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Glory to Jesus Christ, dear brothers and sisters!
Today we have heard the Gospel of Luke (Luke, V: 1-11), where it is told how Jesus walked and sermonized. Let's take the moral from it. What moral we can take from it?
When He went to sermonize, He saw the fish men on the shore and there were Simon among the rest, later He gave him the name - Peter. Jesus asked him to sit in his boat and told him: "Put out into the deep." Because there were too many people. Maybe these people did not know that Jesus would come across, maybe they just were hungry and came to have some fish, which their fish men should catch in the lake.
And when Jesus came He did not see the fish, but hungry people only, there was a big crowd of people. And He sat in the boat and asked Peter to put out into the deep that everybody could see Him. Jesus started to sermonize and everybody listened to Him attentively. When He sermonized He saw that people were spiritually thirsty and they took His words gladly. And He became so inspired that He said to Peter: "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."
Peter was catching the fish during all night, but there were no fish. And there were no changes in nature: no winds, no streams. Nothing could happen during the half of the hour of Jesus sermon. So Peter suddenly heard that the preacher Jesus from Nazareth said: "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." They were exhausted, hungry and knew that there were no fish in the lake. Peter had a right to answer Jesus: "I will not put out into the deep, because there is no fish there." So, he could disobey Jesus. Who are you that I should obey you? Do you understand?
But Apostle Peter obeyed Him, he just ascertained a fact: "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets."
Maybe they did not have a hope, but they showed their obedience. And they put out into the deep and let down their nets for a catch. They enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. When they brought this fish everybody saw that they should listen to Jesus, because God ruled people and all process on the Earth through Him.
It is very important for us to take this moral to build our Church correctly. Because if we do not obey like Peter, we will always be without fish, we will always be hungry and miserable. And Lord does not accept people, who do not obey, because they do not belong to God. And they automatically fall away from the God's Kingdom, from the Christ Family.
I told you about the hierarchy of the Heavens, how the Light radiates, how it is classified. The first is God - it is the center of His Light. The next are Thrones - the closest Light. The next are Cherubs, Seraphs. The medium rank of hierarchy is Dominions, Virtues, Powers of Authorities. And the closest ranges to us are Principalities then - Archangels. It is eternity, calmness, grace. And then Guardian Angels come, who help us to serve, who help us to redeem.
This hierarchy continues on the Earth, if we really love God. Patriarch is the Prime, no one or nothing could be higher on the Earth than He. The president, king or tsar do not have higher spiritual power than He has. Next are bishops, priests, deacons and the faithful too. So the information always comes from God, like the rays of Light - from the center to the sides. From God to all ranks: Thrones, Cherubs, Seraphs, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels, Guardian Angels and to us.
Sometimes we pray and come on the level of the Archangels. There is a level where it is known about the future of Ukraine. Where it is known how Ukraine lives in the time when it has gained the victory over the devil, or still is gaining the victory. And we ask in our prayers to comprehend that time: in a year, or two, or ten, or one hundred, or one thousand years ahead. Or past time.
Information always comes from above to down. And it is absolute harmony of sharing of this information. The weaker light, which is on the side, can't stand in the middle between the stronger ones, because it just does not exist. Is it so, or not? It will be a chaos; it is unreal for weaker rays stay in the middle between the strongest ones. Because the weakest are on the sides.
It is the same in the Church. The priest can't rule the Patriarch, or deacon can't rule the bishop or the priest and so on. It is sacred. We pray and the Holy Spirit comes on us; the strength, special gifts, which every person has not, comes on us. And you should understand it, when you will be that bowls, that middlemen, that representatives, through whom this information comes, this grace, this all. And the Serving Angels come.
If the man redeems spiritually in the family, so the great information and blessing will go through him cover the whole family: wife, children. And it is not always necessary to feel some electricity or some special state. It can be the simple life, work, some worldly vanity. But the person prays, tries to serve, controls his/her mind. And then the blessing comes on the wife through the husband. If she obey then the family life become harmonized, children and husband respect mother. Everything happens in the way I have told you before. And then the absolute harmony of God's Kingdom happens on the Earth. It is not devil's kingdom, because he always distorts everything, deforms everything, does everything in the wrong way. He builds "democracy". "Demo' - demon and his "cracy" - it is his system. So, demonical system. It seems like people rule, but really the demons rule. It happens if there is no God's hierarchy.
When we communicate with God, God illuminates our hearts. And we keep it in secret. We thank to Him and multiply it. Because we understand that we do not deserve it. Maybe, next time God will not open something in our hearts for us. When we take care of it, God is with us and He does not leave us. The main is for us do not leave Lord. So, my dear, let's work and obey, like Apostle Peter did. He listened to Jesus and caught a lot of fish. When Jesus saw his obedience He gladly said: "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." And He called him to serve as Apostle. He was very good Apostle, am I right? The Roman Church is very proud of such Apostle. We also are the apostolic successors to Saint Peter. He was very ordinary man, but he was very good Apostle, better than some people who studies in the academies, seminaries.
Our task is to be also catching men. If we will obey God, God will give us the wisdom how to work with people, with your close friend or neighbour, who is in one spirit with you. To talk in such way that they have a desire to come on these lectures, to listen to God's Word, which will fill them. And after that all of them want to go and to do good doings. He feels that he has Holy Spirit in himself, he changes, he becomes good person, happy person; he tried to be happy in all situations. Because God's souls can't be egoists, they want everybody be happy.
Oh God, give us an opportunity to work in such way in Ukraine that this world could change. Thank you for your prayers. Let the Lord leads you to the salvation. Try to go ahead, because you have already heard a lot and known a lot.
May God help you!
Glory to Jesus Christ!
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Apostle (2 Corinthians, 4:6-11):
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6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has
shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the
surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,
but not driven to despair;
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not
destroyed;
10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the
life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
11 For we who live are always being given over to death for
Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal
flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.
Gospel (Luke, 5:1-11):
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1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to
hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,
2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone
out of them and were washing their nets.
3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked
him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people
from the boat.
4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put
out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."
5 And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took
nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets."
6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of
fish, and their nets were breaking.
7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come
and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began
to sink.
8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord."
9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the
catch of fish that they had taken,
10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were
partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on
you will be catching men."
11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left
everything and followed him.
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