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The Illusion of Modern Day Success
Mar Mari Emmanuel
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Mar Mari Emmanuel

The Illusion of Modern Day Success

Mar Mari Emmanuel warns against chasing worldly success and possessions, urging believers to pursue Christ alone as the source of true eternal life and fulfillment.
In 'The Illusion of Modern Day Success,' Mar Mari Emmanuel challenges believers to reject the fleeting allure of worldly wealth and status. He emphasizes that true success and eternal life come only through a faithful relationship with Jesus Christ. Drawing from Scripture and vivid illustrations, the speaker calls Christians to persevere in faith, avoid idolatry, and embrace Christ as their ultimate treasure and foundation.

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Now, since we realize the world is nothing but one big vicious jungle, do you really still want to live for this world and chase this world? Please say no. Do not follow the world. Chase the world.

Do not live for this world. Do not let the world control you. Do not let this world be your only thing.

Do not let it be your entire life. I beg of you. When you have money, thank God.

And when you don't, thank God no matter how hard it is. Do not look at your next door neighbor and start comparing. Why do they drive a Mercedes-Benz and I'm driving an old car? Why are they living in a mansion and I'm a little hut? You are not them.

They are not you. You belong to the Lord. Your wealth, your kingdom, your property, your possession is Christ.

No one else. Because that's the truth. You chase the world, the world will give you the grave.

You chase Christ, Christ will give you resurrection out of that grave. Resurrection. Eternal life.

He is six foot one. For the Lord's sake, I'm saying it again. I said I wasn't going to talk about it but I am being forced to say it.

He is six foot one. He is the truth. He exists.

His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. He came from the tribe of Judah. One of the sons of Jacob.

Who was called Israel. The son of Isaac. The grandson of Abraham.

Jesus Christ is and will always be the true living God. Creator of everyone and everything. Visible and invisible.

Tangible and spiritual. He is your creator. He is your savior.

He is your redeemer. He came in the flesh. He was conceived in the womb of the virgin of all virgins.

The mother of all mothers. The one and only. The love of my life.

The pride of my life. The glory of my life. The beauty of my life.

Her name is Miriam. Miriam. Mary.

He was conceived in her womb. He took upon himself the human nature. And became man like us.

Lived on the face of this earth. 33 years and a half. And at the end of those 33 years and a half.

He was crucified. Enough of this nonsense. He was.

Every knee will bow. And every tongue will confess this truth. Whether they like it or not.

In the end. Don't let the end come. Before you have received Jesus as Lord and Savior.

Because there is no guarantee. You'll make it at the end. There is no guarantee.

Jesus Christ got nothing to do with Christians. He's God. For God's sake.

He's God. What does it benefit for a person to be a Christian yet does not follow Christ? It means nothing. You'll end up going to hell.

You will die even if you're a Christian. There is no such thing as once saved always saved. You better live for it.

And you better work for it. And you better believe it. And hanging on to Christ every single moment.

Till the day the Lord calls it the day. You better be there for Christ. Don't think you're saved.

That's it. You can do whatever you wish. No, no, no, no, no.

You better be truthful and faithful to the Lord Jesus. Till the end. Till the end.

Where is Dimas? The companion of Saint Paul. He was. He believed in Jesus.

He received Him as Lord and Savior. He was filled by the Holy Spirit. Yes, yet Saint Paul says, Dimas was taken away by the current of the world.

Meaning, he changed the world. Looks like he had a business opportunity and said, You know what? It's better to go and make some money than being bashed, kicked, punched, ridiculed every single day for the sake of this Jesus. Enough of this nonsense.

I'm going back to the world. I'm going to have fun. Even though he was a believer in the Lord, but he perished.

Because he didn't hang in there. And that's why Saint Paul says, So many begin with the spirit, ends up with the flesh. Meaning, they begin spiritually.

Having faith in the Lord. Believing in the Lord. Coming to church.

Reading the Bible. They're very hot for the Lord Jesus. And after a few years of trials and tribulations, They start, you know, on very shaky ground.

And they start veering off and ending up being worldly once again. Living in the flesh. For the flesh.

He's six foot one. He was crucified. In the days of Pontius Pilate.

He was buried. But he did rise from the dead, whether we like it or not. So open your ears, your hearts, your minds, your souls, your all being.

He rose from the dead on the third day because he is God. He put it and he took it. The body, he put it in the grave and he took it from the grave.

He has that authority. And he rose from the dead on the third day. And went up to heaven.

And sat at the right hand of his father in glory. In that glorified body. The glorified body went up.

The son of man. And he will come back again. To judge everyone.

For he is God. Because the only one who judges is God. And since Christ is the judge.

Then that is. That makes him God. God will never ever give his position to nobody.

To nobody. God is the judge. Period.

He will never give this to a prophet. He will never give this to a holy man. He will never give this to an angel.

God is the only judge. And if Christ is the judge. Then that can only say one thing.

He has to be God. Otherwise God has failed his role. He is 6 foot 1. Long tan skin face.

Mediterranean. He is Middle Eastern. Don't forget.

He is not blond. Green. You know.

He is not blondie. Doesn't have gold hair. You can paint whatever you want to do.

He came from the Middle East. Jewish. Yes.

He was a Jew by birth. So all my beloved Jews you should be proud. And you start believing in the Lord Jesus.

You should be proud. So he was a Jew. Long tan face.

Skin. Brownie. Crispy hair.

Split in the middle. All the way to the shoulders. Greenish.

Bluish eyes. The beard is short. It is brownish reddish.

And after 2026 years he is still 33 years of age and kicking baby. He is never aged. He is never aged.

This saint was taken by an angel to paradise. Just like Saint Paul says whether in the flesh or not I do not know. She was taken in the flesh to paradise.

She saw the King of Kings sitting right before her very eyes in His majestic beauty. She fell on the ground out of fear. You find that in the book of Revelation.

John the Beloved falls on the ground as if he were dead out of fear when he saw the awesomeness of Christ. He wasn't used to Christ when he was still in the flesh on earth. He saw Him as a human being.

He could hug Him, embrace Him and put His head on His chest. But when he saw the Lord in His glory he said, no, no, no. I've never seen this man in this way ever.

It's the first time I see Him in glory. He fell as if He were dead out of fear. So she fell on the ground out of fear.

Then the Lord with His tender voice, fatherly voice says, daughter, do not be afraid, come. I called for you because I miss you. He calls her to Him.

She crawls on the ground all the way. She says, I get within His, you know, couple of centimeters from His feet. He was just elevated one step above that ground.

And He had the sandals on. But there was the wounds of the nails in those feet. I could see them within a few centimeters away from me.

And I was still trembling and shaking out of fear. Then He put His hand under my chin, lifted my head up, my face, and I am now looking into His eyes, face to face, almost touching. And He said, daughter, you know why I called you? Because My children have forgotten about Me.

They are thinking I'm a myth. They are thinking I'm just a fairy tale story. They are thinking I do not exist.

I brought you here to show you that I am the truth. I do exist. And He showed her heaven, few things in heaven, and few things from hell.

And then He says to her, you need to go back and tell My children what I showed you. Tell them don't ever forget the One who loves you the most. Don't ever forget Him.

This saint told the story herself before passing away in 2010. This saint one day would have cancer, spread in her entire body, goes into the operating theater, chop her up, find nothing, come out. What happened? Oh, the Holy Mother healed me by the power and the grace of her beloved son Jesus Christ.

Don't ever lose track of that. But the Lord wanted His mom to heal her, not Himself. Because He wants His mom to be glorified.

Because His mom was good to Him when she was on earth. What goes around comes around. You are good to Me, I'll always be good to you mom.

I'll never forget all the hardships you've gone through for My sake. I will give you glory, I will honor you before heaven and earth. And that's why the Holy Mother is honored, venerated highly, utmost veneration.

Why? Because the Lord willed it to be this way. He said she deserves it. She is the faithful one to the will of My Father.

For as long as I live, she lives. And as long as I'm glorified, she is glorified. And so as My children, the saints.

Oh, my goodness. Heaven is totally different to here, My beloved. You know, when the Spirit leaves the body and you see yourself in light, you will never wish to come back.

Read the stories of so many people who died and came back. All those who went to the light and they saw beautiful places, all of them will say the same thing. I never wanted to come back.

I was so happy there. I was so peaceful there. I've never tasted love the way I tasted it for the first time ever.

I never wanted to come back. But the angel or the Lord Jesus, if they were fortunate enough to see Him, He pushed me and He said, you need to go back. And it is like that, My beloved.

Heaven is a place, when you go there, definitely you will never ask the Lord Jesus to take you back. Because this whole world is a tip compared to paradise. It's a tip.

Anyway, I need to finish. You're tired, but I'm just warming up. I told this joke before going online.

So I'm gonna say it for those who missed out. But those who heard it beforehand, please don't repeat after me. What is the difference between complete and finished? What is the difference between complete and finished? Well, when you marry the right woman, you are complete.

And when you marry the wrong woman, you are finished. I just thought I wanna make you laugh. Come on, relax.

If you're falling asleep, please wake up and hang in there. We're almost done. Okay, My beloved.

Upon the sea He founded it. Well, don't live for the world. The world is the salty waters.

What do you want with it? Leave it to Satan and those who wish to follow that world. At the end, it's the grave. Then what do we do? Verse 2 continues and says, And established it upon the waters, meaning rivers.

What does this mean? Upon the rivers He established the world. See, when we go to the Garden of Eden, we will find a river flowing from the Garden of Eden. And this river parting into four river heads.

There was one river coming from the Garden of Eden and this river parted into four river heads. Who is this river? Christ. And who are those four rivers that came out of this one river? The river of Saint Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The four gospel writers are the four river heads that came from this one river called Christ, the living waters. God the Lord established the world upon the rivers. He founded it upon the seas but He established it upon the rivers.

Found did it mean foundation. Foundation of the world is on the seas. Don't chase the sea.

You're not gonna receive what you want but chase the rivers. That's where you'll be established. Now when we come to these four river heads, one river is called Matthew.

Matthew talks about Christ as the perfect man. You go to the next river called John. John talks about the perfect God.

So when we come to these Matthew and John, Matthew and John we find them from the twelve apostles. They told us who Christ is. God revealed in man.

Divinity united in humanity. So Matthew and John from the twelve apostles told us who Christ is. Who is He? God revealed in humanity.

When we come to Mark and Luke from the seventy apostles, Matthew and John from the twelve, they told us who Christ is. He is God revealed in the flesh. But when we come to Mark and Luke from the seventy apostles, they tell us what Christ's role is.

Not who He is but what He does. Mark said that He is the King. Luke said He is the Servant.

So when you put Mark and Luke together, you see the Servant King. Matthew and John, God revealed in the flesh to come in Mark and Luke to be the King to serve you and not you serving Him. Now verse 3 and 4. Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord or who may stand in His holy place? Verse 3 is literally saying who can make it to heaven? I'm gonna cut it short.

Verse 3 is literally saying who can make it to heaven? Now, to answer this question, the psalmist gave us verse 4. Verse 4 is the answer to verse 3. Verse 3, who can make it to heaven? Verse 4 says, the one who can make it to heaven needs to have these four characteristics in them. Number 1, he who has clean hands. One.

Number 2, and pure heart. Number 3, and who has not lifted up his soul to an idol. Number 4, nor sworn deceitfully.

Never swore with a lie. So who can make it to heaven? The one who has clean hands, pure heart, who has never lifted up his soul to an idol and nor swore deceitfully ever in their entire life. Can anyone of us make it to heaven? No, no, no.

Then who can make it to heaven? These four characteristics only apply to one person, the person of Christ. Christ, His hands were always clean. And when I talk about hands, please don't get me wrong, it's not about the hands.

The hands here symbolize deeds, your works. Your works are the hands. Whatever you've done in life, they're symbolized by the hands.

Has our work been pure, clean always? Never. Sometimes it is clean, a lot of times it's very dirty, what we do. Isn't it? The only one whose deeds were always clean throughout his life on earth was Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Now my beloved, this is why in John 8, 46, the Lord Jesus says to all of us, which of you convicts me of sin? Is there anyone in the human race can come and say to me, I, Jesus, you have made a mistake. I challenge you, you will never be able to point the finger at me and say, you've made a mistake, Jesus. Because I've never made a mistake.

My hands are clean. All of my work that I've done on earth, blameless, without a blemish, without a stain, it was perfectly done according to God's word and God's commandment. Now you need to have a pure heart.

You know what the Lord Jesus says about the human heart? There are some people say, Father, you know, I don't go to church because my heart is better than those who go to church. You know, look at the people that go to church. They talk behind each other's back.

They stab each other's back in the back. They dig beneath each other's feet. They go against each other.

They become groups. It happens. It's funny, not very sad.

But it happens. We're humans. We're very weak.

So I've got a good heart, Father. Why should I go to church? I stay at home. I don't hurt nobody.

I do my due diligence. I give charitable charities here and there. I help the needy people.

I feed the homeless. And I'm nice to my family, to my people, to my friends, to everyone I'm nice. I've got a good heart.

Really, my son, my daughter, you've got a good heart? Well, let's see. Do you believe in Jesus Christ of Nazareth? If you say yes, do you know what Jesus Christ said about your heart, my heart, and everyone's heart? He said, Out of the heart of men, all evil comes. Out of the heart of men, all evil.

All. Not some. All.

What good heart are you talking about, my child? The only way you're going to have a pure heart is when you give your heart to Christ. Crucify it with Him. Crucify your entire being.

That's your heart. Crucify yourself with Christ and say along with Saint Paul, I live, but not me, Christ who lives in me. I am crucified to Christ so that I may live in Christ because the only pure heart is found in Jesus Christ.

That is the only pure heart. So what do you need to do with your heart? Crucify it and live with Christ's heart. Not yours anymore.

Not yours anymore. In my heart there is envy, jealousy, bigotry, pride. All the ugly things.

Let Christ live in you. Let Christ live in you, my child. And who has not lifted up his soul to an idol.

What is an idol? Idol worshiping is whatever is empty, false gods. This world, anything that is visible is an idol. Whatever is visible is temporal and whatever is invisible is eternal.

This world is visible, is an idol. You worship this idol, you're chasing vanity. And if you're chasing vanity, you'll end up with vanity.

Being the vanity of all vanities. And that is the book of Ecclesiastes. Vanity of all vanities, says King Solomon.

Nor sworn deceitfully. But before I go to that. He's never lifted up his soul to an idol.

Jesus our Lord, his entire life on earth, he never wanted anything earthly. He never chased anything materially. Nothing.

Satan came and said, I'll give you the kingdoms of the world and all its treasures and wealth, if you bow down and worship me. He said, away with you, Satan. It is written, you worship your God, and Him you shall serve alone.

Away with you. I don't want the world, I don't want the pleasure, the treasure, the kingdoms. You can have it, Satan.

I came to do the will of my Father. No material thing will ever affect me. The birds of the sky have a nest to dwell in.

The foxes have homes to go and live in. But the Son of Man has no place to rest His head upon. No rest.

I don't have a place. He didn't have a house. Didn't have nothing.

Yet He is God. The Creator of this world and the next. But when He came to this world, He said, it is not mine.

And He's saying it to all of us. Do not worship the world. Do not chase after the world.

Do not let money be your God. Do not let any material thing be your God. Because this is all idols.

And if you chase idols, you are chasing vanity. And it is temporal. It is never yours.

Never will be. And number four. Nor sworn deceitfully.

Let's come very quickly when the Lord was brought up to be judged. He was asked by three people. By three different kind of people.

Number one. Pontius Pilate. Pontius Pilate asked the Lord Jesus this.

Are you the King of the Jews? The Lord Jesus replied, You have said so. Are you the King of the Jews? The Lord says, Well, you said it. Other people asked Him, Are you the Son of God? And He said to them, You rightly say that I am.

See, when people say, Where did Jesus say He is the Son of God? Well, Son of God is God. So where did He say He is the Son of God? Well, He said it here. Are you the Son of God? He said, well, you rightly say so.

You rightly say that I am. I am the Son of God. He didn't deny it.

But look at Caiaphas, the high priest. When he was being questioned, the Lord kept his silence. He didn't talk much.

But Caiaphas, the high priest, he put the Lord in a place where the Lord had no choice. What did he say? And the high priest answered and said to him, to the Lord, I put you under oath. He's saying to the Lord Jesus, I put you under oath.

What is number four? Number four, never swore deceitfully. Who's going to make it to heaven? The one who has clean hands, pure deeds. The one who has a pure heart, sees God always.

The one who has never lifted up his soul to an idol, never followed the world, and chased the material of this world. And number four, never swore deceitfully. Now Caiaphas places the Lord before an oath, swearing.

He says, I put you under oath by the living God. I swear to you by the living God. Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.

When the Lord heard, oath, swearing, or giving an oath, look how the Lord replies. Jesus said to him, It is as you said, Nevertheless, I say to you, Hereafter, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. You read this in Matthew 26, verse 63 to 64.

You read all of this. When Caiaphas said, I put you under oath by the living God. Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.

He said, Yes, it is as you said, I am the Son of God. I am Christ. But since you put me under oath, Caiaphas, you leave me no choice but to say this to you, and reveal this to you.

What is it? Nevertheless, I say to you, Hereafter, from now on, and thereafter, you will never, you will see, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26, 63 to 64. Do you want to know who comes on the clouds of heaven? I'll tell you who comes on the clouds of heaven, my beloved.

Look how the Lord answers, amazingly. You see, Daniel the prophet, when you read in the book of Daniel, chapter 7, you will see, Daniel is seeing this vision taking place in heaven. What is happening in heaven? Look.

He says, I'm cutting it short, but read Daniel chapter 7, the entire chapter 7, read it when you go home. I'm reading just a portion of it. He says, This incredible scene unfolds in the heavenly court.

There were multiple beasts that were about to be judged. That is a topic of another time. Suddenly, Daniel sees, one like a Son of Man.

So when the Lord Jesus is replying and answering Caiaphas, He is referencing what He's saying to Daniel 7.13. To Daniel 7.13. So He says what? Daniel sees, suddenly Daniel sees, one like a Son of Man. What did the Lord Jesus say to Caiaphas? You will see the Son of Man. And Daniel sees the Son of Man.

Now Daniel is 490 years before the Lord Jesus coming. Now Daniel sees the Son of Man. Look.

One like a Son of Man. Son of Man is a common Old Testament phrase that means human being. So Daniel is seeing someone like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven.

Daniel 7.13. Now, this human being, Son of Man, approaches the Ancient of Days. Who is the Ancient of Days? God the Father. Who is God? Yahweh.

Now the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. He was given authority. The Son of Man was given authority.

He was given glory and sovereign power. All nations and peoples of every language worshipped Him, the Son of Man. They worshipped Him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. Who is everlasting? Yahweh, God. And His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Whose kingdom will never be destroyed? God, Yahweh. But the Son of Man has all of this. Who sees this? Daniel, the prophet.

And what did the Lord say to Caiaphas? You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the power. I've got all the power, all the authority, all the dominion. And coming on the clouds of heaven.

The Son of Man will be coming on the clouds of heaven according to the Lord's answer to Caiaphas. Who comes on the clouds of heaven? Exodus 19, 9. It says, The Lord, Yahweh, comes on the clouds of heaven. Psalm 68, 4. Yahweh comes on the clouds of heaven.

Psalm 68, 32-33. God, Yahweh, comes on the clouds of heaven. Psalm 104, verses 2-3.

Yahweh comes riding on the clouds of heaven. Isaiah 19, 1. Yahweh rides on the clouds of heaven. You want me to continue? I better stop.

The only one, according to all the prophets of the Old Testament that rides on the clouds of heaven and comes on the clouds of heaven is Yahweh, which is God. Jesus Christ says, The Son of Man will come on the clouds of heaven. Caiaphas, since you put me under oath, since I never swore deceitfully, because I'm the one who made it to heaven, I'm the one who ascended into heaven and sat at the right hand of the Father.

I'm the one who is clean hands, pure deeds. I'm the one who is pure heart, like God. I'm the one who never chased idols, materialistic, worldly matters.

And I am the one who never swore wrongfully or deceitfully. And I'm telling you, since you put me under oath, then I'm telling you, the one you see before you, who is the Son of Man, is God, Yahweh Himself. So, get it through your thick head, Caiaphas.

I lost an eye for the sake of the Lord. Why am I still here? What am I gaining from the Lord Jesus? Some people talk against this bishop. They say, Oh, he's deposed from his church.

Don't follow him. He is this, he is that. He lies.

I ask you, my friend, why am I still here? What have I gained by going after the Lord Jesus? According to what you're saying, I've been deposed from the church. Is that good things or bad thing? What have I gained? I have been kicked, punched, ridiculed, swore at, spat at, everything you know. Attacked, everything.

And I'm still here. Do you know why? Because I'm the lie, you're the lie, Christ is the truth. Do you get it now? Stop looking at yourself and at people.

Look at Christ and those people. Yes, look at Christ. The reason I'm still here, because the Lord otherwise would have been gone long time ago.

Not now. Long time ago would have been gone. Let me see how you would behave and how would you have reacted by going through hell the way I went through it.

Do you wanna see where I live? Do you wanna know how much money I have? I don't have a problem, I'll show you. My beloveds, when you meet Christ face to face, you're hooked on forever. Whether you like it.

And if someone thinks that this bishop is acting, well let me tell you, every act ends. Doesn't last. I've been preaching more than so many people here who were not born yet.

So if I was fake, I would have been gone long time ago. Because what is fake only is short-lived. But what is truth remains forever.

You see, when the Sanhedrin, that 70 elders of the Israelite nation, the Sanhedrin, when they said, we must now get rid of these disciples of this person called Jesus. They crucified the Lord. This is after crucifixion, after resurrection.

The disciples started talking. They said, well, we got rid of their master, we need to get rid of them as well. So they said, we have to kill them as well, the 12 apostles.

The high priest at that time stood up and the Holy Bible says, it's not just because he was the high priest, but the Holy Spirit spoke through him. Because he's the high priest, even if he is an evildoer, the Holy Spirit will still use him to speak the truth when it's needed. When it's needed.

So the high priest stood up and said, listen people of the Sanhedrin, don't try very hard. If these people that you're trying to kill and get rid of, if they are fake, if they have made up all this story of this Jesus being raised from the dead, if this is all fake, then leave them alone. Time will deal with them.

And if they're fake, they will fade away and be destroyed like so many groups came on board and said God speaks to us and God shows us the way and God says this and God says that and they all disappeared because they were fake. He says what? If these people are from God, neither me nor you could ever stop them. Because you're not going against them, you're going against their God.

And who can? No one. So you're not going against me, you're going against my God. And let me see who wins.

The church needs to wake up. The leaders of the church need to be humble, loving Christ. The church needs the Lord Jesus, not the governments, not the world, not buildings, not wealth, not limousines, not red carpets.

The church needs the Lord who had nowhere to place His head on. Church leader, why are you living in a mansion? Why do you have millions in the bank account? Why do you sit in a limousine? Why do you have bodyguards? Why do you sit in a lavish... Trust me, this is not me. Trust me, this is not me.

You don't know me. I know myself. You don't know me.

This is not me. The biggest reason why the world is in turmoil, the church is living in denial of her Messiah. If true Christians were true Christians in this country, none of these sick laws would have been passed.

None of these sick laws. And I call them sick. Because they are sick.

Because they come from a sick world. Because Satan is sick. He who loses the Lord is sick.

We need to come back to Jesus Christ of Nazareth. We need the Lord. The one and only.

The one and only. Love the Lord. Love the people the Lord gave you.

If you're a husband, you're a father, love your family. No matter what. If you're a mother, you're a wife and a mother, love your family no matter what.

You're a brother, you're a sister, love one another no matter what. Love your neighbor. Love everyone.

Pray for everyone. But speak the truth. Speak the truth.

Speak the truth. Don't chase the world. Whatever the Lord gives you, be grateful.

Be thankful. Don't ever be greedy. If you have millions and billions, help those who are in need.

Help those who are starving. Don't save it up. The grave will take it away from you, my dear friend.

And if you think the people who come after you will look after it, no, no, no, no, no. They're going to destroy everything. You will destroy everything, my dear friend.

Leave that wealth to Satan. You don't want it. You don't want it.

Let Christ make you wealthy. Let Christ guide your steps. Let Christ show you the way, for He is the way and there is no other one but Him.

Let the Lord do it for you. Stop saying, I want this. I want that.

Stop saying, me, me, me, me. Let God be you. Let Him.

Don't be stubborn. Don't. Let the Lord break you in order to make you.

Amen. God bless you, my beloved. Hold on to the Lord.

Hold on to the Lord, my beloved. So Psalm 24 verses 1 to 4, it talks about our present time and how the church needs to be enlightened by Christ, not darkened by the world. When the churches opened the door for the slaughterhouse jabbing, they were taking money per car.

I call that a slaughterhouse. If you are weak enough, if you are weak to stand against the current of the world and you are afraid to talk, why did you stand and encourage the flock to follow suit? If you wanted to get that poison as a leader, church leader, you should have gone quietly, you should have shut your mouth and gone quietly and get it for yourself because you are weak enough to stand and speak. But don't encourage the flock because you will have to answer for them later.

But I pray every person, not only Christian, but every person that was forced to take it, had no choice, I pray the Lord Jesus had turned it into water. Nothing else. It will affect you not.

It will touch you not. You will step on it and step on every evil agenda in Jesus' mighty name. But the church needs to be embedded in the Lord.

What have you got to lose, church leader? What are you afraid of? Oh, you have children you worry about? What children are they? Your physical, biological or your spiritual children? Well, you need to worry about your spiritual children. Look after them. And the only way you look after them when you give them Christ, who is the truth.

When you feed them the truth, not the lie. When you speak the truth to them, not deceitful ways and deceitful words. I thank the Lord that I'm alone.

But let me tell you, my dear friend, I'm not alone. For my Father is always with me.

Sermon Outline

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    • Reject worldly pursuits and comparisons
    • Recognize Christ as true possession and wealth
    • Understand the temporary nature of material things
  2. II
    • Affirm the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ
    • Recall His life, death, resurrection, and ascension
    • Acknowledge Christ as the only true judge
  3. III
    • Examine the qualities needed to enter heaven
    • Christ alone fulfills the standard of purity and righteousness
    • Believers must crucify their own hearts and live in Christ
  4. IV
    • Avoid idol worship including materialism
    • Trust in God's eternal kingdom rather than worldly kingdoms
    • Persevere faithfully until the end in following Christ

Key Quotes

“You chase the world, the world will give you the grave. You chase Christ, Christ will give you resurrection out of that grave.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“There is no such thing as once saved always saved. You better live for it. And you better work for it. And you better believe it.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“Do not let money be your God. Do not let any material thing be your God. Because this is all idols.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel

Application Points

  • Do not compare your material possessions with others; find your identity and worth in Christ alone.
  • Crucify your own desires and let Christ live in your heart to cultivate purity and faithfulness.
  • Reject idol worship in all forms, especially the pursuit of wealth, and focus on serving God faithfully until the end.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why should we not chase worldly success?
Because worldly success is temporary and leads only to the grave, whereas chasing Christ leads to resurrection and eternal life.
Who is the true foundation of the world according to the sermon?
Jesus Christ is the living water and foundation from whom the four gospel rivers flow, representing the truth of God revealed in humanity.
What qualities are necessary to enter heaven?
One must have clean hands (pure deeds), a pure heart, not worship idols, and not swear deceitfully—qualities perfectly fulfilled only by Christ.
Is being a Christian enough to guarantee salvation?
No, one must actively follow Christ faithfully and not rely on the label of Christianity alone, as salvation requires perseverance and genuine faith.
Why is idol worship condemned in the sermon?
Because idols, including material possessions and the world itself, are temporal and false, leading believers away from the eternal truth found in Christ.

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