Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel – Why Christians Keep Returning to the World: The Two Adams Within You

0:00 Since the morning Adam is still in the house, every time I make the seven Adam's services up tonight, your season is required. If this night where your last Adam's service is up, it brings me back to the church.

0:15 Or the beginning of the struggle. Official page, start tonight.

0:22 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God, Amen. We thank our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for his infinite love, mercy, and compassion, allowing us to be in his holy church and his holy house, and to partake in this liturgical service which is the true body and the true blood of Christ. according to the Lord himself, to his teachings, to his word, and to the biblical truth.

0:53 It is his body and his.

0:56 Blood and the truth.

0:58 We pray that the Almighty, God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, one in nature, one in essence, bless you, guide you, protect you, and deliver you from the snares of the enemy, whether it be visible or invisible, In Jesus' mighty and only name, in.

1:15 Whom salvation and redemption were made possible, we pray.

1:17 Amen.

1:17 Our church fathers have chosen.

1:18 A reading for today's liturgical service from the Gospel according to St.

1:20 Luke, and it is chapter 15.

1:39 And chapter 15 consists of 32 golden verses. Chapter 15 of Luke consists of 32 golden verses. In chapter 15, the Lord Jesus.

1:45 Is speaking in parables.

1:47 The Lord Jesus spoke so many parables throughout what we call the synoptic gospels. being Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, you will find parables. However, in the Gospel according to St. John, there are no parables, because John speaks about the divinity of Christ, and he introduces the Lord Jesus to the entire world as God himself. In the beginning was the Logos, the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. So Jesus Christ is either God or he cannot be anything else.

2:37 But in the synoptic, meaning the similar narratives, we'll find parables in Matthew, Mark and Luke. In today's gospel, the Lord Jesus is talking about the Trinity, the triune God seeking the lost soul. and try on God, seeking the lost soul. As Christians, we believe that God is try on, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one in nature, one in essence. He is one in three, and three in one. This is the belief of the Christian faith. The Trinity, God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are seeking us 24-7, 365 days. The entire life we spend on earth, they are searching for us always. The parable begins with the lost sheep, then it goes to the lost coin, then it goes to the lost son. When it came to

3:52 the lost sheep, who searched for the lost sheep? The lost sheep in the desert of this world. This shepherd, this good shepherd, had 100 sheep. He left the 99, came seeking the one that was lost. He's talking about, it's not 100, it's 10. Because the basis to a hundred, to a thousand, to a million, to a billion is ten.

4:46 It all begins with ten.

4:48 So the foundation to a hundred and above is ten. There are nine angelic orders in heaven and the human race is the tenth order. The Lord will not call it finale until he brings salvation. the lost sheep which is the human race back home in heaven when he brings us back home in heaven we will go back to number 10 and 10 is.

5:15 A complete number perfect so there are 9 angels.

5:22 And the tenth one is us, the human.

5:23 Race, the lost sheep.

5:26 So he left his angels in heaven and came down to earth seeking.

5:31 Us, the lost sheep.

5:33 When he found that lost sheep, carried the lost sheep on his shoulders and brought it.

5:36 Back to the fold. The fold is the church.

5:49 The Lord Jesus' role was to bring every lost soul in the desert of.

5:56 This world back to his church on earth. Back to his home on earth. Are you in a rush?

6:00 I want to talk. So he brought the lost sheep back home, the church. Let me say this about the church, my beloved, so you can understand what the Lord is saying. He refers to his beloved church as the hotel and also as the hospital. You read it elsewhere in the Holy Bible. But I will elaborate on the hotel for today's sake.

6:37 Question is, Who.

6:42 Checks in into the hotel? It is the person who says, I am a total stranger to that country that I am in. When you realize that you have no family members in that city or in that country, when you have no relatives, no colleagues, no friends, you don't have anyone. You're a total, total, total stranger. Your only place in that country is the hotel. So the hotel is for those who claim to be total strangers to that country.

7:16 As Christians, when the Lord Jesus came with his own precious blood, brought us back from the desert of this world, where we were sitting in the bosom of Satan, he took us out of the bosom of Satan by shedding his blood, his precious blood on Calvary on the cross.

7:34 He brought us.

7:35 Back to his church, which is the hotel. As Christians, we need to understand this truth. This world is not our country. This world is not our home. We are total strangers to this world. Therefore, the only place we have is the hotel. The Lord Jesus says, my church. So he brought us back to the church. But the human nature, the former Adam, is still in us. Yes, the sentence has been passed.

8:30 For Adam to die.

8:32 However, the sentence is not fulfilled as yet. That's why in every single Christian, there is two Adams. The former Adam, the fallen nature, the corrupt one, and the latter Adam, The perfect wholesome nature.

8:48 Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

8:51 It is like going to court and the judge says to Bishop Murray, I hereby sentence you to lethal injection, to death. Am I being injected in the courtroom right there and then?

9:04 No.

9:04 The sentence is passed, but there is a time for the sentence to be fulfilled. And the fulfillment of the sentence of the former Adam is when the spirit leaves the body. That's when the former Adam dies. Is dead once.

9:18 And for all. But until then. There's two Adams in me.

9:24 Even though the Lord Jesus brought me back to the church. Since the former Adam is still with me. Every time the former Adam surfaces up.

9:34 Takes me back to the world.

9:36 And every time the latter Adam surfaces up.

9:40 Brings me back to the church.

9:42 It's a struggle. But when the Lord brought that lost sheep back to the church, through the sacrament of the holy baptism, that sheep.

9:55 Became a golden coin. When the coin was lost.

9:57 Who searched for the coin? The woman. Who is the woman here?

9:59 The Holy Spirit.

10:00 Because. In him. We live in Him. We move in Him. We exist.

10:20 Now it is the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in the church of Christ and is.

10:26 Dwelling in the temple of.

10:27 God which we put on through the holy baptism. Galatians 3.27 You who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. So when we put on the temple, the Holy Spirit dwelled in us. Now we are living in the time of the Holy Spirit.

10:48 So the women searched for the lost coin in the house, not in the desert. And the house is the church. Meaning.

10:57 When Christ brought me back. And gave me his holy baptism. And I became a child of God. Adopted through baptism to be the son of God. The child of God. Even after receiving the holy baptism. And becoming a Christian. I veered off again. And I was lost in the church as a Christian.

11:18 I got lost again. The Holy Spirit.

11:21 Started searching for the lost coin, meaning the baptized soul. The Holy Spirit searches in three ways. You'll find that in John 16, 8-11. In John 16, 8-11, the.

11:32 Holy Spirit searches for the lost coin.

11:35 In three ways.

11:36 One, the Lord Jesus says....

11:49 You have denied me because of sin. Number two, I am going to the Father and you will see.

11:53 Me no more. Number three, the ruler of this world is being judged.

11:56 Because of sin, because I'm going to my Father and you will see me no more. And the ruler of this world is being judged. Number one, every time we make a mistake, sin, we deny Jesus Christ.

12:24 What is sin? Denying the Lord. What is denying the Lord? Meaning, the Lord said.

12:29 Don't do this, and I did it. When I did it, I did not listen to him. I was disobedient. It is a denial of the Lord. And sin separates me from God. Therefore, that separation is denial of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The Holy Spirit rings a bell through the conscience.

12:53 Through the conscience.

12:54 The Holy Spirit brings the bell through the conscience and other means. And says, remember, you have been purchased by the blood. Of the Lamb of God. You should not be making this mistake. Wake up.

13:08 Come back. Repent.

13:09 And ask for forgiveness. Number two. I am going to my father. And you will see me no more. The Lord says, wherever your treasure is, there is your heart also.

13:23 What is your treasure, my beloved Christian? Is it money?

13:26 That's where you're going to be. Is it fame? That's where you're going to be. Is it wealth?

13:31 That's where you're going to be. Is it self-pride? That's where your entire being is going to be. But the Lord... says, am I your treasure?

13:40 If I am your treasure, then why are you searching for me on earth? I went up to the heaven of all heavens and sat at the right hand of the Father. If you are a true follower of Christ, seek Christ in heaven, not on earth.

13:57 In other words, If you're following the.

14:03 Lord, why are you still holding on to the world and its pleasures?

14:09 Let it go. It's not yours.

14:10 Christ is your treasure. Why do you want to still have fun like the world does? Why do you want to still go clubbing? Why do you want to still do wrong things? If Christ is your treasure, then Christ is in heaven, not here on earth. Let your heart be in heaven. Let your thought be in heaven. Let your entire being be in heaven. In other words, the world and all its glories see it as filth in order to gain Christ. Don't ever be tempted by this world.

14:50 In other words, my daughter, if you're marrying your Romeo, don't fight over materialistic things with your Romeo.

14:55 And vice versa.

14:56 That treasure is Christ that binds you together. The diamond ring is.

15:08 The Lord Jesus. Everything should be the Lord Jesus.

15:11 Don't ever fight over materialism. Don't ever let these materialistic things overcome you. Because Christ must be your treasure if you are truly seeking the Lord.

15:25 And the judgment, because the ruler of this world is being judged.

15:28 Every time we do what Satan wants, We fall under the judgment.

15:39 Why? Because God's judgment is meant to be for Satan and the fallen spirits.

15:46 The foul spirits only.

15:48 God's judgment was never meant to be for no human being. Because God created us to be his own children. And how can dad judge me and throw me in hell?

15:59 Impossible.

16:00 Judgment is for Satan and his fallen angels only. But If you listen to Satan, then you will fall under the judgment which is put upon Satan, if you follow Satan. The Holy Spirit will ring a bell and say.

16:18 Where are you going?

16:19 Repent before judgment day comes. Otherwise, if you stand in the court house of the Lord, you can never be found innocent.

16:30 All of us are sinners.

16:31 So the woman, the Holy Spirit is seeking the lost coin. The lost coin changed.

16:35 And became the son. And who searched for the son? The father. Who searched for the lost sheep? God the son. Who searched for the lost coin? God the Holy Spirit. Who searched for the lost son, God the Father.

16:57 Father, Son, Holy Spirit, try on God, searching for us all the.

17:02 Time to bring us back home.

17:04 This young, the.

17:07 Youngest son, came to his dad and he said, Dad, I don't want to live under you anymore because I'm not free.

17:12 I want to go out, I'm not free.

17:13 I want to come in, I'm not free. I want to eat, drink, dance, do whatever.

17:23 I'm not free. You don't let me.

17:25 If I go out, you say, where are you going?

17:27 Who are you going with? What time are you coming back?

17:30 Don't be late. Don't do that. That's too much. I want to be free. I want to be my own boss.

17:37 So many people want to be free.

17:45 But the question is, how do you define freedom? What is freedom? Is freedom to you.

17:57 When you do things your way? Is that freedom? Of course not.

18:01 Is freedom to you when you go out whenever, come back whenever, do whatever, with whoever? That's not freedom at all. Freedom, my beloved, I'll tell you when.

18:11 You are free.

18:13 The only time we are free when we are abiding by the law.

18:17 I'm driving a car.

18:18 And the sign on the side of the road says 70 kilometers an hour. I'm doing 80.

18:37 Am I free? No. But was I free to do 80? Yes. But when I did 80, was I driving comfortable? No. I'm anxious. I just hope there is no copper.

18:50 Hiding, you know, police officer hiding behind a tree or just around the curb there with the radar pointed at my car because I'll be in deep trouble once he gets me on the radar.

19:02 So all the.

19:03 Time that I'm driving 80, I was never free.

19:07 When will you be free?

19:08 When you are driving 69 kilometers an hour. Let there be a thousand coppers standing on the side. You'll pass them and say, Aloha baby, you can't get me. I am free when I'm abiding by what the law says. The only time we are absolutely and truly free when we listen to our sweetheart, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

19:31 That is the only time you're free. My son, my daughter, Christ is the only freedom you can ever seek and search for.

19:40 You do not let them sleep while the house burns down around their beds.

19:44 You kick the.

19:45 Door off its hinges, you grab them by the arm, and you pull them into the freezing night air. So the son said, I want to be free, dad. Thinking by disobeying his heavenly father, he.

19:59 Will find his freedom finally.

20:01 Thinking that when I deny the existence of God and say I believe in nobody, no supernatural power, I am free because I am my own God.

20:13 But look at the world and you will.

20:16 Realize it does not take a genius to figure out that the world is absolutely destroyed because of this very misdefined freedom. They are completely enslaved to the image that speaks. They spend 8, 10, 12 hours a day staring into the black.

20:37 Mirror of their devices. The son went away.

20:40 Took the portion which dad gave him. And the Holy Bible says he went to a far away country. He was distant from his family father. And when we are distant from God, the outcome will be one thing.

20:55 We will end up in the pig's field.

20:57 And the pig's field is the.

20:58 Core and the heart of sin.

21:05 When we walk away from God, all we will be doing is wrong. Everything that we will do was going.

21:08 To be wrong.

21:08 So this son ended up working in the pig's field, yet he is the son of the king. And then he saw that pigs are eating better than him. He came to his senses after he was broken very harshly. And we never wake up at times until we are broken harshly. We never realize what God has given us until we lose it. Until God comes and shows us that the privileges I've given you, the honor I've given you, the glory I've given you, but you have forsaken it.

21:59 You took it so lightly. I had to break you to make you.

22:03 I had to. So when he got broken, you woke up.

22:05 What am I doing here? When that young man stabbed me in Sydney, my dad is king. My dad is the king. And I'm perishing out of my ignorance, my stubbornness, my foolishness.

22:29 The pigs are better than me. You know what I'll do? I'll go back to my dad and I'll say, Dad, I'm sorry.

22:34 Forgive me for I have sinned against you and before heaven.

22:39 Make me a hired servant. I'm not worthy to be your son anymore. The father could not wait for the son to get home.

22:47 The father runs like crazy to meet the son halfway.

22:52 He doesn't talk and he doesn't let the son talk.

22:59 He embraces the son and kisses him from the neck. This embrace and this kiss of the neck, it is saying that I have Brought you back.

23:12 And I am taking you as my son. Not a servant. You are my son. You are my son. And you will always be my son.

23:15 And the father turns to the servants. Who are the servants of God the father?

23:19 Angels.

23:34 You have no idea how many times angels protect us from so.

23:40 Many dangerous things. You have no idea.

23:44 One thing about angels, they are not show-offs. So they don't tell you that I'm with you. But they help us sometimes more than the saints. They are there with us all the time. And they deliver us from so many dangers. They're beautiful beings. Absolute powerful creatures.

24:04 Mighty. Stunning.

24:08 So he orders the servants, the angel said, three things do for my son.

24:14 Number one, dress him up with the best robe.

24:17 Number two, put a ring in his finger. Number three, sandals, new sandals on his feet. And then bring and let's slain the fatted calf. And rejoice with me. For my son was dead and now he is alive again. And my son was lost and now he is found.

24:41 Amazing grace.

24:42 That song is written about the prodigal son. And what a beautiful song it is. Put on the best robe.

24:45 The best robe is the very dress.

25:03 Which Christ rose from the dead with, the glorified body, the white dress, which is the righteousness. White represents righteousness, the dress of the kingdom of God. My son was filthy, but my beloved son cleansed him right out clean with his own precious blood. Therefore, the dress is spotless, stainless.

25:30 There is nothing on it. It is all white, whiter than snow because my beloved begotten son cleansed you with his own blood. So your dress became white, yet you made it filthy in the pig's field in this world and sinning and going against me, transgressing against me. I made you white again with my beloved son's blood. And now put the ring on the finger.

25:56 Authority.

25:57 I give you authority once again. And what is that authority? You are my son forever. That is the authority.

26:04 You are my son. And sandals on the feet. Sandals, my beloved.

26:09 When we wear shoes or sandals, they are the things that detaches this body from the ground, from the earth. shoes detaches us, they detach us from the ground. What did God say to Adam when Adam.

26:27 Broke his word?

26:28 He said, Adam, because of your sin, the earth, the ground is condemned. It shall bring forth Thorns and prayers for you. Thorns and thistles in other places. They're both thorns with a difference. No time to elaborate more about this. The ground is condemned. And when you walk on a condemned ground, you better put on the shoes to be detached from anything that is condemned. But when you come to my holy mountain, you better take your shoes off your feet, Moses, because the ground you're standing on is holy.

27:10 Wherever God is, take the shoes off. Wherever Satan is, you better put on the shoes.

27:16 In other words, you belong to your heavenly father.

27:19 Don't ever behave worldly. Choose behavior.

27:30 Which path are you taking? Which road are you walking in? Do not walk where Satan cross. Follow on the footprints of the good shepherd. The shepherd is my Lord, I shall not want. He leads me to green pastures and still waters. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. The cross is the one that comforts me.

28:03 Even if I walk through hell, I will step on Satan in his own territory because the cross crushed the head of the serpent, the seed of the woman. Which is the seed of the woman? Jesus Christ. And who is this woman? The one and only, Mother Mary. A butler of heaven who serves your carnal ambitions. This is the doctrine of demons. This is the preparation for the false prophet. Who will look like a lamb.

28:33 Let's slain the fatted calf.

28:36 The fatted calf is offered on the holy altar. The lamb of God who carries away the sins of the world. Jesus Christ is the offering of God. The almighty to the entire world. He is the fatted calf. Jesus is slain on the holy altar all the time. And saying, come rejoice with your heavenly father. This is the banquet which the father put for his prodigal son's comeback.

29:06 This is the banquet. This is the feast. The feast is.

29:09 Coming on Sunday and partaking in the sacrament of the body and the blood of Christ.

29:14 That is the feast of the father.

29:17 Every time we come to church, faithfully, with faith, believing that Jesus Christ is the only Savior and the Redeemer of my life, I am rejoicing with the Heavenly Father.

29:30 I am partaking in that joy.

29:31 I am partaking in that joy.

29:33 So when you come to church, my child, focus on the Lord. Focus on what He has done for you and me and for all of us. Don't let anyone distract you. Don't let anything distract you. Doesn't matter. Trust the Lord. You're not eating today. It's okay. He will feed you tomorrow. Things did not work out the way you wanted them today. They will work out tomorrow through His will. Entrust Him with all of you and everything you have. Don't ever fear. What the future holds. Because the one we serve.

30:17 We worship. We adore. We love.

30:19 Our savior Jesus Christ. Has taken care of us. Before creating anything.

30:24 Anything.

30:25 Trust him.

30:32 Lord Jesus said to the 12 apostles, you have been following me all this time. Simon, you were a fisherman. Also you two, James and John, you were fishermen. You had a profession.

30:45 You had a job.

30:46 You let go of that job and you followed me.

30:49 You became unemployed.

30:51 No wages, no money coming in. And there was no center link back then. So you left your jobs where you were getting money and you followed Jesus who had nowhere to place his head on.

31:06 He didn't have a company. He didn't have a business to offer you.

31:10 You just followed him in the crevices of the mountains and the valleys and the deserts.

31:16 You followed him unemployed.

31:18 But I ask you, 12 apostles, did you ever sleep one.

31:23 Night being in need of anything? They said, no. He said, well... Today I say to you, sell.

31:29 This shirt and hold the sword in your hand.

31:33 The sword is my word, my child.

31:34 I don't come and chop heads.

31:36 I come and heal wounds because the sword is my word. And my word does two things like a sword. It is sharper than a double-edged sword. A double-edged sword means the sword can kill and the same sword can set free. It depends on how you handle the sword because the very sword can be the very weapon to kill you and the very weapon to free you. If you reject the word, you will be judged by the word. Therefore, you will end up dead. but if you accept the word believe in the word and honor the word and embed it in the heart in the core of your heart the word will set you free and if the son sets you free truly you are truly you are free trust the Lord in every word that is being uttered out of its holy and divine mouth trust in it.

32:42 And see what the Lord will do. Fear nothing.

32:43 You've got problems?

32:44 Maybe your problems are not as big as the bishop.

32:46 Don't ever think that if I'm preaching and I'm joking and I'm laughing, I don't have heavy burdens. You don't want to know. And you don't want to have your burdens because I'm not sure if you're going to handle it.

33:06 But my beloved, no matter what, He's got it all.

33:14 It's all under control.

33:15 His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

33:16 Trust him. Trust him. Give him everything. And see how the Lord is going to fix it all for you. His way.

33:20 But I'll tell you one thing.

33:21 He's naked breathing. When the Lord fixes things, you don't understand. Don't try to understand because you won't. When the day comes that you understand how the Lord functions fully, He is no longer God. We become God. So the Lord will always do things that human intellect can never fathom.

34:01 You better trust.

34:02 How did I get here till this moment I'm standing here preaching?

34:06 You ask me personally? I have no idea.

34:09 And I'm being absolutely honest with you.

34:12 I have no idea why I'm here.

34:14 Actually, it rhymes. I'm a poet now. I have no idea what I'm doing here.

34:17 Did I choose this?

34:18 No. Did I do this? No. Is this me? No.

34:39 I was a little boy playing with those little marbles, you know, in the good old days. There was no internet and tablets and iPhone and iPad and iPod and iPad.

34:51 There was none of that.

34:52 We used to go out in the street and play with those little marbles.

34:56 These were our treasures.

34:58 Do not let your mind wander.

35:00 That kid, is this person that little kid? Definitely not. When I was a teenager, is that me? No.

35:04 20 years ago?

35:05 No.

35:05 10 years ago?

35:05 No. 5 years ago? No. 2 years ago? No.

35:22 I break every generational curse that has traveled through the blood of your father or the blood of your mother, from the roots to the branches, by the power of the Holy Cross. Every addiction to lust, to alcohol, to drugs, to the filth of this world, I command it to fall to the earth dead right now. Every night terror that visits your bed. Every voice of suicide that whispers to you in the silence of the night. Be silenced forever by the authority of Yeshua the King. Let every root of bitterness and unforgiveness be pulled out from your chest this very moment. And let the healing oil of the Holy Spirit pour down through the top of your head.

36:03 Through your heart.

36:05 Down to the soles of your feet.

36:07 You are cleansed. You are delivered.

36:09 And you are sealed by the blood of Christ. Hear, O Israel, your God is one.

36:14 There's only one. But this one can't be just one. Leave their names before the throne of grace. We will bring each one before the Lord, crying out for their preservation in this dark hour, asking the Lord to build a wall of fire around them that no demon from the pit can ever break. The Lord Jesus' role was to bring the lost sheep back. The moment he brought the sheep back, his job was done. He had to go out. And said that the right hand of the Father.

36:48 When he said someone else got up and came down.

36:50 The Holy Spirit dwells in us now.

36:52 The Son came to give me the position. And the Holy Spirit dwelt in me by the sacrament of the baptism to give me the condition. The Son gave me the position and the Holy Spirit gave.

37:05 Me the condition.

37:07 What is the position the Son gave me? To be once again the Son of God. Because God created me to be His Son. When I broke His word, from the Son I became a slave.

37:18 I lost the position.

37:20 The Son of God had to come down to bring me back to the sonship. And when He brought me back to the sonship, His job is done. He went up, the Holy Spirit came down and dwelt in me to give me the condition.

37:32 Relevant to the position.

37:34 Meaning, as the Son, I need to live like a son, I need to talk like a son, I need to walk.

37:41 Like the Son of God.

37:43 The Son of God can't lie, kill, destroy and do evil things. If you want God to be your dad, well you better be his son as well.

37:52 It's both ways.

37:54 You can't expect God to be dad and you be a slave to Satan. And expect still to be a son. You need to come back. That's the role of the Holy Spirit. When you let the Holy Spirit engulf you, fill you.

38:10 On fire, baby.

38:12 He will make you always remain in the position. And the moment you veer off the position, the Holy Spirit will smack you left, right and center and twist your ear and your hand and.

38:25 Everything and He'll break you. He'll bring you.

38:27 Back because He says, the Son of God did not die in vain. You will go nowhere. I'm bringing you back. I'm bringing you back. Even if I.

38:38 Break you, I will. Correct, Jude. Break you.

38:39 Break you, my son.

38:40 My son.

38:41 So next time, trust in the Lord. Amen. Amen. Sometimes people think the bishop is angry.

39:03 The gate that leads to life is narrow, compressed. I am as cool as a cucumber. Broad is the highway that leads to destruction. Paved with the false promises of human progress, artificial security, and spiritual compromise. Millions of baptized souls are drifting into hell every single hour.

39:24 It's a cry out to the seed of grace.

39:27 They tell themselves that tomorrow they will The Antichrist will not arrive in a vacuum. He will step onto a stage that has been meticulously swept.

39:47 And prepared by our own lukewarmness, our.

39:51 Cowardice, and our addiction to comfort. If you wait until.

39:54 The trap springs shut upon your neck before you decide to follow Christ with total surrender.

40:00 You will not stand. Look closely at this patch upon my face. Look at this black garment and this pectoral cross that rests.

40:09 Against my heart.

40:11 On the 15th of April, 2024, at the altar of Christ, the Good Shepherd Church in Wakely, Sydney, darkness thought it had won him. Let him go in every single fiber of your being.

40:24 In fact, say, Lord, take me and. Melt me in you. I want to be you. I want to be you.

40:31 I don't want to exist. I want you to be my existence.

40:35 Lord. Every day you get up thirsting, Lord, I love you.

40:41 When you open your eyes, practice this because practice makes perfect.

40:45 Practice it with love.

40:47 You open your eyes thirsting, say, Lord, you're my love.

40:51 I love you. I live for you.

40:54 I breathe you. You are the breath of this life which you gave.

40:59 Anyway, you are this life and you are this breath. I'm inhaling you, Lord. I'm breathing you in. You are my oxygen. You're my life. You're my love. You're my dove. You're my everything. Spoiler. Say Gucci, Gucci.

41:11 I paint your beautiful cheeks.

41:12 Oops.

41:13 Am I going against theology here?

41:14 It's a long story.

41:15 You want to understand what I'm saying.

41:17 Some might know if they hear it.

41:34 Love is the only thing that makes a person act crazy. And I'll leave you with this.

41:38 Including God.

41:39 He acts crazy. That's love. All capital letters. L-O-V-E. Look at this.

41:58 God created everything with the word. But when he came to create the human being, he did not create the human being with the word.

42:09 He created him out of the mud. He says, let us go down.

42:14 And make man like our image, in our image, like in our likeness.

42:24 He went down and put his hand.

42:27 In the mud because Adam is a Hebrew word, edamta. Edamta means red mud. Dam in Hebrew Aramaic is blood. Edamta means red mud. Out of the mud he made the man.

42:40 Question. Who plays in the mud? Little kids.

42:46 But the little kids, that's all they know. They don't know any better. When they play in the mud and they make themselves dirty, mom and dad loses it at them. But God is the source of wisdom. God knows exactly what He's doing. God knows everything. God is perfect in every way. God, why did you put your hands in the mud to make us?

43:11 He says, Because I love you more than me.

43:15 I am acting like I love you. I put my hands.

43:18 In the mud like a little kid because love makes the person do things he would normally.

43:23 Not do if it wasn't for love.

43:39 And when you fall in love, don't you do crazy things for your sweetheart?

43:44 Normally you don't do it. I've said it before and I'll say it.

43:48 Poor mama raised her son for 30 years of endless sacrifices. She did not manage in 30 years to make her son wash one plate. Juliet came along yesterday. She made him not only wash the plate, all the dishes. She made him to wipe the floor, mow the lawn, and go shopping, and come back, and buy a present.

44:13 He's acting like crazy. Mom is looking, is this my son? No. It is my son, but the way he's behaving is not my son. He says, Mom, because I'm in love.

44:27 Let's bow our heads. Ask the Lord.

44:32 For forgiveness to make us worthy to come forth and receive in the true body and the true blood of Christ. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God.

44:41 Amen.

44:42 Our good God and full of mercy, our good God and full of mercy, whose grace and mercy is.

44:47 Poured upon all.

44:49 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 works of their behavior. in the paths of righteousness.

45:15 Please them along with the saints in your kingdom by the assurance of the hope of their faith, in 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.

45:36 Holy Spirit forever. Amen.

45:39 May the Lord Jesus forgive us our sins And make us worthy to come forth and receive him.