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>>WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL
STUDY HOUR, COMING TO YOU FROM
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THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH LOCATED IN
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ROCKLIN, CALIFORNIA ON THE WEST
COAST OF THE UNITED STATES OF
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AMERICA. WE HAVE AN
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY
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THAT JOIN US EVERY WEEK FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
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THE WORLD AND WE ARE GLAD THAT
YOU ARE TUNING IN AND JOINING US
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AGAIN LIKE YOU DO EVERY WEEK.
AND WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU
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A SPECIAL WARM WELCOME FROM
SACRAMENTO AND LET YOU KNOW, IF
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YOU'RE EVER IN THIS AREA, WE
WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME AND
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JOIN US AND WORSHIP WITH
US HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
TODAY PASTOR DOUG AND PASTOR
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ROSS ARE STILL IN NORTH CAROLINA
DOING THEIR SPECIAL SERIES ON
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THE SABBATH AND SO WE'RE HOLDING
DOWN THE FORT HERE AND WE'RE
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GOING TO SING YOUR FAVORITE
SONGS LIKE WE DO EVERY WEEK.
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AND SO, THE FIRST ONE - PULL OUT
YOUR HYMNALS AND JOIN US - IT'S
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A NEW ONE SO, HOPEFULLY, THOSE
OF YOU AROUND THE WORLD ARE
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FAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE, BECAUSE
WE'RE LEARNING IT HERE AND WE
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LOVE LEARNING NEW SONGS.
AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU DO
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AS WELL - ESPECIALLY THE SECOND
VERSE - IT'S #233 TITLED CHRIST,
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WHOSE GLORY FILLS THE SKIES
- #233 - "DARK AND CHEERLESS IS
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THE MORN UNACCOMPANIED BY THEE,
JOYLESS IS THE DAY'S RETURN
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TILL THY MERCY'S BEAMS I SEE.
TILL THEY INWARD LIGHT IMPART,
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CHEER MY EYES
AND WARM MY HEART."
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NO WORDS ARE MORE TRUE THAN
THAT. WITHOUT THE RAYS OF GOD'S
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LOVE AND LIGHT SHINING INTO US,
OUR LIVES AND OUR HEARTS ARE SO
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DARK - DARK AND CHEERLESS IS
THE MORN - AND IT'S NOT JUST THE
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MORN, IT'S THE ENTIRE
DAY - IT'S YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
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SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL PAY
ATTENTION TO THE WORDS OF THIS
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LOVELY SONG AS WE SING
#233. JOIN WITH US. (MUSIC)
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>>CHRIST, WHOSE GLORY
FILLS THE SKIES, CHRIST, THE
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TRUE, THE ONLY LIGHT, SUN OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, ARISE, TRIUMPH
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O'ER THE SHADES OF
NIGHT; DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH,
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BE NEAR; DAYSTAR,
IN MY HEART APPEAR.
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DARK AND CHEERLESS IS THE MORN
UNACCOMPANIED BY THEE; JOYLESS
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IS THE DAY'S RETURN TILL THY
MERCY'S BEAMS I SEE; TILL THEY
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INWARD LIGHT IMPART,
CHEER MY EYES AND WARM MY HEART.
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VISIT, THEN, THIS SOUL OF MINE;
PIERCE THE GLOOM OF SIN AND
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GRIEF; FILL ME, RADIANCY DIVINE;
SCATTER ALL MY UNBELIEF; MORE
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AND MORE THYSELF DISPLAY,
SHINING TO THE PERFECT DAY.
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>>BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LESSON
STUDY, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
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OUR SPECIAL OFFER FOR TODAY.
EVERY WEEK WE HAVE A SPECIAL
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BOOK THAT WE OFFER YOU AND
IF YOU ARE IN NORTH AMERICA WE
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ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL
US AND REQUEST OFFER #715 -
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866-788-3966, WHICH IS EASY TO
REMEMBER - 866-STUDY-MORE - AND
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THIS LITTLE BOOK DOES
GOD'S GRACE BLOT OUT THE LAW?
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GREAT QUESTION AND IT'S A
WONDERFUL BOOK FILLED WITH
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INFORMATION THAT
WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
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IT IS A QUESTION THAT A LOT OF
CHRISTIANS - AND NON-CHRISTIANS
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- HAVE. BUT DOES GOD'S
GRACE BLOT OUT THE LAW?
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SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CALL IN AND REQUEST THAT BOOK.
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AND IF YOU ARE NOT IN NORTH
AMERICA, DON'T WORRY, WE HAVEN'T
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FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU. YOU
CAN GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS
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WEBSITE - AMAZINGFACTS.ORG - AND
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND READ IT
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RIGHT THERE ON THE
AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE.
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BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LESSON STUDY,
LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BRINGING US HERE
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TOGETHER TODAY TO OPEN UP
YOUR WORD - TO STUDY TOGETHER.
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AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL
BE WITH EACH PERSON HERE AND OUR
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EXTENDED FAMILY
AROUND THE WORLD.
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THERE'S SO MANY THAT WE
KNOW JOIN US EVERY WEEK.
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WE'VE NEVER MET THEM BUT, ONE
DAY, I KNOW THAT ON THE SEA OF
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GLASS WE WILL ALL COME TOGETHER
FOR A BIG SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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HOUR REUNION WHERE
WE CAN WORSHIP TOGETHER.
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WE CAN WORSHIP YOU AND SING
SONGS OF PRAISE TO YOU - AND
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OCEANS AND SEAS AND MILES WON'T
SEPARATE US FROM EACH OTHER AND
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FROM YOUR LOVE. FATHER,
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
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BLESSING US, FOR GIVING US THE
HOPE THAT WE HAVE AS CHRISTIANS,
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THAT YOU LIGHT UP OUR
LIVES AND YOU CHANGE OUR HEARTS.
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AND FATHER, IF SOMEONE WHO IS
HERE OR IS WATCHING FEELS LIKE
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THEY'RE IN A REALLY DARK PLACE
RIGHT NOW, I PRAY THAT THEY WILL
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REMEMBER THE WORDS TO THE SONG
THAT WE JUST SANG - THAT YOU CAN
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CHANGE EVERYTHING AND YOU
CAN CHANGE THE COLDEST, DARKEST
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HEART. I THANK YOU FOR THAT,
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IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL LESSON
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STUDY FOR YOU TODAY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
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WE LIKE VARIETY HERE AT GRANITE
BAY AND SO GERALD AND CHANTAL
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KLINGBAUM ARE
PRESENTING OUR LESSON STUDY.
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CHANTAL IS THE SISTER OF OUR
ASSOCIATE PASTOR, PASTOR JËAN
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ROSS, FROM SOUTH AFRICA
AND GERALD AND CHANTAL LIVE IN
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MARYLAND - THEY'RE VISITING
US - AND GERALD IS THE ASSOCIATE
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EDITOR OF THE ADVENTIST REVIEW
AND CHANTAL IS THE ASSOCIATE
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DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE ESTATE.
SO I MET THEM TODAY AND I'M
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VERY EXCITED THAT THEY'RE HERE
TO PRESENT US OUR LESSON STUDY.
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SO AT THIS TIME
WE'LL INVITE THEM FORWARD.
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>>IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE.
WE BEGAN OUR YEAR ON A REAL
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MOUNTAINTOP
EXPERIENCE - QUITE LITERALLY.
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WE WERE IN NEW ZEALAND -
SOUTH ISLAND - AND WE CLIMBED A
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MOUNTAIN - MOUNT FYFFE. NOW
THAT WAS A VERY BIG DEAL FOR
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ME BECAUSE IT'S BEEN YEARS
AND YEARS AND YEARS SINCE I'VE
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CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN - AND I
ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE TOP.
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HOW HIGH WAS IT GERALD?
>>WELL, IT WAS 5,000 FEET.
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FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN METERS,
WHERE I COME FROM, THAT'S ABOUT
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1,600 METERS.
ELEVATION THAT WE WORKED -
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WALKED - IN ONE DAY - 8
HOURS - IT TOOK A LONG TIME.
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>>IT WAS A MOUNTAINTOP
EXPERIENCE AND OUR LESSON TODAY
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IS ABOUT ANOTHER MOUNTAINTOP
EXPERIENCE, THE SERMON ON THE
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MOUNT. IT BEGINS ON A MOUNTAIN.
WHY ON A MOUNTAIN, GERALD?
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>>WELL, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THIS.
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THERE ARE SOME KEY MOMENTS IN
THE HISTORY OF GOD'S PEOPLE THAT
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SEEM TO BEGIN ON A MOUNTAIN.
JUST THOUGHT QUICKLY ABOUT
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IT AND I REMEMBERED - DO YOU
REMEMBER THE STORY OF ELIJAH?
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WHERE WAS THAT GREAT SHOWDOWN
BETWEEN THE LORD AND THE
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PROPHETS OF BAAL? IT
WAS ON MOUNT CARMEL, RIGHT?
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AND IT WAS A MOMENT THAT WAS
CRUCIALLY DECISIVE FOR ISRAEL.
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THEY HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.
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SO MOUNTAINS CAN MEAN
WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
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AND THERE - THERE'S
THIS OTHER MOUNTAIN.
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DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOUNT SINAI,
WHEN GOD SAYS TO MOSES, 'I WANT
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YOU TO COME UP.' AND NOT JUST
HIM - HE CAME UP WITH ELDERS.
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'AND I WANT YOU TO RECEIVE FROM
ME WHAT IS THE BLUEPRINT FOR
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YOU, THE LAW.' SO MOUNTAIN
EXPERIENCES ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
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>>NOW THIS MOUNTAINTOP
EXPERIENCE IS REALLY A SERMON.
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IT'S A FANTASTIC SERMON.
OUR LESSON STUDY SAYS IT'S
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THE MOST POWERFUL
SERMON EVER PREACHED.
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SO I THOUGHT, PERHAPS WE'LL ASK
YOU, BECAUSE YOU'VE WRITTEN A
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LOT OF SERMONS - YOU'VE
PREACHED A LOT OF SERMONS -
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>>I DO, YES. >>AND
YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH
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STUDENTS AND YOU'VE
TAUGHT THEM TO PREACH.
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>>I'VE TRAINED PASTORS FOR
FIFTEEN YEARS. THAT'S RIGHT.
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>>OKAY, WHAT MAKES
THIS A GOOD SERMON.
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>>WELL, FOR ME, WHEN I SIT AND
LISTEN TO A SERMON, IT NEEDS TO
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BE BASED ON
SCRIPTURE, OBVIOUSLY.
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>>MM HMM. >>BASED ON GOD'S WORD.
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AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE
BEATITUDES AND THE NEXT CHAPTERS
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IN MATTHEW, THEY ARE FULL OF
REFERENCES TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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NEXT ONE, THAT I REALLY THINK IS
VERY IMPORTANT, THEY NEED TO BE
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EASY TO REMEMBER.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T
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BE TOO DIFFICULT.
THEY NEED TO BE PRACTICAL.
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AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT
PRACTICALITY, REMEMBER WHEN
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JESUS SPEAKS ABOUT HOW WE
SHOULD PRAY, IS THAT PRACTICAL?
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>>THAT'S REAL HANDS-ON STUFF.
>>THAT'S EVERY DAY STUFF, RIGHT?
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>>MM HMM. >>EVERY MINUTE STUFF.
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HOW DO WE APPROACH
GOD? HOW DO WE TALK TO
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GOD AS OUR FATHER? AND
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I
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THINK IS VERY CRUCIAL:
THEY SHOULD TELL A STORY.
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>>WE ALL LIKE A GOOD
STORY. >>WE ALL LIKE - AND
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JESUS KNEW THAT. JESUS WAS THE
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MASTER STORYTELLER. SO
THERE'S SOME SHORT LITTLE
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STORY SNIPPETS ALSO IN
THAT SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
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AND, FINALLY, SOMEHOW I FEEL -
I FEEL ESPECIALLY BLESSED WHEN I
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AM SUDDENLY SURPRISED WITH
SOMETHING NEW FROM GOD THAT HE
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TALKS INTO MY HEART AND TO MY
LIFE. HAVE YOU FELT THAT WAY AS
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YOU LISTEN TO A SERMON - AS YOU
READ SOMETHING IN SCRIPTURE THAT
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SUDDENLY IT'S AS - 'MAN,
I'VE READ THIS SO OFTEN AND
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YET, IT NEVER CLICKED.'
>>CAN I ADD TWO MORE POINTS?
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>>PLEASE, GO AHEAD. YOU
ARE A GOOD PREACHER TOO.
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>>WHAT I REALLY, REALLY LIKE
ABOUT THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT,
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WHAT REAL, GREAT PREACHING TIP
COMES OUT FOR ME IS REALLY THIS
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FACT THAT WE GET TO KNOW
GOD FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
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PERHAPS GET A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF
GOD THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
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AS A PARENT, IT JUST RESONATES
WITH ME, THE SECTION WHERE JESUS
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SAYS, 'IF YOUR CHILD ASKS
FOR BREAD, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE
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HIM' - WHAT? 'A STONE? OR
A SCORPION? OR A SERPENT?'
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NEVER. NEVER. THIS
GOD, AS OUR LOVING FATHER,
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THAT COMES OUT
IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
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>>IT'S TRUE. THAT IS VERY TRUE.
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>>AND YOU KNOW WHAT
ELSE A REALLY GOOD SERMON IS?
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AND YOU DO IT A BIT -
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT A
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TALENT OF MINE - BUT A GOOD
SERMON SHOULD INSPIRE MUSIC,
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DON'T YOU THINK? CAN
YOU THINK OF A STORY OR A
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SONG THAT COMES FROM ONE
OF THE PARTS OF THE SERMON
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ON THE MOUNT? OKAY,
WHERE'S OUR CHILDREN?
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CHILDREN HERE - 'THE WISE
MAN BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON' -
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>>THE ROCK. >>THE
ROCK. IT INSPIRES GOOD
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MUSIC TOO. >>THAT'S TRUE.
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>>THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER.
>>THAT IS VERY TRUE. WELL, SHALL
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WE - SHALL WE
RIGHT - JUMP IN THERE?
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>>LET'S DO IT.
>>LET'S GO. IF YOU HAVE YOUR
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BIBLES OPEN, WE'RE GOING TO NEED
THEM TODAY. AND WHAT'S SO NICE,
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WE'RE GOING TO STICK AROUND
A FAIRLY SHORT RANGE OF TEXTS.
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WE'RE GOING TO STICK IN MATTHEW
CHAPTER 5 AND WE'LL TRY - WE
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CAN'T DO
EVERYTHING - AS I LOOK -
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>>IT'S REALLY INTENSE.
>>AT THE LESSON FOR THIS WEEK I
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SAID, 'WOW, THERE IS SO MUCH.
I CAN PREACH A WHOLE WEEK JUST
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ON THE BEATITUDES OR ON
THE LORD'S PRAYER THERE'S
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SO MUCH IN THERE. BUT
WE'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU THE -
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YOU KNOW, THE MOUNTAINTOP VIEW
WHERE YOU CAN SEE AND GET THE
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BIG PICTURE SO THAT YOU, WHEN
YOU GO HOME, YOU CAN GET, ALSO,
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PERSONAL - DIG DEEP
INTO THAT. SO CHANTAL -
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>>HMM?
>>PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS -
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THAT'S AN
INTERESTING QUESTION. >>MM HMM.
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>>WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS?
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>>OKAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT GIVING
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PRINCIPLES AND
STANDARDS, PERHAPS?
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>>THAT'S RIGHT.
>>OKAY. WELL, WHAT COMES TO MY
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MIND - PERHAPS YOU HAVE A
DIFFERENT IDEA BUT, YOU KNOW,
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THEY'RE KIND OF
SYNONYMS? PRINCIPLES/STANDARDS?
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BUT IF YOU THINK A LITTLE
LONGER, I'D SAY THAT PRINCIPLES
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CAN'T BE MEASURED
AND STANDARDS CAN.
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SO STANDARDS, I GUESS, I COULD
GET OUT A TAPE MEASURER OR, AT
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LEAST, OBSERVE
SOMETHING AND MEASURE IT.
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BUT PRINCIPLES, THAT'S
- THAT'S A LITTLE DEEPER.
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>>WHAT IS JESUS REALLY
MAJORING IN THIS SERMON?
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IS HE MAJORING IN PRINCIPLES
OR IS HE MAJORING IN STANDARDS?
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>>THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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IS HE MAJORING IN PRINCIPLES
OR IS HE MAJORING IN STANDARDS?
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>>WELL, I HEAR - >>I
HEARD SOME STANDARDS.
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>>I HEARD PRINCIPLES. >>ALRIGHT.
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'HOW ABOUT BOTH?' SOMEONE
SAYS. THAT'S INTERESTING.
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>>OKAY, THAT'S THE
DIPLOMATIC VERSION.
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>>A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
I'M REMINDED OF A STORY.
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APPARENTLY, THERE WAS, AT A VERY
NICE CASTLE, IN THE - USED TO BE
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SOVIET UNION, SO I GUESS
IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA - A
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BEAUTIFUL CASTLE AND IT'S OPEN
TO TOURISTS AND THEY GET TO GO
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AND HAVE A LOOK AROUND AND A
GROUP OF TOURISTS NOTICED THAT
00:14:57.76\00:15:01.43
IN THE COURTYARD THERE WAS A
NICELY DRESSED SOLDIER IN, YOU
00:15:01.43\00:15:08.10
KNOW, DRESS UNIFORM - VERY
IMPRESSIVE TO LOOK AT - AND THIS
00:15:08.10\00:15:13.21
SOLDIER WOULD MARCH OUT INTO THE
MIDDLE OF THIS GRASSY COURTYARD
00:15:13.21\00:15:19.88
AND HE WOULD MAKE A SQUARE
- A SMALL SQUARE - MARCHING IT
00:15:19.88\00:15:24.92
AROUND - AND
THEN HE WOULD STAND.
00:15:24.92\00:15:27.26
AND HE WOULD DO THIS FOR A LONG
TIME AND THEN ANOTHER SOLDIER
00:15:27.26\00:15:31.53
WOULD COME OUT AND RELIEVE HIM
AND HE WOULD MARCH AROUND THAT
00:15:31.53\00:15:34.96
LITTLE SQUARE AND
THEN STAND ON SENTRY DUTY.
00:15:34.96\00:15:38.83
>>YOU MEAN THEY DID
THAT FOR 24 HOURS EVERY DAY?
00:15:38.83\00:15:41.67
>>IT SEEMED THAT THERE
WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE ON DUTY OUT
00:15:41.67\00:15:44.47
THERE. >>WOW.
00:15:44.47\00:15:45.61
>>SO THE TOURISTS ACTUALLY
ASKED, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
00:15:45.61\00:15:49.58
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?'
AND ONE OF THE SOLDIERS THAT HAD
00:15:49.58\00:15:54.15
JUST COME OFF DUTY, HE
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA.
00:15:54.15\00:15:57.59
MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK THE
COMMANDING OFFICER.' SO THEY
00:15:57.59\00:16:01.19
ASKED THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND
HE SAID, 'WELL, IT'S A VERY OLD
00:16:01.19\00:16:04.63
TRADITION, BUT I'M
NOT QUITE SURE WHY.
00:16:04.63\00:16:07.46
WE NEED TO CHECK THE ARCHIVES.
THEY WENT BACK, THEY CHECKED THE
00:16:07.46\00:16:11.87
ARCHIVES AND THEY DISCOVERED
THAT GENERATIONS AGO THE QUEEN
00:16:11.87\00:16:16.54
HAD PLANTED AN IMPORTED ROSE
BUSH AND SHE WAS SCARED THAT
00:16:16.54\00:16:21.28
THE RABBITS WOULD GET AT
IT. AND SO, SHE APPOINTED THIS
00:16:21.28\00:16:26.25
SENTRY TO BE ON DUTY ALL
THE TIME TO GUARD HER ROSE BUSH.
00:16:26.25\00:16:30.59
IT HAD LONG-SINCE DIED, BUT THEY
WERE STILL MARCHING ROUND AND
00:16:30.59\00:16:34.32
ROUND AND
PROTECTING THIS PATCH OF GRASS.
00:16:34.32\00:16:37.26
>>WOW, SO THEY REALLY HAD
FORGOTTEN WHY THEY WERE DOING
00:16:37.26\00:16:40.76
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
>>MAYBE THEY'D FORGOTTEN THE
00:16:40.76\00:16:43.10
PRINCIPLE AND STILL HAD
SOME OR ANOTHER STANDARD GOING.
00:16:43.10\00:16:46.80
>>LET'S JUST GO BACK -
JUST QUICKLY IN HISTORY.
00:16:46.80\00:16:50.34
IN THE TIME OF THE EXILE -
AFTER THE TIME OF THE EXILE WHEN
00:16:50.34\00:16:55.51
ISRAEL CAME BACK OUT OF BABYLON,
THEY SAID, 'WE NEED TO DO IT
00:16:55.51\00:17:00.38
DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OUR
DISREGARD FOR GOD'S LAW BROUGHT
00:17:00.38\00:17:05.59
US TO EXILE.' AND SO
THEY BEGAN TO CHANGE AND
00:17:05.59\00:17:11.09
THEY BEGAN TO BUILD
WALLS AROUND GOD'S LAW.
00:17:11.09\00:17:16.73
>>IN OTHER WORDS, THEY STARTED
TAKING GOD'S LAW SERIOUSLY.
00:17:16.73\00:17:19.57
>>THEY TOOK - THEY
STARTED TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
00:17:19.57\00:17:21.84
>>OKAY. >>IT WASN'T ALWAYS EASY.
00:17:21.84\00:17:23.44
IF YOU READ SOME OF THE STORIES
IN EZRA AND NEHEMIAH FOLLOWING
00:17:23.44\00:17:26.41
THE EXILE, THEY STRUGGLED -
SABBATH, YOU KNOW, FAITHFULNESS,
00:17:26.41\00:17:33.28
FIRST THINGS FIRST
- TITHE, AND SO ON.
00:17:33.28\00:17:36.55
AND YET, THEY
WERE COMMITTED TO THAT.
00:17:36.55\00:17:40.22
HOWEVER, YEAR AFTER YEAR IT
SEEMED AS IF THEY WOULD BECOME
00:17:40.22\00:17:46.90
LIKE THAT SOLDIER - MARCHING
AROUND AND FORGETTING WHY WE ARE
00:17:46.90\00:17:54.70
MARCHING AROUND.
STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES : THE
00:17:54.70\00:18:00.08
PHARISEES - IN THE TIME OF JESUS
- THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES
00:18:00.08\00:18:04.88
SEEMED TO BE ONE OF THOSE
WHO WERE VERY COMMITTED TO THAT.
00:18:04.88\00:18:09.85
IN FACT, PHARISEES HAVE VERY
BAD PRESS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:18:09.85\00:18:16.19
IF YOU READ ABOUT THE PHARISEES
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT YOU WOULD
00:18:16.19\00:18:19.59
SAY, 'WHOA, WHAT
KIND OF PEOPLE WERE THEY?'
00:18:19.59\00:18:24.30
YET, WHEN YOU READ ABOUT THEM
OUTSIDE THE NEW TESTAMENT, THEY
00:18:24.30\00:18:27.67
WERE VERY COMMITTED.
THEY WERE VERY SINCERE.
00:18:27.67\00:18:31.84
THEY WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE.
>>OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE IN
00:18:31.84\00:18:38.98
THE NEW TESTAMENT TIME.
JESUS IS UP ON THE MOUNTAIN -
00:18:38.98\00:18:41.95
SIMILAR TO MOUNT SINAI - JESUS
IS UP ON THIS MOUNTAIN AND HE'S
00:18:41.95\00:18:46.52
GIVING THIS FANTASTIC SERMON
- THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT - AND
00:18:46.52\00:18:50.29
HE'S LAYING OUT HIS
PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW KINGDOM -
00:18:50.29\00:18:54.83
FOR THIS NEW KINGDOM.
COULD WE SAY - COULD WE SAY THAT
00:18:54.83\00:18:59.57
THIS - THIS SERMON
REPLACES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
00:18:59.57\00:19:06.27
THE OLD TESTAMENT BASIS
THAT WE WERE SPEAKING OF?
00:19:06.27\00:19:10.15
>>LET ME READ A QUOTE
FROM ELLEN WHITE ABOUT THIS.
00:19:10.15\00:19:13.82
>>OKAY. >>I
THINK THAT WOULD BE A
00:19:13.82\00:19:14.98
GOOD INTRODUCTION TO THAT.
SHE WRITES, IN THE DESIRE OF
00:19:14.98\00:19:19.05
AGES PAGE 299, "IN THE SERMON ON
THE MOUNT JESUS SOUGHT TO UNDO
00:19:19.05\00:19:28.13
THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN WROUGHT
BY FALSE EDUCATION AND TO GIVE
00:19:28.13\00:19:34.14
HIS HEARERS A RIGHT
CONCEPTION OF HIS KINGDOM AND
00:19:34.14\00:19:40.38
OF HIS OWN CHARACTER. THE
TRUTHS HE TAUGHT ARE NO LESS
00:19:40.38\00:19:46.85
IMPORTANT TO US THAN TO THE
MULTITUDE THAT FOLLOWED HIM."
00:19:46.85\00:19:51.19
- AND, YOU KNOW, LET ME
JUST INSERT HERE, PHARISEES WERE
00:19:51.19\00:19:54.62
SITTING AMONGST - AND SCRIBES
- WERE SITTING AMONGST THIS
00:19:54.62\00:19:58.13
MULTITUDE. SHE
CONTINUES - "WE, NO LESS
00:19:58.13\00:20:01.96
THAN THEY, NEED TO LEARN
THE FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES
00:20:01.96\00:20:06.87
OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
SO WHAT WE'RE STUDYING THIS
00:20:06.87\00:20:10.57
MORNING IS SO FOUNDATIONAL -
SO SIGNIFICANT - IT DETERMINES
00:20:10.57\00:20:15.91
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE.
WE NEED A GOOD SOLID FOUNDATION.
00:20:15.91\00:20:19.95
THAT'S WHY JESUS BEGINS HIS
MINISTRY - IT'S RIGHT AT THE
00:20:19.95\00:20:22.82
BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY -
HE BEGINS IT WITH PREACHING A
00:20:22.82\00:20:26.99
SERMON THAT NO ONE CAN JUST
LISTEN TO, BECAUSE IT'S A SERMON
00:20:26.99\00:20:33.23
THAT STEPS ON TOES.
IT'S A SERMON THAT PROVOKES.
00:20:33.23\00:20:40.17
AND IT'S A SERMON THAT
CONNECTS BOTH TESTAMENTS.
00:20:40.17\00:20:45.84
>>AH, SO I WAS GOING TO
TRY HIM ON A TRICK QUESTION.
00:20:45.84\00:20:50.08
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN I'VE
GOT HIM HERE - I CAN ASK A TRICK
00:20:50.08\00:20:52.31
QUESTION. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU
00:20:52.31\00:20:54.58
ABOUT THE
KINGDOM OF GRACE. >>HMM.
00:20:54.58\00:20:57.99
>>YOU KNOW, THE OLD TESTAMENT
BEING THE KINGDOM OF LAW AND NOW
00:20:57.99\00:21:01.59
WE'RE LIVING IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, THE KINGDOM OF GRACE.
00:21:01.59\00:21:04.43
>>HMM. >>WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
00:21:04.43\00:21:05.63
WOULD YOU SAY THE SERMON ON
THE MOUNT SUPPORTS THIS IDEA?
00:21:05.63\00:21:08.76
>>WELL, CHANTAL, YOU
SPEAK TO THE WRONG PERSON.
00:21:08.76\00:21:11.20
I'M A PROFESSOR OF OLD
TESTAMENT, SO I AM IN LOVE WITH
00:21:11.20\00:21:15.77
THE OLD TESTAMENT - AND
SO WAS JESUS, WASN'T HE?
00:21:15.77\00:21:20.68
LET'S READ THAT. IF
YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES, LET'S
00:21:20.68\00:21:23.24
GO TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 5.
LET'S READ VERSES 17 TO 19 THERE
00:21:23.24\00:21:30.62
BECAUSE I THINK, WHEN JESUS
STARTED SPEAKING, AS A SPEAKER -
00:21:30.62\00:21:35.72
AT LEAST HE DIDN'T HAVE SO MANY
LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE THIS MORNING
00:21:35.72\00:21:40.43
- AS A SPEAKER YOU CAN SEE IN
THE FACE OF YOUR AUDIENCE - IN
00:21:40.43\00:21:44.10
THE EYES - IF THEY GOT
IT OR IF THEY DIDN'T GET IT.
00:21:44.10\00:21:48.64
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICE
THIS? THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
00:21:48.64\00:21:50.51
TEACHERS, YOU KNOW THAT.
I REMEMBER - YOU KNOW, IN MY
00:21:50.51\00:21:53.38
CLASSROOMS - IT DOESN'T MATTER -
GRADUATE OR UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
00:21:53.38\00:21:57.11
- YOU CAN SEE IF A
STUDENT GOT IT OR IF HE DIDN'T.
00:21:57.11\00:22:02.25
SO LISTEN TO THIS HERE, "DO
NOT THINK" - SOMEBODY MUST HAVE
00:22:02.25\00:22:06.99
THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE HE -
HE - >>ADDRESSES IT DIRECTLY.
00:22:06.99\00:22:10.09
>>ADDRESSES IT DIRECTLY - "DO
NOT THINK THAT I CAME TO DESTROY
00:22:10.09\00:22:14.20
THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS.
I DID NOT COME TO DESTROY
00:22:14.20\00:22:18.93
BUT TO" - WHAT DOES IT SAY? -
"FULFILL." NOW, THE GREEK WORD
00:22:18.93\00:22:25.57
HERE THAT IS USED HERE MEANS TO
MAKE IT FULL - TO MAKE IT REALLY
00:22:25.57\00:22:30.31
COMPLETE - "FOR ASSUREDLY, I SAY
TO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH
00:22:30.31\00:22:35.38
PASS AWAY, ONE JOT OR ONE
TITLE" - "TITTLE" - SORRY -
00:22:35.38\00:22:40.76
"WILL BY NO MEANS PASS FROM
THE LAW TILL ALL IS FULFILLED."
00:22:40.76\00:22:45.53
- VERSE 19 - "WHOEVER THEREFORE
BREAKS ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE
00:22:45.53\00:22:48.86
COMMANDMENTS, AND TEACHES MEN
SO, SHALL BE CALLED LEAST IN THE
00:22:48.86\00:22:54.20
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; BUT WHOEVER
DOES AND TEACHES THEM," - THAT'S
00:22:54.20\00:22:58.67
THE LAW - "HE SHALL BE CALLED
GREAT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
00:22:58.67\00:23:05.21
>>I GUESS THAT ANSWERS THAT.
>>THERE'S NO REPLACEMENT HERE.
00:23:05.21\00:23:11.49
JESUS COMES TO FULFILL.
JESUS COMES TO MAKE IT REAL.
00:23:11.49\00:23:17.26
JESUS COMES TO FILL IT
OUT SO THAT WE - WE CAN REALLY
00:23:17.26\00:23:21.66
UNDERSTAND. >>ABSOLUTELY.
00:23:21.66\00:23:25.60
SO WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OLD AND
00:23:25.60\00:23:30.14
THE NEW. WE HAVE,
I DON'T KNOW, WE SEEM
00:23:30.14\00:23:33.54
TO HAVE AN AMPLIFICATION,
IN A CERTAIN SENSE?
00:23:33.54\00:23:37.95
WHAT DOES THE NEXT VERSE SAY
- THAT YOU WERE JUST READING?
00:23:37.95\00:23:42.05
>>WELL, I LEFT
IT OUT ON PURPOSE.
00:23:42.05\00:23:43.92
>>YOU DID? >>I DID.
00:23:43.92\00:23:45.85
BECAUSE THAT VERSE SETS US
UP RIGHT FOR OUR NEXT SECTION.
00:23:45.85\00:23:51.46
LET - THAT SOUNDS - IF YOU -
IF WE READ THAT - WE'RE GOING TO
00:23:51.46\00:23:54.36
READ THAT VERSE RIGHT
NOW, BUT IT SOUNDS REALLY WILD.
00:23:54.36\00:23:58.90
>>AND IT MUST HAVE SOUNDED
SO TO THE FIRST - TO THE FIRST
00:23:58.90\00:24:02.67
HEARERS, ALTHOUGH PROBABLY
- WELL, LET'S READ IT FIRST.
00:24:02.67\00:24:06.24
>>LET'S READ IT.
JESUS BEGINS, "FOR I SAY TO
00:24:06.24\00:24:09.11
YOU," - NOW, WHEN JESUS
SAYS THAT IN THE GOSPEL, IT'S
00:24:09.11\00:24:12.61
LIKE AN EXCLAMATION MARK.
IT'S LIKE A RED FLAG THAT HE
00:24:12.61\00:24:16.79
WAVES IN FRONT OF OUR NOSES
AND SAYS, 'NOW PAY ATTENTION.
00:24:16.79\00:24:21.59
SO - "FOR I SAY TO YOU,
THAT UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:24:21.59\00:24:26.93
EXCCEEDS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, YOU
00:24:26.93\00:24:32.33
WILL BY NO MEANS ENTER
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
00:24:32.33\00:24:37.47
AND I CAN SEE IN THE CROWD
A HUSH - WAHHH - AS THEY WERE
00:24:37.47\00:24:45.38
LISTENING ON THAT MOUNTAIN.
>>NOW I GUESS WE ARE ALSO GOING
00:24:45.38\00:24:49.28
'WAHHH' - BUT MAYBE WE HAVE
A BIT OF A DIFFERENT REACTION
00:24:49.28\00:24:52.39
BECAUSE, AS GERALD SAID EARLIER,
WHEN WE HEAR SCRIBES AND
00:24:52.39\00:24:56.66
PHARISEES, WE DON'T GET A
WARM FUZZY FEELING, DO WE?
00:24:56.66\00:25:00.83
>>NO. >>SCRIBES
AND PHARISEES, AT
00:25:00.83\00:25:03.16
LEAST IN OUR
MIND, ARE THE BAD GUYS.
00:25:03.16\00:25:05.60
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO REALLY
SAY SOMETHING MEAN TO SOMEONE
00:25:05.60\00:25:08.30
YOU SAY, 'OH, YOU'RE BEING
A PHARISEE.' AND IT'S PRETTY
00:25:08.30\00:25:12.07
INSULTIVE. BUT IT
WASN'T SO TO THE AUDIENCE
00:25:12.07\00:25:15.71
THAT JESUS WAS SPEAKING
TO. AND JESUS SAID, 'YOUR
00:25:15.71\00:25:19.38
RIGHTEOUSNESS MUST EXCEED
THAT OF THE SCRIBES AND THE
00:25:19.38\00:25:22.62
PHARISEES.' THEY WENT, 'NO.'
BECAUSE WHAT OTHER GROUP OF
00:25:22.62\00:25:29.56
PEOPLE WERE AS
DEDICATED AS THEY WERE?
00:25:29.56\00:25:33.46
I MEAN, EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM
- WHEN THEY BATHED, HOW THEY
00:25:33.46\00:25:37.77
BATHED - THEY SAT IN
THEIR KITCHENS COUNTING OUT AND
00:25:37.77\00:25:41.97
DIVIDING UP CAREFULLY THEIR
HERBS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
00:25:41.97\00:25:46.71
HAVE A TENTH TO GIVE. I
MEAN, THAT KIND OF ATTENTION
00:25:46.71\00:25:50.35
TO DETAIL IN EVERY ASPECT OF
THEIR LIVES - THE COMMON PEOPLE
00:25:50.35\00:25:53.95
SAID, 'NEVER, WE CAN'T EVEN
GET TO THEIR STANDARD AND WE'VE
00:25:53.95\00:25:58.59
GOT TO GET BETTER THAN
THEM. THERE'S JUST NO WAY.'
00:25:58.59\00:26:02.12
>>SO IS JESUS SETTING
THEM UP TO BE DISAPPOINTED?
00:26:02.12\00:26:06.29
UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS - MY
RIGHTEOUSNESS - SURPASSES THAT
00:26:06.29\00:26:11.80
OR EXCEEDS THAT OF THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE PHARISEES -
00:26:11.80\00:26:14.70
NOW THEY ARE THE PROTOTYPE
OF COMMANDMENT KEEPING.
00:26:14.70\00:26:19.54
YOU WILL BY NO MEANS ENTER THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN - WHAT IS HE
00:26:19.54\00:26:23.61
DOING HERE? WHAT
IS HE DOING HERE?
00:26:23.61\00:26:26.31
>>HE SURE IS SETTING UP - NOT
JUST FOR HIS AUDIENCE, BUT FOR
00:26:26.31\00:26:29.58
US AS WELL. WHEN WE READ THE TEN
00:26:29.58\00:26:33.52
COMMANDMENTS - WHEN WE
READ 'THOU SHALL NOT KILL' - IS
00:26:33.52\00:26:37.99
THAT A REAL TOUGH
COMMANDMENT? DO YOU THINK?
00:26:37.99\00:26:41.70
DO YOU THINK OFTEN ABOUT KILLING
PEOPLE AND IT'S A REAL STRUGGLE
00:26:41.70\00:26:46.47
IN YOUR MIND TO SAY, 'OKAY,
I'M NOT KILLING ANYONE TODAY.'
00:26:46.47\00:26:49.64
IT'S NOT SO BIG A DEAL.
>>I WOULD GET A LITTLE WORRIED
00:26:49.64\00:26:53.11
IF SOMEONE WOULD STAND
UP AND SAY, 'YES, I DO.'
00:26:53.11\00:26:57.21
>>IT'S NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL.
AND, I GUESS, FOR SOME PEOPLE
00:26:57.21\00:27:01.08
BACK THEN THEY THOUGHT,
'WELL, THAT'S AN EASY COMMAND.
00:27:01.08\00:27:03.75
YOU CAN TICK THAT ONE OFF, IT'S
NO PROBLEM.' BUT JESUS GOES ON
00:27:03.75\00:27:07.69
AND HE MAGNIFIES THAT COMMAND.
HE SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE RIDING
00:27:07.69\00:27:13.90
ON THE BELTWAY -
>>THAT'S IN WASHINGTON.
00:27:13.90\00:27:16.90
>>IN WASHINGTON - THAT'S
THE ONLY ONE I CAN SPEAK OF.
00:27:16.90\00:27:20.50
I DON'T KNOW - WHAT'S A
REALLY BUSY FREEWAY AROUND HERE.
00:27:20.50\00:27:25.14
>>80 - I-80. >>80?
00:27:25.14\00:27:26.54
OKAY, SO IF YOU'RE RIDING ALONG
THAT AND SOME CRAZY DRIVER PULLS
00:27:26.54\00:27:31.21
IN FRONT OF YOU AND CUTS YOU OFF
AND YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR HAND ON
00:27:31.21\00:27:36.42
THE HORN AND YOU WANT
TO SAY, 'YOU STUPID IDIOT!'
00:27:36.42\00:27:41.66
>>YOU WOULD SAY THAT,
CHANTAL? >>NO, NO, NEVER.
00:27:41.66\00:27:45.39
>>OH. I'M SO GLAD.
>>BUT THAT SURE WOULD
00:27:45.39\00:27:48.46
BE A TEMPTATION. THAT
SURE WOULD BE A TEMPTATION.
00:27:48.46\00:27:52.50
AND JESUS PULLS OUT THAT COMMAND
AND HE SAYS, 'IF YOU THINK THAT
00:27:52.50\00:27:57.77
- IF YOU SAY THAT,
YOU ARE BEING JUDGED BY
00:27:57.77\00:28:02.88
'THOU SHALL NOT KILL.' >>WOW.
00:28:02.88\00:28:05.21
>>THAT SURE MAKES
THE STANDARD HIGH.
00:28:05.21\00:28:07.75
>>THAT SEEMS TO MAKE
THE STANDARD IMPOSSIBLE.
00:28:07.75\00:28:11.65
NOW HE TALKS ABOUT ADULTERY - AS
A MAN - AS A WOMAN - IF YOU LOOK
00:28:11.65\00:28:17.43
AT ANOTHER WOMAN
OR MAN - >>MM HMM.
00:28:17.43\00:28:21.10
>>AND YOU JUST THINK, YOU HAVE
COMMITTED ADULTERY - ACCORDING
00:28:21.10\00:28:27.80
TO JESUS - ACCORDING TO WHAT
HE'S TEACHING ON THAT SERMON ON
00:28:27.80\00:28:31.34
THE MOUNT. >>THAT
IS INCREDIBLY HIGH.
00:28:31.34\00:28:34.98
THAT IS INCREDIBLY HIGH - AND
WE COULD GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF
00:28:34.98\00:28:38.45
THOSE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND, WITH
EACH ONE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE
00:28:38.45\00:28:43.72
TO UNCHECK - WHERE YOU WANT TO
CHECK, WE HAVE TO THINK AND WE
00:28:43.72\00:28:49.49
HAVE TO SAY, 'NO WAY,
I CAN'T CHECK THAT OFF.'
00:28:49.49\00:28:52.23
>>CHANTAL, THAT
REMINDS ME - I THINK I GET IT.
00:28:52.23\00:28:56.03
I THINK JESUS WANTS TO
DISCOURAGE US TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:28:56.03\00:29:01.04
WE KNOW WHERE TO RUN
TO, RIGHT? DID YOU GET THAT?
00:29:01.04\00:29:05.11
HE WANTS TO DISCOURAGE US.
00:29:05.11\00:29:07.34
WE CAN'T RELY ON OUR
OWN COMMANDMENT KEEPING.
00:29:07.34\00:29:11.18
WE NEED TO RUN TO HIM - INTO HIS
ARMS - AND SAY, 'LORD, I NEED
00:29:11.18\00:29:15.88
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.' DO YOU
NEED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS?
00:29:15.88\00:29:20.96
OR DO YOU FEEL
THAT YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD.
00:29:20.96\00:29:23.12
YOU KNOW, YOU BRING 98% TO
THE TABLE? I DON'T. I DON'T.
00:29:23.12\00:29:28.93
I THINK - IN FACT, I
BRING NOTHING TO THE TABLE.
00:29:28.93\00:29:34.67
PAUL - PAUL, I THINK - BY THE
WAY, ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT PAUL
00:29:34.67\00:29:39.87
WAS A PHARISEE? HE WAS
REALLY COMMITTED TO GOD'S LAW.
00:29:39.87\00:29:44.78
HE WAS COMMITTED
TO GOD'S STANDARDS.
00:29:44.78\00:29:47.65
HE WAS VERY
COMMITTED TO GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:29:47.65\00:29:52.32
>>BEFORE YOU READ THAT VERSE,
I'VE JUST THOUGHT - AND IT TIES
00:29:52.32\00:29:55.62
IN SO WELL -
PAUL WAS A PHARISEE.
00:29:55.62\00:29:58.29
HE WAS TOTALLY COMMITTED.
HE WAS SO COMMITTED TO GOD - SO
00:29:58.29\00:30:02.66
COMMITTED TO GOD'S LAW
- THAT HE WAS DOING WHAT?
00:30:02.66\00:30:07.00
KILLING CHRISTIANS - THAT HE
WAS OUT THERE TO GET CHRISTIANS.
00:30:07.00\00:30:11.44
AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF,
HOW CAN YOU BEGIN WITH SUCH GOOD
00:30:11.44\00:30:16.44
INTENTIONS AND EVENTUALLY, AS
JESUS SAYS TO PAUL, 'SAUL, SAUL,
00:30:16.44\00:30:22.52
WHY ARE YOU PERSECUTING ME?'
HOW CAN IT HAPPEN THAT WE BEGIN
00:30:22.52\00:30:28.92
TRYING TO KEEP THIS LAW - TRYING
TO DO WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO
00:30:28.92\00:30:33.29
- AND END UP IN
EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE PLACE?
00:30:33.29\00:30:37.50
AND I'M GUESSING THAT THIS IS
WHAT JESUS IS TOUCHING ON IN THE
00:30:37.50\00:30:40.40
SERMON ON THE MOUNT. AS
YOU SAID, HE WANTS TO BRING
00:30:40.40\00:30:43.47
US TO THE PLACE WHERE WE
REALIZE THAT WE ARE TOTALLY AND
00:30:43.47\00:30:47.14
UTTERLY DEPENDENT ON
HIM. WE'RE DEPENDENT ON HIM.
00:30:47.14\00:30:51.01
WHEN WE TRY TO DO IT ON OUR OWN,
WE NOT ONLY MAKE A MESS OF IT,
00:30:51.01\00:30:55.52
BUT WE COULD END UP DOING
EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE AT THE END.
00:30:55.52\00:31:00.66
>>WELL, LET ME READ THAT TEXT -
00:31:00.66\00:31:02.16
>>MM HMM. >>BECAUSE
PAUL, THE EXPERIENCED
00:31:02.16\00:31:05.06
PHARISEE, WHO HAD SEEN JESUS ON
THE WAY TO DAMASCUS AND WHO HAD
00:31:05.06\00:31:09.40
BEEN CHANGED BY THAT ENCOUNTER,
HE WRITES ABOUT THE ROLE THAT
00:31:09.40\00:31:14.50
THE LAW - THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT
JESUS IS ALL SPEAKING ABOUT -
00:31:14.50\00:31:18.51
THE ROLE OF THE
LAW THAT HE PLAYS.
00:31:18.51\00:31:21.08
AND IN GALATIANS CHAPTER 3,
VERSE 24 - GALATIANS CHAPTER 3,
00:31:21.08\00:31:28.12
VERSE 24 - WE'RE JUMPING A
LITTLE BIT OUT OF MATTHEW THIS
00:31:28.12\00:31:30.82
MORNING, FOR A MOMENT, BUT WE'LL
BE BACK - IN SOUTH AFRICA THEY
00:31:30.82\00:31:36.02
SAY, 'IN A
JIFFY' - VERY QUICKLY.
00:31:36.02\00:31:39.16
"THEREFORE" - PAUL WRITES - "THE
LAW WAS OUR TUTOR TO BRING US TO
00:31:39.16\00:31:45.83
CHRIST, THAT WE MIGHT
BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH.
00:31:45.83\00:31:52.74
NOW, HE WAS OUR TUTOR
- A TUTOR IS A TEACHER.
00:31:52.74\00:31:55.41
A TUTOR IS SOMEBODY WHO HAD A
LITTLE CHILD AND WHO WOULD SPEND
00:31:55.41\00:31:58.45
24/7 WITH THAT CHILD.
IN ROMAN AND GREEK CULTURE
00:31:58.45\00:32:02.78
HE WOULD TRAIN THE
CHILD. HE WOULD TEACH IT.
00:32:02.78\00:32:06.09
HE WOULD MAKE THE
CHILD MEMORIZE, PLAY.
00:32:06.09\00:32:12.13
BUT THIS TUTOR, THE LAW, BRINGS
US INTO THE ARMS OF JESUS.
00:32:12.13\00:32:17.33
>>THAT'S VERY NICE IMAGERY.
YOU HAVE A - SPEAKING OF THE LAW
00:32:17.33\00:32:22.17
AS A TUTOR, YOU HAVE A VERY NICE
OTHER VERSE, I THINK - IS IT
00:32:22.17\00:32:27.91
MICAH THAT SPEAKS?
>>THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.
00:32:27.91\00:32:30.25
WELL, ACTUALLY, THE AUTHOR,
ANDY NASH, OF THIS - OF THIS
00:32:30.25\00:32:34.72
LESSON STUDY, HE BROUGHT THAT
TEXT INTO THE MIX AND HE SAYS,
00:32:34.72\00:32:38.92
'WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT JESUS IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN
00:32:38.92\00:32:43.69
SCRIPTURE.' WHAT HE
SPEAKS ABOUT IS BASED ON
00:32:43.69\00:32:47.83
PRIOR REVELATION. MICAH 6
- YOU REMEMBER THAT TEXT -
00:32:47.83\00:32:53.17
6, VERSES 6 TO 8.
>>THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
00:32:53.17\00:32:56.81
>>I LOVE THAT - AND IT'S ALSO
A SONG, BY THE WAY - SO IT WAS A
00:32:56.81\00:33:00.58
GOOD SERMON. >>IT
WAS A GOOD SERMON.
00:33:00.58\00:33:02.31
>>"WITH WHAT SHALL I COME BEFORE
THE LORD, AND BOW MYSELF BEFORE
00:33:02.31\00:33:06.92
THE HIGH GOD?" - WRITES THE
PROPHET - "SHALL I COME BEFORE
00:33:06.92\00:33:10.19
HIM WITH BURNT OFFERINGS,
WITH CALVES A YEAR OLD?
00:33:10.19\00:33:14.69
WILL THE LORD BE PLEASED WITH
THOUSANDS OF RAMS, TEN THOUSAND
00:33:14.69\00:33:18.99
RIVERS OF OIL? SHALL I
GIVE MY FIRSTBORN FOR MY
00:33:18.99\00:33:22.46
TRANSGRESSION, THE FRUIT OF
MY BODY FOR THE SIN OF MY SOUL?"
00:33:22.46\00:33:27.44
- EVEN CHILD SACRIFICE -
WOULD THAT BE - WOULD THAT BE
00:33:27.44\00:33:30.67
SOMETHING THAT GOD REQUIRES OF
ME? THAT HE NEEDS SATISFY HIM?
00:33:30.67\00:33:35.84
AND THEN HE SAYS - "HE HAS SHOWN
YOU, O MAN, WHAT IS GOOD; AND
00:33:35.84\00:33:43.02
WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF
YOU" - HERE COMES THE SUMMARY -
00:33:43.02\00:33:47.26
THREE PRINCIPLES - "BUT TO
DO JUSTLY" - WHAT DOES IT SAY?
00:33:47.26\00:33:52.86
YOU KNOW THAT - "TO LOVE
MERCY," - AND THE THIRD ONE?
00:33:52.86\00:33:57.47
"AND TO WALK
HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD?"
00:33:57.47\00:34:01.20
THAT'S ALL THE ELEMENTS AND WE
FIND THEM MUCH BETTER EXPLAINED
00:34:01.20\00:34:06.27
IN A MORE DETAILED VERSION
IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
00:34:06.27\00:34:11.01
>>THESE PRINCIPLES IN MICAH
ARE REALLY REFLECTING GOD'S
00:34:11.01\00:34:15.85
CHARACTER AND WHO GOD IS.
GOD LOVES MERCY AND GOD IS JUST.
00:34:15.85\00:34:24.63
AND HAVE WE EVER FELT - ANYONE
- AS HUMBLE AS OUR SAVIOR?
00:34:24.63\00:34:31.23
WILLING TO LEAVE HEAVEN FOR US?
00:34:31.23\00:34:35.40
WILLING TO
EMBRACE A SERVANT'S LIFE?
00:34:35.40\00:34:39.94
THAT IS
HUMILITY. THAT IS HUMILITY.
00:34:39.94\00:34:43.51
GERALD, DO YOU WANT TO READ FOR
US MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 - MATTHEW
00:34:43.51\00:34:48.52
CHAPTER 5 - THIS RADICAL
TEACHING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
00:34:48.52\00:34:53.19
REALLY ENCAPSULATING THESE GREAT
PRINCIPLES OF WHO GOD IS AND
00:34:53.19\00:35:00.46
WHAT HE WANTS FROM
US. MATTHEW CHAPTER 5:43.
00:35:00.46\00:35:05.00
>>HAPPY TO DO THAT.
00:35:05.00\00:35:07.30
"YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT
WAS SAID, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR
00:35:07.30\00:35:12.97
NEIGHBOR AND HATE YOUR ENEMY.'"
- HE'S QUOTING FROM SCRIPTURE -
00:35:12.97\00:35:17.41
"BUT I SAY TO YOU, LOVE YOUR
ENEMIES, BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE
00:35:17.41\00:35:23.35
YOU, DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO
HATE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO
00:35:23.35\00:35:27.12
SPITEFULLY USE YOU AND PERSECUTE
YOU, THAT YOU MAY BE SONS OF
00:35:27.12\00:35:32.06
YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN; FOR HE
MAKES HIS SUN RISE ON THE EVIL
00:35:32.06\00:35:37.47
AND ON THE GOOD, AND SENDS RAIN
ON THE JUST AND ON THE UNJUST."
00:35:37.47\00:35:42.90
- VERSE 46 - "FOR IF YOU LOVE
THOSE WHO LOVE YOU, WHAT REWARD
00:35:42.90\00:35:47.41
HAVE YOU? DO NOT EVEN THE TAX
00:35:47.41\00:35:50.08
COLLECTORS DO THE SAME?
AND IF YOU GREET YOUR BRETHREN
00:35:50.08\00:35:54.35
ONLY, WHAT DO YOU
DO MORE THAN OTHERS?"
00:35:54.35\00:35:58.62
>>THOSE ARE RADICAL
TEACHINGS - RADICAL TEACHINGS.
00:35:58.62\00:36:05.73
HOW MANY OF YOU FIND IT
EASY TO LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.
00:36:05.73\00:36:11.27
OKAY, FORGET YOUR ENEMIES.
00:36:11.27\00:36:12.80
MAYBE YOU DON'T
HAVE ANY ENEMIES, RIGHT?
00:36:12.80\00:36:15.97
MAYBE YOU'RE
FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE.
00:36:15.97\00:36:18.01
BUT IS IT EASY TO
FORGIVE YOUR SPOUSE?
00:36:18.01\00:36:23.38
IS IT EASY TO
FORGIVE YOUR CHILDREN?
00:36:23.38\00:36:27.95
IS IT EASY TO
FORGIVE YOUR WORK COLLEAGUE?
00:36:27.95\00:36:32.42
I GUESS, I THINK, THE SERMON
ON THE MOUNT - THIS PARTICULAR
00:36:32.42\00:36:36.02
ASPECT MUST BE ONE OF THE
MOST DIFFICULT TO GRAPPLE WITH.
00:36:36.02\00:36:40.23
>>AND YET, IT IS VERY PRACTICAL
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE FACE DAY
00:36:40.23\00:36:44.63
TO DAY. JESUS
IS NOT JUST TALKING
00:36:44.63\00:36:47.54
SOME, YOU KNOW, THEORETICAL
INTERESTING PIECES OF
00:36:47.54\00:36:51.67
INFORMATION - SHARING
THEM - HE KNOWS WHERE WE HURT.
00:36:51.67\00:36:56.11
HE KNOWS WHERE WE FEEL - WHERE
WE STRUGGLE AND THIS IS ONE
00:36:56.11\00:37:01.82
PARTICULAR ONE. HOW CAN WE -
YOU KNOW HOW THIS SECTION ENDS?
00:37:01.82\00:37:05.99
I DIDN'T READ
THAT LAST VERSE EITHER.
00:37:05.99\00:37:08.06
>>ARE YOU GOING
TO READ IT FOR US?
00:37:08.06\00:37:09.52
>>VERSE 48 - THAT'S A - YOU
KNOW, THAT'S A RIGHT - THE FINAL
00:37:09.52\00:37:14.46
CONCLUSION, WHICH, AGAIN,
BLOWS US OUT OF THE WATER.
00:37:14.46\00:37:18.23
WE - WE JUST
CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
00:37:18.23\00:37:20.54
WHY IS JESUS TALKING SO RADICAL?
00:37:20.54\00:37:23.07
IT SAYS, "THEREFORE" - AFTER
YOU'VE DONE THIS - WHEN YOU LOVE
00:37:23.07\00:37:26.17
YOUR ENEMY - WHEN YOU FORGIVE
YOUR ENEMIES - WHEN YOU - WELL,
00:37:26.17\00:37:31.41
THAT COMES EARLIER -
WHEN YOU GO THE SECOND MILE.
00:37:31.41\00:37:34.68
"THEREFORE YOU SHALL BE PERFECT,
JUST AS YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN
00:37:34.68\00:37:40.49
IS PERFECT." NOW -
00:37:40.49\00:37:43.39
>>AH, THAT'S A
PERFECTLY TALL ORDER.
00:37:43.39\00:37:48.46
>>IT IS. >>WHAT DO
YOU THINK JESUS MEANS
00:37:48.46\00:37:51.07
BY SAYING, 'BE PERFECT AS OUR
FATHER IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT'?
00:37:51.07\00:37:56.44
WE CAN'T EVEN GET UP TO THE
SCRIBE AND PHARISEES' LEVELS OF
00:37:56.44\00:38:00.94
RIGHTEOUSNESS. >>AND
JESUS SAYS THEY WEREN'T
00:38:00.94\00:38:03.68
PERFECT AT ALL. THEY
WERE ACTUALLY - IN FACT,
00:38:03.68\00:38:05.68
THEY WERE SO PERFECT THAT
IN THEIR HOLINESS THEY BEGAN
00:38:05.68\00:38:10.09
PLOTTING THE
DEATH OF THE MESSIAH -
00:38:10.09\00:38:13.46
THE DEATH OF THE
SON OF GOD ON A SABBATH.
00:38:13.46\00:38:18.03
>>AND JUSTIFIED IT
THAT THEY WERE SERVING GOD.
00:38:18.03\00:38:20.70
>>AND JUSTIFIED IT
THAT THEY WERE SERVING GOD.
00:38:20.70\00:38:22.83
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN JESUS
SAYS, 'YOU SHALL BE PERFECT JUST
00:38:22.83\00:38:27.60
AS YOUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN IS PERFECT'?
00:38:27.60\00:38:30.94
NOW PERFECT, IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, APPEARS QUITE OFTEN.
00:38:30.94\00:38:37.38
NOAH IS DESCRIBED
AS A MAN WHO WAS -
00:38:37.38\00:38:40.15
>>PERFECT. >>PERFECT.
00:38:40.15\00:38:41.32
JOB - A MAN WHO WAS PERFECT.
NOW WE DO KNOW SOME DETAILS
00:38:41.32\00:38:45.45
ABOUT NOAH THAT WE
WOULD SAY, 'WELL,' -
00:38:45.45\00:38:49.49
>>A LITTLE LESS
THAN PERFECT, HUH?
00:38:49.49\00:38:51.29
>>HE WOULDN'T HAVE
PASSED THW DRUG TEST.
00:38:51.29\00:38:56.73
WE KNOW SOME
DETAILS ABOUT JOB, DON'T WE?
00:38:56.73\00:39:01.84
THE ONE WHO WALKS INTO GOD'S
PRESENCE - THE AUDACITY - AND
00:39:01.84\00:39:06.61
SAYS, 'BUT WHY LORD?
WHY ME?' >>'WHAT DID I DO?'
00:39:06.61\00:39:11.31
>>'I'M INNOCENT.' WHAT
DOES IT MEAN TO BE PERFECT?
00:39:11.31\00:39:16.35
ISRAELITES HAD TO OFFER A
PERFECT LAMB OR ANIMAL - IT WAS
00:39:16.35\00:39:21.42
NOT ALWAYS A LAMB, IT
COULD BE A GOAT AS WELL.
00:39:21.42\00:39:23.93
IT HAD TO BE PERFECT. WHAT
DOES IT MEAN? WERE THEY PERFECT?
00:39:23.93\00:39:30.23
>>I GUESS, AT LEAST IN MY
MIND, WHEN I THINK OF THE WORD
00:39:30.23\00:39:33.47
'PERFECT' I THINK OF
A STATIC STATE, SOMEHOW.
00:39:33.47\00:39:37.71
YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMETHING'S
FINISHED AND IT'S COMPLETE -
00:39:37.71\00:39:40.58
MAYBE A PICTURE -
AND YOU'VE PAINTED IT.
00:39:40.58\00:39:44.88
I DON'T KNOW, DO WE
HAVE ANY ARTISTS HERE?
00:39:44.88\00:39:47.35
NO ARTISTS - OR MAYBE UNDERCOVER
ARTISTS - YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO
00:39:47.35\00:39:50.99
ADMIT IN CASE WE ASK
TO SEE A PICTURE, RIGHT?
00:39:50.99\00:39:53.52
>>THERE GOES A
HAND. >>ALRIGHT, WE'VE
00:39:53.52\00:39:54.62
GOT AN ARTIST THERE. YOU
WORK AT SOMETHING, YOU WORK
00:39:54.62\00:39:56.99
AT SOMETHING UNTIL YOU
GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU
00:39:56.99\00:39:59.79
SAY, 'THAT'S IT.
THIS IS JUST EXACTLY
00:39:59.79\00:40:04.30
AS IT SHOULD BE.
THIS IS PERFECT.'
00:40:04.30\00:40:07.47
>>HMM. >>AND YOU SIGN AT THE
00:40:07.47\00:40:09.97
BOTTOM. AND THEN, IF ANYBODY
MORE MESSES ON IT OR DOES
00:40:09.97\00:40:13.38
ANYTHING TO IT, IT WILL
BE MESSING BECAUSE THIS IS
00:40:13.38\00:40:16.24
PERFECTION. SO SOMEHOW, IN MY
MIND, I THINK OF A STATIC STATE
00:40:16.24\00:40:20.82
TO REACH. DO YOU THINK THIS
WAS A HEBREW CONCEPT AS WELL?
00:40:20.82\00:40:24.99
>>WELL, LET ME TELL YOU.
YOU ASKED WHO'S AN ARTIST.
00:40:24.99\00:40:28.99
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN ARTIST
BUT I'M A MUSICIAN AND I WRITE
00:40:28.99\00:40:32.39
MUSIC. I USED TO
RECORD MUSIC QUITE A
00:40:32.39\00:40:34.76
BIT WHILE STILL
GROWING UP IN GERMANY.
00:40:34.76\00:40:37.23
WE HAD A MUSIC GROUP
AND TOURED AND RECORDED.
00:40:37.23\00:40:40.94
WHEN I LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
NOW, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER -
00:40:40.94\00:40:46.34
>>IT WAS PERFECT THEN, RIGHT?
>>IT WAS PERFECT THEN, BUT IT
00:40:46.34\00:40:50.38
DOESN'T FEEL PERFECT
OR SOUND PERFECT NOW.
00:40:50.38\00:40:54.98
HAVE YOU EVER GONE BACK TO
SOMETHING THAT YOU THOUGT, 'THIS
00:40:54.98\00:40:58.15
IS - THIS IS THE BEST I EVER
PRODUCED.' AND YOU COME BACK A
00:40:58.15\00:41:01.86
COUPLE YEARS LATER - TEN YEARS
LATER - AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND,
00:41:01.86\00:41:06.19
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT
MY CHILDREN LOVE THE MUSIC, BUT
00:41:06.19\00:41:09.60
I THINK THEY JUST LOVE IT
BECAUSE THEIR FATHER SANG IT.
00:41:09.60\00:41:13.94
IT'S - PERFECTION HAS SOMETHING
TO DO WITH - AT THE RIGHT LEVEL
00:41:13.94\00:41:20.38
AT THE RIGHT SPACE AT
THE RIGHT TIME, RIGHT NOW.
00:41:20.38\00:41:23.88
IT'S NOT AN ABSOLUTE
STATE, IT'S A RELATIVE STATE.
00:41:23.88\00:41:26.95
>>A GROWTH
STATE. >>A GROWTH STATE.
00:41:26.95\00:41:29.58
>>AND, I GUESS IF WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT GROWTH, AND THIS IS WHAT
00:41:29.58\00:41:32.89
JESUS IS PARTICULARLY SPEAKING
OF, AND WE FLIP BACK TO OUR
00:41:32.89\00:41:36.93
VERSE IN MICAH
WHERE IT'S WALKING HUMBLY.
00:41:36.93\00:41:41.06
THIS - THIS STRESSING OVER AND
OVER - IF YOU WANT TO BE PERFECT
00:41:41.06\00:41:47.24
LIKE YOUR HEAVENLY
FATHER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
00:41:47.24\00:41:49.30
PERFECTLY 'WALK WITH ME.' IN
OTHER WORDS, 'YOU'RE GOING TO
00:41:49.30\00:41:52.81
HAVE TO STICK CLOSE TO
ME ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
00:41:52.81\00:41:57.11
IT MUST BE THE PERFECT
GRIP. HANG ON FOR EVERYTHING
00:41:57.11\00:42:01.05
YOU'RE WORTH.' >>THE
PERFECT CONNECTION. THAT'S
00:42:01.05\00:42:03.49
WHAT WE'RE
AFTER, RIGHT? >>MM HMM.
00:42:03.49\00:42:05.45
>>THAT'S WHAT GOD LONGS FOR.
HE WANTS TO BE SO PART OF MY
00:42:05.45\00:42:11.09
LIFE - OF OUR LIVES - THAT
WE ARE PERFECTLY CONNECTED EVERY
00:42:11.09\00:42:15.86
MOMENT, EVERY DAY, ALL
THE TIME. NOW IS THAT REALITY?
00:42:15.86\00:42:24.41
DO YOU FEEL ALWAYS PERFECTLY
CONNECTED TO YOUR HEAVENLY
00:42:24.41\00:42:28.01
FATHER? >>WELL, I
GUESS THERE'S ALSO A
00:42:28.01\00:42:33.75
LINE WHERE WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
HOW WE FEEL AND WHAT WE CHOOSE.
00:42:33.75\00:42:39.52
WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS AND IF WE ARE
LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN FEELING
00:42:39.52\00:42:44.53
ALL THE TIME, THERE'S A LOT
OF THINGS THAT INFLUENCE OUR
00:42:44.53\00:42:47.03
FEELINGS: HOW MUCH I SLEPT LAST
NIGHT, WHAT I ATE LAST NIGHT
00:42:47.03\00:42:52.47
WILL INFLUENCE HOW I FEEL
THIS MORNING - WHETHER I HAVE A
00:42:52.47\00:42:56.67
STOMACH ACHE OR NOT;
WHETHER I'M GROUCHY OR NOT.
00:42:56.67\00:43:00.61
THESE WILL BE FEELINGS AND SOME
OF THEM I CAN MANIPULATE AND
00:43:00.61\00:43:04.48
CONTROL AND THAT'S
WHAT WE SHOULD DO, RIGHT?
00:43:04.48\00:43:07.65
WE SHOULD LOOK FOR A LIFESTYLE
THAT HELPS US BE AS POSITIVE -
00:43:07.65\00:43:12.95
AS HAPPY AS - YEAH -
AS JOYFUL AS WE COULD BE.
00:43:12.95\00:43:17.66
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
THAT ARE TOTALLY OUT OF OUR
00:43:17.66\00:43:19.43
CONTROL THAT
INFLUENCE THE WAY WE FEEL.
00:43:19.43\00:43:22.26
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL CLOSE TO
00:43:22.26\00:43:25.97
GOD RIGHT NOW THAT I AM
NECESSARILY FAR AWAY FROM HIM.
00:43:25.97\00:43:30.87
>>WELL, I THINK
JESUS KNEW ABOUT THAT.
00:43:30.87\00:43:34.41
JESUS KNEW THAT WE
DON'T ALWAYS FEEL RIGHT.
00:43:34.41\00:43:39.78
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
MORE THAN HOW WE FEEL.
00:43:39.78\00:43:42.12
THERE'S AN
OBJECTIVE TRUTH THERE.
00:43:42.12\00:43:44.02
AND YOU SAID, 'WHAT YOU WANT
TO KNOW IS THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO
00:43:44.02\00:43:48.69
YOUR FATHER AT ANY
MOMENT. AND THAT'S - THIS IS
00:43:48.69\00:43:52.29
HOW YOU SHOULD SPEAK. >>YES.
00:43:52.29\00:43:53.80
>>I LOVE TO READ THAT - THAT
PRAYER - THAT MODELED PRAYER
00:43:53.80\00:43:57.90
THAT I THINK IS SO PRACTICAL
- THAT'S PART OF THAT SERMON ON
00:43:57.90\00:44:01.07
THE MOUNT. REMEMBER,
WE'RE STILL ON THAT MOUNTAIN.
00:44:01.07\00:44:04.41
THEY'RE STILL
SITTING ALL AROUND HIM.
00:44:04.41\00:44:07.01
HE'S TALKING. MOST
LIKELY, NOT EVERYBODY'S
00:44:07.01\00:44:09.68
ABLE TO LISTEN TO
HIM AT THE SAME TIME.
00:44:09.68\00:44:12.88
PEOPLE PASS ON
WHAT THEY'VE HEARD.
00:44:12.88\00:44:15.02
'WHAT DID HE SAY?'
'REALLY, HE DID SAY THAT?'
00:44:15.02\00:44:17.29
'I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.' 'WOW,
THAT'S AMAZING.' MATTHEW CHAPTER
00:44:17.29\00:44:24.43
6, VERSES 5 AND FORWARDS -
MATTHEW CHAPTER 6 - "AND WHEN
00:44:24.43\00:44:31.83
YOU PRAY," - JESUS SAYS -
"YOU SHALL NOT BE LIKE THE
00:44:31.83\00:44:34.84
HYPOCRITES. FOR THEY
LOVE TO PRAY STANDING
00:44:34.84\00:44:38.64
IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND ON
THE CORNERS OF THE STREETS, THAT
00:44:38.64\00:44:43.01
THEY MAY BE SEEN
BY MEN." >>MM HMM.
00:44:43.01\00:44:45.78
>>THESE WERE PUBLIC PRAYERS -
"ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, THEY
00:44:45.78\00:44:49.98
HAVE THEIR REWARD. BUT
YOU, WHEN YOU PRAY, GO INTO
00:44:49.98\00:44:56.62
YOUR ROOM, AND WHEN YOU HAVE
SHUT YOUR DOOR, PRAY TO YOUR
00:44:56.62\00:45:01.56
FATHER" - WHAT'S THE PRINCIPLE
BEHIND HERE? DO WE HAVE TO - IF
00:45:01.56\00:45:05.47
WE CAN'T HAVE A ROOM THAT
WE CAN SHUT, WE CAN'T PRAY?
00:45:05.47\00:45:09.04
>>NO, IT'S THE PRIVACY
- NOT MAKING A SHOW OF IT.
00:45:09.04\00:45:13.41
THIS IS JUST
BETWEEN MYSELF AND MY GOD.
00:45:13.41\00:45:17.71
>>SO IT GOES ON HERE - "AND
WHEN YOU PRAY, DO NOT USE VAIN
00:45:17.71\00:45:24.19
REPETITIONS AS THE HEATHEN
DO." YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF
00:45:24.19\00:45:30.56
ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL?
BAAL, BAAL, HEAR US O BAAL,
00:45:30.56\00:45:35.36
BAAL, BAAL, HEAR US O BAAL,
BAAL, BAAL, HEAR US O BAAL - YOU
00:45:35.36\00:45:40.47
KNOW, AFTER AWHILE IT
BECOMES VERY REPETITIVE.
00:45:40.47\00:45:43.84
IT DOES SOMETHING
WHEN YOU REPEAT LIKE THIS.
00:45:43.84\00:45:46.91
JESUS SAYS, 'NO, DON'T DO THAT.'
"FOR THEY THINK THAT THEY WILL
00:45:46.91\00:45:51.45
BE HEARD FOR THEIR MANY WORDS."
- VERSE 8 - "THEREFORE DO NOT BE
00:45:51.45\00:45:56.45
LIKE THEM FOR YOUR FATHER
KNOWS THE THINGS YOU HAVE NEED
00:45:56.45\00:46:01.42
OF BEFORE YOU ASK HIM. >>HMM.
00:46:01.42\00:46:04.53
>>HE'S THE FATHER. HE KNOWS WHAT
I NEED. HE KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED.
00:46:04.53\00:46:09.73
HE KNOWS WHAT YOU
NEED THIS MORNING.
00:46:09.73\00:46:12.57
HE KNOWS WHAT YOUR
HEART IS YEARNING FOR.
00:46:12.57\00:46:19.04
"IN THIS MANNER, THEREFORE,
PRAY: OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN," -
00:46:19.04\00:46:26.01
HE'S THE FATHER, HE'S NOT JUST
'DEAR GOD' - "OUR FATHER" - AND
00:46:26.01\00:46:31.79
THE WORD THAT'S USED HERE
IS DADDY - OUR DADDY WHO IS IN
00:46:31.79\00:46:35.26
HEAVEN, "HALLOWED BE
YOUR NAME. YOUR KINGDOM COME.
00:46:35.26\00:46:38.99
YOUR WILL BE DONE ON
EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
00:46:38.99\00:46:43.97
GIVE US" - YOU KNOW, LORD
- "GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY
00:46:43.97\00:46:48.77
BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS,
00:46:48.77\00:46:52.51
AS WE FORGIVE OUR
DEBTORS. AND DO NOT LEAD US INTO
00:46:52.51\00:46:56.01
TEMPTATION, BUT
DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE.
00:46:56.01\00:46:59.15
FOR YOURS IS THE KINGDOM AND
THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER.
00:46:59.15\00:47:06.82
AMEN." >>JESUS GOES ON.
00:47:06.82\00:47:12.03
JESUS GOES ON, "FOR IF YOU
FORGIVE MEN THEIR TRESPASSES,
00:47:12.03\00:47:17.27
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER
WILL ALSO FORGIVE YOU.
00:47:17.27\00:47:19.57
BUT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE MEN
THEIR TRESPASSES, NEITHER WILL
00:47:19.57\00:47:25.31
YOUR FATHER
FORGIVE YOUR TRESPASSES."
00:47:25.31\00:47:27.98
>>WHOA. >>WHOA.
00:47:27.98\00:47:29.34
>>THAT'S - THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
FORGIVENESS MEANS IF I WANT TO
00:47:29.34\00:47:35.75
ACCEPT GOD'S FORGIVENESS IN
MY LIFE, IT MEANS THAT I NEED
00:47:35.75\00:47:39.82
TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE YOU.
YOU, YOU'VE REALLY HURT ME.
00:47:39.82\00:47:45.73
SOMEBODY WHO REALLY BETRAYED
ME - BUT I NEED TO FORGIVE.
00:47:45.73\00:47:50.47
IT'S NOT EASY. >>IT'S NOT EASY.
00:47:50.47\00:47:53.47
I READ OF, PERHAPS, THE
BEST ILLUSTRATION. AND IF I PUT
00:47:53.47\00:47:57.97
MYSELF IN HER SHOES, I REALLY
DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT.
00:47:57.97\00:48:02.28
CORRIE TEN BOOM AND HER
SISTER BETSIE WERE SENT OFF TO
00:48:02.28\00:48:08.95
CONCENTRATION CAMP - THE SECOND
WORLD WAR - THEY WERE CHRISTIANS
00:48:08.95\00:48:13.32
- DEVOUT CHRISTIAN FAMILY -
TOGETHER WITH THEIR AGED FATHER
00:48:13.32\00:48:17.86
- THE FATHER ACTUALLY DIED
BEFORE THEY COULD BE - BEFORE HE
00:48:17.86\00:48:21.63
COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO
THE PRISON CAMP, BUT BETSIE AND
00:48:21.63\00:48:26.47
CORRIE WERE
TRANSFERRED THERE. THEIR CRIME?
00:48:26.47\00:48:31.01
THEY HAD BEEN HIDING AND HELPING
JEWS AND THAT WAS THEIR CRIME.
00:48:31.01\00:48:38.05
THAT IS WHY THEY WERE SENT TO
THIS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE PLACE -
00:48:38.05\00:48:42.18
AND IT WAS A TERRIBLE
PLACE. IT BEGAN RIGHT IN THE
00:48:42.18\00:48:44.62
- RIGHT AS YOU ARRIVED.
YOU KNEW YOU WERE ARRIVING AT A
00:48:44.62\00:48:48.46
PLACE THAT YOU WERE
NOT SUPPOSED TO EVER LEAVE.
00:48:48.46\00:48:52.56
THE WAY THESE LADIES WERE
TREATED, JUST AS THEY CAME IN,
00:48:52.56\00:48:57.50
WAS JUST SO DEHUMANIZING.
THEY MADE EVERYONE STRIP
00:48:57.50\00:49:03.71
COMPLETELY NAKED AND THEY HAD
TO WALK QUITE A DISTANCE TO HAVE
00:49:03.71\00:49:10.18
A MEDICAL CHECK - SUPPOSEDLY
- BEFORE THEY WERE ISSUED WITH
00:49:10.18\00:49:14.65
SOME OLD RAGS, WHICH
WOULD BE THEIR PRISON CLOTHES.
00:49:14.65\00:49:20.46
AND THEY HAD TO WALK PAST
JEERING MALE GUARDS WHO WOULD
00:49:20.46\00:49:25.09
PASS COMMENTS AND -
JUST THE ABSOLUTE SHAME.
00:49:25.09\00:49:29.00
AND CORRIE RECALLED, AS SHE
WALKED BEHIND HER SISTER BETSIE
00:49:29.00\00:49:33.30
- BETSIE HAD NEVER BEEN
WELL. SHE WAS A SICKLY GIRL
00:49:33.30\00:49:37.04
AND A SICKLY WOMAN. AND
HERE WAS HER THIN, FRAIL
00:49:37.04\00:49:40.98
SISTER WALKING AHEAD OF
HER AND INTO THIS TERRIBLE
00:49:40.98\00:49:44.65
CONCENTRATION CAMP. IN
IT, THEY ENDURED HARDSHIPS.
00:49:44.65\00:49:49.52
THEY WATCHED PEOPLE DIE AROUND
THEM LIKE FLIES AND, PERHAPS
00:49:49.52\00:49:54.72
MORE TERRIBLE THAN EVER - OR
THAN ANYTHING ELSE - THEY SAW
00:49:54.72\00:49:57.86
THE BRUTALITY OF
THESE PRISON GUARDS.
00:49:57.86\00:50:02.73
HER SISTER DIED IN THAT -
00:50:02.73\00:50:06.00
>>RAVENSBRÜCK. >>IN THAT CAMP.
00:50:06.00\00:50:09.14
SHE HELD HER SISTER'S HAND AND
WATCHED HER SISTER BREATHE OUT
00:50:09.14\00:50:13.61
HER LAST BREATH,
WITHOUT EVEN ANY MEDICAL CARE.
00:50:13.61\00:50:17.61
IT BROKE HER
HEART. MIRACULOUSLY,
00:50:17.61\00:50:21.55
CORRIE WAS RELEASED. IT
WAS ACTUALLY A CLERICAL ERROR
00:50:21.55\00:50:26.09
- HER NAME GOT ONTO THE
WRONG LIST AND SHE WAS RELEASED.
00:50:26.09\00:50:30.83
AFTER THE WAR SHE SAID, 'I'M
GOING TO GO AROUND AND I'M GOING
00:50:30.83\00:50:35.20
TO PREACH. AND SHE DID.
00:50:35.20\00:50:38.23
SHE PREACHED
ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES.
00:50:38.23\00:50:39.87
SHE PREACHED ABOUT GOD'S LOVE,
AND, IN ONE PARTICULAR PLACE,
00:50:39.87\00:50:43.24
SHE DELIVERED HER SERMON AND
AFTERWARDS A MAN WALKED UP TO
00:50:43.24\00:50:48.91
THE FRONT. AND
WHEN SHE SAW THIS MAN -
00:50:48.91\00:50:51.95
HE WAS DRESSED, YOU KNOW, IN
CIVILIAN CLOTHES, BUT WHEN SHE
00:50:51.95\00:50:54.68
SAW HIM, SHE SAW
HIM IN HIS UNIFORM.
00:50:54.68\00:51:00.26
HE WAS ONE OF THE GUARDS AT THIS
CONCENTRATION CAMP AND HERE HE
00:51:00.26\00:51:05.73
WAS WALKING TOWARDS HER.
AND SHE'D JUST BEEN PREACHING
00:51:05.73\00:51:08.23
ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND ABOUT GOD'S
FORGIVENESS, BUT HER HEART JUST
00:51:08.23\00:51:11.77
TURNED TO STONE WHEN
SHE SAW HIM COME FORWARD.
00:51:11.77\00:51:14.84
AND HE CAME UP TO HER - HE,
OBVIOUSLY, DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER
00:51:14.84\00:51:17.71
- AND HE SAID, 'YOU MENTIONED
THE CONCENTRATION CAMP I USED TO
00:51:17.71\00:51:22.04
BE A GUARD THERE.
THAT WAS BEFORE I MET JESUS
00:51:22.04\00:51:25.28
AND GAVE MY HEART TO HIM.
I'M SO GLAD TO KNOW THAT JESUS
00:51:25.28\00:51:28.28
FORGIVES ME FOR THE TERRIBLE
THINGS I DID THERE, BUT I WOULD
00:51:28.28\00:51:31.45
LIKE TO HEAR IT FROM YOU
AS WELL. DO YOU FORGIVE ME?'
00:51:31.45\00:51:36.02
AND CORRIE SAID SHE LOOKED AT
THIS MAN AND SHE SAID, 'HERE HE
00:51:36.02\00:51:39.69
IS, HE JUST WANTS ME TO
FORGIVE HIM, JUST LIKE THAT.
00:51:39.69\00:51:43.16
AFTER HE DESTROYED MY SISTER'S
LIFE.' AND, AT THAT MOMENT, THIS
00:51:43.16\00:51:47.64
WAS AN EXTREME
STRUGGLE FOR CORRIE.
00:51:47.64\00:51:52.44
APPLYING JESUS' SERMON ON THE
MOUNT, APPLYING THESE PRINCIPLES
00:51:52.44\00:51:58.41
- AND IT CAME BACK TO HER -
THESE VERSES WE'VE READ - 'IF I
00:51:58.41\00:52:01.85
DON'T FORGIVE, I
CANNOT BE FORGIVEN.
00:52:01.85\00:52:06.09
I AM DEPENDENT ON GOD'S GRACE.
00:52:06.09\00:52:08.52
BUT HOW ON EARTH DO I EXTEND
GOD'S FORGIVENESS TO THIS MAN
00:52:08.52\00:52:12.66
THAT I HATE WITH
EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING?'
00:52:12.66\00:52:17.67
AT THAT MOMENT CORRIE LATCHED
ONTO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE
00:52:17.67\00:52:24.27
STUDIED ABOUT THIS
MORNING. SHE SAID, 'I CAN'T.
00:52:24.27\00:52:28.08
I NEED TO ASK GOD.' AND SO SHE
OFFERED UP A SILENT PRAYER AND
00:52:28.08\00:52:32.71
SHE SAID, 'GOD, YOU
KNOW, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
00:52:32.71\00:52:36.75
PLEASE, YOU SUPPLY THE REST.'
AND SHE ACTED ON PRINCIPLE.
00:52:36.75\00:52:41.62
SHE PUT OUT HER HAND
AND SHOOK THAT MAN'S HAND.
00:52:41.62\00:52:45.86
AND, AT THAT MOMENT, THE GRACE
CAME AND SHE COULD FORGIVE HIM.
00:52:45.86\00:52:52.27
>>WELL, THIS - THIS MORNING,
AS WE THINK ABOUT THE GREATEST
00:52:52.27\00:52:56.84
SERMON EVER PREACHED - ON
A MOUNTAIN - TO GIVE US THE
00:52:56.84\00:53:03.08
OVERVIEW OF WHAT REALLY COUNTS
IN OUR WALK AND LIFE WITH JESUS,
00:53:03.08\00:53:08.38
LET'S FOCUS ON
BEING, NOT ON DOING.
00:53:08.38\00:53:12.59
LET'S FOCUS ON BEING, NOT ON
DOING AND, ABOVE ALL, LET GOD
00:53:12.59\00:53:17.69
RESTORE HIS IMAGE
IN YOU. LET HIM RESTORE
00:53:17.69\00:53:25.67
HIS IMAGE IN YOU.
I'D LIKE TO END WITH
00:53:25.67\00:53:29.97
A WORD OF PRAYER.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE REALIZE,
00:53:29.97\00:53:35.84
ONCE AGAIN, THAT WE
CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
00:53:35.84\00:53:41.12
WE CAN'T LIVE UP TO THE HIGH
EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR
00:53:41.12\00:53:46.49
YOUR CREATED BEINGS. AND
YET, THIS MORNING, AGAIN,
00:53:46.49\00:53:51.63
WE WANT TO RUN INTO YOUR
ARMS. WE WANT TO EMBRACE YOU.
00:53:51.63\00:53:54.93
WE WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE LOVE
YOU AND THAT WE NEED YOUR GRACE.
00:53:54.93\00:53:59.93
HELP US TO LIVE IN THIS COMING
WEEK - AS LIGHT - AS SALT -
00:53:59.93\00:54:08.91
SHOWING YOUR GRACE
TO THE PEOPLE AROUND US.
00:54:08.91\00:54:10.98
IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
>>THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
00:54:10.98\00:54:15.78
BE SURE TO TUNE
IN NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
00:54:15.78\00:54:19.39
IT'S BEEN GREAT
BEING WITH YOU. (MUSIC)
00:54:19.39\00:54:32.07
>>SO WHAT IS THE
BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD?
00:54:32.07\00:54:34.74
WELL, NATURALLY, YOU'D SAY THE
SUN, BUT WEE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:54:34.74\00:54:37.14
THE BRIGHTEST
MAN-MADE LIGHT IN THE WORLD.
00:54:37.14\00:54:39.67
IT'S THE LIGHT THAT
SHINES OUT OF THE ROOF OF THAT
00:54:39.67\00:54:41.98
PYRAMID-SHAPED HOTEL IN
LAS VEGAS CALLED THE LUXOR.
00:54:41.98\00:54:46.11
THERE, IN THE CAP OF THAT HOTEL,
THERE'S A ROOM THAT CONTAINS 39
00:54:46.11\00:54:50.05
WASHING-MACHINE SIZED XENON
BULBS; AND EACH OF THOSE BULBS
00:54:50.05\00:54:54.29
REQUIRES ABOUT 7,000 WATTS.
ALTOGETHER, THEY PRODUCE ABOUT
00:54:54.29\00:54:58.49
40 BILLION
CANDLE POWER OF LIGHT.
00:54:58.49\00:55:02.13
CAN YOU IMAGINE GETTING THAT
ELECTRIC BILL AT THE LUXOR HOTEL
00:55:02.13\00:55:04.90
EVERY MONTH? THAT
LIGHT IS SO BRIGHT THAT
00:55:04.90\00:55:07.67
PLANES CAN SEE
IT 250 MILES AWAY.
00:55:07.67\00:55:11.47
THEY'RE SHOOTING LIGHT TEN MILES
UP INTO SPACE, MEANING, IF YOU
00:55:11.47\00:55:15.21
HAPPEN TO BE FLOATING BY, YOU
COULD READ A NEWSPAPER UP THERE.
00:55:15.21\00:55:18.85
AND, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED,
THAT BRIGHT LIGHT HAS BECOME THE
00:55:18.85\00:55:22.02
WORLD'S BEST BUG ATTRACTOR,
BRINGING IN MOTHS, BATS, AND
00:55:22.02\00:55:25.89
OWLS - CREATING IT'S OWN
ECOSYSTEM THERE AT NIGHT, ABOVE
00:55:25.89\00:55:28.69
THE HOTEL. BUT THE
SAD THING ABOUT THE
00:55:28.69\00:55:30.69
BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD IS
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NIGHT AIR IS
00:55:30.69\00:55:34.40
CLEAR - WITHOUT ANY PARTICLES
- THE LIGHT DOESN'T HIT
00:55:34.40\00:55:37.43
ANYTHING AND IT'S INVISIBLE.
IT SHOOTS UP INTO EMPTY SPACE.
00:55:37.43\00:55:42.44
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN
THE WORLD ILLUMINATES NOTHING.
00:55:42.44\00:55:46.34
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS
US THAT THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT
00:55:46.34\00:55:48.31
WASTED LIGHT, AND
THAT'S THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD.
00:55:48.31\00:55:52.01
IT SAYS IN PSALM 119, VERSE 105,
"THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET
00:55:52.01\00:55:56.85
AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.' AND
YET, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING
00:55:56.85\00:56:00.36
IN DARKNESS.
FURTHERMORE, JESUS SAID, IF YOU
00:56:00.36\00:56:03.43
DO HAVE THAT LIGHT, MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL,
00:56:03.43\00:56:06.53
BUT YOU LET IT SHINE AND
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
00:56:06.53\00:56:09.56
JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
5, 'SET YOUR LIGHT UP ON A HLL,
00:56:09.56\00:56:13.23
LIKE A CITY, SO THAT ALL MIGHT
SEE IT.' LIGHT ONLY BENEFITS
00:56:13.23\00:56:17.14
OTHERS WHEN IT
REFLECTS OFF OF SOMETHING.
00:56:17.14\00:56:20.04
GOD WANTS OUR LIGHTS TO
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
00:56:20.04\00:56:24.31
SO, ARE YOU GLOWING FOR GOD?
REMEMBER, JESUS SAID, 'LET THERE
00:56:24.31\00:56:27.55
BE LIGHT.' (MUSIC)
00:56:27.55\00:56:37.86
>>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
00:56:37.86\00:56:41.96
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
00:56:41.96\00:56:45.77
OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
00:56:45.77\00:56:48.60
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
00:56:48.60\00:56:52.24
WHY DID GOD
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
00:56:52.24\00:56:54.68
DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
00:56:54.68\00:56:57.55
WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT?
DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S
00:56:57.55\00:57:01.02
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PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
00:57:08.62\00:57:11.99
OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:57:11.99\00:57:15.96
PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
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00:57:19.23\00:57:22.17
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