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 --> 00:01:07,050 Amen. Join me in a one question. 14 00:01:07,050 --> 00:01:10,070 Jeopardy. And this is the clue. 15 00:01:10,830 --> 00:01:15,750 It supersedes human reason, that is human thought that is based 16 00:01:15,750 --> 00:01:20,670 on empirical, which means experimental and observable 17 00:01:20,670 --> 00:01:26,390 evidence and logic rather than emotion as it pertains the 18 00:01:26,470 --> 00:01:31,270 invisible substance of things you're saying. 19 00:01:31,270 --> 00:01:32,590 Yeah, right. What was that? 20 00:01:33,070 --> 00:01:36,870 Well, the answer is what is faith? 21 00:01:37,990 --> 00:01:42,350 That is believing in and living in that belief. 22 00:01:43,510 --> 00:01:49,550 Have you heard of modus ponens? It's Latin literally means mode 23 00:01:49,790 --> 00:01:53,150 that affirms. Now I'm going to confuse even 24 00:01:53,150 --> 00:01:54,830 more the Enlightenment out of you. 25 00:01:56,230 --> 00:02:00,350 And this is the rule of logic stating that if a conditional 26 00:02:00,350 --> 00:02:05,160 statement, conditional statement, which means if P then 27 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,760 Q. See there's a condition there. 28 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:15,200 If P then Q is accepted and the antecedent or the forerunner P 29 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:22,200 holds, then the consequent Q may be inferred which is 30 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,400 conditional. Stevens looking at me like what 31 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,320 are you going on about? Well, that is an equation of 32 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:34,660 logic, reason, rule of nature. It's complicated, isn't it? 33 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:39,300 Thank God for faith because it supersedes this rule. 34 00:02:39,980 --> 00:02:42,420 Now I'm not going to discuss that. 35 00:02:42,780 --> 00:02:46,460 We're going to discuss logic, reason, but rather something 36 00:02:46,980 --> 00:02:51,980 other than the greatness of God that supersedes that of all 37 00:02:51,980 --> 00:02:54,540 gods. Second Chronicle 25. 38 00:02:55,780 --> 00:03:00,980 Greater than the peace of God that supersedes every thought. 39 00:03:01,540 --> 00:03:07,860 Philippines 47 But rather discussing faith, let's discuss 40 00:03:07,980 --> 00:03:11,660 faith. And I always like to quote the 41 00:03:11,660 --> 00:03:15,020 Church Fathers. Saint John Chris Austin writes 42 00:03:15,180 --> 00:03:20,390 Faith supersedes or surpasses human reason. 43 00:03:20,710 --> 00:03:24,030 That equation I just I just gave you that logic equation. 44 00:03:24,310 --> 00:03:29,230 Faith supersedes, surpasses human reason which is human 45 00:03:29,230 --> 00:03:32,030 thought that is based on empirical, that is experimental 46 00:03:32,030 --> 00:03:35,430 and observe observable evidence and logic. 47 00:03:35,550 --> 00:03:39,510 It supersedes logic rather than emotion as it pertains the 48 00:03:39,510 --> 00:03:43,430 individual in the invisible. I'm sorry, Substance of things. 49 00:03:43,430 --> 00:03:48,330 Tongue twisters, SJC acronyms. I love acronyms. 50 00:03:48,330 --> 00:03:52,890 And John Christostom continues, it is faith that succeeds, 51 00:03:52,970 --> 00:03:57,730 transcends the anxiety of our search to see hidden reasons in 52 00:03:57,730 --> 00:04:01,330 God's purpose. When we try to find and work out 53 00:04:01,330 --> 00:04:07,770 why God did it, why he didn't do it, what is his purpose for me? 54 00:04:08,090 --> 00:04:11,850 And we try to find it through logic and reason and the law of 55 00:04:11,850 --> 00:04:15,050 nature and what have you. Well, if you don't have faith, 56 00:04:15,170 --> 00:04:18,490 you will continue to be anxious because you will not receive 57 00:04:18,649 --> 00:04:23,050 that Peace of Mind, that assurance of the purpose of God 58 00:04:23,050 --> 00:04:27,010 for you. Let's talk about faith and and 59 00:04:27,010 --> 00:04:33,610 look at 2 aspects of faith to the quantity of faith that is 60 00:04:33,610 --> 00:04:37,780 required through the scriptures and the Holy Church Fathers and 61 00:04:37,780 --> 00:04:41,500 the Church itself through the liturgy and the quality of 62 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:44,100 faith. Why do I say the quantity? 63 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:50,060 Because many people claim and many be people attest to this 64 00:04:50,060 --> 00:04:53,180 person have this person having a lot of faith. 65 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:56,060 You know, Nasir and I always mention and I stressed that RAW 66 00:04:56,060 --> 00:04:59,340 by him and well that goes against the scriptures, that 67 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:02,600 goes against what Jesus Christ has taught us now. 68 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:08,120 The quantity of faith that we need to attain, to possess, to 69 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,840 strive for our steadfast unmovable relationship with the 70 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:17,840 Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit is that simple faith, 71 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,920 that's the quantity. Simple faith. 72 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:23,240 The mustard seed. Faith. 73 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,920 Mountain moving faith. Faith that simply relies on 74 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:34,770 faith and faith alone. Faith is that does not only rely 75 00:05:34,770 --> 00:05:39,570 on our examination of things with human reason, standard 76 00:05:39,570 --> 00:05:44,810 capability, wisdom, no logic, no law or rule of nature. 77 00:05:46,210 --> 00:05:50,850 You know that faith that will not chuckle and mocked the 78 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:53,570 faith. The fact that an Angel of the 79 00:05:53,570 --> 00:05:57,490 Lord numbers. Chapter 22. 80 00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:58,650 Read it. Very interesting. 81 00:05:59,310 --> 00:06:04,190 An Angel of the Lord caused a donkey to speak and rebuke his 82 00:06:04,190 --> 00:06:06,270 master. You may be chuckling now. 83 00:06:07,190 --> 00:06:09,590 Well, you need to examine the faith. 84 00:06:10,630 --> 00:06:14,110 It is in the scriptures. There is a reason why the Angel 85 00:06:14,150 --> 00:06:18,590 of the Lord appeared to Balam and caused his donkey to speak 86 00:06:18,590 --> 00:06:22,810 and to rebuke. You know, sometimes when we we 87 00:06:23,210 --> 00:06:27,210 watch these documentaries on, you know, National Geographics 88 00:06:27,210 --> 00:06:31,890 or some of these videos that are posted, I believe and I 89 00:06:31,890 --> 00:06:35,650 sometimes am rebuked by the fact that animals have more 90 00:06:37,090 --> 00:06:39,490 compassion for one another than human kindness. 91 00:06:39,490 --> 00:06:44,410 I remember I saw this this picture of 1 man kneeling 92 00:06:44,410 --> 00:06:48,770 another another man having a sword in his hand about to 93 00:06:48,770 --> 00:06:51,570 behead the person in the background. 94 00:06:51,890 --> 00:06:55,690 Now whether it was photoshopped or not, in the background there 95 00:06:55,690 --> 00:07:00,890 is a donkey helping or assisting another donkey to climb a Cliff. 96 00:07:01,810 --> 00:07:06,690 So the donkey is helping each other but the man are beheading 97 00:07:06,690 --> 00:07:10,250 one another and that's why we love it. 98 00:07:10,810 --> 00:07:14,850 God sometimes uses nature as well and even the foolish as God 99 00:07:14,850 --> 00:07:20,160 says himself, the fools and the and the the weak to rebuke those 100 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:25,080 who think because of reason and rationale and knowledge and laws 101 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:29,640 and and you know nature and and rules. 102 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:36,400 God puts them to shame to so that they rely only and know and 103 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,960 accept the faith and the power of God. 104 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:45,460 Origin of Alexandria writes this about the, you know, Balham's 105 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:50,380 donkey speaking. I marvel at Balham's donkey and 106 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:54,380 heap blessings on it because it was worthy not only to see the 107 00:07:54,380 --> 00:07:56,180 Angel. Balham didn't see the Angel. 108 00:07:56,340 --> 00:07:58,700 The Angel didn't appear to. Balham did. 109 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:02,140 Not only to see the Angel of God, but even to have its mouth 110 00:08:02,180 --> 00:08:04,700 open and break into human speech. 111 00:08:05,100 --> 00:08:10,060 So the Church in the history of the Church has accepted this 112 00:08:10,060 --> 00:08:13,660 miracle that God worked regardless whether it goes in 113 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:17,100 power with logic and reason and again the law of nature. 114 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:22,940 I'm going to keep mentioning these that must exceed faith, 115 00:08:22,940 --> 00:08:25,860 that simple faith that is expressed and defined. 116 00:08:25,860 --> 00:08:30,940 In Hebrews Chapter 11 verse one, Saint Paul writes faith, that is 117 00:08:30,940 --> 00:08:35,020 the persuasion concerning those things that are in hope. 118 00:08:35,539 --> 00:08:40,179 So when you hope for something, if you have faith, your hope 119 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:44,540 will be lacking. But when you have faith, and 120 00:08:44,540 --> 00:08:49,940 then you hope for something, that hope is persuaded by your 121 00:08:49,940 --> 00:08:54,740 simple faith that as if it is happening, it has happened. 122 00:08:54,780 --> 00:08:59,660 And you will receive according to God's perfect will, not our 123 00:08:59,660 --> 00:09:05,340 will, God's perfect will. Timing and the way he it 124 00:09:05,340 --> 00:09:09,230 appeases him to reply to our hope. 125 00:09:09,230 --> 00:09:13,630 And then he goes on to say, Paul, as if it were these things 126 00:09:13,630 --> 00:09:16,550 in action, as I just mentioned, and the revelation of those 127 00:09:16,550 --> 00:09:19,270 things that are unseen. This is faith. 128 00:09:19,590 --> 00:09:24,110 When you have faith that simple must exceed faith, it is as 129 00:09:24,110 --> 00:09:27,350 though those things that are hidden are already revealed to 130 00:09:27,350 --> 00:09:29,870 you. You know that God will reply, as 131 00:09:29,870 --> 00:09:31,550 I said, according to his perfect time. 132 00:09:31,750 --> 00:09:36,790 So in Theodore of Matsustia, the Assyrian theologian circa 30, 133 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:41,520 sorry, 350 to 428 rights. If someone should be guilty of 134 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,720 10,000 evils, he's commenting on Hebrews 11/1. 135 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:51,840 If someone should be guilty of 10,000 evils only by believing, 136 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,560 that is, we'll talk about expending, We'll expend about on 137 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:59,000 that. Only by believing in Christ he 138 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,480 receives immediately deliverance from all of them, being deemed 139 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,320 worthy of justification from Him. 140 00:10:07,820 --> 00:10:12,260 And this faith, beloved, you may be asking in who faith? 141 00:10:12,260 --> 00:10:20,020 In what faith? In no other than the one true 142 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:29,340 awesome, almighty, sovereign triumph, God the Father 143 00:10:29,340 --> 00:10:33,850 Almighty, Creator of all things visible and invisible, And in 144 00:10:33,850 --> 00:10:38,530 the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, and in the Holy 145 00:10:38,530 --> 00:10:42,530 Spirit, which proceeds from the Father, the life giving spirit. 146 00:10:42,530 --> 00:10:46,290 That's what we're talking about. Why is faith necessary? 147 00:10:47,290 --> 00:10:49,850 Saint Paul comments in Hebrews 11/6. 148 00:10:50,130 --> 00:10:52,410 Because without faith no one can please God. 149 00:10:53,090 --> 00:10:57,890 And if we are not pleasing God, we are not producing the fruits 150 00:10:57,890 --> 00:11:02,940 of repentance. We are not pleasing God with our 151 00:11:02,940 --> 00:11:07,140 words, deeds, and actions. Without faith, without faith, no 152 00:11:07,140 --> 00:11:10,500 one can please God. For whoever is brought me to God 153 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:15,060 must believe that he exists and that he is the rewarder of those 154 00:11:15,260 --> 00:11:18,300 who seek him, must believe that he exists. 155 00:11:18,540 --> 00:11:23,860 If you do not believe in an existing God, a God that is so 156 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:29,180 evident in nature, a God that was seen in his Son and Lord 157 00:11:29,180 --> 00:11:32,620 Jesus Christ, all of his attributes, well, there is no 158 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:35,620 faith, though you know we we can't continue. 159 00:11:36,420 --> 00:11:43,660 It's a hopeless faith. So faith is necessary so that we 160 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:47,340 can please and appease our God in everything that we do. 161 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:53,380 And the quality of faith, beloved, the quality we we spoke 162 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:57,510 about the quantity. And Jesus says as mustard seed, 163 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:02,950 as small as a mustard seed, not rob hemanuto a lot of faith as 164 00:12:02,950 --> 00:12:05,910 small as mustard seed. And when we ask her when the 165 00:12:05,910 --> 00:12:12,350 scriptures refer to increasing faith, the apostles requested 166 00:12:12,350 --> 00:12:17,470 Lord increase our faith. It goes against what Jesus has 167 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:21,230 commanded that we must have right as small as mustard seed. 168 00:12:21,470 --> 00:12:25,910 But what do you think the the apostles were asking for? 169 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,200 They had faith. They were called, they were 170 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,040 chosen by Jesus Christ. They followed Jesus. 171 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,960 They left everything. They followed Jesus. 172 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:40,400 That is faith but the quality of faith, beloved, that will 173 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,320 strengthen our relationship with God. 174 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,880 Keeping in mind James 219 you believe that God is 1. 175 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,400 You do well. The demons also believe and 176 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:56,410 tremble. I'm not going to go into the 177 00:12:56,410 --> 00:13:00,210 deeds, right? That is the act of the faith by 178 00:13:00,210 --> 00:13:03,370 which we will be judged according to Second Corinthians 179 00:13:03,370 --> 00:13:09,810 510, Revelation 2012, Ephesian 210 Matthew 1612. 180 00:13:11,210 --> 00:13:14,530 But we need to affirm and strengthen our faith by what 181 00:13:14,730 --> 00:13:17,170 it's lacking. Hence we do not receive his 182 00:13:17,690 --> 00:13:20,410 trust. So the apostles were asking to 183 00:13:20,410 --> 00:13:24,250 increase our faith. Lord, increase our trust, our 184 00:13:24,250 --> 00:13:31,250 weight in you, because that small mustard seed faith that 185 00:13:31,250 --> 00:13:38,570 Matthew, Simon Andrew, John James had when Jesus called, 186 00:13:38,570 --> 00:13:43,610 they immediately left everything and followed Him needed to be 187 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:50,770 strengthened and accompanied and supported by trust and wait in 188 00:13:50,770 --> 00:13:54,290 God. That may be why you believe, you 189 00:13:54,290 --> 00:13:59,530 pray, but you don't have trust and you are not waiting. 190 00:14:00,330 --> 00:14:04,170 Proverbs 35. Trust or wait in the Lord God 191 00:14:04,170 --> 00:14:09,050 from all your heart and do not trust upon the wisdom of your 192 00:14:09,050 --> 00:14:12,010 soul. Wait upon God. 193 00:14:12,770 --> 00:14:15,210 Trust that God has heard your prayers. 194 00:14:15,210 --> 00:14:19,060 When we pray, the first thing we might do is acknowledge and 195 00:14:19,060 --> 00:14:22,660 trust and know that God has heard. 196 00:14:22,660 --> 00:14:26,900 My God hears the prayers of a Sinner when the Sinner is 197 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:31,980 quiring out to be forgiven and to to be brought to repentance. 198 00:14:32,420 --> 00:14:35,740 God hears every prayers because if God didn't hear the prayers 199 00:14:35,740 --> 00:14:39,380 of the sinners, well, then the sinners have no hope whatsoever. 200 00:14:39,820 --> 00:14:43,260 But when the Sinner is praying not, Lord, help me to get my fix 201 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:45,540 next time. Or Lord, help me to get my 202 00:14:45,540 --> 00:14:48,980 customer. No, but Lord, forgive me. 203 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:52,180 Lord, bring me back to you. Draw me close to you, God. 204 00:14:52,340 --> 00:14:57,660 Here's those prayers. Psalm chapter 56, verses three 205 00:14:57,660 --> 00:15:00,820 to four in the daytime. I will not be afraid because it 206 00:15:00,820 --> 00:15:03,740 is upon you. I trust in God. 207 00:15:03,740 --> 00:15:07,890 I shall triumph in God. I have hoped I will not be 208 00:15:07,890 --> 00:15:11,530 afraid. What a man does to me, trusting 209 00:15:11,530 --> 00:15:16,170 God that he has heard your prayers. 210 00:15:16,410 --> 00:15:19,730 This is the quality. Now the quantity is a mustard 211 00:15:19,730 --> 00:15:21,650 seed. The quality is trust. 212 00:15:22,170 --> 00:15:23,530 But do you think that is sufficient? 213 00:15:23,530 --> 00:15:28,290 Do you think that is enough? You know when I when When we 214 00:15:28,290 --> 00:15:31,130 submit our taxes to IRS. Dada. 215 00:15:31,450 --> 00:15:37,710 When we submit our taxes to IRS, we trust that the IRS will 216 00:15:37,710 --> 00:15:44,950 refund what it owes us or we'll keep on pounding on insisting 217 00:15:44,950 --> 00:15:48,430 and and and continuously sending as reminding letters that we 218 00:15:48,430 --> 00:15:53,470 need to pay, right. So I trust that the IRS is going 219 00:15:53,470 --> 00:15:58,310 to reward me or return my refund or, you know, pay me my refund. 220 00:15:58,630 --> 00:16:03,990 But do I wait for that? Or do I continually call the IRS 221 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:09,110 And to make sure and to and to emphasize the fact that you owe 222 00:16:09,110 --> 00:16:11,390 me some money, what's going to happen? 223 00:16:11,550 --> 00:16:13,630 Don't call again, right? Hang up. 224 00:16:13,630 --> 00:16:17,350 Don't call again. But along with trust comes wait. 225 00:16:17,350 --> 00:16:22,250 Be patient, because there are another 150 million 226 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:24,210 applications, for example, right? 227 00:16:24,690 --> 00:16:28,650 Be patient with God. Know that He's heard your voice, 228 00:16:28,650 --> 00:16:30,650 He's heard your prayers. Be patient. 229 00:16:30,650 --> 00:16:34,810 Trust in His wisdom, in His knowledge, in His understanding, 230 00:16:35,010 --> 00:16:38,530 in His almightiness. All knowing, being everywhere. 231 00:16:38,770 --> 00:16:44,690 And wait, endure, persevere with God's timing, not else. 232 00:16:45,370 --> 00:16:49,510 Galatian 4 Four to five. But when the end of time 233 00:16:49,510 --> 00:16:53,990 arrived, when God was pleased, God's timing, God sent his Son, 234 00:16:53,990 --> 00:16:58,870 and he was from a woman and was under the written law, that he 235 00:16:58,870 --> 00:17:02,430 would redeem those who are under the written law, and that we 236 00:17:02,430 --> 00:17:06,069 would receive the adoption opposition of children. 237 00:17:07,589 --> 00:17:11,880 So don't worry about reason, don't worry about logic, don't 238 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,200 worry about the law and the and the rule of nature. 239 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,640 Does it fit right with me, with my understanding, with my 240 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,480 wisdom, my intellect of the world? 241 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,880 No, no, no. Simple faith in the power of our 242 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:28,400 Lord God and His Son, Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit. 243 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,520 Faith that is trusting, that is persevering. 244 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:40,750 Faith that is patient. Faith that is sacramental. 245 00:17:41,430 --> 00:17:44,870 Faith that has deeds and actions. 246 00:17:45,110 --> 00:17:50,790 Simple because without faith or without deeds, rather our faith 247 00:17:50,990 --> 00:17:54,990 is dead. So this is how you examine your 248 00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:59,550 faith, beloved. Do you trust God that he has 249 00:17:59,550 --> 00:18:02,990 heard your when you finish praying, are you confident? 250 00:18:02,990 --> 00:18:07,270 Do you feel at ease? Do you feel tranquil that the 251 00:18:07,270 --> 00:18:10,830 Lord heard your prayers? You just entered into the 252 00:18:10,830 --> 00:18:13,630 presence of the Lord. He has heard your prayer. 253 00:18:13,630 --> 00:18:16,230 The Lord hasn't closed his ears on you. 254 00:18:16,230 --> 00:18:19,870 Do you trust that He? Do you believe that he has heard 255 00:18:19,870 --> 00:18:21,510 your praise? Do you believe that he is a 256 00:18:21,510 --> 00:18:25,590 loving God, a compassionate God, a merciful God who is always 257 00:18:25,590 --> 00:18:27,310 awaiting the return of His children? 258 00:18:27,310 --> 00:18:36,370 And when you do, do you trust in God that He will reply according 259 00:18:36,370 --> 00:18:41,410 to his timing, perfect will? And do you have perseverance and 260 00:18:41,410 --> 00:18:44,930 patience? If not, we need to continue 261 00:18:44,970 --> 00:18:49,210 praying and praying. We need to read the scriptures 262 00:18:49,490 --> 00:18:56,210 to see how God in the history of man has fulfilled every promise 263 00:18:56,570 --> 00:19:01,680 and has executed every warning. The promise for you and I is 264 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,800 that if we appease the Lord Jesus Christ by faith, we will 265 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,040 enter the Kingdom of heaven. And when I say appease, not just 266 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,360 believe because demons believe in, they shatter, but appease 267 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:18,000 with deeds, words, actions, commitment, sacrifice, reliance 268 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,680 on him only. We have been promised the 269 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,720 Kingdom of heaven and that will come. 270 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,000 We need to persevere and we need to wait. 271 00:19:25,850 --> 00:19:28,770 But at the flip side, we need to also be careful. 272 00:19:28,850 --> 00:19:33,090 The warnings Jesus has given us, the warnings God has given us 273 00:19:33,090 --> 00:19:35,850 through His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and 274 00:19:35,850 --> 00:19:38,290 the Apostles and the Scriptures and His Church. 275 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:43,330 They will also come to fruition. The warnings are if you do not 276 00:19:43,330 --> 00:19:48,090 love me and do not fulfill my commandments, you will not enter 277 00:19:48,170 --> 00:19:50,690 the Kingdom of heaven. So let's work on our faith, 278 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:54,650 beloved. Let's work on the quality 279 00:19:54,770 --> 00:19:58,330 quantity of our faith. We don't need to have to. 280 00:19:58,610 --> 00:20:02,730 We no need to have so much faith to move mountains. 281 00:20:02,890 --> 00:20:05,530 You know, did the disciples move any mountains? 282 00:20:05,530 --> 00:20:08,730 Do you read in the scriptures that they actually literally 283 00:20:08,730 --> 00:20:11,970 moved mountains? There are stories out there that 284 00:20:11,970 --> 00:20:17,090 are not confirmed and, you know, but did the apostles in the holy 285 00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:20,690 scriptures or the history of the the Church move any mountains? 286 00:20:20,690 --> 00:20:22,650 No, But you know what they did? They raised the dead. 287 00:20:22,850 --> 00:20:27,490 There's a mountain. They brought life to people who 288 00:20:27,490 --> 00:20:31,410 are dead. They found those who are lost in 289 00:20:31,450 --> 00:20:34,290 Jesus name. Glory be to his holy name at all 290 00:20:34,290 --> 00:20:36,890 times, Father and Son, Holy Spirit forever. 291 00:20:37,450 --> 00:20:57,320 Amen. We hope you enjoyed this week's 292 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,640 message. Please don't forget to rate and 293 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,360 review this podcast and share with your friends and family. 294 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,080 For any future topics, suggestions, or to give us 295 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,720 detailed feedback, please visit our link in the show notes 296 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,440 linktr dot EE forward slash double edged sword. 297 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,560 Until next time, God bless you all.