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Well, this evening we'll be talking regarding the

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book of Psalms, and we've chosen Psalm 1,

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and it is verse 1, and then after

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10 hours we won't be talking about verse

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1, we will be just talking about the

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psalm, but there will be a continuation for

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this topic, God willing, next Friday, by the

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grace of the Lord.

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So today's topic is the book of Psalms,

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Psalm 1 and verse 1.

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Blessed is the man who walks not in

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the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in

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the path of sinners, nor sits in the

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seat of the scornful.

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And all glory be to our Lord and

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Savior, Jesus Christ, forever and ever, Amen.

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Okay, the book of Psalms, to give it

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a title, we call it Blessed is the

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Man, and these are the very first words

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that Psalm 1 and verse 1 begins with,

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and we're going to give it this title,

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Blessed is the Man.

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In the book of Sirach, which probably a

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lot of you maybe have not even heard

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of it or even read it, but in

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the book of Sirach, chapter 14 and verse

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1, this book is of the deuterocanonical books.

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So in the book of Sirach, chapter 14

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and verse 1, it says, Blessed is the

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man who does not blunder with his lips

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and need not suffer grief for sin.

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Now we are tying Sirach 14.1 with

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Psalm number 1.

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They go hand in hand.

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When we look at Sirach 14.1, it

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says, Blessed is the man who does not

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blunder with his lips.

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What does that mean, does not blunder with

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his lips?

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It means does not make a mistake in

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his speech in the way he talks.

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So blessed is the man who never makes

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a mistake when they talk and need not

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suffer grief for sin.

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It means he does not make a mistake

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in his actions.

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So in other words, blessed is the man

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who does not make a mistake neither the

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way he talks nor the way he walks.

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Blessed is that man that does not make

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a mistake neither the way he talks nor

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the way he walks.

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This applies to none of us because all

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of us are sinners and all of us

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have sinned with the way we talk and

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with the way we walk.

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This is why both in the book of

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Sirach 14.1 and in Psalm 1.1,

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they refer to the man, not a man.

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Blessed is the man, the man.

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So the man means there is only one

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man and no one else but him.

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Because every other man failed and sinned with

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the way they talked and with the way

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they behaved and walked.

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But there is the man who never sinned

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neither with the way he spoke nor with

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the way he went about his obligation, his

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duties.

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And the only man which both verses apply

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to is none but Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

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All glory to his holy and mighty name.

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Jesus is the perfect sinless man that never

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sinned neither with the way he spoke nor

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with the way he walked.

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And as the man, he is perfect sinless

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like God.

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But obviously he is also the perfect God.

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And as the perfect God, he is perfection

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in itself, does not need to say anything

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further.

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However, our topic today is about the man,

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the perfect man.

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We connected Sirach 14.1 and Psalm 1

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together as they both speak about the man,

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Jesus.

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The first part of Sirach 14.1, so

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verse 1, we can divide it into two

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The first part of verse 1, it says,

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blessed is the man who does not blunder

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with his lips.

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We find the meaning to this in Psalm

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1 and the first half of Psalm 1,

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which is verses 1 to 3.

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And the second part of Sirach 14.1

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that says, and need not suffer grief for

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sin.

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We find the meaning of this in Psalm

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1, the second part of it, which is

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verses 4 to 6.

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So Psalm 1 consists of six verses.

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This is why we connected Sirach 14.1

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and Psalm number 1.

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Now, before we come into this Psalm, my

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beloved, I want to say something here before

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we comment on Psalm number 1.

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There is something called the divine project.

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There is something called the divine project.

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Many people ask, why did God create me?

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Many people ask this question, why did God

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really create me?

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What is the purpose of it all?

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Since after being born, raised, started working, got

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married, raised a family, being successful, and after

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all this hard work and many, many years

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of suffering and sacrifices, I depart from this

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world and leave it all behind.

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And I say, I wish it never existed

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in the first place.

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What is the point of going through all

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this and at the end, just farewell everything

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and put it to rest?

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So we question this.

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However, my beloved, there is an objective as

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to why God created us all.

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God has a goal and he wants to

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achieve this goal.

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And when I say God, I mean the

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triune God, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, one in

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nature, one in essence, one God.

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So, this God, who is Father, Son, Holy

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Spirit, is all love and he has infinite

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goodness.

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God has only one begotten Son.

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But God wishes to have many children to

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inherit his infinite goodness with his beloved Son.

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Because he is love, he wants to share

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this love.

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Because he is good, he wants to share

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this goodness and the only one who shares

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it with is his beloved Son, Jesus Christ

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of Nazareth.

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So he wanted to have, instead of just

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one begotten Son, he wanted to have many,

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many children to share his goodness with his

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children along with his beloved Son, Jesus Christ

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of Nazareth.

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This is God's objective.

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Now, his Son is Christ and whoever believes

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in Christ, they are the children who will

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inherit God's goodness, i.e. glory.

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His Son is Christ and whoever believes in

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Christ, they will be those children who will

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inherit God's goodness, which is his glory.

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Now, a question.

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How would God bring these children?

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He wants to have many children.

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But how is he going to do it?

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Well, my beloved, there are two ways to

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have children.

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No more, no less.

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There are two ways.

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One of them, I'm sure a lot of

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us here are aware of.

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The first one is called the physical connection.

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When the man and the woman get together

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in a matrimonial bond, sanctified by the almighty

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God, and they bear fruits, they bear children.

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So there is the physical way of making

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children possible.

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However, this physical, biological way, it cannot work

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with God.

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It is impossible to work with God because

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simply God is only one and there is

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no other God like him to be together.

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So he is only one and one God

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only.

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So the biological, physical aspect is out of

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the question.

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Then we are left with the second option,

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how God went about to make children and

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plenty of them.

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The second option is called mortification or simply

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death.

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Through death, God made children.

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Through death.

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Can death give birth?

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The answer is yes.

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I'll give you an example.

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Let's say I have a grain of wheat.

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And I want this grain of wheat to

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have many children, many grains of wheat.

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Can I bring another grain and unite them

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together in order to bear children?

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Can I?

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I'm asking you.

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Can I bring one grain of wheat and

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bring another one and say, okay, now you're

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united in a bond now and to bear

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children?

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Of course not.

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But how can I make this grain of

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wheat bear fruits, many children, when the grain

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is buried into the ground?

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When the grain is buried into the ground.

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The moment this grain of wheat is buried

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into the ground, the secret of life that

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is hidden in it becomes revealed.

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For as long as this grain of wheat

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was outside, above ground, there is no sign

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of life, there is no sign of multiplication.

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But the moment it is buried, the secret

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of this very life that was hidden in

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this seed became revealed the moment the grain

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was buried, i.e. when it died.

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The moment the grain died, gave life.

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And the moment it's buried, it shoots out

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roots, stump, flower, and then in that head,

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40 grains of wheat are produced.

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Exactly identical to the very one that was

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buried into the ground.

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One died, produced 40.

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Fully identical.

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Through death, children were made possible.

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And this is exactly the way God used

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to bring us into existence.

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This is exactly the same way God used

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to bring us all into existence.

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This is revealed to us by Christ himself.

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We read in John 12, 24, the Lord

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Jesus is speaking here.

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He says, When

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we study the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke,

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and John, we do not see the Lord

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Jesus referring to anyone prior to his crucifixion.

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We do not see the Lord Jesus referring

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to anyone as my brother.

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I guarantee you, read them.

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And I encourage you to read, please.

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Please do.

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Read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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You will never see the Lord Jesus prior

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to the cross, prior to his resurrection, referring

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to any human being as his own brother.

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Yes, people said to him, your mother and

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brothers are waiting outside.

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People said it.

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But did Jesus say it himself?

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Never.

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Never.

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When did the Lord Jesus say, my brothers?

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For the first time ever, after resurrection.

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When he met Mary Magdalene in that garden.

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And he said to her, go and tell

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my brothers.

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I am ascending to my father and your

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father.

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To my God and your God.

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When did the Lord Jesus refer to us

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as his brothers?

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After he was risen from the dead.

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So that grain of wheat is Christ himself.

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Because what do you make out of the

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grain of wheat?

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Bread.

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And in John 6, he says, I am

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the living bread that descended from heaven.

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He who eats me shall live in me

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forever.

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So the grain of wheat is himself.

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Unless that grain of wheat is buried into

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the earth, it will remain alone.

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But if it dies, it will bear many

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fruits.

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The grain of wheat Christ, he was buried

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into the grave.

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And when he rose from the grave, he

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bore many fruits.

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And that was the only time he said

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to us and called us brothers.

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That was the only time.

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Prior to the cross, what did he refer

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to his disciples as?

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Friends and beloved.

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That's all.

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After resurrection, he called them my brothers.

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Now Jesus Christ is the son of God.

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And if Jesus Christ, who is the son

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of God, calls us brothers, so what are

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we now to God?

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Sons of God.

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If we are brothers to the son of

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God, then we are the sons of the

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almighty God at the same time.

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And who made this possible?

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Jesus, the grain of wheat, when he got

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buried and died and rose and brought forth,

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gave birth to many children.

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God the father gave birth to many children

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through his beloved son when he was buried

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into the ground and rose from the dead.

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All glory to his holy and mighty name.

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This is the divine project.

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My beloved, any project, any project requires three

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parties.

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First one is the project owner.

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Second one, the engineer who will design the

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project.

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And the third one, the financier who will

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fund the project.

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So there are three parties to any project.

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The owner, the engineer, and the financier who

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is going to fund the project.

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Now the project owner is God the father.

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The project owner is God the father.

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The father wants many children.

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That is his project.

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He wants to achieve this.

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So what does he do?

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He brought the engineer into play to make

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it, to draw it all for him.

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And who is the engineer?

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The Holy Spirit.

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And who is the financier?

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The son of God, Jesus Christ.

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He financed the project with his own precious

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blood.

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He paid the price of the project in

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full on the cross.

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So now, since the engineer is the

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Holy Spirit and the financier, Jesus Christ of

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Nazareth.

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For this, the engineer takes from the financier

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and implements it.

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And that is where the Lord Jesus said

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it in John 16.14 about the Holy

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Spirit.

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He says, he will, he meaning the Holy

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Spirit, he will glorify me.

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So the Holy Spirit, the engineer will glorify

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me, I the financier.

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For he will take what is mine and

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declare it to you.

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The engineer will take from the financier and

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declare it to you.

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John 16.14 The Holy Spirit takes from

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Christ and gives us until Christ is reflected

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and revealed in us clearly and vividly.

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The Holy Spirit's job or role is to

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make us Christ-like, imitating Christ.

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John the Beloved in his epistle, the first

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epistle, chapter 3 verse 2.

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He says, Beloved, we are God's children.

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We are God's children now.

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It does not yet appear.

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Now if I ask you, you are a

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child of God.

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You're going to say, oh please Father, like

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I'm a mighty sinner.

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I can't be the child of God.

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You know, I've got too many defects.

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There are too many wrong things in me.

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It just cannot, I cannot be the son

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to the Almighty God.

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God is perfect, how can I be his

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son and yet I'm full of errors.

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And that's why John the Beloved is saying,

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we are God's children now.

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It does not yet appear what shall be,

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what we shall be.

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But we know that when he appears, we

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shall be like him.

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So on the second return of Christ, when

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he appears, we shall be like him in

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the next life.

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We will be Christ-like in the next

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life.

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But here we're struggling.

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But the grace of God and the power

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of the Holy Spirit and the sacrificial lamb

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of God trying frantically in us to shape

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us and form us and mould us and

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make us Christ-like.

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We're struggling, but getting there.

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But if you trust in the Lord, he

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will make sure at the end you will

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end up like him.

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He will make sure, you need to trust

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him.

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Now my beloved, you will say to me,

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why did you say all this yet we

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haven't even entered into Psalm 1?

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Why all this introduction?

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And I will reply and say this to

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you my beloved.

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Because Psalm 1 is telling us the following.

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No one will enter heaven unless they are

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Christ-like.

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Psalm 1 is telling us, no one can

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ever enter heaven unless we are Christ-like.

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If anyone comes to you and says that

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with your deeds and with your sacrifices and

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with your hard work you can make it.

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Well, the law will say this to you.

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Yes, theoretically speaking, yes you can make it.

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However, if you can get a hundred out

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of a hundred in God's law.

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If you sit in an exam, God's exam,

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and you get a hundred out of a

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hundred, then you can enter heaven with your

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own hard work.

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But can anyone fulfill God's law in its

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perfection?

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That is the question.

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You need to be like the man.

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Blessed is the man.

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Can we have the verse on the screen

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please?

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Blessed is the man.

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Can you be like this man, the man?

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Well, in James, the epistle of James chapter

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2 verse 10, he says, For whoever shall

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keep the whole law and yet stumble in

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one point, he is guilty of all.

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In other words, what St. James is saying,

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if you sit in an exam, in God's

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exam, and you get 99.9999 out of

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a hundred, God will give you zero.

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It is either a hundred or it's nothing

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with God.

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Because God is perfect, He will never allow

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anything enter His presence unless it is perfect

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like Him.

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So 99.999 is not a perfect number.

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The perfect number that will get you to

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heaven is a hundred out of a hundred.

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So unless you get a hundred out of

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a hundred, you can never make it.

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No human being can ever fulfill God's law

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in its totality.

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We all failed.

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God gave us ten commandments through Moses.

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We miserably failed in all of them.

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In all of them.

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Someone might come and say, well one of

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the commandments says do not kill.

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I never killed anyone.

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Really?

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Maybe you didn't kill somebody physically, but you've

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killed somebody mentally, emotionally.

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What about your gossip?

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Talking behind people's back, stabbing them in the

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back.

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That is called murder.

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That applies to the commandment.

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You are now a killer in the sight

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of God.

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Gossiping.

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So I didn't kill him with a bullet,

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but I killed him with a word.

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So there is the physical murder and there

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is the spiritual murder.

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It all falls under do not kill.

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All of us failed, my beloved.

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If ten commandments we were not able to

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fulfill, how can we fulfill the fullness of

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God's law?

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It's impossible, my beloved.

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It is impossible.

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Therefore, no one can make it to heaven.

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This is why the grain of wheat came.

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Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

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Since God the Father wanted children, and God

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the Father realized, these children, even if He

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makes them, they won't be able to get

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back to Him, because they will not be

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the perfect ones He intended for them to

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be.

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That's why He sent His beloved Son, Jesus

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Christ of Nazareth, to be that grain of

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wheat that was buried into the ground, died,

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and through death, God the Father gave birth,

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through His beloved Son, His death gave birth

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to many children who believed in Him.

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Are you with me?

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To fulfill the fullness of the law of

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God on our behalf.

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That's why Jesus came.

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To fulfill the fullness of God's law on

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our behalf, where we failed.

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Now, to fulfill the fullness of the law,

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I'll give you several biblical references that talk

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about Jesus fulfilling the law on our behalf,

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and it's just a few, just a very

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few of them.

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Read Matthew 5, 17-18.

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Read Romans 8, 3-4.

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Read Romans 10, verse 4.

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Read Galatians 3, verse 13.

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And Colossians 2, verses 13-14.

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Just a few to name, where Christ fulfilled

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the law on our behalf, in order for

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us to get a hundred out of a

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hundred.

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Christ came to pay our debt in full,

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and fulfill the law of God in full.

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So when we say, blessed is the man.

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The very beginning of Psalm 1 and verse

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1.

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Blessed is THE man.

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The word THE means, this is the man,

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and there is no one else but him.

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Period.

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No prophet, no holy man, whoever you want

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to bring.

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All humans are sinners, and the wages of

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sin is death.

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Only one man was sinless, like God.

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This man is THE man mentioned in Psalm

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1-1.

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Blessed is the man.

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So when we say, blessed is the man.

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Then who will enter heaven?

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Jesus, the man.

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Since he is the only one perfect, the

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only one who fulfilled God's law, then he

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is the only man that will enter heaven.

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Then the question is, what about me?

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Well, if Jesus is the only one who

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fulfilled the law, therefore he is able to

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enter heaven, then what about me?

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What will happen to me?

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Well, you want to enter heaven?

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You need to cancel yourself and enter through

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Christ.

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You need to cancel yourself and enter through

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Christ.

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Look at St. Paul, understood it.

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Galatians 2-20, St. Paul is saying, It

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is no longer I who live, I cancelled

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myself.

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It is no longer I who live, but

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Christ lives in me.

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You want to enter heaven?

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It is no longer I who live, but

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Christ who lives in me.

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In our terminology, in our simple English, Stop

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00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,520
being stubborn and doing things your way.

550
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,460
Stop going downtown.

551
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,320
Stop going here and there and so-called

552
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:39,140
having fun.

553
00:28:39,140 --> 00:28:43,940
Stop doing it your way because Christ purchased

554
00:28:43,940 --> 00:28:46,300
you with his own precious blood.

555
00:28:46,780 --> 00:28:50,080
You no longer belong to yourself, you belong

556
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:50,740
to him.

557
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,160
And the only way to enter heaven, you

558
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,380
need to be perfect as God.

559
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,040
And the only man that is perfect as

560
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,080
God is Christ the King.

561
00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:04,700
Therefore, you want to enter with Jesus to

562
00:29:04,700 --> 00:29:05,040
heaven?

563
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:09,520
You better live for him, no more for

564
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:10,100
yourself.

565
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:15,220
As a Christian, we cannot be worldly.

566
00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:21,960
My son, my daughter, don't ever fight for

567
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,180
materialistic things.

568
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,740
I see so sadly, even in marriages they

569
00:29:27,740 --> 00:29:29,180
became materialistic.

570
00:29:29,580 --> 00:29:32,180
Even in baptisms they became materialistic.

571
00:29:32,180 --> 00:29:35,540
We've introduced materialism which is the world.

572
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,560
We brought it into the church and we

573
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:39,940
made the church worldly.

574
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,640
And Christ established the church to change the

575
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,400
world into heavenly.

576
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:55,280
When as Christians, fight over a diamond ring,

577
00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:59,840
fight over a house, fight over a block

578
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,840
of land, fight over clothing, fight over a

579
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:08,380
car, fight over money, we haven't lived Christ

580
00:30:08,380 --> 00:30:08,760
yet.

581
00:30:09,220 --> 00:30:10,300
We haven't.

582
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:17,320
Christianity is not a story being told.

583
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,940
Christianity is not a song being sang.

584
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,240
Christianity is not an eloquent preach given.

585
00:30:27,980 --> 00:30:31,260
Christianity is Christ being lived.

586
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,480
Christ needs to be lived, not talked about.

587
00:30:38,810 --> 00:30:41,110
It's so easy to talk about the Lord,

588
00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:43,390
yet so hard to live the Lord.

589
00:30:44,230 --> 00:30:47,030
That is why many talk about the Lord,

590
00:30:47,290 --> 00:30:48,790
but only few live him.

591
00:30:49,510 --> 00:30:50,070
Only few.

592
00:30:52,820 --> 00:30:56,940
The Lord says, to enter God's kingdom, you

593
00:30:56,940 --> 00:30:58,320
need to be perfect like God.

594
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,260
The only one who is perfect like God

595
00:31:00,260 --> 00:31:01,540
is Jesus the man.

596
00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:04,680
So the only one who is going to

597
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,100
enter heaven out of the entire human race

598
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:08,840
is Jesus.

599
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,980
But God the Father wants many children.

600
00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:14,780
So therefore you need to die for yourself

601
00:31:14,780 --> 00:31:17,680
and live for Jesus Christ of Nazareth in

602
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,720
order to enter heaven through him, by him,

603
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:23,760
with him and in him.

604
00:31:24,740 --> 00:31:25,900
That's the only way.

605
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,720
Otherwise we are all going to die eventually

606
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:32,040
anyway.

607
00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:36,540
And whatever we worked hard for will go

608
00:31:36,540 --> 00:31:38,860
astray.

609
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,100
It will be just a vanity.

610
00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:42,020
What a loss.

611
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,020
What a great loss.

612
00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:46,640
If I don't have Jesus in my life,

613
00:31:47,260 --> 00:31:50,620
whatever I've gained on earth, even though I've

614
00:31:50,620 --> 00:31:53,580
worked hard for it, it is all a

615
00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:54,520
loss at the end.

616
00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:58,680
The grave will take everything away from you.

617
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,060
But when you have Jesus as your portion,

618
00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:05,620
whatever you worked hard for, you will see

619
00:32:05,620 --> 00:32:07,660
a massive credit for you in heaven.

620
00:32:08,020 --> 00:32:11,540
The Lord will say, come my child, this

621
00:32:11,540 --> 00:32:15,920
place is yours, because you made me your

622
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:16,380
portion.

623
00:32:16,380 --> 00:32:18,460
You made me your savior.

624
00:32:18,940 --> 00:32:20,460
You made me your redeemer.

625
00:32:20,860 --> 00:32:23,720
You made me your king over your life.

626
00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:26,840
Whatever you worked hard for, because you've done

627
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,360
it in my name for my glory, I

628
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,500
will glorify you in heaven the way you

629
00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,060
glorified me on earth.

630
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:36,360
Amen.

631
00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:38,040
Come on.

632
00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:39,080
Amen.

633
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:46,260
So my beloveds, stop seeking the world and

634
00:32:46,260 --> 00:32:48,620
its pleasures and temptations.

635
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,160
Glorify Christ in everything you do.

636
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,800
Glorify Christ when you are with your friends.

637
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,520
Don't let your friends take you away from

638
00:32:58,520 --> 00:32:58,980
the Lord.

639
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,700
And if they do, they are not your

640
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:02,240
friends.

641
00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:04,480
Walk away from them.

642
00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:09,060
A true friend is the one who takes

643
00:33:09,060 --> 00:33:10,400
you up, not down.

644
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:12,280
Is the one who takes you to the

645
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:13,520
church, not the club.

646
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:14,920
Is the one who takes you to the

647
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,040
light, not darkness.

648
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,040
Is the one who takes you to Christ,

649
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:19,080
not Satan.

650
00:33:20,260 --> 00:33:21,360
That is the true friend.

651
00:33:27,860 --> 00:33:28,960
So you want to enter heaven?

652
00:33:29,220 --> 00:33:32,120
Cancel yourself and live for the Lord Jesus.

653
00:33:35,330 --> 00:33:37,770
And since you live in the man, you

654
00:33:37,770 --> 00:33:38,530
will enter heaven.

655
00:33:39,690 --> 00:33:43,330
Enter heaven in a perfect way.

656
00:33:44,930 --> 00:33:47,770
Psalm 1 will apply to you completely.

657
00:33:48,890 --> 00:33:51,570
You enter heaven through Jesus Christ.

658
00:33:52,190 --> 00:33:56,230
Psalm 1 will apply to you completely and

659
00:33:56,230 --> 00:33:56,690
perfectly.

660
00:33:58,330 --> 00:34:01,970
We will enter heaven perfect.

661
00:34:03,330 --> 00:34:07,630
There are two important verses that reveal this.

662
00:34:07,630 --> 00:34:09,489
That we will enter heaven perfect.

663
00:34:09,710 --> 00:34:13,429
Two vital verses that reveal this to us.

664
00:34:13,710 --> 00:34:17,850
Verse 1 is Ephesians 5.27. Look at

665
00:34:17,850 --> 00:34:18,370
Saint Paul.

666
00:34:19,429 --> 00:34:21,050
That he might present her.

667
00:34:21,370 --> 00:34:23,270
That he here means Jesus Christ.

668
00:34:23,610 --> 00:34:26,270
That he might present her, meaning the church.

669
00:34:26,650 --> 00:34:28,989
That he might present her to himself a

670
00:34:28,989 --> 00:34:30,770
glorious church.

671
00:34:31,030 --> 00:34:35,290
Not having spot or wrinkle or any such

672
00:34:35,290 --> 00:34:35,690
thing.

673
00:34:35,690 --> 00:34:38,949
But that she would be holy and without

674
00:34:38,949 --> 00:34:39,889
blemish.

675
00:34:40,889 --> 00:34:44,929
That he might, Jesus, present his beloved church,

676
00:34:45,010 --> 00:34:45,570
the bride.

677
00:34:45,810 --> 00:34:49,010
In the end, to the father, perfect like

678
00:34:49,010 --> 00:34:49,270
him.

679
00:34:50,350 --> 00:34:53,130
That is telling us, he will bring us

680
00:34:53,130 --> 00:34:56,930
into heaven as perfect as he is.

681
00:34:58,150 --> 00:35:06,710
The second verse is Matthew 25.21. This

682
00:35:06,710 --> 00:35:09,810
is when you enter heaven.

683
00:35:10,710 --> 00:35:13,130
What the Lord will say about you as

684
00:35:13,130 --> 00:35:14,110
you are entering heaven.

685
00:35:15,090 --> 00:35:16,310
This is true by the way.

686
00:35:17,930 --> 00:35:21,290
Trust every word that is written in the

687
00:35:21,290 --> 00:35:21,870
Holy Bible.

688
00:35:22,350 --> 00:35:25,770
This is the only place that truth exists.

689
00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:28,030
Trust me, not me.

690
00:35:30,010 --> 00:35:32,190
Trust this perfect God, perfect man.

691
00:35:32,550 --> 00:35:33,810
Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

692
00:35:33,810 --> 00:35:37,290
Look at Matthew 25.21. As you are

693
00:35:37,290 --> 00:35:41,710
entering heaven, the Lord will get up to

694
00:35:41,710 --> 00:35:42,310
welcome you.

695
00:35:42,430 --> 00:35:43,770
Look what he will say to you.

696
00:35:44,530 --> 00:35:47,890
His Lord said to him, well done, good

697
00:35:47,890 --> 00:35:49,610
and faithful servant.

698
00:35:51,530 --> 00:35:54,850
So the Lord will say to that person

699
00:35:54,850 --> 00:35:56,310
who enters heaven.

700
00:35:56,530 --> 00:36:00,190
He will say, well done, good and faithful

701
00:36:00,190 --> 00:36:01,110
servant.

702
00:36:02,990 --> 00:36:03,970
Now hang on.

703
00:36:04,670 --> 00:36:07,650
The Holy Bible teaches us, there is no

704
00:36:07,650 --> 00:36:09,650
one good but God.

705
00:36:11,450 --> 00:36:12,650
There is no one good.

706
00:36:13,710 --> 00:36:15,730
But hang on, God himself is saying in

707
00:36:15,730 --> 00:36:18,250
Matthew 25.21. I will say to that

708
00:36:18,250 --> 00:36:22,030
person who enters heaven, well done, good.

709
00:36:24,070 --> 00:36:24,990
But hang on.

710
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:27,370
The word good only applies to God.

711
00:36:27,550 --> 00:36:28,910
Why are you calling me good?

712
00:36:28,910 --> 00:36:29,870
I'm a sinner.

713
00:36:32,090 --> 00:36:32,610
No.

714
00:36:33,990 --> 00:36:37,390
The Lord says, the only reason why I

715
00:36:37,390 --> 00:36:40,550
called you good and faithful servant, because I

716
00:36:40,550 --> 00:36:42,770
did not see you, I saw my son

717
00:36:42,770 --> 00:36:43,390
in you.

718
00:36:46,170 --> 00:36:48,130
That's why I called you good and faithful.

719
00:36:48,530 --> 00:36:50,570
Because I know, I'm God, you don't need

720
00:36:50,570 --> 00:36:52,170
to tell me who is good and who

721
00:36:52,170 --> 00:36:52,550
is not.

722
00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:54,990
My son is the good God.

723
00:36:55,670 --> 00:36:58,510
And my son, he is the good God

724
00:36:58,510 --> 00:36:59,310
in his divinity.

725
00:36:59,530 --> 00:37:02,690
And he is the faithful servant in his

726
00:37:02,690 --> 00:37:03,230
humanity.

727
00:37:05,210 --> 00:37:07,510
So that's why I saw my son in

728
00:37:07,510 --> 00:37:07,750
you.

729
00:37:08,010 --> 00:37:10,170
And that is the only reason I refer

730
00:37:10,170 --> 00:37:13,130
to you as good and faithful servant.

731
00:37:13,990 --> 00:37:16,170
Because you entered through my son.

732
00:37:16,650 --> 00:37:19,390
Otherwise, I do not know who you are.

733
00:37:19,670 --> 00:37:21,690
Away with you, oh evil doer.

734
00:37:21,690 --> 00:37:24,870
Go to hell, a place prepared for Satan

735
00:37:24,870 --> 00:37:26,610
and his foul spirits.

736
00:37:27,310 --> 00:37:30,150
But if you enter through Jesus Christ, you

737
00:37:30,150 --> 00:37:33,570
will hear God's calling you, the good and

738
00:37:33,570 --> 00:37:35,170
faithful servant.

739
00:37:35,830 --> 00:37:37,890
And God is good, and since he called

740
00:37:37,890 --> 00:37:41,350
you good, then he made you like God.

741
00:37:41,770 --> 00:37:45,230
We will be Christ-like in the end.

742
00:37:54,390 --> 00:37:59,870
This is why John the Beloved says in

743
00:37:59,870 --> 00:38:04,270
1 John 3 verse 2, We shall be

744
00:38:04,270 --> 00:38:05,210
like him.

745
00:38:06,490 --> 00:38:08,290
In the end, we shall be like him.

746
00:38:10,550 --> 00:38:19,070
Now, Psalm 1 verse 1 says, Blessed is

747
00:38:19,070 --> 00:38:19,530
the man.

748
00:38:20,410 --> 00:38:25,390
In this verse, this the man, blessed is

749
00:38:25,390 --> 00:38:28,970
the man, this man has three qualities.

750
00:38:29,550 --> 00:38:32,010
In verse 1, it tells us that this

751
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,830
perfect man has three qualities.

752
00:38:35,690 --> 00:38:38,890
In the same verse, first quality.

753
00:38:40,110 --> 00:38:42,210
Blessed is the man, the first quality is,

754
00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:45,230
who walks not in the counsel of the

755
00:38:45,230 --> 00:38:45,930
ungodly.

756
00:38:46,850 --> 00:38:51,530
This perfect man does not walk in the

757
00:38:51,530 --> 00:38:53,130
counsel of the ungodly.

758
00:38:53,510 --> 00:38:57,310
Second quality, nor stands in the path of

759
00:38:57,310 --> 00:38:57,790
sinners.

760
00:38:58,770 --> 00:39:02,410
Third quality, nor sits in the seat of

761
00:39:02,410 --> 00:39:03,230
the scornful.

762
00:39:04,310 --> 00:39:06,910
Those who ridicule and make fun of people.

763
00:39:08,670 --> 00:39:12,290
So the qualities of this perfect man, One,

764
00:39:13,730 --> 00:39:16,230
he never walked in the counsel of the

765
00:39:16,230 --> 00:39:16,810
ungodly.

766
00:39:17,690 --> 00:39:21,330
He never associated himself with ungodly people.

767
00:39:22,950 --> 00:39:25,830
Are you associating yourself with ungodly people?

768
00:39:26,830 --> 00:39:28,270
You need to ask yourself this question.

769
00:39:29,030 --> 00:39:31,870
Number two, this perfect man, he never stood

770
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,050
in the path of the sinners.

771
00:39:34,510 --> 00:39:36,170
Are you walking with sinners?

772
00:39:37,030 --> 00:39:38,050
Doing what they do?

773
00:39:38,870 --> 00:39:40,350
Living the way they live?

774
00:39:40,850 --> 00:39:42,890
Because this perfect man never did.

775
00:39:44,370 --> 00:39:47,370
And number three quality, third quality is, he

776
00:39:47,370 --> 00:39:49,850
never sat in the seat of the scornful.

777
00:39:51,950 --> 00:39:55,110
Those who make fun of things.

778
00:39:59,750 --> 00:40:02,150
If you're sitting in the midst of group

779
00:40:02,150 --> 00:40:04,390
of people, and you say something and they

780
00:40:04,390 --> 00:40:06,170
laugh at you and make fun of you,

781
00:40:07,170 --> 00:40:09,390
don't associate yourself in that kind of an

782
00:40:09,390 --> 00:40:09,810
environment.

783
00:40:11,150 --> 00:40:14,710
You need people that would appreciate, you need

784
00:40:14,710 --> 00:40:18,650
people that would respect, honor, honor Christ who

785
00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:19,270
is in you.

786
00:40:20,950 --> 00:40:23,890
So if they're gonna make fun and joke

787
00:40:23,890 --> 00:40:27,490
and laugh, and ridicule you, and what kind

788
00:40:27,490 --> 00:40:31,510
of a group you're with, you need to

789
00:40:31,510 --> 00:40:33,310
ask yourself this question my beloved.

790
00:40:33,310 --> 00:40:36,590
We need to be very, very, very cautious

791
00:40:36,590 --> 00:40:40,190
of what we do, where we go, and

792
00:40:40,190 --> 00:40:41,790
how we live our life.

793
00:40:42,250 --> 00:40:45,930
Now, on the other hand, we are sinners,

794
00:40:46,270 --> 00:40:46,990
we are weak.

795
00:40:47,190 --> 00:40:50,170
Yes, we get drawn, we get tempted, we

796
00:40:50,170 --> 00:40:52,930
slip, we slide, we walk away, we fear

797
00:40:52,930 --> 00:40:53,570
of the road.

798
00:40:53,930 --> 00:40:57,150
I know this, God knows this, more than

799
00:40:57,150 --> 00:40:58,470
all of us put together.

800
00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:00,890
But there is a difference.

801
00:41:03,470 --> 00:41:06,950
God came to call not the righteous, but

802
00:41:06,950 --> 00:41:08,150
the sinners to repentance.

803
00:41:09,150 --> 00:41:10,310
That's what the Lord Jesus said.

804
00:41:10,830 --> 00:41:12,970
I did not come to call righteous, but

805
00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:13,930
sinners to repentance.

806
00:41:14,550 --> 00:41:16,670
The Lord Jesus said, I am the doctor,

807
00:41:16,750 --> 00:41:18,710
that's why I came, because you are sick.

808
00:41:18,970 --> 00:41:20,670
If you were not sick, the doctor wouldn't

809
00:41:20,670 --> 00:41:21,070
have come.

810
00:41:21,730 --> 00:41:24,210
I know you are sinners, I know you

811
00:41:24,210 --> 00:41:27,010
make mistakes, I know you are weak, I

812
00:41:27,010 --> 00:41:28,590
know your fragility.

813
00:41:28,590 --> 00:41:31,030
You don't need to tell me this.

814
00:41:31,850 --> 00:41:35,690
But I came, I chose to come for

815
00:41:35,690 --> 00:41:40,330
the sinners, because my dad wants many children.

816
00:41:41,330 --> 00:41:43,230
At the moment you are not ready to

817
00:41:43,230 --> 00:41:44,590
be my dad's children.

818
00:41:45,190 --> 00:41:46,570
I have to make you ready.

819
00:41:48,050 --> 00:41:53,130
So I came seeking the sinner onto repentance.

820
00:41:54,370 --> 00:41:56,470
And the Lord gave us two examples of

821
00:41:56,470 --> 00:41:56,710
sinners.

822
00:41:57,550 --> 00:42:00,430
You see, when the Holy Bible talks about

823
00:42:00,430 --> 00:42:04,670
birds, plants, animals, He is referring to them

824
00:42:04,670 --> 00:42:08,070
in order to pass a message to what

825
00:42:08,070 --> 00:42:09,010
people are like.

826
00:42:09,850 --> 00:42:12,390
So through the animals, He is saying, there

827
00:42:12,390 --> 00:42:14,550
are certain characteristics in these animals.

828
00:42:15,130 --> 00:42:17,110
You, my children, I don't want you to

829
00:42:17,110 --> 00:42:17,810
be like them.

830
00:42:18,630 --> 00:42:21,230
So through those animals, He has given us

831
00:42:21,230 --> 00:42:23,970
a very profound spiritual lesson.

832
00:42:23,970 --> 00:42:26,850
What are the two animals the Lord Jesus

833
00:42:26,850 --> 00:42:27,930
spoke of?

834
00:42:28,250 --> 00:42:31,530
One, sheep, the other, pig.

835
00:42:34,410 --> 00:42:38,490
When it comes to sinners, He says, One

836
00:42:38,490 --> 00:42:41,010
kind of people is a sheep, and the

837
00:42:41,010 --> 00:42:42,710
other kind of people is a pig.

838
00:42:43,390 --> 00:42:45,130
You are either a sheep or a pig,

839
00:42:45,330 --> 00:42:46,110
one of these two.

840
00:42:48,370 --> 00:42:50,610
But, if you choose to be like the

841
00:42:50,610 --> 00:42:53,850
pig, then I can't choose you.

842
00:42:55,010 --> 00:42:56,390
I cannot choose you.

843
00:42:56,510 --> 00:42:58,070
If you choose to be like a pig.

844
00:42:58,570 --> 00:43:01,010
Let me tell you a few characteristics of

845
00:43:01,010 --> 00:43:02,250
the pig.

846
00:43:02,950 --> 00:43:07,250
Number one, the pig loves living in filth.

847
00:43:07,730 --> 00:43:08,350
Loves it.

848
00:43:10,270 --> 00:43:12,610
You take the pig out of the filth,

849
00:43:13,150 --> 00:43:15,010
and you wash him clean, give him a

850
00:43:15,010 --> 00:43:18,070
nice bath, and you make him spotless, he

851
00:43:18,070 --> 00:43:19,270
will hate you for it.

852
00:43:19,270 --> 00:43:24,650
He will get so upset with it, he

853
00:43:24,650 --> 00:43:26,550
can't stand cleanliness.

854
00:43:27,130 --> 00:43:30,190
He will run straight away and jump into

855
00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:30,770
the filth.

856
00:43:31,150 --> 00:43:32,870
And the moment he is in the middle

857
00:43:32,870 --> 00:43:35,670
of the filth, and he is on cloud

858
00:43:35,670 --> 00:43:36,010
nine.

859
00:43:37,690 --> 00:43:40,070
He is saying, Yo, what's up, bro?

860
00:43:40,370 --> 00:43:41,990
Get down, brother, lay me some skin, bro.

861
00:43:42,050 --> 00:43:44,570
Now you are talking, brother, get down, what's

862
00:43:44,570 --> 00:43:44,930
up?

863
00:43:45,610 --> 00:43:48,250
That's the pig, loves filth.

864
00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:50,330
You can't clean him.

865
00:43:52,050 --> 00:43:53,850
He can't stand being clean.

866
00:43:54,630 --> 00:43:55,070
That's one.

867
00:43:55,830 --> 00:44:00,330
Two, for as long as the pig's eyes

868
00:44:00,330 --> 00:44:05,110
are on the filthy world, on the filthy

869
00:44:05,110 --> 00:44:08,290
ground, the mouth never shuts.

870
00:44:09,070 --> 00:44:11,130
Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink,

871
00:44:11,210 --> 00:44:11,330
oink.

872
00:44:11,850 --> 00:44:14,090
He is always oink, oink, oink, oink, oink,

873
00:44:14,190 --> 00:44:14,610
oink, everywhere.

874
00:44:14,610 --> 00:44:17,370
Old MacDonald had a pig.

875
00:44:17,850 --> 00:44:19,150
Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink.

876
00:44:20,890 --> 00:44:24,210
As long as the pig's eyes are on

877
00:44:24,210 --> 00:44:27,090
that filth, the mouth never shuts.

878
00:44:30,620 --> 00:44:32,540
In the olden days, where there was not,

879
00:44:33,980 --> 00:44:37,120
there wasn't sort of those tranquilizers, you know,

880
00:44:37,940 --> 00:44:39,980
being sort of invented yet.

881
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,240
They used to steal pigs, professional thieves.

882
00:44:43,780 --> 00:44:44,960
Do you know how they used to steal

883
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:45,300
a pig?

884
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,380
Obviously with experience.

885
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,640
They timed it in a way, where they

886
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,840
had to run so fast at that pig,

887
00:44:53,260 --> 00:44:55,560
before he screams, because if the pig screams,

888
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:57,480
he will wake up the entire neighborhood.

889
00:44:58,140 --> 00:45:00,480
Very noisy, and very annoying noise.

890
00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:03,820
So before the pig goes off, they run,

891
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,280
they grab the pig, the first thing they

892
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,560
do, they turn the pig on its back.

893
00:45:09,780 --> 00:45:11,600
They turn the pig on its back.

894
00:45:11,980 --> 00:45:14,780
The moment the eyes of the pig see

895
00:45:14,780 --> 00:45:17,280
heaven, the mouth shuts.

896
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,720
You want to kick the pig, you want

897
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:23,840
to punch the pig, you want to open

898
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:27,200
the pig with a knife, will never make

899
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:27,640
a sound.

900
00:45:28,580 --> 00:45:31,180
The moment the eyes see heaven.

901
00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:33,960
But the moment the eyes see the filthy

902
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:36,240
ground, the mouth never shuts.

903
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,360
But the moment it sees heaven, no matter

904
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:40,700
what you say to the pig, it will

905
00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:41,340
never talk.

906
00:45:42,060 --> 00:45:45,900
The Lord Jesus says, do not associate yourself

907
00:45:45,900 --> 00:45:50,740
with people, when the subject is about the

908
00:45:50,740 --> 00:45:54,140
world, and worldly things, the mouth never shuts.

909
00:45:54,420 --> 00:45:56,400
But the moment you invoke the name of

910
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,800
Jesus Christ, everybody shuts up, and finds an

911
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,720
excuse to get up and walk away.

912
00:46:03,100 --> 00:46:06,780
Do not associate yourself with people, that are

913
00:46:06,780 --> 00:46:08,280
not interested in God.

914
00:46:09,620 --> 00:46:11,260
They just love worldly things.

915
00:46:11,260 --> 00:46:13,180
You talk about who got married, you got

916
00:46:13,180 --> 00:46:15,040
divorced, yes, I'm all for it.

917
00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:17,820
You talk about people, how many millions they

918
00:46:17,820 --> 00:46:19,940
have, yes, the mouth will never shut.

919
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,440
You talk about politics, about anything that is

920
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,600
worldly, the mouth never shuts.

921
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:28,140
But the moment you say, I just want

922
00:46:28,140 --> 00:46:30,180
to share with you, what Jesus has done

923
00:46:30,180 --> 00:46:30,740
in my life.

924
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,100
Oh, sorry bro, I just realized, I have

925
00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:36,980
to go, I have a very important meeting.

926
00:46:37,820 --> 00:46:38,380
Wow.

927
00:46:39,700 --> 00:46:43,220
Just like the pig sees heaven, and who

928
00:46:43,220 --> 00:46:44,060
is in heaven?

929
00:46:44,340 --> 00:46:44,740
God.

930
00:46:48,730 --> 00:46:49,510
And the world?

931
00:46:50,090 --> 00:46:51,890
What are you going to get out of

932
00:46:51,890 --> 00:46:53,090
the world at the end?

933
00:46:53,350 --> 00:46:54,070
The grave?

934
00:46:55,250 --> 00:46:57,630
You will not take anything with you.

935
00:46:58,450 --> 00:46:58,730
Nothing.

936
00:46:59,490 --> 00:47:02,150
We came empty handed through our mother's womb,

937
00:47:02,410 --> 00:47:04,590
and we will go back to mother earth,

938
00:47:04,770 --> 00:47:06,050
also empty handed.

939
00:47:06,050 --> 00:47:11,410
But he who has Christ, as his portion,

940
00:47:11,970 --> 00:47:16,210
you will go full, and filled, and perfect.

941
00:47:17,650 --> 00:47:21,290
Chase the world, you'll end up alone.

942
00:47:24,290 --> 00:47:25,170
Nothing with you.

943
00:47:30,670 --> 00:47:33,370
Choose your friends wisely.

944
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,960
The holy bible tells us about friends.

945
00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:43,820
It says, a friend is closer than a

946
00:47:43,820 --> 00:47:44,600
brother to you.

947
00:47:46,020 --> 00:47:49,200
A friend is closer than a brother to

948
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:49,480
you.

949
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,520
Then my question to you, who is closer

950
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,200
to you than your own brother?

951
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:56,800
Who can tell me?

952
00:47:58,260 --> 00:47:59,020
Who can tell me?

953
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:01,660
Who is closer than a brother to you?

954
00:48:03,260 --> 00:48:04,980
Your partner in marriage.

955
00:48:06,620 --> 00:48:07,840
No one beats that.

956
00:48:09,860 --> 00:48:13,320
God said about couple, married couple, He said

957
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,320
they are one, no longer two.

958
00:48:16,540 --> 00:48:19,980
Every other one is another person, a totally

959
00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:22,060
unique separate person to you.

960
00:48:22,340 --> 00:48:23,640
Your brother is separate from you.

961
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,440
Your mother, your father is separate to you.

962
00:48:26,740 --> 00:48:29,780
The only one who is one with you,

963
00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:33,480
is your partner in marriage.

964
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:38,040
So, the friend, the holy bible says, the

965
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:40,520
friend is closer than a brother to you.

966
00:48:40,860 --> 00:48:45,180
Meaning, the friend is as influential as your

967
00:48:45,180 --> 00:48:46,820
own partner in marriage.

968
00:48:48,540 --> 00:48:55,180
That means, friendship is extremely dangerous, if we

969
00:48:55,180 --> 00:48:56,620
do not choose it wisely.

970
00:48:58,540 --> 00:49:01,160
You see, how much does your wife influence

971
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:01,920
you?

972
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:04,560
So as your friend can influence you.

973
00:49:06,430 --> 00:49:08,670
How much does your husband influence you?

974
00:49:08,870 --> 00:49:10,390
Maybe nowadays not much.

975
00:49:11,210 --> 00:49:12,490
It's more so the wife.

976
00:49:13,690 --> 00:49:16,630
But, how much your partner can influence you?

977
00:49:17,010 --> 00:49:18,190
So as your friend.

978
00:49:18,890 --> 00:49:21,550
That's why the holy bible says, when you

979
00:49:21,550 --> 00:49:25,150
choose friends, make sure you do not exceed

980
00:49:25,150 --> 00:49:25,950
three.

981
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:29,820
Uh-oh.

982
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:32,580
I think I'm talking to myself here.

983
00:49:35,180 --> 00:49:37,500
Bishop, you're making it very difficult now.

984
00:49:37,540 --> 00:49:38,580
Brother, what am I going to do?

985
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:39,780
I have about 200 of them.

986
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:45,920
You know, you need to have, if you

987
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:50,060
are going to choose a friend, choose a

988
00:49:50,060 --> 00:49:54,400
friend that you can trust blindfolded.

989
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:56,680
You know why?

990
00:49:57,240 --> 00:50:01,020
Because a friend, in the friendship, all levels

991
00:50:01,020 --> 00:50:01,780
are equal.

992
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:05,400
All levels are equal in friendship.

993
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,360
The moment the level is equal, you will

994
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:12,180
open up and tell your secrets to that

995
00:50:12,180 --> 00:50:12,500
friend.

996
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,320
The reason why you open up and tell

997
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:17,840
your secrets to a person, is when you

998
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,880
see that person in the same level as

999
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:21,380
you are.

1000
00:50:21,780 --> 00:50:24,440
If that person is not in your level,

1001
00:50:24,620 --> 00:50:26,020
you will never open up.

1002
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:26,480
Why?

1003
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,540
Because you know, if you talk, they will

1004
00:50:29,540 --> 00:50:33,820
misunderstand you, or they will not understand you

1005
00:50:33,820 --> 00:50:34,280
at all.

1006
00:50:34,740 --> 00:50:38,060
That's why, so many times, the son doesn't

1007
00:50:38,060 --> 00:50:39,940
speak to his dad, but he speaks to

1008
00:50:39,940 --> 00:50:40,320
his friend.

1009
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,920
The daughter doesn't speak to her mom, and

1010
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:45,400
she speaks to her friend.

1011
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:45,700
Why?

1012
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:50,100
Because if the mother treats that child as

1013
00:50:50,100 --> 00:50:53,040
a mother, that child will never open up.

1014
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,640
Because the mother's level is here, and the

1015
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:56,640
daughter's level is here.

1016
00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:00,160
Two different levels cannot fathom, cannot comprehend.

1017
00:51:00,740 --> 00:51:02,580
If the father's level is here, and the

1018
00:51:02,580 --> 00:51:04,480
son's level is here, they will not understand.

1019
00:51:04,900 --> 00:51:06,620
When will the levels become one?

1020
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,740
When the father befriends his son.

1021
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:14,040
And when the mother befriends her daughter.

1022
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:19,120
The moment we are friends, we are equal

1023
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,420
level, then I'll tell you what's in my

1024
00:51:21,420 --> 00:51:21,720
heart.

1025
00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:27,740
That's why, friends must be chosen wisely, and

1026
00:51:27,740 --> 00:51:31,480
closely, because the moment they know about you,

1027
00:51:32,140 --> 00:51:34,600
and if they're not trustworthy, they will let

1028
00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:36,040
the whole world know about you.

1029
00:51:38,710 --> 00:51:41,170
And the more friends you have, the more

1030
00:51:41,170 --> 00:51:46,070
heads you have, meaning, the more different intellects

1031
00:51:46,070 --> 00:51:46,450
you have.

1032
00:51:47,030 --> 00:51:50,290
So, the more friends, the more different perspectives,

1033
00:51:50,570 --> 00:51:54,290
the more different opinions, the more different visions.

1034
00:51:55,130 --> 00:51:57,110
So, next time you want to do something,

1035
00:51:57,250 --> 00:51:59,050
you'll have a hundred different ideas.

1036
00:52:01,710 --> 00:52:03,530
You want to ask for an advice, you'll

1037
00:52:03,530 --> 00:52:05,270
get a hundred different advices.

1038
00:52:05,450 --> 00:52:06,190
Which one do you take?

1039
00:52:06,230 --> 00:52:07,070
You don't know, you're lost.

1040
00:52:07,690 --> 00:52:08,890
That's why you need to come to someone

1041
00:52:08,890 --> 00:52:09,390
like me.

1042
00:52:10,370 --> 00:52:12,790
One head, one idea, can't go wrong.

1043
00:52:14,170 --> 00:52:15,810
And I'll say to you, you want to

1044
00:52:15,810 --> 00:52:16,450
marry this guy?

1045
00:52:16,750 --> 00:52:18,030
Let me scan him for you.

1046
00:52:18,530 --> 00:52:20,130
I am that MRI scan.

1047
00:52:20,350 --> 00:52:22,390
I'll scan him, and then I'll send you

1048
00:52:22,390 --> 00:52:24,970
a full report, and I'll say, yes, he's

1049
00:52:24,970 --> 00:52:27,630
got a thick head, good head, no head

1050
00:52:27,630 --> 00:52:27,970
at all.

1051
00:52:28,350 --> 00:52:28,790
Forget it.

1052
00:52:33,770 --> 00:52:35,630
You know, it's like this joke.

1053
00:52:36,370 --> 00:52:38,170
This husband and wife, they used to fight

1054
00:52:38,170 --> 00:52:39,170
and argue a lot.

1055
00:52:39,630 --> 00:52:41,290
So, one day the husband came, and he

1056
00:52:41,290 --> 00:52:43,910
said, Honey, you know what?

1057
00:52:44,230 --> 00:52:45,690
I've been thinking about it.

1058
00:52:45,990 --> 00:52:46,750
Enough fighting.

1059
00:52:46,890 --> 00:52:48,110
I can't stand it anymore.

1060
00:52:48,470 --> 00:52:49,270
It's not right.

1061
00:52:49,330 --> 00:52:49,990
It's not healthy.

1062
00:52:50,350 --> 00:52:51,430
Neither for me, neither for you.

1063
00:52:51,870 --> 00:52:52,430
Nor for you.

1064
00:52:52,870 --> 00:52:53,850
So, you know what, honey?

1065
00:52:54,890 --> 00:52:56,610
We need to stop fighting, but I've got

1066
00:52:56,610 --> 00:52:57,150
a problem.

1067
00:52:57,770 --> 00:52:59,530
I want you to take me to the

1068
00:52:59,530 --> 00:52:59,890
doctor.

1069
00:53:00,750 --> 00:53:01,530
I need help.

1070
00:53:02,190 --> 00:53:04,390
She said, Honey, with pleasure.

1071
00:53:04,910 --> 00:53:06,630
So, she took the husband to the doctor.

1072
00:53:07,310 --> 00:53:09,890
They did some scans as x-rays for

1073
00:53:09,890 --> 00:53:12,190
the head, for the brain, and then the

1074
00:53:12,190 --> 00:53:12,930
result came out.

1075
00:53:12,990 --> 00:53:14,010
They went back to the doctor.

1076
00:53:14,570 --> 00:53:16,150
The doctor has got the x-rays on

1077
00:53:16,150 --> 00:53:20,410
that sort of projector, and then he looks

1078
00:53:20,410 --> 00:53:22,550
at the x-rays, and he looks at

1079
00:53:22,550 --> 00:53:22,890
the man.

1080
00:53:23,910 --> 00:53:25,590
The man is looking at the face of

1081
00:53:25,590 --> 00:53:25,970
the doctor.

1082
00:53:26,210 --> 00:53:27,070
He got worried.

1083
00:53:27,610 --> 00:53:29,830
He said, Doctor, you don't look very good.

1084
00:53:30,230 --> 00:53:30,990
Is everything okay?

1085
00:53:31,970 --> 00:53:33,290
He said, I don't know.

1086
00:53:33,510 --> 00:53:34,110
He looks again.

1087
00:53:35,130 --> 00:53:36,750
He said, Come on, doctor, I'm worried now.

1088
00:53:36,830 --> 00:53:37,490
Tell me, what is it?

1089
00:53:38,430 --> 00:53:39,810
He said, Well, I don't know what to

1090
00:53:39,810 --> 00:53:41,290
say, but I'll have to say this.

1091
00:53:42,650 --> 00:53:47,210
When I'm looking at your left side of

1092
00:53:47,210 --> 00:53:48,810
the brain, there is nothing right.

1093
00:53:50,110 --> 00:53:51,910
And when I'm looking at your right side

1094
00:53:51,910 --> 00:53:53,550
of the brain, there is nothing left.

1095
00:53:54,990 --> 00:53:55,890
Did you get that one?

1096
00:53:56,730 --> 00:53:56,930
Yeah?

1097
00:53:58,030 --> 00:53:58,970
There is nothing left.

1098
00:53:59,530 --> 00:54:01,150
It's not like left, but there is nothing

1099
00:54:01,150 --> 00:54:01,490
left.

1100
00:54:02,390 --> 00:54:03,790
Left, right and left.

1101
00:54:04,350 --> 00:54:07,050
When I looked at your left side of

1102
00:54:07,050 --> 00:54:08,350
the brain, there is nothing right.

1103
00:54:09,310 --> 00:54:10,770
And when I look at your right side

1104
00:54:10,770 --> 00:54:12,770
of the brain, there is nothing left.

1105
00:54:14,230 --> 00:54:15,010
That's your problem.

1106
00:54:15,110 --> 00:54:16,710
That's why your wife fights with you all

1107
00:54:16,710 --> 00:54:17,130
the time.

1108
00:54:18,210 --> 00:54:20,190
It was actually about the wife, but I

1109
00:54:20,190 --> 00:54:21,490
swapped it, and I've done it about the

1110
00:54:21,490 --> 00:54:21,710
man.

1111
00:54:23,970 --> 00:54:26,610
Because I don't want to die as yet

1112
00:54:26,610 --> 00:54:27,130
tonight.

1113
00:54:30,170 --> 00:54:31,690
Women, please take it easy.

1114
00:54:31,770 --> 00:54:32,350
Don't kill me.

1115
00:54:32,650 --> 00:54:33,450
I'm a good boy.

1116
00:54:35,490 --> 00:54:39,850
My son and daughter, choose wisely.

1117
00:54:41,570 --> 00:54:44,310
Your friend is extremely influential.

1118
00:54:46,230 --> 00:54:50,770
But remember, choose a friend that loves Jesus

1119
00:54:50,770 --> 00:54:51,950
Christ of Nazareth.

1120
00:54:52,990 --> 00:54:55,370
Exactly the way you choose your partner in

1121
00:54:55,370 --> 00:54:55,770
marriage.

1122
00:54:56,570 --> 00:54:58,870
If you do not choose your partner in

1123
00:54:58,870 --> 00:55:01,770
marriage that loves the Lord, you will have

1124
00:55:01,770 --> 00:55:02,710
problems.

1125
00:55:04,110 --> 00:55:06,590
Because if the two do not agree on

1126
00:55:06,590 --> 00:55:09,270
Christ, there will never be peace in that

1127
00:55:09,270 --> 00:55:10,030
household.

1128
00:55:11,450 --> 00:55:13,270
If the husband says, I want to go

1129
00:55:13,270 --> 00:55:14,850
to church, and the wife says, No.

1130
00:55:14,850 --> 00:55:16,790
Or the wife says, I want to go

1131
00:55:16,790 --> 00:55:18,590
to church, and the husband says, No.

1132
00:55:18,910 --> 00:55:20,530
Then there will be issues.

1133
00:55:21,170 --> 00:55:24,350
And especially when the children come, what are

1134
00:55:24,350 --> 00:55:24,790
you going to do?

1135
00:55:25,510 --> 00:55:27,090
Are you going to go on your own,

1136
00:55:27,390 --> 00:55:29,230
leave the children behind and your partner?

1137
00:55:29,630 --> 00:55:31,050
Or are you going to take the children

1138
00:55:31,050 --> 00:55:32,810
and leave your husband or your wife behind?

1139
00:55:33,530 --> 00:55:37,470
The whole family must worship the Lord like

1140
00:55:37,470 --> 00:55:39,350
Joshua, son of Nun.

1141
00:55:40,130 --> 00:55:43,690
As for me and my family, we worship

1142
00:55:43,690 --> 00:55:44,290
the Lord.

1143
00:55:44,750 --> 00:55:45,270
Incredible.

1144
00:55:45,790 --> 00:55:46,410
Amazing.

1145
00:55:46,570 --> 00:55:47,010
Amazing.

1146
00:55:47,590 --> 00:55:47,990
Joshua.

1147
00:55:48,250 --> 00:55:51,390
That's why he entered the Promised Land with

1148
00:55:51,390 --> 00:55:52,550
the Israelite nations.

1149
00:55:53,310 --> 00:55:55,010
He led them into the Promised Land.

1150
00:55:55,210 --> 00:55:59,170
Because he and his family worshiped the Lord

1151
00:55:59,170 --> 00:55:59,510
Jesus.

1152
00:56:00,550 --> 00:56:03,390
Make your home a church.

1153
00:56:04,410 --> 00:56:07,310
This church that you come to on Sundays,

1154
00:56:08,010 --> 00:56:09,990
this is called the Universal Church.

1155
00:56:10,270 --> 00:56:12,090
There are three kinds of churches.

1156
00:56:12,090 --> 00:56:14,330
One is called the Individual Church.

1157
00:56:15,030 --> 00:56:16,750
Second is called the Family Church.

1158
00:56:17,150 --> 00:56:19,050
And third is called the Universal Church.

1159
00:56:19,830 --> 00:56:21,710
Each one of them is made out of

1160
00:56:21,710 --> 00:56:22,170
three components.

1161
00:56:23,730 --> 00:56:26,110
The Personal Church is made out of body,

1162
00:56:26,270 --> 00:56:26,990
soul, and spirit.

1163
00:56:27,270 --> 00:56:27,490
Three.

1164
00:56:29,030 --> 00:56:31,430
I am the church because I'm made out

1165
00:56:31,430 --> 00:56:31,830
of three.

1166
00:56:32,070 --> 00:56:33,270
Body, soul, and spirit.

1167
00:56:33,810 --> 00:56:35,570
The Family Church is made out of three.

1168
00:56:36,070 --> 00:56:37,830
Father, mother, and children.

1169
00:56:38,610 --> 00:56:38,990
Three.

1170
00:56:39,330 --> 00:56:41,390
And the Universal Church is made out of

1171
00:56:41,390 --> 00:56:41,690
three.

1172
00:56:41,690 --> 00:56:44,250
Priest, deacon, and faithful.

1173
00:56:45,130 --> 00:56:46,750
And God is triune.

1174
00:56:47,210 --> 00:56:47,490
Three.

1175
00:56:51,430 --> 00:56:55,780
That's where love is revealed.

1176
00:56:56,920 --> 00:57:01,280
When the three come together in that unity

1177
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:03,820
of love for Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

1178
00:57:06,170 --> 00:57:09,230
So when will we die to ourselves in

1179
00:57:09,230 --> 00:57:10,110
order to live for Christ?

1180
00:57:15,350 --> 00:57:18,090
If giving up on a cigarette is too

1181
00:57:18,090 --> 00:57:22,130
hard to do, when will I fulfill the

1182
00:57:22,130 --> 00:57:22,310
law?

1183
00:57:24,860 --> 00:57:26,980
If giving up on chocolate is too hard.

1184
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,080
If giving up on material things is too

1185
00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:31,680
difficult.

1186
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:34,200
Like I can't, when I see a Lamborghini,

1187
00:57:34,380 --> 00:57:36,420
I just can't, I have to have it.

1188
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:39,640
I can't say I don't have a Ferrari.

1189
00:57:42,220 --> 00:57:43,420
Or a private jet.

1190
00:57:46,140 --> 00:57:47,940
Now, if someone in the world has a

1191
00:57:47,940 --> 00:57:48,720
private jet, yes.

1192
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:51,020
But someone in the church has a private

1193
00:57:51,020 --> 00:57:53,020
jet, why?

1194
00:57:55,060 --> 00:57:56,860
What do you need the private jet for?

1195
00:58:00,300 --> 00:58:02,220
Your portion is Christ, not the private jet.

1196
00:58:03,180 --> 00:58:05,080
Your portion is Christ, not the mansion.

1197
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:08,320
Your portion is Christ, not money.

1198
00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:14,700
And as Christians, we do not belong to

1199
00:58:14,700 --> 00:58:15,380
this world.

1200
00:58:15,780 --> 00:58:17,700
We live in it, but we are not

1201
00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:18,360
of it.

1202
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:23,620
For Christ has chosen us and purchased us

1203
00:58:23,620 --> 00:58:25,080
with His precious blood.

1204
00:58:25,340 --> 00:58:27,640
Took us out of the world to live

1205
00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:31,360
for Him, no longer for me, for Him.

1206
00:58:32,160 --> 00:58:35,260
So my son, my daughter, I beg you,

1207
00:58:35,580 --> 00:58:39,200
every time you do something wrong, run to

1208
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:39,900
the Lord Jesus.

1209
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:41,520
Don't ever run away from Him.

1210
00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:43,860
Run to Him and say, Lord, I made

1211
00:58:43,860 --> 00:58:45,640
a mistake, I sinned.

1212
00:58:45,740 --> 00:58:47,880
I am ashamed of myself.

1213
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:50,220
And the Holy Spirit just reminded me.

1214
00:58:50,620 --> 00:58:53,180
The Lord Jesus came for the sinners and

1215
00:58:53,180 --> 00:58:55,520
He says there are two kinds of sinners.

1216
00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:57,400
One is the sheep and one is the

1217
00:58:57,400 --> 00:58:57,660
pig.

1218
00:58:57,860 --> 00:59:00,180
Both of them are equally sinners.

1219
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:02,840
But there is a difference between this sinner

1220
00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:03,660
and that.

1221
00:59:03,980 --> 00:59:06,300
The pig loves filth.

1222
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,840
There is a kind of people, when they

1223
00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:11,340
sin, they love it.

1224
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:13,180
Like the pig.

1225
00:59:14,260 --> 00:59:16,160
When they sin, they enjoy it.

1226
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,620
And if they don't sin, there is something

1227
00:59:18,620 --> 00:59:19,080
wrong.

1228
00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:22,940
But there are kind of people like the

1229
00:59:22,940 --> 00:59:23,320
sheep.

1230
00:59:24,620 --> 00:59:28,560
When the sheep gets dirty, oh, it loses

1231
00:59:28,560 --> 00:59:28,900
it.

1232
00:59:30,100 --> 00:59:32,100
I can't stand being dirty.

1233
00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:34,100
The sheep hates filth.

1234
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:36,420
That's true.

1235
00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:39,500
Ask people that know about animals.

1236
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:40,360
They will tell you.

1237
00:59:40,900 --> 00:59:43,180
The sheep can't stand filth, dirt.

1238
00:59:43,740 --> 00:59:45,820
The moment they get dirty, they will come,

1239
00:59:45,900 --> 00:59:47,100
they say, please clean me.

1240
00:59:47,260 --> 00:59:48,680
Immediately, I can't stand it.

1241
00:59:48,820 --> 00:59:49,760
I'm suffocating.

1242
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:52,660
Pig gets dirty, starts breathing.

1243
00:59:53,340 --> 00:59:55,820
The sheep gets dirty, starts suffocating.

1244
00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:59,360
The Lord says, I came for those who

1245
00:59:59,360 --> 01:00:00,520
sin and suffocate.

1246
01:00:00,980 --> 01:00:02,140
I came to save them.

1247
01:00:04,490 --> 01:00:07,150
I came for those, when they sin, they

1248
01:00:07,150 --> 01:00:10,030
run to me, begging me for mercy, begging

1249
01:00:10,030 --> 01:00:13,670
me for forgiveness, because they can't stand the

1250
01:00:13,670 --> 01:00:14,990
sinful status.

1251
01:00:16,690 --> 01:00:18,890
These are the people that I came to

1252
01:00:18,890 --> 01:00:19,210
choose.

1253
01:00:20,890 --> 01:00:23,410
And these sinners, if they hold on to

1254
01:00:23,410 --> 01:00:25,850
me, I will make them saints in heaven.

1255
01:00:27,030 --> 01:00:31,170
I'll bring them perfect like me, without a

1256
01:00:31,170 --> 01:00:34,930
stain, without a spot, without a scratch, without

1257
01:00:34,930 --> 01:00:35,550
a blemish.

1258
01:00:36,030 --> 01:00:39,350
We will be like Christ.

1259
01:00:40,350 --> 01:00:42,010
Or Christ-like.

1260
01:00:43,050 --> 01:00:43,890
Perfect.

1261
01:00:44,970 --> 01:00:49,410
From sinners to saints, from worldly to heavenly,

1262
01:00:49,750 --> 01:00:53,970
from earthly to spiritually, from slaves to sons

1263
01:00:53,970 --> 01:00:54,650
of God.

1264
01:00:55,610 --> 01:00:59,270
That's what Christ is offering all of us,

1265
01:00:59,410 --> 01:01:03,050
every single moment of our life.

1266
01:01:04,290 --> 01:01:05,870
And what are we doing?

1267
01:01:06,710 --> 01:01:08,070
Too busy for Him?

1268
01:01:10,630 --> 01:01:15,510
Too preoccupied with material things that are absolute

1269
01:01:15,510 --> 01:01:16,070
vanity?

1270
01:01:18,650 --> 01:01:20,430
And Christ has given us the heaven of

1271
01:01:20,430 --> 01:01:21,050
all heavens.

1272
01:01:21,830 --> 01:01:25,170
Christ has given us not only heaven, He's

1273
01:01:25,170 --> 01:01:26,210
given us Himself.

1274
01:01:27,150 --> 01:01:29,190
He is much greater than heaven.

1275
01:01:29,890 --> 01:01:32,470
You see, it is Christ who makes heaven

1276
01:01:32,470 --> 01:01:32,850
heaven.

1277
01:01:33,930 --> 01:01:36,510
If it wasn't for Christ, there wouldn't have

1278
01:01:36,510 --> 01:01:37,070
been heaven.

1279
01:01:37,690 --> 01:01:41,130
That's why my advice is always to you.

1280
01:01:41,950 --> 01:01:44,590
What I'm about to say, don't get me

1281
01:01:44,590 --> 01:01:44,870
wrong.

1282
01:01:45,230 --> 01:01:46,090
Yes, there is hell.

1283
01:01:46,530 --> 01:01:47,450
Yes, there is heaven.

1284
01:01:47,790 --> 01:01:49,750
And some people believe there is something in

1285
01:01:49,750 --> 01:01:50,130
between.

1286
01:01:51,610 --> 01:01:54,570
But regardless what you believe, and the Bible

1287
01:01:54,570 --> 01:01:55,890
tells us that there is hell and there

1288
01:01:55,890 --> 01:01:56,530
is heaven, yes.

1289
01:01:56,830 --> 01:01:58,190
But I'll say this to you.

1290
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:03,070
Don't focus on hell or heaven.

1291
01:02:03,450 --> 01:02:04,410
Focus on Christ.

1292
01:02:06,850 --> 01:02:08,830
Because the place matters not.

1293
01:02:09,370 --> 01:02:11,710
What matters is the owner of the place.

1294
01:02:12,470 --> 01:02:15,010
As long as I am with the Lord,

1295
01:02:15,230 --> 01:02:17,650
who cares where I am?

1296
01:02:18,870 --> 01:02:20,450
I don't care about the place, Lord.

1297
01:02:20,670 --> 01:02:21,830
I care about you.

1298
01:02:24,070 --> 01:02:26,310
You know, I don't want to talk too

1299
01:02:26,310 --> 01:02:26,590
much.

1300
01:02:27,550 --> 01:02:31,750
Between Abraham and Lut, Abraham was Lut's uncle.

1301
01:02:32,370 --> 01:02:35,590
So he is much older, much wiser, and

1302
01:02:35,590 --> 01:02:37,270
much more respected than Lut.

1303
01:02:38,270 --> 01:02:41,870
But when Abraham heard that the shepherds of

1304
01:02:41,870 --> 01:02:45,210
Lut and Abraham started arguing and fighting because

1305
01:02:45,210 --> 01:02:48,330
the flock started mixing, and someone said, some

1306
01:02:48,330 --> 01:02:50,010
said, this is my land, don't bring your

1307
01:02:50,010 --> 01:02:50,410
sheep here.

1308
01:02:50,490 --> 01:02:51,770
And the other one said, no, it's my

1309
01:02:51,770 --> 01:02:53,450
land, don't bring your sheep here.

1310
01:02:53,650 --> 01:02:55,430
They started arguing as shepherds.

1311
01:02:55,430 --> 01:02:59,850
Abraham, being the wise father and leader, he

1312
01:02:59,850 --> 01:03:01,750
called his nephew to him.

1313
01:03:02,210 --> 01:03:04,730
And he said, we are family.

1314
01:03:05,330 --> 01:03:08,470
Don't let strangers get between us and separate

1315
01:03:08,470 --> 01:03:08,890
us.

1316
01:03:09,670 --> 01:03:11,910
So I'll give you the first preference.

1317
01:03:12,390 --> 01:03:14,830
You choose a land for you, for your

1318
01:03:14,830 --> 01:03:15,950
family, and for your flock.

1319
01:03:16,150 --> 01:03:18,010
And you go, and God be with you.

1320
01:03:19,150 --> 01:03:22,370
The older, the more respected, gave the preference

1321
01:03:22,370 --> 01:03:23,410
to the younger one.

1322
01:03:23,410 --> 01:03:25,570
Because Abraham was humble.

1323
01:03:27,170 --> 01:03:30,670
So Lut looked around, seeking a land.

1324
01:03:31,170 --> 01:03:33,370
And his eyes fell on a very fertile

1325
01:03:33,370 --> 01:03:35,830
land with rivers flowing through it.

1326
01:03:36,210 --> 01:03:38,830
And he said, that's it, I found this

1327
01:03:38,830 --> 01:03:41,710
perfect place for me, for my family, and

1328
01:03:41,710 --> 01:03:42,270
for the flock.

1329
01:03:42,470 --> 01:03:45,110
And he went away, and he ended up

1330
01:03:45,110 --> 01:03:49,210
in Sodom and Gomorrah, where God burned it

1331
01:03:49,210 --> 01:03:49,810
to the ground.

1332
01:03:53,870 --> 01:03:55,810
Same sex, LGBT.

1333
01:03:59,810 --> 01:04:01,130
So it's not something new.

1334
01:04:01,470 --> 01:04:02,770
It's very old, this LGBT.

1335
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:12,420
And then Abraham chose a land for himself.

1336
01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:16,260
He looked around, and he chose the most

1337
01:04:16,260 --> 01:04:21,020
desolate, the most dry, dead land you could

1338
01:04:21,020 --> 01:04:22,100
ever think of.

1339
01:04:22,820 --> 01:04:25,720
And he said, this land will be perfect

1340
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:28,280
for me, my family, and my flock.

1341
01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:31,020
And he went to that land, and that

1342
01:04:31,020 --> 01:04:35,360
land ended up being the promised land, Jerusalem.

1343
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:43,600
Because Lut seeked a land with his physical

1344
01:04:43,600 --> 01:04:46,860
eye, but Abraham seeked a land with his

1345
01:04:46,860 --> 01:04:47,860
spiritual eye.

1346
01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:51,180
And Abraham said, I do not care about

1347
01:04:51,180 --> 01:04:53,980
the land, I care about the honor of

1348
01:04:53,980 --> 01:04:54,400
the land.

1349
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:56,580
For as long as the honor of the

1350
01:04:56,580 --> 01:04:58,720
land is with me, he will turn that

1351
01:04:58,720 --> 01:05:01,580
desolate, dry, dead land into an oasis.

1352
01:05:04,420 --> 01:05:08,000
So when you focus on Christ, the land,

1353
01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:09,600
the place matters not.

1354
01:05:10,140 --> 01:05:14,900
So therefore I'll say this, Lord, by your

1355
01:05:14,900 --> 01:05:18,420
grace and mercy, I say, Lord, I don't

1356
01:05:18,420 --> 01:05:19,220
care about heaven.

1357
01:05:19,880 --> 01:05:21,020
I don't care about hell.

1358
01:05:21,580 --> 01:05:23,400
All I care about is you.

1359
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:25,700
All I want is to be with you,

1360
01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:25,940
Lord.

1361
01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:29,280
If I am with you, and you take

1362
01:05:29,280 --> 01:05:31,720
me to hell, matters not.

1363
01:05:32,220 --> 01:05:34,180
Because as long as I'm with you, even

1364
01:05:34,180 --> 01:05:35,840
if I'm in hell, I am in heaven.

1365
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:38,920
Because my heaven is not a place, it's

1366
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:40,900
a person called Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

1367
01:05:42,740 --> 01:05:44,740
But if I go to heaven, and you're

1368
01:05:44,740 --> 01:05:47,360
not there, then it is hell for me.

1369
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:49,960
Because you are heaven, Lord.

1370
01:05:51,380 --> 01:05:53,300
I want to be where you are.

1371
01:05:53,300 --> 01:05:55,980
I don't care about the place, I care

1372
01:05:55,980 --> 01:05:57,240
about you, Dad.

1373
01:05:58,700 --> 01:05:59,720
I want to be with you, Lord.

1374
01:06:01,060 --> 01:06:03,600
Wherever you go, I want to be with

1375
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:04,340
you.

1376
01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:07,020
Yea, though I walk through the valley of

1377
01:06:07,020 --> 01:06:09,080
the shadow of death, I will fear no

1378
01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:11,020
evil, for you are with me.

1379
01:06:13,260 --> 01:06:13,780
Amazing.

1380
01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:20,660
King David so beautifully said it in Psalm

1381
01:06:20,660 --> 01:06:21,360
23, 4.

1382
01:06:21,360 --> 01:06:23,980
Yea, though I walk through the valley of

1383
01:06:23,980 --> 01:06:25,040
the shadow of death.

1384
01:06:25,980 --> 01:06:28,000
Yea, though I walk through hell.

1385
01:06:28,540 --> 01:06:31,240
The valley of the shadow of death is

1386
01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:31,540
hell.

1387
01:06:32,100 --> 01:06:34,000
Yea, though I walk through hell, I will

1388
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:38,300
fear no Satan, because Jesus is with me.

1389
01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:42,680
And when Jesus is with me, then wherever

1390
01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:43,720
he goes, it's heaven.

1391
01:06:45,040 --> 01:06:45,380
Amen.

1392
01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:50,500
I pray, and we ask the Lord Jesus

1393
01:06:50,500 --> 01:06:52,120
from the bottom of our heart, that he

1394
01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:54,440
grants us this precious gift.

1395
01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:59,180
Lord, teach me how to live for you.

1396
01:07:00,380 --> 01:07:01,640
I just want to live for you, Lord.

1397
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:08,060
My daughter, if you're getting married, don't focus

1398
01:07:08,060 --> 01:07:10,160
on the man that you're marrying.

1399
01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:13,700
If he's got money, if he's got wisdom,

1400
01:07:14,080 --> 01:07:15,300
if he's got this and that.

1401
01:07:16,060 --> 01:07:18,700
Focus on Christ that is in his heart.

1402
01:07:32,190 --> 01:07:33,610
And I'll leave you with this.

1403
01:07:37,430 --> 01:07:40,730
This is for marriage.

1404
01:07:43,130 --> 01:07:45,850
And Christ is the heavenly groom.

1405
01:07:46,310 --> 01:07:50,070
He came to betroth his bride to himself,

1406
01:07:50,290 --> 01:07:50,790
the church.

1407
01:07:51,330 --> 01:07:54,270
Every Christian baptized soul, in the name of

1408
01:07:54,270 --> 01:07:55,550
the Father, of the Son, of the Holy

1409
01:07:55,550 --> 01:07:57,210
Spirit, is the bride of Christ.

1410
01:07:58,110 --> 01:07:59,990
He is the heavenly groom, and we are

1411
01:07:59,990 --> 01:08:00,470
the bride.

1412
01:08:02,310 --> 01:08:04,930
King Solomon, in the book of Proverbs 31

1413
01:08:04,930 --> 01:08:07,570
.10, which is the last chapter of the

1414
01:08:07,570 --> 01:08:08,270
book of Proverbs.

1415
01:08:08,570 --> 01:08:11,090
Book of Proverbs teaches you wisdom, how to

1416
01:08:11,090 --> 01:08:12,250
be wise on earth.

1417
01:08:13,530 --> 01:08:15,130
How to be wise on earth.

1418
01:08:15,390 --> 01:08:18,750
In Proverbs 31.10, he says, A virtuous

1419
01:08:18,750 --> 01:08:22,750
woman, who can find, a question mark, for

1420
01:08:22,750 --> 01:08:25,370
her price exceeds the precious pearls.

1421
01:08:26,950 --> 01:08:29,850
It's one verse, divided into two parts.

1422
01:08:30,609 --> 01:08:33,569
A virtuous woman, who can find, question mark,

1423
01:08:34,370 --> 01:08:37,010
for her price exceeds the precious pearls.

1424
01:08:37,430 --> 01:08:38,350
Very quickly.

1425
01:08:39,710 --> 01:08:42,729
A virtuous woman, who can find, this is

1426
01:08:42,729 --> 01:08:45,830
for the man, to seek and find.

1427
01:08:46,529 --> 01:08:49,310
For her price exceeds the precious pearls, this

1428
01:08:49,310 --> 01:08:51,770
is for the girl, to seek and find,

1429
01:08:51,910 --> 01:08:53,810
a partner for her marital life.

1430
01:08:54,450 --> 01:08:57,170
He comes to the man.

1431
01:08:57,750 --> 01:09:00,210
He says, Son, are you looking for a

1432
01:09:00,210 --> 01:09:00,870
girl to marry?

1433
01:09:01,550 --> 01:09:01,910
Yes.

1434
01:09:02,330 --> 01:09:04,770
Well, let me advise you, since I am

1435
01:09:04,770 --> 01:09:06,970
the wisest man on earth, and I received

1436
01:09:06,970 --> 01:09:08,310
wisdom from God himself.

1437
01:09:08,970 --> 01:09:09,890
King Solomon is saying.

1438
01:09:10,569 --> 01:09:13,090
So let me advise you, through my wisdom

1439
01:09:13,090 --> 01:09:16,149
received by God, and through God.

1440
01:09:16,790 --> 01:09:19,569
My son, if you are seeking a woman

1441
01:09:19,569 --> 01:09:24,569
to marry, find a girl that is virtuous.

1442
01:09:25,029 --> 01:09:26,529
Now, what is the word virtuous?

1443
01:09:26,970 --> 01:09:30,710
Literally it means, loving the Lord, fearing the

1444
01:09:30,710 --> 01:09:31,229
Lord Jesus.

1445
01:09:32,410 --> 01:09:35,770
My son, find a girl that loves Jesus

1446
01:09:35,770 --> 01:09:37,069
Christ of Nazareth.

1447
01:09:37,189 --> 01:09:37,689
You know why?

1448
01:09:38,109 --> 01:09:40,510
Because the moment you find the girl that

1449
01:09:40,510 --> 01:09:43,029
loves the Lord, fear her not.

1450
01:09:43,930 --> 01:09:46,930
Since Christ is embedded in her heart, she

1451
01:09:46,930 --> 01:09:48,930
will be nothing but good to you.

1452
01:09:48,930 --> 01:09:51,910
Because the good God is in her, she

1453
01:09:51,910 --> 01:09:55,070
won't do anything but good toward you.

1454
01:09:55,990 --> 01:09:58,590
And my daughter, you are seeking a man

1455
01:09:58,590 --> 01:09:59,130
in marriage.

1456
01:10:00,370 --> 01:10:05,670
Seek the man that sees you as exceeding

1457
01:10:05,670 --> 01:10:07,490
the precious stones.

1458
01:10:08,790 --> 01:10:11,910
Now the question is, what exceeds the precious

1459
01:10:11,910 --> 01:10:12,570
pearls?

1460
01:10:14,760 --> 01:10:16,440
Saint Paul answers King Solomon.

1461
01:10:17,080 --> 01:10:21,400
He says, He, meaning Jesus Christ, He who

1462
01:10:21,400 --> 01:10:25,360
has purchased us, not with silver, not with

1463
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:28,920
gold, not with precious stones or pearls, but

1464
01:10:28,920 --> 01:10:30,620
with His own blood.

1465
01:10:32,020 --> 01:10:33,740
So what exceeds the pearls?

1466
01:10:34,060 --> 01:10:34,320
Blood.

1467
01:10:34,740 --> 01:10:35,520
And what is blood?

1468
01:10:36,060 --> 01:10:36,540
Life.

1469
01:10:37,720 --> 01:10:40,520
And isn't life more precious than pearls?

1470
01:10:40,820 --> 01:10:42,040
What are you going to do with pearls

1471
01:10:42,040 --> 01:10:42,580
if you are dead?

1472
01:10:45,140 --> 01:10:47,140
So he is saying to the son, to

1473
01:10:47,140 --> 01:10:49,980
the man, find a woman that loves Jesus

1474
01:10:49,980 --> 01:10:50,460
Christ.

1475
01:10:50,820 --> 01:10:52,760
And my daughter, when you are seeking a

1476
01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:55,820
man, find a man that sees you in

1477
01:10:55,820 --> 01:11:00,200
his eyes more precious than pearls.

1478
01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:03,220
In other words, find the man who is

1479
01:11:03,220 --> 01:11:05,840
willing to put his life on the line

1480
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:07,040
for you, my daughter.

1481
01:11:14,090 --> 01:11:18,820
Love the Lord in order to find yourself

1482
01:11:18,820 --> 01:11:24,680
and to find the right person in your

1483
01:11:24,680 --> 01:11:25,080
life.

1484
01:11:26,460 --> 01:11:29,240
But you better find that person through Christ.

1485
01:11:30,160 --> 01:11:31,780
And the only way this is going to

1486
01:11:31,780 --> 01:11:36,420
happen is when you let Jesus take over

1487
01:11:36,420 --> 01:11:37,200
your will.

1488
01:11:42,090 --> 01:11:44,610
It is no longer me who lives, but

1489
01:11:44,610 --> 01:11:45,650
Christ who lives in me.

1490
01:11:46,870 --> 01:11:48,810
It is no longer my way, it is

1491
01:11:48,810 --> 01:11:49,390
Christ's way.

1492
01:11:49,870 --> 01:11:51,630
It is no longer my will, but it

1493
01:11:51,630 --> 01:11:54,670
is Thy will, O Heavenly Father.

1494
01:11:55,950 --> 01:12:00,030
You sent Your beloved Son as a sacrifice,

1495
01:12:00,570 --> 01:12:03,230
as that grain of wheat to die for

1496
01:12:03,230 --> 01:12:05,230
me, to be buried for me.

1497
01:12:05,650 --> 01:12:07,670
But He rose from the dead also for

1498
01:12:07,670 --> 01:12:11,290
me so that through His death, burial, resurrection,

1499
01:12:11,950 --> 01:12:14,450
the Heavenly Father brings many children.

1500
01:12:16,230 --> 01:12:20,750
Through death, God gave birth to many sons

1501
01:12:20,750 --> 01:12:21,490
and daughters.

1502
01:12:23,070 --> 01:12:23,930
Isn't God amazing?

1503
01:12:25,990 --> 01:12:28,270
God works in the impossible, not the possible.

1504
01:12:30,030 --> 01:12:31,510
What is possible, He leaves it to you.

1505
01:12:32,030 --> 01:12:33,970
But what is impossible, He never asks you

1506
01:12:33,970 --> 01:12:34,710
of it.

1507
01:12:38,380 --> 01:12:43,060
And I'll give you this and definitely I'll

1508
01:12:43,060 --> 01:12:43,600
leave you with it.

1509
01:12:44,180 --> 01:12:45,100
I'm so sorry.

1510
01:12:45,500 --> 01:12:46,260
I get tempted.

1511
01:12:46,380 --> 01:12:46,980
What can I say?

1512
01:12:47,980 --> 01:12:49,940
Now I'm talking about the love of my

1513
01:12:49,940 --> 01:12:50,320
life.

1514
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:53,420
How can you stop talking when you are

1515
01:12:53,420 --> 01:12:54,680
in the presence of your love?

1516
01:12:55,540 --> 01:12:57,380
How can you stop breathing when you are

1517
01:12:57,380 --> 01:12:58,700
in the presence of the one you love

1518
01:12:58,700 --> 01:12:59,180
the most?

1519
01:12:59,880 --> 01:13:02,940
How can you say, I can't, I need

1520
01:13:02,940 --> 01:13:05,000
to go, I need to leave, I'm huffing

1521
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:06,920
and puffing, I'm not comfortable and I'm in

1522
01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:08,720
the presence of my sweetheart Jesus.

1523
01:13:09,580 --> 01:13:10,360
How can I?

1524
01:13:11,220 --> 01:13:14,140
So I'm sorry not for taking so long

1525
01:13:14,140 --> 01:13:16,420
of your time because tough luck.

1526
01:13:16,800 --> 01:13:18,260
When you come to this bishop, this bishop

1527
01:13:18,260 --> 01:13:18,820
is crazy.

1528
01:13:21,300 --> 01:13:23,600
When it comes to Jesus, He will never

1529
01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:24,260
shut up.

1530
01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:27,880
When it comes to the world, you will

1531
01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:33,260
not hear a whisper from me because that's

1532
01:13:33,260 --> 01:13:36,240
what my Jesus has done to this piece

1533
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:38,800
of wreck called Bishop Murray.

1534
01:13:40,860 --> 01:13:44,560
And He's waiting for all of you to

1535
01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:46,460
teach you how to live for Him.

1536
01:13:48,440 --> 01:13:50,640
God works in the impossible, not the possible.

1537
01:13:50,980 --> 01:13:52,780
The possible He leaves to you but the

1538
01:13:52,780 --> 01:13:54,600
impossible He will never ask you to do

1539
01:13:54,600 --> 01:13:54,980
it.

1540
01:13:56,080 --> 01:13:59,200
John chapter 11, the Lord Jesus calls to

1541
01:13:59,200 --> 01:14:00,400
raise Lazarus from the dead.

1542
01:14:01,240 --> 01:14:01,980
Look at this.

1543
01:14:02,860 --> 01:14:04,980
The Lord Jesus stands before the tomb.

1544
01:14:05,580 --> 01:14:07,060
He says to the apostles, to the disciples,

1545
01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:11,540
the 12 disciples, He says, remove the stone.

1546
01:14:13,300 --> 01:14:15,800
Remove the stone from that grave, from the

1547
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:16,040
tomb.

1548
01:14:16,540 --> 01:14:18,500
So the disciples go and remove the stone

1549
01:14:19,100 --> 01:14:22,460
and then Jesus stands by Himself in front

1550
01:14:22,460 --> 01:14:22,980
of that tomb.

1551
01:14:23,120 --> 01:14:25,340
He says, Lazarus, come forth.

1552
01:14:29,400 --> 01:14:30,400
Removing the stone.

1553
01:14:30,760 --> 01:14:31,920
Now I go to the Lord Jesus, I

1554
01:14:31,920 --> 01:14:35,340
say, Lord, sorry, pardon my ignorance.

1555
01:14:35,640 --> 01:14:37,680
I ask you this question, my Heavenly Father.

1556
01:14:39,180 --> 01:14:40,100
Which one is harder?

1557
01:14:40,840 --> 01:14:44,280
To say with a word, stone move or

1558
01:14:44,280 --> 01:14:46,640
to say with a word, a rotted body

1559
01:14:46,640 --> 01:14:48,400
get up and rise?

1560
01:14:49,260 --> 01:14:51,660
He will say, well, definitely what is the

1561
01:14:51,660 --> 01:14:53,080
harder is to raise the dead.

1562
01:14:53,080 --> 01:14:55,060
If I'm able to raise the dead with

1563
01:14:55,060 --> 01:14:57,220
a word, I'm definitely able to move the

1564
01:14:57,220 --> 01:14:59,000
stone with a little word.

1565
01:15:00,460 --> 01:15:02,560
But why didn't you remove the stone yourself?

1566
01:15:02,980 --> 01:15:06,840
He says, no, removing the stone is what

1567
01:15:06,840 --> 01:15:08,320
you are capable of doing.

1568
01:15:09,180 --> 01:15:12,380
Therefore, I will expect you to do what

1569
01:15:12,380 --> 01:15:14,280
you are capable of doing.

1570
01:15:14,740 --> 01:15:17,920
I will never interfere with what you're capable

1571
01:15:17,920 --> 01:15:18,440
of doing.

1572
01:15:18,860 --> 01:15:21,320
But I will never allow you to interfere

1573
01:15:21,320 --> 01:15:23,480
with what God is capable of doing.

1574
01:15:23,880 --> 01:15:28,240
So, removing the stone is you.

1575
01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:30,620
You are capable of doing that.

1576
01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:32,820
I won't interfere, so I'm expecting you to

1577
01:15:32,820 --> 01:15:33,240
remove it.

1578
01:15:33,500 --> 01:15:35,880
If you don't, I won't raise Lazarus.

1579
01:15:37,300 --> 01:15:38,700
So you better move the stone.

1580
01:15:39,180 --> 01:15:39,960
They move the stone.

1581
01:15:40,460 --> 01:15:43,060
The Lord Jesus never said, raise Lazarus.

1582
01:15:43,440 --> 01:15:45,240
Because only God can raise the dead.

1583
01:15:45,720 --> 01:15:47,920
And we are all human beings, except Jesus.

1584
01:15:48,360 --> 01:15:50,180
He is the perfect God revealed in this

1585
01:15:50,180 --> 01:15:50,740
perfect man.

1586
01:15:50,740 --> 01:15:52,940
That's why He stood alone and He said,

1587
01:15:53,020 --> 01:15:54,260
Lazarus, come forth.

1588
01:15:54,740 --> 01:15:57,720
What God can do, only God will do.

1589
01:15:58,100 --> 01:16:00,220
And what man can do, God will expect

1590
01:16:00,220 --> 01:16:01,980
the man to do in order to see

1591
01:16:01,980 --> 01:16:02,660
God's glory.

1592
01:16:06,780 --> 01:16:09,140
Jesus will say, come to church.

1593
01:16:11,360 --> 01:16:13,680
You're capable of coming because He gave you

1594
01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:16,980
the brain, He gave you the body, He

1595
01:16:16,980 --> 01:16:19,540
gave you the intellect, He gave you everything

1596
01:16:19,540 --> 01:16:21,220
to make you this human being.

1597
01:16:21,540 --> 01:16:23,380
You're capable of getting up and coming to

1598
01:16:23,380 --> 01:16:23,600
church.

1599
01:16:23,740 --> 01:16:25,740
That's why He will not force you.

1600
01:16:26,240 --> 01:16:27,520
He will ask you to come.

1601
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:32,500
But the moment you come, faithfully, you will

1602
01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:34,600
leave with God's glory.

1603
01:16:38,110 --> 01:16:39,130
Trust in this.

1604
01:16:40,450 --> 01:16:44,790
When you come and you mean it, God

1605
01:16:44,790 --> 01:16:45,790
will reveal His glory.

1606
01:16:46,890 --> 01:16:47,770
One hundred percent.

1607
01:16:48,990 --> 01:16:51,210
I've tried it a million zillion times.

1608
01:16:52,230 --> 01:16:53,350
God never fails you.

1609
01:17:09,980 --> 01:17:13,900
There was never anyone like Jesus.

1610
01:17:14,380 --> 01:17:16,520
There is never anyone like Jesus.

1611
01:17:16,940 --> 01:17:19,380
And there will never ever be anyone like

1612
01:17:19,380 --> 01:17:19,680
Jesus.

1613
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:23,580
Jesus Christ is the only way, is the

1614
01:17:23,580 --> 01:17:26,320
only truth, and is the only life.

1615
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:30,420
And He is the only true living God

1616
01:17:30,420 --> 01:17:32,000
who was revealed in the flesh.

1617
01:17:32,380 --> 01:17:35,440
And He was crucified in the days of

1618
01:17:35,440 --> 01:17:36,340
Pontius Pilate.

1619
01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:37,660
He was buried.

1620
01:17:38,100 --> 01:17:40,300
He died in the flesh on that cross.

1621
01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:43,640
He was buried and rose with His own

1622
01:17:43,640 --> 01:17:47,860
authority from the dead and ascended to heaven

1623
01:17:47,860 --> 01:17:50,660
and sat in glory at the right hand

1624
01:17:50,660 --> 01:17:51,160
of His Father.

1625
01:17:51,460 --> 01:17:55,160
He will come again one hundred percent to

1626
01:17:55,160 --> 01:17:57,500
judge everyone, the dead and the living.

1627
01:17:57,500 --> 01:18:02,440
For there is no one in Him salvation

1628
01:18:02,440 --> 01:18:05,800
and redemption were made possible except in the

1629
01:18:05,800 --> 01:18:07,700
name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

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Period.

1631
01:18:09,340 --> 01:18:09,800
Period.

1632
01:18:10,460 --> 01:18:10,820
Period.

1633
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Love Him.

1634
01:18:15,300 --> 01:18:16,000
Breathe Him.

1635
01:18:17,860 --> 01:18:19,440
And digest Him.

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01:18:20,440 --> 01:18:25,000
Let Christ be in every fiber of your

1637
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:29,400
being and you be in every fiber of

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01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:29,920
His being.

1639
01:18:31,100 --> 01:18:34,080
Dissolve in Him so that you are no

1640
01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:38,080
longer what it is Him who is seen

1641
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:38,440
in you.

1642
01:18:39,860 --> 01:18:43,500
This is the perfection that Christ is calling

1643
01:18:43,500 --> 01:18:45,460
us to enter heaven with.

1644
01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:48,240
Christ-like.

1645
01:18:49,060 --> 01:18:55,300
Blessed is the man, the only man who

1646
01:18:55,300 --> 01:18:58,180
is the only man that can enter heaven

1647
01:18:58,180 --> 01:19:00,400
because He is the only one who fulfilled

1648
01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:01,960
all of God's law.

1649
01:19:03,420 --> 01:19:07,160
Never sinned, neither through speech nor through action.

1650
01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:11,380
Perfect like God but as a man.

1651
01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:14,380
You want to enter heaven?

1652
01:19:14,740 --> 01:19:17,600
He is the only way to get you

1653
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:18,020
to heaven.

1654
01:19:18,760 --> 01:19:19,680
There is no one else.

1655
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:24,620
Look, the Lord took me to heaven and

1656
01:19:24,620 --> 01:19:25,240
took me to hell.

1657
01:19:34,440 --> 01:19:36,080
You're not going to find anyone but Jesus

1658
01:19:36,080 --> 01:19:36,760
Christ in heaven.

1659
01:19:41,950 --> 01:19:43,090
Hell is very ugly.

1660
01:19:44,370 --> 01:19:45,310
Satan is very ugly.

1661
01:19:46,290 --> 01:19:49,210
Satan, you can't last with him a split

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01:19:49,210 --> 01:19:49,590
second.

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01:19:50,630 --> 01:19:51,170
You cannot.

1664
01:19:51,970 --> 01:19:56,850
He hates the Lord and hates whoever carries

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01:19:56,850 --> 01:19:57,290
the Lord.

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01:19:59,370 --> 01:20:01,470
And you don't want to be there.

1667
01:20:02,170 --> 01:20:08,230
Trust me, hell is real as heaven is.

1668
01:20:09,190 --> 01:20:10,370
Trust me.

1669
01:20:12,210 --> 01:20:13,070
Satan is real.

1670
01:20:13,850 --> 01:20:15,110
And what is happening in the world?

1671
01:20:15,410 --> 01:20:16,690
Satan is behind it.

1672
01:20:18,170 --> 01:20:18,870
Have a look at the world.

1673
01:20:19,250 --> 01:20:19,730
What a joke.

1674
01:20:21,210 --> 01:20:22,730
Fighting, killing, destroying.

1675
01:20:24,370 --> 01:20:25,270
What is this?

1676
01:20:27,970 --> 01:20:30,550
Everybody is trying to get a nuclear bomb.

1677
01:20:31,670 --> 01:20:33,130
Now, why are you getting a nuclear bomb?

1678
01:20:33,310 --> 01:20:35,010
Oh, because I want to destroy humanity.

1679
01:20:35,270 --> 01:20:36,430
What a genius you are.

1680
01:20:43,320 --> 01:20:46,080
Why don't you want to be a reason

1681
01:20:46,080 --> 01:20:48,960
for something constructive rather than destructive?

1682
01:20:51,080 --> 01:20:55,780
That's the fallen human nature that lives in

1683
01:20:55,780 --> 01:20:56,220
darkness.

1684
01:20:57,600 --> 01:20:58,620
Christ is the light.

1685
01:20:58,620 --> 01:21:02,500
Come to Him to see what life is

1686
01:21:02,500 --> 01:21:02,980
all about.

1687
01:21:04,640 --> 01:21:07,680
And I pray every human being finds Jesus

1688
01:21:07,680 --> 01:21:08,700
Christ of Nazareth.

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01:21:09,540 --> 01:21:10,860
And I mean it with love and humility.

1690
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:11,640
I love everyone.

1691
01:21:12,260 --> 01:21:13,720
I don't care if you're a Muslim, you're

1692
01:21:13,720 --> 01:21:15,120
a Buddhist, you're a Hindu, you're an atheist.

1693
01:21:15,420 --> 01:21:16,240
I love you all.

1694
01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:17,780
Even if you're an LGBT.

1695
01:21:18,020 --> 01:21:18,560
I love you.

1696
01:21:18,840 --> 01:21:20,240
But I can't approve what you do.

1697
01:21:20,560 --> 01:21:21,160
But I love you.

1698
01:21:21,220 --> 01:21:21,880
I pray for you.

1699
01:21:22,160 --> 01:21:22,760
I pray for you.

1700
01:21:22,920 --> 01:21:24,100
Because that's my Lord.

1701
01:21:25,040 --> 01:21:25,980
That's my Lord.

1702
01:21:25,980 --> 01:21:28,840
I pray for everyone's salvation and redemption.

1703
01:21:30,180 --> 01:21:33,340
But you will never find anyone except Jesus.

1704
01:21:34,420 --> 01:21:35,740
Love the Lord, my beloved.

1705
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:38,380
Blessed is the man.