Give Me an Answer - Why Is IT So Hard To Trust In Jesus?

To anyone who is skeptical of Jesus, I'm right there with you. I spent many, many years of my life as an ardent atheist. However I came to a point in my life when I started asking big questions. I was a husband and father and trying to do the best job I could there, but if I was being intellectually consistent with my worldview I had to ask, what is the actual point, to any of it? I was applying certain moral values on my life that I could not justify, why not commit adultery if it feels good and I can get away with it? Why should I not put myself first? Why shouldn't I complain that I don't get enough free time to myself? Why am I trying so hard to even want to do good if ultimately life's meaning is only subjective to me? At a moment of absolute desperation I remembered a friend of mine who did the "Bible thing" and through holding to what it said I had seen him go from a down and out waster to living a life of incredible joy, peace and happiness. So in that moment I prayed, "okay, let's do it. If this is untrue then the worst thing that could happen is I live a life doing good to others, however if it is true, then it's TRUE" so I remembered the prayer I knew about from him, and I genuinely put my very meagre amount of faith and understanding in Jesus. You know what happened? Over the next few days I started to feel completely different. The way I saw the world changed, the exhaustion I felt at life lifted, I had this strange new innate desire to do good to people and I experienced a level of compassion I never knew before, certain things I used to enjoy that were harmful to me I no longer desired the same. I had no idea what was happening to me and it was not my active decisions that were bringing this new change about. I had always heard the term "born again" but thought that was nothing more than an evangelical buzz word. Turns out being born again is exactly the thing I was experiencing and was completely in line with what the Bible said. I was always someone who asked people to prove God existed and then I would believe, I was the one who would like to make fun of the "Jesus people", I revelled in how stupid and unenlightened they must be living in their dark age nonsense. Turns out God loves me enough to make it undeniable, He didn't give me some generic all encompassing evidence that would be applicable to everyone. He dealt with me on an individual level giving me a unique experience. I was a victim of childhood abuse, I held such hatred, anger and hurt towards my abuser that it consumed me. One of the first things I felt God ask me was, "if you want to do this, you gotta walk the talk, you need to forgive them". It took all that I had but I decided to trust in God and the moment I genuinely forgave, all the pain, anger, sadness, misery and hatred left me, I literally felt this heavy burden physically move from being draped over me to being lifted away. I was free and a strange thing occured, I felt nothing but compassion and love for the that person. As soon as I was able I got in touch and forgave them in person. This may not constitute as evidence to some, but you don't know who I was. Nothing short of the power of God through salvation could have changed me for I was broken beyond belief. It's good enough for me. God bless ✌️😊

This guy is so kind and gracious. I’ve never seen an audience so respectful and intentionally listening. Especially at a university now and days. The Holy Spirit was moving in hearts that day. Praise God

I've never doubted the word of Yeshua(KJV Holy Bible) ever since I first met Christ Jesus. I was willing to just die, rot an then vanish into eternity. I was wrong because I learned that Jesus is God Almighty ❤❤❤

At 7:12 that girl is ready to give her life to Christ, I wish I could jump in the video and encourage her, so rare when someone actually accepts the truth of the Gospel

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. ~ James 4:8

People say that religion is on the decline in this country, but then I see the amount of people that crowd around preachers, and I see hope for this country.

When the student says we need suffering to experience happiness, he is actually acknowledging that there are some times when we are so stubborn in our ways that we reject the joy of the Lord, and the Lord in his love chastises us so that we may experience this joy which he knows is good for us. In other words, it is our stubbornness which requires the suffering to find joy, but that stubbornness is sin, and sin is entirely unnecessary, therefore suffering isn't necessary to find joy.

Right on Cliffe & Stuart. May God continue to bless you both in spreading the Good News. I want to contribute to you ministry. Please add a Donate or Support link / icon to your videos.

Happy to see people raising their hands and being civil 🥰

Rarely do you hear someone talk to reasonably and profoundly about the Gospels and Christ like Cliff does. I'm so used to the "Americanized" Fundamentalist Gospel and style of preaching that it's seriously refreshing hearing a rational and reasonable Christian speak respectfully.

Lord, it is amazing to see you at work in these videos! Seeing you draw people to have conversation about your Word is such a blessing to see!

Diffrent situations in this world (some are bad) help us to build our character. We may get more patience, humility, wisdom, gentleness, mercy, etc. That is why God allows bad in our life. All the bad things can turn in good things through faith in God.

I wish there were more non-denominational churches in my small area. People cling to the teaching of a church or idea more than the teachings of Jesus and even though I love them as brothers and sisters in Christ, I feel that as a non-denominational myself, it's hard to connect to a community of Christians when they follow specific rules of a church first and foremost.

The only thing I disliked about this video was when she asked how do you accept Christ?, he gave her some type of theological answer instead of just telling her that if you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart the Jesus is Lord and Christ raised him from the dead then you shall be saved. And after that become discipled. No point in standing out there and discussing all of this theology and all of these concepts when you can’t even show someone how to accept Christ into your heart. This is very disappointing because I love hearing these debates. But what Good does it do when an atheist ask how do you accept Jesus and you can’t answer them?

AMEN!!!!!!! I love the LORD Jesus even more after hearing and seeing all these. God bless you more Sirs!

Thanks for these uploads keep them coming. God bless.

Thank you for the message God bless you and your family 💖💙🕊️🙏

Stay in faith rebuke doubt. Hebrews 11:6 🛡

I love Jesus. I am blessed to have found him at Bethany Bible Fellowship. I love your videos!

Without hardship, there is no growth. God allows us to go through hardship for reasons that at the time may be beyond our understanding, but the lesson is to trust that no matter how bad things appear, He is with us and is out support. Faith grows and we see His hand work in our favor eventually. I went through a difficult time and chose to trust in God like I never did before. After the hard times were over I looked back and realized how much I had grown to love Him for being my hope. I witnessed miraculous solutions to my problems just popping right in front of me for months. I trusted Him so much I was compelled to call people I had not seen in over a decade who were suffering from cancer only to later see them healed and strong in the faith as I was becoming. I felt closer to God and it was all because I chose to fall in His arms in hard times. Pain isn't a bad thing if you allow the outcome take you in the right path. We would not surrender our will to Him if we didnt know how much we need Him, and when all is well, it is easy to forget Him. Some may say this is selfish of Him. It only sounds that way if you dont understand the reality of what He is leading you away from. Not being near Him, is not being near life. There is no life without Him because He IS life. It is what God meant when he said to Adam and Eve “if you eat from that tree you will die”. In layman terms, if you do as you wish, you stray from me, the only source of good and life. If you choose to be the one who determines what is good in your flawed, limited view of the world, you will fail. Trust me, and everything will be good in your life, and through you being blessed, everyone around you will be blessed.” Instead we now have people who choose what is good and what is evil, and there isnt a set foundation for everyone. Everyone chooses, everyone begins to hate those who they deem wrong and evil. Thus we have division. Evil doesnt just spawn from selfish people like dictators and other cartoonishly evil men. No, evil also stems from division which slowly brews into hate. Basically, people who do not share fundamental ideas. But with Gods truth, the only truth, there is a solid foundation, hence why the bible calls Him the rock. His will, his morality, is all based in logical thinking. If we all live eachother and are patient with eachother, we will all prosper. God wants to be part of that too, because he wants relationships that are genuine.