Also, there's a difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. God, only God, can and does, forgive sins. His Divine Mercy is open to every sigle person. But, you can be forgiven and still not have a relationship with whom that relationship has been broken. For instance, take a man who has had a very bad relationship with his father. The father dies. The son can forgive his father, even if the father is dead. There can be forgiveness and of course, peace, but no intimate relationship.
@JeffersonDinedAlone, you don't if you don't follow Jesus, and if you don't want your sins forgiven as the normative means Jesus established. You don't have to go to Heaven either. If you do want to go to Heaven, we recommend obeying Christ, which would include confessing to a priest when you want your relationship with Christ restored because you have sinned.
@mdkpubs Confessing to a priest has nothing, whatsoever, to do with following Christ. Or believing in God, for that matter. I suggest that you seek clarity. Remember, God is not religious. People are religious. God is open to all. As is Christ.
in John 20:21-23 Jesus said:" "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Jesus could have just told them to tell the people to confess directly to God! People this is ridiculous, it is clear that the Catholic church is the continuation of what Jesus established 2000 yrs ago.
Read Psalms.51:3-4. King David Repents. God Forgave him He spoke Directly to God. God's no respecter of persons. We can all hear from God. Read the Bible Mr. Barron!!! Bible: Proverbs 3:5-8. 1 John 1:9, We confess to God for forgiveness. Relationship! God wants our relationship. In relationships we apologize and laugh sing w/each other dance together. God dances over us with singing. Zephaniah 3:17. Priests can be counselors. Not the advocate to the Creator. Jesus is the advocate.1 John 2:1-2
@mJDALY2, Fr Barron actually knows what is in the Bible. He does something you fail to do, and that is listen to the author of the New Testament. The Catholic Church authored the New Testament, by writing down some of her oral teachings. The full 73 book Bible was assembled by the Catholic Church (which means Catholic hierarchy led by the Holy Spirit). When you reject this authority established by Christ, you also reject Christ (His words).
@mJDALY2, King David was in the Old Testament, and that's before Jesus' Incarnation and establishment of His Church, right? King David was a foreshadowing of the real to come, and the real is Jesus. Who do you follow, King David, or Jesus? For me and my family, we will serve the Lord. King David would tell you to follow Jesus as well.
Adolf Eichmann before he was killed confessed to a preist, so you want me to believe that because he confessed his sins he went to Heaven but all the 6 Million jews he killed who did not confess went to Hell? That makes a lot of sense to me.... Some religoun huh?
@ninchLOsomarichYO, my statement above was based on your ignorance of where either Eichmann will spend eternity or where any of the Jews will. The Jews don't go collectively, but based individually according to God's justice. Eichmann may not have been sincere in His confession. If he was, God's love is certainly sufficient to wipe away all of Eichmann's sins. It's just a bit arrogant of you to assume you know where either of these peoples will spend eternity. You need to work on yours.
So what about all those other Priests who "forgave" sins and were molesting little boys at the same time in their priesthood? Did Christ act through them? If not then are those people still forgiven or not?
@number201120122013 Those priests and any other priest has not power to forgive sins. Only Christ. Those beloved people who put their trust in those monsters are forgiven if they asked God to forgive them. But God is so gracious, He knows their heart. If They just asked the priest to forgive them, I think Father God forgave them. God is gracious.
@mJDALY2, you are correct in that Christ forgives sins. You are incorrect in saying the priest forgives your sins. Jesus established the priesthood to minister to His people, of which He actually makes the sacrament work... the priest has the authority to stand in the place of Christ, but Christ forgives the sins, just as His Catholic Church teaches.
@number201120122013: If they were forgiving sins, then yes.. Jesus was working though them. Yet, they won't be able to forgive themselves of their sins and will have to go to another priest for confession. They must also tell people of their sin since that is a crime.
@nicocap24 Exactly. We can communicate directly to God. This priest is misleading people. He will answer to God for that. "it would be better for a millstone to be around their neck and be thrown into the river then to cause these little ones to stumble. Luke 17:2. Its all about relationship with God. He loves us soo much. Imagine if you had a kitten. (if you like kittens) How much you treasure that cute kitten. God loves us soooo much more than that. He wants to speak to us. Reading his word.
@mJDALY2, since Jesus established the Catholic Church as the pillar and foundation of the truth, sounds like you're pushing with Satan against God's Church. Please don't be a tool of Satan.
You are far too intelligent too seriously believe this!
Sin is transgression against God only God can forgive Sin...If I need to "spout off" or get something "off my chest" I can talk to a Priest ,granted...but Paul States"There is only one mediator between God and Man, The Lord Jesus Christ"
@bkeay100 Priest cannot forgive sins. Impossible. Only Christ. But, if you read John 20:21, Jesus, CLEARLY gives sinful, CHURCH AUTHORITARIAN men, his ability, to work through him, to forgive, or retain sin in what they confess. True, there is one mediator between God and Man, Jesus. The Priest works through Jesus. The priest does not act alone, if so, we would just be humiliating ourselves for no plain reason.
@kiddynamo41 Acting in the person of Christ does not mean you are a saint A PRIORI. Read St. Therese de Liseaux's remarks on this subject: a priest can validly administer the Sacraments even in deadly sin himself.
Plus, the apostles themselves acted in the person of Christ by preaching, forgiving sins and performing exorcisms even while Jesus was STILL ALIVE. It's in the Bible.
@cashernandes1 But there was also a clear distinction between the ability of the apostles to preform a function and Christ to do so, as when they could not cast a demon out and questioned Jesus on their inability to do it. Further Peter telling Simon the Sorcerer to go and pray for his sins, and simon likewise asking peter to pray for him, but Peter saying the forgiveness was up to the judgement of God. Further i find no example of anyone saying "thou sins are forgiven" but Christ himself.
@kiddynamo41 Amen, Jesus is the only one who can forgive sins. A priest can be a counselor I guess. But We don't need an advocate to the Father but Jesus. 1 John 1-2. The Catholic Church needs to read the Bible. Jesus wants us to acknolwedge Him in All our ways so we can have peace. Proverbs 3:5-6. A lot of what Mr. Barron says just isn't biblical. Its out of human thinking and not Biblical Truth. Jesus just wants us to know Him because he's a friend that has so much he wants to offer.
@kiddynamo41 jesus said to his apostles as the father has sent me so i send you. so it does make sense to me. jesus gave men the authority to forgive sins and i thank god every day for this gift he has given us. it shows alot of humility to go to a preist and confess your sins, the priest doesnt act like hes god but he says by the authority of christ i have absolved your sins.
If that is really the holy spirit it will lead you to the truth to his only one and only and apostolic church, the catholic church and will lead you to his all valid sacraments of his church.
@Ca1iGurl31 Cant you not see, you can not accept the word of god in John 20:23, it was Jesus who said that to his apostles. you only picked up the verse James5:16 which is fit for you yet you don't acknowledge the truth what is exactly meant in that John:23:20.
have many people who I know and I witnessed they said they recieved the holy spirit when they pastors laid their hands to their head, and they fallen on the floor, and they gota gift of speaking of tounge, but after that, those people still continue sinning, on the next day i saw them, they sin in action, in words, and in their thoughts. That's why I believe in John 20:23 is applicable in our daily life. Sacrament of penance is very important for our soul
I know it is true confessing our sins to a priest is the most hard thing to do... thats why it is a sacrifice, and this is what Jesus the lord want us to obey, and he observe us... if you really care about his will, then you will do what he want. "he that hide his sins shall not prosper; but he that shall confess and forsake them, shall obtain mercy"(prov 28:13)
James 5:16 "confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
1 John 1:9 "if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
John 20:23 "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. < Jesus Christ gave the power to forgive sins to his Apostles.
you can confess your sins to your mother, father, bro/sister and friend and they can forgive your sins but jesus taught the apostles the way how the sinners must need to approach the grace of pardon thru sacrament of penance so that may the lord forgive us our sins. That is the will of god that we need to follow, and not your will or my will but his will.
@james67707 how long you gonna argue with the word of god?
Jesus christ himself gave an instructions to his apostles of how the sinners need to apporoach the grace of pardon in a sacrament of confession. Please, read my post below.
@SuperBrodie01 I'm not sure how one could disagree with that? I think the best question to ask you at this point is this - out of what tradition did the scripture develop?
1 tim 2:5 "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus"
The Catholic Church has to much unbiblical traditions. The reformers had it right when they broke away from the silly nonsence..Even though some of them didnt go far enough.
I still like watching this guys videos even though we would disagree on some issues
@SuperBrodie01 You do realize that the scriptures are simply the largest part of the Church's tradition right? The reformation made an egregious error in breaking away from the interpretive tradition of the Church because doing so, in effect, ripped the context that makes the bible relevant away from the reading of it.
@gambleor Respectfully I disagree. The 5 sola's are the greatest guidelines for the faith. Godly men throughout history like Augustine thru Calvin have had issues with "church" traditions
I don't see how this is biblical even the Catholic bible say's in James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. Confess to your friends & Family as the lord leads not just the priest. Philippians 4:13 (I) can do all things through Christ, who strengths (ME). Not my priest. I'm sorry no offense to the Catholics but it seems like your faith rely's on the wisdom of men & not the Spirit. Something Paul was against in 1 Corinthians 2:4&5.
@Ca1iGurl31 if we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all inequitty. (1 Jonh 1-9). We should not hesitate to seek the pardon and mercy of god; we should go to him the moment we fall into sin.
@Ca1iGurl31 - Be frank to admit your sins and hide them not when you confess them and ask forgiveness for them: " He that hides his sins shall not prosper; but he that shall confess and forsake them, shall obtain mercy." (Prov. 28:13)
@Ca1iGurl31 A sinner needs but to approach the channel of the grace of pardon in the Sacrament of Penance. Our lord Jesus Christ, after his ressurrection, he appeared to the apostles and give them( and their Successors) the power to forgive sins:
@lovencare62 Ok so what your saying is who ever has the Holy Spirit has the power to forgive the sins of others? If you don't have the Holy Spirit you can not go directly to God & ask for forgiveness? You need a mediator other than Jesus to get to God? (Prov. 28:13)- Admit & repent your sins directly to God, the sec. you sin. Don't wait to see a priest. As the Lord leads admit them 2 friends & family. Every1 should have a relationship with God where they can talk to him directly.
@Ca1iGurl31 seems that you do not want to accept what exactly the true meaning in John 20:23. Obviously you are refusing this.You do not want to accept the truth that Jesus gave an authority the apostles to forgive and retain the sins of the sinners. Jesus himself knows already our sins because he is god has a power to see what we are doing every second every minutes, nothing we can hide to him, ok. He knew everything about us even if we dont announce to him derectly. But....
@Ca1iGurl31...again, a sinner needs but to approach the channel of the grace of pardon in the sacrament of penance because it is his will. It is his order, it was his taught to his apostles and we need to obey it. Confessing a sin to a priest is an act of sacrifice, a greatest sacrifice you can offer to the lord and he observes us of how we can fulfill his will, not your will, not my will but his will.
@lovencare62 I don't have a problem with spiritual authority. But I don't substitute them for Jesus, God or the Holy Spirit. Our goal as children of God is 2 know him, obey his voice, & get other people to do it for ourselves. If we can stop sinning we don't have to have a sacrifice. God likes obedience more than sacrifice. If every1 had the Holy Spirit like J20:23 talks about, then we can all confess our sins to each other like it say's in James5:16
@lovencare62 I was baptized in the Holy Spirit, I can speak in tongues, and I have a few other gifts as well. Does this mean I can forgive the sins of others? I have received the Holy spirit from a pastor and directly from God. Every1 sins everyday, who do those priest confess to?
@Ca1iGurl31 Also, you did not receive the Holy Spirit "through a pastor"...You receive the Holy Spirit through: baptism, conformation, and through the Holy Eurcharist.
@mrob75 What do you mean (she) never had "hands laid on her" do Catholics not believe that believers can't lay hands on other believers? I was 12yrs old when I had "hands laid on" me. In fact thats how I know God is real I saw the light(Holy Spirit) behind my eyes & felt his power. I was so scared when they made us come up 2 the front. When it happened I closed my eyes & he stilled my nerves and gave me peace beyond my understanding (Phil 4:7).
@Ca1iGurl31 My dear...Your faith is ever so present as felt through your emotions...I don't doubt that one bit! Especially at 12 yrs old. But the "hands" is speak of originate from "Christ" himself. Remember that Christ "laid hands" on his Apostles...The Mother Church has preserved this down from generation to generation (for over 2,000 years) to via bishops/priests. Your pastor (God love her) does not have this "sacramental" authority.
@mrob75 I'm pretty sure it wasnt emotions, I know what I saw, felt,and...spoke to. I believe they do both of them. The time the Holy Spirit proved himself 2 me at 12 was in Cali. When the gift of tongues was imparted to me was last summer in Oklahoma. Why do people say God is all powerful, when they don't believe he can actually show up in peoples lives in the spare of a moment?
@mrob75 He filled my body with light, I felt vibrations in every limb, he started from my head and traveled through my body,out through the soles of my feet. I meant this year she imparted the gift of tongues to me and God kind of revealed to me that I had other gifts through certain situations. what is a Eucharistic? nvm ill look it up.
@Ca1iGurl31 Again, dear...What you feel/felt stems from your "deep emotions" and your love for God. But receiving the Holy Spirit surpasses our human emotions...It's very easy to "feel" but it's another to receive the Holy Spirit through Baptism/Conformation/Receiving of the Holy Spirit. All of which were instituted by Christ Himself.
@mrob75 ok looked it up...so basically the holy Eucharistic is what some Christians call communion( wine & bread)? yea, I took it on Christmas eve 2011 & 3/4 days before I had dream where I think a an Angel or Jesus or something told me to plead the blood of Jesus over my self, friends, & family. I was like 75% asleep and 25% awake. I lifted up my head & repeated what the person told me 2 say. I or my fam were not in right standing with God to take communion. idk where friends fit in with that
@Ca1iGurl31 LOL Cal Gurl...What you had Christmas Eve was just that "bread". The Eucharist is the complete presence of "BODY, SOUL, and DIVINITY" of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wouldn't you love to partake?
@mrob75 I still dont get that eucharist thing. ok when I say felt the Holy Spirit, I mean I physically felt him posses my body. Like when you sit in a massage chair only this was inside my body, I saw him like when you drive in a car at night and someones high beams are on only behind my eyes...then i fell back.
@Ca1iGurl31 I can also experience as yours, I can feel someone around me, when I am on my own at home or whereever I am on my own., I can even hear a strange noise come from my ear in the middle of the night when I was on my bed, I can even see a sudden bright light, and a moving object but nobody around me,that I found its hard to explain, That does'nt harm me, before I scared and I was wondering whats going on. I thought it might be an angel whos trying to amuse me.
@lovencare62 Hey um I have experinces like that to only this one was when I was looking at a sermon by a preacher named Perry Stone. I had just got done praying at the side of my bed. I unpaused the sermon on my laptop, turned the light off, & got in the bed. I was going to fall asleep while watching the sermon & let it go off on its own. As I watched it left side of the computer lifted up & slammed back down. I knew it was demonic, but i convinced my self it was Jesus.
@lovencare62 The day the gift of Tongues was imparted to me a lady told me it was demonic. The demons that run around your house( every1 has them until you tell them to leave) try to impart give you fear. Another person said it was demonic as well. If a spirit shows up or acts out in your house loud noises, flashing lights,etc. There are 2 test u can give it 2 see if its from God or hell. 1 john 4:1-2 and if you feel fear or if you feel peace. Every experience I had with God was peaceful.
@lovencare62 He is the Prince of Peace. That's how you get to know Jesus. If you can say "Jesus you are the Prince of Peace" and then remember a time when he gave you peace beyond your understanding(phil 4:7). You get 2 know Jesus the way you get 2 know any other person by talking to him & experiencing them in the flesh. Then you can tell who is with him & who isn't (Angle/demon).
It's rather easy to confess your sins directly to God in the confines of your room, with no one to witness it. No one will know. It takes real courage and humility to confess your sins to a priest, your deepest secrets, and it expresses the true desire of being rid of those sins. Still I think the protestants will also be forgiven, may it be at the end of their lives, when they meet Jesus for the Personal Judgment, the final confession. Grace abounds in this time because sin abounds.
Father Barron, I have a question about whether I have committed grave sin. When my grandmother was dying I first insisted that she be provided food and water through a feeding tube, a basic right of hers, but I relented to my sister's desire when she took a turn for the worse. Am I complicit in her hastened death and thereby guilty of grave sin?
There is no mediator . Yes The Red Letters Are Powerful , not just for priests
For All Mankind !!! And just To Think For All Priests To Think That They Can Even Think They are mediators They are Ignorant Only God Himself could Handle day in And day Out The Sins Of Every Human Being So Be It!!!!!!
Jonathan I no doubt agree that man screws things up. But regardless, Jesus said the gates of hell will never prevail against His church, so I will stick to my Catholic faith. But I always love my Protestant brethren, and Christ loves us all. But whether Mathias is ever heard from again is irrelevant. They elected him and quoted the Pslam that connects to it. I will not begin for a second to question the apostles immediate decision, or you better start questioning all books after the gospels.
Why do I have to confess to a priest? You don't. Believers all have a High Priest. An advocate before the Father who is Yeshua. Upon HIS death on the cross the veil in the Holy of Holies was torn from top to bottom. No longer did we require a priest to intercede on our behalf. As a matter of edification we are encouraged to confess our failings to one another. I have but one advocate before the Father, Yeshua, my High Priest and Redeemer.
I am a Catholic Father Barron and your perspective in your videos are amazing and so insightful. I am a 22 year old who is always trying to seek God and in turn has many questions, you have answered and enhanced my knowledge on so many of them!. Keep making the videos Father Barron and spreading the good word of Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Christ undeniably established apostolic succession. In Acts, it is very clear they "elected" someone to fill the place of Judas. Your own translation says this. End of Acts 1 "Lord you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these men you have chosen to continue this apostolic ministry..." it is very clear. The very Church you love to attack is undoubtedly full of a turbulent history, but nevertheless, it IS historical fact that the Catholic (Universal) church was the one established by Christ.
@Ndftblwannabe1 Yes the Apostles elected Mathias to replace Judas, and we never hear from him again. Jesus, on the road to Damascas, chose Paul and he was responsible for building the gentile church and most of the NT. Only Jesus can choose an apostle, sooner or Later Man screws it up, that is pretty much what the OT is about.
??? - Jesus needs a Priest to forgive Sins? That is incorrect. Jesus and him alone can forgive Sins. We confess to him with our lips and repent. Although it doesn't seem like much what is happening is that Man is placing himself between Man and God which is a seat that only Christ can hold.
@sped1407 gee why do protie preaches indulge in the same sodomy,child abuse,exclusion etc By the way the problem far exceeds those in the catholic church gee and you thought all your prachers are exempt holy men of goD WHAT A LAUGH
"The priest is there to act as another Christ..." Wait a second, did he actually just say that? Aren't priests humans and therefore "embodied" people as well?
@ctarroza what? they've been endowed in the presence of Jesus. Since the beginning, priests have been given the command to consecrate the host, baptize individuals, as well as to forgive sins in John 20: 21-23.
@kubrox91 I was just taken aback when he said "the priest is there as another Christ..." It just sounded like he was saying priests are taking the role of God, which can't be true. There is one God, and one alone which you know. No one can take His place in anything or it is then blasphemous. 1 Tim 2:5 says "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus." Many verses say that God alone can forgive sins...
@ctarroza that verse means that nobody else is of God than Jesus. Jesus gave His apostles the authority to act in His presence. It is true that God alone forgives sins, but the priest brings the grace to the individual, as commanded by Jesus. This isn't man made. Jews would confess to a priest who would offer a sacrifice for their sins. Who's to say that command by Jesus to forgive sins is to be interpreted differently?
@kubrox91 first, I just want to say that I REFUSE to start a "comment war" that is totally unloving and many times hurtful. It's all over youtube and one of the main reasons I hardly ever comment, much less reply. There's enough in this world to separate God's people, i don't want to add to it. I merely would like to understand this concept and determine if it hold true to Scripture.
@kubrox91 ...with that said, I reread all of John 20. It does appear that He grants the ability to forgive sins to the Apostles, but there is no mention that it passes down to successors. Now personally, I've always wondered why go to a priest, who is human and therefore subject to sin, when I can go directly to Jesus. Why would I need something tangible when the Holy Spirit is more than enough? Again not out to attack you or Catholicism in anyway. Just curious is all...
@ctarroza of course comment wars suck, I've been there before. Jesus did indeed give His apostles authority to forgive sins, but who's to say that when they ordained more priests with the power of Christ, they did not give that authority either? True, venial sins can be confessed, but to say that I don't need to go to a priest is sort of prideful in a way, like I don't need these sacraments. Kind of like saying: I don't need to go to church now, I'll just confess on my deathbed.
@kubrox91 well just the fact that there is nothing in Scripture that says that the apostles forgave sins nor does it say anything about the them having the authority to pass it on to others, leads me to believe that no one else in this present day can forgive sins. As for being prideful, if a person does not confess their sins at all to anyone, including God, then yes that is prideful....(cont)
@kubrox91 ...But if a person chooses not to confess to a priest and instead to Jesus Himself, I do not think that is prideful at all. My issue is when people believe that Jesus's death, His sacrifice, was not enough, and that they need to add to it to be saved or be right with God....(cont)
@kubrox91 The thief on the cross believed Jesus was the Son of God. Luke 20: 43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” This man was a thief, a criminal and yet on his "deathbed" he chose Christ and was saved that very day! Is going to church important? Of course! But as seen here, faith in Jesus is enough. It's not because we love Him that we receive salvation, it's not our works, but His love for us, His works that we are saved.
@ctarroza first I gotta say I'm enjoying this discussion, it's not getting heated.
Well, history has the forgiveness of sins in the early meetings, but private and embarrassing ones would be said to the priest in private. but why wouldn't the apostles hand down that power? Of course Jesus' death was enough, it created a connection with us to God and forgave us. But would you encourage people to live a life and make a deathbed conversion?
@ctarroza But you would say that works would contribute to salvation, since Jesus spoke of the whatever you do for others you do to me, and saint james saying that faith without works is dead faith, as well as Paul saying that if I have faith to move a mountain it is useless if I do not love. and the book of Acts and the Gospels are a theological commentary to say what happened, though history is not fully written in there, since Paul did not preach until 3 years after his conversion while acts
@ctarroza says he preached just days or weeks afterwards. now getting back to the thief, it sort of boils down to the concept of penance and purgatory. it's not a place, it's just a phase, it's so you purify yourself after death, alluded to many times (Jesus saying you won't get to heaven until you pay off the last penny, paul and peter alluding to it, jews and christians praying for everybody's souls) so you can purify the actions that you failed to amend, while still being in the grace of God.
@ctarroza@ctarroza now, follow me, i'm a random thinker, this should have been placed a little while earlier, but my mind is like the physics labs where they test to find out how M theory works. it makes it seem like Jesus' death not being enough means "once saved, always saved," while Paul makes it very clear that this is a footrace and we can take a few steps back. another point i forgot, faith IS important, but works can contribute to our salvation.
@ctarroza sorry, my forgetful mind keeps doing this: penance is very true, since Peter denied Jesus 3 times, and a while before the ascension, Jesus, meeting with all the apostles and Peter, forgiven, but asks him: Do you love me? how many times? 3 times. He is in Jesus' friendship again but he must make amends for the damages he made.
@kubrox91 Yes, this is a great discussion. It's causing me to look even further into Scripture, into verses I've read before but never really dove into. Now, I wouldn't say that works contribute to my salvation but instead, a result of it. Eph. 2: 8-9 says we have been saved through faith, not works, not by our own doing. I would say that true faith LEADS to works...
@kubrox91 ...to say that you need works on top of your faith, I believe, defeats the whole purpose of Jesus' sacrifice. As for James 2, he says that faith without action is dead, as in it is literally "dead faith", a kind of "faith" that doesn't lead to repentance, and is therefore not true, genuine faith. He likens this kind of "faith" to demons who admit to there being one God.
@kubrox91 James is not saying that justification is by faith plus works, but rather that a person who is truly justified by faith will have good works in his/her life. As in, I love God with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength, that I choose to help the poor, feed the hungry, clothe the poor, etc. however, doing so does not add to my salvation.
@kubrox91 I don't believe that a person can have "faith" then go out and sin for the rest of their lives and be saved. Of course not! That wouldn't be true genuine faith. But let's say that a person chooses to turn to God completely, repents of his/her sins, and then dies right after - without a chance of going to church, having communion, going to confession, going through confirmation - does this person not get saved? Jesus would say otherwise as is witnessed with the thief on the cross...
@ctarroza I am Catholic and I believe in the power of confession. However at the same time, we all know that God is a compassionate God, He is the ultimate judge, and if you read the Bible I don't think anyone could ever believe that God would send all those with sin straight to Hell. I also believe in purgatory, which is not Heaven or Hell, but a cleansing process Rev 21:27. All those with sin are unclean, but God can cleanse them.
@ctarroza eh, I'm still leaning on works being a big contribution to salvation, as well as your faith. but whatever, it still leads us to put your faith in practice, which is what God wants (I was in prison and you visited me, etc.). Peace of Christ be with you, my friend.
John 20:23 "If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
OF course those displices probably passed awawy once the book of Hebrew was written -- so after that you could be correct -- no one else could forgive sin
@Kasine4412 Yes I am. What in your opinion am I missing in regards to The Apostles being Given the Authority to forgive Sins by the Risen Lord when He says in John 20:23 "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." Please Also know that when the Risen Christ Breathed on the Apostles and they received the Holy Spirit (in John 20:22) that this is the Johannine Pentecost which differs somewhat from the Synoptic Gospels.
The BIBLE, the Word of God is clear! NO where in the Bible is there any other mediator nor the use of a "priest"! No where in the Acts of the Apostles, the 1st church was a Priest ever necessary! READ you r Bible! DO ONT TRUST Catholicism and this "priest!" What does the Bible say: Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6, For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim 2:5
@rtarasiak You weren't really listening were you? We never say that Christ isn't the one who forgives, that Christ isn't the one mediator between God and men. Now let me address some of your thoughts. You say that "No where in the Bible is there any other mediator nor the use of a 'priest'!" Now, have you honestly read the Old Testament in its entirety? The use of priest are found in many places all over the Bible and especially in the Old Testament because the people had to present offerings...
@Johnny5331 Yes, the OT priests prayed to God alone, they never prayed to any dead saints in heaven or those who were not in hell? They prayed directly to God for the people, i.e. Israelites, etc.No where is there any place anyone prayed to other than God! Catholicism elevates tradition of man to be equal with God and this is wrong! Just like how the RCC changed the 2nd commandment! READ Exodus 20:4 and see for yourself to NOT make nor bow down to any statue, etc. This is idolatry!
@rtarasiak gee pastor I guess if you didnt look in a catholic bible or the catichism you could say Just like how the RCC changed the 2nd commandment! READ Exodus 20:4 but if you looked you would find it in both places in their entirety follish lying fiundie woman following preacher
@Kasine4412 Seriously? What Bible are you reading? I have 4 different Bibles and each of them say the same thing in John 20:22. From the King James - John 20 :22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.:What does your Bible say at John 20:22? What is your version of your Bible- I would LOVE to read what you believe is the correct translation since you think my Sacred Scripture is Wrong.
Father, watching your videos, has only reassured my catholic conviction, I've reached that point where no other doctrine could ever make sense or that I can regard as truth revealed to humanity, other than the catholic. Being a catholic is beautiful, and has set me free. Not an unfettered, unreasonable freedom as we tend to misinterpret it, but one set of convictions tha enables me to function better.
@manuelturcios Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. - Jesus Matt 23:9 Jesus is the Truth and the way and the life! He alone sets you free from the "spirit of religion" and faith+works based salvation of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. Eph 2:8-9 Can you trump or out do God by earning or meriting? Works follow
@rtarasiak What part of my posts suggests that I would give into your simplistic and fundamentlaist understanding on the bible. In Acts stephen calls abraham his father, Paul calls Isaac his father, paul also calles timothy HIS true child. how about when Jesus tells the 12 to go out and make disciples and to TEACH. When you call someone doctor you call them teacher for that is the latin word... BEGONE SATAN what YOU offer is evil, drink that poison yourself.
@manuelturcios Hey, take it up with Jesus, He is the One who said "Call no man Father, except the Father in Heaven." For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim 2:5 Tell me; Read Eph. 1:11-13 and then tell me if one is saved by faith and has salvation or faith and works as Catholicism declares? What is your answer? How do you explain the Word of God to know one is sealed by the HS to salvation, yet Catholicism teaches purgatory and works? hmmmm?
@rtarasiak The Bible tells us we must have faith in order to be saved (Hebrews 11:6). But is faith nothing more than believing and trusting? Faith also involves assent to God's truth (1 Thessalonians 2:13), obedience to Him (Romans 1:5, 16:26), and it must be WORKING in love (Galatians 5:6). Paul speaks of faith as a life-long process, never as a one-time experience (Philippians 2:12). He never assumes he has nothing to worry about. He takes nothing for granted.
@manuelturcios Growing in Godliness is always part of the relationship with Christ once, a person is "sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise" upon trusting and believing that God "finished" the sacrifice of His Son "once and for all"! THEN by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit the gifts and the leading brings supernatural abilities led by the Holy Spirit to perform good works. These works have nothing to do with salvation, they come AFTER being born-again or saved: Rom 10:9,10, Eph. 2:8,9, Rom. 4,
@rtarasiak yea pastor take it up with Jesus why did he call Abraham father take it up With God as well he called folks father also guess you dont have any idea what that passage was refering to go figure a lillte foolr flopping might help you out gee guess you dont know what the word Hades is in latin do ya pastor
@manuelturcios So I will cause him to sin!? in fact the catholic church had to writhe canons because canfessions of intimate sins to another human only promulgate your sins. Just like gossip which is a sin in itself. This canons are 977--------982---------984 par 1.
How does the Catholic Church reconcile the millions that were slaughtered, burned at the stake during the middle ages. Roman Catholocism has blood on its hands. Bloody Queen Mary slaughtered thousands in England and Scotland. Spanish Inquisition slaughtered thousands from 1200 to 1808, 31.912 burned at the stake and property seized from thousands more.Why are pedophile priests not disciplined but moved to different parishes? Satan has a stronghold in that "Church".
@horseman528 the Catholic church is the only one and true church stablished by lord Jesus christ himself. There are many non catholics are hated this church and trying to destroy... But Jesus himself said " the gates of hell will not prevail againts it " no matter how much the hater trying to insult it or destroy it, it won't happen. because his power is in there.
@lovencare62 the church may be in crisis because done of many unfaithful members, but it does not mean that god will giving up his church, NO and Never. He will never fail to his word..." the gates of hell will not prevail against it" It is his true church and will always be stand forever and his glory and power will always be reign there.
@lovencare62 William Sautre, Feb. 18,1400 John Badby, Mar. 15, 1409, John Huss July 6,1415, Jerome of Prague, May 25,1416, William White, Sept. 1424, the widow Wendelmutta Nov.20,1527, Thomas Bilney 1531, John Frith July 4,1533, Thomas Bennet Oct. 1524, William Tyndale 1536, and many many more were all burned at the stake on the dates listed for not agreeing with all the teachings of the Catholic Church. Foxes Book of Martyrs. Read it for yourself if you wish.
@horseman528 This is my last word on this. I realize what I've said appears hateful to Catholics but I want to say that I do not hate Catholics. I'm sure most are good people but what I have stated here is history not something I made up. Everyone needs to read the bible and study it and not just take what a priest or pastor says as gospel. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Sometimes the only truth that wakes one up is harsh and biting truth. Phil. 2:12
@horseman528 "How does the Catholic Church reconcile the millions that were slaughtered, burned at the stake during the middle ages. Roman Catholocism has blood on its hands"
I have always wondered about that -- I will convert to catholism if any catholic can give me a good answer to that question
@Kasine4412 oh my gooodness! How many eyes you have? one or two are they in good conditions? your questions"does it say Jesus gave the Apostles to forgive sins?"
Because the answers has given many times. below of these posts, read them. yet you are just trying to ignore them. Jesus has answered your questions many times yet you are trying to pretend blind as it seems you still dont know.
@Kasine4412 John 20:21 "He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive the Holy Ghost. 23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." That along with the loose and bind Authority given by Christ in Matthew 16:19 makes it very clear.
@Kasine4412: Chridtianity: God decides to redeem mankind, to save them from HIS eternal damnation.To do so, he will send his son to be sacrificed in atonement for the sins committed against HIMSELF. He chooses a people to help him do it. He makes sure that they know of his plan by sending prophets, But if they know he is the Messiah, they will not kill him, and his plan will be spoiled. She he makes the prophecies murky. His scheme works. Mission accomplished .What a great divine script.
How about what? You should know there are married Catholic Priests. If a priest is celibate so what? St. Paul was celibate- Does that take away from his ministry? One could argue it made him a better minister.Good Heavens what does celibacy have to do with the topic?
@Kasine4412 No the Church Fathers believed in purgatory even though the Doctrine was not yet defined. It usually took a crisis -heresy-apostasy before the Holy Church defined a Dogma. Arianism, Nestorism and Gnosticism were all dealt with by Church Councils. The results of which are such things as the Nicene Creed , Theotokos, The Trinity and Purgatory. Remember that all Catholic Doctrine or Dogma is what the Apostles and the Church Fathers believed and taught.
@AtomicMonster733 You don't read English so good, let alone take the time to learn the Greek. Since you clearly didn't watch all 22 videos in five hours, so could make an intelligent reply, it proves you have NO CLUE what James 2 is about, and don't care to DO YOUR HOMEWORK, either.
A loyal Christian would have taken pause, viewed the videos, respecting the GREEK before replying. Christ obviously means nothing to you, as you won't even bother to learn His Word.
@brainouty FYI -- Rahab and Abraham were ALREADY SAVED, so the topic is not about salvation, but about spiritual maturation=theme of the Book. You'd know this, if you could read the Greek. Since people are lazy, and teachers find it convenient to use James to hook you on works, James is misused by EVERY denomination.
But God foreknew all that, and preserved James in Greek: which makes distinction between GOD's works, vs. man's. So lazy liars mask what James says. Pity them.
@Archangel866 Arrogance, is to lie against the Word of God. 'Twat' is a vulgar term for vagina. Great Christian you are, not researching the BIBLE VERSES PROVIDED to prove Barron is lying, and instead reply with ad hominem that is totally puerile. So that means you cannot rebut the verses. Just like the KJVO cannot rebut the truth that the Inspired Scripture predated the English language and is preserved, thank you.
@AtomicMonster733 Apparently you can't read James 2:24. The word 'works' is 'anarthrous', meaning no fronting definite article, which means DIVINE Works. So justification is due to GOD's Works, never the man's own. Pity the legalist translating the passage in English, conveniently left out the meaning DIVINE, which in the Greek is signified by OMITTING the definite article.
I did a James 2 exegesis playlist proving this live in the Greek, see my channel page playlists.
@Kasine4412 Good points you make here. One minor correction: 'rapture' is in the Latin Vulgate, 1Thess 4:17, though in some Vulgates, the verse address is different (verse numbers are not Bible, but were invented in the 1100's or so, College of Paris, Google on it).
Rapto means to snatch up violently, rape. Same as Bible's Greek harpazw, in that verse. Nothing nice about the word.
@AtomicMonster733 'From Grace to Grace' is the BIBLE. Not works. Not pointy shoes, women's clothing, incense and chanting. Christ never did any of that, why do you? And then you have the colossal gall to say that what you do -- replace Bible with your rituals and made-up rules -- is equal to Christ's?
I want to be nice to Catholics, and God bless the monks. But Cathlicism wouldn't know the Ionic dative of Greek 'epi' in Eph2:10 if it bit you. Your loss, come the Rapture.
Also, there's a difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. God, only God, can and does, forgive sins. His Divine Mercy is open to every sigle person. But, you can be forgiven and still not have a relationship with whom that relationship has been broken. For instance, take a man who has had a very bad relationship with his father. The father dies. The son can forgive his father, even if the father is dead. There can be forgiveness and of course, peace, but no intimate relationship.
TenderTrap86 15 hours ago
well done; I like the connection made to angels and angelic communication with God as opposed to bodily communication. Interesting distinction
cosmicallyderived 2 days ago
Have to confess to a priest? You don't.
JeffersonDinedAlone 6 days ago
@JeffersonDinedAlone, you don't if you don't follow Jesus, and if you don't want your sins forgiven as the normative means Jesus established. You don't have to go to Heaven either. If you do want to go to Heaven, we recommend obeying Christ, which would include confessing to a priest when you want your relationship with Christ restored because you have sinned.
mdkpubs 3 days ago
@mdkpubs Confessing to a priest has nothing, whatsoever, to do with following Christ. Or believing in God, for that matter. I suggest that you seek clarity. Remember, God is not religious. People are religious. God is open to all. As is Christ.
JeffersonDinedAlone 2 days ago
in John 20:21-23 Jesus said:" "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Jesus could have just told them to tell the people to confess directly to God! People this is ridiculous, it is clear that the Catholic church is the continuation of what Jesus established 2000 yrs ago.
blackenergy 6 days ago 2
Read Psalms.51:3-4. King David Repents. God Forgave him He spoke Directly to God. God's no respecter of persons. We can all hear from God. Read the Bible Mr. Barron!!! Bible: Proverbs 3:5-8. 1 John 1:9, We confess to God for forgiveness. Relationship! God wants our relationship. In relationships we apologize and laugh sing w/each other dance together. God dances over us with singing. Zephaniah 3:17. Priests can be counselors. Not the advocate to the Creator. Jesus is the advocate.1 John 2:1-2
mJDALY2 6 days ago
@mJDALY2, Fr Barron actually knows what is in the Bible. He does something you fail to do, and that is listen to the author of the New Testament. The Catholic Church authored the New Testament, by writing down some of her oral teachings. The full 73 book Bible was assembled by the Catholic Church (which means Catholic hierarchy led by the Holy Spirit). When you reject this authority established by Christ, you also reject Christ (His words).
mdkpubs 3 days ago
@mJDALY2, King David was in the Old Testament, and that's before Jesus' Incarnation and establishment of His Church, right? King David was a foreshadowing of the real to come, and the real is Jesus. Who do you follow, King David, or Jesus? For me and my family, we will serve the Lord. King David would tell you to follow Jesus as well.
mdkpubs 3 days ago
That's the Dumbest thing I ever heard!
Adolf Eichmann before he was killed confessed to a preist, so you want me to believe that because he confessed his sins he went to Heaven but all the 6 Million jews he killed who did not confess went to Hell? That makes a lot of sense to me.... Some religoun huh?
ninchLOsomarichYO 1 week ago
@ninchLOsomarichYO, you call God's ways dumbest you've ever seen, then. Your blasphemy won't get you very far in eternity.
mdkpubs 3 days ago
@ninchLOsomarichYO, my statement above was based on your ignorance of where either Eichmann will spend eternity or where any of the Jews will. The Jews don't go collectively, but based individually according to God's justice. Eichmann may not have been sincere in His confession. If he was, God's love is certainly sufficient to wipe away all of Eichmann's sins. It's just a bit arrogant of you to assume you know where either of these peoples will spend eternity. You need to work on yours.
mdkpubs 3 days ago
So what about all those other Priests who "forgave" sins and were molesting little boys at the same time in their priesthood? Did Christ act through them? If not then are those people still forgiven or not?
number201120122013 1 week ago
@number201120122013 Those priests and any other priest has not power to forgive sins. Only Christ. Those beloved people who put their trust in those monsters are forgiven if they asked God to forgive them. But God is so gracious, He knows their heart. If They just asked the priest to forgive them, I think Father God forgave them. God is gracious.
mJDALY2 6 days ago
@mJDALY2, you are correct in that Christ forgives sins. You are incorrect in saying the priest forgives your sins. Jesus established the priesthood to minister to His people, of which He actually makes the sacrament work... the priest has the authority to stand in the place of Christ, but Christ forgives the sins, just as His Catholic Church teaches.
mdkpubs 3 days ago
@number201120122013: If they were forgiving sins, then yes.. Jesus was working though them. Yet, they won't be able to forgive themselves of their sins and will have to go to another priest for confession. They must also tell people of their sin since that is a crime.
RockyBalboa211 2 days ago
I don't understand, if we can't communicate directly to God by ourselves, then why do we pray?
nicocap24 2 weeks ago
@nicocap24 Exactly. We can communicate directly to God. This priest is misleading people. He will answer to God for that. "it would be better for a millstone to be around their neck and be thrown into the river then to cause these little ones to stumble. Luke 17:2. Its all about relationship with God. He loves us soo much. Imagine if you had a kitten. (if you like kittens) How much you treasure that cute kitten. God loves us soooo much more than that. He wants to speak to us. Reading his word.
mJDALY2 6 days ago
@mJDALY2, since Jesus established the Catholic Church as the pillar and foundation of the truth, sounds like you're pushing with Satan against God's Church. Please don't be a tool of Satan.
mdkpubs 3 days ago
You are far too intelligent too seriously believe this!
Sin is transgression against God only God can forgive Sin...If I need to "spout off" or get something "off my chest" I can talk to a Priest ,granted...but Paul States"There is only one mediator between God and Man, The Lord Jesus Christ"
bkeay100 3 weeks ago
@bkeay100 Priest cannot forgive sins. Impossible. Only Christ. But, if you read John 20:21, Jesus, CLEARLY gives sinful, CHURCH AUTHORITARIAN men, his ability, to work through him, to forgive, or retain sin in what they confess. True, there is one mediator between God and Man, Jesus. The Priest works through Jesus. The priest does not act alone, if so, we would just be humiliating ourselves for no plain reason.
JD27076 3 weeks ago
@JD27076
Thank you for your response... The title and content of the Video I commented on seems to imply something different than your comment.
bkeay100 3 weeks ago
@bkeay100 Excuse me, it was John 20:23
JD27076 3 weeks ago
TLDR version: You have to go to a guy wearing a costume because you don't have wings.
CrapnellGates 3 weeks ago 2
There's something very unsettling about someone acting in the person of Christ. It just seems fundamentally wrong.
kiddynamo41 3 weeks ago 2
@kiddynamo41 Acting in the person of Christ does not mean you are a saint A PRIORI. Read St. Therese de Liseaux's remarks on this subject: a priest can validly administer the Sacraments even in deadly sin himself.
Plus, the apostles themselves acted in the person of Christ by preaching, forgiving sins and performing exorcisms even while Jesus was STILL ALIVE. It's in the Bible.
cashernandes1 1 week ago 2
@cashernandes1 But there was also a clear distinction between the ability of the apostles to preform a function and Christ to do so, as when they could not cast a demon out and questioned Jesus on their inability to do it. Further Peter telling Simon the Sorcerer to go and pray for his sins, and simon likewise asking peter to pray for him, but Peter saying the forgiveness was up to the judgement of God. Further i find no example of anyone saying "thou sins are forgiven" but Christ himself.
kiddynamo41 1 week ago
@kiddynamo41 Amen, Jesus is the only one who can forgive sins. A priest can be a counselor I guess. But We don't need an advocate to the Father but Jesus. 1 John 1-2. The Catholic Church needs to read the Bible. Jesus wants us to acknolwedge Him in All our ways so we can have peace. Proverbs 3:5-6. A lot of what Mr. Barron says just isn't biblical. Its out of human thinking and not Biblical Truth. Jesus just wants us to know Him because he's a friend that has so much he wants to offer.
mJDALY2 6 days ago
@mJDALY2, Jesus established the priesthood for us. The question is whether you follow Christ, or you're too "smart" to follow Christ.
mdkpubs 3 days ago
@kiddynamo41 jesus said to his apostles as the father has sent me so i send you. so it does make sense to me. jesus gave men the authority to forgive sins and i thank god every day for this gift he has given us. it shows alot of humility to go to a preist and confess your sins, the priest doesnt act like hes god but he says by the authority of christ i have absolved your sins.
krunkmasterj 5 days ago
If that is really the holy spirit it will lead you to the truth to his only one and only and apostolic church, the catholic church and will lead you to his all valid sacraments of his church.
lovencare62 4 weeks ago
I mean John 20:23
lovencare62 4 weeks ago
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lovencare62 4 weeks ago
@Ca1iGurl31 Cant you not see, you can not accept the word of god in John 20:23, it was Jesus who said that to his apostles. you only picked up the verse James5:16 which is fit for you yet you don't acknowledge the truth what is exactly meant in that John:23:20.
lovencare62 4 weeks ago
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have many people who I know and I witnessed they said they recieved the holy spirit when they pastors laid their hands to their head, and they fallen on the floor, and they gota gift of speaking of tounge, but after that, those people still continue sinning, on the next day i saw them, they sin in action, in words, and in their thoughts. That's why I believe in John 20:23 is applicable in our daily life. Sacrament of penance is very important for our soul
lovencare62 4 weeks ago
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lovencare62 4 weeks ago
I know it is true confessing our sins to a priest is the most hard thing to do... thats why it is a sacrifice, and this is what Jesus the lord want us to obey, and he observe us... if you really care about his will, then you will do what he want. "he that hide his sins shall not prosper; but he that shall confess and forsake them, shall obtain mercy"(prov 28:13)
lovencare62 4 weeks ago
James 5:16 "confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
1 John 1:9 "if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
John 20:23 "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. < Jesus Christ gave the power to forgive sins to his Apostles.
jofo817 1 month ago
you can confess your sins to your mother, father, bro/sister and friend and they can forgive your sins but jesus taught the apostles the way how the sinners must need to approach the grace of pardon thru sacrament of penance so that may the lord forgive us our sins. That is the will of god that we need to follow, and not your will or my will but his will.
lovencare62 1 month ago
THE PRIEST CANNOT FORGIVE SINS HE CAN ONLY BEAR WITNESS ONLY GOD CAN FORGIVE OUR SINS
james67707 1 month ago
@james67707 according to John 20:23 what you said is not correct. Jesus Christ (GOD) gave the power to forgive sins to his Apostles also.
jofo817 1 month ago
@louishazong WE CAN CONFESS OUR SINS DIRECTLY TO GOD JESUS IS OUR PRIEST
james67707 1 month ago
@james67707 how long you gonna argue with the word of god?
Jesus christ himself gave an instructions to his apostles of how the sinners need to apporoach the grace of pardon in a sacrament of confession. Please, read my post below.
lovencare62 1 month ago
@james67707 read John 20:23
jofo817 1 month ago
i disagree...
EGMAG 1 month ago
@SuperBrodie01 I'm not sure how one could disagree with that? I think the best question to ask you at this point is this - out of what tradition did the scripture develop?
gambleor 1 month ago
He's the hottest Father I've ever seen.....sorry...
Phoenix13857 1 month ago
1 tim 2:5 "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus"
The Catholic Church has to much unbiblical traditions. The reformers had it right when they broke away from the silly nonsence..Even though some of them didnt go far enough.
I still like watching this guys videos even though we would disagree on some issues
SuperBrodie01 1 month ago
@SuperBrodie01 You do realize that the scriptures are simply the largest part of the Church's tradition right? The reformation made an egregious error in breaking away from the interpretive tradition of the Church because doing so, in effect, ripped the context that makes the bible relevant away from the reading of it.
gambleor 1 month ago
@gambleor Respectfully I disagree. The 5 sola's are the greatest guidelines for the faith. Godly men throughout history like Augustine thru Calvin have had issues with "church" traditions
SuperBrodie01 1 month ago
I don't see how this is biblical even the Catholic bible say's in James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. Confess to your friends & Family as the lord leads not just the priest. Philippians 4:13 (I) can do all things through Christ, who strengths (ME). Not my priest. I'm sorry no offense to the Catholics but it seems like your faith rely's on the wisdom of men & not the Spirit. Something Paul was against in 1 Corinthians 2:4&5.
Ca1iGurl31 1 month ago
@Ca1iGurl31 if we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all inequitty. (1 Jonh 1-9). We should not hesitate to seek the pardon and mercy of god; we should go to him the moment we fall into sin.
lovencare62 1 month ago
@Ca1iGurl31- " Delay not be converted to the lord and deter it not from day to day. For his wrath shall come on a sudden." (Ecccl.5:89)
lovencare62 1 month ago
@Ca1iGurl31 - Be frank to admit your sins and hide them not when you confess them and ask forgiveness for them: " He that hides his sins shall not prosper; but he that shall confess and forsake them, shall obtain mercy." (Prov. 28:13)
lovencare62 1 month ago
@Ca1iGurl31 - Ouf lord himself spoke of the joy of a pardoned sinner:
" There will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine who have no need of repentance."(Luke 15:7)
lovencare62 1 month ago
The apostles themselves understood and prerscribed the measure to obtain pardon.
"Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out" ( Acts 3:19)
lovencare62 1 month ago
@Ca1iGurl31 A sinner needs but to approach the channel of the grace of pardon in the Sacrament of Penance. Our lord Jesus Christ, after his ressurrection, he appeared to the apostles and give them( and their Successors) the power to forgive sins:
lovencare62 1 month ago
@Ca1iGurl31 - Cont...
" Recieve the Holy spirit; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." (John 20-23)
lovencare62 1 month ago
@lovencare62 Ok so what your saying is who ever has the Holy Spirit has the power to forgive the sins of others? If you don't have the Holy Spirit you can not go directly to God & ask for forgiveness? You need a mediator other than Jesus to get to God? (Prov. 28:13)- Admit & repent your sins directly to God, the sec. you sin. Don't wait to see a priest. As the Lord leads admit them 2 friends & family. Every1 should have a relationship with God where they can talk to him directly.
Ca1iGurl31 1 month ago
@Ca1iGurl31 seems that you do not want to accept what exactly the true meaning in John 20:23. Obviously you are refusing this.You do not want to accept the truth that Jesus gave an authority the apostles to forgive and retain the sins of the sinners. Jesus himself knows already our sins because he is god has a power to see what we are doing every second every minutes, nothing we can hide to him, ok. He knew everything about us even if we dont announce to him derectly. But....
lovencare62 4 weeks ago
@Ca1iGurl31...again, a sinner needs but to approach the channel of the grace of pardon in the sacrament of penance because it is his will. It is his order, it was his taught to his apostles and we need to obey it. Confessing a sin to a priest is an act of sacrifice, a greatest sacrifice you can offer to the lord and he observes us of how we can fulfill his will, not your will, not my will but his will.
lovencare62 4 weeks ago
@lovencare62 I don't have a problem with spiritual authority. But I don't substitute them for Jesus, God or the Holy Spirit. Our goal as children of God is 2 know him, obey his voice, & get other people to do it for ourselves. If we can stop sinning we don't have to have a sacrifice. God likes obedience more than sacrifice. If every1 had the Holy Spirit like J20:23 talks about, then we can all confess our sins to each other like it say's in James5:16
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@lovencare62 I was baptized in the Holy Spirit, I can speak in tongues, and I have a few other gifts as well. Does this mean I can forgive the sins of others? I have received the Holy spirit from a pastor and directly from God. Every1 sins everyday, who do those priest confess to?
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@Ca1iGurl31 Your pastor never had "hands laid on him" therefore he cannot forgive sins. Priests confess to other priests.
mrob75 4 weeks ago
@Ca1iGurl31 Also, you did not receive the Holy Spirit "through a pastor"...You receive the Holy Spirit through: baptism, conformation, and through the Holy Eurcharist.
mrob75 4 weeks ago
@mrob75 What do you mean (she) never had "hands laid on her" do Catholics not believe that believers can't lay hands on other believers? I was 12yrs old when I had "hands laid on" me. In fact thats how I know God is real I saw the light(Holy Spirit) behind my eyes & felt his power. I was so scared when they made us come up 2 the front. When it happened I closed my eyes & he stilled my nerves and gave me peace beyond my understanding (Phil 4:7).
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@Ca1iGurl31 My dear...Your faith is ever so present as felt through your emotions...I don't doubt that one bit! Especially at 12 yrs old. But the "hands" is speak of originate from "Christ" himself. Remember that Christ "laid hands" on his Apostles...The Mother Church has preserved this down from generation to generation (for over 2,000 years) to via bishops/priests. Your pastor (God love her) does not have this "sacramental" authority.
mrob75 4 weeks ago
@mrob75 I'm pretty sure it wasnt emotions, I know what I saw, felt,and...spoke to. I believe they do both of them. The time the Holy Spirit proved himself 2 me at 12 was in Cali. When the gift of tongues was imparted to me was last summer in Oklahoma. Why do people say God is all powerful, when they don't believe he can actually show up in peoples lives in the spare of a moment?
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@mrob75 Oh i for got to say when they laid hands on me at 12 their hand never touched me.
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@mrob75 He filled my body with light, I felt vibrations in every limb, he started from my head and traveled through my body,out through the soles of my feet. I meant this year she imparted the gift of tongues to me and God kind of revealed to me that I had other gifts through certain situations. what is a Eucharistic? nvm ill look it up.
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@Ca1iGurl31 Again, dear...What you feel/felt stems from your "deep emotions" and your love for God. But receiving the Holy Spirit surpasses our human emotions...It's very easy to "feel" but it's another to receive the Holy Spirit through Baptism/Conformation/Receiving of the Holy Spirit. All of which were instituted by Christ Himself.
mrob75 4 weeks ago
@mrob75 ok looked it up...so basically the holy Eucharistic is what some Christians call communion( wine & bread)? yea, I took it on Christmas eve 2011 & 3/4 days before I had dream where I think a an Angel or Jesus or something told me to plead the blood of Jesus over my self, friends, & family. I was like 75% asleep and 25% awake. I lifted up my head & repeated what the person told me 2 say. I or my fam were not in right standing with God to take communion. idk where friends fit in with that
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@Ca1iGurl31 LOL Cal Gurl...What you had Christmas Eve was just that "bread". The Eucharist is the complete presence of "BODY, SOUL, and DIVINITY" of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wouldn't you love to partake?
mrob75 4 weeks ago
@mrob75 I still dont get that eucharist thing. ok when I say felt the Holy Spirit, I mean I physically felt him posses my body. Like when you sit in a massage chair only this was inside my body, I saw him like when you drive in a car at night and someones high beams are on only behind my eyes...then i fell back.
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@Ca1iGurl31 I can also experience as yours, I can feel someone around me, when I am on my own at home or whereever I am on my own., I can even hear a strange noise come from my ear in the middle of the night when I was on my bed, I can even see a sudden bright light, and a moving object but nobody around me,that I found its hard to explain, That does'nt harm me, before I scared and I was wondering whats going on. I thought it might be an angel whos trying to amuse me.
lovencare62 4 weeks ago
@lovencare62 Hey um I have experinces like that to only this one was when I was looking at a sermon by a preacher named Perry Stone. I had just got done praying at the side of my bed. I unpaused the sermon on my laptop, turned the light off, & got in the bed. I was going to fall asleep while watching the sermon & let it go off on its own. As I watched it left side of the computer lifted up & slammed back down. I knew it was demonic, but i convinced my self it was Jesus.
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@lovencare62 The day the gift of Tongues was imparted to me a lady told me it was demonic. The demons that run around your house( every1 has them until you tell them to leave) try to impart give you fear. Another person said it was demonic as well. If a spirit shows up or acts out in your house loud noises, flashing lights,etc. There are 2 test u can give it 2 see if its from God or hell. 1 john 4:1-2 and if you feel fear or if you feel peace. Every experience I had with God was peaceful.
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
@lovencare62 He is the Prince of Peace. That's how you get to know Jesus. If you can say "Jesus you are the Prince of Peace" and then remember a time when he gave you peace beyond your understanding(phil 4:7). You get 2 know Jesus the way you get 2 know any other person by talking to him & experiencing them in the flesh. Then you can tell who is with him & who isn't (Angle/demon).
Ca1iGurl31 4 weeks ago
It's rather easy to confess your sins directly to God in the confines of your room, with no one to witness it. No one will know. It takes real courage and humility to confess your sins to a priest, your deepest secrets, and it expresses the true desire of being rid of those sins. Still I think the protestants will also be forgiven, may it be at the end of their lives, when they meet Jesus for the Personal Judgment, the final confession. Grace abounds in this time because sin abounds.
blablabla1864 1 month ago
Father Barron, I have a question about whether I have committed grave sin. When my grandmother was dying I first insisted that she be provided food and water through a feeding tube, a basic right of hers, but I relented to my sister's desire when she took a turn for the worse. Am I complicit in her hastened death and thereby guilty of grave sin?
TimPoet 1 month ago
There is no mediator . Yes The Red Letters Are Powerful , not just for priests
For All Mankind !!! And just To Think For All Priests To Think That They Can Even Think They are mediators They are Ignorant Only God Himself could Handle day in And day Out The Sins Of Every Human Being So Be It!!!!!!
furtadogerry 1 month ago
Jonathan I no doubt agree that man screws things up. But regardless, Jesus said the gates of hell will never prevail against His church, so I will stick to my Catholic faith. But I always love my Protestant brethren, and Christ loves us all. But whether Mathias is ever heard from again is irrelevant. They elected him and quoted the Pslam that connects to it. I will not begin for a second to question the apostles immediate decision, or you better start questioning all books after the gospels.
Ndftblwannabe1 1 month ago
There is no mediator between God and man.
adonailee 1 month ago
Why do I have to confess to a priest? You don't. Believers all have a High Priest. An advocate before the Father who is Yeshua. Upon HIS death on the cross the veil in the Holy of Holies was torn from top to bottom. No longer did we require a priest to intercede on our behalf. As a matter of edification we are encouraged to confess our failings to one another. I have but one advocate before the Father, Yeshua, my High Priest and Redeemer.
71superbee3 1 month ago
I am a Catholic Father Barron and your perspective in your videos are amazing and so insightful. I am a 22 year old who is always trying to seek God and in turn has many questions, you have answered and enhanced my knowledge on so many of them!. Keep making the videos Father Barron and spreading the good word of Our Lord Jesus Christ!
MrClintonTavares 1 month ago
Brilliantly explained by Father Barron
johnnyM809 1 month ago
Christ undeniably established apostolic succession. In Acts, it is very clear they "elected" someone to fill the place of Judas. Your own translation says this. End of Acts 1 "Lord you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these men you have chosen to continue this apostolic ministry..." it is very clear. The very Church you love to attack is undoubtedly full of a turbulent history, but nevertheless, it IS historical fact that the Catholic (Universal) church was the one established by Christ.
Ndftblwannabe1 1 month ago
@Ndftblwannabe1 Yes the Apostles elected Mathias to replace Judas, and we never hear from him again. Jesus, on the road to Damascas, chose Paul and he was responsible for building the gentile church and most of the NT. Only Jesus can choose an apostle, sooner or Later Man screws it up, that is pretty much what the OT is about.
Jonathan2342 1 month ago
??? - Jesus needs a Priest to forgive Sins? That is incorrect. Jesus and him alone can forgive Sins. We confess to him with our lips and repent. Although it doesn't seem like much what is happening is that Man is placing himself between Man and God which is a seat that only Christ can hold.
Jonathan2342 1 month ago
@sped1407 gee why do protie preaches indulge in the same sodomy,child abuse,exclusion etc By the way the problem far exceeds those in the catholic church gee and you thought all your prachers are exempt holy men of goD WHAT A LAUGH
martlut 1 month ago
"The priest is there to act as another Christ..." Wait a second, did he actually just say that? Aren't priests humans and therefore "embodied" people as well?
ctarroza 1 month ago
@ctarroza what? they've been endowed in the presence of Jesus. Since the beginning, priests have been given the command to consecrate the host, baptize individuals, as well as to forgive sins in John 20: 21-23.
kubrox91 1 month ago
@kubrox91 I was just taken aback when he said "the priest is there as another Christ..." It just sounded like he was saying priests are taking the role of God, which can't be true. There is one God, and one alone which you know. No one can take His place in anything or it is then blasphemous. 1 Tim 2:5 says "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus." Many verses say that God alone can forgive sins...
ctarroza 1 month ago
@ctarroza that verse means that nobody else is of God than Jesus. Jesus gave His apostles the authority to act in His presence. It is true that God alone forgives sins, but the priest brings the grace to the individual, as commanded by Jesus. This isn't man made. Jews would confess to a priest who would offer a sacrifice for their sins. Who's to say that command by Jesus to forgive sins is to be interpreted differently?
kubrox91 1 month ago
@kubrox91 first, I just want to say that I REFUSE to start a "comment war" that is totally unloving and many times hurtful. It's all over youtube and one of the main reasons I hardly ever comment, much less reply. There's enough in this world to separate God's people, i don't want to add to it. I merely would like to understand this concept and determine if it hold true to Scripture.
ctarroza 1 month ago
@kubrox91 ...with that said, I reread all of John 20. It does appear that He grants the ability to forgive sins to the Apostles, but there is no mention that it passes down to successors. Now personally, I've always wondered why go to a priest, who is human and therefore subject to sin, when I can go directly to Jesus. Why would I need something tangible when the Holy Spirit is more than enough? Again not out to attack you or Catholicism in anyway. Just curious is all...
ctarroza 1 month ago
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kubrox91 1 month ago
@ctarroza of course comment wars suck, I've been there before. Jesus did indeed give His apostles authority to forgive sins, but who's to say that when they ordained more priests with the power of Christ, they did not give that authority either? True, venial sins can be confessed, but to say that I don't need to go to a priest is sort of prideful in a way, like I don't need these sacraments. Kind of like saying: I don't need to go to church now, I'll just confess on my deathbed.
kubrox91 1 month ago
@kubrox91 well just the fact that there is nothing in Scripture that says that the apostles forgave sins nor does it say anything about the them having the authority to pass it on to others, leads me to believe that no one else in this present day can forgive sins. As for being prideful, if a person does not confess their sins at all to anyone, including God, then yes that is prideful....(cont)
ctarroza 1 month ago
@kubrox91 ...But if a person chooses not to confess to a priest and instead to Jesus Himself, I do not think that is prideful at all. My issue is when people believe that Jesus's death, His sacrifice, was not enough, and that they need to add to it to be saved or be right with God....(cont)
ctarroza 1 month ago
@kubrox91 The thief on the cross believed Jesus was the Son of God. Luke 20: 43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” This man was a thief, a criminal and yet on his "deathbed" he chose Christ and was saved that very day! Is going to church important? Of course! But as seen here, faith in Jesus is enough. It's not because we love Him that we receive salvation, it's not our works, but His love for us, His works that we are saved.
ctarroza 1 month ago
@ctarroza first I gotta say I'm enjoying this discussion, it's not getting heated.
Well, history has the forgiveness of sins in the early meetings, but private and embarrassing ones would be said to the priest in private. but why wouldn't the apostles hand down that power? Of course Jesus' death was enough, it created a connection with us to God and forgave us. But would you encourage people to live a life and make a deathbed conversion?
kubrox91 1 month ago
@ctarroza But you would say that works would contribute to salvation, since Jesus spoke of the whatever you do for others you do to me, and saint james saying that faith without works is dead faith, as well as Paul saying that if I have faith to move a mountain it is useless if I do not love. and the book of Acts and the Gospels are a theological commentary to say what happened, though history is not fully written in there, since Paul did not preach until 3 years after his conversion while acts
kubrox91 1 month ago
@ctarroza says he preached just days or weeks afterwards. now getting back to the thief, it sort of boils down to the concept of penance and purgatory. it's not a place, it's just a phase, it's so you purify yourself after death, alluded to many times (Jesus saying you won't get to heaven until you pay off the last penny, paul and peter alluding to it, jews and christians praying for everybody's souls) so you can purify the actions that you failed to amend, while still being in the grace of God.
kubrox91 1 month ago
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kubrox91 1 month ago
@ctarroza @ctarroza now, follow me, i'm a random thinker, this should have been placed a little while earlier, but my mind is like the physics labs where they test to find out how M theory works. it makes it seem like Jesus' death not being enough means "once saved, always saved," while Paul makes it very clear that this is a footrace and we can take a few steps back. another point i forgot, faith IS important, but works can contribute to our salvation.
kubrox91 1 month ago
@ctarroza sorry, my forgetful mind keeps doing this: penance is very true, since Peter denied Jesus 3 times, and a while before the ascension, Jesus, meeting with all the apostles and Peter, forgiven, but asks him: Do you love me? how many times? 3 times. He is in Jesus' friendship again but he must make amends for the damages he made.
kubrox91 1 month ago
@ctarroza it is great that we discuss this in our pursuit of the truth in Jesus Christ, our Lord and God.
kubrox91 1 month ago
@kubrox91 Yes, this is a great discussion. It's causing me to look even further into Scripture, into verses I've read before but never really dove into. Now, I wouldn't say that works contribute to my salvation but instead, a result of it. Eph. 2: 8-9 says we have been saved through faith, not works, not by our own doing. I would say that true faith LEADS to works...
ctarroza 1 month ago
@kubrox91 ...to say that you need works on top of your faith, I believe, defeats the whole purpose of Jesus' sacrifice. As for James 2, he says that faith without action is dead, as in it is literally "dead faith", a kind of "faith" that doesn't lead to repentance, and is therefore not true, genuine faith. He likens this kind of "faith" to demons who admit to there being one God.
ctarroza 1 month ago
@kubrox91 James is not saying that justification is by faith plus works, but rather that a person who is truly justified by faith will have good works in his/her life. As in, I love God with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength, that I choose to help the poor, feed the hungry, clothe the poor, etc. however, doing so does not add to my salvation.
ctarroza 1 month ago
@kubrox91 I don't believe that a person can have "faith" then go out and sin for the rest of their lives and be saved. Of course not! That wouldn't be true genuine faith. But let's say that a person chooses to turn to God completely, repents of his/her sins, and then dies right after - without a chance of going to church, having communion, going to confession, going through confirmation - does this person not get saved? Jesus would say otherwise as is witnessed with the thief on the cross...
ctarroza 1 month ago
@ctarroza I am Catholic and I believe in the power of confession. However at the same time, we all know that God is a compassionate God, He is the ultimate judge, and if you read the Bible I don't think anyone could ever believe that God would send all those with sin straight to Hell. I also believe in purgatory, which is not Heaven or Hell, but a cleansing process Rev 21:27. All those with sin are unclean, but God can cleanse them.
angelmezzanine 1 month ago
@ctarroza eh, I'm still leaning on works being a big contribution to salvation, as well as your faith. but whatever, it still leads us to put your faith in practice, which is what God wants (I was in prison and you visited me, etc.). Peace of Christ be with you, my friend.
kubrox91 1 month ago
@ctarroza "as another Christ" yeah, now I can understand where you're coming from. But he fulfills Christ's tangible presence.
kubrox91 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 Your right it is not the priest himself who is forgiving the sin. It is Christ working through the priest who forgives the sin
nmabdk 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 Having said that though I do agree with you -- I dont belive that priest have any special powers to forgive sins
badpanda84 1 month ago
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@Kasine4412 yes but it clearly says in
John 20:23 "If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
OF course those displices probably passed awawy once the book of Hebrew was written -- so after that you could be correct -- no one else could forgive sin
badpanda84 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 Yes I am. What in your opinion am I missing in regards to The Apostles being Given the Authority to forgive Sins by the Risen Lord when He says in John 20:23 "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." Please Also know that when the Risen Christ Breathed on the Apostles and they received the Holy Spirit (in John 20:22) that this is the Johannine Pentecost which differs somewhat from the Synoptic Gospels.
monkigun 1 month ago
You really believe this man? you mad!
classiq876 1 month ago
WHAAAAAAAT
classiq876 1 month ago
The BIBLE, the Word of God is clear! NO where in the Bible is there any other mediator nor the use of a "priest"! No where in the Acts of the Apostles, the 1st church was a Priest ever necessary! READ you r Bible! DO ONT TRUST Catholicism and this "priest!" What does the Bible say: Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6, For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim 2:5
rtarasiak 1 month ago
@rtarasiak You weren't really listening were you? We never say that Christ isn't the one who forgives, that Christ isn't the one mediator between God and men. Now let me address some of your thoughts. You say that "No where in the Bible is there any other mediator nor the use of a 'priest'!" Now, have you honestly read the Old Testament in its entirety? The use of priest are found in many places all over the Bible and especially in the Old Testament because the people had to present offerings...
Johnny5331 1 month ago
@Johnny5331 Yes, the OT priests prayed to God alone, they never prayed to any dead saints in heaven or those who were not in hell? They prayed directly to God for the people, i.e. Israelites, etc.No where is there any place anyone prayed to other than God! Catholicism elevates tradition of man to be equal with God and this is wrong! Just like how the RCC changed the 2nd commandment! READ Exodus 20:4 and see for yourself to NOT make nor bow down to any statue, etc. This is idolatry!
rtarasiak 1 month ago
@rtarasiak gee they OT priest didnt pray the Kaddish their pastor i dont know shit from shinola
martlut 1 month ago
@rtarasiak gee pastor I guess if you didnt look in a catholic bible or the catichism you could say Just like how the RCC changed the 2nd commandment! READ Exodus 20:4 but if you looked you would find it in both places in their entirety follish lying fiundie woman following preacher
martlut 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 Seriously? What Bible are you reading? I have 4 different Bibles and each of them say the same thing in John 20:22. From the King James - John 20 :22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.:What does your Bible say at John 20:22? What is your version of your Bible- I would LOVE to read what you believe is the correct translation since you think my Sacred Scripture is Wrong.
monkigun 1 month ago
Father, watching your videos, has only reassured my catholic conviction, I've reached that point where no other doctrine could ever make sense or that I can regard as truth revealed to humanity, other than the catholic. Being a catholic is beautiful, and has set me free. Not an unfettered, unreasonable freedom as we tend to misinterpret it, but one set of convictions tha enables me to function better.
manuelturcios 1 month ago
@manuelturcios Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. - Jesus Matt 23:9 Jesus is the Truth and the way and the life! He alone sets you free from the "spirit of religion" and faith+works based salvation of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. Eph 2:8-9 Can you trump or out do God by earning or meriting? Works follow
rtarasiak 1 month ago
@rtarasiak What part of my posts suggests that I would give into your simplistic and fundamentlaist understanding on the bible. In Acts stephen calls abraham his father, Paul calls Isaac his father, paul also calles timothy HIS true child. how about when Jesus tells the 12 to go out and make disciples and to TEACH. When you call someone doctor you call them teacher for that is the latin word... BEGONE SATAN what YOU offer is evil, drink that poison yourself.
manuelturcios 1 month ago
@manuelturcios Hey, take it up with Jesus, He is the One who said "Call no man Father, except the Father in Heaven." For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim 2:5 Tell me; Read Eph. 1:11-13 and then tell me if one is saved by faith and has salvation or faith and works as Catholicism declares? What is your answer? How do you explain the Word of God to know one is sealed by the HS to salvation, yet Catholicism teaches purgatory and works? hmmmm?
rtarasiak 1 month ago
@rtarasiak The Bible tells us we must have faith in order to be saved (Hebrews 11:6). But is faith nothing more than believing and trusting? Faith also involves assent to God's truth (1 Thessalonians 2:13), obedience to Him (Romans 1:5, 16:26), and it must be WORKING in love (Galatians 5:6). Paul speaks of faith as a life-long process, never as a one-time experience (Philippians 2:12). He never assumes he has nothing to worry about. He takes nothing for granted.
manuelturcios 1 month ago
@manuelturcios Growing in Godliness is always part of the relationship with Christ once, a person is "sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise" upon trusting and believing that God "finished" the sacrifice of His Son "once and for all"! THEN by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit the gifts and the leading brings supernatural abilities led by the Holy Spirit to perform good works. These works have nothing to do with salvation, they come AFTER being born-again or saved: Rom 10:9,10, Eph. 2:8,9, Rom. 4,
rtarasiak 1 month ago
@rtarasiak you mean your supernatural ability to forget about Jesus and Lie up a storm
martlut 1 month ago
@rtarasiak yea pastor take it up with Jesus why did he call Abraham father take it up With God as well he called folks father also guess you dont have any idea what that passage was refering to go figure a lillte foolr flopping might help you out gee guess you dont know what the word Hades is in latin do ya pastor
martlut 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 "NOWHERE in the gospel of John did Christ EVER tell the disciples they had the POWER TO FORGIVE SIN"
What about John 20:23 "If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.""
badpanda84 1 month ago
So do I tell my sexual sins? to a priest?
medusa210562 1 month ago
@medusa210562 YES.
manuelturcios 1 month ago
@manuelturcios So I will cause him to sin!? in fact the catholic church had to writhe canons because canfessions of intimate sins to another human only promulgate your sins. Just like gossip which is a sin in itself. This canons are 977--------982---------984 par 1.
medusa210562 1 month ago
How does the Catholic Church reconcile the millions that were slaughtered, burned at the stake during the middle ages. Roman Catholocism has blood on its hands. Bloody Queen Mary slaughtered thousands in England and Scotland. Spanish Inquisition slaughtered thousands from 1200 to 1808, 31.912 burned at the stake and property seized from thousands more.Why are pedophile priests not disciplined but moved to different parishes? Satan has a stronghold in that "Church".
horseman528 1 month ago
@horseman528 the Catholic church is the only one and true church stablished by lord Jesus christ himself. There are many non catholics are hated this church and trying to destroy... But Jesus himself said " the gates of hell will not prevail againts it " no matter how much the hater trying to insult it or destroy it, it won't happen. because his power is in there.
lovencare62 1 month ago
@lovencare62 the church may be in crisis because done of many unfaithful members, but it does not mean that god will giving up his church, NO and Never. He will never fail to his word..." the gates of hell will not prevail against it" It is his true church and will always be stand forever and his glory and power will always be reign there.
lovencare62 1 month ago
@lovencare62 William Sautre, Feb. 18,1400 John Badby, Mar. 15, 1409, John Huss July 6,1415, Jerome of Prague, May 25,1416, William White, Sept. 1424, the widow Wendelmutta Nov.20,1527, Thomas Bilney 1531, John Frith July 4,1533, Thomas Bennet Oct. 1524, William Tyndale 1536, and many many more were all burned at the stake on the dates listed for not agreeing with all the teachings of the Catholic Church. Foxes Book of Martyrs. Read it for yourself if you wish.
horseman528 1 month ago
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horseman528 1 month ago
@horseman528 This is my last word on this. I realize what I've said appears hateful to Catholics but I want to say that I do not hate Catholics. I'm sure most are good people but what I have stated here is history not something I made up. Everyone needs to read the bible and study it and not just take what a priest or pastor says as gospel. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Sometimes the only truth that wakes one up is harsh and biting truth. Phil. 2:12
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@horseman528 "How does the Catholic Church reconcile the millions that were slaughtered, burned at the stake during the middle ages. Roman Catholocism has blood on its hands"
I have always wondered about that -- I will convert to catholism if any catholic can give me a good answer to that question
badpanda84 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 oh my gooodness! How many eyes you have? one or two are they in good conditions? your questions"does it say Jesus gave the Apostles to forgive sins?"
Because the answers has given many times. below of these posts, read them. yet you are just trying to ignore them. Jesus has answered your questions many times yet you are trying to pretend blind as it seems you still dont know.
lovencare62 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 John 20:21 "He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive the Holy Ghost. 23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." That along with the loose and bind Authority given by Christ in Matthew 16:19 makes it very clear.
monkigun 1 month ago
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@Kasine4412: Chridtianity: God decides to redeem mankind, to save them from HIS eternal damnation.To do so, he will send his son to be sacrificed in atonement for the sins committed against HIMSELF. He chooses a people to help him do it. He makes sure that they know of his plan by sending prophets, But if they know he is the Messiah, they will not kill him, and his plan will be spoiled. She he makes the prophecies murky. His scheme works. Mission accomplished .What a great divine script.
ndzoko 1 month ago
How about what? You should know there are married Catholic Priests. If a priest is celibate so what? St. Paul was celibate- Does that take away from his ministry? One could argue it made him a better minister.Good Heavens what does celibacy have to do with the topic?
monkigun 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 Verily I say untou you, not one iota of the law will change untill the end of time.... So do you discard the O.T, ? yes or no ?
ndzoko 1 month ago
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@Kasine4412 No the Church Fathers believed in purgatory even though the Doctrine was not yet defined. It usually took a crisis -heresy-apostasy before the Holy Church defined a Dogma. Arianism, Nestorism and Gnosticism were all dealt with by Church Councils. The results of which are such things as the Nicene Creed , Theotokos, The Trinity and Purgatory. Remember that all Catholic Doctrine or Dogma is what the Apostles and the Church Fathers believed and taught.
monkigun 1 month ago
@AtomicMonster733 You don't read English so good, let alone take the time to learn the Greek. Since you clearly didn't watch all 22 videos in five hours, so could make an intelligent reply, it proves you have NO CLUE what James 2 is about, and don't care to DO YOUR HOMEWORK, either.
A loyal Christian would have taken pause, viewed the videos, respecting the GREEK before replying. Christ obviously means nothing to you, as you won't even bother to learn His Word.
brainouty 1 month ago
@brainouty FYI -- Rahab and Abraham were ALREADY SAVED, so the topic is not about salvation, but about spiritual maturation=theme of the Book. You'd know this, if you could read the Greek. Since people are lazy, and teachers find it convenient to use James to hook you on works, James is misused by EVERY denomination.
But God foreknew all that, and preserved James in Greek: which makes distinction between GOD's works, vs. man's. So lazy liars mask what James says. Pity them.
brainouty 1 month ago
@brainouty --you sound like yet another arrogant twat.
Archangel866 1 month ago
@Archangel866 Arrogance, is to lie against the Word of God. 'Twat' is a vulgar term for vagina. Great Christian you are, not researching the BIBLE VERSES PROVIDED to prove Barron is lying, and instead reply with ad hominem that is totally puerile. So that means you cannot rebut the verses. Just like the KJVO cannot rebut the truth that the Inspired Scripture predated the English language and is preserved, thank you.
For which we can thank, the MONKS.
brainouty 1 month ago
@AtomicMonster733 Apparently you can't read James 2:24. The word 'works' is 'anarthrous', meaning no fronting definite article, which means DIVINE Works. So justification is due to GOD's Works, never the man's own. Pity the legalist translating the passage in English, conveniently left out the meaning DIVINE, which in the Greek is signified by OMITTING the definite article.
I did a James 2 exegesis playlist proving this live in the Greek, see my channel page playlists.
brainouty 1 month ago
@Kasine4412 Good points you make here. One minor correction: 'rapture' is in the Latin Vulgate, 1Thess 4:17, though in some Vulgates, the verse address is different (verse numbers are not Bible, but were invented in the 1100's or so, College of Paris, Google on it).
Rapto means to snatch up violently, rape. Same as Bible's Greek harpazw, in that verse. Nothing nice about the word.
brainouty 1 month ago
@AtomicMonster733 'From Grace to Grace' is the BIBLE. Not works. Not pointy shoes, women's clothing, incense and chanting. Christ never did any of that, why do you? And then you have the colossal gall to say that what you do -- replace Bible with your rituals and made-up rules -- is equal to Christ's?
I want to be nice to Catholics, and God bless the monks. But Cathlicism wouldn't know the Ionic dative of Greek 'epi' in Eph2:10 if it bit you. Your loss, come the Rapture.
brainouty 1 month ago