{"id":1144,"date":"2024-06-09T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/299-len-richardson-citizens-of-the-kingdom\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:39:46","slug":"299-len-richardson-citizens-of-the-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/299-len-richardson-citizens-of-the-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"299: Len Richardson – Citizens of the Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to the first class from Bro. Len Richardson\u2019s series \u201cThe Manifesto of the King\u201d that was given at the Oxford Bible Conference in 1980 entitled \u201cCitizens of the Kingsom”. Be sure to check the GCT Extended podcast later this week to listen to the whole series!<\/p>\n

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\nHi everyone.
\nThis is Jason Hensley, and this <\/p>\n

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\nweek we are going to be
\nlistening to a class by Brother <\/p>\n

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\nLen Richardson given at the
\nOxford Bible Conference in 1980.<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s kind of fun.
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\nthrowback, and this is a class
\nthat was suggested to us based <\/p>\n

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\noff the fact that it’s just an
\nincredibly good beginning to a <\/p>\n

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\nseries on the Sermon on the
\nMount. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat I really liked about this
\nclass is he emphasizes the fact <\/p>\n

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\nthat citizenship in the Kingdom
\nof God, it’s all about who we <\/p>\n

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\nare.
\nSometimes I think we focus on <\/p>\n

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\nother things like the things you
\nown or the things you know, or <\/p>\n

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\nsometimes the people you know.
\nAnd we forget that citizenship <\/p>\n

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\nis really about who we become
\nwhat, what kind of people are <\/p>\n

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\nwe?
\nAnd I think that Brother Len <\/p>\n

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\nbrings that out very powerfully.
\nNow, additionally, I love the <\/p>\n

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\nway that he ends this class
\nbecause he really focuses on <\/p>\n

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\nwhat it means to be salt and
\nwhat it means to be light. <\/p>\n

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\nPreaching is something that
\nisn’t necessarily in vogue. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so it’s good to just get
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\nout there.
\nWe want to show people that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re different, and why are we
\ndifferent? <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re different because we have
\nthis hope of the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

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\nWe know, and we love the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I hope that you enjoy
\nlistening to this class. <\/p>\n

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\nI think that you will find it
\nstimulating. <\/p>\n

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\nIt will give you a lot to think
\nabout and maybe challenge some <\/p>\n

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\nof the thoughts that you’ve had
\nin the past. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here we go.
\nThis is Brother Len Richardson, <\/p>\n

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\n1980 Oxford Bible Conference
\nclass #1 called Citizens of the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom.
\nWhen Jack Balchion said he’d <\/p>\n

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\nrather listen to Len Richardson
\nand look at him, he didn’t know <\/p>\n

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\nwhat Len Richardson’s voice was
\ngoing to be like. <\/p>\n

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\nLet me hasten to assure you that
\nthere’s nothing wrong with my <\/p>\n

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\nvoice.
\nIt’s your hearing. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t want you to worry about
\nme, because I should probably be<\/p>\n

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\nlike this all the week.
\nI’ve got South Africa bug and <\/p>\n

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\nit’s gone to my larynx at the
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

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\nIt moves about me from place to
\nplace and with God’s help, up to<\/p>\n

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\nnow, I’ve managed to do
\neverything that’s been asked of <\/p>\n

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\nme and I believe that He will
\nhelp me to do what I’ve got to <\/p>\n

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\ndo.
\nAnd it may even help you to <\/p>\n

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\nconcentrate rather on the
\nmessage than the man, if you <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t have a melodious voice
\nlike Leslie Johnson’s talking to<\/p>\n

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\nyou and have to put up with that
\ncroaky fellow from Hereford. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I don’t want you to be all
\nthe time thinking what’s the <\/p>\n

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\nmatter with the man?
\nYou know, there’s nothing wrong,<\/p>\n

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\nactually, it’s just a larynx
\ntrouble, and you’ll be <\/p>\n

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\ninterested to know that it does
\ngradually improve as a rule, as <\/p>\n

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\nI go on, after the 1st 2 1\/2
\nhours, it’s not too bad. <\/p>\n

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\nOur reading is from Matthew’s
\nGospel chapter 5, the 1st 16 <\/p>\n

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\nverses.
\nWe quite often hear it said, <\/p>\n

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\nbrethren and sisters, my
\nbrethren, speaking on the Gospel<\/p>\n

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\nof the Kingdom of God, that
\nJesus went about everywhere <\/p>\n

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\npreaching the Kingdom of God as
\nthough he went about giving <\/p>\n

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\nChristadelphian lectures on the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we come to read the
\nGospels, we’re surprised <\/p>\n

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\nsometimes to find that he didn’t
\nseem to say the same kind of <\/p>\n

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\nthings that we do in our
\nlectures about the Kingdom of <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nThat is to say, when we are <\/p>\n

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\npreaching the Kingdom of God, we
\nare at pain to talk about the <\/p>\n

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\npromises to Abraham and the
\ncovenant to David and how it <\/p>\n

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\nwill be fulfilled in what we
\ncall quite rightly, a divine <\/p>\n

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\npolitical Kingdom soon to be
\nestablished from the earth. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when we read the Gospels and
\nwe find Jesus preaching the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom of God, he doesn’t seem
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\nit.
\nHe seems to be more concerned <\/p>\n

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\nin a a different sense to this.
\nNow of course it is perfectly <\/p>\n

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\ncorrect to say that the Kingdom
\nof God is a divine political <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom.
\nIt may even be correct as they <\/p>\n

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\nsoon to be established on the
\nearth, though the soon is not <\/p>\n

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\nour province to say.
\nBut it seems probable that it <\/p>\n

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\nwill soon be established on the
\nearth. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when Jesus preached the
\nKingdom of God, all this was <\/p>\n

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\nunderlying his message.
\nThis was something that was <\/p>\n

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\nthere at the background of it.
\nThe Jews themselves perfectly <\/p>\n

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\nunderstood the divine political
\nKingdom aspect of it. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was all they did think it
\nwas, and they were expecting a <\/p>\n

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\ngreat Messiah to arise who would
\nestablish His Kingdom, and they <\/p>\n

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\nwould have the preeminent places
\nin it, and their enemies would <\/p>\n

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\nbe trodden on their feet.
\nSo when Jesus came preaching the<\/p>\n

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\nKingdom of God, his
\nunderstanding of the Kingdom in <\/p>\n

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\nits political sense must be read
\ninto what he said. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what he was more concerned
\nwith was what I’ve called in my <\/p>\n

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\ntitle, the citizens of the
\nKingdom, the kind of people God <\/p>\n

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\nwanted for his Kingdom.
\nIn a sense, he was saying to his<\/p>\n

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\ncompatriot Jews, it’s all very
\nwell to be so wrapped up in the <\/p>\n

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\nidea of the establishment of
\nIsrael as the Kingdom of God and<\/p>\n

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\nthe restoration of the throne of
\nDavid. <\/p>\n

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\nBut unless you change your ways,
\nyou won’t be there except you be<\/p>\n

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\nconverted, he said, and become
\nas little children. <\/p>\n

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\nYou cannot see the Kingdom of
\nGod except you receive the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom of God.
\nNotice this way in which he uses<\/p>\n

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\nthe term except you receive the
\nKingdom of God as a little <\/p>\n

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\nchild, you shall in no wise
\nenter there into there is this <\/p>\n

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\nidea of receiving thee
\nsovereignty of God now in this <\/p>\n

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\nlife becoming subjects of God
\nand of God’s Kingdom, beginning <\/p>\n

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\nto live in a sense, beginning to
\nlive in the very spirit of the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom now in order that you
\nmight inherit it. <\/p>\n

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\nThen to live like the skies in
\nPharisees you do knew perfectly <\/p>\n

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\nwell all about the covenants to
\nAbraham and David, and expected <\/p>\n

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\nthat it was all being kept up in
\nstore for them was to receive <\/p>\n

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\nthe rebuke of Jesus.
\nYou will see Abraham, Isaac and <\/p>\n

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\nJacob in the Kingdom of God and
\nyou yourself thrust out unless <\/p>\n

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\nyou change your ways.
\nJohn the Baptist, the great <\/p>\n

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\npreacher.
\nThere has never been a greater <\/p>\n

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\nthan John the Baptist.
\nThe law and the prophet were <\/p>\n

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\nuntil John.
\nSince then the Kingdom of God is<\/p>\n

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\npreached and all men press into
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nHere was the proclamation of the
\nKingdom of God in a moral sense,<\/p>\n

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\nto be received now by men and
\nwomen prepared to become <\/p>\n

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\ncitizens of the future Kingdom
\nto be established. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when he wanted to give
\ndescriptions of the Kingdom of <\/p>\n

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\nGod, he didn’t in fact go back
\nand start talking as we do about<\/p>\n

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\nthe abolition of war and the
\ndoing of way of sickness. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the eyes of the blind should
\nbe opened, and the ears of the <\/p>\n

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\ndeaf shall be under.
\nOh, that is perfectly true. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s all part of the
\nproclamation of the message. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when Jesus said, And what is
\nthe Kingdom of heaven like? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd with what comparison shall
\nwe compare it? <\/p>\n

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\nIsn’t it like a man seeking
\ngoodly pearls, who, when he has <\/p>\n

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\nfound one Pearl of great prize,
\ngoing and selling all that he <\/p>\n

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\nhad that he might possess it?
\nOr a man who finds treasure hid <\/p>\n

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\nin a field?
\nOr a woman who hides how many <\/p>\n

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\nmeasures of leaven in three
\nmeasures of flour. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve forgotten the my computer’s
\nnot working. <\/p>\n

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\nBut you know the idea.
\nThis was what Jesus was <\/p>\n

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\nconcerned with, the quality of
\nlife of people called to the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom, the kind of people God
\nwas looking for, for his <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom.
\nThat’s what Jesus was concerned <\/p>\n

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\nwith.
\nAnd all the way through the <\/p>\n

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\nGospels, all the way through the
\nGospels, this is what the <\/p>\n

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\npreaching of Jesus about the
\nKingdom of God was. <\/p>\n

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\nI know, of course, when he spoke
\nto his disciples privately on <\/p>\n

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\nthe Mount of Olives, he gave a
\nmore detailed, what we might <\/p>\n

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\ncall political interpretation of
\nof what was to take place. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when He was preaching to the
\npeople, His emphasis all the <\/p>\n

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\ntime was on the quality of its
\ncitizens, the kind of people God<\/p>\n

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\nwas looking for to be heirs of
\nthe Kingdom when at last it <\/p>\n

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\nshould be established upon the
\nearth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when He’s thinking of His
\nsecond coming in order that the <\/p>\n

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\nSon of Man in the fullness of
\ntime might sit on the throne of <\/p>\n

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\nHis glory again, it’s always the
\npreparation of the hearts of His<\/p>\n

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\ndisciples to be ready against
\nthat day. <\/p>\n

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\nThe servant serving their master
\nin his absence, Those who did <\/p>\n

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\nwhat they could for his brethren
\nwhile he was away from them. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are the principles of the
\nKingdom that Jesus preached <\/p>\n

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\nbecause He was concerned that
\npeople should not just have a <\/p>\n

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\nsurface understanding of the
\ndivine political Kingdom, the <\/p>\n

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\npolitics of it, as it were the
\nproperty of it, if you like, but<\/p>\n

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\nthat they should have an
\nunderstanding of the moral <\/p>\n

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\ncontent of those who were to be
\nheirs of the Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the manifesto of the King I
\ncalled it was the Sermon on the <\/p>\n

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\nMount, almost certainly early in
\nhis ministry, when if it were <\/p>\n

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\nproclaimed two men and women
\neverywhere into the Jews, <\/p>\n

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\nespecially the terms on which
\nGod would be prepared to receive<\/p>\n

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\nthem into his Kingdom at last,
\nthe kind of people God was <\/p>\n

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\nlooking for as citizens of the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Beatitudes, which we’ve
\njust read in the future from <\/p>\n

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\nMatthew, are really a
\ndescription of a man of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the kind of person that
\nGod is looking for and preparing<\/p>\n

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\nfor his alternate Kingdom, the
\nbeatitudes, the blessings. <\/p>\n

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\nBlessed are the poor in spirit,
\nblessed are the pure in heart, <\/p>\n

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\nand so on them all together.
\nAnd you have a portrait of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus, the King of the Kingdom.
\nHere he is. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is what the Kingdom of God
\nis all about. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen God’s glory, God’s will, is
\nestablished on earth over all <\/p>\n

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\nthe world, these kind of people
\nwill be there to live with Jesus<\/p>\n

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\neverlastingly in his eternal
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nNot only a portrait of Jesus, of
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\ncomplete Christian character as
\nwell, living in the world but <\/p>\n

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\nnot belonging to it.
\nI want to begin, then, by <\/p>\n

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\nlooking at these a little more
\nclosely. <\/p>\n

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\nOf course, we can’t, in what’s
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\none in detail, but I want to
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\nclosely now.
\nI want you to notice how <\/p>\n

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\nunnatural these qualities are.
\nChristianity is an unnatural <\/p>\n

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\nreligion.
\nThat is to say, there’s nobody <\/p>\n

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\nnaturally like this.
\nYou must be born again, Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nsaid.
\nYou’re not born like this. <\/p>\n

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\nYou may be born with a quiet
\ndisposition. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are many people with a
\nmuch quieter, quieter <\/p>\n

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\ndisposition than Len Richardson.
\nThere are a lot of people, quite<\/p>\n

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\na lot of our brothers and
\nsisters who are nice, quiet, <\/p>\n

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\nhumble people.
\nThey’re not, you know, not <\/p>\n

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\nnaturally.
\nNobody’s naturally humble. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know that no one is
\nnaturally humble. <\/p>\n

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\nThey may be naturally a little
\nbit timid, or they may be <\/p>\n

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\nnaturally a little less
\naggressive. <\/p>\n

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\nTheir genes may have been
\nordered in their structure a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle differently to mine, so
\nthat they’re less aggressive <\/p>\n

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\nthan I am and and and more ready
\nto give way than some of us are.<\/p>\n

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\nBut humility is a spiritual
\nquality. <\/p>\n

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\nYou must be born again to these
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are qualities that Jesus
\nsays belong to discipleship, and<\/p>\n

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\nthey can only be produced by the
\nwork of the Spirit in our lives.<\/p>\n

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\nWilliam Paley in his famous
\nbook, You May. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t know whether you do
\nremember. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s start that sentence again.
\nWilliam Paley wrote a book which<\/p>\n

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\nused to be famous in
\nChristadelphian. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it was, even though it wasn’t
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\nthat was some testimonial for it
\nand it was called Evidences of <\/p>\n

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\nChristianity.
\nSome of the older brethren here <\/p>\n

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\nare nodding their heads because
\nthey read it. <\/p>\n

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\nHow many of you have read it?
\nHands up those who have read it,<\/p>\n

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\nnot many.
\nWell, I’ll tell you what it was <\/p>\n

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\nall about.
\nIt was a very good book. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if you get the chance to,
\nsorry, Lesnar, yes, two points. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you get the chance to pick it
\nup on the bookstore, grab it. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s very good.
\nAnd it is, to me, one of the <\/p>\n

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\nclassic defences of the
\nScriptures and of the Christian <\/p>\n

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\nposition.
\nIt’s called paled evidences of <\/p>\n

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\nthe truth of the Christian
\nreligion, and one of his <\/p>\n

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\nevidences is that the qualities
\ninculcated by Jesus Christ are <\/p>\n

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\nso unnatural, and that means to
\nsay they’ve come from heaven, <\/p>\n

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\nthey belong to God, they are
\ndivine qualities. <\/p>\n

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\nHe divides virtue into two.
\nHe says there are what are <\/p>\n

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\ncalled what he calls heroic
\nvirtues, and there are the <\/p>\n

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\npatient virtues and the two
\nclassifications. <\/p>\n

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\nNo heroic virtues.
\nStrength, patriotism, <\/p>\n

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\nselflessness, courage, these
\nsorts of things are natural <\/p>\n

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\nqualities.
\nThere are very great men in the <\/p>\n

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\nworld.
\nThere are very great people who <\/p>\n

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\nhave done great things, things
\nthat make us almost feel ashamed<\/p>\n

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\nof ourselves because they they
\nare so great. <\/p>\n

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\nBut they’re only natural.
\nThey are natural qualities. <\/p>\n

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\nSome men are naturally more
\ncourageous than others and they <\/p>\n

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\ndo great things and they get
\nstatues put up to them in the <\/p>\n

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\nmarketplace.
\nThese are the natural things you<\/p>\n

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\nsay, the heroic qualities, but
\nthe patient qualities. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says these are the mark of
\ndivinity in the Bible and in the<\/p>\n

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\nChristian brain because Jesus
\nChrist talks about meekness, <\/p>\n

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\npurity of heart, humbleness of
\nspirit, gentleness. <\/p>\n

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\nNow he says these are not things
\nthat naturally you think are <\/p>\n

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\nimportant.
\nWe admire naturally the go <\/p>\n

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\ngetters, the great men who do
\ngreat things. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus says let it are the poor
\nin spirit, for theirs is the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom of heaven.
\nOf course he doesn’t mean poor <\/p>\n

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\nspirited, He means those who are
\nhumble and contrite in spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nDavid is an example in the 51st
\nPsalm. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can’t look at it now, but you
\nremember it when he pleaded with<\/p>\n

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\nGod to forgive him for his sin.
\nHe was so abased he hated him <\/p>\n

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\nthough he despised himself.
\nHe was poor in spirit, broken in<\/p>\n

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\nheart over his sins.
\nJesus says that’s the man God <\/p>\n

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\nlooking for.
\nThe man, the woman who is humble<\/p>\n

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\nenough to recognise their
\ndeficiencies, their frailties. <\/p>\n

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\nGreat man David was courageous,
\nbut his greatness in God’s sight<\/p>\n

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\nwas a humble and the contrite
\nheart. <\/p>\n

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\nO God, thou wilt not despise.
\nBlessed obey that more. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s no special blessing in
\nbeing bereaved of your loved <\/p>\n

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\nones and and weeping for their
\nlaughs. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not that kind of mourning.
\nJesus thinking of sober people, <\/p>\n

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\npeople who mourn for their sins
\nand perhaps for the sins of <\/p>\n

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\nothers.
\nThere’s so much to mourn about <\/p>\n

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\nin our world.
\nThe name of God being despised <\/p>\n

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\nis something to mourn about.
\nMan in humanity, to man the vast<\/p>\n

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\noceans of suffering in the world
\nis something to mourn about. <\/p>\n

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\nMy own sin is something to mourn
\nabout. <\/p>\n

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\nChristianity is a joyous
\nreligion, but it’s not jolly. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a tendency for men to
\nmake it into a rather jolly <\/p>\n

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\nthing.
\nYou know, as long as you’re all <\/p>\n

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\nhappy and jolly, you’re a good
\nchap. <\/p>\n

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\nThat means a good Christian.
\nBut Christianity isn’t jolly. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, it’s rather sad.
\nIt looks on the reality of <\/p>\n

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\nthings, and it’s those that
\nmourn, Jesus says, who are truly<\/p>\n

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\nblessed.
\nOf course, he doesn’t mean <\/p>\n

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\nleaving it at mourning, wringing
\nyour hands and feeling <\/p>\n

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\ndesperately broken, but seeing
\nthe answer to our mourning. <\/p>\n

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\nWeeping may endure in the
\nevening, the psalmist said, but <\/p>\n

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\njoy cometh in the morning as
\nsure as day follows night. <\/p>\n

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\nThose who mourn over the right
\nthings, those whose hearts are <\/p>\n

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\nquiet and sober before God in
\nthe reality of their <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding of their own
\nfrailty and sinfulness, and of <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s grace and mercy in Jesus
\nChrist, will be made happy in <\/p>\n

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\nthe morning.
\nAnd that is the blessing that he<\/p>\n

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\nattaches to those that mourn.
\nThe meek, not the weak. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus was meek, but he was never
\nweak. <\/p>\n

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\nI like to think of this as being
\nthe non competitive. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you think about that, try to
\nsave yourself. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is meekness?
\nWhat is meekness? <\/p>\n

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\nMoses was meek, one of the one
\nof the the meekest man that ever<\/p>\n

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\nlived after his time anyway.
\nWhat a mighty man he was. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wasn’t weak.
\nI think the meek man is non <\/p>\n

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\ncompetitive and we live in a
\ncompetitive world. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we’re on this, you know we’re
\nall competing all the time, at <\/p>\n

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\nleast if you’re not careful.
\nTrying to be well thought of, <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to make a name, really,
\nOz, trying to get somewhere, <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to be recognized.
\nJesus is not like that at all. <\/p>\n

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\nNot like that.
\nSelf effacement. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re not in the race.
\nYou’re not trying to glorify <\/p>\n

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\nyourself.
\nYou’re not trying to promote an <\/p>\n

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\nimage.
\nYou haven’t gotten the image to <\/p>\n

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\npromote the make those who want
\nGod to have all the glory, those<\/p>\n

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\nwho who are prepared to go where
\nhe wants to go and do what he <\/p>\n

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\nwants them to do, but not to get
\nanything out of it for <\/p>\n

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\nthemselves.
\nThey’re not in the competition <\/p>\n

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\nwith other people.
\nThey’re just trying to please <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nYou shall find race for your <\/p>\n

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\nsouls.
\nJesus said Look at me, look at <\/p>\n

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\nme, Jesus said.
\nI am meek and lowly of heart. <\/p>\n

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\nFollow my example.
\nYoke yourselves up with me and <\/p>\n

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\nyou shall find rest.
\nNow, do you know, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, I am absolutely
\nconvinced, absolutely convinced <\/p>\n

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\nthat this is something we are
\nall desperately wanting in life.<\/p>\n

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\nRest for our souls to be at
\npeace with God, to be at peace <\/p>\n

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\nwith our neighbour, to be at
\npeace with ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus as you can have it, but
\nyou can only have it my way. <\/p>\n

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\nCome unto Me, all you who are
\ncompetitive, all you that labour<\/p>\n

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\nand the heavy laden.
\nCome unto me and I will give you<\/p>\n

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\nrest.
\nTake my yoke upon you and learn <\/p>\n

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\nof Me, for I am meek and lowly
\nof heart, and you’ll find it. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ll find this elusive thing
\nyou’ve been looking for all your<\/p>\n

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\nlife, and you recognized it or
\nnot. <\/p>\n

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\nPeace I give unto you, My peace.
\nRest for your souls. <\/p>\n

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\nHungry and bursting after
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the crunch, isn’t it?
\nOh, I think this is wonderful. <\/p>\n

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\nBlessed are those who hunger and
\nthirst after righteousness. <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:03,040 –> 00:27:04,400
\nYou really mean what do you
\nwant? <\/p>\n

327
\n00:27:04,400 –> 00:27:08,360
\nThe other life?
\nWhat are you trying to get? <\/p>\n

328
\n00:27:09,840 –> 00:27:14,200
\nWhere are you going?
\nWhat’s life all about as far as <\/p>\n

329
\n00:27:14,200 –> 00:27:16,280
\nyou’re concerned?
\nIt’s one thing to be a <\/p>\n

330
\n00:27:16,280 –> 00:27:20,240
\nChristadelphian.
\nIt’s one thing to what we call <\/p>\n

331
\n00:27:20,280 –> 00:27:23,800
\nunderstand the truth and be
\nbaptized and go to all the <\/p>\n

332
\n00:27:23,800 –> 00:27:28,720
\nmeetings.
\nBut it’s a different thing to <\/p>\n

333
\n00:27:28,880 –> 00:27:34,280
\nhunger and rest after
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:27:34,280 –> 00:27:40,160
\nI know, I know brethren and
\nsisters, that my hunger and <\/p>\n

335
\n00:27:40,280 –> 00:27:45,880
\nbursting half the time 3\/4 of
\nthe time isn’t really the <\/p>\n

336
\n00:27:45,880 –> 00:27:53,040
\nrighteousness I want So many
\nthings, old as I am, I have to <\/p>\n

337
\n00:27:53,040 –> 00:28:00,000
\nsay that now.
\nSo many things you hunger for, <\/p>\n

338
\n00:28:00,880 –> 00:28:08,400
\nlook forward to enjoy.
\nJesus says righteousness. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:28:09,480 –> 00:28:14,280
\nThose who hunger and thirst for
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:28:14,280 –> 00:28:20,080
\nNow do you?
\nDo you really love it so much, <\/p>\n

341
\n00:28:21,080 –> 00:28:26,440
\nlong for it, so much that you
\ncan really describe it as <\/p>\n

342
\n00:28:26,680 –> 00:28:35,480
\nhungering and thirsting for it?
\nJesus did thou has loved <\/p>\n

343
\n00:28:35,560 –> 00:28:41,160
\nrighteousness and hated
\niniquity. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:28:42,360 –> 00:28:46,760
\nTherefore God, even thy God,
\nhath anointed me with the oil of<\/p>\n

345
\n00:28:46,760 –> 00:28:51,040
\ngladness above thy fellows.
\nThat’s why he’s going to be the <\/p>\n

346
\n00:28:51,040 –> 00:28:54,160
\nking of this everlasting
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:28:54,920 –> 00:28:58,560
\nThat’s why the Lord has highly
\nexalted him and given him a name<\/p>\n

348
\n00:28:58,560 –> 00:29:06,480
\nabove every name, because he who
\nis to judge the world in <\/p>\n

349
\n00:29:06,480 –> 00:29:10,320
\nrighteousness and establish
\nGod’s will upon the earth over <\/p>\n

350
\n00:29:10,320 –> 00:29:16,800
\nall nations, first receive God’s
\nwill into his own life and let <\/p>\n

351
\n00:29:16,800 –> 00:29:20,640
\nGod be king over all his
\ndesires. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:29:20,880 –> 00:29:29,000
\nHe loved righteousness and hated
\niniquity, and that qualified him<\/p>\n

353
\n00:29:30,120 –> 00:29:32,440
\nto be the head of the Kingdom of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:29:32,440 –> 00:29:35,840
\nIf you want to be there, Jesus
\nsays you’ve got to learn it. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:29:36,520 –> 00:29:40,640
\nYou’ve got to learn to love the
\nthings that the Kingdom of God <\/p>\n

356
\n00:29:41,000 –> 00:29:45,240
\nstands for.
\nMan cannot live by bread alone, <\/p>\n

357
\n00:29:46,720 –> 00:29:51,480
\nbut by every word of God, the
\nmerciful. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:29:51,480 –> 00:29:58,400
\nBlessed are the merciful.
\nHow shall we hope for mercy? <\/p>\n

359
\n00:29:59,640 –> 00:30:02,880
\nGiving none?
\nPortia said to Shylock, didn’t <\/p>\n

360
\n00:30:02,880 –> 00:30:04,960
\nshe?
\nHow shall we hope, woman? <\/p>\n

361
\n00:30:04,960 –> 00:30:07,920
\nWhere would you?
\nIf justice be thy, please <\/p>\n

362
\n00:30:07,920 –> 00:30:11,040
\nconsider this, that in the
\ncourse of justice none of us <\/p>\n

363
\n00:30:11,040 –> 00:30:17,680
\nshould seek salvation.
\nWe do pray for mercy in that <\/p>\n

364
\n00:30:17,680 –> 00:30:22,560
\nsame prayer that teaches all to
\nrender the deeds of mercy. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:30:23,640 –> 00:30:28,880
\nIt means being kind, isn’t it?
\nThat’s all kind, I think. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:30:29,320 –> 00:30:33,160
\nBeing merciful in this state,
\nbeing being kind. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:30:34,160 –> 00:30:43,720
\nKind to other people, kind about
\nother people, kind in your <\/p>\n

368
\n00:30:43,720 –> 00:30:48,960
\njudgements of other people.
\nYou want to receive mercy from <\/p>\n

369
\n00:30:48,960 –> 00:30:57,920
\nthe Lord, then being merciful to
\nothers, give, and it shall be <\/p>\n

370
\n00:30:57,920 –> 00:31:02,960
\ngiven unto you.
\nJesus said good measure. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:31:02,960 –> 00:31:07,360
\nPressed down, shaken together,
\nand running over shall men pour <\/p>\n

372
\n00:31:07,360 –> 00:31:13,160
\ninto your bosom.
\nHe meant justice. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:31:13,160 –> 00:31:16,960
\nThe merciful shall obtain mercy
\neven in this life. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:31:16,960 –> 00:31:22,840
\nIt’s true, you know, the
\ncritical carping spirit is <\/p>\n

375
\n00:31:22,840 –> 00:31:29,160
\nusually unhappy and the generous
\nman received generously from <\/p>\n

376
\n00:31:29,160 –> 00:31:32,200
\nothers.
\nBlessed are the merciful. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:31:34,040 –> 00:31:36,080
\nGoodbye Ruth and Tom, safe
\njourney. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:31:43,000 –> 00:31:48,440
\nBlessed are the merciful.
\nNow notice this, there’s a <\/p>\n

379
\n00:31:48,440 –> 00:31:50,520
\npresent blessing in all these
\nthings. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:31:51,560 –> 00:31:55,960
\nIt’s a present tense blessing,
\nnot just something reserved for <\/p>\n

381
\n00:31:55,960 –> 00:31:58,800
\nthe future.
\nOne day, if you grit your teeth <\/p>\n

382
\n00:31:58,800 –> 00:32:02,360
\nand carry on, one day you’ll get
\nblessings. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:32:02,600 –> 00:32:06,360
\nThat’s not it, he said.
\nNow tremendous blessing. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:32:06,360 –> 00:32:15,920
\nNow the merciful obtain mercy
\nnow and in the world, the cut by<\/p>\n

385
\n00:32:15,920 –> 00:32:21,280
\nthe grace of God, eternal mercy
\nin His everlasting Kingdom. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:32:22,880 –> 00:32:29,080
\nBlessed are the pure in heart,
\nthose who are clean inside. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:32:29,480 –> 00:32:34,680
\nJesus always insisted on inner
\ncleanliness, didn’t He? <\/p>\n

388
\n00:32:35,000 –> 00:32:41,800
\nNot the outside appearance, not
\njust scrubbing out outward man <\/p>\n

389
\n00:32:41,800 –> 00:32:47,680
\nand trying to put on a good face
\nto others, but what we are like <\/p>\n

390
\n00:32:47,680 –> 00:32:53,880
\ninside, the motivation of a man.
\nThis is what matters, the pure <\/p>\n

391
\n00:32:53,880 –> 00:32:58,720
\nin heart.
\nThey shall see God. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:32:58,720 –> 00:33:02,560
\nI don’t know what that means.
\nI just do not know. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:33:03,960 –> 00:33:08,800
\nI don’t think we can know the
\nfullness of what that expression<\/p>\n

394
\n00:33:08,800 –> 00:33:15,520
\nmeans.
\nThey shall see God, but you’ve <\/p>\n

395
\n00:33:15,520 –> 00:33:20,360
\ngot to be pure inside.
\nJesus says, is one of the <\/p>\n

396
\n00:33:20,360 –> 00:33:27,360
\nconditions of his Kingdom, that
\nwe first cleanse that which is <\/p>\n

397
\n00:33:27,360 –> 00:33:32,840
\nwithin, that the outside also
\nmay be clean also. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:33:34,600 –> 00:33:40,600
\nBlessed are the pure in heart,
\nfor they shall see our God. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:33:41,080 –> 00:33:43,320
\nThe secret of the Lord is
\ntheirs. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:33:43,320 –> 00:33:49,280
\nIt’s a wonderful phrase, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

401
\n00:33:50,320 –> 00:33:57,960
\nThe secret of the Lord is
\ntheirs, the pure in heart. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:33:59,360 –> 00:34:07,400
\nTheir heart is Christ’s abode.
\nBlessed are the peacemakers, not<\/p>\n

403
\n00:34:07,400 –> 00:34:12,400
\nthe peacemakers.
\nNotice we tend to give so much <\/p>\n

404
\n00:34:12,400 –> 00:34:18,400
\ncredit to people who blaze
\ntrails and lead things and fire <\/p>\n

405
\n00:34:18,400 –> 00:34:22,719
\nthe guns.
\nPeacemakers. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:34:24,520 –> 00:34:29,159
\nOne of those qualities you see
\nthat Paley talks about unnatural<\/p>\n

407
\n00:34:29,159 –> 00:34:33,480
\nqualities.
\nNot the arrogant, not the <\/p>\n

408
\n00:34:33,480 –> 00:34:41,560
\nvengeful, not the fighters, the
\npeacemakers. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:34:42,639 –> 00:34:49,320
\nThe fruit of righteousness is
\nsown in peace of them that make <\/p>\n

410
\n00:34:49,320 –> 00:34:54,080
\npeace.
\nAnd there’s one dear old brother<\/p>\n

411
\n00:34:54,080 –> 00:34:57,000
\nof Hereford, his daughter’s here
\ntonight so she can tell you. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:34:57,000 –> 00:34:59,800
\nI said it.
\nGeorge Merrick said that our <\/p>\n

413
\n00:34:59,800 –> 00:35:06,680
\nBible class once you don’t sow
\nseed on the battlefield, thought<\/p>\n

414
\n00:35:06,680 –> 00:35:12,920
\nfor the day, you don’t sow seed
\non the battlefield. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:35:13,080 –> 00:35:18,520
\nThe fruit of righteousness is
\nsown in peace of them that make <\/p>\n

416
\n00:35:18,520 –> 00:35:24,600
\npeace, and the persecuted and
\nthe reviled, and those who are <\/p>\n

417
\n00:35:24,600 –> 00:35:29,560
\nhate with contumely and shame,
\nfor the name of the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:35:29,880 –> 00:35:32,520
\nHe says, Thou the place, thou
\nthe truly happy. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:35:32,880 –> 00:35:37,360
\nIt’s a contradiction, isn’t it?
\nNothing at all like you would <\/p>\n

420
\n00:35:37,360 –> 00:35:40,320
\nimagine.
\nBut of course you wouldn’t <\/p>\n

421
\n00:35:40,320 –> 00:35:43,800
\nimagine it, because these are
\nnot natural thoughts. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:35:43,800 –> 00:35:49,440
\nThese are divine thoughts.
\nThis is God’s estimate of what <\/p>\n

423
\n00:35:49,440 –> 00:35:54,880
\nmakes up the complete man.
\nAnd those who were counted <\/p>\n

424
\n00:35:54,880 –> 00:36:01,600
\nworthy to suffer shame for his
\nname rejoiced and praised God <\/p>\n

425
\n00:36:03,080 –> 00:36:08,120
\nthat they were counted worthy to
\nendure these things for his <\/p>\n

426
\n00:36:08,120 –> 00:36:12,440
\nname’s sake.
\nNow I’m only very briefly run <\/p>\n

427
\n00:36:12,440 –> 00:36:18,360
\nthrough these qualities that
\nJesus said are the first <\/p>\n

428
\n00:36:18,360 –> 00:36:23,080
\nprinciples really of the
\nChristian life. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:36:24,640 –> 00:36:29,080
\nAnd having described the
\ncitizens of the Kingdom, he now <\/p>\n

430
\n00:36:29,080 –> 00:36:31,200
\ngoes on to describe their
\nfunction. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:36:32,800 –> 00:36:45,760
\nVerse 13 to 16 he uses 2 figures
\nto describe the function of <\/p>\n

432
\n00:36:47,040 –> 00:36:49,400
\nthose who belong to the Kingdom
\nof God. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:36:51,760 –> 00:36:56,280
\nFirst of all, he says you are
\nthe salt of the earth, and he <\/p>\n

434
\n00:36:56,280 –> 00:36:58,200
\nsays you’re the light of the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:36:59,200 –> 00:37:04,320
\nThere are two functions of salt.
\nOne is to preserve and the other<\/p>\n

436
\n00:37:04,320 –> 00:37:08,000
\nis to flavour.
\nAnd there is an implied <\/p>\n

437
\n00:37:08,000 –> 00:37:11,120
\ncriticism of the world in the
\nvery fact that Jesus said it <\/p>\n

438
\n00:37:11,120 –> 00:37:16,600
\nneeds this salt.
\nYou are, he says, you followers <\/p>\n

439
\n00:37:16,600 –> 00:37:22,800
\nof mine, you believers are the
\nsalt of the earth. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:37:24,320 –> 00:37:29,960
\nYou see, the world is always
\ntending to putrefaction led to <\/p>\n

441
\n00:37:29,960 –> 00:37:33,720
\nitself.
\nSociety corrupts again. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:37:33,760 –> 00:37:37,080
\nA gaggle of people together,
\nthey nearly always, gradually, <\/p>\n

443
\n00:37:37,080 –> 00:37:40,520
\nincreasingly descend in their
\nmode of conversation. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:37:41,280 –> 00:37:50,000
\nHuman nature, we say.
\nThe world is evil and not good. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:37:52,000 –> 00:37:59,000
\nThe constitution of mankind is
\none that is going rotten. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:37:59,360 –> 00:38:01,920
\nThat’s what’s happening in our
\nsociety today. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:38:02,400 –> 00:38:09,040
\nSociety is going rotten.
\nIt’s flavourless, it’s insipid <\/p>\n

448
\n00:38:10,120 –> 00:38:15,680
\nfrom God’s point of view.
\nNow salt is an additive. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:38:17,440 –> 00:38:22,400
\nIt’s quite different in kind
\nfrom the material into which <\/p>\n

450
\n00:38:22,400 –> 00:38:26,400
\nit’s placed.
\nI forgot to salt the potatoes. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:38:28,040 –> 00:38:32,760
\nThere are the potatoes bubbling
\naway in the pot, no salt in <\/p>\n

452
\n00:38:32,760 –> 00:38:34,280
\nthem.
\nYou know what’s going to happen.<\/p>\n

453
\n00:38:34,280 –> 00:38:36,040
\nThey’re going to have no
\nflavour. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:38:36,280 –> 00:38:39,600
\nYour guests are going to not
\nenjoy the meal. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:38:39,640 –> 00:38:42,480
\nSo you hastily add some salt at
\nthe last minute. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:38:42,480 –> 00:38:46,240
\nGive them another 5 minutes so
\nthat the salt can permeate <\/p>\n

457
\n00:38:46,240 –> 00:38:49,280
\nthrough and give flavour to the
\nmeal. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:38:51,320 –> 00:38:59,320
\nAnd Jesus says the function of
\nhis disciples is to give some <\/p>\n

459
\n00:38:59,320 –> 00:39:03,320
\nkind of flavour of Christ in
\ntheir society. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:39:05,240 –> 00:39:10,640
\nEven as thou sent me into the
\nworld, Even so have I sent them <\/p>\n

461
\n00:39:10,680 –> 00:39:16,760
\ninto the world.
\nJohn chapter 17 to preserve men <\/p>\n

462
\n00:39:17,880 –> 00:39:24,440
\nfrom corruption and to bring the
\nSaviour of Christ into their <\/p>\n

463
\n00:39:24,440 –> 00:39:30,120
\nenvironment.
\nSo when you go about your daily <\/p>\n

464
\n00:39:31,520 –> 00:39:34,040
\nallocation, that’s a good word,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

465
\n00:39:35,280 –> 00:39:40,920
\nWhen we go about our daily
\nliving, think of ourselves as <\/p>\n

466
\n00:39:40,920 –> 00:39:45,360
\nbeing sent into the world by
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:39:45,360 –> 00:39:49,360
\nNotice that we have tended to
\nwithdraw from the world. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:39:49,360 –> 00:39:53,960
\nWe’ve been afraid of the world
\nas a community. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:39:53,960 –> 00:39:57,120
\nWe’ve had a policy of Western
\nwithdrawal. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:39:57,880 –> 00:40:02,880
\nCome inside, shut the door, pull
\nthe curtain down and leave them <\/p>\n

471
\n00:40:02,880 –> 00:40:09,400
\nto Stew in their own juice.
\nJesus says I have sent you into <\/p>\n

472
\n00:40:09,720 –> 00:40:15,640
\nthe world, not to become like
\nthe world, but to change the <\/p>\n

473
\n00:40:15,640 –> 00:40:20,040
\nworld if possible, to try to
\nbring something of the flavour <\/p>\n

474
\n00:40:20,040 –> 00:40:23,400
\nof Christ into the environment
\nin which you live. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:40:24,320 –> 00:40:29,600
\nIf a child, you may be able to.
\nSave them that believe. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:40:32,080 –> 00:40:39,680
\nLet your speech be always with
\nsalt, with grace, seasoned with <\/p>\n

477
\n00:40:40,080 –> 00:40:41,840
\nsalt.
\nSalt. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:40:43,080 –> 00:40:47,880
\nSee, you are the salt of the
\nearth. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:40:49,200 –> 00:40:51,760
\nThey’re our brother and sisters,
\nof whom it’s true to say they <\/p>\n

480
\n00:40:51,800 –> 00:40:57,000
\nare the very salt of the earth.
\nBut in a very special sense, <\/p>\n

481
\n00:40:57,160 –> 00:41:00,880
\nJesus is saying you have a
\nmission to fulfil. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:41:00,880 –> 00:41:07,080
\nI want you to take me with you
\ninto the world and to bring <\/p>\n

483
\n00:41:07,080 –> 00:41:13,480
\nsomething of the flavour of
\nChrist into the life and <\/p>\n

484
\n00:41:13,480 –> 00:41:15,560
\nenvironment in which you daily
\nlive. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:41:19,040 –> 00:41:21,240
\nAnd secondly, you’re the light
\nof the world. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:41:23,520 –> 00:41:28,840
\nSalt mixes with and influences
\nits environment, as it were, <\/p>\n

487
\n00:41:29,120 –> 00:41:36,600
\nfilthily taking Christ in our
\ndaily life and showing Him to <\/p>\n

488
\n00:41:36,600 –> 00:41:41,400
\nmen.
\nBut the light stands up and <\/p>\n

489
\n00:41:41,400 –> 00:41:46,720
\nshines out in the darkness.
\nThe clear evangel of the Church <\/p>\n

490
\n00:41:46,720 –> 00:41:54,800
\nis here proclaimed Shine ye of
\nlight in the world, holding <\/p>\n

491
\n00:41:54,800 –> 00:42:00,960
\nforth the word of life.
\nThe world is dark, you are its <\/p>\n

492
\n00:42:00,960 –> 00:42:02,840
\nlight.
\nJesus says. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:42:03,920 –> 00:42:07,720
\nThe world is infected.
\nYou are its health. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:42:09,920 –> 00:42:14,760
\nThe world is in sipping.
\nYou are its flavour. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:42:16,160 –> 00:42:21,440
\nYou are the salt of the earth,
\nYou are the light of the world, <\/p>\n

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\nand then you make it a personal
\nresponsibility. <\/p>\n

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\nNot just you conglomerately, but
\nme, you individually. <\/p>\n

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\nLet your light so shine before
\nme that they may see your good <\/p>\n

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\nworks and glorify your Father
\nwho is in heaven. <\/p>\n

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\nMen and women who have these
\nqualities of life within <\/p>\n

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\ndaily ministration to others, <\/p>\n

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\nThese are men and women who are <\/p>\n

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\nwho when the day comes for the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom to be worldwide and the
\nname of God to be glorified in <\/p>\n

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\nall the earth, having some
\nmeasure began, begun the journey<\/p>\n

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\nthe song forever new. <\/p>\n

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