>>BILL: GROUCHO MARX
ONCE SAID, "EACH MORNING WHEN
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I OPEN MY EYES I SAY
TO MYSELF, I, NOT EVENTS,
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HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE
ME HAPPY OR UNHAPPY TODAY. I
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CAN CHOOSE WHICH IT
SHALL BE. YESTERDAY IS DEAD;
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TOMORROW HASN'T
ARRIVED YET AND I HAVE JUST ONE
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DAY, TODAY, AND I'M
GOING TO BE HAPPY IN IT". YOU
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KNOW, THE GREEK WORD
TRANSLATED 'BLESSED' IS AN
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ADJECTIVE MEANING 'HAPPY'
OR 'BLISSFUL'. THE WORD IS
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'MAKARIOS'. IT COMES
FROM THE GREEK WORD 'MAKAR'
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WHICH SPEAKS OF
BEING HAPPY IN A WAY THAT
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IS NOT DEPENDENT
UPON CIRCUMSTANCES. THEIR
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HAPPINESS WAS THOUGHT
TO BE UNAFFECTED BY THE
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POVERTY, THE PROBLEMS AND
DEATH FACED BY MAN. SO, IT
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IS DESCRIBED BY A STATE
OF CONTENTMENT AND BLISS
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THAT IS UNAFFECTED BY
CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT'S THE
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IDEA EXPRESSED IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT BY THE WORD
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'BLESSED'. JESUS
CAME TO EARTH TO BRING
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MEN HAPPINESS.
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(MUSIC)
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>>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME
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GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE
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STILL RELEVANT IN
TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD
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IT IS WRITTEN . . .
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SHARING MESSAGES OF
HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
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(MUSIC)
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THE KEY TO
EXPERIENCING THE HAPPINESS OR
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BLESSEDNESS SPOKEN OF
IN THE BEATITUDES IS IN
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FOLLOWING A NEW STANDARD
OF LIVING. THAT STANDARD
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IS SETFORTH IN THE
SERMON ON THE MOUNT. OUR LORD
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DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE HOW
TO LIVE STEP BY STEP BUT BY
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THE KINDS OF
ATTITUDES THAT WOULD BRING ABOUT
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PROPER BEHAVIOUR.
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HE SHOWED THAT A PERSON'S
INNER LIFE WAS THE KEY TO
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TRUE HAPPINESS. SOME
HAVE SAID THAT THE SERMON ON
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THE MOUNT SETS A
STANDARD THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE
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TO APPLY. THEY POINT
SPECIFICALLY TO MATTHEW
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CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE
48 WHICH SAYS, "BE YE
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PERFECT, THEREFORE,
EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN
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HEAVEN, IS PERFECT".
THEY SAY THAT THAT STANDARD
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OBVIOUSLY CAN'T APPLY
TODAY. BUT JESUS NEVER
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SAID THE SERMON ON
THE MOUNT WAS INTENDED TO
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APPLY TO THE FUTURE AGE
EVERY PRINCIPLE FROM THE
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SERMON ON THE MOUNT
IS FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THE
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NEW TESTAMENT.
CHRIST'S MESSAGE IS FOR US NOW.
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SEE, HE EXPECTS YOU AND
I TO APPLY HIS STANDARD OF
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LIVING RIGHT NOW. AND
ONLY THAT KIND OF OBEDIENCE
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WILL RESULT IN TRUE
HAPPINESS. YOU KNOW, TODAY
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WE EMBARK ON A JOURNEY
IN THE STUDY OF BEATITUDES
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AND WE HAVE THE PRIVILEDGE
OF HAVING WITH US A GUEST,
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A VERY IMPORTANT GUEST,
PASTOR TONY BUENO. PASTOR
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TONY, TELL US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND, MAYBE
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BEFORE THAT, LET ME
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS IN
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ACCEPTING OUR
INVITATION TO BE, SORT OF, OUR
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SPIRITUAL LEADER
THROUGH THIS JOURNEY THROUGH THE
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BEATITUDES. >>PASTOR
TONY: THANK YOU, BILL. IT'S A
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PRIVILEDGE TO BE HERE
WITH YOU AND TO LEAD OUT IN
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THIS MARVELLOUS STUDY IN
SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF
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CHRIST'S TEACHING. I
AM PRESENTLY PASTORING
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BOWMANVILLE
ADVENTIST CHURCH AND BOMANVILLE
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IS JUST EAST OF OSHAWA.
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SO, THE CHURCH IS AT THE
CORNER OF HWY 2 AND LAMBS
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ROAD AND IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL FACILITY AND WONDERFUL
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PEOPLE WORSHIP THERE
EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. AT 9:30
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AM WE HAVE A BIBLE STUDY
AND THEN AT 11:00 AM, THE
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WORSHIP SERVICE. AND SO,
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME
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AND CELEBRATE THE GOODNESS
OF GOD WITH US IS WELCOME
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>>BILL: WONDERFUL. WELL,
THANK YOU, PASTOR. PASTOR,
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YOU WERE BORN WHERE
>>PASTOR TONY: I WAS BORN
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IN SPAIN, IN BARCELONA.
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>>BILL: AND YOU LIVED IN
SWITZERLAND, YOU LIVED IN
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FRANCE.>>PASTOR TONY:
MANY PLACES. GOD HAS TAKEN US
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TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
AND CONTINENTS AND NOW, WELL,
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WE MOVED TO CANADA IN THE
MID-70'S AND ARE DELIGHTED
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TO BE SERVING HIM HERE.
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>>BILL: WONDERFUL.
WELL, WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT YOU
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ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION
AND THIS CHALLENGE, IN A
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WAY, RIGHT, TO LEAD THIS
STUDY. WE EMBARK TODAY ON
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THIS, ON THIS NEW
JOURNEY WHERE JESUS, SORT OF,
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OUTLINES THESE
ATTITUDES, THE CHARACTERISTICS,
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I GUESS YOU COULD SAY,
OF THOSE THAT ONE DAY WILL
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INHABIT HIS KINGDOM. AND
AS I READ THOUGH THOSE AND
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AS I WAS, YOU KNOW PART
OF MY PREPARATION FOR THIS I
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HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT
WHAT I READ HERE AND WHEN I
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LOOK AT CHRISTIANS
TODAY, INCLUDING MYSELF, I'M
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DOING A SELF-ANALYSIS
HERE. I'M NOT - BOY
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OH BOY, I THINK
WE'VE DEVIATED A WAY FROM
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THIS, FROM THIS STANDARD
>>PASTOR TONY: CHRIST SET
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THE BAR VERY HIGH AND
AS HIGH AS HE CONSIDERED
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IT NECESSARY. AND FOR
CHRISTIANS OF ALL AGES,
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WHETHER IT WAS IN HIS
TIME OR IN OUR TIME TODAY THE
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CHALLENGE HAS BEEN
THERE TO MEASURE UP TO THE
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STANDARD OF JESUS.
HE PRESENTS TO US IN THE
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CONTEXT OF THE BEGINNING
OF HIS TEACHINGS IN PUBLIC
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MINISTRY. >>BILL:
RIGHT, OKAY. >>PASTOR TONY: HE
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HAD JUST BEGAN PREACHING
HIS FIRST SERMON IN THE
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SYNAGOGUE IN NAZARETH
AND HE PRESENTED HIMSELF AS A
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PREACHER OF GOOD NEWS.
IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, IN A
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PASSAGE THAT PRECEEDS
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, IN
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LUKE CHAPTER 4 AND
VERSE 43, CHRIST SAYS, "I MUST
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PREACH THE GOOD NEWS OF
THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO THE
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OTHER TOWNS BECAUSE
THAT IS WHY I WAS SENT". SO
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HE UNDERSTANDS HIS MISSION
OF THAT AS THE PREACHER OF
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GOOD NEWS. AND SO WHEN HE
STARTS PREACHING, FIRST OF
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ALL, HE SAYS, "REPENT,
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT
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HAND". AND THEN HE'S
GOING TO DISCRIBE WHAT GOOD NEWS
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HE HAS FOR PEOPLE
WHO DECIDE TO FOLLOW HIS
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INSTRUCTION AND
HIS PRINCIPLES. SO, THE
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SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS
THE LARGEST AND THE MOST
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DETAILED EXPOSITION OF
CHRIST'S PRINCIPLES FOR
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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
AND WE HAVE IN IT BEAUTIFUL
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PASSAGES LIKE THE LORD'S
PRAYER; LIKE INSTRUCTIONS
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ABOUT LOVING THE ENEMIES;
ADMONISIONS PERTAINING TO
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TRUSTING GOD, NOT TO
WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW BECAUSE
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HE'S IN CHARGE OF
TOMORROW AND HE LOVES US. BUT AT
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THE VERY BEGINNING HE
PLACED NINE BLESSINGS. AND
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AS YOU WELL DESCRIBED,
THE TERM REFERS TO A HAPPY
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STATE, IN FACT, SOME
BIBLE TRANSLATIONS PUT IT THIS
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WAY, 'HOW HAPPY ARE THE
PEACEMAKERS'. BUT IT ALSO
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HAS THE CONOTATION OF
'HOW BLESSED'. IN OTHER WORDS,
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IT'S NOT 'YOU DO THIS
AND SOMEHOW IT EXHILERATES
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YOU' AND YOU FEEL GOOD.
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IT'S NOT THAT FEEL
GOOD PROGRAM. >>BILL: OKAY.
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>>PASTOR TONY: THERE
IS ANOTHER PARTNER OUTSIDE
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WHICH IS GOD WHO SAYS,
'WHEN YOU DO THIS, I WILL
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BLESS YOU'. AND IT'S
THAT INTERACTION BETWEEN JESUS
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AND US IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE
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THAT BRINGS ABOUT THE
JOY AND BLESSEDNESS OF BEING
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A CHRISTIAN. >>BILL:
NOW, MOST OF THESE STAND IN
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SOME PRETTY STARK CONTRAST
TO WHAT THE WORLD TELLS US
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IS THE PATH TO
HAPPINESS OR BLESSEDNESS. WAS
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IT, WAS THE CONTRAST THAT
VIVID TO THE FIRST CENTURY
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AUDIENCE THAT WOULD HAVE
SAT THERE AND HEARD JESUS
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SAY THIS? >>PASTOR
TONY: THERE WERE.>>BILL: WOULD
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IT HAVE BEEN AS
SHOCKING TO THEM AS IT IS TO US
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TODAY? >>PASTOR
TONY: PROBABLY NOT AS
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MUCH BECAUSE LIFE WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY SIMPLIER
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BACK THEN. AND THIS, BY
ALL STANDARDS, IS A VERY
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SIMPLE GOSPEL. IT'S NOT
ONE THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE
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TO ACQUIRE A UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND
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IT. IT'S NOT ADDRESSING
THE SOPHISTICATED BUT THE
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COMMON FOLK, THE
EVERYDAY PERSON AND MAYBE THOSE
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WERE NOT, WHO'S MIND
WAS NOT SO INFLUENCED BY
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TECHNOLOGY LIKE OURS IS,
WAS MORE ABLE TO RELATE TO
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THE SIMPLICITY OF THE
GOSPEL AS CHRIST PRESENTED
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IT. IN THIS PASSAGE WE
HAVE NINE BEATITUDES, NINE
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BLESSINGS. INTERESTINGLY,
IN THE PARALLEL PASSAGE IN
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THE GOSPEL OF LUKE YOU
HAVE ONLY FOUR BLESSINGS
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WHICH ARE COUNTERPARTED
BY FOUR WOES. THE FOUR
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BLESSINGS AND THE FOUR
WOES WHICH NUMBER EIGHT,
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BY THE WAY, IN SOME
WAYS PARALLEL THE BLESSINGS
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HERE. NOW, MATTHEW HAS
SOME BLESSINGS THAT ARE
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NOT INCLUDED IN LUKE
>>BILL: OKAY. >>PASTOR
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TONY: AND SCHOLARS
PERCEIVED, PERHAPS, THAT
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
MATTHEW, HAD EXPERIENCED
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MORE REFLECTION ON
THE PART OF THE AUTHOR,
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MATTHEW AND IT WAS
THE THOUGHT OF THAT
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THEOLOGICAL
REFLECTION THAT PRODUCED A MORE
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ELABORATE PRESENTATION OF
THE SERMON. >>BILL: I SEE.
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>>PASTOR TONY: BUT
IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE
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THE CONTRAST AND THE
SYNCRONISM BETWEEN THE
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ACCOUNT OF MATTHEW AND
OF LUKE. WHAT JESUS IS DOING
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HERE IS PRESENTING A
VERY PARADOXICAL FORM
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OF TEACHING IN WHICH
HE ADDRESSES SITUATIONS
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IN LIFE WHERE
NORMALLY A PERSON WOULD FEEL
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UNFORTUNATE SUCH AS FACING
DEATH OR FACING POVERTY OR
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FACING REJECTION OR
EVEN PERSECUTION. AND CHRIST
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TURNS IT AROUND AND
HE SAYS, 'LOOK AT IT THIS
00:10:44.66\00:10:52.40
WAY'. 'PUT ON MY GLASSES',
SAYS JESUS. WHEN YOU LOOK
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AT YOUR REALITY FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, I'LL SHOW YOU
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THAT THERE IS A
BLESSING IN IT. AND THAT IS THE
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ESSENCE OF MY TEACHING.
00:11:05.43\00:11:05.96
>>BILL: THERE'S ALMOST
LIKE AN IMPLIED, YOU HAVE
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HEARD IT SAID THAT, YOU
KNOW, BLESSED ARE THE RICH
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BUT I TELL YOU BLESSED
ARE THE POOR, RIGHT? I MEAN,
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN
IMPLIED, THIS CONTRAST
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HERE. >>PASTOR TONY:
VERY TRUE. WHAT CHRIST IS
00:11:19.13\00:11:20.20
DOING, IT'S INTERESTING
TO SEE THAT HIS FUNCTION AT
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THIS POINT PARALLELS
THAT, IN MANY WAYS, OF MOSES ON
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MOUNT SINAI. MOSES, THE
TEACHER OF THE LAW, WHICH
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HE RECEIVED FROM GOD. THE
PEOPLE WOULD NOT LISTEN TO
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THE VOICE OF GOD BECAUSE
IT WAS TOO TERRIFYING AND
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THEY SAID 'NO, YOU
SPEAK TO US'. AND SO, MOSES
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IS THE PRESENTER AND THE
PROCLAIMER OF GOD'S LOVE.
00:11:42.46\00:11:46.13
CHRIST HERE, ALSO ON A
MOUNT, NOT MOUNT SINAI BUT
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THE MOUNT OF THE
BEATITUDES, HE FULFILLS
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THAT ROLE OF PROCLAIMER
AND INTERPRETER OF THE
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LAW. AND HE'S GOING
TO INTERPRET IT IN A
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DIFFERENT CONTEXT FROM
THE ONE THAT THE PEOPLE WERE
00:12:04.20\00:12:05.23
USED TO HEARING IT, AS
YOU POINTED OUT. BECAUSE
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OVER THE CENTURIES,
THE UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S
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WILL HAD BEEN SOMEWHAT
DISTORTED BY LEGALISM AND
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BY OTHER FORMS OF ABUSE.
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NOW CHRIST IS SAYING,
'LOOK, YOU HAVE HEARD BUT
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LET ME TELL YOU',
AND HE SPEAKS WITH SUCH
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A TREMENDOUS DEGREE OF
AUTHORITY. SUCH THAT THE
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PEOPLE CANNOT HELP BUT
COMPARE HIS TEACHING STYLE
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, AS A RABBI, AND
THE TEACHING STYLE OF
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A RABBI IN THE SYNAGOGUES
AND THEY SAY, 'THERE IS A
00:12:37.10\00:12:39.56
DIFFERENCE'. AND THE
DIFFERENCE WAS BASICALLY
00:12:39.56\00:12:40.50
THIS: THE RABBI'S,
THEY TAUGHT BY QUOTING PRIOR
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RABBI'S. >>BILL: OKAY.
00:12:46.23\00:12:46.70
>>PASTOR TONY:
THEIR AUTHORITY WAS BASED
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ON THE STATEMENTS AND
PRONOUNCEMENTS OF PRIOR
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RABBI'S. RABBI SO-AND-SO
SAID, AND SO-AND-SO SAID
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CHRIST SAYS, YOU
HAVE HEARD ALL THAT BUT
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LET ME TELL YOU. SO,
HIS AUTHORITY SUPERCEEDS THE
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AUTHORITY OF ANY OTHER
INTERPRETER OF THE LAW AND
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IT IS WITH THAT
APPROACH THAT HE PROPOSES HIS
00:13:09.76\00:13:15.53
SIMPLE GOSPEL. >>BILL:
WHICH MUST HAVE PROMPTED
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ALL KINDS OF, YOU
KNOW, QUESTIONS FROM THESE
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS
SAYING 'WHO'S THIS UPSTART,
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ITINEROUS, PENNILESS
PREACHER HERE? ON WHOSE
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AUTHORITY DO YOU SPEAK'?
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>>PASTOR TONY: YES.
AND THEY QUESTIONED HIM ON
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THAT ON A NUMBER
OF OCCASIONS. CHRIST
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CONFRONTED THAT CRITICISM.
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I WOULD GO AS FAR AS
TO SAY THAT EVERY ONE WHO
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PROCLAIMS THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST WILL CONFRONT
00:13:37.83\00:13:42.53
CRITICISM. BECAUSE IT IS
A RADICAL GOSPEL. IT IS ONE
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THAT IS PULLS PEOPLE TO
A CHANGE, A PARADIGM CHANGE
00:13:50.36\00:13:51.40
IN THEIR LIVES. THAT
YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO LIVE
00:13:51.40\00:13:57.76
ACCORDING TO THE IDEAS
AND CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES
00:13:57.76\00:14:02.06
THAT USED TO FUNCTION
IN YOUR LIFE, CHRIST IS
00:14:02.06\00:14:03.06
CALLING YOU TO A DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE. AND SO, THAT
00:14:03.06\00:14:06.16
PROMPTS IN OTHERS EITHER
A FROWN OR A QUESTION MARK
00:14:06.16\00:14:13.20
OR WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
00:14:13.20\00:14:13.80
>>BILL: YOU KNOW HE
STARTS RIGHT OFF, I MEAN, HITS
00:14:13.80\00:14:18.23
THEM RIGHT BETWEEN
THE EYES RIGHT OFF THE BAT
00:14:18.23\00:14:19.20
WITH, "BLESSED ARE THE
POOR IN SPIRIT FOR THEIRS
00:14:19.20\00:14:22.26
IS THE KINGDOM IN
HEAVEN" >>PASTOR TONY: YEAH.
00:14:22.26\00:14:28.10
>>BILL: WOW. RIGHT OFF
THE BAT, I'M SURE, THERE'S
00:14:28.10\00:14:29.13
EARS PERKED UP
BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY THE
00:14:29.13\00:14:32.36
OPPOSITE OF WHAT PEOPLE
HAD HEARD. >>PASTOR TONY:
00:14:32.36\00:14:36.36
YES. PEOPLE WERE USED
TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU WERE
00:14:36.36\00:14:37.33
WEALTHY IT WAS BECAUSE
GOD HAD BLESSED YOU. I MEAN,
00:14:37.33\00:14:41.73
YOU READ THE STORIES
OF THE PATRIARCHS AND THEY
00:14:41.73\00:14:45.73
HAD SO MANY FLOCKS AND
SO MANY LANDS AND SO MANY
00:14:45.73\00:14:46.73
SERVANTS AND THAT WAS A
SIGN OF DIVINE BLESSING.
00:14:46.73\00:14:51.76
SO, IF YOU ARE POOR,
DEFINITELY, GOD DOESN'T
00:14:51.76\00:14:55.63
LIKE YOU. >>BILL: YES.
00:14:55.63\00:14:56.23
>>PASTOR TONY: AND
THERE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MANY
00:14:56.23\00:14:59.10
PEOPLE THAT GOD
DIDN'T LIKE ACCORDING TO THE
00:14:59.10\00:15:00.13
LEADERS OF THE CHURCH
AT THE TIME BECAUSE POVERTY
00:15:00.13\00:15:03.46
WAS PREVALENT AT THE
TIME OF CHRIST. THE CONTRAST
00:15:03.46\00:15:09.46
BETWEEN THE RICH WERE
VERY FEW. AND THE POOR,
00:15:09.46\00:15:10.56
WHO WERE SO MANY, WAS
SO PRONOUNCED THEN THAN IT
00:15:10.56\00:15:16.73
IS TODAY IN COUNTRIES
LIKE CANADA. HOWEVER, YOU CAN
00:15:16.73\00:15:21.90
GO, EVEN TODAY IN THE
21ST CENTURY, TO SOME COUNTRIES
00:15:21.90\00:15:23.00
AROUND THE WORLD WHERE
YOU STILL SEE SUCH A DISPARITY
00:15:23.00\00:15:26.73
IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF
WEALTH BETWEEN THE FEW WHO
00:15:26.73\00:15:32.43
ARE VERY RICH AND THE
MANY WHO ARE VERY POOR. >>BILL:
00:15:32.43\00:15:33.53
YES. >>PASTOR TONY: SO,
IT'S NOT A POPULAR THING
00:15:33.53\00:15:37.50
TO SAY TO A POOR
PERSON, 'OH, YOU'RE LUCKY'. WHAT
00:15:37.50\00:15:39.80
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YOU CAN BE HAPPY. THEY'LL SAY
00:15:39.80\00:15:40.96
I KNOW I COULD BE HAPPY
IF I HAD WHAT YOU HAD OR WHAT
00:15:40.96\00:15:48.96
OTHERS HAVE. BUT TO TELL
ME THAT I AM HAPPY BECAUSE
00:15:48.96\00:15:52.70
I AM POOR, THAT DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE. IT PROMPTS
00:15:52.70\00:15:53.76
A QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU
MEAN? >>BILL: YEAH. WHAT
00:15:53.76\00:15:59.56
IS HE TALKING ABOUT?
00:15:59.56\00:16:00.06
>>PASTOR TONY: YES. WHAT
GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND TO
00:16:00.06\00:16:04.66
TELL ME THAT MY BEING
POOR IS A SIGN OF GOOD FORTUNE,
00:16:04.66\00:16:11.63
OF HAPPINESS AND OF
BLESSEDNESS. AND THAT WAS
00:16:11.63\00:16:12.60
THE BEGINNING OF
CHRIST'S PRESENTATION OF THE
00:16:12.60\00:16:18.53
GOSPEL. INTERESTINGLY,
IF WE GO BACK A COUPLE OF
00:16:18.53\00:16:26.06
DAYS BEFORE THE BEGINNING
OF HIS MINISTRY, IN LUKE
00:16:26.06\00:16:27.20
CHAPTER 4, THAT IS
JUST BEFORE THE SERMON ON
00:16:27.20\00:16:38.16
THE MOUNT, CHRIST IS
IN NAZARETH.>>BILL: OKAY.
00:16:38.16\00:16:41.96
>>PASTOR TONY:.AND HE
IS, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
00:16:41.96\00:16:42.96
PREACHING IN HIS OWN
TOWN IN THE SYNAGOGUE. IN LUKE
00:16:42.96\00:16:47.43
4 AND VERSE 16, AND THEN
IN VERSE 18 HE SAYS, "THE
00:16:47.43\00:16:55.13
SPIRIT OF THE LORD
IS ON ME BECAUSE HE HAS
00:16:55.13\00:16:56.06
ANNOINTED ME TO PREACH
GOOD NEWS", NOW, NOTICE
00:16:56.06\00:17:01.03
WHAT IS THE NEXT
SENTENCE, "TO THE POOR". >>BILL:
00:17:01.03\00:17:08.00
WOW. >>PASTOR TONY: HE
DOESN'T SAY TO PREACH GOOD
00:17:08.00\00:17:09.03
NEWS TO THE
PEACEMAKERS OR TO THOSE WHO ARE
00:17:09.03\00:17:11.33
PERSECUTED. HE COULD HAVE
SAID THAT BUT HE STARTS BY
00:17:11.33\00:17:16.30
SAYING "TO THE POOR".
00:17:16.30\00:17:16.80
YOU MAY SAY, WELL, HE
WAS QUOTING ISIAH. YES, HE
00:17:16.80\00:17:21.13
WAS, INTENTIONALLY.
00:17:21.13\00:17:21.60
BUT HE CHOSE A TEXT THAT
ADDRESSED THE CONDITION OF
00:17:21.60\00:17:27.86
THE POOR. IN
CHRIST'S HEART, THERE WAS A
00:17:27.86\00:17:28.76
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
COMPASSION FOR THE POOR.
00:17:28.76\00:17:37.23
AFTER ALL, WASN'T HE POOR?
00:17:37.23\00:17:37.76
>>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR
TONY: WHEN THE DISCIPLES
00:17:37.76\00:17:40.50
ASKED HIM, WHERE DO YOU
LIVE? HE SAYS I DON'T HAVE
00:17:40.50\00:17:46.46
ANYWHERE TO RECLINE
MY HEAD. HE DIDN'T OWN A
00:17:46.46\00:17:47.40
HOUSE; HE DIDN'T HAVE
ANY MATERIAL POSSESSIONS. HE
00:17:47.40\00:17:52.36
LIVED OUT OF THE
GOODNESS OF SOME WOMEN WHO WERE
00:17:52.36\00:17:59.40
WELL-TO-DO, WHO
FINANCED HIS MINISTRY. IN THAT
00:17:59.40\00:18:00.43
SENSE, I WISH TO SAY
THAT CHRIST'S MINISTRY AND
00:18:00.43\00:18:09.16
THE MINISTRY OF "IT
IS WRITTEN" RESEMBLE EACH
00:18:09.16\00:18:12.43
OTHER IN SOME WAYS
BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF THE
00:18:12.43\00:18:13.33
GENEROUSITY
OF.>>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>PASTOR
00:18:13.33\00:18:17.36
TONY:.PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE IN GOD'S WORD IN "IT IS
00:18:17.36\00:18:20.36
WRITTEN" THAT PROGRAMS
LIKE THIS ARE PRESENTED
00:18:20.36\00:18:21.46
TO THE WORLD. >>BILL: YES.
00:18:21.46\00:18:26.56
>>PASTOR TONY: AND IT
WAS OUT OF THE GENEROSITY OF
00:18:26.56\00:18:27.56
THOSE WOMEN THAT
CHRIST WAS ABLE TO GO WITH HIS
00:18:27.56\00:18:29.60
DISCIPLES AND PREACH
THE GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR.
00:18:29.60\00:18:36.46
>>BILL: OUR TIME IS
ZIPPING BY. WE'VE GOT
00:18:36.46\00:18:37.30
ABOUT 5 MINUTES LEFT.
WHY MUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
00:18:37.30\00:18:41.53
WERE A VIEWER WATCHING
HERE TODAY, WHY DO THEY
00:18:41.53\00:18:47.96
HAVE TO BE POOR? WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN TO THEM TODAY
00:18:47.96\00:18:49.16
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
TO US TODAY? BECAUSE IN
00:18:49.16\00:18:50.86
OUR SOCIETY, WE DON'T
WANT ANYTHING THAT HAS ANYTHING
00:18:50.86\00:18:52.93
TO DO WITH POOR. >>PASTOR
TONY: YEAH, WELL, THE MOST
00:18:52.93\00:18:54.00
POPULAR GOSPEL TODAY
IS THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH.
00:18:54.00\00:18:58.86
>>BILL: YES, ABSOLUTELY.
00:18:58.86\00:18:59.43
>>PASTOR TONY: IT'S SAYING
TO PEOPLE, GOD IS GOING TO
00:18:59.43\00:19:02.86
BLESS YOU, YOU WILL HAVE
AS MANY MATERIAL GOODS AS
00:19:02.86\00:19:07.83
YOU CHOOSE TO, AND THAT
WILL BE THE SIGN THAT YOU
00:19:07.83\00:19:08.86
ARE REALLY LEADING
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. SO,
00:19:08.86\00:19:12.83
A MESSAGE OF POVERTY IS
NEVER A POPULAR MESSAGE.
00:19:12.83\00:19:17.83
BUT, CHRIST HERE IS
NOT ONLY ADDRESSING THE
00:19:17.83\00:19:18.73
POVERTY THAT WE EXPERIENCE
IN LACK OF MATERIAL GOODS
00:19:18.73\00:19:25.13
BUT HE SAYS, "BLESSED
ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT". HE
00:19:25.13\00:19:30.53
SAYS THAT IN MATTHEW.
00:19:30.53\00:19:31.03
LUKE DOESN'T HAVE THAT
BUT MATTHEW HAS IT, "THE POOR
00:19:31.03\00:19:33.53
IN SPIRIT". WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN? >>BILL: YES.
00:19:33.53\00:19:34.53
>>PASTOR TONY: SOME
PEOPLE SAY I KNOW WHAT IT
00:19:34.53\00:19:38.53
MEANS, IT MEANS THE I.Q.
00:19:38.53\00:19:39.00
CHALLENGED. IT MEANS
THOSE WHO'S MIND IS NOT VERY
00:19:39.00\00:19:46.46
BRIGHT ARE POOR IN SPIRIT
WELL, PERHAPS THAT WAS NOT
00:19:46.46\00:19:53.76
EXACTLY WHAT CHRIST
WAS REFERRING TO. I BELIEVE
00:19:53.76\00:19:54.80
THAT HE WAS MAKING
A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE
00:19:54.80\00:20:00.10
PHAROSY'S WHO HAD
THE SPIRITUAL WEALTH OF
00:20:00.10\00:20:06.76
KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY
KEPT TO THEMSELVES, DEPRIVING
00:20:06.76\00:20:07.73
THE PEOPLE OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH.
00:20:07.73\00:20:14.76
>>BILL: RIGHT.
>>PASTOR TONY: JESUS SAID, "MY
00:20:14.76\00:20:18.80
PEOPLE DIE FOR LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE". AND SO, IT IS
00:20:18.80\00:20:19.93
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
TRUTH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD THAT
00:20:19.93\00:20:25.23
PEOPLE LACKED. AND HE
SAID TO THEM, 'YOU KNOW WHAT,
00:20:25.23\00:20:30.20
YOU ARE BLESSED BECAUSE
I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU THAT
00:20:30.20\00:20:31.23
WEALTH. THEY WERE
HOLDING IT FROM YOU. I AM HERE
00:20:31.23\00:20:37.26
TO REVEAL IT". I'M HERE
TO GIVE IT TO YOU IN ITS
00:20:37.26\00:20:41.86
COMPLETE ABUNDANCE.
00:20:41.86\00:20:42.33
>>BILL: ABUNDANCE.
00:20:42.33\00:20:42.73
>>PASTOR TONY: AND SO,
YOU WILL BE WEALTHY IN SPIRIT
00:20:42.73\00:20:44.93
BECAUSE THE TRUTH WILL
BE FULLY REVEALED TO YOU.
00:20:44.93\00:20:51.86
>>BILL: IT'S INTERESTING
THAT SOMETIMES SPIRITUAL
00:20:51.86\00:20:52.83
KNOWLEDGE,
UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S WORD DOES
00:20:52.83\00:20:58.80
TRANSLATE INTO SPIRITUAL
ARROGANCE. >>PASTOR TONY:
00:20:58.80\00:21:03.06
UNFORTUNATELY. AND THAT
WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO
00:21:03.06\00:21:04.10
THE PEOPLE IN THE TIME
OF CHRIST. HE HAD TO REBUKE
00:21:04.10\00:21:08.70
THE PHAROSY'S AND THE
SCRIBES, THE TEACHERS OF
00:21:08.70\00:21:12.96
THE LAW AT THE TIME
BECAUSE YOU DON'T GO INTO
00:21:12.96\00:21:13.93
THE KINGDOM AND YOU
DON'T ALLOW OTHERS TO
00:21:13.93\00:21:19.30
COME IN. IT IS AN AWESOME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU AND
00:21:19.30\00:21:23.56
ME, AS PASTORS, AS
PROCLAIMERS OF GOD'S
00:21:23.56\00:21:24.46
WORD.>>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR
TONY:.NOT TO HOLD BACK THE
00:21:24.46\00:21:29.36
TRUTH, THAT IS IN GOD'S
WORD, FROM HIS PEOPLE. OUR
00:21:29.36\00:21:33.56
TASK IS TO MAKE IT
AVAILABLE. >>BILL: YES.
00:21:33.56\00:21:34.50
>>PASTOR TONY: TO PRESENT
IT IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL,
00:21:34.50\00:21:38.06
IN THE MOST PERSUASIVE
WAY SO THAT WHEN THEY SEE IT
00:21:38.06\00:21:42.70
THEY WILL REJOICE LIKE
ONE WHO'S HUNGRY AND SEES A
00:21:42.70\00:21:43.76
TABLE THAT IS WELL
SET AND FULLY COVERED WITH
00:21:43.76\00:21:50.16
DELICIOUS FOOD. THEY
WILL SALIVATE. AND OUR TASK IS
00:21:50.16\00:21:54.96
TO MAKE PEOPLE SALIVATE
BECAUSE OF THE GOODNESS OF
00:21:54.96\00:21:56.03
GOD'S WORD. >>BILL: YES.
00:21:56.03\00:22:00.16
>>PASTOR TONY:.THAT
WE PRESENT FOR THEIR
00:22:00.16\00:22:01.06
CONSUMPTION. >>BILL: YES.
00:22:01.06\00:22:02.83
I HEARD A PASTOR, TWO
PASTORS, ONCE TALKING AND
00:22:02.83\00:22:03.83
ONE SAID, WELL, MY JOB
AS THE PASTOR IS TO LEAD THE
00:22:03.83\00:22:06.86
HORSE TO THE WATER.
THAT'S ALL I CAN DO IS LEAD HIM
00:22:06.86\00:22:10.06
TO THE WATER. THE
OTHER PASTOR SAID, NO, YOUR
00:22:10.06\00:22:11.06
JOB IS TO MAKE THE
HORSE THIRSTY. >>PASTOR TONY:
00:22:11.06\00:22:13.36
THAT IS TRUE. THAT IS
TRUE. WHEN WE PRESENT THE
00:22:13.36\00:22:18.73
WATER OF LIFE THAT
GENERATES A TREMENDOUS
00:22:18.73\00:22:19.63
THIRST. YOU REMEMBER THE
WOMAN AT THE WELL.>>BILL:
00:22:19.63\00:22:26.43
YES. >>PASTOR TONY:.THE
MOMENT CHRIST PRESENTED
00:22:26.43\00:22:28.63
HER THE WATER OF LIFE,
SHE DIDN'T THINK OF THAT
00:22:28.63\00:22:29.70
WELL ANYMORE.
>>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>PASTOR
00:22:29.70\00:22:34.43
TONY: SUDDENLY, SHE HAD
A TREMENDOUS DESIRE FOR THE
00:22:34.43\00:22:36.90
WATER THAT CHRIST
COULD OFFER. SO, IF WE COULD
00:22:36.90\00:22:38.03
PRESENT THE GOSPEL IN
SUCH AN ATTRACTIVE WAY I
00:22:38.03\00:22:41.86
BELIEVE THE PEOPLE
WOULD FLOCK TO RECEIVE THE
00:22:41.86\00:22:46.00
BLESSING THAT CHRIST
HAS ENCLOSED IN IT. >>BILL:
00:22:46.00\00:22:47.00
WELL, PASTOR, I LOOK
FORWARD TO SPENDING THIS
00:22:47.00\00:22:50.50
IMPORTANT TIME WITH YOU
ON THE NEXT EIGHT PROGRAMS.
00:22:50.50\00:22:55.00
>>PASTOR TONY: THANK YOU.
00:22:55.00\00:22:55.66
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT TOO.
00:22:55.66\00:22:56.16
>>BILL: THANK YOU,
PASTOR, FOR BEING HERE.
00:22:56.16\00:22:58.10
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW TRUE
HAPPINESS, THE BIBLE SAYS,
00:22:58.10\00:23:02.03
YOU MUST BE POOR
IN SPIRIT; YOU MUST
00:23:02.03\00:23:02.83
UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT
JESUS YOU ARE SPIRITUALLY
00:23:02.83\00:23:06.83
HELPLESS. IF YOU RECOGNIZE
YOUR SPIRITUAL POVERTY,
00:23:06.83\00:23:13.10
YOU WILL POSSESS
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
00:23:13.10\00:23:13.93
AUGUSTUS TOPLADY SUMMED
IT ALL UP THAT IN HIM, THE
00:23:13.93\00:23:20.06
ROCK OF AGES, WHERE HE
SAID, "NOTHING IN MY HAND
00:23:20.06\00:23:22.66
I BRING. SIMPLY TO THE
CROSS I CLING". WHEN YOU
00:23:22.66\00:23:23.63
ARE POOR IN SPIRIT, YOU
WILL PRAISE GOD AND THANK
00:23:23.63\00:23:30.50
HIS GRACE IN THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
00:23:30.50\00:23:34.80
IS A GIFT FROM HIM.
THE APOSTLE PAUL DISPLAYED
00:23:34.80\00:23:35.80
THAT ATTITUDE IN
1TIMOTHY 1:14, "THE GRACE OF OUR
00:23:35.80\00:23:40.23
LORD WAS EXCEEDINGLY
ABUNDANT. THOSE WHO ARE
00:23:40.23\00:23:45.13
POOR IN SPIRIT ARE FILLED
WITH THANKS. WHEN A PERSON
00:23:45.13\00:23:46.20
UNDERSTANDS WHO THEY
ARE IN LIGHT OF WHO GOD
00:23:46.20\00:23:51.63
IS ONLY HUMILITY TO GOD
CAN RESULT". THAT'S WHAT
00:23:51.63\00:23:56.56
STARTS THE WALK OF
HOLINESS. DOES THAT SPIRIT
00:23:56.56\00:23:57.53
OF HUMILITY MARK
YOUR LIFE? DO YOU LOVE THE
00:23:57.53\00:24:01.63
LORD, JESUS CHRIST?
LOVE FOR CHRIST REQUIRES A
00:24:01.63\00:24:07.10
HUMILITY THAT WILL
SERVE HIM. YOU KNOW, THOMAS
00:24:07.10\00:24:08.06
WATSON ONCE WROTE, "LOVE
IS A HUMBLE GRACE. IT DOES
00:24:08.06\00:24:10.86
NOT WALK ABROAD IN
STATE, IT WILL CREEP UPON ITS
00:24:10.86\00:24:15.96
HANDS, IT WILL STOOP AND
SUBMIT TO ANYTHING WHEREBY
00:24:15.96\00:24:17.00
IT MAY SERVICEABLE TO
CHRIST". BY HIS DEATH ON
00:24:17.00\00:24:21.90
THE CROSS, CHRIST
STOOPED FAR LOWER THAN ANY HUMAN
00:24:21.90\00:24:27.73
COULD EVER STOOP. LET ME
ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE
00:24:27.73\00:24:28.73
WE LEAVE. HOW LOW HAS
YOUR LOVE FOR CHRIST ENABLED
00:24:28.73\00:24:34.83
YOU TO STOOP FOR HIM
PASTOR, WOULD YOU PRAY
00:24:34.83\00:24:42.93
WITH OUR VIEWERS. >>PASTOR
TONY: I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
00:24:42.93\00:24:44.03
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT
A JOY IT IS TO SPEND TIME
00:24:44.03\00:24:49.90
LISTENING TO THE WORDS
OF JESUS RECORDED IN THE
00:24:49.90\00:24:55.43
GOSPEL. WE THANK YOU FOR
THE BEAUTY OF THIS SERMON
00:24:55.43\00:24:56.43
ON THE MOUNT WHEN
HE, ASSUMING HIS RIGHTFUL
00:24:56.43\00:25:02.76
ROLE AS THE TEACHER OF
TRUTH, EXPOUNDED ON THE
00:25:02.76\00:25:10.00
SIMPLICITY AND THE
BEAUTY OF HIS GOSPEL. LORD,
00:25:10.00\00:25:10.96
THANK YOU, BECAUSE IT
WAS PRESERVED FOR US TO
00:25:10.96\00:25:16.33
RECEIVE IT TODAY. MAY
WE ACCEPT THIS TEACHING AND
00:25:16.33\00:25:22.46
PRACTICE IT IN OUR LIVES.
00:25:22.46\00:25:23.00
MOREOVER, MAY WE
TRULY FOLLOW CHRIST AS OUR
00:25:23.00\00:25:28.83
TEACHER AND MASTER AND
FRIEND. FOR THAT IS OUR
00:25:28.83\00:25:29.83
PRAYER IN HIS HOLY NAME.
00:25:29.83\00:25:35.66
AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN.
00:25:35.66\00:25:37.63
(MUSIC)
00:25:38.03\00:25:52.06
>>BILL: I KNOW MANY OF
YOU WATCHING ARE ASKING HOW
00:25:53.36\00:25:54.43
DO I GET TO LEARN MORE
AND MORE ABOUT GOD'S WORD AND
00:25:54.43\00:25:57.30
THE TRUTHS CONTAINED IN
SCRIPTURE. WELL, I'LL TELL
00:25:57.30\00:26:01.16
YOU, ONE OF THE EASY
WAYS TO DO THAT IS TO ENROLL
00:26:01.16\00:26:02.33
TODAY IN THE DISCOVER
BIBLE SCHOOL PUT OUT BY
00:26:02.33\00:26:07.13
"IT IS WRITTEN" CANADA
YOU CAN DO THAT, WE WILL
00:26:07.13\00:26:10.30
SEND YOU LESSONS BY
MAIL, THERE'S NO OBLIGATION
00:26:10.30\00:26:11.30
ON YOUR PART, THERE'S
NO COST. WHAT YOU GET IS
00:26:11.30\00:26:14.93
A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
OF GOD'S WORD AND A BLESSING
00:26:14.93\00:26:19.20
IN YOUR LIFE. IF YOU'D
LIKE TO BEGIN TODAY HERE'S
00:26:19.20\00:26:20.36
THE INFORMATION YOU NEED
TO GET YOUR FIRST LESSON.
00:26:20.36\00:26:25.86
>>BILL: WELL, PASTOR
TONY, WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY
00:27:28.56\00:27:29.63
AND I KNOW YOU ARE GOING
TO BECOME A FAN FAVOURITE
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OF OUR VIEWERS WITH ALL
YOUR WONDERFUL INSIGHTS.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE. >>PASTOR
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TONY: THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INVITATION. >>BILL: THANK
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YOU. AND OUR VIEWERS,
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
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FAITHFULLY WEEK AFTER
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BACK WITH US NEXT TIME.
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REMEMBER THE WEBSITE,
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CAN SEND YOUR COMMENTS ON
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YOUR PRAYER REQUEST, IF
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EVEN SEND A DONATION.
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I HOPE WE'LL GET A CHANCE
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WILL BE OUR PRAYER.
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REMEMBER, IT IS
WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY
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BREAD ALONE BUT BY
EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS
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FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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(MUSIC)
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