Class 4 from this series was used for GCT Episode 217.<\/p>\n
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\nWill now call on a brother Mark
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\nthe tale of two mountains.
\nSort out the technology here. <\/p>\n
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\nMorning morning.
\nSo The Sermon on the Mount is <\/p>\n
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\nJesus.
\nMost famous speech and we’re all<\/p>\n
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\nintimately familiar with it and
\nthat can be one of the dangers <\/p>\n
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\nto us is that we become over
\nfamiliar to it and we build up <\/p>\n
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\nthese mental blocks.
\nI swear we compartmentalize <\/p>\n
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\nthings and we begin to ignore
\nthe actual message in the <\/p>\n
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\nsermon.
\nSo the challenge that I want to <\/p>\n
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\nput to you today is to listen to
\nThe Sermon on the Mount as if <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re a first-century Jew
\nsteeped in the judaic tradition <\/p>\n
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\nand the law of Moses and there
\nis this radical Rabbi who has <\/p>\n
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\ncome and is presenting this
\nmessage to you. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd and if you let Jesus do
\nthat. you’ll find that his words<\/p>\n
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\nare inspiring and they’re
\nchallenging and they will also <\/p>\n
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\nCrush you, if you let them So,
\nwhat is he talking about in The <\/p>\n
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\nSermon, on the Mount, I proposed
\nto you. <\/p>\n
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\nThat what Jesus is trying to do
\nis to share with the Jewish <\/p>\n
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\npeople, what is righteousness?
\nIt’s a fundamental question of <\/p>\n
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\nevery religious system, every
\nethical system, every political <\/p>\n
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\nsystem has to Define for
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is righteousness?
\nAnd the big conflicts between <\/p>\n
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\ncivilizations in many ways
\nrevolves around, And this fresh,<\/p>\n
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\nwe’re suffering a conflict
\naround this right now. <\/p>\n
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\nRight.
\nIn the school system in the <\/p>\n
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\npolitical system, they are
\nchanging the definition of <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness and we are feeling
\nthat pressure. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what Jesus is doing is he’s
\nchallenging their definition of <\/p>\n
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\nregistering up here, a
\nfirst-century Jew and you want <\/p>\n
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\nto think of the most concise way
\nto define righteousness, what <\/p>\n
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\nwould it be?
\nCarlton think I asked you how <\/p>\n
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\nwell you follow?
\nOkay. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you had to say to someone
\nhere is the most concise summary<\/p>\n
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\nthat I can give you some of the
\nfundamentals would go the Ten <\/p>\n
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\nCommandments.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n
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\nI was hoping somebody get that
\nanswer. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Ten Commandments 04 3500
\nyears. <\/p>\n
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\nThis code of righteousness has
\nbeen Endlessly effective. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we think of even our
\nlegal system today, a lot of it <\/p>\n
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\nis actually still based on this
\ncode from so long ago. <\/p>\n
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\nBut if we consider for a second
\nhow these Commandments arrived <\/p>\n
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\nand we’ll look at Exodus chapter
\n19 and this is from verse 12, <\/p>\n
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\nyou shall set limits for the
\npeople all around saying. <\/p>\n
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\nTake care not to go up into the
\nmountains or touch the edge of <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nWhoever touches, the mountain, <\/p>\n
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\nshall be put to death on the
\nmorning of the third day. <\/p>\n
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\nThere were Thunders and
\nLightnings and a thick Cloud on <\/p>\n
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\nthe mountain and a very loud
\ntrumpet blast. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that all the people in the
\ncamp trembled, then Moses <\/p>\n
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\nbrought the people out of the
\ncamp to meet God and they took <\/p>\n
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\ntheir stand at the foot of the
\nmountain. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the context of the
\narrival of the Ten Commandments.<\/p>\n
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\nWhat do we see in Matthew
\nchapter 5 verse 1? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when he saw the multitudes
\nhe went up on the mountain. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he sat down.
\nAnd all his disciples came to <\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nOh, here we go. <\/p>\n
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\nDifferent version. so, In the
\nvery setting in which Jesus is <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to present his approach to
\ndefining righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have a stark contrast to the
\nMosaic summary, and he’s going <\/p>\n
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\nto give us a list, right?
\nMoses came down from the <\/p>\n
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\nmountain with the list and now
\nwe’re going to consider a list <\/p>\n
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\nSo, how does Jesus start
\nblessed? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s the first word out of
\nJesus mouth? <\/p>\n
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\nWhen he’s providing an image of
\nwhat righteousness? <\/p>\n
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\nLooks like is blast. and I just
\nwant to pause at the very first <\/p>\n
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\nword and don’t worry, we’ll move
\na little quicker through the <\/p>\n
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\nchapter than one word at a time
\nbut Do we approach our faith in <\/p>\n
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\nthe same way when we are going
\nto summarize and describe to <\/p>\n
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\nsomeone the essence of what our
\nfaith does for us the essence of<\/p>\n
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\nwhat our life consists of view,
\nwe lead with the concept of <\/p>\n
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\nblessing.
\nAnd I proposed you that very <\/p>\n
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\noften, we don’t very often.
\nWe sort of carry that heavy load<\/p>\n
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\nand that we have an example, we
\ncan take from Jesus here in <\/p>\n
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\nterms of how we present our
\nmessage. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, there are people who leave
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\nup Among Us and they experience
\nour community for years and they<\/p>\n
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\nnever internalized in their
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\nThe idea that we are Are blessed
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\nThey leave.
\nBecause they feel some kind of <\/p>\n
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\nBurden, they feel some kind of
\nweight. <\/p>\n
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\nIt feels something like our face
\nshould be about Liberation. <\/p>\n
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\nOur faith is about Freedom.
\nOur faith is about Hope about <\/p>\n
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\nbeing God’s chosen people and
\nyet, so many people can listen <\/p>\n
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\nto our presentations for years.
\nThey can come to our cos he’s in<\/p>\n
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\nour Bible class and they walk
\naway in. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is, this is, this is to For
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\nAnd how we presented our
\nmessage, we are more than <\/p>\n
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\nconquerors through him, who
\nloved us. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can do all things in Christ,
\nwho strengthens us? <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a privilege to be here.
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\nAnd then Jesus says, blessed are<\/p>\n
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\nthey’re going to continually <\/p>\n
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\nthrough this topic because if I <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we were introducing, the <\/p>\n
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\nChallenge and Paul addresses is <\/p>\n
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\nIn the first phrase, Jesus is <\/p>\n
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\nYou may experience in your life <\/p>\n
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\nright now whether it’s a health
\nsituation, whether it’s an <\/p>\n
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\neconomic situation, whether it’s
\na social situation, what we’re <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to see throughout these
\nBeatitudes is that you can be <\/p>\n
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\nBlessed independent of the
\ncircumstances that you’re in. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a radical concept that
\neverything in the world around <\/p>\n
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\nus, and in our heart Rebels
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\nAnd Jesus is telling you right <\/p>\n
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\nYou have a choice.
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\nblessed are the poor in spirit.
\nNow, you may say, it’s unfair of<\/p>\n
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\nhere but in the Luke account, he
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\nAnd what we see here is a common<\/p>\n
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\nspiritualizes it right.
\nThere is a poverty that we can <\/p>\n
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\nexperience but there’s also a
\npoverty of spirit and will see <\/p>\n
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\nthis all throughout Jesus
\nteaching. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Luke 4:18, the spirit of the
\nLord is upon me because he has <\/p>\n
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\nanointed me to Proclaim good
\nnews to the poor. <\/p>\n
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\nHe has sent me to Proclaim
\nLiberty to the captives. <\/p>\n
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\nYou go, okay?
\nLiberty to the captives. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen did Jesus ever go into the
\nprison and set people free? <\/p>\n
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\nHe clearly.
\nNever did that. <\/p>\n
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\nRecovery of sight to the blind
\nto set at Liberty, those who are<\/p>\n
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\noppressed to proclaim the year
\nof the Lord’s favor. <\/p>\n
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\nWe see in Galatians 3. 23 before
\nFaith came. <\/p>\n
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\nWe were held captive under the
\nlaw imprisoned until the coming.<\/p>\n
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\nFaith would be revealed.
\nJesus said for judgment, I came <\/p>\n
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\ninto this world that those who
\ndo not see, may see and that <\/p>\n
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\nthose who see may become blind.
\nSo we’re going to see the <\/p>\n
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\nconstant Spirit
\nspiritualization, we’re going to<\/p>\n
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\nsee it.
\nIn the case of morning, we’re <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to see it in hungering and
\nthirsting. <\/p>\n
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\nEating and other cases through
\nthe Beatitudes so let me come <\/p>\n
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\nback to the notion of the
\nBeatitudes we said were blessed.<\/p>\n
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\nWe’re starting on the premise of
\nbeing blessed all throughout how<\/p>\n
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\nis a list of blessings, a
\ndefinition of righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nI guess that’s kind of odd.
\nOkay, the attributes that Jesus <\/p>\n
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\ntalks about here, they’re not
\neven Commandments. <\/p>\n
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\nJust blessed are the poor in
\nspirit. <\/p>\n
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\nHe doesn’t say you should be
\npoor in spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nYou must be poor in spirit.
\nHe just makes an observation. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re poor in spirit, you will
\nbe blessed. <\/p>\n
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\nSo just keep in mind, what a
\ndifference in approach we have <\/p>\n
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\nHere we have a different <\/p>\n
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\nteacher, different mountain and
\na different list. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now let’s dive into them in
\nmore detail. <\/p>\n
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\nBlessed are the poor in spirit,
\nwhat does it mean to be poor in <\/p>\n
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\nspirit?
\nAnd in the nasb ministers, Bible<\/p>\n
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\nsays those who are not
\nspiritually. <\/p>\n
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\nArrogant.
\nOkay, now, why would Jesus Lead <\/p>\n
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\nWith blessed are the poor in
\nspirit? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy of all the things you could
\nlead with? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy is that his first beatitude,
\nyou think? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat about who he’s talking to?
\nOkay. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd why would poor in spirit be
\nan appropriate? <\/p>\n
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\nYes absolutely okay.
\nSo there’s actually two layers <\/p>\n
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\nhere.
\nRight? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat we’re going to see through
\neach of those Beatitudes is that<\/p>\n
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\nevery one of them is going to
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\nwe have as humans is that We <\/p>\n
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\nit out, you have stopped.
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\nThere’s no more spiritual
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\nWhat would you grow into?
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\nSo Jesus is saying, blessed are
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\nout there somewhere else doing
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\nBut the people who are hungry
\nand are going, I need something.<\/p>\n
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\nI’m still missing something.
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\nWhen slide behind blessed. <\/p>\n
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\nAre those who mourn for they
\nshall be comforted. <\/p>\n
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\nSo this again is there’s a Is
\nJesus just saying, you know, <\/p>\n
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\nWe are talking about this, they
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\nAnd when I heard these words, I
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\nyou’re happy to see them, go off
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\ntrouble This blessing isn’t for
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\nIf we mourn How is this poking
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\nNow that’s love right? <\/p>\n
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\nIf you can mourn for people who
\nare that Wicked, that’s love and<\/p>\n
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\nthat’s something we should
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\nBlessed are the meek for they
\nshall inherit the earth. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I meant I’ve titled this the
\nunexpected Sermon on the Mount. <\/p>\n
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\nBlessed are the meek.
\nOkay, your first century Jew for<\/p>\n
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\nlike you’re under Roman <\/p>\n
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\nLike, how is meekness ever going<\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is the same problem we
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\nLike meekness does not put
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\nThey do not inherit the the
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\nAnd and again how does this poke<\/p>\n
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\nbecause he is going to threaten
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\nwilling to kill innocent people <\/p>\n
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\nin order to preserve that the
\nopposite of meekness Blessed are<\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness for they shall be <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the verse I love in relation<\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness which the Lord the<\/p>\n
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\non that day. <\/p>\n
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\na thirst. <\/p>\n
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\nSo when you feel that the trials<\/p>\n
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\nYou get angry at God, you go, <\/p>\n
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\nhappen? <\/p>\n
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\nOr does it fill you with the
\nlonging for things to be better?<\/p>\n
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\nyou’re like, finally, like this <\/p>\n
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\nis the moment that I’ve been
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\nmoment, everything is going to
\nbe okay. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, if we’re scribes and
\nPharisees now, they weren’t <\/p>\n
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\nnecessarily think of Jesus in
\nthe terms of judgment. <\/p>\n
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\nBut if we’ve absorbed their view
\nof religion, How might we feel <\/p>\n
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\nHey, this could be some anxiety <\/p>\n
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\nin there, right?
\nSo, this is where we have to <\/p>\n
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\ntalking about the scribes and <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re here on that other side. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a little bit of scribe <\/p>\n
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\nand Pharisee, and every single
\none of us, right? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so when we think of Jesus
\narriving at this very moment, do<\/p>\n
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\nyou love his appearing or it is
\nthat stress? <\/p>\n
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\nYou out a little bit, right?
\nAre you really hungry and <\/p>\n
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\nthirsting for righteousness?
\nBecause that’s what Jesus is <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s To bring righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nYou want to live in? <\/p>\n
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\nyour relationship with Jesus? <\/p>\n
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\nWould you feel blessed if you <\/p>\n
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\nwalk through right now and if
\nyou don’t, we have work to do. <\/p>\n
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\nBlessed, are the merciful for
\nthey shall receive Mercy. <\/p>\n
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\nNow here’s some the real jab at
\nthe scribes and Pharisees, <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Fundamental problem with <\/p>\n
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\nAre we in? <\/p>\n
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\nAre we the custodians of the
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\nSo I charted them out here on a <\/p>\n
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\nlost my temper.
\nYou know there’s any number of <\/p>\n
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\nI have failed publicly, I am so
\nfull of Mercy. <\/p>\n
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\nthe dish in the kitchen and then<\/p>\n
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\nover a bowl of cereal. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m like, It’s okay.
\nIt’s like that. <\/p>\n
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\nThose things happen, right?
\nLet me help you clean it up <\/p>\n
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\nOur it’s great, you know, my 6 <\/p>\n
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\nhours 12 hours, by the next
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\nthat yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\na little more careful, when you <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:04,400 –> 00:23:07,300
\ncame around the corner then you
\nknow, maybe we won’t have these <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:07,300 –> 00:23:11,500
\naccidents by a week later.
\nTwo weeks, one month, it’s more <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:11,500 –> 00:23:13,100
\nlike, what are you doing?
\nYou know? <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:13,100 –> 00:23:17,100
\nYes, it was an accident, but if
\nyou’re more careful, These <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:17,100 –> 00:23:21,900
\nthings won’t happen.
\nSo there’s now there’s power in <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:21,900 –> 00:23:26,200
\nhere and this is why I want to I
\nmentioned crushing and it was <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:26,200 –> 00:23:30,000
\nmentioned earlier.
\nThere’s a side effect to <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:30,000 –> 00:23:33,600
\nacknowledging being crushed the
\nlonger. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:33,600 –> 00:23:39,700
\nYou can stay crushed and more.
\nMerciful, you will be. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:40,900 –> 00:23:44,600
\nAnd when that crushed feeling
\nwhen you leave it behind, when <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:44,600 –> 00:23:48,200
\nyou kind of forget about it when
\nyou fade it that’s where your <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:48,200 –> 00:23:53,900
\nsense of order and structure and
\nwell we just can’t let anything <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:53,900 –> 00:23:56,000
\nhappen here.
\nLike, you know, there are <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:56,000 –> 00:23:57,800
\ncertain standards that must be
\nupheld. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:58,600 –> 00:24:01,400
\nAnd again, will come.
\nI know there’s Nuance here, <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:01,400 –> 00:24:06,300
\nwe’ll come back to that. c.s.
\nLewis says a quote, he says, <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:06,300 –> 00:24:10,800
\neveryone says, forgiveness is a
\nlovely idea until they have <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:10,800 –> 00:24:15,400
\nsomething to forgive Now, the
\nother point I want to make here <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:15,400 –> 00:24:18,400
\nis blessed.
\nAre the merciful pole? <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:19,800 –> 00:24:23,600
\nNot just blessed is the person
\nwho, once upon a time in one <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:23,600 –> 00:24:29,400
\nevent, despite some mercy, it’s
\nblessed are people who have an <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:29,400 –> 00:24:34,400
\nabundance of Mercy.
\nNow, how do you put yourself in <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:34,400 –> 00:24:38,500
\na situation where you have
\ncontinual opportunity to show? <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:38,500 –> 00:24:41,900
\nMercy, what does your
\nenvironment have to consist of? <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:45,500 –> 00:24:51,600
\nPeople people what people would
\nbe the most helpful and growing <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:51,600 –> 00:24:56,200
\nyour sense of mercifulness.
\nSinners people who are making <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:56,200 –> 00:24:58,800
\nmistakes.
\nNow making mistakes in general, <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:58,800 –> 00:25:03,100
\nthat’s helpful.
\nBut if you really want to sort <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:03,100 –> 00:25:06,400
\nof take your mercy up a notch,
\nwhat should these people be <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:06,400 –> 00:25:11,700
\ndoing things again?
\nThey should be really offending <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:11,700 –> 00:25:15,600
\nyou.
\nIn a completely unjustifiable <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:15,600 –> 00:25:18,100
\nand unfair way.
\nRight. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:18,100 –> 00:25:22,100
\nWe’re on no basis whatsoever.
\nThey’re holding a grudge, <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:22,100 –> 00:25:26,000
\nthey’re holding a resentment,
\nthey’re expecting you to they’re<\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:26,000 –> 00:25:30,100
\nsaying things to behind your
\nback that like this is where you<\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:30,100 –> 00:25:33,200
\nneed to be if you want to be in
\nthis category, right? <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:33,200 –> 00:25:37,500
\nIt’s a necessary precondition.
\nYou simply cannot be a merciful <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:37,500 –> 00:25:41,000
\nperson around perfect people so
\nwe should be thankful that we <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:41,000 –> 00:25:43,100
\nare in the families and
\nequations that we are. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:43,200 –> 00:25:45,300
\nRight?
\nBecause they fill our days with <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:45,300 –> 00:25:50,400
\nthese opportunities.
\nFor Mercy, fascinating thing. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:50,400 –> 00:25:55,700
\nI was watching a an online, a
\npreacher online and he was <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:55,700 –> 00:25:59,200
\ngetting big into, you know, what
\nJesus did for us. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:00,200 –> 00:26:04,800
\nAnd then he got into the
\natonement, and he was like, you <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:04,800 –> 00:26:08,800
\nknow what, Jesus did for us is
\nthere’s all this, you know, God <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:08,800 –> 00:26:11,900
\nis righteous.
\nAnd you’re evil. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:12,600 –> 00:26:19,300
\nSo the only way we can solve
\nevil, Is by killing an innocent <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:19,300 –> 00:26:24,800
\nman.
\nAnd I’m like, I did you not read<\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:24,800 –> 00:26:28,600
\nthe rest of scripture like they,
\nthey they don’t believe in <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:28,600 –> 00:26:32,600
\nMercy.
\nThey don’t see any Escape force <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:32,600 –> 00:26:37,700
\nin other than somebody must pay
\nand, and I don’t know, I don’t <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:37,700 –> 00:26:39,600
\nknow.
\nI can’t understand how they see <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:39,600 –> 00:26:45,800
\nGod as just when he’s, you know,
\nkilling an innocent man in that.<\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:45,800 –> 00:26:48,600
\nSubstitutionary way it’s a
\nlittle bit of an aside but it <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:48,600 –> 00:26:53,300
\njust shocked me.
\nLet’s move on to the next. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:53,300 –> 00:26:57,300
\nOne blessed are the pure in
\nheart for they shall see God as <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:57,300 –> 00:27:00,500
\nan attention getter again
\nbecause nobody can see God, <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:00,500 –> 00:27:02,200
\nright?
\nSo it listeners are going to be <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:02,200 –> 00:27:05,100
\ngoing, well, okay, how does that
\nwork? <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:06,100 –> 00:27:10,300
\nBut we know Psalm 24, who may
\nAscend the hill of the Lord, who<\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:10,300 –> 00:27:15,000
\nmay stand in his holy place, he
\nwho has Clean Hands and a pure <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:15,000 –> 00:27:18,500
\nheart who has not lifted up his
\nsoul to falsehood and is not <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:18,500 –> 00:27:21,400
\nsworn deceitfully.
\nHe shall receive. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:21,600 –> 00:27:24,500
\nBlessing from the Lord.
\nAnd this is another exercise <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:24,500 –> 00:27:27,600
\nthat I like, do for homework.
\nBut all these Beatitudes have <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:27,600 –> 00:27:30,400
\nall kinds of cross references,
\nto the Old Testament, to <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:30,400 –> 00:27:33,300
\nblessing blessing, blessing all
\nthrough the Old Testament. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:34,300 –> 00:27:39,900
\nNow, I struggle with this one
\nbecause when your heart is your <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:39,900 –> 00:27:43,200
\nheart, and there it is and it’s
\nfull of all those things that <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:43,200 –> 00:27:46,000
\nyou put in it over the years and
\nall those things, you can cock <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:46,000 –> 00:27:50,200
\nat yourself.
\nHow does one go about? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:51,500 –> 00:27:58,000
\nBeing pure in heart.
\nWhat can I do tomorrow? <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:58,000 –> 00:28:02,800
\nAnd the day after, like I can’t
\njust be pure in heart, like it’s<\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:02,800 –> 00:28:06,000
\nthere, right?
\nI like there’s no physical thing<\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:06,000 –> 00:28:08,400
\nI can do to get this thing away
\nfrom me. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:19,300 –> 00:28:25,300
\noh, yes.
\nOkay, so your heart has what it <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:25,300 –> 00:28:29,500
\nhas and it’s not good, right?
\nSo, if you have a big jug of <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:29,500 –> 00:28:32,900
\npolluted water, okay?
\nIt sits there. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:33,300 –> 00:28:36,500
\nAnd and and that’s, that’s what
\nyou’re working with. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:37,000 –> 00:28:42,600
\nBut the least you can do is put
\nin some pure distilled water <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:42,600 –> 00:28:46,400
\ninto it, right?
\nAnd every little, little bit of <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:46,400 –> 00:28:49,700
\nthat that you can do, what it
\ndoes is it dilutes the other <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:49,700 –> 00:28:52,300
\nstuff and while Never ever
\nreach. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:52,300 –> 00:28:56,900
\nAbsolute distilled water Purity.
\nIt is a continual process of <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:56,900 –> 00:29:00,800
\nmaking sure that the things that
\nare going into your heart are <\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:00,800 –> 00:29:05,400
\ncontributing to purification and
\nnot to corruption. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:06,600 –> 00:29:09,100
\nNow, scribes and Pharisees
\nlistening to. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:09,100 –> 00:29:13,500
\nThis blessed are the pure in
\nheart in their world view. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:13,500 –> 00:29:16,000
\nHow is this?
\nHow are they going to react to <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:16,000 –> 00:29:22,400
\nthis?
\nWhat’s up, what’s up? <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:22,400 –> 00:29:25,400
\nThe Pharisees General view of
\nthe purity of your heart. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:27,200 –> 00:29:31,900
\nYou can make it here by Paul in
\nthe wall so you can make it pure<\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:31,900 –> 00:29:35,600
\nby following the law hasn’t.
\nThat’s an interesting, that’s an<\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:35,600 –> 00:29:47,600
\ninteresting question. her either
\nare there already pure I <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:47,600 –> 00:29:51,200
\nproposed to you, sorry this
\nissue here he comes. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:53,300 –> 00:29:55,600
\nYeah so that you know you
\nshouldn’t eat and you shouldn’t <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:55,600 –> 00:29:56,500
\nbut you know what I mean.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:56,500 –> 00:30:02,200
\nSo there’s all these rules but
\nthat’s kind of a ritual Purity <\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:02,800 –> 00:30:07,000
\nthat fundamental question of
\nwhether your actions are <\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:07,000 –> 00:30:09,900
\nmotivated by the sincerest of
\nmotives. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:10,400 –> 00:30:13,000
\nRight.
\nHow much does a Pharisee care <\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:13,000 –> 00:30:16,100
\nabout that?
\nAre the answers? <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:16,100 –> 00:30:20,100
\nThey generally don’t write like
\nif you did the thing. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:21,200 –> 00:30:23,500
\nThen, whether your heart was
\npure when you did, it is <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:23,500 –> 00:30:26,700
\nsomewhat irrelevant, right?
\nWho knows, how would you measure<\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:26,700 –> 00:30:29,200
\nthat, right?
\nWell, like I would, I wouldn’t <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:29,200 –> 00:30:32,100
\nknow, right?
\nLike if you’re measuring Purity <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:32,100 –> 00:30:35,800
\nby number of hours of attendance
\nway I can do that, right? <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:35,800 –> 00:30:39,200
\nI can make a chart and I can say
\nyou’re at this level of this <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:39,200 –> 00:30:42,700
\nperson’s at this level but what
\nif somebody was more pure and <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:42,700 –> 00:30:47,100
\nhard, like I don’t know.
\nLike I you can’t tell and <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:47,100 –> 00:30:50,800
\ntherefore it becomes outside of
\nthe scope of what they were you.<\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:50,900 –> 00:30:56,800
\nAbout generally speaking and to
\nthat point, they defined Purity <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:56,800 –> 00:30:59,100
\nthey changed the meaning of the
\nword to be well. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:59,100 –> 00:31:03,100
\nHow many hours were you there or
\nyou know, how religious do you <\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:03,100 –> 00:31:05,800
\nappear?
\nAnd so something we have to <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:05,800 –> 00:31:10,500
\nworry about blessed are the
\npeacemakers for they shall be <\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:10,500 –> 00:31:14,500
\ncalled the sons of God.
\nThis is another one of those <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:14,500 –> 00:31:17,500
\nones that peace with who.
\nRight? <\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:17,500 –> 00:31:20,800
\nWe don’t want to make peace with
\nthe world but peace. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:21,100 –> 00:31:25,400
\nAmongst ourselves, we want to be
\npeacemakers. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:26,700 –> 00:31:29,400
\nJesus said you’re not think that
\nI came to bring peace on the <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:29,400 –> 00:31:31,100
\nearth.
\nI did not come to bring peace <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:31,100 –> 00:31:33,900
\nbut a sword.
\nWe have a movement sweeping our <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:33,900 –> 00:31:37,800
\nsociety that says the definition
\nof righteousness is that I <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:37,800 –> 00:31:41,400
\nshould never say anything but
\nyou might find upsetting, right?<\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:41,700 –> 00:31:46,400
\nAnd therefore they would say we
\nare peacemakers You know, don’t <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:46,400 –> 00:31:50,000
\nsay things against what we
\nbelieve that’s not what Jesus is<\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:50,000 –> 00:31:53,000
\ntalking about here, right?
\nIf possible. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:53,000 –> 00:31:55,800
\nSo far, as it depends on, you be
\nat peace with all people. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:55,800 –> 00:31:57,600
\nIt’s not always going to depend
\non us. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:58,100 –> 00:32:03,000
\nIf by simply advocating biblical
\nprinciples, we will encounter <\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:03,000 –> 00:32:08,500
\nconflict.
\nNow, what is the situation in a <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:08,500 –> 00:32:14,600
\ncommunity?
\nWhen you increase legalism and <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:15,100 –> 00:32:18,900
\nthe spirit of the scribes and
\nthe Pharisees, what effect does <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:18,900 –> 00:32:26,100
\nthat have on peace?
\nAlmost always a negative effect,<\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:26,200 –> 00:32:28,400
\nright?
\nWhen when people come in with a <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:28,400 –> 00:32:31,500
\nlegalistic point of view and I’m
\ngoing to talk about people and <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:31,500 –> 00:32:34,000
\nand you might be thinking about
\nthis person that person when I <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:34,000 –> 00:32:35,600
\nsay people.
\nI mean you, right? <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:35,600 –> 00:32:39,900
\nAnd I mean me and I mean every
\none of us has this battle inside<\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:39,900 –> 00:32:46,500
\nus between this rules-based
\nobservable rigid system and what<\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:46,500 –> 00:32:51,600
\nwe know we should be but we are
\nnot yet and so When we have <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:51,600 –> 00:32:56,800
\nissues of conflict in our
\nrelationships, families and <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:56,800 –> 00:32:59,500
\nEcclesia has we have to ask
\nourselves? <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:00,000 –> 00:33:04,000
\nIs there some degree of legalism
\ninvolved here? <\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:04,400 –> 00:33:06,800
\nAnd is this what Jesus is
\ngetting at here? <\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:12,100 –> 00:33:15,800
\nBlessed, are the persecuted in,
\nthere’s a whole number of verses<\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:15,800 –> 00:33:18,900
\nhere and we know from Hebrews
\nchapter 11, where it talks about<\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:18,900 –> 00:33:21,600
\nall the people who suffered so
\nmuch. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:22,100 –> 00:33:25,800
\nAgain, the Pharisees not super
\nexcited about being persecuted, <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:25,800 –> 00:33:27,500
\nright?
\nThey much prefer to be on the <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:27,500 –> 00:33:29,900
\nother side of that equation,
\nright? <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:29,900 –> 00:33:32,700
\nAnd, and ferreting out the
\npeople who have stepped over a <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:32,700 –> 00:33:37,400
\nline and making sure that
\nthey’re in line. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:37,800 –> 00:33:43,000
\nThe other thing here is that
\nThere’s a question of status of <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:43,000 –> 00:33:47,200
\nwho is at the top and who’s at
\nthe bottom and the persecuted <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:47,200 –> 00:33:51,600
\npeople by definition, or at the
\nbottom of the hierarchy socially<\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:51,600 –> 00:33:55,200
\nin every respect.
\nAnd and part of what Jesus is <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:55,200 –> 00:34:00,300
\nsaying, here is that, if you’re
\nat the bottom of a hierarchy and<\/p>\n
499
\n00:34:00,300 –> 00:34:03,800
\nwe talk about being merciful and
\npeople are mistreating you in <\/p>\n
500
\n00:34:03,800 –> 00:34:06,300
\nsome way.
\nThis is actually a privileged <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:06,300 –> 00:34:09,600
\nposition.
\nThis is one of those moments <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:09,600 –> 00:34:12,199
\nwhere you You can actually be
\nchrist-like right? <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:12,199 –> 00:34:14,400
\nPrice was persecuted.
\nHe was murdered. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:14,400 –> 00:34:17,000
\nHe was tortured.
\nYou want to be christ-like. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:17,900 –> 00:34:22,400
\nExcept the situations where
\npeople will persecute you <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:22,600 –> 00:34:26,100
\nwithout bitterness and without
\nRevenge. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:29,900 –> 00:34:33,900
\nSo context, we were looking, we
\nstarted with the Ten <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:33,900 –> 00:34:37,000
\nCommandments.
\nNow if you had to summarize from<\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:37,000 –> 00:34:41,300
\nThe Ten Commandments, the
\nrecurring theme within the Ten <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:41,300 –> 00:34:50,100
\nCommandments What would you say?
\nThou shalt not, Thou shalt not. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:50,100 –> 00:34:54,699
\nAnd interestingly enough, eight
\ntimes in the Ten Commandments we<\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:54,699 –> 00:34:59,500
\nhave the phrase, Thou shalt not,
\nand eight times. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:59,500 –> 00:35:03,500
\nJesus comes forward here in The
\nSermon on the Mount with a <\/p>\n
514
\n00:35:03,500 –> 00:35:07,200
\nbeatitude.
\nAnd what we have to think about <\/p>\n
515
\n00:35:07,200 –> 00:35:11,400
\nhere is what is our fundamental
\nphilosophy of religion? <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:11,400 –> 00:35:15,500
\nWhat is our fundamental view of
\nrighteousness? <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:15,500 –> 00:35:19,900
\nAnd how we Define it is it
\ndefined by a long list of bow <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:19,900 –> 00:35:26,200
\nshalt Nots or is it defined by a
\nprinciple of blessing? <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:28,100 –> 00:35:30,900
\nWe see our faith is one of the
\nPrivileges or one of <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:30,900 –> 00:35:35,300
\nprohibitions.
\nDo we see it as a blessing or as<\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:35,300 –> 00:35:37,800
\na burden?
\nThe Beatitudes are not something<\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:37,800 –> 00:35:41,100
\nthat Jesus commands.
\nIt’s just something he observes.<\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:41,300 –> 00:35:44,900
\nIt’s an aspirational message.
\nHe just letting you know, this <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:44,900 –> 00:35:48,000
\nis information.
\nYou want to be a part of this <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:48,000 –> 00:35:50,100
\ncommunity.
\nYou want to be a part of the <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:50,100 –> 00:35:52,200
\nBlessed Community.
\nThese are the character <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:52,200 –> 00:35:56,000
\nattributes, all of them are
\nunmeasurable very frustrating. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:56,400 –> 00:35:58,300
\nHow am I doing?
\nMorning today. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:58,500 –> 00:36:01,500
\nHow am I doing in hungering and
\nthirsting them that there’s no, <\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:02,100 –> 00:36:05,500
\nthere’s nothing tangible for me
\nto hold onto and, and we’re <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:05,500 –> 00:36:08,000
\ngoing to get into a lot of
\ntangible things in the next <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:08,200 –> 00:36:10,400
\nsections.
\nBut I want you to try to <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:10,400 –> 00:36:12,100
\nremember, through this whole
\nseries. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:12,100 –> 00:36:18,500
\nThis is where Jesus starts, this
\nis as Foundation blessing and <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:18,500 –> 00:36:25,200
\nBroad spiritual principles.
\nThen we get salt and light. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:25,400 –> 00:36:31,900
\nAnd now, we shift from purely,
\nsort of spiritual into actual <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:31,900 –> 00:36:36,300
\nactivities.
\nAnd there’s a lot of debate when<\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:36,300 –> 00:36:39,700
\nyou read the literature on what
\nJesus means by Salt and Light. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:39,900 –> 00:36:46,500
\nBut I think that Jesus says, you
\nare the salt of the earth and if<\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:46,500 –> 00:36:51,900
\nthe salt doesn’t bring that
\nsalty quality, then it becomes. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:51,900 –> 00:36:56,200
\nAbsolutely you Alice, you are
\nthe light of the world and where<\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:56,200 –> 00:37:00,400
\nin scripture have I have I heard
\nthis notion of being a blessing <\/p>\n
543
\n00:37:00,400 –> 00:37:04,600
\nin the whole world.
\nAnd for me, I go back to Genesis<\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:04,600 –> 00:37:08,400
\n12:3.
\nI will make you a great nation <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:08,400 –> 00:37:11,500
\nand I will bless you.
\nI will make your name great. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:11,500 –> 00:37:16,600
\nAnd you shall be a blessing.
\nYou shall be a blessing. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:16,600 –> 00:37:20,100
\nI will bless those who bless
\nyou, and I will curse him who <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:20,100 –> 00:37:24,900
\ncurses you and in you all the
\nfamilies of Of the Earth shall <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:24,900 –> 00:37:28,500
\nbe blessed.
\nAnd what I Think Jesus is <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:28,500 –> 00:37:31,900
\ntelling us with the salt and the
\nlight is that okay? <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:31,900 –> 00:37:35,000
\nWe’ve spent some time in
\nmeditation and contemplation and<\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:35,000 –> 00:37:41,000
\nwe consider these principles and
\nif you don’t live in a way that <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:41,000 –> 00:37:45,800
\nthese are noticeable, then it’s
\nabsolutely pointless. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:47,000 –> 00:37:48,900
\nYou might, as well Chuck this
\nall about. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:48,900 –> 00:37:52,100
\nWhat’s the point of having salt
\nin a recipe if it does not <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:52,100 –> 00:37:54,900
\naffect the taste?
\nWhat’s the point of you being a <\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:54,908 –> 00:37:57,600
\ndisciple of Christ and going out
\ninto the world? <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:57,700 –> 00:37:59,500
\nIf nobody can tell that you’re
\nthere. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:01,100 –> 00:38:03,300
\nRight.
\nIf you can work next to someone <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:03,300 –> 00:38:07,000
\n8 hours a day, you know, five
\ndays a week month after month. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:07,000 –> 00:38:11,300
\nAnd they have no idea that you
\nhave a light. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:12,500 –> 00:38:14,500
\nThen the whole thing was
\npointless, right? <\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:14,800 –> 00:38:17,600
\nIt doesn’t matter how many hours
\nof Bible study, and how many <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:17,700 –> 00:38:21,800
\nBible classes and how many Bible
\nSchool, none of that matters. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:22,000 –> 00:38:26,800
\nIf you go out and spend a bunch
\nof time with with people and <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:26,800 –> 00:38:29,900
\nthey can’t tell and they call it
\njust Canadians guy. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:29,900 –> 00:38:32,800
\nCanadians are so polite, right?
\nYou just, you’re just another <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:32,800 –> 00:38:36,800
\nCanadian.
\nThis is the first major risk <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:36,800 –> 00:38:41,000
\nthat we encounter here, right?
\nPrinciples are great. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:41,400 –> 00:38:45,200
\nThey Manifest in your daily
\nrelationships. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:46,300 –> 00:38:50,300
\nDo the people in your life.
\nFeel it that you are a disciple <\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:50,300 –> 00:38:56,300
\nof Christ in your family, right?
\nThis is the the big challenge <\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:57,400 –> 00:38:59,800
\nbecause our faith make any
\ndifference. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:04,000 –> 00:39:09,700
\nSo Jesus sets this stage and I
\nbelieve he’s deliberately <\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:09,700 –> 00:39:13,900
\ncontrasting, his message with
\nthe law of Moses with the Ten <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:13,900 –> 00:39:20,000
\nCommandments specifically.
\nAnd maybe I’ll get you to act. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:20,000 –> 00:39:22,800
\nI know, I’ve been letting you
\noff easy, not making you turn <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:22,800 –> 00:39:25,800
\noff a lot of past, turn up a lot
\nof passages, but if you look up,<\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:26,800 –> 00:39:31,100
\nHebrews chapter 12.
\nWe’ll look at some verses in <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:31,100 –> 00:39:38,400
\nHebrews, chapter 12.
\nAnd we’ll think about two <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:38,400 –> 00:39:45,000
\nmountains here and we’ll start
\nat Verse 18. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:51,100 –> 00:39:56,400
\nAre you have not come to what
\nmay be touched again touch <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:56,400 –> 00:39:59,700
\nthere’s we’re talking about
\nwhat’s measurable, right? <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:59,700 –> 00:40:02,200
\nBeing pure in heart, that’s not
\na measurable thing. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:40:02,600 –> 00:40:06,500
\nSo you have known come to what
\nmay be touched a blazing fire <\/p>\n
586
\n00:40:06,700 –> 00:40:10,900
\nand darkness and Gloom and a
\ntempest and the sound of a <\/p>\n
587
\n00:40:10,900 –> 00:40:14,800
\ntrumpet and the voice, whose
\nwords made the hearers beg that,<\/p>\n
588
\n00:40:14,800 –> 00:40:17,700
\nno further message should be
\nspoken to them. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:19,300 –> 00:40:22,400
\nIs this how we show forth our
\nreligion and our faith to people<\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:22,400 –> 00:40:25,100
\naround us for they could not
\nendure. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:25,100 –> 00:40:28,600
\nThe order that was given if even
\na beast touches the mountain. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:28,700 –> 00:40:30,600
\nIt shall be stoned.
\nIndeed. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:30,600 –> 00:40:35,600
\nSo terrifying was the sight.
\nThat Moses said, I tremble with <\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:35,600 –> 00:40:39,600
\nfear.
\nIs that how we approach? <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:39,600 –> 00:40:45,700
\nOur belief as a big scary
\nmountain is clouds as Lightning <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:46,600 –> 00:40:51,000
\nearthquakes and fear than
\nHebrews 12:22? <\/p>\n
597
\n00:40:51,300 –> 00:40:56,300
\nBut we have come to Mount, Zion
\nthe city of the Living. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:56,300 –> 00:41:00,700
\nGod, the heavenly Jerusalem to
\ninnumerable, angels and festal <\/p>\n
599
\n00:41:00,700 –> 00:41:03,700
\nGathering into the Assembly of
\nthe firstborn, who are enrolled <\/p>\n
600
\n00:41:03,700 –> 00:41:08,000
\nin heaven and to God, the judge
\nof all and to the spirits A <\/p>\n
601
\n00:41:08,000 –> 00:41:12,900
\nrighteous men made perfect and
\nto Jesus the mediator of a New <\/p>\n
602
\n00:41:12,900 –> 00:41:17,500
\nCovenant, and to the sprinkled
\nblood, that speaks a better word<\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:17,500 –> 00:41:22,800
\nthan the blood of Abel.
\nSo in Matthew Chapter 5, Jesus <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:22,800 –> 00:41:27,300
\nis calling us to his mountain
\nand we have to choose in our <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:27,300 –> 00:41:29,300
\ndaily life.
\nAnd in the way we live our <\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:29,300 –> 00:41:33,100
\nreligion, whether we are
\nstanding at the Mosaic mountain,<\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:33,600 –> 00:41:35,400
\nor are we standing at the
\nmountain? <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:35,400 –> 00:41:47,100
\nThat Jesus is calling us to Two.
\nshe slides behind and then if we<\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:47,100 –> 00:41:56,200
\ngo back to Matthew, chapter 5,
\nJesus surprises us again. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:58,500 –> 00:42:01,500
\nAll this time, the people who
\nare in, this is a fancy word for<\/p>\n
611
\n00:42:01,500 –> 00:42:04,800
\nthis antinomy ins and, you know,
\nmediums are against legalism. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:42:04,800 –> 00:42:06,600
\nSo they’re the other side of
\nlegalism. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:42:07,100 –> 00:42:09,100
\nThey’ve been cheering this whole
\ntime, right? <\/p>\n
614
\n00:42:09,100 –> 00:42:14,400
\nJesus is sort of opposing the
\nthe law, he’s opposing this <\/p>\n
615
\n00:42:14,400 –> 00:42:22,500
\nlegalistic view of religion and
\nthen he says in verse 17, Hold <\/p>\n
616
\n00:42:22,500 –> 00:42:28,600
\non, do not think that I came to
\nabolish the law or the prophets.<\/p>\n
617
\n00:42:29,900 –> 00:42:31,400
\nOkay, in this, this is part of
\nthe reason. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:42:31,400 –> 00:42:35,100
\nI Think Jesus is structured on
\nthe some self, he’s challenging <\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:35,100 –> 00:42:38,200
\nthe law and the prophets, but
\nhe’s not, right? <\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:38,200 –> 00:42:40,400
\nAnd we’re going to have to
\nwrestle with this to the rest of<\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:40,400 –> 00:42:42,900
\nthis series.
\nDo not think I came to abolish <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:42,900 –> 00:42:47,300
\nthe law and the prophets, I did
\nnot come to abolish but to <\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:47,300 –> 00:42:52,600
\nfulfill.
\nSo sometimes when we say, oh, <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:52,600 –> 00:42:56,900
\nwe’re not going to be legalists.
\nThat the comfortable space, we <\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:56,900 –> 00:42:58,800
\nmove into.
\nAs we see them, the rules, don’t<\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:58,800 –> 00:43:02,400
\nmatter, Right.
\nI’m approaching god with a fear <\/p>\n
627
\n00:43:02,500 –> 00:43:06,200
\nbecause there are no rules and I
\ncan do whatever I want and <\/p>\n
628
\n00:43:06,200 –> 00:43:08,800
\nthat’s why I have such peace in
\nmy heart. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:43:08,800 –> 00:43:14,500
\nWhen I approached Jesus and
\nJesus is going on, no, you know,<\/p>\n
630
\n00:43:14,600 –> 00:43:18,200
\nthat is not the message that
\nwould be a misunderstanding of <\/p>\n
631
\n00:43:18,200 –> 00:43:21,100
\nthe message that I’m putting to
\nyou today. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:43:22,000 –> 00:43:27,000
\nAnd then so at this point and my
\nmind’s eye, I see the Pharisees <\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:27,000 –> 00:43:30,300
\non the sidelines going.
\nYeah, you know, this. you tell <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:30,300 –> 00:43:32,300
\nthem, you know, they thought
\nthey were going to, you know, go<\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:32,300 –> 00:43:37,200
\nwith it that fuzzy, easy
\napproach to religion and then <\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:37,200 –> 00:43:44,600
\nJesus gets to verse 20, where he
\nsays, unless your righteousness <\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:45,100 –> 00:43:49,800
\nexceeds the righteousness of the
\nscribes and the Pharisees you <\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:49,800 –> 00:43:55,700
\nwill, by no means enter the
\nkingdom of heaven, And I want <\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:55,700 –> 00:44:02,200
\nyou to put yourself again in the
\nshoes of a first-century Jewish <\/p>\n
640
\n00:44:02,200 –> 00:44:09,900
\nBaker.
\nAnd what he imagines in the <\/p>\n
641
\n00:44:09,900 –> 00:44:14,300
\npharisaic whole life, they and
\ntheir world affairs cycle. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:44:14,300 –> 00:44:15,900
\nLike, this is the good life,
\nright? <\/p>\n
643
\n00:44:16,000 –> 00:44:18,600
\nThis is the Pinnacle of
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:44:18,900 –> 00:44:22,400
\nThese are the people who know
\nall the books, they’ve memorized<\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:22,400 –> 00:44:25,100
\nhuge tract.
\nThey spend day after day, <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:25,100 –> 00:44:28,800
\nstudying and debating.
\nThey have every physical and <\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:28,800 –> 00:44:32,000
\nobvious manifestation of
\nrighteousness, right? <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:32,000 –> 00:44:34,400
\nThey correct me.
\nI go to them for teaching. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:35,600 –> 00:44:39,800
\nThese are the university
\nprofessors of our religious <\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:39,800 –> 00:44:46,500
\nsystem.
\nAnd this man is telling me that <\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:46,500 –> 00:44:52,700
\nunless I, as a humble Baker
\nexceed, the righteousness of <\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:52,700 –> 00:44:55,100
\nthose people, I cannot be in the
\nKingdom of Heaven. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:57,000 –> 00:45:01,100
\nIt’s absolutely mind-boggling.
\nHow can that be true? <\/p>\n
654
\n00:45:01,700 –> 00:45:06,300
\nHow does this not immediately
\nput the Kingdom of Heaven Out Of<\/p>\n
655
\n00:45:06,300 –> 00:45:12,900
\nReach for every ordinary person.
\nThe scribes and Pharisees work, <\/p>\n
656
\n00:45:13,000 –> 00:45:17,200
\nall their lives to attain that
\nlevel and that level isn’t good <\/p>\n
657
\n00:45:17,200 –> 00:45:19,600
\nenough.
\nAnd where does that leave you? <\/p>\n
658
\n00:45:21,500 –> 00:45:26,700
\nAnd that’s the topic that we’ll
\nlook at next class, but I want <\/p>\n
659
\n00:45:26,700 –> 00:45:31,900
\nto leave you with a reminder of
\nwhere Jesus started. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:45:31,900 –> 00:45:34,600
\nWe’re going to get into the law
\nand examine some of the elements<\/p>\n
661
\n00:45:34,600 –> 00:45:38,100
\nof the law.
\nRemember that, Jesus started <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:38,100 –> 00:45:42,500
\nwith the principle that you are
\nto be a blessing. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:46,000 –> 00:46:11,200
\nThank you.
\nThank you brother, Mark. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:46:11,600 –> 00:46:12,800
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