Mar Mari Emmanuel teaches that despite trials and suffering, God patiently waits for each person to choose Him, exemplified through the faithful life and sacrifice of the Virgin Mary.
In this powerful biographical sermon, Mar Mari Emmanuel explores the life of the Virgin Mary, highlighting her faithfulness, suffering, and unique role in God's redemptive plan. Drawing from scripture and tradition, he reveals how Mary’s unwavering trust amidst trials exemplifies the patient love of God who is still waiting for each person to choose Him. The sermon encourages believers to remain steadfast in faith despite hardships, inspired by Mary's example.
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But Isaiah 7 14 There is a prophecy that says Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign What is the sign behold? The Virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign behold the Virgin shall conceive and Bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel that is the prophecy meaning the Word of God given to Isaiah around 750 BC 750 BC Now those who were faithful of the Israelite nation This is Old Testament those people who were faithful That belonged to the Church of Christ in the Old Testament the Israelite nation Which is the twelve tribes of Israel that became the Church of Christ of the Old Testament the Israelite nation? Every couple that were faithful they prayed and asked God to choose them and grant them this precious gift a Girl where she becomes the virgin that fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah 7 14 every couple's Desire was for them to have a girl and to be the virgin that will fulfill Isaiah's prophecy 714 a time went by and Centuries went by from the time of this prophecy This couple came in the Holy Land called Joachim and Anne Who later on became the parents of Mary our Holy Mother? Joachim and Anne now When we read in the biography we see that they were of an old age Medically speaking clinically speaking they cannot have a child they have passed that stage well beyond it but they kept on praying and kept on asking the Lord God Yahweh God of Israel the true living God of Israel, please God give us a child in our old age. Just like you gave Abraham He was a 100 years old and his wife Sarah 90 They received the son of the promise the promised son Isaac Yet he was he was a hundred of Abraham and Sarah was 90 he said but we haven't reached that age Nothing is impossible to you. God.
What is impossible to men is possible to God. So one day They were of old age The Lord God sent an angel to Joachim and also sent him to Anne Now Anne's name before was Dina Dina but who Called her and the angel he said because the mercy of God has been bestowed upon you Dina God is Compassionate toward you since he he showed compassion toward you You will be called Anne and in the Hebrew language or Aramaic Syriac the language I speak Hannah or Hannah Hannah means the compassion of God So the angel said your name will no longer be Dina but Anne or the mercy or the compassion of God She bears the child the child is born and it's a baby girl and She was called Mariam and the original language, it's not Mary it is Mariam Now Mariam and the original language derives from the word Mora Mora in Hebrew Aramaic is a Substance when you cut it, it's a shrub Sorry, it's a shrub when you cut it and you you taste that piece of wood It is bitter than bitterness But when you put that piece of wood on fire and you burn it it brings out a fragrance It puts Chanel and Versace to shame it puts them all to shame when you burn it So the word Mariam was given to this baby That means all her life will be nothing but bitterness i.e. She will go through tribulations persecutions Hardships trials you name it. She will never find rest all her entire life Her life will be one bitter life But the more the enemy burns Mary the more Mary releases the fragrance of her beloved son who is God revealed in the flesh Her fragrance will fill the whole world Now the parents of Mary Joachim and Anne promised God that if you give us this child We will offer her back as a sacrifice as a token of appreciation Thank you God that you didn't leave us barren But you gave us a fruit and what a fruit she is She is the chosen one by the Almighty God that God himself Will be conceived in her womb and put on the human nature and become man like us in the end of times as st Paul Refers to that in his epistles to the Galatians chapter 4 so they raised Mary till the age of three and when she became three they took her to the Temple of King Solomon and they offered her to the temple as a sacrifice She lived 10 years in the temple Until she was 13 years of age and at that age She had to leave the temple reason being she reached her maturity as a woman She can't remain in the temple anymore When she came out of the temple Her parents had both moved on passed away because they were already old however During during those 10 years which the Holy Mother spent in the temple God gave Joachim and Anne Another girl and they named her Mary and you'll see that in the New Testament Mary the sister of the Holy Mother Mary mentioned Especially in the gospel according to st.
John chapter 19 verse 25 I'm actually gonna take it out and I'll read it out to you just in case you may say the bishop is making up stories I'm not So we go to John and chapter 19 verse 25 and we see the following and Even though I'm old, but my memory is still ticking baby. I'm right. You see sometimes it's good to memorize biblical verses All right.
So in John 1925 it says now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother comma and his mother's sister What was her name Mary the wife of Clopas Huh? So Mary had a sister Where do we get this from the biography of the Holy Mother the Holy Bible proves the biography So that God gave and and Joachim another girl and they called the Mary Because they said we gave the first Mary to God We're gonna name her Mary so she can remind us of the first Mary anyway, when the Holy Mother comes out at the age of 13, both parents had passed away and Being a single girl virgin Over 2,000 years ago in a culture so male-driven Middle East Anyone here from Middle East? Welcome. Welcome brother Middle East until now there are certain countries in the Middle East It is a male-driven culture period women's don't have the right to speak before men So Middle Eastern culture is very difficult one Now let alone over 2,000 years ago in a Jewish community in the Middle East a culture That is controlled by men this young girl. How is she gonna come out and live on her own? They will shred her to pieces but God Who chose her from the beginning from before the foundations of this world were established? When he chose her he had planned everything for her so he chose our father Joseph the just a distant relative a Distant relative of the Holy Mother they said to him the priest and the high priest of the temple Called this righteous Just man of God and they said look this girl has no parents has no relatives Has nobody except you you are the only closest relative to her You must take her to be your lawful wedded wife later on Now our father Joseph he had planned not to get married But he could not break The request of the high priest and the priest of the temple being being a fearing God-fearing person he could not break the word of the of the priest because there is a there is also the Word of God that Says you will receive the law of God from the mouth of the priest So he took it as if it was God telling Joseph to do that No Choice he took Mary now, let me tell you this Sometimes you may have seen these movies done about the Holy Mother the nativity the birth of the Messiah they have Depicted Joseph as being a young man Trying to be in love with this young girl called Mary if I see the director I'll say to him listen mate next time before you do anything as such come and ask this good-looking Bishop to tell you How to do it, right? Let me tell you our father Joseph He would qualify quite easily to be Mary's grandfather Not even her father.
He was an old man. He would qualify easily to be her grandpa So He took her on himself a righteous man. They got engaged betrothed in the Israelite culture and the Israelite culture Betrothal or engagement was a 12-month period During that engagement What engagement what it did it allowed Joseph and Mary to be together in front of people? By law they're engaged so she can go out and come in with him Without being stoned or ridiculed by people of her town of her of her society So it allowed them to be together legally however Engagement is not marriage full marriage.
It's half marriage So it was 12 months period During which the man had to go and prepare a house a place for his future wife While Joseph was preparing this place for the Holy Mother after 12 months to be fully married to her the Archangel Gabriel came and greeted the Holy Mother and said to her or full of grace You are the chosen one you will conceive in you the son of the Most High the Holy of Holies will dwell in you and He will be called Jesus she conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and Remained virgin Prior to conception virgin after conception virgin after birth virgin forever virgin Ezekiel 44 1 to 2 read and see what that eastern door which God entered and nobody else Entered it and it was shut forever Who is that door? Ezekiel 700 BC Ezekiel is prophesying the door being Mary The door of a womb God entered it no one else entered it it was shut forever according to God's prophecy Mary is virgin forever Biblically speaking not what I think biblically speaking now the Son of God the Second person of the Holy Trinity the second person the Son of God who is God Was conceived in her womb the moment the Archangel Gabriel greeted the Holy Mother He took on himself the Son of God. He took on himself the human nature and became man And I don't know. I don't think we're gonna have the time now because I really trying to get into it as we go Listen my beloved Jesus Christ took on himself the human nature.
He is the only one that is born of a woman He does not have an earthly father. He only has an earthly mother in the entire human race. I'm not talking about Christians I'm talking about the whole Humanity in the entire human race There is never been one neither will ever be anyone that is born into this world with only one Earthly parent it is impossible only Jesus did it Only Jesus out of the entire human race is born of an earthly mother Without an earthly father for his father is the one who art in heaven Now this alone Raises a humongous question mark that every human being need to seek.
Who is this Jesus? Why is he the only human that is born of a earthly mother only with that an earthly father? It's impossible But Jesus did it Who does the impossible God? Only God does the impossible and that's why he is God and no one else is but him Now The Holy Mother conceived him for nine months Just think for a moment with me, please Even Joseph the just a God-fearing man He said what have you done Mary when he starts seeing a change in her figure What have you done? Oh my goodness You've been with another man. You have sinned. I Can't keep you anymore.
I need to get rid of you But the angel came to Joseph's dream and said Joseph do not be afraid To take Mary as a wife to you because the one who is in her is Conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. She is pure virgin She hasn't done anything wrong It was saved by the angel who was sent by God Joseph kept Mary with him But My beloved How did the Holy Mother feel when she went out? She's not fully married And now she's pregnant The law says those who are pregnant out of wedlock Must be stoned to death. That is the law of God Those who are pregnant out of wedlock must be stoned to death Mary in the eyes of people must be stoned to death because looks like she is pregnant out of wedlock So, what did she take as Harsh words Just the looks of people every time she went out to maybe buy something from the shop Her life from the very beginning was nothing but bitter Miriam Mora bitter But the more she suffered the more her fragrance engulfed the whole world She gives birth to the Lord Jesus All of a sudden now not only neighbors, but now authorities are after her Imagine one young girl a virgin very weak Very fragile has somebody with her as a guardian an extremely old man Qualifies to be her grandfather What are they gonna do when that King comes with his army trying to kill them, but more so kill her son Because King Herod gave a decree that all children born in Bethlehem and the surrounding of Bethlehem From the ages of two and below must be slain by the sword.
So Jesus was one of those children So she started running away from Israel and the holy family From Israel went all the way to Egypt the blessed country of Egypt the holy family Spent three and a half years in Egypt Then came back when Herod was dead Again, the angel told Joseph now go back because the one who wanted the the life of the baby Is no longer in exist. He's dead now. He can go back.
It's safe They come back after three and a half years now The Lord Jesus is around six years of age by the time they go back to Nazareth Because when they left he would have been around a year and a half to ease three and a half years in Egypt and and on the way going and coming Around six years between five and a half six years She raises him all her life till the age of 30 She suffers beyond measures Beyond the measures only the Lord knows how much Mary suffered for her sake for her son's sake Only the Lord knows How much he suffered? endless suffering Let me ask you this when any one of us gets touched by the Lord Jesus out of his grace and mercy and That person comes and says the Lord touched my heart and I've changed now. I'm no longer that old person I'm a new person. I've changed completely but Bishop I Don't know what's happening.
I'm going through immense suffering Ever since I received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior Everything is going against me the people who are my friends now. They're my enemies I'm trying to do something that doors are getting shut in my face It wasn't like this when I was living for the world, but now that I'm living for the Lord It is hell Well, if you've been touched by the Lord Changed with a tiny touch Satan is not letting you live comfortably How much more do you think Satan was going to let Mary to live comfortably? Yet she was bringing the Savior and the Redeemer of the world She was gonna give birth to the very one who was gonna crush Satan's head on Calvary How much hell did he give her to stop her from giving birth and to stop her from raising her son? Or she would have been through absolute hell all her life, but Mary remained faithful till the end till the end She remained faithful. He is 30 years of age now According to the law of God maturity ages 30 not 21 That's Western world 21 still a baby, baby But 21 is also biblical because it's 7 times 3 number 3 in the Bible is perfect number and number 7 in the Bible is perfect 7 days of the of the week and Try on God fathers and Holy Spirit 3 and 7 Perfection times affection equals 21 complete perfect mature young men and young women But according to God's law 30 Now you're mature She said I've got a man After 30 years of hell I raised him with no rest With no sleeping.
I've got a man that can look after me the Lord Jesus comes and says mother I have to leave you because I came to do the will of my father. I'm going to do my dad's work he leaves the mother and After three and a half years almost She was about to getting used to this life of Jesus being away from her for weeks and months She hears that your son your only beloved son whom you adore and you love to death His body is shredded to pieces and is being dragged in the streets of Jerusalem to be crucified She runs like crazy. She sees her son Drenched in his own blood Shredded to pieces She keeps quiet She goes all the way and follows him to Golgotha he gets nailed on the cross fully naked in front of his mother and She remains quiet He dies in the flesh before her very eyes and remains quiet Because she believed that my son who is God has come to make everything new My son came to fix everything.
I trust in him. I believe in him no matter what Reality tells me no matter what my eyes tell me no matter what my ears tell me No matter what my head and my heart tells me as a mother dying for her beloved son But I will never be shaken. I will be steadfast faithful loyal to my son till the very last breath of my life on earth and She did That's why She is the Queen We're not We go through a small trial We run away We start accusing God.
Why are you doing this to me? Until when what do you want from me? Leave me alone one little trial Mary never never had a rest The trials were coming like a big net to grab all these fish from the sea She did not escape them one day She never complained Never whinged and never said I've had enough God. Leave me alone. Never Till the last breath of her life on earth She was faithful loyal to the Almighty God You can't find that even in the Saints None of them are like Mary even the Saints are not like her None of them That's why Mary surpasses all the Saints and all the angels of heaven.
She surpasses them all now And I pray I have the time Now let's go To this praise of the Holy Mother in Luke chapter 1 verses 46 to 56. Can we have it on the screen? Thank you By the way this praise in Luke 1 46 to 56 None of the words in this praise the Holy Mother Took him from her own self. She took them all from the Holy Bible That just tells us one thing the Holy Mother was so well embedded in scriptures of the Old Testament Meaning she read the Word of God She Inhaled it.
She ate it. She made it her life That's why when she said this praise She said it all from the Bible from different parts of the Old Testament She put it all together just to tell us all how well informed Mary was of the Old Testament How well informed she was? the Holy Mother begins her praise with Luke 1 verse 46 and Mary said my soul magnifies the Lord I won't have the time to go through all the verses, unfortunately My soul magnifies the Lord It's not on the screen, but I'll take you back same chapter Luke chapter 1 but verse verse 43 verse 43 Elizabeth Was related to Mary when the Holy Mother heard that Elizabeth is also pregnant Archangel Gabriel told her this she ran all the way from Nazareth north to Judea Jerusalem south Do you know how far it is? Back, then it would have taken her at least four weeks on foot or on the back of a donkey or a camel so when the Holy Mother enters the house of Zacharias and and His wife Elizabeth the Holy Mother greets Elizabeth Elizabeth in Luke 1 43 she says but why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Elizabeth was filled by the Holy Spirit realized that the one who greeted her is the mother of her Lord So the one in the womb of the Holy Mother is the Lord of Elizabeth and John the Baptist who is in her womb So she's saying to the Holy Mother, but why is this granted to me? Like why me? Why did God choose me and We say that sometimes Why God chose me like why me? I'm nothing. I'm nobody.
Well, why not you? Why not you So she's saying why me that the mother of my Lord should come to me This is too much for me Elizabeth for the mother of my Lord to come to me but the Holy Mother says My soul magnifies the Lord Elizabeth you called me the mother of the Lord You are trying to magnify me, but I will give that Magnification to the Lord not to me to the Lord the Holy Mother says greatness Can only be given to God not to man not to people so Elizabeth Yes, you call me the mother of the Lord, but I will say to you my soul Magnifies the Lord the glory you give to me. I give it back to God the greatness you give to me I give it back to God because this is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth the Holy Mother her entire life on earth Never ever one single moment She never magnified herself and said hey people guess what? I'm the mother of God Anybody home? You Know mums parents more so mums if their if their son if their son is a doctor or a professor or a president of the United States of America Like imagine this mother her son is a president or a doctor or professor a very renowned person in this world. Very well known Don't you think she'll be boastful about her son when she sits with people? Guess what? My son is the president.
Oh, guess what? My son is the doctor. My son is a surgeon My son is a professor. My son is a scientist Well, Mary, she had the right to be boastful and say guess what? My son is God If your son created this Skyscraper my son created the Sun s-u-n with one word So, let me see whose son is greater than the other but Mary never ever in her entire life on earth magnified herself Everything she did was to magnify God my soul magnifies the Lord Elizabeth Wow This tells me and you my beloved one thing The Holy Mother is a school where you go and learn from her what humility is all about She will teach you what humility is She is the she's perfect in teaching us how to be humble Yet the mother of God the mother of the Lord the mother of the Savior and the Redeemer She claimed to be the hand Maiden of the Lord Wow so humble humility This is why my beloved the Lord says He who humbles himself shall be Exalted come on.
He who humbles himself shall be Louder he who humbles himself shall be louder. He who humbles himself shall be This is why the Lord Jesus is telling all of his churches to exalt Mary Because she humbled herself on earth she is honored in heaven and magnified in heaven and This is the Lord's will No one else's how dare us to question his will Yes Mary is awesome in the sight of God awesome He loves her to death Verse 47 and My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior and My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior Well, the Holy Mother is talking here. It is the praise of the Holy Mother.
She's saying my Spirit is rejoicing in God my Savior Meaning the Holy Mother was in need of a Savior also Why because all of us are in need of the Savior the entire human race is in need of the Savior Because Mary needed to be saved from the original sin Because she was born of earthly parents man and woman like us The only one who is born of a woman only is Jesus Christ of Nazareth Now why is Jesus so unique because he doesn't have an earthly father He only has an earthly mother What does that mean? Bishop Now, please pay attention. This is theology. Yes.
This is theology Who sinned before God in the Garden of Eden who can tell me Who sinned Adam or Eve if who says Eve put your hands if you say don't worry, I'm not gonna Know No, my beloved, please pay attention Eve ate from the forbidden tree Did God say anything to Eve know that God say to Eve you sinned know Did God say to Eve why did you do that? No, when did God say why did you do that when Adam ate from the forbidden tree Eve ate? First then gave to her husband to eat So the husband listened to his wife instead of God So men if you listen to your wife more than God, you're in deep trouble. Just Please don't crucify me. Okay Please Please my daughters don't crucify me.
I love you. I love you. I buy you fish burger chocolate chocolate sundae, please, please So don't listen to wife more than God So Adam sinned what happened? What did we inherit? You see I'm not gonna have the time to finish.
What did we inherit from Adam? Was it? His Action where he stretched his hand and ate from the forbidden tree. No That was his problem. Not my problem What my former dad did that was his problem however, the Consequences of what he did I copped The Consequences of what he did I copped it is not my problem for my dad to break and Eat from the tree, but the consequences of it whether I like it or not I'm gonna cop it why because I am in my dad Adam.
It is not good for you to be alone I'm gonna give you a helper called Eve while her name was at at the beginning I'm gonna give you a wife a woman so that I can bring humanity out of you Alone is all in one. It is not good for Adam to have all humanity in one. I Need to bring all this humanity out of this one by giving him a woman What is a woman a man with a womb? To help the man to bring the human race out of Adam So now When God said don't eat from the tree he said it to Adam Eve was not created yet It was only Adam.
So who received this commandment from God Adam only Eve was not created so when Eve came and ate God didn't do anything because It's not Eve's fault. Why because God was saying to Adam I taught you and I expected you to teach your wife Not to eat from the forbidden tree since she ate it is your fault But I'm not gonna judge her because it's not her fault It is your fault not to tell her and not to teach her but when Adam ate no, no No, God got up and said, oh, why did you eat? Kicked us out We were all in Adam what happened? we inherited Something that became born in Adam the moment he ate from the forbidden tree and broke God's Word What was the thing that was born in Adam that wasn't prior to? Breaking God's Word the word I am me Adam did not have me in him. Who was Adams? I am God Adam Did have did not have his own I am did not his I am was God's it's a long story I don't want to branch out, but I want to tell you why Jesus is unique So now When Adam ate the I am was born in Adam.
Why because prior to breaking the Word God was Adams I am but when Adam said to God No, I'll eat from the tree. He said to God it is my way Not your way the I am of Adam was born in him in that very moment That I am all of us Inherited it from Adam the entire human race was born with the original sin called the I am And I'll prove it to you when a couple gets married The first child comes the first child is extremely spoiled It's the first baby from one hand to the other from one lap to the other loved by mom loved by dad loved by the entire family and the entire tribe and Then after a short while the second child comes The first child turns around one day and Sees his sibling sitting in mom's lap, which is which was his territory All hell broke loose He will run and try to shred that second sibling. How dare you take my Place, this is my mom.
This is my lap This is my home. This is my toy me Me me is born in me in my mother's womb and this I am I'll put it this way to make it simple is the factory where every product gets manufactured in So out of the factory you manufacture so many products the I am is the factory that Manufactured killing stealing lying jealousy envy Hatred bigotry, you name it All of them came because of the word me if it wasn't me, I wouldn't have lied I wouldn't have killed I wouldn't have broken God's Word the I am is the ultimate enemy of me Every human being came to be saved. They were born with the I am can't be saved and By the way, the word I am why is it original sin because I am who doesn't belong to belongs to the one who said to Moses go and tell my people at the foot of the mountain tell him my name is I am that I am So the word I am belongs to God only when a human being Claims the word I am that human being is saying to God.
I am God you're not That is the ultimate sin That is the ultimate sin Anyway, I have to cut it short Jesus Christ or the Son of God the second person and the Holy Trinity was conceived in the mother's womb Took upon himself the human nature not the human seed. Now, this is theology Why what is the seed Well, you're my sons and daughters. Yeah, the seed is in the man not in the woman It is the man that gives the seed to the woman in order to have a child Who has the seed the man who sinned Adam So what where did where did sin enter in Adam where the seed is? Jesus was born of a woman not a man nor an earthly father all in earthly mother Why because the woman does not have the seed where the sin lies That's why Jesus is sinless through birth because he has only a mother or a father So he did not take the seed of the man.
He took the human nature and became man Without the original sin That's why the only one who is born sinless and remains sinless forever is Jesus the man the Son of Man Stunning that's why he can save because a sinner cannot save another sinner, but the Holy One can save a sinner That's why he has only a mother earthly mother but Mary is born of Adam and Eve and She has earthly parents you Joachim and Anne That's why she says and my spirit has rejoiced in God My Savior because I'm born with the original sin and I need my son who is the Savior to save me as well I See how every word you need to branch out to explain it. I'm so sorry, but you have to explain it. I Have to say this I beg of you I beg of you do not disrespect the Holy Mother whatever you do in life and Don't read disrespect her in front of me because you will see a different bishop You tell me off The worst ways you could think of I will love you.
I'll bless you. I will kiss you You disrespect my mother you better not stand in my way because I have a direct line to Jesus Christ He will teach you a lesson for my sake you will never ever have ever tasted as such Don't ever disrespect my mom you talk about my mom. I will not tolerate it I'm telling you.
I'm telling you. I won't tolerate it. Don't ever disrespect my mother Now I'm saying it with love but with boldness I Love you don't cross the red line.
I'm warning you out of love Don't cross the red line Don't disrespect the Holy Mother Let me tell you this Some people claim with love and respect. I'm talking. Yes some people claim that Jesus Christ referred to his mom as woman and They say you see Jesus didn't call her mother If she was like still his mom and Still active in her duties.
He would have respected that and would have called her mother, but he referred to her as woman This is why Mary yes, she had a role. She gave birth to Jesus Christ. She raised him up and her role was over finish That's it done.
She's no longer She's just another person Wow Looks like you don't know what theology is all about my dear friend. You haven't read your Holy Bible properly the only time The only time the Lord Jesus Refers to Mary as woman to his mom as woman is in two places One in the wedding of Cana of Galilee John chapter 2 and at the foot of the cross John chapter 19 John chapter 2 When the Holy Mother comes to him and says They've run out of wine He says woman. What's it to you and me my hour hasn't come yet and In John 19 while he's hanging on the cross He turns to the Holy Mother and he says woman behold your son I eat John the Beloved and then he turns to John the Beloved and says behold your mother The only places the Lord refers to his mom as woman is in John 2 Cana of Galilee and in John 19 at the foot of the cross You know why because these two events are the same Because in in Cana of Galilee the Lord Jesus changes the water into wine true Yes, have you read it? Have you heard it? The Lord Jesus changes the water into wine.
He reveals his divinity He revealed that he's God You know why? Because there is a substance in wine absent in water carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is present in wine Absent in water the only one who can create out of nothing something is God John chapter 1 in the beginning Was the word the logos? Jesus Christ in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God in him Everything was made without him. Nothing was made from what was made So without him nothing was made from what was made, but in him everything was made from nothing So for the water to change into wine it is Impossible and the only one who can do the impossible is God so when Jesus Christ of Nazareth Changes the water into wine water has no carbon dioxide and into and it comes it becomes wine with carbon dioxide That means Jesus created carbon dioxide out of nothing Only God can do that. That's why when the water was changing to wine Jesus revealed his divinity and because he is now the divine then this wine is his blood Not wine, please I beg you it is his blood which he's gonna shed on Calvary after three years and a bit on the cross The cross that blood that was shed on Calvary was pre revealed in Canor of Galilee at the beginning of Christ's ministry And I'll prove to you why it's not earthly wine.
It is his blood Because he said go and call the MC Master of ceremony and the master of ceremony at the time was the father of the groom So they call the father of a groom. Let me tell you about Middle Eastern culture Weddings even until recent ease they used to go for seven days and seven nights That's why the weddings in Galilee and Cana went for seven days and seven nights. That's a Middle Eastern culture in the core so imagine seven days of drinking and They've run out of wine that means they were Swimming in drunkenness swimming They were all drunk to the brim They called the maestro master of ceremony MC.
He came swinging drunk Is that he said they said to him drink from this wine yet the disciples knew Jesus changed it from water When he drank that wine he turns to the Lord and says us people First we serve the good quality wine and when people get drunk we serve them from the $2 shop cheap stuff you know why because if we Put in a wedding and then we bring quality wine and we serve quality wine for seven days I don't think the Federal Reserve Bank will be enough to pay for the quality wine because it's expensive But we serve the quality wine first while people are sober once they are drunk You give them coca-cola seven up it. I don't know they they won't know they're drunk but You meaning Jesus, but you have kept the good quality wine till the end How Did you know this is quality wine yet you were drunk Aha, you must have drank this wine of Christ and became sober to recognize that this is quality wine a Drunk person cannot tell what kind of a wine they drink in only the sober Can someone drunk Drink more wine and be sober impossible Unless this wine is of divine origin It is the blood of the Lamb of God that was shed to make you sober from the drunkenness of your sins Just like the earthly wine makes you drunk and you don't realize Your right hand from your left and you can't tell your sense of orientation So a sin made us spiritually so drunk. We lost the way to God It took the blood of the Lamb of God to make a sober by washing our sins away and bring us back spiritually sober to realize that Jesus Christ is my Savior and my Redeemer and he is the only way the truth and the life and the only way to heaven It took his blood Now, let me ask you who forgives sins Only God Now since Jesus turned the water into wine Which is his blood and his blood is for the forgiveness of sins and only God forgives sins as God He doesn't have a mother He called her woman as God the divine Cannot have a mother, you know, I if he has a mother as the divine that means she is before him and she made him That's why he referred to as woman that's number one Secondly, the reason why he referred to her woman because Kena and Golgotha are the same It's all about the blood and the blood is for their forgiveness of sins and only God can forgive sins Secondly why he referred to her woman because he's fulfilling the prophecy about the Lord Mentioned in Genesis 3 15 the seed of the woman shall crush the head of the serpent Who is the seed of the woman the only one who qualifies for this? For this prophecy is Jesus because Jesus is the only human that is born of a woman Without earthly father the seed of the woman shall crush the head of the serpent since this is my blood on the cross I'll shed my blood and I will crush the head of the serpent because I am The seed of the woman which I revealed it beforehand in Cana of Galilee That's why he called her woman.
He was not disrespectful, but rather absolute respectful to his mom Absolute respectful. I haven't even started. All right, my beloved sons and daughters now we're gonna preach Our topic for today I Hope you're not in a rush I Don't know.
Shall I continue one more verse? Are you sure? Okay All right, verse 48 Verse 48 for he has regarded the lowly state of his hand of his maidservant For he has regarded the lowly state of his maidservant Servant again and again and again The Holy Mother is making an emphasis on humility My goodness Elizabeth saying why me for the mother of my Lord to come to me? She said no. No, I'm his Handmaiden, I'm the maidservant of the Lord You call me the mother of the Lord, but I'll call myself a servant the hat the maidservant of the Lord humility, I Cannot make enough emphasis if you want for Christ to truly Dwell in you to truly be revealed in you. You must be humble This is non-negotiable Area by Jesus Christ of Nazareth on this the Lord will never negotiate with you He will demand it of you.
He will expect it of you He says if you wish to follow me and be my disciple carry the cross and follow me every day Luke 9 23 Every day carry the cross. What is the cross death? What is death in the biblical terminology? Self-denial what is self-denial? Humility The Lord says if you want to follow me carry the cross meaning before you even start Walking in my way. You better Start being humble not be humble later.
No, no No, because you can never start walking in my way unless you are humble first Then you're able to walk in my way, you know, why because humility is self-denial who what is in me the I am and Who is the I am God alone? God says there can't be two gods It is either me or you if you want to walk in your I am you can't walk in my way But if you want to walk in my way, you better deny your I am In order to be able to start walking That's why the Holy Mother For he has regarded the lowly state of his maidservant. Who is the maidservant? She's talking about herself She's talking about herself, I'm just a maidservant of the Lord But the Lord says you're my mom. Yeah.
Yeah Lord. I know. I'm your mom, but please on earth.
I'm your maidservant Don't let me go any higher, please Keep me low Keep me in self-denial Keep me humble Do you know what a maidservant means? King David tells us what it means Psalm 123 verse 2 Psalm 123 verse 2 look at this as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress so our eyes look to the Lord our God until he has mercy on us as The eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress so as our eyes look to the Lord our God When a servant wants to look at his master The highest level the servants eyes can reach the master is the hand Because the moment the servant looks at the face of the master the master will chop his head How dare you as my slave? Look into my face You are not worthy to look into my into your master's face The highest you could take your eyes to is my hands where you kiss them The Holy Mother when she's saying that I am the maidservant of the Lord The Lord is saying you're my mom, but Mary is saying please Lord. I don't want my eyes to pass your hands Allow me just to see your hands not worthy. I'm not worthy to see your face I'm not worthy How can you not honor and respect such a beautiful magnificent figure? How can you and she adores you you are you are her child? By the will of her son who is God revealed in the flesh She made his mom to be our mom.
I Don't have the time I have to finish this For he has regarded the lowly state of his of his maidservant for behold henceforth all Generations will call me blessed and I'll finish it off on this for another two hours for What? Henceforth all Generations will call me blessed Can anybody come and explain to me what all? Generations means it means all generations And what is all generations till her son who is God and revealed in the flesh and the world? All generations will call the Holy Virgin Mary blessed and let me explain to you what the word blessed means and The ancient Greek We have some beautiful Greek people here Kalimera, Kalispera, Kalinikta I should say Kalinikta later on huh because it's good night Kalimera. Good morning Kalispera Good afternoon Kalinikta. See you later.
Go to sleep So in the ancient Greeks they used to refer to their gods as Makarios Now the word Makarios in Greek means the blessed ones But who did they call the blessed ones their gods now in the in the pagan world? Their gods what is a God to them the ultimate ultimate ultimate? Rank Can you have anyone higher than a God impossible? God is the ultimate so when the Holy Mother? prophesied and said henceforth all Generations shall call me blessed Because my son gave me the ultimate of the ultimate place. I am blessed Makarios Blessed gods of the ancient Greeks were referred to as Makarios blessed and Mary Received the blessings meaning the highest award reward from her son ever Now how do you honor so she'll call me blessed meaning we will all generations will honor her will exalt her Will venerate her how on earth? Can you venerate respect honor the Holy Mother by saying she is dead? By saying her role is over finished. She's no longer Jesus mother.
She's done her part and gone And now she's moved on and she's dead. She can't hear you is this honoring the Holy Mother Do you honor the dead or the living if someone is alive and you don't honor honor them once they die don't honor them What's the point? Should have honored them when they were alive They were alive you never asked or you never asked about them. You never went checked on them You never said hello to them.
You never called them You never held them and then when they died they all come and line up in the church Oh, so-and-so just passed away. Don't come if you don't honor them when they are alive. Don't honor them when they're dead Because that's not love You're just faking it God cannot accept an actor he wants you to be true to yourself True to yourself So, how do we honor the Holy Mother She's living that's why today we talk about her after 2,000 and odd years Wow That's why we ask for her intercession that's honoring and calling Mary blessed all generations this bishop came 2,000 years and a bit after the Holy Mother's prophecy a Young girl here.
She is a young girl Because the archangel Gabriel just came and greeted her. She was about 14 here 14 years of age when she said this praise a 14 year old girl Saying that someone like me will come all generations. I'm part of these generations.
I'm the 21st generation I'm still honoring her because The Lord has chosen me We don't worship the Holy Mother for God's sake They Blame the Catholic Church worshiping the Holy Mother. They blame the Orthodox Church work, please Please we need to grow up if until now 21st century people do not know who is God might as well just pack up and bury yourself We all know Jesus is God, please We all know Jesus is the only Savior the only Redeemer the only way the only truth the only life He is the only one who is God revealed in the flesh his blood alone saves you Not Mary This is from an Orthodox bishop Mary cannot save you only Jesus can but what does Mary do? Take you to the Savior because Mary Found the way better than all of us to the Savior So ask the experienced one don't ask the infant ignorant one So I go to the experienced one and I honor her because she's my mom God gave them the commandment to Moses Exodus chapter 20, please read it Honor your father and mother So that I may bless you and give you a long life Mary is my mom and the Word of God remains forever I need to honor my mom in order to be blessed by God her son and She prophesied Since it's documented in the book and the Holy Bible. That means it is by the will of God written That means it belongs to God these words, this is his word God willed it for Mary to say this and to be documented by Luke the gospel writer Since it is documented in the gospel of Luke It is the Word of God and if you don't obey the Word of God, you are in breach.
You're breaking his word How can you say Mary is blessed when you are not honoring her my beloved how can Hmm all Generations shall call me blessed Makarios It was given this title was given to the gods of the ancient world the ultimate rank Mary received the ultimate rank she Her rank surpasses the Saints and all the angels of heaven. She is above them all she surpasses them all Because she was so faithful So loyal to her son no one was like her no one and I stopped So, what is it verse 48 Now we stopped at verse 48 We shall continue if the Lord permits Verse 49 or maybe we talk about a different topic But I pray we had a glimpse a glimpse about our Holy Mother Mary. I pray we had a glimpse Let me tell you one thing about my mom hmm I've said it before And I'll say it again and this is to do with my earthly mother I Was about 13 14 years of age Back in Baghdad Iraq where I was born.
I come from the Middle East I come from Iraq and I'm very proud to be an Iraqi But I'm also very proud to be an Aussie This is my second home and I'm a third income true blue down under even if I don't look it But do not judge the book by its cover So I'm an Aussie like any other Aussie and I'm a proud Aussie, but I will never never deny my heritage and No one should deny their heritage. You should be proud of your heritage If you're an Aussie, whatever you go, so I'm an Aussie and I'm proud Aussie And if you're British be proud if you're American be proud European be proud Middle Eastern be proud Asian be proud be proud South American be proud be proud. I Was about 13 14 We had this neighbor Where they lived with you know next door to us for many many many many years So this mother knew my mom more than a sister.
She was more than a sister to her Anyway one day to cut a long story short one day this woman's son Was sitting in a car with a group of friends who they were studying at the time in University in Baghdad, so they were driving and this guy he lost control of the car and He went into this massive tree where that boy where that young man was sitting It hit against that tree with doing over a hundred kilometers an hour That young man had severe severe severe brain damage They put him in a coma in one of the most profound hospitals in Baghdad and let me tell you Medicine and science in Baghdad is very very advanced. It was the war that destroyed it, but top doctors came from Iraq because they all were graduate of Oxford and Other renowned universities in the world very brilliant doctors brilliant So he was put in a coma and the doctors top doctors in Iraq came to this mother who happened to be our neighbor and Said your son Medically clinically is dead The damage in his brain is beyond beyond beyond repair We have signed off and said he is dead So you tell us now it's only the machine that keeps him just breathing. He's a vegetable So you tell us when to switch the machine off and you farewell your son.
She came I've witnessed this I've witnessed this she came running crying crying like there is no tomorrow. It's her son They just said to her. He's dead finished.
She came crying She said please my mom's birth Baptismal name was Mina But she was called Nina with an N but in her baptism her name her baptismal name was Mina So she said Mina You are the one that the Holy Mother listens to you. I Know how much the Holy Mother loves you and hears your voice and your cries. I beg you my son is dead Mina please get Somebody rescue me.
I beg you Mina now now now you go and beg the Holy Mother your Holy Mother beg her To give my son back and I believe she will Hear you and grant my wish through you My mom came into the house in Baghdad She allocated the top room the biggest room in the house was a double-story the biggest room as a prayer room She put the Holy Cross the icon of the Lord the Holy Mother the Holy Bible She would spend hours every day praying there my earthly mother God rest her soul in peace She's a saint. I know this I believe this I know that I know that actually today she came to my rescue Anyway She Went up and prayed and asked the Holy Mother This woman is a mother and you are the mother You know the heart of a mother mother please Have some mercy on this mother give her her son back The same night the same night. My mom went to sleep the Holy Mother came to her dream In her hand was a head the Holy Mother in her hand she was holding a head She said I came because you asked me.
I Came to give you this head To go and put it on So-and-so's head and she called that young man by his name, which is the real name That he has on earth. She called him by his name To prove it's not a dream. It's real She said take this head and put it on so-and-so's head She walks up.
She woke up my mom. She wakes up and she calls me Mr. Uber Uber driver on a bicycle. She says son.
Come here. Yes, mom Hop on the bike and run to our neighbor. Tell her not to worry not to cry.
Her son is fully Perfect. I Saw this the Holy Mother came tonight and told me this and this and this I went I knocked at the door The mother opens the door Destroyed I said my mom just sent me to you to tell you the Holy Mother has given you your son back Don't worry. My mom saw a dream last night The Holy Mother came to her within Two three days the dead Vegetable clinically signed off medically stamped dead wakes up Fully recovered Not a glitch not a stain Nothing perfect as the Holy Mother said Please You know Now why was she able to do that? Because her son is God gave her the power the authority So who sent Holy Mother to my earthly mother Jesus Christ of Nazareth because he honors her He loves her.
He adores her. He wants all generations to call her blessed It is the will of God for all generations to honor the Holy Mother. It is not our doing it's God's doing Why because she never magnified herself on earth.
God is magnifying her now when she is in heaven That young man His name is Edward he got married I saw that And he has children Lives are normal. He was dead Ah God bless you the Holy Mother bless you and all the Saints and the angels in heaven Jesus Christ is the love of our life. Come on Huh, but he has in just an awesome breathtaking mother.
She'll blow your mind away She's a queen in heaven. Come on, and she is so awesome and so powerful She is so awesome and powerful After the incident I'll have to say this My my face was here Swollen If you had seen me you would have Either fainted or ran away Not even on the third day. They released me.
They couldn't believe just to get rid of me It's all good. I Was released where I shouldn't have been released But you see I don't take these things to heart This one is against me. That one is against me.
God bless you, man Do you think you look after me? It's the Lord my dear friend, please go and learn You need to learn my dear friend. You're still a baby And spirituality is still a baby. You don't look after me.
It's the Lord Anyway, I got released the third day extreme pain The most powerful painkillers I was taken not even doing anything 24-7 pain. I'm not asleep. I'm fully awake because I can't sleep from the pain.
I Just closed my eyes. I'm sitting I can't even lean back because of the blood. I can't lean back.
I'm gonna suffocate So I'm sitting I Just closed my eyes couple of seconds. I saw my earthly mom. I'm earthly mom had already moved on She had passed away over two years ago now.
I Saw my earthly mom in front of me just her face Same face when she left me around 90 93 years there years of age saying that gorgeous stunning breathtaking old face Stunning. She was an angel What a saint I See her face in front of me. I'm saying to myself.
Oh This is my mom, what is she doing here? What are you doing? She got glued on me stuck glued on me. I realized afterwards She was just trying to say how concerned I am for you My face became your face. I'm this close to you my son.
Don't think I have forgotten you I can see you I can feel your pain, but trust me. I'm praying for you my son and Then she separates from me she stands about a meter away from me full figure She is overwhelmed with joy She's leaping and jumping from joy and calling me like that. Come come come my son The Holy Mother is waiting to see you and I look I Just pray I Honestly just pray For the Lord to touch people's hearts to see the beauty of Christ in his mom and his Saints I Just pray for that.
I honestly pray for that Just to see the beauty of Christ Transfigured in his mom What an awesome mother she is. I beg you she is living She is awesome When I looked I saw the Queen sitting on that throne I saw the Queen Huge smile on her face Waiting to see this piece of wreck, but red belt in karate. Yeah It was the Holy Mother who took me out of that hell and I was exactly last year 28th of August her feast day.
I walked and I walked on this red carpet Halfway through Something from inside just Vanished Hell was over Since that day It's not that I go I don't go through trials no, no, but that unbearable hell the Holy Mother on her feast day Took it The Holy Mother is waiting to see you She did it on her feast day Asked the Holy Mother to help you. I Don't I don't gain anything out of this Maybe I'll be ridiculed. I'll be criticized by some people.
I'll be told off after this Absolutely fine anything for my mom. I'll Take anything for my mom They swear at me spit at me kick me punch me make laugh at me Make me crazy out of my mind I Fake Christian you whatever you want to call me do it. I Adore my mom anything for her sweet eyes Anything then how much more for her son the crown of glory Jesus Christ of Nazareth Next time we'll talk about the Lord a Stunning baby 33 years of age still single and available, baby He's still kicking bro.
He's still looking Searching for the soul to be his bride Where you going to the club to the pub to Satan Jesus says I'm the groom Satan is nothing but a slave you leave the groom for the slave You leave the king for the slave You leave heaven for hell you leave the light for darkness you leave the honey for bitterness What are you doing? my child I'm single. I'm the heavenly groom I'm looking accept me Don't reject me. Amen May the Holy Mother bless you all may the Holy Mother protect you under her motherly mantle And may the Holy Mother held your hands and take it to her beloved Son the only true Savior and the only true Redeemer of the world in Jesus mighty name in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit one God.
Amen
Sermon Outline
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I. The Prophecy and Birth of Mary
- Isaiah's prophecy of the virgin birth
- Joachim and Anne's faithful prayers and God's miracle
- Meaning of Mary's name and her destined life of trials
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II. Mary's Life and Faithfulness
- Mary's upbringing in the temple and cultural challenges
- Joseph's role as her guardian and their betrothal
- Mary's perpetual virginity and divine conception
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III. The Suffering and Sacrifice of Mary
- Mary's trials during Jesus' life and ministry
- Her steadfastness at the crucifixion
- Mary's unmatched faithfulness surpassing saints and angels
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IV. The Spiritual Significance and Legacy
- Mary's deep knowledge of scripture
- Her praise and magnification of the Lord
- The call for believers to choose God despite suffering
Key Quotes
“What is impossible to men is possible to God.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“The more the enemy burns Mary the more Mary releases the fragrance of her beloved son who is God revealed in the flesh.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“Mary never complained, never whinged, and never said I've had enough God. Leave me alone. Never.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
Application Points
- Trust in God's timing and plan even when facing prolonged trials.
- Remain faithful and steadfast like Mary, regardless of societal pressures or hardships.
- Seek deeper understanding and connection with scripture as Mary did to strengthen your faith.
