Episode 53: The greatest commandment

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. Oh, 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 fulfill your Commandments at every hour.

O you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of

your greatness? Do Enlighten?

Oh my Lord, our thoughts that we made meditate upon your holy and

divine scriptures at all times O Lord of all Father and Son and

Holy Spirit. The greatest Commandment that

Jesus has given us is the Commandment of love.

I new commandment. I give you is that you love one.

Another love today. Love has many colors.

I'm sorry to say from pornographic to fake.

Being fake when we hear the word love.

We immediately, you know, consider charity, which is

great. We consider helping one another.

I mean, that's great. The love between a boyfriend and

a girlfriend when a boy and a girl are going steady, the girl

must prove her love by giving the boy everything.

You know what I'm talking about? And vice versa and when you love

someone, you need to have a sexual relationship with that.

Person. And by the way, let me tell you

something. Just because you love someone

and you have a sexual relationship outside of marriage

that is still fornication. Love doesn't bind a husband and

wife, no, the church binds, the husband and wife through the

prayers and the holy matrimony so the kind of love that Jesus

Has commanded us to, to show one another, the pure and genuine

Love Is defined in the Epistle of Love of st.

Paul, the Apostle, 1 Corinthians 13, although I always say the

love, the 1 Corinthians, 13 love.

We're going to have a look at that but I'm going to just take

among I'm going to only take one characteristics of Love.

Deadpool is talking about and that is patient.

The love that Jesus. Has commanded us to share with

one with each other. Is a patient and sweet, pleasant

kind Love, Not A Love. That involves giving not a love

that. That has to be proven by giving,

no patience, sweet pleasant and kind up.

We talked about patients in the last episode.

Another word used for patients is long-suffering When a mother

is being patient with a child because the child is involved in

drugs, and is in and out of jail.

And he's, you know, always having a brush with the law and

crime. What have you?

The mother is suffering. I mean, she's being patient.

But patient, also Intel's long-suffering which is what st.

John chrysostom puts it as the root of all self-denial.

So So loved that he self-denial. Sweet pleasant and kind is what

we need to portray one. Another, that is what we need to

possess beard, in marriage, in relationships, in families, in

friends, in relatives, and what have you and our neighbor.

Let's not forget, Jesus gave us a parable of the Good Samaritan.

Who is my neighbor. Anyone who is in need Proverbs

Proverbs 14:29

Chapter 14 verse 29. Claims a man that is

long-suffering that his patient is of great understanding.

But that, or he, who is Hasty of spirit is mildly, foolish.

Proverbs 13 verse 32. He that his patient is better

than a mighty men and he that subdudes himself.

Then he that seizes a City Saint John chrysostom rides on

long-suffering or patients that they are unbeatable.

Weapons and are sort of impenetrable Towers easily

beating off all annoyances. Jesus Christ.

We saw these in Jesus Christ, the scorning the ridiculed, the

refusal, the rejection, the resistance, the evil that was

wrought on him yet. He was not penetrated at all.

Why? Because he was patient and he

was long-suffering, you may say yeah, Robbie, you're talking

about God incarnate, we're not. Yes, I am talking about God

incarnate. I'm but we too, we too have been

promised by God incarnate that, if we suffer with him, we will

reign with him. Suffering means long-suffering

being patient. Beloved, this is the quality of

love that. We need to possess.

This is the love that we need to possess and this is the love

that st. Paul talks about in Corinthians

chapter 1, verse First Corinthians chapter 13.

1 Corinthians 13 · chapter mention

So John chrysostom goes on to say and as a spark falling into

the deep, Deep does no injury. Now when a spark Falls in a deep

nothing happens but it itself. Easily is quenched the spark

just goes out, so upon a long-suffering Soul, whatever

unexpected thing Falls, this Soul indeed speedily vanishes or

the unexpected things vanish, but the soul is Disturbed, but

nothing happens to the soul. The person is not is not moved

at all. Truly there is nothing so

impenetrable as long-suffering with your patient whatever comes

upon you and and you know again the quality of patients that

Jesus possess not what the world put trays.

You know I'll give you once twice third time you know but

you know what is it? Beat me once fool me once and

fool me twice. No not not what what is it?

George Bush Club. No no being patient.

Constantly being patient. Long-suffering for someone,

anything that comes Upon Us, Saint John chrysostom, he's

teaching his that they won't affect us maybe for a short

period of time but we learn to overcome and just as Jesus did

second Peter 3:9, the Lord God does not delay his promises.

2 Peter 3:9

See there's the promise as people consider delay but he is

patient for your sake. Think about it beloved brother

and sister. In one day.

No, not even a date in an hour. In a period of one hour.

How many times do we grieve? The holy spirit of God.

How many times? And you do we see Farm

Brimstone, come down on this novel?

How many times have we have? We sinned to the point where we

are ashamed to face our Lord. But we still hear the voice of

God. Telling us to come.

I'm patient with you. Um, repent.

I will receive you one more time, repent and sin.

No more. So, the Lord God does not delay

his promises as people consider delay, but he is patient for

your sake. Even when we grieve His Holy

Spirit and because he is not willing that any person would

perish, but that every person would come to conversion.

That is repentance, that is, that should drive us to

long-suffering that the person that is in wrong is, in error,

is in evil, is in sin, that we must be long per patient and

long-suffering. So that that person is converted

comes to repentance. And sometimes the best thing you

do during being patient is to pray.

And too fast for that situation for that circumstance for that

person. That is why our love should be

long suffering for the sake of the repentance or eventually a

new life in Jesus Christ for others and ultimately salvation

for Eternal condemnation. Beloved, if a person is living

in sin, we see in the prayers of the Liturgy of the burial of the

Dead that the judge will not forgive the soul that has not

repented. We Say this, we sing this.

And I must preach this. I must not sing this and say it

and then get on the pulpit and say well no God is merciful to

forgive everyone. Yes.

Yes, right now he is patient with us as long as we are living

on this Earth but when the Lord returns, when the Heavenly

bridegroom returns and the and the five for the 10 oz of the

five foolish virgins didn't have oil.

What did Jesus say what did the bridegroom say?

I do not know you they knocked on their door.

Or of the banquet and said, have mercy on us.

Let us see. Any said, I do not know you.

So that is why we must be long suffering for all the, for the

friend, the brother, the best frame, I go from my husband, my

wife, whoever it is my neighbor, because if they continue to Live

and Die, unrepented in sin, they will not enter the Kingdom of

Heaven. There is no salvation.

So let's be patient with those long suffering.

For those that are An error so that we can bring them to the

knowledge of the truth, new life with Jesus Christ.

And as I said, ultimately salvation from Eternal

condemnation. So John chrysostom continues to

ride. You may talk of armies.

Money horses, walls, arms or anything else whatsoever, you

will name nothing like long-suffering, it is the

greatest charity. It is the greatest gift.

The greatest help assistance that you can give a person who

is in error, who has wronged you, whatever that you must be

long suffering and being patient with it.

Person that is the type of, when you say to someone, I love you,

meaning, whatever it takes from me.

I am prepared to give to continue to remain with this

love that I have for you. You know, many people say to me

so father when someone is called a core, sorry someone is caught

in adultery. So you know, definitely divorce

is warranted, right? The husband or the wife yet they

have the right to I see, of course they do according to the

holy scriptures of course. But hey, how many times, how

many times do we commit spiritual adultery?

I mean, times that we worship that, which is not God.

How many times do we give more love for our social media?

Our image right? Then love for Jesus Christ.

How many times that's that spiritual adultery but Jesus

keeps taking his back, so the husband can be long-suffering

and be patient so that he can save that relationship that

marriage. We could not only because of the

children, God will take care of the children.

All children suffer more in broken marriages.

Yes, they do. But God will take care of those

children, you know, who suffers those who are in error, those

who are, who go through divorces, because of lack of

self-confidence, I'm sorry, lack of patience and lack of

long-suffering the patient, the long-suffering the suite that

Pleasant the kind love that we possess is a weapon.

That truly will Heap coal upon the heads of our enemies.

Now, People say, yeah, that's great.

You know, I'll show love for someone so I can see that person

burning with the calls. Well, that's wickedness.

That's not what the Bible says. That's not what Jesus was

saying. Paul is instructing us.

No, not wickedness. Beloved but rather as Oregon of

Alexandria rights for the benefit of our enemy, he writes

for it may be that a Savage and barbarous mind.

If it the Mind feels our Goodwill, our kindness, our love

and our godliness. Maybe struck by it and repent

and he will swear that as he's conscience torments him for the

wrong, which he has done. It is as if a fire were

enveloping or persisting him. So we can put people, we can

encourage people, we can instill the fire, and the Zeal, and a

desire in those people whom we show patience and love.

That they may come back to repentance and to reconciliation

with us if we are, you know, not at odds with one another if they

are doing us wrong. So patience is the weapon to

Heap these coal, because what did st.

Paul say, love your enemies, feed them.

If they're hungry, feed them. If the Thirsty, give them to

drink by doing this, you are heaping, burning hot.

So that means by doing this, you may change that person's

character from Evil to. Sentence that is what Romans 12,

14 alludes to Beloved, the patients that long-suffering

that are greater than the armies Saint, John chrysostom rights

greater than armies and money and horses, and walls, and arms

and anything in Fame. And glamour patients is greater

for he that encompasses armies money horses.

Walls arms often times being overcome by anger is upset, like

a worthless. Us child and feels all with

confusion and commotion because there is no patience.

But the man beloved that possesses long-suffering settled

at it were in a harbor, enjoys. A profound sincere.

Calm Well what? What an attribute that it sounds

beautiful. I mean, when you read these

commentaries of the father's, you know, it seems Stills in

your desire that yeah. You know.

I want to be I want to be patient but yet beloved patient.

Comes according to 1 Peter chapter 2 after Faith, knowledge

1 Peter 2 · chapter mention

virtue and self-control comes patience.

You can't just possess patients without believing in the Lord

Jesus. Jesus Christ, you cannot possess

patient's a love that is characterized by patients

without looking at, Jesus Christ.

Beloved, and that's what? Hebrews says in chapter 12 verse

2 and let us gaze at Jesus. Who is the author and the

Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy?

That was, he's the joy that was he is what Joy beloved,

Resurrection. Eternal life for you and I, he

endured the cross. Ross and ignored the shame.

And he sits upon the right side of the Throne of God.

Did you hear that? Beloved, he endured the cross.

He ignored the shame, he took the shame as though didn't even

happen to him. Look at the love.

This is Grace. What we were talking about.

Last week, Grace, this is the grace of God.

He took our shame, but he took it as though, it didn't even

happen to him, he ignored it. And he sits at the right hand of

the Throne of God and that, my dear beloved brother and sister

in Christ, is a promise for you. And I, so I want your undivided.

Detention now. Listen, stop the washing and the

in the vacuuming and pulled one side.

This Promise is for you and I look at what st.

Paul writes to Timothy in his Second Epistle chapter 2, verse

12. If we suffer if we possess the

patient sweet kind long-suffering love that, Jesus

possessed. If we suffer with him for one

another Suffer because for him suffer, because of him for him.

And for one another, we shall also reign with Jesus Christ.

Did you hear that? Did you hear that?

Let me read it again. If we suffer, so you're

suffering now. Stop whinging, stop whinging or

phenomena? Oh, why, why is it like this?

And why is it like that, if he's a loving God, why is there so

much evil? Because this human beings are

living on this world? On this Earth.

Beloved human beings, man? Commits crimes.

Not everything is God's fault. So get over it.

God is in full control. God knows but God has given that

gift. For you.

And I which is Free Will the gift of free.

Will the gracious gift of Free Will and we use it evilly.

We use it in a way that is not pleasing and appeasing to God.

We use it as you know as though I know how to use it.

It's mine. I'll use it as I want mine and

no one can tell me what to do. Nothing is yours.

All we possess beloved is that six feet Grave that is waiting,

everyone. That's what we possess.

So let's get over these whinging about suffering.

There will be suffering, Christ, didn't come and sugarcoat

Christianity. Listen cries hasn't promised you

that you're going to be a very lovey-dovey life on Earth know

Christ has actually said you're going to suffer.

So you want to believe you want to continue to believe in Jesus

Christ and love. Jesus Christ.

You must be glorifying. God, jumping for joy.

Only as the disciples did because you are suffering for

Jesus Christ and know that. When you suffer for Jesus

Christ, you're hammering Satan. Satan is at your feet and you

are. Other powering and you are

totally distracting Satan. So if we suffer, if we continue

in long-suffering, we shall also reign with him where we're in

Disneyland know in Europe. No, the Astra Austrian Alps?

No, no, no. In the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Eternal Kingdom. Beloved of God, the kingdom of

heaven, But if we're announcing, you want to let go of Christ

because Life's a little bit unbearable.

Well he will also renounce you because you are disobedient.

If we renounce Jesus Christ because we're having issues of

health and relationships and, and, and finances Whatever It

Is. Well, he will renounce, that

Eternal Kingdom from us as well. So let's continue in

long-suffering let us suffer. For our faith.

For our Lord. Jesus Christ with our Lord,

Jesus Christ. Let us suffer for one another

beloved, be patient with one. Another next time, someone says

to you, I love you you reply and say is that the love that is

long-suffering and sweet and kind or is it a lip service love

or a cliche love? Is it one of those?

I loved you first and most and loved you more in.

What have you right? No, no next time.

Someone proclaimed. That he or she loves you examine

that love next time you want to express.

Love for someone. You first examine your love.

Before you give it to someone else.

Is it long suffering? Is it patient?

Is it kind? Is it sweet?

Because, beloved, this is the love of God.

Every day. Every second of Our Lives God is

being patient with us. He's Lobby sweet.

He's loved his kind and he does not desire.

The death. Of a sinner but that he shall

repent from his evil and live, praise and glory be to Christ

Our Lord. Now in at all times and forever,

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