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In the name of the glorious 
Trinity, Father and Son and Holy

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Spirit forever. 
Amen. 

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Glory be to the everlasting 
mercies which sent you to us, O 

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Christ, the light of the world 
and the life of all. 

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Give us wisdom by your law and 
enlighten our impulses by your 

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knowledge. 
Sanctify our souls by your 

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truth, and grant that we may be 
obedient to your words and may 

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fulfil your commandments at 
every hour. 

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O you who enlightens the 
rationale with the knowledge of 

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your greatness, do enlight, O my
Lord, our thoughts that we may 

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meditate upon your holy and 
divine scriptures at all times, 

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O Lord of all, Father and Son 
and Holy Spirit forever. 

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Amen. 
When you have something that is 

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valuable, precious, sentimental,
or even priceless, you avoid 

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having many hands touch it or go
through many hands. 

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It's like children and cell 
phones or other expensive 

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electronics, et cetera. 
You totally avoid having 

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children go need them so that 
they do not basically destroy 

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them as Christians. 
That is, made in the image and 

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likeness of God, adopted as 
children of God in Holy Baptism,

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and having been made brothers 
and sisters of Christ, born with

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a new and spiritual birth, and 
drawn near to God the Father of 

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Truth. 
Having received the Holy 

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Baptism, we too have been warned
by Jesus in Matthew Chapter 7, 

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verse 6, not to give a holy 
thing to dogs, and not to cast 

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our pearls before swine, lest 
they tread them under their feet

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and turn and lacerate. 
There is tear or make deep cuts 

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within us. 
Now the blessed Theophilac 

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comments on this verse stating 
that the dogs are the 

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unbelievers and the swine are 
the believers who lead a filthy,

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immoral, abominable, and 
shameful way of life. 

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However, this does not withhold 
the ACT and application of the 

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verse to the mysteries and 
theology alone, but rather about

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dealings with others with what 
we have been graciously gifted 

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with. 
You may have missed what I 

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stated a little while ago, cuz I
breezed through it, and 

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intentionally, but let me 
precisely and diligently remind 

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you one more time. 
Now take heed. 

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We have been as Christians made 
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God. 
Genesis chapter one, verse 26. 

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God said, Let us make men in our
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We according to Romans chapter 6
verses three and four, who were 

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baptized into Jesus the Christ. 
We were baptized into his death 

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with a part of his death. 
We were buried with him in 

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baptism into death. 
For as Jesus the Christ arose 

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from among the dead in the glory
of his Father, in this way we 

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also shall walk in a new life. 
For if we have been planted as 

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one with him in the likeness of 
his death, in this way also we 

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shall be in his resurrection 
through our faith and baptism in

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Jesus Christ Christians. 
And by this we have been adopted

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also as children of God. 
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Let's state it sequentially. 
Firstly, St. 

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John states in his proclamation 
in the Gospel of Jesus Christ 

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John chapter one, verse 12, 
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them he Jesus Christ, he gave 
authority to become the sons of 

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God. 
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become not have been to become. 
So there is a process that have 

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been given the authority to 
become the sons of God or the 

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children of children of God even
through them that believe in his

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name. 
Where and when did we become his

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children? 
Saint Paul states it in 

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Galatians chapter one, verses 26
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For you are all children of God,
sons of God, sons and daughters 

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of God by the faith of Jesus the
Christ, not the faith in Jesus 

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Christ. 
Hey Manuta de Ishomshiq, By the 

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faith of Jesus the Christ, for 
those who have been baptized 

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into the Christ have put on the 
Christ. 

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And if we are sons and daughters
of God, we became, we become and

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we are brothers and sisters of 
Christ. 

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Hence we refer to one another as
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through Christ, because we 
become the children of God. 

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And Galatians Chapter 4, verse 6
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writes. 
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God has sent the Spirit of his 
Son into your heart. 

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Who cries Father, our Father, 
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And this all in baptism. 
Let me read to you from the 

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liturgy of the sacrament of 
Baptism what we what we recite, 

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what the priests recite for the 
adults when they are baptized. 

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Lo, we come near today towards a
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has verily endured, and from the
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prepared for us, that from that 
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anew. 
Lo, we are counted His brethren,

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Jesus Christ. 
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towards Thee, O God the Father 
of Truth, and by His teachings 

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we confess that He is one with 
His Father and Holy Spirit. 

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For the sake of all these 
knowledge, Thou hast granted us 

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to know Thee, and on behalf of 
the salvation towards us, we 

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will erase, praise and honor, 
and confession, and worship, now

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and at all times and forever. 
I mean, and for infants we 

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recite that from the holy vessel
of absolving baptism they are 

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born with a new and spiritual 
birth to the increase of their 

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faith, and their bodies being 
unspotted with the pollution of 

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sin because they have not sinned
yet. 

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Children are ignorant, but they 
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They may receive a cleansing 
that changes not and be members 

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of Christ. 
Listen to this. 

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This is what you know when you 
go back and visit your baptismal

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videos and and and pictures. 
This is what happened to you. 

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This is what you received. 
You received the cleansing that 

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changes not, and you are or have
been made a member of Christ and

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nurtured at the table of His 
Mysteries. 

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And that bodily stature and 
spiritual increase may together 

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grow up in you, and it has been 
growing in you. 

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And that your is grace may 
instruct you the power of the 

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world to come. 
These are words from the liturgy

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of the Order of Holy Baptism. 
These aren't just simple words. 

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What gifts are these, beloved? 
All through our faith and our 

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baptism in Jesus Christ, and 
that Spirit that you have 

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received through the waters of 
the Baptism through the 

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anointing of the oil of an 
unction or anointment? 

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That spirit, Saint John writes 
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verse four. 
That spirit that is in you is 

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greater than the immoral, 
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spirit that is in the world. 
So there's no excuse, is there? 

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We have the power. 
I've got the power. 

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Yes, we do. 
We have the power. 

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Now, having all these 
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God through Jesus Christ, let us
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dogs and swine. 
Be careful with who you share 

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your love. 
And I'm speaking about Yeros, 

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the romantic, passionate love. 
Be careful who you share, your 

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friendship, your heart, your 
body, your life, your gifts that

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you have received. 
There are dogs, beloved. 

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There are unbelievers out there 
who will turn on you and tear 

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you limb by limb because they 
have no association with you, no

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share in being the children of 
God. 

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Remember, the dogs are the 
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Those who has not have not 
received Jesus Christ, have not 

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been baptized, have not received
all the provisions in from the 

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holy waters of the sacrament of 
Baptism. 

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They are not your brothers and 
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They don't care. 
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Will you as a brother turn on 
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No, of course not. 
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Because she is my sister. 
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we've shared the same breast and
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Of course not so. 
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dogs referred to in the Holy 
Scriptures that Jesus came for 

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them too. 
By the way, because they are not

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our brothers or sisters in 
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beloved. 
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don't share what is holy, what 
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God through Jesus Christ and the
holy baptism that we don't share

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because there is a possibility 
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Corinthians chapter 6, verses 14
to 15. 

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Now some people don't like to 
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Well, let me tell you point 
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It doesn't concern me whether 
this is going to hurt your 

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feelings. 
It doesn't concern me. 

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If this does not agree with your
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understanding and your emotion 
and your feelings, that does not

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concern me. 
What concerns me is your 

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salvation. 
What concerns me is you living a

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life that is holy and pleasing 
according to the gospel, as 

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Saint Paul instructs. 
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verses 14 to 15, do not be 
associated with those who are 

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unbelievers. 
Now, Paul doesn't tell us not to

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speak to them, not to love them,
not to pray for them, not to 

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show the love of Christ. 
But Paul is telling us that you 

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should not have any association 
with the unbelievers. 

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For what partnership has 
righteousness with evil, or what

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intimacy has light with 
darkness? 

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What harmony has the Messiah 
with Satan? 

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What Lot has a believer with an 
unbeliever? 

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He may be talking about the 
marital status of believers and 

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unbelievers, but no, we can. 
We can extend it to our everyday

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association with our fellow men,
be it a dog or a swine. 

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And not just dogs, but also 
Swine's beloved, the fake 

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believers who have their own 
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Christian life and Christianity,
their own understanding and 

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feeling and emotions on 
Christian morals and ethics. 

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You know, when I was young, I 
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member. 
I was told that it's OK to steal

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from big companies and the rich.
It's OK, but not the middle 

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class and the poor. 
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verse 15. 
Thy shall not steal, right? 

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See, there's a philosophy there.
It's OK. 

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You can steal from the rich. 
You can steal from your company.

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You know, take out the fridge in
your pocket if you can, you 

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know, steal as much funds as you
want from the company. 

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They have plenty of money, but 
don't don't touch and don't, you

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know, steal from the middle 
class or the poor. 

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No, thy shall not steal. 
When we were young at school and

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some of my friends who were 
hearing from St. 

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John's Park High School and in 
particular the Assyrian friends,

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we would approve and tolerate 
swearing to each other's 

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fathers. 
Masa SAR Kababa. 

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But not to the sisters and 
mothers. 

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No, no, no, no. 
Let's not mention the mother and

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the sister. 
But it's OK. 

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Jara Baba, you know the whipping
the the the father becomes the 

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whipping boy. 
It's OK. 

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You can swear to your father. 
I can swear to your father at 

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your father. 
When I want to vent my anger, 

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I'll swear at your father. 
But do not mention mother and 

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sister. 
No. 

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See, that's foolish. 
It goes totally against what 

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Saint Paul teaches us in 
Ephesians chapter 5, verse 4. 

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You read it Ephesians 5, four. 
Or have you heard the old time 

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favorite? 
And I think it's still the all 

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time and forever favorite a 
boyfriend telling a girlfriend 

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or a fiance? 
Listen to this beloved fiance 

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telling a fiance. 
You're still brothers and 

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sisters in Christ. 
Kleebel, Klopta, Leyton, Goro, 

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Bachta, Fiance and fiance. 
You're not husband and wife. 

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You have no marital rights 
whatsoever. 

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None of you have that authority 
on each other's body. 

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If you love me, you will give me
all that I desire. 

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Because I love you and because I
love you, I want you to fulfill,

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oh you know, show your love by 
fulfilling my desire. 

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These are the fake, immoral, 
filthy believers. 

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These are the swine Jesus is 
talking to about or referring 

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to. 
Don't throw your pearls. 

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You are a child of God. 
You are a daughter of God. 

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You are a son of God. 
You are precious. 

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You have been given something 
that is so precious that is 

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reserved for that right person 
that will not have to ask but 

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has the permission to receive. 
You know what I'm talking about.

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1 Corinthians 13. 
Five. 

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Love does not commit what is 
shameful. 

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You love someone. 
You don't expect that something 

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that is shameful to be performed
by them. 

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Husbands and wives as well 
beloved husbands and wives. 

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You know, we have been given 
that gift of intimacy, but 

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everything in moderation, not in
shameful acts. 

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And I think some husbands and 
wives who are listening know 

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what I'm talking about. 
Love does not commit what is 

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shameful, what is evil, 
Disgusting. 

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Neither does it seek its own. 
It's not provoked. 

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Neither does it entertain evil 
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So those who in the name of love
want something that is so 

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precious and is not right. 
Jesus is commanding us. 

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Do not throw those pearls before
these swines, let alone the dogs

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who are the unbelievers. 
Yes, you know, last I read 

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Hebrews chapter 13, verse four, 
it was quite clear that marriage

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is honorable withal, and their 
bed is pure. 

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But fornicators and adulterers 
God judges, you have been given 

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those precious gifts of being 
pure, and the only person that 

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has the right to claim that gift
I mentioned before and I repeat,

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is that person that God has 
blessed to become one flesh with

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you. 
So those again in Christianity 

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claiming that in the name of 
love you must give what I 

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request and what I desire, these
are swines. 

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Walk away from them, be it the 
male or the female partner. 

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You see we are a children of 
light, beloved. 

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In one Thessalonians chapter 5, 
verse 5. 

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Saint Paul beautifully puts it 
and you know it's a wake up 

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call, for you are all children 
of light. 

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We've been illumined in the 
waters of baptism through the 

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water and the Holy Spirit. 
And you are the children of the 

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day, and you are not children of
night, neither children of 

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darkness. 
What you have that God has given

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you, what you have been blessed 
and graciously blessed with your

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title, your faith, the Holy 
Spirit. 

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You being a child of God, 
meaning being the apple of God's

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eye for whom God took on flesh, 
came down and was ridiculed and 

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was spat at and took the the 
crown of thorns and the nails in

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the hands and the feet and took 
the ridicule, took the spittle, 

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took the the the spear on the 
side. 

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Just for you so that you one 
more time can rightly as Saint 

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Paul says through God's grace, 
we claim Father to be your 

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father. 
We have all these gifts. 

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Let's preserve them, Let's 
treasure them. 

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Beloved, let's not be ready to 
just share with any person. 

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Light has no association with 
darkness. 

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Evil has no association with 
good. 

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Morality has no association with
immorality. 

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Be careful, be on the alert. 
Satan is like a roaring lion 

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wanting to devour but again, he 
that is in you. 

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The Holy Spirit. 
God, the Holy Spirit that is in 

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you is greater than he that is 
in the world. 

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All we need to do is to turn to 
and be attentive. 

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To that Spirit, praise and glory
be to his holy Name now and at 

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all times and forever. 
Amen. 

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