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- 0:00Speaker 1: Well, good afternoon, listeners. Thank you for listening to Lament
- 0:03Speaker 1: of Hope podcast. And I'm very grateful. This is going
- 0:08Speaker 1: to be a little unconventional, because if you're watching this,
- 0:10Speaker 1: you're going to see it's just the logo for the podcast.
- 0:14Speaker 1: But Dr. Katina and I really tried, and unfortunately, we
- 0:18Speaker 1: weren't able to do video, but that's okay.
- 0:20Speaker 2: You know, our judgment is based on what's in our heart,
- 0:23Speaker 2: and God's going to judge that. And, you know, no
- 0:26Speaker 2: matter what works we do, that by itself is not enough. So,
- 0:31Speaker 2: you know, but also at the same time, faith without
- 0:34Speaker 2: works is dead, as we all know. So I think
- 0:38Speaker 2: we have to show tangible things. Okay, I'm a believer.
- 0:42Speaker 1: I have faith.
- 0:44Speaker 2: Okay, show me you have good faith by the works
- 0:47Speaker 2: you're doing. I think those things have to go hand
- 0:49Speaker 2: in hand. And I see, I see that. I mean,
- 0:53Speaker 2: everybody's going to be different, right? I mean, how you
- 0:56Speaker 2: approach that will be totally different for me.
- 0:58Speaker 1: And that's okay.
- 0:59Speaker 2: That's, you know, God is a big, a big, God
- 1:01Speaker 2: is big, right? He's not like a small, small minded
- 1:05Speaker 2: person that says, I have to do this one little job.
- 1:07Speaker 2: It's like, well, whatever gifts you were given, you glorify
- 1:11Speaker 2: God by, by what you're, by your works. What are
- 1:14Speaker 2: you doing to glorify God in what you do? I
- 1:17Speaker 2: think for all of us, we have to, that look
- 1:22Speaker 2: in my life. And I think everybody has that potential.
- 1:26Speaker 2: We just have to figure out what that is. And yeah,
- 1:30Speaker 2: I think a long answer to your question.
- 1:32Speaker 1: No, it was a long question. Thanks for bearing with me.
- 1:35Speaker 1: I'm still, I'm like trying to, I'm like, this is,
- 1:38Speaker 1: I'm looking at a black screen and I'm looking at
- 1:40Speaker 1: a black phone and I'm trying to like, my questions
- 1:43Speaker 1: are not as succinct as I want them to be.
- 1:45Speaker 1: So I appreciate your patience. But I, I didn't, You know,
- 1:52Speaker 1: when you're talking about, because it sounds to me like
- 1:55Speaker 1: you're saying, I have been given a gift and I
- 1:59Speaker 1: want to do something with what the Lord has given
- 2:03Speaker 1: me because I see it as a way of gratitude.
- 2:06Speaker 1: It's not so much, it's something I need to do
- 2:08Speaker 1: because I can't just be blessed and not bless others.
- 2:15Speaker 1: But I wanted to ask you because, I mean, I
- 2:16Speaker 1: guess growing up, and I'd like to hear your thoughts
- 2:19Speaker 1: on this, I mean, since personally for you, I definitely,
- 2:27Speaker 1: growing up in the evangelical community, not the Roman Catholic community,
- 2:33Speaker 1: do you feel that evangelicals are people who profess Christ,
- 2:40Speaker 1: but they're not Roman Catholics? Do you feel like there's
- 2:43Speaker 1: not an emphasis enough on doing good things in the
- 2:48Speaker 1: sense of working out Blessings you've received. Do you feel
- 2:53Speaker 1: like there's too much of a, Oh, well I'm saved.
- 2:55Speaker 1: I believe Jesus died for me. Um, so I'm good.
- 2:58Speaker 1: I don't need to do anything. Do you feel that way?