Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201030
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00:08 >>BILL: AFTER A VIOLENT STORM ONE NIGHT, A LARGE
00:09 TREE, WHICH OVER THE YEARS HAD BECOME A STATELY 00:10 GIANT, WAS FOUND LYING ACROSS THE PATHWAY IN A 00:16 PARK. NOTHING BUT A SPLINTERED STUMP WAS LEFT. 00:18 CLOSER EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT IS WAS ROTTEN AT THE 00:23 CORE BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF TINY INSECTS HAD EATEN 00:28 AWAY AT ITS HEART. 00:29 THE WEAKNESS OF THAT TREE WAS NOT BROUGHT ON BY THE 00:33 SUDDEN STORM; IT BEGAN THE VERY MOMENT THE FIRST 00:34 INSECT NESTED WITHIN ITS BARK. JESUS SAID - 00:40 "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART; FOR THEY SHALL SEE 00:45 GOD"--ONE OF THE GREATEST UTTERANCES IN THE BIBLE. 00:46 ONLY THOSE WITH PURIFIED HEARTS WILL SEE GOD. 00:57 (MUSIC) 01:09 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME 01:11 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 01:14 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 01:18 IT IS WRITTEN 01:21 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:25 (MUSIC) 01:38 OF ALL THE BEATITUDES MATTHEW 5:8 IS THE 01:39 CLEAREST STATEMENT ON HOW TO ENTER THE KINGDOM. 01:45 WHEN CHRIST SAID, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART; FOR 01:47 THEY SHALL SEE GOD". HE MEANT THAT ONLY THE PURE 01:48 IN HEART WOULD SEE GOD IN HIS KINGDOM--NOT THOSE 01:51 WHO MERELY PARTICIPATE IN EXTERNAL RELIGIOUS 01:55 CEREMONIES. THOSE DEPENDING ON A RELIGION 01:56 BASED ON HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT WON'T MAKE IT INTO THE 02:01 KINGDOM. MAN TENDS TO MEASURE HIMSELF BY HIS 02:07 FELLOW MAN. THE PHARISEES WERE GOOD AT THAT KIND OF 02:08 COMPARISON. AND THE WAY SUCH PEOPLE TEST THEIR 02:11 CHARACTER IS BY FINDING SOMEONE WORSE THAN 02:15 THEMSELVES AS THE STANDARD FOR COMPARISON. GENERALLY 02:16 IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO FIND SOMEONE WORSE THAN 02:19 YOURSELF, SO YOU PROBABLY WON'T FAIL SUCH A TEST. 02:25 ONE PHARISEE PRAYED, 02:37 HIS STANDARD WAS SOMEONE LOWER THAN HIMSELF. 02:38 FOR THOSE WHO SET THEIR STANDARDS LOWER THAN 02:42 THEMSELVES, THE ULTIMATE HUMAN STANDARD ENDS UP 02:45 BEING THE MOST ROTTEN PERSON ALIVE. THAT'S 02:46 BECAUSE WHEN EVERYONE BASES HIS PERSONAL 02:50 EVALUATION OF HIMSELF ON A PERSON LOWER THAN HIMSELF, 02:55 THE STANDARD SPIRALS DOWN FROM PERSON TO 02:56 PERSON UNTIL IT CAN GO NO LOWER--THE DREGS OF 03:00 HUMANITY. GOD'S STANDARD FOR ACCEPTABLE CHARACTER 03:05 IS NOT WHETHER A PERSON IS BETTER THAN A TAX 03:06 COLLECTOR, LIAR, THIEF, OR CHEAT. HIS CALL WAS 03:10 NOT FOR US TO BE BETTER THAN CHILD ABUSERS OR 03:15 MURDERERS. HIS STANDARD IS THAT WE BE 100 PERCENT 03:16 PURE. IN 1 PETER 1:16 HE SAYS, "BE YE HOLY; FOR 03:20 I AM HOLY." JESUS STATED THAT SAME STANDARD IN THE 03:27 SERMON ON THE MOUNT: "BE YE ... PERFECT, EVEN AS 03:28 YOUR FATHER, WHO IS IN HEAVEN, IS PERFECT" (MATT. 03:32 5:48). MANKIND SETS THE STANDARD OF "GOODNESS" AS 03:36 THE WORST HUMAN BEING ALIVE; GOD'S STANDARD IS 03:37 HIMSELF: THE ABSOLUTELY HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS 03:42 GOD OF THE UNIVERSE. 03:50 >>BILL: TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM, WE ARE 03:51 CONTINUING OUR STUDY OF THE BEATITUDES WITH OUR 03:54 INVITED GUESTS, PASTOR TONY BUENO IS BACK AGAIN. 03:57 >>PASTOR TONY: IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE, BILL. >>BILL: 03:58 THANK YOU PASTOR. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING 04:01 HERE. AND PASTOR WINSTON HURLOCK. >>PASTOR WINSTON: 04:04 THANKS, BILL. >>BILL: PASTOR WINSTON, THANK YOU 04:05 FOR BEING BACK. NOW, AS FAR AS I AM AWARE THIS 04:07 IS YOUR FIRST APPEARANCE IN THIRTY YEARS, ALMOST. 04:15 >>PASTOR WINSTON: I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK. >>BILL: 04:16 THAT'S GREAT. AND YOU LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. >>PASTOR 04:19 WINSTON: I HAVEN'T CHANGED. (LAUGHTER) 04:22 >>BILL: YES, YOU APPEARED ON ONE OF THE VERY FIRST 04:23 "IT IS WRITTEN" BROADCASTS EVER, DIDN'T YOU PASTOR? 04:31 >>PASTOR WINSTON: EXACTLY. 04:32 I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE BUT I THINK IT'S 1974 04:34 - '75, SOMEWHERE THERE >>BILL: ISN'T THAT 04:37 WONDERFUL. >>PASTOR WINSTON: AND I LOOK THE 04:38 SAME AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANKS FOR 04:40 THE INVITATION. >>BILL: PASTOR, WHERE ARE YOU - 04:43 WHERE IS YOUR CHURCH? 04:44 >>PASTOR WINSTON: MY CHURCH IS AT 235 POPLAR 04:49 ROAD IN SCARBOROUGH. THE SCARBOROUGH SEVENTH-DAY 04:50 ADVENTIST AND WE ARE ONE BLOCK WEST OF LAWRENCE 04:54 AND KINGSTON ROAD. 04:56 AND WE HAVE A TREAT BECAUSE PASTOR WINSTON IS 04:58 ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED SINGER AND LATER ON IN THE 04:59 PROGRAM HE WILL BE SINGING FOR US. >>PASTOR WINSTON: 05:01 MY PLEASURE. >>BILL: WELL, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN 05:04 HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD". THAT'S PRETTY 05:06 - THAT'S PRETTY DIRECT. 05:09 >>PASTOR TONY: IT IS. NOW, THAT'S A STATEMENT THAT 05:10 NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE CAN MAKE LOOKING IN THE FACE 05:17 OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE WHO 05:24 WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO LOOK AT SOMEONE ELSE AND 05:25 SAY THOSE WORDS. IT TAKES SOMEONE WHO'S HEART 05:31 IS TRULY PURE.>>BILL: YES, YES. >>PASTOR TONY:.TO SAY 05:35 TO ANYBODY ELSE, BLESSED OR HAPPY ARE THE PURE IN 05:36 HEART BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE IMMEDIATE QUESTION IS 05:40 'HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?' HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? BECAUSE 05:45 OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE NOT PRETENDING TO BE PURE, 05:46 ARE YOU? BUT CHRIST, HERE, COMES FROM THE POSITION OF 05:52 "YES, I HAVE A PURE HEART AND THEREFORE I KNOW WHAT 05:57 I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAY TO YOU BLESSED ARE THE 05:58 PURE IN HEART". >>BILL: THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS 06:03 WOULD NOT HAVE LIKED THIS STATEMENT, WOULD THEY? 06:08 >>PASTOR TONY: WELL, PROBABLY THEY FELT 06:09 JEALOUS. THEY FELT JEALOUS OF THE YOUNG PREACHER WHO, 06:14 NOW, WAS DRAWING CROWDS AFTER HIMSELF AND MAKING 06:19 ALL KINDS OF PREDICAMENTS THAT THEY THEMSELVES FELT 06:20 INADEQUATE TO MAKE. IN FACT, IF THEY MADE THEM 06:28 PROBABLY THE CROWD WOULD SAY, OH FORGET IT, NOT 06:30 YOU. BUT NOW WHEN JESUS TEACHES, HE TEACHES 06:31 WITH AN AUTHORITY THAT SURPASSES THAT OF THE 06:36 TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND THE PHAROSIES. AND NO 06:41 DOUBT THESE WOULD BE JEALOUS AND RESENT HIS 06:42 MINISTRY AS TAKING OVER THEIR TURF, THEIR 06:49 TERRITORY, AND THEIR POTENTIAL DISCIPLES. 06:53 >>BILL: THEY HAD - THIS AUDIENCE, I GUESS, TO AN 06:54 EXTENT BEEN BURDENED BY THE PHAROSIES BUT WITH ALL 07:01 KINDS OF EXTERNAL RULES, I MEAN BY LEGALISM, RIGHT? I 07:08 GUESS THE TEACHING OF THAT DAY WAS THAT THAT'S HOW 07:09 RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES. IT'S SOMETHING YOU WORK 07:13 THROUGH. AND HERE'S JESUS SAYING, YOU KNOW, ALL 07:18 THOSE EXTERNAL CEREMONIES, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'VE 07:19 GOT TO HAVE A PURE, A PURE HEART. >>PASTOR WINSTON: 07:22 RIGHT. JESUS WAS TAPING INTO THE INSIDE WORLD OF 07:28 MAN. OF THE MAN. THAT'S WHERE HE WAS GOING AT. AND 07:29 AS WE LOOK AT IT, THE BEST OF US, IT DOESN'T MATTER 07:35 HOW WE DRESS OURSELVES, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE DO, 07:40 WE ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. SO JESUS 07:41 SAID, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART". THE PURE 07:47 HEART IS NOT CONTAMINATED WITH NOTHING. IF YOU WORK 07:54 FROM THE INSIDE AND HAVE A PURE HEART, YOU'LL HAVE 07:55 A BETTER OUTSIDE. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>PASTOR WINSTON: 07:59 SO THAT MEANS THEN THAT PURITY IS A VIRTUE FROM 08:04 JESUS CHRIST. AND YOU CAN ONLY GET IT AS YOU ASK 08:05 JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE AND LIFE OUT THAT 08:15 PURE LIFE IN YOU. BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET UP HERE TODAY 08:20 AND SAY, 'OKAY, GENTLEMEN LET'S GO AND LIVE A PURE 08:21 LIFE TODAY OR TOMORROW'. 08:24 WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT. 08:25 I WILL TRY BUT WE'LL FAIL SO IT IS CHRIST THAT LIVES 08:30 THE PURE LIFE IN US. AND DAVID SAID, "CREATE IN ME 08:31 A CLEAN HEART, OH GOD, AND RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT 08:40 WITHIN ME". HE KNEW, HE KNEW THAT THE CARNAL MIND, 08:43 THE CARNAL MAN COULD NOT CUT IT. IT NEEDS SOMEBODY 08:44 WHO IS BEYOND AND ABOVE TO LIVE OUT HIS LIFE. 08:53 PAUL SAID, "CHRIST IS MY RIGHTEOUSNESS". IT'S 08:58 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CLAIM. WE CAN'T BUY IT, WE 08:59 CAN'T BORROW IT, WE CAN'T PURSUE IT. WE HAVE TO 09:02 ACCEPT IT AS A GIFT >>BILL: WOW. >>PASTOR 09:09 WINSTON: EXACTLY. >>BILL: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. >>PASTOR 09:10 TONY: IT'S INTERESTING. 09:12 YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PHAROSIES AND CHRIST HAD 09:13 SOME VERY PLAIN WORDS TO SAY TO THEM ABOUT 09:19 CLEANLINESS. HE X-RAYED THE PHAROSIES. YOU SEE, 09:24 WHEN YOU TAKE AN X-RAY YOU LOOK AT THE BONES. >>BILL: 09:25 SURE. >>PASTOR TONY: YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE SUIT, 09:29 THE TIE.>>BILL: SURE, OF COURSE. >>PASTOR TONY:.OR 09:31 THE HAIR. YOU KNOW, AND IN MATTHEW 23, JESUS PRESENTS 09:32 TO US THE X-RAYS OF THE PHAROSIES AND HE SAYS, 09:53 SO, WHAT HE REALLY CARED IS THE INNER MAN, AS 09:54 YOU SAID. SO, FORGET THE OUTSIDE. THE PHAROSIES 09:56 HAVE AN OBSESSION WITH THE OUTSIDE. THEY WOULD 10:01 CRITCIZE JESUS BECAUSE HIS DISCIPLES DIDN'T 10:02 WASH THEIR HANDS. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>PASTOR WINSTON: 10:06 YES. >>PASTOR TONY: AND JESUS IN MATTHEW 15, HE 10:08 SAYS TO THEM,"WHAT CONTAMINATES A MAN IS NOT 10:09 WHAT'S OUTSIDE, IT'S WHAT COMES OUT OF THE HEART". 10:15 AND SO HE SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE A PURE 10:19 HEART. >>BILL: HOW CAN I GET THAT? I WANT TO HAVE A 10:20 PURE HEART. WHERE DO I GO? 10:29 >>PASTOR WINSTON: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, AS I DID 10:30 MENTION BEFORE, THAT YOU HAVE TO CLAIM IT. >>BILL: 10:34 OKAY. >>PASTOR WINSTON: YOU HAVE TO CLAIM THE 10:36 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. 10:37 AND I LIKE TO SEE THE BEATITUDE AS A PACKAGE FOR 10:42 THE TOTAL, FOR THE MAN. 10:43 IF YOU WANT TO BE A TOTAL CHRISTIAN THEN YOU HAVE TO 10:46 EXHIBIT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 10:47 BEATITUDES. >>BILL: SO I CAN'T JUST PICK AND 10:51 CHOOSE WHICH ONES I WANT >>PASTOR WINSTON: AHHH, 10:53 THAT'S WHAT I'M COMING TO. 10:54 THAT'S WHAT I'M COMING TO. 10:55 IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRT, SOME 10:56 WERE GIVEN TEACHERS, SOME PASTORS, SOME EVANGELISTS, 11:05 THAT'S FINE, YOU CAN GO TO HEAVEN, YOU CAN SURVIVE 11:06 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PREACHER IF YOU'RE A 11:09 TEACHER. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BEATITUDE, YOU 11:14 CAN'T SAY, I'M ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON BEING 11:15 MERCIFUL. YOU HAVE TO BE MERCIFUL AND YOU HAVE TO 11:19 HAVE A PURE HEART. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. >>PASTOR TONY: 11:25 YOU CANNOT BE A 20% CHRISTIAN. OR A 47.9 11:26 % CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW. 11:30 >>PASTOR WINSTON: EXACTLY. 11:31 >>PASTOR TONY: EITHER YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AS 11:32 CHRIST DEFINE IT OR SORRY, YOU'RE NOT. >>PASTOR 11:33 WINSTON: EXACTLY. >>IT'S A TOTAL PACKAGE. IT'S A 11:37 TOTAL PACKAGE. >>BILL: SO, WHEN SOMEONE TAKES THIS 11:40 TOT - PURITY OF HEART, WHAT DO THEY BEGIN TO 11:41 EXHIBIT THAT WOULD SAY TO SOMEONE, THEY HAVE THAT. 11:46 >>PASTOR WINSTON: OKAY. 11:47 WHEN YOU HAVE THAT PACKAGE YOU'RE STILL A SINNER. 11:51 >>BILL: OKAY. >>PASTOR WINSTON: BUT A SINNER THAT 11:57 THINKS PURE THOUGHTS, PURE MOTIVES. YOUR ACTIONS 11:58 ARE PURE. YOU THINK ABOUT OTHERS MUCH BETTER IN THE 12:04 LIGHT. NOT ONLY THAT, THE PROMISE OF A PURE HEART IS 12:09 TO SEE GOD. YOU SEE GOD, NOT ONLY IN THE EARTH OR 12:10 THE NEW EARTH, YOU SEE GOD IN A BETTER LIGHT TODAY. 12:14 YOU SEE HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY, HIS COMPASSION. AND 12:21 WHEN YOU READ HEBAKAK, HE DIDN'T SEE GOD AT ONE 12:22 POINT, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE?" YOU SEE WHAT 12:26 I'M SAYING. >>BILL: YES. 12:27 >>PASTOR WINSTON: BUT NOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE A 12:29 PURE HEART YOU SEE GOD IN A BETTER LIGHT. AND YOUR 12:32 ACTION, YOUR ATTITUDE OUTSIDE - YOU SEE YOUR 12:33 INNER MAN, HE TAPS INTO THE INNER MAN SO THE INNER 12:40 MAN IS CHANGED WHEN YOU HAVE - THAT CAN - BUT THE 12:44 OUTER MAN CAN ONLY BE IMPROVED DAY BY DAY. 12:45 SO WHAT IS INSIDE COMES OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE 12:50 DIFFERENT DAY BY DAY >>PASTOR TONY: IN THE BOOK 12:54 OF PSALMS THE QUESTION IS ASKED ABOUT HOW TO HAVE 12:55 A PURE HEART AND IT'S IN PSALM 119, THAT WE 13:00 READ IN VERSES 9 TO 11 THE FOLLOWING. 13:43 THE HEART IS PRESENTED HERE AS A VESSEL. AND A 13:44 VESSEL THAT IS EMPTY IS AN INVITATION FOR ANYTHING TO 13:49 COME AND FILL IT. AND, OF COURSE, WHAT IS NOT MOST 13:56 READILY AVAILABLE IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS THE 13:57 PUREST. >>BILL: RIGHT. 14:01 >>PASTOR TONY: SO, THE PSALM SAYS, "FILL YOUR 14:02 HEART WITH GOD'S GOODNESS, WITH HIS WORD". AND 14:07 A VESSEL THAT IS FULL WILL NOT HAVE ROOM FOR ANYTHING 14:11 ELSE. >>BILL: PAUL TALKS ABOUT US BEING CLAY POTS, 14:12 RIGHT? >>PASTOR TONY: YES. 14:17 >>BILL: HE SAYS THAT WE'RE THESE WORTHLESS, 14:18 INSIGNIFICANT CLAY POTS BUT WE CARRY A TREASURE 14:21 THAT IS JESUS CHRIST >>PASTOR WINSTON: THAT'S 14:27 RIGHT. >>BILL: JESUS CHRIST HAS CHOSEN TO ABIDE 14:28 IN A WORTHLESS CLAY POT LIKE ME AND BEGIN TO 14:34 TRANSFORM ME FROM THE INSIDE OUT. >>PASTOR 14:39 WINSTON: AND HE SAID, PAUL SAID, 14:59 THEREFORE, IT IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE 15:00 HOLY SPIRIT IN ONE THAT HE BECOMES CHANGED AND HAS 15:03 A PURE HEART. >>PASTOR TONY: YOU KNOW IT'S VERY 15:08 INTERESTING HERE THE NOTION OF SACRIFICE THAT 15:09 IS BEING MENTIONED HERE, VERY APPROPRIATELY, CHRIST 15:12 IN THE VERY SERMON ON THE MOUNT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE 15:15 OF PURITY OF MIND AND PURITY OF HEART, HE 15:17 PRESENTS IT IN THE CONTEXT OF A SACRIFICE. IF IT HAS 15:19 TO COME TO IT, EVEN AN AMPUTATION. YOU REMEMBER 15:27 HIS WORDS, 15:44 SO, IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN ME THAT CAUSES ME TO 15:45 OFFEND GOD, THAT LEADS ME TO IMPURITY, THAT OPENS 15:50 THE DOOR FOR IMPURITY TO MY HEART, JESUS SAID, IT'S 15:58 BETTER TO ELIMINATE IT. 15:59 IN OTHER WORDS, IN ALL OF US THERE IS SOMETHING THAT 16:03 CAN BE REMOVED SO THAT IMPURITY WILL NOT LODGE 16:04 ITSELF IN OUR HEART. 16:10 >>BILL: HERE WE HAVE PAUL'S FAMOUS WORDS 16:11 IN PHILLIPIANS, RIGHT? 16:31 >>BILL: WE BECOME WHAT WE BEHOLD, RIGHT? AND IF WE 16:32 DO NOT - ARE CONSCIENCE OF THAT IT BEGINS TO, WE 16:37 BEGIN TO PAY SOME SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. IT BEGINS TO 16:41 IMPURIFY OUR HEARTS. WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES 16:42 LEFT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH 16:45 TIME TO HEAR YOU. YOU'RE NOT GETTING OFF THE HOOK. 16:47 WE'RE GONNA HEAR YOU SING. 16:49 SO, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE FOR SOME CLOSING, 16:55 FOR SOME CLOSING REMARKS. 16:56 >>PASTOR WINSTON: YEAH. OKAY, ONE HAS TO BE 16:57 TRANSFORMED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE PURE. NUMBER 16:59 TWO; ONE HAS TO ALLOW JESUS CHRIST TO LIVE 17:04 THAT LIFE THROUGH, THE PURIFIED LIFE THROUGH HIM. 17:10 THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO MAKE OURSELF AS VESSELS TO BE 17:11 USED, TO BE HUMBLED AND TO BE USED BY 17:15 JESUS CHRIST. AND WHEN THE TRANSFORMATION TAKES PLACE 17:20 YOU BECOME A HAPPY CHILD, YOU BECOME FREE BECAUSE, 17:21 YOU KNOW, JESUS CHRIST TAKES OVER THE STEERING 17:25 WHEEL, HE'S DRIVING YOUR LIFE AND YOU'RE A 17:28 DIFFERENT PERSON. AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS AT THE 17:29 END YOU WILL SEE JESUS FACE TO FACE AND YOU'LL 17:33 NEVER PART AGAIN. IT'S A GRAND EXPERIENCE TO HAVE A 17:37 PURE HEART BECAUSE YOU LIVE THAT FREE CHRISTIAN 17:38 LIFE. YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE, THE WAY YOU TREAT 17:43 YOUR FELLOW MAN, YOUR BROTHERS, YOUR SISTERS, 17:46 YOUR CHURCH BROTHERS. 17:47 WHEN YOU HAVE A PURE HEART YOU'RE NOT JUDGEMENTAL. 17:50 AND JESUS, THE NAME OF JESUS, IS BEING PREACHED 17:51 IN YOUR LIFE. THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS WHEN YOU HAVE A 18:01 PURE HEART. >>BILL: THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST 18:04 POWERFUL SERMON WE COULD PREACH, ISN'T IT? LIVING, 18:05 LIVING OUT A PURE LIFE, THINKING OF OTHERS, 18:10 NOT BEING JUDGEMENTAL >>PASTOR TONY: YOU KNOW, 18:12 YOU THINK OF THIS PROMISE, "THEY SHALL SEE GOD" 18:13 >>PASTOR WINSTON: YES. 18:18 >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY: AND OF ALL THE 18:19 REWARDS THAT JESUS HAS SO LAVISHLY DISPLAYED BEFORE 18:22 HIS AUDIENCE IN THIS SERMON ON THE BEATITUDES, 18:30 THIS IS PROBABLY THE ULTIMATE. IS TO SAY TO US 18:31 MORTAL HUMAN BEINGS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL LET YOU 18:36 SEE GOD. YOU WILL HAVE THE PRIVILEDGE OF STANDING IN 18:41 HIS PRESENCE, OF BEHOLDING HIS COUNTENANCE AND 18:42 BE BLESSED BY HIS GOODNESS AND HIS HOLINESS AND HIS 18:47 GREATNESS. YOU WILL SEE GOD. THAT IN ITSELF IS 18:54 WORTH WHATEVER SACRIFICE MIGHT BE NECESSARY IN 18:55 ORDER TO, BY HIS GRACE, ACQUIRE AND MAINTAIN A 19:00 PURE HEART. >>BILL: WELL, I PRAY THAT EVERY ONE OF 19:05 US AND THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING WILL PURIFY 19:06 THEIR LIVES AND BE ABLE TO SEE JESUS ONE DAY. YOU 19:12 KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU 19:16 WANT TO SEE GOD, YOUR HEART MUST BE PURIFIED 19:17 1JOHN, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 2 SAYS, 19:26 A DAY IS COMING, THE BIBLE SAYS, WHEN WE WILL SEE 19:27 CHRIST FACE TO FACE. AND JUST THINK, WHAT A DAY 19:32 THAT WILL BE. YOU KNOW, YOU ARE WATCHING IS 19:35 PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU SITTING THERE, ARE 19:36 YOU STRUGGLING WITH SIN. 19:38 PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE STRIVING MORE TO 19:39 SATISFY YOURSELF THAN YOU ARE TO BRING GLORY TO 19:44 GOD. TAKE TIME, RIGHT NOW; EXAMINE YOUR MOTIVES FOR 19:51 FIGHTING SPIRITUAL BATTLES AND RESOLVE TO FOCUS 19:52 ON PLEASING AND GLORIFYING GOD ALONE. YOU KNOW, MANY 19:56 PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR DAY THINK THAT THEY CAN LIVE 20:01 AT PEACE WITH SIN WHILE STILL IDENTIFYING 20:02 THEMSELVES AS CHRISTIANS. 20:05 AND JESUS AFFIRMED THAT ONLY THE PURE IN HEART 20:06 WILL SEE GOD. A PURE HEART DECLARES ITSELF BY ITS 20:09 CONSTANT STRUGGLE AGAINST SIN AND TEMPTATION. IS 20:14 THAT THE MARK? AND IS THAT THE STATE OF YOUR HEART 20:15 LET US PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR 20:22 THESE PRECIOUS MOMENTS WE HAVE SPENT IN YOUR WORD. 20:27 FATHER, I PRAY THAT THROUGH THE INDWELLING 20:28 POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT OUR HEARTS MAY BE PURIFIED AND 20:31 ONE DAY WE MAY SEE JESUS FACE TO FACE. THAT IS THE 20:39 LONGING OF OUR HEART. 20:40 AND THAT ARE THE WORDS OF OUR PRAYER IN HIS NAME WE 20:45 PRAY, AMEN. 20:47 (MUSIC) 21:11 HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO IMAGINE, JUST ONE SIN 21:21 SEEKING FORGIVENESS, WHEN YOUR HEART KNOWS WITHIN 21:31 THAT GOD WOULD NOT JUDGE US 21:37 ON HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL. 21:41 HE LOOKS TO CALVARY'S BLOOD AND COVERS IT ALL. 21:52 THE BLOOD, THE BLOOD IT COVERS IT ALL. 22:02 LOVE HAS NO BOUNDARIES 22:08 SINCE DEATH PAID IN FULL. 22:12 JESUS KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING 22:18 THAT MAN WOULD SURELY FALL. 22:23 I'M GLAD THE SAVIOUR'S PRECIOUS 22:24 BLOOD COVERED IT ALL. 22:37 TRYING TO IMAGINE HOW THIS MIRACLE TOOK PLACE, 22:46 LOVE BEYOND MEASURE 22:51 OR GOD'S AMAZING GRACE, 22:57 SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE WEAK, 23:02 WE MIGHT STUMBLE AND FALL 23:07 BUT JUST ONE DROP OF THE SAVIOUR'S 23:08 BLOOD COVERS IT ALL. 23:18 THE BLOOD, THE BLOOD IT COVERED IT ALL. 23:28 LOVE HAS NO BOUNDARIES SINCE DEATH PAID IN FULL. 23:38 JESUS KNEW IN THE BEGINNING 23:44 THAT MAN WOULD SURELY FALL, 23:49 I'M GLAD THAT THE SAVIOUR'S PRECIOUS 23:50 BLOOD COVERED IT ALL. 24:00 JESUS KNEW IN THE BEGINNING 24:08 THAT MAN WOULD SURELY FALL. 24:13 I'M GLAD THAT THE SAVIOUR'S PRECIOUS BLOOD, 24:18 YES, THE SAVIOUR'S PRECIOUS BLOOD 24:19 COVERS IT ALL. 24:34 COVERS IT ALL. 24:48 >>MATTHEW: IF YOU ARE ENJOYING BILL'S SERIES ON 24:49 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE 24:50 HIS LATEST BOOK CONTAINING ALL 11 MESSAGES IN THIS 24:52 SERIES THEN CALL OR WRITE US AND WE WILL SEND IT TO 24:53 YOU AS A FREE GIFT FROM IT IS WRITTEN CANADA. THE 24:57 BOOK WILL ARRIVE AT YOUR HOME POSTAGE PAID AND 25:00 THERE IS NO OBLIGATIN ON YOUR PART WHAT-SO EVER. IF 25:01 YHOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST BILL'S BOOK TODAY HERE 25:06 IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COPY. 26:01 >>BILL: WELL, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER 26:02 PROGRAM. PASTOR WINSTON, THANK YOU FOR THE 26:03 SONG. >>PASTOR WINSTON: MY PLEASURE. >>BILL: YOU HAVE 26:07 MY COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT THIRTY 26:08 YEARS TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN. >>PASTOR WINSTON: 26:10 WELL I HOPE SO. I HOLD YOU TO THAT. >>BILL: THAT'S 26:11 RIGHT. THAT'S WONDERFUL. 26:13 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 26:14 PASTOR BUENO, MAYBE A CLOSING REMARK. >>PASTOR 26:15 TONY: WELL, IT COMES TO MIND, THE EXPERIENCE OF 26:19 DAVID. DAVID, WHO WAS A SERVANT OF GOD, A KING 26:20 WHO DID FOR ISRAEL PERHAPS MORE THAN ANOTHER OTHER 26:27 KING IN THE HISTORY OF GOD'S PEOPLE DID, WHO WON 26:31 SO MANY GREAT BATTLES AND YET WHO HAD A WEAKNESS 26:32 AND THAT WEAKNESS HAD TO DO WITH AN IMPURE HEART. A 26:40 WEAKNESS THAT COST HIM TO SIN GRIEVOUSLY AND CAUSED 26:47 HIM TO COMMIT A MURDER AND TO DISHONOUR ISRAEL AND 26:48 TO DISHONOUR GOD. ONE THAT HAD TO LEARN THROUGH HIS 26:57 OWN EXPERIENCE WHAT IT IS TO HAVE AN IMPURE HEART 27:00 AND HOW TO REACH A STATE OF PURITY. AND IN 27:01 PSALM 51, IT WAS BRIEFLY REFERRED TO BEFORE, IN 27:06 VERSE 10 HE TURNS TO GOD WHO IS THE ONLY ONE WHO 27:10 CAN CLEANSE OUR HEART AND HE SAID, 27:23 IT'S A PRAYER, I'M SURE, THAT ALL OF US CAN PRAY 27:24 AND WE SHOULD. >>BILL: THANK YOU PASTOR. WELL, 27:26 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US LET ME REMIND YOU OF OUR 27:31 WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. YOU 27:32 CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE; YOU CAN ENROLL THERE IN 27:34 OUR BIBLE STUDY PROGRAM. I HOPE YOU WILL DO THAT. OUR 27:40 PRAYER IS THAT THE GOOD LORD WILL ALLOW US THE 27:41 OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK. AND 27:44 I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT 27:49 IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY 27:50 EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 27:56 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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