Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel – Don’t Die Spiritually Blind: The Sacred Secret Jesus Revealed at Midnight

0:00 Unless one is born again, cannot see the kingdom of God. But unless one is born of water and the Spirit, not cannot see, cannot enter. So there is seeing and there is entering. Now unless one is born of water and the Spirit, what is water and the Spirit? Baptism. For the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God, Amen. Our beloved fathers, deacons, nuns, faithfuls, both in this holy church and everyone who is watching us through live streaming, may the almighty Jesus Christ of Nazareth bless you, guide you, protect you, and deliver you from the snares of the enemy, whether it be visible or invisible. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Today's liturgical service, our church fathers have chosen a passage from the Gospel

1:09 according to St. John, and that is chapter 3 and verses 1 to 21 inclusive. It is the Gospel according to St. John, chapter 3 and verses 1 to 21 inclusive. When we look at these verses... we realize the depth of theology that is embedded in the gospel according to St. John. The gospel according to St. John consists of seven signs.

1:49 I always say this, whenever you come to read anywhere in the Holy Bible, whether it be Old or New Testament, whenever you grab a book or a chapter, you need to look at the key that opens that book. It's like a musical piece. When a professional musician comes to play that part of music, they place a chart in front of them and it consists of all these notes in black. However, the very beginning of that chart, there is a note called the key. So that professional musician looks at that note in order to understand and realize what kind of a scale they are playing at. And therefore, according to that scale, they will know exactly what kind of chords they will expect to come their way. That is a professional way of reading music and playing music.

3:00 The key to reading it correctly, the key to playing it correctly, lies with the first note called the key. You need the key to open the right door. If you use the wrong key, what will happen? You will read the entire chart incorrectly, therefore you will play it incorrectly. You're sending the wrong message completely to the audiences. In this manner, the Holy Bible must be approached. I beg of those who preach. In this manner, the Holy Bible must be approached. If you do not get the right key, For each of the Gospels and the Epistles, the entire Bible, you will misinterpret it and you'll send the wrong message.

3:57 Very dangerous. When you come to the Gospel according to St. John, St. John deliberately uses the word sign, not miracle. Even though, when you look at the signs, they are actually miracles. The Lord's example, John chapter 2, the Lord Jesus changes the water into wine. That is a miracle. But St. John does not use the word miracle, deliberately uses the word sign. I don't have the time for this. This is one point we need to address. So when you come to the gospel of St. John, the right key to it, the depth of theology. That is the key you use to open the gospel according to St. John.

4:45 The depth of theology. When you come to approach a chapter in the Bible or a gospel in the Bible that speaks of the depth of theology, therefore everything in it must be approached and interpreted in a theological way. Period. So when you come to the seven signs, each sign takes up three chapters. Chapter 1 is the introduction to the sign. Chapter 2 is the sign itself. And chapter 3 is the outcome and the result of the sign. So, 7 signs. Each sign takes up 3 chapters. 7 times 3, 21.

5:28 And that is the Gospel of St. John, 21 chapters. And let me tell you this. Number three, biblically speaking, represents perfection. And number seven, biblically speaking, also represents completion, perfection. So seven times three, it is perfection times perfection. Seven, perfection. Three, perfection.

5:56 Perfection times perfection equals perfection. Now in the Western world, they say when you're 21, now you're mature. But according to God's law, it is 30, not 21. But look at the Western world. They are doing it according to the Holy Bible. They say, oh, you're 21. Let's throw in a big birthday party because you're an adult now. Well, where did you get that from? Because seven and three is perfection, biblical. So 21 is a biblical number. So even though you're not believing in Jesus Christ, but you're doing what he's saying without realizing. I just had to rub that one in, okay? Go to the Western world.

6:38 We'll leave that for another day. So now when you come to these signs, each take three chapters, 21 chapters, and that is the gospel according to St. John. Today's gospel, chapter 3, verses 1 to 21, it is an encounter between someone who is an extremely educated man, where they can trace his record and prove that he's educated. He's approaching someone that has no education whatsoever. The one who is educated, Nicodemus. The one who has no record of university theological doctorate from Notre Dame, Nicodemus. Is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. So the educated. Is coming. To the uneducated. Nicodemus.

7:34 Is a compounded word. In Hebrew. Or Syriac. Aramaic. I speak Aramaic. Literally means. Pure blood. The meaning of the name. Pure blood. Deme. Nicodemus, pure blood. What is pure blood? He is a Jew, son of a Jew. He is an Israelite, pure Israelite. And chapter 3 begins, there was this man from the Pharisees. When you go to the Pharisees, my beloved, you will see them the most literal, Everything has to go under the microscope as far as they're concerned.

8:23 They are extremely, extremely, they look at things in detail. A Pharisee meaning he is extremely educated in the scriptures. He is not only educated, he is the head of a synagogue. And not only the head of a synagogue, he is a member of the Sanhedrin of the Israelite nations. The Sanhedrin consisted of 70 elders. This is taken from the time of Moses. 70 elders were those people most educated, most informed scripturally, where they come to look after the nation with their affairs on a day-by-day basis according to God's word, to God's law. they would lead the nation into doing what God expects them to do. A very educated man, a leader of a synagogue, a member of the 70 elders, the Sanhedrin, very, and a Pharisee, meaning

9:30 he needs to check and double and triple and quadruple, check everything under the microscope. A literal person. He comes to the Lord, And the Holy Bible says at night. Don't ever go to the Lord Jesus at night. The word night here is not a literal night. We're talking about theology here. It is not a literal night. literal night.

10:01 But a night here. He went to the Lord. Hiding from people. Not to know. That he is going to meet Jesus. Because that would have tarnished his image. Before the whole of the Israelite nation. So he is going there. And trying to protect his own image. The Lord will not tolerate such an approach from nobody. Educated, not educated, matters not. If you want to go to the Lord Jesus...

10:40 Do not be ashamed of him. Do not be embarrassed. Do not say what people will say about me if I proclaim that I belong to Christ. The world will ridicule me. The world will make me crazy. The world will go against me. The world will persecute me. Well, who gives one penny about what the world thinks? Because you're going to the one who is the light to this dark world. You're going to the one who is the life to this dead world. You're going to the one who is the truth to the lies of this world.

11:12 Obviously the world will despise you when you go to Jesus. But are you man enough to go in daytime, not at night? Meaning, in the open, let the whole world know that you are a Christian. And you better be a proud one too. Proud one too. Because there is only one way and there is only one truth and there is only one life. His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth who reigns forever. He's God revealed in the flesh.

11:46 And if the world doesn't like it then stick it. I love everyone but not more than Jesus. I pray for everyone, but the truth must be told as is. When you talk about the light, what else can you say? It's light. Is there anything else? No. It's light. Don't try and make it a bit dark. It's light. He goes to the Lord and says, we know that you're a teacher come from God because all the signs that you're doing, no one can do unless God is with him.

12:51 The Lord Jesus replies and says to him, thank you very much for these wonderful words. Make me feel good. No, he doesn't. Oh, please don't talk like that about me. Look, I'm just a humble man, you know. Yeah, he didn't say. The Lord Jesus replied totally ignoring what he just said. Why? Because the Lord says, since you came at nighttime, I'm going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget. Oh, so you know that I am... A man came from God because the signs I've been doing, only God can do. Yes?

13:29 Well done. Well, since you know that I am the one and only, why are you ashamed of me coming at night time, trying to hide from your own nation, your own people? But I'm going to reply with this. Unless one is born again, cannot see the kingdom of God. The reply of the Lord got nothing to do with what Nicodemus said. We know you are a teacher. Come from God. Because the signs you make, only God who is with him or God, unless you're God, you can't do these kind of signs. He says, listen, mate. Well, he didn't say mate, but that's an Aussie way. He said, listen, let me tell you this. Unless one is born again, cannot see the kingdom of God. And then he says, how can I be born? I'm an old man. What

14:27 do I go back to my mother's womb again and be born? Nicodemus, your mother is dead. You're an old man. You just said it yourself. You're an old man. And even if your mom was still alive, are you serious to go back into your mother's womb? You are the teacher of Israel and you don't know what I'm talking about?

14:57 If I have spoken to you earthly matters yet you understood none, how then can you understand if I speak to you heavenly things? If the earthly you are not comprehending, how can you comprehend the heavenly which you've never seen? The things you've seen you can't even tell. How can you tell what you've never seen? And you call yourself a teacher? You have PhD in theology? Today, unfortunately, not all, but some church leaders take pride in their PhD in theology.

15:43 But they don't know the Lord Jesus. That PhD in theology attracts Satan Because Satan dwells wherever there are big heads, small hearts. The Lord Jesus wants your heart, not your head. The Lord Jesus wants your love, not your knowledge. Because he is too much for you to know and for me to know. But he wants you to love him.

16:18 So when you take pride in your PhDs, Satan comes and says, now you're talking. But when you take pride in Jesus Christ of Nazareth, you are burning Satan. Even if you are not educated as far as the world is concerned. And then the Lord says, unless one is born of water and the Spirit... cannot enter the kingdom of God. Unless one is born again, cannot see the kingdom of God. But unless one is born of water and the Spirit, not cannot see, cannot enter. So there is seeing and there is entering. Now unless one is born of water and the Spirit, what is water and the Spirit? Baptism. My beloveds, when you read the first three chapters Of Saint John. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3.

17:27 Today's gospel is chapter 3. From verse 1 to 21. When you read the first three chapters. You will realize. It is talking about the sacrament of baptism. Which is born again. Being born from above. Holy baptism. Why? Because when you go. To chapter 1. Chapter 1 is an introduction, we said, to the miracle or to the sign. So chapter 1 ends with these words. Read it at home.

18:04 It says, Nathaniel, what are you going to say when you see heaven opened and the angels of heaven ascending and descending on the Son of Man? Chapter 1 says this. And closes with these words. Nathaniel, what are you going to say when you see heaven opened and the angels of heaven going up and down on the Son of Man?

18:33 Chapter 1 closes. What is the Lord referring to here? Ah, Genesis. We go to Genesis where we see Jacob running away from Esau, his brother. Because Esau said, I will kill Jacob for stealing my blessings. So Jacob is running away from Esau's sword. The sun starts going down. He's extremely tired. He's extremely hungry. And night is falling upon that Jacob.

19:05 He says, I need to sleep. I need to rest. So he grabs a rock and makes it like a pillow. He sleeps. He sees a vision. A ladder connecting heaven and earth. And the angels going up. and down on the ladder. What the Lord spoke to Nathanael, he was referring to the ladder his forefather Jacob saw in a vision in the book of Genesis, long time ago. He says, Nathanael, I am the true ladder. What Jacob saw was a ladder symbolizing the true ladder called Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

19:46 Because just like Jacob saw the letter connecting heaven and earth, I am the true letter that came to connect heaven, i.e. God, and earth, man. Reconciling man to God once again. Who is this letter that connected God and man and brought reconciliation into play today? Jesus Christ, the true ladder. How did the Lord Jesus truly reunite us back with God again?

20:18 Chapter 2. And after three days, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Why is the Holy Spirit mentioning after three days there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee? Because what happened in Cana of Galilee? The Lord changes the water into wine. Now, to change the water into wine, what is that wine? To cut it short, his blood.

20:48 His blood. And to prove that that wine was not an earthly wine, but a divine wine, which is the blood of Christ, because those people of the wedding had run out of wine. Let me tell you something, a customary thing in the Middle East back, especially in those days. The wedding used to go for seven days and seven nights, drinking baby. Not like now. We go to the reception and then we go to the airport and we go to Hawaii. No, seven days and seven nights you are in Fairfield. The wedding would go for seven days and seven nights. For them to run out of wine, that meant they were so much drunk, they were swimming in drunkenness.

21:37 The Lord Jesus changes the water into wine. And let me tell you one true, one fact. It is impossible for water to change into wine. Humanly impossible. Why? Because there is a substance absent in water, present in wine. Carbon Dioxide. Now who can create out of nothing something? Only God. Not a prophet, only God. Only God can create out of nothing everything. I wish I had the time.

22:13 Now for the water to change into wine, only God can do this sign. That is why Christ revealed his divinity for the sake of his mom Mary. She interceded. And you know why he called her woman? By the way, there is only two places where Christ calls Mary woman. One in the wedding of Cana and the other one at Golgotha on the cross. Because Cana and Golgotha are one.

22:45 Are the same. But Cana revealed Golgotha before the hour had come. And the reason why he called her woman... Because to change water into wine, only God can do that. And since the Lord revealed his divinity, therefore Mary cannot be the mother of the divine. She's the woman. God as God cannot have a mother. Please understand. When you go and ask any church that refers to the Holy Mother as the mother of God, When you say the mother of God, which God are you referring to? They'll say Christ. They can't go outside of that. Impossible. So as God, who changes the water into wine, cannot have a mother. And the reason why he called her also woman, because in Genesis 3.15, it says, the seed of the woman shall crush the head of the serpent. Now who

23:55 is the seed of the woman out of the entire human race? Only Jesus. Because only Jesus was born of a woman without an earthly father. He had only an earthly mother. No earthly father. So he is the only one that qualifies this verse. The seed of the woman shall crush the head of the serpent. Now, since he is the seed of the woman, when he changed the water into wine, he said, this is my blood. And my blood will be shed on the cross three years and a bit from the wedding of Cana. After three years and a bit, what I've done here will be revealed literally on Golgotha. I am the seed of the woman that came to be crucified. And on the cross, I will crush the head of the serpent. And since I'm God as God, she is woman, not mother. But

24:53 she is the woman of Genesis 3.15. I am her seed who's going to crush the head of Satan, the serpent. Now the reason why it was his blood, not wine, because those who were drunk, the MC, the MC back then used to be the father the father of the groom. So the Lord Jesus says, go and call him. He came drunk, seven days drinking. His son is getting married.

25:31 He's happy. He comes and drinks from that water which the Lord changed into wine. The 12 apostles saw that with their own eyes. When he drank it, he turned to the Lord and he said, us people, we serve the good quality wine first. to the guests. And after they get drunk, we serve the cheap stuff, $ 2 shop. Why?

25:59 Because if we serve the quality wine for seven days and seven nights, definitely we'll go bankrupt. It's too expensive. Each bottle is worth $ 200, $ 300. This one is $ 2. So what do we do? We can't put the $ 2 wine first because the people are still sober. And if we put a $ 2 cheap wine, they will laugh at us and they will withdraw the envelope and won't give us any money. They'll say, these people are cheap. We will leave them cheap. But we serve them with good quality.

26:31 Let them be drunk and relaxed and happy and enjoying the moment and we'll whack them with the cheap stuff. They won't even know what hit them. But you, he referred to the Lord, but you have kept the good quality wine till the end question this guy is drunk to the core how did he drink this wine and realize it was quality how did he realize this only one way when he became sober my question to all of us have you ever seen someone drunk and drinks more wine and becomes sober this man was drunk he drank the wine which the Lord converted from water to wine And became sober. He realized his quality. If he was drunk. He wouldn't have realized if it's quality or not.

27:22 He's drunk. How did he realize his quality? Because he became sober. Then which wine brings you into soberness? The blood of the Lamb of God. Just like earthly wine makes us drunk. Where we lose our sense of orientation. We can't tell our right hand from our left hand. So as sin spiritually makes us drunk. Drunk spiritually, where we lose our sense of orientation, we can't tell our right hand from our left. Sin makes you drunk like this physical drunkenness. And what brings us out of that spiritual drunkenness? The blood of the Lamb of God. The water which changed into wine is the blood of Christ that washes your sins away and brings you into a spiritual soberness, awakening, enlightenment, where you start realizing what is

28:16 right and what is wrong, where is the truth and where is the lie, where Christ is and where Satan is. You will realize it made possible by the blood of the Lamb of God which He shed three years and a bit after the wedding of Cana on the cross. On Golgotha. What do you say Nathaniel. Chapter 1. When you see heaven open. And the angels of God. Ascending and descending. On the son of man. So there is unity now between heaven. Which is God and earth. Which is men. Who united us with God. Christ the true ladder.

29:03 How was this made possible? After three days, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. What happened after three days to the Lord? He rose triumphantly from the grave. He rose from the dead. His resurrection reconciled us back with God. Heaven and earth became one once again by the resurrected Christ, the risen Messiah. By shedding His blood on the cross, being buried and then rise on the third day. After three days, Christ rose. Through his resurrection, we were reconciled. with God. And what is this resulting in?

29:47 Nicodemus chapter 3. Unless one is born again, cannot see the kingdom of God. Unless one is born of water, and the spirit cannot enter the kingdom of God. Water and spirit, baptism. We have the baptismal font. We fill it with water. And the spirit, the spirit is the Holy Spirit descending on that water, sanctifying it and making it a baptismal font, a womb, a spiritual womb where it gives birth to spiritual children. Do you have time?

30:26 I wish you had time. My son, you represent Christ. My daughter, you represent the church. When the man and the woman get together, they give birth to children. When Christ and the church became one, they give birth to children. Just like the woman has a womb, where she carries that baby and then gives birth to that baby, so as the church, the spiritual mother, has a womb called the baptismal font. Through that baptismal font, that is the womb of the spiritual mother, the church. When Christ and the church are one being, the church, the body, and Christ, the head, when the two become one, when they are united, they give birth. Christ and the church became one, gave birth together. through the womb of the spiritual mother, the church,

31:27 gave birth to spiritual children that live forever. Unless one is born again, that is called faith. What does faith do? It allows you to see the kingdom of God. But let me tell you one thing. When you look at things and you see them, the only way you see them is from outside. True? When you look at a house, you see it from outside. When you look at a human being, you see them from outside. So, faith is born again where it allows you to see the thing from outside. But birth allows you to enter what you just saw. I saw the kingdom of God. But when I received baptism, I entered the kingdom of God. Why?

32:28 Because in baptism, Christ adopted us all to be children of God. So through the baptism, we become the sons of God. And only the son enters the house. The slave remains outside. I don't have the time. Baptism is taken from the Greek word faptisma. And the word faptisma literally means when you dye something into, when you dip it into another color and you dye it from head to toe. That's faptisma, that's baptism. So what is baptism? Crucifixion, burial, resurrection.

33:24 Because the Lord Jesus shed his blood for all of us on the cross. He suffered on the cross. He died physically. He was buried and he rose from the dead. So baptism is dying. You die something, you change the color. We all got dipped in the blood of the Lamb of God from head to toe. Galatians 3.27, you who have been baptized into Christ have put on the Christ.

33:52 Meaning when I receive baptism, I put on the Christ, I hide in him because I've been dyed in the blood of the Lamb of God from my head to toe, inside and out. I hide in him and he covers me all from head to toe. So what is baptismal? Putting on the Christ. How do I put on the Christ? I'm crucified with him. I'm buried with him. And I'm risen in him. What is that called? A new birth.

34:29 I'm born into Christ. Unless one is born of water and the spirit. Baptism cannot enter the kingdom of God. The son of God through baptism adopted me. to be the son of God. And when he made me the son of God, now I am allowed to enter my father's house. Prior to that, I was living in sin. And as a sinner, I can't be the son of God.

35:00 Because to be the son of God, you need to be like your father, holy, sinless. And the only one who is sinless is Christ. When you put on Christ, you receive his perfection. You become the son through the son of God. And through the son of God, making me the son, took me out of slavery from outside and brought me into the house of my heavenly father.

35:33 Now I entered when I was received. into that house through the second birth. Those who are born once will die twice. And those who are born twice will die once. Those who are born once will die twice. And those who are born twice will die only once. Those who are born once will die twice. Every single human being was born once. Doesn't matter if you're a Christian or not.

36:15 I'm talking about humanity. Every human being is born once. If you do not accept Jesus Christ of Nazareth, you will die twice. One, physically. Second, spiritually. Because everyone who is born once dies physically. But because you did not receive the Savior and the Redeemer of the world, you will die spiritually and that is the true death Spiritual death is when the spirit departs from God. But the biological death is when the spirit leaves the body and that is only transition. That is no death. But the actual death, the true death, is when the spirit departs from God. But those who are born twice will die once.

36:58 Who are born twice? Christians. Once from my earthly parents and the second born, born again, is the second birth from my heavenly father. Simon came to the Lord Jesus in Matthew, when you read Matthew 16 to 18. The Lord Jesus asked the disciples, who am I? What do people say about me? The disciples started answering. Some they say, oh, it's John the Baptist came back from the dead. Some say, now you're Elijah. Some say, now you are Jeremiah. Some say, you are one of the prophets of the Old Testament.

37:31 The Lord then directs the question at the 12 apostles. He says, then who do you think I am, my 12 apostles? Simon, the one who jumped always first, he was rushing into giving an answer. Isn't he wonderful? But this time he nailed it. He nailed it. Simon answered and he said, you are the Christ, the son of the living God. Simon, son of Jonah, blessed are you, for it was not flesh, nor bones, nor blood that revealed this to you, but it was my Father who art in heaven revealed this to you. Therefore, your name will no longer be Simon, but Peter. Simon, born from physical parents. Peter, born again from spiritual father, heavenly father.

38:23 Simon temporal, Peter eternal. Simon weak, Peter strong. Simon sinner, Peter holy. Simon dead, Peter living forever. Simon slave, Peter the son of God. Simon denied him before a woman. Before the crucifixion. Before a woman. You're a man for God's sake. And not only denied him before a woman. He said, I swear for you. Like the Middle Eastern way, you know. Trust me, I swear. He made an oath.

39:08 I do not know this man. Simon made an oath. He swore. I do not know this man yet. In Matthew 16, 18. You are the Christ, the son of the living God. So Simon denied the Lord both through his humanity and divinity. He denied him in his entirety I don't know him he swore after resurrection the Lord restored Peter the Lord is faithful the Lord is love the Lord is good Come here, Simon. After resurrection, the Lord calls Simon first out of all the 12. Or actually, Judah was gone out of the 11. Because at that time, Matthias had not been reinstated and the place of Judas Iscariot.

40:07 So he called Simon. He said, come here, Simon. Do you love me? Do you know why Simon failed the Lord Jesus in the Last Supper? Why? Because the Lord says, it is written about me. I just want to show you the difference between one born in the flesh and one born in the spirit. The second birth, born again. Baptism.

40:33 The Lord says, it is written about me. What is written about me means? It is the word of God. What does that mean? It is the truth. You can't change it. And don't try to falsify it. It is written about me that the shepherd, Christ, will be striked and the sheep will run away, will be scattered. Simon stood and he said, not me. All of these disciples of yours, they deny you, not a problem. But I will not deny you. I, Simon, will not deny you.

41:04 The Lord says, relax, Simon. Are you listening? I'm saying to you, it is written about me. It is the word of God. God is the truth and everyone is a liar. How dare you making God a liar? It is written that I will be struck. I'll be crucified. All of you will run away and leave me alone. Simon continues with his stubbornness and says, I'm with you, Lord, until death. I will not deny you. He denied him before a woman, not a man or a soldier. Before a woman, three times. Then the Lord rises from the dead.

41:47 The first one is called to him is Simon. Come here, my darling. Do you love me? He said, Lord, I've learned my lesson. I'm doing it very simplified here. He said, Lord, I've learned my lesson. I know, I know, I know, I know. Now you want to see if I've learned my lesson. I will prove that I've learned my lesson.

42:07 I know, Lord, the biggest mistake I made. His reply was when Christ asked him, do you love me, Simon? He says, Lord, you know that I love you. In the Last Supper, I, Simon, will not deny you. Simon put himself before the Lord. And anyone who puts himself before the Lord must fail, must fall. Because nobody goes before the Lord. The Lord is the shepherd and all of us are sheep. From the Pope to the lowest rank in the church, all of us are sheep. There is only one shepherd because there is only one head to the body, which is the church. And that is Christ, the King of all kings. If the Pope is not a sheep, he will lose himself and the flock with him.

42:55 If the bishop is not a sheep for the Lord, he will lose himself and the entire flock. If we do not follow Christ, all of us are going to hell. The one who leads always is the good shepherd. There's only one. His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. So Simon, I am appointing you a shepherd in my church. You put yourself before me, bad lesson. have to fall and you need to learn your lesson the hard way when he went out crying in that courtyard outside like a baby he realized his grievous mistake I shouldn't have said I will not deny you so when the Lord asked him after resurrection Simon do you love me you see he put Simon first and then him the Lord he's testing him he said Lord I learned my lesson I'll

43:52 reply with this Lord you know that I love you The lesson is you have to be always first and I'm last. Because you're the leader and I'm the follower. He said, ah, now you're a man. Now Peter is talking. Here's the keys. Look after my sheep. And that is for every church leader. Every church leader. When you say as a church leader, Lord, you know that I love you.

44:30 When you put Christ before you, then you're a successful leader. But if you put yourself before Christ, then you have failed your task and you failed the flock. Peter, Simon stood before a woman, swore he does not know Jesus Christ. Peter stood in the temple. Before the priest and the high priest and all of those who were in the temple.

45:01 People of power. He stood and he said, you who have denied him. He's pointing the finger at the priests and the high priest and he says, you who have denied the Lord. If there was one who should never talk about denial is Simon. Because Simon, you're the first one who denied him. But no, I'm not Simon. Simon is dead. It is Peter the rock speaking. I am born again from above. God gave birth to me from heaven.

45:33 This is the strong Peter. This is the eternal Peter. This is the fearless Peter. This is the true leader of the church, Peter. You have denied him, but I bear witness. You crucified him, but I'm saying to you, God raised him from the dead and he preached in that temple. He brought 3,000 souls in one hour for the Lord Jesus. Poor Jesus preached for three and a half years. There was only 120 followers of Christ in the upper rooms. Peter brought 3,000 in one hour. You know when the Lord is pleased with you He will move mountains for you. And he will make the impossible possible.

46:30 The unreachable reachable. The incomprehensible comprehensible. The invisible God visible. My beloved children, Christ is not a story told. Christ is not a song being sung. Christ is not a duty to be fulfilled. Christ is life that must be lived. It is easy said than done. It is easy to preach the word, so hard to live it. That's why there are many preachers who are noise pollution in this world.

47:20 Because there are very few who live that word, the Logos. So it's not about preaching. It's about living what you're preaching. Nicodemus, your name means pure blood. But you came at night. What a shame. Pure blood should come in the day. nor in disguise, nor in hiding at night. My beloveds, you have the blood of the Lamb of God in you.

48:09 That is Nicodemus. It is pure blood in you, which is the blood of Christ. Don't ever be ashamed of your Lord, because he will be ashamed of you before his Heavenly Father. So when you preach, Preach with pride for the glory of Christ. And that's why you have to preach Christ as the truth because he is the truth.

48:43 And when you preach him as the truth, there is no hypocrisy. There is no twisting. Let's preach the Lord in a way that we don't offend anybody, including the government. Well, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I went to Bunnings, they've run out of painting brush. Stop painting. Stop. Stop painting. Show the true color of Christ. What are you painting? What are you trying to hide? I love everyone. But if there is something evil, I'll say it's evil. I'm not going to say, oh, why should we cause dramas? You know, we don't see the Lord Jesus, but we see Mr. Elbow.

49:41 We don't see the Lord Jesus, but we see Mr. President. We don't see the Lord Jesus, but we see the King. We don't see the Lord Jesus, but we see people of great influence. We see people that are rich. We see people that are influential. We see people that are famous. You know what? Leave the Lord for now because we don't see him. It's a lot easier to avoid him, but it's very hard to avoid the ones we see. Therefore, we need to be nice to the ones we see and not very nice to the one we don't see.

50:13 What a shame. That is coming to Christ at night. But your blood became pure. I gave you my blood. It's running in you. Why are you ashamed of me? When people deny the existence of God, they become fools. Fools. Don't deny the Lord for he is God. Love the Lord. Ask the Lord for mercy, for forgiveness. Ask the Lord to hold on to you always because I can't hold on to him always. I'm weak. I'm a sinner. Sometimes I grab him and so many times I let go of him because of my weaknesses, because of my foolishnesses, because of my stubbornness, because of my ignorance. But Lord, you are the source of wisdom. You are the holy of holies. You are the light of the world. You are the I am that never changes. Hold on to me, Lord.

51:33 Whenever I fail, you never do. Whenever I walk away, you never do. Lord, keep me with you because I can't do it without you. Amen. Let's bow our heads. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God, amen. Our good God and full of mercy, our good God and full of mercy, whose grace and mercy is poured upon all, pour, my Lord, the compassion of the delightfulness of your love upon your servants, and again transform them in the hope of renewal to the life of repentance. Renew in them your Holy Spirit, by whom they are sealed for the day of salvation. Purify them by your compassion from all flesh and spiritual blemishes, and assure the hope of their faith by the aid of your grace. and instill the

52:25 walks of their behavior in the paths of righteousness. Please them along with the saints in your kingdom by the assurance of the hope of their faith and the adoption as your children and in the joy of your absolving mysteries. Empower them by the aid of your mercies to observe your commandments and fulfill your will to confess, worship, and praise your holy name, the Lord of all, Father and Son, and Holy Spirit forever. Amen. May the Lord Jesus forgive us all And make us worthy to come.