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 --> 00:00:04,400 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 --> 00:00:11,840 Christ, the Light of the world and the life of all. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,960 Give us wisdom by your law and enlighten our impulses by your 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,960 knowledge. Sanctify our souls by your 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,800 truth, and grant that we may be obedient to your words and may 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,760 fulfill your commandments at every hour. 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,030 O you who enlightens the rational with the knowledge of 10 00:00:29,030 --> 00:00:33,870 your greatness, do enlight, O my Lord, our thoughts that we may 11 00:00:33,870 --> 00:00:37,230 meditate upon your holy and divine Scriptures at all times, 12 00:00:37,230 --> 00:00:41,370 O Lord of all, Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever. 13 00:00:42,210 --> 00:01:08,080 Amen. In EU 1970, the American singer, 14 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:13,360 guitarist Glenn Campbell released his song titled Try a 15 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,920 Little Kindness. You've got to try a Little 16 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,720 kindness. And the first stanza goes like 17 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,040 this. I remember because we used to 18 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,120 sing it. And in primary school or 19 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,720 elementary school, if you see your brother standing by the 20 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,360 road with a heavy load from the seeds he's sowed. 21 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,670 That means the burns of his, the fruits of his deeds or you know, 22 00:01:36,790 --> 00:01:39,750 pertaining to sin. And if you see your sister 23 00:01:39,750 --> 00:01:44,190 falling, by the way, just stop and say you're going the wrong 24 00:01:44,190 --> 00:01:47,670 way. What he's telling us is that 25 00:01:47,670 --> 00:01:54,030 stop and make that kind, that loving, that non condemnating 26 00:01:54,110 --> 00:01:57,950 judgment or correction. That's what I'd like to discuss 27 00:01:57,950 --> 00:02:02,130 in this episode, and I've preached this in a Syrian, and I 28 00:02:02,130 --> 00:02:05,010 believe there are live streamings on there on Facebook 29 00:02:05,010 --> 00:02:07,890 and YouTube and in the English language as well. 30 00:02:07,890 --> 00:02:12,090 But I put in my heart that I'd like to share it with you. 31 00:02:12,090 --> 00:02:17,650 The the podcast world out there, are we permitted to judge? 32 00:02:17,650 --> 00:02:21,690 And what is judgment? Because when you speak to 33 00:02:21,690 --> 00:02:29,090 someone in loving kindness and you try to correct or point out 34 00:02:29,090 --> 00:02:34,070 something that is flawed, the first respond is you can't judge 35 00:02:34,070 --> 00:02:39,190 me. Only God can judge me off the 36 00:02:39,190 --> 00:02:41,830 bat. Judgment is different to 37 00:02:41,830 --> 00:02:48,630 condemnation. Judgment de anta is different to 38 00:02:49,470 --> 00:02:52,950 Khaya uta, condemnation to eternity to hell. 39 00:02:54,510 --> 00:02:57,430 We are not permitted to make that final judgment. 40 00:02:58,870 --> 00:03:06,700 We are not permitted to condemn people to hell or gift them with 41 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:08,020 a bliss of the Kingdom of heaven. 42 00:03:08,020 --> 00:03:12,540 We don't know that is God's final judgment because he sees 43 00:03:12,540 --> 00:03:16,820 everything non partial. He sees everything righteous. 44 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:20,620 He is a righteous God. And Saint Paul instructs us in 45 00:03:20,620 --> 00:03:24,900 his first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 4, verse 5. 46 00:03:25,590 --> 00:03:28,910 And he writes, therefore you should judge nothing before time 47 00:03:28,910 --> 00:03:35,990 until the Lord God, that is Maria Mar, Lord Yeah, God Iliya, 48 00:03:36,430 --> 00:03:37,510 the name of God. Yeah. 49 00:03:37,990 --> 00:03:44,910 So when the scriptures referred to Jesus as Maria Ishamshiha, it 50 00:03:44,910 --> 00:03:48,470 is the Lord God Jesus Christ. Praise be to his name. 51 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:53,070 So judge nothing before the time until the Lord God Maria will 52 00:03:53,070 --> 00:03:58,540 come, who shall illuminate the secrets of darkness and reveal 53 00:03:58,780 --> 00:04:02,660 the imaginations of the hearts, And then there shall be praise 54 00:04:02,940 --> 00:04:06,860 to each one from God. So we are not permitted to make 55 00:04:06,860 --> 00:04:09,620 that final condemnation. St. 56 00:04:09,620 --> 00:04:16,540 Ephraim the Assyrian circa 306373 rights. 57 00:04:16,980 --> 00:04:21,339 Do not mock or judge someone who has fallen into sin. 58 00:04:21,620 --> 00:04:24,660 If we stop there, you may be saying, well, there it is. 59 00:04:24,660 --> 00:04:28,340 The Church Fathers are not permitting us to judge, but he 60 00:04:28,340 --> 00:04:32,780 goes on to say, but rather pray lest you fall into sin. 61 00:04:34,740 --> 00:04:38,220 Do not mock or judge someone who has fallen into sin. 62 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:40,460 How do you know? How do you make that judgment? 63 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:44,140 How do you come to that conclusion that someone has 64 00:04:44,140 --> 00:04:47,740 fallen into sin? So when you see someone who has 65 00:04:47,740 --> 00:04:50,340 fallen into sin, and you have made that conclusion, you have 66 00:04:50,340 --> 00:04:53,060 made that righteous judgment. Well, St. 67 00:04:53,340 --> 00:04:56,980 Ephram tells us that we should not mock that person, We should 68 00:04:56,980 --> 00:05:01,900 not judge that person. To condemnation St. 69 00:05:02,020 --> 00:05:07,980 Ephram is not deterring and and disallowing us to judge a tree 70 00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:13,140 or know a tree by its fruit, as Christ has commanded in Luke. 71 00:05:13,140 --> 00:05:20,260 644 So St. Ephram the fathers and the song 72 00:05:20,380 --> 00:05:25,090 and judgment that we people claim that we pass is not that 73 00:05:25,090 --> 00:05:29,570 final judgment is a correction. It's that loving correction, 74 00:05:29,850 --> 00:05:33,810 that loving conclusion that we make when we see someone in that 75 00:05:33,810 --> 00:05:36,370 is fallen in sin. We do not mock. 76 00:05:36,450 --> 00:05:39,090 We do not hate, we do not condemn. 77 00:05:40,690 --> 00:05:43,730 Let's examine what God is telling us in the Holy 78 00:05:43,730 --> 00:05:47,730 Scriptures. Leviticus chapter 19, verse 15. 79 00:05:48,490 --> 00:05:51,570 You shall not do evil in judgment. 80 00:05:52,490 --> 00:05:54,730 So when you do judge, don't do it evil. 81 00:05:56,250 --> 00:05:59,330 You should not. You shall not do evil in 82 00:05:59,330 --> 00:06:02,050 judgment. You shall not accept the face of 83 00:06:02,050 --> 00:06:06,810 the poor, neither the face of the great, but in righteousness. 84 00:06:06,970 --> 00:06:10,290 Listen to this. Stop your washing of the dishes. 85 00:06:10,290 --> 00:06:13,250 Stop your vacuuming. Pull, pull over to one side. 86 00:06:13,730 --> 00:06:16,930 Take heed. This is God speaking in the book 87 00:06:16,930 --> 00:06:24,340 of Liverticus. But in righteousness judge your 88 00:06:24,420 --> 00:06:28,220 fellow man, correct your fellow man. 89 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:33,460 Rebuke your fellow man in righteousness, in love, in 90 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:36,180 mercy. Now that verse is about not 91 00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:43,700 showing partiality. Yes, Saint Jerome, circa 33340. 92 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:48,580 Three 47420. Rights for each individual is to 93 00:06:48,580 --> 00:06:54,800 be judged not by his personal importancy, is to be judged not 94 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,640 by his personal importance, but by the merits of his case. 95 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,880 He's commenting on liberty because 1915 his wealth need not 96 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:09,400 stand in the way of the rich man if he makes a good use of it. 97 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,600 Just because he's wealthy doesn't mean he's an evil person 98 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:18,110 and he continues. And poverty of itself can be no 99 00:07:18,150 --> 00:07:23,990 recommendation to the poor if in the midst of squalor and want, 100 00:07:24,310 --> 00:07:27,150 he fails to stay away from wrongdoing. 101 00:07:27,470 --> 00:07:32,590 So just because someone is poor doesn't make them a St. if they 102 00:07:32,590 --> 00:07:34,750 do not stay away from wrongdoing. 103 00:07:35,070 --> 00:07:39,590 And just because someone is rich doesn't make that person evil if 104 00:07:39,590 --> 00:07:42,830 the person does good with his wealth. 105 00:07:44,020 --> 00:07:47,900 So he's commenting on Leviticus 1915 that let's not show 106 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:52,220 partiality in our judgment, but in righteousness. 107 00:07:52,380 --> 00:07:56,980 God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth. 108 00:07:58,340 --> 00:08:04,140 When we claim that only God can judge me, well that God that you 109 00:08:04,140 --> 00:08:12,480 permit and accept His judgment, that same God is instructing and 110 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:17,120 commanding us that if we pass judgment make it righteous, not 111 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,920 in partiality. And Jesus expands on this in 112 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:25,240 John Chapter 7, verse 24. Do not judge with partiality, 113 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:34,039 but judge i.e. Correct rebuke, just justly 114 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:38,520 righteously judge a just judgment. 115 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:48,750 Correct justly, rebuke justly. Now by what measures can we 116 00:08:49,190 --> 00:08:55,110 judge correct rebuke? Jesus gives us that in John 117 00:08:55,190 --> 00:09:01,550 1248, whoever rejects me and does not receive my words that 118 00:09:01,550 --> 00:09:06,510 are in the Scriptures, has one that judges him, the word that I 119 00:09:06,510 --> 00:09:10,790 have spoken that shall judge him in the last day. 120 00:09:12,140 --> 00:09:16,940 There is the means of our judgment when we see, when we 121 00:09:16,940 --> 00:09:22,300 comment, when we conclude, when we rebuke, when we judge, 122 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:26,740 etcetera, etcetera. We are instructed to do it 123 00:09:26,740 --> 00:09:31,940 righteously by judging according to the standards, Standards of 124 00:09:31,940 --> 00:09:37,220 Christ according to Christ, standards found in the 125 00:09:37,220 --> 00:09:42,600 Scriptures and incorporated in the Church cannons and laws. 126 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,800 We don't always need to quote scripture. 127 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:53,920 We can also encourage and remind each other of the Church cannons 128 00:09:53,920 --> 00:10:01,440 and laws. But let us be careful if we're 129 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,920 going to judge. We do not judge to condemn to 130 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,770 hell or eternal judgment or hopelessness. 131 00:10:08,970 --> 00:10:11,730 We do not write people up. We have not been given that 132 00:10:11,730 --> 00:10:16,210 permission, that encouragement, that right in the holy 133 00:10:16,210 --> 00:10:22,770 scriptures or the church itself. Now you may be saying, Robbie, 134 00:10:24,330 --> 00:10:28,490 let me give you some verses where I'm going to derail this 135 00:10:28,490 --> 00:10:32,410 episode now and I will say bring it on. 136 00:10:33,450 --> 00:10:37,480 You may be saying, On the other hand, Jesus commands not to 137 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,560 judge. Amen. 138 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:47,680 Matthew 71 You shall not judge lest you be judged, right? 139 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,680 I think the the my reply would be the second-half or second 140 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:56,200 part of that verse. You shall not judge lest you be 141 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,560 judged. Why is Jesus telling us? 142 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:03,360 Do not judge, it continues. For with the judgment that you 143 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:08,040 judge, you will be judged, and with the measures that you 144 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,560 measure, it will be measured to you as well. 145 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:17,520 So if I want to point my finger at someone, and correct and 146 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:22,320 rebuke and judge, and make a conclusion come to a conclusion, 147 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:27,160 I must have passed that judgment upon myself. 148 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:34,240 If I fail miserably, then I dare not judge my friend because the 149 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,720 blind will be leading the blind. You know Jesus gave that 150 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,800 parable. If 2 poor blind men are leading 151 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,200 one another, they will both both fall in the pit. 152 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:55,680 So if we not show pity, if we not do in love, if we not 153 00:11:55,960 --> 00:12:02,430 express mercy in our judgment, in our correction, then we too 154 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:04,870 will be judged with that standard. 155 00:12:05,110 --> 00:12:09,590 James chapter 2, verse 13. The judgment is without mercy 156 00:12:09,630 --> 00:12:13,270 against him who does not practice mercy. 157 00:12:13,590 --> 00:12:17,510 But with mercy you have dominion over judgment. 158 00:12:18,430 --> 00:12:22,630 Christ rebuked, Christ made made a judgment. 159 00:12:22,830 --> 00:12:27,230 He came to a conclusion because he is God praising glory to his 160 00:12:27,230 --> 00:12:31,430 name, and he was done in love. He came to correct man. 161 00:12:31,590 --> 00:12:36,830 He came to bring man back, reinstate man back to the state. 162 00:12:36,830 --> 00:12:40,470 He was in the same state when he was created. 163 00:12:40,670 --> 00:12:43,750 He came to reconcile man with God. 164 00:12:43,910 --> 00:12:48,950 So if we want to pass judgment and rebuke and make comments, 165 00:12:49,510 --> 00:12:54,890 our intention, our motive should be only to bring back that 166 00:12:54,890 --> 00:12:59,930 brother and that sister back to the righteousness of the truth 167 00:13:00,410 --> 00:13:04,330 of Jesus Christ. And as I mentioned last Sunday, 168 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:07,210 the truth of Jesus. Listen up, everyone, Listen to 169 00:13:07,210 --> 00:13:11,850 this very, very carefully. Okay, listen very carefully. 170 00:13:12,090 --> 00:13:16,450 The truth of Jesus Christ found in the scriptures, in the 171 00:13:16,450 --> 00:13:24,090 Church, canons and laws will not be at all defaulted or or or 172 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:29,450 affected by politics, by tolerance, by philosophy of the 173 00:13:29,450 --> 00:13:33,410 world. The truth of Jesus Christ will 174 00:13:33,410 --> 00:13:43,740 not be affected at all by any politics, any tolerance or any 175 00:13:44,220 --> 00:13:47,980 philosophy, psychology, whatever you want to call it. 176 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:52,460 The truth of God will remain. The truth of the scriptures will 177 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:56,980 remain until the Lord returns. Because Jesus said it is by 178 00:13:56,980 --> 00:14:00,420 those truths which is in the word, that He will judge you and 179 00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:07,220 I and and if you missed it, go back a little bit, go back a few 180 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:10,650 10 seconds intervals and you will hear it again. 181 00:14:10,890 --> 00:14:15,330 The brother and the sister, meaning our Christian brothers 182 00:14:15,370 --> 00:14:20,330 and sisters, members of the household in particular, we are 183 00:14:20,770 --> 00:14:23,610 to look out for and to make that judgment. 184 00:14:23,610 --> 00:14:28,370 To correct, to rebuke, to bring back to morality. 185 00:14:29,570 --> 00:14:33,290 To bring back to the light of Christ the the truth of the 186 00:14:33,290 --> 00:14:36,450 Scriptures. To bring back to the new life 187 00:14:36,450 --> 00:14:40,550 that is with Jesus Christ. To bring back to God the Father 188 00:14:40,550 --> 00:14:45,590 through Jesus Christ. Because we are not only made in 189 00:14:45,590 --> 00:14:49,630 the image and likeness of God, we are the children of God. 190 00:14:49,910 --> 00:14:53,030 Because we believe in Jesus Christ, because we have been 191 00:14:53,030 --> 00:14:56,110 baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the 192 00:14:56,150 --> 00:14:59,630 Jesus Christ and of the Holy Spirit, which is the baptism of 193 00:14:59,710 --> 00:15:01,870 Jesus Christ. We've been put to death, We've 194 00:15:01,870 --> 00:15:04,630 been clothed. We become the children of God. 195 00:15:04,630 --> 00:15:09,310 Listen to this very carefully, intently. 196 00:15:10,830 --> 00:15:14,830 We become the children of God only when we have believed in 197 00:15:14,830 --> 00:15:17,070 Jesus Christ and have been baptized in his holy name. 198 00:15:18,590 --> 00:15:22,310 So in particular of the household, our brothers and 199 00:15:22,310 --> 00:15:25,430 sisters, we are to look out for and to judge. 200 00:15:28,150 --> 00:15:33,230 Saint Paul instructs the Corinthians in his first 201 00:15:33,230 --> 00:15:38,230 epistle, chapter 5, verses 12 to 13 for business. 202 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:42,590 Have I to judge outsiders outside of the faith judge the 203 00:15:42,870 --> 00:15:45,070 There it is. There it is. 204 00:15:45,230 --> 00:15:47,910 You can't judge. Only God can judge me. 205 00:15:48,830 --> 00:15:51,750 Only God and Jesus Christ can judge me. 206 00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:55,710 I mean to that, that eternal damnation, of course, but the 207 00:15:55,710 --> 00:15:59,790 scriptures are telling us, instructing us, oh, Saint Paul 208 00:15:59,790 --> 00:16:04,630 was a mere man. Saint Paul was a sexist. 209 00:16:05,060 --> 00:16:09,340 Saint Paul was biased. You know all these blasphemies. 210 00:16:09,340 --> 00:16:10,820 Why? You know why? 211 00:16:11,060 --> 00:16:13,180 Because Saint Paul said it as it is. 212 00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:17,500 He didn't sugarcoat it like some preachers are sugarcoating 213 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,380 today. He didn't sugarcoat. 214 00:16:19,380 --> 00:16:24,940 He said it as it is. Judge the insiders, Let me tell 215 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:34,240 you, Saint Paul on the road to Damascus, Jesus Christ, the only 216 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:39,080 Son of God, God Incarnate, appeared to him and called him 217 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,440 his chosen vessel. You love Jesus. 218 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,240 You need to love Saint Paul. You need to listen to Saint 219 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,720 Paul. Jesus says he who receives you 220 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,400 receives me. Saint Paul says imitate me 221 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:55,200 because I imitate Jesus Christ. He is instructing us not to 222 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,960 worry about the outsiders, just to pray that they come to the 223 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,080 light of Jesus Christ. But the insiders judge the 224 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,599 insiders, but God judges the outsiders. 225 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:07,640 That's why I said pray that they come into the light of Jesus 226 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,280 Christ, the truth of the true one, true God through Jesus 227 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,200 Christ. Remove the evil one from your 228 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,680 myths. We are stick. 229 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:17,560 We are to stick to one another, beloved. 230 00:17:17,839 --> 00:17:19,720 We are to worry about one another. 231 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,640 We are to stress about one another. 232 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,160 We are to lose sleep about one another as children of God. 233 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,570 As Christians we have to look out for one another. 234 00:17:32,090 --> 00:17:35,210 Galatians chapter 6 verses one to two Saint Paul writes. 235 00:17:35,330 --> 00:17:39,330 My brethren, if any of you should be overtaken by a fault 236 00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:44,730 or a sin, you who are in the Spirit do not compromise, do not 237 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:49,770 be loving and and and encourage. No, you who are in the Spirit 238 00:17:49,770 --> 00:17:53,610 should restore him in the spirit of humility, because you've made 239 00:17:53,610 --> 00:17:56,530 that judgment that this brother is in fault. 240 00:17:56,530 --> 00:18:01,370 He is in sin because of his deeds, his or her deeds, or the 241 00:18:01,370 --> 00:18:03,770 words that come out of the mouth or the lifestyle. 242 00:18:04,570 --> 00:18:08,650 You who are in the spirit should restore him in the spirit of 243 00:18:08,930 --> 00:18:14,050 there it is humility. Love, mercy, kindness, kindness, 244 00:18:14,210 --> 00:18:18,170 not condemnation. And be cautious lest you also be 245 00:18:18,170 --> 00:18:23,130 tempted. Be cautious, lest you also begin 246 00:18:23,130 --> 00:18:27,960 to compromise and tolerate. Be very careful and bear the 247 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:33,400 burdens of one another, for in this way you fulfill the law of 248 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,760 Jesus Christ. This is how we honor and love 249 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:41,200 and respect Jesus Christ by fulfilling by obeying his laws. 250 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:46,240 Proverbs 2717 Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the 251 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,220 person of his neighbor. Look out for one another, rebuke 252 00:18:51,220 --> 00:18:55,180 one another, judge one another, in loving, in kindness, in 253 00:18:55,180 --> 00:19:03,900 humility, to bring back one more time and this again the 254 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:07,420 righteous judgment. However, we need to be very 255 00:19:07,420 --> 00:19:13,260 careful to avoid hypocrisy, hypocrites, Jesus says in 256 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:16,620 Matthew 75. First cast out the plank from 257 00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:21,180 your own eye and then you will see to cast out the chip from 258 00:19:21,180 --> 00:19:25,020 your brother's eye. When you have passed the 259 00:19:25,020 --> 00:19:31,020 judgment on yourself and your conscience is clear, then you 260 00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:35,580 may dare in loving kindness, mercy. 261 00:19:35,580 --> 00:19:40,300 I keep repeating this because people twist words nowadays in 262 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:45,380 loving kindness, in mercy, with the only motive and intention is 263 00:19:45,380 --> 00:19:52,140 to bring back and to restore that brother to to to cause that 264 00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:56,820 brother grief and sorrow, not joy and happiness. 265 00:19:57,060 --> 00:20:01,340 Because when you cross cause the brother and sister grief and 266 00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:05,500 sorrow who are in sin in this world, you will then gain them 267 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:07,700 that eternal joy in the Kingdom of heaven. 268 00:20:07,860 --> 00:20:12,500 You want people to be joyful and happy in sin, in error on this 269 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:15,380 earth. Then you are paving the way for 270 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:21,820 eternal sorrow distant from the presence of God. 271 00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:26,660 And to conclude, I'd like to share with you some of the some 272 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:30,460 of the hymns of the Church of the East, and in particular the 273 00:20:30,460 --> 00:20:33,580 liturgy of the burial of the deceased. 274 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:43,020 We sing those who have been rejected by their deeds, the 275 00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:46,300 door of the wedding feast will not be open onto them. 276 00:20:46,460 --> 00:20:49,380 Now we're going to dare to say, well, the church fathers are 277 00:20:49,380 --> 00:20:51,260 judging and they have no rights to do that. 278 00:20:51,260 --> 00:20:54,940 Well, read Matthew chapter 25 before you pass, before we pass 279 00:20:54,940 --> 00:20:56,940 any judgment. See, that's not a righteous 280 00:20:56,940 --> 00:20:59,180 judgment. Matthew Chapter 25. 281 00:20:59,380 --> 00:21:04,300 Those who have been rejected by their deeds, because their deeds 282 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:06,900 are evil, the door of the wedding feast will not be open 283 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:09,910 onto them. Abraham will not refresh those 284 00:21:09,910 --> 00:21:12,030 who are burning in the flames of fire. 285 00:21:12,230 --> 00:21:16,710 Luke 161931, Parable of Lazarus and the rich man. 286 00:21:16,950 --> 00:21:20,910 The judge will not forgive those who have not repented. 287 00:21:22,070 --> 00:21:28,390 These are this is 1000, probably 1400 year old liturgy beloved. 288 00:21:28,750 --> 00:21:33,390 The Church Fathers wrote this inspired by the Holy Spirit and 289 00:21:33,550 --> 00:21:37,120 quoting Scripture. The judge will not forgive those 290 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:40,920 who have not repented Luke 13 three to five, unless you 291 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:45,480 repent. You also shall perish for this 292 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,560 reason. This is the correct thing that 293 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:54,640 we need to we need to begin to to pass on to our brothers and 294 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,200 sisters in sin. This is the judgment. 295 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,440 This is the rebuking. For this reason take refuge in 296 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:06,360 repentance. Owe my soul and say I have 297 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:10,720 sinned against you. O Lord, have pity and mercy upon 298 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,120 me. Now themes are judging words to 299 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:17,480 me, that the door will not be open, there will be no 300 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,760 forgiveness, the flames will not be this thing, this thing 301 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,800 extinguished. And we sing in one of the hymns 302 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,240 of the the hymns of the communion. 303 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,200 While while the the faithful are being receiving communion, we 304 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,150 sing the clan Sora. We have hope, we sing it. 305 00:22:35,150 --> 00:22:37,350 But I know we don't even know what we're singing at times, but 306 00:22:37,510 --> 00:22:39,430 we sing it. We like to hear it because of 307 00:22:39,430 --> 00:22:42,150 the tune and it's sad, but but this is what we're saying. 308 00:22:42,470 --> 00:22:47,750 Anyone who is intoxicated by the cup meaning the blood of Christ, 309 00:22:47,990 --> 00:22:50,510 anyone who approaches the cup and thinks that they're going to 310 00:22:50,510 --> 00:22:56,350 have a a sip of wine and make a mockery of it fire will be seen 311 00:22:56,350 --> 00:22:58,390 as refreshing to him. You work that one out. 312 00:22:58,390 --> 00:23:04,600 I'm not going to expand on this. Anyone who is intoxicated by the 313 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,760 precious blood of Jesus Christ, that it be that is being served 314 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:14,600 in the cup fire, will be seen as refreshing to Him. 315 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:22,120 So yes, we have been permitted, we are encouraged through the 316 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:27,120 Scriptures to judge, to correct, to rebuke, to bring in order, to 317 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:31,320 bring into repentance, but in love, in mercy, and not in 318 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,090 hypocrisy and in what order? Here it is. 319 00:23:35,410 --> 00:23:38,970 Judge righteously through the Scriptures, through the Church 320 00:23:38,970 --> 00:23:42,410 canons, through the liturgical sacraments, through the Church 321 00:23:42,410 --> 00:23:48,570 Fathers judge in pity, in love, in care and mercy. 322 00:23:48,850 --> 00:23:51,970 Be sure to have judged yourself first. 323 00:23:52,370 --> 00:23:58,410 Be sure to have looked in the mirror 1st and then do not judge 324 00:23:58,610 --> 00:24:06,030 to condemn to eternal hell. But our righteous judge is Jesus 325 00:24:06,030 --> 00:24:09,550 Christ. And when we want to pass that 326 00:24:09,550 --> 00:24:14,470 judgment we want to correct, we pray that the Lord will grant us 327 00:24:14,470 --> 00:24:18,550 the prudence, the love, the mercy that He possesses. 328 00:24:18,870 --> 00:24:23,350 We pray to the Lord that He will grant us the knowledge of the 329 00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:27,870 righteous judgment that He passes, and that we too may, 330 00:24:28,150 --> 00:24:32,710 through His grace and through His mercy, by his permission, by 331 00:24:32,710 --> 00:24:37,270 His direction, make that judgment to bring our brother or 332 00:24:37,270 --> 00:24:43,830 sister from death to life, from a state of being lost in a state 333 00:24:43,830 --> 00:24:47,430 of being found in Jesus Christ. Praise and glory be to His holy 334 00:24:47,430 --> 00:24:49,710 Name, now and at all times and forever. 335 00:24:50,350 --> 00:25:11,450 Amen. We hope you enjoyed this week's 336 00:25:11,450 --> 00:25:13,810 message. 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