Mar Mari Emmanuel teaches that God's love is unwavering and His gifts and calling are irrevocable, emphasizing that believers remain His beloved children despite their sins.
In this devotional sermon, Mar Mari Emmanuel explores the steadfast love of God and the irrevocable nature of His gifts to believers. He emphasizes that despite sin, God continues to love His children unconditionally and that the Holy Spirit’s work in believers remains constant. Drawing from scripture, he highlights the believer’s royal identity and the humility and glory of Jesus Christ. This message encourages listeners to embrace their identity in Christ and trust in God’s enduring grace.
Full Transcript
Does our Lord Jesus Christ see us the same as before after we sinned and repented? Well, let's see what the Holy Bible says. I'll read from 1st Corinthians 12, 7 to 11. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all.
For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as he wills. In other words, before sinning, God gave me certain gifts.
Who gives the gifts? It is the work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does two things. There is the gifts of the Spirit and there is the fruits of the Spirit.
So the Holy Spirit gives the gifts. The gifts, I just read 1st Corinthians 12. Healing, preaching, teaching, prophesying, all these are gifts.
So who gives them? It is the work of the Holy Spirit. Since it's the works of the Holy Spirit, what God gives, God never takes back. And since God gave us gifts through the Holy Spirit, from the very beginning we were sinners.
What has changed? I'm always a sinner. So if God gave me the gifts while I was a sinner at the very start, why would he take it if I sin again? He gave it while I was a sinner. Why would he take it? And I'll seal it with this Romans 11 29 to 32.
Look at this. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Actually, I won't read anymore.
Meaning what God gives, we'll never call it back, no matter how we act, behave, because it's got nothing to do with me. It's got to do with the work of the Holy Spirit in me, through me, and by me. The works belong to God, not to me.
So why would he take it? If he had taken it, that meant those works were done by me, not by him. So that's why when I became naughty, he took it off me. No, the works are done by the Holy Spirit through me.
So why would he take his own works? Are you with me? Secondly, secondly, God is love. Parents that are here and watching us, I ask you this. You have children, God bless them, and God bless you.
When your children make mistakes, do you deny them, they are no longer your children? Do you? Never. Can you be happy to kick your child out of the house and say, you go and sleep in the street, and you go and you put your head as mom and dad on the pillow and sleep comfortably, knowing your son, your daughter is in the street, and I don't know what's happening to them. Can you do that, mom and dad? No.
Well, they are naughty. Why don't you do that? They deserve it, don't they? Say, you cannot live in this house anymore, you are no longer my daughter, you are no longer my son. No, what do you do? No matter how much they give you hell, you continue giving your life for them, because they were born of you.
Do you know the difference between us and angels? One thing, angels, God created them externally. Us humans, God created us internally. That's why they are servants, we are the sons.
The most powerful angel, the archangel Michael, he comes, he must salute me. I am the weakest of all, I'm nothing but a piece of dust. Archangel Michael, he only needs to blink his eye, he can wipe the whole world, not just me, the whole world with me.
Yet the most powerful, the holy angel of God cannot dare to look into my face, he needs to bow and salute me. Why? Because I descend from the royal family, I am the son of his master, this piece of dust. That's why you read in the holy bible, old and new testament, archangel Gabriel, archangel Michael, when they talk, listen to them, they say, I the archangel Gabriel who stands in the presence of God.
I the archangel Michael who stands in the presence of God. And you go to revelation chapter 4 and you see the 24 elders, the 24 elders is the church of Christ of both branches, the new and the old testament. So what, who are the all the church of Christ? The human beings, people made out of dust.
And John the beloved says, and I saw the 24 elders sitting in the presence of God, not standing. Why? Because the son sits while daddy stands. But how dare a servant sit in the presence of his master? Their head will be chopped and they'll be kicked out.
Angels stand, we sit. And we're selling all this for the pig's field, for having fun. My son, my daughter, don't ever replace your eternity with the pig's field called the world.
Don't ever. We cannot afford to lose our eternity. We cannot.
Don't sell it. When you read in the gospel according to St. John chapter 13. Now the Lord Jesus is still in the flesh.
The disciples and a lot of people saw him as a human being like any other human being. The Lord Jesus in John 13 at the last supper, he ties his waist and then he goes and washes the feet of his disciples. Now as a human being, the Lord as a human being, if he washes the feet of other human beings, you will say, well, that's a very beautiful gesture, but it's okay.
You know, it's, there's nothing out of the ordinary about it because he is a human being and he's just washing the feet of other human beings. He's a very humble man, but he is a man. John the beloved, who used to put his head on the chest of the Lord, and he heard the heartbeats of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Out of all the disciples, he heard the heartbeats of the Lord. He put his head on his chest without any fear. In the book of Revelation, John the beloved sees the Lord Jesus for the first time ever in his glory.
What happens to John the beloved? He says, and I fell on the, on the ground as if I were dead. John, Habibi, you used to put your head on his, on his chest and you never feared. You never fell on the ground as if you were dead.
Why? He is the same Jesus. What happened to you? He says, no, it is the first time ever I see him in his glory. His voice is like many waters.
His eyes cut through the veils and those dark places. Everything is vividly clear before him. His feet like copper in an inferno and it's not burning.
I've never seen Jesus in this awesomeness. Out of fear, I fell as if I were dead because he is too awesome to be looked at. Imagine this in his glory.
Book of Revelation says at the end, he says, when he sees us, the piece of dust, his children coming into his kingdom, he will get up from his throne, the King of all Kings, the Lord of all Lords. In his glory, he is now, huh? He's not just a human being on earth, washing our feet. No, in his glory where John fell as if he were dead, he will get up and he will welcome us.
You know, when you get up and welcome someone, how do you do? What kind of a gesture? You bow. Hello. Thank you for coming.
Please come on in. You bow in his glory. He will get off his throne and he will bow before us out of love and joy and says, welcome my children.
Come and sit on my throne and I will serve you. Now, Lord, I'll take it for you to serve me while in the flesh, but I can't take it for you to serve me while in your glory. It's too much.
Why are you doing it? Because I am daddy and daddy is all love and when it comes to love, I'll do crazy things. Even the angels, this awesome God, so humble.
Sermon Outline
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I. The Irrevocability of God's Gifts
- Holy Spirit gives gifts despite our sinfulness
- God never takes back what He has given
- Gifts belong to God, not to us
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II. God's Unconditional Love for His Children
- God's love is like a parent's love for their children
- Sin does not sever our relationship with God
- Believers are sons and daughters of God
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III. The Superiority of Human Identity in Christ
- Humans are created internally by God, unlike angels
- Believers have a royal identity as God's children
- The church is represented by the 24 elders in heaven
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IV. The Glory and Humility of Jesus Christ
- Jesus washed the disciples' feet as a humble servant
- John's vision of Jesus' glory reveals His divine majesty
- Jesus will welcome believers into His kingdom with love
Key Quotes
“For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“No matter how much they give you hell, you continue giving your life for them, because they were born of you.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“When he sees us, the piece of dust, his children coming into his kingdom, he will get up from his throne and he will welcome us.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
Application Points
- Trust that God’s gifts and calling on your life remain even when you fail.
- Remember that God’s love for you is unconditional, like a parent’s love for their child.
- Live confidently in your identity as a beloved child of God, not as a servant.
