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Comments by "believestthouthis7" (@believestthouthis7) on "Revisiting Titus in Winter 🇺🇸" video.

@handsandfeet7913 Unfortunately he is not teaching actual Christianity. The Seventh Day Adventist Church is a cult similar to Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons and they all came into existence around the same time. He's misleading people about just being a regular Protestant Christian, when that is not the case.
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@able880 A Godly marriage should have harmony. That is God's design, for it is a picture of Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:22,25 KJV 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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He is teaching doctrine from the Seventh Day Adventist church. Not regular Christianity. They should definitely be wary of putting any man on a pedestal.
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With all the intense admiration coming from so many people, I'm glad that there are now some skeptics also. I hope that he will address the fact that he is teaching doctrine from the Seventh Day Adventist church. Please research them and you will see that they are linked to Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses. That will solve part of the mystery for you.
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@threefiveseven They live in Kentucky and they are Seventh Day Adventist, not Amish.
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Thank you for confirming that these are SDA beliefs. People should be aware of this. I am a Bible believing Christian that loves the King James Bible but I am not SDA.
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Titus is promoting Seventh Day Adventist Church doctrine. Not basic Christianity. Apparently he is converting a lot of people online to his beliefs.
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@itsajoeybeat He is teaching Seventh Day Adventist Church doctrine, not regular Biblical doctrine. Just compare what he teaches to their doctrines and it's all there. He is teaching Sonlight, a SDA school curriculum on his channel, for one. SDA is connected to Mormonism and JWs so you will feel a similar "vibe", only I think that SDA may be more subtle, so people assume it's just another evangelical Christian denomination and it is not. As a Bible believing Christian myself I really dislike it when people are being taught incorrect doctrine. Many newer Christians or unbelievers won't know the difference and think that everyone that says they are a "Christian" is legit.
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Yes, people should study the Bible for themselves and listen to more teachings on this. There is a wide variety of interpretations and there is a lot of room for error.
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Unfortunately people prefer to worship a man rather than God. Most people don't know the Bible and are spiritually starving, so any sliver of truth (even combined with incorrect teachings) is mind-blowing. I pray that people will get to know the Lord Jesus Christ and pick up the word of God themselves. God is knocking, most people are just not opening the door. Revelation 3:20 KJV - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
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Lot lingered and angels literally grabbed him and his family and took them out of the city. In order to keep them safe the Lord had to take them out. Only the Lord knows what people should do in their specific situation, but we can't use that story to illustrate remaining in a city. Genesis 19:16-17 KJV 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. Psalm 4:8 KJV - I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
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He teaches Seventh Day Adventist Church doctrine.
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There are quite a few comments saying this.
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Jesus is the best friend someone could ever have. John 15:13 KJV - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Mark 10:45 KJV - For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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@RS.8184 Titus in promoting SDA doctrine so he is not actually promoting Christianity but a church's belief system. I pray that you will know the difference.
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@mattculbertson3654 He stated that he would live in it, if needed. They may just be building him a new house. Permits aren't all bad. The kind of manufactured home that he lives in are built to building codes for safety reasons.
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@kingofcapp As a non-believer do you honestly want to be close friends with Bible-believing Christians that will want to mostly talk about the Bible and also live by it? Chances are very high that you would personally not want much to do with them. You already said that you had a "problem" with my "faith manual". The Lord Jesus Christ walked the earth and most didn't accept Him. They hated Him so much that they crucified Him for saying that He was God and martyred His disciples, the Apostles. John 1:10-12 KJV 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: John 15:18-19 KJV 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
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@SimplyConeh Having read the Bible, I can tell you that we can take it quite literally. It's not just all symbolism. However it must be studied by a saved believer to be understood. An unbeliever may get nothing out of it. We are in the end times but there are many interpretations of precisely how everything will look, because Revelation is probably one of the hardest books in the Bible to study and it's the least studied for many believers. Titus is likely just sharing what he learned through the SDA church, which many would disagree with. But rest assured, the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back and everyone would be wise to get on the winning side, which is His. 1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Revelation 5:10 KJV- And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
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Wasn't that written by Ellen G. White, prophetess of the Seventh Day Adventist Church?
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He was raised SDA and his parents are still SDA. The beliefs that he is promoting are all SDA if you compare.
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They do not believe in the catching away or "rapture". However believers today will leave (be "raptured") and come back down after the 7 year great tribulation, with the Lord Jesus Christ as part of the "armies which were in heaven". Read Revelation 19. The believers today go up for the marriage supper of the Lamb because they are the bride of Christ. Revelation 19:14 KJV - And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
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Please just don't take the mark of the beast. It damns people to hell. Everyone needs to get saved today before the Antichrist even arrives. Revelation 13:16-17 KJV 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 14:9-11 KJV 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
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This is the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.: Revelation 19:11-16 KJV 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
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Acts 4:12 KJV - 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 KJV - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 KJV - Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Matthew 24:21 KJV- For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. The only way to be saved is to believe and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ is going to come back for true believers soon and take them out of here, not the entire world. The rest of the world will stay for the great tribulation. Seven years later Jesus comes back down to earth with his church. You can read about that in Revelation 19 (King James Bible). Titus is off in what he is teaching because he was raised in the Seventh Day Adventist church, so I wouldn't go by what he is saying. I pray that you will read the Bible for yourself.
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@DonovanMercer This sounds like an insult to the Lord Jesus Christ. People are saying this about a man who isn't God.
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@trumpsucks5243 Then who created us? A random explosion? We are intelligently designed and have eternal souls that live forever in one of two places. There are no atheists in hell.
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@pmarcum7146 A Seventh Day Adventist church? That is the doctrine that they are promoting. It seems that his parents are SDA and Titus was raised with that but maintains that he is non-denominational. He is however teaching an SDA school curriculum on one of his channels, promoting the Sabbath and vegetarianism, false teachings of "annihilation" and "soul sleep", while quoting SDA authors.
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@michaelsmitchel3758 There are theological cults that make people feel trapped because of a belief system. They usually form around a person(s) or prophet(s) and stray from Biblical teaching. The Bible warns of false prophets several times. Matthew 24:11 KJV - And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
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Forgiveness frees you. Jesus can help you heal. Psalms 147:3 KJV - He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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They do not believe in the "rapture" so they think that they have to endure the great tribulation. Matthew 24:21 KJV - For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
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Titus seems to just be repeating what he was taught by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, which many Christians would disagree with. That aside, according to the word of God, the great tribulation is coming and with it the Antichrist and the beast system. The only way out of this mess is to become born again and be saved by the Lord Jesus Christ. James Corbett is an excellent researcher, but, as a former unbeliever, that is well aware of the things you are speaking of, I can tell you that the only solution is trusting in Jesus and calling out to Him for help and eternal salvation. Jesus is our ONLY hope. After the Antichrist system is destroyed by Jesus, He reigns for a thousand years and eternity stretches out thereafter. Revelation 13:16-18 KJV 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Romans 10:9-10 KJV 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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He is Seventh Day Adventist.
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Some people sound like they've never heard the Bible before or any preaching at all so it is blowing their minds. I think that he is mostly teaching what he learned while growing up as a Seventh Day Adventist. Please compare it and see.
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We are in the end times. Jesus is coming back regardless of what people do or think. The Antichrist (Satan in the flesh) will be the world leader of the one world government and religion and the great tribulation will last for seven years before the second coming of Jesus Christ and His reign upon the earth. The only hope anyone has is to be born again and trusting in God. Matthew 24:21-22 KJV 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Revelation 5:10 - And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
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@trumpsucks5243 David Koresh was a false prophet who didn't follow the Bible. That's obvious. Frankly Titus is a Seventh Day Adventist and he is also twisting the words of God in the Bible. If you studied the Bible you would know that what I said is true.
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Revelation 19:11-16 KJV 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
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@greenbrown7776 I have experience with a strict vegetarian (vegan) diet and I do not recommend it for long-term health. We need animal proteins for our hormones to work properly and that is particularly important for men. It is also not commanded in the Bible, that is an SDA teaching.
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Please do not just accept what He is teaching without studying it yourself and listening to other interpretations.
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He is Seventh Day Adventist and promoting those beliefs.
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@Amsidkdnsls 1 Timothy 6:10 KJV - For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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@Amsidkdnsls You'll get your opportunity to say things like that to God Himself. Matthew 12:36 KJV - But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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@Amsidkdnsls 2 Corinthians 5:10 KJV [10]For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Hebrews 9:27 KJV [27]And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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@aceneto9386 She stated on Titus's channel that they are now separated. She runs three other channels for him so maybe you want to check them out.
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Well probably not wise now but in eternity believers live in a city. Revelation 21:1-4 KJV 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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I think that the world is spiritually starving. It just shows how much people need Jesus and the Bible. Worshiping a man is not the answer.
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The Bible never said that they were apples?
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@AdamHeartlandADV Titus is promoting Seventh Day Adventist Church doctrine. Just to be clear, he is not promoting regular Christianity. A lot of the people worshiping him are deceived because they would rather worship a man than worship God.
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This is what the King James Bible says. That is the Bible he uses. Leviticus 18:22 KJV - Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Jude 1:7 KJV - Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV - But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 KJV 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. 1 Timothy 2:12-15 KJV 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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Are you SDA?
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You're actually correct, He hasn't presented the real gospel by which anyone can be saved.: 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV 15 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 10:9-10 KJV 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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I think he stated on his own channel that the rapture was a myth so yes, they are combining the two events into one and think that we will go through the great tribulation.
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@maggiemae7539 There are tribulation saints during the time of the great tribulation that are martyred and who do not take the mark of the beast, but they are the ones that come to faith during that time period. They have to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus during the great tribulation. Believers today will be caught up ("raptured") 1 Thessalonians 4 and won't go through the great tribulation. Right now is the easiest time to become born again because we are saved by grace through faith and not works. Read Revelation 19. Believers today come back down with Jesus to make war, as part of the "armies which were in heaven". Believers today are the bride of Christ. Revelation 19:7-8 KJV 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Revelation 19:11 KJV - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Revelation 19:14 KJV - And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
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The only thing that has changed is man's interpretation of God's word. Modern versions should be avoided because they contain omissions and changes, but we can trust the King James Version just like Christians for over 400 years did. I encourage you to research the topic. Man twists God's word, but the Bible is not just a regular book, it is a spiritual book and God promised to preserve His word. Psalm 12:6-7 KJV 6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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He is a Seventh Day Adventist which many Christians view as heretical.
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It's not really Christlike because unbelievers go to hell. Matthew 25:41 KJV - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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@cherylmoebakken3589 That's from the very same Bible that Titus reads. Those are the very words of Jesus. Do people recognize who Christ is?
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@cherylmoebakken3589 God is love and He died for their sins. But if they reject Him they don't go to be with Him for eternity. That's just Biblical truth. Not comforting people with lies. The way that you just said, "Peace out"... That's kind of like what Jesus says to unbelievers. Matthew 7:23 KJV - And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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@davesyoutubechannel1951 A Christian that cares will share the good news of the gospel and warn people about hell. Calling that conversation "Christlike" isn't correct. It's just the kind of warm-fuzzy thing that people like to hear. The truth is that Jesus wasn't a hippie. He judges people and he does send them to hell. Believers are told not to be close to unbelievers in the Bible, it's called "being unequally yoked". But Christians can certainly witness to others in hope that they will get saved. 2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 2 Corinthians 5:11 KJV - Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
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@davesyoutubechannel1951 James 4:4 KJV - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. John 15:18 KJV - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. Jesus was hated. The truth isn't popular and a Christian preaching the true gospel is more likely to be hated than loved. Please just consider this when you see popular "Christians" online that many are worshiping.
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@RS.8184 Why are you commenting about missionaries on a video about Titus? If an actual Christian missionary converts someone to Christianity and they truly believe, that means that they are born again and saved for all eternity. That's not religion, that's saving someone's soul from hell. Jesus died to save us. Ephesians 2:7-8 KJV [7]That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. [8]For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
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They don't believe in the rapture but, yes, we as believers are leaving. The best way to prepare for the wrath of God being poured out onto the earth, in the great tribulation, is to get saved today so you can leave! Matthew 24:21-22 KJV 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
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@gamayun6102 Titus's explanation of Bible prophecy is not correct. It sounds like he is repeating what he learned in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. That aside, Christians have been talking about Bible prophecy since the beginning of Christianity because believers were waiting for Jesus to come back as soon as He left. Even His disciples hoped to see Him again soon, but nobody knew exactly when it would occur. We are drawing to the end of things. You can see the signs of the times and how the world is. The great tribulation is coming and the only hope is the Lord Jesus Christ. Scoff if you will, but as a former unbeliever, I can tell you that this is true and that there is nothing else to cling to but God. Titus 2:13 KJV - Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
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@gamayun6102 It has been the ends times since our Lord and Savior left. In the past God sent a flood. But next time He is going to destroy the earth with fire and every eye shall see Him first. Revelation 1:7-8 KJV [7]Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. [8]I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 2 Peter 3:4-13 KJV [4]And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. [5]For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: [6]Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: [7]But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. [8]But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. [9]The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. [10]But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. [11]Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, [12]Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? [13]Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
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@sbeasley7585 The catching away "rapture" is found in 1 Thessalonians 4. The second coming is found in Revelation 19. Two separate events.
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As a Bible believing Christian, unfortunately I can tell you that he was raised in the Seventh Day Adventist church and is just promoting those beliefs. It's not regular Christianity, closer to to Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons. All three of those groups are connected and came to be at the same time.
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@hettbeans It is not a type of Christianity. Those three groups I mentioned are cults masquerading as Christians.
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@hettbeans Just thought I'd clarify because as an atheist you don't know the difference. He is part of a cult masquerading as Christianity.
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@hettbeans It keeps deleting my comments. Please don't be deceived into thinking this is Christianity.
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@hettbeans People hated Jesus and He warned that Christians would be hated (not loved by unbelievers). Christians are saved by grace through faith, not by good works. Being a "good person" is never going to be enough. It's when people realize that they are not good, that they are getting somewhere. John 15:18-19 KJV 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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@hettbeans The Bible was written by holy men who were led by the Holy Spirit. It's literally the words of God. It's too bad that you'd rather read fantasy books than hear what your Creator has to say. As a former unbeliever, I used to love reading lots of fiction, but I honestly don't have time or desire for it anymore, now that I'm a believer. 2 Peter 1:21 KJV - For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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@hettbeans Oh, real Christians are quite aware of how they are viewed by the world. But when you know the Lord Jesus Christ and know that you get to be with Him forever, it matters not. 1 John 2:15-17 KJV [15]Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. [16]For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. [17]And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
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Not evangelical protestant. He is Seventh Day Adventist Church, which many evangelicals would think is heretical.
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The Bible doesn't support Christians being extremely close to unbelievers. It is more likely that an unbeliever will not really like a true believer because their beliefs will bother them. 2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? James 4:4 KJV - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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@kingofcapp What is the problem?
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Obviously witnessing to unbelievers is not a waste of time but that's not the same as close friends.
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