I would like to talk about “treasures in heaven”

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth because it is subject to loss and is not everlasting. Furthermore, we won’t take these treasures with us when we depart from this life to eternal life.

 We should always remember the saying of Job the righteous “Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there.” (Job 1:20)

Introduction: Jehovah’s Witnesses are not Christians. Although they believe in the New Testament, it is their own incorrect translation that is misconstrued to suit their beliefs. They do not call themselves Christians, but ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’ - ‘Jehovah’ being a name of God used in the Old Testament. 

Their doctrine regarding the Lord Jesus Christ is completely different to the Christian doctrine; it is a mixture of the heresy of Arius, and other new heresies. They have even reached a level much worse than that of Arius by far. 

Many governments have expelled Jehovah’s Witnesses from their countries because they sensed the danger which they {presented to the country’s general peace}. Therefore, {it can be said that} they do not only propagate false religious beliefs, but they also propagate dangerous political ideas.

“Why The Cross?” But if any honest Christian wants to know why He suffered death on the cross and not in some other way, we answer thus: in no other way was it expedient for us, indeed the Lord offered for our sakes the one death that was supremely good.

He had come to bear the curse that lay on us; and how could He “become a curse,” [Gal. 3:13] otherwise than by accepting the accursed death? And that death is the cross, for it is written, “Cursed is he that hangs on a tree.” [Gal. 3:13]

Today is the third Sunday of the Holy Fifty days.  The Liturgy Gospel reading is from the Gospel according to St John (4:1-42) This section of the Holy Gospel is read more than once during Sundays of the Coptic year.

• It is read during “Mid-Lent Sunday” and is known as the “Samaritan Woman Sunday”. 
• It is read on the third Sunday of the Holy Fifty days which follows the celebration of the Holy Resurrection. 
• It is read during Pentecost celebration in the prayer of prostration.

as the blessed widow had done (Luke 21:4)........ Get tired in your service, because it is as much as you get tired, so much your love will appear, and therefore your sacrifice

I would like first to make two important observations:

• First observation: These verses narrate the birth of John the Baptist. The Coptic Orthodox Church through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, arranged for reading of these verses on the last Sunday before the Holy Nativity Feast, i.e., the fourth Sunday of Kiahk because the birth of John the Baptist was six month prior to the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ in flesh.