1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 In the name of the glorious Trinity, Father and Son and Holy 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:04,440 Spirit forever. Amen. 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,200 Glory be to the everlasting mercies which sent you to us, O 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,880 Christ, the light of the world and the life of all. 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,920 Give us wisdom by your law and enlighten our impulses by your 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,920 knowledge. Sanctify our souls by your 7 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,760 truth, and grant that we may be obedient to your words and may 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,760 fulfill your commandments at every hour. 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,920 O you Who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of 10 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:33,720 your greatness, do enlight, O my Lord, our thoughts that we may 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,080 meditate upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times. 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,240 O Lord of all, Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever. 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:01:09,320 Amen. When the Internet of the www.web 14 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:11,320 was first introduced, the dial up. 15 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:16,120 Remember the dial up? We had this noise on the on the 16 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,600 telephone. I recall being at my cousin's 17 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:23,440 house in Chicago and I think it's back in 1994. 18 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,840 It was winter, so we were in the basement. 19 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:30,440 By the way, shout out to Joseph and Zaya Mikhail Brunetralti, my 20 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,520 cousins. Yes, Sir, We, they know what I'm 21 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,360 talking about. So I'm surfing the net while 22 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,720 hearing my auntie and my cousins scream. 23 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,200 Joseph get off the Internet. We need the phone and all. 24 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,880 While I was engaged in a long dialogue with a random person 25 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:53,600 who asked me if he would go to hell because he had blasphemed 26 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,640 the Holy Spirit and he kept on insisting that he would go to 27 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,600 hell. There was no repentance, There 28 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,800 was no forgiveness because he had blasphemed the Holy Spirit. 29 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:09,280 Referring to what Christ warns in Matthew chapter 12, verse 31, 30 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:15,160 Mark chapter 3 verses 28 to 30 in Luke chapter 12, verse 10. 31 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,000 Now that question always comes up and discussions often take 32 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,680 place on the topic. And I'm quite certain that you 33 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,240 may have that question in mind. And I pray that today by 34 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,600 listening to this episode you will receive your spirit 35 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,560 inspired answer according to the understanding, the 36 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:41,600 interpretation and the practice of this warning as told and 37 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:46,560 taught and upheld by the Church and the Holy Church Fathers. 38 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,960 And let's go no further than Saint John Chrysostal. 39 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,240 Let me read Saint John Chrysostom's interpretation and 40 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,080 commentary on this verse and bear with me. 41 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:02,200 It's a little long, but the title is blasphemy or blasphemy. 42 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,280 Sorry, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. 43 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,800 And Saint John Chrysostom writes, what is Jesus saying at 44 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,560 this point? He is saying to the Pharisees 45 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,720 those who are opposing, those who blasphemed. 46 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,200 You have spoken many things against me. 47 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,640 You have called me a deceiver, an adversary, or an opponent of 48 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:24,440 God. These things I forgive you upon 49 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,680 your repentance. So when you repent, I will 50 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,080 forgive you. There will be no penalty 51 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,600 exacted. But blasphemy against the Spirit 52 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,840 shall not be forgiven, not even to those who repent. 53 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,440 This is Saint John Chrysostom's commentary interpretation. 54 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,120 But how could this be right? He says, For even this was 55 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,440 forgiven upon repentance, those who received Jesus Christ, those 56 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,680 who blasphemed. And then later on in the book of 57 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,560 Acts we read chapter 2, and when Simon presents his sermon and 58 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,920 3000 believe, what shall we do? Repent, and be baptized for the 59 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,000 forgiveness of sins. Now there may have been people, 60 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,960 and I'm sure, that had blasphemed the Holy Spirit, but 61 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,040 they were forgiven upon repentance. 62 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,600 Many, at least of these, or those who said these words, 63 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:18,160 believed afterward, St. John Chrysostom writes, And all 64 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,640 was forgiven them. What is it then, that Christ was 65 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:27,160 implying that this sin is, above all things inexcusable? 66 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,400 Why so Saint John Chrysostom writes? 67 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,560 Because they might have been ignorant of Jesus, not knowing 68 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:41,920 who he was and who he might be, but of the Spirit, they could 69 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,520 not be ignorant due to their own previous experience. 70 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:51,520 For the prophets had spoken by the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, he 71 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,600 goes on. The Old Testament as a whole had 72 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,240 an exalted understanding of the Holy Spirit. 73 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,760 What he says then, that is, what is Jesus saying Then is this So 74 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,000 be it? You may be offended at me 75 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,120 because of the humanity I have assumed, but you cannot say the 76 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,000 same of the Holy Spirit. You cannot claim not to know the 77 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,080 Spirit. Therefore your blasphemy has no 78 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,560 excuse and you will suffer the consequences both here and 79 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,760 thereafter unless you repent according to Acts Chapter 2 and 80 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,800 those who pull believed repented. 81 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:34,840 So what he's saying is this, and let's put it in Jesus's mouth. 82 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,720 You claim O Pharisees and my opponents in the high priests, 83 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:47,200 and we're going to apply this by the way you say, or you claim to 84 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,160 be the children of Abraham according to John chapter 8, 85 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,520 verse 39. And followers of Moses and the 86 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:59,080 prophets, even though they prophesied and were a prototype 87 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:03,880 of me, yet you speak, but yet they spoke and prophesied by the 88 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:09,040 Spirit as claimed by Samuel in his second book, chapter 23, 89 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:13,000 verse 2. The Spirit of the Lord God spoke 90 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,400 to me and his word was upon my tongue. 91 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,080 Yes, it's a prophecy of Jesus Christ, but the prophet spoke by 92 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,960 the Spirit. This is what Jesus is saying. 93 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:29,320 And this is also attested by Saint Simon the Rock in his 94 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,440 second book, Chapter one, verse 20 to 21. 95 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:38,400 No prophecy is its own exposition of the scriptures. 96 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,760 The prophecy came not by the will of man in the ancient 97 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:48,520 times, but when holy men of God spoke by being compelled by the 98 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,720 Holy Spirit. So Jesus saying, you know the 99 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,320 Holy Spirit or you have heard of the Holy Spirit, You've been 100 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:01,600 acquainted to the Holy Spirit, and you know that God who spoke 101 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,040 to them, the prophets and compelled them to speak, is the 102 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:12,000 God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob or Israel, whom you say 103 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:17,320 is the God that you worship and are awaiting his promise of the 104 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,320 Messiah. This is what Jesus is meaning by 105 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,080 blaspheming on the against. The Holy Spirit is not 106 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:30,160 forgivable because they knew of the Holy Spirit and he goes on 107 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,680 that you see the prophecies being fulfilled in me and by me 108 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,920 from the day of my conception in the womb of the virgin foretold 109 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:45,200 by Isaiah, your prophet. You know this, you understand 110 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,840 this. And Isaiah prophesied by the 111 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,200 Holy Spirit. This is what Jesus is entailing. 112 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,880 For example, Deuteronomy chapter 18, verse 18. 113 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,120 A prophet I shall raise to them from within their brethren like 114 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,000 you, and I shall put my words in his mouth. 115 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,680 This is a prophecy moved by the Holy Spirit and Isaiah speaking, 116 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,600 and he shall say to them everything that I shall command 117 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,320 him. And this was fulfilled in Jesus 118 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,800 Christ. You know this. 119 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:20,720 You see this John 18, verse 28 to 29 Jesus said to them again, 120 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,080 When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall you. 121 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,680 I know that I am the Lord God, and that I do nothing from 122 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,720 myself. But as the Father has taught me, 123 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,280 so I speak. You know of these prophecies. 124 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,200 Here I am. The prophecy was moved by the 125 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,520 Holy Spirit. You may still not understand me 126 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:47,160 and fathom who I am, but don't go to the point where you're now 127 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,920 rejecting the Holy Spirit through whom? 128 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,040 By whom your Father's were moved to speak. 129 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,560 And Jesus is saying you are witnessing the miracles. 130 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,440 You saw these miracles. Nicodemus, leader of the Jews, 131 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,800 comes to Jesus by night in secret. 132 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,600 John chapter 3, verse 2. Rabbi, He says we know that you 133 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,760 are a teacher sent from God. For no man is able to do these 134 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:17,720 miracles that you are doing unless God were with him. 135 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:24,840 This all and you blasphemy. That same spirit that is working 136 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,080 with me. We're gonna apply this Beloved 137 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,280 Jesus is saying I can understand you not being able to comprehend 138 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:39,240 that I am he, the Spirit by nature along with the Father 139 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:44,880 that is divine, but that spirit himself, You Blasphemy. 140 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,640 You have reached a boiling point. 141 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,480 You have reached a dangerous spot. 142 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:56,680 You're in a bad position. And that point, that position, 143 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:02,800 is where you have denied the one who can redeem you and reinstate 144 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,000 you. Let me say that again. 145 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:11,240 They had reached a point where they had denied the one who 146 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:17,240 could redeem and reinstate them. So where else were they going to 147 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,680 go? Unless it be back to the Holy 148 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:26,000 Spirit? The prophet Samuel puts it quite 149 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,800 clear and precise in his first book, chapter 2, verse 25. 150 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:36,760 If a man will sin against a man, he may pray before the Lord God. 151 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:43,400 And if a man will sin against the Lord God, to whom will he 152 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,120 pray? You know Jesus is saying you're 153 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:51,400 in a very bad position. You're denying now that which is 154 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,560 your last hope. There is nothing about the about 155 00:10:55,560 --> 00:11:00,200 the Holy Spirit, which is God the Father, God the Son, God the 156 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:05,160 Holy Spirit the one God. You need to rethink where you're 157 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:09,800 at. What's worse is the impenitence 158 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,800 that they produced and possessed. 159 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:17,800 Impenitence, not feeling remorse in regret after sin. 160 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,680 And now this is a blasphemy at another level. 161 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,600 So this is the Pharisees. This is the high priests. 162 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,120 And again some believed and some followed. 163 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,320 Nicodemus believed and followed, and many others believed and 164 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,640 repented and were received and were forgiven. 165 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:45,640 So let's bring it home, beloved. That'd be this is a big shot. 166 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,160 And I I don't know if that person, I was engaged on the 167 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,760 Internet in a dialogue is listening or not. 168 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,560 I don't know if he was a Syrian. I I don't know if he knew me. 169 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:58,760 I didn't know who he was. Excuse me, but let's bring it 170 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,520 home. I'm sure there is a time where 171 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:10,240 we have committed this grievous sin, maybe not in words, but in 172 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,400 deeds, and we continue to do that. 173 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,360 Let's have a look at some different types of blasphemy. 174 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:22,040 According to the Church Fathers, you having received the Holy 175 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:27,720 Spirit through the waters of baptism, you having received the 176 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:36,320 Spirit of His Son into your heart, who cries out Father, our 177 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:43,600 Father, you having been adopted as a child of God. 178 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:48,320 Hence when the Scriptures say you are of God, meaning you are 179 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:53,560 a child of God, you having been counted as a children of the 180 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:57,560 Mysteries, that is absolution and the cleansing, We received 181 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:00,280 from the Holy Mysteries, the Qurbana addition within the 182 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:05,600 Church, that very Church commissioned to redeem, seen by 183 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:10,880 the Apostolic authority granted by Christ Himself, John chapter 184 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:16,520 20, verse 23. And you continue to live in sin, 185 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:22,360 have no relationship with the Father, continue to live as a 186 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:27,240 fatherless orphan, neglecting the participation in the 187 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:33,400 mysteries and no connection to the body of Christ being His 188 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:37,400 Church. That too is blasphemy, beloved. 189 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:46,320 So what is the solution? Blasphemy by word or deed or 190 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,440 action. What is our solution? 191 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,840 We've just ascertained that, yes, Christ will forgive. 192 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,640 We will come back one more time and be redeemed if we return 193 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,880 back to God. So what is our solution? 194 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:11,560 Number one, remember God, our God, your God my God, God the 195 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:16,920 Creator of heavens and the earth, is a gracious, A 196 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:23,280 merciful, and a compassionate God who does not desire the 197 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:28,800 death of a Sinner, but that he may return and repent and live. 198 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:36,320 Ezekiel, chapter 18, verse 23. Keep in mind that our Lord and 199 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,520 our Savior Jesus Christ, Your Lord and your Savior Jesus 200 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,640 Christ, My Lord and my Savior Jesus Christ, who continues to 201 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:48,680 suffer with your weaknesses without weaknesses, and His 202 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,920 throne of His grace is available to all. 203 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,720 Listen to this. The throne of the Grace of Jesus 204 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:02,480 Christ is available to all to draw near and receive what? 205 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:07,560 Receive mercy. Hebrews chapter 4, verse 5. 206 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:12,960 This is the High Priest we have. Beloved is ready to receive His 207 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:20,040 throne, is available to all to receive mercy, forgiveness, 208 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:27,040 compassion. The Holy Spirit which is within 209 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:33,720 you, within Me, and within us, who continues to teach us all 210 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:39,160 things, is drawing us to God. This must be our solution. 211 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,760 This must be our courage to come back because the Holy Spirit is 212 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,240 dwelling within us. John Chapter 14, verse 26. 213 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:53,160 The One and Holy and Apostolic and Catholic, denoting 214 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:58,160 universal, complete, not Roman Catholic, necessarily no. 215 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,040 The one, Holy and Apostolic and universal or complete or 216 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:06,800 Catholic Church. You are a member of that Church 217 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:12,080 that has been commissioned to bestow and impart the mysteries 218 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:17,640 of forgiveness and absolution and reinstatement one more time 219 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,800 into the flock of Jesus Christ. We need to know this first. 220 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,160 These are our solutions. This is our hope and then what 221 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:27,360 we need to do. See, I said. 222 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,560 We need to know first. We know. 223 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:34,760 We believe faith alone is dead. Knowledge alone is dead. 224 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,920 Wisdom alone is dead. It's foolishness. 225 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:45,440 Actually knowing this, believing this, trusting this God, our 226 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:53,920 solution, our hope is to return, return and return to the One who 227 00:16:53,920 --> 00:17:00,280 you blasphemed, whether by word or deeds, repent. 228 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,200 And again, the Church Fathers right that those who had 229 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,560 committed this sin repented and were received. 230 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:17,760 Simon didn't stand up during his sermon and say those who have 231 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:23,720 not blasphemed can approach and repent and receive the gift of 232 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,319 the Holy Spirit, which is baptism. 233 00:17:25,319 --> 00:17:28,119 No, no, no. What shall we do? 234 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:32,800 They said, What shall we do? He said repent every one of you. 235 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,720 The promise is for you and your children. 236 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,560 So our hope, our ACT, our deed is number 1. 237 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,920 To know, to understand, to believe. 238 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:50,160 God is gracious. God will show love that God that 239 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:54,480 we have distant, and there's no other place we can go because we 240 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:59,280 have sinned against God. Who do I pray to forgive me for 241 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:04,080 sinning against God, if not coming back to that same God, 242 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:10,480 come back to that God. I suggest you consult your 243 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,640 parish priest. Consult your parish priest who 244 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,320 will beseech standings the seed along with the prayers of the 245 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:23,840 Saints, imploring the gracious Lord God Jesus Christ to remove 246 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:30,160 this most heavy burden and grant you the rest that he promises in 247 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,720 his life giving Gospels. According to Matthew, Chapter 248 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:40,000 11, verses 28 to 30, Return back to the Lord and beseech the 249 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,360 Lord. Now, I don't want to go too much 250 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:47,160 into the process that the Church has for those who have 251 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,240 blasphemed or those who have denied the faith and want to be 252 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,640 one more time reinstated into the flock. 253 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,560 I think I've spoken about that and one day we will have a a 254 00:18:55,560 --> 00:19:01,040 specific episode on the the liturgy of Absolution. 255 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:08,360 But we turn back to Christ. This is the heaviest burdens and 256 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:11,120 ladens. And he has promised, Beloved, 257 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,160 that he will take those away from us. 258 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,560 So there is hope. What Christ is saying is that 259 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,680 you're in a dangerous place. Return one more time. 260 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,640 Christ is not saying where you are. 261 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,400 Don't even bother. Don't even bother to return. 262 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,160 You cannot. It's done. 263 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:35,120 It's finished. No, it's not the last hour yet. 264 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:39,160 Or we may be leaving in the last hour, but those who worked that 265 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:43,200 one last hour, they received the same reward. 266 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:48,680 So if right now you're thinking, Ah Rabi, if only you knew what 267 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,120 I've done, I don't need to know. I don't need to know. 268 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,440 God knows. Come to the Lord Jesus Christ, 269 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:02,520 who is awaiting your return, who went out in search of our lost 270 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:07,280 condition and found us and desires our return. 271 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,560 Anticipates eagerly waits for our return. 272 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:18,240 Come to Him who will embrace you and one more time reinstate you 273 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,600 through the Church that He has established on earth. 274 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:28,120 Come to the Lord Jesus Christ, to Him, to His Father, and to 275 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:31,680 the Holy Spirit. Be glory now and at all times 276 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,480 and forever and ever. Amen. 277 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 We hope you enjoy enjoyed this week's message. 278 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,240 Please don't forget to rate and review this podcast and share 279 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,040 with your friends and family. 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