Mar Mari Emmanuel explains that Jesus Christ is uniquely divine, offering eternal life and transformation from death to life, unlike any other religious figure.
In this compelling sermon, Mar Mari Emmanuel explores the unparalleled nature of Jesus Christ, emphasizing His unique ability to grant eternal life and transform the spiritually dead. He highlights the historical reliability of eyewitness testimony and God's divine design of freedom and choice. The sermon also addresses the spiritual battle between Christ and Satan, illustrating God's loving discipline and the believer's journey toward holiness.
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You bring me one human being that lived anywhere near Jesus Christ of Nazareth lived, show me a life of a religious figure, of a philosophical figure, of a political figure, anyone, you bring me anyone, no one ever lived like Jesus. The holiness, the purity, the perfection, the excellence, the glory of Jesus Christ, no one. And we've said this before, and I'll say it again, if anybody wants to compare the Lord Jesus with any other religious figure, or whichever that figure is, let's say I'll go with you and let's compare, but I will tell you this my dear friend, if you say your religious figure came with morals, with ethics, with values, with principles, okay, no problem, the ultimate your religious figure could have achieved in their life on earth was to change a bad person into a good person.
With those teachings, with those morals, with those values, the ultimate they could have achieved was to change a bad person into a good person. Jesus Christ of Nazareth, all glory to his holy name, he did not come to change a bad person into a good one, he came to change a dead person into a living one. In this there is no comparison, everyone falls short, Jesus stands alone so unique, so highly exalted and elevated beyond every religious figure and every human being.
He is the only one that said, if you believe in my word, even if you die you will live, but if you take my body and drink my blood, you will live in me forever. Jesus promised life and eternal one too. No one ever dared to promise humanity eternal life except Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
So in this alone should raise a humongous question mark to you my dear friend, you need to find out more about Jesus Christ, why is he so unique, why is he so special, why, why, why, why? 12 eyewitnesses and 70 others who witnessed the Lord, lived with him, walked with him, saw everything, heard everything, documented everything, they are not obligated to falsify things. In fact they died for what they wrote and they died for what they believed in and never blinked their eyes twice, even when the sword was placed on their necks, they never denied Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Isn't this also another question mark? Why would they do that? Are they so ignorant to die for someone who is a false prophet or a holy man? Unless they died for the one who said I am that I am, the true living God revealed in the flesh, came to visit earth, heaven embraced earth when Jesus was born.
So my beloved, in the tabernacle at the time of Moses the prophet, the Lord God said, I want two people to work in my tabernacle, one from the tribe of Judah, symbolically representing Christ the King and one from the tribe of Dan, symbolically representing Satan, the Antichrist. Now why? The Lord through his infinite wisdom allowed Satan to work through us as well. Reason being, since we are so weak, we are created on the basis of love and you've heard this before and I'll say it again, wherever there is true love, there has to be freedom, because without freedom you can never live this love, you can never taste this love and you can never share this love.
What allows you to live this love, to taste it, to share it, is freedom. So therefore, wherever there is true love, there has to be freedom. Freedom is indispensable, you cannot separate it from love and since there is freedom, there has to be choices, otherwise how can you say you are free if you don't have more than one option? Imagine if God placed you in this path and there is no other path but this one and then God came and said you're free, I'm not, you placed me in a path, I didn't choose, you chose for me, where is my freedom? And this is why God said to Adam, I'll give you options, there are trees over there you can eat from, there is the tree of life in the heart of the center, in the heart of the garden of Eden, you can eat from, but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, don't eat from it.
He gave him options, why? Because Adam was created on the basis of divine love, with love came freedom, with freedom choices and with choices it required something called the will. The will is the tool for me and you to say yes and to say no, including God. I can say no to God and he will not interfere, but he will indirectly, but directly he won't until I allow him freely, willingly based on love, come God and do as you please, he won't until we call him.
For this reason God allowed Satan to work through us, you know why? Because you see God is good and God is love, God doesn't hurt, God doesn't kill, so he uses Satan to break us, he uses Satan to break us when we become in a simple terminology naughty. When we veer off the road, God will allow Satan to come and smack us. So there are two working in this tabernacle, temple, the temple is the body, your body here, so he will allow Satan to work in us, every time we say no to the Lord Jesus, he will call Satan and say, smack them, but I'll give you a limit, a boundary, not freely, I have limited you, because I know each of my children, what they are capable of handling, he will not give us something outside of our capacity, but even when we go through hardships, it is the grace of the Lord Jesus that is carrying us as well, but Satan will work in us, Christ will work and Satan will work, every time we do something good, remember it was the Lord, the good God who did it in us, and every time we do something bad, remember it was Satan who is working through us, because through Satan, it is a disciplinary action for us to wake up, it's a more simplistic approach, when I'm healthy, when I'm wealthy, when I'm strong, when I'm young, no one can say anything to me, and especially living in the west, it's a free country, brother, what's up bro, get down brother, lay me some skin, what's up, so when I am healthy, wealthy, still young, and it's a free country, I can go wherever, however, with whomever, no one can stop me, mom and dad come and say son, please don't go with these so-called friends, be quiet mom and dad, and if you talk more, I'll dial triple zero, they'll throw you in the cage and take you to Fairfield police station, hello to all the coppers, and please don't book me when I'm speeding on the road again, that's a confession, all right, we try to be good, but if you book me, I'll book you, I'll book you my way, I'll make a phone call, I'll make the phone call to the one who created you and created me, so you better not book me, all right, so parents say don't do it, no, I'll do whatever I want, the priest, the father says don't go, don't mix, no, we don't listen, we don't listen to no one, what happens, the Lord allows satan to come and get me into trouble, I was caught taking drugs, the coppers caught me, I was speeding, and I was drunk, and I had an accident, and my friend got really hurt in that accident, he almost lost his life, what a big shake, what a big quake happened in my life, who allowed it, the Lord, why, because I'm disobedient, I'm not listening, and if he lets me freely as I wish, I will end up destroying my entire being, God is love, He purchased us with His own precious blood on Calvary on the cross, He will not let you go until He calls you home, so He will let satan to come, when I'm healthy, I don't care about anything, when I'm sick, I will not leave one saint alone without mentioning their name and begging them for their intercession and their prayers, I'll go to every church, I'll ask every priest, I'll ask every father, please pray for me, I am sick, I don't care about anything anymore, before I used to gossip about everyone, I gave up that gossip, I'm all focused on this illness, all I care about is to be healed, and the moment the Lord heals me, did you know, did you know, did you know, did you know, why can't we be good boys and good girls without going through hardships, the Lord is our father, and as the father, He will not let us do naughty things without a disciplinary action, and that disciplinary action, satan is working also, satan will come and break us, Christ who is also working in us, will make us, Christ light, satan darkness, Christ holiness, satan filthiness, Christ life, satan death, Christ construction, satan destruction, but let me tell you this, between the destruction and the construction, this is where you will meet your Messiah face to face.
Sermon Outline
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I. The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ
- No other religious or philosophical figure compares to Jesus
- Jesus transforms dead souls into living ones
- Jesus promises eternal life unlike any other
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II. Eyewitness Testimony and Historical Evidence
- 12 apostles and 70 witnesses documented Jesus’ life
- They died for their testimony, affirming Jesus’ truth
- Their sacrifice challenges skepticism about Jesus
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III. The Divine Design of Freedom and Choice
- God created humanity with love, freedom, and will
- Freedom requires choices, exemplified in Eden
- God allows Satan limited influence as discipline
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IV. Spiritual Conflict and God’s Discipline
- Satan works to discipline when believers stray
- God limits Satan’s power for our capacity
- Christ works in us to build, Satan to destroy
Key Quotes
“Jesus Christ of Nazareth, all glory to his holy name, he did not come to change a bad person into a good one, he came to change a dead person into a living one.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“Wherever there is true love, there has to be freedom, because without freedom you can never live this love, you can never taste this love and you can never share this love.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“Christ light, satan darkness, Christ holiness, satan filthiness, Christ life, satan death, Christ construction, satan destruction, but let me tell you this, between the destruction and the construction, this is where you will meet your Messiah face to face.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
Application Points
- Recognize Jesus as uniquely divine and place your faith in His promise of eternal life.
- Embrace the freedom God gives you to choose love and obedience.
- Understand hardships as God’s loving discipline to guide you back to Him.
