The Persecuted Church | Pr Matthew Chang

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Turned with me to Revelations chapter two, okay, or Revelations.

How many of you have never read the Book of

Revelations before? Never? Never have you? Honey, one, have you

read the Book of Revelations before?

Here?

Okay, there's a discrepancy. Some people say yeah, some people

say no, okay, Book of Revelations. Okay. So we're going

to read here from chapter two, verse eight to verse eleven. Okay.

I'm mentually going through a series on the persecute on

the seven Churches, but I'm going to jump from different

ones because I just feel like it's not skidding. But

there's some things I wanted to specifically touch on in

light of certain things that that's why I started with

number church number two. Okay. Now I'm going to read

here from verse the title called the Persecuted Church. Okay.

Verse eight says, and to the Angel of the Church

in Smyrna. Right these things says the first and the

last who was there and came to life. Now pause

there for a while. Okay. Now, I don't have I

didn't have a privilege to introduce to you some of

the what they call it uh introductions and learning concepts

about some of these letters. Okay. If you for every

letters to these seven churches, okay, you can see some patterns, okay.

And these patterns are very important for us to observe

so that you will be able to understand and interpret

the letters very clearly. And one of the things you

notice is that, of course, in verse eight, it says

to the Angel of the church's murner and the and

then you says these things, says the first and the

last who was there and came to life. It's like

who writes a letter and then says there says the

first and the last, and who was there who came

to life? Okay, it's very interesting. You know, you just

write the name, but Jesus himself doesn't introduce himself just

with his name. With every letter, you notice that he

introduces himself with a different title to a different church,

he will give a different title, and the title will

always correlay to the entire message and the hope or

the warning of the entire letter. And say what I'm saying.

Not so when you see here it says that the

first and the last and who was there and came

to life. It gives us a preview of what Jesus

is trying to warn us about, or the hope that

he wants to instill upon you. Okay, if you need

a doctor, I will introduce myself as a doctor. I

don't introduce myself as Matthew chungg Matthew Chang just a name.

But if you need a doctor, you are sick, you

just you don't need a Matthew chug. You need a doctor.

So I come to you as a doctor. If you

are laws and unique guidance, I introduce myself as a guide.

You get mean right. If you are someone who needs

who is in trouble, who needs a lawyer, I introduce

myself as a lawyer. You get I'm saying. Not So

for every situation that they are into, Jesus introduces himself

as with the corresponding title. Or sometimes if you did

something wrong, I'm introducing myself as a policeman. You get

me right. So it's very unique here. Okay, so this

is something you have to learn. So but this title

is not like any earthly title, and there's no earthly

job or occupation that gives you the title the first

and the last who was there and came to life.

There's no such title on the earth. This is the

only title only one person has, and the one person

who conquered death, and that is Jesus, only one person. Now,

many companies you can have see or assistancy, also treasury

or president, but there is all only one person who

has this title, and there is Jesus Christ. Now, the

next question is why did Jesus introduce himself as the

first and the last and who was dead and came

to life. Of all the titles that Jesus could introduce himself,

why did he use that? Okay, this is where our

message is going to go to in a while as well.

And he says here verse nine, I know your works,

your tribulation and poverty, but you are rich. And I

know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews

and are not but are a synagogue of Satan. Okay,

let's pause that for a while. Okay, he says there

in verse nine, I know your works. Okay, So first

of all, Jesus introduces himself and he tells them by

revealing to them what he's aware of. Sometimes you meet

Jesus and he's like, Oh, what is Jesus gonna do.

I'm just gonna say. Some of you will be scared

because why one of the first things you'll be asking

in your mind, it's like, what does Jesus know about me?

You won't be asking prayer needs you know, Jesus, can

you help me? In mind? Stade, you know, when you

meet Jesus, the first thing you'll be asking, You'll be

scared because what does he know? When you see a policeman,

you see a judge, you be scared. You know why,

because you'll be asking what does this person know about me?

Because if the person knows everything about you, you'll be

having very little questions. That person will have a lot

of questions for you. Some of you are very scared

of you. Yes, it's true, it's true. And Jesus introduces meself,

I know your works, what you have done. Okay, some

of you have a lot of fear. Hey, but I

tell you the fear of the Lord is the beginning

of wisdom, and it is right to have this proper fear.

To have a proper fear that God sees everything. You

can't mean I because that will put your life under discipline.

And self control. You get mean right if imagine your

life is no self discipline nor self control, how you

get mean right? And it's very important. You must know

that Jesus knows everything, knows everything in your life. Okay,

And he says that. He says, I know your works,

your tribulation and poverty, gain what you do, what you're

going through, and where you are now okay. And these

people are going through poverty, are very very And when

I say poverty, they're not just poor driver country or

it's not finding all poverty A means they don't even

know when their next meal come from, you know. And

there's a reason why they are so poor. Okay. And

I don't have a lot of time to go through

because I don't I have to live in about half

an hour. But the Church of Smana has a lot

of history. Basically they are under persecution from many groups.

So I need three volunteers to come up right now, quickly,

three volunteers to come up standing a line in here, okay,

treat okay, yep. Now, So in the city of Smyrna,

they are among the many groups of people. Okay, uh,

there are three dominant ones. Okay, they are what we

call the local citizens. Okay, local citizens, Okay. There could

be Romans, there could be Greeks and so on, and

software as well. Okay, the general population, they will go

along with anything in the town. Okay. And there are

two main religions in Smyrna and most of Europe as well. Okay,

what are the two main religions? Okay. The first main

religion is you worship your own gods okay, Greek gods,

Roman gods, whatever you want. And there are hundreds of them.

They could be worshiping Zeus, some Athena, some Diana, many gods.

That's why you go to Rome, you go to Effatus nowadays,

like there are many gods, many idols. Now they're even

coming into Disney as well, all this as well, African,

Egyptian and all. There are all the different gods now

coming up. So these people will worship all this, okay.

So but then there is another second religion that they

actually have to worship as well, key religion, and there

is the worship of who of the Emperor? Okay, so weeping,

can you come up for a one? So I want

you to stand in front of them. It's like your boss,

like your boss like that, like you're the boss, you know. Okay.

So on top of all their main religion, right, there

is one religion they actually introduce, and it's what it's

called the Imperial cult worship. What is the Imperial cut worship?

You can go online and find it. The Emperial cut

worship is basically this guy who is who's title is Caesar, okay,

now instituted the law that he is not just Caesar,

he is God. He is a god, and so you

can worship your gods, but you also have to start

recognizing him as God as well instead. What I'm saying,

so you have your pagan gods and you have your

Caesar as a god as well. So when a lot

of times I give you and I give you a hint,

I just stayed there for a so a lot of times.

Like some cities, the worship of the King of the

Caesar is very strictly emphasized. Some cities not so much. So.

If you are, for example, if you want to go

to a market, okay, and normally they only had one

million market in the city. If you want to access

go inside the market to buy things, okay, in front

of you, there will be soldiers, maybe a battalion soldiers,

twelve of them, and there will be two altars okay,

one of the altars okay, it's like a like a

like a puppet that then let me make sure you okay,

like say this is the door, and then there are

say for example, there are too out saying. One will

be where the coal would be burning hot coals like

current hot pot. Okay, okay, there's no what you meet okay,

no what you meet here. But on the other part

here there will be incense powder, not the stick under

its incense powder like those aromatrapy. So before you enter,

you need to take a pinch of the incense and

then you drop it on the on the chuckle. Then

you and there will be a smell, and then you

say Caesar is King and God in front of the soldiers.

Then you only walk inside to the marketplace. This is

to show your allegiance that you are you respect the

Roman government and you also acknowledge Caesar is king. This

is before you enter the market in mass. Then the

market is where you get all your food, you conduct

your business, you do your banking, you get your license,

everything for your family. Imagine you have to do that

as a Christian, it's very difficult. Now come back to here.

So we have Caesar and then you have the local people.

The local people got no problem with him. You want

me to do that, got no problem doing that. Okay.

Now there's a second gold people, the Jews. The Jews,

they are also everywhere in Europe. They are in Rome,

They're in Smyrna, Eversas, Krinth and every places. Okay. But

the jew can't do that, okay, because they only believe

in one God, not many gods. They can't. They don't

practice the pagan worship, they don't practice the Imperial card

worship as well. And so they actually come to Caesar

and say that we can't do that because it goes

against not just our religion, our entire nation. Our entire

nation as a people are founded on the belief that

God is one only worship. But we cannot do that, okay.

So the Jews had an agreement with Caesar and Rome.

You know why is that agreement? She said that you

are exempted from doing it. But what is the catch?

Pay money? How to pay money? What's what they pay money?

So in exchange, you will be allowed, the government will

be allowed to collect texts from the Jerusalem Temple. Ah.

Why the Jerusalem Temple because every year all the Jews

must go to Jerusalem for the Day of Atonement to

give the sacrifice. Ah. There is why they have all

their sacrifice and all the money changes their Jesus was

saying that you turn my father's house into a they're

not thieves. People from everywhere we were coming around to

go and visit them, but the man An agreements so

that they can collect texts from them. Because the collect

tests from where everybody is going Corona instead of going

to people, they come to you smart or not. And

there's a lot of money to be collected from there,

a lot of things to be collected from there. So

but next time I will tell you how the collect

text collecism. They don't collect directly. They collected through the

priest saw. A lot of the priests were converted to

become text collectors, like Matthew as well. So Matthew came

from the tribe of Levi. He was a text cart

he was a priest, and then because of this Roman

system they came in, he became a tax collect and

so text collectors were the most hated people now say

you hate the Romans, but did you realize that it's

your own people who made this agreement? Oh so corrupt?

But this were you think all this corruption that happening nowadays?

I tell you a long time ago, I more complex systems.

They are around as well. Interesting, isn't it? But this

is it? But did you said we do this to

serve God? But because of that they were exempted. They

don't have to do it. They okay, walk into the market.

Now then we have another third group of people. We

have Christians. Christians. Now Christians, they were very unique. They

a lot of them are Jews, but also they are

Greeks and Romans. But they are not like the locals.

They don't worship the Pagan they cannot worship Caesar because

they recognize Jesus as Lord. But they are not entirely

Jewish as well, because the Jews hated them. The Jews

hated them, you understand what I'm saying, hated them, persecuted them,

send one of the top lawyer to go and then

the soul to go after them and put them in

prison and on. So the Christians were ostracized. You know,

they are neither the locals neither the Jewish, so they

don't enjoy the same priv all the exemption of the Jews.

So you are living in a place where you have

no privilege, or you are it's like you are a refugee.

You are in a nation without a passport. Your own

country disowns you. They're like, you're starting Australia, but you

don't have a Malaysian passport. Even the Malaysian embasy don't

want to then want you. You know, you cannot draw money,

you cannot do anything you can mean right, no body,

So because of that, you cannot access into a lot

of things at that has caused you a lot of

economic hardship. Makes sense? Okay, thank you so much everybody.

Is there a good explanation? I think I should be

a luxurity and ask so I thought I used people

to give you a visual understanding. You understand why it's

so different. It's so hard to become a Christian that time,

isn't it. That's why they were so poor at that time.

There were through so many tribulations. But it says that

Jesus says that, but you are rich, and it says

that I know the blasphemy those who say they are Jews,

but they are not. That's why their own brothers and

Jews Jewish people were betraying them. They were actually telling

the Romans and all the local authorities are where the

Christians are and who the Christians are. So the Christians

were scared. They can't trust the Romans, they can't trust

the Greeks, they can't trust even their own people from Jerusalem.

They were basically hiding. You have to go out, not

telling anyone who you are, but you don't know how

to get food as well. You don't know who to trust, Okay,

and then say that in verse ten, do not fear

any of those things which you are about to suffer

or but Jesus makes it clear you are about to suffer,

but do not fear. Indeed, the devil is about to

thraw some of you into prison that you may be tested,

and you will have tribulation ten days. This is not

the ten days ten days. These ten days that could

mean ten Caesars. Ah, not these days ten Jesus, which

is quite of true, but I can't remember. But from

that time the Caesar you go down, it was actually

by that time you have constantly Emperor Constantine. By the

time that actually when Christianity wants made ten caesars, okay,

and I will give you the crown of life. You see,

that is why you go back to the title, what

did Jesus talk about? You say, I introduced myself as

the one what as the first and the last who

was dead and came to life. Because Jesus is trying

to you are going to go through these situations and

it's gonna get worse, and some of you because of

your austracized, being ostracized, you're gonna get thrown into prisons

and you're gonna get persecuted. But now I introduce to

you not just as Jesus, but as the one who

overcomes life, the first and the last. Okay, the first

and the last and the one who was dead and

came to life. How does that bring comfort to the

Christians at that time? Jesus trying to tell them this

life is only temporary. Remember all these when they die,

they do not have a hope. But you, when you die,

you have a hope because you know me and you

have seen me alive. You get me a that's the difference.

You know me and I'm talking to you who was dead,

But now alive said, So that is why Jesus just

introduced anyone he introduces to himself as the revelation of

truth in that life, so that they can go through

this tribulation and give glory to God as well. That's

why the title is so important. Okay, now, and then

he says, yeah, be faithful until death, and I will

give you the crown of life. And in verse eleven,

he who has an ear, let him hear what the

spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not

be heard by the second death. Okay, about the second

death means it's not just dying on the flat, but

second death means eternal separation. Death always means separation. When

you physically die, your spirit separates from your body. When

you spiritually die, you separate from God completely. Okay, now today,

as I you know, eventually the second half of what

I want to cover is talking about the dangers of

the world and the persecutions that we will enjoy as

believers as we go into uh closer and closer to

the return of Christ. As well. I have some slight Yeah,

I was just going to skip some part and the

next time I'll tell you guys more maybe we can

go to the anti Christ agenda anti Christ agenda. Okay,

So they many Antichrist is not just one person. It

is a spirit. People saying, oh is it this person?

Is it this person? Is it this person? There are

many anti Christs, but eventually there will be one major

revelation as well, the spirit of antichrisis everywhere. And what

is Antichrist? Anti Christ means one to God against everything

that Christ stands for and believes in as well. Okay,

and towards the end, okay, maybe Skytish scripture John fifteen,

verse eighteen. Okay, John fifteen, verse eight from fifteen Okay.

He says here, if the world hates you, you know

that it hated me before it hated you. If you

were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet,

because you are not of the world, but I chose

you out of the world. Therefore the world hates you.

May no mistake people. I'm here to preach a truth,

not to preach to tickle your ears. Okay. I would

love to tell you that Christians in this world, in

this present world, are the most blessed and most privileged. No, okay,

in the field, in the In moving forward, the world

will see us very differently, like how just not. The

Christians are being perceived by the Romans, by the local people,

by everyone as well. Even your own people will betray you.

Moving forward, Christians will be perceived and be hated next night. Okay,

people will hate the Christians. They will look at them

with suspicion. They will think that you are extremely Christians.

People are very exclusive. You only say there's only one

way to Jesus, no other way Jesus or the way,

the Truth and the life, no other religion, and it

makes you very exclusive. How can you say that there's

only one way? Okay, there is? There is an example.

People say that, Hey, some people feel not If there's

an elephant, some people hold onto the trunk, some people

hold onto the task, some people hold onto the feet,

some people onto the tail. But all of them are

holding onto the same elephant. So all the religions lead

to the same thing. Does that make sense? If you

go to the airport, do you take any plane? Every

ahl plane go to the same place. Some of you

are so stressed you go to the airport rely just

to make sure which plane goes to the same places

near correct or not. You go to the detail. This

one going away doesn't mean it has two wings. That

it flies to the same place you know, doesn't mean

it does good. That means it's going to the right place.

You know. People, you know that you have to be

consistent in applying your same logical thinking. You know again,

sometimes what your bias is, you know, think, be consistent,

apply the same logic. Does it mean that it's going

to the same God. No, people know. What's more important

than your feeling and your background is truth. Truth is

what is most important. What Jesus says may be very

offensive to some people, but you have to ask yourself.

Is he telling the truth? Despite whatever how inconvenient it

may be, how contrary to what the world may feel.

But what is he saying? Either he is a liar,

either he is a madman, or he's telling the truth.

Make your decision. You get mean right, you choose. I

don't want either he is a liar, he's a madman,

or he's a truth he's not neutral, or you decide

what you want. No, he has never given us the optional.

You have to choose. Either he's a liar, you don't

follow him. Either he's a mad man you ignore him,

or he's telling the truth that he is the only way,

and you have to take everything he says to the core. Okay, no,

no other way. Okay. People will say Christians are extremely judging.

How can you say this is right? How can you

say this is wrong? How can you say whoever identifies

as this is wrong? How can you say abortion is wrong?

Tell you not, I told your Bible. Say that you're

not supposed to be judging people. Hey, people, you take

these things out of context. You know, yes, we're not

supposed to go and judge people. To create, strive to

create what they call it an environment or criticism or

putting down people. But every day, the moment when you

wake up until you sleep, you use your intellegent intelligence

not just to think, you know, but to think but

to make judgment for yourself. Everybody who opens the door,

who comes and knocking on your door, do you let

your children open the door? I'm your father's and mother's friend.

Can I come into your house? You teach your children

to make judgment, So then if the stranger says to

your children you cannot simply judge strangers, do you let

him in? No? You don't care what the person tells you.

I don't care you judge me or not. I won't

let you in. You you need to use judgment, to

be sharp, to be able to cut, to divide right

and wrong, good versus evil, light versus dark. The moment

that your knife is down, you are unable to cut

divide clearly. There is the moment that everything comes into

your life and destroys you. My words are very strong,

but it's true. I'm speaking to a lot of young

people here. That is the truth. I tell you, young people.

Be sharp. You have to be extremely sharp. Don't be down.

Don't be down. By extremely sharp, yes and yes no

means no. And you are clear, by the truth, able

to clearly divide with the word of God. Turn to

your neighbor and say, are you sharp? You're you shup? Non?

Very very important. Okay, Well you have to be extremely sharp.

People will say that, you know, Christians are corrupt. Look

at some of the pastors, some of the churches, or

because some more then they fail and moral failings. Oh God,

you're judging the church and there's some of these pastor

some of these people, so you don't trust them, and

then because of that you move away. You steal clear

people you're not worshiping. You're worshipping pastors and churches. You

know you're shipping Christ. You know people will fail you one.

Your family members will fail you, your spouse will fail you.

Just doesn't mean that your spouse fail you. You completely divorce

from them. You know your parents have disappointed you or not,

then you live one. You don't take support from them

ANYMOREA don't stay in their house to eat the lunch

or their food ANYMOONA. But you stay on and you

make things work, isn't it? You make things work, you forgive,

you love, you learn. Of course they are failings. Of course,

that is why God is constantly working this flesh, that

body we've had in this world. It's sinful. You know. Pastors,

you and now your teacher. Your parents are not exempted.

You yourself are not exempted. Doesn't mean you carry a

bi What means you are holy and perfect already you

know you know what I mean? Right? No, that is

why we all need the fear of God in our lives.

You said, Now you see, there is why there's a

there's a Bible saying do not celebrate when your enemies fall,

lest the Lord turns his eyes on you and forgets

the former you get. I'm saying, you know, do not

celebrate when someone you are like, oh this person, go down? Yeah,

down on you put on Facebook. Be careful what you say,

because the Lord does not delight in the destruction of

the wicked. He will judge, but he does not delight

in the destruction of the wicked. You Almost even the

most evil person, he does not delight in this, in

destroying them. No, he will be righteous, but does he

enjoy it. No, Because just as any father, if my

son does wrong, do you think I have to judge,

I have to spanking, I have to correct him. But

do I like it? No? I don't. Did like like, ah, yeah,

you know some statistic father, some of you like like

a sick fellow. And I was like, no, no, he said,

if you have a sibling, I'm correcting my son, scolding him.

And then suddenly another son, Yeah, did you do it?

Scold him? Yeah? God like that? Why you think I

look at my other son. I will be pleased with him.

You condemn your own sound like that? Are you cannot

do that? If you do that, I'm gonna I'm gonna

turn my raft. And then now on you you keep

talking about the other Christians. Now I'm looking at you.

Now you you are celebrating me, judging him like that.

Now I'm turning this the same thing, the same row

I'm gonna put on you right now. See how you measure.

Be very careful, pray instead of judging if they're wrong,

Prayer really, pray, really really pray. Do not allow the

devil to manipulate you, to turn you into becoming an

instrument for your own destruction. Careful, now, these are all traps,

you know. All these following people are are traps are

for Christians are to point out, you know, and you

see sometimes that online all these peoples are the posting things.

It's a trap. It's a trap. You got exposed. You

got exposed for trying to expose other people. You got exposed.

Be very very careful. Remember the scripture is Okay, Father

does not delight in the destruction of the evil. Maybe

next time you want to find the scripture, I will

show you later that if you've got time to go

and find it. Okay, I'm very sure I've read them

many times before. Okay, Now I want to bring to

because of time, I want to bring to I want

to teach because this is I don't have many times

with you guys. I want to teach, Like recently, there's

an election that's happening. I don't care which party, but

I care about the values, not about people. It's about values,

and a lot of people nowadays vote for the values.

And I want to don't say, well, right and wrong,

but I want to turn you guys, to equip you

guys to know how to properly tackle these issues, not

through the humanistic way, but through the biblical way. Some

of you, let's scared past what you're gonna take it on?

I want to take an abortion? Oh how you take abortion? Okay,

let's tackle this. Okay, well pastally gonna go fire you? No,

you see, yeah you go Now, let's do this. No,

I want to do it the bbiic a way. I'm

not scolding people because trust me, I've learned many wrong

things in my life before. Okay, I learned it and

I corrected, and I appreciate people who give me, who

tell me discuss in a very civilized and a very

very logical manner, and I want to present it in

the right and biblical way. Now. A lot of times

when you hear abortion right. The proponents will say this, okay,

the conservatives, we know pro li you know, no, it's

bibically wrong. But the people on the other side, they

will always say that it's about women's right, giving the

choice back to the women. What we are doing when

with this legislation is about giving them to decide for themselves.

Women must be able to decide on theirself, their body

and all these things. And you know why they say

like that, because they want you to feel empowered. There's

the word thrown around, isn't it empowering people? Empowering? So

a vote for this, a vote for this policy, it's

about empowering women. So by saying empowering, they put the

whole agenda of female on their side. It's about empowering. Man.

Who doesn't want to vote for a party that empowers you,

true or not, who doesn't want to vote for that

it makes you feel empowered? Man, you can they cannot

give you money. By they give you rights. They make

you feel like your whole identity is about your rights.

I decide for myself help this person is for me.

You get mean right, empowering, and it's always about it's

my body. I get to decide for myself. The state

shouldn't decide for myself my body. In my mind, I

have the right to control it. Okay, don't tell me

when it's right and wrong. Don't tell me when it's

life and no life. A lot of people will say that, hey,

but this abortion is about people who got raped, people

who have pregnancy issues. The statistics from CDC are okay, CDC,

but they never released it until recently only here when

they were running the campaign. They never released statistics are

but ninety five percent okay, of the cases of abortion

has nothing to do with health, but with moral issues

ninety five percent. Even with pregnancy issues are zero point

one percent, zero point one percent, dealing with andcy issues,

dealing with rape issues zero point one percent. But they

ran with the zero point one percent as the right

for one hundred percent. Know your statistics very carefully. Ninety

five percent is about what sex outside marriage and people

just don't want to deal with the convenience of being

a young mother, being a young parent. How many of

you are because most of the people who are boughting

are campus students, are teens, young adults not ready. They

are there because you a lot then go into university

with a debt. You know, took alane. You're already trying

to climb from a negative and now you have a children.

How are you going to climb out of that because

of a poor decision? You go mean right? Because of that,

what they fear is not a child. They fear they

have no future. That is why they choose that. That

was the biggest problem, you get me right? So the

problem was not because of abortion. The problem was a

lack of discipleship, lack of education, lack of discipline, a

societal collapse in no, but they turned the problem into

a societal problem, into a problem of women's rights. Now,

if I can say all this, I can argue, but

what is the bibical manner? What's the bibical view of it?

Let me ask you this. What is the opposite of

abortion in the Bible? Oh, this is a queas. What

is the opposite of abortion? You're ready for this? The

opposite of abortion is communion? Communion? You know what's communion?

Every Sunday you come, you take communion, the bread, and

the and the drinker you tak That is the opposite

of abortion? Why? And I'm going to show you to

this chart there then you start to see things, not

from what I argue, because I can argue you for fanbagger,

But the the most important thing we see it should

be from the Bible, from the lands of Christ. Where's

the slight? Yes, okay, well wait wait up. So abortion says, okay,

the view of the body, it's my body. I decide

for myself. Yes, you have that right, No, no problem

with that, we understand it. It's my body. I decide

for myself. On the left, abortion, but Communion says what

Christ says, this is my body given for you. Totally opposite.

The Jesus is not about my right. Jesus about I

give up my rights? Where is life found for us

as Christians? When somebody gave up his right the higher

law ownership of the body. About my body is mine,

I have the right to control it. In communion, Christ

gave his body selflessly for others, not just even to

an unborn baby, even to sinners. Knowing what you have done,

Christ still gave his body. Nowadays, women don't even want

to give up their body for an innocent childnner, not

just talking about innocent shower. We're talking to you and

nice sinners who knows what you did, and I, who

knows what you have lied, who knows what you will become,

rebels you. Even rejected him, he still want to offer

it up for you. This is the higher law youse

of the body. Abortion said, I want to avoid the

burden and inconvenience of my future by terminating the unborn communion,

says Christ. Instead of avoiding, Christ bore took on the

burden of sin and suffering of humanity. One avoids one career.

It just these steps up. I take on others. You

avoid your own, but Christ will take on your oars

life and sacrifice. Abortion is about your future, is about

prioritizing your personal autonomy over the life of the unborn.

Communion is Christ sacrificing his life for others, even before

they believed. Like I said, when you cover one side,

when you don't, you remove the right set of communion.

When you just look at abortion from the world perspective,

it looks empowering one no, no, it looks right one another.

It looks to make stand for you one ano. But

when you open the other eye, not by the world,

not through your intelligence, but through Christ, what cost has

done for your own life, then you start to see, Wow,

it's not good, it's actually evil. So this is what

we meant and that the world has become wise and

right in their own eyes. So God comes and opens

our eyes and just open eye. He does it for himself.

I tell you what is supposed what God? You want

to know the will of God. This is the will

of God. This is the true will of God, what

God always intended and wanted. You don't look at what

the world says, look at the cross. You want to

argue that you want it? So next time. A lot

of times when you go into argument about abortion all

this thing, it's not about going on the poppy there

and they're arguing, yes, you can argue, but people will

still say no one because you're you're fighting against their rights.

The true solution for abortion and all this moral problem

is who Jesus. Jesus is always the key. Jesus has

always been the key. Jesus is the standard, the standard

and the standard and uh and and and the person

that we look up to the measure for everything we

choose in life and how we view in life. You know,

make no mistake about it. You understand why I'm saying

or not until you see things clearly. It's like you

don't say, oh, the World war, they don't know. They

are blind as all, they couldn't see Christ. And I

tell you, they honestly believe they are right. They honestly

believe they are right. They think they are writing and right,

and I genuinely believe they are sincere. That's why I

don't hate them. I don't like Oh no, I just

look at them. They are blind because they can't see Christ.

When they see Christ in his sacrifice and his love.

Oh oh, oh, what Christ has done for me? Love pure?

How can I stand for that? You get? I mean right?

You cannot. You cannot mix with the world. You cannot

tell me you're a Christian and stand for this because

it's totally opposite of what Christ stands for. You know.

That is why the world will be can't turning into

an anti Christ h gender, That's why the anti Christ

agenda will sound so appealing it was sound, and how

worry it will deceive even some of the elect people

as well. And I see what I'm saying now, So

focus your eyes on Jesus m Then the rest of

the world will become clear to you, makes sense or not.

And then any of you have seen this, this, this

issue before like this, This is one example. I got

another example. I go on time, but I'll take this one.

You see now it not. Sometimes when you don't see

you see. If you want intellect, you argue with with

your friend. You go online church jipt will tell you

tell church. Jipita doesn't see Jesus. Okay, check Gipity. Only

see whatever information and be so smart. But without Christ

you are full. You're fool. You can mean right, no

substitute for spirituality, for intelligencer, no substitute and saying what

I'm saying. Not how many of you want to one

one Jesus to continue? Open in your eyes? You say,

we see people. We as Christian, we labored so hard.

You come so far to hold on to Christ. But

yet you don't want to stumble halfway because you saw

things wrong me. And make no mistake, the world and

the devil will work over time to deceive you, and

I you get me. I will work over time to

deceive you, and I pray and open your eyes. Keep

watch in the darkness of night, because the enemy comes

to steal, kill and destroy it. And say what I'm saying.

And but hold on to the truth, looking and saying, God,

I'm not just telling me why it is right. I

need the spirit of discernment. Meet you as a young

person right now. I tell you you are so exposed.

You know why, because you spend the most time on

your mobile phone. You get me right, and these things

will stand straight in the thing you do more devotion

and quiet time with your phone and the world, and

more than Jesus. You know, there's your devotion time with

the world. Every day you spend four five hours devotion

with the world. TikTok, tictot, stays stash. That's just whatever

they do, whatever they say, whatever, celebrity and those whatever

seems to wear more power to you girl. You know

whatever the more power to you got your goal and

like it as well. There is your devotion with the world,

your quiet time with the world with Jesus. Or thirty

seconds you said, think a little of down. That's why

why do you think the world is our religion, isn't it?

How many of you want to wake up? How many

of you want to stay on this path of truth,

of being able to really cut across so that we

no longer are dec We see clearly and we continue

to walk in love, in truth, and in righteousness. Amen.

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