Episode 142: Distinction between the old and new covenant

In the name of the glorious Trinity, Father and Son and Holy

Spirit, forever Amen. Glory be to the everlasting

mercies which sent you to us, O Christ, the Light of the world

and the life of all. Give us wisdom by your law and

enlighten our impulses by Your knowledge.

Sanctify our souls by Your truth and grant that we may be

obedient to Your words and may fulfil Your commandments at

every hour. O You who enlightens the

rational with the knowledge of Your greatness, do enlight, O my

Lord, our thoughts, that we may meditate upon Your holy and

divine Scriptures at all times. O Lord of all, Father and Son

and Holy Spirit, forever. Amen.

Two weeks remaining for the celebration of the birth of the

Savior of the world, the Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord God,

praise and glory be to His name. Two weeks to go to receive, to

accept the Savior. Salvation will be wrought when

Jesus has fulfilled all that He was sent to fulfill, His

mission, and on the cross, when he proclaims that it has been

fulfilled, that's when salvation will be wrought.

But for the birth of the Nativity, we celebrate that the

Saviour has come to the world, God Incarnate.

God has taken flesh to dwell among us to fulfil what the law

could not fulfill because of the weakness of the flesh.

And this is what we're going to talk about.

We're going to go back to Romans chapter 3.

Romans 3 · chapter mention

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So last week we spoke about Thanksgiving.

It was a post Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving message.

We're going to go back to Romans chapter 3 and our last episode

Romans 3 · chapter mention

when we did study the book of Romans chapter 3, Saint Paul's

Romans 3 · chapter mention

letter to the Romans to the church in Rome.

We we read up to or we studied or discussed up to verse 18,

verses 9 to 18. Just a recap and I'm not going

to read it. You you need to read them

yourself. In verses 9 to 18, Paul mentions

the repercussions of being under sin, being in the state of being

under sin, under the power of sin, the state of sin, as were

the Jews and the Gentiles birth and this is what they were saved

from. When Paul talks about saved,

saved from being under sin, they being under sin, they obviously

sinned. Excuse me?

And he mentions what happened when they were under sin, under

the power of sin, and how did they sin?

Paul mentions by not understanding, by not seeking

God, by turning away, by rejecting God, being rejected.

Their throats open like tombs, dreadful stench with every word,

deceitful tongues, venomous lips, cursing and bitter mouths,

blood shedding, feet hasting to bloodshed, feet that haste to

cause bloodshed, hardship and wretchedness.

Ways that they were living ignorant to the way of the peace

that God called them to. Their eyes were closed to the

awesomeness, the majesty and the holiness of God.

And now He's going to continue with the solution to all of

this. He presents the facts, the

issues, the problems, but does not stop there.

He will give them the key to being freed, the key to liberty

from being under the power of sin.

And to us today, beloved, having believed in Jesus Christ, having

also been saved, because we, excuse me, being of the race of

Adam, we're under that. We're also under the

repercussion of sin. We were there, but we believed.

We were baptized and to us today, this is how we can become

freed from the power and slavery of sin, be it any addiction, any

weakness, any foolishness, any evil that is present in our

lives. And you know you know very well

you and God, we say in a Syrian, you and your God, no.

If you're struggling with any addiction which is causing you

to sin, drugs, alcohol, gambling, immorality, whatever

it is that you are you are struggling with, you're under

the power of sin. Any weakness, any foolishness,

any evil. What we need to do, what you

need to do to be saved from this is to repent.

Repent from them. Walk away.

By the way, I'm sorry. Let's go back.

Confess, admit, admit. Hence my my post on Facebook

today. If your conscience is burning

you, if there is guilt in your conscience and you have a guilty

conscience, know that God hasn't given up on you.

God wants you. But when you freely, when you

love your sin and there is no remorse, there is no guilt in

the conscience. That's a dangerous place you're

at. It could be that God has given

you away to your lust, to your desires, as we read in Romans

Romans 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1. But we can come back, repent,

walk away from the old life, live a new life in Jesus Christ

being, being cleansed, forgiven, cleansed in the church through

the body and blood of Jesus Christ, the sacraments we spoke

about last episode. And you continue this until the

return of Christ or your calling to eternal life.

Because again, if we are freely willfully sinning, we willfully

remain in sin, knowing what is sin, enjoying our sin, enjoying

and busking under the power of sin, and the fault is sin, then

we are under condemnation. Beloved, we are on the

condemnation. Now Saint Paul will tell us in

Romans chapter 8, there is no condemnation for those who do

Romans 8 · chapter mention

not walk in the flesh. I'm sorry for those who are in

Christ, but do not walk in the flesh just because you believe

in Christ and your fleshly life is according to the desires of

your flesh. There is condemnation, there

will be punishment. We need to repent.

But if we're living in Christ and we are trying our best, we

may not get there. Beloved, Please remember this.

Please remember this. The commandments of Jesus Christ

are at times very difficult. Very difficult that someone who

has hurt you so much, someone who has broken your heart to

pieces, shattered it, and Jesus asked that we must forgive.

These are all difficult. These are not easy.

They're difficult. We may not accomplish that, but

if we're trying, if we are attempting through prayer,

through fasting, through consultation with our brothers,

Christian brothers and sisters, through consultation and

counselling of your spiritual father, the priest, and we try

our best. You will get there.

You will get there. And if you don't get there and

the Lord calls you, well then at least you're in that in that

period or in that process of getting there.

And there will be no condemnation.

But if we will fully enjoy and reject totally reject Christ's

commandments to pray for our enemies, for example, see these

are the these are what we frown upon.

You know, come to me all you who weary and are heavy laden.

Oh yes, Jesus is love. That's all I love Lord, Oh Lord

Jesus, I love you. Come in my heart, I worship you,

I adore you, I honor you and then when he says great, go and

pray for your enemies. Sorry if we willfully want to

remain in that well, there will be condemnation.

This is what Saint Paul is talking to, these Jews and

Gentiles that already converted to Christianity, They were

Christians, but he doesn't want them to go back again and we'll

continue again. If there is no conviction,

you're in a dangerous place and heading for condemnation.

But when we repent, repent from our sins, we are saved from the

state of condemnation. We are saved not meaning we have

gained the Kingdom of heaven. Our beloved brothers and sisters

from the Protestant churches, are you saved?

And you say to them, what do you mean?

Are you going to the Kingdom of heaven?

Have you inherited the Kingdom of heaven?

Where you say, well, Saint Paul doesn't claim that, does he?

So no, yes, I have been saved from my evil, from the power and

the and the slavery of sin. And I live a life.

I try my best. You know, I think our reply

should be, do you not sin? Do you not sin every day of your

life? You claim being saved.

That means you don't sin. Of course we all sin.

Well, you're open for condemnation if there's no

repentance. So hey, let's not claim the

Kingdom of heaven. It is there.

Christ opened the gates of the Kingdom of heaven.

Christ took our humanity and said it at the right hand of the

Father. But let's continue and focus on

our process of repentance because we are still weak.

We continue to sin and Saint James writes he who claims is

not a Sinner is a liar. So there is a sin there.

This is 19 to 20. We'll continue now when we Saint

Paul writes now we know that whatever it the law says, it is

said to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be

shut and all the world may become guilty before God.

For by the deeds of the law no flesh shall be justified.

We're going to have to talk about what the law is, by the

way, because some people use this out of context incorrectly.

For by the deeds of the law, the written law, or the law of the

Spirit, no flesh shall be justified before his presence.

For by means of the law, sin is known.

Now just face face value off the bat, 19 and 20 are talking to us

about how the law discloses sin. That's all that law was there

for, the law, the purpose of the Lord, beloved, the Old Testament

law, the Mosaic law, not what we do in the new covenant of our

Lord Jesus Christ. That's not what Paul is talking

about. So you can't tell me that the

Holy Eucharist, again, the sacraments have no effect on

salvation. No, no, no, no.

Paul is talking about the Old law, the Old Testament law, the

Mosaic Law, the thousands of laws that were there for man to

live by, and the purpose of the law and the commandment, as

we've always said, was what? To identify sin.

This is what Paul is saying, so that they knew what sin is.

Again, I'm going to give you the same example that I always give,

and I will until the Lord returns or I'm called home.

When you're driving on a road, there's no speed signs

whatsoever and there is no other laws whatsoever, and you're

driving 100 miles or 100 kilometers or whatever you want

to do 8100 and the police officer pulls you over.

He can't give you a ticket. All he will do, he will talk to

you according to signs and what's it called, physics.

He'll say slow down because if you lose control, it could be

really bad. That's all.

He can't book you. You haven't broken any law, but

as soon as the sign goes up there, the police officer will

stop you, handcuff you, and take you into prison because you're

doing 6070 over the speed limit. This is a felony.

I'm going to have to take you to jail.

So it identified sin. The law was there to identify

sin, to bring a knowledge of sin which was caused by

disobedience. Genesis 217, do not eat.

God said there is a law, there is a command.

Not, not because if you eat I'm going to lose 1 fruit.

No, if you eat now, you're going to be in the category of a

disobedient human being. And then being disobedient to me

has ramifications. And there you go.

This is what happened. Man fell, was corrupted because

of breaking the law. So the Law was there to identify

sin, to manage sin, what you need to do when you sinned, the

offerings and the sacrifices that you had to offer just to

manage to take care of the law. The Law, both written and

natural, Written for the Jews, natural for the Gentiles and

some of the Jews who received the Law, the written Law, those

who didn't of the nature rebuked the entire mankind, put them in

check so that they may not sin in, in ignorance, not ignorance,

not knowing that they're sinning.

It quashed the pleading of ignorance.

You couldn't plead ignorance anymore.

It abolished the I didn't know excuse.

That's why Paul says to shut their mouth.

That claim that you can't, you can't claim that there was a

law. Oh, I didn't know that I

couldn't walk an extra 2 miles on a Sabbath.

No, there was a law. You can't say I didn't know you

broke the law. And so through this, there was

still unrighteousness and there was unjust because all sinned,

though they obeyed the law as far as managing it, you know,

they sinned. They had to do what they needed

to do, what the law stated to do, to manage their sins, to

take care of their sins, forgiveness offerings and

atonement. They were still unjust because

they were under the slavery of sin.

Saint Paul is selling them. He's reminding them, by the way,

your BC this is what you were because obviously it sounds like

there were people who crept into the churches at Saint Paul

writes and they started telling them that no, you need to

circumcise, you need to do kosher, you need to offer the

blood offerings. No, no, no, you don't need to do

that. He's just reminding them,

listen, this is what you were. This is what the law did.

That's why the law was there to take care of you.

But now you don't need to do that anymore.

And being unrighteous and unholy people, by the way, God dwelled

among them in the Tabernacle, a holy God dwelling amongst an

unholy people, something had to be done.

There had to be atonement. There had to be redemption for

sin or from sin. There had to be an atonement, a

redemption to take people, to take mankind out of the slavery

of sin. And in Leviticus chapter 16 we

Leviticus 16 · chapter mention

read that on the Day of Atonement this would happen 2

goats, not lamb or sheep. They were for Passover.

The lambs for the for the were for the Passover. 2 goats.

One was a sin offering and the other one was for the cleansing

with the blood. The one that was for the sin

offering, the priest would lay his hand on and all the sins of

the congregation will be placed upon them and the goat would be

let free into the wilderness because they couldn't offer

that. They didn't sacrifice that

because it was being defiled wilderness.

The goat took the sin and he was let out of the camp.

Jesus Christ took the sin of man and was taken out of the city,

out of Jerusalem, and was crucified.

Praise and glory with His name for our sin, for the atonement

of our sin. And the other goat was then

offered as a sacrifice, and blood was sprinkled and

everything was cleansed through the blood.

This is once a year. The the the sinful, I think they

called scapegoat the sinful goat was would escape into the

wilderness. He escaped being saccharized,

but in the wilderness he would have died, probably not being

taken care of. This was all beloved.

It was just a, a a process of taking care of sin, managing

sin, but it didn't get rid of sin.

This happened until God. This happened until two weeks

from now we're going to celebrate this God Incarnate.

God comes down to dwell among us one more time in the person and

the flesh of Jesus Christ. Praise and glory be to his name,

God Incarnate. Yes, Stephen, I'm in verse 21.

But now the righteousness, this is how things going to be made

right because there was still sin there under the the power

and the and the slavery I've seen.

But now the righteousness. This is how God's righteousness,

how God made everything right. But now the righteousness of God

without the law is manifested at every law and the very law and

prophets testify to it. Let me read it again.

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested

and the very law and prophets, prophets testify to it revealed

not was made. God's always just, righteous and

just and holy praise be to his name.

So the grace of God, meaning what God did, this is what God

did. This was the righteousness.

It wasn't the righteousness of men.

They weren't righteous, but God's righteousness through the

righteousness of God. This is what we received, the

grace of God through His Son the Christ.

Was foretold by the prophets that he would come.

Now it may not have been a part of the Law, yet it was all

fulfilled as the prophets were prophesized.

Prophesying it was the fulfillment of the prophecies

and what the law could not fulfill because of the weakness

of the flesh. Christ fulfilled in his flesh.

Sinful, sinless flesh has the he fulfilled it and he also

fulfilled the prophets so that mankind would be directed to

eternal life, the Kingdom of heaven.

So when we talk about the law, beloved, now some people will

again one more time misuse this this verse for by the deeds of

the law, no flesh shall be justified before the before his

presence. And they will say, well, you

don't need to fast. Our brothers and sisters from

the Protestant churches will say you don't need to fast.

There's no need to fast. Not not all of them.

Some do fast, some fast, but some rebuke and some argue with

us, why you fasting? You don't need to fast.

I don't know what Bible you're reading, but Jesus said when you

fast, this is how you shall fast.

When they came to him and said your disciples are not fasting,

he said when the bridegroom is taken away, they will fast.

Saint Paul writes in Corinthians about a husband and wife during

fasting and when he's talking about fulfilling each other's

desires. That's what marriage is for, to

fulfill each other's desires, but only at one period of time

during fasting. You know, some, some versions

have taken that out. A woe to you, whoever you are,

you're a Zionist. You're whoever you are, woe to

you, You evil man, you evil man for altering the word of God.

Or when Jesus is asked by his disciples, why did we not, why

weren't we able to heal this demon possessed person or boy?

He said, but this type is through fasting and prayer.

Some versions have taken out the word fasting.

You evil hypocrite, you hypocrite, you Jesus hating

hypocrite, I don't care who you are.

I don't care how much you Babble and dance and jump up and down

and claim, claim miracles. You are evil, the son of evil,

because you have altered the word of God.

So read the the truth by by the way, find the find the find the

correct text. This doesn't the the the law is

Saint Paul's talking about. It's not about fasting.

It's not about charity. He's not talking about partaking

in the Holy Eucharist, the sacraments.

He's not talking about Sacramento life.

These are the new covenants. He's talking about the law

again. No more kosher food.

It's done. It's finished.

It's useless. I don't care who does it.

It's useless. It's done.

Does nothing. No more offering of doves and

and and and turtle doves and lams and sheep and goats and

cows. It's nothing.

It's yucky, it's disgusting. You see the videos where where

there is the goat, it's the poor goat standing there and then

someone comes with a with a sore whatever and and just chops the

head off. Why?

Why do you do this for OK, you want to eat, just do it

humanely. I know it's an animal, but you

do it in a humane way. But no, it's all a religious,

religious act, which means nothing.

It's dead. It's nothing.

Now, don't tell me. Well, you know, maybe these

people believe. No, no, those people need to be

taught that. Listen, my dear, honey, Linda,

you don't need to do that anymore.

You're still connected to the old law.

And if you are, you're under condemnation.

But that's done. That's finished, my dear.

Except Jesus Christ. Believe in him, have faith in

Him, accept his sacrifice, be a part of him within his church,

and you're saved from that. So let's not make a mistake.

Let's not jump into conclusions and take things out of context,

Beloved, just to show that this person is wrong or that you're

doing what you're doing is not biblical.

Not everything is in the Bible. Not everything is written in the

Bible. The church has lived the Bible.

Yes, show me in the Bible as I always say, and I've been saying

it for years and you know, people send me and thank God for

that. It's a it's it's for the glory

of God. People send me messages and

videos. Robbie, listen to this amazing.

I've been saying this for 15 years or more.

Nothing is in the not everything is in the Bible.

Find me in the Bible where Jesus says I am God.

You won't don't even go to about don't Google it and AI it don't

do that. I'm telling you I'll I'll spare

you the the 15 seconds of your keystrokes.

Not everything is in the Bible, but Jesus is God praise and

glory be to his name because we know of other texts proof

history. So not everything is written in

the scriptures, but we know that the church that preaches the

scriptures and teaches the scriptures and explains the

scriptures and interprets the Scriptures knows that this is

what Saint Paul is talking about.

This is what he's referring to. So now from this point onwards,

he's going to now talk about how God through Jesus Christ has

fulfilled all until now. He's talking about the old law.

He wants to remind them one more time as he does to the Ephesians

Ephesians 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2 and he says this is where we were, we were evil, we

were disobedient. And you go and read it again.

I'll tell you Ephesians chapter 2 is not just one verse 8, it's

Ephesians 2 · chapter mention

22 verses. Go and read it.

He's talking about that. He says, but we've been saved.

Why is he writing to these Christians?

Why, you know, this is just an understanding learning in the

Holy Scripture so that we don't fall in the same predicament.

Why? Because the early Christians

continue to live and hold on to the old.

That's why Jesus says he who, he who puts the hands on a plow

can't turn around, turn back and look back again.

No, no. So now you're Christian, St.

Paul saying don't be fooled by those who come and say to you

that no, you need to be circumcised.

Still, as in Acts chapter 15, no, you don't need to do that

Acts 15 · chapter mention

anymore. It's done.

You're baptized, you become baptized, you die with Christ in

his, in his, in his death, and you're being bored.

Born from above. Bury a Menelisha in the Aramaic

omen, Allah from above, holy from the born from the Holy

Spirit or born anew. And we're going to read about

what Christ has done for us so that we being under the

authorship, the leadership, the the auspices, you know, being

our Lord, our God as our Savior, how we must appreciate what God

has done through his Son so that we too will be obedient to his

Son. And if we fall and sin, we come

back again one more time because Christ has redeemed us, has paid

the the redemption of the slavery of sin, has freed us,

but he hasn't taken away our free will.

And sometimes we use it to grieve the Holy Spirit of God.

But that's not the end of the world.

We can come back and repent and be received one more time.

Praise and glory be to his name now and that all times and

forever. Amen.

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