Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201031
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00:02 BILL: TELEMACHUS WAS A MONK WHO LIVED IN THE
00:03 4TH CENTURY. HE FELT GOD SAYING TO HIM, 00:06 "GO TO ROME." HE WAS IN A SECLUDED MONASTERY. HE PUT 00:11 HIS POSSESSIONS IN A SACK AND SET OUT FOR ROME. WHEN 00:12 HE ARRIVED IN THE CITY, PEOPLE WERE CROWDING IN 00:17 THE STREETS. HE ASKED WHY ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND WAS 00:20 TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE DAY THAT THE GLADIATORS WOULD 00:22 BE FIGHTING AND KILLING EACH OTHER IN THE 00:25 COLISEUM. HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, "FOUR CENTURIES 00:29 AFTER CHRIST AND THEY ARE STILL KILLING EACH OTHER, 00:30 FOR ENJOYMENT?" HE RAN TO THE COLISEUM AND HEARD THE 00:35 GLADIATORS SAYING, "HAIL TO CEASAR, WE DIE FOR 00:39 CEASAR" AND HE THOUGHT, "THIS ISN'T RIGHT." HE 00:40 JUMPED OVER THE RAILING AND WENT OUT INTO THE 00:46 MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, GOT BETWEEN TWO GLADIATORS, 00:48 HELD UP HIS HANDS AND SAID "IN THE NAME OF CHRIST, 00:49 REFRAIN." THE CROWD PROTESTED AND BEGAN TO 00:55 SHOUT, "RUN HIM THROUGH, RUN HIM THROUGH." A 00:59 GLADIATOR CAME OVER AND HIT HIM IN THE STOMACH 01:00 WITH THE BACK OF HIS SWORD. IT SENT HIM 01:03 SPRAWLING IN THE SAND. HE GOT UP AND RAN BACK AND 01:07 AGAIN SAID, "IN THE NAME OF CHRIST, REFRAIN." THE 01:09 CROWD CONTINUED TO CHANT, "RUN HIM THROUGH." ONE 01:14 GLADIATOR CAME OVER AND PLUNGED HIS SWORD THROUGH 01:19 THE LITTLE MONK'S STOMACH AND HE FELL INTO THE 01:20 SAND, WHICH BEGAN TO TURN CRIMSON WITH HIS BLOOD. 01:24 ONE LAST TIME HE GASPED OUT, "IN THE NAME OF 01:30 CHRIST REFRAIN." A HUSH CAME OVER THE 80,000 01:31 PEOPLE IN THE COLISEUM. 01:36 SOON A MAN STOOD AND LEFT, THEN ANOTHER AND MORE, AND 01:37 WITHIN MINUTES ALL 80,000 HAD EMPTIED OUT OF 01:45 THE ARENA. IT WAS THE LAST KNOWN GLADIATOR CONTEST IN 01:52 THE HISTORY OF ROME. 01:55 (MUSIC) 02:05 ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 02:07 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 02:10 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 02:15 IT IS WRITTEN. 02:17 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 02:22 (MUSIC) 02:37 IN MATTHEW 5:9 OUR LORD SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THE 02:38 PEACEMAKERS; FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE SONS 02:39 OF GOD." GOD HAS CALLED CHRISTIANS TO BRING BACK 02:41 THE PEACE THAT WAS FORFEITED AS A RESULT OF 02:43 SIN. GOD'S PEACEMAKERS WILL ACHIEVE MORE THAN 02:45 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS BECAUSE THE PEACE THEY 02:52 OFFER IS ETERNAL--A REAL AND LASTING PEACE. THE 02:53 NATIONS, POLITICAL GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND HOMES 02:58 OF THIS WORLD DO NOT HAVE TRUE PEACE. THERE IS NO 03:03 REAL PEACE ANYWHERE BECAUSE THERE IS NO PEACE 03:04 IN THE HEARTS OF MEN. 03:07 MANKIND IS INCAPABLE OF PEACE. EVERY RELATIONSHIP 03:08 IS FRAGILE. IN OUR DAY MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 03:14 IDENTIFIED WITH MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ILLNESSES THAN 03:18 EVER BEFORE. THE FAMILY IS DISINTEGRATING AND OUR 03:19 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ARE BREAKING DOWN. PEOPLE 03:23 PARTICIPATE IN MARCHES, SIT-INS, RALLIES, 03:27 PROTESTS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS WITHOUT 03:28 END. ALL BECAUSE MAN HAS NO PEACE WITHIN HIMSELF. 03:30 AND THE WORLD MAN LIVES IN IS A PROJECTION OF 03:34 HIMSELF--IT IS RIDDLED WITH CHAOS. WE'VE NEVER 03:35 NEEDED PEACEMAKERS MORE. 03:41 MATTHEW 5:9 AFFIRMS THAT THROUGH CHRIST GOD WILL 03:42 BLESS THOSE WHO ARE TRUE PEACEMAKERS. 03:50 >>BILL: TODAY'S PROGRAM, WE ARE CONTINUING 03:51 OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE BEATITUDES AND TO HELP US 03:54 THROUGH THAT WE HAVE TWO GUESTS, ONE OF THEM YOU 03:58 SHOULD KNOW BY NOW BECAUSE HE'S BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE 03:59 NOW, PASTOR TONY BUENO. 04:01 WELCOME BACK. >>PASTOR TONY: THANK YOU BILL. 04:03 >>BILL: PASTOR BUENO HAS BEEN OUR LEADER IN THIS 04:05 STUDY AND WE THANK HIM FOR ALL OF HIS INSIGHTS. AND 04:10 WE'VE INVITED PASTOR MATTHEW FEELEY TO JOIN US 04:11 AGAIN. SOME OF OUR VIEWERS WILL REMEMBER PASTOR 04:16 MATTHEW. HE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES. HE WAS 04:18 HERE ON OUR TEN COMMANDMENTS SERIES WE 04:20 RAN LAST SEASON. >>PASTOR MATTHEW: THAT'S CORRECT. 04:24 >>BILL: I THINK YOU DID THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 04:25 >>PASTOR MATTHEW: YEAH, I THINK I DID. MAYBE ONE OR 04:27 TWO OTHERS. >>BILL: THAT'S GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, 04:30 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE BACK. 04:31 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? >>PASTOR 04:33 MATTHEW: WELL, I'M AT KINGSVIEW VILLAGE, 04:36 KINGSVIEW VILLAGE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 04:37 CHURCH. I WAS THERE BEFORE AS THE ASSISTANT 04:39 PASTOR AND I'M ACTUALLY PREPARING TO GO TO ANDREWS 04:42 UNIVERSITY WHERE I'LL BE STUDYING AND DOING 04:43 MY MASTERS OF DIVINITY PROGRAM. >>BILL: 04:47 WELL WONDERFUL. THAT'S WONDERFUL, MATTHEW. THEN 04:51 YOUR PLAN IS TO COME BACK TO ONTARIO? >>PASTOR 04:52 MATTHEW: I WOULD LOVE TO DO SO, YEP. >>BILL: WELL, 04:55 THAT'S WONDERFUL. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ACCEPTED OUR 04:59 INVITATION TO BE HERE. 05:00 >>PASTOR MATTHEW: I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. >>BILL: THANK 05:03 YOU. WELL WE'RE DOWN TO VERSE NINE, 05:09 WELL, PASTOR BUENO, YOU KNOW, I TURN TO YOU TO 05:10 GET US ROLLING ON THESE TOPICS. WHAT INSIGHTS DO 05:14 YOU HAVE FOR US RIGHT OFF THE BAT HERE, ON THIS ONE 05:18 HERE? >>PASTOR TONY: IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF 05:19 THE SWEETEST BEATITUDES BECAUSE PEACEMAKER - YOU 05:21 SAY THE WORD AND A CERTAIN JOY COMES TO YOU. YOU 05:30 RELAX. WHATEVER STRESS YOU WERE EXPERIENCING, 05:32 WHEN YOU SAY PEACEMAKER IT CHANGES YOUR ATTITUDE 05:36 IMMEDIATELY. SO, IT IS, IT IS A BEATITUDE THAT 05:42 IMPACTS US WITH ITS GOODNESS FROM THE MOMENT 05:43 YOU PRONOUNCE THE WORD. 05:47 BUT IT IS A BEATITUDE THAT RESPONDS TO THE REALITY OF 05:48 STRIFE THAT CHARACTERIZES LIFE IN THIS WORLD. 05:56 >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY: WE ARE EXPOSED TO 06:01 TENSIONS, TO CONFLICTS, TO DIFFERENCES, TO WARS 06:02 AND ALL THAT IMPACTS US IN SUCH A PROFOUND WAY THAT 06:13 THERE IS A LONGING DEEP WITHIN FOR PEACE. HOW 06:19 COULD I HAVE PEACE? THE PSALMIST SAID, 'I HAVE 06:20 LIVED FOR TOO LONG AMONG PEOPLE, AMONG THOSE WHO 06:29 HATE PEACE'. AND ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT 06:38 MUST BE. TO BE SURROUNDED BY THOSE WHO HATE PEACE 06:39 IN MOST CULTURES, WHETHER ANCIENT OR MODERN, PEACE 06:43 IS ONE OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT 06:49 GOVERNMENTS AND SOCIETIES PURSUE. AND IN SOME OF 06:50 THOSE CULTURES, IN FACT, THE WAY TO GREET ANOTHER 06:57 PERSON IS TO SAY 'PEACE' THE HEBREW WORD WOULD BE 07:02 'SHALOM'. IN ARABIC WOULD BE 'SALOM'. AND NO MATTER 07:03 WHAT THE LANGUAGE IT IS A KIND GREETING. WELL, 07:12 CHRIST WAS DOING MORE THAN VOICING A KIND GREETING 07:15 HERE. HE WAS PRESENTING A WAY OF LIFE. THE WAY OF 07:16 LIFE OF THE PEACEMAKER. 07:20 >>BILL: PASTOR MATTHEW, HOW WOULD WE DEFINE PEACE 07:21 IT'S NOT HERE - IT'S NOT JUST - IS IT SIMPLY 07:26 THE ABSENCE OF CONFLICT >>PASTOR MATTHEW: THE 07:30 DICTIONARY WOULD GIVE YOU THAT DEFINITION. IT WOULD 07:32 GIVE THE DEFINITION THAT PEACE IS THE ABSENCE 07:35 OF WAR AND HOSTILITY. BUT ACCORDING TO CHRIST PEACE 07:40 IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 07:41 PEACE IS NOT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHOUT BUT 07:46 WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN. 07:47 AND IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE PEACE, EVEN IN THE MIDST 07:51 OF CONFLICT. AND SO THAT BIBLE HELPS US TO SEE THAT 07:52 PEACE ACCORDING TO GOD IS DIFFERENT THAT PEACE 07:58 ACCORDING TO THE WORLD EVEN CHRIST SAID IN JOHN 08:02 CHAPTER 14 AND VERSE 27, HE SAID, 08:12 SO, THE PEACE THAT WE READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE IS 08:13 A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND IT DEALS MUCH, IT GOES 08:19 MUCH DEEPER THAN THE WORLD PRESENTS. >>BILL: GO AHEAD 08:22 PASTOR. >>PASTOR TONY: I'M THINKING THAT WHEN WE LOOK 08:23 AT THE NOTION OF PEACE, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS 08:30 THAT COMES TO MIND IS, PEACE WITH WHOM? BECAUSE 08:32 IT'S A RELATIONAL TERM. SEE, PEACE INVOLVES 08:33 SOMEONE OTHER THAN MYSELF. 08:39 IT INVOLVES ME BUT IT INVOLVES ANOTHER PARTY 08:40 AND SO IT BEGS THE QUESTION, PEACE WITH WHOM? 08:45 WHO ARE THE OTHER PARTIES WITH WHO I MIGHT BE IN 08:52 CONFLICT? AND ONLY WHEN I IDENTIFY THEM CAN 08:53 I ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PEACE. >>BILL: THAT'S 09:00 AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE IN THE NEXT VERSES 09:05 IT BEGINS TO TALK ABOUT PERSECUTION.>>PASTOR 09:06 MATTHEW: YEAH. 09:13 >>BILL:.RIGHT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S JESUS SAYING, 09:14 YOU KNOW, THE RESULT OF YOU BEING A PEACEMAKER 09:17 IS GOING TO BE STRIFE AND CONFLICT AND PERSECUTION. 09:24 I MEAN, IT'S JUST A VERY INTERESTING SEQUENCE HERE 09:25 THAT HE HAS PLACED, ISN'T IT? >>PASTOR TONY: TRUE. 09:32 HOWEVER, I THINK THAT IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE 09:35 IDENTIFY THOSE OTHER PARTIES. AND A SIMPLE 09:37 GLANCE AT SCRIPTURE HELPS US TO IDENTIFY THEM 09:44 AS, PRIMARILY, GOD; SECONDARILY, FELLOW 09:53 HUMANS; IN THIRD PLACE, NATURE; AND FOURTHLY, 09:54 OURSELVES. SO, THE COMPLETE PEACE OF GOD, 10:04 THE ONE THAT CHRIST WAS PROPOSING IS A PEACE WITH 10:09 HIM, A PEACE WITH OTHERS - YOU SEE THE VERTICAL, 10:10 THE HORIZONTAL - AND THEN PEACE WITH THE CREATED 10:16 WORLD AND THEN INNER PEACE. MAYBE THAT THROUGH 10:22 THIS DISCUSSION WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE DIMENSIONS 10:23 >>BILL: YEAH. SO, LET'S LOOK AT THAT THEN. SO, 10:28 WE WOULD START THERE THEN, WE NEED TO MAKE PEACE WITH 10:31 GOD, THE FATHER. WITH OUR GOD. HOW DOES SOMEBODY DO 10:33 THAT? HOW DO WE MAKE PEACE WITH GOD? WHY DO WE NEED 10:37 PEACE WITH GOD? >>PASTOR MATTHEW: WELL, SIN HAS 10:43 SEPARATED US FROM GOD. 10:44 SO, NATURALLY THROUGH OUR SINFUL NATURES WE HAVE A 10:46 DISCONNECT AND CHRIST CAME TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. YOU 10:48 KNOW, PAUL SAID, 'CHRIST WHO KNEW NO SIN BECAME 10:56 SIN THAT WE MAY BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD' AND 11:02 HE SPEAKS OF THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. 11:03 AND THAT'S THE BRINGING TOGETHER OF TWO PARTIES. 11:07 SO, IT'S BRINGING MAN BACK TO GOD. AND SO, MAKING 11:14 PEACE WITH GOD IS TURNING FROM OUR SINS AND SEEKING 11:15 HIS FORGIVENESS TO HIS GRACE AND HIS MERCY AND A 11:22 NEW HEART WITHIN, TO LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. 11:27 >>BILL: IF I'M CORRECT, I THINK THE BIBLE SOMETIMES 11:28 DESCRIBES THAT SEPARATION FROM GOD AS REBELLION. 11:31 >>PASTOR MATTHEW: YES. 11:32 >>BILL:.WHICH IS WAR, IS CONFLICT. >>PASTOR TONY: 11:34 ABSOLUTELY. AND WHEN YOU OFFEND SOMEBODY, YOU STAND 11:41 IN ENMITY TO THAT PERSON. 11:42 I MEAN, IF I STAND UP TO YOU AND DO SOMETHING 11:45 OFFENSIVE TO YOU I HAVE ACTED AS AN ENEMY, NOT AS 11:46 A FRIEND. A FRIEND WOULD NEVER HURT YOU, WOULD DO 11:50 EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HELP AND TO PROTECT. SO, 11:56 WHEN WE OFFEND GOD WE HAVE ACTED AS HIS ENEMIES. 11:57 I LIKE THE POINT THAT MATTHEW MADE, IS THAT 12:03 WHILE WE WERE ENEMIES, CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS. 12:10 GOD IS A REALITY THAT HE WHO WAS THE OFFENDED PARTY 12:11 INITIATES.>>BILL: TAKES THE FIRST STEP. >>PASTOR 12:21 TONY:.TAKES THE FIRST STEP AND HE REACHES DOWN AND HE 12:25 SAYS, LET ME MAKE PEACE WITH YOU. WHAT AN EXAMPLE. 12:26 BECAUSE IT IS THE HUMAN NATURE THAT SAYS IF YOU 12:31 OFFEND ME, YOU'LL COME TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY. >>BILL: 12:36 RIGHT. >>PASTOR TONY: AND UNTIL YOU COME, I'M GOING 12:37 TO WAIT. I WILL NOT HATE YOU BUT I'LL WAIT BECAUSE 12:39 YOU OFFENDED ME. >>PASTOR MATTHEW: YEP. >>PASTOR 12:42 TONY: GOD SAYS, LOOK, I'LL COME. I'LL TAKE THE FIRST 12:43 AND THE SECOND, IN FACT, I'M GOING TO COME ALL THE 12:48 WAY FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH AND I'M GOING TO OPEN MY 12:53 ARMS WIDE, JUST TO SAY LET'S HAVE PEACE. >>BILL: 12:54 IT ALMOST SEEMS TO ME THAT SOMETIMES IT IS ALMOST 12:57 EASIER FOR OTHERS TO MAKE PEACE WITH GOD, THAN IT IS 13:03 TO MAKE PEACE WITH OUR FELLOW MAN. >>PASTOR TONY: 13:04 WELL, MAYBE BECAUSE WE DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND 13:11 THE MAGNITUDE OF OUR OFFENSE.>>BILL: TO GOD. 13:18 >>PASTOR TONY:.AGAINST GOD. >>BILL: RIGHT. RIGHT. 13:19 >>PASTOR TONY: WHEN GOD IS THE INNOCENT PARTY, THE 13:22 GIVER OF ALL PERFECT AND GOOD GIFTS, THE PROVIDER 13:28 AND SUSTAINER OF OUR LIVES, ONE WHO HAS ONLY 13:29 DONE GOOD TO US, AND WE OFFEND HIM.>>BILL: WE 13:34 STILL CHOOSE TO SPIT IN HIS FACE. >>PASTOR TONY: 13:37 YES. >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY: IT'S SUCH A TERRIBLE 13:38 THING THAT WE SHOULD GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE 13:41 MAGNITUDE OF HOW BAD IT IS TO OFFEND GOD. ONCE WE 13:48 REACH THAT UNDERSTANDING, THEN WE BECOME MORE 13:49 HUMBLE. >>BILL: YES. YES. 13:54 >>PASTOR TONY: AND WHEN CHRIST OFFERS US PEACE 13:55 WE ACCEPT IT WITH A TREMENDOUS SENSE 13:59 OF GRATITUDE.>>PASTOR MATTHEW: YES. >>PASTOR 14:02 TONY:.SAYING, I DON'T DESERVE THIS, BUT SINCE 14:03 YOU OFFERED, SINCE YOU INSIST, I THANK YOU AND 14:07 I RECEIVE IT. >>BILL: YOU SAID THE SECOND ONE WAS 14:11 PEACE WITH OUR.>>PASTOR TONY: WITH OUR OTHERS. 14:13 >>BILL:.FELLOW MAN. 14:16 >>PASTOR TONY: WITH OTHERS, YES. AND I THINK 14:17 IN THE LIFE OF EVERYBODY THERE HAS BEEN A TIME 14:21 WE HAD A CONFLICT WITH SOMEONE. MAYBE WE WERE NOT 14:22 THE GENERATORS OF THE CONFLICT, MAYBE WE WERE 14:23 BUT SOMEHOW THERE WAS CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER 14:27 PERSON AND WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS, CHRIST SAYS, 14:34 DON'T LEAVE IT AT THAT. 14:35 YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN 14:41 TALKING TERMS.>>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY:.SIMPLY 14:42 BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM AND, 14:44 EVENTHOUGH THEY MAY BE CLOSE RELATIVES, THEY 14:49 DON'T TALK ANYMORE. THEY HOLD THAT GRUDGE INSIDE, 14:50 THAT SENSE OF OFFENCE AND THEY WILL NOT COME 14:56 AND MAKE PEACE WITH THE OTHER AND CHRIST, IN THIS 15:03 SERMON, HE ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF PEACEMAKING WITH 15:04 FELLOW HUMANS. IN FACT, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT 15:09 BRINGING YOUR OFFERING TO THE ALTER.>>BILL: OH YES, 15:15 YES. ABSOLUTELY. >>PASTOR TONY:.IF YOU BRING YOUR 15:16 OFFERING AND YOU REMEMBER - HOW COULD YOU FORGET 15:21 - IF YOU REMEMBER THAT SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING 15:27 AGAINST YOU, LEAVE IT THERE AND GO MAKE PEACE 15:28 AND THEN ONCE YOU ARE RECONCILED WITH THE 15:32 ONE WITH WHOM YOU HAD A DIFFERENCE THEN COME AND 15:37 ENJOY THE PEACE THAT I AM OFFERING TO YOU. FAMILIES, 15:38 SOCIETIES WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER IF WE ALL 15:44 WERE PEACEMAKING PEOPLE >>BILL: WOW. ANYTHING TO 15:50 ADD TO THAT, MATT? 15:51 >>PASTOR MATTHEW: I THINK WHEN WE CONSIDER THE 15:55 CONFLICTS WE FACE WITH OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 15:56 AS PASTOR BUENO MENTIONED, IT'S PART OF LIFE, I KNOW 16:02 PERSONALLY I DON'T LIKE CONFLICTS AND I'D LIKE TO 16:08 AVOID IT ALL COST BUT IT HAPPENS. AND WE HAVE TO 16:09 DEAL WITH IT AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, COME FACE TO 16:15 FACE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HAD CONFLICT WITH. 16:18 BUT, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO, ESPECIALLY 16:20 AS CHRISTIANS WHO'VE EXPERIENCE THE GRACE AND 16:23 MERCY OF GOD, WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT SAME GRACE AND 16:27 MERCY TO THOSE THAT WE ENCOUNTER. AND RECOGNIZE 16:28 THAT WE WERE NOT TREATED AS WE DESERVED AND 16:33 SOMETIMES IT'S NECESSARY TO TREAT OTHERS THE SAME 16:36 WAY, WITH LOVE EVEN WHEN THEIR UNLOVING. AND, 16:38 YOU KNOW, I THINK OF THE LORD'S PRAYER WHICH 16:42 FOLLOWS THIS CHAPTER, CHAPTER SIX OF THE GOSPEL 16:47 OF MATTHEW. THE ONLY PORTION OF THE LORD'S 16:48 PRAYER UPON WHICH COMMENTARY IS OFFERED 16:51 IS THAT VERSE THAT SAYS, "FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS 16:57 WE FORGIVE OTHERS". 16:58 CHRIST OFFERS COMMENTARY SAYING THAT IF WE DO NOT 17:01 FORGIVE OTHERS THEIR DEBTS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL 17:02 NOT FORGIVE US. SO, IT'S EXPECTED OF US THAT THE 17:06 SAME LOVE AND GRACE AND MERCY THAT'S BEEN SHOWN TO 17:11 US WILL BE SHOWN EVEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE OFFENDED 17:12 US. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT PEACE 17:16 CAN BE MADE. >>PASTOR TONY: AND THERE IS SUCH A 17:19 FEELING OF HEALING.>>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY:.THAT 17:20 TAKES PLACE WHEN ONE MAKES PEACE WITH ANOTHER. WITH 17:24 GOD, BECAUSE SUDDENLY WE ARE AGAIN FRIENDS. I HAD 17:32 TURNED AGAINST HIM, NOW I AM JOINING HANDS. I FEEL 17:33 THE HAND OF GOD IN MIND. 17:38 WITH OTHERS BECAUSE THAT TENSION AND THAT 17:39 SEPARATION THAT CAME IN BETWEEN THEM IS NOW 17:44 ELIMINATED. WE CAN PUT OUR ARMS AROUND AND BE FRIENDS 17:49 AGAIN. >>BILL: GO AHEAD. 17:50 >>PASTOR TONY: YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT A THIRD 17:55 DIMENSION OF PEACE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, I THINK 17:56 IN THE 21ST CENTURY IS BECOMING MORE BETTER 18:00 UNDERSTOOD THAN EVER BEFORE, IS PEACE WITH 18:04 NATURE. >>BILL: YES. 18:05 >>PASTOR TONY: WE, THE HUMAN RACE, HAS DONE 18:11 TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO THIS WORLD. WE KNOW THAT 18:12 SPILLS, OIL SPILLS DAMAGE COASTAL AREAS.>>BILL: YES. 18:21 >>PASTOR TONY:.AND THAT SMOG THAT POLLUTES THE AIR 18:27 OF CITIES AND THAT TRASH AND RUBBISH ACCUMULATES 18:28 IN LANDFILLS TO THE POINT THAT COUNTRIES HAVE TO 18:34 EXPORT THEIR TRASH TO OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE 18:37 THEY CANNOT CONTAIN IT ANYMORE. AND THIS WORLD 18:38 IS BEING DESTROYED BY CARELESS HUMAN BEINGS. 18:43 >>PASTOR MATTHEW: YES. 18:44 >>PASTOR TONY: IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT WE, AS 18:47 CHRISTIANS, BECOME THE PROCLAIMERS OF PEACE TO 18:51 THE WORLD. TO TREAT THE WORLD IN A FRIENDLY 18:52 MANNER, NOT AS ENEMIES OF GOD'S CREATION. >>BILL: 19:01 IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT DOESN'T, AT LEAST TO MY 19:05 UNDERSTANDING; IT'S NOT A LOT OF CHRISTIANS THAT 19:06 LEAD THAT MOVEMENT. BUT GOD HAS PLACED US HERE 19:11 AND ASKED US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF WHAT HE HAS 19:15 PLACED HERE. AND WE HAVE VIOLATED THAT. WE ONLY 19:16 HAVE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES LEFT BUT I'D LIKE 19:20 TO GO BACK TO THE FOURTH COMPONENT.>>PASTOR TONY: 19:23 YES. >>BILL:.AND PASTOR MATT YOU TOUCHED ON IT 19:24 EARLIER, WHICH IS PEACE, PEACE WITH YOURSELF. AND 19:26 I THINK, MAYBE FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF OUR VIEWERS THEY 19:31 ARE WRESTLING WITH SOMETHING. THEY DON'T FEEL 19:32 THAT INNER PEACE. WHAT DO THEY DO? >>PASTOR MATTHEW: 19:39 WELL, AGAIN, WE SPOKE ABOUT MAKING PEACE WITH 19:44 GOD. AND SOMETIMES A LOT OF THE PAIN WE EXPERIENCE 19:45 IS BECAUSE OF THE MISTAKES WE HAVE MADE AND THE SINS 19:53 WE HAVE COMMITTED. SHAME AND GUILT ARE ASSOCIATED 19:59 WITH SIN. ADAM AND EVE WHEN THEY SINNED, THEY 20:00 HID FROM GOD AND THEY WERE ASHAMED. ASHAMED THAT THEY 20:05 WERE NAKED AND ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. AND I THINK 20:10 FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY HAVEN'T EXPERIENCE THE 20:12 FORGIVENESS OF GOD OR TRULY, BY FAITH, BELIEVE 20:16 THAT GOD HAS FORGIVEN THEM AND CAST THEIR SINS INTO 20:21 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. 20:22 YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN HEAR IT SAID THAT OUR SINS HAVE 20:25 BEEN CAST INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA BUT WE 20:26 GO FISHING.>>BILL: RIGHT. 20:28 >>PASTOR MATTHEW:.AND WE BRING THEM BACK. SO WE 20:29 NEED TO BE WILLING TO LET GO AND LET GOD. AND 20:33 I THINK THAT THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN WE'RE 20:37 EXPERIENCING CONFLICT AND DIFFICULTIES AND TRIALS 20:38 AND TEMPTATIONS WE HAVE TO USE GOD'S ANTIDOTE TO 20:41 DESPAIR AND THAT'S PRAYER PRAYER IS THE ANTIDOTE TO 20:48 DESPAIR. PHILLIPIANS CHAPTER FOUR, VERSES 20:49 SIX TO SEVEN, PAUL SAYS, 21:14 PRAY IS THE VEHICLE. WHE WE CAN - THROUGH WHICH 21:15 WE CAN DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THIS 21:17 LIFE AND EXPERIENCE PEACE, EVENTHOUGH ON THE OUTSIDE 21:21 THINGS MAY BE ROUGH. 21:22 >>PASTOR TONY: YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THIS TEXT OF THE 21:29 BEATITUDE I BELIEVE CHRIST HAS ENCLOSED AN ANSWER 21:30 TO THE LONGING FOR INNER PEACE THAT MANY OF US HAVE 21:37 AND THAT PERTAINS TO A NEW SENSE OF IDENTITY. MANY 21:46 HUMAN BEINGS SUFFER OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM. >>BILL: YEAH. 21:47 >>PASTOR TONY: AND THAT LOW SELF-ESTEEM DEPRESSES 21:54 ANYONE. FEELING WORTHLESS, AIMLESS, WITHOUT A PURPOSE 22:05 IN LIFE, MAYBE THINKING NOBODY CARES ABOUT ME, 22:06 SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE RELATIVES OR A FAMILY TO 22:12 CALL THEIR OWN, THEY FEEL REJECTED, HERE GOD SAYS, 22:18 YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD. YOU'RE THE 22:19 DAUGHTER OF GOD. YOU ARE MY CHILD. YOU 22:26 WANT SELF-ESTEEM, WELL, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU WITH 22:31 INDESCRIBABLE LOVE. 22:32 >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY: YOU ARE PRECIOUS TO 22:34 ME. I CAME DOWN TO SAVE YOU. AND SO, FEEL THE 22:36 LOVE, FEEL THE PEACE THAT THAT SENSE OF BELONGING TO 22:43 GOD CAN BRING. SUDDENLY, A BURDEN IS LIFTED UP. I 22:50 HAVE A NEW IDENTITY. 22:51 >>BILL: YES. >>PASTOR TONY:.AS A CHILD OF GOD. 22:53 >>BILL: GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THOSE INSIGHTS 22:54 YOU KNOW, A CHRISTIAN TO ME IS MORE THAN SOMEONE 22:59 WHO SAYS HE MADE A DECISION AT ONE TIME, 23:04 WALKED DOWN AN AISLE, RAISED HIS HAND, SIGNED 23:05 A CARD, OR TALKED TO A COUNSELLOR. A CHRISTIAN 23:08 IS SOMEONE WHO IS POOR IN SPIRIT, MEEK BEFORE GOD, 23:13 HUNGERS AND THIRSTS FOR GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, HAS 23:14 BEEN SHOWN MERCY BY GOD AND HAS A CORRESPONDING 23:19 DESIRE TO SHOW THAT MERCY TO OTHERS, PURITY OF HEART 23:24 AND PEACEMAKING ALSO MARK THE CHRISTIAN. THOSE ARE 23:26 THE QUALITIES THAT JESUS SAID MARKED THE CITIZENS 23:30 OF HIS KINGDOM. TO BE CALLED THE SON OF GOD IS 23:34 TRULY A TREMEMDOUS PRIVILEDGE. I'M A FATHER 23:36 AND I LOVE MY CHILDREN MORE THAN I LOVE MY 23:41 HOUSE. GOD'S HOUSE IS THIS UNIVERSE, YET, HE LOVES 23:46 YOU AND ME MORE THAN THAT. 23:47 JACOB PRIZED HIS SON, BENJAMIN, MORE THAN ANY OF 23:53 HIS POSSESSIONS AND GOD'S GREAT LOVE IS BOUND UP 23:54 WITH THOSE OF US WHO ARE HIS CHILDREN. GOD HAS A 23:59 PERSONAL AND ETERNAL LOVE FOR THOSE WHO ARE HIS OWN. 24:05 HE BEARS WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, OUR SIN, 24:06 ACCEPTS OUR IMPERFECT SERVICE, PROVIDES FOR OUR 24:11 NEEDS, SHIELDS US FROM DANGER. HE HAS REVEALED 24:15 HIS TRUTHS TO US AND HE HAS MADE YOU AND I 24:16 HEIRS TO EVERYTHING HE POSSESSES. HE WORKS 24:21 EVERYTHING FOR OUR GOOD AND WILL ACCEPT US INTO 24:25 HEAVEN. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT GOD DOES FOR 24:26 HIS CHILDREN. PEACEMAKERS, THEY ARE INDEED BLESSED. 24:32 IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT PEACE WITH GOD INEVITABLY 24:40 RESULTS IN WAR WITH THE WORLD. LET ME ASK YOU 24:41 SOMETHING. ARE YOU AT PEACE WITH GOD? OR ARE YOU 24:45 AT PEACE WITH THE WORLD YOU NEED TO ANSWER THAT 24:51 QUESTION. PASTOR MATTHEW, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR OUR 24:52 VIEWERS. >>PASTOR MATTHEW: GLADLY. OUR LOVING, 24:58 HEAVENLY FATHER, WE KNOW IN YOUR WORDS THAT IT SAYS 25:04 THAT YOU ARE THE EVERLASTING FATHER AND 25:05 PRINCE OF PEACE. AND WE PRAY, DEAR LORD, THAT YOU 25:12 WILL FILL OUR HEARTS WITH PEACE THAT WE MAY HAVE 25:16 PEACE WITH IN, PEACE WITH OUT, WITH OUR FELLOW MAN, 25:17 THAT WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE PEACE WITH YOU. HELP, DEAR 25:22 LORD, THAT WE WILL PUT ASIDE OUR SELFISHNESS AND 25:27 THAT WE WILL SEEK TO DO YOUR WILL AND TRUST WITH 25:28 ALL THINGS. FOR WE ASK IT ALL IN THE PRECIOUS 25:35 NAME OF JESUS. 25:36 AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN. 25:39 (MUSIC) 25:55 >>BILL: YOU KNOW, THE DISCOVER BIBLE COURSE IS 25:56 A VERY EASY AND EFFECTIVE WAY OF YOU GETTING TO 25:59 LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT GOD'S WORD. IF IS A COURSE 26:04 THAT IS OFFERED BY "IT IS WRITTEN". IT IS FREE OF 26:05 CHARGE AND YOU CAN ENROLL TODAY. HERE'S THE 26:09 INFORMATION YOU NEED TO BEGIN YOUR COURSE OF STUDY 26:14 RIGHT NOW. 27:14 >>BILL: WELL, GENTLEMEN, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF 27:15 ANOTHER PROGRAM. THAT TIME JUST ZIPS RIGHT PAST. 27:16 THANK YOU PASTOR BUENO. 27:17 >>PASTOR TONY: THANK YOU. 27:20 >>BILL: THANK YOU PASTOR MATTHEW. >>PASTOR MATTHEW: 27:21 NO PROBLEM. >>BILL: WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING 27:23 WITH US. AND THANK YOU, OUR DEDICATED VIEWERS, 27:26 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE. LET ME REMIND 27:27 YOU, AGAIN, OF THE WEBSITE ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 27:28 THERE YOU CAN SEND A PRAYER REQUEST; YOU CAN 27:30 COMMENT ON OUR PROGRAMS, IF YOU FEEL SO MOVED YOU 27:31 CAN SEND US A DONATION. 27:37 YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE HELP OF ALL OUR VIEWERS TO KEEP 27:38 THIS PROGRAM ON THE AIR. 27:42 WELL, OUR GOAL IS TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK 27:43 I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US. 27:47 WE'LL BE PRAYING THAT YOU DO. 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