1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,320 In the name of the glorious Trinity, Father and Son and Holy 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,000 Spirit, forever Amen. Glory be to the everlasting 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,920 mercies which sent you to us, O Christ, the Light of the world 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,640 and the life of all. Give us wisdom by your law and 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,680 enlighten our impulses by Your knowledge. 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,760 Sanctify our souls by Your truth and grant that we may be 7 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,200 obedient to Your words and may fulfil Your commandments at 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,520 every hour. O You who enlightens the 9 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,680 rational with the knowledge of Your greatness, do enlight, O my 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,520 Lord, our thoughts, that we may meditate upon Your holy and 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,880 divine Scriptures at all times. O Lord of all, Father and Son 12 00:00:40,040 --> 00:01:04,800 and Holy Spirit, forever. Episode we left off left off at 13 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:09,880 verse 21 of Romans chapter 3, but now the righteousness of God 14 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,440 without the law. That means there was nothing 15 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,040 that you physically needed to do or they needed to do is going 16 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,840 talking about the Jews and the Gentiles righteousness of God 17 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,680 without the law is manifested or you know back then was 18 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,440 manifested and is every day and and the very law and prophets 19 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,200 testified to it. So he's he was talking about 20 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:40,240 righteousness justification made right righteousness made right 21 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:44,880 without the law the righteousness of God that we 22 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,600 received and he's going to continue to say who we received 23 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:53,520 it from was apart from the law. Now, the law, meaning which law, 24 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,080 not what we do today, you know, people say, oh, you know, 25 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,440 there's no justification through the law. 26 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,680 So the laws you have today. No, no, we got to get it right. 27 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,639 We have the law of the flesh and we have the law of the Spirit. 28 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,479 We have the covenant of the flesh. 29 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:12,160 We have the covenant of the Spirit. 30 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,200 We have the old covenant. We have the new covenant, 31 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:20,200 leaving aside the new and the Spirit, the law of the Spirit. 32 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:28,240 Paul is talking about the past BCBC, the law of the old, the 33 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:33,000 Old Testament law. So the grace of God through his 34 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:38,080 Son, the Christ he's going to talk about was already foretold 35 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,440 by the prophets that God will make things right through his 36 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:48,160 Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through his Son, no one 37 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,240 else through his Son. And all we need to do is what 38 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:57,240 all they need needed to do, all that was required by them. 39 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,800 And today Paul is going to continue verse 22. 40 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,960 But the righteousness of God is here. 41 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:11,120 It is by the faith of Jesus Christ to everyone, also to 42 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:15,640 every man who believes in him. For there is no discrimination. 43 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:19,840 Now when it says by faith of Jesus Christ, yes, the faith 44 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:25,000 that Jesus brought our faith in him being obedient to the faith 45 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,200 of Jesus Christ, meaning believing in Jesus Christ. 46 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:33,560 And it states that it is to all, beloved, the Jews and Gentiles 47 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,760 who are under the law, the Gentiles who are in paganism, 48 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,920 all under the power of the slavery of sin, which Paul was 49 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,600 talking about. We were all under sin. 50 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,480 Now he's going to say we have sin. 51 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:52,600 So all those who are under sin, all who are unrighteous, not 52 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:59,360 right, all that was out of whack, caused by sin, the 53 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,160 disarray that man was in because of disobedient and sin, 54 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,080 everything was made right. You know, justification, Steven, 55 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,600 when we justify, you know, those icons on the, you know, you got 56 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:15,440 the middle justification, the right justifying means to make 57 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,399 it right. Yeah, to put it, to set it as 58 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:21,920 you want it to to be, if it's all, if your documents all all 59 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,560 over the place, you're going to justify to make it right. 60 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,880 And this is what God did through his Son. 61 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,960 He made things right. And we're going to continue to 62 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:34,360 read how he made things right and what he made right, made 63 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:40,480 right by making it in bringing order into a dance. 64 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,480 Saint Paul says our God is a God of order. 65 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,080 There was chaos. There wasn't any order in 66 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,880 mankind. Men were doing what they 67 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:56,280 pleased, changing their gender. You know, we read in Romans 68 00:04:56,280 --> 00:05:00,680 chapter 1, male becoming a female, changing genders. 69 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,080 You know, transvestites and what have you. 70 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:08,320 Adultery, fornication, idolatry, it was in disarray, it was a 71 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,160 chaos. God came and made it right 72 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,000 through his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. 73 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,920 And all that was required was faith. 74 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:25,400 And all that is required today is also faith to the Christians 75 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,720 who have the new law of the Spirit, the new covenant, who 76 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:37,080 have left the new law, who have diminished in faith in Jesus 77 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,040 Christ. All you need to do is believe. 78 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,640 Now what do you need to believe in? 79 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,600 Not in Jesus Christ. You believed, you were baptized, 80 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,040 you received the Holy Spirit, you were put to death with 81 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,480 Christ, and you were raised. Believe in what? 82 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,440 Believe that the Lord is waiting for you, just as the prodigal 83 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,320 son who returned to the Father, the God that ran out and that 84 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,040 was God. So believe that God will take 85 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:07,640 you back, will reinstate you, just as he did with Saint Peter 86 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,840 the Rock. Just believe that God is waiting 87 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:14,840 for you. God will not turn you away. 88 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:20,920 When you turn to God. When we turn to God, God will 89 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,920 not turn you away. He will receive you. 90 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:29,240 But when we turn to God with admission of guilt, A contrite 91 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:35,560 spirit in remorse, and say, Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on 92 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,440 me, a Sinner, that's what you need to do. 93 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,880 Then you will come back to the House of God, to the church, and 94 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,600 the church will place the ring on you, give you that author, 95 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,240 reinstate the authority of sonship that you have because 96 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,800 you were adopted by God. And these are all from the 97 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,320 Scriptures. I may not be quoting verses. 98 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,480 You go Google adoption of sons and you'll find Saint Paul 99 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,280 talking about that the the church will one more time clothe 100 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:06,280 you with the grace of God, with the comfort of God, the 101 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:09,880 acceptance of God. And the church will slaughter 102 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,560 the fattened calf, which is the Holy Eucharist. 103 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,280 And the Church will say to the entire church, let us enjoy 104 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,680 ourselves. For this brother or this sister 105 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,040 was lost and now is found, was dead and now is alive. 106 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,760 That's what you need to do. O Christian who's walked away 107 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,720 from faith, come back, Believe that the Lord will receive you, 108 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:35,720 and don't let Satan through his demons, be it a friend, a 109 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,600 father, a mother, a brother, a priest, whoever tell you 110 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,480 otherwise. If they do, you rebuke Satan in 111 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,640 the name of Jesus Christ, and you return back to God and he 112 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:52,320 will come out and embrace you. He will actually kiss you. 113 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,520 That's what the father did. The father started kissing the 114 00:07:54,520 --> 00:08:00,040 prodigal son. But to a Muslim, Jewish, 115 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:08,040 atheist, Gnostics, Jehovah's Witness, Mormon friends who are 116 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:14,400 still under the slavery of sin, to the entire world that hasn't 117 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,920 believed and accepted Jesus Christ, to the kings, to the 118 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,480 presidents, to the prime ministers, to the premiers, to 119 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:26,040 the governors who do not know Jesus Christ and use his name 120 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,480 for political gain, that is blasphemy. 121 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:35,360 That sin will not be forgiven when you stand before the Lord. 122 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:40,720 No, no, no, it's time for you to come back, receive Jesus Christ 123 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,320 as your Lord and your Savior and your King. 124 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:46,720 We're going to celebrate this in a week's time. 125 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,680 The King of kings will be born with well is born. 126 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,040 We celebrate the birth of the King of Kings to the entire 127 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,760 world believe and to those who are in faith, continue 128 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:02,480 believing, continue in faith. There is something that comes 129 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,880 from us. So faith is not just something 130 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:10,800 that is just comes in you. You're not poured with faith 131 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,080 like a, a glass of water, you know, water poured in a glass of 132 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,360 water. No, look what Saint John 133 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,920 Chrysostom writes. And again, I'm going to praise 134 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,280 God for the Church Fathers whom the Spirit moved, who were their 135 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:28,120 4th century, 3rd century, whom today we preach their teachings. 136 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,240 We don't need to reinvent the will. 137 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,360 Don't reinvent the will. Don't come up with all these 138 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,600 interpretations that are sometimes ridiculous. 139 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:42,680 Don't do that based on one word and one verse, where again, in 140 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:45,760 that chapter there are 22 verses, not just one verse. 141 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,160 No, no, no, you don't need to do that. 142 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,880 You know, You know, if we are in that predicament, repent from 143 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,320 that. Come back, come back to the 144 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,560 faith that was given by Christ once given to the Saints as 145 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:59,080 Saint Paul writes to the Church, given to the Church through the 146 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:00,800 apostles. Look at what Saint John 147 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,600 Chrysostom writes in order to stop anyone from asking how can 148 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,720 we be saved without contributing anything at all to our 149 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,240 salvation? Saint Paul shows that in fact, 150 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,320 we do contribute a great deal towards it. 151 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:21,440 We supply our faith. We supply our faith through free 152 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:26,360 will. Faith in who to be made 153 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,720 righteous, to remain in righteousness, to be made right 154 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:32,920 in the eye of God, to be justified. 155 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,720 Faith in who? Moses, Isaiah Saints Peter and 156 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:40,960 Paul, The Blessed Virgin Mother Mary, Mother of our Christ Our 157 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,600 God Saints Thaddeus Ade Saint George, St. 158 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,880 Zaya St. Narsai Muhammad, Buddha, Brahma, 159 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:57,320 Vishnu, Krishna, Rama, Shiva, Shakti, Durga, Kali, Israel 160 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:02,800 Hindu Gods No, no, no, no no. La La 99 Faith in whom? 161 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:08,800 In the one whom not only Saint Paul states, but God himself, 162 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:18,120 Faith in the Son of God, Jesus Christ only don't compromise. 163 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:23,160 Don't you dare, O believer of Jesus Christ, who have claimed 164 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:28,040 his blood upon them and who have claimed to have been to have 165 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,800 been buried with him through baptism, don't you dare 166 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,520 compromise the Lord Jesus Christ. 167 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,480 Don't do it. If you are doing it, stop, pull 168 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,040 to one side, stop your vacuuming, stop your washing 169 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:46,480 dishes, get on your knees and say, Oh Jesus, Lord Jesus, Son 170 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,000 of God, have mercy on me, for I have sinned. 171 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:56,880 No, because to no person in the history of the world to date and 172 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:05,480 in the future has God the Father spoken from heaven and has 173 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:09,000 claimed and said and has put it right. 174 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:15,080 This is my beloved Son. At his baptism where the Holy 175 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,760 Trinity was revealed, the Father spoke. 176 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,480 The Son was being baptized, coming out of the waters and the 177 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,640 Holy Spirit descending and, and and being and staying on him. 178 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:32,200 He said, this is my beloved son. And then this son that we saw 179 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:38,800 with one tunic, with sandals, humble, being ridiculed, being 180 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:43,000 mocked, his life in danger while he was in his mother's womb. 181 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,520 And we thought, how can this be the Saviour, as did the Jews? 182 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,680 This is the Saviour talking about love and forgiving and, 183 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,440 you know, striking your cheek and turning to the other. 184 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:59,000 He took them up to the mountain, Simon, John and James, and he 185 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,960 transfigured. He showed his divinity that I'm 186 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,600 not just a mere man, no, I am perfect man. 187 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:11,440 And there again God the Father speaks and this time he says, 188 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,480 this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well. 189 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:19,800 Please listen to Him, no one else, not those names, those 190 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,600 idle, empty, useless names that I just mentioned. 191 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:28,520 No, listen to his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. 192 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,400 Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, faith in the Son of God, 193 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:38,360 the Son of God by nature, not by grace, not because he was 194 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,520 baptized. He was then adopted as God's 195 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:46,200 Son, as we do in baptism. No, no, we are adopted by grace 196 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,040 in through baptism be the children of God, our faith in 197 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,560 Jesus Christ first and foremost, and our baptism. 198 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:55,600 Galatians 3 chapter 2627. No, no, Jesus Christ by nature, 199 00:13:55,600 --> 00:14:03,120 that means He is God. Verse 23 For all have sinned and 200 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,960 are short of the glory of God, for they are freely given 201 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,600 righteousness, freely given righteousness by the grace of 202 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:15,120 God through the salvation which is in Jesus Christ faith for 203 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:19,760 all, all have sinned. Jews from among whom salvation 204 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:25,120 first arose. Also the Gentiles in the Litany 205 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:30,360 of the Holy Feasts, the seven holy feasts which we celebrate 206 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,320 in the Church. One of them is coming up in a 207 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,520 week's time. The Deacon, the diaconate 208 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,960 litany, Karozouta. Let us all stand up as it is, 209 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,000 right as it is befitting. Withdrawing rejoices. 210 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,520 Let us beseech and say, our Lord have mercy upon us, mercy upon 211 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,920 us, the Deacon proclaims. O Savior of all, especially 212 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,840 those who believe in him, we beseech you, salvation is for 213 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:59,080 every person, past, present, future, every person. 214 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,880 Salvation has come for the world, but salvation is 215 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:10,440 specified, and especially for those who believe in who the 216 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,480 Savior of the world, which is Jesus Christ, praise and glory 217 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:18,760 to be to His name, Right Armin type Armin, honk your horn. 218 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,880 Why 'cause God so loved the world. 219 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:30,320 That's why the world, not God, so loved the Assyrians, not God 220 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:36,080 so loved the the different tribes of Assyria or Judea or 221 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,880 Italia or Greece or Russia. No, no, no, no, for God so loved 222 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,160 the world that He gave up His begotten, only begotten Son. 223 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,360 We will be celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. 224 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Do one give one gift to a person that does not have the gift of 225 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,960 God, the Son of God, your neighbor, your friend, whoever, 226 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:06,800 humbly, gently, with a smile on your face, tell them about Jesus 227 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,840 Christ. Tell them that it's only Jesus 228 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:14,160 who saves. Tell them that Jesus is alive. 229 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,600 Tell them that all they need to do is believe that Jesus is the 230 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:24,440 Son of God, is the Savior of the war world, is the the see the 231 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,640 the the article definite article. 232 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,560 The Son of God. There's only one the Savior of 233 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,360 the world is only one the Lord, there's only one. 234 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,240 Tell them give them this great gift and just walk away. 235 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,320 Look what you don't need to go with your Bible and open to 236 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:43,440 chapter Isaiah verse 7 and Isaiah 53, Isaiah 9 and 237 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,640 Ephesians 2. You don't need to do that. 238 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:47,880 That's that's showing off. You just want to show that you 239 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,520 know the Scriptures don't do that. 240 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,840 God knows the intent. Just give them that that simple 241 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,680 message. Those who have not believed 242 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,920 Jesus Christ, and then when they ask you why, that's the time to 243 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:03,920 start expanding on what you have just said, praying that the Holy 244 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:08,200 Spirit will lead and will speak through you believe. 245 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,640 Tell them to believe. All have sinned, beloved, not 246 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:17,400 only under slavery, as Paul says, we were all under sin. 247 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:20,280 Now he's saying that they have all sinned. 248 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,440 They were under the slavery of sin, the power of sin, but they 249 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:30,080 have now sinned, that is conceded to sin, committed sin, 250 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,760 and fallen short of the glory of God, fallen short of the 251 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,760 righteousness. You weren't right because when 252 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,520 you were in sin, you're not right. 253 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,080 If you are sinning, you're not right. 254 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,120 You're in, You're not in the holiness of God. 255 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:44,640 What do I need to do? Come back to this God that you 256 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,240 left because you believed in Him. 257 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,800 You just walked away and those who haven't bring them to God 258 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,360 through Jesus Christ, not Allah, not all those other names that I 259 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:58,280 mentioned through Jesus Christ come back to the holiness of God 260 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,680 and Christ has done God has done everything through his Son 261 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,400 redeemed us. We've been redeemed by Christ. 262 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:14,720 Now, in some versions, the word propitiation propitiation is is 263 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:19,320 is mentioned and and there's an understanding in the Western, 264 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:25,880 you know, theology that God was so angry that to appease him, 265 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,960 there had to be blood sacrifice. You know, like the Pagan gods. 266 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,960 That's how they appease their Pagan gods. 267 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:39,000 What was that that movie Apocalypt apocalyptic. 268 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:45,040 There was a film where the, where this this actor, his wife 269 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,800 was pregnant and then he had to put her in a in a hole. 270 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,920 And he was, he had to go in these games and they were 271 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,800 shooting at him. And in in any case, they take 272 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,720 him up to to sacrifice them to their God. 273 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,000 And their heads were rolling. And yeah, he was gooey. 274 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,040 He was gooey, OK. And there was blood sacrifices 275 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,240 like Pagan gods, gods. Now, God is not like that. 276 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,120 A God is not a Pagan God. A God is not our God is not one 277 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:13,560 that likes to see bloodshed like splash in the Old Testament. 278 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,560 That was different in the Old Testament, in the, the, the, 279 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:24,080 the, the, the old covenant God was, it was all a, a, a 280 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:30,080 prototype, a, a, a, a shadow of what Christ was going to do once 281 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:35,480 and only once on the cross. You know, they say God's anger 282 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,720 had to be appeased with a sacrifice, a blood sacrifice, as 283 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,760 I said, like the Pagan of God. Hence some say we see God's 284 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,200 wrath on the cross. No, we see God's love on the 285 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:50,000 cross. We see God's victory on the 286 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:56,080 cross. We see God's deal for dealing, 287 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:01,360 taking care of sin and Satan and death on the cross. 288 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:09,080 Why for God so love the world? John 316 not God was so angry at 289 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:13,040 the world. He was fuming at the world. 290 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:17,560 He had to see blood shedding and heads rolling and what have you. 291 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,720 No, no, no. We may have angered him at 292 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,400 times, and his anger is a righteous anger, you know. 293 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,640 Let me take you back when mom used to say I'm laughing, but 294 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:33,880 it's a, an anger laughter. I'm I'm laughing because I'm 295 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,800 angry, right? Because I'm frustrated at you. 296 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,560 It was one of those types, but a righteous anger because mom 297 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,040 would still beat you up, right? You know, when you were at your 298 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,400 friend's house or visiting people and you played up a 299 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,640 little bit and then mom gave you that that look that not only 300 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,960 could kill but judged you to hell at times. 301 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:57,240 And then when you got home, you think it was all over. 302 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,120 She's forgotten because during the the car trip, you know, 303 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:02,320 we're all singing. And then when you walk into the 304 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,880 house and then smack comes one behind the back and mum would 305 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,040 say, you thought I forgot, right? 306 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,200 No, not that type of anger, but a righteous, loving anger. 307 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:20,120 We may anger him, yet it is through His love that He gave 308 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:23,320 His begotten Son to be the ultimate sacrifice. 309 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,200 In Psalm 51 we read that God is not pleased, is not appeased 310 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,920 with burnt sacrifices. But what a broken spirit, a 311 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:40,120 broken and contrite heart. Themes are what God does not 312 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:46,440 despise and this is what Jesus had a Reed, you know like this 313 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,360 the sheep taken to slaughter. He did not his album, his mouth. 314 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:55,440 He didn't cry out in the in the you know, marketplaces humble 315 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:01,280 and hence God and he was righteous and unblemish. 316 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:09,680 He was pure his blood is was is continues being pure beloved. 317 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,720 That's why we partake in the Holy Eucharist, the cup, and I 318 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:18,480 mentioned this last episode, the cup that we bless is real 319 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,680 appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ, all right, because he 320 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:27,840 was humble, God was appeased. And what he means here by God 321 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:34,440 demonstrating his just justice is God showing His 322 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,880 righteousness. It is like declaring he's rich 323 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:46,600 not only for him to be rich himself in righteousness, but he 324 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,680 revealed, he demonstrated it so that we could be like him. 325 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,280 Hence St. Paul says, imitate Christ, 326 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,040 imitate me, for I imitate Christ. 327 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,960 When we imitate Christ, we are righteous. 328 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:07,240 When we live a Christian life, we are right in the eye of God. 329 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:12,200 And again, if we fall away, if we walk away, if we step away 330 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:17,400 from the path, if we sin, if we fall, we come back and believe 331 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:22,360 that the Lord is waiting for you until he returns the second time 332 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:26,680 from heaven. But let's not doubt and let's 333 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:33,720 not forget that righteousness is not The righteousness of God is 334 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:38,160 through 1 deed that we need to do 1 contribution and that is 335 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,760 faith. And then from that point 336 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:46,600 onwards, our faith extends to the good deeds that were for 337 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:51,480 ordained in the beginning before the world, as Saint Paul writes 338 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,440 in Ephesians chapter 2, verse 10, those good deeds that were 339 00:23:55,520 --> 00:24:00,560 ordained, preordained, that was set for us and we continue so 340 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,600 that through those we remain in faith. 341 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,800 You know, when you pray, you're increasing in faith. 342 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,480 When you read the Holy Scriptures, you're increasing in 343 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,640 faith. When you come to church, you 344 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,240 attend church, you fellowship, you worship with your Christian 345 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,120 brothers and sisters, you are increasing in faith When you do 346 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:25,280 a good deed because Christ has commanded you do it for Jesus 347 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,880 Christ. When you visit the sick, you do 348 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,520 it for Jesus Christ. When you feed the hungry, you do 349 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,760 it for you're doing it for, you're feeding Christ. 350 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,320 That's what he said. Because when you do for these 351 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,400 one of these little ones, you do for me. 352 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:46,640 When I go to a hospital and I go to pray on as a priest to pray 353 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,680 on the patient, I see two Christs there. 354 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:55,160 According to the Scriptures, Christ is in bed and Christ is 355 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,000 standing above the person that is in bed and praying. 356 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,080 Because the priest is the icon of Christ, right? 357 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:07,760 And the, and the, the person that is sick in hospital is 358 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,280 Christ is an icon of Christ. That's what he said. 359 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,520 You do it for me, metaphorically speaking. 360 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,440 Then you see that when you do all these, when you come to 361 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,480 church, when you confess your sins, when you worship, you sing 362 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,800 songs of praise with your fellow Christian brothers and sisters, 363 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,800 and you worship and you praise and you confess and you admit 364 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,600 and you repent and you're absolved by the church and you 365 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,960 partake. See, this is the this is the 366 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,680 end. This is where it concludes it. 367 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,000 Without this, it's, it's, it's, it's void, it's missing, it's 368 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:51,040 flawed, beloved, it's flawed without partaking in the Holy 369 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,640 Eucharist, the mysteries, the body and blood of our Lord Jesus 370 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,920 Christ, you grow in faith. Because again, let's go back to 371 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:03,120 the prodigal of the, the parable of the prodigal son when he 372 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:05,920 returns. Yes, the ring came out, then 373 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,960 the, the, the, the garment came out and then the shoes came out. 374 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:14,840 And what was the last thing that the Father command and his 375 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:23,200 servants bring the fattened calf so that we can rejoice, partake, 376 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,280 make merry. We make merry when we come to 377 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:31,920 the Holy mysteries and the holy Sacraments and partaking in 378 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,760 those in faith, In faith. If you don't believe, if you're 379 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,760 there because your Nana told you, if you're there because Dad 380 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,240 has pulled you out of bed and, and set you there and you don't 381 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,960 want to be there and you have to do it right now. 382 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,640 If you're under 18, yes, great. That's a way to teach you. 383 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,160 But if you're you're 18 and over and you're a grown and you're 384 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,560 there just because, because your friend's baptizing his child, 385 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,840 you never enter the Church of God, but you're there for 386 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,120 baptism because your friend, your best friend, your BFF is 387 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:03,320 baptizing a child and you're just there for that. 388 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,800 But you don't believe that you're going to be in the 389 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:10,320 presence of God, his holy angels, the apostles, the 390 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,080 prophets. That's what we read. 391 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:16,120 If you don't believe in that, well, I pray that the Lord will 392 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:19,440 instill the faith in you. I pray that maybe that that 393 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,240 attendance will move you somehow. 394 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,200 You will hear a word from the gospels or the readings or the 395 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,680 preaching or the OR the hymnology that you will be moved 396 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,480 to, to a point where you start coming to church in faith, 397 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:38,080 believing in Jesus Christ and knowing that Christ is amongst 398 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,160 us when we come together. These are all these are all the 399 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:46,080 deeds that we need to possess and we need to continue to live 400 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,200 in. But again, as I've always said, 401 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,920 when we are made righteousness, first thing we do, we believe in 402 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,960 that righteousness is through Jesus Christ. 403 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,720 I believe, Lord, make me write so that I can continue. 404 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:03,200 And when we do enter the Kingdom of heaven, notice from verse one 405 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,000 to verse chapter 1 to chapter 3 in Romans, St. 406 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,440 Paul hasn't mentioned the Kingdom of heaven, eternal life. 407 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,520 He hasn't mentioned that he's talking about BC. 408 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,280 Now he's going to continue and then he will speak about that. 409 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,400 All right, So you know we remain, we continue. 410 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:28,760 So that when the Lord returns and He out of His grace, mercy, 411 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:36,360 compassion and righteousness declares us to be worthy of the 412 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:42,520 eternal Kingdom, that's when we proclaim loudly and say, not I 413 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,920 Lord, but through your grace only. 414 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:51,000 Not to me be glory, not to me be be praise and honor. 415 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,240 No, no, no, but to you alone, Christ, for all of this. 416 00:28:55,360 --> 00:29:01,120 For it began with grace. It began with grace and I 417 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:06,480 remained in your grace by what I did and how I conducted myself. 418 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,840 Hence St. Paul writes, offer your bodies 419 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,280 as a holy and pleasing sacrifice to the Lord. 420 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:18,560 And I did, meaning I repented from all these posing in 421 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,840 derogative poses on Facebook and and my social medias. 422 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:27,280 I repented from all the cussing and the and the foul language 423 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:31,360 that I was continuing. I repented from adultery and, 424 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,680 and, and you know, fornication and hatred and gossip and what 425 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:40,320 have you and I continued in the good deeds that you Lord said 426 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,640 for me. Now it's ending with grace. 427 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:47,960 I will enter your eternal Kingdom again by your grace, 428 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:54,000 because it began with your grace and it will end and continue in 429 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,640 your grace. And all this through faith in 430 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:06,800 the One, the Son of God, the Lord, the Christ, the Savior 431 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,320 Jesus Christ, praise and glory be to His name now and of all 432 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,280 times and forever. Amen. 433 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,360 We hope you enjoyed this week's message. 434 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,600 Please don't forget to rate and review this podcast and share 435 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,360 with your friends and family. For any future topics, 436 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,480 suggestions, or to give us detailed feedback, please visit 437 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:55,800 our link in the show notes. 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