>>BILL: AFTER A VIOLENT
STORM ONE NIGHT, A LARGE
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TREE, WHICH OVER THE
YEARS HAD BECOME A STATELY
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GIANT, WAS FOUND LYING
ACROSS THE PATHWAY IN A
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PARK. NOTHING BUT A
SPLINTERED STUMP WAS LEFT.
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CLOSER EXAMINATION
SHOWED THAT IS WAS ROTTEN AT THE
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CORE BECAUSE THOUSANDS
OF TINY INSECTS HAD EATEN
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AWAY AT ITS HEART.
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THE WEAKNESS OF THAT
TREE WAS NOT BROUGHT ON BY THE
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SUDDEN STORM; IT BEGAN
THE VERY MOMENT THE FIRST
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INSECT NESTED WITHIN
ITS BARK. JESUS SAID -
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"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN
HEART; FOR THEY SHALL SEE
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GOD"--ONE OF THE GREATEST
UTTERANCES IN THE BIBLE.
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ONLY THOSE WITH
PURIFIED HEARTS WILL SEE GOD.
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(MUSIC)
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>>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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OF ALL THE
BEATITUDES MATTHEW 5:8 IS THE
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CLEAREST STATEMENT ON
HOW TO ENTER THE KINGDOM.
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WHEN CHRIST SAID, "BLESSED
ARE THE PURE IN HEART; FOR
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THEY SHALL SEE GOD". HE
MEANT THAT ONLY THE PURE
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IN HEART WOULD SEE GOD
IN HIS KINGDOM--NOT THOSE
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WHO MERELY PARTICIPATE
IN EXTERNAL RELIGIOUS
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CEREMONIES. THOSE
DEPENDING ON A RELIGION
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BASED ON HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT
WON'T MAKE IT INTO THE
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KINGDOM. MAN TENDS TO
MEASURE HIMSELF BY HIS
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FELLOW MAN. THE PHARISEES
WERE GOOD AT THAT KIND OF
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COMPARISON. AND THE
WAY SUCH PEOPLE TEST THEIR
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CHARACTER IS BY
FINDING SOMEONE WORSE THAN
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THEMSELVES AS THE STANDARD
FOR COMPARISON. GENERALLY
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IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO
FIND SOMEONE WORSE THAN
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YOURSELF, SO YOU
PROBABLY WON'T FAIL SUCH A TEST.
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ONE PHARISEE PRAYED,
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HIS STANDARD WAS
SOMEONE LOWER THAN HIMSELF.
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FOR THOSE WHO SET
THEIR STANDARDS LOWER THAN
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THEMSELVES, THE
ULTIMATE HUMAN STANDARD ENDS UP
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BEING THE MOST
ROTTEN PERSON ALIVE. THAT'S
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BECAUSE WHEN
EVERYONE BASES HIS PERSONAL
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EVALUATION OF HIMSELF ON
A PERSON LOWER THAN HIMSELF,
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THE STANDARD
SPIRALS DOWN FROM PERSON TO
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PERSON UNTIL IT CAN
GO NO LOWER--THE DREGS OF
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HUMANITY. GOD'S STANDARD
FOR ACCEPTABLE CHARACTER
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IS NOT WHETHER A
PERSON IS BETTER THAN A TAX
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COLLECTOR, LIAR,
THIEF, OR CHEAT. HIS CALL WAS
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NOT FOR US TO BE
BETTER THAN CHILD ABUSERS OR
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MURDERERS. HIS STANDARD
IS THAT WE BE 100 PERCENT
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PURE. IN 1 PETER 1:16
HE SAYS, "BE YE HOLY; FOR
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I AM HOLY." JESUS STATED
THAT SAME STANDARD IN THE
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SERMON ON THE MOUNT:
"BE YE ... PERFECT, EVEN AS
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YOUR FATHER, WHO IS IN
HEAVEN, IS PERFECT" (MATT.
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5:48). MANKIND SETS THE
STANDARD OF "GOODNESS" AS
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THE WORST HUMAN BEING
ALIVE; GOD'S STANDARD IS
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HIMSELF: THE
ABSOLUTELY HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS
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GOD OF THE UNIVERSE.
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>>BILL: TODAY'S "IT IS
WRITTEN" PROGRAM, WE ARE
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CONTINUING OUR STUDY
OF THE BEATITUDES WITH OUR
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INVITED GUESTS, PASTOR
TONY BUENO IS BACK AGAIN.
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>>PASTOR TONY: IT'S
ALWAYS A PLEASURE, BILL. >>BILL:
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THANK YOU PASTOR.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING
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HERE. AND PASTOR WINSTON
HURLOCK. >>PASTOR WINSTON:
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THANKS, BILL. >>BILL:
PASTOR WINSTON, THANK YOU
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FOR BEING BACK. NOW,
AS FAR AS I AM AWARE THIS
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IS YOUR FIRST APPEARANCE
IN THIRTY YEARS, ALMOST.
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>>PASTOR WINSTON: I'M
HAPPY TO BE BACK. >>BILL:
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THAT'S GREAT. AND YOU
LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. >>PASTOR
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WINSTON: I HAVEN'T
CHANGED. (LAUGHTER)
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>>BILL: YES, YOU APPEARED
ON ONE OF THE VERY FIRST
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"IT IS WRITTEN" BROADCASTS
EVER, DIDN'T YOU PASTOR?
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>>PASTOR WINSTON: EXACTLY.
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I CAN'T REMEMBER THE
DATE BUT I THINK IT'S 1974
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- '75, SOMEWHERE
THERE >>BILL: ISN'T THAT
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WONDERFUL. >>PASTOR
WINSTON: AND I LOOK THE
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SAME AND I'M HAPPY
TO BE HERE. THANKS FOR
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THE INVITATION.
>>BILL: PASTOR, WHERE ARE YOU -
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WHERE IS YOUR CHURCH?
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>>PASTOR WINSTON: MY
CHURCH IS AT 235 POPLAR
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ROAD IN SCARBOROUGH.
THE SCARBOROUGH SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST AND WE ARE
ONE BLOCK WEST OF LAWRENCE
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AND KINGSTON ROAD.
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AND WE HAVE A TREAT
BECAUSE PASTOR WINSTON IS
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ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED
SINGER AND LATER ON IN THE
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PROGRAM HE WILL BE SINGING
FOR US. >>PASTOR WINSTON:
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MY PLEASURE. >>BILL:
WELL, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN
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HEART FOR THEY SHALL
SEE GOD". THAT'S PRETTY
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- THAT'S PRETTY DIRECT.
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>>PASTOR TONY: IT IS.
NOW, THAT'S A STATEMENT THAT
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NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE CAN
MAKE LOOKING IN THE FACE
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OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE WHO
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WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO
LOOK AT SOMEONE ELSE AND
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SAY THOSE WORDS. IT
TAKES SOMEONE WHO'S HEART
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IS TRULY PURE.>>BILL:
YES, YES. >>PASTOR TONY:.TO SAY
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TO ANYBODY ELSE,
BLESSED OR HAPPY ARE THE PURE IN
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HEART BECAUSE OTHERWISE
THE IMMEDIATE QUESTION IS
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'HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?'
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? BECAUSE
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OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE
NOT PRETENDING TO BE PURE,
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ARE YOU? BUT CHRIST,
HERE, COMES FROM THE POSITION OF
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"YES, I HAVE A PURE
HEART AND THEREFORE I KNOW WHAT
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I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN I
SAY TO YOU BLESSED ARE THE
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PURE IN HEART".
>>BILL: THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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WOULD NOT HAVE LIKED
THIS STATEMENT, WOULD THEY?
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>>PASTOR TONY:
WELL, PROBABLY THEY FELT
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JEALOUS. THEY FELT JEALOUS
OF THE YOUNG PREACHER WHO,
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NOW, WAS DRAWING CROWDS
AFTER HIMSELF AND MAKING
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ALL KINDS OF PREDICAMENTS
THAT THEY THEMSELVES FELT
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INADEQUATE TO MAKE. IN
FACT, IF THEY MADE THEM
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PROBABLY THE CROWD
WOULD SAY, OH FORGET IT, NOT
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YOU. BUT NOW WHEN
JESUS TEACHES, HE TEACHES
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WITH AN AUTHORITY
THAT SURPASSES THAT OF THE
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TEACHERS OF THE LAW
AND THE PHAROSIES. AND NO
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DOUBT THESE WOULD BE
JEALOUS AND RESENT HIS
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MINISTRY AS TAKING
OVER THEIR TURF, THEIR
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TERRITORY, AND
THEIR POTENTIAL DISCIPLES.
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>>BILL: THEY HAD - THIS
AUDIENCE, I GUESS, TO AN
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EXTENT BEEN BURDENED BY
THE PHAROSIES BUT WITH ALL
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KINDS OF EXTERNAL RULES,
I MEAN BY LEGALISM, RIGHT? I
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GUESS THE TEACHING OF
THAT DAY WAS THAT THAT'S HOW
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RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU WORK
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THROUGH. AND HERE'S
JESUS SAYING, YOU KNOW, ALL
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THOSE EXTERNAL CEREMONIES,
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'VE
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GOT TO HAVE A PURE, A
PURE HEART. >>PASTOR WINSTON:
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RIGHT. JESUS WAS TAPING
INTO THE INSIDE WORLD OF
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MAN. OF THE MAN. THAT'S
WHERE HE WAS GOING AT. AND
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AS WE LOOK AT IT, THE
BEST OF US, IT DOESN'T MATTER
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HOW WE DRESS OURSELVES,
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE DO,
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WE ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. SO JESUS
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SAID, "BLESSED ARE THE
PURE IN HEART". THE PURE
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HEART IS NOT CONTAMINATED
WITH NOTHING. IF YOU WORK
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FROM THE INSIDE AND HAVE
A PURE HEART, YOU'LL HAVE
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A BETTER OUTSIDE.
>>BILL: RIGHT. >>PASTOR WINSTON:
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SO THAT MEANS THEN
THAT PURITY IS A VIRTUE FROM
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JESUS CHRIST. AND YOU
CAN ONLY GET IT AS YOU ASK
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JESUS TO COME INTO
YOUR LIFE AND LIFE OUT THAT
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PURE LIFE IN YOU. BECAUSE
WE CAN'T GET UP HERE TODAY
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AND SAY, 'OKAY, GENTLEMEN
LET'S GO AND LIVE A PURE
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LIFE TODAY OR TOMORROW'.
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WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
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I WILL TRY BUT WE'LL FAIL
SO IT IS CHRIST THAT LIVES
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THE PURE LIFE IN US. AND
DAVID SAID, "CREATE IN ME
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A CLEAN HEART, OH GOD,
AND RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT
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WITHIN ME". HE KNEW, HE
KNEW THAT THE CARNAL MIND,
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THE CARNAL MAN COULD NOT
CUT IT. IT NEEDS SOMEBODY
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WHO IS BEYOND AND
ABOVE TO LIVE OUT HIS LIFE.
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PAUL SAID, "CHRIST IS
MY RIGHTEOUSNESS". IT'S
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SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO
CLAIM. WE CAN'T BUY IT, WE
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CAN'T BORROW IT, WE
CAN'T PURSUE IT. WE HAVE TO
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ACCEPT IT AS A GIFT
>>BILL: WOW. >>PASTOR
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WINSTON: EXACTLY. >>BILL:
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. >>PASTOR
00:09:09.36\00:09:10.43
TONY: IT'S INTERESTING.
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YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE PHAROSIES AND CHRIST HAD
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SOME VERY PLAIN
WORDS TO SAY TO THEM ABOUT
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CLEANLINESS. HE
X-RAYED THE PHAROSIES. YOU SEE,
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WHEN YOU TAKE AN X-RAY
YOU LOOK AT THE BONES. >>BILL:
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SURE. >>PASTOR TONY:
YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE SUIT,
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THE TIE.>>BILL: SURE, OF
COURSE. >>PASTOR TONY:.OR
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THE HAIR. YOU KNOW, AND
IN MATTHEW 23, JESUS PRESENTS
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TO US THE X-RAYS OF
THE PHAROSIES AND HE SAYS,
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SO, WHAT HE REALLY
CARED IS THE INNER MAN, AS
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YOU SAID. SO, FORGET
THE OUTSIDE. THE PHAROSIES
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HAVE AN OBSESSION WITH
THE OUTSIDE. THEY WOULD
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CRITCIZE JESUS
BECAUSE HIS DISCIPLES DIDN'T
00:10:01.86\00:10:02.90
WASH THEIR HANDS.
>>BILL: RIGHT. >>PASTOR WINSTON:
00:10:02.90\00:10:06.43
YES. >>PASTOR TONY:
AND JESUS IN MATTHEW 15, HE
00:10:06.43\00:10:08.13
SAYS TO THEM,"WHAT
CONTAMINATES A MAN IS NOT
00:10:08.13\00:10:09.06
WHAT'S OUTSIDE, IT'S
WHAT COMES OUT OF THE HEART".
00:10:09.06\00:10:15.26
AND SO HE SAYS, "BLESSED
ARE THEY THAT HAVE A PURE
00:10:15.26\00:10:19.73
HEART. >>BILL: HOW CAN I
GET THAT? I WANT TO HAVE A
00:10:19.73\00:10:20.76
PURE HEART. WHERE DO I GO?
00:10:20.76\00:10:29.56
>>PASTOR WINSTON:
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, AS I DID
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MENTION BEFORE, THAT YOU
HAVE TO CLAIM IT. >>BILL:
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OKAY. >>PASTOR
WINSTON: YOU HAVE TO CLAIM THE
00:10:34.90\00:10:36.60
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST.
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AND I LIKE TO SEE THE
BEATITUDE AS A PACKAGE FOR
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THE TOTAL, FOR THE MAN.
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IF YOU WANT TO BE A TOTAL
CHRISTIAN THEN YOU HAVE TO
00:10:43.56\00:10:46.83
EXHIBIT THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
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BEATITUDES. >>BILL:
SO I CAN'T JUST PICK AND
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CHOOSE WHICH ONES I
WANT >>PASTOR WINSTON: AHHH,
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THAT'S WHAT I'M COMING TO.
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THAT'S WHAT I'M COMING TO.
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IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE
THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRT, SOME
00:10:54.10\00:10:56.93
WERE GIVEN TEACHERS, SOME
PASTORS, SOME EVANGELISTS,
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THAT'S FINE, YOU CAN GO
TO HEAVEN, YOU CAN SURVIVE
00:11:05.00\00:11:06.06
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
A PREACHER IF YOU'RE A
00:11:06.06\00:11:09.63
TEACHER. BUT WHEN IT
COMES TO THE BEATITUDE, YOU
00:11:09.63\00:11:14.46
CAN'T SAY, I'M ONLY
GOING TO FOCUS ON BEING
00:11:14.46\00:11:15.43
MERCIFUL. YOU HAVE TO
BE MERCIFUL AND YOU HAVE TO
00:11:15.43\00:11:19.56
HAVE A PURE HEART.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. >>PASTOR TONY:
00:11:19.56\00:11:25.30
YOU CANNOT BE A 20%
CHRISTIAN. OR A 47.9
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% CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW.
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>>PASTOR WINSTON: EXACTLY.
00:11:30.10\00:11:30.66
>>PASTOR TONY:
EITHER YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AS
00:11:30.66\00:11:32.66
CHRIST DEFINE IT OR
SORRY, YOU'RE NOT. >>PASTOR
00:11:32.66\00:11:33.66
WINSTON: EXACTLY.
>>IT'S A TOTAL PACKAGE. IT'S A
00:11:33.66\00:11:37.36
TOTAL PACKAGE. >>BILL:
SO, WHEN SOMEONE TAKES THIS
00:11:37.36\00:11:40.56
TOT - PURITY OF
HEART, WHAT DO THEY BEGIN TO
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EXHIBIT THAT WOULD SAY
TO SOMEONE, THEY HAVE THAT.
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>>PASTOR WINSTON: OKAY.
00:11:46.66\00:11:47.16
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
PACKAGE YOU'RE STILL A SINNER.
00:11:47.16\00:11:51.66
>>BILL: OKAY. >>PASTOR
WINSTON: BUT A SINNER THAT
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THINKS PURE THOUGHTS,
PURE MOTIVES. YOUR ACTIONS
00:11:57.30\00:11:58.33
ARE PURE. YOU THINK
ABOUT OTHERS MUCH BETTER IN THE
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LIGHT. NOT ONLY THAT, THE
PROMISE OF A PURE HEART IS
00:12:04.00\00:12:09.30
TO SEE GOD. YOU SEE
GOD, NOT ONLY IN THE EARTH OR
00:12:09.30\00:12:10.26
THE NEW EARTH, YOU SEE
GOD IN A BETTER LIGHT TODAY.
00:12:10.26\00:12:14.26
YOU SEE HIS LOVE, HIS
MERCY, HIS COMPASSION. AND
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WHEN YOU READ HEBAKAK,
HE DIDN'T SEE GOD AT ONE
00:12:21.33\00:12:22.43
POINT, "WHAT ARE YOU
DOING UP THERE?" YOU SEE WHAT
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I'M SAYING. >>BILL: YES.
00:12:26.13\00:12:26.60
>>PASTOR WINSTON: BUT
NOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE A
00:12:26.60\00:12:29.80
PURE HEART YOU SEE GOD
IN A BETTER LIGHT. AND YOUR
00:12:29.80\00:12:32.63
ACTION, YOUR ATTITUDE
OUTSIDE - YOU SEE YOUR
00:12:32.63\00:12:33.60
INNER MAN, HE TAPS INTO
THE INNER MAN SO THE INNER
00:12:33.60\00:12:40.83
MAN IS CHANGED WHEN YOU
HAVE - THAT CAN - BUT THE
00:12:40.83\00:12:44.60
OUTER MAN CAN ONLY
BE IMPROVED DAY BY DAY.
00:12:44.60\00:12:45.53
SO WHAT IS INSIDE
COMES OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE
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DIFFERENT DAY BY DAY
>>PASTOR TONY: IN THE BOOK
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OF PSALMS THE QUESTION
IS ASKED ABOUT HOW TO HAVE
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A PURE HEART AND
IT'S IN PSALM 119, THAT WE
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READ IN VERSES 9
TO 11 THE FOLLOWING.
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THE HEART IS PRESENTED
HERE AS A VESSEL. AND A
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VESSEL THAT IS EMPTY IS
AN INVITATION FOR ANYTHING TO
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COME AND FILL IT. AND,
OF COURSE, WHAT IS NOT MOST
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READILY AVAILABLE IS
NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS THE
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PUREST. >>BILL: RIGHT.
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>>PASTOR TONY: SO,
THE PSALM SAYS, "FILL YOUR
00:14:01.33\00:14:02.30
HEART WITH GOD'S
GOODNESS, WITH HIS WORD". AND
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A VESSEL THAT IS FULL
WILL NOT HAVE ROOM FOR ANYTHING
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ELSE. >>BILL: PAUL TALKS
ABOUT US BEING CLAY POTS,
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RIGHT? >>PASTOR TONY: YES.
00:14:12.80\00:14:17.13
>>BILL: HE SAYS THAT
WE'RE THESE WORTHLESS,
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INSIGNIFICANT CLAY
POTS BUT WE CARRY A TREASURE
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THAT IS JESUS CHRIST
>>PASTOR WINSTON: THAT'S
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RIGHT. >>BILL: JESUS
CHRIST HAS CHOSEN TO ABIDE
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IN A WORTHLESS CLAY
POT LIKE ME AND BEGIN TO
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TRANSFORM ME FROM
THE INSIDE OUT. >>PASTOR
00:14:34.76\00:14:39.60
WINSTON: AND HE SAID, PAUL SAID,
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THEREFORE, IT IS THE
TRANSFORMATION OF THE
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HOLY SPIRIT IN ONE THAT
HE BECOMES CHANGED AND HAS
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A PURE HEART. >>PASTOR
TONY: YOU KNOW IT'S VERY
00:15:03.66\00:15:08.46
INTERESTING HERE THE
NOTION OF SACRIFICE THAT
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IS BEING MENTIONED HERE,
VERY APPROPRIATELY, CHRIST
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IN THE VERY SERMON ON
THE MOUNT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE
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OF PURITY OF MIND
AND PURITY OF HEART, HE
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PRESENTS IT IN THE CONTEXT
OF A SACRIFICE. IF IT HAS
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TO COME TO IT, EVEN AN
AMPUTATION. YOU REMEMBER
00:15:19.53\00:15:27.63
HIS WORDS,
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SO, IF THERE IS
ANYTHING IN ME THAT CAUSES ME TO
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OFFEND GOD, THAT LEADS
ME TO IMPURITY, THAT OPENS
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THE DOOR FOR IMPURITY TO
MY HEART, JESUS SAID, IT'S
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BETTER TO ELIMINATE IT.
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IN OTHER WORDS, IN ALL OF
US THERE IS SOMETHING THAT
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CAN BE REMOVED SO THAT
IMPURITY WILL NOT LODGE
00:16:03.43\00:16:04.43
ITSELF IN OUR HEART.
00:16:04.43\00:16:10.56
>>BILL: HERE WE
HAVE PAUL'S FAMOUS WORDS
00:16:10.56\00:16:11.46
IN PHILLIPIANS, RIGHT?
00:16:11.46\00:16:13.16
>>BILL: WE BECOME WHAT
WE BEHOLD, RIGHT? AND IF WE
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DO NOT - ARE CONSCIENCE
OF THAT IT BEGINS TO, WE
00:16:32.53\00:16:37.06
BEGIN TO PAY SOME SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES. IT BEGINS TO
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IMPURIFY OUR HEARTS. WE
HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES
00:16:41.16\00:16:42.16
LEFT BECAUSE WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH
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TIME TO HEAR YOU. YOU'RE
NOT GETTING OFF THE HOOK.
00:16:45.56\00:16:47.96
WE'RE GONNA HEAR YOU SING.
00:16:47.96\00:16:48.53
SO, I WANT TO GIVE YOU
A CHANCE FOR SOME CLOSING,
00:16:48.53\00:16:55.30
FOR SOME CLOSING REMARKS.
00:16:55.30\00:16:55.83
>>PASTOR WINSTON:
YEAH. OKAY, ONE HAS TO BE
00:16:55.83\00:16:57.96
TRANSFORMED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO BE PURE. NUMBER
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TWO; ONE HAS TO
ALLOW JESUS CHRIST TO LIVE
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THAT LIFE THROUGH, THE
PURIFIED LIFE THROUGH HIM.
00:17:04.96\00:17:10.70
THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO
MAKE OURSELF AS VESSELS TO BE
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USED, TO BE
HUMBLED AND TO BE USED BY
00:17:11.86\00:17:15.83
JESUS CHRIST. AND WHEN
THE TRANSFORMATION TAKES PLACE
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YOU BECOME A HAPPY
CHILD, YOU BECOME FREE BECAUSE,
00:17:20.40\00:17:21.40
YOU KNOW, JESUS CHRIST
TAKES OVER THE STEERING
00:17:21.40\00:17:25.53
WHEEL, HE'S DRIVING
YOUR LIFE AND YOU'RE A
00:17:25.53\00:17:28.23
DIFFERENT PERSON. AND
THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS AT THE
00:17:28.23\00:17:29.26
END YOU WILL SEE JESUS
FACE TO FACE AND YOU'LL
00:17:29.26\00:17:33.06
NEVER PART AGAIN. IT'S A
GRAND EXPERIENCE TO HAVE A
00:17:33.06\00:17:37.90
PURE HEART BECAUSE YOU
LIVE THAT FREE CHRISTIAN
00:17:37.90\00:17:38.86
LIFE. YOU THINK ABOUT
PEOPLE, THE WAY YOU TREAT
00:17:38.86\00:17:43.53
YOUR FELLOW MAN, YOUR
BROTHERS, YOUR SISTERS,
00:17:43.53\00:17:46.90
YOUR CHURCH BROTHERS.
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WHEN YOU HAVE A PURE
HEART YOU'RE NOT JUDGEMENTAL.
00:17:47.40\00:17:50.20
AND JESUS, THE NAME OF
JESUS, IS BEING PREACHED
00:17:50.20\00:17:51.16
IN YOUR LIFE. THAT'S
WHAT HE WANTS WHEN YOU HAVE A
00:17:51.16\00:18:01.60
PURE HEART. >>BILL:
THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST
00:18:01.60\00:18:04.66
POWERFUL SERMON WE COULD
PREACH, ISN'T IT? LIVING,
00:18:04.66\00:18:05.66
LIVING OUT A PURE
LIFE, THINKING OF OTHERS,
00:18:05.66\00:18:10.26
NOT BEING JUDGEMENTAL
>>PASTOR TONY: YOU KNOW,
00:18:10.26\00:18:12.70
YOU THINK OF THIS
PROMISE, "THEY SHALL SEE GOD"
00:18:12.70\00:18:13.70
>>PASTOR WINSTON: YES.
00:18:13.70\00:18:18.76
>>BILL: YES.
>>PASTOR TONY: AND OF ALL THE
00:18:18.76\00:18:19.80
REWARDS THAT JESUS HAS
SO LAVISHLY DISPLAYED BEFORE
00:18:19.80\00:18:22.43
HIS AUDIENCE IN THIS
SERMON ON THE BEATITUDES,
00:18:22.43\00:18:30.76
THIS IS PROBABLY THE
ULTIMATE. IS TO SAY TO US
00:18:30.76\00:18:31.73
MORTAL HUMAN BEINGS,
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL LET YOU
00:18:31.73\00:18:36.93
SEE GOD. YOU WILL HAVE
THE PRIVILEDGE OF STANDING IN
00:18:36.93\00:18:41.36
HIS PRESENCE, OF
BEHOLDING HIS COUNTENANCE AND
00:18:41.36\00:18:42.36
BE BLESSED BY HIS GOODNESS
AND HIS HOLINESS AND HIS
00:18:42.36\00:18:47.56
GREATNESS. YOU WILL
SEE GOD. THAT IN ITSELF IS
00:18:47.56\00:18:54.53
WORTH WHATEVER
SACRIFICE MIGHT BE NECESSARY IN
00:18:54.53\00:18:55.50
ORDER TO, BY HIS
GRACE, ACQUIRE AND MAINTAIN A
00:18:55.50\00:19:00.66
PURE HEART. >>BILL:
WELL, I PRAY THAT EVERY ONE OF
00:19:00.66\00:19:05.23
US AND THOSE THAT
ARE LISTENING WILL PURIFY
00:19:05.23\00:19:06.13
THEIR LIVES AND BE ABLE
TO SEE JESUS ONE DAY. YOU
00:19:06.13\00:19:12.20
KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU
00:19:12.20\00:19:16.10
WANT TO SEE GOD, YOUR
HEART MUST BE PURIFIED
00:19:16.10\00:19:17.06
1JOHN, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 2 SAYS,
00:19:17.06\00:19:20.86
A DAY IS COMING, THE
BIBLE SAYS, WHEN WE WILL SEE
00:19:26.33\00:19:27.36
CHRIST FACE TO FACE.
AND JUST THINK, WHAT A DAY
00:19:27.36\00:19:32.13
THAT WILL BE. YOU
KNOW, YOU ARE WATCHING IS
00:19:32.13\00:19:35.73
PROGRAM RIGHT NOW,
ARE YOU SITTING THERE, ARE
00:19:35.73\00:19:36.70
YOU STRUGGLING WITH SIN.
00:19:36.70\00:19:38.50
PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE
YOU ARE STRIVING MORE TO
00:19:38.50\00:19:39.43
SATISFY YOURSELF THAN
YOU ARE TO BRING GLORY TO
00:19:39.43\00:19:44.53
GOD. TAKE TIME, RIGHT
NOW; EXAMINE YOUR MOTIVES FOR
00:19:44.53\00:19:51.03
FIGHTING SPIRITUAL
BATTLES AND RESOLVE TO FOCUS
00:19:51.03\00:19:52.03
ON PLEASING AND GLORIFYING
GOD ALONE. YOU KNOW, MANY
00:19:52.03\00:19:56.60
PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR
DAY THINK THAT THEY CAN LIVE
00:19:56.60\00:20:01.20
AT PEACE WITH SIN
WHILE STILL IDENTIFYING
00:20:01.20\00:20:02.10
THEMSELVES AS CHRISTIANS.
00:20:02.10\00:20:05.43
AND JESUS AFFIRMED
THAT ONLY THE PURE IN HEART
00:20:05.43\00:20:06.43
WILL SEE GOD. A PURE
HEART DECLARES ITSELF BY ITS
00:20:06.43\00:20:09.96
CONSTANT STRUGGLE
AGAINST SIN AND TEMPTATION. IS
00:20:09.96\00:20:14.83
THAT THE MARK? AND IS
THAT THE STATE OF YOUR HEART
00:20:14.83\00:20:15.90
LET US PRAY. FATHER IN
HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR
00:20:15.90\00:20:22.96
THESE PRECIOUS MOMENTS
WE HAVE SPENT IN YOUR WORD.
00:20:22.96\00:20:27.03
FATHER, I PRAY THAT
THROUGH THE INDWELLING
00:20:27.03\00:20:27.96
POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT OUR
HEARTS MAY BE PURIFIED AND
00:20:27.96\00:20:31.63
ONE DAY WE MAY SEE JESUS
FACE TO FACE. THAT IS THE
00:20:31.63\00:20:39.70
LONGING OF OUR HEART.
00:20:39.70\00:20:40.20
AND THAT ARE THE WORDS
OF OUR PRAYER IN HIS NAME WE
00:20:40.20\00:20:45.00
PRAY, AMEN.
00:20:45.00\00:20:46.90
(MUSIC)
00:20:47.96\00:21:06.16
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED
TO IMAGINE, JUST ONE SIN
00:21:11.03\00:21:20.03
SEEKING FORGIVENESS,
WHEN YOUR HEART KNOWS WITHIN
00:21:21.76\00:21:30.36
THAT GOD WOULD NOT JUDGE US
00:21:31.66\00:21:37.06
ON HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL.
00:21:37.43\00:21:41.33
HE LOOKS TO CALVARY'S
BLOOD AND COVERS IT ALL.
00:21:41.73\00:21:51.73
THE BLOOD, THE
BLOOD IT COVERS IT ALL.
00:21:52.16\00:22:02.46
LOVE HAS NO BOUNDARIES
00:22:02.80\00:22:07.93
SINCE DEATH PAID IN FULL.
00:22:08.13\00:22:12.56
JESUS KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING
00:22:12.83\00:22:18.30
THAT MAN WOULD SURELY FALL.
00:22:18.66\00:22:23.36
I'M GLAD THE SAVIOUR'S PRECIOUS
00:22:23.66\00:22:24.40
BLOOD COVERED IT ALL.
00:22:24.40\00:22:36.40
TRYING TO IMAGINE HOW
THIS MIRACLE TOOK PLACE,
00:22:37.56\00:22:46.56
LOVE BEYOND MEASURE
00:22:46.86\00:22:51.46
OR GOD'S AMAZING GRACE,
00:22:51.76\00:22:57.00
SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE WEAK,
00:22:57.30\00:23:01.73
WE MIGHT STUMBLE AND FALL
00:23:02.10\00:23:07.16
BUT JUST ONE
DROP OF THE SAVIOUR'S
00:23:07.50\00:23:08.33
BLOOD COVERS IT ALL.
00:23:08.33\00:23:18.20
THE BLOOD, THE
BLOOD IT COVERED IT ALL.
00:23:18.53\00:23:28.63
LOVE HAS NO BOUNDARIES
SINCE DEATH PAID IN FULL.
00:23:28.93\00:23:38.50
JESUS KNEW IN THE BEGINNING
00:23:38.86\00:23:44.30
THAT MAN WOULD SURELY FALL,
00:23:44.66\00:23:49.13
I'M GLAD THAT THE
SAVIOUR'S PRECIOUS
00:23:49.50\00:23:50.40
BLOOD COVERED IT ALL.
00:23:50.40\00:24:00.13
JESUS KNEW IN THE BEGINNING
00:24:00.96\00:24:07.86
THAT MAN WOULD SURELY FALL.
00:24:08.26\00:24:13.16
I'M GLAD THAT THE
SAVIOUR'S PRECIOUS BLOOD,
00:24:13.50\00:24:18.46
YES, THE
SAVIOUR'S PRECIOUS BLOOD
00:24:18.73\00:24:19.50
COVERS IT ALL.
00:24:19.50\00:24:34.16
COVERS IT ALL.
00:24:34.86\00:24:43.46
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>>BILL: WELL, WE'VE
COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER
00:26:01.53\00:26:02.50
PROGRAM. PASTOR
WINSTON, THANK YOU FOR THE
00:26:02.50\00:26:03.63
SONG. >>PASTOR WINSTON:
MY PLEASURE. >>BILL: YOU HAVE
00:26:03.63\00:26:07.03
MY COMMITMENT THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT THIRTY
00:26:07.03\00:26:08.00
YEARS TO HAVE YOU BACK
AGAIN. >>PASTOR WINSTON:
00:26:08.00\00:26:10.16
WELL I HOPE SO. I HOLD
YOU TO THAT. >>BILL: THAT'S
00:26:10.16\00:26:11.93
RIGHT. THAT'S WONDERFUL.
00:26:11.93\00:26:12.43
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:26:12.43\00:26:12.93
PASTOR BUENO, MAYBE A
CLOSING REMARK. >>PASTOR
00:26:12.93\00:26:15.63
TONY: WELL, IT COMES
TO MIND, THE EXPERIENCE OF
00:26:15.63\00:26:19.46
DAVID. DAVID, WHO WAS
A SERVANT OF GOD, A KING
00:26:19.46\00:26:20.43
WHO DID FOR ISRAEL
PERHAPS MORE THAN ANOTHER OTHER
00:26:20.43\00:26:27.20
KING IN THE HISTORY OF
GOD'S PEOPLE DID, WHO WON
00:26:27.20\00:26:31.70
SO MANY GREAT BATTLES
AND YET WHO HAD A WEAKNESS
00:26:31.70\00:26:32.70
AND THAT WEAKNESS HAD TO
DO WITH AN IMPURE HEART. A
00:26:32.70\00:26:40.36
WEAKNESS THAT COST HIM
TO SIN GRIEVOUSLY AND CAUSED
00:26:40.36\00:26:47.63
HIM TO COMMIT A MURDER
AND TO DISHONOUR ISRAEL AND
00:26:47.63\00:26:48.83
TO DISHONOUR GOD. ONE
THAT HAD TO LEARN THROUGH HIS
00:26:48.83\00:26:57.43
OWN EXPERIENCE WHAT IT
IS TO HAVE AN IMPURE HEART
00:26:57.43\00:27:00.66
AND HOW TO REACH A
STATE OF PURITY. AND IN
00:27:00.66\00:27:01.70
PSALM 51, IT WAS
BRIEFLY REFERRED TO BEFORE, IN
00:27:01.70\00:27:06.50
VERSE 10 HE TURNS TO
GOD WHO IS THE ONLY ONE WHO
00:27:06.50\00:27:10.53
CAN CLEANSE OUR
HEART AND HE SAID,
00:27:10.53\00:27:13.66
IT'S A PRAYER, I'M
SURE, THAT ALL OF US CAN PRAY
00:27:23.36\00:27:24.46
AND WE SHOULD. >>BILL:
THANK YOU PASTOR. WELL,
00:27:24.46\00:27:26.70
THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US LET ME REMIND YOU OF OUR
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WEBSITE,
ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. YOU
00:27:31.06\00:27:31.80
CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE;
YOU CAN ENROLL THERE IN
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OUR BIBLE STUDY PROGRAM.
I HOPE YOU WILL DO THAT. OUR
00:27:34.80\00:27:40.03
PRAYER IS THAT THE
GOOD LORD WILL ALLOW US THE
00:27:40.03\00:27:41.03
OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK
HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK. AND
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I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US
UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT
00:27:44.76\00:27:49.76
IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT
LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY
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EVERY WORD THAT
PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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