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We'll give it a title, and the title

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is Our Present Time, or Our Present Times,

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or I'd rather say it Time more specifically.

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Our Present Time.

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When we read in Song of Solomon, and

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before I go there, I will be addressing

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the church.

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I will be addressing the church, and it

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is part one, so please, you know, keep

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your seat belt fastened until we finish the

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whole topic to understand what we are talking

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about, or what the Lord is trying to

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convey to us through His truthful word.

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When we go to Song of Solomon, chapter

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6, verse 10, it says, who is she

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who looks forth as the Morning?

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Who is she who looks forth as the

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Morning?

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What does it mean who looks forth as

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the Morning?

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The word, or the sentence, or the verse,

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who looks forth as the Morning, it literally

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means who is present.

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Who looks forth as the Morning, it means

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who is present.

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Verse 10 continues of King Solomon's Song of

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Songs, Chapter 6, Verse 10.

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It continues and says, Fair as the moon,

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clear as the sun, awesome as an army

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with banners.

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So I'll read it again.

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Song of Solomon 6, Verse 10.

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Who is she who looks forth as the

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morning, fair as the moon, clear as the

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sun, awesome as an army with banners.

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In this verse, King Solomon is giving us

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three characteristics of what the church is all

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about.

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Three characteristics.

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We believe, my beloved, in three churches which

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is in one.

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In three churches which all these three churches

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are all in one.

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Just like the triune God, Father, Son, Holy

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Spirit, but three in one and one in

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three.

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The first church, it is the church of

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the human soul.

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The Lord Jesus says in Matthew 18, 20,

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For where two or three are gathered together

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in my name, I am there in the

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midst.

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For where two or three are gathered together

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in my name, I am there in their

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midst.

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That is the first church of the human

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soul.

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When two or three get together, I am

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in the midst of them all.

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And what is the human made out of?

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Body, soul and spirit.

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First Thessalonians 5.23, St. Paul says that

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we are made out of three.

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Body, soul and spirit.

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This is the first church of the human

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being made out of body, soul and spirit.

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Three in one.

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St. Paul says about us being the church,

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Whose house we are.

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We are the house of the Lord.

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Whose house we are in Hebrew 3.6.

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And also in First Corinthians 3.16, he

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says, Do you not know that you are

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the temple of God and that the Spirit

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of God dwells in you?

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Do you not know that you are the

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temple of God and that the Spirit of

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God dwells in you?

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So this is the first church, the human

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being, body, soul and spirit.

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The second church is the family church.

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And the family church is made out of

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three as well.

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Husband, wife and children.

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Out of three as well.

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Husband, wife and children.

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St. Paul addresses this, the family church.

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Colossians 4.15, he says, Greet the brethren

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who are in Laodicea and Nymphis and the

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church that is in his house.

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And the church that is in his house,

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the family church.

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That is made out of three.

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Husband, wife and the children.

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So, the first church is the individual church.

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And from the individual church consists and forms

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the family church.

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And from the family church forms the universal

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church which you are all presently sitting in

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it.

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So the church you go to on Sundays

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is the universal church.

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Where did this universal church come from?

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From the family church.

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And where did the family church come from?

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So the individual church, the family church and

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the universal church are three churches but the

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three are all one.

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So when the song of Solomon 6.10,

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chapter 6 verse 10 says, Who looks forth

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as the morning?

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He means the ever-present church in our

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midst.

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The ever-shining forth in our midst.

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She looks forth as the morning.

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Morning is light.

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The ever-present church in our midst and

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the ever-shining forth in our midst.

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The Lord Jesus prior to his crucifixion, he

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said the following to his disciples.

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John 12.35 A little while longer the

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light is with you.

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A little while longer the light is with

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you.

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John 12.35 A little while longer the

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light is with you.

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He is saying that the light will not

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last very long.

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It is only short-lived my beloved disciples.

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When did this light disappear?

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When Christ was crucified.

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When Christ was crucified, the entire world entered

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darkness.

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Because who is the light of the world?

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Christ.

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And when the world crucified Christ, the light

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is gone.

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What is left?

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Darkness.

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What is darkness?

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The absence of light.

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By the way, scientifically speaking, God created the

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light.

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Darkness is uncreated.

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It's not created.

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That's why when you ask scientists, what can

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you measure?

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Can you measure light or darkness?

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They will say light.

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You ask them why?

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Because they'll say simply darkness is non-created,

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non-existent.

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Then how did this darkness come about?

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When the light is absent, which is created,

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which we are able to measure, when that

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light is absent, we're left with something that

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never exists.

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Darkness.

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Now please pay attention.

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Darkness never exists.

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The only thing that exists is light.

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The only thing that is created by God

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is light.

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God never created darkness.

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Darkness came because the light was absent.

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I can assure you, the only way that

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is attacked by the world is the Christian

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way.

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There is no other way attacked the way

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Christianity is attacked.

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Because Christianity is the only light of the

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world.

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And darkness hates light.

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A little while longer, the light is with

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Now, the Lord says the light is not

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staying very long.

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Why?

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Because the moment Christ was crucified, the world

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entered darkness.

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And we have been living in the darkness

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of the world ever since.

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We have been living in the darkness of

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the world ever since the crucifixion of Christ

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took place.

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There are three signs that show us we

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are living in the night or the darkness

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of this world.

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Three signs.

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Number one, Revelation 3.20. The Lord says,

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And knock.

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If anyone hears my voice and opens the

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door, I will come in to him and

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dine with him and he with me.

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The Lord Jesus uses the word dine.

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And dine means dinner.

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And when is dinner served?

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At night.

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I will come and dine with that person

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and he with me if he opens the

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door.

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Dining is dinner time at night.

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Second sign, the Holy Mass that you attend.

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See, we celebrate the Holy Mass.

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We can celebrate it in the morning.

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We can celebrate it in the afternoon.

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We can celebrate it at night, in the

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evening.

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But regardless what time of the day we

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celebrate the Holy Mass, we always refer to

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it as the sacred supper.

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When the Lord Jesus had that supper with

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his disciples, we refer to it as the

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last supper.

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When did he have it?

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At night.

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Because it's supper.

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It's not breakfast.

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It's not lunch.

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The Lord celebrated the Holy Mass service at

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night.

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It is night.

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There is no morning.

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It is all night.

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Now when we celebrate the Holy Mass in

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the morning, we still call it the last

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supper.

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But we are celebrating in the morning, we

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should say breakfast.

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No, it's dinner.

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Darkness.

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Because the world denied Christ, who is the

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light.

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What are they left with?

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And everything we do in this world, we

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are living in the darkness of this world.

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Question.

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Lord, are you going to leave the world

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dark?

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The Lord replies and says, no.

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But I will make you the light of

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the world.

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I'm not going to change the darkness of

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the world, but I'll make you the light

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to this dark world.

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You are the light of the world.

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The Christians, the baptized soul, the church, you

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are the light of the world.

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You will reveal me, I, Jesus Christ, to

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the whole world.

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When I came, I came as the light

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to this dark world.

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The world denied me and crucified me.

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So now it remained in darkness.

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I went up, but I am dwelling in

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you.

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And now I'm making you to be the

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light of this dark world.

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If anyone comes and asks you, as a

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Christian, how many gospels are there?

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You say to them, four, correct?

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No, wrong.

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It's not four, it's five.

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How many gospels are there?

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You say to them, five.

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Four of them you'll find in the Holy

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Bible, and the fifth one is me as

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the Christian.

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And the fifth one is me as the

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Christian.

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Look at St. Paul in 2 Corinthians 3,

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2 Corinthians 3, 2.

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St. Paul says, you are our epistle, written

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in our hearts, known and read by all

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men.

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You are our epistle, written in our hearts,

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known and read by all men.

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What St. Paul is saying, by all men

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he's referring to the world.

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The world do not read St. Paul's epistles.

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The world do not read Matthew, Mark, Luke,

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and John.

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The world do not care about the Holy

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Bible.

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The world do not see the Bible, they

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see you.

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You are that epistle being known and read

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by the world.

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Are you reflecting Christ to the world?

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They only see you.

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How are you going to reflect Christ?

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If you say to them, St. Paul says

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this, they'll say, hey, we don't believe in

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St. Paul, we don't believe in your Lord,

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we don't believe in your Bible.

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What are you going to do?

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The only thing that is left for you

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to prove that Christ is the living God

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and dwells in you through your behavior, through

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your attitude, the way you walk, the way

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you talk, the way you dress, the way

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you behave, the way you live.

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The world looks at you as a Christian

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and they will decide if they say Christ

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is good or not very good.

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You are the decider for the world to

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accept Christ or to reject Him.

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Now my beloved, come back again.

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Song of Solomon 610.

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Who is she who looks forth as the

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morning?

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The word she, it means the church.

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Who is she that looks forth as the

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morning?

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When the sun shines, it does two things.

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When the sun shines, it does two things.

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One, it becomes present.

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Two, it decimates darkness.

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When the sun shines, it is present now.

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Secondly, decimates darkness.

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The church is supposed to be present in

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the world, not going to sleep, not following

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the world, not adhering to what the world

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says, not accepting, not being hypocrite, not being

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double faced, not being betrayer of her Messiah.

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It is supposed to be present.

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Now the word present means I need to

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stand my ground.

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When the sun is present, it says I'm

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standing my ground.

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Hey, I belong in this heaven, in this

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sky.

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It can't touch me.

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And if you're going to touch me, you're

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going to be burnt.

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So this is the message to the world.

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You touch the church, you'll be burnt.

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And you try to go against the world,

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you will always remain in darkness.

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And darkness is eternal death.

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So when the sun shines, it does two

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things.

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One, it is present.

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Two, it decimates darkness.

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The church is supposed to be present in

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this world, standing firm in Christ before the

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world.

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And two, to decimate the darkness of this

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world.

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What is darkness?

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Lie.

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What is a lie?

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It's a story that is told without foundation.

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What did we say darkness is?

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It's nothing, it's non-existent.

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So even though you see darkness, remember this

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darkness has no existence because it was never

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created by God.

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It was never created by God.

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So it is a lie.

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A lie is a story with no basis,

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with no foundation.

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Darkness is a lie.

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Therefore the light is the truth.

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And who says I'm the light of the

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world?

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Christ.

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And what did Christ say about himself?

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I am the truth.

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I'm the way, the truth and the life,

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John 14, 6.

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So when he says I'm the truth, he's

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literally saying I am the light of this

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world.

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Because anything outside the light is one big

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lie.

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Which is darkness, non-existent.

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The whole world the Lord says is darkness.

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Because it is based on a lie.

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And what is this lie?

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The lie is a person comes and is

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born into this world.

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They grow older and they become famous.

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They work hard, they don't say anything, they

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work very hard.

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They strive, they went from one horizon to

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the other.

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They did their absolute best to getting where

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they got to.

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They became famous, rich, influential, you name it.

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And at the end they died.

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So what was all this about?

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One big lie.

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They're dead.

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Michael Jackson, dead.

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Whitney Houston, dead.

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I pray for them.

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On the other hand, the people who ruled

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the world.

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Augustus Caesar, dead.

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Pharaoh, dead.

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Kings, Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Persian and Medes.

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The Macedonian Greek Empire, the Roman Empire, all

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dead.

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Hitler, dead.

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Everybody's gonna die.

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Therefore, when you chase the world, the world

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will give you one thing at the end.

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The grave, which is the lie of all

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lies.

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Everything you gained and everything you've achieved, death

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took it away from you.

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You went there with nothing, absolutely zero.

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Then what were you running for and killing

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yourself to achieve?

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It was all one big lie.

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Why?

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Because the world is in darkness.

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And who rules the world?

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Satan.

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What did the Lord Jesus say about Satan?

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The father of all lies.

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And until the Lord calls it the day,

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the world will always speak lies.

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They introduced laws.

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They know that they don't know what they

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mean.

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They know that they know that it is

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a lie.

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And they chase their tales.

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They chase their tales.

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Because when the beginning, when the start is

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a lie, what are you trying to fix?

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Stop chasing a lie.

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You cannot fix a lie with another lie.

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But that's what the world is doing and

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has been and will always do until the

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Lord comes again and puts an end to

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all of this lie.

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They are chasing a lie and they are

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trying to come up with a solution for

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a lie.

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So they are coming up with a bigger

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lie than the previous one.

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And that's what they are doing.

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Fixing lies with lies, chasing lies.

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And eventually they believe in that lie and

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they live that lie.

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And they die with a lie in the

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grave.

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Gone, never to be seen, never to be

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heard.

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And what have they achieved?

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Absolutely zilch.

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Zero.

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I invite the world to come back to

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Christ and let the laws of Christ be

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instilled in our countries.

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There is only one light.

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There is only one way.

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And there is only one truth.

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His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

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I can guarantee you.

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I will not blink twice.

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I will not think twice about it.

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I can guarantee you the moment you adhere

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to Christ's law, everything is truthful.

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And everything is constructive.

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Everything is beautiful.

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Everything just falls into place so perfectly.

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So harmoniously.

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Everything.

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But the world rejected Christ who is the

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light of this world.

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And since they rejected the light, they remained

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to live in darkness.

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Now, let's move forward.

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And this is why, my beloved, the church

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is supposed to be present in this world.

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And to decimate the darkness of this world.

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And this is why we read to you

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a portion of Psalm 24.

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I'm trying to confuse you more.

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Actually that rhymes.

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A portion of Psalm 24 because I want

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to confuse you more.

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My beloved, Psalm number 22, 23 and 24.

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24 is our topic.

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Psalm 22, 23 and 24 are all one

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unit.

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The three Psalms talk about the salvation which

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Christ our Lord offered to us all in

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the three days.

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These three Psalms, 22, 23, 24 are talking

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about the salvation offered by Christ to all

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of us in three days.

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Psalm 22, Good Friday.

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Day one, Good Friday.

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Psalm 23, Holy Saturday or Holy Fire.

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When the fire, the Holy Fire comes out

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of the tomb of the Lord Jesus.

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The empty tomb of the Lord Jesus.

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We call it Holy Saturday or the Holy

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Fire.

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Day two is Holy Fire, Holy Saturday which

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is Psalm 23.

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And Psalm 24 is Sunday resurrection.

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Now why Psalm 22 is Good Friday?

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Well when you read Psalm 22 it says,

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My God, my God, why have you forsaken

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me?

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They pierced my hands and my feet and

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from my clothing they cast lots.

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They pierced my hands and my feet and

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from my clothing they cast lots.

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When did this happen?

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Good Friday.

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They pierced the hand of the Lord and

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his feet and they cast lots on his

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clothing.

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That happened on Good Friday.

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Psalm 23, Holy Fire, Holy Saturday.

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Second day of salvation.

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Why Psalm 23 is Saturday?

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Because Saturday, Shabbath, the Lord's body was taken

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from the cross and placed in the tomb.

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And the Lord remained in the tomb the

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entire Saturday.

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And Psalm 23 says, You know, the Lord

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is my shepherd, I shall not want.

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It begins with that.

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But then it continues and says, Yea, though

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I walk through the valley of the shadow

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of death.

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Ah, well the Lord entered the shadow of

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death on Saturday.

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Where the body was placed in that tomb

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the entire Shabbath, the entire Saturday which is

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the Holy Fire.

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of

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the shadow of death, I will fear no

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evil.

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He went to the pit, but he came

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back and out of there triumphant.

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And Psalm 24 is the resurrection.

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Why is it the resurrection?

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Because when you read, my beloved, which is

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not covered in today's topic.

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When you read in Psalm 24 and verses

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7 onwards, from 7 to 10, listen to

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this.

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Verses 7 of Psalm 24 says, 7 to

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10.

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Lift up your heads, O you gates, and

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be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the

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King of Glory shall come in.

562
00:25:17,030 --> 00:25:18,770
Who is this King of Glory?

563
00:25:19,070 --> 00:25:20,830
The Lord, strong and mighty.

564
00:25:21,170 --> 00:25:22,650
The Lord, mighty in battle.

565
00:25:23,090 --> 00:25:25,390
Lift up your heads, O you gates, lift

566
00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:28,010
up you everlasting doors, and the King of

567
00:25:28,010 --> 00:25:29,030
Glory shall come in.

568
00:25:29,310 --> 00:25:30,730
Who is this King of Glory?

569
00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:32,030
The Lord of hosts.

570
00:25:32,530 --> 00:25:35,110
He is the King of Glory.

571
00:25:35,690 --> 00:25:36,870
Who is the King of Glory?

572
00:25:37,130 --> 00:25:39,590
The King of all kings, Jesus Christ of

573
00:25:39,590 --> 00:25:40,050
Nazareth.

574
00:25:40,570 --> 00:25:42,890
Lift up your heads, O gates, meaning on

575
00:25:42,890 --> 00:25:46,350
Sunday resurrection, He opened the gate of heaven

576
00:25:46,350 --> 00:25:50,250
to welcome the King of all kings into

577
00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:50,670
heaven.

578
00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:55,170
So Psalm 24 talks about Sunday resurrection.

579
00:25:57,430 --> 00:26:02,560
But Psalm 24 begins with the church.

580
00:26:14,020 --> 00:26:18,580
Psalm 24 1 says, Who is she who

581
00:26:18,580 --> 00:26:20,320
looks forth as the morning?

582
00:26:20,820 --> 00:26:25,460
She, the bride of the King of all

583
00:26:25,460 --> 00:26:25,900
kings.

584
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:26,880
The church.

585
00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:31,960
Who is she who looks forth as the

586
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:32,280
morning?

587
00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:34,960
Who is she so ever present?

588
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,220
Who is she so ever shining forth?

589
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,260
She receives the light from her heavenly groom,

590
00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:45,320
who is the light of the world.

591
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,260
The light of the world dwells in the

592
00:26:47,260 --> 00:26:50,060
church, and his light shines forth through his

593
00:26:50,060 --> 00:26:51,740
church to this dark world.

594
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,520
A little while longer, the light is with

595
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,880
you, but after that it will not, because

596
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,660
the world crucified the light of the world.

597
00:27:01,940 --> 00:27:04,100
Therefore the world will enter darkness.

598
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:06,740
I won't decimate that darkness.

599
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:09,360
I'll make the church, which is the Christian

600
00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,180
soul, as the light to this world.

601
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:22,360
Now, I ask you this.

602
00:27:23,420 --> 00:27:25,220
How many days did it take God to

603
00:27:25,220 --> 00:27:26,020
create everything?

604
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,360
Six days?

605
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:29,960
It's obvious, yeah?

606
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,140
Very simple, yeah?

607
00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:31,720
Easy.

608
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:32,260
Correct?

609
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:33,100
Six days.

610
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:33,880
Wrong.

611
00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:38,440
God created in three days.

612
00:27:39,580 --> 00:27:41,820
And in the next three days, he filled

613
00:27:41,820 --> 00:27:43,500
what he created.

614
00:27:46,180 --> 00:27:49,220
So, what God created was only three days.

615
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:50,880
And then in the next three days, he

616
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,240
came back and start filling what he created

617
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,840
in the first three days.

618
00:27:55,180 --> 00:27:57,520
Now, in day one, God created the light.

619
00:28:07,180 --> 00:28:10,840
Sorry, I'll go one thing before that.

620
00:28:11,380 --> 00:28:13,160
God created everything in three days.

621
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:14,880
And in the other three days, he filled

622
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,860
everything he created, which is six days.

623
00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,360
And on the seventh day, God rested.

624
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,620
Now, when we look at Genesis 1 verse

625
00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:24,980
3.

626
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,740
Genesis chapter 1 verse 3.

627
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:32,780
It says, Then God said, Let there be

628
00:28:32,780 --> 00:28:33,580
light.

629
00:28:34,660 --> 00:28:36,840
Let there be light.

630
00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:38,580
Genesis 1 verse 3.

631
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:40,180
Let there be light.

632
00:28:40,180 --> 00:28:44,120
Now, Psalm 24 verse 1 says, Who is

633
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,100
she who looks forth as the morning?

634
00:28:46,460 --> 00:28:48,680
Well, light is to do with morning.

635
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,480
Because morning is in the light.

636
00:28:52,420 --> 00:28:55,980
That's why Psalm 24 verse 1 goes hand

637
00:28:55,980 --> 00:28:57,880
in hand with Genesis 1 verse 3.

638
00:28:58,740 --> 00:29:00,880
God said, Let there be light.

639
00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:03,900
And Psalm 24 verse 1 says, Who is

640
00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:07,040
she who looks forth as the morning?

641
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,080
Morning and light are together.

642
00:29:11,460 --> 00:29:14,940
Now, in the first three days, God created

643
00:29:14,940 --> 00:29:16,940
day one, the light.

644
00:29:17,540 --> 00:29:19,000
Day two, the waters.

645
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:20,960
Day three, the land.

646
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,280
And in the second part, in the other

647
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:29,300
three days, where he came to fill what

648
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:31,280
he created in the first three days.

649
00:29:31,740 --> 00:29:34,680
Well, day four, day five, day six is

650
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:35,780
called the filling.

651
00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:41,390
Now, since day one, God created the light,

652
00:29:41,690 --> 00:29:42,370
well, guess what?

653
00:29:42,470 --> 00:29:45,750
Day four, God created the sun, the moon,

654
00:29:45,870 --> 00:29:46,650
and the stars.

655
00:29:47,290 --> 00:29:50,370
The light, that's where the sun was created

656
00:29:50,370 --> 00:29:50,810
from.

657
00:29:53,060 --> 00:29:55,060
The sun has light in it.

658
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:56,800
And where did he get this light from?

659
00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,980
From the very light that was created in

660
00:29:59,980 --> 00:30:00,460
day one.

661
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,040
So, out of day one, in day four,

662
00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,300
he filled day one.

663
00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:08,340
He filled it with the sun, with the

664
00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:09,920
moon, and with the stars.

665
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,500
And since day two, he created the waters,

666
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:22,020
day five, God created from the waters, the

667
00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:25,280
fish, all the great sea creatures, and every

668
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,680
living thing that moves, and the birds of

669
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:28,140
the sky.

670
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,340
By the way, the birds of the sky

671
00:30:30,340 --> 00:30:32,320
are created out of water.

672
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,860
That's why when a bird dies, and decays,

673
00:30:36,220 --> 00:30:39,180
turns into water, there is no bones, there

674
00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:42,140
is no nothing, and there is no dust,

675
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,940
because the bird is not created out of

676
00:30:44,940 --> 00:30:46,700
the earth, it's created out of water.

677
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:53,200
No remains at all for birds, because they

678
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:53,920
came from the water.

679
00:30:57,010 --> 00:30:58,530
So day two is water, that's why he

680
00:30:58,530 --> 00:31:00,130
created the fish, and all the living creatures

681
00:31:00,130 --> 00:31:01,770
in the seas, and he created the birds

682
00:31:01,770 --> 00:31:02,310
out of the water.

683
00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:05,370
And since day three, God created the land,

684
00:31:05,710 --> 00:31:08,110
well guess what, in day six, God created

685
00:31:08,110 --> 00:31:10,990
the cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of

686
00:31:10,990 --> 00:31:11,470
the earth.

687
00:31:11,530 --> 00:31:12,490
It only makes sense.

688
00:31:13,210 --> 00:31:15,710
Anything that lives on the land, He created

689
00:31:15,710 --> 00:31:18,050
in day six, so He filled day three

690
00:31:18,050 --> 00:31:21,990
with day six, which is the cattle, the

691
00:31:21,990 --> 00:31:23,710
creeping things, and beasts of the earth.

692
00:31:23,910 --> 00:31:30,390
Then God finally created the human being, or

693
00:31:30,390 --> 00:31:31,230
created Adam.

694
00:31:33,130 --> 00:31:37,670
Psalm 24-1 says, The earth is the

695
00:31:37,670 --> 00:31:40,310
Lord's, and all its fullness.

696
00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:45,190
The earth is the Lord's, and all its

697
00:31:45,190 --> 00:31:45,550
fullness.

698
00:31:45,870 --> 00:31:49,070
Meaning, the earth is the Lord's, and day

699
00:31:49,070 --> 00:31:51,990
one, two, three, I created everything, and all

700
00:31:51,990 --> 00:31:55,650
its fullness, day five, four, five, six, is

701
00:31:55,650 --> 00:31:56,110
the fullness.

702
00:31:57,070 --> 00:32:00,490
So whatever was created, and whatever was filled,

703
00:32:01,250 --> 00:32:04,390
it is all the Lord's, no one else's.

704
00:32:05,210 --> 00:32:09,090
Not mother nature, not the empty head, the

705
00:32:09,090 --> 00:32:09,970
big bang theory.

706
00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:17,510
I was gonna say something else, but it's

707
00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:18,070
not worth it.

708
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,540
The earth is the Lord's, and all its

709
00:32:26,540 --> 00:32:26,980
fullness.

710
00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:32,660
When we take day one, where God creates

711
00:32:32,660 --> 00:32:36,420
the light, and we look at Psalm 24

712
00:32:36,420 --> 00:32:39,100
-1, where it says, The earth is the

713
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:41,300
Lord's, and all its fullness.

714
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,980
And when we look at Song of Solomon,

715
00:32:44,220 --> 00:32:46,880
chapter six, verse ten, where it says, Who

716
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,100
is she who comes forth as the morning?

717
00:32:51,180 --> 00:32:53,360
We will find the following.

718
00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:01,220
The first thing God said, straight after, saying,

719
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,820
Let there be light, in Genesis 1-3.

720
00:33:04,540 --> 00:33:07,640
After God says, Let there be light, in

721
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:12,100
Genesis 1-3, straight after that, He says,

722
00:33:13,180 --> 00:33:16,160
And God divided the light from darkness.

723
00:33:19,140 --> 00:33:21,860
So when God creates the light in Genesis

724
00:33:21,860 --> 00:33:26,000
1-3, straight after creating the light, straight

725
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,340
after saying, Let there be light, He goes

726
00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:34,960
and says, And God divided the light from

727
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:35,400
darkness.

728
00:33:36,380 --> 00:33:40,980
So when the light appeared, it did not

729
00:33:40,980 --> 00:33:44,020
abolish darkness, but what did it do?

730
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,320
It divided it from the light.

731
00:33:48,740 --> 00:33:49,600
I'll say it again.

732
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,740
When the light was created by God, when

733
00:33:52,740 --> 00:33:56,140
the light appeared, the light did not abolish

734
00:33:56,140 --> 00:33:59,300
darkness, but there was a division between the

735
00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:00,400
light and darkness.

736
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:04,800
And God divided the light from darkness, and

737
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,460
He called the light day and darkness night.

738
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:15,460
So in God's wisdom, He did not abolish

739
00:34:15,460 --> 00:34:20,420
darkness, but He just separated the light from

740
00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:20,980
darkness.

741
00:34:28,889 --> 00:34:33,650
This light is in every baptized soul.

742
00:34:34,909 --> 00:34:40,110
This light is in every Christian, true believer

743
00:34:40,110 --> 00:34:43,810
and follower of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

744
00:34:44,670 --> 00:34:47,389
This light is in you, my beloved.

745
00:34:47,909 --> 00:34:51,830
You who have been baptized into Christ, have

746
00:34:51,830 --> 00:34:53,350
put on the Christ.

747
00:34:53,710 --> 00:34:56,670
You've put on the light of the world

748
00:34:56,670 --> 00:34:57,530
through baptism.

749
00:34:58,910 --> 00:35:01,890
So this light dwells in you.

750
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:10,720
You have received the second birth from above.

751
00:35:12,620 --> 00:35:16,740
Everyone, every human being is born from earthly

752
00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:18,300
biological parents.

753
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:19,160
Everyone.

754
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,000
But not everyone is born the second time.

755
00:35:23,380 --> 00:35:24,780
Who is born the second time?

756
00:35:24,940 --> 00:35:28,960
Who received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior,

757
00:35:29,740 --> 00:35:32,360
and was baptized in the name of the

758
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,420
Father and of the Son and of the

759
00:35:34,420 --> 00:35:35,100
Holy Spirit.

760
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,980
This person is born again, the second birth.

761
00:35:39,260 --> 00:35:42,260
Now this second birth comes from above by

762
00:35:42,260 --> 00:35:42,960
God Himself.

763
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,380
This second birth is everlasting.

764
00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:50,800
But the earthly birth, the biological birth is

765
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:51,440
temporal.

766
00:35:51,940 --> 00:35:53,700
We are born to die.

767
00:35:54,020 --> 00:35:56,640
But the birth which Christ gives us through

768
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:00,180
the holy baptism, we die to be born

769
00:36:00,180 --> 00:36:00,860
forever.

770
00:36:03,110 --> 00:36:05,530
We die to be born forever.

771
00:36:05,910 --> 00:36:09,150
But through this second birth, we received the

772
00:36:09,150 --> 00:36:11,710
light who is Christ Jesus.

773
00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:20,740
Now this light of Christ is dwelling in

774
00:36:20,740 --> 00:36:24,680
us by the Holy Spirit who dwells in

775
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:25,000
us.

776
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,940
And how do you receive the Holy Spirit?

777
00:36:28,380 --> 00:36:30,260
Through the holy baptism.

778
00:36:30,260 --> 00:36:33,520
One of the seven sacraments of the true

779
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:34,360
church of Christ.

780
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:40,380
Unless you're baptized, Holy Spirit cannot dwell in

781
00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:40,660
you.

782
00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:43,620
And since the Holy Spirit is not dwelling

783
00:36:43,620 --> 00:36:48,000
in you, you're still living in the darkness.

784
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:49,540
And what is the darkness?

785
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:50,440
This world.

786
00:36:50,740 --> 00:36:51,840
And who rules this world?

787
00:36:52,140 --> 00:36:52,560
Satan.

788
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:57,280
Satan will take you to every place that

789
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,100
is poisonous, my beloved.

790
00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:07,110
My son, where are you going?

791
00:37:08,710 --> 00:37:10,850
Where are you going, my son?

792
00:37:11,850 --> 00:37:14,810
My daughter, what are you doing with your

793
00:37:14,810 --> 00:37:15,470
life?

794
00:37:16,270 --> 00:37:19,910
My child, what are you doing?

795
00:37:20,050 --> 00:37:20,710
Tell me.

796
00:37:21,170 --> 00:37:23,850
Have you been deceived by the world?

797
00:37:23,850 --> 00:37:27,670
Have you been deceived by Satan, the snake,

798
00:37:28,210 --> 00:37:29,610
the poisonous snake?

799
00:37:29,950 --> 00:37:31,170
Have you been deceived?

800
00:37:32,690 --> 00:37:33,470
Stop it.

801
00:37:35,090 --> 00:37:37,930
And next time you want to say the

802
00:37:37,930 --> 00:37:41,350
word fun, you better know how to define

803
00:37:41,350 --> 00:37:41,610
it.

804
00:37:41,710 --> 00:37:44,330
Otherwise, don't invoke it.

805
00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:48,590
If you do not know what fun truly

806
00:37:48,590 --> 00:37:53,190
means, don't ever try to taste it, to

807
00:37:53,190 --> 00:37:56,890
live it, to finding out what it means.

808
00:37:56,950 --> 00:37:57,910
Don't ever try it.

809
00:37:59,090 --> 00:38:01,090
Because the stakes are very high.

810
00:38:07,940 --> 00:38:09,140
But there is a problem.

811
00:38:10,180 --> 00:38:12,740
Even though the light dwells in us, the

812
00:38:12,740 --> 00:38:14,140
light of Christ dwells in us through the

813
00:38:14,140 --> 00:38:17,320
holy baptism, but darkness is still there.

814
00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:19,820
Darkness is still there.

815
00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:24,340
Darkness is still there for two reasons.

816
00:38:25,740 --> 00:38:27,400
One reason is the world.

817
00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:31,180
The other reason is the Christian soul.

818
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,280
One reason the darkness is still there because

819
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:36,060
of the world.

820
00:38:36,340 --> 00:38:39,220
The other reason is the Christian soul, him

821
00:38:39,220 --> 00:38:41,100
and or herself.

822
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,380
The reason why darkness is still there is

823
00:38:45,380 --> 00:38:47,840
because the world, till this very day, do

824
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:49,840
not wish to accept Jesus Christ as the

825
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:50,320
only way.

826
00:38:51,140 --> 00:38:52,880
That's why the world is still living in

827
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:53,280
darkness.

828
00:38:54,580 --> 00:38:56,600
And the other reason why this darkness is

829
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,820
still in a Christian being, because in me,

830
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,940
there is still the old Adam, hasn't died

831
00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:03,280
fully.

832
00:39:04,780 --> 00:39:07,080
The very old Adam that I was born

833
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:08,160
from.

834
00:39:09,020 --> 00:39:12,360
That old Adam, which is the word me.

835
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:14,780
I am, the word me.

836
00:39:14,780 --> 00:39:17,520
You've heard the bishop mention this word a

837
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:18,240
lot of times.

838
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:21,880
The word me is the reason for every

839
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,840
trouble in my life.

840
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,020
If it wasn't for me, I wouldn't have

841
00:39:27,020 --> 00:39:27,380
lied.

842
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:29,340
If it wasn't for me, I wouldn't have

843
00:39:29,340 --> 00:39:29,680
killed.

844
00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:31,660
If it wasn't for me, I wouldn't have

845
00:39:31,660 --> 00:39:33,900
been boastful, self-pride.

846
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,460
If it wasn't for me, there wouldn't have

847
00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:40,220
been envy, jealousy, bigotry, hatred, division, destruction.

848
00:39:40,220 --> 00:39:44,360
All this is proudly sponsored by me.

849
00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:48,380
Not only sponsored, but done by me.

850
00:39:50,460 --> 00:39:52,640
So the old me is still there.

851
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,760
When you read the Holy Bible, you will

852
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,800
never see a verse says about me, the

853
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,820
old person, about this body.

854
00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:07,120
You will never find a verse says, I

855
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,660
train my body or I fix my body.

856
00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:12,120
What do you find in the Holy Bible

857
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,720
when it comes to this flesh?

858
00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:18,300
The human flesh or the flesh, the worldly

859
00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:21,080
person, the earthly person, the flesh.

860
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:22,320
What does it say?

861
00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:26,560
I discipline my body and bring it into

862
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:27,440
subjection.

863
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:30,940
I discipline my body and bring it into

864
00:40:30,940 --> 00:40:32,140
subjection.

865
00:40:32,140 --> 00:40:35,620
1 Corinthians 9.27, St. Paul says.

866
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,120
He says, when it comes to the human

867
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,720
flesh, when it comes to the earthly human

868
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:43,780
being, I discipline it and I bring it

869
00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:44,800
into subjection.

870
00:40:45,340 --> 00:40:48,280
Bring it into subjection is exactly like the

871
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:53,020
phrase that goes as the following, bringing to

872
00:40:53,020 --> 00:40:53,420
heal.

873
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,680
Have you heard this phrase, bringing to heal?

874
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,740
Bringing to heal is used like for horses.

875
00:40:58,740 --> 00:41:03,320
Bringing to heal means bringing that soul to

876
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,720
absolute obedience.

877
00:41:07,710 --> 00:41:10,700
So St. Paul talks about the flesh and

878
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:13,880
says, I discipline the flesh and bring it

879
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,400
into absolute obedience.

880
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,920
Obedience to God, not anyone else.

881
00:41:21,860 --> 00:41:26,700
The moment the flesh is loose, the moment

882
00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:29,040
the flesh is let out of the cage,

883
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,540
the flesh will drag you in the streets

884
00:41:32,540 --> 00:41:35,260
of King's Cross, the flesh will drag you

885
00:41:35,260 --> 00:41:39,160
to Star City Casino, Las Vegas, men and

886
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,620
women, drugs, alcohol, gambling, you name it.

887
00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:45,980
That is the deed of the flesh, my

888
00:41:45,980 --> 00:41:46,460
beloved.

889
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,580
And why Christians are still being worldly?

890
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,160
Because they've allowed the old me to surface

891
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,680
up and hid the new me, who is

892
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,260
Christ, the light.

893
00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:02,340
When I pushed Christ away from me as

894
00:42:02,340 --> 00:42:05,060
a Christian, the moment I pushed the light,

895
00:42:05,300 --> 00:42:06,560
I ended up in the darkness.

896
00:42:07,380 --> 00:42:10,920
I became worldly, worldly.

897
00:42:17,470 --> 00:42:20,290
When you receive the Lord, and I say

898
00:42:20,290 --> 00:42:24,990
truly, when you truly receive the Lord, when

899
00:42:24,990 --> 00:42:27,450
you truly open your heart to the Lord,

900
00:42:27,710 --> 00:42:32,050
when you truly give yourself entirely to the

901
00:42:32,050 --> 00:42:35,050
Lord, next time you go to the club,

902
00:42:35,190 --> 00:42:36,050
you will hate it.

903
00:42:36,350 --> 00:42:38,150
Next time you look at drugs, you will

904
00:42:38,150 --> 00:42:38,690
hate them.

905
00:42:38,970 --> 00:42:42,910
Next time you look at gambling and alcoholism,

906
00:42:43,150 --> 00:42:46,970
men, women, filth, you will hate all of

907
00:42:46,970 --> 00:42:47,250
that.

908
00:42:48,290 --> 00:42:53,610
The moment you truly embrace Christ, truly embrace

909
00:42:53,610 --> 00:42:59,710
Christ, you will hate every foul language, every

910
00:42:59,710 --> 00:43:03,190
foul word, you will hate every evil deed.

911
00:43:06,140 --> 00:43:10,040
But you see, when it is done in

912
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,700
Christ, you will hate everything that is against

913
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:18,320
Him in truthfulness with love.

914
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,760
Not you retaliate and go and chop heads.

915
00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:25,660
No.

916
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:31,380
Christ does not order us to kill people.

917
00:43:31,380 --> 00:43:36,480
Christ orders us to kill everything that takes

918
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:37,560
you away from Him.

919
00:43:40,310 --> 00:43:44,050
But love people, pray for them, but hate

920
00:43:44,050 --> 00:43:46,030
the evil deeds of people.

921
00:43:50,810 --> 00:43:55,970
God loves the human, hates the sinful deed

922
00:43:55,970 --> 00:43:56,750
of that human.

923
00:43:57,730 --> 00:44:00,370
God hates sin, but loves the human.

924
00:44:01,010 --> 00:44:03,370
You need to differentiate between the two.

925
00:44:08,500 --> 00:44:12,460
I need to discipline the flesh and bring

926
00:44:12,460 --> 00:44:17,040
it into subjection, absolute obedience to the Word

927
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:17,520
of God.

928
00:44:18,540 --> 00:44:19,060
Why?

929
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:20,020
Because I'm a Christian.

930
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:21,240
What does that mean?

931
00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:24,680
I no longer belong to the world.

932
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:27,020
What does that mean?

933
00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:28,960
I no longer belong to darkness.

934
00:44:29,740 --> 00:44:30,360
What does that mean?

935
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:35,000
I no longer belong to the lies of

936
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:35,580
this world.

937
00:44:35,580 --> 00:44:38,500
I belong to the light of Christ.

938
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,460
I belong to the truth.

939
00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:42,940
I belong to eternal life.

940
00:44:48,300 --> 00:44:54,240
You cannot find a source of water that

941
00:44:54,240 --> 00:44:57,200
gives sweet and sour water.

942
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,040
It's either sweet or sour.

943
00:45:00,740 --> 00:45:02,220
But the two together, impossible.

944
00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:06,500
You cannot have light and darkness embracing one

945
00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:06,760
another.

946
00:45:07,220 --> 00:45:07,920
It's impossible.

947
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:10,540
It is either light or darkness.

948
00:45:10,540 --> 00:45:12,640
It is either day or night.

949
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:14,480
It is either the Lord or Satan.

950
00:45:14,820 --> 00:45:17,040
It is either life or death.

951
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:20,600
It is either the truth or the lie.

952
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,180
But the two together, you can't.

953
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,080
There is a saying in Arabic.

954
00:45:26,380 --> 00:45:27,320
Who speaks Arabic here?

955
00:45:27,780 --> 00:45:28,380
Show of hands.

956
00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:29,160
Arabic.

957
00:45:30,100 --> 00:45:31,720
There is a saying in here, and so

958
00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:35,280
sadly so, it is also mentioned by certain,

959
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:36,860
some Christian people.

960
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:38,240
But the saying is totally wrong.

961
00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:40,640
What the saying says in Arabic?

962
00:45:41,140 --> 00:45:45,760
سَاعَلْ رَبَّكُ وَسَاعَلْ قَلْبَكُ سَاعَلْ رَبَّكُ وَسَاعَلْ قَلْبَكُ

963
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,480
One hour for your Lord, and one hour

964
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:50,280
for your heart.

965
00:45:50,700 --> 00:45:53,820
Meaning, one hour in the church, and one

966
00:45:53,820 --> 00:45:54,700
hour in the club.

967
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:57,840
One hour praising, and one hour swearing.

968
00:45:58,180 --> 00:46:00,380
One hour telling the truth, and one hour

969
00:46:00,380 --> 00:46:00,880
lying.

970
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:03,500
One hour...

971
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:08,980
Red belt in karate.

972
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,240
اَنَا خُشْحَاب Red belt in karate.

973
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:17,460
Now the other one, you just went over

974
00:46:17,460 --> 00:46:19,040
your heads, because I said it in the

975
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:20,720
typical Iraqi accent.

976
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:25,920
اَنَا خُشْحَاب You can't have one hour in

977
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,840
the church, and the next in the club.

978
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,640
You can't be the son of the light,

979
00:46:30,820 --> 00:46:32,260
the next the son of darkness.

980
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:32,960
You cannot.

981
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:34,520
Please.

982
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:39,880
It's either the Lord fully, or the Lord

983
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:41,700
won't accept 50-50.

984
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,580
The Lord is not bargaining here.

985
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:47,320
We're not buying and selling.

986
00:46:48,740 --> 00:46:51,060
This is to do with your salvation.

987
00:46:52,500 --> 00:46:56,120
We cannot take this matter lightly.

988
00:46:57,260 --> 00:46:58,920
Don't say, I'll go and have fun, and

989
00:46:58,920 --> 00:46:59,740
tomorrow I'll repent.

990
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:03,100
There is no guarantee tomorrow you will reach.

991
00:47:04,340 --> 00:47:06,440
So many people slept, never woke up.

992
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:12,960
If you hear my voice, the Lord says,

993
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,300
do not harden your hearts.

994
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:18,200
Get up now, and open the door.

995
00:47:18,540 --> 00:47:22,140
Don't leave it to tomorrow, because you cannot

996
00:47:22,140 --> 00:47:23,280
guarantee tomorrow.

997
00:47:24,180 --> 00:47:25,320
That will never come.

998
00:47:26,660 --> 00:47:29,820
Do it while you can.

999
00:47:32,090 --> 00:47:33,110
Do it while you can.

1000
00:47:38,230 --> 00:47:40,850
I bring it into subjection, my flesh.

1001
00:47:42,590 --> 00:47:45,830
Into disciplinary action, into obedience.

1002
00:47:47,470 --> 00:47:49,830
Now this is the divider between light and

1003
00:47:49,830 --> 00:47:50,350
darkness.

1004
00:47:51,230 --> 00:47:51,910
Obedience.

1005
00:47:53,230 --> 00:47:57,710
Obedience is what decides if you're in the

1006
00:47:57,710 --> 00:47:58,670
light or in the darkness.

1007
00:47:58,670 --> 00:48:01,670
When you obey God, you're in the light.

1008
00:48:01,890 --> 00:48:04,650
When you disobey God, you're in darkness.

1009
00:48:05,890 --> 00:48:09,630
So the decisive moment between light and darkness

1010
00:48:09,630 --> 00:48:11,730
is the word obedience.

1011
00:48:15,260 --> 00:48:18,180
The Lord Jesus, as the human side of

1012
00:48:18,180 --> 00:48:19,880
Him, not the Son of God, the Son

1013
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:24,080
of Man, as the human, He says, I

1014
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,620
did not come but to do the will

1015
00:48:27,620 --> 00:48:28,500
of my Father.

1016
00:48:28,500 --> 00:48:32,940
I was always obedient to my Father.

1017
00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:36,920
That's why the human side of Christ always

1018
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:38,760
walked in the light.

1019
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,700
That's why the body of Christ never dies.

1020
00:48:43,500 --> 00:48:47,580
Because He was obedient to God always.

1021
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:57,960
My son, my daughter, I beg you.

1022
00:48:59,660 --> 00:49:03,080
Whatever leads you to darkness, run away from

1023
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:03,400
it.

1024
00:49:03,940 --> 00:49:06,580
And whatever leads you to the light of

1025
00:49:06,580 --> 00:49:08,580
Christ, run to it.

1026
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,780
Whatever leads you to darkness, run away from

1027
00:49:12,780 --> 00:49:13,100
it.

1028
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,960
And whatever leads you to the light of

1029
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:17,720
Christ, run to it.

1030
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,820
Don't ever run away from it.

1031
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:21,800
Run to it, my beloved.

1032
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:27,100
Run to the light of Christ and gain

1033
00:49:27,100 --> 00:49:27,620
it.

1034
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:29,980
Take it for yourself.

1035
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:30,980
Gain it.

1036
00:49:31,180 --> 00:49:31,660
You know why?

1037
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,760
Because when you gain the light of Christ,

1038
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:36,400
you will be enlightened.

1039
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,960
And when you are enlightened, you will enlighten

1040
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:43,060
other people that Christ brings your way.

1041
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:46,960
It's a chain reaction.

1042
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,980
When you gain the light of Christ, you

1043
00:49:51,980 --> 00:49:52,620
are enlightened.

1044
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,800
When you are enlightened, you enlighten other people

1045
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,240
in your life.

1046
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:02,340
But let me tell you this.

1047
00:50:03,980 --> 00:50:09,200
If you are ever trying to remove the

1048
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:12,280
darkness from your house, I'll say to you

1049
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:13,280
now, it is impossible.

1050
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,360
If you try to remove darkness from your

1051
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:17,800
house.

1052
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,720
If you try to remove darkness from this

1053
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:22,440
house that you dwell in, the flesh.

1054
00:50:22,740 --> 00:50:24,740
If you try to remove darkness from your

1055
00:50:24,740 --> 00:50:25,180
life.

1056
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:27,420
If you try to remove all the ugly

1057
00:50:27,420 --> 00:50:30,080
things, all the bad things in your life.

1058
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,500
If you are trying very hard to remove

1059
00:50:32,500 --> 00:50:35,060
them, I'm telling you, it's not hard, it

1060
00:50:35,060 --> 00:50:35,980
is impossible.

1061
00:50:37,580 --> 00:50:41,280
A person comes and says, Father, I'm trying

1062
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:43,320
to come to church, but I'm not ready.

1063
00:50:43,460 --> 00:50:45,240
When I'm ready, then I'll come.

1064
00:50:45,580 --> 00:50:46,720
He will never come.

1065
00:50:47,620 --> 00:50:49,000
Or she will never come.

1066
00:50:49,340 --> 00:50:53,220
Because you, on your own, can never be

1067
00:50:53,220 --> 00:50:53,520
ready.

1068
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:55,720
You cannot do it.

1069
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,460
When you say, I've got a problem, Father.

1070
00:50:58,540 --> 00:51:00,640
The moment I solve it, then I'll come

1071
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:01,100
to church.

1072
00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:03,600
You will never be able to come to

1073
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,500
church, because you'll never be able to solve

1074
00:51:05,500 --> 00:51:05,700
it.

1075
00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:08,260
Because when you solve this one, there is

1076
00:51:08,260 --> 00:51:10,860
a hundred million others waiting for you.

1077
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,360
It's a never-ending story.

1078
00:51:15,140 --> 00:51:17,120
When you say, I want to fix myself,

1079
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:18,860
because I feel filthy.

1080
00:51:19,140 --> 00:51:20,300
I feel sinful.

1081
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:22,440
I'm this, and I'm that.

1082
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:25,360
I gamble, I take drugs, I watch pornography.

1083
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:26,840
I do this, I do that.

1084
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:29,880
I can't come to church, let me clean

1085
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:31,120
myself, then I'll come.

1086
00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:32,600
Goodbye.

1087
00:51:33,260 --> 00:51:34,540
I'll never see you.

1088
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:36,400
I'll never see you in church.

1089
00:51:37,020 --> 00:51:38,820
Because you won't be able to clean yourself.

1090
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:42,240
Because the day you try to remove darkness

1091
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:43,940
out of your house, out of your life,

1092
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:45,980
you will never be able to do that.

1093
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:48,700
Imagine going into this house, and it's all

1094
00:51:48,700 --> 00:51:49,100
dark.

1095
00:51:49,660 --> 00:51:52,040
Do you say, guys, can you remove the

1096
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:53,320
darkness from this house, please?

1097
00:51:54,860 --> 00:51:55,480
They'll laugh.

1098
00:51:56,220 --> 00:51:59,240
What do you do to remove darkness?

1099
00:52:00,260 --> 00:52:02,460
Turn on the light.

1100
00:52:03,460 --> 00:52:04,480
Isn't it?

1101
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:07,900
The first thing you look for is the

1102
00:52:07,900 --> 00:52:08,260
switch.

1103
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:12,620
The moment you enter a dark room or

1104
00:52:12,620 --> 00:52:13,380
a dark place.

1105
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:14,580
Where is the switch?

1106
00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:16,480
Flick the switch on.

1107
00:52:17,380 --> 00:52:18,520
Light comes on.

1108
00:52:19,180 --> 00:52:21,120
Darkness is no longer.

1109
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:24,400
So simple.

1110
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:27,500
So effortless.

1111
00:52:29,620 --> 00:52:30,560
So logical.

1112
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,950
It hits home.

1113
00:52:36,890 --> 00:52:38,270
Turn on the light.

1114
00:52:38,570 --> 00:52:41,930
Darkness disappears automatically.

1115
00:52:48,900 --> 00:52:49,720
Follow Christ.

1116
00:52:50,420 --> 00:52:52,860
Darkness will disappear naturally.

1117
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:55,860
Stop fighting darkness.

1118
00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:57,340
Focus on Christ.

1119
00:53:01,220 --> 00:53:03,140
My beloved, I'll leave you with this.

1120
00:53:04,340 --> 00:53:09,100
When our intellects are enlightened by the thought

1121
00:53:09,100 --> 00:53:09,840
of Christ.

1122
00:53:11,220 --> 00:53:14,240
When is our intellect enlightened by the thought

1123
00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:14,800
of Christ?

1124
00:53:14,980 --> 00:53:17,440
When we hear His word.

1125
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:19,600
When we read His word.

1126
00:53:20,180 --> 00:53:22,720
If you haven't read the Holy Bible as

1127
00:53:22,720 --> 00:53:25,840
yet, I encourage you tonight, you start reading.

1128
00:53:26,860 --> 00:53:29,980
Whether you understand it or not, totally beside

1129
00:53:29,980 --> 00:53:30,500
the point.

1130
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:32,920
Just read it for the Lord's sake.

1131
00:53:33,340 --> 00:53:35,440
If you've never read the Holy Bible, start

1132
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:36,520
from the New Testament.

1133
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:39,400
Matthew, the Gospel according to Saint Matthew.

1134
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:42,200
Start from there and read it chronologically.

1135
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:44,260
In order, in sequence.

1136
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:47,740
Read the New Testament first and then go

1137
00:53:47,740 --> 00:53:48,540
to the Old Testament.

1138
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:50,560
Don't worry about understanding.

1139
00:53:51,020 --> 00:53:51,920
Don't worry about anything.

1140
00:53:52,220 --> 00:53:54,720
Just read the word of the Lord for

1141
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:55,860
the Lord's sake.

1142
00:53:57,220 --> 00:54:00,080
When you start reading His word, you are

1143
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:03,080
receiving the thought of Christ in your intellect.

1144
00:54:03,900 --> 00:54:06,420
What was in your intellect prior to receiving

1145
00:54:06,420 --> 00:54:07,400
the word of Christ?

1146
00:54:07,900 --> 00:54:08,500
The world.

1147
00:54:09,140 --> 00:54:10,600
The world's ideologies.

1148
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:12,280
The world's ideas.

1149
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:15,760
The lies and the fabrications and the deception

1150
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:17,220
and the corruption.

1151
00:54:17,500 --> 00:54:19,260
It's a filthy thing.

1152
00:54:19,660 --> 00:54:20,740
Stinking thing.

1153
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:25,920
Stop listening to this evil, sick world.

1154
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:30,880
Purify your intellect by allowing the word of

1155
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:35,980
Christ entering this in order for Christ's thought

1156
00:54:35,980 --> 00:54:38,300
is instilled in your intellect.

1157
00:54:42,540 --> 00:54:45,560
When our intellects are enlightened by the thought

1158
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:50,760
of Christ and our hearts, very vital, and

1159
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:54,360
our hearts are enlightened by the light of

1160
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:54,880
Christ.

1161
00:55:06,050 --> 00:55:08,370
In the Song of Solomon, there is a

1162
00:55:08,370 --> 00:55:11,310
verse which the bride is talking to the

1163
00:55:11,310 --> 00:55:12,190
daughters of Jerusalem.

1164
00:55:13,190 --> 00:55:16,270
She says about the heavenly groom, about Christ.

1165
00:55:16,450 --> 00:55:22,390
She says, This is my friend, this is

1166
00:55:22,390 --> 00:55:25,290
my beloved, O daughters of Jerusalem.

1167
00:55:26,370 --> 00:55:29,710
She says, this is my friend, and this

1168
00:55:29,710 --> 00:55:30,690
is my beloved.

1169
00:55:31,370 --> 00:55:34,570
She refers to Christ, her heavenly groom, as

1170
00:55:34,570 --> 00:55:37,710
the friend and as the love of her

1171
00:55:37,710 --> 00:55:39,790
life, O daughters of Jerusalem.

1172
00:55:39,790 --> 00:55:45,230
My beloved children, when it comes to friendship,

1173
00:55:45,770 --> 00:55:49,090
we choose our friends with our heads, intellect.

1174
00:55:50,210 --> 00:55:53,470
But when it comes to marriage, when it

1175
00:55:53,470 --> 00:55:57,250
comes to relationships in marriage, we choose our

1176
00:55:57,250 --> 00:56:00,790
partners with our hearts, not our intellects.

1177
00:56:03,790 --> 00:56:06,430
Why do we choose our friends with our

1178
00:56:06,430 --> 00:56:06,830
heads?

1179
00:56:06,830 --> 00:56:11,870
Because you cannot befriend someone that does not

1180
00:56:11,870 --> 00:56:14,110
share the same thoughts you do.

1181
00:56:15,150 --> 00:56:15,530
Simple.

1182
00:56:16,450 --> 00:56:19,410
If I'm talking east and my friend is

1183
00:56:19,410 --> 00:56:24,150
talking west, we can't befriend two different mentalities.

1184
00:56:24,770 --> 00:56:27,230
So I choose my friend with my head

1185
00:56:27,230 --> 00:56:30,190
because my friend can only be my friend

1186
00:56:30,190 --> 00:56:32,990
when they are similar with the way I

1187
00:56:32,990 --> 00:56:33,370
think.

1188
00:56:33,830 --> 00:56:35,490
But when it comes to the love of

1189
00:56:35,490 --> 00:56:38,130
my life, I don't use my head, I

1190
00:56:38,130 --> 00:56:40,210
put it on a side, I park it,

1191
00:56:40,430 --> 00:56:42,910
I put it to sleep, and I use

1192
00:56:42,910 --> 00:56:43,630
my heart.

1193
00:56:43,890 --> 00:56:46,810
Because out of the heart comes LOVE.

1194
00:56:50,190 --> 00:56:50,790
LOVE.

1195
00:56:51,430 --> 00:56:53,690
And it's all capital letters, L-O-V

1196
00:56:53,690 --> 00:56:54,030
-E.

1197
00:56:57,630 --> 00:57:03,970
You see, when our intellects are enlightened by

1198
00:57:03,970 --> 00:57:07,330
the thought of Christ, Christ becomes our friend.

1199
00:57:08,350 --> 00:57:11,490
And when our hearts are enlightened by the

1200
00:57:11,490 --> 00:57:15,010
light of Christ, Christ becomes our love.

1201
00:57:22,930 --> 00:57:26,090
And when Christ is your love and your

1202
00:57:26,090 --> 00:57:32,880
holy companion, friend, darkness is gone forever.

1203
00:57:36,220 --> 00:57:39,120
Darkness is gone forever.

1204
00:57:40,780 --> 00:57:45,380
Learn how to love Christ, but you see

1205
00:57:45,380 --> 00:57:49,680
the thing, you cannot love Him until you

1206
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:50,980
first befriend Him.

1207
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:58,360
Get to know Him, befriend with Him, in

1208
00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:00,660
order to end up loving Him.

1209
00:58:04,940 --> 00:58:05,880
The rest is history.

1210
00:58:06,940 --> 00:58:07,900
No more darkness.

1211
00:58:08,660 --> 00:58:12,560
And whatever happens in the world, I'm at

1212
00:58:12,560 --> 00:58:12,960
peace.

1213
00:58:14,700 --> 00:58:16,200
There is peace inside of me.

1214
00:58:16,780 --> 00:58:18,040
I'm not agitated.

1215
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:19,640
I'm not confused.

1216
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:20,860
I'm not lost.

1217
00:58:20,860 --> 00:58:24,100
I'm not watching all these millions of videos

1218
00:58:24,100 --> 00:58:25,800
to see what is going on.

1219
00:58:25,900 --> 00:58:30,340
What is this hate speech all about?

1220
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,280
What is going on, government?

1221
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:38,500
Let the world bury their dead.

1222
00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:41,460
And you chase Christ.

1223
00:58:43,940 --> 00:58:47,060
Leave the world busy with their own affairs.

1224
00:58:47,260 --> 00:58:49,400
Let me tell the world this.

1225
00:58:50,580 --> 00:58:52,120
World, hear this.

1226
00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:55,780
Whether you like it or not, there is

1227
00:58:55,780 --> 00:58:59,480
one true, living, divine God who art in

1228
00:58:59,480 --> 00:58:59,820
heaven.

1229
00:58:59,980 --> 00:59:02,520
His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

1230
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:06,220
Whether you agree with this, whether you accept

1231
00:59:06,220 --> 00:59:08,900
this, whether you acknowledge this, whether you believe

1232
00:59:08,900 --> 00:59:11,680
in this, totally beside the point, the truth

1233
00:59:11,680 --> 00:59:13,120
will always be the truth.

1234
00:59:16,060 --> 00:59:20,580
This God, Jesus Christ, is always, not sometimes,

1235
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:23,600
is always in control.

1236
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:28,880
Will always be the sovereign, divine God forever.

1237
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:32,260
And He is the only one who appoints

1238
00:59:32,260 --> 00:59:36,900
kings, presidents, and prime ministers in the world.

1239
00:59:37,380 --> 00:59:39,020
It is Jesus who puts them.

1240
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:41,520
And it is the Lord Jesus who takes

1241
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:41,860
them.

1242
00:59:42,700 --> 00:59:46,640
Not any other evil power.

1243
00:59:48,020 --> 00:59:48,800
Period.

1244
00:59:55,180 --> 00:59:56,020
It is the Lord.

1245
00:59:57,180 --> 00:59:59,960
And since the Lord is God, guess what?

1246
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,540
You can't do anything without Him knowing of

1247
01:00:03,540 --> 01:00:03,740
it.

1248
01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:06,400
And you can't get away with it.

1249
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:11,220
Because nothing escapes the wrath of the Almighty

1250
01:00:11,220 --> 01:00:11,600
God.

1251
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:17,120
You do evil, you live evil, you love

1252
01:00:17,120 --> 01:00:20,420
evil, you chase evil, the wrath of God

1253
01:00:20,420 --> 01:00:23,620
will come upon you and you won't know

1254
01:00:23,620 --> 01:00:24,300
what hit you.

1255
01:00:25,420 --> 01:00:26,700
So go for it.

1256
01:00:28,740 --> 01:00:32,300
But my beloveds, when you focus on Christ,

1257
01:00:34,340 --> 01:00:37,980
since He is the light, why are you

1258
01:00:37,980 --> 01:00:41,740
concerned of something non-existent called the darkness?

1259
01:00:44,280 --> 01:00:45,420
Doesn't make sense.

1260
01:00:47,200 --> 01:00:49,300
Don't focus on something that is non-existent.

1261
01:00:50,700 --> 01:00:53,160
So the world and what the world does

1262
01:00:53,160 --> 01:00:54,700
is non-existent.

1263
01:00:54,700 --> 01:00:56,960
At the end, the Prime Minister will die,

1264
01:00:57,160 --> 01:00:59,560
the President will die, the King will die,

1265
01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:00,620
everybody will die.

1266
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:02,020
What have you gained?

1267
01:01:02,660 --> 01:01:03,780
What a big lie.

1268
01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:11,280
That's what the Holy Bible calls it, foolishness.

1269
01:01:14,180 --> 01:01:14,780
Foolishness.

1270
01:01:19,300 --> 01:01:21,720
When our intellects are enlightened by the thought

1271
01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:23,840
of Christ, and our hearts are enlightened by

1272
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:28,500
the light of Christ, our faces will be

1273
01:01:28,500 --> 01:01:30,260
enlightened before the whole world.

1274
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:33,880
And we shall continue this topic next Friday,

1275
01:01:34,100 --> 01:01:34,580
God willing.

1276
01:01:36,240 --> 01:01:39,560
Our faces will be enlightened before the whole

1277
01:01:39,560 --> 01:01:40,000
world.

1278
01:01:47,590 --> 01:01:52,830
You know, those who despised the Lord Jesus,

1279
01:01:53,570 --> 01:01:55,850
those who went against Him, those who tried

1280
01:01:55,850 --> 01:02:00,450
to judge Him, they all said, we don't

1281
01:02:00,450 --> 01:02:02,030
find anything wrong in this man.

1282
01:02:05,170 --> 01:02:05,670
Why?

1283
01:02:06,010 --> 01:02:10,370
Because his face was shining by the light

1284
01:02:10,370 --> 01:02:12,630
of his daddy who art in heaven.

1285
01:02:13,710 --> 01:02:16,210
And when God is with you, who can

1286
01:02:16,210 --> 01:02:16,950
be against you?

1287
01:02:17,530 --> 01:02:19,410
And even if they go against you, they'll

1288
01:02:19,410 --> 01:02:20,350
be put to shame.

1289
01:02:20,790 --> 01:02:23,430
Because God is the sovereign authority.

1290
01:02:24,050 --> 01:02:26,090
They are not going against me, a mere

1291
01:02:26,090 --> 01:02:26,930
piece of dust.

1292
01:02:28,150 --> 01:02:32,250
They're going against God, who dwells in this

1293
01:02:32,250 --> 01:02:32,870
piece of dust.

1294
01:02:33,310 --> 01:02:34,870
Let me see who wins.

1295
01:02:35,950 --> 01:02:38,870
You see that picture of Pope Cyril VI,

1296
01:02:39,550 --> 01:02:43,170
on the altar, on this side, at the

1297
01:02:43,170 --> 01:02:43,430
top.

1298
01:02:44,930 --> 01:02:46,930
Maybe it's not very clear from afar, I'm

1299
01:02:46,930 --> 01:02:47,270
not sure.

1300
01:02:47,790 --> 01:02:51,390
Anyway, Pope Cyril VI, he was a monk,

1301
01:02:52,010 --> 01:02:54,150
and he was a priest at the time.

1302
01:02:55,350 --> 01:02:56,330
Father Mina.

1303
01:02:57,130 --> 01:02:59,410
His name was Father Mina, and then it

1304
01:02:59,410 --> 01:03:01,310
changed to Cyril when he became the Pope,

1305
01:03:01,750 --> 01:03:04,290
the Patriarch, of our beloved, the Coptic Church.

1306
01:03:05,150 --> 01:03:07,070
So when he was still Father Mina, he

1307
01:03:07,070 --> 01:03:13,590
was a monk, he found this old, old

1308
01:03:13,590 --> 01:03:15,230
windmill that was in ruin.

1309
01:03:15,390 --> 01:03:17,610
It was one of those heritage listed, kind

1310
01:03:17,610 --> 01:03:18,550
of a windmill.

1311
01:03:18,650 --> 01:03:20,630
It was very old and fallen apart.

1312
01:03:21,010 --> 01:03:22,890
No roof, barely standing.

1313
01:03:22,890 --> 01:03:26,890
Anyway, the Lord Jesus said to him, I

1314
01:03:26,890 --> 01:03:29,750
want you to live in this windmill as

1315
01:03:29,750 --> 01:03:30,990
it is.

1316
01:03:31,410 --> 01:03:38,510
So the Pope Cyril, Obedience, the key word,

1317
01:03:39,470 --> 01:03:41,550
the decider between light and darkness.

1318
01:03:42,190 --> 01:03:43,810
He was obedient to the Lord Jesus.

1319
01:03:44,050 --> 01:03:45,650
So the Lord says, and it was by

1320
01:03:45,650 --> 01:03:47,570
the way, that old windmill in his time,

1321
01:03:47,730 --> 01:03:49,690
in the 50s, it was in the middle

1322
01:03:49,690 --> 01:03:51,290
of the desert, in the middle of nowhere.

1323
01:03:51,290 --> 01:03:53,550
There was a lot of robbers, and there

1324
01:03:53,550 --> 01:03:55,990
was a lot of vicious animals, like wolves,

1325
01:03:56,190 --> 01:04:00,930
lions, snakes, scorpions, poisonous reptiles.

1326
01:04:01,470 --> 01:04:04,030
He went and lived in this windmill for

1327
01:04:04,030 --> 01:04:04,650
6 years.

1328
01:04:06,730 --> 01:04:09,350
So anyway, one day, this British guy, this

1329
01:04:09,350 --> 01:04:10,110
is a true story.

1330
01:04:10,430 --> 01:04:11,090
It's a true story.

1331
01:04:11,250 --> 01:04:12,970
He passed away in 1971.

1332
01:04:13,610 --> 01:04:14,410
Not very long ago.

1333
01:04:15,270 --> 01:04:17,990
So this British guy came from England, and

1334
01:04:17,990 --> 01:04:19,890
we have some beautiful people from England here

1335
01:04:19,890 --> 01:04:20,270
with us.

1336
01:04:20,270 --> 01:04:21,130
God bless you all.

1337
01:04:21,710 --> 01:04:23,930
And bless the people of Great Britain.

1338
01:04:25,150 --> 01:04:28,510
So, and touch the heart of the government

1339
01:04:28,510 --> 01:04:29,190
of Great Britain.

1340
01:04:29,370 --> 01:04:30,190
I had to say that.

1341
01:04:30,890 --> 01:04:33,710
Because what they're doing is not very good.

1342
01:04:34,810 --> 01:04:35,530
Wake up to yourself.

1343
01:04:37,940 --> 01:04:39,060
I'll buy you a fish burger if you

1344
01:04:39,060 --> 01:04:39,660
wake up to yourself.

1345
01:04:40,540 --> 01:04:45,700
So anyway, so this British guy came, he

1346
01:04:45,700 --> 01:04:47,880
was writing a book, and part of that

1347
01:04:47,880 --> 01:04:49,920
book was to do with monastic life.

1348
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:52,060
He needed to know a bit of a

1349
01:04:52,060 --> 01:04:55,000
background and history of monasticism.

1350
01:04:55,220 --> 01:04:57,060
So he came all the way to Egypt,

1351
01:04:57,300 --> 01:05:00,340
and the Lord guided him to Pope Cyril,

1352
01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:02,040
who was Father Mina.

1353
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:04,100
So he came to Father...

1354
01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:08,240
He met a government official in Egypt, and

1355
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:10,240
that government official brought him to the desert,

1356
01:05:10,420 --> 01:05:12,660
and he met Father Mina.

1357
01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:16,560
That government official, Egyptian government official, said to

1358
01:05:16,560 --> 01:05:20,320
Father Mina, I have a British citizen, he

1359
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:23,420
wants to know about the monastic life and

1360
01:05:23,420 --> 01:05:24,420
the history behind it.

1361
01:05:24,700 --> 01:05:28,900
So Father Mina sat and explained this rich

1362
01:05:28,900 --> 01:05:29,280
history.

1363
01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:33,540
And then that British man was so pleased,

1364
01:05:34,100 --> 01:05:37,380
and so humbled by the humility, and the

1365
01:05:37,380 --> 01:05:40,700
love, and the calmness of Pope Cyril.

1366
01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:47,380
He said to the Egyptian, that government official,

1367
01:05:47,820 --> 01:05:49,940
he said, please, thank him from the bottom

1368
01:05:49,940 --> 01:05:50,580
of my heart.

1369
01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:53,900
I'm so grateful, he has helped me immensely

1370
01:05:53,900 --> 01:05:55,100
in my project.

1371
01:05:55,940 --> 01:05:59,580
So that Egyptian guy from the government was

1372
01:05:59,580 --> 01:06:00,320
very proud.

1373
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:03,700
And that guy was a Muslim, not a

1374
01:06:03,700 --> 01:06:03,980
Christian.

1375
01:06:06,100 --> 01:06:09,660
He was so proud of an Egyptian Coptic

1376
01:06:09,660 --> 01:06:10,220
monk.

1377
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:13,780
He said to Father Mina, he said, you

1378
01:06:13,780 --> 01:06:16,260
made us as Egyptians so proud.

1379
01:06:16,860 --> 01:06:19,580
Whatever you need from me, if I can

1380
01:06:19,580 --> 01:06:21,780
do it, I will do it without hesitation.

1381
01:06:22,820 --> 01:06:26,660
So one day, Father Mina, when the Lord

1382
01:06:26,660 --> 01:06:28,020
came to him and said, I want you

1383
01:06:28,020 --> 01:06:29,140
to live in this windmill.

1384
01:06:29,980 --> 01:06:31,300
He said, how am I gonna live?

1385
01:06:31,360 --> 01:06:33,420
It's a heritage listing, meaning it belongs to

1386
01:06:33,420 --> 01:06:33,920
the government.

1387
01:06:34,120 --> 01:06:35,500
He can't just go and live in it.

1388
01:06:36,060 --> 01:06:37,080
He'll be breaking the law.

1389
01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:43,000
He remembered that official guy, which he gave

1390
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:43,600
him his card.

1391
01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:45,060
He gave him his card.

1392
01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:47,420
Father Mina looked for that card, he found

1393
01:06:47,420 --> 01:06:47,600
it.

1394
01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:49,140
He calls him.

1395
01:06:49,700 --> 01:06:50,920
He says, yes, I'm still here.

1396
01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:52,300
I'm still in that position.

1397
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:54,860
He said, please, I wanna come, I need

1398
01:06:54,860 --> 01:06:55,600
a favor from you.

1399
01:06:55,980 --> 01:06:56,840
He said, anytime.

1400
01:06:57,320 --> 01:06:59,020
He went to see him in person.

1401
01:06:59,420 --> 01:07:01,620
He said, I really wanna live in this

1402
01:07:01,620 --> 01:07:03,740
windmill, but it belongs to the government.

1403
01:07:04,620 --> 01:07:05,460
How can you help me?

1404
01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:06,440
I wanna live in it.

1405
01:07:07,540 --> 01:07:09,040
He said, is that all?

1406
01:07:09,240 --> 01:07:10,380
Anything for you, Father?

1407
01:07:10,380 --> 01:07:10,940
Anything.

1408
01:07:11,060 --> 01:07:12,680
I'll never forget what you've done for us.

1409
01:07:13,540 --> 01:07:16,820
He signed a lease with Father Mina for

1410
01:07:16,820 --> 01:07:20,000
a hundred years to be leased to him

1411
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:23,060
for one dollar a year, for a hundred

1412
01:07:23,060 --> 01:07:24,340
years, a dollar a year.

1413
01:07:26,140 --> 01:07:28,460
Father Mina, he was so grateful.

1414
01:07:28,860 --> 01:07:30,220
He said, thank you so much.

1415
01:07:30,460 --> 01:07:33,280
But look how the Lord puts things in

1416
01:07:33,280 --> 01:07:36,560
place when you are obedient to Him.

1417
01:07:37,940 --> 01:07:41,360
He went and dwelt and lived in that

1418
01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:41,900
windmill.

1419
01:07:42,760 --> 01:07:47,200
A couple of years later, that person in

1420
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:50,600
that government body was transferred elsewhere.

1421
01:07:51,180 --> 01:07:53,080
Another person replaced him.

1422
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:58,320
Now, when that person realized there is somebody

1423
01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:02,300
living in that heritage listed windmill, he said,

1424
01:08:02,360 --> 01:08:03,160
it is impossible.

1425
01:08:03,560 --> 01:08:05,780
So he goes to Father Mina, to that

1426
01:08:05,780 --> 01:08:08,620
windmill, and he said, immediately, right now, you

1427
01:08:08,620 --> 01:08:09,800
vacate the premises.

1428
01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:11,220
This is not yours.

1429
01:08:11,500 --> 01:08:12,920
You are in breach of the law.

1430
01:08:13,300 --> 01:08:14,900
He said, I have a lease for a

1431
01:08:14,900 --> 01:08:15,420
hundred years.

1432
01:08:15,720 --> 01:08:18,020
He said, that lease is gone because that

1433
01:08:18,020 --> 01:08:19,620
person is no longer there.

1434
01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:21,840
Since he's no longer there, then it is

1435
01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:23,939
a new lease, and it is my way,

1436
01:08:24,080 --> 01:08:27,100
and my way is get out of this

1437
01:08:27,100 --> 01:08:28,960
windmill now.

1438
01:08:30,700 --> 01:08:34,640
Father Mina, in his humility and love for

1439
01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:38,840
the Lord, he said, listen, you have an

1440
01:08:38,840 --> 01:08:42,939
earthly government, I have the heavenly government, and

1441
01:08:42,939 --> 01:08:43,859
let's see who wins.

1442
01:08:48,430 --> 01:08:53,050
I pray, the Lord brings leaders like Pope

1443
01:08:53,050 --> 01:09:00,700
Cyril, not weak leaders.

1444
01:09:00,920 --> 01:09:01,479
Not weak.

1445
01:09:03,500 --> 01:09:05,279
Where is your faith in the Lord?

1446
01:09:06,859 --> 01:09:08,120
Why are you so weak?

1447
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:10,040
Why are you so sleepy?

1448
01:09:11,420 --> 01:09:12,840
Why are you so begging?

1449
01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:15,600
You beg the Lord, no one else.

1450
01:09:17,140 --> 01:09:18,939
Leaders, you beg the Lord.

1451
01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:21,640
It's a shame.

1452
01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:23,819
It's a shame for Christians to be so

1453
01:09:23,819 --> 01:09:24,120
weak.

1454
01:09:26,040 --> 01:09:27,460
Yet, your Lord is God.

1455
01:09:28,319 --> 01:09:29,420
Your Savior is God.

1456
01:09:29,899 --> 01:09:30,840
Your Redeemer is God.

1457
01:09:31,340 --> 01:09:33,240
Shame to be so weak.

1458
01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:38,800
As if you are hopeless, useless infants.

1459
01:09:39,380 --> 01:09:41,960
Have you forgotten who purchased you with his

1460
01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:42,859
own precious blood?

1461
01:09:43,540 --> 01:09:43,960
Have you?

1462
01:09:49,760 --> 01:09:51,620
Pope Cyril, that's why I love the man.

1463
01:09:53,400 --> 01:09:55,020
I don't care what people say.

1464
01:09:56,920 --> 01:09:57,760
I love him.

1465
01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:02,000
He said, you have an earthly government, I

1466
01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:05,180
have my government in heaven, and let's see

1467
01:10:05,180 --> 01:10:05,660
who wins.

1468
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:08,760
He says, how dare you challenge me?

1469
01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:10,080
I'll teach you a lesson.

1470
01:10:10,140 --> 01:10:11,060
He said, go for it.

1471
01:10:13,300 --> 01:10:16,520
The heavenly government decided to do, to deal

1472
01:10:16,520 --> 01:10:21,100
with that earthly person in a way that

1473
01:10:21,100 --> 01:10:23,780
wouldn't get, you know, that wouldn't cross your

1474
01:10:23,780 --> 01:10:24,120
mind.

1475
01:10:25,020 --> 01:10:26,680
That guy went to sleep that night.

1476
01:10:28,100 --> 01:10:29,580
Do you know who came to his sleep?

1477
01:10:29,940 --> 01:10:30,820
No, no, not to his sleep.

1478
01:10:30,900 --> 01:10:33,940
To his wife's dream, Pope Cyril.

1479
01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:36,760
Look what heaven did.

1480
01:10:38,020 --> 01:10:40,380
Heaven is too powerful for earth.

1481
01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:44,420
So it's going to treat earth like a

1482
01:10:44,420 --> 01:10:45,100
little baby.

1483
01:10:46,100 --> 01:10:48,880
I'm going to teach you a lesson, husband,

1484
01:10:49,380 --> 01:10:51,080
through your president wife.

1485
01:10:51,880 --> 01:10:53,200
She's the boss, you're not.

1486
01:10:54,180 --> 01:10:56,820
So Pope Cyril goes in a dream to

1487
01:10:56,820 --> 01:10:57,400
his wife.

1488
01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:00,300
And he says to her, listen, you better

1489
01:11:00,300 --> 01:11:02,880
tell your husband to leave me alone or

1490
01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:03,280
else.

1491
01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:09,540
The wife wakes up startled, afraid of the

1492
01:11:09,540 --> 01:11:13,220
presence of Pope Cyril because he was all

1493
01:11:13,220 --> 01:11:13,900
light.

1494
01:11:15,520 --> 01:11:18,560
You know, because his intellect was enlightened by

1495
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:21,040
the thought of Christ and his heart was

1496
01:11:21,040 --> 01:11:23,320
enlightened by the light of Christ.

1497
01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:25,240
He befriended the Lord.

1498
01:11:25,420 --> 01:11:28,240
He adored and loved the Lord.

1499
01:11:28,620 --> 01:11:30,620
His face shined forth.

1500
01:11:31,580 --> 01:11:34,540
Who is she who shines forth as the

1501
01:11:34,540 --> 01:11:34,900
morning?

1502
01:11:35,580 --> 01:11:37,800
It's the church, it's Pope Cyril.

1503
01:11:38,700 --> 01:11:40,920
The church of Christ, Pope Cyril.

1504
01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:46,760
So he came shining, all illuminating to this

1505
01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:46,960
woman.

1506
01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:50,200
She was frightened of his presence.

1507
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:53,600
She woke up and woke her husband immediately.

1508
01:11:54,180 --> 01:11:55,740
She said, you better tell me what have

1509
01:11:55,740 --> 01:11:56,480
you done yesterday?

1510
01:11:57,640 --> 01:11:58,360
What's wrong, woman?

1511
01:11:58,440 --> 01:12:00,800
She said, this man came to my dream.

1512
01:12:01,180 --> 01:12:03,800
I'm afraid, leave him alone.

1513
01:12:03,800 --> 01:12:05,000
This man is holy.

1514
01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:06,460
He is a man of God, leave him

1515
01:12:06,460 --> 01:12:06,740
alone.

1516
01:12:07,680 --> 01:12:10,900
When she described the way he looked, the

1517
01:12:10,900 --> 01:12:12,280
man started shaking.

1518
01:12:12,420 --> 01:12:13,280
He said, how did you know?

1519
01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:14,660
I spoke to him yesterday.

1520
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:16,980
She said, you get up now and take

1521
01:12:16,980 --> 01:12:17,420
me to him.

1522
01:12:17,800 --> 01:12:20,620
That morning, they get up and they walk

1523
01:12:20,620 --> 01:12:21,540
to the windmill.

1524
01:12:21,980 --> 01:12:25,520
When they opens the door, the husband and

1525
01:12:25,520 --> 01:12:28,120
the wife standing in the front of that

1526
01:12:28,120 --> 01:12:30,800
door and Pope Cyril looks at him and

1527
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:32,080
says, what do you want?

1528
01:12:33,640 --> 01:12:35,480
Pope Cyril had a very deep voice.

1529
01:12:36,020 --> 01:12:37,700
Habibi, habibi walk.

1530
01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:38,860
What do you want?

1531
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:43,460
He said, father, I am sorry.

1532
01:12:44,220 --> 01:12:46,280
You can stay here as long as you

1533
01:12:46,280 --> 01:12:46,600
want.

1534
01:12:48,420 --> 01:12:51,500
My wife told me to leave you alone.

1535
01:12:55,960 --> 01:12:58,180
I'm going to ask heaven to go to

1536
01:12:58,180 --> 01:13:05,360
all these leaders' wives and teach their husbands

1537
01:13:05,360 --> 01:13:08,000
who think they are leaders, just like the

1538
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:11,180
one who smacked him in that plane, that

1539
01:13:11,180 --> 01:13:12,420
French president.

1540
01:13:14,220 --> 01:13:17,840
So I pray heaven goes to every wife

1541
01:13:17,840 --> 01:13:21,020
to teach their husbands a lesson to leave

1542
01:13:21,020 --> 01:13:22,220
the church alone.

1543
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:29,140
Freedom of speech and freedom of religion is

1544
01:13:29,140 --> 01:13:30,380
a God-given gift.

1545
01:13:30,380 --> 01:13:33,760
No one on earth has the right to

1546
01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:35,020
do or say otherwise.

1547
01:13:36,300 --> 01:13:36,640
No one.

1548
01:13:39,080 --> 01:13:42,440
So don't play with fire because fire burns.

1549
01:13:44,060 --> 01:13:46,060
Heaven will answer you, not me.

1550
01:13:47,080 --> 01:13:48,860
Heaven will answer you, not me.

1551
01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:54,700
The one who protects America is Jesus Christ

1552
01:13:54,700 --> 01:13:56,820
of Nazareth, not anyone else.

1553
01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:01,880
And the one who will protect Australia is

1554
01:14:01,880 --> 01:14:04,880
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, not anyone else.

1555
01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:09,280
And the one who protects the whole world

1556
01:14:09,280 --> 01:14:12,520
is Jesus Christ of Nazareth, not anyone else.

1557
01:14:12,720 --> 01:14:15,320
So get it through your heads and stop

1558
01:14:15,320 --> 01:14:17,400
acting like fools.

1559
01:14:21,500 --> 01:14:27,240
Let the light of Christ shine through you

1560
01:14:27,240 --> 01:14:29,320
forth to this dark world.

1561
01:14:29,920 --> 01:14:30,200
Amen?

1562
01:14:30,820 --> 01:14:32,000
God bless you.