>>BILL: A MOTHER ONCE APPROACHED NAPOLEON 00:00:02.16\00:00:03.00 SEEKING A PARDON FOR HER SON. THE EMPEROR REPLIED 00:00:03.00\00:00:05.23 THAT THE YOUNG MAN HAD COMMITTED A CERTAIN 00:00:05.23\00:00:08.53 OFFENSE TWICE AND JUSTICE DEMANDED DEATH. "BUTI DO" 00:00:08.53\00:00:14.66 THE MOTHER EXPLAINED. 00:00:14.66\00:00:15.16 "I PLEAD FOR MERCY." "BUT YOUR SON DOES NOT DESERVE 00:00:15.16\00:00:18.23 MERCY," NAPOLEON REPLIED. 00:00:18.23\00:00:18.76 "SIR," THE WOMAN CRIED, "IT WOULD NOT BE MERCY IF 00:00:18.76\00:00:25.23 HE DESERVED IT, AND MERCY IS ALL I ASK FOR." "WELL, 00:00:25.23\00:00:26.30 THEN," THE EMPEROR SAID, "I WILL HAVE MERCY." 00:00:26.30\00:00:31.96 AND HE SPARED THE WOMAN'S SON. 00:00:31.96\00:00:36.83 (MUSIC) 00:00:37.70\00:00:45.66 ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:00:47.06\00:00:49.53 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 00:00:49.93\00:00:52.83 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 00:00:53.06\00:00:57.30 IT IS WRITTEN. 00:00:57.60\00:00:59.73 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:00:59.96\00:01:04.03 (MUSIC) 00:01:06.00\00:01:15.70 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW PRESENTS JESUS CHRIST AS 00:01:16.56\00:01:17.53 KING. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS THE MANIFESTO OF 00:01:17.53\00:01:20.76 HIS KINGDOM. THERE CHRIST PROCLAIMED A TWOFOLD 00:01:20.76\00:01:25.70 MESSAGE: HOW TO ENTER HIS KINGDOM AND HOW TO LIVE 00:01:25.70\00:01:26.73 WHILE IN IT. ONLY THOSE WHO ARE BROKEN IN 00:01:26.73\00:01:31.36 SPIRIT, MOURNFUL, MEEK, AND HUNGERING AFTER 00:01:31.36\00:01:34.76 RIGHTEOUSNESS CAN ENTER. 00:01:34.76\00:01:35.26 ONCE THEY HAVE ENTERED THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE 00:01:35.26\00:01:37.53 THOSE ATTITUDES. 00:01:37.53\00:01:37.90 MATTHEW 5:7 SAYS, 00:01:37.90\00:01:43.20 LIKE THE OTHER BEATITUDES IT CONTAINS A TWOFOLD 00:01:49.80\00:01:50.90 PATTERN: TO GET INTO GOD'S KINGDOM YOU MUST SEEK 00:01:50.90\00:01:54.20 MERCY; WHEN YOU ARE IN HIS KINGDOM YOU WILL SHOW 00:01:54.20\00:01:58.33 MERCY TO OTHERS. 00:01:58.33\00:01:58.86 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT CONFRONTS PEOPLE WITH WHAT 00:01:58.86\00:02:02.86 REALLY MATTERS: BEING BROKEN IN SPIRIT, 00:02:02.86\00:02:03.76 MOURNFUL, MEEK, HUNGRY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, MERCIFUL, 00:02:03.76\00:02:09.20 PURE IN HEART, AND PEACEABLE. THOSE ARE ALL 00:02:09.20\00:02:14.46 INTERNAL QUALITIES. CHRIST EMPHASIZED THAT IT'S 00:02:14.46\00:02:15.46 WHAT'S INSIDE A PERSON THAT COUNTS. NOW THAT 00:02:15.46\00:02:19.63 DOESN'T MEAN HE WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE 00:02:19.63\00:02:23.56 BEHAVE. JESUS' EMPHASIS WAS THAT THOSE THINGS 00:02:23.56\00:02:24.56 INSIDE US ARE WHAT PRODUCE OUR BEHAVIOR: 00:02:24.56\00:02:30.10 RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE INSIDE IS WHAT PRODUCES 00:02:30.10\00:02:37.03 RIGHT BEHAVIOR. A PERSON CAN TRY TO ACT CORRECTLY 00:02:37.03\00:02:38.00 WITHOUT BEING RIGHT INTERNALLY BUT THAT 00:02:38.00\00:02:41.80 IS ONLY LEGALISM. CHRIST WANTS RIGHT ACTIONS BASED 00:02:41.80\00:02:45.93 ON RIGHT ATTITUDES. AFTER HE TAUGHT THE BEATITUDES 00:02:45.93\00:02:47.03 JESUS DID SPEAK ABOUT ACTIONS IN THE SERMON ON 00:02:47.03\00:02:53.06 THE MOUNT. BUT THE PREMISE ON WHICH THAT TEACHING WAS 00:02:53.06\00:02:57.40 BUILT IS THE RIGHT KIND OF HEART ATTITUDE. 00:02:57.40\00:02:58.33 CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A FACADE. A RELATIONSHIP 00:02:58.33\00:03:01.60 WITH CHRIST TRANSFORMS THE CENTER OF OUR BEING AND 00:03:01.60\00:03:07.76 FROM THERE MANIFESTS ITSELF IN OUR ACTIONS. 00:03:07.76\00:03:13.96 >>BILL: WELL, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDYING 00:03:15.20\00:03:16.16 OF THE BEATITUDES AND ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE OUR GUESTS 00:03:16.16\00:03:19.30 WITH US. WE HAVE PASTOR TONY BUENO WITH US. PASTOR 00:03:19.30\00:03:24.90 WELCOME BACK. >> TONY: THANK YOU, BILL. >>BILL: 00:03:24.90\00:03:25.86 AND WE HAVE PASTOR EDVARD MILER WITH US WHO IS OUR 00:03:25.86\00:03:28.26 INVITED GUEST AS WE STUDY MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 AND 00:03:28.26\00:03:34.30 VERSE 7, BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL. PASTOR TELL US A 00:03:34.30\00:03:35.33 LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHERE YOU PASTOR. >> 00:03:35.33\00:03:39.10 EDVARD: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS 00:03:39.10\00:03:42.86 INVITATION TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM. PRESENTLY, 00:03:42.86\00:03:43.83 I AM THE PASTOR OF TWO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 00:03:43.83\00:03:48.90 CHURCHES, ONE IN ST.CATHERINES AND THE 00:03:48.90\00:03:51.86 OTHER IN NIAGARA FALLS. 00:03:51.86\00:03:52.40 ORIGINALLY, I AM FROM CROATIA AND I ARRIVED FROM 00:03:52.40\00:03:56.83 CROATIA HERE THREE YEARS AGO. IT WAS 2007 JUNE THE 00:03:56.83\00:03:57.83 SIXTH. D-DAY. >>BILL & TONY: (LAUGHTER) >>BILL: 00:03:57.83\00:04:04.33 SO, IS THERE A WEBSITE FOR YOUR CHURCH, PASTOR? 00:04:04.33\00:04:06.16 >>EDVARD: YES THERE IS. 00:04:06.16\00:04:06.70 WWW.ADVENTISTSTCATHERINES. 00:04:06.70\00:04:07.23 ORG. >>BILL: WONDERFUL. SO THE FOLKS OUT IN THE ST. 00:04:07.23\00:04:12.06 CATHERINES/NIAGARA FALLS REGION THAT WANT TO COME 00:04:12.06\00:04:16.40 AND VISIT YOU, YOU FOLKS MEET SATURDAY MORNING 00:04:16.40\00:04:17.36 >>EDVARD: YES. 9:30 IS SABBATH SCHOOL; 11:00 00:04:17.36\00:04:19.96 IS DIVINE SERVICE. AND EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO 00:04:19.96\00:04:24.60 COME. >>BILL: WONDERFUL. 00:04:24.60\00:04:25.23 THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I GUESS 00:04:25.23\00:04:27.46 WE'RE ON VERSE SEVEN, RIGHT? >>TONY: YES. 00:04:27.46\00:04:28.40 >>BILL: BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL. WELL, PASTOR 00:04:28.40\00:04:33.30 TONY, YOU KNOW THAT WE TEND TO TURN TO YOU TO 00:04:33.30\00:04:37.66 GIVE US A, SORT OF, A CONTEST. GET US ROLLING ON 00:04:37.66\00:04:38.80 THIS ONE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO RIGHT NOW. 00:04:38.80\00:04:42.36 >>TONY: SURE. FOR SURE. 00:04:42.36\00:04:42.86 WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL BEATITUDES 00:04:42.86\00:04:45.83 WHERE THERE IS NO PARADOX >>BILL: OH, GOOD POINT. 00:04:45.83\00:04:51.36 >>TONY: NORMALLY, CHRIST PRESENTS A PARADOX WITH A 00:04:51.36\00:04:52.36 REALITY THAT IS NORMALLY SAD OR DEPLORABLE AND THEN 00:04:52.36\00:04:57.16 A FUTURE REALITY WHICH USUALLY COMPENSATES FOR 00:04:57.16\00:05:04.36 IT. IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO PARADOX. IT'S A SIMPLE, 00:05:04.36\00:05:05.46 STRAIGHT FORWARD TEACHING, 'BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL 00:05:05.46\00:05:09.60 FOR THEY SHALL RECEIVE MERCY' AND EVERYBODY GOES, 00:05:09.60\00:05:13.53 'RIGHT'. IT IS ONLY FAIR. 00:05:13.53\00:05:14.06 >>BILL: IT'S ALMOST A NO BRAINER. >>TONY: EXACTLY. 00:05:14.06\00:05:17.43 SO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING HERE, JESUS? WHAT'S SO 00:05:17.43\00:05:18.43 SPECIAL ABOUT IT? WHY WOULD YOU INCLUDE THIS 00:05:18.43\00:05:22.20 IN YOUR PLATFORM OF THE KINGDOM? IN YOUR 00:05:22.20\00:05:28.23 DEFINITION OF YOUR GOSPEL? 00:05:28.23\00:05:28.80 WHY DID YOU THINK IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE 00:05:28.80\00:05:33.86 THIS AFFIRMATION? 00:05:33.86\00:05:34.26 I BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS ADDRESSING TWO LEVELS OF 00:05:34.26\00:05:42.73 REALITY HERE. AND MAYBE THROUGH THE DISCUSSION WE 00:05:42.73\00:05:43.76 CAN TOUCH UPON BOTH IN THE SHORT TIME WE HAVE. 00:05:43.76\00:05:49.53 BUT, ONE LEVEL IS BEING MERCIFUL AS ANYONE IN THE 00:05:49.53\00:05:54.30 SECULAR WORLD WOULD BE WITH SOMEONE ELSE 00:05:54.30\00:05:55.20 INTERESTINGLY, THE WORD 'MERCIFUL', THE ROOT WORD 00:05:55.20\00:06:00.93 FOR THE WORD MERCIFUL IS THE WORD 'ALMS', OR GIFTS 00:06:00.93\00:06:07.10 OR DONATIONS OR CHARITABLE GIFTS. THAT'S THE ROOT 00:06:07.10\00:06:08.13 WORD. SO, IN THE SECULAR CONTEXT, MERCIFUL 00:06:08.13\00:06:15.23 PERSON IS A GENEROUS PERSON.>>BILL: OKAY. 00:06:15.23\00:06:19.40 >>TONY:.IS MAGNANIMOUS PERSON. IS SOMEONE WHO 00:06:19.40\00:06:20.36 SPREADS HIS WEALTH OR HIS POSSESSIONS WIDELY AROUND 00:06:20.36\00:06:27.03 THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. AND THAT IS PART OF 00:06:27.03\00:06:34.20 THE TEACHING OF THIS PARABLE AND THERE IS 00:06:34.20\00:06:35.20 A CONTEXT TO THAT THAT CHRIST WILL EMPHASIZE 00:06:35.20\00:06:38.66 AS WE WILL SEE LATER ON THEN, THERE IS THE HIGHER 00:06:38.66\00:06:43.03 LEVEL, THE SPIRITUAL LEVEL WHICH RELATES TO OUR 00:06:43.03\00:06:44.03 NEED FOR MERCY AND GRACE BECAUSE OF OUR 00:06:44.03\00:06:50.90 TRANSGRESSIONS. AND SO, IN JUST A NUTSHELL, CHRIST IS 00:06:50.90\00:06:56.66 ABLE TO TOUCH UPON BOTH AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO 00:06:56.66\00:06:57.70 BE EXCITING TO DISCOVER SOME INSIGHTS IN THOSE. 00:06:57.70\00:07:00.56 >>BILL: PASTOR MILER, WHAT IS MERCY? >>EDVARD: MERCY 00:07:00.56\00:07:06.90 IS A STATE OF SOMETHING THAT A PERSON CAN 00:07:06.90\00:07:07.80 NOT DESERVE. PEOPLE CAN DESERVE A LOT OF THINGS. 00:07:07.80\00:07:18.60 WE EARN OUR MONEY, WE EARN OUR POSSESSIONS AND WE 00:07:18.60\00:07:24.56 THINK THAT WE DESERVE THAT, WE EARNED THAT, WE 00:07:24.56\00:07:25.53 DESERVE SOMETHING. PEOPLE THINK THAT WE DESERVE 00:07:25.53\00:07:29.73 AFTER SO MANY YEARS IN THIS FIRM, THIS COMPANY TO 00:07:29.73\00:07:34.83 BE, I DON'T KNOW, TO GET A BETTER POSITION.>>BILL: 00:07:34.83\00:07:35.83 TO BE PROMOTED. SURE. 00:07:35.83\00:07:42.20 >>EDVARD:.TO BE PROMOTED.>>BILL: A RAISE. 00:07:42.20\00:07:43.10 >>EDVARD:.TO GET A RAISE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 00:07:43.10\00:07:45.33 BUT MERCY IS SOMETHING THAT NOBODY CAN DESERVE. 00:07:45.33\00:07:49.30 IT IS SOMETHING LIKE YOU SAID IN THAT FIRST STORY 00:07:49.30\00:07:50.26 OF NAPOLEON AND THAT BOY WHO'S MOTHER ASKED AND 00:07:50.26\00:07:58.83 BEGGED FOR MERCY. THAT IS A - I BELIEVE THAT IS THE 00:07:58.83\00:08:04.50 ESSENCE OF MERCY. THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF THAT WORD 00:08:04.50\00:08:05.46 ESSENCE THAT NOBODY CAN DESERVE IT. WHEN THERE IS 00:08:05.46\00:08:10.50 - WHEN PEOPLE CAN DESERVE THE MERCY IT'S ACTUALLY 00:08:10.50\00:08:15.93 NOT MERCY AT ALL. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MERCY 00:08:15.93\00:08:17.10 SO, BASICALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT WORD, WHEN 00:08:17.10\00:08:22.26 WE TALK ABOUT THAT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY - 00:08:22.26\00:08:25.63 PROBABLY THAT CAN BE REFERRED TO LATER ON - 00:08:25.63\00:08:26.56 ONLY GOD CAN REALLY MAKE AND REALLY DO CAN REALLY 00:08:26.56\00:08:32.06 GRANT US AND REALLY AND ALSO MAKE THAT KIND OF 00:08:32.06\00:08:37.20 DESIRE AND PUT THAT KIND OF DESIRE INTO OUR HEARTS 00:08:37.20\00:08:38.20 BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE ARE NOT CAPABLE AS 00:08:38.20\00:08:42.86 HUMAN BEINGS, SINFUL HUMAN BEINGS, WE ARE NOT CAPABLE 00:08:42.86\00:08:48.30 OF BEING MERCIFUL. 00:08:48.30\00:08:48.73 WE ARE CAPABLE OF BEING REVENGEFUL. >>BILL: THAT 00:08:48.73\00:08:53.33 WOULD BE OUR NATURAL RESPONSE, RIGHT? >>EDVARD: 00:08:53.33\00:08:54.33 NOW, PASTOR TONY, MAY I ASK YOU SOMETHING? ON 00:08:54.33\00:09:00.16 A VERY SUPERFICIAL READING OF THIS IT ALMOST MAKES IT 00:09:00.16\00:09:02.96 SOUND LIKE - I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS 00:09:02.96\00:09:04.13 BUT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE READING IT BUT IT ALMOST 00:09:04.13\00:09:07.30 SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU'RE MERCIFUL THE WORLD WILL BE 00:09:07.30\00:09:11.53 MERCIFUL BACK TO YOU. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT 00:09:11.53\00:09:12.56 IT'S TALKING ABOUT HERE, IS IT? THE WORLD DOESN'T 00:09:12.56\00:09:18.86 WORK THAT WAY DOES IT >>TONY: IT IS NOT 00:09:18.86\00:09:20.36 SALVATION BY WORKS EITHER. 00:09:20.36\00:09:20.93 >>BILL: RIGHT. RIGHT. 00:09:20.93\00:09:21.40 >>TONY: IT'S NOT JESUS SAYING, OKAY, YOU BE 00:09:21.40\00:09:23.26 MERCIFUL TO OTHERS AND THEN YOU WILL DESERVE MY 00:09:23.26\00:09:24.30 MERCY. IT'S NOT THAT AT ALL. YOU KNOW, ONCE I 00:09:24.30\00:09:25.23 HEARD A VERY INTERESTING DEFINITION OF MERCY IN 00:09:25.23\00:09:30.96 CONTRAST WITH GRACE. AND WHOEVER CRAFTED IT DID A 00:09:30.96\00:09:37.53 FANTASTIC JOB BECAUSE HE OR SHE USED THE SAME 00:09:37.53\00:09:38.53 WORDS, ALTERING ONLY THE ORDER OF TWO WORDS. SO, 00:09:38.53\00:09:42.93 GRACE, THAT PERSON DEFINED GRACE AS RECEIVING THAT 00:09:42.93\00:09:50.53 WHICH I DO NOT DESERVE. 00:09:50.53\00:09:51.06 >>BILL: OKAY. >>TONY: MERCY IS NOT RECEIVING 00:09:51.06\00:09:58.33 THAT WHICH I DO DESERVE. 00:09:58.33\00:09:58.93 THAT IS PROFOUND. >>BILL: THAT IS PRETTY BRILLIANT. 00:09:58.93\00:10:06.63 THAT IS VERY BRILLIANT. 00:10:06.63\00:10:07.16 >>TONY: GRACE, GOD GIVES ME WHAT I DON'T DESERVE. 00:10:07.16\00:10:09.20 >>BILL: YES. >>TONY: IN MERCY, HE GIVES ME NOT 00:10:09.20\00:10:10.20 WHAT I WOULD OTHERWISE DESERVE WHICH IS 00:10:10.20\00:10:13.30 ETERNAL PUNISHMENT. IN THAT CONTEXT, MERCY IS 00:10:13.30\00:10:19.73 BASICALLY SAYING, EVENTHOUGH THIS WAS DUE 00:10:19.73\00:10:20.80 TO YOU, I AM NOT GOING TO ADMINISTER IT BECAUSE I AM 00:10:20.80\00:10:26.43 MERCIFUL. IT'S AN ACT THAT IS SO MAGNANIMOUS THAT IT 00:10:26.43\00:10:34.06 PAINTS A PICTURE OF GOD THAT IS LOVING AND 00:10:34.06\00:10:35.00 ENDEARING. YOU WANT TO LOVE A GOD WHO TREATS YOU 00:10:35.00\00:10:39.33 LIKE THAT. >>BILL: I GUESS IT'S SAYING HERE THAT, 00:10:39.33\00:10:44.40 SORRY, THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF RECOGNIZING 00:10:44.40\00:10:45.36 THE MERCY WE RECEIVE FROM GOD IS THAT WE WILL 00:10:45.36\00:10:50.33 THEN ALSO CARRY THAT MERCY ONTO THOSE THAT WE COME IN 00:10:50.33\00:10:55.20 CONTACT WITH. >>TONY: ABSOLUTELY. YOU SEE, WE 00:10:55.20\00:10:56.30 WERE MENTIONING IN THE BEGINNING THAT THERE IS 00:10:56.30\00:11:00.30 A TEMPERAL DIMENSION TO MERCY AND THEN AN ETERNAL 00:11:00.30\00:11:04.40 DIMENSION OR A SECULAR AND A RELIGIOUS DIMENSION AND 00:11:04.40\00:11:05.46 CHRISTS RECOGNIZED BOTH. 00:11:05.46\00:11:10.90 THE TEMPERAL OR SECULAR DIMENSION IS VERY 00:11:10.90\00:11:11.80 IMPORTANT TO JESUS. AND THERE ARE SOME PASSAGES IN 00:11:11.80\00:11:15.60 SCRIPTURE WHERE HE ADVISES US TO BE GENEROUS TOWARDS 00:11:15.60\00:11:20.96 OTHERS. FOR INSTANCE, YOU REMEMBER THE PARABLE, 00:11:20.96\00:11:21.96 WELL, THE STORY ABOUT THE RICH, YOUNG RULER. >>BILL: 00:11:21.96\00:11:27.80 YES. >>TONY: THAT YOUNG FELLOW THAT CAME TO JESUS 00:11:27.80\00:11:31.80 AND HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND AND IT WAS 00:11:31.80\00:11:32.83 VERY OBVIOUS THAT HE WAS VERY WEALTHY SO, JESUS 00:11:32.83\00:11:39.66 POINTED TO THE ONE THING THAT HE LACKED AND THAT 00:11:39.66\00:11:45.63 WAS BEING MERCIFUL. HE SAID TO HIM, 'SELL ALL YOU 00:11:45.63\00:11:46.66 HAVE AND GIVE IT TO THE POOR AND YOU WILL HAVE 00:11:46.66\00:11:52.10 A TREASURE IN HEAVEN'. SO GIVING 'AHMS', SUPPORTING 00:11:52.10\00:11:58.83 THOSE IN NEED IS A FULFILLMENT OF THIS PARA - 00:11:58.83\00:11:59.80 OF THIS BEATITUDE, OF THIS BLESSING THAT JESUS 00:11:59.80\00:12:06.23 ADDRESSED TO US. AND THAT CHARACTERIZED, REALLY, THE 00:12:06.23\00:12:10.03 EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 00:12:10.03\00:12:10.56 YOU HAVE IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH PEOPLE 00:12:10.56\00:12:13.00 LIKE CORNELIUS, WHO WAS KNOWN TO THE BELIEVERS AS 00:12:13.00\00:12:14.03 A GENEROUS PERSON. ONE WHO GAVE 'AHMS' FREELY. WE 00:12:14.03\00:12:19.60 HAVE THE EXAMPLE OF THE GENTILE CHRISTIANS WHO 00:12:19.60\00:12:26.30 COLLECTED DONATIONS FOR THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM, 00:12:26.30\00:12:27.30 TO SUPPORT THEM AND TO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY THAT 00:12:27.30\00:12:33.50 THE APOSTLES WERE DOING AND JESUS, HIMSELF, IS 00:12:33.50\00:12:39.53 SOMEONE WHO HAD IN HIS PURSE, IN JESUS' PURSE, 00:12:39.53\00:12:40.53 MONEY TO GIVE 'AHMS' TO THE POOR. WE REMEMBER THAT 00:12:40.53\00:12:50.16 WHEN HE SENT JUDAS TO DO QUICKLY WHAT HE NEEDED TO 00:12:50.16\00:12:54.60 DO, THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD THAT JESUS 00:12:54.60\00:12:55.46 MEANT TO GIVE 'AHMS' TO THE POOR. TO DO ACTS OF 00:12:55.46\00:12:58.70 MERCY. AND I THINK THAT WE AS CHRISTIANS TODAY, 00:12:58.70\00:13:04.03 BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF 00:13:04.03\00:13:05.00 MERCY WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THE TEMPERAL 00:13:05.00\00:13:09.56 DIMENSION IS COVERED AND THAT WE ARE GENEROUS 00:13:09.56\00:13:14.00 PEOPLE, KIND HEARTED PEOPLE TOWARD THOSE WHO 00:13:14.00\00:13:14.96 ARE IN NEED. >>BILL: I REMEMBER THAT STORY, THE 00:13:14.96\00:13:19.60 UNMERCIFUL SERVANT, THAT RECEIVED.>>TONY: YES. 00:13:19.60\00:13:22.16 >>BILL:.THE FORGIVENESS OF THAT HUGE DEBT FROM 00:13:22.16\00:13:23.26 HIS KING.>>TONY: YES. 00:13:23.26\00:13:26.26 >>BILL:.AND THEN WAS UNABLE TO PASS THAT MERCY 00:13:26.26\00:13:27.23 AND FORGIVENESS ON TO HIS FELLOW MAN THAT OWED HIM 00:13:27.23\00:13:31.26 A FRACTION OF WHAT HE HAD OWED HIS KING AND I'VE 00:13:31.26\00:13:37.10 OFTEN WONDERED WHY IT IS THAT WE CAN'T SEEM TO PASS 00:13:37.10\00:13:38.13 ON TO OTHERS, THE MERCY THAT GOD HAS BEEN 00:13:38.13\00:13:44.60 SO GRACIOUS IN GIVING US >>TONY: AND IN THAT STORY, 00:13:44.60\00:13:50.66 YOU SEE, THE WAY CHRIST WRAPS IT UP IN MATTHEW 00:13:50.66\00:13:51.66 18.>>BILL: YES, THAT'S RIGHT. >>TONY:.THE WAY 00:13:51.66\00:13:54.40 HE WRAPS IT UP IS VERY PUNCHY BECAUSE HE SAYS, 00:13:54.40\00:14:00.63 THE MERCY THAT WE EXTEND TO OTHERS IS A 00:14:16.10\00:14:16.93 PREREQUISITE TO RECEIVING MERCY FROM GOD. IN FACT, 00:14:16.93\00:14:22.20 IT COMES TO MIND IN THE SAME SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 00:14:22.20\00:14:27.03 IN THE LORD'S PRAYER.>>BILL: YES. 00:14:27.03\00:14:27.83 >>TONY:.WE ARE TALKING MATTHEW 5, WELL JUST ONE 00:14:27.83\00:14:31.23 CHAPTER AFTER, MATTHEW 6 JESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY, 00:14:31.23\00:14:35.46 AND THIS IS THE ONLY PORTION OF THE LORD'S 00:14:45.96\00:14:46.90 PRAYER WHERE HE COMMENTED, HE EXPANDED AT THE 00:14:46.90\00:14:48.26 END OF THE PRAYER. FOR IN VERSE 14 HE SAYS, 00:14:48.26\00:14:50.50 IT'S A PREREQUISITE. AND CONNECTED TO THAT WE HAVE 00:15:05.00\00:15:06.00 THE QUESTION OF PETER. HOW MANY TIMES.>>BILL: YEAH. 00:15:06.00\00:15:10.56 >>TONY:.HOW MANY TIMES? 00:15:10.56\00:15:11.06 MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOO. >>BILL: SO, IT'S 00:15:11.06\00:15:15.20 INTERESTING HERE, PASTOR MILER, TO ME THAT - I 00:15:15.20\00:15:19.60 MEAN, MOST CHRISTIANS THAT WE NEED FORGIVENESS AND 00:15:19.60\00:15:20.66 MERCY FROM GOD FOR US TO ENTER HIS KINGDOM. WE 00:15:20.66\00:15:25.83 CAN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT 00:15:25.83\00:15:31.83 SCRIPTURE HERE IS SUGGESTING THAT OUR 00:15:31.83\00:15:32.66 FAILURE TO PASS THAT ON TO OUR FELLOW MAN WILL 00:15:32.66\00:15:36.73 ALSO COST US ETERNAL LIFE >>EDVARD: YES. IT IS VERY 00:15:36.73\00:15:40.60 INTERESTING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL 00:15:40.60\00:15:41.66 POINT TO THE ASPECT OF MERCY. AND HOW THAT IS 00:15:41.66\00:15:47.73 IMPORTANT IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIVES AND HOW MANY TIMES - 00:15:47.73\00:15:51.86 HOW OFTEN, UNFORTUNATELY, WE TEND TO FORGET THAT 00:15:51.86\00:15:52.86 FACT. FOR INSTANCE, AT THE END OF CHAPTER FIVE, 00:15:52.86\00:15:57.23 MATTHEW CHAPTER FIVE, IT SAYS, 00:15:57.23\00:15:59.30 >>BILL: YES. >>EDVARD: IN LUKE, CHAPTER SIX, WHEN 00:16:05.70\00:16:06.73 JESUS CHRIST WAS REFERRING TO THE SAME THING 00:16:06.73\00:16:07.96 HE FINISHES BY SAYING, BE MERCIFUL THEREFORE AS YOUR 00:16:07.96\00:16:15.56 HEAVENLY FATHER IS MERCIFUL. THEREFORE, THAT 00:16:15.56\00:16:16.50 MEANS TO BE PERFECT IS TO BE MERCIFUL OR TO BE 00:16:16.50\00:16:22.20 MERCIFUL EQUALS TO BE PERFECT. WHEN WE DON'T 00:16:22.20\00:16:27.86 SHOW THAT MERCY TOWARD OTHERS, ACTUALLY, WE DO 00:16:27.86\00:16:28.86 NOT REPRESENT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. I COME FROM A 00:16:28.86\00:16:34.23 COUNTRY THAT WENT THROUGH A TERRIBLE WAR.>>BILL: 00:16:34.23\00:16:38.63 YES. >>EDVARD:.AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1990'S, 00:16:38.63\00:16:39.60 MANY PEOPLE HAD BEEN KILLED, MANY CHURCHES HAD 00:16:39.60\00:16:42.06 BEEN DESTROYED. I HAD EVEN SOME CHURCH MEMBERS WHOSE 00:16:42.06\00:16:48.00 CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS HAD BEEN SLAUGHTERED BUT WHAT 00:16:48.00\00:16:49.00 REALLY AMAZED ME WAS THOSE PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO 00:16:49.00\00:16:56.63 FORGIVE, TO SHOW MERCY NOT TO HOLD GRUDGES 00:16:56.63\00:17:05.46 AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE WHO TREATED THEM SO UNJUSTLY, 00:17:05.46\00:17:06.56 SO HARSHLY IN THAT WAY, TO LOSE THEIR LOVE ONES. AND 00:17:06.56\00:17:12.70 WHEN YOU TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE, EVEN TODAY, YOU 00:17:12.70\00:17:17.26 WON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. PEOPLE, FOR 00:17:17.26\00:17:18.13 INSTANCE, MANY PEOPLE WILL SAY THIS, THIS IS VERY 00:17:18.13\00:17:23.70 INTERESTING, 'I WILL FORGIVE YOU BUT I WILL 00:17:23.70\00:17:28.16 NEVER FORGET YOU'. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS. >>BILL: 00:17:28.16\00:17:29.23 RIGHT. >>EDVARD: BUT THAT MEANS, ACTUALLY, THIS, 00:17:29.23\00:17:33.40 EVENTHOUGH I SAY THAT I WILL FORGIVE, I BASICALLY 00:17:33.40\00:17:37.66 PLEDGE THAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I'M GOING TO 00:17:37.66\00:17:38.66 REPEAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME IN THE PAST. WHAT IS 00:17:38.66\00:17:45.13 ACTUALLY NOT FORGIVENESS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 00:17:45.13\00:17:50.36 MERCY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FORGIVENESS, WE'RE 00:17:50.36\00:17:51.33 NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. 00:17:51.33\00:17:53.30 AND JESUS CHRIST ALSO SAY, IN THE BEGINNING OF 00:17:53.30\00:17:54.26 CHAPTER SEVEN, ALSO THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 00:17:54.26\00:17:59.76 SO THAT'S ALSO ONE ASPECT OF MERCY. IF WE EXPECT OUR 00:18:04.20\00:18:05.26 FATHER TO FORGIVE US, IF WE PRAY TO OUR HEAVENLY 00:18:05.26\00:18:11.03 FATHER NOT TO JUDGE US BUT TO SHOW US GRACE AND 00:18:11.03\00:18:16.30 MERCY, WE HAVE TO DO ACCORDINGLY. WE HAVE TO 00:18:16.30\00:18:17.40 DO THAT SAME THING TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, EVEN 00:18:17.40\00:18:22.06 TO OUR ENEMIES. >>BILL: RIGHT. NOT SEVEN TIMES, 00:18:22.06\00:18:26.30 PETER, BUT SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN, RIGHT? >>TONY: YES. 00:18:26.30\00:18:27.33 WITHOUT END. >>BILL: YES. 00:18:27.33\00:18:31.43 >>TONY: WE NEED THE MERCY OF GOD THROUGHOUT 00:18:31.43\00:18:32.40 OUR LIVES BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE MAKE 00:18:32.40\00:18:36.13 MISTAKES RECURRENTLY, REPEATEDLY AND THEREFORE 00:18:36.13\00:18:43.20 WE HAVE TO SEEK HIS PARDON AND HIS MERCY CONSTANTLY 00:18:43.20\00:18:44.23 AND IN THAT SETTING, CHRIST TAUGHT MERCY, NOT 00:18:44.23\00:18:54.66 ONLY BY PRECEPT BUT ALSO BY EXAMPLE. >>BILL: YES. 00:18:54.66\00:19:00.66 >>TONY: AND THE BEST TEACHERS DO THAT. 00:19:00.66\00:19:01.53 >>BILL: YES. >>TONY: THEY EXEMPLIFY THE PRINCIPLES 00:19:01.53\00:19:03.76 THAT THEY ARE CONVEYING ORALLY TO THEIR STUDENTS. 00:19:03.76\00:19:09.10 AND CHRIST WAS THE MOST MERCIFUL PERSON THAT EVER 00:19:09.10\00:19:10.13 WALKED THIS EARTH. NOT ONLY IN HIS DAILY 00:19:10.13\00:19:17.40 INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE, BEING COMPASSIONATE, BEING 00:19:17.40\00:19:21.80 HELPFUL, BUT FINALLY SHOWING THE EXTENT OF 00:19:21.80\00:19:22.83 HIS LOVE AND HIS MERCY BY DYING ON THE CROSS 00:19:22.83\00:19:29.36 OF CALVARY FOR OUR SINS. 00:19:29.36\00:19:29.83 THAT IS WHY IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, HE'S REFERRED TO 00:19:29.83\00:19:36.33 AS A MERCIFUL INTERCESSOR IN HEBREWS, CHAPTER TWO 00:19:36.33\00:19:43.90 AND VERSE 17, HEBREWS 2:17, WHERE WE READ, 00:19:43.90\00:19:58.33 HE TAUGHT MERCY. HE EXEMPLIFIED MERCY. HE 00:20:17.66\00:20:18.60 EXTENDED MERCY. HE IS MERCY PERSONIFIED. >>BILL: 00:20:18.60\00:20:23.16 WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT. ARE THERE, 00:20:23.16\00:20:29.63 MAYBE, SOME CLOSING COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO GET 00:20:29.63\00:20:30.73 IN THERE BEFORE WE HAVE TO WRAP UP. >>EDVARD: ONE 00:20:30.73\00:20:35.96 ASPECT OF MERCY IS ALSO COMPASSION. AND THAT WAS 00:20:35.96\00:20:41.56 CLEARLY SHOWN IN JESUS' PARABLE IN MATTHEW 25, THE 00:20:41.56\00:20:42.63 THIRD PARABLE ABOUT SHEEP AND GOATS. BOTH GROUPS 00:20:42.63\00:20:49.06 OF PEOPLE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. WHEN DID WE SEE 00:20:49.06\00:20:55.86 YOU? WHEN WAS THAT? NONE OF THEM WAS AWARE OF THE 00:20:55.86\00:20:56.96 FACT, THEY EITHER HELPED OR DID NOT HELP. BUT 00:20:56.96\00:21:03.40 THOSE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED COMPASSION, WHO REALLY 00:21:03.40\00:21:07.56 HELPED NOT ONLY TO BE SHOWN TO BE, TO HAVE 00:21:07.56\00:21:08.50 THEIR NAMES WRITTEN ON THE PLAQUE OR SOMETHING LIKE 00:21:08.50\00:21:14.70 THAT PEOPLE DO GENEROUS THINGS, GIVE MILLIONS OF 00:21:14.70\00:21:18.30 DOLLARS ONLY, FOR ONE REASON ONLY, TO BE SHOWN 00:21:18.30\00:21:19.36 AND TO BE REPRESENTED AS SOMEBODY BUT WHO DID THAT 00:21:19.36\00:21:24.60 UNKNOWINGLY TO ANYBODY THOSE PEOPLE WILL SHOW 00:21:24.60\00:21:32.80 MERCY TO GOD, THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE SHOWN MERCY 00:21:32.80\00:21:33.80 BY GOD, HIMSELF. >>BILL: THANK YOU. 00:21:33.80\00:21:38.53 I APPRECIATE THE INSIGHTS; UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE COMING 00:21:38.53\00:21:42.03 DOWN TO THE END OF OUR TIME. >>BILL: FRIEND, IF 00:21:42.03\00:21:43.00 YOU'RE A MERCIFUL PERSON, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS 00:21:43.00\00:21:46.66 GOD WILL CONTINUALLY POUR HIS MERCY ON YOU. HE WILL 00:21:46.66\00:21:53.36 FORGIVE YOUR SINS; HE'LL MEET YOUR NEEDS. IF 00:21:53.36\00:21:54.40 YOU'RE NOT MERCIFUL, WELL, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEN 00:21:54.40\00:22:01.13 THAT YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS CHRIST. THOSE THAT SHOW 00:22:01.13\00:22:05.10 MERCY ARE MERCIFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE RECEIVED THAT 00:22:05.10\00:22:06.16 CHARACTERISTIC FROM GOD. 00:22:06.16\00:22:11.36 AND CHRIST PROMISED THAT THE MERCIFUL SHALL OBTAIN 00:22:11.36\00:22:12.36 MERCY. AS WE HEARD TODAY, REFERS TO BOTH THE PRESENT 00:22:12.36\00:22:17.96 AND THE FUTURE. IN PSALM 86, VERSE 3, DAVID SAYS, 00:22:17.96\00:22:23.56 YOU SEE, DAVID'S REQUEST IN PSALM 86 AND HIS 00:22:27.86\00:22:28.80 STATEMENT IN PSALM 23 SHOW 00:22:28.80\00:22:30.96 YOU SEE, DAVID'S REQUEST IN PSALM 86 AND HIS 00:22:33.23\00:22:34.16 STATEMENT IN PSALM 23 SHOW HE SAW GOD'S MERCY AS 00:22:34.16\00:22:37.60 A PRESENT REALITY TO BE SOUGHT FOR AND ENJOYED. 00:22:37.60\00:22:42.70 AND AS OUR MERCIFUL HIGH PRIEST, JESUS CHRIST, 00:22:42.70\00:22:43.80 CONTINUALLY INTERCEEDS WITH THE FATHER THAT MERCY 00:22:43.80\00:22:48.53 MAY BE EXTENDED TO US NOW YOU KNOW, GOD'S MERCY HAS 00:22:48.53\00:22:53.63 BEEN FULLY PAID FOR. 00:22:53.63\00:22:54.10 IF YOU TODAY DO NOT KNOW CHRIST, PLEASE EXCEPT HIS 00:22:54.10\00:22:58.53 MERCY. IT'S FREELY OFFERED THROUGH JESUS. AND IF YOU 00:22:58.53\00:22:59.70 KNOW HIM TAKE COMFORT IN THE RAINBOW OF GOD'S 00:22:59.70\00:23:06.86 MERCY THAT HE SPREADS OVER YOU AND I THROUGH HIS SON, 00:23:06.86\00:23:13.53 JESUS CHRIST. PASTOR MILER WOULD YOU PRAY FOR 00:23:13.53\00:23:14.46 OUR VIEWERS. >>EDVARD: OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, YOU 00:23:14.46\00:23:17.56 WHO ARE FULL OF MERCY, YOU HAVE SHOWN US THAT MERCY 00:23:17.56\00:23:24.56 THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR. WE THANK YOU FOR 00:23:24.56\00:23:25.56 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR US. WE THANK YOU FOR 00:23:25.56\00:23:30.93 EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU HAVE GIVEN US. AND HELP US ALSO 00:23:30.93\00:23:36.63 TO SHOW MERCY TO OTHERS IN THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE 00:23:36.63\00:23:37.73 SHOWN US MERCY. HELP US TO FORGIVE, HELP 00:23:37.73\00:23:43.16 US TO FORGET, HELP US TO REALLY BE MERCIFUL AND TO 00:23:43.16\00:23:48.06 REPRESENT YOU IN YOUR CHARACTER IN THIS WORLD 00:23:48.06\00:23:49.06 AND TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND US. WE THANK YOU 00:23:49.06\00:23:53.96 FOR EVERYTHING, IN JESUS' HOLY NAME. AMEN. >>TONY & 00:23:53.96\00:23:59.26 BILL: AMEN. 00:23:59.26\00:24:00.60 (MUSIC) 00:24:01.33\00:24:15.66 >>BILL: WELL, I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS 00:24:16.70\00:24:17.60 SERIES ON THE BEATITUDES AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN 00:24:17.60\00:24:20.00 MORE ABOUT THE BEATITUDES, THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 00:24:20.00\00:24:22.60 IN FACT, ALL OF SCRIPTURE AND WHAT GOD HAS PLACED IN 00:24:22.60\00:24:23.66 HERE, ONE GREAT WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH THE 00:24:23.66\00:24:29.06 DISCOVER BIBLE SCHOOL. YOU CAN ENROLL THROUGH 'IT IS 00:24:29.06\00:24:33.63 WRITTEN'. THE LESSONS WILL COME TO YOU FREE OF 00:24:33.63\00:24:34.60 CHARGE. THEY COME TO YOU BY CORRESPONDENCE. THERE'S 00:24:34.60\00:24:38.83 NO OBLIGATION ON YOUR PART WHATSOEVER BUT THOUSANDS 00:24:38.83\00:24:41.53 HAVE REGISTERED, HAVE ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM 00:24:41.53\00:24:42.50 AND HAVE COME TO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S 00:24:42.50\00:24:48.70 WORD. IF YOU WANT TO START RIGHT NOW, HERE'S THE 00:24:48.70\00:24:50.73 INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FIRST LESSON. 00:24:50.73\00:24:53.93 >>BILL: PASTOR TONY, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS 00:25:28.00\00:25:29.03 YOU WANTED TO MAKE AND WE DIDN'T GET TO IN THE LAST 00:25:29.03\00:25:31.23 SEGMENT, SO YOU CAN MAKE THOSE NOW. >TONY: YES, I 00:25:31.23\00:25:33.63 WAS THINKING HOW COMPLETE CHRIST'S TEACHING ON BEING 00:25:33.63\00:25:34.70 MERCIFUL REALLY IS. NOT ONLY HE TELLS US THERE 00:25:34.70\00:25:40.36 IS TEMPERAL MERCY AND ETERNAL MERCY, THE SECULAR 00:25:40.36\00:25:44.56 EXPRESSION AND THE SPIRITUAL EXPRESSION BUT 00:25:44.56\00:25:45.46 HE ALSO HAD A CONCERN THAT WHEN WE SHOW MERCY WE DO 00:25:45.46\00:25:50.23 IT IN THE RIGHT WAY AND FOR THE RIGHT MOTIVE. IT 00:25:50.23\00:25:55.66 MUST NOT BE FOR A SELFISH MOTIVE. IT MUST NOT BE TO 00:25:55.66\00:25:56.70 GAIN REPUT AND RENOUND BUT TO REALLY HELP THOSE 00:25:56.70\00:26:02.10 WHO ARE IN NEED. SO, IN THE SAME SERMON ON THE 00:26:02.10\00:26:05.40 MOUNTAIN, IN CHAPTER SIX, HE HAS AN ADMONISSION 00:26:05.40\00:26:06.40 AGAINST OSTENTATION IN ACTS OF MERCY. AND 00:26:06.40\00:26:10.33 RIGHT THERE HE SAYS, 00:26:10.33\00:26:15.46 SO, HE SAYS 'BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY 00:26:31.76\00:26:32.73 SHALL RECEIVE MERCY' BUT HE SAYS IF YOU DO IT JUST 00:26:32.73\00:26:34.30 TO BE SEEN BY MEN THEN THERE IS NO REWARD. SO 00:26:34.30\00:26:37.80 CHRIST SAYS, PLEASE, DO IT OUT OF KINDNESS, OUT 00:26:37.80\00:26:38.80 OF LOVE FOR THOSE IN NEED, OUT OF CONSIDERATION AND 00:26:38.80\00:26:44.90 COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO NEED YOUR FORGIVENESS OR 00:26:44.90\00:26:50.56 YOUR HELP. BUT DO IT IN HUMILITY, DO IT IN 00:26:50.56\00:26:51.50 SILENCE. DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T PROP YOU UP 00:26:51.50\00:26:57.33 BUT THAT ELEVATES THE ONE THAT IS BEING HELPED. WHEN 00:26:57.33\00:27:04.23 YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE SHOWING MERCY THE WAY 00:27:04.23\00:27:05.16 JESUS CHRIST WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO IT. AND I THINK 00:27:05.16\00:27:08.46 THAT BEAUTIFULLY COMPLETES HIS TEACHING OF MERCY, AT 00:27:08.46\00:27:12.66 LEAST ON THIS SERMON. 00:27:12.66\00:27:13.16 >>BILL: I THINK SO TOO. 00:27:13.16\00:27:13.66 AND YOU CAN KNOW THEN, FOR SURE, THAT YOU WILL 00:27:13.66\00:27:16.16 RECEIVE HIS MERCY. >>TONY: AMEN. >>BILL: THANK YOU 00:27:16.16\00:27:20.40 PASTOR TONY. THANK YOU PASTOR MILER. I APPRECIATE 00:27:20.40\00:27:21.43 YOU GUYS BEING HERE. 00:27:21.43\00:27:25.80 >>TONY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>BILL: THANK YOU 00:27:25.80\00:27:26.80 OUR VIEWERS FOR BEING HERE. 00:27:26.80\00:27:28.03 REMEMBER THE WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 00:27:28.03\00:27:29.66 THERE YOU CAN SEE THIS PROGRAM AGAIN, YOU CAN 00:27:29.66\00:27:30.63 SEND A PRAYER REQUEST, YOU CAN SEND US YOUR COMMENTS 00:27:30.63\00:27:32.80 ON THE PROGRAM. WELL, WE PRAY THAT WE WILL HAVE THE 00:27:32.80\00:27:36.33 PRIVILEDGE OF BEING BACK HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK BUT 00:27:36.33\00:27:37.30 I'LL TELL YOU, IT WON'T BE THE SAME IF YOU'RE NOT 00:27:37.30\00:27:40.50 HERE. SO WHY NOT SCHEDULE THE TIME AND BE WITH US 00:27:40.50\00:27:44.03 AGAIN NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS 00:27:44.03\00:27:45.00 WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY 00:27:45.00\00:27:47.63 EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 00:27:47.63\00:27:54.73 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 00:27:55.23\00:27:58.53