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 --> 00:00:06,840 Spirit, forever Amen. Glory be to the everlasting 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,720 mercies which sent you to us, O Christ, the light of the world 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,480 and the life of all. Give us wisdom by your law and 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,480 enlighten our impulses by Your knowledge. 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,560 Sanctify our souls by Your truth and grant that we may be 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,040 obedient to Your words and may fulfil Your commandments at 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,320 every hour. O You who enlightens the 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,480 rational with the knowledge of Your greatness, do enlight, O my 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,320 Lord, our thoughts, that we may meditate upon Your holy and 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,680 divine Scriptures at all times. O Lord of all, Father and Son 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,400 and Holy Spirit, forever. Amen. 13 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,880 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. 14 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,080 Yes, we're back again. I pray that everyone is well 15 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:16,360 back to our normal routine, new programs on a weekly basis. 16 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,080 I'm not going to apologize. We've just been very busy. 17 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,120 We had Easter, you know, with the Passion Week, and then we 18 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:27,960 had the Easter services and, you know, being occupied with a few 19 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:29,880 other ministries. But here we are again. 20 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:40,240 Glory to God, back to the double edged sword podcast episodes and 21 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,920 I'd like to take this time to not sure if I did, but to wish 22 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,120 everyone a an amazing blessed feast of the resurrection of our 23 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,640 Lord. This is the fourth week and 24 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,120 we're still celebrating. We celebrate for seven days 25 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,880 because the the event was the greatest event in the entire 26 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,640 history of the world. You know, ancient history, 27 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,120 modern history, and what I call a contemporary history. 28 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,920 Nothing like this has happened before and is happening or will 29 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:16,720 ever happen unless God has a perfect plan that one man was 30 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,600 resurrected, died, and was buried and resurrected and he's 31 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,320 alive. Yes, Lazarus was resurrected. 32 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,800 He died again. Darius's daughter was 33 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:29,080 resurrected. She died again, but Christ is 34 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,880 alive. Christ is risen, praise and 35 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,520 glory be to his name. I'd like to go back to our 36 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,960 series on the book of Acts of the Apostles. 37 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:42,760 The Acts of the Apostles we we left off at the chapter 13, 38 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,120 verse 25, where Saint Paul is preaching to the church in 39 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,840 Antioch. The church is growing. 40 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,960 Now We learned that Saint Paul not only was rebuking, but this 41 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,440 was his first sermon, his first first preaching. 42 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,920 We learned that they continued to go to the synagogue on the 43 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:07,120 Sabbath. They went to the synagogue on 44 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,920 the Sabbath to partake in the liturgy in the order of worship 45 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:18,000 in the synagogues, listening to the readings of the prophets and 46 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,720 you know, the, the sermons and obviously the praising. 47 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:25,040 I was probably singing a lot of Psalms, the the celebration, the 48 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:29,680 procession of when they read the, the books of the, the 49 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:34,160 Torah, but at the same time preaching Jesus Christ, you 50 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:40,240 know, standing up with zeal and telling everyone that what we've 51 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:45,440 just heard, these prophecies have all been fulfilled in the 52 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,720 Lord Jesus Christ whom you crucified. 53 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,280 And some were then beaten for that. 54 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,720 Some were taken out of the synagogues, but they weren't 55 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,200 reluctant and they preached Christ in the synagogues on the 56 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,240 Sabbath. Acts chapter 3. 57 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:04,040 We read Simon and John go to the synagogue on the hour of prayer, 58 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,320 which was at 3:00 PM to go to pray, to go to partake in the 59 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,840 evening or the vespers or the the prayers that were happening 60 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,360 then. But again, they went to preach 61 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,120 Jesus Christ. They were on their mission when 62 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:19,480 they were going to the synagogue. 63 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,840 They were on their mission to bury those who believed and 64 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:26,120 accepted Jesus Christ in baptism. 65 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:31,280 Colossians 212 they were there that to clothe them with Christ, 66 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:34,320 those who believed and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ and became 67 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,240 his followers. Galatians chapter 3, verses 26 68 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,120 through 27. They went to the synagogue to 69 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,760 preach Jesus Christ and to preach the word of salvation 70 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,640 from the bondage of the Mosaic law of the law of the Old 71 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,480 Testament, which was weak in the flesh. 72 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:56,440 Romans 8-3 and that's the what their mission was when they went 73 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:02,520 to the synagogue to pray and to worship and to preach Jesus 74 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,880 Christ. Let's pick it up from verse 26 75 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:10,680 and we'll read I'll read till verse 30 and we'll we'll expand 76 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:16,200 on those Saint Paul writes, speaks old men and brethren, 77 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:18,520 descendants of the family of Abraham. 78 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,080 That's one part of the people he's talking about. 79 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:28,160 And who so ever among you reverences God or believes in 80 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,640 God. That's another type of people to 81 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:35,120 you is the word of salvation sent for in as much as the 82 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,080 inhabitants of Jerusalem. Now going back to those other 83 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,240 people, inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders did not 84 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,920 understand him, nor the books of the prophets which are read 85 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:47,760 every Sabbath day. See, there you go. 86 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,440 They were reading the books of the prophets. 87 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,320 They condemned Him, but all the things which were written have 88 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,880 been fulfilled. So by condemning Him they were 89 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,720 fulfilling the prophets, and yet they still did not believe. 90 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:05,320 And today let's not go there. And though they found no cause 91 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,920 of his death, they asked Pilate that they might kill him. 92 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,120 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they 93 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,160 lowered Him from the cross. This is very important, what 94 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:17,960 Paul is saying. They lowered him from the cross, 95 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:23,840 meaning that he was crucified. O beloved Muslim friend, Jesus 96 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:27,000 was crucified. Jesus was in the Bible says 97 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,400 this, the Holy Scripture says say this and attest to this. 98 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,160 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of them, they 99 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:40,120 lowered him from the cross and laid him in a sepulcher or a 100 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,600 tomb. But God praise and glory to his 101 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,320 name. God raised him from the dead. 102 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,840 That means He himself in his divinity raised his humanity 103 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:55,640 because Jesus wants destruct this temple, and I will raise it 104 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,840 up in three days, referring to His body. 105 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,000 Let's go back and let's expand on this verses 26 to 29. 106 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,360 He's talking both to Jews and non Jews, obviously Jews and 107 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,120 Gentiles, the Jews who feared God. 108 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,840 Now it doesn't say that they believed in him and that 109 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,640 accepted him, but they feared God. 110 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,040 They were waiting for the Messiah. 111 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,160 So there is the reason why they go to the synagogues and they 112 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,400 preach to these people that you you're fearing God. 113 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,400 Let us tell you now how God, that you, the God that you fear, 114 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,720 is now manifested in Jesus Christ, in Jesus Christ. 115 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:37,640 However, it seems that when he mentions salvation, you know 116 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,200 he's talking to both types of people. 117 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:45,400 But when he refers to salvation, it is the Gentiles he's 118 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,760 referring to. And this is evident when he 119 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,720 separates them from those who committed the murder. 120 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:58,320 For as much as the inhabitants of Jerusalem, he writes, they 121 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:03,200 weren't Gentiles, they were the Jews, and their leaders did not 122 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,880 understand him, nor the books of the prophets which they read 123 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,160 every Sabbath day. They condemned him, they 124 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,680 murdered him. And again, that follows by those 125 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,400 who lived in Jerusalem. So he's obviously referring to 126 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,120 the Gentiles here. He's not rebuking the Jews. 127 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,400 He's not rebuking because he's saying to them, now you know, 128 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,360 you don't realize that the prophets you were reading, you 129 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:35,200 fulfilled yourselves in Jesus Christ, so now you need to come 130 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,960 back and believe in Jesus Christ and accept him as the Messiah. 131 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,080 And he continues to say that they did not know him, even 132 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,880 though they read the prophets they did not know. 133 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,800 Now, let's not be too harsh. You know, we can't be too harsh 134 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,800 on people who don't not know. You know, ignorance is a bliss, 135 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,640 right? At times we say ignorance is a 136 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,720 bliss. Well, you can't use it as an 137 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,360 excuse. 2025 years, we cannot be ignorant. 138 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:06,800 No, no, no. 2025 years ago when it was happening, yes, yes, it 139 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:10,080 was something new. You know, we can't be harsh on 140 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,040 Thomas. Let's not call Thomas the 141 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,960 doubting Thomas. No, I'm not going to call him 142 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,520 the doubting Thomas. I'm going to call Thomas the 143 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:24,880 prudent Thomas who through his actions and his words has 144 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,200 proclaimed Jesus to be Lord and God. 145 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,720 Not because he proclaimed Jesus became Lord and God. 146 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,160 No, Jesus is Lord and God. And we now have evidence of one 147 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,560 person who at first was skeptic, divinely inspired. 148 00:09:37,560 --> 00:09:45,320 I believe his skepticism became evidence and became a tool in 149 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,680 our hands as Christians that our Lord is God, praise and glory be 150 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:53,360 to his name. So they continues, He continues 151 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,640 to say that they, even though they didn't know him, they 152 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,840 didn't know the prophets that were reading on the Sabbath, 153 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:04,000 They not only read them, but they were fulfilling, fulfilling 154 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,000 them by condemning Jesus Christ because it was prophesied. 155 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:14,920 Beloved, there are 28 at least 28 prophecies about the death 156 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,560 and the crucifixion of our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ. 157 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:23,760 Praise and glory be to his name always unceasingly. 28 prophets. 158 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,480 There is no excuse. There is no room for ignorance 159 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,000 anymore. 28 prophecies which were fulfilled. 160 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,800 Now, I'm not going to go through all of them and I'm not going to 161 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,520 read the verses, but let me give you at least 4. 162 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:41,360 You go and find the other 24. Do some reading work, some 163 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,640 finger work. You know, whether you're 164 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,680 scrolling or you're turning the pages, Read your scriptures, 165 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,840 right? Listening to the podcast and 166 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,080 telling me they're amazing and you know, life has changed. 167 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,720 Great. Glory be to Christ, Amen. 168 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,000 We are puny. We are unworthy glories only to 169 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,520 Christ. But that it doesn't stop there. 170 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:05,240 Now you need to continue to expand your education and your 171 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,880 knowledge about the Lord Jesus Christ. 172 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:13,360 Genesis 315 The serpent, it was prophesied the serpent would 173 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,680 bruise the seed of the woman, right? 174 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,640 Bruise the head of the seed. I'm sorry that the seed of the 175 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:28,920 woman, the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the 176 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:35,760 serpent. Genesis 315 John 1231 to 33. 177 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:41,600 You go and read it. There's a prophecy in Zechariah 178 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,480 chapter 13, verse 7 Jesus Christ would be forsaken by his 179 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,760 disciples. Mark 1450. 180 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,400 You may know that we, we celebrated it, we read, we, we 181 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:57,120 revisited, we read the whole gospel during the the passion 182 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,400 week. You know, Mark 1450, the 183 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:05,400 fulfilment David prophesied, King David prophesied the shame 184 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,120 and dishonor that Jesus would suffer being condemned as a 185 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:14,200 criminal. Psalm 69, verse 9, Psalm 19, 186 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:19,800 verse 20, Matthew chapter 26, verses 55 and verses 66. 187 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,240 You read those, some of his observers would shake their 188 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,080 heads at him. So, so precise. 189 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,960 You know these these specific details. 190 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,600 Some of his observers would shake his head and there was a 191 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:39,240 prophecy in Psalm 109, verse 25. Read Matthew chapter 27 verses 192 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,200 39 to 40. It was fulfilled. 193 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:52,040 And Paul in verse 28 talks about the crucifixion and again, as I 194 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,040 said, at least 28 prophecies of the crucifixion. 195 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,400 And as I said, it's very important that Paul, St. 196 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,800 Paul mentions this. And I reached out to our Muslim 197 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:07,280 friends that Christ was crucified. 198 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,680 He is risen, but he was crucified. 199 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,360 You know, even though it was not accepted that a Messiah would 200 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:19,800 die, as you know, as be as as the way that he died being the 201 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:27,680 Messiah, Deuteronomy 21, chapter 23, He that is hung is accursed 202 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:31,040 of God. So it is important for Paul to 203 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,600 mention this to prove to us to reach out to them that he 204 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:39,480 fulfilled that prophecy. Must be, if you are telling me 205 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:42,800 that the Messiah could not be hung on the cross, well there 206 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,520 is. He is hung on the cross. 207 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,960 He is the Messiah and he took on our curse. 208 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,920 Go and read the other 24 prophecies that he would be a 209 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,520 curse for us. So he is the Messiah, praise and 210 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,720 glory be to his name. That's what he's saying to the 211 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,800 Gentiles. So you're looking for the real 212 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,760 God, the true God. You're believing you fear the 213 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,840 God. Let me tell you which God is the 214 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:09,000 true God, the one God that there is none above and none like him. 215 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,760 It is through Jesus Christ say Amen. 216 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,560 Keep your eyes on the road if you're driving. 217 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:19,560 Thank you, Stephen. But what do we learn from all 218 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,400 this today, beloved? What did we learn from our 219 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,840 processions and our candles? And I always say our crocodile 220 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:31,000 tears on Good Friday. That one Friday a year we we 221 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,880 shed tears. You know, Friday everyone was 222 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,680 posting for our transgressions. He died, I mean, praise and 223 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,320 glory, which is his name. And then Saturday we're posting, 224 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,200 you know, selfies, going out, doing whatever. 225 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:46,360 Just that one day, just that one crocodile tear on that one 226 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:52,160 Friday, we remember Jesus's crucifixion and his suffering. 227 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:58,120 Shame on us. Shame, pity, shame and pity upon 228 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,600 us. So what do we learn from all 229 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,160 that, beloved? How relevant and and evident are 230 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:10,480 they going to be with what Jesus has prophesied in the New 231 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,360 Testament? How relevant are these 232 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,520 prophecies being? How relevant are the fulfilment 233 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,160 of Christ's? Are the fulfilment of prophecies 234 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,920 in Christ? How relevant are they today in 235 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,640 the fulfilment of all the warnings and prophecies Jesus 236 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,840 gave us the new prophecies, the new warnings, the new blessings, 237 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:39,160 the new teachings Jesus gave us. Let's have some example and take 238 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:43,120 this is now going to rock your foundation and you're going to 239 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,840 be on fire, but not just for this 30 minutes. 240 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,840 No, always on fire for Jesus Christ. 241 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:52,280 Matthew chapter 10 verse 22. Jesus says to his 12 disciples, 242 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,520 Now you may say I'm sorry, allergies, Turlock allergies, or 243 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,800 you'll be hearing me cough and you or 12 disciples will be 244 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,800 hated by everyone because of my name. 245 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:09,360 But whoever will endure until the end, he will live. 246 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,400 You may be saying that's the disciples. 247 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:13,440 That's got nothing to do with me. 248 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,320 No, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 249 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:21,360 The hatred extended or the hatred that the disciples 250 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:26,960 experience extends to us being the disciples of the disciples 251 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:32,720 of Christ to you and I, being the apostles of the apostles of 252 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,200 Jesus Christ. Apostles is a messenger. 253 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:39,040 We should be preaching the message of Jesus Christ of 254 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:43,040 salvation. We are the disciples of the 255 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:47,400 disciples of Jesus Christ, disciplined in faith by the Holy 256 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:51,280 Scriptures, disciplined by the teachings of the apostles and 257 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,280 the Church Fathers. Very important. 258 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:59,320 You want to understand the meaning, the interpretation of 259 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:04,440 the scriptures, go to the early church fathers from the 4th, 260 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,280 from the 3rd century and read those because they were there. 261 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:12,760 They were there, they had it. It was still hot news, it was 262 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:17,280 still press releases. It was still being preached and 263 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,480 and spoken. We've been discipled by the 264 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,920 disciples of Jesus Christ and his apostles and their 265 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,040 teachings. We've been disciples by the 266 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:29,560 discipled by the teachings of the church, the one holy, 267 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,240 Apostolic, universal or Catholic with a small C church. 268 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:36,160 Congratulations to our brothers and sisters in the Catholic 269 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:41,080 Church on the on the the election of the the Pope, the 270 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:47,840 new Pope, the the American Chicago born Pope Leo Revost the 271 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:54,040 14th congratulations. So we are the disciples of the 272 00:17:54,040 --> 00:18:00,280 disciples and we too those those sufferings, the hatred, the 273 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,600 resentment is also extended to us. 274 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:08,600 But glory between his name, we're being fulfillers of the 275 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:13,760 prophecies of Jesus Christ, those that oppose us today, 276 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:20,320 those those governments, those legislations, those evil blinded 277 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:25,400 by Satan friends out there who hate Jesus Christ and hate 278 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,120 Christians because we love Jesus Christ. 279 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,800 We follow the words of Jesus Christ. 280 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,480 Those words that Jesus gave to gave to the world, but the world 281 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,320 hated them because the words were not of the world. 282 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:44,040 So beloved persecutors, insulters, you know, those who 283 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:49,720 are oppose us, those who swear and cuss and spit and, you know, 284 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,960 RIP out signs from hands and while preaching the Word of God, 285 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,720 the holy Gospel, pour water on our brothers and sisters who are 286 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,960 out there proclaiming the message of salvation to bring 287 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,920 them from light to dark. You're opposing us. 288 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,920 You're assaulting us. You hate us. 289 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,120 You know why we love you, why we love you? 290 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:13,160 First and foremost, because Christ loved you and Christ 291 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,120 loves you. And secondly because you are 292 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:22,440 being an instrument for Christ's prophecies and warnings to be 293 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,400 fulfilled in US. Glory be to his name. 294 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:31,600 What an honor, what an honor. Now I'm not saying go out there 295 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:36,120 and become the the cause of insults and what have you know? 296 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:41,800 Let us not be the cause of the stumbling block for anyone, no, 297 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,560 but when it comes, praise the Lord. 298 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:51,720 Christ's prophecies are being fulfilled in us through the 299 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,600 rejection of the world. Who is rejecting us. 300 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,240 So you see, when we read the Scriptures, we see that in the 301 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:05,160 Old Testament the prophecies were fulfilled in both Jesus 302 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,920 Christ and his disciples. You know when the disciples 303 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:10,920 deserted him, there's a prophecy. 304 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:15,200 Read the 28 prophecies. They were fulfilling prophecies 305 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,280 without them even knowing. And that's happening today. 306 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,880 Luke chapter 12 verse 11. Jesus says, but whenever they 307 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:29,200 bring you to assemblies before rulers and authorities, what's 308 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,880 is it the 4th Amendment? That is freedom of speech, 309 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,320 Stephen. Or is it 5th Amendment? 310 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,520 Whichever amendment, unfortunately. 311 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,520 And today, First Amendment. First Amendment. 312 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,080 I'm sorry. Unfortunately, today the 1st 313 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,480 Amendment only applies to evil. You can say whatever you want. 314 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:44,120 Evil. You can. 315 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,480 You can. You can offend people according 316 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,960 to their religion, what have you. 317 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,880 That's OK. But when you preach Jesus 318 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,520 Christ, they walk up to you in the entire world and tell you to 319 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,000 stop preaching. So what happened to the First 320 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,440 Amendment? Oh, dear. 321 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,080 Politicians only for evil. Yeah. 322 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,960 You know why There's a prophecy. Yeah. 323 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,840 Oh, glory be to your name, Oh, Lord Jesus Christ. 324 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,440 They call evil good and good evil. 325 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:15,080 So the First Amendment is only good for evil, but no good for 326 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,920 good, but evil for good. Yeah, that should be a maxim. 327 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,960 The First Amendment, good for evil and evil for good. 328 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,920 And Jesus goes on to say you shall not be concerned. 329 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,480 You should not be concerned, first of all, because I told you 330 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,120 it's going to happen, and by these things happening, you're 331 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:40,560 just confirming to the world, and they are confirming to the 332 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,080 world through their ignorance that I am God because I knew 333 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:48,880 these things beforehand. Praise be to His name #1 and #2 334 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,360 Don't be concerned how you will give an answer or what you will 335 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:54,880 say. Christ will be there, the Holy 336 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,680 Spirit will be there. They are fulfilling the warnings 337 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:03,960 and prophecies of the gospel. But beloved, the greatest 338 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:13,520 fulfillment is not what happened to Christ is not is not that you 339 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,920 know what happened to Christ fulfilling the 28th also 340 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,640 prophecies. No, no, no, the greatest of the 341 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,520 fulfillments is not when they are being fulfilled in US today, 342 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,000 what's happening to the followers of Jesus Christ, but 343 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:35,360 what happened to Christ after and what will happen to you and 344 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:42,680 I after we have persevered in the suffering of what the 345 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,480 Scriptures are telling us that we should wait for. 346 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:52,080 That is the future. In verse 30 Paul writes, but God 347 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,840 raised him from the dead. Now when it says God raised him 348 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,160 from the dead, yes, the question, well if Jesus is God, 349 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,280 well does it say, yeah, God raised the flesh. 350 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:08,080 So Jesus in his divinity raised his humanity. 351 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:13,440 I think I mentioned this. Jesus in his divinity which is 352 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:19,360 alive would not die, but his humanity that died, he raised 353 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,480 his flesh. Simple 2 + 2 is 4 and that's not 354 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:28,880 being racist. 2 + 2 is 4 and it cannot be five. 2 + 2 is 4, 355 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:33,160 right? God raised Jesus from the dead. 356 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:38,400 That's the glory, beloved, and look at what Jesus is now 357 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,960 telling you and I through His prophecies, through His 358 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,920 teachings, Matthew 1022 But whoever will endure until the 359 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,840 end, He will live enduring until the end. 360 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,600 That is the greatest thing that's going to happen. 361 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,720 Not, you know, I was glorifying God. 362 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,160 Amen to that. For using us for the fulfillment 363 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,720 of His prophecies to use us as the fulfillers of His prophecy 364 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,000 so that those who are persecuting those who are 365 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,200 through ignorance unknowingly fulfilled prophecies that they 366 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,600 may come back to Jesus and the truth of Jesus Christ, praise be 367 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,840 to his name. John chapter 13 verse 31. 368 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,800 See this is Jesus being God knew this. 369 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:28,200 Now Jesus says, now the Son of man is is present, is eternally 370 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:34,720 is glorified, not will be glorified was glorified, may be 371 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,000 glorified. And this is before he went to 372 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,880 his shameful death. This is before he went to 373 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,000 fulfill the prophecies about how they would shake his head, how 374 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,600 they would give him gold to drink, how they would mock him, 375 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,920 how they would Pierce him, how they would beat him to to the 376 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,800 point where there was no no looks for us to look at him. 377 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,240 There was no beauty for us to look at him. 378 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,520 These are all prophecies. These are all prophecies. 379 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:06,120 But Jesus says, now the Son of man is glorified and God is 380 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:07,840 glorified in him. You know why? 381 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,480 Because he's going to his glory, He's going to die, but he will 382 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:17,560 be resurrected. Jesus is resurrected, is alive, 383 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,960 praise and glory be to his name and God. 384 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:26,960 He's the divinity, the, the, the, the three Norma in the one 385 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:32,160 divine nature will be glorified because that divine nature has 386 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:37,440 resurrected the human nature. There's the glory, beloved, and 387 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:41,000 that's what we have. We have a share in that glory. 388 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:45,800 We already, we are glorified. We are glorified when we have 389 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:50,200 believed in Jesus Christ and we have been put to death in his 390 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,680 death. We have a part of his death. 391 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,360 We've been put to death in baptism. 392 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:00,560 That means we have a part. We have participation in the 393 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:05,200 death of Jesus Christ. Then we also have participation 394 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,880 in his glory when he returns. Second Timothy 212. 395 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:14,560 If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him. 396 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:19,800 Wow, if we suffer with him, we will reign with him. 397 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,760 There's our glory. That is what see suffer that's 398 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:24,600 wide. So that means there's a 399 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,040 prophecy, not only Jesus Christ. Timothy is echoing that there is 400 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:32,680 going to be suffering rejection. There is going to be, you know, 401 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,880 a persecution continue. There is a glory waiting for 402 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,320 you. But if we renounce him as some 403 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:44,280 do, he will also renounce us. Renounce him because today 404 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:49,040 education and technology, technology has so advanced. 405 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,400 It is nothing. It is not a grain of dirt 406 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:58,480 beneath Jesus feet and the feet of his disciples and the feet of 407 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,600 his apostles and the feet of those who died for Jesus Christ. 408 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:10,840 Technology, education, academia is not worthy to be a grain of 409 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:15,600 dirt, sand underneath, beneath Jesus feet. 410 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,440 No, beloved, don't renounce Jesus Christ because you know 411 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,520 more now, because there you know, and there's all these 412 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:26,280 capitulations and there's these, these words that are being used 413 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:31,120 like the greater the word, the more effect that word has, you 414 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:31,800 know. No, no, no. 415 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,560 Let me give you a few words. Jesus is risen simple. 416 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,840 That's it. Glory be to his name, and he is 417 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:42,760 reigning from heaven on earth. And that rain is awaiting us as 418 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,160 well. Luke chapter 12, verse 37. 419 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:50,200 Blessings to those servants. Listen to this blessings to 420 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,800 those servants, everyone. We are the servants of Christ, 421 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,080 whom when their Lord will come, He shall find, while they are 422 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:05,760 watching, serving relentlessly, joyfully, serving, serving Him, 423 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:11,040 praising Him, preaching Him, worshipping Him, enduring with 424 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,360 Him, persevering with Him. Amen. 425 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:17,200 I say to you that he shall gird his waste. 426 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,880 This is a promise. And those who are suffering, 427 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,000 causing us sufferings, this is what they are. 428 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,160 They are foreseeing us to. They are, you know they are 429 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,160 pushing us to that. They are, they are bidding us 430 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,440 farewell to this, that the Lord will come and shall gird his 431 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:37,240 waste, that is, He will reward and grant rest to each and 432 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:42,320 everyone was individually, and he shall make them to recline, 433 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:47,280 and he shall go through and shall wait on them, serve them. 434 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:53,000 Of course, Revelation 7/17 He will wipe away all our tears, no 435 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:58,160 more suffering, no more persecution, if we persevere 436 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:02,640 with him. So you see the Jews, Saint Paul 437 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:11,000 is talking about ignorantly, foolishly doing what they were 438 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,760 doing or fulfilling the prophecies. 439 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:15,840 Now you can't say. Well then, OK, well then what? 440 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,480 What problem did you know what? What's the issue there? 441 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,360 What fault do they have? Yeah, but they didn't 442 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,000 understand. They didn't accept. 443 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:23,920 And that's what Jesus was trying to say to them. 444 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,080 I am here. I'm the prophecy. 445 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,840 I am the fulfiller of the prophecy. 446 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,680 I am the Lord, I am the Messiah. So if prophecies are being 447 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:41,880 fulfilled in us as Christians, as believers of God, worship of 448 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,560 worshippers of God, that is an honor in itself. 449 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,360 But the greatest honor is awaiting us. 450 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,600 Let us continue steadfast. Believe it, beloved, in the 451 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,880 Church. Let us continue steadfast in the 452 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:59,040 Church, which is a descendant of the early Church which the 453 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:03,120 disciples and apostles built upon their foundation. 454 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,840 Saint Paul writes to the Thessalonians, You have been 455 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:11,880 built upon the foundation of the apostles, and Christ is the 456 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,160 cornerstone. And within this Church there are 457 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,280 prophecies, there are warnings, there are teachings that there 458 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,040 will be suffering. Two benefits. 459 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:27,000 Those who are causing suffering, they are fulfilling prophecies 460 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,880 and only ignorantly proclaiming and confirming. 461 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,120 Jesus is God, praising glory to his name and he will return. 462 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,880 And those who are being persecuted and are suffering, 463 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:44,920 they have a glory awaiting them. Just as God raised his Son from 464 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:50,640 the dead, so too he will raise us from the dead to that glory 465 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,320 that is awaiting all who live in the hope of our Lord and our 466 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,280 Saviour Jesus Christ. Praise and glory be to His holy 467 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,120 name now and at all times and forever. 468 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,480 Amen. 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