TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - May 5, 2025 - Romans 14:7-12 - Living and Dying for the Lord

Episode Date: May 5, 2025

In this special 3 p.m. edition of Morning Manna, Rick Wiles reassures the audience that while TruNews has concluded, the ministry continues stronger than ever with expanded Morning Manna broadcasts now streaming at both 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET. Rick shares urgent global headlines—including rising nuclear tensions in Asia—and introduces a new daily email alert summarizing key world events from a biblical perspective. The heart of today’s message focuses on Romans 14:7–12, teaching that whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Rick and Doc unpack the call to reject judgment and contempt toward fellow believers, emphasizing humility, unity, and personal accountability before Christ’s judgment seat. Rick also reflects on God's ownership of humanity—body and soul—and previews his new book series Promised Land Principles. The episode ends with a heartfelt reminder: leave judgment to God, love others well, and live every day for the glory of the Lord.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 5/2525You can partner with us by visiting FaithandValues.com, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961.Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!AmericanReserves.comIt’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today!Amazon.com/Final-DayApple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!books.apple.com/final-dayPurchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.Sacrificingliberty.comThe Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today!Trunews/faucielf

Hey everybody. It's 3 p.m. And ordinarily we would be doing a true news program right now. We're not doing news, but I just wanted to let you know that we're here. We haven't gone dark. We haven't disappeared. We're here. We've been working today on new projects, But I wanted to just take a few minutes here at 3 p.m. Because you and I have had we've had an appointment

for a long time at 3 p.m thousands of people have tuned in at 3 o'clock and watched us and I want you to know that I Miss you very much. So What we're doing here today at 3 p.m. we're going to stream Morning Manna but we are also streaming Morning Manna on all the platforms at 10 a.m. Eastern and so for the next I'd say the next month Doc will do two streams per day with Morning Manna right 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. plus Morning Manna will be on faith and values where it's always been and

It will be on true news calm and at some point true news calm will Become morning manna calm Or something it'll become something or Rick walls calm. It will make a transition, but for the next for the month of May We'll stop here at 3 p.m.. Say hello and We'll make a transition but for the next for the month of May We'll stop here at 3 p.m.. Say hello and We'll be streaming Morning man at 3 p.m.. But earlier at 10 a.m.. Now something else I Am sending you an email and if you like this format, I'll keep it up I just

Put quickly in an email, maybe, I don't know, 15 things that I'm looking at today, right in the world. And I'm not going to go into detail, analyzing everything. But here are the things that I'm watching, primarily World War Three. And there's some really important things in there, like this Wednesday, India is doing civil defense drills for the possibility of nuclear war between India and Pakistan. You might want to pay attention to that one. Russia Vladimir Zelensky said over the weekend he couldn't guarantee the safety of world leaders attending the May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow. And then Dmitry Medvedev responded by saying, well, Russia can't guarantee that

Ukraine will even see May 10. So, folks, it's serious. And these nations are right on the edge of warfare. And Mr. Putin also said, I hope I don't have to use nuclear weapons to to settle this war That's because mr Trump is swinging to the pro-ukraine side right and is not interested in settling the war anymore Anyhow, it's those things I put it together in a newsletter for you And if you like the format it didn't take me that much time I just jotted down in an email just things that were in my mind like oh yeah watching this oh I'll tell you another one Bangladesh Bangladesh said that if India attacks Pakistan Bangladesh will invade India it's just working out all

over Rick doc when is the last time you've worried about Bangladesh invading India? I've never had to worry about it. Never kept me awake at night. I it's never been that thought has never entered my mind, but it's there. I saw it. I've been reading the Pakistan and Indian newspapers and there it is in the headlines. So anyhow, there's an email for you. And if you like it, let me know.

You can email me at info at truenews.com and just say, keep it up. This is helpful. I like this email alert. And I'll just tell you the most important things that are out there. You can get everything else. You can get the non-important things

from the other podcasters. I'll just give you the ones that are really important, like nuclear war. And we'll stay in touch like this. Morning Man is coming up right now. We are in the Book of Romans, Chapter 14, and I think this is verses seven through 12. Seven through 12, yes.

All right, very good teaching. Be blessed, I'll see you tomorrow. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Morning Manna. It is Monday, and we are gathered together, our brothers and sisters from around the world. We meet at 8 a.m. Eastern time at faith and values.com and we are working our way through the book of Romans. And today we are in Romans chapter 14 looking at verses seven through 12. I'm going to pray and then Dr. Burkhard is going to read the word of God and we will begin our study of these scriptures. Most gracious Father, Father, we come to you with praise and adoration and thanksgiving. Father, we are blessed to have you as our Father,

so good and so kind and so merciful. Father, teach us about your Son because he is our role model, He is our example. By studying Him, by knowing Him, we know you. If we have seen the Son, we have seen the Father. And so, Father, open our eyes and our ears to see and hear the greatness of your Son and his majesty, his glory, his love, his kindness, his mercy. In the name of Jesus, amen. Amen.

Well, good morning and welcome to morning men and no matter where you are in the world, we have friends checking in today from Malaysia, from Russia, from the Philippines, from Japan, from Singapore, from South Korea today, plus all across the US and Canada. God bless you. Welcome to this live edition of Morning Man.

It's so privileged to have you here with us. We're continuing our study in Romans chapter 14, picking back up in verse seven, reading through verse 12. I'm reading from the King James this morning. If you'd like to follow along, we're here with me. Romans 14, 7, for none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Whether we live therefore or die, we're the Lord's. For to this end, Christ both died and rose and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living.

But why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou set it not thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Verse 12, so then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. God bless the reading of his word today. Amen. Verse seven. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

Obvious, very easy to understand statement that no Christian lives or dies for themselves. Our entire existence belongs to the Lord. Yes. as stated in Romans 14, 8. That's coming up here in a few minutes. So this verse is building upon the first six verses of chapter 14, which calls for unity. So it's urging us as believers to live for God's glory rather than our personal preferences. And that would then foster a sense of peace in the church. means every choice in life and death should reflect devotion to God. Yes.

Remember in Romans 12.1, to be a living sacrifice. So this phrase, none of us live to himself. It's a challenge to selfish motives. It is telling us to prioritize God's will over our own will, our own desires. Our lives are interconnected in the body of Christ. Meaning our actions impact others. Correct. You can't cut off your finger and the rest of your body doesn't ache and feel the pain. And that finger can't live on its own.

And it cannot live on its own. It's been separated from the body. So what you do, the way you live, your actions, your attitudes, your words, impact others in the body to various degrees. Sometimes it's minor, sometimes it's major, serious. How we live, how we act, how we behave, what we say, our attitudes, it's all impacting others to various degrees. Death, like life,

belongs to the Lord. Even our final moments on earth are under his lordship. So this verse is teaching us to reject self-centered living, to embrace a life of service, service to God, service to others, thinking of others more highly than you think of yourself, always, always desiring to honor God, to glorify God. And knowing that God's ownership of our lives unites us in the body of Christ as we all live for the same purpose, and that is to glorify God, to obey Him. Whether in life or in death.

Yes. Death was a very real thing to Paul, because how many times was he shipwrecked? How many times was he stoned? How many times was he beaten to the point of death and yet he lived? But he was willing to die. For us today in the 21st century, death isn't the imminent thing that it was for Paul in the first century. I mean, we're not faced with the

reality of it through persecution, through torment, through all the different things that Paul was dealing with. But for him, it was a reality. He could die that day for Christ. But whether he died for Christ or he lived for Christ, it was both the same in his mind. Yes. Yes, doc is The assurance that Paul belonged to God brought him comfort and it freed him from the fear of death He knew that he belonged to God and that liberated him from the fear of dying liberated him from the fear of dying. You live in Christ, you die in Christ.

So, Jesus empowers us to live for our Father. He showed us the way, He gave us the example. And when we live for the Lord, we shine as witnesses in a world that's self-focused, a selfish world. We should shine as witnesses Lord and inviting others to know the love of God. Yes. God uses all kinds of things in our lives to witness to others about His love, His mercy, His grace. But that should be our purpose. That should be our driving ambition that everything in our life, one way or the other, the positive and the negative all bring glory to him. Romans

14, eight, for whether we live, we live unto the Lord. And whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's. So now Paul is emphasizing that our entire existence is under the loving lordship of almighty God. Right. That no one lives or dies to themselves.

Even in death, God is in control. Death, God is in control. So living unto the Lord means aligning every decision, your words, your thoughts, your actions with his will to serve his purpose. Belonging to the Lord unites all believers as we share the same divine ownership. When I know that I am owned by the same one who owns doc the same one who owns my wife susan who owns you Who owns every believer in every country That's what it unites us

Is that we We are owned by the same loving father right So again, Paul's challenging us to reject self-centered living, to choose instead to honor God in all things, and that fulfills the law of love. Yes. love. Yes. Our identity as the Lord's own, owned by God, that shapes how we treat others. We are the Lord, that phrase, we are the Lord's, that affirms God's eternal claim on us. He never stops owning us.

We were made by Him, created by Him. Like I spent a lot of time yesterday, I've started writing another book, and now that I have I have mega fire done and going to the you know ready for the printer I've started on a new book. It's a series Good Six, uh, it'll be six books in in the series called

promised land principles Or maybe it's principlesples of Promise Land Living, I forget how I named it. And volume one is titled, Discovering Your Promise Land. I spent the entire day yesterday on one chapter on the Garden of Eden, particularly Adam. And what I, first I had to correct myself. I had been teaching something wrong.

And I don't know how I got that in my head. What's that? Well, Adam was made, not created. But that's not true. There's, there are three, there are verses in Genesis one and Genesis two, and he's both made and created. It interchanges those words, made and created. And so as I, I was challenged by this, like, wait a minute. I was focusing for years on just adam was made

But it does say he was created Is there a contradiction No, there isn't God created the universe But he made adam and yet he created Adam. How do you explain this? I'm doing another teaching, but this is all about God owning us, owning everything. And so here it is, Doc.

Before the cosmos existed, there was nothing, right? There was no matter. There was nothing. God spoke it. He created something out of nothing. He created matter out of nothing. Right. That was a work of creation. And one of those things that he created was the earth. And down in the dirt.

He scooped up the dirt that he made. No, he created the dirt. See, the dirt came from nothing. The dirt was created by his words. But Adam was not created by his words. But Adam was not created by his words. He was made with the soil that God created with his words. But then it says he was created. And how you get the explanation is this,

God formed Adam's body with his hands. I got you, you just get an image of God on the earth, scooping up soil, adding water to it, forming a man in his image, in his likeness. But what he created was his soul. It had never existed before. Souls of humans had never existed. He created Adam's soul. So he made his body and created his soul. And then breathed life into him. And then breathed life into his nostrils. Gave life to the body. And then you have this beautiful picture

after the resurrection, before the Ascension, Jesus walked through the walls, came into the room and he breathed upon the disciples and said, receive the Holy Ghost. He did it again, doc. He renewed us with his breath. Praise God. Oh, man, I had a good day writing yesterday. I thought of that because the phrase we are the Lord's.

He has an eternal claim on us. He made us. He made our bodies and he created our soul. Jeremiah, he knitted, he knitted Jeremiah in his mother's womb, his body, but he created a soul for that body. Praise God.

We are owned by the Lord. Belonging to the Lord frees us from fear as life and death are secure in his hands. Amen. his hands. Amen. Now let's go to verse 14 nine. For to this end, Christ both died and rose and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. It's interesting, King James used revived. Yes. Any insight on that? No, I noticed that too, but I had not thought that hard about it. I just thought, well, maybe they switched it out for resurrection. But you know, but the key part of verse nine is that Christ is the Lord

of both the living and the dead. One concern that the early believers had in the apostolic age in particular is they had an expectation of Christ coming back at any moment. They, Maranatha, our Lord come it, that was the greeting that they gave each other. But there was some concern among some believers, what about those that have passed away? What about those that have died? What happens to them? And Paul is subtly addressing the issue here.

He really explores it in the Epistle to the Thessalonians, but for here he's saying Christ is both the Lord of the living and the dead. In other words, those who are dead in Christ are just as much alive as the living. The dead in Christ are just as much alive as the living, and He's Lord of both. So Doc, I'm looking at Strong's Concordance. If you look at verse 9, it says that Christ both died and rose—there's the resurrection—and revived. The rose is the resurrection. He died, he rose, and he revived. rose and revive. So I'm looking at Strong's and the Greek does not have those three words. It has died and returned to life. So it eliminates rose and revived. It just says died and returned to life.

Returned to life to be alive, to live and alive, to be lively. Well, anyhow, that's another study. We'll figure that one out some other day. So for to this end, Christ died, rose and lived again, that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living to establish his supremacy, his supreme authority over all. Again, we are the Lord's. For this end, for this reason, what reason?

That he owns everyone. That's the reason. For to this end, That's the reason. For to this end, Christ died and rose and revived. The purpose was because the reason he did those things is because he is Lord of all and he owns all plan for our promised land. And that's what this book series is going to be about. So we get to verse 10.

And now he brings it back to reality here. Oh, yeah. We're talking about dead and living and resurrection and hope. And then he says, verse 10, but you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. So there is a very direct, solemn challenge to avoid judging and despising each other. We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ says that Jesus Christ has the sole authority to judge. You are not to judge anybody. You are not to pass judgment on that person's

spiritually. You are not to pass judgment on that person's standing with God. You are not to judge whether that person is saved or unsaved. You are not to do any of that. You don't know. You have no idea where that person's at spiritually. And this is a very serious warning. Why do you judge your brother or your sister? Why do you despise your brother or your sister? How can people be in the body of Christ and despise another believer? And yet it goes on every day. Believe me, it goes on. I know it. I've been the recipient of it for many years. I can't tell you how many people have called 911 and ordered the hell wagon to come and

pick me up and take me off to hell happens all the time doesn't it doc it does let's let's look at this word judge the greek word is crino yes And it means to judge, to decide, to determine. Listen to this. It says it means you judging somebody, whether in a court of law or in a private setting, it's the same word.

In other words, you're making yourself the judge sitting at the bench with a gavel, making a ruling on another person. That's how serious it is. You might as well put on a black robe. See, people who judge others are pompous. And there's pride and arrogance in their judgmental attitude. There's not brokenness. There's not humility. There's not an awareness that they could be judged. Right.

It's you know, I said a week or two ago. I think it was last week. You know, a lot of people think their sins don't stink. Your sins do, but not theirs. They have a different standard, but God holds his nose over both of them. Right. But judgmental people like to be self-righteous. And usually you find that the people who are so quick to judge somebody, they're really the ones who have sin in their life.

And the way to cover it up is to judge others. Yes. Now, it's interesting to note here that Paul is not talking about judging those outside of the church. No, inside. He's talking about brothers and sisters in the church. That you have been judging them. That you've been set at naught with brothers and sisters in Christ. So we're not even talking going outside the walls of the church, so to speak.

I'm not talking about a physical church, of course, but outside the fellowship. We're talking among those that claim to know Jesus. Mm-hmm. Kreno, the Greek word kreno, means to separate, to distinguish, to pass judgment on, to come to a decision, to render a verdict. And it's used a lot, that word crino is used a lot in lawsuits. Every time you see a mention of a lawsuit in the New Testament, that word Krenel pops up. It is very much a legal term. Yes.

Speaking of somebody in authority passing judgment in a trial. So you have one or two or three people get together and decide we're going to hold court on you And we're going to pass a Verdict we're going to declare a verdict and we're going to extract the penalty We're setting ourselves up as the judge and jury And up as the judge and jury. And it's usually because they have sin in their life and they have to do something to take attention off of their sin and make everybody look at somebody else.

It's, oh, his sin's a lot worse. Her sin is far worse than what I'm doing. That's why I'm qualified to pass judgment. His sin is far worse than what I'm doing. That's why I'm qualified to pass judgment. His sin is far worse. And so they render a verdict. They separate, they distinguish. What does that mean? They are distinguishing that this other person's sin is far more serious than somebody else's

sin, particularly their own. They're making a determination of right or wrong. And they usually don't want to hear anything other than they're going to pass judgment. Right. And so this is that one-on-one relationship that Paul is talking about among believers. That, you know, their passage where he talks about why you sue in each other, why you you doing all this? There are times when the body, body of believers, has to judge those that are within as a body. But Paul is talking about this individual judgment here, that you've just made a decision, you're going to judge somebody. Over in 1 chapter five, it talks about what do I have, what have I to do to judge them that are without,

do not you judge them that are within. But Paul was talking to the church at Corinth there in a congregational setting. This is that one on here in Romans, it's that one-on-one personal relationship that Paul was talking about, not the congregational relationship. Right.

It's a creano is used of bringing to trial. Right. The trying of facts in a court of law. Right. Two opposing parties. But again, it does not necessarily mean the county courthouse. Right. Or a federal courthouse.

It could be your living room, your workplace. Wherever you decide to convene court and pass a judgment on somebody else, that's the court of law, where you, acting as judge and jury and prosecutor decide to bring somebody before your court, not the Lord's court, your court, and get a conviction. It's a very dangerous position to be in, a very dangerous attitude to be passing judgment on other people. And then he says, don't despise. Why do you despise your brother? Now this Greek word is exothenial,

which means to despise, to treat with contempt, to regard as nothing, to set at not, to ignore, to write off. To despise. To despise as somebody who is contemptible. I mean, it's a strong word, not just dislike. Despise means I find you to be contemptible. Nothing trash.

That that's a, These are very strong words. And obviously it was going on in the church because Paul wrote about it. Why do you despise your brothers and sisters? Perhaps when he visits a church, somebody at a church picnic says, pulls Paul aside and says, you know, Paul, so-and-so over there, I despise that man.

And Paul's like, what? Oh, I have nothing but contempt with that man. I won't sit near him in church. And Paul's thinking, how can you be walking in the, according to the law of love, and you have those feelings about somebody? Do not despise somebody, because it means you're reducing them to nothing.

You, again, as a judge, it's the same concept. You're decreeing that somebody is worthless, is nothing. You are deciding that you have the right to treat another human with utter contempt. Show me in the Bible where you have that right. You don't. Again with the legal connotation, it means to regard somebody as lacking any standing. What happens in lawsuits when a judge will throw out

a lawsuit and says the plaintiff has no legal standing in this case. The judge just said, your argument, your complaint is nothing, get out, leave, you have no standing. Right. Same thing in personal relationships. People say, your point of view, your interests,

your feelings, your desires, nothing means nothing. You have no standing, I don't wanna hear it. I'm not bothered, I don't want to hear it. Get out. I have nothing but contempt for you. You're lower than a baboon in my eyes. Just get away from me. But people treat others like that. Right. But people treat others like that. Right. But Paul is saying disciples should not judge and they should not despise their brothers and sisters.

Why? Because all will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Right. The despiser and the despised will all come before the judgment seat. A lot of people who judge others are going to be shocked to see the others in the presence of the Lord when Jesus comes back. Yes. When the when Jesus comes back yes Very true

I'm just trying to get myself across the finish line You know, I'm just barely I doctor I mean I I will just, I'll just go find a remote place and hope they don't see me and change their mind. You should not think highly of yourself in terms of your spiritual standing. Remember the Sermon on the Mount, you're bankrupt. You mourn your bankruptcy. I don't see anywhere in the Sermon on the Mount that you get out of bankruptcy. What I see in the Sermon on the Mount is those who stay in bankruptcy and mourn over it

are the ones who enter the kingdom. Yes. You see, and that's the problem a lot of the woke churches today, they teach the idea of being tolerant. Well, we got to be tolerant because we're not to judge one another. So we tolerate sin. That's not what Paul is trying to get across here. That's not it. He's talking about these personal relationships that people have. And this is the second time he uses the word despise in this chapter. He used it back in verse three and said, don't despise them because they eat something different

than you eat. You're hating people over food. And then he brings it back here again. So don't despise people. Don't judge them in this. But there is a place for the man of God, the woman of God, the pastor to teach against sin, to teach the congregation against sin. But Paul was talking about something very different here. He's talking about this is all about personal relationships here. That's what Paul has been emphasizing here for really chapters 12 through 14 here on living the Christian life day by day by day. And most of that living is done alongside other people, Rick. And so Paul is giving us the guidelines here. This is how you live with—I'm going to tell them about living with the world—this is how you live with brothers and sisters in the

Lord. If we can't get along here on earth, how in the world are we going to get along in eternity? we're going to get along in eternity. That's right. See, when you judge a brother or a sister, you are taking upon yourself, you're assuming upon yourself the authority to judge that belongs solely to Christ. There you go. It's just as simple. You know, when Jesus in the gospel, so he

said, you know, do not judge anyone. Okay. That those words are greatly misinterpreted by many people. Because like Doc was saying about the, you know, the wokeness attitude in many churches. Well, Jesus said not to judge and I'm not gonna say anything about that person's sin, you know, that's not what he said. No. When he said not to judge, the next sentence or two, he called somebody dogs.

Yes. He called people dogs. He was talking about their behavior, their attitudes. When he said do not judge, he was referring to you are not equipped nor authorized to pass judgment on the, the spiritual state of somebody and their eternal destination. There you go. I gave you an example. When somebody says when a person dies and somebody will say, well, I'll tell you what

the flames of hell shot up when that old boy went in there. You better watch yourself. Yes. Better watch yourself. You don't know. You don't know. You don't know what happened before that man died. And likewise, you can do it on the reverse way and just be declaring that so-and-so is walking hand-in-hand in heaven with Jesus, and it may not be true. That's right. You don't know. You don't know. God is not— I heard it once said, Rick, God does not presume to judge a man until he's dead neither should we

That's right And after that person's dead you are still not permitted to judge. That's right. That's the message You're not permitted to judge Leave it to the Lord We don't know Who entered the kingdom and who did not. Only the Lord knows. But this he's talking about judging people in daily living, treating them as though they're worthless, contemptible. And then condemning them in the same breath. Yes. Look, you can pass judgment with just a look on your face. With a, get out of here.

You just said, I find you contemptible, get out of my life. Just a look on your face, just a facial expression that you're passing judgment. Because what that person's receiving is rejection. And truthfully, you meant it to be that way. You were sending a signal that said, I reject you. I find you contemptible. And this is wrong.

Judging another brother or sister assumes authority that belongs to Christ alone. So we are to walk and live in humility. Set at not. That phrase means do not belittle others. Some people are belittling pros. I mean, they can belittle people with words and phrases and snickers and facial expressions. They're belittling people. You don't do it. Standing before the judgment seat of Christ reminds all of us that only Jesus Christ evaluates our hearts.

You just focus on getting yourself across the finish line. That's enough trouble on its own, isn't it? That's it right there. You get yourself across the finish line. You can encourage others to live for Christ, but don't be arguing with people and don't be judging people. Just get yourself across the finish line. Let Jesus and the Word judge people. Let Jesus and the Word judge people. Yes. The judgment seat assures broken, contrite, humble disciples that they will be treated fairly and lovingly by the judge. You go in there and you got a record of being haughty and proud and judgmental.

That's not going to get off to a good start. You want to go into that courtroom on judgment Day with a record of being broken, humble, repentant, a contrite heart, one who mourns that you are a sinner. Guess what? You're going to sin till the day you die. I don't know if that's a revelation to anybody or not. We never stop sinning because the sin nature is in us. We're not allowed, we're not, we don't get a license to sin. Correct. But it's, it's a Pollyanna spirituality

to think that saved Christians never commit sins. The question is, how do we handle it? Privately, individually, how do we handle our sins and how do we handle the sins of our brothers and sisters? That's what this is about, avoiding judgment, showing to others the kind of love and grace you want God to show you. Remember the story I told you when my son Jeremy was 13, 14 years old, and he was in that stage where he was really, really testing me, and I went marching up the steps, and I was going to put that boy—I was going to put the fear of God in him. And what happened was God put the fear of God in me. As I was marching up the steps to go to his bedroom, the Lord said, beginning today, I will deal with your sins the same way you deal with your son's sins. And I sat down in the steps and thought about it.

I was a real eye-opener for me, doc. Yeah, how do we want God to deal with our sins? Yes. You want Him to be merciful, full of grace, you in your broken state of repentance. The reality of all of us facing the judgment of the seed of Christ should humble each of us. It should chase pride from our hearts. And we should live with eternity in our view. Verse 11, for it is written, as I live, sayeth the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to god

He's he's affirming The universal lordship of jesus christ he quotes isaiah 45 23 yes and the phrase as I live saith the Lord that that underscores God's eternal authority. As I live, saith the Lord. Who's saying this? The Lord. Yes. For it is written, as I live, says the Lord.

To me, every knee will bow. Well, he's to live forever. He's been alive forever. He has no beginning or end, so he is assured every knee will bow as I live. His continued living is a foregone conclusion. There's no chance the Lord's gonna die before you do. And somehow you escape judgment seat. Well, you know, that old judge would just die before my court trial.

I might get a break. Nope. He says, as I live. I've been alive. Forever, and I will be alive for now. Yeah, I'm not going anywhere. And I'm not going anywhere. And I'm telling you right now Buster, your knee, both of your knees are gonna bow. Either willingly or in submission.

And that tongue that you've been using to judge others, that tongue's gonna confess that I am God. I am the Lord. So every knee bowing represents universal submission to God. And it's better to do it now. Just get in you know see this practice. Bow your knees now, confess it now, just practice every day. So when you get there at the judgment seat you know what to do. Drop to your knees and confess. I've been doing it for years. I know how to do this. I'm going to my knees right now and my tongue is going to start confessing you

are God. Because when you do it from your heart in this life, it's easy to do it in the next life. And you're not trembling with fear, but it's coming out of your heart with joy and love. Verse 12, so then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. End of discussion done. Yes. You are not going to be allowed by the judge to talk about somebody else that you judged. That's right. Is the judge going to look at you and

say, excuse me, what does he have to do with this? Why are you bringing up her name? I'm talking to you. I'm talking to you. Don't bring up somebody else's name. So then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. Personal accountability before Christ. So we focus on our own actions, our own words, our own attitudes, our own thoughts, rather than judging others. It means each disciple answers to God for their own choices, their own actions, their own words. There's universal accountability. This is believer and non-believer, sinner and saint, every one of us. There's universal accountability going all the way back to Adam.

Adam and Eve will be there. Moses, Abraham, Pontius Pilate, Judas, everybody who's ever lived will give an account to God. Everybody. So that's why I don't believe. This is. I don't believe anybody's in hell right now. In the lake of fire. Let me put it like this.

Nobody's in the lake of fire. Because that means judgments already been passed on them. Correct. Yes. They're not in the lake of fire yet. Not yet. They might be warm and sweating but they're not frying yet. They could be in torment in in Shoal but yes but they're not burning right because judgment has yet to be passed. They haven't stood before the judgment seat of Christ yet.

Think about it this way. You're held in a jail, generally. If you're facing a court of law, you're held in a jail, but you haven't been sent to prison yet. Right. Okay, that's a closest analogy we have today. Very good. That's very good because jails are to detain suspects

prior to the court hearing. Right. Prisons are to contain convicted criminals. Right. contain convicted criminals. Right. So we each have the responsibility to live with integrity, knowing that we are mortals living in bodies of flesh with a fallen nature and that sin is always at the door. Sin is always at the door.

It's not down the street, it's at the door. You open that door, it's coming in. You open that door, it's coming in. Sin is always at your door. And you live with that understanding that you are capable of sinning. And you need the Holy Spirit. So I think this personal accountability fosters the harmony that's been presented throughout these verses. See, if you know you're going to stand before the judgment seat of Christ, you're not going to judge people now. You're going to love people now.

And that foster is this harmony in the church. That we align our actions and our words and our thoughts with God's words, actions, and thoughts. That we love others as we love ourselves. We treat others the way we desire to be treated. We speak about others the way we want people to speak about us. That we free ourselves from judge from from prideful judgment of others. All right doc, I think that's it for today. All right. Well, we appreciate you being here with us today. And appreciate you tuning in here on this Monday morning.

And we had nearly 400 people today, Rick. We're at three night. Well, 400 right now. Just hit 400. So welcome, everybody, all the new faces that are here today. God bless you. Thank you for being here. That's very encouraging because True News ended Friday

and our morning manna participation went up today. Yes, so let's keep it that way. Let's keep those numbers going up there. Let's push towards 1,000 live at 8 AM. Amen. Now we're going to continue in Romans 14 tomorrow. We'll pick it back up on verse 13. So I encourage you, read ahead, prepare,

pray about what you're reading and ask the Lord to give you discernment. Now I hope that today, that the Lord spoke to you in this lesson and cause you to reflect upon your own life and your own relationship with others and the body of Christ and your relationship with Christ as well. So Rick, any final words before we depart for today?

No, but ask for your prayers for this ministry that we Ask for your prayers for this ministry that we discern the will and the plan of God for the days ahead. We're in transition and there are many changes that are taking place and we need all the wisdom and grace that we can get right now. Amen. Just watch. Just watch where the Lord takes us. That's right, but we have a promise on wisdom that if we ask the Lord for wisdom, He'd give it. That's a promise. So, agree with us on that,

folks. Maybe you need some wisdom in your own life, too. Get in on it. Get in on the wisdom wagon today. So we need it and you need it too. Amen? Praise God. Well, and I'll just say, and it hasn't come from this group, but there are people who are, you know, upset that I put true news to bed. And what are they doing? They're judging me. All right. They're saying things online to others. They're sending emails. They're judging me, okay?

They're passing judgment. This is what we're talking about. Yeah. It's unfortunate. I'm done with you, Rick Wiles. Don't need you anymore. I'm done with you. Well, okay. Don't need you anymore. I'm done with you. Well, you're, you're contemptible to me now.

See, see, this is the attitude. So, um, the kind of practical day-to-day things that these scriptures are referring to guard your lips and guard your heart and guard your mind and do not pass judgment on anyone That's the same standards be used against you Okay Let's wrap it up. All right, and just to let you know Morning Manor will be available not only here on the faith and values platform, but also on true news

For the time being. So, if you want to refer a friend to Morning Manor outside of Faith and Values, you can do that. Point them to True News for the time being. And there'll be a new destination here in the very near future for Morning Manor content. And so, but these are things that we're still working through and we'll keep you informed on all that as soon as we get everything set up. For now, you can watch Morning Manor on True News

and probably that way for the month of May, more than likely. So anything else we need to pass on today, Rick, or? That's it. I can't think of anything. And so, all right, folks, we encourage you. Join us again tomorrow. We'd love to see that number up at 450 tomorrow. And let's learn the Word of God together. We continue in Romans chapter 14 on the Tuesday edition of Morning Manna.

God bless you. We'll see you then.