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Episode 82: Speechless before the Lord
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In the name of the glorious Trinity, Father and Son and Holy
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Spirit forever. Amen.
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Glory be to the everlasting mercies which sent you to us, O
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Christ, the light of the world and the life of all.
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Give us wisdom by your law and enlighten our impulses by your
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knowledge. Sanctify our souls by your
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truth, and grant that we may be obedient to your words and may
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fulfil your commandments at every hour.
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O you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of
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your greatness, do enlight, O my Lord, our thoughts that we may
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meditate upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times,
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O Lord of all, Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.
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Amen. The so-called idiom my lips are
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sealed will become an actual verb which will be imposed upon
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us on the day of judgement due to our actions and lifestyle
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while on earth and claiming to be Christians looking at the
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parable of the banquet and the king in Matthew chapter 22
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verses 1 to 14. And I will go straight to verse
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12 when the king that is God sees a man who is in the wedding
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banquet, not attired in wedding garment, not attired
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appropriately. And this is referring to his
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deeds which did not correspond with faith according to Bishop
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Mar Ishudad mid 8th century. That is, proclaiming faith in
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one everlasting God Almighty, while worshipping other temporal
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gods which seem mightier. Fame, glory, wealth, glamour,
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power, desire, Proclaiming faith in Jesus Christ, the only
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Begotten Son. Praise me to His name, yet
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following other ways, means and persons for a relationship with
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the Everlasting God Almighty. Why do I say this, beloved?
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Why? It's because some claim to have
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an understanding and relationship with the
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everlasting God Almighty, but not through Jesus Christ, rather
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other vain and idle persons means and ways.
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So going back to the parable, the Father asks the guest and
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this is what he says. Verse 12, friend.
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Now let's stop there. Give or stop.
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Let's stop and have a look at this friend.
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He didn't call him Son, he calls him friend.
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Now, since God the King in this parable is God, why is he
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calling this person friend and not son?
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Well off the bat, first and foremost, foremost, to be a
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child of God you need to have faith.
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You need to be baptized. St.
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Paul writes it very clearly. No need for philosophy and and
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you know different interpretations.
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Let's look deep into this. You don't need to look deep into
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that. You don't need.
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Just read it. Galatians 3/26/27 You are all
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sons of God. He's talking to Christians.
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He's talking to the Galatians, the faithful believers who
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believed in Jesus Christ. And he's now encouraging them
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and reminding them. This is a reminder.
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You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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So if there is no faith in Christ Jesus, you are not a son
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of God. You are a friend.
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Would you agree? If not, post a comment and
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correct me. Correct Saint Paul if you dare.
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You are all sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
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For all of you who were baptized, he didn't just stop at
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faith. No, he goes on.
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For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed
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yourselves with Christ. So if you just believe in Jesus
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Christ and period, that's it, there's a shortcoming.
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You're not there. But those who have at the same
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time baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
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That's why. Hence, Jesus is the Son of God.
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Praise me to His name. When I believe and I'm baptized,
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I'm clothed with God. I receive that same title, that
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same airship, Lack of a better term, being a child of God.
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That's first. That's why he calls him friend.
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And secondly, it seems that these children, who have the
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type of relationship I previously expressed with God
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and his Son Jesus Christ, seem as only friends unless they
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return and receive the ring of the authority of sonship.
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That's why the prodigal son returned to the Father, who is
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God. And the Father placed the ring
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on his finger, which means he received him one more time as
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his son. He gave him the authority of
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sonship. So the the king continues.
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Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?
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Now, that's not what I'm going to discuss.
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I don't want to focus on the wedding clothes, What they are.
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No, no, But rather what follows next.
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And this is, by the way, beloved, another reminder,
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friend, really friendly spiritual reminder.
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This is not one of the Saints of the Church or the fathers of the
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Church writing this. This is not a history.
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This is not a tradition. No, by the way, tradition is
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beautiful because tradition in the Assyrian Church of the East
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is the work of the Holy Spirit. How it's been working since the
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day of Pentecost. That's what we refer to as
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tradition. Tradition is not a dirty word.
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But Father Janab, Russia, don't go on a tangent.
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Come back. We can talk about that another
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day. OK?
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This is Jesus Christ and I've always mentioned every time I
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mentioned the name in my unworthy and most frail state
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that I am, I dare to mention the precious majestic name of Jesus
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Christ. There must be a feeling of awe
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because this is God Incarnate. This is God speaking.
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God then continues and says the man was speechless.
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Why did Saint Matthew state this?
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Why? Why did the Holy Spirit move
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Saint Matthew and reminded Saint Matthew, who wrote many, many
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years after he had heard this parable, that Jesus said the man
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was speechless? That is what I want to talk
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about today, beloved. The man is speechless.
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Let's Fast forward and I'll use myself as an example because
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there's death in wild I don't want to lose other people.
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As examples, when there's death, I die.
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I've died and I face my Lord and my Savior, Jesus Christ.
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And he says to me, why is your garment not befitting this
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banquet? What you going to do as they
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say? What you going to tell?
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Who you going to tell? What are you going to what?
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What are you going to say to what am I going to say to God on
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that day of judgement when he asks about my garment?
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That is deeds not corresponding with faith.
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You see, the Bible is not just Jesus is love.
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That's not the mere, that's not that's not the message only the
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only focal message. There is no other messages.
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Jesus is love. Amen to that.
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Jesus is love. He's not the author of love, He
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is love. But you explain to me what is
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Jesus trying? This loving God, this loving
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Lord Jesus Christ, who's at times by preachers only preached
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as a loving, kind, beautiful Lord.
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But the the Lord is teaching me. Gennard, you will be speechless.
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You will shut up. Your lips will be actually
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sealed. If your deeds are not
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corresponding with your faith. There is nothing you can say on
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the day. You see.
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God, who will question us, is the one whom a deceptive reply
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cannot be given. Remember Ananias Canon in Acts
Acts 5 chapter mention
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chapter 5 verse five? He didn't face God.
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He was standing before Simon the Rock when Simon said to him, why
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did you do this? And this is Simon.
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A mere man is a representative of Christ.
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This is an apostle of Jesus Christ, Anonymous.
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You sold your land. It was yours.
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It was yours. You sold it for 80,000 and you
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only only give 40,000 to the apostles.
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You could have said that it's yours.
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You could have kept 40,000. Why did you lie to the Holy
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Spirit? Why did you lie now when you
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read that Ananias didn't say anything, he dropped dead.
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He dropped dead. Literally.
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Pele or mcle? Because what was Ananias going
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to tell Simon? He may have fooled Simon.
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Yeah, you know, market's not so great.
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And you know, I've lost some money and interest rates.
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No, no, no. He could have fooled Simon.
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But what are you going to tell God?
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What you going to tell God? Who you going to tell on the
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day, God, That you have an excuse?
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No, no. You see, some are under the
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impression that there will be a dialogue between the examiner
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and the examined on the day. But that ain't gonna happen
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according to the scriptures. Beloved, please take note.
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Please listen intently. Please don't.
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Just listen so that you have another episode under the belt
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that I've listened. Don't just listen to these
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episodes so that you can. You can.
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You know when we meet 10 Robbie, I listened to your episodes.
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No, no, no. I don't want you to come and
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tell me You listen to these podcasts.
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Don't tell me. Come and tell me if you have any
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questions. Come and encourage me and tell
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me that my life, Christ, has changed through this ministry.
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Come and tell me what you hear or what you listen to.
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That is discouraging you. Maybe there are a few things
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that are discouraging you so that we can open dialogue.
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Don't just come and tell me I listened to your podcast just by
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list. I'm not after wealth.
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I'm not asked after money from TikTok and Pik Pok and whatever.
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I don't want. I don't want that.
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I don't want faith. I don't want millions of people
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to start bragging about me. I am nothing.
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I want people to listen to the the message and understand.
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Especially this message. Understand.
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My dear brother Mushmi. Ahoney, I wish I could speak
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other languages. Farsi, how do I say it?
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I won't even dare. I'll probably say something.
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I want you to listen and be attentive that there's not going
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to be a dialogue on the day where Jesus will sit you down
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and say why. And you'll say, because I mean,
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be serious, let's be simple but wise.
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Let's be as pure as doves and wise as serpents.
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What justification? Listen to me, please.
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What justification, what excuse, what reason can be given by
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those whose relationship with God and his Son has been on
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earth as those I described when I started this episode?
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Go back and hear it again. What can be presented to God as
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evidence where he will be required to set a new precedent?
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What that happens at times in the court of law on the land,
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but it ain't gonna happen in that righteous, awesome and just
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tribunal of God? Remember, Beloved, Remember,
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according to Second Corinthians chapter 5, verse 10, we must
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all, all, everyone, kings, Princess Congressman's mayors.
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What else? Senators, Prime Ministers,
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Presidents, Patriarchs. Popes, Cardinals, Bishops,
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Metropolitans, Priests, archdeacons, Core, Bishop,
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Deacons, everyone, We must all appear before the judgment seat
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of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things
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done in the body that is deeds. Oh, cans of worm, My brother
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Nina Saroon. You know when we wanted to refer
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to opening cans of worms would go like worms coming at cans of
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worms. We will be all receiving our
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dues for the things that are done in the body.
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Don't let anyone fool you. I don't care how many scriptures
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they're quoting. I don't care how much they clap
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and sing and hallelujahs. Don't let anyone fool you to
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tell you that your deeds have got nothing to do with eternal
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life. Don't.
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Because they are trying to. Foolishly.
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Maybe. Innocently, I don't know.
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Ignorantly. They're trying to portray Jesus
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to be a liar or Saint Paul to be a liar.
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Things done in the body that his deeds, whether good or bad, a
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lot more than just faith, right? By the way, this man that
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entered the banquet, he was in the banquet.
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You know that, right? He was in the banquet.
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So his faith that granted him the invite was stained by his
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deeds, which is what God was fixated on.
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Jesus states in Matthew chapter 12, verse 36.
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Men, listen to this again. Don't be mesmerized by Armani
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suits and and Pierre Cardin suits and and private jets and
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mansions. Jo Olsteen don't be don't be
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fooled by people like that. Don't be fooled by people that
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just get up there and praise God and want to preach Jesus to
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praise God, right. We say in the the the morning,
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the morning prayers, in the psalms of the morning prayers.
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God is not in need of the service of man.
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No, no, no. But if we if we dare to serve
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him, let's serve him right? Listen to what Jesus is saying.
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We will give an account on the day of judgement for every
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careless word they have spoken men or we have spoken.
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Let me read it as it's as it's as it's written.
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Men will give an account on the day of judgement for every
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careless word that they have spoken.
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Now if words are so important how much are deeds?
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But now we learn, beloved, Now we learn that the account is not
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where you will again open dialogue with Jesus Christ.
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No, no, no. The the account is the
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punishment. Punishment of being cast out
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from the presence of God. Because that's what happened to
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this guest. Why?
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Why? And why?
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Because he is a just Judge Diana Kenner.
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We sing in the in the doctrinal hymns in funerals, Dayanakena
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Lana Silvape that's Aramaic by the way.
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For the non Assyrian listeners, Dayanakena Lana Silvape owe you
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righteous and just judge. Christ is a just judge who shows
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no partiality. Let me read some of these hymns.
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Oh, just judge who will not show partiality deemed me worthy
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before your sign. That is the cross that I may see
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you at the judgement. May I not see you at the
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judgement as my transgressions are being revealed.
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There's a theology. This is theology.
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This is, this is, this is Christianity in its fullest
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beloved? May I not see you at the
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judgement as my transgressions are being revealed, because then
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I can't say anything. I can't even praise you.
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May I not be ashamed. Before the multitudes in the
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Heights, let me read from the literature of of the the burial
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of the dead, the Christian dead. This is one of the the antiphons
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of the praise. And this is for the the burial
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of women. Listen to this, beloved.
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Oh, actually, I've translated it so I don't have to read and
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translate. Where is it?
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Here it is. Oh, no, I didn't.
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I have to read and translate. So I'm translating directly from
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Assyrian to to English. OK Oh, my weak of frail soul.
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You do not possess the lamp of good virtues.
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How will you go out and greet the bridegroom on his way?
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That is Jesus Christ. The the wise virgins will not
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provide oil to the foolish virgins, those who were refused
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by their deeds. The bridal chamber, that is the
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heaven will not be opened. The door to the bridal chamber
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will not be opened unto them. Abraham will not refresh those
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who are burning in the flames of fire.
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And the judge Jesus Christ will not open the door to those who
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have not repented. Did you hear that?
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Did you hear that? Let me let me read it again.
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Let me say it. I'll read it in Assyrian
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afterwards. So.
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So the judge will not open the door to those who have not
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repented as so. Therefore take refuge in
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repentance. O my soul, that means repent and
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say I have sinned before you. O Lord, forgive and have mercy
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on me. Shreya Dubarat spyuta lit
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Lahiyagani mkhilta. There's a listening to
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this, and you know exactly what I said before hearing the
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translation. There's the gift of tongues,
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beloved. That's how we see the gift of
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tongues, because God had a message for you.
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It doesn't necessarily has to happen.
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So, beloved, if you are under the impression that you will
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stand before the Lord God, Jesus Christ on the Day of Judgement
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and go back and forth arguing your case, I'm sorry to rain on
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your parade. I'm sorry to have to burst your
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bubble. That ain't gonna happen.
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According to Matthew, chapter 21, verse 12, Let's work on
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preparing, strengthening and standing firm in our faith and
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purifying our deeds. And you can refer to the last
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episode prior to this one, I think episode.
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Let's purify our deeds to allow them to speak on our behalf,
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beloved on the Day of Judgement, as we will not be given the
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opportunity to do so with our mouths.
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So instead of preparing our mouths to justify our
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unacceptable deeds to God, let's work on preparing our mouths to,
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along with the just and righteous, sing continuous
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Hallelujah and holy to the Father and the Son and the Holy
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Spirit, one God. Amen.
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