Episode 97: Proactiveness in Faith

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. The past few weeks, events

extending from the assassination attempt on the former President

Donald Trump, the up and coming crucial the presidential

elections, the US presidential elections, and a threat to

morality and ethics by the mockery and blasphemy witnessed

at the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in France on.

Basically, Christianity and Christ seem to have had

Christians on the edge of their seats while astonished and

shaken and, you know, somewhat disappointed and rightly so,

rightly so. You know, we say leave us alone.

But being Christians of God, believers in his Son, having the

Holy Spirit dwelling within all of us Christians, we not so much

want to react to what happens. We don't want to be reactive,

but rather warn those who oppose, reject, disrespect and

blasphemy, Christ's ways, truth and life to repent.

We call them to repentance and to be delivered from the fire of

the eternal hell that awaits not only them, but also those who

agree and condone their foolish blasphemy or blasphemy.

The foolish blasphemy against Jesus Christ.

You see, praise and glory be to His name and all.

Everyone say Amen each time you hear the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ. Each time praise, glory, honor,

worship and confession has been ascribed to His only name.

Wherever you are, don't be reluctant, just say Amen.

People may look at you a little strangely because they'll just

hear you say Amen, but agree to it, praise to His name.

Christ has never needed us or has commanded us or asked us to

defend Him. Beloved, he hasn't asked asked

for our defense at all. What was His instructions to

Saint Simon the Rock when Simon was trying to defend and protect

Christ right in the Garden of Gethsemane from the high priest

servant Malchius? What did Jesus instruct?

What was Jesus's reply and response in Matthew chapter 26

Matthew 26:52

verse 52? Return the sword to its place.

Simon, do you think that I cannot ask my Father and he

would raise up for me now more than 12 legions now each legions

has said to be three to 6000 in units.

So let's take the maximum 6000 * 12.

You do the math 72,000 plus more than 72,000 angels.

And I've always said these are not little babies in the nude

fondling themselves, as sometimes they are wrongly and

blasphemously depicted. No, these are angels with six

wings to each one of them. With two, they cover their

faces. So they they're not they cannot

gaze at the glory. With two, they cover their

bodies. They are that they are not

burned by the the flame. And with two they continue to

fly and praise the Lord Jesus Christ and God the almighty

creator. So we don't need to defend Jesus

Christ, not Christianity in Deuteronomy chapter 32, verse

Deuteronomy 32:35

35. God praise his name, this is

his. These are his instructions,

beloved, vengeance is mine, for I shall pay them in a time when

their feet will slip. There will come a time when

these people's feet will slip because that day of their

breaking is near, and the thing that is coming hurries toward

them. That is the the fiery and the

righteous judgement of our Jesus Christ on the last day or even

on earth. So one more time, you know, I'm

not here to say, you know, don't make a noise.

Don't do anything. No, but our, our main purpose

for making noises and responding is that it should be the focal

purpose should be for them to repent.

You are kicking against pricks. Don't.

You'll come out second best. You may hurt my feelings, you

may disappoint me, You may draw me to anger and even wrath.

Because I'm human, I'm weak. But my Lord, you cannot at all

influence, you cannot take away from His glory.

Praise be to His name. We are instructed to not so much

as to defend the faith. Beloved, we don't need to even

defend the faith, but rather the Scriptures teach us that we are

to give an answer. So let's leave the enemies,

let's bring them home. Do you know the Scriptures?

Do you know the instructions, the precepts, the stories in the

Scriptures? If not, don't try to defend

Jesus Christ. He doesn't need any defending.

No, we have been called to give an answer or a reason and that

for the hope of our faith. Not even the Scriptures, not

even defending the Scriptures, not even defending the faith,

but give a reason for the hope of our faith.

Why are you so tolerant? You know, someone said a lot of

non Christians, the atheists, the gnostics and you know, other

faiths, you know, question the Christians.

Why are you not so reactive? Why do you not do what other

religions do when they're author of their, you know, blind faith

is attacked? Why?

Well, we are portraying Jesus Christ, praise be to his name.

We have a hope in Jesus Christ that even if they shall kill us

and do that in the name of Allah or God, we have the

resurrection. Praise be to his name.

The tomb is empty. Praise be to his name.

Their authors, their leaders may be requiring defending.

They may need defending, but our Lord does not need defending

because He's, He is alive. That's why.

And when we do respond, should be in humility and seriousness.

Give an answer of the truth, the uniqueness, the necessity of

faith in Jesus Christ. Not defend Christianity or the

Holy Scriptures or the Holy Church.

It's document, it's a doctrines and liturgy and sacraments.

But give an answer. Why do we have that hope and

faith according to the scriptures in Jesus Christ?

More importantly, beloved, in our annoyance and

disappointment, we must be extremely cautious and prudent

lest we fall in Satan's snare where he's trying to destruct us

and take a focus off our own flaws and shortcomings and

inequities in our relationship with God.

That is our love, reverence, and obedience to God.

If I'm not obedient to God, if I'm not obedient to His Son, our

Lord Jesus Christ, if I'm not obedient to His Spirit, the Holy

Spirit, if I'm not obedient to the Holy Scriptures, His written

word, if I'm not obedient to His Holy Church, His Body, His

bridegroom, what am I doing trying to defend Christ?

Don't expect the reward. Don't expect to be pat on the

back because you defended Jesus Christ.

Again, our Lord does not need defending.

Beloved, be careful that during these times, be cautious that

Satan does not take our focus and attention away, away from

our walk with Christ. That is by faith in the Spirit,

in a manner worthy to Our Calling as children of light,

not defending Christ who is the light.

Yet I myself am in darkness through my understanding and my

conduct in the world. Be sure that my life is

according to the Holy Scriptures and the demands of the Holy

Scriptures. In fear, I obey the Scriptures.

I live the Scriptures in fear, in awe, and in trembling before

our gracious Lord God. Let us always keep in mind that

what God has said, beloved, what God has established, what God

has confirmed with His Word, no president, no vice president, no

games, no Hollywood, no picture, no music can alter or affect it.

What God again has established and confirmed with His Word by

His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ and through his Spirit will

never be shaken and cannot be influenced by man's evil, hatred

and disrespect towards him. Let's like have a look at his

word in Isaiah chapter 51 verse 11.

Isaiah 51:11

We read thus. This is God speaking thus my

word shall be that proceeds from my mouth and it shall not return

to me empty handed. You know, it's not like we

threaten our children sometimes if you do this Paramanoh, the

the severity of the punishment of for our fathers would

sometimes threaten us with paramanoh.

And then you do what you want to do and you're not prima.

But when God's words have proceeded from his mouth, they

are not empty. They don't return empty handed.

God says in Isaiah chapter 55 verse 11 Thus my word shall be

Isaiah 55:11

that proceeds from my mouth. It shall be, and it shall not

return to me empty handed, but surely it does the thing that I

please and accomplishes that for which I have centered.

Who can interfere with this instruction, this command, and

the Word of God? What about His works, Beloved?

Psalm 111, chapter 2. Great are the works of the Lord

God, and they are sought out by all who desire them.

They are great. No one can affect, no one can

interfere. No one can stop, no one can

derail. Beloved, what about His glory?

Praise be to His name, Amen. I didn't hear it.

Amen. Psalm chapter 8, verse one.

Psalms 8 · chapter mention

Our Lord God, our Lord, how gracious is your name in all the

earth, For you have set your glory above heaven.

You have done it. Not man, not the Saints, not the

prophets, not the church. You, O God, have set your glory

above heaven. God's sovereignty has been set.

It's been established. It cannot be affected.

It cannot be unestablished. As if there's such a word,

Steven, it's been set. And this Psalm that I read and

the prophecy within it was fulfilled in Jesus Christ our

Lord our God, through whom by whom only period we can proceed

to God, we can draw near to God. This Psalm and prophecy was

fulfilled in Jesus Christ from the mouth of the babes and

sucklings when he was entering Jerusalem, beloved.

And I always draw this, this analogy or this, this, you know,

imagination. I'm imagining a young son or a

daughter sucking on the mother's tit breast and letting go of the

breast and crying out hosanna, Hosanna.

Or maybe not so much being on the breast at that moment, but

there's still sucklings. They can't eat food, flesh,

they're still on milk, but yet they open their mouths and they

glorify Jesus Christ and call him hosanna.

That means save. This is the sovereignty of Jesus

Christ. Who on this earth can for one

milli micro picro, whatever you're going to call it, second,

alter that. What about God's will, beloved?

Second Peter chapter 3, verse nine.

2 Peter 3 · chapter mention

God's will is not that any person would perish.

Those who mocked the mystical Supper, those who mock Jesus

Christ, those who mock Christianity and Christians, you

know this is for you. Those who are at this moment

chuckling at these words because Satan has so much got a hold of

your heart, your mind, and your sight and your ears.

I pray that in the name of Jesus Christ, by the prayers of His

Saints, that He will let go and you will be freed.

This is for you. God is not willing that any

person would perish, but that every person would come to

conversion. That is repentance.

This is our Lord. No need to defend.

Love him, obey him, respect him. Commit your life to him.

Now commit your life to Him. You know, once you hear this

episode and you switch off the whatever, wherever you're

hearing it on your phone, what have you.

Don't just oh, Robbie, that was a great you know, don't tell me

what a great episode. Whichever episode you enjoy,

thank you. God bless you.

I love you, I love you and I know you want to you want to

encourage me. I don't need encouragement.

I just need you to pray for me. I need your prayers, not your

encouragement. I want you to tell me what I

said wrong and why didn't, what didn't affect you, what didn't

make you stop for a second and change your mind.

When you finish, listen listening to any Christian

message. Examine it in your lives,

beloved. Examine it because one day if

you don't examine, the Lord will examine.

You know, we go to the doctors, to the physicians and we say we

have a problem with our back arm, whatever it is.

At times they ask us to be X-rayed, right.

And have you seen when the, the physician takes the X-ray in his

hand, he holds it to the light, says, oh, discs #3000, I don't

know whatever. You know, I can see that there's

a chip on the bone. Oh yeah, I can see a, a little

white spot there. Right.

And then they still get it wrong because then we need second

opinion. Third opinion, Isn't that right?

You know, when, when we go to tell our family and our loved

ones and our friends, you know, I've been, God forbid, this is

what the ducks, oh, you know, get a second opinion.

Get a third opinion. There's no second and third

opinion with Jesus Christ. He doesn't need the X-rays,

beloved. He doesn't need X-rays.

No, He will judge righteously. He will judge us according to

our faith and our deeds, whether good or evil, not how much we've

defended Jesus Christ and His faith and His Scriptures.

You see, beloved, in place of getting frustrated and reactive

when Christ or Christianity is attacked, let us be proactive

and portray the holiness, loving, merciful, compassionate

and gracious nature of Christ. When Christ or Christianity are

attacked, let us intensify and strengthen our faith and love

for Christ by means of our virtues.

When Christ is attacked, let us love, praise, honour, confess

and worship Him even more throughout obedience.

When the Holy Scriptures are disrespected, mocked and

rejected, let us read them and increase our knowledge and

understanding and fulfilment of the precepts entailed in them.

When the Church is attacked and ridiculed and disreputed, let us

intensify our connection to it and work in it for the glory of

Her Bridegroom. When the divine sacraments of

the Holy Church are refuted, denied, blasphemed, and hated

from within or without, let us draw near to them regularly, in

fear and in love, and with the Angel.

Sing aloud, cry aloud, shout aloud, and say unto the Giver,

Holy, Holy, holy Lord God. When our most sanctified

Christian morals, ethics, and traditions are ridiculed, let us

devote our entire life to living them spotlessly.

Beloved, when the world hates Christianity and us Christians,

let us keep in mind that it hated our Christ first according

to Christ Himself in John chapter 15 verse 18.

John 15:18

Remember, we do not need to defend Christianity.

Her Christ has, is, and will continue according to His

promise until His second time or His return from heaven.

Praise, glory, honor, and Thanksgiving be to His holy name

now and at all times and forever.

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