Відео

Hi Ken, good to hear from you again. The seven letters from Jesus at the start of Revelation cover it all, I think. He goes down into the core problems in those letters. "There's nothing new under the sun"

Hi Ken, thanks for commenting. I think all three of your points are connected. I think we are living in the point of the war where the final, defining battle has been fought and won, and now the last bits of the enemy forces are being mopped up. Christ's return could be at any moment, but I think we have a bit more of human history to go. I think the prophecies point to things getting better and better until Christ's return. So I am trying to be ready for a return at any moment, but preparing for the future by adding to the spiritual wealth for later generations to draw upon (hence the theme of The Sword And The Trowel). I wonder if our lack of concern for friends and family might be a lack of concern for ourselves? Secular philosophy has done such a good job scorning the idea of a literal hell that this scorn has seeped into Christian culture? I'm not entirely sure about this one, but I think it is definitely something that a revival would fix.

Reading through Leviticus before tackling this gospel passage certainly helped a lot with that!

There's a line in one of the Chronicles of Narnia where Aslan is explaining what it means to be a human being made in God's image: “You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve. And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.”

Yep, Fortitude Valley is the place people go looking for love in all the wrong places. It's also home to some of the most beautiful saints in God's kingdom. Very exciting place for the church to be in.

Well.. that might not be the right action, here…

If God is raising us as his children, it seems like he wants us to be men of character. That then raises the question: what is ahead of us, both in this life and the next, that God wants us to have such strong character? It's more than a little bit exciting. That's why I keep thinking about life being an adventure story.

thanks Ken

I'm so sorry, I can't see it, my email is contactthenarrowpath@gmail.com Looking forward to hearing from you.

Eat the meat and leave the bones. There's gold all across the church universal, some you just have to dig more than others to find it.

If you give your life to Jesus, then your after life is kept safe with Him, too. Nothing can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

@@dailyofficebythenarrowpath In Islam, Father, we are considered to be on the side of Jesus by default. We’re waiting for his second coming. With all due respect.

My friend, with Jesus, there is no "by default". Jesus says we have two paths ahead of us. One path is wide and easy, and it leads to hell. The other path is narrow and difficult, and leads to life. To be a disciple of Jesus is difficult, but He gives us the grace necessary to walk the narrow path. The worst thing we can do is to assume that Jesus will save us "by default". Don't take my word for it: read Jesus' words for yourself.

@@dailyofficebythenarrowpath oh my apologies for the misunderstanding - Jesus does not save anyone in Islam, in that manner. In Islam, we all answer for our own actions. We are expecting his return, but we are also not expecting that kind of defense strategy: we love Jesus and will fight on his side in the end days, but he will not save us from the things we accrue. We have to bite bullets, Father. We love him and are waiting for him. We love Christians too because they are our brother and sisters who we will see in heaven. But Islam is a heavily individualized religion (most, I realized, do not understand this). The individual will always be considered over the groups to which they belong. That’s why there is no concept like a collective absolution of all sins - this concept does not exist. With all due respect. 🙏

If we must answer for our own actions, then we all deserve death. God is holy and perfect - how could we mere creatures possibly atone for our sins? And yet, Jesus, who is God, gave His life to pay the debt we owe by our sins. With all due respect, sister, Muslims and Christians are only brothers and sisters in the sense that we all bear the image of God. But if we trust in Jesus as our Lord and our God, and as our sufficient and atoning sacrifice for sins, then we become adopted brothers and sisters of Jesus, as adopted children of God. It all comes down to the cross on which Jesus died, and the empty tomb He left behind when He rose from the dead. Indeed, He is calling you right now: He is standing at the door of your heart and He is knocking.

Jesus shed His blood so that you don't have to pay for your sins. At the final judgement, there will be two types of people: those who accept the gift of Jesus' sacrifice on their behalf, and those who pay for their own sins. God offers this free gift of Jesus' blood because He loves us so much. My dear friend, do not burden yourself with your sins: take the free gift of forgiveness in Jesus which is offered before you. Jesus' blood nullifies the need for any more blood rituals - including the rituals concerning the blood of women in their natural function. If you are washed in Jesus' blood, nothing can make you unclean. Because Jesus' blood is the very blood of God - perfect and pure and able to work the greatest of miracles, which is the forgiveness of human sin and resurrection into new life.

Symbolically speaking.

Thanks for sharing your reflection on the thumbnail. I typed the words of Jonah 3:6 into an AI image generator, and this is what it gave me. I thought it was a cool way to kick off Lent.

On Monday the 5th of February, we remembered the lives of the saints crucified in Nagasaki in 1597. This is a contemporary image of one of their priests by an unknown Japanese painter.

@dailyofficebythenarrowpath Hello. The picture is of Ignatius of Loyloa But I'm sure you knew that. Appreciate the curtios response Regards.

I would be interested in your thoughts as to how one should reconcile those passages with the passage under consideration in this video.

I think you meant to post this comment somewhere else.

Russian Orthodoxy is KGB and Part of the globalist hydra. Xi also..

Because we are all basically Roman Catholics, we just want to have wives as well.

@dailyofficebythenarrowpath So you're willing to defect from the Church by not maintaining communion with Rome, have a completely different historical tradition, eliminate the chain of apostolicity, all for the sake of a discipline -- which as a matter of fact is present in the Eastern Catholic Churches (who are in communion with Rome)? That doesn't sound like a reform. That sounds like a schism.

@@dailyofficebythenarrowpathKing Henry VIII would not approve of this message. Actually he would have you killed.

@@dailyofficebythenarrowpath😂😂👏😭👏👏

@@dailyofficebythenarrowpath How can you say we are all basically Roman Catholics and that the only difference is that the priests are allowed to marry? This is trivialising a very important question. I certainly don't regard you as a Roman Catholic although I pray for the sake of your soul that you may renounce your errors and convert to the Catholic church as John Henry Newman and Dr. Taylor Marshall did. The Catholic church ruled that the anointing of priests in the Anglican communion is utterly null and void, which stands to reason as you only have two sacraments and Holy Orders is not one of them. Therefore even though you might believe that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ it is simply not so in the Anglican communion because it is necessary for valid Holy Orders to be bestowed upon the priest in order for the transubstantiation to occur. So therefore your communion has only one valid sacrament whereas Roman Catholics have seven. And that is just the start of the differences between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism.

Thank you for the kind invitation.

and before Christians were Catholic, they were saints of the Church of Christ. Keep going further back.

​@@arscheerioWhat is the distinction?

​@@arscheeriosaints and sinners alike from beginning til now

⁠@@arscheerio you actually gotta go WAY forward in history for Church of Christ, created in the 1900s in the United States. Catholic Orthodox is the true Church

Too hot for full words.

@@dailyofficebythenarrowpath Makes sense then👍

God protect you in your travels.

@@dailyofficebythenarrowpath Lmao 🤣 God bless you 🙏 - I have been to Australia. I love the world down under! I still have friends there, and maybe someday I will be there again for a full sermon. May God keep us all safe till then! I love your delivery!! ☺️🙏🙏