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Three Important Principle For Christian Family
Mar Mari Emmanuel
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Mar Mari Emmanuel

Three Important Principle For Christian Family

Mar Mari Emmanuel teaches that a successful Christian family is built on the internal transformation of individuals through Christ, embodying love, righteousness, and holiness from within rather than external laws.
In this teaching, Mar Mari Emmanuel explores the foundational principles for a thriving Christian family, emphasizing that true family success comes from the internal transformation of individuals through Christ. He explains that Christianity does not impose external laws but creates a new person who naturally embodies love, righteousness, and holiness. Drawing from scripture, especially Ephesians and Genesis, he reveals how living as the new creation in Christ leads to harmony with God and flourishing family life.

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What can I say? He's just amazing. The Lord Jesus is amazing. He's definitely God and Definitely there is God The one who created everything and everyone there that is 100% guaranteed.

I will put my life on the line for this any time of the day. I won't blink twice God is True and this God is Jesus Christ of Nazareth for this. I will die any time of the day Jesus Christ is this God and there is no other God But Jesus Christ of Nazareth the one who was revealed in the flesh The one who created us all the one who died for us all the one who saved and redeemed us Those who believe in him he paid the price for every human being it is now dependent on us if we wish to receive this Salvation and redemption freely given from on to that cross on Calvary Jesus Christ of Nazareth is God revealed in the flesh this is My belief my faith and this is what I know What he brought me to know the Lord Jesus He brought me to know this he made me know this truth He revealed himself.

So when I talk about Jesus Christ, I don't only talk about because I'm a Christian No, I don't know I don't talk about the Lord because I've read the Holy Bible which I have and it's no but I talked to him more so Because I know him I can describe you I can describe him for you. I know him he exists this truth Sooner or later every human being will come to this realization Sooner or later every human being will notice Unfortunately to some will be too late Unfortunately, but those who are willing to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Oh What a glorious day when he calls you home.

What a glorious day He made me walk through that door and it was another one Because he said walk through the narrow door and then he said you are walking into the heavenly Jerusalem When I got there the moment I put my foot there the first time in my entire life, I Realized I'm home It was a feeling that I belong here to this place from a very long time ago I've always been here and I should come back to this place because This is home When you're there, you'll forget yourself. You'll forget this world. You'll forget everything.

You don't want to go back ever ever ever again Up there will make you lose yourself completely So don't think like it's gonna be hard or what am I gonna do? No, it's amazing and the transition is amazing transition is amazing. The Lord is good The Lord is good. Okay.

It's a fair the very first week Bible preach of 2025 we thought we started with This topic and we pray that the Lord Jesus blesses what we're about to talk the Christian family We pray the Lord Heals every broken family. We pray the Lord Jesus restores every broken family. We pray the Lord Jesus sustains protects and supports every Christian family We pray that every family Worships the Lord Jesus We are not Christians by name only we are supposed to be Christians by deed more so so we pray that the Lord Focuses on the family this year and many many more years to come and bring good health and good spirit restoration enlightenment unity Prosperity you name it for every family out there the Christian family Will read a few verses.

They're not on the screen. So you just pay attention to what we are reading We're gonna start from the epistle of st. Paul to the Ephesians chapter 6 and verses 1 to 4 Ephesians 6 verses 1 to 4 it says Children obey your parents in the Lord For this is right honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with promise that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth and you fathers do not provoke your children to wrath but bring them up in the training and Admonition of the Lord, this is Ephesians 6 1 to 4 st.

Paul is Giving a few advises to their children and to the parents children obey your parents Be good to them be submissive to them for this is the commandment and this is the promise that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai and Fathers do not provoke your children to wrath but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord Today, we will look at how the Christian family Should be in order to be successful and prosperous We're gonna look on how a Christian family should be in order to be successful and prosperous When we talk about family we go back all the way to the book of Genesis the Garden of Eden That's where it all begins. The Garden of Eden is about family the Lord God The first thing he instituted on the face of this earth was marriage The very first thing God instituted on the face of this earth was marriage and through marriage His intention was to create a family now why because God himself is family God himself is family as Christians we believe that God is the father the son and the Holy Spirit Well since God is the father and he has the son Therefore this is family and the bond between the father and the son is the Holy Spirit so God is family the first thing he established on earth was family and God's Intention is for this family to be for him and him only We see this family in paradise in the Garden of Eden The man is in the presence of God Genesis 2 15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend i.e Cultivate and keep and keep it So the first thing God created was Adam and he put Adam in the Garden of Eden in his presence in his holy presence And he said to Adam. I want you to look after this garden.

I want you to cultivate it and Tend it look after it work it and Then we see the woman in Genesis 3 Where she was walking alone, and that's when Satan came in the form of a serpent and tempted the woman and Made her fall and through the woman made the man Adam fall as well And she was walking alone in other words God is saying to the man that you need to fulfill the woman's needs otherwise, she'll be searching elsewhere for it if there is a gap in her life and The reason why Eve was walking alone because looks like Adam did not fulfill all the woman's needs that's why there was a gap in her and she started seeking a Fulfillment elsewhere and that's where the danger starts now. There are three important principles for the Christian family three important principles for the Christian family firstly her Principles do not come out of thin air We do not an example of that we do not know love without a lover We do not know power without a powerful person. We do not know justice without a just person Meaning All these beautiful values love Power Justice all these beautiful values without a person Embodying these values.

They are absolutely meaningless if there is no person involved if there is no Embodiment of these values by a person then all these beautiful values mean nothing Love without a person loving you. What's the point power without a powerful person protecting you What's the point and the meaning of power? Justice without a just person looking after you and judging fairly and squarely What what will I do with justice means nothing? So it needs a person God intended for this person To embody all these values these principles and values we said they do not come out of thin air For the husband and the wife To plug them out of that thin air. They don't come out of thin air for the husband and wife to plug them out of there You can't plug love out of thin air.

You can't plug justice out of thin air. You need to make it happen You need to make it happen Because these principles and values are supposed to be in the fabric of that personality in other words These values they do not come from without they come from within They do not come externally. They come internally internally the Personality of that person should contain these principles and values These principles are formed and grow inside that personality example Let's say and far from every family, let's say in the event of a marital dispute Number one we need to understand the fault is not in the lack of principles, but rather in the personality itself when a dispute takes place, it's not because of lack of principles, but because of a Unbalanced personality That's why a dispute occurs and here the awesomeness of Christianity is revealed Christianity My beloved Christianity did not come to bring a law ie This is right, or this is wrong Christianity did not come to bring a law to teach you this is right, and this is wrong Christianity did not bring principles Capable of making marriage successful it didn't it did not bring principles to make Marriage successful.

No, what did Christianity bring? Christianity came to create a new personality Christianity came to create not to bring laws not to make things happen, but to create a new creation Totally new from head to toe inside and out why because the old person is good for nothing I cannot teach the old person good values because the moment the human nature became Corrupt the only thing I can do to it is bury it and create a new nature Christianity came to create a new human and this new human develops and grows and inside of him principles grow Capable of success we can read from Ephesians 4 17 now look at st. Paul St. Paul is one of my favorite if not my favorite He's amazing in his teachings Ephesians 4 17 This I say therefore and testify in the Lord that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk in the futility of their mind I Read again this I say therefore and testify in the Lord that you should no longer Walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk ie the world Do not walk like the world does in the futility of their mind So then the question is st. Paul How can we no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk? He gives an answer in Ephesians 4 22 to 24 listen to this that you put off concerning your former conduct The old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts and Be renewed in the spirit of your mind and that you put on the new man which was created according to God in true righteousness and holiness So how can I stop walking like the world does? by walking away from the old man That was all corrupt and walking in deceit and put on the new man that is created According to God not according to you or anyone else but to God himself Now this new man according to God How does he walk in true? righteousness and holiness this new man Created according to God walks in true righteousness and holiness true righteousness holiness three things Righteousness is the work of God Holiness means not earthly in the Greek language There is a word called agios, and I hope I'm pronouncing it correctly because I don't speak Greek So if my pronunciation is lacking my sincere apologies in advance But if there is anyone of a Greek descent, please do correct me if I'm mispronouncing it.

I love you Somebody's smiling looks like they're Greek Agios is a compounded word two-in-one agi not yos earthly That is a holy man That's holiness. What is holiness agios? So if somebody asks you who is holy holy is the one who is not earthly Holy is not someone that you can imagine and say oh Well a holy person is the one that does miracles raises the dead and does wonders and everything in life. That's not holiness Holiness literally means not earthly agios well, who is not earthly is The person that lives on earth, but for God I'll say it again Who is holy is the person that walks on earth, but lives for God? I'm here, but all of me is in heaven Meaning I'm on earth, but nothing earthly affects me because I'm not earthly.

I'm heavenly God sent me to represent him on earth My role is not to imitate earth, but to change earth into heaven Now that is holy the work which is holiness not earthly is that That is the true Thing which is above time true means above time which has come from God the creator of time This new man created according to God he walks in true righteousness and holiness True means above the time Righteousness does the work of God holiness not earthly living for God walking on earth now verse 24 of Ephesians 4 and That you put on the new man. It's an order put on the new man Now the word putting on Here it does not mean same as putting on clothes when st. Paul talks in Ephesians 4 24 that you put on the new man putting on is not the same as putting on clothes but rather Like a bird putting on its feathers and the earth putting on its greenery This is the meaning of putting on like the bird that puts on its feathers and the earth is greenery Here we observe the following The putting on comes from the inside not the outside Feathers are not glued on the bird from outside feathers come from inside the bird outside This is putting on So it's an internal Action not an external one Put on the new man Meaning let this new man Be born in you created in you in order to Come out of you to the outside.

This is putting on the new man being born into this new man and That you put on the new man meaning there is a true renewal from inside a true renewal. We said Christianity did not come to bring laws What is right and what is wrong? Christianity came to create a new man This new man in him develops and grows Principles are that are capable of making that Christian family a successful one Now why we have to be born into this new man? because my beloved any external principles What do external principles do to the person? It conquers the person They do not create a person conquers the person Principles from outside are heavy unwanted because they are imposed upon us Anything that comes from outside We don't like why because it is imposed. You have to do this.

You have to follow this rule You have to go over there. You have to come over here anything that I have to I have to I have to is Uncomfortable I do not want it. I reject it.

So external principles are laid heavily upon me They do not create me. They enslave me. In fact enslave me.

That's the best and the ultimate they can do Christianity did not come to impose principles from outside Christianity came to create a new human being a new human being this new human Produces Beautiful behaviors because the inside is created It's not imposed anymore. It's a new creation. It comes from within and anything anything that comes from within is natural It's not unnatural anything that comes externally is unnatural uncomfortable But when it comes from within it is natural.

I'll explain it more to you for you to understand where I'm coming from Imagine this with me You know and especially in the Middle Eastern countries years back there was what they called arranged marriages The parents choose your partner in life. Whoa the poor guy the first time ever He would see what kind of a looks his future wife has is when he's already married Tough luck too late He lifts up the veil and Hope for the best if she is Mariah Carey or some other one kind of scary Imagine you don't love this person. You don't know this person, but mom and dad especially dad He will say you listen to your dad and you will do accordingly I'll whatever I say cause you will marry this person and tough luck Imagine you are living with someone you do not love.

How are you going to last? It's hell Why because it was a principle Given from outside to you ie imposed upon you Weighs heavily. I can't breathe. I'm in prison.

I don't know what to do anymore, but when you choose your Rosella Juliet oh la la Impossible was it the jolly at the John T. When you choose that was in French when you choose Well, I have to speak all these channels because I've gotten people from taxonomic Sweden, I'm getting people from Switzerland I've yet to learn a few words in and that language. I have to learn more So I'm trying my best Habib, I'll be that one easy But imagine you choose the person You fall in love with that person Freely naturally you see it's an internal principle It's an internal principle internal principle is light Internal principle is freedom internal principle is you not Someone you are pretending to be which you can never be why because God never created you to be someone else but you Christianity came to set you free not Impose upon you laws in order for you to do him and if you don't you are doomed. No This is why Christianity is based on love and that's why love Is associated with a person not a law.

Law doesn't love you You break the law the law breaks you But the person that loves you even if you break them they will forgive you because they love you The law has no mercy you break me. I'll break you Non-negotiable, but a person know This is why Christianity is totally different to every other religion out there with all love and respect. There's no comparison Because all all Religions are to do with laws the only faith in existence on earth That is to do with love is Christianity why because we're dealing with a person and this person is the new creation Jesus Christ of Nazareth all glory to his holy and mighty name You come to love this person and you when you accept this person This person is born in you this person comes out of you from inside outside The principles grow and are from within That it is a natural natural instinct.

It's a natural reaction That's why with Jesus there is freedom with Jesus. There is prosperity with Jesus There is enlightenment with Jesus. There is everything good that you could ever imagine This new human produces beautiful behaviors because the inside is created Created according to God according to the divine Standards and what are the divine standards st.

Paul says it in true righteousness and holiness This is the standard of This new creation That is created by God This new man has to be walking in the truth in righteousness and holiness The word righteousness We said it's the work of God, but it also mean being in harmony with God Because every time we do the work of God we are in harmony with God what pleases God if we do something that pleases God we are in harmony if We do something that is Displeasing to the Lord there is no harmony So righteousness is being in harmony with God through holiness Holiness is what God desires from everyone with all love and respect to the Dalai Lama When this person asked this monk He said you Left the world and the desires of the world To achieve the ultimate and what is the ultimate is? to kill desire That's in Buddhism What is the ultimate is to kill desire why because according to that faith, and I'm talking with love and respect I'm just stating facts, okay, please I've had a couple of stabs so I can do it maybe I don't know but anyway I mean well But the ultimate is to kill the desire because in that faith in that belief they think by killing the desire Then and then only you are free because desire apparently according to that faith Brings you down why because desire chains you locks you Enslaves you I have a desire for this. I have a desire for that. I'm not free Therefore the moment you kill desire you are then free you become like a God Not realizing desire is a God-given gift You cannot kill what God has given you So you are chasing something impossible to achieve holiness Is God's desire and with that desire there is no motivation? How are you going to go forward if there is no desire? But the problem is it's not the problem is not in desire itself But in the imbalancing of that desire you need to have a balanced desire you will chase holiness Because when you let that new creation grow in you He will teach you on how to desire holiness which God desires Righteousness you are living in harmony with God holiness.

You are living and walking in God's desire and When God desires something and you do it the rest is history Therefore it is not the fake holiness Fake holiness is a result of submission to external principles Which were imposed on the human to walk in Some people fake it to live in holiness It's ugly. This is what I call an over-saved Christian Have you ever heard of this term over-saved Christian and over-saved Christian is like you're with them in Mecca's McDonald's Old McDonald's had a farm So imagine you are with that all you know over-saved Christian in Mecca's and then you say man I'm hungry and he will say to you this over-saved person will say Jesus said I am the living bread which is a descended from heaven. He who eats me shall never hunger again Okay, oh I'm thirsty.

Jesus said I am the living waters. He who drinks me shall never thirst again All right, bro, what's wrong with you? Oh I don't know where the car keys are. Jesus said you need the keys to enter God's kingdom He said I don't drive a kingdom.

It can't fit in my garage relax All I want is just a Big Mac and a big can of coke Don't act as if you are Holy Faithful to the Lord if you're faithful keep it to yourself Keep it secret between you and your sweetheart Jesus Christ of Nazareth. You don't blow the trumpet and tell the whole world Hey, I'm here. I'm the Holy One.

Well, you're not that's fake holiness When you are walking in true holiness, this is God's desire. God works in secret Not in the open Secrets the new person The new human created according to God in whom all divine principles and standards lie and complete in him this person is Jesus Christ of Nazareth This is the standard of God for every human being to be like Jesus Christ This is the only man That walks in true righteousness and holiness This man is knocking at the door of your heart and says will you let me be born in you and Through me I make you a new human Created no more laws imposed upon you externally Laying heavily on you, but I'm creating you and with that creation I have put a set of values and principles that are born in you and they come out like the feathers Come out onto that bird from inside to the outside Because when they come out from inside Then you are free. You are a new creation and You live what you are experiencing freely Nothing is imposed.

Jesus Christ is the exalted example for me. He is the true leader He is the wish-desired. I wish to be like him three foundational principles for every family are found in 2nd Timothy 1 7 3 Foundational principles for every Christian family are found in 2nd Timothy 1 7 2nd Timothy 1 7 st.

Paul is writing this epistle to his disciple Timothy He's saying to him in 2nd Timothy 1 7 for God has not given us a spirit of fear But of power and of love and of a sound mind three Foundational principles for every Christian family to hold on to to live and to acquire What are these three foundational principles for every Christian family? They are power one love two sound mind three If we acquire these three things that family is all for Christ power love and a sound mind For God has not given us a spirit of fear Do not be afraid fear equals cowardice fear equals cowardice sound mind equals self-control self-control three things for every family power love sound mind ie Self-control now fear is cowardness. Where did this come from? Cowardness or fear is a combination of weakness and selfishness You see fear comes out of weakness and being selfish When you're weak and selfish you have fear and fear leads to being a coward Because of weakness fear comes and fear Generates escape see these words are very deep Because of weakness fear comes and what does fear do generates escape? I'll give you an example There are some Fathers or parents They become weak. They start fearing When they start fearing they end up running away Escape They escape to spending too much time on Facebook Drinking gambling, etc This is my scapegoat.

I Can't face reality. I can't face the challenges. I can't face all these obstacles in life I'm I'm fearing for myself.

I'm fearing for my children I'm fearing maybe for my wife Did you get that one? I'm fearing so what do I do? I'm scared now. I'm afraid now, so I'm gonna run away I'll find a way to make me forget my fears Ah, I found it I'll drink until I'm drunk so I can forget all these thoughts that are haunting me non-stop Drinking is the solution Ah They destroy themselves and the family with them Gambling is the solution Destroy themselves and family with them. Drugs is the solution destroy themselves and Family with them so many families couples.

I have come across Because of drugs alcoholism and the rest they ended up walking away from one another Why Did you seek gambling why did you seek alcoholism why did you seek drugs because I Got scared and I didn't want to admit that I have a fear because I don't wish to be seen a coward especially the man I'll hide my fear and cowardness with a Scotch on the rock and a white powder in that plastic bag St. Paul 2nd Timothy 1 7 for God Has not given us a spirit of fear See God never created a spirit of fear in you looks like You ended up fearing you ended up being weak and scared because you walked away from God This is your dilemma Because you are missing God in your life, that's why You seeked alternate ways, which were Absolutely and utterly destructive they escaped from withstanding their responsibilities Do not take on their responsibilities Well enough here enough being a coward let us be powerful Number one, that's why st. Paul says For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of number one thing power Second love third sound mind self-control, but the first thing is power so beautifully Placed in a beautiful orderly fashion Number one power the first principle for the Christian family be powerful don't be fearful Now Second principle is love well What did we say about fear? weakness brings fear and Fear is cowardness and cowardness is a combination between What did we say between weakness and selfishness? Well, love is the opposite to being selfish So instead of being selfish be a loving person When you have the love of God in your heart selfishness Is driven away? It's driven away So the second principle the first principle is power to get rid of weakness So you don't be selfish then love to get rid of that selfishness and We said cowardness is a combination between weakness and selfishness and the opposite to that is power and love Third principle sound mind self-control Now why the sound mind or the self-control is the third principle? Why? St. Paul is trying to teach us something very profound here Look how st. Paul writes when you read it at a surface level.

You don't even grasp what he's really meaning Now why self-control is the third principle you see? The reason why sound mind or self-control is the third principle so that it Actually maintains and Insists on the following to take place number one so that your power should not be done in ignorance Without self-control your power goes in and end up into ignorance But with self-control the power is controlled in righteousness and holiness not ignorance and Love should not be done in Immaturity without self-control your love is wild Immature, but with self-control the love is controlled. It's mature. It's ripe everything is done perfectly according to God's will and This is why power and love together But managed by the sound mind self-control you need self-control in order for power and love are not Abused in my power.

I do not end up being violent if there is no self-control So many violent people well that just tells you they have no self-control So they have power and they abuse it they become violent Because they don't have self-control Because they don't have God in their life. That's why So that power does not end up in violence and love does not end up in being slack or feeble Do you love me? Well, can you do something for me? I'll think about it What makes you happy Can you please text me and tell me what makes you happy so I can do it, maybe What kind of love is that? When your love is filled with power Even the microphone went off when your love is filled with power you surprise your sweetheart Plenty of surprises You go to your sweetheart and say Please come with me. We're going for a little drive And then you she sits in her pajamas in that car Because she's thinking it's just a little drive around the block and they're gonna come back and then you drive you drive you drive and you end up in the airport and Then you go to the customs and you say I'm checking in my wife.

No, just kidding Um Honey, I just got us two tickets for our anniversary and we're flying as you are in your pajamas I have nothing else honey. Don't worry. I got money, baby I'll buy you all the clothing from San Francisco Hawaii and Habib Albi Lebanon now there is a man powerful faces challenges fears nothing A man that worships God is powerful all love and Self-controlling This is why when God created Created the man first then the woman When he created he created the man and he placed a man in his presence not the woman and He taught the man not the woman and he gave the commandment to the man not the woman and he said I will Bless your wife your family through you not the women my beloved daughter.

Don't misunderstand me This is God's Word and my son, please do not be offended. This is God's Word the man that wishes for his family to be blessed the man that wishes for his family to be healthy and Wealthy and in good health and in good spirit You better be in the presence of Jesus Christ of Nazareth Because he is dealing with you not with your women not with your children. He is You he wants you my son the man he put Adam in his presence not the women and When the women ate from the forbidden tree God was not upset at all Read the Holy Bible The forbidden tree the tree of the knowledge of good and evil when a Eve ate from it God didn't say anything, but the moment the man ate all hell broke loose Because my son You represent Jesus Christ of Nazareth The man and my daughter you represent the church the bride the woman to this perfect man St. Paul says the church is the body and the man is the head When the Holy Bible talks about the man being the head that doesn't mean that you are in control meaning you're on the show and whatever you say goes and She has no right to say anything because I'm the man and you're not so you better be quiet.

No By the way, the head here means foundation Now my question to you my son. Where is the foundation? Top of the house or under the house under the house So when you are the head that means you are not at the top you're at the bottom Why because the head here is the one that carries all the weight? Without the foundation there is no house What carries the entire house is the foundation? This is the head the head meaning you are the provider the head meanings You are the protector the head meanings You are the one who manages everything you provide the safe haven for your body Ie the woman the wife she needs to know and feel that you are her safety net She needs to know and feel that you are the one that she can run to anytime Every time all the time without hesitation without being you know without being sort of kind of Resentment toward it or afraid of opening up to you You need to make her feel that she can say whatever whenever however Because you are the man and she is your bride And the reason why Eve was walking alone looks like Adam failed his wife Walking alone my beloved see this is the Holy Spirit talking here the source of wisdom The Holy Spirit is not wasting his time neither our time to say that the woman was walking alone in the garden But there is a biblical truth to this and a theological truth to this that means the woman was walking alone Meaning there was some sort of an empty void gap inside of her There was something missing in her life and the man had not provided what she was missing That's why she was seeking it elsewhere. And the moment she seeks that elsewhere.

This is when danger Is at hand We pray This love this power this love and self-control Is in every man father and in every woman mother and in every son and daughter The spirit of power love and self-control And the Holy Spirit Who dwells in us is the greatest being capable of creating in us these three? sublime principles Power love and self-control But he creates all these three principles Sublime principles in us and the person of Jesus Christ To him be all glory Amen Case closed now we come into our topic You thought it's finished. Thank God. You're not going anywhere.

You're not going clubbing. You're not going downtown brother I'll be after you red belt in karate dangerous a piece of advice for every Christian family When Christ is the foundation of that family Everything is good when Christ is the foundation that doesn't mean you are not going to encounter Tribulations you are not going to encounter Hardships, you're not going to encounter dark tunnels in your life No, you will but what it means when Christ is the foundation whatever you encounter The Lord is there for you to help you overcome it because nothing Stands in the way of the Lord nothing Whatever the problem is there is nothing bigger than the Lord Jesus There is nothing the Lord is not capable of achieving or doing he can do anything and everything. He's God So when you have the ultimate with you, then the ultimate is yours Whatever you go through Will make it To the safety shores or fully intact because the Lord is with me But when the Lord is missing in our life, we run away to the outside world Where Satan is welcoming us now, oh Please let me soothe your problems drink something sniff something eat something Sleep somewhere your problems are gone.

You wake up the following day. You are the most miserable being ever gets to a stage Where a person does not? See themselves anymore They don't realize who they are anymore They don't know who they are because Satan is all deception or lies. We need to come back to the light to the truth We need to walk in this new creation This new creation that is created according to God that walks in true righteousness and holiness truth above the time holiness God's desire Righteousness God's work all God's work is above the time.

I'll leave you with this What does time do to everyone? steals everything you have Think about it. Somebody worked very hard. Let's say they worked Faithfully, they didn't steal.

They didn't do wrong things and they created a good wealth for themselves. They worked extremely hard Well done You build a massive wealth Time will take it away from you. What have you achieved? Poor person had few billion dollars in the bank account died.

Oh And somebody just slept and never woke up so sad And all that wealth gone With a blink of an eye never done any charitable deeds never fed a hungry soul never thought of anyone afflicted and forgotten and left behind all they thought was to build that wealth and They did that beautifully 24-7 non-stop 365 days a year and before coming to Enjoy this wealth Time Snatched it away from me God works above the time. That's the truth One day I was asked this question by some someone a Christian guy So I said for the shortness of time like it is now unfortunately, I Said I'll ask you this question and you answer me. Yes or no.

I said What is the difference between reality and truth? Because he started talking about the gospel of John you read the gospel according to st John the Lord Jesus when he spoke about himself. He used the word truth not reality John 14 6 I am the way the truth and the life This bread is truly my body and this one is truly my blood John 6 in the entire gospel of John It is only the word truth used no reality whatsoever in relation to Christ why is he lacking, you know Vocabularies. No, he's God.

He knows all languages Perfectly, but he said it deliberately why because the gospel according to st. John Speaks about the divinity of Christ introduces Christ as he is God and the beginning was the word logos and the logos was with God and the logos was God and period chapter 1 verse 1 John says Jesus Christ is God and don't argue and Since he's God, I need to speak the language of God. So I use the word truth not reality What's the difference? The difference is one thing reality Everything that is under the Sun under the time Everything that is under the time is reality.

What is truth everything that is above the time Therefore reality changes truth never changes You know what changes us is time. It's very simple if there was no time We wouldn't have changed but when we talk about ourselves because we are under the control of time This gathering is reality why because time controlled this gathering There was a time you left home and there was a time for you to be in the church and there was a time for this good-looking bishop I had to rub it in to speak and Unfortunately, there is a time and it's coming very shortly and I'll leave you with it that I need to stop speaking therefore this gathering is Reality why because time will change it a little while later Everyone will go home. This reality is going to change That's why reality is under the time controlled by the time But the truth is above the time and this is why truth never changes when I speak about myself I say yesterday I was Today I am tomorrow.

I will be when the Holy Bible speaks about Jesus Christ of Nazareth It says yesterday he is today he is and forevermore He is the same why because he is the truth and the only truth all of us are realities changing Jesus never changes everything you earn under the time you lose Everything you earn above the time by the grace of the Lord you gain forever You want to build wealth outside of Jesus Christ time will take it away from you death will take it away But you build wealth with the Lord Jesus Even when you die, you'll take it with you. How do you build wealth with the Lord? You better walk in truth and righteousness and in holiness When you do the work of God Nothing is lost. And when you desire his holiness, and what is holiness? What did we say? Not earthly You are on earth, but I'm living for the Lord Jesus Why you why are you chasing the temp the world? my dear son Why are you going clubbing? This is earthly.

Why are you drinking? Why are you lying? Why are you stealing? Why are you killing? This is all earthly You want to walk in the truth? Don't be earthly you are on earth to represent the Lord To change this earth into heaven and this is what the Lord came. This is what the new man is The new man is heaven on earth. He came from heaven to earth To take earth to heaven and make it heaven if I'm a Christian and I'm killing and I'm doing all worldly things What's the difference between me and any other? Gentile world no difference So as a Christian my child don't go where the Lord disapproves of You're beautiful as you are don't change nothing in your looks Don't go to Istanbul even if it's cheap.

There was this video clip. I watched was kind of funny This guy in his passport photo. He is totally bald.

No teeth nothing So he's coming through customs Custom officer is looking at the passport photo and looking at the person before them This person has got beautiful hair all the way to the shoulders beautiful shiny white teeth They said is this you he said yes, where did you come from? He said Turkey I've been to Turkey Full hair transplant and teeth and everything in one week and that's dangerous Yes, so don't change nothing if you're bold stay as you are but be bold for the Lord Jesus and If you have no teeth, let the Lord Jesus be your teeth And if you have no looks it doesn't matter what people think of you let Jesus see who you are What does it benefit a man if he gains the whole world and then loses himself Seek the Lord Jesus Parents Make the Lord your foundation Husband my son Be in the presence of the Lord You take your wife and the children to church you lead For them to follow Amen Let's stand for the finale prayer, please In the name of the Father 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 so 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 or divine master Grand 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

Sermon Outline

  1. I. The Foundation of Christian Family
    • God instituted marriage as the foundation of family
    • God is family: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
    • Family is intended to be for God and reflect His nature
  2. II. Principles Come From Person, Not Thin Air
    • Values like love, power, and justice require a person embodying them
    • Principles must be internal, growing within the personality
    • Disputes arise from unbalanced personalities, not lack of principles
  3. III. Christianity Creates a New Personality
    • Christianity does not impose laws but creates a new human being
    • The new man walks in righteousness and holiness
    • Renewal is internal, not external, producing natural godly behavior
  4. IV. Living as the New Man in True Righteousness and Holiness
    • Put off the old corrupt nature and put on the new man
    • Holiness means living for God, not earthly things
    • Righteousness is harmony with God through doing His work

Key Quotes

“Christianity did not come to bring laws but to create a new personality.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“Holiness literally means not earthly; it is the person who lives on earth but lives for God.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“Love without a person loving you, what's the point? Power without a powerful person protecting you, what's the meaning of power?” — Mar Mari Emmanuel

Application Points

  • Focus on cultivating internal godly character rather than merely following external rules.
  • Embrace the new identity in Christ to naturally live out principles that strengthen your family.
  • Seek to live in holiness by prioritizing God's will over earthly influences.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the first principle of a Christian family according to the sermon?
The first principle is that values like love and justice must come from a person embodying them internally, not from external laws.
How does Christianity help in creating a successful family?
Christianity creates a new personality within individuals, enabling them to naturally live out godly principles that sustain a successful family.
What does 'putting on the new man' mean?
It means an internal renewal and transformation where the believer grows in righteousness and holiness, producing natural godly behavior.
Why are external principles insufficient for family success?
Because external principles are imposed and heavy, they enslave rather than create true change; only internal transformation produces lasting success.
What is holiness as described in the sermon?
Holiness means living on earth but not being influenced by earthly things, instead living fully for God.

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