The Book Of Revelation

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All right, we're going to continue our journey in the book of Revelation, and today we'll be taking one verse from chapter 22. And I'm not sure if we will be able to finish verse 1. So if we don't, there's going to be a continuation next week. Now, Revelation chapter 22 and verse 1. The Holy Bible says, And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb, and all glory be to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Amen. All right, so we come to Revelation chapter 22 and verse 1. Between Moses, who wrote the book of Genesis and the Torah, the five books of Torah, which is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, but between Moses, who wrote the book of Genesis, and John the Beloved, who wrote the book of Revelation, there is an approximity of about 1600 years between the two. So between Moses, the prophet, and John the Beloved of the New Testament, one of the twelve apostles of Christ, there is about 1600 year gap or difference.

However, the entire Holy Bible writes about one thing, and that is God's salvation to the entire human race. The entire Holy Bible writes about one thing, and that is God's salvation to the entire human race, who is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. All glory to His holy and mighty name.

It took over 40 writers, different places, different educational levels, different backgrounds, different times, different locations, to write the entire Holy Bible. Yet all of these, over 40 writers, at different times, different locations, all of them wrote about one thing, God's salvation to the human race, who is the one and only Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Now when we look at Genesis chapter 1 and 2, Genesis chapter 1 and 2, they go hand in hand with Revelation chapter 21 and 22.

So the very first two chapters of Genesis, the beginning of the Holy Bible, go hand in hand with the very last two chapters of Revelation, which is the end of the Holy Bible. Amazing, amazing. When we come, for example, to Genesis 1 and verse 1, it says, in the beginning, God, or in the Hebrew text, Elohim, Elohim.

In the beginning, Elohim created the heavens and the earth. Revelation 21, 1, now I saw a new heaven and a new earth. Genesis 1, 1 says, in the beginning, God created heavens and earth.

And Revelation 21, 1 says, and I saw a new heaven and a new earth. Heaven, earth in Genesis, heaven and earth in Revelation. And then when we look at Genesis chapter 2, and more specifically verse 10, it says, now a river went out of Eden to water the garden.

A river went out of Eden to water the garden. Revelation 22, 1, which is our topic for this evening, it says, and he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb in the, and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. Genesis 2, a river coming out of, from the garden of Eden, and Revelation 22, a river, a pure river of water of life.

Incredible. By the way, John the Beloved wrote the book of Revelation while he was in exile in a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, which is called Pedmos of Greece of our time. So he wrote it in a little cave.

I've actually been to Pedmos in one of the recent years, and I went inside that cave where the church tradition says that John the Beloved wrote the book of Revelation from that very cave, and it was around 95, 100 A.D., around the time of 95 or 100 A.D. John the Beloved was the last disciple or last apostle out of the 12 to depart this world. All the other ones had departed prior to him, whether natural death or being martyrs. Moses the prophet, we can put it this way.

Moses the prophet begins it, and in the end of times, passes it to John the Beloved to finish it. For God to say that his word, this is all so that God can say his word is one and talks about one, and that is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The Old and the New Testament put together, it is all about Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

God's salvation to the entire human race. Now when we look also at Revelation 21, we saw last time that it talked about the bride of the Lamb, how she is. But in Revelation 22, will reveal to us where this bride will live, her place.

So Revelation 21 talked about the bride and how she looks, but Revelation 22 will talk about the place where the bride will stay and will remain in forever. So Revelation 21 talks about how the bride looks, but Revelation 22, our topic today, where the bride is going to stay. What kind of a place is she going to remain in? What does this place look like? Just like God prepared a place before creating Adam and Eve, so as God prepared a place before he comes on his second return and takes his bride to the Father's house.

The place is prepared before coming back. Just like he did it in Genesis, prepared everything, then created Adam, so as in his second return, he already prepared a place, that's why he's going to come back and take his bride to the heaven of all heavens, the Father's house. The Father's house is the place where the bride will be remaining.

Now the Lord says in Matthew 25, 34, the following. Then the king will say to those on his right hand, come you blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. This place is prepared for you from the foundation of the world, meaning it is prepared before everything.

I prepared everything before even creating you. But I'm coming back to take you there. So we need to be ready.

The bride, i.e. the church, must be ready for her groom, for her heavenly groom. So now let us come and see this place which we will inherit in the end by the grace of our Lord Jesus. What does it look like? Chapter 22 talks about this place.

What we will expect to see in the end. It reveals it beforehand. But this revelation is a glimpse of what we will enjoy for eternity.

But I've given you a sneak preview, if I can put it this way, to this place where the Lord will take his believers, his true believers. Now let's come to Revelation 22 and verse 1. And he showed me a pure river. Now, river here symbolizes life.

Throughout history, humanity always searched for a place where there is water. Wherever there is flowing rivers, they went and inhabited the land because water represents life. So, and he showed me a pure river.

Now, that river here represents life because water is the source of life. And he showed me a pure river of water. When we go to Genesis chapter 2 and verse 10, we saw a river that was coming out of Eden.

Now the word Eden, we've mentioned it before, it is a Hebrew Syriac word which means joy or praise. Joy and or praise. Now that river in Genesis 2 came from the garden of Eden.

And the word Eden means joy. Now joy, my beloved, is linked to the spirit. Joy is linked to the spirit.

Happiness is linked to the soul. Now, please, I want you to pay attention. Bear with me.

Joy is linked to the spirit. Happiness is linked to the human soul. Look at our Holy Mother Mary saying in Luke chapter 1 verses 46 to 47.

Look what the Holy Mother is saying. My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

You see, joy is to do with the spirit and happiness which is magnification. See, when you're happy, you magnify things. Yes, so my soul magnifies the Lord meaning my soul is happy in the Lord but my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

So therefore, joy is to do with the spirit, happiness is to do with the soul. And St. Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5.23 says, Every human being is made out of body, soul, and spirit. So who rejoices? The spirit.

Who is happy? The soul. And who is naughty? The body. Now, what makes the body happy? The lust and the pleasures of the world.

The lust and the pleasures of the world. And what makes the soul happy? Pride of life. What makes the soul happy? Pride of life.

Where do we see this pride of life? John the Beloved in his epistle, the first one, 1 John 2.16. Look John the Beloved what he writes in his epistle, 1 John 2.16. For all that is in the world, now he's talking about the world. For all that is in the world, what? The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world. So what is in the world? The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.

The pride of life is to do with the soul, and the lust of the world, and the lust of the eyes to do with the body. Now let's come and see what is the pride of life. Probably wondering now, what is the bishop trying to tell us here? Verse 1 says, And he showed me a pure river of water of life.

So where are you taking us bishop? I'm taking you to Fairfield, Nita City, and then we will be back. Now what is the pride of life? Pride of life in one word summed up, I am me. That is the pride of life.

The word I am me. It's either me or no one else. That is the pride of life.

The soul is linked to the word I am. Me, me, me, me, me. I am the number one.

I need to be here, and I need to be better than everyone else. It is all about me, the I am. When people talk about me in a nice way, I am all ears.

But if they talk in any nasty way, I either punch them or I hear not. But if they are saying some very beautiful things about me, then I become alive. Oh really? Did you really say that? Oh thank you, so kind of you.

And you are dancing from within like Michael Jackson. No, not Michael Jackson. What makes the body happy? The lust and the pleasures of the world.

What makes the soul happy? When I am glorified. When I am glorified. But what makes the spirit happy? Everything that is of a spiritual nature.

Everything that is linked to God makes my spirit happy. Anything and everything to do with Jesus Christ of Nazareth, my spirit leaps for joy. The soul says, everything and anything to do with me, I jump with happiness.

And the body, like the vicious animal, runs wherever there is lust and pleasure of this world. Runs like crazy. Somebody just came back from a 14 hour shift, extremely tired.

And his mate calls him, get out of here bro, what's up? He is exhausted. And he says, mate, yo bro, what's up? He says, we are going to go downtown, we are going to have fun. All of a sudden, he is fully alert, fully awake.

That vicious animal runs like faster than a Formula 1. But you take that body to the church. Bishop Murray, this is the last time I am going to ever come to this church. You talk for too long brother.

Man, I am aching and I am breaking. But in that club, till 3, 4 o'clock in the morning. Oh, wow, yes.

I don't want to leave. Man, I am enjoying it. In fact, I was so tired.

Now, I am Tarzan. But in the church, oh. Mom, if you ever say to me again, go to church.

I will not hear you anymore. I will not hear you anymore. The spirit wants to be where Christ is.

The spirit wants to be where Christ is. The body wants to be where the world is. And where is the world? In the bosom of Satan.

Lies, deceptions, pleasures, poison to the core. The soul wants to be where I am glorified. I am seen, I am recognized, and I am applauded.

The soul is extremely happy. And this is where the human dilemma and struggle is. And I am talking about every human being.

This is the dilemma and the struggle of every human being. The body wants to go where it pleases. The lust and the pleasures of the world.

But the spirit wants to go where Christ is. My spirit, the Holy Mother says, My spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. I want to be where Christ is.

The spirit wants to be with Christ. And everything that relates to Christ. What are the things that relate to Christ? Example, the church.

I love going to the church. I was glad when they said to me, let us go to the house of the Lord, King David says. I was glad.

Not huffing and puffing and being angry. I was glad. I want to go to the church.

I want to read the Holy Bible. I want to pray. I want to fast.

I want to do charitable deeds. This is the joy of the spirit. Everything that is relating to Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the spirit loves it.

That is the joy of the spirit. The soul wants to be a show off. Hey, look at me.

You like my hair? I just came back from Istanbul, Turkey. I just had a facelift. I look good.

Let's put this in a very simple analogy. Body, soul and spirit. The soul, let's assume she is a virgin girl.

A beautiful virgin girl. Two men came asking for her hand in marriage. She can't be for both of them.

She needs to choose one of them. One man is called the spirit and the other man is called the body. So both of them came asking for her hand in marriage.

If that soul chooses willingly, because the will is in the soul. There are five components that make up the soul. There is the subconscious mind.

There is the conscience mind. There is the will. There is the thought.

And there is the feelings and the emotions. These five components make up your soul. One of the components is the will.

The most powerful and dangerous tool if it is not used properly. So when the soul chooses willingly to marry the spirit, that human being ends up spiritual. i.e. loving Christ and loving everything to do with Christ.

But if the soul chooses willingly to marry the body, that human being ends up being a physical, earthly, materialistic human being. That human being will love everything that is worldly, totally and utterly against Jesus Christ of Nazareth. This is why some people end up being worldly, and some people end up being spiritually.

Some people end up being for Satan, and some people end up being for Christ. It is the will of the soul. But the problem of the soul, it loves being recognized.

Me. So when you chase after me, I mean you, when you chase after you, you, you, you, you'll end up for the world. This is why the Lord Jesus, the very first thing he said, in order to be with me, in order to be my disciple, in order to follow me, the very first thing you must do, not think about it, it's a must.

It is mandatory. The very first thing you must do is you must carry the cross and follow me. What is carrying the cross? You need to die to your own self in order for Christ to live in you.

You cannot follow Christ with you being you. You either die for Christ to live in you, or you live for yourself. And if you live for yourself, you cannot be a true follower of Christ.

There cannot be two I am's. There can only be one I am, and that I am is Yahweh, God, the living God, the creator of everyone and everything visible and invisible. For you to claim to be the I am, you are literally saying to God, I am God like you, and God will say, but you are a false God.

And if you do it your way, your beginning will be good, but your end will be evil. And that was the very tree in the garden of Eden, which I pre-warned you not to eat from. Eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it's all about me.

But eating from the tree of life is all about Christ, not me. This is the problem. This is the dilemma.

Rejoicing is linked to the spirit. Revelation 22.1 And he showed me a pure river. The river mentioned in Genesis 2.10 did not mention that it was pure.

Because the rivers in this world are not pure. But in Genesis, in Revelation 22.1, it says that this river was pure. But in Genesis 2.10 does not mention the word pure.

Now we said that the river resembles life, water resembles life. Rivers of this world are not pure. See, when rain comes down, it takes the mud and branches, it takes a lot of things with it.

So you see the rivers are not actually pure or clean because they are muddy. They're not clean, they are muddy. Rivers in this world are not pure.

But this river in heaven is a pure one. Since the river or the water represents life, in other words, what Genesis 22.1 is trying, I mean Revelation 22.1 is trying to tell us that life on earth is not a pure one. Or in another way, the human's life on earth is impure.

The human life on earth is impure. Because many things enter it and defile it. Many things enter it and defile it.

However, the life in the next world will no longer be impure. It will be one pure river forever. One pure life for eternities to come.

Because there is nothing that can enter it and defile it anymore. But as long as we live in the flesh, as long as we are living in this world, so many strange entities enter this life and defile our life. There is the stealing and there is the killing and there is the deception and lies and there is the alcohol and gambling and drugs and oh my goodness, there is the pride and there is the envy and the jealousy and you name it.

All these things enter our life and make it an impure river. That's why Genesis 2 does not mention pure. Genesis 2 only says a river came from the Garden of Eden.

But this river in heaven is the pure river of water of life. See, in heaven there is nothing impure to enter our life there any longer. So that life remains pure forever.

In this I want to say this to all of us. Since our life on earth is impure, why are we trying our hardest to cling to this ugly, filthy, dirty world? Why are we fighting for it? You see, this world has made me impure. This world has defiled me.

This world has separated me from the Almighty Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the source of life. Why am I then fighting for it? Why am I trying so hard not to lose this ugly, filthy, dirty world? This is a question that every single one of us need to answer before judgment day comes. Don't you want to be clean? Don't you want to be pure, my son and my daughter? Why is it that we run away from the very source that is trying to purify me, but I'm running too so happily to the source that is the reason for my defilement? Why am I running away from Christ, the source of purity, and running to the bosom of Satan, the source of defilement? Why? You know why? Because I want to be seen.

I want to be known. I want to be heard. I want to be acknowledged.

Me. Children don't listen to parents because they want to be free. They feel they are trapped.

They are imprisoned. They are suffocated at home because mom and dad keep on saying to them, don't go, don't do. No, my son.

No, my daughter. They can't handle it anymore because it is no longer about the children. It's no longer about me.

It's about the parents. The parents want, they want to impose their existence upon me. Therefore, I reject it.

I run away from home because I want to do it my way, not my parents' way, and definitely not God's way. And the reason why the western world is lost is they want to do it their way, not God's. But when it comes to the Lord Jesus, I am the truth, He says.

I am the light of the world, He says. Meaning, in me there is no deception. In me there is no falsification.

In me there is no hidden agendas. What you see is what you get. Why are you running away from me, my child? Why do you love evil and despise goodness? Why? Ask yourself and try to answer it.

My son, my daughter, I kiss your hands and feet. I mean it. I kiss your hands and feet.

I beg you, don't ever go to a place the Lord disapproves of. Don't ever do things the Lord is not happy with. Do not imitate other people.

You do not belong to the world. You've been purchased by the most expensive, priceless thing ever in existence. The blood of the Lamb of God.

Christ, with His own precious blood, purchased all of us. Purchased all of us. This blood nobody can buy.

Nobody can trade with. Nobody can afford. He purchased us with this blood to bring us into His light, into His truth, and to bring us into purity.

That pure river of the water of life. Don't run away from the Lord Jesus. I beg you.

Son, don't go to the club anymore. Come to the church. Daughter, don't go out with so-called friends that take you to the wrong places for the wrong reasons.

Don't ever imitate the people of the world. Don't ever reveal yourself and your body to the world. You are the temple of God for God's sake.

Don't ever do what the people of the world are doing because they are living in darkness. They chose to live in darkness. Saint Paul puts it so beautifully and so eloquently.

He says, because of their rejection of God, they did not want to accept God in their life. God came begging every human being, come to me. They said, no.

I want to do it my way, not your way, God. Since, Saint Paul says, since they rejected God, He left them to their own minds. And when God left those people to their own minds, they ended up worshipping the creation instead of the Creator.

And that is exactly what is happening in our time and age. When a person rejects the true divine God, they end up worshipping the creation, not the Creator. And every creation that you worship is a false god.

And the greatest of all false gods is the word, me. The greatest of all false gods. And when we do it our way, what happens? We're lost.

We're confused. We're destroyed. We're empty.

We're void. Disorientated. I don't know who I am.

I don't know what I do anymore. I have hit rock bottom. I am almost at the verge of collapse and maybe I'm getting the rope from bunnings so I can hang myself with it.

Well, that was a bad promotion for bunnings. But when you come to the Lord Jesus, you are being restored. You find yourself.

You see, my beloved, the only time we will find God is when we find our own self. What is the first commandment? Love God and love your neighbor like yourself. Because you are created in the image and likeness of God.

The moment you discover yourself, you've discovered the one who has created you in His image. You discover God. But God wants you to come His way.

Not your way. His way. Up there the river is pure.

Here, it's not. In other words, in heaven life is pure. On earth, impure.

Don't fight for the impure life, but fight for the pure life to gain it at the end. Be wise. Do not be an ignorant person.

This world's rejoicing is not pure. The next life's rejoicing is all pure. Again, Revelation 21, 22, 1. And He showed me a pure river of water of life.

He adds to it. He showed me a river, a pure river of water of life. Water of life.

Where have we seen this word, water of life? Ah, the Lord Jesus is speaking to this Samaritan woman at the well. John chapter 4 and verse 10. Look at the Lord, what He's saying.

Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God and who it is who says to you, Give me a drink. You would have asked Him and He would have given you living water. So what is Revelation 22 saying? And He showed me a pure river of water of life.

And the Lord is saying to the Samaritan woman in John chapter 4, If you asked Me, I would have given you a living water. This is water of life. And the Lord says, If you'd asked Me, I would have given you a living water or a water of life.

Same thing. Thirst symbolizes rejection. A thirsty soul is rejected by God.

Please be with me. It will be clearer at the end. Thirst symbolizes rejection.

A thirsty soul is a soul that is rejected by God. The Lord Jesus gave a parable in Luke chapter 12 about the rich man and the poor Lazarus. What did He say about the rich man? Both of them died but one of them was buried.

But the poor Lazarus was carried by the angels and he was placed in the bosom of our father Abraham. The rich man saw himself being tormented in Hades. And he cried out, Father Abraham, Father Abraham please send me Lazarus.

I am thirsty. So what does thirst represent? Rejection. When God rejects a soul, that soul will end up being thirsty.

I am being tormented. I am thirsty. But the Lord says to the Samaritan woman, Amazing! He who drinks from these waters, He was referring to the well.

The well which their father Jacob gave to them. A well that is dug by human hands. A well where that water comes from beneath, not from above.

He said who he drinks from this earthly well shall thirst again. But the water I give you, if you drink from it, you will never thirst ever again. What does water here represent? The Word of God.

The Lord says the water I give you, you will never thirst again. What did the Lord give us? Himself. And what is the Lord? The Word.

John 1.1, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. You receive the Word, you are quenched. You reject the Word, you are thirsty.

Because water symbolizes the Word. Resembles the Word. I am the living water.

I'll give you living water. My Word is the living water. Since my Word is the living water, if you reject my Word, you are rejecting the living water.

If you don't drink from me, you will end up thirsty, i.e. rejected by God. Because he who accepts the Son, God has accepted him. And he who rejects the Son, God has rejected him.

God's rejection to that soul is thirst. God's acceptance of that soul is living water. I'll never be thirsty.

So my beloved, a pure river of water of life is the Word of God. And who is the Word of God? Christ. He is the Word of God.

In other words, read the Holy Bible. Believe in the Holy Bible. Accept the Holy Bible.

You will always be drinking from the living water. The day you walk away from the Word of God, you'll end up thirsty, i.e. God will say, truly I say to you, I don't know who you are. Away with you, all evil doers.

I don't know who you are. You'll end up like that rich man, tormented in Hades. Please send Lazarus, I am thirsty.

When you're in a desert, and you have all the wealth and the money of the world with you, but you don't have a bottle of water, you will swap the entire wealth for a drop of water. Wouldn't you? You'll give it all up just for a sip of water. Because this is where the Lord says, what does it benefit a man if he gains the whole world and at the end loses himself? In other words, what does it benefit a man if you gain yourself, but at the end you get rejected by God? Rejected by God.

What is the benefit? What have you gained? Nothing. You've lost everything, including yourself, my child. So stop having fun and gambling with your spirit.

Your spirit is a precious pearl. Don't ever gamble with it in Star City Casino, where Satan dwells. And that Star City Casino is the world, not Las Vegas, not King's Cross.

The whole world is Las Vegas. The whole world is King's Cross. The whole world is Star City Casino, where people are gambling with their own life, not realizing the magnitude of it.

This is why the church needs to be close to Christ, not governments, not the world. The church cannot imitate the world. In the church, you cannot have ranks like the world's.

There is only one rank in the church. As a church leader, unless you're a father, then you have failed. As a church leader, unless you're a father, then you have failed.

Doesn't matter if you're a pope, if you're a cardinal, if you're a bishop, that means nothing. Unless you're a true father, you have failed. Because if you're not a father, you're not going to care about your flock.

You will sell them to Satan. Just like that. But when a father sees danger approaching his children, he will face that danger, he will not run away.

Just like any earthly father does when he sees his children are being vulnerable. Oh, he'll run like crazy just to protect his kids. How dare you try to harm my kids.

How dare you. And if that is seen to the world, that we are judgmentals, discriminative, with all love and respect, I don't care with pleasure. I need to do what my role demands of me, what my Messiah taught me to do.

A pure river of water of life is the word of God, and that word of God is Christ, our Lord, our King, our God. So, a pure river means pure life. And the water of life, all who are there are rejoicing in the presence of God.

So in heaven, you will live a pure life in the presence of God forever. Isn't that incredible? Pure life. Meaning, your next door neighbor will no longer lie to you, will no longer steal from you, will no longer be jealous of you, and neither you.

Everybody will be loving everybody from the heart. Everybody will be helping everybody from the heart. Everybody will be kind to everybody from the heart.

Everybody will be united to everyone, and all of them united to Christ from the heart. Everyone will live a pure life, undamaged. Not even a stain on it.

What an amazing life when you can go out and be at peace and at ease, knowing that no one will try to con you, deceive you, and take you to the wrong place for the wrong reason. Everyone will be honest with you. And imagine this, you come out of your mansion in heaven, and your next door neighbor is, I don't know, some saint, one of the beautiful saints there, and I say, Oh, over there is good morning always, there is no good night, because the light of that world is Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and His sun never goes down, ever.

So it's always morning. It's always good morning. This is why when you come in the presence of the Lord, even on earth, you should say good morning, because when you are in the presence of the Lord, you are in His light, and where there is light, there is no darkness, there is no night.

So it is good morning, everybody. So you go out and you see one of the saints come out from next door. Oh, good day, brother.

How are you going? Good. Where are you going? Oh, I'm going to say hello to my Lord, Jesus. Isn't that incredible? I feel really sad when people don't believe in God, and don't believe in the next life.

Very sad. And there are some very educated people where they deny God's existence. They don't believe in the afterlife.

Yet they are very educated. It's very sad, my beloved. I think I'm going to have to stop.

I knew it. I'm not going to finish verse 1. I'll just mark it so I know where we've reached. I'm getting old.

And He showed me a pure river of water of life. In heaven, all those who are in heaven, all those who will end up in heaven on the second coming of the Messiah, all of them will live a pure life. River, water.

Water represents life. Pure river, pure life. Everyone will live a holy life in the presence of the Holy God.

Amazing. Here we live an impure life in the presence of Satan. That's why there are so many bad things, so many struggles, so many pains, sorrows, agonies.

But you need to come to Christ to find your fulfillment and your peace. You need to come to Christ, my beloved child. I beg you.

Don't go into those dark alleys, please. I beg you. Don't go into those dark alleys.

I beg you. If there is a purposeful life and a meaningful life, it's when you are with the Lord Jesus. Believe you me.

With the Lord Jesus, everything is of clarity. With the Lord Jesus, everything is meaningful, purposeful. Everything makes sense.

With the Lord Jesus, there is truthfulness. There is light. There is construction, not destruction.

With the Lord Jesus, there is the straight path, not a twisted one, not an ambiguous one. With the Lord, everything is clear. One of the saints, quite often he would repeat this throughout his life on earth.

And he was a mighty saint. He would say, I'm like that bird put in that cage. As long as I'm in that cage, I'm not the normal me.

I'm not the real me. Whoever is in that cage is not the real me. God created me not to be in that cage.

God created me to be free. I want to fly so that I can truly be free. And the true freedom, my beloved, is when you are in Christ, not in the world.

See, the problem now people are really fighting for is the very reason that has enslaved them. See, humanity in general fought for freedom, but that freedom was the wrong freedom. They chased after the wrong freedom, which led them to be enslaved.

I want to be free. Well, when you say you want to be free, what is the definition of freedom? What is the true definition of freedom? Is freedom for you to do whatever you wish? Is that freedom? Is freedom to go wherever, however, with whomever? Is this really freedom? This is slavery, my beloved son and daughter. Don't ever chase freedom your way.

You will cage yourself in the end. You will imprison yourself in the end. You'll become a slave to the world and its pleasures and lusts.

Fly, my child, in the heaven of Christ. Be free in your Messiah. Be free in your Messiah.

Come back to the Lord and say, Lord, I repent. Lord, I want to walk away from that wicked life that I had once upon a time. I don't want to be that person anymore, Lord.

Please set me free. I'm weak. I'm struggling.

I'm chained up. I don't know how to come out of this cage. Set me free, Lord Jesus.

I don't want to be a slave to some white powder. I don't want to be a slave to some kind of a habit that has chained me up and stopped me from getting to the Messiah. I want to be free, Lord.

I want to live in purity. I can't stand this impure life anymore. I'm fighting the wrong battle.

I need to come back to the Lord and fight it in love, not hatred. In love. But with boldness, not weakness.

Love everyone, but fear no one. Love everyone, but fear no one. So said, when the church unites with the world.

So said, the pure river of water of life mixed with the filth of the world. For what? Fame? Power? Throne? Glory? Wealth? For what? Buying votes? What are you doing there, church leader? Have you looked at yourself in that photo? I can tell you, it's very ugly to those who are enlightened by Christ. It's very ugly.

Love the Lord Jesus, my beloved. Love the Lord Jesus. Come to the Lord and say, Lord, you know what? Yes, I'm a sinner.

Yes, I'm weak. Yes, I have walked away from you. Yes, I have denied you.

Yes, I have done things that were offensive to you, Lord. But today, I am putting my head before your holy feet and I am confessing my sins. Lord, have mercy on me.

I don't want to be that human being anymore. I hate it. I want to be you.

I want to belong to you, Lord Jesus. I don't want this world. It can give it all to me.

I'll step on it. I want to be with you at the end, Lord. I want to be sitting at your feet.

Be Mary, not Martha. Lord, do you see my sister? She doesn't give one penny about me. I'm working hard in the kitchen.

Tell her to get up and help her sister. Shame on her. Thinking the Lord is going to support her.

He went back and says, Martha, Martha, you are troubled over so many things. But one thing is asked of every single one of you. And your sister chose the good portion.

Who is the good portion? Christ. She chose Christ over every worldly deed. She chose Christ.

And your sister chose the good portion. Sit at my feet, my child. Choose Christ to live in purity.

Otherwise, there is only Satan. And this world and the evil agendas are all satanic. We thank the Lord Jesus.

Amen. To be quite honest with you, I didn't even prepare for this. What I prepared, what I said was two different things.

The Holy Spirit wanted to talk to somebody here this very moment. May the name of Christ be always glorified. Amen.

All right. Now, let us stand for the finale prayer. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God.

Amen. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. Oh, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console.

To be understood as to understand. To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. It is in dying that we are born again to eternal life. Amen.

May the Lord Jesus bless you, guide you, and protect you all the days of your life, now and forevermore. Amen. Go in peace.

The peace of Christ be with you always, our beloveds. Amen. God bless.