Participants: Bill Santos (Host), Antonio Bueno, Jesse Anuncicion
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201012
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00:01 >>BILL: IN THE 55TH PSALM, DAVID WRITES OF THE PAIN
00:03 HE EXPERIENCED FROM THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND 00:05 SORROWS OF LIFE. "OH, THAT I HAD WINGS LIKE A DOVE, 00:09 FOR THEN I WOULD FLY AWAY AND BE AT REST. LO, THEN 00:10 WHAT I WANDER FAR OFF AND REMAIN IN THE WILDERNESS. 00:15 I WOULD HASTEN MY ESCAPE FROM THE WINDY STORM AND 00:21 TEMPEST." DAVID WAS ECHOING A THOUGHT MOST OF 00:22 US HAVE HAD AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER IN LIFE. IF ONLY 00:26 I COULD ESCAPE FROM MY PROBLEMS AND FIND REST. WE 00:30 DESIRE TO BE FREE FROM THE ANGUISH OF THIS LIFE AND 00:31 WE YEARN FOR THE COMFORT IN THE FACE OF PAIN 00:35 AND DISAPPOINTMENT. YET, COMFORT IS OFTEN ELUSIVE. 00:41 THEREFORE, MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 4 SEEMS TO 00:42 BE A PARADOX. "BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN FOR THEY 00:48 SHALL BE COMFORTED." 00:57 (MUSIC) 01:05 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 01:07 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 01:10 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 01:14 IT IS WRITTEN, 01:16 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:34 THE TEACHING OF JESUS IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 01:35 AND VERSE 4 SEEMS TO BE CONTRARY TO OUR HUMAN 01:37 EXPERIENCE. OUR SOCIETY IS PLEASURE-MAD AND HAS AN 01:43 ENTERTAINMENT PARK MENTALITY. PEOPLE SPEND 01:44 MUCH OF THEIR MONEY, TIME AND ENERGY IN AN ATTEMPT 01:48 TO BE ENTERTAINED. THEY WANT TO ENJOY LIFE AND 01:52 THEY WANT TO PUT SORROW AND PAIN AS FAR AWAY AS 01:53 POSSIBLE. JESUS SAID, "WOE UNTO YOU THAT LAUGH NOW, 01:58 FOR YOU SHALL MOURN AND WEEP". CHRIST CONDEMNED 02:02 THE SUPERFICIAL LAUGHTER OF THE WORLD AND OFFERED 02:03 BLESSING AND COMFORT TO THOSE WHO MOURN. WELL, WE 02:10 ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDY OF THE BEATITUDES AND WE 02:17 HAVE OUR TWO GUESTS WITH US. RETURNING AGAIN IS 02:18 PASTOR TONY BUENO. PASTOR, WELCOME BACK. >>PASTOR 02:22 TONY: THANK YOU, BILL. 02:23 >>BILL: IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. AND WE HAVE 02:24 PASTOR JESSE. PASTOR JESSE, WELCOME. YOU ARE 02:27 OUR INVITED GUEST HERE FOR THIS SEGMENT AND WE'RE 02:28 HAPPY THAT YOU ACCEPT OUR INVITATION TO BE HERE. 02:32 >>PASTOR JESSE: I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE, 02:34 BILL. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. I PRAISE 02:35 THE LORD FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO JOIN YOU IN THIS 02:37 PROGRAM TODAY. >>BILL: WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S AN 02:42 HONOUR FOR US. PASTOR, TELL US WHERE YOU PASTOR 02:43 >>PASTOR JESSE: I'M PRESENTLY PASTORING THE 02:46 MOUNT ZION PHILLIPINO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 02:50 CHURCH. >>BILL: WHERE IS THAT? >>PASTOR JESSE: IN 02:52 DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO. JUST ACROSS DOWNSVIEW 02:53 PARK, ACTUALLY. >>BILL: WONDERFUL. SO YOU'RE THERE 02:58 SATURDAY MORNINGS? 02:59 >>PASTOR JESSE: WE'RE THERE EVERY SABBATH 03:01 MORNING, SATURDAY MORNINGS, FRIDAY NIGHTS 03:02 AND WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING OUR SUNDAY BIBLE 03:05 STUDY EVERY AFTERNOON FOUR TO SIX IN THE 03:09 AFTERNOON, IN THE CHURCH. 03:10 >>BILL: IS THERE A WEBSITE FOLKS CAN GO TO? >>PASTOR 03:13 JESSE: OF COURSE, THEY CAN ALWAYS VISIT OUR WEBSITE 03:14 AT WWW.MTZION.CA. >>BILL: WONDERFUL. AND IF ANY OF 03:21 OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE IN THE AREA AND WANT TO SEE 03:25 PASTOR JESSE FACE-TO-FACE, YOU'RE WELCOME TOVISIT 03:26 >>PASTOR JESSE: OH, WE'LL BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE 03:30 PEOPLE COME AND JOIN US IN OUR SERVICES IN THE 03:32 CHURCH. >>BILL: WONDERFUL. 03:33 TONY, WELCOME BACK. 03:34 >>PASTOR TONY: THANK YOU. 03:36 THANK YOU. >>BILL: WE ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDY 03:37 OF THE BEATITUDES AND THE SAYINGS OF JESUS. SOME 03:41 PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW. I 03:47 THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THEY ARE DEFINITELY 03:48 COUNTER-CULTURAL. >>PASTOR TONY: THEY ARE. THEY ARE. 03:51 >>BILL: I MEAN THIS IS NOT WHAT THE CULTURE TEACHES 03:54 US. I MEAN, AS WE NOW MOVE INTO VERSE 4 OF MATTHEW 03:55 CHAPTER 5, "BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT MOURN". MY 04:02 GOODNESS, HOW - I MEAN THE TRANSLATION WOULD BE 04:06 'HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO MOURN'. THAT DOESN'T MAKE 04:07 SENSE. >>PASTOR TONY: IT'S PARADOXICAL. IT'S CONTRARY 04:12 TO LOGIC. AND ANYONE WHO'D TAKE THAT LITERALLY WOULD 04:17 SAY THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. >>BILL: YES. 04:18 >>PASTOR TONY: IN FACT, IT'S ALMOST UNUSEFUL. IN 04:21 FACT, YOU TALK TO SOMEONE WHO'S GRIEVING BECAUSE OF 04:24 THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE AND YOU SAY YOU ARE HAPPY 04:25 YOU WOULD SAY NO, I AM NOT. AND THERE IS 04:27 SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU IF YOU TELL ME THAT I'M 04:30 HAPPY, I'M VERY SAD. 04:31 >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY: .DEEPLY SAD. SO 04:33 CHRIST IS TELLING US SOMETHING THAT ON THE 04:34 SURFACE DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AND THEREFORE, 04:37 IT PROMPTS THE HEARER TO THINK AND TO WONDER, WHAT 04:41 IS HE REALLY SAYING? IT ENTICES YOU TO REFLECT, 04:42 WHY IS JESUS SAYING HAPPY ARE YOU WHEN YOU MOURN OR 04:49 TO TAKE THE LUKEN VERSION, HAPPY ARE YOU WHEN YOU 04:55 WEEP. NOW, SOME PEOPLE WEEP BECAUSE THEY LAUGH SO 04:56 MUCH THAT THE TEARS COME OUT OF THEIR EYES BUT 05:01 THAT'S NOT THE CONTEXT THE TEXT HERE REFERS TO 05:05 THOSE WHO LAMENT. THOSE WHO GRIEVE EITHER FOR THE 05:07 DEATH OF A LOVE ONE OR FOR A GREAT LOSS, A TRAGIC 05:15 LOSS IN THEIR LIVES. IT'S TO THOSE PEOPLE JESUS SAID 05:21 YOUR HAPPY. >>BILL: NOW, IS THERE ANYTHING GOING ON 05:22 AT THE TIME IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SOCIETY THAT WOULD 05:28 HAVE PROMPTED JESUS TO, I MEAN, TO BRING A WORD OF 05:34 COMFORT TO THOSE WHO ARE LAMENTING. I MEAN, WHAT 05:35 WAS GOING ON AT THIS TIME? 05:38 >>PASTOR TONY: I GUESS THE REALITY THEN WAS MUCH LIKE 05:39 THE REALITY AT ALL TIMES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 05:44 HISTORY. EVER SINCE SIN ENTERED THIS WORLD DEATH 05:49 HAS BEEN A REALITY THAT WE ALL FACED. GOD SAID TO 05:50 ADAM AND EVE, 'THE DAY YOU EAT OF THE FORBIDDEN 05:56 FRUIT, YOU WILL DIE', AND ADAM AND EVE ATE OF THE 06:01 FRUIT. AND SINCE THEN DEATH HAS BEEN THE 06:02 EXPERIENCE OF HUMANITY. WE END OUR LIVES GIVING UP 06:08 THE GHOST, BREATHING OUR LAST. AND THOSE LIVES ARE 06:16 VERY SHORT. >>BILL: YES. 06:17 >>PASTOR TONY: THEY LAST, WHAT? SEVENTY, EIGHTY 06:20 YEARS. IN RARE CASES, ANYONE REACHES 100 OR A 06:21 FEW YEARS OVER 100 BUT WE START BY LOSING THE 06:28 OLDER GENERATIONS. EVERY CHILD LOSES HIS OR HER 06:34 GRANDPARENTS FIRST. THEN WE GROW UP AND WE BECOME 06:35 ADULTS AND WE LOSE OUR PARENTS. AND I'M SURE THAT 06:40 OUR VIEWERS CAN RELATE TO THIS REALITY OF BECOMING 06:45 ORPHANS. MANY OF US ARE EITHER ORPHANS OF FATHER 06:46 OR MOTHER OR BOTH. AND THEN IT'S OUR TURN TO LOSE 06:51 SIBLINGS AND EVENTUALLY, WE COME TO OUR END. IT'S A 06:58 TRAGEDY. AND CHRIST CONFRONTS THAT FUNDAMENTAL 06:59 TRAGEDY OF HUMANITY SAYING, 'YOU ARE BLESSED, 07:05 YOU WHO MOURN'. NOW WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, WHY? 07:12 >>BILL: YES. WHY? HOW CAN YOU - WHY IS THERE A 07:13 BLESSING ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE WHO ARE MOURNING 07:16 OR GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE? >>PASTOR JESSE: 07:21 MOURNING HAS A SPECIAL AND ETERNAL PURPOSE FOR GOD'S 07:22 CHILDREN. YOU SELFISH SORROW REMINDS US THAT 07:26 THIS WORLD CANNOT TRULY SATISFY. IT REMINDS US 07:31 THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE US EVERLASTING SATISFACTION 07:32 THE SORROW CAUSED BY THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE WOULD 07:39 INEVITABLY HELP US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PLACE, 07:45 THIS WORLD IS NOT A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR 07:46 US. AND SO IT DRIVES US TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THE WORD 07:54 OF GOD AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A GOD WHO IS 07:59 IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING. 08:00 THERE IS A GOD WHO PROMISES COMFORT FOR HIS 08:02 CHILDREN AND THERE'S A GOD WHO STANDS BESIDE US 08:04 IN TIMES OF MOURNING AND GRIEF. >>BILL: I THINK IT 08:08 WAS MAX LUCADO ONCE, YOU KNOW, I READ AND HE SAID 08:11 SOMETHING ABOUT HOW FOR MOST OF THE CHALLENGES 08:12 IN LIFE THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS. 08:16 YOU KNOW, POP PSYCHOLOGY CAN OFFER SOLUTIONS FOR, 08:21 MAYBE, ANXIETY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO GO AND 08:22 DO YOUR BEST THERE ARE QUOTES, THERE ARE EXPERTS 08:27 OUT THERE THAT CAN GIVE YOU A PEP TALK AND 08:29 ENCOURAGE YOU. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE'S MOST 08:30 DIFFICULT MOMENT WHICH IS, WHICH IS DEATH THERE IS 08:35 NOTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT CAN COMFORT AND BRING THAT 08:40 COMFORT. >>PASTOR TONY: THERE IS NO ANSWER, HUMAN 08:41 ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF DEATH. IT'S ONE BEFORE 08:45 WHICH WE ARE ALL POWERLESS. AND EVEN 08:50 ADVANCED MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS TO BOW BEFORE THE 08:51 INEVITABILITY OF DEATH. 09:00 >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY: AND AT ONE POINT THE 09:01 PHYSICIANS WILL SAY TO THE RELATIVES OF THE ONE 09:04 FACING DEATH, 'I'M SORRY I HAVE DONE ALL I COULD. 09:09 THERE IS NO FURTHER HELP'. 09:11 AND THAT GRIPS THE HEART. 09:12 >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY: THAT MAKES US MOURN. 09:15 IT MAKES US GRIEVE. I LOST MY MOTHER 13 YEARS AGO, 09:20 NOW, AND STILL THERE IS A VOID IN MY HEART. >>BILL: 09:21 SURE. >>PASTOR TONY: A VOID THAT TIME OR 09:27 ANYBODY ELSE CANNOT FILL. 09:28 AND THERE IS A SENSE OF EMPTINESS BECAUSE A VERY 09:34 IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE IS NO LONGER THERE. 09:41 EVERYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED A LOSS NEEDS 09:43 TO HEAR THIS GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. AND CHRIST IS HERE 09:48 PRESENTING HIS GOSPEL IS THE GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE 09:54 WHO MOURN. >>BILL: YES. 09:55 >>PASTOR TONY: IT'S A COMFORTING MESSAGE TO 09:58 EVERYONE WHO HAS FACED A LOSS. >>BILL: YOU KNOW, 09:59 I GET TO VISIT A LOT OF CHURCHES AS YOU GENTLEMEN 10:05 DO AND I'VE LEARNED THAT BEHIND EVERY FACE IS A 10:09 STORY. >>PASTOR TONY: YEAH, YEAH. >>BILL: AND 10:10 THE ONE THING THAT RINGS VERY TRUE WITH THAT 10:14 IS THERE IS A LOT OF SUFFERING. SO HOW IS THE 10:16 COMFORTING? BECAUSE THERE'S SORT OF AN 10:17 INEVITABILITY WITH THE MOURNING BUT THEN THERE'S 10:22 THE, WE WOULD SAY, REWARD THAT JESUS SAYS, RIGHT? 10:27 YOU WILL BE COMFORTED. 10:28 HOW? WHERE IS THE COMFORT? 10:29 WHAT WOULD WE SAY TO SOMEONE THAT IS MOURNING 10:31 RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD BE THE COMFORT? >>PASTOR 10:35 JESSE: COMFORT, I BELIEVE, COMES FROM THE ASSURANCE 10:36 THAT GOD IS REAL. THAT GOD IS WITH US. AND THAT GOD 10:42 IS ABLE TO HELP US DEAL WITH THE CRISIS, WITH THE 10:50 MOURNING, WITH THE GRIEF THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING 10:51 WHILE MOURNING IS REAL, GOD IS REAL AS WELL. AND 10:54 GOD WORKS THROUGH PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ONE OF OUR 11:00 MEMBERS IN THE CHURCH JUST SUFFERED A LOSS OF A DEAR 11:01 LOVED ONE, A HUSBAND, AND RIGHT NOW THE CHURCH IS 11:06 RALLYING AROUND THIS LADY WHO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF 11:11 THIS CHURCH FOR SO LONG. 11:12 SHE CALLED ME A FEW DAYS AGO, ASKED ME FOR PRAYER 11:13 AND AFTER THE PRAYER SHE TOLD ME, 'THANK YOU, 11:14 PASTOR, THAT WAS A REAL SOURCE OF COMFORT'. AND 11:18 SO THE COMFORT LIES IN KNOWING THAT GOD'S WORD 11:23 CAN BE TRUSTED AND THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HERE 11:24 TO REMIND US OF GOD'S VERY REAL PRESENCE IN OUR 11:31 LIVES. AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WHILE DEATH MAY 11:36 CAUSE SEPARATION FROM OUR LOVE ONE, YET, DEATH IS 11:37 BUT A TIME OF - YOU KNOW IT'S A SHORT TIME, 11:45 PROBABLY BE A LONG TIME BUT THERE WILL BE A TIME 11:49 OF GRAND REUNION WITH A LOVED ONE WHOM WE HAVE 11:50 LOST. AND SO THE COMFORT LIES IN THE ASSURANCES 11:54 AND THE PROMISES AND FULFILLMENT OF GOD IN OUR 11:58 LIVES. >>BILL: YES. 11:59 >>PASTOR TONY: I SEE THAT CHRIST PRESENTS TWO SIDES 12:04 TO THE COMFORT THAT HE OFFERS. ONE THAT HE IS 12:05 COMFORT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DOES FOR US NOW. >>BILL: 12:13 OKAY. >>PASTOR TONY: AND THEN A SECOND BECAUSE OF 12:17 WHAT HE WILL DO FOR US SOON. >>BILL: SO THERE'S 12:18 AN IMMEDIATE BENEFIT AND A FUTURE BENEFIT. >>PASTOR 12:21 TONY: EXACTLY. >>BILL: OKAY. >>PASTOR TONY: SO 12:23 THE IMMEDIATE BENEFIT IN SCRIPTURE WE FIND HIS 12:24 PRESENCE IS WITH US. HE SAYS, EVEN THOUGH I WALK 12:30 THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH I FEEL NO 12:34 EVIL BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH ME. SO, THE ABIDING 12:35 PRESENCE OF GOD, OF HE WHO IS IMMANUEL 'GOD WITH US', 12:40 WHO PROMISED I WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO 12:45 THE END OF THE EARTH, EVEN TO THE END OF THE LIFE OF 12:46 YOUR LOVED ONES, EVEN TO THE END OF YOUR OWN LIFE, 12:49 HE SAYS, I WILL ABIDE WITH YOU. SO THAT ASSURANCE OF 12:55 HIS PRESENCE BY OUR SIDE BRINGS US COMFORT. THERE 12:56 IS NOTHING WORSE THAN TO GRIEVE ALONE AND CHRIST 13:00 SAYS I WILL GRIEVE WITH YOU. HE ALSO SAYS TO US AS 13:05 CHRISTIANS, REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE AND 13:07 GRIEVE OR MOURN WITH THOSE WHO MOURN. SO HE BRINGS 13:12 IN THE COMPONENT OF THOSE FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, 13:16 FELLOW BELIEVERS WHO COME IN AND OFFER THEIR 13:17 SHOULDER FOR US TO WEEP AND TO CRY AND WHO GRIEVE 13:20 WITH US, WHO JOIN WITH US IN THE SENSE OF LOSS. ALL 13:26 THAT IS A COMFORT NOW BUT THEN THERE IS ANOTHER 13:27 COMPONENT, THERE IS A COMFORT AFTER AND CHRIST 13:33 IS CHRIST THAT COMFORT IN THE FORM OF PROMISES. WE 13:40 FIND HIM IN 1CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15, WE FIND HIM IN 13:41 1THESSALONIANS, CHAPTER 4. 13:49 VERY INTERESTING THE TEXT IN 1THESSALONIANS. I WOULD 13:50 LIKE TO READ THE BEGINNING OF THAT PASSAGE BECAUSE 13:54 PAUL SAYS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL THERE. 14:01 1THESSALONIANS 4 AND VERSE 13, HE SAYS, "BROTHERS, 14:02 WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE IGNORANT ABOUT THOSE 14:12 WHO FALL ASLEEP. OR TO GRIEVE", THAT IS TO MOURN, 14:18 "LIKE THE REST OF MAN WHO HAVE NO HOPE". IN 14:19 OTHER WORDS, SCRIPTURE IS PRESENTING TO 14:24 US A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST 14:30 WHO HAVE A HOPE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ACCEPTED 14:31 HIM YET AND WHO THEREFORE DON'T HAVE YET THAT HOPE. 14:36 IT'S WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS THE BLESSED HOPE. >>BILL: 14:41 YES. >>PASTOR TONY: AND IT'S THE HOPE OF THAT 14:43 RESURRECTION THAT GOD WILL BRING ABOUT BECAUSE CHRIST 14:45 ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND SO THOSE WHO DIE IN CHRIST 14:52 WILL ALSO RISE FROM THE DEAD. SO, THE SECOND 14:53 COMPONENT TO THE COMFORT THAT SCRIPTE BRINGS 14:57 TO THOSE WHO MOURN IS THE ASSURANCE THAT THERE WILL 15:01 BE A RESURRECTION. THERE WILL BE A REUNION. THERE 15:03 WILL BE A TIME WHEN LIFE WILL BE RESTORED, NOT FOR 15:08 A WHILE, BUT FOR ETERNITY AND THAT CERTAINLY BRINGS 15:14 COMFORT TO THE HEART OF THE ONE WHO MOURNS 15:15 >>BILL: RIGHT. SO JESUS IS NOT SAYING, BY WEEPING 15:20 OVER THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE YOU ARE SHOWING A LACK 15:26 OF FAITH OR A LACK OF BELIEF BUT THAT'S NATU - 15:27 BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GRIEVING THAT 15:32 ONE GOES THROUGH WHEN THEY BELIEVE THAT THE GRAVE 15:36 DOES NOT MARK THE END. ONE DAY JESUS WILL RETURN AND 15:37 AS PAUL SAID, THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE, WILL 15:42 RISE FIRST AND WILL ENTER INTO AN ETERNITY WITH HIM. 15:47 THAT HAS SUSTAINED CHRISTIANS FOR THOUSANDS 15:48 OF YEARS, HASN'T IT? I MEAN, WHEN THEY FACE 15:53 TERRIBLE PERSECUTION AND DEATH ON THE STAKE, THAT'S 15:57 WHAT SUSTAINED THEM. 15:58 KNOWING THAT THIS IS TEMPORARY, THAT ONE DAY 16:00 THEY WILL LIVE IN GLORY. 16:01 >>PASTOR TONY: THE LOSS THAT WE EXPERIENCE FOR 16:04 TODAY IS ONLY FOR A TIME. 16:05 CHRIST WILL RESTORE LIFE AND REUNITE US WITH THOSE 16:11 THAT PRECEEDED US IN DEATH. IT'S INTERESTING 16:12 THAT IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION WE FIND 16:17 A PROMISE THAT SOMEHOW PARALLELS THE ONE HERE IN 16:25 THE BEATITUDES THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. AND THAT IS 16:26 IN REVELATION CHAPTER 14. 16:30 AND RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK, IN A 16:31 PASSAGE THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE CENTRAL TO THE BOOK 16:37 OF REVELATION, REVELATION 14 AND VERSE 13 WE READ 16:49 THE FOLLOWING: "THEN I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN 16:50 SAY RIGHT, BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD 16:59 FROM NOW ON. YES, SAYS THE SPIRIT. THEY WILL REST 17:03 FROM THEIR LABOUR FOR THEIR DEEDS WILL FOLLOW 17:04 THEM". SO, BLESSED AGAIN, BLESSED THOSE WHO MOURN, 17:13 JESUS SAID, BLESSED THOSE WHO DIE IN CHRIST FOR 17:19 THEIR DEEDS WILL FOLLOW THEM. THERE IS A 17:20 CONSOLATION IN THAT HOPE AND THEN THERE IS A FINAL 17:24 CONSOLATION. I CAN'T HELP BUT QUOTE ONE MORE VERSE, 17:29 BILL. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. 17:30 ABSOLUTELY. >>PASTOR TONY: THIS IS 'IT IS WRITTEN', 17:32 RIGHT? >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 17:33 >>PASTOR TONY: SO WE WANT TO GO TO SCRIPTURE. AND IN 17:35 THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN CHAPTER 21 AND IN VERSE 4 17:44 WE HAVE THERE A BEAUTIFUL, COMFORTING PROMISE 17:45 REFERRING TO CHRIST, IT SAID, "HE WILL WIPE EVERY 17:54 TEAR FROM THEIR EYES THERE WILL BE NO MORE 18:03 DEATH OR MOURNING OR CRYING OR PAIN FOR THE OLD 18:04 ORDER OF THINGS HAS PASSED AWAY. AND HE WHO WAS 18:11 SITTING ON THE THRONE HAS SAID I AM MAKING 18:18 EVERYTHING NEW". WHAT A COMFORTING PROMISE.. 18:19 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. 18:23 >>PASTOR TONY:.WE HAVE. 18:24 >>BILL: YES, IT'S HARD TO WATCH THINGS GROW OLD, 18:25 ISN'T IT? >>PASTOR TONY: YES. >>BILL: IT'S HARD TO 18:26 WATCH US GROW OLD BUT IT'S VERY COMFORTING TO KNOW 18:29 THAT ONE DAY EVERYTHING WILL BE MADE NEW ONCE 18:37 AGAIN. PASTOR JESSE, HOW DOES SOMEONE DEVELOP THIS 18:38 KIND OF ASSURANCE IN JESUS CHRIST THAT THEN 18:44 TRANSLATES INTO THIS KIND OF COMFORT? I MEAN, THIS 18:47 MUST BE SOMETHING YOU FACE ALL THE TIME PASTORING 18:48 A CHURCH, RIGHT? MEETING PEOPLE THAT ARE AT 18:52 DIFFERENT LEVELS IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS 18:56 CHRIST AND WHEN CHALLENGES COME - I THINK THAT WHEN 18:57 CHALLENGES COME INTO LIFE IT EITHER DRIVES YOU TO 19:03 GOD OR DRIVES YOU AWAY FROM GOD.>>PASTOR JESSE: 19:06 YES. >>BILL:.RIGHT? 19:07 HOW DOES SOMEONE THAT'S WATCHING HERE SAY I WANT 19:09 TO HAVE THAT KIND OF - MAYBE THEIR GRIEVING RIGHT 19:10 NOW OR GOING THROUGH A TERRIBLE SITUATION. WHAT 19:12 DO THEY DO? >>PASTOR JESSE: IT'S A MATTER OF 19:15 MAKING THE WORD OF GOD CENTRAL IN A PERSON'S 19:16 LIFE. I MEAN, WHEN I'M A CHRISTIAN THAT SIMPLY 19:20 MEANS THAT THE BIBLE IS CENTRAL IN MY LIFE. AND WE 19:25 FIND COMFORT IN THE ASSURANCE OF GOD'S WORD 19:26 IN OUR LIVES. I MEAN, IF I DON'T' READ MY BIBLE, IF I 19:31 DON'T MEDITATE ON IT, IF I DON'T STUDY IT, IF I DON'T 19:34 REFLECT ON IT, I WON'T RECEIVE THE PROMISES OF 19:35 COMFORT THAT GOD WANTS ME TO RECEIVE IN THIS 19:39 LIFE. THE PROMISE OF HIS PRESENCE AND THE PROMISE 19:44 OF ETERNAL LIFE THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT. AND SO, AS 19:45 A PASTOR, WHAT I DO ALWAYS IS PRESENT THE WORD OF 19:49 GOD, AS IT IS, TO GOD'S PEOPLE. >>BILL: IMMERSE 19:56 YOURSELF IN.>>PASTOR JESSE: GOD'S WORD. 19:58 >>BILL:.GOD'S WORD. AND PROBABLY SEEK OUT 20:01 LIKE-MINDED.>>PASTOR JESSE: INDIVIDUALS. 20:05 >>BILL:.LIKE-MINDED CHRISTIANS, RIGHT? THAT 20:06 WILL BE THERE FOR YOU AS A SUPPORT. TO ENCOURAGE 20:08 YOU, NOT ONLY IN THE STUDY OF GOD'S WORD BUT THROUGH 20:10 THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. 20:11 >>PASTOR TONY: WHEN WE EXPERIENCE A LOSS WE ARE 20:17 THROWN DOWN.>>BILL: YES. 20:18 >>PASTOR TONY:.BY THE LAWS. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE 20:24 THROW THEMSELVES ON A BED AND WEEP. IT'S 20:25 VERY DIFFICULT TO MOURN STANDING WITH AN ERECT 20:32 HEAD AND LOOKING AT THE WORLD. NO, MOURNING THROWS 20:36 YOU DOWN. AND I THINK THAT THAT PROMISES TO LOOK THE 20:37 ONLY WAY WE CAN LOOK WHEN WE ARE DOWN AND IT IS UP. 20:43 AND, SO, IN OUR MOMENT OF GREATEST DESPAIR WHEN ALL 20:51 WE SEE IS A BED COVER, WHEN ALL WE SEE IS BELOW, 20:52 GOD IS SAYING LOOK UP, I AM HERE AND I AM HERE FOR 21:00 YOU AND I HAVE A PROMISE, YOU CAN TRUST ME, YOU CAN 21:07 FIND STRENGTH IN WHAT I AM PROMISING YOU. SO WHEN 21:08 I MEET SOMEBODY THAT IS GRIEVING I ALWAYS TRY 21:13 TO POINT UP AND HELP THE PERSON TO LOOK ABOVE AND 21:20 BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE REALITY TO THE ONE THAT 21:21 GOD HAS PROMISED TO US. 21:26 >>BILL EARLIER, THAT'S WHAT'S 21:27 SUSTAINED CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES, 21:29 HASN'T IT? AND THAT'S THE BLESSING AND THAT'S THE 21:33 BLESSED HOPE. WE HAVE ABOUT 3 OR 4 MINUTES 21:35 LEFT ARE THERE MAYBE SOME CLOSING REMARKS YOU WANT 21:36 TO GET IN BEFORE - BECAUSE TIME FLIES BY ON THESE 21:38 PROGRAMS - BEFORE WE WRAP UP, PASTOR JESSE. 21:39 >>PASTOR JESSE: WHEN JESUS MENTIONED ABOUT THIS 21:42 PARTICULAR BEATITUDE HE IS ALSO REFERRING TO THE 21:46 MOURNING THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE RECOGNIZE OUR NEED OF A 21:47 SAVIOUR; WHEN WE RECOGNIZE OUR SINFULNESS, 21:52 OUR HELPFULNESS AS HUMAN BEINGS TO SAVE OURSELVES. 21:56 SO WHEN WE RECOGNIZE OUR NEED FOR JESUS, WE MOURN 21:58 FOR THE SIN THAT SEPARATES US FROM GOD. AND SO THE 22:02 COMFORT LIES IN KNOWING THAT FORGIVENESS IS BEING 22:08 OFFERED TO US AND THAT SALVATION HAS BEEN GIVEN 22:09 TO US FREE OF CHARGE THROUGH THE DEATH OF 22:13 JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS >>BILL: IF I UNDERSTOOD 22:16 YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THE SAME WAY THAT IT IS 22:17 IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO RESOLVE THE DEATH PROBLEM 22:21 THAT WE FACE IT IS ALSO IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO 22:24 RESOLVES THE SIN PROBLEM. 22:25 >>PASTOR JESSE: EXACTLY. 22:26 >>BILL: IN BOTH CASES WE NEED TO GO TO A 22:29 SAVIOUR.>>PASTOR JESSE YES. >>BILL:.WHO CAN DO 22:31 FOR US WHAT IT IS THAT WE CANNOT DO FOR OURSELVES 22:32 >>PASTOR JESSE: AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR 22:35 A CHRISTIAN. A RECOGNITION OF THE PROBLEM OF SIN, 22:41 PERSONAL SIN, CORPORATE SIN AND THAT THERE IS 22:42 A SAVIOUR WHO GIVE THE SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM. 22:48 AND SO WHEN WE FIND THAT SOLUTION WE EXPERIENCE THE 22:52 COMFORT OF FORGIVENESS, THE COMFORT OF THE 22:53 ASSURANCE THAT WE ARE ACCEPTED AND LOVED AND 22:55 THAT WE ARE GOING HOME TO THAT BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT 22:58 HE HAS PREPARED FOR EACH ONE OF US. >>BILL: AMEN. 22:59 ABSOLUTELY. PASTOR BUENO, I SAW YOU LOOKING THROUGH 23:05 YOUR BIBLE THERE. >>PASTOR TONY: YES. THERE IS A TEXT 23:07 THERE THAT PAUL WROTE TO THE CHURCH IN CORINTH 23:08 2CORINTHIANS, IN CHAPTER 12, AND VERSE 21, IN 23:19 A VERY PASTORAL TONE THE APOSTLE PAUL ADDRESSES THE 23:24 VERY PROBLEM OF SIN AND GRIEVING FOR SIN. HE SAYS, 23:25 "I AM AFRAID THAT WHEN I COME AGAIN MY GOD WILL 23:29 HUMBLE ME BEFORE YOU AND I WILL BE GRIEVED OVER MANY 23:35 WHO HAVE SINNED EARLIER AND HAVE NOT REPENTED. 23:36 HAVING GUILT IN ONE'S HEART AND NOT BEING 23:44 ABLE TO ADDRESS IT IS A TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE, A 23:54 CAUSE OF STRESS. AND SO THAT GRIEF OVER ONE'S SIN 23:55 HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO AN END AND THE ONLY WAY TO 24:01 RESOLVE IT IS TO COME TO THE SAVIOUR WHO FORGIVES 24:05 AND HELPS US TO MOVE ON. 24:06 SO PAUL ADVISES THOSE WHO HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE 24:13 JOY OF REPENTENCE, TO COME TO CHRIST, AND TO LAY 24:14 BEFORE HIM ALL OUR SINS AND ALL OUR MISTAKES AND 24:21 JESUS SAYS, 'I'LL GIVE YOU REST.>>BILL: WOW. >>PASTOR 24:25 TONY:.I'LL BRING PEACE TO YOUR SOUL LIKE NO ONE CAN 24:26 GIVE YOU'. SO DON'T MOURN OVER YOUR MISTAKES, GIVE 24:30 THEM TO JESUS. HE WILL GIVE YOU REST. >>BILL: IF 24:36 WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST 24:37 TO FORGIVE OUR SINS. 24:40 GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU. 24:41 THIS WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING PASTOR JESSE, WE HAVE A 24:45 TRADITION HERE THAT WE END OUR PROGRAM IN A PRAYER 24:46 AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO PRAY FOR OUR 24:50 VIEWERS AT THIS TIME >>PASTOR JESSE: I'LL BE 24:52 GLAD TO. SHALL WE PRAY? HEAVENLY FATHER, OUR 24:53 GRACIOUS GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TO US YOUR 24:55 WORD TODAY. HELP US TO BE AFFIRMED IN THE ASSURANCE 25:03 OF YOUR COMFORT WHENEVER WE MOURN. IN THE ASSURANCE 25:04 OF ETERNAL LIFE FOR EACH OF YOUR CHILDREN. FOR WE 25:09 ASK IN THE BLESSED NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN. 25:11 >>PASTOR TONY: AMEN. 25:14 (MUSIC) 25:29 >>BILL: WELL, IF YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM 25:30 AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A DVD OF THIS 25:32 PROGRAM, MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND OR 25:36 A FAMILY MEMBER THAT IS GRIEVING RIGHT NOW. WELL, 25:37 WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU ONE. IT IS FREE OF CHARGE. 25:42 IT IS A GIFT FROM 'IT IS WRITTEN'. HERE'S THE 25:44 INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET YOUR DVD. 26:47 >>BILL: WELL, GENTLEMEN, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF 26:48 THE PROGRAM AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING 26:50 WITH US. PASTOR TONY, YOU'RE COMING BACK AGAIN, 26:52 RIGHT? >>PASTOR TONY: YES. >>BILL: SO, WE'LL 26:53 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN AND PASTOR JESSE 26:54 THANKS FOR.>>PASTOR JESSE PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 26:57 >>BILL:.WELL, WE APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS 26:58 REMIND US AGAIN OF THE WEBSITE, YOUR CHURCH'S 26:59 WEBSITE. >>PASTOR JESSE: WWW.MTZION.CA. PLEASE COME 27:05 AND VISIT US. >>BILL: WONDERFUL. WE WANT TO 27:07 THANK YOU, ALSO, FOR WATCHING THE PROGRAM. 27:11 REMEMBER THE 'IT IS WRITTEN' WEBSITE 27:13 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 27:14 THERE YOU CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS. YOU CAN SEND A 27:16 COMMENT ON THE PROGRAMS, YOU CAN SEND A PRAYER 27:17 REQUEST, YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION IF YOU ARE 27:20 SO MOVED TO, YOU CAN ALSO ENROLL IN OUR BIBLE SCHOOL 27:22 BY CORRESPONDENCE. 27:23 I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO IMMERSE 27:26 YOURSELF IN THE STUDY OF GOD'S WORD AND GET THAT 27:27 COMFORT AND THAT KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST. 27:34 YOU CAN DO THAT ALL ON THE WEBSITE. REMEMBER TO VISIT 27:36 OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, 27:37 ALSO. WELL, OUR GOAL AND OUR PRAYER IS THAT WE WILL 27:42 BE BACK NEXT WEEK. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE 27:47 THE TIME TO JOIN US. 27:48 UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT 27:52 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS 27:53 FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. |
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