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Tuesday, December 3rd
2024
Memorial of
Saint Francis Xavier, Priest
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Isaiah 11:1-10
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Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13 &17
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Luke 10:21-24
Christians, Christ Jesus is testifying and
praying about the perception that has been lost from the wise and
the prudent, for they have lost their innocents of faith in God the
Heavenly Father: the faith that God has revealed and is manifest in
one of these faithful ones, these children of God.
Now Christians, the Prophet Isaiah, God the Heavenly Father’s
faithful child testifies that a rod of the stem of Jesse will come
forth, and indeed, Christ Jesus is a Son of Jacob-Israel and is a
Son of David, the King.
Now the many things that preceded this prophecy, from God the
Heavenly Father’s Prophet Isaiah: is a wrathful lament that is to
come upon the rebellious children of Israel.
The prophet Isaiah testifies of the Israeli people, of course
this does not mean all the people, but it is concerning the kings of
Judah and Jerusalem – interestingly, Samaria, Israel is not even
mentioned in this beginning address, and perhaps we may rightly
interpret this: that Samaria, Israel had given themselves up to
wickedness, evil, that is, immorality, perversion, murder and
idolatry that Isaiah testifies; Judah had become worse than
Gomorrah: Samaria, Israel throughout the divided kingdom time period
was always less faithful than Judah.
Christians, so Isaiah testifies of these people who erred,
because of some of the kings of Judah did evil in the sight of the
Lord God our Heavenly Father: they did wickedness and rebellion,
being like a people who did not know their own home; they were a
people who did not know their own lives and considered not the honor
of their forefathers nor of their present lives: they did similar to
what Saint Paul testifies of the Corinthians: they sinned against
their own bodies.
Yes,
Christians, God the Heavenly father testified against these people,
through the Prophet Isaiah, calling them: a sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, seeds of evildoers – so not only them, but
their parents, and they were children who were corrupters: forsaking
the Lord God and are a people who have morally, corruptly,
pridefully and arrogantly gone backwards; instead of forward in
faith and goodness and love of neighbor as God the Lord Christ Jesus
has loved us, which Christ Jesus’s love for us is according to the
words and teachings of God the Heavenly Father.
Yes, Christians, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse
and a rod shall come forth from the stem of Jesse, the father of
King David, and the great grandson, to many generations, from
Jacob-Israel: this blossom is the king of kings, the Lord of Lords,
and the Eternal Father; he is Wonderful and Counseller, a Mighty
God, The Prince of Peace; and of the increase of his
government and peace there shall be no end: government shall
be upon his shoulders.
Moreover, Christians, Isaiah prophesied that the spirit of
the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of
understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength; a Spirit of the
knowledge and of the fear of the Lord God the Heavenly Father, and
his delight shall be the fear of the Lord, the creator of heaven and
the earth.
Yes,
Christians, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom: to order
it in God the Heavenly Father’s righteousness and to establish it
with judgment and with justice; these things will be established
henceforth even for ever upon the throne of David, the king.
Christians, It will not be by appearance that he shall judge;
rather with judgment and righteousness.
Hence, Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, spoke
praise to God the Heavenly Father.
Now, at that time, Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost,
the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: blessed be the Lord God of
Israel, for he has visited his people.
Yes, in Jesus Christ, God the Heavenly Father did raise up a
horn of salvation, for the house of his servant David: as God did
speak from the mouths of his Holy Prophets and this has occurred
since the world did begin: that we should be saved from our enemies,
and from all those who hate us – this unfortunately would also
include members of their own households.
Remember, Christ Jesus testifies that members of our own
house would be at variance and that he did not come to bring peace,
but a sword.
Yes,
Christians, Zacharias continues, while in this slain in the Holy
Spirit soliloquy discourse: that God did perform the mercy promised
to their forefathers, and God the Heavenly Father did remember his
covenant; the oath which he swore unto the children of their father
Abraham.
Yes, God the
Heavenly Father promised and would grant: the being delivered out of
the hands of their enemies, so that without fear, they would be able
to serve the way, the truth and the life in holiness and
righteousness before God all the days of their lives.
Yes Christians, the Lord God of Israel has sent a word into
the world and God the Heavenly Father’s word does not return to him
without first accomplishing the purpose for that he sent it!
Truly, Christians, man’s imagination is one thing;
humankind’s deciphering of God’s purpose is an imagination of coming
events, while we cannot even imagine what the end of this day will
bring even if that day is a Groundhog Day: ironically each day being
the same day, but no two days were alike and events and occurrences
had subtle and sometime monumental differences.
Truly, Christians, Christ Jesus will not judge by hearsay,
hearsay being: information spoke among people that cannot be shown
to be true; rather, with justice will he judge: justice being meet,
true, loving, just, charitable, faithful, patient, gentle, generous,
kind, good and in right standing with God’s, the creator of heaven
and the earth, word, that being God the Heavenly Father’s
righteousness.
Now
Christians, let us consider this next line carefully and with more
intention: Isaiah testifies that Christ Jesus will judge the poor
with justice, but we should not then think or believe that Christ
Jesus would do any thing less for the rich; indeed, Christ Jesus
will reward each of us according to our deeds and we should pray for
nothing less, but rather, we should realize that we must worship in
spirit and truth: Christ Jesus’s words are consecrated truth.
Moreover, Isaiah is testifying to how the kings: Uzziah,
Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah and also, likely the kings of Samaria,
Israel, those who perform corruption by stealth and undermining and
underhandedness did steal the lands and wealth of citizens: they
being covetous and not of the righteousness of God the Heavenly
Father -- no matter their pretense or false justifications: for
their lights were darkness and not the love that is loving one
another as Christ Jesus did love us, which Jesus’s love for us is
according to the completeness of his Gospel of spirit and life.
Here again Christians, Isaiah is saying that the shoot of
Jesse, this being Christ Jesus will strike the ruthless with a rod;
truly, being rich or being poor, either may be ruthless.
Moreover, it is wrongheaded thinking to believe that all the
rich are ruthless while all the poor are saints; rather, the rich as
well as the poor are known by their fruits and deeds of life and
each will be rewarded accordingly: it is not a bad deed to be rich
nor is it a bad deed to be poor!
Christ Jesus teaches us what defiles a person and these
things are the obvious sins of the flesh, among them are: evil
thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting,
wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness, all evil things that come from within, and they defile
a person.
Yes,
Christians, so Isaiah testifies that the ruthless shall be struck
with the rod of Christ Jesus’s mouth and this is the righteousness
of God the Heavenly Father.
Now as well, the breath of Christ Jesus’s lips will slay the
wicked, and these would be those who prefer the darkness over the
true light of the Lord Christ Jesus.
Truly Christians do not have a false impression of who Christ
Jesus is; rather know him by his word, Jesus testifies in the
parable of a noble man: the last line is: but as for these enemies
of mine, who did not want him to reign over them, bring them here
and slay them before me.
Now Christians, in the name of the Lord Christ Jesus let us pray and
be thankful.
Amen.
Tuesday, December 10th
2024
The Second Week of Advent
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Isaiah 40:1-11
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Psalms 96:1-3 & 10-13
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Matthew 18:12-14
Christians, Jesus Christ came not to destroy
but to heal, and the way, the truth and life of receiving this
healing is when we repent of our sin and sinfulness. Truly, there
can be no binding unless first there was repentance and there can be
no loosing unless first there was repentance: for we are bound when
our repentance is false and it is only lip service, and we only then
loose when a repentance is sincere and in accordance with Christ
Jesus’s Gospel of spirit and life. Christ Jesus testifies: that he
came to cast fire upon the earth, and believed that it would have
been better, if these fires would have already been kindled! Now
Peter asked the Lord Christ Jesus of a parable and then, the Lord
Jesus answered him with another parable: who is the faithful and
wise steward! The servant who is blessed is the person who is doing
the will of God at all times: as our blessed Mother Mary said; let
it be done to her according to God’s word. Still, the servant who
is not blessed is the person that begins to doubt if the master will
ever return and begins to participate and to beat menservants and
the maidservants, and to eat, to drink and even to participate or
give place and wink at those who get drunk, for the faithless
servant derives abhorrent pleasures from these. However, the master
of that servant will come and will punish the faithless hypocrite
and put them with the unfaithful. Truly, the person who knew the
will of God, but did not make ready his way, truth and life shall
receive a severe beating. Moreover, the person who did not know the
will of God, they shall receive a light beating: everyone to whom
much is given, of this person much will be required and of the
person whom men commit much they will demand the more. Now
Christians, it is a wide and broad and deep interesting thing that
Isaiah says in this testimony; being as, the dispersion was right
around the corner! Moreover, this comfort that we will receive is
of the Holy Spirit and not the indulgence of our sin and
sinfulness. Truly, in society we must seek justice. Christians, it
is one thing to legally punish homosexuals for their abomination,
while it is another thing to turn our backs on children who are
being sexually abused. Christians from the book of revelation we
learn the greatness of God our Lord Christ Jesus, for to Saint John
Apostle he testifies: let the unjust, evildoer still do evil and the
filthy still be filthy: let the righteous still do right and the
holy still be holy; Christians, we should not think or believe that
one verse of testimony cancels out another verse. Rather, we should
realize that by taking both the first testimony and another
testimony, and then understand that they are independent from one
another; yet, they help us to understand how far and wide and deep
the word of God is manifest. Christians, we also must remember the
parable of the wheat and tares: for when Jesus, the Christ explains
this parable, Jesus testifies that the weed and the wheat will grow
together and then at harvest they will be separated and each will go
to the place of their reward. Christians, so yes, we must speak
tenderly, and truly gentleness is a fruit of the holy spirit; yet,
singularly, Saint Paul, Apostle testifies of the gifts of the holy
spirit in the same chapter and paragraph to the Galatians as where,
he also tells us of the obvious works of the flesh, saying: those
with these sinful flesh deeds, in no way will they inherit the
kingdom of God. Therefore, Christians understand that God did allow
the Israelites to be carried away in the dispersion to Babylon, but
that he also had forgiven them and allowed them to rebuild the
Temple. Furthermore, Christians we see Isaiah testifying some seven
hundred and fifty years before Saint John, the Baptist was baptizing
at the Jordan, River, saying: that a voice cries out in the desert,
prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the wasteland a
highway for our God! Now brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus do
not fail to remember that Saint John testifies repent for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand and that this repentance was the
heralding: of filling every valley; making every mountain low;
making the rugged plain; and the rough country a broad valley. Yes,
Christians, we wait now and watch now, for Christ Jesus’s return, as
did the people of Judah and Jerusalem and as the people of the
twelve-tribes waited and still wait for the promised Messiah: they
waited thousands of years: from the time before Moses, through the
reign of King David, to the time of the dispersion and Isaiah and
Micah and then to the age of the Lord Christ Jesus. Yes, Jesus is
the word made flesh; in him was life and the life was the light of
men. Indeed, Christians, we were made in the image of God and God
is holy, but sin entered into the world through Adam. Now, the Lord
Jesus, the Christ is the true light that lights every person who
comes into the world. Christ Jesus was in the world and he came to
his own and his own did not receive him. Still, Christians, as many
who receive him, to them, the Lord Christ Jesus gave the power to
become sons of God, that is, even those who believe on his
name. Now these, who receive him are not born of the blood nor of
the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but they are born of
God. Yes, the word was made flesh and the Apostles and disciples
witnessed his glory, the glory of the only begotten of God the
Heavenly Father, full of grace and truth. Now Christians, whether
these following verses uttered by Isaiah are figurative or they are
literal prophecy is something that will become self-evident. Still,
we can realize them as both figurative and literal. For the wolf is
the evil doer who knows it best for him to leave the lamb alone: for
the wolf hungers for the blood of the lamb and so too with the
leopard and the kid. With the calf and the lion: we may see a calf
and a young lion at play with a child, but we may also see two
countries of not many troops who know that the king is gracious and
they find favor in service and fear that he may bring justice down
upon them. This is also true of the cow and the bear both realizing
they are well fed and are only impudent to fear one
another. Therefore, Christians, realize that Christ Jesus, although
was a human man but who is the heir of all things, and through who
God the Heavenly Father created the universe. Yes, realize
he, Christ Jesus is the very expression, the refulgence of God the
Heavenly Father’s glory and the very imprint of his being and
sustains all things by his mighty word. Now Christians, in the name
of the Lord Christ Jesus let us pray and be thankful. Amen.
Tuesday, December 17th
2024
The Third Week of Advent
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Genesis 49:2 & 8-10
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Psalm 72:1-4, 7-8 & 17
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Matthew 1:1-17
Christians, when
we read this first line of testimony from the Book of Matthew, the
first thing we may notice is that it is a family thing; yes, Jesus,
the Nazarene, the Christ is the Son of God: the creator of all
things, the God of Jacob-Israel, and he, Jesus is a descendant of
Jacob and of the House of David.
Now, what, we may and might have
cognition of are things, such as: envy, jealousy, animosity, which
is a pure absurdity: for who among us could have chosen to what
family we were born into.
Still, the genealogy of Jesus
Christ, it also shows us that not only did God the Heavenly Father
choose certain descendants of Adam, but also of Noah and Abraham and
Jacob-Israel, Boaz and Ruth, and David, the son of Jesse: to be not
only the people, through who he, God would make himself known but
the family through who God would make himself known.
Christians the testimony of
evidence is that God, the Heavenly Father cast Adam and Eve from the
garden of Eden because of Adam’s disobedience.
That God destroyed the world
through the flood, but saved Noah, promising never to destroy the
earth by water, again.
Then, God calls Abraham!
Years
later, Jacob and the twelve-tribes, they go down into Egypt and
prospered, but then became slaves: only to have God the Heavenly
Father deliver them, from the slavery, in a mighty fashion.
The people through whom God chose
to make himself known were promised the land of milk and honey, and
that they would be free on this land, if they would keep his word;
they did not!
These people, the descendants of
Abraham and this certain family of Jacob-Israel promised to keep
God’s commandments, statutes, decrees, and ordinances, which are
now, not written on stone tablets but are now written on the hearts
and minds of humankind, and if they did not keep these spiritual
laws of righteousness that they would fall to the curses of the
land: for this is the testimony declared by Christ Jesus unto
humankind; God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Therefore, Christians, we see and
understand that when Christ Jesus comes to reward each of us
according to our deeds, he will separate the sheep from the goats –
these being figurative for the repentant and the unrepentant.
Moreover, we should realize that
Christ Jesus was the perfect sacrifice for all of humankind’s sin.
Therefore, now, when and if we sin,
God the Heavenly Father does not look toward us sinners, but sees
his Son, the Lord Christ Jesus who is the perfect sacrifice for our
sins and sinfulness: so, we say Christ Jesus took away the sin of
the world.
Still, it is also written that
Christ Jesus will come to judge the living and the dead and of his
kingdom there will be no end!
Moreover, it is not only Christ
Jesus who will sit in judgment of humankind, but it will be the men
of Nineveh, the Queen of the South, the twelve-apostles, and the
Lord Christ Jesus.
Again, the judgment is between the
repentant and unrepentant, the believers from the non-believers, and
God, the Lord Christ Jesus will judge each of these according to
their deeds: between those who preferred the darkness and those who
chose to be obedient to the true light of Christ Jesus, the light of
all humankind.
Now, Jesus testifies: whoever
believes in him will be saved; therefore, the key word in this
testimony is believe.
Christians, what does it mean to
believe in Christ Jesus!
Truly, we know some individuals
believe in Christ Jesus, but not as the Son of God, but as a great
prophet; is this believing in Christ Jesus; no, it is not!
Saint John, the Apostle talks about
those who were among them, but who were not really a part of them,
these who believed that Christ Jesus’s return had already happened;
Saint John calls these the anti-Christ.
Now this statement, anti-Christ, we
should realize that the English language gives this phrase a sort of
boogie-man effect, which likely does not happen if it is spoken in
Hebrew.
For truly it means those who are
against Christ Jesus, and as we see and know that it was first Saint
John, the Apostle who called these certain individuals against
Christ and this was within his lifetime; hence, we should not be
swayed by any popular culture to who are those that are against
Christ Jesus, but should do as Jesus, the Christ himself testifies:
know a person by their fruits, their deeds, their works, their
votes.
Now Christians, let us not look
past any phrase of testimony: for the words teaches us about
valuable happenings even when it is not a topic idea, but is the
preface, of introduction, and the addressing of a topic, for
instance: Jacob-Israel assembled his sons, so they would listen to
his blessings and receive their blessings, which he had received
from God the Heavenly Father.
The testimony of Jacob-Israel is
indeed truly: a rousing account of a life lived in God the Heavenly
Father’s bosom.
Christians, we should not forget
that the people of Egypt were descendants of Noah as was Abraham, as
was Jacob-Israel.
Also, Christians, we should not
forget that the people who were neighbors, in the lands known as the
Middle East, to Jacob-Israel were descendants of Noah: Noah’s sons
were Shem, Japheth and Ham, and the line of Jacob-Israel and thus
the House of David ran through Shem.
So, Jacob’s life was indeed
blessed; Rebekah, Jacob’s mother was sterile.
Yet, Isaac, Rebekah’s husband and
father of Jacob prayed to God for her, and Rebekah gave birth to two
nations: the children fought so much in the womb that Rebekah had to
consult the Lord God the Heavenly Father to what was happening with
the children that jostled within her womb.
Yes, Rebekah’s two children were
Jacob and Esau; it is written that God loved Jacob, but Esau God did
hate!
Yes, Christians, again we see that
God knows us while we are still in the womb: for Rebekah was told
that two nations were about to be given birth through the children
Jacob and Esau.
Now, remember, that Rebekah,
Isaac’s wife and the birth of Jacob and Esau all happened before the
twelve-tribes went down into Egypt.
Now, Jacob upon the last days of
his earthly life called and assembled his sons, and prayed: listen
to your father, but Christians, we should also remember that
Jacob-Israel was given the name Israel because he wrestled with an
angel and held him in check until the morning; where when, this
angel of God gave him the name of Israel.
Thereupon, the Patriarch Jacob, who
also received the name Israel, told to his twelve sons what was
going to become of them, but Jacob did not prophesy that his son,
Levi would portend the coming of Moses and the mighty things that
God the Heavenly Father, through his servant, Moses, was about to
cause to happen in the lives of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Now Christians, in the name of the
Lord Christ Jesus let us pray and be thankful.
Amen.
Tuesday, December 24th
2024
The Fourth Week of Advent
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2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14 & 16
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Psalm 89:2-5, 27 & 29
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Luke 1:67-79
Christians, God the Heavenly Father’s
promise, as Zechariah states in this testimony, is so we may be free
from the hands of our enemies, free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our lives, but when
we look at what Christ Jesus testifies about these same: the
pharisees, Sadducees, the elders, the priest; this is the
condemnation: that light is come into the world and men loved
darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. Moreover,
Christians, we also have this testimony from Christ Jesus: this
people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
truly, Christians, we may say that people’s hearts were with their
deeds and the things that they hoped to have held, but their deeds
were not in the light of the words of spirit and life of the Lord
Christ Jesus. To sum up, they may have meant well, even if it went
against Christ Jesus’s Gospel, but they failed to realize in the
moment that their sin was sin; hence, we are now tremendously
grateful that the Lord Christ Jesus is merciful and will receive our
repentance and forgive us our sins and sinfulness. Now Christians,
David, the king was settled in his blessings that God the Heavenly
Father had bestowed upon him, but he was restless about the ark of
the covenant, the ark of God! David, by happenstance or by summons
called and then expressed his unrest to Nathan, the Prophet of God
the Heavenly Father. This prophet of God, Nathan answers the king:
“Go do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with
you.” Christians, this is an open-ended statement, but it refers to
one specific thing and not to any debased immorality that may come
to mind nor any other disobedience that may occur to our wretched
flesh. Christians, consider this from the Gospel of Mark: James and
John, the Sons of Zebedee came to the Lord Christ Jesus, saying to
him: Teacher, we want or desire for you to do for us, whatever we
may ask of you: now, it is clear that nothing that would debase or
defile these two Apostles, James or John was on their minds to ask
permission of the Lord Christ Jesus; rather, they were seeking to be
nearer to the Lord Christ Jesus in his kingdom. Again, in
testimony, we have the Book of Romans; whereas, Saint Paul, Apostle
alludes that it is inexcusable for us, for if we judge another
person, we condemn ourselves; for we are of the same wretched flesh
that is tempted. Still, Christians have no misgivings; clearly
there is a difference between those who give themselves over to sin
and believe themselves justified and those who have been tempted and
have sinned, but then repented of their sinfulness: Jesus Christ
testified, repent or you all will perish. Also, we must know, it is
not a sinful thing nor is it judging a person to recognize the
clothes of sin they may wear; rather, in spirit and truth we see
their sins, but we do not judge them for their sinfulness. Still,
in life, when it comes to murder or to rape, to gossip or to
stealing or to the sexual abuse of minors and to the likes, we must
say no! For we are to make no provisions for the flesh to fulfill
their lusts; rather, we are to be new men created in righteousness
and true holiness, giving no place to the devil: for it is our
obligation to be in, to testify too and to live in life and truth;
again, it is our obligation to confess that Christ Jesus is the way,
the truth and the life. Again, from the testimony of Saint Paul,
Apostle: the flesh has desires against the spirit and the spirit
against the flesh; these oppose each other, so we cannot do what we
want or desire: those whose deeds are the obvious sinful works and
deeds of the flesh will in no way enter into the kingdom of
heaven! Now taken from the Psalms of David, we read, the Lord is
our shepherd; nothing shall we want; clearly, King David is not
talking about the food or stores or such provisions of life, but is
talking about lying down in the green pastures of faithfulness to
the Lord God our Heavenly Father. King David then says, God leads
him on the path of his righteousness, but that God does it for his
name’s sake. Yes Christians, God knows our needs and Christ Jesus
testifies that we must consider the ravens that neither plant nor
reap, but that God prepares a table for them. King David then says
that goodness will follow him all the days of his life, and that he
will dwell in the house of the Lord, forever. Now Christians a
couple of things in consideration: one David did commit adultery,
but he repented and God forgave him and as well: King David had
terrible troubles with his son Absalom, but that God did walk with
David through these troubles: David indeed did live in faith and
dwell in the house of the Lord. Moreover, Christ Jesus testifies:
we are to first seek the kingdom of heaven and the Heavenly Father’s
righteousness, and that God will add all things unto us; clearly,
this is testifying to more things than our daily bread. Yes
Christians, Nathan, the Prophet of God the Heavenly Father goes unto
King David, and tells him what God had related, communicated, to him
the night after David and he talked about the Ark of the
covenant. God saying through Nathan: David, it was I, who took you
from being a shepherd of sheep to being a leader and king of my
twelve-tribes; it was I, who destroyed your enemies, who came up
against you; it was I, who will make you famous as the great ones of
earth; it was I, that fixed a place for my people, Israel. Now
Christians, in these things, we see that God is telling David that
he is already at home in his eternal kingdom and needs not a temple
created by human hands for a home; God is not homeless, but many of
his creation are. Jesus testifies; whatsoever, you do to the least
of these that you also do unto me. Now an interesting thing occurs
when we testify Christ Jesus’s word of spirit and life: for as Saint
Peter, Apostle testifies, our enemy the tempter is roaring like a
lion, prowling about – this prowling is being done in the
consciences of men and women – and the devil is looking to destroy
souls. That said: we should also know that man’s wrath does not
bring about God’s righteousness, for vengeance belongs to
God. Moreover, in a like manner: men’s well-meant covetous does not
bring honor and glory to the name of God our Heavenly Father nor his
Son the Lord Christ Jesus: for, the darkness of sin is not and
cannot be the true light of Christ Jesus. Truly, whether we are
rich or poor in material things, we may be poor in life and poor in
spirit: whether, we are rich or poor we must first seek the kingdom
of heaven and the Heavenly Father’s Righteousness. As a matter of
fact, people are indeed ingenious in hiding their motives and they
do invent stressful situations, which they then use trying to bring
honor and glory to their name to fulfill their ambitions: for the
things they covet. Moreover, when an individual has such ambitions,
they are ripe to be used; by those who are inventors of
wickedness. The truth is that we all have an obligation to work and
those who are not willing to work are not to eat: as humans this
truth is so formidable that we cannot see how to surmount it and
still attend the real needs of the poor. Truly, as Christ Jesus
teaches: without God none of us can be saved and here with this
treasure of helping and giving to the poor, it is a blessing that we
cannot fulfill without faith in God the Heavenly Father. We as sons
and daughters of God cannot bring the five loaves and two fish to
the many in need without God the Heavenly Father’s blessing;
moreover, if we take our eye from God in seeking to help, then we
have taken the first wrong step and all following steps only become
as Christ Jesus testifies: take heed that the light that is in you
is not darkness. Now Christians, in the name of the Lord Christ
Jesus let us pray and be thankful. Amen.
Tuesday,
December 31st
2024
The Seventh Day in the Octave of
Christmas
·
1 John 2:18-21
·
96:1-2 & 11-13
·
John 1:14 & 12
·
John 1:1-18
Christians our hearts are so filled with the
love that is Christ Jesus: let us see his truth; live his truth; and
be in the glory that he gave unto us, so that we may be one, as
Christ Jesus and the Heavenly Father are one: Jesus, through the
Holy Spirit baptized us with the spirit of fire and Christ Jesus is
one with our Heavenly Father, the God of
Jacob-Isreal. Magnificently before the world began, Christ Jesus
was with God the Heavenly Father! In the beginning God spoke the
word; let there be light and the oneness of God the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit saw that it was good! Then, through all the years from
Moses to King David, up until the time the Three Wise Men visited
the Christ Child when in that instance the world was reborn, through
the Son of God, Jesus the Nazarene, the Son of the Blessed Virgin
Mary and humankind received salvation: grace for grace. The grace
of daily sacrifices was offered by a High Priest, a sacrifice
instituted by God the Heavenly Father for the atonement for sin and
then to the eternal sacrifice of grace instituted by God the
Heavenly Father; whereby, we now access this grace brought unto us
by and through Christ Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross -- through the
acknowledgement of our sins, the turning away from our sin, the
going and sinning no more that is repent of our sin and
sinfulness. Yes, Christ Jesus is our eternal sacrifice; eternity
being a thing we as humans cannot even begin to grasp, yet some are
certain they will not like it but others, because of the tremendous
love they know in the Spirit of Christ Jesus -- know through belief
that it is more tremendous than our minds can conceive. Christians,
could Moses have conceived of and imagined the world that we live in
today; no of course he could not, and so too with eternity: our
minds cannot conceive and imagine the unsearchable riches that await
all those who are saved by the grace of the Lord Christ Jesus and
the eternity that is a head of us. Now again, there are not people,
who lived from Moses to Christ Jesus and up to this day, who could
say that those days should never have existed and so too with the
eternity that awaits all those who believe in the Lord Christ Jesus:
those days of eternity that our minds and hearts cannot truly
conceive, but we know God’s word that was in the beginning will be
there; heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s word will remain
forever. One word of caution, Christians; it is true that Christ
Jesus said that nation will rise against nation and kingdom against
kingdom and many other things, in this regard, but we should not
believe we know exactly how those days will unfold and what exactly
what they will be; therefore, be faithful to the Lord Christ Jesus
by first seeking the kingdom of heaven and the Heavenly Father’s
Righteousness. Truly, Jesus, the Christ said: take no thought of
tomorrow for tomorrow will take thought of itself; sufficient is the
evil of this day thereof. Yes, sufficient is the evil of this day
to overcome, but be of good cheer for Christ Jesus has overcome the
world: in other words, do all things for the glory of God’s name
today: we are to worship God the Heavenly Father and only him are we
to serve: call no man father, for there is only one Father and he is
our Hallowed Father who is in heaven. Again, we can live but one
day at a time and the plans for tomorrow should be plans that will
bring glory to God the Lord Christ Jesus and not the plans to
provide, provisions of our lustful flesh. Now Christians, Saint
John, Apostle of the Lord Christ Jesus says; it is the last hour: we
should also appreciate what Christ Jesus said to the Samaritan woman
at Jacob’s well, saying: but the hour comes and now is, when true
worshippers shall worship God the Heavenly Father in spirit and
truth. Truly, Saint John said that in his time, which is the first
century of Christ Jesus and likely between the years of: 80 to 90
A.D., they – those who are against Jesus Christ the Lord and savior
of humankind were among them; therefore, we should realize that they
are among us too. Still, we do not know exactly what this means,
but we do know that Christ Jesus tells us to watch, for we know not
the hour: whether it will be evening or midnight or morning, when
the Lord Christ Jesus will come again to judge the living and the
dead. However, what we do know is that the people of Noah’s time
did eat, drink and they married up until the time that the ark took
to float, and this same fixture of unexpected occurrence will be the
same when Christ Jesus comes again. The wheat and the tares will
grow together, and then Jesus will separate them, so again: first
seek the kingdom of heaven and the Heavenly Father’s
Righteousness. Christians, Saint John says that every lie is alien
to the truth: can we in truth say and believe that sin is acceptable
to Christ Jesus, if so, why did he sacrifice his life for us if sin
is acceptable to God the Heavenly Father. Again, how can we say yes
to abortion, sodomy, adultery, fornication, false pride and the
obvious sins of the flesh that do defile us and then say, we are
testifying the truth; we cannot say yes to these and believe
ourselves to be testifying truthfully. Yes Christians, we have
received the baptism of fire from the Lord Christ Jesus and his
Gospel of spirit and life is the one language that we must speak,
live and conform our hearts and minds too, for they are the very
essence of truth and life; still, some preferred the darkness for
their deeds are evil and their lives are polluted with the obvious
sins of the flesh. Again, God the Heavenly Father cannot lie and he
has brought unto humankind the words of spirit and life; God has
given unto us his Son, the Lord Christ Jesus -- the way, the truth
and the life and we all know unless we repent of our sin and
sinfulness that we will all perish: testifying, repent and believe
in the gospel for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Yes, Christians
this anointing is threefold: it is our advocate before God the
Heavenly Father; it is our teacher: reminding us of the words and
teachings that Christ Jesus did bring unto us; and it is our
comforter: when we are pestered by mortal desires or overwhelmed by
the practical needs of life the Holy Spirit, if sought, will come
unto us and comfort us thoroughly and completely through all of
life’s consequences: helping us to stand in the righteousness of God
the Heavenly Father and helping us to be righteous by faith, which
is pleasing to God the Heavenly Father. Remember what Saint Paul
has taught and most importantly that Saint Paul went through these
trials for us, so now we have the grace that Christ Jesus has
brought unto us through Saint Paul, testifying: who shall separate
us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, anguish, distress, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword: as it is
written, for our sake, they were being slain all the day; they are
looked upon as sheep to be slaughter. Still, even in this Saint
Paul testifies: in all things we are more than conquerors through
Christ Jesus, he who loves us. Now Christians, in the name of the
Lord Christ Jesus let us pray and be thankful. Amen.
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