because we all fall all fall short of glory of God...not some but ALL!... ALL MEANS ALL. We do are best. So many takes on all of this, no one knows for sure. You want to believe bible every letter? Well many books left out of bible so whats up with that? Many archelogical things line up with old testament. Many do not. So again in my mind, no one knows for sure. Debate is long..huge an ugly. Pope is suppouse to be perfect an unfallible also according to ccc. But look at history of popes. If you havent, you need to. Some horrible horrible men. So you cant say there perfect in or with God, no way. Again my belief based on historical facts. Do I believe in the Mary apparitions absolutely when you have a million people see the Virgin Mary above the church in Egypt yeah that's pretty convincing, along with Fatima Exedra. But I think there's some things that are not right. And it is why this debate rages on and on between Protestants and Catholics Muslims Buddhist Hindus etc etc etc. For the record I am a fairly devout Catholic say Rosary everyday and go to mass every day or try to. But are you aware that if you look at books written in 600 BC they also talked about floods and other religions like Buddhism and Hinduism that bears a Godlike creature also. There's so much to this besides this is this and that's right and that's wrong. Again my opinion, but my opinion is based on archaeological research I've done biblical research I've done the Dead Sea Scrolls reading the books that were left out of the Bible period the book of Thomas is awesome but there's no control of a church over a man if you read the book of Thomas and on and on and on so anyway I'll leave it at that God bless. And I have read that I read the Bible several times but I will read it again

@@wms72 also go up to one of my first posts. Read what ( clairbourne) believe his name is ..responds in n on once saved always saved backing it with scripture. He has very valied points...again its why i throw my arms in air. Now if any of NDE are true... Then we are all off track!! More one researches more gobbled it gets. Which takes me back to. Just have blind faith like a little kid. Then all is well. Again my opinion...

I will agree it's pride and not a confident hope.

What exactly is the confidence in? If your confidence is in Christ and His promises of salvation. Then you're not being prideful. Your choosing to believe in Him and his word. If your confidence is in your own ability to be a great person and better than others then that is pride. Parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. Luke 18:9-14 [9] Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: [10] “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. [11] The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men-extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. [12] I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ [13] And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ [14] I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Yes, pride and presumption. It always reminds me of the cheeky child who gloats that they will avoid any serious consequences for their actions because they are a "good kid."

Here’s another way of looking at it. If you think you’re so wretched you can’t be saved, you’re actually being prideful in thinking that you’re so beyond God that he can’t save you. And you’re calling God a liar when he said he saves. So it’s the highest form of pride and blasphemy against the holy spirit to reject his saving power. That’s the sin of Judas Iscariot. That he’s beyond saving. To me, having faith means that if you have faith in Christ that he gave his church to his apostles, and they instituted the Sacramento confession, which says to let loose the sins that have been forgiven, then if you have a valid confession, whether imperfect or perfect contrition then you will be saved if you don’t commit another mortal sin and that’s not for your subjective judgment, but that’s based on the criteria set by the church led by his apostles

Pride is thinking you a sinner can maintain your salvation, Faith in the savior to do the saving and knowing he doesnt lie and trust in him alone is the ultimate example of humility, God bless you🙏🏽

And about "once saved, always saved" : I'd rather doubt it... I would be too afraid of missing something important. Just in case, I behave as good as possible and try to become the best person I can be according to God's will and with God's help and mercy.... Can't hurt to do so :)

If you don't understand why there was a Protestant Reformation 500 years ago, let me explain it to you. They were arguing about the all-important question of how a person can come into a right relationship with God. The Bible clearly teaches that God justifies a believer (i.e. DECLARES the believer to be righteous in His sight) on the basis of Christ's perfect righteousness "credited" or "imputed" to that believer. Roman Catholicism had abandoned the biblical gospel long before the Reformation, and Catholicism STILL to this day erroneously teaches that in order for God to justify someone, the person needs to BECOME inherently righteous. So Catholics are told that they need to go through the church, through the sacraments, through endless Masses, etc., and hopefully that'll be enough to get them into an unbiblical place called Purgatory. And then while in Purgatory, people here on earth can allegedly help to pray them out of Purgatory. Catholicism still teaches a false gospel that CANNOT save. The only way we can have true peace with God is if we abandon the idea that we can become inherently righteous, and if we are clothed with Christ's perfect righteousness (as the Apostle Paul taught in 2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:9, and elsewhere). And the really sad and tragic part is that most Catholics are TOTALLY CLUELESS about what I just explained.

@SarahD-uy5pf WHAT? I can't even understand what you're trying to say.

​@@johnclaiborne2749that is totally not Catholicism. You may want to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church about what we Catholics truly believe in.

@@rockonlove4647 That's exactly what Catholicism teaches. You don't understand its "infusion of grace"? Part Three (Life in Christ), Paragraph 1999 of the Catholic catechism states that grace is "infused by the Holy Spirit into our soul". And then Catholics are taught that they need to keep that "infused grace" going while being careful not to commit a "mortal" sin (which allegedly destroys the grace of justification). You may want to start studying Catholicism much more in-depth before accusing others of not knowing what they're talking about.

That makes sin more powerful than God's grace.

@@razoredge6130 God made Himself vulnerable when He made a creature (Man) who could say "No" to Him. God's grace takes away sin ONLY if you repent of it. If you walk in sin, love your sin, don't seek God's help to overcome it, God gives you what you prefer. It's not a matter of sin being stronger than God. It's a matter of God respecting the free will He gave us.

@@wms72 That would mean the holy spirit (God) failed to convince you to stay. Vertically letting the things of this world open god's hand and take you.

It's not about unconfessed sin, but sin that remains in our hearts, of which we don't clean ourselves. Surely we must confess our sins and withholding of speaking them out in the sacrament of confession makes a confession invalid, but we cannot possibly remember everything bad we have committed and even if we would confess every sin, our hearts may lack perfect contrition and a penalty can still remain on us. To escape purgatory needs perfect contrition, not a perfect confession. Greetings, Baron

"So glad"? "Right on"? Do you realize how unbiblical Catholicism's "gospel" is? Nester is simply piling-on with his confusion. Do you understand why there was a Protestant Reformation 500 years ago?

Who made the claim that "you can keep on doing really bad things and expect salvation"? The reason that Roman Catholics don't, and can't, have assurance of salvation is because they're believing in a false gospel. When your salvation depends, to a certain degree, on YOU maintaining a "state of grace", and when your salvation rejects the finished work of Christ, then assurance will always be absent. And that's a GOOD thing because it might force a person to reevaluate his or her unbiblical views.

@@johnclaiborne2749 That's great, you can believe what you like.

@@Elvidb You didn't answer my question. Who made the claim that "you can keep on doing really bad things and expect salvation" (as YOU are suggesting)?

And, he's right. Too many spend time on the legality of our salvation, when they can just spend that with Christ. Trust in this Lord that we believe in.

Wow, it absolutely boggles my mind that so many Catholics can be so enthralled with videos such as this one while having NO CLUE as to why there even was a Protestant Reformation 500 years ago. Do you know why? Hint: they were NOT arguing about what color the carpeting should be.

And that comes with confession.

​@@darrellperez1029 which is biblical 😊..

@@bwnco Exactly

The Narrow Way A co-worker told me “Bobby, you are narrow minded. Your Faith is too intolerant and unaccepting.” Matthew 7:13-14, Luke 13:24 Context is key. Matthew concluded the beatitudes, Luke concluded repentance and salvation with analogies of Israel. Both are intended towards the Jews who expected a political deliverer but instead received redeemer of sin. From their perspective, Jesus is a narrow path hard to accept. Jesus was speaking of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and general repentance. But,…Once the door is shut it is shut for good, not just with the annihilation of Jerusalem in 70ad but with those who apostate and wait too long before dying. Many often twist these verses in thinking “striving” or “entering” is effort to obtain Grace. The narrow way is narrow perceptually. The believers life is narrow minded. They reject unrepentant sin, universal inclusiveness and worldly expectance. For there is no justice in rampant inclusive tolerated sin. The narrow path satisfies the justice of God but the narrow path is only possible in those saved by God. And the better news is The believer does not consider their life narrow, but a gift, not a burden, but a blessing. Every dead spirit from the outside looking in sees a narrow way. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior to those who believe. The burden of belief is lite, but to the unredeemed it is a burden far too heavy. 1 John 5:1 ESV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 1 John 5:5 ESV Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:13 ESV I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

@@masinaverde901 You need to read the bible carefully Jesus knew they were at Him to see miracles and wonders. Jesus knew that His words were going to offend them, Jesus didn’t mind if they were going to leave or stay, but He knew that the ones who were going to stay were the real ones, His real followers. Jesus says in John 6:61-63 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. And in Matthew 15:17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?

@@masinaverde901 Yes i did address it. I don’t want to be mean but you let yourself blinded by your false doctrine religion, that’s why you don’t see it in my comment, because you also let yourself indoctrinate, all you see is your idolatrous doctrine. You don’t see the truth of the gospel.

@@masinaverde901 My interpretation is not found in your early church because it is founded in the bible. You’re church doesn’t have the same interpretation that the gospel has.

@@masinaverde901 you’ll see when we face God who was right

The Narrow Way A co-worker told me “Bobby, you are narrow minded. Your Faith is too intolerant and unaccepting.” Matthew 7:13-14, Luke 13:24 Context is key. Matthew concluded the beatitudes, Luke concluded repentance and salvation with analogies of Israel. Both are intended towards the Jews who expected a political deliverer but instead received redeemer of sin. From their perspective, Jesus is a narrow path hard to accept. Jesus was speaking of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and general repentance. But,…Once the door is shut it is shut for good, not just with the annihilation of Jerusalem in 70ad but with those who apostate and wait too long before dying. Many often twist these verses in thinking “striving” or “entering” is effort to obtain Grace. The narrow way is narrow perceptually. The believers life is narrow minded. They reject unrepentant sin, universal inclusiveness and worldly expectance. For there is no peace in rampant inclusive tolerated sin. The narrow path satisfies the justice of God but the narrow path is only possible in those saved by God. And the better news is The believer does not consider their life narrow, but a gift, not a burden, but a blessing. Every dead spirit from the outside looking in sees a narrow way. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior to those who believe. The burden of belief is lite, but to the unredeemed it is a burden far too heavy. 1 John 5:1 ESV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 1 John 5:5 ESV Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:13 ESV I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. Those born again have an inability to continue in unrepentance. John 8:12 ESV Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Yes that's right. Although I'm not sure about everyone. But in my Catholic upbringing even if I was taught about grace and the sacraments etc, I was still under the impression that I need to attain perfection by my own strength.. which is pelagianism. I was never told I can't really do it without grace.. Until I heard it from Protestants! So praise God He used them to help me understand finally. That said, it is my observation that Protestants often suffer from the same thing, trying to be in control and to do it by their own strength. Theology is one thing, practical spirituality is another.

The sad part is that that's true IF Nester is really clinging to Catholicism's false gospel. Remember Jesus (in Matthew 7) warning, "Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you'"? If someone is NOT embracing the true gospel (i.e. justification by the imputation of Christ's righteousness), then they can't be saved. It doesn't matter how "sincere" they are, or how many videos they post.

@@johnclaiborne2749 Apostles and Catholics literally put together the books in the Bible of your belief.

@@johnclaiborne2749 You're really playing around with blasphemy when you start talking about who is/isn't going to hell. Judgment belongs to the Lord, no one else. I HIGHLY suggest you stop that line of thinking. Judgment belongs to the Lord alone.

@@libertyforever1 Yes, the catholic church (small "c") recognized which writings belonged in the Canon of Scripture LONG before the "Roman" Catholic Church arrived on the scene.

@@davidcole333 STOP TALKING NONSENSE! If someone (like me) points to the true biblical gospel as the only means of salvation, that's what Christians (like me) are SUPPOSED to do! That's not "blasphemy". Wake up!

The Narrow Way A co-worker told me “dude, you are narrow minded. Your Faith is too intolerant and unaccepting.” Matthew 7:13-14, Luke 13:24 Context is key. Matthew concluded the beatitudes, Luke concluded repentance and salvation with analogies of Israel. Both are intended towards the Jews who expected a political deliverer but instead received redeemer of sin. From their perspective, Jesus is a narrow path hard to accept. Jesus was speaking of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and general repentance. But,…Once the door is shut it is shut for good, not just with the annihilation of Jerusalem in 70ad but with those who apostate and wait too long before dying. Many often twist these verses in thinking “striving” or “entering” is effort to obtain Grace. The narrow way is narrow perceptually. The believers life is narrow minded. They reject unrepentant sin, universal inclusiveness and worldly expectance. For there is no peace in rampant inclusive tolerated sin. The narrow path satisfies the justice of God but the narrow path is only possible in those saved by God. And the better news is The believer does not consider their life narrow, but a gift, not a burden, but a blessing. Every dead spirit from the outside looking in sees a narrow way. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior to those who believe. The burden of belief is lite, but to the unredeemed it is a burden far too heavy. 1 John 5:1 ESV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 1 John 5:5 ESV Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:13 ESV I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. K owing is ONLY possible in a radical life displayed. One who through effort not of their own seeks Christ as the treasure. My wife told me recently… “If your love and obsession for Christ wasn’t for Christ, you’d have a real addiction problem on your hands.” Imo thats the embodiment of Mathew 13:44. I KNOW im saved. And with how how he brought me out of addiction??? I know he’ll never leave me. I believe anyone can have this if they truly want Jesus.

Who told you that? That's a ridiculous statement. "Repentance" and "faith" are two sides of the same coin, and BOTH are a gift from God. That's why those who exhibit genuine repentance and faith are the ones who are truly elect (saved).

@@johnclaiborne2749 Is English your first language? Read what I wrote again, because you didn't understand it the first time.

@@wms72 Again, WHO told you that we can "assume" that salvation can occur without repentance? I didn't hear Nester say that in this (uninformed) video. Can you provide the time stamp where Nestor said something like that?

@@johnclaiborne2749 Every so-called Christian who believes "once saved, always saved" believes what I posted. Luther himself said, "Sin, and sin boldly, but believe more boldly." He taught that faith saves you even if you don't fight your sins, as so many evangelicals believe today. The Foursquare Gospel "church" I used to attend said, "If you don't think it's a sin, it's not a sin for you." Adultery, fornication, whatever.

@@wms72 So you attended a "Protestant" church that apparently ignores what the Bible teaches regarding sin and salvation, and then that's your "proof" that Catholicism is correct? And stop telling me what Luther or anyone else said - focus ONLY on what the Bible (all of it) actually teaches. Here's the all-importation question - Do you understand the biblical doctrine of justification by the imputation of Christ's righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:9, Romans 4:3, among many others)? If you DON'T understand it, then take the time & effort to make sure that you DO understand it and accept it.

The Narrow Way A co-worker told me “dude, you are narrow minded. Your Faith is too intolerant and unaccepting.” Matthew 7:13-14, Luke 13:24 Context is key. Matthew concluded the beatitudes, Luke concluded repentance and salvation with analogies of Israel. Both are intended towards the Jews who expected a political deliverer but instead received redeemer of sin. From their perspective, Jesus is a narrow path hard to accept. Jesus was speaking of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and general repentance. But,…Once the door is shut it is shut for good, not just with the annihilation of Jerusalem in 70ad but with those who apostate and wait too long before dying. Many often twist these verses in thinking “striving” or “entering” is effort to obtain Grace. The narrow way is narrow perceptually. The believers life is narrow minded. They reject unrepentant sin, universal inclusiveness and worldly expectance. For there is no peace in rampant inclusive tolerated sin. The narrow path satisfies the justice of God but the narrow path is only possible in those saved by God. And the better news is The believer does not consider their life narrow, but a gift, not a burden, but a blessing. Every dead spirit from the outside looking in sees a narrow way. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior to those who believe. The burden of belief is lite, but to the unredeemed it is a burden far too heavy. 1 John 5:1 ESV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 1 John 5:5 ESV Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:13 ESV I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

@aussierob7177 Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. Revelation 2:23 And I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

A huge argument against the Catholic Church is INFANT Baptism. We are told infant Baptism is not scriptural, cos being Baptized is a choice one should make when they are old enough to choose fot themselves. We are told babies should be dedicated to God and then they can choose Baptism later. Now my question is does that baby choose to be dedicated to God, or did the parents make this choice for that baby! Shouldn't that baby be left to make that choice for him/herself? Why can the parents choose to dedicate, yet not choose to baptize?

@@lorrainehodge3693 Baptism is not a 'CHOICE" Baptism is NECESSARY for Salvation. Who told you Baptism is a choice ? Do you believe everything a person tells you without investigating first ?

No one can live permanently in a state of grace. That it self is scriptural. Romans 3:23. That's why NO CATHOLIC professes that.

The Narrow Way A co-worker told me “dude, you are narrow minded. Your Faith is too intolerant and unaccepting.” Matthew 7:13-14, Luke 13:24 Context is key. Matthew concluded the beatitudes, Luke concluded repentance and salvation with analogies of Israel. Both are intended towards the Jews who expected a political deliverer but instead received redeemer of sin. From their perspective, Jesus is a narrow path hard to accept. Jesus was speaking of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and general repentance. But,…Once the door is shut it is shut for good, not just with the annihilation of Jerusalem in 70ad but with those who apostate and wait too long before dying. Many often twist these verses in thinking “striving” or “entering” is effort to obtain Grace. The narrow way is narrow perceptually. The believers life is narrow minded. They reject unrepentant sin, universal inclusiveness and worldly expectance. For there is no peace in rampant inclusive tolerated sin. The narrow path satisfies the justice of God but the narrow path is only possible in those saved by God. And the better news is The believer does not consider their life narrow, but a gift, not a burden, but a blessing. Every dead spirit from the outside looking in sees a narrow way. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior to those who believe. The burden of belief is lite, but to the unredeemed it is a burden far too heavy. 1 John 5:1 ESV Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 1 John 5:5 ESV Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:13 ESV I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

Chapter 33 is also a great example. Ezekiel 33:13-16: "Though I say to the righteous that they shall surely live, yet if they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in the iniquity that they have committed they shall die. Again, though I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” yet if they turn from their sin and do what is lawful and right- if the wicked restore the pledge, give back what they have taken by robbery, and walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity- they shall surely live, they shall not die. None of the sins that they have committed shall be remembered against them; they have done what is lawful and right, they shall surely live."

The reason that you're wrong is because you're embracing Catholicism's false teaching that you can be in a "state of grace" one minute, and then out of that "state of grace" the next. Catholicism erroneously teaches that "grace" is almost akin to some type of "substance" that a Catholic possesses, and that that grace (what they call "infused" grace) can be increased, diminished or completely lost (if a "mortal" sin has been committed). All of that is foreign to Scripture because Scripture teaches that when someone becomes a true believer (i.e. truly converted, saved, born again), Christ's perfect righteousness is "imputed" or "reckoned" to them (2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:9, Romans 4:3, among many others). That means when we die, God the Father looks at us as if we had lived the perfect sinless life that Jesus lived (because His righteousness has been reckoned to us), while the punishment for the sins that we committed was taken by Jesus. And when we're justified by faith (Romans 5:1), NOWHERE in the Bible does it teach that we can "lose" that justification (i.e. salvation) or become un-justified.

I understand you believe what you say and that it comes from a place of love but I fear you are simply interpreting those verses in the way you wish to. If you wish to refer simply to bible verses rather than the teachings of the church. Then I would guide you to Matthew 25 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” These are the lord's own words. HE speaks not of faith but of how people treated the lest of their brethren. He does not say come you had faith in me. Also Matthew 7 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ Again the Lord's own words. He speaks not of mere faith but the works people have done "those who DO the will of my Father" The people he sends away know he is the Lord, they believe it. They have faith yet he tells them to depart from him. I hope brother that this helps you to see why this doctrine you cling to is not the teachings of the Lord. You're implying something from those verses that is not consistent with their true meaning. This is what happens when you take the english translation of a 2000 year old writing and try to interpret it's meaning alone without tradition and experienced teachers to guide you. I hope this helps you. Please mediate on the Lord's words. I send you love @@johnclaiborne2749

@@lesvosace602 You're not understanding the TOTALITY of what the Bible teaches. It repeatedly teaches that we're justified by faith (Romans 5:1), that works don't contribute to our salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9), and that works are the RESULT, or the "fruit", of salvation (Ephesians 2:10). When you point to passages such as Matthew 25 or Matthew 7, PLEASE understand how they fit into the TOTALITY of Scripture. If the Bible teaches that works DO NOT contribute to salvation (as the verses I quoted confirm), then we must examine other portions of Scripture with those verses in mind. When Jesus separates the sheep from the goats in Matthew 25, what's He doing? He's separating true believers from false believers, right? And how can the true believers be distinguished from the false believers? By their works! Ephesians 2:10 says that we are saved "unto good works". Those who DID good works (as opposed to those who DIDN'T) are the ones who gave evidence that they were true believers (truly saved, born again, justified). Simply put, their works DISPLAYED the reality of their salvation. The same is true for Matthew 7. Who are the ones who DO the will of the Father? They're the true believers. If you want to say that works contribute to, or are needed for, salvation, then that would militate against the rest of Scripture. Finally, you ignored my most important point. Do you understand the biblical doctrine of justification by the imputation of Christ's righteousness? Do you understand that Christ's perfect righteousness is "imputed" or "reckoned" to a person when they're justified by faith (2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:9, Romans 4:3). That means when we die, God the Father looks at us as if we had lived the perfect sinless life that Jesus lived (because His righteousness has been reckoned to us), while the punishment for the sins that we committed was taken by Jesus. And when we're justified by faith (Romans 5:1), NOWHERE in the Bible does it teach that we can "lose" that justification (i.e. salvation) or become un-justified.

No, the priest meant he hoped he would continue to respond with faith to God's grace until the end of his life.

The priest was Peter Stravinskas, and he couldn't answer many of James White's basic biblical questions.

@@wms72 I retrieved the video of the debate between James White and priest, Peter Stravinskas. Mr. White was speaking of Hebrews 10:10. The question was posed to the priest, "Are you a blessed man?" He replied, "I hope so." He continued by saying, "I will be a blessed man, if I go through the purification process." In Hebrews: "...when He had by Himself purged our sins..."

@@johnclaiborne2749 For example what questions couldn't he answer? Support what you state or say nothing.

@@libertyforever1 Stravinskas couldn't identify the "blessed man" in Romans 4:8. At first Stravinskas said that that was Jesus, and then, after James White made a few comments, Stravinskas realized that that couldn't be Jesus. So then Stravinskas said that he "hoped" to be the blessed man. And that just shows how a Catholic priest with multiple advanced degrees doesn't even know the basics of what the Bible teaches. I can provide the link to the KZfaq video (as well as the time stamp) if you're still too stubborn to admit that my initial comment was correct.

What words did Jesus say promising salvation?

@@wms72 "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand" (John 10:28). If you don't like that verse, Jesus said that "the one who comes to Me I will never cast out" (John 6:37). There's plenty more ...

@@Maximilian011 HuH??? So Christ gives eternal only to groups of people and not individuals?

@@Maximilian011 Why can't you READ the text? Jesus said "I GIVE" them eternal life. It's called a "verb". Maybe English is not your first language. If not, maybe someone can explain it to you.

@@johnclaiborne2749 You're here to troll, nothing else. There are protestant trolls in every Keith Nestor video....EVERY ONE. What I suggest to you is to put away the pride you're dealing with and humble yourself before the Lord.

The outward appearance is different than the inside.God knows are heart .and words can be cheap

When did Jesus say those who "never knew Him " did good works?

Do you refer for not being baptized yet? The catechism teaches about baptism of desire and of blood. Just like the thief on the cross wasn't baptized with water, his dying with Jesus on the cross was accounted to him as baptism. You wouldn't go to hell, should you die prior to your baptism, should you stay on your road of pursuing it. There is also a good article written about it by Jimmy Akin, which can be found by typing "Baptism of Desire Catholic Answers" in a search engine. Greetings, Baron

@@coolcatbaron no, I was baptized as an infant in a UMC (Methodist) when I was three months old via sprinkling in the Trinitarian formula. I felt better about my inquiry when I called my local diocese and they said they found no issue with my baptismal certificate.

Thanks brother