Today (February 23) is Saint Polycarp's feast day. I finished off a novena to the saint and I'm planning to spend the day praying and learning more about him. Thank you for this video 😊
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your guys videos are amazing, it’s crazy you don’t get more views , other people who talk about the early church fathers make it hard to watch , but this is great , God bless guys
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Poem for Polycarp... Brother of ours who lived a life worthy to repeat, who stayed his course when others sought his life and soul to beat. He died a death for the cause of spreading the good news, he tied the readiness of the gospel to his own two shoes. With open arms he received fire upon his own skin, knowing he has been freed from eternal flames of sin. Let's never forget the true martyrs of the ancient days past, the ones who carved the way for us that follow the only true path. In Jesus name, amen.
When he had wafted up the Amen and finished the prayer, the men attending to the fire lit it; and when a mighty flame shot up, we, who were privileged to see it, saw a wonderful thing; and we have been spared to tell the tale to the rest. The fire produced the likeness of a faulted chamber, like a ship’s sail bellying to the breeze, and surrounded the martyr’s body as with a wall; and he was in the centre of it, not as burning flesh, but as bread that is baking, or as gold and silver refined in a furnace! In fact, we even caught an aroma such as the scent of incense or of some other precious spice. At length, seeing that his body could not be consumed by fire, those impious people ordered the executioner to approach him and run a dagger into him. This done, there issued [a dove and] a great quantity of blood, with the result that the fire was quenched and the whole crowd was struck by the difference between unbelievers and elect. And of the elect the most wonderful Polycarp was certainly one - an apostolic and prophetic teacher in our times, and a bishop of the Catholic Church at Smyrna.
@Mike Bastiat Yes... this is a primary source. The letter which was written by eyewitnesses has survived over the years. I'll refer back to my reference: The “Martyrdom of Polycarp” is the story, in the form of a letter, of the death which the bishop of Smyrna suffered at the hands of the Roman authorities in Asia for the defense of the Christian faith. It is an account of eyewitnesses, composed in the name of the Church of Smyrna by a certain Marcion, committed to paper by one Evarestus, and, though sent to the Christians at Phrygia, intended from the outset for world-wide circulation”. This excerpt is taken from “The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp” (Ancient Christian Writers, Kleist, 1948, Newman Press, p. 96-98). "Without delay the material prepared for the pyre was piled around him; but when they intended to nail him as well, he said: “Leave me just as I am. He who enables me to endure the fire will also enable me to remain on the pyre unbudging, without the security afforded by your nails.” So they did not nail him, but just fastened him. And there he was, with his hands put behind him, and fastened, like a ram above a large flock, ready for sacrifice, a holocaust prepared and acceptable to God! And he Looked up to heaven and said: “O Lord God, O Almighty, Father of Thy beloved and blessed Son Jesus Christ, through whom we have received the knowledge of you - God of angels and hosts and all creation - and of the whole race of saints who live under your eyes! I bless Thee, because Thou has seen fit to bestow upon me this day and this hour, that I may share, among the number of martyrs, the cup of Thy Anointed and rise to eternal life both in soul and in body, in virtue of the immortality of the Holy Spirit. May I be accepted among them in Thy sight today as a rich and pleasing sacrifice, such as Thy, the true God that cannot utter a falsehood, hast prearranged, revealed in advance, and now consummated. And therefore I praise Thee for everything; I bless Thee; I glorify Thee through the eternal and heavenly High Priest Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son, through whom be glory to Thee together with Him and the Holy Spirit, both now and for the ages yet to come. Amen.” When he had wafted up the Amen and finished the prayer, the men attending to the fire lit it; and when a mighty flame shot up, we, who were privileged to see it, saw a wonderful thing; and we have been spared to tell the tale to the rest. The fire produced the likeness of a faulted chamber, like a ship’s sail bellying to the breeze, and surrounded the martyr’s body as with a wall; and he was in the centre of it, not as burning flesh, but as bread that is baking, or as gold and silver refined in a furnace! In fact, we even caught an aroma such as the scent of incense or of some other precious spice. At length, seeing that his body could not be consumed by fire, those impious people ordered the executioner to approach him and run a dagger into him. This done, there issued [a dove and] a great quantity of blood, with the result that the fire was quenched and the whole crowd was struck by the difference between unbelievers and elect. And of the elect the most wonderful Polycarp was certainly one - an apostolic and prophetic teacher in our times, and a bishop of the Catholic Church at Smyrna. "
@Mike Bastiat Yes. I think that was the beginning of the dark ages. But through it all, God did not leave Himself without witness. Also the true church must have been hidden by God during that time--still is to some extent.
@@juliorivera870 Rome was once a pagan country. And the infuriated emperor was pagan and worship false gods. Why do you think Romans were Catholics? They knew nothing about catholicism. Read carefully
@@juliorivera870 You're making it up. Learn again and read more. The church dogmas come from the Holy Ghost and we always have huge meeting which we call Council for centuries. Everything has been done perfectly not bc of ONE individual like Luther. But bc we want the truth from GOD and that is the Harmony.
@@juliorivera870 Luke 12:51 Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. And you can continue to read again the rest of the passage in the bible. There is a reason why Catholic church name something as a heresy bc we as catholics we receive the faith, God's revelation to us. We don't just pick and choose what to believe just like other religions. We do our discernment and from time to time we ask the Holy Ghost to guide us
@@juliorivera870 read haydock commentaries. You should read catena aurea from st thomas aquinas and other supportive books to understand the meaning of the bible. Your private interpretation could be wrong. From what I learnt separation does mean different beliefs and religions. If one does not have the faith then this could be a problem that separates them from other people including protestants and pentecostal even a catholic who does not practice the catholic faith.
An average Christian, which includes yours truly, only knows about Christ's disciples and Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle. The period between these two, which is about 1400 years between the death of the last apostle, John and Martin Luther, is mostly unstudied by the average person. We need to know the church history to understand and to defend our faith better and to be better teachers. This video is part of this understanding.
I would like to study for a degree in Theology specializing in Church History. In the interim, there are free online courses from different seminaries that talk about the bible.
I think John the apostle wrote revelation. Recall he was one of the disciple taken along with Jesus during the transfiguration. The reason could be so that John can recognize the spiritual form of Jesus. An evidence to this was when he was taken up to spiritual heaven while in a dream in Rev 4, he saw Jesus in same form as shown in the transfiguration, so he was now convinced about his dream. There is a reason to every revelation in the bible. There is no other John if not John the disciple. And recall he live longer than the other disciples, he had polycarp and Ignatius of Antioch (who later wrote the actual letters to the 7 churches, fulfilling the vision of John about sending letters in rev 2-3) as his disciple.
@@TheologyAcademy sorry, but you have to prove with scriptural evidence that John the apostle didn't write Revelation. Remember he was preaching the word of God which he learnt from Jesus, that was the reason why he was exiled to patmos, read Rev1:9-10. He wouldn't have learnt the testimony of Jesus if he wasn't among the disciples. Remember the 12 disciples where commissioned to go and preach the message of Jesus all over the ends of earth and make disciples of all nations. When Jesus ascended to heaven, the holy spirit dwelled among the 12 disciples and the went around preaching the word of God and testimony of Jesus, on the process, most of them were gruesomely murdered and some exiled for preaching this gospel. You can show me another John with scriptural evidence. Thank you
Why was it a question between these church Fathers when to celebrate Easter? Didn't they know when the apostles did it ?!?! Couple of decades after the death of the apostles and these Bishops are already in disagreement!!! Division starts already ???
What explains the persecution against Polycarp while the church led by Ignatius enjoyed power in Rome? Because Ignatius persuaded Polycarp to preside over the Lord's Supper in Rome on Sunday, disregarding the tradition of the Quartodeciman and as soon as he returned to Smyrna a letter asking for the reinstatement of the new removed deacons and then the revolt of the Christians against the hitherto beloved elder Polycarp ? Very suspicious!
Polycarp was betrayed by Ignatius who wanted control of the churches under Polycarp's leadership and it is very likely that the said letter was not written by Polycarp, but Ignatius himself wrote in Polycarp's name to give weight and authority to the church of Rome over the congregations in Asia
It seems controversial to me that Polycarp knew Jesus who died in about 33 CE while Polycarp died in 155 CE at the age of 86. This means that he was born around 69 C.E. and he would not have known the Lord Jesus personally.
Christians in these times aren't your Sunday worshipping Christian. They were Hebrews that accepted Jesus as messiah so they kept all their traditions but with the true name of Christ.
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I wanna ask a really important question for anyone here When you die, do you think you’re going to heaven or to hell? If you think hell, just stick around. God’s gospel doesn’t end at condemnation but brings mercy in accordance with God’s requirement for absolute justice. But if you think heaven, why? Is it because you live a good life? Cause let me show you an analogy of what it’s like if God were to let you into heaven by your good works: you are a doctor and you’ve saved hundreds of lives but you go to a bar one night and you screw around and get violent and end up killing a man. Days go by and you’re in front of the judge, about to make testimony. You tell the judge that he should acquit you because you’re a doctor and you’ve saved a hundred lives. The judge looks at you insane and deems it not valid. This analogy demonstrates that God can’t let you into heaven by your good works. You need perfection to get into heaven, and no man has that. The Bible, and aswell as our conscience, tells us that “none is righteous” and that we’ve all broken God’s law thats been written in our hearts. But God in his great love, didn’t make us for hell, he made us to live with him and for us to worship him and enjoy his presence. And he is a just God, so he demands penalty for sin, which is death (i.e., hell/eternal punishment) to cover the eternal offense of sin. So he, wanting us to be made right with him, and demanding justice and payment of sins, agreed to send his eternal Son down to earth. He was made into a man and he lived the sinless perfect life, which God requires. And he died for ALL of our sins. And he rose again on the 3rd day. If you’ll simply believe (aka trust) on him for your salvation, you receive what he possesses and merits and has merited (eternal life, sinlessness, perfection in God’s eyes) and you have received it justly because in Christ is the payment of all sins. And get this, the life which is in God’s Son is EVERLASTING meaning it never ends. And it is our spirit which inherits it, not our flesh. So the works of our flesh will never get us unsaved. The works of our life will determine not our salvation, but our rewards at the judgment seat of Christ. If someone is saved (simply by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ) and his works are nasty, he is still saved. 1 Corinthians 3:15 “But if any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire” Salvation is by faith alone because first of all the bible says so (ephesians 2:8-9) and because you possess the substance of what your faith is in. For example if you put your faith into a stock by investment, you possess whatever that stock contains. So if you will, say this prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, I am a sinner. And I believe and trust on you alone to save my soul. I believe you died for ALL my sins. And I believe you rose again on the 3rd day. Amen” Welcome to the family of God brother or sister 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️
@@jesusrosary9067As to your great question, should we give into temptation, I say that by faith, we endure temptation, but do not resist it. Temptation is similar to evil, in that it is not to be resisted--Math. --5:38--. It is when we do not do well however, that sin lie at the door--Gen. 4:6-7. Christians who are adult baptised and filled with the spirit always do according to God's high standards, because their thoughts-Pr. 12:5- and their work--Pr. 21:8- are right. This is also why the do not sin Pet. 4:1.
@@jesusrosary9067 I lost track of what I said to provoke your response, but I will say that it is saints like Stephen that I will have to do with someday, so that I dare not teacher other than they taught.
Polycarp was born in 70..no way he knew John. Plus, John was going to "drink the cup" like all the others..all that is an assumption...and there was no persecution under domitian.. We have proof. The church forged a lot of those writings.. At least in supplement. The church of Rome had the means to do anything for centuries. I wish things were as easy and straightforward... But then again.. I'm glad they're not. You can find truth that not everyone finds.
@@ntkmw8058 Even the apostate catholic church didn't recognize the so called trinity until the 1st Council of Constantinople in 381 AD. This was long after both Paul and Antipas passed away. When some of John the Baptist's disciples found Paul Acts 19: 4-5, he baptized them in the name of Jesus Christ. Peter instructed baptizm in the name of Jesus Christ. Acts 2:38. The trinity doctrine of the catholic church is more evidence that the anti christ spirit entered the catholic church early. Review Matt 28:18-19, Jesus said "All power has been given to me, in heaven, and in earth. Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Name is singular. There is only one name, Jesus Christ.
@@francissweeney7318so you think Jesus Christ is the only person of God/God himself? Who then was he praying to in gethsemane? Who is it that said “this is my Son, my beloved in whom I’m well pleased” upon Jesus at his water baptism? Who is the God and why is there a distinction but sameness between God and his word in John 1:1?
@@ntkmw8058 God is not a person. God is Spirit. Jesus came in the flesh and never lost His Spirit. Spirit has no boundaries, no limitations. The flesh that Jesus occupied had limitations, for that flesh suffered and died.
Im deeply encouraged by the confidence of this humble servant of God. I need such courage in this day.
Thank you to share this with us
What an absolute legend for the faith
Today (February 23) is Saint Polycarp's feast day. I finished off a novena to the saint and I'm planning to spend the day praying and learning more about him. Thank you for this video 😊
I also had a beautiful connection with him today through prayer,
he is one of three apostolic fathers
Polycarp, Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch
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@@jesusrosary9067you should only be connecting to God through prayer.
Lord have Mercy. Polycarp is an inspiration and his martyrdom resonates to this day.
your guys videos are amazing, it’s crazy you don’t get more views , other people who talk about the early church fathers make it hard to watch , but this is great , God bless guys
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Amazing and very clearly explained and made with great visuals ❤️
The carnal depictions are not necessary, just as in the O.T. scriptures, the Lord forbids "your pleasant pictures".
Useful information, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
These are wonderfully presented videos concise, and well animated.
This video is really great information....thank you so much
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Poem for Polycarp... Brother of ours who lived a life worthy to repeat, who stayed his course when others sought his life and soul to beat. He died a death for the cause of spreading the good news, he tied the readiness of the gospel to his own two shoes. With open arms he received fire upon his own skin, knowing he has been freed from eternal flames of sin. Let's never forget the true martyrs of the ancient days past, the ones who carved the way for us that follow the only true path. In Jesus name, amen.
When he had wafted up the Amen and finished the prayer, the men attending to the fire lit it; and when a mighty flame shot up, we, who were privileged to see it, saw a wonderful thing; and we have been spared to tell the tale to the rest. The fire produced the likeness of a faulted chamber, like a ship’s sail bellying to the breeze, and surrounded the martyr’s body as with a wall; and he was in the centre of it, not as burning flesh, but as bread that is baking, or as gold and silver refined in a furnace! In fact, we even caught an aroma such as the scent of incense or of some other precious spice.
At length, seeing that his body could not be consumed by fire, those impious people ordered the executioner to approach him and run a dagger into him. This done, there issued [a dove and] a great quantity of blood, with the result that the fire was quenched and the whole crowd was struck by the difference between unbelievers and elect. And of the elect the most wonderful Polycarp was certainly one - an apostolic and prophetic teacher in our times, and a bishop of the Catholic Church at Smyrna.
Not Catholic, for Polycarp knew nothing of the plural Persons theory of God which was later to deceive the entire visible church.
@Mike Bastiat Of course.... My bad.
“The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp” (Ancient Christian Writers, Kleist, 1948, Newman Press, p. 96-98).
@Mike Bastiat If you refresh me on what I said, I would gladly elaborate.
@Mike Bastiat Yes... this is a primary source. The letter which was written by eyewitnesses has survived over the years. I'll refer back to my reference:
The “Martyrdom of Polycarp” is the story, in the form of a letter, of the death which the bishop of Smyrna suffered at the hands of the Roman authorities in Asia for the defense of the Christian faith. It is an account of eyewitnesses, composed in the name of the Church of Smyrna by a certain Marcion, committed to paper by one Evarestus, and, though sent to the Christians at Phrygia, intended from the outset for world-wide circulation”.
This excerpt is taken from “The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp” (Ancient Christian Writers, Kleist, 1948, Newman Press, p. 96-98).
"Without delay the material prepared for the pyre was piled around him; but when they intended to nail him as well, he said: “Leave me just as I am. He who enables me to endure the fire will also enable me to remain on the pyre unbudging, without the security afforded by your nails.”
So they did not nail him, but just fastened him. And there he was, with his hands put behind him, and fastened, like a ram above a large flock, ready for sacrifice, a holocaust prepared and acceptable to God! And he Looked up to heaven and said:
“O Lord God, O Almighty, Father of Thy beloved and blessed Son Jesus Christ, through whom we have received the knowledge of you - God of angels and hosts and all creation - and of the whole race of saints who live under your eyes! I bless Thee, because Thou has seen fit to bestow upon me this day and this hour, that I may share, among the number of martyrs, the cup of Thy Anointed and rise to eternal life both in soul and in body, in virtue of the immortality of the Holy Spirit. May I be accepted among them in Thy sight today as a rich and pleasing sacrifice, such as Thy, the true God that cannot utter a falsehood, hast prearranged, revealed in advance, and now consummated. And therefore I praise Thee for everything; I bless Thee; I glorify Thee through the eternal and heavenly High Priest Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son, through whom be glory to Thee together with Him and the Holy Spirit, both now and for the ages yet to come. Amen.”
When he had wafted up the Amen and finished the prayer, the men attending to the fire lit it; and when a mighty flame shot up, we, who were privileged to see it, saw a wonderful thing; and we have been spared to tell the tale to the rest. The fire produced the likeness of a faulted chamber, like a ship’s sail bellying to the breeze, and surrounded the martyr’s body as with a wall; and he was in the centre of it, not as burning flesh, but as bread that is baking, or as gold and silver refined in a furnace! In fact, we even caught an aroma such as the scent of incense or of some other precious spice.
At length, seeing that his body could not be consumed by fire, those impious people ordered the executioner to approach him and run a dagger into him. This done, there issued [a dove and] a great quantity of blood, with the result that the fire was quenched and the whole crowd was struck by the difference between unbelievers and elect. And of the elect the most wonderful Polycarp was certainly one - an apostolic and prophetic teacher in our times, and a bishop of the Catholic Church at Smyrna. "
@Mike Bastiat Yes. I think that was the beginning of the dark ages. But through it all, God did not leave Himself without witness. Also the true church must have been hidden by God during that time--still is to some extent.
I like this narrator, much better.
Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
Saint Polycarp of Smyrna pray for us
@@juliorivera870 Rome was once a pagan country. And the infuriated emperor was pagan and worship false gods. Why do you think Romans were Catholics? They knew nothing about catholicism. Read carefully
@@juliorivera870 You're making it up. Learn again and read more. The church dogmas come from the Holy Ghost and we always have huge meeting which we call Council for centuries. Everything has been done perfectly not bc of ONE individual like Luther. But bc we want the truth from GOD and that is the Harmony.
@@juliorivera870 Marthin Luther was a monk who couldn't fight temptations and ran away marrying a nun. He is a heretic.
@@juliorivera870 Luke 12:51 Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.
And you can continue to read again the rest of the passage in the bible.
There is a reason why Catholic church name something as a heresy bc we as catholics we receive the faith, God's revelation to us. We don't just pick and choose what to believe just like other religions. We do our discernment and from time to time we ask the Holy Ghost to guide us
@@juliorivera870 read haydock commentaries. You should read catena aurea from st thomas aquinas and other supportive books to understand the meaning of the bible. Your private interpretation could be wrong. From what I learnt separation does mean different beliefs and religions. If one does not have the faith then this could be a problem that separates them from other people including protestants and pentecostal even a catholic who does not practice the catholic faith.
An average Christian, which includes yours truly, only knows about Christ's disciples and Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle. The period between these two, which is about 1400 years between the death of the last apostle, John and Martin Luther, is mostly unstudied by the average person. We need to know the church history to understand and to defend our faith better and to be better teachers. This video is part of this understanding.
Agreed. Will do and thank you for the feedback!!
I would like to study for a degree in Theology specializing in Church History. In the interim, there are free online courses from different seminaries that talk about the bible.
Martin Luther is a heretic
Martin Luther was lifted up by God to rid Christendom of Romish superstitions
You don't think John the apostle wrote revelation?? I am confused by that discussion with that person?
We will have a big video on that one-day. However, It was not John the Son of Zebede who wrote the apocalypse.
I think John the apostle wrote revelation. Recall he was one of the disciple taken along with Jesus during the transfiguration. The reason could be so that John can recognize the spiritual form of Jesus. An evidence to this was when he was taken up to spiritual heaven while in a dream in Rev 4, he saw Jesus in same form as shown in the transfiguration, so he was now convinced about his dream. There is a reason to every revelation in the bible. There is no other John if not John the disciple. And recall he live longer than the other disciples, he had polycarp and Ignatius of Antioch (who later wrote the actual letters to the 7 churches, fulfilling the vision of John about sending letters in rev 2-3) as his disciple.
Please do not confuse John the son of Zebedee with the Beloved. This is a highly controversial topic that historians debate about regularly.
@@TheologyAcademy sorry, but you have to prove with scriptural evidence that John the apostle didn't write Revelation. Remember he was preaching the word of God which he learnt from Jesus, that was the reason why he was exiled to patmos, read Rev1:9-10. He wouldn't have learnt the testimony of Jesus if he wasn't among the disciples. Remember the 12 disciples where commissioned to go and preach the message of Jesus all over the ends of earth and make disciples of all nations. When Jesus ascended to heaven, the holy spirit dwelled among the 12 disciples and the went around preaching the word of God and testimony of Jesus, on the process, most of them were gruesomely murdered and some exiled for preaching this gospel. You can show me another John with scriptural evidence. Thank you
Why was it a question between these church Fathers when to celebrate Easter?
Didn't they know when the apostles did it ?!?!
Couple of decades after the death of the apostles and these Bishops are already in disagreement!!!
Division starts already ???
AMEN
Isn’t this Antipas?
0:50 Smyrna is in Anatolia, not in Greece
What explains the persecution against Polycarp while the church led by Ignatius enjoyed power in Rome?
Because Ignatius persuaded Polycarp to preside over the Lord's Supper in Rome on Sunday, disregarding the tradition of the Quartodeciman and as soon as he returned to Smyrna a letter asking for the reinstatement of the new removed deacons and then the revolt of the Christians against the hitherto beloved elder Polycarp ? Very suspicious!
the pics at the begenning are wrong do we have pics of him no!!! he looks like a catholic priest
Polycarp was betrayed by Ignatius who wanted control of the churches under Polycarp's leadership and it is very likely that the said letter was not written by Polycarp, but Ignatius himself wrote in Polycarp's name to give weight and authority to the church of Rome over the congregations in Asia
The sofia church converted as mosque by Endorgan in 2022 is another persecution to Christian in turkey.
Yes. Thank you!
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It seems controversial to me that Polycarp knew Jesus who died in about 33 CE while Polycarp died in 155 CE at the age of 86. This means that he was born around 69 C.E. and he would not have known the Lord Jesus personally.
Christians in these times aren't your Sunday worshipping Christian. They were Hebrews that accepted Jesus as messiah so they kept all their traditions but with the true name of Christ.
True. That's why liturgical gatherings on a Saturday are still observed in some churches influenced by Jewish norms, like in the Coptic Church.
polycarp NEVER celebrated easter. he kept the moedim in the bible as taught by John
Exactly. And I highly doubt that he agree to disagree with celebrating the wrong days
Polycarp did observe the paschal celebration on 14th of Nisan as recorded by Eusebius.
I'd say John did not adressed Smyrna in Revelation. Jesus did.
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I'm polycarp
I wanna ask a really important question for anyone here
When you die, do you think you’re going to heaven or to hell?
If you think hell, just stick around. God’s gospel doesn’t end at condemnation but brings mercy in accordance with God’s requirement for absolute justice.
But if you think heaven, why? Is it because you live a good life? Cause let me show you an analogy of what it’s like if God were to let you into heaven by your good works: you are a doctor and you’ve saved hundreds of lives but you go to a bar one night and you screw around and get violent and end up killing a man. Days go by and you’re in front of the judge, about to make testimony. You tell the judge that he should acquit you because you’re a doctor and you’ve saved a hundred lives. The judge looks at you insane and deems it not valid.
This analogy demonstrates that God can’t let you into heaven by your good works. You need perfection to get into heaven, and no man has that. The Bible, and aswell as our conscience, tells us that “none is righteous” and that we’ve all broken God’s law thats been written in our hearts.
But God in his great love, didn’t make us for hell, he made us to live with him and for us to worship him and enjoy his presence. And he is a just God, so he demands penalty for sin, which is death (i.e., hell/eternal punishment) to cover the eternal offense of sin.
So he, wanting us to be made right with him, and demanding justice and payment of sins, agreed to send his eternal Son down to earth. He was made into a man and he lived the sinless perfect life, which God requires. And he died for ALL of our sins. And he rose again on the 3rd day. If you’ll simply believe (aka trust) on him for your salvation, you receive what he possesses and merits and has merited (eternal life, sinlessness, perfection in God’s eyes) and you have received it justly because in Christ is the payment of all sins.
And get this, the life which is in God’s Son is EVERLASTING meaning it never ends. And it is our spirit which inherits it, not our flesh. So the works of our flesh will never get us unsaved. The works of our life will determine not our salvation, but our rewards at the judgment seat of Christ. If someone is saved (simply by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ) and his works are nasty, he is still saved.
1 Corinthians 3:15
“But if any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire”
Salvation is by faith alone because first of all the bible says so (ephesians 2:8-9) and because you possess the substance of what your faith is in. For example if you put your faith into a stock by investment, you possess whatever that stock contains.
So if you will, say this prayer:
“Lord Jesus Christ, I am a sinner. And I believe and trust on you alone to save my soul. I believe you died for ALL my sins. And I believe you rose again on the 3rd day. Amen”
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All church father's is a Catholic bishops
That's not true. Not all are Catholic in the 'Roman Catholic' sense.
The Lord Jesus: "Call no man father on the earth"
@@ralphowen3367 tell that to steven
@@jesusrosary9067As to your great question, should we give into temptation, I say that by faith, we endure temptation, but do not resist it. Temptation is similar to evil, in that it is not to be resisted--Math. --5:38--. It is when we do not do well however, that sin lie at the door--Gen. 4:6-7. Christians who are adult baptised and filled with the spirit always do according to God's high standards, because their thoughts-Pr. 12:5- and their work--Pr. 21:8- are right. This is also why the do not sin Pet. 4:1.
@@jesusrosary9067 I lost track of what I said to provoke your response, but I will say that it is saints like Stephen that I will have to do with someday, so that I dare not teacher other than they taught.
John of Patmos was not John the Apostle.... remainder of video skipped after that major innacuracy.
We are in agreement with your view. We never made that claim in the video.
Seem to recall the claim John the Apostle wrote 'Revelations' AKA 'the apocalypse of John.', which was written by John of Patmos.
@@DJTheTrainmanWalker two very different people. Agreed
@@TheologyAcademy So... an innacurate claim.
@@DJTheTrainmanWalker Where do we say that it is John the apostle? Please let me know and we will change accordingly
Polycarp was born in 70..no way he knew John. Plus, John was going to "drink the cup" like all the others..all that is an assumption...and there was no persecution under domitian.. We have proof. The church forged a lot of those writings.. At least in supplement. The church of Rome had the means to do anything for centuries. I wish things were as easy and straightforward... But then again.. I'm glad they're not. You can find truth that not everyone finds.
Polycarp was no catholc. He baptized only in the name of Jesus. No trinity, no father,son and holy ghost baptisms by Polycarp.
You say paul and polycarp taught the true doctrine of Jesus and also that there is no Holy Trinity. Yet Paul believed in the holy Trinity
@@ntkmw8058 Even the apostate catholic church didn't recognize the so called trinity until the 1st Council of Constantinople in 381 AD. This was long after both Paul and Antipas passed away. When some of John the Baptist's disciples found Paul Acts 19: 4-5, he baptized them in the name of Jesus Christ. Peter instructed baptizm in the name of Jesus Christ. Acts 2:38. The trinity doctrine of the catholic church is more evidence that the anti christ spirit entered the catholic church early. Review Matt 28:18-19, Jesus said "All power has been given to me, in heaven, and in earth. Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Name is singular. There is only one name, Jesus Christ.
@@francissweeney7318so you think Jesus Christ is the only person of God/God himself?
Who then was he praying to in gethsemane?
Who is it that said “this is my Son, my beloved in whom I’m well pleased” upon Jesus at his water baptism?
Who is the God and why is there a distinction but sameness between God and his word in John 1:1?
@@ntkmw8058 God is not a person. God is Spirit. Jesus came in the flesh and never lost His Spirit. Spirit has no boundaries, no limitations. The flesh that Jesus occupied had limitations, for that flesh suffered and died.
Location of Smyrna is wrong in your maps!
Please identify exact time and we will be happy to fix.