1
00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,800
In the name of the Glorious 
Trinity. 

2
00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:03,900
Father and Son and Holy Spirit 
forever. 

3
00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,800
Amen. 
Glory be to the Everlasting 

4
00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,200
mercies which sent you to us. 
Oh, Christ the light of the 

5
00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:15,000
world and the life of all give 
us wisdom by a law and Enlighten

6
00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,900
our impulses, by your knowledge,
sanctify, ourselves by your 

7
00:00:18,900 --> 00:00:22,800
truth, and Grant that we may be 
obedient to your words and may 

8
00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,800
fulfill your Commandments at 
every hour. 

9
00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:29,000
Oh, you who enlightens the 
rationale with the knowledge of 

10
00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,900
your greatness do in light or my
Lord are thoughts that we made? 

11
00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:37,200
Meditate upon your holy and 
divine scriptures at all times 

12
00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,400
O, Lord of all Father and Son 
and Holy Spirit forever. 

13
00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,800
Double-edged sword, a Christian 
podcast Ministry presented by 

14
00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,000
father, jernard Lazar. 
Father, jernard is a parish 

15
00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,600
priest of the mud edit Parish of
the Assyrian Church of the East 

16
00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:16,900
and Turlock. 
California. 

17
00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,900
Here's father. 
Jernard in one of the concluding

18
00:01:19,900 --> 00:01:23,700
prayers of the Vespas, which are
the services of evening prayer 

19
00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:25,200
in the Divine officers of the 
aesir. 

20
00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:30,000
Church of the East, the priest 
praying to the Lord petitions on

21
00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,700
behalf of the faithful. 
And says, may the prayer. 

22
00:01:33,900 --> 00:01:36,500
Oh, my Lord. 
So the prayer is directed to the

23
00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,900
Lord, May the prayer o, my lord 
of the Holy virgin, and a 

24
00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:43,200
request of the Blessed Mother in
the besieging and in treating of

25
00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,000
her who is full of grace st. 
Mary, the Blessed Luke Chapter 

26
00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,000
118 and the great power of the 
Conquering cross and divine 

27
00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000
help. 
And a request of Saint John, the

28
00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,200
Baptist's be with us. 
Continue. 

29
00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,300
The at all season and times, 
Lord of all, Father and Son, 

30
00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:01,800
Holy Spirit forever, our men, 
and that was of Mary. 

31
00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:06,800
And of the Apostles, he 
continues met the prayer O, My 

32
00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,199
Lord, again, praying to the 
Lord, May the prayer or my lord 

33
00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:13,600
of the Holy Apostles, and a 
request of the true preachers 

34
00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:16,800
and the beseeching, and in 
treating of the illustrious 

35
00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:20,600
illustrious athletes The 
Proclaimers of righteousness. 

36
00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:24,900
So, as of Peace in creation, be 
with us continually at all 

37
00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:29,400
seasons, And X Lord of all Etc. 
And over the father's. 

38
00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,800
Again, he prays to the Lord, May
the prayer and requests and 

39
00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,500
beseeching and in treating of 
our famous and Holy Father, 

40
00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:41,000
madhava carefully, cause that is
Mara the first and st. 

41
00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,400
Stephen, the firstborn of the 
martyrs Acts chapter 6, and of 

42
00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,900
the giant of strengths and 
George deal, Astra smarter, and 

43
00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:52,400
of mar. 
And here, he can name any saints

44
00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,500
that have been canonized by the 
church and of all the martyrs 

45
00:02:56,500 --> 00:03:00,500
and Saints of our Lord be with 
us continually a high wall, and 

46
00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:03,900
strong House of Refuge to save 
deliver, rescue and guard. 

47
00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:07,100
Our bodies and souls from the 
evil one and his hosts. 

48
00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,900
And here, everyone repeats from 
the evil, one, evil one, and his

49
00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:14,700
hosts at all season and X Lord 
of all, Father, and Son, and 

50
00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:16,400
Holy Spirit forever. 
Amen. 

51
00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:21,000
So praying to the Lord by the 
prayers of the Holy Saints, the 

52
00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,200
apostles and the fathers who 
have been canonized as Saints. 

53
00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:30,800
Allow me to also share The 
Beloved, the prayer for help the

54
00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:36,400
priest petitions from the Lord. 
Oh my Lord, the help of thy 

55
00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,800
mercies and great, eight of thy,
loving kindness. 

56
00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,200
And the hidden and glorious 
strength of thy glorious, 

57
00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,200
Trinity, and thy, right hand 
full of mercies and compassion 

58
00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,500
to overshadow. 
And be joined with the weakness 

59
00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:53,200
of thy worshippers from thy holy
house, which is full of all 

60
00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,500
helps and all Blessings by the 
prayer. 

61
00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:03,200
Where's of all the saints, who 
propitiate that is appease? 

62
00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:09,400
Or please, you know, this is a 
present tense that are pleasing 

63
00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,500
to you. 
Lord of all, Father, and Son and

64
00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:16,200
Holy Spirit, forever are men, 
who are the Saints, what is a 

65
00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,399
saint? 
We'll all Christians beloved, 

66
00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:22,200
our Saints, meaning Sanctified 
set, apart. 

67
00:04:22,300 --> 00:04:26,800
All believes Are Holy ones in 
the sense of a status, which is 

68
00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,500
given by us. 
Virtue of our baptism into 

69
00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:32,500
Christ and receiving the holy 
spirit. 

70
00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:36,000
So once we receive the gift of 
the sacrament of the Holy 

71
00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,800
Spirit, we've been set apart and
we have virtues to strive for. 

72
00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,900
As I mentioned, we're also 
called Sanctified or made holy 

73
00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:50,400
set apart, which is a working 
progress, not 100 meter dash, 

74
00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:55,300
but a marathon or a state of 
being, which we strive for by 

75
00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,400
abolishing sin. 
And Conforming ourselves to the 

76
00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,600
image of Christ being 
christ-like. 

77
00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,100
We are commanded by st. 
Paul in his Second Epistle to 

78
00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:11,300
the Corinthians 7:1 to cleanse 
ourselves from all defilement of

79
00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:16,000
the Flesh and spirit perfecting 
Holiness in the fear of God. 

80
00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:23,000
So who are the Saints? 
Those whose life in faith and 

81
00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:28,300
deeds, have been exemplary of 
the Holiness that we have been 

82
00:05:28,300 --> 00:05:33,700
called to those who Amplified 
the love of Christ, not in word 

83
00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:40,400
nor in tongue but in deed and in
truth during their lives on 

84
00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,300
Earth 1, John 3:18. 
The Saints are those who 

85
00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:48,500
attained the Perfection 
commanded by Christ in Matthew 

86
00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:52,700
chapter 5? 
This 48b you therefore perfect, 

87
00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:56,400
even as your father who is in 
heaven is perfect. 

88
00:05:56,700 --> 00:06:00,200
So when Christ is kommandant 
commanding us to be perfect, 

89
00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:05,300
this indicates that. 
Yes there is a level a state of 

90
00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:08,200
perfection one can attain. 
Otherwise why would Christ 

91
00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,700
demanda The Saints are those who
along with the Blessed st. 

92
00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:18,800
Paul can confidently and rightly
instruct us to be imitators of 

93
00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:25,300
them as they are or were of 
Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1, and 

94
00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:29,700
in 1 Corinthians 4:16, Paul goes
on to emphasize. 

95
00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:33,100
This who is this man? 
That is emphasizing that, you 

96
00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:35,900
know, by in treating his saying,
I'm begging you. 

97
00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:42,100
I'm pleading with you. 
That you become like me. 

98
00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:48,100
These are the Saints that played
and rightly so plead us to be 

99
00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,900
like them. 
Did st. 

100
00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:54,300
Paul have bets on himself? 
Was he blaspheming when he's 

101
00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:56,600
pleading that we become like 
him? 

102
00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,800
In Philippians chapter 4 verse 
9. 

103
00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:03,600
He rides the things you have 
learned and received and heard 

104
00:07:03,700 --> 00:07:08,400
and seen. 
That's Deeds, that's Works in me

105
00:07:09,100 --> 00:07:13,100
practice these things and the 
God of Peace will be with you. 

106
00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:17,500
Who is this? 
Man, that is instructing us to 

107
00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:20,100
practice. 
What we have heard and what we 

108
00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:26,300
have seen in him. 
Well, this is Paul a chosen 

109
00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,300
vessel. 
Beloved, a chosen vessel to 

110
00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:32,200
Christ. 
We read in Acts 9:15. 

111
00:07:33,500 --> 00:07:37,800
The Saints are those who at the 
last moment of their lives on 

112
00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,000
Earth saw Jesus. 
As in the case of st. 

113
00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,500
Stephen the Martyr saw heaven 
open and the son of man standing

114
00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:52,100
at the right hand of God. 
Jesus Christ, listen to this 

115
00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:53,700
pave. 
Our here we go. 

116
00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:59,500
Now, stop washing dishes, stop 
vacuuming, stop doing what 

117
00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:01,400
you're doing. 
And again, as I always mention, 

118
00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,700
if you're driving pull to one 
side, right? 

119
00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:06,100
Listen to this. 
Jesus Christ. 

120
00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,000
This is what st. 
Stephen saw when he was being 

121
00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,200
martyred, he was being stoned to
Death. 

122
00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:17,200
He saw Jesus and this is in the 
scriptures is not a teaching of 

123
00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,000
the church in the Holy 
scriptures. 

124
00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:25,200
He saw Jesus Christ standing not
seated standing to receive him 

125
00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:30,400
in the ultimate show of respect 
paying the greatest possible 

126
00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,200
honor in the ancient world. 
You see? 

127
00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,700
Saint Stephen was going to be 
with Jesus Christ, st. 

128
00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:40,500
Stephen wasn't going to sleep 
with Jesus Christ. 

129
00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,400
It's or to be tucked in bed by 
Jesus Christ. 

130
00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:48,200
Just a side note. 
When st. 

131
00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,600
Stephen sees the son of man 
standing at the right hand of 

132
00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,500
God, this is referring to the 
Book of Daniel where the three 

133
00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:59,800
friends, the three youths, 
Shadrach Meshach and Abednego 

134
00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,100
were in the fiery furnace. 
Nebuchadnezzar saw that. 

135
00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:07,000
There was a another figure like 
the son of man between him and I

136
00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,200
was Jesus Christ and also in 
Matthew chapter 26, verse 64. 

137
00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,700
When Jesus was asked, if he is 
the Messiah, the Son of God 

138
00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:15,600
here. 
Lies. 

139
00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,900
You have said, and I say to you,
that Hereafter, you will see the

140
00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:24,000
son of man sitting on the right 
hand of power and coming on the 

141
00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,300
clouds of heaven. 
And this is who Stephen sees st.

142
00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:30,600
Stephen, Jesus Christ, praise be
to his name. 

143
00:09:32,100 --> 00:09:37,800
The Saints are those who the 
church by the authority to bind 

144
00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,900
and loosen. 
Matthew 18:18 has canonized at 

145
00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:45,600
Saints and venerated by the 
testimonies of many who have 

146
00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:50,100
come across experience, have 
felt and been impacted by the 

147
00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:56,600
lives of the particular. 
Faithful, Matthew 18, 16 Hands. 

148
00:09:56,700 --> 00:10:00,800
We beloved present our prayers 
to the Lord. 

149
00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:06,900
Let me reiterate and repeat. 
We present our prayers to the 

150
00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:10,400
Lord. 
Let me one more time. 

151
00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:14,600
Read a part of those prayers 
that I began with May the 

152
00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,900
prayer. 
Oh, my Lord May the prayer o, my

153
00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:23,600
Lord, and every prayer is 
presented to the Lord, by the 

154
00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,600
prayers of the Saints. 
We join, we mingle our prayers, 

155
00:10:28,300 --> 00:10:31,400
along with the living prayers of
the Saints of Our Lord. 

156
00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,000
You There's no problem in 
praying for one another. 

157
00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:38,600
No one has an issue of praying 
for one another. 

158
00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,600
I can ask Stephen to pray for 
me. 

159
00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,600
Stephen, Stephen can ask Draenor
to pray for him and vice versa. 

160
00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:50,500
We are told in the scriptures, 
hold on to your seat, hold on to

161
00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:53,500
your seat. 
We are told in the scriptures to

162
00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:57,200
confess our sins, to one 
another, you know. 

163
00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,100
Some people have an issue with 
someone confessing their sins to

164
00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:02,500
a priest who is in authority. 
Be in the church. 

165
00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:07,700
Well let me tell you beloved 
James 5:16 but be confessing 

166
00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:11,900
your offenses to one another and
pray, one for another to be 

167
00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:17,300
healed for the power of the 
prayer which I righteous person.

168
00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:22,100
Praise is great and that's what 
happens when someone confesses 

169
00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:26,700
he's or her sins to the priest, 
the priest offers, the prayers 

170
00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:28,800
and supplications to Jesus 
Christ. 

171
00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:34,100
Whom is the ultimate? 
And forgiver of sins who has 

172
00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:36,600
given beloved that authority to 
the church. 

173
00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:42,300
That's what the priest does when
we confess to him. 

174
00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,300
However, the priest has the 
authority to declare you 

175
00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:50,500
forgiven by the prayers of the 
Saints, and in the name of Jesus

176
00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:54,500
Christ and praying to the Holy 
Trinity, Father, Son and Holy 

177
00:11:54,500 --> 00:12:01,200
Spirit, John 12:24 sce's, 21 to 
23, listen to this again, very 

178
00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,600
carefully and Jesus after he was
resurrected on that same evening

179
00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:09,400
and Jesus said to them when he 
appeared to them in the Peru, 

180
00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,600
peace be with you. 
This is the resurrection piece 

181
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:20,100
that the priest offers during 
The Divine Liturgy at the end as

182
00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:25,100
my father has sent you. 
These are very, very heavy deep 

183
00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,400
words. 
Beloved, these are those words 

184
00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:32,500
Jesus says to his disciples as 
my father has sent, you know, 

185
00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:34,000
when I'm going to go into this 
because this is not what the 

186
00:12:34,008 --> 00:12:37,200
program is about. 
We were looking to this one day.

187
00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:43,800
As my father has sent me. 
Jesus says, I send you to the 

188
00:12:43,808 --> 00:12:48,300
apostles and the disciples. 
And as he said these things he 

189
00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:53,000
breathed on them and said to 
them received ye the Holy 

190
00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:58,800
Spirit. 
If you do Apostles and disciples

191
00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,400
shall remit sings to anyone, 
they will be remitted to him. 

192
00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:08,400
And if you shall retain Those of
anyone, they will be retained. 

193
00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:13,500
But back to Saint James, pray, 
one for another and be healed 

194
00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:18,200
for the power of the prayer, 
which a righteous person prays 

195
00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,700
is great. 
So, the Saints are righteous 

196
00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:25,400
people. 
The Saints have attained that 

197
00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:30,600
Perfection to the point where 
they rightly righteously 

198
00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:35,300
confidently will instruct you. 
And I to be imitators of them. 

199
00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,100
And we have a such as attained 
that through the scriptures and 

200
00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:43,800
by the faith and prayers. 
On our behalf, we can receive 

201
00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:47,400
from the Lord when they offer 
their prayers on our behalf. 

202
00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,700
Let me give you some examples, 
the Seraph initiation woman, her

203
00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:54,000
faith and supplication. 
That means pleading and 

204
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,300
besieging and begging healed her
daughter. 

205
00:13:56,300 --> 00:14:00,300
Now, she you couldn't be more 
Gentile than the seraphim 

206
00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:03,200
Haitian woman who had only heard
about Jesus, but look at the 

207
00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,500
faith that she had, this is what
Jesus saw in. 

208
00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:09,500
Her faith healed her daughter at
home. 

209
00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:14,400
Mark chapter 7, verses 23 to 40 
the Centurion. 

210
00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,700
Who said to Jesus, I'm not 
worthy for you to come under my 

211
00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,400
roof. 
Luke chapter 7 verse 1 to 10. 

212
00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:28,600
He's Faith healed, his servant 
or his boy, the friends of the 

213
00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,300
paralytic. 
In Mark chapter 2. 

214
00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:35,500
Verse 5, we read when Jesus saw 
their faith, not the parallel. 

215
00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,000
X Faith, the Faith's of the 
faith of the friends. 

216
00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,300
He said to the paralytic, my 
son, your sins are forgiven you.

217
00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,900
His fist sins were forgiven 
without him asking without him 

218
00:14:47,900 --> 00:14:55,000
pleading, but through the faith 
of his friends, At Cana during 

219
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,500
the first miracle of Jesus 
Christ. 

220
00:14:57,900 --> 00:15:01,600
When the wine was finished, the 
Blessed st. 

221
00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:05,100
Mary, the mother of our Lord, 
and our Savior Jesus Christ, who

222
00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:08,200
knew her son is through her 
faith. 

223
00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:12,900
She pleads she presents the 
problem to Jesus Christ. 

224
00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:19,600
John Chapter 2 verses, 1 to 12. 
And the wine is replenished. 

225
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,800
So you see Beloved the faith and
beseeching of others can hear 

226
00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:28,500
Ill and forgive others, hence, 
the intercession of the Saints. 

227
00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:37,900
However, however, and a vehement
intense, however, is now echoing

228
00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:41,000
in my ears. 
Some of you are saying. 

229
00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,600
Wait, but wait but wait, wait a 
second. 

230
00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:51,500
Are the Saints dead asleep or 
alive? 

231
00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:59,000
Well, let me tell you if the 
Saints are dead costly and 

232
00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,900
cleanse me. 
Oh, Lord, then the Lord. 

233
00:16:00,900 --> 00:16:07,200
Jesus Christ is dead. 
If the Saints are sleeping, then

234
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,900
Jesus asleep. 
And when we read in the 

235
00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:13,700
scripture there, conversing 
their sleep talking. 

236
00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:20,000
But no, they are alive, beloved.
It is evident from the church's.

237
00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:25,700
Liturgical life that they are. 
I've in Christ with Christ, but 

238
00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:28,500
let's have a look at some 
scriptural evidence show. 

239
00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:32,800
Me in the Bible, Sola scriptura 
show me in the Bible. 

240
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,700
The Bible itself is sufficient. 
I mean to that, let's go one 

241
00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:40,700
thing, though. 
Let's before we go on being dead

242
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000
is also associated with sleeping
Acts. 

243
00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,700
Chapter 6, verse 60 while they 
were stoning. 

244
00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:50,900
Stephen, he fell asleep, and in 
the book of Acts, You'll Never 

245
00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:55,400
Find the word someone died. 
It's they slept which indicates 

246
00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:58,500
that? 
Those who sleep will wake up? 

247
00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:02,900
Not a soul sleeping. 
No, it's just an indication and 

248
00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:05,400
encouragement that when you 
sleep, you wake up, when you go 

249
00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,200
to sleep, you don't say, I'm 
going to go to die. 

250
00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:10,900
No, you say I'm going to sleep, 
which means I mean, going to 

251
00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:14,900
wake up if God permits, unless 
God calls you during your sleep.

252
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,800
That's why one of the church 
fathers recommends, that before 

253
00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:23,599
we sleep, we pray and we say 
Lord, if this bed is Going to be

254
00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:27,000
my two more. 
My Grave, then forgive my sins 

255
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,100
and Grant me your kingdom of 
heaven. 

256
00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:34,600
Let's have a look at some 
scriptural evidence in the face 

257
00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,300
of the Holy Transfiguration of 
our Lord. 

258
00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:39,300
Jesus Christ on Mount. 
Tabor Luke 9:30. 

259
00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:46,900
We read and low two men were 
tall, King conversing with him, 

260
00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,600
Jesus Christ. 
And they were Moses and Elijah 

261
00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:56,200
who appeared in glory, and they 
were conversing on his 

262
00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:01,200
departure, which was the You 
made, which was to be 

263
00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:05,100
consummated at Jerusalem. 
Moses was dead. 

264
00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,900
Elijah was alive. 
They were talking with Christ. 

265
00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:16,200
Moses who had died or slept was 
Consulting with Jesus Christ. 

266
00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:19,400
Was he sleep talking? 
No. 

267
00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:24,900
God listening to the Viewpoint 
of a saint who was Moses? 

268
00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,600
So that's our first scriptural 
evidence. 

269
00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,700
That know they were confessing. 
They weren't asleep and they 

270
00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:34,200
weren't dead because dead people
cannot speak. 

271
00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,800
And those were asleep. 
You can wake them up but people 

272
00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,400
probably talk in their sleep. 
But this was an sleep-talking 

273
00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,400
beloved, Moses. 
And Christ were conversing. 

274
00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:48,700
The father say that in regards 
to the Exodus, there's that 

275
00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:53,000
Moses LED and this was 
explaining to The Exodus, that 

276
00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,800
would come through, Jesus 
Christ, who Deliver us from sin,

277
00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:04,100
death, and Satan, What love in 
Humanities that is humility's, 

278
00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:07,700
that Jesus listening God, 
listening to us in Mark, chapter

279
00:19:07,700 --> 00:19:14,000
12 verses 26 to 27 when Jesus 
was questioned by the Sadducees 

280
00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:21,400
he replies, but concerning the 
dead that day, rise hand not you

281
00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:27,200
read in the scriptures of Moses 
and God how God said to him from

282
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:32,500
the bush. 
I am the Living God God, listen 

283
00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:39,000
to this again, the god of 
Abraham, the god, of Isaac, and 

284
00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,200
the god of Jacob who are all 
dead dead. 

285
00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:47,000
At that time, Jesus goes on to 
say, he is not the god of the 

286
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,700
dead but of the living. 
So Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are

287
00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:55,500
alive. 
So the idea of no life after 

288
00:19:55,500 --> 00:20:01,500
death is wrong, they are alive 
in Jesus Christ as for Abraham 

289
00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,200
in the parable of the rich man 
and Lazarus. 

290
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:14,300
Luke 16:19-31 Lazarus is taking 
into his bosom and the rich man 

291
00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:21,400
is conversing with whom Abraham.
So Abraham is alive. 

292
00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:26,000
So the Saints are not sleeping. 
They are alive in Jesus Christ. 

293
00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:33,300
So we can't we can ask them to 
intercede and pray for us and 

294
00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:36,800
mingle our prayers with their 
prayers and offer them to the 

295
00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,400
Lord. 
Jesus Christ. 

296
00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,900
In 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 15,
he writes and I will see to it. 

297
00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:47,300
That means he will be doing 
something seeing to it that at 

298
00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:50,600
any time. 
After my departure, Meaning, 

299
00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,400
after I have left this world, 
after I have slept, or after I 

300
00:20:53,408 --> 00:20:57,300
have died, you'll be able to 
recall these things to mind. 

301
00:20:57,300 --> 00:21:00,700
That is to have the ability. 
To remember what I have taught 

302
00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:03,900
you. 
What does that mean that he will

303
00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:07,300
be continually interceding on 
our behalf. 

304
00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:11,300
And I'm going to read another 
verse as far as the intercession

305
00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,700
that he will be praying. 
He will be interceding on our 

306
00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:18,300
behalf that we will remember 
what st. 

307
00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:21,300
Peter has taught and Road. 
In particular to those that he 

308
00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:25,900
did speak to and was riding to 
in the Book of Revelations, 

309
00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:33,500
chapter 6, verse 8, we read that
John saw under the altar, The 

310
00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:37,000
Souls of them, who was slain. 
So these people were dead, they 

311
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:42,200
had died and slept on a count on
whose account the word of God, 

312
00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:46,400
uppercase W. 
Jesus Christ, the word and on 

313
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:51,100
account of the testimony of the 
Lamb, which is Us Christ, which 

314
00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:53,900
was with them. 
So the lamb was with these 

315
00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:56,000
Saints. 
So the lamb couldn't have been 

316
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000
sleeping. 
Jesus is not asleep, and he's 

317
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,600
not dead, and look at what they 
were doing. 

318
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,600
They were crying out again, not 
sleep crying. 

319
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,500
They cried with a loud voice 
saying, how long? 

320
00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:14,900
O Lord thou, holy and true Dost 
thou not judge and avenge, our 

321
00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:17,200
blood on them that dwell on the 
earth. 

322
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,800
They wanted vengeance. 
And the word crying out is quite

323
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,900
the American, the scriptures. 
Beseeching crying. 

324
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:32,200
So you see the Saints are crying
out there, conversing again. 

325
00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:36,800
And who are they praying about 
who they conversing on behalf of

326
00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:40,400
themselves and you and I how 
long will you not take advantage

327
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,900
of those who shed the blood of 
the Innocents? 

328
00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:47,100
St. 
Paul De blessed in his epistle 

329
00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:51,800
to the Philippians 1:21 rights 
and this is very, very popular 

330
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,900
in Christendom. 
And we quote this for my life is

331
00:22:55,900 --> 00:23:01,200
Christ and if I die, it is 
gained to me, why? 

332
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:07,500
Because he's not going to die 
and go to sleep, but he's going 

333
00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:12,400
to be alive with Jesus Christ. 
But keep in mind, beloved. 

334
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:24,900
Praise Glory, adoration worship,
Thanksgiving exaltation is only 

335
00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:29,100
meat and right and befitting to 
God Alone. 

336
00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:36,600
God the Father God, the son and 
God the Holy Spirit, no saint, 

337
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:43,100
no prelate, no priest, only God,
praise and glory be to his name.

338
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,200
Some of you may be may be 
thinking of 1 Timothy Chapter 2,

339
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:54,800
verses 1 to 7 who talks about 
one mediator between God and men

340
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,700
and that is Jesus Christ. 
Amen, that's talking about 

341
00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:01,400
salvation. 
There is salvation only through 

342
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,800
the blood of our Lord and our 
Savior Jesus Christ, which 

343
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,400
pleased the father. 
There is salvation through. 

344
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,400
No man, no saint, no profit, no 
Confessor, no preacher, only 

345
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,600
Jesus. 
Jesus Christ, but we read the 

346
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:22,600
lives of the Saints and these 
Saints are an amazing example of

347
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,900
how we can walk that lie for 
that. 

348
00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:30,700
Walk on our life on Earth to 
attain that salvation through 

349
00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:34,000
Jesus Christ. 
Only that's why the church 

350
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,700
encourages that you read the 
lives of the Saints and see how 

351
00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:42,500
they how they combat it 
Temptation suffering, 

352
00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:45,900
persecution. 
That we too are encouraged so 

353
00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:50,600
that we truly do imitate them 
because they imitate Jesus 

354
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,800
Christ. 
So that one day we made are to 

355
00:24:54,800 --> 00:25:00,200
instruct others to imitate us 
because we imitate Jesus Christ.

356
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,700
Let's close with this prayer in 
the name of the father and of 

357
00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:07,300
the son and of the Holy Spirit 
and forever. 

358
00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:13,800
Our men by the prayer of your 
Saints or our Lord, and our God,

359
00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:18,400
be reconciled to us. 
And by the request of your true 

360
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:23,900
disciples, make our sins to pass
away and pardon that, which is 

361
00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:27,800
wanting in US. 
Make our enemies peaceful. 

362
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,900
Quicken, our departed and make 
us. 

363
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:35,100
Worthy of the excellent. 
Glory of thy kingdom with the 

364
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:39,400
just and righteous who fulfill 
thy will in the Jerusalem, which

365
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:45,100
is above a lot of all, Father 
and Son, and Holy Spirit forever

366
00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:03,500
one, Last thing. 
Please also don't forget to rate

367
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:06,700
and review this podcast and 
share with your friends and 

368
00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:08,800
family. 
If you'd like to suggest future 

369
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,000
episodes or give us detailed 
feedback, please visit the link 

370
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:18,600
in the description or on our 
Instagram link t r dot t-- e-- 

371
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,600
forward slash double-edged 
sword. 

372
00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:22,100
God bless you all