Welcome, this is the testimony of Justin Brooks. This is the 41st atheism to Christianity testimony in this series! Approaching 3,000,000+ views. Original source is medium.com and linked in the description. I don't agree with all of his comparisons of other religions in comparison to the true faith in Christ. The true difference with Christianity is that we recognize our fallen (sinful nature) , recognize the one true Holy God became flesh, dwelt among us, died on a cross in accordance with scripture, resurrected from the dead, appeared to many. By his wounds we are healed. Anyway, I don't have to agree with all of someone's views to rejoice in another soul calling Jesus Lord.
@@AspiringChristian As someone said. Christianity just completed Judaism ( I think Judaism came first to bring Christ and hence Christianity) Thanks for your video
@@AspiringChristian why did you feel you HAD TO disprove Christianity? What put a chip on your shoulder towards God? I've studied the religions of the world myself. I've read most of their holy books. I've invested 2 decades of my life learning about God, history and religion. Tell me why you are mad at God.
@@AbesRUclipsYou’re going to want to contact the original author of this testimony for any follow up questions medium.com/@justinbrooke/atheist-spends-5-years-studying-world-religions-and-becomes-a-baptized-christian-evangelist-3cfa5b1072f0
This has been my walk as well. Grew up without religion, was an atheist until my 30’s, couldn’t answer questions the “dumb” Christians asked. When I began researching, I realized how wrong I was. Evidence convinced me. The Holy Spirit convicted me. Christ redeemed me. ALL glory to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11 “They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46 Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13 “One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12 “And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39 “They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32 Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
Yep, it's the old "prove Christianity wrong" path to proving Christianity is true. He's not the first to come to salvation that way. Welcome to the family! All glory to God!
Every true believer knows you cannot separate Judaism and Christianity. That’s our Bible. Old Testament and New Testament. Christ fulfilled the Law and then came the new covenant in which Jeremiah 31 speaks of. Christ Jesus is the end of the Law for Righteousness. He is the total Word of God.
@@elijahi4795 modern Judaism (Rabbinic) isn't anything to do with the Tanakh, or the law of Moses, the Talmud is their primary book, and its just as evil and wrong as any paganism. True Judaism became Christianity, because Christ (the Messiah) came.
Abraham saw Jesus Christ at the Tree of Mamre episode. He had a meal with the Lord and two angels, they all appeared as men to Abraham. Abraham is Christian. It’s always been Christianity; the faith was just made clearer when Jesus Christ came into the world through Mary to live as we do and to conquer the Devil and Hades through His death and Resurrection. Jesus is the Destroyer of Gods
@@MadRedCarnelian You're right. Modern judaism is rabbinic judaism that hails from pharisaism. John 8 conversation of Jesus with them and most impotantly Marc 7 and Matthew 23 tells us explicitely that they teach their traditions (Talmud) and usurp Moses chair (The pristhood was always the Levites) We were warned against their teaching (leaven). This warning, christianity hasn't pay attention. And today the christian happily lump the people and the faith into names, which if you were to adress Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Samuel and David by them they wouldn't answer. Because they're foreign to them. Jew and judaism are confusing terms. All Hebrews are not israélites. Abraham and all his sons are Hebrew. That makes Isaac Hebrew as well as his son Jacob. Then Jacob's name became Israël. That doesn't make Isaac and Abraham israélites. He got 12 sons who later became the 12 tribes under the name Israël/Jacob. All this time they're not jews. Because we're made to understand that jew IS short for Judah. If that's the case (hardly, but that's another topic) then jew shoul apply to this tribe exclusively. We've to remember that Judah IS Judah, Siméon and 1/2 Benjamin, and the Levites. James 1 -1 greets the tribes by their respective parricularity : the Lost tribes of Ephraim (or Israël for the northern kingdom) and the dispersed of Judah (southern kingdom) He could have said to all the jews, but didn't. And also the translators could'nt mess with this very precise identification of the tribes, like they did elsewhere in the new testament. Their status hasn't changed since then, they're still to be regathered by Jesus at His second coming, from the corners of the earth. That's scriptures, and no Propaganda can change prophecy, ever.
@MadRedCarnelian Then you don't know anything about Rabinic Judaism ir Judaism at all. Torah is the word of God for them. They know it better than you since it's their culture and heritage. Drasha are literally made from the weekly torah portion. Judaism didn't become Christianity. They were jews who believed Jesus was the Messiah. Instead, Christianity became gentile, ridding its Jewish roots
@@mattd398Rabbinic Judaism is mostly from Rabbi Akiva, a Greek Proslyte, and contains paganism. Christianity is not Gentile at all, you're thinking of Catholicism. Do you know which portion of the Tanakh is always skipping in Rabbinic synagogues? Isaiah 53. Rabbinic Jidaism rejects the prophesied and promised Messiah, and denies the Son of God (psalm2) who is the Son of Man (Daniel 7) and so is antichrist, full stop. They would be like the Hebrews who didn't put the blood of the Lamb on their doorways in the Exodus. If you don't follow YHVH, your Judaism is false, and exists genetically only. Like pigs seem kosher on the outside but inwardly do not chew the cud (meditate upon and digest the Word) and so are unclean. The things I have said are true; if you don't know about them that speaks to your ignorance, not mine. Peace, and Blessings to you, and your Houses ❤🙏🔥
After many years of secular humanism, I went on a similar journey. I simply wanted to be a good person, but I wanted to be certain of what “good” means. My upbringing was strongly anti-Christian, so I started looking into anything else, including Jainism, Mormonism, and Scientology, as well as all the bases covered here. In the end, like you, I was surprised to find that many of my preconceived notions of Christianity had been distorted and that Christianity was indeed the one true religion established by God himself. However, I still needed to reconcile all the denominational divisions that currently exist within it: If Jesus established only one Church, why do different congregations contradict each other? When I finally squared that circle, I was dumbfounded. Out of ignorance, we are all material heretics to some degree, but there is only one true source of light. Keep searching with an open mind, my friend, and perhaps one day you will find it.
@@palyddon I believe it’s deeper than that…I believe the enemy has infiltrated the church with his minions, therefore causing deception which takes people away from the truth, the whole truth. It’s heartbreaking to me. Also, reading The Word is the only way to truly know The Lord, his will and his rules. I’m glad the enemy will pay for what he’s done. I’m so grateful for The Lord’s mercy, grace and patience and that he didn’t let me die in my sin. Maranatha!
Thank you for sharing your journey! If you’re new here, I wanted to let you know that on my channel page there’s a convenient and awesome playlist. This video is part of a series on atheist converts to Christianity. 41 testimonies deep!
@@palyddon I believe the complexity of the different denominations comes down to the fact that Christians can become hung up on certain parts of the Bible- Calvinism, fruits of the spirit, etc. It’s a result of the hardness of our hearts to want to get stuck on these ideologies. When really, He calls us to go and make disciples. There are many things we won’t know for sure, and that’s okay. It doesn’t mean that God isn’t good!!! He definitely is. As long as we turn from our sins to embrace a relationship with Him that’s all that matters. ❤️ I believe that God knows this- and one day He will reveal the answers to us. Yes- it’s important to interpret the Bible with wisdom- but I don’t think we will have everything figured out either.
Buddhism is NOT a religion, but a practice. Hinduism has over 300 million gods and it is mysticism ONLY ONE GOD came to earth and PROVED whom he is - Jesus Christ
for Hinduism... I read a comment somewhere that Hinduism is actually consisted of those FALLEN ANGEL who came down to earth then create their own religion... not sure is that true or false...
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11 “They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46 Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13 “One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12 “And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39 “They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32 Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
In the early years of islam, the Christians considered it a corruption of their religion. As for me, I consider it to be a religion that woships satan, it even says allah is "the best of deceivers".
Someone in church once said the more he learns, the more he sees Christianity as the oldest religion and Judaism as the 2000 year old religion. The more i learn, the more i agree. The Old Testament is constantly pointing to Christ from beginning to end, and it is Judaism that ignores it and pretends to be something else. As a former lifelong atheist who spent years listening to atheists, i now attend the Orthodox church. If you haven't, i recommend you check it out and the history. I haven't been to many different churches, but they all feel sterile and empty. The Orthodox feels like home.
Tradition isn’t authoritative though. We should stick to just scripture or “sola scriptura”. Following traditions could tempt one to live as a spiritual pharasiee. Religion is fake, reality is a relationship with Christ, don’t you think?
Similar journey for me. The evidence didn't matter until I let go of my ego and began being open to the possibility of being wrong. There is a reason the bible mentions humbling yourself over and over.
My story is very similar to yours. I was raised an Evangelical Protestant and spent several years studying all the major religious faiths on my own. I had the library of a major university to use for resources, which was unbelievably helpful. The big difference is that I went from Protestantism to the Roman Catholic Church.
Similar journey. It was C.S. Lewis finally tipped me over. My prayer was, "Ok, I'm yours. Please, just don't scare me to death..." That was about 30 years ago. Glad you found Him, brother...
Shalom. Sharing. Back in late 1968, 69 I was looking for Truth not religion. I knew there was a Creator. Just wanted to know Who He was. Guess where it lead me. Christianity. John 3 : 16 😊
His conviction and response after the sermon at the church he was invited to really left me chuckling. The last couple minutes of the testimony to summarize truely are the highlight.
I've been through a similar thing. Grew up Catholic, became an Atheist around 2011 when the movement was huge- I thought religious people were idiots, despite knowing very little about religion, and treating RUclips Atheists like all-knowing geniuses. Then, as I got older, I actually opened my mind. I wanted to find a religion that fit with my worldviews and my beliefs. Eventually, I ended up back at Christianity and I couldn't be happier.
Every Christian I know would gladly give anyone who asks a Bible. I just gave one of my coworkers one. God’s word is the most precious gift you could ever give, and the soul of one lost person is worth more than all the Bible’s I have ever owned. 😊
Good summary. It’s really about who you trust/believe in. Not just what. If Jesus rose from the dead, was seen by many different people,and later ascended to heaven bodily-not to ignore the many miracles He completed and the prophecies He fulfilled; I’d listen to Him.
Hey man I appreciate you posting your testimony and I pray it helps someone on their path. It's very straightforward and raw and I'm glad you found your way to Christ. God bless you and your family ❤
This is refreshing. Thank you so much, for not beeing dogmatic about religion. Also, I find myself well respresented and respected. I would consider myself as a "true atheist". I do not claim, science has all the answers. It could even be impossible (See Gödel's incompleteness theorem). There are many questions that (currently) cannot be answered scientifically: "What triggered the big bang?", or "Was the universe created deliberately to have humans in it?" or "Are there other universes, possibly with other laws of nature?". Those questions can only be answered by religion or debated philosophically. If you like to answer them with religion and it makes you happy, then choose one that fits your instincts (One that resonates with you). I myself will stick to my favorite moto: "I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered, than answers that cannot be questioned"
I became a Christian and a studier of Christianity over 50 years ago. I still have questions that won't be answered until after I die. You are still allowed to question everything, but there are good answers for the essential things.
I kind of did the same thing you did - although I didn't put in nearly as much research as you - I read the Bagavad Gita, the Koran and the Bible, at first it was only to prove that this God thing is all nonsense. At the end, I came to the completely rational and logical conclusion that Jesus was raised from the dead and if God truly is real, then it's the one from the Bible.
Going to say this, If you understand the Matthew 7:22 passage to not be referring to people who believe in what Jesus did for them rather than what they do. You should also realize after reading that passage that Religion as a secular word in discernment, is essentially a weapon of Satan. This shouldn't shock or scare you. The Father has but one request from you, and thats simply to believe that because Jesus shed his blood, being god incarnate in the form of man, that God has forgiven you, and by this with his death, burial and resurrection, means that the matter is settled and he will not impute sin to you, because this isn't a temporal phenomena, God's grace extends to eternity. Which is why he says in repetition all throughout the book several times, that no one is going to take you away from him, and that he wont cast you out once you believe. All simply because you are trusting in what HE did, not what YOU do. This is the passive belief of the Gospel, and in contrasts all religion, because religion by a bare minimum of contrasting difference requires you presuppose that you have to work by a set of laws to get to heaven, (yes, this is where things get weird and believers can actually agree with a skeptical athiest in saying "all religions are the same." because by functionality the Gospel isn't a religion, it implies that the set of perfect laws needed to follow to get into heaven is impossible, and would simply rather you rely on what God himself did for your benefit. The Gospel is the only written according document of faith, in which it relies on something God has already done, and backs it up with anthropological accounts with nearly 15,000 citations. You can't love God perfectly and love your neighbor perfectly in this state that you are in. Which is why God came down and gave himself over to religious men so that you'd know the enemy. He also did so, so that he could protect you from yourself. Being the standard of perfection, theres not a single accusation against you that has merit, given you have not only pleaded guilty, but been exonerated by God because you've accepted what would've been required to forgive you permanently. The Gospel is simple, due to the passage of time men have had to combat and explain that because so much time has passed, the enemy has infiltrated the church, and leaves subtle changes to salvational doctrine that will doom you if you're not careful. Worldly institutions and leaders are not to be trusted. May God give you the spirit of discernment when you believe, so that you may come to understand the snakes method of attack, a repetitious implicative lie. (That simply, what Jesus did alone, was not enough.) Jesus is the son of God, shed his blood for the remission and forgiveness of sins on the cross, died, was buried and rose again on the third day "and any who believe in me, even if they die, they shall live" - "for the righteous shall live by faith." - "and if it be of grace, it be only grace, lest it not be grace." - "for it is by grace through faith you are saved, not of works, it is of GOD not of MAN, lest you be able to boast." - "To he who doesn't work, but merely * BELIEVES * on him who justifies the ungodly, his FAITH is counted for * RIGHTEOUSESS * " And to any who wish to misquote James 2. James is talking to believers, they are saved by their faith, James is merely talking about making disciples of men by bringing them to the Gospel by showing works. Paul even says that Abraham would have righteousness but not before God. *YOU* (humans) see with your eyes how abrahams faith was made perfect by his works. But in 1 Samuel 16:7 it says that God looks inwardly while man looks outwards. Begone works salvationists (literally people of religion) . God is not a task master. He literally died to protect you from yourself, the reward and talent he gives you is the gospel. All you had to do was simply believe it.
Really great effort. I'd just like to highlight some points : 1. Buddhism and Taoism : what you've described is pure or classical beliefs in these 2 religions. 2. In reality in Asia, Buddhism and Taoism have become syncretistic... Especially in believing in and worshiping deities. 3. Things get more confused when you throw the Chinese Heavenly King (forgot the term) into the mix. He's a kind of Zeus or Odin for Chinese deities (not in specific powers attributed to him, but just his position in the pantheon). Kuan Yin appeals to both Buddhists and Taoists. Classical religions of all kinds are great. But to see for real, need to see real worshippers. Also most Islam outside of the Middle East is folk Islam. Great to hear that God has spoken to you though.
Thank you for sharing your journey and testimony. I came to the same conclusion as you after hearing the various arguments from philosophers, theologians, apologists and even scientists. J. Warner Wallace and Frank Turek had particularly compelling arguments for God, Jesus and Christianity. Well met, brother!
Buddha ☸ was a Hindu 🕉. Yet, he created Buddhism. He removed worship, thereby creating a philosophy rather than a religion. Hinduism led to Jainism. Hinduism + Islam ☪️ = Sikhism. Centuries later, Jesus was Jewish ✡. He founded Christianity ✝️. Then, people spun off. The root of Christianity is The Catholic Church ⛪. Good 👍 you did a daunting exercise in disproving Christianity. This is an indirect way to get to Christianity! 🤯
Brilliant summary - exactly how my path to Yeshua happened only I spent 20 yrs in total studying science first literally showing how atheism is our ignorance, science proves a creator, not the reverse
Tao is best pronounced Dow. Taoism correlates well with neuroscience: the verbal brain circuits ( mainly dominant hemisphere) create a narrative about "what really exists" and generates categories in which to hold dissected pieces of reality and then cling to the belief that this system IS reality. But, no! The Greater Realty exists outside whatever the verbal mind thinks it is. "The way which can be spoken of (put into words) is not the Eternal Way." Every human shoud understanfd this essential truth.
All mispronunciations are my own and not reflective of the education of the author of the original testimony medium.com/@justinbrooke/atheist-spends-5-years-studying-world-religions-and-becomes-a-baptized-christian-evangelist-3cfa5b1072f0
This path echoes my own, and with similar conclusions. The one disagreement I have with the statements made here have to do with science. The statements made show a bit of misunderstanding of how science works (while also suffering from lack of clarity: science, scientific theories, and scientists are all conflated, referring to all of these with the word "science"). So let's fix this. Scientists, based on observations, come up with theories to explain the observations. At the moment a theory is conceived, it fits all pertinent observations, past and current (if it didn't, the theory would be rejected immediately) and--this is important--PURPORTS TO EXPLAIN FUTURE OBSERVATIONS. Thus, a theory sticks around, unchanged, until someone makes an observation that the theory can't explain. At that point the theory is either revised in some way or discarded completely. That is the process we call 'science'. Indeed, it is something we each do naturally, every day. I still agree with the conclusion that science is not the answer, but not because of any flaw in science. It just isn't applicable to spiritual questions.
9:20 let me add on with this argument a bit as a physics major myself. Science isn’t all about the truth, but rather it depends on our understanding of the world. Science is all about experimentation and deducing appropriate conclusions based on the conducted experiments. Before the 20th century, physicists believed that everything is deterministic since that was their world view at the time. For example, throwing a ball with a certain force and elevation, with knowing every parameters regarding the ball’s trajectory you can predict how far or how high it will go, simply because that was their world view from the experiments they conducted (I believe Galileo was the leading figure with the experimentation side). But during the 20th century when technology got more advanced, and people starts to observe some other phenomenon they never seen before, that’s where new theories emerges and how science evolves such as quantum mechanics (Max Planck was trying to invent a more energy efficient light bulb, and discovered that light energy comes in discretely which is known as photons, which lead to the beginning of quantum mechanics). What I’m trying to say is that the reason why science can be wrong is due to our limitation of world view but it’s a constantly evolving knowledge, kind of like how we as humans will never know everything yet some of us still are eager to learn and improve ourselves
That's excellent, welcome to the fold! Also, I have to say, one reason Christianity stands out to me as being true that wasn't mentioned here is that it gives an extremely realistic view of humanity and the world around us. So many other faiths say that if we live enough lives, do more good than bad, etc that we can eventually earn our way into eternal paradise and perfection - by finally becoming good enough in some manner, on our own steam. But I see no evidence that that's how things should work. In contrast, the Bible is like "all of you have screwed up, no amount of good deeds will cover the justice deserved for the bad ones, you can never work your way out of this mess because you're flawed, and the only way out of punishment is to humble yourself and accept God's grace and forgiveness". It's the only faith that teaches this, and is the only realistic view of humanity imo.
Bit of a waste spending 5 years studying Atheism. A lack of belief in the existence of God(s). What's to study? Kind of calls into question the whole story.
God doesn't need man to act, but he prefers doing so to give us a purpose and to resonate more with us. There is a Christian Church united and consistent from the beginning, look it up!
That statement at the end is absolutely true, if I should lead someone to Jesus, I will give them a Bible if they don't have one. I even have a box full of them for that explicit purpose. God's Word was first given to me and I would that any in need would also be able to receive it freely.
I always say if someone wants to try to disprove the existence of God and therefore Christ, go for it, because when they fail Jesus is waiting at the end of that path.
The parallels between all the world's belief system is not new. The Perennialists saw this too 600 years ago. Since everyone largely believes the same thing, but they simply express and verbalize it differently in language the bickering between philosophies is nothing more than negotiation of linguistic practices. The bickering is over whose vocabulary/concepts/traditions we ought to use when we talk about; and worship our shared metaphysic.
Another fact about religions is that they existed since the beginning of human history, the egyptians, greeks, romans... While all of them are polytheistic, in those times it was transmitted orally, so it is possible the original one got warped into those. And then the historians say that prehistoric people believed in natural forces. But how do we 100% know it was nature and not God they believed?
The author of the video doesn't appear to have done any research about the religions he claimed to study for 5 years. Messianic Judaism and Christianity are the only religions that lead to GOD.
For Christianity, my only questions are which one? The Orthodoxy? Mormons? Catholics? Protestanism? Evangelicals? Pantecosta? Adventist? Baptism? Which one?
@@edwardemo1952 a good starting point for researching those denominations is what parts of the Bible do they consider to be „not important“ or „not binding for us today“ and than study the Bible what it has to say about that.
And adding to what Kalle said, enough research will lead you to find that only one holds that the entirety of the writings listed as part of the New Testament are important and binding. (Also a minor point, Mormons are not Christians, but you listed them.)
In 1910 Ivan Panin, a Russian/ American Harvard math genius and linguistic expert, proved the Bible mathematically. Watch - Math proves the Bible. Most recently a 30 year veteran cold case criminologist J. Warner Wallace proved the Bible forensically in his book, Person of Interest. His testimony would convince any jury of the veracity of the Bible. Some of the amazing things in the Bible include the prophecy of the fall of Tyre and the prophecy of Alexander the great. Bible firsts include knowing life being in the blood long before modern science, or the Bible knowing about mountains and currents in the oceans or how the earth hangs on nothing. You should know about the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus and the impossible odds of that happening. The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report to us supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim that the writings are divine rather than human in origin. The Bible has also been proven archaeologically, historically and linguistically. 2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Better to be a born again Christian and find a good home Bible study group.
@@edwardemo1952 I know you will feel laziness but read the Bible…umm it doesn’t really matter which one you are in..just make sure Jesus is God…avoid and don’t worshiping people….
Different schools of Buddhism definitely have beliefs in gods and saints and hell and such. But Buddhism is highly syncretic with Hinduism and other Eastern religions. I don't know if there exists a kind of "pure" Buddhism that boils down just to the common core of Buddhist teaching. I don't think the Buddhist philosophy is compatible with Christianity. Its emphasis on spiritual liberation by means of renunciation of desire, ultimately in pursuit of "enlightenment" is very reminiscent of Gnosticism. Christianity has a special and unique place among the world's religions - it cherishes both body and spirit as God-given. The resurrection is bodily, not just being a spirit in heaven. And the body is not a bad thing, nor are its desires. Asceticism is optional in most Christian denominations, usually only clergy or monks practice this kind of self-denial. And even the motivation behind Asceticism in Christianity is usually different than simply punishing or neglecting the body for the spirit's sake. Rather, it is a way of practicing worship bodily, it is a way of recruiting one's whole self into worship. Or in the case of celibate priests, it's a kind of mystical marriage, or simply a way to devote oneself entirely to God.
A welcome to you, a new brother in Christ, the Christ our Saviour, who has set us all free from death, sin and evil. God bless you as you journey evermore towards God the Father and God the Son, led by God the Holy Spirit, who lives within you.
You doubt a Superintelligence involved in eathly affairs? Watch the videos by Ron Vale, and consider that megabyte equivalents of base 64 digitally encoded information underlies the form and structure of each part. Then ask yourself- can random processes make difgital information? How likely is it 2 structures which interact can arise ftom random code?
Scientism is the religion of believing that science is the answer to all questions. It’s simply faith in science, not that it has the answers. It’s just a belief.
Acts 4:12 - Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
@@461weavile no it isn't! I am an athiest, I have faith in nothing. I require proof, not faith! I don't have faith in anything! Eletric stays on because I pay the bill, car stays running because I maintain it to do so! Need more examples! Faith is belief without proof! There is zero proof in god, all that is gone on is what men long dead have stated, and they can't even get those stories straight, or Rob stories from other people! Athiesm is NOT a religion! Doesn't matter what your definition of religion happens to be, it is not a religion. If anything it is anti religion! Especially with the belief in a god that can't be proven to exist, and if all you have to go on is the word that someone yoi can't question about it states that God told then to write it, then that is such a weak argument that is also unfortunately the go to for most Christians, because their only source for this god is exactly that!
@@billwilliams7285 In 1910 Ivan Panin, a Russian/ American Harvard math genius and linguistic expert, proved the Bible mathematically. Watch - Math proves the Bible. Most recently a 30 year veteran cold case criminologist J. Warner Wallace proved the Bible forensically in his book, Person of Interest. His testimony would convince any jury of the veracity of the Bible. Some of the amazing things in the Bible include the prophecy of the fall of Tyre and the prophecy of Alexander the great. Bible firsts include knowing life being in the blood long before modern science, or the Bible knowing about mountains and currents in the oceans or how the earth hangs on nothing. You should know about the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus and the impossible odds of that happening. The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report to us supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim that the writings are divine rather than human in origin. The Bible has also been proven archaeologically, historically and linguistically. 2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
12 : 20 .... " You simply just need to pray to Jesus to be your Saviour and love him " Acts 16 : 30 - 31 .....Sirs , what must I do to be saved ? And they said , BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST , AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED .... John 3 : 16 - 18 Ephesians 2 : 8 - 9 John 6 : 40 1 Corinthians 15 : 1- 4 etc etc Believe , no prayer required for salvation .
I don`t think an ant thinks it knows everything, because then it would first have to have a self-awareness if there was anything to know, and I doubt it has.
When I hear of 'enlightenment', I know that Jesus Christ is the Light of the World. Everything that comes from humans is tainted by our collective and individual brokenness. So, I place all my faith in Christ. It is the only reasonable thing to do.
The true church is people who have worshipped Jesus and have same heart soul mind .they also love there brother and sisters in Christ .they live it became sinless 😊
You have to ask yourself what was Noah's religion as he must have preceded all other religions. Noah is real as every single culture (numbered in the 100's) has a story about Noah and the flood that covered the earth.
Yes we know about the 500 that witnessed Jesus after crucifying. I think it would have been wonderful if you just read the Bible. It has all the answers but I understand why. Bless you and yours
Commenting as I watch: Christianity, Judiasm, and Isl@m all teach that Adam, the 1st man, was God's initial contact on earth, not Abraham, but I do understand what you mean by that statement.
What im worried of christianity is which one of numerous sect is the trfue christian religion. Unless all the different sects devide which one them i cannot be assured of paradise.
I was raised as a Catholic and I lost my faith during my teens by questioning some stuff I had learned. I still haven't found satisfactory answers to lots of my objections but the atheist arguments to get rid of God don't convince me either. Also, I find some testimonys from personal experiences quite sincere, which really puzzles me. I wish God let me know the truth, if He exists.
Nope god prob doesn't exist. If he does, you wouldn't be in this state! If god is clear as day, he doesn't stay hidden like this. What does is people who created stories like the bible, well they died and their made-up god died along with them and dead people can do no nothing, nor appear or talk to anyone! It's just you and the universe, dude!
@@josemiguelcarrizo7373 and i was referring to your yearning wish for "god" to let you know the truth, if he exists. If he does, well why won't he. Why do you use capital "He" instead of he? And why even he and not she or it or whatever. You may be way more biased than you know or will admit
@@johnmonk3381 As I said, I was raised as a Catholic and I use the capital to show respect to the believers. And I used He because it's the pronoun that we always use where I come from.
@@josemiguelcarrizo7373 Why must there be an answer to everything? Couldn't you just accept what is instead of what must? Are answers to everything really that important that you felt without these answers, it's IMPOSSIBLE to lead a happy and decent life
You should read the eyewitness testimony of ‘atheists’ on their deathbed. All of them as they were passing to physical death realized but to late there is a Almighy Creator. Praise YAH.
All religions teach people to be good, but no religion tells you the truth that we fall short of God's glory, All men are supposed to be good; if we fail to do good at all times, or if we sometimes sins, we are considered sinners, and only Jesus Christ, the Savior for all sinners, can save men from perishing. God, creator of the world, so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son to die for our sins. Who bore our iniquity to redeem us from hell's punishment. Whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Science and God are one and the same. Science didn’t get things wrong… humans did. There are observable laws in Science and to have law, you need a law giver. The one who wrote each strand of code in my DNA is that law giver… His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
If you're into music, then your preference may be of jazz. Others with inclination to rock. And some just tone deft, music nothing much to them. Likewise, if you're into spiritual things, then your preference is surely to one religion. But now, 16% world dont care about religion, unaffiliated to any religions.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ was understood by Adam and Eve . They understood the plan of salvation and were baptised and recieved the gift of the Holy Spirit. They were the first Christians . Christianity is the oldest religion . The problem was Apostasy from the truth.
We all are NOT decendants of Abraham. We are ALL DECENDANTS OF NOAH. The table of Nations begins with Noah's three sons, Ham, Shem, and Japhet. Gentiles (non-Israelite) are ONLY considered children of Abrahan WHEN they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior by faith. Because of our faith in Christ, we are grafted in as children of Abraham and heirs to the same promises that God made to him. It's a spiritual decent NOT a biological decent.....and it's exclusive to believers in Christ. With that said, decendants of Jacob (Isreal) and Esau (Edom) and Ishmael (Hagar's son), and Keturah (2nd wife) 8 sons we have MANY biological decendants of Abraham. But NOT HEIRS to the promises that God made to him. To receive the SAME promises as Abraham.... one MUST belive in Jesus Christ, no matter your literal ancestry. This means that literal decendants of Abraham will be treated as if they were never ancestors of Abraham. This is why BELIEF IN CHRIST is so very essential. Even Isrealites are EXCLUDED UNLESS they believe. But we know they will believe because the Bible prophesies that they will😊. That's why Christians pray for them. Their eyes will be opened one day and the nation will accept Christ as their Messiah. Right now there is a partial hardening on the nation that will one day be removed.
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11 “They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46 Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13 “One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12 “And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39 “They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32 Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
Jesus never said anywhere that He wasn’t God. Did he? I know this rhetoric game. Because Jesus never used the exact phrase “I am God” , but rather … told someone their sins were forgiven(which only God can do), stated “Before Abraham was, I am” which led to the Jewish scholars picking up stones to stone him ( because it was obvious he was claiming divinity in that statement) But alas, I know this is a semantic game. Only the exact phrase will do. Where is the exact quote where Jesus says “I am not God”
@@herneyse11 First, don't be convinced that something which Moses did not mention is not worth mentioning at a moment in the future. Second, let me answer your question. Moses did mention the Christ. You can see in Deuteronomy 18 the description of Him. You can read in chapter one of the good news according to John that the apostle Philip explicitly mentions Moses describing Him as well as Him being mentioned in the writings of the prophets. The apostle Peter also makes this claim in chapter three of the book of the acts of the apostles, and one of the first appointees of the apostles, Stephen, also made that claim in chapter seven of the same book.
I have a question. If you came to the conclusion that "Hinduism" was the same thing as Christianity expressed in a different way, how did you come to the conclusion that Christianity is "the one true religion". Considering the necessity of believing fantastic miracles in Christianity vs. something that's, as you say, expressing the same thing without such exclusive doctrine. It seems logical that it would be the contrary, or at least a perennialism.
@@AspiringChristian I hadn't, but it doesn't entirely answer my question. Let me ask this way: what necessitates Jesus if another religion expresses the same thing? I ask because I'm exploring the same things, however, I've come to the opposite conclusion. Coming to the views of Advaita Vedanta. Disagreements about historical evidence aside, I can't reconcile the bodily resurrection or substitutionary atonement with my understanding of God. They're seemingly incoherent unless taken entirely symbolically. Theism: God as transcendent Panentheism: God as both transcendent and immanent Pantheism: God as immanent Theism and Pantheism in my view are incoherent because they bind God to time. Theism creates a dualism between material reality and God, putting God in relation to something else. Pantheism similarly puts God inside time as the physical universe (and I would argue that none of the supposed pantheistic systems are actually pantheistic, but panentheistic). That leaves Panentheism, where God is both outside experience as beyond time, and within experience. I think this is Biblical. Now, if what's experience of God is the Word (Logos) as part of the natural order, what exactly does Jesus death accomplish? If there was no access to the Word prior, then I think that contradicts the function of reality. This Logos is clearly expressed in Doaism as the Dao, and Hinduism as Vishnu, so it seems clear to me that it's experienced without Jesus.
@@Jeff_To If Hinduism and Christianity express the same thing, one could argue that the primary difference would be the efficacy of one over the other. (I don't particularly hold this, but I think I may be able to argue it.) The instructions given by Hinduism and the instructions given by Christianity to repair the brokenness of humanity that both express, which set of instructions functions in the intended way, meaning the way that restores the fullness of humanity?
@461weavile I can't confindemtly say I think one is more effective than the other. I would (and do) read and take practices from both. Hypothetically, if I thought Christianity was more effective, I still wouldn't be a Christian, though, because I don't believe in a bodily resurrection or substitutionary atonement. I'd like to stay away from using the term "Hinduism". It's more of a broad philosophy, not unlike perennialism. My specific understanding is non-dualism, which happens to align with Advaita Vedanta. Though I think the same conclusion can be made from Chrsitian theology.
Everything I learned about Cannon and Scripture and how it was put together and the ideas and concepts in it has lead me to become a Nones, nothing in particular. I know I am not alone in this. But I hope your final choice makes you happy. The channel that most influenced me at the start is very old it is called Evid3nc3. It made sense to me on my journey. And life is a Journey constantly changing all the time. Life is changing all the time.
In 1910 Ivan Panin, a Russian/ American Harvard math genius and linguistic expert, proved the Bible mathematically. Watch - Math proves the Bible. Most recently a 30 year veteran cold case criminologist J. Warner Wallace proved the Bible forensically in his book, Person of Interest. His testimony would convince any jury of the veracity of the Bible. Some of the amazing things in the Bible include the prophecy of the fall of Tyre and the prophecy of Alexander the great. Bible firsts include knowing life being in the blood long before modern science, or the Bible knowing about mountains and currents in the oceans or how the earth hangs on nothing. You should know about the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus and the impossible odds of that happening. The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report to us supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim that the writings are divine rather than human in origin. The Bible has also been proven archaeologically, historically and linguistically. 2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
If we define God as a necessary being, and all humans are contingent in that they depend upon the existence of something else in order to exist (humans must eat, for example), then it logically follows that God can not be man. And therefore Christianity must be false as it proclaims the false doctrine that a contingent being is the same as a necessary being. That is a contradiction.
Welcome, this is the testimony of Justin Brooks. This is the 41st atheism to Christianity testimony in this series! Approaching 3,000,000+ views.
Original source is medium.com and linked in the description. I don't agree with all of his comparisons of other religions in comparison to the true faith in Christ.
The true difference with Christianity is that we recognize our fallen (sinful nature) , recognize the one true Holy God became flesh, dwelt among us, died on a cross in accordance with scripture, resurrected from the dead, appeared to many.
By his wounds we are healed.
Anyway, I don't have to agree with all of someone's views to rejoice in another soul calling Jesus Lord.
@@AspiringChristian As someone said. Christianity just completed Judaism ( I think Judaism came first to bring Christ and hence Christianity)
Thanks for your video
@@renierramirez9534Indeed it did. Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
@@AspiringChristian why did you feel you HAD TO disprove Christianity? What put a chip on your shoulder towards God? I've studied the religions of the world myself. I've read most of their holy books. I've invested 2 decades of my life learning about God, history and religion. Tell me why you are mad at God.
@@AbesRUclipsYou’re going to want to contact the original author of this testimony for any follow up questions medium.com/@justinbrooke/atheist-spends-5-years-studying-world-religions-and-becomes-a-baptized-christian-evangelist-3cfa5b1072f0
Love your articulation and story, cungratz on realising the truth! I'm glad to hear your heart was not fully hardened at the end :)
This has been my walk as well. Grew up without religion, was an atheist until my 30’s, couldn’t answer questions the “dumb” Christians asked. When I began researching, I realized how wrong I was.
Evidence convinced me. The Holy Spirit convicted me. Christ redeemed me. ALL glory to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11
“They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46
Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12
“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39
“They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32
Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
Amen and amen.
@@berylbazor3756Yeah me too.. I always believed in many Things until I found Jesus or he found me❤ JESUS IS LORD ✝️🙏
🎉yay
when you die you will know what is true God and true religion.
Yep, it's the old "prove Christianity wrong" path to proving Christianity is true. He's not the first to come to salvation that way. Welcome to the family! All glory to God!
Amen! It’s a classic path: CS Lewis, Josh McDowell, and Lee Strobel all came to faith in Christ while trying to prove Christianity wrong!
@@justjoann57 Amen and hallelujah!!
Every true believer knows you cannot separate Judaism and Christianity. That’s our Bible. Old Testament and New Testament. Christ fulfilled the Law and then came the new covenant in which Jeremiah 31 speaks of. Christ Jesus is the end of the Law for Righteousness. He is the total Word of God.
@@elijahi4795 modern Judaism (Rabbinic) isn't anything to do with the Tanakh, or the law of Moses, the Talmud is their primary book, and its just as evil and wrong as any paganism.
True Judaism became Christianity, because Christ (the Messiah) came.
Abraham saw Jesus Christ at the Tree of Mamre episode. He had a meal with the Lord and two angels, they all appeared as men to Abraham.
Abraham is Christian. It’s always been Christianity; the faith was just made clearer when Jesus Christ came into the world through Mary to live as we do and to conquer the Devil and Hades through His death and Resurrection.
Jesus is the Destroyer of Gods
@@MadRedCarnelian
You're right.
Modern judaism is rabbinic judaism that hails from pharisaism. John 8 conversation of Jesus with them and most impotantly Marc 7 and Matthew 23 tells us explicitely that they teach their traditions (Talmud) and usurp Moses chair (The pristhood was always the Levites)
We were warned against their teaching (leaven). This warning, christianity hasn't pay attention. And today the christian happily lump the people and the faith into names, which if you were to adress Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Samuel and David by them they wouldn't answer. Because they're foreign to them. Jew and judaism are confusing terms.
All Hebrews are not israélites. Abraham and all his sons are Hebrew. That makes Isaac Hebrew as well as his son Jacob.
Then Jacob's name became Israël. That doesn't make Isaac and Abraham israélites.
He got 12 sons who later became the 12 tribes under the name Israël/Jacob. All this time they're not jews.
Because we're made to understand that jew IS short for Judah. If that's the case (hardly, but that's another topic) then jew shoul apply to this tribe exclusively. We've to remember that Judah IS Judah, Siméon and 1/2 Benjamin, and the Levites.
James 1 -1 greets the tribes by their respective parricularity : the Lost tribes of Ephraim (or Israël for the northern kingdom) and the dispersed of Judah (southern kingdom)
He could have said to all the jews, but didn't. And also the translators could'nt mess with this very precise identification of the tribes, like they did elsewhere in the new testament.
Their status hasn't changed since then, they're still to be regathered by Jesus at His second coming, from the corners of the earth. That's scriptures, and no Propaganda can change prophecy, ever.
@MadRedCarnelian
Then you don't know anything about Rabinic Judaism ir Judaism at all. Torah is the word of God for them. They know it better than you since it's their culture and heritage. Drasha are literally made from the weekly torah portion.
Judaism didn't become Christianity. They were jews who believed Jesus was the Messiah. Instead, Christianity became gentile, ridding its Jewish roots
@@mattd398Rabbinic Judaism is mostly from Rabbi Akiva, a Greek Proslyte, and contains paganism.
Christianity is not Gentile at all, you're thinking of Catholicism.
Do you know which portion of the Tanakh is always skipping in Rabbinic synagogues? Isaiah 53.
Rabbinic Jidaism rejects the prophesied and promised Messiah, and denies the Son of God (psalm2) who is the Son of Man (Daniel 7) and so is antichrist, full stop. They would be like the Hebrews who didn't put the blood of the Lamb on their doorways in the Exodus. If you don't follow YHVH, your Judaism is false, and exists genetically only. Like pigs seem kosher on the outside but inwardly do not chew the cud (meditate upon and digest the Word) and so are unclean.
The things I have said are true; if you don't know about them that speaks to your ignorance, not mine.
Peace, and Blessings to you, and your Houses ❤🙏🔥
After many years of secular humanism, I went on a similar journey. I simply wanted to be a good person, but I wanted to be certain of what “good” means. My upbringing was strongly anti-Christian, so I started looking into anything else, including Jainism, Mormonism, and Scientology, as well as all the bases covered here. In the end, like you, I was surprised to find that many of my preconceived notions of Christianity had been distorted and that Christianity was indeed the one true religion established by God himself. However, I still needed to reconcile all the denominational divisions that currently exist within it: If Jesus established only one Church, why do different congregations contradict each other? When I finally squared that circle, I was dumbfounded. Out of ignorance, we are all material heretics to some degree, but there is only one true source of light. Keep searching with an open mind, my friend, and perhaps one day you will find it.
@@palyddon I believe it’s deeper than that…I believe the enemy has infiltrated the church with his minions, therefore causing deception which takes people away from the truth, the whole truth. It’s heartbreaking to me. Also, reading The Word is the only way to truly know The Lord, his will and his rules. I’m glad the enemy will pay for what he’s done. I’m so grateful for The Lord’s mercy, grace and patience and that he didn’t let me die in my sin. Maranatha!
Thank you for sharing your journey! If you’re new here, I wanted to let you know that on my channel page there’s a convenient and awesome playlist. This video is part of a series on atheist converts to Christianity. 41 testimonies deep!
@@palyddon I believe the complexity of the different denominations comes down to the fact that Christians can become hung up on certain parts of the Bible- Calvinism, fruits of the spirit, etc. It’s a result of the hardness of our hearts to want to get stuck on these ideologies. When really, He calls us to go and make disciples. There are many things we won’t know for sure, and that’s okay. It doesn’t mean that God isn’t good!!! He definitely is. As long as we turn from our sins to embrace a relationship with Him that’s all that matters. ❤️
I believe that God knows this- and one day He will reveal the answers to us. Yes- it’s important to interpret the Bible with wisdom- but I don’t think we will have everything figured out either.
Well said.
Mormonism, unexpected! They read the Bible too.
Buddhism is NOT a religion, but a practice.
Hinduism has over 300 million gods and it is mysticism
ONLY ONE GOD came to earth and PROVED whom he is - Jesus Christ
Amen!
Amen 😊
for Hinduism... I read a comment somewhere that Hinduism is actually consisted of those FALLEN ANGEL who came down to earth then create their own religion... not sure is that true or false...
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11
“They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46
Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12
“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39
“They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32
Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
@@herneyse11 Jesus straight up said he is God my dude
Islam has nothing do with Christianity or Judaism, because it contracts everything in the Torah and Gospels.
I agree! Plus, Jesus truly died. Was truly risen.
However, I posted the testimony, because he ultimately comes to faith in Christ.
Al means god Lah is name of arabic ancient moon god
In the early years of islam, the Christians considered it a corruption of their religion.
As for me, I consider it to be a religion that woships satan, it even says allah is "the best of deceivers".
Not only that, more importantly it contradicts ITSELF.
They are all abrahamic faiths.
Someone in church once said the more he learns, the more he sees Christianity as the oldest religion and Judaism as the 2000 year old religion. The more i learn, the more i agree. The Old Testament is constantly pointing to Christ from beginning to end, and it is Judaism that ignores it and pretends to be something else.
As a former lifelong atheist who spent years listening to atheists, i now attend the Orthodox church. If you haven't, i recommend you check it out and the history. I haven't been to many different churches, but they all feel sterile and empty. The Orthodox feels like home.
Tradition isn’t authoritative though. We should stick to just scripture or “sola scriptura”. Following traditions could tempt one to live as a spiritual pharasiee. Religion is fake, reality is a relationship with Christ, don’t you think?
I love the Oriental Orthodox Church too. Jesus lived in Egypt at one point. Also the liturgy is beautiful.
Similar journey for me. The evidence didn't matter until I let go of my ego and began being open to the possibility of being wrong. There is a reason the bible mentions humbling yourself over and over.
My story is very similar to yours. I was raised an Evangelical Protestant and spent several years studying all the major religious faiths on my own. I had the library of a major university to use for resources, which was unbelievably helpful. The big difference is that I went from Protestantism to the Roman Catholic Church.
Similar journey. It was C.S. Lewis finally tipped me over. My prayer was, "Ok, I'm yours. Please, just don't scare me to death..." That was about 30 years ago. Glad you found Him, brother...
@@kimadams2995 i did something similar and how GOD presents himself to you is so nice and loving.
Shalom. Sharing. Back in late 1968, 69 I was looking for Truth not religion. I knew there was a Creator. Just wanted to know Who He was. Guess where it lead me. Christianity. John 3 : 16 😊
His conviction and response after the sermon at the church he was invited to really left me chuckling. The last couple minutes of the testimony to summarize truely are the highlight.
I've been through a similar thing. Grew up Catholic, became an Atheist around 2011 when the movement was huge- I thought religious people were idiots, despite knowing very little about religion, and treating RUclips Atheists like all-knowing geniuses. Then, as I got older, I actually opened my mind. I wanted to find a religion that fit with my worldviews and my beliefs. Eventually, I ended up back at Christianity and I couldn't be happier.
Every Christian I know would gladly give anyone who asks a Bible. I just gave one of my coworkers one. God’s word is the most precious gift you could ever give, and the soul of one lost person is worth more than all the Bible’s I have ever owned. 😊
I doubt most people in general "live like a Christian"
Good summary. It’s really about who you trust/believe in. Not just what. If Jesus rose from the dead, was seen by many different people,and later ascended to heaven bodily-not to ignore the many miracles He completed and the prophecies He fulfilled; I’d listen to Him.
Hey man I appreciate you posting your testimony and I pray it helps someone on their path. It's very straightforward and raw and I'm glad you found your way to Christ.
God bless you and your family ❤
This is good thanks for the content .. GOD Bless
Great to hear from you again! Thanks for your continued encouragement. GOD Bless!
I though this was an interesting video, last minute I found just another christian apologetic stereotype.
Good Job. Excellent work on many levels!
Thanks! Many more testimonies are featured in a convenient playlist on my channel page “41 Atheist Converts to Christianity”
Atheism = broken heart and disconnected soul :(
This is refreshing. Thank you so much, for not beeing dogmatic about religion. Also, I find myself well respresented and respected. I would consider myself as a "true atheist". I do not claim, science has all the answers. It could even be impossible (See Gödel's incompleteness theorem). There are many questions that (currently) cannot be answered scientifically: "What triggered the big bang?", or "Was the universe created deliberately to have humans in it?" or "Are there other universes, possibly with other laws of nature?". Those questions can only be answered by religion or debated philosophically. If you like to answer them with religion and it makes you happy, then choose one that fits your instincts (One that resonates with you). I myself will stick to my favorite moto: "I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered, than answers that cannot be questioned"
I became a Christian and a studier of Christianity over 50 years ago. I still have questions that won't be answered until after I die. You are still allowed to question everything, but there are good answers for the essential things.
Everyone has got the HOLY SPIRIT, so it's very simple!
Such a thorough and systematic approach to the question! Also 100 of testimonies tells that it should be influential. A very needed channel, thanks!
Excellent thought prociking overview of a genuine consideration of the meaning of life.
I kind of did the same thing you did - although I didn't put in nearly as much research as you - I read the Bagavad Gita, the Koran and the Bible, at first it was only to prove that this God thing is all nonsense. At the end, I came to the completely rational and logical conclusion that Jesus was raised from the dead and if God truly is real, then it's the one from the Bible.
Going to say this, If you understand the Matthew 7:22 passage to not be referring to people who believe in what Jesus did for them rather than what they do. You should also realize after reading that passage that Religion as a secular word in discernment, is essentially a weapon of Satan.
This shouldn't shock or scare you. The Father has but one request from you, and thats simply to believe that because Jesus shed his blood, being god incarnate in the form of man, that God has forgiven you, and by this with his death, burial and resurrection, means that the matter is settled and he will not impute sin to you, because this isn't a temporal phenomena, God's grace extends to eternity. Which is why he says in repetition all throughout the book several times, that no one is going to take you away from him, and that he wont cast you out once you believe.
All simply because you are trusting in what HE did, not what YOU do. This is the passive belief of the Gospel, and in contrasts all religion, because religion by a bare minimum of contrasting difference requires you presuppose that you have to work by a set of laws to get to heaven, (yes, this is where things get weird and believers can actually agree with a skeptical athiest in saying "all religions are the same." because by functionality the Gospel isn't a religion, it implies that the set of perfect laws needed to follow to get into heaven is impossible, and would simply rather you rely on what God himself did for your benefit.
The Gospel is the only written according document of faith, in which it relies on something God has already done, and backs it up with anthropological accounts with nearly 15,000 citations.
You can't love God perfectly and love your neighbor perfectly in this state that you are in. Which is why God came down and gave himself over to religious men so that you'd know the enemy. He also did so, so that he could protect you from yourself. Being the standard of perfection, theres not a single accusation against you that has merit, given you have not only pleaded guilty, but been exonerated by God because you've accepted what would've been required to forgive you permanently.
The Gospel is simple, due to the passage of time men have had to combat and explain that because so much time has passed, the enemy has infiltrated the church, and leaves subtle changes to salvational doctrine that will doom you if you're not careful. Worldly institutions and leaders are not to be trusted. May God give you the spirit of discernment when you believe, so that you may come to understand the snakes method of attack, a repetitious implicative lie. (That simply, what Jesus did alone, was not enough.)
Jesus is the son of God, shed his blood for the remission and forgiveness of sins on the cross, died, was buried and rose again on the third day
"and any who believe in me, even if they die, they shall live" -
"for the righteous shall live by faith." -
"and if it be of grace, it be only grace, lest it not be grace." -
"for it is by grace through faith you are saved, not of works, it is of GOD not of MAN, lest you be able to boast." -
"To he who doesn't work, but merely * BELIEVES * on him who justifies the ungodly, his FAITH is counted for * RIGHTEOUSESS * "
And to any who wish to misquote James 2. James is talking to believers, they are saved by their faith, James is merely talking about making disciples of men by bringing them to the Gospel by showing works. Paul even says that Abraham would have righteousness but not before God. *YOU* (humans) see with your eyes how abrahams faith was made perfect by his works. But in 1 Samuel 16:7 it says that God looks inwardly while man looks outwards.
Begone works salvationists (literally people of religion) . God is not a task master. He literally died to protect you from yourself, the reward and talent he gives you is the gospel. All you had to do was simply believe it.
Really great effort. I'd just like to highlight some points :
1. Buddhism and Taoism : what you've described is pure or classical beliefs in these 2 religions.
2. In reality in Asia, Buddhism and Taoism have become syncretistic... Especially in believing in and worshiping deities.
3. Things get more confused when you throw the Chinese Heavenly King (forgot the term) into the mix. He's a kind of Zeus or Odin for Chinese deities (not in specific powers attributed to him, but just his position in the pantheon). Kuan Yin appeals to both Buddhists and Taoists.
Classical religions of all kinds are great. But to see for real, need to see real worshippers. Also most Islam outside of the Middle East is folk Islam.
Great to hear that God has spoken to you though.
Thank you for sharing your journey and testimony.
I came to the same conclusion as you after hearing the various arguments from philosophers, theologians, apologists and even scientists.
J. Warner Wallace and Frank Turek had particularly compelling arguments for God, Jesus and Christianity.
Well met, brother!
Buddha ☸ was a Hindu 🕉. Yet, he created Buddhism. He removed worship, thereby creating a philosophy rather than a religion.
Hinduism led to Jainism. Hinduism + Islam ☪️ = Sikhism.
Centuries later, Jesus was Jewish ✡. He founded Christianity ✝️. Then, people spun off. The root of Christianity is The Catholic Church ⛪.
Good 👍 you did a daunting exercise in disproving Christianity. This is an indirect way to get to Christianity! 🤯
An overarching model covers all these cases as "progressive revelation"
I've loved this video, and the icing on the cake is the fact that you haven't used any background music. Thanks! 🙏
Brilliant summary - exactly how my path to Yeshua happened only I spent 20 yrs in total studying science first literally showing how atheism is our ignorance, science proves a creator, not the reverse
Christ is King ✝️
Tao is best pronounced Dow. Taoism correlates well with neuroscience: the verbal brain circuits ( mainly dominant hemisphere) create a narrative about "what really exists" and generates categories in which to hold dissected pieces of reality and then cling to the belief that this system IS reality. But, no! The Greater Realty exists outside whatever the verbal mind thinks it is.
"The way which can be spoken of (put into words) is not the Eternal Way."
Every human shoud understanfd this essential truth.
All mispronunciations are my own and not reflective of the education of the author of the original testimony medium.com/@justinbrooke/atheist-spends-5-years-studying-world-religions-and-becomes-a-baptized-christian-evangelist-3cfa5b1072f0
A lot of Atheists have a Hardened Heart. That can only come alive with Jesus Christ. Amen
This path echoes my own, and with similar conclusions. The one disagreement I have with the statements made here have to do with science. The statements made show a bit of misunderstanding of how science works (while also suffering from lack of clarity: science, scientific theories, and scientists are all conflated, referring to all of these with the word "science"). So let's fix this. Scientists, based on observations, come up with theories to explain the observations. At the moment a theory is conceived, it fits all pertinent observations, past and current (if it didn't, the theory would be rejected immediately) and--this is important--PURPORTS TO EXPLAIN FUTURE OBSERVATIONS. Thus, a theory sticks around, unchanged, until someone makes an observation that the theory can't explain. At that point the theory is either revised in some way or discarded completely. That is the process we call 'science'. Indeed, it is something we each do naturally, every day. I still agree with the conclusion that science is not the answer, but not because of any flaw in science. It just isn't applicable to spiritual questions.
Amen and Amen - - - fear not! All that can be will be saved!
9:20 let me add on with this argument a bit as a physics major myself. Science isn’t all about the truth, but rather it depends on our understanding of the world. Science is all about experimentation and deducing appropriate conclusions based on the conducted experiments. Before the 20th century, physicists believed that everything is deterministic since that was their world view at the time. For example, throwing a ball with a certain force and elevation, with knowing every parameters regarding the ball’s trajectory you can predict how far or how high it will go, simply because that was their world view from the experiments they conducted (I believe Galileo was the leading figure with the experimentation side). But during the 20th century when technology got more advanced, and people starts to observe some other phenomenon they never seen before, that’s where new theories emerges and how science evolves such as quantum mechanics (Max Planck was trying to invent a more energy efficient light bulb, and discovered that light energy comes in discretely which is known as photons, which lead to the beginning of quantum mechanics). What I’m trying to say is that the reason why science can be wrong is due to our limitation of world view but it’s a constantly evolving knowledge, kind of like how we as humans will never know everything yet some of us still are eager to learn and improve ourselves
That's excellent, welcome to the fold!
Also, I have to say, one reason Christianity stands out to me as being true that wasn't mentioned here is that it gives an extremely realistic view of humanity and the world around us. So many other faiths say that if we live enough lives, do more good than bad, etc that we can eventually earn our way into eternal paradise and perfection - by finally becoming good enough in some manner, on our own steam. But I see no evidence that that's how things should work. In contrast, the Bible is like "all of you have screwed up, no amount of good deeds will cover the justice deserved for the bad ones, you can never work your way out of this mess because you're flawed, and the only way out of punishment is to humble yourself and accept God's grace and forgiveness". It's the only faith that teaches this, and is the only realistic view of humanity imo.
Read "Case for Christ", where Pulitzer winner Lee Stroebel did the same thing when he got mad his wife converted to Christianity. Lee's now a pastor.
Bit of a waste spending 5 years studying Atheism. A lack of belief in the existence of God(s). What's to study? Kind of calls into question the whole story.
God doesn't need man to act, but he prefers doing so to give us a purpose and to resonate more with us. There is a Christian Church united and consistent from the beginning, look it up!
That statement at the end is absolutely true, if I should lead someone to Jesus, I will give them a Bible if they don't have one. I even have a box full of them for that explicit purpose. God's Word was first given to me and I would that any in need would also be able to receive it freely.
Did you really read all those books? I am impressed. I long to be able to do that.
I always say if someone wants to try to disprove the existence of God and therefore Christ, go for it, because when they fail Jesus is waiting at the end of that path.
The parallels between all the world's belief system is not new. The Perennialists saw this too 600 years ago.
Since everyone largely believes the same thing, but they simply express and verbalize it differently in language the bickering between philosophies is nothing more than negotiation of linguistic practices.
The bickering is over whose vocabulary/concepts/traditions we ought to use when we talk about; and worship our shared metaphysic.
Another fact about religions is that they existed since the beginning of human history, the egyptians, greeks, romans...
While all of them are polytheistic, in those times it was transmitted orally, so it is possible the original one got warped into those.
And then the historians say that prehistoric people believed in natural forces. But how do we 100% know it was nature and not God they believed?
Paganism has been around since Old Testament BAAL worship etc.
The author of the video doesn't appear to have done any research about the religions he claimed to study for 5 years.
Messianic Judaism and Christianity are the only religions that lead to GOD.
welcome home brother!
For Christianity, my only questions are which one? The Orthodoxy? Mormons? Catholics? Protestanism? Evangelicals? Pantecosta? Adventist? Baptism? Which one?
@@edwardemo1952 a good starting point for researching those denominations is what parts of the Bible do they consider to be „not important“ or „not binding for us today“ and than study the Bible what it has to say about that.
And adding to what Kalle said, enough research will lead you to find that only one holds that the entirety of the writings listed as part of the New Testament are important and binding.
(Also a minor point, Mormons are not Christians, but you listed them.)
@@461weavile nah I'm to lazy to learn about bible and youtube/tiktok didn't help much to guide but better at reconstruct
In 1910 Ivan Panin, a Russian/ American Harvard math genius and linguistic expert, proved the Bible mathematically. Watch - Math proves the Bible. Most recently a 30 year veteran cold case criminologist J. Warner Wallace proved the Bible forensically in his book, Person of Interest. His testimony would convince any jury of the veracity of the Bible. Some of the amazing things in the Bible include the prophecy of the fall of Tyre and the prophecy of Alexander the great. Bible firsts include knowing life being in the blood long before modern science, or the Bible knowing about mountains and currents in the oceans or how the earth hangs on nothing. You should know about the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus and the impossible odds of that happening. The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report to us supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim that the writings are divine rather than human in origin. The Bible has also been proven archaeologically, historically and linguistically.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Better to be a born again Christian and find a good home Bible study group.
@@edwardemo1952 I know you will feel laziness but read the Bible…umm it doesn’t really matter which one you are in..just make sure Jesus is God…avoid and don’t worshiping people….
There's a large Hindu population here in Durban, South Africa. We have a lot of people with Indian descent
The beauty of Christ, whichever or whatever way yoh look his message has all the answers. Genius or fool ,God can be your everything. ❤
Different schools of Buddhism definitely have beliefs in gods and saints and hell and such. But Buddhism is highly syncretic with Hinduism and other Eastern religions. I don't know if there exists a kind of "pure" Buddhism that boils down just to the common core of Buddhist teaching.
I don't think the Buddhist philosophy is compatible with Christianity. Its emphasis on spiritual liberation by means of renunciation of desire, ultimately in pursuit of "enlightenment" is very reminiscent of Gnosticism. Christianity has a special and unique place among the world's religions - it cherishes both body and spirit as God-given. The resurrection is bodily, not just being a spirit in heaven. And the body is not a bad thing, nor are its desires. Asceticism is optional in most Christian denominations, usually only clergy or monks practice this kind of self-denial. And even the motivation behind Asceticism in Christianity is usually different than simply punishing or neglecting the body for the spirit's sake. Rather, it is a way of practicing worship bodily, it is a way of recruiting one's whole self into worship. Or in the case of celibate priests, it's a kind of mystical marriage, or simply a way to devote oneself entirely to God.
You will never meet Jesus until that is what you really want. There are a million excuses to deny him.
I started to see Japanese people accept Christian and feel so much peace and happiness. The revival gonna start in Japan and spread.
The ending was soooo silly .
Full of myself 😂😢
Really
No theological revelations , no philosophical insights , no physical miracles . 😮
A welcome to you, a new brother in Christ, the Christ our Saviour, who has set us all free from death, sin and evil. God bless you as you journey evermore towards God the Father and God the Son, led by God the Holy Spirit, who lives within you.
You doubt a Superintelligence involved in eathly affairs? Watch the videos by Ron Vale, and consider that megabyte equivalents of base 64 digitally encoded information underlies the form and structure of each part. Then ask yourself- can random processes make difgital information? How likely is it 2 structures which interact can arise ftom random code?
Scientism is the religion of believing that science is the answer to all questions. It’s simply faith in science, not that it has the answers. It’s just a belief.
What about Judaism or Islam? I was really anticipating what you where going to say about those two religions.
@@MukbangMukbangMukbang111 islam is hatred and violence. They prove it themselves every single day.
Great!
Acts 4:12 - Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Praise God!!
Athiesm I NOT a religion!
It depends which definition you use of "religion." It most certainly is a system of faith, which is one possible definition.
@@461weavile no it isn't!
I am an athiest, I have faith in nothing. I require proof, not faith!
I don't have faith in anything!
Eletric stays on because I pay the bill, car stays running because I maintain it to do so! Need more examples!
Faith is belief without proof!
There is zero proof in god, all that is gone on is what men long dead have stated, and they can't even get those stories straight, or Rob stories from other people!
Athiesm is NOT a religion!
Doesn't matter what your definition of religion happens to be, it is not a religion. If anything it is anti religion!
Especially with the belief in a god that can't be proven to exist, and if all you have to go on is the word that someone yoi can't question about it states that God told then to write it, then that is such a weak argument that is also unfortunately the go to for most Christians, because their only source for this god is exactly that!
@@billwilliams7285 In 1910 Ivan Panin, a Russian/ American Harvard math genius and linguistic expert, proved the Bible mathematically. Watch - Math proves the Bible. Most recently a 30 year veteran cold case criminologist J. Warner Wallace proved the Bible forensically in his book, Person of Interest. His testimony would convince any jury of the veracity of the Bible. Some of the amazing things in the Bible include the prophecy of the fall of Tyre and the prophecy of Alexander the great. Bible firsts include knowing life being in the blood long before modern science, or the Bible knowing about mountains and currents in the oceans or how the earth hangs on nothing. You should know about the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus and the impossible odds of that happening. The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report to us supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim that the writings are divine rather than human in origin. The Bible has also been proven archaeologically, historically and linguistically.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
12 : 20 .... " You simply just need to pray to Jesus to be your Saviour and love him "
Acts 16 : 30 - 31 .....Sirs , what must I do to be saved ? And they said , BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST , AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED .... John 3 : 16 - 18 Ephesians 2 : 8 - 9 John 6 : 40 1 Corinthians 15 : 1- 4 etc etc Believe , no prayer required for salvation .
Agreed, prayer is not strictly required, but we also see in the Bible that belief is not enough for salvation.
@@461weavile Go on then , enlighten me , without using James 2 : 19 and 2 : 17 , because you will be taking those verses out of context if you do .
God Bless.
What does an ant know of the universe? It thinks it knows everything.
I don`t think an ant thinks it knows everything, because then it would first have to have a self-awareness if there was anything to know, and I doubt it has.
A prayer does not make you saved it is faith and knowing Jesus!
When I hear of 'enlightenment', I know that Jesus Christ is the Light of the World. Everything that comes from humans is tainted by our collective and individual brokenness. So, I place all my faith in Christ. It is the only reasonable thing to do.
Thx
Daily.dive.disciple here. 😅
Господи, молю Тебя, Прости меня и Помилуй меня и Помилуй рабов Божьих членов моей семьи! Аминь.
The true church is people who have worshipped Jesus and have same heart soul mind .they also love there brother and sisters in Christ .they live it became sinless 😊
You have to ask yourself what was Noah's religion as he must have preceded all other religions. Noah is real as every single culture (numbered in the 100's) has a story about Noah and the flood that covered the earth.
Brother trying to prove something you are against is so shit I had to do it once for an english project, I hated it💀
…. East Tennessee here….
Yes we know about the 500 that witnessed Jesus after crucifying. I think it would have been wonderful if you just read the Bible. It has all the answers but I understand why. Bless you and yours
If you think that there is a place call Heaven after death, call Superman. He fly and take you there. So easy.
Commenting as I watch:
Christianity, Judiasm, and Isl@m all teach that Adam, the 1st man, was God's initial contact on earth, not Abraham, but I do understand what you mean by that statement.
What im worried of christianity is which one of numerous sect is the trfue christian religion. Unless all the different sects devide which one them i cannot be assured of paradise.
AMEN
Vedas leads to Christ in the name of prajapathi who l die in cross ✝️
Amen
I was raised as a Catholic and I lost my faith during my teens by questioning some stuff I had learned. I still haven't found satisfactory answers to lots of my objections but the atheist arguments to get rid of God don't convince me either. Also, I find some testimonys from personal experiences quite sincere, which really puzzles me. I wish God let me know the truth, if He exists.
Nope god prob doesn't exist. If he does, you wouldn't be in this state! If god is clear as day, he doesn't stay hidden like this. What does is people who created stories like the bible, well they died and their made-up god died along with them and dead people can do no nothing, nor appear or talk to anyone! It's just you and the universe, dude!
@@johnmonk3381 I'm talking about personal experiences of alive people.
@@josemiguelcarrizo7373 and i was referring to your yearning wish for "god" to let you know the truth, if he exists. If he does, well why won't he. Why do you use capital "He" instead of he? And why even he and not she or it or whatever. You may be way more biased than you know or will admit
@@johnmonk3381 As I said, I was raised as a Catholic and I use the capital to show respect to the believers. And I used He because it's the pronoun that we always use where I come from.
@@josemiguelcarrizo7373 Why must there be an answer to everything? Couldn't you just accept what is instead of what must? Are answers to everything really that important that you felt without these answers, it's IMPOSSIBLE to lead a happy and decent life
You should read the eyewitness testimony of ‘atheists’ on their deathbed. All of them as they were passing to physical death realized but to late there is a Almighy Creator. Praise YAH.
5 years? Wow 🙂
All religions teach people to be good, but no religion tells you the truth that we fall short of God's glory, All men are supposed to be good; if we fail to do good at all times, or if we sometimes sins, we are considered sinners, and only Jesus Christ, the Savior for all sinners, can save men from perishing. God, creator of the world, so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son to die for our sins. Who bore our iniquity to redeem us from hell's punishment. Whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Science and God are one and the same. Science didn’t get things wrong… humans did. There are observable laws in Science and to have law, you need a law giver. The one who wrote each strand of code in my DNA is that law giver… His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Truth is what I do where I eat and pay bills - in the REAL world. ;)
Is this an AI voice? This sounds crazy I don’t like it
If you're into music, then your preference may be of jazz. Others with inclination to rock. And some just tone deft, music nothing much to them. Likewise, if you're into spiritual things, then your preference is surely to one religion. But now, 16% world dont care about religion, unaffiliated to any religions.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ was understood by Adam and Eve . They understood the plan of salvation and were baptised and recieved the gift of the Holy Spirit. They were the first Christians . Christianity is the oldest religion . The problem was Apostasy from the truth.
We all are NOT decendants of Abraham. We are ALL DECENDANTS OF NOAH. The table of Nations begins with Noah's three sons, Ham, Shem, and Japhet.
Gentiles (non-Israelite) are ONLY considered children of Abrahan WHEN they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior by faith. Because of our faith in Christ, we are grafted in as children of Abraham and heirs to the same promises that God made to him. It's a spiritual decent NOT a biological decent.....and it's exclusive to believers in Christ.
With that said, decendants of Jacob (Isreal) and Esau (Edom) and Ishmael (Hagar's son), and Keturah (2nd wife) 8 sons we have MANY biological decendants of Abraham. But NOT HEIRS to the promises that God made to him. To receive the SAME promises as Abraham.... one MUST belive in Jesus Christ, no matter your literal ancestry. This means that literal decendants of Abraham will be treated as if they were never ancestors of Abraham.
This is why BELIEF IN CHRIST is so very essential. Even Isrealites are EXCLUDED UNLESS they believe. But we know they will believe because the Bible prophesies that they will😊. That's why Christians pray for them. Their eyes will be opened one day and the nation will accept Christ as their Messiah. Right now there is a partial hardening on the nation that will one day be removed.
“When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’” Matthew 21:10-11
“They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.” NIV Matthew 21:46
Jesus said “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Luke 4:24
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Acts 3:13
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12
“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’” Matthew 26:39
“They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Mark 14:32
Jesus was speaking in Aramaic and was a Muslim (a person that totally submitted to Allah) and he prayed to Allah. Go to any Aramaic Online Dictionary and type the word “God”. You will be shocked to see it’s “Allah”. Jesus NEVER said anywhere in the Bible “I am God” or “Worship me.
Jesus never said anywhere that He wasn’t God. Did he?
I know this rhetoric game. Because Jesus never used the exact phrase “I am God” , but rather … told someone their sins were forgiven(which only God can do), stated “Before Abraham was, I am” which led to the Jewish scholars picking up stones to stone him ( because it was obvious he was claiming divinity in that statement)
But alas, I know this is a semantic game. Only the exact phrase will do. Where is the exact quote where Jesus says “I am not God”
@@AspiringChristian How come Moses never mention about Him, if He was before Ibrahim.
@@herneyse11 First, don't be convinced that something which Moses did not mention is not worth mentioning at a moment in the future.
Second, let me answer your question.
Moses did mention the Christ. You can see in Deuteronomy 18 the description of Him. You can read in chapter one of the good news according to John that the apostle Philip explicitly mentions Moses describing Him as well as Him being mentioned in the writings of the prophets. The apostle Peter also makes this claim in chapter three of the book of the acts of the apostles, and one of the first appointees of the apostles, Stephen, also made that claim in chapter seven of the same book.
You never mentions Islam though? Like why you didn't choose it? I'm Christian btw...just interested in what refutes you had
I have a question.
If you came to the conclusion that "Hinduism" was the same thing as Christianity expressed in a different way, how did you come to the conclusion that Christianity is "the one true religion". Considering the necessity of believing fantastic miracles in Christianity vs. something that's, as you say, expressing the same thing without such exclusive doctrine. It seems logical that it would be the contrary, or at least a perennialism.
Did you watch the last few minutes?
@@AspiringChristian I hadn't, but it doesn't entirely answer my question.
Let me ask this way: what necessitates Jesus if another religion expresses the same thing?
I ask because I'm exploring the same things, however, I've come to the opposite conclusion. Coming to the views of Advaita Vedanta. Disagreements about historical evidence aside, I can't reconcile the bodily resurrection or substitutionary atonement with my understanding of God. They're seemingly incoherent unless taken entirely symbolically.
Theism: God as transcendent
Panentheism: God as both transcendent and immanent
Pantheism: God as immanent
Theism and Pantheism in my view are incoherent because they bind God to time. Theism creates a dualism between material reality and God, putting God in relation to something else. Pantheism similarly puts God inside time as the physical universe (and I would argue that none of the supposed pantheistic systems are actually pantheistic, but panentheistic).
That leaves Panentheism, where God is both outside experience as beyond time, and within experience. I think this is Biblical. Now, if what's experience of God is the Word (Logos) as part of the natural order, what exactly does Jesus death accomplish? If there was no access to the Word prior, then I think that contradicts the function of reality.
This Logos is clearly expressed in Doaism as the Dao, and Hinduism as Vishnu, so it seems clear to me that it's experienced without Jesus.
@@Jeff_To If Hinduism and Christianity express the same thing, one could argue that the primary difference would be the efficacy of one over the other. (I don't particularly hold this, but I think I may be able to argue it.) The instructions given by Hinduism and the instructions given by Christianity to repair the brokenness of humanity that both express, which set of instructions functions in the intended way, meaning the way that restores the fullness of humanity?
@461weavile I can't confindemtly say I think one is more effective than the other. I would (and do) read and take practices from both.
Hypothetically, if I thought Christianity was more effective, I still wouldn't be a Christian, though, because I don't believe in a bodily resurrection or substitutionary atonement.
I'd like to stay away from using the term "Hinduism". It's more of a broad philosophy, not unlike perennialism. My specific understanding is non-dualism, which happens to align with Advaita Vedanta. Though I think the same conclusion can be made from Chrsitian theology.
I've responded to both the above comments, but they aren't here. What's up with that?
God and Allah are not the same God is loving and Allah is vengeful.
Everything I learned about Cannon and Scripture and how it was put together and the ideas and concepts in it has lead me to become a Nones, nothing in particular. I know I am not alone in this. But I hope your final choice makes you happy. The channel that most influenced me at the start is very old it is called Evid3nc3. It made sense to me on my journey. And life is a Journey constantly changing all the time. Life is changing all the time.
In 1910 Ivan Panin, a Russian/ American Harvard math genius and linguistic expert, proved the Bible mathematically. Watch - Math proves the Bible. Most recently a 30 year veteran cold case criminologist J. Warner Wallace proved the Bible forensically in his book, Person of Interest. His testimony would convince any jury of the veracity of the Bible. Some of the amazing things in the Bible include the prophecy of the fall of Tyre and the prophecy of Alexander the great. Bible firsts include knowing life being in the blood long before modern science, or the Bible knowing about mountains and currents in the oceans or how the earth hangs on nothing. You should know about the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus and the impossible odds of that happening. The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report to us supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim that the writings are divine rather than human in origin. The Bible has also been proven archaeologically, historically and linguistically.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
If we define God as a necessary being, and all humans are contingent in that they depend upon the existence of something else in order to exist (humans must eat, for example), then it logically follows that God can not be man. And therefore Christianity must be false as it proclaims the false doctrine that a contingent being is the same as a necessary being. That is a contradiction.