I Am the Way

Jesus tells the Apostles that he is the way, the truth and the life. But, what does saying "I am the way" mean in the Jewish context?
Check out this video with Dr. Brant Pitre and discover the deeper meaning behind this phrase.
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[@tinjustusmartin3520]

Forever Catholic Christian...Jesus & Maria♥️🇻🇦📿

[@tinjustusmartin3520]

@Patrick Montgomery Protestantism is a man made hertical christian form of Christianity in witch there is no valid priesthood and liturgy. The rebellion of Protestantism (like yours) is a disobedience to the tradition of faith and the holy scriptures complied by the Catholic Church, the only true Church founded by Christ, so there are protestant communities and no churches. Jesus Christ loves his mother and we Catholic Christians are faithful to Christ and obient in faith, hope and love as our holy mother of God is. Catholics are Christians (the first one), not to see it like this would just be a personal conviction that has nothing to do with reality, only US-Protestants believe this nonsense. So now leave me alone, you can google the rest.

[@AveChristusRex]

@@tinjustusmartin3520 You forgot to drop the mic brother.

[@soldumago8789]

Amen!!!... Jesus is the way, the truth and the life..

[@Chicago60402B]

@@tony1685 You do know that Brant Pitrie is a Catholic Bible scholar?

[@Chicago60402B]

@@tony1685 You seem to know everything. So tell me what "truly Christian" means for you?

[@veronikapoljansek9293]

@@tony1685 Still not tired of bashing Catholics eh? You come here with accusations and no ear to listen so why should we even talk to you?

[@antel704]

Yes and every breath in our life is HIS breath.

[@davesmietanski5988]

Dr Pitre Thank you for making the scriptures come to life. God Bless

[@davesmietanski5988]

Patrick Montgomery - May God Bless you

[@AendyDaSaint]

Thanks Dr. Pitre

[@luistamayo639]

Dear Dr. Brant Pitre, this is another perfect explanation of the scriptures where you should say that there is no Salvation outside of the Catholic Church.

[@emmanuelcadelina1848]

Thanks brad Pitre you share your insight expound on biblical matters.

[@MLeoM]

Dr. Brant, you are such a good professor!

[@zakomomomo4407]

Rock again, this biblical theological star!

[@rae-michellel6878]

I love these videos so much!

[@zakomomomo4407]

Yes, they are super; I have been hunting for these videos since I have discovered them for the first time

[@marymccannfrancis9855]

Amen beautiful teaching thank you you may God bless you

[@Lou-ev1hk]

Thank you Dr. Pitre.

[@peacegildore2586]

Amen🙏

[@cashcowcw123]

John 14:1-14 is my favorite passage in The New Testament.

[@cashcowcw123]

@Patrick Montgomery Why do you label me "not a real Christian"

[@brucebarber4104]

@@cashcowcw123 John 14:1-14 is beautiful as is the entire Gospel. One of my favorites is John 6:48-71.

[@joholly4536]

Excellent!

[@eugengolubic2186]

Awesome again.

[@marymccannfrancis9855]

Amen TEFL teaching thank you

[@fernandosaez819]

AMEN!!!

[@dumbdumb5821]

Great analysis!

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

If you ever see an Apostle in their own images they all reassemble Christ. I always think those that are saints are really God's children.

[@eileen1820]

Bishop Barron tells an Orthodox Jew, Ben Shapiro, that Jesus is just "the privileged way." I thank God for our laity leaders so much right now!

[@dumbdumb5821]

Amen

[@glennlanham6309]

I can't figure Barron out, he seems to have quite a bit of zeal and smarts to reach the unevangelized, but that nonsense about hell???

[@laleydelamor1327]

Eileen D I don’t see anything wrong in Bishop Barron’s interpretation of salvation, this is our catechism from Vatican II. Where exactly in this vid Bishop contradicts to catechism? Thank You🙏 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGmmgHt3qZV9jaM

[@amgbeyejudemary3017]

Jesus is indeed the way to the father. This fact is in him

[@angelaparente5286]

Barron is part of the corrupt church he is not teaching our true faith.

[@geraldjohnson8871]

I pray that every Catholic believer could watch this man speak about Jesus Christ and God The Father and may the Holy Spirit Speak the Truth to All people's Souls. Especially the ones that are being decieved by Satan.

[@eileen1820]

I need to order his book!

[@eileen1820]

@Patrick Montgomery God help you with your impulse control. You have a man's name but an hysterical nature belonging to an out of control woman.

[@glennlanham6309]

He has a bunch, I just got through reading his book on Paul, quite good...

[@glennlanham6309]

@@eileen1820 there are quite a few wackos on KZbin, of whatever denomination, I am learning to ignore comments on here...

[@brucebarber4104]

@@glennlanham6309, I agree. Titus 3:9-11 describes dealing with the situation perfectly.

[@annanight8927]

God will make a way when there seems no way

[@5thdhealth]

Then the godly will SHINE LIKE THE SUN in their Father's Kingdom. Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand! 13:43 Matthew My heavenly Father honors my Mother Mary as himself, and I do the same in return. God has given us laws to follow, and when obeyed their purpose serves to live in harmony with each other. And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbors AS MYSELF. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law." 12:33 Mark Setting limitations serves to avoid harm, and inflicting pain is what my law serves to prevent. If I wanted my children to suffer, and die I wouldn't bother giving them rules at all. It takes time to explain how certain behavior will lead to unfavorable results, and I know when someone crosses boundaries, and takes what does not belong to them it will create a conflict. We have gained enough wisdom from historical record to know every merciless dictator who continues to justify inflicting merciless torture targeted at a certain class of people will be shown the same treatment in return. Drafting first born sons to die torn up like an animals in brutal war taking turns fighting, and killing each other is an embarrassment, and defeats my whole purpose. Setting a bad example for others to follow the cause of separation is when my role in the family structure is dishonored, and my body removed from the trinity. So if you break the smallest commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God's laws and teaches them will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 5:19

[@5thdhealth]

In order for human life to sustain itself the laws of nature have assigned specific roles to each gender in regards to responsibilities. Upon conception the women is gifted with a sacred bond giving her the empathy required to resolve disputes through communication skills, and intercede before her children resort to violence preventing pain, and certain death. I do not participate in, facilitate, condone, nor tolerate authorities who justify committing brutal hate crimes on innocent women, and children. My daughter's whole future depended on my authority to keep her safe from harm, and I have tried every single route possible to provide her with a safe American home by means of my own human effort. The purpose of this letter is to pass on the wisdom I have gained to know the difference between good, and evil being that I am the first women persecuted, and silenced for attempting to claim value for the fruits of my labor. I cannot stress enough the importance of honoring my choice to receive compensation for my time in cases where men take advantage of their position of authority. He will receive an equal and opposite reaction in return despite what he was hoping to achieve when he assumes I'm the incompetent criminal wasting my time supporting him. Due to my case being left unresolved you can expect history to repeat itself, and he will be held responsible for the fall of his own nation. The martyrdom of innocent Jews during the Holocaust depicts the life of a dictator who followed a poor example of a Father figure giving himself the superior right to rip children from the arms of their Mother as a sacrifice. Degraded down to a nameless slave he expects to be praised insisting cruel, and unusual punishment is justified. All rise as the grand wizard enters the court room, and sentences Joan of Arc to burn at the steak. Had she been guilty they would not have declared her a Saint when the evidence was later reviewed. “Some scholars have dismissed Joan’s trial as a travesty of justice. Hobbins writes.” The judge, Pierre Cauchon, has been denounced as a tool of the English who was willing to sacrifice Joan to further his own career. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y33ac6R9bNqLmLs Had I been a man it would be a different story, and I would not have been mocked, beat, spit on, raped, tortured, and set up to die for frauds to steal my innocent title. Claiming to have abolished slavery then why has the court approved an order to remove my body from the family structure for failing to obey a man made law? Why has my daughters been used as debt bondage? One case turns to many when you bury history, and I hear her cries barely breathing. Men have eyes but they cannot see. They have ears, but they cannot hear. Releasing JINNY PEIRCE she is a cold blooded murderer PAID, and set free. He thought his dog could do no wrong, and lies for it. It was an accident she tells him when she BURNS MY INNOCENT LAMB driving another victim to commit “suicide" just to rob me clean of everything. PUNISHING MY DAUGHTER SEASONING HER FOR THE STONE TOMB WITH IRON BARS FOR TEETH. SHE TAUGHT HER HOW TO RESPECT A BEAST ENFORCING HIS LAW. SHE LET HER KNOW SHE WAS ABANDONED?!? SHE SLAPS HER, and LOCKS HER IN HER ROOM!?! Telling her to SHUT UP when she cries out SHE WANTS HER MOMMY! THAT IS WHAT I DESERVE FOR “ABUSING" A DOG!?! SHE IS MERCILESS. A cold empty shell of a Mother! God forbid you tell a dog with six toes on each foot “no!” It might hurt it's feelings!?! “For that will be a time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race will be destroyed. But it will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen ones.” 24:21-22 Matthew She is only 5 years old, and what can I do if I am a Holocaust victim restricted from accessing everything I need to survive? He grew up to be just like his Father, and the Father before him. He intended on me dying with no food, water, money or home left in the wilderness. He betrays me, because he enjoys watching me suffer. It makes him feel superior to be King of a Jew. The Son of the Pharaoh sits at his right hand, and writes me off as a ghost in the trinity. Are you sure you want to deny me my body? For God so loves you she became your daughter, and put myself in your hands. Now you know my unconconditional love. It is that of a mother

[@robertsullivan4773]

Better be a Mansion I have the plot already picked out. Well maybe not a Mansion but it will have to fit on a tricky location 😉

[@ioanniswarpakma6751]

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[@brianmelville520]

5th MAY 2023.

[@joannekoecheler7196]

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[@petrosweldegebriel5809]

Thank you doctor..it was nice explanation..but i want a brief explanation on what Jesus said..I am the way except through me........wat abt those who dont believe in him🤔🤔🤔 thank you..b blessed..AVE NARIA

[@josephjackson1956]

I also do wonder about this. Like, how are we to spread the gospel to non-Christians? I personally think we should do something like St. Paul did and challenge non-Christians in theological debate.

[@josephjackson1956]

Patrick Montgomery what's your problem?

[@petrosweldegebriel5809]

@Patrick Montgomery Who said Mary is the way..We believe and confess Jesus is the way..You dont have any idea about the catholic faith..U r a confused person and trying to seduce others in this confusion

[@MasterKeyMagic]

God reveals himself to everyone with or without the Gospel. You are judged differently if you never heard based on what he has revealed to you

[@dougmoore5252]

Where in scripture are you?

[@bridgefin]

Luke 10:16: He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

[@mosesmanaka8109]

He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation. For by Him all things were created in heaven and on earth, [things] visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [that is, by His activity] and for Him. And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.] He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything. For it pleased the Father for all the fullness [of deity-the sum total of His essence, all His perfection, powers, and attributes] to dwell [permanently] in Him (the Son), and through [the intervention of] the Son to reconcile all things to Himself, making peace [with believers] through the blood of His cross; through Him, [I say,] whether things on earth or things in heaven. Colossians 1:15‭-‬20 AMP bible.com/bible/1588/col.1.15-20.AMP

[@MasterKeyMagic]

I really don't see how some protestants get faith ALONE from this when Jesus literally says right after this says he who believes in me will also do the works that i do💀

[@JuniorLewingKoo]

Christ is God in human form. He's the way, truth an the life.

[@glorymoon1590]

Jesus is the way...then why Catholics continuously pray to mother Mary..I was a Protestant...once I attended catholic retreat I fell in love with catholic worship...now converted to Catholicism...but many are there who always says...mother Mary is there...she will save...and none of them whom I know never take Jesus name...I feel very bad...but I am not like that...I pray to mother Mary but I don't worship her... please can you tell me about this...I am confused...and my Protestant friends always insult me...

[@annettea4334]

If you are a Catholic, then you attend mass and you know that Catholics don't constantly pray to Mary! You know the difference between prayer and worship, dulia and hyperdulia. You also know about the communion of saints and how Mary points us to Jesus. Might I suggest looking it up in the Catechism, which you can find online and even better, asking the priest at your parish. He'll give you a full explanation, better than a few words on KZbin. God bless.

[@bridgefin]

We believe that Jesus gave to all Christians from the cross his mother as a spiritual mother. She never does anything but lead one to Jesus. Her last words quoted in Scripture are for us: "Do whatever he tells you" (Mary at Cana). Mary doesn't save. Jesus saves. But Adam didn't sin first, he was helped by Eve in that. Jesus, the only savior, is incarnate with Mary's consent to the angel. If Mary said "no" there is no incarnation. While Jesus saves, Mary opened the door to him and assisted him in all of his earthly efforts. And friends do not insult friends.

[@jaked614]

We always say "pray for us" when it comes to Mary. Holy Mary Mother of God, "pray for us" sinners... Litany - Holy Mary, pray for us, Holy Mother of God - pray for us. Hail Holy Queen... O clement, o loving, o sweet virgin mary. Pray for us, o holy Mother of God. Penitential rite during mass - ... and I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God... Regina Coeli - ...pray for us to God, alleluia... The Angelus - ...pray for us, o holy Mother of God, that we may be worthy of the promises of Christ... And other prayers will always infer God has primacy over Mary either at the middle part or last part of the prayer. And when friends insult me about my faith (it's like they are trained to question Catholics 😅), i take it as a challenge to deepen my faith. After 2 thousand years and countless men; church fathers, doctors of the church, apologists, who dedicated their lives rationalizing what we believe in, plus the billions who follow it - the answer is there, we just need to find it 😊

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

Welcome home

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

Don't worry Protestants cannot stand anyone who is not in their churches. So keep learning and leave them alone

[@rightlydividing7607]

Since the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ, why would it be offered on Ash Wednesday and Friday morning mass during lent, when eating meat is forbidden during that time? John 6:55 King James Version (KJV) 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

[@bridgefin]

Your question shows no comprehension of the Eucharist. And your intent is cear.

[@bridgefin]

@@tony1685 Those who sided with you left Jesus at John 666, never to return. Take your rebellion to the grave if you will but it won't end well....actually it will never end.

[@brucebarber4104]

@@bridgefin , thanks, I never noticed that the verse where they abandoned Jesus is the 66th! I'm going to enjoy using it.😁

[@AveChristusRex]

Because the Eucharist is not physically flesh, nor for our flesh ("the flesh profits nothing"), but substantially (what it means for His flesh to be sacrificed and salvific - recieved spiritually). Otherwise we'd all be glorified cannibals.

[@jvlp2046]

Is there any other WAY to God?... The English word "WAY" means "teachings and commandments" that are Pleasing and Acceptable to God which will lead us to Salvation... Therefore, Christ Jesus' WAY is pleasing, acceptable, and authorized by God, which will lead us to Salvation, based on the Bible... That is the true context and meaning of when Christ said, "I AM the only WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE." .... We could compare other Religions with their "WAY/S" (teachings/Commandments)... For example, all Religions whose WAY/S that worship animal/s or person/s, is/are not pleasing and acceptable (abominable) to God... Any Religion whose WAY/S that offered animal sacrifices for the atonement of their Sins was no longer acceptable and pleasing to God according to the Bible... Any Religion whose WAY/S is hating/killing/murdering their enemies (INFIDELS) is no longer pleasing nor acceptable to God... Facts and Truth, Biblically speaking... Amen

[@johnbitonti2672]

Dr. Pitre, you said a lot but you forgot to mention that the way to Jesus is through his bride, the Catholic Church. Protestants usually say we follow and believe in Jesus, thus we are on the "WAY" and thus saved.

[@thethickandthin]

Ambiguous verses (Claiming Divinity): - I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one sees The Father except through me (John 14:6) - Before Abraham, I am (John 8:58) - I and The Father are one (John 10:30) - I am the alpha and omega (Revelation 22:13) and no holy spirit there. Clear verses (Denying Divinity): - my Father is greater than I (John 14:28) - my Father is greater than all (John 10:29) - my Father is the only true God ( John 17:3) - I am ascending to my God and your God (John 20:17) - I by myself can do nothing (John 5:30) - only The Father knows the hour (Matthew 24:36 ) - Jesus didn't know fig season (Mark 11:12 -14) - my God, my God, why You forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46) Let's say all of the above are not ambiguous then It means that there are many contradictions.

[@MasterKeyMagic]

Im actually kinda proud of myself seeing i can see why you're confused about those same lines i was but figured out. But first, whats your religion or do you not have one?

[@doyuknowhoiam]

In Ephesians 5:1,2 we read .. " Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. So Jesus offered himself to himself .. That don't make sense to me.

[@sethgarries3219]

2 months late, but in Paul’s letters “God” is sometimes synonymous with “the Father.”

[@doyuknowhoiam]

@@sethgarries3219 So are we sometimes synonym of Jesus but that don't make us Jesus.

[@MasterKeyMagic]

its more like he empathized with us by going through life just like us. He showed us the way

[@francissweeney7318]

Pitre says Jesus said in Greek. No the words were first translated from Hebrew or Aramaic into Greek. There is no evidence at all that Jesus spoke to His disciples in Greek.

[@claudiozanella256]

No, Jesus answers like that because He WAS the real Father. God cannot live among people for logical reasons in connection with his omnipotence. Thus, to live with us He had to become like a normal man: Jesus, God the Son

[@claudiozanella256]

@po18guy What is not understood is that God before the beginning of the world knew the ACTUAL future: exactly what will actually happen, the whole future history of mankind. Well, at that point God simply COMMANDED "SO BE IT" and became FREE from any further commitment !!! The God's words and actions of that well-determined future shall be taken AUTOMATICALLY by his POWER: his personal presence is NOT NECESSARY (this is why "God is a spirit", He is not personally present here). God was free to become like a NORMAL man: the Son of God. All that happened "before the foundation of the world", this is why "the world has not known you". "SON" of God means that He DERIVES from God. The Father and the Son are NOT the SAME ONE because the Father is the almighty God and the Son is like a normal man now, with no OWN power at all (He sits at the right hand of the POWER). Thus, you could say that God is more than ONE and less than TWO because the Father and the Son are not the same ONE, yet are not TWO distinct Persons.

[@claudiozanella256]

@po18guy No, my dear friend, "conventional" means FALSE, INVENTED in the fourth century, finalized after the Council of Constantinople. What is revealed by God - more particularly by Jesus - is that He is ONLY WITH THE FATHER. If you ever read the gospels, they disclose ONE RELATIONSHIP between Father and Son. FOUR GOSPELS ONE RELATIONSHIP. No disclosure of TWO relationships. The trinity doctrine is directly disproved by the directly concerned witness: Jesus. He doesn't even know what a triune God is, never heard of.

[@francissweeney7318]

The catholic church tries to sell it's doctrine as the way. That is not true. Jesus said " I and the Father are One." Jesus is the name of God. The bible says there is only one throne in heaven. Catholis invented the trinity.

[@paulgerard4503]

Jesus was a devout Jew until his death. What do you Cathos not understand. He would not step foot in a Catho Church and their rotten Iti rulers. The same people who crucified him.

[@bridgefin]

He comes into Catholic worship every hour of every day.

[@AveChristusRex]

That's like saying, 'Jesus wasn't Christian.' Of course He didn't follow Christ, Himself ("Christ -ian"). But He didn't reject the faith once delivered to Christians (the Catholic faith - HISTORICAL FACT).

[@SaintCharbelMiracleworker]

"Jesus was a devout Jew" - wow did you figure that out all by yourself genius?

[@francissweeney7318]

Jesus is The Way. Catholics are on a different way. The catholic church is described clearly in chapter 17 in The Book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ. The description fits none other.

[@MasterKeyMagic]

considering it was the Catholic Church was the one who decided that Revelation should be in the Bible, it makes much more sense that chapter 17 is referring to Nero and the roman empire. The reason the whole book is speaking in riddles is because if they just came out and said it, the romans would have just killed them.

[@francissweeney7318]

@@MasterKeyMagic There is no limit to the arrogance of the catholic church. Jesus calls for humility the catholic church is the most arrogant organization in existence. Arrogance is from Satan. Even Jesus was humble as the lamb. The fact that catholucs like to call themselves Roman ties the catholic church to the evil of Rome. The Roman empire will be reconstituted here in the end times as it is written. The catholic church will be part of that evil until , as it says in Revelation the Romans will destroy the geat harlot once she is of no more use to the anti christ. By the way, God decides what is in His scripture.

[@Moe-xg6bu]

And I am the hope for the man of understanding the superman Michael my God given name . When say question none pretend to understand guess you know deceiving self and others unknown to even self strangers in selves unknown swine that direction . False prophets if keep it up self proclaimed people proclaimed proves only unknown unproclaimed deniable false prophets if anything best know it

[@Bonedadyo]

Amen 🙏