Episode 37: Let Your Conscience Guide You

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 a law and Enlighten

our impulses, by your knowledge, sanctify, ourselves by your

truth, and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and may

fulfill your Commandments at every hour.

Oh, you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of

your greatness do in light or my Lord are thoughts that we made?

Meditate upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times

O, Lord of all Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.

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Father, jernard is a parish priest of the mud of the Parish

of a Serene Church of the east in Turlock.

California. Here's father, jernard one of

the many ways to growing stronger in our faith as we are

waiting for the Go to return. That is the coming of the day of

God. According to second Peter,

2 Peter 3:12

chapter 3, verse 12 as the virgin's, waited for the

bridegroom. Matthew chapter 25, verse 6 is

Matthew 25:6

to work for the Lord, as we wait for the Lord, we are to work for

the Lord. That is be occupied.

Be engaged in the works of our faith.

Saying Peter instructs Us in verse 14 of second.

2 Peter 3 · chapter mention

Peter chapter 3 that we are to strive.

That means toil continue being gauged struggle work that we may

be found by him. The righteous judge Jesus Christ

in peace without spot and without blemish.

So as we wait for the return of the Lord, which is what Saint

Peter is talking about in the previous verses, we are to

strive that we may be found by him.

Jesus Christ, Our righteous God, righteous judge who sees no

partiality without spot them is found by him without spot and

without blemish. So let's break it down found by

Jesus Christ in peace. Peace with who will first and

foremost. We need to be at peace with God.

And how do we ascertain? What is peace with God is to

understand and acknowledge and to know the cause and the birth

of animosity between God and Men what was it?

In the Garden of Eden Genesis 2:17.

Genesis 2:17

It was Disobedience, very simply.

Put God said, do not and man did So as we wait for the return of

Our Lord, for the Heavenly bridegroom, we are to strive to

be at peace with God, that piece, which was made by God

through the death of his son. Romans 5:10 notice, I said, God

Romans 5:10

made God initiated God graced upon us.

He's peace in Romans 5:8-9 st. Paul writes God has manifested

Romans 5:8–9

his love towards us because if when we were sinners Christ died

for us how much more shall we? Now be justified by his blood

and me rescued from wrath by him.

So God manifested God began the work being at peace with God and

the peace that we received through his son, Jesus Christ

and as Christian children of light Children of God, we need

to be at peace with others. Now, others may not want peace

with us. Others May at every time, be

Waging War and hatred and persecution upon us.

But st. Paul writes had beautifully in

Romans 12:18, and if possible so far as it depends on you o

Romans 12:18

beloved Christians. Live in peace with every man.

We are to initiate peace with every man just as God initiated

his peace with us. We are to always be stretching

out the hand of Peace as Children of Peace.

We need to be peacemakers. Christmas is around the corner.

Beloved, what are we seeing in the anaphora of the Divine

Liturgy? When we begin at every Sunday,

every time we celebrate The Divine Liturgy.

Glory to God in the highest we repeat Thrice and on Earth

peace. So when we celebrate Christmas

beloved, we celebrate the gift of peace that God gave man and

brought to man through his son Jesus Christ.

So this Christmas make it your number one priority that before

you give those gifts of iPads iPods.

I this are this knows that give the peace Piece of forgiveness,

pick up the phone on Christmas day.

As we celebrate the birth of our Lord, The Peacemaker between

God, his father and Men pick up the phone and make peace with

someone that you have a beef with Christ did this.

I was talking to a friend who was complaining that whenever

someone who is correct or someone who has a true Point

regarding a certain, you know, circumstance or a certain issue

that person is being called, you know, crazy or you're a little

bit out of your mind and it was a little bit offensive, but I

mentioned I said, well Christ, Our Lord, our King.

Our God, God, incarnate was cold.

The head of Bill zebub. He was called crazy.

He was said to be out of his mind.

So God making peace with you and I beloved who are we to withhold

the peace with others. Saint Paul writes, it again,

very strictly and very precisely while we are waiting for the

Lord to return. We need to be working for the

Lord. And one of the Is to make peace

and to make peace with others. After all, we retain the

gracious title of children of God, Christians are called the

children of God. And when I say Christians, those

who have received Jesus Christ, as their lord, and their Savior

and have been baptized in Christ and have been put clothed with

Christ. I have been buried with Christ

in baptism and obviously believe faith comes forth and are living

a christ-like. Life are called a graciously

titled children of God. We retain the gracious title of

children of God receive from the mystery of baptism Galatians

Galatians 3:26–27

chapter 3 verses 26 to 27 by being peacemakers.

You know, we receive this baton. We received this gift, we give

this gift. We become that gift.

Peacemakers, Matthew chapter 5 verse 9.

Matthew 5:9

Jesus says, blessed are the peacemakers for they will be

called the children of God. They will continue to leave the

title, The gracious title of being the children of God.

So again, this Christmas when you do pick up that phone or you

do send that It takes message to wish a friend, a relative a

cousin who ever it. May be a blessed Feast of the

Holy Nativity to make peace. Remember you are receiving that

blessing ride back at you because the blessing that Jesus

gives for the peacemakers who will be called the children of

God. Matthew 5:9 will remain on you

Matthew 5:9

and for you, And lastly we need to be at peace with ourselves

self peace. How do we attain this beloved?

There's only one way we can do this is through our conscience

and st. Paul in the Book of Romans

refers to conscience as the natural law and conscious or the

natural law, which is our secret that will, we will also be

judged according to the gospel of Christ.

Romans Romans 2:16 judged, according to the gospel of

Romans 2:16

Christ, Our conscience, the lateral law by that.

We also will be judged according to the gospel of Christ along

with our faith and our Deeds. It is our conscience that bears

testimony to our peace with God and others.

You want to know and confirm and and and affirm that you are at

peace with God and others test. And Your conscience.

Conscience will either rebuke you or vindicate defend you.

According to Romans 2:15, when you get in trouble and you don't

Romans 2:15

know right from wrong. Give a little whistle, where's

that from Audrina? Well, Stephen Pinocchio, I love

Pinocchio because, I believe personally, there are biblical

connotations to it. Number one, don't lie.

Number two conscience, which were talking about. 03 to battle

ends up in the whale and was that from Jonah.

Yes. Jonah was in the well, and there

is a, you know, there's a message of being honest and what

have you? And he goes on, when you meet

Temptation and the urges, very strong, give a little whistle.

And he goes not just a little squeak pucker up and blow and if

your whistles wake yell, Jiminy Cricket.

As I said which was Pinocchio's conscience.

Very important. You know, we need to speak about

Conscience in depth in one of our episodes.

But to know if you are at peace with God, you are at peace with

each other. In order to be at peace with

yourself knowing that you are at peace with God and others is to

examine your conscience. So when the conscience is clear

beloved peace with God and others can be at peace with

yourself. Paul continues in verse 14, I'm

sorry. Saint Peter continues in verse

14 of his Second Epistle chapter 3 to strive and to be found also

not only at peace but without blemish and without spot.

Now, Peter here is talking about the Holy activeness liveliness,

which Jesus refer to, when he said in Luke chapter 12 verse

Luke 12:37

37. Blessed, are those servants whom

the master finds awake? When he comes when the master

finds that are they are toiling. They are continuing to strive to

please their lord. And to strive to enter that

narrow gate, So, in order to avoid and to be found without

blemish and spot, we need to strive to avoid our thoughts,

our words, our deeds and actions, which defile us.

We pray this after having received the Holy Mysteries, the

priest prays may. He, that is Jesus Christ.

Our Lord who has deemed us worthy to partake in his also,

The fine body and blood may he grant us to please him in our

thoughts, words, deeds and action.

And we continue to pray that God will grant us the urgency, the

seriousness, the desire, the will and the faith to cut off to

throw away the arm, and the Hand, the leg and the feet, the

eye and ear that are the cause of our defilement.

And these Beloved, the church fathers, refer to Saint, John

chrysostom refers to these as As close friends and relatives.

These can be also our addictions and I refer to them at times the

demons. So we need to be on the alert.

We need to be striving. You cannot sit back, kick back,

relax and claim that you read two verses of the scriptures and

that you have spoken to someone about Jesus Christ.

And that you have said, three to four Words in your prayer or

you've done the sign of the cross before you sleep, or you

do the sign of the cross. Each time you pass a church or

you see the holy crucifix of our Lord and our Savior Jesus

Christ, or during Christmas and Thanksgiving, you fed one or two

homeless people kick back and say I'm done.

This is my work. No, because they are what God

refers to in the Old Testament as dirty rags if they are not.

If they are done in blemish and in spot and not in peace, what

use is there when you feed a homeless and you, you nourish a

homeless person and yet, your brother, your sister, your

friend, your relative is starving for forgiveness,

because they have wronged you, you know, Jesus says, if your

brother Or your sister, or your relative, if they sin against

you, you are to go and try to make peace beloved.

We have been called to live in peace with God, with others and

ourselves, and we have been called to live a life that is

without blemish and spot. New Year's is coming along as

well, news, even everyone has their resolutions, right?

You know, I think a Christians resolution should be let God's

will be done whatever the Lord pleases that shall be According

to some, but at the same time, beloved, you know, not so much

focusing on how we look and our weight and our, you know, our

appearance. But more focusing on our

spirituality. How we look spiritually before

Christ, how we look ourselves in the mirror when we see ourselves

in the mirror. Can I truly say I can see Jesus

Christ if not. Well, there is a hindrance,

there could be blemishes and it could be spots.

I always mention and I always harp on this and I don't know if

I'm the only person that actually continues to beat this.

Drum our social media activities.

What we say, what we speak, what we do, what goes through our

minds? Yes, the urgency is extremely

urgent. Beloved, if the internet causes

me to sin and causes me to be found blemish and with spot when

the righteous judge returns, well, let's get away and let's

do away with the internet, you know what I'm talking about.

About. So this is how we can strengthen

our faith. This actually helps us to grow

in faith as well. There is not a secret remedy.

A click of the finger Remedy or take two pills and you'll be

okay. No Christianity is a continuous

life. Faith is not of the emotion of

the feeling faith is God said, don't I will not God said do.

I will do. Christ has commanded this.

I will do that. Cried Christ is deterring us

from this. I will not do that.

The Apostle's have called us to this.

I will go there. The church has commanded us to

do this. I will do that.

This is Faith being obedient to the Commandments of God, his

son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, his Apostles, the church, the

scriptures. So, let's let's Ponder on On

that during this time. Bill it beloved let us truly see

that. Do we stand in peace with God?

Are we at peace with others and we can do that by knowing and

seeing an examining that if we are at peace with ourselves, is

our conscience clear, if our conscious is clear, and we are

truly attentive to the voice of the Lord, not our own

understanding, then we praise God.

If our conscience is eating Us Alive, then we pray to the Lord.

Pray and ask that the Lord will strengthen us to be that son or

that daughter that child that God has called us to be so that

we may praise him at all times and glorified in at every season

forever. Amen.

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