>>BILL: ACCORDING TO A
NEWSPAPER COLUMN, J. UPTON
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DICKSON WAS A FUN-LOVING
FELLOW WHO SAID HE WAS
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WRITING A BOOK
ENTITLED 'COWAR POWER'. HE ALSO
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FOUNDED A GROUP OF
SUBMISSIVE PEOPLE IT WAS
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CALLED 'DOOR MATS', STANDS
FOR DEPENDENT ORGANIZATION
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OF REALLY MEEK AND
TIMID SOULS, IF THERE ARE NO
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OBJECTIONS. THEIR MOTTO
WAS THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT
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THE EARTH, IF
THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
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THEIR SYMBOL WAS THE
YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT.
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(MUSIC) >>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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>>BILL: IN MATTHEW 5
AND VERSE 5 JESUS SAYS,
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NOW, THAT WAS A
SHOCKING SURPRISE TO HIS JEWISH
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AUDIENCE JUST AS THE
FIRST TWO BEATITUDES WERE. JESUS
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CALLED FOR A STANDARD OF
LIVING THAT WAS FOREIGN TO
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THOSE WHO HEARD HIM. THEY
KNEW HOW TO BE SPIRITUALLY
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PROUD AND
SELF-SUFFICIENT AND WERE GOOD AT
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FOLLOWING AN EXTERNAL
FORM OF RELIGION. THEY THOUGHT
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THAT THEY COULD SURVIVE
SPIRITUALLY THROUGH THEIR
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OWN STRENGTH, WISDOM,
AND RESOURCES. THEY EXPECTED
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THAT WHEN THE MESSIAH
ARRIVED HE WOULD SAY I'M
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HERE TO COMMEND
YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL
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SPIRITUALITY. GOD IS
VERY PLEASED WITH YOU. I'M
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HERE TO USHER YOU INTO
THE KINGDOM. BUT THE LORD'S
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FIRST RECORDED
SERMON DID NOT CONFIRM SUCH
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EXPECTATIONS. NOW,
MEEKNESS IS DIFFERENT FROM
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BEING BROKEN OR POOR IN
SPIRIT, THOUGH THE GREEK
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ROOT WORD IS THE SAME.
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BROKENNESS OF SPIRIT IS
NEGATIVE IN THAT IT FOCUS'
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ON MAN'S SINFULNESS
AND RESULTS IN MOURNING
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MEEKNESS IS
POSITIVE IN THAT IT FOCUS' ON
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GOD'S HOLINESS AND MAN'S
RESPONSE TO THAT HOLINESS.
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THEY ARE TWO SIDES TO
THE SAME IDEA. WE ARE TO BE
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POOR IN SPIRIT BECAUSE
WE ARE SINNERS; AND MEEK
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BECAUSE GOD IS SO HOLY
IN COMPARISON TO US. OUR
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WORLD IS STILL HAVING
TROUBLE WITH MATTHEW 5:5
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YOU SEE, PEOPLE ASSOCIATE
HAPPINESS WITH SUCCESS,
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POWER, CONFIDENCE, AND
CONQUEST BUT ACCORDING TO
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JESUS, HIS KINGDOM IS
FOR THOSE WHO ARE MEEK. WELL,
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TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
EXPLORE THAT BEATITUDE AND
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JOINING US ONCE AGAIN IS
PASTOR TONY BUENO. PASTOR
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TONY, WELCOME BACK AGAIN.
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>>PASTOR TONY: THANK
YOU, BILL. >>BILL: AND WE HAVE
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OUR SPECIAL GUEST, PASTOR
RON TOURANSKI. PASTOR RON,
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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>>PASTOR RON: IT'S GOOD
TO BE HERE. >>BILL: WELL,
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THANK YOU. WE
APPRECIATE YOU ACCEPTING OUR
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INVITATION. PASTOR
RON, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR
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VIEWERS - THEY'VE MET
PASTOR BUENO A COUPLE OF
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TIMES ALREADY - TELL US
A BIT ABOUT YOU AND WHERE
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YOU PASTOR RIGHT NOW
>>PASTOR RON: WELL, I'M
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ACTUALLY PART GERMAN
AND PART UKRANIAN SO THAT
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MAKES ME A GERANIAN.
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(LAUGHTER) BUT
ANYWAY, NATIONALITY ASIDE, I
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PASTOR IN LINCOLN
PIONEER CHURCH IN GRIMSBY,
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ONTARIO, NOT FAR FROM
HAMILTON AND I'M PART TIME
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CHAPLIN AT THE HERITAGE
GREEN NURSING HOME WHICH
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I ENJOY VERY MUCH,
WORKING FOR THE ELDERLY. >>BILL:
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WELL, WONDERFUL. IS
THERE A WEBSITE FOR YOUR CHURCH
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THAT FOLKS.>>PASTOR
RON: THAT WOULD BE ON
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THE ONTARIO WEBSITE,
THE ONTARIO CONFERENCE.
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>>BILL: SO IF THEY GO
TO THE ONTARIO CONFERENCE
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WEBSITE THEY CAN CLICK
ON THEIR AND FIND.>>PASTOR
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TONY: LINCOLN PIONEER.
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>>BILL:.LINCOLN PIONEER?
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>>PASTOR RON: SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH. >>BILL:
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH. THANK YOU PASTOR
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RON. WELL, THIS IS ONE
OF THOSE THAT HAS CREATED A
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LITTLE BIT OF
DISCOMFORT FOR ME. BECAUSE AS I
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STUDIED THIS AND I
BEGAN - I USE THE NASB - AND
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IT SAYS, "BLESSED ARE
THE GENTLE" AND BOY, I
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THINK THAT GENTLENESS
IS SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO
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WORK ON. SO, THIS IS -
I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD
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TO THE INSIGHTS THAT YOU
FELLOWS BRING BECAUSE THIS
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IS SOMETHING THAT I
NEED TO WORK ON IN MY LIFE.
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>>PASTOR TONY: WELL,
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WOULD
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LIKE TO READ, BLESSED
ARE THE BULLIES, BUT THAT'S
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NOT WHAT JESUS SAID.
HE SAID, 'BLESSED ARE THE
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MEEK'. AND THE
WORD THAT IS USED IN THE
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GREEK VERSION OF THE
NEW TESTAMENT - WE ALL KNOW
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THAT CHRIST DIDN'T
SPEAK IN GREEK, HE SPOKE IN
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ARAMAIC - BUT THE
FIRST RENDITION OF THE NEW
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TESTAMENT THAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE WAS IN
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GREEK. AND IF WE
TRUST, AS WE SHOULD, THAT THE
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TRANSLATORS OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT FROM THE ARAMAIC
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THAT CHRIST SPOKE TO
THE GREEK, IN WHICH THE
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GOSPELS ARE RECORDED,
DID AN ACCURATE TRANSLATION,
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THEN THE GREEK TERM
BRINGS THE CONOTATION OF BEING
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HUMBLE, OF BEING
GENTLE, OF BEING KIND, OF BEING
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LOWLY, UNASSUMING. IT'S
REALLY THE ANTITHISUS OF
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ARROGANCE AND
SELF-IMPORTANCE. IT'S THAT
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ATTRIBUTE OF THE HEART
THAT CONSIDERS ONESELF AS
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SECOND TO OTHERS, NOT
LESS THAN OTHERS, BUT SECOND TO
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OTHERS. WHO INSTEAD OF
SAYING LET ME TALK SO YOU
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CAN LISTEN SAYS TELL ME
I WANT TO LEARN FROM YOU.
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THAT IS THE CONCEPT OF
MEEKNESS THAT CHRIST IS
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PRESENTING HERE WHICH,
OF COURSE, MAKES OF A PERSON
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WITH THOSE CHARACTERISTICS
A WONDERFUL FRIEND BECAUSE
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HE OR SHE WILL BE KIND
AND GENTLE AND SUPPORTIVE IN
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THE RELATIONSHIP. >>PASTOR
RON: LOYAL. >>PASTOR TONY:
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LOYAL TOO. ABSOLUTELY.
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>>BILL: YEAH.
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IN FACT, I THINK IT'S
IN 2CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 10
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THAT PAUL SPEAKS OF
THE - I THINK IT'S - BOY
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WOULDN'T THAT BE
WONDERFUL IF I GOT THE - OH YES,
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IT'S PAUL, 2CORINTHIANS
10, VERSE ONE, RIGHT?
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SO HE MAKES
REFERENCE TO THE MEEKNESS AND
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GENTLENESS OF JESUS
CHRIST. I THINK SOMETIMES
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FOLKS HAVE A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING MEEKNESS.
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>>PASTOR RON: I
THINK SOMETIMES MEEKNESS IS
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EQUATED WITH WEAKNESS.
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>>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR
RON: IT'S NOT THAT AT ALL. LET
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ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES. >>BILL: LIKE THE
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DOOR MAT SOCIETY. >>PASTOR
RON: YES, EXACTLY. LET ME
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GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE ON
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THAT. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
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MOSES, HE WAS A
GREAT LEADER, RIGHT? AND HE
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STOOD UP TO BE THE
MOST POWERFUL LEADER IN THE
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WORLD BUT YET, THE BIBLE
TELLS US THAT HE WAS MEEK
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AND HE LED GOD'S
PEOPLE THROUGH THE WILDERNESS
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NOW, NUMBERS 12:3
IS A TEXT THAT TELLS
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US THAT MOSES WAS
VERY MEEK. IT SAYS,
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SO IT SEEMS TO INDICATE
THAT HE WAS THE MEEKEST OF
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ALL MEN BUT THEN WE HAVE
AN EVEN GREATER EXAMPLE IN
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JESUS. IN MATTHEW 11:29,
HE SEES JESUS COULD STAND
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UP IN THE SHIP. IF
YOU REMEMBER WHEN HE SAID
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"PEACE BE STILL" TO
THE WINDS AND THE WAVES AND
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THEN ANOTHER EXAMPLE
WAS WHEN HE CHASED THE MONEY
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CHANGERS OUT OF THE
TEMPLE, YOU KNOW, WITH A
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WHIP. BUT YOU SEE,
MATTHEW 11:29 PUTS IT INTO
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PERSPECTIVE HERE,
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SO THERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES
RIGHT THERE. MOSES, NUMBER
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ONE AND JESUS, THE
FACT THAT THEY WERE THE
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POWERFUL EXAMPLES, THAT
THEY HAD THE POWER IN THEM
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AS WELL. SO MEEKNESS
IS NOT WEAKNESS. >>BILL:
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YEAH. AND WE TEND NOT
TO ASSOCIATE MEEKNESS WITH
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LEADERS, WITH
POWERFUL LEADERS LIKE JESUS OR
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MOSES, RIGHT? THAT
TENDS NOT TO BE ON THE LIST OF
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QUALIFICATIONS WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CORPORATE
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C.E.O. YOU KNOW,
MEEK.GENTLE.DOESN'T
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APPEAR. >>PASTOR
TONY: IT WOULD BE C O
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UNTER-CULTURAL.>>BILL:
YES. ONCE AGAIN. >>PASTOR
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TONY:.IN OUR DAYS.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING ABOUT
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MEEKNESS BECAUSE IT'S
A CHARACTERISTIC THAT CAN
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NEVER BE SELF-PREDICATED.
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THE MOMENT ANYONE WAS
TO SAY, OTHER THAN JESUS
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CHRIST,.>>BILL: I'M MEEK.
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>>PASTOR TONY:.I
AM MEEK. (LAUGHTER) IT
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BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT
THAT IS.>>PASTOR RON:
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SELF-SERVING. >>PASTOR
TONY:.NOT MEEKNESS, YOU
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KNOW. SO, IT'S SOMETHING
THAT HAS TO BE RECOGNIZED
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IT'S SOMETHING THAT
OTHERS OBSERVE AND THEY TESTIFY
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TO. THEY SAY.>>PASTOR
RON: AFFIRM. >>PASTOR
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TONY:.AFFIRM, WHAT A
MEEK PERSON, WHAT A HUMBLE
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PERSON. NOW, JESUS
CHRIST IS, RIGHTLY, THE ONE WHO
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COULD SAY SO ABOUT
HIMSELF BECAUSE IN ALL THINGS HE
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DID, HE EXHIBITED
THAT MEEKNESS, THAT WAS SO
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COMPLETE AND TOTAL THAT
IT WAS HIS ALONE. >>BILL:
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YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE
PRIVILEDGE OF HAVING HERE
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ON SET A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, DR. BEN CARSON,
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A FAMOUS
PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGEON, VERY
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ACCOMPLISHED MAN BY THE
WAY OF THE WORLD, HE'S GOT
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EVERYTHING THE WORLD.AND
I THINK ALL OF US WHO WERE
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HERE INCLUDING THE
CREW THAT WERE PRESENT WOULD
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SAY THAT THAT WAS A
MEEK MAN. WITH ALL OF THOSE -
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ALL OF THE ACCOLADES
THAT HE'S RECEIVED AND, YOU
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KNOW, THE CIRCLES THAT
HE MOVES IN AND THE PEOPLE
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HE RUBS SHOULDERS WITH,
I MEAN, HE COULD WALK IN
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HERE AND BE SOMEONE VERY
ARROGANT BUT I SAW IN HIM
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A SPIRIT.>>PASTOR RON:
A GENTLENESS. >>BILL:.A
00:10:14.93\00:10:18.50
GENTLENESS.>>PASTOR
RON: I NOTICED THAT TOO.
00:10:18.50\00:10:21.60
>>BILL:.WHICH
WAS SOMETHING SO, SO
00:10:21.60\00:10:22.40
IMPRESSIVE. AND IT
WAS INTERESTING, I THINK
00:10:22.40\00:10:25.20
ABOUT IT NOW, IT DIDN'T
TRANSLATE INTO WEAKNESS.
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BECAUSE I WOULD NOT SAY
HE'S A WEAK MAN. IN FACT,
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HE'S A VERY POWERFUL MAN.
00:10:28.80\00:10:31.90
>>PASTOR RON: COULD WE
SAY THAT MEEKNESS IS STRENGTH
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UNDER CONTROL.
STRENGTH UNDER CONTROL. >>BILL:
00:10:32.96\00:10:36.83
THAT'S NICELY PUT. NOW
WHAT IF GOD'S CHILDREN, IF
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ALL THOSE THAT CLAIM TO
BE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST
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WERE, IN FACT, MEEK,
WHAT WOULD THE RESULTS OF THAT
00:10:40.23\00:10:46.70
BE? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
00:10:46.70\00:10:47.16
WHAT WOULD BE
HAPPENING DIFFERENT IN THE WORLD
00:10:47.16\00:10:54.20
OR IN THE CHURCH IF WE,
IN FACT, WERE MEEK AND GENTLE
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LIKE JESUS WANTS US TO BE?
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>>PASTOR TONY: WOULD THEY
BE PRIME VICTIMS OF ABUSE?
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>>BILL: RIGHT. WOULD
THEY BE TRAMPLED ON? >>PASTOR
00:11:03.23\00:11:04.23
TONY: UH HUH, OR
WOULD THEY PORTRAY SUCH AN
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EXAMPLE THAT EVERYBODY
WOULD STOP AND LOOK AND
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LISTEN. THE REAL
GREATNESS OF A PERSON IS NEVER
00:11:09.80\00:11:10.90
SELF-PROCLAIMED AND WHEN
YOU RECOGNIZE GREATNESS IN
00:11:10.90\00:11:16.33
SOMEONE IT'S BECAUSE YOU
ARE ABLE TO SEE BEYOND THE
00:11:16.33\00:11:23.10
EXTERIOR. THE MEEK ARE
PEOPLE WHO PRESENT TO YOU
00:11:23.10\00:11:24.10
THE INSIDE OF WHO THEY
ARE AND IN THE TRUE HUMILITY
00:11:24.10\00:11:32.36
OF THEIR HEART, THEY
LIVE A LIFE THAT IS UNASSUMING
00:11:32.36\00:11:37.86
AND THAT GIVES CREDIT
TO GOD AS THE GIVER OF ALL
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GIFTS AND THE PROVIDER
OF THE STRENGTH TO REACH
00:11:38.86\00:11:43.36
ANY ACHIEVEMENT THAT
THEY ACCOMPLISH AND THAT
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SUPPORT OTHERS FOR
THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY
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HAVE MADE TO THEIR
OWN SUCCESS. >>PASTOR RON:
00:11:51.73\00:11:59.56
JUST TO ADD TO THAT. I
THINK THAT, BROTHER BILL,
00:11:59.56\00:12:01.66
TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE
00:12:01.66\00:12:02.60
IN THE KINGDOM BY NOW
IF EVERYONE, IF YOU TAKE
00:12:02.60\00:12:11.83
LITERALLY EVERYONE THAT
PRACTICES THAT. BECAUSE IT
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DOES SAY THE REWARD
WILL BE, 'THEY SHALL INHERIT
00:12:14.16\00:12:15.16
THE EARTH'. BEST OF
THE MEEK. SO, I BELIEVE WE
00:12:15.16\00:12:21.36
WOULD BE IN THE
KINGDOM WITH OUR LORD. >>BILL:
00:12:21.36\00:12:24.20
THAT'S A GOOD - WHAT
WOULD I LOOK AT IN MY LIFE THAT
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WOULD HELP ME
UNDERSTAND WHY I AM NOT MEEK?
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I MEAN, I DON'T THINK
THAT I'M - I THINK, LIKE I SAID
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EARLIER, I THINK THIS
IS SOMETHING I NEED TO WORK
00:12:31.03\00:12:32.00
ON. I MEAN, HOW DOES
SOMEONE KNOW? LIKE HOW
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DOES SOMEBODY WATCHING
HERE KNOW, IN FACT - YOU
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SAID OTHER PEOPLE HAVE
TO SEE IT IN THEM. >>PASTOR
00:12:46.50\00:12:47.50
RON: I THINK THAT THAT'S
A GOOD POINT. THE MEMBERS
00:12:47.50\00:12:49.20
YOU WORK FOR, THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH, THEY
00:12:49.20\00:12:52.23
WOULD HAVE TO AFFIRM THAT.
00:12:52.23\00:12:52.80
THEY'D HAVE TO SAY,
THIS IS A MEEK PERSON BECAUSE
00:12:52.80\00:12:55.16
YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE,
THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF
00:12:55.16\00:12:56.16
BEING MEEK. WHEN I WAS
PASTORING ANOTHER CHURCH,
00:12:56.16\00:13:01.50
I'LL SAY OVER A THOUSAND
MILES AWAY, FOR THE SAKE
00:13:01.50\00:13:06.36
OF CONVERSING ABOUT IT,
THE POINT WAS THAT THERE
00:13:06.36\00:13:07.36
WERE MEMBERS THAT
THEY IDENTIFIED THAT WAS MY
00:13:07.36\00:13:11.70
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT,
MEEKNESS. NOW I DIDN'T
00:13:11.70\00:13:16.16
KNOW IF THAT WAS A
COMPLIMENT OR NOT BUT I
00:13:16.16\00:13:17.10
THINK IT IS BECAUSE
IT'S STRENGTH UNDER CONTROL.
00:13:17.10\00:13:21.26
IT'S BEING ABLE TO DO
THE JOB AND HAVE THE POWER OF
00:13:21.26\00:13:26.60
THE LORD WITH YOU AND
STILL BE HUMBLE ABOUT IT.
00:13:26.60\00:13:27.60
WHATEVER CALLING GOD
CALLS YOU TO DO, WHATEVER,
00:13:27.60\00:13:31.63
WHETHER IT BE GREAT
OR SOMETHING LITTLE AND I
00:13:31.63\00:13:35.30
THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT NO
00:13:35.30\00:13:36.26
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
IT'S ALSO BEING ABLE TO WORK
00:13:36.26\00:13:40.40
AND TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE CRITICISM. ONE OF MY
00:13:40.40\00:13:46.36
DEARLY BELOVED ELDERS IN
A CHURCH MANY YEARS AGO CAME
00:13:46.36\00:13:47.46
TO ME WITH ABOUT 3 OR
4 PAGES OF CRITICISM ON
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MY SERMON, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO - YOU
00:13:52.13\00:13:56.23
KNOW, ONE SABBATH
AFTERNOON, AFTER I HAD
00:13:56.23\00:13:57.10
PREACHED IN THE MORNING,
WENT ON, THIS IS WHAT YOU
00:13:57.10\00:14:00.90
NEED TO CHANGE AND THIS
IS HOW YOU NEED TO IMPROVE.
00:14:00.90\00:14:05.03
WELL, I JUST TOOK THAT
GRACIOUSLY AND TRIED TO
00:14:05.03\00:14:06.03
LEARN FROM IT INSTEAD
OF ARGUING WITH HIM AND
00:14:06.03\00:14:09.00
GETTING MAD. IT DOESN'T
BENEFIT ANYBODY BY DOING
00:14:09.00\00:14:12.60
THAT. SO I JUST GRACIOUSLY
TOOK IT, IT'S GRACE UNDER
00:14:12.60\00:14:13.76
FIRE, YOU SEE, WHEN
YOU'RE PATIENTLY, YOU LEARN FROM
00:14:13.76\00:14:17.40
WHAT EXPERIENCES IN LIFE
AND YOU MOVE ON AND YOU DO
00:14:17.40\00:14:22.76
YOUR VERY BEST. YOU DO
BETTER NEXT TIME. THAT'S
00:14:22.76\00:14:23.73
MEEKNESS IN MY MIND.
00:14:23.73\00:14:27.26
>>BILL: OKAY.
>>PASTOR TONY: YOU ASKED THE
00:14:27.26\00:14:28.30
QUESTION, HOW DO WE KNOW?
00:14:28.30\00:14:30.13
IN OTHER WORDS, IS THERE
A TEST FOR MEEKNESS? NO. CAN
00:14:30.13\00:14:31.23
THEY GIVE ME A QUIZ?
AND IF I CHECK THE RIGHT
00:14:31.23\00:14:35.46
ANSWERS THEN I SCORE
100% OR 75% OR WHATEVER ON THE
00:14:35.46\00:14:42.90
MEEKNESS TEST. NO. I
DON'T KNOW OF ANY THING LIKE
00:14:42.90\00:14:44.03
THAT. CHRIST SAYS,
LEARN FROM ME. IN OTHER WORDS,
00:14:44.03\00:14:49.76
THE WAY TO KNOW WHETHER
I AM MEEK OR NOT IS TO LOOK
00:14:49.76\00:14:59.46
AT JESUS. AND BECAUSE
HE IS MEEK IF I OBSERVE HIM
00:14:59.46\00:15:00.50
LONG ENOUGH BY BEHOLDING,
I WILL BECOME TRANSFORMED.
00:15:00.50\00:15:09.63
IT MAY BE THAT I
WILL START TO RECOGNIZE A
00:15:09.63\00:15:14.26
MODEST OPERANDIA WAY OF
LIFE IN JESUS THAT I CAN
00:15:14.26\00:15:15.26
EMULATE. HE SAYS, LEARN
FROM ME. SO, AS DISIPLES,
00:15:15.26\00:15:21.76
AS STUDENTS WE SHOULD
LEARN FROM THE MASTER. AND
00:15:21.76\00:15:26.00
THAT PROCESS WILL
NECESSARILY PRODUCE A
00:15:26.00\00:15:26.86
CHANGE IN HEART, A
CHANGE IN ATTITUDE THAT OTHERS
00:15:26.86\00:15:32.90
WILL BEGIN TO
RECOGNIZE >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT.
00:15:32.90\00:15:35.43
>>PASTOR TONY: AND
THEIR TESTIMONY WILL BE AN
00:15:35.43\00:15:36.46
AFFIRMATION THAT,
INDEED, CHRIST IS AT WORK IN US.
00:15:36.46\00:15:39.66
THE IMAGE OF CHRIST IS
BEING REPRODUCED IN OUR
00:15:39.66\00:15:44.30
CHARACTER AND WE ARE
BECOMING MORE AND MORE
00:15:44.30\00:15:45.23
LIKE HIM BY HIS GRACE.
00:15:45.23\00:15:49.43
>>BILL: NOW, CHRIST
DID KICK OVER THE MONEY
00:15:49.43\00:15:50.40
CHANGERS TABLES IN THE
TEMPLE, RIGHT? >>PASTOR
00:15:50.40\00:15:55.00
TONY: HE DID. HE DID.
WAS THAT NOT MEEK? >>BILL:
00:15:55.00\00:15:59.90
THAT'S MY QUESTION.
00:15:59.90\00:16:00.43
>>PASTOR TONY:
(LAUGHTER) THAT'S YOUR QUESTION.
00:16:00.43\00:16:03.33
>>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT.
00:16:03.33\00:16:03.93
>>PASTOR TONY: THAT WAS A
MOMENT DESCRIBED AS DIVINE
00:16:03.93\00:16:06.26
WRATH IN WHICH
GOD'S INDIGNATION WAS
00:16:06.26\00:16:07.10
RIGHTEOUSLY DISPLAYED.
00:16:07.10\00:16:17.63
BECAUSE TO EXTREME TO
WHICH THE MONEY CHANGERS
00:16:17.63\00:16:18.70
HAD COME IN THEIR BUSINESS
WAS ACCIDENTALLY OFFENSIVE
00:16:18.70\00:16:25.66
TO GOD. SO, AT SOME
POINTS GOD HAS ACTUALLY FLASHED
00:16:25.66\00:16:31.73
THROUGH THE SKY AND
HAS ADDRESSED THE SITUATION
00:16:31.73\00:16:32.76
IN A MANNER THAT WAS
MORE HANDS ON. BUT IT WAS NOT
00:16:32.76\00:16:40.40
A SIGN OF LACK OF MEEKNESS
ON THE PART OF JESUS. IT
00:16:40.40\00:16:46.96
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT HE
00:16:46.96\00:16:48.10
WAS. IT HAD TO DO WITH
THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT
00:16:48.10\00:16:54.13
THE MONEY CHANGERS WERE
>>PASTOR RON: AND THEY HAD
00:16:54.13\00:16:57.33
CROSSED THE LINE.
00:16:57.33\00:16:57.73
AND HE WAS PROTECTING HIS
FATHER'S HOUSE. SO, A VERY
00:16:57.73\00:17:01.10
GOOD POINT PASTOR
BUENO IS MAKING HERE. >>BILL:
00:17:01.10\00:17:02.23
OKAY, SO, YOU CAN BE
MEEK.>>PASTOR TONY: AND
00:17:02.23\00:17:04.90
BE STRONG. >>BILL:.AND
BE STRONG. AND WHEN YOU SEE
00:17:04.90\00:17:12.40
GOD AND WHEN YOU SEE GOD
BEING DISHONOURED THAT CAN
00:17:12.40\00:17:13.43
STIR UP SOME PRETTY
STRONG FEELINGS IN YOU.>>PASTOR
00:17:13.43\00:17:19.83
TONY: YES. >>BILL:.AND
STILL BE CONSIDERED MEEK
00:17:19.83\00:17:22.06
AND GENTLE. >>PASTOR
TONY: YEAH. THE MEEK WILL SPEAK
00:17:22.06\00:17:23.13
UP WHEN THEY HAVE TO.
THEY WILL SPEAK UP IN A HUMBLE
00:17:23.13\00:17:27.06
WAY BUT YET IN A VERY
COURAGEOUS WAY. AND GOD
00:17:27.06\00:17:31.06
NEVER CALLED COWARDS.
00:17:31.06\00:17:31.56
MEEKNESS IS A NOT
COWARDICE. >>BILL: OKAY,
00:17:31.56\00:17:39.86
THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT
THERE. SO HE CALLED PEOPLE
00:17:39.86\00:17:40.90
WHO WOULD HAVE THE
COURAGE TO STAND FOR
00:17:40.90\00:17:45.90
TRUTH REGARDLESS OF THE
CONSEQUENCES BUT WHO WOULD
00:17:45.90\00:17:49.10
DO IT WITHOUT ARROGANCE.
00:17:49.10\00:17:49.60
>>BILL: RIGHT. I THINK
OF THE - WHEN I THINK OF THE
00:17:49.60\00:17:53.76
- WHEN I THINK OF THIS,
I THINK OF THE REFORMERS,
00:17:53.76\00:17:54.80
YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN
CALLED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, A
00:17:54.80\00:17:58.63
TRIBUNAL TO BE QUESTIONED
ON THEIR FAITH WOULD STAND
00:17:58.63\00:18:03.33
THERE, YOU KNOW, STEADFAST
IN THEIR BELIEF, YOU KNOW,
00:18:03.33\00:18:04.43
OF JESUS AND GOD'S
WORD, YOU KNOW, PREPARED TO GO
00:18:04.43\00:18:10.66
TO A STAKE AND BE
BURNED ALIVE WITH DIGNITY.
00:18:10.66\00:18:18.06
THAT'S, SORT OF, WHAT I
HAVE IN MY HEAD OF WHAT,
00:18:18.06\00:18:19.06
YOU KNOW, WHAT
MEEKNESS IS. THEY DIDN'T SEEK
00:18:19.06\00:18:23.36
OUT, I MEAN, THEY
DIDN'T.>>PASTOR TONY:
00:18:23.36\00:18:28.26
PROVOKE. >>BILL:.PROVOKE
ANYTHING BUT WHEN CALLED
00:18:28.26\00:18:29.23
TO TASK AND SAID, YOU
KNOW, LUTHER BEING ASKED,
00:18:29.23\00:18:31.36
DO YOU DENY, DID YOU
WRITE THESE THINGS, WELL, YES,
00:18:31.36\00:18:35.40
WELL, RECANT THIS. HOW
CAN I RECANT? I'M NOT GOING TO
00:18:35.40\00:18:36.50
RECANT. IT'S ALL THE
TRUTH OR ELSE I WOULDN'T HAVE
00:18:36.50\00:18:38.80
PUT IT DOWN. HE DIDN'T
PROVOKE IT BUT WHEN ASKED
00:18:38.80\00:18:43.36
TO MAKE A - TO STAND FOR
SOMETHING, HE STOOD. I'LL
00:18:43.36\00:18:44.46
TELL YOU, I THINK THAT
HAS A TREMENDOUS POWER IN
00:18:44.46\00:18:47.46
THE WORLD. >>PASTOR
RON: IN EPHESIANS, PAUL TALKS
00:18:47.46\00:18:49.40
ABOUT THAT. "SPEAKING
THE TRUTH IN LOVE." YOU'RE
00:18:49.40\00:18:50.53
WILLING TO STAND FOR THE
TRUTH, THOUGH THE HEAVENS
00:18:50.53\00:18:53.63
FALL BUT YOU DO IT
IN LOVE. YOU CAUTION THE
00:18:53.63\00:18:56.90
LANGUAGE OF LOVE.
00:18:56.90\00:18:57.30
>>BILL: I THINK PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD WANT TO SEE
00:18:57.30\00:18:59.93
CHRISTIANS STANDING FOR
SOMETHING AND PEOPLE THAT
00:18:59.93\00:19:01.03
BELIEF IN SOMETHING AND
WILL DO THAT WITH DIGNITY
00:19:01.03\00:19:09.60
AND GENTLENESS AND NOT
WITH ARROGANCE. >>PASTOR
00:19:09.60\00:19:16.20
TONY: THE APOSTLE
PETER, HE ENCOURAGES THE
00:19:16.20\00:19:17.16
BELIEVERS TO
EXHIBIT A GENTLE AND QUIET
00:19:17.16\00:19:23.16
SPIRIT. AND RATHER THAN
AN AUSTENTAOUS DISPLAY OF WHO
00:19:23.16\00:19:26.10
I AM, RATHER LET JESUS
SHINE THROUGH ME. I SHOULD
00:19:26.10\00:19:27.13
NOT BE SEEN BUT HIM.
SO, MEEKNESS IS EXPRESSED IN
00:19:27.13\00:19:35.56
THE BEAUTIFUL SONG, NOT
I BUT CHRIST. AND WHEN WE
00:19:35.56\00:19:43.83
GIVE PRECEDENCE TO
JESUS, WHEN EVERYTHING WE DO WE
00:19:43.83\00:19:44.96
DO TO THE GLORY OF GOD,
THEN HE SHINES AND WE FADE
00:19:44.96\00:19:51.40
AWAY IN THE SHADOW OF HIS
GREATNESS. THAT'S THE BEST
00:19:51.40\00:19:59.40
PLACE FOR A CHRISTIAN TO
BE. >>PASTOR RON: I THINK
00:19:59.40\00:20:00.40
THAT MEEKNESS COMES OUT
OF A SPIRIT OF CONTENTMENT.
00:20:00.40\00:20:04.06
YOU KNOW, I MAY JUST
THROW ANOTHER THOUGHT IN THERE.
00:20:04.06\00:20:08.30
>>BILL: SURE.
>>PASTOR RON: PHILLIPIANS
00:20:08.30\00:20:09.13
4:11, IT SAYS,
00:20:09.13\00:20:10.36
IT'S THAT COMFORT
LEVEL, BEING COMFORTABLE WITH
00:20:16.66\00:20:17.63
WHO YOU ARE. THE LEVEL
OF CONTENTMENT. NO MATTER
00:20:17.63\00:20:22.73
HOW MANY DEGREES YOU HAVE
BEHIND YOUR NAME, HOW MANY
00:20:22.73\00:20:25.70
- HOW MUCH MONEY
YOU'RE MAKING. GOD HAS BLESSED
00:20:25.70\00:20:26.83
YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE A SERVANT
00:20:26.83\00:20:32.03
OF GOD AND YOU HAVE A
JOB TO DO AND YOU DO IT WELL.
00:20:32.03\00:20:35.63
>>BILL: YEAH, I MEAN, I
HEAR YOU SAYING DON'T BE
00:20:35.63\00:20:36.63
AGGRESSIVE, DON'T BE OUT
THERE GO, GO, GO, STEPPING
00:20:36.63\00:20:40.46
ON EVERYBODY TO TRY AND
GET AHEAD IN THE WORLD AND
00:20:40.46\00:20:44.90
ACCUMMULATE THING.
00:20:44.90\00:20:45.33
BE GENTLE, BE MEEK, BE
HUMBLE, BE OBEDIENT TO MY
00:20:45.33\00:20:49.83
WORD AND IF YOU DO THAT
IN THE END I HAVE A WONDERFUL
00:20:49.83\00:20:50.93
INHERITANCE FOR YOU.
YOU WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.
00:20:50.93\00:20:56.26
>>PASTOR RON: WHAT MORE
COULD YOU ASK FOR? >>BILL:
00:20:56.26\00:20:58.80
WHAT MORE COULD YOU,
EXACTLY RIGHT, WHAT MORE
00:20:58.80\00:20:59.73
COULD WE ASK FOR? >>PASTOR
TONY: YOU KNOW THE LIFE OF
00:20:59.73\00:21:02.76
A MEEK PERSON MAY AT
TIMES APPEAR TO BE LACKING IN
00:21:02.76\00:21:06.03
EXCITEMENT. THE MEEK
SEEM TO HAVE THEIR SHOULDERS
00:21:06.03\00:21:07.06
BENT OVER, THEIR HEAD
DOWN, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T
00:21:07.06\00:21:13.73
LOOK AT YOU IN THE EYES
WELL, THAT IS A CHARACTER.
00:21:13.73\00:21:18.06
THE MEEK CAN BE
CONFIDENT AND CAN BE COURAGEOUS
00:21:18.06\00:21:19.06
BUT CHRIST GIVES THEM A
SPECIAL PROMISE HERE. AND
00:21:19.06\00:21:25.06
HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE ON THIS EARTH YOU LACKED
00:21:25.06\00:21:32.20
THINGS AND YOU LACKED
RECOGNITION WELL, I AM
00:21:32.20\00:21:33.16
GOING TO MAKE YOU THE
HEIR OF THE WORLD MADE NEW THAT
00:21:33.16\00:21:39.33
I AM ABOUT TO CREATE.
AND I WILL PRESENT YOU BEFORE
00:21:39.33\00:21:47.16
THE UNIVERSE AS THE HEIR.
00:21:47.16\00:21:47.70
>>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR
TONY: AND I WILL HONOUR
00:21:47.70\00:21:53.20
YOU. YOU WILL STAND BY
MY RIGHT SIDE AND BECAUSE
00:21:53.20\00:21:54.20
YOU ACKNOWLEDGED MY
NAME THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE IN
00:21:54.20\00:22:00.10
THIS WORLD AND BECAUSE
YOU EXALTED ME, RATHER THAN
00:22:00.10\00:22:04.20
YOURSELF, I AM GOING
TO EXALT YOU AS THE HEIR
00:22:04.20\00:22:05.13
OF THE WORLD MADE NEW. I
THINK THAT PROMISE HAS SO
00:22:05.13\00:22:10.83
MUCH BEAUTY AND SO
MUCH COMFORT TO ANYONE WHO
00:22:10.83\00:22:15.56
IDENTIFIES WITH THE
CHALLENGE OF CHRIST TO
00:22:15.56\00:22:16.63
BE MEEK. >>BILL: WE HAVE
ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT AND I
00:22:16.63\00:22:22.40
KNOW YOU HAD A QUOTE
YOU WANTED TO.>>PASTOR RON:
00:22:22.40\00:22:26.50
YES, CAN I SHARE
THAT? >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY.
00:22:26.50\00:22:27.36
>>PASTOR RON: A.W.
TOZER, HE WAS A GREAT CHRISTIAN
00:22:27.36\00:22:29.60
AUTHOR. HERE'S WHAT HE
SAID, IN SUMMING IT UP,
00:22:29.60\00:22:32.53
THIS IS HIS MOTTO. >>BILL:
THAT'S WONDERFUL. >>PASTOR
00:23:06.76\00:23:07.96
TONY: BEAUTIFUL.
>>BILL: WELL, THANK YOU PASTORS.
00:23:07.96\00:23:10.03
THANK YOU FOR THOSE
INSIGHTS. YOU KNOW, AS
00:23:10.03\00:23:11.23
PASTOR RON SAID, MEEKNESS
IS POWER UNDER CONTROL. I
00:23:11.23\00:23:12.26
LIKE THAT. IT SHOWS
ITSELF WHEN YOU SEEK TO DEFEND
00:23:12.26\00:23:14.73
GOD'S HONOUR AND NOT
YOUR OWN. IT RESULTS IN
00:23:14.73\00:23:22.26
BLESSINGS THAT, IN
THE END, CAUSE YOU TO
00:23:22.26\00:23:23.26
INHERIT THE EARTH.
IT CHARACTERIZES EVERY
00:23:23.26\00:23:26.16
TRUE BELIEVER BECAUSE IT
ACCOMPANIES SALVATION. IT
00:23:26.16\00:23:31.26
IS COMMANDED BY GOD, IS
NEEDED FOR RECEIVING AND
00:23:31.26\00:23:32.26
COMMUNICATING HIS WORD,
AND GLORIFIES HIM. FRIEND,
00:23:32.26\00:23:37.10
EXAMINE YOURSELF TO
SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE
00:23:37.10\00:23:41.06
TRULY MEEK. WHAT IS THE
PRACTICAL COST OF TAKING
00:23:41.06\00:23:42.06
OFFENSE, ONLY WHEN GOD
HIMSELF IS ATTACKED? J.C.
00:23:42.06\00:23:46.23
ROW WROTE THAT A
CHRISTIAN MUST BE CONTENT TO BE
00:23:46.23\00:23:50.20
THOUGHT ILL OF BY MAN
IF HE PLEASES GOD. HE MUST
00:23:50.20\00:23:51.20
COUNT IT NO STRANGE
THING TO BE MOCKED, RIDICULED,
00:23:51.20\00:23:55.56
SLANDERED, PERSECUTED,
AND EVEN HATED. HE MUST NOT BE
00:23:55.56\00:24:01.33
SURPRISED TO FIND HIS
OPINIONS AND HIS PRACTICES
00:24:01.33\00:24:02.36
IN RELIGION DESPISED AND
HELD UP TO SCORN. HE MUST
00:24:02.36\00:24:06.83
SUBMIT TO BE THOUGHT BY
MANY A FOOL, AN ENTHUSIST,
00:24:06.83\00:24:12.26
A FANATIC. TO HAVE HIS
WORDS PERVERTED AND HIS
00:24:12.26\00:24:13.26
ACTIONS MISREPRESENTED.
IN FACT, HE MUST NOT MARVEL
00:24:13.26\00:24:19.23
IF SOME EVEN CALL HIM
MAD SO FAR, AS WE'VE EXAMINED
00:24:19.23\00:24:27.00
THE BEATITUDES IT MAY
MAKE MANY CHRISTIANS AND THE
00:24:27.00\00:24:28.06
PROSPECT OF CHRISTIANITY
TO BE KIND OF A DISMAL
00:24:28.06\00:24:33.96
ONE. SO YOU MEAN TO
TELL ME THAT CHRISTIANS ARE
00:24:33.96\00:24:38.03
POOR IN SPIRT, THEY
MOURN OVER SIN AND THEIR
00:24:38.03\00:24:38.96
MEEK. A PERSON MIGHT
ASK THEMSELVES, WHAT HOPE IS
00:24:38.96\00:24:41.93
THERE IN THOSE THINGS?
BUT EACH OF THESE ATTITUDES
00:24:41.93\00:24:45.80
DEMONSTRATES THE NEW
NATURE OF THE BELIEVER.
00:24:45.80\00:24:46.76
TO FOLLOW CHRIST WILL
COST MANY DEARLY BUT WILL
00:24:46.76\00:24:50.50
RESULT IN ETERNAL LIFE
THE QUESTION IS: ARE WE
00:24:50.50\00:24:56.43
WILLING TO PAY THE COST?
00:24:56.43\00:24:57.06
ARE WE WILLING TO STRIVE
TO FOCUS ON THE PERSON OF
00:24:57.06\00:25:01.66
JESUS CHRIST? AND IT WILL
BE LESS HARD TO BE MEEK IN
00:25:01.66\00:25:02.73
A PROUD WORLD. PASTOR
RON, WOULD YOU PRAY WITH
00:25:02.73\00:25:12.10
OUR VIEWERS.
>>PASTOR RON: I'D BE HAPPY TO.
00:25:12.10\00:25:13.96
OUR GRACIOUS HEAVENLY
FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK
00:25:14.93\00:25:15.90
YOU THAT YOU ARE SUCH A
GREAT GOD. AND EVENTHOUGH
00:25:15.90\00:25:19.80
YOU'RE SO GREAT, YOU SIT
UP THEIR ON THE THRONE IN
00:25:19.80\00:25:25.26
HEAVEN, YOU GAVE US
THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF
00:25:25.26\00:25:26.23
MEEKNESS THAT WE COULD
EVER HAVE BY COMING DOWN
00:25:26.23\00:25:30.90
AND DYING FOR OUR SINS
THERE IN THE GARDEN YOU
00:25:30.90\00:25:35.86
SAID, NOT MY WILL BUT
THY WILL BE DONE. THAT IS A
00:25:35.86\00:25:36.90
GREAT EXAMPLE OF MEEKNESS.
00:25:36.90\00:25:39.93
WE THANK YOU THAT YOU
GAVE US THAT EXAMPLE AND YOU
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HUMBLED YOURSELF FROM
THE THRONE ABOVE TO COME TO
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THIS EARTH SO THAT YOU
COULD, INDEED, GIVE EACH
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PERSON, EACH SINNER AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ETERNAL
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LIFE. WE THANK YOU FOR
THAT. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU
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WILL HELP US IN THE
DAYS AHEAD THAT WE WILL TAKE
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THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS,
JUST MOLD OUR CHARACTER SO THAT
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WE WILL BE MEEK LIKE YOU.
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SO THAT, INDEED, AS WE
LOOK FORWARD TO HEAVEN WE
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WILL REALIZE THAT WE
WILL INHERIT THE EARTH BECAUSE
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WE HAVE BEEN HAPPY
AND CONTENT IN BEING MEEK.
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THANK YOU LORD FOR
THE LESSON YOU HAVE TAUGHT
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US TODAY. IN THE
NAME OF JESUS. AMEN.
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(MUSIC)
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>>BILL: WE'D LIKE TO
OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY
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TO ENROLL IN THE
DISCOVER BIBLE SCHOOL. IT'S A
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GREAT WAY TO DEEPEN
YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S
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WORD. IF YOU'D LIKE TO
BEGIN RIGHT AWAY, HERE'S
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THE INFORMATION YOU
NEED SO WE CAN SEND YOU
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YOUR VERY FIRST LESSON.
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>>BILL: WELL, THAT'S
THE END OF ANOTHER PROGRAM.
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PASTOR BUENO, THANK YOU.
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PASTOR RON, THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US ALSO. AND
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THANK YOU, OUR
VIEWERS, OUR FAITHFUL, LOYAL
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VIEWERS THAT TUNE IN
EVERY SINGLE WEEK. WE APPRECIATE
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YOU SO MUCH BEING
WITH US. DON'T FORGET
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TO VISIT THE WEBSITE,
ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. YOU
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CAN SEND A PRAYER REQEEST,
COMMENT ON THESE PROGRAMS.
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YOU CAN ALSO VISIT
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE; YOU CAN
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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER.
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UNTIL NEXT WEEK,
REMEMBER, IT IWRITTEN; MAN SHALL
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NOT LIVE BY BREAD
ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD
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THAT PROCEEDS
FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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