>>BILL: DURING CHINA'S
BOXER REBELLION OF 1900,
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INSURGENTS CAPTURED A
MISSION STATION, BLOCKED
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ALL THE GATES BUT ONE,
AND IN FRONT OF THAT ONE GATE
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PLACED A CROSS FLAT ON
THE GROUND. THEN THE WORD
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WAS PASSED TO THOSE
INSIDE THAT ANY WHO TRAMPLED THE
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CROSS UNDERFOOT WOULD
BE PERMITTED THEIR FREEDOM
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AND LIFE, BUT THAT ANY
REFUSING WOULD BE SHOT.
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TERRIBLY FRIGHTENED,
THE FIRST SEVEN STUDENTS
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TRAMPLED THE CROSS
UNDER THEIR FEET AND WERE
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ALLOWED TO GO FREE.
BUT THE EIGHTH STUDENT, A
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YOUNG GIRL, REFUSED TO
COMMIT THE SACRILEGIOUS
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ACT. KNEELING BESIDE
THE CROSS IN PRAYER FOR
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STRENGTH, SHE AROSE
AND MOVED CAREFULLY AROUND
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THE CROSS, AND WENT OUT
TO FACE THE FIRING SQUAD.
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STRENGTHENED BY HER
EXAMPLE, EVERY ONE OF THE
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REMAINING NINETY-TWO
STUDENTS FOLLOWED HER
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TO THE FIRING SQUAD.
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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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MATTHEW 5: 10 SAYS:
"BLESSED ARE THEY WHO
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ARE PERSECUTED FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE; FOR
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THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN." HE WHO LIVES OUT
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THE BEATITUDES
WILL BE A PEACEMAKER YET
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RECEIVE PERSECUTION.
THE CHRISTIAN, BY TRYING
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TO MAKE PEACE, STIRS
UP STRIFE AND THAT IS WHAT
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CAUSES HIM TO BE
PERSECUTED. BELIEVERS ARE
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PEACEMAKERS TO THOSE
THEY HELP MAKE PEACE WITH GOD.
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THEY ARE TROUBLEMAKERS
TO THOSE WHO DO NOT RESPOND
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TO THEIR EFFORTS.
THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
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BEATITUDES DELINEATE
WHAT CHARACTERIZES KINGDOM
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CITIZENS MAY FEEL
INADEQUATE. A PERSON WHO
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LIVES OUT THE BEATITUDES
CAN SEEM A LITTLE TOO GOOD
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TO BE TRUE. THE BEATITUDES
CAN MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
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ARE LOOKING AT SOMEONE
ON A STAINED-GLASS WINDOW OR
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AT A PLASTER SAINT. OUR
NATURAL REACTION IS, "NO
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ONE LIVES THAT WAY IN
DAY-TO-DAY LIFE!" NO ONE
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COULD FULFILL ALL THOSE
INCREDIBLE CHARACTERISTICS
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ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.
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BUT GOD DOESN'T DEAL
WITH STAINED-GLASS SAINTS AND
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PLASTER FACSIMILES. IN
THE BEATITUDES JESUS PRESENTED
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AN IDEAL PORTRAIT OF
THE BELIEVER--GOD DOESN'T
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LOWER HIS STANDARDS TO
ACCOMMODATE SINFUL MAN.
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INSTEAD HE HANDS ALL
CHRISTIANS OVER TO CHRIST,
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WHO ENABLES THEM TO
MEET GOD'S STANDARDS. ALL WHO
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BELONG TO CHRIST'S
KINGDOM WILL DEMONSTRATE THE
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ATTITUDES MENTIONED IN
MATTHEW 5:3-12, AND ONLY
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THEY ARE TRULY HAPPY. AT
FIRST YOU MAY DEMONSTRATE
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THEM ONLY MINIMALLY--BUT
THEY ARE ALL THERE. AS
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TIME PASSES THEY SHOULD
INCREASINGLY CHARACTERIZE
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YOUR LIFE. AND AS
THAT OCCURS, THERE WILL
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INEVITABLY BE PAIN AND
SUFFERING. YOU WILL BE A
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PEACEMAKER BUT THE
WORLD WILL VIEW YOU
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AS A TROUBLEMAKER.
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>>BILL: THAT BRINGS US
TO OUR STUDY OF TODAY'S
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BEATITUDE WITH OUR TWO
GUESTS. PASTOR TONY BUENO
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IS BACK. PASTOR WELCOME
BACK. >>PASTOR TONY: THANK
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YOU BILL. IT'S GOOD TO
BE HERE. >>BILL: GOOD. WE'RE
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GLAD TO HAVE YOU
AND WE ALWAYS VALUE YOUR
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INSIGHTS. PASTOR ALLAN
CHICHESTER IS HERE WITH
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US. HOW ARE YOU PASTOR
ALLAN? >>PASTOR ALLAN: I'M
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GOOD. I'M GOOD. >>BILL:
YOU'RE GOOD. YOU ARE BACK.
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YOU WERE WITH US ALSO
WHEN WE DID OUR SERIES ON THE
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TEN COMMANDMENTS, WERE
YOU NOT? >>PASTOR ALLAN: YES.
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>>BILL: WELL WELCOME BACK.
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>>PASTOR ALLAN: THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. I'M HAPPY TO
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BE HERE AND TO BE SITTING
WITH YOU AND DOCTOR BUENO.
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>>BILL: WELL WONDERFUL.
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ALLAN, TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU AND WHERE
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YOU'RE PASTORING RIGHT
NOW. >>PASTOR ALLAN: WELL
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I'M PASTOR ALLAN
CHICHESTER. I'M THE SENIOR
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PASTOR OF THE TORONTO
WEST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
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CHURCH. >>BILL: WHERE IS
THAT? >>PASTOR ALLAN: IT'S
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LOCATED IN THE CITY
OF ETOBICOKE, 1621 ALBION
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ROAD. IT'S A CONGREGATION
OF OVER 1000 MEMBERS. YOU
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KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY GREETINGS TO ALL THOSE
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FROM THE CHURCH WHO
ARE LOOKING INTO THIS TIME
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WITH US AS WE SHARE
THIS IMPORTANT BEATITUDE.
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>>BILL: WONDERFUL. AND
YOU GUYS MEET THERE SATURDAY
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MORNINGS, 9:30 AND 11:00.
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>>PASTOR ALLAN: YES.
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SATURDAY MORNINGS,
9:30 AND 11:00 WOULD BE OUR
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REGULAR SERVICE TIME.
WE ALSO HAVE A PRAYER TIME
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CALLED POWER HOUR ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7:00
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PM FROM 7:00 PM TO 8:00
PM EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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>>BILL: WONDERFUL. SO
THE FOLKS IN ETOBICOKE CAN GO
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AND CHECK THAT OUT THERE.
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>>PASTOR ALLAN: SURE.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO PRAY WITH THEM
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AND FOR THEM AND TO
MINISTER TO THEM. >>BILL:
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WELL, WE'RE COMING DOWN
TO THE END AND WE'RE NOW -
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THESE LAST FEW VERSES
HERE ARE, ARE REALLY SOMETHING,
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RIGHT? IN THAT, AT
LEAST AT FIRST READ, IT SEEMS
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TO SAY, BOY, YOU DO
ALL OF THESE THINGS HERE
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AND AS A RESULT YOU GET
PERSECUTION. YOU GET THE
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WORLD SAYING, HEY,
THAT'S NOT, WE DON'T LIKE THAT
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WHY? >>PASTOR TONY:
YOU KNOW, AS WE READ THIS
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TEXT IT'S ALMOST AS IF
ONE COULD SEE CHRIST'S FACE
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GROWING SOMBER. SO FAR
I WANT TO PICTURE JESUS
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WITH A BEAUTIFUL SMILE
AND SAYING, 'BLESSED ARE THE
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MEEK'AND 'BLESSED ARE THE
PEACEMAKERS' AND THERE WAS
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A TREMENDOUS JOY COMING
OUT OF HIS EXPRESSION BUT
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NOW HE THINKS OF
THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO PAY
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A PRICE FOR FOLLOWING
THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS GOSPEL.
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AND, INEVITABLY HE BECOMES
MORE SOMBER. HE BECOMES -
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AN AIR OF SOLEMNITY
COVERS HIM BECAUSE WHAT HE'S
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GOING TO ADDRESS HERE
IN VERSE 10 AND LATER ON IN
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VERSES 11 AND 12 IS
REALLY THE PRICE OF DISCIPLESHIP
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>>BILL: OKAY. YES.
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>>PASTOR TONY: HE HAS
DESCRIBED HIS ETHICAL,
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THEOLOGICAL, RELIGIOUS
PLATFORM AND HE SAYS THIS
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IS WHAT I AM PROPOSING
THIS IS HOW I UNDERSTAND
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MY KINGDOM TO BE. THESE
ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
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KINGDOM. BUT, NOW, HE
SAYS THERE MIGHT BE A PRICE
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ATTACHED TO IT. AND THAT
PRICE TAG MAY BE HIGH, IN
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FACT, IT MIGHT BE AS HIGH
AS YOUR LIFE. NOW, ARE YOU
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PREPARED TO FACE THE
COST OF BEING A DISCIPLE
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OF JESUS? THAT QUESTION
IS SO FUNDAMENTAL THAT IT HAS
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BEEN CONFRONTING EVERYONE
THROUGHOUT THE 2000 YEARS
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OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY
WHOEVER CLAIMED TO ACCEPT
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CHRIST AS HIS OR HER
SAVIOUR AND LORD. AM I
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REALLY WILLING TO SERVE
AND FOLLOW HIM NO MATTER
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WHAT, EVEN AT THE
COST OF MY LIFE? THAT IS
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FUNDAMENTAL. >>BILL:
IT'S THE TAKE UP YOUR CROSS,
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TAKE UP THE CROSS AND
FOLLOW ME EVEN UNTO DEATH
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IF THAT, IF THAT IS
THE CALL, ISN'T IT? WHY?
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WHY DOES THIS
CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE RECEIVE SUCH
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ANGER AND SUCH WRATH
FROM THE WORLD? >>PASTOR
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ALLAN: WELL I THINK
THAT, CONTEXTUALLY, IF WE LOOK
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BACK AT THE AUDIENCE THAT
JESUS IS SPEAKING TO. IT'S
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AN AUDIENCE THAT EXPECTS
A MESIANIC KINGDOM. IT'S AN
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AUDIENCE THAT IS CULTURED
IN THE CONTEXT OF EXTERNAL
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RIGHTEOUSNESS. JESUS
COMES AND HE PAINTS A DIFFERENT
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PICTURE OF THE KINGDOM IN
THIS, HIS SECOND SERMON OR
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WHAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER
HIS TRUANT SPEECH. AND HE
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OUTLINES THE WAY
INTO THE KINGDOM AND THE
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM
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AND IT IS DIAMETRICALLY
OPPOSED TO WHAT HAS BEEN
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PROPOSED BY THE PHAROSIES
AND SCRIBES FOR MANY, MANY
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YEARS. SO, RIGHT AWAY IF
ONE IS TO FOLLOW JESUS AND
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TO FOLLOW HIS WAY INTO
HIS KINGDOM IT CREATES A KIND
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OF A SEPARATION IN TERMS
OF THE SOCIETAL PERCEPTION
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AS TO WHO THIS PERSON
IS BECAUSE HERE IS SOMEONE
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WHO IS HUMBLE;
HERE IS SOMEONE WHO
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IS A PEACEMAKER; HERE IS
SOMEONE WHO IS, WHO HAS A
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PURE HEART, NOT BECAUSE
OF EXTERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS
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BUT BECAUSE OF
INTERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS GIVEN BY
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JESUS CHRIST THROUGH
THE INDWELLING POWER OF THE
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HOLY SPIRIT. AND
THAT SEPARATION OF ITSELF
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CREATES A CHALLENGE TO
OUR SOCIETY. AND SO ONCE
00:09:02.00\00:09:06.73
ONE DECIDES TO FOLLOW
JESUS THERE IS WHAT IS
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CONSIDERED A PRICE OR
THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIPAND
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THAT COST IS DEMONSTRATED
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
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IN SEVERAL PASSAGES. YOU
KNOW, PASSAGES IN THE BOOK
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OF ACTS, FOR EXAMPLE,
AND IN 1PETER, THAT THOSE
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INDEED WHO FOLLOW CHRIST'S
WAY OF THINKING AND LIVED
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AS CITIZENS OF THE
KINGDOM DID PAY A PRICE. >>BILL:
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SO THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
HAD, SORT OF, CONDITIONED
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THE FOLKS TO THINK,
WELL, THE MESIAH'S GOING TO
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COME, HE'S GOING TO
BRING AN END OF OCCUPATION, AN
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END TO PERSECUTION AND
NOW HERE'S JESUS SAYING, NO,
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NO, NO, NOW WAIT A SECOND.
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NO, IN TERMS OF - YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET
00:09:44.66\00:09:45.66
IN TERMS OF PERSECUTION.
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>>PASTOR TONY: YOU
KNOW, BELIEVERS WERE BEING
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PERSECUTED BY THE
ROMANS, BY THE OCCUPYING POWER,
00:09:49.16\00:09:53.73
BUT NOW CHRIST IS TALKING
TO HIS FOLLOWERS AND HE'S
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SAYING TO THEM, PEOPLE,
NOT JUST UNBELIEVERS, NOT
00:09:58.53\00:09:59.56
JUST PAGANS, ROMANS, BUT
EVEN FROM OUR OWN CULTURAL
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CONTEXT MAY PERSECUTE
YOU AND SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T
00:10:06.00\00:10:11.93
KNOW THE LIFE OF JESUS
WELL MAY SAY, WELL, HOW
00:10:11.93\00:10:12.93
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT?
00:10:12.93\00:10:16.40
YOU JUST BEGAN YOUR
MINISTRY. YOU KNOW, YOU
00:10:16.40\00:10:17.36
ARE NOW, IN MATTHEW 5,
STARTING IN YOUR PREACHING
00:10:17.36\00:10:20.16
CAREER, SO, HOW CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT PERSECUTION?
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HAVE YOU FELT IT YET? AT
THE END OF YOUR LIFE, YES,
00:10:25.43\00:10:26.46
WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE
SO MANY ATTEMPTS, WELL, LET'S
00:10:26.46\00:10:30.73
NOT FORGET WHAT
HAPPENED TO JESUS BEFORE THAT.
00:10:30.73\00:10:35.70
BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO
LUKE, CHAPTER FOUR AND
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THAT IS A PASSAGE THAT
CHRONOLOGICALLY PRECEDES
00:10:36.63\00:10:41.70
THE ONE THAT WE ARE
READING ABOUT, IN LUKE,
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CHAPTER FOUR,
JESUS PREACHES HIS FIRST
00:10:49.63\00:10:50.46
SERMON AND THAT IS AT
THE SYNOGOGUE IN NAZARETH.
00:10:50.46\00:10:54.86
>>BILL: OKAY. >>PASTOR
TONY: ALL RIGHT. SO, THIS
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IS BEFORE THE SERMON
ON THE MOUNT IN LUKE THE
00:10:57.90\00:10:58.83
SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS IN
CHAPTER SIX. SO, WE ARE IN
00:10:58.83\00:11:02.73
CHAPTER FOUR. NOW,
CHRIST IS HERE IN THE SYNOGOGUE
00:11:02.73\00:11:06.30
IN NAZARETH IN THE
TOWN WHERE HE GREW UP AND
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HE PREACHES THE FAMOUS SERMON,
00:11:07.26\00:11:11.63
"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
IS UPON ME BECAUSE HE HAS
00:11:13.46\00:11:14.50
ANNOINTED ME", ETC.
AND THE INITIAL REACTION IS
00:11:14.50\00:11:16.30
VERY POSITIVE BUT THEN
THE PEOPLE IN THE SYNOGOGUE,
00:11:16.30\00:11:19.00
THE LEADERS, THE RELIGIOUS
LEADERS OF HIS TIME TURN
00:11:19.00\00:11:20.13
AGAINST HIM TO THE
POINT THAT WHEN WE GO TO
00:11:20.13\00:11:26.16
VERSE 28 TO 30
THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS.
00:11:26.16\00:11:32.16
SO CHRIST HAD
ALREADY BEGAN, FROM THE VERY
00:11:52.53\00:11:53.46
FIRST SERMON, HE BEGAN
TO EXPERIENCE PERSECUTION.
00:11:53.46\00:11:56.96
NOT JUST LIKE PERSECUTION,
IT WAS A LIFE THREAT.
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PEOPLE WERE READY TO KILL
HIM THE MOMENT HE PREACHED
00:11:59.96\00:12:01.10
HIS FIRST SERMON. SO,
IT'S WITH THAT BACKGROUND IN
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MIND THAT HE SAYS, NOW,
BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN YOU
00:12:07.13\00:12:09.90
ARE PERSECUTED BECAUSE
OF ME. HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS
00:12:09.90\00:12:10.93
TALKING ABOUT. >>BILL:
THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
00:12:10.93\00:12:17.83
THIS - THE TYPES OF
PERSECUTION THAT HE MAKES
00:12:17.83\00:12:25.66
REFERENCE HERE TO,
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING
00:12:25.66\00:12:26.66
ABOUT ATTEMPTS TO,
DEATH THREATS, RIGHT? I MEAN,
00:12:26.66\00:12:36.90
SOMETIMES THIS
PERSECUTION IS A LITTLE BIT LESS
00:12:36.90\00:12:40.16
SUBTLE, NOT
NECESSARILY LESS PAINFUL BUT CAN
00:12:40.16\00:12:41.13
BE MORE SUBTLE, RIGHT?
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>>PASTOR ALLAN: YES.
00:12:45.36\00:12:45.83
THERE ARE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF PERSECUTION. THERE'S
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VERBAL PERSECUTION.
00:12:49.16\00:12:49.76
THERE'S PERSECUTION
BY SEPARATION. I WAS
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FORTUNATE TO HAVE MET A
YOUNG LADY, FOR EXAMPLE,
00:12:53.96\00:12:54.96
WHO CONVERTED TO
CHRISTIANITY FROM ONE OF
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THE OTHER WORLD
RELIGIONS AND BECAUSE OF THE
00:12:59.46\00:13:03.16
CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF
HER PREVIOUS RELGION HER
00:13:03.16\00:13:04.10
PARENTS ASKED HER TO
LEAVE THE HOME AT A VERY TENDER
00:13:04.10\00:13:09.40
AGE DURING HER TEENS.
SO, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES
00:13:09.40\00:13:13.36
OF PERSECUTION. THERE'S
PERSECUTION, FOR EXAMPLE,
00:13:13.36\00:13:14.40
WHERE ONE COULD BE
EMPLOYED BUT BECAUSE ONE
00:13:14.40\00:13:18.83
IS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS
CHRIST, ONE IS PERCEIVED
00:13:18.83\00:13:21.70
IN A DIFFERENT WAY AS
NOT PARTAKING OF THOSE THINGS
00:13:21.70\00:13:22.73
OFFERED BY THAT EMPLOYER
AND SO THAT PERSON COULD
00:13:22.73\00:13:28.46
BE RELIEVED OF HIS OR
HER EMPLOYMENT. SO THERE ARE
00:13:28.46\00:13:32.46
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PERSECUTION. THERE'S
00:13:32.46\00:13:33.33
PHYSICAL
PERSECUTION, VERBAL PERSECUTION,
00:13:33.33\00:13:35.20
PERSECUTION BY SEPARATION
AND THIS CONTEXTUALLY IS
00:13:35.20\00:13:41.03
SEEN IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS WHERE THE DISCIPLES, IN
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FACT, ACTS CHAPTER
EIGHT AND VERSE ONE IS A VERY
00:13:42.03\00:13:46.16
INTERESTING TEXT AND I
WOULD ASK DOCTOR BUENO TO
00:13:46.16\00:13:51.10
SHARE THAT TEXT WITH US
AND POSSIBLY THE CONTEXT
00:13:51.10\00:13:52.10
OF THAT TEXT, YOU
KNOW, THAT DEMONSTRATED
00:13:52.10\00:13:55.63
HOW PERSECUTION ACTUALLY
BEGAN IN THE EARLY CHURCH.
00:13:55.63\00:13:59.43
>>PASTOR TONY: NOW,
ACTUALLY WE COME TO THIS
00:13:59.43\00:14:00.56
TEXT AFTER READING THE
STORY OF THE MARTYRDOM OF
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STEVEN. THE FIRST,
LET'S SAY THE SECOND CHRISTIAN
00:14:04.66\00:14:10.86
MARTYR IF JOHN THE BAPTIST
WAS THE FIRST AND WE DON'T
00:14:10.86\00:14:11.96
COUNT JESUS THERE
BECAUSE HIS DEATH WAS
00:14:11.96\00:14:17.16
NOT A MARTYRDOM, IT WAS
A SACRIFICE WILLING OFFERED
00:14:17.16\00:14:21.20
FOR OUR SINS BUT
STEVEN WAS JUST STONED HERE.
00:14:21.20\00:14:22.20
AND RIGHT AFTER THE
STORY STOPPED WE HEAR THAT.
00:14:22.20\00:14:32.26
VERY INTERESTING THAT
IT PUTS IT THAT WAY BECAUSE
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN CHRIST
WAS ARRESTED OR WAS GOING
00:14:50.36\00:14:53.80
TO BE ARRESTED, HE SAID,
I WILL STRIKE THE SHEPHARD
00:14:53.80\00:14:57.50
AND THE SHEEP WILL RUN
AWAY. AND HE SAID TO THE
00:14:57.50\00:14:58.46
DISCIPLES, YOU ALL
WITH FLEE. AND THEY DID.
00:14:58.46\00:15:02.56
BUT THIS TIME, AFTER
PENTACOST, WHEN ALL THE
00:15:02.56\00:15:09.13
BELIEVERS RUN AWAY, THE
DISCIPLES STAY THERE. THEY
00:15:09.13\00:15:10.20
STAY IN JERUSALEM. THEY
HAVE FOUND THE STRENGTH TO
00:15:10.20\00:15:16.23
WITHSTAND THE TROUBLE
THAT WAS COMING THERE WAY. AND
00:15:16.23\00:15:20.83
THAT WAS A GREAT
PERSECUTION THAT BEGAN. IT
00:15:20.83\00:15:21.73
MARKED THE BEGINNING
OF A SERIES OF ATTEMPTS BY
00:15:21.73\00:15:25.70
THE STATE AGAINST
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH THAT
00:15:25.70\00:15:32.30
INCLUDED MOMENTS AS TRAGIC
AS THE BEHEADING OF JAMES,
00:15:32.30\00:15:33.50
ON THE THREE APOSTLES
AND THE INCARCERATION OF
00:15:33.50\00:15:42.76
PETER WHO MIRACULOUSLY
WAS FREED BY AN ANGEL. BUT THE
00:15:42.76\00:15:51.53
CHURCH BEGAN TO FEEL IN
ITS FLESH THE POWER OF THE
00:15:51.53\00:15:52.60
STATE PERSECUTING THEM.
00:15:52.60\00:16:00.60
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT
CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE
00:16:00.60\00:16:01.60
CHRISTIAN ERA. WHEN YOU,
WHEN YOU GO TO THE HISTORY
00:16:01.60\00:16:05.63
OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
IN THE EARLY CENTURIES, THE
00:16:05.63\00:16:10.40
FIRST, SECOND, THIRD,
FOURTH CENTURY, BASICALLY
00:16:10.40\00:16:11.40
UP UNTIL THE CONVERSION
OF CONSTANTINE IN 312. THERE
00:16:11.40\00:16:16.26
WERE A SERIES, WAVES OF
PERSECUTIONS AGAINST THE
00:16:16.26\00:16:23.06
CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND
IT WAS VERY METHODICALLY
00:16:23.06\00:16:24.00
CARRIED OUT BY THE ROMAN
EMPIRE. THEY WOULD COME TO
00:16:24.00\00:16:29.00
A CITY AND THE FIRST
THING THEY WOULD DO IS TO ARREST
00:16:29.00\00:16:33.70
THE LEADER OF THE
CHURCH IN THAT CITY. AND SEE IF
00:16:33.70\00:16:34.66
THEY COULD FORCE HIM
TO RECANT OR TO OFFER
00:16:34.66\00:16:39.53
SACRIFICES TO PAGAN GODS
IF THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SO
00:16:39.53\00:16:46.83
THEY KNEW HE WOULD
INFLUENCE THE BELIEVERS
00:16:46.83\00:16:47.76
>>BILL: RIGHT. >>PASTOR
TONY: PRAISE GOD THAT THE
00:16:47.76\00:16:52.73
MAJORITY, THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF THE LEADERS OF
00:16:52.73\00:16:57.00
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN
THOSE CENTURIES CHOSE TO
00:16:57.00\00:16:58.00
SUFFER FOR THEIR FAITH
AND GAVE A TESTIMONY BEFORE
00:16:58.00\00:17:02.13
THE CONGREGATION THAT
ENCOURAGED THE OTHERS TO
00:17:02.13\00:17:07.20
FOLLOW IN THEIR STEPS.
00:17:07.20\00:17:07.70
PEOPLE LIKE POLYCARP, WHO
WAS THE BISHOP OF THE CITY
00:17:07.70\00:17:15.10
OF SMYRNA, ONE OF THE
SEVEN CITIES OF THE BOOK
00:17:15.10\00:17:16.06
OF REVELATION AND WHO,
BEING AN OLD MAN, 86 YEARS
00:17:16.06\00:17:21.20
OLD, THE AGE OF MY FATHER
TODAY, HE WAS ARRESTED AND
00:17:21.20\00:17:27.10
WAS BROUGHT TO THE STAKE
TO BE BURNED ALIVE AND THE
00:17:27.10\00:17:28.23
AUTHORITIES SAID,
POLYCARP ? BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE.
00:17:28.23\00:17:34.30
IT'S NOT NICE TO BURN AN
OLD MAN ALIVE SO, PLEASE,
00:17:34.30\00:17:41.43
RECANT. AND HE SAYS,
HOW CAN I DO THAT? I HAVE
00:17:41.43\00:17:42.40
SERVED CHRIST AS MY
FRIEND FOR 86 YEARS. HE HAS
00:17:42.40\00:17:46.46
NEVER DONE ANY WRONG TO
ME NEVER DENIED ME. HOW COULD
00:17:46.46\00:17:49.80
I DO THAT TO HIM NOW? AND
SO HE WENT UP TO THE STAKE
00:17:49.80\00:17:50.86
AND FACED DEATH WITH A
SENSE OF PRIVILEDGE THAT
00:17:50.86\00:17:55.30
HE COULD SHARE IN
THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST.
00:17:55.30\00:18:03.13
>>BILL: I GUESS THAT'S
WHAT CAUSES SOME PEOPLE
00:18:03.13\00:18:04.26
TO LONG FOR THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH TO GO BACK TO THAT,
00:18:04.26\00:18:09.16
TO THAT FIRST LOVE OR
THAT PASSION. MAN O MAN, I
00:18:09.16\00:18:20.10
ALSO, I OFTEN
WONDER ABOUT, ARE THERE
00:18:20.10\00:18:20.90
CHRISTIANS ALIVE TODAY
THAT WHEN FACED WITH THE
00:18:20.90\00:18:25.83
SAME CHOICE STILL
CHOOSE THE STAKE OVER JESUS?
00:18:25.83\00:18:33.83
RATHER BE BURNED ALIVE
THAN BETRAY JESUS CHRIST
00:18:33.83\00:18:34.80
WHAT'S HAPPENED? >>PASTOR
ALLAN: I THINK THAT THERE
00:18:34.80\00:18:42.13
ARE MANY CHRISTIANS,
TODAY, THAT ARE ALIVE WHO
00:18:42.13\00:18:43.83
WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION.
00:18:43.83\00:18:44.36
WE LIVE IN A SO-CALLED
CHRISTIAN CONTEXT IN THE
00:18:44.36\00:18:49.26
WESTERN WORLD AND SO
OFTEN WE DON'T HEAR OF THESE
00:18:49.26\00:18:50.30
STORIES. BUT I THINK
FROM OBSERVING THE SIMPLE
00:18:50.30\00:18:56.20
FAITHFULNESS OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP
00:18:56.20\00:18:58.53
THEIR EMPLOYMENT FOR
CHRIST, THAT'S A MAJOR
00:18:58.53\00:18:59.43
DECISION.>>BILL: NO DOUBT.
00:18:59.43\00:19:03.13
ABSOLUTELY.
>>PASTOR ALLAN:.IN A TIME OF
00:19:03.13\00:19:04.03
RECESSION.>>BILL: YES.
00:19:04.03\00:19:06.36
>>PASTOR ALLAN:.THAT
ONE IS WILLING TO FOREGO
00:19:06.36\00:19:07.30
INCOME TO SUSTAIN
ONES FAMILY BECAUSE OF THE
00:19:07.30\00:19:09.43
CAUSE OF CHRIST. SO I DO
BELIEVE THAT IF IT WERE TO
00:19:09.43\00:19:15.03
HAPPEN NOW, YES, THERE
WOULD MANY FAITHFUL PEOPLE
00:19:15.03\00:19:16.06
WHO WOULD BE WILLING
TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES FOR
00:19:16.06\00:19:19.60
JESUS CHRIST. THERE IS
A CONTEXT ALSO IN THE TEXT
00:19:19.60\00:19:24.13
THAT I HEARD DR. BUENO
REFERENCE IN ONE OF THE
00:19:24.13\00:19:25.13
OTHER DISCUSSIONS IN
THAT EVERY SO OFTEN WE LOOK
00:19:25.13\00:19:29.50
AT THE WORD 'BLESSED' AS
A WORD THAT MEANS HAPPY. THE
00:19:29.50\00:19:34.03
WORD ALSO MEANS FORTUNATE.
00:19:34.03\00:19:34.60
SO THAT CHRIST PRESUPPOSES
THAT THOSE WHO SUFFER FOR
00:19:34.60\00:19:38.66
HIM ARE FORTUNATE. WHY
ARE THEY FORTUNATE? THEY'RE
00:19:38.66\00:19:39.73
FORTUNATE BECAUSE
THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
00:19:39.73\00:19:43.66
AND THAT NOT ONLY IS THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN GIVEN TO
00:19:43.66\00:19:48.30
THEM BUT GREAT WILL BE
THEIR REWARD IN THE KINDOM
00:19:48.30\00:19:49.33
OF HEAVEN. >>BILL: WOW.
00:19:49.33\00:19:53.26
>>PASTOR TONY: IT'S
INTERESTING, IN JOHN 15,
00:19:53.26\00:19:54.20
CHRIST IS ADDRESSING
THIS VERY ISSUE. AND IN VERSE
00:19:54.20\00:20:01.20
20, JOHN 15:20, HE SAYS
TO THE DISCIPLES AND HE SAID
00:20:01.20\00:20:11.70
THAT RIGHT BEFORE GOING
TO GETHSEMANE. OKAY, THIS
00:20:11.70\00:20:12.73
IS AT THE UPPER ROOM.
THEY JUST HAD THE LORD'S SUPPER
00:20:12.73\00:20:17.83
AND THEY ARE ABOUT TO
LEAVE FOR GETHSEMANE AND
00:20:17.83\00:20:20.86
HE SAYS TO THEM IN VERSE 20,
00:20:20.86\00:20:22.43
SO, CHRIST IS SAYING
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT
00:20:47.83\00:20:48.76
YOU ARE GOING TO SUFFER
PERSECUTION. IN FACT, IN
00:20:48.76\00:20:51.73
MATTHEW 24, HE REFERS TO
A TIME OF TROUBLE LIKE THERE
00:20:51.73\00:20:59.33
WAS NEVER BEFORE FROM
THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
00:20:59.33\00:21:00.43
SO, THOSE OF US WHO LIVE
TODAY IN THE WESTERN WORLD
00:21:00.43\00:21:05.66
AND WHO THINK, OH
WELL, LIFE IS COMFORTABLE AND
00:21:05.66\00:21:08.20
ARE PEACEFUL, AND OUR
HUMAN RIGHTS, AND RIGHT
00:21:08.20\00:21:09.20
TO WORSHIP ARE PROTECTED,
YET, THIS TIME IS COMING.
00:21:09.20\00:21:12.86
>>BILL: YES.
>>PASTOR TONY: AND IN MANY
00:21:12.86\00:21:17.03
COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD IT'S HAPPENING ALREADY
00:21:17.03\00:21:18.06
>>BILL: RIGHT. >>PASTOR
TONY: THERE ARE CHRISTIANS
00:21:18.06\00:21:20.23
TODAY WHOSE FAITH IS
BEING TESTED AND WHO ARE
00:21:20.23\00:21:23.13
SUFFERING PERSECUTION
RIGHT NOW. SO, IT IS WITH
00:21:23.13\00:21:24.23
THAT AWARENESS THAT
WE NEED TO STICK CLOSE TO
00:21:24.23\00:21:29.83
JESUS AND SAY, LORD,
HELP ME TO BE FAITHFUL TO YOU
00:21:29.83\00:21:35.46
WHEN MY TIME COMES BECAUSE
IT WILL COME. >>BILL: YES.
00:21:35.46\00:21:36.66
I THINK THAT,
ABSOLUTELY, - WE HAVE ABOUT TWO
00:21:36.66\00:21:41.40
MINUTES LEFT. I THINK
THAT'S ONE OF THE KEYS
00:21:41.40\00:21:44.00
HERE. THAT CHRIST'S SAYING
THAT THIS IS INEVITABLE IS
00:21:44.00\00:21:45.10
A WARNING TO US TO SAY
YOU HAVE TO GET READY NOW. YOU
00:21:45.10\00:21:49.66
CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT
TIME YOU NEED TO BE FILLING
00:21:49.66\00:21:55.86
YOUR TANK NOW. GRABBING
ON TO HIM NOW SO THAT YOU
00:21:55.86\00:21:56.90
WILL BE ABLE TO
RESIST WHEN THAT TIME, WHEN
00:21:56.90\00:22:00.53
THAT TIME COMES. >>PASTOR
ALLAN: YES. YOU'RE RIGHT
00:22:00.53\00:22:02.53
AND THAT'S WHY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO BE A DILIGENT
00:22:02.53\00:22:03.60
STUDENT OF THE WORD AND
TO HAVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE
00:22:03.60\00:22:06.66
IN WHICH THE CHRISTIAN
DISCIPLINES ARE PRACTICED.
00:22:06.66\00:22:11.43
A GOOD PRAY LIFE, A
GOOD CONNECTION WITH
00:22:11.43\00:22:12.30
JESUS CHRIST, THAT IS
SO IMPORTANT AND IT'S ALSO
00:22:12.30\00:22:16.16
GOOD TO LOOK FORWARD TO
THE END OF REALITY. THAT
00:22:16.16\00:22:21.13
BEYOND THIS TIME OF
PERSECUTION WHICH HAS BEEN
00:22:21.13\00:22:22.13
PROPHISIZED IS COMING
THE GLORIOUS KINGDOM OF OUR
00:22:22.13\00:22:27.06
LORD AND SAVIOUR,
JESUS CHRIST. AND WHAT JOY IT
00:22:27.06\00:22:30.33
WILL BE TO BE IN
THAT KINGDOM. >>BILL: YES.
00:22:30.33\00:22:31.30
>>PASTOR ALLAN: YOU
KNOW, I THINK OF PETER WHO WAS
00:22:31.30\00:22:33.90
CRUCIFIED UPSIDE DOWN
AND ONE OF THE GATES OF THE
00:22:33.90\00:22:37.46
KINGDOM CARRIES HIS NAME.
00:22:37.46\00:22:38.10
YOU THINK OF PAUL WHO
WAS BEHEADED FOR THE SAKE OF
00:22:38.10\00:22:42.03
THE GOSPEL, WALKING ON
THE STREETS OF GOLD. SO
00:22:42.03\00:22:43.03
THERE'S THE ASSURANCE
THAT GREAT IS THE REWARD
00:22:43.03\00:22:46.73
IN HEAVEN. >>BILL: YES.
00:22:46.73\00:22:47.23
>>PASTOR TONY: YOU KNOW,
IN THE EPISTLE OF JAMES -
00:22:47.23\00:22:51.06
NOW THIS WAS NOT THE
JAMES THAT WAS BEHEADED, THIS IS
00:22:51.06\00:22:56.33
JAMES THE BROTHER OF
JESUS BUT IN CHAPTER FIVE AND
00:22:56.33\00:22:57.53
VERSE ELEVEN - VERSE
TEN AND FOLLOWING, HE SAYS,
00:22:57.53\00:23:06.10
IT IS AS WE CONSIDER
THE FAITHFULNESS OF THOSE
00:23:31.36\00:23:32.33
WHO PRECEEDED US THAT WE
REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
00:23:32.33\00:23:34.70
BEING FAITHFUL AS WE
BEAR THE NAME OF JESUS IN OUR
00:23:34.70\00:23:40.40
TIME. WE ARE AT THE
END OF A LONG CHAIN OF
00:23:40.40\00:23:41.33
FAITHFULNESS, EVEN
UNDER PERSECUTION. WE NEED TO
00:23:41.33\00:23:45.73
PRAY THAT GOD GAVE US
THE SAME STRENGTH TO REMAIN
00:23:45.73\00:23:49.80
FAITHFUL TO HIM UNTIL HE
COMES. >>BILL: AMEN. THANK
00:23:49.80\00:23:50.83
YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INSIGHTS. WELL, THERE'S NO
00:23:50.83\00:23:54.96
DOUBT THERE IS A PRICE TO
PLAY, TO PAY WHEN YOU LIVE
00:23:54.96\00:23:59.90
KINGDOM LIFESTYLE. BUT
THE FRUITS OF LIVING SUCH
00:23:59.90\00:24:00.96
A WAY IS ETERNAL LIFE.
00:24:00.96\00:24:08.26
EVENTHOUGH, MAN MAY
TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING YOU MAY
00:24:08.26\00:24:09.26
POSSESS IN THIS WORLD,
THEY CANNOT TOUCH WHAT GOD
00:24:09.26\00:24:14.63
HAS PROMISED IN THE
NEXT CHRISTIANS OFTEN THINK
00:24:14.63\00:24:20.06
THAT SUFFERING FOR
CHRIST ALWAYS MEANS ENDURING
00:24:20.06\00:24:21.06
PERSECUTION FROM THE
WORLD BUT SUFFERING FOR CHRIST'S
00:24:21.06\00:24:24.26
SAKE MEANS MORE THAN
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US
00:24:24.26\00:24:28.90
CIRCUMSTANTIALLY.
00:24:28.90\00:24:29.40
SUFFERING FOR CHRIST
ALSO REQUIRES SELF-DENIAL. ARE
00:24:29.40\00:24:34.13
YOU DAILY WALKING THE
PATH OF SUFFERING THE CHRIST
00:24:34.13\00:24:35.20
CALLS ALL WHO KNOW
HIM TO TREAD? THE PATH OF
00:24:35.20\00:24:40.33
SELF-DENIAL. DO NOT
DREAD PERSECUTION. REJOICE.
00:24:40.33\00:24:46.30
REJOICE IN IT THAT
GOD USES IT TO FASHION YOU
00:24:46.30\00:24:47.26
INTO A FIT INHABITANT
OF HIS KINGDOM. AND PASTOR
00:24:47.26\00:24:55.00
ALLAN I WOULD WONDER, I
WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD
00:24:55.00\00:25:00.13
LEAD US IN PRAYER AS WE
COME TO THE CLOSE OF THIS
00:25:00.13\00:25:01.16
PROGRAM? >>PASTOR
ALLAN: SURE. SHALL WE PRAY?
00:25:01.16\00:25:04.06
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE
GRATEFUL FOR THE WORDS OF
00:25:04.06\00:25:08.46
JESUS CHRIST THAT GIVES
US THE BLESSED ASSURANCE THAT
00:25:08.46\00:25:09.56
THOUGH MANY MAY
SUFFER NOW FOR THE CAUSE OF
00:25:09.56\00:25:16.26
CHRIST, PAYING THE
COST OF DISCIPLESHIP, GREAT
00:25:16.26\00:25:21.13
SOMEDAY WILL BE THEIR
REWARD IN THE KINGDOM OF
00:25:21.13\00:25:22.10
HEAVEN. REMEMBER THOSE
WHO ARE LISTENING TO THIS
00:25:22.10\00:25:26.90
PROGRAM, WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM. REMEMBER THOSE IN
00:25:26.90\00:25:32.03
FOREIGN LANDS WHO ARE
SUFFERING PERSECUTION AT
00:25:32.03\00:25:33.10
THIS POINT IN TIME.
BE WITH THEM. GRANT THEM
00:25:33.10\00:25:37.03
COURAGE AND STRENGTH AND
FORTITUDE. AND HELP US ALL
00:25:37.03\00:25:40.83
TO BE READY TO FACE THE
CHALLENGES OF LIVING FOR
00:25:40.83\00:25:41.83
JESUS CHRIST KNOWING
THAT THE SUFFERING NOW CANNOT
00:25:41.83\00:25:46.83
COMPARE TO THE ETERNAL
WEIGHT OF GLORY AND REWARD
00:25:46.83\00:25:52.43
WHICH GOD HAS IN STORE
FOR US. THESE MERCIES WE
00:25:52.43\00:25:53.40
ASK IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
00:25:53.40\00:25:58.80
>>PASTOR TONY:
AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN.
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BLESSINGS THAT YOU
HAVE AS YOU FOLLOWED THIS.
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GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US. PASTOR WE
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LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU AGAIN. PASTOR ALLAN,
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GOD BLESS YOU IN
YOUR MINISTRY. AND THANK
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YOU FOR BEING WITH
US REMEMBER THE WEBSITE,
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ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. WE
PRAY TO BE BACK NEXT WEEK
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HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL JOIN
US. UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER,
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IT IS WRITTEN; MAN
SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE
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BUT BY EVERY WORD
THAT PROCEEDS FROM
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THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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