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00:01 >>BILL: THE BLESSEDNESS THE LORD
00:02 OFFERS IN MATTHEW 5:3-12 CAN BE KNOWN ONLY BY 00:04 BECOMING A PART OF HIS KINGDOM. CHRIST'S WORDS 00:10 EXPRESS THE CONDITIONS FOR ENTERING HIS KINGDOM AND 00:15 THE ONGOING CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE 00:16 WHO DWELL IN IT: YOU MUST BE POOR IN SPIRIT, MOURN 00:22 OVER YOUR SIN, AND BE MEEK. TO ENTER THE KINGDOM 00:28 YOU MUST ALSO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER R I 00:29 GHTEOUSNESS--PERPETUAL APPETITES THAT ARE FOUND 00:35 IN EVERY KINGDOM CITIZEN. 00:37 MATTHEW 5:6 SAYS, 00:55 THAT BEATITUDE SPEAKS OF STRONG DESIRE AND 00:56 AMBITION. THERE ARE MANY THINGS PEOPLE STRIVE FOR. 00:58 JUST AS FOOD AND WATER ARE PHYSICAL NECESSITIES, 01:02 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A SPIRITUAL NECESSITY. IT 01:03 ISN'T WRONG TO HUNGER OR THIRST PHYSICALLY--THOSE 01:09 ARE NORMAL DESIRES. 01:10 THE SAME IS TRUE IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM. IN 01:13 MATTHEW 5:6 JESUS IS SAYING, "ANYONE COMING 01:17 INTO MY KINGDOM HAS AS GREAT AN APPETITE FOR 01:18 RIGHTEOUSNESS AS HE DOES FOR FOOD AND WATER." 01:28 (MUSIC) 01:37 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 01:40 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 01:44 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 01:48 IT IS WRITTEN, 01:51 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD! 01:55 (MUSIC) 02:07 THE PRODIGAL SON THOUGHT PLEASURE, POSSESSIONS, AND 02:08 POPULARITY WOULD FULFILL HIS NEEDS. BUT HIS SOUL 02:12 WAS STILL HUNGRY AND HE FINALLY HAD THE SENSE TO 02:17 SAY TO HIMSELF, 02:28 HE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE AND WAS 02:29 GIVEN A FEAST. THE WORLD'S "FOOD" OF UNCONTROLLED 02:33 LIVING TRIES TO MEET THE SOUL'S HUNGER WITH THE 02:38 PLEASURES OF SIN BUT SEND IT AWAY STARVING. THOSE 02:39 WHO RESPOND TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD COME RUNNING TO 02:45 THE FATHER AND ARE GIVEN A FEAST THAT FILLS THE 02:49 HUNGRY SOUL. 1 JOHN 2:15-16 SAYS, 03:07 AS WE STUDY MATTHEW 5:6 WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, 03:08 WHAT ARE WE HUNGRY FOR? DO WE SEEK POWER, PRAISE, 03:14 POSSESSIONS, OR PLEASURE? 03:15 AM WE FEEDING AT THE REAL SOURCE OF HAPPINESS? 03:22 THE ANSWER YOU GIVE WILL INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT 03:27 YOU ARE IN CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 03:32 WELL, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR STUDY OF THE BEATITUDES. 03:33 WE'RE ON TO CHAPTER FIVE AND VERSE SIX AND WE HAVE 03:36 RETURNING PASTOR TONY BUENO. PASTOR WELCOME 03:41 BACK. >>PASTOR TONY: THANK YOU BILL. >>BILL: WE 03:42 APPRECIATE YOU BEING BACK. 03:44 AND WE'VE INVITED PASTOR FRANK DELARBA. PASTOR 03:45 FRANK, WELCOME BACK TO THE IT IS WRITTEN PROGRAM. 03:49 >>PASTOR FRANK: THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE 03:51 HERE. >>BILL: WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 03:52 YOU WERE HERE WHEN WE DID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 03:54 >>PASTOR FRANK: YES. LAST YEAR. >>BILL: AND YOU'RE 03:58 BACK AGAIN. >>PASTOR FRANK: YES. >>BILL: AND 03:59 THAT'S WONDERFUL. NOW, PASTOR FRANK, YOU PASTOR 04:01 THE HARMONY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THE 04:04 ITALIAN CHURCH. >>PASTOR FRANK: THAT'S RIGHT. TWO 04:05 CONGREGATIONS; THEY MEET IN THE SAME PLACE IN THE 04:08 TORONTO AREA. >>BILL: WHERE ABOUTS DO YOU GUYS 04:10 MEET AND WHEN AND GIVE US A WEBSITE. >>PASTOR FRANK: 04:11 WE MEET AT THE WELLSPRING WORSHIP CENTRE. IT'S 04:14 AROUND THE YONGE AND STEELES AREA OF TORONTO. 04:17 OUR WEBSITE IS HARMONYSDACHURCH.ORG AND 04:18 WE MEET AT TEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING FOR BIBLE 04:22 STUDY TIME AND 11:30 FOR OUR SERVICE. >>BILL: 04:26 WONDERFUL. SO ANYBODY IN THE YONGE AND STEELES AREA 04:27 THAT WANTS TO CHECK YOU OUT, YOU'RE THERE SATURDAY 04:32 MORNINGS. >>PASTOR FRANK: MOST WELCOME. >>BILL: 04:40 HARMONYSDA.>>PASTOR FRANK:.CHURCH.ORG. >>BILL: 04:41 WONDERFUL. WELL, TONY, WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY 04:43 DOWN THESE - WHAT DID WE CALL THEM - PARADOXICAL 04:46 STATEMENTS OF JESUS, RIGHT? >>PASTOR TONY: 04:47 RIGHT. MOST EXCITING TEACHINGS. >>BILL: THAT'S 04:50 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. VERY PRACTICAL AND SOME OF THEM 04:54 VERY, VERY INTERESTING. 04:55 WE ARE DOWN TO: 05:07 WHAT'S JESUS TALKING ABOUT HERE? >>PASTOR TONY: WELL, 05:08 YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT THIS BEATITUDE WE HAVE TO 05:11 PUT IN PARALLEL THE RECORD OF LUKE AND THE RECORD OF 05:18 MATTHEW. >>BILL: OKAY. 05:19 >>PASTOR TONY: THE RECORD OF LUKE SAYS SIMPLY 05:23 "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER". AND SO IT REFERS 05:24 TO THE PHYSICAL HUNGER. 05:30 MATTHEW EXTRAPELATES OR EXTENDS THAT TO SPIRITUAL 05:31 HUNGER.>>BILL: OH, I SEE. 05:39 OKAY. >>PASTOR TONY:.AND THIRST. SO, IN LUKE THERE 05:40 IS NO THIRST, JUST HUNGER AND IT'S PHYSICAL. IN 05:43 MATTHEW THERE IS HUNGER AND THIRST AND THEY ARE 05:46 SPIRITUAL FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO IT'S AN 05:47 INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT THAT SCHOLARS BELIEVE 05:53 INDICATES THAT THERE WAS A THEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN 05:59 THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE MINDS OF THE 06:00 GOSPEL WRITERS. A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF 06:05 THE REALITY OF CHRIST'S TEACHING WHICH AT FIRST 06:11 WAS TAKEN ONLY LITERALLY AND THEN WAS UNDERSTOOD 06:13 ALSO SPIRITUALLY. IT'S A VERY COMPLETE MESSAGE IN 06:19 JUST A NUTSHELL AS CHRIST KNEW HOW TO PUT IT. 06:24 >>BILL: THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. FRANK, WHAT 06:25 ARE WE TO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR? >>PASTOR 06:29 FRANK: WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT JESUS ACTUALLY - 06:35 THESE PARADOXICAL STATEMENTS, AS PASTOR PUT 06:36 IT - HE SAID IT AT A POINT IN TIME WHEN HE WAS MOST 06:41 POPULAR. AND HE HITS THEM WITH THESE CHALLENGING 06:46 STATEMENTS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE CALLED THE SERMON ON 06:47 THE MOUNT THE SERMON OF OFFENSE.>>PASTOR 06:49 TONY: YES. >>PASTOR FRANK:.BECAUSE IT GOES 06:52 AGAINST OUR NORMAL WAY OF DOING THINGS. AND YOU 06:53 MENTIONED BEFORE THAT MOST PEOPLE, WE HUNGER 06:56 FOR POWER, WE HUNGER FOR COMFORT, FOR HAPPINESS AND 07:00 HERE JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS 07:01 HUNGERING FOR SOMETHING THAT - WELL, WHAT 07:05 IS THAT? AND I THINK ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT IS 07:09 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A LIFESTYLE THAT IS 07:10 CONFORMING TO GOD'S WILL. 07:13 I THINK EVEN MORE TO THE POINT IS BEING RIGHT 07:14 WITH GOD. >>BILL: OKAY. 07:18 >>PASTOR FRANK: IT'S A SENSE THAT SOMETHING'S 07:19 NOT RIGHT. HUNGERING AND THIRSTING ARE YOUR 07:22 BODY TELLING YOU THAT SOMETHING'S LACKING, 07:25 SOMETHING'S MISSING. AND HERE JESUS IS SAYING, THAT 07:26 HUNGER, THAT THIRST IS YOUR NEED TO BE RIGHT WITH 07:31 GOD AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO DO, JESUS SAID. 07:35 >>BILL: EVERYBODY POSSESSES THAT HUNGER 07:36 >>PASTOR FRANK: I THINK WE MASK IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS 07:39 BUT, YEAH, I THINK THAT IS A UNIVERSAL NEED. SOMEBODY 07:45 SAID THAT THERE WAS A GOD-SHAPED VACCUUM IN ALL 07:46 OF OUR HEART. THIS DESIRE, THIS TENDENCY TOWARD GOD, 07:51 WE TEND TO FILL IT WITH ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS 07:53 BUT HERE JESUS IS PRESENTING HIS KINGDOM AND 07:54 HIMSELF AS THE ANSWER TO THAT LONGING. >>PASTOR 07:58 TONY: IT'S WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT THAT THAT HUNGER 08:02 IS THERE. AND AT ONE POINT WE COME TO REALIZE HOW 08:03 HUNGRY AND HOW THIRSTY WE WERE AND THAT AWARENESS 08:10 COMES WHEN WE ENCOUNTER CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOUR. 08:16 BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL THINKING OF THE PHYSICAL 08:17 HUNGER AND AS WE TALK THERE ARE MILLIONS 08:22 OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO SUFFER FROM PHYSICAL 08:28 HUNGER. >>BILL: YES. 08:29 >>PASTOR TONY: WHO STARVE. 08:30 SOME OF THEM STARVE TO DEATH. >>BILL: YES. 08:33 >>PASTOR TONY: AND THEY CONTEMPLATE THAT AS THE 08:36 MOST IMMEDIATE REALITY IN THEIR LIVES, IN FACT THE 08:37 GREATEST THREAT TO THEIR LIVES. IN THE TIME 08:41 OF CHRIST THERE WERE ALSO PEOPLE WHO WERE HUNGRY AND 08:47 CHRIST COULD RELATE TO THAT. AFTERALL, WE ARE IN 08:48 MATTHEW FIVE BUT IF WE GO ONE CHAPTER BEFORE 08:54 TO MATTHEW FOUR, WE READ THAT CHRIST WENT INTO THE 09:00 WILDERNESS AND 09:10 >>BILL: SURE. >>PASTOR TONY: SO, HE UNDERSTOOD 09:11 THE PANGS OF HUNGER BECAUSE HE FELT THEM. 09:13 THERE IS NO ONE IN THE WORLD TODAY WHO SUFFERS 09:18 FROM THE LACK OF FOOD WHO CANNOT LOOK AT JESUS AND 09:19 SAY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH. 09:22 CHRIST UNDERSTOOD HUNGER, PHYSICAL HUNGER AND SO HE 09:28 HAD A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO WERE HUNGRY AT HIS 09:29 TIME SAYING, THERE IS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM 09:35 AND HE PRESENTS THAT AS PART OF HIS GOSPEL. NOW, 09:41 IN CHRISTIANITY, PARTICULARLY IN MORE 09:42 RECENT TIMES, THERE HAS BEEN A DEVELOPMENT 09:47 KNOWN AS THE SOCIAL GOSPEL.>>BILL: OKAY. 09:51 >>PASTOR TONY:.THAT IS FOUNDED ON STATEMENTS LIKE 09:52 THESE AND THAT SAYS IT IS THE DUTY OF THE CHRISTIAN 09:57 CHURCH TO FEED THE HUNGRY >>BILL: THE HUNGRY. RIGHT. 10:03 >>PASTOR TONY: AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO BE 10:04 THE HANDS THAT BRING THE FOOD TO THOSE WHO ARE 10:07 HUNGRY. JUST LIKE CHRIST FED THE CROWDS AND SHOWED 10:10 HIS CONCERN FOR THEIR WELL-BEING, WELL, THROUGH 10:11 US, CHRIST MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE PEOPLE AND WE 10:17 SHOULD BE THE DELIVERERS OF FOOD, NURISHMENT TO 10:25 THEIR BODIES, ADDRESSING THE IMMEDIATE NEED THAT 10:26 THEY FACE. I KNOW THAT MANY AGENCIES ARE HELPING 10:31 TO FEED THE HUNGRY. THE ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS ITS 10:36 OWN AGENCY, ADRA.>>BILL: YES. 10:37 >>PASTOR TONY:.ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF 10:40 AGENCY THAT WORKS IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE 10:44 WORLD. >>BILL: YES. 10:45 >>PASTOR TONY: WE LIVE IN POVERTY AND IT'S A SACRED 10:48 DUTY THAT WE AS CHRISTIANS, AS HUMAN 10:49 BEINGS, HAVE TO CARE FOR THOSE WHO LACK 10:52 THE MEANS TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. >>BILL: SO, I 10:58 GUESS THE ISSUE THEN BECOMES, IN THE SAME WAY 10:59 THAT YOU HUNGER AND THIRST PHYSICALLY, 11:05 THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF DESPERATION.>>PASTOR TONY: 11:11 YES. >>BILL:.TO SATISFY THAT. IS JESUS HERE SAYING 11:12 YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT SAME DESPERATION, FOR LACK OF 11:16 A BETTER TERM, IN TERMS OF SEEKING RIGHTEOUSNESS? 11:21 NOW, THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE DAY, I MEAN, 11:22 THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS. >>PASTOR TONY: 11:26 YES. >>BILL: THIS MUST HAVE BEEN INTERESTING TO 11:29 THEM BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, 11:31 WELL, WAIT A SECOND, THAT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T APPLY TO 11:34 US BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY RIGHTEOUS. >>PASTOR TONY: 11:37 YEAH. AND THEY WERE JEALOUS OF JESUS SAYING, 11:38 WHO ARE YOU TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THE HUNGER AND 11:41 THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS WHEN WE ARE HERE. >>BILL: 11:44 YES. THAT'S OUR JOB. 11:45 >>PASTOR TONY: YEAH. W ARE PHAROSIES THAT MEANS 11:49 THE PERFECT ONES, THE RIGHTEOUS ONES, SO WE HAVE 11:50 THE ANSWER. >>BILL: YES. 11:52 >>PASTOR TONY: IF ANYONE HUNGERS OR THIRSTS LET 11:53 THEM BECOME A PHAROSY JUST LIKE WE ARE AND WE WILL 11:56 PROVIDE THE SOLUTION FOR YOUR PROBLEM. CHRIST DOES 11:59 NOT LEAD ALONG THAT PATH. 12:00 HE PRESENTS A DIFFERENT APPROACH. I FIND IT 12:06 INTERESTING THAT CHRIST CARED SO MUCH FOR THE 12:07 HUNGRY THAT HE PRESENTED THE NEED TO FULFILL THE 12:13 NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AS A CRITERIA IN THE DAY OF 12:22 JUDGEMENT. LOOK AT THIS TEXT. IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 12:23 25, THE CARING HEART OF JESUS EXPRESSES ITSELF SO 12:32 ELOQUENTLY IN THIS SERMON WHICH INCLUDES THE PARABLE 12:41 OF THE SHEEP AND GOAT. 12:42 WHERE CHRIST PRESENTS TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND IN 12:49 ONE GROUP WERE THOSE THAT HELPED THEIR NEIGHBOUR 12:50 WHEN THE NEIGHBOUR WAS HUNGRY OR THIRSTY AND 12:56 JESUS SAYS, WHENEVER YOU FEED THEM, YOU ARE FEEDING 13:03 ME. AND HE SAYS TO THEM, WELL DONE. ENTER INTO THE 13:04 JOY OF THE KINGDOM. AND THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, TO 13:11 THOSE WHO DON'T, HE HAS WORDS OF CONDEMNATION. 13:17 WHENEVER WE HELP THE POOR AND THE HUNGRY WE ARE 13:18 FEEDING CHRIST HIMSELF. 13:23 THAT HUNGRY PERSON IS JESUS. AND WE HAVE SUCH A 13:24 TREMENDOUS PRIVILEDGE TO OFFER TO THEM PHYSICAL 13:31 FOOD AND, OF COURSE, SPIRITUAL FOOD AS WELL. 13:39 >>BILL: SO, WOULD IT BE, WOULD IT BE CORRECT TO SAY 13:40 THAT, THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SPIRITUAL HUNGER FOR 13:47 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THAT SEEMS TO BE SATISFIED, IT 13:51 ALSO TRANSFORMS HOW YOU, I MEAN, YOUR EXTERNAL. I 13:52 MEAN, THERE'S AN EXTERNAL TRANSFORMATION. SO YOU 13:57 HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT AT THE 14:00 SAME TIME, THAT RESULT OF THAT BEING FILLED WITH 14:01 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST, IT TRANSFORMS HOW 14:05 YOU BEHAVE AND YOU BECOME - YOU BEGIN TO PUT SOME OF 14:09 THESE CHRISTIAN LESSONS INTO PRACTICE IN LIFE, 14:10 LIKE FEEDING THE HUNGRY AND DOING THOSE KINDS OF 14:13 THINGS. >>PASTOR TONY: NO QUESTION. >>BILL: WHAT IS 14:17 THE RESULT OF THIS? AS WE DESIRE THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS 14:18 WHAT HAPPENS TO US? WHAT IS THE RESULT OF DESIRING 14:23 RIGHTEOUSNESS? THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS 14:27 CHRIST. >>PASTOR FRANK: WELL, I THINK THIS NEED 14:28 IS IN EVERYBODY. AND YOU MENTIONED THE PHAROSIES, 14:32 HOW THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY NEEDED IT AND I THINK THIS 14:34 SERMON BY JESUS ACTUALLY HELPED THEM UNDERSTAND HOW 14:36 FAR THEY WERE FROM GOD. 14:39 I'M REMINDED OF ISIAH WHEN HE SAW A VISION OF GOD ON 14:40 THE THRONE AND UPON SEEING THAT HE SAID, "WOE IS ME. 14:44 I'M UNDONE". YOU CAN'T GET CLOSE TO GOD AND MAINTAIN 14:50 THAT KIND OF ARROGANCE AND THAT KIND OF, I'M 14:51 SPIRITUALLY FINE. JESUS IS SHOWING THEM, THIS IS THE 14:55 HEART OF GOD. THIS IS WHO HE IS. HE LOVES, HE FEEDS 14:58 THE POOR, HE LETS IT RAIN ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST 15:00 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE HOW YOU REALLY ARE. 15:02 AND THAT DESIRE, SO YOU BEGIN TO DESIRE - EITHER 15:06 YOU DESIRE AND YOU COME CLOSER TO GOD OR YOU RUN 15:08 AWAY. THERE'S TWO CHOICES WHEN YOU SEE GOD AS HE 15:10 IS. AND IF YOU SEE GOD HOW HE IS AND YOU BECOME 15:15 ATTRACTED AND YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND THAT I NEED THE 15:16 CHANGE, THAT'S THE HARDEST THING. EVERY HUMAN BEING 15:20 HAS TO HAVE THAT BATTLE WITH THEMSELVES. I'M NOT 15:24 IN MYSELF GOOD ENOUGH. 15:25 JESUS USED THESE METAPHORS BECAUSE YOUR BODY CANNOT 15:30 PRODUCE THE FOOD AND WATER YOU NEED. IT'S EXTERNAL. 15:31 IT COMES FROM THE OUTSIDE. 15:36 AND SO, WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SAY, GOD I NEED YOUR HELP 15:37 I CAN'T DO THIS, THAT CONNECTION WITH GOD, 15:40 SOMETHING BEGINS TO HAPPEN. A RELATIONSHIP 15:43 FORMS AND JUST LIKE BETWEEN TWO HUMAN BEINGS 15:44 THAT RELATIONSHIP TAKES TIME AND DEVELOPS BUT YOU 15:47 BECOME, YOU START BECOMING FED. AND JESUS TALKS ABOUT 15:50 THE WOMAN AT THE WELL THAT WATER JUST BEGINS TO 15:51 FLOW OUT OF YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE START DRINKING. 15:55 YOU KNOW, AND YOU BECOME A SOURCE OF BLESSING TO 15:58 OTHERS BECAUSE GOD'S WORKING THROUGH YOU 16:00 >>PASTOR TONY: IT'S INTERESTING THAT IN TWO 16:02 ENCOUNTERS IN THE GOSPELS, CHRIST ADDRESSED THE 16:06 HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE FIRST 16:07 THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED DEFINITELY THEY 16:12 ENCOUNTERED WITH THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. IN JOHN, 16:16 CHAPTER FOUR, SINCE WE ARE HERE AT IT IS WRITTEN; 16:17 LET'S READ WHAT WAS WRITTEN BY JOHN. >>BILL: 16:22 WHAT WAS WRITTEN, SURE. 16:23 >>PASTOR TONY: IN JOHN, CHAPTER FOUR, VERSE 13, 16:27 JESUS SAYS TO THE WOMAN, 16:53 SO, THIRSTING FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SATISFIED 16:54 BY THE WATER OF LIFE THAT CHRIST PROVIDES. AND 16:58 CHRIST TRANSFORMS US INTO SPRING WELLS THAT CAN BE 17:04 SHARED WITH OTHERS. 17:05 NOW, REGARDING THE FOOD, NOT THE DRINK, IN JOHN, 17:11 CHAPTER SIX, CHRIST PREACHED THAT FAMOUS 17:13 SERMON OF THE BREAD OF LIFE. AND IT WAS IN 17:17 VERSE 35 THAT HE SAID, 17:40 CHRIST IS THE HEAVENLY FOOD AND DRINK FOR THE 17:41 SOUL THAT IS HUNGRY AND THIRSTY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 17:45 IT'S NOT FOUND IN A HUMAN MADE PHILOSOPHY OF 17:50 RELIGION. IT'S FOUND IN THE PERSON AND TEACHINGS 17:51 OF JESUS CHRIST. >>BILL: OUR PROGRAM - WE HAVE 17:57 ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT - OUR PROGRAM IS SEEN ACROSS 18:00 THIS COUNTRY AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE DO 18:02 NOT HAVE, IN THIS COUNTRY, MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE 18:11 PHYSICAL HUNGER. THANK GOODNESS, WE'VE BEEN 18:15 BLESSED IN THIS COUNTRY WITH THAT. BUT EVERY ONE 18:16 OF OUR VIEWERS HUNGERS HAS AN EMPTINESS IN THEIR 18:20 SOUL THAT ONLY JESUS CAN FILL >>PASTOR TONY: AMEN. 18:24 >>BILL: HOW DO THEY DO THAT, FRANK? HOW DO THEY - 18:25 JESUS SAID, HERE, YOU COME TO ME, COME TO ME, I'M 18:30 GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BREAD AND I'M GOING TO 18:33 SATISFY YOU. COME TO ME, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE 18:35 WATER; YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO THIRST AGAIN. HOW? HOW 18:37 DO WE COME? HOW DOES THAT PERSON THAT'S WATCHING 18:40 RIGHT NOW GOING THAT'S WHAT I NEED IN MY LIFE, 18:41 WHAT DO THEY DO? >>PASTOR FRANK: I THINK IT'S A 18:44 UNIVERSAL TRUTH THAT UNTIL YOU REALIZE THAT WE NEED 18:47 HELP, WE'LL NEVER SEEK IT. >>BILL: TRUE. >>PASTOR 18:48 FRANK: IF YOU DON'T REALIZE YOU HAVE A DISEASE 18:51 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET HELP. 18:56 THIS SERMON IS, SORT OF, THAT MIRROR THAT MAKES YOU 18:57 REALIZE AS I READ THIS, I'M SO FAR FROM THE HEART 19:01 OF GOD. AND HOW WE COME TO GOD IS SIMPLY AND HONESTLY 19:05 AND HONESTY AND TRUTH AND HUMILITY WE COME TO HIM 19:06 AND JUST - I THINK OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE BOAT, 19:10 "JESUS SAVE ME", THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 19:13 PRAYERS THERE IS. >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR FRANK: IT'S 19:14 NOT FLOWERY AND FLOWING, IT'S JUST A SIMPLE DIRECT 19:17 CRY FOR HELP. >>BILL: YES. 19:18 >>PASTOR FRANK: AND AS FOOD AND DRINK ARE DAILY 19:21 NECESSITIES THAT LONGING - I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 19:26 THAT DAILY WE ASK GOD TO FILL US. DAILY WE ASK GOD 19:27 TO CONNECT WITH US. DAILY WE REPENT OF OUR SINS. 19:31 AND I BELIEVE THE CHANGE HAPPENS. I BELIEVE IT 19:36 HAPPENS INDIVIDUALLY AND IT ALSO HAPPENS IN 19:37 COMMUNITY, IN A CHURCH COMMUNITY WHERE YOU 19:40 SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND YOU BEGIN TO, HEY, THIS 19:42 PERSON'S WALK IS DIFFERENT THAN MINE AND TOGETHER WE 19:43 START SEEING A COMPOSITE PICTURE OF WHAT GOD IS 19:46 LIKE AND WE BEGIN TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE OF 19:49 THAT. >>BILL: YES. 19:50 >>PASTOR TONY: IT'S INTERESTING THAT IN THE 19:52 CONTEXT OF THE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS THE FIRST 19:53 TEMPTATION WAS ABOUT FOOD AND HUNGER AND CHRIST 19:59 RESPONDED TO THE TEMPTER, 20:16 >>BILL: WHERE HAVE I HEARD THAT BEFORE? >>PASTOR 20:17 TONY: THAT IS A CENTRAL TEXT TO THIS PROGRAM, 20:19 TO THIS TELECAST. >>BILL: YES, ABSOLUTELY. >>PASTOR 20:21 TONY: BUT IT ADDRESSES THE VERY TRUTH THAT WE ARE 20:22 TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS THE HUNGER AND TRUTH FOR GOD 20:24 AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH CAN ONLY BE SATISFIED BY 20:29 THE WORD OF GOD. THAT IS OUR TRUE FOOD. IT WAS THE 20:30 FOOD FOR JESUS. IT WAS THAT WHICH STRENGTHENED 20:34 HIM IN HIS MINISTRY. 20:36 WE CAN FIND THE SAME SATISFACTION IN THE 20:39 WORD OF GOD. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. WELL, 20:44 GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ABOUT OUT OF TIME. I WANT TO 20:45 GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY, FRANK, IF THERE'S ANY 20:50 CLOSING REMARKS, WE HAVE MAYBE A MINUTE OR SO AND 20:54 MAYBE THERE'S A CLOSING REMARK THAT YOU WANTED TO 20:55 MAKE BEFORE THIS PROGRAM WRAPPED UP. SO, I WANT TO 20:58 GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. >>PASTOR 21:00 FRANK: SURE. AS I THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS TAUGHT 21:01 HERE IN THESE BEATITUDES AND THE SERMON ON THE 21:03 MOUNT IT'S SO PARADOXICAL, IT'S SO - SOMEBODY CALLED 21:07 IT THE UPSIDE DOWN KINGDOM. YOU SEE JESUS 21:08 BEING ATTRACTED TO WOMAN WHO GIVES HER LAST TWO 21:12 PENNIES; YOU KNOW, A DISHONEST TAX COLLECTOR 21:15 WHO CLIMBS UP A SYCAMORE TREE; A WOMAN WHO'S FIVE 21:16 TIMES MARRIED; A BLIND BEGGAR; NAMELESS CHILDREN; 21:19 A MAN WITH LEPROSY; EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING'S 21:22 DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY WE PERCEIVE POWER AND 21:23 GOODNESS AND STATUS. AND TO ME, JESUS IS SHOWING US 21:29 THE HEART OF GOD, THATHE IS, HE SEES THINGS SO 21:33 DIFFERENTLY FROM US AND HE LOVES US FROM THE BOTTOM 21:34 UP AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR US. AND WE JUST 21:38 HAVE TO OPEN OUR HEARTS AND HUMBLE OURSELVES NOT 21:42 TRUMPET ANY KIND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF OUR OWN 21:43 BUT TRUST GOD THAT HE CAN DO FOR US WHAT WE 21:47 CAN NEVER DO FOR OURSELVES >>BILL: YES. IT'S VERY SAD 21:49 THAT IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER SEVEN, AROUND VERSE 21:50 21 THERE WHERE JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT THE LAST 21:55 DAYS THAT THOSE THAT COME BEFORE HIM AND BEGIN TO 21:58 LIST THERE, YOU KNOW, PROCLAIM THEIR LIST OF 21:59 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HERE'S ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE 22:02 DID IN YOUR NAME; WE DID THIS, WE DID THIS, YOU 22:05 KNOW, THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND 22:06 PROBABLY THE SADDEST WORDS IN ALL OF SCRIPTURE 22:09 HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEVER KNEW YOU, YOU NEVER 22:14 KNEW ME. MY PRAYER IS THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR 22:15 VIEWERS WILL GET TO KNOW THIS JESUS AND WILL 22:20 HUNGER AND THIRST AND SEEK HIM FOR THAT SATISFACTION. 22:24 PASTOR FRANK, WILL YOU PRAY FOR OUR VIEWERS AS WE 22:25 COME TO AN END. >>PASTOR FRANK: CERTAINLY. LET'S 22:28 PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF 22:30 REALIZING OUR OWN LACK. 22:31 THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THAT A PART FROM YOU, A 22:37 PART FROM OUR CREATOR WE, AS YOUR CREATION, ARE 22:38 NOTHING; ARE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING. WE WERE MEANT TO 22:42 WALK WITH YOU, WERE MEANT TO BE IN YOU, WE WERE 22:46 MEANT TO LIVE TOGETHER. 22:47 AND SO, LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THIS BEATITUDE THAT WE 22:50 HUNGER AND THIRST AND THAT WE WILL BE FILLED. THE 22:51 VERB IS THAT WE WILL BE ABUNDANTLY SUPPLIED. 22:57 SO, I THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL ABUNDANCE THAT 22:59 JESUS GIVE US AND WE THANK YOU IN JESUS' NAME. 23:00 AMEN. >>PASTOR TONY: AMEN. 23:03 >>BILL: AMEN. 23:05 (MUSIC) 23:20 >>BILL: WELL, I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS 23:21 SERIES ON THE BEATITUDES WITH OUR SPECIAL GUESTS. 23:23 IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF TODAY'S PROGRAM ON DVD, 23:27 WELL, WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. IT'S A GIFT FROM 'IT 23:28 IS WRITTEN'; THERE IS NO OBLIGATION ON YOUR PART 23:33 WHATSOEVER. HERE'S THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IN 23:37 ORDER TO GET YOUR COPY. 24:38 >>BILL: WELL, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER 'IT 24:39 IS WRITTEN' PROGRAM BUT BEFORE WE GO I KNOW PASTOR 24:41 TONY HAS AN INTERESTING INSIGHT HE'D LIKE TO 24:45 SHARE. >>PASTOR TONY: YES. 24:46 I WAS LOOKING AT THE BOOK OF REVELATION THAT ECHOES 24:49 THE BEATITUDE THAT WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING AND IN 24:50 CHAPTER SEVEN AND VERSE 16, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL 24:53 PROMISE THAT IS GIVEN TO EVERYONE; THOSE WHO HUNGER 24:59 PHYSICALLY AND THOSE WHO HUNGER SPIRITUALLY. THERE 25:00 IN VERSE 16, IT SAYS, 25:14 GOD HAS THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF HUNGER AND 25:15 THIRST. AND, OF COURSE, THE SOLUTION IS NONE OTHER 25:19 THAN CHRIST AND ALSO THE WATER OF LIFE THAT HE WILL 25:25 OFFER FREELY IN REVELATION 21, AND VERSE 6, WE READ: 25:43 AND AS FAR AS FOOD, WELL, THE TREE OF LIFE 25:44 WILL PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE REDEEMED. WE ARE DESCRIBED 25:49 A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF AN ETERNAL BANQUET. WHEN 25:55 JESUS WILL SET THE TABLE AND INVITE US ALL TO 25:56 THAT FAMILY REUNION, THAT THANKSGIVING FEAST AND AT 26:02 THE HEAD OF THE TABLE HE WILL SPREAD HIS GOODNESS 26:08 BEFORE US, BOTH MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL GOODNESS AND 26:09 WE WILL BE SATISFIED. NOW, THE BOOK OF REVELATION 26:16 ENDS WITH AN INVITATION, I THINK I WANT TO SHARE THIS 26:20 INVITIATON WITH.>>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>PASTOR 26:21 TONY:.OUR VIEWERS. AND JESUS, IN REVELATION 26:25 22 AND VERSE 17, SAYS, 26:51 GOD IS A GENEROUS BEING AND HE IS OFFERING 26:52 EVERYTHING WE NEED TO SATISFY OUR HUNGER AND OUR 26:58 THIRST. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR THAT. >>BILL: 27:01 AMEN. THANK YOU PASTOR, WHAT A WONDERFUL NOTE TO 27:02 END OUR PROGRAM ON. THANK YOU PASTOR FRANK FOR BEING 27:06 WITH US ALSO. THANK YOU OUR VIEWERS. WITHOUT YOU 27:10 THIS IS ALL IN VAIN SO WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY WEEK 27:11 FAITHFULLY WATCHING OUR PROGRAM. 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