1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 In the name of the glorious Trinity, Father and Son and Holy 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,840 Spirit, forever Amen. Glory be to the everlasting 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,720 mercies which sent you to us, O Christ, the light of the world 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,480 and the life of all. Give us wisdom by your law and 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,480 enlighten our impulses by Your knowledge. 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,560 Sanctify our souls by Your truth and grant that we may be 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,040 obedient to Your words and may fulfil Your commandments at 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,320 every hour. O You who enlightens the 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,480 rational with the knowledge of Your greatness, do enlight, O my 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,320 Lord, our thoughts, that we may meditate upon Your holy and 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,680 divine Scriptures at all times. O Lord of all, Father and Son 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,400 and Holy Spirit, forever. Amen. 13 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,800 Glory be to our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ and 14 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,800 the sanctifying Holy Spirit who has blessed US one more time 15 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:18,080 with this blessing to come together and discuss and examine 16 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:24,040 the Holy Scriptures according to the teachings of the Scriptures 17 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,600 themselves, the teachings of the Holy Church Fathers and the 18 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,760 framework and the life of the Church. 19 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,440 Acts chapter 13. We left off at verse 33 last 20 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,160 week. A brief recap. 21 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,400 Saint Paul continues to, you know, present his discourse, his 22 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,920 first sermon. Not his first speech because we 23 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,800 read that he speaks, he's been speaking previously, but his 24 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,800 first discourse, his first sermon concerning the fulfilment 25 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:57,360 of the prophecies and the promises of God only through 26 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,600 Jesus Christ. Remember this, please, beloved, 27 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,600 only through Jesus Christ. It doesn't it shouldn't concern 28 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:12,080 us what one person says 11 office says no, no, no, it 29 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,840 doesn't. It doesn't concern, it should 30 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,600 not concern us, although we get a little bit uptight, but it 31 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,760 shouldn't concern us. What one person says that 32 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,480 according to the, the promises and the, you know, the 33 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,960 fulfillment, the promises and the, and the, the prophecies of 34 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,240 God that they may have also been fulfilled. 35 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:38,080 No, no, no, they've only been fulfilled in Jesus Christ our 36 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,960 Lord. Hence, hence, the only way to 37 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:49,640 God, the only way to the Kingdom of God is through Jesus Christ, 38 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:54,840 our Lord, our Savior, our King, our life giver, and the forgiver 39 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,600 of our sins. Regardless of what a Pope's 40 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,680 speaks, what a patriarch speaks, what a Bishop things, what a 41 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,520 priest or a preacher or a philosopher or a theologian, No, 42 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,120 no, no. It's only through Jesus Christ 43 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:16,400 because Saint Paul is emphasizing this, Beloved, if we 44 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,560 take a lot of pride and we praise God for his apostles like 45 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,480 Saint Paul, and we're continually preaching and, and, 46 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,280 you know, teaching and, and, and trying to explain the writings 47 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,920 of Saint Paul, then why do we err when it comes to what Saint 48 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:37,160 Paul is really teaching us? He's talking to the leaders of 49 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,200 the synagogue. He's talking to the Jews. 50 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,880 He's talking to those who had the Mosaic law, They had the 51 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,480 law. He's he's addressing them. 52 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,240 He's telling them, listen, not through Moses, not through 53 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,280 David, not through the prophets, not through anyone. 54 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:59,920 The promises of God were fulfilled to our forefathers. 55 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:04,360 Well, the promises of God made to our forefathers, the Jews was 56 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,640 fulfilled in us, his children and they were all through who 57 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,920 who say it, say it. Now I'm not going to hear it, 58 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,280 but I want you to say it and, and I, I encourage you in the 59 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,839 name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit to 60 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:23,680 say this only through Jesus Christ period, period, 61 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:32,400 regardless of what anyone says and preaches and teaches and 62 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,520 he's discourses to the leaders of the synagogue. 63 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,720 What he did again, he starts from Egypt and goes into the 64 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,120 wilderness. He goes into what how God 65 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,960 destroyed the nations and gave the land of inhabitants to them, 66 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,600 gave the Dame judges, gave them kings and he led them by the 67 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:54,600 pillar of fire and the the cloud and he provided food, 68 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,880 nourishment and he he made them strong and vibrant and they 69 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,320 were, you know, they were conquering all the enemies. 70 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,160 And then he goes on to say, now this God of our forefront, 71 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,520 others who promised and prophesied all this, raised this 72 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,080 Jesus Christ. You know, he speaks about Jesus 73 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,800 Christ. He speaks about how John the 74 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,600 Baptist came and gave a testimony all about Jesus 75 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,040 Christ. He quotes the Psalms, which is 76 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,080 the older tape, David, the first David, meaning that the Psalms 77 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:27,200 were all portraying and pointing the finger to the second David. 78 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,480 Just right. Just like there is the first 79 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,640 Adam, there is the last Adam, not a second Adam, last Adam, 80 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,520 that is Jesus Christ. There was the first Moses, there 81 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,000 is the last Moses, Jesus Christ, there is the first David, there 82 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 is the last David, and that is Jesus Christ. 83 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,880 And this Jesus Christ was risen from the dead, but through your 84 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:52,080 ignorance and your stubbornness and your stiff neckedness and 85 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:57,200 your pride and some of your evil motives, you crucified the 86 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,520 Christ, not even knowing that this was also prophesied and 87 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,880 told by the Father to the to their fathers. 88 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:12,960 He was risen by God according to the Psalms. 89 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:21,320 We have declared that through this David declares the Old 90 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,640 Testament the scriptures. Back then when they refer to 91 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:29,800 scriptures, always keep in mind when we read Christ referring to 92 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,560 scriptures, there was no Bible at that moment. 93 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:38,320 The scriptures he refers to are the sacred scriptures of the Old 94 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,040 Testament. The first five books of Moses, 95 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:46,120 the Pentateuch or the the Torah or the Septuagint, they're 96 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,960 called as well. And that he, God also declared 97 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:55,680 that this Jesus Christ is his Son is the one that is begotten 98 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,320 of him. This is all Paul. 99 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,840 This is all included in Paul's discourse and preaching to the 100 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:05,320 leaders of the synagogue. And he was also raised by God. 101 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,480 And we spoke about that Jesus said, I will raise and we know 102 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,920 that Jesus is God. Yes, we ascertained according to 103 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:17,680 the Church Fathers, again, Jesus in his divinity by nature, 104 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,960 divine by nature, resurrected his human nature. 105 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,080 His divine nature resurrected the human nature. 106 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,640 Let's continue verses 34 to 35. And God, He continues. 107 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,480 And God raised him from the dead, no more to return to 108 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,560 corruption. Was Jesus going to return to 109 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,760 corruption? Let's not jump the gun. 110 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:49,160 Let's not shoot from the hip and God raised him from the dead no 111 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,960 more to return to corruption as he said, I will give you the 112 00:07:53,960 --> 00:08:01,640 sure mercies of David. It's a prophecy, I think I 113 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,840 believe it's Psalm chapter 16 verse 10. 114 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,160 And again he said in another place, You shall not suffer your 115 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,480 holy One to see corruption. Actually, I'm sorry, that is 116 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,920 Psalm chapter 16, verse 10. But I will give you the sure 117 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,080 mercies of David is Isaiah chapter 55, verse 3. 118 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,680 These are quotation references, verse 35. 119 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,920 And again he said in another place, you shall not suffer your 120 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:33,760 Holy One to see corruption. This is David speaking. 121 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:40,080 Now before we go on to verse 36, what is he talking about? 122 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,640 That God raising Jesus from the dead, raising his Son from the 123 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,640 dead, that he should no more see corruption? 124 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,040 Is he talking about Jesus Christ? 125 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:55,480 How can that blessed, pure, perfect, holy, complete body, 126 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:01,320 sinless body, perfect man, perfect God, sinless body go 127 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,600 through corruption? No, Jesus's body was not 128 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:04,720 corrupted. The rabbit. 129 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,400 No, no, no. He was put in the tomb, but his 130 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,920 body did not see corruption. So who is he talking about? 131 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,320 He's talking about humanity through Jesus Christ. 132 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:20,600 You see the tomb from which he was risen incorruptly as the 133 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:26,080 Lord or as the last David of incorruptibly, incorruptly 134 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:32,400 incorruptibility. We also by rising from our 135 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:37,040 tombs, from our graves and rising from the temporal 136 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,960 corruption, our bodies do corrupt. 137 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:44,240 They see corruption, they are corrupted after they are put 138 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,680 into the grave, the body is corrupted, the body decays, 139 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:54,920 returns to dirt. So just as Jesus did not go 140 00:09:54,920 --> 00:10:00,560 through corruption and the Lord of incorruptibility, so to we 141 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:04,640 when we raised from the tombs or the graves and the temporal 142 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:09,160 corruption by that anticipation of the resurrection which is 143 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,120 being promised to Jesus by to us through by Jesus Christ. 144 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,520 We then, according to One Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 145 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:22,720 17, we then will run toward heaven and to the clouds in 146 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,720 which he returns in his divine glory. 147 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,960 When he returns and we have been resurrected from that temporal 148 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:37,160 corruption, we will greet him in the clouds when he returns in 149 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:42,400 his divine glory. And now so that we can confirm 150 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,760 and, and, and back this statement up or this 151 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:50,320 understanding and so that we think not that it is David he is 152 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:56,200 referring to here, he continues to say in verse 36 for David, 153 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:00,280 after he had served his own generation according to the will 154 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,720 of God, died. David died. 155 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,720 Yes, Jesus submitted himself to death, although we do say he 156 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:14,040 died by submitting himself to death, not that death took him 157 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,640 and had a hold of him. No, no, no, submitted himself to 158 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:23,720 death, but according to the will of God, David died. 159 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:29,200 Though he was a great man than his father's, a greater man than 160 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,600 his father's, yet he saw corruption. 161 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,040 He was a greater man. He was called after the heart of 162 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:42,240 God himself. Now some people argue and frown 163 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,480 upon David and cannot fathom and accept. 164 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:52,680 Who are we to accept in any case, cannot accept how a Sinner 165 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:59,480 who caused the death of a woman just so he can take her and have 166 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:05,720 a child with her after he was tempted to fulfil his evil 167 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,880 desires? How can he be called after the 168 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,040 heart of God? Well, before we point that 169 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,720 finger, look at the three fingers pointing back at us. 170 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:21,680 What is David claiming? I think in Psalm 4 or Psalm 5I 171 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,600 wet my pillow, my mattress for my tears. 172 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:30,240 Because of his sin. He mourned to the point that he 173 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,160 his, his, his sheets, his pillows, his mattress were 174 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,760 constantly made wet by his tears of mourning. 175 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,400 When was the last time you laid your head to on the pillow to 176 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,680 rest and you mourned about your sins for the day? 177 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,880 No, sometimes we sleep very conscience free, you know, 178 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,720 guiltless conscience. We sleep and you know we think 179 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,280 about what we did wrong. Well, I just prayed and God will 180 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:03,280 forgive me. Well, David prayed, besieged and 181 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:08,120 begged the Lord, but then he did it by remorse and tears. 182 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,880 And sometimes it needs that, beloved, sometimes not. 183 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:16,800 That God did. It is requiring the tear drops 184 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,600 from the eyes. No, no, no, when we cry, we are 185 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:24,440 so emotionally moved and saddened and hurt by whatever it 186 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,600 is, and in particular by our sins. 187 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:31,040 When you cry and weep over your sins, blessed those who mourn 188 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,520 not those who mourn over their grandmother and their 189 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,120 grandfather and those who pass away. 190 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,840 No, no, no. We mourn, yes, but blessed are 191 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:43,120 they who mourn over their sins and transgressions. 192 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,680 They will be comforted, they will rejoice with Christ when he 193 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:53,440 wipes away that tear and says, I know, I saw that you were so 194 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,960 remorseful and I did forgive you. 195 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,520 Come, I will still grant you that eternal Kingdom. 196 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,120 So David's body saw corruptibility. 197 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,280 So he's not talking about David. He's talk. 198 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:07,920 He's not talking about Jesus Christ. 199 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:15,080 He's referring to humanity, beloved, without, without only 200 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,720 Jesus. Without Jesus Christ, we would 201 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:23,880 have died and gone back to corruption and we would have 202 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:28,120 corrupt, been corrupt forever, eternal corruption. 203 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,360 But Christ, praise be to his name and only Christ, only 204 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,920 Christ. No one can claim this, beloved. 205 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:43,920 No one can dare to even think about claiming that through his 206 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,160 death humanity received incorruptibility. 207 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,720 No, no, no, because all the leaders of the other faiths, 208 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:58,200 Muhammad, Buddha, Krishna and whoever who you know, all the 209 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,920 leaders of those faith have died, have been buried, have 210 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,640 been corrupted. They are corrupted. 211 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:12,760 Their body has seen corruption. However, when those who die and 212 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:17,360 are put to rest in the hope of resurrection through Jesus 213 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:23,280 Christ, no one else through Jesus Christ, they will only 214 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:30,400 suffer that temporal corruption. You know, we say our beloved has 215 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:37,680 passed on from these temporal life to eternal life. 216 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,520 So we pass on. When we die, we Passover from 217 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:46,280 temporality to eternity. But when we are put into the 218 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:53,000 grave, we suffer and we we experience corruption, but only 219 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,520 a temporal corruption. We go from a temporal corruption 220 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:03,600 to eternal incorruptibility through Jesus Christ because he, 221 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,480 that's why he took on our flesh and that's what he did on the 222 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,840 cross when he was ministering during his sermons and in the 223 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,760 grave and, and his resurrection and his ascension. 224 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,760 He did everything for you and I. He did not need it. 225 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,960 He was not in need of all of these, beloved. 226 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:27,960 He was glorified in heaven and legions and 10 thousands upon 10 227 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:34,760 thousands of angels were crying. Holy, holy, holy are you, Isaiah 228 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,200 6 versus 2 and three, holy are you? 229 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,680 He didn't need you and I. He didn't need this. 230 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,960 It wasn't because has the you know what I'm saying. 231 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:48,400 This Lord, Lord, cleanse me only for our understanding, only that 232 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,440 the the stubborn, the foolishness, the ignorance that 233 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,720 we have that we let go of regardless of who we are. 234 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,440 He didn't sin and then he, oh, he, he committed a a 235 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,560 transgression and he had to come and die so that he would be 236 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,920 forgiven. No, no, He took flesh for you 237 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:12,000 and I on our behalf. He took flesh to die. 238 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:17,720 He took flesh to be ridiculed. He took on our humanity to be 239 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:28,200 persecuted, to be ridiculed, to be pierced, to be spat at, to be 240 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:34,800 king hit, to be crucified, to allow himself to go to death, to 241 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:39,760 be buried and to be resurrected and to ascend one more time in 242 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,640 our humanity. He took on our humanity, 243 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:47,280 beloved. So the incorruptibility that you 244 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:52,200 and I are going to experience after the resurrection is only 245 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:56,720 thanks be to Christ our Lord, because He did not. 246 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:01,360 He did not see corruption. He was perfect, but that he was 247 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:05,800 resurrected, we too, although we are, we will taste 248 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,680 corruptibility, but we will be resurrected one more time. 249 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,960 Verse 38. Listen to this beloved now this 250 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:18,840 is Saint Paul, this is Saint Paul talking to the leaders of 251 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,440 the synagogue. This is in the Holy Scriptures. 252 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,360 These are the sacred Scriptures. We kiss. 253 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,840 Although today every other book is being kissed, I will not kiss 254 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:34,480 any other book except a book that contains sacred scriptures 255 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:39,040 inspired by the Holy Spirit and canonized by the Church, because 256 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:43,800 it is the Church that declares a scripture sacred, because Christ 257 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,600 gave that authority to the Church. 258 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,720 Don't bring me any other books to kiss. 259 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,120 I will not kiss them. I will not kiss them. 260 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:55,160 I may read them to see the ridiculousness and the the flaws 261 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,280 and the evil in them, but I will never kiss them. 262 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,840 This is in the scriptures Saint Paul writes. 263 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,920 It's Saint Paul speaks again. Preachers preach it, Saint Paul 264 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,280 preach it. Praise be to your Lorde name. 265 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:13,240 Be it known to you therefore, brethren, that through this very 266 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:19,720 one who that is Jesus Christ is preached to you the forgiveness 267 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,880 of sins through this. Now we can take it two ways. 268 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,640 Jesus preached the forgiveness of sins, but he doesn't say by 269 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,960 this very 1. The forgiveness of sins will 270 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:36,720 preach through this very 1 Lord Jesus Christ. 271 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:42,240 Forgiveness was preached through Jesus Christ, no one else. 272 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,280 Yes Robbie, get over it. You're you're repeating 273 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,320 yourself. I will repeat myself until we 274 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:54,160 until I receive messages that yes Robbie, I believe yes, it is 275 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,440 only through Jesus Christ. No other person on earth that 276 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:04,320 forgiveness of sins is preached. But a side note. 277 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,840 And this is not contradicting myself aside not John chapter 20 278 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,680 when Jesus was resurrected and he went to meet his to meet his 279 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,160 apostles and disciples, the doors were closed. 280 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,280 He walked in, he he greeted them, he gave them peace because 281 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,400 they were in in terror, they were in fear. 282 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,320 He gave them their peace. He breathed on them and said, 283 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,440 received the Holy Spirit. Why? 284 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,600 Then there was a need for Pentecost. 285 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,680 They received the Holy Spirit. It was a spirit to forgive sins, 286 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,960 but Christ is the ultimate figure of sins. 287 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,920 So when you approach the church and you ask the church to 288 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,720 absolve you, you ask the church to pray for you. 289 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:45,880 You ask the church to to place on you and to enter you through 290 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,280 a period of absolution. And when the church proclaims 291 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:54,560 that Jesus has forgiven you, Jesus, not I, I do this, I do 292 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,640 that. No, no, no, Jesus has forgiven 293 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,520 you. Then you are forgiven, beloved 294 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,600 now. Debatable. 295 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,880 No it's not. It's simple. 2 + 2 is 4, right? 296 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,560 Although now they're saying that's that's racist. 297 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,840 Steven, 2 + 2 is 4, but that's racism. 298 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,680 Well that's going to end anyway regardless. 299 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,920 So it's so simple. Forgiveness of sins is through 300 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:23,600 Jesus Christ, who gave that gift of the Holy Spirit, that 301 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,880 provision to be bestowed upon those who believe in Jesus 302 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,080 Christ through His Church and His priesthood. 303 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:32,280 Just a side note, let's come back again. 304 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,120 Be known to you therefore, brethren, that through this very 305 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:40,880 one, Jesus Christ is preached to you, the forgiveness of sins 306 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:46,440 through Jesus Christ and by Him. Now listen to this. 307 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:54,600 Once saved, always saved. Once justified, you're in the 308 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,600 Kingdom of heaven. Are you saved? 309 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,400 That means you're in the Kingdom of Heaven. 310 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,880 But I think we have misunderstood. 311 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,400 We misquote Ephesians chapter 2 verse 9, please. 312 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,240 And I always say Ephesians chapter 2 verse 9. 313 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,080 There's 22 verses in Ephesians chapter 2. 314 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,840 Yes, I know I've said this in my other other episodes, maybe last 315 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,800 week. But we have to, we need to 316 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:25,200 continue to preach so that people come out of that era. 317 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:32,520 Let's not use grace as a license to sin for immorality. 318 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,000 Some people do some people preach that, but Paul writes 319 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,280 this to Jude. Some have used the grace of God, 320 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,640 a license to sin. No listen to what Paul says to 321 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,960 the leaders of the synagogues here and by him. 322 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,120 And by the way, let me again, this is AI haven't mentioned 323 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:52,080 this for a while. This is the beginning of the 324 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,320 church. This is how the Church of Jesus 325 00:22:54,320 --> 00:23:00,600 Christ, which was deposited all the graces of of the gifts of 326 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,520 the Holy Spirit deposited, gave to to the church as a 327 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,760 depository, gave to the apostles. 328 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,920 And then they deposited in the church and we go and withdraw 329 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,640 from these this depository. This is the church. 330 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:19,920 It's in the Scriptures again. It doesn't concern me what 200 331 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,120 years ago, what philosophy and school of thoughts came about. 332 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:27,480 No, no, this is the early church and the remnants of those 333 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,200 churches are these Apostolic churches that we still we call 334 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:36,080 Apostolic because we still adhere to this chapter 39 and by 335 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:41,680 him all that belief, first and foremost, faith are justified 336 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,640 made right. You know when you when you 337 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,360 justify on the in Word right means it makes it right. 338 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,040 It's all over the place. You want to justify it 339 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:53,920 indentation, what have you right. 340 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,680 I'm not that computer savvy. You make it right so it fits 341 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,400 right. It's the writing the script and 342 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,920 the text is right. You've been justified being made 343 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,800 right, and we can go in further and say saved, even save. 344 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:12,240 Justified from what? Justified from all things from 345 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:17,480 which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. 346 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,800 There is our salvation, beloved, There is our salvation. 347 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:28,080 What the law of Moses, as Saint Paul writes in Romans chapter 8, 348 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,640 verse 3, was weak by the sickliness of the flesh. 349 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,040 Not that God's law was weak and couldn't perform, but we were 350 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,720 sick. You know, you have a you, you're 351 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,600 prescribed a medication, but because your illness is so 352 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:47,160 severe, you're you. You're prescribed 20 grams of 353 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:49,960 what do you call? No. 354 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,280 Yeah. Penicillin, antibiotics, Right. 355 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:58,120 You prescribed 20 milligrams that 20 milligram of antibiotics 356 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,400 heals a person who is not whose illness is not that severe. 357 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,160 But then you go back to the the physician say, listen, it didn't 358 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,240 do anything for me. Is it you know what, I'm going 359 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:12,040 to up the dosage or I'm going to I'm going to increase the dosage 360 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,760 or the milligrams. I'm going to increase it. 361 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,680 But obviously your illness is a little bit more stronger and 362 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:22,320 then that starts working The we the flesh was see sick insane 363 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:28,360 corruptibility transgression. The law of Moses could not do 364 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,880 anything, and not only the 10 command, we're not talking about 365 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,720 the 10 commandments, only the 600 plus laws that Moses, he 366 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,520 could not do anything because man was so sick, was such a 367 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:45,120 Sinner, dreadful stench, right? But faith in Jesus Christ, why? 368 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,920 Because he fulfilled it. And he fulfilled the law, the 369 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:53,520 Mosaic law, and he brought eternal, he brought new life, 370 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:58,120 the newness of life. And he, he opened the Kingdom of 371 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:01,880 heaven one more time. He promised the resurrection. 372 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:06,680 He, he conquered sin, death and Satan because he was pure. 373 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:13,480 And by believing in him #1 we believe that he did this 1st to 374 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,360 believe. And then we'll continue to see 375 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:21,080 that when, when the people who heard Saint Peter preach chapter 376 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,320 2 of verse the the book of the act, they said, what do we do? 377 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,280 What was what must we do to be saved? 378 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,360 He said baptized. He didn't say just believe, 379 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,520 baptize. So when we believe and we are 380 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:37,320 baptized, we put, we are put to death in baptism with Christ and 381 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,680 we have a new life. We are then saved from the 382 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:44,120 mosaic and the rituals and the instructions and the 383 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:47,520 requirements of the law. He's telling the Jewish leaders 384 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:52,120 now he's telling the leaders of the synagogue, but now you are 385 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:54,720 still under that and it's not going to do anything. 386 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,400 You're still related. You're still in a bondage to the 387 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:02,640 Mosaic Law, which was not bad. The it's not that the law is, 388 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,680 you know, was, was weak and not that the law was defeated and 389 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,880 failed. What you need to do now after 390 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,400 all of this, that I have said to you that this Jesus Christ, I 391 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:18,040 read you all the prophecies. I, I, I, I prove to you that he 392 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,600 was resurrected. You know very well he was 393 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,800 resurrected because when he was resurrected, you fooled, you try 394 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,920 to fool the people and say his body was stolen. 395 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:31,800 His body was stolen. How, how in one of the one of 396 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,480 the church hymns, doctrinal hymns, We, yeah, we, we, we 397 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,040 sing. And this is on the Sunday of the 398 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,080 resurrection. It's a dialogue between Mary 399 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:45,720 and, and Joseph of Arimathea is and Mary is, is crying and 400 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,720 weeping Saint Mary, the Blessed Mother. 401 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,760 And she weeps and she cries and said, and it says Mary was 402 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:57,440 weeping and crying as she was saying, they have stolen my son. 403 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,280 Maybe Mary even for a minute thought maybe they've stolen 404 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:07,560 him. She's a human being. 405 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,960 She kept everything in her heart. 406 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:14,440 But the peers that, that, that spear and that sword that Simon 407 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,880 the Righteous said will go through. 408 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,960 Maybe at that time she was thinking maybe they have stolen 409 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,880 him, right. Hey, 22,024 years. 410 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,720 They're still trying to say his body was stolen. 411 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,040 Where it is, we don't know. They keep saying, oh, we found 412 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,400 the bones of Jesus Christ. Where are they hastily? 413 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,520 No, no, no, they're not. Christ didn't see corruption. 414 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:39,480 Saint Paul writes what Mary was weeping and saying that she was 415 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:44,880 they've stolen my son Joseph of Arimathea said be still, be 416 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,720 quiet Mary. No one has stolen him. 417 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,960 Who can approach this fire? Who can approach the fire? 418 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:57,920 The body of Christ, the incarnated and and in particular 419 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,240 the resurrected body of Jesus Christ. 420 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,800 No one can touch this body and not be burnt. 421 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,720 He didn't see corruption. I mean to that. 422 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:16,280 And through that, through that victory, that power that might 423 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,320 that's sovereignty. We believe we are baptized. 424 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:25,520 We are then introduced in the new life and we have we refer to 425 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,760 that now, when I say the laws of the Mosaic laws and the laws and 426 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,160 the prophets, it doesn't mean we don't read them. 427 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:36,040 It does not mean that some of the laws, some of the the the 428 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:41,920 ritual instructions on how to how to read the Holy Scriptures 429 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,160 and the liturgy that was back then. 430 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,600 We are totally we abolish this because the the word abolish 431 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,440 doesn't even Jesus did not abolish anything. 432 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,400 No, it was still practice, but we practice it in the life of 433 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,160 Jesus Christ. Praise be to his name. 434 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:01,520 So when someone says are you saved, your reply will be yes, I 435 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:07,440 am saved from the unjustifiable law of Moses, which was weak 436 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,480 because I was a Sinner, I was sick, I was saved hell. 437 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:16,040 I believe in the one who fulfilled that law, who died and 438 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,160 was resurrected. So yeah, but I have a part. 439 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,680 I have a participation in that death and resurrection where? 440 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:27,640 In my baptism and I'm bored. Not born again. 441 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:32,200 Born and you I was born anew. I have new life in Jesus Christ. 442 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,000 So what's your destiny? Eternal life. 443 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,040 What must I do now to inherit eternal life? 444 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,680 You know, they asked Peter what must we do to be saved? 445 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,920 He said be baptized. So baptism does save you. 446 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:51,760 Peter himself writes it. What must I do to to to inherit 447 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,000 eternal life? Believe in the Lord, Continue to 448 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,440 live in the Lord piously, virtuously through your deeds, 449 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:05,720 Produce fruits, deeds of produce fruits or deeds that are worthy 450 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,640 of repentance. Praying, fasting, reading the 451 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,600 Holy Scriptures, attending to church, participating in the 452 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,600 holy sacraments. We're going to talk about the 453 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,640 Holy Eucharist in one, one episode. 454 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,280 It's not just mere, it's more than a mere bread and wine. 455 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,120 No, no, no. We're going to talk about that, 456 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,960 beloved. And then when the Lord returns 457 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:33,080 and when he has examined and graciously, there's the Word, 458 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:38,760 there's the word graciously invites you to His eternal 459 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,160 Kingdom. It's that place we will cry out 460 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,640 and say, Lord, we are not worthy, but only through your 461 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:51,480 grace because our deeds are not what has granted us its eternal 462 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,280 life. It's your grace, but you examine 463 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,800 the deeds and you saw that through our deeds, we portrayed 464 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,040 our love for you. That's going to be the next, 465 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,760 next episode, next week, verse 40. 466 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:08,000 Beware, therefore let's that lest that which is written in 467 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,960 the prophets may come upon you, be careful. 468 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,960 You despise. And this is from Habakkuk, 469 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:19,520 Habakkuk chapter one, verse 5. Be careful, O you despise us, 470 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,840 for you shall wander and perish, for I will do a great work in 471 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:28,520 your day which you will not believe, even if a man fell, if 472 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,000 a man tell it to you. What did they say about Jesus 473 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,360 Christ? This is about Jesus Christ. 474 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,800 Is this not the man of a? Is this not the son of A, a 475 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,560 Carpenter? What's he doing in these 476 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,880 synagogues? Who is this man? 477 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,800 Is this? This is the this is the Messiah. 478 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:49,560 A simple gown. This is the Messiah who looks 479 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,400 like a slave, a servant. Philippians chapter 2. 480 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,760 Yeah, Yeah. This is the man that's going to 481 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,640 save. This is the man the Jews would 482 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,040 say, this is the man that's going to topple the Roman 483 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,040 government, politically speaking, and revolt, and then 484 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,400 we're going to come in power. This is the man. 485 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,640 He's talking about love. He's talking about he who 486 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,280 strikes you on, on one cheek, turn the other cheek. 487 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:15,200 This is the man you mockers, those who mock Jesus Christ 488 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,080 today, those who mock Jesus Christ. 489 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:24,280 Film stars, movie stars, music stars, priests, bishops, 490 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:28,560 patriarchs, popes, whoever it is, you mock Jesus Christ 491 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,800 because of his humility. Be aware, be aware, Saint Paul 492 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,240 says. Be aware that you don't fall in 493 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,160 this warning of the Lord Jesus Christ. 494 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,120 You will have your own damnation and your own judgement. 495 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,200 So wake up to yourselves. He's saying wake up to 496 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,160 yourselves. How much proof do you want? 497 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,200 You know, as I was saying, if I was a leader of the synagogue 498 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,760 there, I would say Saint Paul, what do I do to be saved? 499 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:59,640 And he would say, believe and be baptized as he did, as Simon 500 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:04,800 did. Believe and be baptized in the 501 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,040 name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one 502 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:09,719 God forever. Amen. 503 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,120 We hope you enjoyed this week's message. 504 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:40,360 Please don't forget to rate and review this podcast and share 505 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,719 with your friends and family. For any future topic suggestions 506 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,159 or to give us detailed feedback, please visit our link in the 507 00:34:47,159 --> 00:34:52,000 show notes. 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