Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201027
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00:02 >>BILL: A MOTHER ONCE APPROACHED NAPOLEON
00:03 SEEKING A PARDON FOR HER SON. THE EMPEROR REPLIED 00:05 THAT THE YOUNG MAN HAD COMMITTED A CERTAIN 00:08 OFFENSE TWICE AND JUSTICE DEMANDED DEATH. "BUTI DO" 00:14 THE MOTHER EXPLAINED. 00:15 "I PLEAD FOR MERCY." "BUT YOUR SON DOES NOT DESERVE 00:18 MERCY," NAPOLEON REPLIED. 00:19 "SIR," THE WOMAN CRIED, "IT WOULD NOT BE MERCY IF 00:25 HE DESERVED IT, AND MERCY IS ALL I ASK FOR." "WELL, 00:26 THEN," THE EMPEROR SAID, "I WILL HAVE MERCY." 00:31 AND HE SPARED THE WOMAN'S SON. 00:37 (MUSIC) 00:47 ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:49 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 00:53 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 00:57 IT IS WRITTEN. 00:59 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:06 (MUSIC) 01:16 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW PRESENTS JESUS CHRIST AS 01:17 KING. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS THE MANIFESTO OF 01:20 HIS KINGDOM. THERE CHRIST PROCLAIMED A TWOFOLD 01:25 MESSAGE: HOW TO ENTER HIS KINGDOM AND HOW TO LIVE 01:26 WHILE IN IT. ONLY THOSE WHO ARE BROKEN IN 01:31 SPIRIT, MOURNFUL, MEEK, AND HUNGERING AFTER 01:34 RIGHTEOUSNESS CAN ENTER. 01:35 ONCE THEY HAVE ENTERED THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE 01:37 THOSE ATTITUDES. 01:38 MATTHEW 5:7 SAYS, 01:49 LIKE THE OTHER BEATITUDES IT CONTAINS A TWOFOLD 01:50 PATTERN: TO GET INTO GOD'S KINGDOM YOU MUST SEEK 01:54 MERCY; WHEN YOU ARE IN HIS KINGDOM YOU WILL SHOW 01:58 MERCY TO OTHERS. 01:59 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT CONFRONTS PEOPLE WITH WHAT 02:02 REALLY MATTERS: BEING BROKEN IN SPIRIT, 02:03 MOURNFUL, MEEK, HUNGRY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, MERCIFUL, 02:09 PURE IN HEART, AND PEACEABLE. THOSE ARE ALL 02:14 INTERNAL QUALITIES. CHRIST EMPHASIZED THAT IT'S 02:15 WHAT'S INSIDE A PERSON THAT COUNTS. NOW THAT 02:19 DOESN'T MEAN HE WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE 02:23 BEHAVE. JESUS' EMPHASIS WAS THAT THOSE THINGS 02:24 INSIDE US ARE WHAT PRODUCE OUR BEHAVIOR: 02:30 RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE INSIDE IS WHAT PRODUCES 02:37 RIGHT BEHAVIOR. A PERSON CAN TRY TO ACT CORRECTLY 02:38 WITHOUT BEING RIGHT INTERNALLY BUT THAT 02:41 IS ONLY LEGALISM. CHRIST WANTS RIGHT ACTIONS BASED 02:45 ON RIGHT ATTITUDES. AFTER HE TAUGHT THE BEATITUDES 02:47 JESUS DID SPEAK ABOUT ACTIONS IN THE SERMON ON 02:53 THE MOUNT. BUT THE PREMISE ON WHICH THAT TEACHING WAS 02:57 BUILT IS THE RIGHT KIND OF HEART ATTITUDE. 02:58 CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A FACADE. A RELATIONSHIP 03:01 WITH CHRIST TRANSFORMS THE CENTER OF OUR BEING AND 03:07 FROM THERE MANIFESTS ITSELF IN OUR ACTIONS. 03:15 >>BILL: WELL, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDYING 03:16 OF THE BEATITUDES AND ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE OUR GUESTS 03:19 WITH US. WE HAVE PASTOR TONY BUENO WITH US. PASTOR 03:24 WELCOME BACK. >> TONY: THANK YOU, BILL. >>BILL: 03:25 AND WE HAVE PASTOR EDVARD MILER WITH US WHO IS OUR 03:28 INVITED GUEST AS WE STUDY MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 AND 03:34 VERSE 7, BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL. PASTOR TELL US A 03:35 LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHERE YOU PASTOR. >> 03:39 EDVARD: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS 03:42 INVITATION TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM. PRESENTLY, 03:43 I AM THE PASTOR OF TWO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 03:48 CHURCHES, ONE IN ST.CATHERINES AND THE 03:51 OTHER IN NIAGARA FALLS. 03:52 ORIGINALLY, I AM FROM CROATIA AND I ARRIVED FROM 03:56 CROATIA HERE THREE YEARS AGO. IT WAS 2007 JUNE THE 03:57 SIXTH. D-DAY. >>BILL & TONY: (LAUGHTER) >>BILL: 04:04 SO, IS THERE A WEBSITE FOR YOUR CHURCH, PASTOR? 04:06 >>EDVARD: YES THERE IS. 04:07 WWW.ADVENTISTSTCATHERINES. 04:08 ORG. >>BILL: WONDERFUL. SO THE FOLKS OUT IN THE ST. 04:12 CATHERINES/NIAGARA FALLS REGION THAT WANT TO COME 04:16 AND VISIT YOU, YOU FOLKS MEET SATURDAY MORNING 04:17 >>EDVARD: YES. 9:30 IS SABBATH SCHOOL; 11:00 04:19 IS DIVINE SERVICE. AND EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO 04:24 COME. >>BILL: WONDERFUL. 04:25 THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I GUESS 04:27 WE'RE ON VERSE SEVEN, RIGHT? >>TONY: YES. 04:28 >>BILL: BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL. WELL, PASTOR 04:33 TONY, YOU KNOW THAT WE TEND TO TURN TO YOU TO 04:37 GIVE US A, SORT OF, A CONTEST. GET US ROLLING ON 04:38 THIS ONE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO RIGHT NOW. 04:42 >>TONY: SURE. FOR SURE. 04:43 WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL BEATITUDES 04:45 WHERE THERE IS NO PARADOX >>BILL: OH, GOOD POINT. 04:51 >>TONY: NORMALLY, CHRIST PRESENTS A PARADOX WITH A 04:52 REALITY THAT IS NORMALLY SAD OR DEPLORABLE AND THEN 04:57 A FUTURE REALITY WHICH USUALLY COMPENSATES FOR 05:04 IT. IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO PARADOX. IT'S A SIMPLE, 05:05 STRAIGHT FORWARD TEACHING, 'BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL 05:09 FOR THEY SHALL RECEIVE MERCY' AND EVERYBODY GOES, 05:13 'RIGHT'. IT IS ONLY FAIR. 05:14 >>BILL: IT'S ALMOST A NO BRAINER. >>TONY: EXACTLY. 05:17 SO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING HERE, JESUS? WHAT'S SO 05:18 SPECIAL ABOUT IT? WHY WOULD YOU INCLUDE THIS 05:22 IN YOUR PLATFORM OF THE KINGDOM? IN YOUR 05:28 DEFINITION OF YOUR GOSPEL? 05:29 WHY DID YOU THINK IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE 05:33 THIS AFFIRMATION? 05:34 I BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS ADDRESSING TWO LEVELS OF 05:42 REALITY HERE. AND MAYBE THROUGH THE DISCUSSION WE 05:43 CAN TOUCH UPON BOTH IN THE SHORT TIME WE HAVE. 05:49 BUT, ONE LEVEL IS BEING MERCIFUL AS ANYONE IN THE 05:54 SECULAR WORLD WOULD BE WITH SOMEONE ELSE 05:55 INTERESTINGLY, THE WORD 'MERCIFUL', THE ROOT WORD 06:00 FOR THE WORD MERCIFUL IS THE WORD 'ALMS', OR GIFTS 06:07 OR DONATIONS OR CHARITABLE GIFTS. THAT'S THE ROOT 06:08 WORD. SO, IN THE SECULAR CONTEXT, MERCIFUL 06:15 PERSON IS A GENEROUS PERSON.>>BILL: OKAY. 06:19 >>TONY:.IS MAGNANIMOUS PERSON. IS SOMEONE WHO 06:20 SPREADS HIS WEALTH OR HIS POSSESSIONS WIDELY AROUND 06:27 THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. AND THAT IS PART OF 06:34 THE TEACHING OF THIS PARABLE AND THERE IS 06:35 A CONTEXT TO THAT THAT CHRIST WILL EMPHASIZE 06:38 AS WE WILL SEE LATER ON THEN, THERE IS THE HIGHER 06:43 LEVEL, THE SPIRITUAL LEVEL WHICH RELATES TO OUR 06:44 NEED FOR MERCY AND GRACE BECAUSE OF OUR 06:50 TRANSGRESSIONS. AND SO, IN JUST A NUTSHELL, CHRIST IS 06:56 ABLE TO TOUCH UPON BOTH AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO 06:57 BE EXCITING TO DISCOVER SOME INSIGHTS IN THOSE. 07:00 >>BILL: PASTOR MILER, WHAT IS MERCY? >>EDVARD: MERCY 07:06 IS A STATE OF SOMETHING THAT A PERSON CAN 07:07 NOT DESERVE. PEOPLE CAN DESERVE A LOT OF THINGS. 07:18 WE EARN OUR MONEY, WE EARN OUR POSSESSIONS AND WE 07:24 THINK THAT WE DESERVE THAT, WE EARNED THAT, WE 07:25 DESERVE SOMETHING. PEOPLE THINK THAT WE DESERVE 07:29 AFTER SO MANY YEARS IN THIS FIRM, THIS COMPANY TO 07:34 BE, I DON'T KNOW, TO GET A BETTER POSITION.>>BILL: 07:35 TO BE PROMOTED. SURE. 07:42 >>EDVARD:.TO BE PROMOTED.>>BILL: A RAISE. 07:43 >>EDVARD:.TO GET A RAISE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 07:45 BUT MERCY IS SOMETHING THAT NOBODY CAN DESERVE. 07:49 IT IS SOMETHING LIKE YOU SAID IN THAT FIRST STORY 07:50 OF NAPOLEON AND THAT BOY WHO'S MOTHER ASKED AND 07:58 BEGGED FOR MERCY. THAT IS A - I BELIEVE THAT IS THE 08:04 ESSENCE OF MERCY. THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF THAT WORD 08:05 ESSENCE THAT NOBODY CAN DESERVE IT. WHEN THERE IS 08:10 - WHEN PEOPLE CAN DESERVE THE MERCY IT'S ACTUALLY 08:15 NOT MERCY AT ALL. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MERCY 08:17 SO, BASICALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT WORD, WHEN 08:22 WE TALK ABOUT THAT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY - 08:25 PROBABLY THAT CAN BE REFERRED TO LATER ON - 08:26 ONLY GOD CAN REALLY MAKE AND REALLY DO CAN REALLY 08:32 GRANT US AND REALLY AND ALSO MAKE THAT KIND OF 08:37 DESIRE AND PUT THAT KIND OF DESIRE INTO OUR HEARTS 08:38 BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE ARE NOT CAPABLE AS 08:42 HUMAN BEINGS, SINFUL HUMAN BEINGS, WE ARE NOT CAPABLE 08:48 OF BEING MERCIFUL. 08:49 WE ARE CAPABLE OF BEING REVENGEFUL. >>BILL: THAT 08:53 WOULD BE OUR NATURAL RESPONSE, RIGHT? >>EDVARD: 08:54 NOW, PASTOR TONY, MAY I ASK YOU SOMETHING? ON 09:00 A VERY SUPERFICIAL READING OF THIS IT ALMOST MAKES IT 09:02 SOUND LIKE - I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS 09:04 BUT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE READING IT BUT IT ALMOST 09:07 SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU'RE MERCIFUL THE WORLD WILL BE 09:11 MERCIFUL BACK TO YOU. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT 09:12 IT'S TALKING ABOUT HERE, IS IT? THE WORLD DOESN'T 09:18 WORK THAT WAY DOES IT >>TONY: IT IS NOT 09:20 SALVATION BY WORKS EITHER. 09:21 >>BILL: RIGHT. RIGHT. 09:22 >>TONY: IT'S NOT JESUS SAYING, OKAY, YOU BE 09:23 MERCIFUL TO OTHERS AND THEN YOU WILL DESERVE MY 09:24 MERCY. IT'S NOT THAT AT ALL. YOU KNOW, ONCE I 09:25 HEARD A VERY INTERESTING DEFINITION OF MERCY IN 09:30 CONTRAST WITH GRACE. AND WHOEVER CRAFTED IT DID A 09:37 FANTASTIC JOB BECAUSE HE OR SHE USED THE SAME 09:38 WORDS, ALTERING ONLY THE ORDER OF TWO WORDS. SO, 09:42 GRACE, THAT PERSON DEFINED GRACE AS RECEIVING THAT 09:50 WHICH I DO NOT DESERVE. 09:51 >>BILL: OKAY. >>TONY: MERCY IS NOT RECEIVING 09:58 THAT WHICH I DO DESERVE. 09:59 THAT IS PROFOUND. >>BILL: THAT IS PRETTY BRILLIANT. 10:06 THAT IS VERY BRILLIANT. 10:07 >>TONY: GRACE, GOD GIVES ME WHAT I DON'T DESERVE. 10:09 >>BILL: YES. >>TONY: IN MERCY, HE GIVES ME NOT 10:10 WHAT I WOULD OTHERWISE DESERVE WHICH IS 10:13 ETERNAL PUNISHMENT. IN THAT CONTEXT, MERCY IS 10:19 BASICALLY SAYING, EVENTHOUGH THIS WAS DUE 10:20 TO YOU, I AM NOT GOING TO ADMINISTER IT BECAUSE I AM 10:26 MERCIFUL. IT'S AN ACT THAT IS SO MAGNANIMOUS THAT IT 10:34 PAINTS A PICTURE OF GOD THAT IS LOVING AND 10:35 ENDEARING. YOU WANT TO LOVE A GOD WHO TREATS YOU 10:39 LIKE THAT. >>BILL: I GUESS IT'S SAYING HERE THAT, 10:44 SORRY, THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF RECOGNIZING 10:45 THE MERCY WE RECEIVE FROM GOD IS THAT WE WILL 10:50 THEN ALSO CARRY THAT MERCY ONTO THOSE THAT WE COME IN 10:55 CONTACT WITH. >>TONY: ABSOLUTELY. YOU SEE, WE 10:56 WERE MENTIONING IN THE BEGINNING THAT THERE IS 11:00 A TEMPERAL DIMENSION TO MERCY AND THEN AN ETERNAL 11:04 DIMENSION OR A SECULAR AND A RELIGIOUS DIMENSION AND 11:05 CHRISTS RECOGNIZED BOTH. 11:10 THE TEMPERAL OR SECULAR DIMENSION IS VERY 11:11 IMPORTANT TO JESUS. AND THERE ARE SOME PASSAGES IN 11:15 SCRIPTURE WHERE HE ADVISES US TO BE GENEROUS TOWARDS 11:20 OTHERS. FOR INSTANCE, YOU REMEMBER THE PARABLE, 11:22 WELL, THE STORY ABOUT THE RICH, YOUNG RULER. >>BILL: 11:27 YES. >>TONY: THAT YOUNG FELLOW THAT CAME TO JESUS 11:31 AND HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND AND IT WAS 11:32 VERY OBVIOUS THAT HE WAS VERY WEALTHY SO, JESUS 11:39 POINTED TO THE ONE THING THAT HE LACKED AND THAT 11:45 WAS BEING MERCIFUL. HE SAID TO HIM, 'SELL ALL YOU 11:46 HAVE AND GIVE IT TO THE POOR AND YOU WILL HAVE 11:52 A TREASURE IN HEAVEN'. SO GIVING 'AHMS', SUPPORTING 11:58 THOSE IN NEED IS A FULFILLMENT OF THIS PARA - 11:59 OF THIS BEATITUDE, OF THIS BLESSING THAT JESUS 12:06 ADDRESSED TO US. AND THAT CHARACTERIZED, REALLY, THE 12:10 EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 12:11 YOU HAVE IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH PEOPLE 12:13 LIKE CORNELIUS, WHO WAS KNOWN TO THE BELIEVERS AS 12:14 A GENEROUS PERSON. ONE WHO GAVE 'AHMS' FREELY. WE 12:19 HAVE THE EXAMPLE OF THE GENTILE CHRISTIANS WHO 12:26 COLLECTED DONATIONS FOR THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM, 12:27 TO SUPPORT THEM AND TO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY THAT 12:33 THE APOSTLES WERE DOING AND JESUS, HIMSELF, IS 12:39 SOMEONE WHO HAD IN HIS PURSE, IN JESUS' PURSE, 12:40 MONEY TO GIVE 'AHMS' TO THE POOR. WE REMEMBER THAT 12:50 WHEN HE SENT JUDAS TO DO QUICKLY WHAT HE NEEDED TO 12:54 DO, THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD THAT JESUS 12:55 MEANT TO GIVE 'AHMS' TO THE POOR. TO DO ACTS OF 12:58 MERCY. AND I THINK THAT WE AS CHRISTIANS TODAY, 13:04 BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF 13:05 MERCY WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THE TEMPERAL 13:09 DIMENSION IS COVERED AND THAT WE ARE GENEROUS 13:14 PEOPLE, KIND HEARTED PEOPLE TOWARD THOSE WHO 13:15 ARE IN NEED. >>BILL: I REMEMBER THAT STORY, THE 13:19 UNMERCIFUL SERVANT, THAT RECEIVED.>>TONY: YES. 13:22 >>BILL:.THE FORGIVENESS OF THAT HUGE DEBT FROM 13:23 HIS KING.>>TONY: YES. 13:26 >>BILL:.AND THEN WAS UNABLE TO PASS THAT MERCY 13:27 AND FORGIVENESS ON TO HIS FELLOW MAN THAT OWED HIM 13:31 A FRACTION OF WHAT HE HAD OWED HIS KING AND I'VE 13:37 OFTEN WONDERED WHY IT IS THAT WE CAN'T SEEM TO PASS 13:38 ON TO OTHERS, THE MERCY THAT GOD HAS BEEN 13:44 SO GRACIOUS IN GIVING US >>TONY: AND IN THAT STORY, 13:50 YOU SEE, THE WAY CHRIST WRAPS IT UP IN MATTHEW 13:51 18.>>BILL: YES, THAT'S RIGHT. >>TONY:.THE WAY 13:54 HE WRAPS IT UP IS VERY PUNCHY BECAUSE HE SAYS, 14:16 THE MERCY THAT WE EXTEND TO OTHERS IS A 14:17 PREREQUISITE TO RECEIVING MERCY FROM GOD. IN FACT, 14:22 IT COMES TO MIND IN THE SAME SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 14:27 IN THE LORD'S PRAYER.>>BILL: YES. 14:28 >>TONY:.WE ARE TALKING MATTHEW 5, WELL JUST ONE 14:31 CHAPTER AFTER, MATTHEW 6 JESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY, 14:45 AND THIS IS THE ONLY PORTION OF THE LORD'S 14:47 PRAYER WHERE HE COMMENTED, HE EXPANDED AT THE 14:48 END OF THE PRAYER. FOR IN VERSE 14 HE SAYS, 15:05 IT'S A PREREQUISITE. AND CONNECTED TO THAT WE HAVE 15:06 THE QUESTION OF PETER. HOW MANY TIMES.>>BILL: YEAH. 15:10 >>TONY:.HOW MANY TIMES? 15:11 MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOO. >>BILL: SO, IT'S 15:15 INTERESTING HERE, PASTOR MILER, TO ME THAT - I 15:19 MEAN, MOST CHRISTIANS THAT WE NEED FORGIVENESS AND 15:20 MERCY FROM GOD FOR US TO ENTER HIS KINGDOM. WE 15:25 CAN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT 15:31 SCRIPTURE HERE IS SUGGESTING THAT OUR 15:32 FAILURE TO PASS THAT ON TO OUR FELLOW MAN WILL 15:36 ALSO COST US ETERNAL LIFE >>EDVARD: YES. IT IS VERY 15:40 INTERESTING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL 15:41 POINT TO THE ASPECT OF MERCY. AND HOW THAT IS 15:47 IMPORTANT IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIVES AND HOW MANY TIMES - 15:51 HOW OFTEN, UNFORTUNATELY, WE TEND TO FORGET THAT 15:52 FACT. FOR INSTANCE, AT THE END OF CHAPTER FIVE, 15:57 MATTHEW CHAPTER FIVE, IT SAYS, 16:05 >>BILL: YES. >>EDVARD: IN LUKE, CHAPTER SIX, WHEN 16:06 JESUS CHRIST WAS REFERRING TO THE SAME THING 16:07 HE FINISHES BY SAYING, BE MERCIFUL THEREFORE AS YOUR 16:15 HEAVENLY FATHER IS MERCIFUL. THEREFORE, THAT 16:16 MEANS TO BE PERFECT IS TO BE MERCIFUL OR TO BE 16:22 MERCIFUL EQUALS TO BE PERFECT. WHEN WE DON'T 16:27 SHOW THAT MERCY TOWARD OTHERS, ACTUALLY, WE DO 16:28 NOT REPRESENT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. I COME FROM A 16:34 COUNTRY THAT WENT THROUGH A TERRIBLE WAR.>>BILL: 16:38 YES. >>EDVARD:.AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1990'S, 16:39 MANY PEOPLE HAD BEEN KILLED, MANY CHURCHES HAD 16:42 BEEN DESTROYED. I HAD EVEN SOME CHURCH MEMBERS WHOSE 16:48 CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS HAD BEEN SLAUGHTERED BUT WHAT 16:49 REALLY AMAZED ME WAS THOSE PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO 16:56 FORGIVE, TO SHOW MERCY NOT TO HOLD GRUDGES 17:05 AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE WHO TREATED THEM SO UNJUSTLY, 17:06 SO HARSHLY IN THAT WAY, TO LOSE THEIR LOVE ONES. AND 17:12 WHEN YOU TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE, EVEN TODAY, YOU 17:17 WON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. PEOPLE, FOR 17:18 INSTANCE, MANY PEOPLE WILL SAY THIS, THIS IS VERY 17:23 INTERESTING, 'I WILL FORGIVE YOU BUT I WILL 17:28 NEVER FORGET YOU'. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS. >>BILL: 17:29 RIGHT. >>EDVARD: BUT THAT MEANS, ACTUALLY, THIS, 17:33 EVENTHOUGH I SAY THAT I WILL FORGIVE, I BASICALLY 17:37 PLEDGE THAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I'M GOING TO 17:38 REPEAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME IN THE PAST. WHAT IS 17:45 ACTUALLY NOT FORGIVENESS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 17:50 MERCY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FORGIVENESS, WE'RE 17:51 NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. 17:53 AND JESUS CHRIST ALSO SAY, IN THE BEGINNING OF 17:54 CHAPTER SEVEN, ALSO THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 18:04 SO THAT'S ALSO ONE ASPECT OF MERCY. IF WE EXPECT OUR 18:05 FATHER TO FORGIVE US, IF WE PRAY TO OUR HEAVENLY 18:11 FATHER NOT TO JUDGE US BUT TO SHOW US GRACE AND 18:16 MERCY, WE HAVE TO DO ACCORDINGLY. WE HAVE TO 18:17 DO THAT SAME THING TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, EVEN 18:22 TO OUR ENEMIES. >>BILL: RIGHT. NOT SEVEN TIMES, 18:26 PETER, BUT SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN, RIGHT? >>TONY: YES. 18:27 WITHOUT END. >>BILL: YES. 18:31 >>TONY: WE NEED THE MERCY OF GOD THROUGHOUT 18:32 OUR LIVES BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE MAKE 18:36 MISTAKES RECURRENTLY, REPEATEDLY AND THEREFORE 18:43 WE HAVE TO SEEK HIS PARDON AND HIS MERCY CONSTANTLY 18:44 AND IN THAT SETTING, CHRIST TAUGHT MERCY, NOT 18:54 ONLY BY PRECEPT BUT ALSO BY EXAMPLE. >>BILL: YES. 19:00 >>TONY: AND THE BEST TEACHERS DO THAT. 19:01 >>BILL: YES. >>TONY: THEY EXEMPLIFY THE PRINCIPLES 19:03 THAT THEY ARE CONVEYING ORALLY TO THEIR STUDENTS. 19:09 AND CHRIST WAS THE MOST MERCIFUL PERSON THAT EVER 19:10 WALKED THIS EARTH. NOT ONLY IN HIS DAILY 19:17 INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE, BEING COMPASSIONATE, BEING 19:21 HELPFUL, BUT FINALLY SHOWING THE EXTENT OF 19:22 HIS LOVE AND HIS MERCY BY DYING ON THE CROSS 19:29 OF CALVARY FOR OUR SINS. 19:30 THAT IS WHY IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, HE'S REFERRED TO 19:36 AS A MERCIFUL INTERCESSOR IN HEBREWS, CHAPTER TWO 19:43 AND VERSE 17, HEBREWS 2:17, WHERE WE READ, 20:17 HE TAUGHT MERCY. HE EXEMPLIFIED MERCY. HE 20:18 EXTENDED MERCY. HE IS MERCY PERSONIFIED. >>BILL: 20:23 WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT. ARE THERE, 20:29 MAYBE, SOME CLOSING COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO GET 20:30 IN THERE BEFORE WE HAVE TO WRAP UP. >>EDVARD: ONE 20:35 ASPECT OF MERCY IS ALSO COMPASSION. AND THAT WAS 20:41 CLEARLY SHOWN IN JESUS' PARABLE IN MATTHEW 25, THE 20:42 THIRD PARABLE ABOUT SHEEP AND GOATS. BOTH GROUPS 20:49 OF PEOPLE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. WHEN DID WE SEE 20:55 YOU? WHEN WAS THAT? NONE OF THEM WAS AWARE OF THE 20:56 FACT, THEY EITHER HELPED OR DID NOT HELP. BUT 21:03 THOSE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED COMPASSION, WHO REALLY 21:07 HELPED NOT ONLY TO BE SHOWN TO BE, TO HAVE 21:08 THEIR NAMES WRITTEN ON THE PLAQUE OR SOMETHING LIKE 21:14 THAT PEOPLE DO GENEROUS THINGS, GIVE MILLIONS OF 21:18 DOLLARS ONLY, FOR ONE REASON ONLY, TO BE SHOWN 21:19 AND TO BE REPRESENTED AS SOMEBODY BUT WHO DID THAT 21:24 UNKNOWINGLY TO ANYBODY THOSE PEOPLE WILL SHOW 21:32 MERCY TO GOD, THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE SHOWN MERCY 21:33 BY GOD, HIMSELF. >>BILL: THANK YOU. 21:38 I APPRECIATE THE INSIGHTS; UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE COMING 21:42 DOWN TO THE END OF OUR TIME. >>BILL: FRIEND, IF 21:43 YOU'RE A MERCIFUL PERSON, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS 21:46 GOD WILL CONTINUALLY POUR HIS MERCY ON YOU. HE WILL 21:53 FORGIVE YOUR SINS; HE'LL MEET YOUR NEEDS. IF 21:54 YOU'RE NOT MERCIFUL, WELL, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEN 22:01 THAT YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS CHRIST. THOSE THAT SHOW 22:05 MERCY ARE MERCIFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE RECEIVED THAT 22:06 CHARACTERISTIC FROM GOD. 22:11 AND CHRIST PROMISED THAT THE MERCIFUL SHALL OBTAIN 22:12 MERCY. AS WE HEARD TODAY, REFERS TO BOTH THE PRESENT 22:17 AND THE FUTURE. IN PSALM 86, VERSE 3, DAVID SAYS, 22:27 YOU SEE, DAVID'S REQUEST IN PSALM 86 AND HIS 22:28 STATEMENT IN PSALM 23 SHOW 22:33 YOU SEE, DAVID'S REQUEST IN PSALM 86 AND HIS 22:34 STATEMENT IN PSALM 23 SHOW HE SAW GOD'S MERCY AS 22:37 A PRESENT REALITY TO BE SOUGHT FOR AND ENJOYED. 22:42 AND AS OUR MERCIFUL HIGH PRIEST, JESUS CHRIST, 22:43 CONTINUALLY INTERCEEDS WITH THE FATHER THAT MERCY 22:48 MAY BE EXTENDED TO US NOW YOU KNOW, GOD'S MERCY HAS 22:53 BEEN FULLY PAID FOR. 22:54 IF YOU TODAY DO NOT KNOW CHRIST, PLEASE EXCEPT HIS 22:58 MERCY. IT'S FREELY OFFERED THROUGH JESUS. AND IF YOU 22:59 KNOW HIM TAKE COMFORT IN THE RAINBOW OF GOD'S 23:06 MERCY THAT HE SPREADS OVER YOU AND I THROUGH HIS SON, 23:13 JESUS CHRIST. PASTOR MILER WOULD YOU PRAY FOR 23:14 OUR VIEWERS. >>EDVARD: OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, YOU 23:17 WHO ARE FULL OF MERCY, YOU HAVE SHOWN US THAT MERCY 23:24 THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR. WE THANK YOU FOR 23:25 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR US. WE THANK YOU FOR 23:30 EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU HAVE GIVEN US. AND HELP US ALSO 23:36 TO SHOW MERCY TO OTHERS IN THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE 23:37 SHOWN US MERCY. HELP US TO FORGIVE, HELP 23:43 US TO FORGET, HELP US TO REALLY BE MERCIFUL AND TO 23:48 REPRESENT YOU IN YOUR CHARACTER IN THIS WORLD 23:49 AND TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND US. WE THANK YOU 23:53 FOR EVERYTHING, IN JESUS' HOLY NAME. AMEN. >>TONY & 23:59 BILL: AMEN. 24:01 (MUSIC) 24:16 >>BILL: WELL, I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS 24:17 SERIES ON THE BEATITUDES AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN 24:20 MORE ABOUT THE BEATITUDES, THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 24:22 IN FACT, ALL OF SCRIPTURE AND WHAT GOD HAS PLACED IN 24:23 HERE, ONE GREAT WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH THE 24:29 DISCOVER BIBLE SCHOOL. YOU CAN ENROLL THROUGH 'IT IS 24:33 WRITTEN'. THE LESSONS WILL COME TO YOU FREE OF 24:34 CHARGE. THEY COME TO YOU BY CORRESPONDENCE. THERE'S 24:38 NO OBLIGATION ON YOUR PART WHATSOEVER BUT THOUSANDS 24:41 HAVE REGISTERED, HAVE ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM 24:42 AND HAVE COME TO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S 24:48 WORD. IF YOU WANT TO START RIGHT NOW, HERE'S THE 24:50 INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FIRST LESSON. 25:28 >>BILL: PASTOR TONY, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS 25:29 YOU WANTED TO MAKE AND WE DIDN'T GET TO IN THE LAST 25:31 SEGMENT, SO YOU CAN MAKE THOSE NOW. >TONY: YES, I 25:33 WAS THINKING HOW COMPLETE CHRIST'S TEACHING ON BEING 25:34 MERCIFUL REALLY IS. NOT ONLY HE TELLS US THERE 25:40 IS TEMPERAL MERCY AND ETERNAL MERCY, THE SECULAR 25:44 EXPRESSION AND THE SPIRITUAL EXPRESSION BUT 25:45 HE ALSO HAD A CONCERN THAT WHEN WE SHOW MERCY WE DO 25:50 IT IN THE RIGHT WAY AND FOR THE RIGHT MOTIVE. IT 25:55 MUST NOT BE FOR A SELFISH MOTIVE. IT MUST NOT BE TO 25:56 GAIN REPUT AND RENOUND BUT TO REALLY HELP THOSE 26:02 WHO ARE IN NEED. SO, IN THE SAME SERMON ON THE 26:05 MOUNTAIN, IN CHAPTER SIX, HE HAS AN ADMONISSION 26:06 AGAINST OSTENTATION IN ACTS OF MERCY. AND 26:10 RIGHT THERE HE SAYS, 26:31 SO, HE SAYS 'BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY 26:32 SHALL RECEIVE MERCY' BUT HE SAYS IF YOU DO IT JUST 26:34 TO BE SEEN BY MEN THEN THERE IS NO REWARD. SO 26:37 CHRIST SAYS, PLEASE, DO IT OUT OF KINDNESS, OUT 26:38 OF LOVE FOR THOSE IN NEED, OUT OF CONSIDERATION AND 26:44 COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO NEED YOUR FORGIVENESS OR 26:50 YOUR HELP. BUT DO IT IN HUMILITY, DO IT IN 26:51 SILENCE. DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T PROP YOU UP 26:57 BUT THAT ELEVATES THE ONE THAT IS BEING HELPED. WHEN 27:04 YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE SHOWING MERCY THE WAY 27:05 JESUS CHRIST WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO IT. AND I THINK 27:08 THAT BEAUTIFULLY COMPLETES HIS TEACHING OF MERCY, AT 27:12 LEAST ON THIS SERMON. 27:13 >>BILL: I THINK SO TOO. 27:14 AND YOU CAN KNOW THEN, FOR SURE, THAT YOU WILL 27:16 RECEIVE HIS MERCY. >>TONY: AMEN. >>BILL: THANK YOU 27:20 PASTOR TONY. THANK YOU PASTOR MILER. I APPRECIATE 27:21 YOU GUYS BEING HERE. 27:25 >>TONY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>BILL: THANK YOU 27:26 OUR VIEWERS FOR BEING HERE. 27:28 REMEMBER THE WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 27:29 THERE YOU CAN SEE THIS PROGRAM AGAIN, YOU CAN 27:30 SEND A PRAYER REQUEST, YOU CAN SEND US YOUR COMMENTS 27:32 ON THE PROGRAM. WELL, WE PRAY THAT WE WILL HAVE THE 27:36 PRIVILEDGE OF BEING BACK HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK BUT 27:37 I'LL TELL YOU, IT WON'T BE THE SAME IF YOU'RE NOT 27:40 HERE. SO WHY NOT SCHEDULE THE TIME AND BE WITH US 27:44 AGAIN NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS 27:45 WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY 27:47 EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 27:55 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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