1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,700 In the name of the Glorious Trinity. 2 00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:03,800 Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever. 3 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,800 Amen. Glory be to the Everlasting 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,100 mercies which sent you to us. Oh, Christ the light of the 5 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:14,400 world and the life of all give us wisdom by your law and 6 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,800 Enlighten our impulses, by your knowledge sanctify, our souls by 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,700 your truth and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and 8 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:24,800 may fulfill your Commandments at every hour. 9 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:29,000 O you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,400 your greatness? Do Enlighten? 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,400 Oh my Lord, our thoughts that we made meditate upon your holy and 12 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:40,100 divine scriptures at all times O Lord of all Father and Son and 13 00:00:40,100 --> 00:01:09,100 Holy Spirit. Sometimes I'm asked to Define 14 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:14,200 Christianity in one word and there's one word that always 15 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,200 comes to mind and we throw it around here and there and 16 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:22,800 everywhere is the word. Grace Christianity is a religion 17 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:29,500 of Grace, the grace of God, through Jesus Christ, and Grace 18 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:34,400 is defined as an extension of the love compassion and mercy of 19 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,500 God. In Romans, The five verses, 89 20 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:42,000 Saint, Paul writes here, God demonstrates his love for us. 21 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,600 Because, if, when we were Sinners, that means deserving of 22 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:50,600 Eternal damnation. That is the privation of a 23 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,400 relationship with God, Eternal punishment in Hell. 24 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:58,900 The Messiah Christ died for our place, in our place or died for 25 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:01,200 us. How much more, therefore, would 26 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,400 we all more be justified Now by his blood? 27 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,900 That is the blood of Jesus Christ and be delivered. 28 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:10,900 The Wrath by him. This is Grace. 29 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:15,600 Beloved Grace is not when you show love to someone who loves 30 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,600 you. Grace is not when you love 31 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,900 someone, who is your friend, your family or relative Grace is 32 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:25,600 showing love and charity to a person that is hurt. 33 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,500 You that has wronged you or even you don't know. 34 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:34,100 So while we were yet, sinners when we were Sinners Jesus 35 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:39,200 Christ, the son of God died, add on our behalf and that's the 36 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,800 grace of God. One of the gifts of the grace of 37 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:48,400 God is that he has one of many and one that really strikes me 38 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,600 is that he has declared us to be. 39 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:54,700 Now, listen to this us, meaning Christians, those who have 40 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:59,000 believed in Jesus Christ, and have been baptized in his name, 41 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,600 in the name of the Trinity and a received his holy spirit, God 42 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:09,600 has declared us to be sharers. Of the divine nature. 43 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:13,500 We have a divine nature. That's what we are called, God's 44 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:17,200 we to our God. We too are Christians 45 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,200 christ-like. We to ungodly Godlike and this 46 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,600 all by Grace. We read this in Second Epistle 47 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,100 of st. Peter 1:4. 48 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:33,500 So the question is, how do we respond to Grace? 49 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:37,200 What is Our obligation to this Grace? 50 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:45,600 What is it that we have to strive in order to appease lack 51 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,100 of a better term? Appease the grace of God. 52 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:51,600 Second Peter chapter 1 verses 5 to 7. 53 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:56,300 Peter goes on to say and when this has happened that we are 54 00:03:56,300 --> 00:04:00,600 sharers of the divine nature, Now we need to bring all 55 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:07,000 diligence and add to your faith. Listen to these words. 56 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,600 We're going to talk about these add to our faith virtue. 57 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:14,800 Meaning believing that Jesus Christ. 58 00:04:15,300 --> 00:04:20,399 God, his father has saved us through the blood of his Christ 59 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,500 by his grace believing that we need to add to that Faith. 60 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:30,000 This is the response to Beloved virtue. 61 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:35,700 We're going to talk about these, excuse me, and onto our virtue 62 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:42,300 knowledge, and onto knowledge, perseverance, and onto 63 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:46,900 perseverance patience. And to patience the worship of 64 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:49,900 God. But on to the worship, that 65 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:55,600 means fear and love of God, the affection of the Brotherhood but 66 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,600 onto affection of the Brotherhood. 67 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,500 He ended up with love. Let's define this beloved. 68 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:07,400 And here, I'm going to refer to the commentaries of the Blessed 69 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,100 theophil Act of quoted him and mentioned him a few times. 70 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,800 The Blessed, the awful Act was a Byzantine Archbishop of awkward 71 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,000 or accreta. What is known Bulgaria now and 72 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:26,700 this is circuit. 1050 1108, he writes this in second Peter one. 73 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:29,100 Saint Peter. Lays out the Order which we 74 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:32,000 ought to follow to come into full maturity. 75 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,600 Our response to the grace of God, our reaction to the grace 76 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:43,500 of God, first comes comes Faith, obviously Faith, which is the 77 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:49,700 foundation and source of all good works, Romans 10:9. 78 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,300 Saint Paul writes. And if you will confess with 79 00:05:54,300 --> 00:06:00,900 your mouth, our lord Jesus, and you will believe believe in your 80 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:03,700 heart that God has raised him from the dead. 81 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,100 You shall have life. That is new life with Jesus 82 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:10,400 Christ. There's another simple equation. 83 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,500 We talked about this last episode about. 84 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,600 Excuse me. How to how to what actions to 85 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:17,900 take. When someone has wronged you 86 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:22,200 this is another equation. Not just build merely believe in 87 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,400 Jesus Christ Mellie. Many believe in Jesus. 88 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:28,800 Some believe that he was a very good profit. 89 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,300 No, he was not just a very good profit. 90 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,500 He was a perfect prophet. He was the prophet of the 91 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:40,300 prophets, some believe that Jesus Christ was the nice and 92 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:43,600 the good brother of Satan. Satan was the bad brother. 93 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,600 This is blasphemy. This is heresy. 94 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:51,400 And, and, you know, I only mention it as ridicule. 95 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,900 So believing in Jesus Christ is great, is the first and 96 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:00,400 foremost, but we must believe this is this is the, the essence 97 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,400 of Christianity beloved. And you must believe in your 98 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,300 heart that God has raised him from the dead because of Jesus 99 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:08,600 was not raised from the dead. Then our faith. 100 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,900 Saint Paul says, is invalid. There's nothing in our faith. 101 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,800 That's why we must believe. There is a reason why you must 102 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,300 believe. We believe in the resurrection 103 00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:22,200 of Our Lord. So that we confirm our own 104 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,000 Resurrection. This is what we need to believe 105 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,800 in. Jesus Christ, the son of God, 106 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,100 Lord Christ, praise be trees, name the Lord, the Christ, the 107 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:37,600 son of God, but also believe in our hearts that God has raised 108 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,200 him. Why Romans 10, sorry, Romans 109 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:46,300 6:3, 24 verses 32, for those of us who were baptized into Jesus, 110 00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:47,500 the Messiah. That is the Christ. 111 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:52,300 Were baptized into his death. Listen to this, we were buried 112 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:56,000 with him in baptism into death for as Jesus. 113 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,000 The Christ arose. From among the dead in the glory 114 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,400 of his father. This is why we ask believe in 115 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,300 our hearts, that Jesus was resurrected by God, his father 116 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:08,900 in this way. We also shall walk in New Life 117 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:12,600 that we have a new life with Jesus Christ, and that new life 118 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,200 will extend into the Kingdom of Heaven. 119 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,900 If we remain steadfast in our life and we continue to appease 120 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:22,900 him and to follow him and to believe him and to trust him and 121 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:27,100 to live in his life because he is the way the truth and life 122 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:29,600 St. John chrysostom writes about 123 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,100 baptism. Listen to what he says, what 124 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:34,200 does being baptized into his death? 125 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:41,400 Mean that it is with a view to our dying as he did for baptism 126 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:45,900 is the cross. So what the cross and burial is 127 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:50,900 to Christ that baptism has been to us even if it if not in the 128 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:55,400 same respects, why for he Jesus died himself. 129 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,400 He wasn't. It wasn't a sinner. 130 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:04,300 He wasn't worthy of death, death wasn't proclaimed upon him. 131 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,600 No, it was proclaimed on, man. That's why you took our flesh. 132 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,700 For, he died, himself and buried in the flesh. 133 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:19,000 But we have done both to sin, but yet it is the death of Jesus 134 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,600 Christ, and the resurrection, which we must believe. 135 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,100 So, first and foremost comes, faith and st. 136 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:29,100 Paul writes, the two amazing. Specs of faith, that Jesus 137 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:32,800 Christ is Lord, but we must also believe in his resurrection in 138 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,600 the Nicene Creed. We continue that. 139 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,900 Not only, we believe in Jesus Christ who died and suffered in 140 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:43,500 the died and was buried and rose and third on the ascended, I was 141 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,100 sorry, I'm sorry rose on the third day is ascended into 142 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:48,400 heaven. If we stay and remain there, our 143 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,800 faith is flawed but we believe that he will return. 144 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,000 This is the faith that we need. So you believe that you believe 145 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:00,100 Jesus is the son of God. Meaning God himself, praise be 146 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:04,000 to his name sinless. Perfect took on our flesh. 147 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:10,000 Fulfilled his ministry for three years and was captured and 148 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,600 wrongly judged and was beaten battered. 149 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:18,800 He suffered, he was crucified. He died, he was buried, he rose 150 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,400 on the third day ascended into heaven after 40 days. 151 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:26,900 And then we'll come back again. Great, that's first step. 152 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,100 The Blessed. The old select goes on to say, 153 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:34,100 now this is our response to the grace of God, having faith. 154 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:37,800 Next comes virtue. Excuse me by, which means good 155 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:42,300 works for without good works, our faith is dead, it's so 156 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:43,800 simple. So simple. 157 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:48,200 Please read James 2:26 and of correct st. 158 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,300 James, if we believe the scriptures are breathe and 159 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:53,200 inspired by the Holy Spirit of Kur. 160 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:59,400 Same James to justify our own ideology or our own 161 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:00,900 understanding of the Holy scriptures. 162 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:07,500 No, James put, it very simply faith without Deeds is dead, our 163 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:13,100 Good Deeds, beloved, our Good Deeds, which are essential and 164 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:17,900 necessary, why? They also assure as assure us, 165 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,100 that we have been created in Jesus Christ. 166 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:26,600 Listen to what Paul writes to the Ephesians 2:10. 167 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:31,800 For we are his creation worker who are created in Jesus, the 168 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:38,700 Christ for good works. Those things which God had from 169 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:43,100 the first prepare that we should walk in them virtue. 170 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:49,800 Shabbir, dobar a well-mannered, good works morality ethics. 171 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,100 Then next comes on to Virtue knowledge. 172 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:59,100 That is an understanding of the secret things hidden in God, the 173 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:01,900 Mysteries, which are not revealed to everyone. 174 00:12:01,900 --> 00:12:07,000 Beloved, you know, many people cannot cannot see the, the the 175 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,100 mystery in Jesus Christ. The Mystery of the Incarnation, 176 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:14,500 The Mystery of the Resurrection, The Mystery of the miraculous 177 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:15,700 birth. Why? 178 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:21,800 Because Only those who continue Faithfully in the works already 179 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,800 mentioned about. They to those will be revealed 180 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:31,100 the mysteries of God. We are to increase knowledge. 181 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:37,600 In what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing to God. 182 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:43,600 Romans 12:2 So after virtue comes knowledge to increase on 183 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:47,500 none upon our knowledge abstinence Temperance and 184 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:51,300 self-control. Why why does some Saint Paul 185 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:56,900 include self-control? So that when we do possess the 186 00:12:56,900 --> 00:12:59,100 virtues and knowledge and the face? 187 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:02,500 So that we are not puffed up, we are not haughty. 188 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:06,100 We're not arrogant, we're not disdain lack of respect as a 189 00:13:06,108 --> 00:13:10,800 result and many people do fall into that Temptation into those 190 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:15,200 snares because they notice how to quote scriptures, you know, 191 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,200 some people Define Christianity, as when you're when you can 192 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,200 quote scriptures left, right? And Center sometimes out of 193 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,200 context and sometimes those scriptures are not relative to 194 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,200 what you're talking about or what the what the topic of the 195 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:33,000 situation is. So when we do have faith, we 196 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,600 have virtue, we know the, the mysteries of God have been have 197 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,800 been revealed to us. We need to have self-control All 198 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,500 to Humble ourselves. Always always be humble. 199 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:49,100 Beloved, there is not one person that has walked the earth. 200 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:55,100 That is all knowing that can do everything that is everywhere. 201 00:13:55,100 --> 00:14:00,600 Omniscient, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent the Lord 202 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,400 Jesus Christ. Yet, he humbled himself to the 203 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,800 point where he washed his disciples feet. 204 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,900 And he took the spittle, and I always said, because In Sunday's 205 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:17,300 the Madden's the prayers that was mentioned, that he's telling 206 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:21,000 Jesus tells Simon that. I took that spit on your behalf 207 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,500 right yet, he humbled himself but he was all-knowing 208 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:32,700 omnipresent omniscient and omni-benevolent have to think 209 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:35,700 about those. I'm sorry so to Humble 210 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:40,700 ourselves. Taff self-control. if we know, 211 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,700 As much as we know we should always declare that we know 212 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:51,000 nothing because every day beloved God puts us to shame 213 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:56,300 when we think we know and God reveals something to us, we 214 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,400 crumble away and think oh why didn't know that yeah God's 215 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:04,500 telling you listen don't puff up and be haughty you know nothing 216 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,700 you think you know me you think you know of me you know nothing 217 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:11,200 of me because no man can know complete me. 218 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:16,900 A of me and who I am or what I am no but what is revealed to 219 00:15:16,900 --> 00:15:20,300 you in the mystery and that according to the will of the 220 00:15:20,300 --> 00:15:24,200 Holy Spirit, then comes patience. 221 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:30,900 Which is an attribute of the 1. Corinthians chapter 13, lab. 222 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:35,600 We're going to talk about that. Next, episode patients follows 223 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,800 next because it takes time. Beloved to acquire Temperance, 224 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,400 it takes time for you to grow in faith. 225 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,500 It takes time for you to increase your virtues to gain. 226 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:49,100 Virtues The Good Deeds to fulfill the Good Deeds. 227 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,800 It takes time to know the mysteries of God and he also 228 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,600 takes time to build self control. 229 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:01,200 Sometimes we rush ourselves sometimes because I'm not like 230 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,700 my friend is in faith in his knowledge and his virtues. 231 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:08,100 We tend to discuss be discouraged, but be patient. 232 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:12,600 God is patient with you, you know, God is so patient with us. 233 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,800 It is us who are impatient with ourselves. 234 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,600 We want to rush things if we're a little bit at Heron and we 235 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,000 listen to the word of God and the voice of God. 236 00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:25,700 He is telling us don't, I'm not, I'm not rushing with. 237 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,800 You impatient with you? I understand your flaws. 238 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:35,100 I had missed and your weakness. You have been given an ability 239 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:39,800 to take your time. Someone else has that capability 240 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,900 know to to get it as soon as they hear it. 241 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:48,200 You know I have to sometimes read, I'm reading a news article 242 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,800 or even the scriptures or the church fathers commentaries. 243 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,500 I have to read a sentence, maybe three or four times and it maybe 244 00:16:55,500 --> 00:17:01,500 I've Go back and read it word by word if you okay he's talking to 245 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:04,900 me are such as okay. This is what I ended. 246 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:08,500 I understand it but there are some people will read it and off 247 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:12,300 the bat, they understand it. But that doesn't mean that. 248 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:14,599 I don't know. And I don't have faith, I don't 249 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:19,300 have virtues time be patient with yourself. 250 00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:21,700 First of all, with god with yourself and with others were 251 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:26,300 going to talk about that next. Next episode His beloved 252 00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:30,700 increases our trust in God. Writes the Blessed theophil acts 253 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:35,200 which is why godliness then comes first the more we are like 254 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:39,600 God the more we become like God with our faith virtue is 255 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:44,700 knowledge abstinence patients. The more we are like God, there 256 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:48,900 are we trust in God, the more we are patient, we trust in God, 257 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:55,300 which is why godliness is next to increase on your patience 258 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:57,700 godliness. And as I said, The more we are 259 00:17:57,700 --> 00:18:03,700 like God, the more we are compelled by that likeness to to 260 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:07,100 do what to create another world. No. 261 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:14,500 To, you know, give salvation to another who can introduce people 262 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:18,100 to Christ. Through whom is only salvation, 263 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:23,100 no to brotherly love, which is the next on the list. 264 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:27,900 Brotherly, love the 1 Corinthians 13. 265 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:31,400 Love patient. Long-suffering and sweet 266 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,600 pleasant. Kind love the an envious love 267 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:41,800 the non upset and puffed up love the Shameless selfless. 268 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:48,700 Well-mannered moral love the Revocable and clean minded. 269 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:54,200 Love the evil hating love the truth loving. 270 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:59,800 Love an enduring believing hopeful and bearing love 271 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,300 beloved. Why? 272 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:07,200 Because God is love, and The Godly must also, portray and 273 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,400 reflect that love writes, the Blessed the effect. 274 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,900 So this must be our response to Grace. 275 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,900 Not only to In it. No need to use it to to 276 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:21,000 sometimes. And you know, I'm sorry to say 277 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,700 to condemn people to hell because they don't know Grey's, 278 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:27,900 they don't understand Grace. No, you leave that to god. 279 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,700 Let's leave hell and heaven to God beloved. 280 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:36,000 Let's leave the righteous Judgment of God to the righteous 281 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,300 judge. Not you and no one else because 282 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:45,900 God is the only righteous God who judges without partiality. 283 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:53,100 What you and I need to do is in order to understand Grace, is to 284 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:58,200 have a response to this grace. And that is number one to 285 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:03,800 believe in that Grace on our faith to increase that virtue. 286 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:08,400 Good Deeds because of the grace of God and on the Good Deeds, 287 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:14,600 the knowledge that is to know the mysteries of God and then to 288 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,300 abstain have Self-control not to be buff, puffed, up and have 289 00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:23,100 patience so that we can be patient with ourselves and 290 00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:26,200 others. And God, firstly and then on 291 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:32,200 patience godliness, that means being more like God and ending 292 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,900 it with brotherly. Love, this should be our 293 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:39,100 response. This should be our, our 294 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:44,100 gratitude, to the grace of God because when we Face the 295 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:47,900 ultimate judgment God God is not going to ask you. 296 00:20:47,900 --> 00:20:53,700 When I to define grace, just knowing what Grace he is, and no 297 00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:56,600 one should dare to say. I understand it fully no, no, 298 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:02,000 knowing what Grace is and who Graces from and who threw, I'm 299 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,600 sorry, and who gave us the grace, which is God through his 300 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,400 son, knowing it is like the person who he is the word of 301 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,900 God, and does not fulfill it in Jesus, liking that person to a 302 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:18,400 foolish person but when we he the grace of God and we have a 303 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:23,000 understanding enough for us to move in faith, virtue knowledge, 304 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,800 and what we have been speaking about and the God of all love 305 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:32,400 and constellation will grant us his Blissful Kingdom when the 306 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,100 day comes to judge us according to his perfect righteousness, 307 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,300 righteousness, praise and glory. 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