Episode 76: Dogs and Swine

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 rationale 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. When you have something that is

valuable, precious, sentimental, or even priceless, you avoid

having many hands touch it or go through many hands.

It's like children and cell phones or other expensive

electronics, et cetera. You totally avoid having

children go need them so that they do not basically destroy

them as Christians. That is, made in the image and

likeness of God, adopted as children of God in Holy Baptism,

and having been made brothers and sisters of Christ, born with

a new and spiritual birth, and drawn near to God the Father of

Truth. Having received the Holy

Baptism, we too have been warned by Jesus in Matthew Chapter 7,

Matthew 7:6

verse 6, not to give a holy thing to dogs, and not to cast

our pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet

and turn and lacerate. There is tear or make deep cuts

within us. Now the blessed Theophilac

comments on this verse stating that the dogs are the

unbelievers and the swine are the believers who lead a filthy,

immoral, abominable, and shameful way of life.

However, this does not withhold the ACT and application of the

verse to the mysteries and theology alone, but rather about

dealings with others with what we have been graciously gifted

with. You may have missed what I

stated a little while ago, cuz I breezed through it, and

intentionally, but let me precisely and diligently remind

you one more time. Now take heed.

We have been as Christians made in the image and likeness of

God. Genesis chapter one, verse 26.

God said, Let us make men in our image after our likeness.

We according to Romans chapter 6 verses three and four, who were

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baptized into Jesus the Christ. We were baptized into his death

with a part of his death. We were buried with him in

baptism into death. For as Jesus the Christ arose

from among the dead in the glory of his Father, in this way we

also shall walk in a new life. For if we have been planted as

one with him in the likeness of his death, in this way also we

shall be in his resurrection through our faith and baptism in

Jesus Christ Christians. And by this we have been adopted

also as children of God. How?

Let's state it sequentially. Firstly, St.

John states in his proclamation in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

John chapter one, verse 12, Those that have received him to

them he Jesus Christ, he gave authority to become the sons of

God. Now listen very carefully to

become not have been to become. So there is a process that have

been given the authority to become the sons of God or the

children of children of God even through them that believe in his

name. Where and when did we become his

children? Saint Paul states it in

Galatians chapter one, verses 26 and 27.

For you are all children of God, sons of God, sons and daughters

of God by the faith of Jesus the Christ, not the faith in Jesus

Christ. Hey Manuta de Ishomshiq, By the

faith of Jesus the Christ, for those who have been baptized

into the Christ have put on the Christ.

And if we are sons and daughters of God, we became, we become and

we are brothers and sisters of Christ.

Hence we refer to one another as brothers and sisters in Christ

through Christ, because we become the children of God.

And Galatians Chapter 4, verse 6 concludes and seals it as he

Galatians 4:6

writes. But because you are children,

God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your heart.

Who cries Father, our Father, This is the Holy Spirit.

And this all in baptism. Let me read to you from the

liturgy of the sacrament of Baptism what we what we recite,

what the priests recite for the adults when they are baptized.

Lo, we come near today towards a token of his passion, which he

has verily endured, and from the womb of baptism, which is

prepared for us, that from that that is Baptism, we may be born

anew. Lo, we are counted His brethren,

Jesus Christ. Through him we are nearing

towards Thee, O God the Father of Truth, and by His teachings

we confess that He is one with His Father and Holy Spirit.

For the sake of all these knowledge, Thou hast granted us

to know Thee, and on behalf of the salvation towards us, we

will erase, praise and honor, and confession, and worship, now

and at all times and forever. I mean, and for infants we

recite that from the holy vessel of absolving baptism they are

born with a new and spiritual birth to the increase of their

faith, and their bodies being unspotted with the pollution of

sin because they have not sinned yet.

Children are ignorant, but they carry the original sin.

They may receive a cleansing that changes not and be members

of Christ. Listen to this.

This is what you know when you go back and visit your baptismal

videos and and and pictures. This is what happened to you.

This is what you received. You received the cleansing that

changes not, and you are or have been made a member of Christ and

nurtured at the table of His Mysteries.

And that bodily stature and spiritual increase may together

grow up in you, and it has been growing in you.

And that your is grace may instruct you the power of the

world to come. These are words from the liturgy

of the Order of Holy Baptism. These aren't just simple words.

What gifts are these, beloved? All through our faith and our

baptism in Jesus Christ, and that Spirit that you have

received through the waters of the Baptism through the

anointing of the oil of an unction or anointment?

That spirit, Saint John writes in his first Epistle, chapter 4,

verse four. That spirit that is in you is

greater than the immoral, abominable, evil, destructive

spirit that is in the world. So there's no excuse, is there?

We have the power. I've got the power.

Yes, we do. We have the power.

Now, having all these unspeakable spiritual gifts of

God through Jesus Christ, let us not give them away so easily to

dogs and swine. Be careful with who you share

your love. And I'm speaking about Yeros,

the romantic, passionate love. Be careful who you share, your

friendship, your heart, your body, your life, your gifts that

you have received. There are dogs, beloved.

There are unbelievers out there who will turn on you and tear

you limb by limb because they have no association with you, no

share in being the children of God.

Remember, the dogs are the unbelievers.

Those who has not have not received Jesus Christ, have not

been baptized, have not received all the provisions in from the

holy waters of the sacrament of Baptism.

They are not your brothers and sisters in Christ.

They don't care. Let me pose you a question.

Will you as a brother turn on your sister or vice versa?

No, of course not. Why?

Because she is my sister. We've shared the same womb,

we've shared the same breast and vice versa.

Of course not so. Therefore, because they, the

dogs referred to in the Holy Scriptures that Jesus came for

them too. By the way, because they are not

our brothers or sisters in Christ, they can turn on us

beloved. And we must be careful that we

don't share what is holy, what we have received as children of

God through Jesus Christ and the holy baptism that we don't share

because there is a possibility they will turn and destroy. 2

2 Corinthians 6:14–15

Corinthians chapter 6, verses 14 to 15.

Now some people don't like to hear these words.

Well, let me tell you point blank.

It doesn't concern me whether this is going to hurt your

feelings. It doesn't concern me.

If this does not agree with your philosophy and your

understanding and your emotion and your feelings, that does not

concern me. What concerns me is your

salvation. What concerns me is you living a

life that is holy and pleasing according to the gospel, as

Saint Paul instructs. So Second Corinthians chapter 6,

2 Corinthians 6:14–15

verses 14 to 15, do not be associated with those who are

unbelievers. Now, Paul doesn't tell us not to

speak to them, not to love them, not to pray for them, not to

show the love of Christ. But Paul is telling us that you

should not have any association with the unbelievers.

For what partnership has righteousness with evil, or what

intimacy has light with darkness?

What harmony has the Messiah with Satan?

What Lot has a believer with an unbeliever?

He may be talking about the marital status of believers and

unbelievers, but no, we can. We can extend it to our everyday

association with our fellow men, be it a dog or a swine.

And not just dogs, but also Swine's beloved, the fake

believers who have their own philosophy and understanding on

Christian life and Christianity, their own understanding and

feeling and emotions on Christian morals and ethics.

You know, when I was young, I was told by a very close family

member. I was told that it's OK to steal

from big companies and the rich. It's OK, but not the middle

class and the poor. So much for Exodus chapter 20,

Exodus 20:15

verse 15. Thy shall not steal, right?

See, there's a philosophy there. It's OK.

You can steal from the rich. You can steal from your company.

You know, take out the fridge in your pocket if you can, you

know, steal as much funds as you want from the company.

They have plenty of money, but don't don't touch and don't, you

know, steal from the middle class or the poor.

No, thy shall not steal. When we were young at school and

some of my friends who were hearing from St.

John's Park High School and in particular the Assyrian friends,

we would approve and tolerate swearing to each other's

fathers. Masa SAR Kababa.

But not to the sisters and mothers.

No, no, no, no. Let's not mention the mother and

the sister. But it's OK.

Jara Baba, you know the whipping the the the father becomes the

whipping boy. It's OK.

You can swear to your father. I can swear to your father at

your father. When I want to vent my anger,

I'll swear at your father. But do not mention mother and

sister. No.

See, that's foolish. It goes totally against what

Saint Paul teaches us in Ephesians chapter 5, verse 4.

Ephesians 5:4

You read it Ephesians 5, four. Or have you heard the old time

favorite? And I think it's still the all

time and forever favorite a boyfriend telling a girlfriend

or a fiance? Listen to this beloved fiance

telling a fiance. You're still brothers and

sisters in Christ. Kleebel, Klopta, Leyton, Goro,

Bachta, Fiance and fiance. You're not husband and wife.

You have no marital rights whatsoever.

None of you have that authority on each other's body.

If you love me, you will give me all that I desire.

Because I love you and because I love you, I want you to fulfill,

oh you know, show your love by fulfilling my desire.

These are the fake, immoral, filthy believers.

These are the swine Jesus is talking to about or referring

to. Don't throw your pearls.

You are a child of God. You are a daughter of God.

You are a son of God. You are precious.

You have been given something that is so precious that is

reserved for that right person that will not have to ask but

has the permission to receive. You know what I'm talking about.

1 Corinthians 13. Five.

Love does not commit what is shameful.

You love someone. You don't expect that something

that is shameful to be performed by them.

Husbands and wives as well beloved husbands and wives.

You know, we have been given that gift of intimacy, but

everything in moderation, not in shameful acts.

And I think some husbands and wives who are listening know

what I'm talking about. Love does not commit what is

shameful, what is evil, Disgusting.

Neither does it seek its own. It's not provoked.

Neither does it entertain evil thoughts.

So those who in the name of love want something that is so

precious and is not right. Jesus is commanding us.

Do not throw those pearls before these swines, let alone the dogs

who are the unbelievers. Yes, you know, last I read

Hebrews chapter 13, verse four, it was quite clear that marriage

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is honorable withal, and their bed is pure.

But fornicators and adulterers God judges, you have been given

those precious gifts of being pure, and the only person that

has the right to claim that gift I mentioned before and I repeat,

is that person that God has blessed to become one flesh with

you. So those again in Christianity

claiming that in the name of love you must give what I

request and what I desire, these are swines.

Walk away from them, be it the male or the female partner.

You see we are a children of light, beloved.

In one Thessalonians chapter 5, verse 5.

Saint Paul beautifully puts it and you know it's a wake up

call, for you are all children of light.

We've been illumined in the waters of baptism through the

water and the Holy Spirit. And you are the children of the

day, and you are not children of night, neither children of

darkness. What you have that God has given

you, what you have been blessed and graciously blessed with your

title, your faith, the Holy Spirit.

You being a child of God, meaning being the apple of God's

eye for whom God took on flesh, came down and was ridiculed and

was spat at and took the the crown of thorns and the nails in

the hands and the feet and took the ridicule, took the spittle,

took the the the spear on the side.

Just for you so that you one more time can rightly as Saint

Paul says through God's grace, we claim Father to be your

father. We have all these gifts.

Let's preserve them, Let's treasure them.

Beloved, let's not be ready to just share with any person.

Light has no association with darkness.

Evil has no association with good.

Morality has no association with immorality.

Be careful, be on the alert. Satan is like a roaring lion

wanting to devour but again, he that is in you.

The Holy Spirit. God, the Holy Spirit that is in

you is greater than he that is in the world.

All we need to do is to turn to and be attentive.

To that Spirit, praise and glory be to his holy Name now and at

all times and forever. Amen.

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