We should be “slaves” to righteousness and “free” regarding sin! What an odd expression! What does it mean? The Centurion knew. 4th Sunday after Pentecost, July 2, 2023
Video: https://youtu.be/09IlDjKoo-0
Audio: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/pen-sun-04_2023_2023+slaves-to-righteousness_romans618-23-matthew8-5-13.mp3
Timestamps:
0:00 – 6:13 “and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee” Matthew 8:12
2:57 – 6:13 Why did the Centurion believe?
3:47 – 4:41 What does a mother do when her baby cries at 3:30 am? WHY?
6:13 NO external rules!
6:57 – 9:09 Christianity is not shallow – why are some shallow? The cure is obedience.
9:37 – 14:32 Understanding: “Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants (slaves) of righteousness” and “For when ye were the servants (slaves) of sin, ye were free from righteousness.” Rom 6:18,20
10:05 – 11:11 A little bit about slavery and Christianity.
11:46 – 14:32 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
14:32 – 21:56 “I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.” Romans 6:19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09IlDjKoo-0
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Fr. Seraphim's introduction to our new Russian Orthodox temple in McKinney, TX.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Jpc5EdL7k
The message of Thomas Sunday is constancy; “being there” with the Lord despite our weak faith. The necessity of constancy in spiritual labor.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfrhuAOrqA
The Pharisee of Jesus's parable was living a life of struggle — the life we are called to lead. So why did he walk away unjustified? Listen as Father Nicholas Park of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKinney, Texas relates this Sunday's sermon to the story of Zacchaeus as we begin our three-week journey into Great Lent. Visit us at orthodox.net
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYlcRoAp5nA
How not to change someone's mind, and in the meantime, judge them and alienate them. Also a little about Abby Johnson, who fortunately, knew people who did not call her stupid.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkqFK35m4uU
Fr Nicholas explains Psalm 142, a ubiquitous psalm, used in Compline and the Six Psalms and Prayer services. Anything used that often is important to understand.
AUDIO: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/psalms_2023+psalm-142.mp3
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/6nylOGcxJ8Y
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Recorded live at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKinney, Texas. Visit us online at www.orthodox.net
Commemorated today:
᛭ St. Alexander Nevsky (1263)
Readings:
Ephesians 5:8–19
Luke 12:16–21
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE1C15hOiYA
2 Timothy 3:10–15, Luke 18:10–14
Hebrews 13:17–21, Luke 6:17–23 (St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow)
In the readings for St. Alexis we meditate on who are “the Blessed” of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. To understand why these people, who are lacking in so many of the qualities generally associated with blessedness on this earth, are commended by Christ, we must understand the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. The Pharisee is self satisfied and self-absorbed; he experiences his reward in this life, while the Publican approaches the Lord with humility and goes away justified.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMKtpVtT6s