>>BILL: IN THE 55TH
PSALM, DAVID WRITES OF THE PAIN
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HE EXPERIENCED FROM
THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND
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SORROWS OF LIFE. "OH,
THAT I HAD WINGS LIKE A DOVE,
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FOR THEN I WOULD FLY
AWAY AND BE AT REST. LO, THEN
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WHAT I WANDER FAR OFF
AND REMAIN IN THE WILDERNESS.
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I WOULD HASTEN MY
ESCAPE FROM THE WINDY STORM AND
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TEMPEST." DAVID WAS
ECHOING A THOUGHT MOST OF
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US HAVE HAD AT ONE TIME
OR ANOTHER IN LIFE. IF ONLY
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I COULD ESCAPE FROM MY
PROBLEMS AND FIND REST. WE
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DESIRE TO BE FREE FROM
THE ANGUISH OF THIS LIFE AND
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WE YEARN FOR THE
COMFORT IN THE FACE OF PAIN
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AND DISAPPOINTMENT. YET,
COMFORT IS OFTEN ELUSIVE.
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THEREFORE, MATTHEW
CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 4 SEEMS TO
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BE A PARADOX. "BLESSED
ARE THEY THAT MOURN FOR THEY
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SHALL BE COMFORTED."
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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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THE TEACHING OF
JESUS IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 5
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AND VERSE 4 SEEMS TO
BE CONTRARY TO OUR HUMAN
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EXPERIENCE. OUR SOCIETY
IS PLEASURE-MAD AND HAS AN
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ENTERTAINMENT PARK
MENTALITY. PEOPLE SPEND
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MUCH OF THEIR MONEY,
TIME AND ENERGY IN AN ATTEMPT
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TO BE ENTERTAINED.
THEY WANT TO ENJOY LIFE AND
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THEY WANT TO PUT
SORROW AND PAIN AS FAR AWAY AS
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POSSIBLE. JESUS SAID,
"WOE UNTO YOU THAT LAUGH NOW,
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FOR YOU SHALL MOURN
AND WEEP". CHRIST CONDEMNED
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THE SUPERFICIAL LAUGHTER
OF THE WORLD AND OFFERED
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BLESSING AND COMFORT TO
THOSE WHO MOURN. WELL, WE
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ARE CONTINUING OUR
STUDY OF THE BEATITUDES AND WE
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HAVE OUR TWO GUESTS
WITH US. RETURNING AGAIN IS
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PASTOR TONY BUENO.
PASTOR, WELCOME BACK. >>PASTOR
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TONY: THANK YOU, BILL.
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>>BILL: IT'S GOOD TO
HAVE YOU WITH US. AND WE HAVE
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PASTOR JESSE. PASTOR
JESSE, WELCOME. YOU ARE
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OUR INVITED GUEST HERE
FOR THIS SEGMENT AND WE'RE
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HAPPY THAT YOU ACCEPT
OUR INVITATION TO BE HERE.
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>>PASTOR JESSE: I'M
DELIGHTED TO BE HERE,
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BILL. THANK YOU FOR
THE INVITATION. I PRAISE
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THE LORD FOR GIVING ME A
CHANCE TO JOIN YOU IN THIS
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PROGRAM TODAY. >>BILL:
WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S AN
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HONOUR FOR US. PASTOR,
TELL US WHERE YOU PASTOR
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>>PASTOR JESSE: I'M
PRESENTLY PASTORING THE
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MOUNT ZION
PHILLIPINO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
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CHURCH. >>BILL: WHERE
IS THAT? >>PASTOR JESSE: IN
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DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO.
JUST ACROSS DOWNSVIEW
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PARK, ACTUALLY. >>BILL:
WONDERFUL. SO YOU'RE THERE
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SATURDAY MORNINGS?
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>>PASTOR JESSE:
WE'RE THERE EVERY SABBATH
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MORNING, SATURDAY
MORNINGS, FRIDAY NIGHTS
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AND WE ARE GOING TO BE
STARTING OUR SUNDAY BIBLE
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STUDY EVERY
AFTERNOON FOUR TO SIX IN THE
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AFTERNOON, IN THE CHURCH.
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>>BILL: IS THERE A WEBSITE
FOLKS CAN GO TO? >>PASTOR
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JESSE: OF COURSE, THEY
CAN ALWAYS VISIT OUR WEBSITE
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AT WWW.MTZION.CA.
>>BILL: WONDERFUL. AND IF ANY OF
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OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE IN
THE AREA AND WANT TO SEE
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PASTOR JESSE FACE-TO-FACE,
YOU'RE WELCOME TOVISIT
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>>PASTOR JESSE: OH,
WE'LL BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE
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PEOPLE COME AND JOIN
US IN OUR SERVICES IN THE
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CHURCH. >>BILL: WONDERFUL.
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TONY, WELCOME BACK.
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>>PASTOR TONY: THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU. >>BILL: WE
ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDY
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OF THE BEATITUDES AND
THE SAYINGS OF JESUS. SOME
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PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY
ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW. I
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THINK WE WOULD ALL
AGREE THEY ARE DEFINITELY
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COUNTER-CULTURAL. >>PASTOR
TONY: THEY ARE. THEY ARE.
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>>BILL: I MEAN THIS IS
NOT WHAT THE CULTURE TEACHES
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US. I MEAN, AS WE NOW
MOVE INTO VERSE 4 OF MATTHEW
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CHAPTER 5, "BLESSED
ARE THOSE THAT MOURN". MY
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GOODNESS, HOW - I MEAN
THE TRANSLATION WOULD BE
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'HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO
MOURN'. THAT DOESN'T MAKE
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SENSE. >>PASTOR TONY:
IT'S PARADOXICAL. IT'S CONTRARY
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TO LOGIC. AND ANYONE
WHO'D TAKE THAT LITERALLY WOULD
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SAY THAT DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE. >>BILL: YES.
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>>PASTOR TONY: IN FACT,
IT'S ALMOST UNUSEFUL. IN
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FACT, YOU TALK TO SOMEONE
WHO'S GRIEVING BECAUSE OF
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THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE
AND YOU SAY YOU ARE HAPPY
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YOU WOULD SAY NO, I
AM NOT. AND THERE IS
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SOMETHING WRONG WITH
YOU IF YOU TELL ME THAT I'M
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HAPPY, I'M VERY SAD.
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>>BILL: YES.
>>PASTOR TONY: .DEEPLY SAD. SO
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CHRIST IS TELLING US
SOMETHING THAT ON THE
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SURFACE DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE AND THEREFORE,
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IT PROMPTS THE HEARER TO
THINK AND TO WONDER, WHAT
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IS HE REALLY SAYING?
IT ENTICES YOU TO REFLECT,
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WHY IS JESUS SAYING
HAPPY ARE YOU WHEN YOU MOURN OR
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TO TAKE THE LUKEN
VERSION, HAPPY ARE YOU WHEN YOU
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WEEP. NOW, SOME PEOPLE
WEEP BECAUSE THEY LAUGH SO
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MUCH THAT THE TEARS
COME OUT OF THEIR EYES BUT
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THAT'S NOT THE CONTEXT
THE TEXT HERE REFERS TO
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THOSE WHO LAMENT. THOSE
WHO GRIEVE EITHER FOR THE
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DEATH OF A LOVE ONE OR
FOR A GREAT LOSS, A TRAGIC
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LOSS IN THEIR LIVES. IT'S
TO THOSE PEOPLE JESUS SAID
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YOUR HAPPY. >>BILL: NOW,
IS THERE ANYTHING GOING ON
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AT THE TIME IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE SOCIETY THAT WOULD
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HAVE PROMPTED JESUS TO,
I MEAN, TO BRING A WORD OF
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COMFORT TO THOSE WHO
ARE LAMENTING. I MEAN, WHAT
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WAS GOING ON AT THIS TIME?
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>>PASTOR TONY: I GUESS
THE REALITY THEN WAS MUCH LIKE
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THE REALITY AT ALL
TIMES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
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HISTORY. EVER SINCE SIN
ENTERED THIS WORLD DEATH
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HAS BEEN A REALITY THAT
WE ALL FACED. GOD SAID TO
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ADAM AND EVE, 'THE DAY
YOU EAT OF THE FORBIDDEN
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FRUIT, YOU WILL DIE',
AND ADAM AND EVE ATE OF THE
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FRUIT. AND SINCE
THEN DEATH HAS BEEN THE
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EXPERIENCE OF HUMANITY.
WE END OUR LIVES GIVING UP
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THE GHOST, BREATHING OUR
LAST. AND THOSE LIVES ARE
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VERY SHORT. >>BILL: YES.
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>>PASTOR TONY: THEY
LAST, WHAT? SEVENTY, EIGHTY
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YEARS. IN RARE CASES,
ANYONE REACHES 100 OR A
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FEW YEARS OVER 100
BUT WE START BY LOSING THE
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OLDER GENERATIONS.
EVERY CHILD LOSES HIS OR HER
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GRANDPARENTS FIRST.
THEN WE GROW UP AND WE BECOME
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ADULTS AND WE LOSE OUR
PARENTS. AND I'M SURE THAT
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OUR VIEWERS CAN RELATE
TO THIS REALITY OF BECOMING
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ORPHANS. MANY OF US ARE
EITHER ORPHANS OF FATHER
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OR MOTHER OR BOTH. AND
THEN IT'S OUR TURN TO LOSE
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SIBLINGS AND EVENTUALLY,
WE COME TO OUR END. IT'S A
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TRAGEDY. AND CHRIST
CONFRONTS THAT FUNDAMENTAL
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TRAGEDY OF HUMANITY
SAYING, 'YOU ARE BLESSED,
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YOU WHO MOURN'. NOW WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND, WHY?
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>>BILL: YES. WHY? HOW
CAN YOU - WHY IS THERE A
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BLESSING ASSOCIATED
WITH THOSE WHO ARE MOURNING
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OR GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A
LOVED ONE? >>PASTOR JESSE:
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MOURNING HAS A SPECIAL
AND ETERNAL PURPOSE FOR GOD'S
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CHILDREN. YOU SELFISH
SORROW REMINDS US THAT
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THIS WORLD CANNOT
TRULY SATISFY. IT REMINDS US
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THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE
US EVERLASTING SATISFACTION
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THE SORROW CAUSED BY THE
DEATH OF A LOVED ONE WOULD
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INEVITABLY HELP US TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PLACE,
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THIS WORLD IS NOT A
PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR
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US. AND SO IT DRIVES US
TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THE WORD
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OF GOD AND TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS A GOD WHO IS
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IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING.
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THERE IS A GOD WHO
PROMISES COMFORT FOR HIS
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CHILDREN AND THERE'S A
GOD WHO STANDS BESIDE US
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IN TIMES OF MOURNING AND
GRIEF. >>BILL: I THINK IT
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WAS MAX LUCADO ONCE,
YOU KNOW, I READ AND HE SAID
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SOMETHING ABOUT HOW
FOR MOST OF THE CHALLENGES
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IN LIFE THERE ARE
SOME OPTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS.
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YOU KNOW, POP PSYCHOLOGY
CAN OFFER SOLUTIONS FOR,
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MAYBE, ANXIETY. YOU
KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO GO AND
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DO YOUR BEST THERE ARE
QUOTES, THERE ARE EXPERTS
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OUT THERE THAT CAN
GIVE YOU A PEP TALK AND
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ENCOURAGE YOU. BUT
WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE'S MOST
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DIFFICULT MOMENT WHICH
IS, WHICH IS DEATH THERE IS
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NOTHING IN THIS WORLD
THAT CAN COMFORT AND BRING THAT
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COMFORT. >>PASTOR TONY:
THERE IS NO ANSWER, HUMAN
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ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM
OF DEATH. IT'S ONE BEFORE
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WHICH WE ARE ALL
POWERLESS. AND EVEN
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ADVANCED MEDICAL
SCIENCE HAS TO BOW BEFORE THE
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INEVITABILITY OF DEATH.
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>>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR
TONY: AND AT ONE POINT THE
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PHYSICIANS WILL SAY TO
THE RELATIVES OF THE ONE
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FACING DEATH, 'I'M
SORRY I HAVE DONE ALL I COULD.
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THERE IS NO FURTHER HELP'.
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AND THAT GRIPS THE HEART.
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>>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR
TONY: THAT MAKES US MOURN.
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IT MAKES US GRIEVE. I
LOST MY MOTHER 13 YEARS AGO,
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NOW, AND STILL THERE IS
A VOID IN MY HEART. >>BILL:
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SURE. >>PASTOR
TONY: A VOID THAT TIME OR
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ANYBODY ELSE CANNOT FILL.
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AND THERE IS A SENSE OF
EMPTINESS BECAUSE A VERY
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IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY
LIFE IS NO LONGER THERE.
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EVERYONE WHO HAS
EXPERIENCED A LOSS NEEDS
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TO HEAR THIS GOOD NEWS
OF JESUS. AND CHRIST IS HERE
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PRESENTING HIS GOSPEL
IS THE GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE
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WHO MOURN. >>BILL: YES.
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>>PASTOR TONY: IT'S
A COMFORTING MESSAGE TO
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EVERYONE WHO HAS FACED
A LOSS. >>BILL: YOU KNOW,
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I GET TO VISIT A LOT OF
CHURCHES AS YOU GENTLEMEN
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DO AND I'VE LEARNED
THAT BEHIND EVERY FACE IS A
00:10:05.33\00:10:09.70
STORY. >>PASTOR TONY:
YEAH, YEAH. >>BILL: AND
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THE ONE THING THAT
RINGS VERY TRUE WITH THAT
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IS THERE IS A LOT OF
SUFFERING. SO HOW IS THE
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COMFORTING?
BECAUSE THERE'S SORT OF AN
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INEVITABILITY WITH THE
MOURNING BUT THEN THERE'S
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THE, WE WOULD SAY,
REWARD THAT JESUS SAYS, RIGHT?
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YOU WILL BE COMFORTED.
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HOW? WHERE IS THE COMFORT?
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WHAT WOULD WE SAY TO
SOMEONE THAT IS MOURNING
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RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD
BE THE COMFORT? >>PASTOR
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JESSE: COMFORT, I BELIEVE,
COMES FROM THE ASSURANCE
00:10:35.70\00:10:36.73
THAT GOD IS REAL. THAT
GOD IS WITH US. AND THAT GOD
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IS ABLE TO HELP US DEAL
WITH THE CRISIS, WITH THE
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MOURNING, WITH THE
GRIEF THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING
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WHILE MOURNING IS REAL,
GOD IS REAL AS WELL. AND
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GOD WORKS THROUGH
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ONE OF OUR
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MEMBERS IN THE CHURCH
JUST SUFFERED A LOSS OF A DEAR
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LOVED ONE, A HUSBAND,
AND RIGHT NOW THE CHURCH IS
00:11:01.16\00:11:06.16
RALLYING AROUND THIS
LADY WHO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF
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THIS CHURCH FOR SO LONG.
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SHE CALLED ME A FEW
DAYS AGO, ASKED ME FOR PRAYER
00:11:11.93\00:11:13.76
AND AFTER THE PRAYER
SHE TOLD ME, 'THANK YOU,
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PASTOR, THAT WAS A
REAL SOURCE OF COMFORT'. AND
00:11:14.70\00:11:18.86
SO THE COMFORT LIES IN
KNOWING THAT GOD'S WORD
00:11:18.86\00:11:23.26
CAN BE TRUSTED AND
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HERE
00:11:23.26\00:11:24.30
TO REMIND US OF GOD'S
VERY REAL PRESENCE IN OUR
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LIVES. AND THE BIBLE
TELLS US THAT WHILE DEATH MAY
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CAUSE SEPARATION FROM
OUR LOVE ONE, YET, DEATH IS
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BUT A TIME OF - YOU
KNOW IT'S A SHORT TIME,
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PROBABLY BE A LONG TIME
BUT THERE WILL BE A TIME
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OF GRAND REUNION WITH
A LOVED ONE WHOM WE HAVE
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LOST. AND SO THE
COMFORT LIES IN THE ASSURANCES
00:11:50.50\00:11:54.23
AND THE PROMISES AND
FULFILLMENT OF GOD IN OUR
00:11:54.23\00:11:58.53
LIVES. >>BILL: YES.
00:11:58.53\00:11:59.00
>>PASTOR TONY: I SEE
THAT CHRIST PRESENTS TWO SIDES
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TO THE COMFORT THAT
HE OFFERS. ONE THAT HE IS
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COMFORT BECAUSE OF WHAT
HE DOES FOR US NOW. >>BILL:
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OKAY. >>PASTOR TONY:
AND THEN A SECOND BECAUSE OF
00:12:13.26\00:12:17.76
WHAT HE WILL DO FOR US
SOON. >>BILL: SO THERE'S
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AN IMMEDIATE BENEFIT AND
A FUTURE BENEFIT. >>PASTOR
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TONY: EXACTLY. >>BILL:
OKAY. >>PASTOR TONY: SO
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THE IMMEDIATE BENEFIT
IN SCRIPTURE WE FIND HIS
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PRESENCE IS WITH US. HE
SAYS, EVEN THOUGH I WALK
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THROUGH THE VALLEY OF
THE SHADOW OF DEATH I FEEL NO
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EVIL BECAUSE YOU ARE
WITH ME. SO, THE ABIDING
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PRESENCE OF GOD, OF HE
WHO IS IMMANUEL 'GOD WITH US',
00:12:35.60\00:12:40.53
WHO PROMISED I WILL BE
WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO
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THE END OF THE EARTH,
EVEN TO THE END OF THE LIFE OF
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YOUR LOVED ONES, EVEN TO
THE END OF YOUR OWN LIFE,
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HE SAYS, I WILL ABIDE
WITH YOU. SO THAT ASSURANCE OF
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HIS PRESENCE BY OUR
SIDE BRINGS US COMFORT. THERE
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IS NOTHING WORSE THAN
TO GRIEVE ALONE AND CHRIST
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SAYS I WILL GRIEVE WITH
YOU. HE ALSO SAYS TO US AS
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CHRISTIANS, REJOICE
WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE AND
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GRIEVE OR MOURN WITH
THOSE WHO MOURN. SO HE BRINGS
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IN THE COMPONENT OF
THOSE FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS,
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FELLOW BELIEVERS WHO
COME IN AND OFFER THEIR
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SHOULDER FOR US TO WEEP
AND TO CRY AND WHO GRIEVE
00:13:16.96\00:13:20.43
WITH US, WHO JOIN WITH
US IN THE SENSE OF LOSS. ALL
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THAT IS A COMFORT NOW
BUT THEN THERE IS ANOTHER
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COMPONENT, THERE IS A
COMFORT AFTER AND CHRIST
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IS CHRIST THAT COMFORT
IN THE FORM OF PROMISES. WE
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FIND HIM IN 1CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 15, WE FIND HIM IN
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1THESSALONIANS, CHAPTER 4.
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VERY INTERESTING THE TEXT
IN 1THESSALONIANS. I WOULD
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LIKE TO READ THE BEGINNING
OF THAT PASSAGE BECAUSE
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PAUL SAYS
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL THERE.
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1THESSALONIANS 4 AND
VERSE 13, HE SAYS, "BROTHERS,
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WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO
BE IGNORANT ABOUT THOSE
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WHO FALL ASLEEP. OR TO
GRIEVE", THAT IS TO MOURN,
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"LIKE THE REST OF
MAN WHO HAVE NO HOPE". IN
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OTHER WORDS,
SCRIPTURE IS PRESENTING TO
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US A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST
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WHO HAVE A HOPE AND
THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ACCEPTED
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HIM YET AND WHO THEREFORE
DON'T HAVE YET THAT HOPE.
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IT'S WHAT THE BIBLE
CALLS THE BLESSED HOPE. >>BILL:
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YES. >>PASTOR TONY:
AND IT'S THE HOPE OF THAT
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RESURRECTION THAT GOD
WILL BRING ABOUT BECAUSE CHRIST
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ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND
SO THOSE WHO DIE IN CHRIST
00:14:45.96\00:14:52.33
WILL ALSO RISE FROM
THE DEAD. SO, THE SECOND
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COMPONENT TO THE
COMFORT THAT SCRIPTE BRINGS
00:14:53.26\00:14:57.53
TO THOSE WHO MOURN IS
THE ASSURANCE THAT THERE WILL
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BE A RESURRECTION.
THERE WILL BE A REUNION. THERE
00:15:01.96\00:15:02.93
WILL BE A TIME WHEN LIFE
WILL BE RESTORED, NOT FOR
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A WHILE, BUT FOR ETERNITY
AND THAT CERTAINLY BRINGS
00:15:08.63\00:15:14.36
COMFORT TO THE HEART
OF THE ONE WHO MOURNS
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>>BILL: RIGHT. SO JESUS
IS NOT SAYING, BY WEEPING
00:15:15.30\00:15:20.50
OVER THE LOSS OF A LOVED
ONE YOU ARE SHOWING A LACK
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OF FAITH OR A LACK OF
BELIEF BUT THAT'S NATU -
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BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE GRIEVING THAT
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ONE GOES THROUGH WHEN
THEY BELIEVE THAT THE GRAVE
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DOES NOT MARK THE END.
ONE DAY JESUS WILL RETURN AND
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AS PAUL SAID, THE DEAD
IN CHRIST WILL RISE, WILL
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RISE FIRST AND WILL ENTER
INTO AN ETERNITY WITH HIM.
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THAT HAS SUSTAINED
CHRISTIANS FOR THOUSANDS
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OF YEARS, HASN'T IT?
I MEAN, WHEN THEY FACE
00:15:48.43\00:15:53.46
TERRIBLE PERSECUTION AND
DEATH ON THE STAKE, THAT'S
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WHAT SUSTAINED THEM.
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KNOWING THAT THIS IS
TEMPORARY, THAT ONE DAY
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THEY WILL LIVE IN GLORY.
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>>PASTOR TONY: THE
LOSS THAT WE EXPERIENCE FOR
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TODAY IS ONLY FOR A TIME.
00:16:04.00\00:16:04.53
CHRIST WILL RESTORE LIFE
AND REUNITE US WITH THOSE
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THAT PRECEEDED US IN
DEATH. IT'S INTERESTING
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THAT IN THE BOOK
OF REVELATION WE FIND
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A PROMISE THAT SOMEHOW
PARALLELS THE ONE HERE IN
00:16:17.86\00:16:25.73
THE BEATITUDES THAT WE
ARE CONSIDERING. AND THAT IS
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IN REVELATION CHAPTER 14.
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AND RIGHT THERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE BOOK, IN A
00:16:30.76\00:16:31.83
PASSAGE THAT IS CONSIDERED
TO BE CENTRAL TO THE BOOK
00:16:31.83\00:16:37.20
OF REVELATION, REVELATION
14 AND VERSE 13 WE READ
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THE FOLLOWING: "THEN I
HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN
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SAY RIGHT, BLESSED ARE
THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD
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FROM NOW ON. YES, SAYS
THE SPIRIT. THEY WILL REST
00:16:59.03\00:17:03.86
FROM THEIR LABOUR FOR
THEIR DEEDS WILL FOLLOW
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THEM". SO, BLESSED
AGAIN, BLESSED THOSE WHO MOURN,
00:17:04.86\00:17:13.50
JESUS SAID, BLESSED
THOSE WHO DIE IN CHRIST FOR
00:17:13.50\00:17:19.00
THEIR DEEDS WILL
FOLLOW THEM. THERE IS A
00:17:19.00\00:17:19.86
CONSOLATION IN THAT HOPE
AND THEN THERE IS A FINAL
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CONSOLATION. I CAN'T
HELP BUT QUOTE ONE MORE VERSE,
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BILL. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY.
00:17:29.80\00:17:30.33
ABSOLUTELY. >>PASTOR
TONY: THIS IS 'IT IS WRITTEN',
00:17:30.33\00:17:32.23
RIGHT? >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY,
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
00:17:32.23\00:17:33.26
>>PASTOR TONY: SO WE WANT
TO GO TO SCRIPTURE. AND IN
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THE BOOK OF REVELATION
IN CHAPTER 21 AND IN VERSE 4
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WE HAVE THERE A
BEAUTIFUL, COMFORTING PROMISE
00:17:44.40\00:17:45.36
REFERRING TO CHRIST, IT
SAID, "HE WILL WIPE EVERY
00:17:45.36\00:17:54.26
TEAR FROM THEIR EYES
THERE WILL BE NO MORE
00:17:54.26\00:18:03.00
DEATH OR MOURNING OR
CRYING OR PAIN FOR THE OLD
00:18:03.00\00:18:04.00
ORDER OF THINGS HAS
PASSED AWAY. AND HE WHO WAS
00:18:04.00\00:18:11.33
SITTING ON THE
THRONE HAS SAID I AM MAKING
00:18:11.33\00:18:18.26
EVERYTHING NEW". WHAT
A COMFORTING PROMISE..
00:18:18.26\00:18:19.33
>>BILL: ABSOLUTELY.
00:18:19.33\00:18:23.16
>>PASTOR TONY:.WE HAVE.
00:18:23.16\00:18:23.70
>>BILL: YES, IT'S HARD
TO WATCH THINGS GROW OLD,
00:18:23.70\00:18:25.50
ISN'T IT? >>PASTOR TONY:
YES. >>BILL: IT'S HARD TO
00:18:25.50\00:18:26.63
WATCH US GROW OLD BUT
IT'S VERY COMFORTING TO KNOW
00:18:26.63\00:18:29.30
THAT ONE DAY
EVERYTHING WILL BE MADE NEW ONCE
00:18:29.30\00:18:37.53
AGAIN. PASTOR JESSE, HOW
DOES SOMEONE DEVELOP THIS
00:18:37.53\00:18:38.63
KIND OF ASSURANCE IN
JESUS CHRIST THAT THEN
00:18:38.63\00:18:44.10
TRANSLATES INTO THIS
KIND OF COMFORT? I MEAN, THIS
00:18:44.10\00:18:47.26
MUST BE SOMETHING YOU
FACE ALL THE TIME PASTORING
00:18:47.26\00:18:48.30
A CHURCH, RIGHT?
MEETING PEOPLE THAT ARE AT
00:18:48.30\00:18:52.20
DIFFERENT LEVELS IN
THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
00:18:52.20\00:18:56.36
CHRIST AND WHEN CHALLENGES
COME - I THINK THAT WHEN
00:18:56.36\00:18:57.53
CHALLENGES COME INTO
LIFE IT EITHER DRIVES YOU TO
00:18:57.53\00:19:03.53
GOD OR DRIVES YOU AWAY
FROM GOD.>>PASTOR JESSE:
00:19:03.53\00:19:06.33
YES. >>BILL:.RIGHT?
00:19:06.33\00:19:06.80
HOW DOES SOMEONE THAT'S
WATCHING HERE SAY I WANT
00:19:06.80\00:19:09.20
TO HAVE THAT KIND OF -
MAYBE THEIR GRIEVING RIGHT
00:19:09.20\00:19:10.23
NOW OR GOING THROUGH A
TERRIBLE SITUATION. WHAT
00:19:10.23\00:19:12.50
DO THEY DO? >>PASTOR
JESSE: IT'S A MATTER OF
00:19:12.50\00:19:15.00
MAKING THE WORD OF
GOD CENTRAL IN A PERSON'S
00:19:15.00\00:19:15.96
LIFE. I MEAN, WHEN I'M
A CHRISTIAN THAT SIMPLY
00:19:15.96\00:19:20.00
MEANS THAT THE BIBLE IS
CENTRAL IN MY LIFE. AND WE
00:19:20.00\00:19:25.23
FIND COMFORT IN THE
ASSURANCE OF GOD'S WORD
00:19:25.23\00:19:26.20
IN OUR LIVES. I MEAN, IF
I DON'T' READ MY BIBLE, IF I
00:19:26.20\00:19:31.16
DON'T MEDITATE ON IT, IF
I DON'T STUDY IT, IF I DON'T
00:19:31.16\00:19:34.33
REFLECT ON IT, I WON'T
RECEIVE THE PROMISES OF
00:19:34.33\00:19:35.33
COMFORT THAT GOD
WANTS ME TO RECEIVE IN THIS
00:19:35.33\00:19:39.56
LIFE. THE PROMISE OF
HIS PRESENCE AND THE PROMISE
00:19:39.56\00:19:44.16
OF ETERNAL LIFE THE
BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT. AND SO, AS
00:19:44.16\00:19:45.16
A PASTOR, WHAT I DO
ALWAYS IS PRESENT THE WORD OF
00:19:45.16\00:19:49.56
GOD, AS IT IS, TO
GOD'S PEOPLE. >>BILL: IMMERSE
00:19:49.56\00:19:56.96
YOURSELF
IN.>>PASTOR JESSE: GOD'S WORD.
00:19:56.96\00:19:57.83
>>BILL:.GOD'S WORD.
AND PROBABLY SEEK OUT
00:19:57.83\00:20:01.83
LIKE-MINDED.>>PASTOR
JESSE: INDIVIDUALS.
00:20:01.83\00:20:05.30
>>BILL:.LIKE-MINDED
CHRISTIANS, RIGHT? THAT
00:20:05.30\00:20:06.36
WILL BE THERE FOR YOU
AS A SUPPORT. TO ENCOURAGE
00:20:06.36\00:20:08.70
YOU, NOT ONLY IN THE
STUDY OF GOD'S WORD BUT THROUGH
00:20:08.70\00:20:10.60
THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
00:20:10.60\00:20:11.20
>>PASTOR TONY: WHEN WE
EXPERIENCE A LOSS WE ARE
00:20:11.20\00:20:17.33
THROWN DOWN.>>BILL: YES.
00:20:17.33\00:20:17.83
>>PASTOR TONY:.BY THE
LAWS. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE
00:20:17.83\00:20:24.10
THROW THEMSELVES ON
A BED AND WEEP. IT'S
00:20:24.10\00:20:24.96
VERY DIFFICULT TO
MOURN STANDING WITH AN ERECT
00:20:24.96\00:20:32.00
HEAD AND LOOKING AT THE
WORLD. NO, MOURNING THROWS
00:20:32.00\00:20:36.50
YOU DOWN. AND I THINK
THAT THAT PROMISES TO LOOK THE
00:20:36.50\00:20:37.70
ONLY WAY WE CAN LOOK
WHEN WE ARE DOWN AND IT IS UP.
00:20:37.70\00:20:43.96
AND, SO, IN OUR MOMENT
OF GREATEST DESPAIR WHEN ALL
00:20:43.96\00:20:51.03
WE SEE IS A BED COVER,
WHEN ALL WE SEE IS BELOW,
00:20:51.03\00:20:52.03
GOD IS SAYING LOOK UP, I
AM HERE AND I AM HERE FOR
00:20:52.03\00:21:00.80
YOU AND I HAVE A PROMISE,
YOU CAN TRUST ME, YOU CAN
00:21:00.80\00:21:07.10
FIND STRENGTH IN WHAT I
AM PROMISING YOU. SO WHEN
00:21:07.10\00:21:08.13
I MEET SOMEBODY THAT
IS GRIEVING I ALWAYS TRY
00:21:08.13\00:21:13.56
TO POINT UP AND HELP
THE PERSON TO LOOK ABOVE AND
00:21:13.56\00:21:20.20
BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE
REALITY TO THE ONE THAT
00:21:20.20\00:21:21.16
GOD HAS PROMISED TO US.
00:21:21.16\00:21:26.00
>>BILL EARLIER, THAT'S WHAT'S
00:21:26.00\00:21:26.93
SUSTAINED CHRISTIANS
THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES,
00:21:26.93\00:21:29.96
HASN'T IT? AND THAT'S
THE BLESSING AND THAT'S THE
00:21:29.96\00:21:33.96
BLESSED HOPE. WE
HAVE ABOUT 3 OR 4 MINUTES
00:21:33.96\00:21:34.83
LEFT ARE THERE MAYBE
SOME CLOSING REMARKS YOU WANT
00:21:34.83\00:21:36.36
TO GET IN BEFORE -
BECAUSE TIME FLIES BY ON THESE
00:21:36.36\00:21:38.13
PROGRAMS - BEFORE WE
WRAP UP, PASTOR JESSE.
00:21:38.13\00:21:39.13
>>PASTOR JESSE: WHEN
JESUS MENTIONED ABOUT THIS
00:21:39.13\00:21:42.13
PARTICULAR BEATITUDE HE
IS ALSO REFERRING TO THE
00:21:42.13\00:21:46.00
MOURNING THAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE RECOGNIZE OUR NEED OF A
00:21:46.00\00:21:47.10
SAVIOUR; WHEN WE
RECOGNIZE OUR SINFULNESS,
00:21:47.10\00:21:52.10
OUR HELPFULNESS AS HUMAN
BEINGS TO SAVE OURSELVES.
00:21:52.10\00:21:56.96
SO WHEN WE RECOGNIZE
OUR NEED FOR JESUS, WE MOURN
00:21:56.96\00:21:57.93
FOR THE SIN THAT SEPARATES
US FROM GOD. AND SO THE
00:21:57.93\00:22:02.60
COMFORT LIES IN KNOWING
THAT FORGIVENESS IS BEING
00:22:02.60\00:22:08.80
OFFERED TO US AND THAT
SALVATION HAS BEEN GIVEN
00:22:08.80\00:22:09.76
TO US FREE OF
CHARGE THROUGH THE DEATH OF
00:22:09.76\00:22:13.26
JESUS CHRIST ON THE
CROSS >>BILL: IF I UNDERSTOOD
00:22:13.26\00:22:16.53
YOU, YOU'RE SAYING
THE SAME WAY THAT IT IS
00:22:16.53\00:22:17.46
IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO
RESOLVE THE DEATH PROBLEM
00:22:17.46\00:22:21.13
THAT WE FACE IT IS
ALSO IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO
00:22:21.13\00:22:24.43
RESOLVES THE SIN PROBLEM.
00:22:24.43\00:22:24.96
>>PASTOR JESSE: EXACTLY.
00:22:24.96\00:22:25.43
>>BILL: IN BOTH
CASES WE NEED TO GO TO A
00:22:25.43\00:22:29.00
SAVIOUR.>>PASTOR JESSE
YES. >>BILL:.WHO CAN DO
00:22:29.00\00:22:31.83
FOR US WHAT IT IS THAT
WE CANNOT DO FOR OURSELVES
00:22:31.83\00:22:32.86
>>PASTOR JESSE: AND
THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR
00:22:32.86\00:22:35.80
A CHRISTIAN. A RECOGNITION
OF THE PROBLEM OF SIN,
00:22:35.80\00:22:41.90
PERSONAL SIN,
CORPORATE SIN AND THAT THERE IS
00:22:41.90\00:22:42.90
A SAVIOUR WHO GIVE THE
SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM.
00:22:42.90\00:22:48.03
AND SO WHEN WE FIND THAT
SOLUTION WE EXPERIENCE THE
00:22:48.03\00:22:52.16
COMFORT OF
FORGIVENESS, THE COMFORT OF THE
00:22:52.16\00:22:53.10
ASSURANCE THAT WE ARE
ACCEPTED AND LOVED AND
00:22:53.10\00:22:55.56
THAT WE ARE GOING HOME
TO THAT BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT
00:22:55.56\00:22:58.80
HE HAS PREPARED FOR
EACH ONE OF US. >>BILL: AMEN.
00:22:58.80\00:22:59.76
ABSOLUTELY. PASTOR
BUENO, I SAW YOU LOOKING THROUGH
00:22:59.76\00:23:05.63
YOUR BIBLE THERE. >>PASTOR
TONY: YES. THERE IS A TEXT
00:23:05.63\00:23:07.86
THERE THAT PAUL WROTE
TO THE CHURCH IN CORINTH
00:23:07.86\00:23:08.83
2CORINTHIANS, IN
CHAPTER 12, AND VERSE 21, IN
00:23:08.83\00:23:19.26
A VERY PASTORAL TONE THE
APOSTLE PAUL ADDRESSES THE
00:23:19.26\00:23:24.03
VERY PROBLEM OF SIN AND
GRIEVING FOR SIN. HE SAYS,
00:23:24.03\00:23:25.10
"I AM AFRAID THAT WHEN
I COME AGAIN MY GOD WILL
00:23:25.10\00:23:29.36
HUMBLE ME BEFORE YOU AND
I WILL BE GRIEVED OVER MANY
00:23:29.36\00:23:35.26
WHO HAVE SINNED
EARLIER AND HAVE NOT REPENTED.
00:23:35.26\00:23:36.26
HAVING GUILT IN
ONE'S HEART AND NOT BEING
00:23:36.26\00:23:44.36
ABLE TO ADDRESS IT IS
A TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE, A
00:23:44.36\00:23:54.03
CAUSE OF STRESS. AND SO
THAT GRIEF OVER ONE'S SIN
00:23:54.03\00:23:55.16
HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO
AN END AND THE ONLY WAY TO
00:23:55.16\00:24:01.80
RESOLVE IT IS TO COME
TO THE SAVIOUR WHO FORGIVES
00:24:01.80\00:24:05.50
AND HELPS US TO MOVE ON.
00:24:05.50\00:24:06.00
SO PAUL ADVISES THOSE
WHO HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE
00:24:06.00\00:24:13.40
JOY OF REPENTENCE, TO
COME TO CHRIST, AND TO LAY
00:24:13.40\00:24:14.43
BEFORE HIM ALL OUR SINS
AND ALL OUR MISTAKES AND
00:24:14.43\00:24:21.06
JESUS SAYS, 'I'LL GIVE
YOU REST.>>BILL: WOW. >>PASTOR
00:24:21.06\00:24:25.60
TONY:.I'LL BRING PEACE
TO YOUR SOUL LIKE NO ONE CAN
00:24:25.60\00:24:26.73
GIVE YOU'. SO DON'T
MOURN OVER YOUR MISTAKES, GIVE
00:24:26.73\00:24:30.80
THEM TO JESUS. HE WILL
GIVE YOU REST. >>BILL: IF
00:24:30.80\00:24:36.20
WE CONFESS OUR SINS
HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST
00:24:36.20\00:24:37.13
TO FORGIVE OUR SINS.
00:24:37.13\00:24:40.33
GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU.
00:24:40.33\00:24:40.83
THIS WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING
PASTOR JESSE, WE HAVE A
00:24:40.83\00:24:45.86
TRADITION HERE THAT WE
END OUR PROGRAM IN A PRAYER
00:24:45.86\00:24:46.93
AND I WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE YOU TO PRAY FOR OUR
00:24:46.93\00:24:50.03
VIEWERS AT THIS TIME
>>PASTOR JESSE: I'LL BE
00:24:50.03\00:24:52.00
GLAD TO. SHALL WE
PRAY? HEAVENLY FATHER, OUR
00:24:52.00\00:24:52.93
GRACIOUS GOD, WE THANK
YOU FOR PRESENTING TO US YOUR
00:24:52.93\00:24:55.93
WORD TODAY. HELP US TO
BE AFFIRMED IN THE ASSURANCE
00:24:55.93\00:25:03.53
OF YOUR COMFORT WHENEVER
WE MOURN. IN THE ASSURANCE
00:25:03.53\00:25:04.56
OF ETERNAL LIFE FOR
EACH OF YOUR CHILDREN. FOR WE
00:25:04.56\00:25:09.83
ASK IN THE BLESSED NAME
OF JESUS, AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN.
00:25:09.83\00:25:11.93
>>PASTOR TONY: AMEN.
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>>BILL: WELL, IF YOU
ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM
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AND YOU WOULD LIKE
TO RECEIVE A DVD OF THIS
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PROGRAM, MAYBE YOU CAN
SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND OR
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A FAMILY MEMBER THAT IS
GRIEVING RIGHT NOW. WELL,
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WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU
ONE. IT IS FREE OF CHARGE.
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IT IS A GIFT FROM 'IT
IS WRITTEN'. HERE'S THE
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INFORMATION THAT YOU
NEED IN ORDER TO GET YOUR DVD.
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>>BILL: WELL, GENTLEMEN,
WE'VE COME TO THE END OF
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THE PROGRAM AGAIN. I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
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WITH US. PASTOR TONY,
YOU'RE COMING BACK AGAIN,
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RIGHT? >>PASTOR TONY:
YES. >>BILL: SO, WE'LL
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LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU AGAIN AND PASTOR JESSE
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THANKS FOR.>>PASTOR
JESSE PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
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>>BILL:.WELL, WE
APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS
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REMIND US AGAIN OF
THE WEBSITE, YOUR CHURCH'S
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WEBSITE. >>PASTOR JESSE:
WWW.MTZION.CA. PLEASE COME
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AND VISIT US.
>>BILL: WONDERFUL. WE WANT TO
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THANK YOU, ALSO, FOR
WATCHING THE PROGRAM.
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REMEMBER THE 'IT
IS WRITTEN' WEBSITE
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ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA.
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THERE YOU CAN DO A LOT
OF THINGS. YOU CAN SEND A
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COMMENT ON THE
PROGRAMS, YOU CAN SEND A PRAYER
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REQUEST, YOU CAN
MAKE A DONATION IF YOU ARE
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SO MOVED TO, YOU CAN ALSO
ENROLL IN OUR BIBLE SCHOOL
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BY CORRESPONDENCE.
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I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS
A WONDERFUL WAY TO IMMERSE
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YOURSELF IN THE STUDY
OF GOD'S WORD AND GET THAT
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COMFORT AND THAT
KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.
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YOU CAN DO THAT ALL ON
THE WEBSITE. REMEMBER TO VISIT
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OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND
YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER,
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ALSO. WELL, OUR GOAL AND
OUR PRAYER IS THAT WE WILL
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BE BACK NEXT WEEK. AND
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE
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THE TIME TO JOIN US.
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UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT
IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT
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LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT
BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS
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FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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