O, when shall I see
Jesus and reign with Him above
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And shall hear the
trumpet sound in that morning?
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And from the flowing
fountain drink everlasting love
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And shall hear the
trumpet sound in that morning.
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O, shout, glory!
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For I shall
mount above the skies
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When I hear the
trumpet sound in that morning
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Gird on the gospel armor
of faith and hope and love
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And you'll hear the
trumpet sound in that morning
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And when the combat's ended
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He'll carry you above
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And you'll hear the
trumpet sound in that morning
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O, shout, glory!
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For I shall
mount above the skies
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When I hear the
trumpet sound in that morning
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Our ears shall
hear with transport
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the host of heaven sing
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And shall hear the
trumpet sound in that morning
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Our tongues shall chant the
glories of our immortal King
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And shall hear the
trumpet sound in that morning
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O, shout, glory!
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For I shall
mount above the skies
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When I hear the
trumpet sound in that morning
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Lo, what a
glorious sight appears
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To our believing eyes!
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The earth and
seas are passed away
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And the old rolling skies
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And the old rolling skies
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And the old rolling skies
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The earth and
seas are passed away
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And the old rolling skies
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O, that will be
joyful, joyful, joyful!
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O, that will be joyful
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When we meet to part no more!
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When we meet to part no more
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On Canaan's happy shore
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'Tis there we'll
meet at Jesus' feet
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When we meet to part no more!
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Attending angels shout for joy
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And the bright armies sing-
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Mortals! Behold the sacred seat
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Of your descending King
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Of your descending King
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Of your descending King
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Mortals! Behold the sacred seat
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Of your descending King
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O, that will be
joyful, joyful, joyful!
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O, that will be joyful
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When we meet to part no more!
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When we meet to part no more
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On Canaan's happy shore
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'Tis there we'll
meet at Jesus' feet
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When we meet to part no more!
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His own soft hand
shall wipe the tears
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From every weeping eye
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And pains, and
groans, and griefs, and fears,
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And death itself shall die!
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And death itself shall
die And death itself shall die
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And pains, and
groans, and griefs, and fears,
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And death itself shall die
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O, that will be
joyful, joyful, joyful!
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O, that will be joyful
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When we meet to part no more!
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When we meet to part no more
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On Canaan's happy shore
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'Tis there we'll
meet at Jesus' feet
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When we meet to part no more!
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How long, dear Savior!
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Oh, how long Shall
this bright hour delay?
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Fly swifter
round, ye wheels of time!
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And bring the welcome day
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And bring the welcome day
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And bring the welcome day
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Fly swifter round
Ye wheels of time!
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And bring the welcome day
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O, that will be
joyful, joyful, joyful!
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O, that will be joyful
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When we meet to part no more!
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When we meet to part no more
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On Canaan's happy shore
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'Tis there we'll
meet at Jesus' feet
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When we meet to part no more!
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Little Lamb
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who made thee
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Dost thou know
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who made thee
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Gave thee life and bid thee feed
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By the stream
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and o'er the mead
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Gave thee clothing of delight
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Softest clothing
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wooly bright
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Gave thee such a tender voice
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Making all the vales rejoice
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Little Lamb who made thee
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Dost thou know
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who made thee
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Little Lamb I'll tell thee
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Little Lamb I'll tell thee
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He is called by thy name
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For he calls himself a Lamb
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He is meek and he is mild
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He became a little child
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I a child and thou a lamb
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We are called by his name.
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Little Lamb God bless thee
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Little Lamb
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God bless thee
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Let's pray.
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Oh, Lamb of God,
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we are your little lambs.
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It's all we are.
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Please hear our prayer
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to be more like you,
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Lamb of God. Amen.
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Because this is
Heritage Sabbath,
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I want to share with you a story
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that comes straight out
of our own faith community.
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It was March 1935,
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a 77-year-old man
laid dying of cancer
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in Glendale
Hospital in Los Angeles.
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He's a weary, worn warhorse,
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that's what he was,
a warrior of the faith.
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Our sir, Grosvenor Daniells.
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Century ago, president
of our community of faith,
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
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But his heart was troubled
because as he lay there,
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he knew there had
come over an estrangement.
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An estrangement between him
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and another veteran
warrior of this movement.
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And so the dying man sent
a message and asked please
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if that veteran would come
to the hospital to see him.
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As it was that
80-year-old William C. White
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better know in history
remembered as Willie White,
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the son of
Ellen and James White,
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director of the White Estate,
as it was that Willie White
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was soon seated at the
bedside of A. G. Daniells.
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This portion of the
ensuing conversation
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was written up by Bert Haloviak,
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from the General Conference
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Office of
Statistics and Archives.
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Willie White spoke
first, 'I long for the time
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when we can sit down
together as we used to do
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and talk over the
progress of God's work.'
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But Daniells was on a mission,
he had not long to live.
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Brother White.
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He replied, give me your hand,
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those two old warhorses
clasp their wrinkled hands.
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'Brother White.
Let me have your hand.
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I have not rendered
you very good service.'
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To which White replied,
'Oh, don't think of that.
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Think of what we have done
when we were working together.'
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'Yes, Daniells lean back,
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we have worked out
some immortal principles,
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sitting on the deck of that
old steamer and then he paused.
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I wanted my hand
to clasp your hand
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as one of my
truest friends on earth.'
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And then in a heart to heart
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last meeting Daniells
admitted to his colleague
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that he had made
mistakes in his leadership.
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But his face
brighten as he confess that,
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and these are his
words, he had been 'bound up
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with the greatest character'
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to have lived in the modern era,
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Willie White's mother.
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With that prayer
the two men parted
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and two days
later Daniells died.
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But not hallelujah,
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not before mercy came a running.
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My, oh, my ladies and gentlemen
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how far can a
little bit of mercy go.
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Apparently even to
the threshold of death.
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Blessed are the merciful
for they shall obtain mercy.
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Did you know that
there are nine beatitudes
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in Matthew's rendition
of The Sermon on the Mount
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and would you like to guess
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which beatitudes is in
the very middle of the nine
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as the shining centerpiece
of those words of Jesus?
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Want to guess?
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Let's go to the
Sermon on the Mount together.
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We will read the
Beatitudes together
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in this part two of
Mercy Came a Running.
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Go to the Book of Matthew,
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this is the first
overt appearance of the word,
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appearance of the word
mercy in the Gospel of Matthew.
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And Matthew, as you know,
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those of you who
began the journey last week.
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Matthew is our text
book for this entire journey,
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so open your Bible
please to Matthew's rendition
00:14:54.14\00:14:56.75
of The Sermon on the Mount.
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Matthew 5, Matthew 5 if
you didn't bring your Bible,
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you are going to want
to be in Matthew 5 today.
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Trust me, get
into that word with me,
00:15:04.01\00:15:06.18
so pull out the Bible in
front of you in the pew rack.
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It's page, page
651 in our pew Bible.
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Same translation as
mine, the New King James.
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I tell you what let's do.
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Once you find it in your Bible,
00:15:17.24\00:15:18.81
we are going to read
the beatitudes together.
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We will read them
out loud together.
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Let me read the little
preamble verse 1 and verse 2
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and then you can just
read if off the screen
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or we will read it out loud.
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The fame and
blessed, blessed Beatitudes.
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All right, Mathew 5:1
"And seeing the multitudes,
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He Jesus went up on a mountain,
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and when He was seated
His disciples came to Him."
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So, He is talking
of people that say,
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I'm a follower of the
Lord Jesus, like you and me.
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Then verse 2,
"He opened His mouth
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and He taught them, saying,"
let's say it out loud together.
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
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For theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
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Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
00:15:55.47\00:16:00.04
Blessed are the meek,
00:16:00.07\00:16:01.80
For they shall
inherit the earth.
00:16:01.83\00:16:04.52
Blessed are those who hunger
and thirst for righteousness,
00:16:04.55\00:16:08.26
For they shall be filled.
00:16:08.29\00:16:10.29
Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
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Blessed are the pure in
heart, For they shall see God.
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Blessed are the peacemakers,
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For they shall be
called sons of God.
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Blessed are those
who are persecuted
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for righteousness' sake,
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For theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
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And blessed are you
00:16:32.49\00:16:34.17
when they revile
and persecute you,
00:16:34.20\00:16:37.19
and say all kinds of evil
against you falsely for My sake.
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Rejoice and be exceedingly glad,
00:16:41.74\00:16:44.68
for great is
your reward in heaven,
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for so they
persecuted the prophets
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who were before you.'''
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There they are
ladies and gentlemen,
00:16:52.85\00:16:54.02
nine glittering
diadems in the crown
00:16:54.05\00:16:57.35
worn by every
disciples of Jesus.
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Nine crown jewels and which one,
00:17:00.68\00:17:02.48
you do arithmetic
count there are only nine.
00:17:02.51\00:17:04.27
It would have to be number 5
00:17:04.30\00:17:05.35
for on either side
which one is middle one?
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Verse 7 "Blessed
are the merciful,
00:17:08.01\00:17:13.20
For they shall obtain mercy."
00:17:13.23\00:17:16.44
Because whether you
are on your deathbed
00:17:16.47\00:17:18.54
or on your daily
walk what matter most
00:17:18.57\00:17:22.05
is that mercy comes running.
00:17:22.08\00:17:23.76
So you can imagine
my surprise to discover
00:17:23.79\00:17:26.12
I'm worshiping through
the Sermon on the Mount
00:17:26.15\00:17:27.61
a few months ago
00:17:27.64\00:17:28.71
and I discovered that
the centerpiece beatitude
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is the defining paradigm,
00:17:31.31\00:17:32.81
get this for the
rest of Jesus' teaching
00:17:32.84\00:17:35.96
in Chapter 5 of Matthew.
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I mean in fact, what Jesus does
00:17:38.54\00:17:39.98
is He puts mercy
on the big screen.
00:17:40.01\00:17:42.33
And I got to tell you,
00:17:42.36\00:17:43.82
for me the bigger
the screen the better.
00:17:43.85\00:17:45.51
Won't you just
love a big screen?
00:17:45.54\00:17:47.64
IMAX rules, it got
to have the big screen.
00:17:47.67\00:17:50.55
And so it takes this
big screen live in color,
00:17:50.58\00:17:53.31
live action and He says
00:17:53.34\00:17:55.92
I want to show
you seven video clips.
00:17:55.95\00:17:58.60
I'm going to show
you seven video clips
00:17:58.63\00:18:00.21
of very every day,
very average kind of living.
00:18:00.24\00:18:05.50
He says, I want to warn you now,
00:18:05.53\00:18:07.21
this is going to get messy.
00:18:07.24\00:18:09.03
It's not always pretty
00:18:09.06\00:18:11.07
but let me flash
these seven clips
00:18:11.10\00:18:13.04
on a big screen of your life.
00:18:13.07\00:18:15.18
And let me show you
00:18:15.21\00:18:16.40
how mercy can come running
00:18:16.43\00:18:17.96
through you, through me.
00:18:17.99\00:18:21.11
All right, seven-- and
the surprise by the way,
00:18:21.14\00:18:24.28
the surprise hands down
00:18:24.31\00:18:26.23
is number seven. You watch this.
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Gentlemen I want you
to get all seven please.
00:18:28.02\00:18:29.72
Please take out of
your worship bulletin today.
00:18:29.75\00:18:31.98
A brand new worship study guide,
00:18:32.01\00:18:34.07
our study guide for
part two of this series.
00:18:34.10\00:18:36.62
Thank you ushers right now,
00:18:36.65\00:18:38.31
for being so fast in
getting these study guides.
00:18:38.34\00:18:41.61
Hold your hand up if
you, five of you came in
00:18:41.64\00:18:43.53
with one bulletin
you have to have today.
00:18:43.56\00:18:46.22
Dine on my quotation
00:18:46.25\00:18:47.35
that you will take
home with the study guide
00:18:47.38\00:18:49.05
and while they are
passing it out here,
00:18:49.08\00:18:50.57
let me tell you those of you
00:18:50.60\00:18:51.88
who are watching on
television right now,
00:18:51.91\00:18:53.81
see that website on the
screen, please go to that screen
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I would love to have you follow
along with the same study guide.
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You can get it.
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Our website is www.pmchurch.tv.
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Brand new series
called "Mercy Came a Runnin'"
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Click on to that
series and you want part two.
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Part two is entitled
"The End of Perfection."
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When it says study guide
right there click study guide.
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You will have the
identical piece of paper
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almost that we have here.
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You will have
it all right there,
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only you will have the
answers at the very bottom
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and by the way
leave that website up
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for little bit longer
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because if you miss
last week's teaching,
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it is absolutely critical
to an ongoing understanding
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of this whole thing
that we are focusing on
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in this new season.
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So, you see last weeks teaching
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it's called "When
Mercy Grew on Trees."
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Download it for your iPod,
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download it for your laptop,
download it for your computer.
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It doesn't
matter to me just get it
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and sometime in your
leisure with the study guide
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you will be able to
go through it as well.
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Fascinating story,
seven surprise entrees
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into Jesus' family tree.
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All right, so you got that,
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but let's go, let's
take that first line
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in today's new study guide.
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There it is, there
are nine beatitudes
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in Matthew's Sermon on the Mount
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and guess what the
shining center-piece is,
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write it down
"Blessed are the merciful,
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for they shall obtain
mercy." Keep your pen moving.
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Mercy is the defining paradigm
for the rest of Matthew 5,
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as these seven big
screen video clips,
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we are going to
take a look at right now.
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Video clip number 1, let's go.
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Verse 21, Matthew 5:21
real life big screen living.
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Here it goes verse 21,
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"You have heard
that it was said,"
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by the way if these
words are not in red,
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take your Bible back,
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this is everything
we read today is in red,
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they are the words of Jesus.
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All right, Matthew 5:21
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"You have heard
that it was said,
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to those of old,
'You shall not murder
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and whoever murders will be
in danger of the judgment.''
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But verse 22 "But I
say to you says Jesus,
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that whoever is angry
with his brother or sister
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without a cause shall be
in danger of the judgment.
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And whoever says to his brother,
00:21:00.86\00:21:02.47
'Raca!' shall be in
danger of the council.
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And whoever says, 'You fool!'
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shall be in
danger of hell fire."
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Now, watch this,
here it becomes radical.
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Verse 23 "Therefore if you
bring your gift to the altar,"
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you go to church all
right, you are going to church
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when you come to
church with your gift
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"and there remember,
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verse 23 that
your brother or sister
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has something against you,
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leave your gift
there before the altar,
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and go your way.
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First be
reconciled to your brother,
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and then come
and offer your gift."
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Once you have done that,
you can go ahead and die,
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just like A.G. Daniells,
because you have done it.
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I tell you what
ladies and gentlemen,
00:21:41.99\00:21:43.15
how much bad blood and
heartache could be spared
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if we took Jesus appeal
for mercy here seriously.
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Because you know
what, it's a surprise,
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Jesus does not say--
May I just remind you,
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He is not saying here
now when you got to church
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and you are worshipping
and suddenly you remember
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you did something
wrong to somebody else.
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Go quickly find
that somebody else
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whether it's a man or
a woman your roommate,
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your spouse, your neighbor,
00:22:06.37\00:22:07.49
a friend, a
stranger or colleague
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doesn't matter
and you tell them,
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you did wrong.
Jesus does not say that.
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No, no, no, He says,
when you come to worship
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and you remember
there is somebody nearby
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who has something
against you, he is ticked off.
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She is mad and angry at you.
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This is the
radical nature of it.
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You the innocent one,
you go and you make sure
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that it gets all
put back together again.
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Wow, that is radical.
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You be mercy that comes running.
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I was talking this last
week with a friend of mine,
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who is president
of a corporation,
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large corporation.
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And he was telling
me, he said hey, Dwight,
00:22:49.39\00:22:51.38
interesting
story he said you know,
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I don't even
know all my employees
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I have a small group,
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we meet with the
small group every week
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and you know,
Spiritual Journey small group.
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One of my
employees is in that group.
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I had no idea what
had happened to him.
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Somebody came to me
two weeks ago in church
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and said hey, did
you know, that so and so
00:23:06.86\00:23:09.35
has quit working
for you. He is ticked.
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And I said, yeah, I
have been meeting with him
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week after week I had no idea.
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And so my friend and his wife
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going home from church
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decide to stop by
that now former employee.
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It was not a
comfortable meeting.
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Now, that he
knows what he knows.
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But, Jesus isn't saying
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if it's not
painful go and do it.
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Jesus point is no matter
00:23:35.63\00:23:36.76
how painful initiating
visits like that might be,
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mercy in order to have healing
00:23:39.81\00:23:41.62
has to come
running and you are it.
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Jot it down, please
real life clip number one
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Mercy for the angry.
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Those are the people
in our relationships,
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mercy for the angry,
00:23:50.10\00:23:51.80
the people in our
relationship is only,
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.81
the only way anger in a
relationship can be defuses
00:23:53.84\00:23:56.05
is you are the one
that takes the first step.
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Jot this down please
and so write it down.
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Jesus' radical brand of mercy
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declares the innocent
must be the initiator.
00:24:01.37\00:24:06.94
The innocent
must be the initiator
00:24:06.97\00:24:08.74
of that reconciliation.
Blessed are the merciful.
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Wow, for they
shall obtain mercy.
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All right, real
life clip number 2.
00:24:15.25\00:24:17.05
Pick it up in verse 27,
00:24:17.08\00:24:19.44
"You have heard
Jesus still speaking,
00:24:19.47\00:24:21.19
that it was said to those of old
00:24:21.22\00:24:22.88
'You shall not
commit adultery.'"
00:24:22.91\00:24:25.28
Everybody knows the
seventh commandment.
00:24:25.31\00:24:27.44
"But I say to you that
whoever looks at a woman
00:24:27.47\00:24:31.00
to lust for her has
already committed adultery
00:24:31.03\00:24:34.10
with her in his heart."
00:24:34.13\00:24:35.58
And I just want
you ladies to know
00:24:35.61\00:24:36.93
that the Sermon on the Mount
is an equal opportunity employer
00:24:36.96\00:24:40.35
and you are included as well.
00:24:40.38\00:24:42.67
You look at a man
with lust in your heart,
00:24:42.70\00:24:44.40
you are a part of that.
00:24:44.43\00:24:45.63
Don't you just push it
off on us men, all right?
00:24:45.66\00:24:50.78
Write it down
please, talking about lust.
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Lust is the opposite of mercy.
00:24:53.46\00:24:56.96
Watch this, Mercy
lives to preserve,
00:24:56.99\00:24:59.86
but lust lives to consume.
00:24:59.89\00:25:03.22
Lust is like I got to have it,
00:25:03.25\00:25:04.32
I got to have
it, I got to have it.
00:25:04.35\00:25:07.00
The opposite of mercy.
00:25:07.03\00:25:08.75
Jesus exposes here the sin
of the heart that nobody knows,
00:25:08.78\00:25:11.77
nobody sees it of
course except for God Himself.
00:25:11.80\00:25:15.22
So for mercy to
come running to the man,
00:25:15.25\00:25:16.86
to the woman who is struggling
00:25:16.89\00:25:18.50
with the temptation
to lust after another.
00:25:18.53\00:25:20.91
Jesus does not describe
third party intervention.
00:25:20.94\00:25:25.44
In fact, you know, what else
00:25:25.47\00:25:26.59
I'm very glad to tell
you this, Jesus does not say
00:25:26.62\00:25:28.39
that the cure for
this is going to be painful
00:25:28.42\00:25:30.25
because I want you to get up
00:25:30.28\00:25:31.31
and tell
everybody that you know,
00:25:31.34\00:25:32.49
that you have
lust in your heart.
00:25:32.52\00:25:34.36
You don't have to do that,
don't have to do that at all.
00:25:34.39\00:25:36.87
Jimmy Carter did it
once you don't have to.
00:25:36.90\00:25:41.72
Jesus says, no, no,
00:25:41.75\00:25:43.94
it's in your heart
just between you and me.
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What I want you to do,
cut it out, cut it out.
00:25:46.34\00:25:51.10
Take a look at that verse 29,
00:25:51.13\00:25:53.15
Jesus says, if your
right eyes is offending you,
00:25:53.18\00:25:55.32
what you are watching,
cut it out, just take it out.
00:25:55.35\00:25:58.28
I would rather go to
heaven with one eye missing
00:25:58.31\00:26:00.24
and be saved than to go
to hell with two eyes good.
00:26:00.27\00:26:02.81
That's Jesus point,
00:26:02.84\00:26:03.91
and what does He
say in the next verse?
00:26:03.94\00:26:05.21
Verse 30, "If your
right hand is offending you,
00:26:05.24\00:26:07.06
prune, cut it off,
00:26:07.09\00:26:08.29
I would rather go
to heaven with one arm
00:26:08.32\00:26:09.38
and be saved than go to
hell with two good arms.
00:26:09.41\00:26:12.11
Cut it out, cut it off.
00:26:12.14\00:26:15.56
It's the most merciful
way that God can think of
00:26:15.59\00:26:17.55
to stop our lust.
00:26:17.58\00:26:19.57
Confess it to me, cut if out.
00:26:19.60\00:26:21.60
And by the way, if you
do not, the life of lust,
00:26:21.63\00:26:24.93
the life of lust is
a life of heartache.
00:26:24.96\00:26:28.28
I received a
letter from a viewer,
00:26:28.31\00:26:31.03
out of state, this week
00:26:31.06\00:26:34.15
who was
struggling with pornography.
00:26:34.18\00:26:39.07
And my heartache for the
depth of this man's struggle,
00:26:39.10\00:26:41.47
we now fear he
is going to prison.
00:26:41.50\00:26:45.53
I share this with
you man in particular,
00:26:45.56\00:26:47.76
man, man, man.
00:26:47.79\00:26:49.45
I share it with you and me
00:26:49.48\00:26:52.10
because of the
horrific enslavement
00:26:52.13\00:26:54.50
that internet pornography
is now exerting on males.
00:26:54.53\00:26:59.22
Jesus' thirds
command to cut it out,
00:27:03.99\00:27:06.95
does not be literally,
immensity of lust addiction
00:27:06.98\00:27:09.49
at the heart you
are healing my friend,
00:27:09.52\00:27:10.83
there must be the
sacrificial death of Christ
00:27:10.86\00:27:12.75
for all our sins,
00:27:12.78\00:27:13.95
every single one
of them and by the way
00:27:13.98\00:27:15.97
and this is why it is
critical that you hear
00:27:16.00\00:27:17.89
what we shared last
week, if you have not heard it.
00:27:17.92\00:27:20.02
If God can forgive,
00:27:20.05\00:27:21.71
if God can put into the
family tree of the Messiah,
00:27:21.74\00:27:24.31
If He can put
Tamar and Rahab and Ruth
00:27:24.34\00:27:29.30
and David and
Bathsheba and Manasseh,
00:27:29.33\00:27:31.26
whom we noted last week
00:27:31.29\00:27:32.78
all were
involved with sexual sin.
00:27:32.81\00:27:36.21
If God can put
them in the family tree
00:27:36.24\00:27:38.21
of the Messiah,
there is no addiction
00:27:38.24\00:27:40.43
that can keep you
out, no addiction.
00:27:40.46\00:27:43.87
Hallelujah, so Jesus says,
00:27:43.90\00:27:44.93
cut it out, with that cut
it out comes His forgiveness.
00:27:44.96\00:27:48.58
But it's not just the
cut it out of forgiveness
00:27:48.61\00:27:50.54
that we need, we need
Calvary offers victory as well.
00:27:50.57\00:27:55.33
I can keep it cut
out aspect of the cross.
00:27:55.36\00:27:58.82
As I wrote to this now friend,
00:27:58.85\00:28:04.58
in this country I
said you know what,
00:28:04.61\00:28:07.40
you are taking the right steps
00:28:07.43\00:28:08.92
but my friend in order
for this to be complete,
00:28:08.95\00:28:11.39
you have got to go to somebody.
00:28:11.42\00:28:13.43
This is assisted
living movement now,
00:28:13.46\00:28:15.25
you can't do this on your own.
00:28:15.28\00:28:18.02
Go to a spiritual
council or somebody you trust.
00:28:18.05\00:28:20.42
You know we are
living in a day and age
00:28:20.45\00:28:21.84
everything goes on
American television
00:28:21.87\00:28:23.20
so, you can talk you
don't have to tell everybody
00:28:23.23\00:28:25.34
but tell somebody, tell
somebody that you need help.
00:28:25.37\00:28:28.79
Trust that
person, find that help
00:28:28.82\00:28:32.01
and then cut it
out and keep it out.
00:28:32.04\00:28:34.40
Mercy comes a running, mercy--
00:28:34.43\00:28:39.81
Don't live with
that secret any longer.
00:28:39.84\00:28:42.13
Mercy is
running to you my friend
00:28:42.16\00:28:43.48
and it will lead you to help.
00:28:43.51\00:28:44.63
You see, mercy
for our private lives,
00:28:44.66\00:28:46.33
mercy for our private lives,
00:28:46.36\00:28:47.44
would you write
this down please.
00:28:47.47\00:28:49.43
Real Life Clip Number
2, Mercy for the lustful.
00:28:49.46\00:28:55.63
Blessed are the merciful
for they shall obtain mercy.
00:28:55.66\00:29:00.86
Real Life Clip
Number 3, write it down.
00:29:00.89\00:29:02.45
Mercy for the married.
00:29:02.48\00:29:04.72
This is where it gets
a little unpretty now,
00:29:04.75\00:29:05.99
this isn't real pretty.
00:29:06.02\00:29:07.76
All right, mercy for
the married that's verse 31,
00:29:07.79\00:29:10.35
"Furthermore Jesus
said, it has been said,
00:29:10.38\00:29:12.84
'Whoever divorces his wife,
00:29:12.87\00:29:14.20
let him give her a
certificate of divorce.'"
00:29:14.23\00:29:16.36
Be gone with you.
00:29:16.39\00:29:17.90
Verse 32, "But I say to you
that whoever divorces his wife
00:29:17.93\00:29:21.66
for any reason
except sexual immorality
00:29:21.69\00:29:25.18
causes her to commit adultery
and whoever marries a woman
00:29:25.21\00:29:28.49
who is divorced
commits adultery."
00:29:28.52\00:29:31.82
I told you some of
these big screen clips
00:29:31.85\00:29:33.17
are not going to be pretty.
00:29:33.20\00:29:35.68
And a broken marriage threatened
with divorce is never pretty,
00:29:35.71\00:29:40.83
but mercy doesn't
have to be a stranger
00:29:40.86\00:29:43.92
with the broken heart
or the unfaithful either.
00:29:43.95\00:29:46.19
On the basis of Matthew 5,
00:29:46.22\00:29:47.82
guess what some people
are going around and said,
00:29:47.85\00:29:49.52
on the basis of Matthew 5,
00:29:49.55\00:29:50.71
you can say, adultery
is the grounds for divorce
00:29:50.74\00:29:55.78
but because Matthew
5 is really about mercy
00:29:55.81\00:29:57.83
here is how I ought to read
00:29:57.86\00:29:58.94
and you have to
write this down please.
00:29:58.97\00:30:00.48
Adultery is the ground
for forgiveness, forgiveness.
00:30:00.51\00:30:05.16
Again I do not wish to
belittle the fracturedness
00:30:10.13\00:30:12.63
of some marriages
I understand that,
00:30:12.66\00:30:14.60
I have been a
pastor for just a few years
00:30:14.63\00:30:17.22
but surely mercy came
a running could also be
00:30:17.25\00:30:20.11
true for the most
hopeless of marriages if,
00:30:20.14\00:30:22.87
if, if both parties are willing.
00:30:22.90\00:30:27.22
Both parties are
willing to let mercy
00:30:27.25\00:30:29.89
run straight in
their hearts and home.
00:30:29.92\00:30:33.31
Blessed are the merciful.
Mercy for our marriages.
00:30:33.34\00:30:36.11
Blessed are the merciful
for they shall obtain mercy.
00:30:36.14\00:30:40.31
Real life Clip,
write it down number 4.
00:30:40.34\00:30:42.75
Mercy for the
rash. R-A-S-H, rash.
00:30:42.78\00:30:47.68
What are you talking about?
00:30:47.71\00:30:48.74
That's what
Jesus is talking about
00:30:48.77\00:30:49.99
and here it goes verse 33
00:30:50.02\00:30:51.11
"Again you have heard that
it was said to those of old,
00:30:51.14\00:30:53.47
'You shall not swear falsely,
00:30:53.50\00:30:55.08
but shall perform
your oaths to the Lord.'
00:30:55.11\00:30:56.99
But I say to you,
do not swear at all,
00:30:57.02\00:31:00.41
neither by heaven,
for it is God's throne.'''
00:31:00.44\00:31:02.83
In fact, what I
want to say to you
00:31:02.86\00:31:03.95
He says it in verse 37,
"Let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,'
00:31:03.98\00:31:07.47
and your 'No,' be 'No.'
00:31:07.50\00:31:09.15
For whatever is more than
these is from the evil one."
00:31:09.18\00:31:13.59
How much harder
could we spare ourselves
00:31:13.62\00:31:15.42
if only we cut away our rash
and hasty passionate invectives,
00:31:15.45\00:31:19.75
in the heat of anger,
in the heat of passion
00:31:19.78\00:31:22.30
of argument we, rather I
00:31:22.33\00:31:24.82
dig myself sometimes
into a very deep hole
00:31:24.85\00:31:27.81
by letting my
mouth keep running.
00:31:27.84\00:31:32.76
Mercy comes a running
00:31:32.79\00:31:35.94
and says cut the
bull and keep quiet.
00:31:35.97\00:31:41.20
Shhh...
00:31:41.23\00:31:43.51
write it down you
want to say something,
00:31:43.54\00:31:44.68
"Let your Yes be Yes
and let your No be No."
00:31:44.71\00:31:48.41
Keep learning with your mouth.
00:31:48.44\00:31:52.53
Mercy for our public testimony,
00:31:52.56\00:31:55.18
"Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy"
00:31:55.21\00:31:57.40
Real life Clip
number 5, here we go
00:31:57.43\00:31:58.88
but the big
surprise is number 7,
00:31:58.91\00:32:00.76
you watch Real
life Clip number 5.
00:32:00.79\00:32:02.72
Mercy for the other cheek.
00:32:02.75\00:32:05.14
Now, we are moving
into familiar territory.
00:32:05.17\00:32:08.32
Remember these words,
where is this, verse 38,
00:32:08.35\00:32:12.02
"You have heard Jesus
says, that it was said,
00:32:12.05\00:32:14.82
'An eye for an eye
and a tooth for a tooth.'
00:32:14.85\00:32:17.16
But I tell you not to
resist an evil person.
00:32:17.19\00:32:20.76
But whoever slaps
you on your right cheek,
00:32:20.79\00:32:22.68
turn to him the other also.
00:32:22.71\00:32:24.49
If anyone wants to sue
you and take away your tunic,
00:32:24.52\00:32:28.13
let her have your cloak also,
00:32:28.16\00:32:30.09
and whoever
compels you to go one mile,
00:32:30.12\00:32:32.16
go with him two.
00:32:32.19\00:32:33.75
Give to her who asks you,
00:32:33.78\00:32:35.49
and from him who
wants to borrow from you
00:32:35.52\00:32:37.44
do not turn away."
00:32:37.47\00:32:39.51
Write it down please,
00:32:39.54\00:32:40.57
"The community
of the extra milers
00:32:40.60\00:32:43.07
and the other cheekers
00:32:43.10\00:32:44.47
that is the
community of capital M, Mercy.
00:32:44.50\00:32:48.75
That's where mercy lives on
this planet in that community.
00:32:48.78\00:32:52.92
I want you to watch Jesus
in Caiaphas's courtroom early,
00:32:52.95\00:32:57.50
early Friday morning,
00:32:57.53\00:32:59.18
some sorry wretch
steps out of that rabble
00:32:59.21\00:33:02.94
and walks up to
the Savior's face
00:33:02.97\00:33:05.59
and spews all the
sputum he can gurgitate.
00:33:05.62\00:33:12.30
Do you know what that's like?
00:33:12.33\00:33:15.27
I was driving down the highway
once minding my own business
00:33:15.30\00:33:17.74
when the driver in front
of me, rolled down his window
00:33:17.77\00:33:19.65
and just spit and it landed
00:33:19.68\00:33:23.13
all over the driver
side of my windshield.
00:33:23.16\00:33:26.10
Trust me, it is not
a very pretty sight.
00:33:26.13\00:33:30.22
And if the glass
had not been there.
00:33:30.25\00:33:37.22
So that wretch did.
00:33:37.25\00:33:41.38
You watch that night
00:33:41.41\00:33:42.44
the guard who is so infuriated
00:33:42.47\00:33:44.91
by Jesus obeying
His very words here
00:33:44.94\00:33:46.78
let your yes be yes
and let your no be no.
00:33:46.81\00:33:48.66
So that He makes no small talk,
no big talk with His accusers.
00:33:48.69\00:33:52.01
He just keeps quite.
00:33:52.04\00:33:54.44
That guard is
incensed with rage,
00:33:54.47\00:33:56.89
the burly guard
reaches back and holds off
00:33:56.92\00:34:01.14
and slaps Jesus head
00:34:01.17\00:34:02.87
until it bounces on His shoulder
00:34:02.90\00:34:05.55
and when He
gains his equilibrium
00:34:05.58\00:34:07.41
and the head comes back up,
00:34:07.44\00:34:09.27
the face more swollen
now than a second before.
00:34:09.30\00:34:13.22
When Jesus looks with those eyes
00:34:13.25\00:34:15.23
into the man
who has slapped Him,
00:34:15.26\00:34:18.17
there is nothing but
mercy in those eyes. Wow.
00:34:18.20\00:34:26.07
Mercy came a running
that night and because it did,
00:34:26.10\00:34:28.45
it can still come
running today through you
00:34:28.48\00:34:30.11
and even me when we turn our
cheeks to go that extra mile.
00:34:30.14\00:34:32.91
Mercy for our antagonist.
00:34:32.94\00:34:35.36
"Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy."
00:34:35.39\00:34:39.32
Real Life Clip
number 6 write it down,
00:34:39.35\00:34:41.93
Mercy for your enemies.
00:34:41.96\00:34:43.62
I suppose this
is the most familiar
00:34:43.65\00:34:45.82
segment of the whole chapter 5.
00:34:45.85\00:34:49.34
Mercy for your
enemies, pick it up in verse 43,
00:34:49.37\00:34:54.40
"You have heard
that it was said,
00:34:54.43\00:34:55.66
'You shall love your
neighbor and hate your enemy.'
00:34:55.69\00:34:57.66
But I say to you,
love your enemies,
00:34:57.69\00:35:01.51
bless those who curse you,
do good to those who hate you,
00:35:01.54\00:35:04.55
and pray for those
00:35:04.58\00:35:05.77
who spitefully use
you and persecute you."
00:35:05.80\00:35:08.54
Would you write
them down please,
00:35:08.57\00:35:09.92
four proactive verbs,
00:35:09.95\00:35:12.04
by which you are
to treat your enemies.
00:35:12.07\00:35:14.14
Write them down four of them.
00:35:14.17\00:35:15.46
Number 1, love your enemy.
00:35:15.49\00:35:18.34
Number 2, bless
those who curse you.
00:35:18.37\00:35:21.96
Number 3, do good
to those who hate you.
00:35:21.99\00:35:25.17
Number 4, pray for
those who spitefully use you.
00:35:25.20\00:35:31.01
Isn't that something?
00:35:31.04\00:35:33.39
Could someone
ever remain our enemy,
00:35:33.42\00:35:36.26
where we had to live that way.
00:35:36.29\00:35:37.82
Would you ever have an enemy?
00:35:37.85\00:35:39.71
Did Jesus have an enemy?
00:35:39.74\00:35:43.86
Not in His heart
00:35:43.89\00:35:45.70
and there's the
whole world watched,
00:35:45.73\00:35:50.92
I know you have been on the web
00:35:50.95\00:35:52.06
and you went down,
you went to those sites
00:35:52.09\00:35:54.04
that normally
you wouldn't go to.
00:35:54.07\00:35:55.31
I know you saw it, the
world watched with horror.
00:35:55.34\00:35:59.54
That shaky footage
taken on a cell phone
00:35:59.57\00:36:03.12
as Saddam Hussein was hanged.
00:36:03.15\00:36:07.71
Unknown
bystanders are cursing him,
00:36:07.74\00:36:10.02
cursing him and just
before that trapdoor opens
00:36:10.05\00:36:13.94
the Satan turn to them
and curses them right back
00:36:13.97\00:36:16.39
and boom he meets his maker.
00:36:16.42\00:36:20.83
The whole world watched
it in dumbfounded amazement
00:36:20.86\00:36:23.74
as Jesus Christ was executed.
00:36:23.77\00:36:27.54
They cursed at Him,
spitted Him, jeered at Him,
00:36:27.57\00:36:30.74
but as they were
nailing Him to His cross
00:36:30.77\00:36:32.69
on that shaky video
footage in the gospels,
00:36:32.72\00:36:36.25
you can still hear
the anguished voice
00:36:36.28\00:36:38.11
of the prisoner pleading,
00:36:38.14\00:36:39.33
Father I beg of you,
forgive them do not hold it,
00:36:39.36\00:36:44.54
hold this against them,
00:36:44.57\00:36:45.65
they don't know
what they are doing.
00:36:45.68\00:36:48.87
Mercy came a running Friday
afternoon, fateful Friday.
00:36:48.90\00:36:54.28
Some of you here
do have an enemy.
00:36:54.31\00:36:57.97
Somebody who has been
trying hard to get you gone.
00:36:58.00\00:37:01.36
You have heard it said,
00:37:09.72\00:37:10.75
love your neighbor
and hate your enemy,
00:37:10.78\00:37:12.68
but I say to you
love your enemies.
00:37:12.71\00:37:17.13
Bless those who curse you.
00:37:17.16\00:37:19.44
Do good to those who hate you.
00:37:19.47\00:37:22.46
Pray for those who
spitefully use you.
00:37:22.49\00:37:27.52
If you will love your
enemy the way Jesus loved His,
00:37:27.55\00:37:30.32
I promise my friend,
00:37:30.35\00:37:31.52
I promise mercy will
come a running and get this.
00:37:31.55\00:37:34.69
Hallelujah, mercy
always wins in the end always.
00:37:34.72\00:37:42.10
You live mercy,
you win, you win.
00:37:42.13\00:37:47.51
You watch, you win.
00:37:47.54\00:37:51.68
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
00:37:51.71\00:37:57.52
Jesus is now
ready for His final clip
00:37:57.55\00:37:59.58
and this is the
one that's a surprise.
00:37:59.61\00:38:01.96
Watch this, pick
it up in verse 45,
00:38:01.99\00:38:05.05
He has just said,
love your enemies,
00:38:05.08\00:38:06.61
verse 45, "That you may be sons
00:38:06.64\00:38:08.48
and daughters of
your Father in heaven
00:38:08.51\00:38:10.40
for He makes His sun rise
00:38:10.43\00:38:12.42
on the evil and on the good."
00:38:12.45\00:38:13.87
Do you think God,
do you think God says,
00:38:13.90\00:38:15.85
you know what, today,
sun shine only on my friends,
00:38:15.88\00:38:18.39
storms for everybody else.
00:38:18.42\00:38:19.78
Rain only on the
farmers that trust Me,
00:38:19.81\00:38:21.89
drought for all the
farmers. Are you kidding.
00:38:21.92\00:38:24.64
The sun shines on
the whole human race,
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.99
some have spit in God's face.
00:38:27.02\00:38:29.10
I told you about last week,
00:38:29.13\00:38:30.16
YouTube, those kids
on YouTube were saying,
00:38:30.19\00:38:33.54
if you exist strike me
to head and send me to hell.
00:38:33.57\00:38:37.23
God says, let the
sun shine on that boy.
00:38:37.26\00:38:40.57
We can change his mind someday.
00:38:40.60\00:38:43.07
I'm not going to
strike you dead. Yeah.
00:38:43.10\00:38:47.28
"He makes His sun rise
on the evil and on the good"
00:38:51.77\00:38:53.87
That's what mercy is all about,
00:38:53.90\00:38:55.17
"He sends rain on the
just and on the unjust."
00:38:55.20\00:38:56.74
Look at this verse
46, "For if you love
00:38:56.77\00:38:58.10
those who love you" big deal,
00:38:58.13\00:38:59.97
I mean all the sinners
and tax collectors do that,
00:39:00.00\00:39:02.04
verse 47, "If you greet
your brothers and sister only,
00:39:02.07\00:39:04.46
those are the only people you
have over for Sabbath dinner,
00:39:04.49\00:39:06.52
are your close friends pass you,
00:39:06.55\00:39:08.74
that's what everybody does.
00:39:08.77\00:39:11.97
Verse 48, "Therefore
you shall be perfect,
00:39:12.00\00:39:16.88
just as your Father
in heaven is perfect."
00:39:16.91\00:39:22.17
You say, hey
Dwight, what's so surprising
00:39:22.20\00:39:24.22
about video clip number 7,
00:39:24.25\00:39:25.86
I will tell you
what's surprising.
00:39:25.89\00:39:29.00
Contrary to the opinion of many,
00:39:29.03\00:39:32.19
it is not a
portrait of us at all.
00:39:32.22\00:39:37.56
Hold on to your seat now.
00:39:37.59\00:39:39.41
Sadly, very sadly,
00:39:39.44\00:39:40.96
too many have read these
words as a divine command,
00:39:40.99\00:39:44.21
come, hurry up, be
perfect, no more sin,
00:39:44.24\00:39:47.69
no more mistakes, you
understand, get over it.
00:39:47.72\00:39:51.38
Please don't misunderstand
me. I'm not in favor of sin.
00:39:51.41\00:39:55.52
Read my lips and neither
am I championing imperfection.
00:39:55.55\00:40:00.20
But I, there are some people
00:40:02.02\00:40:03.95
who hear Jesus saying right here
00:40:03.98\00:40:06.04
you would better be
perfect by the time I come,
00:40:06.07\00:40:09.88
do you understand me?
00:40:09.91\00:40:11.48
There are some who hear
the voice of Christ commanding
00:40:11.51\00:40:15.20
if you want to
be accepted by God,
00:40:15.23\00:40:17.86
you have to be perfect like God.
00:40:17.89\00:40:22.02
And there are
some who have grown up
00:40:22.05\00:40:23.44
within my own faith community,
00:40:23.47\00:40:28.42
even today who are
desperately struggling
00:40:28.45\00:40:32.42
for that moral, for
that sinless perfection
00:40:32.45\00:40:34.97
it seems to elude them
all the way through life.
00:40:35.00\00:40:36.98
You know, what.
00:40:37.01\00:40:38.04
it's a part of
our Adventist heritage
00:40:38.07\00:40:39.61
that will never convene a
meeting for and talk about.
00:40:39.64\00:40:42.03
Nobody would tell
you those stories.
00:40:42.06\00:40:43.74
I'm talking about the fanatical
fringe of our faith community
00:40:43.77\00:40:47.78
who says, you
have got to be perfect
00:40:47.81\00:40:49.24
even if it kills you
and it's killing them.
00:40:49.27\00:40:53.00
I got a book two weeks
ago, I went in the next,
00:40:53.03\00:40:54.57
I got the book on a
Friday, I looked at the book
00:40:54.60\00:40:56.48
"These are people
championing truth"
00:40:56.51\00:40:59.13
I went into my
staff on the next Monday
00:40:59.16\00:41:00.50
and I said I cannot believe it,
00:41:00.53\00:41:01.61
I just-- I looked to
this book with heartache.
00:41:01.64\00:41:06.16
The subpart is
quick, you be perfect
00:41:06.19\00:41:09.27
and then the way the book shreds
00:41:09.30\00:41:12.29
everybody who
disagrees with the author.
00:41:12.32\00:41:16.29
I said, what, what,
where's the mercy here?
00:41:16.32\00:41:19.68
What is so tragic
and so sad is that
00:41:25.33\00:41:27.27
the perfectionistic
reading of Mathew 5:48
00:41:27.30\00:41:30.16
totally misreads and
consequently misunderstands
00:41:30.19\00:41:33.87
the intentional positioning
of these words as a caboose,
00:41:33.90\00:41:37.27
to mercy strength.
00:41:37.30\00:41:38.91
Do you know what a
caboose is, help me out here.
00:41:38.94\00:41:41.45
Does a caboose
go, Does acaboose go
00:41:41.48\00:41:44.55
at the front of the train
or at the back of the train,
00:41:44.58\00:41:47.29
you tell me?
00:41:47.32\00:41:48.35
Where does the
caboose normally go?
00:41:48.38\00:41:49.87
Normally? It's in the back.
00:41:49.90\00:41:53.39
Matthew 5:48 is a
caboose to mercy, strength,
00:41:53.42\00:41:56.70
it's not the engine.
00:41:56.73\00:41:57.87
Too many people treat that over,
00:41:57.90\00:41:59.26
well, that's the big engine,
00:41:59.29\00:42:00.43
just drive your
lives by that one.
00:42:00.46\00:42:02.37
You are crazy it's the caboose.
00:42:02.40\00:42:06.25
It's the last piece,
it's the seventh clip.
00:42:06.28\00:42:11.18
That's tragic.
00:42:11.21\00:42:13.80
The final, listen,
this is the surprise,
00:42:13.83\00:42:15.73
the Final Real
Life clip that we just--
00:42:15.76\00:42:17.62
that we are
staring at right now,
00:42:17.65\00:42:18.97
is not about us at all,
00:42:19.00\00:42:20.16
it's about our Father in heaven.
00:42:20.19\00:42:21.44
How do you like that?
00:42:21.47\00:42:22.54
We will read it again, verse 48,
00:42:22.57\00:42:23.85
"Therefore you shall be perfect,
00:42:23.88\00:42:25.36
just as your Father
in heaven is perfect."
00:42:25.39\00:42:29.21
Did you see that word therefore.
00:42:29.24\00:42:30.29
Do you know
what therefore means?
00:42:30.32\00:42:31.35
Therefore means, having said
all that I have said to you.
00:42:31.38\00:42:35.43
Okay, Jesus what
did you just say to us,
00:42:35.46\00:42:37.88
Jesus replies, well, I
have just taken you through six
00:42:37.91\00:42:40.62
real life's sometimes
messy often times painful
00:42:40.65\00:42:43.47
big screen
experiences we all have,
00:42:43.50\00:42:45.42
and I have shown you my
friend in everyone of them
00:42:45.45\00:42:48.68
the perfect opportunity
for mercy to come running.
00:42:48.71\00:42:52.03
I have been
teaching you about mercy.
00:42:52.06\00:42:56.09
Just like your Father in heaven
00:42:56.12\00:42:57.64
and that's a
surprise in clip number seven.
00:42:57.67\00:42:59.98
Would you write it down please,
00:43:00.01\00:43:01.04
Real life Clip number 7,
the mercy that comes a running
00:43:01.07\00:43:03.18
is your Father it's
your Father in heaven.
00:43:03.21\00:43:07.39
In fact, in the words of
David and this is so good,
00:43:07.42\00:43:10.44
I put it in the study guide.
00:43:10.47\00:43:11.64
And I hope you will
someday go back to Psalm 103:8
00:43:11.67\00:43:14.73
and write in, Eugene Peterson
00:43:14.76\00:43:16.51
the message
rendition do you see it,
00:43:16.54\00:43:18.08
put on the screen
for you, look at this,
00:43:18.11\00:43:19.53
isn't this great Psalm
103:8 from the Message,
00:43:19.56\00:43:21.78
"God is sheer mercy and grace."
00:43:21.81\00:43:26.26
Isn't that
great, this afternoon,
00:43:26.29\00:43:28.79
put that little
rendition by Psalm 103:8.
00:43:28.82\00:43:31.60
In fact, would you
write this down please,
00:43:31.63\00:43:33.44
"Therefore if you really
want to be perfect like God,
00:43:33.47\00:43:37.32
be merciful like God."
00:43:37.35\00:43:42.00
You say, come on pastor you
are just making that one up.
00:43:42.03\00:43:44.79
Oh, to the contrary
one could so conclude word
00:43:44.82\00:43:48.44
not for the fact
that Dr. Luke believed
00:43:48.47\00:43:50.55
that is exactly what Jesus meant
00:43:50.58\00:43:52.77
when He spoke the
words of Mathew 5:48,
00:43:52.80\00:43:55.18
because you see
when Luke writes up
00:43:55.21\00:43:57.87
his version of the
Sermon on the Mount
00:43:57.90\00:44:00.55
and he comes to the
words that Mathew uses,
00:44:00.58\00:44:03.45
Luke renders them this way
00:44:03.48\00:44:05.12
and you got to see
this to believe it.
00:44:05.15\00:44:06.74
Isn't this a
incredible Luke 6:36
00:44:06.77\00:44:09.80
"Therefore be
merciful," be merciful.
00:44:09.83\00:44:16.11
"as your Father in
heaven is merciful."
00:44:16.14\00:44:21.73
Isn't that beautiful?
00:44:21.76\00:44:23.27
Come on tell me, is
that beautiful or what?
00:44:23.30\00:44:25.59
I mean could it be any clearer?
00:44:25.62\00:44:27.26
Could it.
00:44:27.29\00:44:30.12
Write it down, "Be perfect
like your Father in heaven"
00:44:30.15\00:44:33.60
Matthew 5:48 simply means
00:44:33.63\00:44:35.86
"Be merciful like
your Father in heaven."
00:44:35.89\00:44:38.92
Luke 6:36.
00:44:38.95\00:44:40.64
And is there anybody
here who does not want to be
00:44:40.67\00:44:42.64
like our Father in heaven.
00:44:42.67\00:44:43.87
Anybody here, you don't
want to be like our Father.
00:44:43.90\00:44:47.19
But of course not,
a hundred years ago,
00:44:47.22\00:44:49.69
in this classic on
the Sermon on the Mount,
00:44:49.72\00:44:53.06
little book called "Thoughts
from the Mount of Blessing."
00:44:53.09\00:44:56.77
These words,
this is the quotation,
00:44:56.80\00:44:59.09
this is something else
and you get to keep it.
00:44:59.12\00:45:02.12
Let me read it
and you are hearing,
00:45:02.15\00:45:04.22
I will put on the screen
for those of you watching,
00:45:04.25\00:45:05.96
"God is Himself the source
of-- what's the next word,
00:45:05.99\00:45:09.16
all, all, all any mercy at
all comes out of his heart.
00:45:09.19\00:45:13.33
God is Himself the
source of all mercy.
00:45:13.36\00:45:15.12
His name is
merciful and gracious,
00:45:15.15\00:45:16.60
as Exodus 34 declares.
00:45:16.63\00:45:18.36
And then I love this,
00:45:18.39\00:45:19.52
put a circle
around these words please.
00:45:19.55\00:45:21.04
He does not treat us
according to our desert.
00:45:21.07\00:45:24.26
And that's old English for
according to what we deserve.
00:45:24.29\00:45:26.74
Ladies and gentlemen, that is
a classic definition of mercy.
00:45:26.77\00:45:30.12
When you treat somebody
not the way she deserves,
00:45:30.15\00:45:33.35
it's not the way he deserves
but you treat Him that way
00:45:33.38\00:45:36.77
any way that's
called mercy, mercy.
00:45:36.80\00:45:41.26
He does not treat us
according to what we deserve.
00:45:41.29\00:45:42.93
Listen to this.
00:45:42.96\00:45:43.99
He does not ask if we
are worthy of His love,
00:45:44.02\00:45:46.86
but He pours upon us
the riches of His love,
00:45:46.89\00:45:49.02
to make us
worthy. Isn't that great.
00:45:49.05\00:45:51.46
He said, I will make you worthy,
00:45:51.49\00:45:53.99
He is not vindictive.
00:45:54.02\00:45:55.11
He does not -- He seeks
not to punish, but to redeem.
00:45:55.14\00:45:58.30
Even the severity
which He manifests
00:45:58.33\00:46:00.43
through His
providences is manifested
00:46:00.46\00:46:02.29
for the
salvation of the wayward.
00:46:02.32\00:46:04.72
He yearns, I love this,
00:46:04.75\00:46:06.49
He yearns with intense desire
00:46:06.52\00:46:08.33
to relieve the
woes of men and women
00:46:08.36\00:46:10.61
and to apply His medicine,
00:46:10.64\00:46:12.93
his balsam, his
medicine to their wounds.
00:46:12.96\00:46:15.24
Final line, this is, this
is the stinger right here,
00:46:15.27\00:46:18.00
It is true,
because some people say,
00:46:18.03\00:46:19.81
hey come on, Dwight, in
the Bible doesn't it say,
00:46:19.84\00:46:21.86
God will not clear the guilty.
00:46:21.89\00:46:23.97
Watch this I love this.
00:46:24.00\00:46:25.25
It is true that God will
by no means clear the guilty,
00:46:25.28\00:46:28.68
but He would take
away the guilt. Hallelujah.
00:46:28.71\00:46:34.08
I gave you Calvary,
I gave you the cross.
00:46:34.11\00:46:38.10
You don't have to
live guilty anymore.
00:46:38.13\00:46:41.72
Isn't that something,
I take your guilty away.
00:46:41.75\00:46:45.71
You have
nothing to fear from Me.
00:46:45.74\00:46:48.35
Listen ladies and gentlemen,
00:46:48.38\00:46:50.00
if it the heart of God is
mercy then does it not follow,
00:46:50.03\00:46:53.99
is this not in fact what
Jesus is trying to tell us
00:46:54.02\00:46:56.62
that in the heart of
his children on earth,
00:46:56.65\00:46:58.68
there will also be mercy.
00:46:58.71\00:47:02.73
They're very harder
beatitudes that's it.
00:47:02.76\00:47:06.04
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
00:47:06.07\00:47:12.60
Hallelujah.
00:47:12.63\00:47:15.98
Let me end with one more story
00:47:16.01\00:47:17.17
from our Adventists Heritage.
00:47:17.20\00:47:18.55
This is a sad story, I'm sorry.
00:47:18.58\00:47:23.50
A tale of mercy neglected.
00:47:23.53\00:47:25.44
In 1860s she was a
missionary to Africa,
00:47:28.41\00:47:33.17
the denomination she
belong to does not matter,
00:47:33.20\00:47:36.94
but while serving
her Lord in Africa,
00:47:36.97\00:47:40.91
she open up a
book written by the man
00:47:40.94\00:47:44.32
for whom this university
is named, J.N Andrews,
00:47:44.35\00:47:49.58
it's his book
History of the Sabbath.
00:47:49.61\00:47:51.72
She opens it up and
there she discovered with her
00:47:51.75\00:47:55.24
Bible, Jesus is not only
Lord of salvation but also
00:47:55.27\00:47:58.81
Lord of the Sabbath.
00:47:58.84\00:48:00.39
She continued to work in
Liberia as superintendent
00:48:00.42\00:48:03.10
of an orphanage
until she was terminated.
00:48:03.13\00:48:05.34
In 1866, listen,
she returns to America,
00:48:07.95\00:48:12.30
her homeland eager
to share her gifts,
00:48:12.33\00:48:14.97
her missionary gifts with
her new community of faith.
00:48:15.00\00:48:17.44
She hoped to find employment
in Battle Creek, Michigan.
00:48:17.47\00:48:21.84
But when she
arrived, it seemed nobody
00:48:21.87\00:48:25.27
had interest or time
for a nearly 60 year old
00:48:25.30\00:48:28.59
spinster missionary from Africa.
00:48:28.62\00:48:32.08
She was heart broken.
00:48:35.15\00:48:36.24
She could hardly
wait to come and now,
00:48:38.63\00:48:43.93
she hoped to be
welcomed into new faith.
00:48:43.96\00:48:47.27
Homeless, get this
and nearly penniless.
00:48:47.30\00:48:52.80
Hannah Moore, it's her name.
00:48:52.83\00:48:55.18
She turned to a former
missionary friend of hers
00:48:55.21\00:48:58.64
from a previous
denomination and she asked,
00:48:58.67\00:49:00.95
if she might live with them?
00:49:00.98\00:49:03.02
He said come
Hannah, North West Michigan.
00:49:04.42\00:49:07.32
And in a drafty,
poorly, ventilated attic room
00:49:08.99\00:49:12.03
Hannah Moore, the new convert
00:49:12.06\00:49:14.19
to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:49:14.22\00:49:15.96
took up residence and
worked for a dollar fifty
00:49:15.99\00:49:19.04
a week for that family.
00:49:19.07\00:49:20.47
Ellen and James White who
were absent from Battle Creek,
00:49:25.74\00:49:29.67
when Hannah
Moore was turned away
00:49:29.70\00:49:31.08
began to correspond to Hannah.
00:49:31.11\00:49:33.27
They invited her to come and
live with them in Battle Creek
00:49:35.03\00:49:37.71
but the winter had set in
00:49:37.74\00:49:39.07
and there was no way
she could reach them now.
00:49:39.10\00:49:42.04
And besides the drafty
and the chill and the smoke
00:49:42.07\00:49:44.98
from that poorly ventilated
chimney went to her lungs.
00:49:45.01\00:49:48.01
And after several
pitiful, pitiable letters
00:49:50.66\00:49:55.20
that she wrote to the White's,
00:49:55.23\00:49:56.55
Hannah Moore
succumb to pneumonia.
00:49:56.58\00:49:58.67
I don't need to tell
you, and when the White's
00:50:01.65\00:50:05.86
returned to Battle Creek.
00:50:05.89\00:50:07.60
41 year old Ellen was nearly
livid with that congregation.
00:50:07.63\00:50:14.36
I said nearly livid.
00:50:14.39\00:50:19.91
What was on her
heart, she made sure
00:50:19.94\00:50:23.15
we would know as well
00:50:23.18\00:50:24.89
in little
collection of nine volumes
00:50:24.92\00:50:27.22
and volume one
of that collection,
00:50:27.25\00:50:29.17
here are her words.
00:50:29.20\00:50:31.85
"From what we have
since learned of the cold,
00:50:31.88\00:50:34.30
indifferent treatment
which Sister Moore met with
00:50:34.33\00:50:37.32
at Battle Creek, it is
evident that in stating
00:50:37.35\00:50:42.64
that no one in particular was
worthy of censure in her case.
00:50:42.67\00:50:45.77
I just love this,
because you see her husband
00:50:45.80\00:50:48.90
had written a little
piece in the Review and Herald
00:50:48.93\00:50:51.72
and in that piece
he said, you know,
00:50:51.75\00:50:53.38
I understand
nobody in particular
00:50:53.41\00:50:55.07
is to blame for this.
00:50:55.10\00:50:56.18
Now, listen how
she handles him or it.
00:50:56.21\00:51:00.85
It is evident that in stating
that no one in particular
00:51:00.88\00:51:04.48
was worthy of
censure in her case.
00:51:04.51\00:51:06.40
My husband took altogether
00:51:06.43\00:51:08.67
a too charitable
view of the matter.
00:51:08.70\00:51:12.14
Polite way for
saying he was dead wrong.
00:51:12.17\00:51:16.97
It's wrong, listen to that
00:51:17.00\00:51:20.09
41 year old woman go on,
00:51:20.12\00:51:23.46
When all the facts are known,
00:51:23.49\00:51:24.94
no Christian could
but blame all the members
00:51:24.97\00:51:30.73
of that church who knew
her circumstances and did not
00:51:30.76\00:51:33.64
individually interest
themselves in her behalf.
00:51:33.67\00:51:36.42
Everybody is to blame.
00:51:36.45\00:51:37.83
She records some of
the letters the last letter
00:51:42.95\00:51:44.85
Hannah Moore wrote, it
ends because she couldn't
00:51:44.88\00:51:48.91
celebrate her
Sabbath in the home.
00:51:48.94\00:51:50.22
She had to they said
you could celebrate it
00:51:50.25\00:51:51.82
up there in your room.
00:51:51.85\00:51:53.90
And the room did I tell you,
00:51:53.93\00:51:56.13
smoky and chilled and so
the very end of her last letter,
00:51:56.16\00:52:00.55
"I had another
wakeful season last night,
00:52:00.58\00:52:02.55
how can you sleep in
that, and feel poorly today.
00:52:02.58\00:52:05.36
Pray that whatever is
God's will may be accomplished
00:52:05.39\00:52:08.12
in and through me, whether it be
00:52:08.15\00:52:09.59
by my life or death.
00:52:09.62\00:52:11.43
"Yours in hope of
eternal life, Hannah Moore, PS.
00:52:11.46\00:52:15.43
"If you know of any way
which I can reach you sooner,
00:52:15.46\00:52:19.30
please inform me. H. M."
00:52:19.33\00:52:21.87
she died.
00:52:21.90\00:52:26.27
Now, the 41 year
old pen picks up,
00:52:26.30\00:52:32.79
She being dead yet speaketh.
00:52:32.82\00:52:37.89
Her letters, which I have given,
00:52:37.92\00:52:39.56
will be read with deep
interest by those who have
00:52:39.59\00:52:41.77
read her obituary in a
recent number of the Review.
00:52:41.80\00:52:44.85
She might have
been a blessing to any
00:52:44.88\00:52:46.89
Sabbath keeping family who
could appreciate her worth,
00:52:46.92\00:52:50.05
but she sleeps.
00:52:50.08\00:52:52.44
Our brothers and sisters
at Battle Creek and in this
00:52:52.47\00:52:54.66
vicinity could
have made more than
00:52:54.69\00:52:56.88
a welcome home for Jesus.
00:52:56.91\00:53:00.22
You could have had
Jesus, you could have had Him,
00:53:00.25\00:53:03.44
you sent Him away.
00:53:03.47\00:53:07.98
Our brothers and sisters
at Battle Creek could have
00:53:08.01\00:53:09.97
made more than a
welcome home for Jesus,
00:53:10.00\00:53:11.91
in the person of
this godly woman.
00:53:11.94\00:53:13.63
But the opportunity is
past. It was not convenient.
00:53:13.66\00:53:16.78
They were not
acquainted with her.
00:53:16.81\00:53:18.07
She was advanced in
years and might be a burden.
00:53:18.10\00:53:20.51
Feelings of this
kind barred her from
00:53:20.54\00:53:22.50
the homes of the
professed friends of Jesus,
00:53:22.53\00:53:25.06
who are looking
for His near advent.
00:53:25.09\00:53:27.98
Ah, seeing those
early advent hymns,
00:53:28.01\00:53:29.81
ah, tell me Jesus is
coming we thrilled with,
00:53:29.84\00:53:33.29
they thrilled to those hymns,
00:53:33.32\00:53:36.18
they were no more
ready for Jesus to come
00:53:36.21\00:53:38.30
than the man across the street.
00:53:38.33\00:53:41.50
Bring it on Jesus oh,
we love these old hymns.
00:53:41.53\00:53:44.57
Let's have another
heritage weekend and celebrate
00:53:44.60\00:53:47.15
Jesus is coming soon.
00:53:47.18\00:53:52.87
"Feelings of this kind
barred her from the homes
00:53:52.90\00:53:54.54
of the professed
friends of Jesus,
00:53:54.57\00:53:56.28
who are looking
for His near advent,
00:53:56.31\00:53:57.93
and drove her away
from those she loved,
00:53:57.96\00:54:00.41
to those who opposed her
faith, to northern Michigan,
00:54:00.44\00:54:03.05
in the colder winter
to be chilled to death.
00:54:03.08\00:54:05.26
She died a martyr to the
selfishness and covetousness
00:54:05.29\00:54:08.15
of professed
commandment keepers."
00:54:08.18\00:54:11.37
God help us, God help us
00:54:13.86\00:54:19.24
not to repeat the
story of Hannah Moore today.
00:54:19.27\00:54:26.37
Somebody that says all I want
to do is worship in your chruch.
00:54:28.29\00:54:34.00
I have to cross your
campus to get to your church.
00:54:34.03\00:54:38.95
Can't you let me
come here to ban,
00:54:38.98\00:54:44.08
to ban such a one
from coming to us?
00:54:44.11\00:54:50.87
God help us.
00:54:53.90\00:54:56.41
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy,
00:54:56.44\00:55:01.92
therefore be merciful
00:55:01.95\00:55:06.72
as your Father in
heaven is merciful.
00:55:06.75\00:55:13.47
Let us stand
for the benediction.
00:55:13.50\00:55:15.58
Oh, God, we love to
live it ancient history,
00:55:25.45\00:55:30.47
it's not about us, Holy
Father what is that history
00:55:30.50\00:55:36.18
if it not to inform the present
00:55:36.21\00:55:39.62
and guide us into the future
00:55:39.65\00:55:42.67
and so on this Heritage Sabbath
00:55:42.70\00:55:44.62
have mercy on us dear God,
00:55:44.65\00:55:47.85
do not let Andrew's University
00:55:47.88\00:55:51.66
or their homes or my home
00:55:55.14\00:55:58.95
live without mercy.
00:55:58.98\00:56:03.88
Holy Father, we know the truth
00:56:03.91\00:56:05.26
mercy must come
running quick right now to us,
00:56:05.29\00:56:08.69
assure us of a new
start and a fresh beginning
00:56:08.72\00:56:14.60
and then promise us that
00:56:14.63\00:56:16.97
if we will walk with the Christ
of the Sermon on the Mount.
00:56:17.00\00:56:21.34
Mercy His mercy shall
come a running through us
00:56:21.37\00:56:26.28
to this world right now,
in this generation, we pray.
00:56:26.31\00:56:32.71
And now may the God of
all mercy is the father
00:56:35.61\00:56:37.76
and the son who
came to live before us
00:56:42.59\00:56:46.18
that radical mercy
and the Holy Spirit
00:56:46.21\00:56:50.42
who would teach us how
to live, be with you and me
00:56:50.45\00:56:55.50
as in the name of
mercy we too go running.
00:56:55.53\00:57:02.31
Amen.
00:57:02.34\00:57:05.05
Before you go I wanted to take
00:57:05.08\00:57:06.48
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00:57:06.51\00:57:08.07
How glad I am you
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00:57:08.10\00:57:09.82
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00:57:12.21\00:57:13.80
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00:57:13.83\00:57:14.89
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00:57:14.92\00:57:17.95
I'm grateful that we have
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00:57:17.98\00:57:20.28
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00:57:54.42\00:57:56.93
this final generation now.
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Thank you for that partnership.
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And I'll see you
here again next time.
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