Stop Scrolling, Your Phone Is Controlling You Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel

0:01 Well, we've mentioned earlier that so many people have misunderstood where they say that the Song of Solomon has certain words that are inappropriate to be part of the Holy Bible. But when we come into the depths of it and understand the divine love which God has sent forth to all humanity, then we realize this is not any earthly talk, but rather of a heavenly nature.

0:35 The last week, we stopped.

0:37 At verse 10, or I'll read from verse 9 to 10. I have compared you, my love, to my filly, or a horse, among Pharaoh's chariots. Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with chains of gold.

0:56 And we said.

0:57 This is another proof, verse 9, that this is not any earthly love. It is not a man falling in love with a woman on an earthly level. Because it is impossible for a man to go and speak to his beloved wife or fiance and say, you are so beautiful, you look like a horse.

1:19 I don't think any man would dare.

1:21 To go to that extent because he knows what the consequences and the outcome of that before he even finishes the sentence. So therefore, my beloved, since there are certain places in this book that definitely proves beyond any reasonable.

1:40 Doubt it is not an earthly love. So therefore, we need.

1:43 To come and dive in and deep into the divine love to understand what this book is all about. And then it says, your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with chains of gold. And we spoke in depth and in details last Friday.

2:04 The heavenly groom, i.e.

2:07 Jesus Christ of Nazareth, continues to talk and say in verse 11, we will make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver. From verse 8 to 11, it is the heavenly groom speaking. From verse 8 to 11, it is the heavenly groom speaking, addressing his beloved bride. And the bride is every baptized soul in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Church, every Christian soul as the bride, single bride of Christ.

2:43 So in verse 11, it is still the heavenly groom continuing to address his beloved bride.

2:49 He says, we will make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver.

2:56 You may wonder why this is next to me here, because I want to elaborate on this particular verse because verse 11 is talking about this particular vessel. I don't know if you can see it all. This is where we put incense during liturgical service. We put incense in here during Holy Mass service or liturgical service. He says, we will make you. Verse 11 starts with the word we.

3:29 And who is we? The Holy Trinity. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, one God.

3:35 Amen. So we will make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver. The English translation is not 100% accurate. Ornaments of gold, it is actually referring to these three chains. Three chains that hold this vessel of incense. There is one, two, three, and there is one in the middle that lifts the lid up and down. We will make you ornaments of gold, chains with studs of silver.

4:17 What is a stud here?

4:19 In some of our beloved churches on these three chains they attach little Rings or bells I should say little bells. There is 12 of them More so in our beloved the Greek Orthodox Church and the Russians they have bells attached to these three chains totaling to 12 which resembles the 12 apostles of the Lord Jesus so when they swing this vessel, the bells start ringing and the sound of the bell symbolizes the teaching of the 12 apostles that went out to all four corners of the world and the whole world heard their bells ringing, i.e. proclaiming the good news, preaching the Holy Gospel to the entire world.

5:14 So studs of silver are those bells. Chains, you chain someone with. You chain them up. Verse 11 is saying, we, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, all of us, we will chain you with chains of gold. We will chain you to us, you baptized souls. you church, you Christian soul purchased by the blood of the Lamb of God. We will chain you to us, meaning wherever I am, you be with me. I'm going to chain you onto me so that you don't go away from me.

6:04 I am with you all the time.

6:07 And when I chain you onto me, Even when you have sinned, even when you have drifted away, even when you have walked away from me, even when you went back to worldly pleasures, since I chose to chain you onto me, then even when you are swimming in your sin, I, God, will never let go of you. You may think you've been forgotten. You may think you have been left behind, but you are chained to me, I Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

6:43 So whether you are close or distant, you're always close to me because I have chained you.

6:51 With gold, with chains of gold. Why gold? Gold meaning, It's a.

7:03 Substance that never gets influenced.

7:06 By the outer environment. You see, if we put a piece of metal outside, When it's exposed to heat, cold, rain, dry season, you see it after a little while, that piece of metal begins to rust. Why does that piece of metal begins to rust? Because it actually gets affected and influenced by the outer environment.

7:32 But when you put a piece of gold outside, the piece of gold never loses its shape never loses its value, never loses the color because gold only interacts and reacts to gold like it. Any environment, any other substance that is not of a gold origin, gold never gets affected or influenced by it. Gold does not, you know, give and take with the external environment. Gold is only influenced by gold.

8:10 Gold never changes.

8:13 What God is saying, I have chained you onto me with chains of gold, meaning my love for you is never changing.

8:23 My love for you is never failing. My loyalty and my faithfulness to you will never change.

8:30 It is gold. You change, but I, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, never change. You walk away, but I never do. You disobey me, but I never let go of you. You sold me with 30 pieces of silver, but I purchased you with my own precious blood. You walked away, but I'm always there for you, my child. No matter what, because I am gold. I am the never changing God.

8:58 My word is forever. My promise is forever. And my person never changes. I am that I am always. No matter who you are, what you are, and where you are, Jesus Christ is the everlasting friend that never lets go of you. Everlasting friend. So I have chained you with three chains of gold and studs of silver. That bell, when it rings, it gets everyone's attention. If you are not paying attention, the moment the bell rings, everybody turns around to see.

9:43 What's going on. Whoa, what went off? What happened?

9:48 So why you are like that stud of silver, that bell that rings? When you remain in me, I Jesus Christ.

10:00 This is for every single one of us.

10:03 When you remain in me. When you hold on to me. When you walk with me. When you follow in my footsteps. When you are obedient to my commandments. When you are faithful and loyal to me. I'll make you like that silver bell. Meaning I'll give you prestige. I'll give you a life of exaltation. Of honor. Of respect.

10:30 Of veneration. Next time. You see someone.

10:35 That is very close to the Lord Jesus. Maybe externally they are not dressed up that well. Maybe they are not very materialistically rich. But the moment they speak, everybody pays attention.

10:53 You say, wow. Who just spoke?

10:56 What happened here? I've never heard anybody speaking like that. I've never heard anybody living like that. This is amazing. I thought he was just an ordinary person, but the moment they spoke, things changed inside of me. It hit me so hard, so deep, so profoundly. I have never ever felt this way before. That Christian person that is close to the Lord is like that ringing bell that gets the attention of everyone around them. The moment they show up, You say something is different. The moment they open their mouth and talk, you say something has changed inside of me. The Lord gives you honor, gives you glory.

11:47 Money can never buy. The Lord gives you honor. gives you respect no money can ever buy. See, some people try to earn their respect by using force, by using bribery, by using so.

12:04 Many earthly means.

12:06 But at the end of the day, no matter how hard they try, they never succeed. It is only God that gets the attention of a person. See, love and respect must be earned freely, willingly. The moment you force it, there is no more love, there is no more respect. You can drive fear into someone to love you and respect you, but the moment I fall, they will shred me to pieces. But if I earn their love and respect freely and willingly, that's it, I have them forever.

12:50 They will never walk away. I didn't pay them. I didn't reward them. But love comes from God. And when you are a godly person, people will be drawn like that bell rings and gets their people's attention. People will be drawn to you, my beloved. Look at verse 12. While the king is at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance. While the king is at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance. While the king is at his table, where does the king sit? Well, the king is Christ. Where does he sit? Where is his favorite place for him to sit.

13:52 And rest?

13:54 Who can tell me? Anybody wants to guess? His chambers. Yeah, but where is this place? Where does the king find his rest? The place where the king sits is your heart, my beloved, is your heart. While the king is at his table, while Jesus Christ is dwelling in the core of my heart. Sorry, before we go any further, is it cold? It's a bit cold. While the king is sitting at his table, i.e.

14:45 Sitting in my heart.

14:47 Meaning, I've allowed him to rule over my life. Because you see, the nature of the king, he owns everything. The difference between the king and a president or a prime minister is the following. Presidents, prime ministers, we vote them in and we vote them out. We vote them in and we vote them out. The president or the prime minister does not own the White House, does not own that office, does not own nothing.

15:19 Just like the.

15:20 Way they came in, the way will go out, a time will come, they will go out as well. But you see, the king, whether you vote for that king or you don't, whether you love the king or you don't, whether you agree with the king or not, the king owns everything.

15:39 He is never voted out. Why? Because whatever you own at birth, no one takes it away from you. The king is born a king.

15:51 And whatever you owned at birth, it will never be able to be taken away from you forever. Jesus Christ is born the king and that's why he owns everything whether we like it or not. But the first coming, the Lord gave us the chance, the opportunity to choose him. But in the second coming, even those who went against him will bow forcefully because he is the king.

16:21 He owns, he rules, he reigns, he governs.

16:26 But in his first coming, He says, if you let me in and you allow me to be the king over your life, then your heart is my ultimate place to sit and have my rest.

16:42 Now, why the heart?

16:44 Because the Lord Jesus as the king says, I wish to rule over your life based on love.

16:54 And the heart is to do with love.

16:57 I wish to rule over your life based on love. And when it comes to love, there is nothing done in love by force. Everything has to be done with agreement, with respect, and with freedom of choice. You are not forced to love me. You choose to love me freely. And when you choose to love me freely, you will do things that make me happy also freely. You see, love comes naturally. When you love someone, you don't think about it anymore. You just do it. You miss them?

17:46 Do you go to your shopping list and say, did I message my sweetheart? No, you don't. You just message them without even realizing you've just messaged them.

17:57 You pick up the phone naturally.

17:59 You wake up from sleep, the first thing comes to your mind before your eyes is the one you love. Straight away you pick up the phone and say, honey, I love you. I miss you. This night took me away from you. I slept in and I'm so sorry that I've slept in extra couple of hours. How are you, my love? I miss you, my love. And then after marriage, you change your mind, my love.

18:27 Anyway, so.

18:33 While the king is at his table, while the king is sitting comfortably in your heart, ruling over you with love. As we say, love is the supreme ethic. And love is eternal. And freedom is indispensable to love. Wherever there is true love, there has to be freedom associated with it. Reason being, it is impossible to live this love. It is impossible to taste this love. It is impossible to share this love unless.

19:12 You are free.

19:14 Without freedom, love cannot be expressed. Love cannot be lived. Love cannot be shared. Love can never be tasted. Freedom is indispensable, cannot be separated from love. And since there is freedom, there is choices. I choose to love or not to love. Therefore, love is a choice. It is not mandatory, even when it comes to God. You need to choose to love Him freely. God who has the ultimate authority to rule over us, but He will never do it with fear. because the moment He uses force, it is no longer love.

19:54 It is a dictatorship.

19:55 Someone ruling, a tyrant ruling over our life. But He does it with love. That's why the Lord knocks. We need to open the door. So when we let Him in our hearts... freely, willingly. When he comes in, what happens to me and you? My spikenard sends forth its fragrance. These are substances that when you put them on fire, they release a magnificent fragrance. A magnificent fragrance. Spikenard here, symbolizes eternal life. You see, a nice smell comes out of a living person, not a dead one. When somebody dies, no matter how close that person was to my heart, the moment the spirit leaves the body, after one day, I can never go anywhere near that person whom I loved to death.

21:05 Why?

21:05 Because there is an odor coming out of that person's body. It really, it's very difficult to smell it. It's very difficult to stand in that presence. But that beautiful fragrance comes out of the living one. Who is the living one that never died? Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Every single human being is a sinner. Every single human being is mortal.

21:39 Every single human being has a grave full of rotted bones.

21:46 Except the grave of Christ.

21:49 It's empty. Because he rose from the dead on the third day.

21:54 Why?

21:55 The reason why he tasted death because he carried our sins. And the reason for him rising out of the tomb because he never committed a sin. He was only carrying our sins.

22:09 That's why he died.

22:10 But because he never done any sin, he was able to come out of the grave by law. Because death... has only authority over sinners. Christ is sinless. Death has no jurisdiction over the Lord Jesus.

22:28 That's why his tomb is empty.

22:30 He is the only human being that out of him comes beautiful fragrance.

22:37 That fragrance represents life. And that.

22:43 Foul smell represents death. When the king comes into my heart and dwells in my heart, out of me comes spikenard that sends forth fragrance. When the king is ruling over my life, it is only eternal life that comes out of me because of the king whom I allow to dwell in my heart. Let me say this to all of us. When we do something wrong, I just wonder how do you feel straight after or the following day?

23:33 When you have lied, when you have not spoken the truth in other words, When you have done something and you know it was very very wrong and your conscience gave you a very hard time all night long. When you have gone somewhere you shouldn't have. When you have done something you shouldn't have. How do you feel afterwards?

23:58 Very empty. You feel very empty. You feel absolutely ashamed. You feel Very down. You feel confused. You feel lost. No sense of direction. And it gets to a stage when it's continuous. It gets to a stage when you start to really hating yourself. For becoming someone that is never you. You're becoming someone that is never you. Or never the person God intended for you to be. That emptiness, that void, that disappointment, that disorientation is because of the wrongdoings.

24:49 All of this, when we are destroyed, when we feel void and empty, we feel as if we are not living. True or not? Absolute emptiness, you say, there is no meaning for life anymore. I feel as if I'm not alive. But when you do something good, When you do something constructive, when you do something that pleases the Lord Jesus, you are all alive.

25:20 You are all energetic.

25:22 You feel that you wish to embrace the entire world for the Lord Jesus.

25:27 You feel refreshed, renewed.

25:30 Why? Because every time the king dwells in your heart, i.e. controls your life, out of you he brings fragrance, i.e. eternal life. You live. You live, my beloved. So walk away from all those dark alleys. Walk away from all those wrong relationships. Walk away from all those bad decisions that you made and you're about to make in your life.

26:06 I beg you, I beg you, I beg you. Do not waste your life over something of an extreme temporal thing. Don't ever make a permanent decision on a temporal situation. And every situation on earth is temporal. Because everything on earth changes, including me and you.

26:35 We all change.

26:36 Once upon a time, I was a little baby. Today, I'm already Santa Claus, white bead, and ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas, which is just around the corner.

26:48 Everything changes.

26:50 Since everything changes, we need to think, what kind of decisions am I making that will determine my destiny and my future forever?

27:01 Is it a relationship? Is it a business?

27:04 It is a wrong decision. Is it a wrong path that I'm walking in? What am I doing with my life? You cannot play with your life, my beloved. Because the moment the life goes, it will never come back.

27:20 It will never come back. So next time.

27:24 A friend calls you and says, let's go to such and such place. Say, I'm not available. Why are you not available? Because I chose to go to the Lord Jesus instead of Satan.

27:38 I chose.

27:40 I want to be with the Lord. I want to be in the light. I want to live. I want Christ to be king over my heart, over my life, over my entire being. I do not wish to be a slave to nothing. I want to be free because the son of God, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, came to set me free.

28:02 And if the son sets you free.

28:03 Surely you are free. Surely you are free. While the king is at his table, your heart, sitting in your heart. My spikenard sends forth its fragrance. Eternal life comes out of me because of the eternal God dwelling in me. One of the church fathers said, in every heart there are two things. One is the throne and number two is the cross. And he said, if you enthrone yourself, you have crucified Christ. And if you crucify yourself, you have enthroned Christ to be king over your life.

28:50 And what is crucifixion? Self-denial.

28:55 The church father says, if you enthrone yourself, you have denied Christ, you've crucified him. And if you have crucified yourself, i.e. denied yourself, then Christ is the king. There is two me, either me or Christ me. Which me are you choosing? Do you want to do it your way or God's way? If you do it your way, you've denied the Lord.

29:21 But if you do it the Lord's way, you have denied yourself. And blessed is the soul that denies itself, for it shall find it at the end. For it shall find it at the end. I was not born in this country and I should say in this blessed country of ours Australia I'm proud to be an Aussie I may not look it but I can show you I'm a true blue fed income down under brother as they say don't judge the book by its cover You know, I don't look an Aussie, but I sound one.

30:04 Let's put the prawns on the barbie.

30:07 Aye, aye, aye. I was a teenager when I came to this blessed country of ours, Australia.

30:20 Most of my life I have spent here.

30:23 Originally, I'm from the Middle East, more specifically Iraq, Mesopotamia. the cradle of civilization. But I'll never forget my heritage, but I'm proud to be an Aussie as well. But let me tell you this. I was your age, my daughter, my son. I was 14, 15, 16 in this country. I went to school. In fact, I studied at Weatherall Park High School and then went to Fairfield High School and then graduated and joined the banking sort of corporate world and I spent 22 years of my life as a finance and management in the Commonwealth Bank. But I tell you what, Everything, everything in life can be replaced except one. His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Everything in life can be replaced except Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

31:42 He is irreplaceable. You know why?

31:44 Because he's the only one and there is no other one but him. And the moment we lose Him, there is no other one that can give me Jesus back again.

31:55 You know why? Because He is simply God. He is the only true living God that has created everyone and everything.

32:05 This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

32:08 So when we lose Jesus Christ, who is going to give me back this Jesus?

32:13 No one. Accept himself and for him to come and accept me once again, I need to do one thing and one thing only. I need to come and tell him the honest truth about me. Because since he is God, I cannot bribe him. I cannot lie to him. I cannot falsify or hide anything about me because he knows it more than me. And if I try to deny it, he will rewind the tape, the recording of my life, and he will show me my life journey on earth like a movie.

32:53 And he'll stop here.

32:54 And maybe a million times he'll stop and say, look, you've sinned here. You've sinned here. You've denied me here. You sold me here. You walked away from me here.

33:03 Do you want me to replay it again, slow motion?

33:05 He is God. He is God. He knows everything. Even before we know it, He knows. Nothing is hidden from Him. Everything is crystal clear before His holy eyes. So I beg you, my sons and daughters, and I know very well at this age, when you're a teenager, when you are in your 20s, even in your 30s, even in your 40s, Maybe in your 50s. Not sure about 60s, 70s.

33:49 But maybe you're still very young. Let me tell you this. There is nothing in this life, in this world, worth losing my soul for. Nothing.

34:10 Now friends.

34:11 no pleasures, no treasures, no fame, no prestigious life, no Hollywood, no celebrities, nothing, nothing is worth losing your soul over. Because one day I was born in this world and one day I will definitely leave this world. And Saint Paul says it so beautifully.

34:38 It is known that I was born from my earthly mother.

34:43 With an empty hand. And it is also known that I will go back to my mother nature with an empty hand. I came out of my mother's womb empty handed. And I will go to.

34:56 My mother nature's womb, the grave, also empty handed.

35:01 This is a fact. This is the reality of this realm. Nobody came with materialistic things with them. And nobody leaves this world with materialistic things. We came empty. We leave empty. The only thing we will take with us is our deeds. Whether good or bad. That's it. The only one who comes to our salvation is the Lord Jesus. Because our deeds are not good enough to get us into heaven.

35:41 We are entering the presence of this God who is perfect. Who is perfect in us? No one. But there is only one, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the perfect Lamb of God who carries away the sins of the world.

35:56 When you have Jesus Christ as the King of Kings, ruling and sitting comfortably in your heart, ruling over your life, rest assured, the heaven of all heavens is yours.

36:07 And what is heaven? Eternal life. That spikenard life. Giving away that fragrance. Eternal life will come out of you. Because that's what heaven is all about. Heaven is about eternity, my beloved. But this realm is temporal. It's like a dream at the awakening. Don't lose eternal life for a temporal pleasure. Hanging around Maccas at 3 a.m., bro. Stockland Mall, McDonald's.

36:44 And we are sitting in this car with the Sabufa Khabibi in the backseat going and going downtown, brother. The speed limit says 100 and we're doing 160K because I'm the man in the hood, brother. And it's only a peep later and it's a red one too. Incredible. He just got it yesterday from RMS or RTA, I don't know what they call them now. And he's doing 160 k's and the car is full of young men and women.

37:21 I received a call yesterday and please pray for this young man. He is in Westmead Hospital battling for his life because of a car accident. The car was split in half. The car was split in half. My beloveds, let Jesus Christ Sit comfortably in your heart. Let Jesus Christ be the king of your life. Build that relationship with him. Be a friend with the Lord. Say, Lord, I want to know you. I want to build a relationship with you and I'm genuine about it. I'm not faking it anymore. I really want to come closer and closer to you, Lord. Please help me. I can't come to you, but you can come to me. So I'm begging you, Lord, since you are God capable of everything and anything, I'm begging you, Lord, come this very moment

38:27 and enter my heart and make it your dwelling place. Make it the place where you sit at your table and be at rest and comfortable, Lord Jesus. I'm opening this heart and I'm making it that manger where you were born in over 2,000 years ago. If no other door opens in your face, Lord, the door of my heart is open today for sure.

38:55 I am calling you willingly, freely I.

38:58 Choose, because I choose to have you as my Lord, as my God, as my Savior, as my Redeemer, as my King, as my everything. Lord, come into my heart and take over.

39:12 Take over.

39:13 No more me. No more what I want, what I wish for. No more my choices. Let it be your choices, Lord, from this moment onwards.

39:24 No more me.

39:27 Trust me. Downtown is not going to do you anything. good. That white powder is not gonna do you any good. Gambling is not gonna do you any good. Alcoholism is not gonna do you any good. Bad relationships is not going to do you any good. It is only Jesus, the good God, who will do you good. Only Jesus.

39:48 Only Jesus. Only Jesus. One of my favorite titles is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Wow. You know, every time I mention Jesus Christ of Nazareth, it's like I become like a candle that melts away. I just love this title. Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amazing. Incredible. Six foot one. Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Six foot one. Browny, crispy hair split in the middle all the way to the shoulders. The beard is not as long as Bishop Murray's and it's definitely not white. It is brownish, reddish and kind of short.

40:37 He's got a long tan face, beautiful greenish, bluish eyes. And after 2024 years, he is still 33 years of age and kicking babies. And he's still looking for souls to have as his bride. Song of songs is this divine love where God becomes your heavenly groom and you become his precious bride. You know why bride? Because only in matrimonial bond the two become one.

41:13 Parents are not you. Brother and sister, not one. Friends, not one. Relatives, not one.

41:25 The unity is only found in matrimonial bond, in marriage. And this is why God came also to be your heavenly groom, to say to you, I love you so much that I want you to be one in me and I in you. We become one, no longer two. When I talk, you talk. And when you talk, I talk. One day, I was having a very difficult time. And I was walking inside the house, troubled, heavy burdened. And I was begging the Lord, I want to see you, Lord.

42:14 Where are you? I really need you desperately. I'm having a terrible, terrible day. And I begged him and I'm walking around the house like crazy. Lord, where are you? Lord, where are you? And after a short while, this amazing, breathtaking, peacemaking voice came inside and he said, why are you looking for me? Next time, when you look at yourself in the mirror, you see me, I am you. Why are you looking for me? Then we become one. Have you forgotten? When you look at yourself, you're seeing Christ.

43:01 Christ is you. And you are Him. We are one. We are united. When you have this mentality, when you have this faith, when you have this discernment, when you have this insight, when you have this understanding, You can move mountains. You can move mountains. Jesus is just one, simply one incredible, amazing, breathtaking figure. Incredible. Incredible. While the king is at his table living in your hearts, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance. Eternal life is granted unto me.

43:56 Verse 13. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me. Looks like today we'll be finishing earlier. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me.

44:13 What is myrrh?

44:15 Again, Spikenard, myrrh, aloes, cassia, all these are shrubs. When you cut them and you put them on fire, they bring out beautiful fragrances. But myrrh, if you were to taste it, if you put it on your tongue, it is the most bittersome thing you could ever come across.

44:37 Very bitter. Myrrh is extremely bitter if you taste it.

44:42 Extremely.

44:43 What is bitterness?

44:45 Pains, sorrows, sufferings, hardships, tribulations. They're all bitter. They're all bitter. She's saying a bundle of myrrh. A bundle means a handful full of pains is what? Is my beloved to me. The bride is saying that Jesus Christ to me, he is a bundle of myrrh. And he is what? My beloved to me. I love him so much. I will accept any bitterness that comes because of his holy name.

45:24 I'll accept any bitterness. See, the Lord said, I love you so much. I accepted the bitter cup. And he said that at the Garden of Gethsemane. He said, Father, Please let this cup pass me by quickly, but let it be not my will, but thy will. But what kind of a cup was it? A bitter one. A bitter one. She is saying, Jesus Christ, my heavenly groom, is a bundle of my bitterness to me. See, the Israelite nation lived 400 years under the rulership of Pharaoh in Egypt. They were enslaved by Pharaoh for 400 years.

46:17 So imagine 400 years living in a country. Your children, your grandchildren, your grand-grandchildren, all were born and raised in Egypt. Therefore, they would have learned everything Egyptians would do. Customs, the way of living, they became like Egyptians. The Egyptians back in the olden days and more so in the Upper Egypt, they had this tradition. When a man wanted to ask a girl for her hand in marriage, he would go with his dad to the girl's family, to the girl's house.

47:01 And while they're sitting, This.

47:03 Girl whom they came to ask for her hand in marriage, she will come out with a plate and two cups in that plate of grape juice. Grape juice. To the right hand, a cup of very bitter grape juice. To the left hand side, a cup of very sweet grape juice. When she comes out with this plate and two cups, one very bitter and one very sweet, the man sees the girl for the first time. Today is Facebook, Instagram.

47:42 We see each other before even we date each other. Where did you find your partner? Oh, on Instagram, on TikTok, on Wequok, on Nicknog. Before there was no technologies. So when the boy went to that house, it's the first time he's seeing the girl. The girl was not allowed to leave the house on her own. Very difficult kind of a culture. So when she comes out with the plate and two cups, the man looks and sees her.

48:10 If she is good looking. Yeah, what's up, baby? If she is good looking and she entered his heart, He would take the cup at the right hand that is bitter and he would drink it all complete. Meaning, yes, I choose you in marriage. It looks like you've entered my heart. Yes, you are my woman. And I will accept every suffering, every bitterness for your sake. If she was not the perfect match, he would take the sweet cup and drink it all. They straight away realize the parents of the girl, yep, she's not the right girl.

49:01 If he is not 100% sure, yes, I kind of like her, but I need another opportunity to see her again. I want to absorb this beauty once again. Maybe I need stronger glasses, I don't know. He would take the bitter cup and drink it halfway. He would take the bitter cup and drink it halfway. When he drank that cup halfway. That means yes we like her but we need another visit. But if he drank the full bitter cup.

49:35 They will go off. Middle Eastern culture. And that's it. Handshake.

49:42 Thank you very much. The girl is yours. The Lord Jesus drank the entire bitter cup for his bride. The church. The entire bitter cup. All of it. He left not even one single drop in it. Father, let this bitter cup pass me by because I am the heavenly groom. I came to be betrothed to my beloved church, every baptized soul. But Father, let it be your will, not my will. And since it is your will, Father, you want me to take this as a bride for me, then for your sake, Father, I will drink the bitter cup to the fullness of it. And he did that on Calvary on the cross. Now, when it is true, genuine love, It is a two-way street, not a one-way.

50:35 One-way is selfish. One-way is egocentric. But in genuine true love, it has to be both ways, my beloved. You love me, I love you back. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Since the Lord Jesus, the bride is saying, since my heavenly groom drank the full bitter cup for my sake, I will accept a bundle of myrrh for my beloved as well's sake. Like he suffered for me, I'll suffer for him. Like he drank the bitter cup for me, I will also drink the bitter cup for him. Like he cried, I will too. And like he was kicked, punched, and whipped, I will be stabbed also for you, Lord.

51:24 Why should I get upset? The other day a question came and said, what has changed in your life, Bishop, after the incident?

51:42 I didn't even blink.

51:43 I said, well, one thing definitely changed, my love for the Lord Jesus. Prior to the incident, if I had loved him once, now I love him a million zillion times more over.

51:54 That's what changed.

51:56 My love has increased more for my sweetheart Jesus Christ. He suffered for me. I have to accept suffering for him. I have. This is love. I choose to remain in him. By his grace, of course. But I choose. I thank you, Lord, for this suffering. I thank you, Lord, for whatever happens. I thank you. He drank the bitter cup. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me. I will drink that bitter cup for him as well. The difference... The Lord Jesus said, there are two kind of shepherds in my house, in my church. One is a hireling, the other one is not. When a shepherd is a hireling, his concern is not the sheep. And the moment he sees the wolf, He runs for his life.

53:18 Why?

53:19 Because he's being paid to be there. Therefore, the sheep are not his. He does not give one penny about the sheep. The moment he sees, you know, threat coming, he will pack himself up and run for his life because he's there for the money, whatever the wage he's earning, whatever fame he's gaining out of it. But when it comes to life, no thank you. No pay, no fame can give back this life. So I'm going to run for my life. Those who are not hirelings, the sheep are theirs. Even when they face threats, when they face difficulties, they don't run away. Because the sheep are their life.

54:06 When the love is genuine, you don't run away. You stay there no matter what. When the love is genuine, you don't run away. You stay there no matter what. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me that lies all night between my breasts. You see, verse 9, I have compared you, my love, to my horse among Pharaoh's chariots. Don't lose track of that. No man calls his woman, you're beautiful as a horse. She will say, you're handsome as a donkey. Since that doesn't apply, then everywhere else doesn't apply. So let's understand what this last part of verse 13, that he lies all night between my breasts. What is between the breast?

55:08 The heart. Let's Our thoughts be pure.

55:11 Let our mind be pure because this is true divine love. It is not earthly. Let us not play in the mud, in the filth. Rise up and fly up there into the heaven of all heavens. Be pure, be heavenly, enough earthly because earth is full of dirt, mud and filth. So he lies down all night between my breasts because what is between the breasts is the heart. He lies down all night in my heart. He is a bundle of my beloved to me. I accept suffering for his sake because he accepted the ultimate suffering for my sake.

55:55 And that's why since He loved me from the beginning and gave me this love on the cross, fully illustrated, fully defined on the cross. Therefore, when I tasted this genuine love, all I could do is to give Him back. even if it's a drop of that love. Because love is both ways. He loves me and I love him back.

56:22 He suffers for me and I suffer for him back as well. So I'm going to give this love back to him. And that's why even though I'm suffering, even though I am drinking the bitter cup for the Lord's sake, but I have chosen to keep him in my heart all night long. What is all night? The night here represents our entire life on earth. Our life on earth is a night. And with the Lord is the day.

57:00 Outside the Lord is night because we live in this world which is placed in the bosom of Satan.

57:08 Satan is the prince of darkness. We are living in a world that is ruled by Satan. And it doesn't take a genius to figure out if this world is ruled by Satan or not.

57:23 Just look around you. Lies everywhere. Destructions everywhere. Deceptions everywhere. Poison everywhere.

57:35 Medical field, the big pharma poisoned everything. Secret societies destroying humanities. Coronavirus, lies. Pandemic, lies. Climate change, lies. And look what they are trying to drive through with force and impose it on.

58:07 The entire human race.

58:09 Laws that are offensive to the Almighty God.

58:12 Offensive. Offensive to the core. So many Christian countries that were built on Christian ethics, principles and values, today they are atheistic countries. Canada is one of them. Europe in general, gone with the wind.

58:38 Churches are now empty buildings, turned into restaurants and God knows what else. But there were faithful people going to those churches.

58:49 Now no longer. walked away, they walked away. The world is living in darkness.

59:04 And since we are living in this world but not for this world we live for Christ then we will walk in the darkness of this world that night is my life on earth I chose to keep my beloved Jesus Christ even though I am suffering for his sake because I'm living in a world that has rejected Christ And if I'm seeking Christ, I will be also rejected.

59:39 Just think about it. The moment you invoke the name Jesus Christ, all hell breaks loose. You invoke any other name, no problem. In fact, they will support you. But the moment it comes to Jesus Christ, things are no longer lovey-dovey. We want to build a church, they'll give us hell. They'll give us hell. Councils, they'll give us hell. We want to build one church. You go and build... No, no, no, I'm not saying that. You go and build a club or a pub. Approved on the spot. A liquor shop, approved on the spot. But you build a church, whoa-ho. Well, you know why? Satan has no problem with any religion.

1:00:44 He has a problem with one person. Because only one person put Satan to shame.

1:00:51 That's the truth.

1:00:53 That's the truth.

1:00:57 That's the truth.

1:01:02 I challenge anyone to drive a foul spirit in any name outside of Jesus Christ. I challenge anyone. Good luck. Go and drive that foul spirit. You can bring any name you want. The foul spirit will not go anywhere. In fact, it will make fun of you. But the moment you invoke the name Jesus Christ, it starts burning.

1:01:28 You know how many cases I've seen? I don't know why I'm talking like this today. May the Lord have mercy. One day, a non-Christian came to me. I won't mention what religion. I won't. For the sake that we don't wish to be a stumbling stone to some people. A non-Christian came to me, said, I've been suffering for years.

1:02:01 Can't sleep at night. And every time I come to sleep, I feel there is negative vibes. Sometimes it is an extreme case. I feel there is a spirit that even goes to the extreme of suffocating me. And I wake up like really physically suffocated. And I feel there is a hand grabbing me from the throat. So I said to that person, I said, look, you're more than welcome that you came by all means. But before anything, I have to make sure that you are aware of this.

1:02:42 As you probably.

1:02:42 Have known by now, I'm a Christian.

1:02:46 Yes, they said yes. I said, I wear a cross around my neck. Yes, yes. I said, I believe in my.

1:02:54 Jesus Christ of Nazareth that he is God, not anything else. He is God.

1:03:01 Not a good man, not a prophet, no, no, he's God.

1:03:03 Yes? Now the only way for me to pray on you is if you're going to believe in what I will be saying. I said, are you going to accept for me to pray on you in the name of Jesus Christ who is God revealed in the flesh over 2,000 years ago? Because that's the only name I can pray in to cast whatever is inside of you. Will you accept to pray on you in Jesus' mighty name as God?

1:03:32 Not any other thing because if you don't, I won't pray. Because I won't accept to say anything else outside of God.

1:03:41 Jesus is my God. They said, please go ahead.

1:03:45 I believe.

1:03:46 I said, hallelujah. The more... Please listen.

1:03:50 The moment we placed our hand on the head of that person, started shaking like an earthquake. Shaking, shaking so badly. And then fainted for about 15, 20 seconds. Gone. And after that, I slapped them on the face. I said, wake up. They opened their eyes. Took them a few seconds to realize where they were. And then they said, I feel at peace for the first time ever. I said, Bishop, when you laid your hand, I felt something coming out of me. If you think Satan doesn't exist. You're mistaken.

1:04:53 You're mistaken my child. He's very cunning, very deceptive. Very. He'll make it look like it's an oasis, but it's very poisonous. Be careful. You need to be very close to the Lord Jesus to discern his deceptive ways. to realize which way is right and which way is not right. You need to be close to the Lord, close to the Holy Church, close to the body and the blood of Christ. Otherwise, you cannot overcome Satan's wisdom.

1:05:38 Let me tell you this. How old are you?

1:05:41 15? 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85, 105, 125. How old are you? No matter how old you are, you're fighting against someone who is thousands upon thousands and thousands of years old. Do you know when angels were created? Outside the time of days. When you read Genesis 1-1, in the beginning Elohim created the heavens and earth.

1:06:20 The word heavens is angels. Now, what is the beginning?

1:06:25 The beginning is outside the days of creation. It's before the days. In the beginning, so how far was this beginning? Only God knows how far it was. In that beginning, that only God knows how long ago it was, He created angels first, then earth. The last thing God creates is us on day six. And we don't know how long was day one, day two, three, four, five, till the day six came. Could have been thousands, could have been millions of years. Satan is very ancient, very knowledgeable.

1:07:05 You cannot overcome someone who is thousands of years of knowledge with 20, 30, 40, 50 years of knowledge. You cannot. But you can do it only when Jesus Christ sits at the table. When Jesus Christ, I kept him all night long. between my breast all night in my heart, I kept him. I kept him when I was in trouble.

1:07:33 I kept him when I fell on my knees. I kept him when I struggled. I kept him when I fell into sin. I kept him when I was taken captive. I kept him in my darkest moments of my entire life. But I kept him between my breast. I kept him in my heart because I realized there is one truth and that truth is the only one Jesus is the way to eternal life. There is no other way but Him.

1:08:01 He is the way, the truth, and the life. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. He is the I am, the ever-present God, creator of everything visible and invisible. He is the only one who crushed the head of the serpent on the cross on Calvary in the flesh. And he's the only human being that is born of a woman, no earthly father. Now in this alone should raise a million zillion question marks for the entire human race to question this. Who is this man that is born of a woman only, no earthly father? Is this humanly possible?

1:08:40 No.

1:08:49 Over 2000 years ago, there was no cloning. Over 2000 years ago, there was no IVF. he was born of a woman only by the power of the Holy Spirit by the power of God now this alone should tell you this person is unique only earthly mother no earthly father because his father is who art in heaven God That's why I kept him in my heart all night.

1:09:28 I kept him in my heart all the days of my life on earth. When I was close and when I was distant. When I suffered for his sake, I kept him in my heart. He is a bundle of myrrh to me, my beloved Jesus. He is a bundle of myrrh. I kept him in my heart. My beloveds, Life on earth is like a dream at the awakening.

1:10:04 This night sooner or later will pass away and the sun will rise. This night sooner or later will pass away and the.

1:10:15 Sun will rise. And when the sun rises, no more night. And this sun, his name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And he will rise and he will shine upon me. And the night of this world will be decimated forever. I need to choose to be with the one who is forever. My beloveds, don't go anywhere that is not healthy for you. Don't do anything that is not healthy for you. I beg you. I beg you. I beg you, I truly beg you. Since I have this, I'm gonna elaborate a little bit on this, if you don't mind.

1:11:18 It has to be an hour and a half of preaching. I'll move this for a second. So you can see this more clear. This is a vessel where we put incense during the liturgy, Holy Mass service. Now, the coal, we put a coal in there and we light it, light it up. That, we put a coal in this and we light it up. This represents the womb of the Holy Mother. This represents the womb of the Holy Mother Mary. That coal that is with fire, is the call, is the body of the Holy Mother. And the fire is the second person of the Holy Trinity who is God himself, the Son of God who is God. Now God is fire in his nature. So that fire came into this call, into this body of Mary, the Virgin of all virgins, yet she was never burned. Fire dwelt

1:12:29 in her, in her womb, but she remained alive. It didn't consume her, didn't burn her. She was mixed with that fire, but remained as Miriam. Now, when that fire mixed with that body, and we put that incense, that smoke or that vapor that comes out, that is the smell of life, fragrance. That is the smell of life the Holy Mother gave us. Life, Jesus Christ, He is our life. So that smell of life is the Lord Jesus being carried in her womb. This life is about to come to give life to those who choose Him.

1:13:24 Now this entire vessel, including the womb of the Holy Mother, is carried by three chains. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. The three chains is the Holy Trinity. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Trinity, the Triune God is holding the Holy Mother. And there is one chain in the middle that lifts this lid up. And this chain is attached to a ring.

1:13:58 Father, Son, Holy Spirit are the three chains and the one chain in the middle, one God. Father, Son, Holy Spirit are all one God.

1:14:08 And this one God is attached to a ring and the ring circle represents eternity. You see, when you put a point in a circle, that point can be the beginning and.

1:14:21 That very point can be the end.

1:14:23 But neither the beginning nor the end of it has an end or a beginning because you'll keep on going in a circle. You'll never come out of the circle forever.

1:14:35 It's eternal.

1:14:37 Eternal God. No beginning to Him, no end to Him. He's just the ever-continuous present God. the I am. When you come to receive the Holy Communion, the body and the blood, you have to receive the smell of life first before you take the body and the blood. It's a form of a blessing and a purification. It's a preparation to receive the body and the blood because out of that body and blood came out this incense. It is the body, the blood that gave me the smell of life. Fragrance. Spike Nod came forth as a fragrance when he dwelled in my heart at the table. So the smell of life. The smell of life precedes life.

1:15:39 The body and the blood is your life. But this life you're about to take You need to receive the smell of it because the smell tells you it's the living body and the life giving blood. It's a long story. You know, when they asked John the Baptist, when they asked John the Baptist, who are you? He said, I am the voice crying in the wilderness. Prepare the way.

1:16:14 He called himself the voice.

1:16:15 Why? Because he said, the one who comes after me, means Jesus Christ. The one who comes after me, who is before me, is the.

1:16:23 Logos, is the word. I am the voice to the word.

1:16:26 Why? Because the voice precedes the word. I'm speaking to you words. Can you see the word? No. What do you do with the word? You hear it first, before you see it. So the word can only be heard first, then.

1:16:45 After being accepted, you see the word.

1:16:50 What precedes the word is the voice and what precedes life is the smell of life. Are you with me? When you smell a fragrance, you say there is something living. When you smell an order, you say something is dead. So when you come and smell this fragrance, you say, oh, Christ is living. I'm about to receive the living body and the life-giving blood because the smell of this body tells me it's living. And who came to receive the living body?

1:17:25 Me, the dead.

1:17:27 I sinned and the wages of sin is death. So I died in my sin. I came to receive the living body for my dead body. And I came to receive the life-giving blood for my dead soul.

1:17:40 Because the soul dwells in the blood.

1:17:42 When we take the blood of Christ, we are taking His soul. S-O-U-L So my soul died, my body died, and my spirit died when I sinned. So I came to the church, his body for my dead body, his living body for my dead body, his life-giving blood for my dead soul, and the holy gospel was read, and his word for my spirit, because the word is spirit, and that spirit gave life to my spirit which died in sin. Body, soul, and spirit is resurrected every time you receive The Holy Communion. Every time you come to church, Christ is resurrected in you. Christ is resurrected in you.

1:18:30 This is why Satan will let you preach in the name of the Lord. He won't have a problem with that. Satan will let you sing for the Lord. He won't have a problem. But the moment you come to receive him in the body and the blood, He will break all hell to stop you from it. Because that's what's going to give you life. So many people fell in this trap of Satan. They said, just sing and preach. Hallelujah.

1:19:08 Don't worry about the body and the blood. It's only bread and wine Wow. They made a mistake. You need to come to church also on Sunday. Bible preach is very vital. So as the body and the blood. Don't say which is more important. No, they're all important in their own places. Don't swap. Don't mix. Don't prioritize. Bible preach is important. The body and the blood is as important.

1:19:41 So I come on Friday and I come on Sunday. It's not too much for the one who drank the entire bitter cup to say, I want to marry you. Don't forget that. He drank all bitterness for you, my beloved.

1:19:55 Where are you going?

1:19:57 Downtown? Step on downtown. Step on clubbing. Step on everything. And my daughter... I beg of you, dress sensibly, responsibly, my daughter. Your body is the temple of Christ. You don't reveal it to strangers. I beg you, my daughter. And my son, what are you doing with this body? What are you doing with it? It's the temple of God.

1:20:38 It is a place for God to dwell in. It is not a show or some sort of fashion show to reveal to the world. It's not. My daughter, cover yourself like Bishop Murray. Mr. Ninja Turtle. No need For anyone to look at you and say you're beautiful, it's none of their business.

1:21:12 The only one who has the right, my.

1:21:14 Daughter, to say you're beautiful is Christ. He's the only one. If a guy comes and says, hey, you're beautiful and you don't know that guy, send him to me, I'll fix him up for you.