Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron: How to Evangelize & The SERIOUS Nature of Sin (Living Waters) | TBN
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- Evangelist Ray Comfort, of Living Waters Ministry, joins Kirk Cameron to discuss how to present the Gospel to those who may be unfamiliar with the salvation story. He delves into why Christians must not let fear stand in the way of evangelism and shares the fundamental question that can help start that conversation. Don't miss this insightful interview on Takeaways with Kirk Cameron on TBN!
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0:00 - 00:15 Intro
00:16 - 03:30 Evangelist Ray Comfort Shares His Own Salvation Story
03:31 - 05:45 Love Overcomes Fear When Sharing The Gospel
05:46 - 7:16 Boldly Sharing The Faith Sparks A Variety Of Strong Responses
07:17 - 10:50 One Question That Quickly Starts A Vital Conversation
10:51 - 13:04 Unique Ways To Connect With New People
13:05 - 17:04 Blueprint For Presenting The Gospel In Conversation
17:05 - 17:51 How To Know When It's Time To Change The Subject
17:52 - 19:56 Interesting Tools And Evangelism Methods
19:57 - 22:53 Is The Message Of The Gospel Still As Relevant Today? 
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I don't know if you will see this comment Kirk, but both you and Ray answered a prayer of mine. Years ago, I was in middle school and was devastated that my friends didn't know Jesus. Later that day, I was in my room and heard a voice to turn on the TV. I discovered The Way of The Master and overcame my fears and shared my faith to many. Thank you for teaching me!
This is so wonderful ❤ GOD BLESS UPU AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO THE LOST ❤❤❤❤
For the first time in my life the gospel made sense to me. You see I grew up going to a Bible Church my entire life. At about the age of 7…I had heard the gospel enough times that I thought it was time I should “accept Jesus into my heart”. So I raised my hand and said the words, never really understanding them. I even attended a Christian school until 9th grade. I attended church here and there throughout my life, believing I was a Christian.
But it wasn’t until I heard Ray talk to people on (Cerritos College where I attended) campus that I truly understood and realized what it meant to be a Christian. Now, I can’t wait to watch and listen to his RUclips videos everyday. I look forward to them and I’ve learned how to talk to people. Talking to strangers is easy for me, it’s talking to family and close friends about the gospel that stumps me. I pray that their hearts will open up and they hear the gospel in the same way I did 60 yrs later. God bless you both and thank you!
There is another testament of Jesus Christ The Book of Mormon. 3 Nephi11, Jesus Christ visits the people of ancient America. They see and feel his wounds, testifying that he is Jesus Christ!
Read it from cover to cover underling the words of Jesus Christ and God. Take a notebook and write down your thoughts and feelings
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Amen
Learn of Jesus Christ visiting others in ancient America read the Book of Mormon alongside the Bible underline the words of Jesus Christ!@@libfuzzy4629
If I get to Heaven the second person who i am going to thank is mr Ray Comfort. He was the reason the Holy Spirit convicted me and softened my heart in 2022 April and I came to Christ watching his several face to face evangelism than immedietly ordered his Study Bible that now i read second time and its my daily bread. I thanked him on his video prayed for Jesus and he answered me straight away that year. I am now a Christian toddler who grows in faith and my mission is also to be trained like him and be an evangelist using his unique bold wat. Everytime i watch this man my spine is thrilled feeling how deep the Lord is with him. Love you Lord Jesus and thank you Ray thank you Holy Spirit, with love in Christ Ria from Germany. Blessings Hallelujah!❤
"If..."?
I hope you can be certain before you die 😊
When I get to Heaven, I hope to see you.
@sherlyr. How are you certain that you have picked the correct God for an afterlife?
@@Echo_Chamber_Interrogator because only the God of the bible, your Creator, lets you know in this life through His Holy Spirit in you. No other 'god' can do that.
@smgibv4393 It appears other people hold similar opinions about other Gods
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All other "gods" are dead and worthless, and offer nothing but ever-deepening hoplessness, darkness, and dispair. The only hope anyone finds in them is placebo and lies.
The only true, living God, whose nature is revealed in the Bible, brings actual life to us, who think we have life without Him. But when God brings true life into your spirit, then you realize how dead you already were. Life comes from God.
His Spirit moves our hearts in conviction against our useless desires and lusts. We must then yield to Him, to abandon what we have always wrongly taken as "good", like lying to get ahead, and sexual relationships outside of marriage.
God likens the people in the earth to a betrothed, who has abandoned the deep love He has for her, and seeks pleasure in other lovers. This is why the Bible has so many instances of God being angry about people following after Baal and Asherah, which are false gods. But the people think they can get their pleasures from these gods. The problem with following false gods, is that they're demonic and will burn along with all those who have made their beds with them. They are powerless and give nothing but hoplessness.
Hell wasn't made for people, but people bind themselves into the sin that must be destroyed.
God offers hope, by His own actions of taking up the position of the only adequate substitute for the punishment of our wrongdoing. He does not require us to obtain salvation, as all other (wrong) religions suggest we must do. Jesus offered Himself in the place of our punishment.
Because of what Jesus did, God will bring into His kingdom all who trust in Jesus and the Life that He gives generously, and we do not have to die an everlasting death in the kingdom of darkness alongside all the other "gods".
Ray’s voice is very soothing and gives comfort. How fitting that his last name is Comfort. I think his voice catches people off guard because it is has such a gentleness. And he draws them in to listen with his voice.
I am glad he is on the side of Jesus.
Amen
But hes a horrible person.
@@Quint-ib4nfAs we all are. But it’s by God’s grace that horrible people like us can be justified before the holy standard of almighty God.
@@crabeatingchips1857 Not all of us are awful. Not at all.
@@Quint-ib4nf Not according to scripture. For the scriptures say “There is none righteous, no, not one.” Roman’s 3:10 We can see how God sees us by looking at the commandments. Roman’s 3:19 Have you ever lied? Have you ever stolen anything? Have you ever used God’s name in vain? Have you ever looked with lust? The entire world is guilty before God Roman’s 3:23 and under the death sentence for violating Gods law, Roman’s 6:23 and awaiting judgement that will come after death. Hebrews 9:27 So just like Ray, we all need God’s mercy. Even you and I. Roman’s 2:1-2
This is PACKED WITH SO MUCH PUNCH! OMG! Thank you Kirk and Ray!
The way of the master is how I got saved thank you forever !
Glory to God.
I've been a blood washed, born-again Christian for 24 years, and ever since I was first saved I've been sharing the gospel with anyone who'll give an ear. So many people are hungry for Christ, and though they don't know it, everything they're missing in this life (and the next) is to be found in Him.
Amen!
Thank you two so much for bringing people to Jesus!!
The Lord has imparted His wisdom upon Ray. What a gift Ray has of evangelism. We are to be bold out of love, for the lost. Thank you Ray, for your example.
So Love my Brother Ray and Kirk! I have grown in Christ more each and everyday from the leadership in Christ threw godly men like you! Thank You Brothers!❤
There is another testament of Jesus Christ The Book of Mormon! 3 Nephi 11, Jesus Christ visits the people of ancient America soon after his resurrection!
Read it from cover to cover underling the words of Jesus Christ and God! record your thoughts and feelings!
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I don’t think so! Mormonism is a cult!
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Nope -False testament
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False Doctrine!
@@user-ii8sr1yx7p hey man, I pray you will become a Christian, good luck, Mormon is not the same, hope you will be changed
Praise God for both of your yeses to Jesus!!! Love God & Love People by leading them to Jesus 🙌🏼🙏🏼🫶🏼
Pray for more love. I always pray for boldness. I will do that now
See, I can't talk to people like Ray can. I can't ask about the afterlife and then go into the wages of sin, etc. I know all of that but I cannot articulate it like Ray does. That wouldn't be a normal conversation for me and this is where I struggle. I will talk about Jesus only if the conversation leads in that direction after I develop somewhat of a casual relationship with a person but I can't do the stranger thing like Ray does. That's a gift. God bless him!
You don't have to do it the way Ray does...just Trust God and He will lead you.
God will speak through you! Trust in the Holy Spirit! Philippians 4:13
Ha ha ha remembered Moses?
Really ,I am the most shy person born in Christian home but did not know how to Pray I went to prayer meeting to learn,
Our church gave us courses in evangelism
Started at age of 60,now 75.just pray ,order some tracts ,God will use you not necessary as Ray or Kirk
God bless you both Powerful Men Of God
I think it’s a gift. Brought to him by the Holy Spirit. The way he comes across. Works.
I wish I could do that. My walk has strengthened and I’m starting to feel different from The inside out starting to really see the struggle / pain in people despite the horrible things they might be saying or doing.
But my approach is still to aggressive. And if I run into the wrong person. There potential for conflict. ☹️
I think I still have a lot to change in that regard. I’m betting when my heart is softened entirely I’ll lose that aspect of defensiveness replace it with gods wisdom, his confidence and lose that untrusting part of me that wants to conflict instead of connect.
This world and the spirits that rule it. Constantly attacking us. It will be a battle to the end. I get the why behind it all. Can’t wait for the conclusion. Non the less.
I’ll keep fighting for the LORD, for Jesus in the way he needs us too. The alternative is so terrible. We have to persevere for as many people as possible.
Another great video Kirk. You also reach people in the way god clearly wanted you too. We all have our roles and purpose. For reaching all walks of life.
Jesus is lord
-EMET
Love these two brothers in Christ. Good to see them together.
And only God can rescue someone from their endless ungodly sin lifestyle. And God allows us to share the Gospel with people and God also teaches us boundaries so that we can can help people the right way:)@Kirk Cameron on TBN
18 Now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death.
19 And now, behold, when I thought this, I could remember my pains no more; yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.
Love how this biblical works of spreading Gods word, threw these 2 men, AMAZING ❤❤❤
/but Ray is a awful man though.
I Love you so much ❤ LORD JESUS ❤.
I used to watch the both of you on "Way of the Master" many years ago. I follow both of you on social media. May God bless you both 🤗
It’s all true. I was a skeptic about evangelism but do it now with Living Waters gospel tracts. I used to never start up conversations with strangers but it’s really easy and the afterlife question is a softball. I’m shocked after my gospel message when I’m thanked by the listener after walking them through the good person test and by their own admission being a lying thieving blasphemer and adulterer at heart and then they hear the good news of the gospel. The law is truly written in all our hearts. Romans 2:15. These tools at Living Waters work to plant seeds of the gospel. God does the rest and people are desperate to hear it.
❤🙏
These 2 men of GOD are the MIGHTY GODLY DUO❤ I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE MEN OF GOD❤ GOD HAS HAS CHANGED MY LIFE AND MY FAITH, PREACHING/HANDING OUT GOSPEL TRACKS WITH RAY COMFORT❤IM SO INCREDIBLY THANKFUL TOMGOD FOR RAY AND HIS MINISTRY❤ ITS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO TRUTHFUL❤❤❤❤❤❤PRAISE THE LORD!!! Bless and protect Ray and Kirk and there families❤ GOD FILL ME WITH MORE LOVE BECAUSE YOUR WORD SAYS THAT PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT ALL FEAR 😨 I NEED MORE OF YOU GOD AND MORE OF YOUR LOVE❤
There is another testament of Jesus Christ The Book of Mormon. within 3 Nephi 11, Jesus Christ visits the people of ancient America. They see and feel his wounds they testify that he is Christ.
Read it for yourself. from cover to cover as you do so underline the words of Jesus Christ and God.
write down your thoughts and feelings.
What a wonderful interview! So happy to listen to Ray and Kirk!!! Both very driven to God’s word and will and both are what this world needs to give themselves to our Lord & Savior! Loved this very interesting and sincere discussion!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Kirk pushes the chosen series with his worldly sister Candace
I am a Child of the King. Comfort’s Album a song I listened to over and over as a child.
For me…I was weeping for my countrymen and God’s children and I was suffering from sins I had committed. I was in heart wrenching fear of being responsible for the direction we were heading. I cried out for the Lord and He answered. He lifted me up out of the darkness of my sin. He set me back on the path He had laid out for me. When I say HE showed up…I mean just that. He saved me in more ways than one but He made me aware if we believe in Him, believe in the Word and we follow His way then we are forgiven for our sins. However, we have to work everyday to keep our salvation. His sacrifice on the cross to promise us salvation or forgiveness of our sins is NOT a free pass otherwise His death was in vain. As for an afterlife…I don’t give it much thought because I know the Lord will be there to lift me up if I carry out my mission He has given me. 🙏🏼❤️🔥🕊️what comes after will be glorious as long as the Lord will be with me.
Oh and one other thing…
Love y’all like brothers
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@@1redbird721 Matthew 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and [d]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’"
"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Why do we have the name Jesus when this name has only existed since the 17th century?
What was the name of the 1611 English KJV?
Answer: "Iesus"! Iesus is pronounced "ee-sus" as opposed to Jesus (gee-sus). Different spelling and pronunciation make for a different name.
Are we practicing lawlessness when we call upon a name never revealed by God and concocted by mankind?
Where did the name "Iesus" come from?
It came from Iesous, a Greek transliteration of Yeshua.
Yeshua is the name scholars consider to be the name of the Savior.
Except, the Savior told the people, that He is the I AM, which means YAH (John 8:58).
The apostle Paul at his conversion heard the name given by the Savior in Hebrew, and we know it was not the name Jesus because the name Jesus is not a Hebrew name, so what name did he hear?
"And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting" (Acts 26:14-15).
Where did the name YAH come from?
"Then Moses said to God, 'Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?' And God said to Moses, "HaYAH Ashar HaYAH" [meaning: “I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:13-14).
YAH is "the name which is above every name."
Did the apostle Paul hear "the name {YAH} which is above every name"?
"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).
What have we learned?
There is only one name given for our salvation, "YAHSHUA."
Few there be that find it.
There are many fake priests, pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc..
What happens if I reject the revealed name, YAHSHUA, for the traditional name Jesus? Doesn't God look at the heart? Do you mean the heart that the Bible calls desperately wicked?
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God" (John 3:16-18).
If you reject the one name {YAHSHUA} given under heaven by which we must be saved, you will stand condemned!
So come and rejoice in the name YAHSHUA! Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA!
"For by Grace you are saved through Faith, NOT BY WORKS, lest anyone should boast." Ephesians 2:8-10
Thank you guys!!! I sooo identify with Ray’s Gratitude…that and Worship has kept me grounded for 28+ years…stepped out to serve, didn’t know what I was doing…lol…
but Holy Spirit showed me I was to encourage sooo have been encouraging and reaching the lost in my journey and it has been a m a z i n g!!! When you are all in,
there is always a beautiful FLOW when
Holy Spirit is in control!!!!!!!!!⚓️⚓️⚓️
Ray has a natural friendly voice praise God! 🙏🏽🎚️
Too bad hes a awful person.
Love Love Love...
"Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and prophets. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference." Romans 3: 20 - 22, kjv
Your videos are so appreciated and loved I thank you so for the blessings I get from these I have needed these to help me through this grief I've incurred so much I hate to say it but at first I was mad and angry for losing my loved ones but thank God and with the words from you I've learned it's not God's fault but that's my hurt took me and now I know he's for me not against me I just beg each day that I will continue to grow stronger with God in my life for he is the answer, blessings always and forever to you for helping me through and understanding this situation amen 🌹🙏🌟😊🙏🌹❤️🙏
God bless these men of God.
Ray is not though.
Praise the Lord!
Best interview!!
That great duo back together, I remember them from "Way Of The Master"
Bless both of You for giving us courage to share the Gospel with others. Thank You.
I pray for the singleness of heart and mind that Ray has.
Ray is a con man.
God bless you two! Romans 10:15 says... And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”. God bless the ministry of Ray comfort and God bless the actor krik Cameron such a great men of God.
Praise the Lord! Prayers for you both! Lord leads us to be able to minister to the lost!
Awesome Vid Grazi Grazi!! We AGAPE Yall and Appreciate Yall!!
What does Mark 16 vs 16 Really Mean?
ESV Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. NIV Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
History tells us that... Every Great Nation’s Days Are Numbered. Sir John Bagot Glubb wrote this in the 1950’s. He was an Army General and historian. He studied eleven empires starting with the Assyrians in 859 B.C. and ending with the British in 1950. Sir John determined that each empire followed a remarkably similar pattern from birth to demise. Spanning a period of about 250 years, each went through the following 7 stages before their collapse:
1..The Age of Pioneers. 2. The Age of Conquests. 3. The Age of Commerce. 4. The Age of Affluence. 5. The Age of Intellect. 6. The Age of Decadence. 7. The Age of Decline & Collapse.
He also added these traits to the decline. Defensiveness, pessimism, materialism, frivolity, an influx of foreigners, the Welfare State, and a weakening of religion. To what did he attribute this decadence? Too long a period of wealth and power, selfishness, love of money, and the loss of a sense of duty. Again, please remember, this was written in the 1950’s.
USA…247 yrs of great power...Hummmmmm.......Looks like we are next…Jesus is returning very soon…
Several years back in the late 1940’s, Paul-Henry Spaak the first President of the United Nations General Assembly said “We do not want another committee, we have too many already. What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance of all people, and to lift us out of the economic morass (confusion) into which we are sinking. Send us such a man and be he God or devil, we will receive him.”-Paul Henri Spaak, the first president of the UN General Assembly, first president of the European Parliament, and onetime secretary general of NATO. God predicted this in His precious Bible almost two thousand years ago. Please read Revelation, chapter 13, especially verses 16 through 18. May the True and Living God of the Bible bless you. Amen and amen
God is so good
I’m usually not a fan of youth group street witnessing without lots of training. But I approve of Rays street witnessing because he is so knowledgeable and knows the right questions to ask.
Sin is serious until you know how to end it and then you won't hesitate to do so. We do it with forgiveness. Then we know that we are figiven and innocent and everyone else is, too.
"For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."
"If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent."
The belief in sacrifice will not do that. It will perpetuate fear and guilt.
I agree that people need to be discipled. That helped me a lot! It seems natural now though I very much needed the help. Way of Master gave me a good framework as well!
@@WKHammons Ray teaches/ disciplines by directing people to their guilt so they are guilty sinners and they think that until they confess, But you stay guilty and a sinner until you forgive everyone and then you won't try to convince them they are sinners.
I understand your point. My prayers are we tend to those the Lord puts in our lives.
Bless Y'all.
love Ray!
Loved this interview with Ray thank you I love his videos ❤️
These two make a great team😊 in sharing the gospel.
Thank you so much both of you for sharing this! I feel that what you've said here will help me as I go out and give out Gospel Tracts in Rio de Janeiro. Praise the Lord for your ministry! God bless you both! Peace be with you! Tchau.
These two Born Again Christians, by the grace of God, can as human-being, fact this human beings in love for another, no matter what color, religion, etc.. Thank you guys. I’m including myself and joking about my personality. I give all glory to God because were uniquely made in the image of God,but we all have our different personalities. And God can bring it together, whether we agree or disagree agreeably because of his agape love! God bless you guys thank you Jesus 🙏
Glory to King Jesus Amen
This is gold!
Such a joy to see you both again. I have been following your videos for over 8 years
🎉 Amen let us not forget the Grea✝️est love of all tomorrow especially, re-appropriate that pagan holiday 😉
Wow!! This is different but it is Bild! Love it ❤❤
I’ve been on a roller coaster ride since I was saved in 2005. highs and lows. I’ve told very few people about Jesus. 😢
The fact that your here an concerned about it Is a good sigh.
Like and subscribe and leave a comment if you want more people to see this video, RUclips will recommend it to more people if you do these three things. Plus a fourth and most important one is pray people will come across the gospel
THE MUSTACHE RETURNS!!!! LEGENDARY 😢❤😂
I thank you both for your service
Reminds me of Cliffe Knechtle, they both really have a good knack for evangelism & really listening to others.
TBN , noooooo😮 I had no idea that Kirk was a part of TBN ....
That shatters my 💔 ...
lordshippers usually are on TBN because the lack of discernment etc.
I agree TBN is a health wealth prosperity gospel organization..... Kirk should know better to align himself with them..... 😪
Thank God that they now have a voice for truth on their channel. Don't be too quick to judge friend. ❤
@@Veritas316 then we will watch and see if he deviates from solid doctrine in any way.... As anyone can plainly see all their pastors and preachers always say the same thing ... Send in your seed of faith ..and they push you will get your miracle and wealth ....
TBN has many watchers. The fact they are on TBN gives them a bigger voice. They aren’t teaching prosperity.
Matthew 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and [d]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’"
"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Why do we have the name Jesus when this name has only existed since the 17th century?
What was the name of the 1611 English KJV?
Answer: "Iesus"! Iesus is pronounced "ee-sus" as opposed to Jesus (gee-sus). Different spelling and pronunciation make for a different name.
Are we practicing lawlessness when we call upon a name never revealed by God and concocted by mankind?
Where did the name "Iesus" come from?
It came from Iesous, a Greek transliteration of Yeshua.
Yeshua is the name scholars consider to be the name of the Savior.
Except, the Savior told the people, that He is the I AM, which means YAH (John 8:58).
The apostle Paul at his conversion heard the name given by the Savior in Hebrew, and we know it was not the name Jesus because the name Jesus is not a Hebrew name, so what name did he hear?
"And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting" (Acts 26:14-15).
Where did the name YAH come from?
"Then Moses said to God, 'Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?' And God said to Moses, "HaYAH Ashar HaYAH" [meaning: “I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:13-14).
YAH is "the name which is above every name."
Did the apostle Paul hear "the name {YAH} which is above every name"?
"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).
What have we learned?
There is only one name given for our salvation, "YAHSHUA."
Few there be that find it.
There are many fake priests, pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc..
What happens if I reject the revealed name, YAHSHUA, for the traditional name Jesus? Doesn't God look at the heart? You mean the heart that the Bible calls desperately wicked?
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God" (John 3:16-18).
If you reject the one name {YAHSHUA} given under heaven by which we must be saved, you will stand condemned!
So come and rejoice in the name YAHSHUA! Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA!
You must not be using the King James Version bible. Matthew 7:13 does not say “difficult”.
Sometimes you can kinda earn the right to speak to the 'homeless' by kindness.
Though I Don't Wannabe A Wannabe I did for a few yrs take some in. I had support from close friends who recognize that being wise in my own eyes. Can be foolish.
But God's Jehovah Jireh Provider Source Resource Sponsor has kept my head above water!
Ray and Kirk, I watch you both daily! Kirk I watch this channel and I have been watching the left behind movies for a month now (weekly. Back to back) I truly love you guys and I would love it if I got to meet you! I’m in Kansas City! Come to me!!
Hey guys, about that banana theory tho...
dear Kirk n Ray, u mentioned @ each 1 of us having to confront with our appoinment of death. " It is appointed to @ humanity to die once n only once, n after that to face judgment. If I could refer u also to d song by a band called Petra:
Grave Robber. When I share my faith, I used d picture of flowers blooming from bulbs so tightly packed n yet when they
bloom, there is no bruising or them being crushed. Is that a supernatural miracle or not? Yes. Then we should look in hope n faith to God, d Miracle Maker..............
Like a caterpillar, going into its cocoon and emerging as a Butterfly....
I really encourage every one of you who has the zeal for God to come to Paris on 25 of July and preach the Gospel to all the people in there💫
If you pay for my ticket and lodgings...hahah! The Olympic Games will be an amazing opportunity for people to witness for Christ, but I think God wants me here on the gritty sidewalks of Phoenix, AZ reaching out to people most of society shuns.
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Super inspirational Mark Cahill offers the best tracts and books I have ever seen. Enjoy and ck them out!
I’m really struggling to share my faith with family, friends, co workers, etc. pls pray for me
Why would you want to share an evidence absent belief with other people?
@@LindeeLove I would encourage you to read The Case For Christ. It's a book written by a man who was a cynical atheist, and he set out to study Christianity in order to disprove it. The immense evidence pointing to it's truth led him to become a believer. If you are really open to the truth, I'd give it a read.
@@marshallturner6085 Give me just one piece of evidence that you find compelling that proves to you that a man named Jesus created our universe.
Why Ray are you on TBN and numerous times ! I was surprised about you too Kirk but Ray too! Come on!
Sin is serious until you know how to end it and then you won't hesitate to do so. We do it with forgiveness. Then we know that we are forgiven and innocent and everyone else is, too.
"For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."
"If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent."
The belief in sacrifice will not do that. It will perpetuate fear and guilt. The idea that sin is only removed by sacrifice makes it serious.
That would be like putting new wine into old wineskins.
I always pass your advice on to new Christians who wish to learn more about sharing their faith. God bless.
Oh Yes
Probably for the last
10 + years ever since hearing the first of hundreds of times listening to
Hells Best Kept Secrets
Then WDJD totally changed my life.
Memorizing the 10 commandments , strengthening my CONSCIENCE
Soooo much growth in my Spiritual life
Choking down my Carnal Realm
Leaning how to walk in The Light of God's love
Then caring and Sharing Christ Jesus with a lost and dying world 🌎
Empowered greatly to be Fruitful for the Kingdom of God
I loved this!!
I love this
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Man, I sure wish I was a “normal, biblical Christian,
Nothing special”. I can’t seem to figure out how to share the gospel. I’ve been watching Ray going on 4 years and I desire so badly to share the gospel but can’t seem to spit it out, accept when I actually finally do and it comes out so messy I can hardly stand myself! I desperately want to help others see their need for the savior Jesus Christ.
Is Ray boldly sharing his hair color?
Religion is unconscious of the nature and presence of God, while it believes it worships God(but it sees God as imperfect being). But it can not demonstrate God, it can not bring God into experience, and the proof is that it's followers are always praying/seeking God's help to do something, to gain something, to make something better because they refuse to see the Perfect Kingdom of God right here, right now! Spirit is perfection and needs no help in becoming better, and this too is the Denial of Spirit as True Being, or a Turning Away from God.
Religion and Science can not give us God because neither has found God, and can not find God! Neither has risen out of the trap of the belief in Daulity/Physicality/Mortality!! Through the belief in these things we are denying our own truth of being, thereby denying God as the Demonstration of our Experience.
So many people that accept religious ideology as truth will not like hearing this, but the Anti-Christ is the person/mind/intellect that believes there's good and evil where only the Omnipresence of God is. The mind that believes mortality to be truth where only Immortality exists. The mind that believes form is his experience where only his Invisible Spirit resides!
The true message of the bible is not for the timid, it is for those who are willing to walk the Earth in Proportion to their Receptivity of Spiritual Immortality.
Through the Realization and Acceptance of Spirit as the Only Presence, Jesus became an Interpreter and Demonstrator(as you will ultimately be)for the language of the Realization of Spirit/God as the Only Presence. Therefore, also Demonstrates the Unreality of the Material World.
The Realization of Truth/Spirit/Christ/God as the Only Presence through Jesus is inviting us to live in the Kingdom of Heaven Right Here, Right Now, through the Realization of the I....(meaning Immortal Spirit) in the Midst of each of us. We are being asked to live in our 7th Day Perfect, Spiritual State of Being. We are being asked to stop struggling, surviving, searching, and trying to make things happen because we are already complete in the Kingdom of Heaven right here, as Spirit IS THE ONLY PRESENCE, and we must Rest in this Realization! This is HONORING THE SABBATH! To honor the 7th Day of Creation and Rest in it!!
Ask yourself this question....
Is there a place where I begin and God/Spirit Ends? Is there a place where God/Spirit Ends and I Begin? If you can find that place where God Ends and You Begin you are not living in Absolute Truth, and have thereby turned away from the Reality of Your Being. If you can't find that place you must begin to go much deeper with this understanding. You must live in the Consciousness that right here, right now, there is no place where God Ends and I Begin because I and My Father are One.
There is no other you, therefore you must be perfect as your Father.
You will still have the sense of human mind/thoughts, but it will no longer be the master of your house(Consciousness)!
MATTHEW 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and body more than raiment?
Spirit, our Truth of Being will not flow through a Mortal/Material/Finite Sense of Reality.
There must be a meekness unto Divine Thought/Divine Sense.
Because I Am Spirit I have no human purpose.
Once this takes place as the Activity of Truth in Our Consciousness, it is this Truth/Spirit that speaks through us in a way that the human mind can not discern(Speaking in Tongues), i.e. The words of Truth/Spirit/Christ/God spoken through Jesus. Instead, the words have been adulterated(made inferior by adding the illusory mind to it's discernment) to mean something entirely different than it's Spiritual meaning(Thou shalt not commit the Adulteration of Spirit)!
I, the Spirit of You, am the Way and the Truth and the Life.
Where everything appears to be, only Spirit/God is....
The Cornerstone of the Christ(God/Spiritual Consciousness Realized)Teaching is that Spirit/God is the Only Presence, not to worship Jesus the illusory form that is nothing and can do nothing of itself....(with Spirit being the only Presence, to worship anything of an illusory material nature, such as a human form, is to worship a graven image, as all matter is a graven image).
Through Conscious Realization We must Establish Our Oneness with God/Spirit....!
Christ is the name used by the Mystic Writers of the Bible to identify a State of Consciousness is "birthed" in us when we come to the virginal conscious realization that Spirit(Divine Consciousness)is the Only Presence. It is an unadulterated, unsullied moment of Illumination. It is an immaculate conception of the rare, but highly receptive, intuitive readiness for the Absolute Truth. It is an unblemished, impeccable Mystical insight into our True Spiritual Nature. The Birth of Our Spiritual State of Being as the Activity of Truth in Our Consciousness.
Realize your own Immortal Nature within and it will lead you out of the Veiled Dream of Time and Space. Out of the Karmic Cycle of Birth and Death.
The Spirit we are walks in the Kingdom of Heaven right here, where no mortal being or carnal mind can reach it!!
The Spirit we are is Untouchable, and only sees that which is the Kingdom of Spirit/God.
Abstain from the Temptation to believe that which is finite/material is of Consciousness/Spirit/God. If it's happening in Time and Space it can not be taking place.
The Supreme illusion of the World Mind is that it accepts mortality/form as reality.
We must abandon the illusion/nothingness of the personal, physical self, and accept the Perfect Spiritual Body of the Kingdom of Spirit as the Only Reality. When this happens there is no longer anything to fight, to correct, pray to, pray for, or to run to or from!!
"My Kingdom is not of this Material World"
My Kingdom is the One and Only Spiritual Kingdom! The Kingdom of Heaven Within!
Man must shatter the material/mortal dream through the Realization of his Immortal Spirit, but through the ignorance of his mortal nature, Man has been trying to improve the physical dream(illusion) through "good" works, praying to God for things, etc...
Therefore, to Be Reborn is to Overcome the Belief of a Human Birth, and Accept Spirit as the Only Presence(Call no Man on Earth Your Father, or woman your Mother).
What is not of Spirit is not a reality.
Every Temptation of this World is Meaningless when you know the Truth of Your Immortal Christ/God/Spiritual Being!! The Matter/Error/Evil is not there, ONLY THE TEMPTATION TO ACCEPT IT AS REALITY IS!!
Nothing of the finite world of man is of Truth/God/Spirit!
God IS Spirit, therefore, I AM the Spirit of God!
Peace Be Unto You!!
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Ray took the Bible verse seriously that says, "Go out into the highways and byways......"
Do people still take Con man Comfort seriously?
Millions do. Stop hiding in the dark and come into the light....NOW!
@@d.martinez-rodriguez333 Thats just sad.
Where do I get the million dollar bill tracks?
Does anybody have any advice i try passing out tracks but nobody wants them.its sad
People rejecting religion is a good thing.
I hear so many, many professing Christians who are not married but living together or having exclusive sexual relationships and go to church and feel they are not sinning. Others say to "not judge them". What approach is best to speak to these folks?
Best to leave them alone.
TBN 😮
I've seen another video that shows that Kirk Cameron no longer teaches sound doctrine. What say you Ray?
According to Jesus in John 6:47 no man can come to Jesus except the father who sent Jesus draws the sinner to the savior so if anybody is in Heaven it’s not because of Ray Comfort or Billy Graham or Jimmy Swaggart but rather it’s because God the father drew that sinner to Jesus by his particular calling and sovereign grace and election so all the glory goes to God for saving his elect
I was disappointed with Kurt on his recent Timcast irl episode that he went on. They were even asking him about his beliefs and he DID NOT share the gospel with them. WHY? It was a perfect opportunity and he didn't take it. He seemed more interested in advertising the BRAVE books. I am sorry, but I am actually disgusted by it. He FAILED to tell them the way of salvation. There were several opportunities to do it, and he DID NOT.
Well kirk and ray dont even preach the Gospel at all, they are lordshippers, lordship false gospel, why would they preach the gospel?, kirk's salvation testimony usually does not even mention the death burial and ressurection of Jesus Christ the Son of God at all. He just says that he realized he is going to die someday and needs God in his life, what kind of vague "gospel" is that?
@@chikenxlegend1833if u direct traffic to Jesus he will do the rest
Is telling someone they are totally depraved and are a lying, murdering adulterer and are eternally damned if they don't repent, good news?
Good news is that we have been created in the image of God and are loved by Him. He has redeemed, justified, reconciled and begotten us again into eternal life, by the blood, death, and resurrection of Christ. We are all offspring of God and in Him we live and move and have our being.
So because of this good news, we should begin experiencing and enjoying this new life that we have been given. That folks, is the gospel. No bad news to it. Only good news.
Actually Jesus dedicated his entire (3 years before His death) to Discipleship - and the great commission, which is discipleship is the greatest commandment He gave before He died. It's not enough to try to evangelize the world, you have to be a disciple maker. You have to raise the people you win to the Lord up and help them - otherwise they're new believers who the devil will have a hayday with because no one is caring for them! The Word of God (gospel) will get sown but the birds will just eat it up. Evangelism is great, you need to win people to the Lord, but you must disciple them as well.
Ray certainly is a good natured nut.
Both failed to give the BIBLICAL ANSWER-
They both failed to see the POWER IN BOLDNESS-
BEING BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT-
Read Acts 1&2-
The answer is there , it is not memorizing a formula!!
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT was my answer close to 50 years ago-
Since then I have reached well over 1 million people, not in a church but on the streets-
God gets all the glory-
There is Gods way and there is man’s way!!
New Covenant Whole Gospel: Can you answer the questions below without ridicule or condemnation? If not, have you been deceived?
Who is now the King of Israel in John 1:49? Is the King of Israel now the Head of the Church, and are we His Body? Why did God allow the Romans to destroy the Old Covenant temple and the Old Covenant city, about 40 years after His Son fulfilled the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34 in blood at Calvary?
What the modern Church needs is a New Covenant Revival (Heb. 9:10) in which members of various denominations are willing to re-examine everything they believe and see if it agrees with the Bible, instead of the traditions of men. We need to be like the Bereans. It will be a battle between our flesh and the Holy Spirit. It will not be easy. If you get mad and upset when someone challenges your man-made Bible doctrines, that is your flesh resisting the truth found in God's Word. Nobody can completely understand the Bible unless they understand the relationship between the Old Covenant given to Moses at Mount Sinai and the New Covenant fulfilled in blood at Calvary. What brings all local churches together into one Body under the blood of Christ? The answer is found below.
Let us now share the Old Testament Gospel found below with the whole world. On the road to Emmaus He said the Old Testament is about Him.
He is the very Word of God in John 1:1, 14. Awaken Church to this truth.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Is the most important genealogy in the Bible found in Matthew 1:1 (Gal. 3:16)? Is God's Son the ultimate fulfillment of Israel (John 1:49)? Why has the modern Church done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with modern Orthodox Jews? Why would someone tell them they are God's chosen people and then fail to share the Gospel with them? Who is the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15? What did Paul say about Genesis 12:3 in Galatians 3:8, 3:16? Who is the "son" in Psalm 2? Who is the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 53? Who would fulfill the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34? Who would fulfill the timeline of Daniel chapter 9 before the second temple was destroyed? Why have we not heard this simple Old Testament Gospel preached on Christian television in the United States on a regular basis?
Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:22-24, man-made Bible doctrines fall apart.
Let us now learn to preach the whole Gospel until He comes back. The King of Israel is risen from the dead! (John 1:49, Acts 2:36)
We are not come to Mount Sinai in Hebrews 12:18. We are come instead to the New Covenant church of Mount Zion and the blood in Hebrews 12:22-24.
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
The following verses prove the Holy Spirit is the master teacher for those now in the New Covenant.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Mar 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Act 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Watch the RUclips videos “The New Covenant” by David Wilkerson, or Bob George, and David H.J. Gay.
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Why is Kirk Cameron supporting the Mormon funded series "The Chosen"?
This is an old interview. Sam has been dead for at least a year now. I think Kirk’s mindset has changed in the past few years or at least that’s what it looks like. I’ll pray for you brother. God bless 🙏🏼
Kirk and Candice push the chosen series. ???????? You have video against the chosen?????
Ray is taking the opportunity to encourage Christians to share the gospel. What is Kirk and Candaces excuse?
"Help me get rid of my fears"... Comfort even admits in so many words the reason he believes what he believes ... FEAR. And "sharing the bible" is equivalent to reading children's fairy tails to each other. That fear is so deeply rooted in millions of people's minds, and encouraged by religion, that these two and about 2.5 billion others simply can't see their way clear of it and stand their ground in the REAL WORLD. What do they fear? Something inevitable. Just like you were born [out of human sperm and egg], that physical body of yours will age and decay and ultimately DIE. And these guys simply cannot or will not accept the Truth. Even the very stars in the universe will die someday. And you want to believe you won't ?? Have the courage [unlike these two] to accept the fact you will face real death someday. And your ONLY "salvation" is what good you can do in THIS world before that happens. And doing good is NOT living a lie. And instead help bring the real Truth [facts of the world] to other people.
So it is An O.T. Law huh
Ok, it can be said that it is an Old Testament law, one can give you that, but, it is also in the Prophets, and N.T,, so you have an only partial truth. In order to have the total Armour of God, being the helmet, sword and shield, the heart, belt, breastplate, and feet, one must seek to find, for it is all found throughout the Scriptures. A total of eight pieces.
It all starts in Deut. 6:8-9 where we are told to wear The Word of God being the Ten Commandments. The Word God spoke, The Word God wrote and The Word make flesh. As well we are told in John that Jesus is The Word. It can be understood why so many, even our scholars missed it all, but maybe it is because our enemy hasn't wanted us to take the O.T. seriously, claiming it was all for Israel or it is Moses' law. Not that we should believe all that we hear, but times are hard just trying to keep our head above water, so finding time to study, or even read the Bible daily is tough.
If there ever was a time we should go read and do the Scriptures, it would he now, This world needs the Christian God. But we forget God is The Father, The Son, and the Holy Ghost, the three yet One. In order to serve God one needs to obey them, all of them. No one can keep all the laws of God, not from the O.T. or the New. They were given to a nation, not just an individual.
There are armour bearers, preachers, teachers, prophets etc.. There were some given instructuons to feed people, others to clothe, and one can go on with chores for us to do. We can no longer sit around and just depend on preachers. It is up to all of us to encourage each other, to tell the truth on any subject you come to know about through work and study. It takes all of us to consist of a well managed nation. So get up, go teach the subject you have grown to know and love, for if done out of love there is no law.
Let's learn to love God, to love our neighbour just as The Father and The Son taught us. We are all important in the work of God. And remember, if it is fun or done from the heart then it isn't work.
No entiendo ni papa, no hablo ingles 😕
*Calvinism is an HERESSY.* Jesus died for all of us (John 3:16), (2 Corinthians 5:14, 15)
(Romans 5:18)... etc
Because He is a loving and merciful God!
He paid for all our sins! (Isaiah 53:6), (1 John 2:2).
A sovereign God that has chosen the most of humanity to be suffering infinite torment in hell for trillions, and trillions, and trillions of years, without any opportunity to choose, *is NOT a loving God,*
*is NOT a merciful God,* it’s a god with a corrupt heart, exactly like yours!
*Once saved, always saved, no matter what you do, is one of the best lies of the devil.* The Spirit of God would never speak nonsense! All the New Testament is full of warnings, from Jesus and Paul, against the apostasy. To warn somebody when there is no danger, is stupid. The Spirit of God would never do such a thing.
We need to study the Bible more! but *we need to take off Calvino's glasses* first.