WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.040 Jesus saw in the Beatitudes and one of the things that he was doing, he was walking around teaching and he was just teaching folks about the kingdom, the kingdom, the kingdom. 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.380 But the kingdom of God or the kingdom of heaven is talking about God's rule. 00:00:15.900 --> 00:00:17.240 God's reigning. 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:19.359 God's authority. 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:23.879 God's power to do that which he wants to do. 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:28.580 And that is to show people that we don't have to live the way we was living. 00:00:28.579 --> 00:00:31.939 We was created to worship our God. 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:34.979 We was created to love upon each other. 00:00:35.379 --> 00:00:44.219 We was created in such a way that we would bring glory upon glory and upon glory for that which he has done in our lives. 00:00:44.219 --> 00:00:59.840 And so when I look at this and when I look at how Jesus felt about the people and how compassion, I mean compassion says that he had a feeling, a deep abiding feeling that he wanted to share with the folks. 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:03.340 That says that I want to alleviate your problem. 00:01:04.020 --> 00:01:05.260 I don't want to fix it. 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:07.159 I want to alleviate it forever. 00:01:07.380 --> 00:01:09.780 So I want to step into your shoes. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.840 And see, sometimes we call sympathy compassion, but it's not. 00:01:15.579 --> 00:01:21.879 So we can have sympathy upon someone that's sitting in a corner with a cup shaken and asking for arms. 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:29.000 All we have to do is reach into our pocket and drop a few dollars in there and keep on going and never have a relationship. 00:01:30.340 --> 00:01:32.359 Christ has called us to have a relationship. 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:34.299 How do we know this? 00:01:34.479 --> 00:01:35.699 Look what the scripture says. 00:01:36.259 --> 00:01:38.259 Blessed are the poor in spirit. 00:01:39.340 --> 00:01:40.319 That's what the word says. 00:01:40.620 --> 00:01:41.979 Blessed are the poor in spirit. 00:01:42.759 --> 00:01:43.120 Why? 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:47.219 Because theirs are the kingdom of heaven. 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:51.900 Kingdom of heaven is God's rule. 00:01:52.939 --> 00:02:00.159 The kingdom of heaven is, it says that we need to learn some things now while we're on the earth is to detach from some things. 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:06.300 The kingdom of heaven, we must learn the secret of totally depending upon God. 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:11.340 Poor in spirit says that one day we was poor in spirit. 00:02:11.340 --> 00:02:12.240 You remember that. 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:20.120 You didn't know who God was and you didn't understand what God was doing and you didn't understand how God was moving. 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:31.259 But somehow, praise be to God, that God had enough grace for me and for you that he opened up our eyes and he drew us to us. 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:38.800 And then he showed us some things, how lost we were, how empty we were, how bankrupt we were. 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:42.520 And we said, oh precious God, help us. 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:45.480 Let Jesus Christ be my savior. 00:02:45.640 --> 00:02:45.840 Why? 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.340 Because I'm poor in spirit. 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:50.800 So we have to receive forgiveness. 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.720 We have to understand it only took divine grace. 00:02:55.719 --> 00:03:06.780 That's why John 5, 24 says, most surely I say to you, he hears my word and believes in him who sent me. 00:03:08.860 --> 00:03:10.219 Has eternal life. 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:12.800 And shall not come under judgment. 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:18.100 But has passed from death to life. 00:03:18.260 --> 00:03:20.439 From bankrupt to fullness. 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:22.880 From lack to abundance. 00:03:23.420 --> 00:03:23.840 Why? 00:03:23.980 --> 00:03:25.100 Because I'm poor in spirit. 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:32.160 And in that poor in spirit, in the world that we live in, we see that the whole world is poor in spirit. 00:03:32.980 --> 00:03:36.360 We see that the whole world is following something that they shouldn't be following. 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:42.380 You see, the whole world forget how they are bankrupt in a lot of ways. 00:03:43.860 --> 00:03:49.240 And never ask, oh precious God, can you meet my need? 00:03:49.940 --> 00:03:53.820 Oh precious God, would you allow Jesus Christ to come into my life? 00:03:54.380 --> 00:03:54.620 Why? 00:03:54.920 --> 00:03:57.660 Because the kingdom of heaven are there. 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:00.020 The rule of God. 00:04:00.480 --> 00:04:01.580 The protection of God. 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:03.000 The assurance of God. 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:04.360 The blessings of God. 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:05.720 The guidance of God. 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.640 And the keeping power of God. 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:10.420 Poor in spirit. 00:04:11.820 --> 00:04:13.820 Lord, I can't solve my own problem. 00:04:14.460 --> 00:04:16.220 I can't understand the world I'm in. 00:04:16.460 --> 00:04:17.580 And that's why I need you. 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:20.080 Then he says this. 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:21.840 If you're poor in spirit then. 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:25.920 Then he says, blessed are those who mourn. 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:27.120 In verse 4. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:29.920 They shall be comforted. 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:31.980 Now this is where I start shouting. 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:35.960 Here's why. 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.580 It is simply because. 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.660 Because of my broken heart. 00:04:42.139 --> 00:04:43.360 Because of sin. 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:46.580 Because I've experienced so much sorrow. 00:04:47.020 --> 00:04:48.319 In the last five months. 00:04:48.699 --> 00:04:53.100 Where there is 150,000 people has died. 00:04:53.780 --> 00:04:56.480 From a COVID-19 thing. 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:57.480 We should be mourning. 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:57.920 We should be mourning. 00:04:57.920 --> 00:04:57.939 We should be mourning. 00:04:57.939 --> 00:04:59.860 As the people of God. 00:05:00.259 --> 00:05:02.700 We should be down on our knees. 00:05:03.060 --> 00:05:04.080 Every night. 00:05:04.400 --> 00:05:06.080 Every opportunity that we can get. 00:05:06.340 --> 00:05:07.400 Crying out to God. 00:05:07.700 --> 00:05:08.860 Oh precious God. 00:05:08.980 --> 00:05:09.939 We need your help. 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:12.920 We need your help in this situation. 00:05:14.200 --> 00:05:15.379 Because you said. 00:05:15.640 --> 00:05:17.140 That we go from death to life. 00:05:17.400 --> 00:05:18.680 If we understand. 00:05:18.860 --> 00:05:20.000 That we need you. 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:22.160 The whole world. 00:05:22.779 --> 00:05:24.019 Right now need him. 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:26.319 But the whole world. 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:27.420 Think a vaccine. 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:29.240 Is going to do the trick. 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:31.240 The whole world. 00:05:31.459 --> 00:05:33.139 Is thinking that we can put on a mask. 00:05:33.339 --> 00:05:34.360 And wash our hands. 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:35.600 And keep our distance. 00:05:35.779 --> 00:05:36.980 It's going to slow it down. 00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:38.519 But we need a cure Lord. 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:40.060 We don't need a fix. 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:41.819 We don't need a temporary patch. 00:05:41.819 --> 00:05:43.599 What we need is a savior. 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:46.159 That can move. 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:47.439 In such a way. 00:05:48.219 --> 00:05:48.319 To. 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:49.180 How you say. 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:50.579 To ratify this thing. 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:52.099 To get rid of it. 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:53.560 We should be mourning. 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:54.800 The church. 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:56.240 Should be standing together. 00:05:56.500 --> 00:05:57.360 And call sin. 00:05:57.540 --> 00:05:57.819 Sin. 00:05:58.740 --> 00:05:59.360 The church. 00:05:59.659 --> 00:06:00.680 Should be standing together. 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:01.480 I don't care. 00:06:01.659 --> 00:06:02.279 White churches. 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:03.019 Black churches. 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:04.060 Red churches. 00:06:04.060 --> 00:06:05.819 I don't care what color church it is. 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:07.399 We should all be coming together. 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:08.319 Linking together. 00:06:08.459 --> 00:06:09.000 And united. 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:09.759 To say. 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:11.199 Oh precious God. 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:14.180 We're poor in spirit. 00:06:16.719 --> 00:06:17.519 It gets me. 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:21.339 That's a great reward of being comforted. 00:06:21.379 --> 00:06:21.879 He says. 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:23.920 John 14 says. 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:26.000 Peace I leave with you. 00:06:26.860 --> 00:06:28.560 And peace I give unto you. 00:06:29.420 --> 00:06:31.219 Let not your heart be troubled. 00:06:32.039 --> 00:06:33.839 Now somebody should just take on to that. 00:06:33.899 --> 00:06:35.319 And just hold on to that. 00:06:36.219 --> 00:06:37.659 You see my heart is troubled Lord. 00:06:37.659 --> 00:06:38.939 But your word tells me. 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.039 That I need the peace of God. 00:06:41.819 --> 00:06:43.459 My heart is troubled Lord. 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:45.639 You need to come in like a flood Lord. 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:46.620 With your peace. 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:48.099 And the world that we live in. 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:49.839 To set this thing straight. 00:06:50.980 --> 00:06:52.920 Here we can't meet in our own buildings. 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:54.920 Because there is no understanding. 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:58.319 There is no way that we understand how broken we are. 00:06:58.480 --> 00:06:59.699 And how helpless we are. 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:00.980 To control some things. 00:07:01.100 --> 00:07:02.319 That we have to revise. 00:07:02.420 --> 00:07:03.480 We have to have an alternative. 00:07:03.719 --> 00:07:04.839 Where we sit on the lawn. 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:07.000 Because we want to praise you anyway. 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:09.620 And so then. 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:11.279 That's we are mourning Lord. 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:13.319 If my heart is broken Lord. 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:14.959 If I'm grieving Lord. 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:17.579 Then it's all due to the sin. 00:07:17.779 --> 00:07:20.740 That man has experienced it in this world. 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:22.300 We've got to mourn about this stuff. 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:25.560 And then it says this. 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:27.860 If I'm poor in spirit. 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:28.900 I'm lost Lord. 00:07:29.259 --> 00:07:30.199 I'm poor in spirit. 00:07:30.460 --> 00:07:31.480 I don't have no hope Lord. 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:32.639 I'm poor in spirit. 00:07:32.780 --> 00:07:34.319 Because some of us need a savior Lord. 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:35.759 We should be crying. 00:07:36.620 --> 00:07:38.259 Even when we have relatives. 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:39.699 That's in our families. 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:40.879 That don't know how. 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:42.199 Don't know Jesus Christ. 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:43.319 As their Lord and Savior. 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:44.699 We should be saying. 00:07:44.819 --> 00:07:46.680 Lord have mercy. 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:49.939 Lord fill them up with grace. 00:07:50.660 --> 00:07:53.139 Because that's what God has called us to do. 00:07:53.259 --> 00:07:56.439 Is to bring people into the right relationship with Jesus Christ. 00:07:56.540 --> 00:07:57.879 Because they're poor in spirit. 00:07:58.900 --> 00:08:00.220 And if we have the right attitude. 00:08:00.540 --> 00:08:02.139 That we're going to mourn about this stuff. 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:03.819 Which means I'm not feeling too good. 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:04.980 That means I'm grieving. 00:08:04.980 --> 00:08:06.519 That means that I have an attitude. 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.420 That I'm paying attention to what's happening in the world. 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:12.540 But God says wait a minute now. 00:08:13.340 --> 00:08:14.300 Poor in spirit and mourning. 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.740 You also need to be meek. 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.160 Meek says this. 00:08:18.780 --> 00:08:20.360 I need some power. 00:08:21.379 --> 00:08:22.360 Under control. 00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:25.759 You see some people believe that meek is weak. 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:28.720 So some people think. 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:29.860 That if I'm meek. 00:08:30.100 --> 00:08:32.000 Then I just let people roll over on me. 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:34.000 And do nothing about it. 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:35.419 But God is saying. 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:37.340 When you're poor in spirit. 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:38.799 And God rescues you. 00:08:39.060 --> 00:08:40.600 And when God hear you mourning. 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:43.279 And God says that you have humbled yourself. 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:44.080 You have. 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:44.680 You have. 00:08:44.680 --> 00:08:45.139 You have. 00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:47.019 Let everything go. 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:47.620 You have. 00:08:48.019 --> 00:08:49.840 Let me say it this way. 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:50.960 Your agenda. 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:52.360 Don't matter anymore. 00:08:53.819 --> 00:08:55.100 Let me put it this way. 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:56.899 Your motives. 00:08:57.580 --> 00:08:58.759 Doesn't matter anymore. 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:00.000 Because what's matter. 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:01.480 Is what matters to God. 00:09:01.699 --> 00:09:02.399 And you are kind of. 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:04.179 Connecting to that. 00:09:04.179 --> 00:09:07.899 And so this is what God is calling us all to do. 00:09:10.239 --> 00:09:12.879 Don't confuse meek with weakness. 00:09:14.479 --> 00:09:15.899 It is described. 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:20.079 That if sin is reigning in your mortal bodies. 00:09:21.219 --> 00:09:22.579 That you should obey. 00:09:22.739 --> 00:09:23.459 It's lust. 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:25.279 Then you're not meek. 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:27.279 You're under control of something. 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:29.259 That's outside. 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:30.699 Of God's kingdom. 00:09:31.319 --> 00:09:31.939 And his rule. 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:33.019 That's called sin. 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:35.959 To have strength. 00:09:36.659 --> 00:09:38.079 But be tender and humble. 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:40.600 To live life in such a way. 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:41.699 That you're teachable. 00:09:43.139 --> 00:09:44.120 And being weak. 00:09:44.620 --> 00:09:45.480 And bound down. 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:46.879 And spineless. 00:09:47.220 --> 00:09:49.120 Has nothing to do with a strong man. 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:51.740 So we should be provoked. 00:09:51.860 --> 00:09:52.200 We should be. 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:52.820 We should be. 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:53.759 We should be stirred. 00:09:54.139 --> 00:09:54.600 We should be. 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:56.519 We should be ready to bring comfort to people. 00:09:56.820 --> 00:09:57.960 We should be ready to know. 00:09:58.100 --> 00:09:59.159 That we can be teachable. 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:01.340 And people need to be teachable right now. 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:02.539 We need to know that. 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:04.139 Meekness has the victory. 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:06.779 In everything that we do. 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:07.960 Amen. 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:09.840 Amen. 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:10.539 I'm going to have to ask. 00:10:10.659 --> 00:10:11.500 Start asking Darren. 00:10:11.580 --> 00:10:12.779 For some amens up in here. 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:16.820 That's okay. 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:17.419 I can say. 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:18.600 This is what I can say. 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:19.980 And this is where the sermon starts. 00:10:20.920 --> 00:10:21.460 You see. 00:10:21.620 --> 00:10:22.360 We can be. 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:23.659 We can be poor in spirit. 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:24.540 All we want. 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:26.700 And we can respond the right way. 00:10:27.100 --> 00:10:29.440 We can mourn for all of the people that we want. 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.399 And we can be meek. 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:32.200 And allow them. 00:10:32.420 --> 00:10:33.240 To understand. 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:35.279 That we are under control. 00:10:35.379 --> 00:10:36.540 We are disciplined people. 00:10:36.540 --> 00:10:39.340 But if we don't hunger and thirst for righteousness. 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:40.560 God says. 00:10:40.680 --> 00:10:41.540 That this way. 00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:43.360 They shall be filled. 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:44.920 Now this. 00:10:45.040 --> 00:10:45.680 This is where. 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:48.019 This is where we all should be paying attention right now. 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:49.300 You see. 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:51.940 Because hunger and thirsting. 00:10:52.420 --> 00:10:53.080 For righteousness. 00:10:53.560 --> 00:10:55.860 Jesus Christ put it in a metaphor. 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:57.500 So that we can understand. 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:59.600 That we don't want to miss no meals. 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:00.740 Everybody know what I'm talking about. 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:03.620 When we get thirsty. 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:05.040 We don't want to be thirsty. 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.620 Because those things can cause some discomfort. 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:10.139 Those things can cause us to have less life. 00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:12.920 But those things can cause us to have not energy. 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:14.820 And it's the same thing in the spirit. 00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:15.860 If we are hungry. 00:11:15.860 --> 00:11:15.879 If we are hungry. 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:16.300 And thirsting. 00:11:16.300 --> 00:11:16.879 And thirsting. 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:17.620 For righteousness. 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:19.340 And we have lack in those areas. 00:11:19.460 --> 00:11:20.620 We are weak spiritually. 00:11:20.780 --> 00:11:21.740 If we're not filled. 00:11:23.400 --> 00:11:24.180 And so God. 00:11:24.260 --> 00:11:25.320 What are you saying God? 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:26.300 You're saying this. 00:11:27.180 --> 00:11:27.580 Righteousness. 00:11:27.780 --> 00:11:28.660 If I pursue. 00:11:28.780 --> 00:11:29.580 What are I going to pursue? 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:31.240 Because I'm poor in spirit. 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:33.720 Righteousness. 00:11:33.820 --> 00:11:34.860 I need to pursue it. 00:11:34.920 --> 00:11:35.200 Why? 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:36.840 Because I'm mourning Lord. 00:11:36.900 --> 00:11:38.500 I have some grief in my life. 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:39.220 Righteousness. 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:40.720 Righteousness said. 00:11:40.820 --> 00:11:42.039 If I'm going to pursue it Lord. 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.259 Then guess what Lord? 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.879 I need to learn how to be meek. 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:46.940 I need to lay my own stuff down. 00:11:47.059 --> 00:11:48.519 And deny myself some stuff. 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:49.919 So that I can be what? 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:52.039 That I can hunger and thirst for righteousness. 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:55.820 And if I'm hungry and thirsting for righteousness. 00:11:56.179 --> 00:11:57.460 He said I will be fulfilled. 00:11:57.759 --> 00:11:58.379 Filled how? 00:11:58.580 --> 00:12:00.080 I'm going to be filled with the spirit. 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:00.759 First of all. 00:12:00.940 --> 00:12:01.779 That's what I need. 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:03.419 I need some power from on high. 00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:05.019 Filled. 00:12:05.139 --> 00:12:06.480 Filled in one way. 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:09.019 That I'm going to be filled with the wisdom of God. 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:12.320 So that I would know how to give an answer. 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:15.000 To some things that is going on in my world. 00:12:15.940 --> 00:12:16.159 Filled. 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.019 Filled how Lord? 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:18.580 I'm going to be filled Lord. 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:21.320 Because I know that the righteousness of God. 00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:22.740 And the knowledge of God. 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:24.100 And the spirit of God. 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:25.740 Brings about some changes. 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:27.200 And gives some folks some answers. 00:12:27.379 --> 00:12:28.480 Who are poor in spirit. 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:31.139 God is calling us all. 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:36.460 Keep me straight timekeeper. 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:36.800 Please. 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:38.980 Because this is. 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:40.659 This is what we need to hear today. 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:42.920 What do we need to hear? 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:45.960 That God has called us all. 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.860 By commandment. 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:50.000 To read the word of God. 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:53.700 God has called us. 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:56.659 To understand. 00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.720 That our agendas. 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:00.019 Must change. 00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:02.939 And put the word of God. 00:13:03.100 --> 00:13:04.519 And the spirit of God. 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:05.819 And the wisdom of God. 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:07.179 First in our lives. 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:07.899 You know why? 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:09.679 Because souls are at stake. 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:11.740 We need to be filled. 00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:14.980 We need to be hungry for this. 00:13:15.699 --> 00:13:17.399 We need to be hungry for righteousness. 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:19.980 Knowing that the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:13:20.199 --> 00:13:21.439 And the knowledge of God. 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:23.360 That brings about some fruit. 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:24.179 That we can see. 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:27.579 We see it all. 00:13:28.579 --> 00:13:29.519 Can you imagine. 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:32.439 That this place would be filled. 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:34.479 It's really funny. 00:13:34.739 --> 00:13:35.919 I like to see this. 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:37.139 Because the metaphor works. 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.679 That you are sitting on the mountainside. 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:44.639 And you are hungry and thirsting. 00:13:44.699 --> 00:13:45.719 For the word of God. 00:13:47.839 --> 00:13:49.120 You are hungry and thirsting. 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:49.779 For righteousness. 00:13:51.219 --> 00:13:52.459 You are hungry and thirsting. 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:53.879 To hear from your creator. 00:13:54.079 --> 00:13:55.679 Who knows what you need. 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:57.679 He knows everything about us. 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:59.659 Even that when we get a thought. 00:13:59.719 --> 00:14:00.419 From afar off. 00:14:00.439 --> 00:14:01.099 He already knows. 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:02.199 What we are going to do with it. 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.079 Hungering and thirsting. 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:05.819 For the righteousness. 00:14:05.820 --> 00:14:09.940 We must read the word of God. 00:14:10.020 --> 00:14:10.560 To know God. 00:14:12.280 --> 00:14:13.760 And I am going to end right here. 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:18.580 You know the word. 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.520 According to the scripture. 00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:20.560 Is very profitable. 00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:22.460 According to 2 Timothy 3. 00:14:22.540 --> 00:14:22.820 Chapter. 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:25.720 Why? 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:28.500 Because it is the doctrine. 00:14:28.640 --> 00:14:29.540 That we need to live by. 00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:32.540 It is. 00:14:32.540 --> 00:14:32.980 It is. 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:34.040 It is reproof. 00:14:34.160 --> 00:14:34.920 That we need to have. 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:35.540 In our lives. 00:14:36.420 --> 00:14:37.680 It is the correction. 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.540 Instructions. 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:39.320 That we need. 00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:40.320 For the next generation. 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:41.200 And the next generation. 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:41.800 And the next generation. 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.879 It is the faith. 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:44.500 And the righteousness. 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:45.920 That we can live by. 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.340 Every single day. 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:52.820 And so in the famous words of Luther. 00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:55.720 If we can understand. 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:56.540 Poor in spirit. 00:14:57.960 --> 00:14:58.800 And understand. 00:14:58.900 --> 00:14:59.840 The lostness of the world. 00:15:00.380 --> 00:15:01.400 We would behave differently. 00:15:03.040 --> 00:15:03.920 If we can. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.820 If we can understand. 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:06.860 That we should be crying. 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:08.900 We should be having grief. 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.980 When we are seeing. 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:10.620 What's happening. 00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.360 In this world. 00:15:12.920 --> 00:15:14.200 We should be meek enough. 00:15:14.260 --> 00:15:15.020 To be teachable. 00:15:16.140 --> 00:15:17.840 To how we can get in there. 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:19.280 Not sit on the sideline. 00:15:19.420 --> 00:15:20.200 But get in there. 00:15:20.260 --> 00:15:21.340 And do something about it. 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.260 And so when I'm hungry. 00:15:24.260 --> 00:15:25.120 And thirsting. 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:26.040 For righteousness. 00:15:27.420 --> 00:15:28.000 This is what. 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:28.800 A great preacher. 00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:29.580 Named Luther said. 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:33.420 Do all the good you can. 00:15:37.420 --> 00:15:39.500 In all the ways you can. 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:44.759 At all times that you can. 00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:49.020 To all people that you can. 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:54.060 As long as ever. 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.340 As you can. 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:58.639 Why. 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.920 Because we can remember. 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.920 When I was poor in spirit. 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.360 We can remember. 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.500 When we had grief. 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:11.220 We can remember. 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:12.540 When I wasn't humble. 00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:14.300 And wasn't disciplined. 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:16.100 Until I hooked up with Jesus. 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.820 We can remember. 00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:20.560 That we didn't have no guiding light. 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.139 That would. 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.700 That would. 00:16:21.800 --> 00:16:23.259 That would be a lamp for our feet. 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:24.439 Until we met Jesus. 00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.819 And God's word. 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.319 To open it up. 00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:30.340 And that is why. 00:16:31.779 --> 00:16:32.519 Our faith. 00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:33.559 It is what it is today. 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.340 And that's why. 00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:36.279 We come together. 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.179 With black churches. 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.240 And white churches. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.080 And green churches. 00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:41.220 Or whatever color churches. 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:43.200 That say that we are one people. 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.799 And that we can move. 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:46.620 This thing forward. 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:48.679 And we can be the representative. 00:16:48.939 --> 00:16:50.319 That God has called us to be. 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:52.299 And that we would bring people. 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.099 Into a relationship. 00:16:53.099 --> 00:16:54.059 With Jesus Christ. 00:16:54.219 --> 00:16:55.500 To encourage them. 00:16:55.959 --> 00:16:57.219 To edify them. 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.579 And guess what. 00:16:58.659 --> 00:16:59.779 To educate them. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.099 To equip them. 00:17:01.099 --> 00:17:02.599 So that when we come together. 00:17:02.599 --> 00:17:03.719 On Sunday morning. 00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:05.000 Whether it's nine o'clock. 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.960 Or ten o'clock. 00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:06.799 Or ten thirty. 00:17:06.919 --> 00:17:07.879 We will be exalted. 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.659 In his holy name. 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:12.480 That's what God has called us to do. 00:17:14.159 --> 00:17:15.119 For God's people. 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.740 He's the one. 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.819 That's going to hold us fast. 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.899 God's people. 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:22.220 He's the one. 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:23.040 That's going to lead us. 00:17:23.120 --> 00:17:23.800 Where we need to go. 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.519 And I just pray. 00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:27.160 Father God. 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.920 I pray Lord. 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.660 If someone. 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.780 Do not know. 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:33.780 Jesus Christ. 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.720 As the Lord. 00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:35.340 And Savior. 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:38.140 Because they're poor in spirit. 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.400 I ask. 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:41.040 Father. 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.000 If they would be fulfilled. 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:44.500 I ask. 00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:45.140 Oh Heavenly Father. 00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:45.900 That you would move. 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.640 In such a way. 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:50.220 That when we are filled. 00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:51.440 And have an abundant life. 00:17:51.560 --> 00:17:51.640 Lord. 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:53.060 We would give you all of the credit. 00:17:54.860 --> 00:17:55.880 I pray Lord. 00:17:56.020 --> 00:17:57.320 That reading your word. 00:17:57.540 --> 00:17:58.259 And praying. 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.160 And understanding. 00:17:59.300 --> 00:18:00.140 What we are doing. 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:01.259 In this world. 00:18:01.540 --> 00:18:02.440 Is being represented. 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.280 As ambassadors. 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:03.840 Of you. 00:18:04.040 --> 00:18:05.100 Because you called us. 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:05.880 To this place. 00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:08.320 And may your people. 00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:09.820 Always. 00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.860 Exalt your holy name. 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:13.000 And I just pray this. 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.659 In your son's name. 00:18:14.459 --> 00:18:15.240 Jesus Christ. 00:18:16.199 --> 00:18:16.639 Amen. 00:18:17.439 --> 00:18:17.919 Amen. 00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:18.979 And amen. 00:18:18.979 --> 00:18:19.159 Amen. 00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:19.219 Amen.