Transcript MSGR. CRISTOBAL E. GARCIA, SAP, HP

Society of the Angel of Peace
MSGR. CRISTOBAL E. GARCIA, SAP, HP
I. ECCLESIASTICUS 2:1-9
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My son, when you come to serve
the LORD, prepare yourself for
trials.
Be sincere of heart and
steadfast, undisturbed in time of
adversity.
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”Cling to
him, forsake
him not;
thus will
your future
be great.
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Accept whatever befalls you, in
crushing misfortune be patient;
For in fire gold is tested, and
worthy men in the crucible of
humiliation.
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Trust God and he will help you;
make straight your ways and hope
in him.
You who fear the LORD, wait for his
mercy, turn not away lest you fall.
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You who fear the LORD, trust him,
and your reward will not be lost.
You who fear the LORD, hope for
good things, for lasting joy and
mercy.
II. Key to old Covenant Serve God
Deuteronomy 10:12
The Lords Majesty.
And now, Israel, what does the LORD,
your God, ask of you but to fear the
LORD, your God, and follow his ways
exactly, to love and serve the LORD, your
God, with all your heart and all your soul,
Key to New Covenant
John 13:14-15
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If I, therefore, the master and teacher,
have washed your feet, you ought to
wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow, so
that as I have done for you, you should
also do.
HOW SHOULD I SERVE?
Motivated by obedience
(Deuteronomy 13:4)
Pay no attention to the words of that
prophet or that dreamer; for the LORD,
your God, is testing you to learn whether
you really love him with all your heart and
with all your soul.
Motivated by gratitude
(1 Samuel 12:24)
But you must fear the LORD and worship
him faithfully with your whole heart; keep
in mind the great things he has done
among you.
Motivated by gladness
(Psalm 100:2)
Worship the LORD with cries of
gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Motivated by forgiveness, not guilt
(Isaiah 6:6-8)
“Then one of the seraphim flew to me, holding
an ember which he had taken with tongs from
the altar.
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He touched my mouth with it. ”see,” he said,
“now that this has touched your lips, your
wickedness is removed, your sin purged.”
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Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,”
Whom shall send? Who will go for us?” “Here I
am;” I said; “send me!”
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Motivated by humility
(Philippians 2:3)
Do nothing out of selfishness or out of
vainglory; rather humbly regard others as
more important than yourselves,
Motivated by love
(Galatians 5:13;2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
For you were called for freedom,
brothers. But do not use this freedom as
an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve
one another through love.
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It is I, Paul, who am telling you that if
you have yourselves circumcised, Christ
will be of no benefit to you.
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Motivated by love
(Galatians 5:13;2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
For the love of Christ impels us, once we
have come to the conviction that one died
for all; therefore all have died.
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He indeed died for all, so that those who
live might no longer live for themselves
but for him who for their sake died and
was raised.
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CROSS
WHY SHOULD I SERVE?
To become more like Jesus
Isaiah 53
Philippians 2:5-11
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Have among yourselves the same attitude
that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
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Rather, he emptied himself, taking the
form of a slave, coming in human
likeness; and found human in appearance,
He humbled himself, becoming obedient
to death, even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name that is
above every name,
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That at the name of Jesus every knee
should bend, of those in heaven and
on earth and under the earth,
And every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the
Father.
ISAIAH 53
That was then the “worst” death.
Only the worst criminals could die
like Jesus. And with Jesus things
were worst, because not all the
criminals condemned to death
could receive nails on their hands
and feet.
Of course, nails... Big nails! Each
was 15 a 20 cm long, with a point of
6 cm. Another point was sharp.
The nails were craved into the
pulses, and not into the palms, as we
are used to hear. In the pulse, there’s
a tendon which extends till the
shoulder, and when the nails were
being hammered, that tendon broke,
obliging Jesus to reinforce all the
muscles of his back, so that he could
breath as He was loosing all the air
from his lungs.
In this way, He was forced to support
Himself onto the nail craved in his feet,
which was bigger than those craved
into his pulses, for both feet were
craved together. And, as his feet could
not endure for long time without
tearing, Jesus was forced to alternate
that “cycle” so that He could breath.
Jesus endured that reality
over 3 hours.
Yes, over 3 hours! Long
time, isn’t it? Few minutes
before He died, Jesus was
not bleeding anymore.
He was simply pouring water
from his cuts and holes.
When we imagine Him injured, we only
picture Him with injuries, but it is not
enough; His wounds were true holes,
made in his body.
He had no more blood to bleed, He only
poured water.
Human body is composed by near 3.5
litres of blood (for adult).
Jesus poured all 3.5 litres of his blood;
He had three nails hammered into his
members; a crown of thorns on his
head and, beyond that, a Roman
soldier who nailed a spear into his
chest.
All these without mentioning the
humiliation He passed after carrying
his own cross for almost 2
kilometres, while the crowd spat on
his face and threw stones (the cross
was almost 30 kg of weight, only for
its higher part, where his hands were
nailed).
Behold the Lamb of God
who takes away the sins
of the world…..
Our servant hood in Christ invites us
to his dying that we may also be one
in his rising…
”Unless a gain of wheat falls to the ground
and dies it remains just a grain of wheat;
but if it dies, it produces much fruits.
Whoever loves his life loses it, and
whoever hates his life in this world will
preserve it for eternal life.
Whoever serves me must follow me, and
where I am, there also will my servant be.
The Father will honor whoever serves me.
“the message of the Cross is
the power of God” (1cor.18)
Our covenant then is living in
union with Jesus
It is living the life of Jesus, it is
finding life in Jesus…
It is finding in Jesus the way,
the truth,
and the life…
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THE END