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Episode 41: Essentiality of Deeds
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In the name of the Glorious Trinity.
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Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.
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Amen. Glory be to the Everlasting
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mercies which sent you to us. Oh, Christ the light of the
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world and the life of all give us wisdom by a law and Enlighten
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our impulses, by your knowledge, sanctify, ourselves by your
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truth, and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and may
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fulfill your Commandments at every hour.
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Oh, you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of
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your greatness do in light or my Lord are thoughts that we made?
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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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Double-edged sword. It Christian podcast Ministry
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presented by father, jonard Lazar, father.
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Jernard is a parish priest of the mud of the Parish of a
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Serene Church of the east in Turlock.
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California. Here's father, jernard.
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Show me in the Bible. Where does it say in the Bible?
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Show me in the scriptures is a demand.
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I receive many times when I'm engaging in peaceful, loving
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conversation, scriptural conversation or biblical
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conversation with my Christian brothers and sisters.
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And as much as that is a very valid demand that our ultimate
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source is the holy scriptures Sola scriptura which I like I
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admire solar scripture but we have to be genuine and honest to
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Sola scriptura in. And I always say it's not about
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how I feel what the scripture is teaching and telling us and
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commanding us not how I I feel how I perceive it because that
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is not faith. Faith is being obedient to God,
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faith is loving God, and worshiping, God, and being
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obedient to God, as I mentioned, the last episode.
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So this, this episode is going to be out, Sola scriptura
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episode on the understanding of deeds.
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And there is sensuality in Salvation.
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And in the pleasing, or Probably appeasing of the Lord and for
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the test of our faith in our judgment when the Lord returns.
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So let me start by quoting. Luke chapter 6, verses 3043 244
Luke 6 chapter mention
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and, you know, I encourage you to jot these down.
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I mean, I know this episode will be therefore whenever you come
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back and revisit it in 10 years time, God willing.
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But if you want to have these verses handy, I recommend that.
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So, let's look at Luke. Chapter 6, verses 43 to 44.
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And this is what Jesus is instructing.
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And this is what Jesus is teaching.
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There is no good tree that bears.
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Bad fruits, Deeds Works acts fruits all associated with each
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other nor a bad tree that bears. Good fruits for every tree is
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known by its fruit. What it produces, which is what
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Jesus telling us. So when you stand before a tree,
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an apple tree or not enge, tree or Tooth, Fairy language.
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Strawberry. I think to fighting it, you'll
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get the tree and when you see that the tree, some of the
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branches are bending over almost breaking because of the fruit
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that it's yield. You think this is a good tree.
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But when you see a tree just like Jesus, did the Sycamore, a
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only so leaves on the tree, you think?
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No, this is not a healthy tree or this year.
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This tree has let me down by its fruit so you pass that judgment.
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On that tree because of what you see, the tree has, whether
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produced or not produced in Matthew 16:27.
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Again, Jesus. The true Son of God.
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Our Lord, our King, Our Savior, a life-giver and the forgiver of
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our sins. Our ultimate judge the righteous
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judge who does not show any past reality commands and teachers
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for the Son of man. And this is a warning actually
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for the son of man is to come in the glory of his father.
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With all his Holy Angels, it's talking about the second coming
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and then we'll he recompense. That means reward or repay to
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every man as his deeds are doesn't even mention faith.
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Not that faith is not required. That is the the first of, you
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know, it's the, it's the Pinnacle.
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It's the first proof of our A ship with, Jesus Christ, Faith.
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But Jesus says that, when he returns, he will repay
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recompense to every man, as he's Deeds are as his works are.
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So if works are not essential and irrelevant, well, Jesus is
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telling me that I'm going to be judged by something, or I'm
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going to be recompensed by something that is irrelevant,
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no. Not according to the scriptures
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and again Sola scriptura only from the scriptures.
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Let's go to James chapter 2, verses 17 to 18.
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James is is relating faith and deeds.
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And we're going to talk about faith in another episode because
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I know there's going to be a lot of works by faith.
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You have been justified by faith.
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You have been saved. We're going to talk about bait
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by but we're going to talk about faith.
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Let's concentrate on to these because these are important as
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well. They go hand-in-hand faith
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alone. Not just faith.
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Faith alone without works is dead.
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Meaning, there will be no recompense for dead dead faith.
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When there is no Deeds, there will be no recompensing, there
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will be no reward because there is no Deeds for a man may say
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you have faith and I have Works show to me, your faith.
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That is without works, and I will show to you my faith, by my
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works. I can feel the Vibes.
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I can feel the questions. Echoing, what about Hebrews 11?
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What about Hebrews 11? Yes, we're going to talk about
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that but let me quote Hebrews 11:4 by faith.
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Now, Saint Paul here emphasizes Deeds that are not done through
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faith. Are just ordinary just habits
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and you know you know do not appease God are not justified by
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faith Abel. Offered to God.
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So he did something his faith Drew Abel brought able to a
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place where he did something and this is his deed offered to God
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a better sacrifice than that of Cain by faith Abel offered to
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God, a better sacrifice than that of Cain and on account of
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it. Now, some may say, no, that's on
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account of the faith. Let's not jump the gun.
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It's take it. Easy.
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And on account of the it he is testified of that.
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He was righteous. You may say see yes
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righteousness through faith and God bore testimony to his
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offering. So talking about what he
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actually did, how he proved his faith, how he emphasized, his
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faith through what he did. Let me read it again by faith
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Abel offered to God, a better sacrifice.
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Other than that of Cain and on account of it, he is testified
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of that. He was righteous and God bore
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testimony to his offering. And in consequence therefore
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though dead yet, he speaks not that able speaks but to this
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day, he is famous. And he is celebrated and enjoys
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a good name. Among all the religious people
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when we talk about Abel. Now flicker Bibles or scroll up
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or Google Revelations 14:13 and this verse I came across two
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weeks ago, so it's two weeks knew in my mind.
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And I Heard a Voice from Heaven saying, this is the voice of
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Jesus Christ. Right.
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It's a commandment right? Or take account or make note,
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blessed are the Dead who die in the Lord from henceforth from
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now. Yes, says the spirit that they
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may rest from their labors, their deeds, their works for
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their Works, will follow them where they will follow them at
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the righteous tribute tribunal of Jesus Christ.
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And hence, Paul in 1 Corinthians states that we will all be
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judged according to our faith and deeds whether evil or good.
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Let's have a look. At one of the many renowned
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Parables of Jesus Christ. Praise and glory be to his name.
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And it's in Matthew 21. We're going to pick it up from
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verse 28, a certain man had two sons and he called the first and
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said to him, my son go work today in the vineyard, which is
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the church, which is the world work today.
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We've all been called to work to produce, good fruits, good
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deeds. But he answered and said, I do
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not want to but afterwards, he was moved with Wet.
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And he went, we're going to read a commentary on one of the
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father's on this, then he came to the other and said to him
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likewise. But he answered and said, I will
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my Lord. He showed love through his faith
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in his Lord, but he did not go. He didn't do anything, which one
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of these two did, the will of the his father.
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They were saying to him, the first Jesus said to them.
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Amen. I mean, it's true.
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I say to that. Tax collectors and prostitutes
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proceed proceed you to the kingdom of God, Tax Collectors,
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or and prostitutes who have repented from their evil and are
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not now are producing Good. Deeds proceed you to the kingdom
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of God for John, came to you in the way of righteousness and you
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did not trust him, but tax collectors and prostitutes
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trusted him, and even when you saw it, you are not moved with
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great or with regret. Words to trust him, the Blessed
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theophil Act. Who is a?
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One of the church fathers who comments on this, he writes, he
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introduces two types of men. One type of those who promised
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from the beginning, such as were the Jews.
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Who said All which God spoke we will do and we will obey.
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Exodus 24:3 do and Obey, not just accept and love and believe
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in but obey and do the. Other type are those who
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disobeyed such are the publicans, and the harlots, but
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also the people of the Gentiles who from the beginning were not
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obedient to the will of God. But later they repented and He'd
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so, he's talking about doing he justified a commanded, the suck,
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the first son, who at first was not faithful, but then he did,
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he repented or he changed his mind.
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Basically, and did the request of the father?
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Matthew 7:24, everyone. Therefore And this is the
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parable of the two men who built the houses, everyone therefore
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who hears these words of mine and does them puts them in
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practice, fulfills them, we're going to have a look at some
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Works everyone. Therefore who hears these words
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of mine and does them will be likened to the wise man who
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built his house on Solid Rock built.
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You know, the verse is is so so evident of doing things.
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No being active building, working obeying going at oiling.
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So Deeds again are not just mere acts of love to the Lord, but
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have no value or no significance.
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When we Face the righteous Judgment of God, which pertains
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to Salvation. Let's look at some works.
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That Christ has called us to, as Christians prayer.
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Fasting. Arms giving.
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Loving to love to serve to witness about Jesus Christ.
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These are actual Deeds that we must fulfill.
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This is how we work in the vineyard in the church.
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In the world. To continue to pray and have
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that communication with God to enter that presence of the Lord,
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not only for ourselves but for others as well fasting
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almsgiving help the poor the needy to love thy neighbor to
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serve in the church to serve Jesus Christ.
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And to witness. However, however, we must know
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this, we must examine in, what Manner or motive or reason we
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are fulfilling these Deeds or Our obligation Christian
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obligations in Matthew chapter 27, verse 23.
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Jesus said to those who preached his name, who were casting out
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demons, who had a relationship with Jesus Christ?
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He says, I do not know you away from me workers of evil because
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their motives the manner that they were fulfilling their
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responsibilities. And the reason why they were
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preaching and you know, and healing was not appeasing to
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God, probably boastful maybe for self-gain.
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Praying, not to be seen and not repetitive repetitively.
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Matthew chapter 6, verses five, and six fasting without
Matthew 6 chapter mention
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grumbling, without being gloomy. Without boasting about our fast,
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Matthew 6:16 Loving. Let Not Your Love.
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Be deceitful, says Romans 12:19 to serve, not forcefully, but
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with trembling, with joy, with fear, with gladness to serve the
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Lord, some hundred verse 2 and some 2 verses 11 to 12 to
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witness and to proclaim the message of the gospels.
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And of Jesus Christ, not heretical and Falls, but in
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spirit and in truth, the deed of loving the Lord, we must not
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love the God because he will do something in return beloved, but
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rather for what he has done for us through his son, his beloved
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Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ and also because he is Lord, praise
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be to his name. You see, among the woman who
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came to the tomb of Christ, on the third day, they were
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anticipating to see a dead body. They were anticipating to find a
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body that was Still, that was actionless that could not do
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anything for them, but that body when it was alive while they
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saw, and they experienced turn their lives around.
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So this is the love that they had for the Lord Jesus Christ.
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They didn't come to embalm his body and bringing the the
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instance. So that Jesus would do something
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in their minds. It's a dead body at that body
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cannot do anything, but we know that Jesus is alive, but it was
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the True love and respect and obedience that they had for the
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Lord. So let's not love the Lord
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because we expect something. Let's love the Lord because he
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did something exceptional through his son.
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Our Lord Jesus Christ. So my beloved faithful Christian
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brothers and sisters. If faithful Christians committed
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Christians Born Again Christians.
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We are to be good. We are to do good and prepare
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ourselves for the day of judgment, where we will be
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judged, according to our Deeds, whether evil or good.
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Will we pass the test? Praise and glory, be to the name
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of the righteous judge. Jesus Christ, Our Lord now in at
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all times in Forever, One last thing.
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