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 --> 00:00:19,360 knowledge. Sanctify our souls by your truth 7 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,800 and grant that we may be obedient to your words and may 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,160 fulfill your commandments at every hour, O you. 9 00:00:26,710 --> 00:00:29,950 Who enlightens the rational with the knowledge of your greatness? 10 00:00:30,750 --> 00:00:34,550 Do enlight, O my Lord, our thoughts that we may meditate 11 00:00:34,550 --> 00:00:37,590 upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times, O Lord 12 00:00:37,590 --> 00:00:40,840 of all. Father and Son and Holy Spirit 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,560 forever. Amen. 14 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,959 What a blessing it has been for the past few episodes coming to 15 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,240 you from the 35th National Youth Conference of the Asian Church 16 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,560 of the East, Northern America, I had the pleasure of being with 17 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,560 the Ravi Kashiki Vargas Rashouk, or Bishop, the president of the 18 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,520 NEC National Executive Committee, and my brother 19 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,400 Deacon. Andrew Aziz and I have another 20 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,120 special guest. No, but on better that guest 21 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,040 dear to the heart. But before I do that. 22 00:01:29,650 --> 00:01:33,770 This episode is live at well, it's not live now, but it was 23 00:01:33,770 --> 00:01:37,610 recorded live before the before an audience at the National 24 00:01:37,610 --> 00:01:40,370 Youth Conference. So I'd like you all to say hello 25 00:01:40,370 --> 00:01:45,770 to the podcast land out there. Excellent, excellent. 26 00:01:45,770 --> 00:01:49,810 Well, great to great to have you guys and we love you enjoying 27 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:52,970 the conference. Perfect. 28 00:01:53,010 --> 00:01:55,530 Perfect. And this is not scripted, by the 29 00:01:55,530 --> 00:01:58,370 way. I have with me Shamasha Deacon, 30 00:01:58,370 --> 00:02:00,410 Peter as well. Not the first time on the 31 00:02:00,410 --> 00:02:02,250 episode. Second time, second. 32 00:02:02,250 --> 00:02:05,450 And last, no, no second time. Shamasha Azizaro with Sheena. 33 00:02:05,970 --> 00:02:09,050 Welcome and love to have you. I'd love to have you again with 34 00:02:09,050 --> 00:02:10,690 us one more time. Thank you, Robbie. 35 00:02:10,690 --> 00:02:12,490 I appreciate you having me on this podcast. 36 00:02:12,490 --> 00:02:16,450 And again, a nice shout out to our live studio audience today. 37 00:02:16,610 --> 00:02:18,410 Yeah, Give yourself a round of applause. 38 00:02:18,410 --> 00:02:19,690 There you go. Excellent. 39 00:02:19,930 --> 00:02:24,930 Excellent. Look at those dimples. 40 00:02:24,930 --> 00:02:28,650 I love the dimples. Well, here we are at the 31st 41 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:34,010 Youth at 35th Youth Conference. Shamasha not of the world. 42 00:02:34,610 --> 00:02:38,330 Yes, that was our theme, John, 15/9. 43 00:02:38,530 --> 00:02:40,130 I think you come up with that too. 44 00:02:41,210 --> 00:02:43,690 Yeah, I did. With the help with the NEC, we 45 00:02:43,690 --> 00:02:45,410 put together this conference theme. 46 00:02:46,010 --> 00:02:48,010 We thought it was important to let our youth know that. 47 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,480 Like we will be speaking about today in this podcast that we 48 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,640 are not of this world and as Christians we have to live that 49 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:57,360 way if we are taking up our crosses and falling Christ. 50 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,720 So this is a commitment we have to take and I think at this age 51 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,640 from 13 to 30, which is our youth ages, it's a very vital 52 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:08,120 part of our lives that we have to take up this decision 53 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,120 personally and it make this commitment to Christ, the 54 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:15,510 service church and to serve him. I'm sure everyone has a special 55 00:03:15,510 --> 00:03:18,790 moment, a special message that has touched their heart, their 56 00:03:18,790 --> 00:03:23,430 minds, and maybe brought them to the specific understanding about 57 00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:28,670 their role as Christians. We when it when we say 58 00:03:28,670 --> 00:03:31,950 Christians we mean children of God, we mean Christ. 59 00:03:31,950 --> 00:03:36,390 Like those who have not seen Christ should see him in you and 60 00:03:36,390 --> 00:03:39,750 I and all those who have proclaimed Jesus to be their 61 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:41,990 Lord and save and baptize the name of the Holy Trinity. 62 00:03:42,660 --> 00:03:47,420 My well, you know, the whole conference was amazing, but 63 00:03:47,820 --> 00:03:54,020 something His Grace Marpolis touched upon in his reflection, 64 00:03:54,380 --> 00:03:57,340 which I'm not going to read the entire passage, but I'd like to 65 00:03:57,340 --> 00:04:01,380 speak about that little it was in from first Peter, chapter 2, 66 00:04:01,380 --> 00:04:06,380 verses 11, and he went on to, I think 12 And it goes, Beloved, I 67 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:11,020 beg of you as wayfarers, you know, sojourners. 68 00:04:11,580 --> 00:04:16,579 Masha Harper, Refugees and his His Grace touched up on that. 69 00:04:16,579 --> 00:04:21,779 Refugees and as foreigners, strangers in this world, by the 70 00:04:21,779 --> 00:04:25,940 way, depart from all these desires of the body that make 71 00:04:25,980 --> 00:04:29,340 war against the soul. I want to break this down a 72 00:04:29,340 --> 00:04:31,420 little bit more. I know there was, you know, time 73 00:04:31,420 --> 00:04:34,340 restraints and I I'm sure His Grace would have elaborated even 74 00:04:34,340 --> 00:04:37,540 though but, you know, we had other programs to attend to. 75 00:04:37,540 --> 00:04:41,410 I think we had sessions. Let's talk about the word that 76 00:04:41,650 --> 00:04:48,010 Saint Peter Marshall and Kerpa Peter the Rock Peter Simon uses 77 00:04:48,010 --> 00:04:52,210 here, Wayfarers or Sojourners or Masha Khapa. 78 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:56,170 And I think this word brings it home with the Assyrian 79 00:04:56,170 --> 00:05:01,410 community. We have, if not thousands or 10s 80 00:05:01,410 --> 00:05:05,810 of 10s of thousands, at least 10s of 10s of thousands of 81 00:05:05,810 --> 00:05:10,170 refugees. That are in the diaspora define 82 00:05:10,170 --> 00:05:13,530 refugee Shamasha. What do you what do you what 83 00:05:13,530 --> 00:05:16,730 comes to your mind when you hear the word refugees. 84 00:05:16,730 --> 00:05:19,370 Masha Khatter, Sojourners, Wayfarers. 85 00:05:20,450 --> 00:05:23,130 I think the first term that comes to mind is displacement 86 00:05:23,850 --> 00:05:27,770 and not being somewhere that you are accustomed to, not being 87 00:05:27,770 --> 00:05:32,490 somewhere that you should call home, being uncomfortable, being 88 00:05:32,930 --> 00:05:36,410 sometimes persecuted. And going through some tough 89 00:05:36,410 --> 00:05:39,450 times. Fleeing hardship, of course. 90 00:05:39,450 --> 00:05:43,810 Persecutions, yes. So Peter using, saying Peter 91 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:50,490 using this word, he wants to emphasize that, you know let's 92 00:05:50,490 --> 00:05:53,970 let's talk a little bit more about that our people who left 93 00:05:54,090 --> 00:05:58,010 Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, because of ISIS, because of the 94 00:05:58,010 --> 00:06:01,690 wars and the persecutions and and to date Christians are being 95 00:06:01,690 --> 00:06:03,530 persecuted. It is a prayer in the. 96 00:06:05,030 --> 00:06:08,990 In the liturgy of holy matrimony, this is the cross for 97 00:06:08,990 --> 00:06:12,030 which the martyrs shed their blood. 98 00:06:12,310 --> 00:06:17,790 And I dare to also add that and today are shedding their blood, 99 00:06:17,790 --> 00:06:20,390 of course. So they're fleeing persecution, 100 00:06:20,910 --> 00:06:23,350 persecutions, they're fleeing hardship. 101 00:06:23,830 --> 00:06:27,910 And they're they're arriving in these countries in Australia, 102 00:06:27,910 --> 00:06:31,790 Canada, Europe, America. But really? 103 00:06:32,830 --> 00:06:37,430 In the anticipation that they're going to have a safe and calm 104 00:06:37,510 --> 00:06:39,910 and tranquil life in these countries. 105 00:06:40,630 --> 00:06:45,830 However, however, if we were persecuted in the Middle East, 106 00:06:46,110 --> 00:06:50,390 physically there is spiritual persecution and I, some of the 107 00:06:50,550 --> 00:06:55,310 bishops touched up on that. So when we flee these countries 108 00:06:55,310 --> 00:06:59,550 and we come to these in the diaspora, we think I we we've 109 00:06:59,550 --> 00:07:01,870 reached our safe haven, but really not. 110 00:07:02,370 --> 00:07:04,170 Right. And I always wonder if something 111 00:07:04,170 --> 00:07:06,850 happens in the middle in the in the dice work where we're going 112 00:07:06,850 --> 00:07:10,730 to run to from there, right. So really even these countries 113 00:07:10,730 --> 00:07:15,060 that we have arrived at. Are not as safe as we think they 114 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:16,940 are. They may be physically safe. 115 00:07:16,940 --> 00:07:19,460 You know, we have good life, but spiritually we're not safe. 116 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:21,900 I think what Saint Peter, and correct me if I'm wrong and to 117 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:25,740 join in is what Saint Peter is trying to tell us that Listen, 118 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:30,020 wherever you are in this world, there is you still are a 119 00:07:30,060 --> 00:07:31,700 sojourner. The sojourner. 120 00:07:31,980 --> 00:07:34,660 You are a refugee. You are a Masha heart. 121 00:07:35,060 --> 00:07:38,140 Expect to continue to have hardship. 122 00:07:38,890 --> 00:07:43,050 Financial relationship, families, nation, church, 123 00:07:43,050 --> 00:07:50,130 community, mostly spiritually. However, we have a specific 124 00:07:50,330 --> 00:07:55,050 citizenship of one place where there will be no persecution, 125 00:07:55,050 --> 00:07:58,690 there will be no suffering, and that is the Kingdom of heaven. 126 00:07:58,890 --> 00:08:01,530 You know how many citizens, How many passports do you have? 127 00:08:01,890 --> 00:08:02,570 One. One. 128 00:08:02,650 --> 00:08:04,690 I have two. And I'm applying for another 129 00:08:04,690 --> 00:08:07,250 one, so I'm gonna be a I'm not a diplomat, but I'm applying for 130 00:08:07,250 --> 00:08:10,650 another one. I have 3 passports, 3 hopefully 131 00:08:10,650 --> 00:08:14,810 I'll have 3 citizenships right, but I'm still not safe. 132 00:08:15,210 --> 00:08:21,950 My 4th citizenship, which. I will not be titled and claimed 133 00:08:22,030 --> 00:08:26,150 as sojourner. I cannot claim refugee status. 134 00:08:26,470 --> 00:08:30,750 I claim to be the chill, the child of that place. 135 00:08:30,830 --> 00:08:35,350 I claim to be the heir of that country which is the Jerusalem 136 00:08:35,350 --> 00:08:37,190 about which is the Kingdom of heaven. 137 00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:41,390 So I think this is what Saint Peter is trying to tell us, you 138 00:08:41,390 --> 00:08:44,550 and I, that just because you flee these countries. 139 00:08:45,130 --> 00:08:46,770 It's not the end. There's going to be more 140 00:08:46,770 --> 00:08:49,050 hardship. But wait, there is a greater 141 00:08:49,050 --> 00:08:52,450 place as the Kingdom of heaven. Yeah, I would have to agree with 142 00:08:52,450 --> 00:08:54,050 that. And again, you touched on a 143 00:08:54,050 --> 00:08:58,050 great part, our citizenship in the world to come as a royal 144 00:08:58,050 --> 00:09:03,170 citizenship, because we're sons of the king, so we are by 145 00:09:03,170 --> 00:09:07,890 baptism and by our faith and by our works, we are entitled in a 146 00:09:07,890 --> 00:09:11,690 way to live internally with God in that place forever. 147 00:09:12,090 --> 00:09:14,130 Which is the Kingdom of God. And I think you touched upon a 148 00:09:14,130 --> 00:09:16,210 great point. I'll be that no matter what we 149 00:09:16,210 --> 00:09:20,090 do in this life, no matter where we go, wherever, what country we 150 00:09:20,090 --> 00:09:23,610 end up in, we're never really comfortable, you know, because 151 00:09:24,050 --> 00:09:28,290 our morals, our identity, our faith is constantly being 152 00:09:28,290 --> 00:09:30,970 pressured and persecuted and ridiculed. 153 00:09:31,650 --> 00:09:36,140 Attacked, really. In every place that we live and 154 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:39,020 in various different means and and now it's unfortunate that 155 00:09:39,380 --> 00:09:43,260 it's being exposed even to younger children and to kind of 156 00:09:43,860 --> 00:09:47,860 it's becoming really, really okay and it's becoming very 157 00:09:47,940 --> 00:09:51,020 normalized in society to persecute religion and 158 00:09:51,020 --> 00:09:54,940 especially Christianity. I think we can agree that 159 00:09:54,940 --> 00:09:57,900 Christianity is the most persecuted religion in this 160 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:02,580 world and from the beginning and from its inception, even the 161 00:10:02,580 --> 00:10:05,240 Bible says that. The apostles feared for their 162 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,440 lives in the days of Christ, you know, in the days of the 163 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,440 Pentecost, especially when they were awaiting the Holy Spirit 164 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:13,960 before they gained that strength. 165 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,480 And I think if we look at the Pentecost too, when the apostles 166 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,080 received the Holy Spirit, they were strengthened. 167 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:23,480 So I think also us as baptized Christians, we have to take 168 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,600 heart that we also do have the gift of the Holy Spirit to guide 169 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,520 us. So we're not alone in this 170 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,880 journey. And I think that's one thing 171 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:36,400 that's different with this. Migration or with this refugee 172 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,480 status that we have as Christians is that, you know, we 173 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,960 don't need a foreign government to welcome us. 174 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:44,520 We don't need individuals to help us. 175 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,960 We don't need aid organizations to support us. 176 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,640 What we have is the gift of the Holy Spirit, I mean. 177 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,640 And the Jade us that is always providing for us. 178 00:10:53,070 --> 00:10:57,790 You know the refugees that are in Otlish, Austria and you know 179 00:10:57,790 --> 00:11:02,150 at one stage it was Greece and where else I think it was 180 00:11:02,150 --> 00:11:07,030 Greece, Lebanon. They had to go through a point 181 00:11:07,030 --> 00:11:10,310 system when they were applying for refugees that and this is 182 00:11:10,310 --> 00:11:12,990 refugee status. They had to, they went through a 183 00:11:12,990 --> 00:11:17,310 point system and you had to make a a specific specific criteria. 184 00:11:17,630 --> 00:11:21,550 Many of them were refused the refugee status and they kept on 185 00:11:21,550 --> 00:11:24,030 applying after 5th or. 6th time and whatever. 186 00:11:24,190 --> 00:11:25,630 And there have to be an intervention. 187 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:31,670 It's the same with our spiritual refugee status on this world. 188 00:11:31,670 --> 00:11:34,390 You know, there is a point system. 189 00:11:34,910 --> 00:11:40,150 We need to meet a criteria, and one of those is that if we think 190 00:11:40,150 --> 00:11:43,070 we are comfortable and at ease in these countries, we're not. 191 00:11:43,070 --> 00:11:45,670 We need to continue to fight the battle. 192 00:11:46,430 --> 00:11:49,390 The battle is everywhere, at every place. 193 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:54,620 So the criteria is that we live according to the commandments of 194 00:11:54,620 --> 00:11:56,340 our Lord and our Savior, Jesus Christ. 195 00:11:56,700 --> 00:11:59,340 We follow Jesus Christ. That's what we were singing. 196 00:11:59,340 --> 00:12:02,700 We will follow Jesus. We continue to obey. 197 00:12:02,740 --> 00:12:06,180 Obedience is the key factor for a Christian, you know. 198 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:11,580 So the criteria is that if we live a life, a pious life, 199 00:12:11,620 --> 00:12:15,420 according to God's will, according to the statutes of the 200 00:12:15,420 --> 00:12:18,070 Lord. And being a beating to our Jesus 201 00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:22,870 Christ and loving him and loving our fellow neighbor, or our 202 00:12:22,870 --> 00:12:24,390 fellow Christian or just our neighbor. 203 00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:29,950 Then when the visa time arrives, you know, as soon as I remember 204 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:34,350 when my family was arriving from migrating from Australia to the 205 00:12:34,350 --> 00:12:38,990 United States back in 2013, it was around 12:00 o'clock at 206 00:12:38,990 --> 00:12:41,470 night. I got a message from Melissa and 207 00:12:41,470 --> 00:12:45,480 there was a picture of the visa. And this is about 12/12/30 and I 208 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:50,120 used to reside with His Grace today, His Holiness 1230 on his 209 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:51,360 veteran talk. Guess, guess, See, I got the 210 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,600 visa, They got the visa right. I was excited, but they were 211 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:59,680 migrating from a land of toil and hardship to a bigger land of 212 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:03,480 toil and a hardship, right? But when that visa? 213 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,600 Is is due when we receive that amazing welcome. 214 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,800 This is what the countries do They welcome you to their 215 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,280 countries and you know those who receive the citizenships. 216 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,520 It's always I got my citizen, I'm America citizen now right 217 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,480 when we receive that citizenship, that calling from 218 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,440 our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we don't need a welcome 219 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,360 from the governments. We don't need to attend any 220 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,840 special ceremony. We will be. 221 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,120 Abiding in the blessings and the bliss of our Lord now Savior 222 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,000 Jesus Christ. Remember, remember, and this is 223 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,800 what we forget sometimes we are Co airs with Jesus Christ. 224 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,200 Mirad Gary, we have a special place that is prepared for you 225 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,000 and I and this is what we've been stressing and this is what 226 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,440 we've been the message we've been giving the youth and you 227 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,800 know obviously the entire world is that we need to live a life 228 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,040 in this world and we're still going to go through the 229 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,920 hardship, but not to be of this world. 230 00:14:01,580 --> 00:14:05,540 Not to have the desires of this world, not to be drawn and 231 00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:08,260 seduced by the desires of this world. 232 00:14:08,580 --> 00:14:11,980 That's some of the difficulties that our youth are engaging and 233 00:14:11,980 --> 00:14:16,140 experiencing, the desires of the world that are seducing them and 234 00:14:16,540 --> 00:14:19,020 and obviously the desires of the world are not desires of 235 00:14:19,060 --> 00:14:19,940 allergies. Christ. 236 00:14:20,540 --> 00:14:22,340 Yeah, I think you touched on a good rate point would all be 237 00:14:22,340 --> 00:14:25,420 that basically you've been saying that citizenship requires 238 00:14:25,420 --> 00:14:30,060 discipline and just as we have citizenships of this world. 239 00:14:30,650 --> 00:14:34,530 We have to pledge loyalty and authority and submission to 240 00:14:34,530 --> 00:14:37,050 authority as well. So just like in this world, we 241 00:14:37,050 --> 00:14:41,410 follow the laws of the land, so we're not judged by them, so 242 00:14:41,410 --> 00:14:44,650 we're not placed into into judgment by them. 243 00:14:45,010 --> 00:14:49,050 And I think one thing we tend to forget because maybe there's no 244 00:14:49,050 --> 00:14:54,330 policeman for heaven roaming the earth that we also have to stay 245 00:14:54,330 --> 00:14:57,570 loyal to the commandments of God and and I think that's a big 246 00:14:57,570 --> 00:15:00,490 part of it because. Sometimes we don't see the the 247 00:15:00,490 --> 00:15:04,410 fear of God and in ourselves and in our youth and our generation 248 00:15:04,410 --> 00:15:08,850 because it seems so distant to people that, you know, Judgment 249 00:15:08,850 --> 00:15:10,610 Day is so far away. I have time. 250 00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:14,090 I have time, I have time. But Robby, you can recall what 251 00:15:14,090 --> 00:15:16,490 does the morning prayer say in the Church of the East, day 252 00:15:16,490 --> 00:15:19,570 after day? I promise that I will repent. 253 00:15:20,140 --> 00:15:23,220 The day goes by and my sins. Still remain. 254 00:15:23,260 --> 00:15:25,380 Yeah. Lord have mercy on me, yeah. 255 00:15:26,260 --> 00:15:29,180 So sometimes we think we have so much time in this world that we 256 00:15:29,180 --> 00:15:32,340 can wait and we can put things off like our faith and like 257 00:15:32,340 --> 00:15:35,420 repentance. But there's no time in the sense 258 00:15:35,420 --> 00:15:38,620 that as Christians, we can't live that lifestyle. 259 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:41,540 We have to live according to the commandments of God, all the 260 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:44,460 days of our life. I remember of a story and and it 261 00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:49,140 goes like the head of this demons, the chief Satan came out 262 00:15:49,140 --> 00:15:52,860 and there was a. Satanic come down the Satanic 263 00:15:52,860 --> 00:15:56,420 conference and the chief came out and said, I want one demon 264 00:15:56,420 --> 00:16:00,420 to go down on earth to cause the world to come and join us in 265 00:16:00,420 --> 00:16:03,100 hell. And there was a silence. 266 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:07,460 One of the demons said, I will, it's what you're going to do. 267 00:16:07,460 --> 00:16:11,460 I'm going to go and tell them relax and enjoy, you know, have 268 00:16:11,460 --> 00:16:13,540 fun. This is amazing. 269 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:18,660 And this is the world and you know, and I'll try to, you know. 270 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,640 Have them conform to the patterns of the world and the, 271 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,120 the chief said, he said no, no, no, that's not going to work 272 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,520 because when they were in hardship they joined me to God. 273 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,880 And then there was a longer period of silence. 274 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:32,840 And the second demon said, you know what? 275 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:37,720 I'll go and and cause wars and and hardship and you know, 276 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,160 brother against brother and mother against sons and 277 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:45,960 whatever. He said no, even then they tend 278 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,480 to come back to God and you know. 279 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,640 Be obedient And there was a longer silence and the third 280 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,040 demon said I know what I'm going to do. 281 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,480 I'm going to go tell the world You have plenty of time you have 282 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:04,200 plenty of time And the chief said he said you're going go and 283 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,000 tell them that they have plenty of time. 284 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,160 You know we prepare our life and we it's it's all according to 285 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:15,160 time we you know I'm sure when you budget. 286 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,079 Financially, you leave a little bit for this and a little bit 287 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:20,240 for that. You cover everything. 288 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:25,640 But when we prepare our day, our our months, our weeks, our 289 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:30,320 years, we never, ever pencil in death, right? 290 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,640 We never even think about death. We don't like to hear about 291 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,480 death. We have an idiom. 292 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,880 Alahala marzilo, Hon khasha. Well, that's not realistic. 293 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,040 But we're going to go through sorrow, right? 294 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:47,150 But we must pray that. Lord, help me to focus on you 295 00:17:47,150 --> 00:17:51,870 continuously so that when I do have to face hardship, judgment, 296 00:17:52,590 --> 00:17:56,710 times that are trying temptations that I even if I 297 00:17:56,710 --> 00:18:00,750 make fall, I get up and I continue my life with you until 298 00:18:01,310 --> 00:18:05,110 you return. I always say Christianity is not 299 00:18:05,110 --> 00:18:07,710 a click of the finger Finger Repent. 300 00:18:07,790 --> 00:18:11,230 Are you repented? Yeah, today I repented. 301 00:18:11,230 --> 00:18:12,830 I don't know if I'm going to sleep tomorrow. 302 00:18:12,830 --> 00:18:16,070 It's a lifetime commitment. You know, they say Christianity 303 00:18:16,070 --> 00:18:18,870 is not 100 meter race. It's a it's a marathon. 304 00:18:19,070 --> 00:18:20,990 It's a journey. It's a journey, and we're 305 00:18:20,990 --> 00:18:23,870 sojourners. OK, well, you know these. 306 00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:25,150 Do you have anything else you want? 307 00:18:25,830 --> 00:18:29,030 To. OK, well, these episodes are not 308 00:18:29,030 --> 00:18:33,430 too long, and Steven always says 28 minutes, 25 minutes. 309 00:18:33,750 --> 00:18:36,510 By the way, I'd like to acknowledge the producers. 310 00:18:36,510 --> 00:18:38,510 Steven, who's here? Big ground for pause. 311 00:18:46,070 --> 00:18:48,270 Adrina couldn't be with us, Adrina or Shana? 312 00:18:48,270 --> 00:18:52,910 Shout out to her. And Kristen Maria is part time 313 00:18:52,910 --> 00:19:01,390 producer. Thank you and thank you for you, 314 00:19:01,430 --> 00:19:03,150 the audience. A big round of applause for you 315 00:19:03,150 --> 00:19:07,990 guys as well. And you know, I always say. 316 00:19:10,970 --> 00:19:13,330 Thank you to those who have approached myself or Steven 317 00:19:13,330 --> 00:19:19,930 Christen and you know they expressed their their what is it 318 00:19:19,930 --> 00:19:24,250 satisfaction or with the with the podcast Don't tell me what's 319 00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:25,770 good. Come and tell me what you don't 320 00:19:25,770 --> 00:19:29,970 like of the podcast. OK So what is good is God. 321 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:34,040 Glory to his name. What is not so effective? 322 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,800 That is what I'd like to hear about South that we can correct 323 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,040 and make effective. And this is always everything 324 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,360 that we do. We do for the glory of God first 325 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:45,640 and foremost and for the salvation of the souls. 326 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,960 God bless you all and it's been great to see you all. 327 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,640 Shamasha, any last words and. Last comments yeah, it'll be. 328 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,000 I don't think we can end this podcast without saying as 329 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,560 members of the Nash the North American executive committee 330 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,910 that. We would love to see all of you 331 00:19:59,910 --> 00:20:03,030 guys next year at our conference, especially if you're 332 00:20:03,030 --> 00:20:04,670 age between the ages of 13 to 30. 333 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:07,510 We really highly suggest you join your local chapter of these 334 00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:11,990 association so that next year we can see you in person and we can 335 00:20:11,990 --> 00:20:14,590 meet you in person. So that together we can go on 336 00:20:14,590 --> 00:20:18,390 this journey as sojourners and we can work together to build up 337 00:20:18,390 --> 00:20:22,990 our faith and to enjoy our friendships in our church and 338 00:20:23,230 --> 00:20:26,420 with our own people. Anaheim Next to You, Right Is 339 00:20:26,420 --> 00:20:29,020 it? You know Irvine, CA, Yes. 340 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:30,100 California. Great. 341 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:35,900 Let's continue gaining all the points that we need so that when 342 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:41,580 the visa has actually been issued that we will all see each 343 00:20:41,580 --> 00:20:45,540 other in the Kingdom of heaven. I'd like to see everyone in the 344 00:20:45,540 --> 00:20:48,570 Kingdom of heaven. No more preaching. 345 00:20:48,570 --> 00:20:49,970 No more podcast. Hello. 346 00:20:50,210 --> 00:20:52,570 Thank you, Lord. No more podcast, No more Raza, 347 00:20:53,050 --> 00:20:56,210 No more praying. And I always say, if we pray in 348 00:20:56,210 --> 00:20:59,530 the Kingdom of heaven, it will be our Father in heaven, 349 00:20:59,530 --> 00:21:00,930 hallowed be your name. That's it. 350 00:21:01,450 --> 00:21:04,330 Because if we ask for the Kingdom to come, the Lord will 351 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,970 say, well, you're in the Kingdom, Papara, you're in the 352 00:21:06,970 --> 00:21:10,490 Kingdom. And if we say your will be done 353 00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:15,410 while my will has been done in your life, that is why you're in 354 00:21:15,410 --> 00:21:19,990 the Kingdom. As in heaven saw on earth. 355 00:21:19,990 --> 00:21:22,150 What earth? Earth is gone, is melted. 356 00:21:22,150 --> 00:21:24,990 All the elements have melted. Forgive our sins. 357 00:21:24,990 --> 00:21:26,150 What? You're a Sinner and you're in 358 00:21:26,150 --> 00:21:28,300 the Kingdom of heaven. You know that's not going to 359 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:31,420 happen. We will be glorifying God along 360 00:21:31,420 --> 00:21:33,340 with the angels. Amalah. 361 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,620 Fine. We cry out with the Angel. 362 00:21:35,620 --> 00:21:41,100 Holy, holy, holy, are you. Praise and glory be to the name 363 00:21:41,140 --> 00:21:44,180 of our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ and the Holy 364 00:21:44,180 --> 00:21:46,020 Spirit. Now not all times and forever. 365 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:47,540 Amen. Thank you, God. 366 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,320 We hope you enjoyed this week's message. 367 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:10,560 Please don't forget to rate and review this podcast and share 368 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,880 with your friends and family. For any future topic suggestions 369 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,320 or to give us detailed feedback, please visit our link in the 370 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:23,600 show notes linktr dot EE forward slash double edged sword Until 371 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,000 next time, God bless you all.