Cliffe Classics - Cliffe Says, "I am not All-powerful."

No. 31
Recorded - Fall 1996
The "Give Me An Answer" ministry began as an outgrowth of the dialogues Cliffe Knechtle has had with students on various university campuses throughout the United States. These universities include the University of Maine, Harvard, MIT, University of Florida, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, Berkeley, Stanford, University of Hawaii and the University of Washington. Cliffe spoke on these campuses in front of the Student Union or Library at noon for five to ten minutes. At the close of his initial remarks, he'd open up the time for questions and answers, which usually turned into a two to four hour dialogue with students. His crowd size ranged from 25 - 500 students at a time, and between classes, new students would join the discussion. This is an extremely effective way to reach a large number of university students with the Gospel of Christ.
#Evidence #Christianity #Jesus #apologetics

[@bby_nael]

If that lil boy is Stuart who is now preaching by his dad’s side I’m gonna cry 🥹😭❤️❤️

[@kkuttah6819]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@mikerukavina4551]

Lol. I'm pretty sure it is. We old

[@alive4321]

I think it is and it's so amazing to see!!!

[@jedition5618]

Is that his son now?😮

[@solafide.studio]

Some random kid 🤣🤣 imagine

[@CKD3332]

1996, wow man. I was 15 years old and started partying that year. My grandma used to tell us about God and the Bible, and I was listening in the back of my mind, but didn't want to commit myself to God at all. Now im 42 and I over the last 7 years i have been getting closer and closer to God. Its hard to change a life of 25 years partying, but I hope and pray I will get there. The Lord Jesus Christ is worth my life, anyday.

[@candicephillips6858]

I felt every word you just said. We do recover. And we recover best with Jesus Christ. It isnt easy, that is for sure, but it is so worth it!!

[@alqgdet]

YOU WILL MAKE IT!!!! I say that with love and confidence in you! Keep steady on the path towards Christ and remember the nearer you draw to Him, the nearer He draws to you!

[@josiahnicholas1139]

Awesome! Don’t do it alone, don’t let it be a secret with those around you do whatever you have to do to limit access and limit secretiveness There is a spiritual element and a chemical dependency I struggle too the Holy Spirit will help us

[@monicamollie]

Anyday all day bro 😊. Keep the faith and endure. We are all in this together 🤗

[@nickilema1074]

@@candicephillips6858yes what she said ❤✝️✝️✝️

[@midimusicforever]

This is awesome!

[@derekandrade6025]

Amazing

[@justsymms]

Someone PLEASE tell me that is little Stuart!!!!! 😂😂 Love it!

[@LuckyFullmetal]

stuart little

[@JD-ls6ex]

@@LuckyFullmetal well played .... well played xD

[@andrewdevore4799]

​@@LuckyFullmetal💀

[@brandonbass2165]

I wish I could talk to him in person

[@NorthTundran]

Awwwww is that little Stuart?? Gotta love that consistency.

[@candicephillips6858]

God bless you, Cliffe. I love watching you be the Lord's hands and feet across America both now and from the past. What an amazing ministry. Keep fighting the good fight brother

[@scottm4042]

Great point about us being more than matter and energy!

[@josiahnicholas1139]

The guy at 13:35 I think is the same guy from the “how do you prove that” video uploaded recently, am I right? Wow so cool to se him when he was young, he mentions talking to cliffe “20 years ago” in the recent video

[@earlbarrameda6927]

Yeah man😂 Im thinking the same thing: o man this guy looks familiar.

[@josiahnicholas1139]

@@earlbarrameda6927yea man you are a true fan lol

[@socraticsounds6222]

What do we need to do to get Cliffe on the Joe Rogan Podcast?

[@cjtrouble]

That would be insane

[@LeR0I]

What a great speech God inspire you for sure I can clearly see God using you to speak through souls by rationnal thinking. Jesus bless you Cliffe

[@britramsey6462]

He seems to represent the faith I believe in..

[@Sergedb74]

2 Corinthians 5:21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

[@somerandom7672]

Amen, and thank God for it.

[@jafinjohn7367]

God bless you cliff 😄

[@ognjenradic1013]

Cliff is amazing

[@christianspitfire]

The seeds of original sin were never in Jesus so sin could never grow in him

[@rhdalllday]

I would love to see where some of these “kids” are now! Especially the one rubbing his chin 😂 the MIT student dating his computer was awesome 😂😂😂😂

[@Herkules215]

If we would only want to understand, we would admit that WE ALREADY KNOW that God exists. All glory to the name of the father, the son and the Holy Ghost. Amen. 🙏❤️☦️

[@420Yako]

We shall wish to have a little bit of the faith Christ had in Jahova!! Jesus of Nazareth is God Almighty amen. I thank you for your time and help ❤❤❤

[@JohnCashin]

Whilst I get the point he was trying to get across at the start of the video regarding trust, there is a big flaw in the example of trust he was demonstrating with his boy by throwing him up and catching him etc and showing that his boy trusted him despite him being a faulty human being, and the flaw is that whilst he might not be perfect, at least Cliffe is a physical being that his boy could see and feel is real and solid. Therefore his boy had every reason to be confident that Cliffe was capable of catching him but what if Cliffe was invisible, intangible and existed outside of space and time?? Would it have been just as easy for the boy to trust an invisible, intangible daddy to catch him as it was to trust a visible and solid one? 🤔🤔

[@camillewilliams3185]

I think Cliff was only trying to make a point by throwing up his son. He's illustrating how we can put our trust in things we cannot see. The boy can see his father but he has no clue if he will succeed in catching him. Also, the thing is we have so much physical evidence for an intelligent creator simply through our existence and the complexity of things like nature and bilogy. God isn't this transcendental being that we have zero way to connect to. For example, the fact that we have the Bible in which God is invested in humanity and reveals himself through Jesus says a lot to me about his character. But believing in God is something every person has decide for themselves. It's always a choice you make. Having become a follower of Christ, I've come to have a personal relationship with him. Sounds crazy but it's true. And it's amazing. Freeing.

[@JohnCashin]

@@camillewilliams3185 Yes but the boy does have a clue, in fact, more than a clue. He has probably done this many times before and knows from personal experience that his father can and highly likely will catch him. He could see as well as touch his father and gauge how big and strong he is. He has ample evidence of his father's ability to catch him. It's true there's no guarantee, Cliffe might make a mistake in his timing or something but the boy knew it was unlikely and he has good reason to think it's unlikely. Whereas, if his father had said "Son, I'm going to throw you up but I'm not going to catch you, instead, let an invisible, intangible being catch you", would the boy still be as confident to do this little stunt then? Well, I wouldn't blame him for not being, would you? We are not able to gauge what we're dealing with when someone or something is invisible, intangible, or if they're even there at all. Can you see what I mean?

[@katherinefuentes901]

​@@JohnCashinit all depends on faith that you believe that the Lord cause he always says I got you

[@gingercake0907]

Children trust their parents because of experience. I trusted my parents because they took very good care of me, protected me, supervised me. My sister and I didn’t worry about whether we would have something to eat or a place to sleep. My father threw me up in air, in fact I trusted him so much , I begged to be thrown up in the air, my sister also. What really made us trust my father was my mother who followed wherever he went.

[@destiny9734]

Excellent stuff Cliffe!

[@UltriLeginaXI]

I have a Muslim friend who claims in Islam they teach the gospels were edited over time to twist Jesus’ words into saying he was God. Anyone have a retort for that cause I don’t have a good rebuttal for it

[@giarose6493]

🙏❤️☘️🌹💯🙏🙏🙏

[@carolinaarnaud4164]

Hey is buy oil holy is safe

[@eyelsi]

I wonder what Cliff what would you say about celebrating halloween?

[@brennancahill6569]

Turn to Christ and God bless you all! He’s coming back soon! Repent with the blood of Jesus Christ while we still can!❤️✝️🙏

[@jasonnoble7302]

When ? 🤷‍♂️

[@blackhaze8233]

Without lies atheism dies

[@jasonnoble7302]

@@robertmitchell-tv5yf Funny how an always good actor God would permit lies that send people to Hell

[@katherinefuentes901]

​@@jasonnoble7302God doesn't send us to hell we send ourselves there when we sin against him as James 1 says when your tempting do not say God is tempting me for God cannot sin it is our sinful desires that tempt us

[@katherinefuentes901]

@@Theo_Skeptomai we're all sinners brother those who don't except and reject God's grace of salvation sends themselves to hell through Thier own wickedness as proverbs 11 says the blameless of the godly direct his way aright but the wicked falls on his own wickedness

[@katherinefuentes901]

@@Theo_Skeptomai I just already told you you are a slave of your own sin if you don't accept that Jesus who is God in human form died for you and your family to inherit eternal life for the wages of sin is death for sin is lying stealing cheating cursing homosexuality sexual immorality theft slander gossip murder and coarse jokes none of these things will not inherit the kingdom of God

[@TheoSkeptomai]

​@@katherinefuentes901Was that a "yes" or a "no"?

[@stephenmichaels6682]

To be SAVED according to our apostle Paul, you must BELIEVE/TRUST The Gospel of Jesus Christ,1 st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 1-4.Jesus Christ died on the cross for all of your sins,was buried,and rose again on the third day,and He Shed His Blood as payment for all of your sins forever,( you personally).Romans 3:25” Faith in His Blood”.

[@demonslayer5613]

Do you guys believe in noahs ark?

[@robmc120]

Christians do believe God's Word, so yes, seeing he cannot lie (Numbers 23:19).

[@nikokapanen82]

Obviously, all Christians believe in the story of Noah and the flood but different Christians take it differently. Some believe it was literally a global flood and that all animals from all around the world, literally, were in that boat. Others understand it more figuratively and that the flood was local but it was symbolizing something deeper.

[@christinvarner3154]

Visit Noah’s ark in Kentucky if u want information on it.

[@TheoSkeptomai]

​@@nikokapanen82Are you asserting that not all the accounts presented in the bible literally occurred as depicted?

[@TheoSkeptomai]

​​@@christinvarner3154You do know that is not an ark, right?

[@djf750]

If God is all powerful, why does God allow children to suffer so horribly?? Doesn't that make God EVIL??

[@jessebryant9233]

No.

[@jessebryant9233]

But without a transcendent authority, there is no such thing as "evil"...

[@scottjech]

God certainly isn't control of 100% of things going on this Earth

[@jessebryant9233]

@@scottjech Yeah, while he is sovereign, he isn't dictating every single action. If he were, then obviously we don't have free-will. Humans having free-will is part of God's sovereign will.

[@artvideos7992]

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:9 NIV It is not God but people who commit evil. He is patient for our repentance. If He wipes out all evil now, it would include everyone as we have all sinned. His judgement will certainly come against those who are unrepentant but out of His grace He's giving us all time to repent and not to sin anymore.

[@dillondontplay]

Its abit odd....many say Christ is their Lord and God.....But when it comes to the Sabbath of which Christ is the Lord of ...They suddenly make a turn around and say No we wont obey the Commandment even though Christ is the Lord of the Sabbath.... The Word in John 1 who Moses recognised as the Rock that followed Israel in the Wilderness , who created the Sabbath and became Jesus Christ clearly is recorded as saying: ....Genesis 2:2-3 (NIV):"By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day, he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done." There it is God (Christ) blessed the 7th Day rested and made it Holy!..... Somehow People are NOW rejecting What Christ (The Lord) made Holy and turned to follow a Day which the POPE claims to be Holy! How Did This Happen? Switching from the Lords Commandments to a Mans (POPE) Commandmnents? Imma choose scriptures over your opinions sorry The New Covenant Is Against "Once Saved Always Saved" Romans 11:22-23 New King James Version 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. Hebrews 10:26-29 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? James 5:19-20 19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. 2 Peter 2:20-21 20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 1 John 5:16-17 16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. Jude 5-6 5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; Revelation 2:4-5 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-unless you repent.WRONG!!! Matthew 7:21-23 King James Version 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.Hebrews 10:26-31 King James Version 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Proverbs chapter 28 verse 9 he that heareth the law and chooses not to follow it, his prayers are an abomination to God. Mathew chapter 5 verse 17 - 18 think not that I have come to destroy the law. I have not come to destroy.......and not one jot shall pass by Mathew chapter 5 verse 20 for I say unto you that unless your righteousness exceeds the pharicees you shall by in no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Revelations chapter 12 verse 17 and the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with her seed, those that keep the commandments of God AND the testimony of Jesus Christ. Now how can you take these out of context ? Now how can you justify breaking the law and commandments ? Now how can you justify continue to live in sin? Revelations 12:17 the devil only mad at those who keep to the old laws while they follow Jesus. If you ain't following old law the devil don't care how much you say you love Jesus If you truly loved Jesus you would follow his laws too. Mathew 5:20 your righteousness must exceed the pharisees or ye shall in no case enter the kindom of heaven NOW TRY TO TAKE THAT OUT OF CONTEXT!!If you love Jesus (yeshua) and the father (yawei) then you will love his laws (the Torah) and do your best to follow them. I know I accepted Jesus as my God and started obeying his laws like observing the sabbath(saturdays) with him and keeping it holy for him he started pouring blessings down on me.Gina Alston now you are just flat out lying. He continually talks about being obedient to God and repenting which means to stop sinning. And what is a sin? BREAKING THE LAWS OF GOD SO HOW DO WE REPENT(STOP SINNING)? FOLLOW HIS LAWS!!!If you love Jesus you won't be beefing with his laws you'll be following them. Have a bless one!

[@dashockpixle4140]

Cliffe got a pretty good toss on a pretty good sized child bro definitely lifts

[@somerandom7672]

Yeah, a fair bit of weight. Not gonna lie, I'd be scared to throw him that high. Then again, I'm useless at catching.

[@BobDobalena]

Yea he launched him lol

[@kapitan19969838]

Yeah, he likes basketball

[@PiTriVErb0b87]

The comments were at "666" so im making it "667"

[@larzman651]

Cliffe kept grinning because that guy just kept digging his hole deeper in nonsense ✌️ For GOD so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life 🙌

[@davidruiz4139]

People that choose to reject Christ with an understanding of the consequences, are the same people the freely choose to smoke and do drugs, fully understanding of the consequences. A doctor might plead with a young teen not to smoke... like a Christian might plead with a sinner or unbeliever that may or may not understand the implications of their choices. Some will listen, others will willfully reject---

[@s3v3n3]

I love how he preaches to crowds who sit down and can have a civil debate about religion and the Bible, even to this day, no booths, no megachurch, no loudspeaker street preacher with large signs, just a real, down-to-earth, and knowledgeable guy preaching in the streets as the apostles would have in the ancient world. Cliffe is definitely my favorite above all when it comes to answering philosophical and theological questions about our faith, and the method of outreach is ideal in this generation.

[@samuelsellene]

He was making really great points on that day!

[@curiousgeorge555]

no doubt

[@RassebasBeats]

Jesus is King !

[@camillewilliams3185]

I can't help but remember the scripture that talks about how God will confound the wise through the things that seem foolish. One of the students couldn't accept believing in a God because he thought it's too "primitive" or too simple. Meanwhile, there's a million gymnastics to argue away intelligent design.

[@jerome7619]

Absolutely love your work, strengthens my faith every time! Thank you

[@cortezway5095]

Cliff you are amazing !!

[@OurSavior-xr3yc]

UNTITLED 🌸🕊🌸🕊🌸 my eyes used to be on many things of this world I chased happiness in many things however I never really found it much can offer temporary pleasure some temporary joy Without Christ Leading The Charge All you run into is a barge Without Jesus leading Your Step All Other Moves Are Inept Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus Look Full In His Wonderful Face In The Of His Glory And Grace For Worthy Is The Lamb Turn Your Eyes Upon The Great I Am

[@monicamollie]

Very nice design :)

[@OurSavior-xr3yc]

@@monicamollie Thank you only because of God, god, god is good all the time.

[@Christian900]

Dating your computer 🤣

[@SHADOWSCOOp2829]

I love Jesus Christ 🙏🏼

[@nothuman5206]

CUTEST BOY

[@FAITH.UNSHAKEN]

12:50

[@elmergutti1994]

"We're free to decide but we're not free to escape the consequences of our decision!" What a bar Pastor Cliffe! 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

[@robfield-n7v]

Mark 7:20-23, Mark 10:17-27,

[@knxcholx]

15:57 lol

[@asapbp1269]

one day i will have watched every Cliffe video available and will be quite sad :/ God Bless you Cliffe and Stuart and your family, the Holy Spirit flows through you so gracefully 🙏

[@jessebryant9233]

The troll count has been down lately. Only the most committed trolls continue to show up with religious fervency and regularity. Mostly, all they do is repeat themselves mindlessly. Poor souls...

[@bonnie43uk]

Greetings jesse, one mans troll could well be another mans ex believer who struggled to come to terms with various aspects of Christianity, and likes to ask questions about things he was being asked to believe. I think it's good to doubt things that don't seem to comport with reality. We spoke this morning about how you go about determining the veracity of a miracle quoted in the Bible?, have you given that anymore thought?

[@jessebryant9233]

@@bonnie43uk No it couldn't. Especially in your case... And we know that you don't struggle with the terms of your naturalistic faith-because you never consciously think about them. I mean, why bother when you can just troll folks who don't share your blind faith beliefs? Yeah, you never "doubt" or even question or bother to THINK seriously about your own position at all. And that's what makes you a troll and a liar and a hypocrite.

[@parkplaceproperties4818]

😂facts. They feel so compelled to proudly shout how much they lack a belief in GOD.

[@scottm4042]

@bonnie43uk What is your definition of a miracle? Mine is that which doesn't occur naturally. It is God (or someone outside of the natural) reaching into the natural and making a change. And if God can make this change today, could He not have done it in our past, using inference to the best explanation. All true believers in Jesus believe that God did a miracle in our lives to make us born again. Therefore, if miracles happen today, then they could have happened in the past. So, we have no reason to doubt the historical record of Jesus resurrection, because miracles are possible today.

[@bonnie43uk]

@@scottm4042 yeah, something which defies the natural laws of nature, like if you dropped a pencil, and it hovered in mid air, that would be a miracle, or any of the miracles as described in the NT, eg: turning water into wine, walking on water etc. Can you point me to a verified miracle that has occurred in modern times that I can check out?

[@yea.whtvr1]

I truly feel bad for these young people. Absurd the things that come out of their mouths while trying to defend their belief. I pray that the lord deeply touches them in their hearts so they can seek their creatpr

[@lmaobrochill]

They’re about 20 years older now than they were during the making of this video

[@jasonnoble7302]

How would the lord deeply touch them in their hearts exactly?

[@jasonnoble7302]

They are young and ignorant to the arguments

[@j.whisper2379]

Always manipulating the most vulnerable! Criminal!!

[@stefanogonzalezre7678]

Hey Cliffe, Im a 23 year old Ecuadorian. I live in Quito, Ecuador also known as the "heart of jesus" due to its very faithfull citizens. Ecuador is known to be a very faithfull country, sadly Ive seen young adults depart from God and not only that but also be ashamed of openly worshiping him. Lot of doubts have been installed in this young minds which are lesding them aeay from God. I personally have been belssed with reconecting with God at a level I never thought possible. Your content all around the internet helped me more that you could ever imagine. And I would love to save some hearts here in Ecuador with your teachings. If there is any chance you could visit some Universities here Ill be more than glad to help, or if you have any other idea that lets me keep Ecuador and its young minds close to the Lord and its teachings please let me know. I really cant think of anyone more prepared than you to takle many doubters and maybe transform many lifes around here. Thank you for you work and God Bless you.

[@boltrooktwo]

Read the parable of the prodigal son, think of the amazing virtue it teaches.

[@lokieleven2694]

Cliff got that STRENGTH💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@nxrdien]

this is probably the most interactive crowd i’ve ever seen in a cliffe video

[@seads2033]

Thank because of your video I have learned a lot 🙏 Good bless you Cliff

[@chesza]

How old is that little boy now?

[@curiousgeorge555]

Cliffe Rocks!

[@faded3657]

Love you Cliffe!!

[@hurtn4asqueezegabrielc.826]

Thank you, im gonna share the gospel video everywhere

[@sethowusuantwi]

May the lord our God bless you Cliffe

[@edmaurer5059]

It is the groom's father (not the groom's) responsibilty to determine when the wedding will be. Neither Jesus nor His bride (the Church) has the authority to determine when the wedding at the end of the age will be.

[@sethowusuantwi]

Exactly

[@boltrooktwo]

Jesus Christ trusted individuals he chose throughout history to reveal things about God, they were prophets and apostles. The apostle Paul and the apostle John revealed things about Jesus through their writings and speech. Paul reveals in Ephesians that God would always do it in that pattern, there would be prophets and apostles like himself: Ephesians 4: 10-15. He specified how long there would be prophets and apostles, “Till we all come in the unity of the faith,…” to trust Jesus Christ we look for His chosen servants today, the prophets and apostles with the best claim, consistency with scripture, and evidence.

[@Martonesdef]

Is that little Stuart at the start?

[@JaimeTalavera-x7q]

We are the church of Leodicea, our works are vain, if we don't repent and purchase, refine gold.

[@scottjech]

Love this stuff

[@bofletcher444]

I was waiting to hear what Cliffe had to say about Mormonism. That was great.

[@ketolifestylekilitinc.5955]

So good

[@alinekamariza3463]

May God bless you with many more years to live and preach Gospel.

[@rickv8495]

Wonder How do atheist explain Where did energy even come from in the first place ?

[@bonnie43uk]

that's a highly complex question rick, we're still coming to terms with just how big the universe is. It's perfectly ok to say "I don't know". Atheists don't have all the answers to life's questions, not by a long chalk. 🙂

[@robmc120]

@@bonnie43uk "Atheists don't have all the answers to life's questions, not by a long chalk." But when confronted with reasonable answers like the consistency/cohesiveness of the Bible with reality, it's refused. Why? Just as Cliffe says....it's a heart issue to repent of your sin & trust in Jesus (Mark 1:15/Acts 3:19), not an intellectual issue, fulfilling prophecy of Romans 1:18, "The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness"

[@bonnie43uk]

@@robmc120 is the Bible the perfect book that gives all of mankind all of the answers in life rob? Can you see no flaws in that book? Sure, i can go along with certain passages that preach love and kindness 100%, but there are some quite troubling passages that I cannot go along with. eg: could "slaves obey your masters with fear and respect" be used to harm our fellow man?

[@TheoSkeptomai]

I wonder how you don't understand that is a _loaded_ question.

[@TheoSkeptomai]

​@robmc120 Please present this "consistency/cohesiveness of the Bible with reality."

[@JamesRichardWiley]

God has total control over all of his creation at all times.He can do anything he pleases including remove evil and suffering anytime He feels like it. He also has the power to change minds through telepathy (direct communication) so He does not need Prophets to distort His messages. Cliffe does not believe these facts.

[@robmc120]

"God has total control over all of his creation at all times.He can do anything he pleases including remove evil and suffering anytime He feels like it." The triune God will in the end, read Revelation. Have you repented of your sin & trusted in Jesus (Mark 1:15/Acts 3:19) before it's too late (Hebrews 9:27)? Eternity is a long time to be wrong (Revelation 20:15). If something is declared evil, it logically assumes good exists, necessitating moral law to differentiate good/evil, necessitating moral law giver (the triune God); there’s no meaningful morality from a godless worldview born from a universe of chance/chaos/nothingness/unknown… So God is necessary for anything to be considered moral. "He also has the power to change minds through telepathy (direct communication) so He does not need Prophets to distort His messages." Who says the prophets are distorting? Are you talking about examples like Mo & John Smith? God's word isnt distorted, its branched out by being twisted as the devil has done from the beginning, but you can find God undistorted, supernaturally prophetic, historically verified, objectively moral word available freely, most Christians are happy to give you one. You can even take initiative & learn greek, hebrew & latin to read the original, undistorted thousands of manuscripts online. The triune God is sovereign/omnipotent to keep His word undefiled. May the triune, infallible, omniscient God bless the reader with faith in Him, not fallible man’s limited knowledge of theories.

[@nikokapanen82]

Are you suggesting that God could have simply changed all people's minds right now to have real faith in Him and repent from their sins and the world would become perfect and loving and everything would smile and enjoy themselves but then God decides to keep most people in darkness and sinfulness so that most of the would not be saved and end up in Hades?

[@TheoSkeptomai]

HOW do you know this to be true?

[@HeyWingz]

Roman Catholic here... I disagree with Cliffe on some points... but if he isn't blessed beyond belief with his knowledge and his apologetics of Christianity. He's doing God's work.

[@OurSavior-xr3yc]

THE COMING PEACE 🌸🕊🌸🕊🌸🕊🌸🕊🌸 there are calls for peace the question is, "Who's Peace?" the jewish leaders or muslim catholic or orotestent world wude or regional many discussions fountained out of every point man ascribes peace is not by man, it is By God it isn't created by us Peace Is Created In Us By God Individualistic not universal as our hearts are too sinful alone without God Leading Our Way peace can only be tempory usually carrying conditions that fail because as a people we by nature are selfish or frail till Christ comes The Spirit Of God Comforts Soothing That Sole Through evil Then When In The Clouds He Comes Fully Transformed Our Hearts Are Following With A New Beginning Where With Christ True Peace Reigns

[@michaelgallick4617]

Dude."I guess it's your problem to find Jesus if you don't want to believe someone who is telling you and teaching you the real dealings and proof of Jesus. "You will never out smart Pastor Cliffe with your ignorance." "Praise God and believe in Jesus and take Jesus in your heart and life" for when you die, either you burn in the "lake of fire" or believe in Jesus and live in Heaven with Our Lord Jesus for eternity! Read John 3:16 in the KJB/KJV, as there are many such passages in the KJB that can teach you these, "if your willing to read and understand the words of Jesus, other than to throw stupid questions at Pastor Cliffe (or any other person that teaches the words of our maker). With 🙏's and ❤️.

[@paulwilfridhunt]

There is a thing which we can call the fashion of the day. And this relates the current customs of the times. And as much as possible we try to subscribe to the fashion of the day to gain those necessary feeling of acceptance from the society whom we deem to be the worthwhile ones. In other words we care little what some lost tribe from the Amazon thinks of us. In order for some to obtains this sense of acceptance they will get tattooed. Other might might feel compelled to lace their speech with profanities from the gutter. In the 1930’s every man wore a hat. It was the fashion of the day and they were careful to rarely use curse words and particularly not so in the presence of women. This has changed because the fashion of the day has changed. The cowboys who shot each other believed in God because it was the fashion of the day. Today the fashion of the day is to believe in the non existence of God so much so that people no longer say God bless or God speed. Today, if you mention the word God many people feel icky inside because they get feelings of unacceptance. Therefore good and decent men in order to not bump people out of their feelings of acceptance avoid mentioning God. But I say let them suffer this because I am not going to put a cork in it. I will continue to say God has given us good day hasn’t He. Let them cringe. Too bad how sad. Todays fashion of the day is up the creek.

[@jasonnoble7302]

I love it when people say God stuff to me. I challenge them to justify their utterances and enjoy watching them change their justifications as I present the logical objections to what they claim. Just like you do Paul . Flip and a flop 🤷‍♂️ It’s always a good time 😊

[@katherinefuentes901]

​@@jasonnoble7302at the end of the day your wasting your time challenging them cause the truth of God was right in front of you all along brother Jesus loves you and hes calking you to turn back

[@paulwilfridhunt]

@@katherinefuentes901 If there was ever a time when men fought duels with pistol or sword in defence of God’s name, I dare say there might have been more than a few who drew blood. But isn’t it rather interesting how these verbose adherents to atheism, selfishly refrain from duelling with the pen on a specific topic, namely that of Jesus Christ. This is a subject they cannot bear because they know He existed and taught others about the existence of God. And as they try to say that the likes of Richard Dawkins, their hero, was somehow wiser and greater than Jesus Christ Himself, even they recognise their foolishness.

[@paulwilfridhunt]

@@katherinefuentes901 Beneath the waves I spied for me a sea school of flying fish. Oh to have that energetic life, if only I wished. And I marvelled at the way that they, all moved as one man. So pristine like, they flashed on by, a marine life silver band. Jesus Christ said God was He, who made these silver creatures. But Mr. Dawkins and his cohorts say, they are better teachers. ???

[@jasonnoble7302]

@@paulwilfridhunt # Paul’s platitudes

[@djthatnigerian9174]

Absolutely amazing video!!

[@vuyelwankuzo4320]

Honestly on the fact that he limited himself 🤝it makes sense it’s a “cause and effect thing” but to so many things that are happening on earth, instead of letting those “consequences” drag for too long, he should at least intervene coz lot of people are dying due to actions of others and they are the ones facing the consequences,for example war, slavery that happened,cancer ,deadly diseases etc … half of them we caused them but not everything ..I am very puzzled by this and I will never understand why he has to limit himself

[@vuyelwankuzo4320]

28:30

[@jtzutube]

Poor nervous tick guy. He really didn't like being so wholly refuted. He was clearly not used to having his opinions as facts called into question.

[@sharingJesusChrist]

Well, I will honestly become irritated if a college students think that way

[@bonnie43uk]

some good questions asked by the students. at about 25 mins, they are discussing "free will", yes, we all have a certain degree of free will, when it comes to belief in Jesus fellow being my saviour, do I have the free will to assess all the information about this man, and come to the conclusion that he's not the son of God, and go on my merry way?, or must a punishment entail for honestly rejecting that claim?, if there is a punishment for rejecting him, then surely it's akin to a Mafia boss asking me if I want his protection, and me saying "no thanks", it's forced coercion that ends up with my shop burnt down if I reject the offer.

[@BirdsRntReal]

I will argue the idea of free will is not accurate. Unfortunately you don't get to choose to go to college and go straight to work, there is only one choice which is what happened, since you can't change your choice because our existence is linear there is no choice.

[@bonnie43uk]

@@BirdsRntReal as i said, i think we do have a degree of free will in life. I'm aware that some people claim we don't have free will due to how the neurons work in the brain, that's a bit too technical for me 🙂

[@jessebryant9233]

"Some good questions...", says the Cliffe's most notorious troll, facetiously. (Just as he does and has been doing every single week for the past 10 years while managing to learn absolutely nothing.) Now, how do YOU know, given your own naturalistic worldview, that YOU have free will at all? As for you having the capacity to assess the information... [face-palm]

[@jessebryant9233]

@@bonnie43uk YOU "think we do"? What do you mean by "I think" or "I'm aware"? Only by assuming the very thing in question! And just because something is a "bit too technical" for ya, doesn't mean you have an excuse for talking out of your hind end and refusing to... THINK.

[@bonnie43uk]

@@jessebryant9233 why must all your replies be so confrontational and bumptious jesse? whilst avoiding answering any questions I ask you. I'm happy to answer your questions, but whatever I say to you, you don't accept it. I sometimes wonder who's supposed to be the troll here jesse. The whole question of free will is highly debatable. Do i have the free will to reject this claim of Jesus being the son of God?, if i do, then should a free will choice be free of intimidation? What are the consequences of me rejecting this offer of accepting jesus?, if there is a threat involved in not accepting him, then I am being coerced am i not.. and that negates my free will does it not? Hence the Mafia reference.

[@QD1OF1]

Cliffe was drippy ngl 😭

[@sheeshd977]

Cliff is right on alot of topics except the fact that he once said "catholics who accept Christ are our brothers in Christ." That simply isn't true. Once a person genuinely accepts Christ they no longer call or consider themselves Catholic because having ANY sort of attachment to catholicism is satanic. Catholicism is utterly and completely idolatry and satanic and any root to it is satanic. We are NOT brothers in CHRIST. He's right on alot of doctrines except this. I completely disagree with that. Catholics are on the same level as other cults like Jehovah witnesses, muslims, mormons, 7th day adventists, harry kushners, Buddhists, etc.. The Bible says in 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14 "What communion has light with darkness..." and (1 Corinthians 10:19-20) their idols are literally demons, and (Psalms 115:1-8) tells us they are serving a different god than OUR GOD which is in heaven. And so much more. DO NOT BELIEVE every social media influencer who starts preaching that catholics and christians can unite because that simply isn't true. Catholics are NOT saved, they are in danger of hellfire.

[@torimo911]

I agree, catholic worship statues. It's literally idolatry. And praying is for God, why do they have to pray to Mary and other bishops. It's full of traditions rather than just following what Jesus taught or the bible taught.